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Chapter 39 Surprising revelations
Maria and Michael were sitting opposite each other on the beds in the dorm room. They decided it was better to talk about their discovery in private, far away from prying ears. It would be a strange conversation anyway and they wanted to keep the weird factor to a minimum. Nervously they were staring at each other and they both hoped the other would finally make the first move. But no one knew how to start such a talk. Maria played with the hem of her top while Michael brushed his hands through his hair constantly. They both were pretty confused about everything and that their bruises had disappeared without doing anything hadn´t helped either.
" Did something like that happen before?", Maria was so sick of this silence. She felt uncomfortable if nobody spoke.
Michael blinked startled. He didn´t expect this question. " Did what happen before?".
Maria stopped wrapping her top around her finger and tried to find the right words to describe the thing that happend between them. " Did you get memories from other girls when you kissed them?".
Michael shook his head. That was the first time he saw anything and the other person could see into his head. At least he thought that, because not one of the girls he dated said anything about something strange happening. " No. You´re my first".
" Do you know what you are or why you´re so different?", Maria had searched everything she could find about gifted persons and didn´t find anything. Even the books in the UFO-Center were no help at all. Until now she thought she was the only one with these powers and she accepted that fact. But now there were questions. What was she? Where there more of her kind? Did they have a purpose to be here?
" No. To be honest I didn´t try to find a reason for my powers or why I had them. I always thought I was like Superman. Stranded here on earth because my planet was dying or something. But I know that it´s not like that", Michael wished he had been more conistent to look for clues about his powers and from where he got them. But he was scared to learn that he was just a freak or something people would fear. It was one thing to think you´re a freak of nature, however it is another to have prove for it.
Maria chuckled slightly. Yeah, she had similiar thoughts running around her head when she was a child. " I know what you mean. I thought I was bitten by a special spider and that´s the reason for my powers. I even tried to climb up a wall. Needless to say that it didn´t work".
Michael had to laugh at that thought. He could picture her standing in front of a wall and putting her little hands on it. He even could see her concentrating face when she noticed that nothing happened. " Too bad, don´t you think? I mean here we are with these powers we have and we don´t know how to use them"
" Speak for yourself. I know how to use them. I just don´t do it in front of other people", she practised almost everday with her powers and she got better and better with them. She was really thankful that she lived near the desert and it was always deserted. She had enough room and she was sure that she was alone. One time she caused a tiny tornado in the middle of it and she almost destroyed half Roswell with it. And that with just a little of her powers. She never got around to test what would happen if she used everything. She would probably destroy the entire planet or something.
Michael was pretty curious what she was capable of. He knew the extent of his powers, which wasn´t that much. He could let things explode when he was upset or change things into something different. But that was it so far. " What can you do?".
Maria expected the question and she gracefully stood up from the bed. Slowly she made her way to the wall and then laid a hand on it. Deeply concentrating she let her energy flow through her body until it pooled into her hand. Within seconds the wall changed her colour from beige to pink. And as fast as that she undid it. After that she took a seat on her bed again. " That´s not everything. But for more I would need more space and nothing near me that could break".
" I can do the same, although it never came to my mind to paint a wall with my powers", Michael snatched a ballpen of his sisters nightstand and wrapped his hand around it until it disappeared completely in it. After a few seconds the hand started to glow in a green colour and when he opened it again, the ballpen was gone. At its place was now a beautiful silver rose.
Maria was impressed. Now she finally knew why he was such a ladies man. He used his gift to entchant the women and most of them fell right into his trap. Poor things, they never had a chance against him. " Aha, that´s your number to charm the girls out of their panties. You´re pulling a Romeo".
Michael smirked like a little boy who was on the brink to do something bad. " I see you still got your panty on, so I would say you´re wrong about that".
" What?", hastily Maria looked down to her skirt. Embarrassed she noticed it slipped up and she was flashing her underwear. Quickly she pulled her skirt back down and put her hand between her legs. " Why didn´t you say something sooner?".
Michael was laughing so hard he almost fell from the bed. She was so cute when she was embarrassed and the blush on her face fitted her perfectly. " Why? I was enjoying the view".
