Sacrifice COMPLETED 1/16/03 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Post by **splatty** » Sun Sep 08, 2002 9:00 am

<img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> awesome! <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> <center>I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</center>

Post by **majiklmoon** » Sun Sep 08, 2002 10:59 pm

Sacrifice A Sequel to Quietly into the Night Conventional Couples Rating: PG-13 Chapter 20  Antar – Capitol City She ran for hours after she emerged from the tunnel. Running through the woods, she got turned around. She crashed through the underbrush, looking behind her as she ran. Branches cut into her face and the rain poured down, washing the blood away in a steady stream. She ran as if the hounds of hell were pursuing her. She stopped for a moment to see if she could hear any sounds from Kivar’s guards. An eerie silence filled the woods. She looked around and tried to get her bearings, but she was hopelessly lost.  Great, she thought to herself.  After all the exercising that Kyle made do, and all the maps he made me memorize, I still managed to get lost. She looked around some more, and proceeded at a slightly slower pace. She walked approximately a mile before she came to a small stream. She knelt down beside the water and filled her hands with water and drank deeply. As she drank, she remembered a fact she had learned when they first came to Antar. No rivers or streams flowed away from the Capitol City, only towards it. She stood up and smiled, realizing that she was no longer lost; she began her journey on foot back to the Capitol City. After walking for about an hour, she climbed up a low ridge. As she crested the top, she became aware of the buildings of Capitol City rising up to greet her. She paused for a moment to look at the city where she had been held captive for so long. A smokey haze hung over the city, and Liz smiled to think that her diversion in the palace was the cause of it. She started to make the descent down the ridge when she lost her footing on the rain soaked soil. She slid the rest of the way down the hill, grasping at exposed tree roots to slow her descent. She crashed to the bottom of the ridge, her head banging against a rock, rendering her unconscious.  Antar – Capitol City Max paced the length of the shop while he waited for Kyle and Saranara to return. When they finally arrived, he began to shout questions at them before they even walked through the door. “Max,” said Kyle when he was finally able to get a word in edgewise. “Shut up and listen. There’s been a fire at the palace, now we don’t know any more than that right now. I tried to contact Liz, but I couldn’t make a connection.” “I’ve got to get out there,” said Max anxiously. “Liz needs me, I have to find her.” He pushed past Kyle to get to the door. When Max wouldn’t stop, Kyle reached his arm back and brought it forward with full strength, slamming it into Max’s face. Unprepared for a physical attack from his friend, Max collapsed to the floor, unconscious. Michael and Jereon rushed in from the storeroom when Max first began to yell. Both watched in silence as Kyle punched one of his best friends in the face. Kyle looked at Michael. “Believe it or not, as many times as I dreamed of doing that to him, it wasn’t anywhere near as satisfying as I expected.” “Yeah, I know, I’ve been there, King Michael, remember? Why did you do it?” “He was in save Liz mode, and wouldn’t listen to reason. He was going to take off and find her, and I had to do something to stop him.” “Cool,” said Michael. “So, does Liz need rescuing? I mean, should we be mobilizing, or do we have time to eat first? I’m starved.” Saranara and Jereon listened to the conversation in amazement. Neither could believe that Kyle had really hit their King, and even more amazing, the King’s second in command was more concerned with eating than with avenging the King’s honor. “General,” began Jereon haltingly. “He struck the King, aren’t you going to do something about it?” “You never told them about Max and Liz, did you?” asked Michael looking at Kyle. “Who would ever understand?” said Kyle laughing. “Ok, look, before this goes any further, Kyle, is Liz in danger?” “Honestly, I don’t know. There’s a fire at the palace. I tried to communicate with Liz, but I couldn’t make a connection. But she’s been blocking me so much lately, I don’t know if she’s in danger, or just blocking me again.” “What does your gut say man?” Kyle took a deep breath before answering. “I think she’s ok. If the fire at the palace is bad, Kivar will protect her, but I’m more inclined to believe that Liz set the fire to find a way out of the palace.” Michael nodded and turned to the others. “Let’s move him back into the storeroom and eat, and we’ll try and explain the mystery that is Max and Liz to you,” he said grabbing Max under the arms. Kyle reached for his feet and the two carried him to the back and dropped him unceremoniously on the cot. “What’s wrong with Daddy?” asked Kam looking at his unconscious father. “Nothing Kaminator,” said Kyle scooping the boy up in his arms. “Daddy was tired and thought that he’d take a nap, that’s all. How about you? Are you feeling sleepy?” “A little,” said the boy. “But I’m hungrier than I am sleepy.” “Well, I can help you with that,” said Saranara stepping forward. “Kyle and I have all sorts of good things to eat.” She reached into one of the bundles and began to remove food. Jereon still puzzled at what he had witnessed began to help her. “They are very strange, these people,” he whispered to his sister in Antarian. “Striking a member of the Royal Family. I do not understand.” “Their world is different than ours Jereon, and as Isabelle has told you, they are no longer royalty. They are just people, like you and I.” They fed Kam first, and tucked him up beside his father. When they were sure he was asleep, Michael and Kyle tried to explain to Jereon and Saranara the love that existed between Max and Liz. “It’s hard to understand, but Liz would do anything for Max to save him. She loves him so much that one time, she convinced him she was sleeping with somebody else so that he would be with Tess,” said Michael “Why would she do that?” questioned Saranara. “At one time, Liz was visited by a Max from her future. He told her that a friend named Serena helped him