Chapter 11
SUV
“You know what I can’t get out of my head?” Michael comments to Max, breaking the awkward silence that we endured in the back seat, in the first five minutes of the ride to Copper Summit. “The fact that Tombstone was so empty. We could’ve let these two go at it and no one would’ve come.” Michael adds pointing to me and Tess with his chin. He was right. The loud explosion Max’s charge made would have definitely sent Skins after us if they were there.
“What do you think? Tombstone was a decoy?” Max asked.
“Maybe?”
“How can it be a decoy if we really found husks being...harvested?” I ask as I hug one leg close to my chest and tap my chin on my knee.
“Maybe there’ll all in Copper Summit?” Max suggests. It’s possible. In Future Liz’s memory, the Skins gathered for the Vilandra Project...the almost completed Harvest.
“The Copper Summit husks were made before the Tombstone ones...maybe the Skins went to the Copper Summit to change into there new husks since the one’s in Tombstone weren’t mature yet.” I add and then look at both Max and Michael, who are smirking at me impressed. “At least that’s what I gather from Future me’s memories.”
“That seems more possible.” Max replies.
“What else do you remember from her?” Michael asks curiously.
“Um...” I answer pensive as I rest me chin on my knee again and start to scan through my Future self’s memories and focus on a particular one.What else do I remember? Max...always Max...Future Max and Future me making love.
‘Liz..I can’t...I can’t be so close to you and not be able to have you again...I won’t survive it.”
‘Max, I need to be with you...need you inside me...just thinking of us...making love...to me makes this chaos all worth it.’
‘But in the end they’ll be no “us”. Things will change and I’ll never be able to be happy the way I am with you now...touch your hair, kiss you, touch you, breath in your sweet smell that reminds me I’m home and alive when I’m with you...making love to you will multiply all those feeling by a thousand...I couldn’t bare knowing I had you...and you got taken away from me, all because of this stupid thing.’
‘Max. This is the key to send me back...to fix things.’
‘Liz.’
‘Max...don't say anything...just...just kiss me. Promise me you won’t stop kissing me until I ask you to.'
'I promise.'
Kissing that leads our Future selves to undress each other and discover each other for the first time. Flashes of Max’s bare body fluttered in my head. Lucky Future me that got to explore that Greek god of a body with her hands...fingertips...lips...tongue...God, I never knew I had it in me to do the things Future me did to Future Max. To actually make him call out my name...
’Liz’
“Liz?” Wow, that sounded so real. “Liz?” I hear louder and feel someone shake me lightly.
“Huh?” I question snapping back into reality. Seeing it ‘was’ Max really calling me. “Yeah?”
“You okay?” He asked concerned.
“What?” I ask with the palm of my hand pressed up against my lips.
“You’re really flushed.” Max points out perplexed. “Are you blushing?”
“No...no...it’s all this body heat....uh, I mean I must have fried the AC too when I nailed...uh, fried the radio, so it’s really hot in here.” I can’t believe I’m stuttering. Nailed? Body heat? What’s wrong with me?
“I can open the window for you.” Michael suggests.
“That’ll be great.” I answer nodding my head. All I have to say is thank God that Copper Summit is so close to Tombstone cause I don’t think I’ll be able to take such closed quarters with Max and not say or do something I might regret saying or doing later.
“Hey, Liz?” Zan called me from the driver seat as he eyed me from the rear view mirror. Yes, saved by the clone.
“Yeah?” I answer quickly, looking at Zan’s eyes in the rear view mirror, trying to avoid Max who was now staring at me. Max’s neck straightens like a Gazelle and clenched his jaw shut as he supervises our conversation.
“You think we should've...you know...about our little toe-less friend?” Zan asked. Toe-less? Oh. The Skin.
“Uh, it’ll be fine.” I answer trying to contain my laugh but failing horribly, that I find myself laughing with Zan and Ava. Sitting in the middle of Michael and Max, I could really feel their exchanging curious looks over my head.
“Inside joke.” Zan announced, noticing the Royal Four’s confusion and Max’s jealous glares towards him and then Max’s head snapped to look at me, but I quickly looked down at my boots, holding my lips together to keep from laughing. Zan’s pushing Max’s buttons on purpose...this should be very entertaining. “You look mad tired.” Zan continues to carry on this conversation with me as if we’re the only two in the car, which is not settling well with Max at all. Good. I should be reminiscing over moments Max missed, so he could feel exactly the way I did when I was going through them...alone.
“Yeah, didn’t get much sleep.” I answer.
“Since I’ve been wit’ you, I haven’t seen you sleep...”
“Yeah, it’s on my list of things to do right after “Stop the alien Harvest”.” I say with a small laugh.
“What else is on that list for you “to do”?” Oh, my God! He’s flirting with me...right in front of Max...Max is going to kill him...that is if he doesn’t die from jealousy. I look down at my shoes again, getting a glimpse of Max adjusting himself to the corner so he can rest his arm behind me to get a better view of me when I answer. “It’s okay...you can tell me later.” Later?? Why do I get the feeling that Max won’t let there be a later.
“Maybe you should keep your eyes on the road...you’re gonna miss our exit.” Max advised, struggling to keep his anger in check.
“Maybe you want to trade spots...” Zan replied.
“Look...our exit.” I quickly announce. Stopping what could be the start of WW III. Zan takes the exit and we start to head into Copper Summit.
Copper Summit
“They’re everywhere.” Michael whispers as we watch suspected Skins walking around the Copper Summit perimeter.
“What are we going to do?” Isabel asked.
“Isabel and Liz stay here...the rest of us let’s go.” Max commanded.
“What? No. I’m going.” I protest. Why the hell does Tess get to go and I don’t?
“Liz, it’s not because I want to protect you...even though I do...it's just the less people that are with us the better. Zan and me both have shields and Ava and Tess have can mind warp so we can sneak in undetected.”
“And Michael?” I ask. Michael can’t do neither and he’s still going.
“Michael’s not an option...he goes no matter what.” Max tells me sternly. I bit my lower lip and walk away from the group and stand by myself, hearing Max continue with his orders. “Zan. Tess. You two stay out side. Tess make sure no one sees us going in or out...Ava you come with us and do the same from the inside. Okay? Let’s go.” I hear all their footsteps pounding on the dirt and running off, when I turn around I see Max still there. He looks at me for a moment and then runs off behind them. I head back to the SUV with Isabel following right behind me.
SUV
7:13 P.M.
“Liz...my parents...”
“They loved you both...it didn't matter what species you are.”
“How’d you tell them?” Isabel asked curiously, slipping in the back seat beside me as tears started to gather in her eyes.
“I told them straight out...they must have thought I was insane until I used my powers to prove it to them...after that, they sort of accepted it.” Poor Isabel. She wanted to tell her parents so much and when they finally found out it was already too late.
“I’m sorry about calling you stubborn back at your place.” Isabel apologized. It was weird. Isabel seemed...different.
“What happened to you?” I asked concerned. I watch how Isabel tries to collect her emotions and then looked up at me with her eyes burning red.
“When I “fell” in the portal...the real Khivar was waiting for me and he...he took me to this place...”She began to explain, swallowing back the tears before attempting to continue.
“Did he...” Unable to say the awful words I watch how Isabel’s lips pout and she struggles to hold back her cry. “Isabel, I’m so sorry. Do Max and Michael know?”
“How can I look at my brothers in the eyes and tell them....I can’t...it’s not fair to put that guilt on them.” I hugged her tight and brushed her hair back.
“You can’t put yourself through that guilt either.” I advise, comforting her in a rocking motion.
“I tried so hard not to be Vilandra...I couldn’t stop myself.”
“No. Isabel. It is not your fault.” I declare firmly, pronouncing each word with sincerity. I can’t even begin to imagine what hell she endured for a year...and the hell she’s going to endure all her life.
“When Max and Michael finally came...I felt safe...we made a promise to each other to never separate. The three of us together like before...”
“Before? You mean before you met me.” I say sadly. I can see that point. The three of them lived their lives in routine silence...and meet me changed their routine.
“That’s not what I meant.”
“You said three...what happened to Tess?”
“Tess tried to make amends for what happened at your house. She said she never intended to hurt me let alone send me to Antar.”
“And you believe her?”
“I don’t need to believe her...I only care about Max and Michael keeping me safe.”
“Is that why you guys stayed the extra month?” If it was, then who am I to judge Max for staying for his sisters sake. I would need some reflecting time as well, if it were me.
“No. The reason why we stay was because....” Just as she was going to explain the mysterious month in Antar, a loud blast is heard and we see the others running to us.
“We have to get out of here...now.” Max yells as everyone climbs in and Zan starts the ignition, taking off in the direction of Roswell.
“What happened?” I ask Max, who’s sitting in front of me, beside Michael, turned with his back against his window.
“Same thing that happened in Tombstone.” Max answered. Wow, someone has an attitude. Is he mad? What the hell happened.
“Were you seen?”
“No.” He roughly answered with assurance. I nod my head in relief and then sit back looking out my window, unable to shake the felling that Max was angry at me for some reason. I wonder if Zan said anything to him that got him mad? Knowing Max...I’ll find out soon because he’ll be sure to bring it to my attention. Watching the same scenery passing was becoming hypnotizing. My eyes started to droop heavily but the cold glass from the mirror kept me up along with the tickling buzz in my ears from the vibration of the car the window was giving me.
“Zan, pull into the next motel.” Max ordered.
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Song: Love Is... by Stevie Nicks
Coyote Motel
The second we start pulling up to motel I start edging my way to the exit. Zan parks the car and literally bolts over to the door to help me out. I hop down and stretch, and then head for the office.
‘Ding’
I tap the small, silver dome-like bell to get the managers attention.
“Can I help you little lady?” Ewe. Why can’t night managers be like Mark Wahlberg or George Clooney? Why do they always have to be creepy, grungy, toothless....the description can go on and on.
“Yeah, we need some rooms.” I finally answer without vomiting.
“How many you need, Precious?” He asks as he sucks on his toothpick.
“Right...um....” That’s so disgusting...what was the question? Oh, how many rooms...
“Two.” I hear Max say from them door.
“Oh, would that be singles?”
“No...doubles in EACH room.” I quickly answer before Max could.
“Gonna need some ID.” The manager announced as he pulled out a registration card and two keys and placed them on the counter. I dig in my back pocket for mine but Max quickly pulls out his and hands it to the manager. I shove my ID back in my pocket, hand Max another hundred, grab a key and walk out. “Trouble in paradise.” The night manager asks Max. Max looks at him bewildered, grabbed the second key and left.
Room # 9
Is there really any point to debating sleeping arrangements with Max? He would manage to pull out his King card and get us a room for ourselves...where is he? Probably de-briefing with Michael before he comes over. Any second now I expect to see him walking in the door....5...4...3...ah, two seconds early. I must be loosing my touch. “We could have gone straight to Roswell...we didn’t need to stop.” I declare.
“Thought since “Destroy the Harvest” was crossed of you list, sleeping would be the next.” Max answered firmly. Damn, I knew he wasn’t going to let that go. “Kind of curious of what else is on that list of yours.”
“Yeah, keep wondering.” I snort back as I snatch the car keys from him and head back out the door.
“Where are you going?” Max asks by the door.
“To the store.” I yelled.
“I’m coming with you.” He yelled back. I take in a defeated breath and stand waiting for him. Thing is, I was only use to driving Maria’s Jetta and regular sized cars...the SUV...I was sure to crash if I got behind the wheel. I toss Max the keys and climb in the passenger side of the car. He climbs in the driver’s side and he drives me to the store at the end of the street.
Store
I scan over the store schedule...Fridays...good, they stay open til 9 p.m. I have an hour and a half. Not that I’m gonna be here that long, but I just don’t like to shop in a rush because I always manage to forget something. Let’s see hair brush, soap, Rose water, toothpaste, toothbrush, gum...wow, it’s like I’m shopping for a major kissing session. I glace in Max’s direction and see him standing by the door. How did our relationship get into such a alien soap opera? I shrug the thought and take my handful of items and scatter them on the counter, adding a magazine and some small rose scented candles to enjoy when I take a bath. The cashier rings me up and hands me back my change. I walk past Max and then climb in the car with him quietly following behind.
Coyote Motel
“Which room are the others in?” I ask Max as we climb out of the SUV. Max point’s me to room # 3 and I walk straight to it. I wave my hand over the door knob and find everyone watching T.V. “Hey. Ava. Isabel can I talk to you guys?” The two of them nod and follow me out of the room, while Max stays inside to give us privacy.
“What is it?” Isabel asked.
“Just wanted to give you guys some money. There’s a store down the street and it closes at nine, so you better hurry if you guys want to grab anything. Here’s a hundred for each of you and this hundred Michael and Zan can share. If you guys need more, just let me know. Oh, and go with the guys because I have a bad feeling about the night manager.” I inform them as I hand Isabel three hundred dollars and then walk back to my motel room.
Room # 9
I bolt to lock myself in the bathroom, run a warm bubble bath with essence of Rose water and begin to remove my clothes folding them into a neat pile at the corner of the bathtub. I arranged the candles on the edge of the tub, pin up my hair and slip in the warm water, feeling all my tense muscles slowly unwind. I hear the front door open and listen cautiously to make sure it’s Max.
“It’s me.” Max announces with a light knock on the door.
“I’ll be out in a little bit.” I yell, hugging my legs, until I hear him move over to one of the beds and then turn on the T.V. I return to enjoying my soothing bath, use my powers to turn off the lights and light up the candles. Peace. Finally, after all this alien chaos...something safe and human to do. Relax. Max. Why can’t I get him out of my head...out of my heart? I’m suppose to be pissed off at him and here I am moping over him. What time is? 7:45 P.M. Fifteen more minutes of this and it’s straight to sleep for me. It’s not fair that I can indulge on the comforts of a bed while Maria and the others have to sleep in the spooky pod chamber. Note to self...make it up to Maria, Alex and Kyle when I get back. The sweet scents and warm water had me off in la la land before I knew it. Serene dream...that is until I heard my name being called out by a woman.
‘LLL...iiii....zzzz’
All I saw was a pair of icy eyes...eyes that I’ve seen before. “Serena?” I whisper in a shiver when I felt my warm bath become icy and then I heard the woman’s voice again.
‘LLL...iiii....zzzz’.
“What do you want?” I asked.
‘To help clear your path.’
“Clear my path?” I question.
‘Your path back to you’re true love.’
“Max? I...I...”
‘It will all become clear...I will help you but you must help me first.’
“Help you how?”
‘Making sure the Denathon stays out of the hands of the enemy.'
“The Denathon? I don’t know what that is.”
‘You will when the time comes...until we meet again...’
I finally see Serena’s complete face...smiling...and then she waved her hand in front of me and like an electric jolt coursing through me...one by one...Future Me’s memories flooded out of my head...relief...finally...maybe these headaches will go away now.
“Liz?” I hear Max call out. I get up real quick and look around me...was it all a dream? My heads spinning. I look at the end of the tub and see my clothes in the tub. Damn it. Must have kicked it in. “Liz?”
“Uh, yeah...I’m coming out.” I yell as I step out of the shower and wrap a towel around me. I use my powers to let the water drain and then collect my damp clothes and place them in the sink. I could really use Isabel right now. Moving things...blowing things up...premonitions...all those I could do, but to change the molecular structure of something wasn’t in my alien power kit. So, how do I go out and ask Max to dry my underwear and clothes without making it sound like a come on? I let my hair down, fluffed it a bit and then opened the door, finding Max leaning over the doorway without his shirt.
“You okay?” He asks but not with too much concern...he’s still mad...why?
“Is something wrong?” I ask. Maybe now he’ll tell me what’s up his ass, as if I didn’t already know...Zan.
“No Haiku?” He asks me.
“What?”
“Your perfume.” He answers.
“Uh, I didn’t bring it.” I answer and step out of the bathroom. “Um, listen...can you get Isabel for me? I dropped my clothes in the tub.” I informed him, pointing into the bathroom. He looks in and sees the sink-full of my wet clothes, lit candles and the empty little bottle of Rose water. “Uh, I was trying to unwind.” I explain, using my powers to turn of the candles and then quickly shut the bathroom door. “So, Isabel?Can you get her for me?” I repeat in his silence.
“No.” Max answers bluntly.
“Uh, okay.” I say confused and caught off guard. I really wasn’t expecting him to say no...so what ever pissed him off...really pissed him off. “What’s wrong?”
“Rose water, Haiku, and strawberries.” Max answers in an angry tone.
“Okay...so...what does that mean?”
“That’s what you smell like...rose water, Haiku, and strawberries.” Max replies. Wow, impressive. Knowing what perfume I use has got to be a ten on the boyfriend scale.
“So?”
“Rose water, Haiku, and strawberries is what Zan smells like.” Max says like it was the punch-line of a joke. Oh. Oh. I know exactly where this is going. “When we were in Copper Summit, I smelled it all over him...why does he smell like you?”
“What, so, you’re a werewolf now?” I asked sarcastically and see him look at me sternly. Okay, not a good time to be making smart comments. “Max, you’re blowing this way out of proportion...”
“Am I?”
“Max, I would like to get dressed...so can you please tell Isabel to come over here?” I ask again as I walk away from him to the center of the room.
“No.”
“Max.” I can’t believe he’s being this stubborn.
“No.”
“You know what? Fine. I’ll go out and get her myself.” I threaten as I walk over to the door. Max runs behind me and stops me from opening the door. I could feel him smelling me. I turn around slowly, gripping to the ends that held my towel close and then look up at him.
“Why did I smell you on him?” Max asked softly as he placed his hands on my side.
“You’re not smelling me on ‘him’...you’re smelling me on his shirt. I had his shirt on after he healed me because Kyle used my shirt to carry a dead body with it.” I explain. I still can’t believe Kyle used my shirt to pick up a dead body.
“Why was your shirt off in the first place?” Max asked with his anger cooling down completely ignoring the “dead body” part.
“I don’t know. I woke up with it off.”
“I’m gonna kill him.” Max yelled.
“Max. Max. Stop it. Maria was with me the whole time so nothing happened.” I assured him. I watch as he struggles to control his anger, seeing the lines of his tighten jaws adjust, before he finally looks back at me.
“I’m sorry...I just smelled you on him and I assumed the worst.” Max apologized.
“Well, you better stop it...you’re not my boyfriend anymore, so you can’t get like this.” I warn.
“Liz...I can’t...the thought of someone else touching you...”
“Max, this is my body...I decide who I want touching me...not you.” Suddenly a flash engulfed my head...when Max healed me...”Max, I told you to stop doing that.”
“I didn’t...you did.” Max said nuzzling his nose by my ear. “That’s the first time I’ve gotten a flash from you...our intensity...”
“Max, there’s no intensity. It just happened.” I felt his thumbs brushing my hips over the soft cotton towel, sending a chill down my spine...goosebumps.
“Then why do you have goosebumps?”
“It’s cold. I just got out of the shower.”
“Then let me warm you.” Max said huskily as he moved me on one of the doubles and stretched out his whole body on top of me.
“Max...we can’t...” I whimper as I felt his soft lips on my neck.
“Why Liz? Why can’t I touch you the way I’ve felt you want me to?” Max asked as he nicked my ear. “You need me and I need you. Tell me you need me.”
I do need him. I’ve needed him so much...to feel him love me that way I’ve longed him to...but he wasn’t here when I needed him. I feel his hand slide under my towel and he squeezes my thigh with desire, making me moan in pleasure, releasing the tight hold I had on the ends of the towels and wrapped my arms around him running my hands up and down his back as I felt my breast rub against his bare chest...making his arousal throb against my stomach.
“Tell me you want me Liz? Tell me you want me to touch you.”
“I want to tell you all those things Max...but I can’t.” I finally answer.
“Why?” Max asked sadly as he looked into my eyes.
“Max...I can’t....I want you so much...but we need to fix what has been broken...I need you to tell me that it’ll all be okay because you’re always going to be here with me.”
“Liz, I can’t...”
“Why? Why can’t you promise me forever?”
“Because I can’t be with you forever...we have to go back...”
“Back to Antar?” I ask feeling hot tears flood my eyes.
“Yes.” Max answers sadly.
“Get off.” I demand. “Get off me.” Max slides off me and turns around. I stand up and wrap the sheets around me. I walk over to him and push him. “So what was all this? To sleep with me and creep off back to your spaceship?”
“No. You know it’s not like that.” Max defends.
“Then how is it?” I yell.
“Liz, when Isabel was missing...I made an agreement with the people of Antar...they help me find Isabel...in exchange...I find and kill Khivar and Nicholas...I’m bound by my word.”
“And your word to me?” I ask.
“Liz...it's more than that. Isabel made me swear to her that I'd find and kill Khivar...he told her that he would never rest unless she's by his side and he'll hurt whoever...Alex...I have to find Khivar...they let me come back when I felt something happened to you...but now that you’re safe...I have to go back.”
“When?” I ask with my lips trembling. “No, wait. I don’t want to know. I don’t want to....” I start crying hysterically, Max tries to hug me but I push him away and run to the bed. With one swoop of my hand I turn of the lights and have the room completely pitch black. I cover myself with the quilt like blanket on the bed and begin to cry. I hear Max sit on the other bed and take a breath.
"I'm sorry." He whispers and I cry even more.
Do you know what this is?
No, I don't
But whatever it is
It's very powerful
Have you felt this way before?
Oh, I thought I knew
Do you know that I love you now?
Oh yes, I do
Love is...
You've got the softest lips
You know that I cannot stay
Yes, I know
It has nothing to do with you or with love.
Oh, yes it does
Do not call or come around here
Do not tell
You know that I loved you then
Oh well...
He's leaving. Back to Antar. Away from me. How can he be my path if he won't even be on the same planet? He's going back because of his loyalty. How can I hate him for that? Isabel asked him to kill Khivar and he promised without knowing why. He did come back different...he came back a man...his adolesent years are over. He has as much responsibility as I do. I've been pushing him away because I thought something happened between him and Tess and that's why he stayed...but I never imagined this. Serena said he's my true love....Grandma Claudia told me true love is not easy and if it is...it's not true love. I love Max. No questions asked. But I can't be with him only to let him go right after. I can't. I won't.
Love is...
You've got the softest lips
Love is...
The touch of your fingertips
Love is...
Knowing you won't let go
She awakens things
That he said he thought were dead
He says, are you happy now?
Oh yes, I am
But when it's over
How then will you feel
Will you miss those arms that used to go around you?
So she stood there in the hallway frozen
In the dark
And her heart broke down
She cried
She fell to the floor
One tear slid across her lips
To the corner of her mouth
Love is...
And dropped to the floor
Love is...
You've got the softest lips
Love is...
The touch of your fingertips
Ooh, she says love is
Knowing you won't let go
Love is...
Watching you go
You're so very powerful
Love is...
Am I happy?
Yes I am
Do I know you love me now?
Yes I do
Do I know you cannot stay?
I know
All about love
Love is...
All about love
Love is...
You're so very powerful
Love is...
"Max?"
"Yes."
Song: Love Is... by Stevie Nicks
Coyote Motel
The second we start pulling up to motel I start edging my way to the exit. Zan parks the car and literally bolts over to the door to help me out. I hop down and stretch, and then head for the office.
‘Ding’
I tap the small, silver dome-like bell to get the managers attention.
“Can I help you little lady?” Ewe. Why can’t night managers be like Mark Wahlberg or George Clooney? Why do they always have to be creepy, grungy, toothless....the description can go on and on.
“Yeah, we need some rooms.” I finally answer without vomiting.
“How many you need, Precious?” He asks as he sucks on his toothpick.
“Right...um....” That’s so disgusting...what was the question? Oh, how many rooms...
“Two.” I hear Max say from them door.
“Oh, would that be singles?”
“No...doubles in EACH room.” I quickly answer before Max could.
“Gonna need some ID.” The manager announced as he pulled out a registration card and two keys and placed them on the counter. I dig in my back pocket for mine but Max quickly pulls out his and hands it to the manager. I shove my ID back in my pocket, hand Max another hundred, grab a key and walk out. “Trouble in paradise.” The night manager asks Max. Max looks at him bewildered, grabbed the second key and left.
