After the Cave

by

Domino

Part Twenty One

Alex and Isabel arrived at the cave first despite the roundabout route they used to get there in case there was anyone following. The trip was tension filled with worry for their family and fear of getting caught as well. They entered the cave using Isabel's handprint and DNA. Isabel also used her powers to camouflage the car so it wouldn't be seen in the desert unless you were up close.

They had some supplies at the cave already since the four aliens had spent many a practise session here the past summer and even on occasion camped here. Whatever else they might have needed Isabel grabbed from Michael's apartment.

Isabel paced up and down the cave while Alex took inventory while they waited. The cave was lit up using some stones strategically placed, which Isabel and Tess on a previous occasion figured out how to create a long lasting light. It took Michael and Maria another ten minutes to arrive even after speeding.

When they walked into the cave, Isabel and Alex were hiding behind a rock formation inside just in case. The second Isabel saw Michael she ran out and went straight into his arms. Alex did the same with Maria. And then Maria hugged Isabel while Alex and Michael looked on.

"Don't even think about it," Alex said as he glanced at Michael, resorting to humour as usual in any tough situation.

Michael smirked and walked towards Alex his arms wide open. Alex backed away in huge exaggerated steps his hands held out in front of him as if to ward away evil. Very few were aware of it but Alex and Michael shared the same sense of humour, ironically since they were two so very different people. Maria and Isabel both managed tiny smiles at their antics leaving the guys feeling inordinately proud of that small but major achievement.

Alex in particular was extremely relieved to see Michael and Maria. Watching Isabel pace up and down was nerve wrecking notwithstanding his calm temperament. In addition despite Michael and Maria's own feelings on the matter about themselves, the rest of the group often relied on the two of them for strength and as saviours even before Max was dragged out of the FBI by Michael and the sheriff. They were of course still the moments that Max accused Michael of getting into trouble and needing rescuing from his recklessness but Max always knew that ultimately Michael was the person you wanted on your side when you were you were in trouble. What made Michael and Maria so perfect for each other is that Maria was exactly the same. She could always be relied upon for an idea no matter how bizarre. FBI Training didn't hurt much either.

And a plan, a strategy was what they needed right now. The four of them sat down and discussed the entire situation, all they knew. Previous experience had taught them you couldn't just rush into a situation like this. You need to prepare, to plan. To get in. And to get out. They hadn't got far when the sheriff showed up in the desert. He knew the general area of the cave but not the exact location. A quick phone call to Maria's cell phone fixed that and the guys went out to meet him and bring him in.

Isabel hadn't told him exactly what was wrong and needless to say he was upset over his son's disappearance not to mention those he had sworn to protect. Catching him up on all that had happened was enlightening for everyone especially since everyone only knew bits of information and not anything in its entirety.

After the information swap Isabel attempted, for the third time, to dreamwalk Max and Tess, and again was unsuccessful. She had tried once before in the car on the way to the cave and another when Michael and Maria first arrived. Wherever their friends were, they were unreachable and each time Isabel tried, and failed she lost more hope.

After the third ineffectual attempt, Alex more to distract Isabel than anything else suggested looking at the files in the meantime while the sheriff did a little old fashioned detective work i.e. minus alien powers. He was going to tail the congresswoman in the hopes that it would lead him to his son and their friends. Unfortunately because of her status and her being so well known he couldn't trust anyone to do this for him and would have to do it himself. It had been decided that this was the best way to find them since Isabel's dreamwalks were not working. Plus as Alex said, "The congresswoman didn't know that they knew she was bad and wouldn't be so cautious and the missing files hadn't been discovered yet."

And so the sheriff left. Maria, Isabel and Alex determined that the next move should be to deal with the parents and so they three of them phoned to explained their absences. Michael didn't have to answer to anyone and it wasn't necessary to explain Tess's disappearance. Kyle's father already knew.

For Alex it was easy. He told his parents he was staying over at Michael's. They didn't complain. Isabel phoned her mum at work and said that the girls were going over to Tess's for a sleepover. She didn't use Maria or Liz because her parents knew the Parkers and Amy Deluca. Isabel also said to her mum that Max was going to stay with Michael. Diane Evans was so relieved that her son, who had been extremely withdrawn recently, was doing a social event she didn't ask to speak to him and granted permission willingly for both of them. Isabel heaved a sigh of relief when she hung up. The last thing that they needed right now was upset parents.

Maria also had it pretty simple. She and her mother had an open and trusting relationship most of the time and Maria didn't have to convince her of anything especially since she said that the slumber party included Liz, Isabel and Tess. Amy adored Liz for years, was really fond of Isabel and liked and felt slightly sorry for Tess being motherless.

