Three hours passed and Faith was still asleep.
Max had taken plenty of calls from work, where she had to explain why she ha just taken off like she did.
When Faith finally came to, Max was ready to go ut. "You leaving?" She adjusted her black leather jacket. "I thought I'd swing out to grab us something to eat real quick. You hungry?" Faith nodded. "Can I come with?"
Without hesitation Max tosses Faith her helmet.
They drove through the dark night, past the city border, to the end of the world.
Max finally stopped.
"You need to tell me what you are, what you've been through." Faith put her hands in her pockets as she kicked some rocks with the tip of her shoe.
"Me telling you my life story? Like it would change anything."
She removed the helmet and tossed it back to Max. "It changes everything. You can start where you want. It'll be fun, let's compare notes." Max said and grinned. "Thanks, but no thanks."
Max grabbed her arm and pushed her down on the ground. "Please don't make me beat it out of you. It really would make me feel bad making someone pretty as you bleed. Now talk." Faith took a deep breath. "I came here, because, I don't know? Anything's safer than where I came from. I can never go back. They want my head served on a silver platter for the⦠Slayer, to feast upon. She wants me dead. I screwed her over, so badly, that I can't ever make it right again."
Max was wearing one of her expressionless faces, when you really couldn't tell what was on her mind. "You always hurt the ones you love, that actually makes more sense to me now." Max scoffed.
"So, you loved her? Is that what made you kill? Did she make you bad?" Faith gave her an evil look. "She didn't make me do anything, no one makes me do anything." Max threw her hands up in defence.
They two of them sat in silence.
"People expect me to do these things, to help them and I never get anything in return. Sometimes it makes me feel useless, because it's all I have and if I give it up, I'm nothing. I hate that feeling." Max didn't have to pretend, she understood to the fullest.
"Where are your parents?" Faith shrugged, even so Max so the pain in her eyes. "I don't know where my parents are either. But hey, I turned out pretty damn good, as did you. Come on, we've gotta blaze. She said it without moving a muscle.
They hadn't realized it yet, but they'd been sitting in the middle of the street the whole time and it was snowing. Faith stuck out her tongue to catch the big white cold flakes. "Don't do that, it's probably acid." Faith lifted an eyebrow. "I'm a high school drop out, but even I know it's acid rain, not snow." Max crossed her arms. "After the 'pulse' it's pretty much acid everything, and would you look at that? I didn't even go to high school. I've got you beat baby."
