Different Times ~AU~ *Update:6/27-28/05 Part 64-70
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/19 part 36
So Daddy dearest is the protector. That is great there needs to be more adults keeping the secret. <p><center>*Denise*<BR><img src=http://ffspirits.finalfantasy.gamigo.de ... f><BR><img src=http://ubb.fanasylum.com/smiles/partygirl.gif><img src=http://ubb.fanasylum.com/smiles/angel2.gif> <BR><img src=http://www.nirvana2.com/smilies/bounce.gif><img src=http://ubb.fanasylum.com/smiles/hearts.gif><img src=http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_ ... f><BR><img src=http://ubb.fanasylum.com/smiles/rainbow.gif><img src=http://www.nirvana2.com/smilies/cool.gif> <img src=http://www.wearenow.com/smilies/headbanger.gif<img src=http://ffspirits.finalfantasy.gamigo.de ... 7.gif><img src=http://www.clicksmilies.com/sammlung/mu ... 3.gif><img src=http://www.cheshire2000.com/boxhauler/i ... A.gif><img src=http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_ ... 2.gif><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... </p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/19 part 36
*shriek* I'm all caught up to Jeff (I guess it!) on bended knee before Liz and now I need a new part! Melisa pleeeeease come back soon and update this again? *wistful look* What a totally absorbing fic this is, I haven't gotten anything done today except going to grab take out for lunch and coming back here to plant myself in front of the screen again to read! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... /cwm27.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> Too cool! <p><center>*************************************</center><br><center>Crighton to Scorpius~"Kryptonite, Silver Bullet, Buffy? What's it gonna take to keep you in a grave?"</center><br><center><FONT color=#48D1CC> Zan is the man! And what an adorable doll baby he is too.<FONT color=#48D1CC> </center> <br><center><FONT color=#DC143C>~Xander~"Ah, demons. That's not something you see every day. Unless you're us!"</FONT color=#DC143C></center><br><center><FONT color=#1E90FF >~Robbie Samuels~"Sorry, I just got this weird mental image of an Immortal action figure collection, hordes of women searching the stores for the rare Methos doll, complete with baggy sweater and a bottle of beer," the teenager laughed. </FONT color=#1E90FF></center> <br><center><FONT color=#FF69B4 >~unknown~Once I gave up my hold on reality I had so many more options.</FONT color=#FF69B4 ></center><br><center><FONT color=#2E8B57> Liam's Kimeran Goddess-of whatever I choose, so don't push me! LOL</FONT color=# 2E8B57></center></p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/23 part 37
Part 37<br><br><br>“Another vision?” I questioned as <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Geiphe</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> stood up beside me.<br>“It is the unlocking of your knowledge,”<br>“The unlocking? Is that why I couldn’t remember?”<br>“It is precisely why,”<br>I looked around and realized we were no longer in my bedroom.<br>         “Are you really my father?” I asked and thoughts of Star Wars danced into my head. The next thing I was expecting was him to turn to me and breath heavily. I stifled a laugh.<br>        “I have been using your father’s body as a transport. After my duties here are done, he will not remember what has happened,”<br>        “Will I?”<br>        “You will. You are Elise, just in a different time,”<br>The glowing began to subside and we were in the forest. Or in <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> a</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> forest, I assumed it was Antar. The sky was a pale yellow as it darted between the trees. Antar was a lot like Earth. The biggest differences seemed to be the coloring of objects. We were silent as I took in my surroundings.<br>        “You and the other’s must defeat Khivar,” he finally said.<br>        “We are going to try,”<br>        “Ava must be punished for her lies and deception as well,”<br>I nodded.<br>        “How? I have been human all of my life, just now acquiring powers that I knew nothing of until returning to Roswell. Max, Michael and Isabel hardly remember anything of their former lives…”<br>        “Khivar can be killed by the energy of the Royals, the people of Antar would like to see Ava return and face the judgement of the Committee. She is not part of the Royal 4, you are,”<br>        “I am? How? “<br>        “The fourth pod was put there by Nacedo…Ava was never born here on Earth as the others were, it was all a guise to get the Royals to believe,”<br>        “Well she did one heck of a job,”<br>        “She is over 100 years old, “<br>        “She looks great,” I said with a laugh which died in my throat.<br>Geiphe looked at me seriously.<br>        “This is not a joke Elise. Come, I will show you,”<br>We were transported to a room in a castle and before us was the Queen Arian, sitting defiantly in a chair. Pacing back and forth in front of her was Khivar and from a corner watched Ava.<br>        “Arian, why is it you fight us so? Eventually we will find the pods of the royal 3 and do away with them once again,”<br>        “I will not give you what you desire Khivar, kill me if you must but nothing you say will change my mind,”<br>        “Ava, try and talk to our fair Queen,”<br>Ava walked over, her eyes cold and her body language spoke volumes. <br>        “This would go much easier if you just told us what we wanted to know Arian. Eventually we will find another Knower and he will tell us all you keep secret, for the love of your precious children,” Ava sneered.<br>        “Do not speak to me of love Ava. Zan was wise to not open his heart to you…he could never love someone as evil as you,” Queen Arian spit back.<br>Ava reached over and slapped the Queen, who remained indignant.<br>        “When we find what we are looking for, your death will not be painless or short,” Ava said walking away from the Queen.<br>        “Come Khivar, let us think of new ways to torture the Royals upon finding them,”<br>Once alone the Queen quickly summoned a guard to her. As I looked closer I realize it was someone that looked like my father, it was Geiphe.<br>        “We must be quick. You must go at once to Earth and protect the Royals…once a Knower is brought in I will not be able to keep them from finding out where the Royals are hidden,”<br>        “And the Baroness?”