Thank you so much for the reviews, all of you were determined that Liz was not a traitor and I was impressed how you all revolted against the idea of it. Glad you liked the story and the wait is over! Here is the next part I promised.
Flashback is needed in this chapter, I will try and not go into details but I apologise in advance if anything offences you, you may just skip it and read the rest, the option is yours.
Liz does not want to be a scientist in this story because Jeff did not put the picture of Harvard over her bed when she was younger. I just wanted to point that out while I was writing this.
Chapter 18: Payback time
Max opened the door and gasped when he saw Liz lying on the ground, he ran over and knelt down beside her.
Tess, Kyle, Isabel, Maria, Alex and Michael all hurried in and over to them, Isabel threw herself on her knees and stroked back Liz's hair.
"Liz, Liz can you hear me?" Isabel begged, Liz moaned.
"Sean, watch out for Sean." Liz whispered weakly.
"Sean did this." Max asked.
"I refused to sleep with him." She whispered out. "He didn't like it so he beated me up." She took in a shuddering breath then winced at the pain.
Tess knelt down next to her and took her hand.
"Liz, did he…?" she broke off, unable to say the word, everyone waited on baited breath for an answer.
"No." came the weak reply, the girls bursts into tears of relief while the boys sighed while Max had buried his face into her hair, tears of relief that she hadn't went through the horror of being rape seeping out. "But he's mad, he told me that he will get me back."
"Shh, don't worry." Max whispered, placing a finger on her lips. "We'll deal with him." Liz nodded as she buried her face into Max's chest, glad that he was there.
Max looked up and exchanged murderous glances with the other, promising pay back on Sean for hurting Liz.
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"I can't believed he beated her up." Isabel snapped as she wrung the water from the cloth and placed it over Liz's forehead to calm her down, they were waiting for the police and Jim to show up.
"Do I wish Jeff was here now or what?" Tess muttered as she wrapped a bandaged around Liz's arm, sealing the wound.
"Why are we not letting Max heal her?" Kyle demanded.
"The guy needs to be put away for life, we need the proof so the police and process it." Maria stated and Max nodded in agreement.
"I don't think Sean counted on us to find her so he could come back, we need to put him away and there will be no one going after him!" Max warned the boys.
"Max, he beated up my sister, I don't want to go after him; I want him six feet under ground!" Michael snapped and Max stood up.
"Don't you think I want that too?" Max demanded. "But we can't afford to draw attention to us, beside it would look suspicious if Sean was to disappear now then show up with all these effect from alien killings." Max explained, everyone remembered the chaos he or she went through because of Pierce and how Michael had been close to being busted and arrested.
"Fine but I want a shot at him." Michael muttered.
"Same here." Everyone else amend to that, the door knocked and Isabel hurried over, she ushered Hanson, Jim and another police into the room.
"She is in here." Isabel stated as she led the way, Jim inhaled sharply at the sight of Liz black and blue on the bed.
"Who the hell did this?" Jim demanded, angry for the girl he saw like a daughter.
"Sean Deluca." Tess piped up and they looked at her.
"How do you know?" Hanson asked as the other police officer took notes.
"I told them." Liz stated, weakly and Hanson moved toward the bed.
"Can you tell us what happened?" He asked.
"Sean wanted me to sleep with him and I refused, he didn't like it so he beated me up and told me that he would get me back." Liz whispered out, stopping every now and then due to the pain shooting through her body.
"Did he rape you?" Hanson asked.
"No, he never got the chance." Liz whispered back and Hanson nodded.
"Good, Liz, we have a female officer outside, she can take pictures and take your clothes for processing, is that okay?" Hanson asked.
"Yeah, it's fine. I want Max in here though." Liz whispered and Hanson nodded.
"No problem, Jose, get Sally." Hanson stated to the young man and he nodded.
Everyone headed into the living room apart from Max; a young female with short blonde hair came in with a camera and some bags. She headed over to the bedroom and shut the door to give Liz privacy.
"Okay Liz, I'm going to move your clothes and take pictures of the bruises." Sally stated; Liz nodded as Max sat down on the rocking chair and watched everything while keeping one eye on Liz's face, looking for any pain.
He inhaled sharply when he saw a large bruise on her stomach, right where she had been shot and clenched his fist in order to stop him from punching a wall or going straight after Sean and putting him into the ground.
"Mr. Evans, I don't think…" Sally started.
"No, I want him here." Liz protested, weakly, knowing that Max was just blaming himself for not protecting her in first place.
"Okay." Sally stated, reluctantly.
"Max, can you please hold my hand." Liz whispered and Max hurried over to her, he gripped her hand.
"I'm here Liz." He whispered.
After a few more photos and Sally had taken Liz's clothes and a few questions later, the gang was allowed back in the room. Hanson came in with them.
"We will get Sean, don't worry about it." He stated.
"Will Liz need to go to court?" Jim asked and Hanson shook his head.
"Sean has already been in jail for assault and battery, as he is on parole, they will send him straight back." Maria informed him and Hanson nodded approval in his eyes.
