Destiny... I hate the word. Sure, on the outside I'm constantly trying to fulfill it... But on the inside... I just want to run in the opposite direction, lead my life the way I want to, with a guy I'LL choose, not anyone else. I mean... I am not the queen, not anymore... that was another life, another person. I'm not her, and I don't want to be her. I'm me... so why can't he see that? Why can't Nasedo realize that?
I wish I could just go up to him and say "No!". Oh, he'd be shocked for a few seconds, and then he'd tell me the same thing he's been telling me for the past ten years... it's my... destiny... I swear if he tells me about it one more time... I don't know what I'll do... punch him, run away... I could fry him too... there's an idea... just... poof! No more!
But who am I kidding? I couldn't do it. He knows more than any of us... we need him. If he would see that none of us want it... and accept it... It would be so great... Besides, Max is with Liz... he'll never leave her for me, and I don't want him to. How can I show them? How can I make them understand that destiny is not what I want... at least not that one...
Actually... I may have someone in mind... I never realized until he nearly died today... When he was right there in his father's arms... my heart was beating so fast and it felt like I'd been torn apart. I'd never felt like that before.
Right now it's all I can think about... we're off to find Nasedo's body... he's dead... Somehow I don't know what to feel... happiness... anger... sadness...
We've found the truck. There are two agents keeping guard. Liz is staying in the Jeep, ready to follow us with it. I have to go and drive the truck. I stay a little way back, as Max, Michael and Isabel go take care of the agents. Michael is pretending to be an agent. While they turn away, I slip into the front seat. I can hear them. I look in the mirror. Isabel knocks out one of the two.
"Hey what's going on?" I hear the second ask. There's another thud so I assume the other agent is down. I sit up, preparing to go. They're climbing on.
"Go!" Max yells. I look and there's no keys... of course... I put my hand over the key-less ignition. Within seconds, we're ready to go.
"It's him, it's Nasedo. Let's go," Isabel calls out. Let's go then... Never driven a truck like this before... Harder than I thought, but I can make it... I turn unto the road and I can see Liz following us behind.
It's not fair... I never meant to hurt her, it was never my intention... I'll make it better between us... I have to... I can't even start to imagine how things must have been for her since I came around. I'll make it up to her somehow... I have no idea WHAT I'll do, or when and how long it'll take, but I will.
Wow... we're here... the pod chamber. I hop out on the ground. That was fun... I laugh at myself...
Max and Michael take Nasedo out. I walk in front, while the guys walk right behind, Liz and Isabel in the back. We reach the door, I wave my hand over the wall and a handprint appears. I place my hand over it and the wall splits. We go in and the guys lay Nasedo down while Isabel retrieves the healing stones.
We kneel down, while Liz stands to the side. Each of us is holding a stone. As we concentrate, I think back to the last ten years with Nasedo... I remember... when I first came out of the pod... it took me a while, but it came back to me eventually.
I was floating in there and I opened my eyes... I started pushing at the membrane, the shell... My hand finally broke through. I wiggled my second hand in there and pulled it apart. Finally, it was big enough. I passed through, first my head, then I bent forward, putting my hands on the ground, and my feet followed. I sat there, on all fours, for a few seconds to breathe.
I was free. Then I got to my feet. I blinked a few times, to get used to the light from a hole ahead. I walked to it and looked outside. The air was refreshing. I turned back and looked at the place I'd come from. That's when I saw there were three more... all empty. I walked back and looked into the one next to mine.
"Oh no..." I heard from behind. I jumped back startled and whirled around to come face to face with a tall man. We locked eyes, and I knew he was my... protector... how I knew that was a mystery to me. I took two steps toward him, then looked back to the four empty pods... and again I knew something... They were gone... the strangers born like me... I knew somehow I wouldn't see them again for a very long time. I looked back to the man, and he looked... frightened... angered... saddened... all at once.
I snapped back to the present abruptly to see Nasedo was alive again. I realized then that no matter how much I hate that he wants me to follow 'destiny'... I missed him...
*
Nasedo sat up and turned to a smiling Tess. "I knew you wouldn't leave us," she said.
"You're not ready to be left alone," he corrected her.
"You're right, we need you," said Michael as Nasedo turned to him, "Show us how the orbs work."
Nasedo spotted Liz in the corner. "She doesn't belong here," he stated as he pointed to her.
"She's with me," said Max, looking him in the eye, "We want to know. You're the only one who can show us."
"It's not my job to show you. My only job is to keep you alive."
