Hours have gone by since Maxwell told King about how he had been feeling when he told King he's in love but King was a bit curious to who this mysterious lady was that the male human teenager told the little wolf male demon yet King remained silent about it as Maxwell informed him that he didn't want Eda and Luz to get involved. The boiling rain had started which Eda used a force field generation spell to shield the entire house. Maxwell, King and Luz were in the living room as Maxwell was starting to talk again.
"How you feeling Maxie?" asked Luz curiously.
Maxwell sat on the couch, King was sitting near him while Luz just sat near them. Maxwell looked towards Luz and let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm alright." Maxwell answered.
"Was King tickling you?" giggled Luz trying to be funny.
"If I was tickling him, you would've heard him laughing and I'd be tickling his belly till he couldn't breathe." said King with a grin. "Hey Maxie, looky here."
Maxwell turned to face King and the little male demon crossed his eyes and flopped out his whole huge tongue to make a silly face and made silly noises. This caused Maxwell and Luz to laugh.
"We know he wants to laugh and smile, even if he doesn't want to." laughed King.
King stopped with the silly faces and silly noises to show some mercy so they wouldn't choke from laughter.
"Where's Eda?" asked Maxwell curiously.
The front door opened and in walked Eda as she closed the door behind her. She stretched her back and let out a groan as she did.
"Anything going on in here that I should know about?" asked Eda with a grin.
"Nothing." Maxwell immediately told her.
"You two haven't been making out like a couple of crazy teenagers?" joked Eda with a laugh.
They went silent. Luz blushed but Maxwell was blushing deeper as Eda laughed about her joke she cracked.
"I wasn't doing that." Luz nervously chuckled.
"That's not funny." said Maxwell annoyed.
"You know I'm kidding, you little rascal." giggled Eda.
Eda giggled as she walked by and Maxwell saw the changing screen nearby as he suddenly glanced at what looked like a pink bra hanging from the sides of it. He was blushing deeper than ever.
"Whose is that?" Maxwell asked as he pointed out the bra. "Wait, don't tell me that's."
"A frilly pink lady's bra." Luz finished for him.
Maxwell covered his eyes with his hands and groaned in disgust and shock.
"Oh man, I saw a lady's undergarments. Little boys shouldn't be looking at that." said Maxwell grossed out. "Could someone put that way, please? My eyes are burning."
Eda stopped and both her and Luz looked right at Maxwell. Seeing his reaction made them just realize that they got a young boy living with them and if he saw a lady's bra, panties or worse, saw one of them naked, it would be a bit a much for him.
"Whoops, forgot about that." said Eda blushing.
Eda went behind the changing screen and pulled the bra over so he wasn't looking at it. A bright flash of white light briefly flashed and when Eda came out from it, she wore a plum sweater with amber cuffs, a stained, long, violet nightgown, and light yellow bunny slippers.
"Is it safe to open my eyes now?" asked Maxwell.
"All clear. Besides, could've been worse. You could've seen a woman naked." said Eda reassuring him.
"I have but it was an accident." said Maxwell removing his hands from his eyes.
They all turned to Maxwell with a surprised yet curious expression. Maxwell actually saw a lady naked by accident? That was something they didn't know.
"You saw a naked lady?" asked Luz blushing.
"It was an accident. I was nine and I was told where the bathroom was when I was at my old school but they didn't tell me that they moved the boys bathroom to another area of the place. I accidently walked in on several eighteen year old girls in the locker room's showers. They didn't tell me they moved the boys bathroom." explained Maxwell looking traumatized by the memory.
"How many naked girls?" said King looking surprised.
"So many naked bodies I can never unsee!" said Maxwell slowly and shook with disgust.
Eda fought the urge to laugh but managed to only chuckle while blushing a bit deeper.
"Maybe they should've invited him in so they can give him a kiss." laughed Eda jokingly.
Maxwell let out a loud hiccup and shook with disgust. Eda decided to stop with the jokes to have some mercy on Maxwell.
