Part 7

Adam stood by and watched as they got the chair ready for Max because in less then two hours Max would be dead and Adam would have the power to rule. “Are you almost done there?” Adam was impatient with the guy. The guy looked at Adam and saw the fury in his eyes. The man stepped his pace up before he would regret taking to long.

“Finished sir,” The man told Adam.

“Good now go get Max and strap him into the chair. I want to get this over with and get off this damn planet,” Adam looked around him and felt dirty at this place that so many humans called home. The man shuck his head and walked out the door. No longer did the man exit the door was his body thrown through the door. With a thud the man’s body hit the far wall. Max walked through the door with a piece of the man torn shirt in his fist.

“There you are? Who in the f--- do you think you are?” Max’s voice echoed in the room. Adam’s eyes bulged out and he was taken back at the appearance of Max.

“I’m here to kill you Max and steal your power. You are not the chosen one that so many Yaz think you are. You’re just a stupid little Yaz with no idea how powerful you are, and you’re to ignorant to realize that.” Adam’s eyes started to glow the familiar bright green as he walked towards Max.

Michael was about to open the door and witness the showdown between the two when he heard gunfire and people running towards him. He looked down the hallway and saw Maria running towards him followed by the rest of the gang. “Maria!” Michael yelled at her as he ran down the hallway. Maria saw Michael running towards him making her run faster down the hallway towards him. Isabel, Alex, and John were at the back of the group fighting some of the Yaz that were chasing them. Michael met Maria halfway down the hall. The impact of them hugging each other about made them fall to the ground.

“I missed you so much,” He told her.

“I don’t think as much as I missed you,” She returned. She hugged him tighter while burring her head in his chest.

“I hate to ruin this reunion but we must be going,” Alex shouted as Isabel, John, Liz, and him ran down the hall.

“In here Max in there with this guy,” Michael said while he led them to the room.

“Let me go in first everyone,” John recommended. They all shook their heads in agreement. John opened the door and closed it behind them. He covered the lock with his hands and welded them shut using his powers. Michael tried to open the door but it would budge.

“Hey what is going on here John,” Michael shouted through the door.

John looked through the small window and said; “I can’t watch all of you while I try to help Max. He is with Adam and there is no telling what will happen if all of us were in here. Please forgive me,” with the said John stepped away from the door and into the room. In the background John could hear Liz yell “no!” but he didn’t turn around no matter how much it hurt him.

John was now in view of all that were in the room, but he couldn’t stop what had already started to take place. Adam had already had Max in the chair and was starting to drain him of his powers. John started to walk towards Adam and was almost there until Max looked at him making Adam turn around.

“I was wondering when you would show up John,” Adam smiled, “as you can see you are too late now your son is mine and so is the planet.”

“Not if I can help it Adam,” John responded making Adam’s smile faint. “This is what you really wanted Adam you and me and that’s it. Well here I am!” John was finally tired of all the years Adam had blamed him for him being evil. John eyes started glow as his power was being concentrated.

Adam saw his brother start to concentrate his power and it finally hit him to why he hated his brother. “You know brother I’m going to enjoy this fight because only one of us will be stepping away from this,” Adam smiled while gaining strength for his attack.

“Enough talk!” John shouted as he began his attack on his brother. Adam dodged the first attack as the wall behind him exploded leaving a giant hole. Adam returned his fire hitting John making him fly backwards. John jumped to his feet and was catapulted into the air then with a giant yell through an energy ball towards his brother. The ball hid Adam in the head knocking him to he ground with a giant thud.

John landed inches away from Adam’s head. “Your reflexes were always slow Adam,” John let out another ball of energy but missed because Adam’s kicked John’s legs from underneath him. Adam jumped to his feet and attacked his brother knocking him in the head with blast of energy mixed with actual hits to the head with his fists. John managed to throw his brother off using his powers. John jumped to his feet and automatically released energy towards his brother who jumped out of the way. The energy ball hit he wall by the door making a giant hole in the wall.

Michael’s head appeared from the other side of the wall, “Well we found a way in.” Michael stepped through to the other side followed by the others. Liz was the first to see Max tied to the chair. Max’s body lay there motionless as if he didn’t have the strength to even open his eyes.

“Max!” Liz shouted as he ran over to him. “Max opened your eyes for me please, Max.” Liz was verge of tears.

John saw the others come into the room making his distracted from the fight. Adam took this opportunity to get a hit in and he did. From the impact of this last attack John’s body was thrown against the wall like some kind if toy doll. John’s gave out a yell of pain as his body slid to the ground. Michael and Alex saw this attack and they couldn’t just stand there and do nothing, so they ran after Adam.

