The morning Sun came over the horizon, but soon fell under the darkness of rainy clouds. The cold would blew leafs through the road, as Max´s car passed by and parked near her hideout where Nathan is held captive. She turned off the engine, but kept in her seat for a moment to think about the person she´s avenging.
„I´m so sorry my love, each day is harder and harder without you. I miss your gentle hug, those blue angel eyes, hearing your voice. I´m sorry i wasn´t there for you when you needed me the most.
I ruined everything ... and now you´re gone, it´s all my fault. If i was a good person i would have done something. But this will all be over soon. I just need you to watch over me for a little longer, becouse all those moments between us were real, and they´ll always be ours".
A few tears started to flow down her cheeks and one sob aswell. She wiped them after a moment, exited the vehicle and went after Nathan.
The door opened and the light was turned on. Max was dressed in complete black, with her hoodie covering most of her face, she would only be looking at the floor as she started to walk towards her nemesis. He didn´t say anything, only waiting for what Max is up to. She sat down as the day before, she folded her hoodie and looked at Nathan, who was just looking as if his thoughts were far away, holding his broken arm.
„Kept you wainting, huh ?" Max asked calmy.
„Please excuse the seemingly long wait, i had some other business to atend to, and also thought i would keep you to your thoughts aswell. Before we continue, here, some water and pizza. I don´t want you dead, yet, at least."
She put the water bottle and pizza box on the table, put she kept the gun in her holster. Nathan starwing and dehydrated immidiately stretched his hand and took a piece and a big gulp. For a few minutes, Max waited patiently for Nathan to finish, she didn´t take her eyes of him for a moment, still thinking how satisfying it was for her to cause him physical pain and watching him crumble on the cold floor.
After Nathan was done with his meal, he looked at Max.
„Why are you still keeping me alive ? You´re gonna kill me, right ?". She let out a small grin.
„Ou dear Nathan, i already killed you a thousand ways, burried you in a thousand graves, but of course you wouldn´t know about that, but at one point, i had to stop rewinding time becouse it started to become an addiction, watching you die, and die again in such beautiful ways. And your bleed-out record is 10 minutes. I´m really proud of you."
Nathan was looking at Max with his mouth opened and puzzled as he had no idea what is the women in front of him talking about, thinking she was on some serious drugs.
„I see, look, lady, my father can help you with any problems you´re havi ..."
Max stood up and stretched her left hand and held Nathan by his hair very firmly .
„YOU are my problem, Nathan ! You are my pain and suffering i had to endure for years ! You took HER away from me, and you didn´t even let Rachel have a proper burrial you fucking piece of shit !"
as she was holding him by his hair, she clenched her other fist and punched him in the face, breaking his nose and making him fall on his back, his eyes lost focus and blood started to flow down his cheeks to the side. After a moment he regained full consciousness and only sighs of yet more pain were overcoming him. Max then came next to him and helped him back on the chair.
„And i´m no lady i can tell you that. My name is Max Caufield." Nathan of course wouldn´t know about her in this timeline since they never met, so he didn´t pay too much attention when she said her name.
„Your father can help ? The same way as he helped you ?"
Her voice started to be filled with more anger with each word.
„Your father doesn´t care about anyone, why do you think it took him so many years to get your sorry ass out of jail ?"
She thought for a moment, with Nathan only trying to stop his bleeding.
„Did you really think that by saying how sorry you are with that pitiful voice message, that all will be forgiven and forgotten ? You pushed Kate into killing herself, i saw the photo of Chloe in your room ... you killed Rachel, Chloe and Kate you son of a bitch !"
Now full of hatred that was building up in her with each word, she took out her steel tonfa again, pushed the table out of the way and stretched her arm for a swing. Nathan looked up, his fearful eyes unable to say anything else, closed a moment before she´d hit his right knee with full force, the room echoed with an animalistic scream of pain and suffering as Nathan fell on the floor once again.