Liz was the last one they had to handle. She was the most difficult and no one knew quite what to do about the Parkers. They decided by almost a unanimous vote except for Maria's to leave it up to Maria since she was the best friend. Ironically after all the disasters that had occurred in the lives of the teens, fate threw them a bone. When Maria dialled the Crashdown, desperately thinking of something to say, some excuse to explain a missing Liz, Mrs Parker's first statement gave her an easy out.
"Maria, honey did Liz forget something for this weekend. I thought she took all her stuff this morning,"

In all the events that had occurred it had totally slipped Maria's mind that Liz was going to spend the weekend at her house bonding and catching up, something that they hadn't done in a long time.

"No, Mrs Parker. I just phoned to say that we will be at Tess's house instead,"
Maria said the first thing that came to her head. That was a good thing because as her undercover coach at the FBI Training had told them on numerous occasions, "If you are lying, keep the lies simple as possible and consistent." Not good advice to give to a teenager but then again these were not normal teenagers. And there were some times when it was just better to keep the parents in the dark. After all, what they didn't know couldn't hurt them.

"Okay honey. You girls have fun. Tell Liz I'll see her on Sunday night."

"Sure thing, Mrs P. Bye."

"Bye, Maria." And this time it was Maria that gave the sigh of relief.

That over, Maria took out the envelope from her jacket pocket and handed it to Alex. Doing that made her notice her clothes. Perfect for infiltrating an FBI training facility but not for sitting in a cave. It was easily fixed though. One wave of Michael's hand changed her clothes to jeans and a top and since he missed the shoes Isabel turned her high heels into Nikes.

Alex went and took out his laptop from one of the backpacks lying in the corner and put the disk in while everyone crowded around so they could see. The disk was encrypted by a simple code according to Alex. It took him a few minutes to break it and within seconds of that what had previously looked like gibberish formed proper characters and zipped files. Unzipping was an easy process and soon a number of text files appeared. There were ten files, all named using the initials of the teenagers as well as the sheriff and Nacedo which was simply called unidentified.

All the files were pretty big except for Tess's, for which less was known about due to her lifestyle and living with Nacedo for all these years. From what the four of them could tell it contained profiles on all of them. The profiles were largely written by Agent Topolsky and were psychological profiles containing what she thought made them tick, what could be used to control them, who they cared about, their backgrounds as far as possible that could be traced and events involving them to the FBI's knowledge.

The files were unbelievably accurate. They revealed things that the teens had hard time admitting to themselves. It was obvious it was written by someone who knew them pretty well or studied them thoroughly. Reading the profiles left them all a bit shaken about the wealth of information available on them. Michael in particular took it hard. It didn't help that the files made particular mention that the one thing that could get Michael to co-operate if ever captured would be Maria. That Maria took badly. She didn't want to be his weakness. The teens reading the files missed the strengths in their own characters and focused on the weaknesses yet had no trouble recognising those same strengths in their friends.

The sheriff's file was similar to the teens and made a few mentions of his ex-wife and Amy Deluca. It also showed the change in the sheriff's attitude towards the aliens and recognised the turning point for this as the death of Everett Huble. In addition it gave a lot of insight into the relationship he had with Kyle. Nacedo's file didn't have much of a profile. It was more of a listing of suspected murders along with gruesome pictures to go with the details. The information the FBI had on him was sketchy to say the least.

The files emphasised the strengths and weaknesses quite strongly. They were meant to be used in the case of capture and contained more than was usually required even for a terrorists psychological profile. The one good thing that came out of this was that this file was not in the hands of those that held Max, Liz, Tess and Kyle. It gave them some hope at least that the data on how to manipulate their friends into revealing information was not written down and freely available for use. There were only two copies of these files, to those that they had eavesdropped on and their knowledge. Nacedo had already destroyed the one, posing as Pierce, the head of the taskforce, and they were in possession of the only other copy available.

After the study of the files, Michael made an attempt to contact Nacedo. Since he saw Nacedo kill that FBI Agent with no remorse and the pictures in his file Michael had lost a lot of his enthusiasm for the alien. While he wanted and recognised the need for his help he was still reluctant to let the alien provide the kind of help he was likely to give. Whether it was a good or bad thing Michael couldn't find Nacedo. If he was honest with himself he wasn't too unhappy about that. Although Nacedo was technically supposed to be their protector, Michael wasn't too keen on the guys attitude to humans and in particular didn't like the way he dismissed Maria and their other human friends as irrelevant despite all their help.

