Catalyst 2.0
"Well this is another fine mess you got us into," Max heard as she lay there on a dusty floor, The area was poorly lit, Propping herself up on her elbows Max looked around seeing the arena was completly desserted, Through the cage she could see row's of benches, empty beer cans and discarded ciggerette packets littering the floor under them, A few feet away from her was a girl with her back to her, arms at her sides with her fists clenched, shoulder length brunette hair, Black knee length jeans with a black sports bar, Her feet and hands taped up, "Ya know you almost had me with that little speech of yours before getting into the lift," The brunette said flatly letting out a sigh, "Who...are you?" Max asked trying to get to her feet, but feeling like there was an invissible weight on her preventing her from doing so, "What was the point in doing this to us, what did you hope to acheave," The blonde snapped angrily ignoring Max's question, Max let herself fall back down on her back as she stared up at the cealing, "I just wanted..." Max sighed trailing off, "You wanted what?" The brunette asked angrily, "I...just wanted to help my friends," Max replied defeatedly, The brunette scoffed, "What by getting us beaten to a pulp, Did you even stop to think how Diana would feel, knowing were up here taking a kicking for her," The brunette shot accusingly.
"I don't wanna see my freind's get hurt, Not when...not when I can help them," Max snapped back as she forced herself into a sitting position, the invisible weight feeling a little more bearable, "That's what you tell yourself isn't it," the brunette said as she turned to face Max, "problem is..you don't even belive it," she spat angrily, the girls face was blotchy from crying, One of her blue eyes had a dark purple bruise under it with blood running from her nose and split lip, Max gasped as she stared at the girl in disbelief as though staring at a mirror, "Look like shit don't we," Max's doppleganger said crossing her arms as she shifted her weight to one foot, Max shook her head slowly, "You can't be me...the bruise is on the wrong side," Max said in disbelief as she pointed to her own bruise on the opposite cheek, Max's doppleganger gave an ammused humph, "At least you havn't scrabled our brain at least, The bigger question is, WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING HERE," The dopple ganger shouted down at Max visibly shaking, Max flinched at the sudden change in tone her body trembling, "If...mom woulda just let me..", "Thank's but we already know this story so youll have to exscuse me for not giving a shit, While I do agree with you that that is why were here thats not what I meant," The doppleganger cut Max off with a board tone, "I asked, What are WE doing here, here in this arena," she continued holding her arms out singnaling the place thery were in.
Max looked around the abandand arena "I...I told you already," Max stammered feeling herself shrink under her own gaze, "Oh right," the doppleganger said sarcastically, "You don't want to see 'your' friends get hurt," the doppleganger continued in her sarcastic tone using her hands to air qoute 'your' and scoffed, "Too bad you can't help the one that matters," she snapped as a fresh tear rolled down her cheek, "You mean Chloe," Max muttered wrapping her arms around her knees as she rested her chin on them letting her own tears roll down her cheeks, as she thought about her best friend hurting over her dad, "Oh so you didn't forget then, William dieing, her best friend moving away, not contacting her," "That wasnt my fault," Max snapped, "And I guess by now, knowing her best freind is missing possibly DEAD," the doppleganger shouted the last part her fists clenched, Max was taken back by her final words as she imagined Chloe's reaction to her being missing presumed dead, recalling her reaction to when she found out her dad had been killed in a car crash, Max shook her head, "I'm not dead though," Max mumbled as she felt a new weight threatened to crush her, The doppleganger scoffed lightly, "May as well be," she sneered.
Max slumped her shoulders as another tear rolled down her cheek, "I'm scared,...scratch that I'm terrified...And I don't know what to do," she sobbed, "Oh your scared all right, But it's not of whats in here," the doppleganger said gesturing around them, "Your scared of what will happen when you get out of here and tell her how you feel," "Thats not true," Max sobbed, "If you are me then you know I was on my way to tell her," Max forced through her clenched teeth balling her fists, The doppleganger smirked, "You just didn't get a chance to turn around thats all, Maybe mom was right, silly schoolgirl crush" "SHUT UP, THATS NOT TRUE AND YOU KNOW IT," Max screamed at the doppleganger her anger boiling over at the brunettes words as she slammed her firsts into the ground, The doppleganger took a step towards Max extrending her hand with a smirk, "Then lets work on getting the fuck out of this shit pit," she said as Max took her hand and she pulled her to her feet.