A.n.-Sorry this toke so long! Things have been really hectic for me and I've been really drained emotinaly and physicaly, I won't explain why 'cuz its personal stuff. 'Sides I don't wanna dump my probs on you. Enjoy the fic.
Dedication-Rachel, Danielle, Demi, Seeking Serenity, Mere, Ash, and Dawn. Once agine, I am sooooo sorry it toke me so long to get this out! Thankyou all very much though for reviewing....and uh...Rachel...heres the chapter...no kill, K?^_^_^_^
Sarah stared idly down at the table, her deep chocolate brown eyes absently traceing over her clear fingernails. Quickly her mind put together all that Max and the outhers had told her. They where aliens. Max, Tess, Isable, and Micheal where all aliens. Max had healed Liz from a bullet wound and Liz had told Maria becouse she'd been forced to under certine circumstaces. And becouse Max had saved Liz it had drawn unwanted attention by alein hunters to them.
And on top of everything Tess had shown up claiming to be Max's true mate, destroying any possible relationship that Liz and Max may have made. And then the Skins had come. The Skins toke the form of a normal human, but their bodys where just like husks for their true selves. Sarah had been rather suprised when she found that Kortney was a Skin, but was on their side.
Though Sarah felt slightly skeptical that Kortney was on 'their' side, she knew from the honosty in eyes that she was telling the truth....for now that is. Turning her eyes back to Micheal she knew now the resones she'd had those flashes earlier.
They'd said that sometimes dureing hightened emotions they could have flashs of one anouthers thoughts or memorys. Sarah had already decided that she wasn't going to tell the outhers about the flashs she'd had with Micheal, if they found it it would be from Micheal not her. She didn't know why, but she didn't want to tell them.
Slowly Sarah stood. Her eyes meeting everyones breifly,"I belive you."she said simply.
Her answer was meet with suprised looks from all. Sarah instantly got the impression that people didn't normaly accepting things like Aliens that easily, but then Sarah had been the Labyrinth; she'd seen way werider stuff then Aliens. But a normal persone would have most likely had a hystarical fit about people disspearing becouse a race of aliens called a 'Skin' where after 'The Royal Four'.
Tess steped closer to her, giveing Sarah a look of suspesion."How do we know your not a skin?"
Sarah rolled her eyes and turned around, lifting the back of her shirt and pulling the edge of her black jeans down a bit,"Enough proof?"she asked, annoyonce clear in her voice. If she had been a Skin their would have been a pressure point near the small of her back. Which when enough force is put on it, destroys the husk and there for that Skin.
Tess nodded steping back,"Yea.."she muttered turning toward Max,"So what do we do know, Max?"
Sarah felt nausia rip through her at the over sweetness and phony vulnerbilty in her voice. Max looked away,"We know that Nicolose is behind this. Obviously we need to find him before he finds us. We also need to find out why Sarah, Maria, and..Liz are still here. Whatever device Nicolose used should have made all the humans disspear."
Tess blushed slightly at the stupidity of her question. Sarah's eyes switched to Micheals. She woundered suddenly if he was going to tell the outhers about her little episode earlier; she didn't want the outhers to know. Why she didn't know exactly, she just knew she didn't want them to know. They would most likely want answers, which could lead to them finding out about her little escapade in the Labyrinth.....and about how she had been so close to winning but lost......that becouse of her wish her brother became slobering idotic Goblin!
Sarah felt tears begin to well up in her eyes as she was lost in the past.
"Sarah? Sarah are you alright?"
Max's concerend voice broke through her thoughts. She shook her head quickly, forceing a small smile as she wiped the corner of her eyes; willing the tears to be gone,"I'm fine. there was just something in my eye. Nothing to be concerend about."she paused then added gently,"You needn't worry so much for me, Max. I can take care of myself."
