Roswell Fanatics

CH. 21

“Woo gotta love that orbing,” exclaimed Kyle as they all landed back in Liz’s apartment.

“Glad you enjoy it,” giggled Liz.

“Alright guys, we should probably get home, I’m going to tell my parents that I spent the night over here last night, that ok Liz?” asked Isabel.

“Yeah, that’s cool,” answered Liz.

“And, the two of us don’t have anyone to report to,” said Kyle. “Dad’s out of town and Michael lives the life of a lone bachelor,” he finished wistfully.

“Get out of here you guys, we’ll meet back up later,” said Chris laughing.

They each exited and headed to their respective houses. As Isabel made her way up the walkway everything appeared normal outside her house, but once inside it was a different story. Her parents shot up from the couch frantic and their eyes filled with worry and relief. “Where have you been?” demanded Phillip.

“I spent the night at Liz’s and forgot to call, I’m sorry it won’t happen again,” said Isabel calmly. “What’s wrong?”

“Neither you or your brother came home last night, and Max has yet to report in,” said Diane faintly.

“What do you mean Max didn’t show last night?” asked Isabel worriedly.

“He’s not here, he hasn’t been here, and he hasn’t been himself lately. We’re worried about him Isabel, do you know anything?” asked Phillip.

Isabel chewed on her lower lip, a trait she must’ve picked up from Liz, as she began to think. This time she could honestly say she had no idea what was up with Max. “Mom, Dad, I have no idea what’s going on with him or why he’s not here. If I find out anything I’ll let you know, but right now I’m going to go to my room,” she finished as she slipped past them and retreated into the shelter her room brought her. Here she could worry over Max and think about everything else that was going on with no disturbances. She hoped Liz and Chris were doing ok, with everything that had been revealed over the past twenty-four hours.

~*~*~*~*~
“Liz, I’m going to go downstairs and grab something to eat,” said Chris as he poked his head into Liz’s bedroom to see her puttering around.

“Ok, I’m going to soak in the tub for a little while.” Liz walked over to Chris and kissed him lightly on the lips. “I love you,” she murmured while looking up at him through her lashes. He smiled down at her and kissed her again. When he released her lips his hair fell back in front of his eyes from the slight movements of his head. Liz chuckled slightly and moved to tuck his bangs back behind his ears again.

“Enjoy your bath, I’ll see you in a little bit,” said Chris as he looked down at her fondly.

Liz began moving around her room gathering bubbles and candles and her robe, whistling to herself. She moved into the bathroom to begin running the water and stepped back out into her room. She heard a noise and turned to see what it was when she felt a surge through her body, and fell into darkness. Her last thought was Chris’s name as she screamed it out in her head.

Chris dropped to the floor as he felt pain wrack his entire body; all he heard was an ear piercing ‘Chris’ resounding throughout his head. He instantly knew Liz had been taken. At the same moment Isabel, Kyle, and Michael rushed into the back room. Isabel had called the other two on account of her suspicions and the three had rushed over.

“Oh shit, Chris are you ok?” asked Michael as he kneeled down to help him back to his feet.

“I’m good, pain is shooting throughout my entire body and my head feels like it’s going to fall off, but I’m good.”

“You want me to get you some Advil?” asked Isabel as she hovered over the guys anxiously.

“Naw, I think I just need a new head, maybe one that still works. Man that was a trip and a half on acid.”

“What happened and where’s Liz?” asked Kyle worriedly.

“Fuck,” exclaimed Chris, “That had to be it, our connection. It’s the only explanation. Damn, where’s Liz?” He bolted back upstairs, headache long forgotten. He rushed into Liz’s room and when he didn’t see anything began frantically calling for Leo and Paige to get the others there as soon as possible. When the other four orbed in they immediately panicked at the devastated look on Chris and the others faces.

“Where’s Liz and what the hell is going on?” growled Piper, she was not about to lose her baby sister due to some lame ass prophecy.