"Your job?" asked Max.
"Well if your only job is to keep us alive, then tell us. They're communicators. They communicate with who?" asked Michael.
"You're not ready to know yet," said Nasedo.
"They communicate with our home planet, don't they?" asked Michael, "Why don't you want us to contact them?" He was getting annoyed... although that wasn't exactly new to them...
"Because you don't know who else you may contact in the process," explained Nasedo, hoping they would understand him.
"Who else is there?" asked Isabel.
"Set off those orbs, and you have no idea who you may be leading straight to us," he continued loudly.
"You don't know do you? You don't know how to use the orbs. If you knew, you would've already used them. You're here to protect us, but not to lead us, you said it yourself. But if you're not the leader, who is?" asked Max. Everyone looked at him.
Nasedo hesitated, then said, "If you really want to know what the orbs do, you can find out for yourselves, I can't stop you. But do it at your own risk," he instructed.
"If you're really here to protect us, there's something you need to do. The only way we can ever go back is if nobody's hunting us anymore," said Max.
Michael started to catch on. "Pierce is already dead," he said.
"He'll only be replaced, unless we replace him," said Max. Nasedo looked up, then nodded. He put his hand up and the room was filled with a bright light. When they looked back, Nasedo stood there... the perfect reflection of Agent Pierce. "The other agents are at an abandoned gas station in Hondo," said Max.
"Now that I'm the head of their Special Unit, we have all their resources. You'll be safe now," said 'Pierce'. With that he left.
Max picked up one of the orbs, and stood next to Tess. In the same time, Michael and Isabel got the other one. Once more, Liz remained on the side. "I want to know," declared Max, "Maybe if we just focus like Nasedo always said."
The four aliens stood as two pairs, Max and Tess, Michael and Isabel, each pair holding an orb. They wouldn't admit it to anyone, but they were scared... what would they learn? Would their whole lives change in a matter of instant? Would they have to leave the ones they loved to 'couple-up' amongst themselves? None of them wanted it, and the last few previous weeks stood as proof.
They just wanted to go back to what they already had... Max with Liz, Michael and Maria, Alex and Isabel... and Tess needed to talk to Kyle when she got back. But that still depended on what was about to happen. They were just tired... they needed to simply sit down and take a deep breath... then maybe everything would get clear for them... They wanted to know who they were, why they were on Earth...
But right at that moment... they weren't so sure anymore...
End of prologue
I wish I could just go up to him and say "No!". Oh, he'd be shocked for a few seconds, and then he'd tell me the same thing he's been telling me for the past ten years... it's my... destiny... I swear if he tells me about it one more time... I don't know what I'll do... punch him, run away... I could fry him too... there's an idea... just... poof! No more!
But who am I kidding? I couldn't do it. He knows more than any of us... we need him. If he would see that none of us want it... and accept it... It would be so great... Besides, Max is with Liz... he'll never leave her for me, and I don't want him to. How can I show them? How can I make them understand that destiny is not what I want... at least not that one...
Actually... I may have someone in mind... I never realized until he nearly died today... When he was right there in his father's arms... my heart was beating so fast and it felt like I'd been torn apart. I'd never felt like that before.
Right now it's all I can think about... we're off to find Nasedo's body... he's dead... Somehow I don't know what to feel... happiness... anger... sadness...
We've found the truck. There are two agents keeping guard. Liz is staying in the Jeep, ready to follow us with it. I have to go and drive the truck. I stay a little way back, as Max, Michael and Isabel go take care of the agents. Michael is pretending to be an agent. While they turn away, I slip into the front seat. I can hear them. I look in the mirror. Isabel knocks out one of the two.
"Hey what's going on?" I hear the second ask. There's another thud so I assume the other agent is down. I sit up, preparing to go. They're climbing on.
"Go!" Max yells. I look and there's no keys... of course... I put my hand over the key-less ignition. Within seconds, we're ready to go.
"It's him, it's Nasedo. Let's go," Isabel calls out. Let's go then... Never driven a truck like this before... Harder than I thought, but I can make it... I turn unto the road and I can see Liz following us behind.
It's not fair... I never meant to hurt her, it was never my intention... I'll make it better between us... I have to... I can't even start to imagine how things must have been for her since I came around. I'll make it up to her somehow... I have no idea WHAT I'll do, or when and how long it'll take, but I will.
Wow... we're here... the pod chamber. I hop out on the ground. That was fun... I laugh at myself...
