It was one of those nights where she and max would lie on her bed and kiss and hold each other and nothing in the world could go wrong. She thought back to the day before when she and maria and izzy and tess had shopped for prom dresses.

Isabel's was a slinky red dress, while tess went with an ice blue number. Maria had picked out a flowing hippy dress and liz chose a black figure hugging indie dress. They picked out jewelry, and makeup. It felt normal and teenager.

She was taken out of her flashback by max nibbling on her neck.

"Hey you, no glowing hickeys!" she laughed and he kissed her again. It was deep and passionate, reminding them that they were still young, and had the passion of young lovers.

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Downstairs, maria and Michael were closing up, while tess, kyle, alex, and Isabel hung out in a booth. They were all sitting around when liz and max came down for some food. They laughed at the site of it, max and liz obviously didn't know anyone was still around, because max still had liz's lipstick on his face and liz's hair was disheveled. They both quickly turned and ran into the bathroom. They appeared again cleaned and put together, but they could not avoid the laughs and teasing that followed.

The friends were cleaning up when something hit the front window and it shattered. It was followed by a great energy force that flung the standing liz and max and maria and alex into the far wall, while the others who were sitting fell over into the next booth.

After it was over, max leapt up, "is everyone alright?!" he called to the others. When they had determined that no one was seriously hurt, they ran outside, hoping to see some trace of the cause of it. All they saw was taillights.

Then Isabel said what was on everyone's mind, "what was that?!"

Not one had a clue; they went back in to clean up the glass. "My dad is going to freak," liz said. It was when they were clearing a pile of shattered glass that they saw it. It was a piece of red crystal. Smaller than a fist but larger than a pebble. It glowed and there appeared to be something black in the center. Carefully, Tess picked it up, and it glowed even more, before stopping altogether. When it stopped Tess looked up and then collapsed. The crystal fell to the floor and no one dared pick it up. Max and Kyle ran to Tess. Max put his hand on Tess's cheek, and connected.

He saw a jumble of things, parts of her life, emerging from the pod, and then meeting them all. Realizing she loved Kyle. Her life beginning with her new family of friends. Then he saw the things she saw when she picked up the crystal, red light, Nicolas killing Isabel and maria while making her and liz watch, chained to a wall. Then he realized with relief that tess had fainted from fear. They broke the connection and she woke up. Max and Tess explained everything to the group. How the device was meant to help them see their future, and their greatest fears. Losing her family was one of Tess's. They all took turns holding it. They saw similar things. Like the girls being taken, Kyle's death, and max and Michael finally murdered by Nicolas, Alex finding Isabel's body at his front step, and liz running out of a warehouse, and saying goodbye to Tess and Maria's body.

They visions frightened them all, and the fear aspect was the worst. They knew, somehow, that what they were seeing wasn't real, that it was just fears. But they still were shaken. They then tried to focus all their energy and they saw the future.

It was quick and confusing, but some things stood out. When they had finished connecting, they knew one thing: that very soon, someone was going to try and kill Jim Valenti and Amy DeLuca.

A.N.: I know, cliffhanger! Next chapter coming soon, the group tries to stop the demise of jim and amy, and something happens that will change everything.