Room # 9
Is there really any point to debating sleeping arrangements with Max? He would manage to pull out his King card and get us a room for ourselves...where is he? Probably de-briefing with Michael before he comes over. Any second now I expect to see him walking in the door....5...4...3...ah, two seconds early. I must be loosing my touch. “We could have gone straight to Roswell...we didn’t need to stop.” I declare.
“Thought since “Destroy the Harvest” was crossed of you list, sleeping would be the next.” Max answered firmly. Damn, I knew he wasn’t going to let that go. “Kind of curious of what else is on that list of yours.”
“Yeah, keep wondering.” I snort back as I snatch the car keys from him and head back out the door.
“Where are you going?” Max asks by the door.
“To the store.” I yelled.
“I’m coming with you.” He yelled back. I take in a defeated breath and stand waiting for him. Thing is, I was only use to driving Maria’s Jetta and regular sized cars...the SUV...I was sure to crash if I got behind the wheel. I toss Max the keys and climb in the passenger side of the car. He climbs in the driver’s side and he drives me to the store at the end of the street.
Store
I scan over the store schedule...Fridays...good, they stay open til 9 p.m. I have an hour and a half. Not that I’m gonna be here that long, but I just don’t like to shop in a rush because I always manage to forget something. Let’s see hair brush, soap, Rose water, toothpaste, toothbrush, gum...wow, it’s like I’m shopping for a major kissing session. I glace in Max’s direction and see him standing by the door. How did our relationship get into such a alien soap opera? I shrug the thought and take my handful of items and scatter them on the counter, adding a magazine and some small rose scented candles to enjoy when I take a bath. The cashier rings me up and hands me back my change. I walk past Max and then climb in the car with him quietly following behind.
Coyote Motel
“Which room are the others in?” I ask Max as we climb out of the SUV. Max point’s me to room # 3 and I walk straight to it. I wave my hand over the door knob and find everyone watching T.V. “Hey. Ava. Isabel can I talk to you guys?” The two of them nod and follow me out of the room, while Max stays inside to give us privacy.
“What is it?” Isabel asked.
“Just wanted to give you guys some money. There’s a store down the street and it closes at nine, so you better hurry if you guys want to grab anything. Here’s a hundred for each of you and this hundred Michael and Zan can share. If you guys need more, just let me know. Oh, and go with the guys because I have a bad feeling about the night manager.” I inform them as I hand Isabel three hundred dollars and then walk back to my motel room.
Room # 9
I bolt to lock myself in the bathroom, run a warm bubble bath with essence of Rose water and begin to remove my clothes folding them into a neat pile at the corner of the bathtub. I arranged the candles on the edge of the tub, pin up my hair and slip in the warm water, feeling all my tense muscles slowly unwind. I hear the front door open and listen cautiously to make sure it’s Max.
“It’s me.” Max announces with a light knock on the door.
“I’ll be out in a little bit.” I yell, hugging my legs, until I hear him move over to one of the beds and then turn on the T.V. I return to enjoying my soothing bath, use my powers to turn off the lights and light up the candles. Peace. Finally, after all this alien chaos...something safe and human to do. Relax. Max. Why can’t I get him out of my head...out of my heart? I’m suppose to be pissed off at him and here I am moping over him. What time is? 7:45 P.M. Fifteen more minutes of this and it’s straight to sleep for me. It’s not fair that I can indulge on the comforts of a bed while Maria and the others have to sleep in the spooky pod chamber. Note to self...make it up to Maria, Alex and Kyle when I get back. The sweet scents and warm water had me off in la la land before I knew it. Serene dream...that is until I heard my name being called out by a woman.
‘LLL...iiii....zzzz’
All I saw was a pair of icy eyes...eyes that I’ve seen before. “Serena?” I whisper in a shiver when I felt my warm bath become icy and then I heard the woman’s voice again.
‘LLL...iiii....zzzz’.
“What do you want?” I asked.
‘To help clear your path.’
“Clear my path?” I question.
‘Your path back to you’re true love.’
“Max? I...I...”
‘It will all become clear...I will help you but you must help me first.’
“Help you how?”
‘Making sure the Denathon stays out of the hands of the enemy.'
“The Denathon? I don’t know what that is.”
‘You will when the time comes...until we meet again...’
I finally see Serena’s complete face...smiling...and then she waved her hand in front of me and like an electric jolt coursing through me...one by one...Future Me’s memories flooded out of my head...relief...finally...maybe these headaches will go away now.
“Liz?” I hear Max call out. I get up real quick and look around me...was it all a dream? My heads spinning. I look at the end of the tub and see my clothes in the tub. Damn it. Must have kicked it in. “Liz?”
“Uh, yeah...I’m coming out.” I yell as I step out of the shower and wrap a towel around me. I use my powers to let the water drain and then collect my damp clothes and place them in the sink. I could really use Isabel right now. Moving things...blowing things up...premonitions...all those I could do, but to change the molecular structure of something wasn’t in my alien power kit. So, how do I go out and ask Max to dry my underwear and clothes without making it sound like a come on? I let my hair down, fluffed it a bit and then opened the door, finding Max leaning over the doorway without his shirt.
“You okay?” He asks but not with too much concern...he’s still mad...why?
“Is something wrong?” I ask. Maybe now he’ll tell me what’s up his ass, as if I didn’t already know...Zan.
“No Haiku?” He asks me.
“What?”
“Your perfume.” He answers.
“Uh, I didn’t bring it.” I answer and step out of the bathroom. “Um, listen...can you get Isabel for me? I dropped my clothes in the tub.” I informed him, pointing into the bathroom. He looks in and sees the sink-full of my wet clothes, lit candles and the empty little bottle of Rose water. “Uh, I was trying to unwind.” I explain, using my powers to turn of the candles and then quickly shut the bathroom door. “So, Isabel?Can you get her for me?” I repeat in his silence.
“No.” Max answers bluntly.
“Uh, okay.” I say confused and caught off guard. I really wasn’t expecting him to say no...so what ever pissed him off...really pissed him off. “What’s wrong?”
“Rose water, Haiku, and strawberries.” Max answers in an angry tone.
“Okay...so...what does that mean?”
“That’s what you smell like...rose water, Haiku, and strawberries.” Max replies. Wow, impressive. Knowing what perfume I use has got to be a ten on the boyfriend scale.
“So?”
“Rose water, Haiku, and strawberries is what Zan smells like.” Max says like it was the punch-line of a joke. Oh. Oh. I know exactly where this is going. “When we were in Copper Summit, I smelled it all over him...why does he smell like you?”
“What, so, you’re a werewolf now?” I asked sarcastically and see him look at me sternly. Okay, not a good time to be making smart comments. “Max, you’re blowing this way out of proportion...”
“Am I?”
“Max, I would like to get dressed...so can you please tell Isabel to come over here?” I ask again as I walk away from him to the center of the room.
“No.”
“Max.” I can’t believe he’s being this stubborn.
“No.”
“You know what? Fine. I’ll go out and get her myself.” I threaten as I walk over to the door. Max runs behind me and stops me from opening the door. I could feel him smelling me. I turn around slowly, gripping to the ends that held my towel close and then look up at him.
“Why did I smell you on him?” Max asked softly as he placed his hands on my side.
“You’re not smelling me on ‘him’...you’re smelling me on his shirt. I had his shirt on after he healed me because Kyle used my shirt to carry a dead body with it.” I explain. I still can’t believe Kyle used my shirt to pick up a dead body.
“Why was your shirt off in the first place?” Max asked with his anger cooling down completely ignoring the “dead body” part.
“I don’t know. I woke up with it off.”
“I’m gonna kill him.” Max yelled.
“Max. Max. Stop it. Maria was with me the whole time so nothing happened.” I assured him. I watch as he struggles to control his anger, seeing the lines of his tighten jaws adjust, before he finally looks back at me.
“I’m sorry...I just smelled you on him and I assumed the worst.” Max apologized.
“Well, you better stop it...you’re not my boyfriend anymore, so you can’t get like this.” I warn.
“Liz...I can’t...the thought of someone else touching you...”
“Max, this is my body...I decide who I want touching me...not you.” Suddenly a flash engulfed my head...when Max healed me...”Max, I told you to stop doing that.”
“I didn’t...you did.” Max said nuzzling his nose by my ear. “That’s the first time I’ve gotten a flash from you...our intensity...”
“Max, there’s no intensity. It just happened.” I felt his thumbs brushing my hips over the soft cotton towel, sending a chill down my spine...goosebumps.
“Then why do you have goosebumps?”
“It’s cold. I just got out of the shower.”
“Then let me warm you.” Max said huskily as he moved me on one of the doubles and stretched out his whole body on top of me.
“Max...we can’t...” I whimper as I felt his soft lips on my neck.
“Why Liz? Why can’t I touch you the way I’ve felt you want me to?” Max asked as he nicked my ear. “You need me and I need you. Tell me you need me.”
I do need him. I’ve needed him so much...to feel him love me that way I’ve longed him to...but he wasn’t here when I needed him. I feel his hand slide under my towel and he squeezes my thigh with desire, making me moan in pleasure, releasing the tight hold I had on the ends of the towels and wrapped my arms around him running my hands up and down his back as I felt my breast rub against his bare chest...making his arousal throb against my stomach.
“Tell me you want me Liz? Tell me you want me to touch you.”
“I want to tell you all those things Max...but I can’t.” I finally answer.
“Why?” Max asked sadly as he looked into my eyes.
“Max...I can’t....I want you so much...but we need to fix what has been broken...I need you to tell me that it’ll all be okay because you’re always going to be here with me.”
“Liz, I can’t...”
“Why? Why can’t you promise me forever?”
“Because I can’t be with you forever...we have to go back...”
“Back to Antar?” I ask feeling hot tears flood my eyes.
“Yes.” Max answers sadly.
“Get off.” I demand. “Get off me.” Max slides off me and turns around. I stand up and wrap the sheets around me. I walk over to him and push him. “So what was all this? To sleep with me and creep off back to your spaceship?”
“No. You know it’s not like that.” Max defends.
“Then how is it?” I yell.
“Liz, when Isabel was missing...I made an agreement with the people of Antar...they help me find Isabel...in exchange...I find and kill Khivar and Nicholas...I’m bound by my word.”
“And your word to me?” I ask.
“Liz...it's more than that. Isabel made me swear to her that I'd find and kill Khivar...he told her that he would never rest unless she's by his side and he'll hurt whoever...Alex...I have to find Khivar...they let me come back when I felt something happened to you...but now that you’re safe...I have to go back.”
“When?” I ask with my lips trembling. “No, wait. I don’t want to know. I don’t want to....” I start crying hysterically, Max tries to hug me but I push him away and run to the bed. With one swoop of my hand I turn of the lights and have the room completely pitch black. I cover myself with the quilt like blanket on the bed and begin to cry. I hear Max sit on the other bed and take a breath.
"I'm sorry." He whispers and I cry even more.
Do you know what this is?
No, I don't
But whatever it is
It's very powerful
Have you felt this way before?
Oh, I thought I knew
Do you know that I love you now?
Oh yes, I do
Love is...
You've got the softest lips
You know that I cannot stay
Yes, I know
It has nothing to do with you or with love.
Oh, yes it does
Do not call or come around here
Do not tell
You know that I loved you then
Oh well...
He's leaving. Back to Antar. Away from me. How can he be my path if he won't even be on the same planet? He's going back because of his loyalty. How can I hate him for that? Isabel asked him to kill Khivar and he promised without knowing why. He did come back different...he came back a man...his adolesent years are over. He has as much responsibility as I do. I've been pushing him away because I thought something happened between him and Tess and that's why he stayed...but I never imagined this. Serena said he's my true love....Grandma Claudia told me true love is not easy and if it is...it's not true love. I love Max. No questions asked. But I can't be with him only to let him go right after. I can't. I won't.
Love is...
You've got the softest lips
Love is...
The touch of your fingertips
Love is...
Knowing you won't let go
She awakens things
That he said he thought were dead
He says, are you happy now?
Oh yes, I am
But when it's over
How then will you feel
Will you miss those arms that used to go around you?
So she stood there in the hallway frozen
In the dark
And her heart broke down
She cried
She fell to the floor
One tear slid across her lips
To the corner of her mouth
Love is...
And dropped to the floor
Love is...
You've got the softest lips
Love is...
The touch of your fingertips
Ooh, she says love is
Knowing you won't let go
Love is...
Watching you go
You're so very powerful
Love is...
Am I happy?
Yes I am
Do I know you love me now?
Yes I do
Do I know you cannot stay?
I know
All about love
Love is...
All about love
Love is...
You're so very powerful
Love is...
"Max?"
"Yes."
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Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Song: I'd Die Without You by PM Dawn
Room # 9
“Max?”
“Yes?”
“Nothing.” I answer as I tugged on the pendant nervously. What was I going to tell him?
I felt trapped. I can’t breathe. I need to get out of here...need to think, but anywhere I’ll go, Max is sure to follow. I wouldn’t go far with a towel or blanket...but all my clothes are wet...Max’s shirt. I leaned over the bed and padded on the floor for Max’s t-shirt as I kept a cautious eye on Max who had his back turned to me. I felt the cotton material and snatched it, making a small spring sound when the coils adjusted to my rapid weight shift. I laid frozen for a moment, praying Max didn’t turn around. I grabbed the towel again and wrapped it around me and then slowly got up from the bed and headed to the bathroom.
“Liz?”
“I’m just going to the bathroom.” I tell him, quickly hiding his shirt behind me and slowly walking the rest of the way to the bathroom side ways. I shut the door behind me and feel my hanging clothes. At least my underwear is dry. I slip them on and then use my powers to open the window. God, I’m acting as if Max is a kidnapper and I’m trying to escape...it’s not that...but climbing out the bathroom window seems better than having to explain anything to Max right now. Do I hate him? I’m so confused and my heads killing me. I slip on Max’s shirt and climb out the window, falling out on the opposite side causing a big thud. I hope Max didn’t hear that. I get up and creep towards the others room when I see Zan standing outside. “Zan?”
“Liz?”
“What are you doing out here?” I asked, but he looked at me as if I were crazy. I must look crazy climbing out a bathroom window with just a t-shirt on.
“Uh, what are you doing out here?” He asked seeing me covered in dirt. “Where’re your clothes?”
“In the room.”
“Did Max...”
“No. God, no.” Max would never do anything to hurt me physically. Emotionally...well that’s a different story. “Um, my clothes fell in the tub when I was taking a bath...”
"You look like you need to talk...come on."
SUV
“So...you and the Duke?”
“Max? What about him?” I ask.
“You to havin’ fun?” Zan asked with deeper meaning but remained looking away from me.
“No.” I answer and see his head snap to me. “Right now things are complicated between us...very complicated.”
“How?”
“He’s leaving.” I inform him as tears form in my eyes.
“He’s going back, huh?” He asked uneffected and I give him a sad nod. “So you going with him?”
“I couldn’t. Not with what’s happening. I couldn’t leave the others...”
“And if they could go? Would you go then?” Zan questions.
“I...I don’t know.”
“He did ask you to go with him right?”
I nodded my head no sadly. Doesn’t Max want me to go with him? To be by his side? I have to ask him.
Room # 9
When I opened the door, the spotlight from behind me lighted the small section of the room, highlighting Max, who was sitting in the middle of his double bed with his elbows on his knees and his hands joined together. “Max?” I called out surprised. He must have heard all the noise then.
“So you and him...”
“Max, we’ve been over this...”
“Yeah, and I believed you until I hear you crawling out the window and then see you in the car with him.” Max reclaimed, as his voice got rougher with conviction. “Liz, how would you feel if I went creeping off into the night in my boxers to see Tess?”
I’d die of anger. So me coming in with just a t-shirt on may not look innocent...but nothing happened. Maybe he won’t complain as much if I tell him his shirt is the one that’s going to be smelling like Haiku, strawberries and rose water. Uh, maybe not such a good time for smart comments.
“How would you feel?” Max repeated. “Oh, wait. I forgot. I’m not your boyfriend anymore so I’m not suppose to feel jealous.” Max imitated me with sarcasm and then took a step closer to me.
“And what do you think I felt when I saw Tess beside you when you guys first came? Joy? She’s all over you and how the hell am I suppose to feel?” I yell back. “She throws it in my face as much as she can that the two of you are destined to be together...I’ve seen the book...so how am I suppose to feel when you go away for a year and come back with her? And to know you're going back with her...how?”
“So you’re doing the Zan thing to get back at me? To make me jealous? Mission accomplished.” Max yelled back. I couldn’t understand it. One minute he was mysterious Max and the next he was Raging Bull.
“Max, I didn’t make him do anything. So if Zan has feelings for me...”
“Feelings for you? You know he does and you’re still around him?”
“Max, you’re impossible. Tess is still around you and Zan was around when ‘YOU’ weren’t.”
“What’s that suppose to mean?” Max asked holding on to my arms. “You mean you and him...”
“Max, I already told you about that.” I answer irritated. “But at the rate you’re going...” I say leaving a hanging threat that made his eyes sparkle with lust.
“What? Are you saying you would?” He asked pressing up against me. I try stepping back but loose my balance and land on the mattress. Max followed right after me and laid his body on top of me. “You would do that to hurt me? Have him on you like this? Touch you like this?” Max asked as he carressed my leg up and down. I couldn’t explain what was happening...it was like our tension finally took the best of both of us and rendered us weakless to stop ourselves. Before I knew it, I found myself grabbing Max’s butt with a wild desire as he squeezed my thigh again.
“No. Never.” I finally answer in a moan as Max kisses my neck.
“Tell me, only me, Liz. That you’re mine just like I’m yours.”
“Only you, Max. I only want you.”
"Show me, Liz."
Entrance of Motel Parking Lot
“So, what are you going to do?” Isabel asked as Michael threw gravel out into the street. “Staying here, doesn’t give you time to get Maria.”
“Don’t you think I know that.” Michael snapped at her and then through a pebble harder than he was before. “I trust Max.”
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Is it my turn to wish you were lying here
I tend to dream you when I'm sleeping
Is it my turn to fictionalize my world
Or even imagine your emotions
To tell myself anything
Is it my turn to hold you by your hands
Tell you I love you and you hear me
Is it my turn to totally understand
To watch you walk out of my life
And not do a damn thing
If I have to give away
Of the feeling that I feel
If I have to sacrifice
Whatever babe, whatever baby
If I have to take apart
All that I am
Is there anything that I would not do
Cuz inside I'd die without you
Oh I apologize for all the things I've done
But now I'm underwater and I'm drowning
Is it my turn to be the one to cry
Isn't it amazing how some things
Just completely turn around
So take every little piece of my heart
So take every little piece of my soul
So take every little piece of my mind
Cuz if you're gone
Inside
I'd die without you
Room # 9
“Liz, I’m sorry. I should have told you sooner...that I was going back.” Max confessed in between kisses on my neck. Max had shifted back to mysterious romantic and Raging Bull was gone.
“I didn’t let you...I was so busy thinking you and Tess...”
“I was busy thinking you and Zan...”
“Never Max...if I did...I’d just be wishing he were you.” Max looks at me with a loving smile. I sit up and lift his shirt off me, toss it to the side and watch as Max slips off my underwear while he plants small butterfly kisses down my legs. I rest on my elbows while Max admires all of me for a moment before covering me with his body.
“There can never be another you...not even pretending could I be with Tess...no one can compare to you.” Max confesses as he explored my body with his hands and lips.
“Max...” I call out. Max lifts his head up and rest on his elbows. I look to his chest and see the whirlwind impression on his chest, caused by the pendant when he held me tight and placed a light kiss on it. I look up to his eyes as he brushes my hair back. I cup his cheeks and brush his bottom lip with my thumbs and then lightly pull him down and connect our lips. His lips are so soft. We held our lips together for a second, I felt the warm tears trail down the sides of my face before I made the next motion of the kiss. We kissed each other as if it were the first time. I held Max tighter to me, afraid he might leave then...”I love you.”
“I love you.” Max whispered back between our kiss. “I’m sorry Liz. I’m so sorry.”
“Yes.”
“Yes, what?”
“Yes, I want you...I need you...” I plead, tugging on his zipper and button of his jeans and sliding my hand down his boxers, freeing his throbbing arousal and feeling it stiffen more when I rubbing it with my hand. Max hissed in my ear as I soothed his ache.
“Liz, are you sure?” Max asked me in a soft whisper, taking in some air cooly when I sucked on his ear lob.
“I’ve always been sure...I only want you.”
His expression was so precious...innocent...he stripped himself of the remaining clothes that bound him from me and then adjusted himself between me. I looked down curiously and nervously, until I felt his hand tuck underneath my head and his forehead press up against mine. "You have to look at me, Liz."
The words that started it all between us. I nod my head and look into his dark eyes that are filled with love for me and gasp when I felt the smooth head of his arousal push into me completely...rocking back and forth into me...causing me to moan his name in ecstacy. Flashes flooded my head of every moment the two of us have ever shared, and just by looking at him, I could tell he was getting the flashes as well.
The longest flash...stars....space...it was so beautiful.
Entrance of Motel Parking Lot
Michael and Isabel stood outside for an hour. Isabel looked up at the stars, thinking of Alex and if she would ever see him again while Michael continued to fling gravel into the street. He then felt a tingle run through his body. “It’s starting to get colder. Let’s go back inside.”
Just as they were heading back, a car drove passed them and came to a screeching halt. Michael quickly stepped in front of Isabel and held out his hand on alert. The passenger side door swung open and out stepped out his life.
“Michael!”
“Maria!”
Song: I'd Die Without You by PM Dawn
Room # 9
“Max?”
“Yes?”
“Nothing.” I answer as I tugged on the pendant nervously. What was I going to tell him?
I felt trapped. I can’t breathe. I need to get out of here...need to think, but anywhere I’ll go, Max is sure to follow. I wouldn’t go far with a towel or blanket...but all my clothes are wet...Max’s shirt. I leaned over the bed and padded on the floor for Max’s t-shirt as I kept a cautious eye on Max who had his back turned to me. I felt the cotton material and snatched it, making a small spring sound when the coils adjusted to my rapid weight shift. I laid frozen for a moment, praying Max didn’t turn around. I grabbed the towel again and wrapped it around me and then slowly got up from the bed and headed to the bathroom.
“Liz?”
“I’m just going to the bathroom.” I tell him, quickly hiding his shirt behind me and slowly walking the rest of the way to the bathroom side ways. I shut the door behind me and feel my hanging clothes. At least my underwear is dry. I slip them on and then use my powers to open the window. God, I’m acting as if Max is a kidnapper and I’m trying to escape...it’s not that...but climbing out the bathroom window seems better than having to explain anything to Max right now. Do I hate him? I’m so confused and my heads killing me. I slip on Max’s shirt and climb out the window, falling out on the opposite side causing a big thud. I hope Max didn’t hear that. I get up and creep towards the others room when I see Zan standing outside. “Zan?”
“Liz?”
“What are you doing out here?” I asked, but he looked at me as if I were crazy. I must look crazy climbing out a bathroom window with just a t-shirt on.
“Uh, what are you doing out here?” He asked seeing me covered in dirt. “Where’re your clothes?”
“In the room.”
“Did Max...”
“No. God, no.” Max would never do anything to hurt me physically. Emotionally...well that’s a different story. “Um, my clothes fell in the tub when I was taking a bath...”
"You look like you need to talk...come on."
SUV
“So...you and the Duke?”
“Max? What about him?” I ask.
“You to havin’ fun?” Zan asked with deeper meaning but remained looking away from me.
“No.” I answer and see his head snap to me. “Right now things are complicated between us...very complicated.”
“How?”
“He’s leaving.” I inform him as tears form in my eyes.
“He’s going back, huh?” He asked uneffected and I give him a sad nod. “So you going with him?”
“I couldn’t. Not with what’s happening. I couldn’t leave the others...”
“And if they could go? Would you go then?” Zan questions.
“I...I don’t know.”
“He did ask you to go with him right?”
