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Minutes later Max had entered the room to see Maria on the floor still shaking. He'd helped
her up and they'd made a hasty exit, narrowly missing the Sherrif as he'd pulled round the
corner of the drive.
They'd made for the hosptial at Maria's almost hysterical insistence. They'd dropped her
off and she'd told the two male aliens to go off back to Liz's too see if they could find
anything else. Max pulled out the picture from his pocket and looked at it,dread filling
his heart. It had to be doctored. There was no way that Tess would trick them like that.
Maria raced along the corridors sliding to a stop outside Liz's room. She knocked and Isobel
let her in.
Without saying a word she placed the object she had pilfered from Tess's room on the floor.
She waved her hand over it and let Isobel's mother enter the room.
"Valandra, Zan, my children. Ava, Rath. I know that if you are seeing this message then
Naseto has not gotten to you. I wish with all of my heart that I could be there to
see you grow and learning how to use your gifts. I feel I must explain why you were
sent to earth and the reason is simple. If you had not been sent to earth in the form
of these Humans then our planet would have no hope. A man called Kivar rules our
planet and we live in terror and fear. I can only hope that his race- the Skins have not
found you. On our earth, Valandra and Rath, Zan and Ava you were married. But your
marriages were not of love, but of diplomacy. I know you all had your loves. 6 years
before you are to emerge from the pods, we are sending your soulmates to earth in the
form of humans. They are to be your saviours. With your soul mates then you
are to mate and produce a race of children who will establish rule again on Antar.
I am afraid that the second group of of pods we sent down with you may have been
breached. They are faulty, defiled by Naseto. I am not sure which Ava sits here watching
this message as we are not sure who he has corrupted. I can only
hope that Ava is true and pure in your hearts. This is your destiny. To protect Earth
until your offspring are born and can free Antar. My children, you know who your
soulmates are. Should be of doubt there is one way to tell. Concentrate your energies
at the base of their spine, the small of their backs. A small oval glow should appear there.
This is your conformation."She paused and smiled sadly. "The stars bless you my children."
As the image faded Maria looked at Isobel and Liz. Both were crying.
"That was the true message? Naseto was evil?" Isobel looked up at Maria."Where
did you find this?"
"In Tess's room. Tess's pod must have been defiled by Nasteo. It's Ava who should
be with us." Maria paced the room excitedly. Isobel slumped against the wall. Her hand
fell on the photo of Alex, Maria, Liz and Kyle and their repsective targets. A light
started around her hand and she picked up the photo looking at the back. Instead
of reading "Her plan" it now read "Tess's plan" Now they had their answers. Tess was
the killer.
Maria proceeded to tell Isobel about the photo in Liz's room, and they were about to ring
Michael when a beeping alerted them to Liz's prone figure. Maria ran over to Liz as
Isobel hid all of their evidence behind a chair. Sounding the call button Isobel released
the lock on the door as Liz's heart moniter showed a flat line. Doctors ran in shouting
terse orders to nurse's and Isobel held Maria back. They were ushered out of the room
to sit beside a worried Mr and Mrs Parker.
Max directed the jeep back towards Liz's house. They were just pulling up outside
the Crashdown when Michael nudged Max's side.
"Notice anyone Maxwell?"
Max looked about. Surely enough his eyes settled on Tess and a strange man who
were walking in their direction.
"Now would be as good a time as any to figure out if it really is her in the picture."
Max looked toward Michael, unsure. Michael nodded understanding the regret of
discovering Tess's involvment in the whole scheme.
They got out of the jeep and moved towards Tess and the stranger. In the dark it
was hard to see who the person was but it looked strangly like......no, Michael thought
we killed him?
Max had obviously noticed the resemblence the man had to Nikolas and he'd tensed.
"Tess? What are you doing with him?" Max reached out a hand to her.
Michael noticed Tess smile a little and the next thing he knew he was being thrown
backwards and down onto the ground. He felt something crunch beneath him and then
a searing warmth. Out of blurred vision he saw Max take Nikolas out, the wisps of his
skin husk floating down to settle beside him.
His vision went black and he shook his head to clear it. Tess and Max appeared in the
picture Max had tied her to the jeep with some tow rope he had in the back. Michael's
vision went black again and quickly came back to see Max's eyes close to his face.
He could see Max's mouth moving but he couldn't hear what he was saying over the
roaring in his ears. He smiled up at Max and gripped his arm. His eyes fluttered shut
and he could feel Max shaking him as his life exploded into white.
Michael forced open his eyes and then quickly shut them again from the white.
Tentativly opening them again he blinked and groped for walls. There were no limits to
this white place. Suddenly an electric force pulsed through his body and he collapsed
onto what seemed to be the floor. Again the feeling pulsed through him and looked up
gasping seeing Maria. He reached out for her only to watch her be replaced with Liz
then Kyle and then Alex. This time the feeling rocketed through his body and he
cried out the white place fading into black.
