The real queen chapter 20
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:02 am
Ok guys so i actually got up off my butt and placed into the computer chair and wrote some more of this story for you.
I actually wanted to ask a question of all of you. Do you think this story is progressing to fast? I mean is everything happening too close together because im not real good at writing normal chapters where nothing really happens. Just a thought. Could you please answer it in your reviews.
Well enough from me on with the story!
CHAPTER 20
The day passed slowly for the group of teens who were anxiously awaiting the bell that signalled the end of the day. When the bell finally went they proceeded to their lockers and grabbed their bags then headed to the carpark. The dupes Trans am was surrounded by kids drooling over the car.
“This yours?” One of the braver ones asked.
“Yeah.” Zan replied unlocking it.
“How’d you afford a car like that?” Another asked.
“You have your secrets, I have mine.” He said as Lonnie and Ava leaned back against the bonnet.
“Don’t you got something better to do?” Rath asked when he noticed the guys staring at his sister and his lover.
The crowd departed at Rath’s growl and the rest of the group came over to them.
“Great people skills Rath.” Ava said smirking at him.
“Lets head to the pod chamber.” Max said eager to hear what it was that the dupes had to say.
(Pod chamber)
They all entered the chamber and Michael sealed it behind him. They seated themselves comfortably around the cave.
“I found something in Tess’ memory storage that has me puzzled.” Zan began.
“What do you mean her memory storage, I thought you were just going to remove her powers? You mind raped her?” Max asked.
“Mind rape is such a strong word. I decided we needed to venture in there a little. See if she was hiding anything else.” Zan said.
“Let me guess you found more secrets, more lies.” Michael said.
“No she has come completely forward about everything with us. But there was something concealed deep in her subconscious though. A memory that she, herself wouldn’t have been able to access, it was buried so deep. Like someone wanted it concealed but not entirely forgotten, like this memory held something of importance in it.” Zan said.
“And boy did it ever.” Ava said.
“What was it?” Liz asked, all in the room apart from the dupes were on the edge of their seats with the tale.
“We found proof.” Ava said. “Proof that Tess isn’t Ava.”
“But we already knew that.” Kyle complained.
“There’s more to it then that.” Ava sighed frustrated. “Tess is human.”
“What?” Alex asked after a few moments of shock and utter silence.
“Tess is human.” Ava said again.
“We heard you the first time. But how is it possible? I mean we tested her blood. She’s alien.” Liz said.
“She is now, but she was born a human. Nasedo stole her from a hospital after she was born. There is like this defect in a certain number of humans genetics, it attracts these crystal things called Gandarium. The human donors that we came from had to have these genetics because the Gandarium were needed to be able to breach the gap between our two races. He took her and changed her blood work by giving her a series of injections of gandarium and one of Ava’s blood, sealed her inside the pod and took the real Ava away.”
“What the hell is a Gandarium?” Maria asked.
“It’s complicated.” Zan stated. “Its like this water parasite thing, it looks like blue crystals. They’re harmless to Antarians and humans except the group that has this specific gene disorder. It’s like they taste better or something. They will only bond to those cells, so our donors have to have this gene.”
“Taste better? This thing eats people?” Maria said.
“Not really. It consumes these specific cells in the body and changes them in order to prepare it for the D.N.A breach. If the D.N.A breach doesn’t happen within a certain amount of time then the Gandarium consume the cells entirely and the person does die.” Ava explained ever the scientist.
“Why would he need to give Tess shots of Gandarium?” Liz asked.
“One: to change her blood work to make her appear to be like you, and two: to allow her access to the part of the brain that humans don’t use. Nasedo was somehow able to transfer some of the real Ava’s powers to Tess. Obviously she didn’t get the main ones, she got the simple ones, and ones that you can all do. Humans don’t have the mental capacity to be able to handle having powers so by giving Tess the shots of Gandarium and giving her a transfusion of Ava’s blood he was able to open up that part of her mind so she could use powers.” Ava said.
“Wait we can all mindwarp?” Max asked.