I nodded my head no sadly. Doesn’t Max want me to go with him? To be by his side? I have to ask him.
Room # 9
When I opened the door, the spotlight from behind me lighted the small section of the room, highlighting Max, who was sitting in the middle of his double bed with his elbows on his knees and his hands joined together. “Max?” I called out surprised. He must have heard all the noise then.
“So you and him...”
“Max, we’ve been over this...”
“Yeah, and I believed you until I hear you crawling out the window and then see you in the car with him.” Max reclaimed, as his voice got rougher with conviction. “Liz, how would you feel if I went creeping off into the night in my boxers to see Tess?”
I’d die of anger. So me coming in with just a t-shirt on may not look innocent...but nothing happened. Maybe he won’t complain as much if I tell him his shirt is the one that’s going to be smelling like Haiku, strawberries and rose water. Uh, maybe not such a good time for smart comments.
“How would you feel?” Max repeated. “Oh, wait. I forgot. I’m not your boyfriend anymore so I’m not suppose to feel jealous.” Max imitated me with sarcasm and then took a step closer to me.
“And what do you think I felt when I saw Tess beside you when you guys first came? Joy? She’s all over you and how the hell am I suppose to feel?” I yell back. “She throws it in my face as much as she can that the two of you are destined to be together...I’ve seen the book...so how am I suppose to feel when you go away for a year and come back with her? And to know you're going back with her...how?”
“So you’re doing the Zan thing to get back at me? To make me jealous? Mission accomplished.” Max yelled back. I couldn’t understand it. One minute he was mysterious Max and the next he was Raging Bull.
“Max, I didn’t make him do anything. So if Zan has feelings for me...”
“Feelings for you? You know he does and you’re still around him?”
“Max, you’re impossible. Tess is still around you and Zan was around when ‘YOU’ weren’t.”
“What’s that suppose to mean?” Max asked holding on to my arms. “You mean you and him...”
“Max, I already told you about that.” I answer irritated. “But at the rate you’re going...” I say leaving a hanging threat that made his eyes sparkle with lust.
“What? Are you saying you would?” He asked pressing up against me. I try stepping back but loose my balance and land on the mattress. Max followed right after me and laid his body on top of me. “You would do that to hurt me? Have him on you like this? Touch you like this?” Max asked as he carressed my leg up and down. I couldn’t explain what was happening...it was like our tension finally took the best of both of us and rendered us weakless to stop ourselves. Before I knew it, I found myself grabbing Max’s butt with a wild desire as he squeezed my thigh again.
“No. Never.” I finally answer in a moan as Max kisses my neck.
“Tell me, only me, Liz. That you’re mine just like I’m yours.”
“Only you, Max. I only want you.”
"Show me, Liz."
Entrance of Motel Parking Lot
“So, what are you going to do?” Isabel asked as Michael threw gravel out into the street. “Staying here, doesn’t give you time to get Maria.”
“Don’t you think I know that.” Michael snapped at her and then through a pebble harder than he was before. “I trust Max.”
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Is it my turn to wish you were lying here
I tend to dream you when I'm sleeping
Is it my turn to fictionalize my world
Or even imagine your emotions
To tell myself anything
Is it my turn to hold you by your hands
Tell you I love you and you hear me
Is it my turn to totally understand
To watch you walk out of my life
And not do a damn thing
If I have to give away
Of the feeling that I feel
If I have to sacrifice
Whatever babe, whatever baby
If I have to take apart
All that I am
Is there anything that I would not do
Cuz inside I'd die without you
Oh I apologize for all the things I've done
But now I'm underwater and I'm drowning
Is it my turn to be the one to cry
Isn't it amazing how some things
Just completely turn around
So take every little piece of my heart
So take every little piece of my soul
So take every little piece of my mind
Cuz if you're gone
Inside
I'd die without you
Room # 9
“Liz, I’m sorry. I should have told you sooner...that I was going back.” Max confessed in between kisses on my neck. Max had shifted back to mysterious romantic and Raging Bull was gone.
“I didn’t let you...I was so busy thinking you and Tess...”
“I was busy thinking you and Zan...”
“Never Max...if I did...I’d just be wishing he were you.” Max looks at me with a loving smile. I sit up and lift his shirt off me, toss it to the side and watch as Max slips off my underwear while he plants small butterfly kisses down my legs. I rest on my elbows while Max admires all of me for a moment before covering me with his body.
“There can never be another you...not even pretending could I be with Tess...no one can compare to you.” Max confesses as he explored my body with his hands and lips.
“Max...” I call out. Max lifts his head up and rest on his elbows. I look to his chest and see the whirlwind impression on his chest, caused by the pendant when he held me tight and placed a light kiss on it. I look up to his eyes as he brushes my hair back. I cup his cheeks and brush his bottom lip with my thumbs and then lightly pull him down and connect our lips. His lips are so soft. We held our lips together for a second, I felt the warm tears trail down the sides of my face before I made the next motion of the kiss. We kissed each other as if it were the first time. I held Max tighter to me, afraid he might leave then...”I love you.”
“I love you.” Max whispered back between our kiss. “I’m sorry Liz. I’m so sorry.”
“Yes.”
“Yes, what?”
“Yes, I want you...I need you...” I plead, tugging on his zipper and button of his jeans and sliding my hand down his boxers, freeing his throbbing arousal and feeling it stiffen more when I rubbing it with my hand. Max hissed in my ear as I soothed his ache.
“Liz, are you sure?” Max asked me in a soft whisper, taking in some air cooly when I sucked on his ear lob.
“I’ve always been sure...I only want you.”
His expression was so precious...innocent...he stripped himself of the remaining clothes that bound him from me and then adjusted himself between me. I looked down curiously and nervously, until I felt his hand tuck underneath my head and his forehead press up against mine. "You have to look at me, Liz."
The words that started it all between us. I nod my head and look into his dark eyes that are filled with love for me and gasp when I felt the smooth head of his arousal push into me completely...rocking back and forth into me...causing me to moan his name in ecstacy. Flashes flooded my head of every moment the two of us have ever shared, and just by looking at him, I could tell he was getting the flashes as well.
The longest flash...stars....space...it was so beautiful.
Entrance of Motel Parking Lot
Michael and Isabel stood outside for an hour. Isabel looked up at the stars, thinking of Alex and if she would ever see him again while Michael continued to fling gravel into the street. He then felt a tingle run through his body. “It’s starting to get colder. Let’s go back inside.”
Just as they were heading back, a car drove passed them and came to a screeching halt. Michael quickly stepped in front of Isabel and held out his hand on alert. The passenger side door swung open and out stepped out his life.
“Michael!”
“Maria!”
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Chapter 14
Chapter 14
Song: Taste by K's Choice
If I could have just a moment of you
Would I be wanting more?
If I could have just a taste of you
Would I be addicted?
If I could have just a touch of you
Could I tear myself away?
I would pray to be the rain that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence
To be the liquid in your glass that falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me
If I could have just a breath of you
Would you, could you infect me?
If I could have just a view of you
Would you leave your door ajar?
If I could have just a part of you
Let me drink of your tides
I would pray to be the rain that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence
To be the liquid in your glass that falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me
And after would the silence thicken, stiffen?
Would I run home in the dark with something stolen?
Would you be slinking in my conscience, laughing?
Would this hunger ever cease?
You are the cliff that I'm walking
Lord help me if I fall
Are you more than my hunger?Baby. babe
Lord help me if I starve
If I could have just a moment of you
Would I be wanting more?
If I could have just a taste of you
Would I be addicted?
If I could have just a touch of you
Could I tear myself away?
I would pray to be the rain that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence
To be the liquid in your glass that falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me
And after would the silence thicken, stiffen?
Would I run home in the dark with something stolen?
Would you be slinking in my conscience, laughing?
Would this hunger ever cease?
You are the cliff that I'm walking
Lord help me if I fall
Are you more than my hunger? Baby. babe
Lord help me if I starve
If I could have just a taste of you
Would I be addicted?
Room # 9
I don’t know if it was the thought and action of us actually being together...making love...or the intensity of the flashes or both combined were the reason for the ferocious sexual yearn. It was like I couldn’t get enough of him. We ignored the flashing T.V. and the exploding light bulbs, only focusing on each others needs. Feeling Max feeling all over me...I was way past goosebumps.
“I wish I could be like this forever.” Max whispered in my ear.
“Me too.” I reply, but with a sad breath because I know he’s leaving. Would he ask me to go? Ask me to go? Tell me you want me to circle the stars and moons by your side.
‘MARIA!’ Both of us shot our heads to the door where we hear the shout...it’s Michael...did he just scream Maria? Max scrambles off the bed and slips on his pants and boxers.
“Max! My clothes.” I remind him. He rushes to the bathroom and dries them for me and I get dressed and follow him out. We see Isabel watching Maria and Michael hugging. Maria? How did she get out of the pod chamber? How’d she find us?
Motel Parking Lot
“Michael!” Maria called out in tears as she ran to him.
“Maria!” Michael call back as he closed the space between them, picked her up and twirled her around as they kissed. “I missed you.”
“Michael, I missed you so much.” Maria confessed as she covered his face with kisses. When he put her down again, Maria did the last thing he expected...she started smacking him on his arms in anger. “Why did you leave me so long? Why? A year? Oh, you better have a good excuse or you’re dead meat buddy.”
“Maria. Maria. Stop.” Michael protested as he held her arms to prevent her from hitting him any further. “What are you doing here?”
“Maria!” I yell. Seeing her head snap in my direction and the two of us run to each other.
“Liz, you’re okay,” Maria declares happy when she hugs me.
“What happened? What are you doing here?” I ask flipping her wild hair back off her face.
“Liz, you are not going to believe what happened.” Maria tells me and then takes a breath. “Well we were babysitting Mr.Cripple and then the rock thingy starts moving and BAM...in comes in Space Boy, but the Manson version of him, going on and on about this thing that he has or found...I really didn’t know what to do so I had to find you. We went to Copper Summit to find you and we ended up finding Gabriel himself, in Armani by the way, while the E.T. gangs sporting Banana Republic. Talk about your wardrobe malfunction.”
“Okay, I’m pretty sure that makes sense in Maria’s World, but how about the English version.” Isabel requested, not understanding a word from Maria’s rambling.
“Wait...you said “we”? Alex and Kyle are with you?” I ask.
“Ohhhh...and then some. Kyle stayed back at Alien Land babysitting Kathy Bates inspiration, but Alice and Chains over there decided to bring a friend.” Maria snorted. “Come one...I’ll show you.” We quickly follow behind her to a parked car in the middle of the road with the passenger door opened wide. “Guys!” Maria yells. The first person we saw come out was Alex.
“Alex.” Isabel gasped in relief. “Alex!” Isabel yelled running to him. And then I stood frozen when I saw Rath come out from the drivers side. I quickly use my powers and send him flying back.
“No. Liz, it’s okay.” Maria defended smacking my hand down.
“Maria, he almost killed us...we almost died because of him.” I debate. Their parents were all dead because of him and Lonnie...how can she trust him? How could Alex? How could Kyle let them come on their own?
“Liz, just hear him out.” Maria pleaded. Then looked over to Rath was was regaining his footing. “Show her.” Maria ordered. Show me what? We watch Rath wave his hand over the key hole of the trunk of the car and hear it pop open.
“What the hell’s going on?” Zan question coming out with Ava and Tess. I suddenly felt Max wrap his arm around my waist and pulled me as close as I could get to him. I wrap my arm around him as well, when I notice Zan and Tess eyeing us from the corners of their eyes. “Rath, what the...” Zan lifts his hand but I grab his arm to stop him. I guess me actually touching Zan, sent Max’s powers through the roof because all the windows of the car that Maria and the others came in exploded and shattered around the street.
“Whoa. Tension much, Moon Doggie?” Maria asked. I guess she assumed it had to be Max by the way I was looking at him, other than that, she would have been questioning Michael...than me.
“It’s nothing.” Max answered embarrassed, moving away from Zan and closer to the trunk of the car. “Open it.” Max ordered.
“What ever you say, Duke.” Rath answered and lifted the trunk flap. We see a man bound and gagged, balled up in the trunk of the car. I didn’t recognize him but by the way Michael snatched Isabel away and Tess gasped...it couldn’t be good.
“Khivar!” Tess exclaimed. "Kill him. Kill him, Max." Tess commanded with persistance.
"No. Take him inside...you'll want to hear this." Maria advises.
"You heard her...take him in." I command and see Zan and Rath lift Khivar out of the car and into the others room.
Song: Taste by K's Choice
If I could have just a moment of you
Would I be wanting more?
If I could have just a taste of you
Would I be addicted?
If I could have just a touch of you
Could I tear myself away?
I would pray to be the rain that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence
To be the liquid in your glass that falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me
If I could have just a breath of you
Would you, could you infect me?
If I could have just a view of you
Would you leave your door ajar?
If I could have just a part of you
Let me drink of your tides
I would pray to be the rain that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence
To be the liquid in your glass that falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me
And after would the silence thicken, stiffen?
Would I run home in the dark with something stolen?
Would you be slinking in my conscience, laughing?
Would this hunger ever cease?
You are the cliff that I'm walking
Lord help me if I fall
Are you more than my hunger?Baby. babe
Lord help me if I starve
If I could have just a moment of you
Would I be wanting more?
If I could have just a taste of you
Would I be addicted?
If I could have just a touch of you
Could I tear myself away?
I would pray to be the rain that runs over and in your skin
With no consequence
To be the liquid in your glass that falls around your lips and mouth
Swallow me
And after would the silence thicken, stiffen?
Would I run home in the dark with something stolen?
Would you be slinking in my conscience, laughing?
Would this hunger ever cease?
You are the cliff that I'm walking
Lord help me if I fall
Are you more than my hunger? Baby. babe
Lord help me if I starve
If I could have just a taste of you
Would I be addicted?
Room # 9
I don’t know if it was the thought and action of us actually being together...making love...or the intensity of the flashes or both combined were the reason for the ferocious sexual yearn. It was like I couldn’t get enough of him. We ignored the flashing T.V. and the exploding light bulbs, only focusing on each others needs. Feeling Max feeling all over me...I was way past goosebumps.
“I wish I could be like this forever.” Max whispered in my ear.
“Me too.” I reply, but with a sad breath because I know he’s leaving. Would he ask me to go? Ask me to go? Tell me you want me to circle the stars and moons by your side.
‘MARIA!’ Both of us shot our heads to the door where we hear the shout...it’s Michael...did he just scream Maria? Max scrambles off the bed and slips on his pants and boxers.
“Max! My clothes.” I remind him. He rushes to the bathroom and dries them for me and I get dressed and follow him out. We see Isabel watching Maria and Michael hugging. Maria? How did she get out of the pod chamber? How’d she find us?
Motel Parking Lot
“Michael!” Maria called out in tears as she ran to him.
“Maria!” Michael call back as he closed the space between them, picked her up and twirled her around as they kissed. “I missed you.”
“Michael, I missed you so much.” Maria confessed as she covered his face with kisses. When he put her down again, Maria did the last thing he expected...she started smacking him on his arms in anger. “Why did you leave me so long? Why? A year? Oh, you better have a good excuse or you’re dead meat buddy.”
“Maria. Maria. Stop.” Michael protested as he held her arms to prevent her from hitting him any further. “What are you doing here?”
“Maria!” I yell. Seeing her head snap in my direction and the two of us run to each other.
“Liz, you’re okay,” Maria declares happy when she hugs me.
“What happened? What are you doing here?” I ask flipping her wild hair back off her face.
“Liz, you are not going to believe what happened.” Maria tells me and then takes a breath. “Well we were babysitting Mr.Cripple and then the rock thingy starts moving and BAM...in comes in Space Boy, but the Manson version of him, going on and on about this thing that he has or found...I really didn’t know what to do so I had to find you. We went to Copper Summit to find you and we ended up finding Gabriel himself, in Armani by the way, while the E.T. gangs sporting Banana Republic. Talk about your wardrobe malfunction.”
“Okay, I’m pretty sure that makes sense in Maria’s World, but how about the English version.” Isabel requested, not understanding a word from Maria’s rambling.
“Wait...you said “we”? Alex and Kyle are with you?” I ask.
“Ohhhh...and then some. Kyle stayed back at Alien Land babysitting Kathy Bates inspiration, but Alice and Chains over there decided to bring a friend.” Maria snorted. “Come one...I’ll show you.” We quickly follow behind her to a parked car in the middle of the road with the passenger door opened wide. “Guys!” Maria yells. The first person we saw come out was Alex.
“Alex.” Isabel gasped in relief. “Alex!” Isabel yelled running to him. And then I stood frozen when I saw Rath come out from the drivers side. I quickly use my powers and send him flying back.
“No. Liz, it’s okay.” Maria defended smacking my hand down.
“Maria, he almost killed us...we almost died because of him.” I debate. Their parents were all dead because of him and Lonnie...how can she trust him? How could Alex? How could Kyle let them come on their own?
“Liz, just hear him out.” Maria pleaded. Then looked over to Rath was was regaining his footing. “Show her.” Maria ordered. Show me what? We watch Rath wave his hand over the key hole of the trunk of the car and hear it pop open.
“What the hell’s going on?” Zan question coming out with Ava and Tess. I suddenly felt Max wrap his arm around my waist and pulled me as close as I could get to him. I wrap my arm around him as well, when I notice Zan and Tess eyeing us from the corners of their eyes. “Rath, what the...” Zan lifts his hand but I grab his arm to stop him. I guess me actually touching Zan, sent Max’s powers through the roof because all the windows of the car that Maria and the others came in exploded and shattered around the street.
“Whoa. Tension much, Moon Doggie?” Maria asked. I guess she assumed it had to be Max by the way I was looking at him, other than that, she would have been questioning Michael...than me.
“It’s nothing.” Max answered embarrassed, moving away from Zan and closer to the trunk of the car. “Open it.” Max ordered.
“What ever you say, Duke.” Rath answered and lifted the trunk flap. We see a man bound and gagged, balled up in the trunk of the car. I didn’t recognize him but by the way Michael snatched Isabel away and Tess gasped...it couldn’t be good.
“Khivar!” Tess exclaimed. "Kill him. Kill him, Max." Tess commanded with persistance.
"No. Take him inside...you'll want to hear this." Maria advises.
"You heard her...take him in." I command and see Zan and Rath lift Khivar out of the car and into the others room.
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Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Room # 3
I never felt such hate in the air. The anger and rage was vibrating from everyone, for different reasons. Zan, Maria, and Alex towards Rath; Max and the others towards Khivar...Isabel. Poor, Isabel, having to face her attacker and not do a damn thing about it. I walk over to her in the back of the room and crouched down in front of her. “You don’t have to be here.” I whispered. “I can wait outside with you if you want?”
“No. Just get your information now...then I want to kill him myself.” Isabel answered cold as she hugged herself. I give her a sad nod for support and then walked over to the interrogation.
“We should just kill him before it’s too late.” Tess declared as she paced back and forth.
“Too late for whom Queen of Hearts? You seem to be more eager to kill him than anyone else.” Maria question skeptically. She was right. She suggested Khivar be killed before even Isabel did.
“So, what does he know?” Max asks tried to hold his anger.
“Hold it, Duke.” Rath spoke. “Got somethin’ that you might wanna see.” Rath said pulling out a black conical object from his oversize side pocket on the leg of his baggy pants and handed it to Max.
“What is this?” Max asked.
“Don’t know. Just when I saw it...it was like calling to me. Like a little irritating feeling.” Rath described.
“Like when your leg falls asleep?” Max questions and gets a nod from Rath. “I feel it too.”
“So do I.” Zan declared.
“Me too.” Ava added.
“Yeah.” Michael replied. We look to Isabel and she nods as well.
“Mmm hmm.” I nod and then hear Maria clearing her throat.
“I do too.” Maria answers and we all look at her mystified.
“What?” Michael asked in shock. We look over to Alex but he shakes his head no and continues to comfort Isabel.
“Zan healed her.” I tell him. She’s becoming like me. One thing worries me. On the way to Tombstone, Zan told me that they were more alien than Max and the others. Max and the others turned out to be too human. If that really is true, how will that affect Maria’s change?
“Where did you get this?” I ask curiously, shaking my previous thoughts, placing the tips of my fingers the black cone-like stone, as Max examined it, causing a premonition...a flash...a memory to spill in my head.
‘Liz, are you sure this is going to work?’
‘That’s what I saw in my vision when I touched it.’
‘But Liz, we don’t know if it’s safe…or why we have it or if we should use it.’
‘Max, it was in my vision. I saw what I have to do…Max, I have to do this.’
‘I know.’
‘You put the black cone crystal thing in and I’ll do the pendant part, okay?’
‘Okay...it’s in.’
‘Oh, my God. It’s working. It worked Max!’
“Are you...go ahead and get in.”
‘No, no, Max. I can’t.’
‘Liz, you have to. Everyone will die if you don’t go back. You have to change this. For us.’
‘Max, if I’m successful, and this works, you and I won’t exist…not like we do now...and you’ll be with Tess.’
‘Tess and I will never be. Not in this time line…not in any time line…no matter what, I’ll always be connected to you.’
‘I love you.’
‘Thank you, Liz.’
‘For what?’
‘For every kiss. Every smile.’
‘Max, I don’t have any regrets…Good-bye.’
‘Good-bye Liz.’
“Liz? Are you okay?” Maria asked me.
“Liz?” Max called out to me as he brushed my hair back and then cupped my cheek.
“You look really pale...did you have a premonition?”
“Premonition?” Max repeated in awe.
“It’s one of her powers. She get’s visions sometimes of the future.” Maria informed him. “Liz, babe. What did you see?”
“Nothing...I just got a little light headed. This is all, you know, making my head spin.” I quickly answer seeing the skeptical looks on both Max and Maria. But I couldn’t say anything...not here. To many people here that I don’t trust. Khivar. Rath....and Tess most of all.
“You sure?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.” I assure them and the look back to Rath. “Where did you get this from?”
“From their ride.” Rath answers pointing Max and Michael.
“I’ve never seen that before.” Max quickly acknowledges.
“That’s were Fabio comes into the picture.” Maria declared as she removed Khivars gag. “Spill it.”
“Wait til I get out of here...you’re all good as dead.” Khivar threatened as he tried to wiggle his way out of his binds.
“News flash Einstein, you’re the one that’s tied up in a room full of aliens.” Maria threatened. “Tell them.”
“It’s called the Denathon and the reason you’re drawn to it is because it’s the essence of the Royals.” Khivar explained.
“Are you saying our DNA is in that?” Michael questioned.
“No, imbecile. Your powers...your real powers crystallized and protected for decades.”
“Why didn’t we feel it on our way here?”
“Hyper-sleep. That and the only way you would have felt it would have been if a Royal actually had it in their possession.”
“Why do we feel it? Thought we weren’t Royal?” Zan questioned.
“You’re not. But that’s your crystal.”
“What?”
“When you were sent here, these crystals were made for each square. One for the real Royal’s and one for your four. The Royal one seemed to disappear...vanished in thin air...that’s how everyone knew.”
“Knew what?”
“That a Royal had gone back in time.” “ The Granilith is only capable of make one trip...but with the Denathon...the powers of The Royal Four make whole in time when it’s inserted in the center of the Granilith....why do you think we want it so bad...with it any one of us could go back and eliminate our enemies and have our paths cleared for our doing.”
“So just with this...you can go back in time.” I question.
“That and the Adromena, it activates the Granilith to use the Denathon.”
“So how did it get on our ship?”
“It was smuggled back.”
“I wouldn’t of found it if I didn’t use my powers and broke a chunk of the ship.”
“What were you doing in our ship?”
“Checkin’ the oil.” Rath answered sarcastically. “What the hell do you think I was doin? I was tryin’ to get a ride back to Antar, but I didn’t plan on being ambushed by Mr. Bald.”
“Who?”
“You’re protector.” Rath answered.
“Nasedo.” Maria clarified.
“What?” Michael exclaimed.
“That’s impossible.” Max declared. “Tess killed Nasedo in front of all of us...in front of the group that helped us find Isabel.”