to modify the granolith to go back in time. The Max from the future explained that Tess went crazy when she realized that Max didn’t love her, and it caused the death of everyone we cared about.” “So Liz decided the only thing she could do was convince Max that she didn’t love him any longer,” continued Kyle. “So we arranged it so that Max would catch Liz and I in a, um, compromising position. He did, and it worked. He turned to Tess, but we still lost someone we cared about very much.” He and Michael looked at each other as they thought about Alex. “I don’t understand,” said Jereon. “This Tess you speak of, she was Ava? Why would you believe that she was Max’s destiny?” “Well, the destiny book for one,” said Michael. “The translation we had at the time said it, and the Max from the future said it as well.” “This is quite interesting,” said Jereon. “The granolith could be modified to travel through time, I am sure this is very true, but according to my father, when you were sent to Earth, it was planned that you should not procreate with each other, but with other’s who were human.” “God, who knows, Tess probably mind warped the whole thing,” said Michael. “At this point, it doesn’t matter, we were just trying to show you the things these two do for each other.” “So Liz turned her back on love, and she stayed here on Antar to protect her children, she is indeed a noble woman,” said Jereon. “Tell us of some of the sacrifices Max has made for Liz to protect her.” “I haven’t,” said Max, rising from the cot. “And that’s part of the problem. The only risk I ever took was when I healed her that time when she got shot. Liz has made so many sacrifices for me, and I’ve done nothing for her. Well, not this time. This time, I’m going to save her.” He turned to look at Kyle. “Nice right hook. You been working out?” “Uh, yeah, Liz too. We both have, in case we ever had the chance to run,” answered Kyle, puzzled by the change in topic. “Well, thanks for stopping me, but if you ever hit me again, I’m going to have to kill you,” Max said, flashing his Tom Cruise smile. The three friends laughed and the tension that had begun to fill the room abruptly vanished. Max grabbed some food and ate while Kyle filled him in on the fire, and his theory of Liz escaping. “It makes sense,” said Max. “Kivar certainly isn’t going to leave her to burn, but I really like the theory that she used the fire to escape. I just wish she’d let you contact her,” he said looking at Kyle. “I keep trying,” said Kyle. “When Kam wakes up, we should have him try too.” “What about Isabelle, have you been able to reach her?” asked Max “No,” admitted Kyle. “So I can’t even tell if it’s me who isn’t working, or them blocking me.” “Look,” said Michael. “It’s getting late. If we haven’t heard anything by the morning, maybe you could head back into town to see what you can pick up. Right now, I suggest we take turns standing guard. One out front, and one here, by the trap door, while the others sleep. I’ll take the first watch out front, who wants out back?” “Me,” said Max. “Since I’ve already had an impromptu nap courtesy of Kyle, I’ll stay up.” “Sounds good,” said Michael moving towards the front of the building. “I’ll see you in a few hours then.” The others stretched out and prepared for sleep. Jereon and Saranara fell asleep quickly, but Kyle stared at the ceiling for a long time. Finally he turned to Max and whispered. “Max?” “Yeah?” “I had to stop you. Liz would have killed me if I let anything happen to you.” “I know,” admitted Max. “Kyle, thank you for taking such good care of her and Kam all this time. You didn’t have to stay with her, but you did.” “I did have to stay Max. Liz is one of my oldest friends, I couldn’t leave her here alone.” “Yeah, well, thanks,” said Max.  Antar – Capitol City] The transport made it’s way through the woods outside of the Capitol City, following a path that led towards one of the least secure gates into the city. Franchet and Malik drove in silence, watching the trail for signs of Kivar’s guardsmen. In the back, beneath some blankets hid Lexie and Isabelle. The both slept for most of the journey, but just outside the city, Franchet reached into the back and woke Isabelle up. “We’re almost there, you may want to wake the child up,” he whispered. “The poor mite, she has been though so much in such a short time,” he said. “Kivar’s evil has touched too many people.” Isabelle smiled at him and began to stroke her niece’s hair. “Lexie, sweetie, its time to wake up Lexie Bear.” Lexie stretched and opened her eyes and yawned. “I’m hungry Auntie Isabelle,” she said. “I know sweetie, here, munch on this, she said reaching into the packet Malik had given her earlier. Lexie took the parcel, but instead of eating, she began to listen intently. “Auntie, my mommy’s out there,” she said pointing towards the dark woods. “We have to get my mommy.” “Where honey? Where’s your mommy, can she tell you where she is?” “No, she gots a boo boo. We gotta find her so I can make her all better.” “Ok sweetie, just hang on,” said Isabelle. Isabelle moved to the front of the transport and whispered to Franchet and Malik and explained what Lexie had said. Both men were reluctant to stop, but after a few minutes of arguing with Isabelle, both gave in. They set off in the direction that Lexie had indicated, and searched the brush. Isabelle sat with Lexie, trying to draw more information out of the small girl, but all she would say was that her mother was out there and she was hurt. After about fifteen minutes, Franchet returned to the transport and shook his head. “I couldn’t find anything out there,” he admitted as they waited for Malik to arrive. Several minutes later, they heard him crashing through the brush. He burst onto the path, struggling beneath the burden in his arms. “Oh my God, he found Liz,” whispered Isabelle, bringing her hand up to her mouth. “Quick, we must hurry,” he whispered. “The guardsmen are searching the woods. I could hear them in the distance.” He laid Liz in the back of the transport and Isabelle quickly covered herself, Lexie and Liz with blankets. Malik climbed in and started the vehicle, and they made their way towards the city. <center>Margo is a Super ORB!</center><center><center>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<center>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a>

