Chapter 14
When Mr White spoke, Max was immediately on guard. Isabel noted that he got that determined but calm look on his face like he always did when they were in trouble.
"What I can't figure out," Mr White said matter of factly, "Is why one type of meteor rock would work on you and one type would not. I guess it's just one of those things."
Clark's strength had fully returned so he was able to stand on his own. Isabel almost smiled at the three of them. Their stance and mixture of anger and fear made them look identical. But she soon became grim again. She moved slowly in line next to her brother. This was a fight they could only win together. They had no idea what this guy was capable of.
For a moment it seemed like the five of them would stand there forever, locked in a silent staring competition. But suddenly White moved slowly up to Max with a grin on his face. Max didn't move a muscle, but Isabel could see he was fighting the urge to punch the guy. White moved his mouth right next to his ear so that no one else could here what he said.
"I remember when we had you. You could hear your screams for everywhere in the building. Just imagine what you'll here when we have you all," he whispered menacingly.
Max snapped. "That'll never happen," he said between clenched teeth. And then he punched him so hard that the man went flying to the floor.
He stood up, brushing off his black suit.
"Okay then," he told them, "Now let the real fun begin."
From behind them the barn door swung open, revealing hundreds of soldiers carrying large guns. Isabel gasped and held onto Michael for support. They couldn't get out of this one.
"Shoot!" came White's cry, and the bullets began to fly at them.
Max put up the shield and the bullets bounced of harmlessly, but he knew he could not keep it up for long. In an attempt to help, Michael and Isabel focused their energy towards it as well.
"No," Max told them, pushing them aside. "We can't just defend, we have to fight."
They nodded in understanding, seeing Clark move into the crowd already. They knew they couldn't help in that area, but there where things they could do. Michael reached up his hand and shot out energy beams that knocked the soldiers off their feet. Isabel had learned a few tricks in the past too. She focused her mind and searched each soldier's brain one by one. The she picked a vein and squeezed. The crowd was already starting to fall apart when Clark began fighting them off. The bullets pounded on his chst, and it hurt a bit, but not enough to stop him. Some even threw themselves on top of him, ten at a time, but he pushed them off with ease, knocking out as many people as he could. He couldn't kill anyone though.
But something happened then that stopped all of them in their tracks. And for a while, Clark thought the fight was lost.
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Okay, some people may not have recognised what Isabel was doing back there so I'll fill you in. In the original books the aliens all have the same powers and they aren't so specific. Basically it's the ability to control molecules, so they can pretty much do anything. What she was doing was pressing down the molecules of a vein in a person's vein so that they black out.
Hope that made sense.
When Mr White spoke, Max was immediately on guard. Isabel noted that he got that determined but calm look on his face like he always did when they were in trouble.
"What I can't figure out," Mr White said matter of factly, "Is why one type of meteor rock would work on you and one type would not. I guess it's just one of those things."
Clark's strength had fully returned so he was able to stand on his own. Isabel almost smiled at the three of them. Their stance and mixture of anger and fear made them look identical. But she soon became grim again. She moved slowly in line next to her brother. This was a fight they could only win together. They had no idea what this guy was capable of.
For a moment it seemed like the five of them would stand there forever, locked in a silent staring competition. But suddenly White moved slowly up to Max with a grin on his face. Max didn't move a muscle, but Isabel could see he was fighting the urge to punch the guy. White moved his mouth right next to his ear so that no one else could here what he said.
"I remember when we had you. You could hear your screams for everywhere in the building. Just imagine what you'll here when we have you all," he whispered menacingly.
Max snapped. "That'll never happen," he said between clenched teeth. And then he punched him so hard that the man went flying to the floor.
He stood up, brushing off his black suit.
"Okay then," he told them, "Now let the real fun begin."
From behind them the barn door swung open, revealing hundreds of soldiers carrying large guns. Isabel gasped and held onto Michael for support. They couldn't get out of this one.
"Shoot!" came White's cry, and the bullets began to fly at them.
Max put up the shield and the bullets bounced of harmlessly, but he knew he could not keep it up for long. In an attempt to help, Michael and Isabel focused their energy towards it as well.
"No," Max told them, pushing them aside. "We can't just defend, we have to fight."
They nodded in understanding, seeing Clark move into the crowd already. They knew they couldn't help in that area, but there where things they could do. Michael reached up his hand and shot out energy beams that knocked the soldiers off their feet. Isabel had learned a few tricks in the past too. She focused her mind and searched each soldier's brain one by one. The she picked a vein and squeezed. The crowd was already starting to fall apart when Clark began fighting them off. The bullets pounded on his chst, and it hurt a bit, but not enough to stop him. Some even threw themselves on top of him, ten at a time, but he pushed them off with ease, knocking out as many people as he could. He couldn't kill anyone though.
But something happened then that stopped all of them in their tracks. And for a while, Clark thought the fight was lost.
- - - -
Okay, some people may not have recognised what Isabel was doing back there so I'll fill you in. In the original books the aliens all have the same powers and they aren't so specific. Basically it's the ability to control molecules, so they can pretty much do anything. What she was doing was pressing down the molecules of a vein in a person's vein so that they black out.
Hope that made sense.