Hey guys, warning! Major tears so don't flame me whatsoever, I hate and love this chapter and please don't hate me! Everything will be explained further in the story. BTW, if you cry, don't blame me, I cried during this and I'm the one who's wrote it!
Chapter 20: Cry your name
Jim walked over to Hanson.
"What did you call me out here for?" Jim asked, Hanson took off his hat and led Jim to the car, Jim, with fear pounding wildly in his body, bent down and looked into the car before turning away with tears falling down his cheeks.
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Everyone was in the Crashdown, Max and Michael was arguing over what film was the best while Tess, Kyle, Maria and Isabel was looking through the photographs. She turned to Maria and they both shared a huge smile as Liz lifted up the tub of dirty dishes and took them into the backroom.
Liz saw Jim show up at the back.
"Hey Mr. Valenti, how's it going?" Liz asked as she looked at him; she saw the sad look on his face and Liz's felt her heart clench. "What happened?" Liz asked.
The gang stopped what they were doing when they heard a scream and a clatter from the backroom; Liz came storming in, tears running down her face that provoked Max into jumping up and taking her into his arms.
"What is it Liz?" Michael demanded as everyone stood up, the backdoor swung open and he or she saw Jim step through it.
"I'm sorry, Alex died tonight." Jim stated, Liz's legs buckled under the pressure of hearing the words again that Max had to lift her up to hold her up, Maria fell into Michael's arms and sobbed into his chest while Isabel leaned against the breaker between the booths as stunned tears slipped down her face. Kyle and Tess looked at each other, confused and heartbroken that one of their friends had died. Max and Michael looked at each other, stunned as they held their sobbing girlfriends.
"We need to see him." Max stated and Jim nodded.
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The gang found themselves in front of the van, Max looked at the gang before entering the van and closing the door behind him and opening the bag.
"Max will heal him then they'll both come out and Alex will make those stupid jokes of his." Isabel whispered more to herself as she and Liz held onto each other.
Max came out and everyone looked at him, he shook his head, causing Isabel to burst into tears and run off, Max was watching her and Liz stepped up.
"Go after her Max." Liz whispered and Max turned to her.
"I can't leave you." Max exclaimed and Tess stepped up.
"I'll look after her, we'll be fine Max." Tess assured.
"Go after her Max, she needs you." Liz whispered once more. Max kissed her forehead before chasing after Isabel.
Michael carried Maria home, as she didn't have the strength to walk while Kyle and Jim got in the car and drove home.
"Come on girlfriend, let's go and wait in the jeep." Tess whispered; the two girls walked over to the jeep when they heard a noise.
"Did you hear that?" Tess whispered to Liz, Liz nodded back as they turned around but couldn't see anything.
They were about to turn around when the noise came back; the girls clutched hands as fear clutched at their hearts.
"You know, this isn't funny!" Liz whispered to Tess and she nodded in agreement, as they moved toward the van.
"Do you think that Max healed Alex but didn't realise it?" Tess asked and Liz shrugged,
"It's possible, I mean, You, Kyle and I woke straight away because we weren't dead. Alex was so maybe…" Liz trailed off.
"It took longer for the brain to realise that it was alive and wake the body up." Tess finished as the opened the van and screamed.
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"Isabel!" Max shouted as he ran after her, Isabel refused to stop running. Max managed to catch up with her and grabbed her arm, spun her around and pulled her into his body, hugging her. Isabel clutched his jacket as she sobbed into his chest.
"It's not fair! It's just not fair!" Isabel screamed as she cried her heart out over losing Alex. Max just held her, stroking her hair back.
"We will find out what happened Izzy, I promise." Max whispered and Isabel nodded against his chest. "Come on, we need to get back to the girls and go home."
They broke apart and headed toward the jeep when they heard screaming and it hit Max who it was. "That's Liz and Tess!" Max shouted as they, both took off running until they bumped into the girls.
"That was not funny!" Liz snapped as she punched Max's chest, Max, quickly, grabbed Liz's arms and pinned them to her sides but Liz foot flew out and kicked him on the shin. "That was so not funny!"
"Liz, Liz! Calm down!" Max exclaimed as he pinned her arms once more but made sure that he was out of her feet range. "Tell me what happened!" Max demanded.
"How you say that you didn't heal Alex when you did!" Tess snapped.
"Girls, I didn't heal him!" Max exclaimed.
"Wanna explain why their ain't a body in the van?" Liz demanded and Max looked at them, confused.
"What do you mean there isn't a body?" Max asked.
"There is no body in the Van." Liz explained and the noise appeared once more causing Liz to jump into Max's arms, looking over her shoulder while Tess clung to Liz's jacket.
"There's the noise again." Tess whispered and Liz nodded.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Isabel asked.
"Liz and I were heading toward the jeep when we heard this noise then we headed to toward the van and found the body missing." Tess explained.
"And now it's back." Liz whispered and Tess giggled.
"You sound like the girl from the poltergeist film, the second one." Tess explained and Liz rolled her eyes with a smile.