“So, who did I see?” Rath asked unconvinced.
“A shape shifter. It had to be.” Tess stepped up and began to theorize. “Maybe when he saw Rath, he thought it was Michael and shape shifted into Nasedo.” You could actually hear everyone trying hard to consider her theory, but it was Khivar’s wicked laugh that distracted us. “Why are you laughing?”
Room # 3
I never felt such hate in the air. The anger and rage was vibrating from everyone, for different reasons. Zan, Maria, and Alex towards Rath; Max and the others towards Khivar...Isabel. Poor, Isabel, having to face her attacker and not do a damn thing about it. I walk over to her in the back of the room and crouched down in front of her. “You don’t have to be here.” I whispered. “I can wait outside with you if you want?”
“No. Just get your information now...then I want to kill him myself.” Isabel answered cold as she hugged herself. I give her a sad nod for support and then walked over to the interrogation.
“We should just kill him before it’s too late.” Tess declared as she paced back and forth.
“Too late for whom Queen of Hearts? You seem to be more eager to kill him than anyone else.” Maria question skeptically. She was right. She suggested Khivar be killed before even Isabel did.
“So, what does he know?” Max asks tried to hold his anger.
“Hold it, Duke.” Rath spoke. “Got somethin’ that you might wanna see.” Rath said pulling out a black conical object from his oversize side pocket on the leg of his baggy pants and handed it to Max.
“What is this?” Max asked.
“Don’t know. Just when I saw it...it was like calling to me. Like a little irritating feeling.” Rath described.
“Like when your leg falls asleep?” Max questions and gets a nod from Rath. “I feel it too.”
“So do I.” Zan declared.
“Me too.” Ava added.
“Yeah.” Michael replied. We look to Isabel and she nods as well.
“Mmm hmm.” I nod and then hear Maria clearing her throat.
“I do too.” Maria answers and we all look at her mystified.
“What?” Michael asked in shock. We look over to Alex but he shakes his head no and continues to comfort Isabel.
“Zan healed her.” I tell him. She’s becoming like me. One thing worries me. On the way to Tombstone, Zan told me that they were more alien than Max and the others. Max and the others turned out to be too human. If that really is true, how will that affect Maria’s change?
“Where did you get this?” I ask curiously, shaking my previous thoughts, placing the tips of my fingers the black cone-like stone, as Max examined it, causing a premonition...a flash...a memory to spill in my head.
‘Liz, are you sure this is going to work?’
‘That’s what I saw in my vision when I touched it.’
‘But Liz, we don’t know if it’s safe…or why we have it or if we should use it.’
‘Max, it was in my vision. I saw what I have to do…Max, I have to do this.’
‘I know.’
‘You put the black cone crystal thing in and I’ll do the pendant part, okay?’
‘Okay...it’s in.’
‘Oh, my God. It’s working. It worked Max!’
“Are you...go ahead and get in.”
‘No, no, Max. I can’t.’
‘Liz, you have to. Everyone will die if you don’t go back. You have to change this. For us.’
‘Max, if I’m successful, and this works, you and I won’t exist…not like we do now...and you’ll be with Tess.’
‘Tess and I will never be. Not in this time line…not in any time line…no matter what, I’ll always be connected to you.’
‘I love you.’
‘Thank you, Liz.’
‘For what?’
‘For every kiss. Every smile.’
‘Max, I don’t have any regrets…Good-bye.’
‘Good-bye Liz.’
“Liz? Are you okay?” Maria asked me.
“Liz?” Max called out to me as he brushed my hair back and then cupped my cheek.
“You look really pale...did you have a premonition?”
“Premonition?” Max repeated in awe.
“It’s one of her powers. She get’s visions sometimes of the future.” Maria informed him. “Liz, babe. What did you see?”
“Nothing...I just got a little light headed. This is all, you know, making my head spin.” I quickly answer seeing the skeptical looks on both Max and Maria. But I couldn’t say anything...not here. To many people here that I don’t trust. Khivar. Rath....and Tess most of all.
“You sure?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.” I assure them and the look back to Rath. “Where did you get this from?”
“From their ride.” Rath answers pointing Max and Michael.
“I’ve never seen that before.” Max quickly acknowledges.
“That’s were Fabio comes into the picture.” Maria declared as she removed Khivars gag. “Spill it.”
“Wait til I get out of here...you’re all good as dead.” Khivar threatened as he tried to wiggle his way out of his binds.
“News flash Einstein, you’re the one that’s tied up in a room full of aliens.” Maria threatened. “Tell them.”
“It’s called the Denathon and the reason you’re drawn to it is because it’s the essence of the Royals.” Khivar explained.
“Are you saying our DNA is in that?” Michael questioned.
“No, imbecile. Your powers...your real powers crystallized and protected for decades.”
“Why didn’t we feel it on our way here?”
“Hyper-sleep. That and the only way you would have felt it would have been if a Royal actually had it in their possession.”
“Why do we feel it? Thought we weren’t Royal?” Zan questioned.
“You’re not. But that’s your crystal.”
“What?”
“When you were sent here, these crystals were made for each square. One for the real Royal’s and one for your four. The Royal one seemed to disappear...vanished in thin air...that’s how everyone knew.”
“Knew what?”
“That a Royal had gone back in time.” “ The Granilith is only capable of make one trip...but with the Denathon...the powers of The Royal Four make whole in time when it’s inserted in the center of the Granilith....why do you think we want it so bad...with it any one of us could go back and eliminate our enemies and have our paths cleared for our doing.”
“So just with this...you can go back in time.” I question.
“That and the Adromena, it activates the Granilith to use the Denathon.”
“So how did it get on our ship?”
“It was smuggled back.”
“I wouldn’t of found it if I didn’t use my powers and broke a chunk of the ship.”
“What were you doing in our ship?”
“Checkin’ the oil.” Rath answered sarcastically. “What the hell do you think I was doin? I was tryin’ to get a ride back to Antar, but I didn’t plan on being ambushed by Mr. Bald.”
“Who?”
“You’re protector.” Rath answered.
“Nasedo.” Maria clarified.
“What?” Michael exclaimed.
“That’s impossible.” Max declared. “Tess killed Nasedo in front of all of us...in front of the group that helped us find Isabel.”
“So, who did I see?” Rath asked unconvinced.
“A shape shifter. It had to be.” Tess stepped up and began to theorize. “Maybe when he saw Rath, he thought it was Michael and shape shifted into Nasedo.” You could actually hear everyone trying hard to consider her theory, but it was Khivar’s wicked laugh that distracted us. “Why are you laughing?”
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Chapter 16
Chapter 16
Room # 3
“Why are you laughing? Stop laughing!” Tess commanded, stomping her foot and jerking her arms. She reminded me of those little brats you see in the store that make a whole dramatic scene in public because they didn’t get the toy they wanted….brat…oh, yeah. That was definitely Tess right now.
“Tess, when are you going to stop living in your little fantasy world?” Khivar questioned amused. “I’ve been in this room, like what, 10 minutes? And you can practically smell their love.” Khivar commented as he inhaled dramatically and then eyed Max and me.
“Shut up!” Tess shouted. Her shout startled me. It was a shout of insanity and by the way she was looking at me I can pretty much assume she was on the next bus to Wacko-land.
“No you.” Khivar hissed and scolded Tess with his dark eyes. Evil eyes. “You told me that restoring your Four-Square was a done deal, but look at them…I have a hard time believing that Max hasn’t had his way with her…”
“Shut up!” She yelled again and then covered her ears. Khivar leaned forward as far as Rath and his bounds permitted, and then eyed me curiously. I felt so uncomfortable, but then the discomfort was crumbled when I felt Max lace his hand with mine, giving a tight squeeze of security, to let me know I was safe. But then Khivar started laughing again and then leaned back.
“I was right.” Khivar announced real smug. “My, my, Max. You sure didn’t waste time…it’s practically written all over you’re faces...especially hers.” He said looking from me to Max with cocky smile and then stopped back on me. “So…how’d it feel to have an alien inside you?” Khivar asked me. Before I even had a chance to react, Max stepped up and with full force punched Khivar on his face, making the wooden chair Khivar was tied to wobble. Khivar laughed and then turned to face Max, showing the cut Max caused on his lip, and then licked his own blood. “That good.” Khivar adds amused. Max lunged at him and it took me, Maria, and Michael to pull him off.
“I’ll kill you! Don’t you ever talk to her like that!” Max exclaimed as Michael held back most of his weight. “You’re dead. You’re already dead…you just don’t know it.” Max threatened, still trying to get to Khivar. Then my attention was drawn to Tess who moved in front of my with murder written in her eyes.
“So it’s true. You stupid whore.” Tess yelled and swung her hand to slap me but was blocked off by Maria.
“Uh, uh, Goldie Locks. You try hitting her and you’re going to loose all that pretty hair of yours.” Maria threatened, pushing Tess hand back and then crossing her arm.
“You…”
“Hey, Tess, you touch her and you’ll be dealing with me.” Michael threatened when he saw Tess about to attack Maria.
“Thanks Michael, but I can handle myself.” She answer and return the vicious look she was giving her.
“Tess.” I finally speak, making her look to me. “Get the damn point! Max is my boyfriend…and I don’t have to justify myself to you or to anyone about what I do and don’t do with him.“ I take a step closer to her and lean over to her ear. “But since you want to know so bad…we made love...because he loves me…not you.” I whisper, feeling guilty that I might be tainting what Max and I shared by flaunting it in front of her. But I wanted her to know. I wanted her to know that we gave each other to one another. We love each other and I’m definitely not ashamed to flaunt that.
“Bitch!” Tess mutters and then attempts another slap but this time I stop the swing by grabbing on to her wrist and that’s when it happened. Like a mack truck had slammed into me, I fell back into what I sensed were Max’s arms, and felt him try to keep me standing. But I could stand. My knees felt weak as I invoked the flash that pounded into my mind.
“Liz. Liz.” I could hear Max call out to me as he brushed my cheek.
“Max.” I mumble and try to focus on all the flash.
‘What did you do to her?’
‘You have 2 minutes to listen and except my business proposal. After that, I drop my mind warp and you can take Isabel where ever you like if you don't accept.’
‘I’m listening.’
‘Help me regain my rightful side beside Max and I’ll make sure you get what you’ve always wanted…his crown.’
‘If I have his crown…you won’t be Queen.’
‘I’m sure they’ll be other job opportunities.’
‘So how do you expect me to get Max to fall for you?’
‘Just leave that to me…I only need one thing from you.’
“Liz?” I hear Max call me again, this time loud enough to make me snap out of the trans. “Liz are you okay?” I don’t say anything at all, I just look over to Tess who’s standing as pale as snow, unsure of what had just happened. It must have been the way I was looking at her or something that triggered her to come up with the conclusion that I knew. She used her powers to send all of us back, snatched the Denathon that laid beside Max and ran out the room.
“She took it. She took the Denathon.” Isabel announced in horror as she got back on her feet. Max and Michael ran out the room in search for her, while Isabel and Maria checked on me. Isabel couldn’t help but notice the malicious way Khivar scanned her up and down and then stood up. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time.” Isabel declared as she raised her hand.
“No!” I yell getting her to look at me. “Wait. Isabel. Wait!” I plead as a struggle to get back on my feet. “Wait. When I touched Tess…I saw something.” I breathe in and out rapidly.
“What?” Isabel asked irritated.
“Let me…let me just try something.” I ask as I hold on to her shoulders, seeing her fighting with herself to accept and then finally nodded, stepping out of the way. I walk over to Khivar and lean forward.
“I don’t think Max would appreciate you being this close to me. We know how jealous he gets.” Khivar remarks with an unsettling smirk. I slap both my hands on the sides of his face, to get him back for the previous comment and for what he did to Isabel, and then try to focus on achieving a flash. Within a few seconds I get a pair of flashes. It was strange. The flashes I received weren’t of Khivar at all…they were from Zan’s point of view. The first flash was when we were talking in the car on our way to Copper Summit.
‘You look mad tired.’
‘Yeah, didn’t get much sleep.’
‘Since I’ve been wit’ you, I haven’t seen you sleep...’
’Yeah, it’s on my list of things to do right after “Stop the alien Harvest”.’
’What else is on that list for you “to do”?’ ‘It’s okay...you can tell me later.’
‘Maybe you should keep your eyes on the road...you’re gonna miss our exit.’
‘Maybe you want to trade spots...’
The second was when I found Zan standing in the back of the motel when I climbed out the bathroom window. And then it hits me. Khivar was possessing Zan’s body…but why? To split Max and me up, just like Tess wanted. Max was not acting like himself since he came back, except when we were on our own. But he did lash out verbally. Was Khivar possessing Max too? If he did, was it Khivar that I....no that was Max. I wouldn't have gotten all those flashes from him...I would have gottten flashes from Khivar instead. What was the second one again? Zan. I remember when I asked him what he was doing there he seemed lost, like he had no idea either.
‘Zan?’
’Liz?’
’What are you doing out here?’
It was easy. Almost to easy. Like he was putting up no barrier for me to find out.
“Liz.” I release my hold of Khivar’s face when I hear Max. I look at both Max and Michael and see that the two of them returned without Tess. “What were you doing?” Max asked curiously. I was waiting for Raging Bull to rear it’s ugly head but Max was calm…curious but calm.
“Trying to get a premonition.” I answer, choosing my words carefully. The last time I used the words flash and someone else’s name in the same sentence, jealousy over took him. “No luck with Tess?” I ask and the both of them nod their heads no. Great, she’s like an escaped wild animal.
“Did it work?” Max asked, insinuating my attempt to achieve a flash. I nod my head and then move away from Khivar, and sit beside Michael, who was holding Maria on the opposite side. “What did you see?”
“Max, I think Tess was responsible for Isabel disappearing for so long.” I tell him cautiously. “I got a vision from Tess, and she and Nasedo made it to Antar in time to stop Khivar from taking her.”
“What?” I don’t remember that. We were alone when we got to Antar.” Isabel declined in puzzlement and then looked coldly to Khivar. “What happened in Antar?” She asked him with a disgusted tone.
“Absolutely nothing.” Khivar answered with and outstretched grin.
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” Michael questioned, just as confused as everyone else was.
“It means exactly that…not a damn thing happened.” Khivar repeats with a evil chuckle and continued to laugh hysterically as he explained himself. “Ha…a whole year in Antar…and…and…ha…I never even had Isabel.”
“What?” Isabel questioned gripping tightly to Alex’s hand.
“What are you talking about?” Max interrogated as he grabbed handfuls of Khivar’s blazer and shook him in demand for his answer.
“You heard me. I never had Isabel. Isabel was never with me.” Khivar assured us, looking Max straight in the eyes to prove he was telling the truth.
“So…where…the hell…was she then?” Max asked, pronouncing each word with hatred.
“With you...for a day or two that is.” Khivar answered.
“He’s lying!” Isabel exclaimed.
“Am I? So tell me…how many of you have been suffering of constant headaches?” Khivar asked cocky. Max turned around and saw the blank looks on Isabel and Michael’s face as well as mine. Max turned back to look at Khivar shaking him by his blazer again.
“What did you do to us?” Max shouted, demanding his answer.
“Max. Max. Max. You give me so much credit…sure I helped but this was all Tess’s doing.” Khivar answer without care. “She has been mind warping the three of you since you stepped foot on Antar.”
“How is that possible? I can only hold my powers for ten minutes, and that’s just on one person. How did she hold it for a year?” Ava asked, speaking finally. I had almost forgotten she was here for how quiet she's been.
“That’s what her ultimatum was…” I answer for him. “She used your powers.”
“Oh, she is a bright one.” Khivar commented to Max impressed. “Tess tapped into my powers and was able to maintain her mind warp longer than she ever could. With them, she made you believe that she killed Nasedo.”
“Your protector?” Zan asked Max. Max gave him a small nod and then looked over to Isabel and then to Michael and then to me. “Our protectors can’t hurt us man. It’s in their genes.”
“But I saw him use his powers on Max, that’s why Tess killed him, because he was trying to kill Max.” Michael shouted trying to convince himself.
“That was me. She made you believe that I was Nasedo, while Nasedo was off in Dimarus Rock babysitting Isabel. Tess would make visits to Isabel as me so she really thought she was being held by me. Tried to make her lose all hope that Max would never find her….and Max had given up hope once, and Tess knew that Max was thinking of returning, so she needed to do something drastic. So she made Isabel believe that she was…enjoyed…on her trip to Dimarus Rock.” He said with a smirk and then sent Isabel a kiss. I can't believe Tess would sink as low to make Isabel believed Khivar had raped her, just to get what she wants. She's sickening.
“You son of a bitch.” Alex yelled and punched Khivar so hard that the chair he was on tipped and fell over. “I’ll kill you myself for hurting her!”
“Alex. Alex.” Michael called as he and Isabel tried to hold him back.
“Not bad…for a human.” Khivar spoke. I almost got the feeling that he was enjoying the beatings he was receiving. “Now where was I? Ah, yes. The climax of Tess’s plan. Climax. You know something about that don’t you Liz Parker?” Khivar asks me. I almost gagged, if it wasn’t for Max’s outburst of trying to strangle him, this time taking Rath, Michael, Isabel and Alex to hold him back. I grabbed Max’s hand and pulled him to sit down next to me. “Put your puppy on a leash.” Khivar advised as he spit a louggy of blood and spit.
“Finish.” I order.
“Tess. She used me the most in the last month they were there. She said she needed me for a big mind warp. A mind warp to believe that a militia group of Antarians were helping him. Making him give his word to never leave Antar until he found me in exchange for their help to find Isabel. Max only met one of the helpers frequently for updates. It was only twice that she made you see a whole group. I needed to gather enough strength for it and with a little nudge and TLC, Tess accomplished getting Isabel to ask for my head, making Max’s word…his imprisonment. When my work was done I came down here when Nicholas informed me that Greer had given him a message that the Harvest had been destroyed. That’s when I went to Copper Summit and was attacked by this waste of space.” Khivar concluded in disgust, pointing to Rath with his chin.
“You just pissed cause you got dropped by your defects.” Rath said smacking the back of Khivar’s head. “ Just give me the word and I’ll do him like I did Mr. Bald.” Rath declared as he shoved his hand in his pockets.
“You killed Nasedo?” Isabel asked surprised.
“I said he ambushed me. I didn’t say he got away.” Rath corrects her. So, we only have one enemy to worry about and that’s Tess. Where the hell can she be?
“So how did you know they where inside the pod chamber?” I asked.
“Pod chamber?” Max repeated.
“Yeah, it was the only safe place I can think of.” I answer and then look back to Rath for his answer.
“Well, it was cake to find. Especially when you got a beef jerky stiff as a doormat stinkin’ up the air.” Rath snorted.
“Psst. Max.” Alex pssted Max to come over. “Maybe that’s where Tess went.” Alex suggested nervously.
“What?” Max questioned in a whisper.
“Well, she does have that Dena-thing, so she might want to go to your pod place and try and use it.” Alex theorized. Max gave Alex the smile I love to see, impressed by Alex’s quick and reasonable assumption, and hugged him.
“You better marry him.” Max ordered Isabel playfully as he pulled away from Alex and wrapped his arm around me. This was the first time I actually seen him happy, that is, not including when we “cemented” our relationship. “Let’s go.” Max commanded.
“What about Suit here?” Rath asked pointing to Khivar with his thumb. Max looked over to Isabel, as if the decision we’re up to her. Alex wrapped his arm around her and gave her a tight squeeze for support.
“Kill him.” Isabel answered shaky and then followed Max and Liz out the door. Alex passed by Khivar and punched him again in aggravation.
“Oww.” Alex whined, as he shook his sore fist, following behind Isabel.
“Way to go Alex.” Michael cheered, patting him on the back, as he and Maria followed him out.
“Flake.” Zan snorted and spit on Khivar’s suit, and followed the other’s with Ava.
“Looks like it’s just you and me.” Rath says with a sly smile.
“No! No! NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!” The scream was horrible. I worried when I saw the next room turn on their lights, but when the screams stopped, the lights turned back off and then Rath came out with what I assumed was Khivar rolled into the bed sheets.
“Gotta make a pit stop on the way.” Rath joked.
“Come on. Let’s go.” Max ordered as we climbed in the SUV while Rath, Ava, and Zan climbed in the car Maria came in and followed us back to the four hour trip back to Roswell.
Room # 3
“Why are you laughing? Stop laughing!” Tess commanded, stomping her foot and jerking her arms. She reminded me of those little brats you see in the store that make a whole dramatic scene in public because they didn’t get the toy they wanted….brat…oh, yeah. That was definitely Tess right now.
“Tess, when are you going to stop living in your little fantasy world?” Khivar questioned amused. “I’ve been in this room, like what, 10 minutes? And you can practically smell their love.” Khivar commented as he inhaled dramatically and then eyed Max and me.
“Shut up!” Tess shouted. Her shout startled me. It was a shout of insanity and by the way she was looking at me I can pretty much assume she was on the next bus to Wacko-land.
“No you.” Khivar hissed and scolded Tess with his dark eyes. Evil eyes. “You told me that restoring your Four-Square was a done deal, but look at them…I have a hard time believing that Max hasn’t had his way with her…”
“Shut up!” She yelled again and then covered her ears. Khivar leaned forward as far as Rath and his bounds permitted, and then eyed me curiously. I felt so uncomfortable, but then the discomfort was crumbled when I felt Max lace his hand with mine, giving a tight squeeze of security, to let me know I was safe. But then Khivar started laughing again and then leaned back.
“I was right.” Khivar announced real smug. “My, my, Max. You sure didn’t waste time…it’s practically written all over you’re faces...especially hers.” He said looking from me to Max with cocky smile and then stopped back on me. “So…how’d it feel to have an alien inside you?” Khivar asked me. Before I even had a chance to react, Max stepped up and with full force punched Khivar on his face, making the wooden chair Khivar was tied to wobble. Khivar laughed and then turned to face Max, showing the cut Max caused on his lip, and then licked his own blood. “That good.” Khivar adds amused. Max lunged at him and it took me, Maria, and Michael to pull him off.
“I’ll kill you! Don’t you ever talk to her like that!” Max exclaimed as Michael held back most of his weight. “You’re dead. You’re already dead…you just don’t know it.” Max threatened, still trying to get to Khivar. Then my attention was drawn to Tess who moved in front of my with murder written in her eyes.
“So it’s true. You stupid whore.” Tess yelled and swung her hand to slap me but was blocked off by Maria.
“Uh, uh, Goldie Locks. You try hitting her and you’re going to loose all that pretty hair of yours.” Maria threatened, pushing Tess hand back and then crossing her arm.
“You…”
“Hey, Tess, you touch her and you’ll be dealing with me.” Michael threatened when he saw Tess about to attack Maria.
“Thanks Michael, but I can handle myself.” She answer and return the vicious look she was giving her.
“Tess.” I finally speak, making her look to me. “Get the damn point! Max is my boyfriend…and I don’t have to justify myself to you or to anyone about what I do and don’t do with him.“ I take a step closer to her and lean over to her ear. “But since you want to know so bad…we made love...because he loves me…not you.” I whisper, feeling guilty that I might be tainting what Max and I shared by flaunting it in front of her. But I wanted her to know. I wanted her to know that we gave each other to one another. We love each other and I’m definitely not ashamed to flaunt that.
“Bitch!” Tess mutters and then attempts another slap but this time I stop the swing by grabbing on to her wrist and that’s when it happened. Like a mack truck had slammed into me, I fell back into what I sensed were Max’s arms, and felt him try to keep me standing. But I could stand. My knees felt weak as I invoked the flash that pounded into my mind.
“Liz. Liz.” I could hear Max call out to me as he brushed my cheek.
“Max.” I mumble and try to focus on all the flash.
‘What did you do to her?’
‘You have 2 minutes to listen and except my business proposal. After that, I drop my mind warp and you can take Isabel where ever you like if you don't accept.’
‘I’m listening.’
‘Help me regain my rightful side beside Max and I’ll make sure you get what you’ve always wanted…his crown.’
