Chapter One- The End of the Beginning.
Asha lay in Max's arms, stabbed three times in the heart. It was raining and they were in a dark alleyway. The people ran off into the night escaping the crime scene. Asha was soaked with blood.
'I know you've never liked me that much.' Asha sobbed. 'But thanks all the same for trying to save my life.'
'Hey no prob.' said Max softly. 'Logan will be here any second.'
'I guess I brought it all on myself. I shouldn't have joined the S1W. They think I did it. They think I set fire to it-'
Max bit her lip. She knew this was all her fault and yet she was glad it wasn't here who was dying. But Logan cared about this woman, even if it was more than friendship, he still cared. And she cared about him. That was the issue right now.
Joshua lurked in the shadows. 'Logan coming.'
'Logan!' Max shouted. 'Over here!'
Logan ran his hands through his dark blonde hair, and walked slowly over to Max she sat in a puddle of blood. 'Max! Are you OK?'
'It's not me you have to worry about.' Max said quietly, looking down at Asha. Asha stopped breathing and Max knew it was all over. Logan just stared for a moment.
'What happened?' He mumured.
'Some bastards thought she set fire to Manticore.' Max replied. She tucked her long, dark hair over her ear, and stepped away from Logan. He knelt down beside his friend and wept.
She left, Joshua following her. Nothing was ever going to be the same again.
'This is all your fault, Max!' Logan shouted. 'All your fault. Asha is dead Dead! Never coming back! And she was innocent! Do you hear me? Because you have some childish grudge against that transgenic factory!'
'Childish grudge? I'll give you childish grudge!'
'Just get out of my sight, Max! I don't want to ever see you again!'
'Fine with me.' Max stormed out, forgetting to take her leather jacket with her. Logan stared at it briefly before throwing it in the trash. In the middle of the night, he got out of bed, removed it from the trash, and placed it in the bathroom cabinet where he locked it. He just wasn't ready to let Max go just yet.
'Hi boo.' said Max.
'What's up?' Original Cindy was cooking in the kitchen. Her new girlfriend was a big fan of chinese food. 'Do you wanna taste my noodles?'
'Excuse me?' Max demanded.
'I was talking to Yasmine! Say hi to Yasmine.'
'Oh. Hi.' Max said grudgingly. 'Look, here's the story. I'm leaving Seattle. Just for a while. Logan and me had this big bust-up and I need to get my head round things.'
'Are you sure? What about Joshua?'
'He's coming with. So I don't get lonely or nothing. I'll go pack my things and be out of your hair. I'll miss you.'
'Just be back soon.' Original Cindy said.
'Promise.' Max replied. They hugged, and Max went to her room.