Part Twenty Five
Maria and Michael moved silently through the kitchen into the dining room. There were two exits to the room. Michael covered one and Maria the other. It happened suddenly. A man walked into the room. He caught sight of Michael immediately and opened his mouth to yell for help while simultaneously taking out his weapon and pointing it at Michael. Michael in turn raised his hand in defence but before either did anything, Maria hit the man on the head from behind with her gun. He collapsed to the ground without a sound and the two teens moved him underneath the table dragging his body so he wouldn't be seen. They then left the dining room without discovery.
Isabel and the sheriff were not as lucky. They had begun their search into the various closed rooms that lay of the corridor. The first room was empty. It was obviously a holding cell and covered in lead as Isabel discovered. However in the second room Isabel, upon unlocking the door and looking into the room, they found Max and Liz.
When the door opened, Liz and Max both didn't move until Liz heard Isabel's voice. She looked up quickly and a smile of pure relief passed on her face when she saw the sheriff directly behind Isabel carrying a rifle. They were being rescued.
Isabel rushed to Liz's side and helped her lift up Max. Putting an arm around both Isabel and Liz, Max hobbled to his feet while the sheriff stood guard. That was when all hell broke loose. Whoever it was that had been watching, a fact forgotten for a second by Liz and Max, must have seen the intruders and a loud alarm began to blare. Moving quickly the four of them ran into the passage. Liz and Isabel practically dragging Max along and the sheriff covering them from the guards that had in seconds appeared.
They were only a few metres away from the side door but with the sheer number of guards that had appeared it didn't look like they were going to make. The sheriff began shooting and when he ran out of bullets pulled out his second gun. It didn't appear to help much. Whatever the guards were, most of them were not human. Shooting them didn't appear to kill them only slow them down. Isabel took front and the sheriff grabbed Max while Isabel put up a forceshield to protect them from the laser weapons and bursts of power that was shooting their way. It didn't hold long. The lead in the area interfered too much with the strength and length of the forceshield and it began to collapse. It looked like it was all over for them when Michael and Maria appeared in the other end of the corridor. Michael took out the immediate threats to their four friends with his energy blast and Maria shot the other ones long enough to slow them down, giving the others just enough time to escape and draw away the fire from them.
Outside, Isabel contacted Alex through her mind calling him. He started the car and backed up far enough to gain some speed before racing towards the gates that they had unlocked earlier. Knocking them down Alex drove up the driveway pulling up directly next to the side door just as the four of them tumbled out. Practically throwing Max into the car, the sheriff, Liz and Isabel all jumped in, the car moving almost before they were all in and driving out.
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Inside the interrogation room, the congresswoman left as soon as the alarm blasted to find out what was going on and give orders. Tess and Kyle stood up in a state of readiness for whatever would happen and waited for their rescuers to arrive, praying silently for their safety.
Michael and Maria turned around and ran to the end of the corridor when the side door shut behind their fleeing friends and into the first room they saw. The room had a huge glass wall through which they saw their friends. Knowing they didn't have much time before the bad guys came through the door, they didn't bother going into the next room. Instead Maria reloaded her gun and pointed directly at the glass.
She shot the glass twice, cracking it. The sound of the shots were buried under the blaring alarm and noises from the corridor. With a well aimed kick, Michael sent the glass flying. On the other side, Kyle and Tess moved away from the mirror the second they saw it crack. They just missed being hit by flying glass as the mirror shattered. Michael helped them both through after clearing away any glass still left. The second she got through Tess ran up to Michael and Maria still holding Kyle and gave them a quick hug. They didn't have any time for anything else because just that second the congresswoman entered the room.
"Let me handle this, guys," Tess said to the other three, "I owe her,"
"Oh, please little girl. You don't have enough power to swat a fly. I am way more advanced than any of you. Just ask your precious Nacedo. Or shall I say don't," the congresswoman taunted them.
"Nacedo. What have you done to him," Michael demanded.
"You actually thought that little charade he was playing was going to work forever. Please. I took care of him this morning. He wasn't much of a fight. And you think that you can beat me."
Tess felt her all the anger that was there when Kyle was dying come immediately back to the surface. She ignored the pain of losing the only father figure she had and not saying another word, access to powers restored now that she was out the lead enclosed room, she sent a large energy blast at the person that caused them so much pain.
