Part 33<br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> AN</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->: It came out longer than I thought..so I made it is’w own part<br><br>Kyle remembered he had two folding chairs in the back of his truck, Maria had a blanket , Alex opened the back of his SUV up and Isabel changed Alex’s wooden table to a chair for herself. Once everyone was settled with a pad and pencil we were ready to begin.<br> “So where should we start?” I asked eyeing the faces looking at me.<br> “How about at the beginning?” Kyle suggested “Like how you all got here, etc. etc,”<br> “Our ship crashed over 60 years ago in the desert just outside of Roswell,”<br> “So there are others?” Maria asked<br> “There were..the only <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> other</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> we ever knew about was Nacedo,” Michael responded.<br> “And he’s dead,” Max added.<br> “Was he really Tess’s dad?”<br> “No, he was our Protector, he was suppose to teach us about our planet, about our former life,” Isabel added.<br> “Did he teach you anything?” I asked.<br> “He only told us about how we needed to find the Knower and get back to Antar..it was so important to get back there,” Max said.<br> “What did he say about the Knower?”<br> “Only that I would know who they were,” Max said.<br>I nodded, scribbling a few notes.<br> “Liz, do you remember being from Antar?”<br>I shook my head no.<br> “I only remember what the voices show me,”<br> “Do any of you remember your former selves?” Maria asked looking directly at Michael.<br> “Sometimes…in my dreams. I remember this place that’s so beautiful and I remember being so happy,” Isabel said.<br> “I do too Isabel,” Michael says with a shy grin.<br> “Max? Do you remember?” I ask.<br>His eyes catch mine and for a moment I can see what he sees. It’s Antar and we are together, under the moon watching deep red water lap gently against the shore. He is holding me in his arms and I can feel his breath gently whisper across my ear. <br> “Yes…I remember…only anytime I am back there…I was never able to see faces…until now,” he says with a grin, eyes averting to the ground.<br>Maria looks from him to me and back to him.<br> “Are you saying you two were lovers back there?” she asks clasping her hands together in glee.<br>Max becomes enthralled with a pebble on the ground. <br> “They were,” Isabel states with a smile. “It seems Maxwell here was lovers with Liz, but married Tess to make peace with the warring planets,”<br> “But back there she was this Elise, Khivar referred to her as,” Michael added.<br>I felt color rush to my cheeks. Everyone just stared and then began laughing.<br> “You two are star crossed lovers,” Alex said.<br> “This would explain why Max has…” Isabel began but was cut off by Max.<br> “No one cares Isabel,” he said forcefully.<br> “As you wish Your Highness,” she said mockingly.<br>We got back on track as more questions came about their life, the Destiny Book and Tess.<br> “Ok, what kind of powers are we fighting against here?” Kyle asked.<br> “Tess is able to warp the mind, make you believe you are seeing or hearing one thing, but aren’t really,” Michael said.<br> “Which is how I don’t remember being shot, right?” Alex asked.<br> “Yes. But, depending on the image she has you believe, she wipes out pretty easily,” Max answered.<br> “Can she do the hand thing?” Maria asked.<br> “Yes, she can change the molecular appearance of objects, as well as destroy them with a blast,” Max said.<br> “What about Khivar?” <br> “I think he may be able to read thoughts,” I said.<br> “And he is able to move objects with a wave of his hand, just as we can” Isabel said.<br> “We need a surprise attack,” Kyle said taking a small branch and making some markings in the dirt.<br>He drew a square and marked the letters HS on it. He added several smaller squares and rectangles to it.<br> “The HS…we have to be able to protect ourselves while there tomorrow,” I said.<br> “Are they really going to do this in front of our classmates?” Alex asked, rubbing his chin.<br> “It seems that way,” I stated.<br> “But how? I mean is he going to just blast away at us with everyone standing around looking on?” Maria asked.<br> “Liz…do you think you could try and read Khivar?” Max asked.<br> “I could try to walk his dreams?” Isabel asked after I didn’t respond.<br> “Walk his dreams?” Kyle asked?<br>Isabel explained her ability and we all looked amazed.<br> “Whoa,” Kyle said.<br> “Have you done it to me?” Alex asked, tilting his head and raising an eyebrow.<br>Isabel laughed.<br> “Why do you think I said yes? I knew how strongly you felt for me...it was so pure, so innocent...how could I <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> not</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> want to be with you?” <br>Alex turned bright red and we all chuckled. The two of them shared a small kiss and we all oohed and ahhed, causing Alex to blush even deeper.<br> “Not to ruin the walk down memory lane, but we need to focus on how we are going to beat Khivar,” Michael interrupted. This produced a punch on the arm from Maria.<br> “Now we know you were part of the Army up there,” she said shaking her head.<br> “Michael’s right,” Max said.<br> “We need to figure out how we are going to do this…we need Tess,” I said.