‘If I have his crown…you won’t be Queen.’
‘I’m sure they’ll be other job opportunities.’
‘So how do you expect me to get Max to fall for you?’
‘Just leave that to me…I only need one thing from you.’
“Liz?” I hear Max call me again, this time loud enough to make me snap out of the trans. “Liz are you okay?” I don’t say anything at all, I just look over to Tess who’s standing as pale as snow, unsure of what had just happened. It must have been the way I was looking at her or something that triggered her to come up with the conclusion that I knew. She used her powers to send all of us back, snatched the Denathon that laid beside Max and ran out the room.
“She took it. She took the Denathon.” Isabel announced in horror as she got back on her feet. Max and Michael ran out the room in search for her, while Isabel and Maria checked on me. Isabel couldn’t help but notice the malicious way Khivar scanned her up and down and then stood up. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time.” Isabel declared as she raised her hand.
“No!” I yell getting her to look at me. “Wait. Isabel. Wait!” I plead as a struggle to get back on my feet. “Wait. When I touched Tess…I saw something.” I breathe in and out rapidly.
“What?” Isabel asked irritated.
“Let me…let me just try something.” I ask as I hold on to her shoulders, seeing her fighting with herself to accept and then finally nodded, stepping out of the way. I walk over to Khivar and lean forward.
“I don’t think Max would appreciate you being this close to me. We know how jealous he gets.” Khivar remarks with an unsettling smirk. I slap both my hands on the sides of his face, to get him back for the previous comment and for what he did to Isabel, and then try to focus on achieving a flash. Within a few seconds I get a pair of flashes. It was strange. The flashes I received weren’t of Khivar at all…they were from Zan’s point of view. The first flash was when we were talking in the car on our way to Copper Summit.
‘You look mad tired.’
‘Yeah, didn’t get much sleep.’
‘Since I’ve been wit’ you, I haven’t seen you sleep...’
’Yeah, it’s on my list of things to do right after “Stop the alien Harvest”.’
’What else is on that list for you “to do”?’ ‘It’s okay...you can tell me later.’
‘Maybe you should keep your eyes on the road...you’re gonna miss our exit.’
‘Maybe you want to trade spots...’
The second was when I found Zan standing in the back of the motel when I climbed out the bathroom window. And then it hits me. Khivar was possessing Zan’s body…but why? To split Max and me up, just like Tess wanted. Max was not acting like himself since he came back, except when we were on our own. But he did lash out verbally. Was Khivar possessing Max too? If he did, was it Khivar that I....no that was Max. I wouldn't have gotten all those flashes from him...I would have gottten flashes from Khivar instead. What was the second one again? Zan. I remember when I asked him what he was doing there he seemed lost, like he had no idea either.
‘Zan?’
’Liz?’
’What are you doing out here?’
It was easy. Almost to easy. Like he was putting up no barrier for me to find out.
“Liz.” I release my hold of Khivar’s face when I hear Max. I look at both Max and Michael and see that the two of them returned without Tess. “What were you doing?” Max asked curiously. I was waiting for Raging Bull to rear it’s ugly head but Max was calm…curious but calm.
“Trying to get a premonition.” I answer, choosing my words carefully. The last time I used the words flash and someone else’s name in the same sentence, jealousy over took him. “No luck with Tess?” I ask and the both of them nod their heads no. Great, she’s like an escaped wild animal.
“Did it work?” Max asked, insinuating my attempt to achieve a flash. I nod my head and then move away from Khivar, and sit beside Michael, who was holding Maria on the opposite side. “What did you see?”
“Max, I think Tess was responsible for Isabel disappearing for so long.” I tell him cautiously. “I got a vision from Tess, and she and Nasedo made it to Antar in time to stop Khivar from taking her.”
“What?” I don’t remember that. We were alone when we got to Antar.” Isabel declined in puzzlement and then looked coldly to Khivar. “What happened in Antar?” She asked him with a disgusted tone.
“Absolutely nothing.” Khivar answered with and outstretched grin.
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” Michael questioned, just as confused as everyone else was.
“It means exactly that…not a damn thing happened.” Khivar repeats with a evil chuckle and continued to laugh hysterically as he explained himself. “Ha…a whole year in Antar…and…and…ha…I never even had Isabel.”
“What?” Isabel questioned gripping tightly to Alex’s hand.
“What are you talking about?” Max interrogated as he grabbed handfuls of Khivar’s blazer and shook him in demand for his answer.
“You heard me. I never had Isabel. Isabel was never with me.” Khivar assured us, looking Max straight in the eyes to prove he was telling the truth.
“So…where…the hell…was she then?” Max asked, pronouncing each word with hatred.
“With you...for a day or two that is.” Khivar answered.
“He’s lying!” Isabel exclaimed.
“Am I? So tell me…how many of you have been suffering of constant headaches?” Khivar asked cocky. Max turned around and saw the blank looks on Isabel and Michael’s face as well as mine. Max turned back to look at Khivar shaking him by his blazer again.
“What did you do to us?” Max shouted, demanding his answer.
“Max. Max. Max. You give me so much credit…sure I helped but this was all Tess’s doing.” Khivar answer without care. “She has been mind warping the three of you since you stepped foot on Antar.”
“How is that possible? I can only hold my powers for ten minutes, and that’s just on one person. How did she hold it for a year?” Ava asked, speaking finally. I had almost forgotten she was here for how quiet she's been.
“That’s what her ultimatum was…” I answer for him. “She used your powers.”
“Oh, she is a bright one.” Khivar commented to Max impressed. “Tess tapped into my powers and was able to maintain her mind warp longer than she ever could. With them, she made you believe that she killed Nasedo.”
“Your protector?” Zan asked Max. Max gave him a small nod and then looked over to Isabel and then to Michael and then to me. “Our protectors can’t hurt us man. It’s in their genes.”
“But I saw him use his powers on Max, that’s why Tess killed him, because he was trying to kill Max.” Michael shouted trying to convince himself.
“That was me. She made you believe that I was Nasedo, while Nasedo was off in Dimarus Rock babysitting Isabel. Tess would make visits to Isabel as me so she really thought she was being held by me. Tried to make her lose all hope that Max would never find her….and Max had given up hope once, and Tess knew that Max was thinking of returning, so she needed to do something drastic. So she made Isabel believe that she was…enjoyed…on her trip to Dimarus Rock.” He said with a smirk and then sent Isabel a kiss. I can't believe Tess would sink as low to make Isabel believed Khivar had raped her, just to get what she wants. She's sickening.
“You son of a bitch.” Alex yelled and punched Khivar so hard that the chair he was on tipped and fell over. “I’ll kill you myself for hurting her!”
“Alex. Alex.” Michael called as he and Isabel tried to hold him back.
“Not bad…for a human.” Khivar spoke. I almost got the feeling that he was enjoying the beatings he was receiving. “Now where was I? Ah, yes. The climax of Tess’s plan. Climax. You know something about that don’t you Liz Parker?” Khivar asks me. I almost gagged, if it wasn’t for Max’s outburst of trying to strangle him, this time taking Rath, Michael, Isabel and Alex to hold him back. I grabbed Max’s hand and pulled him to sit down next to me. “Put your puppy on a leash.” Khivar advised as he spit a louggy of blood and spit.
“Finish.” I order.
“Tess. She used me the most in the last month they were there. She said she needed me for a big mind warp. A mind warp to believe that a militia group of Antarians were helping him. Making him give his word to never leave Antar until he found me in exchange for their help to find Isabel. Max only met one of the helpers frequently for updates. It was only twice that she made you see a whole group. I needed to gather enough strength for it and with a little nudge and TLC, Tess accomplished getting Isabel to ask for my head, making Max’s word…his imprisonment. When my work was done I came down here when Nicholas informed me that Greer had given him a message that the Harvest had been destroyed. That’s when I went to Copper Summit and was attacked by this waste of space.” Khivar concluded in disgust, pointing to Rath with his chin.
“You just pissed cause you got dropped by your defects.” Rath said smacking the back of Khivar’s head. “ Just give me the word and I’ll do him like I did Mr. Bald.” Rath declared as he shoved his hand in his pockets.
“You killed Nasedo?” Isabel asked surprised.
“I said he ambushed me. I didn’t say he got away.” Rath corrects her. So, we only have one enemy to worry about and that’s Tess. Where the hell can she be?
“So how did you know they where inside the pod chamber?” I asked.
“Pod chamber?” Max repeated.
“Yeah, it was the only safe place I can think of.” I answer and then look back to Rath for his answer.
“Well, it was cake to find. Especially when you got a beef jerky stiff as a doormat stinkin’ up the air.” Rath snorted.
“Psst. Max.” Alex pssted Max to come over. “Maybe that’s where Tess went.” Alex suggested nervously.
“What?” Max questioned in a whisper.
“Well, she does have that Dena-thing, so she might want to go to your pod place and try and use it.” Alex theorized. Max gave Alex the smile I love to see, impressed by Alex’s quick and reasonable assumption, and hugged him.
“You better marry him.” Max ordered Isabel playfully as he pulled away from Alex and wrapped his arm around me. This was the first time I actually seen him happy, that is, not including when we “cemented” our relationship. “Let’s go.” Max commanded.
“What about Suit here?” Rath asked pointing to Khivar with his thumb. Max looked over to Isabel, as if the decision we’re up to her. Alex wrapped his arm around her and gave her a tight squeeze for support.
“Kill him.” Isabel answered shaky and then followed Max and Liz out the door. Alex passed by Khivar and punched him again in aggravation.
“Oww.” Alex whined, as he shook his sore fist, following behind Isabel.
“Way to go Alex.” Michael cheered, patting him on the back, as he and Maria followed him out.
“Flake.” Zan snorted and spit on Khivar’s suit, and followed the other’s with Ava.
“Looks like it’s just you and me.” Rath says with a sly smile.
“No! No! NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!” The scream was horrible. I worried when I saw the next room turn on their lights, but when the screams stopped, the lights turned back off and then Rath came out with what I assumed was Khivar rolled into the bed sheets.
“Gotta make a pit stop on the way.” Rath joked.
“Come on. Let’s go.” Max ordered as we climbed in the SUV while Rath, Ava, and Zan climbed in the car Maria came in and followed us back to the four hour trip back to Roswell.
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Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Songs played in this order:
Song: Tearing Up My Heart by 'NSYNC
Song: Man, I Feel Like A Woman by Shania Twain
Song: The Beautiful People by Marylin Manson
Song: Pumps And A Bump by MC Hammer
Song: Jericho by The Weekend Players
SUV
“You okay?” Max whispered in my ear.
“The flashes don’t hurt.” I whisper back, but got the sweet smile from Max when he thinks I do something cute. “What?” I ask with a soft smile.
“I meant...are you okay?” Max repeated but this time rubbed my inner thigh. I bolt my head to Michael and Maria, who were sitting right in front of us, and panicked when I thought their was a chance they were overhearing our conversation. “It’s okay. They won’t hear us.” Max whispered in my ear again this time brushing the tip of his nose on the crook of my neck. Goosebumps again. But this time Max wrapped his arm around me to warm me from the chills. I looked back over to Michael and Maria, and noticed that they were to busy with themselves to be paying attention to us. Maria was sitting against the window and singing something in his ear while he rested against her. Isabel and Alex where in their own little world themselves. While Alex drove, Isabel planted butterfly kisses on his swollen knuckles and exchanged admiring looks when Alex looked off the road. “See.” Max murmured as he laced our hands together and kissed the back of my hand.
“Yes.” I answer and nuzzle back against his chest, smelling his scent...a light smell of Old Spice. I bought him the complete set, soap, body wash, and deodorant on our last date. “You smell like Old Spice.” I inform him but feel him tense up behind me. “What is it?”
“It is Old Spice...the "Antarian" people gave it to me as a gift for staying.” Max replied sadly. Without explaining any further I knew what he was insinuating. Tess had got the Old Spice for him and made it seem like she was part of the Antarian group that offered to find Isabel. That meant she was on Earth as well...before them. I wonder what she did then? Did she mind warp me then? Or she could have sent Khivar to get it?
“What are you thinking about?” Max murmured in me ear and then kissed my neck.
“You.” I answer, flashing him an unworried smile. We have been on the road for twenty minutes, and I am not about to spoil the rest of the ride with thoughts of Tess.
“Mmm.” Max hummed with a confident half smile. “You never answered me.” He was definitely persistent.
“I’m great.” I answer as I bit on my bottom lip in bashfulness. “Really great.” I add. I have no idea why I’m shy now. He did see me completely naked...and I saw him. God, yes I did see him. If I didn’t have photographic memory before, I have it know. Every cut, every muscle, every shade was engraved into my memory forever. The thought of his bare body made me blush even more. I could actually feel my cheeks bruising from the extra blush.
“So you’re okay with what happened?” Max questioned as I played with his hand. I lean to the side to look up at him.
“Why? Are you?” I asked worried, feeling a sudden sweat of panic.
“Yes. Yes. I am.” Max quickly dissolved my worries. “It was incredible...to actually feel myself inside you...amazing.” Wow. Incredible. Amazing. Why do I feel so proud? “Thank you, Liz Parker.” Uh, the Liz Parker line. I could just die right here from flattery.
“For what?” I finally ask.
“For letting me have you...for sharing yourself with me.” Okay, from all the romance video nights that Alex, Maria, and Kyle made me sit through, that has got to beat even Jerry Maguire’s ‘You complete me’. What do I respond to something like that? Thanks? You’re Welcome?
“Max, this whole year. Tess. They all don’t matter....because...because I finally got to have you, Max.” I reply and turn slightly to give him a stilled kiss. I don’t know where that came from. Wait. I do. It came from my heart, as corny as it sounds, but it’s true. If complements were Chess, I’d be clicking the little clock thingy or saying Check Mate...yeah, that was definitely a Check Mate.
“You, Liz Parker, are and always will be the woman in my life. You are what kept me going in Antar. The thought of seeing you again, the thought of touching you...your soft hair...kissing you...just thinking that I’d be able to do that again gave me hope and kept me going. I love you Liz. And please don’t ever forget that.” Max confesses to me before he invokes my lips with his. I stand corrected. I never really was a good chess player.
“Why you stopping?” Michael questioned Alex, breaking up our kiss, when Alex pulled over to the side of the road.
“Rath is flashing his head lights.” Alex announces as he looked back through his rear view mirror as we all turned to see what was going on. We watched Rath walk up to Alex’s window and poke his head in a little.
“What is it?” Max asked.
“Gotta dump the body.” Rath answered indifferently and then pointed his head in the direction of the secluded desert for Max to follow him. Max kissed the side of my head and then slid from behind me and followed Michael out the car. I looked back again and see Zan carrying what appears to be Khivars body over his shoulder and follow Max and the others.
“So...spill it Chica.” Maria demanded with a smile that reached ear to ear.
“What?” I ask like I don’t know what she’s referring to.
“Don’t even play that "I’m so innocent" role on me. I perfected that role. So I know when it’s being used, so spill it. Details. You. Max. Going where no chic has gone before.” Maria rambled and then let out an exaggerated gasp. “Did you have an orgasm?”
“Uh, Right. That’s my cue to go.” Alex announced paranoid and rushed out of the car to follow the others. Making me, Maria and Isabel laugh.
“He’s right. I’m so not going to sit here and listen to you talk about my brother. Using "Max" and "orgasm" in one sentence alone crosses the brother and sister information line. I’m gonna go wait with Ava.” Isabel added in disgust and hopped out of the passenger side and went to Ava, who was sitting on the hood of the car.
“Okay, so spill it.” Maria repeats, shrugging the fact that two people have just bolted from the car because of the topic of choice.
“Maria.” I warn.
“Oh, come on. You and me are the only people that can actually have a conversation with the words ‘hot...alien...sex’ involved. Please. Please. Please. Educate me, Natasha Henstridge.” Maria begged, shaking her joined hands.
“Natasha? Really?” I asked distracted by the flattering Maria was laying on thick. “Wait. No. Maria. I can’t. It’s private.”
“Please. Please. Please. Please.” Maria begged and whined in unison. Damn, she's stubborn.
“Okay. Okay. But I’m only telling you because I know you and Michael some day....someday far far away...might want to experience...”
“Uh, Liz. Can we "not" have the “sex talk” and have the “hot alien sex talk”?” Maria interrupted enthusiastically. I look at her anxious face for a moment and then smile, tapping on the pleather seat next to me that was soon occupied by Maria. “Details. Lot’s and lot’s of details.” Maria demanded all wide-eyed.
“PG details.” I warn.
“What? PG-13.” Maria negotiated.
“Fine.”
“So, is it...it human?” Maria asked pointing down, which I could only imagine what she was asking about.
“What? Of course it’s human. How the hell do you think we did it? With antennas?” I asked in disbelief.
“It’s a legitimate question.” Maria defended. “Okay. Size.”
“Well, I've only seen one.” I remind her.
“Hmm, that’s true.” Maria recalled pensively as she stroked her chin. “Are we talking NO. 2 pencil big or ruler big?”
“Maria?!”
“Liz?!”
“Uh! Umm.. NO. 2 pencil with an add on eraser top.” I quickly answer, seeing Maria nod her head in approval.
“Nice. Uh, width?”
“What? Maria next question. I’m not about to sit here and describe Max’s “equipment” with you, okay. So next question.”
“Fine. Fine. But your eyes said thick.”
“Maria!!!” I exclaim in mortified surprise.
“Okay. Okay. Um, timing? Yay or Nae?” Maria quickly asks.
“Definitely, Yay. Hour. Maybe longer.”
“All right Max. You’re giving Michael hope.” Maria winks her eye and nods again in approval. I just laugh as I shake my head in amusement.
“Orgasm?”
“Can anyone go on an hour and not have one?” I question sarcastically and see my answer didn’t suffice for Maria. “Yes. God, yes. And the flashes made it like to the 10th power.”
“What are you guys talking about?” Michael asks as he opens the door. Maria and me shoot each other surprised glances.
“Uh, Math.” We both answer at the same time and then look at each other with impressed nods by answering the same thing. Maria winks and gives me two thumbs up before moving back to the seat in front of us.
“Actually, move it to the back.” Michael orders guiding her back to the back seat.
“What? Why?” Maria questioned.
“The others are ditching the car, so they’re riding with us.” Michael tells us and then sits in the opposite corner from me and pulls Maria to sit on his lap.
“Where’s Max?” I ask.
“Right here.” Max announces and then climbs in. “Guys come on, let’s sit in this seat.” Max suggested to where Maria was sitting at first and sits by the window. Michael sits next to him and Maria sit’s on his lap, just then Zan comes to the door when I’m heading to sit by Max.
“Hey.” He greets me softly.
“Hey.” I reply and move to Max and sit between his lap, and nuzzle myself against his chest, and notice from my angle that someone fixed the radio. It was probably Isabel. DJ Antarian Princess to the rescue.
“Uh, careful.” Max hisses in my ear. I look to my right and see Maria smiling at me, so I smile back at her mischievously, and without Max noticing, I give her the ‘watch this’ signal. Which she gladly does. I move up between the driver’s seat and passenger seat, and play with the dials as I purposely sway my butt as I scan through the stations.
‘It’s tearing up my heart when...’
‘Man. I feel like a woman.’
‘The beautiful people. The beautiful people. Whaaaa.’
‘Come fill my senses up with you...”
‘Pumps and a bump. Pumps and a bump.We want the girls with the pumps and a bump.’
“Oh, put it back to the other one.” Maria screeches as she comes join me in my soundtrack search as she too imitates my stance.
“Is he looking?” I whisper to her.
“Girl, he’s practically undressing you with his eyes.” Maria giggles and I turn the dial back.
‘Pumps and a...’
‘I hear your voice calling out to reach me, then all is calm and clear.’
Maria nods when I but it back to the jazzy tune and we both take our seat only when I sit, I make sure I press up against Max’s bulge with my butt before I sit completely down.
’I feel no pain when you hold me, pull me in and draw me near.
I see your eyes of hazy blue but oh so clear, sincere and true.’
Max pulls me back to him and I can’t help but laugh. “You’re doing that on purpose.” Max hisses.
’I taste the air around you and I feel brand new.’
“Mmm hmm.” I hum with amusement. Then I feel Max wrap his arm me, and with his concealed hand, that was covered by his crossing arm, he completely cops a feel. I inhale from surprise...he’s getting back at me...two can play that game.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
You've turned the jaded into new...’
I turn to the side, with my back to Michael and Maria, breaking his free feel and nuzzle my face in the crook of his neck, without Max moving his arms from around me.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
Love would be senseless without you...
Come fill my senses up with you...
You...you...you...you...you...you...’
He then again continues to fondle me, while I very quietly, unzip his zipper from his jeans and snake my hand in, making him jump in surprise when he felt my hand searching for the opening in his boxers, and then wrapped my hand around his arousal.
‘There was a time when love was blind, love lost and all at sea,
Love came in dreams and waves, came and went away from me,
All forsaken, all forlorn, all mistaken, feel no scorn,’
“You win.” Max whispered in a moan. I snake my hand back out when I see Isabel and Alex getting back in and zip him back up as I kiss his neck as he brushes my cheek.
‘Then you pulled me from the darkness,
And now I see things new.’
I move to nick his ear with a giggle. Max turns to look at me and then we start kissing with full emotion. As much as I was enjoying the kiss I couldn’t help but feel like someone was watching us.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
You've turned the jaded into new...’
I turn my head slowly in mid kiss, still having both our lips puckered, and notice that Zan and Rath were both watching us. Zan looked away, but Rath continued to stare, making me feel so uncomfortable.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
Love would be senseless without you...’
The way he was looking...I guess Max felt me tense up and looked to who I was looking at. Even though Rath saw Max noticed he was gawking at us, he still continued to stare.
“Can I help you with something?” Max asked bluntly, getting both Michael and Maria’s attention.
“Nah. I’m cool.” Rath answered with a smirk.
’Come fill my senses up with you.
You...you...you...you...you...you...’
“What’s up, Maxwell?” Michael questioned in his ‘I-got-your-back’ tone.
“Nothing...yet.” Max answers annoyed. I move to have my back against the window so Michael and Max could have eye communication like Maria and me were, and to hide away from Rath’s unbreakable stare. It’s definitely gonna be a long and interesting trip.
Songs played in this order:
Song: Tearing Up My Heart by 'NSYNC
Song: Man, I Feel Like A Woman by Shania Twain
Song: The Beautiful People by Marylin Manson
Song: Pumps And A Bump by MC Hammer
Song: Jericho by The Weekend Players
SUV
“You okay?” Max whispered in my ear.
“The flashes don’t hurt.” I whisper back, but got the sweet smile from Max when he thinks I do something cute. “What?” I ask with a soft smile.
“I meant...are you okay?” Max repeated but this time rubbed my inner thigh. I bolt my head to Michael and Maria, who were sitting right in front of us, and panicked when I thought their was a chance they were overhearing our conversation. “It’s okay. They won’t hear us.” Max whispered in my ear again this time brushing the tip of his nose on the crook of my neck. Goosebumps again. But this time Max wrapped his arm around me to warm me from the chills. I looked back over to Michael and Maria, and noticed that they were to busy with themselves to be paying attention to us. Maria was sitting against the window and singing something in his ear while he rested against her. Isabel and Alex where in their own little world themselves. While Alex drove, Isabel planted butterfly kisses on his swollen knuckles and exchanged admiring looks when Alex looked off the road. “See.” Max murmured as he laced our hands together and kissed the back of my hand.
“Yes.” I answer and nuzzle back against his chest, smelling his scent...a light smell of Old Spice. I bought him the complete set, soap, body wash, and deodorant on our last date. “You smell like Old Spice.” I inform him but feel him tense up behind me. “What is it?”
“It is Old Spice...the "Antarian" people gave it to me as a gift for staying.” Max replied sadly. Without explaining any further I knew what he was insinuating. Tess had got the Old Spice for him and made it seem like she was part of the Antarian group that offered to find Isabel. That meant she was on Earth as well...before them. I wonder what she did then? Did she mind warp me then? Or she could have sent Khivar to get it?
