Title: What the Future Holds 3 (Part Seven - B)
Author: SpyGirl314
Email: GroupieChic319@aol.com
Rating: PG-13 (for some language)
Disclaimer: I don't own Roswell, although I really wish I did.
Summary: If you haven't read "What the Future Holds" or "What the Future Holds 2"..... you're gonna be TOTALLY lost. Anyways, on to the summary of this story. Everything is fine in 2021 Roswell.... until one day Katie comes home to find her parents missing. In fact, Michael, Maria, Isabel, and Alex are missing as well. Do the kids have the courage and the strength to beat the bad guys.... without their parents? This story takes place 5 months after "What the Future Holds 2" ends.
Category: Max/Liz
Part 7 continues.....
Kaitlyn had no idea how long they stood there. Seconds, minutes, hell.... it could've been ihours/i for all she knew. The only thing that existed was the two of them. All thoughts of Khivar, school, and even Gabriel, fled from her mind.
The thought of Gabriel shook her back into the present. She had a lot of things to sort out, before she could start iany/i new relationship. First, she needed to get answers. Dmitri seemed to understand just by the change in her demeanor, and motioned for them to sit down at a picnic table near the ledge.
Katie slowly sat down, and Dmitri sat across from her. His eyes were still intensely regarding her, causing her to blush a little and look away. Good thing it was dark.
She cleared her throat, not really knowing what to say. Her gaze traveled upward towards the stars. Her father had been sent here, to this planet, from some place up there. She had always longed to see what Antar *really* looked like. A nagging in the back of her mind told her she might one day see it.
She sighed softly. "Gabriel was just a distraction," She paused and then looked at Dmitri again. "Wasn't he?"
He nodded his head, saying nothing.
She looked away again, and sighed heavily. "I thought so."
"Katie--" Dmitri started, then hesitated. She looked so vulnerable, but he knew that she wanted to know everything. She ineeded/i to know everything. "Khivar corrupted Gabriel.... he promised him things that normal humans only dream of having." He paused, watching her intently. "It was inot/i your fault."
Katie nodded her head and looked back at him. "Yeah... I know. I just don't understand I mean --- what about Jim? And Amy? Were they--"
"No," He answered quickly. "His parents knew nothing about this."
She was visibly relieved by that statement, although her heart had always known Jim was good on the inside.
"Why?"
Dmitri shivered at her last question. She had whispered it in almost a tortured voice. Why had she had to endure so much pain?
Her question hadn't been directed to him, it was just a universal question of why. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do things in her life always seem to get even imore/i complicated? Why can't there just be a simple solution to a single problem? Why does everyone she love end up getting hurt? Why can't things just go right for once?
Why couldn't she have met Dmitri before all this had happened?
Katie sighed again. She had a lot to sigh about, but asking all these stupid questions in her mind would get her nowhere. There was nothing she could do about the past. She could only change the future.
"Why did Khivar go to Gabriel?" She asked him, still unsure as to how Dmitri even iknew/i the answers to these questions.
"He needed someone to stop your awakening." He answered, and she gave him a confused look.
"My awakening? What does that have to do with anything?"
He paused and then whispered with rough emotion. "Everything."
Katie's eyes widened, and knew that somehow they weren't just talking about some stupid treaty Khivar wanted signed. No, this much more to do with her than she had speculated.
Suddenly the roof door opened and another couple walked onto the roof. They smiled politely at Katie and Dmitri then walked over to the ledge to look at the view.
Dmitri cleared his throat and looked to Katie. He was having a very hard time talking to her... he still couldn't believe she was sitting across from him. "Umm... do you want to go back to my place?"
"Y-Your place?" Katie stuttered. Why was she all of a sudden a bundle of nerves?
"To talk." He said quickly.
"Oh yeah," Katie laughed. iOh god! Did I just giggle??!! What's wrong with me?!/i She cleared her throat and nodded her head. "Yeah! I mean -- ok. That's fine."
They slowly got up and walked off the roof. As they stepped into the elevator she noticed he punched for the 10th floor, instead of the 1st where Popoli lived. "Isn't--"
"Popoli was nice enough to give me my own apartment." Dmitri explained with a smile. Katie returned the smile and he felt his heart constrict. He had so much to tell her.
