A/N So this is a sequel to I'm Sorry I Couldn't Be your Hero. Possibly taking place at the end of the series, so yeah Chloe has been born... I have no idea how this will turn out... but I hope you like it.


Nightmares and Deals

Max walked down the stairs yawning deeply.

"Hey Max" Max turned his head to see Crystal eating a yogurt cup.

Max smiled at seeing his best friend sitting at the table. "Hey Crys." He told her.

Crystal looked sideways "Are we still on for tonight?" She asked him.

Max smiled and nodded. "Of course, it's tradition."

Crystal laughed before starting to cough, blood spewed from her lips. Max's eyes widened as blood started to seep through her shirt where a bullet hole was appearing.

'I'm gone Max' He heard in his mind as he saw his best friend die in front of him again. 'Please, let me stay that way.'

"I can't" Max yelled at the empty air as Crystal's image started to disintegrate. "I can't lose you."

'You'll lose more then just me if you go down this path.'

"I don't care." Max screamed at the empty air. "I need you back."

'No Max, you don't'

Max gasped as he awakened from his dream. He'd been having that dream off and on since Crystal had died, always begging the same thing of him, always asking him to let Crystal go.

He couldn't do that. He had to rescue her, bring her back so he was with her. Just so he could hold her in his arms again.

Was it selfish? Maybe, but it was the only thing that kept him going, that stopped him from falling into despair.

Max sighed and stood hoping to get ready for the day. He had just picked out the shirt he was going to wear for that day, when he felt the familiar tug that told him he was being teleported away again.

Madam X raised an eyebrow at his less then modest appearance. "I see, noon was too early" She said by way of greeting.

Max rolled his eyes as he pulled on his T-shirt. "I was up late, working on that weapon you wanted me to make" He told her.

Madam X snapped her fingers and immediately Max felt himself on his knees. His bones were cracking as she used his telekinesis to break him again. He felt his shoulder pop out of their sockets. In moments his leg was broken, his arms were stretched farther and farther but still he refused to scream.

"I have warned you against, taking that tone with me boy."

"You want me to be the evillest villain on the planet" Max said through the pain a smile on his face. "Who the hell cares about civility."

"I do" Madame X said before releasing him.

Max fell to ground gasping for breath.

"Next time, I'll break you neck, boy." Madame X stated before waving an arm and Max could feel his bones knit back together his shoulders popped back into place.

"Thank you" Max said through gritted teeth.

"Now, how's the weapon coming?" Madam X asked.

"It's done" Max said. "I can hand it to you whenever you want."

Madame X raised an eyebrow. "Your entire family still believes that this is a phase you will grow out of…" Madame X said. "Perhaps I should appear to your home myself and have you give me the doomsday weapon directly."

Max resisted the urge to swallow in fear. "As you wish Madame X."

Madame X looked at her nails. "After this we shall see where your loyalty truly lies" She said before waving her hand sending Max back to his room.


A/N Hope you liked that, yeah Max is going to be getting a lot of grief from me, for the time being.