CHAPTER 1: Tough Goodbyes
Tokyo, Japan
June 1, 2001
10:00 A.M.
"Serena! IT...IS...OVER!!!" Crystal couldn't take it anymore
for the last 6 months she had indulged her highness request to stay
and now everything had gone to hell. Loyalties and lives had been destroyed
along with loved ones wounding each other all in the name of revenge.
She couldn't take it anymore. Serena may be the current queen but she had orders
from the previous queen and because of the love she felt for her current highness
she had disobeyed and now it had cost more than she could possible imagine.
Serena was beyond furious. How dare Crystal just order herself around like she
owned her life, in case she had forgotten she had been created her for the sole
purpose of obeying the kingdoms command and she was now strictly disobeying a direct order.
She couldn't let her leave no matter what she said. "Crystal if you try to walk
out of your bedroom I will ......." Serena didn't finish for at that moment
Crystal turned to look at her to simply say, "You may be the queen Serena but
lets not forget everything you are now is because I trained you on it and
up to this point you have not surpassed the teacher." And with that sentence
uttered Crystal closed her eyes and disappeared in a flash of light.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 10:05 A.M.
Greyhound Bus Station
Max couldn't take it Liz was leaving again. True she wouldn't be gone for long,
who was he kiding four weeks was an eternity, mere seconds was to long of a time
to be separated from each other. They had only been together for several days,
several days in which every waking moment was spent together.
How was he going to survive a whole month with out her? His train of thought
was interrupted as the final boarding call came over the speakers. He unconsciously
held her tighter trying to imprint her body to his. "Max I have to go, besides it's
only four weeks and then I'll be back." Liz was trying but she couldn't hide the tears
in her eyes or the pain in her heart. They looked into each other's eyes one last time
and then she ran for the bus. They both knew that if they kissed she wouldn't leave.
As the bus pulled away max couldn't hold the façade any longer and he sat in the lobby
exhausted and broken. The tears rolled down freely and he frankly didn't care if he
made a spectacle of himself. He couldn't explain it but he knew that when she returned
things weren't going to be the same and that scared him the most.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 11:35 A.M.
Crashdown Cafe
Max sat in his usual booth knowing full well that Liz wasn't going
to wait on his table but you can't blame him for wishful thinking.
"Would you like another refill, Max?" Max looked up at Maria and
just shook his head. It hurt to talk he couldn't function with her
so far away. Maria felt sorry for him but she understood this was
a once in a lifetime opportunity for Liz and she had to take it.
"Max she'll be back don't worry. She can't live without you either."
And with that Maria picked up Maxs' seventh cherry cola with tobasco
sauce and walked behind the counter to serve the other seated customers
all the time wondering how max was going to survive four weeks
without Liz. She looked from wiping the counter to find the newly
reinstated Sheriff Valenti come in out of breath and head straight
for Max. What ever he told him it was urgent and they both then flew
out of the café like hounds of hell were after them. Maria began to
wonder to herself if the bad news were going to start rolling in.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 11:40 A.M.
Inside the Sheriff's Vehicle
Max was shocked and pale as a ghost this couldn't be happening if
anybody dug up Alex's body who knows what they would find and the
sheriff was just as speechless but tried to explain to max what had
happened. "This morning when I was putting my office back in order
a woman named Crystal Eaon walked in with all the necessary paperwork
to have Alex's body exhumed and re-examined by another doctor. She
says that she can't believe Alex would have killed himself." Valenti's
vehicle came to a sharp stop across the street from the cemetery where
Alex was buried. They had a clear view of the workers pulling out the
coffin and placing it in the coroner's van. Max just stared in complete
disbelief at the scene infront of him. This simply couldn't be happening
now that Liz was out of town and he needed her the most to help keep
them all rational. At that moment Crystal turned her attention
to the sheriff's vehicle she had felt herself being watched and was
surprised to find the sheriff with a young boy. A young boy that
looked so much like, no she stopped and proceeded to get into the
cab that was waiting for her to take her to the hospital where Alex's
body would be examined, thoroughly.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 9:00 P.M.
La Quinta Motel
It had taken the medical examiner nine hours to give her the final
report. Majority of the wording she didn't understand but the final
point was this and she couldn't help but shudder as he spoke those
words to her and the scene simply repeated itself in her mind. His
phone call had simply reaffirmed the fact to her.