<br> “Tess isn’t going to just come clean about what is going down,” Maria said.<br> “Of course not, but if she thinks we are scared, she will tell Khivar, that will be an advantage,” I said<br> “That’s true,” Kyle said nodding in agreement.<br> “And we shouldn’t tell her I am the Knower,”<br> “But Khivar will have told her you are Elise, won’t she suspect something if we <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> don’t</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> tell her?” Isabel asked.<br> “I think Is is right, we need to lay most of our cards on the table, knowing she will tell Khivar everything,” Alex added. “I think the best plan is to go in as a bunch of scared fools and then surprise him with our powers and strategy,”<br> “What strategy? We don’t even know if this is really going to happen tomorrow or not,” Michael said in disgust.<br> “Liz,” Max began and I knew instantly what he was going to ask.<br> “Alright…let’s get this over with,” I said rolling my shoulders and cracking my neck.<br>I shut my eyes and began to summon Khivar to me. I could hear the group around me whispering and waiting and then it was silent. It was silent, but not for long as I was suddenly thrust into a conversation he was having and heard him talking.<br>”I don’t care what it takes, you find him and bring him to me,” he yelled. <br> “Of course Your Excellency, but it seems the Antarian tracker does not work on this planet,<br> “Then you make it work, I can not have the true Protector thinking he is going to appear and save the Royals, not now, not ever, do I make myself clear?” he spat.<br> “Perfectly,”<br> “Good, now drive me back to Roswell. Elise and her friend seem to think this is all some game, we will see how she likes it when I suck the life from her yet again,”<br> “As you wish,”<br>It was again silent and all I could hear was the sound of the motor as the car was once again on the move. I was about to pull out of the trance when again Khivar began to speak.<br> “Have you seen any of them? …You are just as incompetent here as you were back on Antar, Ava…and what of their Protector?…No, I do not suspect they have translated much of the book, or they would have shared the news with you…Killing Nacedo was necessary…he was getting too soft, just as you seem to be…Don’t make me mad Ava…Your insolence is beginning to wear away my tolerance of you… Keep your eyes open and call me if anything arises”<br> “Has she seen them your Highness?” the driver asked, cautiously. I could tell this person was deathly afraid of Khivar.<br> “No, and I don’t like it. It seems they all took went about their ways, without a care in the world. Idiots, they obviously are oblivious to my power, my presence. Ava has let me down yet again, her love for Zan is beginning to annoy me…we may have to kill her as well,” he said with a laugh.<br> “Kill Ava? But…”<br> “Silence Nicholas, I do not wish to hear you jabbering, just drive and leave the planning to me,”<br>And then I heard him think <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> I may do away with you as well</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>I pulled out and shivered. He was so evil, so void of any emotions, any caring. I stared at the faces around me. They waited, so expectantly. <br> “You feel ok?” Kyle said rubbing my arms. “Gee whiz, you’re like ice,” he quickly added.<br> “I’m ok…it seems this gets easier every time I do it,”<br> “Were you able to reach him?” Maria asked.<br>I nodded, trying to put what I had heard into some sort of sense. Max watched me carefully and I was tempted to tap into his thoughts.<br> “And? Did you find anything out? “Michael prodded.<br> “There is another Protector among us,” I stated, waiting for a reaction.<br> “Another Protector? But Nacedo was our Protector,” Isabel began.<br> “No, he was one of Khivar’s henchmen, he was killed because as Khivar put it <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> he was getting to soft</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->,”<br> “So there is another Protector? Why were we never contacted by anyone else?” Michael asked.<br> “I think whoever this person is either has not located you all, or is aware that Khivar would eventually come to Earth and is waiting. His driver mentioned something about an Antarian tracker that is not working here on Earth,”<br> “A tracker? Is it a person?” Max asked.<br> “I don’t think it was, the driver was told to<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> fix it</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->,”<br> “A driver? This Khivar really is something else,” Alex said, shaking his head.<br> “The driver, Nicholas was his name, was terrified of Khivar…and Khivar may end up killing him…he thought it just as I pulled from his mind,”<br> “The poor guy probably has no idea,” Maria said.<br> “Poor guy? He’s working with our enemy, poor guy nothing,” Michael said.<br> “Michael, you can be so insensitive at times,” Maria huffed.<br> “What is there to be sensitive about ‘Ria? No one is saying <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> poor Royals, maybe we should warn them</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. Here we are getting ready to battle for something that happened in another lifetime on another freaking planet,” Michael stated. He had been leaning on the SUV and now began to pace. Maria got up from her blanket and stood in front of him.