Max looked as though he knew the tears in her eyes where not caused my something in her eyes; but he wasn't going to press the subject. He smiled slightly though as she said she didn't need him to worry for her,"I can't help it. Now that you know who we are, if anything happens to you becouse of that...."He trailed off.
Sarah smiled slightly,"I know, you'd feel responsible."
"Well well, if it isn't the Royal Four, and with human friends."and amused voice said from behind them.
They wirled around quickly, All their faces switching from Shock, to fear, to anger then back agine.
"Nicolose,"Max said softly, his voice firm and unyeilding,"I knew it was you."
He smiled cruely as 4 of his lackys appeared behind him,"I'm glad to see you haven't lost all your intellegince from before."
Max's hands clinched slightly, he glanced over his shoulder at Liz, Maria, and Sarah,"Let them go, they've nothign to do with this."
Nicolose smirked,"Always so concered about outhers. Thats one of the many resones why Kivar is a much better leader then you."His eyes swept over Liz, Maria and Sarah. Though his eyes lingered longer on Sarah then the outhers,"No, I don't think i'll let them go. I'd like to find out while humans are still here when they shouldn't even be able to exist at the mommet."
He raised his arm suddenly. Before his power could erupt from his palm though, Max thrust up his hand a bright green shild appearing infront of them like an impeircble wall.
Nicolose grinned,"Childs play."he mummbled as those behind them raised their arms up, their palms pointed at Max.
Instenty he began to quake a bit, his face pinching with the effort to keep up the sheild. He turned his head quickly to the outhers,"Go! Get out of here now!"
Micheal spoke firmly,"I'm not leaveing you."
Max glared,"Go, get the outhers out. Your in charge for now."
Reluctently he nodded and they turned to leave. Sarah hung back slightly, not wanting to leave Max behind. Micheal grabed her arm and pulled her slightly to the stairs, at that momment Max backed up toward them. He turned suddenly and they all three made a quick dash up the stairs; Sarah bringing up the rear winced slightly at the look of exhastion of Max's face.
Just as they made it to Liz's door Sarah felt extrem pain ripple through her body. She cried out in pain before the world around her faded into darkness...........
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Red, dull pain was all Sarah felt as she came too. Her head hurt like hell. Slowly she tried to raise her hands to cradle it, only to relize she couldn't move her arms. Her eyes snapped open, fear wipeing out all groggyness she felt. She was tied to a poll in what she relized was the school Gym. Instently the memorise came flooding back. What Max and the outhers where, Nicoloses attack....that searing pain that had struck her before she had faded into uncouiseness..
Her eyes wide she looked around untill her eyes came to rest upon the spiky haired, dark eyed seemingly boy from earlier.
"Nicolose."she hissed the name as though it where a curse.
He looked slightly suprised that she knew his name but recovered quickly as a haughy smirk ethched onto his face,"You know my name I see. However I don't belive I know yours yet, In fact why don't you tell me what you know about the Royal Four."
Sarah leaned forward,"Come closer and I'll tell.."he leaned slightly closer,"No closer...closer."
He leaned in so their noses where nearly touching. She smiled with exaggerated sweetness then spit in his face."Go to hell."she said coldly.
He pulled away from her, his hand going up to wipe away the spit,"I'm guessing we are going to have to do this the hard way."
Sarah rolled her eyes,"Ya think?"Her voice dripped venomly with sarcasiom.
He frowned dissprovingly at her as his hand snaped down on her head. Sarah threw back her head as he did. White hot fire rushed through her mind, devoring all in its path. Wave after wave of extrusating agony seared through her mind and body. A scream echoed from her lips as she struggled trying to get him to stop. She felt like she was drowing in a sea of memories and emotions, vicously she fought agenst the burning current in her mind, but it was just too strong. Her mind sought sanctuary from the white hot flams that burned and violeted her every memory.
Suddenly the pain stopped, Sarah pulled her head as far away from Nicolose as possible, her eyes wide as they filled with unwanted tears. Her mind was like an open wound. Her suppresed memories from the Labyrinth floated to the surface, memorise of how cruel she had acted toward her half-brother before the Labyrinth floated up.