“Yes. You can do a lot more than you think.” Zan said.
“Like that disappearing act you pulled the other day. How’d you do that?” Michael asked.
“We’ll teach you when your ready.” Zan said.
“I see the looks on your faces. You’re afraid of having this power, you needn’t be. Mind warps only do damage to the mind if they are sustained for long periods of time. Making Alex forget translating a book and creating different memories is an incredible mind warp. In fact Alex proved to be stronger then many others would have in the same circumstances.”
“So how is it that I’m able to get them? Powers I mean.” Liz asked. “You said when Max healed me that I was different now.”
“When Max healed you, he opened up that part of your brain. You’ll develop your own powers because Max changed that part of you. He put a part of himself within you.” Ava said.
“Wait.” Kyle said. “Changed?!!! What the hell did you do to me Evans?” Kyle said getting angry.
“You’ll probably develop some powers now.” Liz offered.
“So we’re just going to be freaks now?” Kyle shouted.
“Kyle. Max saved your life. It was either give you powers, which he didn’t know about by the way, or death.” Liz said.
“Which would you have preferred?” Rath asked outraged at the ungrateful human. “Cos I can certainly counteract what Max did and spare you having to live the rest of your life as a freak.”
Kyle just sighed heavily.
“I’m sorry.” He mumbled as an apology. “It’s just kinda a shock. Its not everyday you find out you been turned into an E.T.”
“So what happened to this other Ava?” Isabel asked changing the subject and relieving some of the tension in the room.
“Don’t know. She’s alive somewhere. Waiting for us to come find her, I guess.” Zan said.
“How do we even know she’s alive?” Max asked.
“She’s alive.” Michael said.
“Michael, I know she’s your sister but we can’t be sure.” Max said.
“No, Max she’s alive. I can feel it.” Michael said.
“She’s not dead.” Ava confirmed. “I would have felt her die. She’s alive somewhere, I just don’t know where.”
“But why would Nasedo go to all this trouble? Switching Ava and Tess, why?” Liz asked.
They all shrugged their shoulders except for Zan who looked thoughtful.
“He knew.” He said after a few moments. “He had already made the deal with Khivar and he knew that Ava would never betray you. He needed someone who he could completely mould, someone who didn’t have any instincts from a past life about what was right and wrong.”
“So he stole Tess from her family and took Ava where?” Max asked.
“I don’t know. All I know is she ain’t dead because Nasedo can’t kill her. Same as he can’t disobey us he can’t physically hurt us either.” Zan said
“He could have handed her over to someone who can.” Max suggested.
“No. He wouldn’t have done that. Remember what Tess said in the pod chamber yesterday. Nasedo was playing on both teams, trying to back the winner. He kept her alive so that if his Tess plan backfired he could bring the real Ava to you, make like it was all some big mistake, and go off home with you guys and save Antar therefore making him a hero. Ava was his leeway with this group.” Ava said.
After a moment Ava spoke again.
“Now I think of it, Ava is probably close by. Nasedo wouldn’t have moved her far. He would have made it so that she would grow up similar to you guys therefore her transition into the group would be easier. Why he didn’t use the same plan with Tess, I don’t know.”
“So you’re saying she could be anyone?” Liz asked.
“Yeah. I guess.” Ava said.
“Wouldn’t one of us have recognised her though?” Michael asked.
“No. Nasedo isn’t stupid, he would have altered her appearance. She wont look like me, she won’t even act like I do. She probably has grown up thinking she’s human. With Nasedo taking her minor powers she may have never even realised that she had any powers. It’s the minor ones that are affected by emotion, the ones that are easily used. But her major power is premonition. She may have never even needed to use it.” Ava said.
“That’s great. So we’re looking for someone who doesn’t look like you, doesn’t act like you, and doesn’t even know they are any different to anybody else. Well that’s certainly narrowed it down hasn’t it.” Kyle said.
“Thanks for the optimism Kyle.” Ava said sarcastically.
