A/N: This chapter is going to be a little different from all the others since I tried doing something out of my comfort zone which is TIME TRAVEL. Yup I integrated time travel for this CHAPTER ONLY since I thought it'd be neat and different from everything else I have going on. Apologize in advance if this seems like a damn train wreck but I tried really hard to make this so I hope you guys enjoy. More A/N at the end of the chapter
"Where...Where am I?" Max asked as she opened her eyes. She looked around where she was at and realized she was in some sort white void. "What the hell is going on?" She asked as she looked down.
She saw that she was back on her own two feet, a feeling that she thought she would never feel again. "H-How?" She asked again.
"Because I made it possible." She heard another voice say. She turned to the direction it came from and saw...herself? Out of nowhere appeared another version of Max, with the same clothes and everything.
"What the fuck?" Max asked in shock while backing away.
The other Max just chuckled before saying "Funny, you and all the other Maxes had the same reaction."
"Other Maxes? What-What're you talking about? And who are you? Where are we? And why do you look like me?" Max asked rapidly.
"Woah calm down dude. Im gonna answer your questions in due time. But to answer two of them...Im you."
"What?" Max asked confusingly
"Im you. Another you from another timeline."
"Another me? Timeline? This doesn't-"
"Make sense. Yea I know. I said the same thing when I first got my powers."
"Powers?"
"Like I said, I'll explain in due time. Lets go for a walk shall we." The other Max said.
Max reluctantly agreed and followed Max through the white void they were in. They wandered on as other Max talked about some of Maxes other questions, the timeline situation, her powers, the week of hell, the sacrifice of Arcadia and Chloe, the sacrifice of...herself.
"Guessing you want your main questions of your answered now. Don't you?" Other Max asked
"Yea. I mean Im still trying to grasp my head around whats happening here and all. But did you really go through all that just to sacrifice yourself?"
"Well not just you but all the other Maxes as well. Although I don't have a life of my own anymore, I still want you guys to at least have a nice life."
"Doesn't that get kind of..."
"Lonely? Yep, believe me it does. But its also fun watching over what's happening."
"So how come you didn't intervene when I...you know?"
"That was because I couldn't." Other Max said.
"How come?
"To keep it short if I did intervene that night, you wouldn't be here right now."
"Why?"
"One of the main reasons you moved back to the bay was because of your accident. If you didn't get shot, then you would've stayed in Seattle which is exactly why I didn't stop it. Also because maybe I was testing some things..." Other Max said, sounding sketchy at the end.
"So you planned all of this?!!!" Max asked with fury behind her voice.
"Woah calm down. I did and im extremely sorry for that but when you have to keep watch over thousands of timelines, you get kind of bored seeing the same thing happen over and over again."
"Thats still no excuse! You ruined my life!" Max yelled.
"I made your life better! I saw what would've happened if I didn't do it. If you stayed in Seattle, nothing special would've happened! You would've been in your room all lonely and crap doing nothing." Other Max argued. "I wouldn't have done it without looking at what the future would've been for you if I didn't." She sadly said.
Max started to really think about the situation and felt started to feel bad about her outburst. "You're so lucky you're me." She said out of guilt
"Im sorry." Other Max said
Max huffed and puffed before saying "Look its fine. Lets just keep going. I don't feel like talking about this anymore." Max said. Other Max agreed and they kept going forward.
"I forgot to ask earlier but what exactly is this place?"
"Well pretty much its Nowhere." Other Max answered
"Nowhere?"
"Yup. Nowhere. Its really my overlook of all of the timelines all the other Maxes are in but only I can see it since I control it at the center of my hand."
"Interesting...Do you think you can show me the any of the other timelines?" Max asked
"You wanna peek don't you?" Other Max asked.
"Maybe just a small one..." Max said
"Always the nosy type. I'll take you to one of them. Just grab my shoulder and watch the magic happen" She said as she lifted her hand up. Max held onto her counterparts shoulder amd watched the void start to change. The white void started to slowly shift into what looked like Arcadia Bay again. When the shift was done Max let go and other Max watched as the main Max looked around.
"We're back?" Max said with uncertainty
"We are, but not in your timeline remember?"
"Oh right." She said as she looked at Blackwell.
"Whats so different about this timeline?" She asked
"Go ahead and look again." Other Max told her.
Max looked back at Blackwell and saw students walking down the stairs. "Shouldn't we hide?" She asked
"We're fine. We're kind of like ghost so they can't see us." Other Max assured
Max looked back and saw herself holding hands with Victoria. She looked back at other Max in disgust and shouted "Im dating Victoria?!"
"Yea..."
