{Don't Ask, Don't Tell}
Disclaimer: I own nothin'. Though I wish
I did, just borrowed everything for a while. Promise to put them back when I am
done. Don't sue me. I'm only 15.
Author: Okoboji_chica
Email: Okoboji_chica@hotmail.com
Category: Dreamer (Max and Liz), could be
general I guess.
Rating: PG- 13
Summary: Based on spoilers for 'Cry Your
Name' and 'It's Too Late And It's Too Bad' and 'Baby, it's you'. My version of
what happens after those eppys.
Author's Note: If you don't read spoilers, this story probably won't make much sense to you. Also…feedback. I seriously crave it. Good or bad. I also like any advice that would help me write better. THX!!
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Chapter 4
"What in the hell happened?" hissed Kyle as they reached Liz's side. When he saw her collapse, he felt like he couldn't breath. One of his best friends were hurt and he had to do something about it.
"I
don't know. One minute she was okay then the next…" Michael motioned toward
Liz.
The
rest of the gang was approaching and Maria immediately went into survivor mode.
"Let's get her to the bathroom. It's less public. Michael, you and…" she
pointed to Serena, "whatever her name is do damage control. Well be back as
soon as she is feeling better then we will take her home." She waved over at
Kyle to pick Liz up and carry her into the girls' bathroom.
Max,
Tess, and Isabel reached them just as Kyle and Maria pushed through the doors
of the building with Liz. "What happened, Michael?" asked Max with authority in
his voice. He was glaring at him with everything he had.
Michael
opened his mouth to speak when Rath and Ava rushed up to them.
"What
in hell are you to doing here?" cried Isabel when she saw them. "Wait you came
her with Liz didn't you? She was with you guys wasn't she? Just when you
believe a person is completely trustworthy once again they prove you wrong."
"Isabel.
You know what she did for us…" Stopped Michael. He knew Liz could be trusted.
No matter how much it hurt to believe it, he did.
"No,
Michael. The Liz that did that for us is gone. If she really did want to
protect us, she would have told us what happened to prevent it for sure. But
when she is helping them," she pointed to the dupes with disgust, "Who knows
what else she has done to put us in danger. I knew she couldn't be trusted. I
knew it." Ranted Isabel. She was royally pissed and she had no problem proving
it to everyone.
"You
know what princess? If it weren't for us she would be a Kivar puppet. For him
to do as he pleases with, just like he did to your friend Alex. And would
probably be where his now. And F.Y.I., she doesn't trust us. Especially him."
She pointed to Rath. "Now what is happening to her is going to kill her if we
don't stop it soon." Blew Ava. Once she said it she regretted it. Well there
goes that chance at gaining her total trust.
"What
happening to her?" asked Tess weakly.
"When
Kivar and Nicholas kidnapped her in Sweden, they could get anywhere with her.
She refused, almost killing herself in the process. I was like the white room
for you, Max but times it by five. Evil aliens don't like to be pissed off and
she managed to do it in a matter of three minutes. Anyway, when they didn't get
any response from her they connected her to the past almost. Like the memories
and feelings that have happened to every one of your people during the war, at
times they are extremely mild, others they come on full force. Just like you
witnessed a few minutes ago" Explained Serena. If they were going to tell them
something they might as well tell them everything.
"This
never would have happened if that delivery boy hadn't given her that receipt."
Burst Max. He was choosing to be difficult. For some reason he didn't want to
believe what they were saying, but deep down in his heart he did believe.
"Alex
meant for him to give it to her. Kivar wants the book of destinies. That code
is how you decode it. Alex gave it to Liz because he believed that she would
finish what he had started. He also believed that you loved her too much than
to let her go alone to Sweden and let her get hurt. It's obvious he was
completely dead wrong about the second one…Listen, because she has the code,
she is now the key to your past, present, and future, the key to winning this war.
Kivar will do anything to get her. So I guess everything is now up to you."
Serena finished when she noticed Kyle walking up to them.
"Michael,
Maria is at her car with Liz. She wants you to take them home." Said Kyle
looking straight at him. He knew everything. Liz had told Maria and him in the
girls bathroom after they checked the stalls and locked the door since Kyle had
joined them in there, refusing to leave them alone after what he had just seen.
Michael
nodded and stared to walk away.
"Michael,
where do you think you're going?" shouted Max at his back as he walked up to
him.
"Where
am I going? I am going to the girl I love to help the once person in the entire
universe who has given up everything and gone through everything for us. I figure
we could at least help her live for a few more days, if that is alright with
you." Said Michael. His voice was dripping with sarcasm for the last part. This
was so not him. Lately he felt like him and Max some how traded bodies with the
way they were acting.
"We're
going with you." Stated Max as he turned back to the others. "And on the way
you three are going to explain everything that has happened the past few days.
Got it?" Without waiting for an answer he turned back around and headed for the
jeep.
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As they pulled up to the alley behind the Crashdown, Max was visibly calmer. Tess wasn't pregnant. Thank god. Tess on the other hand wasn't taking the news to well.
It
never happened. We never did anything? Oh god.
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They all walked up the stairs to Liz's apartment silent. Some relieved, some pissed, all afraid of what could happen to them in the next few days. Liz slowly opened the door and nearly fainted at what she saw.
The place was
completely totaled.
"They were
here." Whispered Liz.
TBC….