Max slowly kneeled next to Nathan .
„I believe i said that i won´t hurt you. Well, i lied. I want to hurt you as much and for as long as possible, before watching you very slowly die. But you don´t want to give someones hopes up right away, right ? Ha ha ha ! Hah, i crack myself up sometimes."
Nathan was already physically and mentally broken, he couldn´t utter a single word, only tears started to slowly flow from his eyes, realizing he´s not going to make it out alive.
Max then heared a ringtone. She reached her pocket to check Nathan´s phone.
„Well now, look who´s calling !"
Victoria was comming home from work late at night as usual. After she entered her house, closed the door and locked it, suddenly an intruder grabbed her from behind. She tried to struggle but was overpowered pretty easily. All she could see was black gloves holding her mouth so nobody would hear her screaming, and hear the man calming her down.
„Sh sh shhh calm down now, calm down, nobody will hurt you if you´ll calm down and do as you are told." said the mysterious man. Victoria´s fast breathing started to slow down after a while, and she just nodded with her head to signal an agreement. „Good girl, now come with me". He held a pistol right to her back, taking her to the living room, where more people were already waiting. The lights then turned on and she stopped at the enterance to the room, scared as to why are there two more masked people with guns and an elder man, who was sitting in the armchair and holding on to his crutch.
„Well, hello there miss Chase, plase have a seat." Said the elder man, while the other were standing close to him and one near her, keeping an eye on both. She then slowly sat down, uneasy about what the men want from her.
„Divorced, no children, i´m sorry for your, situation, but mine is more problematic. My name is Sean Prescott, nice to finaly meet you. I´m sorry we are seeing each other at this very unpleasant time, and under such unfortunate surcomstances, but i´m sure we can do something to change it for the better, for both of us."
„Mister Prescott ? Wha .. what do you want from me, why are you here ?"
Victoria asked with a fearful and anxious voice.
„My son told me a lot about you during his days at the Blackwell Academy. How close the two of you were. Even if i didn´t pay too much attention to him, during that time. I was stupid, i´ve put my career in front of everything, and everyone. All i wanted was for my son to continue in my shoes and be successful, and continue where i would have left off, like i did after my father before me. But he did a stupid mistake and had to pay for it. Some might say that 20 years was too much, but i wanted to give him enought time to think about himself. And also you can´t make it too obvious when you bribe people with power in important places. Now i believe you and Nathan had a call a few days back. Can you please tell me what was it about ?"
Victoria froze for a moment.
„I ... he ... he told me he just got out of jail and that he wanted to see me. But i was scared and rejected." She said trembling.
Sean sighted for a moment „Are you sure ? Is that what really happened ?" Victoria only noted in response.
„Well, that´s very unfortunate, i was thinking that you are mature enought to not lie, especialy to men with guns. And it doesn´t give me any pleasure knowing what comes next."
Sean looked at the man on his right side and nodded to him. The man nodded back and left the room. Victoria looked at Sean „Where did he go ? What are you gonna do ?"
After a short moment the man returned with another woman that had a bag over her head, handcuffs, and tape over her mouth becouse her talking was inaudible. The man sat her down near Sean, Victoria was only looking at both of them, frightened more with every passing moment.
Sean started talking still in a calm voice „Since you won´t tell me what i want, i have to use more persuasive methods."
He pulled the bag from the woman´s head, to reveal Courtney Wagner.
Courtney tried to start screaming at the sight of Victoria but nothing could be heared since her mouth was covered with tape. Victoria stood up immidiately and screamed „You son of a bitch let her ..." the man next to Victoria hit her over the had with the grip before she could finish her sentence, promptly sitting her back with painful blow.
Sean continued „Now that were all here, we can continue." he pulled out a 1911 pistol and pointed it at Courtney´s knee. „Last chance to tell me what i want to know, and this time, it better be the truth." Courtney started to shiver uncontrollably.