"Well Maxie, if it makes you feel any better. Some times some guys I formerly dated had told me they've seen worse when they were your age. But don't sweat it. It's part of growing up." said Eda trying to reassure Maxwell.
Maxwell felt a little better hearing this from Eda but he didn't feel comfortable seeing something that was the unmentionables that belonged to a woman. Eda was about to walk towards the couch but as Maxwell got up to stretch his back, his necklace came out from inside his shirt collar and it had a gold cross that hung from his chest. She saw the reflection of light from the window make it shimmer and shine a light off it which got Eda to stare at it with wide eyes of excitement.
"It sparkles and shimmers. It shines and delights." Eda whispered eagerly. "I must have it for my nest..."
Eda walked towards him eagerly while Maxwell with a wide eyed grin while Maxwell was backing away from her.
"Guys, she's got that look in her eyes and I'm freaking out." warned Maxwell.
"She gets distracted by shiny objects. We probably should've told you." said Luz getting up.
Eda was making a reach for Maxwell's pendant but he dodged her hand and Eda was playfully getting closer.
"Snap out of it!" said Maxwell sharply. "Edalyn Clawthorne, snap out of it, right now!"
Eda snapped out of her entranced stated Maxwell clapped his hands to his mouth to keep his mouth closed while Eda looked right at him with a serious expression, she crossed her arms as if to look annoyed.
"Maxwell Logan! Did you just say my real name, young man?" Eda asked sternly.
Maxwell felt frightened by this as he removed his hands from his mouth and looked away out of fear of suffering Eda's wrath.
"I didn't mean it, Miss Eda. Don't hit me!" begged Maxwell.
This got them all surprised to hear Maxwell say such a thing. Afraid of being struck by Eda for saying her real name out loud. Eda realized that her distraction with shiny objects was what caused this situation and she let out a sigh as her expression changed. She reached out to place her hand on Maxwell's cheek, causing him to flinch as he closed his eyes shut.
"Relax, kiddo. I'm not going to hit you. You just tried to get me to snap back to reality. But on a side note, never say my real name out loud ever again." Eda explained while kindly warning him.
"Lo siento señora." said Maxwell in a shaky voice.
"Translation Luz?" asked Eda curiously.
"He said he was sorry." Luz translated.
Maxwell opened his eyes and saw Eda trying to appear less intimidating and less ferocious. She patted Maxwell's head in an attempt to pacify his fear which worked a little bit.
"Maxie, nothing to worry about. Your forgiven." said Eda calmly.
Hearing this managed to help Maxwell feel his fear fade a little and his body shook less while Eda was stretching her back once again and scratched the side of her body like she was scratching an itch.
"I think Eda's tired out." said Luz taking notice.
"A little bit." said Eda admitting the truth.
Something was kicking into Maxwell and it was a valiant feeling that he couldn't ignore, he swallowed his fear and looked as though he was doing something as a direct order.
"Eda, wouldn't you feel comfortable in your bed?" asked Maxwell curiously.
"I'm alright, I can handle this." said Eda looking like she was about to fall asleep on the floor.
"Your sleepy reaction and state of exhaustion says otherwise. Please Eda, let me lend you a hand this time. I only want to assist you, even if you tell me no. I know I got to do something to assist you right now and this is one of them moments." Maxwell stated looking determined.
Eda could tell that Maxwell was right, even if she didn't want to admit it. Maxwell held out his hand for her to take and she let out a sigh.
"Alright, kiddo. But I'm only doing this because I might pass out on the hard floor." said Eda relenting.
Eda took Maxwell's hand and lead the way towards her room. Maxwell stood next to Eda while he would help her stand and walk as they went down the hallway that had some doors on the sides while they were getting closer to the stares. They stopped for a minute once they reached the foot of the stairs.
"You sure you can pull the rest of the weight up the stairs, little man?" asked Eda with a yawn. "I can probably get up the stairs no problem."
"I wouldn't take that chance. Gravity has a habit of proving us wrong and I should know. I nearly fallen down a flight of stairs once and I got my idiocy to thank for that." Maxwell explained. "You don't have to try to be so tough all the time. We'll take it one step at time."
