(3) Till Death Do Us Part (Max Mayfield/ (Fem) You)

-Chapter 20 (Ending B): Till Death Do Us Part-

I fall to my knees, looking up at the girl I love, now broken and damaged.

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I feel anger bubble up inside me as I stare helplessly up at Max.

"Out of everyone in this world....in this town...why her?" I ask out loud, hoping Vecna could hear me from wherever he is. I stand, hands clenched beside me as angry tears fall off my face. "Come here and face me, bitch!" I shout, glancing around at the room that still holds a blue hue.

I had a choice

The sudden voice in my head makes me whip around, expecting to see someone behind me...but I'm only met with air. "A choice? What choice?" I ask, still glancing around. I feel my heart thump hard against my chest as my face feels hot with anger.

A choice...on who my target would be.

"Well you should've chosen someone else. Cause I will come for you, and I will find you, and I promise....I will kill you." I say, glaring at nothing in particular. "Even if it kills me." I add.

Then I bet it'll kill you to know....that I chose to target Max instead of you.

My stomach drops once I hear the words. It could've been me there instead. Fighting Vecna. I would've stood more of a chance, had he chosen me. But he didn't, he chose Max....and now, she's fighting for her life. "Well you should've. Or were you too scared that I could beat you?" I asked, growling the words out.

"No. I just wanted the satisfactory feeling of seeing you break, slowly and painfully, watching the love of your life die before your eyes." I hear a voice, but it is behind me instead. I turn, seeing Lucas now awake and standing. Except he has clouded eyes, just like Max would get when Vecna has her. His voice is a horrifying sound of Lucas' laced with a demonic like voice of Vecna.

"I wanted to see you cry, hopeless with no fight left in you. Wishing, begging for me to kill you instead. Wishing for death on yourself. That...that is how broken I want you to be." He continues speaking, stepping closer as I step back. "And when you reach that point, when you can't take it any longer...I will be there, ready, to welcome you in with open arms." He adds, stopping in front of me as my back hits a wall. "Fuck you." I say, jerking my head to the side, making Lucas/Vecna fly to the side as I sprint out of the attic, down the stairs and into the living room.

I hear footsteps pounding after me, in beat with the pounding of my heart hammering against my chest. But I ignore it, making my way to the front door to yank it open, only to be met with boards, stopping me from exiting. "There is no escape, Y/N." I hear him say, making me turn to be met with him slowly walking down the steps. "I can see your darkest thoughts, feel your most painful feelings....and I savour every bit." He says as I dash into a different room.

"Just as I felt Max's pain, I heard Max's thoughts. How she wanted herself to be the one to go rather than her brother, how she wished I would take her away....how much it hurt to let you go." He says, making me stop for a second. No, this is a distraction. "She was very very broken to leave you, Y/N. She wanted...no, she wants to get you back...but you won't get the chance now."

I lock the door behind me after running into a room, watching as a shadow looms on the other side of the door. "You're wasting time, Y/N. While we're playing this sad, sad game of cat and mouse....Max is dying." He says, not making any attempt to open the door. No, this was the distraction. "What if...what if I make a deal." I ask, my breathing heavy and my heart pounding. "Oh? And what may that be?" He asks.

"Let Max go...and I won't kill you." I say, smirking when I hear him stop for a second before chuckling. "Too little....too late." He says before the door bursts open and I see Vecna standing there. As I wince against the wood of the door flying at me, he rushes to me, grabbing me by the neck and holding me against the wall. "See what I see...." He says before placing a hand on my head. My vision flashes white before I see Max in front of me, struggling against what looks like hands coming from me, but I know it's not mine. It's Vecna's. I'm just looking through his eyes.