It caught the woman by surprise. She hadn't expected Tess to have any powers yet. The blast however, while putting her a little off balance, didn't really hurt her. She immediately sent one back to Tess.
Michael moved to intercept the blast but Kyle grabbed his arm, "She needs to this. Let her try at least." Seeing Michael's disagreement he added, "You can interfere if it gets to bad okay." Michael nodded.
Tess flung up her forcefield with one hand and with the other sent a larger energy blast to the congresswoman, followed immediately by another, even bigger. She kept up the attack powered only by her anger for a few minutes while the others watched ready to interfere if necessary. Maria blocked the door to prevent any one else from coming in.
There didn't seem to be any weakening from either side at first but slowly the congresswoman's forcefield began to diminish. A minute later she collapsed to the ground. The others watched as she took her last breathe before her body began to disintegrate until all that was left was a pile of dust.
"That's for Kyle. And Nacedo," Tess said looking down at the ashes that was all that remained of the evil alien.
"Time to go now," Maria announced.
Tess walked back to Kyle and slipped one arm around his waist to support him while Maria and Michael took positions to cover them. The plan was to run the small part of the corridor, cut across the dining hall, through the kitchen and out the back door. The same way they came in. It was also the only way that had a chance of success since most of the corridor and the other exits were blocked by guards.
Michael without leaving the room used his hand to release a power blast into the corridor. He and Maria then left the room and shooting both bullets and power at the aliens in the hall, covering Kyle and Tess until the dining hall doorway was upon them. Maria entered first and cleared the area of the only one guard that stood there, followed by Kyle and Tess, and Michael covering the rear.
It was a short run into the kitchen but there they had problems. Michael and Maria stood in the centre of the kitchen shooting anything that came in via the various entrances while Tess and Kyle moved towards the door.
Tess opened the door and turned around to wait for Michael and Maria.
"Run. We'll follow," Maria yelled over the loud noises.
Tess listened to the order in her voice and with Kyle moved out, right into the car waiting for them.
Alex after driving out the driveway of the mansion with the first load of passengers, switched cars and drove back in to get the rest of them. The sheriff handed him the rifle to give to Kyle and warned him to be careful. It was Tess who contacted Alex this time on Michael's instructions, and the reason why Alex was right outside the back door. He held the car in gear ready to move the minute his friends were in or any bad guys appeared. When Tess and Kyle got in, Alex gave Kyle the rifle.
"Where's Maria and Michael?" Alex asked when no one else ran out.
"They were right behind us," Kyle said.
Reversing Alex waited for the last two of their friends while Kyle held the rifle out the window to cover his friends. They didn't appear. Minutes passed and still there was no sign of them. Alex, Tess and Kyle began to panic. They couldn't lose Michael and Maria not after everything. Further away Isabel sitting in the driver's seat with an injured Max and Liz in the back seat worried when no one came out of the driveway. Everything was going horribly wrong.
Just as Alex was deciding whether to go into the house and find out why Maria and Michael were not coming out, Michael and Maria were running up the back stairs that led off the kitchen. After Kyle and Tess got out the back door, the kitchen filled with evil aliens. They blocked the door preventing the teens from escaping. Michael sent a burst of energy that way to blow up everything in the area making sure that none of the bad guys followed Kyle and Tess out, thereby blocking their way as well. Covering him, Maria cleared the route to the only other way out the kitchen that wasn't surrounded by bad guys, and the two ran up the stairs, blowing the staircase up behind them.
Taking the steps two at a time, the two of them reached the landing within seconds. Without pausing they ran into the first room they saw with French sliding doors that led to the balcony. Maria locked the door behind them and Michael moved a huge chest of drawers in front of the door using a little of his alien strength. On the balcony the two moved to the end right next to a huge oak tree. Climbing over the ledge they prepared to jump.
"You go first," Maria said tentatively.
"Maria?"
"I just realised that I am not too fond of heights."
"Might have mentioned that before"
"Never came up"
"Got a point."
"I'm scared Michael."
"Don't be. I'm right here. How about we go together?"
"Okay," Maria replied in a soft tone.
Michael leaned over and kissed her lightly before, "On three. One. Two. Three."