Whatever the feelings he had on the matter it was unimportant for now. All that mattered was that they were on their own. And they needed to find out the location of their friends soon before time ran out. In his head he could hear a clock ticking and that pressured feeling increased. He wasn't the only one feeling it. Maria came to stand next to him and her hand reached out and met his. Across the room Isabel leaned her head on Alex's shoulder as his arm wrapped around her.

It had been an hour since the sheriff had left to follow the Congresswoman. Two hours since they had discovered the kidnapping of their friends. Three hours since Kyle and Tess had been captured and four since Max and Liz's incarceration. A lot could happen in four hours. A lot could be done to someone in four hours. Their only hope was the that the delay of the missing files which must have been discovered by now would have slowed them down and prevented an interrogation. It was all they had.

End Part 21

Part Twenty Two

The sheriff placed put his 'flashy thingies' on, as Amy and Maria referred to them, on the way back to Roswell. He figured being sheriff gave you some privileges, like breaking traffic and speeding laws when you were in a hurry. He tried not to think about what could be happening to Kyle and the others and instead focused on what he could do to help.

It was after he pulled up next to the Congresswoman's office and confirmed her presence, that he realised that he couldn't just park there. It was too suspicious and noticeable. The sheriff made a U-turn and drove down the street to the closest place he knew to the office. From what he could remember about Michael's apartment there was a pretty good view from the corner window of the office. He could watch from there and would easily see if she left.

The sheriff parked his cruiser in the side alley that was on the corner of Michael's building and climbed the stairs that led to his apartment. It was the slightly ajar door that made him pull out his revolver. As in a hurry to leave as Alex and Isabel were, he didn't think that they would leave the door open. Jim Valenti stepped silently up to the unguarded door, his gun held in front of him and in one quick movement moved around the door into the room, all his senses on full alert.

Whatever he expected it wasn't what he found. There was no sign of anyone around. Not anymore. However whoever had been there had left their mark. The place looked like a hurricane had hit it. It was way beyond the usual almost neat somewhat sloppiness that Maria and Isabel allowed Michael's apartment to be. Almost everything was on the floor. The cushions were torn and there was broken glass lying everywhere. The sheriff picked his way carefully around the apartment careful not to disturb anything and trying to find out if anything was missing.

Judging by the look of the apartment whoever had been there wasn't searching for something but instead seemed angry and wanted to destroy. Jim thanked God that none of the kids had been in the apartment when they had arrived. Considering the time frame it was obvious that Alex and Isabel had left in the nick of time. It was good thing Alex had packed away all the surveillance equipment they had been using. He would have hated for anyone to find that and even worse destroy it.

Jim was standing at the edge of the room surveying the mess and contemplating phoning Michael to tell him about this new development when the decision was taking out of his hands. Out the window he saw the Congresswoman walking towards her car. She took determined even somewhat angry steps. All thoughts about contacting the kids flew out of his mind. Discovering the location of the missing ones was the most important thing. The apartment could wait.

In a few short strides he was at the door and slamming it behind him Jim Valenti ran down the steps to his car. In one quick motion he reversed into the street and took off behind the congresswoman. He kept a respectable distance behind her, with always a few cars in between him and his prey to prevent detection. It was a short drive. She drove directly to the Grange, the motel on the outskirts of town.

She got out of her car pretty quickly and slammed the door loudly behind her. Jim had to rush to park and follow ducking twice as she stalked to the entrance of the motel. He wasn't a mind reader but he had a pretty good idea why she was here.

Jim walked into the motel as obtrusively as he could. He stood behind a huge pot plant and eavesdropped on the conversation Miss Whittaker had with the clerk. Part of him even managed to feel the some amusement at the clerk's I-don't-care-if-you're-the-president look and his demand for money before revealing any information. He even had to swallow a chuckle at the distaste on the congresswoman's face as she handed the man some money and waited expectantly for the information.

"She checked out this morning at ten," the clerk said before turning around and ignoring her. The congresswoman must have realised the futileness of this endeavour and left the motel immediately. Jim ducked as she passed the plant he was hidden behind and followed her discreetly.

This time she drove in the opposite direction to one of the outer suburbs. She pulled up in a secluded cul-de-sac where a huge house lay behind big iron-wrought gates. The sheriff immediately pulled the file he had on her to check if this was her address. He was pretty sure that where ever she held the kids it wouldn't be at her house. The address was listed at the bottom of the page and in a completely different area to the one he was parked in.

For the first time since he heard the news of the kids disappearance there was a stirring of hope. He wasn't sure but he was almost positive that this was the site of their imprisonment.

The sheriff picked up his radio and called the station,

"Hey Mary, find out for me the owner of 152 Prescott Drive."

"Sure thing Sheriff. Give me a minute."

