4 – Premonition of Death

After the diner closed that night Max and Liz decided to stay in and hang out in the Parker's apartment. They couldn't stop rehashing the shooting. It got so late the night before that by the time they were done with police reports, cleaned and shut down the diner, they'd called it a night.

"It's just a feeling Liz, like we missed something. Whatever it is I wouldn't call it a bad feeling, they seemed like nice, genuine people who were just doing the right thing."

"They were at the diner tonight," Liz informed him. "They sat with Kyle because the diner was busy and there were no empty tables. I guess they'd met him when they first got to town due to car problems. It was kind of cute actually," Liz smirked as she walked toward Max sitting in a chair near her desk. "Kyle and Chloe kept sneaking glances at each other. I think they're quite taken with each other."

"They were flirting… with her boyfriend sitting right there!" Max asked astonished.

Liz sat down on Max's lap. "Clark and Chloe are not boyfriend/girlfriend and," she said putting her finger up to his mouth, "I don't want to hear it. It's a girl thing…we just know." As she removed her finger she added, "I don't think they know we're all really close friends."

Max pulled Liz closer, "Enough about Kyle and Chloe, didn't you say your folks were out at the movies."

"Yes," she said slowly.

"Then why are we talking so much?" he asked as he slid one hand into her hair and gently pulled her head down for a kiss. It started out gentle, but was escalating quickly when Liz started to have a flash of first Max, then Michael, Isabel and herself being shot. She gasped and pulled away.

"What is it Liz?" Max asked concern clearly in his eyes and voice.

Liz's eyes were full of fear, "I had another vision."

"What did you see?"

"I saw us… shot. Oh Max," Liz whispered as he pulled her into his embrace.

"We need to get the others together and have a meeting." He said in a quiet voice near her ear. "I will not let anything happen to you Liz, I promise," he said hoping to comfort a trembling Liz.


Kyle and his Dad were the last to arrive at Michael's apartment for the meeting of the Pod Squad and Company. Max knew he had to get this started. How do you announce to people that you love – your family, that it looks like there is a very real possibility they are going to be killed.

Before Max got the chance Liz started, "I've discovered that I have a new power." As she said this she looked at the ground and took a deep breath. "I get flashes…."

"We are well aware of the flashes you two get when you are steaming it up," Michael cut in, embarrassing Liz.

"Michael!" Isabel reproached.

"What Liz is trying to say is that she is now getting flashes that are premonitions," Max said quietly.

Everyone was very quiet so Liz piped in, "You all heard about the shooting at the Crashdown. Well before that we were in the diner. One of my customers handed me her bill, our hands touched and I got a flash of her in our alley getting mugged. We waited until our other two guests, those visitors Clark and Chloe, left and then we raced out to the alley to help the woman. When we got out there… well you all know – Chloe was hiding in the alley and Clark had come to the woman's aid when a man tried to mug her."

Max picked it up at this point, "Liz had another vision about an hour ago….she saw….well she saw…."

"Spit it out Maxwell," Michael prodded.

"I saw us get shot," Liz whispered.

"What do you mean by 'us'," Maria asked, clearly shaken.

"Well, I first saw Max get shot, then Michael, Isabel and myself."

"What about the rest of us? Who kills us? Where do they kill us?" asked Maria

Max shook his head, "She only saw the four of us, but we're not sure of anything else. I know it's getting late so we should get together tomorrow and decide what to do next. I just wanted to tell everyone what Liz saw and make sure we were all on alert and careful.