Chapter 17

Liz looked around and felt everyone's pain. Their gasps their shouts.

Michael closed his eyes. He felt the rage that he often felt inside of him especially when he was around Hank. It left him. He felt the sadness of hurting Maria of hurting these people that were family to him.

Isabel closed her eyes. She felt her betrayal as Vilondra, she felt the pain that Alex went through by her continuous rejections of him. She felt Max's pain when he thought she betrayed him.

Chris closed his eyes. He felt his mother's pain as she was getting hit. He felt his sister's pain as she was raped and beating. He felt his own pain by the same man. He felt Ava's pain as she got his rejection the first couple of months after their meeting.

Ava closed her eyes. She felt Zan's pain as she "died" under the truck. She felt the pain of finally knowing what Princess Ava did to her family. She felt Serena's hurt the first time they met. She felt the pain all over.

Maria closed her eyes. She felt the pain of her father leaving. She felt the pain of totally abandonment that she often felt. She felt the pain of her mother leaving her by herself all the time. She felt Michael's initial rejection of her and his rejection after learning about his destiny. She felt the pain of losing Alex all over again.

Serena closed her eyes. She could feel the hands coming down on her body. She could feel her rape. She could feel the pain of everyone she killed. She could hear their screams. She felt the pain of losing Zan all over again. She felt the pain of labor, giving birth to her daughter. She felt the pain of losing her mother. She felt the hate that they felt towards her father.

Kyle closed his eyes. He felt the pain of his abandonment by his mother. He felt the pain of losing Liz to Max, he felt the pain of his father ignored him for his job. He felt the devastation when he learned the he carried Alex's dead body. He felt the pain of Tess's betrayal.

Max closed his eyes. He felt the pain healing Liz. He felt himself losing her. He felt the pain of seeing Kyle in Liz's bed. He felt the pain of realizing that Tess killed Alex. He felt the pain of the white room even more. He felt the total abandonment he felt in his life. He felt alien and human at the same time.

Everyone in the world on Earth the other worlds in existence closed their eyes. They felt the pain run through their bodies.

Jeff Parker closed his eyes. Amy Deluca closed her eyes. Nancy Parker closed her eyes. Jim Valenti closed his eyes. Diane and Phillip Evans. Jesse Ramirez closed his eyes. Agents of the Special Unit closed their eyes. Priest, nuns, mechanics, nurses, doctors, lawyers, students all closed their eyes. Pain radiated in the air. The screams the total volume and frequency of the shouts was deafening. It was overwhelming. Ever eye was shut against the pain. No one noticed what was happening to the world around them. They didn't notice the change. The world was ending. This world as they knew it was ending.

Liz shut her eyes last. She felt the world's pain. She felt the bullet ripe through her belly once more. She felt the pain of hearing about Max's destiny, She felt the pain of lying to him for all those months. She felt the pain of hearing Max say he slept with Tess and created a child with her. She felt the pain of leaving her home. She felt the pain of being in the white room. He screams echoed loudly throughout. Her screams drowned out the rest of the world's. Her eyes tightly shut she didn't notice. She didn't know.

"Liz", said a voice in front of her.

Liz opened her eyes slowly. She looked around confused. She lay on a bed with Max hovering over her.

"Liz?", whispered Max.

"Max", said Liz getting up.

She looked down at her clothing. Pure white dress. The room that she was in was pure white also.

"What is going on?", asked Liz.

"I don't know you were sleeping then screaming", said Max.

He smiled at her kissing her gently.

"Come baby", said Max pulling her hand.

Liz looked at him confused but followed. He walked her through a beautiful decorated home. She knew this was their home.

"Max where is everyone?", asked Liz.

"Outside Liz remember the bbq that we were having for Alex's birthday", said Max.

"Alex?", asked Liz.

"Yeah our son, Liz are you sure you are okay?", asked Max looking at her.

Liz looked at him confused. What was going on.

"Liz", said Maria running up to her.

She was also wearing all white. Her blond hair has ringlets and were decorated with flowers. She looked like an angel.

"Maria?", asked Liz looking confused.

"Where are we?", asked Liz.

"At your home silly", said Maria smiling.

Liz looked at everyone in the yard. They were all dressed in white. One person was absent though.

"Where is Serena", asked Liz looking at everyone.

Isabel walked up to her and hugged her. Isabel gave her a smile that could light up the room. Liz noticed Kyle sipping on some sort of drink in the corner of the yard. She shift her attention when she heard a familiar voice behind her.

"I'm right here", said Serena carrying Sammie in her arms with Zan having his arm wrapped around his family.

"I brought Alex a present", said Zan.

"Presents", yelled Sammie getting out of her mother's arms and running towards the other children.

"Lizzie", said Nancy walking behind her.

"Mom?", asked Liz.

"Why yes, I can't believe you would forget we were coming for Alex's birthday", said Nancy kissing her forehead. Jeff walked up then giving her a hug.

"Dad", said Liz looking at his smiling face.

She looked even more confused.

"Mommy", yelled Alex running towards her.

He was also dressed in white.

"My baby don't you look handsome", said Liz smiling. She didn't understand what was going on.

"Mommy", whispered Alex kissing her.

"Alex presents", yelled Sammie.

Alex's eyes widen at that. He got out of his mother's arms and ran towards his friends. Liz looked around and was completely confused. What in the world was going on. She looked at her yard. Everyone was happy and smiling without a care in the world. Was this how the world was right now.

"Care to dance Mrs. Evans", whispered a voice behind her.

She spun around to look into Max's eyes twinkling at her.

"I would love to", whispered Liz.

He walked her to the middle of the room. He closed his eyes leaning his head against hers.

"My sweet sweet Eve", whispered Max.

Liz's eyes snapped up at that. Max just smiled at her.

"You called me Eve", whispered Liz.

"Yes that's who you are, you are Eve of the Garden of Eden", whispered Max in her ear.

Liz looked at him.

"What is going on?", asked Liz.

He looked at her and smiled. She felt his happiness right down her soul.

"We were admitted back in, we were admitted back into the garden", whispered Max before taking her lips in a kiss.

That kiss sealed it for Liz.

"Thank you", whispered Max.

"For what?", asked Liz looking at him.

"For my son, my family, my soul", whispered Max.

Liz looked at him.

"I don't understand Max", whispered Liz.

"You will", whispered Max before taking her lips once more.

She didn't even feel them leave the party. She opened her eyes to see them laying on white sheets and the sun shinning through their window.

"I want to make love to you once more in the garden but our guests don't want to see all that, so we will make love here in our home", whispered Max kissing her gently.

She felt him enter her flesh. She gasped at the sensation. It felt different. It was pleasurable yes but it was more than that. She could feel him throughout her whole body even in the tiniest toe. He was everywhere in her, around her. He was part of her. He loved her gently and slowly. They made love for hours and she felt no exhaustion her body didn't know tiredness. They finally stopped the next day.

"Max?", whispered Liz.

"Yes my love?", answered Max.

"Where are we?", asked Liz looking at him.

He smiled gently.

"Paradise".

Author's Note: This chapter was weird but all the weirdness will be cleared up in the next and final chapter. Yes it is coming to an end. I basically ran out of things to do with this story. The final chapter may take a while to come out because I am having surgery done and I know it's going to be a painful recovery process and sitting down at a computer won't be on the top of my list. Hopefully it won't take that long, It will be out before the end of this month though that I could say. Anyway thanks for the feedback. Peace.