The touch on his shoulder made him jump, though he quickly figured it for the same luck that had the creature running into him. Her insistence had him already turning, agreeing with her assessment that his earlier suggestion was the best course of action. It was one thing to confront bad men with guns and fists made for bludgeoning, but this woman felt strange - and the mere fact that Max felt something regarding this woman was enough to tell him that fighting wasn't going to be the greatest of ideas. There were feelings regarding Lucy, and now this woman, both of whom seemed as familiar to him as his sister. And now she was saying to return to an apartment building - Shit, does she live at Pax, too?! Maybe there seriously isn't such a thing as a coincidence.
He still turned, completely invisible to the eye, and grabbed Alex's elbow as gently as possible in order to begin steering her in the opposite direction of the strange woman. They made good time, for just as the first monster climbed to her feet, two more joined her. Glancing back behind him, Max let out a groan. "What the hell are those things?" Briefly, another thought of introducing himself to the woman since they were obviously going to end up eventually knowing one another via living in the same building occurred to him, but he knocked that idea away. It was the same thing as the other woman, the other night - secret identities are secret. And then without warning, Max's invisibility snapped off like a lightswitch, revealing his hand on the young woman's arm.
Dropping his hand to his side, he gave a sheepish smile under the ski-mask and stopped his pace at the edge of a building, looking back to see if they were still being pursued. "So, uh, which direction to the apartment, ma'am?" He feigned stupidity, not wanting to appear too enthusiastic.