Stranger Things What Ifs

Chapter Fifty Nine

What if....Max 'died' seven months ago with a stab wound but she ends up coming back? (Angst) (continues from chapter fifty eight)

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"Ashlyn White." Suzie starts while they all stand in the room, Suzie showing them the computer screen of the woman.

"It sickens me how we do look alike." Max says while shaking her head, her arms being crossed.

"So when you say you are able to be like undercover you mean like you can actually go in there....I don't know like base of operations?" Steve questions.

"Well no I don't want to risk myself to much like that. They actually haven't even seen her in person only through her drivers license pictures and luckily, we look alike so they think I'm her." Max states. "And no I don't even know there base of Preston's that is what I'm trying to find out that way I can go there with cops and get proof to shut this whole thing down."

"How are we going to do that?" Nancy questions.

Max shrugs a little bit. "Unfortunately if I am not able to get any close we might have to wait until they take another victim. We find a picture of him and El is able to find him then from there this is all over. Or I can try and find someone already in there get a picture of them then El finds them."

"Or you can get a picture of one of the idiotic women running the place or something." Nancy suggests.

"I don't know anything works." Max says while her eyes are aimlessly ahead in thought. "All I know is that I cannot risk myself anymore, it wouldn't be fair to Lucas."

Everyone nods their heads, knowing Lucas is still in his room. After the whole conversation and him telling Eleven off and him walking out and everyone needing a break they all came to their senses and told Max that they would help her the best that they could, them having time to process. Lucas still hasn't come out of his room, everyone knowing him out of everyone needs time to process things.

Max looks over at Eleven, seeing how she is deep in thought. "El he didn't mean what he said."

"Yes he did. He isn't wrong either." Eleven responds.

"No El don't say that." Mike shakes his head.

"Look I get he's hurting but that was out of line, El has done nothing but save us." Dustin states. "So that was wrong of him to say."

"You all don't get it from his end though. He did come to me, he..." Eleven trails off, her just sighing deeply. "I just really want his forgiveness."

"I know El, I do too." Max says. "I know he's mad at me too, but what we need to understand is that he needs time to process things and think about his feelings because right now it is so much at once. The best thing we can do for him now is be there for him."

"Max more than ever you need to be there for him." Jonathan says. "He....these past seven months he has been....different."

"The first three he was doing nothing but crying and downing alcohol and working out but the last four....it's like he became consumed with this anger." Steve explains. "He spent day in and night out searching for David, drinking, working out, getting into some fights too."

"He'll be good now right?" Eleven questions.

"I will make sure he is okay as he can be." Max responds.

Eleven nods. "Well I went to the cops, left the video as a anonymous tip. They are already pinging it as a suicide but they are still going to search he is now filed as a missing person but...of course they won't find anything so Lucas is safe."