AN: Sorry for the wait, but it couldn't be healped. Thanks to all my reviewers: jellybee201, MariaEvans, Fehr's Carebear, pixie, SlayerStarr, PixiechicSpaceboy, and isndbreeze.

jellybee201 - Glad you think it was worth the wait. And thanks for the good ideas, I might just use them.

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Chapter 19 - Trusting in Strangers

Previously:

"I guess the first place to start is for you to tell us how you got in the first time." Max said to Zan and Beth.

"We have to do it, don't we?" Beth asked her brother, he merely nodded.

"Wel…..Uh…..we can't tell you what you want to know." Zan said.

"Why not? Why are you two constantly keeping us in the dark?" Max asked.

"Yeah, what's really going on?" Alex asked.

"Ok…..it's because we're…..well….." Zan said trailing off, but then Beth elbows him.

"We're not Michael and Maria." He said.

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"Ha. Ha. Very funny guys." Kyle said, as he turned back to the others.

"We're not kidding, Kyle. He's not Michael and I'm not Maria." Beth stated.

"Stop fooling around guys. It's not funny anymore." Isabel said starting to get a little scared.

"We're not trying to be funny." Zan said.

"Just tell us the truth." Liz said, eyes pleading with her friends to come clean.

""We-Are-Telling-The-Truth." Beth said slowly so they would get the point.

"Are you guys serious?" Max asked still not quite sure if he should believe them.

"And people say I'm slow." Beth said to her brother rolling her eyes.

"Yes we're serious." Zan said as he waved his hand over the table and a notebook appeared.

Three palms immediately come up. Max, Isabel, and Ava kept their hands ready to defend; while they watched the strangers cautiously. Seeing this action Zan and Beth quickly ducked out of the way thinking the others were about to fire.

"What is with you people? You could have killed us." Zan said to the others, angry that they could have hurt not only him, but his sister too.

"That's the point!" Ava said, mad that they had been deceived.

"Where's Maria and Michael." Liz asked concerned for her friends.

"Probably having less problems than we are." Beth whispered to her brother.

"Where are they!" Isabel yelled. She couldn't believe they had been fooled by their lame excuses. It must have been some after effect of the granolith my foot! She thought mad.

"We don't have time for this. Could you guys please put your hands down so we can get back to work?" Beth asked.

"Are you kidding? We don't even know who you are." Max said.

"We can't tell you. You guys just have to trust us." Zan said.

"Why would we trust an enemy?" Alex asked.

"We're not your enemies." Beth said. Noticing that this was getting them no where Zan began to worry they might never get to save his grandmother.

"You wouldn't let Amy die just because you don't trust us. Would you? What if we're telling the truth and we are here to help. Do you really want that on your conscience?" Zan said to Max, hoping that if he got Max to believe the others would soon follow.

"Max, don't listen to them. It could be a trick." Kyle said.

"What if he's right?" Max said. "I couldn't live with myself if something happened to Maria's mom." He looked at Liz and saw in her eyes that she agreed with him.

That was all he needed to put his hand down and motion for the girls to do the same.

"Thanks for trusting us." Zan said when all was safe again.

"Now would an enemy care about anyone other than themselves or say thank you for that matter?" Beth asked sarcastically.

"How do we know they're not going to try and kill us when are backs are turned?" Ava asked still not trusting them.

"Because we would never hurt friends." Zan said which received him a smack to the back of the head from Beth.

"Idiot." She said.

"What do you mean friends?" Isabel asked confused.

"Now look what you did." Beth said glaring at her brother.

"We were going to have to tell them anyway." Zan replied.

"But you didn't have to……"

"We're from the future." Zan said answering Isabel's question and cutting his sister off.

"What!"

"Oh my gosh!"

"No way!" Came the astonished replies.

"Are you really from the future!" Alex asked.

"Yes, really." Beth said.

"Prove it. Tell us something about the future." Kyle said.

"No one should know too much about their future." Zan said.

"Well that's convenient." Kyle mumbled to himself.

"What's it like? Are we happy? Is anyone after us?" Liz asked wondering how much had changed since Future Max had come back.

"I'm sorry but we can't tell you any thing else about the future." Beth said, upset that she had to keep things from her family.

"Can you at least tell us your names?" Max asked. Beth nodded and smiled.

"I'm Beth." she said as she held out her hand for Max to shake.

"And I'm Zan or Zander if you prefer."

"Talking with you is nice and all, but we have more important things to go over at the moment." Zan said getting the focus back to saving Amy.

"You're right. Zan was it?" Max asked. Zan nodded.

"I just have one more question, who's Marie?" Isabel asked remembering Zan had called her that.

"It doesn't matter who she is. Now dose anyone have any idea how to get her out?" Zan asked changing the subject. Beth mouthed "ex" to Isabel, who nodded in understanding.

Several hours later they had figured out a plan and were on their way to rescue Amy. Max, Liz, Alex, and Isabel were in Max's jeep, while Zan, Beth, Kyle, and Ava were in Maria's jetta.

"So do we have any kids? What are they like?" Ava asked Beth, who were both in the back seat.

"Zan will kill me if I tell you anything." Beth said glancing at the guys in the front seat.

"Come on, Beth, I won't tell." Ava pleaded. Looking up front again and noticing that they were in deep conversation about something Beth figured it was ok to tell her favorite aunt a little bit.

"All I'm going to tell you is that you have two kids a boy and a girl." Beth whispered.

"Really! Do they have any powers?" Ava asked.

"I've already told you too much as it is."

"What are you two talking about back there?" Kyle asked as he turned around to face them.

"Nothing, just girl stuff." Ava said.

"That girl stuff wouldn't have anything to do with the future would it?" Zan asked from the drivers seat.

"Zan, do you really think I would tell her about the future?" Beth asked.

"Yes, I do, but……there it is." Zan said as he parked the car out of site of the building. That was lucky. Beth thought as she got out of the car and walked over to where the group was standing. They quickly went over the plan one last time making sure everyone knew his or her job.

"Here goes nothing." Zan said as they split off into two groups.