A/N: This is the final chapter of part 2 and I am sad to say that it will be a while before part 3 is posted because I am dealing with an overwhelming case of writers block, but on a good note this chapter is damn good (or at least I think it is) I was planning on posting it sooner but this week has proven to be one of the most confusing, long, and emotionally draining weeks of my entire life and it has left me with an even worse case of writers block then I had before. But like I said this chapter is good so hopefully you guys will give me some good feedback and pull me out of this funk that I'm in. Read and Enjoy!

Gimme Shelter

As the group approached town they noticed the smoke that was drifting in the air and Liz bit down hard on her lip as they drove by the Crashdown and saw it in smoldering ruins, a tear slipped down her cheek but she brushed it away.

'If this works I can fix this, I can fix it all' she reminded herself

Liz looked up to the street ahead of them only to see Khivar standing in the middle of the street a shiver went up her spine and she knew that this would not be an easy battle. The group sat in the car staring out at there enemy, hoping that he would give them time to formulate their plan.

"So what do we do now?" Michael asked stopping the car but leaving the engine running, Liz turned towards Tess who was sitting cramped next to her in the back of the Jeep with Kyle; Valenti had stayed at the pod chamber waiting for them.

"It's your turn now Tess," Liz spoke reassuringly

"I don't know if I can do this…" Tess said her voice shaky

"It's too late to bail now Tess, it's do or die" Liz said softly

"Probably both," Tess said under her breath

"We can't give up without a fight," Liz said harshly this time gripping Tess' shoulder tightly almost as a threat; Tess nodded and closed her eyes concentrating on her task. Liz and the others stared out at the skins behind Khivar waiting for a change, there was an explosion and they watched as the skins began attacking each other, tearing each other apart. Khivar looked un-fazed and he smiled as he motioned at them to come to him.

"What should we do?" Isabel asked trying to keep the fear out of her voice

"What can we do? We have to confront him," Kyle spoke; there was a power evident in his voice, a readiness. They watched as Tess' control over the skins faded, there were still roughly a dozen left but they stood strong behind Khivar.

"Let's go," Liz spoke and they stepped out of the Jeep Tess lagging a little due to the exertion of the mind warp. They walked purposefully towards Khivar and stopped when they were about 20 feet away.

"Well, well, well not quite the group I was expecting," a grin stretched across his face "What happened to your little girlfriend Rath?" his voice sharp and disturbing, Michael glared at him and without warning lunged at him his powers rippling through the air Khivar flew back and landed harshly on his back. "Ooo, touchy!" he mocked as he stood up and took his previous stance.

"Michael wait," Liz urged him and he stepped back

"And who's this? Max's old toy? Since when do you call the shots little girl?"

"Since today," Liz spat back at him energy sparked from her fingers and he smirked

"Wow! My very own sparkler… how exciting" he mocked "Did you people really think you were going to win, I mean come on! You don't have a king, looks like your Queen's running on empty and you pull out Sparky here as your secret weapon and I'm supposed to what? Shake in my boots?"

"Yes," Isabel spoke calmly

"Well, Vilandra finally decided to speak up…" he started but before he could finish Michael rushed the skins and began attacking, Liz, Kyle, and Tess following close behind. Khivar looked confused for a moment before Isabel threw him off his feet with her powers and rushed him fighting him with everything she had. Sparks flew from Liz as she tried to fight off the skins, while Michael began blowing them back one by one Tess stumbled blindly in the chaos too drained from the prior use of her powers to fight and Kyle began beating one skin with a metal pipe he had found on the ground. Tess stumbled into the alley, she staggered towards a teetering brick wall and as she leaned against it fell down around her. No one in the battle heard the gentle crack of her skull as the bricks collided with her head, no one saw her as she bled out onto the ground, no one heard her whimper as the dark closed in on her. No one found her body contorted under a pile of bricks in the ally, the battle continued not interrupted by the death of the Queen of Antar.

Liz continued to fight, her powers, which had started as small and almost unusable sparks, were beginning to fade and she watched as her friends fought with all they had.

'You'll never win' the voice in her head returned as she began beating a skin with her now sparkling fists.

"no," she whispered she saw Kyle kicking one of the skins in the stomach as it tried to stand up again.

"Liz!" he yelled "Heads up!" he tossed her the pipe now covered in blood she caught it and felt an extreme sense of power overtake her as she thrust it through the skins stomach and he fell to the ground clutching the pipe now lodged within his stomach. She smile and looked over to thank Kyle in time to see him blown across the street.