<br>        “You must plant her essence into an earthling and stay close, when the time is right she will be unlocked,”<br>        “She will bear the mark,”<br>        “Zan will know her, he will feel as if he has known her his whole life,”<br>        “And if she does not become unlocked,”<br>        “Eventually she will, until then you must never let the Royals know who you really are,”<br>        “Of course, anything for the people and Royals of Antar,” he said bowing before the Queen. She said a prayer of his head and I noticed a tear trickle down her face.<br>        “You must go, tonight…Quick back to your post...I hear the guards coming,”<br>The image faded and we were back in the forest.<br>        “What happened then? Why didn’t she just kill herself?”<br>        “After that moment she was never left alone again for fear she would before a Knower could be found,”<br>        “It was Nacedo,”<br>Geiphe nodded.<br>        “That is how he was able to know the Royals believed him and Ava,”<br>        “Who killed him?”<br>        “Ava. She couldn’t bear him being in charge and wanted things to go her way,”<br>        “You mean she wanted Zan?”<br>        “Yes…the plan was to bring the Royals back and kill them…Ava wanted to make Zan fall for her…but his love for you crosses all time and space,” Geiphe said finally smiling.<br>It was strange looking at my father and knowing he was part of the things I had been running from all my life.<br>        “What about the book?”<br>        “It tells the story of the Royals, but from what I am able to discern…Ava has warped the passages to read what she wants to hear. The Royals were never meant to come back, but the death of Khivar would bring about freedom to those oppressed for their belief in the tradition of Antarians ruling the planet. Khivar is not from Antar, is not Royal and hates al full blooded Antarians,”<br>        “Even the ones that support his cause,”<br>        “Yes, sadly even those are not spared,”<br>        “You call me baroness…I am not royal,”<br>        “Back on Antar, several generations of Knowers have been Royal,. Nacedo was, but because his father was killed before being able to take the throne before Zan’s grandfather, the lineage was denied,”<br>        “And my father?”<br>        “After King Tristan was killed…Zephania denounced his royalty…he knew Khivar was up to no good,”<br>        “Why didn’t he say anything? I mean I know I can read thoughts-“<br>        “Khivar knew better than to keep himself open to Zephania. He will do the same to you,”<br>        “They do not know I realize what my powers are,”<br>        “Good it is better that way, the element of surprise will work well on Khivar, he is an arrogant fool,”<br>        “We figured that out. Geiphe?”<br>        “Yes Baroness?”<br>        “Will you help us?”<br>        “I will...but Khivar must not know I am here,”<br>        “But he senses you does he not?”<br>        “He does…when he came to the restaurant this morning I could feel him worry about his plans being thwarted,”<br>        “The will be, my friends and I will not go down without a fight,”<br>        “Yes, the group is a strong one. Khivar has met his match,”<br>        “I don’t know about that, Nacedo was not forthcoming with how to cultivate their powers,”<br>        “It is not necessary, their powers come naturally to them. They will know what to do when the time comes,”<br>        “I see…but Khivar plans to just kill us in open sight,”<br>        “Are you sure?”<br>        “From what I have heard, it seems tomorrow is the day we all shall meet,”<br>        “At the reunion?”<br>        “Yes,”<br>        “That is very unlike Khivar, it seems he has grown even more bold in his old age,”<br>        “Yes, well maybe with his old age we will be able to slip him up…will you come and meet the Royals,”<br>        “I can not, not yet,”<br>        “When? We are meeting this evening and hope to tell Tess one thing while we plan another,”<br>        “You must prepare, Khivar may have brought men to help with the battle,”<br>        “Tonight we plan, tomorrow we fight,” I said.<br>From a distance I heard my name being called. I looked at Geiphe and he heard it too. He bowed before me and my room reappeared. Form down the hall I heard my mom calling to my father and I.<br>        “We’re in here Nancy,”<br>She came into the room ,looking at my father and then me.<br>        “I’ve been calling you two, didn’t you hear me?”<br>My father shook his head no.<br>        “We’ve been in here. Liz was asking me what songs I planned to performer at the Gala tomorrow,”<br>        “I hope you don’t plan on embarrassing her,” my mother said shaking her head. “She might run away again,”<br>        “Nah…I might stick around this time,” I said.<br>        “Oh Liz that would be wonderful,” she replied reaching over to hug me.<br>        “I better get back to work,” my father said.<br>My mom pulled away from me and began to leave the room. As my father left he waved his hand gently over the box of pictures, winking back at me. I walked to the box…everyone of the pictures was restored to its original condition. I began to laugh, Khivar didn’t know what he had in store for him<br> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/23 part 37
Bump...cause no one is reading my update! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :( --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /frown.gif ALT=":("><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Edited to say: Thanks Patty! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> and BUMPING again! <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub84.ezboard.com/uroswellkitkat ... lkitkat</A> at: 7/27/02 10:08:02 pm<br></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/23 part 37
oh, i read this . . i guess my feedback got lost in cyberland???<br><br>great job . . can't wait for the showdown. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><center><i>I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</i></center></p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/23 part 37
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/23 part 37
Welcome back to the board Tracie! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :wave --><img src=http://www.westwoodi.net/~smilies/contr ... /wavey.gif ALT=":wave"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/31 part 38
