Part 10
Michael sat
in his chamber, thinking of the events that had just happened. Him, Max, Kyle and Alex had just gone though
a lot f testing the da before. They had
seen how much stamina an alien had, putting him on a treadmill and when he
slowed down they used some kind of device that would get him started again.
Michael had
several burn marks on his back from that device.
But it
didn't really bother him anymore, what bothered him was Maria and what she was
going to do. He could tell that she was
thinking hard about something because she just sat in her room most of the
time. The other thing that bothered him
was Mark. He didn't know what was going
to happen between Maria and Mark. He
was worried mainly about that, because even though he told Maria to leave, he
didn't want anyone else to have her, she belonged to him.
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In her room
Maria was also thinking, the plan that she worked up in her was going to take
place soon, but she didn't know how the others would fell about it. She knew that she wasn't going to tell them,
but she didn't know how they would react to the events of things.
Before she
could ponder anymore about it the doctor came into the room. "Rise and shine kiddies. Time for more tests. I want to thankyou boys for being so
co-operative, now it is the girls turn."
All of the
guys protested at that. "I don't
think so!" was heard, so was,
"You're bloody insane."
The girls
also protested, "Dream on!" Isabelle said.
The doctor
just smiled at everyone's reaction but was worried about one person who didn't
protest.
Maria just
lay on her bunk looking at the ceiling; she knew that this would have happened
sooner than later, so she had no intention of fighting it. Besides she wouldn't give Mark the
satisfaction of seeing her afraid.
"What
about you, Miss DeLuca? No protest from
you?" The doctor asked mildly.
"Why? It would just happen eventually." Maria responded dully.
The doctor
smiled at her response. "That's
god because you are going to be tested first."
Two men
came into Maria's room to take he into the testing room. Maria didn't protest when they picked her up
and took her into the room and tied her down, like they had done to the guys.
The doctor
was happy. The children were beginning
to accept the fact that this was happening to them. But when he looked into Maria's eyes he got the shock of his
life. They were bright amber, like one
would see on a leopard that was when he noticed the leopard tattoo on her
stomach.
Maria saw
the shock in his eyes when the doctor looked first into her eyes and then at
her stomach. She cursed herself; she
would really have to mask her emotions so that no one could tell what she was
thinking. She calmed herself down and
could almost fell her eyes go back to their n0ormal color.
When the
doctor looked at her eyes again they were the normal color. He was sure that they had been amber before
hand. He turned to one of his
attendants and asked, "Did you see her eyes change color before?"
The
attendant looked at the doctor then looked at the girl, her eyes were green, a
beautiful sea green. He felt like he was
falling into them, he could almost hear her asking him to undo her restraints;
he was reaching for them when he heard the door open.
Mark saw
the man reach for Maria's restraints and was surprised that Maria could get
into the mans head and ask him to do something for her.
Maria saw
from the corner of her eye Mark walk into the room and took her gaze away from
the attendant and let her gaze go to the ceiling. She made her face look like it had taken a tremendous amount of
effort for her to pull of that stunt.
Mark saw
the tired look on Maria's face. It had
taken a lot out of her to do that. Mark
walked over to Maria and stroked her forehead.
Maria tried
to jerk away from him but couldn't. "Don't touch me."
Mark smiled
at her reaction; "Maria baby I saw how much that took out of you, and that
was just to control a mind. A weak mind
at that. If you were with me you would
have that problem. You would be
stronger than the rest of these people. You would be able to get into minds as easily as I can."
Maria
looked at him scornfully. "If it
is that easy for you to get into minds, how come you cannot get into
mine?"
Mark was
angry because that was true. He could
get into practically anyone's mind, but he couldn't get into Maria's. He should have been able to though because
he had slept with her, and when you sleep with someone you love, you gain a
mental bond, bit that didn't happen between Maria and him. He didn't know what was keeping him out of
Maria's mind, but whatever it was, it was extremely powerful.
Maria saw
Mark's reaction and could tell what he was thinking about. He had no idea why he couldn't get into her
mind. Maria didn't even know how she
did it. Mark was a very powerful
telepath and should be able to get into Maria's mind. Maria was powerful as well, and could keep him out in normal
situations, but when she slept with him she let him into her head. But he couldn't get in then and can't get in
now and Maria was glad of that.
