Life is Strange: Vendetta

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Jason kept a brisk pace and when he finally got to his destination, he went to hide in the girl’s bathroom. His plan was to force Nathan to confess to the attacks and kidnappings of each girl. Then, he heard the door open. Who’s this? Jason looked around the corner, and saw Max Caulfield. Shit, why is she here? Nevermind, it is a girls bathroom. Just get your business done, and… Goddammit.

    Max then saw Jason hiding in the back of the bathroom. All Jason could do was say hi in an awkward tone. Then he told her to hide right by him, and stay there.

    Then, the door once again opened, and that’s when Nathan Prescott walked in, weakly checking the stalls, not the corner however. He then started walking around speaking to himself. Jason looked at Max, and tells her to keep quiet.

    “It’s cool, Nathan… Don’t stress… You’re okay, bro. Just count to three…” Nathan leans on the sink, looking down in the white abyss. “Don’t be scared… You own this school… If I wanted, I could blow it up… You’re the boss…”

    Just then, Chloe walked in right on time, and Nathan says, “So what do you want?” Chloe looks at him, and then the corner.

    “I hope you checked the perimeter, as my step-ass would say. Now, let’s talk bidness-”

    “I got nothing for you.”

    “Wrong. You have information. I wanna know it. I know you’ve been pumpin’ drugs to kids around here. I bet your respectable family would help me out if I went to them.” Chloe smirks. “Man, I can see the headlines now-”

    As Chloe says that, Nathan produced a gun and points it at her. Chloe showed no fear. “Leave them the fuck out of this, bitch. You don’t know who the fuck I am who you’re messing around with!” Max falls, and pushes Jason accidentally. Jason then decides to step out, with his own gun drawn.

    “Yeah, but I do. Now, why don’t we drop the gun, and talk about the business we need to talk about.”

    “Todd? You’re in on this too? Fuck, I shoulda know-” Nathan says before getting punched by Chloe in the face.

    “Talk, or I’ll shoot.” Jason growls. Max peeks out from her hiding spot, and Chloe spots her. She goes over to her as Jason begins asking questions about all the kidnappings.

    “I won’t tell you shit, asshole! I’ll fucking KILL you!” Nathan screams. Chloe and Max are quietly speaking while Jason attempts to hold Nathan down, but is punched away.

    “FUCK!” Jason shouts as Nathan darts out of the bathroom. “Nevermind, he won’t talk. But we gotta go. Right. Now.” Jason looks at the girls in a commanding way, and they follow suit.

    Out in the parking lot, the three of them are making their way to Chloe’s truck and Jason’s bike when Nathan storms out of Blackwell, armed with his pistol. He screams at Jason, firing at him.

    “Chloe, take Max to the Junkyard NOW!” Jason commands as he fires back at the deranged boy. Warren, a friend of Max and Jason’s, steps in and tackles Nathan to the ground, telling Jason to go. He even manages to get the gun away from him. Clever kid…

    Jason jumps on his motorcycle, and hears Nathan screaming. He speeds off to where his first adventure as the Red Hood started three years ago.

    When Jason arrives at the Junkyard, he sees that Chloe also picked up Rachel from work. He knew had some major explaining to do. Jason walked into the small, yet comfortably sized, building that Jason kept adding small rooms onto in case anyone needed a break from Arcadia’s intense nightly atmosphere.

    “Jason, why the fuck was Max in the bathroom too?!” Chloe demanded answers, and Jason couldn’t give them. He tells Max to tell everyone why she was there.

    When Max finishes, Jason realizes something.

    “Max being there wasn’t an accident.” Rachel and Chloe look at Jason, but Max remains still. Jason continues on. “She somehow knew this event would happen, and when she fell, it didn’t feel like an accident. It felt deliberate.” Jason turns his gaze to Max, who then looks away. “Care to explain?”
    Max reluctantly steps forward, and begins to speak. “I might sound fucking crazy, but trust me, it’s real. The first time it happened-”

    Rachel intervenes, confused. “What do you mean, The first time?” Jason shoots a look at Rachel who takes note and silences her mouth so Max can finish.

    “Basically, I saw a lot of different things happening. Like Jason getting shot, and Nathan getting killed. Obviously it sounds crazy but… it happened.”

    As she finishes her story, everyone besides Jason gets silent and an awkward silence falls upon them. “See? No one believed me…”

    Jason says that he believes her. “When I was there, everything felt like it had happened before. I just didn’t know why until now. But, the fact remains that we still don’t know who our kidnapper is. I’m afraid we might never find out now…” Jason solemnly looks down as everyone understands what he means by this; The kidnappings will continue.

    Halfway across Arcadia Bay, however, is Nathan Prescott, entering a warehouse of some sort. He comes here often for his projects. But, he was there for an entirely different reason tonight. He enters a room, seeing a man sit in a chair at the opposite end of the room. He then begins to speak to him.

    “I know I fucked up, but no one knows our secret-” Nathan blurts out before getting cut off.

    “Shut up and listen. You really did fuck up, Nathan. But I will commemorate you for not telling those punk assholes anything. Hell, you even tried killing Jason. He’s been on to us the entire time.

    The man spins around revealing Jefferson sitting in the chair, looking angry. He then proceeds to get up and walk over to the boy, who was now shaking.

    “Don’t be afraid, Nathan. Besides, we have someone for tonight. I’m going to let you try your work.” All Nathan could do was stare at the cold, and calculating Mark Jefferson.