“I don’t know, I felt this sharp pain in my head and it felt like I had been run over by a truck. Then as I was getting it back together I heard her voice screaming my name. Phoebe, please try and get a flash, do whatever it is you have to do,” strained Chris, nearly on the verge of tears.

Phoebe began slowly making her way around the room grabbing various things and trying to get something, anything from them. She was just about to give up when she grabbed Liz’s towel. She immediately tensed up and flinched as she was bombarded with images. When she came out of it, she looked at the others with tears in her eyes. “He has her, and we don’t have much time.”

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Pain, lots and lots of pain it was searing throughout her body, seeming to burn her from the inside. Liz didn’t know what to do, her mind was racing and she couldn’t concentrate. Her body felt on fire and she couldn’t see anything or move. She tried to slow her breathing down and as she did, little by little the pain receded. When she could finally breathe normally her vision began returning and so did her mobility. She sat up and looked around the room she was being kept in, it had black and deep crimson drapes covering what appeared to be earthen walls. There were no windows or natural lights, only torches, and there was an evil gloom permeating the air. She figured she must be in the underworld. She tried to contact Chris, or see if she could feel him but got nothing. Her powers weren’t working either, damn it these demons were crafty. She looked down to see what she was resting on and saw that it was a huge four-poster bed with black silk sheets. She was also clothed in what appeared to be the same black silk. Her dress had small, delicate looking straps and the material flowed down and around her ankles, with slits up to her thighs. Looking around quickly and not seeing anyone she moved to make a run for it through the doorway but was stopped by a figure clothed in black. As she began to back away she looked at the figure, “Isn’t black a little redundant, a little cliché? Can’t come up with your own colors, is that it?” she sneered. Her head whipped back as the figure slapped her, she pulled her hair back and tucked it behind her ear with one hand and brought the other up to touch her now split lip.

“Watch yourself princess, I do not wish to hurt you. But I will have you if it’s the last thing I do. You will be writhing under me as I fuck you, and you will stand beside me as my queen and you will carry my heir,” hissed the figure.

“Like hell I’ll do any of that,” spat Liz, “My heart belongs to one man and one man alone, Chris. I make love to him and him alone, I will stand only by him and I will carry only his children. My family will find me and when it’s all said and done, you’ll just be another demon head on my record.” She moved to hit him and when he shot out his hand to grab her wrist his hood fell back. She gasped and her eyes went wide as she saw who the figure was, “Max?” her eyes rolled up in her head as she fainted.

CH. 22

Max watched her as she slept, her face peaceful and serene. Everything was quiet save for the steady beat of her heart, until she began to toss and turn. Her face scrunched up and when he moved to wake her she mumbled something. He shifted closer to hear if she would say it again, there it was… it was a name. It was him, that bastard Chris; she was even calling for him in her sleep. He stood enraged and began to pace the length of the room, letting loose some of his frustrations he threw an energy ball at the door right as a demon was coming in, luckily, or unluckily, the demon ducked before he became fried. He turned and watched her toss some more and mutter Chris’s name once more before she shot awake. He strode over to her and caressed her face; she reared back and spit on him. After wiping her spit off of his face with the back of his sleeve, he threw her across the room with a wave of his hand then mentally dragged her back over to him. “You will learn some respect princess, and soon you will come to love me. You have no other choice. Your family and friends will soon be dead.”

Liz looked at him, schooling her features so as not to show the fear she felt in her heart at the thought of Chris and her family and friends being killed. She figured he must not have realized what she was doing in her sleep and breathed a silent sigh of relief. Steeling her eyes, she glared coldly at him, “They were your family too Max, or do you no longer care about your brother and sister? And my family will come for me and Chris and I will destroy you.”

“Fraternizing with the enemy is considered treason, they are no longer my family. They are dead to me. I have things to do, maybe isolation in here will calm that temper some,” sneered Max as he stormed out of his chambers.