Maria´s cheeks began to burn. But now it had nothing to do with shame. Actually it was because she was starting to get mad at him. " Stop laughing, you pervert pig or I´ll do something you won´t like!"
" Do what? Strip completely in front of me?", Michael wiped a few tears from his face with both hands. He thought about his suggestion. That didn´t sound so bad, not bad at all. In fact he would love to see her naked. " I´ll take that back. Because I would very much like that".
Maria was close to jump to her feet and strangle him with her bare hands until he stopped breathing. Or she should let him dangle from a tree in front of the class rooms in the nude. Yeah that would please her. And maybe she could torture him while she was at it anyway. " That´s it!", smiling she stretched her hand out and immediately Michael´s complete clothes disappeared from his body. Now he was sitting in front of her with nothing but his skin to cover him.
Michael, startled from the stunt, jumped to his feets and turned his head in all directions. Where did his clothes go? They couldn´t just disappear into nothing. They had to be somewhere. " What have you done and where are my clothes?".
" I warned you and you didn´t listen. Now if you´ll excuse me I´m enjoying the view", happily she proped her ellbows on her knees, put her face in her hands and stared directly at his thing, which was in the process to greet her. No wonder he was just thinking with his dick, because he was bigger than his head. Holy moly, he could kill a woman with it. Didn´t he lose his consciousness when he got hard?
Michael finally realized that he was naked and Maria was staring at his member. Instantly he took one of the pillows off of the bed and put it in front of his groin. " Could you stop that! It´s rude to stare at things you shouldn´t see in the first place".
Maria raised her right eyebrow and her eyes wandered up to his slightly pink face. " But it´s alright for you to drop sexiest comments about the other gender and make them feel uncomfortable?".
" Alright. I get it. I´ll stop with the comments. But now I want my clothes".
Maria had to quell her urge to keep his clothes just to see him walking back to his room naked. It would be the ultimate punishment for him. But she wasn´t that cruel. With a flick of her wrist the clothes were on his body again. Too bad that he was such a spoil sport. She could have had so much fun with him. " There. Are you feeling better now?".
Michael was relieved to be clothed again. Not that he didn´t like his body, but if he got naked most of the time there was an equal unclothed girl in the room with him. And it didn´t look like Maria was in the process to get physical with him anytime soon. She wasn´t an easy lay like she appeared to be. " Yes. Contrary to what you believe I don´t show just anybody my hammer".
" Your what? You have a name for your penis?", Maria put her hand in front of her mouth to keep her from laughing out loud. Men and their dicks. Why they always made such a fuss about a piece of flesh that was just there to relieve fluids or to produce offspring was beyond her. It was like she would name her breasts, what was equally stupid. Although Billy called them always the twins. But that was different. After all it wasn´t her idea to name them.
Michael took the pillow, which was still in his hand and threw it at her. How dare her make fun of him. " Oh shut up".
Maria saw the pillow flying towards her and catched it immediately with her hands. " Alright. I give in. But don´t think you´re off the hook now. I´m known to bring up such embarrassed stories to the unconvenient times".
" Do that and you don´t even have time to regret it", Michael walked closer to her and slightly bent down to look into her face. He wanted to appear threatening, although it was just an act to see her reaction. He wanted to see if she would back down or stand against him.
Maria arose from the bed and despite her shortness compared to him, her aura seemed to be bigger than her form. Her eyes darkened to a dark green and her stance looked like she would punch him every moment. " Is that a threat?".
Michael´s eyes never wavered from hers. The feeling to know her intensified with the changing of her appearance. It was like there was something in the back of his mind and he couldn´t grasp it. His body instantly reacted to her and heated up. Strangly he had the feeling they both had done this already. Like some kind of memory. For a second Marias face changed and at its place was now the face of another woman with long darkblond hair. She looked at him with the same green eyes. Startled he closed his eyes. When he opened them again everything was normal " Do you feel it, too?".
Maria didn´t know what he meant for a moment. But then something flashed in her mind. It was a picture from a man with long dark hair. He had the same brown eyes and the message in them were clear. He was angry, pretty angry with someone. However it disappared as fast as it came and now she only look at the confused face of Michael. " Do you think it means something?".
" I don´t know. I really don´t know".
