Chapter 54:
During the whole week that the gang stayed at Laurie they relaxed and acted like normal teens. Teens that didn't have enemies and a destiny. Everyone noticed that Kyle had been complaining of a headache and got worried.
"Guys I'm fine, it's normal to have a headache", said Kyle rolling his eyes even though it hurt to do so.
Ava looked worried and said so, "Please Kyle let Max see what's wrong it's not normal to have a headache for a month", said Ava looking into his eyes.
Kyle saw her concern and sighed in defeat.
"Fine El Presidente do your worst, but don't look into my eyes and do that soul mate thing that you and Liz do, I'm a one woman type man", said Kyle jokingly.
Max shook his head at that and said, "Only Kyle".
Maria walked into the room and asked what was wrong. Michael had told her something was wrong with Kyle.
"Kyle Valenti how did you not tell the rest of us you were sick?", said Maria with her hand on her hip.
"Maria I'm fine those two over there are just worry warts", said Kyle pointing to his girlfriend and Max who was standing next to Liz.
"What if it's the mind warps, Kyle I mean when Tess did what she did to me I was having major headaches", said Alex shuddering.
He still couldn't get over the fact that Tess killed him. If it weren't for Serena he wouldn't be with this family with Isabel. Isabel saw his shudder and hugged him tightly to her. She was the only one who knew of his nightmares at night. He was afraid to die. She was afraid for him to die also. She loved him so much.
"Yeah, you were mind warped that's how we figured out that Tess killed Alex", said Liz.
That statement brought tears to her eyes. It still hurt even though Alex was alive now because of Serena. She smiled when she thought of her friend. Future Max was right Serena was a good friend. Serena walked in and saw her unhappy friends. They were swimming in the pool and her and Zan noticed that they rest of the guys didn't come out.
"What's up?", asked Serena looking at everyone.
"Kyle has been having bad headaches lately", said Michael.
He was worried about Kyle. They had become good friends over this summer. He trusted Kyle with Maria's life and that was saying a lot because he trusted no one.
"So your saying that Tess the evil bitch hurt my brother?", asked Maria with tears in her eyes.
They noticed she was getting emotional as of late due to the pregnancy.
"We don't know", said Max. Max walked up to Kyle and formed a connection.
This one was different from the one when he healed him the first time. He saw all of Kyle's life from him crying over his mother leaving to up to recent when Ava came into his life. Max saw that Kyle loved Ava with every fiber of his being. Max prodded further into Kyle's mind to see that Tess indeed did mess with his mind and feelings. She played on Kyle's want of family. She didn't love the Valenti's at all it was a game to her. Max saw Kyle screaming at night because in his dreams he couldn't escape that he carried Alex's dead body to Tess's car. Max also saw his greatest fear that Tess would hurt Ava.
"It was the mind warp's Kyle, I fixed all the damage", said Max after dropping his hand from Kyle's head.
"Would I have died like Alex did?", asked Kyle looking down at his hands.
Max looked up to the ceiling and said, "Yeah if you were mind warped a couple of more times, it wasn't the first time she mind warped you, it happened often", said Max with a voice full of guilt.
He had brought Tess to the Valenti's what was he thinking.
"It's not your fault Max", said Laurie from her position across from them.
Jeremy nodded his agreement.
"It was the bitch's fault, thank god she id dead", said Jeremy.
Everyone nodded their agreement while they noticed Ava looking scared.
"Ava baby what's wrong?", asked Kyle.
Kyle walked up to her and saw tears in her eyes which shocked him because Ava never cried. Serena and Zna also looked surprised.
Kyle knew what was wrong and said, "You are not like her understand just like Isabel is not like Vilondra, your Ava the girl I love with my whole heart I know you would never do that, I wish that you were here instead of her, we would have been stronger long time ago. You, Serena, and Zan complete us do you understand", said Kye brushing her tears away.
It broke his heart that she was crying.
"What if I hurt you I have her powers the same powers how can you stand to look at me any of you, I look like that bitch", said Ava crying.
Liz and Max walked up to her and kneeled in front of her.
"Look at me Ava your not her, you look nothing like her, Tess had ice beneath the surface, her soul was cold and unfeeling, but you when I see you I wished you were with us, I know that we would have been tight me and you", said Liz.
Max tilted her chin up.
"Remember what I said to you, your family understand don't even compare yourself to that bitch your nothing like her and I feel that. I didn't trust Tess in the beginning all of us didn't but you when I first saw you I knew, that's why when Rath was going to attack you when we was leaving for NY I had to defend you because I knew I could trust you. Ava I trust you with my life and my family's life", said Max looking into her eyes.
Ava smiled at him and nodded her head. Serena walked up to her and smacked her arm.
"Oww what was that for", aid Ava rubbing her arm form the pain.