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 1:08 am

omg! they found liz! :D

isndbreeze · Post by **isndbreeze** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 5:09 am

I'm reading "Quietly Into the Night" at the same time as this one, but this one intrigues me, and I'm nearly finished with "Quietly into the Night," which is great, so I will be able to concentrate on this as you post instead of playing catch up! Yay! This one is even better so far! Love it! <center><img src=http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/skysymb ... r>Gerry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hopeless Candy-Coated, Stargazing, Dreamer! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</center>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub129.ezboard.com/uisndbreeze.s ... dbreeze</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/aim116b.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 9/10/02 11:56:04 pm

Post by **roswellkitkat** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:13 am

<img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> They found Liz!!! Ok..so now everyone just needs to find each other and make Kivar pay dearly for his wicked ways!!! This story just keeps getting better and better!! <center>*************<center>And I believe<center> <center>That angels breathe<center> <center>And that love will live on and never leave<center><center>*************<center>************* <center>The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"

vecastone · Post by **vecastone** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 3:52 pm

Great Great <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> I am stuck here with this fanfic ....and I love it !! Go ahead !!! I want Max to find Liz !!!! :D

Post by **majiklmoon** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 9:31 pm

Sacrifice A Sequel to Quietly into the Night Conventional Couples Rating: PG-13 Chapter Twenty-One  Antar – Outside Capitol City Franchet guided the transport to a stop in a deserted section of the city. He and Malik jumped out and went to the back of the vehicle to help Isabelle and Lexie out. The carried a still unconscious Liz out and led them into an empty warehouse. Isabelle and Lexie followed the men as they went down several flights of stairs into a basement. Malik shifted all of Liz’s weight into Franchet’s arms and moved to the back of the basement. He opened a hidden panel in the wall, pressed several buttons, and the wall slid back to reveal a small room with several beds in it. Franchet stepped into the room and carefully laid Liz on one of the beds and motioned for Isabelle and Lexie to follow him. Once they were all in the small room, the panel slid close, hiding them from view. “Where are we?” questioned Isabelle. “In yet another of the many tunnels that were established by the resistance movement,” answered Franchet. “You will be safe here until we can find out what is going on.” “You have to get word to Jereon and Saranara, they must be frantic by now,” said Isabelle. “I like Jeremy and Serena,” piped in Lexie. “They’re my friends.” “That’s right sweetie, they are our friends, and we need to let them know that we’re ok,” agreed Isabelle. Turning to Franchet she continued, “Can you get word to them soon?” “Yes Princess, it will be done as soon as possible,” Franchet assured her. “Now, let me show you where the supplies are before Malik and I leave.” The two men showed Isabelle where the supplies where kept, and how to work the door, but urged her to remain hidden until they returned. “We should be back in several quarchaks,” said Malik. Isabelle remembered that quarchaks were the Antarian equivalent of Earth hours. “However Princess, if we do not, you will know that something has happened, and you must take the Queen and her child and run.” Isabelle nodded to show she understood and said goodbye to the two men. After they left, she went over to check Liz who was still unconscious. Lexie sat on the bed next to Liz, staring at her. “That’s my mommy,” she said matter of factly. “How come she’s still sleeping? She takes bigger naps than me.” “I’m not really sure,” said Isabelle. “But look see, she has a big ump on her head. Maybe that’s why she’s sleeping.” “I forgot she had a boo boo,” said Lexie, her lower lip trembling. “I’m sorry auntie.” Isabelle sat down next to the child and quickly reassured her that she hadn’t done anything wrong. Lexie slid off the cot she was sitting on and moved closer to Liz. She kissed Liz’s cheek and then placed her hands over the large bump on Liz’s forehead. Isabelle could see the small child shaking with concentration as she tried to heal her mother. After several minutes, Lexie broke the connection, her forehead wet with perspiration. “She’s got lots of boo boo’s Auntie,” said the little girl. “But I made her all better,” she added proudly. “That’s great muffin,” answered Isabelle as she stroked Lexie’s hair. “Why don’t you eat this little snack and take a quick nap.” “Ok,” said Lexie as she took to proffered snack from her aunt. “It don’t taste good Auntie Isabelle,” cried the little girl. “It makes my tongue tingly.” Isabelle took a bite of the bar that Lexie was munching and almost squealed in delight. One thing they had found on their last visit to Antar was that the food was seasoned with a combination of spicy and sweet, just the way she, Max and Michael liked it. Apparently, that was one gene Lexie didn’t inherit. “I know it doesn’t taste very good sweetie, but try and eat up. It will make your tummy feel better.” Lexie nodded off while she was eating, so Isabelle covered the child with a blanket and began a systematic search of the area. A soft moan caught her attention and she rushed over to the cot that held Liz. As she approached, Liz sat up slowly, holding her head. “Oh, God, that hurts,” she said. “What’s going on, where am I?” she questioned. She saw Isabelle and looked shocked. “Aren’t you Isabelle Evans?” “What?” Isabelle asked in shock. “I mean, yes, I am, but you know that Liz.” “Well yeah, I mean everybody in school knows you Isabelle, but I had no idea you knew who I was,” said Liz. “Where are we, and who is that?” she asked pointing to Lexie.  Oh my God,” Isabelle thought to herself.  She has amnesia or something. I may have done the whole medical school thing, but I don’t think I can cope with this. “Liz, what’s the very last thing you remember happening?” asked Isabelle. Liz thought for a while, a frown on her face. “I don’t know, I think I had a date with Kyle last night, and Maria and I were working at the CrashDown this morning. Oh yeah, and there were these two really geeky alien hunters in town for the Crash Festival. I tried scamming them with this picture I have of a doll that melted out in the sun. I told them it was an alien baby,” she laughed. “And there were these two guys at one of Maria’s tables. The were really loud, they were having some kind of argument or something, and one of them pulled out a gun. That’s the last thing I can remember.” “Wow,” said Isabelle, half to herself. “How am I going to explain this?” “What, explain what, and who is that little girl? Isabelle, what’s going on here?” “Look Liz, this is going to take a while to explain, but for now, can you just trust me?” said Isabelle  Trust no one, a voice in Liz’s head said. She backed away from Isabelle shaking her head. “Stay away from me,” she said scrambling off the cot and moving across the room. “I want to get out of here!” “Liz, relax, it’s just me, Isabelle, nobody here is going to hurt you,” said Isabelle in a soothing voice as she walked towards Liz. “I said stay away from me,” said Liz raising her hand in an unconscious gesture. Isabelle stopped, unsure if Liz realized that she could kill her with her upraised hand. “Ok Liz, I’m stopping right here, but you don’t have to be afraid. I’m your friend.” “You’re not my friend Isabelle Evans. People like Maria, Alex and I aren’t in your so- called social class. You walk past us in the halls and look down on us like we were bugs!” Isabelle faltered at the mention of Alex, and at the reminder of how shallow she used to be. She stepped back from Liz and went to go sit on one of the cots. “Ok listen,” she said. “I’m going to try and explain some things to you, and it’s going to sound really strange, but I want you to promise me that you’ll listen and keep an open mind.” Liz looked warily at Isabelle and finally nodded her assent. “That fight in the CrashDown that you remembered, well, the gun went off, and well, you were shot Liz, and you almost died. You would have died, but Max saved you.” “What? I was shot, where, and how did Max save me?” “The bullet hit you in the stomach area,” said Isabelle. She watched as Liz lifted up her shirt to examine the area. “It can’t be true, there’s no scar or anything. You’re insane. I was never shot.” “You were, and you almost died, I guess I shouldn’t say Max saved you as much as