Images of how she had acted toward him just momments before her awful wish came up, how she had acted selfishly about her bear Lancelot. Farther back the memories went, back to the night when she was 8 years old and her parents had been argueing in the liveing room.
She closed her eyes in vain, in her minds eye she watched as her parents exchanged heated words then as she heard the fateful words from her mother 'I'm leaveing. And this time i'm not comes back!'.
As a child she'd rushed down to stop her, only to have her mother embrace her with a lack of warmth the shuv her gently out of the way so she could leave.
Opening her eyes she breathed heavly as she vainly tryed to move away from Nicolose,"Stay away from me!"she said hoarsly, her eyes wide with fear.
Nicolose stood slowly. He didn't know what had just happened. Ussualy when he went into someones mind, even a human, it would cause minor discomfert. None had ever reacted the way she just did. And more or less he'd felt part of her pain, which was why he'd broken contact.
The feeling was beyound explantation. He actually felt her emotions, her pain as he'd gone into her mind.....even the emotions she felt in her memories he'd felt. But what bothered him most was the fact that he hadn't been able to control it. Everytime he went into someones mind and read their memories he'd always been able to control it.
He'd been able to choose what he would and would not see. Not in her mind. No he'd seen random flashs. Flashs of a man with a long whispy golden blound hair and miss-matched eyes. He'd seen a Labyrinth that streathched far as they could see with a castle in the center, he'd seen a human baby crying in a crib he had seen a womon with long black hair as dark as a raven wing her features exotic perfection.
In all his lives he had never seen anything like this before. He looked at her. She was trembling slightly and though her eyes held fear her face was set determindly, holding defice beyound anything he'd ever seen.
'What is she?'he question inwardly, and was even more determinded to learn more about the mysteriouse girl before him.
A.n.-Sorry this toke so long! I've been rather peroccupied lately, but I will have the next chapter out as soon as possible.....please review....Sorry it was so short.....
Dedication-Rachel, Danielle, Demi, Seeking Serenity, Mere, Ash, and Dawn. Once agine, I am sooooo sorry it toke me so long to get this out! Thankyou all very much though for reviewing....and uh...Rachel...heres the chapter...no kill, K?^_^_^_^
Sarah stared idly down at the table, her deep chocolate brown eyes absently traceing over her clear fingernails. Quickly her mind put together all that Max and the outhers had told her. They where aliens. Max, Tess, Isable, and Micheal where all aliens. Max had healed Liz from a bullet wound and Liz had told Maria becouse she'd been forced to under certine circumstaces. And becouse Max had saved Liz it had drawn unwanted attention by alein hunters to them.
And on top of everything Tess had shown up claiming to be Max's true mate, destroying any possible relationship that Liz and Max may have made. And then the Skins had come. The Skins toke the form of a normal human, but their bodys where just like husks for their true selves. Sarah had been rather suprised when she found that Kortney was a Skin, but was on their side.
Though Sarah felt slightly skeptical that Kortney was on 'their' side, she knew from the honosty in eyes that she was telling the truth....for now that is. Turning her eyes back to Micheal she knew now the resones she'd had those flashes earlier.
They'd said that sometimes dureing hightened emotions they could have flashs of one anouthers thoughts or memorys. Sarah had already decided that she wasn't going to tell the outhers about the flashs she'd had with Micheal, if they found it it would be from Micheal not her. She didn't know why, but she didn't want to tell them.
Slowly Sarah stood. Her eyes meeting everyones breifly,"I belive you."she said simply.
Her answer was meet with suprised looks from all. Sarah instantly got the impression that people didn't normaly accepting things like Aliens that easily, but then Sarah had been the Labyrinth; she'd seen way werider stuff then Aliens. But a normal persone would have most likely had a hystarical fit about people disspearing becouse a race of aliens called a 'Skin' where after 'The Royal Four'.
