Connections 11
Liz and Kareena slowed as they reached the flat rocks in front of the cave. They were still holding hands and Kareena could see the memories Liz held with her from the day before. She squeezed her hand gently and smiled when Liz looked up at her.
They released each other's hands to enter the dark cave. As they stepped in, they could see a light flicker not far in the distance. Liz stopped short, then continued down into the cave. Kareena followed her.
***There is about a 10-15 minutes in between the above and what is below.
The below takes place just a few minutes before the above. ***
Tess had made sure that no one had followed her. Max, Michael, and Isabel hadn't seemed to notice that she hadn't contacted them since they dropped her off the night before.
'That's for the best though. Now I can complete my own destiny,' Tess thought to herself. She carefully picked her path up the hill to the cave. She smiled slyly as she entered the cave.
Tess looked around for a moment and then she felt the presence. The cavernous room lit up with an unearthly glow from the presence and then she saw him.
The young man walked over to Tess and held her to him. His eyes flared and he smiled an evil smile at her. She returned the look by letting the fire burn in her own eyes and she raised her eyebrows sneakily.
"Is everything still going according to the plan?" the man asked Tess. She stared into his eyes, soaking up the evil fire that burned there. "Yes my love, " she huskily replied, "Shawn, we have nothing to worry about. Soon our two peoples will be united." Shawn looked deep into Tess' eyes. He loved staring into those scheming, devious eyes. He tightened his hold around her and lifted her chin.
"Perfect. Soon we will end the war between our peoples. Nobody will be able to defy their rulers; "Shawn hungrily pushed Tess up against the stone wall behind her, "You and me, Tess darling, King and Queen." At this last statement, he seized her mouth with his own. The two aliens
became oblivious to their surroundings and simply got lost in the evil connection they had made.
'Everything is going perfectly,' Tess thought.
The light had surprised Liz. She hadn't been sure why she and Kareena had come up there. She just knew that she had to, and Kareena had felt the same way. Liz wondered why there was a light in the cave, but she soon got her answer. She gasped as she looked into the light. What was going on, she screamed in her mind. Suddenly the man in front of her spun around. He and Tess looked surprised to see Liz and Kareena, but it soon wore off and the two glared at them.
"What are you doing here?" Tess shouted at Liz, "You don't belong! You never have and you never will!"
"You!" Shawn exclaimed as he circled Kareena, "I should have known you would come. You never could see that this was the way it was supposed to be. This is our destiny and it cannot be escaped. You must see that by now, but if you don't, you soon will!"
Liz could sense the anger, the hate, and the evil radiating from the man glaring at Kareena. He was the evil she had felt, the presence that had terrified her. She panicked and raised her hand towards the man. She sent out an electric shock that hit him forcefully in his back.
He turned sharply. "I see what's happened here." He grinned deviously at
her, "You are human, correct? Yes, of course, I can see that. Your powers, you got them from a connection. Hmmmm." Liz screamed as Shawn broke down the barrier she had put up in her mind.
"Noooo! Stop! Oh, Please, just STOP!!" She cried out as he filled her mind with his evil. She tried to run, but he held her still. She turned to Kareena, but she was pinned by Tess.
"I thought so," he spat out, "You are weak. The goodness in your heart makes you weak, just as it does Kareena...and her children."
"Stop!" Liz cried out again. She could feel herself begin to drop to the ground. Liz tried again to free herself from Shawn's hold, but she couldn't. She screamed again, out of pure agony. The evil pulled at her very being and it tried to take over her soul...