"That is so gross. How did this even happen?" She asked
"In this timeline, William didn't die in a car accident."
"But how does the correlate to-"
"You and Victoria? To keep it short. William bought Chloe a truck for her birthday similar to one she has now. Instead of William getting into a crash, it was actually Chloe who got into one."
"Oh my God." Max said in shock
"Thats not the worst part. She was in a wheelchair much like how you are right now except..." The Other Max took a slight pause at end. She took a deep breath before finishing what she was saying. "Except she was paralyzed from the neck down."
"Holy shit."
"I know. The worst part about it is..."
"What?"
"I had to kill her." Other Max said slowly
"Why?"
"Because she asked me to."
"I never thought-"
"Yea, I know. Lets not talk about this any longer. We have to get back. I can't keep you here for much longer." Other Max pointed out as she sniffled
"Ok then." Max said
"Grab on."
Max did as she was told and other Max began to shift reality and time again, bringing them back to the white void. "This was an interesting experience..." Max said
"You get used to it." Other Max said.
"So I guess you're gonna take me back now?"
"Mhmm, but one more thing."
"What?"
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU TRYING TO PULL EARLIER?!!?" She yelled
"What're you talking about?" Max asked while backing away
"Don't play dumb. That crap show on the cliff. Were you really trying to end your life right again?!"
"You don't know the full story." Max said, trying to defend her actions
"Really? I don't?" Other Max sarcastically said
"Maybe you do. So what? Its none of your business anyways."
"I think it is considering I am you!"
"We're not the same." Max hissed
"You're right. We aren't. But that doesn't mean I don't care. Can you just explain why you tried doing that?"
"I was tired ok?! Tired of being coddled all that damn time, tired of creating problems, tired of always crying, just tired of everything. Not to mention this stupid voice in my head kept telling me to do it." Max said.
The other Max sighed and said "I get it. But you have to know what would've happened if you did succeed in doing that."
"I know..."
"I don't think you do. Lets just say you did die right there. Can you try to imagine what Rachel and Chloe would've done. What would've happened to them. The guilt they'd have. How that moment could've effected them but also mom and dad. I know you said you don't care Max but they do. Im not gonna let you throw that away just because of some stupid voice."
"Ok, ok, I get it now." Max said
"Do you really?"
"Yea...im sorry."
"Don't apologize Max. I'd apologize to them."
"I guess that means you're bringing me back now."
"Yea, I am. My powers believe it or not so I can only bring you back to the period right before you-
"Fell..."
"Yea...that."
"How come you didn't bring me here the first time?"
"Didn't think it was necessary at the time. But clearly I was wrong."
"Har, har, lets just go back now."
"Grab on."
Max did one final time as other Max shifted time again back to her timeline.
"Im gonna miss using these again." Max said while wiggling her legs.
"Im still sorry about that." Other Max said
"Its fine I guess. It Makes us even in a way."
"I guess it does." Other Max said as she looked at Chloe
"Max, can you be sure to keep an eye on Chloe for me? I don't think I can handle seeing her die over and over again."
"I still can't believe your Chloe was the reckless." Max joked
"I can't either but I guess if you find out your bestie has powers, you're bound to do reckless crap." Other Max said as she faced main Max.
"So this is it?"
"Yup, it is. Once I go away, you're going to appear back in you chair again."
"Bummer."
"I know."
"Will I remember this?"
"Yes."
"Ok then, I think im ready."
"You sure? I'll be happy to answer snymore questions."
"Im fine. My brain is fried from this time travel stuff."
"Alright then, suit yourself. It was nice meeting you Max."
"Nice meeting you too..."
"Call me TimeMasterMax."
"Yea...no, bye other me."
Other Max waved again as she faded away while everything flashed right before Maxes eyes. She opens her eyes and slowly blinks, seeing that she's at the edge of the cliff again. She then suddenly feels a pair of arms wrap around her and pull away from it.
"Don't you fucking do that again." Chloe cried into her shoulder.
"Im so sorry."
A/N: So how'd I do? Anyways like I said at the beginning, I tried really hard on this so don't be too harsh on me in the comments. Also as for the scaling of TimeMasterMaxes powers, its kind of all over the place. I tried basing her off of xeno goku off of super dragon ball heroes which is cool if u like dragon ball. But anyways he's pretty much a version of Goku that experienced everything all of the other gokus have due to time travel. Its complicated as hell to explain but thats the best brief summary I can give. Also tried making her rewind a little more like Whis' from DB Super.
Enough of my nerd stuff, but sorry again if this chapter was bad because of my experimenting but I wanted to try my hand at something thats hard to use. Hope you guys have an awesome week! :)