| Alex walked out to the garage where Max was working on her bike. Music was blasting through speakers; Max was a Metallica fan, and she played their music all the time. "Max!" Alex called out over the music as he walked up to the bike. Then turned the music of with his powers. "I am not talking to you" Max said as she looked up at her brother. "I am sorry ok," Alex pleaded with her as he walked up to her, so they stood face to face. "And you think that will be it" Max said angrily at him, and walked over to the toolbox, and got something, and continued to work on the bike. "I was hoping, but I guess that is not an option" Alex said under his breath. Max wasn't a girl that let a grudge go easily. "Alex, you know I can take care of myself" Max snapped at him. "I know, but I hate it when guys are hitting on you" Alex whined back. "Well, you don't see me hurting all the girls hitting on you" Max said, and met Alex's eyes, which were full of guilt. "No" Alex said, almost whispering. "Look Alex, I am not interested in them" Max started, but was interrupted by Alex saying: "Thank god" "But if I were, stay out of it" Max continued. "Fine, so are we ok?" Alex asked Max. "Yea, we are ok" Max said, and took her brothers hand in hers, and then patted him on the back. Sure that was a guyish thing to do, but she had always been that way; always kept to her self. "I love you sis," Alex said. "Stop, you are so mushy, like mom" Max teased her brother. After a few seconds Alex said: "Max, I found a picture of a man, and you look a lot like him," "So you think it's our dad" Max said excitedly. They had never seen their dad, and their mother would never talk about him. When they asked her who he was, she always just said "nobody important", and then she would walk away. When they got their powers she had told them "you can't tell anyone, and you can't go to the doctors", and then left. So most of their lives were a mystery. "I don't know, I just want to know who he is, and why we have powers" Alex said, and slumped down in a chair. "I know, I hate this secret that mom is holding out on" Max said angrily. "What do you think it is?" Alex asked curiously. "I have no idea" Max answered, and sat down on a chair beside Alex. "What about asking mom" Alex said, and looked at Max. "No way, you know how she gets" Max answered Alex. "Yea, so do you need any help with the bike" Alex said, and rose from his seat . "Like I would let you near my bike" Max said, and walked over to her bike and started working on it. She didn't notice that her brother started swaying a bit, and suddenly got a white face. "Max, I don't feel so good," Alex said before he fainted. Max ran over to her brother, and tried to wake him up. They had never been sick once in their lives. "Alex.......ALEX! MOM!" Max yelled out "What?" Maria said as she came running. "Something is wrong with Alex" Max said as her mother took Alex into her arms and looked him over. He was sweating and shaking. "Alex come on, it's mom, what's wrong?" Maria asked her son franticly. Alex opened his eyes and said, "Help me" and then closed them but not before Maria saw that they were white. Suddenly Maria knew what it was. This was the day that she had been dreading; she knew what she had to do. "Oh God, the healing stones" she said as she stroked her sons hair. "The what?" Max asked confused. "Max, go up and pack a bag, we are going to Roswell" Maria said to her daughter as she looked at her son. "Mom?" Max said, she wanted to know what was happening, one second her brother was fine, and then the next he was really sick. It was scaring Max out of her wits, and she wasn't an easily scared girl. "GO!" Maria yelled at her daughter. Max took one look at her brother, and then ran as fast as she could into the house and started packing. TBC |
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