He was thankful when the elevator came to a stop, and he reached to get his keys out of his pocket. He led her to his door and opened it quitely. As soon as he entered the apartment he flipped the lights on and threw the keys on the counter.
Katie looked around the apartment with a smile. It was decorated moderately, just like any normal 18 or 19 year old guy would decorate their apartment. The apartment as a whole was small, just a kitchen, living room, and two doors she believed probably led to the bathroom and bedroom. In the middle of the living room sat a glass coffee table, a black leather couch, and a chair off to the side. The room was quiant... definitely had a "comfortable" feel to it.
"This is a really nice place." Katie complimented as she looked at the few bookshelves scattered across the living room.
Dmitri sighed, "It's what I've called home for the past 3 years." The room went silent, and out of the corner of his eye he saw a red flashing light. He looked back to Katie again, who was now staring back. "Let me check my messages, before we get started. I haven't had time to check them since I got back." She nodded and he walked over to the answering machine. "Want anything to drink?" He asked over his shoulder has he pushed the "play" button.
"A soda would be great, thanks." She said, then quieted when the answering machine started to play.
"Wednesday, June 2nd, 10:42 a.m. -- BEEP! Yo Dmitri, it's Evan. I just wanted to let you know that your car is ready. I stopped by your apartment today, but that old guy-" Dmitri laughed when Eric referred to Popoli. "- said that you left last night for friggin' New Mexico! What's up with that, dude? You goin' on a vay-cay without your best bud? Anyway, you've got some explaining to do, so come get your piece-of-crap car when you get back. Lata."
Dmitri shook his head with a smile as he opened the refridgerator door. "Cherry coke alright?"
"Yeah, that's great." Katie answered, now ivery/i curious as to just who Dmitri ireally/i was. He had said he lived here 3 years, and he had a best friend. She had been so sure earlier that he was an 'alien', but now she was unsure of herself.
The second message started to play. "Thursday, June 3rd, 1:06 p.m. -- BEEP! Dmitri, it's Serena. You haven't called. (Pause) Are you alright? I hope you are. Listen, call me the isecond/i you get back, ok? I want the chip out of the watch right away, so I can destroy it. (Pause) I sincerely hope you were successful, Dmitri. You have no idea how much the world will change if you weren't."
Katie swallowed a lump in her throat. She was wanting, and needing, more answers by the minute. This was getting too confusing. Not to mention, she felt a wave of jealousy flow through her at the soft and gentle tone in which this 'Serena' had been talking to him. iUgh! What am I thinking??!! I don't even KNOW him!/i
Dmitri remained quiet as he handed her a cherry coke, and started walking towards the couch when the third and final message began to play. It made him stop dead in his tracks and his blood run cold.
"Friday, June 4, 2:30 a.m. -- BEEP! Dmitri." The voice in the message was deep and threatening. A shiver went down Katie's spine. It was Khivar. "I suppose at this very moment you are sitting by your sleeping beauty's side... (Pause) It is a shame, Dmitri. It is a shame you chose a woman who doesn't love you over your itrue/i destiny. (Pause) You can't escape your true destiny, Dmitri..... no matter how hard you try. (Pause) I will inot/i allow the prophecy to be fulfilled. BEEP!"
Katie took in a shallow breath. Just hearing that monster's voice grated her nerves. She had to find a way to deal with him once and for all. But one nagging thought invaded her mind. Prophecy? What prophecy? Khivar had said that exact phrase when the time jump had started... but what did it mean?
Her gaze shifted from the machine to Dmitri and she couldn't help but notice how stiff his posture had become. He had obviously been disturbed by the message. She walked over to him slowly and put a tentative hand on his shoulder. She felt his muscles instantly relax and he turned to face her. Giving her a slight smile, he handed her a glass.
"Ready for that talk?" He asked, and smiled when she rolled her eyes. "Right, dumb question."
They sat down on the couch, facing each other, and got comfortable. Katie took a deep breath. "Ok... just... start from the beginning. And don't leave ianything/i out."
