The only think Chloe could do was stare between the two. The air was thick with tension, so thick that Chloe would cut it with a knife. Her eyes looked back to Max. It was crazy how she recognized her so quickly. But suppose that was the power of 'besties' if they were even still that. Despite the many differences there were still many familiarities.

"Max," Chloe said lowly but it went unheard. Max didn't even look her way as she clashed with Nathan. Her weapon colliding with his hands. It was a stalemate between them and it was enough for Chloe to snap out of it.

"What the fuck is going on!?" She demanded yet her voice quivered with fear and uncertainty. She moved over to the door. It had closed as soon as Max moved out of the way. But she felt that someone would eventually hear the noise. More likely his step-father would come and check it out. But the hell she was thinking about that, she just wanted to get the hell out of there.

But despite being so close to the door where she can just touch it, her legs didn't move. She couldn't leave Max! She looked up as Nathan tossed Max yet she was quick. She twisted herself in the air as her feet hit the tiled wall, pushing off and flying towards Nathan, slashing at his sides and landing on her feet again in front of Chloe.

Nathan cried out, more like a beasty roar like a wild animal. His appearance changed, no longer looking like the rich, drug dealing, party-boy. Instead there was an all-black creature. Two sizes bigger and bulker than before. Its glowing yellow eyes staring at them.

"Oh God. What the hell is that?!"

"It's called a Heartless." Chloe noticed that Max was looking at her. Her stare was intense it made Chloe feel uneasy. Yet they made her feel calm and assuring like everything was going to be okay. This was unlike the Max Chloe knew, this one was more confident, strong.

"Chloe, you got to get out of here, now."

Chloe open her mouth but was tackled to the side. In a black blur the heartless ran out of the bathroom. She didn't know that Max was on top of her until she cursed and got up to her feet. She gave Chloe one more look. Her eyes held different emotions but they were gone as fast as they came. Max open her mouth as if to speak but looked towards door and Chloe.

"I'm sorry," she said and rushed out of the bathroom.

And just like that Chloe was alone. She stood there, looking mindlessly at the wall across from her. She stood there as her heart went rapid in her chest, hands shaking and chills running up and down her spine. There was no way in explaining what just had happen. Was it even real? It was so impossible. She was almost shot then Nathan Prescott turn into a fucking monster and her long-time-no-see best friend charged in and fought it. What the fuck was going on?

Shaking her head Chloe left the scene, she couldn't stay here. She walked out expecting there to be some kind of chaos but instead there was calmness in the halls. Blackwell students talking with each other and walking out with phones in their hands. There was no trace of Nathan or whatever he was, and most importantly there was no sign of Max. Chloe tugged on her jacket and walked out from the main entrance. She had get the hell away, she didn't know what was going on and just needed to clear her mind.

If she had walked any faster she would had been running to her truck that was rudely parked in the handicap parking spaces. Not like she cared that she took up the room. She took out her keys, hands shaking as the key refuse to go inside the slot before she dropped them.

"Fuck," she bend down to pick them up. After a second attempt she got her door open and started up the truck and left. It was in the afternoon on a Monday, She went home, the house empty with both parents working. She went up to her room and laid on her bed. Compare to five years ago the room was completely different, far messier than before. Along with her appearance, her room showed just how much she changed.

Chloe sighed, lighting up and started to medicate as she smoked the blunt. Already the stress was leaving her but her confusion remained there. The room as quiet and it wasn't helping her with her thought process. The whole time she was thinking about Max. It was only for a moment but she saw her. Chloe wasn't sure exactly how she felt about it. Excited yet at the same time bitter…

Max's panted, leaning against the wall in a dark alley. Her arm burn as blood dripped down her fingers to the floor. She felt like her lungs were burning from all the running and fighting. Normally she couldn't get this hurt but she been distracted. Her mind somewhere else while she relied on her battle instincts to make sure she didn't get killed.

Tracking down the heartless was a hard task. She came so close only for it to get away again. If only Ven was with her they would had taken it down together. It wasn't a normal heartless. It was stronger and most and it seem to know what it was doing.

She managed to corner it behind the Two Whale's Diner. She didn't noticed until know when she saw the sign. But it was far too late as she was injured and the heartless disappeared into the shadows. Max's keyblade vanished from sight just as the back door open. She scooted back around the corner so she wasn't seen. However she wasn't so lucky as Max kicked some trash with the back of her foot.

"Who's that?!" Came an all too familiar voice. Max's heart raced as she moved a little.

"Joyce?"

"Max?!"

A/N: Sorry for the shortness I didn't get much time to right this one. But future chapters will be a bit longer.