I'm sorry for the long wait in between chapters, just life getting in the way and stuff like that. I'll try my best to get the next one out soon but I make no promises. Now, enjoy the chapter :)
The two girls stared down at the dead body laying at their doorstep. Max didn't really react, she'd seen too many dead bodies at this point in her life, far more than any 18-year-old should have ever seen.
"Jesus" Chloe whispered and put a hand over her mouth, she could feel the vomit attempting to make its way up.
The man's eyes were blank and dead and his chest was covered in wet and drying blood. The smell struck Chloe and she darted back into their motel rooms bathroom to be sick. Max slide down the outside wall and ended up sitting against the building with her knees to her chest, just looking at the body.
Soon enough Chloe came back, looking pale and horrible "God, that's fucking disgusting" she threw out remained in the doorway "Can't you use your rewind powers and see what happened?" Chloe suggested.
Max remained silent, still digesting what was happening. The question was asked again louder, catching the younger girls attention this time.
"I- I guess I could try" Max held out her arm and felt the world around her warp and twist to her power.
She saw Chloe go back into the room then come back out, she then saw her close the door and walk back.
Nothing, dammit, Max thought, until she saw a figure out of the corner of her eye, running behind the motel building. She tried to rewind more and her head began to feel like it was going to explode.
Time resumed and blood slowly trickled down her nose. The door flew open and Chloe looked around in panic. She saw too things, Max sitting with a bleeding nose, scared, and the dead body.
"Oh god Max, what the hell are you doing out here and-" the sick came, only this time Chloe didn't have time to make it to the bathroom and threw up on the concrete outside the room.
Max slowly got up began to rub Chloe's back "I rewound time, see if I could find the person who did this, but I didn't, just a shadow" she kept rubbing her girlfriends back as she looked down at the puddle of sick.
"God, what do we do Max, should we call the police or ambulance or, or" Chloe was clearly beginning to freak out, despite her rebel attitude, she wasn't that good in emergencies like this, or dead bodies, seeing Racheal dead really didn't help with that.
"Just, grab me my phone and calm down ok" Max said, Chloe nodded, giving the body one more glance before going inside the room and chucking the cell to Max.
The call had been made, the person on the line had told Max and Chloe to stay where they were, she hadn't really planned on leaving, she didn't commit the murder, nothing to worry about right?
Max had taken a seat on the porch, Chloe was sitting on the bed in the room. Max couldn't help but stare at the body. Fuck, I just got done with seeing dead bodies, now another one.
"I saw him" she said, quite but not enough for Chloe to hear it.
"What Max?" she asked and got closer.
"Chloe I, I saw the person. I saw him run behind the building over there" she pointed to the building opposite to them.
Chloe looked over there, lit only by the light under the awning. "Something was wrong though wasn't it?" Chloe asked.
"Yea, but something was odd, and I couldn't properly see him, I couldn't rewind anymore" the younger girl explained.
Chloe took a long breath and looked around "There's no houses around here for miles, maybe he lives in the hills behind the motel or some shit" the blunette said.
The duo sat down on the porch, Chloe doing her best to not look at the deceased being near them. Soon enough the heard the sounds of sirens and the flashing blue and red lights. Two patrol cars pulled into the parking area, waking up anyone who would have been sleeping.
An officer instantly saw the body and made his way over. He looked average enough and looked like he was in his mid 40's.
"Oh geez" he whispered to himself as the others stayed near the car, one making a call for an ambulance.
"Which one of you made the call?"
Max stood up "That was me" she stated.
"And you were the first one to find the body?" he asked.
She nodded "Name?" he asked.
"Maxine Caulfield, and this is Chloe Price" she looked to the blue haired girl.
The officer took in a breath and looked over the body "My boys will handle this, may I come in? You should tell me about what happened".
Max only nodded and let the officer in, it was going to be a long night.