Alex got a fire off hitting Adam in the shoulder and Michael used his powers to throw Adam against the wall and hold them there. Adam winced in pain as the bullet hit him, but he had no time to react because before he could blink he was against he wall. Adam managed to laugh as he easily broke Michael’s power. Adam reached his hand out and Alex’s gun flew towards Adam until it was in his hand. Adam fired a shot hitting Alex in the shoulder making him fall to ground. Adam saw Michael still charging him so he fired another round hitting Michael in the chest.

Michael fell the to the ground in pain blood started to seek through the wound. Maria saw Michael get shot and she screamed in fear and ran over to him. Adam fired another bullet but he was out of ammo. Adam through the gun on the floor and started to surge with power. John saw what Adam was going to do and he couldn’t let that happen. John closed his eyes and concentrated on his power and using all of it. John opened his eyes and they were a glowing red, John stood up and waved his hand at his brother causing Adam to fly towards him. John walked over to his brother and picked him up with one hand. He looked him in the eyes and red beams from John’s eyes shot Adam in his yes. Adam screamed in pain as John started to kill his own brother.

“I’m you brother John you’re going to kill your own brother?” Adam shouted at the pain started to get unbearable.

“My brother died years ago, and was replaced by the hating and killing of a Yaz.” John told him as his power increased. Maria looked up from Michael and watch what John was doing. Isabel who had ran over to help Alex also watched on, as did Alex and Liz.

Adam gave out a final scream before his body was clay in John’s hand. John released Adam from his grasp making Adam’s body fall to the ground. Adam’s body lay in the ground for a few moments before his body started to dissolve. When Adam’s body was fully gone he walked over to Michael and put his hand over his chest. With a surge of power he healed Michael, but Isabel waved him off as she had already healed Alex.

John looked over at a tear stained Liz who had her head in Max’s lap. Max still had his body limp, “Liz, he’s in his final hour of the transformation. This is where he decides his fate. He body doesn’t react to anything so that his mind, soul, and spirit and finish their transformation. All we can do is wait and see what happens.” John grabbed Liz and hugged her so that she would now that she was not the only one scared for Max.

Part 8 Conclusion
Max opened his eyes to find that he wasn't with everyone but was in a dark room with only a light shining down in the middle of the room. The room was cold with an eerie silence that only happens when something bad is going to happen. Max looked around the room and saw no one, but he could hear Liz and everyone saying things to him. Max wanted to scream to them to let them know that he could hear them, but everytime he tried to scream nothing would come out. Max walked towards the center of the room where the light was shining carefully so that if something happened he was prepared for it.

When Max reached the center of the room he felt a cold steal object materialized in his hand. He looked down to find that he was holding onto a sword, "How did I get that?" Had asked out loud.

"It's your weapon Max," A voice said from the dark. A pair of glowing green eyes appeared from the dark. "It's time to decide Max, time for you to face your destiny, time for you to fight for what you believe in." A body stepped into the light and Max was face to face with himself.

"Do you really think that you can beat me Max? With all the anger that you have built up and shown you have made me stronger then you," He smiled at him. Max looked around for the other person that fought him from all the times he had watched this fight inside of him. Max turned around in hope that he would find him, but then it dawned on him that he was the other side, that he was the good and that he had to fight the evil inside.

Max turned around to face his other side and was met with the clang of their swords clashing together. "You maybe stronger then me but you won't win. I won't allow it," Max said with a tone of a hero. The other Max pushed him away and attack him again bringing his sword down cutting Max on the shoulder. Max let out a groan and hit the sword away with his sword. Max returned the attack but it was no use the other Max just hit the sword away causing Max to lung forwards and fall to the ground.



Liz looked at Max and saw his shirt rip and blood start to seep through the rip, "Oh my god! He's bleeding," Liz put her hand on his shoulder and applied pressure to it. "What is happening to him?"

"He is fighting the battle inside of him. If he gets injured while he is fighting the wound will appear on him." John put his hand on her shoulder and said, "You just have to wait and see what happens and hope for the best." Max head flew to the left then to the right, then his body started to shake uncontrollably. A few more cuts appeared on him making Liz start to cry. All she could do was just watch while Max was fighting something that only he could win.

She kneeled infront of him and looked at his face, which was showing burses around his eyes. "Come on Max I need you."

