Life is Strange: Surprises
Chapter 1 of my new Life is Strange story, enjoy.
In this idea, it's again a post game idea, with the Sacrifice Chloe ending used, yet in this Chloe managed to survive her gunshot wound, effectively using the hospital ending in its more typical context. Takes place after Chloe gets out of hospital and will feature two OCs as important characters.
Pairings: Max/Warren (mostly in background due to nature of story, but it is there), Kate/OC.
Now onto the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Life is Strange or its characters, excluding OCs.
Chapter 1
Max Caulfield smiled lightly as she approached her friend Chloe Price, who was sitting on the porch outside her house.
'I still can't believe Chloe survived.' She thought in amazement. 'I thought she died, I thought she was supposed to die, but, by some miracle, she survived.'
Smiling wider she went and sat next to Chloe, who brightened up considerably.
"Yo, Max, great to see you." She greeted her cheerfully.
Max nodded; she had been to visit Chloe several times in hospital as she recovered from the gunshot wound inflicted by Nathan Prescott. During that time, after Chloe recovered consciousness, they had spoken and thankfully reconciled.
"Hey Chloe." She returned the greeting cheerfully. "So, how are you holding up?"
Her injury still pained her at times after all.
Wincing Chloe shook her head, rubbing her stomach. "Ugh, I've been better."
Max smiled and hugged Chloe. "I'm just glad you're alive."
"Me too Max, me too." Chloe replied while smiling lightly.
They parted and sat in silence for a while.
"A few more inches and you wouldn't be here." Max said, shuddering.
Chloe nodded grimly. "Yeah, I heard..."
They lapsed back into silence again both of them lost in thought. Smirking a little Chloe turned to Max.
"Wanna see the scar."
Max rolled her eyes. "Chloe, please."
Laughing Chloe just shook her head. "Whatever Max; so, that guy who drove you to meet me in the hospital a few times?"
"Huh, oh, you mean Warren?"
"Ah, that's his name. I noticed...the way he looks at you." Chloe remarked. "Maybe you should, talk to him about that."
Max just laughed nervously, deciding now wasn't the time to mention she was already ahead of Chloe; she had already confessed her feelings to Warren, the two of them were now dating.
Finally, after yet another lapse, Chloe sighed.
"Still can't...believe all this." She muttered softly. "I mean, Rachel, Nathan, your...your teacher...That, horrible place."
Max shuddered at that, the memories, of Rachel, of the Dark Room, everything she suffered in that week before returning to erase it. The memories remained however, forever burned into her brain, especially her own nightmare in the Dark Room.
Seeing Chloe's expression, Max replied softly. "I'm sorry about Rachel. I know you loved her."
"I...I know, thanks Max." She replied calmly.
Max bowed her head; her own sadness becoming predominant. "I wish I could've done something, y'know."
Chloe sighed. "Don't go beating yourself up about it Max."
"I mean it, if I could've done something, she'd still be alive." Max replied frantically.
"There you go again Max, you can't keep blaming yourself for everything." Chloe told her; shaking her head.
Max shook her head. "I just feel like I let you down."
"Don't think that way." Chloe replied. "It's, the other way around. I let everyone down, ever since, ever since that day, dad..."
Max was confused by this, especially since she never expected Chloe to say such a thing, out of the blue like that.
"What do you mean?"
"Look at what I did with my life, it's no wonder everything around me went to shit..." Chloe replied vehemently; before softening and continuing. "But still, there's nothing any of us could've done, nobody even suspected Mark Jefferson."
Max relaxed and they sat in silence again, this time not worried, both relieved that at least Jefferson was in jail and there was hope for the future.
Meanwhile, at Blackwell; two new students had arrived, both eighteen, one male and one female, the two were in fact twin siblings.
"Well, here we are." The girl said; looking around with a shrewd expression.
The boy nodded. "Yeah; hmmm..."
He shifted, slightly uneasy. The girl was tall with long dark brown hair and chestnut brown eyes, she was also well-developed with large breasts and long legs. The boy was slightly shorter than his sister, but had the same hair and eye colour, his hair was short however and he had a toned build.
The girl rolled her eyes at the boy's uneasiness.
"Relax, it's a new school, nothing drastic."
The boy simply nodded and at that moment they were approached by a girl, the same age as them with blonde hair in a bun and hazel eyes. She was dressed modestly and smiled sweetly as she greeted them.
"Hi there."
The boy smiled. "Hi, I'm Melvin Hawkhirst, this is my sister, Jane."
The girl nodded and introduced herself. "I'm Kate Marsh, it's nice to met you."
"Pleasure." Jane replied.
They all shook hands, meanwhile Kate noticed their expressions and couldn't help but wonder.
She finally asked.
"Do you, need any help?"
Melvin smiled and nodded. "Well, we just got accepted here and, we could...We need somebody to show us around."
Jane nodded; smiling lightly and Kate also smiled.
"Oh, I could help."
"That'd be great." Jane replied.
Melvin agreed and so, together, they made their way onwards as Kate began her tour. As they walked Jane observed Kate carefully.
'How nice, hmmm, so, she is one of them, one of the girls...from that incident.'
She listened carefully, although one part of her mind remained on her thoughts, as she thought about Kate and of course, what she had heard, particularly about her, about the Dark Room Incident. It was then they spotted another girl of eighteen that Kate seemed to know.
"Oh, hi Max." Kate greeted her. "How's Chloe?"
The girl, now identified as Max, smiled. "Hi Kate, she's doing better."
Kate nodded. "That's good, oh, this is Jane and Melvin Hawkhirst, they're new here."
Max greeted them and they returned her greeting.
Max then spoke. "Well, I better go, I'll see you guys later; um, Kate, have you seen Warren?"
Kate almost laughed, noting Max's blush. "Where else would he be, even on the weekend."
"Of course, science lab, thanks." Max replied before nodding.
With that Max left.
As they continued the tour, Jane then asked.
"Who was that exactly, that girl, Max?"
Kate explained. "Maxine Caulfield; she's a friend of mine; oh and uh, she always prefers to be called Max. Warren, Warren Graham that is, he's her boyfriend, you'll meet them and everybody else before long."
Melvin nodded, seeming enthusiastic, albeit a little shy. Jane merely nodded and together they continued the tour.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
Well, we introduce the two OCs and set the stage for the story, tomorrow, things truly begin.