<br>Part 38<br><br>        I paced back and forth, wanting to call Max and tell him I had found the true Protector. My father was the Protector, well not my father but his body. I wished there was a way for him to remember, for him and I to share this bond of being from another planet. I thought about what Michael and he had said about being ready to defeat Khivar, we needed to see what he was up to and what kind of ammunition he had brought with him.<br>        At 6:45 I headed downstairs. My mother was at the register and I noticed my father was not around. I grabbed her extra set of car keys. I didn’t want to be questioned about whom, where and what time so instead I left a note and quickly slipped out the back and to her refurbished Mustang. Kyle had done a fantastic job with the car, I thought smiling to myself. <br>        As I drove towards Michael’s shop, I felt more aware of my surroundings. I began to think about what Geiphe had shown me and a flash of my former life came to me. I could actually remember my life on Antar. I remember being a child and I remembered meeting Zan at a very young age. I laughed to myself, even at a young age it seemed Zan had been infatuated with me. But he had gone away to boarding school and we had not met up again into out late teen years. I wondered if I would be able to show Zan all I remembered. Or maybe that was one of his powers.<br>        I pulled into the back parking lot and immediately Michael opened the back door to his studio. He nodded to me and waited for me to park.<br>        “Wow, mom let you use her wheels?’ he said admiring the white Mustang.<br>        “No way…I left a note,”<br>We both shared a laugh and went inside. Michael had set up a few chairs and tables and had even included a board to write on.<br>        “So prepared you are,”<br>        “I want to get this done and get it done right,” he said with s shrug. “So did your dad overhear anything,”<br>        “Um, actually he did,”<br>        “What did you tell him?”<br>        “Everything,” I said waiting for his reaction.<br>His eyes bulged and he said nothing for a second and then his temper got the better of him.<br>        “What do you mean <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> everything</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->?” he bellowed.<br>        “First of all, lower you voice and secondly it seems my father…is your true Protector,” I said with a nod.<br>This was the first time in as long as I could remember Michael Guerin had nothing to say. He sputtered and then just looked shocked and then his eyes grew small.<br>        “You’re shitting me right?” he finally managed to spit out.<br>        “I’m not,”<br>        “If he’s the true Protector then why didn’t he come to us? Why weren’t we able to tell? Who the hell was Nacedo? And what do we do now?”<br>        “Slow down Cowboy,” I said.<br>        “Slow down? Liz, I don’t know if you realized it or not but we have a growing situation on our hands,”<br>        “Um Michael, this involves me to. Now if you’d just shut up for a few minutes I can tell you what I learned,”<br>        “Sorry,” he said with a shrug. “Go ahead,”<br>I began telling him how I was now unlocked and could remember actual memories from Antar. I told him about how Tess was warping the Destiny book. I told him about keeping Geiphe hidden until the time was right. I told him how Nacedo was a Knower and that is how he finally came to find the Royals. I told him about his powers and how he and the rest would know what to do when the time came. I then spilled Tess’s secret about not being part of the Royals.<br>        “She is one crazy bitch,” he replied.<br>        “ I think she was forced into it,”<br>        “Don’t tell me you feel bad for her, Parker?” Michael asked, rolling his eyes.<br>        “Not really. But she was in a loveless relationship,”<br>        “So this is Max’s fault?”<br>        “I didn’t say that,”<br>        “You didn’t have to,”<br>        “Look, all I am saying is that when you are pushed enough, things happen, you sometimes take the path less traveled,”<br>        “Well her path is all evil. I don’t believe for one second that she was pushed into anything, hell she was a QUEEN. She should have taken that and ran,” he said crossing his arms.<br><br>We heard Max’s motorcycle pulling up. <br>        “I’m glad he’s here early. I wanted to be able to break the spying to him gently,” Michael said.<br>        “And now I can tell him about Geiphe,”<br>Max approached the door and Michael quickly pulled it open.<br>        “Michael, Liz,” he greeted us, giving us a weird look.<br>        “Maxwell,” Michael said locking the door behind him.<br>        “What’s going on here?” Max questioned looking at me and then turning to face Michael.<br>        “There are some things that have come up,” I said.<br>        “Things? Is everyone ok?” he quickly asked.<br>        “Everyone is fine…for now,” Michael started. “It seems Liz here found our Protector,”<br>        “The one Khivar was looking for?”<br>        “The one in the same,”<br>        “Well, who is it? Where is he and why have we been forced to fight these battles alone?” Max asked.<br>        “It’s my father,” I said quietly.<br>        “Your father? You father as in Jeff Parker?” he asked, eyes wide.<br>        “Yes,”<br>        “Are you sure? How do you know? This could be a trick,”<br>“Ok, both of you must share a brain,” I said. “I know because I am the Knower,” I continued.<br>I began to explain everything that had happened and Max took everything in; the look on his face let me know that he was carefully processing all the information.<br>         “And all this brings us to the next step,” Michael began.<br>        “Next step?”<br>        “Yes, we are going to follow Tess and find out where Khivar is hiding out,”<br>        “And you decided this without asking me?” Max asked, raising an eyebrow.<br>        “I think it’s a good idea Max. We need to know if we are up against just him or an army of men,”<br>        “What about Tess? What are we going to tell her?”<br>        “Tell her about what? We come up with some fake plan, play dumb scared aliens and let her lead us to Khivar,” Michael said.<br>        “I don’t know –“<br>        “Oh come on Max, we aren’t kids anymore,”<br>        “I know Michael, but I don’t want anyone to get hurt unnecessarily,”<br>        “And they won’t,”<br>He looked at our determined faces and knew we were going with our without his blessing.<br>        “Alright, the three of us go. The rest stay behind,”<br>Michael nodded.<br><br>Soon it was 8 and we waited as the group trickled into Michael’s studio. Max, Michael and I decided it was best to keep my father’s identity a secret. The fewer people that knew, the easier it would be to keep Khivar from accidentally finding out. The evening went exceptionally well. Michael played the role of gun happy alien very well. Tess believed all of it, as I popped in and out of her thoughts all evening. She kept referring to us as <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> stupid humans, and even stupider aliens</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> After about an hour and a half we finally decided it was time to call it quits. The plan? Simple we had to find Khivar and we had to translate the Destiny book. We had to stay together as a unified group and make Khivar come to us and play our game.