Chapter 5: the Aftermath.
"Hey, guys. How's it going? Everything ok?" Kyle asked as he walked up to the car where Max and Jesse were packing the back of the car.
"Yeah. Fine." Jesse stated and Kyle looked at Max.
"You sure?" Kyle asked and Max nodded.
"Yeah. What's up?" Max asked and Kyle stared at him, dumbfounded first before shaking his head.
"Nothing. Nothing." Kyle muttered and smiled. "Is Isabel around?"
"Yeah, she's, uh, upstairs changing." Max remembered and Kyle nodded.
"Great. Sorry." Kyle stated as he entered the Crashdown as Michael came out, Maria walked over to him with a pile of dirty dishes, she handed it to him before walking off.
Liz was carrying a sleeping Zan in her arms when she saw Michael standing there, looking at the dishes.
"Kitchen." Liz reminded.
"I'm not washing all these." Michael shot at her and she glared at him,
"Go." Liz ordered and he grumbled under his breath as he headed back into the Crashdown.Max walked over to Liz and kissed her on the forehead as he took Zan into his arms and kissed his forehead as Zan stirred before going back to sleep again.
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Isabel came down the stairs, straightening her top as Kyle came barging in through the backroom.
"Hey, what are you doing? You didn't tell them." Kyle demanded.
"No. You tell them." Isabel stated then added in an after thought. "After I'm gone."
"Hold on. Isn't this guy like an alien killer?" Kyle demanded and Isabel nodded before sighing.
"Look, I get one honeymoon, all right. He's not gonna ruin it!" Isabel stated.
"Isabel, I'm all for denial as A... Way of life, but you can't just run away from this one." Kyle reminded; Isabel stared at him before smiling.
"Yes, I can." She stated before leaving the area.
Michael came out with a dishtowel as Max walked through the backroom, holding Zan.
"I'm gonna take him upstairs." Max told them as he headed up the stairs to his and Liz's room so Zan could sleep in his cot.
"You wanna wash or dry?" Michael asked and Kyle huffed.
"I can't believe she didn't tell you." Kyle muttered, as he stormed through the open area, leaving Michael looking after him with a confused look.
"Tell me what?" Michael asked.
Max came through and walked up behind Liz, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing her back into his front as she laughed as something Tess said to her.
"Honey, I'm heading over to the reservation, I promised an old friend of mine that I will go and see them today." Claudia stated to Liz and Liz nodded.
"Will you be alright driving on your own?" Liz asked and Claudia laughed as she nodded.
"I'll be fine dear, have fun you all." Claudia stated and turned to Isabel, she pulled Isabel in to a hug before pulling away. "And you relax and enjoy your honeymoon, you were a beautiful bride today." Claudia stated and Isabel smiled.
"Thank you Grandma." Isabel stated as she hugged Claudia once more. Claudia waved and blew a kiss toward the teenagers before heading out the door.
"Man, I just love Grandma Claudia." Tess stated and Liz laughed. Claudia had insisted them all calling her Grandma because as they were Liz's family, they were hers too.
"All right, Mrs. Ramirez. Time to go or we are going to miss our plane." Jesse stated and Isabel smiled.
"I know. See ya in a week!" Isabel stated as she waved to her family; everyone waved back.
"Have fun." Michael called out.
"Don't do anything we wouldn't do." Maria, Liz and Tess called out, teasing Isabel, she rolled her eyes as she pinned Liz with a playful glare.
"You can't talk missies." Isabel teased and Liz laughed as she hugged Isabel. "Bye!"
"Bye!" Jesse added.
"We'll miss you!" Diane cried out and Isabel rolled her eyes.
"Mom, it's only a week. I'll call." Isabel promised.
"Have a great time!" Phillip called out.
"I'm sure she will." Kyle muttered as he stormed into the backroom with Michael following him, hot on his heels.
"What's going on?" Michael demanded.
"Is she officially gone yet?" Kyle asked and Michael nodded, confused.
"Yeah." Michael stated and sighed when Kyle wasn't saying anything more. He grabbed Kyle's arm and dragged him into the Crashdown. "Kyle has something to tell us." Michael exclaimed as he entered the Crashdown with Kyle trailing behind him.
"Right kids we are going to get off." Diane stated and everyone nodded.
"I can't believe she never told you." Kyle muttered as Tess and Maria sat down next to Liz, who was biting into a piece of pizza. Max and Michael were sitting across from the girls.
"Told us what?" Max demanded and Kyle tried to think.
"Spit it out Kyle!" Liz snapped.
