Into the Darkness
Rating: PG
Summary: There were two sets of Royal Fours. From sister planets Antar and Anterra, when sent to Earth not knowing who you are and what you're destined to become how do you survive? Alternate Universe
Coupling: M/M, M/L, A/I, K/T
Amy DeLuca walked into her daughter's bedroom with intentions to wake Maria and Tess up; not to find a certain spiky haired alien lying on the floor.
She rubbed her eyes trying to wipe away the sleep, as she opened the bedroom door pulling her robe closer to herself, finding that the room was cold from the opened window, uncommon for the desert air.
Amy stepped over the lump that was huddled on the floor, in between the cot where Tess lay and the bed where Maria did. Oblivious to the lump she walked over to the window and closed it.
"Girls, time to wake up for school." She shouted sleepily as she walked out the door and then stopped in the hallway, realization hitting her suddenly.
Amy backtracked into the room, "Kyle?" She asked slowly, then realizing that the head of spiky hair did not belong to Kyle or Alex for that matter.
Michael looked back at her from his spot on the ground and quickly stood up feeling very put on the spot and awkward. Maria sat on the bed smirking as Tess looked on, not knowing what to do.
"Hello Mrs. DeLuca." He said becoming very formal, and standing straighter.
"Well, I can see you know who I am, but who are you and what are you doing in my teenager daughter's bedroom?" Amy asked him.
"He's Michael; he's one of the others." Maria said emphasizing the last word.
"Well, obviously you know who he is, but I think he can tell me for himself, can't you?"
"Uh..yeah I mean yes. I'm Michael Guerin, I'm uhh.one of the others.and I asked Maria if I could stay the night last night because I got locked out of my house, and I couldn't go anywhere else. I'm so sorry it'll never happen again, I swear." Michael began to ramble and May stopped him.
Amy raised her eyebrows, though satisfied with his explanation. It wasn't like he was sleeping in the bed or cot with one of the girls, but still he was a boy and in her eyes all boys were trying to get into a girls pants. She was still bitter about Maria's father, "Well, I expect you'll be leaving so you can get ready for school?"
"Yes, ma'am; I have to get ready, you know for school." Michael said trying to completely agree with her; whatever would make her leave him alone. This woman scared him.
"Right, so I'll take you to the door." Amy said motioning for him to come and she led him to the door.
"Good bye Michael. Next time you need a place to stay, the couch is acceptable."
"Yes ma'am." Michael said nodding. With that he was out the door and once out of door view he broke into a run, to get away from there as quick as he could.
Amy walked back into Maria's bedroom, "Next time you decide to let a friend stay the night, you can tell me." She said smirking at her daughter and walked away.
Maria nodded from her spot where she was standing until Amy left and collapsed on the bed, "Did you see her face she nearly had a heart attack!"
"I thought she was going to kill him with your garbage can." Tess replied pointing to the can next to the door.
"Once she found Alex lying in my bed and she nearly strangled him, she didn't even realize I wasn't home." Maria said remembering, then turning to the clock, they had a half an hour, hopefully enough time to get ready before school, "You can wear some of my clothes, and we can go shopping this weekend or something so you can get some."
"For today that'll be nice, but Nasedo bought a house, so all of my belongings are there." Tess replied.
"Oh alright well all my clothes are in the closet so wear whatever, well except for these." Maria said grabbing a pair of jeans and a shirt from the closet before walking off to the bathroom.
Everyone made their ways to school, some unwillingly some wanting to go with their will.
"Isn't school great, Maria?" Liz asked her best friend as they walked down the hall together after showing Tess where the office was so she could speak with the principal and get her schedule.
"Oh sure, if you like doing things against your will of course," Maria said to her sarcastically, "but I know the true reason you like it so much, and it's not just Science class."
"Oh you do? What's that? I purely love it for the science class." Liz said innocently.
"I'll bet you do, because I happen to know who your lab partner is, and it just so happens to be a one Max Evans." Maria turned looking at her smiling, she knew Liz too well.
