Renegades Ship Weew #2 l Maxpie - Trick or Treating (Nov. 9, 2021)
This is so damn late and i'm so sorry! It was a mix of forgetting and not being able to write but either way I did it! Finally! and per usual i am the ruler of cheesy endings bc i smol brain
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Without further ado... adoe...
Here's my fic (under cut) :)
“How about we go as Lilo and Stitch?”
“No.”
Max groaned and rolled his eyes, “Eves, you gotta stop shutting down my ideas.” Margaret rolled her eyes back, “You don't get it! This is gonna be my first like… fun, Halloween. I want it to be perfect.”
Max threw his hands up, “Umm, this is my second Halloween not in a box. I think I know what you're talking about.”
Maggie reached for the plate in front of them and threw a carrot at him, “Shouldn't we consider four people costumes because of your friends… umm… the gem and the metal?”
“Jade and Sterling.”
“Yeah, those two.”
Max shook his head, “They're doing some twin costume.” He was with them a few days ago helping them decide on a costume. The decision to the late had been between Mario and Luigi and two characters from a game he’d never played. It's been days and they still hadn't decided. It was pretty hilarious to watch them think and argue.
Max was about to bring up another idea, one Margaret would undoubtedly shut down, but his Pops came into his room.
He was dressed in his formal Dread Warden costume for some reason, “Hey, kiddos. Your dad and I have to run to an urgent meeting. Adrian should be here in a couple of minutes. Make sure you listen to him and such.” He then crossed the room quickly to give Max a quick hug and nodded and smiled at Maggie.
Max’s eyes followed his pops on the way out, “How about-”
“No.”
Max and Margaret stared at each other for a moment, “You don't even know what I was going to say.” He said. The corner of her lip raised slightly, Maggie cleared her throat and deepened her voice slightly, “How about we do Captain Chromium and the Dread Warden for Halloween?”
Max scoffed, “It's clever.”
“It's not clever if half the world does the same thing every year.”
Hugh and Simon Everhart-Westwood were unbelievable. Inconceivable. Impossible.
Like… Max was old enough to go trick or treating with his friends in his own freaking neighborhood by themselves.
Currently, Max was face first, corpse pose, on the couch. Groaning ever once in a while. For effect of course. Though his plan didn't seem to be working, since his Dad took any mind to it.
He tilted his head slightly to speak and be heard, “What if we have a tracker on us at all times? Then can we go alone?” He said, partly sarcastic.
Hugh snorted, not looking up from the paper he was reading, “We're part of the government, son. We can track you through anything.”
“That only betters my point. I can't get kidnapped and killed if you're watching me.”
His dad sighed and said nothing.
Damn.
There were a few more moments of silence.
Hugh sighed once more and Max looked up. His dad finally met his eyes, “I'll talk with your Pops. Maybe we can… set a boundary.”
Max sat up fast but Hugh held up a hand, “Don’t get your hopes up. I never said yes and neither has Simon.”
Max nodded along but Hugh could tell his words were going in one ear and out the other by the huge smile on his face.
Hugh went back to his paper and Max ran off with his phone.
In all seriousness Hugh actually thought Simon would be on board with some convincing.
Yeah… Hell no.
“I, we, told him no, Hugh. You know as well as I what can happen at night. On Halloween night, ” Simon huffed, walking out of the bathroom wearing his pajamas. He then went to lay down and Hugh followed suit. They faced each other, both wearing frowns on their faces. Hugh tried to reason once more, “we cant shelter the boy too much, my love.”
“We're not sheltering him. Max is only 12, he's just not old enough yet.”
Simon flipped on his back, “Were supposed to be a united front, Hugh. You can't take a decision we made together and change it. Because when we tell him no, I'm gonna be the bad dad that has to put his foot down.”
Hugh reached over and caressed his husband's cheek, “That's not what I was trying to do. I'm sorry. It's just time has made me see differently.”
Simon huffed and said nothing.
Hugh continued, his voice light to try and get his point across nicely, “They’re going in a group. I think if we give them a boundary and make Max promise to keep his phone on and answer immediately it will be just fine. We know the neighbors relatively well.” Hugh defended, he then paused, “Hey, If Max goes alone then that means we’ll be home alone, with Adrian going to that party and all” Simon turned his head to Hugh, with an eyebrow raised as Hugh continued with a sly smile forming on his face, “Scary R-Rated Movie Marathon?”
Simon bit his lip, “Fuck it.” He shook his head and laughed, though it was a little strained “Scary R-Rated Movie Marathon!”
Max hurried to put on his shoes as the doorbell echoed across the large house. When he made his way downstairs he heard the sound of his Pop's voice, the tone was concerning but he could tell he was trying to mask it with a lighthearted tone.
“... and don't eat any candy before inspecting it first. There are some sikos out there that take advantage of this holiday to try and hurt kids. You should've seen the razor phase, grown adults slipped razor blades into kids chocolates and so many kids got hurt. Then there were the literal killer clowns…” Max was about to intervene, he nor Maggie didn't need to hear his Pop's Halloween dangers rant again, but his Dad appeared from what seemed like thin air and put his arms around him, “Don't scare the children, Love.” Simon sighed as Dad turned to them, “I was you kids here by ten. It's 7 now, 3 hours. Home. by. 10. Suggest a little earlier so you don't miss it.”