he healed you.” ”Now I know you’re insane,” said Liz. “I’ve heard enough, I want to leave, now!” “Look, you promised to hear me out, now will you do that. I always heard that when you gave your word you stuck to it, now was that true, or a lie?” “Fine,” said Liz. “I’ll listen, but I still think you’re insane. But please continue. Max healed me how?” “He’s an alien Liz, and so am I, and so is Michael Guerin.” “Aliens? Right,” snorted Liz. “You and Max aliens. Michael, now maybe I could see that. Maria always said he was a strange person but an alien?” her voice trailed off as she watched Isabelle pass her hand over her hair and change it to long and red, then short and black. “H-how did you do that?” she asked. “I told you, I’m an alien. We can manipulate molecular structure as well as other things. One of the things Max can do is heal people. He healed you, but when he did, he exposed our secret, and put us in danger. We were all set to run, but you came up with a plan to through Jim off our tracks.” “Jim?” questioned Liz. “Sheriff Valenti. Look Liz, this story is going to get very confusing from here on out, so maybe you better just listen, and try and remember.” Isabelle went on to explain how first Maria, and then Alex became intertwined in their secret. She told Liz about her relationship with Max and how they tried to fight their attraction, but couldn’t, and about the arrival of Tess. Isabelle found it interesting to note that at the mention of the name Tess, Liz’s face took on a troubled look. “What, are you remembering something?” she asked. “I don’t know,” Liz said. “Keep going.” Isabelle explained about Nescedo, and the Destiny book, and the holographic message that they received from their mother explaining that Tess was Max’s destiny. “And so I just walked away from him?” said Liz incredulously. “I gave him up?” “Pretty much, but no matter how hard you tried to fight it, you two were always drawn together.” Isabelle continued the story, telling Liz about the skins, the harvest, and the Max from the future. “And then you convinced Max that you slept with Kyle, and he turned to Tess. I still can’t believe you did that Liz; you turned your back on the person you love more than anything to save us. You really are an incredible person.” “I’m not feeling to incredible right now. Unless incredibly stupid counts.” “What do you mean?” asked Isabelle. “That Tess sounds like a real manipulative bitch, and I just let her walk all over me.” “There’s more Liz, you need to hear all of it,” said Isabelle. She proceeded to tell Liz about the duplicate podsters, and how Ava confirmed that when Max healed her, he changed her. She told Liz about the prom, trying to avoid any mention of the kiss between Tess and Max. “Look Isabelle, if you’re going to tell me this, tell me everything. You can’t censor out the things that you think will hurt me,” said Liz. Isabelle began to cry. “Oh Liz, it was so awful. She killed him. She killed Alex!” “What? Alex? He can’t be dead!” cried Liz. “He is, she mind warped him until his brain just couldn’t handle it anymore, she destroyed him,” whispered Isabelle through her tears. “And then she mind warped Kyle into helping her make it look like Alex killed himself. And everyone believed it Liz, everyone except you. You kept pushing and pushing for answers and you figured it out.” “What happened next, I hope someone killed that vicious bitch,” said Liz bitterly. “Well, no, see the thing is, wile you and Max were broken up, he slept with Tess and got pregnant. She told him that the baby was dying on Earth, and we decided to go back to Antar. We were getting ready to climb into the granolith, when Michael decided that he had already found a home, on Earth, with Maria. He left the pod chamber to find you, Kyle and Maria outside trying to get in to tell us what Tess did.” Isabelle got up to move over beside Liz. “Max let her leave for Antar, to protect his child,” she said. “But the second he did, he knew he made a mistake. He became obsessed with finding his child, and you did everything you could to help him.” “God, did anything good happen to us?” asked Liz. “Well, I got married, and you and Maria were my bridal attendants. His name was Jesse, and he was wonderful.” “Was?” asked Liz in a faint voice. “Yeah, was, but we’ll get to that,” said Isabelle with a sad smile. “You started developing your powers Liz, and you left for a while, and went to school in Vermont. You just couldn’t be around Max anymore, but it didn’t last long, and you and Max were back and together, and happy.” “I’m guessing it didn’t last very long,” said Liz. “Tess came back, with the baby. Kivar didn’t want him because he was human, so she stole a ship and came back here. The military was back on our tail. Tess did try, she gave the baby to Max, and she had you drive her to the air force base, and she, well, she destroyed herself to give us a chance at freedom, but it didn’t work. You started getting visions, and you had horrid one of us being killed, you, me, Max and Michael.” ”But we didn’t right? I mean, we’re here, did the others get away ok as well?” “Yeah, we decided to wait until after graduation because you and Max, Maria and Kyle were all graduating. Michael left right before graduation, but at the ceremony, we found out that we were going to be killed that night. Max stood up and walked to the podium, and he used his powers to kill the lights, giving us a chance to escape. At the last minute, Michael showed up and got Max out. After that, we decided to run.” “What do you mean, we decided to run. We shouldn’t have done that, we should have stood up and fought back!” said Liz. Isabelle laughed at her vehemence. “Well, in the end, we did. We left Roswell as a group, and you and Max got married, but the FBI kept tailing us. We had to split up, we figured we were safer, but then we all started being tailed. I thought it was Jesse. Kyle and I were living in the same city as him, and I found proof that he was an FBI agent.” “You and Kyle? Didn’t your husband come with us?” “No, I told him he still had a chance to live a normal life, so I left, he stayed.” “But you ended up in the same city?” “Yeah, one of my more stupid plans,” admitted Isabelle. “Anyhow, we all got back together, and you convinced us that we should go home to Roswell and take back our lives.” “And did we?” asked Liz. “Yeah, it turned out that the FBI was never tracking us, it was Kivar and his stupid minions all the time.” “This is all so unbelievable,” said Liz. “There is no way all this happened. I don’t have any powers. I can’t raise my hand and blow up that table over there.” “Oh really,” said Isabelle. “Have you tried?” “Ok, fine. I’ll try,” said Liz pointing her hand at the table. A burst of energy emanated from her hand and the table exploded. “Shall I continue the story?” asked Isabelle. “Yeah,” said Liz faintly, looking at her hand in awe. “Go ahead.” “Well, it turned out that Jesse wasn’t an FBI agent, Kivar had mind warped him, but he resisted it and was able to feed Kivar misinformation about our powers. There was a battle outside of town, and we, well Maria actually, killed Kivar.” “Maria killed Kivar? Maria the pacifist killed somebody?” “We thought so at the time. Anyhow, you were pregnant, and we all came to Antar to learn about our heritage and make sure your baby was ok. But something went wrong.”  Trust no one,the voice in Liz’s head whispered. “No!” she shouted. “No what?” asked a puzzled Isabelle  Trust no one,” the voice whispered again. “No! No! No! No! No! Shut up. I have to trust, I have to I have to!” shouted Liz. She stood up and ran over to a corner of the room and huddled down. “I have to! I have to protect my babies. I have to save them!” she burst into tears. “I have to protect them. I can’t let anything happen to my babies.” “Oh Liz,” whispered Isabelle moving over to the sobbing girl. “You remember, don’t you?” She knelt down on the ground beside her friend and wrapped her arms around her. Liz sobbed in her arms. “Liz, listen to me, you did save them you did! Kyle got Kam out, they’re safe, they are! You have to believe me, your babies are safe.” Slowly Isabelle’s words penetrated the anguish that filled her mind. “They’re safe?” she whimpered. “Yes, Kyle and Kam are with Max and Michael right now. They’re ok, they are.” “And Alexandra? Is she ok? Is she with Maria?” “Mommy?” said Lexie as she walked across the room. “Mommy, are you ok?” Liz looked at the little girl, and then to Isabelle who nodded slightly. “Lexie, Lexie sweetie. Oh my baby. I love you so much,” cried Liz as she held her small daughter in her arms. “Mommy loves you so very much!” <center>Margo is a Super ORB!</center><center><center>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<center>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub129.ezboard.com/umajiklmoon.s ... iklmoon</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/images/moon18.gif" BORDER=0> at: 9/10/02 8:34:00 pm

