Authors notes: I know this chapter isn't the best, but I kind of just wanted to get on to the next chapter...sorry! Anyway, I hope it isn't horrible!
The battle
What the hell should I do? Michael thought to himself. He could take down the man with the gun first and then the rest of them. But what if one of the other men also had a gun? He couldn't risk it. What if something happened to Max or the baby?
"It looks like you're trapped," the man with the gun said. "Afraid to use your alien-powers?"
So they knew about him, Michael realized.
"I'm not afraid," Michael said. He talked loud, so that maybe Tess would hear him outside. Together they could take all the men down. "I could kill all of you just like this," he continued and snapped his fingers.
"Then why don't you?" one of the men asked, mocking him.
"I think I know why," another man said. "Maybe it's because we have this." The man took a step to the side and dragged out something.
Oh my god, Michael thought and held onto the baby harder. It was Maria and Tess. Gagged and bound. How the hell was he going to pull this off without someone getting hurt?
"Please let them go and just take me," Michael begged. "What do you need them for? What do you need any of us for?" Michael asked, knowing the answer.
"Stupid question, alien-boy," the man holding Maria and Tess said. "We could make so much money on you and your friends. The curly one is also a freak. Don't underestimate us. We know there's four of you. Pierce told us. The boy on the floor too."
Michael felt his entire hope just float out of his body. Pierce was dead, but he had passed the alien-hunt over to someone else.
Michael's happiness over finding his daughter just disappeared. Because of who he was his daughter and her mother could get hurt.
"Although this one isn't an alien," the man continued and took a hold of Maria. "I've met her before though. Isn't that right honey," he said and smiled at Maria. Michael could see the anger burning in Maria's eyes. He could see her screaming inside.
"I remember her strapped to a table, screaming in pain, while doctors made some experiments on her. She kept begging them to leave her baby alone. To do what they wanted with her, but leave her baby alone. It's a strong chick you've found, alien-boy. And she's beautiful too. "
Michael exploited. He could not let anyone talk like that about Maria. He could not let anyone make her remember the horrible things she'd been through. He fired a jolt of fire and one of the men fell immediately. The man standing next to him instantly pulled up a gun and aimed at Michael.
"Don't shoot," the man holding Maria said. "He's no use to us dead, anyway. And you," the man said and pointed at Michael.
Michael froze. "If you do that again, it's your chick who dies." The man pulled up another gun and pointed it to Maria's head.
Michael took down his hand and laid it protectively over his daughter.
"I thought that might make you reconsider," the man said.
Michael looked over at Tess, who looked really weak. It had probably taken all of her strength not to make the men see him and Max walk in to the warehouse. So she couldn't help him get them out of there.
He looked over at Max, who actually had started to move. He laid behind Maria, Tess and the man.
Michael caught eye contact with him and Max nodded weakly.
Michael quickly looked away so that he wouldn't draw any attention to Max.
"So what do you want me to do now?" he asked the men.
"First of all I want Eric to go get your baby. Eric?"
"Yes sir," one of the other two men said and went to Michael and took the baby away from him. The baby started screaming and that's when Michael saw his opportunity. He looked at Max, who he quickly got up on his feet and released Maria from the man's grip and used his powers to knock him down.
Michael sent a jolt of power into the other guy and soon there were only the man holding the baby left. He started running but soon Michael grabbed a hold of him and took back the baby.
Maria was quickly by his side and kicked the guy between his legs.
Michael handed the baby to Maria and then knocked the guy unconscious.
"How did you get here so quickly?" Michael asked. "Last I saw you, you were gagged and bound." He kissed her quickly on the lips before she could answer.
"Well, with a little help from me," Max said and came up to them, followed by a weak Tess.
"With a little help from all of us we made it," Michael said.
"I kicked ass didn't I?" Maria said and held on tight to the baby.
"You sure did sweetheart," Michael answered her and laughed.
"Sweetheart?" Maria asked.
"That didn't sound right, coming from me did it?" Michael said.
"Not really," Maria agreed and everybody burst into laughter. Even the newfound baby…
TBC... Please let me know if you like it or not!
