Chapter Six
" You mean Isabel, right?"
" Yes. Don't worry, she's really nice."
" Sure. I'm coming with you just incase."
" Leo, don't embarrass me."
" Come on, what are brothers for?"
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" Uh, Liz. Thanks god I've found you! I just heard a scream. Hurry, it might be Maria." Hurried Isabel.
The trio ran down the high street, and found Maria hiding behind a bench.
" Maria? What are you doing? Are you okay?" asked Isabel and Liz simultaneously.
" I'm okay. I saw Max. Liz, Isabel! He's back!"
" We know." Said Isabel for Liz.
" How?"
" I had a run in with him earlier. He said he'd keep an eye on me."
" Jessie. Why didn't you tell me?"
" I knew you'd worry."
Isabel and Maria both looked at Leo now. " Um, I don't mean to be rude, but, uh, who are you?" asked Maria.
" I'm Leo. I came down here to take care of my baby sister."
" Oh. Cool." Says Maria.
" Who's your, uh, baby sister?"
" Well, I guess you could say that you girls might know her."
" Oh, right. Did she go to school with us."
" Most definitely. She looks a bit like me." Leo says.
Isabel and Maria look at Leo's ruggedly handsome features, and try to think of a girl that could match his description.
" Hey. Liz, since you know Leo, can you give us a clue?"
" Yeah. This girl hates guessing games." Liz gives.
" Okay. So she's a bit like you."
" A lot like Jessie." Says Leo.
" I know who it is." Smirks Maria.
" You do?" asks Leo.
" Yep. It's my best friend in the whole universe!"
" Huh? I didn't know you had a best friend apart from me and Liz." Isabel's face turns from puzzlement to clear. " You!"
" Huh? Liz? I thought it was Marjorie Banks!"
The girls laughed. Leo looked puzzled. " Who?"
" Just a girl we used to know." Replied Liz.
" Hey, we're getting beside the point!" straightened out Isabel.
" Yeah, you guys are related?" asked Maria.
" Yeah. We're brother and sister."
" Half brother and sister." Corrected Liz.
" Yes, Miss Parker!" Leo, grinded to a halt and saluted Liz.
" Shoosht you!" Liz smiled.
Suddenly, there was a scuffle in an alleyway to the right hand side of the group.
And a tall man with brown eyes (A/N: I'm not sure what colour they really are) appeared from the darkness.
" A group meeting, and I wasn't invited?" asked the stranger in a slow western drawl.
" Shocked? Little sister, you seem that whole adjective!"
" Max, fuck off!"
" Somehow, Izzy, you'll find that I am no longer banned from this horrible little town."
" If it's so horrible, why did you come back?"
" Because I got a message from a reliable source that my little wife was back in town. I know she is supposedly called Jessica Stevenson, but I know that her real name is Elizabeth Parker. My wife!"
" Max, she no longer belongs to you. She divorced you."
" She might have done that. But I still have power over her. She has my child. And I will get him back."
" If you really are this supposed father, what is my son's name?" asked Liz, stepping forward to greet her ex-husband.
" Ah. Liz. You've hardly changed a bit. The hair and the eyes are a distinct improvement."
" Bugger off, you old fagot!" yelled Leo.
" Oh Liz, got yourself a boyfriend?" asked Max nastily, except he looked a bit miffed.
" No. A brother. One that knows his brother in law for what he really is." Leo stepped into the light.
" You! You followed me! Everywhere!"
" Yes. So? Well, it was lovely catching up, but I really must dash. You still haven't answered Jessie's question."
" What?"
" My nephew's name?"
" James."
Liz laughed. "What?" asked Max.
" You can't be related to my son."
" Yes, I can. I am his father."
" Eh? You are not. And I am very sure of that."
" I should know if I have a son."
" You don't. You have a daughter."
" A what?"
" A daughter. You know, the opposite of Son. I never bore a boy, I bore a girl. Her name is Isabel. She is named after the Isabel that stands before you know."
" So why didn't anybody tell me it was a girl? Isabel?"
" I last spoke to you 6 years ago. You do remember? Your one phone call? In Los Angeles Jail? And anyway, you never asked the sex, because even I didn't know. And you just thought it would be a boy, because that's what boys do."
