AUTHOR: Nicola Cooper
RATING: PG
SPOILERS: none
SUMMARY: The gang have an unexpected visitor
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of it I've just
borrowed the characters
DISTRIBUTION: want it take it just give me credit
FEEDBACK: feedback would be greatly appreciated
"Are you alright," Liz said pulling Maria to her feet.
"Yeah it was just a headache." Maria replied.
"Yeah, are you sure you're okay, you don't look too
good." he said.
"Sure." Maria smiled and started walking towards the
mall entrance. "Actually I'm going to go home and get some
rest, I didn't get much sleep last night anyway."
"Okay, you want me to drive you?" Liz asked her,
concerned for her friend. It was unusual for Maria to be ill.
"No I'll be fine, honestly." Maria turned and
kissed Michael goodbye. "Call you later." Maria said as
she pulled away from the kiss. "C'ya."
When Maria returned home, she put her car keys on her dressing
table and collapsed onto her bed, sighing and closing her eyes as
her head met her pillow. She tried to fall asleep, blocking out
all the sounds around her, the passing traffic, her fish tank
bubbling and the unconscious chirping of the birds outside. Then
she felt it. A strong paralyzing pain ran down her spine
traveling to the pit of her stomach, she screamed in agony when
the pain started to travel up into her head. She gasped for air
but she couldn't breath, she was drowning in her own pain. Laying
there for what seemed like an eternity, she tried to open her
eyes, hoping that the pain would go away, but she couldn't, she
was totally paralyzed. Maria's arms shot to her sides, and
were pressed into the bed. She suddenly sat up, opened her eyes
and gasped for air, she coughed and the pain was gone. She then
realized that she wasn't alone, a figure stood at the bottom of
her bed. Maria blinked hard and looked again. There was a young
boy dressed in blue standing at the end of her bed staring at
her.
Maria sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes, her alarm rang
clearly. It was morning.
