Part 8
Zan watched the reunion occurring in front of him wearily as he tried to escape upstairs to check on Angel. He had a decision to make. If they stayed they could be taken back, if they left Angel's illness could get worse. It was a risk either way. The Parker's were good people he knew that, but he didn't know about the two adults who had just come to the Crashdown. The Parker's knew them. He wanted to trust them...he didn't want to think the Parker's had been nice to them just to turn them in. Quietly he inched towards the door that led upstairs. He was almost there when Mr. Parker's voice stopped him.
"Matt..." Zan cringed to himself as he heard Mr. Parker call him by the false name he had given before turning to face him.
"Yes Mr. Parker?" He said looking at the floor and avoiding the eyes of the two newcomers.
Jeff looked at the boy as he slowly turned to face him. Matt looked scared and so alone. It looked like his whole world was falling down around him. If anyone could help Matt and Annie he knew his daughter and Max could. "Matt, this is my daughter Liz and her husband Max. Liz, Max this is Matt, he and his sister are staying here for awhile."
Zan looked up quickly at this statement. Then at the lady who Mr. Parker had said was his daughter. Both she and her husband were still watching him closely. Taking a breath to calm himself he looked up at the man and woman in front of him and held out his hand, "H...hello..."
Max held out his hand still in shock over seeing his son, as soon as their hands touched the flashes started.
A young girl huddled in a ball on the floor of a large room, bruises and cuts covering her small form.
A young Matt sitting on a bed with the younger girl on his lap watching their stuffed animals float in midair around them.
Matt standing in front of Tess and Khivar anger etched on to his features. The young girl huddling behind him.
Matt sitting in the Crashdown the girl beside him smiling as Matt tickled her.
The girl lying pale and unmoving on Liz's old bed.
Zan saw Max reaching out to shake his hand and took a small step closer to shake it, stopping suddenly as their hands touched and the flashes came.
Max as a child getting off the school bus and noticing immediately a dark haired girl playing with friends.
Mr. Parker's daughter lying of the floor of the Crashdown blood pouring from a bullet hole in her abdomen.
Max standing in front of a pregnant Tess listening to her pleading for him to leave earth.
A teenaged Max and two other teens holding hands as they walked through the desert.
Their connection was broken suddenly by the sound of a scream coming from the apartment upstairs then silence.
He had watched the children as his Lord and Lady had told him too. Their instructions had been clear when he had told them of the children's whereabouts. Observe them and watch for an opportunity to grab the girl. The prince would follow. He finally got his opportunity when the girl was alone in the apartment they were now staying in. The owners and the young prince were down in the restaurant where Prince Zan had been working greeting two newcomers. Quickly he climbed up the fire escape and on to the balcony of the room where the girl was sleeping. It was almost a shame she would be killed when Lady Tess got a hold of her. Dropping a note and a crystal on the ground he slipped silently into the room he walked over to the bed and grabbed the girl covering her mouth so she could not alert the Prince too early. When he got back onto the balcony he released the girl's mouth and twisted her arm until she let out a loud scream before falling unconscious. Lifting her unconscious form the man listened for the footsteps signaling the princes arrival, upon hearing them he turned and disappeared into the night carrying the girl with him.
Zan watched the reunion occurring in front of him wearily as he tried to escape upstairs to check on Angel. He had a decision to make. If they stayed they could be taken back, if they left Angel's illness could get worse. It was a risk either way. The Parker's were good people he knew that, but he didn't know about the two adults who had just come to the Crashdown. The Parker's knew them. He wanted to trust them...he didn't want to think the Parker's had been nice to them just to turn them in. Quietly he inched towards the door that led upstairs. He was almost there when Mr. Parker's voice stopped him.
"Matt..." Zan cringed to himself as he heard Mr. Parker call him by the false name he had given before turning to face him.
"Yes Mr. Parker?" He said looking at the floor and avoiding the eyes of the two newcomers.
Jeff looked at the boy as he slowly turned to face him. Matt looked scared and so alone. It looked like his whole world was falling down around him. If anyone could help Matt and Annie he knew his daughter and Max could. "Matt, this is my daughter Liz and her husband Max. Liz, Max this is Matt, he and his sister are staying here for awhile."
Zan looked up quickly at this statement. Then at the lady who Mr. Parker had said was his daughter. Both she and her husband were still watching him closely. Taking a breath to calm himself he looked up at the man and woman in front of him and held out his hand, "H...hello..."
Max held out his hand still in shock over seeing his son, as soon as their hands touched the flashes started.
A young girl huddled in a ball on the floor of a large room, bruises and cuts covering her small form.
A young Matt sitting on a bed with the younger girl on his lap watching their stuffed animals float in midair around them.
Matt standing in front of Tess and Khivar anger etched on to his features. The young girl huddling behind him.
Matt sitting in the Crashdown the girl beside him smiling as Matt tickled her.
The girl lying pale and unmoving on Liz's old bed.
Zan saw Max reaching out to shake his hand and took a small step closer to shake it, stopping suddenly as their hands touched and the flashes came.
Max as a child getting off the school bus and noticing immediately a dark haired girl playing with friends.
Mr. Parker's daughter lying of the floor of the Crashdown blood pouring from a bullet hole in her abdomen.
Max standing in front of a pregnant Tess listening to her pleading for him to leave earth.
A teenaged Max and two other teens holding hands as they walked through the desert.
Their connection was broken suddenly by the sound of a scream coming from the apartment upstairs then silence.
He had watched the children as his Lord and Lady had told him too. Their instructions had been clear when he had told them of the children's whereabouts. Observe them and watch for an opportunity to grab the girl. The prince would follow. He finally got his opportunity when the girl was alone in the apartment they were now staying in. The owners and the young prince were down in the restaurant where Prince Zan had been working greeting two newcomers. Quickly he climbed up the fire escape and on to the balcony of the room where the girl was sleeping. It was almost a shame she would be killed when Lady Tess got a hold of her. Dropping a note and a crystal on the ground he slipped silently into the room he walked over to the bed and grabbed the girl covering her mouth so she could not alert the Prince too early. When he got back onto the balcony he released the girl's mouth and twisted her arm until she let out a loud scream before falling unconscious. Lifting her unconscious form the man listened for the footsteps signaling the princes arrival, upon hearing them he turned and disappeared into the night carrying the girl with him.