"Alright, you're right but don't tell him! He doesn't even like me." Liz said putting her hands on her hips.
"Who doesn't like you?" Alex said walking up to the two girls.
"Oh of course he doesn't. He wouldn't just risk exposure just to be nice." Maria said ignoring Alex.
"And once more, who doesn't like Liz?"
"No one." Liz said her cheeks turning red.
"Oh I see how it is, keeping secrets from gullible Alex. I'm hurt." He said half sarcastically.
"Oh Liz thinks that Max isn't madly in love with her, like we all can tell he is." Maria said to him matter-of-factly.
"Maria!" Liz shouted hitting her friend on the arm.
"Hey now, that was uncalled for. I only speak the truth." Maria said rubbing her arm where Liz hit her.
"Stop abusing my sister." Kyle said walking up to the other three.
"Yeah stop abusing me."
Liz rolled her eyes, and then looked past Kyle to see Max, Michael, and Isabel coming, "Ok everyone be quiet because he's coming."
"Who.?" Kyle asked thoroughly confused he turned around and realized, "Oh Evans." He said laughing at her. Liz glared at him and his smile wavered, "Touchy much?"
"Hey Isabel." Alex said speaking first once they reached them.
"Hi Alex, everyone." Isabel said smiling at him.
"So I see you made it to school Michael." Maria said to him.
"Uh.yeah." He said not wanting the others to know that he spent the night at Maria's house, there would be too many questions.
"Oh there's something I wanted to tell you all once we were all together, something happened last night once Tess and I got back to my house."
"And.?" Kyle asked.
"Well, I went into the back yard to the shed to get the cot for Tess, and Nasedo attacked me but Tess came back and helped me get rid of him. Like really get rid of him if you know what I mean." Maria said looking down at her hands. She knew that he was evil and trying to kill her but to her it still didn't change the fact that they killed him.
"You mean you." Max said not finishing his sentence but they all knew what she meant. They killed him. Maria looked up and nodded.
"He wasn't like us, he was one of Kivar's men, I don't know if there ever was a real Antarian Nasedo."
"I can't believe you didn't call and tell me something happened." Liz said shocked.
"Well, by the time it happened it was really late and I still had to explain to my mom about Tess."
Liz nodded understanding, "You know you can call me at all hours of the night."
Isabel looked at the two and admired their obvious closeness. She always wished she had girl friends like that, but all she ever had was Max and Michael, and she couldn't talk to them about all the things she wanted to talk to people about. Some things were reserved for the girls, but maybe they still could become close.
"Speaking of Tess, what do you think of her?" Alex asked them all. He wasn't sure they could trust her; she had been raised by their so-called protector and he must have lied to her her whole life.
"I think we can trust her, I mean I know we barely even know her, but I just get this weird vibe from her, I can't explain it." Maria said, sort of like the vibes I get from Michael she thought but the ones she got from her were more sisterly not romantic.
"I'm not sure, I just have this feeling that something bad is going to happen, and I just can't shake it." Liz said shaking her head.
Meanwhile at the Crashdown, Geoff and Nancy were sitting on the stools at the diner counter talking about what they would do for their annual family vacation that summer.
"I think we should go visit my sister, the one who lives in Florida. There's so much to do there, besides its like being in a whole other world." Nancy said to him.
Jeff laughed at her not because it was funny really but it just seemed ironic to him. You have no idea he thought, "Well you think of some more ideas, and I'll go take out the trash, besides there's no one in here. It's slow in the mornings."
Nancy nodded and watched him walk out the back and then she turned her self to look at the door, as she heard the bell ring, a young teenager walked in. He was wearing dark glasses, and a sweater and sweatpants. She smiled at him; it looked like he was trying his best to keep the sun out off of his skin, and from what she could tell it was working, because he was pale.
"Hi, I'm Nancy what can I get you?" Nancy asked as he sat down at the table nearest the counter.