„ALRIGHT ALRIGHT please don´t do it please just stop it i beg you don´t hurt her!" Victoria started crying from fear of what Sean would do, after a moment she looked at Courtney who´s eyes were already red from all the crying. Victoria then started to talk, looking straight at Sean .
„I ... i told your son i would go, but ... but i didn´t go. Instead my friend wanted to meet him"
She then broke eye contact and was seemingly lost in thought for a moment.
Sean slowly pushed the pistol closer the Courtney „Go on, i´m listening. Who was your friend ?"
Victoria released a tear that ran down her cheek „Max Caufield. She said she wanted a surprise meeting with him."
Sean grinned „And from what i see, it was a surprise indeed. You´re gonna try calling him right now, and hope that he will pick it up. For your friends sake."
Victoria took her phone, with her shaken hands, and started calling Nathan.
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„Well now, look who´s calling !" said Max, smiling at the phone, and then looking back with the same smile at Nathan on the ground. „I think that Victoria misses your sorry ass already. Hmm, what could she ever want from you ... would you know maybe ? You are worthless to everyone soooo ... i´m probably just gonna ignore this one." And then she canceled the call request. „So, where did we left off ?"
Victoria with an even more frightened sight froze for a moment „The, the call was canceled.
Sean looked mildly annoyed „I guess it´s going to be one less knee on this girl then". Courtney started screaming and crying hysterically.
„NO NO PLEASE GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE" Victoria screamed crying. Sean sighted at her for a moment, and slightly gasped, thinking „Alright, one more try. So make it count this time".
Victoria franticaly tried calling on Sean´s phone again „Come on pick it ut, pick it up!"
Max responded in annoyance „Aaand here we go again, she just won´t let us have some private fun time, will she ?" She sighted for a very short moment „You know what ? Tell her the truth ! Tell her where you are right now and what is happening !"
Nathan didn´t know what to think her words, but seeing it as the only possible chance, he didn´t hesitate. Max kneeled down, holding the phone to Nathan´s ear with the speaker turned on.
Victoria was more anxious with every passing second. A moment later, the phone picked up.
„Vic ... Victoria, is ... is that ... you ?" Nathan could spoke only with as much energy, as he had left in him.
„Ou Nathan ! Yes it´s me ! What happened ? Where are you now ?" she was talking with a louder voice full of concern for both him, and Courtney.
„I´ve been ... taken. Crazy woman ... tortured ... Max" he couldn´t even form full sentences and was loosing the last bits of will power left in him.
„Max ?" Sean raised an eyebrow hearing a name, Victoria continued. „Give me her to the phone now please !" Nathan looked at Max, who only nodded her head in refusal.
„I ... can´t ... ju ... just find me ... „ he then looked at Max who whispered to him, and he just talked back to Victoria „Seattle ... Fern Bluff Road ... 95 ... i´m sor ..." he didn´t even finish and Max ended the call and started talking to Nathan. „Well, now that that´s over with, i think our date for today is over. I´ll be seeing you again tomorrow, so please don´t run away yet, it´s gonna be so much fun ! Bye bye now.". The door closed, the lights turned out, Nathan was left alone, Max heared only sobs, crying and screaming when she was about to leave, ignoring him as if he stopped existing when she left the room.
Victoria finched as the call abruptly ended, her voice was shaken from how Nathan was talking „Nathan is with Max. Seattle, Fern Bluff Road, 95. That´s all he told me before the call ended. I did what you asked, are we ... done ? Is this over ?"
Sean nodded confirming her question. „Yes, my dear. Thank you, it´s over".
Victoria breathed heavily, Sean looked at the man behind Victoria. A moment later only two supressed gun sounds were heared, with Victoria´s and Courtney´s body on the ground, a blood pool started to form on the floor. Sean stood up and looked at his men.
„Alright then, let´s get my son and kill that bitch that´s holding him. And please, clean up this mess you just made."