Part 17
When Ricky came down the stairs, all the adults stared at him, making him feel uncomfortable.
"Aunty Maria," Ricky spoke softly. "Aunty Liz wanted me to ask you if you could get Katie some water please?"
"Sure thing honey. I'll be right back." Maria answered and headed off to the kitchen.
"Hey kiddo, come over here till Maria comes back with the water." Michael called out to Ricky.
"Okay Uncle Michael," Ricky replied and ran over to Michael and sat on his lap.
Ricky asked Michael, "Who are these people and why do they keep on staring at me?"
"Ricky, these are Max's and my adopted parents and these are Liz's parents." Isabel introduced the parents. She then turned to her parents and the Parkers. "Mum, Dad, Mr. and Mrs. Parker this is Ricky, the oldest of the children. And is Maria and Michael's child in our past life."
"Oh," Ricky realised.
"How's Katie?" Isabelle asked softy to Ricky in a concerned voice. Partly worried for her niece and trying to distract the parents from asking Ricky lots of questions.
Ricky looked down at his hands," she had one of her vision things. It was scary to see her like that." He said sadly while trying to fight off his tears.
"Hey little man," Michael said holding him tightly to his chest, "We will sort it out and make sure nothing happens to anyone, especially you and your sisters."
"Spaceboy is right." Maria interrupted them." Now, here is Katie's water. And I promise you that everything will work out okay. Now give me a hug and go back upstairs, okay?"
"Okay Aunt Ria, and thanks." Ricky smiled and gave Maria a very big hug and said to her and Michael, "I love you both."
"We love you to kiddo, now go," Michael told Ricky.
"Okay I am going. Bye everyone, it was nice to meet you." Ricky said to the parents and scurried off upstairs. His head peered down ward and asked, "Shall I look in on Anne and Julie?"
"That would be great Ricky, and you can come back down to tell us if we need to check on them." Isabel answered.
"Okay." Ricky's head disappeared .
"Whatever Katie saw must of been pretty bad for Ricky almost to cry like that." Serena spoke quietly.
All the parents moved their gaze from the spot where Ricky was just a moment ago, to Serena.
"Would one of you please tell us what the hell those four children are doing in my house. And where is my daughter?" Jeff shouted, clearly annoyed.
"She is upstairs trying to get our past life daughter to calm down after she saw everyone one of us murdered in cold blood. Including her older brother and her two younger sisters." A angry voice startled everyone in the room. They all turned round to see a pissed off Max.
The adults jaws were dropped open. No one had ever seen Max this angry before, apart from the pod squad.
"Oh no, Alex." Isabel cried softly. Alex hugged her to his chest.
"It's okay Bella." Alex soothed his girlfriend using his pet name for her." We will fix this, won't we Max?" Alex said looking at Max while he spoke.
"Yes we will." Max said reassuring his sister. "But before we talk about that, I want to make sure that Katie for once will have a dream that all nine year olds have. So Iz, could you please help to make that happen for her please?" Max asked his sister.
"Sure. It's the least I can do. Alex can you hold me while I do this?" Isabel asked her boyfriend shyly.
"Yeah, of course Bella." Alex replied.
Michael and Maria got of the seat and sat on the floor.
Isabel laid stretched out on the seat with Alex holding her. "Max, I need a picture of Katie.
"No you don't. Just form an image of Katie in your mind and reach out to her. " Julie instructed Isabel.
"All your powers are getting stronger." Julie informed everyone.
"Okay, can we have some quiet please? I can't do this if everyone is talking. Oh, one more question before I do this. What do nine year old girls dream of. Cause I have no idea what to do for her." Isabel admitted sheepishly.
"Try to do something with unicorns. That's her favourite mythical creature." Max suggested causing everyone to look at him.
"Okay here it goes, see you in a little while." Isabel said then closed her eyes.
"Max, how do you know what Katie's favourite mythical creature is?" His father wispered.
"Well, back on Antar, the planet we used to live on, Liz and I decorated Katie's bedroom with unicorns." Max wispered back.