"A glass of water would be nice for now." He said as he looked up at her from underneath his sunglasses.
"Alright, I'll be right back." She said.
He watched her walk and he put his hand under his sweater and pulled something out placing it underneath his table. Satisfied, he walked away.
"Here you go." Nancy said walking out, then realizing he left. She looked around confused than sat back down.
The following moments moved in slow motion for Geoff. He closed the garbage can and began walking back to the diner a few feet away. Then he smelt something, something that shouldn't be there, and his heart stopped then began racing.
He could feel his body trying to move, but it was stuck in place, and he couldn't bring up enough energy to yell for his wife. The flames raced from the booth where the young man had sat and throughout the building, blowing out the windows and doors, leaving the upstairs untouched. His mind went through the possibilities and it came to a match, somebody planted a bomb.
His knees gave way and he felt his body crumple to the ground, he lost her; the one person that kept him and Liz tied to that planet for all those years, but now he didn't know what to do.
Liz looked up from her Grammar book to the teacher who was talking quickly with the school nurse glancing every once and a while to look at Liz. Liz glanced around the room and noticed that Tess wasn't there, before homeroom Tess had met them all and checked to see if she had any classes with them. She had English with Liz and she wasn't there.
"Liz." her teacher began unsurely, "could you please come to the front of the class?"
Liz nodded confused and walked up before the teacher stopped her, "You'll need your books."
Liz turned back and grabbed her bag and books, then continued to the front.
"Ms. Parker, I'm so sorry, could you come with me." The nurse said to her putting her hand on Liz's shoulder.
"What is it?" Liz asked.
"Really, you should come with me and I'll explain everything."
"No, tell me now." Liz said. She had the horrible feeling for the past couple days and it reached its height minutes before in her English class.
"There's been an accident, you're mother." The nurse began but stopped as she saw Liz's eyes widen in fear, "Honey, I'm so sorry." She put her arm around Liz's shoulder and led her out of the classroom, before making a scene.
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Rating: PG
Summary: There were two sets of Royal Fours. From sister planets Antar and Anterra, when sent to Earth not knowing who you are and what you're destined to become how do you survive? Alternate Universe
Coupling: M/M, M/L, A/I, K/T
Amy DeLuca walked into her daughter's bedroom with intentions to wake Maria and Tess up; not to find a certain spiky haired alien lying on the floor.
She rubbed her eyes trying to wipe away the sleep, as she opened the bedroom door pulling her robe closer to herself, finding that the room was cold from the opened window, uncommon for the desert air.
Amy stepped over the lump that was huddled on the floor, in between the cot where Tess lay and the bed where Maria did. Oblivious to the lump she walked over to the window and closed it.
"Girls, time to wake up for school." She shouted sleepily as she walked out the door and then stopped in the hallway, realization hitting her suddenly.
Amy backtracked into the room, "Kyle?" She asked slowly, then realizing that the head of spiky hair did not belong to Kyle or Alex for that matter.
Michael looked back at her from his spot on the ground and quickly stood up feeling very put on the spot and awkward. Maria sat on the bed smirking as Tess looked on, not knowing what to do.
"Hello Mrs. DeLuca." He said becoming very formal, and standing straighter.
"Well, I can see you know who I am, but who are you and what are you doing in my teenager daughter's bedroom?" Amy asked him.
"He's Michael; he's one of the others." Maria said emphasizing the last word.
"Well, obviously you know who he is, but I think he can tell me for himself, can't you?"
"Uh..yeah I mean yes. I'm Michael Guerin, I'm uhh.one of the others.and I asked Maria if I could stay the night last night because I got locked out of my house, and I couldn't go anywhere else. I'm so sorry it'll never happen again, I swear." Michael began to ramble and May stopped him.
Amy raised her eyebrows, though satisfied with his explanation. It wasn't like he was sleeping in the bed or cot with one of the girls, but still he was a boy and in her eyes all boys were trying to get into a girls pants. She was still bitter about Maria's father, "Well, I expect you'll be leaving so you can get ready for school?"
