Part 6
Maria was
not the only one shocked at the words Mark just said. But the one that was most affected by the words was Michael. His pounded his fists on the glass and
snarled at Mark.
"She
doesn't belong to you and she will never belong to! She belongs to me!"
Mark walked
up to Michael's room and smiled mockingly at him. "She belongs to you? Really? Then why did you walk
away from her? If you did that then
that means that she doesn't belong to you anymore."
"If
she belongs to you Mark, then why is she in here with us instead of being out
there with you?" Alex asked.
"Well
you see Alex as you know Maria is very stubborn, and we thought that if she
doesn't join us then we will test her to see how strong her powers are."
"You
can't do that to me!" Maria cried.
"But
we can sweetheart. And we will if
necessary." Mark said.
"Wait
I have another question. If she belongs
to you and you want her to join your side then why did you test her to see if
she was fertile?" Isabelle asked.
Mark
smiled. "Well one of the reasons
was to make her think that she was here for the same reasons that you are. The second reason was because I did was to
see if she was fertile. Not so she
could breed with an alien, but because she will have my child."
"What!!" Michael roared.
Maria
laughed. "What makes you think
that I want to have sex with you again Mark? And even more what makes you think that I want to have your baby?"
Mark smiled
at Maria. "Because you do
Maria. You might not admit it to
yourself now but you will in time. Besides you have belonged to me since time began. You see like your friends you also have a
destiny and your destiny is to be with me."
"You
think that I don't know that? I knew
that from the minute I saw you. And at
first I was happy because I liked you, but then I saw how you got when we were
in that fight. You loved it; the look
in your eyes was scary. I saw you kill
people in cold blood and I can't be with someone who is like that. That's why I left."
"You
can't be with me because I kill. What
about Michael he's no angel. He killed
Pierce."
"Michael
didn't kill in cold blood! He was
saving people. You weren't! You like killing and I can't be with you
because of that." Maria cried.
Mark stood
there looking at Maria then cried out, "Open the door to Maria DeLuca's
room!"
"What
are you doing!" Liz cried. "Mark don't hurt her."
Mark walk
into Maria's room and over to where Maria was standing. Maria didn't back down. She stood where she was and waited for Mark
to come to her. When Mark was am arm
length away Maria threw a punch.
Just as it
was about to connect with Mark's face Mark caught Maria's fist and pulled her
to him. She ended up sprawled up against
his chest. Maria tried to pull away but
Mark kept her in his arms and started to walk out of the room.
Maria
struggled to get away and heard all of her friend yelling at Mark, telling him
to let her go or there would be trouble. But the voice that was the loudest was Michael's. He was shouting so loud that he drowned out
the others voices.
"Let
her go you jackass! She doesn't want to
go to you. Can't you see that?" he
yelled.
Mark turned
and walked to Michael's room still holding Maria. He smiled at Michael and said, "How do you know that Maria
doesn't want me? This could just be an
act. Anyway if she doesn't want me now
she will later because she has wanted me before, so why shouldn't she want me
now." With that he walked out of
the room in the direction that he had come.
*******
When Mark
and Maria were out of sight Liz collapsed on her bed. She was emotionally exhausted after what had just happened. She looked around her at the others and saw
that they were in the same positions that she was in. Except for Michael who was staring at the direction that Maria
had left in. The look on his face was
heartbreaking. He looked over at Liz as
if her knew she had been looking at him.
"What
will he do to her Liz?" He asked.
Liz
shrugged. "I don't know. He might try and make her give into him, but
I'm not sure. He might want to play
with her for a little while."
Max looked
at Liz, "What to you mean by 'play with her'?"
Liz looked
at Kyle and Alex. They took the hint
and took over for her. Kyle was the
first to explain. "Mark is a very
strong telepath. He is so strong that
he can get into anyone's head and read their thoughts."
"Except
for Maria's," Alex said. "For
some reason Maria is one of the only people who he can't read. You see they may be destined to be together,
but he can control Maria."