<br>        “And what if he wants you to play his game?” Tess finally asked after listening to all of us rant and rave.<br>        “What do you mean?” Isabel asked, turning to face the alien that shared her hair color.<br>        “Well, we don’t know much about Khivar, suppose he doesn’t just come out and play our game?”<br>        “He’s here for a reason, he will play our game,” Michael said.<br>        “I think you underestimate his power,”        <br>        “Care to share Tess? You seem to remember a lot more from our planet than the rest of us,” Max said, his eyes growing small.<br>        “I just think we have to be ready for all sorts of possibilities,”<br>        “It’s not like this Khivar is going to try and attack us in broad daylight,” Maria said with a scared giggle.<br>        “Maybe, maybe not,”<br>        “ Look, there is no need to scare everyone,”<br>        “I’m not trying to scare everyone. I’m trying to make sure the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> humans</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> understand the risk they take knowing our secret,” she said.<br>        “WE know the risk,” Alex said reaching for Isabel’s hand.<br>She shook her head. And then thought <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> I can’t wait until every single one of you gets what you deserve</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>        “Well, I need to get some rest,” Maria said.<br>        “Yes, we do have a reunion to attend tomorrow,” Isabel said with a shake of her head.<br>        “I can’t believe you all,” Tess said not able to take it anymore.<br>        “Can’t believe what?” I asked.<br>        “Here is your mortal enemy and you are worried about some stupid reunion,” she spit.<br>        “What do you mean <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> our</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->? He’s <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> your</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> enemy too,” Max said quietly.<br>She fidgeted, but just for a second.<br>        “Whatever,” she said brushing off Max. “You guys don’t have a plan or any idea what might be in store and you and you don’t even seem to be worried,”<br>        “I’d say you are worried enough for all of us,” Maria said reaching over and handing her a vial.<br>She swatted Maria’s hand away and Maria feigned hurt.<br>        “You guys are so stupid,” she said her voice getting loud and her face reddening.<br>        “Relax Tess,” Kyle said reaching for her.<br>        “Don’t touch me,” she said pulling away. “You’re all morons,” she screamed and began backing away from the group, heading to the front door. She ran out and left the rest of us to stare after her in shock.<br>        “What the hell was that all about?” Kyle said.<br>        “I think her conscience just kicked in,” Max said.<br>        “Well, this should be an interesting night,” I added.<br>Maria pulled out the walkie-talkies, giving one to Michael.<br>        “Let’s get this thing started,” Michael said clipping the device to his belt.<br> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/31 part 38
hmmmmm, which side is tess ultimately going to be on, i wonder?<br><br>great part melis. worth the wait, but i'd prefer not to wait next time. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><center><i>I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</i></center></p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/31 part 38
awesome, as always...you rock KitKat <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>
- roswellkitkat
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:7/31 part 38
Ha-ha Patty...I prefer not waiting too! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>If you've noticed I am dragging out everything before the 'showdown' cause Ihave no clue where or what the showdown will be....*sigh* my muse is being most unhelpful. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :mad --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ns/mad.gif ALT=":mad"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>
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no, i didn't notice. it's all awesome. your muse is great and will hand us an awesome showdown when it's ready. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :grin --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... n_anim.gif ALT=":grin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p></p><i></i>
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Part 39 <br>“Make sure the radio is turned low,” I said when we stepped outside into the street.<br>Michael looked at the walkie-talkie and turned it off.<br>“Which way did she go?” Max asked, looking both ways.<br>“This way,” I said turning right.<br>“That’s not the way to the hotel,” Michael said knowingly.<br>“Are you reading her? What’s she thinking?” Max asked.<br>“You mean besides that we are the dumbest people she has ever encountered? I’m not getting anything but a lot of anger and…and she’s scared,”<br>“Scared? She has the alien resident bad ass on her side, what she have to be afraid of?”<br>“Him,” I said and pointed ahead.<br>Tess was at the next corner. The three of us quickly jumped into the doorway of a building.<br>“What’s she doing?” Michael whispered.<br>“Waiting for him to come get her,” I whispered back.<br>A few seconds later the black Lincoln pulled up. She looked around and then got in.<br>“We’ll have to go back and get a car,” Max said.<br>I fished the Mustang’s keys out of my pocket and handed them to Max. <br>“I’m going to stay here and watch,” I said.<br>The Lincoln was still at the curb and I forced myself to focus and entered the chaos.<br>“I’ll stay with her,” Michael said.<br>Max slipped out of the doorway and hurried back up the street and to the back of Michael’s studio to get the car. He whistled when he saw the Mustang. And then as a precaution he touched the hood and the car turned black. <br>Meanwhile I was listening intently to Khivar and Tess.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> “So they have continued with their lives as if I have never shown up? Zan has become more stupid it seems the more time passes on this planet,”<br>“Not stupid, just complacent. He does not remember anything of his former life or the threat you pose to him and his family,”<br>“I see. And you? I sense you are having second thoughts?”