Hi, Erm, thanks for all the reviews, I know I usually give a choice in the last chapter before putting this up but i only have two more chapters to New Gal Season 2 so I wanted to put this up, the last chapter of season 2 will be up on Wednesday so watch out on Sunday and Wednesday. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 25: Kal Langley and Parents.
"Who are you?" Max demanded to the stranger, holding up his hand.
"I'm Kal Langley, your protector." The stranger stated.
There was a loud clash and a thud from the kitchen, which provoked Max into running toward the room.
"Liz!" He gasped when he saw her lying on the ground, still and pale. He knelt down and took her into his arms. "Liz?" he asked.
"Khivar was here." Liz whispered as her eyes opened slightly to meet Max's worried eyes. Max could see the pain in her eyes. "He was drinking from the glass I was holding and he killed Alex here."
"Why?" Isabel asked as she knelt down on the other side of Liz and stroked back Liz's dark hair.
"Alex was the one thing holding Vilandra from killing again plus Alex had decoded the book yet hid the translation so Khivar couldn't get it." Liz whispered; her eyes closed as she fell into an exhausting sleep.
Max picked her up in his arms and headed toward Alex's bed where he rested her on top of the bed, he lifted her top slightly and placed his hand on her womb where the glow started up, the baby told Max that they were okay and that they would protect Liz.
Max broke the connection with a smile as he pulled the top down and wrapped the covers around her body to keep her warm; he turned to the doorway where he saw Kal standing there.
"She's pregnant." Kal asked, he saw Max's stance become protective and defensive and retrieved his answers. "I will protect them with my life." Kal stated before leaving the room.
Max looked at Liz once more, wishing that she were awake so she could tell him if Kal was an Ally or an enemy.
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"So, where have you been all this time?" Michael asked when Kal arrived back in the living room.
"Hollywood, LA." Kal replied.
"Why are you here?" Max asked as he entered the room.
"Your enemies are getting closer." Kal replied and Isabel scoffed.
"We know that, we've been fighting the skins since September." Isabel stated.
"What?" Kal demanded. "They aren't supposed to be alive let alone be here!" Kal snapped.
"Liz killed a lot of them, or shall we say, Lilly killed them." Max explained. "Nicholas is the only one alive at the moment, we think."
"Lilly?" Kal asked, incredulous.
"Yeah, it turns out when ever our emotions heighten, our past self takes over our body and do the job before reverting back to normal, we don't actually remember what happens during the time." Michael explained.
"Hmm, interesting, has this happened before you all met up with each other?" Kal asked and Max shook his head.
"The only person that showed up is Lilly, we haven't had Zan or Rath or Vilandra taking over us." Max explained, eyeing Kal warily when a voice spoke up.
"He's on our side." Liz stated from the doorway, everyone turned to look at her; Kal got up and bowed.
"It is great to see you again my queen." Kal praised, Liz raised a hand, palm up.
"Please rise, I'm not Lilly so you do not need to bow to me." Liz informed before making her way to Max.
Kal rose up and looked around until his eyes fell on Jim.
"I am to believe that you are Naseco." Kal asked and Jim shook his head.
"Daddy died last summer." Liz informed Kal and he looked at her, sharply.
"Who killed him?" he asked.
"Congress Whitaker, a skin." Michael informed and Kal nodded.
"My apologises, Naseco and I haven't been in contact due to the F.B.I." Kal informed and looked toward Liz. "I have been informed that you are carrying the heir." Liz smiled.
"Yes, Max and I are having a child together." Liz stated; then worry crossed her features. "There will be no problems will they?"
"No, everything will process as normal. The baby can live on earth with no problems." Kal informed; Max placed his hand on Liz's stomach in relief as everyone nodded while Tess thought about it.
"What is normal?" Tess asked.
"One month." Kal replied, oblivious to everyone stunned looks. Max shrugged as he looked at Liz.
"I guess we can tell them it was in October." Max stated and Liz nodded. The timing was right and everyone thought they had made love anyway at that time so it wouldn't bring up any suspiciousness.
"Do you know what the baby is?" Kal asked and Liz smiled at Max, who grinned back.
"It's a boy." Max stated proudly, Michael and Kyle cheered as they thumped Max on the back, good naturally before hugging and kissing Liz's cheek while the girls squealed and hugged Liz before hugging Max.