"Okay got it. Lets see… a Nicholas Warren."

"Nicholas Warren? Okay thanks."

"Do you need any more information Sheriff?"

"No, I'm fine." The sheriff released the radio. Now it was time to call in reinforcements.

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"I found it," Alex yelled in triumph. Everyone crowded around the laptop and Alex where he was sitting beneath one of the glowing stones.

"Look. Here it is. She has a brother. Nicholas. And even better, guess what Nicholas owns right here in Roswell," Alex asked the rhetorical question not expecting an answer. He continued, "A house. In Prescott Drive."

"That must be it," Isabel said excitedly.

Maria grabbed the laptop from Alex despite his, "Hey," and began typing while the others waited impatiently. A few minutes later an excited cry came from her. Alex immediately returned to his place and pushing her out the way stared at the screen to see what she had discovered. He smiled when he saw the information displayed on the flat monitor.

"Learnt that at the FBI, Maria?" he queried.

"Some. And some from you. And here you thought I never listened when you went on and on about computers," she answered with a return smile.

"Do you two mind moving past the mutual pat-yourself-on-the-back society and tell us what you found already," Michael said impatiently. Immediately Alex and Maria reached towards each other and patted each on the back before turning identical smirks in Michael's directions. Then both their expressions sobered.

"Turns out that this Nicholas who is only 15 years old by the way has been ordering a lot of lead and some major construction has been going on at no. 152 Prescott Drive," Maria said in a rush. It turns out no one needed their Maria filter to figure that out.

"Wonder what he needs all that lead for?" Michael asked.

"Don't you remember, Michael. Remember that time when we were practising near the Reservoir and our powers wouldn't work so well. Not even mine," Isabel replied.

"The lead piping near by," Michael said.

"Must have been. Probably why we can't reach them," Isabel said.

Michael began packing all their stuff back in the backpacks and Isabel started extinguishing the lights. They left the cave a minute later. Before they could start the cars (they were taking both so all of them could return) Maria's phone rang.

Michael and the Sheriff's conversation was short but when they hung up both of them had a smile on their face. And a sense of conviction and one of hope.

End part 22

Part Twenty Three

Michael drove one car and Alex drove the other. Maria sat in the front seat. She took out her gun and much to the consternation of Michael opened up the gun revealing the bullets she had loaded early during the day for the file retrieval. Although he was seeing her do this for the second time, that slight feeling of disbelief and still remained. Part of him couldn't help but feel uncomfortable as he watched his, before she met him totally innocent and naïve, girlfriend handle a weapon with the mark of expertise.

Following the sheriff's instructions the two cars pulled up in the street just before the cul-de-sac. Isabel changed hers and Alex's clothes to black and Michael did the same to his and Maria's. It was necessary to take all the precautions not to be seen. The four teens walked quickly to the end of the cul-de-sac that was Prescott Drive where a quiet whisper let them know where the sheriff was.

The four friends joined the sheriff and crouched behind the huge tree that stood slightly to the side of the huge gates that blocked the entrance to the house that held there friends captive. A quick whispered conference began where everyone exchange information. The information that Maria and Alex had gathered merely confirmed the sheriff's suspicions and the congresswoman's presence made the other's positive that they had the right place.

The sheriff handed Alex one of two walkie-talkies he had. "Okay, you and Maria wait out here and Michael, Isabel and I are going in," Jim said.

"Uh no way. I'm going in with you," Maria put.

"Maria you can't come in..." the sheriff was cut off before he could state his reasons.

Maria suddenly remembered the sheriff wasn't aware of her training, "Sheriff, I think you are underestimating me," she began.

"Maria you could get hurt."

Maria didn't see any way to make her point clearly without going into a lot of detail. She did the one thing that would at least get his attention. She took out her gun. Even Michael laughed at the expression on the sheriff's face when he saw the weapon.

"I know how to use it. Don't worry, sheriff. It's too long to go into right now but I am fully qualified to go into a situation like this," Maria said.

The sheriff looked like he was about to argue with her when she looked him directly in the eyes and said, "Trust me, please."

The sheriff glanced at Michael, and seeing his almost unnoticeable endorsement, nodded at Maria in agreement, albeit slightly grudgingly.

"I'll explain everything later, I promise." And that would have to do for now.

The sheriff took out a rifle from his trunk and loaded the bullets. He also pulled out his gun that lay in his holster and checked that before looking at Michael, Isabel and Maria. It was time to go. Alex stood behind the tree and watched as his friends left. Two of them armed and two of them not, their powers all there was to protect them. It was his job to wait, to bring the car around if they needed it in a hurry and to communicate with, via walkie-talkie. Alex wanted to go in with them but he recognised the danger that would present to both him and his friends that could be distracted by his presence.