"Yes, ma'am; I have to get ready, you know for school." Michael said trying to completely agree with her; whatever would make her leave him alone. This woman scared him.
"Right, so I'll take you to the door." Amy said motioning for him to come and she led him to the door.
"Good bye Michael. Next time you need a place to stay, the couch is acceptable."
"Yes ma'am." Michael said nodding. With that he was out the door and once out of door view he broke into a run, to get away from there as quick as he could.
Amy walked back into Maria's bedroom, "Next time you decide to let a friend stay the night, you can tell me." She said smirking at her daughter and walked away.
Maria nodded from her spot where she was standing until Amy left and collapsed on the bed, "Did you see her face she nearly had a heart attack!"
"I thought she was going to kill him with your garbage can." Tess replied pointing to the can next to the door.
"Once she found Alex lying in my bed and she nearly strangled him, she didn't even realize I wasn't home." Maria said remembering, then turning to the clock, they had a half an hour, hopefully enough time to get ready before school, "You can wear some of my clothes, and we can go shopping this weekend or something so you can get some."
"For today that'll be nice, but Nasedo bought a house, so all of my belongings are there." Tess replied.
"Oh alright well all my clothes are in the closet so wear whatever, well except for these." Maria said grabbing a pair of jeans and a shirt from the closet before walking off to the bathroom.
Everyone made their ways to school, some unwillingly some wanting to go with their will.
"Isn't school great, Maria?" Liz asked her best friend as they walked down the hall together after showing Tess where the office was so she could speak with the principal and get her schedule.
"Oh sure, if you like doing things against your will of course," Maria said to her sarcastically, "but I know the true reason you like it so much, and it's not just Science class."
"Oh you do? What's that? I purely love it for the science class." Liz said innocently.
"I'll bet you do, because I happen to know who your lab partner is, and it just so happens to be a one Max Evans." Maria turned looking at her smiling, she knew Liz too well.
"Alright, you're right but don't tell him! He doesn't even like me." Liz said putting her hands on her hips.
"Who doesn't like you?" Alex said walking up to the two girls.
"Oh of course he doesn't. He wouldn't just risk exposure just to be nice." Maria said ignoring Alex.
"And once more, who doesn't like Liz?"
"No one." Liz said her cheeks turning red.
"Oh I see how it is, keeping secrets from gullible Alex. I'm hurt." He said half sarcastically.
"Oh Liz thinks that Max isn't madly in love with her, like we all can tell he is." Maria said to him matter-of-factly.
"Maria!" Liz shouted hitting her friend on the arm.
"Hey now, that was uncalled for. I only speak the truth." Maria said rubbing her arm where Liz hit her.
"Stop abusing my sister." Kyle said walking up to the other three.
"Yeah stop abusing me."
Liz rolled her eyes, and then looked past Kyle to see Max, Michael, and Isabel coming, "Ok everyone be quiet because he's coming."
"Who.?" Kyle asked thoroughly confused he turned around and realized, "Oh Evans." He said laughing at her. Liz glared at him and his smile wavered, "Touchy much?"
"Hey Isabel." Alex said speaking first once they reached them.
"Hi Alex, everyone." Isabel said smiling at him.
"So I see you made it to school Michael." Maria said to him.
"Uh.yeah." He said not wanting the others to know that he spent the night at Maria's house, there would be too many questions.
"Oh there's something I wanted to tell you all once we were all together, something happened last night once Tess and I got back to my house."
"And.?" Kyle asked.
"Well, I went into the back yard to the shed to get the cot for Tess, and Nasedo attacked me but Tess came back and helped me get rid of him. Like really get rid of him if you know what I mean." Maria said looking down at her hands. She knew that he was evil and trying to kill her but to her it still didn't change the fact that they killed him.
"You mean you." Max said not finishing his sentence but they all knew what she meant. They killed him. Maria looked up and nodded.