Even though Eda felt tired and sleepy, she saw the determination and compassion in Maxwell's behavior and words. She knew there was no talking him out of this.
"Okay, but I'm not some old, frail grandmother. I'm not as old as you think." said Eda giving in.
"I'm not saying anything." Maxwell stated nervously.
Maxwell helped Eda up the stairs to the second floor as he had an arm around her from behind in case if she was to fall. They made it to the second floor and made it to Eda's room. They opened double doors.
"Maxwell, why are you doing this for me? Even if I said no." asked Eda.
"I'd do anything for you. I could never disobey you. I want to help you when you need it, even if you tell me no, I still want to help you." answered Maxwell kindly.
Eda felt as though hearing this from Maxwell was telling her something. Was Maxwell trying to chivalrous or more of a gentlemen towards her, she was confused at first but brushed it off. She let Maxwell carefully sit her down in the nest she has for a bed. Eda reached out to place her hand on Maxwell's cheek while looking up at him with a grin.
"If anyone said you are a bad boy, they're liars." yawned Eda. "Maxie's a good little boy."
She reached out to place her arm around Maxwell's neck as she was about to pucker up her full maroon lips and go in for a kiss to Maxwell's cheek but she fell over to her side and accidently had Maxwell fall in the nest with her. Eda was laying on her side in the next while it looked like she pulled Maxwell in her arms in a firmly strong grip, it was like she was cuddling a huge pillow or a teddy bear big as him.
"I'm a good little boy?" said Maxwell silently.
Maxwell felt a sense of pride but it was short lived when he saw that in Eda's nest around him. There was bones and human junk littered around it, seeing the sight of bones nearly made him scream but he closed his mouth shut as his heart raced from fear.
"Luz, King, help me." Maxwell called out through his mind.
He waited for a few minutes and both Luz and King showed up and saw Maxwell in the position he's in. King was trying hard not to burst out laughing but Maxwell shook his head.
"Don't say a word out loud. I don't want to wake her. I can't get out." said Maxwell to them through his mind.
Luz turned and saw what looked like a huge pillow nearby and went for it. She pulled it over towards Eda's nest and laid the huge pillow in her nest, than Eda's arms wrapped around the huge pillow and Maxwell silently slipped out of the nest. They walked out of the room and walked towards the living room. Maxwell's fear died dissipated.
"We're you and Eda getting snuggly wuggly?" teased King.
"We were not." said Maxwell annoyed. "She conked out and accidently pulled me in the nest. Nothing happened but being that close to a lady's body, in their bed, and while she's in her night clothing. So awkward."
"So you didn't see Eda, well, you know?" asked Luz cautiously.
"No, but I felt I shouldn't be in a woman's bed without their permission." answered Maxwell. "I could never disobey Eda. I want to help her when she needs it, even if she tells me no. I still want to help her."
They heard this and were surprised. Was Maxwell being chivalrous? Was he revealing he has feelings for Eda or was it something else completely?
"Are you saying you like Eda?" asked Luz curiously.
Maxwell went silent and fought very hard not to blush and he walked off.
"Where you off to?" asked King.
"Just got to wash off." said Maxwell.
Maxwell was inside the bathroom for the next hour as he was looking at himself in the mirror, he would use the toilet and wash his hands and his face. He looked in the mirror and had a deep blushing expression.
"Her curse, it's going to kill her." said Maxwell staring into the mirror. "I got to do something to help her. This isn't fair to her, she didn't do anything to deserve this. She didn't ask for this."
Without warning, he heard a loud crash that sounded like glass breaking loudly and the lights went out like a power outage. Maxwell shook and was startled by the clap of thunder from the storm.
"What in the world is going on?" Maxwell said out loud.
He walked out of the bathroom and saw that the lights were out in the whole house. This made Maxwell feel uneasy, it felt like something was watching or following him. He made it to the living room and saw that there was claw marks on the walls and the door was knocked down on the floor.
"Hooty?" said Maxwell walking over to him.