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 10:00 pm

that is so sweet! liz and lexie reunitied <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)">

isndbreeze · Post by **isndbreeze** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 1:21 am

Great story! It started out as a real thriller and just continued to be a thriller! I agree with those who said this is even better than the original! So Kyle is interested in Saranara, and she likes him. And the whole Liz and Kivar thing! So amazing! And Lexie and Kam being able to talk to each other and Lexie having Max's healing ability! Too cool! I'm all caught up now, so I can read it as you post it! I'm wondering where it will go from here now that Liz has escaped and been found... but they're not home yet! They've all got to escape from Kivar and get back, and I'm guessing he isn't likely to let that happen easily and he may even come looking for them if they get back to earth. Hope Maria's got another lead pipe handy! The dude's gotta go! <center><img src=http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/skysymb ... r>Gerry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hopeless Candy-Coated, Stargazing, Dreamer! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</center>

Post by **roswellkitkat** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 12:31 pm

Go Tracie, go Tracie, go Tracie! <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> Have I told you how much I <img src=http://216.40.241.68/otn/love/1luvu.gif ALT=":love"> this story? <center>*************<center>And I believe<center> <center>That angels breathe<center> <center>And that love will live on and never leave<center><center>*************<center>************* <center>The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"

vecastone · Post by **vecastone** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 11:39 am

Go tracie !!!! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> write , write !!! Love !!!!! :D

Post by **splatty** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 10:42 pm

wowie! finally catching up with this one . . and it is truly awesome! <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> where do you get such great ideas? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> can't wait for more! <center>I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</center>

Post by **majiklmoon** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 1:04 am