Tess steped closer to her, giveing Sarah a look of suspesion."How do we know your not a skin?"
Sarah rolled her eyes and turned around, lifting the back of her shirt and pulling the edge of her black jeans down a bit,"Enough proof?"she asked, annoyonce clear in her voice. If she had been a Skin their would have been a pressure point near the small of her back. Which when enough force is put on it, destroys the husk and there for that Skin.
Tess nodded steping back,"Yea.."she muttered turning toward Max,"So what do we do know, Max?"
Sarah felt nausia rip through her at the over sweetness and phony vulnerbilty in her voice. Max looked away,"We know that Nicolose is behind this. Obviously we need to find him before he finds us. We also need to find out why Sarah, Maria, and..Liz are still here. Whatever device Nicolose used should have made all the humans disspear."
Tess blushed slightly at the stupidity of her question. Sarah's eyes switched to Micheals. She woundered suddenly if he was going to tell the outhers about her little episode earlier; she didn't want the outhers to know. Why she didn't know exactly, she just knew she didn't want them to know. They would most likely want answers, which could lead to them finding out about her little escapade in the Labyrinth.....and about how she had been so close to winning but lost......that becouse of her wish her brother became slobering idotic Goblin!
Sarah felt tears begin to well up in her eyes as she was lost in the past.
"Sarah? Sarah are you alright?"
Max's concerend voice broke through her thoughts. She shook her head quickly, forceing a small smile as she wiped the corner of her eyes; willing the tears to be gone,"I'm fine. there was just something in my eye. Nothing to be concerend about."she paused then added gently,"You needn't worry so much for me, Max. I can take care of myself."
Max looked as though he knew the tears in her eyes where not caused my something in her eyes; but he wasn't going to press the subject. He smiled slightly though as she said she didn't need him to worry for her,"I can't help it. Now that you know who we are, if anything happens to you becouse of that...."He trailed off.
Sarah smiled slightly,"I know, you'd feel responsible."
"Well well, if it isn't the Royal Four, and with human friends."and amused voice said from behind them.
They wirled around quickly, All their faces switching from Shock, to fear, to anger then back agine.
"Nicolose,"Max said softly, his voice firm and unyeilding,"I knew it was you."
He smiled cruely as 4 of his lackys appeared behind him,"I'm glad to see you haven't lost all your intellegince from before."
Max's hands clinched slightly, he glanced over his shoulder at Liz, Maria, and Sarah,"Let them go, they've nothign to do with this."
Nicolose smirked,"Always so concered about outhers. Thats one of the many resones why Kivar is a much better leader then you."His eyes swept over Liz, Maria and Sarah. Though his eyes lingered longer on Sarah then the outhers,"No, I don't think i'll let them go. I'd like to find out while humans are still here when they shouldn't even be able to exist at the mommet."
He raised his arm suddenly. Before his power could erupt from his palm though, Max thrust up his hand a bright green shild appearing infront of them like an impeircble wall.
Nicolose grinned,"Childs play."he mummbled as those behind them raised their arms up, their palms pointed at Max.
Instenty he began to quake a bit, his face pinching with the effort to keep up the sheild. He turned his head quickly to the outhers,"Go! Get out of here now!"
Micheal spoke firmly,"I'm not leaveing you."
Max glared,"Go, get the outhers out. Your in charge for now."
Reluctently he nodded and they turned to leave. Sarah hung back slightly, not wanting to leave Max behind. Micheal grabed her arm and pulled her slightly to the stairs, at that momment Max backed up toward them. He turned suddenly and they all three made a quick dash up the stairs; Sarah bringing up the rear winced slightly at the look of exhastion of Max's face.
Just as they made it to Liz's door Sarah felt extrem pain ripple through her body. She cried out in pain before the world around her faded into darkness...........
