A/n: Ok we have another confusing chapter here! [b] and [b/] is Michael
talking and [I] and [i/] is Isabel talking! Sorry it's so hard to read, it
was originally posted on a board where the Html tags were a lot easier to
use!
CHAPTER 16
Max shivered as he turned to face Isabel and Michael. They stood stock still staring into the darkness to where a girl stood, her features masked, a white light emanating from her. Max shivered once again. what was going on?
'It's been a long time my dear friends, far too long! I had even begun to forget your faces. My heart longs for me to reach out and touch you, just to reassure me that you're real, that this isn't just another of my dreams. But it's real, I know it is!
'I cannot hold onto you for too long, my powers in this skill are not what they could be. But I had to come, for you must know this. You are running from the claws of a mouse into the jaws of a lion. You did well Zan, thank you. I will find you soon!'
***
Max sat bolt up right in bed, his breathing shallow and unsteady. 'Isabel! Michael!' he whispered into the darkness.
'It happened again didn't it,' whispered Isabel shakily.
Max reached out his hand a the small, dirty bedside lamp switched on. Michael raised himself from the motel floor.
'It was one of them.' he said clearly.
Max nodded, still a little shaken up. It seemed these dreams were going to become some what of a habit, and not an appreciated habit! He could still see the last vision all too clearly in his mind, the pools of blood and the feeling of panic. Yup his life was crazy!
'Max, what was she saying?' asked Issy quietly.
'I- I don't know.' admitted Max wretchedly, it killed him not to know what was going on. Why had his life just suddenly started spiraling out of control? Was it not possible for his life to become normal for just one measly little second?
'OK,' said Michael taking control. 'First things first, what did she say?'
'She spoke to me.' murmured Max.
'Max! She spoke to all of us!' Why couldn't these Evans' seem to keep their heads?
'Zan.' whispered Max, continuing to ignore Michael.
'Oh great! Here we go again!' groaned Michael, letting his head fall into his hands. 'I'm stuck with two dumb-struck Evans'! Life just keeps on improving!'
Isabel slapped Michael round the head. 'Michael! Would you just pay attention for one second! She did say something to Zan, she said "You did well Zan, thank you".'
'Fine! In that case, which one of us is Zan?'
'I am.'
'What?' squeaked Issy.
'Oh for goodness sake Maxwell! What the hell have you been drinking? Why you? It could be any of us?'
'It's me Michael, she was speaking to me. she knew me!'
'Max! When did you stop thinking and become a brainless idiot? First it was your Doctor Max syndrome and now It's your split personality in which you are the great Zan! Why won't you just think again? I don't like this new Max!'
Max just kept ignoring him but Isabel put out her hand and laid it on Michael's shoulder. 'Calm down Michael, he's in shock. Leave it till later, he'll go back to normal soon. We have a more important things to figure out, like what on earth she was talking about!'
'That your house was infested with mice and we're heading for a zoo?'
Isabel rolled her eyes, 'Can't you come up with anything more intelligent than that Michael?'
'What do you expect Is? She spoke garbage! Like no one taught her to speak normal English!'
Isabel sighed, 'Max?'
'I- I-' Max faded away.
'WE'RE RUNNING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!' They all yelled at once, their eyes wide.
***
Well welcome back folks! My life has just decided it wants to throw me in yet another direction! Want to know where you find me now? Guess. Nope, not on the way to LA to start a new life, nope wrong again. Nope no where close. I'll tell you, heading North on the 285! Ironic huh! Yes we do realise that we're going in the wrong direction, well technically we're going in the right direction, we were going in the wrong direction before, south was wrong, north is right. Confusing huh? Believe me it's worse when you're stuck in the middle of it.
But through the darkness of confusion there is one ray of light that grow brighter by the second. I'm going back to Liz, I'm not leaving her.
[b]'You know Maxwell, she might not be all too happy to see you.'[/b]
Shit! Michael! When did you start reading minds?
[b] 'Well when we got involved in talking to the voices in your head.' [/b]
[i] 'Hey guys out there!' [/i]
What the hell is this? So now you both can here what's going on in my head?
[b]Yup, pretty much![/b]
[i]'Well, until we get our own air time!' [/i]
Man is this gonna get confusing!
