Chapter 30: Reunion

Everyone experiences loss in their life. Death is something that is at the end of everyone's tale. There is no way to avoid it, but appreciate the time your loved ones and you have left. Life is a gift that can only be used once, no returns.

January 1st, 2014

Blackwell Dorms, 12:00 PM

Chloe

The morning sunlight shined through the window lighting up the room. Outside the sun reflected off of the snow creating sparkles that shined everywhere. Only a little amount of after party garbage covered the ground. Most of it was cleaned up in the morning. Chloe slowly opened her eyes to see the shining bright sun lighting Max's room.

What the fuck happened last night? I remember having s... wait did that really happen?

Chloe checked to see if she had any clothes on and she didn't. She looked at Max who was still asleep to see if she has any clothes on. She didn't neither.

So it did happen. We hella did it. But what happened after that? Why is there dry blood on Max's face? Why does my face feel sticky? Did Max sit on my face? Okay Chloe, that's hella gross but hot.

The dry blood on Max's face caught Chloe's attention. The feeling of dry blood was present on Chloe's face. She got up from the bed to check herself in the mirror and sure enough, there was dry blood on her face. It went from her nose down to her chin. Some of the blood got on her chest and stomach. She checked Max to make sure blood didn't get anywhere else besides Max's body. Blood also covered Max's face from her nose to her chin. She feel asleep on her back so some of the blood went of to the side of her head and stained some of Max's bed. When Chloe checked Max, she slightly moved her which caused her to wake up.

"Chloe?" Max groaned as she woke up. When Max was fully awake the first thing she did was gasp at the sight at naked Chloe. It wasn't a bad gasp, it was a gasp of excitement.

"Chloe you're naked and why is there blood on your face and chest?" Max was hiding herself under her covered to hide her blushing face.

"Max, you're naked too and have blood on your face." Chloe revealed to Max. Max looked under the covers and saw she was in fact naked. "So I take it we had sex last night for the first time? YAY!".

Max threw the blankets off in excitement to go hug Chloe. When Max collided with Chloe, her body slapped against Chloe's.

At least she's giving a good reaction to me being naked and herself being naked. If this happened when we were younger she'd probably be shocked and embarrassed. Hell, the shit we're doing would be outlawed at that age.

"Random question babe but do you remember what happened after we finished having sex?" Chloe wanted to know what happened after they did it.

"No I do not. Do you think that's how we got the blood on our faces?" Max thought out loud.

"I don't know maybe." Chloe started to look around Max's room. "We should get dressed and go clean ourselves up."

"WAIT!" Max exclaimed.

"What is it Mad Max?" Chloe got a little nervous.

"Can we take a picture real quick. Above the chest of course, for memories?" Max wanted to have all good memories with Chloe to be photographed. All that could be photographed if she had her camera with her at that time.

"Yes of course." Chloe giggled. Max grabbed her camera and they both posed for a selfie. With a click and a flash the photo was taken.

"I'm putting this on my wall." Max announced with satisfaction.

"People are going to ask about the blood if they see it." Chloe pointed out.

"Who cares. It's our memory!" Max's good mood always adds more positivity to Chloe's good moods.

Max never change.

"Welp let's get dressed and go get cleaned up." Chloe wanted to wash the blood off her face really badly.

"Chlo Bear remember I have some of your clothes in my dorm in case of emergency. Like this would be an example of that." Max smiled sticking her thumb up.

"What did I say about calling me Chlo Bear?" Chloe giggled.

"If you get to call me Maxi Pad, I get to call you Chlo Bear." Max added.

"Fair point." Chloe knew she wouldn't win this one.

After they got dressed and washed up, they returned to Max's room. They didn't encounter anyone in the hallway or the bathroom so they showered together. Max also cleaned up the blood that stained her bed. Now, they were just chilling in Max's room. Chloe is messing around with Max's guitar and Max is organizing her newer photos.

"I wonder if we were too loud for anyone who was in the dorms while we did it." Chloe wondered out loud.

"Chloe thinking to yourself is such a beautiful thing to do." Max joked sarcastically. "To be honest I was wondering the same thing."

"The most important thing is that did you enjoy it." Chloe asked.

"Chloe I didn't just enjoy it, I loved it." Max turned from her desk to face Chloe. Max's face was lit up.

"I loved it too." Chloe agreed with Max's statement.

The main concern is why we had blood on our faces. Neither of us used our powers, I think. This is hella confusing.