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Red, dull pain was all Sarah felt as she came too. Her head hurt like hell. Slowly she tried to raise her hands to cradle it, only to relize she couldn't move her arms. Her eyes snapped open, fear wipeing out all groggyness she felt. She was tied to a poll in what she relized was the school Gym. Instently the memorise came flooding back. What Max and the outhers where, Nicoloses attack....that searing pain that had struck her before she had faded into uncouiseness..
Her eyes wide she looked around untill her eyes came to rest upon the spiky haired, dark eyed seemingly boy from earlier.
"Nicolose."she hissed the name as though it where a curse.
He looked slightly suprised that she knew his name but recovered quickly as a haughy smirk ethched onto his face,"You know my name I see. However I don't belive I know yours yet, In fact why don't you tell me what you know about the Royal Four."
Sarah leaned forward,"Come closer and I'll tell.."he leaned slightly closer,"No closer...closer."
He leaned in so their noses where nearly touching. She smiled with exaggerated sweetness then spit in his face."Go to hell."she said coldly.
He pulled away from her, his hand going up to wipe away the spit,"I'm guessing we are going to have to do this the hard way."
Sarah rolled her eyes,"Ya think?"Her voice dripped venomly with sarcasiom.
He frowned dissprovingly at her as his hand snaped down on her head. Sarah threw back her head as he did. White hot fire rushed through her mind, devoring all in its path. Wave after wave of extrusating agony seared through her mind and body. A scream echoed from her lips as she struggled trying to get him to stop. She felt like she was drowing in a sea of memories and emotions, vicously she fought agenst the burning current in her mind, but it was just too strong. Her mind sought sanctuary from the white hot flams that burned and violeted her every memory.
Suddenly the pain stopped, Sarah pulled her head as far away from Nicolose as possible, her eyes wide as they filled with unwanted tears. Her mind was like an open wound. Her suppresed memories from the Labyrinth floated to the surface, memorise of how cruel she had acted toward her half-brother before the Labyrinth floated up.
Images of how she had acted toward him just momments before her awful wish came up, how she had acted selfishly about her bear Lancelot. Farther back the memories went, back to the night when she was 8 years old and her parents had been argueing in the liveing room.
She closed her eyes in vain, in her minds eye she watched as her parents exchanged heated words then as she heard the fateful words from her mother 'I'm leaveing. And this time i'm not comes back!'.
As a child she'd rushed down to stop her, only to have her mother embrace her with a lack of warmth the shuv her gently out of the way so she could leave.
Opening her eyes she breathed heavly as she vainly tryed to move away from Nicolose,"Stay away from me!"she said hoarsly, her eyes wide with fear.
Nicolose stood slowly. He didn't know what had just happened. Ussualy when he went into someones mind, even a human, it would cause minor discomfert. None had ever reacted the way she just did. And more or less he'd felt part of her pain, which was why he'd broken contact.
The feeling was beyound explantation. He actually felt her emotions, her pain as he'd gone into her mind.....even the emotions she felt in her memories he'd felt. But what bothered him most was the fact that he hadn't been able to control it. Everytime he went into someones mind and read their memories he'd always been able to control it.
He'd been able to choose what he would and would not see. Not in her mind. No he'd seen random flashs. Flashs of a man with a long whispy golden blound hair and miss-matched eyes. He'd seen a Labyrinth that streathched far as they could see with a castle in the center, he'd seen a human baby crying in a crib he had seen a womon with long black hair as dark as a raven wing her features exotic perfection.
In all his lives he had never seen anything like this before. He looked at her. She was trembling slightly and though her eyes held fear her face was set determindly, holding defice beyound anything he'd ever seen.
'What is she?'he question inwardly, and was even more determinded to learn more about the mysteriouse girl before him.
A.n.-Sorry this toke so long! I've been rather peroccupied lately, but I will have the next chapter out as soon as possible.....please review....Sorry it was so short.....