Maxwell examined him like a doctor with a patient, waving his hand in front of Hooty's face, he tried snapping his fingers and lightly rubbing Hooty's face, he was unconscious and unresponsive. He got up and looked towards the entrance of the hallway.
"Luz? King? Are you there?" called out Maxwell.
Maxwell gulped and braved his attempt to find Luz and King through out the house, he saw more claw marks but he went up the stairs to see if maybe Eda was aware of what was going on. He went to see if Eda was in her room but he found the place is ransacked but Eda wasn't in there. This only made him feel worried.
"Eda? We have a problem here." called out Maxwell.
He heard what sounded like a monstrous growling coming from behind him and saw what looked like a giant, scary owl demon that looked at him with those dark, black eyes, it had the same hair like Eda and looked at him with a toothy, large fanged grin.
"Eda, you forgot to take the elixir?" said Maxwell fearfully.
Maxwell backed away from her as Eda wasn't responding to him while she followed him. Maxwell's heart was pounding from fear as this was looking like a life or death situation to him.
"Eda, listen to me. It's Maxwell, the one you call Maxie but only call me by my real name when I do something I wasn't suppose to do. You helped me stand up to Lilith. Are you listening?" babbled Maxwell attempting to get through to her.
Eda was backing him against the wall like someone backing an animal into a corner. She wasn't responding as she raised a clawed hand as she was about to strike.
"Luz, King, help me!" screamed Maxwell.
Maxwell managed to dodge Eda's strike as he slid underneath her and made a run for it when he felt a stinging scratch brush on his arm, causing him to groan in pain and feel like his left arm was hurting a little but he didn't take the time to see what it was that scratched him. Eda was chasing him as he was too terrified to look back. He went down one hallway and was grabbed by two arms into a room with the door closing. He turned to see Luz and King in there with him in one of the storage closets. He hugged Luz out of relief.
"Luz, it's Eda. She forgot to." Maxwell began.
"We know." said King and Luz in unison.
After the two of them released their arms from each other, one of them felt something wet on them. Luz looked at Maxwell's left arm and saw claw marks and a bit of blood but it looked like a bigger band aid would fix it.
"Maxie, your bleeding." said Luz looking worried.
Maxwell looked at his arm and saw the scratch marks along with the blood, he wasn't leaking blood horribly but it was looking more like it would stop on it's own. Maxwell was looking alarmed and turned to Luz and King as he held onto his arm.
"We should do something about your arm." suggested Luz.
Just as soon as Luz and King were about to tend to Maxwell's arm, the door to the room they were in got knocked off it's hinges. Eda entered the room and they ran off before Eda could grab them. Luz gotten an idea.
"Maxie, I got an idea but it's going to be crazy." Luz told him. "Meet me back up the stairs. Distract Eda for a bit."
"Wait a minute!" said Maxwell.
"Just trust me." advised Luz.
Luz carried King towards the stairs while Maxwell was walking down the hallway slowly as he looked left and right, in front and behind him and he didn't see Eda anywhere. Fear was overwhelming him but he kept trying to keep going.
"Madame Eda? Please don't be mad at me for what I'm doing. I'd never do anything to hurt you." whimpered Maxwell.
He heard what sounded like growls and claws dragging against the walls. He kept walking but stopped. He was too afraid to think clearly but the only thing on his mind was Eda's beautiful face, how sympathetic Luz has been and how humorous King has been. He shed a tear at the thought of losing them.
"Eda?" called out Maxwell.
He turned down one corridor and saw Eda from a distance. She growled and turned to look towards him. Maxwell saw her and she charged at him with a loud monstrous shriek. An idea popped into Maxwell's panicked mind as he pulled out his pendant and snapped his fingers and a golf ball sized ball of light formed in his hand as he used the light spell to make cross shine and shimmer. Seeing that shimmering shine got Eda's attention as she stopped at a halt in front of him. She was distracted by the shimmering shine of his cross while he dodged her hands.
"I apologize in advance for this." said Maxwell as he took off. "Come and get me!"