*******************FLASHBACK*******************
" Isabel, you've got to help me!"
" Why on earth, no Antar, should I help a scumbag like you?"
" Because you're my sister."
" No."
" But I want to find Liz and my son!"
" I'm not going to help you." stated Isabel clearly.
" But Isabel, you're my last chance."
" Max, try to knock some sense into yourself while you're there! Try to remember what you did! To our friends! You selfish bastard, just wallowing away in self-pity, bugger off, find someone else to believe in you. Because I stopped when you married Liz. You changed Max. You're a different person now than you were in high school."
" Of course I am, I've matured."
" No Max. You are more immature than when we were eight. Leave me be Max. You are no longer my brother. I'm disowning you." And with that Isabel calmly hung up the phone and let her face break into a huge smile.
On the other end, Max was dragged away by a cop, and sent to prison for five years. Max killed a man who wouldn't tell him if Liz had crossed the borders of Los Angeles or not.
***************END OF FLASHBACK********************
" Isabel?"
" Yeah stranger?"
" I'm a changed man. I've changed." Said Max, so sure of himself.
" Can I put you on a lie-detector test?" asked Leo.
" Yes." Max replied, looking slightly worried.
" Then come here." Leo said.
Max walked forward and Leo put his hand beside Max's chest. The girls looked on in fright. Max yelled and slumped onto the ground. Max lay there silently. Maria let out a squeal when a blue see-through ghost rose up from out of Max's body.
" I don't believe it. Gadargon!"
" Who?" asked Liz.
" It's the last source's eviler brother. I knew there was something not right. How long have you been poisoning this boys mind?" Leo asked Gadargon.
" I've been there for fifteen years. That alien is very powerful. I could have been there for another fifteen years if you hadn't butted in."
" The Elders will want a word with you."
" Yes, I'm sure they will. I'll get you next time, Whitelighter!" Gadargon screamed as he rose up into the sky at lightening speed.
" I guess this boy will need some rest before he can manage by himself again."
The boy on the ground groaned, and peered at the group. " Isabel, Liz?" he asked, then fell into a deep faint.
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" You mean Isabel, right?"
" Yes. Don't worry, she's really nice."
" Sure. I'm coming with you just incase."
" Leo, don't embarrass me."
" Come on, what are brothers for?"
***********************
" Uh, Liz. Thanks god I've found you! I just heard a scream. Hurry, it might be Maria." Hurried Isabel.
The trio ran down the high street, and found Maria hiding behind a bench.
" Maria? What are you doing? Are you okay?" asked Isabel and Liz simultaneously.
" I'm okay. I saw Max. Liz, Isabel! He's back!"
" We know." Said Isabel for Liz.
" How?"
" I had a run in with him earlier. He said he'd keep an eye on me."
" Jessie. Why didn't you tell me?"
" I knew you'd worry."
Isabel and Maria both looked at Leo now. " Um, I don't mean to be rude, but, uh, who are you?" asked Maria.
" I'm Leo. I came down here to take care of my baby sister."
" Oh. Cool." Says Maria.
" Who's your, uh, baby sister?"
" Well, I guess you could say that you girls might know her."
" Oh, right. Did she go to school with us."
" Most definitely. She looks a bit like me." Leo says.
Isabel and Maria look at Leo's ruggedly handsome features, and try to think of a girl that could match his description.
" Hey. Liz, since you know Leo, can you give us a clue?"
" Yeah. This girl hates guessing games." Liz gives.
" Okay. So she's a bit like you."
" A lot like Jessie." Says Leo.
" I know who it is." Smirks Maria.
" You do?" asks Leo.
" Yep. It's my best friend in the whole universe!"
" Huh? I didn't know you had a best friend apart from me and Liz." Isabel's face turns from puzzlement to clear. " You!"
" Huh? Liz? I thought it was Marjorie Banks!"
The girls laughed. Leo looked puzzled. " Who?"
" Just a girl we used to know." Replied Liz.
" Hey, we're getting beside the point!" straightened out Isabel.
" Yeah, you guys are related?" asked Maria.
" Yeah. We're brother and sister."
" Half brother and sister." Corrected Liz.
" Yes, Miss Parker!" Leo, grinded to a halt and saluted Liz.
" Shoosht you!" Liz smiled.