[b]So back to what I was saying Maxwell, what makes you think that she'll be throwing a party at your sudden return?[/b]
[i]Oooo, harsh Michael![/i]
Well why shouldn't she be happy to see me?
[b]You know I really do wonder about you sometimes Max! Didn't she once say she didn't believe in aliens? You've just thrown her wold upside down, saved her life and disappeared. Then she's been left for like four days trying to work out what happened![/b]
Oh.
[b]Yes, 'Oh'![/b]
[i]Come on Michael, give him a break, you were the one who forced him to leave! We ll played our part in this! And it's not just Liz whose gonna be hostile, do you really think Alex and Maria won't have anything to say about this? Maria will tare you limb from limb![/i]
[b].[/b]
[i]Come on guys, it's time we stopped pointing fingers and started to work as a team just like we always used to! Remember when Mom and Dad nearly found out about us, but we worked together to convince them we were normal! We're better as a team, just like the first dream said, maybe that's why we're talking like this now. We were sent down to earth together so that we could be together and work as a team, not so we could blame each other for shared mistakes![/i]
*She has a good point. I've always hated arguing with Michael but over the past few days it's become like a habit to me, it's just something I've got to stop doing! he's like my brother.* She's right, I'm sorry Michael.
[b]Yeah.. sorry.[/b]
[i]Come on, we're nearly home. We have to work out something to say to our parents that will explain why we suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth.[/i]
And I have to work out something to tell Liz.
[b]I think you should go and see her tonight Max. The longer she's left on her own, the more frightened she'll get.[/b]
*Well what do you know? Michael does have a heart!* Thanks Mike, I'll do that.
[i]*Isabel sat back in her seat and smiled, well that was her good deed for the day..*[/i]
***
Max and Isabel entered the dark house, the only light shone from the sitting room. They walked cautiously through the door.
'Max! Isabel! My babies!!' Screamed Mrs Evans as she threw herself at them.
Mr Evans ran into the room and grabbed both his children in a protective embrace.
***
Max stood below the lights on Liz' balcony looking up at the night sky. Things had gone easily with his parents, now they thought he was in bed sleeping off the 'camping trip' for which the note had got mysteriously lost. Max swallowed, well here goes nothing, he thought as he took one last look up at the vast emptiness of the universe, his universe.
CHAPTER 16
Max shivered as he turned to face Isabel and Michael. They stood stock still staring into the darkness to where a girl stood, her features masked, a white light emanating from her. Max shivered once again. what was going on?
'It's been a long time my dear friends, far too long! I had even begun to forget your faces. My heart longs for me to reach out and touch you, just to reassure me that you're real, that this isn't just another of my dreams. But it's real, I know it is!
'I cannot hold onto you for too long, my powers in this skill are not what they could be. But I had to come, for you must know this. You are running from the claws of a mouse into the jaws of a lion. You did well Zan, thank you. I will find you soon!'
***
Max sat bolt up right in bed, his breathing shallow and unsteady. 'Isabel! Michael!' he whispered into the darkness.
'It happened again didn't it,' whispered Isabel shakily.
Max reached out his hand a the small, dirty bedside lamp switched on. Michael raised himself from the motel floor.
'It was one of them.' he said clearly.
Max nodded, still a little shaken up. It seemed these dreams were going to become some what of a habit, and not an appreciated habit! He could still see the last vision all too clearly in his mind, the pools of blood and the feeling of panic. Yup his life was crazy!
'Max, what was she saying?' asked Issy quietly.
'I- I don't know.' admitted Max wretchedly, it killed him not to know what was going on. Why had his life just suddenly started spiraling out of control? Was it not possible for his life to become normal for just one measly little second?
'OK,' said Michael taking control. 'First things first, what did she say?'
'She spoke to me.' murmured Max.
'Max! She spoke to all of us!' Why couldn't these Evans' seem to keep their heads?
'Zan.' whispered Max, continuing to ignore Michael.
'Oh great! Here we go again!' groaned Michael, letting his head fall into his hands. 'I'm stuck with two dumb-struck Evans'! Life just keeps on improving!'
Isabel slapped Michael round the head. 'Michael! Would you just pay attention for one second! She did say something to Zan, she said "You did well Zan, thank you".'
'Fine! In that case, which one of us is Zan?'
'I am.'