As he ran off, she followed by chasing after him. Maxwell ran down the hallway and was looking for the hallway that lead to the stairs. He turned down one corridor and hallway after the other till he turned to see the hall that lead to the stairs.
"Luz? King? Now's the time!" called Maxwell.
"Just cover your eyes when we say so!" called Luz.
Maxwell was about to run up there but Eda reached him and grabbed hold of his left arm that had the claw marks. He tried to pulled away from her but her grip was very strong.
"Eda, don't make me do this!" said Maxwell trying to be brave.
In one swift move and with as much strength as possible. Maxwell pulled his arm from Eda's grip but her claws accidently left more scratch marks on his left arm, causing him to scream in pain. He ran towards the stairs and ran up the steps with Eda running behind him. He saw what looked like a big symbol drawn on the wall that Luz and King were standing next to.
"Maxie, cover your eyes!" instructed Luz.
He ran over towards them and turned around as he saw Eda enter the hallway that lead to them. He walked a few steps forward and spread his arms apart as if preparing the worst.
"Take me! I can't harm you, even if your in this form, take me!" called Maxwell.
He closed his eyes and just as Eda charged at him, that's when Luz tapped her hand against the drawn symbol that was on the wall and a bright light formed which caused Eda to scream a demonic and monstrous like shriek, blinding her. It took a while for the light to fade.
"Is it over?" said Maxwell nervously.
Maxwell was afraid but slowly opened his eyes to see that Eda was unconscious. He saw Luz pouring the entire vial of the elixir into Eda's mouth, causing her to swallow it down whole.
"She's not?" Maxwell began.
"No, just knocked out." said King reassuring him.
Eda's body wasn't moving but she started to rapidly turn back into her normal form. Maxwell was nearly terrified out of his wits but something inside him was trying to overcome it as he walked over to pull Eda up and carry her over his right shoulder with impressive strength. Carrying her towards her bedroom was something Luz and King were shocked by how strong Maxwell appears to be in the body. They followed him as he laid her in her nest.
"Maxie, you can carry her?" said King surprised.
"I'd do anything for Eda." said Maxwell holding onto his arm. "Hercules got nothing on me."
Luz saw that Maxwell was holding onto his arm and groaned. She would walk over to him to see how bad his wound was.
"Let me see your arm." instructed Luz.
"No!" said Maxwell sharply. "There's no need."
They looked at him with concern and worry as Maxwell whimpered from both pain and fear.
"Maxie, I promise it won't hurt." stated Luz calmly.
Maxwell knew that he can trust Luz and let out a sigh. He turned to them and showed them his left arm which had more scratch marks, and was bleeding a bit more than before. Luz and King were alarmed but tried not to freak Maxwell out any further he appeared to be.
"Maxie, if I need to use ointment or some kind of medicine for first aid, it's probably going to sting but only for a minute. But I promise you'll be alright." Luz told him.
She placed her hand on his cheek to lift his face up to look at her as she had a sympathetic expression towards.
"Mamá Luz te tiene." Luz told him kindly.
Maxwell nodded as Luz and King walked off to get the first-aid kit as it took them a minute to look for it. Maxwell was watching over Eda as he muttered something in a foreign language and placed his right hand over his left arm. A glowing gold light shined from his right hand, causing his wounds to appear as though healing rapidly. It happened in seconds but there was still blood stains on his own arm and the scratch marks looked like nothing but pink lines when the glowing light disappeared. He traced his finger in the air and he traced circles in the air as over two dozen gold circles appeared and he snapped his fingers which made them appear to be more like lights to illuminate the room, that's when and both Luz and King arrived.
"Maxie, we got it." came Luz as they entered the room.
Luz and King took a look at Maxwell and saw his arm was completely healed but still had blood stains, leaving them to be confused.
"Maxie, how did you?" asked Luz curiously.
"There was no need." stated Maxwell.
"Well, that's some good news." said King relieved.
"How's Eda?" asked Luz.