Maria was trying to file the picture of the man she saw earlier. She knew this face from somewhere. It was like an awakening inside her. But what did it mean? Why did her heart beat so strong when she saw him? It was all so confusing at the moment. Slightly jazzed she sat on her bed again. Seconds later Michael followed her. He was in the same condition she seemed to be in. He didn´t understand what everything meant or if it meant something at all. What was going on here? Why them and why just now?
Suddenly both were thrown out of her thoughts when the door opened and a giggling Tess came through it. She was smiling over her complete face and her lipstick was almost gone. But when she noticed the strange faces of her brother and her roommate she sobered up instantly. " What´s up?".
Maria raised her head and watched Tess. Now she finally understood the weird feeling she got from her roommate. " You´re different like Michael, aren´t you?"
Tess´ eyes widened twice her size and she faced her brother, who nodded with his head at her. He was giving her the sign that everything was alright and she shouldn´t be scared. " How did you find that out?".
Maria shoot her arms out and closed the door behind Tess. " Because I´m different, too".
Tess was shocked for a moment. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish. She seemed to search for the right words to say, but nothing came to her mind. At least nothing that would make sense. How could this be? She thought Michael and her were the only ones with this gift until now. But when Maria had them, too, did that mean there were more people out there? " I think I´m going to pass out".
Immediately Maria and Michael jumped to her feet and both took her arms and lead her to the nearest bed. There they placed her carefully on it and watched how the colour drained from her face. Tess was looking like a ghost and it appeared like she would throw up. " You have to push your head between your legs", Maria instructed. She saw this reaction once with Liz and she knew what to do in a situation like this.
" No. She has to lie down", Michael disagreed. He never saw his sister like that and it scared him. He felt he had to do something to make Tess feel better.
Maria pushed Michael out of the way. " You don´t know what you´re talking about. She has to push her head between her legs. That will help her".
Michael hated to be pushed around and it got worse when it was from someone half his size. Angrily he shoved Maria to the side and kneeled in front of his sister. " Don´t listen to the talking pain in the ass. You should lie down for a while".
Tess eyed her concerned brother and then her eyes wandered to her roommate, which was in the process to kick Michael in the butt. Maria raised her right leg far behind and after the expression on her face it would be very painful for him. " Wait! Don´t do it".
Michael turned around and watched what was happening behind him. He saw Maria with one of her legs in the air and it was pretty obvious what she wanted to do. Slowly he stood up and went to her. " I hope you´re just practising for the ballet and that you didn´t want to try to kick my ass".
" I don´t know what you´re talking about. I had a cramp in my leg and I just wanted to make it go away. In order to do that I have to shake my leg. I´m sorry if that´s a crime", Maria was more talking with her hands then with her mouth. She almost hit Michael a few times with them.
" Why I´m not convinced about that?", Michael crossed his arms over his chest and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
Maria pressed her hands onto her hips and glared at him. If he wanted to scare her with his dark demeanor, he was barking at the wrong tree here. She didn´t know why, but he didn´t make her afraid. " How should I know? Do I look like I know how your mind works?".
Tess was close to laugh. They both were so funny. Finally her brother found an equal stubborn opponent. She never thought she would see the day when a girl would stand up to him or get under his skin so easily. Suddenly she saw an almost identically scene playing in front of her face. But this time it wasn´t Michael and Maria, but two strangers. The man had long black hair bound to a ponytail and the woman had her long darkblonde hair braided. Strangly she had the feeling to know them. They both were in an heated discussion and it seemed like it wasn´t the first time they did that. There was so much passion and sparks were flying around them. It was fascinating to watch. However the moment went as fast as he came and Tess just saw only Michael and Maria again. A little confused she stood up from the bed and walked to the wranglers to prevent them from killing each other. " Rath! Marianna! Could you both finally stop with the nonsense!".
Like hit from a bullet they both turned to Tess at the same time. Shocked they stared at her like she said something disgusting. " What did you just call us? Who are Marianna and Rath?", Michael was the first to find his speech again.
" I don´t know. The names just popped into my head", Tess didn´t understand where she got the names. Did they mean something? Slowly she massaged his forehead with her hands. She could feel a headache coming.