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Inside the house four friends were about to storm, two couples sat terrified unaware of each others presence and unable to communicate with anyone. What made things worse for Tess, at the very least, is that she didn't know why she had lost the powers she had never been without since she was a little girl. Kyle was scared because he could see no way out of their situation without Tess's powers yet he was trying to be strong for the girl who seemed totally lost now that, despite a lessening in the exhaustive state she was in, still couldn't access her powers.

Max wasn't scared or terrified. He was still unconscious and had been since their capture. He was wondering around in a mist like state while his body tried to heal the massive injuries that had been done to him. Through the mist he could hear a voice calling him. It was a sweet voice one that, although he didn't recognise at the moment, he knew he had to get to. So he moved towards her voice, closer and closer. Sometimes he could hear tears in her voice and a part of him felt extreme pain at that. He moved faster and ran to stop her tears.

Liz had been sitting on the floor of her square prison for hours now, Max's head in her lap as she talked with him, pleaded with him to wake up. He hadn't moved since they had been thrown in the room but she hadn't given up yet. He would wake up that she knew, it was just a matter of when. Somewhere in her subconscious she could feel him getting closer and closer to her and that kept her going. It was a waiting game.

Two doors down, the level of terror rose suddenly as the door that held them was flung open. Two huge burly guys walked in and yanked up the two teens who were sitting against the wall in the corner of the room. Whatever they had been brought here for was about to happen. The couple refuse to let go of each others hand despite their captors attempt to separate them. Holding them in a tight grip the two kids were led out the room they had been sitting for hours into a long corridor. Tess immediately tried to contact max and had no success. She attempted Isabel next, holding on tightly to Kyle's hand for support, and for the first time in a long time she felt a connection go through. It wasn't a strong connection (they were surrounded by lead) but it got through.

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Isabel, Michael, Maria and the sheriff were at the gate deciding the best way to enter when Isabel gave a soft cry. The soft faint voice of her friend in her head was the first sign of their friends still being alive they had received. Immediately all the pressure that Isabel had been holding inside her was relieved. She let Tess know about Max and Liz and told her to hold on.

On the other side Tess exchanged a look with Kyle. Without saying a word reading the new light in her eyes Kyle knew that Tess had succeeded. It was a short conversation that was hard to hold on to because of the lead surrounding the area but contact had been made and that was all they needed to hold on to.

As they neared the end of the corridor Kyle and Tess heard loud voices yelling. The closer the two got, the clearer the voices became. A woman's voice was yelling about some files that had disappeared, files that were needed, that were essential for the next phase. An agent had disappeared with the files and due to some incompetence on the part of the idiots whose job it was to retrieve such information they, both the files and the agent were still missing.

Another quick look over the two guards was exchanged and even a small grin could be seen on Kyle's face as he and Tess recognised the success of the mission that had started this whole process. The two teens were now at the end of the corridor. They were thrown into a room. This room had a table and three chairs in it. Like the square room that they had just left, it was painted entirely in white.

The only difference there was between this room and the other one was that one side of the room was covered in a huge mirror. It didn't take a genius to realise, much less the son of a cop and his girlfriend, that it was a two way mirror. The two of them stared at their reflections in the mirror, ignoring the state that they looked, covered in bruises that were darkening and the torn and dirty clothes. Their aim was to show whoever it was on the other side of that mirror the look of pure defiance and the one that showed that whatever happened they were not about to give in.

Tess leaned over and in Kyle's ear whispered the things she had learned from Isabel. She told Kyle to be ready. And he was. But before they could deal with a rescue they had to deal with an interrogation. He hoped as did she that there rescue would come before anything really bad happened. And he wondered about Max and Liz and prayed that they were okay.

The door opened and in it walked the congresswoman. Both Kyle and Tess kept there expressions carefully blank, careful not to give a way anything that would reveal their knowledge of her involvement. She didn't say anything at first and just stood there staring at them. It was a contest to see who would last the longest. Kyle and Tess were determined not to lose.

It would have went on forever but enough time had already been wasted with the disappearance of the files. The congresswoman was furious. All her plans had been disrupted. The files were missing. Four subjects had somehow eluded capture and seemed to have completely disappeared despite various parties searching for them. Subject 1 was still unconscious and Kivar was arriving in a couple of hours expecting results that she couldn't provide. To make matters worse Nicholas had thrown 4 tantrums already and no doubt was going to throw a few more. Apparently the age of the body he now inhabited was affecting him since he was behaving more like a teenager than the second in command of one of the galaxies largest and most powerful armies. Like she didn't have enough to deal with.

