Max's blue eyes slowly fluttered open to find herself in the moving truck and surrounded by many trees that seemed to be dead and covered in snow along with the ground below that she could barely see through the dirty window. She could feel small drops of sweat run down her head as her heart beat at a fast rate. Calming herself down didn't seem to work since the engine of the vehicle was making her more nervous about her surroundings. All she could do at the minute was think to herself quietly.

Another dream of her had occur. And it was more worst then the last. The cries of help and the guilt with a side of fear running up and down her spine like a snake. Her dead body in front of her cold and all bloody from the injuries she had earned. The scene was enough to make her cringe in her seat. It was enough to almost bring a tear to her eye.

It was enough to make Chloe notice in plain sight as she touched the brunette's shoulder ever so lightly to get her attention. As their eyes connected, the punk friend could see fear deep in Max's eyes. She didn't know what caused this but she had a good idea as to what it could've been. So she asked her girlfriend in a quiet tone while slowing down her car a little so anything bad wouldn't happen.

"You okay?" The answer she got from the girl was only a small nod before she looked down at the bottom of her seat to avoid eye contact. That didn't work though. Instead, it only made Chloe worry more about what was going on with the photographer. It only caused the blue haired girl to question yet again, "Was it a bad dream?"

She guessed right, but Max answered wrong as she pretended it was just another dream of the storm. She replied in a saddened tone, "I keep having the same damn one. And it's. Pretty annoying now."

"I would say the same thing if I had the same dream every time I sleep. Sadly, I don't. Instead of that, my dreams are either one of me riding a dinosaur or it's plain wet." The older teen told her love with a smirk, waiting for the younger one to laugh or at least giggle from the joke. But instead, she sat in her seat like a statue while Chloe's smile vanished into a small frown before she picked up the pace and drove fast again. As the silence kicked back in again, the punk continued, "Max. You shouldn't be worried about the storm. That stuff was in the past. Everyone's fine now! Well, thanks to you being Super Max, as always. So quit thinking of the worst. I mean. We are still alive, right?"

"Right. I understand... It's just. How can you stay so normal after so much crap had just happened?"

"Jesus, Max. Because I'm not a Doc Brown like you. I'm Marty McFly. I move forward and leave the past alone. That incident was four months ago! I was exoecting you to drop it sooner or later."

"You don't get it, do you?"

"Blow me."

"I mean, just think about it this way," Max shifted in her seat to stare at Chloe seriously even though she wasn't having eye contact with her and asked a question as if it was one that would change both of their lives forever. "What if I had screwed up while helping evacuate everyone out of Arcadia Bay? What if everyone had died including me? Think of you in my place. What if you had failed to be the hero your entire life and all of the lives you failed to save threw Karma at you and killed you?"

With that, the punk again slowed down the car for a second and pulled it over to a sudden stop. As she checked the oil and the battery, she answered in a serious tone, "Then I would be okay with it. I mean, if it's me we're talking about, I wouldn't be afraid to die, you know that since I almost sacrificed myself for everyone else. Yet your stubborn self hella saved my ass. And I appreciate that. Then again, if I was in your place and I couldn't save everyone, I would feel like shit. I would feel sad about everyone's lives taken away. Especially yours. But not mine. Because I know that deep down. I need to be punished."

"You know that's not true, Chloe."

"It's true for me and you. We're all going to be punished sooner or later. We just. Have to be ready for whatever the world throws at us. I'm ready. Are you though?" The older teen turned to the younger one for their eyes to connect yet again and questioned one more time, "When the time comes, will you be ready for the punishment we so much deserve?"

Max couldn't help but be lost at words until she thought about it. Chloe was being so serious that this could all be one huge dream, she thought. But then again, they both been through some crazy and bad things so far in their lives. So it wasn't much of a surprise to see that the blue haired punk had grown up a little bit. Still, she thought deeper into the matter. Chloe's punishment was probably going to be a slap to the face or for her phone to break. Her on the other hand?

She caused her friends to disappear. Maybe die that night. She caused all of her so called friends to break up. All because she thought of herself and no one else. Her punishment was so going to be death. And to be honest, she wasn't going to be ready for it. But for her and her girlfriend's sake, she had to lie this once so everything would be okay at the minute.

So she responded with a reassuring smile, "Yeah. As long as you're with me, I think I'm ready for anything."