Sacrifice A Sequel to Quietly into the Night Conventional Couples Rating: PG-13 Chapter Twenty-Two  Antar – Capitol City A smoky haze filled the sky of Capitol City. People wandered aimlessly in the streets, trying to find out what had happened. Kyle used the smoke and the darkness to hide his approach to the smoldering ruins of the royal palace. He entered the grounds of the palace, and quickly ducked behind a pile of rubble. A troop of Kivar’s guardsmen marched past, and Kyle eased himself into the group. He marched unnoticed for several minutes until finally, one of the guardsmen began to speak with him. ”Have you heard the latest?” “About what?” hedged Kyle. “About Commander Nicoro. He’s still missing, and there isn’t any sign of his transmitter signal. It was there one second, and the next, it was like he was gone.” “Huh,” said Kyle. “Imagine that. So when you say gone, you mean dead, right?” “More than dead,” said the guardsman. “Destroyed, incinerated or something. You know how the transmitters work. They keep going, even if we’re taken out. It would have to be destroyed to stop working.” “Right, I knew that, I’m just tired from working so hard,” bluffed Kyle. “So, what else have you heard?” The guardsman looked around to make sure he wouldn’t be overheard. “The Queen’s escaped,” he whispered. “Really?” lied Kyle. “I heard she perished in the fire.” “That’s what Lord Kivar is telling people, but in actuality, she escaped. “My brother-in-law Krochi works closely with Lord Kivar. He told me that Kivar’s plan was to have the Queen try and escape and lead him to her brat and the alien traitor. His plan failed however, and she escaped undetected.” Kyle grinned in the darkness, feeling an overwhelming joy at the news that Liz did escape. The troop turned a corner, when Kyle felt a hand come down over his face. He was pulled backwards into a doorway. Something was dropped over his head, and the world went black. He tried to break free, but his hands were bound behind his back. After several minutes of futile struggling, he relaxed and waited to see what his captors had in store for him. “Will you remain quite if I remove the covering from your eyes?” said a disembodied voice behind him. Kyle did nothing for a moment, then finally, he nodded, and the covering was slowly removed from his eyes. Before him stood another of Kivar’s guardsman, staring down at him through silver gray eyes. “You were foolish to come here tonight. Lord Kivar has put a price on your head.” “Well, lets go then,” said Kyle. “Turn me in, collect your bounty and be done with it.” “No, that isn’t what’s going to happen.” “Well, why don’t you tell me what you  think is going to happen?” said Kyle. “What I think is first, you are going to keep your big mouth shut,” said the guardsman. “And second, I want you to tell me how my son and daughter are.” As he spoke, his features transformed, and before Kyle stood Naloch. “Cute trick, look, I can do it too,” said Kyle, and he changed into a facsimile of Michael, then slowly morphed into a duplicate of Max. “So, if we’re done with the parlor tricks, who are you?” ”Kyle, we don’t have any time for this, what is it going to take to convince you that I’m Naloch,” said the other man.” “Naloch is dead,” said Kyle flatly. “There isn’t anything you could say to convince me that you are him.” “I can understand your being cautious, but we must move quickly, the Queen has escaped. We need to track her down and keep her safe.” Kyle just looked at the other man and said nothing. “Kyle, will you listen to me. Liz is out there somewhere, she isn’t safe. We have to find her!” “What did you say?” asked Kyle. “I said the Queen is out there and we need to find her.” “Liz, you said Liz.” ”Yes, that is her name, is it not?” said the other man. “Not to anyone on Antar. Everyone here calls her Elizabeth. There is only one person on this God forsaken planet that would ever call her Liz. Damn it Naloch, where have you been? We’ve been worried sick.” Naloch smiled. “I’m assuming if I untie you, you will no longer try and kill me,” said Naloch. He stepped behind Kyle and freed his hands, and the two men hugged briefly. “Naloch, what happened to you? Saranara and Jereon were certain they had lost you. You’ve been missing for months.” “I know,” said Naloch. “It couldn’t be helped. I managed to infiltrate Kivar’s guardsmen as a trooper named Cadrik. I managed to worm my way into Kivar’s good graces, and he ordered me to befriend Liz. I agreed of course.” “How did she get out?” asked Kyle. “How did she get past the security system?” “One of the things I learned was that the guards could disarm the security system in order to take her out of the room,” answered Kivar. “The sensors in her room detected smoke shortly after you escaped, and she was removed from the room for her own safety. That provided me with the opportunity to explain how the security system worked.” “And Liz used it to her own benefit,” continued Kyle “Yes, she got out the same way you used to,” said Naloch. “But after she got out, we lost track of her. I have no idea of where she went.” “Well, that’s not our only problem,” said Kyle as the two men made their way out of the room and back out through the ruins of the palace. “Max and Liz’s daughter Lexie figured out how to work the orbs, and transported herself to Antar. She was followed by Isabelle.” ”Great Balatra,” said Naloch, invoking the name of the Antarian Goddess. “Are they safe?” “We don’t know,” admitted Kyle. “Jereon hid them in the tunnels along with what he thought was you.” “What!” “Jereon found you down in the tunnels, but he didn’t have a chance to ask where you had been. Kivar’s guardsmen were about to search the shop, so he left Isabelle and Lexie in the tunnel with you, and when it was safe he went back down, and they were gone.” “We’ve got to find them,” said Naloch. “Wait, there’s more,” said Kyle, holding a hand up to stop Naloch. “Do not tell me that Max and Michael followed Isabelle and the child?” “In that case, let’s just go then,” said Kyle. “Oh no,” said Naloch. “Don’t you people do anything the easy way?” “Now come on,” said Kyle. “Where’s the fun in that? Seriously Naloch, you didn’t really think that Max would stay behind if his child came here, did you?” “No, not really, and where the King goes, so goes the general “Right,” nodded Kyle. “Now come on, lets get you back to the shop. I know of at least two people who are going to be really happy to see you.”  Antar – Capitol City Liz laid on one of the cots, her arms around her daughter.  Trust no one, Krochi’s voice echoed in her head. A tear trickled down her face as she struggled to figure out what was real and what wasn’t. “Mommy, are you sad?” asked Lexie as her small hand reached up to touch her tear-streaked face. “No sweetie, not sad, just confused. But it’s ok, I’ll figure it all out.” “Auntie Maria says you’re the smartest person she ever knowed,” said Lexie. Liz smiled as she thought about her friend. “What else did Auntie Maria tell you?” “That she misses you a lot, and that Daddy’s a good girlfriend, but it’s just not the same. That’s silly. Daddy’s a boy, how can he be a girlfriend?” Liz stared at the small girl in shock. “Your real. Oh my God, you’re real!” She kissed Lexie’s face and jumped up and ran across the room to Isabelle and hugged her. “Isabelle, I can’t believe you’re here. You’re real! It’s not a trick.” “Liz,” said Isabelle, hugging her back. “Of course I’m real. What are you talking about?” “One of the guards, he kept telling me to trust no one. That I couldn’t believe anybody, that it wasn’t safe. I wanted so much to believe that you and Lexie were real, but I was so afraid. I kept hearing his voice in my head telling me not to trust anybody.” “Well what finally convinced you?” asked Isabelle hugging Liz again. “Lexie, she told me something her Auntie Maria said.” “Oh this ought to be good, let’s hear it,” said Isabelle with a smile on her face. “She said that Max was a good girlfriend,” said Liz bursting into tears. “Auntie Isabelle, is Mommy alright?” “Should I try and fix her again?” asked Lexie in a scared voice from across the room. “Oh no sweetie, Mommy’s just fine,” said Isabelle. “She’s just really happy right now.” Liz walked slowly over to her daughter and smiled and knelt down next to her. “Lexie, remember a minute ago when I said I was confused? Well, I just got unconfused, and it made me so happy I cried, that’s all.” “Oh, ok, but that’s silly, just like Daddy being a girlfriend is silly. I cry when I’m sad, not happy.” Liz hugged her daughter tightly and looked at Isabelle over her head. ”She has healing powers?” she asked. “Yeah, I just found out myself, the other day. I, well, I left Roswell after you and Kyle didn’t make it back, and I just got back into town the other day.” ”Isabelle, I am so sorry, I tried to get Kyle to leave Antar with the rest of you, really I did,” said Liz. “Even if he did, and you stayed, I would have left,” said Isabelle. I just couldn’t stand losing one more person that I loved.” “I had to stay Isabelle, I had no choice,” said Liz. Isabelle started to say something when the hidden door began to open. Without a word, Liz upturned one of the cots and hid Lexie behind it. As one, she and Isabelle stepped forward, arms extended outward to meet the intruders head on. <center>Margo is a Super ORB!</center><center><center>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<center>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a>

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 3:01 am

wahoo! update good! gets better and better :D

isndbreeze · Post by **isndbreeze** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 11:24 am

Another great update! I wonder if it's going to be the bad guys or the good ones coming in. Glad Liz is back to herself again and Naloch is okay! Can't wait to read more! <center><img src=http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/skysymb ... r>Gerry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hopeless Candy-Coated, Stargazing, Dreamer! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</center>

Post by **splatty** » Sun Sep 15, 2002 9:57 pm

<img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> oh! oh! keep up the good work! <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"> <center>I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</center>