"Max how did you know that?" Maria wispered.
"I don't know, I just did." Max answered.
Isabel opened her eyes and looked around.
"Well?" Max asked hopefully.
"She is now dreaming about riding unicorns with you and Liz." Isabel answered smiling at everyone.
Max went over to his sister and gave her a big hug and wispered in her ear "Thanks sis."
"No problem. I didn't want my niece to dream about bad things happening to her family again. Wow that was something I didn't think would happen for quite awhile. I have a niece." Isabel said, a bit amused.
"So, can you tell us more about yourselves?" Nancy asked the podsquad.
"I think we better wait for Liz before we tell you any more. I'll go and get her." Max suggested.
"No need Max, I'm here." Liz spoke as she came down the stairs.
"Lizzie chica, how are you and Katie?" Maria asked her.
"Well, I'm still trying to get over what Katie saw. It's just a shock. Katie is finally asleep. I checked on the girls and got Ricky to sleep next to Katie." Liz confessed.
"I knew we should have never left the children with Marcus." Liz told everyone.
"That's the children's father in this life who is working with Kivar, who is the leader of a planet neighbouring the planet that we used to live on." Max informed the parents.
"Liz, we did not have any choice in this matter. We were really young at the time. Now we can find a way of looking after the children." Alex told his sister.
"Julie can't you take the children back? I mean you are their mother." Maria asked Julie.
'No sweetie, I can't. They don't belong to me now. They are your children. I carried them till you were able to take care of them. Katie is now your daughter Max and Liz. Ricky is now Michael and Maria's son. Anne is Alex and Isabel's daughter and Jenny is Kyle and Serena's daughter. All the children know that I am not their real mother and Marcus is not their real father. I have done what I promised Max and Isabel's mother." Julie explained. " And that was to make sure the children are with their rightful parents. I think I will explain the story to your parents.
"Liz and Max were the king and Queen of Antar, our planet. They all died on Katie's 4th birthday, murdered by Kivar and Siver, who is on Earth now. Siver wants to take Liz and Isabel back with him to Antar. So Liz will become his Queen and have Isabel as his mistress. The Queen's technicians had been working on a back up plan that was a closely guarded secret. They were able to clone dead people and send them to Earth as children. So they would be safe and be able to come back when they were older, to save their planet."
"Mum, Dad when you found us on the road, Michael, Isabel and myself were in these incubation pods. That kept us alive for 50 years. The night you found us in the desert, we had just broke free of our pods."
"But Michael, we did not see you when we picked Max and Isabel." Diane said.
"I hid when I saw the car coming. I was scared." Michael admitted.
"Oh Michael. I am so sorry. You have been best friends with Max and Isabel for so many years and are like a son to us. If we would have seen you, we would of taken you in as well." Philip told Michael
"That's okay." Michael said back.
"We didn't meet Michael till school and we realised that he was one of us. Michael was the same as us. There was someone else I saw when I got off the bus that day. It was a long haired brunette girl. I fell in love with her that day at the age of eight. But I was scared to let her know what I really was." Max told the parents while holding Liz's hand and smiling at her.
"We managed to keep everyone from knowing about what we were for a few years, till Liz got shot in the Crashdown and my dear brother healed Liz, exposing that we are aliens." Isabel pitched in.
"I promised Max I would not say anything to anyone but Maria knew that I wasn't telling her the truth so I had to tell her about Max and the others." Liz joined in.
"I was the next one to find out. Liz and I ended up in jail because the Sheriff was chasing around trying to find out about what Max did to Liz in the Crashdown. Liz finally confessed and told me what happened." Alex joined in as well.
"Kyle and the sheriff were the last ones to find out about us. We have had some trouble along the way. We had the FBI kidnapping and torturing Max ." Michael joined in.
"What? Why? When?" Philip and Diane cried out.
"Mum, Dad they did it to me because they wanted to find out why I was here. It was horrible what they did to me. It was last year." Max told his parents.