"That's the Caulfield I know and love," Her girlfriend smirked before she leaned to the brunette for a sweet kiss. The two sunk into the feeling for a while as Max thought to herself that she had to savor this. There was something about what Chloe said that got to her in a way and it made her think that time would kick her in the ass as well. So she decided to savor every little moment of the kiss she was given right now. She decided to make it even more special by sliding her fingers into the blue hair the older teen had. It made the teen giggle as she rubbed her hands down the brunette's back nice and slowly then moving them up her shirt for more action.

Sadly, before things could go further, the punk broke the kiss and breathed, "As much as I want to rock your world right now, Maxine. We got a little problem on our hands."

"And what is that, Che?"

"Uh, the truck is out of gas again."

"Damn it, Chloe."

"I know. And you know what that means, right?"

"... Get out of the car. Now... Don't worry, I'll be right behind you."

As the two teens got out of the truck, they both took in the scenery around them. The white powder falling from the sky really made the area look like a winter wonderland as the trees were bathed in it alongside the dark ground, making the green grass be painted white. The sky wasn't so bad either since it was pretty dark but not so much to make nothing be seen in the distance, thanks to the shine of the moon above.

Before Max could take a decent picture with her phone, Chloe pulled her by the shoulder to the back of the vehicle so they could get to work. The two then pushed the car on the side of the road as hard as they could. It was going slow for them but steady as well. The brunette looked as the cars passed them at a fast rate, blinding her from the lights that illuminated through the cold wind. The blue haired girl on the other hand, was just pushing the car as if it was her life time goal to. That was until she noticed her love's little frown on her little face.

"Aw, please don't be mad at me, Maximus," she joked, earning a small laugh from her.

"I'm not. I was just thinking to myself."

"About?"

"... Seattle..."

"Uh. What about it," Chloe asked, now kind of concerned as to why she would be thinking about the years without her. Or of the place she had suddenly hated for some odd reason.

"I was just thinking about if I made the right choice."

"You mean if passing it up was good or not?"

"Y-Yeah," Max replied with a stutter and a short sigh. Another thing that was making her sort of confused was the fact that after leaving Arcadia Bay, the girls traveled for a very long time. Letting the road take them wherever they go. But as they did, they came across Seattle, the place where everyone else was. The place where her parents were. And for some odd reason, when her girlfriend asked if she wanted to make the stop there, she refused quickly. As if she already thought of the situation. But she didn't. It was weird at first, even though the punk told her to not worry about it. But still, it would always cross her mind. And so did the horrible past...

"I think it would be good either way. I mean, if you said yes, I could've seen my mom again and you could've seen your parents again. Since you said no though, I have had more time with you all for myself."

"Whatever..."

"Say, Max?"

"Yes, Chloe?"

"I gotta question... When you was at Seattle. Did you have any friends there? I ask because you always seem to tell me about the scenery and stuff, but not about what personally happened to you. Did something bad happen?"

"Of course not," The young teen lied yet again to the older one. "And. Yeah, I did have friends, but they weren't like Rachel. They were bastards to the core."

With just the mention of the blue haired's friend, she stopped pushing the car and responded in anger, "How many times am I going to have to keep on telling you, Max? I loved Rachel. And she loved me. The fact that you still worry I kind of use you as a replacement really hurts."

"T-That's not what I think, Chloe. It's just... Sometimes I think I could do better. That I could really fill in that void of her. That for once. I can make things better. Without using time travel..."

"And you do, Max. Everyday with you is one of the best days of my life. Don't ever forget that." Chloe then hugged Max tightly, causing warmth to emerge between the two prior to them pushing the vehicle yet again on the icy grass that died from the hard rubber wheels. It almost got silent yet again until the photographer questioned lightly, "Is it weird that I think the powers are still hidden inside me or are going to come back?"

"No. I mean. Sometimes I think you use it secretly to stop all my mistakes though."

"Promise. I don't."

"Well, to be honest, I kind of hate it when you look like your in the slumps. So, uh, can you smile and change the subject?"

Without hesitation, the brunette smiled lightly at her girlfriend, who then smiled back at her hopefully. The two continued to travel the car further down the road in search for a gas station. And even though Chloe hoped that there was one, Max hoped that things would go well on this trip. That the powers would never ever come back again and cause hell on Earth. That she would never see them again. That if her punishment was to come,

That she would truly be ready for it...

That was chapter one, hope you guys like it. And um, just a heads up, if you guys didn't understand what was happening, I suggest you read Max: The everyday hero to understand better. But if you do, props to you. I know this chapter was kind of fluffy a little bit and just filled with questions, but I'm just setting these two up for the 'time' of their lives. Until then, have a good day! :)