Dmitri nodded his head and took a deep breath. He was so nervous, he almost didn't know how his voice came out in a calm tone. "It all started with the day Antar fell.... meaning the day Zan was killed. After Zan's father died, the Powers -- which are six elders, former rulers of the six planets in our solar system -- the Powers foretold a union of souls that would bring back a fallen kingdom. The souls would be from two rival families, and ionly/i their love could restore Antar as it once had been."
"I, Demitrius Asone-Xion, was born on Antar 19 years ago, with an elder present. It was a law that an elder be present at every royal birth, to judge their soul to find out if it were one of the souls mentioned in the prophecy." He paused and swallowed hard. Her eyes were regarding him with such trust, he loathed telling her what he was about to say. But she imust/i know, and it was better for her to learn about it from him.... rather than Khivar. "Katie -- The elder at my birth judged that I was one of the chosen ones -- one of the souls that would help rebuild Antar. And he told my father.... that I imust/i find my chosen one, so that we could rule Antar. That it was our destiny."
Katie held her breath. He was alien and he was royalty. That could only mean one thing. Broken and distorted thoughts ran through her mind. Rival families. Zan and Zara. Max and Liz. Khivar and Desdemona. Dmitri.... and Kaitlyn.
"D--D--Did you say Asone-Xion?" She choked out, her heart starting to beat faster and faster. Her father had once told her Khivar's full name. She had vowed never to forget it. Khivar Asone-Xion.
Dmitri nodded his head, fear consuming him. "Yes, Kaitlyn. Khivar is my father."
She gasped aloud and started to tremble. "And you --- and I ---- we're --"
Dmitri slowly nodded his head. His gut twisted from the look on her face. It was a mix between shock, and absolute fear. She was afraid of him. "Katie, listen to me." He said urgently, his hands going to her face, forcing her to look in his eyes. "You ihave/i to listen to everything I say. Please --- just --- give me a chance to explain?" He paused and whispered. "Please."
Kaityln forced her heart rate to slow down, although her mind was screaming at her to jump up and run as far away from this man as she possibly could. But her heart -- her heart was telling her otherwise. And she always listened to her heart. She swallowed hard and nodded her head. It wasn't like she could say no anyways, he was looking at her as though his world would crumble if she left him right now. iIf you EVER left him/i, her mind told her. For some reason, her heart ached at the thought of hurting him.
She saw him visibly relax, and his hands dropped back down to his sides. That was another thing she was scared about. When he touched her -- it felt like electricity. And when he looked at her with those dark brown eyes -- she would practically melt. But the worst part about it was: She'd only talked to him for 10 minutes.
"When I was growing up," He started again, his rough yet soft voice sounded like heaven to her ears. "All I heard about was how 'evil' the old Antarian ways were. My father would always try to justify what he did to Zan to me. He always tried to make it sound like ihe/i was the victim.... but I never believed him. I think -- I think the reason he did that was so that it would make me be like him. He was afraid that the prophecy would be true, and I would overthrow him."
Katie nodded her head understandingly. Dmitri's eyes looked so haunted, somehow she knew he hadn't told this story to many people... and it was painful for him. She could ifeel/i his pain. And at that moment, she knew he would never hurt her.
"Years and years I listened to him and my mother, Desdemona, talk about how evil Zan was..." He hesitated briefly. "And how evil iyour/i parents were."
Katie gasped. Her parents... ievil/i??!! Those words didn't even belong in the same sentence!
"I know, that's how I responded." He gave her a half-smile and continued. "Everytime I tried to defend your parents, and Zan... my father would get so angry. Sometimes he would get so mad that he would threaten me, deny me food, or lock me in my room for days. Sometimes I would lie in bed, and wonder if maybe he was right. Maybe these people iwere/i evil.... but I could never make myself believe they were. Somehow, deep down, I just iknew/i that my father was lying. But the threat of punishment was always there whenever I spoke out, so I held my tongue for many years." He paused and sighed. "Then one day, a few days after my 17 birthday, I had my awakening... and I couldn't be quiet any more."
"Why?" Katie asked quietly.
