Time to switch back to Max's POV. Scarlett has arrived at the asylum, and has just discovered that not only is Max there, but they will be living just metres apart. How will their meeting go after everything that has happened?
"Scarlett?! Is that you?"'
I can't believe it. I'm here with my sidekick! Former sidekick? Doesn't matter, there's already someone I know here, which means my message of EVIL is already present in the minds of one of these fools. I still don't think my other roommates quite understand what a menace I truly am quite yet, but I'll show them soon enough!
"Max? Are you behind this? Did you want to torment me so desperately that you somehow managed to get us locked up in the same asylum?" She thinks I'm behind this! While I'm flattered, I have nothing to do with this. It must be fate, EVIL fate!
"Absolutely not, sideki-"
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME SIDEKICK!" I back towards the wall furthest from the door in fear. That voice, it's so terrifying, yet so…
Diabolical. How did I miss the pure EVIL inside of Scarlett for so long?
I hear one of the doors open up, followed by hulking footsteps. The only one of my roommates who can make steps that loud is Paula.
She was the first one of them I met when I arrived here a couple hours ago. She has very short, black hair, and towers over me. She also has incredibly defined muscles. Paula would make an excellent henchwoman, if not for the fact that she scares me. I don't know why she's in here, but she's probably done some very messed up stuff, which I respect.
"What's the big idea? Who are you?" She must be talking to Scarlett. She probably can't defend herself from Paula though, I must assist my sidekick! I open the door to my room and walk out into the hallway where Scarlett and Paula are.
"This is Scarlett, my si- uh, friend!"
"I. Am. Not. Your. Friend." Oh. I was sort of hoping that Scarlett would be willing to work with me again, even without being a sidekick. I can't let her escape my grasp though, someone as EVIL as her doesn't appear often. Also, that was harsh!
"Wait, do you two know each other?" I was about to say a whole speech with exposition of our backstory until Scarlett interrupted me.
"Unfortunately, we do. We met on a reality show and pretty much stuck together in an alliance of sorts. HE drove me insane though because of his perpetual insistence that he's an evil mastermind. He's about as evil as a labrador retriever." HOW DARE SHE!
"Hey, I'll have you know that I am the most despicable person you will ever meet! I WILL be your master one day!" I hear Scarlett mumble something, probably apologising for her nonsensical claim that I am not EVIL. I am certainly EVIL!
"I accept your apology si- Scarlett." It's going to be very hard to get used to calling Scarlett by her actual name. I don't want her to shout at me again, that was very scary.
"And what's your name?"
"Paula. As long as you don't mess with me or my Susan, I'll leave you alone."
I don't know much about Susan, she's only come out of her room once since I arrived. She's this super skinny asian girl, only a little taller than me. Apparently she's Paula's girlfriend or something, even though they seem like complete opposites. Love, what a complete waste of time.
"And where's Graham?" That's actually a good question, I haven't seen him at all.
"He's at one of those activities. He doesn't tell me what he's doing though, he usually tells me that he 'doesn't want to be followed by some cameraman.' Don't know what's up with him."
"What's up with you?" Paula glares at me like I stuck gum in her hair or performed some other EVIL act instead of asking a reasonable question.
"None of your fucking business, pipsqueak."
"Yes, ma'am!" See how terrifying she is? Scarlett suddenly clears her throat.
"Anyway, I WAS going to ask which of these accommodations is not yet occupied before I met Max."
"The only empty room is the one next to mine. We can be neighbours of EVIL, mwa ha ha ha ha!" Scarlett groaned for some reason, even though living next to me is one of the biggest honours imaginable.
"Well, I'm going to go into my room. Do NOT bother me. Looking at you, Max." For such an EVIL individual, Scarlett has quite the attitude. I can't entirely blame her though, I was quite upset when I first arrived too.
Since I'm still brand new, there isn't much I can do right now. None of the so-called activities are available for me to do right now, I have to be 'settled in' before I can actually do anything. I lay on my mattress on the floor, as there are no proper beds. EVIL deserves better than this, but EVIL has no means of improving its sleeping arrangements. At least the bed I slept in in the treehouse got me used to poor mattresses.
The rest of my room isn't much better, just concrete walls painted a light brown, with a small walled off area containing a toilet. Surprisingly enough, they're proper toilets, not just holes in the floor. I guess this place could be worse.
I'm SO bored though. There's nothing to do at all since I can't leave. I could talk to one of my roommates, but none of them want to be bothered at the moment. I guess I can just think about things for now.
I really can't believe Scarlett is here, my sidekick! Is she my sidekick now? She clearly doesn't want to be for some reason, even though it's the highest possible honour I can bestow. Why could this be? I thought we worked together so well, electrocuting that fairy girl was such an EVIL move I admittedly couldn't pull off on my own.
When did it go wrong? Maybe I should ask her, because I really want to work with her again. I've had a few other sidekicks in the past, but none of them were willing to help me with my schemes. It's like they were just working with me for the title of being my sidekick! But Scarlett, she helped me, she gave me ideas. I refused to admit it to her face because I wanted the credit for those ploys. I've always had trouble complimenting people.
Aside from that, why am I here? I do NOT belong in an asylum, I am completely sane! Being EVIL does not make you crazy. They must have recognised me as a threat to society, but since they couldn't arrest me, they put me in the looney bin instead. What an insult to my superior mind!
I look out through the singular barred window in my room, and I see that the sky is almost pitch black. How on earth did it get dark so quickly? I am feeling pretty tired, so I should be going night-nights about now. Hopefully I'll be able to ask Scarlett tomorrow about what happened.
Time to go to sleep, EVIL will prevail tomorrow…
Max and Scarlett have had their first proper interaction, and it looks like Scarlett is NOT happy with Max. Can he fix their dynamic so soon? Probably not, but we'll have to wait and see. If you have any feedback or general praise, please leave a review.