"You should become a lawyer missies, you seem to know what you are doing." Hanson stated and Liz chuckled lightly.
"And I thought that would be my job." Liz whispered out, everyone laughed lightly as Max kissed her forehead.
"Right, I need to get down to the DeLuca and arrest Sean, you should get someone to see to your wounds." Hanson stated.
"We will; my doctor is coming over." Alex stated and Hanson nodded as he left the room.
"Okay Max, heal her." Michael gritted out and Max nodded; he sat down on the bed and placed his hands over Liz's wounds, healing them. Flashes flashed through his mind of Sean beating Liz, trying to take her clothes off but something was preventing him from getting to her. He thanked god about the shield protecting her from receiving worst injuries.
Liz tried to sit up but Max pushed her back down.
"No Liz, you need to rest." Max stated; she tried to protest but Max shook his head. "I don't care Liz, you need to rest." He stated firmly once more. She sighed and nodded.
"We'll just go, we can talk about it tomorrow." Alex stated and Max nodded.
"Yeah, that'll be better, beside, I think most of us need to get rid of frustrated energy." Max stated, cutting his eyes over to Michael and Alex nodded, catching on.
"Come on guys, we need to get home and the Evan's need to know what happened." Alex stated to the rest and they nodded.
"See you tomorrow Liz, get some rest." Isabel stated as she kissed Liz's forehead before stepping out of the room, the rest greeted her the same way before leaving.
"Look after her Max." Michael stated to Max and Max nodded as he left the room.
Max shut the door behind them and walked over to Liz, he stripped down to his boxers and t-shirt and slipped into bed. Liz, immediately, curled up next to him and clung to him. Max kissed her forehead.
"I'm here Liz, I'm not going anywhere." Max whispered and she nodded against his chest, falling into a light sleep. Max stroked back her hair and kissed her forehead as he watched her, sleeping.
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"NO!" Liz screamed as she bolted up in her bed; she was gasping as sweat clung to her body.
"Liz." Max whispered as he sat up and pulled her into his body. "It's okay." He whispered.
"He keeps haunting me Max." she sobbed out, crying into his chest.
"I know." Max whispered as he rocked her back and forth until her cries died down, he pulled away and wiped her tears. "Come on, you need some hot chocolate." Max stated; Liz smiled weakly as Max led her into the kitchen.
Liz settled down at the counter, watching Max go back and fourth making the hot chocolate. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, noticing her watching him.
"I don't know." Liz whispered the memory and the dream creeping up once more.
"Why didn't you use your powers?" Max asked, Liz shrugged." I don't know, I guess I didn't want to raise suspicions." Liz admitted. "He was stronger, I fought back and I scratched his face." Max grinned with pride.
"At least he got some pain inflicted on him." Max stated and Liz nodded as Max poured out the hot chocolate from the pan into two mugs before handing her one, he pulled down the Tabasco and handed it to her. "The prom is coming soon." Max stated, wanting to take her mind off Sean and she smiled.
"Yeah, Maria and Isabel will be so excited." Liz stated and Max rolled his eyes.
"Isabel will be making the lists again." Max muttered and Liz laughed.
"I seriously doubt it will be as bad as Christmas, Vilandra never really went overboard about balls and dinners, it was just big events like birthdays and Christmas." Liz explained and Max sighed up a thankful prayer.
"Thank god for that." He thanked and Liz laughed once more. "Will you be okay to go to the prom?" Max asked and Liz nodded.
"I'll be fine Max, in fact Maria and I were suppose to go looking for prom dresses, can't wait." Liz stated and rolled her eyes.
"Yep, she is a complete menace when it comes to shopping." Max agreed, Liz looked at him with a raised eyebrow, wondering how he knew.
"She and Isabel went shopping once and took me as the bag handler, too many bags!" He exclaimed as an explanation and she smiled.
"That's Maria for you." Liz agreed with him as they finished their hot chocolate, Max looked at her with concerned eyes.
"Do you want to try going to sleep again?" he asked and Liz nodded.
"Yeah, I need to sleep." She stated and Max nodded, they both got up, leaving their mugs on the counter before heading to bed. Max slipped in first and lifted the cover for Liz. Liz slipped in and cuddled up next to Max once more, they both closed their eyes and fell into a deep, dreamless slumber, relaxing against each other.
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"Hey Liz, are you feeling better?" Maria asked as everyone walked into the living room, Liz looked up from her seat on the couch and smiled.
"Yeah, I feel great, Max has been great helping me." Liz replied.
"That's great but you and I, we need to do some therapy shopping." Maria stated and Liz looked at her.
"Maria…" Liz started and Maria shook her head.
"Nope, no argument Liz, you need it and we are going to do it." Maria warned and Liz gave in.
"Fine." She muttered.
"Are you okay to talk about it?" Isabel asked and Liz nodded.
"A bit." She said.
"What happened?" Michael asked. Liz took a deep breath and started the tale of what happened.