Mark leaned
down to whisper in Maria's ear, "I'll find a way to get in Maria, and when
I do, I'll find out all of your secrets and you won't be able to resist
me." Before he let his kissed her.
It wasn't
just any kiss though; Mark was a master when it came to kissing. Maria could feel herself weakening, and then
he pulled away. She was glad of that,
because kissing her was once way that would get her to go to him.
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(In
Michael's room)
Michael
could see everything that was going on, and usually you could hear everything
as well. And he could hear everything,
well up until Mark walked in. It was
like he had turned the sound off so everyone else couldn't hear what he was
saying to Maria.
He was fine
at first; it didn't look like anything bad was happening. That was until Michael saw Mark lean down to
whisper something to Maria and then kiss her. Michael saw red. He wanted to
kill everything in sight. It was like
the feeling he had when he killed Pierce. He wasn't proud of that.
He was
about to explode when he saw Mark fly backwards away from Maria.
*******
(In Liz's
room)
Liz was
worried for Maria, because she could tell Maria was using her powers to try and
get one of the attendants to let her free. She almost had it as well until Mark walked into the room.
Liz was
upset. She didn't know what Maria was
going to do. And worse Mark turned off
the sound to the other chambers so that no one could hear what was going on.
Liz looked
at Michael and saw that he was very tense. Then he eyes bulged out and him muscles flexed. She turned to see what had got him worked up
and saw that Mark was kissing Maria.
Liz knew
that one of Maria's weaknesses for Mark was his kisses. The banged on her glass shouting at Maria to
snap out of it. She saw Maria weaken
then look at her. Maria's eyes closed
and Liz could feel the power build up in her. Then suddenly Mark flew backwards.
*******
(Back in
the testing room)
Mark hit
the wall hard. When he looked up he saw
Maria smiling. Ho got up and walked
over to her. "How did you do
that?" He snapped. He didn't know that Maria was capable of
doing something like that. When he
looked into Maria's eyes he saw that they were half closed and she was very
weak. It had almost drained her to do
that.
"Why
are you so weak Maria?" His tone
was now soft, like the worried boyfriend. "Why can't you do anything without it draining you?"
Maria
looked at him with droopy eyes. "I
don't know. I'm just really
weak." Before she could say
anymore, she passed out.
Mark was
actually worried. But he knew Maria was
counting a bit on that as well, she wanted him worried so he wouldn't allow the
tests on her. He turned to the
doctor. "Continue on with what you
are doing, but be careful, don't look into her eyes for too long, she used to
be very good at hypnosis." He then
left them with what they were doing.
Maria
hadn't really passed out and was now beginning to regret that she had pretended
to do so. She remembered what had
happened to the guys yesterday. They
had knocked the guys out with anaesthesia then cut them to see how fast they
would heal. Maria could almost fell the
men get all their equipment ready.
But she
could hear the doctor pick up the scalpel and bring it to her skin. She braced herself for the pain, but nothing
could prepare her for what she was feeling. It went on for hours and after awhile all she could feel was pain. But there was something that she was proud
of, throughout the whole thing, she stayed awake.
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(In Liz's
room)
Liz could
tell that Maria hadn't really passed out and when the doctor brought the
scalpel to her skin Liz almost screamed to tell them that Maria was awake. But before she could she heard Maria's voice
in her head, "Don't say anything
Liz. Please. He'll know that I'm stronger than I make out to be. I can handle a little pain…" the
rest of Maria's words were cut off because the scalpel had reached its
destination.
There was
something that Maria didn't know, when she spoke to Liz she spoke to Kyle and
Alex as well. Because Maria and Liz's
bond was stronger they couldn't always feel what Maria was feeling. But when they started to cut Maria up, they
felt it. They too were going to call to
tell them, but they remembered Maria's words. They weren't going to tell.
Maria had
to suffer through twenty minutes of pain, even though to her it felt like
hours.
*******
Maria
wasn't the only one who thought that it went on for hours. Michael sat on his bed and looked at what
they were doing to Maria. Unlike Liz,
Kyle and Alex he though that she was unconscious, he would have gone insane if
he knew that she was awake.
When it was
over, everyone was visibly relived. Liz
knew that Maria had been awake for the whole thing and could sense the pain
that Maria was in. The two attendants
lay Maria down on her bed and went to het Tess.
The tests
began all over again, except no one was awake for theirs.