"Khivar's here." Kyle snapped out and Liz choked on the pizza while dropping the slice that was in her hand. She looked up at him with a look of fear and shock while Michael and Max looked at Kyle shocked.
"What do you mean Khivar's here?" Liz demanded as she stood up.
"He was at Isabel's wedding, he danced with her at the reception!" Kyle exclaimed and Liz turned on her heel and ran up to the apartment. She burst through the door, hurried over to Zan's room, and sighed with relief when she saw that he was sleeping in his cot.
Liz walked back down the stairs and Max enveloped her into a hug.
"What is it Liz?" Max asked.
"So why is he here?" Tess asked.
"He wants Vilander and Zan." Liz explained.
"Why Zan?" Michael demanded.
"As Max and I don't want to go home and reclaim the throne, Khivar is happy with that, but he needs Max's heir to get to the throne. Take Zan and bring him up. Zan would do what ever Khivar wants him to do." Liz explained.
They are sitting round the counter, watching the camera that Kyle had brought with him.
"No, no, that's it. Stop it. Stop it." Kyle stated as he pointed to the man and Isabel's shocked look.
"How can that be him? That's him." Michael demanded.
"Woof." Maria stated and everyone looked at him. "I'm just saying." She stated, causing Liz and Tess to roll their eyes in amusement.
"So what's the deal with this guy?" Kyle asked.
"Son of a bitch killed us." Michael muttered.
"All of us apart from Liz, she was killed before the war started." Max explained.
"He killed you." Kyle demanded and Tess rolled her eyes.
"Yeah. We don't remember a lot. In our other life, Kivar was our enemy. He was trying to take over my throne. Isabel believed him when he said that he wanted peace and helped him get into the castle. It was a bloodbath. We were all killed, including Isabel. Our genetic material was mixed with human DNA, and then we were sent here." Max explained and sighed. "Liz was the reason why the war started as she had died by Ava's hands." Max explained.
"Nothing's ever simple with you people, is it?" Kyle asked and Liz sighed.
"What are you gonna do?" Liz asked and Max wrapped an arm around her shoulder, kissing her forehead.
"What we have to." Max admitted.
"We're going to la Jolla." Michael stated and waved his hand over movie tickets to create airline tickets. "First class. And we're gonna kill him." Michael stated.
"Erm, there's only two." Liz noticed and Max and Michael looked at her, wide eyes.
"You aren't coming!" Max exclaimed and Liz rolled her eyes.
"And why not?" Liz asked.
"Liz, some one needs to be here for Zan." Max explained and Liz arched an eyebrow.
"Tess, Kyle, Tommy, Maria and my Grandma Claudia are here." Liz pointed out and Max sighed.
"Liz, can you please stay here, you almost lost your life because of Ava and you were killed in your past life, I'm not risking you." Max pleaded and Liz sighed.
"Fine, but the minute something goes wrong, I'm out of here and kicking you ass back to Antar." Liz warned and they nodded in agreement.
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Maria, Kyle, Tess and Liz were talking around the till.
"I can't believe that Mr. Evans is investigating us!" Liz muttered.
"Tell me about it, if he looks really closely, he's gonna find out things that he shouldn't know." Tess whispered in agreement, as Maria picked up the flyer, she looked at it with wide eyes.
"Guess what." Maria stated and Liz looked at her.
"What?" Liz asked.
"Isabel's alien lover is a man named Denny." Maria stated and they took the flyer off her and looked at it.
"He's not from Antar." Kyle demanded.
"No. That's how he got here. Kivar took possession." Liz stated.
"This guy's totally innocent." Maria stated.
"With a wife." Tess pointed out.
"And max and Michael are gonna kill him." Kyle added.
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"Jesse, are you coming out?" Isabel asked, Jesse was in the bathroom, brushing his teeth, as Isabel had flashbacks to the night her and Khivar first met.
"Yeah. One second."
"Oh, Jesse, hurry." Isabel whispered as she looked at the window and see Khivar standing there at the water, she used her powers to melt the doorknob in order to lock Jesse in the bathroom.
"Hey, Isabel! Something's wrong with the door. Can you push it or something?" Jesse asked.
"Um, it's stuck, honey. I can't even turn the handle." Isabel lied.
"How much did we pay for this hotel room?" Jesse muttered.
"Jesse, sweetheart, I'm going to go and find some maintenance people and see if they can get it open. I'll be right back." Isabel stated as she hurried out the room.
"Isabel... Isabel, just use the phone." Jesse called out, not realising that she was gone.