FLASHBACK
"What are you doing here?" Liz demanded. "I thought I told you to stay away!"
"It's time." Sean hissed with a smile and Liz looked at him confused.
"Time for what?" Liz asked as she took a step back as Sean stepped forward.
The lights went out and Liz felt Sean grab her, he tried to kiss her but she managed to kick him on the shin.
"You stupid bitch!" Sean growled as he yanked on her hair, he backhanded her as hard as he could before throwing her to the floor, he got on top of her and tried to rip her top off but something was preventing him.
Liz wriggled under him, trying to get him off her, she managed to knee him, causing him to groan and roll off her. Liz rolled on to her side, coughing as she tried to crawl over to the door when she felt someone yanking on her leg, she shrieked as she kicked at him. He yanked her harder and she fell to the floor. He turned her around and started punching her as hard as he could. Liz screamed as she lifted a hand and scratched at his face, trying to get him off her.
He stopped and stood up, he wiped his mouth, wincing when he felt the sting of the cut and looked down at her broken figure on the ground and smirked, he kicked her once more in the stomach before hurrying out of the building before anyone came, positive that she wouldn't survive the night.
END FLASHBACK
Liz wiped away a tear from her face when she finished, Max was holding her tight to her body while Michael was pacing in the back, anger rolling through his body. Alex had his hands clenched into fists, trying very hard not to lash out at the wall while the girls had tears rolling down their faces at the thought of what Liz had went through.
"Hey guys." Kyle stated when he came through, everyone looked up at him. "They found Sean, he's at the station right now."
"What's happening?" Michael demanded.
"They know that Liz is telling the truth as he has scratches across his face but he is saying that she put him up him to it, that she made him to do it because they were in love together and it was the only way to get rid of Max." Kyle explained and everyone looked at him, confused. "They found pictures of her, lots of pictures of her. He must have been stalking her because there are pictures of her working, with Max, undressing, you name it."
"Damn, that sick bastard!" Max snapped as he stood up.
"He did it because he thinks Liz is in love with him." Maria asked.
"Yeah, apparently he went nuts in the head and started convincing himself that she was in love with him but couldn't be with him because of Max." Kyle explained.
"Damn!" Michael cursed.
"But the police are taking him back to jail, he had broken his parole charges and the court are not letting him off for that so we won't be seeing him for a very long time." Kyle finished and Liz let out a sigh relief that she wouldn't have to look over her shoulder for the rest of life for a human enemy.
Max quickly sat down and pulled her into his arms, both of them hugging and crying in relief that Liz was safe from Sean DeLuca forever.
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"Prom shopping!" Maria called out as she threw her arms up into the air and a huge smile adored her face. Liz laughed at the poser that Maria had taken; one leg was on front of the other, on her tiptoes. It was a few days after Liz had had that Sean was banged up once more and wasn't coming out, she had been relaxing under Max's order but Maria wanted to spend some girl time with Liz and begged Max to let them go.
Max finally gave in and gave Maria permission to let them go out for a girl day out, providing that Maria brought Liz home the minute anything weird started. "Come on Chica, we have dresses to look to look like a knock out for our spaceboys."
"Okay, okay, let me get my shoes on." Liz exclaimed as she pulled on her shoes and pulled on her jacket while pulling her hair out. "Ready." Liz stated as she reached for her purse, Maria smiled as she pulled on Liz's arm and tugged her out of the door.
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"What do you think of this one?" Maria asked as she held up a blue dress against her body, Liz shook her head.
"Nope." Liz stated as she looked around and her eye fell on a white dress. "How about that on Maria? That one would look great on you!" Liz exclaimed as she picked up the dress, it was an off the shoulder with ruffles down the bottom, with Maria long, blonde curly locks and flowers, she would look a gypsy, the perfect image for her.
"You think." Maria asked and Liz nodded, Maria took the dress and held it up against her body and looked in the mirror, she smiled when she could see the perfect image and smiled at Liz. "You're right." Maria agreed as she pulled the dress down and looked around for a dress for Liz, her eyes fell on a dress over in the corner and pointed it out to Liz; Liz looked and smiled. She liked the dress, they both went over and Liz took it down, they both smiled at each other and nodded before hurrying over to the changing room and trying the dresses on.
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"Thanks for taking me out Maria, I really needed it." Liz stated; both of them were in a small café sipping hot chocolate with the bags at their feet.
"What are best friends for?" Maria asked and Liz laughed. "Have Isabel and Tess got their dresses?"
"Yeah, Isabel has a strapless red dress while Tess had a floor length grey dress." Liz stated and Maria nodded.
"I can't believe it's almost the prom, so much have happened!" Maria exclaimed and Liz laughed.
"You mean with the saving the world. Fighting the skins, making sure our dupes were staying out of town?" Liz laughed.
"Yeah, it's amazing isn't it, how a couple of months can seem like years." Maria stated thoughtfully and both girls smiled at each other, enjoying the company.
TBC
Sorry, that it was short, mind block, next chapter the prom!
See you on Sunday!