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Maria's point of view
There I said it. I said what I was thinking ever since Liz said she was dying. I knew it was alien what else could it be? And if it was alien that means that Isabel, Max or Michael could handle it. I've seen then almost die at one point or another, now they were all standing in front of me. Not a hair on their heads out of place- so to speak. Yet Liz is lying on her bed, dying in front of us, I'm not alien I don't have any special connections or anything, but believe if your best friend is dying you can feel that.
"Well?" I ask slightly irritated, why wasn't anyone saying anything?
Max has this look on his face like the weight of the world was resting on his shoulders, I felt bad for him. But I had to keep focus and remember Liz, she needed our help.
I open my mouth to speak up again when Max speaks up.
"It would work, it's probably our only chance, that's why Alex told Liz to get me to help."
"How are we going to do it?" Isabel asks wearily, the dreamwalk must have taken a lot out of her.
"I'll heal her, take on whatever it is, then hopefully it will pass." Max says firmly
"That's how you got killed not to long ago." I mutter, but Max heard me.
"That was natural, this is alien." He tells me quietly
"You can't Max, if something goes wrong none of us can do anything." Michael informs him
"So what are you suggesting?" I ask placing on my hips.
"I'm suggesting Max do what he said, but instead transfer it to me, so if something happens Max can help me." Michael says in a way there was no arguing with him.
"Are you sure?" Max asks even though he knows Michael is.
"Yes." Michael sits down next to Liz
"Is?" Max turns to Isabel
"I'll be right here if you need anything." She promises
"Wait what should I do?" I ask nervously
"Get Liz out of the way as soon as I do it" Max tells me not looking at me "Don't let her near us no matter what happens."
"All right." I reply preparing myself for whatever happened.
"Ready?" Max asks Michael
"It's now or never, she's not going to get any better." Michael replies
Max doesn't answer instead he places his hands on Liz, a cold wind blows through the room even though the windows were closed. I knew what Max was doing he wasn't healing Liz, this time he was just taking it from her. This could kill him, we didn't know what it was. Maybe I should stop them or maybe- before I could finish that thought Liz gasps and her eyes open wide. Max ignored her, I don't even think he saw her, instead Max leans over Michael and Michael closes his eyes.
I didn't even think, I just grab Liz and pull her out of the room into the guest room. "Maria?" She asks me faintly "Max?!" She cries out hoarsely she knows what happened, then she collapsed onto the bed.
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Michael's point of view
Liz gasps, I knew she was all right she had done that before but this time it was different, mainly because Max's face has taken on that ashen color and he looked lost. He must have gathered his thoughts quickly because next thing I knew Maria pulls Liz out of the room and Max places his hands on me. I felt pain shooting through me. I hope Liz hadn't felt this. Electric currents shot through me, coursing through my body. It was horrible but I knew I could fight it, Liz had forgotten things, and sounded completely insane, I was still in my mind. But maybe not for long, I close my eyes and concentrate. I could faintly hear Max and Isabel talking.
"Did you do it?" Isabel asks Max
"Yea." Max nods
"So are you going to heal him?"
Give me a second Max, I thought
"Not yet, give him a chance." Max replies
Good boy Max, just a little bit of time.
"Not too long Max, we can't lose Michael." Isabel's voice wavers slightly, I heard a phone ring and Isabel answers it. From the way she was talking I could tell it was Jesse, from what I could hear it sounded like he was coming over.
I felt the currents weakening- only slightly. The pain subsided a little, I hoped that it meant I was doing something right.
"Max now?" Isabel asks
"Wait." Max's voice was tense
"Max it's been five minutes." Isabel tells him
Five minutes? How the hell did that go by so fast? I wonder.
"Isabel!" Jesse was here
"I'm all right." Isabel replies
"What happened?" Jesse asks
"I'll tell you later, go check on Liz." Isabel says "Max please."
Max didn't reply, I know what that means. It means he is preparing himself for what he is about to do.
A virus I thought, that's what this is. It's an alien strain of a virus. This has happened to me before and I almost died. I remember that time, hopefully I had grown some immunities towards it.
Luckily I did, with Max's help I woke up. I was sweating and shaking but it was gone. I checked the clock it was thirty minutes later than when I last saw the clock. It seemed so fast though.
