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http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /frown.gif ALT=":("><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Thanks for all the great feedback! <br><br>Part 35~<br><br>Turning on the radio, Khivar rolls down his window and enjoys his drive back to Roswell. He turns the music up louder…he likes this sound. He thinks about stopping and playing with the locals before returning this body. Guess he won’t have to kill this one…he’ll have it back in plenty of time. <br><br>He takes his time driving, actually feeling better…laughing at the human emotions in this body that were causing him to feel sad over Liz’s death. He makes a mental note to contact Jaret and let him know his services here are no longer needed, he’ll be able to return home. That should make him happy, he knows how much Jaret hates it here. He doesn’t blame him. All this dust, and dirt, and the blandness…this planet has no flavor, he decides with a laugh. <br><br>45 minutes later, Khivar makes his way back to Roswell and gets stuck behind someone driving in front of him too slowly. As he passes the Crashdown for the last time, he sees something that makes his head boil over in rage…”Jaret! That Asshole!” he growls before swinging his car around.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> The desert…45 minutes earlier</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>As Max leans over Liz’s body, sobbing, Kyle watches Khivar’s car drive down the highway. When it’s no longer in sight he says, “He’s gone.” And Max stands up, turning with Isabel and Michael to look down the road. <br><br>“You think he bought it?” Max asks.<br><br>“Looked like it.” Michael answers. “He looked kind of…disappointed. And then he just walked back to his car and took off.”<br><br>“Jim.” Max says, turning to Valenti. “You’re on…contact us when you switch cars.”<br><br>“Ok.” Jim says and turns to get in his car…driving around the truck and speeding down the highway to catch up with Khivar.<br><br>The four of them turn and look down at Liz’s body and watch as a bright light shoots out of it…turning back into Jaret. He lays there for a moment before standing up and brushing himself off. “Man, that kinda <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> sucked</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->.”<br><br>Max watches the transformation, closing his eyes and running his hands through his hair. He <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> never</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> wants to see that again. They decided that to make it clear to Khivar that Liz was dead, Jaret was going to have to be convincing. He made it look like Liz’s head was half-way off her body…blood pouring out of her mouth and limbs thrown in very unnatural positions. <br><br>Watching as Jaret stands up and dusts himself off, Max nods to him before turning to look at the steaming truck in the middle of the road.<br><br>Max walks over and waves his hand over the front, smoothing out any dents and cracks caused by the collision. “Kyle, you can take the truck back now. Thanks. We’ll call you when we get back to town.”<br><br>“Oooo…kay. Glad to be of service.” And he mock salutes Max as he climbs back into the truck, starting it and heading back to town.<br><br>“We need to fix the other car.” Max turns to Isabel, Michael and Jaret…and looks over toward the twisted car on the side of the road. “It looks worse than I thought it would.” And he grimaces.<br><br>Walking over to the crumpled convertible, the four of them concentrate on fixing the car. After several starts and stops, they can’t get the car to look right. When it starts to take too long, Jaret tells them to stop. “We’re never gonna get this thing back to normal. Get back, I’ll take care of it.” He raises his arm and a bright light shoots out of his hand, engulfing the wreck and disintegrating it. When he lowers his arm, all that’s left is a burned spot on the ground. <br><br>As he does that, the others make sure they get rid of any evidence like glass or car parts from the road and the sand. <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> In Roswell</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Khivar turns the car around, his face contorted in anger at what he’s looking at...Liz Parker, sitting on a bench on the sidewalk, as plain as day...her head bent, talking on some sort of radio…and very much alive.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> In the desert</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> <br><br>Jaret turns to Max and says, “You better contact Liz, tell her to get out of site. If Khivar drove back in the direction we came from, he might drive back through Roswell.”<br><br>“Right.” Max says as they walk the SUV and he gets the walkie talkie from the front seat. <br><br>“Liz.”<br><br>“Yah. Max?” Liz answers back.<br><br>“He’s gone.” Max tells her. “We think it worked. Everything went as planned.”<br><br>There’s a pause, then he hears. “Good. Are you sure?”<br><br>“Not completely. Valenti’s tailing him now.” Max answers back.<br><br>“Ok. How’s Jaret?”<br><br>“Good as new.” Max says as he puts the key in the ignition and turns it. “We’re on our way back. Stay out of sight for now.”