And now to top it all of she had to deal with an interrogation that she just knew was going to go badly judging by the looks in these two's eyes. Plus they were the only subjects that could be interrogated and quite frankly they were at the bottom of the list. She was having an extremely bad day which was just about to get worse.

She didn't know how right she was.

End Part 23

Part Twenty Four

The four rescuers didn't waste time. The plan was simple - get in and get out. No deviations. It started with Michael unlocking the front gate so that they could enter and Isabel making sure that cameras at the gate didn't show them on screen. Both tasks were relatively simple.

Once they were within the grounds of the house the four of them split up to increase their chances of escape and recovery. Isabel went with the sheriff and Maria and stuck with Michael. It was a perfect arrangement to cover all possibilities - one alien and one human.

The two groups went in opposite directions. Before they left the cave Alex had printed a copy of the blueprints to help give them an idea of where all entrances and escape routes were in the house. Getting in wouldn't be a problem but the lead inside would definitely cause difficulties. That's what the guns were for. The strategy was a very basic one. They knew that the two couple were being held separately. Each rescue team would try and get one couple and leave the premises immediately unless contacted and told otherwise. They had decided that this was the best plan to prevent any more captures and increase their chances of success. If there was any changes they were to contact Alex and inform him.

There were four entrances to the house. Three of them were accessible on the ground floor while the fourth was on the second floor and opened out onto a balcony. All five of them had memorised all the entrances in case of any emergency. Michael and Maria were to take the back entrance while Isabel and the sheriff went via the side door.

Isabel and the sheriff reached their destination first and a quick touch of the lock by Isabel had the door unlocked. The four aliens had spent a lot time this past summer practising their powers and all of them had improved tremendously both in speed and the ability to do things they were not previously able to do. On that list unlocking a door, no matter how complicated the lock was, was an easy task for any of them.

The side door led into a long corridor. There was no one in sight but the two of them didn't linger long in the open to prevent being seen. There were a number of doors along the way. Most of them were closed. The sheriff immediately eliminated all the ones that were open as a possible holding cell for the missing teens but before they checked any of the closed rooms they needed to get out of sight. The two walked up to the first opened door and Isabel sneaked a look around a hand held in front of her ready to discharge power if necessary. They were lucky and the room was empty. Quickly they moved in and stopped to regroup and plan the search.

On the other side of the house, two teens stood outside the back door listening for any sounds that would indicate someone in the kitchen, as the blueprints suggested. There was silence and Michael turned the lock cautiously while Maria held her gun arm extended. She had placed a silencer on her gun at the last second to reduce any unnecessary sounds that would remove their surprise element if they had to shoot someone. Moving silently through the kitchen their backs to each other, Michael and Maria kept their eyes roving for anything unusual. It was their complete and utter faith in each other that gave their actions a confidence and sureness. Their first priority was to protect each other and the second to rescue their friends. Both were equally important to them.

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Liz tried to control her outer expression and keep the excitement from showing in her face. She bent her head over Max's her hair swinging past her shoulders to cover their faces. His eyes were still flickering slightly. She just knew he was seconds away from opening them. Liz had felt him returning to consciousness for a while now and she was determined to prevent their captors from finding this out. It was their only chance to escape. Softly she whispered for him not to move. Max squeezed her hand slightly in acquiescence. His body was still weak and it was difficult for him to move anyway.

He opened his eyes a slit to find Liz's face directly above him. He could feel the soft silky strands of her hair on his cheek. She smiled at him, relief highly apparent on her face. Max attempted to smile back but it hurt too much. She smoothed his forehead with her free hand. It was wet with perspiration showing all the trauma his body had been through. Reading the questions in his eyes and knowing with that silent communication they had always shared that he couldn't talk right now Liz quietly explained all she knew of the situation. His eyes began to shadow over as Max did what came naturally to him. He worried. Being the leader always made it that he felt things deeper than the others and a loss of control was the thing he feared most in the world.

Liz comforted him as best as she could but it was hard since she was scared as well. They didn't know what had happened to any of the others, no chance to warn them or find out what had happened to Michael and Maria on the mission. Max closed his eyes again fighting for control over the fear that threatened to overwhelm him. Slowly his eyelashes flickered again as Liz watched him open them again. This time her face held all the worry she felt for him, the situation and her friends. Max's eyes showed strength this time. Seeing that, Liz felt her courage return. Whatever happened they were together and that's what mattered.