"Michael?" Isabel asks getting closer to me
"I'm all right." I smile reassuringly
"It was a virus." Max sits down on Liz's chair tired
"I know." I reply "I remembered the feeling."
"Must have some sort of immunity towards it then" Max says without cracking a smile.
"So it's gone then?" Isabel asks
"Yea, it's gone." I tell her
"Good." She stands up "I'll be right back." She gets up and leaves.
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Liz's point of view
I had woken up with a start and Maria had pulled me out of my room and into a guest room. It took me a moment to realize what happened. I had been sinking away, I was so close I even saw Alex again but he didn't look happy to see me. I knew it was too late. Then Alex disappeared and I was alone in the darkness. It felt like I was getting sucked backwards and like I was being pulled to the surface.
I had only walked a few steps when I knew what Max had done, he saved me again. I couldn't breathe I was overwhelmed, I passed out.
Now I come around again, I know I'm not in my own bed and I know Maria is watching me intently. I open my eyes but Maria isn't alone Jesse is standing beside her, when did he get here?
"Liz? Are you all right?" Maria asks softly smoothing down my hair.
"No." I reply a faraway look in my eyes "Why did you let them do it?"
"We didn't have a choice. You were going to die."
"I did die!" I reply "I was right there, I saw him, I was there."
"Saw who? Alex?" Maria asks
"Yes." I nod I couldn't even sit up this time I was so worn out. I felt like I had just run a marathon three or four times.
Isabel runs into the room and goes straight to Jesse, she sees me and half smiles. "Max and Michael are both all right, tired but all right." She assures me
I don't answer, I don't feel like talking to anyone anymore. "I want to go to my room." I finally tell them
Michael just walks in then and hears me. "I'll bring you" He offers, I'm not sure what has gotten into him today, he seems like a different person. All protective and strong, like Max almost. Like they had a role reversal.
"I can stand" I tell him struggling to my feet. Michael doesn't say anything and just helps me stumble to my room, I walk slowly over to my bed and grab my comforter and go outside onto the balcony. I could see out of the corner of my eye Maria about to protest but Michael stops her.
I take a seat on one of the chairs and wrap the comforter around me, and bury my face into my knees.
I couldn't figure it out, was I supposed to die or not? Was I just going to keep avoiding death like this or what? I couldn't keep running from something I can't see, and I don't want to spend my life running from death. I don't want Max to have to keep coming to my rescue and saving me.
I hear voices drifting in from my bedroom, Isabel and Jesse were leaving, reluctantly at that but Jesse was insisting that Isabel get some rest, she didn't look so great.
Maria was telling Michael she was spending the night, that she wasn't going to leave me. Michael and Max both said they were going to stick around. Well Michael said so for both of them.
A while later I was still sitting on the chair, the night was slowly lifting and an orange/pink color was starting to appear in the sky. It was almost dawn.
I hear someone come outside. I sigh, I don't want to talk to Maria right now. "Not now Maria." I tell her.
"It's me."
I close my eyes and lower my head. When I open my eyes Max was standing in front of me. "We need to talk." He says quietly
I nod and make room for him to sit. He sits down gingerly on the end of the chair and I watch closely. It didn't look like he had slept at all.
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Max's point of view
I stepped outside, Liz must have thought I was Maria because she said that she didn't want to talk to Maria, when I said it was me she had just lowered her head. When I said we needed to talk she just made room for me on the chair.
I sit down carefully, so I don't jostle her. Liz still looks so frail, like a porcelain doll. "I read your diary, Maria showed it to me." I try to phrase it carefully, she just nods like she knew I did or would eventually.
"I didn't know you felt that way." I tell her, I feel so guilty, but if I had the chance I would do it all over again.
"I didn't really know I did either." Liz says softly "Not until I had left. I had a lot of time to think."
"Do you really think you should have died?" I ask
Her eyes filled with tears "So many horrible things have come out of it."
"Liz." She looks directly into my eyes and it takes me off guard "I would do it all over again."
"You already have, time after time." She replies "I don't know how much longer I can avoid it though."
"Avoid what?"
"Death."
Death? What was she talking about?