<br>“No. My only wish is that the group pays dearly for forcing me to live on this wretched planet,”<br>“They will in due time,”<br>“Their lovely Gala cannot come soon enough,”<br>“Sweet Ava it seems we were cut from the same cloth,” Khivar said, reaching to touch her face.<br>I could feel her shiver. <br>“Take me back with you Khivar,” she whispered.<br>“What is it you want Ava,”<br>“You,” she said and he pressed her lips upon his own</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>I pulled out and about gagged. The urge to puke was too much as I leaned over and heaved.<br>“What the hell happened?” Michael asked, reaching out to hold me.<br>I rubbed the back of my hand across my mouth and reached into my purse for a tissue.<br>“They were making out,” I managed.<br>The Lincoln began to pull away and Michael pulled me to him into one of the darkest recesses of the doorway. I inhaled his scent and smiled.<br>“I see what has Maria hooked,” I said with a small snicker. “That scent is pretty heavenly,”<br>He rolled his eyes and smiled.<br>“That’s what all the ladies say,” <br>A few seconds later Max pulled up and I stared at the car. <br>“Are you coming?” Michael asked after jumping into the front seat.<br>“How?” I sputtered.<br>“It’s one of our powers,” Max said with a wink<br>I climbed into the back seat.<br>“Where to?” Michael asked.<br>I grew silent. Max whipped the car around as Michael pointed to the dimming lights about a block ahead.<br>“They’re heading to 285S,” I finally said.<br>“Are they still making out?” Michael asked and Max looked at Michael with a raised eyebrow.<br>“Making out?” Max asked.<br>“Thank goodness they finally stopped,” I said with distaste.<br>“Yes, it seems our lovely Queen Ava and Khivar are still hot and heavy,” Michael said.<br>“Great,” Max said.<br>“Yeah, makes you really want a piece of that now, huh? Michael responded, elbowing Max in the ribs.<br>“Um, excuse me, lady present,” I added.<br>In the shadow of the car I could see Max’s face turn slightly pink. Michael rolled his eyes and turned to face me.<br>“Come on Parker, we all know you aren’t still goody two shoes,”<br>“Michael,” Max began.<br>“Are we all adult or not?” Michael continued. “So tell us Liz, was college everything you hoped it would be?” he asked, wiggling the eyebrows around.<br>“<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> Michael!</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->” Max said raising his voice.<br>I leaned forward and smiled.<br>“No Michael, it was even more,” I said and winked.<br>Michael’s mouth opened and then he grinned. Max glared at him and continued to the highway. I looked at the radio and with a flick of the wrist it was on. <br>“I could get use to these powers,” I said crossing my arms.<br>Max glanced at me quickly through the rearview and smiled ever so gently. I smiled back and a vision of our first date came to me. I wondered if he could remember it to. Michael began to fiddle with the radio as we hopped onto the highway.<br>“Never anything on when you need it,” he mumbled.<br>“Michael, be careful. My mom will kill me if anything happens to her car,” I said as he turned the radio’s knob.<br>“Aye, aye captain,” he said mockingly.<br>“Michael radio in to Maria and let her now what’s happening,” Max suggested.<br>Michael stopped fiddling with the radio and reached for the walkie-talkie. I sent Max and thought of thanks and he grinned.<br>“How many miles does is this thing good for?” Michael asked clicking it on.<br>It began screeching and he shut the radio.<br>“About 5. It was the best one they had when I bought it” I responded.<br>“Michael is that you,” we immediately heard Maria yelling into her unit.<br>The three of us laughed. Michael pressed the talk button.<br>“Hey hot stuff, this is your very own spaceboy,”<br>“It’s a walkie-talkie birdbrain, not a cb,” was the response.<br>It was Isabel.<br>“Hey Iz,” Michael said.<br>“Where you guys at? Have you found Khivar?” she asked.<br>“Yeah, we are following him now. It seems he didn’t stay in Roswell, so this walkie-talkie won’t work whenever we get where we’re going,”<br> “Right, Alex has his Nextel and Max has his on him use that instead once you get out of range,” she said.<br> “That’s my girl always thinking,” we heard Alex in the background.<br>I made a gagging face.<br> “You have to let us know what’s going on, in case we need to do a rescue operation,” she continued.<br> “We got it covered,” Max said.<br> “I know little brother, I just want to make sure you all come back in one piece,” she replied. “My baby needs her uncles to come back safe and sound,” <br> “We will,”<br>All of a sudden the walkie-talkie began spitting static.<br> “I think this is the end of the line for us,” Michael said.<br> “Be careful and Liz?” Isabel continued over the staic.<br> “Yeah Iz?”<br> “Make sure they listen to you…Michael has a tendency to be a hot head and Max is easily swayed,”<br> “I will Isabel,”<br> “I love you Michael,” Maria piped in.<br> “I love you to Pixie chic,” Michael said.<br>And then the static was too much. Michael turned the device off and looked at Max and I.<br> “If I hear anything kind of jokes about Maria’s name or how mushy I sound…”<br> “Michael, it’s us,” I said.<br> “Yeah, we wouldn’t do that to you,” Max said laughing as he said it.<br> “Just remember my revenge will be sweet, way sweet.<br>We said nothing, but I managed to share a knowing look with Max. After about 40 minutes of silence Max sat up straight.<br>“Are they getting off?” I asked.<br>“Yeah, it looks like we’re almost home,” he said.<br>“Where are we?” Michael asked. <br>“Artesia,” Max said.<br>“That explains it, thanks Maxwell,” Michael said disgustedly.<br>“Michael, if we knew we wouldn’t be following them would we?” I said matter-of-factly.<br> “So tell us Knower, where are they headed?” Michael continued sarcastically.<br> “Yates Petroleum Corp.,”<br>We slowed down and waited for them to make their way around the town and then we fell in behind them. The pulled up just outside the gates of Yates. Khivar mentioned something about being the perfect location and then they kept driving. Soon we ended up in the parking lot of the Best Western Pecos Inn.<br> “Best Western? Khivar strikes me as more of a Holiday Inn type,” Michael said.<br> “It was full,” I said.<br> “Can you tell how many people are here with him?” Max asked.<br>Tess got out of the car, followed by Khivar. They proceeded to a side stairwell. The driver got out and was immediately on the phone.<br> “The driver looks like a kid,” Michael said.<br>We all leaned closer to the window, trying to get a better look. And then Max gasped. <br> “It’s Nicholas,” Max finally said.<br> “Nicholas?” I questioned.<br> “That little punk...he was suppose to be dead,” Michael said.<br> “Who is Nicholas?” I asked again.