Nothing is mine.
Hey guys, you lots are going to kill me for this chapter I know it but I'm really sorry but relax, Max and Liz will still be together! Geez, I'm not that stupid, you flame me if I did that!
Chapter 2
"Liz?" Max asked as he entered her bedroom and looked around but didn't see her in sight.
"I'm in a shower right now, just hold on and I'll finish washing my hair." Liz called back and Max shook his head, trying to get rid of the images of Liz in a shower.
They had gotten together after they found out their destiny, Liz had tried to push him away toward Tess but he was so determined to be with her that she weakened and finally gave in to their love.
Liz came out of the shower wearing her short red silk robe as she rubbed her hair dry.
"Hey." Max said as he gently kissed her on the lips, Liz smiled as she returned it.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Liz asked and Max looked at her with a mock hurt look.
"What? Am I not allowed to see my girlfriend without a reason?" Max asked and Liz laughed.
"Max, you know that's not what I meant!" Liz said as she playfully slapped Max on the shoulder.
"I know; I just had to see you." Max said as he sat on the bed and Liz sat next to him.
"What's wrong?" Liz asked with concern in her voice and eyes and Max smiled, feeling lucky to have such a wonderful caring girlfriend.
"It's Tess, she won't talk to me." Max sighed and Liz looked at him with understanding.
"Max, she is in love with you and she thought you were in love with her, then I came along and messed things up between you two, she's feeling hurt and betrayed right now." Liz said and Max looked at her.
"Your power is getting stronger." Max said and Liz looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah, I don't know how though but for some reason I can feel everyone emotions and it's driving me up the wall." Liz said and Max nodded.
"Maybe that what my mom meant," Max said and Liz looked him curiously. "Think about it, she said we would be able to see the enemies from within them, maybe you getting these emotions will help you to pinpoint who is our enemies." Max said and Liz thought about and nodded.
"How are Isabel and Michael?" Liz asked with concern for her sister and brother.
"Isabel is happy that she with Alex but Michael is still scared that he is going to hurt Maria." Max said and Liz shook her head.
"He needs to realize that he had already hurt her by pushing her away." Liz sighed and Max nodded.
"Yeah but he feels that its for her own good, he can't control his powers like we can." Max said and Liz rolled her eyes.
"Max, I don't even know what my powers are ever since I don't use them." Liz said and Max kissed her forehead.
"We'll find out soon." Max whispered and Liz nodded as she rested her forehead against his chin, both lost in deep thoughts.
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"How are you dealing?" Alex asked Maria and Maria rolled her eyes.
"I hate men." She muttered and Alex nodded.
"I bet you do." He stated and sighed. "Michael is just scared that he is going to hurt you with his powers you know, just give him a little time and he'll come around."
"I know, it just the waiting is hard." Maria explained and Alex patted her hand in sympathy before moving over to sit next to Isabel at the booth.
"How are you feeling?" Alex asked and Isabel sighed.
"Like my whole world have shattered." Isabel explained and Alex nodded.
"It's bound to, especially after all we've been through the last couple of months. Anyway, to get your mind off things, how about we go and see a film?" Alex asked and Isabel sighed.
"Alex, we can't go back to how it was before." Isabel said and Alex threw his hand in the air in surrender.
"I meant just a friends, I hate seeing everyone all uptight and you look like you haven't been sleeping for the past couple of weeks so I just thought you needed a break." Alex explained and Isabel smiled.
"That's nice of you. What's on?" she asked.
"Scream, Rookie of the year, and Dog Soldiers. I advice dog soldiers if you want something funny to see, even Rookie of year is pretty funny too." Alex murmured thoughtfully and Isabel laughed. She was about to answer when Maria called them into the back room.
Max was sitting on the couch while Michael was standing near the door and Maria was sitting on the floor, all three of them were watching the screen.
"What's up?" Alex asked.
"They are about to take a vote." Max explained and they hurried over to look at the screen.
Pierce walked into the Crashdown and looked around the room, he growled lightly and muttered under his breath.