" Why do I have the feeling to know the names. What is going on here dammit!", Maria brushed her hair from her face. First she saw another face in Michael, a face which seemed to be very familiar and then Tess who called them with different names. Names she heard before somewhere. Something was happening. But she didn´t know what it was and why it happened now.
Tess knew exactly how Maria felt right now, because she wasn´t any different. She wanted to know what was going on. " Maybe we lived before and the memory is slowly coming back?".
" Yeah right. And how do you explain the powers we have? Do you think we were wizards and witches in our past lives?", Michael didn´t believe in otherworldly things. He had read Harry Potter and he thought it was just a piece of crap. Contrary to his sister, who liked the idea. Witches didn´t exist and were just a scrap of someones imagination.
Maria had thought about this already. She didn´t have any proof that witches weren´t real, but she didn´t have any proof that they were real either. It could still be a possibility. " She could be right. I mean think about it. How else do you explain this thing that happened tonight? Why do we feel like we would know each other? Or the weird reaction when we met?".
" Are you both listening to yourself? You´re sounding like two lunatics? Witches. What comes next? Aliens really landed in Roswell? Or Elvis is still alive and living in Las Vegas?", Michael was on the brink to scream at them. Alright, he had to admit the thought about this possibilities had crossed his mind one day. But he scratched it as soon as the thought was over.
Tess noticed out of the corner of her eyes the vase with the flowers she got from Kyle tonight was slightly shaking. That was a bad sign when Michael was in the same room, because it usually meant he would lose control of his powers and something would break. " Fine, you´re right and now I´m tired".
Maria´s head snapped in the direction of her roommate. Why did she give in so easily? Michael had to learn that he couldn´t just get his way without listening to the other side. There would always be people with another opinion and he had to accept that everybody had a different point of view. Just as she wanted to open her mouth to say just that, she picked up the look Tess was giving her. And she received the message loud and clear. " Yeah whatever. I have to go to the bathroom anyway". Without sparing the other two a glance she went to her dresser, took her toothbrush and her toothpaste and walked out.
Tess and Michael watched after her confused. Both had the feeling that they had done something wrong. For a few seconds they stared at the closed door, which Maria disappeared just moments ago. After that they both turned to each other to see if the other had a clue what was up with her. However it seemed like neither knew what just occured and why they felt so guilty about the whole thing. Another seconds later Michael finally registered how late it got already and he gave his sister a kiss on the cheek, said good night and made his way to his own room. Tess meanwhile waved her hand over her face and removed all the make up from it before she changed from her dress into her sleepwear. Then she took a seat on her bed and waited for her roommate to come back. Something was majorly wrong here and nobody seemed to have an idea what it could be. It wasn´t coincedence that this strange things happened just when they found each other or that they would go to the same college. There had to be some reason for all that.
" Where´s your brother? Did he explode?", Maria walked calmly through the door. She also wasn´t wearing any make up on her face anymore and her hair was bound to a messy bun.
Tess observed her roommate how she put her toothbrush and her toothpaste back into her dresser and then pulled her clothes from her body. " No. It´s late and I think he was tired".
Maria changed into a big t-shirt, that obviosly belonged Kyle and crawled under her blanket. But she didn´t lay down to sleep, instead she faced Tess, who was still sitting on her bed. " Why did you gave in so fast? I mean he was totally out of line and you just let it go".
" I wanted to prevent that someone got hurt. I know my brother and he can be the most stubborn person on this planet, add his out of control powers when he´s upset and he can be really dangerous. I learned to back down when he´s like that", Tess loved her brother dearly. But since their parents died and their grandfather hadn´t the time for them, Michael changed. At first he was pretty quiet and he always hid in the library in the mansion. Then he got older and he started to get angry at the world. Tess didn´t know what triggered it or why it happened, but she saw her brother struggle with his anger day for day. Most of the time he could hide his emotion in front of other people. However there were times when it was too much for him and he lashed out. Usually it was her or her grandfather. She actually thought he was overcoming his anger, because he learned to live with it and concentrate on getting his life in order. Obviously it wasn´t the case and everything had been coming back tonight again.
Maria didn´t like the sound of that. He didn´t appear that dangerous to her neither did she have the feeling to protect herself from him. " How dangerous are we talking about? Should I worry about Kyle?".
