Bloody Nose {Max Mayfield x OC}

All Good Things Must Come to an End (Season 3 Finale)

"Mike! Ellis! Wake up!" Through blurry vision, I see the one and only red-headed Max Mayfield. Raw, agonizing pain pulsates through my core and my head throbs, my ears thumping with vigor.

"Where's El," I mumble, before perking up once the last couple of events return to my mind. "Did Billy..?" I ask, a look a terror sprouting in my eyes.

The three of us immediately scramble to our feet, my ribcage jolting in pain with each movement.

"God," I bite my lip at the fiery pain.

We rush into the main lobby, the entire building emitted in golden flame and flickering light. At the center presides the Mind Flayer, large and unnerving. Billy and El are located just under it.

El lies unmoving, but conscious on the floor, her face soaked in blood. Billy is crouched next to her, but stands up and walks a few paces in front of El.

The way he approaches the Mind Flayer almost seems to be defiant, an act of rebellion. I look over to watch Max, frozen.

In the midst of the flames and chaos, a meaty tentacle emerged from the Mind Flayer's underbelly. It embeds its teeth-lined claws into the side of Billy in one swift motion. Dark blood immediately soaks the side of his shirt.

Another tentacle emerges, following suit and plastering itself in Billy's abdomen. Billy screams so loud it causes blood to thump in my ears erratically.

More tentacles appear, digging into Billy's core and completely soaking his body in sweat-soaked blood. Then one final tentacle appears, stabbing into Billy's chest, commencing the screaming to stop.

The tentacles retract, letting Billy fall to the floor in a bloody mess. I look over to see Max's horror stricken face.

"BILLY!" She shrieks, bounding towards her step brother. I follow at her heels, Mike by my side.

The Mind Flayer begins to collapse, the entire mall shaking as the being smacks meatily into the ground. It's over.

Max walks up to Billy, who gurgles on his own hot blood.

"Billy," She gets out between stifled sobs, "I-I'm sorry," She kneels down next to him and his breathing stops. "Billy..," Max cries and I rush over to her, wincing in pain as I kneel next to her.

The ginger spins around and crumples into me, her face implanting in my shoulder. I ignore the sharp pain in my ribs and just hold her while she cries. I feel her chest heave up and down against me.

"Ellis," Max's voice is slightly muffled, "He's dead,"

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The sounds of helicopters and sirens fill the parking lot. Through the rubble, I can see the golden flames begin to grow inside the mall. A nurse checks my vitals, but I can't help but wonder where Max has gone.

The nurse checks my pulse and blood pressure. She is getting increasingly agitated as she has to snap me back to reality every couple of minutes. What I assume to be a police officer walks up to me.

"Are you Ellis Shire," The man asks me through a thick mustache. I nod. "It appears a missing person report has been filed for you and your mother,"

"Huh..," I mumble. I'm not sure who would care enough to notice that either of us is missing.

"By the looks of it, we've found you. You wouldn't by any chance be able to disclose your mother's location, would you?" I shake my head.

"I didn't even know she was missing," I say, wincing as the nurse begins to prod around my ribcage.

"By order of the state, we're going to have to send you off to your closest living relative," The police officer explains, flipping through a small note pad. "Your mother's sister, Tamara H. Shire, has agreed to take you in,"