"Michael? MICHAEL?"
Max anxiously pulled him onto his side and noticed the pool of blood mixed with slivers of
glass. Tess tried to free herself from the bonds that Max had secured her with but he
looked up and she stopped struggling. Placing his hand over the wound he felt the
scratch of glass against his palm bringing blood to the surface. His blood mixed with
Michael's and power rocked him as he sent all his healing gift into Michael. He saw
Michael's body twitch and sent the power again and he gasped. Sending it one last
time he put all of his energy into it and heard Michael roar.
Max looked over at Michael and watched his eyes fly open.
"Geez Maxwell, what did you hit me with?" He rubbed his back and smiled when he felt
the pain go. Then he sat bolt upright.
Max looked at him with alarm and held out his hand to help him up and he felt a jolt of
electricity. Michael looked up at him
"Maxwell, do you ever remember a time when I could heal myself?" Michael's tone was
urgent and Max didn't understand it.
"What do you mean? You've never been able to heal, not even us."
Michael took Max's bleeding hand and waved his own hand over it. The cut was removed
the skin repaired.
Max looked up at Michael surprised.
"What did you do to me Maxwell?"
At the hosptial Maria sat quietly silent tears running down her face. Isobel took her
hand and they sat still, both not daring to move should it affect Liz. Finally Maria
looked up at Isobel.
"It was Tess, wasn't it. That killed Alex?"
Isobel nodded.
"Do you...do you think that Alex was...." She trailed off unable to complete the sentence.
"My soulmate?" Isobel finished for her. She looked down. "Yes."
" I wonder who the others are?"
Isobel smiled ironically. "I should think that was obvious."
Maria looked down. "What about Kyle? I mean his feelings for Tess are sisterly."
Isobel sat quietly for a few moments. "Maybe he is Ava's."
The both sat deep in thought for a few moments before Isobel spoke again.
"You know what the worst thing about this is?" She didn't wait for Maria to answer.
"Liz gave up her soulmate so that a murderer could stay."
Maria looked at Isobel. " I don't think she knows that she is Max's soulmate."
"Well they should be here soon."
Isobel looked up and her grasp on Maria's hand tightened.
"I know."
you will like this ending. Its been brilliant to have such support. Again thankyou.
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Minutes later Max had entered the room to see Maria on the floor still shaking. He'd helped
her up and they'd made a hasty exit, narrowly missing the Sherrif as he'd pulled round the
corner of the drive.
They'd made for the hosptial at Maria's almost hysterical insistence. They'd dropped her
off and she'd told the two male aliens to go off back to Liz's too see if they could find
anything else. Max pulled out the picture from his pocket and looked at it,dread filling
his heart. It had to be doctored. There was no way that Tess would trick them like that.
Maria raced along the corridors sliding to a stop outside Liz's room. She knocked and Isobel
let her in.
Without saying a word she placed the object she had pilfered from Tess's room on the floor.
She waved her hand over it and let Isobel's mother enter the room.
"Valandra, Zan, my children. Ava, Rath. I know that if you are seeing this message then
Naseto has not gotten to you. I wish with all of my heart that I could be there to
see you grow and learning how to use your gifts. I feel I must explain why you were
sent to earth and the reason is simple. If you had not been sent to earth in the form
of these Humans then our planet would have no hope. A man called Kivar rules our
planet and we live in terror and fear. I can only hope that his race- the Skins have not
found you. On our earth, Valandra and Rath, Zan and Ava you were married. But your
marriages were not of love, but of diplomacy. I know you all had your loves. 6 years
before you are to emerge from the pods, we are sending your soulmates to earth in the
form of humans. They are to be your saviours. With your soul mates then you
are to mate and produce a race of children who will establish rule again on Antar.
I am afraid that the second group of of pods we sent down with you may have been
breached. They are faulty, defiled by Naseto. I am not sure which Ava sits here watching
this message as we are not sure who he has corrupted. I can only
hope that Ava is true and pure in your hearts. This is your destiny. To protect Earth
until your offspring are born and can free Antar. My children, you know who your
soulmates are. Should be of doubt there is one way to tell. Concentrate your energies
at the base of their spine, the small of their backs. A small oval glow should appear there.
This is your conformation."She paused and smiled sadly. "The stars bless you my children."
As the image faded Maria looked at Isobel and Liz. Both were crying.
"That was the true message? Naseto was evil?" Isobel looked up at Maria."Where
did you find this?"