She continues "Kyle said it was fate that you saved me that because of it we found out true love. The one person you know you'll spend forever with."
I smile I can't help it, she really does feel the same about me. "So what does that have to do with death?"
"Because I was supposed to die that day and I avoided it, like I have so many times. How much longer can I avoid death?"
"It's my fault I keep putting you in these bad positions. I shouldn't have gotten you involved. I should have never told you" I shake my head
"I'm glad you did, I wouldn't have wanted that any other way."
"Just like I wouldn't have wanted it any other way when I saved you no matter how many times." I tell her
She closes her eyes, I can see how much she is hurting. I don't know what to do.
Liz's point of view
"Max?" I ask he knows now. My deepest fears my darkest thoughts. Most important he knows I love him.
"I shouldn't have gotten you involved in searching for my son, I may have ruined your future!" He says quickly
"Max." I stop him "As long as I'm with you, nothing is wrong. I was in a moment of despair, I didn't know what was going on with me I couldn't handle things. I couldn't remember anything."
"So you think that things could work?" He asks hopefully
I pause, it was now or never "Yea, I think we can make it work."
"Do you want to make it work? Liz it's not fate for you to die, think about how many times all of us have escaped death."
He was right, all of us had our encounters with death. Some of us had gotten close, too close. We couldn't just fall apart, we needed each other.
I look at him, I saw right into his soul I saw my life in his eyes. This was right, Max was right.
"I love you." I whisper my eyes filling up with tears "And I'm sorry for everything."
Max's eyes seemed to dance as he leaned over and kissed me. It was like we were kissing for the first time ever, it was magical.
"I love you Liz, more than life." He whispers in my ear. "We can get through anything together."
I smile, he was right, Alex was right and Kyle and everyone else was right. It was fate for me to be with Max. I draw in my breath quickly as I look behind Max. "Look."
Max turns and he sees the sky in the distance looks as though it is on fire. A blazing red color stained the sky, a color of fiery love. It was a sign, it signified mine and Max's love.
"Thank you." I whisper to Alex and I could feel him looking down on us. He was right he never leaves us.
The End
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Maria's point of view
There I said it. I said what I was thinking ever since Liz said she was dying. I knew it was alien what else could it be? And if it was alien that means that Isabel, Max or Michael could handle it. I've seen then almost die at one point or another, now they were all standing in front of me. Not a hair on their heads out of place- so to speak. Yet Liz is lying on her bed, dying in front of us, I'm not alien I don't have any special connections or anything, but believe if your best friend is dying you can feel that.
"Well?" I ask slightly irritated, why wasn't anyone saying anything?
Max has this look on his face like the weight of the world was resting on his shoulders, I felt bad for him. But I had to keep focus and remember Liz, she needed our help.
I open my mouth to speak up again when Max speaks up.
"It would work, it's probably our only chance, that's why Alex told Liz to get me to help."
"How are we going to do it?" Isabel asks wearily, the dreamwalk must have taken a lot out of her.
"I'll heal her, take on whatever it is, then hopefully it will pass." Max says firmly
"That's how you got killed not to long ago." I mutter, but Max heard me.
"That was natural, this is alien." He tells me quietly
"You can't Max, if something goes wrong none of us can do anything." Michael informs him
"So what are you suggesting?" I ask placing on my hips.
"I'm suggesting Max do what he said, but instead transfer it to me, so if something happens Max can help me." Michael says in a way there was no arguing with him.
"Are you sure?" Max asks even though he knows Michael is.
"Yes." Michael sits down next to Liz
"Is?" Max turns to Isabel
"I'll be right here if you need anything." She promises
"Wait what should I do?" I ask nervously
"Get Liz out of the way as soon as I do it" Max tells me not looking at me "Don't let her near us no matter what happens."
"All right." I reply preparing myself for whatever happened.
"Ready?" Max asks Michael
"It's now or never, she's not going to get any better." Michael replies
Max doesn't answer instead he places his hands on Liz, a cold wind blows through the room even though the windows were closed. I knew what Max was doing he wasn't healing Liz, this time he was just taking it from her. This could kill him, we didn't know what it was. Maybe I should stop them or maybe- before I could finish that thought Liz gasps and her eyes open wide. Max ignored her, I don't even think he saw her, instead Max leans over Michael and Michael closes his eyes.