The two of them jumped just as the door to the bedroom crashed down. Barely catching on to top branches Michael pulled himself on to a surer footing and then reaching his hand down helped Maria. The two ducked behind some thick branches, their dark clothing hiding them in the night, as two guards raced onto the balcony, hoping to avoid being seen. They got lucky. Whoever the guards were, it was obvious that they were mere might and not much brains. When the guards returned to the room and began tearing the place upside down, Michael and Maria started to climb down.
Maria forgot her fear in the rush to get out of there and they were on the ground in seconds just as the car came racing around the corner chased by aliens. Alex spotted Michael and Maria as they reached the ground. He stopped suddenly catching Kyle and Tess by surprise.
"There they are. Let's go get them."
Kyle continued shooting behind, occasionally reloading his weapon and covering them with his fire. He was losing. Tess was totally out of energy after the fight with the congresswoman and couldn't help much.
Maria saw Alex stop and the bad guys chasing them.
"Go. Go now," she yelled.
"Not without you," Tess yelled back while Alex was forced to move to evade the shooting from behind and while Kyle was busy returning fire.
"We're follow you. Go now." Michael added, also yelling.
"That's what you said last time," Kyle screamed back.
"Please. We're going to get the jeep," Maria pleaded watching as the bad guys caught up to their friends. They were too far away even running they couldn't get to them in time.
"We'll be fine. Go now," Michael shouted.
And for the second time that night, their friends were forced to leave. Michael and Maria were swallowed up into the shadows as they disappeared leaving their friends with no choice but to drive out. Seconds later, the place where the car had just been, blew up.
Michael and Maria ran around the side. They had seen Max and Isabel's jeep parked there when they had come into the house. Now they jumped in, Maria in the drivers seat. Michael leaned over and started the car. And Maria pulled out, driving around the house, while Michael threw energy blasts at the windows. Making a fast U-turn, wheels spinning Maria raced out the driveway, heat chasing them.
Outside 7 people hearts sank when a loud explosion was heard. Their blood pressure returned to normal when seconds later a jeep came dashing out past broken gates. There was visible signs of relief and loud sighs when the group spotted Michael and Maria.
Their cars, already in gear they took of behind the jeep and the four cars drove of into the night. Alex driving the one car, Isabel the other and the sheriff in the third. The four vehicles disappeared into the desert. Back to the cave. Back to sanctuary.
End Part 25
Maria and Michael moved silently through the kitchen into the dining room. There were two exits to the room. Michael covered one and Maria the other. It happened suddenly. A man walked into the room. He caught sight of Michael immediately and opened his mouth to yell for help while simultaneously taking out his weapon and pointing it at Michael. Michael in turn raised his hand in defence but before either did anything, Maria hit the man on the head from behind with her gun. He collapsed to the ground without a sound and the two teens moved him underneath the table dragging his body so he wouldn't be seen. They then left the dining room without discovery.
Isabel and the sheriff were not as lucky. They had begun their search into the various closed rooms that lay of the corridor. The first room was empty. It was obviously a holding cell and covered in lead as Isabel discovered. However in the second room Isabel, upon unlocking the door and looking into the room, they found Max and Liz.
When the door opened, Liz and Max both didn't move until Liz heard Isabel's voice. She looked up quickly and a smile of pure relief passed on her face when she saw the sheriff directly behind Isabel carrying a rifle. They were being rescued.
Isabel rushed to Liz's side and helped her lift up Max. Putting an arm around both Isabel and Liz, Max hobbled to his feet while the sheriff stood guard. That was when all hell broke loose. Whoever it was that had been watching, a fact forgotten for a second by Liz and Max, must have seen the intruders and a loud alarm began to blare. Moving quickly the four of them ran into the passage. Liz and Isabel practically dragging Max along and the sheriff covering them from the guards that had in seconds appeared.
They were only a few metres away from the side door but with the sheer number of guards that had appeared it didn't look like they were going to make. The sheriff began shooting and when he ran out of bullets pulled out his second gun. It didn't appear to help much. Whatever the guards were, most of them were not human. Shooting them didn't appear to kill them only slow them down. Isabel took front and the sheriff grabbed Max while Isabel put up a forceshield to protect them from the laser weapons and bursts of power that was shooting their way. It didn't hold long. The lead in the area interfered too much with the strength and length of the forceshield and it began to collapse. It looked like it was all over for them when Michael and Maria appeared in the other end of the corridor. Michael took out the immediate threats to their four friends with his energy blast and Maria shot the other ones long enough to slow them down, giving the others just enough time to escape and draw away the fire from them.
