A/N: Last chapter was where things got a lot more stranger than usual, now in this chapter, there will be something that they didn't even see coming. Enjoy!
Everyone decided to go to the lake today since they wanted to forget about the break-in, the missing pictures of Max, and Max wetting himself. Everyone was wearing their swimming clothes. Max wore dark blue trunks with a white stripe running town the side, but he wore a black long sleeved shirt with it, and he was refusing to take it off.
"Max, sweetie, wearing a long sleeve in the middle of warm weather isn't healthy, you're gonna get a heat rash" Reiko said, trying to lift up Max's shirt, but once it was lifted enough to expose his belly button, he pulled the shirt down quickly and walked away nervously. Mako was now talking with Musaki, sitting at the dock at the other end of the lake.
"I'm concerned, Saki" Mako said.
"Why's that?" Musaki asked with a confused tone.
"The only thing stolen from us in the break-in were pictures of Max. Either they were torn out of family pictures or they were taken out of their frames, they were all of Max and Max alone" Mako explained. Musaki now knew why Mako was acting so insecure.
"You think whoever stole those pictures and ate your meat might be after Max, huh?" Musaki asked. Mako nodded.
"Don't worry, we're gonna find this guy and take him into custody, when we do, we'll know just what to do with them" he comforted his uncle with a hand on Mako's shoulder.
Reiko attempted again to lift up Max's shirt again.
"Max, please take off the shirt" Reiko asked politely and sweetly. She lifted up the shirt higher than above his stomach, and revealed what appeared to be dried blood. Max pulled his shirt back down. Tigress then noticed this.
"Po, did you see that?" she asked Po who was right next to her.
"See what?" he asked. Tigress then walked towards Max. Max was frightened a bit because Tigress was mostly yelling at him a lot.
"Hey, Max. Come here, let me take a look at you" Max reluctantly obeyed and stood in front of Tigress. She got on one knee and gently pulled off Max's shirt to reveal odd markings on Max's body with dried blood surrounding them on his chest, and they were on his wrists too. Tigress gasped and covered up her mouth in shock. Reiko then shouted out.
"Mako!" Musaki and Mako ran over to where Reiko, Max, and Tigress were.
"What's going on?" Musaki asked.
"We have to go to the hospital" Reiko said worried.
"Why? What happened?" Mako asked. Tigress showed the markings on Max's body. Musaki covered up his mouth in shock with widened eyes.
"Oh my God" Musaki whispered in fear. Mako then called out to everyone.
"Everyone out of the water right now! We're going to the hospital!" everyone got out and they all saw what happened to Max. They all rushed down to the hospital.
Later, at the hospital, Max was getting the cuts checked out. Mako was pacing the floor back and forth.
"First the break-in, then the pants peeing, now cuts on my own adopted son's chest?" Mako whispered to himself. Sage walked up to Mako.
"The kid's man enough to take a few cuts, okay? Why did we have to waste our fun at this place?" Sage asked rudely, without caring if he was being rude.
"Sage, I'm starting to get concerned about him because of what happened last night and the morning after! I think I have every right to give Max some medical treatment after this has happened!" Mako shouted. Sage just left. The doctor came out with Max. Max was completely shirtless, and he had gauze around his chest and his arms where the cuts were. The doctor sighed and spoke.
"Everything's gonna be fine, all he has to do is change the gauze every two days after rubbing some anti-bacterial gel on the wounds" the middle aged goose doctor said.
"However, there is something about this that concerns me" the doctor spoke out.
"What?" Mako asked confusedly.
"The markings on Max's chest and wrists, appear to have been applied with a blade" Reiko gasped and a tear shed from her eye. Mako then looked down in concern.
"This doesn't feel normal at all" Mako said out loud.
"We'll find out who did this, I promise you that" Arizona came behind Mako and placed a paw on his shoulder in comfort.
A/N: Now whoever is obsessed with Max has gone off the deep end, now there are blade applied symbols on his body and nobody even knows how he got them. Musaki, Arizona, Max, Reiko, Mako, Sage, hope you liked it! Please review, thanks.