I didn't even think, I just grab Liz and pull her out of the room into the guest room. "Maria?" She asks me faintly "Max?!" She cries out hoarsely she knows what happened, then she collapsed onto the bed.
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Michael's point of view
Liz gasps, I knew she was all right she had done that before but this time it was different, mainly because Max's face has taken on that ashen color and he looked lost. He must have gathered his thoughts quickly because next thing I knew Maria pulls Liz out of the room and Max places his hands on me. I felt pain shooting through me. I hope Liz hadn't felt this. Electric currents shot through me, coursing through my body. It was horrible but I knew I could fight it, Liz had forgotten things, and sounded completely insane, I was still in my mind. But maybe not for long, I close my eyes and concentrate. I could faintly hear Max and Isabel talking.
"Did you do it?" Isabel asks Max
"Yea." Max nods
"So are you going to heal him?"
Give me a second Max, I thought
"Not yet, give him a chance." Max replies
Good boy Max, just a little bit of time.
"Not too long Max, we can't lose Michael." Isabel's voice wavers slightly, I heard a phone ring and Isabel answers it. From the way she was talking I could tell it was Jesse, from what I could hear it sounded like he was coming over.
I felt the currents weakening- only slightly. The pain subsided a little, I hoped that it meant I was doing something right.
"Max now?" Isabel asks
"Wait." Max's voice was tense
"Max it's been five minutes." Isabel tells him
Five minutes? How the hell did that go by so fast? I wonder.
"Isabel!" Jesse was here
"I'm all right." Isabel replies
"What happened?" Jesse asks
"I'll tell you later, go check on Liz." Isabel says "Max please."
Max didn't reply, I know what that means. It means he is preparing himself for what he is about to do.
A virus I thought, that's what this is. It's an alien strain of a virus. This has happened to me before and I almost died. I remember that time, hopefully I had grown some immunities towards it.
Luckily I did, with Max's help I woke up. I was sweating and shaking but it was gone. I checked the clock it was thirty minutes later than when I last saw the clock. It seemed so fast though.
"Michael?" Isabel asks getting closer to me
"I'm all right." I smile reassuringly
"It was a virus." Max sits down on Liz's chair tired
"I know." I reply "I remembered the feeling."
"Must have some sort of immunity towards it then" Max says without cracking a smile.
"So it's gone then?" Isabel asks
"Yea, it's gone." I tell her
"Good." She stands up "I'll be right back." She gets up and leaves.
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Liz's point of view
I had woken up with a start and Maria had pulled me out of my room and into a guest room. It took me a moment to realize what happened. I had been sinking away, I was so close I even saw Alex again but he didn't look happy to see me. I knew it was too late. Then Alex disappeared and I was alone in the darkness. It felt like I was getting sucked backwards and like I was being pulled to the surface.
I had only walked a few steps when I knew what Max had done, he saved me again. I couldn't breathe I was overwhelmed, I passed out.
Now I come around again, I know I'm not in my own bed and I know Maria is watching me intently. I open my eyes but Maria isn't alone Jesse is standing beside her, when did he get here?
"Liz? Are you all right?" Maria asks softly smoothing down my hair.
"No." I reply a faraway look in my eyes "Why did you let them do it?"
"We didn't have a choice. You were going to die."
"I did die!" I reply "I was right there, I saw him, I was there."
"Saw who? Alex?" Maria asks
"Yes." I nod I couldn't even sit up this time I was so worn out. I felt like I had just run a marathon three or four times.
Isabel runs into the room and goes straight to Jesse, she sees me and half smiles. "Max and Michael are both all right, tired but all right." She assures me
I don't answer, I don't feel like talking to anyone anymore. "I want to go to my room." I finally tell them
Michael just walks in then and hears me. "I'll bring you" He offers, I'm not sure what has gotten into him today, he seems like a different person. All protective and strong, like Max almost. Like they had a role reversal.
"I can stand" I tell him struggling to my feet. Michael doesn't say anything and just helps me stumble to my room, I walk slowly over to my bed and grab my comforter and go outside onto the balcony. I could see out of the corner of my eye Maria about to protest but Michael stops her.