"Why?"
Isabelle asked.
"We
don't know." Kyle said.
"Actually
we do. Well at least I do. Maria found out a way to block him and he
knows this. He can't break through the
block."
"Why do
I hear a 'but' in this?" Max
asked.
"It
takes a tremendous amount of energy for Maria to keep that block up. She can keep it up all the time but it
drains her of strength. Makes her very
weak. So weak that she can almost
die."
"How
do you know this Liz?" Michael
asked quietly.
Liz looked
at him. "I don't think you want to
know."
"Tell
me!" He shouted.
Liz
flinched but told him. "When
Maria, Alex and I were on holidays we went to a lot of clubs. Well one night when Alex was too tired to go
Maria and I still went. When we got to
the club Maria got a weird feeling and said that we should leave. We have always trusted Maria's instincts so
we started to leave. But before we
could someone stopped us."
"Mark." Michael said.
"Yeah,
Maria knew it was him as soon as we walked into the club. She tried to get away, but Mark has this way
with people that makes you want to listen to him. It also helped that he had a few of his friends around. And the people Marks hangs around with are
bad. Because not only are they like him
some are different."
"Different
how?" Tess asked.
"Oh,
they belong to something much bigger than the FBI, something much more
scary." Liz said.
"What
is that?" Max asked.
"The
night." Kyle said.
Liz looked
at Kyle. "Yeah."
"Wait
a minute, how can they belong to the night?" Michael asked impatiently.
"It
means that they belong to the night." Alex said. "Everything they
do, they do better at night. Because
that is the way they were born to function. They're not human. They're
witches, vampires and shapeshifters. And not shapeshifters like Nasedo. They shapeshift into animals, and they can be very dangerous
animals."
"Can
we just get back to the story?" Michael demanded.
"Yeah,
anyway when we tried to leave and they wouldn't let us Maria got angry and when
Maria gets angry it is not good, because she uses her powers. But she didn't have enough time to use them
because with Maria you can tell when she is about to use her powers."
"How
can you tell?" Tess asked.
"Well
Tess you already know the answer to that one. Her eyes change color. They glow
amber."
"Why
is that?" Isabelle asked.
"When
Maria was born she was meant to work for the evil side. But her whole life she has fought that. Fought the dark that is in her. When she uses her powers that fuels the dark
in her. If she uses her powers too
much, she won't be able to control what is inside her."
"So
she would become evil." Kyle
said. "And not just any evil. She was born to bring the end of the
world."
"What!" Came the aliens' response.
"She
was born to bring on the end of the world. But because she fighter her destiny that won't happen because it is
supposed to happen by a certain time and Maria think that she can fight it long
enough so that the time will pass and she won't destroy the world." Alex said.
"God. It's like a bad horror movie." Max said softly.
"Yeah.
It is." Kyle said.
"What
happened in the club Liz." Michael
said angry with everyone for getting distracted.
"When
Maria tried to use her powers that knocked her out. They took us to the back room and tried to get Maria to join
them. But Maria was stronger than they
thought and we got away. But not before
Mark did something to Maria. He planted
a thought that she would want him."
"But I
thought you said he couldn't get into her head." Max said.
"He
can't usually but I think Maria's guard was down, she wasn't used to blocking
him from such a short distance and he got in. She had a hard time fighting the suggestion but when the compulsion was
gone we got out of there. But there is
one thing that I don't know."
"What
is that?" Alex asked.
"Before
Maria had fought off the compulsion she was alone with Mark for a while. And she won't tell me what happened in that
time."
"So
she could have done anything with him." Michael said softly.
"Or
nothing. Maria has a very strong
will. It's hard for anyone to break
that will. But she was angry with
Michael, so who knows what she did with Mark." Liz said.
Michael sat
down on his bed thinking about what Liz had just told him. He was about to ask her something else when
he heard terrible screaming coming from another room.
The scream
was Maria's.