Post by **majiklmoon** » Sun Sep 15, 2002 11:26 pm

Sacrifice A Sequel to Quietly into the Night Conventional Couples Rating: PG-13 Chapter Twenty-Three  Antar – Capitol City Kyle and Naloch made their way through the streets of Capitol City, ducking into the milling crowds whenever they passed a group of Kivar’s guardsmen. They turned a corner and walked slowly down the street leading to Naloch’s shop when a bright light filled the air and the sounds of an explosion rocked the ground. Kyle was knocked to his feet, but he looked up and saw that Naloch’s shop was completely destroyed. “NO!” he yelled struggling to get up. He pulled himself up, and turned to Naloch who was buried under a pile of rubble. He quickly freed his friend, and the two ran down the street towards the remains of the shop. Kyle reached what was left of the building and began to heave smoldering pieces of building material into the street. “Saranara! Saranara! My God, Saranara, where are you?” cried Kyle as he dug through the rubble. One by one, the neighbors came out of their homes and helped them sift through what was left of the building. Kyle shifted a beam and underneath it was Kam’s body. “Naloch, over here!” he shouted. “Oh Blessed Balatra is that?” asked Naloch. “Yeah, now help me get him out of here!” The two men removed the beam that covered the child’s body and Kyle reached down and gently lifted Kam into his arms. “He’s still breathing,” said Kyle. “But it looks like his leg is broken.” “Here, let me take the lad for you,” said an elderly woman who lived across from Naloch’s shop. Kyle backed away, Kam still in his arms, he didn’t know the woman and was not about to relinquish Kam to anyone. He looked over at Naloch who was nodding. “Thank you Tragenta. He is very precious, you will guard him with your life,” said Naloch. “Blessed Balatra is that you Naloch?” whispered Tragenta. “Aye Tragenta, it is good to see you.” “I have news for you Naloch. Malik was here, and he has three packages for you at the warehouse across town.” “Three packages,” said Naloch. “That is very reassuring.” “He came to me and asked me to get word to Saranara or Jereon. I was just going over there when the explosion occurred.” “Was it Kivar?” asked Kyle. “It was,” answered Naloch. “You can tell from the explosion. He had his demolitions experts develop an explosive that would level a structure, but leave the everything around it still standing.” “We found someone else,” one of the rescue workers shouted. Kyle placed Kam in Tragenta’s arms and rushed back to the site of the explosion. Rescue workers pulled a conscious but badly wounded Saranara from the rubble. “Kyle,” she moaned. “Kam, where is he? He was in the shop with me.” “Shhh, don’t worry sweetheart,” Kyle said softly, brushing tangled strands of hair away from her face. “He’s safe. We found him already. Your father left him with Tragenta .” “My f-father,” she said weakly. “Yeah. The real one this time. Saranara, what about the others? Were they in the shop with you.” “In the tunnel,” she gasped just before she lost consciousness. “My daughter,” said Naloch, kneeling down beside her and taking her hand in his. “Are we too late?” ”No,” said Kyle. “She’s still breathing, but we need to get her help, fast. We have to find Max. He can heal her. She said they were in the tunnel when the explosion occurred. “We can’t reach the tunnel from this entrance. “I’ll have some men go in the other way and find them and bring them to the warehouse, where the others are hiding. Hopefully they’ll get there in time to save my daughter.” Naloch quickly organized two teams, one to enter the tunnels from the other end, and one to help carry the wounded to the warehouse. Tragenta agreed to stay behind to watch the shop on the off chance that the others managed to find a way out of the tunnel. Saranara and Kyle were placed on liters and loaded into a transport vehicle and the small party headed across Capitol City.  Antar – Capitol City The door slid open to reveal Malik. Isabelle lowered her arm, but Liz remained wary. “Liz, it’s ok, he’s helping us,” said Isabelle. “Princess, Your Majesty,” said Malik bowing. “We must hurry. Get the child, we have to get you out of here.” “Why?” asked Liz, her arm still upraised. “What’s happened?” “There’s been an explosion at Naloch’s shop. We must get you to safety.” “Naloch’s shop?” asked Isabelle, her face draining of color. “What about – were there any survivors?” “I do not know Princess. I was going to bring a message, but when the explosion occurred, my first thoughts were to your safety.” “What’s he talking about?” asked Liz. “Isabelle, what’s going on?” Isabelle turned towards her friend and placed a hand on her shoulder. “Naloch’s shop was where the orbs were programmed to bring us when we left Earth. It’s where Lexie and I were and where,” she halted, unable to continue.” “Where Max and Michael would be,” said Liz. “And quite possibly Kam and Kyle as well. Well, we can’t stay here,” she said we have to get to where the shop was and see if there are any survivors.” “Your Majesty, you can’t go there,” said Malik. “It’s far too dangerous for you to be on the streets, you and the Princess’s must remain hidden.” “Damn it!” shouted Liz. “I’m nobody’s queen, and if my husband, and my son are in danger, I have to go to them. I just got my daughter back and I’m damn well  NOT going to lose my son!” “Wait,” said Isabelle holding up a cautioning hand. “What’s that? Did you hear something?” Everyone stopped and listened and heard the footsteps crossing the floor above them. Malik quickly activated the panel that closed the door and tried to urge Liz and Isabelle to hide with Lexie. “Look, if there’s going to be a fight, we’re going to be a part of it,” said Isabelle. “We’re not about to hide from that bastard Kivar.” Isabelle was about to say more, but stopped when they heard two knocks on the door before the panel slid open to reveal Naloch, Kyle and some others, bearing stretchers. “Kyle,” breathed Isabelle. “Oh my God Kyle, is it really you?” “Kyle!” cried Liz at the same time. “Where’s Kam? Is he alright?” “I have him Liz, he’s here. He’s been hurt, but I have him,” he said as he set the stretcher on the ground. Liz pushed past him and knelt down beside her son. “Oh Kam,” she cried. “My poor baby.” The others stepped into the small room and the other stretcher was set down beside Kam. “Your Majesty,” said Naloch respectfully. “I’m glad you were able to escape.” “Naloch, it’s good to see you,” said Liz. “It’s hard to believe that we’ve been in the same city for three years and I’ve seen nothing of you.” “But your wrong Liz,” he said smiling. “You saw me just the other day.” “What?” questioned Liz. “Where? The only people I’ve seen were Kivar and his,” she stopped as she realized what he meant. “You were Cadrik, weren’t you?” “Yes Liz, I was. I regret that I wasn’t able to inform you of my true identity.” “No Naloch, I understand, no regrets are necessary,” said Liz. She looked down at her son again and at the other stretcher. “Who is this?” she asked.” “My daughter Saranara,” said the Antarian. “She and your son were in the shop when the blast occurred. We were lucky to find them. We have people searching for Max, Michael and Jereon. When we find them, they will be brought here. Hopefully it will be in time to heal them.” “They’re safe then?” asked Liz. “Max and the others are safe?” ”We are not totally certain of that, but they were not in the shop when the explosion occurred. They were down in the tunnels.” Liz