Monsters and mundanes 5

5.2 catch up meeting

In a graveyard the tomb door opens a little bit and it cracks.

Elvis, Maximilian, Anastasia, Aiden and Amanda are standing around a table in Elvis' basement.
"There's a few things we need to talk about here" Elvis states and looks around at the others. "How the hell did you get out of the backrooms?" he turns to Amanda.
"Maximilian got me out. We played the game like it was supposed to be played with your help through the radios. And that way we got out. And I wouldn't have made it without Max" Amanda explains. Elvis turns to Max.
"And how did you get in there?" he asks.
"When you destroyed the entrance to my maze I was crushed by the rocks and I fell through the floor" he says.
"Now..." Elvis turns to Anastasia. "Who the hell are you?" he asks
"Me and Maximilian knew each other way back in the eighteenth century." she says in her broad russian accent.
"And what are you?" Aiden asks.
"Lamia. The mythological version of a snake" Anastasia turns to Aiden with a tired look.
"How many are you?" Elvis asks and Aiden looks confused at him.
"Lamias are born with a personality disorder. They have more than one visionary. Nine out of ten are evil" Elvis explains and turns back to Anastasia.
"Two. One good one bad"
"Can you handle them?" he asks, not letting her finish her sentence.
"I manage" she tilts her head at him.
"She did have a little bit of a problem with them at the start" Max pipes in
"You don't get to say that" She snarls at him.
"Whoa, personal problems?" Aiden says
Max sighs "Look I get that you are mad but I can ex-"
"You don't get to explain shit, traitor" Anastasia snarls, eyes glowing.
"I'm not a traitor Ana"
"don't call me that, you lost the right to call me that a long time ago"
Before anyone has a chance to react Anastasia dashes over to Maximilian and uppercuts him out through the basement wall. Outside Max lands with a loud thud about a hundred yards away from the house, Max stands up and dusts himself off as he starts to walk back towards the house. Anastasia climbs out of the hole and starts to walk towards Max but stops when Elvis climbs out shouting.
"What the Hell is wrong with you!! You can't just break my house and then keep o-"
He chokes on the last word as Anastasia grabs a hold of his throat and slams him against the wall.
"I can break your house if I wish you little coward of a lion"
She drops him, not wasting another look at Elvis and charges towards Max, covering the distance within a second. But Max is ready for her this time and counters her punch by pivoting and punching her in the stomach sending her flying upwards but Max catches her ankle and slams her down into the ground and then tosses her towards a nearby tree but she catches herself and drops towards the ground, landing on her feet. The two circle each other for a little bit until Max makes the first move, rushing her but she nimbly dodges out of the way and giving Max a roundhouse kick to the face as he turns around to face her again, sending him flying into a tree breaking it. Max stands up and picks up the broken tree and hurls it at Anastasia. She slides under it but when she gets up Max is in front of her and charges right into her and follows the charge up with slamming her into a tree, breaking it. Anastasia recovers quickly afterwards and swipes at Maximilians legs making him fall to the ground, she lunges at him and starts to punch him repeatedly in the face. Max manages to catch one of her punches and head buts her and punches her hard in the stomach making her stagger backwards. Anastasia lets out a scream filled with rage and crimson flames start to appear around her body. Max looks at her for a second and drops his guard and looks at her with pity. Anastasia screams again and lunges at Max, punching him right in the jaw, sending him flying through trees.
"What are you doing?! Fight back you traitorous dog!" Anastasia shouts at him in rage. Max gets up but he does not raise his fists.
"I will not fight you, fighting you is pointless, nothing good will come of it"
She tackles Max to the ground and again starts to pummel him into the ground.
"You Traitor! You promised me that you would never leave my side, we promised each other to never leave each other's sides but you did, you broke it! You broke our promise!"
Max catches both her hands and looks at her.
"I never wanted to break it, but I was forced to, the devil corrupted my mind, he would've turned me against you so I had to leave"
"Fignya!! You could've told me, I could've helped you! but instead you lied and just left! Leaving me all alone!!"
"I left so you would be safe!! I was planning to come look for you when I was rid of the evil that was embedded within me but I never got the chance"
Anastasia stops her struggling against Max and looks at him, tears slowly falling down her face.
"I was so alone after you left, I only had B and H but I still felt alone"
She slowly lays her head against Max and Max hugs her comforting her as she starts to sob.
"Don't worry Ana, I'm never leaving you again"
"I told you that you can't call me that anymore"
"Yeah well I never really did listen to you when you told me not to call you that"
Anastasia's sobs mix with laughter as she punches Max in the arm.
"Shut up"

Nellie's dad Chris is standing at the airport waiting for someone. He picks up a note from his pocket and holds it up. On the note says 'Leo'. He relaxes his shoulders and stands still with a smile on his face. The gates open and a shit load of people walks out. An alone and confused young boy looks around at the people with the signs and smiles when he sees Chris. He walks up to him and greets him.
"You must be Leo. My name is Chris"
"Hi. It's nice to meet you" the boy smiles at him and Chris offers a hard for one of his bags.
"Can I help you with those?" he asks and Leo hands him the backpack. They get to the car and Chris helps him get the bags into the trunk.
"Have you ever been to America?" Chris asks as he lifts Leo's bags into the car.
"Yeah. I was in New York when I was ten. On a vacation with my family. We went to broadway" Chris chuckles a little at it.
"Musical theater kid huh? It'll be nice having you around. Well, out here is not the same as New York. This town is more like a little village. Not much going on and not that big either" Chris jokes and they walk up to the car. Leo opens the backseat door.
"Oh you can sit in the front with me if you'd like" Chris says nicely.
"Thank you sir" Leo says and gets in the front seat beside Chris.
"I heard your birthday was just a few days ago" Chris says, keeping his eyes on the road as they're driving.
"Yeah. A week and a half ago."
"So, sixteen right? Big day" Chris looks over at him for a second.
"Meh. It's not like an even number or anything but I guess it's cool"
"Do you want to listen to some music?" Chris presses a button on the radio.
"Can you play Motorhead?" Leo asks and looks up at Chris.
"You're into metal? You're gonna get along well with my daughter" Chris smiles and turns on the Ace of spades.

Later that night Hector walks into the vet clinic and finds Tindra at the counter again.
"Hey, this may be a stupid idea and I'll probably embarass myself but I got a question for you, Tindra"
"Aight. Shoot" she stands up and walks over to him.
"Can I take you on a date?" he asks straight forward.
"When?" She looks interested.
"Tomorrow night?" he asks.
"Pick me up at five right here. That's when I end my shift" she says with a smile. He smiles back at her.
"Will do" Hector smiles at her before he walks out. As he's walking away from the vet clinic he can't help but smile widely to himself. He laughs a little at his success.