Part 18.
Two hours had now passed, and Maria was getting ready to leave. She had gone through the plan with them. Liz, Kyle, and Michael were extremely worried about Maria and how weak she was. She kept swaying and stumbling and they knew that Maria was in no condition to use her powers.
"So, are you ready?" she asked, and looked around the table.
"Maria, we can't do this; you can't do this" Liz pleaded with Maria.
"Liz, what if they take Max, Tess, or Isabel next time? What if they took you?" Maria answered, very angry.
"But can't we wait a few hours?" Liz said back.
"Liz, I am doing this, whether you like it or not" Maria snapped at her.
"Maria" Liz said but was cut off by Maria saying:
"Liz, just shut up, please"
"Fine" Liz said, and walked away from the table with Max on her tail. They ended up on their bed hugging each other. Max said some calming words in Liz's ear, and then they came back to the table.
"So the next time someone comes in here we start the illusion and we leave this place" Maria said and looked around the table. All heads nodded yes. They stood up. Isabel, Michael, and Max formed a circle around Kyle, Liz, Alex, Tess, and Maria. Maria and Tess stood in the middle because they had to use so much power that they couldn't fight; they had to be protected.
A guard came in and Michael fired a blast at him and the guard went down. Kyle took his gun and joined the outer circle with Max, Michael, and Isabel.
And they walked out from the group ready for war.
TBC.