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Tess: I’ll show you everything and you’ll remember.
Tess: Hold me, Max. You’ll remember
Tess: I remember when you use to reach over and touch me in the middle of the night and when you use to hold me.
Tess: I’ll be here for an eternity
Max: I’m ready to wake up now.
Zan sprung awake instantly, breathing rapidly as his heart threatened to thunder through his chest. Memories…so many memories of the woman lying unconscious in the bed before him. He remembered the past week vaguely. He remembered even less about who he was. He only knew what Kivar told him…what he implanted in his mind as memories and he couldn’t even trust that. His surroundings were fairly different from the hotel they had been at a week ago. Zan had awaken seven days ago not recognizing where he lay…or still who he was. Looking down at his chest covered, now, in a faded blue cardigan, he remembered what happened to cause the long deep welt that scarred his chest.
If he hadn’t known then that Kivar wasn’t a friend he knew now. Immediately upon waking the first day of his arrival, he could barely stand much less walk at the amount of blood loss. He drifted in and out of consciousness. His eyes had hurt just by opening them and his body had been stiff and sore. Kivar had not made an appearance until that night with food and drink. Zan had refused both despite the fact that his stomach muscles had clenched at the sight of the food and his mouth had watered at the thought of the water being put before him. Shrugging, Kivar had left immediately but not before implanting the memories of Tess into his mind. He had tried to fight…to struggle at the excruciating pain running through his temples as Kivar connected to him.
The first couple of days followed similarly close to the first day. He awoke in and out consciousness…his mind threatening to explode with memories and pain. On the third day he tried to walk and on the fourth day succeeded. Kivar continued torment him with memories, pleas and plans. But out of all of the days, yesterday was the hardest. Tess hadn’t died yet but was very close to coming to that. Kivar had pleaded with Zan to try his powers at healing her. Zan had argued that if they could just heal her why did they need the healing stones. Kivar had replied that she was so close to death that they didn't have time to wait for the healing stones to be found. He had played on Zan’s conscious that a woman was dying…his wife and he was too weak to help her. Kivar had raged, belittled, yelled, screamed, pleaded, and in the end tossed his sister’s unconscious body across the room before Zan gave in with a shout of rage and horror.
He could barely stand on his two feet but at that moment he got up the energy to limp quickly across the room to the lifeless body lying on the floor. Giving the man one last glance of retribution, he tried to heal the woman lying before him. Grimacing at agony of the process, Zan pulled his palms from her head in defeat. There was nothing he could do. There were so many internal injuries…that he needed the energy to completely heal her of which he didn’t have. He saw things that made little since. Zan saw the woman he dreamed of…when he wasn’t bombarded with memories of Tess. He saw three dark-haired children, two boys and a girl. He saw his wedding day to Tess…and then he saw the day his son was born. Zan broke out of the connection then… staring down at Tess in confusion. It couldn’t be…
Silence met him as he stood and met Kivar’s green eyes with his own. They stood like that for what felt like an eternity. Two enemies sizing each other up for the up and coming battle. Zan was the first one to turn away. He picked up the unconscious woman that was suppose to be his wife off the floor and laid her upon the bed before leaving the room quietly. Kivar watched as Zan left and smiled with approval at his unconscious sister. “You have your uses don’t you little sis. I can’t wait for the day to come when he realizes who you really are. He knows I’m not his friend but he thinks you’re an innocent… a bystander of my cruelty. When you’re well again you’ll wreck havoc… too bad you won’t live long enough to enjoy it.”
Now as Zan sat in the old recliner that was situated in Tess’s room. He thought about his memories…about his dreams and tried to sort through them. Who was the dark-haired woman with beautiful brown eyes in his dream and memories? Was she Latanya? Was Tess really his wife or pawn in a game Kivar was playing? Who were the other two children in his memories that looked so much like him and the dark-haired woman? There so many question running through his mind, but no answers. His head ached from trying to remember. Confusion, anger, frustration beat at him in waves of fury. Sighing to control his emotions, Zan’s gaze swept to the woman lying on the bed before leaning forward to lay his head in his palms. At that moment the door to the room chose to open to reveal Kivar. “It’s time, Zan.”