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Rage, pure and untainted, that’s all Chris could feel. It was coursing through him beating at the same tempo of his heart, flowing through him like his blood, as he paced back and forth from every corner and room of the apartment. He had to figure out how to get Liz back; Phoebe had said that the demon king had taken her, but she couldn’t see if it was Max or not in the flash. He growled low at the thought of Max having her and what he could’ve done. He had felt something was off since returning to Roswell and he should’ve been more prepared, now Liz was gone and he couldn’t feel her or contact her through their connection. He hadn’t heard from her in any way since that scream ripped through his head. As his frustration built his newly found powers started to fester. He felt the energy coursing through his body at the same tempo of his rage; it began to get stronger and stronger until he let loose a primal roar and sent an energy ball hurtling into the wall. It blew away half of the wall and you could feel the power radiating off of Chris.

“Holy shit!” exclaimed Kyle while looking at what was left of the wall, he backed away from Chris and moved to the other side of the room.

“How the hell did you do that?” asked Piper amazed, “No demon we’ve ever faced has had an energy ball that powerful.”

“That’s because there’s no single entity on earth that can wield something that powerful without destroying themselves with it,” said Leo in awe. “His old self must be merging with this body and his power is growing. Chris you have to calm down, we have to figure out how to get Liz back from the underworld or wherever he has taken her.” He looked to Phoebe for confirmation on the underworld or not.

Phoebe nodded shakily, still recovering from the premonition. “It was the underworld, no other place gives off that eerie of a vibe. It’s pure evil.”

Isabel spoke up from her spot with Kyle and Michael on the other side of the room, she knew that she and Michael could take care of themselves with their alien powers, but she had never seen Chris like this before and to be honest, he was scary. “What about your connection, can you not get through to her or vice versa?”

“No,” muttered Chris, “something’s blocking me.”

The room fell into silence again, until Liz appeared in front of them, “Hi,” she managed weakly. After a minute of shocked silence from everyone she spoke up. “I don’t have much time, I think our connection is strengthening my new astral projection, but I don’t know when he’ll come back. I’m not strong enough to be able to touch anything; he’s got a block on me. I’m in the underworld somewhere; it looks like it’s near the throne room. It’s a room with black and crimson silks and tapestries everywhere, it’s a huge cavern, but I can’t escape because he’s always here.”

Paige interrupted her, “Who has you?”

“Max”

“No,” whimpered Isabel, but she stood strong and nodded to the others to say that she was still with them. She would grieve for her brother when everything was taken care of.

“That bastard,” raged Michael. Anger evident on every line of his face, in his stance, in the energy coursing through his body.

“We will come get you Liz, don’t worry,” said Kyle trying to stay optimistic as he looked at the girl he considered a sister looking so worn and scared. She put up a brave front but he could see through it, she was worried about something, something more than herself. “What is it Liz? What’s going on?”

Liz looked up at him sharply as the room again fell silent from the clamor of ideas and plans being tossed around. “I have no idea what you’re talking about Kyle.”

“You don’t want us to come get you? That’s it isn’t it?”

Chris reared back, “What?” he asked sharply, “Of course we’re coming to get you.”

“It’s too dangerous, Max said he’ll kill all of you, you may have a better chance if you stay away.”

“No, we’re coming for you,” argued Chris.
“Of course we’re coming for you. You have two aliens three witches, a whitelighter, a whitelighter/warrior who if you haven’t noticed loves you beyond all measure, and you’ve got me your wonderful brother figure that you couldn’t live without. And I can’t live without you here with me, sis, so I’ll be damned if we don’t come for you,” said Kyle angrily and stubbornly.

“Chris’s powers are growing at an amazing rate, once we reunite the two of you it should be no problem to take out Max. We are coming for you, end of discussion. I’m not losing my sister,” said Piper firmly. Paige and Phoebe nodded their agreement.

“Fine,” Liz relented. She looked at Chris, “I have to go, I love you,” she looked at the others, “all of you.” With that she disappeared again.

Chris began pacing again and turned to the others, “I will tear apart every inch of the underworld to get to her!” he growled.

“The warrior has awoken and the princess is in danger, the time to fulfill the prophecy is here,” said Michael. The others looked at him strangely. “What?”

