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"Alex?!" I cry aloud quickening my pace towards the two men. I reach them and they both turn around. Neither face was familiar. "I-I'm sorry, yea." I mutter and stumble off their lawn walking in the opposite direction. I turn into a lane between some buildings.
"Liz." The voice was calm and serene "Sorry about that before."
I turn slowly, I was not going to let my eyes deceive me again. Despite my efforts Alex stood their in front of me.
"Alex?" I ask nervously
"Miss me?" Alex smiles grandly- it was definitely Alex.
"Alex?" I repeat and I stumble backwards, suddenly I felt a grip on my arm as Alex pulled me back to my feet.
"Please don't faint, I don't have that much time."
"But you're dead." I finally get out.
Alex smiles again "I still am, think of me as an angel. I'm not here anymore but I'm here. Anyone that dies stay inside you."
"So I'm seeing things then?"
"Normally yea, but since we all got involved with aliens, I'm actually here- momentarily at least." Alex shrugs "I don't get it really either, but I'll take what I can get."
"You don't have much time for what?" I ask faintly
"What? Oh right, I died because-"
"Alex don't" I hold up my hand "I know why you died."
"I died" Alex continues "Because I'm human and human bodies can't handle alien-like forces. Tess kept pushing them on me and my body gave up and I died."
"So what does that have to do with me?"
"Something happened to you, we can't really figure out why but something's happened." Alex says slowly
"We?"
"Yea people up there" Alex points upwards "Liz you have to listen to me, it's affecting you quickly, it started slow but you don't have much time left."
"Left? Alex what do you mean?"
"It's affecting your memory, short term mainly. Your body is changing against it's will, you're getting jolts of electricity sent through you, dizzy spells, depression, feeling guilty, or angry. You've been feeling off lately right?"
I had my hand in my pocket and remembered that piece of paper. I still couldn't remember why I wrote it. I pulled it out slowly.
"You don't remember why you wrote that do you?" Alex asks
"I don't have time left for what?" I repeat
"Liz listen to me." Alex grabs my shoulders "You wrote that so you could give it to Max, you have to give it to Max."
"Why?" I ask dazed
"You have to give it to him so you two can get back together and so he can help you."
Anger surged through me "I don't want to get back with Max."
"Liz you're confused, you're getting mixed signals. Don't you understand, you're good with science." Alex goes on "The electric jolts that keep going through you are affecting your brain sending out waves at the wrong times, it's screwing you up. Liz if it doesn't stop it's going to keep screwing with your brain until you have almost nothing left there. There's still time though."
"Alex." I say rather loudly "What don't I have much time left for?" I demand "And if it's so important for me to get help from Max, why aren't you talking to Max?" I demand "Or anyone else."
"I can come to you because you're close." Alex says softly and his figure starts to fade slightly
"Where are you going?" I cry out "What don't I-"
Alex's eyes looked like they had tears in them, he looked so sad "You're dying Liz, you hear me? You're dying. If you don't get help soon you're going to die."
"What?!" I gasp and I stumble again losing my footing
"Doctors can't help you, you need Max." Alex says as he slowly fades away
"Alex don't go!" I cry, tears running down my face "Alex!"
Alex started to say something but it got swept up in the wind the last word I could recognize anywhere though "Max"
Another chill ran through my body that made me feel like my blood went cold. My hands were shaking and my knees buckled. I leaned against the wall for support when I felt an electric current tear through me, it seared through my body, cutting into me and when it finished everything went black.
I woke up a few minutes later and I struggled to stand up. I wavered for a moment then I caught my balance and walked back onto the sidewalk. I blinked, it was dusk. A chill was in the air, and a slight haze was starting to set in. I checked my watch it was 5:45.
I tried to calculate quickly I was out but I couldn't think straight, I gave up and just told myself it was a long time.
I started walking down the block trying to remember why I passed out. Probably just another dizzy spell I hadn't eaten in a long time. I kept walking mumbling to myself, probably looking insane to all spectators.
I walked into the Crashdown and walked into the back and flopped down on the couch. I should go and find my parents so they wouldn't worry about me since I hadn't called them for so long.
The door swung open and Michael walked in. "Hey" He nodded to me, just like he would any other day.
I looked at him strangely, I had a feeling he was mad at me…. Or was that Isabel. No, it was Isabel, Michael had just shrugged his shoulders and claimed- it happens. Why is Isabel mad at me though? I scrunched my eyebrows in thought.