Dmitri gave her a smile and said simply. "You. I saw you, driving a car, with your father beside you and your mother in the backseat. There wasn't a roof and your hair... it was flowing from the wind. Your face was so full of laughter and life. It amazed me at how care-free you looked. I could feel everything you were feeling, and the love you had for your parents. At that moment... I knew you could never be evil. That you could never hurt anything -- or anybody."
The fact that Katie was touched is an understatement. She was utterly and deeply moved by Dmitri's words. She hardly knew what to say. Suddenly an image flashed into her mind, the one he had just described. She smiled at the memory. "They were teaching me how to drive... I think that was the first time we went on the highway."
Dmitri smiled and nodded his head. "Ever since that day, I've never been the same. I could feel you... I always felt you. Like you can feel me now."
Katie nodded her head, amazed at how true his words were. She icould/i feel him. She had felt him out in the 1940's desert... and she felt him now.
Dmitri smiled when he felt her wonder at the situation, but there were still a lot of things he had to tell her. He had only told her ihalf/i of the painful part. "Like I said," His voice now grim and the conversation turned dark once more. "My father got angry whenever anyone defended you. It was always about you. One day things got so bad... he figured it out. I had been quite for years, and all of a sudden I was furious when anyone uttered something negative about you. He put the pieces together and figured out that I had had my awakening... and that his attempt at brainwashing me all those years had failed miserably."
"A few months later I heard him talking to my mother in their bedroom. They were talking about me -- and you. They were planning on sending someone to Earth to --" He faltered, looking into her eyes. "Take care of you. But they decided that ithat/i would only make things worse. So... they targeted my weakness."
Katie gave him a questioning look. "Which was...?"
"You." He stated and dark clouds covered his eyes. "They thought that if they could make me believe that you were destined to be with someone else, that you iwanted/i to be with someone else, that I would forget about you and my destiny. So my father decided to go to Earth -- and find someone to be your distraction. He wanted to keep you from having your awakening, because he knew that after you did it would severely threaten his power."
"So he recruited Gabriel... right?"
Dmitri nodded his head. "My father went to Earth himself, and told Gabriel the lies he had told me about your family. But Gabriel believed him... and he was richly rewarded for his help. When my father returned," Dmitri paused, briefly closing his eyes. "When my father returned, he told me that you had fallen in love with a guy -- a human guy. A inormal/i guy. I didn't believe him -- at first -- but then... one morning I woke up with this flash. It was of you and Gabriel. You were at your parents house and you two were --- you looked so happy. You were looking at him ---"
"Like I should've been looking at iyou/i." Katie finished, her eyes welling up in tears.
Dmitri nodded. "I couldn't take it after that. I knew that at some point you were going to find out his betrayal, and when you had your awakening you would need me.... so I left Antar. I left a few weeks before Adri came back and resumed her thrown. I left a few weeks before my parents fled to MI-63."
Katie sighed and closed her eyes. A man, sitting in front of her, that she ibarely/i knew, had come light years away to save her. Suddenly, a thought struck her. "Wait a minute... so you came when I was 16?"
Dmitri nodded his head.
"Why didn't you just come for me then?"
He sighed and looked away. "I didn't think you'd believe me. I mean -- I figured if I was near you for awile your awakening would happen faster... so I waited. Months I waited in Roswell waiting to feel you feel ime/i. Waiting for it to happen." He looked back to Katie with a sad smile. "But it never did. All I saw was you become closer and closer to Gabriel... I knew that if I were to just burst onto the scene and accuse him of all these things -- it would not only harm you, but it would let my father know that I was here... on Earth."
Katie took in a shaky breath. It was all she could do not to cry. "So you came to New York?"
Dmitri nodded his head. "It was easier to feel you across the country, than to see you everyday with -- ihim/i."
"Oh... Dmitri..." Katie whispered brokenly. She couldn't imagine what it would feel like if she had had to watch ihim/i with another girl. The thought made her ill.
Dmitri gave her a soft smile. "Don't worry, there's no one else. Never has been."
Katie returned the smile. But her next words rocked him to his very core. It was a promise he hadn't expected her to make so soon, or perhaps never make at all. But nonetheless, it made all his years of heartache oh-so worth it. "Never will be."
To be continued...
PREVIEW of Part 8: There is still more shocking news for Katie to hear. Meanwhile, Gabriel plots against Dmitri.