(On top of the Golden Gate Bridge)

“Gabriel why haven’t you done anything?” panicked Leto. “Shouldn’t you step in or something, I mean she is your daughter, plus she's our future queen, what will we do without her?! Why can they not contact each other, will Chris be able to feel her once they reach the underworld, isn’t this against the rules?” he rambled.

“Silence! She may be my daughter, but she must fight her own battles. I will do what I can but, she and Chris must come together to defeat him. The others are there and they will succeed,” Gabriel boomed. “They have too,” as he muttered the last part, he orbed back to the sanctuary.

WARNING: This has some NC-17 in it to show what a bastard Max is so just warning you....

CH. 23
Things were not going as planned thought Max; Liz should have embraced him by now. Chris was out of the way for now, she should have woken up from his spell and realized that the two of them were meant to be together. Why did she have to keep uttering that name, he knew she was just misguided and that sooner or later everything would be alright again, but his patience was wearing thin.

“Sire, when should we summon the dark priest?” asked one of the sniveling demons.

“Now, the wedding shall be now. She will be mine and when her pathetic friends come for her she will already be bonded to me,” laughed Max manically.

“Yes m’lord.”

Max turned to go visit the seer; she would be able to comfort him until Liz became his. He turned to enter her chambers, and smiled as she came into view. She was laying there on the stone table where her crystals lay, spread out like an offering to him. He loved Liz with all his black heart, but she was not his yet, the seer would have to do. She was adorned in black scarf like material top that barley covered her overflowing breasts and a short skirt of the same material.

“Hello m’lord,” she purred.

“Hello my seer, do you have any news for me?”

“Yes,” she answered seductively as she slid off the table to stand before him, “you are about to get very lucky.”

With that reply he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her flush against him lifting her leg to wrap around his waist and running his hand up her thigh to plunge a finger into her dripping pussy. “You’re so wet for me Maria,” he groaned.

“Uhhh, yes Max, fuck me… fuck me hard.” Max continued to plunge his finger in and out as he moved her backwards towards her bed. Once they tumbled down onto it he ripped off her top as she pulled his shirt free of his pants. He bent down to her heaving chest and sucked the skin, loving the way she writhed under him and the screams of pleasure emanating from her mouth. Soon, Liz would be doing the same thing. Releasing her breast he proceeded to slide down her body until his face was buried in her pussy. He inhaled deeply, imagining it was Liz as he slid his tongue out to lick around her thighs, but never touching her where she wanted. Maria arched her back and pushed down to try and get him where she wanted him. “Please, Max…. I need you now… fuck, ugh…. fuck me hard!” she screamed, delirious with pleasure. With Maria’s help Max unbuckled and slid his pants down, kicking them off when they reached the floor. His straining erection jutted out proudly before him, and Maria licked her lips at what she was in store for. She pulled him down on top of her and adjusted herself for Max to slide in, as he did so they both groaned in pleasure; he at her wet heat, and she at the fullness she felt by having him inside of her. As he began ramming himself inside of her she began bucking up against him crying out in pleasure. “Argh… ugh….fuck me….. harder, Max… harder! Uhh arggghhh yes! That’s it Max…. yes, right there…. Oh fuck” she screamed as her climax washed over her. She looked up at Max through dazed and sated eyes, but didn’t see love or desire reflected back, only anger and rage. “Whaa…. what is it?” she panted.

Max pulled out of her sweating profusely and swore to himself. “I keep seeing Liz, and you’re not Liz!” he growled. “I want her and you’re nothing but a poor substitute, I can’t come inside of you and right now you disgust me.” He gathered his clothes and stormed out, leaving Maria crying on the bed and plotting her revenge.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

While Max and Maria were fucking their brains out Liz was busy trying to find a way out of the labyrinth of corridors, she knew Chris and the others were down here because she could feel him, not his precise location but his energy was stronger now than when he was in Roswell. However she knew that he could not feel her because of whatever block Max had placed on her. She just hoped she could find them before Max came back to find her gone. Liz was hurt to find Maria truly on Max’s side, she knew that Maria and her had drifted, but she didn’t know that Maria had turned completely evil. Max must’ve turned her into a seer when she chose his side. That was the only explanation after all she had heard echoing throughout the halls, but she also pitied Maria for not standing up to him when he so callously brushed her aside in favor of herself. She hid in a dark alcove when she heard the shouts of rage and anger come from Max’s room, soon she heard rustling feet and the news being spread that she was missing. She new she would have to be very careful now that every frickin’ demon in the underworld was after her. She sighed to herself after she heard the last of the footfalls fading, and moved from her spot to continue searching for the others.