"Damn those little pod people, you can never find them when you want them." He muttered as he made his way in the back room, he looked around then shifted back into his normal self when he saw that he was alone. He walked over to the door and walked into it, he found Max, Maria, Alex, Michael and Isabel all sitting there, watching the T.V of Congress Whitaker talking.
"I have to hand it to you Max, it was a great idea to let Naseco take form of Pierce and shut down the special unit." Alex commented and Max shook his head as he stood up.
"It wasn't I. I haven't spoken to him in ages." Max explained.
"It was better this way so we can concentrate on our powers rather than them coming after us." Jeff explained, finally announcing his appearance. They all smiled slightly when they saw him.
"Hey! Welcome back!" Alex greeted as they all stood up and Maria switched the T.V off.
"Don't we have enough trouble without them having to use their powers?" a female voice demanded. They all turned to it and saw Tess standing at the door with her arms crossed.
"Hi Tess, nice to see you." Isabel greeted.
"They have to use their powers so they can protect themselves." Jeff remarked angrily, he still hadn't forgiven the girl for hurting Liz.
There were footsteps on the stairs and Liz appeared at the bottom.
"Hey guys." Liz greeted and saw her dad standing near the door, her smile widen. "Daddy!" she squealed, launching herself into his arms.
"Hey Lizzie." Jeff greeted back as he hugged his daughter as hard as she was hugging him. She pulled back and looked into his eyes that were so much like her own. He had shifted himself to look like her dad so that no one could guess that she was adopted.
"Are you back for good?" Liz asked with a hopeful look and Jeff sighed.
"No sweetie, I'm not. I'm just here to check on you then I have to go back." Jeff explained and the hopeful look in her eyes dimmed. He felt his heart was breaking. "I'm sorry honey." Jeff apologized and Liz nodded.
"I know; you need to do this to keep us safe. I understand." Liz explained with a weak smile, she knew she was acting like a little child but she hadn't been separated from her father for a long length of time, especially after when her mother died.
"It just two more months before I can fully close the unit and take all the stuff they have about the aliens they have captured. We need to go over them then destroy them to prevent it getting into the wrong hand." Jeff explained and Liz nodded once more. Max, sensing her sadness, wrapped his arms around her body from behind and let her lean herself on his chest. Jeff noticed this and smiled slightly. "So, I'm guessing that the two of you are together." Jeff half stated, half asked.
Liz blushed slightly as she smiled up at her dad while Max just kissed the top of her head and nodded toward Jeff, who beamed. He turned to Michael and Isabel. "What about you two?" Jeff asked.
"Sorry, I think it's due to the fact that we both see and love each other like brothers and sisters, we can't really see the other one in a more romantic way." Isabel stated and Jeff nodded.
"I understand, the pair of you were like that back on our home planet so it would make sense that you would feel that here." Jeff explained. Michael and Isabel smiled at their protector.
"How come Max and Liz have to be together but Isabel and Michael can't?" Tess demanded.
"Max and Liz want to be together. I wouldn't have pushed them two together if they didn't want to be together and I'm happy that they're together. They are the king and queen of our planet." Jeff remarked sarcastically. Tess just threw him a glare and stormed out of the building, bumping into Jim on the way out.
Jim walked into the room and smiled slightly when he saw the gang.
"Hey." Jim greeted; Jeff smiled.
"Sheriff, welcome to 'I know an alien' club." Jeff joked and Jim laughed.
"Please, call me Jim." He retorted and he looked around. "The club seems to be getting a bit bigger." Jim noted and Michael snorted back a laugh.
"Soon, we'll be taking out a notice board and letting everyone know about us." Michael explained and Liz smiled at him.
"I seriously doubt that it would get that big Michael." Liz teased back and Maria shook her head.
"Okay everyone, out, I need to get change for my shift and I ain't a stripper for you lot." Maria remarked. Liz laughed as she pulled out of Max's embrace and took his hand to drag him out of the Crashdown with Michael, Alex and Isabel in tow with them.
"So, what are we doing tonight?" Alex asked as the four of them sat down at a booth, Michael had went back home to check out something.
"Max and I are going to the cinema tonight." Liz reported and Alex smirked.
"Oh, is that what they call it now?" Alex asked, slyly and Max threw him a mock glare while Liz threw a napkin at him.
