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!!! Oh and also please excuse my crappy attempt at a New York accent. To be honest I've never been there so I don't really know how they talk but I've tried .These chapters contain scenes from Cry Your Name but changed have been changed to fit my story. All the credit goes to the origingal writers and the powers that be.
Chapter 34
“NO! NO! This is not possible!” screamed Isabel. “Max you, you have to …”
“I can’t feel her Isabel.”
“NO! I can’t lose Alex.”
“It doesn’t mean they’re not alive,” he quickly reassured Isabel. “Liz has learnt how to block our connection when she wants to. If she is hurt somewhere then I might not be able to feel her if she’s already got the block up.”
“So, so it doesn’t mean they’re dead?”
“No, but I can’t be sure.”
“Jim you have to find them. I’m sure they’re not dead! I have to believe they’re not dead, they can’t be. I won’t allow it!” shouted Isabel.
Max just watched as his sister crumbled in front of him. Her usual ice façade was gone, she looked lost. He wrapped her in his arms and let a lone tear escape his eye, before he reeled in his emotions. He couldn’t fall apart, not now, everyone needed him to stay calm and find out what happened.
“Jim, I want to go to the crash site. Maybe I can help some way, you know, help?” he hinted at Jim.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea Max,” said Jim worried. “I-if you see the wreckage I don’t think any of you will handle it. It’s pretty bad.”
“I have to,” Max whispered.
“We all have to,” Maria piped up.
“Maybe we should listen to the Sheriff. I-If you see anything bad I don’t think you would be able to handle it. W-What if they find her body?” asked Tess.
“I’m going!” shouted Max, through gritted teeth. “Oh and you would just love that wouldn’t you? If they found her body, you would be jumping for joy.”
“That’s not fair Max. I know I’ve made it known that I don’t like her because of what she was to you, but I would never wish her any harm.”
“Why you fucking bitch! What do you mean by ‘what she WAS to him?’ You’re talking like she’s already dead,” said Maria, as she lunged for Tess, only to be held back by Michael.
“Let go of me! That little slut is going to get what she deserves!” screamed Maria.
“Maria, this wasn’t part of the plan. What’s going on?” whispered Michael, so nobody could hear him except Maria.
She immediately calmed down when Liz’s words rang in her ears. ‘It’s going to happen on Friday night. You have to be strong Maria. You have to keep everyone in the group under control. I will contact you as soon as I have the information I need. You can let Kal in on it after it has happened, but no one else’.
“We need to contact the others. They have a right to know what’s happened,” said Maria.
“How do we know we can trust them? Everything started to go wrong when they arrived,” said Tess.
“Oh, I think we can trust them more than we can trust you!” said Maria.
“That’s only because you’ve been hanging around with them!” shouted Tess.
“STOP IT! For once can you just keep your trashy mouth SHUT!!” screamed Isabel, poking Tess in the shoulder. “Why do you think we can trust them Maria?”
“Because Liz trusts them.”
“So what does that prove?” spat out Tess, only to receive a glare from Isabel.
“Well she trusted all of you when she found out your secret. Most people would have turned you in but she instinctively knew that you were good people. She also knew that we could trust the Sheriff when Max got caught by the F.B.I. and she’s never trusted Tess. That in my book means that we can trust her judgement.”
“Michael, what do you think?” asked Isabel, slightly worried.
“I think we can trust them.”
“I don’t care what you all think. I’m phoning them to let them know what’s happened. It’s not a group decision this time. Dan loves Liz and he has a right to know,” said Maria.
“D-Dan l-loves Liz?” Max stuttered, whilst Tess just smiled.
“Yes he does Max. What? Did you just think he wanted to get into her pants? No, I’m sorry, but it’s more than that Max. He loves her like you once did, mind, body and soul. If you think winning her back is going to be easy, I would think again. If that piece of blonde trailer trash stands by your side then you don’t stand a chance.”
“Like I ONCE did? Maria I’ve never ever stopped loving Liz, even when I thought she’d slept with Kyle. Why do you think it was too painful for me to see her all the time?”
“Huh, too painful for you? God Max you make me so mad sometimes. You have no idea what she’s been going through. She’s given up everything for you, EVERYTHING!! She’s constantly lied to her parents, she’s lost all her other friends because of the alien abyss and then we start to shut her out. She’s been shot at, jumped off bridges, went to Tess’s because she had ‘FAITH’ in your relationship, god she even forgave you for kissing that slut!! She’s done nothing BUT fight for you!!”