When Ricky came down the stairs, all the adults stared at him, making him feel uncomfortable.
"Aunty Maria," Ricky spoke softly. "Aunty Liz wanted me to ask you if you could get Katie some water please?"
"Sure thing honey. I'll be right back." Maria answered and headed off to the kitchen.
"Hey kiddo, come over here till Maria comes back with the water." Michael called out to Ricky.
"Okay Uncle Michael," Ricky replied and ran over to Michael and sat on his lap.
Ricky asked Michael, "Who are these people and why do they keep on staring at me?"
"Ricky, these are Max's and my adopted parents and these are Liz's parents." Isabel introduced the parents. She then turned to her parents and the Parkers. "Mum, Dad, Mr. and Mrs. Parker this is Ricky, the oldest of the children. And is Maria and Michael's child in our past life."
"Oh," Ricky realised.
"How's Katie?" Isabelle asked softy to Ricky in a concerned voice. Partly worried for her niece and trying to distract the parents from asking Ricky lots of questions.
Ricky looked down at his hands," she had one of her vision things. It was scary to see her like that." He said sadly while trying to fight off his tears.
"Hey little man," Michael said holding him tightly to his chest, "We will sort it out and make sure nothing happens to anyone, especially you and your sisters."
"Spaceboy is right." Maria interrupted them." Now, here is Katie's water. And I promise you that everything will work out okay. Now give me a hug and go back upstairs, okay?"
"Okay Aunt Ria, and thanks." Ricky smiled and gave Maria a very big hug and said to her and Michael, "I love you both."
"We love you to kiddo, now go," Michael told Ricky.
"Okay I am going. Bye everyone, it was nice to meet you." Ricky said to the parents and scurried off upstairs. His head peered down ward and asked, "Shall I look in on Anne and Julie?"
"That would be great Ricky, and you can come back down to tell us if we need to check on them." Isabel answered.
"Okay." Ricky's head disappeared .
"Whatever Katie saw must of been pretty bad for Ricky almost to cry like that." Serena spoke quietly.
All the parents moved their gaze from the spot where Ricky was just a moment ago, to Serena.
"Would one of you please tell us what the hell those four children are doing in my house. And where is my daughter?" Jeff shouted, clearly annoyed.
"She is upstairs trying to get our past life daughter to calm down after she saw everyone one of us murdered in cold blood. Including her older brother and her two younger sisters." A angry voice startled everyone in the room. They all turned round to see a pissed off Max.
The adults jaws were dropped open. No one had ever seen Max this angry before, apart from the pod squad.
"Oh no, Alex." Isabel cried softly. Alex hugged her to his chest.
"It's okay Bella." Alex soothed his girlfriend using his pet name for her." We will fix this, won't we Max?" Alex said looking at Max while he spoke.
"Yes we will." Max said reassuring his sister. "But before we talk about that, I want to make sure that Katie for once will have a dream that all nine year olds have. So Iz, could you please help to make that happen for her please?" Max asked his sister.
"Sure. It's the least I can do. Alex can you hold me while I do this?" Isabel asked her boyfriend shyly.
"Yeah, of course Bella." Alex replied.
Michael and Maria got of the seat and sat on the floor.
Isabel laid stretched out on the seat with Alex holding her. "Max, I need a picture of Katie.
"No you don't. Just form an image of Katie in your mind and reach out to her. " Julie instructed Isabel.
"All your powers are getting stronger." Julie informed everyone.
"Okay, can we have some quiet please? I can't do this if everyone is talking. Oh, one more question before I do this. What do nine year old girls dream of. Cause I have no idea what to do for her." Isabel admitted sheepishly.
"Try to do something with unicorns. That's her favourite mythical creature." Max suggested causing everyone to look at him.
"Okay here it goes, see you in a little while." Isabel said then closed her eyes.
"Max, how do you know what Katie's favourite mythical creature is?" His father wispered.
"Well, back on Antar, the planet we used to live on, Liz and I decorated Katie's bedroom with unicorns." Max wispered back.