"Max." I whisper softly that's right, I broke up with Max. Right because of everything that happened and- I stopped my thought I didn't want to go there again, not now. I realized Michael was looking at me, almost looking worried. "Michael, is my dad in the kitchen? I wanted to tell him I'm home since I forgot to call."
Now I was sure of it Michael definitely looked worried. "Liz, you're parents are on vacation…..remember?" Seeing I didn't he went on. "They left yesterday morning, they'll be back in two weeks."
Where did they go?" I ask
Michael's eyes widened "You don't know? Uh I think you or Maria said something about a cruise or the Caribbean, something like that."
I got up and checked the calendar sure enough my mom had marked down cruise on yesterday's date with a line going through the next two weeks.
"Who's in charge of the restaurant?" I ask hoping it wasn't me.
"I don't know, one of the girls that's always here. The one that helps your dad with the bookkeeping." Michael shrugs
"Was I supposed to work today?"
"No your parents gave you the two weeks off, they said you deserved a break and that you could catch up on your studying." Michael replies "Liz are you all right?"
"No." I shake my head confused
"What's wrong then?" Michael asks, he didn't like this at all.
I knew something was wrong I couldn't remember what though. I close my eyes trying to remember today, I saw Kyle, yea then Jesse gave me a ride….. then I talked to Isabel? No Maria…….. I jump up.
"Alex!" I exclaim, then I started to get dizzy, my body swayed and I felt around for the couch so I could sit down.
"Liz…..Liz!" Michael tries to get my attention but his voice was getting far away. Michael looks around, the cook that was on shift wasn't looking so Michael picks me up and carries me up to my room then lays me on my bed. "Liz."
My eyes open wide and I gasp sitting up. "Alex." I cry out.
"What about Alex?" Michael asks
I blink and focus on Michael "Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be working?"
"I just finished my shift." Michael explains as I get up off my bed. "You should sit down."
"I saw Alex today." I tell him softly picking up a piece of glass. I saw the picture frame on the floor. "Oh" I say softly "It's broken."
"Isabel said you threw it at her." Michael informs me.
"Yesterday?" I ask "Yea, I got mad yesterday yea Maria told me that. She thought I was mad at her, but I thought she was mad at me. Now neither of us are mad." I smile and straighten up "I need a new picture frame. I think I have one in my drawer."
"Liz, why did you say you saw Alex today?" Michael asks as I open a drawer.
"Alex?" I move some things around "Maybe this one." I open a new drawer "What about Alex?"
"You saw him today?"
"Oh yea!" My eyes light up "Right I was talking to Alex."
"What happened?" Michael asks
"With what? I need some light." I reach for the lamp but as soon as I got close I got shocked a short blue-white light appeared then disappeared quick as it came it was gone. "Whoa, talk about static." I say rubbing my hand, it was numb. "Hey." I turn around smiling "My hands numb."
Michael stands up and grabs my hand and receives a shock, he actually stumbled back a little bit. "What the hell was that?" He looks at me.
"Alex! I was talking to Alex today, he told me to do something. Something before it was too late." I tell Michael wide eyed, thoughts flooding my mind.
"Liz, Alex is dead." Michael looks for my phone and starts dialing not taking his eyes off of me.
"What?!" I exclaim turning around dropping the broken picture frame.
"Maria? It's Michael get to Liz's quick and call Isabel and Max too. And hurry, Liz is in trouble." Michael says quickly then hangs up. "Liz."
"He's dead." I sit down in my chair. "How?" I sit there thinking.
"Max is on his way with Maria and Isabel." Michael tells me, but I don't really hear him. A few minutes later I hear some footsteps pounding up the stairs.
The door opens and Maria rushes in. Suddenly my eyes open wide. "Tess." I mutter so softly no one hears. I stand up and brush Maria off as she tries to get to me. Isabel comes in followed by Max. My eyes were blazing as I met Max's gaze. "Where is she?" I demand
"Who?" Maria asks glancing at Michael "What's wrong with her?"
"I don't know she's been acting really weird since I saw her." Michael replies
"How?" Isabel asks
"She doesn't remember anything, she's talking to herself most of the time and she said she was talking to Alex today."
The color drained out of Isabel's face as she tries to keep her composure.
"Where is she?" I ask moving towards the door.
Maria blocks my way "Who?"
"Tess, she's killed Alex." I tell them
"Liz!" Maria grabs me and I meet her eyes. I come back into reality.
"Tess is gone, it's too late." I say softly as things start to get black and the sounds fade from the room.
