Danny took a half-step back as he looked on in disbelief. To his right sat his current girlfriend who wore a vindictive smirk on her face while to his left stood a provocative hispanic school girl that sported a familiar green face that he was accustomed to seeing on Katelyn. As Danny continued to stare at bronze-skinned goddess, he felt a sneaking suspicion that he had met her before...
"Hello, Danny boy~" the masked brunette spoke in firm feminine voice. Danny's mouth suddenly became agape as it finally dawned on him who she was.
"M-maria?" Danny asked with a quiver in his voice. Even though her face was consumed by the veil of the mask he instantly recognized her tone of voice.
The goddess gently shook her head. "Was. It's Maya now," she coldly replied; confirming his suspicions.
"Doesn't she look great? Now I see why you fawned over me. Even I find myself getting lost in her beauty," Katelyn mused to herself.
"M-maria... Maya... I haven't seen you in a while..." Danny stammered as he took a step towards his ex. As he looked into her teal eyes, he swore he could see Maria's true self beneath the influence of the two fused masks.
"Let's just take off that mask... and just chat," he pleaded.
"She won't listen to you," Katelyn sighed to her innocent ex lover. "In fact, she can barely hear herself think anymore."
Danny turned his attention to Katelyn as she picked up her remote and pressed a series of buttons. "But, I won't stop you from trying. Go ahead, try to break her free. She won't bite."
As he turned back to his ex and slowly approached her, he admired the intricate texture and tailoring of her outfit from her black blazer down to her skimpy striped skirt. And as his gaze trailed along her form, he took notice at her flat abs and tone muscles up and down her womanly form. He moved himself around to the back of her head and sought to find a familiar crease which would serve as an escape hatch to help shed Maria from her masked persona. But as he looked closer, he couldn't find any trace of a seam; only a smooth unencumbered surface from above her neck up to her scalp. Nevertheless, he lifted his hands towards her crown and dug his fingers into her cushioned flesh and started to aggressively tug at her head. As he pulled, her green skin stretched further and further outwards towards his direction until he had a few meters of her face in his hands. But try as he must, her face continued to stay in one piece no matter what he did to try to dislodge it from her.
"Confused...?" Katelyn spoke up after letting Danny frivolously experiment with his ex.
"What did you do to her!?" Danny demanded as he continued to tug at the firm bubble-gum-like membrane that relentlessly latched onto Maria.
"I gave her the opportunity to feel what I've felt for... oh so long..." She pressed another button on her controller which made Maya's skull pulse an angry shade of green. Danny noticed his grip loosen and slip through his grasp as the stretched flesh flew back and neatly whipped back atop of his ex-girlfriend's face.
Danny turned back towards Katelyn and noticed the controller in his girlfriend's hands. He quickly realized that her contraption was the source of her control and tried to quickly lunge at her to grab it from her grasp. But Maya quickly stepped in and blocked his path by extending her hand in between the two mortals.
"Listen Danny, we've been through so much together..." Katelyn sighed as she stood up and tip-toed closer to Maya.
"I'll make you a deal. I'll stop all of this, if you simply apologize for what you said to me this morning," she said with a cheeky grin. "And promise to never raise your voice or question what I do ever again~"
"Kat, you can't be serious," Danny quipped back with a distinct anger in his voice.
"School was canceled because of us. Didn't you hear the others scream?" Danny asked irritability. "You're being unreasonable!"
"I'm being unreasonable!?" Katelyn yelled back. "I've been totally reasonable with you ever since you first laid eyes on me. I've told you my secrets, I've let you had your way with me, and what do I get back in return!? Nothing! Ever since I opened up to you in Tahoe, you've just become a jerk and a total control freak!"
"Seriously!? You're literally controlling her right now!" Danny hollered back with her his hand pointed in Maya's direction.
"Am I controlling her? Let her speak for herself," Katelyn replied while rolling her eyes.
"Fine! Maria..." Danny started to ask.
"...the name's Maya," she reminded him. "And for your information, I feel amazing right now~"
She began to gently stroke her chin as she continued on. "If it wasn't for Katelyn, I wouldn't have been able to be here and stand up to you after our breakup." Maya turned to stare into pale blue Katelyn's eyes. "Katelyn showed me greener pastures and I owe my entire life to her right now."
"So, what's it gonna be Danny boy? Gonna say sorry?" Katelyn taunted as she brought her controller towards her chest.
Danny shook his head disapprovingly. "Kat, why are you doing this? I thought you were nice and sensible," he implored to Katelyn who just shook her head back at him.
"You know, the mask and I have been thinking about this for quite a while now," Katelyn professed as she turned around and tip-toed towards Danny's gamer chair. "I've been so nice and sensible towards you, but now... I see that it was a one way street. And now we feel that you're holding us back."
"Fortunately for me, there's more fish out their in the sea. And I bet others would be more than happy to appreciate me for who I am now," Katelyn mused as her eyes briefly flashed an emerald hue.
At that very moment Danny knew he had lost his girlfriend... now his second ex-girlfriend. Both of his love interests had ganged up on him and he had no way to solve this diplomatically. Maria was trapped within Katelyn's grasp and Katelyn was on a total power trip. Months of using that blasted mask for his enjoyment had led him to not only loose his best friends but now face the wrath of both of his previous lovers at once.
"I started this relationship with the mask. And if you aren't willing to apologize... well... I'll end it using the mask," Katelyn finished as she pressed another button on her remote and flipped it upside down on Danny's desk.
"I'm gonna teach you a lesson you're never gonna forget~" Maya moaned ominously as she flicked her wrist in the air and shut his bedroom door while approaching him with a newly acquired meter stick in hand.
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