“What are you thinking about?” Max murmured in me ear and then kissed my neck.
“You.” I answer, flashing him an unworried smile. We have been on the road for twenty minutes, and I am not about to spoil the rest of the ride with thoughts of Tess.
“Mmm.” Max hummed with a confident half smile. “You never answered me.” He was definitely persistent.
“I’m great.” I answer as I bit on my bottom lip in bashfulness. “Really great.” I add. I have no idea why I’m shy now. He did see me completely naked...and I saw him. God, yes I did see him. If I didn’t have photographic memory before, I have it know. Every cut, every muscle, every shade was engraved into my memory forever. The thought of his bare body made me blush even more. I could actually feel my cheeks bruising from the extra blush.
“So you’re okay with what happened?” Max questioned as I played with his hand. I lean to the side to look up at him.
“Why? Are you?” I asked worried, feeling a sudden sweat of panic.
“Yes. Yes. I am.” Max quickly dissolved my worries. “It was incredible...to actually feel myself inside you...amazing.” Wow. Incredible. Amazing. Why do I feel so proud? “Thank you, Liz Parker.” Uh, the Liz Parker line. I could just die right here from flattery.
“For what?” I finally ask.
“For letting me have you...for sharing yourself with me.” Okay, from all the romance video nights that Alex, Maria, and Kyle made me sit through, that has got to beat even Jerry Maguire’s ‘You complete me’. What do I respond to something like that? Thanks? You’re Welcome?
“Max, this whole year. Tess. They all don’t matter....because...because I finally got to have you, Max.” I reply and turn slightly to give him a stilled kiss. I don’t know where that came from. Wait. I do. It came from my heart, as corny as it sounds, but it’s true. If complements were Chess, I’d be clicking the little clock thingy or saying Check Mate...yeah, that was definitely a Check Mate.
“You, Liz Parker, are and always will be the woman in my life. You are what kept me going in Antar. The thought of seeing you again, the thought of touching you...your soft hair...kissing you...just thinking that I’d be able to do that again gave me hope and kept me going. I love you Liz. And please don’t ever forget that.” Max confesses to me before he invokes my lips with his. I stand corrected. I never really was a good chess player.
“Why you stopping?” Michael questioned Alex, breaking up our kiss, when Alex pulled over to the side of the road.
“Rath is flashing his head lights.” Alex announces as he looked back through his rear view mirror as we all turned to see what was going on. We watched Rath walk up to Alex’s window and poke his head in a little.
“What is it?” Max asked.
“Gotta dump the body.” Rath answered indifferently and then pointed his head in the direction of the secluded desert for Max to follow him. Max kissed the side of my head and then slid from behind me and followed Michael out the car. I looked back again and see Zan carrying what appears to be Khivars body over his shoulder and follow Max and the others.
“So...spill it Chica.” Maria demanded with a smile that reached ear to ear.
“What?” I ask like I don’t know what she’s referring to.
“Don’t even play that "I’m so innocent" role on me. I perfected that role. So I know when it’s being used, so spill it. Details. You. Max. Going where no chic has gone before.” Maria rambled and then let out an exaggerated gasp. “Did you have an orgasm?”
“Uh, Right. That’s my cue to go.” Alex announced paranoid and rushed out of the car to follow the others. Making me, Maria and Isabel laugh.
“He’s right. I’m so not going to sit here and listen to you talk about my brother. Using "Max" and "orgasm" in one sentence alone crosses the brother and sister information line. I’m gonna go wait with Ava.” Isabel added in disgust and hopped out of the passenger side and went to Ava, who was sitting on the hood of the car.
“Okay, so spill it.” Maria repeats, shrugging the fact that two people have just bolted from the car because of the topic of choice.
“Maria.” I warn.
“Oh, come on. You and me are the only people that can actually have a conversation with the words ‘hot...alien...sex’ involved. Please. Please. Please. Educate me, Natasha Henstridge.” Maria begged, shaking her joined hands.
“Natasha? Really?” I asked distracted by the flattering Maria was laying on thick. “Wait. No. Maria. I can’t. It’s private.”
“Please. Please. Please. Please.” Maria begged and whined in unison. Damn, she's stubborn.
“Okay. Okay. But I’m only telling you because I know you and Michael some day....someday far far away...might want to experience...”
“Uh, Liz. Can we "not" have the “sex talk” and have the “hot alien sex talk”?” Maria interrupted enthusiastically. I look at her anxious face for a moment and then smile, tapping on the pleather seat next to me that was soon occupied by Maria. “Details. Lot’s and lot’s of details.” Maria demanded all wide-eyed.
“PG details.” I warn.
“What? PG-13.” Maria negotiated.
“Fine.”
“So, is it...it human?” Maria asked pointing down, which I could only imagine what she was asking about.
“What? Of course it’s human. How the hell do you think we did it? With antennas?” I asked in disbelief.
“It’s a legitimate question.” Maria defended. “Okay. Size.”
“Well, I've only seen one.” I remind her.
“Hmm, that’s true.” Maria recalled pensively as she stroked her chin. “Are we talking NO. 2 pencil big or ruler big?”
“Maria?!”
“Liz?!”
“Uh! Umm.. NO. 2 pencil with an add on eraser top.” I quickly answer, seeing Maria nod her head in approval.
“Nice. Uh, width?”
“What? Maria next question. I’m not about to sit here and describe Max’s “equipment” with you, okay. So next question.”
“Fine. Fine. But your eyes said thick.”
“Maria!!!” I exclaim in mortified surprise.
“Okay. Okay. Um, timing? Yay or Nae?” Maria quickly asks.
“Definitely, Yay. Hour. Maybe longer.”
“All right Max. You’re giving Michael hope.” Maria winks her eye and nods again in approval. I just laugh as I shake my head in amusement.
“Orgasm?”
“Can anyone go on an hour and not have one?” I question sarcastically and see my answer didn’t suffice for Maria. “Yes. God, yes. And the flashes made it like to the 10th power.”
“What are you guys talking about?” Michael asks as he opens the door. Maria and me shoot each other surprised glances.
“Uh, Math.” We both answer at the same time and then look at each other with impressed nods by answering the same thing. Maria winks and gives me two thumbs up before moving back to the seat in front of us.
“Actually, move it to the back.” Michael orders guiding her back to the back seat.
“What? Why?” Maria questioned.
“The others are ditching the car, so they’re riding with us.” Michael tells us and then sits in the opposite corner from me and pulls Maria to sit on his lap.
“Where’s Max?” I ask.
“Right here.” Max announces and then climbs in. “Guys come on, let’s sit in this seat.” Max suggested to where Maria was sitting at first and sits by the window. Michael sits next to him and Maria sit’s on his lap, just then Zan comes to the door when I’m heading to sit by Max.
“Hey.” He greets me softly.
“Hey.” I reply and move to Max and sit between his lap, and nuzzle myself against his chest, and notice from my angle that someone fixed the radio. It was probably Isabel. DJ Antarian Princess to the rescue.
“Uh, careful.” Max hisses in my ear. I look to my right and see Maria smiling at me, so I smile back at her mischievously, and without Max noticing, I give her the ‘watch this’ signal. Which she gladly does. I move up between the driver’s seat and passenger seat, and play with the dials as I purposely sway my butt as I scan through the stations.
‘It’s tearing up my heart when...’
‘Man. I feel like a woman.’
‘The beautiful people. The beautiful people. Whaaaa.’
‘Come fill my senses up with you...”
‘Pumps and a bump. Pumps and a bump.We want the girls with the pumps and a bump.’
“Oh, put it back to the other one.” Maria screeches as she comes join me in my soundtrack search as she too imitates my stance.
“Is he looking?” I whisper to her.
“Girl, he’s practically undressing you with his eyes.” Maria giggles and I turn the dial back.
‘Pumps and a...’
‘I hear your voice calling out to reach me, then all is calm and clear.’
Maria nods when I but it back to the jazzy tune and we both take our seat only when I sit, I make sure I press up against Max’s bulge with my butt before I sit completely down.
’I feel no pain when you hold me, pull me in and draw me near.
I see your eyes of hazy blue but oh so clear, sincere and true.’
Max pulls me back to him and I can’t help but laugh. “You’re doing that on purpose.” Max hisses.
’I taste the air around you and I feel brand new.’
“Mmm hmm.” I hum with amusement. Then I feel Max wrap his arm me, and with his concealed hand, that was covered by his crossing arm, he completely cops a feel. I inhale from surprise...he’s getting back at me...two can play that game.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
You've turned the jaded into new...’
I turn to the side, with my back to Michael and Maria, breaking his free feel and nuzzle my face in the crook of his neck, without Max moving his arms from around me.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
Love would be senseless without you...
Come fill my senses up with you...
You...you...you...you...you...you...’
He then again continues to fondle me, while I very quietly, unzip his zipper from his jeans and snake my hand in, making him jump in surprise when he felt my hand searching for the opening in his boxers, and then wrapped my hand around his arousal.
‘There was a time when love was blind, love lost and all at sea,
Love came in dreams and waves, came and went away from me,
All forsaken, all forlorn, all mistaken, feel no scorn,’
“You win.” Max whispered in a moan. I snake my hand back out when I see Isabel and Alex getting back in and zip him back up as I kiss his neck as he brushes my cheek.
‘Then you pulled me from the darkness,
And now I see things new.’
I move to nick his ear with a giggle. Max turns to look at me and then we start kissing with full emotion. As much as I was enjoying the kiss I couldn’t help but feel like someone was watching us.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
You've turned the jaded into new...’
I turn my head slowly in mid kiss, still having both our lips puckered, and notice that Zan and Rath were both watching us. Zan looked away, but Rath continued to stare, making me feel so uncomfortable.
‘Come fill my senses up with you,
Love would be senseless without you...’
The way he was looking...I guess Max felt me tense up and looked to who I was looking at. Even though Rath saw Max noticed he was gawking at us, he still continued to stare.
“Can I help you with something?” Max asked bluntly, getting both Michael and Maria’s attention.
“Nah. I’m cool.” Rath answered with a smirk.
’Come fill my senses up with you.
You...you...you...you...you...you...’
“What’s up, Maxwell?” Michael questioned in his ‘I-got-your-back’ tone.
“Nothing...yet.” Max answers annoyed. I move to have my back against the window so Michael and Max could have eye communication like Maria and me were, and to hide away from Rath’s unbreakable stare. It’s definitely gonna be a long and interesting trip.
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Chapter 18
Chapter 18
Song: Starter by The Cardigans
SUV
March 10 th , 2001 – 1:24 a.m.
Two hours into the ride everyone was fast asleep except me. How could I go to sleep? So much has happened. Aliens took over Roswell. Skins killed the adults in our lives. Maria and Kyle are going to upgrade their Antarian memberships soon from “I know and alien” to “I ‘am’ an alien” club. Picked up two Baldwin’s and an Olsen twin. Stopped not only one, but two alien Harvests. Kicked Tess’s ass in between. Made love to my boyfriend that I haven’t seen in a year. Oh, and waited in the car while he helped bury Khivar, bad guy # 1. All in a good days work, huh? I feel like I should be saying ‘the end’ or ‘they lived happily ever after’…but I can’t…not with Tess still out there. I know she’ll be coming back…for me…for my pendant. What did Khivar call it again? Adromena? She won’t be able to work the Gran-i-lith…wait. Why would Tess go back to the pod chambers? Does she even know the Granilith is there? And if she does…Kyle! Oh, my God. Kyle’s locked in there with that Skins. What if she kills him? What if she uses him for a trade: him for the pendant? What if she makes Max go back with her? Okay, breath Liz. We’ll find Tess.
“What are you thinking about?” Max asked me as he combed back my hair with his fingers.
“You.” I answer, this time truthfully.
“Must not be a good memory of me.” Max whispered with a worried smile.
“Just thinking of what’s gonna happen when we get back to Roswell. If Tess is going to use the Denathon to blackmail us...blackmail you and take you away from me.” I answer sadly.
“That’s not going to happen.” Max assured me, but some how I got the feeling that he was trying to convince himself more than he was trying to convince me.
“Max, as much as I want to believe that, that could never happen…I can’t.” I murmur as I trace my name on his chest with my pointing finger.
“She has a point Maxwell.” Michael commented, startling the both of us. “We don’t know what that nut Tess is going to do when she remembers she needs the pendant to work the Granilith.”
“I was thinking about that.” I whisper as I lean a little bit closer to Michael, feeling Max lean in as well. “Tess never knew where the Granilith was before…do you think she knows now?”
“I know I didn’t tell her.” Michael answers quickly, clearing his name.
“None of us did. But she’s managed to mind warp us for a year…we don’t know what else she’s done.” Max warned.
“I was think about that too.” I quickly cover the new topic at hand. “I think Khivar was possessing Zan.”
“What?” Michael whispered in exclamation.
“How do you know?” Max asked quietly.
“I had a vision when I touched Khivar. I was seeing things form his mind through Zan’s eyes.”
“Why would he do something like that?” Michael asked. I just shrugged and shook my head, clueless to his reason. I have my suspicions but this is not the right place to have a deep conversation.
“Look, when we get to Roswell. We check the pods and if everything's cool...”
“We do what? Go to school? Have you seen our town? Our place? I don’t think I’ll ever feel safe there anymore.” I say with a shiver and hug myself.
“What? Am I not here? I’ll be in the next room.” Michael reminds me. “Besides, it’s Roswell. Maybe they’ll cover up what happened with another weather balloon crash.”
“I’ll be there too…so you won’t be alone anymore. If you want me to?” Max offered.
“Max, cut the sweet talk. You know she was gonna ask you to move in with her and you’re dying just as much to too, so I don’t see what the politeness is about.” Michael snorted in irritation causing Maria to stir underneath him.
“What about everyone else?” I ask. After all, we all ended up alone in this whole disaster.
“I don’t know about everyone else, but Maria’s moving in with us. There is no way she’s going to be alone in that house.” Michael declared.
“Really?” Maria sat up with a smile, surprising all of us, and began to smother Michael with kisses. I can not believe she was pretending to be asleep…wait, that so something Maria would do. I wonder who else is pretending to be asleep?
“Why don’t you try sleeping?” Max asked me, when I finished yawning.
“I’m not tired.” I pout.
“Really? I thought alien sex would’ve worn you out.” Michael commented with a sly grin.
“Ah! Max!” I exclaim, slapping his chest mildly with the back of my hand.
“What?” Max replied. Trying to deny leaking information to Michael.
“Oh, come on. Like you didn’t tell Maria.” Michael quickly defended Max.
“That’s different. We’re girls ‘and’ best friends. It’s an unwritten rule.” Maria rushed to excuse our conversation.
“So she did tell you?” Max questioned.
“No comment.” Maria quickly answered and covered her mouth.
“What exactly did she tell you?” Max asked curiously.
“Max!” I exclaim again.
“What? I want to know if it was good or bad…the gossip…not, uh, the sex.” Max stuttered in embarrassment.
“Trust me, Moon Doggie. It was all good.” Maria answered, boosting up Max confidence 100%.
“Oh, God.” I whine mortified as I bury my face in my hands.
“Hey, shouldn’t be saying that. It might kill him.” Michael teased. I could die right here from embarrassment. Why is Max laughing with them?
“I’m going to sleep.” I announce trying to end the conversation and cuddle next to Max.And focus on the music rather then them continuing the conversation.
This is a start
that I know I'll believe in
so I'm leavin' everything behind
keeping the parts
that I know I'll be needing
and I breed to be a better kind
and I'm leaving everyone behind
This is the age
when my past should be gone
but it's just stronger than the aims I have
turning the pages
I used to hang on to
I was young and I have changed my mind
and I'm leaving everything behind
New beginning again
a bit closer
new beginning again
a little bit closer
new beginning again
a bit closer to the end
new beginning again
a little bit closer to the end
This is the time
it's a delicate line
to the beginning of what's yet to come
lifetimes of changes
a strange generation
explanations never come in time
so I'm leaving everything behind
New beginning again
a bit closer
new beginning again
a little bit closer
new beginning again
a bit closer to the end
new beginning again
a little bit closer to the end
New beginning again
a little bit closer to the end
I sleep confident because I know Maria would never tell them what I told her. Also and unwritten rule. By the time I wake up, we’ll be in Roswell. Then I’ll know if today is going to be a good day or an alien chaos day. Please be a good day.
Outside the Pod Chamber
“Liz? Liz. Wake up.” Max whispers to me as he plants soft butterfly kisses on my forehead, nose and lips.
“Mmmm.” I purr as I stretch, popping my chest out as I inhale the morning desert air deeply.
“Um, new rule. You’re not allowed to wake up like that anymore if we’re not alone. Deal?”
“Mmm hmm.” I hum as I pout and nodded my head in innocent agreement, and add on some puppy dog eyes into the mix.
“We’ll continue this later…that’s a promise, but right now…we’re here.” Max said pointing out the window. I get up slowly and notice we’re the only one’s in the car, I turn and look out the window and see where by the rock formation where the pods are and then look through the windshield to see the others who were stretching as well. We must have just gotten here. “Come on. Let’s go see.” Max says tapping my butt as I move out the door.
Pod Chamber
As soon as the rock slides back Max and Michael hop in and start calling out Kyles name. Against Max’s wishes, I climb in after them a walk right behind them. “Kyle!” I call out and scare both of them.
“Liz?” Max calls out in his ‘I thought I told you to wait outside’ tone.
“Kyle isn’t alone. He has a skin with him.” I inform them and then go in front of them and continue to go deeper into the chamber. “Kyle?” I call out in fear when I see him lying on the floor. “Kyle?” I repeat this time shaking him hard.
“Hey? Hey?” Kyle woke up annoyed. “What is with the shaking?”
“Oh, Kyle. You’re okay.” I cheer as I hug him tight.
“MMM. MMM.” I turn to see our toe-less friend still bound and gagged.
“He’s still alive?” Michael questioned.
“Well, yeah. Do you know he knows everything about Michael Jordan? I just couldn’t off a fellow fan…Buddha wouldn’t allow it.” Kyle informs us as he dusts himself off when he get’s up from his sleeping bag. “Whoa? When did you two get here?” Kyle asked finally acknowledging Max and Michael’s presences.
“Last night.” Max answered, but then looked around nervously. “Did anyone come in before us? Tess?” Max questioned.
“Nope. No one. “ Kyle answered shaking his head, but then recalled Tess’s name. “Tess? What? She’s a good guy now?” He asked confused as he scratched the back of his head.
“No. She’s still a bad guy.” I quickly answer.
“I don’t get it Maxwell. If she’s not here…where the hell is she?”
Song: Starter by The Cardigans
SUV
March 10 th , 2001 – 1:24 a.m.
Two hours into the ride everyone was fast asleep except me. How could I go to sleep? So much has happened. Aliens took over Roswell. Skins killed the adults in our lives. Maria and Kyle are going to upgrade their Antarian memberships soon from “I know and alien” to “I ‘am’ an alien” club. Picked up two Baldwin’s and an Olsen twin. Stopped not only one, but two alien Harvests. Kicked Tess’s ass in between. Made love to my boyfriend that I haven’t seen in a year. Oh, and waited in the car while he helped bury Khivar, bad guy # 1. All in a good days work, huh? I feel like I should be saying ‘the end’ or ‘they lived happily ever after’…but I can’t…not with Tess still out there. I know she’ll be coming back…for me…for my pendant. What did Khivar call it again? Adromena? She won’t be able to work the Gran-i-lith…wait. Why would Tess go back to the pod chambers? Does she even know the Granilith is there? And if she does…Kyle! Oh, my God. Kyle’s locked in there with that Skins. What if she kills him? What if she uses him for a trade: him for the pendant? What if she makes Max go back with her? Okay, breath Liz. We’ll find Tess.
“What are you thinking about?” Max asked me as he combed back my hair with his fingers.
“You.” I answer, this time truthfully.
“Must not be a good memory of me.” Max whispered with a worried smile.
“Just thinking of what’s gonna happen when we get back to Roswell. If Tess is going to use the Denathon to blackmail us...blackmail you and take you away from me.” I answer sadly.
“That’s not going to happen.” Max assured me, but some how I got the feeling that he was trying to convince himself more than he was trying to convince me.
“Max, as much as I want to believe that, that could never happen…I can’t.” I murmur as I trace my name on his chest with my pointing finger.
“She has a point Maxwell.” Michael commented, startling the both of us. “We don’t know what that nut Tess is going to do when she remembers she needs the pendant to work the Granilith.”
“I was thinking about that.” I whisper as I lean a little bit closer to Michael, feeling Max lean in as well. “Tess never knew where the Granilith was before…do you think she knows now?”
“I know I didn’t tell her.” Michael answers quickly, clearing his name.
“None of us did. But she’s managed to mind warp us for a year…we don’t know what else she’s done.” Max warned.
“I was think about that too.” I quickly cover the new topic at hand. “I think Khivar was possessing Zan.”
“What?” Michael whispered in exclamation.
“How do you know?” Max asked quietly.
“I had a vision when I touched Khivar. I was seeing things form his mind through Zan’s eyes.”
“Why would he do something like that?” Michael asked. I just shrugged and shook my head, clueless to his reason. I have my suspicions but this is not the right place to have a deep conversation.
“Look, when we get to Roswell. We check the pods and if everything's cool...”
“We do what? Go to school? Have you seen our town? Our place? I don’t think I’ll ever feel safe there anymore.” I say with a shiver and hug myself.
“What? Am I not here? I’ll be in the next room.” Michael reminds me. “Besides, it’s Roswell. Maybe they’ll cover up what happened with another weather balloon crash.”
“I’ll be there too…so you won’t be alone anymore. If you want me to?” Max offered.
“Max, cut the sweet talk. You know she was gonna ask you to move in with her and you’re dying just as much to too, so I don’t see what the politeness is about.” Michael snorted in irritation causing Maria to stir underneath him.
“What about everyone else?” I ask. After all, we all ended up alone in this whole disaster.
“I don’t know about everyone else, but Maria’s moving in with us. There is no way she’s going to be alone in that house.” Michael declared.
“Really?” Maria sat up with a smile, surprising all of us, and began to smother Michael with kisses. I can not believe she was pretending to be asleep…wait, that so something Maria would do. I wonder who else is pretending to be asleep?
“Why don’t you try sleeping?” Max asked me, when I finished yawning.
“I’m not tired.” I pout.
“Really? I thought alien sex would’ve worn you out.” Michael commented with a sly grin.
“Ah! Max!” I exclaim, slapping his chest mildly with the back of my hand.
“What?” Max replied. Trying to deny leaking information to Michael.
“Oh, come on. Like you didn’t tell Maria.” Michael quickly defended Max.
“That’s different. We’re girls ‘and’ best friends. It’s an unwritten rule.” Maria rushed to excuse our conversation.
“So she did tell you?” Max questioned.
“No comment.” Maria quickly answered and covered her mouth.
“What exactly did she tell you?” Max asked curiously.
“Max!” I exclaim again.
“What? I want to know if it was good or bad…the gossip…not, uh, the sex.” Max stuttered in embarrassment.
“Trust me, Moon Doggie. It was all good.” Maria answered, boosting up Max confidence 100%.
“Oh, God.” I whine mortified as I bury my face in my hands.
“Hey, shouldn’t be saying that. It might kill him.” Michael teased. I could die right here from embarrassment. Why is Max laughing with them?
“I’m going to sleep.” I announce trying to end the conversation and cuddle next to Max.And focus on the music rather then them continuing the conversation.
This is a start
that I know I'll believe in
so I'm leavin' everything behind
keeping the parts
that I know I'll be needing
and I breed to be a better kind
and I'm leaving everyone behind
This is the age
when my past should be gone
but it's just stronger than the aims I have
turning the pages
I used to hang on to
I was young and I have changed my mind
and I'm leaving everything behind
New beginning again
a bit closer
new beginning again
a little bit closer
new beginning again
a bit closer to the end
new beginning again
a little bit closer to the end
This is the time
it's a delicate line
to the beginning of what's yet to come
lifetimes of changes
a strange generation
explanations never come in time
so I'm leaving everything behind
New beginning again
a bit closer
new beginning again
a little bit closer
new beginning again
a bit closer to the end
new beginning again
a little bit closer to the end
New beginning again
a little bit closer to the end
I sleep confident because I know Maria would never tell them what I told her. Also and unwritten rule. By the time I wake up, we’ll be in Roswell. Then I’ll know if today is going to be a good day or an alien chaos day. Please be a good day.