“Hey. I just said what everyone else is thinking.” He replied.
“Well at least we know she will be adopted.” Maria said.
“How do we even know that? I mean what if Nasedo replaced Tess with Ava in her family.” Rath said.
“No Rath. People know their children, they would have noticed the difference.” Lonnie said.
“So maybe the other Ava has been made to look like Tess.” Max suggested.
“No. Like I said I don’t think Nasedo would have sent her far. Has anyone seen another Tess walking around?” Ava said.
“So how do we go about looking for her then?” Maria asked.
“I’ll look into it.” Ava said.
“How?” Max asked.
“I’m going to need your help Alex.” Ava said. Alex looked scared for a few moments.
“I’m not going to use any powers on you.” She reassured. “But I’m guessing since Tess chose you for the translation thing you have a special affinity with computers?”
“Yeah I guess you could call it that.” Alex said relieved that this had nothing to do with powers.
“Alright. We we’ll meet later and go over something’s ok?” Ava said.
“Alright.” Alex agreed.
“Maybe Ava can do that premonition thing and see who it is.” Maria suggested.
“My premonitions don’t work like that, I can’t call upon them at will like with other powers. They just happen when they happen. Sometimes I get a premonition from touching a person or an object, but other then that it’s pretty random.” Ava explained.
“So you have the Ava situation under control then?” Max asked.
“Got it covered.” She said in reply.
“So what do we do about Tess?” Max asked.
“Well she’s of absolutely no danger to us anymore. Effectively she is as she always should have been.” Zan said.
“That doesn’t change what she did.” Lix said.
“No. But she’s of no threat to us anymore. She just wants to find her real parents. Once she does she’ll probably leave Roswell for good.” Ava said.
“So we’re just going to let her go and that’s it?” Michael asked.
“What else are we going to do with her Michael? Kill her? That doesn’t make us any better then her.” Max said.
“Are we done here?” Michael asked.
“Why? There a big game on tonight Michael?” Ava asked him.
“You know it.” He said with a smirk and then walked out of the cave the rest of them following.
Please review! Hope you enjoyed!
I actually wanted to ask a question of all of you. Do you think this story is progressing to fast? I mean is everything happening too close together because im not real good at writing normal chapters where nothing really happens. Just a thought. Could you please answer it in your reviews.
Well enough from me on with the story!
CHAPTER 20
The day passed slowly for the group of teens who were anxiously awaiting the bell that signalled the end of the day. When the bell finally went they proceeded to their lockers and grabbed their bags then headed to the carpark. The dupes Trans am was surrounded by kids drooling over the car.
“This yours?” One of the braver ones asked.
“Yeah.” Zan replied unlocking it.
“How’d you afford a car like that?” Another asked.
“You have your secrets, I have mine.” He said as Lonnie and Ava leaned back against the bonnet.
“Don’t you got something better to do?” Rath asked when he noticed the guys staring at his sister and his lover.
The crowd departed at Rath’s growl and the rest of the group came over to them.
“Great people skills Rath.” Ava said smirking at him.
“Lets head to the pod chamber.” Max said eager to hear what it was that the dupes had to say.
(Pod chamber)
They all entered the chamber and Michael sealed it behind him. They seated themselves comfortably around the cave.
“I found something in Tess’ memory storage that has me puzzled.” Zan began.
“What do you mean her memory storage, I thought you were just going to remove her powers? You mind raped her?” Max asked.
“Mind rape is such a strong word. I decided we needed to venture in there a little. See if she was hiding anything else.” Zan said.
“Let me guess you found more secrets, more lies.” Michael said.
“No she has come completely forward about everything with us. But there was something concealed deep in her subconscious though. A memory that she, herself wouldn’t have been able to access, it was buried so deep. Like someone wanted it concealed but not entirely forgotten, like this memory held something of importance in it.” Zan said.
“And boy did it ever.” Ava said.
“What was it?” Liz asked, all in the room apart from the dupes were on the edge of their seats with the tale.