" No. I didn´t mean it like that. He´s not a psycho who hurts other people because he´s in the mood. He´s a good guy, just a little out of whack sometimes", Tess didn´t want Maria to think her brother was a killer or someone she should fear. It was hard to put into words what was going on inside Michael. He was more complex than he showed on the outside.
Maria was pretty relieved to hear that. For a moment she was close to run to the other building and save her brother. " Good to hear", now she could sleep better, knowing Kyle wasn´t in immediate danger. Speaking of him. " How was your date actually?".
Tess´ face started to glow and her expression wasn´t so serious anymore. Slowly a smile appeard and her cheeks were changing her colour. " It was good".
" Just good?".
Tess put her legs on the bed, took one of her pillows and hugged it close to her body. " Alright. It was better than good. It was fantastic".
Maria got pretty curious and sat up in her bed. She turned all her attention on the other girl. " Tell me anything".
" When you and Michael were gone, Kyle and I talked about everything. By the way I heard interesting stories about you. But off topic. We noticed that we liked the same things, although I don´t believe he liked the movie we watched so much like he told me. He took my hand when we walked back to the car and he gave me his jacket that I wouldn´t freeze. How sweet is that?".
" Did you kiss?", Maria had no interest in the boring stuff. She wanted to hear the juicy details. Well not too juicy, after all Kyle was still her brother and there were things she didn´t need to know about him. She would be rather in the dark about some things actually.
Tess blushed a deep shade of red and her eyes began to twinkle traitorously. " Yes. He walked me back here and then it happened".
Maria had to ask because she wanted to know if she was the only one experiencing strange flashes or if it was normal for them. " Did you see something? Like pictures or things maybe?".
" No. Why you´re asking?", Tess looked at Maria like she was insane.
Maria shrugged with her shoulders. " I was just curious".
Tess didn´t believe that one bit. Maria wouldn´t just ask such a silly question if there wasn´t something. " Did you see something when you kissed someone?", then a thought occured to her. " Did you kiss my brother?".
Now it was Marias turn to blush. Nervously she picked at her blanket and dropped her eyes to the ground. " It just happened. One minute we were talking and then he was in the mood and I was in the mood and BAM his lips were on mine"
" And you wait until now to tell me this information! How can you call me your friend!", Tess couldn´t believe it. Her brother and her roommate. No wonder that their was so much tension between them when she watched them bicker. She knew that Michael liked Maria, but that it was deeper than that went completely by her. " How was it?".
Marias lips twitched slightly and it looked like a small smile. She had to admit it wasn´t as bad as she thought. Right on the contrary, it was fing unbelievable. She never had felt something as passionate, rough and tender like this kiss and it left her craving after it. Even now she could still feel his soft lips against hers and smell his scent. " Not that bad".
Tess raised her eyebrow and glanced at the other girl questionally. Why didn´t she believe her that. There was more and she could see it in Marias eyes. " Liar. You loved it. I see the twinkle in your eyes".
" Look who´s talking. Who was the one coming all glowly in this room and grinning from ear to ear?", Maria tried to draw the attention away from her and back to Tess. This kiss would be just a one time deal and not happen again. At least not until she knew more about themself and got behind this emotion they felt towards each other.
" At least I can admit that I like your brother and that I loved the kiss. That´s more than you´re doing", Tess thought back to the moment she noticed that Kyle bend down and closed his eyes. Instinctively she did the same and enjoyed it when their lips met in a deep kiss. He had been knowing what he was doing and how he did it. Oh boy, she still had legs like jello and her mind was just coming down from the high it was on. Suddenly a question came to her. Something she didn´t even consider until now. " Is Kyle like you?".
Maria smiled reassuringly at her friend. She knew why this question came up. " No, he´s normal. At least as normal as someone with Penthouse and books about buddishm under his bed could be. But don´t worry, he knows about my powers and he´s cool about them".
Tess was relieved to hear that. It would make dating him a little lighter. And she didn´t need to hide her other side in front of him, that was a plus. Even if he read Penthouse, or rather looked at the pictures in there. " So I don´t have to be afraid that he runs away screaming from me when he discovers my otherness?".
" No. I think he even will like it. Believe me he likes my powers more than I do", Maria realized how tired she was actually. With a yawn she snuggled deeper into her blanket. " Can we continue this talk tomorrow? I´m pretty beat now".