I take a seat on one of the chairs and wrap the comforter around me, and bury my face into my knees.
I couldn't figure it out, was I supposed to die or not? Was I just going to keep avoiding death like this or what? I couldn't keep running from something I can't see, and I don't want to spend my life running from death. I don't want Max to have to keep coming to my rescue and saving me.
I hear voices drifting in from my bedroom, Isabel and Jesse were leaving, reluctantly at that but Jesse was insisting that Isabel get some rest, she didn't look so great.
Maria was telling Michael she was spending the night, that she wasn't going to leave me. Michael and Max both said they were going to stick around. Well Michael said so for both of them.
A while later I was still sitting on the chair, the night was slowly lifting and an orange/pink color was starting to appear in the sky. It was almost dawn.
I hear someone come outside. I sigh, I don't want to talk to Maria right now. "Not now Maria." I tell her.
"It's me."
I close my eyes and lower my head. When I open my eyes Max was standing in front of me. "We need to talk." He says quietly
I nod and make room for him to sit. He sits down gingerly on the end of the chair and I watch closely. It didn't look like he had slept at all.
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Max's point of view
I stepped outside, Liz must have thought I was Maria because she said that she didn't want to talk to Maria, when I said it was me she had just lowered her head. When I said we needed to talk she just made room for me on the chair.
I sit down carefully, so I don't jostle her. Liz still looks so frail, like a porcelain doll. "I read your diary, Maria showed it to me." I try to phrase it carefully, she just nods like she knew I did or would eventually.
"I didn't know you felt that way." I tell her, I feel so guilty, but if I had the chance I would do it all over again.
"I didn't really know I did either." Liz says softly "Not until I had left. I had a lot of time to think."
"Do you really think you should have died?" I ask
Her eyes filled with tears "So many horrible things have come out of it."
"Liz." She looks directly into my eyes and it takes me off guard "I would do it all over again."
"You already have, time after time." She replies "I don't know how much longer I can avoid it though."
"Avoid what?"
"Death."
Death? What was she talking about?
She continues "Kyle said it was fate that you saved me that because of it we found out true love. The one person you know you'll spend forever with."
I smile I can't help it, she really does feel the same about me. "So what does that have to do with death?"
"Because I was supposed to die that day and I avoided it, like I have so many times. How much longer can I avoid death?"
"It's my fault I keep putting you in these bad positions. I shouldn't have gotten you involved. I should have never told you" I shake my head
"I'm glad you did, I wouldn't have wanted that any other way."
"Just like I wouldn't have wanted it any other way when I saved you no matter how many times." I tell her
She closes her eyes, I can see how much she is hurting. I don't know what to do.
Liz's point of view
"Max?" I ask he knows now. My deepest fears my darkest thoughts. Most important he knows I love him.
"I shouldn't have gotten you involved in searching for my son, I may have ruined your future!" He says quickly
"Max." I stop him "As long as I'm with you, nothing is wrong. I was in a moment of despair, I didn't know what was going on with me I couldn't handle things. I couldn't remember anything."
"So you think that things could work?" He asks hopefully
I pause, it was now or never "Yea, I think we can make it work."
"Do you want to make it work? Liz it's not fate for you to die, think about how many times all of us have escaped death."
He was right, all of us had our encounters with death. Some of us had gotten close, too close. We couldn't just fall apart, we needed each other.
I look at him, I saw right into his soul I saw my life in his eyes. This was right, Max was right.
"I love you." I whisper my eyes filling up with tears "And I'm sorry for everything."
Max's eyes seemed to dance as he leaned over and kissed me. It was like we were kissing for the first time ever, it was magical.
"I love you Liz, more than life." He whispers in my ear. "We can get through anything together."
I smile, he was right, Alex was right and Kyle and everyone else was right. It was fate for me to be with Max. I draw in my breath quickly as I look behind Max. "Look."
Max turns and he sees the sky in the distance looks as though it is on fire. A blazing red color stained the sky, a color of fiery love. It was a sign, it signified mine and Max's love.
"Thank you." I whisper to Alex and I could feel him looking down on us. He was right he never leaves us.
The End
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