Jim kissed Liz's cheek and shook Max's hand, congratulating them.
"Have you thought up a name for him?" Tess asked and Liz smiled.
"Alexander Maxwell Evans." Liz stated; the girls had tears running down their faces. "Alexander after Alex for everything he had done for us, Maxwell after Max and he will be nick named as Zan as its Max's true name." Liz stated.
"Thank you." Maria stated and Liz hugged her.
"He was my best friend too." Liz whispered to her and they both let out breathless laughers.
"Very well." Kal stated, nodding in approval then looked at Max and Liz. "Are you two planning on going back to Antar or are you staying here?"
"We are staying here, this is our home." Max stated firmly as Liz nodded in agreement. "Michael and Isabel can have to choice to go back if they wish but this is where we are staying."
"That is fine, but you do know that Khivar will not stop." Kal warned and Liz nodded.
"We know, but we also know that if he comes here, we will kill him." Liz stated and Kal nodded, pleased with his charges.
"Very well madam. Would you like me to stay here or what?" Kal asked.
"You are free to come and go Kal, you will know if one of us is in danger and we can contact you if any problems arise." Max stated and Kal nodded.
"No problem, I need to get back anyway." Kal explained then reached into his bag and pulled out a long crystal. "This is the key to the granolith. Keep it safe." He warned as he threw it at Max with a wink before leaving.
Max caught the crystal and it glowed in his hand, recognizing its king.
"It recognised you." Liz whispered.
"It only works for the king as he has the seal in him." Kal warned and everyone nodded.
"What does the Granolith originally do?" Max asked.
"It's your transport back to Antar." Kal explained before leaving the royal and their friends to their thoughts.
"When are you telling Mom and Dad about the baby?" Isabel asked and they sighed.
"In a little while, we have told them to meet us tonight at the house and talk to them." Max stated and looked at Liz. She nodded.
"We'll see you all later." Liz stated as they headed out of the house and toward the jeep. The gang just watched them, sending up a prayer that the Evan's won't blow it out of proportion.
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"Ready?" Max asked as he looked at Liz; she bit her bottom lip, nervously.
"Ready as I could be." Liz stated as Max linked fingers with hers and both of them headed into the Evan's living room where Diane and Phillip were sitting.
"So Max, what was it you wanted to tell us?" Phillip asked.
Max took a deep breath.
"Liz is pregnant with my child." Max blurted out causing Liz to grip his hand tighter and the adults to stare at the two teenagers with a dumbstruck look.
"I'm sorry, can you please repeat that?" Phillip asked.
"Liz is pregnant, we are going to have a baby together." Max repeated, Diane's hand went to her mouth as Phillip stood up, pacing angrily.
"How could you be so stupid?" Phillip shouted. "You could have least use protection!" Max stood up, anger flaring through his body.
"We did use protection!" Max shouted at his father and Phillip turned to face Max.
"Then why didn't they work?" Phillip countered, not believing Max.
"It wasn't till later we found out that the condom split, Liz was on the pill but she had been taking anti-biotic, the doctors told us that it wouldn't interfere but it did." Max explained.
Diane looked at Liz, who was sitting there with fear in her eyes.
"How far along are you?" she asked.
"About eight months now, we don't know why I haven't been showing but the doctors thinks my mother was the same." Liz explained.
"What are you going to do?" Diane asked.
"Keep the baby." Max jumped in and Diane shook her head.
"No, you are giving it up for adoption. There is no way you can keep a baby." Diane snapped, Liz got up and moved behind the couch in fear.
"I'm sorry mom, but I'm keeping this baby and I will bring it up." Liz stated firmly only for Diane's hand to fly out and slap Liz's across the cheek. Max rushed over and took Liz into his arms.
"You are nothing but a spoilt evil bitch! You are running my son's life!" Diane snapped out and Liz turned to face her. "You have no right to call me mom as you are no longer a daughter in my heart." Liz's brown eyes filled up with tears as she ran out of the Evan's house.
Max turned to his mother with rage burning in his eyes at his mother's actions toward his girlfriend.
"If you dare to make me choose, I will choose Liz and you are not my real mother so stop acting like you own me!" Max snapped out and stormed out of the house.
Diane rocked back in shock at her son's words and her actions toward Liz.
This was the night, words were said that wasn't meant to have been said and the bridge had been badly burned.