<br><br>But Liz’s answer is a scream that’s cut off right before he hears a loud crashing noise.<br><br>“Liz?”<br><br>But there’s nothing, no sound.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> In Roswell</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>As Khivar’s furious thoughts roll through him, he parks his car and stalks over to Liz, the nitwit is still bent over, not paying attention to anything. After the elaborate production he just witnessed, you would think she’d stay out of sight…what a moron. Quickly approaching her, he grabs a handful of hair and yanks her up off of the bench. She starts to scream and the radio crashes to the ground, but he waves his hand over her throat, ending <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> that</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> noise before it starts. <br><br>He quickly drags her to his car before anyone can notice anything wrong. Throwing her in, he binds her to the seat so she can’t move. Getting into the driver’s seat, he looks over at her panicked face and the tears streaming down it. “Ah, Liz…you know how much I love that look on your face.” And he backs the car out, driving away from Roswell.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> In the desert</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>“Liz! Liz!” Max yells into the walkie talkie. “Valenti! What’s going on?!” <br><br>Crackling, then, “Max…I lost him when I was switching cars. I saw his car tear off down the street away from the Crashdown. I’m on him.”<br><br>“Don’t do anything. Just follow him.” Max barks at him. “We’re leaving now. Stay in contact, let me know where you are.” And he throws the SUV in gear, turning it around and driving back toward Roswell.<br><br>“Shit! He must have seen Liz. How <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> stupid</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->!” Max is hitting the steering wheel as the speedometer hits 95. “Damn it!”<br><br>“Max…Max. You need to slow down. Getting us killed isn’t gonna help Liz.” Isabel tries to calm him down. <br><br>“Heading out past the old soap factory, Max. He’s not stopping.” They hear Valenti’s voice over their radios.<br><br>“Maxwell, man…you gotta calm down.” Michael tells him from the backseat. “We’ll catch up with him.” <br><br>“Where’s he taking her?” Max asks Jaret.<br><br>“I don’t know. I’m sure he knows I’m involved now, so there’s no way for me to find out.” Jaret answers. “Just make sure your friend isn’t spotted following him.”<br><br>“Max.” they hear Valenti’s voice and Max picks up his radio.<br><br>“Yah.”<br><br>“He’s pulling off on a road that leads to an old storage facility that used to be used for road repair crews. I’m gonna circle around and drive around back.” Valenti says.<br><br>“Ok. Don’t follow them in. Stay out of sight until we get there.” Max tells him and asks Jaret, “Will he have others with him?”<br><br>Jaret shrugs and says, “Probably not…he doesn’t usually travel with an entourage. He usually meets us all somewhere…so I can’t say for sure.”<br><br>“Keep an eye out for others.” Max says to Valenti before he lays the radio back down on the console. Pushing harder on the accelerator, Max pushes the SUV up to 90 and flies toward Roswell…toward Liz.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> At the storage facility</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Khivar pulls the car up to the front of an old, long ago used building that looks vacant. “Honey, we’re home.” He laughs as he gets out of the car and makes his way around to the passenger side.<br><br>Pulling Liz out of the car, he drags her toward the building and opens the front door before pulling her in after him. He throws her down in the corner and stands over her…shaking his finger at her. “Liz….Liz…Liz. You guys almost had me.” He smiles at her and cocks his head to the side.<br><br>“I have to say…I didn’t expect this of Jaret. How long have you two been planning your little schemes behind my back?” he asks her. “What…cat got your tongue?” he laughs at her as he walks across the room, looking around to see what it contains. Some orange road cones are stacked up in one corner, next to some metal barrels. <br><br>There are some metal folding chairs stacked against another wall and he goes over to take one off the top. Bringing it back over in front of Liz, he opens it up and sits to face her. Waving his hand over her throat, he sits back. “Guess no one can hear you out here.”<br><br>She doesn’t say anything, just sits in the corner looking at the floor. She thinks of nothing but Max…hoping that they didn’t follow them out here. Khivar will kill him…all of them…if they try to come here. She hopes that Michael keeps his promise to her.<br><br>“So, Lizzie. Whatever shall we do with our time while we wait for loverboy to show up?” Khivar smiles at her.<br><br>She looks up at him and calmly says, “How about I kill you?”<br><br>“Hey! I have a better idea!” He gets up and walks around the room, looking for something that he can use. “It’s been so long, Liz. I don’t know how I ever let so much time go by since our last round of fun.” He finds something that looks sturdy. “Aha! This will do nicely.” He smiles and he takes it down and walks toward Liz.