Medical Examiners Office 7:00 P.M.
"Well up to this point everything seems to match the original report.
Now all that is left is to open..." He left those words hanging as he
turned from the body to look straight at Crystal, "Are you sure you
want to see the rest of this. I mean Lord only knows in what condition
we will find his brain in." Crystal at this point had no make-up on
anymore, between all the crying and throwing up that she had done in
the last seven hours she thought she could deal with the last part.
She wanted every single detailed burned into her mind that way when
she found the people responsible for hurting her Alex she would make
them pay the same fate. She simply nodded to Walter who proceeded to
saw Alex's head in order to look at his brain. As soon as he was
finished he placed the saw down and began to gently tug at the piece.
As soon as it was removed nothing could have prepared him for what
happened next. "Good Lord!" Walter had to jump back as it fell to
the floor. He had expected something but not this, anything but this.
About forty percent of Alex's brain matter simply plopped down to the
floor. It looked like cherry Jell-O to him and that was when Crystal
lost it. She didn't cry anymore and didn't throw up at the repulsive
site. At the site of Alex's brain turned to mush. She simply nodded
to Walter and asked him to be gentle with Alex and to place him back
where he belonged so that he could finally rest. She walked out the
door and entered the cab waiting for her outside and began to cry.
Softly at first and she promised herself to wait 'till she got back
to the hotel to cry. To cry the anguished and heartbreaking tears
that are owed to a good friend.
Back at the Motel
"Crystal it is what we thought, his mind had been controlled by
someone. The extensive tissue damage makes it similar to those
of the bodies we found in New York, California, Florida, Utah well
you know the places. I'm sorry I wish I could have better news for
you. Goodnight." She was positive now it was her, it had to be her.
The others could steel your memories but they were more advanced and
they wouldn't cause tissue damage. But her she was still young and
she could destroy. What was she going to do, Tess was far from her
reach but she would eventually come back. Would she still be alive
to destroy her? Time wasn't on Crystal's side and she could only pray
for strength. Strenght and time.
Tokyo, Japan
June 1, 2001
10:00 A.M.
"Serena! IT...IS...OVER!!!" Crystal couldn't take it anymore
for the last 6 months she had indulged her highness request to stay
and now everything had gone to hell. Loyalties and lives had been destroyed
along with loved ones wounding each other all in the name of revenge.
She couldn't take it anymore. Serena may be the current queen but she had orders
from the previous queen and because of the love she felt for her current highness
she had disobeyed and now it had cost more than she could possible imagine.
Serena was beyond furious. How dare Crystal just order herself around like she
owned her life, in case she had forgotten she had been created her for the sole
purpose of obeying the kingdoms command and she was now strictly disobeying a direct order.
She couldn't let her leave no matter what she said. "Crystal if you try to walk
out of your bedroom I will ......." Serena didn't finish for at that moment
Crystal turned to look at her to simply say, "You may be the queen Serena but
lets not forget everything you are now is because I trained you on it and
up to this point you have not surpassed the teacher." And with that sentence
uttered Crystal closed her eyes and disappeared in a flash of light.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 10:05 A.M.
Greyhound Bus Station
Max couldn't take it Liz was leaving again. True she wouldn't be gone for long,
who was he kiding four weeks was an eternity, mere seconds was to long of a time
to be separated from each other. They had only been together for several days,
several days in which every waking moment was spent together.
How was he going to survive a whole month with out her? His train of thought
was interrupted as the final boarding call came over the speakers. He unconsciously
held her tighter trying to imprint her body to his. "Max I have to go, besides it's
only four weeks and then I'll be back." Liz was trying but she couldn't hide the tears
in her eyes or the pain in her heart. They looked into each other's eyes one last time
and then she ran for the bus. They both knew that if they kissed she wouldn't leave.
As the bus pulled away max couldn't hold the façade any longer and he sat in the lobby
exhausted and broken. The tears rolled down freely and he frankly didn't care if he
made a spectacle of himself. He couldn't explain it but he knew that when she returned
things weren't going to be the same and that scared him the most.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 11:35 A.M.
