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Chapter 8
The Next Day…
Maria stumbled into the living room, barely keeping her eyes open. She looked at the clock on the stand and saw that it was only 7 o'clock. She heard the doorbell ring for the fourth time.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming," she mumbled angrily. Reaching the door, she roughly pulled it open, ready to yell at the person who had interrupted her sleep.
"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked. Standing in front of her door were Michael, Max, Kyle, and Alex, who looked too awake for Maria's liking.
"We came over so that you ladies could help us with our powers," Alex said, slightly frightened by the murderous expression on Maria's face.
"It's 7 o'clock," she said.
"We know," Kyle said.
"And it's Saturday morning," she continued.
"Yeah, we know," Kyle replied again.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" she exclaimed. "Who the hell wakes up at 7 o'clock on a Saturday?!"
"Apparently not you," Michael muttered.
"Shut up spaceboy," Maria snapped.
"Spaceboy?" Michael asked, smirking at Maria's new nickname for him.
"Yes, you're a boy and you're from outer space, hence the name, spaceboy," she explained.
"But, wouldn't that make you spacegirl?" Michael asked with a smirk.
"What do you say you two finish this conversation after you let us in?" Max asked, cutting in.
"Fine, come in," she said letting them in. "I'll go wake up my sisters and tell them to get ready. You guys can just make yourself comfortable."
"Thanks," Max said.
"Oh, and for future reference, don't ever wake me up at 7 o'clock on a Saturday morning, okay?" she said in a warning tone.
"Yeah, got it," Alex replied quickly.
"Good, we'll be down in about an hour," she said heading to the staircase.
"Hi, honey, you're up early," Amy said cheerfully as she came down the stairs.
"Yeah, whatever," Maria mumbled as she continued to make her way upstairs. Amy laughed at Maria before continuing downstairs. She walked into the living room and was surprised to see the guys sitting there.
"What are you boys doing here?" she asked them.
"The girls promised to help us with our powers," Michael explained.
"Oh, I bet Maria bit your heads off for waking her up, didn't she?" Amy asked with a smile.
"Well, she wasn't happy," Alex said.
"If you think she's bad, you should see Isabel. Whenever someone tries to wake her up, they usually get thrown against the wall a couple of times," she said, laughing at the shocked expressions on the guys' faces.
"You're joking, right?" Kyle asked nervously. As soon as Kyle finished asking his question, they heard Maria's scream, followed by a loud thump from upstairs.
"No, but don't worry, she never causes any permanent damage," she said. "How would you guys like some breakfast?" Amy asked, as though the commotion upstairs were a normal occurrence.
"Uh, yeah, sure," Michael replied, slightly uncomfortably.
"All right, follow me into the kitchen," she said as she turned and walked away.
"What the hell are we getting in to?" Kyle asked to no one in particular.
"I have no idea," Alex said as they got up and followed Amy into the kitchen.
About an hour later, the girls finally made their way downstairs and into the living room, where Amy was watching T.V. with the boys.
"You finally made it. I was about to come up and drag you girls downstairs," Amy said.
"Whatever, let's hurry up and get this over with," Isabel said with a roll of her eyes.
"Looks like Sleeping Beauty didn't get enough sleep," Alex whispered to Kyle.
"What was that, Whitman?" Isabel asked icily.
"Noth- Nothing," Alex stuttered under Isabel's cold glare.
"Good, keep it that way," she replied.
"All right, let's head over to the desert and get started," Liz said.
"Sounds good," Max said.
"We'll see you later, Mom," Liz said as they walked to the door.
"All right, don't stay out there too late. I'm not familiar with this town yet and I'd prefer if you weren't there too late at night," Amy said.
"Don't worry, Ms. Deluca, We have to work later tonight at the Crashdown, so we'll be back around six," Michael explained.
"Okay, then. Have a good time!" she said. "And girls, go easy on them, they're beginners," she said.
"We'll try," Tess said as they left the house and got into the two cars.
Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the desert and piled out of the cars. They walked further into the desert, wanting to ensure their privacy.
"Now, you're sure no one will see us?" Isabel asked.
"Yeah, no one ever comes to this desert," Alex replied.
"All right then, let's get started. Why don't you guys tell us what you can do," Tess said.
"We can do simple things like changing the molecular structure of something or opening locked doors," Max said.