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Arriving at the Crash Down after having gone shopping, Liz found the door unlocked. Looking to the street, she spotted Nancy’s green mini- van. Her mother had been away at a convention in Carlsbad for the past week. Other than trying to stay sane in the search for Max, Liz had been thinking long and hard about who she was…or who she thought she was. She was fine physically but emotionally she was exhausted and it was no thanks to her parents. She had so many questions but only one answer would pacify her right now. Why had they done it? Why had they lied to her? Her jaw clenched in anger, Liz tried to calm her emotions for what was to come. She needed answers and maybe this was the time to get some.
Upon entering, Alex and Amelia went straight to a booth. “You guys hungry?” They both nodded with small smiles. “Okay, what do you want eat?” Liz asked fingering her daughter’s hair. “Cereal…” Alex whispered, while laying his head upon his arms. “Pancakes…” Amelia joined excitedly. “Ok… I’ll be right back.” Making the kids’ breakfast, Liz thought about what she would say to her mother. Moments later, she entered the café to find Ava sitting with the kids. “Hey…” “Hey…your mom’s here. She’s upstairs unpacking.” Liz took deep breath, and nodded her understanding. “Would you mind, Ava?” Ava shook her head, “No…go right ahead, yo. The kids will be fine.” Liz nodded her thanks before making her way upstairs.
She found Nancy in her bedroom unpacking, exactly as Ava said. Looking up upon Liz’s entrance, Nancy smiled in greeting before walking over to her for a hug. When Liz didn’t return the hug, Nancy frowned in worry before stepping back. “Is everything ok, sweetie?” Liz glared at her mother, shaking her head. “No everything’s not ok, mom. How could you? How could you have lied to me?” Nancy was baffled as she took a step towards Liz, only to stop as her daughter took a step back. “What- What are you talking about Liz?” “No…” Liz whispered in anguish, holding out her palms to halt Nancy’s concern. “Stop- just stop lying to me. You know exactly what I’m talking about.” Nancy shook her head in denial, before the realization struck her dead in the eyes.
Stumbling back, Nancy hit the edge of the bed, shaking her head. “No? Does Latanya ring a bell?” Liz asked somberly as her mother’s face turned paper white. “Liz…I can explain.” “No... Thank you. I already know the story. I just wanna know why? Why, for the past twenty six years, I’ve been living a lie. Why my ‘so’ called parents couldn’t clue me in to the fact that they weren’t my parents, that I was some one else?” Nancy broke down in tears, then. “I’m sorry…” “What are you sorry for mom? Are you sorry for lying to me or getting caught lying to me? No don’t say you can explain because I really can’t believe anything you have to say right now!” Liz finished, turning to leave. Then another realization suddenly hit her. Turning around, Liz looked at her mother before whispering. “Oh god… did you also lie about dad’s death too? He didn’t really die peacefully did he?” Nancy shook her head in answer “I’m so sorry, Liz!” She just nodded, a true look of betrayal on her face as she left the kitchen. Nancy cried silently as she watched Liz walked away.
That Night
After tucking both Amelia and Alex in for the night, Liz finished locking up the diner and turning off all the lights. Keeping busy, she tried not to think about her earlier conversation with her mother. But to her misfortune, it had been on her mind all day. Climbing the stairs, Liz’s gaze traveled down the hall to see that her mother’s bedroom light was still on. There was a terrible yearning in her to know more…to get it all out into the open. This morning she never stayed to get her answers. She had gotten so close to finding who she was and then had the last second had turned away. She needed answers. Well, Liz thought, it was now or never to get them. Controlling her shaking hands, Liz quietly knocked. “Come in” Nancy called from the other side of her door.
Opening the door, Liz came upon the sight of her mother reading in bed. “Hey, I had thought you’d already be in bed.” She shook her head, “No.” Nancy nodded with a sad smile. There was a tense silence, then. “Liz…why don’t you come and sit down. So we can talk.” “Okay. I’ll just sit over here.” Liz responded motioning to her father’s old recliner. “Okay…” Nancy smiled, trying to disguise the pain that she felt at Liz’s rejection. “What do you want to know, Liz?” She sat silently for a few moments before answering. “Every thing”
Nancy nodded, “Ok… well where do I start? You were born to Prince Rainer and Princess Kiara of Wideran. You were a beautiful child and unfortunately the only. They were very protective of you. I was your nanny and Kiara’s best friend. When you were murdered, Kiara went into a deep depression. She couldn’t take your death and blamed King Zan. Your father was just as bad. He was obsessed with bringing you back. The scientist and father in him went to the ends of the Antar to clone you. Actually out of the Royal Five you were first to be cloned and sent to earth. Jeff and I were on that ship with you. No one was to know about your presence on earth. Kiara and Rainer made sure of that. But somehow the secret came out while we were still on the ship and Kivar had the remaining Royal four cloned.” Liz interrupted, confused, “I thought that it was Max and Isabel’s parents who cloned them?”
