After helping Charlie with the boxes she ordered it was getting late so max decided to sleep but before he fell asleep he got a call from Octavia he figured that I was about her dad.
Max: hey Octavia you okay or as well as someone can get.
Octavia: I'm fine somewhat I had dinner with my parents and mom didn't expect his the fact she tried to get dad killed and he didn't pay attention because he thought he was ranting on the phone so yeah shit is hitting the fan.
Max: well good to have conformation that she caused all that.
Octavia: hey max I've been giving it some thought and I think I might need that training we agreed on.
Max: are you sure?
Octavia: if mom gets out of control I want to there to at least protect dad from her.
Max: alright tomorrow then it late so I wanna get some shut eye.
Octavia: I'm fine with that see you tomorrow.
Octavia hung up and max looked at the sealing of his room asking himself if he is really doing this.
Max: I'm still just a rookie so I'm not good at the teaching part but good thing that Miguel's smarts are ingrained into my brain so I'll at least know what to not do wrong.
Moline: big bro go to sleep now!
Max: shees fine.
Max went to sleep and in the next morning he dropped by the human world and bought some cold water bottles and went back to hell and meet Octavia in an abandoned warehouse house.
Octavia: so what are we doing?
Max: well first your body.
Octavia: what is that supposed to mean?
Max: I can tell you don't exactly exorcise much we are working on that first.
Octavia: why don't just teach me all those things with those black things and that black energy thing.
Max: well that comes second.
Octavia: why?
Max: I have a mentor named Monica she has an ability that allows her to have a keen eye and sense for spiritual energy and that gave her in advance in terms of energy manipulation but she told me when she was younger she didn't see the use of physical power until she was almost killed by a lost knight she the asked my physical training coach to give her some pointers.
Octavia: so you are saying that over relying on one thing isn't good?
Max: that's exactly what I'm saying I didn't use a sword before I was a brawler and even back then I didn't have my black arm's due to personal problems back then I was weak but after I awakened my black arms I worked my ass off to reach my peak.
Octavia could tell that max was serious about this just by looking at him and she was somewhat jealous that max has the guts to actually work for something that he is aiming for unlike her who doesn't have a goal in mind just a desire to protect her dad.
Max: enough talking let's get started.
Hours pass and Octavia can see it was hellish max told her to try a hit on him and he was too fast for her and he taunted her to try harder Octavia's body wasn't perfect so few moments her legs gave out due to fatigue and max stopped the taunting and carried her to a corner for her and gave her a water bottle to replenish herself.
Octavia: you are an asshole max.
Max: give me some credit if I didn't taught you you would have just gave up.
Octavia: still your an ass.
Max: I'll take that as a compliment.
Max took a water bottle and drank it and while he was drinking Octavia asked him something.
Octavia: do you have to do this every day?
Max:mmmm?
Octavia: this whole training thing you just do this every day to fight those lost souls?
Max: not really I've been training since I was a kid in my mom's territory and she taught me a few things.
Octavia: is your mom a gangster something?
Max just realized that Octavia didn't get it.
Max: no that's not what I meant in my world territory in the work of spirits mean something else.
Octavia: what do you mean?
Max: well a territory in spirit's terms it's like a pocket dimension were a lost soul or a pure soul get attached to a place like a bridge or abandoned buildings like this people with no spiritual connection just walk pass by it but lost souls take advantage of the unknown danger and eat anything that is close and there is a second effect of a territory its lore in spirits and some either plagued their loyalty to the ruler or they end up as a snack territory are made but stronger lost souls and that's actually were I awoke my black arms and not to mention I almost died during my awakening.
Octavia was processing this information she just thought that those lost souls were just like rabbid animals that eat anything in sight but these things are more dangerous that she thought if max said that these things can drag people in there territory to feast on them then are they still lost souls around?
Octavia: hey max you did kill those things when you entered hell right?
Max: I missed a few.
Octavia: huh?
Max: while I was fighting I did noticed that some lost souls with brains flee either because they were weak or they knew better.
Octavia: so they might be still around?
Max: yup.
Octavia: why are you not hunting them down isn't that your job?
Max: I've looked when I'm not too busy and there is no sign of a territory so far if I did I probably would have came to the hotel with injuries.
Octavia: hotel? are you staying with the princess of hell?
Max: yup we agree that i will help out and in return i will get a place to crash.
Octavia: do you actually believe in that redemption thing?
Max: you care for your dad?
Octavia: of course I do.
Max: well you proved my point.
Octavia: huh?
Max: I'm not a religious person and I'm not hero I just do what I can and help out and I'm not afraid to kill if it means protecting those who are close to me.
Octavia: you sound like you killed a lot of people.
Max: on time I lost all sense and went on a rampage I killed cultists that captured my friend and I killed every single one of them and that was my second time and first time I got out of control was when some jackass tried to take my mom away from me and moline and I lost it and did everything to kill the guy but unfortunately he is still alive to day.
Octavia saw that max was trembling with rage while he was on his tirade she was used to people being killed but hearing someone like max admit that he isn't afraid to kill if it means to protect someone he cares for.
Max: sorry but to me if someone actually feels guilty for killing someone else like they accidentally got someone killed and is haunting them they have my sympathy and that doesn't make them a bad person but people who kill just for the thrill or some other reason they are no better than a mad dog and those kinds of people don't deserve mercy.
Octavia: you really are on of a kind max.
Max: thanks.
Max got up and dusted his clothes and extended his hand for Octavia to take.
Max: come on we still have some time.
Octavia smile at this and took his and was hoisted up.
Through out the day max trained Octavia together and max gave her some pointers on throwing a punch properly and while they were playing the game of cat and mouse Octavia's body was getting used to the fatigue and was lasting longer.
it was getting late and max decided to end the session here Octavia was both suffering from fatigue and a strange satisfaction while they were training sometimes Octavia lost her temper due to the years neglence of her parents so in a way max helped her get out some pent up anger.
When she got home she was lucky that her parents were away doing whatever they are doing Octavia took a bath and during it she felt the stress of her body vanishing and when she got on her pajamas that her dad bought for her as a birthday gift and when she got too her bed she fell asleep instantly and she actually felt a since of peace.