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In this chapter: Ever wonder why Kivar and his people never made another attempt to come after Isabel or to kill Max or Michael? This is my explanation.

Chapter Six: Aftermath and Discovery

I wake slowly. At first I have no idea where I am. I imagine I'm lying in my bed at the Valentis', after a night of fighting Skins or running from the FBI or something. Is it a school day? I groan. I don't want to go to that stupid high school one more day and watch Max and Liz make eyes at each other.

Suddenly, I hear a voice next to me. "Well, you're finally waking up then? How do you feel?"

That's not Kyle or Jim. I'm not in Roswell. I'm on Antar! I blink a few times, and focus on the middle aged woman sitting next to my bed. She looks like a nurse. "What happened?"

"You were brought in here with a concussion. You've been unconscious for the last 20 hours. You also have a twisted ankle. You'll be fine in a few days. I want you to rest and stay off your feet."

"What about the mission? There was an explosion......."

The woman glances behind her. "Ah, here's Torann. He'll explain everything." She gets up. "Now, no more than ten minutes. She's to rest." Then she walks off.

Torann comes over and sits in the chair the nurse just vacated. "How are you feeling?" he asks me. He looks exhausted, like he hasn't gotten any sleep for a week.
"Confused. What happened back there?"

"There was a complication. Kivar had returned from Earth. As soon as we breached the perimeter, he deployed the guards to the wormhole technology lab. Our people weren't able to get in to steal it, so they set off an explosion that would destroy it. So, we may not have the technology but neither does Kivar. He won't be able to make any more attempts to bring back Vilandra."

I take that in. "I lost consciousness right after I got out of the building. How did I get here?"

"Kural found you. He picked you up and carried you to the gate, and passed you off to one of the getaway team."

"I'll have to remember to thank him..." I murmur.

Torann sighs heavily. "You can't. Kural was one of those who didn't make it."

Shocked, I think of the shy boy who sat with me in the dining hall, and tried to keep his friend, Tirana, from going off on me. He wasn't much older than me and now he's dead.

"How many died?"

"We had 20 percent casualties." Slowly getting up from his chair, he suddenly looks quite old. "I shall leave you now. The nurse is glowering at me, and I have work to do. Feel better." He pats me gruffly on the shoulder and left.

I lay there for a while, and think of the loss of life. Who I am to be shocked, though, right? I'm a murderer, aren't I? I think of Alex, who was only seventeen and how I cheated him out of his whole life. And I cry then, hating Nasedo and my alien upbringing for bringing me to this point.

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Later, I talk to Tirana, and offer my sympathies for Kural's death. Turns out the two were engaged. I tell her how heroic he was for saving my life, and all that. Then she tells me the gossip about what had happened with the Kivar situation.

"Apparently, he showed up on Earth, right after Vilandra married some human--"

This surprises me. Isabel got married? To who? "To who?" I asked.

"I don't know. Some human. Anyway, Kivar followed them and tried to convince Vilandra to come back with him. I don't know what happened, but the wormhole was all fired up, and suddenly he was snapped out of the possession of the human quite abruptly, at the same time there was a power surge in the wormhole technology. I guess he was in quite a rage, shouting, and calling Vilandra names."

"Hmmm." I mull this over. Sounds like one for the humans. "I told Torann Isabel wouldn't go along with Kivar."

"Isabel? Who's that? Oh, you mean Vilandra. Why did you all go by human names?"

"We didn't know our human names. Well, I did. Our protector told me. But the others were raised by humans and given human names. Zan was Max, Rath was Michael, and Vilandra was Isabel. I was Tess."

"Max.......Mykull.........Izzabel. Max sounds almost like an Antarian name, but the others are so strange sounding. And you like going by the name Tess?" she asks dubiously.

I sigh. "I've gotten used to it."

"Is it true that......Max, Mykull and Izzabel really don't want to come back here and defeat Kivar?"

"Well, yeah. I mean, it's kind of impossible. Even if they had a way to get back here, what would the three of them be able to do? They're just teenagers."

Tirana's eyes flared. "The mere presence of the King, the Second and the Princess would be a major morale boost for the resistance. With them leading us, more would join our cause, and Kivar could be overthrown!"

"Yeah, well, they don't know about the resistance. And anyway, they're happy on Earth. They have human families and have fallen in love with humans. Argh, I don't want to talk about it." I leave the room, not wanting to talk about Earth anymore.

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The next few months passed uneventfully. The news programs have been full of speeches by Kivar, trying to rally the people and get them to support his reign. The resistance has staged a few protests, but I haven't taken part in them. It's too dangerous for me to be seen in public. So, I stay in the compound and work in the creche. I love playing with Zan. If it weren't for him, I would go crazy.

I think it's February now. On Earth, that is. I always thought February was a stupid month. It's too short. And why does it have an "R" in it, if it's not pronounced?

One night, I am roused out of a sound sleep by a pounding on my door. Sleepily, I get up and go to Zan, who is crying fitfully, grumpy at being woken. I pick him up and jiggle him on my hip as I walk to the door.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," I say as I open it to see a panicked- looking Tirana.

"Kivar's soldiers are here! They've breached the perimeter!"

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