"Okay, serious time here." Max interrupted. "Let's go and check out the van."
Max led them all over to the van and opened the door only to look at the girls in confusion. The black body bag was there with the body inside it.
"That was not there a minute ago." Liz exclaimed, pointing to the bag.
"Well it's there now." Max said and closed the door and turned to the girls. "I know you want Alex alive, believe me, I want him alive too." Max started and, both Tess and Liz lost it.
"Don't treat us like we are imagining it Max!" Liz snapped.
"That bag was not there earlier, we are not imagining!" Tess jumped in and Max held up his hands in surrender.
"Okay, let's just go home." Max stated as he led the girls to the jeep when the noise appeared once more. Liz jumped and clutched the back of Max's Jacket while Tess clung to Liz's arms, Max and Isabel turned around, looking for the noise, determined to beat whoever or whatever that was scaring the girls.
"Okay, dare you to check out the van again." Liz stated, they all headed toward the van once more and Max opened it.
The girls turned accusing eyes on Max. "Bag's not there is it." Liz asked.
"What is going on?" Isabel demanded.
"Maybe they took the bag in." Max suggested with a shrug as he closed the doors only for Tess and Liz to look at him.
"And what about when the bag disappear earlier?" Liz demanded. "What's the point of taking the bag out then putting back?" Liz asked as she placed her hand on the door only to gasp as her eyes close.
FLASH
"No, please no!" Alex screamed.
"You've done it." A male voice stated.
A flash of lightening.
Alex lying on the seat, eyes closed, not breathing.
The truck swerving in front of the car and crashing into it.
END FLASH
"Liz?" Max asked, Liz gasped as she came out of her trance and looked at Max with terrified eyes.
"Alex was murdered!" She exclaimed.
"WHAT!" Isabel, Tess and Max demanded.
"How do you know?" Isabel asked.
"What happened?" Max asked.
"I don't know! All I know that I touch the door, Alex was killed before the car even happened and he didn't swerve in front of the Truck, the Truck swerve and went right into the car. The car wasn't even moving!" Liz explained.
"Maybe this is one of her powers." Tess suggested and Max shrugged.
"Did Jeff tell you what powers Lilly had?" Max and Liz shook her head.
"No, he told me that each power will come at it's own time, when needed the most." Liz explained.
"Let's go home and think this through." Isabel stated and everyone nodded in agreement, as they walked toward the jeep but at the same time, thinking 'what happens now?'
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Max woke up sometime in the middle of the night; he felt around Liz but found her missing from her bed.
"Liz?" Max called out as he got out of bed and padded his way into the kitchen where he saw Liz sitting on the chair with a small quilt wrapped round her, she was looking out of the window while letting her fingers playing with the glass of juice that was sitting down on the table. "Liz?" Max asked as he moved toward the counter.
"Hey Max." Liz whispered as she turned around to face him.
"Oh baby." Max whispered as he took her into his arms and held her.
"I can't sleep, every time I sleep, I see Alex's face filled with fear just before he dies." Liz whispered, she rested her head on his shoulder and he nodded.
"I just wish we could figure out who killed Alex and get them for it." Max whispered and Liz looked up at him.
"We'll get the answers soon." Liz whispered; Max kissed her forehead as they both looked out at the night filled sky once more, dreading the funeral.
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Max stood up at the alter and sighed, he looked up at everyone looking at him.
"Alex was a unique person I've ever met, he was the most accepting man I have ever met, he accepted you for who you were, not what you were and he didn't even care that he was a nerd, it was part of who he was." Max stated to everyone. "Alex loved his parents so much, and he loved Maria, Liz and Tess like sisters, he even told me that he if he had to, he would give up his life just to keep them safe." Maria and Tess sobbed as Liz held on to their hands. "He cracked these jokes that were stupid but it made everyone laugh no matter what and that proved what kind of guy he was. He was loveable. He fell in love with Isabel and he was proud when they finally admitted that they loved each other, he was so happy that he kept smiling all night and day. He was a great friend to Michael, Kyle and I and we all will miss him so much but we know, even though he's gone, he's with us, in our heart." Max finished, he had a tear running down his face, he wiped it away before stepping down and he took Liz into his arms.
Liz finally broke down and cried into his chest at the loss of losing her best friend and someone who was like a brother to all of them. She hated the thought of never seeing Alex smiling or hearing Alex crack jokes or any of his comforting words. Max just held her tight against his body, kissing her forehead and stroking back her hair.
"We need to go up and carry the coffin to the graveyard." Michael stated as he came up, Max nodded and kissed Liz's forehead once more before letting her go, Liz went into the comfort of Kyle's arms as Max walked over to the coffin with Michael.
They carried the coffin out into the graveyard, set it down, Max immediately went to Liz's side, and took her into his arms. Maria started singing the song as Isabel placed the rose on top of Alex's coffin and they buried the coffin into the graveyard.
"Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust, may you rest in peace Alexander Charles Whitman." The Vicar stated.