"My main question is why the fuck we had blood on our face." Chloe thought out loud.

"I've been thinking about it too. I didn't use my powers last night, did you?" Max asked.

"Of course I didn't. Wait I think I remember something!" Chloe exclaimed as some recollection of what happened came back to her.

"What is it?!" Max basically shouted her question.

"When it hit midnight there was like this big bang outside. It wasn't a firework because no fireworks were going to be set off at the party. Then we both got this extreme head pain and then we both must've passed out from it." Chloe recalled all of the details.

"Now I remember that!" Max now recalled what happened as well. "I wonder what the hell that fucking big bang was?"

"It was definitely not a firework. We should ask if anyone else heard it. It was way too fucking loud to not be be heard. If no one heard it then their hearing most likely went to shit." Chloe said.

Hopefully others will have some answers. If not, this will be hella fucking confusing shit!

"I'll text Kate, Warren, Brooke, Taylor, Courtney, Dana, Juliet, Justin, and Trevor to see if they heard it." Max grabbed her phone off of her desk to text everyone. "Annnnnnd sent.".

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

Three knocks came from Max's door. Max and Chloe looked at the door like they were deer in headlights. It was almost a coincidence that someone was at Max's door right after she had sent the text.

"I'll get it." Chloe placed the guitar down and got up to do the door. Max followed behind her because she wanted to see who it was. Chloe opened the door and standing their was some person that hide their face with a hood. They had jeans on, ripped jeans. The person invited their self into Max's room. They entered and then closed the door behind them.

What the fuck? Did they just fucking walk in here like they're the tough shit that can do whatever the fucking hell they want to?

"Excuse me who the fuck do you think you are for just barging in here without a fucking invite? That's hella rude and how to put someone in a shitty mood!" Chloe got angry at the person.

"Chloe wait. Maybe it's someone who needs help. There has been weird shit going on lately in Arcadia Bay. It could be one of our friends." Max didn't want to jump to conclusions right away.

"Sorry Max but I don't give a shit. They just walked in here uninvited!" Chloe yelled. The person then reached to grab their hood and slowly pulled it off their head.

"R-Rachel?" Chloe stuttered.

Blackwell Academy

Rachel

After a long uncomfortable night for Rachel, she finally made it to Blackwell. Over the night, she slept at the junkyard in the shack she and Chloe made. It was a cold night and hard for her to fall asleep. Since she couldn't fall asleep, she wandered around Arcadia Bay. Arcadia Bay isn't that big of a town so it wasn't too much of a hassle. Rachel had a lot of energy because her physical body basically been asleep for seven months.

Rachel waited till a little later in the day since she kind of thought Max and Chloe wouldn't wake up early. When Arcadia helped Rachel to sense them, she saw Max and Chloe passed out naked in what she thought was Max's dorm. However, there was more important things to worry about then Max and Chloe being naked. She had to avoid being seen at Blackwell. At least not let people know it's her. Many loved ones that passed away in Arcadia Bay before Zeitdämon showed up. They would return to their family and friends. The citizens of Arcadia Bay will be very aghast when that happens.

Even though Winter Break for Blackwell would end at the end of January, many students stayed at Blackwell since the dorms are open all school year. Some students came back to Blackwell after Christmas for the party. Rachel walked up the stairs that lead to the main courtyard. Surprisingly, some students were gallivanting around the Blackwell Academy courtyard.

I just can't get noticed. If I do, that will cause a lot of shit. When everyone else walks through the portal and goes to see their loved ones or friends, I will go see Mom and Dad. Shit, I hope Damon doesn't go straight to Frank. Frank did kill Damon but he did it to save Chloe and Sera.

The hood of Rachel's jacket was helping keeping her face slightly hidden. She had to look down a little so no one could get a good look at her face if they could. Rachel was very popular when she was alive. Her face would be recognized very quickly and her being seen would spread on social media very quickly. Some of the students looked at her suspiciously when she walked past them. She didn't blame, she had her face hidden and is walking on school grounds.

Only if they knew it's me.

"Oh sorry." A girl apologized when she bumped into Rachel.

Fuck what do I say. Wait, this girl wasn't at Blackwell when I was attending here.

"Hey no worries." Rachel responded quietly. The girl that bumped into Rachel is Kate.

"It's I'm such a cluts and I wasn't paying attention." Kate admitted.