"In Tess's room. Tess's pod must have been defiled by Nasteo. It's Ava who should
be with us." Maria paced the room excitedly. Isobel slumped against the wall. Her hand
fell on the photo of Alex, Maria, Liz and Kyle and their repsective targets. A light
started around her hand and she picked up the photo looking at the back. Instead
of reading "Her plan" it now read "Tess's plan" Now they had their answers. Tess was
the killer.
Maria proceeded to tell Isobel about the photo in Liz's room, and they were about to ring
Michael when a beeping alerted them to Liz's prone figure. Maria ran over to Liz as
Isobel hid all of their evidence behind a chair. Sounding the call button Isobel released
the lock on the door as Liz's heart moniter showed a flat line. Doctors ran in shouting
terse orders to nurse's and Isobel held Maria back. They were ushered out of the room
to sit beside a worried Mr and Mrs Parker.
Max directed the jeep back towards Liz's house. They were just pulling up outside
the Crashdown when Michael nudged Max's side.
"Notice anyone Maxwell?"
Max looked about. Surely enough his eyes settled on Tess and a strange man who
were walking in their direction.
"Now would be as good a time as any to figure out if it really is her in the picture."
Max looked toward Michael, unsure. Michael nodded understanding the regret of
discovering Tess's involvment in the whole scheme.
They got out of the jeep and moved towards Tess and the stranger. In the dark it
was hard to see who the person was but it looked strangly like......no, Michael thought
we killed him?
Max had obviously noticed the resemblence the man had to Nikolas and he'd tensed.
"Tess? What are you doing with him?" Max reached out a hand to her.
Michael noticed Tess smile a little and the next thing he knew he was being thrown
backwards and down onto the ground. He felt something crunch beneath him and then
a searing warmth. Out of blurred vision he saw Max take Nikolas out, the wisps of his
skin husk floating down to settle beside him.
His vision went black and he shook his head to clear it. Tess and Max appeared in the
picture Max had tied her to the jeep with some tow rope he had in the back. Michael's
vision went black again and quickly came back to see Max's eyes close to his face.
He could see Max's mouth moving but he couldn't hear what he was saying over the
roaring in his ears. He smiled up at Max and gripped his arm. His eyes fluttered shut
and he could feel Max shaking him as his life exploded into white.
Michael forced open his eyes and then quickly shut them again from the white.
Tentativly opening them again he blinked and groped for walls. There were no limits to
this white place. Suddenly an electric force pulsed through his body and he collapsed
onto what seemed to be the floor. Again the feeling pulsed through him and looked up
gasping seeing Maria. He reached out for her only to watch her be replaced with Liz
then Kyle and then Alex. This time the feeling rocketed through his body and he
cried out the white place fading into black.
"Michael? MICHAEL?"
Max anxiously pulled him onto his side and noticed the pool of blood mixed with slivers of
glass. Tess tried to free herself from the bonds that Max had secured her with but he
looked up and she stopped struggling. Placing his hand over the wound he felt the
scratch of glass against his palm bringing blood to the surface. His blood mixed with
Michael's and power rocked him as he sent all his healing gift into Michael. He saw
Michael's body twitch and sent the power again and he gasped. Sending it one last
time he put all of his energy into it and heard Michael roar.
Max looked over at Michael and watched his eyes fly open.
"Geez Maxwell, what did you hit me with?" He rubbed his back and smiled when he felt
the pain go. Then he sat bolt upright.
Max looked at him with alarm and held out his hand to help him up and he felt a jolt of
electricity. Michael looked up at him
"Maxwell, do you ever remember a time when I could heal myself?" Michael's tone was
urgent and Max didn't understand it.
"What do you mean? You've never been able to heal, not even us."
Michael took Max's bleeding hand and waved his own hand over it. The cut was removed
the skin repaired.
Max looked up at Michael surprised.
"What did you do to me Maxwell?"
At the hosptial Maria sat quietly silent tears running down her face. Isobel took her
hand and they sat still, both not daring to move should it affect Liz. Finally Maria
looked up at Isobel.
"It was Tess, wasn't it. That killed Alex?"
Isobel nodded.
"Do you...do you think that Alex was...." She trailed off unable to complete the sentence.
"My soulmate?" Isobel finished for her. She looked down. "Yes."
" I wonder who the others are?"
Isobel smiled ironically. "I should think that was obvious."
Maria looked down. "What about Kyle? I mean his feelings for Tess are sisterly."
Isobel sat quietly for a few moments. "Maybe he is Ava's."
The both sat deep in thought for a few moments before Isobel spoke again.
"You know what the worst thing about this is?" She didn't wait for Maria to answer.
"Liz gave up her soulmate so that a murderer could stay."
Maria looked at Isobel. " I don't think she knows that she is Max's soulmate."
"Well they should be here soon."
Isobel looked up and her grasp on Maria's hand tightened.
"I know."