The Adventures of Alice and Max
Chapter 13: Max Confronts His Fears
Tossing the piece of shirt, Max stood there waiting for the door to open.
“You have done well, my friend!” Chance mocked.
“I'm not your friend,” Max declared. Full of confidence and conviction, he proudly cut into this man. “You are a disgrace to humanity. You hear me? You think, I fear you? Well, I don’t! I’m not afraid of you! You have no power over me, you freak!” At this saying, there was silence. That eerie silence again.
“Is that all?” Then the metal door slid open slowly.
Max walked in and saw a dark figure looking at monitor screens. Then turning, the figure’s face was covered in a black mask tightly fit to his face as if suffocating him. Black was his garments, wearing leather gloves that squeaked every time he moved. His boots, belt, and whole get-up, except his smile were darkness. A crooked white smile, lazily drawn on the front of his lips, beamed at Max. Around his crooked head w…
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