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Covaire City Memorial Gala × Greek statue

Maximus had been spending the day with Martie when the hunters had attacked. Saying he was surprised to not have a blackout would've been a big understatement. What the better hadn't known, was that withhe temporary implant in his ear (that he couldn't see nor feel), the Alpha could wake him up at any time, but since he was already downtown... there was no reason to do it. He would fight, his loyalty to the city was too great to ignore what was happening. Of course while not awakened, his priority was the omega with him. He'd called Ewan to make sure the Scottish man was okay and to tell him not to do anything crazy.

Eventually, getting out of harm with the woman running at his side had been hard, so Max had made her climb on his back. He'd saved a few people along the way, without realizing that when he fought off hunters or helped someone else, he'd often awakened for a couple minutes (just for the time his hidden skills were needed). There wasn't much difference to spot since he didn't have much time to talk (which was usually the big give away when he was like that). So at first, they went to Martie's apartment because it was the closest after he'd gotten shot in the leg.

The omega had been so brave, using the tweezer of her first aid kit to remove the bullet laced with vervain and wolfsbane (which had been why he wasn't able to heal). She'd cleaned it up and it had healed almost right away. There was too much activity happening outside so they had stayed inside for a while. Obviously, he-d continued to check with Ewan to make sure the omega was still safe. They had eventually been able to go out to escape the next night on the 9th. Once again, the beta couldn't explain how he knew some hunters had magic, but mostly how to make the difference between regular ones, and the powered up ones.

But avoiding them had proven to be complicated, though not impossible for someone his age. All they needed was a distraction and they would be easy to kill, they were still humans after all. The whole time, he'd made sure Martie wasn't hurt. They made it to the middle of the West Side while it was still dark in the early morning on the 10th. Things had seemed calmer, but he felt it that something was wrong and told Martie to really hold on to him tight. Seconds later, they'd both seen things that looked like cracks of light appearing all over (some in the middle of the air, others on the pavement or a wall). And then chaos followed.

When the street cracked and a monster came out (like it'd been stuck underneath), Maximus knew why everyone had suddenly been screaming.

"Do not let go." He'd ordered the omega on his back then attacked the demon before it had time to fully get out of the whole it was stuck in. Now awakened, Maximus knew he'd never faced anything like that, never that big, nor strong, but he was still able to kill it. But they were coming out of everywhere and he knew fighting them all would be impossible. His mission was to save as many people as he could without getting killed himself.

He backed into an alleyway to avoid one of the creature that seem to be controlling fire. He felt Martie's fear, but she kept holding on to him strongly. The assassin went to sleep again since he wasn't needed while no combat occured. Though, when Maximus turned his head to check if the omega was ready for his next run and to reassure her, she wasn't there, it was like she had disappeared out of thin air. The beta panicked and his panic, didn't see the tiny crack buried underneath garbage bags. He couldn't call out to her, fearing that he'd bring too much attention to himself.

But then another demon appeared, making the assassin awaken again, and this time, without Martie to make him come back, Maximus wasn't going to come back until this was over.

erebus-richter:

[Voicemail 3]

He takes ten minutes to calm down, then calls Maximus back.

“How are you so calm about this? Louise wanted chocolate milk. So I went to get it. Then I spent the whole night running around town and trying not to get eaten. Didn’t even have a gun because I DIDN’T KNOW I’D NEED ONE! I didn’t see a brochure or a gift. Right now I’d like not to see your face either.”

Maximus saw the caller ID and before he could even say anything, his brother was already going off at him.

 “Chocolate milk so late at night brother? Are you trying to give your own child insomnia? I’ve lived here for many years, without the zombie, it’s the perfect neighborhood. Even you can’t deny that brother. I’m sorry about the brochure, I was sure I had put it in there. The gift basket might have been stolen.” Maximus tsked, annoyed it might have been taken by someone else. “I’ll sent you another one. It was a zombie kit. And you would have had a gun in it had it not been stolen. There was even a guide on the best and safest items to purchase against to fight the zombies.“

Bad NeighbourZ event × Maximus is Goldilocks 

Meet Maximus (he prefers Maxi), he's your stereotypical dumb blond curly haired Insta model who needs constant saving, but possesses the kind of survival luck anyone in Cape Covaire would kill for!

Enters Ewan (goes by McConnell), kickass zombie hunter who's really good at what he does and has a bit of a 90's hero complex. Match made in heaven? I think yes!

Bad NeighbourZ event × Maximus is Cockneys vs Zombies

Meet Erebus and Maximus, two brothers that grew old together due to stubbornness (Erebus) and garden obsession (Maximus). They spend their days on their front porch with their loyal corgi Hamish the 2nd (because Maximus is convinced he had a cat already named Hamish in another life) eating peppermint candies and commenting on the lives of others. At night, they go inside, playing checker and shooting at zombies coming too close to their garden gnomes.

This blackout had been harder on his moral than he was letting on, leaving him to stare at the ocean for hours while sitting by the balustrade at the small table not far from his pool. It was getting pathetic (at least to him), but he could only shake the feeling out of his heart when he wasn’t alone (not that being around people helped either), but Ewan’s presence was helpful. Everyone he had spoken to (who had apparently met him during the attack), said the same thing, that he had saved them. And when he looked at them in confusion, saying he didn’t remember any of it, they all seemed to change their minds on saying more, like it was the right thing to do. And strangely enough. Maximus hadn’t felt like knowing more.

Because deep down, he was jealous of them, envious. They knew something he didn’t about himself and it was driving him nuts. So he just ignored it, because it made things easier to cope with. But there had also been those who had seemed scared of him, or angry for some of the strangest reasons. Some had said he’d been cold to them. And Maximus had found himself apologizing (which was really stupid of him, if you thought about it) for saving someone’s life while being cold.

Maybe this hadn’t been a regular blackout as he usually had though, maybe for once, he was suffering from some kind of PTSD. Though, he couldn’t deny the truth, the beta knew it wasn’t PTSD and that he was only trying to gives himself some false hope that things had been different. So this was his solution for now, distracting himself with the ocean that was hypnotizing, but also calming and Ewan who now he needed to support because his (probably) best friend might die in the upcoming weeks.

Max sighed, stuck in the unknown, because he didn’t know what to do. He was itching to do something to distract himself more. He couldn’t work and he didn’t want to be around people and help rebuild the city (it was why he’d made a generous donation to get out of manual labor with too many strangers surrounding him). And then, the most ridiculous idea suddenly crossed his mind, a cat would be nice. Melanie’s and Seth’s cats were adorable and with someone living with him now, an animal would be nice.

He chuckled, shaking his head, “Callas you’re losing it.”