'What?' squeaked Issy.
'Oh for goodness sake Maxwell! What the hell have you been drinking? Why you? It could be any of us?'
'It's me Michael, she was speaking to me. she knew me!'
'Max! When did you stop thinking and become a brainless idiot? First it was your Doctor Max syndrome and now It's your split personality in which you are the great Zan! Why won't you just think again? I don't like this new Max!'
Max just kept ignoring him but Isabel put out her hand and laid it on Michael's shoulder. 'Calm down Michael, he's in shock. Leave it till later, he'll go back to normal soon. We have a more important things to figure out, like what on earth she was talking about!'
'That your house was infested with mice and we're heading for a zoo?'
Isabel rolled her eyes, 'Can't you come up with anything more intelligent than that Michael?'
'What do you expect Is? She spoke garbage! Like no one taught her to speak normal English!'
Isabel sighed, 'Max?'
'I- I-' Max faded away.
'WE'RE RUNNING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!' They all yelled at once, their eyes wide.
***
Well welcome back folks! My life has just decided it wants to throw me in yet another direction! Want to know where you find me now? Guess. Nope, not on the way to LA to start a new life, nope wrong again. Nope no where close. I'll tell you, heading North on the 285! Ironic huh! Yes we do realise that we're going in the wrong direction, well technically we're going in the right direction, we were going in the wrong direction before, south was wrong, north is right. Confusing huh? Believe me it's worse when you're stuck in the middle of it.
But through the darkness of confusion there is one ray of light that grow brighter by the second. I'm going back to Liz, I'm not leaving her.
[b]'You know Maxwell, she might not be all too happy to see you.'[/b]
Shit! Michael! When did you start reading minds?
[b] 'Well when we got involved in talking to the voices in your head.' [/b]
[i] 'Hey guys out there!' [/i]
What the hell is this? So now you both can here what's going on in my head?
[b]Yup, pretty much![/b]
[i]'Well, until we get our own air time!' [/i]
Man is this gonna get confusing!
[b]So back to what I was saying Maxwell, what makes you think that she'll be throwing a party at your sudden return?[/b]
[i]Oooo, harsh Michael![/i]
Well why shouldn't she be happy to see me?
[b]You know I really do wonder about you sometimes Max! Didn't she once say she didn't believe in aliens? You've just thrown her wold upside down, saved her life and disappeared. Then she's been left for like four days trying to work out what happened![/b]
Oh.
[b]Yes, 'Oh'![/b]
[i]Come on Michael, give him a break, you were the one who forced him to leave! We ll played our part in this! And it's not just Liz whose gonna be hostile, do you really think Alex and Maria won't have anything to say about this? Maria will tare you limb from limb![/i]
[b].[/b]
[i]Come on guys, it's time we stopped pointing fingers and started to work as a team just like we always used to! Remember when Mom and Dad nearly found out about us, but we worked together to convince them we were normal! We're better as a team, just like the first dream said, maybe that's why we're talking like this now. We were sent down to earth together so that we could be together and work as a team, not so we could blame each other for shared mistakes![/i]
*She has a good point. I've always hated arguing with Michael but over the past few days it's become like a habit to me, it's just something I've got to stop doing! he's like my brother.* She's right, I'm sorry Michael.
[b]Yeah.. sorry.[/b]
[i]Come on, we're nearly home. We have to work out something to say to our parents that will explain why we suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth.[/i]
And I have to work out something to tell Liz.
[b]I think you should go and see her tonight Max. The longer she's left on her own, the more frightened she'll get.[/b]
*Well what do you know? Michael does have a heart!* Thanks Mike, I'll do that.
[i]*Isabel sat back in her seat and smiled, well that was her good deed for the day..*[/i]
***
Max and Isabel entered the dark house, the only light shone from the sitting room. They walked cautiously through the door.
'Max! Isabel! My babies!!' Screamed Mrs Evans as she threw herself at them.
Mr Evans ran into the room and grabbed both his children in a protective embrace.
***
Max stood below the lights on Liz' balcony looking up at the night sky. Things had gone easily with his parents, now they thought he was in bed sleeping off the 'camping trip' for which the note had got mysteriously lost. Max swallowed, well here goes nothing, he thought as he took one last look up at the vast emptiness of the universe, his universe.