SUMMARY: As life for the Transgenics as they establish themselves in Terminal City comes together, Max and Alec receive a huge surprise. Set before the Jam Pony seige.

Season 3: What happens one stormy night when Alec and Max get too wound up fighting?

Mood Music: Dizzy by the Goo Goo Dolls, Hello Time Bomb by Matthew Good Band & Why Pt. 2 by Collective Soul.

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My submission for the Opening Lines Challenge. The prompt was "I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being.".

There are games being played at all levels of the Transgenic universe, what are they and who is being played? Max goes into heat while Alec is out of town, they discover emotional investment is only the beginning of something much greater.

This was a response to Pai's "Not My Heat" Challenge. Max goes into Heat and gets pregnant, but not by Alec. It got a little out of hand, though.