She continued on for hours over what appeared to be the entire underworld, never stopping for very long and always dodging into corners when she heard others coming. However she was very greatful for the boost in stamina otherwise she probably wouldn't have lasted as long as she had. After what seemed an eternity she stumbled into a new room, she looked around the room, “Aww hell,” she groaned in recognition; she was in the throne room. If it weren’t for her life being in imminent danger she probably would have marveled at the architecture and style of the room, but right now she had more important things in mind. As she made to turn around and head back out she heard voices coming towards her, not seeing any place to hide she dropped into her fighting stance and fired up an energy ball in one hand and began to gather sparks in the other. Bracing herself in the middle of the room she waited silently for the figures to enter, seeing the first shadows creeping around the corner, she threw her energy ball. All she heard before she saw her energy ball freeze was “OH SHIT!” She looked up warily as her friends and family slunk into the room, all on the lookout for whoever threw the ball. “Chris!” she shrieked as she flung herself into his arms. She was lifted off of her feet as Chris caught her and spun her around after registering the feel of her warm body in his arms again; she felt tears coming to her eyes at the feel of being back in his arms. “I missed you so much, I was so scared,” she sobbed now that she was reunited with her lover, friends and family she felt more secure to break down. The other stood there and looked at her sympathetically, and the sisters crowded around when she pulled back slightly from Chris.

“Lizzie, I’m so glad we found you, who else would I have to spar with and kick demon ass the physical way with?” asked Phoebe as she hugged her sister.

“Hey what about me, I need someone to help me keep up with you two, she is after all only a few years younger than me. I need my partner in crime baby sister,” said Paige jokingly, overjoyed that her sister was safe.

“We were so worried about you, we thought we would never see you again,” said Piper as she stroked Liz’s hair. She looked over at Leo and he smiled gently at her as she motioned for him to come over as well.

Liz turned to look at Leo as he walked over to her and fresh tears came to her eyes, “Leo, I missed you, I was so scared I would never see you again. You’re one of my brothers and I don’t know what I would’ve done if things had gone badly,” she sniffled as she wrapped her arms around Leo’s waist.

“You would’ve always found your way back, that’s why you’re the strongest and were chosen to bear this burden. I love you Liz, you’re the little sister I never had and I wouldn’t have traded you for anything, thank you for everything and I am so glad that you’re back,” said Leo choking on the emotions flowing through him.

Liz looked back up at him, “It’s not over yet, promise me if anything happens to me, you’ll take care of the others. Don’t let Chris do anything irrational, and promise me you’ll take care of Piper and that you’ll watch over Isabel, Michael, and Kyle,” she whispered.

“Liz no…” Leo was cut off.

“Well, well, well everyone reunited once again,” interrupted Max as he appeared in the doorway. “How is my ‘family’ doing? Is the traitorous life everything you’d thought it’d be?“

A/N: Traitor, I'm sorry for the delay , anyways you wouldn't really kill Chris, then who would we have to love? Who would I have for Liz in the other story? But I digress, I got held up with exams.... they're a pain. Anyways, for those of you who wanted Chris to kick Max's ass....

CH. 24

“Max…” attempted Isabel.

“No,” he barked, “No, you don’t get a side of the story.” He telekinetically dropped the stones for the cage around the group, save for Liz. “You two betrayed me, your own brother. You betrayed me for this whore, who after I promised everything too, did everything for, still goes crawling back to this second rate warrior.” He turned to Liz, and grabbing her, began to shake her. “You could’ve had the world but you still go back to this simpering moron? Why?”