<br><br>Grabbing a fistful of hair, he raises her off the floor and brings her face close to hers. Smiling, he says, “I sure have missed you, Liz. Why did you have to go and do something so stupid? We had some good years together, didn’t we?”<br><br>Liz throws her head back and slams it forward with all her strength…straight into his nose. He drops her and screams as he raises his hand to the blood squirting out of his face. “What the <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> hell</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> was that for?!” He screams at her. But he barely finishes his sentence before she brings her foot back and kicks him in the groin as hard as she can.<br><br>“What are you doing?!” He screams as he falls to his knees. “I thought you learned long ago that you can’t fight me, Liz.” And he scrambles forward, grabbing at her as she runs toward the door. She gets it yanked open before he uses his powers to pull her back and he grabs her neck, raising her off the floor. “You stupid bitch. I thought we were past all this.”<br><br>He throws her into the corner and pulls his hand from his nose, looking at the blood. “Great. You’ve ruined this body.” He shakes his head and wipes his hand on his jeans. Looking over at her, he sees her grabbing her head. He walks close to her and is surprised once again by her hand shooting out and her nails scratching down his face, over his eye.<br><br>Reaching for her, he stumbles and lands on top of her and feels her bite down on his ear. Kicking at her, he pushes himself up and watches as she spits half of his ear out of her mouth. “Enough!” he yells as he raises his arm and binds her halfway up the wall, spread eagle with his powers. <br><br>He grabs his ear…well, half of it…and inspects the damage. Laughing he looks at Liz and says, “Well, aren’t you the little hellcat today.” He walks closer to her and says, “You know, it’s so much more fun this way.” And he grins as he raises his hands to her breasts.<br><br>30 minutes after leaving the crash site, Max is driving down a gravel road…talking to Valenti over the radio. “How much further?”<br><br>“I can hear you, Max. Just another 50 yards or so.” Valenti tells him just as Max catches site of his car parked in the woods.<br><br>Pulling up next to Valenti, Max jumps out of the car and walks over to him. He grabs his binoculars and looks through them down to the building that sits at the bottom of the hill they’re parked on. He sees Khivar’s car parked out front, but there’s no one outside. “Have you seen anyone?”<br><br>Jim shakes his head and says, “No activity. Just his car parked out front. I assume they’re inside, but I haven’t seen them.”<br><br>He tosses the binoculars down and says over his shoulder, “Come on…let’s go.” And starts to walk down the hill.<br><br>“Max…wait!” Michael grabs his arm, pulling him back. “You can’t just barge in there. He’ll kill you…and Liz.”<br><br>“Michael’s right, Max.” Jaret says. “His powers make yours look like parlor tricks. You can’t just walk in there.”<br><br>“Then what do <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> you</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> suggest.” Max challenges them, extremely irritated. <br><br>Jaret looks around at them, his eyes stopping on Isabel briefly, then back to Max. “We send in Isabel first. Distract him.”<br><br>“No.” Max says immediately. <br><br>“Look, Max…for some reason, he’s afraid of Isabel. This can work to our advantage.” Jaret tries to explain.<br><br>“What do you want me to do?” Isabel asks Jaret.<br><br>“Isabel, no. You’re not going in there.” Max says to her forcefully.<br><br>Turning toward her brother, she says, “Max, if what Jaret says is true, then I’m going. I’m gonna do what I can to get her out of there. You’re not stopping me.”<br><br>Turning back to Jaret, Isabel says, “What do I do?”<br><br>Before Jaret can answer, Max looks down toward the building and says, “He’s doing something to her. I can feel her down there…he’s hurting her…she’s scared.” He turns to look at Jaret. “How come I can feel what she’s feeling?”<br><br>Michael just looks at Max for a few moments, thinking, then says, “She’s pregnant.”<br><br>Max looks at Michael as his eyes well up with tears. “No.” he whispers and looks back down to the building. <br><br>Jaret furrows his brow and looks down toward the building at Michael’s revelation. After a few moments, he looks at Isabel and says, “You drive up to the front…act like you came alone. He’ll know you’re there…hopefully he’ll come outside. If he does, I’ll go in and get Liz. Do whatever you have to to keep him outside with you.”<br><br>“I’m going with you.” Max says, turning around to look at him.<br><br>Jaret looks at Michael, then Max. “No. You’ll be of no use to me…or to her. You can’t fight him, Max.”<br><br>“I’m going with you.” Max says again, more forcefully. “You’re gonna fight with me when we could be getting her out of there?”<br><br>Jaret looks at Michael for support, but Michael knows…they’ll have to knock Max unconscious to keep him from going down there now. Rolling his eyes, Michael sighs and nods his head at Jaret.<br><br>“Fine. You both come. You can get Liz out of there if I have to confront Khivar.” Jaret says before turning to Jim. “You bring your car closer for them to get away with Liz…but not within sight of the front door.”