“Fight for HIM. You’re having a laugh aren’t you? SHE SLEPT WITH KYLE and I swear to god Maria, if you call me a slut or trailer trash one more time, I’m going to blast your ass into orbit,” spat out Tess.
“Don’t you DARE speak to her that way! You touch one hair on her head, I wouldn’t hesitate to kill you, do I make myself clear? And Liz NEVER slept with Kyle!” growled Michael. It was taking all of his strength not to pin the blonde little tramp up to the wall and squeeze all the air from her lungs.
“Hey guys come on! We’re wasting time arguing over this. We need to get out to the crash site once the others are informed!” interrupted Kyle, trying to defuse the situation.
“Yeah I’m going to call them now. You need to wake up Max. If Liz is still alive and you really want her back, you are going to have to fight for her and I mean really fight for her. Dan isn’t going to give up easily,” with that parting remark Maria went out back to get her cell phone from her locker and get changed out of her uniform.
*******
“Hello?”
“Dan, what the hell is going on?”
“S-She’s g-gone Maria!” sobbed Zan.
“Oh god, no, no, no. What do you mean she’s gone?” whispered Maria, while tears streamed down her face.
“She’s gone. Our enemies have her! Why don't you come over and I can explain what happened.”
“We’re going to visit the crash site first.”
“NO!! Keep everyone away from there!!” shouted Zan.
“Why?”
“Rath, Lonnie and Nicholas are in town. They showed up tonight. You can’t go there it’s too dangerous.”
“I might not be able to stop them from going Dan. What am I supposed to do?”
“Then go with them. You and Michael keep an eye out for anything suspicious but don’t try to take them on your own if they show up. We had a tough time fighting them, hell I almost died tonight if it wasn’t for Liz. Use your telepathy power to contact me if you need us. It doesn’t matter if we blow our cover Maria, you would need all of us there just to survive.”
“Dan why was it so hard? I’ve seen some of the things Liz can do and I swear she could take them all out with a flick of her hand.”
“She didn’t fight Maria.”
“W.H.A.T?”
“She didn’t fight. She just stood still while it all happened a-and then she was gone.”
“What do you mean she was gone?”
“I’m not comfortable talking about this over the phone. Once you’ve finished at the site come and see us at the mansion.”
“Is it okay if Michael comes as well?”
“Maria, Michael is one of us. Of course he can come with you.”
“Okay, we’ll come over after going to the site. Thanks Dan.”
Just as she finished her phone call Michael popped his head through the door.
*******
“Maria put me out of my misery and tell me what’s going on”
“I honestly don’t know yet Michael. They said she didn’t fight.”
“WHAT!”
“Shush. You’ll have them all running in here!” chastised Maria. “She didn’t fight Michael and Dan nearly died tonight.”
“Shit, what the fuck is going on? I knew something was off about this plan of hers. She was left totally unprotected. She wanted it that way and said that she could protect herself, but she didn’t even fight. Something’s not right here Maria.”
“I know. I need to tell you something but not here. We need to go to the mansion after we’ve been to the site. Dan told us to keep a look out for Rath, Lonnie and Nicholas.”
“Did you just say Nicholas?”
“Yep.”
“Ah shit, now Liz didn’t tell us Nicholas was going to be involved. She warned us about Rath and Lonnie but not Nicholas. How, are we going to go up against all of them?”
“Well Dan told us to call him, you know, call him,” said Maria, pointing to her head, “if we need their help.”
“Fine, let’s get this over and done with quickly. Then we can find out what the hell went wrong out there.”
Maria and Michael walked back out into the restaurant.
********
“Well?” asked Max.
“They all wanted to come out to the site to help but I persuaded them to stay put for now. I told them that there would be too many people so Michael and I are meeting them later.”
“Why is Michael going?” asked Tess.
“I’m going because Maria needs me to support her while she does this. There are going to be lots of questions flying around and I’m going to do my best to answer them.”
“Then I think we should all go,” said Tess.
“No offense Tess, but Dan can’t stand the sight of you after all the hurt you’ve put Liz through. If you showed up tonight I don’t think any alien power could save you from his wrath. I think you would be dead before you got through the front door!” said Maria.
“Why is everyone blaming me for this? I was here the whole time you know. I had nothing to do with her death!” shouted Tess.