“Because he is the love of my life, my soulmate, he is my world, my heart, my everything,” said Liz, her voice ringing clear and true with conviction, and everyone stood in awe at the honesty and passion coloring her voice.

“How sweet,” came a silky voice, “so sweet, I’m getting a cavity.” From the shadows stepped Maria, back in her black clothing from earlier.

“Maria!? What the hell are you doing here?” asked a stunned Michael.

“Hello lover, I’m taking my rightful place at my king’s side. I’m doing what you lacked the ability or balls to do, I’m choosing the right side,” sneered Maria. She looked back at Max, and smiled, “I will serve him until my last breath, I will stand by him as his queen if he wishes it and will do everything in my power to help him,” she said while draping her body over his and clinging to him pathetically.

“Just because he made you a seer doesn’t mean he will take care of you after this is all over, Maria, he’s only serving his own agenda,” said Liz calmingly, trying to make her see reason.

“NO! You’re wrong, you’re just a little whore who tried to take my man away! He won’t choose you, why would anyone choose you when they could have me?”

“They’ve already chosen me, everyone has. Max, chose me first, Michael and the others are on my side, everyone is on my side except you and Max, and even the two of you stand apart.”

“SILENCE!” bellowed Max, Maria shrunk back at the volume of his voice but Liz stood her ground staring up at him ever defiantly. “Liz will be my queen, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Even if you do manage to get out of the cage, there are still spells protecting this room, only when I’m dead will they break, and that won’t be happening.” He turned to sneer at Chris, “she may have been your princess but she will be my queen once we are bonded, and nothing can break that,” he smirked.

“You’re right, nothing can break that. We would be bonded forever, but….”

“But, but what? There is no but… you will be mine, you are mine.”

“We would be bonded, but I’m already Chris’s,” Liz smirked up at him until he slapped her face; she slowly brought her head back around and glared at him. The glare was slowly replaced with a smirk again as she felt her power flow back through her. She didn’t know how or why they had suddenly come back but she wasn’t about to turn it down, she threw a quick thank you towards the sky where she felt her father watching. She looked back up at Max and suddenly threw him back wards with her mind. He flew across the room and she moved towards the cage but was suddenly pushed out of the way by a barreling Maria. She launched off her back, onto her feet and threw a blast of wind at her, pushing her backwards until she hit the wall. As soon as she hit, Liz brought her other hand up and shot ice blasts at her wrists, waist, and ankles to hold her against the wall until a better time to deal with her. Maria screamed in rage, “You bitch! I hate you, I’ll kill you when I get free!” Liz sent another ice blast to cover Maria’s mouth. She struggled as hard as she could but she couldn’t get free. Max had strictly given her nothing but her powers as a seer, no active powers at all, so as to always be in control of her. She began making her way back to the cage and her family when Max snared her with his powers; he began dragging her back towards him while screaming at her, ”You bitch! I love you; I could’ve given you the world, why can’t you choose me? You’re nothing but a whore, drifting to the nearest guy that’ll fuck you, first Kyle then Chris and who knows how many in between! I’ll kill you before I let anyone else have you!”

“Fuck you Max,” Liz kicked him hard in the face when he had finally dragged her below him then incapacitated him even further by kicking him in the balls. Max went down howling in pain, and even though the other guys hated him they couldn’t help but empathize with him as they all grimaced. Liz turned back to the cage and finally moved the stones away, Chris went to move past her after being freed, but she pulled him back to her. One look in his eyes and she knew what he wanted, no needed to do. She nodded her acquiescence to the plea in his eyes and backed away, squeezing his hand as she did so, to let him know that she’ll always support him.