Suddenly, there was a scuffle in an alleyway to the right hand side of the group.
And a tall man with brown eyes (A/N: I'm not sure what colour they really are) appeared from the darkness.
" A group meeting, and I wasn't invited?" asked the stranger in a slow western drawl.
" Shocked? Little sister, you seem that whole adjective!"
" Max, fuck off!"
" Somehow, Izzy, you'll find that I am no longer banned from this horrible little town."
" If it's so horrible, why did you come back?"
" Because I got a message from a reliable source that my little wife was back in town. I know she is supposedly called Jessica Stevenson, but I know that her real name is Elizabeth Parker. My wife!"
" Max, she no longer belongs to you. She divorced you."
" She might have done that. But I still have power over her. She has my child. And I will get him back."
" If you really are this supposed father, what is my son's name?" asked Liz, stepping forward to greet her ex-husband.
" Ah. Liz. You've hardly changed a bit. The hair and the eyes are a distinct improvement."
" Bugger off, you old fagot!" yelled Leo.
" Oh Liz, got yourself a boyfriend?" asked Max nastily, except he looked a bit miffed.
" No. A brother. One that knows his brother in law for what he really is." Leo stepped into the light.
" You! You followed me! Everywhere!"
" Yes. So? Well, it was lovely catching up, but I really must dash. You still haven't answered Jessie's question."
" What?"
" My nephew's name?"
" James."
Liz laughed. "What?" asked Max.
" You can't be related to my son."
" Yes, I can. I am his father."
" Eh? You are not. And I am very sure of that."
" I should know if I have a son."
" You don't. You have a daughter."
" A what?"
" A daughter. You know, the opposite of Son. I never bore a boy, I bore a girl. Her name is Isabel. She is named after the Isabel that stands before you know."
" So why didn't anybody tell me it was a girl? Isabel?"
" I last spoke to you 6 years ago. You do remember? Your one phone call? In Los Angeles Jail? And anyway, you never asked the sex, because even I didn't know. And you just thought it would be a boy, because that's what boys do."
*******************FLASHBACK*******************
" Isabel, you've got to help me!"
" Why on earth, no Antar, should I help a scumbag like you?"
" Because you're my sister."
" No."
" But I want to find Liz and my son!"
" I'm not going to help you." stated Isabel clearly.
" But Isabel, you're my last chance."
" Max, try to knock some sense into yourself while you're there! Try to remember what you did! To our friends! You selfish bastard, just wallowing away in self-pity, bugger off, find someone else to believe in you. Because I stopped when you married Liz. You changed Max. You're a different person now than you were in high school."
" Of course I am, I've matured."
" No Max. You are more immature than when we were eight. Leave me be Max. You are no longer my brother. I'm disowning you." And with that Isabel calmly hung up the phone and let her face break into a huge smile.
On the other end, Max was dragged away by a cop, and sent to prison for five years. Max killed a man who wouldn't tell him if Liz had crossed the borders of Los Angeles or not.
***************END OF FLASHBACK********************
" Isabel?"
" Yeah stranger?"
" I'm a changed man. I've changed." Said Max, so sure of himself.
" Can I put you on a lie-detector test?" asked Leo.
" Yes." Max replied, looking slightly worried.
" Then come here." Leo said.
Max walked forward and Leo put his hand beside Max's chest. The girls looked on in fright. Max yelled and slumped onto the ground. Max lay there silently. Maria let out a squeal when a blue see-through ghost rose up from out of Max's body.
" I don't believe it. Gadargon!"
" Who?" asked Liz.
" It's the last source's eviler brother. I knew there was something not right. How long have you been poisoning this boys mind?" Leo asked Gadargon.
" I've been there for fifteen years. That alien is very powerful. I could have been there for another fifteen years if you hadn't butted in."
" The Elders will want a word with you."
" Yes, I'm sure they will. I'll get you next time, Whitelighter!" Gadargon screamed as he rose up into the sky at lightening speed.
" I guess this boy will need some rest before he can manage by himself again."
The boy on the ground groaned, and peered at the group. " Isabel, Liz?" he asked, then fell into a deep faint.
****************** TBC **********************
Hope you girls liked it. Katie and Liz, this was especially for you! Please Read and Review, it really means a lot to me!