“We found proof.” Ava said. “Proof that Tess isn’t Ava.”
“But we already knew that.” Kyle complained.
“There’s more to it then that.” Ava sighed frustrated. “Tess is human.”
“What?” Alex asked after a few moments of shock and utter silence.
“Tess is human.” Ava said again.
“We heard you the first time. But how is it possible? I mean we tested her blood. She’s alien.” Liz said.
“She is now, but she was born a human. Nasedo stole her from a hospital after she was born. There is like this defect in a certain number of humans genetics, it attracts these crystal things called Gandarium. The human donors that we came from had to have these genetics because the Gandarium were needed to be able to breach the gap between our two races. He took her and changed her blood work by giving her a series of injections of gandarium and one of Ava’s blood, sealed her inside the pod and took the real Ava away.”
“What the hell is a Gandarium?” Maria asked.
“It’s complicated.” Zan stated. “Its like this water parasite thing, it looks like blue crystals. They’re harmless to Antarians and humans except the group that has this specific gene disorder. It’s like they taste better or something. They will only bond to those cells, so our donors have to have this gene.”
“Taste better? This thing eats people?” Maria said.
“Not really. It consumes these specific cells in the body and changes them in order to prepare it for the D.N.A breach. If the D.N.A breach doesn’t happen within a certain amount of time then the Gandarium consume the cells entirely and the person does die.” Ava explained ever the scientist.
“Why would he need to give Tess shots of Gandarium?” Liz asked.
“One: to change her blood work to make her appear to be like you, and two: to allow her access to the part of the brain that humans don’t use. Nasedo was somehow able to transfer some of the real Ava’s powers to Tess. Obviously she didn’t get the main ones, she got the simple ones, and ones that you can all do. Humans don’t have the mental capacity to be able to handle having powers so by giving Tess the shots of Gandarium and giving her a transfusion of Ava’s blood he was able to open up that part of her mind so she could use powers.” Ava said.
“Wait we can all mindwarp?” Max asked.
“Yes. You can do a lot more than you think.” Zan said.
“Like that disappearing act you pulled the other day. How’d you do that?” Michael asked.
“We’ll teach you when your ready.” Zan said.
“I see the looks on your faces. You’re afraid of having this power, you needn’t be. Mind warps only do damage to the mind if they are sustained for long periods of time. Making Alex forget translating a book and creating different memories is an incredible mind warp. In fact Alex proved to be stronger then many others would have in the same circumstances.”
“So how is it that I’m able to get them? Powers I mean.” Liz asked. “You said when Max healed me that I was different now.”
“When Max healed you, he opened up that part of your brain. You’ll develop your own powers because Max changed that part of you. He put a part of himself within you.” Ava said.
“Wait.” Kyle said. “Changed?!!! What the hell did you do to me Evans?” Kyle said getting angry.
“You’ll probably develop some powers now.” Liz offered.
“So we’re just going to be freaks now?” Kyle shouted.
“Kyle. Max saved your life. It was either give you powers, which he didn’t know about by the way, or death.” Liz said.
“Which would you have preferred?” Rath asked outraged at the ungrateful human. “Cos I can certainly counteract what Max did and spare you having to live the rest of your life as a freak.”
Kyle just sighed heavily.
“I’m sorry.” He mumbled as an apology. “It’s just kinda a shock. Its not everyday you find out you been turned into an E.T.”
“So what happened to this other Ava?” Isabel asked changing the subject and relieving some of the tension in the room.
“Don’t know. She’s alive somewhere. Waiting for us to come find her, I guess.” Zan said.
“How do we even know she’s alive?” Max asked.
“She’s alive.” Michael said.
“Michael, I know she’s your sister but we can’t be sure.” Max said.
“No, Max she’s alive. I can feel it.” Michael said.
“She’s not dead.” Ava confirmed. “I would have felt her die. She’s alive somewhere, I just don’t know where.”
“But why would Nasedo go to all this trouble? Switching Ava and Tess, why?” Liz asked.
