Life is Strange: A Family's Secret
Chapter 20 of my Life is Strange story, enjoy.
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Chapter 20
Finally, Max couldn't take it anymore. She answered the phone, dreading what she was going to hear on the other side.
"Warren?"
The voice that answered was not what she expected. "No Max, it's not him."
She froze. "Lisa, what are you…?"
"Oh come, you're not that stupid." Lisa snapped. "I'm sure you've worked it all out, I'm sure you've worked out the truth about me by now anyway...it took you long enough."
Max hissed. "Yes, you're...like me."
Lisa laughed. "Oh very good; so surely you know why I'm talking to you on Warren's phone."
Max went quiet, she didn't want to believe it; it couldn't be. But then she realized, everything that had happened since Lisa's arrival, she had carefully manipulated it all. She gave the right answers, rewinding when she failed in order to try again. She'd never changed since all those years ago; she was still focused on her own grievances and clearly had some personal motive for this.
For now Max couldn't deny it. "It was you! You kidnapped Warren..."
She laughed. "And Chloe, Kate and Victoria..."
Max froze, shocked at this blatant admission. Then Lisa spoke, her voice much darker.
"Now listen and listen good Max." She snarled. "Unless you never want to see them again, you'll do exactly what I tell you."
Max tensed at that; she could tell she was serious. "Lisa..."
But her cousin wasn't one to listen to reason.
Max had no choice but to listen while Lisa began her demands.
"Now, I will give you the location, you will come here immediately and alone." Lisa began. "I mean it, alone; no police or anyone else, don't even tell anyone where you are going. If you do, I'll know and I'll kill them, all of them."
Max shook her head, already writing down on a post-it note, an idea was forming in her head.
"Lisa, please, this isn't..." She began.
But Lisa cut her off. "You will come Max; their lives are in your hands. You don't even know what this is about yet, but you will."
With that she gave Max the address of the location she was at, along with a full description of the place. With one final warning Lisa hung up and Max quickly finished the note and attached it to her phone, setting the phone down on her desk. Max took a deep breath, she had to hurry, it was the last chance.
If what she knew about Lisa so far was true, she was not only serious about her threats, she would undo everything that Max had tried to fix, she could just as easily bring down a tornado on Arcadia Bay, or even anywhere else and kill untold numbers. She had to act quickly to stop her. So, she left the her dorm room and, taking great care not to let anyone see her and distract her, she began hurrying to the location.
Arriving at the hideout, some sort of old abandoned warehouse; Max looked around worriedly; there was only one vehicle, no doubt Lisa's.
'I...I have to be careful, she's, Lisa's clearly gone crazy, I just don't understand why she is doing this.' Max wondered worriedly. 'I need to...I need to hurry, if she's hurt any of them, oh God...'
Her worries mounting, Max began to make her way towards the door she could see. Trying hard to hide her fear, she reached out and opened the door carefully. She stepped inside and looked around, the place was largely empty, but Max knew this was the place, it had to be.
The main reason was simple. 'She wants me here, she is after me for some reason...They're here I know that, but where…?'
Max began to move further into the warehouse before suddenly tensing, due to the knife at her throat.
"Good, about time you got here Max." Lisa growled. "Now...no sudden moves."
Max bit her lip. "Lisa, why…?"
To her surprise, Lisa's voice changed, less angry and dark. "All in good time Maxine. Now, this way."
With that Lisa led her towards another door, which seemed to lead to some sort of office room. Lisa opened the door and entered, leaving Max with no other choice. She followed her and entered the room, freezing the moment she did so, seeing the horrific sight before her.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.