Chapter 2 - Liz-POV

I woke up to someone kissing my neck. I turned and there he was. Max. Then it all came rushing back to me. To say I was shocked would be an understatement.

"Liz, are you okay?" Max asked.

"Not really. Max … I know what we have to do, what the whole flashes were for."

"What is it?"

"Not yet. I want to tell everyone at once. It's kind of upsetting." I said quietly.

"Okay, we'll go get everyone … after." He said mysteriously.

"After what?"

"This" Max said simply.

And he continued to show me what I missed out on last night.

"So what's with the meeting?" Michael complained.

We were back at Michael's apartment. After what happened the night before, I just felt so embarrassed. I don't know whether it was because we started here, or whether it was because of the fact that it was Max's family.

"Liz has something to tell us." Max stated.

"Thanks, Max. Make me sound like a betrayer."

I turned away from him. Yeah I was being a drama queen, but it was like he had just decided to forget about last night and play the leader.

Then I felt his arms snake around my waist.

"Sorry, honey. But it is important. Remember?"

"Yes I remember. Okay. Maybe everyone should sit down."

They all did, exchanging looks of why Max and I were acting all lovey-dovey, and I proceeded to tell them what I had seen.

"I saw your past. Not your past on Earth, but your past on Antar."

Max, Isabel and Michael all looked surprised, eager and confused all at the same time. So I started from the beginning.

"Antar was … is your home world. Where you were born. You're the royal four."

"Four, but there's only three of us. Who's the fourth?" Michael asked.

"I don't know. I only saw you three and your referral as the royal four. The fourth I never saw. But I think I might have been seeing things from her point of view though, because everyone was looking at me like I held such power. I know that she was more important to Max, though."

"Me … why me?"

"She was your wife."

"So why are we called the royal four?" Michael interrupted.

"Because you were royal" Maria replied. "Duh!"

"Okay, the reason why you were called the royal four is because Max is king. Your name was Zan. Isabel you are Max's older sister and you're the princess. Your name was Vilandra. Michael, you are second-in-command to Max and also Isabel's fiancé. You name was Rath. The other is queen and Max's wife. I don't know who she is but-"

"You. It's you Liz." Isabel said.

"What?"

"Isabel's right. It's you." Michael replied.

"I don't-"

"Didn't you feel something familiar last night, something that reminded you of before, but you couldn't place it? Because that's how I felt. That's how I've felt ever since we got together." Max interjected.

"Yeah, but-"

"Wait. Last night? What happened last night?" Maria asked. I felt myself blush bright red and I looked at Max. "You didn't! Liz Parker we are going to talk. Now!"

"Not yet Maria. You can get all the details later. This is more important." Alex said firmly. He was always the one who could control Maria.

'Thank you' I mouthed towards him. "What about powers. You guys have powers but I don't. Why is that? And why am I human?"

No one answered for a whole minute and as each second past I was getting more anxious. I wanted to believe that Max and I were married up there. I wanted to believe I was one of them, but it just wasn't possible.

"Because you were killed." Michael answered. "You killed by a man who visited our planet. He stayed there and was issued as our protector, but he was still a visitor. In our language it was Vishna. That's what we called him."

"Nasedo." Max said.

"Yeah. It must be. He must get called Visitor by a million languages from a million different worlds. I'm surprised that he doesn't get confused with all the names."

"So, Nasedo is truly evil, like you said Max." Alex said.

"I never said he was evil. I just said that I wouldn't trust him because he killed people. And he shapeshifts all the time, so maybe we should do something for security. Like a pass phrase or something. Just so we know that it's us."

"That's a good idea, but we're getting off the topic. Why don't I have powers?" I interrupted.

"Because you were reborn. We had our DNA manipulated, but you were reborn to this world. You'll probably come into them in a few years." Isabel said.

"Or maybe, because you now know the truth, your powers will start to show themselves." Alex suggested.

I stared at him. That was actually a good theory. He was on fire today with this alien stuff. It was weird.

"Alex, where are you getting all these theories from? I mean they're actually good points." I asked him.

"Thanks, Liz. You have just managed to make me look absolutely … stupid. I always come up with good theories."

"Sorry Alex. I didn't mean it like that. It's just-"

Then I had a flashback. A wedding between me and Max. A honeymoon. Having stupid competitions to see who had the most power. Then the final one. A baby. A little girl. Coral. She was so beautiful. Even Max wouldn't take her eyes off her. Then it was over. Her beauty that is, because he killed her. Nasedo killed my baby. Then he turned to me…

I gasped.

"Liz. Liz! Are you okay?" Max shouted.

"No. He killed her."

"Who killed who?" Michael asked confused.

"Nasedo. He killed my daughter." Then everyone gasped.

"Your … daughter?" Max asked.

"Our daughter. She was so beautiful Max. You should have seen her. You fell in love with her right away. And he killed her. Nasedo. I'm going to kill him!"

Then, suddenly, I felt power flowing around the room and everyone looked at me in shock. I was rising to the ceiling. My hair swept around my face, my eyes were wide open and the pupils black. I felt extremely powerful. No one could stop me … from anything.