Outside, Isabel contacted Alex through her mind calling him. He started the car and backed up far enough to gain some speed before racing towards the gates that they had unlocked earlier. Knocking them down Alex drove up the driveway pulling up directly next to the side door just as the four of them tumbled out. Practically throwing Max into the car, the sheriff, Liz and Isabel all jumped in, the car moving almost before they were all in and driving out.
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Inside the interrogation room, the congresswoman left as soon as the alarm blasted to find out what was going on and give orders. Tess and Kyle stood up in a state of readiness for whatever would happen and waited for their rescuers to arrive, praying silently for their safety.
Michael and Maria turned around and ran to the end of the corridor when the side door shut behind their fleeing friends and into the first room they saw. The room had a huge glass wall through which they saw their friends. Knowing they didn't have much time before the bad guys came through the door, they didn't bother going into the next room. Instead Maria reloaded her gun and pointed directly at the glass.
She shot the glass twice, cracking it. The sound of the shots were buried under the blaring alarm and noises from the corridor. With a well aimed kick, Michael sent the glass flying. On the other side, Kyle and Tess moved away from the mirror the second they saw it crack. They just missed being hit by flying glass as the mirror shattered. Michael helped them both through after clearing away any glass still left. The second she got through Tess ran up to Michael and Maria still holding Kyle and gave them a quick hug. They didn't have any time for anything else because just that second the congresswoman entered the room.
"Let me handle this, guys," Tess said to the other three, "I owe her,"
"Oh, please little girl. You don't have enough power to swat a fly. I am way more advanced than any of you. Just ask your precious Nacedo. Or shall I say don't," the congresswoman taunted them.
"Nacedo. What have you done to him," Michael demanded.
"You actually thought that little charade he was playing was going to work forever. Please. I took care of him this morning. He wasn't much of a fight. And you think that you can beat me."
Tess felt her all the anger that was there when Kyle was dying come immediately back to the surface. She ignored the pain of losing the only father figure she had and not saying another word, access to powers restored now that she was out the lead enclosed room, she sent a large energy blast at the person that caused them so much pain.
It caught the woman by surprise. She hadn't expected Tess to have any powers yet. The blast however, while putting her a little off balance, didn't really hurt her. She immediately sent one back to Tess.
Michael moved to intercept the blast but Kyle grabbed his arm, "She needs to this. Let her try at least." Seeing Michael's disagreement he added, "You can interfere if it gets to bad okay." Michael nodded.
Tess flung up her forcefield with one hand and with the other sent a larger energy blast to the congresswoman, followed immediately by another, even bigger. She kept up the attack powered only by her anger for a few minutes while the others watched ready to interfere if necessary. Maria blocked the door to prevent any one else from coming in.
There didn't seem to be any weakening from either side at first but slowly the congresswoman's forcefield began to diminish. A minute later she collapsed to the ground. The others watched as she took her last breathe before her body began to disintegrate until all that was left was a pile of dust.
"That's for Kyle. And Nacedo," Tess said looking down at the ashes that was all that remained of the evil alien.
"Time to go now," Maria announced.
Tess walked back to Kyle and slipped one arm around his waist to support him while Maria and Michael took positions to cover them. The plan was to run the small part of the corridor, cut across the dining hall, through the kitchen and out the back door. The same way they came in. It was also the only way that had a chance of success since most of the corridor and the other exits were blocked by guards.
Michael without leaving the room used his hand to release a power blast into the corridor. He and Maria then left the room and shooting both bullets and power at the aliens in the hall, covering Kyle and Tess until the dining hall doorway was upon them. Maria entered first and cleared the area of the only one guard that stood there, followed by Kyle and Tess, and Michael covering the rear.
It was a short run into the kitchen but there they had problems. Michael and Maria stood in the centre of the kitchen shooting anything that came in via the various entrances while Tess and Kyle moved towards the door.
Tess opened the door and turned around to wait for Michael and Maria.
"Run. We'll follow," Maria yelled over the loud noises.
Tess listened to the order in her voice and with Kyle moved out, right into the car waiting for them.
Alex after driving out the driveway of the mansion with the first load of passengers, switched cars and drove back in to get the rest of them. The sheriff handed him the rifle to give to Kyle and warned him to be careful. It was Tess who contacted Alex this time on Michael's instructions, and the reason why Alex was right outside the back door. He held the car in gear ready to move the minute his friends were in or any bad guys appeared. When Tess and Kyle got in, Alex gave Kyle the rifle.