"Watch it or I just might spill a few things." Liz teased back and Max laughed slightly as he kissed her forehead while wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
"What about you two?" Max asked Isabel and Alex. Isabel was about to reply when a man came up to their booth.
"Hey, you don't happen to know where the sheriff's office is do you?" the man asked, Isabel just stared at the guy with a stunned/approval look.
"I'm Isabel." Isabel introduced herself and Grant smiled, instantly liking Isabel.
"I'm Grant. Do you think you could show me where the Sheriff's office?" Grant asked and Isabel beamed up at him.
"Sure." Isabel agreed as she stood up. "May I ask why you are heading there?" she asked.
"I found a bone in the desert, it was picked up by my metal detector and that is the weirder thing ever." Grant explained.
Max, Alex and Liz looked at the two of them in a stunned shock.
"He found a bone." Liz asked and Max shrugged.
"Maybe it's an animal bone." Max suggested and Liz shook her head.
"Since when a metal detector picks up a bone?" Liz asked. "Something doesn't feel right about this." Liz admitted as she watched the retreating back of Isabel and Grant.
"Tell me about it." Alex muttered and Liz looked at him with sympathy in her eyes, she knew how much Alex loves Isabel but Isabel was too scared to let him in.
"Alex, just give her time to come around, she's just scared." Liz stated, softly and Alex nodded.
"I know, but I can't put my whole life on hold for her, even with the fact I love her so much." Alex explained before getting up and making his way out of the building with Liz looking at his retreating back with a heartbroken gaze.
"Oh Alex." She whispered and Max took her in to his arms, comforting her.
"Isabel will come round Liz and she and Alex with get together and be happy." Max said and Liz nodded while looking into his eyes.
"I could feel how hurt Alex was when Isabel just walked off, he's hurting so much." Liz said as tears ran down her face. Max leaned in and kissed the side of her head.
Jeff came out and saw Liz leaning against Max with tears running down her face and walked over to them, he sat across from Liz.
"What's wrong honey?" Jeff asked, concerned.
"Liz has been feeling other people emotions and as she is sensitive, it makes her more emotional." Max explained and understanding cleared Jeff's face.
"You have received one of your powers, you are an empathic." Jeff stated and Liz looked at him. "It makes sense because that was Lilly's main power."
"Lilly?" Max asked and Jeff nodded.
"Liz was Lilly in our past life, you were Zan, Michael was Rath and Isabel was Vilandra." Jeff stated and Max was astonished.
"You know, we have been waiting for ages to find out who we were in our past life, to hear our names is just down right weird." Max exclaimed and Liz giggled as she rested her head on his shoulder. Jeff smiled at his daughter then looked toward the hatch.
"Gotta get back to work in this alien mass room." Jeff teased and Max chuckled.
"Must make a change to be an alien working in an alien café in an alien town." Max whispered and Jeff rolled his eyes.
"You have no idea." Jeff stated back before leaving.
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"So, what's so special that you had to tell me?" Jim asked the young man, who standing across from him.
"I was working out in the desert with a metal detector and it picked up something pretty unusual." Grant stated.
"What?" Jim asked and Grant placed a bone on the desk.
"Since when do metal detector pick up Bones, human bones in fact." Grant stated and Jim looked at him thoughtfully.
"Where did you say that you were working?" Jim asked.
"Out in the desert, near where the old nuclear factory was." Grant informed and Jim nodded.
"Leave the bone here and I will send my men out to have a look around." Jim stated and Grant nodded as he left the building, leaving Jim staring after him then picking up the bone.
The door knocked once more and Congress Whitaker came striding into the room. Jim stood up.
"Congress Whitaker, why do I have the pleasure of seeing you here?" Jim asked and she sat down.
"I received a message from Agent Pierce a while ago telling me that he had a suspect that was an alien and that you were part of the cover up." She stated and Jim looked at her with a stunned look, the door knocked once more and Hanson came in.
"Chief, we looked where the bone was found and there is a body there." Hanson exclaimed; Whitaker looked at Jim while he looked at Hanson.