<br><br>Nodding, Jim says, “Alright. Isabel? I’ll follow you down.” And they both turn to get in the two cars and drive around toward the front of the building as Jaret, Max and Michael make their way down the hill.<br><br>Isabel makes her way toward the other car parked in front. She’s nervous as she parks next to it. Getting out, she stands next to the car for a few minutes, wondering if Khivar is ever gonna come out. Her question is finally answered when she sees the door crack open and Khivar step out, looking around for signs of anyone else.<br><br>“I came alone.” She tells him, not moving. She looks at the blood all over his face and the missing ear with blood running down his neck. And he’s walking toward her with a slight limp that wasn’t there earlier.<br><br>“Vilondra.” He says with a hiss. “What are you up to?”<br><br>“I knew it was you…by the side of the road back there. I had to come…I felt…pulled here…to you. I…I don’t even know why I needed to see you.” She looks at him, showing concern for his injuries. Then she looks down at the ground shyly, then back up to him.<br><br>“We always did have an extraordinary connection, Vilondra.” Khivar says as he steps closer. “But you’re playing games…thinking you can save your friend inside.”<br><br>“Friend? She’s no friend of mine.” Isabel says angrily, her eyes turning black as Vilondra starts to take over. <br><br>“Ahhh…is that so?” Khivar says as he takes another step closer to her, sensing a change in her.<br><br>“Yes.” She says, “I’ve come only for you…you know that.”<br><br>“I suppose I do, Vilondra. But you toy with me. Where’s your idiot brother?” He asks, looking around her.<br><br>She laughs, “Back in Roswell, crying over Liz…that his plan didn’t work.”<br><br>“Is he now?” He says with a satisfied smile. “Come…closer.” He motions her to come forward.<br><br>As she approaches him, he looks into her eyes and sees the blackness there. Running his hand across her cheek, he asks, “So where’s that <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> husband</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> of yours?”<br><br>“Not here.” She says simply as she grabs the front of his shirt and pulls him to her.<br><br>Laughing, he says, “Ah, Vilondra…you always were so…forceful.” before he lowers his head to kiss her. <br><br>Kissing him back, she throws her head back as she moans loudly and he brings his head to her neck, kissing her there. She can taste blood in her mouth.<br><br>Max, Michael and Jaret enter the building through the back and quietly make their way further in, making sure Khivar is outside. Seeing the open door and Khivar and Isabel outside, Jaret motions Max and Michael forward.<br><br>When Max sees Liz, a strangled cry comes to his throat. She’s suspended on the wall, her arms held above her. Her legs spread. She looks like a big X and her head is hanging to the side. Her shirt is torn to reveal a gash across her ribs and he sees a bloody pipe lying on the floor. He sees blood coming out of her mouth as well as down her forehead. Michael shoots a look at Max, silently telling him to be quiet.<br><br>Moving quickly towards her, Max sees that she’s watching them…her eye’s big. Well, one eye…the other one is rapidly swelling shut. She looks toward Michael with tears in her eyes…and she grimaces at him…accusingly. Michael gives her a pained look and looks again toward Jaret and the door as Max uses his powers to release Liz from the wall. <br><br>Outside, Khivar hears a noise coming from inside, and Isabel sees Max, Michael and Jaret inside over Khivar’s shoulder as he turns his head back. Moving quickly, Isabel raises her hand to his chest and sends a bolt of energy down her arm, through her hand and into him.<br><br>Khivar screams as he stumbles back, grabbing his chest. “You bitch!” he yells at her as he tries to make his way back inside. She shoots another blast at him and it throws him forward, through the door and onto the floor.<br><br>But he raises his arm and fires back at her, sending her flying into the car, crumpling onto the ground.<br><br>Khivar stands up quickly and walks toward the group gathered around Liz. Max and Michael look up at him and stare in shock at his appearance. They’re looking at his injuries, wondering what the hell happened to him when he says, “Now…where exactly do you think you’re going with my Liz? We were just starting to have fun…couldn’t help herself from begging for it.” Khivar smirks as he raises his hand to his bloody face and shakes his head, smiling, “She likes it so rough! But I guess you know that, don’t you Zan?” Michael and Max watch as he raises his arm in Max’s direction. <br><br>Max pushes Liz behind him and stands, raising his arm toward Khivar. “You can’t have her. We don’t have anything to do with your war or your planet…so what’s the point?”<br><br>Stepping toward Max, Khivar raises his arm to Jaret in warning as he turns his attention back to Max. “Ah…the point, my dear king…is amusement. You provide <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> trucks</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> full of it…and pretty little Liz over there…so full of fire. I don’t have to have a point. And now, it looks like you’re trying to make off with my little playmate. I don’t know if I’m <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> quite</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> ready to give her up yet…I just love the look on her face and her pretty little tears when I’m fucking her.”