Outside the Pod Chamber
“Liz? Liz. Wake up.” Max whispers to me as he plants soft butterfly kisses on my forehead, nose and lips.
“Mmmm.” I purr as I stretch, popping my chest out as I inhale the morning desert air deeply.
“Um, new rule. You’re not allowed to wake up like that anymore if we’re not alone. Deal?”
“Mmm hmm.” I hum as I pout and nodded my head in innocent agreement, and add on some puppy dog eyes into the mix.
“We’ll continue this later…that’s a promise, but right now…we’re here.” Max said pointing out the window. I get up slowly and notice we’re the only one’s in the car, I turn and look out the window and see where by the rock formation where the pods are and then look through the windshield to see the others who were stretching as well. We must have just gotten here. “Come on. Let’s go see.” Max says tapping my butt as I move out the door.
Pod Chamber
As soon as the rock slides back Max and Michael hop in and start calling out Kyles name. Against Max’s wishes, I climb in after them a walk right behind them. “Kyle!” I call out and scare both of them.
“Liz?” Max calls out in his ‘I thought I told you to wait outside’ tone.
“Kyle isn’t alone. He has a skin with him.” I inform them and then go in front of them and continue to go deeper into the chamber. “Kyle?” I call out in fear when I see him lying on the floor. “Kyle?” I repeat this time shaking him hard.
“Hey? Hey?” Kyle woke up annoyed. “What is with the shaking?”
“Oh, Kyle. You’re okay.” I cheer as I hug him tight.
“MMM. MMM.” I turn to see our toe-less friend still bound and gagged.
“He’s still alive?” Michael questioned.
“Well, yeah. Do you know he knows everything about Michael Jordan? I just couldn’t off a fellow fan…Buddha wouldn’t allow it.” Kyle informs us as he dusts himself off when he get’s up from his sleeping bag. “Whoa? When did you two get here?” Kyle asked finally acknowledging Max and Michael’s presences.
“Last night.” Max answered, but then looked around nervously. “Did anyone come in before us? Tess?” Max questioned.
“Nope. No one. “ Kyle answered shaking his head, but then recalled Tess’s name. “Tess? What? She’s a good guy now?” He asked confused as he scratched the back of his head.
“No. She’s still a bad guy.” I quickly answer.
“I don’t get it Maxwell. If she’s not here…where the hell is she?”
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Chapter 19
Chapter 19
Pod Chamber
“I don’t get it Maxwell. If she’s not here…where the hell is she?” Michael asked. I watched as Max struggled to come up with an answer, running his fingers roughly in his hair.
“She could be anywhere.” Max answered. I lowered my head, realizing that everything I was thinking about in the car about Tess and her intentions are becoming a huge possibility.
“So...this...is where the Duke and his crew where born?” Rath announced as he looked around, stopping Max and Michael’s conversation, and I couldn’t help but noticed how uncomfortable they felt with him being in here. Maybe it was a mistake to show Zan and the others this place. “I didn’t get a chance to scope out the place when I was here before....but nice, better than the sewer we were left in.” Rath comments bitterly as he looks over the pods. It was a good thing that Max didn’t break the hull to go through the other side where the Granilith was because I have an unsettling feeling that that was what Rath was looking for.
“Maybe we should go back into town?” I quickly suggest, kicking Rath out as smooth as I could. Max looked at me and I knew he caught on to my intention, just as Rath did.
“Yeah, cool. Whatever.” He shrugged and walked out, but not before eyeing me.
“Are you going to kill him yet?” Michael asked annoyed. “Cause if you’re not, I’m willing to.”
“He hasn’t done anything to hurt us.” Max forced out between his clenched irritated jaw.
"Not yet." Michael snorted.
“Dude, he’s got evil mojo written all over him.” Kyle commented, moving closer to the three of us.
“He’s right, Maxwell. I don’t trust him. I don’t trust any of them.” Michael warned. “Not around us and especially not around the girls.”
“Wait. Rath, maybe...definitely. But Zan and Ava are different. They’re not like them.” I quickly vouched for them as Max and Michael looked at me skeptically.
“Liz how can you say that? Zan’s crushing on you even though he knows you and Max are a thing.” Michael questioned me.
“Whoa, Vic-Presidente made a move on you?” Kyle asked me and then looked back at Max. “Well, now you gotta kill them. It’s breaking the commandment “Thou shalt not hit on a taken girl”.”
“Kyle.” I say with an amused laugh.
“Liz, I’m telling you. Ask any guy. It’s a rule and it’s punishable by death. That’s just how us human guys work.” Kyle declared.
“Believe me Kyle, I want to.” Max huffed and then avoided looking at me.
“Don’t get too friendly. Don’t think I don’t remember that you broke that rule too Evan’s. The only reason why you got away was because you’re E.T. and all, but as soon as I get my powers, it’s on with the long over due ass kicking.” Kyle threatened playfully making Max and me laugh, but Michael shook off his amusement and continued with the subject.
“Even by some miracle...or some 5’ 1” intervention...” Michael commented insinuating me.
“5’ 3”.” I corrected offended.
“Whatever.” Michael answers and then continues with his thought. “What are we gonna do with them? They seem like they’re planning to stick around. So, what are we gonna do? Chain them in the basement?”
“He does have a point.” Kyle adds as he strokes his chin pensively. “And the only option I can think off is you guys saying you’re twins.”
“Do you think that will work?” Max asked moving his hands to his sides in intrigue.
“No way.” Michael snorts. “Maybe for one of us...but for the both of us? And Ava. Tess has been here long enough. How do we explain three look alikes?”
"Faternal drugs?" Kyle shrugged, getting an aggravated ice stare from Michael. "What? I saw it on the discovery channel. They take it and they have a factory of look alikes."
"People are gonna ask questions, Maxwell." Michael continued, ignoring Kyles comment.
“We don’t have any other option Michael.” Max points out. “Maybe in public Ava can pretend to be Tess and we’re just going to have to say Zan and Rath are our twins. We don’t have a choice unless you can think of something better.”
“Yeah. Kill Zan and Rath.” Michael huffs and then shakes off persisting with that discussion and moving off to the next. “So where are they going to stay at? Cause you can forget about them staying under the same roof where Liz and Maria are in.”
“I rather put them up in a motel.” Max answers.
“Well, if Maria is moving in with us, then they could stay in her place right?” I suggest. Max and Michael look at me and then each other, debating the suggestion visually and then accepting it.
“Um, question. Max if you’re going to be moving in with...um Liz...what about Isabel?” Kyle questions. “Look, while I was here...I was thinking about my dad and our place. I don’t think I could live there anymore. Everything in that house is my dad. I was gonna ask you if I could move in at your place, but now that Wak Senior and Wak Junior are back...maybe I can take up Max’s room?”
“That’s up to Isabel.” Max answered, a little cautious when it came to Isabel living with a guy that wasn’t him or their dad. “I’ll go ask her.” Max said as he walked out with Michael and me following.
Outside Pod Chamber
“Isabel. Got to ask you something.”
“What is it?” Isabel asked as she straightened up beside Alex and Maria joined Michael's side.
“Um, I was thinking of moving in with Liz but I wanted to know if it was okay with you?” Max asked. I bit my lip when Isabel looked over to me and then back to Max when he continued to talk.
“Maria’s moving in with me, so...” Michael trailed off.
“Wow. That’s something to think about, but Max, you don’t have to ask me if you could move in with Liz. I knew that was gonna come sooner or later...more later than sooner...but it’s okay.” Isabel said with a nod.
“I do need to ask you because you’re my sister.” Max quickly stated. “And I don’t want to leave you alone.”
“Max, I’m not a baby.”
"I know, but still."
“Listen, Iz, we were thinking that maybe Kyle can move in with you. He kind of doesn’t want to stay at his place because of...well, you know...because of what happened to Valenti.” Michael informed her. Isabel looked over to Alex and thought about it and then looked back to Max.
“Um, yeah...that’ll be fine.” Isabel nodded knowing exactly how Kyle felt and then remembered Alex would be alone as well. “What about you Alex? Are you going to stay in your house alone? ” Isabel questioned, but Max moved over to where Zan and the others were standing and Michael and I followed quietly behind him, leaving Alex and Isabel to talk privately.
“So, we leavin’ yet?” Rath asked cracking his knuckles.
“We have to talk first.” Max answered boldly.
“Bout what, Duke?” Rath asked.
“Are you guys staying here?” Max asked.
“Tryin' to get rid of us already?” Zan asked with a snicker.
“No. Just asking cause we have a place for you to stay.” Max quickly answered with his own snicker.
“What like the basement?” Rath asked. Michael shot a look at me and I looked down, trying to hold my laugh in.
“No. Maria’s house.” Max answered.
“Maria’s house, huh? Maria. That’s your lady right?” Rath asked Michael in intrigue as he sucked on his teeth, letting out a mousy squeak.
“What’d you say?” Michael asked offended and lunged at Rath but was stopped by Max.
"No. Michael." Max said as he held him back.
“You better be careful.” Michael threatened, and shook Max off of him.
"Whatever." Rath shrugged.
“Look, let’s just get one thing straight.” Michael announce pointing to both Rath and Zan. “I don’t trust you. I don’t like either of you. And if we’re up to me, you’d be dead already.” Michael threatened pointing to Rath with his last statement.
“Well, it ain’t up to you.” Rath snapped.
“And you’re not the King of your square, so why the hell are we talking to you.” Michael snapped back and then looked to Zan. “No chances. He screws up and he’ll be right next to Khivar, so keep an eye on your boy.” Michael threatened.
“You ain’t King either.” Rath acknowledged angryily.
“He may not be King, but he has authority, so when Michael tells you to jump...I suggest you ask how high.” Max commented, backing up Michael. I watched how Michael stood a little more prouder as he stared Rath down.
"They're right." Zan spoke. Rath turned around and looked at him in shock.
"What?"
"Rath, I don't trust you either." Zan admitted. "So, if you gonna hang wit' us, you listen to me. If you don't like it, you could leave. Are we green?" "Zan questioned in a charged position.
"Yeah. We're green alright."
"Good. So sit down and shut up." Zan ordered. Rath turned his head and looked over to Max and Michael, who were looking back at him smug, and then walked away to sit beside Ava.
Then suddenly, we hear Kyle yell and we all quickly look over to the pod opening.
“Guys!” Kyle yelled, looking out the pod opening in a panic.
"Kyle, what is it?" Max asked.
“You better take a look at this!” He said pointing inside. We all look at each other and then run back in.
Inside the Pod Chamber
“Nooooo! Kill me! Kill me now! Kill me!” When we get in we see the Skin screaming in hysteria.
“What the hell happened?” Michael questioned.
“I don’t know. He was fine one minute and then he went all Linda Blair on me.”
“Could it be because he has no toes?” Rath pointed out.
“Hey, he did not go psycho because of what I did.” Maria quickly defended.
“Nooooo! Kill me! Kill me now! Kill me!” The Skin continued to scream and shake violently, trying to break free from his binds.
“Maybe we should just kill him.” Rath suggested.
“Why are you still talking?” Michael asked annoyed.
“Kill me! Please. Kill me now! Kill me!” He screamed louder. Maybe if I touch him I can get a vision of what he’s so...insane. I take a step forward , but feel Max quickly grab on to my arm.
“Liz, what are you doing?”
“Maybe I can get a flash or something and see why he’s so scared.” I explain and see Max look concerned over me putting myself in the situation. “I’ll be okay.” I assure him and move to the Skin.
“Please. You don’t understand. You have to kill me. Kill me please. I’ve been good. Ask the holy kid. So please kill me.” The Skin begged.
“Why?” I asked. My voice was shaky not know what to make out from his plea.
“Just fucking kill me!” The Skin lashed out, making me fall back in fear, feeling Max couched right behind me and held on to my arms as we watched the Skin shaking on the ground, like he was suffering from a seizure, and finally broke free. Max and me quickly raise our hands simultaneously in caution, but then see the Skin grab a rock and smash his own self-destruct metal rod and turned into dust in front of us.
Max and me look behind us to the others and see Michael, Isabel, Rath, Zan and Ava lowering their hands.
“Why would he do that? Why would some one do that?” Isabel asked in shock.
“Something scared him.” Max answers.
“Like what? My shoe?” Maria asked sarcastically.
“Whatever it was, it was scared him enough to kill himself.” Michael announced.
“Yeah, let’s just hope we never find out what it was.” Maria added.
“Somehow...” Max spoke as we all kept looking at the pile of dust. “I don’t think that’s gonna happen.”
Pod Chamber
“I don’t get it Maxwell. If she’s not here…where the hell is she?” Michael asked. I watched as Max struggled to come up with an answer, running his fingers roughly in his hair.
“She could be anywhere.” Max answered. I lowered my head, realizing that everything I was thinking about in the car about Tess and her intentions are becoming a huge possibility.
“So...this...is where the Duke and his crew where born?” Rath announced as he looked around, stopping Max and Michael’s conversation, and I couldn’t help but noticed how uncomfortable they felt with him being in here. Maybe it was a mistake to show Zan and the others this place. “I didn’t get a chance to scope out the place when I was here before....but nice, better than the sewer we were left in.” Rath comments bitterly as he looks over the pods. It was a good thing that Max didn’t break the hull to go through the other side where the Granilith was because I have an unsettling feeling that that was what Rath was looking for.
“Maybe we should go back into town?” I quickly suggest, kicking Rath out as smooth as I could. Max looked at me and I knew he caught on to my intention, just as Rath did.
“Yeah, cool. Whatever.” He shrugged and walked out, but not before eyeing me.
“Are you going to kill him yet?” Michael asked annoyed. “Cause if you’re not, I’m willing to.”
“He hasn’t done anything to hurt us.” Max forced out between his clenched irritated jaw.
"Not yet." Michael snorted.
“Dude, he’s got evil mojo written all over him.” Kyle commented, moving closer to the three of us.
“He’s right, Maxwell. I don’t trust him. I don’t trust any of them.” Michael warned. “Not around us and especially not around the girls.”
“Wait. Rath, maybe...definitely. But Zan and Ava are different. They’re not like them.” I quickly vouched for them as Max and Michael looked at me skeptically.
“Liz how can you say that? Zan’s crushing on you even though he knows you and Max are a thing.” Michael questioned me.
“Whoa, Vic-Presidente made a move on you?” Kyle asked me and then looked back at Max. “Well, now you gotta kill them. It’s breaking the commandment “Thou shalt not hit on a taken girl”.”
“Kyle.” I say with an amused laugh.
“Liz, I’m telling you. Ask any guy. It’s a rule and it’s punishable by death. That’s just how us human guys work.” Kyle declared.
“Believe me Kyle, I want to.” Max huffed and then avoided looking at me.
“Don’t get too friendly. Don’t think I don’t remember that you broke that rule too Evan’s. The only reason why you got away was because you’re E.T. and all, but as soon as I get my powers, it’s on with the long over due ass kicking.” Kyle threatened playfully making Max and me laugh, but Michael shook off his amusement and continued with the subject.
“Even by some miracle...or some 5’ 1” intervention...” Michael commented insinuating me.
“5’ 3”.” I corrected offended.
“Whatever.” Michael answers and then continues with his thought. “What are we gonna do with them? They seem like they’re planning to stick around. So, what are we gonna do? Chain them in the basement?”
“He does have a point.” Kyle adds as he strokes his chin pensively. “And the only option I can think off is you guys saying you’re twins.”
“Do you think that will work?” Max asked moving his hands to his sides in intrigue.
“No way.” Michael snorts. “Maybe for one of us...but for the both of us? And Ava. Tess has been here long enough. How do we explain three look alikes?”
"Faternal drugs?" Kyle shrugged, getting an aggravated ice stare from Michael. "What? I saw it on the discovery channel. They take it and they have a factory of look alikes."
"People are gonna ask questions, Maxwell." Michael continued, ignoring Kyles comment.
“We don’t have any other option Michael.” Max points out. “Maybe in public Ava can pretend to be Tess and we’re just going to have to say Zan and Rath are our twins. We don’t have a choice unless you can think of something better.”
“Yeah. Kill Zan and Rath.” Michael huffs and then shakes off persisting with that discussion and moving off to the next. “So where are they going to stay at? Cause you can forget about them staying under the same roof where Liz and Maria are in.”
“I rather put them up in a motel.” Max answers.
“Well, if Maria is moving in with us, then they could stay in her place right?” I suggest. Max and Michael look at me and then each other, debating the suggestion visually and then accepting it.
“Um, question. Max if you’re going to be moving in with...um Liz...what about Isabel?” Kyle questions. “Look, while I was here...I was thinking about my dad and our place. I don’t think I could live there anymore. Everything in that house is my dad. I was gonna ask you if I could move in at your place, but now that Wak Senior and Wak Junior are back...maybe I can take up Max’s room?”
“That’s up to Isabel.” Max answered, a little cautious when it came to Isabel living with a guy that wasn’t him or their dad. “I’ll go ask her.” Max said as he walked out with Michael and me following.
Outside Pod Chamber
“Isabel. Got to ask you something.”
“What is it?” Isabel asked as she straightened up beside Alex and Maria joined Michael's side.
“Um, I was thinking of moving in with Liz but I wanted to know if it was okay with you?” Max asked. I bit my lip when Isabel looked over to me and then back to Max when he continued to talk.
“Maria’s moving in with me, so...” Michael trailed off.
“Wow. That’s something to think about, but Max, you don’t have to ask me if you could move in with Liz. I knew that was gonna come sooner or later...more later than sooner...but it’s okay.” Isabel said with a nod.
“I do need to ask you because you’re my sister.” Max quickly stated. “And I don’t want to leave you alone.”
“Max, I’m not a baby.”
"I know, but still."
“Listen, Iz, we were thinking that maybe Kyle can move in with you. He kind of doesn’t want to stay at his place because of...well, you know...because of what happened to Valenti.” Michael informed her. Isabel looked over to Alex and thought about it and then looked back to Max.
“Um, yeah...that’ll be fine.” Isabel nodded knowing exactly how Kyle felt and then remembered Alex would be alone as well. “What about you Alex? Are you going to stay in your house alone? ” Isabel questioned, but Max moved over to where Zan and the others were standing and Michael and I followed quietly behind him, leaving Alex and Isabel to talk privately.
“So, we leavin’ yet?” Rath asked cracking his knuckles.
“We have to talk first.” Max answered boldly.
“Bout what, Duke?” Rath asked.
“Are you guys staying here?” Max asked.
“Tryin' to get rid of us already?” Zan asked with a snicker.
“No. Just asking cause we have a place for you to stay.” Max quickly answered with his own snicker.
“What like the basement?” Rath asked. Michael shot a look at me and I looked down, trying to hold my laugh in.
“No. Maria’s house.” Max answered.
“Maria’s house, huh? Maria. That’s your lady right?” Rath asked Michael in intrigue as he sucked on his teeth, letting out a mousy squeak.
“What’d you say?” Michael asked offended and lunged at Rath but was stopped by Max.
"No. Michael." Max said as he held him back.
“You better be careful.” Michael threatened, and shook Max off of him.
"Whatever." Rath shrugged.
“Look, let’s just get one thing straight.” Michael announce pointing to both Rath and Zan. “I don’t trust you. I don’t like either of you. And if we’re up to me, you’d be dead already.” Michael threatened pointing to Rath with his last statement.
“Well, it ain’t up to you.” Rath snapped.
“And you’re not the King of your square, so why the hell are we talking to you.” Michael snapped back and then looked to Zan. “No chances. He screws up and he’ll be right next to Khivar, so keep an eye on your boy.” Michael threatened.
“You ain’t King either.” Rath acknowledged angryily.
“He may not be King, but he has authority, so when Michael tells you to jump...I suggest you ask how high.” Max commented, backing up Michael. I watched how Michael stood a little more prouder as he stared Rath down.
"They're right." Zan spoke. Rath turned around and looked at him in shock.
"What?"
"Rath, I don't trust you either." Zan admitted. "So, if you gonna hang wit' us, you listen to me. If you don't like it, you could leave. Are we green?" "Zan questioned in a charged position.
"Yeah. We're green alright."
"Good. So sit down and shut up." Zan ordered. Rath turned his head and looked over to Max and Michael, who were looking back at him smug, and then walked away to sit beside Ava.
Then suddenly, we hear Kyle yell and we all quickly look over to the pod opening.
“Guys!” Kyle yelled, looking out the pod opening in a panic.
"Kyle, what is it?" Max asked.
“You better take a look at this!” He said pointing inside. We all look at each other and then run back in.
Inside the Pod Chamber
“Nooooo! Kill me! Kill me now! Kill me!” When we get in we see the Skin screaming in hysteria.
“What the hell happened?” Michael questioned.
“I don’t know. He was fine one minute and then he went all Linda Blair on me.”
“Could it be because he has no toes?” Rath pointed out.
“Hey, he did not go psycho because of what I did.” Maria quickly defended.
“Nooooo! Kill me! Kill me now! Kill me!” The Skin continued to scream and shake violently, trying to break free from his binds.
“Maybe we should just kill him.” Rath suggested.
“Why are you still talking?” Michael asked annoyed.
“Kill me! Please. Kill me now! Kill me!” He screamed louder. Maybe if I touch him I can get a vision of what he’s so...insane. I take a step forward , but feel Max quickly grab on to my arm.
“Liz, what are you doing?”
“Maybe I can get a flash or something and see why he’s so scared.” I explain and see Max look concerned over me putting myself in the situation. “I’ll be okay.” I assure him and move to the Skin.
“Please. You don’t understand. You have to kill me. Kill me please. I’ve been good. Ask the holy kid. So please kill me.” The Skin begged.
“Why?” I asked. My voice was shaky not know what to make out from his plea.
“Just fucking kill me!” The Skin lashed out, making me fall back in fear, feeling Max couched right behind me and held on to my arms as we watched the Skin shaking on the ground, like he was suffering from a seizure, and finally broke free. Max and me quickly raise our hands simultaneously in caution, but then see the Skin grab a rock and smash his own self-destruct metal rod and turned into dust in front of us.
Max and me look behind us to the others and see Michael, Isabel, Rath, Zan and Ava lowering their hands.
“Why would he do that? Why would some one do that?” Isabel asked in shock.
“Something scared him.” Max answers.
“Like what? My shoe?” Maria asked sarcastically.
“Whatever it was, it was scared him enough to kill himself.” Michael announced.
“Yeah, let’s just hope we never find out what it was.” Maria added.
“Somehow...” Max spoke as we all kept looking at the pile of dust. “I don’t think that’s gonna happen.”
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Chapter 20
Chapter 20
Song: Straight Ahead (Radio Edit) by Tube & Berger f/ Chrissie Hynde
Outside The Crashdown
March 10th, 2001 – 7:38 A.M.
We decide to leave the car a mile before we entered town and walked the rest of the way to avoid being spotted in the...uh...“borrowed” SUV. Max carried my emergency book bag securely since I told him how much was inside. He laughed at first when I told him I made a bag for just in case, but then said that if aliens were taking over for real, he’d want to be with me cause apparently I was very prepared. Damn right I was. When we get to my neighborhood, we watch how Roswell citizens are repairing the damages the rouge Skins caused. When we get closer to the Crashdown, we’re stopped by Milton , a historian and owner of the UFO Center.
“Did you see what happened?” Milton asked in extreme paranoia.
“I’m sorry?” I ask, trying to play off that I don’t know what he was talking about.
“The aliens? Did you see them?” Milton asked, holding my shoulders. “No one believes me....they believe Walter Thompson.”
“Who?” Max asked, putting his arm around me so Milton could stop shaking me when he spoke.