Author: SpyGirl314
Email: GroupieChic319@aol.com
Rating: PG-13 (for some language)
Disclaimer: I don't own Roswell, although I really wish I did.
Summary: If you haven't read "What the Future Holds" or "What the Future Holds 2"..... you're gonna be TOTALLY lost. Anyways, on to the summary of this story. Everything is fine in 2021 Roswell.... until one day Katie comes home to find her parents missing. In fact, Michael, Maria, Isabel, and Alex are missing as well. Do the kids have the courage and the strength to beat the bad guys.... without their parents? This story takes place 5 months after "What the Future Holds 2" ends.
Category: Max/Liz
Part 7 continues.....
Kaitlyn had no idea how long they stood there. Seconds, minutes, hell.... it could've been ihours/i for all she knew. The only thing that existed was the two of them. All thoughts of Khivar, school, and even Gabriel, fled from her mind.
The thought of Gabriel shook her back into the present. She had a lot of things to sort out, before she could start iany/i new relationship. First, she needed to get answers. Dmitri seemed to understand just by the change in her demeanor, and motioned for them to sit down at a picnic table near the ledge.
Katie slowly sat down, and Dmitri sat across from her. His eyes were still intensely regarding her, causing her to blush a little and look away. Good thing it was dark.
She cleared her throat, not really knowing what to say. Her gaze traveled upward towards the stars. Her father had been sent here, to this planet, from some place up there. She had always longed to see what Antar *really* looked like. A nagging in the back of her mind told her she might one day see it.
She sighed softly. "Gabriel was just a distraction," She paused and then looked at Dmitri again. "Wasn't he?"
He nodded his head, saying nothing.
She looked away again, and sighed heavily. "I thought so."
"Katie--" Dmitri started, then hesitated. She looked so vulnerable, but he knew that she wanted to know everything. She ineeded/i to know everything. "Khivar corrupted Gabriel.... he promised him things that normal humans only dream of having." He paused, watching her intently. "It was inot/i your fault."
Katie nodded her head and looked back at him. "Yeah... I know. I just don't understand I mean --- what about Jim? And Amy? Were they--"
"No," He answered quickly. "His parents knew nothing about this."
She was visibly relieved by that statement, although her heart had always known Jim was good on the inside.
"Why?"
Dmitri shivered at her last question. She had whispered it in almost a tortured voice. Why had she had to endure so much pain?
Her question hadn't been directed to him, it was just a universal question of why. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do things in her life always seem to get even imore/i complicated? Why can't there just be a simple solution to a single problem? Why does everyone she love end up getting hurt? Why can't things just go right for once?
Why couldn't she have met Dmitri before all this had happened?
Katie sighed again. She had a lot to sigh about, but asking all these stupid questions in her mind would get her nowhere. There was nothing she could do about the past. She could only change the future.
"Why did Khivar go to Gabriel?" She asked him, still unsure as to how Dmitri even iknew/i the answers to these questions.
"He needed someone to stop your awakening." He answered, and she gave him a confused look.
"My awakening? What does that have to do with anything?"
He paused and then whispered with rough emotion. "Everything."
Katie's eyes widened, and knew that somehow they weren't just talking about some stupid treaty Khivar wanted signed. No, this much more to do with her than she had speculated.
Suddenly the roof door opened and another couple walked onto the roof. They smiled politely at Katie and Dmitri then walked over to the ledge to look at the view.
Dmitri cleared his throat and looked to Katie. He was having a very hard time talking to her... he still couldn't believe she was sitting across from him. "Umm... do you want to go back to my place?"
"Y-Your place?" Katie stuttered. Why was she all of a sudden a bundle of nerves?
"To talk." He said quickly.
"Oh yeah," Katie laughed. iOh god! Did I just giggle??!! What's wrong with me?!/i She cleared her throat and nodded her head. "Yeah! I mean -- ok. That's fine."
They slowly got up and walked off the roof. As they stepped into the elevator she noticed he punched for the 10th floor, instead of the 1st where Popoli lived. "Isn't--"
"Popoli was nice enough to give me my own apartment." Dmitri explained with a smile. Katie returned the smile and he felt his heart constrict. He had so much to tell her.
