Chapter 2
"What just happened Max?!" cried Michael as he noticed his friend's reaction to healing the mysterious girl. Max was still silent with his focused look on the girl still trying to figure out what had happened for himself. "Yeah, Max. What's going on here?" asked Liz as she and the girls had just walked down the alley to find their men with this strange girl. It wasn't until Max heard Liz's voice did he force himself to look away from the girl. Liz was reading Max's expression as well as looking around the alley trying to piece together what had just taken place when she found a puddle of blood beside the girl with a stab mark on her shirt but alas, no cut or anything on her skin. Liz understood everything. "Did you heal her Max? Did you..." her voice trailed off as she choked back a tear or two, "did you have a flash with her Max?" asked Liz with disappointment and a little bit of anger in her voice. Max looked at her pleadingly but wasn't about to try and lie to her so he admitted, "Yes." Liz nodded her head in agreement and then threw her shopping bags down to turn and walk away, alone in the alley.
Not thinking that he was going to let the same thing happen to Liz as it did with this other girl he chased her down. "Liz, wait!" Max said as he picked up speed to catch up with her. Once he reached her, he put his hands on her arms and turned her to face him. "Look Liz, she was being harassed by these guys and I couldn't just stand by. I had to do something but it ended up getting her stabbed. I felt guilty and so I had to heal her but I swear to you that I have no idea why I had a flash with her," Max exclaimed in a hurry to try to help Liz understand. "Max how could you do this to us?" Liz finally said after a few moments of silence. "Why did you have to get involved in the first place? Why her Max? Why her?" Liz said as a tear finally escaped her eye. Max lifted his hand to wipe away her tear streaming down her cheek while confessing to her, "I don't know how to say this Liz but there is something about her. I feel as if I know her somehow and it seems as if maybe she knows me too." Liz let another tear fall as her fears about the past repeating itself filled her mind and Max sensed that that was how she took his confession. "I do not feel anything for her Liz I promise you. I am more worried about how she may know me and why we have this confusing connection. I love you Liz. I always have and I always will." Max said defiantly, trying to ensue confidence in Liz about his love and devotion to only her. Liz lifted her eyes to meet Max's and looked deeply into them and tried to believe him with her all of her heart instead of letting her fears take over her.
As they headed back to the gang surrounding the girl, they saw everybody hovering over the girl trying to get her to speak. They noticed that the girl had not moved except to turn to watch them come back as soon as she heard them approaching but this time she was not only staring at Max but as Liz as well. "What is your name?!" Michael was shouting at her now which made Liz jump. "Hey ease up man," Kyle said, "give her a break she's scared." Maria, not Michael, retorted, "We don't have time to warm her up Kyle. We need answers. Now." Maria leaned down and asked her, "Who are you?" The girl's eyes still had not left Max and Liz as if she were seeing a ghost. "Here let me try," Max insisted as he got down at the girl's level and asked her in his polite yet still demanding voice, "Will you please tell us your name? Who are you?" The girl finally locked her glance back to Max from Liz with tears in her eyes he noticed. The girl finally choked out a raspy response. "My name is Cassi," she managed before she let out a sniffle, "and I have come here from the future. From our home planet."