“It doesn’t matter who is responsible Tess, he just doesn’t like you! It’s funny how nobody can stand the sight of you just lately!”
“Alright Maria, that’s enough. You’ve been picking on Tess since you found out about this and she has been here with me the whole time,” stated Max.
“That is what I was talking about Max. Sooner or later you’re going to have to choose which one is more important to you Liz or Tess. Liz isn’t going to be second best any more. If you have HER by your side then it will be over. She has a man waiting for her who will love and cherish her. He won’t be rubbing HIS destiny in her face.”
“This destiny crap is not my fault Maria. It’s just something I have to live with. I’m not in love with Tess and I never have been! I’ve tried to tell Liz this numerous times but she just kept pushing me away. What am I supposed to do?”
“Drop the tramp!”
“I can’t do that Maria. She’s one of us. I can’t leave her on her own. What kind of person would that make me?”
“I’m fed up with this conversation. You are stubborn and no matter what I tell you, you will go your own way. I’m warning you that you are so close to losing Liz for good. Soon nothing you do or say will bring her back.”
“Let’s just get out of here and go to the site. Maybe we can find some clue on what happened out there. Sheriff can you drive out to the site and we’ll follow you?”
“Yeah, that’s fine Michael.”
“Kyle, you can come with Maria and me in the Jetta. The rest of you can go in Max’s jeep. Are you alright to drive Max? You still look shaken up?” Michael placed a hand on Max’s shoulder in comfort.
“You’re not in charge here you know? You can’t make these decisions, that’s Max’s role,” sneered Tess
“Max isn’t thinking straight because one of his best friends and the love of his life have been in an accident. As second in command, I am in charge. So shut your blonde little trap and get moving!” shouted Michael, through gritted teeth.
Everyone left and followed the Sheriff to the accident site.
Chapter 35
“What the hell is going on?” asked Kyle, as soon as they were on their way.
“We don’t have all the details yet Kyle. All Dan was able to tell me was that Rath, Lonnie and Nicholas showed up. Dan was nearly killed and Liz just disappeared,” replied Maria.
“What do you mean, she just disappeared? Did she get called into the future again?”
“No, I don’t think so. Dan wasn't comfortable talking about it over the phone, so we are going to the mansion after this.”
“This wasn’t part of the plan was it?”
“Well not as far as any of us knew.”
“What are you saying Maria? Are you telling me that Liz lied to us?”
“I don’t think she lied, just omitted information.”
“Maria?” said Michael, raising his eyebrow.
“I’m not going into it here. I will tell you when we get to the mansion.”
“So you know something no one else knows, don’t you?” queried Michael.
“No, I don’t know anything for sure. It’s just some of things Liz has said that has me worried.”
“Like?”
“It’s better if we wait Michael. I don’t want to be repeating myself and I’m not sure if I’m right. I need to hear what Dan has to say first.”
“Maria,” Michael said, in a warning tone.
“I said later Michael, we’re here.”
When they arrived at the crash site they could see the flashing red lights of the ambulance, fire trucks, police cruisers and road cones that cordoned off the accident site. They could also see the flood lights that had been set up at the bottom of the ravine.
Everyone pulled over to the side of the road and got out of their cars.
“I’m going to get rid of Deputy Hanson and then you guys can take a look around. Wait here.”
Everyone just nodded.
“Oh my god, Max, look at all the debris on the road,” whispered Isabel.
They could see the eighteen wheeler had bad damage to the front left side.
“There’s no way they could have escaped looking at that amount of damage,” said Max.
“Please don’t say that Max. I’ve only just admitted my feelings for Alex. He, he can’t be taken away from me.”
“They might have survived, if they got thrown out of the car somehow,” said Kyle.
“Yeah maybe that’s why they can’t find, well you know, they can’t find...” Michael really didn’t want to say the words.
“Their bodies,” replied a deadpanned Max.
The Sheriff came back towards the group.
“Deputy Hanson will be going back to the office to fill out the paper work and the rest of the rescue workers will be leaving in a minute. There’s nothing more they can do here tonight. A tow truck will come tomorrow and get the car out. We’ll be able to get a closer look at it but it doesn’t look good.”
“I want to be able to get down there Jim,” said Max.
“I can’t Max. We need to preserve any evidence so we can find out exactly what happened tonight.”
“And if it was something alien related?” whispered Max.
With that comment, Jim turned to face him.