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"Alex?!" I cry aloud quickening my pace towards the two men. I reach them and they both turn around. Neither face was familiar. "I-I'm sorry, yea." I mutter and stumble off their lawn walking in the opposite direction. I turn into a lane between some buildings.
"Liz." The voice was calm and serene "Sorry about that before."
I turn slowly, I was not going to let my eyes deceive me again. Despite my efforts Alex stood their in front of me.
"Alex?" I ask nervously
"Miss me?" Alex smiles grandly- it was definitely Alex.
"Alex?" I repeat and I stumble backwards, suddenly I felt a grip on my arm as Alex pulled me back to my feet.
"Please don't faint, I don't have that much time."
"But you're dead." I finally get out.
Alex smiles again "I still am, think of me as an angel. I'm not here anymore but I'm here. Anyone that dies stay inside you."
"So I'm seeing things then?"
"Normally yea, but since we all got involved with aliens, I'm actually here- momentarily at least." Alex shrugs "I don't get it really either, but I'll take what I can get."
"You don't have much time for what?" I ask faintly
"What? Oh right, I died because-"
"Alex don't" I hold up my hand "I know why you died."
"I died" Alex continues "Because I'm human and human bodies can't handle alien-like forces. Tess kept pushing them on me and my body gave up and I died."
"So what does that have to do with me?"
"Something happened to you, we can't really figure out why but something's happened." Alex says slowly
"We?"
"Yea people up there" Alex points upwards "Liz you have to listen to me, it's affecting you quickly, it started slow but you don't have much time left."
"Left? Alex what do you mean?"
"It's affecting your memory, short term mainly. Your body is changing against it's will, you're getting jolts of electricity sent through you, dizzy spells, depression, feeling guilty, or angry. You've been feeling off lately right?"
I had my hand in my pocket and remembered that piece of paper. I still couldn't remember why I wrote it. I pulled it out slowly.
"You don't remember why you wrote that do you?" Alex asks
"I don't have time left for what?" I repeat
"Liz listen to me." Alex grabs my shoulders "You wrote that so you could give it to Max, you have to give it to Max."
"Why?" I ask dazed
"You have to give it to him so you two can get back together and so he can help you."
Anger surged through me "I don't want to get back with Max."
"Liz you're confused, you're getting mixed signals. Don't you understand, you're good with science." Alex goes on "The electric jolts that keep going through you are affecting your brain sending out waves at the wrong times, it's screwing you up. Liz if it doesn't stop it's going to keep screwing with your brain until you have almost nothing left there. There's still time though."
"Alex." I say rather loudly "What don't I have much time left for?" I demand "And if it's so important for me to get help from Max, why aren't you talking to Max?" I demand "Or anyone else."
"I can come to you because you're close." Alex says softly and his figure starts to fade slightly
"Where are you going?" I cry out "What don't I-"
Alex's eyes looked like they had tears in them, he looked so sad "You're dying Liz, you hear me? You're dying. If you don't get help soon you're going to die."
"What?!" I gasp and I stumble again losing my footing
"Doctors can't help you, you need Max." Alex says as he slowly fades away
"Alex don't go!" I cry, tears running down my face "Alex!"
Alex started to say something but it got swept up in the wind the last word I could recognize anywhere though "Max"
Another chill ran through my body that made me feel like my blood went cold. My hands were shaking and my knees buckled. I leaned against the wall for support when I felt an electric current tear through me, it seared through my body, cutting into me and when it finished everything went black.
I woke up a few minutes later and I struggled to stand up. I wavered for a moment then I caught my balance and walked back onto the sidewalk. I blinked, it was dusk. A chill was in the air, and a slight haze was starting to set in. I checked my watch it was 5:45.
I tried to calculate quickly I was out but I couldn't think straight, I gave up and just told myself it was a long time.
I started walking down the block trying to remember why I passed out. Probably just another dizzy spell I hadn't eaten in a long time. I kept walking mumbling to myself, probably looking insane to all spectators.
I walked into the Crashdown and walked into the back and flopped down on the couch. I should go and find my parents so they wouldn't worry about me since I hadn't called them for so long.
The door swung open and Michael walked in. "Hey" He nodded to me, just like he would any other day.
I looked at him strangely, I had a feeling he was mad at me…. Or was that Isabel. No, it was Isabel, Michael had just shrugged his shoulders and claimed- it happens. Why is Isabel mad at me though? I scrunched my eyebrows in thought.