“Walter Thompson. The writer for the Roswell Post.” Milton informs us as he points to the newspaper dispenser, where we read the first page headline, ‘Wild Gang Members Terrorize Roswell Citizens’. “Gang members, Bologna.” Milton spit sounding unconvinced. “It was aliens.”
“Says here that they have suspects.” Kyle said leaning over the dispenser, reading what he could from the glass.
“They don’t have suspects. That’s what they have to say so the FBI or CIA don’t get involved.” Milton whispers. This man may not be as crazy as I use to think. He was dead on. Too bad he’ll never know.
“Alright!” Kyle cheered. “They blew up the school.” Kyle announced.
“What?” Maria questioned happy as her and Michael ran to see if he was telling the truth. “Uh, gang members rock.”
“Aliens!” Milton corrected her angry.
“Look, buddy, I could careless if flying monkeys did it, point is the school is gone.” Maria said sarcastically as she held her hips.
“Non-believers.” Milton snorts before he heads of back to the UFO Center.
“Yo, is it safe with that guy around?” Zan questioned.
“Who Milton? The guy’s harmless.” Maria waves off Zans worried thought and then looks over to the Crashdown, where one of the glass doors was shattered, revealing the ran-sacked restaurant. “Come on guys. Got some major cleaning to do.” Maria says unenthusiastically as we follow her in.
The Crashdown
8:15 A.M.
“So exactly what do you want us to do with this?” Isabel asked as me as she waved a brand new roll of aluminum foil and looked to Alex, who held on to some flattened down shipment boxes.
“Um, cover the doors and windows so no one can look in. That way cleaning up will go more quicker if we use our powers.” I answer and then move to help Maria sweep up the shattered glass, feeling a little weird after saying ‘our powers’. And then remembered Maria will soon be sharing the same feeling. “How are you feeling?” I ask her, feeling guilty that I haven’t asked her sooner.
“I’m okay.” Maria says with a nod. “Trying to get by today without some Czechoslovakian trying to blast our heads off.” She answered in a forced chuckle, trying to hold back some tears. I know exactly what she’s feeling because I felt the same exact way when my parents died. I felt I couldn’t mourn until I got everything in order. Thinking of something through my clouded head to have engraved on their headstone, the funeral, the memorial service...when all that was taken care of...I crawled in bed and cried. I remember crying myself to sleep every night until Maria and me had a long talk. A talk me and her are going to have soon.
“Listen Maria, when we’re done here, you, me, Alex and Kyle, need to talk okay?” I say as I crouch down and hold the dust pan steady while she pushed in the garbage with the broom.
“Yeah, I know.” She answered sadly and moved to turn on the radio from the counter to continue sweeping another area as I dump the garbage in the black garbage bag that was lying on the floor and then looked to Max who flashed me a forced smile...I’m going to have to talk to him too .
“No way do you expect me to clean with this sad song on.” Isabel declared as she scanned through the radio for an up beat song.
‘Dun du du dun...Dun du du dun...’
“This is more like it.” She said proudly and then continued to foil up the window the last part of the window. DJ Antarian Princess to the rescue again.
Straight ahead
One direction
Maria started nodding her head in unison with the musics beat and then looked over to Alex successfully failed at air drumming the beat. He should really stick to the guitar.
Straight ahead
One direction
Maria danced her way to Alex , who finish with card-boarding up the doors, and began dancing with her.
Straight ahead
Just more and more
Isabel laughed waving her hands ‘no’ when Alex swayed his way to her after being ditched by Maria, who was dancing towards me and I just looked at her and shook my head no.
Heading for the top
We’ve got a steady flow
Maria took my hands and pulled me to the cleared section of the restaurant and began singing with the the singer. “Come on Liz...In the system...We’re set to overload...One direction..Only way to go..." Finally giving in, I start to dance with her, flashing an embarrassed look to Max, who was watching in amusement, as Maria continued to sing along and forced me to dance. “So push it...Push, push, push, push."
Ooooh...
Hooray for the love inside
Ooooh...
Who’s straight for the love?
I swayed my way to Max and extended my hand, which shockingly he took and pulled him into the center of the floor as Maria was doing with Michael.
Ooooh...
Hooray for the love inside
Head for the love inside
Ooooh...
Who’s straight for the love?
Straight for the love
Kyle pulled Ava in to dance and completely embarrassed the poor girl when he imitated the Uma Thurman/John Travolta “Pulp Fiction” dance, but followed along in laughter. It being the first time I have ever seen the girl laugh.
Straight ahead
One direction
Straight ahead
One direction
Straight ahead
Just more and more
Rath and Zan watched from the sidelines as we all danced and sang along. Poor Zan.
Heading for the top
We’ve got a steady flow
In the system,
Maria leans over to me as Michael dipped her and get’s me to start singing with her before Michael swoops her back up.
We’re set to overload,
One direction,
Only way to go,
So push it,
Push, push, push, push
I start snaking my waist and feel Max hiss at the sight as he held on to my waist. "Ooooh... Hooray for the love inside...Ooooh...Who’s straight for the love?....Straight for the love..." I sang in a moan like the singer, Chrissie Hynde was, driving Max even more crazy when I dipped and returned imitating an Indian belly dancer. Got to thank Mrs. Harp for all those dance lessons, but I know she’ll fall out of her ballet shoes if she saw me dancing like this.
Ooooh...
Hooray for the love inside
Head for the love inside
Ooooh...
Who’s straight for the love?
Straight for the love
Liz’s Room
2:45P.M.
“Hey, did everything fit?” I asked Max, who was hanging his clothes up in my closet, as I put some clean towels in my bathroom.
“Yeah, just about.” Max answers and meets me in the doorway of the bathroom. “So...this is really happening, huh?” Max asks as he holds my hips and pulls me closer to him.
“Yeah.” I answer as I bite my lip and look up at him from underneath my eyelashes.
“So listen, I was thinking, maybe I can take you out or something .”
“On a date?” I asked confused.
“Yeah. You see I can’t help but feel guilty that...that I didn’t make your first time...our first time...special enough. So I wanted to make up for it.” Max informed me with a sly grin. I could help but feel that he had already had something plan.
“Make up for it? How?” I ask flirtatiously.
“Hey, break it off.” Michael ordered in disgust. “Maxwell, first rule. In this house, I’m King, don’t forget it.” Michael declares before he leaves.
“Later?” Max asks as he shakes off Michael’s comment.
“Later.” I agree and get a quick kiss before I head out to Michael’s room to help Maria settle in.
Michael’s Room
“Liz, can you please tell him that he needs to take down some of his Metallica poster, please.” Maria whined.
“Uh, if there’s one thing I learned about living with Michael Guerin...don’t clog up the Tabasco Sauce, don’t drink his Snapple, and never ever mess with Metallica.” I inform her, not wanting to get into the argument.
“There you have it. Majority rules.” Michael declares.
“Majority rules? What majority? It was just you.” Maria debated.
“That’s the point. In this room I’m top dog. I’m Elvis. I’m James Hetfield.” Michael declared as he poked his finger in the center of his palm when he said each name.
“Who?” Maria questioned, not knowing who James Hetfield is. Michael looked at her like she just told him she cheated on him.
“Oh oh.” I say in a 'Maria-your-in-trouble-now' tone. Maria picked up on it because she looked at me worried and then back at Michael.
“Get out.” Michael said cooly,holding his temples as he tried hard to remain calm.
“Mic...”
“Get out, before you say anything else that’s grounds for us to break up.” Michael warned. I could not believe how hurt he was because Maria didn’t know who the lead singer of Metallica was.
“But Mic...”
“Maria, I think you should really let this one go.” I say as I hold her shoulders and guide her out his room. “He just needs a minute to cool off.”
Liz’s Room
“What’s all the yelling about?” Max asked us when he organized his personal hygiene supplies in the medicine cabinet.
“Maria did a big “no-no”.” I instigated.
“What she do?” Max asked curiously.
“She didn’t know who James Hetfield was...and she told him.” I informed him like it was some juicy gossip.
“No.” Max gasped and then gave Maria a pity look. “And she lived?”
“Ha Ha. Real funny.” Maria said with a pout. “I thought he’d grow out of his Metallica obsession from your little trip...what you guys do, install a CD player inside your spaceship?” Maria asked sarcastically. I started to laugh and the looked over to Max who had a blank expression on his face.
“Wha-what is it Max?” I asked him with deep concern.
“Our ship.” Max answered stunned.
Frasier Woods
“We left it here too long Maxwell. It’s probably sitting in some military lab now, with scientist trying to figure out how to reverse engineer the thing. They should give it up. I mean as many times as aliens crashed in their own ships you would think they’d get the hint that it’s a lost cause.”
“Michael. I don’t need this right now.” Max warned, stopping from their search in the deepest area of Frasier Woods.
“I’m just saying, what are the chances that it’s still here. For we know Tess could be half way to Antar by now.” Michael continued to ramble when he saw Max continued to walk the path.
“We’ll if it’s not there, then we know where she’s going.” Max answered without turning around. When he reached the location of where there ship was, Max stood frozen looking at the cleared area. “It’s gone.”
Liz’s Bathroom
March 12th, 2001 – 9:18P.M.
“You okay?” I ask Max as I brush my fingers through his hair.
“Mmm hmm.” Max mumbled as he leaned over the sink and continued to brush his teeth. I look at him pensively, not because I’m worried about what has his so quiet, but because he’s not talking to me about it. He’s been so quiet since he and Michael got back from Frasier Woods two days ago. I know he’s distant because he’s in extreme worry mode because of Tess taking off with their ship. I must say, Tess has an act for screwing up our lives, when and when she’s not here. Max put a hold on our make up date because of this...and I’m kind of feeling neglected because of it. I watch his muscles move as he started to clean his mouth from the toothpaste foam and sigh. I moved to my dresser and began to undress to climb into the t-shirt gave me two years ago when he healed me. I gathered his shirt close to my face to breathe in the sweet smell of both our aromas and sighed again. Maybe I should go to bed in my underwear? Maybe that will get me some attention. As I stood contemplating in my underwear, something smashed through my window and made a big ‘thud’ sound when it hit the floor. “Liz?” Max bolted out in search for me when he heard the window shatter.
“I’m okay.” I answer as he scans me to make sure I’m not hurt. “Max, I’m okay.” I assure him. He nods to me and then moves to the window to see the baseball like hole in the glass.
“Max!” Michael came busting in.
“Oh!” I exclaim and cover myself quickly with my pillow.
“Uh, sorry...heard a...” Michael stuttered as he looked away.
“Max, can you get me my shirt?” I ask pointing to it on the floor. Max picks it up and hands it to me. “Thank you.” I say and rush to change in the bathroom. When I come back out, Max is fixing the damages with his powers.
“Are you okay?” Maria asked, pulling me into a hug.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” I assure her as well.
“Did you see anything?” Michael asked me. I just shook my head and then sat on the end of the bed, stubbing my heel with something rough.
“Ouch.” I wince and when I look down, I see it’s a rock with a note rubber band around it.
“Max. Michael.” I call out as I take the note out and open it.
“What does it say?” Michael asked.
“It...it says...SOON.” I say and turn the note over and show them the words ‘soon’ written in big black bold letters and a whirlwind symbol underneath it.
“What does it mean?” Maria asked frightened, running into Michael’s arms.
“Whatever it means...it can’t be good.” Max answers and then moves to hug me. What did it mean? Did it mean Tess was coming back? Or that what ever made the Skin kill himself was coming? Or both? Max is right...it can’t be good...because if whoever’s coming back is coming back with intentions to activate the Denathon...that means....they’re coming for...ME.
Sequel
Consequences of Time Travel
Song: Straight Ahead (Radio Edit) by Tube & Berger f/ Chrissie Hynde
Outside The Crashdown
March 10th, 2001 – 7:38 A.M.
We decide to leave the car a mile before we entered town and walked the rest of the way to avoid being spotted in the...uh...“borrowed” SUV. Max carried my emergency book bag securely since I told him how much was inside. He laughed at first when I told him I made a bag for just in case, but then said that if aliens were taking over for real, he’d want to be with me cause apparently I was very prepared. Damn right I was. When we get to my neighborhood, we watch how Roswell citizens are repairing the damages the rouge Skins caused. When we get closer to the Crashdown, we’re stopped by Milton , a historian and owner of the UFO Center.
“Did you see what happened?” Milton asked in extreme paranoia.
“I’m sorry?” I ask, trying to play off that I don’t know what he was talking about.
“The aliens? Did you see them?” Milton asked, holding my shoulders. “No one believes me....they believe Walter Thompson.”
“Who?” Max asked, putting his arm around me so Milton could stop shaking me when he spoke.
“Walter Thompson. The writer for the Roswell Post.” Milton informs us as he points to the newspaper dispenser, where we read the first page headline, ‘Wild Gang Members Terrorize Roswell Citizens’. “Gang members, Bologna.” Milton spit sounding unconvinced. “It was aliens.”
“Says here that they have suspects.” Kyle said leaning over the dispenser, reading what he could from the glass.
“They don’t have suspects. That’s what they have to say so the FBI or CIA don’t get involved.” Milton whispers. This man may not be as crazy as I use to think. He was dead on. Too bad he’ll never know.
“Alright!” Kyle cheered. “They blew up the school.” Kyle announced.
“What?” Maria questioned happy as her and Michael ran to see if he was telling the truth. “Uh, gang members rock.”
“Aliens!” Milton corrected her angry.
“Look, buddy, I could careless if flying monkeys did it, point is the school is gone.” Maria said sarcastically as she held her hips.
“Non-believers.” Milton snorts before he heads of back to the UFO Center.
“Yo, is it safe with that guy around?” Zan questioned.
“Who Milton? The guy’s harmless.” Maria waves off Zans worried thought and then looks over to the Crashdown, where one of the glass doors was shattered, revealing the ran-sacked restaurant. “Come on guys. Got some major cleaning to do.” Maria says unenthusiastically as we follow her in.
The Crashdown
8:15 A.M.
“So exactly what do you want us to do with this?” Isabel asked as me as she waved a brand new roll of aluminum foil and looked to Alex, who held on to some flattened down shipment boxes.
“Um, cover the doors and windows so no one can look in. That way cleaning up will go more quicker if we use our powers.” I answer and then move to help Maria sweep up the shattered glass, feeling a little weird after saying ‘our powers’. And then remembered Maria will soon be sharing the same feeling. “How are you feeling?” I ask her, feeling guilty that I haven’t asked her sooner.
“I’m okay.” Maria says with a nod. “Trying to get by today without some Czechoslovakian trying to blast our heads off.” She answered in a forced chuckle, trying to hold back some tears. I know exactly what she’s feeling because I felt the same exact way when my parents died. I felt I couldn’t mourn until I got everything in order. Thinking of something through my clouded head to have engraved on their headstone, the funeral, the memorial service...when all that was taken care of...I crawled in bed and cried. I remember crying myself to sleep every night until Maria and me had a long talk. A talk me and her are going to have soon.
“Listen Maria, when we’re done here, you, me, Alex and Kyle, need to talk okay?” I say as I crouch down and hold the dust pan steady while she pushed in the garbage with the broom.
“Yeah, I know.” She answered sadly and moved to turn on the radio from the counter to continue sweeping another area as I dump the garbage in the black garbage bag that was lying on the floor and then looked to Max who flashed me a forced smile...I’m going to have to talk to him too .
“No way do you expect me to clean with this sad song on.” Isabel declared as she scanned through the radio for an up beat song.
‘Dun du du dun...Dun du du dun...’
“This is more like it.” She said proudly and then continued to foil up the window the last part of the window. DJ Antarian Princess to the rescue again.
Straight ahead
One direction
Maria started nodding her head in unison with the musics beat and then looked over to Alex successfully failed at air drumming the beat. He should really stick to the guitar.
Straight ahead
One direction
Maria danced her way to Alex , who finish with card-boarding up the doors, and began dancing with her.
Straight ahead
Just more and more
Isabel laughed waving her hands ‘no’ when Alex swayed his way to her after being ditched by Maria, who was dancing towards me and I just looked at her and shook my head no.
Heading for the top
We’ve got a steady flow
Maria took my hands and pulled me to the cleared section of the restaurant and began singing with the the singer. “Come on Liz...In the system...We’re set to overload...One direction..Only way to go..." Finally giving in, I start to dance with her, flashing an embarrassed look to Max, who was watching in amusement, as Maria continued to sing along and forced me to dance. “So push it...Push, push, push, push."
Ooooh...
Hooray for the love inside
Ooooh...
Who’s straight for the love?
I swayed my way to Max and extended my hand, which shockingly he took and pulled him into the center of the floor as Maria was doing with Michael.
Ooooh...
Hooray for the love inside
Head for the love inside
Ooooh...
Who’s straight for the love?
Straight for the love
Kyle pulled Ava in to dance and completely embarrassed the poor girl when he imitated the Uma Thurman/John Travolta “Pulp Fiction” dance, but followed along in laughter. It being the first time I have ever seen the girl laugh.
Straight ahead
One direction
Straight ahead
One direction
Straight ahead
Just more and more
Rath and Zan watched from the sidelines as we all danced and sang along. Poor Zan.
Heading for the top
We’ve got a steady flow
In the system,
Maria leans over to me as Michael dipped her and get’s me to start singing with her before Michael swoops her back up.
We’re set to overload,
One direction,
Only way to go,
So push it,
Push, push, push, push
I start snaking my waist and feel Max hiss at the sight as he held on to my waist. "Ooooh... Hooray for the love inside...Ooooh...Who’s straight for the love?....Straight for the love..." I sang in a moan like the singer, Chrissie Hynde was, driving Max even more crazy when I dipped and returned imitating an Indian belly dancer. Got to thank Mrs. Harp for all those dance lessons, but I know she’ll fall out of her ballet shoes if she saw me dancing like this.
Ooooh...
Hooray for the love inside
Head for the love inside
Ooooh...
Who’s straight for the love?
Straight for the love
Liz’s Room
2:45P.M.
“Hey, did everything fit?” I asked Max, who was hanging his clothes up in my closet, as I put some clean towels in my bathroom.
“Yeah, just about.” Max answers and meets me in the doorway of the bathroom. “So...this is really happening, huh?” Max asks as he holds my hips and pulls me closer to him.
“Yeah.” I answer as I bite my lip and look up at him from underneath my eyelashes.
“So listen, I was thinking, maybe I can take you out or something .”
“On a date?” I asked confused.
“Yeah. You see I can’t help but feel guilty that...that I didn’t make your first time...our first time...special enough. So I wanted to make up for it.” Max informed me with a sly grin. I could help but feel that he had already had something plan.
“Make up for it? How?” I ask flirtatiously.
“Hey, break it off.” Michael ordered in disgust. “Maxwell, first rule. In this house, I’m King, don’t forget it.” Michael declares before he leaves.
“Later?” Max asks as he shakes off Michael’s comment.
“Later.” I agree and get a quick kiss before I head out to Michael’s room to help Maria settle in.
Michael’s Room
“Liz, can you please tell him that he needs to take down some of his Metallica poster, please.” Maria whined.
“Uh, if there’s one thing I learned about living with Michael Guerin...don’t clog up the Tabasco Sauce, don’t drink his Snapple, and never ever mess with Metallica.” I inform her, not wanting to get into the argument.
“There you have it. Majority rules.” Michael declares.
“Majority rules? What majority? It was just you.” Maria debated.
“That’s the point. In this room I’m top dog. I’m Elvis. I’m James Hetfield.” Michael declared as he poked his finger in the center of his palm when he said each name.
“Who?” Maria questioned, not knowing who James Hetfield is. Michael looked at her like she just told him she cheated on him.
“Oh oh.” I say in a 'Maria-your-in-trouble-now' tone. Maria picked up on it because she looked at me worried and then back at Michael.
“Get out.” Michael said cooly,holding his temples as he tried hard to remain calm.
“Mic...”
“Get out, before you say anything else that’s grounds for us to break up.” Michael warned. I could not believe how hurt he was because Maria didn’t know who the lead singer of Metallica was.
“But Mic...”
“Maria, I think you should really let this one go.” I say as I hold her shoulders and guide her out his room. “He just needs a minute to cool off.”
Liz’s Room
“What’s all the yelling about?” Max asked us when he organized his personal hygiene supplies in the medicine cabinet.
“Maria did a big “no-no”.” I instigated.
“What she do?” Max asked curiously.
“She didn’t know who James Hetfield was...and she told him.” I informed him like it was some juicy gossip.
“No.” Max gasped and then gave Maria a pity look. “And she lived?”
“Ha Ha. Real funny.” Maria said with a pout. “I thought he’d grow out of his Metallica obsession from your little trip...what you guys do, install a CD player inside your spaceship?” Maria asked sarcastically. I started to laugh and the looked over to Max who had a blank expression on his face.
“Wha-what is it Max?” I asked him with deep concern.
“Our ship.” Max answered stunned.
Frasier Woods
“We left it here too long Maxwell. It’s probably sitting in some military lab now, with scientist trying to figure out how to reverse engineer the thing. They should give it up. I mean as many times as aliens crashed in their own ships you would think they’d get the hint that it’s a lost cause.”
“Michael. I don’t need this right now.” Max warned, stopping from their search in the deepest area of Frasier Woods.
“I’m just saying, what are the chances that it’s still here. For we know Tess could be half way to Antar by now.” Michael continued to ramble when he saw Max continued to walk the path.
“We’ll if it’s not there, then we know where she’s going.” Max answered without turning around. When he reached the location of where there ship was, Max stood frozen looking at the cleared area. “It’s gone.”
Liz’s Bathroom
March 12th, 2001 – 9:18P.M.
“You okay?” I ask Max as I brush my fingers through his hair.
“Mmm hmm.” Max mumbled as he leaned over the sink and continued to brush his teeth. I look at him pensively, not because I’m worried about what has his so quiet, but because he’s not talking to me about it. He’s been so quiet since he and Michael got back from Frasier Woods two days ago. I know he’s distant because he’s in extreme worry mode because of Tess taking off with their ship. I must say, Tess has an act for screwing up our lives, when and when she’s not here. Max put a hold on our make up date because of this...and I’m kind of feeling neglected because of it. I watch his muscles move as he started to clean his mouth from the toothpaste foam and sigh. I moved to my dresser and began to undress to climb into the t-shirt gave me two years ago when he healed me. I gathered his shirt close to my face to breathe in the sweet smell of both our aromas and sighed again. Maybe I should go to bed in my underwear? Maybe that will get me some attention. As I stood contemplating in my underwear, something smashed through my window and made a big ‘thud’ sound when it hit the floor. “Liz?” Max bolted out in search for me when he heard the window shatter.
“I’m okay.” I answer as he scans me to make sure I’m not hurt. “Max, I’m okay.” I assure him. He nods to me and then moves to the window to see the baseball like hole in the glass.
“Max!” Michael came busting in.
“Oh!” I exclaim and cover myself quickly with my pillow.
“Uh, sorry...heard a...” Michael stuttered as he looked away.
“Max, can you get me my shirt?” I ask pointing to it on the floor. Max picks it up and hands it to me. “Thank you.” I say and rush to change in the bathroom. When I come back out, Max is fixing the damages with his powers.
“Are you okay?” Maria asked, pulling me into a hug.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” I assure her as well.
“Did you see anything?” Michael asked me. I just shook my head and then sat on the end of the bed, stubbing my heel with something rough.
“Ouch.” I wince and when I look down, I see it’s a rock with a note rubber band around it.
“Max. Michael.” I call out as I take the note out and open it.
“What does it say?” Michael asked.
“It...it says...SOON.” I say and turn the note over and show them the words ‘soon’ written in big black bold letters and a whirlwind symbol underneath it.
“What does it mean?” Maria asked frightened, running into Michael’s arms.
“Whatever it means...it can’t be good.” Max answers and then moves to hug me. What did it mean? Did it mean Tess was coming back? Or that what ever made the Skin kill himself was coming? Or both? Max is right...it can’t be good...because if whoever’s coming back is coming back with intentions to activate the Denathon...that means....they’re coming for...ME.
Sequel
Consequences of Time Travel
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