“What do you mean? Are you telling me this might not have been an accident?” whispered Jim.
“We’re not sure Jim. There was a strange man at the school yesterday, staring at Liz as if he knew her. She was terrified.”
“Why didn’t you tell me Max?”
“Because we wondered if it had anything to do with us and we always check it out first before we get you involved. You know plausible denial.”
“Have you found out who he is yet?”
“No, I tried to ask Liz but she wouldn’t tell me.”
“You don’t think it could be one of the skins or something?”
“Maybe, we just don’t know yet. That’s why I really need to get down there Jim.”
“I have a rope in the back of the cruiser but only you can go down there. I can’t have lots of people trampling all over the scene.”
“I’ll be careful,” Max promised.
After Deputy Hanson and the rescue workers had left the scene Max walked through the cones so he could investigate the road first. He started to wave his hand around in a circular motion.
“What’s he doing?” asked Jim.
“He’s looking to see if anything has been covered up,” replied Isabel.
“Covered up?”
“Yeah remember when you followed us into the woods that night, and you knew that something was on the grass, but when you looked it was gone?”
“Yes.”
“Well we got rid of the evidence by …” she waved her hand in a circular motion.
“I knew it. There was something there wasn’t there.”
“Yeah it was a signal from Nasedo before we knew who he was. He was communicating with us. Letting us know he was here although we didn’t understand that at the time.”
“So you really think this could be alien related? It’s not going to be easy to cover this up, too many people have seen the scene.”
“Well nobody’s noticed anything unusual yet, so if it is alien related someone has clean…..”
Isabel was cut off by the sound of Max’s voice.
“DAMN IT!” he screamed.
“What is it?” asked Isabel.
Max just pointed to the ground were the outline of a large blast mark was burned onto the road.
“Oh my god, that means, that means …” stuttered Isabel.
“It means, one of our enemies have done this to our friends,” said Maria.
“It also means that someone cleaned up after themselves,” said Max, giving everyone a fright because they thought he was still investigating.
“So what do we do Max?” asked Tess.
“Jim, if it’s possible I would like all four of us to have access to the road and its surroundings. We need to know if there are any more marks like that one. If I do it on my own it could take all night.”
“Fine, but watch were your treading and don’t disturb any of the debris. What about that blast mark Max?”
“Once we’ve found all of them we'll cover them back up. I don't need to go down into the ravine any more, I think I will find everything we need here.”
“Isabel, Tess, you check over there by the rocks. Michael you check by the guard rail where the car went off the road and I will check the rest of the road,” commanded Max.
Everyone was amazed at how he was handling himself since Liz and Alex were missing. The pod squad spent the next half an hour checking the accident scene and found three more blast marks, two on the rock surface and one by the guard rail.
“So that makes four in total,” said Max, joining the rest of the group once he had removed the marks.
“Something big went down here tonight,” said Isabel.
“What I can’t understand is, why anyone would want to kill them?”
“Are you seriously saying that Max?” asked Maria in shock.
“That’s not what I meant Maria. Why kill them when they could use them against us?”
“I don’t know Max, maybe they’re sending us a message,” said Isabel.
“There’s something not right about this whole mess. Liz has been acting really strange the last couple of days and that strange man showed up at our school, I don’t know, but I get the feeling something bigger is going on here,” said Max.
“There’s nothing you can do right now, so why don’t you all go home. I have to let the Parker’s and Whitman’s know that their kids are missing, possibly dead,” said Jim.
“I want us all to meet tomorrow morning. We need to discuss where to go from here,” said Max.
“You can have it at my apartment if you want,” offered Michael.
“What’s the point in having a meeting Max? We don’t have enough information to know where to start,” said Tess.
“That’s why I want a meeting Tess, once we've slept on it maybe we can come up with some options,” growled out Max.
“Shall we say ten am tomorrow morning?” asked Michael.
“Ten am is fine,” replied Max.
Everyone got into their cars and made their journey home, except the occupants of the Jetta. They drove towards the mansion.
Chapter 36
Maria pulled up outside the gates of the mansion and pressed the intercom button.
“Come through,” was the only response she heard, as the gates started to slowly open.
As the mansion came into view, Michael let out a loud whistle.
“Maria, this place is huge,” said Michael.
“I know. Kal wanted to get a big enough house to fit us all in, if need be. We will be holding most of our meetings here.”