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Liz was changing into her outfit; she was in the middle of pulling her hair back into a ponytail when she looked out the small window, only to drop her hair in mid-process.
"Oh my god." Liz whispered from the small window, attracting Maria and Michael's attention.
"What?" Michael demanded as he came over; Maria was standing next to Liz.
"Congress Whitaker is here." Liz whispered and Maria looked at her.
"What are you feeling?" she asked and Liz shrugged.
"That's the problem, I can't sense her at all." Liz explained, causing the trio to look back at Congress Whitaker once more in shock.
"That reminds me, what have you been feeling when you are around Courtney?" Maria asked, Michael rolled his eyes while he headed back to the kitchen while Liz turned to Maria and scrunched up her nose.
"Lust, a lot of lust." Liz stated and Maria huffed.
"Around Michael no doubt." She muttered before storming off with Liz watching her, confused.
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Hanson was looking around the area, all the forensic people were working about the grave that they had found, he walked up to the hill and stood on it, looking around until something caught his eye, he looked down and found a pocketknife. He bent down, picked it up, and hurried over to Jim.
"Look, I found a pocket knife. With luck, it would have been the person who was here." Hanson stated, excitedly and Jim reached out to see it but Hanson pulled back in time. "I'll go and put this in a bag and get it process for fingerprints." He stated before hurrying off. Jim watched as he walked away with a sinking feeling in his gut.
Michael watched from the hill, he bit his bottom lip before turning around and he tripped up on a loose rock. He landed on the ground with a grunt and cursed to himself. He looked up and noticed a piece of shredded skin, thinking at first that it was snake skin, he picked it up only to realize that it was human skin and it crumbled to pieces in front of his eyes.
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"We have a problem." Michael stated as he entered the Crashdown; everyone looked at him.
"What?" Liz asked.
"They've found Pierce's grave." Michael stated and Liz looked at Max.
"This is bad." She whispered and Max pulled her into a hug.
"How did they find it out?" Max asked.
"Some digger was scouting the area and his metal detector picked up on the bone." Michael stated.
"Grant." Isabel, Max, Alex and Liz said at the same time and Liz turned to Max.
"I told you that something didn't feel right." Liz said and Max nodded.
"I know baby, I know." Max soothed as he stroked back her hair and turned to Michael, he knew that Liz was thinking about the time when Pierce had killed Nancy in front of her and that was causing her irrational outburst. "What do we do?" Max asked. No one had any answers.
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"Welcome back Congress Whitaker, are you wanting to finish off our conversation?" Jim asked and she shook her head.
"No, I'm interested in the bones." She stated and Jim looked at her.
"Why would you be interested in bones?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, she opened her mouth to answer but was intruppted when Hanson came in.
"It's Michael Guerin's prints all over the pocket knife, I'm going by to hold him in custody." Hanson stated before leaving. Jim and Congress Whitaker just looked at each other, stunned.
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Maria came rushing into the Crashdown.
"Michael has been arrested, they found his pocketknife at the crime scene and he looks like a murder suspect." She exclaimed. Everyone looked at each other, wondering what to do.
"We have another problem." A male voice said, Jim walked in and everyone looked at him. "Congress Whitaker is very interested in the bones and she's demanding to be there for the analyses." Jim stated.
Jeff came in from the back room and Max walked up to him.
"Michael's been arrested, they've found Pierce's grave and his pocketknife at the scene." Max explained. "Do you know Congress Whitaker?" Max asked Jeff and he nodded.
"We've talked but not often," Jeff stated then remembered something. "It turns out that Pierce and Whitaker have been having an affair, an intimate affair."
"Wonderful," Liz muttered as she rolled her eyes and looked a Valenti. "Are you sure that Congress Whitaker wants to be there when the bones are being analyzed?" Liz asked and Jim nodded.
"Yep, she even seems adamant about it, like it's life or death." Valenti explained and Liz nodded as she locked eyes with Max.
"Looks like she suspect something." Liz murmured and Max nodded his agreement. "We need to change the bones' date." Liz explained.
"Huh?" Max asked, confused.
"You need to increase the bone deteriorating to make it look like it's been there for years rather than three months." Liz explained and Max nodded.
