Rating: Pg/Pg-13 a tad bit of language.
Maria opened her eyes and squinted as the bright afternoon sun blinded her.
She could hear voices in the other room and figured it was Michael and the
rest of the gang.
'I have to come up with a story quick.' She thought frantically. 'I can't let
them know, especially Michael, God he'd be so disgusted.' Maria felt a tear
slip down her cheek at the thought. She couldn't hurt Michael in that way. He
couldn't know about her, what she really was. She had to have more time to
process what happened, and what was said, before she told anyone.
Maria glanced over at the nightstand and seen some loose change discarded
there. She concentrated on a penny and it started to move away from the
others. Maria stared at it and the penny turned upright and started spinning.
It was going so fast it started leaving marks on the table.
As Liz burst into the room Maria lost her concentration and sent the penny
spinning off the table and landing on the floor. It went un-noticed by all of
them except for a certain pair of eyes.
Michael looked at the penny on the ground then back to Maria, he could feel
his sanity slowly slipping away. He walked over to the bed and snatched the
penny off the floor, slipping it into his pocket. He turned his head to look
at Maria and caught a glimpse of her widened eyes before she flicked them
away. He stood there confused for a moment then positioned himself by the
window.
"Maria?..Oh god Maria what happened?" Liz cried as her best friend layed
there motionless. "Maria?" Liz waved her hand in front of her face, but
Maria just kept staring at the wall. "Max, please do something. Heal her!"
Max walked over to the side of the bed and kneeled beside the girl. "Maria
just look at me so I can make a connection, Ok? All your pain will be gone."
'Yeah right, try healing my heart Max, sorry but this is one victim you can't
help.' Maria thought sarcasticly, not making eye contact with Max.
Max threw a questioning glance at Michael. "Maria come on please? You don't
want to be laying here like this do you?" he asked but Maria didn't reply.
"Maybe we should get her to a hospital!" Liz said panicked.
Isabel leaned over Max and examined Maria. "Maybe she's in shock of whatever
happened, and just wants to be alone?"
'Someone give the girl a prize!' Maria thought and closed her eyes. She
didn't want to see any of them especially now. Michael took the hint and
started ushering them out into the living room.
"Look maybe Isabel's right, i'm sure she's just tired and needs some rest,
I'll call you guys if anything changes, and I know I can heal her when she
wants someone to." Michael confidently said.
"You can't be serious, Michael my best friend is a vegetable in a bed and you
want us to leave? Have you been hit in the head to?" Liz stated angrily,
crossing her arms over her chest.
"Look Liz you have to go back to the crashdown incase Maria's mom calls
looking for her, someone has to cover. We can come back later." Max opened
the door and Liz gave in following him. "Ok but call me incase anything,
and I mean anything happens." Liz left the apartment followed by Max who gave
Michael a sympathetic look.
"Take care of her Michael." Isabel said before shutting the door.
Maria heard them leave, and turned over on her left side. She was relieved
they left but she knew they'd be back and would want to know everything. She
was still milling over ideas in her mind when Michael came in.
"Maria please tell me whats going on? I need to know Ok? Everything is going
to be fine, nothing can hurt you here." Michael sat on the edge of the bed
and looked up at her.
"I know...." Maria said in a shaky voice and made eye contact with Michael,
knowing she couldn't lie to him. "Come here Michael." Maria said.
Michael inched near her as she raised her hand to touch his face. 'What the
hell is she...' Michael tried to finish the thought but was bombarded by
images.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Look at you! Your pathetic, waiting around for a guy who could never be with
you. Don't you know what you are?" Courtney spat at her, while she was laying
on the ground bleeding.
"What do you mean?" Maria asked, but Courtney went on talking.
"Did you think growing your hair out to resemble Isabel's would actually make
you more appealing to him, and he'd just forget his Destiny, forget his
planet? Oh Please..." Courtney circled her, Maria closed her eyes trying to
make the dizziness stop.
"How..How did you know about all that?" Maria asked weakly.
