Fanfiction:Max-imum Velocity

Overview
Mac has returned from DoD broken and disapointed with far too many things to do and losses... but Max, a counterpart of him lost in time, has done just the same. They both want answers, and whentheir attitudes collide, so do their fists. This is the story of how Max really makes his fist appearance in the post-Genesis Wave Lamak Zone, especially after the events of Depths of Dimensions and Secret Discord.

Included Characters
Mackenzie the Tiger

Max Irvaron

Scarlet the Fox

Alexia the Hedgehog (flashback)

Skam (flashback)

White the Rabbit (flashback and mentioned)

Pre-Genesis Wave White (flashback)

Pre-Genesis Wave Tina (flashback)

Luna the Bunny (flashback)

Alexia the Hedgehog (flashback, mentioned)

Story
Mackenzie Hartley was spending a Friday afternoon sulking in his bed in Hartley Mansions, looking extremely dejected and siappointed. This was not how he usually liked to spend his free time - he'd hang out with his buds, he'd got out on a mission, go stir upsome trouble - but ever since their last encounter with Luna, he just didn't feel like doing much of anything that he normally did.

Mac heaved a heavy sigh before sitting up, reflecting on what had happened. The first time Luna had been defeated by them, she hadn't really taken anything away from him. Sure, she broke his pride for a few months, but with thatpep talk from Kennedy, he felt like he was able to get up and running again. But now... Luna had gotten smarter. And she'd strategically been placing everything in the right spot to do as much harm as possible. Damn that freak.

Mac began to put on a white and blue t-shirt with black shorts, finally changing from his pajamas. What could he do, really? They needed to find a way to find Kennedy, deroboticize Alexia, and White neededto heal up from his scars before he could truly do anything. And he couldn't do a singl thing about it.

That's what got Mac out of his room.

Mac grabbed his belt of weapons that had Angel, his black and yellow trusty sword, Zip and Zap, his handguns, and two bracelets that tranformed into the Flash Gauntlets. He knew that sitting around doing nothing was just him feeling sorry for himself for a long period of time wasn't going to help anything. Mac wasn't a thinker - he was a do-er. He was going to solve every problem that life had given him-

"What are you doing?" he heard. Turning to the side, he saw Scarlet in a purple tank top and shorts. "I thought today was 'Stay At Home and Do Nothing!' day number 14."

"Not today," Mac said with a dejected smile. "Today is the day that we finally solve our problems! Today, I'm going to find out where Ken is and how to help Alexia!" He held up a flyer that had a picture of a red Chaos Emerald, but larger. "There was a mission to retrieve whatever this thing is, and the witness said he saw a figure carrying it. If it has the same power that the fragment in Luna's scepter did, we'll be able to kick major butt and solve everything that's been bothering us!"

Scarlet smirked. "Sounds like you're being a bit too optimistic, but whatevs. I'm in. Give me some time to get changed," she said, walking back into her room. Mac decided to go down the extremely long flight of stairs the mansion had, feeling more pumped than ever. He was going to show that while he was downed for a little, he was definitely not out. He was going to find this jewel.

Max Irvaron was in a forest, running. Oh shoot oh shoot oh shoot oh shoot-

He could sense them. Three figures chasing him through the woods. There'd been several of them lately - however, most of them backed off once Max shot a Chaos Spear at them. These ones really wanted him... for whatever reason. Max was just contemplating what that reason could be when he let his guard down and one came down with and knife, trying to slit his throat. Max managed to react soon enough and sidestepped the potentially fatal blow, getting a good look of his assilant. He was a zebra with red and green stripes, and he looked extremely annoyed when he turned to look back at Max.

Max ran towards the zebra and vaulted over him, giving him a peace sign. "See ya later, Christmas!" He turned around to see another one - this one with purple and yellow stripes - pointing a gun straight at him. He pulled the trigger, and Max went Super for a few moments, causing the bullet to simply deflect of off him. ''Phew... good thing I've worked on my endurance.''

Turning his head, Max saw Christmas running towards him, with the gunslinger in front of him. What did these guys want? Max hadn't done anything - this was obviously not his home. Maybe this place had rules forbidding Chaos Energy users? "Hey, why do you guys-"

A bullet scathed Max's neck, causing the teenager to fall down to knees. He growled at the gunslinger before firing a green, more powerful Chaos Spear (called a Chaos Arrow) at him, blasting him back onto his back. Mac then spun around, charged his leg with Chaos Energy, and kicked the knife-user behind him, sneding him flying into a tree and falling onto his stomach. The gunslinger was just getting up when Max teleported away from the duo.

Max couldn't believe the amount of times he'd been attacked ever since helping to stop the Hyper Division. He remembered fighting against the white rabbit and Alexia being taken, but after that, it all just felt like a blur - he remembered nothing. And that really sucked, because he already didn't know anything about this place. For starters, why didn't Alexia know him? She was not the type to act like she'd forgotten somebody she'd known for too long... maybe someone had erased her memory? That had to be it. But Max didn't recognize any of the people from GUN there... and after GUN took Alexia, the people were completely different again.

Max kicked down a tree and sat on its stump, wondering what exactly had happened. Was he just hanging out with Skam? Yeah, that had to be it - he remembered the fist-bump the two had shared before the bright light appeared. It was like Max could feel the world around him turning to light, and when he woke up, he was in that... different Central City. How long had he been asleep - a month, the nurse told him? Max couldn't believe it. But after doing some diggig, he found out that that Central City wasn't really too different from his... though his wasn't being bombed by GUN. So, he decided to do his GUN training, prove his worth (though the new commander was awfully strict), and get a place to stay. Luckily, he had most of his cash on him, so he was able to pay for an apartment (and hide the fact that he was a teen living by himself).

He guessed things really went downhill once the Hyper Division business started. That was a whole saga of rage and confusion and worthiness for Max, but after the whole event, he saw how Alexia hadn't taken any notice of him. When he approached Aqua, it was as if she'd never met him. He could see some memory in his face, but that was the "I think I've heard you before" look, and she didn't seem to ask who he was, so that was confusing.

And then... the white rabit attacked. Max remembered seeing someone like him bak in his original Central City - Alban Ainekas was a dirty thief who seemed to be accompanied by his lovesick and theatric associate, Tina "Sonar" Dante the Bat. But this version of Alban was different - he seemed to know Alexia, and Max could see the disappointment in her face when she realized what he was up to. And Max fought White... but he wasn't anticipating the fact that he had robotic legs, nosiree.

Max remembed Luna, but with weird clothing, and seeing her just smile at him... and that's when everything went black, and he woke up here. Max put his fist into his palm. He needed answers. He couldn't just keep tolerating everyhing life was throwing up. He needed to be fearless and get in the way of obstacles!