"Good idea but do you have a plan on how we get inside." Max asked and Liz turned to Isabel.
"Looks like you'll be flirting with the guards today." Liz teased and Isabel laughed as she nodded.
"No problem, just give me a map then I'll be the sweet lost woman." Isabel said and Liz nodded as she turned to Max.
"You need to tell me how many people there are inside the building and I'll mind warp them but there is a limit to how long I can hold it so you need to as quick as you can." Liz warned and Max nodded.
"Okay people, we all have a job to do so lets get to it. We need to burst out second in command out of jail." Max ordered as Liz and Isabel stood up. Isabel waved her hand down her body transforming her jeans and white t-shirt into a light pink halter-top and black leather trousers; her waved her hand over her hair and transformed it into twisted hairstyle with strands hanging down. Her shoes had changed into black high-heeled sandals.
"Impressive." Liz nodded her approval. Isabel laughed as Liz waved her hand, transforming herself. Her demin skirt and her white skirt changed into a white halter top and a short demin skirt, her hair was pulled into a half pony tail with strands hanging down her face and she had changed her sneakers into white sandals.
Max just shook his head at the young women in front of him.
"Show off." He teased and Liz laughed as she kissed him lightly before the lot of them headed out of the building toward the jeep.
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Isabel walked up to an ageing man, he ha light brown hair and light blue eyes and was wearing his green uniform. The man looked up when he saw Isabel walking toward her with a map.
"Hi, I'm looking for the college department but I'm so hopeless with a map, well, at least, that's what my boyfriend says." She gushed, the man looked at her and she smiled. "My ex boyfriend I meant." She explained; the man stood up.
"If you want, I could show you where it is." He offered and she smiled brightly.
"That would be so great." She exclaimed as she followed the guard; she smirked at Liz and Max, who were hiding before hurrying up to match the man's steps.
Max and Liz hurried forward and quickly climbed up the steps to the top floor, Max opened the door and looked back at Liz.
"I'll check to see how many there are and phone you." He whispered; she nodded as he stepped into the building. Max looked around the room and saw about five people in the room, he grabbed his phone and dialed Liz. "There are five people." He explained and Liz mental calculated.
"You have about three minutes." She informed before shutting the phone and concentrated.
Congress Whitaker walked over to the window and looked through it, Max hurried over to the machine and smirked at Congress Whitaker when she couldn't see him, he hurried over to the bones and concentrated on increasing the bones' age. The machine started up, Max increased his power, and sighed in relief when he was finished, he hurried toward the door and looked out. He noticed that everyone was busy and quickly closed the door before heading back up the steps and heading toward the exit.
As soon as Max shut the door, Liz slumped and Max caught her and swung her up into his arms.
"We need to get you to start increasing your strength on mind warping." Max said, Liz just murmured something as she rested her head on Max's shoulder, grateful that she had something to lean on. "Come on, let's go home." He whispered as he carried her down the stairs and toward the jeep where Isabel was already sitting in the driver's seat. She looked at them with a worried expression. "It's over." Max repeated and Isabel smiled in relief as she started the jeep, driving them home.
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"Well?" Congress Whitaker asked the tech guy, he looked at the paper and looked at his partner.
"The bones are over 80 years." He informed and she looked stunned.
"But, the cracks and the infusion. They are new!" she exclaimed and they shrugged.
"Sometimes the ground preserve things for us and it makes it look new." The guy explained.
"And for the infusion, that could have been from the nuclear implant we had." The partner stated and the guy nodded.
"Yeah, that was 80 years ago too." He agreed. Congress Whitaker just looked at them then walked out of the room, wondering what the hell had just happened.
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Everyone was back at the Crashdown apart from Tess.
"Better sew that hole of your in your pocket." Max teased as he threw the pocketknife at Michael, after explaining what happened. The gang chuckled lightly and went back to their party.
"Hey, what you all doing?" a female voice asked, everyone turned and saw Courtney coming out from the backroom.
"Oh, it's kind of a last day party, you know, last day of the holiday since we're back at school tomorrow." Maria covered up and Courtney nodded.