He was thankful when the elevator came to a stop, and he reached to get his keys out of his pocket. He led her to his door and opened it quitely. As soon as he entered the apartment he flipped the lights on and threw the keys on the counter.
Katie looked around the apartment with a smile. It was decorated moderately, just like any normal 18 or 19 year old guy would decorate their apartment. The apartment as a whole was small, just a kitchen, living room, and two doors she believed probably led to the bathroom and bedroom. In the middle of the living room sat a glass coffee table, a black leather couch, and a chair off to the side. The room was quiant... definitely had a "comfortable" feel to it.
"This is a really nice place." Katie complimented as she looked at the few bookshelves scattered across the living room.
Dmitri sighed, "It's what I've called home for the past 3 years." The room went silent, and out of the corner of his eye he saw a red flashing light. He looked back to Katie again, who was now staring back. "Let me check my messages, before we get started. I haven't had time to check them since I got back." She nodded and he walked over to the answering machine. "Want anything to drink?" He asked over his shoulder has he pushed the "play" button.
"A soda would be great, thanks." She said, then quieted when the answering machine started to play.
"Wednesday, June 2nd, 10:42 a.m. -- BEEP! Yo Dmitri, it's Evan. I just wanted to let you know that your car is ready. I stopped by your apartment today, but that old guy-" Dmitri laughed when Eric referred to Popoli. "- said that you left last night for friggin' New Mexico! What's up with that, dude? You goin' on a vay-cay without your best bud? Anyway, you've got some explaining to do, so come get your piece-of-crap car when you get back. Lata."
Dmitri shook his head with a smile as he opened the refridgerator door. "Cherry coke alright?"
"Yeah, that's great." Katie answered, now ivery/i curious as to just who Dmitri ireally/i was. He had said he lived here 3 years, and he had a best friend. She had been so sure earlier that he was an 'alien', but now she was unsure of herself.
The second message started to play. "Thursday, June 3rd, 1:06 p.m. -- BEEP! Dmitri, it's Serena. You haven't called. (Pause) Are you alright? I hope you are. Listen, call me the isecond/i you get back, ok? I want the chip out of the watch right away, so I can destroy it. (Pause) I sincerely hope you were successful, Dmitri. You have no idea how much the world will change if you weren't."
Katie swallowed a lump in her throat. She was wanting, and needing, more answers by the minute. This was getting too confusing. Not to mention, she felt a wave of jealousy flow through her at the soft and gentle tone in which this 'Serena' had been talking to him. iUgh! What am I thinking??!! I don't even KNOW him!/i
Dmitri remained quiet as he handed her a cherry coke, and started walking towards the couch when the third and final message began to play. It made him stop dead in his tracks and his blood run cold.
"Friday, June 4, 2:30 a.m. -- BEEP! Dmitri." The voice in the message was deep and threatening. A shiver went down Katie's spine. It was Khivar. "I suppose at this very moment you are sitting by your sleeping beauty's side... (Pause) It is a shame, Dmitri. It is a shame you chose a woman who doesn't love you over your itrue/i destiny. (Pause) You can't escape your true destiny, Dmitri..... no matter how hard you try. (Pause) I will inot/i allow the prophecy to be fulfilled. BEEP!"
Katie took in a shallow breath. Just hearing that monster's voice grated her nerves. She had to find a way to deal with him once and for all. But one nagging thought invaded her mind. Prophecy? What prophecy? Khivar had said that exact phrase when the time jump had started... but what did it mean?
Her gaze shifted from the machine to Dmitri and she couldn't help but notice how stiff his posture had become. He had obviously been disturbed by the message. She walked over to him slowly and put a tentative hand on his shoulder. She felt his muscles instantly relax and he turned to face her. Giving her a slight smile, he handed her a glass.
"Ready for that talk?" He asked, and smiled when she rolled her eyes. "Right, dumb question."
They sat down on the couch, facing each other, and got comfortable. Katie took a deep breath. "Ok... just... start from the beginning. And don't leave ianything/i out."