"Yeah, but those are basic things. Every Antarian has those powers. However, each one of us is supposed to have one power that no one else has," Tess said.
"What do you mean?" Kyle asked.
"There are certain powers that all four of us have. But then there is a power that only one of us have," Isabel explained. "Only I have the power to dreamwalk, which is basically being able to jump into someone's dream and see what's going on in the subconscious."
"Really? You can actually do that?" Kyle asked in amazement.
"Yeah, but that's not the point," she replied.
"Well, what about the rest of you. What can you do?" Michael asked
"I have the power to produce fire whenever I want," Liz said.
"What do you mean by that?" Max asked.
"I can do something as simple as putting my hand on a stove and lighting it up, or putting my hand on someone's chest and burning their heart. I can basically burn somebody alive with a simple touch," she explained.
"Wow, I'll be sure to keep that in mind," Max said nervously.
"What about you Tess?" Alex asked.
"I can mindwarp people. And before you ask, a mindwarp is when you make a person see something that isn't really happening. It's basically like an illusion," she explained.
"Interesting. So if you wanted, you could actually make me believe that I were standing right in front of Britney Spears right now?" Kyle asked.
"Yes, if I wanted to, but I don't, so say goodbye to that fantasy," Tess said with a smile. Everyone laughed at the deflated expression on Kyle's face.
"Well, what about you Blondie, what's your special power?" Michael asked.
"My power is basically just an advanced version of healing," Maria said. "You know how you can heal someone if they're on the brink of dying or have been dead for less than a minute? Well I can basically bring someone back to life at any given time."
"So, you could bring someone back to life after they've been dead for years?" Alex asked with shock.
"Yeah, but it takes a lot out of me. And the longer the person has been dead, the more energy it takes. It can literally knock me unconscious or kill me," she explained.
"Ouch, so I'm guessing you don't use that power often," Michael said.
"No, I haven't had to ever use it. It's almost a useless power, because even if it came to a point where I had to use it, I would probably kill myself from all the energy I'd be giving away. I think that's why my other powers are the strongest, because my private power is usually inactive."
"That would explain a lot," Max said thoughtfully. "Is there any other power that restricted to you only?" he asked Maria.
"Not that I know of. I can blow small things up, but that's only when I'm mad. I can't really do it on command," she said.
"Well Michael can blow things up, and he's the only one of that can do that. But he can only do that when he's upset also."
"Maybe that is his unique power, and if he practices, maybe he'll be able to blow up larger objects or buildings; but if that's true, then I don't get why the rest of you don't have unique powers," Tess said.
"What I don't get is how you guys don't know what your unique powers are. Even if you are un-advanced, those powers should be a part of you. You should be able to use them as easily as opening a door," Maria said. "Think hard, besides Michael, are you sure there aren't any powers that only one of you have?" she asked.
"No, not unless you call being extra smart a power," Kyle said.
"What are you talking about?" Isabel asked.
"Alex is extremely smart – and by smart, I don't mean getting straight A's in class, I mean he is seriously smart. Since we were just six years old he's been able to decode anything, without even having a key of what each symbol stands for," Kyle said.
"Interesting, and none of you considered the fact that this was not normal and was actually a special power?" Isabel asked, looking at them as though they were idiots.
"Well, we just kinda thought he was just smarter than us," Kyle said, realizing how stupid he sounded.
"News flash, Kyle, it's not humanly possible to be able to be that smart at six years old," Isabel said with a roll of her eyes.
"Well, we're not human; we just thought that his intelligence was normal for Antarians," Max said sheepishly.
"But then, wouldn't that have led you to question why the three of you weren't capable of decoding symbols like Alex?" Liz asked.
"You'd think it would, wouldn't you?" Alex said, realizing how dumb they were. He couldn't help but laugh at crazy reasoning that they had believed years.
"You guys really do need our help," Isabel said sarcastically.
"I'm going to ignore that last statement, and simply enjoy the fact that I have my own unique power. How cool is that!" Alex exclaimed.
"How come he and Michael have their own powers? What about us?" Kyle asked, feeling left out.
"I'm not sure, but we'll figure that out later. We have to start practicing, we already wasted enough time," Liz said.
"Yeah, Liz is right. I think it'll be better if we split up into groups of two's and practiced. That way each of us will only have to worry about one person," Isabel said, looking at her sisters.