<br> “He’s a Skin whose was suppose to be dead,” Michael said.<br>I was lost. Max began to explain who Nicholas was and iunderstood.<br> “Is Khivar a skin too then,”<br> “I don’t think he is,” Max said.<br>I looked over at Nicholas and went inside. He was talking to another man. They were discussing getting the Yates building ready. Ready for what I could not tell. I continued to listen and then finally heard what we had come to find out. I pulled away from Nicholas and stared at Max and then Michael.<br> “Well, what?"<br>“He just told someone to <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> prepare the army, the time has come</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->” I said.<br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> Author’s note: For more information on Artesia, NM please visit <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.artesiachamber.com/">www.art ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> </b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> <br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br> <br><br><br> <br> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub84.ezboard.com/uroswellkitkat ... lkitkat</A> at: 8/2/02 3:33:08 pm<br></i>
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Part 40
Part 40         <br>I carefully crept into the Crashdown, hoping my mother had gone to bed. It was 1. We had watched the hotel for a bit longer, but it seemed Khivar was more interested in Ava’s body, than in foiling the Royals. We had comeback, but Max and Michael were going to sneak back to the Crashdown after getting a cost is clear from me. <br>“Liz?”<br>I froze, it was my mom.<br>“Hey mom,” I answered. I hated feeling like I was 16 all over again.<br>“Are you just getting in?”<br>“Yeah, me and the gang decided to hang out again tonight,”<br>“I take it my car is in one piece?”<br>“Of course, gee wiz mom I didn’t go drag racing in it, I went to Maria’s with it”<br>My dad came partially down the stairs.<br>“Nancy, give the girl a break,”<br>“Jeff she took the Mustang without permission-“<br>“And she brought it back, now let’s go back to bed, please,” he continued.<br>My mom looked from me to my dad and then finally shrugged.<br>“I don’t know what you did to your father to get him to be so soft with you,”<br>“ She didn’t do anything Nancy, she’s a big girl and we don’t need to treat her like a child,”<br>“I wasn’t trying to treat…I’m sorry Liz, your father is right…I just miss having my little girl around,” she finally conceded. <br>“I miss being around to mom. You just have to remember I’m 28, not 17,” <br>“I’m sorry sweetie,” she said and reached over to hug me.<br>“It’s ok mom,” I said.<br>My dad caught my eye.<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Any luck with Khivar?</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> I nodded yes to him and pulled away from my mom. He reached for her hand and led her back up the stairs. I peeked out the back door and waved to Max and Michael across the way.<br>“What took so long?” Michael asked, quickly making a beeline for the refrigerator. “Mom was on the prowl,” I said as he took out a jar of pickles and grabbed a bottle of Tabasco.<br>“Michael we are here to brainstorm, not raid the Parker’s refrigerator,”<br>“I’m hungry. Do you mind Liz?” he said looking over at me expectantly.<br>“Help yourself,” I said fixing drinks for the three of us.<br>We all converged at the counter, not saying anything for a shirt while. In our silence I caught Max staring at me. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Don’t stare to hard or I may break</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> He looked away and I saw a bit of pink on his cheeks. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> You better be careful with your newly acquired powers</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> he sent back with a smile, his eyes catching mine. <br>“You done playing googly eyes?” Michael asked, arching an eyebrow. <br>Max looked like he was going to shrink into the floor.<br>“Sure Space boy, we’re done,” I said with a big grin.<br>Michael’s eyes grew small and he stared at me, shaking his head.<br>“You’ll get yours,” he said.<br>I took a big sip of my Sprite and raised my eyebrows nonchalantly. Max cleared his throat and Michael threw a glare his way.<br>“Ok, now onto the real reason we have decided to deprive ourselves of sleep…”<br>“Actually we don’t need much sleep,” Michael said crossing his arms against his chest.<br>“Good for you,” I said mockingly.<br>“Guys, I think we need to get back to our reason for this late night,” Max said.<br>“Max is right,” I said seriously. “We need to decipher Nicholas’s message about this army. The hotel said no large groups had checked in so wherever the army is they are not there,” <br>“Where could he hide an alien army?” Michael asked out loud.<br>“I don’t think they would look like actual aliens Michael,” Max said.<br>“Ok, so if where would a large group of gun-toting humans be hidden?” <br>“Maybe they aren’t hidden,” I said<br>“Not hidden? So what they are cooped up somewhere waiting for the witching hour?” Michael asked.<br>“Maybe there really isn’t an army? Maybe to him an army is just a group bigger than us that can subdue and kill us,”<br>“Maxwell?” Michael asked looking at Max “What do you think?”<br>“Liz is right, there is no proof that Khivar has an actual army anywhere,”<br>“I will go back and stake the place out. Eventually he will have to give his troops their assignment,”<br>“I think it’s clear what that is Michael, seek and destroy,”<br>“So we just wait? I don’t like that idea at all. And what about your father? Why isn’t he here helping us? We don’t even know what kind of alien Khivar is,”<br>“What difference would knowing make?” I asked.<br>“If he was skin we’d know a swift kick to his lower back would poof him,”<br>Max explained what made up a skin and how to kill them.<br>“But what about Nicholas?”<br>“It seems they must have several husks of that bastard,” Michael said.<br>I decided to try something.<br>“Give me your hands,” I said to the two before me.<br>They both looked at me warily and then inched their hands over to mine. I took them firmly and began to think about my memories of Antar. They came faster and faster. As I focused on Max, images and feelings flooded from me into him. He could see himself, he could remember himself. I then turned to Michael and began the same process. Flashes from his childhood, flashes from his parents, from their death. Flashes as part of the Antarian Army. I opened my eyes and stared at the faces before me. Both of them had their eyes closed, letting the flashes envelope them. Finally I pulled away. I felt so weak and Max took my hand again.