Dmitri nodded his head and took a deep breath. He was so nervous, he almost didn't know how his voice came out in a calm tone. "It all started with the day Antar fell.... meaning the day Zan was killed. After Zan's father died, the Powers -- which are six elders, former rulers of the six planets in our solar system -- the Powers foretold a union of souls that would bring back a fallen kingdom. The souls would be from two rival families, and ionly/i their love could restore Antar as it once had been."
"I, Demitrius Asone-Xion, was born on Antar 19 years ago, with an elder present. It was a law that an elder be present at every royal birth, to judge their soul to find out if it were one of the souls mentioned in the prophecy." He paused and swallowed hard. Her eyes were regarding him with such trust, he loathed telling her what he was about to say. But she imust/i know, and it was better for her to learn about it from him.... rather than Khivar. "Katie -- The elder at my birth judged that I was one of the chosen ones -- one of the souls that would help rebuild Antar. And he told my father.... that I imust/i find my chosen one, so that we could rule Antar. That it was our destiny."
Katie held her breath. He was alien and he was royalty. That could only mean one thing. Broken and distorted thoughts ran through her mind. Rival families. Zan and Zara. Max and Liz. Khivar and Desdemona. Dmitri.... and Kaitlyn.
"D--D--Did you say Asone-Xion?" She choked out, her heart starting to beat faster and faster. Her father had once told her Khivar's full name. She had vowed never to forget it. Khivar Asone-Xion.
Dmitri nodded his head, fear consuming him. "Yes, Kaitlyn. Khivar is my father."
She gasped aloud and started to tremble. "And you --- and I ---- we're --"
Dmitri slowly nodded his head. His gut twisted from the look on her face. It was a mix between shock, and absolute fear. She was afraid of him. "Katie, listen to me." He said urgently, his hands going to her face, forcing her to look in his eyes. "You ihave/i to listen to everything I say. Please --- just --- give me a chance to explain?" He paused and whispered. "Please."
Kaityln forced her heart rate to slow down, although her mind was screaming at her to jump up and run as far away from this man as she possibly could. But her heart -- her heart was telling her otherwise. And she always listened to her heart. She swallowed hard and nodded her head. It wasn't like she could say no anyways, he was looking at her as though his world would crumble if she left him right now. iIf you EVER left him/i, her mind told her. For some reason, her heart ached at the thought of hurting him.
She saw him visibly relax, and his hands dropped back down to his sides. That was another thing she was scared about. When he touched her -- it felt like electricity. And when he looked at her with those dark brown eyes -- she would practically melt. But the worst part about it was: She'd only talked to him for 10 minutes.
"When I was growing up," He started again, his rough yet soft voice sounded like heaven to her ears. "All I heard about was how 'evil' the old Antarian ways were. My father would always try to justify what he did to Zan to me. He always tried to make it sound like ihe/i was the victim.... but I never believed him. I think -- I think the reason he did that was so that it would make me be like him. He was afraid that the prophecy would be true, and I would overthrow him."
Katie nodded her head understandingly. Dmitri's eyes looked so haunted, somehow she knew he hadn't told this story to many people... and it was painful for him. She could ifeel/i his pain. And at that moment, she knew he would never hurt her.
"Years and years I listened to him and my mother, Desdemona, talk about how evil Zan was..." He hesitated briefly. "And how evil iyour/i parents were."
Katie gasped. Her parents... ievil/i??!! Those words didn't even belong in the same sentence!
"I know, that's how I responded." He gave her a half-smile and continued. "Everytime I tried to defend your parents, and Zan... my father would get so angry. Sometimes he would get so mad that he would threaten me, deny me food, or lock me in my room for days. Sometimes I would lie in bed, and wonder if maybe he was right. Maybe these people iwere/i evil.... but I could never make myself believe they were. Somehow, deep down, I just iknew/i that my father was lying. But the threat of punishment was always there whenever I spoke out, so I held my tongue for many years." He paused and sighed. "Then one day, a few days after my 17 birthday, I had my awakening... and I couldn't be quiet any more."
"Why?" Katie asked quietly.
Dmitri gave her a smile and said simply. "You. I saw you, driving a car, with your father beside you and your mother in the backseat. There wasn't a roof and your hair... it was flowing from the wind. Your face was so full of laughter and life. It amazed me at how care-free you looked. I could feel everything you were feeling, and the love you had for your parents. At that moment... I knew you could never be evil. That you could never hurt anything -- or anybody."