"Sounds good to me," Tess said. "I'll take Kyle," she said.
"Oh, really?" Kyle said with a smug smile.
"Don't get cocky. I picked you because I think I'll have fun watching you make a fool of yourself," she said with a smile.
"Whatever," Kyle replied.
"All right, let's go Valenti," Tess said, dragging him to a secluded part in the desert.
"Come on Max, I'll be your partner," Liz said walking to him.
"Works for me," Max said as he and Liz walked away.
Isabel looked between Alex and Michael, trying to decide whom she would pick. She noticed Michael looking at Maria, and automatically knew that picking Michael would just be an annoying experience for both her and Michael.
"All right, Alex, I'll donate a few hours of my day to you," she said taking his hand in hers.
"Wow, I feel so lucky," he said sarcastically.
"Well, you should," Isabel replied, ignoring the sarcasm in his voice. "Now, let's go," she said, dragging him away.
"Looks like it's just you and me Blondie," Michael said.
"I guess so, spaceboy. Let's get started," she said with a smile.
"What do you want to do first?" he asked.
"Well since you can blow things up when you're mad, we're going to try and see if you can do it even when you're the happiest person in the whole freaking world," she said.
"But, if you don't know how to blow things up, unless you're mad, how are you going to teach me?" he asked confused.
"I don't need to necessarily have the power, I just need to know how to tap into it. And I know how to get control over powers," she explained.
"Then why can't you control this one?" he asked.
"I think it's because I'm not really supposed to have it. My sisters don't have it, and it's most likely your unique power, so my guess is that I received it accidentally. I don't think I'm supposed to have control of it, because if I did, it would no longer be your personal power," she explained.
"That makes sense," he said.
"Of course it does, I thought of it," she replied.
"That's what surprises me," Michael said with a smile.
"Shut up, dorkbutt," Maria said as he smacked the back of his head.
"Cheeshead," he muttered.
"Do you want my help or not?" she asked.
"That depends on whether or not you'll be doing any talking," he said with a smile.
"Do you always have to be so infuriating?" she asked.
"Blondie, you've known me for two months, you should know the answer to that by now," he replied with a smirk. Maria rolled her eyes at his response.
"Anyway, back to your powers. I want you to try to blow up those group of rocks," she said pointing to rocks that were at least 30 feet away.
"It's too far away, even if I were pissed, I wouldn't be able to blow up something that far away," he said.
"Let say we were fighting a battle right now, and Khivar was standing right where those rocks are. Now are you telling me that you would stand by and watch him kill all of us around you because he was too far for you to try to blow up?" she asked.
"Of course not, I'd obviously try my best to try to stop him," he said.
"Good, then try your best to blow up those rocks," she said.
"How do I start?" he asked, giving in and turning to the rocks.
"Just concentrate. You should feel the energy flowing through your body, now focus it on the rocks. Imagine the rocks blowing up right now."
"It's not working," Michael said.
"Well, then imagine the rocks are something or someone you really hate and would like to hurt," she said.
Michael turned back to the rocks and tried to concentrate. He closed his eyes and imagined that the rocks were Khivar standing right there with a smug smile on his face. He opened his eyes to see the rocks still standing there, almost laughing at his failure.
"It still didn't work," he said exasperatingly.
"Try harder," Maria urged.
"Maria, I can't-"
"Can't isn't a word in my vocabulary," she interrupted steadily. "You're in a war and whatever it is you think you can't do, you force yourself to do. Now blow up the damn rocks," she said in a voice that left no room for argument.
Michael looked at Maria and could tell that she wasn't going to stop until he blew up the rocks. He turned back to them and raised his hand, putting all his concentration into it.
"Come on, you can do it. I know you can," Maria encouraged.
Michael felt energy flow through his body. He centered it on the rocks in front of him and within seconds, the rocks were nothing but dust.
"Oh my God, you did it Michael!" Maria exclaimed.
"I did?" Michael asked with surprise.
"Yeah! See I knew you could do it if you believed hard enough!" she said reaching up and pulling him into a hug. Michael instinctively wrapped his arms around Maria's waist, pulling her closer to him.
"I only believed I could do it because you believed I could," he said.
"Well, I'm glad I could help," she said with a smile, pulling back slightly, but not out of Michael's arms. She stared into his eyes and ran one of her hands through his hair.