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Max chased after Jim and spun him around with anger in his eyes.
"How dare you tell Liz that Alex killed himself!" Max demanded.
"He did." Jim stated.
"If you had bothered to listen to Liz, you would realise that she had a vision of someone killing Alex!" Max shouted and Jim lifted up a file and handed it to Max.
"Read this." Jim stated as he handed the file to Max. Max picked it and read it, he leaned back on the car, reading the file and sighed. He turned to Jim.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go with Liz, nothing makes sense plus Liz says she saw something." Max stated.
"How do you know that she isn't in denial?" Jim asked.
"Because I know her, she isn't the type to make things up like this at all, is she saw something, then she saw something." Max snapped, getting defensive of his girlfriend.
"Max, I really want to believe her…" Jim started.
"Then do." Max pleaded, "Give it a chance, if we don't find any proof that Alex was killed, then you can write it up as suicide but if there is a chance that he had been murdered, we need to find out why and who." Max explained before walking off to the Whitman's house.
Max arrived at the house and looked around, he saw the gang, minus Liz standing over at the window. "Hey guys." Max greeted. "Where's Liz?"
"She went off somewhere, she said it was too suffocating to be in the room." Maria stated and Max nodded.
"How are you all doing?" Max asked. Everyone shook their head, unable to voice their thoughts, "We need to have a meeting soon, so come up in about ten minutes or so." Max nodded as he left them and went in search of Liz. He soon found her in Alex's room, curled up on the bed, strumming a few strings. "Hey baby." Max greeted as he entered the room and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Why did he have to die Max? It wasn't his time." Liz whispered sadly and Max looked at her with sad eyes.
"I know baby and we will find out what happened to him, one way or another." Max promised and Liz nodded as she curled up into his arms and he rocked her backward and forward.
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The gang found themselves surrounding Alex bedroom, arguing over his death.
"The police are convinced that Alex killed himself due to the evidence pointing that way." Max explained and handed Michael the file of Alex's record. Michael flicked through it and agreed.
"Looks like Alex did kill himself." Michael muttered and Liz lost it.
"Alex didn't kill himself!" Liz snapped at Michael.
"Look at the evidence!" Kyle snapped back as he lifted the record and threw it back on the bed. "It's there, black and white."
"Who the hell makes plan for the future then kills themselves?" Liz demanded and shook her head. "Alex didn't kill himself, my visions proves it, he was murdered and I'm going to find out who it was, and when I do, expect hell on earth." Liz promised darkly.
"Liz, who would possible wants to kill Alex." Tess asked.
"Khivar." Liz stated. "He had a lot to gain by killing Alex."
"Like what?" Isabel asked as she stood up.
"By gaining Vilandra back, by gaining our weakness. Kill one of us and you drive a wedge between all of us then kill us off one by one." Liz stated. "That's how he did it in our past, by having Lilly killed, he broke the link between Zan, Rath and Vilandra, they all blamed themselves for not protecting her and that resulted in Zan's mistakes of pushing the war, Vilandra's mistakes in turning to Khivar and Rath's mistakes in choosing the generals to lead the war."
"Why kill Alex?" Maria demanded.
"He has one gain, push Vilandra over the edge once more." Liz stated. "Plus, Alex was the computer hacker, if anyone could find out that a spaceship had landed on Earth, Alex would have and that would have ruined the little surprise." Liz explained.
"What do you mean, push Vilandra of the edge once more?" Isabel asked.
"After Lilly died, Vilandra lost control, she wasn't as good at hiding her emotions as Zan and Rath could and she went on a killing spree, she killed Ava, the one who killed Lilly. Khivar liked it and tempted her to join his side, she never knew about his involvement in Lilly's death and almost joined him but was killed by Ava, somehow Ava survived." Liz explained.
"Who else?" Michael asked.
"Any of the skins, if Nicholas still alive, then some of the skins could be too, anyone from the summit, from what Max told me, they were pretty pissed off when Lilly banned them from coming back to earth." Liz list off.
"Why Alex? Why not one of us?" Max asked.
"The Granolith. They want the granolith and Max is the only person who can control it, kill you and it will just get passed on to the next person, they knew that we would willing die to protect the granolith and are not willing to risk it." Liz informed them. "And the destiny book is missing, who's to say that Alex wasn't decoding the book under disguise that he was doing something else at the time?" Liz asked and Michael looked at Max.
"You have to admit, she makes a pretty good argument." Michael stated; Isabel and Max smiled.
"She was the queen of a planet." Max stated.
"It just wouldn't make sense that Alex would kill himself, no matter what." Michael agreed with Liz.
"So what do we do then?" Maria asked.
"We'll look for clues and get answers, no matter what." Max stated and everyone nodded.
"When will we do it?" Kyle asked.
"Wait till everyone had the chance to mourn, if we do it now, our emotions can cloud our judgement." Tess stated and everyone nodded in agreement before breaking off to do his or her own things.
TBC
Sorry if I made you cry, next chapter: the big night.