"You're not the only one who is." Rachel looked back on how she didn't realize how sketchy Nathan and Jefferson were acting before she was kidnapped.

"You looked lost. Do you need help?" Kate being the kind soul she is asked if Rachel needed help.

I know where I am going but I should play along.

"Umm yeah do you know where the dorms are and do you know where Max Caulfield's dorm is? I'm a friend from... Seattle visiting." Rachel made up an excuse.

"Max Caulfield?! She's my best friend!" Kate's face lit up. "The dorms are to the right that way. In the dorms entrance go on the left stairs, that goes to the girl's side. She's in room 219 on the end of the hallway. Just head straight down."

Alright she seemed to take it.

"Thank you." Rachel thanked Kate and she continued on.

"Hey wait!" Kate called out.

"What?" Rachel turned around and didn't act like she's impatient, even though she is impatient.

"My name is Kate Marsh, what's your name?" Kate asked.

God damn it I didn't think about this. Think of a name!

"Uhhh... my name is.. Dawn Price." Rachel quickly thought of a name.

"Are you related to Max's girlfriend Chloe Price?" Kate asked being oblivious.

"No, I have no clue who that is and I didn't even know Max has a girlfriend." Rachel once again had to make up another lie. "Anyways I best be going later. Hope to see you later."

"Bye." Kate waved as Rachel walked away.

Well that wasted my time.

Rachel reached the dorms. She knew exactly where to go, she just had to play the part. She was slowly walking down the hallway towards Max's door. Rachel finally reached it but froze once she heard both Max's and Chloe's voice. Memories of Chloe came back to her.

Chloe, I knew you had feelings for me. We did fool around and had sex but it didn't mean anything. God I sound like an asshole. It's true though, I didn't have feelings, after a while. When we first met, I had feelings for her but I just lost them. I still would fool around with her. I really did break her heart, I'm glad Max filled the void I left behind. I guess I was the one to fill in the void when Max moved away.

Rachel snapped out of her thoughts as she shook her head slightly. She raised her hand up to the door, folding her knuckles to knock on it.

Here it goes.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

I knocked a little too hard there.

After a little bit of waiting, the door finally opened. Chloe opened the door and Max stood behind her.

Fuck it, I'm just going to let myself in. That would be really rude but right now that's not important. I can't take the risk of anyone else seeing me.

Rachel quickly walked in and closed the door behind her.

"Excuse me who the fuck do you think you are for just barging in here without a fucking invite? That's hella rude and how to put someone in a shitty mood!" Chloe yelled at Rachel not knowing she's yelling at Rachel.

"Chloe wait. Maybe it's someone who needs help. There has been weird shit going on lately in Arcadia Bay. It could be one of our friends." Max being concerned brought up.

"Sorry Max but I don't give a shit. They just walked in here uninvited!" Chloe shouted.

Well here goes nothing. Time to reveal myself.

Rachel reached up to her hood and grabbed it. She slowly pulled it off. When it was off she whipped her head around to fix her long blonde hair. When she looked back at Max and Chloe, their faces were full of complete shock.

"R-Rachel?" Chloe stuttered.

Blackwell Dorms, Max's Dorm

Max

What the fuck just happened?!

The room was now completely silent after Rachel revealed herself to Max and Chloe. Her blue feather earring was somehow still existent.

"Well this is the reaction I expected." Rachel admitted, breaking the silence.

"H-h-how are you here. Y-you were d-dead?" Chloe continued to stuttered out of shock and confusion.

"I'm not really that shocked." Max admitted but she wasn't as shocked. With all the weird shit going down in Arcadia Bay, it wasn't that much of a surprise.

"How are you not shocked?" Chloe turned to ask Max.

"Remember that I told you when I was in the void that one time I talked to Rachel and how she wasn't a vision like some of the other weren't." Max reminded Chloe.

"O-oh I totally remember that." Chloe face palmed that she forgot that.

"Well it doesn't matter you forgot about that. There is some bad shit going down in Arcadia Bay and I damn well know that you two know that as well." Rachel jumped the gun before there would be any other type of talk.

"No, how are you back? I'm not disappointed that you are I just want to know how." Chloe added.

Shit, if Rachel really back, that means everyone else who died before Zeitdämon got here will come back. That explains why Rachel, William, and Damon weren't visions when I saw them in the void. That means William will be back.

"If you're asking that William will be back, yes he will be. Everyone else will be here later." Rachel already knew what Chloe was going to ask.

