CHAPTER 20
Michael, Maria, Sean and Alex all arrived at the rock.
"Ria, get the note out and read the part were it says this stuff is buried" Sean said getting shovels out of the back of his car.
"Ahhh, it says go under the rock and look up so you are looking at the top point. Then walk 23 steps south west." Maria said while walking over to the rock. She looked up to see the point then started walking. "Ok it should be buried here" she said and pointed to the ground.
"Well I'd better be coz I ain't digging for nothing" Sean said as he dropped the shovels on the ground.
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"What are they doing?" Isabel asked no one in particular.
"Looks like digging" Kyle said
Isabel rolled her eyes at him. 'Idiot' she thought.
"I can see that but why?" she asked
"Does it look like I was let on in this thing? NO. so stop asking." Kyle said growing tired of her constant complaining.
"Shut up Kyle."
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"Ok, we've been digging for an hour now and nothing. Are you sure we have the right spot?" Alex asked Maria. He was hot, tired and in the middle of the desert during a heatwave digging.
"Yes Alex this is right. Maybe he just buried it really far down?" she suggested and shrugged.
Alex shook his head but continued anyway. "Your lucky I'm a friend Deluca. I don't do stuff like this for just anyone"
"You don't do stuff like this period." Sean said rolling his eyes.
"I could though" Alex said trying to defend himself.
"Now now. Do I have to separate you two?" Maria said in a motherly voice then laughed when they both glared at her.
"Hey why don't you help. We'd probably find it faster" Michael asked Maria.
"I'm to delicate." She stated as a matter of fact.
"Delicate my ass" he threw back
"What's that supposed to mean" she asked with her hands on her hips.
"Does the stuff you did last night ring any bells?" he said
Maria blushed and smiled shyly.
"Ok ewwwwwwwww. Can you two please not do that here." Alex said in an exasperated tone.
"I agree, I do not need to know or want to know what my cousin does in bed. That's your business and I'd probably have to kill ya." Sean said looking pointedly at Michael who just continued to dig with a smirk on his face.
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"Yup, I'm bored." Stated Tess. 'Why did I even bother to come?'
"Hey Tess?" Kyle said
"Yeah" she looked ay Kyle who had a smile on his face.
"You wanna make out?" he asked.
Tess looked shocked but nodded anyway and they started to make out. Max looked at them then at Liz. She jumped on him and then they started to make out.
"Oh my god you guys I think they found something" Isabel said not noticing what was going on behind her.
"Hey guys, guys, KNOCK IT OFF" she yelled but not loud enough so the others would hear.
The rest of them looked at her and blushed. "What?" Max asked.
"They found something"
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"Boss I see a couple of cars over there."
"So?"
"One's a jag."
"And again so?"
"Maria only drives jags, and who else in Roswell New Mexico is rich enough to own one?"
"Right. Driver, stop over near those cars."
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"It's a case" Sean said and brought it to the surface.
"Ok, Well open it." Michael said.
Alex looked at the combination on the case and then cracked it straight away. He looked up to the shocked faces of the others.
"What, I guessed" he said with a shrug.
Maria opened the case and gasped when she saw what was inside. Inside lay over 20 bags of some unidentified pink drug.
"Hold on a minute. We dug for over and hour only to come up with bags of pink powder?" Alex said frustrated.
"It's drugs you moron." Sean said to him
"Ok, you can get drugs anywhere, so why do this?" Maria asked not getting why these were so important.
"Coz this drug ain't made anymore and would fetch us a pretty penny" a voice came from behind.
CHAPTER 21
"Hey who are they?" asked Max
"Dunno but Maria looks kinda freaked." Said Isabel noticing that Maria knew the guy.
"What do we do?" Kyle said while eyeing the guy. "Hold on he seems kind of familiar but I don't know where from"
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Maria slowly got up from her crouching position on the ground. "Frankie" she gasped as she turned around.
"Well, well, well. We meet again Maria." Frankie said in a cold voice. "And I see you've cracked the code on the note." He said pointing to the drugs.
"Yeah well you know me, If I'm being threatened and followed I'd kind of like to know why." Maria said sarcastically.
"Pleasant as always I see." Frankie smirked. "Now hand me over the case."
"No" Maria stood in front of Alex who was holding the case.
"No?, Look Maria I don't do well at playing games as you know first hand so I'll say it again---" Frankie pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at Michael's chest. "--- Hand over the case."
