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Chapter 4: Aftermath of an Impact

Tess and the other three looked when they heard the sound of something crash to the ground in the restaurant. Max saw the pretty brunette staring at him as she fainted. He wondered in that moment why she had looked that way. He had never before seen her in his life. Michael didn't really like to be around too many people as he noticed how crowded the place was.

" Maybe we should eat somewhere else?" Michael presented the option as a question but the tone was not a patient one.

" Let's go." Max offered as the four walked out of there. Tess realized that when the girl passed out she was staring white faced at Max. Tess sensed something in the Crashdown and wondered if anyone had sensed it as well. She was about to say something when Isabel cut in.

" Max why was that waitress looking at you like that?" Isabel questioned as she stood by the jeep's passenger door.

" I have no idea. Did you notice how she was staring at me? It was as if she knew me somehow." Max said anxiously.

" I've never seen the chick in my life but something strange is going on. Maybe it has to do with those dreams you have." Michael suggested.

" I don't think so. I've never once seen clear faces in those dreams. Only fuzzy distorted images and voices. Not one of them looked like that girl though." Max revealed. He had had the same dreams every night about Ava and death and destruction but they were never whole images and voices. They were distorted, always colorless and just flashes jumping everywhere.

" I felt something." Tess said softly as if she were lost on thought. Michael looked at his cousin with questioning eyes. Why was she so susceptible to these types of things? Why hadn't he felt whatever she felt in there?

" What was it?" Michael asked still not sure of himself.

" Just a feeling, a presence really. Like we were supposed to be there. I think I might've felt the other four. I'm not sure though." Tess sighed and got into the back of the jeep with Isabel following. Max contemplated this for a moment. He had felt the same to a degree. He didn't believe that girl to be from his dreams. It must've just been an accident, some kind of sickness she must have. Poor girl. For a moment though, just for a moment he had actually thought he saw he mouth move and the name 'Zan' come from it.


I came to a minute later turning red with embarrassment realizing what I had just done. Maria, Alex and Kyle were hovering over me. I could see the worried look on all their faces.

" Liz, are you alright?" Alex asked as he helped me up. Kyle must've carried me to the break room in the back because I was lying on a couch.

" How long was I out for?" I asked.

" No more than a couple of minutes. I got to you right away and brought you in here." Kyle said.

" What happened?" Maria asked. Right when she asked that I was up and running to the front door of the Crashdown. I know I saw him. It wasn't a dream. It was reality. I pushed the door open and looked around but he was gone. The other 3 were behind me within a second. Maria grabbed me and pulled me to face her.

" Liz?! What has gotten into you?!" Maria yelled at me.

" I think we should really just sit down and discuss this more privately." Alex said softly. The customers were looking at the four of us as if we were crazy.

" Alex is right. Let's go up to your room." Kyle said leading the way back inside.

" Courtney, Katie? Can you two cover?" Maria asked the other two waitresses.

" Yeah, no problem." Courtney answered.

" So you're telling me you saw Zan? As in Zan King of Antar, your one true love Zan? As in Zan, Zan?" Maria asked bewildered. Liz rolled her eyes.

" Yes, Maria!" Liz said for the millionth time.

" What does this mean?" Kyle asked sitting on Liz's bed confused by all this as well.

" It means that possibly the other four are here. Somehow, someway. Do you guys realize what this means?" Alex said analytically. We all shook our heads. I for one had no idea what it meant because it was confusing to me as well. " It means that by the joining of the eight of us we complete our unit. We can finally figure out our past."

I stared into space thinking. The eight of us together? What would it mean? I felt a ominous presence in that moment. I didn't know it yet but there was something out there to fear. Something big.


She opened her cell phone and dialed a number.

" Report?" a male voice asked.

" We have contact." The other voice said.

" Stay close as told."

" Yes sir." She hung up her phone and pulled out a cigarette. ' Unstoppable, scary royal eight? More like scared teenage waste.' She thought as she took another drag and heard a door open behind her.

" Hey Katie I need you back in here." Courtney said as Katie threw down her cigarette and walked back in the Crashdown.


Max sat in his new English class on Monday afternoon wishing he had gone to sleep earlier. He was happy that school was letting out before lunch due to a faculty meeting. The bell rang and he nearly ran out of class. He realized in his hastiness he had left his new math book. When Max walked back out of the class, the hall was pretty empty except for a short brunette with long hair getting something from her locker. As he walked past her she dropped something and cursed under her breath.

" Here let me get that." He offered and picked her what looked like make-up to him off the floor and handed it to her. Their eyes met and locked and he felt it. She was the most beautiful person he had ever laid eyes upon. Even if he had never seen her face, he would know her touch anywhere.

" I knew it was you." She finally spoke and he remembered.

" This can't be." He whispered.

" Zan." She finally said stroking his face. Before he knew it he was pulling her in for a kiss. It was explosive. Literally. The tube of makeup he had picked up for her exploded in her locker.

I was kissing Zan. One minute I'm at my locker trying to fit my books in and the next thing I know I'm kissing the love of my life. God, he was even more handsome in person. I had to pull away though. If someone walked by and noticed me making out with the new guy there would be questions. As much as I hated it I pulled away.

" Crashdown. After closing. If you're all together bring the other 3." I whispered quickly. I closed my locker and ran to find Maria, Alex and Kyle.