"Oh come on Maria even you can't be that dense!" Courtney dropped to a
squating position and grabbed Maria's face. "Look at me when I'm talking to
you!" Courtney squeezed Maria's face tightly forcing her to open her eyes.
"I'm a skin, even Michael suspected that. How could you not sense when one of
your kind was around. Have your powers dulled that much in this enviroment?" Courtney looked around disgusted.
"What are you talking about I'm human, you stupid bitch." Maria slapped
Courtney's hand away and tried to stand.
"Your half n half Maria, I guess your father never got around to telling you
that. I'll have to fill you in though, you won't be seeing him since he's
dead." She said matter-o-factly. "God how could they have chosen you to break
up the royal four? I should have been the one, but your father had to go out
and screw the slut of the town, Ofcourse she got knocked up, and everyone
thought you were the savior." Courtney laughed bitterly.
"Don't ask me why they thought that, if they could only see you now."
Courtney shook her head then quickly grabbed Maria by her hair and threw her
against the nearest tree. "But they never will because I'm ending this, I'll
take over now."
Courtney leaned in and whispered "Michael never loved you. How could he when
he didn't know what you truly were, but he'll find out and i'll comfort him right before i kill him" She
laughed and held her finger up to Maria's temple. "Your friends won't care either, they'll think you've betrayed them. And if they don't and start poking around where they don't belong, they'll be joining you."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
As fast as they started, the images stopped. Maria's hand fell to the
blankets while she struggled to keep her eyes open. Michael looked at her
dumbfounded and grabbed her hand trying to get the rest of it, hoping the
connection would start back up, but it didn't. She was blocking him.
"Michael, I'm sorry." she murmered before fainting.
Michael stared at her then ran a hand threw his unruly hair. He couldn't
believe what he just saw. He wanted to find that skank Courtney and smack the shit out of her. Telling Maria those lies about herself. Michael remembered
back to the penny that he seen spinning around earlier and the air caught in
his throat. "That can't be true, Can it?"
Maria opened her eyes and squinted as the bright afternoon sun blinded her.
She could hear voices in the other room and figured it was Michael and the
rest of the gang.
'I have to come up with a story quick.' She thought frantically. 'I can't let
them know, especially Michael, God he'd be so disgusted.' Maria felt a tear
slip down her cheek at the thought. She couldn't hurt Michael in that way. He
couldn't know about her, what she really was. She had to have more time to
process what happened, and what was said, before she told anyone.
Maria glanced over at the nightstand and seen some loose change discarded
there. She concentrated on a penny and it started to move away from the
others. Maria stared at it and the penny turned upright and started spinning.
It was going so fast it started leaving marks on the table.
As Liz burst into the room Maria lost her concentration and sent the penny
spinning off the table and landing on the floor. It went un-noticed by all of
them except for a certain pair of eyes.
Michael looked at the penny on the ground then back to Maria, he could feel
his sanity slowly slipping away. He walked over to the bed and snatched the
penny off the floor, slipping it into his pocket. He turned his head to look
at Maria and caught a glimpse of her widened eyes before she flicked them
away. He stood there confused for a moment then positioned himself by the
window.
"Maria?..Oh god Maria what happened?" Liz cried as her best friend layed
there motionless. "Maria?" Liz waved her hand in front of her face, but
Maria just kept staring at the wall. "Max, please do something. Heal her!"
Max walked over to the side of the bed and kneeled beside the girl. "Maria
just look at me so I can make a connection, Ok? All your pain will be gone."
'Yeah right, try healing my heart Max, sorry but this is one victim you can't
help.' Maria thought sarcasticly, not making eye contact with Max.
Max threw a questioning glance at Michael. "Maria come on please? You don't
want to be laying here like this do you?" he asked but Maria didn't reply.
"Maybe we should get her to a hospital!" Liz said panicked.
Isabel leaned over Max and examined Maria. "Maybe she's in shock of whatever
happened, and just wants to be alone?"