The two of them held their position. If they were going to attempt an escape there were two reasons for Max not to move. The first one was simple and a little problem - he didn't have the strength to move. The second one was more complicated. Moving would alert whoever was watching them of his return to consciousness and Max agreed with Liz that they needed an element of surprise if they were to have any chance to escape. They couldn't rely on the fact that a rescue was already underway not knowing the whereabouts of any their friends. Luckily for both of them, their plan was unneeded because it didn't stand much chance of success with the condition Max was in. Rescue was only a door away where the sheriff and Isabel were about to leave to search.

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Kyle and Tess were not as lucky as Max and Liz if you discount Max only recent return to consciousness. While they were not strapped to a bed like Max was during his incarceration by the FBI, they were in a lot of pain. For Kyle the pain was physical and for Tess it was emotional, watching him fall to knees collapsing despite her attempts to hold him up.

The missing files had held the congresswoman back long enough. She was prepared to interrogate without the advantage the files would have brought her. And so she did. A blind fool could see the affection the humans shared with their alien friends and she had been in town long enough to observe that. Well versed in the art of interrogation with a whole war behind her as training she knew what to use to get them to talk to her.

Her anger of all that had gone wrong was against Kyle and Tess right now and so was the pressure the woman was under. She was in a hurry for the information and they were the only two that could provide it thanks to the incompetent fools that had injured the king.

Vanessa Whittaker had started slowly to give them a chance to give up despite her doubts that that would occur. But things had progressed real fast after that. The lead surrounding the room prevented Tess from using her powers but it didn't seem to inhibit the congresswoman at all. She may have been the first alien that they had encountered besides themselves but her powers demonstrated her other worldliness. It didn't take a genius to figure out that she was evil - one of the bad guys Max's and Isabel's mother had been warning them about and a real powerful one, seeing as her abilities were way beyond any of theirs.

The thing about it, even though that Tess knew that a rescue was already underway and she only had to be strong for a little while longer, she would have given in just to prevent Kyle from being hurt a second longer. Even with Kyle insisting that she not say a word Tess would have at that moment in time revealed all to the woman that was squeezing Kyle's heart slowly and excruciatingly with her powers from across the room.

Kyle couldn't breathe. He could feel himself dying. It was a feeling he recognised after being shot once. He looked up into the blues eyes of the person that made this all worthwhile as she grabbed his arms before he dropped to his knees. She was strong but not strong enough to hold up his dead weight. He knew she wanted to talk and he implored her with his eyes to hold on and be strong.

Kyle's eyes began to close slowly as he started to lose consciousness and for the third time since the interrogation began the congresswoman brought him back just to begin the torture all over again. Tess was prepared to do just about anything to stop it, the watching him die right before her eyes over and over again, except for one thing. She didn't know what the woman was talking about. Tess had never heard of the granolith before. Not from Nacedo or any of the other aliens. It was ironic that just as she was going to talk she didn't actually have any information to share.

The congresswoman was still going strong. They had been at this for a while now. She knew many that given up at the first sensation of dying yet for some reason these two seemed stronger. Even so, she could tell from the tears that were falling down Subject 8's face, that they were about to give in, but for some reason that had not happened yet. Part of her was actually beginning to believe that they knew nothing. She didn't stop. Vanessa Whittaker had at some point in her long career begun to enjoy watching and even better causing pain in others. The pleasure she received from the tears in her victims was worth a lot in her book and these two deserved it, the way she saw it. They were responsible for her having a really bad day and a little torture did improve the day so much.

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Up till now things on the rescue front had been going really well. They were undiscovered and had gained entry to the house. All that was about to change.

End Part 24

Part Twenty Five

Maria and Michael moved silently through the kitchen into the dining room. There were two exits to the room. Michael covered one and Maria the other. It happened suddenly. A man walked into the room. He caught sight of Michael immediately and opened his mouth to yell for help while simultaneously taking out his weapon and pointing it at Michael. Michael in turn raised his hand in defence but before either did anything, Maria hit the man on the head from behind with her gun. He collapsed to the ground without a sound and the two teens moved him underneath the table dragging his body so he wouldn't be seen. They then left the dining room without discovery.

Isabel and the sheriff were not as lucky. They had begun their search into the various closed rooms that lay of the corridor. The first room was empty. It was obviously a holding cell and covered in lead as Isabel discovered. However in the second room Isabel, upon unlocking the door and looking into the room, they found Max and Liz.

When the door opened, Liz and Max both didn't move until Liz heard Isabel's voice. She looked up quickly and a smile of pure relief passed on her face when she saw the sheriff directly behind Isabel carrying a rifle. They were being rescued.