As soon as the Jetta pulled up outside the mansion, the door was opened by Kal.
“Come in, we’ve been waiting for you,” said Kal, as the three approached him. He showed them to one of the living rooms to the side of the hallway.
“Oh my god, you all look like you’ve been to hell and back,” said Maria, taking in the sight of her friends.
“We have Maria. We’ve just received the worst possible news,” said Kal.
“Oh no what? Is Liz dead? Oh god, please don’t let her be dead,” said Maria.
“N-No it’s worse,” said Zan.
“What do you mean worse? What can be worse than dying?” asked Maria, perplexed.
“Khivar,” was all Kal said, before Maria fainted.
Michael only just managed to catch Maria as she fell to the floor.
“I’ll go and get the smelling salts,” said Kal, heading towards the bathroom.
“W-what’s this about Khivar?” asked Kyle to Ava.
“I’ll let Kal explain, otherwise we're going to keep repeating ourselves.”
Kal came back with the salts and waved them under Maria’s nose. She groaned a little and then sat bolt upright.
“Oh my god, did you just say Khivar?”
“Yes. So, you have heard of him then?”
“H-He was the one that murdered us all wasn’t he?” asked Michael.
“Yes. He also controls Antar at the moment and he is out to kill you all over again,” said Kal.
“What does he want with Liz?”asked Michael.
“He wants the seal,” replied Maria.
“She’s right. Apparently when Liz activated the granilith, there was a rumour that spread around Antar that you were due to return. It started a new wave in fighting so Khivar has come to collect the seal himself. If he has the seal, no one can challenge him for the throne.”
“But didn't you say that he can’t take the seal?” asked Maria.
“That’s right Maria. The only way he can get the seal from Liz is if she gives it willingly but I don’t think he knows that.”
“S-So how will he try to get the seal?”
“Well the seal is held in a particular part of the brain so that it can be easily accessed for identification purposes. Like when Max went to the summit. Khivar will try to access it that way,” explained Kal.
“Oh please don’t tell me you mean literally?” asked Maria, dreading the answer.
“No, he can only access it through her mind.”
“Well what the hell does that mean for Liz?” asked Michael, now getting annoyed at the whole situation.
“Oh no that’s why they needed Nicholas. They’re going to rape her mind, aren’t they?” asked Maria.
“Yes among other things. He will eventually realise that she has to give it up willingly, but by then it may be too late to save her. I’m not sure how long she would last the mind rapes. Most Antarian’s only last about three times depending on how hard they fight it. The harder you fight, the more your brain gets damaged and the harder you scream.”
“So you’re saying to us that if we don’t get to Liz on time, she could be a vegetable or dead by the time we find her?” cried Maria.
“Yes. I’m so sorry.”
“She said she would be fine. She promised me she would be alright!” sobbed Maria.
“What are you talking about?” asked Kal.
“S-She never told me what was going to happen. I knew she was keeping things from us and I asked her about it. All she would say was that it was something only she could deal with and I was not to tell anyone about it. Every time I asked her about it she just kept on saying that she would be fine and not to worry. She never told me that she was going to be kidnapped by Khivar.”
“Maria this is not your fault. She never gave you any idea what was going to happen. There is no way you could have known what she had planned. She must have had a reason for doing this but I think she's bitten off more than she can chew,” said Kal, worriedly.
“What can we do to help her?” asked Maria.
“Nothing,” replied Zan
“What do you mean nothing?” asked Michael.
“She said that she would be fine and that we couldn't attempt to rescue her. She said it would make it worse if we tried to get her out of whatever hell hole he's put her in.”
“What the hell happened out there?” asked Michael.
Kal got everyone refreshments and food as he began to tell them the events of that evening.
*******
Earlier on Friday evening…….
Alex had suddenly broken out of the mind warp that Tess had been doing to him for a while now. He was in pain, incredible pain. He felt like his brain was too big for his skull and it was trying to break free.
He couldn’t really hold a coherent thought in his mind. One minute he was heading towards Liz's house to explain what Tess had been doing to him, only to find himself on the front porch of the Valenti house hold.
Kyle opened the door and pointed to his old room when Alex asked if she was in. He knocked on her door but didn’t wait for an answer. He just went storming in and started arguing with her.
Kyle over heard the argument and went to his bedroom door to see what was going on, when he witnessed Tess mind warping Alex into oblivion. He came crashing down on to the bedroom floor and Kyle felt the bile rise in his throat. He had to be strong, he had to do this.