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Isabel was waiting at the Parker's apartment, pacing and chewing on her nails in impatience and nervousness. She looked up when she heard Max and Liz opened the door and stepped into the apartment.
"What did mom and dad say?" Isabel asked and Max scowled.
"They wanted us to give the baby up as soon it was born." Max stated and Isabel gasped.
"They didn't." Isabel denied and Max nodded.
"They did." Max confirmed.
"Why would they do that?" Isabel demanded.
"Because we are too young." Max bit out bitterly as Liz settled down on the couch, keeping her head bowed.
"Liz, are you okay?" Isabel asked and Liz nodded, not once lifting her head. Isabel, concerned, pushed back her hair only to gasp at the sight of the bruise that showed up on her face in the shape of a handprint. "Liz!"
"Mom slapped her because Liz refused to give up the baby." Max stated as he walked over and knelt down in front of Liz, Liz looked into his eyes as he brought up his hand and healed the bruise.
"Oh!" Isabel gasped as her hand covered her mouth in a stunned shock. "Mom actually hit her." Isabel asked.
"Yes." Max stated and Liz stood up.
"I'm gonna head to my room, I need the sleep, this little one has been restless all day." Liz stated with a hand on her stomach.
"Liz, are you sure you are okay?" Max asked and Liz nodded with a bright smile but Max could tell that it was forced. "Liz…" Max started but she walked out of the living room and headed into her bedroom, she shut the door and climbed into bed, finally letting her sobs rack her body as she bit her lips to muffle her cries.
"What are you going to do Max?" Isabel asked and Max shook his head.
"Liz and I are moving out of the house tomorrow, I'm not living in the same place where they can get on to Liz for keeping the baby and continue to hurt her. I'll rope Michael into helping us." Max explained and Isabel nodded.
"Maria, Tess, Kyle and I will help, I'll see if Jim can spare us a van to help with the move and see if he could talk to our parents." Isabel stated.
"No, don't ask him to talk to our parents, if they want to talk to us, they know where to find us, I'm not letting anyone be a go between for us." Max exclaimed and sighed. "You better go home before they freak out Iz, I need to make sure that Liz is okay." Max stated and Isabel nodded, she hugged Max before hurrying out of the house.
Max walked into the bedroom and stripped down to his boxers, he looked at her, saw the dried tears marks, and sighed, the last time he saw that was when she and Tess had a fight. He cursed under his breath, he was getting tired of seeing Liz being beaten ever time when he didn't do what someone else wanted him to do and vowed that it was going to end. He slipped into bed and pulled Liz tight against his body, comforting her. Liz turned in her sleep and buried her face into his chest, while Max let one hand slip down and rest on her stomach; he could see the glow and smiled slightly before kissing her forehead.
They both were going to have son together, nothing was going to take that away from them.
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The next morning, Phillip woke up and walked out of his bedroom, he raised an eyebrow when he saw Michael walking out of Max's bedroom with a box.
"What are you doing?" Phillip demanded to Michael.
"Helping Max and Liz move over to the Crashdown." Michael stated continuing his work. Phillip walked into Max's bedroom and found that the walls were bare and the shelves were empty.
"Care to explain?" he asked.
"Liz and I are moving into the apartment over the Crashdown." Max replied, putting the books into the boxes.
"Really?" Phillip asked as he crossed his arms over his chest while Max stood up straight and glared at his father.
"Yes, you made it very clear that you don't want Liz around and we need room for the baby so we are moving so you don't have to worry about us." Max replied, not backing down.
Phillip was about to say something else when they heard shouting in the hallway.
"Max told you that you weren't suppose to be lifting things!" a male voice shouted, which they recognized as Michael.
"I may be pregnant but I can still kick your ass!" Liz snapped back.
Max walked out of the room and saw Liz and Michael fighting over the box that Liz had in her arms.
"Liz, what did I say about lifting things?" Max asked and Liz rolled her eyes.
"It's only a box of cuddly toys, not a dumb bell." She muttered as she walked out of the door.
"You are still not supposed to be lifting things." Max called out.
"Whatever." Liz called back, causing the two men to roll their eyes at her stubbornness but they couldn't help but smile at her adorable confidence.
"Max…" Phillip started but Max cut him off.
"Liz and I are not staying here where you can continue to get on to us for keeping the baby, it's mine and Liz's choice, no one else's." Max snapped, heading back into the bedroom. Phillip just stood there, stunned at what just happened.