"I love your eyes," Michael said, getting lost in Maria's emerald eyes. He leaned down, preparing to kiss Maria.
"Damn it Kyle! You have to concentrate!" Tess yelled from her position next to Kyle, taking Michael and Maria out of their moment.
"Uh, I'm sorry," Michael said, putting Maria down.
"Don't worry about it," Maria said. "Well come on, we've still got a lot to practice," she said.
"Yeah, you're right," Michael replied uncomfortably before they got back into their training session.
Meanwhile…
"Okay, Valenti, the first thing you're going to learn is how to produce and aim an energy blast," Tess said.
"And that would be?" he asked.
"It's like a block of energy. It looks kind of like throwing a bolt of lightning. If you use enough energy and power, you could easily produce one strong enough to kill off your enemy. It's what we used yesterday when we fought those Skins," she explained.
"Oh, I see," Kyle said. "And how do you expect to teach me that?" he asked.
"It's quite simple. Most of our powers start mentally. You just have to imagine it and want it bad enough, and it'll happen. Eventually, it'll get to the point where you'll only have to think of it for less than a second before it happens," she said.
"So, how do I start?"
"All right, an energy blast can be very powerful and destructive if you want it to be. It can also be very calm and cause absolutely no pain – it all depends on how much you put into it," she explained.
"All right, so all I have to do is choose how strong I want it to be, and it'll happen?" Kyle asked.
"That's part of it. If you're in a battle, you don't exactly have time to decide how strong of a blast you want to throw at your enemy. You have to sort of make the power a part of you. This way, the strength of the blast depends a lot more on instinct," Tess said.
"And how do I do that?" he asked.
"Concentration is basically all it takes," she said as she went to her backpack. "Like you said, you just have to decide the strength of the blast," she said as produced a CD player from her bag.
"What's that for?" Kyle asked confused.
"For you," Tess replied. "I'm going to put this on the ground, and your job break it into pieces with an energy blast," she added.
"You're willing to ruin a perfectly good CD player for this?" Kyle asked in disbelief.
"Well, obviously, I'll just fix it once we're done," Tess said as though it were the most obvious answer in the world.
"Oh, yeah," Kyle replied sheepishly. "I kind of forgot about how advanced you guys really are."
"It doesn't really take a lot to put a broken object back together. Once we're done with energy blasts, I'll teach you how to do that," she replied.
"Awesome! We'll never have to worry about buying a new radio once ours breaks," he replied happily.
"Whatever," Tess replied with a roll of her eyes. "Come on Valenti, stop stalling and start concentrating," she said, pointing to the CD player on the ground.
"Do I just stare at it and wish for it to happen?" he asked in a confused tone.
"No, moron, you're not a magic lamp. You do the same thing you do when you use your powers on a locked door," she replied irritably. "Raise your hand and aim at it," she instructed. Kyle did as she said.
"Now what?" he asked.
"Now, you just relax and allow the energy to flow through you. You should probably already feel it," she said.
"I think I do," Kyle lied, not really understanding what she was saying. He closed his eyes, hoping that it would have more of an effect on his concentration. Tess looked up at him to find his eyes closed.
"Hey, Valenti, you kind of need to see what the hell it is you're aiming at," she said sarcastically. "Open your eyes, I promise the CD player won't attack you," she added with a smirk.
"Very funny," Kyle replied sarcastically. "You know, this would be a lot easier without your insults and sarcastic remarks," he commented.
"Maybe, but then it'd also be very boring. And I like to be entertained," she said with an innocent smile.
"Whatever, can we hurry and get this over with?" he asked in an annoyed tone.
"Hey, I'm waiting for you," Tess said, raising her hands as though in surrender. "Okay, on a serious note, just imagine the blast flowing from your hand and to the CD player," she instructed.
Kyle did as she told him and couldn't feel any change in his body. Every inch of him felt the same and he was beginning to think that this was just a waste of time. And he told Tess so.
"Damn it Kyle! You have to concentrate!" she yelled, getting impatient with his negative attitude.
"What the hell do you think I've been doing?!" he exclaimed.
"I don't know, but you're wasting your time and mine. Now concentrate on the flow of energy in your body and the effect of the energy blast. Concentrate as hard as you can because I'm getting annoyed with you!" she exclaimed.
"All right, geez, don't have a freaking cow," he muttered.