The fact that Katie was touched is an understatement. She was utterly and deeply moved by Dmitri's words. She hardly knew what to say. Suddenly an image flashed into her mind, the one he had just described. She smiled at the memory. "They were teaching me how to drive... I think that was the first time we went on the highway."
Dmitri smiled and nodded his head. "Ever since that day, I've never been the same. I could feel you... I always felt you. Like you can feel me now."
Katie nodded her head, amazed at how true his words were. She icould/i feel him. She had felt him out in the 1940's desert... and she felt him now.
Dmitri smiled when he felt her wonder at the situation, but there were still a lot of things he had to tell her. He had only told her ihalf/i of the painful part. "Like I said," His voice now grim and the conversation turned dark once more. "My father got angry whenever anyone defended you. It was always about you. One day things got so bad... he figured it out. I had been quite for years, and all of a sudden I was furious when anyone uttered something negative about you. He put the pieces together and figured out that I had had my awakening... and that his attempt at brainwashing me all those years had failed miserably."
"A few months later I heard him talking to my mother in their bedroom. They were talking about me -- and you. They were planning on sending someone to Earth to --" He faltered, looking into her eyes. "Take care of you. But they decided that ithat/i would only make things worse. So... they targeted my weakness."
Katie gave him a questioning look. "Which was...?"
"You." He stated and dark clouds covered his eyes. "They thought that if they could make me believe that you were destined to be with someone else, that you iwanted/i to be with someone else, that I would forget about you and my destiny. So my father decided to go to Earth -- and find someone to be your distraction. He wanted to keep you from having your awakening, because he knew that after you did it would severely threaten his power."
"So he recruited Gabriel... right?"
Dmitri nodded his head. "My father went to Earth himself, and told Gabriel the lies he had told me about your family. But Gabriel believed him... and he was richly rewarded for his help. When my father returned," Dmitri paused, briefly closing his eyes. "When my father returned, he told me that you had fallen in love with a guy -- a human guy. A inormal/i guy. I didn't believe him -- at first -- but then... one morning I woke up with this flash. It was of you and Gabriel. You were at your parents house and you two were --- you looked so happy. You were looking at him ---"
"Like I should've been looking at iyou/i." Katie finished, her eyes welling up in tears.
Dmitri nodded. "I couldn't take it after that. I knew that at some point you were going to find out his betrayal, and when you had your awakening you would need me.... so I left Antar. I left a few weeks before Adri came back and resumed her thrown. I left a few weeks before my parents fled to MI-63."
Katie sighed and closed her eyes. A man, sitting in front of her, that she ibarely/i knew, had come light years away to save her. Suddenly, a thought struck her. "Wait a minute... so you came when I was 16?"
Dmitri nodded his head.
"Why didn't you just come for me then?"
He sighed and looked away. "I didn't think you'd believe me. I mean -- I figured if I was near you for awile your awakening would happen faster... so I waited. Months I waited in Roswell waiting to feel you feel ime/i. Waiting for it to happen." He looked back to Katie with a sad smile. "But it never did. All I saw was you become closer and closer to Gabriel... I knew that if I were to just burst onto the scene and accuse him of all these things -- it would not only harm you, but it would let my father know that I was here... on Earth."
Katie took in a shaky breath. It was all she could do not to cry. "So you came to New York?"
Dmitri nodded his head. "It was easier to feel you across the country, than to see you everyday with -- ihim/i."
"Oh... Dmitri..." Katie whispered brokenly. She couldn't imagine what it would feel like if she had had to watch ihim/i with another girl. The thought made her ill.
Dmitri gave her a soft smile. "Don't worry, there's no one else. Never has been."
Katie returned the smile. But her next words rocked him to his very core. It was a promise he hadn't expected her to make so soon, or perhaps never make at all. But nonetheless, it made all his years of heartache oh-so worth it. "Never will be."
To be continued...
PREVIEW of Part 8: There is still more shocking news for Katie to hear. Meanwhile, Gabriel plots against Dmitri.
