OOC: I know it's been too long getting this up, and hence why it's so long in length, I hope that it works anyway though, and I promise to try and keep more up to date with it from now on. Sorry
~Liz~
Although I’m willing to sit and wait, albeit reluctantly, Alex and Isabel seem to have other ideas and as soon as the others leave, they head on after them. Knowing that I’m not going to be able to change their mind, and that being here alone would be a pretty bad idea, I hurry out after them.
Max barely seems to notice the expanded group at first, but I can see from the look on Tess’ face that she has. This is all taking a huge amount of effort from her, it’s plain to see, and I just hope that the added burden of hiding us as well isn’t going to prove to be our downfall…
Max and Michael entered the first room next door, but weren’t in there long enough for the rest of us to follow, and that in itself proved that there was nothing there… The next was locked, and for a moment I thought it might have been Maria, but from the sight which met us, that thought was soon squashed.
Max motions to Kyle to come with us, but to my complete and utter amazement, not only does Kyle not come closer, but he actually moved further away, insisting that he’s not going… Is he crazy…?
His insistence about needing answers, finding out what’s happened makes sense, but at the same time me personally – I’d rather remain in the dark and get out of here. Of course that could have something to do with the fact that Kyle has just brought up now… We don’t know what’s happening to me, but who knows what they might want to do if they find out about it…
Kyle insists that he’s not an alien, that he’ll be safe here and I just don’t know what to think. I’d say he’s right in some respects, that I’m not an alien either – although I don’t see that making too much difference to the FBI right now, they took us for a reason… Then again, as soon as this something comes to mind… I’m not alien, but I’m not as I was before either…so what am I…?
Michael seems less than impressed by Kyle’s statement. "Listen Valenti…Weee…As in all of us aliens and humans don't have time for you. Maria is still missing somewhere in this place that is filled with FBI agents making up stupid lies about us being in the future just to trick you. If you're dumb enough to believe what they are saying then that's fine with me. But don't put our lives in danger by deciding to stay here."
He’s angry obviously, but also speaking an awful lot of sense…
"Kyle you know about us and our history. that makes you knowledgeable and useful to the FBI if they decide to torture you in just the right way. If you have flashes of what Max went through with the FBI than you know the type of torture I'm talking about. I'll be damned before me or anyone else is endangered, hurt, or possibly killed because of you're stupid decisions. Now....You're coming with us one way or another."
My eyes widen as he says this last though, raising his hand at the same time in a threatening manner. This is not the way to convince Kyle…of that I’m pretty sure…
Max seems to agree, trying to convince Kyle, but at the same time refraining from any of the tactics Michael was using. He mentions the fact that he’s not safe just because he wasn’t born alien, and then mentions me having powers – that still sounds strange, wrong even, but then that’s talking about it…feeling it, is another matter, and the energy that’s following through my body right now is pretty well under control, flowing as I feel it should…
His mention of this gets a definite reaction from Michael though… he obviously wasn’t listening to Kyle very carefully when he mentioned it, well either that, or he didn’t understand what he meant… Max tries to explain it briefly and then moves back to Kyle again.
He seems to take a different tact now, showing that he agrees with Kyle about finding out, but still insisting that he’s not leaving him, or anyone else.
It seems that Kyle is convinced this isn’t as it seems though – pointing out that they haven’t blocked Max’s powers. This is true I know, but I’m not so sure it means an awful lot… For starters, whatever has happened, we were taken from our homes and families…that’s not what I call a friendly thing to do.
Michael then starts ranting, saying that we can’t be in the future before trying to leave the room. It’s pretty much a mirror of what just happened in my room a few minutes ago, except that it’s Kyle who’s stopping him – or trying to stop him anyway – from leaving this time. I don’t hear exactly what he says, but Michael doesn’t seem very impressed and Max steps up to them both.
Quickly, he outlines a new plan, splitting into two, which will allow Michael to look for Maria – under the watchful eye of Tess, and also means that she won’t have to expend quite so much energy…keeping Michael hidden is enough for anyone I’d guess… Although this sounds like a contradiction against what he had just said, Max quickly clarifies that we’re not going anywhere just yet…not until the group is back together…and reveals the thinking behind him.
The two of them exit the room quickly, and the rest of us stand around. The tension in the room feels like it could be sliced with a knife, that’s for sure… I walk up to Max, just needing to be close to him, and listen as he argues with Kyle, trying to make him see sense. He voices my feeling about the fact that we were taken not being an action of a friend, and for a moment suggests that this could all be a movie set.
I don’t think any of us really believe that though, and Max is no difference, admitting after a moment that he thinks no such thing… I can’t help tensing as I think about what might have happened… What if it wasn’t only that they took us…what if my parents got hurt in the process. I agree that we need answers, but staying here is the last thing I really want to do…
I can see that Max is doing his best, trying to take charge, and he’s doing his best to make what sounds like a plan. First we get together, then we find some answers.
Of course the big question is the one that Isabel now asks…how…?
Max doesn’t have a chance to answer before Michael and Tess return with Maria. Oh God, it’s soooo good to see her. I go over to her, pulling her into a hug for a moment. “I am so glad to see that you’re ok…” I tell her softly before releasing her back into Michael’s arms. Somehow I don’t think he’s going to want to let go of her again any time soon…
Meanwhile, Tess is asking about the ‘plan’ such as it is, and Max is trying to explain. Kyle finds problem after problem with it, and Max is obviously getting frustrated. I go back over, touching his arm and hoping to calm him a little but it seems to have little, if any effect. He mentions ‘getting rid’ of the doctor and I can’t really believe that’s coming from Max. This is not like him, but then I think this whole situation is making us all act a little crazy… The arguments go on and on, but Max finally halts it, refusing to discuss any more and just insisting that we go and hide while Kyle presses the button.
Although I don’t want to, I go to do as he says, but stop as Kyle starts saying that he won’t. This apparently is the last straw for Max, and his reaction is to decide he’ll be the one to talk to the doctor. Hearing this, I move forward again, going back towards him.
Michael reaches out to stop him but I look and shake his head. I’m not going to let him pull me in there with the others…
Going over to Max, I reach out to touch his arm. “I want to stay with you…” I tell him softly. “From everything you’ve said, most of you they know are up – they came round to wake you as such, but me, as far as we know they don’t, and maybe that will be an advantage… Seeing me here with you might shock him into saying something he might otherwise not…” I try to explain my thinking, not wanting him to think that I’m trying to be awkward, but needing him to understand.