Max and Michael take Nasedo out. I walk in front, while the guys walk right behind, Liz and Isabel in the back. We reach the door, I wave my hand over the wall and a handprint appears. I place my hand over it and the wall splits. We go in and the guys lay Nasedo down while Isabel retrieves the healing stones.
We kneel down, while Liz stands to the side. Each of us is holding a stone. As we concentrate, I think back to the last ten years with Nasedo... I remember... when I first came out of the pod... it took me a while, but it came back to me eventually.
I was floating in there and I opened my eyes... I started pushing at the membrane, the shell... My hand finally broke through. I wiggled my second hand in there and pulled it apart. Finally, it was big enough. I passed through, first my head, then I bent forward, putting my hands on the ground, and my feet followed. I sat there, on all fours, for a few seconds to breathe.
I was free. Then I got to my feet. I blinked a few times, to get used to the light from a hole ahead. I walked to it and looked outside. The air was refreshing. I turned back and looked at the place I'd come from. That's when I saw there were three more... all empty. I walked back and looked into the one next to mine.
"Oh no..." I heard from behind. I jumped back startled and whirled around to come face to face with a tall man. We locked eyes, and I knew he was my... protector... how I knew that was a mystery to me. I took two steps toward him, then looked back to the four empty pods... and again I knew something... They were gone... the strangers born like me... I knew somehow I wouldn't see them again for a very long time. I looked back to the man, and he looked... frightened... angered... saddened... all at once.
I snapped back to the present abruptly to see Nasedo was alive again. I realized then that no matter how much I hate that he wants me to follow 'destiny'... I missed him...
*
Nasedo sat up and turned to a smiling Tess. "I knew you wouldn't leave us," she said.
"You're not ready to be left alone," he corrected her.
"You're right, we need you," said Michael as Nasedo turned to him, "Show us how the orbs work."
Nasedo spotted Liz in the corner. "She doesn't belong here," he stated as he pointed to her.
"She's with me," said Max, looking him in the eye, "We want to know. You're the only one who can show us."
"It's not my job to show you. My only job is to keep you alive."
"Your job?" asked Max.
"Well if your only job is to keep us alive, then tell us. They're communicators. They communicate with who?" asked Michael.
"You're not ready to know yet," said Nasedo.
"They communicate with our home planet, don't they?" asked Michael, "Why don't you want us to contact them?" He was getting annoyed... although that wasn't exactly new to them...
"Because you don't know who else you may contact in the process," explained Nasedo, hoping they would understand him.
"Who else is there?" asked Isabel.
"Set off those orbs, and you have no idea who you may be leading straight to us," he continued loudly.
"You don't know do you? You don't know how to use the orbs. If you knew, you would've already used them. You're here to protect us, but not to lead us, you said it yourself. But if you're not the leader, who is?" asked Max. Everyone looked at him.
Nasedo hesitated, then said, "If you really want to know what the orbs do, you can find out for yourselves, I can't stop you. But do it at your own risk," he instructed.
"If you're really here to protect us, there's something you need to do. The only way we can ever go back is if nobody's hunting us anymore," said Max.
Michael started to catch on. "Pierce is already dead," he said.
"He'll only be replaced, unless we replace him," said Max. Nasedo looked up, then nodded. He put his hand up and the room was filled with a bright light. When they looked back, Nasedo stood there... the perfect reflection of Agent Pierce. "The other agents are at an abandoned gas station in Hondo," said Max.
"Now that I'm the head of their Special Unit, we have all their resources. You'll be safe now," said 'Pierce'. With that he left.
Max picked up one of the orbs, and stood next to Tess. In the same time, Michael and Isabel got the other one. Once more, Liz remained on the side. "I want to know," declared Max, "Maybe if we just focus like Nasedo always said."
The four aliens stood as two pairs, Max and Tess, Michael and Isabel, each pair holding an orb. They wouldn't admit it to anyone, but they were scared... what would they learn? Would their whole lives change in a matter of instant? Would they have to leave the ones they loved to 'couple-up' amongst themselves? None of them wanted it, and the last few previous weeks stood as proof.
They just wanted to go back to what they already had... Max with Liz, Michael and Maria, Alex and Isabel... and Tess needed to talk to Kyle when she got back. But that still depended on what was about to happen. They were just tired... they needed to simply sit down and take a deep breath... then maybe everything would get clear for them... They wanted to know who they were, why they were on Earth...
But right at that moment... they weren't so sure anymore...
End of prologue