"What have you done to me?" Isabel demanded as she walked up to Khivar.
"What do you mean?" Khivar asked.
"You've taken control, used some kind of power to get me here." Isabel snapped.
"I've done nothing. You're here because it's where Vilandra wants to be." Khivar smirked.
"Vilandra is dead. She doesn't exist." Isabel snapped back.
"She does. Within you."
"Vilandra may have believed you when you wanted to have pace but I've been given a second chance, and it doesn't include you!" Isabel snapped.
"Yes, it does! Just by being here. We can leave tonight. Right now." Khivar tempted.
"How?" Isabel asked.
"It's a new mode of transit, something we've been working on. It's better than a ship. Just come with me." Khivar pleaded.
"No. And if you really love me, don't come back." Isabel snapped as she turned to leave but Khivar kissed her.
Max and Michael arrived and Michael muttered.
"What if he's not here? What if this is some wild goose chase?" Michael asked and Max shook his head.
"Oh, he's here. He wants Isabel. Kivar's nothing if not determined." Max muttered, remembering his past.
"Then I hope we're not..." Michael stated but tailed off when they saw Isabel and Khivar kissing. "Too late." He cursed.
"Return with me, Vilandra." Khivar pleaded.
"I'm not Vilandra." Isabel protested.
"You can be. We can leave all this behind." Khivar tempted.
Max's cell phone rings.
"You ever hear of vibrate?" Michael demanded.
"Jesse." Isabel whispered.
"He doesn't matter." Khivar stated and Isabel nodded.
"He does! He does matter." Isabel stated as she ran off.
"Max, hi. You're still alive!" Liz stated.
"Is that Liz?" Michael asked, incredulous. His sister knew that they were after a murderer and was calling them!
"I can't talk right now." Max hissed out.
"Max, did you kill him?" Liz demanded.
"No. I love you, but I gotta go." Max pleaded.
"Max, don't kill him." Liz ordered.
"Hang it up." Michael ordered.
"He's a human being. His name is Denny Ridgley, he's married, and he's a local." Liz explained.
"Max, hang it up!" Michael snapped and Max held up his hand.
"Who's Denny Ridgley?" Max asked.
"They're gone!" Michael hissed out.
"Max, his wife has been putting out missing person posters all over town." Liz explained.
"Come on! They're gone." Michael snapped.
"I personally think that Khivar has like taken him over. It's gotta be a possession thing, he is completely human." Liz explained and Max cursed.
"We can't kill him if he's human, how the hell did he get here?" Max demanded.
"As far as we know, Denny doesn't have cancer, I'm guessing that they have built a new transport beam and it helps them take over a human body." Liz guesses with a shrug as she rocked Zan.
"So, if we push Denny into the beam, Khivar will be transported back to his planet?" Max asked.
"Yeah, but you need to kill him otherwise he'll keep coming after us again." Liz exclaimed.
"How?" Max asked.
"Once he is in the beam, send a blast to follow him and it will destroy him." Liz explained and Max nodded.
"Gotcha, I'll see you when I get home." Max stated and hung up the phone, he and Michael began discussing their plan.
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Isabel meets up Kivar
"Have you made up your mind?" Khivar asked and Isabel nodded.
"Yes. I'm coming with you." Isabel stated.
"Good. Let's go home." Khivar stated as he led the way, Max and Michael was following them.
"This way." Max whispered and Michael caught sight of Isabel and Khivar.
"Wait. Wait. Get down." Michael hissed as he pushed Max behind the rocks, they look over the top and saw Isabel kissing Khivar. "Is that part of the plan?" Michael asked incredulous and confused.
"I don't think so." Max whispered back with a shake of his head.
"What's wrong? Tell me." Khivar stated and Isabel sighed.
"Max and Michael are here. They're gonna kill you." Vilandra whispered.
"Where?" Khivar hissed, Isabel's eyes turned black as she raised her hand, she used her powers to turn the wall that was hiding Max and Michael into dust.
"Thanks, Isabel." Michael muttered.
"Vilandra." She hissed.
"Well, Zan, it's been a long time. I wondered about this moment when our paths would cross again." Khivar stated.
"We are not letting you take Isabel." Max hissed at him and Khivar smirked as he raised their linked hands.
"I'm not taking anyone anywhere, am I?" Khivar demanded.
"Isabel, let go of his hand." Max begged.
"Let us leave. Please." Vilandra begged.
"Don't make her kill ya again. It would feel redundant." Khivar smirked and Max shook his head.
"She wouldn't." Max denied and Khivar laughed.