Nancy shook her head, “No, sweetie, that was a mind warp. A part of Kivar’s plan to get the heir. But he made a big mistake, seeing as though it’s not Zan who is the heir but Alex…” “What? How can that be? Zan’s the first born.” “Yes Zan’s the first born but you’re the true queen. After King Zan divorced and banned Ava, and married you, there was a meeting between the counsel and King Zan. Ava, being the traitor that she was, was pregnant at the time and it was said that her child could not be the heir being as though she was no longer the Queen and a banned traitor. So that being said, the first child that you and Zan were to have would be the heir and that hasn’t changed.” “So Alex is the heir?” Nancy nodded with a proud smile.
“After having found out his mistake, though, Kivar sent out a full search for you but by that time you were already gone. He went into a full rage…in the end killing Jeff. This way you would have no choice but to come back.” Liz nodded in understanding, then another thought dawned. “If Kivar was already leader…why did he need Max’s heir?” “Because Kivar isn’t the true king but a dictator. Everyone has someone to answer to Antar and Kivar wasn’t any different. The counsel was livid with anger during the war. But they decided not to intervene, seeing as though King Zan wasn’t in a very good state of mind to rule anyway. So… they sat back and watched but they did have a request of Kivar. There had to be an heir and it had to be Zan’s if he were to rule. By that time, the former King of Antar had already been beheaded…” “Why didn’t you ever think to tell me this?” Nancy went quiet, then, before answering.
“There were a lot of reasons. There was your protection as the Queen to take into thought. Then there was the thought of having to go back to Antar and lose you. We had tried for so long to have children. But it couldn’t happen. Once we landed on Earth, met Claudia, and started a life we had decided that it would be best if you didn’t know. Rainer and Kiara had sent you down here for the simple reason of living in peace…” “So Grandma Claudia…” “We met her in the desert on one of her excavations. She was alone and it was dark out. She took us in…and fell in love with you.”
Liz just sat there in silence, taking everything in. “Why didn’t I remember all of this before now?” “There’s two ways for you to remember: with your mate’s help and with the help of someone ‘really’ powerful. Rainer and Kiara had wanted you to live normally. So upon cloning you they put something in your DNA so you couldn’t remember. But of course something back fired and they had only stopped you from remembering temporarily. See… your alien side was dormant for most of your life, making you human. But when Max saved you that day…oh yes Liz I know about that? He opened the door to your alien side.”
Finishing, Nancy tried to see what Liz was thinking. “So that’s it then…” Liz sighed emotionally exhausted. Standing up, “I think that’s enough for tonight…” “Liz…” “I’m looking for a place to stay. We should be gone before the month is up.” “Liz…please.” “No…just don’t say anything. God… I can’t even call you mom. I wish I could tell you that every thing is ok…but it’s not. I might understand why you did what you did but that doesn’t stop it from hurting. You lied to me and it wasn’t little white either. My whole life you couldn’t give me a hint about who I was because it would inconvenience you. I’m so tired and confused I just wish you could’ve told me sooner.” Liz finished, before leaving the room.
*Okay, here is the next part. Thanks for all the feedback. It's very much appreciated
Disclaimer: The text above is not from my imagination but the Crashdown Transcripts.
But I'm trying to make Max's true self come out. In his state of mind, he can't comprehend the fact that he could marry Tess and abandoned such a great love with Liz. That's why he refuses to believe anything Kivar has to say. I hope thise makes sense?
Hopefully I'll be updating both sequels: Through the Rain and Life's Alternating Routes tomorrow. This fic just like it's sister will have atleast 15-20 Chapters. So stay tuned 
Stay tuned for the next part to Chapter 1 