"Cool. See you all later." She greeted before leaving, Maria turned to the others.
"I'm so sorry, I thought she had left." Maria apologized.
"We better start being more careful about things." Michael stated as he got up and moved toward the counter. Liz rolled her eyes.
"Lighten up Michael, I thought she had left too." Liz remarked.
The doors opened and Tess walked in.
"Hey Tess." Everyone greeted and Max walked up to her.
"We need to talk." Max said to her and she nodded as she followed Max into the backroom while Maria walked up to Michael.
"I hear that Ex Cons are good in bed." Maria stated and Michael shook his head.
"I can't do this Maria." Michael said and Maria looked at him.
"Why can't we be together?" Maria asked.
"I can worry about some chick that I left behind Maria, beside, we both agreed to move on." Michael said and Maria scoffed.
"You agreed; I didn't get a vote in." Maria remarked before walking off.
"What Pizza do we have?" Liz asked.
"Hot Spicy Chicken, ham and mushroom, all topping and Pineapple with pepperoni." Michael stated.
"Pass me the Spicy chicken." Liz stated and Michael slid the box over to her while Isabel slid the Tabasco sauce to her. She smiled her thanks as she tucked into her food.
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"What did you want to talk about?" Tess asked and Max sighed.
"This has got to stop Tess, I'm with Liz and you need to accept it." Max said and Tess rolled her eyes.
"Oh come on, you are in love with me but scared and you are only with her because of your destiny thing." Tess scoffed; Max clenched his fists in frustration.
"Tess, I love Liz, not you." Max stated firmly.
"Whatever Max, you'll soon see that she is a mistake and come running back to me." Tess promised before leaving the room. Max groaned to himself as he rested his head on the lockers in frustration.
"Max?" Liz called out; he looked toward the backroom door and saw her come in. She looked around the room for him, caught him, and smiled. "Hey, your mom called, she needs you home for an…" Liz started but was cut off when Max kissed her hard and deep. She let out a squeak of surprise but melted into the kiss, letting her hand slid up into his thick hair while his hands slid around her waist.
Soon they both broke away, breathing heavily. "What was that for?" Liz asked. Max just shook his head, resting his forehead on hers.
"I just needed it." Max explained and Liz looked up into his face with understanding.
"Didn't go well with Tess?" Liz asked and Max groaned.
"No, she's still stubborn." Max muttered then sighed. "I'd better get home before mom calls the police on me." Max stated reluctantly and Liz kissed him gently.
"We'll see each other later." Liz said and Max grinned as he linked their fingers together and led her to the front of the Crashdown. He bent down and kissed her gently on the lips.
"I'll see you later." Max whispered then kissed her once more. "I love you." Liz smiled.
"I love you too." She whispered back before kissing him and watching him leave the building and getting into his jeep, he looked back and waved slightly before driving off.
Liz turned back to the gang with a dreamy look on her face, causing Isabel and Maria to giggle at the sight of her and pulled her into dance with them as Isabel used her powers to play the music.
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Max sighed as he lay on his bed, wearing his bottoms. He groaned when his back met the cool of the bed and smiled at the image of Liz as he closed his eyes. He started to drift off into a deep sleep, thinking about his favorite fantasy of Liz when all of a sudden there was a trapping noise at the door.
Max groaned as he got up from the bed and walked toward the window.
"Michael, you have your own room." Max muttered as he pulled back the curtains, only to see that there was no one there. Puzzled, he opened the window and peered out only to jerk back in fright when Jeff arrived at the window.
Jeff entered Max's window and Max held him in his arms.
"They are here." Jeff coughed out and Max looked at him.
"Who's here? Who?" Max demanded.
"The skins watch out for them and don't let them get Liz." Jeff explained and Max looked at him, Jeff clutched Max's arm. "Tell Liz I love her and I'm sorry that I couldn't be here to protect her." Jeff whispered out before his hand slid off Max's arm and his eyes rolled up to the back of his head.
"Jeff?" Max whispered as he shook the body but there was no answer, he felt blood pouring on to his hand and lifted it away, there was a hand shape mark burn on Jeff's chest. "Oh god." Max whispered.
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