<br><br>Michael can feel a surge of energy coming from Max and the anger rolling off of him as he sees Max step forward out of the corner of his eye. Not taking his eyes off of Khivar, Michael says, “Max…don’t.” He watches as Khivar winks at Max, grinning, and raises his hand slightly. But before Khivar has a chance to strike, Michael turns to Max and sends a burst of energy at him and Liz…sending them flying through the back door…outside. The door swings shut behind them and he then turns to face Khivar, his arm outstretched, standing in front of the door.<br><br>Laughing, Khivar walks toward him. “Wow. That was pretty self-sacrificing Rath. I’m impressed.” But instead of walking further toward Michael, he stops in front of Jaret. “You’ve been a naughty boy, Jaret. Sneaking around behind my back with that human…slut!” he spits out. “You…of all people…you spoil my fun!”<br><br>Jaret says nothing for a moment before finally speaking. “You screwed up, Khivar. You and your need for revenge…you couldn’t just stick to the fight, could you? You had to drag the Royals into it…like they’re any match for you. And you <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> stuck</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> me on this awful planet for 10 years…just so you could play games with them. Is it fun? Tormenting people who can never fight back?”<br><br>“I thought you understood, Jaret. It was all for fun! But apparently, you took it too seriously.” Khivar turns fully toward him. “Tell me, were you working against me the entire time, or are your actions caused by misguided human emotions?”<br><br>“You’ll never know.” Jaret tells him…standing his ground.<br><br>Sighing, Khivar says, “No…I guess I won’t.”<br><br>Both men bring their arms up, preparing to fight when a bright light engulfs the room and a ball of energy shoots from the front doorway…straight at Khivar. It hits him in the back and he stumbles forward, looking down as his chest explodes outward. “Well, that just won’t do.” He says absently as he tries to release himself from the dying body.<br><br>Michael looks to the front door and sees Isabel, slumping over in the doorway. Then he sees Khivar raise his hand to create the transport field that will carry him back to Antar, but Jaret shoots out at his rising energy, blocking him from the field and the now dead body that he inhabited falls to the ground. He shouts at Michael, “Get Liz in here…now!” Jaret holds the squirming energy against the ceiling…not letting it move toward the transport field as Michael runs out the back door.<br><br>Max and Liz run in behind Michael, followed by Jim, and Jaret grabs Liz’s arm, pulling her from Max. He looks at her, “It’s your choice Liz…you can kill him by not letting him go. He’ll need to shift into his true form soon and he’ll die slowly, and painfully as soon as he hits the atmosphere. Or, you can let him go back…I’m giving you the choice.”<br><br>Liz looks up at him as Jaret places her arm up, pointing toward the energy at the ceiling and he grabs her wrist. Suddenly, the power that was coming from Jaret’s hand is now coming from Liz’s. She watches as the energy twists and turns, trying to get away and she looks over to Jaret. She nods her head, tears in her eyes, as they both turn to look back up at the ceiling.<br><br>Max stands back with Michael and Jim, watching as the power coming from Liz’s hand seems to get stronger and the transport field fades away…quickly disappearing completely. He looks back to the ceiling and sees the energy start to change…into something more solid. What follows is the most awful noise he’s ever heard. It’s a loud, high-pitched screaming and he moves to cover his ears.<br><br>With a nod from Jaret, the power stops shooting out of Liz’s hand and she lowers her arm to her side. They step back as the screaming mass falls to the floor with a wet thud. The skin starts bubbling, as if acid was just poured on it.<br><br>Isabel stands, holding herself up in the doorway and watches as Khivar’s body slowly starts disintegrating, fumes rising from the bubbling flesh. She raises her hand to block the smell and eventually, the hideous screaming stops.<br><br>She steps forward, looking over at Max, Jim and Michael, then Liz. She’s staring down at the mess in front of her…not moving.<br><br>When the mass stops moving, Liz still doesn’t look away as she asks Jaret, “Is he dead?”<br><br>“I’m pretty sure…looks like dead to me.” Jaret says in awe…still staring at the mess on the floor.<br><br>Liz nods and steps forward to the misshapen head…and pokes at it with the toe of her shoe. She watches it roll back and forth for a moment before she brings her foot down…smashing the head flat to the floor. Stepping back, she nods and says, “Yah, looks like dead to me, too.” And she turns around to look at Michael and Max and Jim. <br><br>She takes a step toward Max and he rushes forward to pull her in his arms. 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