"She did before." He, smugly, replied.
"Actually, you tricked her into letting into the castle then you killed all of us." Michael snapped and Khivar sighed.
"No more troubles, ok?" Khivar demeaned as he lifted his hand and used his powers to send both men flying backward. "I promise. Are you ready?" he asked Vilandra.
Liz gasped as she knelt over, clutching her stomach, she groaned as pain shot through her head before disappearing from her room.
"What the hell just happened there?" Kyle demanded as Maria clutched Zan close to her chest.
"Yes. Let's go home." Vilandra whispered. Jesse came running up as Khivar used his powers to open the portal back to Antar.
"Get your hands off my wife!" Jesse snapped and he pushed Khivar away. He notices Isabel's eyes and looked at her in confusion. "What is this?"
"You have to go." Isabel whispered.
"What's wrong with your eyes? Did he do something to you? Isabel... Tell me what happened. Please talk to me. Isabel, I love you. Please talk to me." Jesse begged and Isabel sighed.
"I'm sorry, Jesse." She whispered as she used her powers to pull down a branch, which in turn knocked Jesse out. "If we're gonna go, we have to go now." Vilandra stated to Khivar as he stood up and went to grab her hand.
Max sat up.
"Isabel, noooo!" Max shouted; Khivar smirked when all of a sudden a noise was hear behind him.
"Hello Khivar." A female voice greeted sweetly yet sarcastic at the same time.
Khivar blanched as he turned around and saw Liz standing behind him; her eyes pitch black.
"Lilly!" Khivar gasped, he watched as Isabel moved over to stand next to Liz and knew he was in trouble. He had been tricked.
"You tricked me." Khivar hissed to Vilandra and she shrugged.
"You tricked me and killed me, why shouldn't I return the favour?" Vilandra hissed.
"You won't do anything to me. You would have done it after you found out that I killed Alex." Khivar replied, smugly. Vilandra lost it.
"You killed Alex?" she demanded, as she grabbed Khivar's throat.
"Yes and it gave me great pleasure, though I was too late to stop you from shagging him, you should have saved yourself for me, just like that whore over there did!" Khivar hissed.
Lily lost it.
"I never even liked you and beside, Zan satisfied all my needs in bed, he was a fantastic lover." Lilly smirked, causing Khivar to growl.
"And Alex was fantastic too, I never knew you could have that much pleasure." Vilandra agreed and both girls smirked.
"I thought we made our message clear, come here and you die." Lilly hissed out before cocking her head to the side, questioning as her gaze ran up and down the body.
"It's a human body." Vilandra stated and Lilly nodded, they both walked over and shoved Khivar into the beam.
Khivar was sucked out of Dennis' body while both girls raised their hands and sent a blast into the beam. They, vaguely heard Khivar screaming at the beam hit him then silence, they knew that Khivar was dead.
"Yep, never pissing them off again." Michael stated and Max laughed as Liz and Isabel turned back to normal.
"Where the hell am I?" Liz demanded as she looked around her surrounding before seeing Max and Michael, she crossed her arms and started tapping her foot in impatiently.
"La Jolla." Michael informed her and Liz rolled her eyes.
"I'm guessing Lilly took over." Liz remarked and the boys nodded.
"You even killed Khivar." Max added and both girls looked at each other before looking at the guys.
"Huh?" they both asked.
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"So, Khivar is dead." Tess asked.
"Yep, even Kal has confirmed it, all of Khivar's men have been captured and it looks like the planets will be getting back to normal, although it will take a while to get over all the pain and horror." Liz explained.
"What about Alex?" Maria asked.
"He admitted to killing Alex but Max and I feel that there is more to it." Michael explained.
"How do you mean?" Kyle asked.
"Well, there's still the part where Tess and Liz heard noises and each time the body disappeared or reappeared and how come Alex hid the translation, why not just send it to one of us by mail?" Michael asked and shook his head. "A lot of things just don't add up."
"Tell me about it, we know Alex is dead as Liz got the vision but I feel that it's not completely over." Max replied and agreed with Michael.
"Well, I guess we'll get the answers in time if we look hard enough." Liz stated as she shifted Zan to her other side and bounced him slightly.
The gang lapsed into silence before Kyle smirked.
"So…what do you think Isabel and Jesse are doing right now?" Kyle asked, slyly while wriggling his eyebrows for emphasizing causing fries to fly at him with laughers filling the air.
TBC
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Next chapter, Jesse and Tommy finds out the truth of what the Pod Squad really is and Liz is on the warpath.
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