"Don't speak to me until you've produced an energy blast," she said seriously, knowing that he wouldn't concentrate unless he was absolutely forced to.
Kyle, seeing that Tess was seriously getting pissed with him, turned back to the CD player. He reached down within himself and tried to do what Tess told him. He imagined a powerful energy blast emitting from his hand and blowing the player to pieces. In seconds, pieces of the player were splattered all around him and Tess was standing beside him looking at him as though he were a king.
"I did that?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yes you did, Valenti," she replied excitedly. "I knew you could do it if you just tried. That all you have to do, try and believe in yourself, and you'll be able to go against almost anyone," she said as she hugged him.
"Well, I wouldn't go that far. I'm not exactly going to jump in front of Khivar any time soon," he replied sarcastically.
"But you will be. As a royal, you're naturally stronger than the average Antarian. Give me some time and I'll have you strong enough to take out half of Khivar's army without exerting a drop of sweat," she replied energetically.
"Let's hope you're right," Kyle replied, unable to hold back his excitement.
"All right, come on, we have other things to do," she said and she picked up the pieces of the CD player and dropped them on the ground in front of Kyle.
"What are you doing?" Kyle asked.
"Your next task is to put the CD player back together," she said with a smile. "Get to work," she added. Kyle sighed before turning back to the pieces to go through another training session with Tess. This was going to be a long day.
Hours later, Michael was still practicing his newfound powers. Max, Alex, and Kyle had long since gotten tired and decided to take a nap. Liz, Tess, and Isabel quickly followed them. Michael, however, was adamant about practicing and refused to stop for more than five minutes. Maria had long ago given up on teaching him and just watched from the sidelines as he blew up rocks and produced energy blasts with the ease of a little kid at an amusement park.
"All right, spaceboy, I think you've had enough for one day," Maria spoke up finally, wanting to leave the desert.
"Are you sure, because I could keep going," Michael insisted.
"I'm sure you could, but I'm bored and tired. Besides, it's not good to overuse powers that you just put into action. As it is, you're already going to wake up weak and tired tomorrow morning," she said.
"All right, if you're sure, I guess we could head back. We start work in half an hour anyway," he said.
"Good!" Maria said excitedly as she stood up. "They've been sleeping for hours, you'd think they'd have the common sense to at least fall asleep in the car," she said as she looked at all the sleeping teens spread out across the sandy desert.
"Your sisters probably overworked my brothers," Michael replied.
"Or maybe your brothers just couldn't stand a little hard work," Maria challenged. Michael smiled at Maria's response.
"You always have a reply to everything, don't you?" he asked.
"Yes, I think I do," Maria replied with smile of her own.
"All right, let's wake them up and leave. If we're late for work, Jeff us going to call our dad," Michael said.
"Hey, Michael, I've always wanted to know, why do you and your brothers refer to Jim as your father? Especially Max and Alex who have their own adopted parents," she asked.
"Because Jim is basically our father," Michael replied simply. He looked at Maria and could tell that it wasn't a good enough answer for her. "Okay, basically, when we hatched, Jim found us. He was in the desert investigating some other case and when he saw us he came over to try to help us. But I didn't know him so I immediately raised my hand and accidentally blew up a few small rocks behind of him.
He automatically realized that we were different and he slowly walked over to us so that we wouldn't be scared. He started talking and none of us could understand anything he said except Alex, for some reason – we later realized that Alex was really good at lip-reading. Anyway, Alex saw him say the word 'dad' and automatically called him that. The rest of us just copied him. Jim took us to his house and kept us hidden there for about one month. And in the first week, the only word we could say was 'dad' and that's how we were able to refer to him; he later taught us how to speak English.
Eventually, Jim realized he couldn't keep all of us, so he made sure that we went to families that he knew. The Evans, Whitmans, and Guerins, and he kept Kyle with him. He kept us for only for a month, but in that month, he taught us everything we needed to know to survive on Earth. Not only that, but he accepted our powers and taught us about the dangers of using it in public or in front of our adoptive parents. So after we were put in other families, we couldn't accept them as our parents; Jim was the only parent we knew when we first stepped into this world. So that's basically why all of us call him 'dad' and refer to the adopted parents by their first names. And they understand it and accept it."
"Oh, it all makes a lot more sense now," Maria said after Michael finished telling his story. "What happened to your adopted parents?" she asked inquisitively. She noticed him tense up at her question.
