Chapter Forty

Maria jumped out of the car as soon as Michael made a stop underneath the ship. She saw her mother with Valenti. They were still a good distance away. Her heart lightened to see them ok. Max, Ryu and Liz's dupe were way behind them. She almost broke into relief. Until she saw the ships flying right towards them. One of the ships was about to drop a bomb right on top of her parents. She tried to run towards them but her body didn't seem to react. It was like in a dream where your legs don't move. All she could do was watch in horror as the nightmare that she could predict was being played out in front of her eyes.
" Oh my God " whispered Liz as she knew what was going to happen. She could feel time slow down and she could barely open her mouth to react. She let out a scream just as the bomb dropped right on top of them. Then a massive cloud of dust exploded from the ground.
" No! " screamed Max as he tried to get up again and help them.
" No father no " cried Ryu holding him back and urging him to keep running towards the ship. " We do not have time. They are already gone "

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" DAD! " screamed Kyle from inside the ship. Laric got in his way and grabbed him. " That's my dad! " cried Kyle struggling to be free from Laric's hold. But Laric had him in such a hold that he could not escape. Kyle struggled fiercely to try and get to his father's side "
" There is nothing we can do now, " said Laric sternly as he felt Kyle firmly.
" Max could still save him! " yelled Kyle as he tried to push off Laric.
" No time Kyle. I am sorry " said Laric sadly. " They are already gone. No one could survive that "
" Oh God this isn't happening! " cried Kyle as Laric pushed him through the door.

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Maria's breath came in short gasps as she tried to breathe. Her head felt light and she almost lost feeling in her legs. " Mom! " she screamed as she tried again to run to her mother. She felt an arm go around her waist and start to drag her inside the ship. " Let go of me! " she screamed as she kicked her legs in the air in vain.
" We have to go! " yelled Michael dragging her inside the ship. " Get in! " he yelled again as he pushed Brody inside with his powers. " Liz! "
" Max! " screamed Liz. She was crying uncontrollably. Valenti and Amy were now dead. They were killed right in front of her. That was something she couldn't see. She focused all her attention to her worry of Max. She saw her dupe run up to her. They both looked at each other for a second, sensing the oddness. They almost didn't know what to say.
Zan ran out of the ship. " Liz! " he cried as he grabbed the dupe. " God I was worried about you! "
Then they watched as the dust began to clear.
" Isabel " said Laric. " Isabel lay your hands on this panel " he pointed at a panel in the wall.
" Why? " she asked wearily. She had seen what had happened from inside the ship.
" Just do it " said Laric.
Isabel put her hands there and the lights above it started twitching. She could feel her powers go out of her body and into the ship.
Michael walked over to them and imitated Isabel. The ship energized and started shooting at the enemy automatically. They both watched in astonishment as little probes flew from the ship and shot at the enemy like heat sinking missiles.
" You can power the ship so that we have enough to call reinforcements " said Laric. " Just close your eyes and concentrate. It will not work unless you concentrate "
Max, Ryu and Thaman ran out of the cloud towards them. Ryu and Max were both limping. Zan ran towards them. He could see the three ships in the distance far off making a 360 and coming back around. He looked at Max and then at Ryu.
Max looked at Zan almost in shock. But this wasn't the time he told himself." Take him " said Max. " He's my son "
Zan grabbed Ryu and Thaman grabbed Max. The four of them started towards the ship. Both Liz's ran towards them.
" We gotta get closer to them " yelled Laric.
" Is everyone inside? " asked Serena.
" I think so " said Brody. He was busy trying to calm down Maria.
Serena lifted the ship and began to fly towards them.

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" Look Out! " cried both Liz's. They were 500 ft away from them. Thaman saw the ship coming towards them and then saw the other ships about to drop on the two of them. " Forgive me my King " he said letting of him and running towards both Liz's.
" Oh God " said everyone as they watched from inside the ship. The other ships dropped their bombs. Thaman dove and slammed right into both Liz's just as the bombs landed on top of them.
" NO! " screamed the three men at once.
" Oh God no! " screamed Max as he struggled to run.
" Ten more ships are coming, get them in here " screamed Serena. She was fighting the tears that were coming to her eyes. They were losing everyone in groups.
" What's going on? " asked Isabel. She hadn't seen what had just happened.
Michael let go of the controls and ran for the door.
" Max! " screamed Michael from the doorway. " Get in here! " he jumped onto the ground, followed by Laric, Kyle and Brody and grabbed Max and Zan.
" NO! " yelled both Zan and Max as they were pulled him and Zan inside the ship.
Ryu grabbed Max's arm. " Father, do not look " he said urgently.
Max looked and could see Liz's legs laying on the dirt. " I can save her! " screamed Max.
" Let us Go! " cried Laric.

" I can bring her back. Let go of me! " screamed Max as they managed to get them inside the door. " Liz! " he screamed as the door closed and Ryu lifted the ship up and sped down deeper into the desert. Behind them, 13 ships sped after them.
" We're all dead anyway " yelled Zan as he punched a glass wall and breaking it. His blood trickled down his fists and onto the white floor.
" Thaman and Liz? " asked Isabel looking at Max and Zan. She knew their answer as the question escaped her lips.
Max couldn't look at her. He was on his knees on the floor and now sat there looking as if he were dead. He was staring out into space and nothingness. The tears were falling freely from his face and he couldn't hear Isabel yelling and crying. He didn't hear Maria sobbing loudly with Michael. He couldn't hear the shooting or feel the shaking. He just thought of one thing. Liz was dead. Now it didn't matter what happened to him.
" We might as well have killed ourselves " said Maria. " We're going to die anyway. There's too many of them "
" We are not beat yet " said Ryu. He had taken Serena's place and was flying. He pointed to 8 ships that had the Antarian marking on them coming towards them. " Help is here "
Author's Note: This chapter was very challenging for me. It was not easy to kill certain characters. I hope it makes sense and it has the emotional impact I wanted it to have. I told you guys that things were going to get very crazy. I hope I didn't lose anyone and that I have not lost any readers. The end is yet to come, just give it a chance. Please leave me your reviews. Next Chapters will be up in a bit.