"Comparing your self to that nasty bitch have I taught you nothing, God Ava you're the best person in the world, my best-friend alright, I don't trust people often and I trust you, god Ava Tess of all people to compare yourself to", said Serena sighing.
"I know be real Ava, Tess come on", said Zan rolling his eyes.
"You are a good person I knew that for a long time, you helped me and stood by me when Rath and Vilondra betrayed me", said Zan closing his eyes to the betrayal.
It still hurt that his supposed best-friend and sister would do that.
"Yeah you pretty much stuck with us", said Maria hugging Ava.
"And your stuck with me", said Kyle pulling her to her feet and kissing her slowly.
Ava blushed when everyone stared at them smiling.
"What about you Liz, you were mind warped to and so were you Max", said Serena looking concerned now.
"I can check if there is any damage to you Max", said Serena.
Liz looked at Max scared. She didn't want him to see her rape again.
"It's alright baby", said Max reading her mind. Liz sat down and Max got to work.
There was heavy damage to her brain as well. When Max pulled away he had tears in his eyes.
"God they gave you so much damage", said Max crying.
What if he lost her? Max couldn't stop the tears from falling so much so that he had to excuse himself to the bathroom. Liz followed him in there and held him as he cried.
"What if I lost you?", repeated Max over and over again.
"You won't", said Liz in response.
Serena looked at everyone and said, "Let me check everyone, you were all around Tess, I'll get Max later".
On by one everyone sat in front of Serena to be examined. What Serena discovered blew her away. Everyone had some form of brain damage due to Tess's mind warps. By the time she was finished she was beyond angry.
"That bitch deserved to die", said Serena while sparks flew from her hand.
Jeremy as her long time friend and Zan as her soul mate knew that Serena was holding on by a thread. Laurie looked at everyone and felt anger too. That bitch had hurt not only her brother but people she was beginning to love as family. Sparks started flying from her hand as well. No one was surprised because Laurie had told them about Serena changing her the day after they arrived. Serena was scared and said she was sorry but Laurie brushed over her apology by saying that now she was truly one of the family. Jeremy like with Serena had helped her control it. Zan walked over to Serena and tried calming her down.
"No Zan she hurt them she hurt them there was so much damage and I didn't even get to Max yet", said Serena with tears in her eyes.
She knew that Zna was angry too but he was holding it in. She could hear his thoughts of reviving Tess and killing her over and over again. Max talked in them with Liz holding her hand. Max sat in front of Serena and nodded his head. Serena held his face and formed a connection. Serena never understood why she could heal, it wasn't meant to be her power but she guessed she must have gotten it from her dad some how. Serena looked into Max's soul and saw everything. She saw Liz and his love for her and she saw Isabel and Michael. The rest of them came after but she saw his love for them. Then came the horror. She saw him healing her future self and seeing what Agent Brooks did to her in the white room. Those scenes seem to merge with his stay in the white room. When Serena pulled away she had tears in her eyes. She noticed that Max had tears in his eyes also. She hugged him and cried hard into his chest.
"You didn't deserve it you didn't deserve it", repeated Serena over and over again.
Max held her as she cried. He was remembering Serena's stay there as well. She was raped in there. That's why future Serena was never sure if her child, her daughter was Brian's or Agent Brooks. Brian took responsibility but Serena knew that it hurt him to not know if that as his child.
"Thank god that timeline is over", said Max out loud.
Max looked at his brother and motioned for him to take her. Zan nodded his head and Serena cried into his chest. He got flashes too from her stay in the white room and almost feel to the floor.
"That will never happen I promise", said Zan holding her tightly.
Everyone looked at them and knew what they were talking about. Maria had tears in her eyes and Michael held on to her trying his hardest not to cry himself. Isabel clung tightly to Alex how had unshed tears in his eyes, Laurie held Jeremy's hands, Max hugged Liz kissing her head while she cried, and Ava sat in Kyle's lap with her head to his chest. He hugged her tightly and thank god they didn't go through the white room in this lifetime. They sat there all afternoon and tried to get rid of the demons that they faced the last year in the half. They were healing a part of themselves that they didn't know was hurt.
Alex opened up about his nightmares, which shocked Maria and Liz. Liz talked about her fear of losing Max and the baby, Serena talked about her getting memories from the white room, so did Max, Kyle talked about how Tess betrayed him. Ava talked about how Rath used to beat her but she was to scared to tell Zan. Zan was angry after that at himself for not protecting her. Ava told him it wasn't his fault. Zan talked about his betrayal and torture in the hands of Nicholas. Maria talked about how she felt when she lost Alex, Michael talked about Hank and how long he was getting beat up, Laurie talked about her stay in the asylum and how scared she was and the pain of losing her father, while Jeremy added to the story about his own stay with the FBI. They all talked into the night they all healed that night.
"I think we are going to be okay", said Liz later that night in bed with Max.
Max nodded his head and said, "I think so too".