Chris walked up to Max and grabbed him around the throat, lifting him from the pathetic heap he was in on the floor. He pulled him close and looked him dead in the eyes; Max shrank away from the burning hate in his eyes, but couldn’t help but be in slight awe of the pure fiery love he saw that Chris held for Liz. That awe was quickly replaced by jealousy, because he knew he had seen the same thing in Liz’s eyes and he just wanted her to look at him that way. “You bastard, if you ever touch her again you will regret it,” seethed Chris in a whisper, “you’ll wish that she had finished you off when I’m through with you. You have no idea what we are capable of; you had to kill us last time, before we even reached our full potential, to beat us. Don’t come near any of us ever again.” With a glare Chris shoved him back and turned away to walk back to Liz.

“She will be mine, someday she’ll see that you are just a worthless piece of shit who can’t take care of her the way she needs to be taken care of and she will come crawling back to me.” Max moved up right behind Chris and whispered the next part. “When she comes back to me, I’ll show her what a real man can do for her, I’ll fuck her every night and she’ll scream for me as she comes, she’ll scream my name not yours,” he breathed in Chris’s ear. He backed off smirking as Chris stood there breathing heavily with fists balled.

“I’d watch my mouth Max,” growled Chris as he formed an energy ball. He turned back to face the fallen king and Max actually looked afraid, for the first time. “Don’t ever speak about her like that again… I’d hate to have to waste energy on your pathetic ass. Screw it, I’m doing this the old fashioned way.” Chris extinguished the energy ball and went charging at Max, he decked him and Max went down, he heard a satisfying crunch as his fist hit Max’s face. Once he was down, Chris jumped on top of him and began pummeling his body. He felt his new strength surge through him and dodged the attempts at retaliation from Max with his heightened senses. Anywhere he could reach he hurt, he felt bones crack and he drew blood, he was going to make Max pay for everything he had done. Every hit was for their past life, hurting Liz before he met her, hurting her after she returned home, kidnapping her, hurting Isabel, even for turning Maria, he was going to make Max feel every bit of pain the others had, but on a different level. Max finally managed to get off an energy ball and it sent Chris flying off of him, but it wasn’t that strong and it just grazed Chris’s shoulder, he landed at Liz’s feet and the others moved to help him up.

“Chris, look at me, are you ok?” asked a worried Phoebe.

“Yeah, I’m good,” replied Chris through gritted teeth as Leo moved over to heal him. He looked at Liz who was shaking from all the pent up rage. “Liz, are you ok?”

“C’mon Liz, let’s just leave now, we’ll take care of him later,” begged Isabel. “I’m not on his side, but you all need to regain your strength.”

“No, this ends here and now, anyways if he was telling the truth, we can’t leave until he’s dead. Max has to pay for everything he’s done and I’m finishing it now,” growled Liz. “If you don’t want to see it I understand, you don’t have to watch.”

“No, I’m here with you Liz. I picked your side, and I’m going to stand by you.” As she said this she grabbed Kyle and Michael’s hands, Michael grabbed Paige, who grabbed Piper and Phoebe, and Piper grabbed Leo. They all joined together to raise their power levels; Chris and Liz would need all they could get in order to defeat Max. They may have beaten him physically but it would take a lot more to take him down, he was extremely powerful, even in this weakened state. Chris and Liz stood and linked hands and Liz grabbed onto Leo, since he was the only pure whitelighter, the others would have to filter their power through him to feed to Liz and Chris. Max stood glowering at them and charged up an energy ball. With a primal yell he let it loose towards the group, but instead of it hitting them a shield appeared around them and it bounced off.

“AAAAHHHHHH…. NOOOOOOooooooo,” screamed Maria in pain as she vanished in a pile of cinders. The energy ball may have deflected from Liz and the others, but it was sent hurtling towards Maria. Liz dropped her head in sadness at the loss of her one time best friend and steeled herself for what was to come. She felt unrestrained power surge through her and she and Chris started firing off their own energy at Max to weaken him.

“This is for Maria,” yelled Liz, “And this is for Isabel, and this is for my family, this is for my father, this is for Alex, and even for Tess,” she shouted, as the barrage on Max continued. Under the onslaught he had fallen to his knees in pain and agony and now kneeled there in complete tatters. Liz glared down at him as she raised her and Chris’s joined hands, “This is for us.” With those final words she let loose all the energy that had been building and Max disappeared in a final howl of rage. Liz turned to her family and noted the tears in Isabel’s eyes and weakened state of all of them, as she went to comfort Isabel, she felt darkness taking over and fell into unconsciousness. The last thing she felt and saw was Chris.