Crashdown Cafe
Max sat in his usual booth knowing full well that Liz wasn't going
to wait on his table but you can't blame him for wishful thinking.
"Would you like another refill, Max?" Max looked up at Maria and
just shook his head. It hurt to talk he couldn't function with her
so far away. Maria felt sorry for him but she understood this was
a once in a lifetime opportunity for Liz and she had to take it.
"Max she'll be back don't worry. She can't live without you either."
And with that Maria picked up Maxs' seventh cherry cola with tobasco
sauce and walked behind the counter to serve the other seated customers
all the time wondering how max was going to survive four weeks
without Liz. She looked from wiping the counter to find the newly
reinstated Sheriff Valenti come in out of breath and head straight
for Max. What ever he told him it was urgent and they both then flew
out of the café like hounds of hell were after them. Maria began to
wonder to herself if the bad news were going to start rolling in.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 11:40 A.M.
Inside the Sheriff's Vehicle
Max was shocked and pale as a ghost this couldn't be happening if
anybody dug up Alex's body who knows what they would find and the
sheriff was just as speechless but tried to explain to max what had
happened. "This morning when I was putting my office back in order
a woman named Crystal Eaon walked in with all the necessary paperwork
to have Alex's body exhumed and re-examined by another doctor. She
says that she can't believe Alex would have killed himself." Valenti's
vehicle came to a sharp stop across the street from the cemetery where
Alex was buried. They had a clear view of the workers pulling out the
coffin and placing it in the coroner's van. Max just stared in complete
disbelief at the scene infront of him. This simply couldn't be happening
now that Liz was out of town and he needed her the most to help keep
them all rational. At that moment Crystal turned her attention
to the sheriff's vehicle she had felt herself being watched and was
surprised to find the sheriff with a young boy. A young boy that
looked so much like, no she stopped and proceeded to get into the
cab that was waiting for her to take her to the hospital where Alex's
body would be examined, thoroughly.
Roswell, NM
June 1, 2001 / 9:00 P.M.
La Quinta Motel
It had taken the medical examiner nine hours to give her the final
report. Majority of the wording she didn't understand but the final
point was this and she couldn't help but shudder as he spoke those
words to her and the scene simply repeated itself in her mind. His
phone call had simply reaffirmed the fact to her.
Medical Examiners Office 7:00 P.M.
"Well up to this point everything seems to match the original report.
Now all that is left is to open..." He left those words hanging as he
turned from the body to look straight at Crystal, "Are you sure you
want to see the rest of this. I mean Lord only knows in what condition
we will find his brain in." Crystal at this point had no make-up on
anymore, between all the crying and throwing up that she had done in
the last seven hours she thought she could deal with the last part.
She wanted every single detailed burned into her mind that way when
she found the people responsible for hurting her Alex she would make
them pay the same fate. She simply nodded to Walter who proceeded to
saw Alex's head in order to look at his brain. As soon as he was
finished he placed the saw down and began to gently tug at the piece.
As soon as it was removed nothing could have prepared him for what
happened next. "Good Lord!" Walter had to jump back as it fell to
the floor. He had expected something but not this, anything but this.
About forty percent of Alex's brain matter simply plopped down to the
floor. It looked like cherry Jell-O to him and that was when Crystal
lost it. She didn't cry anymore and didn't throw up at the repulsive
site. At the site of Alex's brain turned to mush. She simply nodded
to Walter and asked him to be gentle with Alex and to place him back
where he belonged so that he could finally rest. She walked out the
door and entered the cab waiting for her outside and began to cry.
Softly at first and she promised herself to wait 'till she got back
to the hotel to cry. To cry the anguished and heartbreaking tears
that are owed to a good friend.
Back at the Motel
"Crystal it is what we thought, his mind had been controlled by
someone. The extensive tissue damage makes it similar to those
of the bodies we found in New York, California, Florida, Utah well
you know the places. I'm sorry I wish I could have better news for
you. Goodnight." She was positive now it was her, it had to be her.
The others could steel your memories but they were more advanced and
they wouldn't cause tissue damage. But her she was still young and
she could destroy. What was she going to do, Tess was far from her
reach but she would eventually come back. Would she still be alive
to destroy her? Time wasn't on Crystal's side and she could only pray
for strength. Strenght and time.