<br> “Michael Guerin, this planet or that, this lifetime or another, you can’t not tell me the thought of killing someone does not bother you! I know you better than that to think you are all gung ho about what may go down tomorrow,” she said, placing her hands on her hips.<br> “Of course not, but hell if I am going to sit back and watch the people I love get killed by some maniacal loser from space. It happened once, it’s not going to happen again,”<br> “Michael, we all feel the same about this. Of course we aren’t going to let anything happen without putting 100 percent into it,” Max said.<br>Michael nodded at Max and let Maria engulf him in her arms.<br> “Ok, so tonight we meet with Tess and then what?” Kyle asked.<br> “We don’t let her know about Alex’s powers, we do let her know I am the Knower and we do let her think we are running scared,” I said, looking at the group.<br> “What about Maria, Alex and I? Should she know we know?” Kyle said.<br> “Yes, the more people Khivar has to worry about, the better,” Max said.<br> “But we still need to come up with a way to protect ourselves at the Gala,” Isabel said.<br>We fell silent. Each of us was trying to come up with some way to protect the rest of the group and ourselves for certain destruction. Kyle went back to sketching in the dirt with a stick I began to grow upset with myself for not being able to protect the Royals. What good was it to be the Knower and <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> not</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> know anything? Max sensing my frustration, beckoned me to walk with him.<br> “Liz, will you walk with me?”<br>I nodded, rising from my chair beside Kyle.<br> “Excuse us,” I said in response to the looks.<br>Maria smiled at me and wiggled her eyebrows around. I shook my head in embarrassment, quickly looking away to prevent myself from grinning to deeply.<br> “Liz, I don’t want you to feel you have to protect us,”<br> “I just feel like I should know more than I do Max,”<br> “And I don’t? Here I was King Zan of Antar and haven’t got a clue as to how to protect the people I care about,”<br>He was right. There was more at stake for Max, then there was for me. He was King and would be expected to protect his family. We turned to stare back at the group. Kyle was showing them something on the ground and they were nodding in agreement.<br> “Everything will work out,” I said.<br> “I believe it will Liz. This is a good group, even after everything that has been thrown at them, they are willing to take it in stride and help the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> aliens</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> out,”<br> “You all are more human than alien Max. Besides, you’re our friends, we would never let our friends down,”<br> “And you? You are from there too,” he said pointing to the sky.<br> “We don’t know that for sure Max,”<br>He smiled at me and shyly cocked his head sideways.<br> “I know,”<br>I could feel the color creep into my cheeks. I looked away and then back at Max. He had gone back to staring at the group. I too looked back in their direction. Maria looked up at us and smiled. Then her thoughts crashed into my mind. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Just kiss him already Liz. Can’t you see he is dying too?</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> I opened my mouth in shock. She nodded ever so gently and looked back down at Kyle’s diagram. I gazed at Max and he sighed.<br> “You remember us then?”<br>He hesitated for a few seconds and then spoke.<br> “After I found out who you were, it all came to me. Last night I dreamed about us, about how we met, about how much I loved you, about how much it broke my heart to see you dead and not have been able to stop it,”<br> “Why can’t I remember?”<br> “Do you want to remember?” he said, stepping closer to me.<br>I looked up into his eyes and nodded. He reached out and caressed the side of my face. My heart began to pound rapidly and my breath quickened. His hand was electric against my skin.<br> “I want to see what you see, feel what you feel,” I said quietly.<br> “Just watch me, breath as I breath,”<br>I stared into his eyes and our surroundings began to fade away. It was just Max and I and then a wave of emotions began to flood into me. Love, joy, rapture, jealousy, understanding. Images from Max, as King Zan. I saw us meeting for the first time, I saw our first kiss, I saw the first time we made love. I saw him marrying Ava, but his heart still belonged to me. I saw us meeting in secret, me turning his advances away, hating myself for hurting him. I saw him break as he saw my dead body. I saw him happy to die, because without me, he was already dead. When he finally pulled away, I held his hand. He was weak and I let him lean against me.<br> “I didn’t mean for you to see so much,”<br> “There’s more…more from here on Earth,” <br>He nodded. The images I had seen and felt, warmed me to my core. I had never been able to open my heart to anyone, not even Kyle, but I knew it was because my heart belonged to Max. And now that I knew…I was not going to let anything happen to him. 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