The group found the dudgeon. The prison cells seemed to go on forever. They walked down the hallway looking right and left for any prisoners. They eventually came upon an elderly man. Max was the first to ask, "Who are you sir and what was your crime?"
"Zan! I knew you would come back one day. I was one of your father's advisors. My name is Marcus. After you four died they killed off most of the royal staff. I was the only one that knew information about your cloning, so they decided I was worth saving for the moment. I never did tell them anything, but I guess they figured that if they captured you they could use me and your mother as bait."
"Where are our parents?" Isabel desperately asked. She wanted to hear the story, but the thought of her parents being her a moment longer was bothering her.
"Your mother is down fifteen cells on the right. Thanks to them taking me out to question me every so often I've learned this dudgeon by heart. I am sorry to tell you prince and princess but your father has passed on. He was not killed; he died peacefully in his sleep next to your mother. He was a great man, I'm sorry he missed seeing you two again." Marcus sadly replied.
Isabel and Max were in tears; after all this time they longed to meet their father and they had missed that chance. Liz wrapped her arms around Max's waist and let him cry on her shoulder. Michael hugged Isabel. Even though he didn't remember their father, and wasn't his father Michael couldn't help but feel like it was a loss for him as well.
Chris and Brendan helped Marcus out of his cell. Max and Isabel just looked at each other and sprinted down the hallway looking for their mother. They came upon the cell and found an older woman. "Zan? Vilandra? My children!" The woman wept.
Max and Isabel unlocked the cell and flung their arms around their mother. Liz couldn't help but be relived that at least they had found their mother. 'But will she accept me as her daughter?' Liz thought. Max heard her thoughts so he spoke up, "Mother there is much to tell you, come with us. Don't worry Kivar and his men are gone." The large group went back to the large room that was a battle scene just a few minutes before. Max and Isabel switched off telling their life story, but mainly the last two years.
Their mother who they found out was named Gabriella stood up and hugged Liz. She was so proud that this girl had saved her planet, Earth, had made her son so happy, and was now pregnant with her grandchild. Liz was so relieved with that hug. She could sense the overwhelming sense of love and admiration coming from this woman and it made her feel so happy. 'I hate to say it but I told you so!' Max thought to Liz. Liz looked over at Max and smiled.
"So tell me children, what are your plans for the wedding and Earth?" Gabriella asked. Max and Liz looked at each other with thoughts of 'we didn't even think about that.' Liz didn't know what to do. She wanted to return to Earth and have the wedding there and give birth there as well. She missed Maria and Alex terribly. She knew everyone on Earth was worried about them. But she could overlook their obligation to rule Antar and have their child there. Antar was just freed and the people didn't know of their freedom or their new rulers. Liz was torn down the middle. Max heard her thoughts and he felt the same way. On one side he had his friends, the people that raised him, and the world he knows. On the flip side he had his birth mother, and a planet of people wanting him to fix the wrongs. Max and Liz looked at each other and knew what they were going to do.
"Well mother we were thinking that…"