'Someone give the girl a prize!' Maria thought and closed her eyes. She
didn't want to see any of them especially now. Michael took the hint and
started ushering them out into the living room.
"Look maybe Isabel's right, i'm sure she's just tired and needs some rest,
I'll call you guys if anything changes, and I know I can heal her when she
wants someone to." Michael confidently said.
"You can't be serious, Michael my best friend is a vegetable in a bed and you
want us to leave? Have you been hit in the head to?" Liz stated angrily,
crossing her arms over her chest.
"Look Liz you have to go back to the crashdown incase Maria's mom calls
looking for her, someone has to cover. We can come back later." Max opened
the door and Liz gave in following him. "Ok but call me incase anything,
and I mean anything happens." Liz left the apartment followed by Max who gave
Michael a sympathetic look.
"Take care of her Michael." Isabel said before shutting the door.
Maria heard them leave, and turned over on her left side. She was relieved
they left but she knew they'd be back and would want to know everything. She
was still milling over ideas in her mind when Michael came in.
"Maria please tell me whats going on? I need to know Ok? Everything is going
to be fine, nothing can hurt you here." Michael sat on the edge of the bed
and looked up at her.
"I know...." Maria said in a shaky voice and made eye contact with Michael,
knowing she couldn't lie to him. "Come here Michael." Maria said.
Michael inched near her as she raised her hand to touch his face. 'What the
hell is she...' Michael tried to finish the thought but was bombarded by
images.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Look at you! Your pathetic, waiting around for a guy who could never be with
you. Don't you know what you are?" Courtney spat at her, while she was laying
on the ground bleeding.
"What do you mean?" Maria asked, but Courtney went on talking.
"Did you think growing your hair out to resemble Isabel's would actually make
you more appealing to him, and he'd just forget his Destiny, forget his
planet? Oh Please..." Courtney circled her, Maria closed her eyes trying to
make the dizziness stop.
"How..How did you know about all that?" Maria asked weakly.
"Oh come on Maria even you can't be that dense!" Courtney dropped to a
squating position and grabbed Maria's face. "Look at me when I'm talking to
you!" Courtney squeezed Maria's face tightly forcing her to open her eyes.
"I'm a skin, even Michael suspected that. How could you not sense when one of
your kind was around. Have your powers dulled that much in this enviroment?" Courtney looked around disgusted.
"What are you talking about I'm human, you stupid bitch." Maria slapped
Courtney's hand away and tried to stand.
"Your half n half Maria, I guess your father never got around to telling you
that. I'll have to fill you in though, you won't be seeing him since he's
dead." She said matter-o-factly. "God how could they have chosen you to break
up the royal four? I should have been the one, but your father had to go out
and screw the slut of the town, Ofcourse she got knocked up, and everyone
thought you were the savior." Courtney laughed bitterly.
"Don't ask me why they thought that, if they could only see you now."
Courtney shook her head then quickly grabbed Maria by her hair and threw her
against the nearest tree. "But they never will because I'm ending this, I'll
take over now."
Courtney leaned in and whispered "Michael never loved you. How could he when
he didn't know what you truly were, but he'll find out and i'll comfort him right before i kill him" She
laughed and held her finger up to Maria's temple. "Your friends won't care either, they'll think you've betrayed them. And if they don't and start poking around where they don't belong, they'll be joining you."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
As fast as they started, the images stopped. Maria's hand fell to the
blankets while she struggled to keep her eyes open. Michael looked at her
dumbfounded and grabbed her hand trying to get the rest of it, hoping the
connection would start back up, but it didn't. She was blocking him.
"Michael, I'm sorry." she murmered before fainting.
Michael stared at her then ran a hand threw his unruly hair. He couldn't
believe what he just saw. He wanted to find that skank Courtney and smack the shit out of her. Telling Maria those lies about herself. Michael remembered
back to the penny that he seen spinning around earlier and the air caught in
his throat. "That can't be true, Can it?"