<br>        “You ok?” he asked<br>I nodded. I looked over at Michael and he was just staring at me, amazed.<br>        “How did you do that?” Michael asked.<br>        “I think it’s part of my unlocking,” I managed with a small smile.<br>        “I think we’ve had enough tonight. Liz, let me help you to bed,” Max said.<br>I started to get up and stumbled, both guys reached to grab me.<br>        “Max is right Liz…I think you’ve had enough,”<br>        “We need you 100 percent if we are going to defeat Khivar,” Max said.<br>        “Ok, ok,” I said “But I can make it upstairs on my own,”<br>I smiled and put my hands out as if to say ‘ see, I’m fine’. Max and Michael followed me back into the kitchen. Michael went to the backdoor and Max stood standing between him and myself.<br>        “Liz I’d feel better if I could walk you upstairs,” Max said quietly.<br>I nodded and continued up the stairs. Michael let himself out, locking the door with his powers. Max and I continued up stairs and into my bedroom. Max glanced at my pictures, looking at me for an answer.<br>        “My dad,” I answered, falling into bed.<br>        “Connecting takes a lot out of you. I shouldn’t have let you do it for so long,”<br>        “I wanted to…I wanted you and Michael to see and remember, I think it will help us. Did you see the memories about Khivar?” I said rolling over to face him. My head began to throb.<br>Max face changed for an instant. I saw a cloud of anger and then it was gone.<br>        “I did,” Max replied.<br>        “He’s going to pay Max,”<br>Max nodded and sat on my butterfly chair.<br>        “I know Liz you need to rest,”<br>        “You don’t have to stay…”<br>        “I want to,” he said and those were the last words I heard as sleep hit. <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> Authors note</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> The flashes that Max and Michael were able to see from Liz are from their former lives. it was to let them see how important it is to DESTROY Khivar.<br> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>
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Re: Part 40
oh come on, don't stop there <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>
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Melisa it was your turn to make me late for work this morning. Greta's Mom isn't going to be happy with me, but I absolutely adore your story and couldn't stop once I started. *vbg* This is great! <br><br>I hope Kivar was using a figure of speech or being derisive when he said "Army" too. Yikes!<br><br>I know how you feel about parts not wanting to be written. Be patient, jot down every idea in a notebook and sort through them all when you have plenty of time. (I know, who has plenty of time these days? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> ) Anyway, sometimes making yourself forget about it for a while helps. Read other fanfic from a completely different show, read a book, watch a movie or two, take a walk, go swimming, just keep your mind off your own fic that 's troubling you. {{{hugs}}} You'll get inspired again before you know it. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><center>*************************************</center><br><center>Crighton to Scorpius~"Kryptonite, Silver Bullet, Buffy? What's it gonna take to keep you in a grave?"</center><br><center><FONT color=#48D1CC> Zan is the man! And what an adorable doll baby he is too.<FONT color=#48D1CC> </center> <br><center><FONT color=#DC143C>~Xander~"Ah, demons. That's not something you see every day. Unless you're us!"</FONT color=#DC143C></center><br><center><FONT color=#1E90FF >~Robbie Samuels~"Sorry, I just got this weird mental image of an Immortal action figure collection, hordes of women searching the stores for the rare Methos doll, complete with baggy sweater and a bottle of beer," the teenager laughed. </FONT color=#1E90FF></center> <br><center><FONT color=#FF69B4 >~unknown~Once I gave up my hold on reality I had so many more options.</FONT color=#FF69B4 ></center><br><center><FONT color=#2E8B57> Liam's Kimeran Goddess-of whatever I choose, so don't push me! LOL</FONT color=# 2E8B57></center></p><i></i>
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Re: Different Times ~AU~ *Updated:8/19 part 41
<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> AN</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> : Thanks to all for bearing with me as I beat myself and my muse up. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... rassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><br>Part 41<br><br>The next morning Max was gone. I hadn’t expected him to stay the night, but I remembered waking up just as the sun had risen and him still in the chair, asleep. My head had been throbbing and I had quickly fallen back asleep. But it was 9 by the clock on my dresser and he was gone.<br>I cautiously sat up, waiting for my head to throb, but after a few seconds I realized I was fine. I began to think about how I had shown Michael and Max all I knew, all that had been unlocked. I felt it would help us keep the battle lines drawn. I headed downstairs to see if I could corner my father and ask him a few questions. He was on the phone when I ventured into the backroom. He smiled at me and kept talking to a vendor. I slipped into the Crashdown, heading for the coffee maker.<br>                “Morning Liz,” said Tess from the counter.<br>I shuddered and turned to face her.<br>                “Hi Tess,” I said slowly, forcing myself to smile.<br>                “ I need to talk to you,”<br>                “To me? What about?”<br>                “About all this stuff we talked about last night,”<br>                “Shouldn’t you be talking to Max? I mean you seemed to think we were all crazy for wanting to live our lives,”<br>                “I still think that which is why I came to you,”<br>                “What can I do?” I said, pouring my cup.<br>                “How can you drink that stuff?” she said.<br>I just shrugged waiting for her to continue. She watched me closely and then looked around the Crashdown.<br>                “Let’s go to that back table” she continued pointing to our normal table.<br>I followed her to the table and sat, taking a small sip of the coffee, watching her carefully. She kept looking around, as if waiting for someone to appear. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> He wouldn’t be around today. There are too many things to plan, to do I can’t believe I’m going to give them a heads up. They don’t even like me. What am I doing, what’s wrong with me. It has to be the air on this planet. I’m going crazy</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>                “Tess…did you bring me back here to stare around the Crashdown or did you have somethng to say?”