They got their answer when Eda stirred as she got up, rubbing the grogginess out of her eyes and she had her vision become clear. She saw them looking back at them.
"I feel like I did something crazy while sleep walking. Did I join a circus while I was asleep?" yawned Eda while stretching.
"Eda, your curse came back but we got the elixir is already in you." Luz informed.
"Everyone alright?" Eda asked hopefully.
They went silent and knew that they had to tell Eda about Maxwell's wound he had on his arm. Luz took hold of Maxwell's hand and nodded with a sympathetic look. Maxwell braved the attempt and walked over towards Eda and showed her his blood stained arm but she saw the wounds were no longer there. Eda was feeling shocked as she got up from her nest and stood up on her feet. She looked alarmed.
"Maxie, it's alright. You got nothing to worry about." said Eda trying to reassure him.
Eda took hold of Maxwell's left arm to see if there was any damages to him but what happened next was without warning. Maxwell rushed towards Eda and wrapped her arms around her in a hug as he tried hard not to break down but he couldn't as tears leaked out of his eyes and he began to silently cry. Eda was surprised.
"Maxie, it's alright." said Eda feeling awkward about the sudden embrace.
"Don't leave me." Maxwell blurted out.
They all were wide eyed with shocked surprise. Maxwell was looking as though a small child was desperately clinging to his mother as if afraid of being separated from her.
"What?" said Eda surprised.
Maxwell looked up at Eda with tears running down his cheeks. He was appearing to be despondent and frightened at the same time. Eda was not expecting this.
"Don't leave me, Eda. Please! Don't leave me!" Maxwell said in a shaky voice.
Maxwell completely broke down in tears and hidden his face into Eda's chest, tears running out of his eyes as if he could cry himself a river. They were all taken-aback by this. Eda tried to look serious.
"Maxie, calm down!" said Eda sharply.
"I can't! Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me!" Maxwell said desperately clinging to her.
Eda placed her hands on Maxwell's shoulders and gave them a firm grip as she tried to get his attention.
"Maxwell Logan, look at me!" said Eda firmly.
Maxwell braved to look up at Eda as she looked back at him with a serious expression on her face. Tears were still running down his fright-stricken face.
"Maxwell Logan, calm down! I'm not leaving you! I'm not leaving Luz or King. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere!" Eda told him firmly.
"Maxie, Eda's not gonna leave us!" Luz told him trying to comfort him.
Maxwell was so overwhelmed as if he was having an emotional breakdown. He tried to calm himself down but it resulted in him fainting to the floor. They all were shocked to see this. They never saw each other have an emotional breakdown nor have they remembered if anyone else has been through that in front of them. Eda, Luz and King sat next to him as both Eda and Luz held him up and dried the tears from his face.
"Luz, when my curse came back. What happened?" asked Eda.
"Same as last time when you first told us about it. But while in that form, well, he got hurt. His left arm had claw marks and he was bleeding." answered Luz explaining.
Eda was alarmed at hearing that Maxwell got hurt that way and looked right at him.
"Luz, I never want to hurt any of you." said Eda softly. "How bad was his wound?"
"It wasn't as bad as we expected but it did need tending to. When we came back to treat his wound, it looked like his wound healed in seconds. This power he possess could have a super human healing factor." said Luz as she explained the situation. "I've never seen him this upset before."
As they looked right at Maxwell. King managed to hug him from his stomach while Eda planted a kiss to Maxwell's forehead and Luz planted a kiss towards Maxwell's right cheek. He seemed to sense the kissing as his heart rate calmed and he blushed deeply with a peaceful expression on his face.
"Don't...leave...me." said Maxwell while unconscious.
Eda placed her hand on Maxwell's chest where his heart was located and gently rubbed around that area. They knew that what happened was serious. Luz felt her mama bear instincts kicking in. King was worried too. But Eda, she may not have looked as worried as the others, she wondered what it was that caused Maxwell to have an emotional breakdown like that when he begged her not to leave him. She suspected it wasn't him seeing her in her cursed form that did it. She suspected that this was starting to be more of a deep seated issue.