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"Oh my god. He's got a gun." Isabel gasped
"We can see that Iz." Kyle said then squinted at the man holding the gun. "Jesus"
"What" asked Isabel
"I know who he is. Frankie Bono, my dad's been after him for years. What's he want with Ria?" Kyle wondered.
"Has anyone got a cell phone?" Isabel asked
"Yeah here why" Liz said handing it to Isabel who then gave it to Kyle.
"Call your dad and tell him to hurry"
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"Here take the damn thing just leave him out of it." Maria pleaded taking the case away from Alex
"Maria don't" Michael warned
"Michael I have to" she said chocking on a sob.
"Awww, how sweet, now hand it over before I shoot yet another boyfriend" Frankie laughed.
Maria gave him the case and Frankie put his gun away.
"Why do you need them" Sean asked
"Coz I'm in debt and these will bring me out." Frankie said while closing the case. He walked over to his car but before he opened the door he took out his gun and aimed it back at Michael.
"This is for not giving it to me sooner."
Two shots were fired.
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
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"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" Michael yelled as Maria's limp body fell to the floor.
Just before Frankie fired Maria pushed Michael out of the way.
"God, Hanson, call an ambulance and tell them we have one live victim-----" Sheriff Valenti walked over to where Frankie's body lay still on the ground. He felt for a pulse. "-----and one dead"
The sheriff arrived just as Frankie pulled out his gun and fired. When Frankie shot Maria, Valenti shot him.
Michael ran to Maria. "Maria, baby open your eyes" he said holding her body to his. "Maria, MARIA." He yelled.
Maria slowly opened her eyes and looked at Michaels. "Is it over?" she asked.
"Yeah baby it's over" Michael said with a sad smile.
"Michael, I can't feel anything." Maria said quietly. She started to close her eyes again.
"No, Maria look at me. It's gonna be ok. The ambulance is on its way." He said cradling her head.
"I love you" she whispered.
"No, Maria everything gonna be alright just hang on ok." Michael pleaded holding in the sobs that wanted to escape his body.
"I love you" she whispered again and lightly touched his face.
"I love you too baby. Just hang on for me ok?" he looked at her face and noticed her eyes were closed.
"Maria, Maria-" he whispered. "MARIA"
Michael, Maria, Sean and Alex all arrived at the rock.
"Ria, get the note out and read the part were it says this stuff is buried" Sean said getting shovels out of the back of his car.
"Ahhh, it says go under the rock and look up so you are looking at the top point. Then walk 23 steps south west." Maria said while walking over to the rock. She looked up to see the point then started walking. "Ok it should be buried here" she said and pointed to the ground.
"Well I'd better be coz I ain't digging for nothing" Sean said as he dropped the shovels on the ground.
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"What are they doing?" Isabel asked no one in particular.
"Looks like digging" Kyle said
Isabel rolled her eyes at him. 'Idiot' she thought.
"I can see that but why?" she asked
"Does it look like I was let on in this thing? NO. so stop asking." Kyle said growing tired of her constant complaining.
"Shut up Kyle."
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"Ok, we've been digging for an hour now and nothing. Are you sure we have the right spot?" Alex asked Maria. He was hot, tired and in the middle of the desert during a heatwave digging.
"Yes Alex this is right. Maybe he just buried it really far down?" she suggested and shrugged.
Alex shook his head but continued anyway. "Your lucky I'm a friend Deluca. I don't do stuff like this for just anyone"
"You don't do stuff like this period." Sean said rolling his eyes.
"I could though" Alex said trying to defend himself.
"Now now. Do I have to separate you two?" Maria said in a motherly voice then laughed when they both glared at her.
"Hey why don't you help. We'd probably find it faster" Michael asked Maria.
"I'm to delicate." She stated as a matter of fact.
"Delicate my ass" he threw back
"What's that supposed to mean" she asked with her hands on her hips.
"Does the stuff you did last night ring any bells?" he said
Maria blushed and smiled shyly.
"Ok ewwwwwwwww. Can you two please not do that here." Alex said in an exasperated tone.
"I agree, I do not need to know or want to know what my cousin does in bed. That's your business and I'd probably have to kill ya." Sean said looking pointedly at Michael who just continued to dig with a smirk on his face.
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"Yup, I'm bored." Stated Tess. 'Why did I even bother to come?'
"Hey Tess?" Kyle said
"Yeah" she looked ay Kyle who had a smile on his face.