Tess also yawned and she noticed that her eyes got heavy. Yes she could use some sleep right now herself. " Yeah. But then I want to know what happened in front of the diner tonight".
" Deal. Good night", Maria put out the light on her nightstand and closed her eyes.
Tess rolled onto her right side and put her hands under her face. " Good night".
Hours later
Maria turned from side to side in her bed. The cover was long gone from her body and was now lying on the ground beneath her. The moans she was making in her sleep were disturbing. It sounded like she was in pain or at least would be tortured.
Dreamplane
Maria was standing in some kind of office. A man was opposite her and a woman was lying at her feet. Confused she looked at the man first. His eyes were making her afraid, because they were cold and empty. There was not one emotion there or even a sign that he was human. Something in the pit of her stomach told her that she should get the hell out of dodge. But then her eyes wandered to the woman on the floor. A puddle of blood was building around her head and it was obvious that she was dead. Why did the scene seem so familiar to her? And why felt she so much pain over the death of this woman? Suddenly the scenery changed and she was running through a forest. Her feet were barely holding her upright and her body ached everywhere. She could hear footsteps behind her and people talking in a language she didn´t understand. However she didn´t have to be a genius to know that they weren´t discussing the newest sports results. They were after her and she didn´t have a clue why. All of the sudden everything changed again and she was now tightly pressed at something slick and soggy. One hand was laying over her rapidly racing heart, the other tried to muffle any sound she could be making. What was going on her? Why was she so afraid? Where was she actually? And why felt everthing so familiar to her?Slowly she closed her eyes and breathed deeply in. Maybe when she opened her eyes again she was in her bed again and would laugh about this nightmare. Unfortunately when she opened her eyes she wasn´t in her room. Thankfully she wasn´t at the place she was earlier either. But now she was sitting at a table with eight people looking strangly at her. One of them she regnorized. She saw his picture when she fought with Michael. He had the same brown eyes and the same expression. Then she turned to the couple at the other side of her. The girl was beautiful and smiled slightly at her. Her blonde hair was falling straight past her shoulders and her blue eyes were warm. The boy besides had focused his attention to the opposite side now. His brown hair was sticking up in all directions and his brown eyes were searching for something. Maria followed his gaze and she noticed the object of his affection. The girl was eyeing her with her clearblue eyes. Her blonde hair was curly and it gave her the look of a fairy. Maria knew those people, it was the eyes that spoke to her. But she couldn´t understand what they were saying. Angrily she tried to open her mouth to ask them what she was doing here or if they knew why she was here in the first place. However she didn´t get the chance to do that, because in that moment the room she was sitting in disappeared and she was kneeling on the ground. She seemed to be outside now. In front of her was the man with the familiar brown eyes again. He was bleeding pretty bad and it appeared that he wouldn´t make it any longer. She was frantically trying to open his armour. But he stopped her with his hands. He was saying something to her and she didn´t understand one word of it. Suddenly her vision blurred and she noticed that tears were streaming down her face. She could actually feel the life draining out of him and it pained her. She didn´t want him to die. Slowly he stroked her face and she bent down to kiss him. Sometime later his hand dropped from her face and his lips stopped moving. Maria felt her heart breaking and a scream tore its way out of her throat.
End Dreamplane
Maria awoke with a start and she almost jumped out of her bed. The scream she released in her dream was still ringing in her ears. Her heart was racing out of control and her whole body shook. Shocked she noticed her hands, which were trembling furiously and the cold sweat on her forehead. Oh damn what a nightmare. Hastily she faced Tess to see if she was awake. Thankfully she was still sleeping peacefully and didn´t witness her weird reaction. Carefully Maria got out of her bed and walked with wobbly legs to the bathroom. There she splashed cold water on her face and looked at her reflection on the mirror. She eyed the person staring back at her, strangly it wasn´t herself, but another woman. A woman so familiar and strange at the same time. What was happening? Was she losing her mind? Was this a memory she remembered?
" It was just a nightmare. Nothing more than a bad dream".
But why didn´t she believe that? Why did she have the feeling to know the place she was and the people she saw there? And most of all, why were they so familiar to her?
TBC