And then we focus on what had just happened between Tigress and Max.
Chapter 14: Tending to Max
Meanwhile, Layla and Hope were busy cleaning up a few wounds Tigress gave him and she wiped his face with a clean, wet rag and she looked at Max and sees parts of the scars were not bleeding anymore and she said, "I am so sorry that this happened."
"No...you don't have to apologize. I probably should've let her win." Max responded.
Hope placed his paw on Max's shoulder and said, "Don't say it's your fault. You didn't expect that to happen."
Max nodded his head at that and he's still not udnerstanding why it turned out like this, but he does know that there was something going on in her mind that she can't quite control or function when he's around and she asked, "Do you think Tigress is still angry with me?"
"No. She's not angry with you. She's...scared of you." Hope replied.
Layla glared at Hope for putting that comment out there and ended with a low growl and Hope puts his paws in the air and said, "Sorry."
"Scared of me? How?" asked Max.
Layla was about to say something, but Viper slithered her way in and explained to him, "Because of what had happened between you a few months ago...you know, when you defended Blaze. She can't get over what happened then and for punching Mako in the face."
Max blinked his eyes a few times and remembered what had occurred and he said, "Most of those are a blur to me. I thought we've gotten over that."
"Tigress hasn't. Each time she sees you around or when you visit us, she's been avoiding you because she felt like you're still angry at her for what she did." Viper added.
"Of course I'm not angry. Why would I be?" asked Max.
Layla could see that Max made some very good points on that and it has been a while since the two even seen each other to try to resolve their problems, most of which left unsuccessfully because of Tigress' jealousy and bitter resentment and even after what had happened, she can't even face him or apologize without something holding her back.
"Because you have a good, pure heart. I wish everyone in the whole world could be like you." Hope stated.
"I agree." Viper responded.
Max nodded his head at that and Layla said, "So...what are you gonna do now?"
"I'm gonna try my best to help Tigress out." Max answered.
"Uh...shouldn't that be left to your dad?" Hope asked.
Max did think about this and realized that the first attempts to help Tigress out failed because she was putting out too many excuses on not facing the problem and he said, "I'll ask him."
Think it'll help? Stay tuned as we see the confrontation between Samurai, Phoenix and Tigress!