He turned his head to speak with Max only, “The sleepover is still happening, correct?”
Max smiled and nodded, “Yup, it's just us,” he motioned to himself and Maggie, “and Jade and Sterling.”
Hugh nodded and kissed his husband's cheek, who sighed deeply.
There was a moment of slight awkward silence before they heard the familiar voice of the twins approaching.
Max gave his Dads a hug before heading to the door, “Bye, we'll be safe.”
Jade and Sterling chose Mario and Luigi, which was funny, and Max and Margaret went with Joker and Harley Quinn.
The great thing about living in a rich neighborhood is that the people can waste their money to get the good stuff. Currently in their bags were multiple king and jumbo sized bars and family sized bags of stuff. It had only been an hour and their bags were nearly full.
“I think we scored for the rest of the dang year!” Sterling said, shoving candy into his mouth.
The rest of them agreed, walking toward the next house. They shoved the candy inside, as well as the could with it nearly overflowing.
"I think we're done, guys," Max spoke, setting his heavy bag on the floor.
Jade set him down too, "Yeah, I agree… but we still have so much time left."
Margret chuckled slowly, earning everyone's attention, "Hear me out… what if we went to the old Anarchist Tunnels? What's better than going to that spooky place on Halloween?"
Max laughed unironically, "That wellllll out of boundary. Plus, those collapsed."
"Since the council wants to create a new subway system, they cleared the rubble. The train cars and some of the anarchists stuff is still down there. Everything's banged up but it's pretty cool."
The twins seemed on border with the ideas but Max was quite hesitant.
"We're not allowed to leave the boundary. Especially to go there. My dad would literally kill me. Bye bye Max."
The three kids ganged up.
"It's not even far. We'd be there and back before our time was up." Maggie said, picking up her bag. The twins did the same thing, Jade pulling on Max's jacket to follow.
The walk there wasn't too long since Maggie knew a lot of shortcuts. Max was nervous the entire way, he looked over every corner twice, thinking one of his dads would appear to bust them.
Jade nudged his shoulder against Max's "Chill, dude. For all they know we're stuffing our faces about to collapse into a sugar coma."
"Just almost...." Sterling groaned, shoving yet another empty wrapper back into his bag.
The group laughed and Max eased just a little. When they reached the entrance to the abandoned subway Maggie didn't hesitate walking into the pitch black darkness. When she noticed the boys had stopped she laughed, "Oh woman up, let’s go." And then turned on her heels, leading the way.
Luckily his Pops made them all bring flashlights, so they were able to navigate through the uneven tunnels.
"I thought you said they cleared the rubble." Jade said after the third time tripping over tripping overall rock.
Margret huffed, "Well it's better than being completely filled in."
There were a few moments of silent walking before someone yelped, making them all jump.
“Sorry,” Max stuttered, “I think a rat went over my foot.”
Jade sighed, “As fun as this is. Yeah… fun. I don't think there's anything special down here.”
Maggie matched his disdain, “Maybe the Renegades did clear everything…”
The boys stopped and stared at her, “Hey, I went with what I heard, Ok?”
“The curiosity did kill the cat. And there is a lot that could kill you down here, at least if it's the same as when I was your age.”
The kids jumped and clumped together at the sound of the voice.
“Wha-”
“But when your daddy's heart of this, I'm guessing the monsters down here are your best bet.” The mysterious person continued, stepping into their light.
Max relaxed, “Nova,” he sighed.
“You scared us,” Sterling exclaimed, “Why the mysterious intro?”
Max answered for her, “That's just Nova being Nova.” He then turned to her, “Please don't tell my dads.”
She raised an eyebrow, “I won't. But when they check why the trespassing alert was sent to us, which is why I’m here, they will definitely find out.”
Max put his head in his hands, “Nooooo.”
Margret huffed, “Can't you just wave it away. Say it was nothing.”
Nova smiled, “I guess I could. If you do something for me.”
Max looked up quickly, “Anything. Literally anything.”
“All your Smarties.”
The four looked at the girl with wide eyes. “Like… the candy?” Jade said slowly.
Nova nodded.
The kids agreed as they followed Nova back to her car. She drove them back to the mansion, letting them out a black away so it wasn't suspicious.
“The footage is basically already taken care of, as far as anyone is concerned it was just some workers that took a wrong turn.”
The kids thanked her, she did a U-turn and yelled out the window, “I expect my candy! You can't find smarties in stores anymore!”
The kids speedwalked the rest of the way, letting out a sigh of relief when they got into the house.
“Dads, we’re home!”
There was no answer so Max went into the living room as his friends made their way to his room. Peeking his head in, he saw the Netflix stuck on the ‘Continue Watching’ and his Dad’s cuddled together asleep.
They didn't need to know. He hoped they never would.
Maggie tiptoed toward Max and tapped him on the shoulder, “We’re starting a movie in your room.”
Max turned and followed his friend, pausing outside his room. “Maggie,” she turned, “the anarchist tunnels were actually a good idea. Thanks for the spoopy experience.”
She smiled and nudged his shoulder with her own, “Oh don't be cheesy.”
This is such a great second Halloween.
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A/N: Fun fact- The part about literal killer clowns and razors in candy is true. And thats not even scratching the surface on what goes around near me. Yes i said near me.
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