Max heard Liz call to him making him look around and loosing concentration about fight his other half. "Liz?" he said hoping that somehow she would hear him, "I need you with me."

Liz didn't see him mouth move but she heard him call to her. She looked around at the others to see that maybe they heard him also. Alex and Isabel where snuggling in the corner while Michael and Maria were sitting on the other side together. They all looked like they didn't hear him and the look on John's face told her that he didn't hear him either. Liz grabbed his hand and looked at him, "I'm here Max."

Max heard that and it gave him strength that his real other half was there with him. Before the blade of the attacker meet Max he rolled away from him and jumped to his feet. He brought his sword up to attack position and attack him their swords danced around like two people dancing until Max got a hit in. He stabbed the other Max in the shoulder and lunged the sword forward until the sword was coming out the other end. He gave out a scream and fell to his knees and said, "It looks like you are stronger then I thought you would be."

Max pulled he sword out and looked at the other Max, "I have people who love me that give me strength, and no matter how much hate I have build up they will help me defeat it." Max turned around and walked away from him.

Max squeezed Liz's hand making Liz look at him again. His face was still lifeless but it made her feel better that he was still there. "Something is happening he squeezed my hand," She announced to everyone. When everyone heard that they all ran over to him and Liz. They all watched him with great interest.

"Do you think you can just walked out of here and that is it? You have no idea what you have to do. You are the answer to one sides freedom and the end of the war. You may think that you have beaten me but you never will get rid of me." The other Max belted out. He got to his feet and charged Max with his sword in hand.

Max heard him running at him making Max turned around swinging his sword. The sword sliced through the other Max like butter. His head rolled on the floor and the body collapsed to the ground. Max stood there looking at what he just did, "Well I have people who will help me I'm not alone." The dead body disappeared leaving Max there by himself.

Liz felt Max's body jerk and she watched at he opened his eyes, "Max!" Liz about jumped into his lap. She hugged him while tears of happiness strolled down her cheeks. Max brought his hands on each side of her face so that he could look at her.

"Thank you," Max said.

"What for?" Liz asked him.

"For being there for me when I needed you to be." Max kissed her tasting the tears that couldn't stop from falling. Max pulled her away but still kept her close to him and looked at everyone else around him. They all had a look of concern in their face, "I'm fine everyone, the good side won." They all took a sigh of relief and smiled at him.

Max stood up from the chair with Liz tide around him, "John what do I need to do? If I'm the only one that can bring an end to this war what do I have do to?"

John looked at his son and said, "You will need to go back home and put and end to this." He didn't want to say it because he new that Max wouldn't want to leave everyone.

"I have to leave Earth and return to Yaz?" Max asked him but he already new the answer. John shook his head, "I'm afraid that is the only…." John stopped talking when it hit him.

"What is it John?" Liz said breaking the silence.

"You don't have to leave Max, but you will have to give someone your Yaz powers. You would be giving up all your powers Max. You would be human." John told his son.

The word human echoed through out Max's body. The idea of being human and never having to be afraid of being some kind of science experiment brought tears to his eyes. "What do I have to do?" Max let go of Liz and walked over to John.

"Just put your hand on my forehead and let me do the rest." Max shook his head and did as John told him. John closed his eyes and concentrated on Max's body. A red light started to shine from Max and also from John. The two lights joined as one then before anyone could form a thought of how beautiful the red was it disappeared.

John opened his eyes and looked at his son, "It's over Max." Max smiled and looked at everyone.

"How do you feel?" Michael asked him

"I feel different like there is something missing inside of me, " He returned.

"That would be the power of the galaxy," Alex put in. They all looked at him with murderous eyes but when they heard Max laugh they all joined in.

"I'm afraid to ruin this but I must be going," John told them all.

"Where are you going?" Liz questioned

"I'm returning home to end this war it's time." John turned to walk out of the room.

"Dad?" Max said he didn't want to think of John as his father but after what he did for him Dad was the only word he could say

John turned around to look at his son one last time. Max just walked over to him and hugged him, "Thank you."

John put his hands around his son and said, "No thank you Max. You have no idea what it means to me that you have people who will look after you. When the war is over I'll return with your mother and we can catch up."

"I would like that," Max pulled away from his father and looked at him, "You be careful when you go home." John smiled and walked out the room leaving Max with the people who cared for him as much as he did.

Max turned around and saw everyone looking at him, "Lets go home we have a wedding to plan don't we?" Liz joined him as so did the others and while they walked out of the building they all thought that with all of them together they could do anything.

Epiloge to Follow (I can't leave you without a wedding)