"Max how did you know that?" Maria wispered.
"I don't know, I just did." Max answered.
Isabel opened her eyes and looked around.
"Well?" Max asked hopefully.
"She is now dreaming about riding unicorns with you and Liz." Isabel answered smiling at everyone.
Max went over to his sister and gave her a big hug and wispered in her ear "Thanks sis."
"No problem. I didn't want my niece to dream about bad things happening to her family again. Wow that was something I didn't think would happen for quite awhile. I have a niece." Isabel said, a bit amused.
"So, can you tell us more about yourselves?" Nancy asked the podsquad.
"I think we better wait for Liz before we tell you any more. I'll go and get her." Max suggested.
"No need Max, I'm here." Liz spoke as she came down the stairs.
"Lizzie chica, how are you and Katie?" Maria asked her.
"Well, I'm still trying to get over what Katie saw. It's just a shock. Katie is finally asleep. I checked on the girls and got Ricky to sleep next to Katie." Liz confessed.
"I knew we should have never left the children with Marcus." Liz told everyone.
"That's the children's father in this life who is working with Kivar, who is the leader of a planet neighbouring the planet that we used to live on." Max informed the parents.
"Liz, we did not have any choice in this matter. We were really young at the time. Now we can find a way of looking after the children." Alex told his sister.
"Julie can't you take the children back? I mean you are their mother." Maria asked Julie.
'No sweetie, I can't. They don't belong to me now. They are your children. I carried them till you were able to take care of them. Katie is now your daughter Max and Liz. Ricky is now Michael and Maria's son. Anne is Alex and Isabel's daughter and Jenny is Kyle and Serena's daughter. All the children know that I am not their real mother and Marcus is not their real father. I have done what I promised Max and Isabel's mother." Julie explained. " And that was to make sure the children are with their rightful parents. I think I will explain the story to your parents.
"Liz and Max were the king and Queen of Antar, our planet. They all died on Katie's 4th birthday, murdered by Kivar and Siver, who is on Earth now. Siver wants to take Liz and Isabel back with him to Antar. So Liz will become his Queen and have Isabel as his mistress. The Queen's technicians had been working on a back up plan that was a closely guarded secret. They were able to clone dead people and send them to Earth as children. So they would be safe and be able to come back when they were older, to save their planet."
"Mum, Dad when you found us on the road, Michael, Isabel and myself were in these incubation pods. That kept us alive for 50 years. The night you found us in the desert, we had just broke free of our pods."
"But Michael, we did not see you when we picked Max and Isabel." Diane said.
"I hid when I saw the car coming. I was scared." Michael admitted.
"Oh Michael. I am so sorry. You have been best friends with Max and Isabel for so many years and are like a son to us. If we would have seen you, we would of taken you in as well." Philip told Michael
"That's okay." Michael said back.
"We didn't meet Michael till school and we realised that he was one of us. Michael was the same as us. There was someone else I saw when I got off the bus that day. It was a long haired brunette girl. I fell in love with her that day at the age of eight. But I was scared to let her know what I really was." Max told the parents while holding Liz's hand and smiling at her.
"We managed to keep everyone from knowing about what we were for a few years, till Liz got shot in the Crashdown and my dear brother healed Liz, exposing that we are aliens." Isabel pitched in.
"I promised Max I would not say anything to anyone but Maria knew that I wasn't telling her the truth so I had to tell her about Max and the others." Liz joined in.
"I was the next one to find out. Liz and I ended up in jail because the Sheriff was chasing around trying to find out about what Max did to Liz in the Crashdown. Liz finally confessed and told me what happened." Alex joined in as well.
"Kyle and the sheriff were the last ones to find out about us. We have had some trouble along the way. We had the FBI kidnapping and torturing Max ." Michael joined in.
"What? Why? When?" Philip and Diane cried out.
"Mum, Dad they did it to me because they wanted to find out why I was here. It was horrible what they did to me. It was last year." Max told his parents.