I Like Being a Bitch

Firefly's- Chapter 1

The room Max was in is humid and cool, water dripped from the celling. Her eyes dart around the room looking for anything, a way out, just something at least. Max grabs hold of the chain that's attached to her wrist, she yanked as hard as she could but nothing. "Fuck this!" she yelled.

The door behind Max opens, a woman with pale skin, long brown hair tied into a ponytail and a firefly pendent hanging around her neck walked into the room. Max turns her head to face her, watching her every move, not saying a word. The woman places the tray of food on the floor, "Tell me your name." Max sighs "Emily. Just like yesterday." The woman sighs as she writes something down on her clipboard.

"Hold your han-" She pauses when she see Max already doing what she said "Count to 10 clearly and slowly." Max counts agonizingly slow just to get on their nerves, "Eat. You haven't touched anything we've given you." She kicks the plate of food to her feet, "Where the hell is my brother!?" The woman sighs "Ill be back later."

"Where the hell am i! Answer me you fucker!" Max yanks on the chains but they pull her back, her wrist turn red and swell a little. Max slides down the wall, as she holds her head in her hands.

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A different woman walking in this time, her appearance more intimidating than others that have came in before . "You haven't touched you're food?" Max doesn't say anything, Max brings her knees to her chest, while she watches the woman's every move.

"You're vigilant. We need someone like you in the firefly's." Max scoffs, she kneels down to where Max is sitting "You don't like that idea huh?" She tries to get close Max wrists but she flinches back, she shows her it's just a key in her hand. Max slowly extends her wrists so she can un-cuff her "So.. Emily? How are you?" Max sighs and looks at her, she analyzes her facial expression, trying to get a hint of anything.

It doesn't look like she wants to hurt her, just... talk. "I feel great. Being locked in a cold, wet room helps." The woman laughed at her comment "Sorry. We had to be sure."

"Sure? Sure of what?" The woman sighs again, "Don't act dumb... Maxine." Max is taken aback, how the hell does she know my name? she thought to herself "How do you-" She cuts Max off "I'm Marlene. Leader of the Firefly's in the Boston QZ." Maxs eyes widen a little "So you know my brother?" Marlene nods.

"I know about this to." She points at her abdomen, Max places her hand there to feel the scar. It happened so long ago, the only one person would know about..... Marlene isn't lying about Nick. "That. That has greater purpose than you can imagine. We are moving tonight, and we are taking you with us. Along with another girl."

A knock is heard at the door, along with a man opening it "He's here!" Marlene looks back "5 Minutes." Marlene sighs and gets close to Max, "What i'm about to say can't be repeated to anyone else, because if you do, you will die."

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A man walks into the room this time, he slides Max backpack over to her. She rush to stand and get it, she pulls out a knife. The man scoffs at her, he shuts the door with force causing her to jump. "Asshole." She mumbled.

Max flips the knife in her hand, everything just so boring. To Max it feels like everything is going 10 times slower. Then that's when she hears it, the first gun shot. In the distance, people yelled "You don't have to do this Robert!" Max clenches her knife, "Robert? Who's Robert?" More gun shots go on in the hallways, Max ducks down as stray bullets pierce through the walls.