"He wasn't like us, he was one of Kivar's men, I don't know if there ever was a real Antarian Nasedo."
"I can't believe you didn't call and tell me something happened." Liz said shocked.
"Well, by the time it happened it was really late and I still had to explain to my mom about Tess."
Liz nodded understanding, "You know you can call me at all hours of the night."
Isabel looked at the two and admired their obvious closeness. She always wished she had girl friends like that, but all she ever had was Max and Michael, and she couldn't talk to them about all the things she wanted to talk to people about. Some things were reserved for the girls, but maybe they still could become close.
"Speaking of Tess, what do you think of her?" Alex asked them all. He wasn't sure they could trust her; she had been raised by their so-called protector and he must have lied to her her whole life.
"I think we can trust her, I mean I know we barely even know her, but I just get this weird vibe from her, I can't explain it." Maria said, sort of like the vibes I get from Michael she thought but the ones she got from her were more sisterly not romantic.
"I'm not sure, I just have this feeling that something bad is going to happen, and I just can't shake it." Liz said shaking her head.
Meanwhile at the Crashdown, Geoff and Nancy were sitting on the stools at the diner counter talking about what they would do for their annual family vacation that summer.
"I think we should go visit my sister, the one who lives in Florida. There's so much to do there, besides its like being in a whole other world." Nancy said to him.
Jeff laughed at her not because it was funny really but it just seemed ironic to him. You have no idea he thought, "Well you think of some more ideas, and I'll go take out the trash, besides there's no one in here. It's slow in the mornings."
Nancy nodded and watched him walk out the back and then she turned her self to look at the door, as she heard the bell ring, a young teenager walked in. He was wearing dark glasses, and a sweater and sweatpants. She smiled at him; it looked like he was trying his best to keep the sun out off of his skin, and from what she could tell it was working, because he was pale.
"Hi, I'm Nancy what can I get you?" Nancy asked as he sat down at the table nearest the counter.
"A glass of water would be nice for now." He said as he looked up at her from underneath his sunglasses.
"Alright, I'll be right back." She said.
He watched her walk and he put his hand under his sweater and pulled something out placing it underneath his table. Satisfied, he walked away.
"Here you go." Nancy said walking out, then realizing he left. She looked around confused than sat back down.
The following moments moved in slow motion for Geoff. He closed the garbage can and began walking back to the diner a few feet away. Then he smelt something, something that shouldn't be there, and his heart stopped then began racing.
He could feel his body trying to move, but it was stuck in place, and he couldn't bring up enough energy to yell for his wife. The flames raced from the booth where the young man had sat and throughout the building, blowing out the windows and doors, leaving the upstairs untouched. His mind went through the possibilities and it came to a match, somebody planted a bomb.
His knees gave way and he felt his body crumple to the ground, he lost her; the one person that kept him and Liz tied to that planet for all those years, but now he didn't know what to do.
Liz looked up from her Grammar book to the teacher who was talking quickly with the school nurse glancing every once and a while to look at Liz. Liz glanced around the room and noticed that Tess wasn't there, before homeroom Tess had met them all and checked to see if she had any classes with them. She had English with Liz and she wasn't there.
"Liz." her teacher began unsurely, "could you please come to the front of the class?"
Liz nodded confused and walked up before the teacher stopped her, "You'll need your books."
Liz turned back and grabbed her bag and books, then continued to the front.
"Ms. Parker, I'm so sorry, could you come with me." The nurse said to her putting her hand on Liz's shoulder.
"What is it?" Liz asked.
"Really, you should come with me and I'll explain everything."
"No, tell me now." Liz said. She had the horrible feeling for the past couple days and it reached its height minutes before in her English class.
"There's been an accident, you're mother." The nurse began but stopped as she saw Liz's eyes widen in fear, "Honey, I'm so sorry." She put her arm around Liz's shoulder and led her out of the classroom, before making a scene.
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