<br>                “Liz, you are the Knower and the rest of the group will listen to you…we need to be ready <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> tonight</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->”<br>                “Ready for what?”<br>                “Khivar,” she said in a whisper her eyes wide with fear.<br>                “Tonight? What are you talking about? How do you know?”<br>                “It’s just a feeling I have, you have to warn the others,” she pleaded with me.<br>What was going on here? Tess was having second thoughts about being part of the Darkside? Or maybe it was all a trap? Maybe somehow Khivar and her had realized we were fooling them, that we knew more then we had shared. I stared at her, wrapping my hands around my mug.<br>                “A feeling? What kind of feeling? I mean I’m the Knower and don’t know shit,” I said.<br>                “I can’t explain it, you just have to trust me,”<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> I am losing my mind. Here I am warning the bitch that stole Max from me. Khivar would kill me on the spot if he found out.</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>                “I don’t know Tess, I can’t just tell the group tonight’s the night and not scare them to death. I mean we have no idea what we are really up against, if anything at all..”<br>                “Imagine your worst nightmare and times it by 10,” she said, looking over her shoulder.<br>                “My worst nightmare doesn’t have some alien asshole from another planet in it,”<br>                “I can’t tell you how I know, you have to just make the other aware,”<br>I nodded and listened to the battle in her head. It was a war zone in there. She wanted to tell me, but some part of her kept her from doing it. It was the part that had been broken…it was her heart. She got up from the table looking at everyone in the café. And then we saw him at the same time. Nicholas was sitting at the counter and he smiled at her when she recognized him.<br>                “I’ve got to go,” she said stumbling to get out of the Crashdown.<br>Nicholas looked at me and I felt violated. He ignored Tess hurrying from the cafe and instead wiggled his eyebrows at me. I was repulsed. He looked about 14, but his eyes looked older. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Ah finally the Knower. I can see why Zan likes her so. Such pretty skin and deep eyes. Won’t it be grand to see her dead.</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> Finally he stopped staring at me and left the Crashdown, taking his cell phone from his pocket as he left. I got up ready to follow when my Dad stopped me.<br>                “Let him go,” he said.<br>                “But…”<br>                “Elise it is not wise for you to go after Colonel Nicho,”<br>                “Geiphe, last night he told someone to prepare the army. We need to find this army before they find us,” <br>                “But not alone. Tell me about last night,”<br>I went over the details of the evening before and then told him about this mornings encounter with Tess.<br>                “She warned you? Could it be a trap?” he asked.<br>                “It could, but it didn’t seem like it. Not inside her head anyway,”<br>                “She is still under the impression you have not acquired your powers and your unlocking?”<br>                “Yes, we have all downplayed the apparent danger we are in,”<br>                “That shall work to your advantage. Where was Khivar staying?”<br>                “Artesia at the Best Western …but he made mention of the Yates building as well…could the army be there,”<br>                “I have not felt a surge of alien powers,”<br>                “Surge of powers?”<br>                “As a Protector I have the ability to tell those of alien descent and those of human descent,”<br>                “That is how you knew me and that is how…”<br>                “I knew Khivar had returned,”<br>                “What about if I had not come back?”<br>                “You had too,”<br>                “But I’ve been away so long. I could have decided not to,”<br>                “And leave your soul mate to battle this alone? Something would have made you want to…could you not feel the pull?”<br>I thought about it and realized, every since I had been away I felt I should have returned, but I focused on school and never gave it a second thought, blaming normal college jitters as the culprit. But as reunion time had rolled around the urge to return had hit me hard. I had not told anyone about the <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> need</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> to return to Roswell, but it had been there.        <br>                “I did,”<br>                “This is your destiny, Zan is your destiny,”<br>                “My destiny is to battle aliens? Great, all my college has been for naught,”<br>Geiphe laughed out loud, shaking his head as I looked up at him warily.<br>                “You are too practical Elise, always have been. You would have made Zephania proud. I see now why Jeff Parker thinks so much of his only daughter,”<br>I blushed. To be looking at my father, but hear about him in third person was way strange, but at the same time satisfying.<br>                “Will he remember anything about this?” I asked.<br>                “No, it would not do to have him remember,”<br>        I nodded and turned to see who had entered the Crashdown. It was Alex. He waved at me and I smiled, pointing to our table. He nodded and walked to it. <br>                “He has powers,” Geiphe said watching Alex as he slid into the booth. Alex looked at Geiphe strangely and tried a small smile. Finally Geiphe stopped staring.<br>                “Is it normal for you aliens to stare so much?” I asked, shaking my head.<br>        He smiled at me, placing a hand on my shoulder.<br>                “It helps us to see a person, sense what they are,”<br>                “Really? So even without being a Knower, by staring I would have an innate sense of who someone is?”<br>                “Yes,”<br>                “Good to know,”<br>He winked and I walked over to Alex. He was looking over the menu, as if he didn’t have it memorized.<br>                “You come to eat or…”<br>He looked up at me and I could tell something was wrong.<br>                “It’s Isabel,” he stated.<br>                <br> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>