"How did you know I was going to ask that?" Chloe questioned.

"Because I can read you like a book and that's what I guessed that you would think about that first." Rachel had a lot of time to think before she had to reveal herself.

"Che I could also tell you were going to ask it. It's sometimes easy to read you." Max admitted.

"Okay whatevah. What is there you need to tell us." Chloe sighed.

"I can't give a good enough explanation but she will, when you two meet her." Rachel said.

"Who is the she you're talking about?" Max asked.

"I'll get there in my explanation." Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Go on then." Chloe's impatience showed itself.

"So you two know who Zeitdämon is, right." Rachel asked. Both Max and Chloe's face went pale at the mention of his name. "I'm going to take that as a yes?"

"Yup." Max confirmed. Chloe just nodded.

"Anyway he's a demon. Literally his name when translated from German to English means Time Demon. Basically after you two traveled through time together you left only a little crack. Zeitdämon got through that crack to get to this reality. His goal is to destroy this reality and make his personal... armageddon. The three of us are the only ones who can stop him because we all have powers. I can control nature. Max, you can control time which you already knew. Chloe you can control people's senses which you already knew as well. We all can be more powerful and get to our full potentials. We all can do so much more with our powers. Max you can do more with time then just rewind it. Chloe you can do so much more then mess with people's senses. There's someone though who can explain all this shit way better than I can. Her name is Arcadia, yes I know ironic. I barely know anything about her but all I know is that she will help us train to take Zeitdämon and his cult down." Rachel explained.

"That's a lot of shit to take in." Chloe coughed.

"I think if we get to meet Arcadia or whatever her name is will give us way more shit to take in." Max said.

"When she talked to me, she barely told me that much besides the basics." Rachel added. "Oh I forgot to say something about Zeitdämon!"

"More about Zeitdick? Yay." Chloe sarcastically cheered. Her new nickname for Zeitdämon lifted the mood

"Nice nickname for him." Max laughed at Zeitdämon's new nickname.

"Anyway." Rachel laughed as well. "He was created in WWll by the Nazis. There is some special type of crystal only found in Arcadia Bay that they used to create him and other things. When everyone else was at the war or working at the war effort, the Prescotts stayed behind to watch over 'their town'. Basically they let the Nazis work and test here. There is an old hidden bunker the Nazis used in Arcadia Bay. That's all Arcadia told me, she doesn't know where it is."

"Fuck, that's fucked up." Chloe reacted.

"I'm honestly surprised that the Prescotts would dig down to that level of bad shit." Max admitted.

"You and me both." Chloe agreed.

*Buzz* *Buzz*

Chloe's phone went off in her pocket. She took it out to see who had messaged her. When she read the text, she dropped her phone and tears began to fall down her face.

"What is it Chloe?" Max immediately wen to go hug and comfort Chloe. Rachel bent down to pick up Chloe's phone.

12:45 Mom: Chloe if you're awake, come home right now. It's... your father.

"It's this." Rachel showed the phone to Max.

"Chloe! Let's get to your house now!" Max exclaimed somewhat excited that Chloe gets to see William and that she herself can see him again. Chloe nodded and they both pack their things up to leave.

"They weren't supposed to get out this early." Rachel brought up.

"What *sniff* do you mean Rach?" Chloe asked with some tears still leaving her eyes.

"FUCK THIS IS BAD!" Rachel yelled.

"What is it?" Max became concerned and so did Chloe.

"Damon Merrick is among the people coming back from the dead. He's going to want revenge on Frank." Rachel panicked.

"Rach Frank will be fine. He can defend himself and you can fuck him later." Chloe added salt to the wound.

"Just shut the fuck up and let's go." Rachel put her hood back on her head.

Well this is going to be awkward.

Price Homestead

Max

After a quick drive through Arcadia Bay, they arrived at Chloe's house. Since it's New Years Day, there was little to no traffic. When they pulled into the driveway, Chloe took deep breathes to prepare herself for seeing William again. They all got out of Chloe's truck and went to the front door.

I have to be here with Chloe through this. She needs me right now.

"Chloe I'm here with you." Max grabbed Chloe's hand to comfort her. Chloe turned towards Max and kissed her passionately. Rachel stood behind them not wanting to make even more awkward then it already was.

"I know you are. I love you so much Max, I can't live without you." Chloe hugged Max and she kissed her.

