Life is Strange: Small Acts, Big Consequences

Chapter 4 of my Life is Strange story, enjoy.

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Chapter 4

Silence reigned between Max and Warren as they stared in disbelief at the money that had fallen from the pocket.

"Whoa, that's…where…?" Warren muttered. "Okay, this doesn't make sense Max, those guys, you said they were little more than thugs."

Max nodded. "Yeah, I know, but, what one of them said when they took my money, extra…They were paid to attack me."

Warren nodded as he gently picked up the note and read it.

"Yeah, paid by somebody who wanted to scare you, but…had some decency at least." He remarked, handing her the note.

Max was confused but read the note; suddenly it made sense, she bit her lip. The note contained instructions to the thugs, she was described in perfect detail and there were warnings too; the thugs were to beat her up, if they found extra money on her, they were free to take it, but they were strictly ordered not to do anything else, just beat her up.

Max let out a slow breath and looked over at Warren, he seemed to be just and perplexed, and troubled, as she was by this sudden revelation.

"This was…a hired hit, Max." Warren said; his voice barely above a whisper.

She nodded. "Yeah, someone wanted me to be attacked.

They both fell into a troubled silence after that, thinking.

Finally Max sighed and shook her head.

"Mystery, more mystery, there's more going on here than meets the eye." She remarked softly.

Warren nodded and sighed. "Yeah, tell me about it. This is crazy, I mean, who would hire thugs to attack you?"

Max bit her lip at that; she considered the past few days and everything that happened, even today, there was something that happened. So many things, but it all boiled down to two main suspects so far as she could see.

"There…are two people I can think of." She remarked. "I really annoyed them with my…altruism these past few days, and they would have the money to pay those thugs, especially that amount."

Warren quirked an eyebrow. "Oh really, well, who are these prime suspects?"

She smiled at his choice of words but then replied, serious. "The only two I can think of are…Nathan Prescott or Victoria Chase."

Warren's expression darkened slightly and he bit his lip. "Ah, I see…But Max, we don't…"

She sighed. "I know; we've no exact proof against either of them, just…small things that happened, such as Victoria leaving a threat on my room slate and such."

"Nothing conclusive." Warren remarked.

Max nodded; they had nothing but two suspects and plenty of circumstantial evidence, not enough to decide how to proceed.

In the end they returned their attention to Max's injuries, until they were certain they had been treated as best as they could. She knew that the best option would be to call for professional help.

'But, I can't, that would lead to questions and then what…I can't afford to go through all that. Besides, it's not like they could do much.' She thought sadly to herself; before smiling. 'It doesn't matter anyway; Warren's doing a good job on his own.'

Warren finally nodded and confirmed that they had done all they could. Max had to admit, while it hurt still to walk on her injured leg, she felt okay. She noticed Warren was now blushing and looked awkward.

'That actually looks kinda cute.' She found herself thinking; before clearing her mind. 'Something is troubling him though, but what?'

She was about to ask when Warren suddenly spoke.

"Well, um, Max…There's just, one more thing." He stammered. "You uh, you're gonna need, dry clothes."

Max finally realized what he meant and also blushed. "Oh, um…?"

He managed an awkward smile however. "Don't worry, Lacie's about your size, I'm sure you can borrow some of hers, she won't mind."

Max nodded but knew why he was blushing; she was going to need his help in getting the clothes. Nevertheless she reassured him and let him help her along. Before long Max was dressed in the clothes she borrowed from Warren's cousin while he had written a note to explain things to Lacie. She smiled, this night had been full of surprises and nothing like she expected, but something good had come from it, that was what was important to her.

Later, the rain had died down and now, Max found herself making her way back to the dorms. Warren walked alongside her, helping her along on her injured ankle, although she could walk a little better.

"I wish I could help you all the way but…well." Warren said as they reached the door to the girl's dorm.

Max nodded. "I know, rules…Don't worry, I'll be okay."

Warren nodded and they briefly shared a chaste, loving kiss.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He promised.

She grinned and nodded before turning and entering the dorm. Once inside she prepared herself for the long painful walk to her dorm room. Taking a deep breath she began to make her way along the corridor, using the wall for support. As she drew closer to her room, she was unaware that her progress had been heard, that two other people were awake and were now peeking out of their rooms; witnessing her progress.

Victoria could barely supress her glee as she saw Max stumbling along the corridor.

'God, Max Caulfield, the selfie ho, stumbling along like some…drunkard. This is so rich.' She thought smugly.

The other witness was more sympathetic however; Kate bit her lip as she saw Max's painful walk and barely supressed a gasp as Max walked through a patch of moonlight and she saw the obvious marks on Max's face.

She watched as Max finally reached her room, thinking to herself. 'Max, what happened to you; who could have done this?'

Unaware of the attention, Max had entered her dorm room. After wincing slightly she did her best to get changed for bed and decided to simply sleep. She could only wait and see how things would unfold the following morning.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.