Little Elsie sat down and cried. Maria and Alex were very scared. It's
rare for a human to experience instantaneous matter transference. Alex
experienced something like it when he accidentally got sent to Max's
planet, which made it worse for him because it brought back some seriously
bad memories. Maria was like a 2-D drawing being lifted off the paper, but
when she saw Elsie crying, her nurturing instinct took over.
"Elsie, what's wrong?"
"I didn't mean to do it! My powers are going berserk. I can't control it!"
"Are you going through, like, puberty, or something?"
"I don't know, maybe. Everything looks really weird sometimes. Colors get bright and sounds get loud, and these other people are in my head, making feel bad feelings towards you and Max and Liz and Isabel and Alex and Michael," Elsie said through sobs.
"OH! You're going through the . um, I forgot what it's called, but it's this thing that happens to your species, but. Alex! Didn't we break the collective consciousness?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I think.they've been controlling Elsie."
"What? Why?"
"Well, she said."
"Elsie!" Max jumped through the opening in the cave.
"Max!" Elsie ran to him. She needed him to protect her, but he had lost faith in her. He fought the protecting instinct he felt and pushed her away.
"Maria! Alex! Are you okay?"
"Yeah. We're fine," Alex answered as if there were no reason to think there would be anything wrong. He looked at Maria questioningly.
"No, nothing's wrong!" Max looked back and forth between them, not believing.
"What did she do?"
"I'm sorry, Max! The people in my head made me do it."
"What?"
"It's the consciousness, Max. It has her. Although, not completely."
"Michael. We need the stone."
"What?"
"The stone. We have to save Elsie from the consciousness." Michael looked scared. He knew what he had to do. He went to get the stone. It was still in the rock he left it in.
"Okay, I got it." Max wasn't really sure what to do. The last time they had used the stone, Trevor had done all the work.
"We need to work together," said Liz. It had worked before. They had a special connection.
All six of them joined together and focused their energy and the stone's energy against the collective consciousness which had wedged its way into Elsie's mind.
The consciousness fought back. They had the power of many of their species. They lived on a planet where their powers were not feared, so they could exercise them freely. But they feared the stone; they knew they couldn't beat it. And they didn't. They were forced away from Elsie.
'Don't come near her again,' Max threatened. They felt his seriousness and knew he would not stop till he killed every one of them.
Elsie was broken down in sobs. (Author's note: Remember how Alex was when he figured out that Tess had had him deciphering code for her while he thought he was on vacation? Elsie was just like that now. However, in my story, the thing with Alex didn't happen because mine is based on the book series Roswell High.) Everyone ran to her.
"Elsie! Elsie, it's okay! They're gone!"
"But, Max, Daddy, they invaded my mind and they made me hate you! I can't believe this! I was a danger to you! Because I'm different, they were able to invade me and use me." She paused. "The consciousness. I remember now. I don't know why I didn't make the connection."
"They probably prevented you from realizing who they were. They're evil, Elsie. Anything they do is not your fault," Liz said.
"My body is merely a vessel: A vessel of evil. That's Buddhism."
"Yeah," Max said, picking her up. He held her up so she could climb out of the cave, then climbed up after her. The others followed. They got in the jeep and drove back to school.
"Elsie, what's wrong?"
"I didn't mean to do it! My powers are going berserk. I can't control it!"
"Are you going through, like, puberty, or something?"
"I don't know, maybe. Everything looks really weird sometimes. Colors get bright and sounds get loud, and these other people are in my head, making feel bad feelings towards you and Max and Liz and Isabel and Alex and Michael," Elsie said through sobs.
"OH! You're going through the . um, I forgot what it's called, but it's this thing that happens to your species, but. Alex! Didn't we break the collective consciousness?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I think.they've been controlling Elsie."
"What? Why?"
"Well, she said."
"Elsie!" Max jumped through the opening in the cave.
"Max!" Elsie ran to him. She needed him to protect her, but he had lost faith in her. He fought the protecting instinct he felt and pushed her away.
"Maria! Alex! Are you okay?"
"Yeah. We're fine," Alex answered as if there were no reason to think there would be anything wrong. He looked at Maria questioningly.
"No, nothing's wrong!" Max looked back and forth between them, not believing.
"What did she do?"
"I'm sorry, Max! The people in my head made me do it."
"What?"
"It's the consciousness, Max. It has her. Although, not completely."
"Michael. We need the stone."
"What?"
"The stone. We have to save Elsie from the consciousness." Michael looked scared. He knew what he had to do. He went to get the stone. It was still in the rock he left it in.
"Okay, I got it." Max wasn't really sure what to do. The last time they had used the stone, Trevor had done all the work.
"We need to work together," said Liz. It had worked before. They had a special connection.
All six of them joined together and focused their energy and the stone's energy against the collective consciousness which had wedged its way into Elsie's mind.
The consciousness fought back. They had the power of many of their species. They lived on a planet where their powers were not feared, so they could exercise them freely. But they feared the stone; they knew they couldn't beat it. And they didn't. They were forced away from Elsie.
'Don't come near her again,' Max threatened. They felt his seriousness and knew he would not stop till he killed every one of them.
Elsie was broken down in sobs. (Author's note: Remember how Alex was when he figured out that Tess had had him deciphering code for her while he thought he was on vacation? Elsie was just like that now. However, in my story, the thing with Alex didn't happen because mine is based on the book series Roswell High.) Everyone ran to her.
"Elsie! Elsie, it's okay! They're gone!"
"But, Max, Daddy, they invaded my mind and they made me hate you! I can't believe this! I was a danger to you! Because I'm different, they were able to invade me and use me." She paused. "The consciousness. I remember now. I don't know why I didn't make the connection."
"They probably prevented you from realizing who they were. They're evil, Elsie. Anything they do is not your fault," Liz said.
"My body is merely a vessel: A vessel of evil. That's Buddhism."
"Yeah," Max said, picking her up. He held her up so she could climb out of the cave, then climbed up after her. The others followed. They got in the jeep and drove back to school.