"I love you too Chloe. I couldn't live without you either." Max expressed her love back. They broke the hug and Chloe reached for the door knob. She grabbed it but she froze. Many worries and fears started to swirl like a twister in Chloe's mind. However, with Max next to her was like the shelter that prevented her from being sucked up into the twister. Chloe finally twisted the door knob and they all entered.

"Rachel just go wait in my bedroom." Chloe whispered.

"Aye eye." Rachel whispered as she headed upstairs. Max and Chloe still hand in hand walked into the family. William's voice stopped them dead in their tracks.

"MAX! CHLOE!" Lydia two of her favorite people.

"Hey Cupcake." Chloe acted casual for Lydia.

"Hi Cupcake." Max acted casual as well.

"Dad?" Chloe entered the family room and laid eyes on her lost father. Without saying another word, Chloe charged towards William and dove into a hug.

"Hey sweeitie." William greeted as he hugged Chloe. Max also charged towards William and hugged him. "Hey Max, I missed you both so much.". William was keeping the fact that he saw Max in the void. He knew that she would tell Chloe but all three of them had to act like that never happened. The situation was the same with Rachel.

"I missed you to." Chloe said.

"Max I got to meet your younger cousin, Lydia. She's way more energetic then you were when you were that age." William laughed.

"She sure is." Max agreed. Max turned her head to see Joyce sitting on the couch with a tissue in her hand. David was sitting on his sofa in complete silence, he had nothing to say.

I wonder how Joyce and David will feel about all of this.

David and William already did their introductions of each other. Surprisingly, William wasn't mad at Joyce that she married David. He was dead after all, key word on was. William said he didn't want to interrupt the relationship Joyce and David have.

"William, how did you get back here?" Joyce asked as she blew her nose.

"Well I'm still figuring that out too." William chuckled. "There was this light, I went to it and suddenly I was up by the lighthouse among some other people."

"I can fully answer that question." Rachel walked downstairs and included herself in the conversation.

"Excuse me this is getting fu.. weird. You were dead as well Rachel." David stood up from the sofa and pointed at Rachel. He stopped himself before he swore in front of Lydia.

"Well I'm not dead anymore and he's not dead anymore. We were stuck in some alternate decrepit version of Arcadia Bay along with some other people that passed away. The barrier between there and here is broken and that's how we got here." Rachel explained. Joyce's and David's face were full of confusion. Lydia was being oblivious to everything going on as she drew in her coloring book.

"I'm going to see my parents." Rachel said as she walked towards the front door. "Max. Chloe. Meet meet me at Arcadia Gas later."

Arcadia Bay Beach

Frank

Frank was sitting in his RV with Pompidu. He wasn't looked down upon that much anymore since he saved that couple on Thanksgiving. Still, he was always lonely when no one was around. Pompidu filled the lonliness but it was the loniless of no human beings being around him.

"Happy New Years buddy." Frank gave cheers to Pompidu.

"FRANK FUCKING BOWERS!" A familiar voice hollered as they slammed their fists on the RV. Frank grabbed his gun and made it was loaded. After checking if it had ammo, he walked towards the door to see who it is.

"What the fuck do..." Frank quickly opened the door but all of his confidence was taken away when he saw who is at the door.

No fucking way, impossible.

"Hey old friend. How about a fucking hello instead of that shit." The person at the door angerly said.

"D-Damon, how the fuck are you alive? That shit is impossible?" Frank stuttered.

*BARK* *BARK*

Pompidu came to the door and started barking at Damon. If Frank opened the door for Pompidu, he would pounced onto Damon.

"Control your fucking dog." Damon cracked his knuckles. "I'm also asking the same damn question. Though I have more important questions. Why the fuck you killed me you fucking cunt!"

*STATIC*

Breaking News! People who were dead are reportedly back from the dead. Witnesses say that their loved ones or dead friends came home or came to visit them. Officials will look into the matter.

*STATIC*

A/N: Cliff hanger! Sorry for the break, I needed to rest my brain for a little bit.

First thing, I know this story isn't for everyone. Like I said, this story is the Life Is Strange supernatural element on roids. I am happy that some people are enjoying this story though. If you want a more realistic story, my next one (after I finish writing this story) will be more realistic in a way.

Anyway thank you all for the support of my story with the views and visits. It means a lot to me that people are stopping by to check out my story. Before you judge anyone's story, you should at least read the first few chapters or get to the point where the plot begins to unravel. I hope you enjoyed and have a nice day :)