They all shrugged their shoulders except for Zan who looked thoughtful.
“He knew.” He said after a few moments. “He had already made the deal with Khivar and he knew that Ava would never betray you. He needed someone who he could completely mould, someone who didn’t have any instincts from a past life about what was right and wrong.”
“So he stole Tess from her family and took Ava where?” Max asked.
“I don’t know. All I know is she ain’t dead because Nasedo can’t kill her. Same as he can’t disobey us he can’t physically hurt us either.” Zan said
“He could have handed her over to someone who can.” Max suggested.
“No. He wouldn’t have done that. Remember what Tess said in the pod chamber yesterday. Nasedo was playing on both teams, trying to back the winner. He kept her alive so that if his Tess plan backfired he could bring the real Ava to you, make like it was all some big mistake, and go off home with you guys and save Antar therefore making him a hero. Ava was his leeway with this group.” Ava said.
After a moment Ava spoke again.
“Now I think of it, Ava is probably close by. Nasedo wouldn’t have moved her far. He would have made it so that she would grow up similar to you guys therefore her transition into the group would be easier. Why he didn’t use the same plan with Tess, I don’t know.”
“So you’re saying she could be anyone?” Liz asked.
“Yeah. I guess.” Ava said.
“Wouldn’t one of us have recognised her though?” Michael asked.
“No. Nasedo isn’t stupid, he would have altered her appearance. She wont look like me, she won’t even act like I do. She probably has grown up thinking she’s human. With Nasedo taking her minor powers she may have never even realised that she had any powers. It’s the minor ones that are affected by emotion, the ones that are easily used. But her major power is premonition. She may have never even needed to use it.” Ava said.
“That’s great. So we’re looking for someone who doesn’t look like you, doesn’t act like you, and doesn’t even know they are any different to anybody else. Well that’s certainly narrowed it down hasn’t it.” Kyle said.
“Thanks for the optimism Kyle.” Ava said sarcastically.
“Hey. I just said what everyone else is thinking.” He replied.
“Well at least we know she will be adopted.” Maria said.
“How do we even know that? I mean what if Nasedo replaced Tess with Ava in her family.” Rath said.
“No Rath. People know their children, they would have noticed the difference.” Lonnie said.
“So maybe the other Ava has been made to look like Tess.” Max suggested.
“No. Like I said I don’t think Nasedo would have sent her far. Has anyone seen another Tess walking around?” Ava said.
“So how do we go about looking for her then?” Maria asked.
“I’ll look into it.” Ava said.
“How?” Max asked.
“I’m going to need your help Alex.” Ava said. Alex looked scared for a few moments.
“I’m not going to use any powers on you.” She reassured. “But I’m guessing since Tess chose you for the translation thing you have a special affinity with computers?”
“Yeah I guess you could call it that.” Alex said relieved that this had nothing to do with powers.
“Alright. We we’ll meet later and go over something’s ok?” Ava said.
“Alright.” Alex agreed.
“Maybe Ava can do that premonition thing and see who it is.” Maria suggested.
“My premonitions don’t work like that, I can’t call upon them at will like with other powers. They just happen when they happen. Sometimes I get a premonition from touching a person or an object, but other then that it’s pretty random.” Ava explained.
“So you have the Ava situation under control then?” Max asked.
“Got it covered.” She said in reply.
“So what do we do about Tess?” Max asked.
“Well she’s of absolutely no danger to us anymore. Effectively she is as she always should have been.” Zan said.
“That doesn’t change what she did.” Lix said.
“No. But she’s of no threat to us anymore. She just wants to find her real parents. Once she does she’ll probably leave Roswell for good.” Ava said.
“So we’re just going to let her go and that’s it?” Michael asked.
“What else are we going to do with her Michael? Kill her? That doesn’t make us any better then her.” Max said.
“Are we done here?” Michael asked.
“Why? There a big game on tonight Michael?” Ava asked him.
“You know it.” He said with a smirk and then walked out of the cave the rest of them following.
Please review! Hope you enjoyed!