"You only have yourself to blame." Michael stated with a shrug.
"They are too young!" Phillip protested and Michael scoffed before leaving Phillip alone in the hallway.
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That night, Diane walked over to Max's room, wanting to talk to him so she could knock some sense into him, she walked into Max's room only to find that it was bare, the bed and covers were still there, along with the desk, the drawers and the wardrobe. Max had taken everything else with him so that he and Liz could make the place homier for them.
"Phillip, where are Max's stuff?" Diane asked as she walked into the living room.
Phillip stood up and led his wife over to the couch and they both sat down.
"Max has moved out." Phillip stated.
"What do you mean?" Diane asked.
"Max and Liz has moved into the apartment over the Crashdown so that they had room for the baby." Phillip explained.
"This is just getting ridiculous, she is ruining his life!" Diane snapped out.
"Actually, for you information…" a cold voice broke in, causing the adults to turn around to see Isabel standing there. "Liz is Max's life and Max wants this baby just as much as Liz does." Isabel stated her eyes hard and cold.
"They are too young to be having children!" Diane shot out, causing Isabel to roll her eyes.
"Max and Liz have been forced to grow up at a young age, Liz because of her mother's death and Max because he was looking after Michael and I." Isabel remarked. "So, don't you sit there and say that they are too young because you have no idea just how much we've been forced to grow up in the last couple of years." Isabel snapped out bitterly before storming off to her room, irritated by her parent's oblivious to their son's happiness.
Isabel threw herself on her bed, tired, physically and emotionally, from moving Max and Liz's stuff and of fighting her feelings. At times like these, she wished she had Alex.
She sighed sadly as she looked at her bedside table and noticed the large purple photo album. She sat up and picked it up, she held it to her chest before placing it on her lap and opening it. There were pictures of the gang over the last couple of months, she laughed when she saw a picture of Alex cheering, the one where everyone was covered in food after having a food fight at the Crashdown one night.
There were so many memories; she smiled when she got to the prom photographs, she had asked for copies so that everyone could look back on it. It was the best night of her life, she and Alex had made love that night after admitting their love to each other; she never told anyone this because it was too special and private to tell anyone.
She stopped at the pages, there was a picture of Max and Liz smiling as Max had rested his forehead on hers, both looking into each other eyes, love shining through them. This was one of her favourite picture of Max and Liz.
The next picture was of Tommy and Tess, they two had been dating steadily and are extremely happy with each other, Tess was laughing at something Tommy had told her, their eyes shining with delight and happiness.
The third picture was Michael and Maria trying to dance, Michael was staring at his feet, trying to watch where he stepped while Maria was laughing with amusement shining in her eyes.
The next picture on the next page was Kyle and Tammy playing about, Kyle was gesturing something wildly with his hands while Tammy was laughing as happiness shone in their eyes.
The next picture was Alex and Isabel, Alex had made a face, causing Isabel to laugh with happiness and loved, you could clearly see the love shining in their eyes.
The last picture was the whole gang together, laughing while being happy together. Isabel felt the tears slip down her face as she studied the pictures in front of her, Alex was dead; he wasn't going to come back.
Everything just hit her all at once as she grabbed the teddy that Alex had gotten her for her birthday and held it close to her body as her sobs racked her body.
Finally, she was grieving for Alex.
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Liz was looking around the U.F.O Centre; Milton had wanted to show her something on the computer that had been sent to him. He was confused about the writing on it and Max had told her that she was very good when it came to reading other languages so Milton had asked her to come over to check it out for him.
She walked about the room until she noticed some purple crystals sitting on one of the displays, it reminded her of the Gandarium. Liz looked at the crystals; they started humming and lightening up, drawing her to them. Her eyes glazed over as she walked over to them, her hand out stretched, she placed her hand over the crystals and a lightening tremor shot through her body, causing her to be flung away from the crystals and hit the wall, falling to the ground, unconscious.
TBC
The crystals are going to play a major part in this story near the end so you'll what it does. Anyway, thank you for the reviews on the last chapter and I hoped you liked this one, please review for this one and I'll see you on Wednesday.
Next chapter: someone from the Pod Squad past made a visit to the gang, who is it and what is going to happened, Liz finally tells Max the whole truth of what really happened in their past life.