Kyle went over to Tess and asked what the hell was going on when she also attempted to mind warp him. He immediately threw up his block but could hear a whisper of what she was trying to put in his mind. So he picked up Alex’s body and placed it in the car where Rath and Lonnie were waiting.
“So watcha wanna do wid' the geek?” asked Lonnie.
“Just make it look like an accident,” said Tess. “I’m meeting Max and the rest of the gang at the Crashdown now so I will have an alibi for tonight. It’s just a shame I couldn’t include Liz in the car, then we would all have our happy ending.”
What Tess did not realise was that Ava and Liz were sitting in the back seat of the car propping up a dead Alex. Ava was warping Tess so she didn’t see them in the back seat and Liz was doing the same to Rath and Lonnie. The only person that could truly see what was going on was Kyle.
As Rath and Lonnie turned out of the street, Ava took over the mind warping of Rath and Lonnie whilst Liz started to heal Alex. It had only been a couple of minutes that he’d been dead. Liz just hoped that she could still get to him in time.
First of all, Liz connected to Alex’s brain and repaired all of the damage that was done, while Ava sent electrical shocks, via her powers, in order to kick start Alex’s heart. Just as they were about to finish, the car came to a standstill, Rath and Lonnie got out.
“We are going to have to get out of here,” whispered Ava.
“Okay everyone knows what to do. You leave first Ava and I’ll follow once Zan get’s here to help me move Alex.”
Everyone had taken up strategic positions along with their assigned guard.
Ava exited the vehicle, ran to the safety of the rocks and stood next to Nathan. She was still mind warping Rath and Lonnie at this point.
Zan ran over to the car, carried Alex’s unconscious body over to where Serena and Kal were positioned.
“What are you doing Zan? Liz told you to teleport Alex straight back to the mansion?”
“I’m not leaving her unprotected Kal, no matter what her instructions are.”
“Okay Serena and I will return to the mansion with Alex.”
Roman teleported his three charges back to the mansion as instructed, although he wasn’t happy about leaving the queen unprotected.
Zan made his way back towards Liz when the car started to move.
Just as Liz was about to get out of the car it started to move. She looked out of the back window and realised that Rath and Lonnie were using their powers to push the car towards an oncoming eighteen wheeler truck. She quickly jumped out of the car before it picked up anymore speed.
She ran over to Zan and Ava just as the car hit the truck, spun and hurtled towards the ravine. Once it had gone over, Ava changed her warp so she was only hiding the rest of the group from Rath and Lonnie.
They watched as Rath and Lonnie started to laugh when the car exploded.
Liz had been watching Ava closely and realised she was getting too tired to hold the warp for much longer. Liz gave the order for everyone to return to the mansion and was glad to see that Alex had already gone. At least she knew he was safe.
Just as Ava was about to teleport back, she was knocked off her feet by an invisible force. Nathan had used his powers to knock her out of the way of an oncoming blast which was fired from above.
Everyone looked up.
Standing on the top of the rock surface was Nicholas and the stranger, who had appeared at the school. Ava immediately shot one back towards Nicholas, only for him to flick it towards the rock face using his powers.
Ava couldn’t maintain the warp any longer. Rath and Lonnie came out of the warp to see Nicholas deflect an energy blast towards the rocks. They blinked a few times not really understanding what was happening. One moment they were laughing at the car going over the ravine, the next, a lot of people appeared from nowhere. It was then that they realised they’d been warped and weren’t very happy about it.
Apart from Nicholas and Khivar the only person they recognised was Liz, the small brunette that was surrounded by two men and one woman.
They didn’t recognised Ava or Zan because they were still disguised.
Rath fired a shot towards the petite little blonde and Lonnie fired a shot towards the blonde man that was looking protectively towards Liz.
Nathan immediately sent Ava’s blast into the rock face and Zan’s went towards the guard rail, where the car had disappeared into the ravine.
Zan was so busy watching Roman moving the blasts out of harm’s way that he didn’t notice Khivar release one directly towards him. It hit him squarely in the chest. Zan screamed and fell forward as the full burning sensation of his wound took hold.
“ZZZZAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!” screamed Liz as she pushed past Ava and Nathan, running towards Zan.
“Did she just scream Zan?” asked Rath.
“Na man she’ can’t have he’s dead and tis’ dude got blonde locks.”