"Max." I whisper softly that's right, I broke up with Max. Right because of everything that happened and- I stopped my thought I didn't want to go there again, not now. I realized Michael was looking at me, almost looking worried. "Michael, is my dad in the kitchen? I wanted to tell him I'm home since I forgot to call."
Now I was sure of it Michael definitely looked worried. "Liz, you're parents are on vacation…..remember?" Seeing I didn't he went on. "They left yesterday morning, they'll be back in two weeks."
Where did they go?" I ask
Michael's eyes widened "You don't know? Uh I think you or Maria said something about a cruise or the Caribbean, something like that."
I got up and checked the calendar sure enough my mom had marked down cruise on yesterday's date with a line going through the next two weeks.
"Who's in charge of the restaurant?" I ask hoping it wasn't me.
"I don't know, one of the girls that's always here. The one that helps your dad with the bookkeeping." Michael shrugs
"Was I supposed to work today?"
"No your parents gave you the two weeks off, they said you deserved a break and that you could catch up on your studying." Michael replies "Liz are you all right?"
"No." I shake my head confused
"What's wrong then?" Michael asks, he didn't like this at all.
I knew something was wrong I couldn't remember what though. I close my eyes trying to remember today, I saw Kyle, yea then Jesse gave me a ride….. then I talked to Isabel? No Maria…….. I jump up.
"Alex!" I exclaim, then I started to get dizzy, my body swayed and I felt around for the couch so I could sit down.
"Liz…..Liz!" Michael tries to get my attention but his voice was getting far away. Michael looks around, the cook that was on shift wasn't looking so Michael picks me up and carries me up to my room then lays me on my bed. "Liz."
My eyes open wide and I gasp sitting up. "Alex." I cry out.
"What about Alex?" Michael asks
I blink and focus on Michael "Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be working?"
"I just finished my shift." Michael explains as I get up off my bed. "You should sit down."
"I saw Alex today." I tell him softly picking up a piece of glass. I saw the picture frame on the floor. "Oh" I say softly "It's broken."
"Isabel said you threw it at her." Michael informs me.
"Yesterday?" I ask "Yea, I got mad yesterday yea Maria told me that. She thought I was mad at her, but I thought she was mad at me. Now neither of us are mad." I smile and straighten up "I need a new picture frame. I think I have one in my drawer."
"Liz, why did you say you saw Alex today?" Michael asks as I open a drawer.
"Alex?" I move some things around "Maybe this one." I open a new drawer "What about Alex?"
"You saw him today?"
"Oh yea!" My eyes light up "Right I was talking to Alex."
"What happened?" Michael asks
"With what? I need some light." I reach for the lamp but as soon as I got close I got shocked a short blue-white light appeared then disappeared quick as it came it was gone. "Whoa, talk about static." I say rubbing my hand, it was numb. "Hey." I turn around smiling "My hands numb."
Michael stands up and grabs my hand and receives a shock, he actually stumbled back a little bit. "What the hell was that?" He looks at me.
"Alex! I was talking to Alex today, he told me to do something. Something before it was too late." I tell Michael wide eyed, thoughts flooding my mind.
"Liz, Alex is dead." Michael looks for my phone and starts dialing not taking his eyes off of me.
"What?!" I exclaim turning around dropping the broken picture frame.
"Maria? It's Michael get to Liz's quick and call Isabel and Max too. And hurry, Liz is in trouble." Michael says quickly then hangs up. "Liz."
"He's dead." I sit down in my chair. "How?" I sit there thinking.
"Max is on his way with Maria and Isabel." Michael tells me, but I don't really hear him. A few minutes later I hear some footsteps pounding up the stairs.
The door opens and Maria rushes in. Suddenly my eyes open wide. "Tess." I mutter so softly no one hears. I stand up and brush Maria off as she tries to get to me. Isabel comes in followed by Max. My eyes were blazing as I met Max's gaze. "Where is she?" I demand
"Who?" Maria asks glancing at Michael "What's wrong with her?"
"I don't know she's been acting really weird since I saw her." Michael replies
"How?" Isabel asks
"She doesn't remember anything, she's talking to herself most of the time and she said she was talking to Alex today."
The color drained out of Isabel's face as she tries to keep her composure.
"Where is she?" I ask moving towards the door.
Maria blocks my way "Who?"
"Tess, she's killed Alex." I tell them
"Liz!" Maria grabs me and I meet her eyes. I come back into reality.
"Tess is gone, it's too late." I say softly as things start to get black and the sounds fade from the room.
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