"You wanna make out?" he asked.
Tess looked shocked but nodded anyway and they started to make out. Max looked at them then at Liz. She jumped on him and then they started to make out.
"Oh my god you guys I think they found something" Isabel said not noticing what was going on behind her.
"Hey guys, guys, KNOCK IT OFF" she yelled but not loud enough so the others would hear.
The rest of them looked at her and blushed. "What?" Max asked.
"They found something"
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"Boss I see a couple of cars over there."
"So?"
"One's a jag."
"And again so?"
"Maria only drives jags, and who else in Roswell New Mexico is rich enough to own one?"
"Right. Driver, stop over near those cars."
********************************
"It's a case" Sean said and brought it to the surface.
"Ok, Well open it." Michael said.
Alex looked at the combination on the case and then cracked it straight away. He looked up to the shocked faces of the others.
"What, I guessed" he said with a shrug.
Maria opened the case and gasped when she saw what was inside. Inside lay over 20 bags of some unidentified pink drug.
"Hold on a minute. We dug for over and hour only to come up with bags of pink powder?" Alex said frustrated.
"It's drugs you moron." Sean said to him
"Ok, you can get drugs anywhere, so why do this?" Maria asked not getting why these were so important.
"Coz this drug ain't made anymore and would fetch us a pretty penny" a voice came from behind.
CHAPTER 21
"Hey who are they?" asked Max
"Dunno but Maria looks kinda freaked." Said Isabel noticing that Maria knew the guy.
"What do we do?" Kyle said while eyeing the guy. "Hold on he seems kind of familiar but I don't know where from"
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Maria slowly got up from her crouching position on the ground. "Frankie" she gasped as she turned around.
"Well, well, well. We meet again Maria." Frankie said in a cold voice. "And I see you've cracked the code on the note." He said pointing to the drugs.
"Yeah well you know me, If I'm being threatened and followed I'd kind of like to know why." Maria said sarcastically.
"Pleasant as always I see." Frankie smirked. "Now hand me over the case."
"No" Maria stood in front of Alex who was holding the case.
"No?, Look Maria I don't do well at playing games as you know first hand so I'll say it again---" Frankie pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at Michael's chest. "--- Hand over the case."
***************************
"Oh my god. He's got a gun." Isabel gasped
"We can see that Iz." Kyle said then squinted at the man holding the gun. "Jesus"
"What" asked Isabel
"I know who he is. Frankie Bono, my dad's been after him for years. What's he want with Ria?" Kyle wondered.
"Has anyone got a cell phone?" Isabel asked
"Yeah here why" Liz said handing it to Isabel who then gave it to Kyle.
"Call your dad and tell him to hurry"
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"Here take the damn thing just leave him out of it." Maria pleaded taking the case away from Alex
"Maria don't" Michael warned
"Michael I have to" she said chocking on a sob.
"Awww, how sweet, now hand it over before I shoot yet another boyfriend" Frankie laughed.
Maria gave him the case and Frankie put his gun away.
"Why do you need them" Sean asked
"Coz I'm in debt and these will bring me out." Frankie said while closing the case. He walked over to his car but before he opened the door he took out his gun and aimed it back at Michael.
"This is for not giving it to me sooner."
Two shots were fired.
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
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"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" Michael yelled as Maria's limp body fell to the floor.
Just before Frankie fired Maria pushed Michael out of the way.
"God, Hanson, call an ambulance and tell them we have one live victim-----" Sheriff Valenti walked over to where Frankie's body lay still on the ground. He felt for a pulse. "-----and one dead"
The sheriff arrived just as Frankie pulled out his gun and fired. When Frankie shot Maria, Valenti shot him.
Michael ran to Maria. "Maria, baby open your eyes" he said holding her body to his. "Maria, MARIA." He yelled.
Maria slowly opened her eyes and looked at Michaels. "Is it over?" she asked.
"Yeah baby it's over" Michael said with a sad smile.
"Michael, I can't feel anything." Maria said quietly. She started to close her eyes again.
"No, Maria look at me. It's gonna be ok. The ambulance is on its way." He said cradling her head.
"I love you" she whispered.
"No, Maria everything gonna be alright just hang on ok." Michael pleaded holding in the sobs that wanted to escape his body.
"I love you" she whispered again and lightly touched his face.
"I love you too baby. Just hang on for me ok?" he looked at her face and noticed her eyes were closed.
"Maria, Maria-" he whispered. "MARIA"