“I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry Zan,” she whispered. She turned him on his good side and knelt down so she could cradle his head in her lap. When she saw his wound she immediately began to sob.
“I-I l-love y-you Liz. I-I’m g-glad we h-had a chance t-to meet,” choked out Zan, as blood started to gather at the back of his throat. He started to cough violently and splattered blood all over Liz’s tank top and jeans.
“I love you to Zan and you are not going to die tonight!” said Liz with determination, as she gently placed his head back on the ground. She closed her eyes and concentrated on calling a past version of herself to come and heal Zan.
Ava and Nathan were trying to hold off the attack from Nicholas, Rath and Lonnie while Liz tended to Zan’s wound.
With everyone distracted, Khivar made his move. He immediately teleported behind Liz, placed his hand on her shoulder and teleported her away. The rest of his entourage disappeared also.
Only Ava, Zan and Nathan were left.
All of a sudden there was a cracking sound, almost like a sonic boom, and then Past Liz materialised right in front of their eyes.
She immediately bent down to Zan and started to heal his wound. Her hand started to glow and Zan could feel the warmth spreading through him. He could also feel an incredible itchy feeling as the skin, were it was burned and puckered, started to heal. Once Past Liz had finished she was shaking and sweating.
“I-I have to get back now, otherwise I won’t have enough strength to do it later,” she whispered, as a trickle of sweat dripped from her forehead. “Nathan, I want you to teleport everyone back to the mansion now and get Roman to clear away any evidence of the blast marks. Zan, I want you to carry on healing Alex if he needs it and I want Serena to activate his powers. You all need to practice while I’m gone.”
“Who was that man?” asked Zan, just as Roman materialised.
“That, your majesty was Khivar,” replied Roman.
“YOU KNEW!!” screamed Zan at Liz. “YOU KNEW HE WAS GOING TO TAKE YOU AND YOU DIDN’T TELL US!!!”
“I’m so sorry Zan, but I couldn’t. You have to trust me that this will all work out. You can’t try to save me otherwise it will make it worse. You have to trust m……” Liz never got to finish her sentence as she was pulled back to the past.
“I’M GOING TO KILL HER IF SHE EVER GET’S OUT OF THIS ALIVE!!!” screamed Zan.
Roman cleared up the blast marks while Nathan returned Ava and Zan back to the mansion.
*******
“What the hell happened to you,” asked Kal. “We’ve been worried sick and where is Liz?”
“I’m going to kill her I swear to god Kal!” said Zan, through gritted teeth.
“Who, what has she done?” asked Kal, getting really worried.
“Khivar has her,” whispered Ava, with a tear running down her cheek.
“WHAT” screamed Kal, almost having a heart attack, well that’s if he had a heart.
“She’s been planning this all along Kal. She knew he was coming. She said we had to trust her and that everything would work out.”
“But she doesn’t know what Khivar is capable of.”
“I know but those were her instructions.”
******
After Kal had finished telling them the story of what happened that night Michael was the first one to speak up.
“I can’t believe she put herself in danger like that. Why? Why would she do that and why didn't she fight back?”
“To protect us all, and because she didn't want Khivar to know that she has powers,” replied Kal.
“H-How is Alex? Is he going to be okay?” asked Maria.
“Yeah I checked him out as soon as we got back and he is fine. He’s just in a really deep sleep at the moment. He must be really exhausted after the intense mind warping,” replied Zan.
“I think it’s about time we headed back, otherwise people are going to start to wonder where we’ve got to. We don’t want people asking un-necessary questions,” said Michael.
“Yeah I’m beat man. I’m not being funny, but carrying Alex’s body has just worn me out emotionally. It took me all my strength not to puke,” replied Kyle.
“Why did Liz get us three to wait at the Crashdown with the others? We could have helped blast Rath and Lonnie?” asked Michael.
“I think it was so that you could all be together when it happened. If you had been missing when all of this went down then the others would have got a bit suspicious don’t you think?” explained Kal.
“And that bitch knew all along that she would have an alibi. That’s why she set it up that way,” said Maria.
*******
Kyle, Maria and Michael headed home in the Jetta.
“Well at least we’ve managed to save Alex this time!” said Maria.
“Yeah but at what cost Maria? At what cost?” asked Michael, thinking of Liz.
“I don’t know,” whispered Maria. She couldn’t bear the thought of losing either of her friends.
TBC .............................................
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