closed her eyes in relief and whispered a silent prayer for the safety of Max and the others. A small hand crept into hers and she opened her eyes and looked down at her daughter. “Lexie, this is Naloch, he’s a friend of Mommy and Daddy’s.” “I know him. I healed him in the tunnel with Auntie Isabelle. But she said he was a bad man,” Lexie cried. Liz looked over at Isabelle who was standing in Kyle’s arms holding him tightly. “Isabelle, can you come here please?” she asked. Isabelle reluctantly left Kyle’s embrace and walked across the small room. When she saw Naloch, she hesitated briefly. “I’m assuming you are really you this time?” she asked. “What?” asked Naloch and Liz simultaneously. “IN the tunnel, we found who we thought was you, badly beaten. Lexie healed him, and we followed him to what we thought was a safer location. It turns out that it was Kivar’s second in command Nicoro. We knew him on Earth as Nicholas,” she added for clarification. “Once I found out who he was, I had Lexie hide, and I killed him, but I wasn’t able to really explain to Lexie in a way she could understand who he was.” “Lexie,” said Liz kneeling down next to her daughter. “This is Naloch and he is a very good man. The other man you saw who looked like him was a bad man. He was dressed up in a costume to make him look like Naloch; kind of like at Halloween. Do you understand?” Lexie nodded but still refused to look at Naloch closely, instead, she looked at the two bodies lying on the floor. “Hey, that’s my friend Serena,” she cried. “Does she gots a boo boo too? And who’s that?” she asked pointing to Kam. “Yes sweetie,” said Isabelle. “That’s your friend Serena, and she is hurt very badly.” “Poor Serena,” said Lexie pulling away from Liz. She walked over to Saranara and laid her hands on her. A soft glow surrounded Saranara and Lexie both. In a few moments, Lexie removed her hands and Saranara sat up and shouted “Kam! Kam! Where are you?” Naloch rushed over to his daughter and held her tightly. “Dear daughter, you are alive.” “Father? Is it really you? You must help me find Kam. Kyle entrusted him to me. I cannot let him down.” Kyle knelt down next to Naloch and took Saranara’s hands in his. “Relax Saranara,” he’s safe. “We found him.” “I remember now, you told me that once, but I thought it was just a dream.” “It was no dream, see, he’s here next to you.” Saranara looked over at the stretcher next to her and saw the small child lying on it. ”Oh, but he’s injured,” she whispered. “I failed.” “You didn’t fail,” said Liz, looking at the Antarian girl with compassion. “How can you say that? Your first conscious thought was of Kam and his safety. You are an admirable guardian for my son.” “Serena, you’re all better now!” shouted Lexie as she ran and jumped into the Serena’s arms. “Yes, I am, and I bet I owe it all to you.” “Un-huh,” said Lexie. “I made your boo-boos go away. “You did a great job sweetie,” said Liz. “Now, do you think you can do it again? Kam has a few boo-boos that need to be taken care of too. Do you think you can fix him?” “Ok Mommy,” said Lexie. She moved towards Kam, but stopped suddenly and burst into tears. “Lexie, honey. What’s the matter?” asked Liz in concern. “Do you hurt somewhere, is this too much for you? We can wait for Daddy to come if that’s what you want?” “No Mommy,” cried the little girl. “I can do it, but I forgot. I promised Kam I’d bring him a cookie, and I forgot!” Kyle, Isabelle and Liz looked at each other and burst out laughing. Liz hugged her daughter to her tightly and smoothed her hair away from her face. “It’s ok sweetie. I hope that pretty soon, we’ll all be home together and then you can give Kam all the cookies you want.” She kissed her daughter’s tear stained face and smiled. “Do you want to take a rest and try and fix Kam’s boo-boos later?” “No Mommy, I’ll do it now, and then maybe me and Kam can play together.” Lexie sat down on the floor next to Kam and placed her hands on his body. Again a soft light surrounded Kam’s body, but this time it grew and enveloped Lexie in it as well. Alarmed, Liz stepped forward to try and break the connection, but Naloch held her back. “It’s alright Liz,” he whispered. “They are just making a connection. It’s like they are filling each other in on the time that they were separated.” “Are you sure that’s it?” asked Liz. “I’m certain of it. Look, see, they are fine.” Liz looked back and saw that the glow was receding and Kam was sitting up on his stretcher looking at his sister. “That was fun,” he said. “Can you teach me how to do that?” The adults in the room all laughed and the two children looked around. Kam spied his mother and Kyle and jumped off of the stretcher and ran across the room. “Mommy, Unca Kyle! I missed you!” “I missed you too, Kam the Man,” said Liz hugging her small son. “Yeah, me to Kaminator, but you were great,” added Kyle. “You did just what you were told.” “Yeah, me and Serena was cleaning up the shop. Daddy and Unca Michael and Jeremy was down in the tunnel and there was a big huge boom, and then it got really dark,” said Kam without pausing for a breath. “Who are you?” he asked looking at Isabelle. “Kam, this is your Aunt Isabelle,” said Liz. “She’s been taking care of Lexie for us.” “Oh, you sure are pretty,” he said with the innocence of a child. “What is there to eat? I’m hungry.” Liz and Isabelle sat Kam and Lexie down and gave them something to eat while Naloch and the others began to plan their strategy. Across the room, Kyle sat on the floor next to Saranara. He held her hand in his and refused to release it and the two talked softly. Isabelle watched for a moment and turned to Liz. “He really does love her, doesn’t he?” she asked.” “Very much I think,” said Liz. “Are you going to be ok with that?” “Me?” asked Isabelle in surprise. “Why wouldn’t I be ok with it?” “Well, I kind of thought at one time that maybe you and Kyle would end up together.” “Me and Kyle? You have got to be kidding me? Look, he’s probably the best friend I’ve ever had, and I love him very much, and I always will, but it isn’t that kind of love. I could tell right away that Serena, Saranara,” she corrected herself. “Had feelings for him, and I already told her that I thought it was great.” “I just didn’t want you to get hurt. I think you more than any of us have lost so much because of all this,” said Liz. “That’s not true. We all loved Alex, and it hurt all of us when he died. And Jesse, well I loved Jesse, but I don’t think he was my grand passion. That doesn’t make his dying any easier to accept, but I have to believe that I will find real love someday.” The two women hugged and watched as Kyle leaned over and softly kissed Saranara on the cheek. <center>Margo is a Super ORB!</center><center><center>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<center>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub129.ezboard.com/umajiklmoon.s ... iklmoon</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/images/moon18.gif" BORDER=0> at: 9/15/02 10:50:07 pm

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 1:20 am

great chapter!

vecastone · Post by **vecastone** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 11:40 am

great !!!! Tracie it seems you´ve been working hard this weekend <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> THANKS !!!! I want Liz to find Max soooooooooon <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> PLEASEEEE !!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 12:37 pm

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