"Where's Maria and Michael?" Alex asked when no one else ran out.
"They were right behind us," Kyle said.
Reversing Alex waited for the last two of their friends while Kyle held the rifle out the window to cover his friends. They didn't appear. Minutes passed and still there was no sign of them. Alex, Tess and Kyle began to panic. They couldn't lose Michael and Maria not after everything. Further away Isabel sitting in the driver's seat with an injured Max and Liz in the back seat worried when no one came out of the driveway. Everything was going horribly wrong.
Just as Alex was deciding whether to go into the house and find out why Maria and Michael were not coming out, Michael and Maria were running up the back stairs that led off the kitchen. After Kyle and Tess got out the back door, the kitchen filled with evil aliens. They blocked the door preventing the teens from escaping. Michael sent a burst of energy that way to blow up everything in the area making sure that none of the bad guys followed Kyle and Tess out, thereby blocking their way as well. Covering him, Maria cleared the route to the only other way out the kitchen that wasn't surrounded by bad guys, and the two ran up the stairs, blowing the staircase up behind them.
Taking the steps two at a time, the two of them reached the landing within seconds. Without pausing they ran into the first room they saw with French sliding doors that led to the balcony. Maria locked the door behind them and Michael moved a huge chest of drawers in front of the door using a little of his alien strength. On the balcony the two moved to the end right next to a huge oak tree. Climbing over the ledge they prepared to jump.
"You go first," Maria said tentatively.
"Maria?"
"I just realised that I am not too fond of heights."
"Might have mentioned that before"
"Never came up"
"Got a point."
"I'm scared Michael."
"Don't be. I'm right here. How about we go together?"
"Okay," Maria replied in a soft tone.
Michael leaned over and kissed her lightly before, "On three. One. Two. Three."
The two of them jumped just as the door to the bedroom crashed down. Barely catching on to top branches Michael pulled himself on to a surer footing and then reaching his hand down helped Maria. The two ducked behind some thick branches, their dark clothing hiding them in the night, as two guards raced onto the balcony, hoping to avoid being seen. They got lucky. Whoever the guards were, it was obvious that they were mere might and not much brains. When the guards returned to the room and began tearing the place upside down, Michael and Maria started to climb down.
Maria forgot her fear in the rush to get out of there and they were on the ground in seconds just as the car came racing around the corner chased by aliens. Alex spotted Michael and Maria as they reached the ground. He stopped suddenly catching Kyle and Tess by surprise.
"There they are. Let's go get them."
Kyle continued shooting behind, occasionally reloading his weapon and covering them with his fire. He was losing. Tess was totally out of energy after the fight with the congresswoman and couldn't help much.
Maria saw Alex stop and the bad guys chasing them.
"Go. Go now," she yelled.
"Not without you," Tess yelled back while Alex was forced to move to evade the shooting from behind and while Kyle was busy returning fire.
"We're follow you. Go now." Michael added, also yelling.
"That's what you said last time," Kyle screamed back.
"Please. We're going to get the jeep," Maria pleaded watching as the bad guys caught up to their friends. They were too far away even running they couldn't get to them in time.
"We'll be fine. Go now," Michael shouted.
And for the second time that night, their friends were forced to leave. Michael and Maria were swallowed up into the shadows as they disappeared leaving their friends with no choice but to drive out. Seconds later, the place where the car had just been, blew up.
Michael and Maria ran around the side. They had seen Max and Isabel's jeep parked there when they had come into the house. Now they jumped in, Maria in the drivers seat. Michael leaned over and started the car. And Maria pulled out, driving around the house, while Michael threw energy blasts at the windows. Making a fast U-turn, wheels spinning Maria raced out the driveway, heat chasing them.
Outside 7 people hearts sank when a loud explosion was heard. Their blood pressure returned to normal when seconds later a jeep came dashing out past broken gates. There was visible signs of relief and loud sighs when the group spotted Michael and Maria.
Their cars, already in gear they took of behind the jeep and the four cars drove of into the night. Alex driving the one car, Isabel the other and the sheriff in the third. The four vehicles disappeared into the desert. Back to the cave. Back to sanctuary.
End Part 25