Chapter 7 Letting The Love Escape

"Everybody split up! I will go with Liz, Isabel you go with Kyle, and Michael you go with Maria!" Max yelled staring at the three men.

" Are you sure that is a good idea?" Liz asked.

"Right now yes. I know we are not powerful enough, so right now we got to split up." Max said as he grabbed Liz's arm and ran down the hall.

" C'mon." Michael said as he took a hold of Maria's hand and ran upstairs.

Maria didn't have to be told twice as she followed Michael up the stairs. Maria and Michael came to a long and dark hallway, that was painted dark red. There was two paintings on the walls that had gold frames. There was a room on their right which was the living room and a small kitchen was attached to it. The living room was dark furniture in it and the walls were navy blue. The kitchen looked to be old and the brown paint on the cupboards was peeling off.

"Where do we go now?" Maria asked Michael as she looked down the hallway.

Michael looked at Maria. He had no idea where to go. He glanced down the hall and saw that a door was open. He walked towards the open door. It had stairs leading upwards.

"This must be the attic." Michael thought.

"Come on Maria!" Michael said as Maria ran towards him and followed him up the stairs.

The attic was dark and dusty. There was junk everywhere including old clothes and furniture. It would have looked like a normal attic except one of the boxes was marked " Experiment #3". There was a dirty couch in the corner of the attic, and Michael went and hid behind the back of the couch and the wall. Maria did the same.

"It wont take them long to find us." Maria said.

"Yeah but this might buy us sometime." Michael answered.

"We could have escaped and taken the van." Michael suggested.

" Yeah but then they would have followed us everywhere and they would have got us eventually." Maria whispered.

Michael nodded his head.

"Did they do anything to you?" Michael asked deep concern for her filled his voice.

"Once of the guys named Harry, tried to stick a needle inside of me. I think the stuff was a sedative. But I kicked him before it reached my skin." Maria said.

Michael leaned forward and gave Maria a hug. Then he kissed her forehead.

"I won't let this happen to you again. I will protect you. I promise. I love you Mari and I won't allow you to get hurt because I am an alien." Michael said.

"Michael I love you too! This isn't your fault. I don't mind that you're an alien, since you are the hottest alien there is!" Maria said.

Maria was just about to lean in for a kiss when they heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Michael hugged Maria tight. Then they heard the footsteps go back down the stairs.

"Phew that was close." Maria said her voice shaky.

"Michael how were you guys able to find me?" Maria asked moving her hair away from her face.

"It was weird Maria. It seemed like I could see inside your mind and that I could see things form your perspective. I saw the sign for Red Hill, because you did." Michael explained.

Maria looked at him oddly.

"I was thinking about you all of the time. I thought that if I thought about you, you would find me." Maria said.

All of a sudden there was a huge blast that came from downstairs.

"We have to go!" Maria said as thoughts of Liz filled her mind.

"I'll go. You stay here." Michael demanded.

"No! I'll be much safer with you." Maria answered.

Michael finally agreed. So Michael and Maria went down the stairs and saw Max and Liz trying to fight off Ron.

Michael went off to help Max fight of Ron. Michael was just about to go help Liz when two strong arms wrapped around her. She knew it was not Michael and that's when she screamed.

"HELP!" Maria yelled, as Harry dragged her into the living room.

Isabel and Kyle came running upstairs when they heard Maria scream. They went in the living room to help Maria. Michael hearing Maria's call for help, kicked Ron and ran into the living room with Liz, Max and Ron right behind him. Michael saw Charlie come up the stairs and he went into the living room too.

Now they were all trapped in the living room. Liz, Max, Isabel, Michael and Kyle on one side, Ron, Charlie, Harry and Maria on the other.

"Now look who has Maria! We can do anything we want to her and there is nothing you can do about it!" Harry said.

Michael shot an evil glance at Harry.

"So I can do this!" Harry said as he made an energy ball and threw it at Maria. She flew and she hit the wall and fell to the floor.

"MARIA!" Liz screamed as an energy ball came flying towards her. Then Kyle got hit too. The aliens were the only ones remaining.

Max made a ball and threw it at Harry, but it didn't hit him. Michael was just about to make one too when he heard a voice. It sounded like Maria's.

" Michael you can beat them. You all can beat them." Michael turned his head and saw that Isabel and Max were looking at Maria.

"Isabel, Max and Michael you are strong aliens. Charlie, Ron and Harry are strong too, but you have something they don't have, love and friendship. Show them how powerful you guys are. Let the love escape. Or we will all die!" Maria said.

Isabel, Michael and Max shook their heads. They thought of their friends and the people that they loved. They made energy balls which turned purple and then they threw it at the three men.