"They're gone," he replied unemotionally.
"What do you mean?" she asked curiously. Michael sighed before replying again.
"Abby, my adopted mom, died when I was ten. And after she died, Hank, my adopted father, went into some kind of depression. He wouldn't talk to anyone and when he finally did step into reality, he would just drink until he was too drunk to even know his name. Eventually he became physically and emotionally abusive towards me. One day, Dad came over with Kyle to take me out to eat lunch and he saw Hank passed out on the couch and bruises all over my arms and face. He immediately had Hank arrested and took me home. For some reason, he couldn't legally adopt me, so I became his foster child and moved in with him and Kyle," he explained.
"I'm really sorry, Michael," Maria said sadly.
"Don't be. I don't want pity from anyone. There are people worse off than me, go give them your pity," he replied bitterly.
"Why did you and Kyle move out?" she asked quickly, seeing that Michael wanted to drop the conversation.
"People were starting to wonder about Dad's connection to us, especially after the Crashdown shooting," he replied, glad that Maria understood that he didn't want to continue that conversation. "We realized it'd be better for Jim if we didn't live with him, because if he lost his position as Sheriff, the police force would most likely start a full investigation on us. Alex moved in with us after his parents found out about the alien status, they were just too freaked out by the whole idea. As for Max, I think he just moved in with us because he felt left out," he said with a small laugh.
"So he left a good, two-story house with a mom and dad to live in an apartment with three other guys who eat take-out every night?" Maria asked, not seeing why Max would do that.
"Basically," Michael replied with a laugh. "But it's not that bad. Dad checks on us all the time to make sure we have food in the refrigerator; he also pays most of our bills for the apartment. And Diane comes to our apartment every week to make sure that it's clean. And if we're low on food, Nancy will come over and drop off some food from the Crashdown or cook for us herself. They all basically make sure that we're living like adults," he explained.
"Interesting," Maria commented. "I don't think my sisters and I could live without our mom always being there to take care of us. I think we'd burn down the apartment if we were left to make our own food," she said with a laugh.
"You probably would," Michael joked. Maria lightly hit him on his arm.
"Shut up, no one told you to agree. Now help me wake them up," she said with a smile as she headed over to Liz and Max. She gently shook them awake. Michael headed over to Kyle and Tess and smacked Kyle on the back of the head while yelling at Tess to wake up.
"Geez, could you be any ruder?" Tess muttered as she woke up.
"Yes, I could have left you guys here while Maria and I headed back to town," he replied with a smirk.
"Asshole," Tess muttered. Michael simply smiled before ruffling her hair and heading over to Alex and Isabel. He was about to yell again when Isabel's voice stopped him.
"If you yell in my ear, I swear I'll enter your dreams and give you nightmares you've never even thought of," she said, not bothering to open her eyes.
"Maria!" he yelled, calling Maria over. Maria came up to him.
"What?" she asked.
"Wake your sister up, I'm not looking forward being tortured in my dreams," he said, walking away. Maria laughed at him as he retreated.
"Come on Iz, wake up, we've got to get back to the Crashdown before Jeff starts to worry about they guys," she said.
"I know, I know," she mumbled as she finally opened her eyes. "You know, I'm getting really tired of having my dreams interrupted," she muttered angrily.
"Aw, were you having sweet dreams of me?" Alex asked with a smile.
"No, those would be nightmares," she replied with a roll of her eyes.
"You know you want me Isabel," Alex said. "You've had you eyes on me since we first met that night in the Crashdown. And now that all our secrets are out in the open, you want me even more," he insisted.
"In your dreams, Whitman," Isabel replied as she headed to the cars.
"Exactly," he replied with a huge smile. "You should check them out sometime, I think you'd enjoy it," he added with a laugh.
"Can we please hurry up and leave
before I blast him to pieces," Isabel said aloud while glaring at Alex.
"Sure, Izzy, let's go," Maria said as she hopped into the car with Michael and Alex. "We'll meet you guys at the Crahsdown," she said to Kyle, Tess, Liz, and Max, as they hopped into the other car.
"All right, spaceboy, let's roll," Maria said once she was settled in the passenger seat.
"Whatever you say, spacegirl," Michael replied with a smile as she started the jeep and pulled into the road.
TBC…
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