An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Max and several others inside.
Susan and Joyce were still standing by Max's hospital bed, the young redhead a sunken mess and neither of them could figure out why.
The two adults jumped when Bob and Lucas burst through the door and slammed it shut behind them. The young boy grabbed a nearby needle and waved it in front of everyone.
"We need to make Max sleep."
"What?" Susan exclaimed.
"She's a spy!!" Lucas explained, Susan eyeing Max in worry. "If she knows where we are, so does the shadow monster."
"He's lying!" Max interjected, suddenly very angry.
"She killed those soldiers, she'll kill us, too!" Lucas continued.
"He's lying! He's lying!!" Max protested, threatening to jump out of bed, Susan and Joyce trying to calm her down. "He's lying!!! HE'S LYING!!! HE'S LYING!!!!!"
As Max was slowly losing her temper, everyone flinched when they heard rapid loud banging from outside her hospital room.
"Those are gunshots!" Bob announced.
"He's lying!! He's lying!!! HE'S LYING!!!" Max shouted.
"Okay, Maxine!! Max, baby, listen!" Susan called her daughter's name enough to get her attention. "Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am?"
"You're..." Max started, her face blank and tone hesitant, much to Susan's dismay. "You're... you're Mom."
Susan knew those words were true.
But they weren't coming out of Max's mouth.
She turned to Joyce and Bob.
"Hold her down."
The two adults did not hesitate to move towards Max.
"What? No... Let go!"
Max's protests were powerless. Joyce and Bob wrapped their arms around Max while Susan took the syringe from Lucas.
"No! No! No, let me go! Let go!!" Max started to kick and scream at the top of her lungs. "NO, LET ME GO!! LET GO!!! LET ME GO!!!!"
"I'm sorry, Max!!" Susan said as she hurried towards her daughter. "If you can hear me, baby, I'm so sorry!!"
Max's head thrashed left and right demanding her freedom. Lucas covered his ears in shock as Susan pricked the needle in Max's arm. Joyce and Bob were keen on not letting go, Max's rabid behavior slowly deteriorating.
"LET ME GO!! LET ME GO!! Let go!!! Let me go! Let me... Let me... go..." Max's voice started to fade as her eyelids drooped and she fell back into her pillow with one last exhale.
Just as Max had passed out, Hopper and Dr. Owens burst through the door. Everyone turned their attention towards the two men in an absolute worrying silence. Hopper quickly observed the needle in Max's arm before he and everyone else whirled around to hear the monsters growling in the halls. The doors were beginning to break down at the wrath of their claws.
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Stranger Things: MADMAX
FanfictionIt wasn't supposed to happen like this. She was the new kid. She knew nothing about the dangers lurking with the small town of Hawkins. And yet she was the perfect target.