CH. 25

(P3)

It had been a week since they had vanquished Max and tonight they were all out celebrating Liz’s eighteenth birthday. She remembered waking up in her room at the manor with Chris the day after it all happened. He had told her that everyone was doing fine and their energy and power had been restored, she was the last one, but it had been expected according to her father, since she was the one to actually use the power. Speaking of her father, he was doing his best to try and get to know her from all the time they couldn’t be together, making up for lost time. He had also been the one to restore her powers when she was in the underworld, and because of his interference he had been made mortal, which also meant there was no reigning elder for now. Liz and Chris had talked and they both decided they weren’t ready for the responsibilities that came with being the supreme rulers of all goodness in the world. However they both said that when they felt the time was right and after they had lived, loved and learned all they thought was capable, they would take their places in the sanctuary. There was no rush due to Max being gone, the underworld was in chaos and as for Liz and Chris, well they would basically stay the way they were forever, Chris was already a whitelighter and Liz would stop aging once she turned twenty-one. They didn’t want to abandon their friends and family so they pulled strings and made the others immortal, once they reached an appropriate age in years where they would technically die their powers would be taken away from them, but in exchange they would be able to stay with Chris and Liz until the end of time, never dying unless both Liz and Chris died.

When the memories came back to Liz, she wept for the loss of both Max and Maria, they had been her friends once and their memories deserved to be mourned. They had told the Evan’s that Max had run away to find Tess, the story went along with what Isabel and Max had told their parents at the end of junior year. They told Amy Deluca that they thought Maria had gone with Max because she was secretly in love with him. The parents mourned their loss and were grieving together, but all three hoped that someday their children might return. Now, tonight, Liz was here with her family, because that is what they had all become to each other, celebrating her birthday and it also happened to be the night of Green Day’s c.d. release party for “American Idiot”. She looked around the room at everyone and smiled at the happy faces of each person, Piper and Leo were sitting at the families normal table having what seemed a nice conversation, Liz was glad that through everything they had managed to remain the same. Paige, Michael and Kyle were rocking out near the stage to the band; and Phoebe and Isabel were off giggling together and making the men in the club drool over them as was their usual entertainment.

“Dance with me.” Liz looked up into the smiling face of Chris, and nodded. As they danced she got lost in his twinkling green eyes, they seemed full of mischief and hidden promises.

“What is it?” she asked him.

“I am so happy to have you with me, we’ve over come our most impossible obstacle yet and are still here together. You have three people with you now who didn’t know the truth before, but now that they do, love you anyways, and you have your father. We’ve gone through so much, whether it was prophecies or destinies, we’ve always been there for each other. I want that for the rest of my life. I don’t want us to be king and queen as figureheads only, I want it to be real.” Chris pulled out a ring and held it out to her in the palm of his hand. “Say yes, please, we don’t have to get married now, we can wait until you’re ready, but please say yes.”

“I already said yes, that night in ‘Fusion’,” smiled Liz tearfully as she accepted the ring.

“Yeah, but this is more official,” he blushed.

“I love you Chris, I’m happy and content. Things may not have turned out the way they were planned, but now that I'm at the end of one journey and getting ready to start another with you I wouldn't have traded this for anything. Life's unpredictable but that's what makes it exciting and unknown. I'm ready to embrace our future together.” Liz leaned her head against Chris’s shoulder and breathed him in, listening to his heartbeat and slightly hearing the music. As he bent his head to kiss her softly the music and everyone faded into the background.

It’s something unpredictable,
but in the end is right,
I hope you have the time of your life….

THE END


A/N: It's the end... I'm so happy to have finished this, yet so sad. I want to thank everybody for reading this and for all the great feedback you posted. I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. I should starting posting my new story soon, so please look out for it. Thanks again guys!!