"Kyle!" She screamed her voice going ragged

"Stop!" Khivar's voice boomed and for some unknown reason Liz could feel herself freeze to the spot and she watched as everyone else did the same, "I'm ending this now!" fear and frustration now evident in his voice and suddenly Liz could move again she began to run towards him but Isabel beat her to him blasting him 50 feet in the air, Liz watched as he hit the ground with a thud and lay still.

"We have to go now!" Isabel screamed her voice holding a power it never had before and without another word Michael ran to the car and started it while Isabel helped Liz carry Kyle back to the car. They all climbed in and sped towards the rocks Liz kept looking back out the window while Isabel studied Kyle's wounds, he was bleeding profusely but Isabel couldn't stop it she ripped off her jacket and pressed it against the largest wound that had ripped open the skin on his stomach. As they neared the rocks Kyle began slipping away, he began coughing and as he did spurts of blood came from his mouth and painted the interior of the car red.

"Kyle hang on," Isabel spoke softly and reassuringly as she held his hand and kept her jacket on the wound.

"It's too… late" he sputtered "you have to go back, you have to change it!" he began to yell.

"Kyle you'll be ok and then we'll fix this as a group," Isabel said

"Where's Tess?" Michael spoke

"She's gone," Liz said gently

"I know…" he said remembering his thoughts before leaving her there

"Kyle you'll be fine," Isabel continued trying to comfort him but it was no good he continued to thrash and beg for them to forget about him

"Just focus on fixing it," he said coughing harder then before

"Kyle…" Isabel began before Liz cut her off

"Don't worry Kyle we'll go back, it will be over quick and when you wake up it will be a new day" he voice strong despite the tears that were rolling down her cheeks

"A brand new day," he smiled softly

"Yeah, brand new" her voice began to crack as his eyes glazed over

"No!" Isabel began to scream "We can't lose anyone else, I can't…" she trailed off her voice losing its resonance.

As they reached the rocks they noticed them already stained in blood and Liz quickly prayed that Valenti had not survived whatever they had done to him, she was sick of slow painful deaths. They stepped out to see Khivar standing there smiling wickedly.

"There's no escaping," his voice had regained its arrogant tone "I'm going to win"

Isabel blasted him and he smacked against the hard rocks falling down and slumping over, but he quickly stood up again and tears poured down her face as she continued to blast him each time less effective then the previous. Michael ran to aid her but a red shield went up around Isabel and Khivar, Michael and Liz couldn't hear what words were spoken inside of the shield but it was certain that Isabel was screaming her head off for all of her losses. She took one final step towards him and placed her hands around his neck attempting to strangle him but her attempts were met in vain he placed his hand on her head and kissed her cheek before snapping her neck, she crumpled to the ground as if everything had just rushed out of her and Michael screamed, his scream was only equaled by a blast that broke through the shield and threw Liz back 10 feet. As she landed on her back she struggled to get back to her feet and help Michael and as she did she saw that Michael was about to meet the same fate as Isabel. She rushed forward and a sudden power swept over her as she saw Khivar's hands wrap around Michael's neck she felt an odd and thick pressure come around her and she felt as if she was floating, Khivar dropped Michael and looked over at Liz who was now 2 feet in front of him crackling with raw energy.

"What is it Sparky?" he growled but Liz ignored his words and instead let all her strength flow through her hands she looked down at them and saw that they were now glowing a bright blue, her vision turned red as her eyes began to fill up with blood. Khivar stared into her crimson eyes bewildered by the sudden change; she placed one hand on his chest and watched as he began to scream. Blood poured from her eyes and she could feel the painful pressure release as the thick blood ran down her cheeks and dripped to the ground.

"It's your turn," her voice rough and angry, she could feel his skin liquefying beneath her palm and as his skin continued to heat his steadily evaporating flesh and as her unsympathetic red eyes stared cruelly into his she felt strength for the first time in three years. He slowly dropped to the ground and she watched him gasped for breath as his body continued to dissolve.

"It's your turn," she repeated softly with harshness in her voice, she turned from his dissipating form towards the pod chamber she walked towards it and opened it with her bloody palm. The rocks shifted and she stepped inside and continued into the Granolith, pulling the Antarian necklace from her pocket she placed it around her neck and as she placed her hand on the glowing center of the Granolith a voice pulled her from her thoughts suddenly

"Liz!" Michael yelled "What are you doing?" his face stained by tears

"I'm mending what we ripped," she said her voice low "I'm going to make this better, I'm going to save them all" she cried as a tear fell down her face cutting through the blood that was beginning to coagulate on her cheeks.

"Make it right, Liz" he smiled softly and watched as she stepped into the seemingly solid material.

Liz watched from the inside of the Granolith as Michael faded from her view she felt a dizzying weight on her shoulders and closed her eyes as she began to fall backwards.

"Goodbye,"