Isabel rushed to Liz's side and helped her lift up Max. Putting an arm around both Isabel and Liz, Max hobbled to his feet while the sheriff stood guard. That was when all hell broke loose. Whoever it was that had been watching, a fact forgotten for a second by Liz and Max, must have seen the intruders and a loud alarm began to blare. Moving quickly the four of them ran into the passage. Liz and Isabel practically dragging Max along and the sheriff covering them from the guards that had in seconds appeared.

They were only a few metres away from the side door but with the sheer number of guards that had appeared it didn't look like they were going to make. The sheriff began shooting and when he ran out of bullets pulled out his second gun. It didn't appear to help much. Whatever the guards were, most of them were not human. Shooting them didn't appear to kill them only slow them down. Isabel took front and the sheriff grabbed Max while Isabel put up a forceshield to protect them from the laser weapons and bursts of power that was shooting their way. It didn't hold long. The lead in the area interfered too much with the strength and length of the forceshield and it began to collapse. It looked like it was all over for them when Michael and Maria appeared in the other end of the corridor. Michael took out the immediate threats to their four friends with his energy blast and Maria shot the other ones long enough to slow them down, giving the others just enough time to escape and draw away the fire from them.

Outside, Isabel contacted Alex through her mind calling him. He started the car and backed up far enough to gain some speed before racing towards the gates that they had unlocked earlier. Knocking them down Alex drove up the driveway pulling up directly next to the side door just as the four of them tumbled out. Practically throwing Max into the car, the sheriff, Liz and Isabel all jumped in, the car moving almost before they were all in and driving out.

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Inside the interrogation room, the congresswoman left as soon as the alarm blasted to find out what was going on and give orders. Tess and Kyle stood up in a state of readiness for whatever would happen and waited for their rescuers to arrive, praying silently for their safety.

Michael and Maria turned around and ran to the end of the corridor when the side door shut behind their fleeing friends and into the first room they saw. The room had a huge glass wall through which they saw their friends. Knowing they didn't have much time before the bad guys came through the door, they didn't bother going into the next room. Instead Maria reloaded her gun and pointed directly at the glass.

She shot the glass twice, cracking it. The sound of the shots were buried under the blaring alarm and noises from the corridor. With a well aimed kick, Michael sent the glass flying. On the other side, Kyle and Tess moved away from the mirror the second they saw it crack. They just missed being hit by flying glass as the mirror shattered. Michael helped them both through after clearing away any glass still left. The second she got through Tess ran up to Michael and Maria still holding Kyle and gave them a quick hug. They didn't have any time for anything else because just that second the congresswoman entered the room.

"Let me handle this, guys," Tess said to the other three, "I owe her,"

"Oh, please little girl. You don't have enough power to swat a fly. I am way more advanced than any of you. Just ask your precious Nacedo. Or shall I say don't," the congresswoman taunted them.

"Nacedo. What have you done to him," Michael demanded.

"You actually thought that little charade he was playing was going to work forever. Please. I took care of him this morning. He wasn't much of a fight. And you think that you can beat me."

Tess felt her all the anger that was there when Kyle was dying come immediately back to the surface. She ignored the pain of losing the only father figure she had and not saying another word, access to powers restored now that she was out the lead enclosed room, she sent a large energy blast at the person that caused them so much pain.

It caught the woman by surprise. She hadn't expected Tess to have any powers yet. The blast however, while putting her a little off balance, didn't really hurt her. She immediately sent one back to Tess.

Michael moved to intercept the blast but Kyle grabbed his arm, "She needs to this. Let her try at least." Seeing Michael's disagreement he added, "You can interfere if it gets to bad okay." Michael nodded.

Tess flung up her forcefield with one hand and with the other sent a larger energy blast to the congresswoman, followed immediately by another, even bigger. She kept up the attack powered only by her anger for a few minutes while the others watched ready to interfere if necessary. Maria blocked the door to prevent any one else from coming in.

There didn't seem to be any weakening from either side at first but slowly the congresswoman's forcefield began to diminish. A minute later she collapsed to the ground. The others watched as she took her last breathe before her body began to disintegrate until all that was left was a pile of dust.

"That's for Kyle. And Nacedo," Tess said looking down at the ashes that was all that remained of the evil alien.

"Time to go now," Maria announced.

Tess walked back to Kyle and slipped one arm around his waist to support him while Maria and Michael took positions to cover them. The plan was to run the small part of the corridor, cut across the dining hall, through the kitchen and out the back door. The same way they came in. It was also the only way that had a chance of success since most of the corridor and the other exits were blocked by guards.

Michael without leaving the room used his hand to release a power blast into the corridor. He and Maria then left the room and shooting both bullets and power at the aliens in the hall, covering Kyle and Tess until the dining hall doorway was upon them. Maria entered first and cleared the area of the only one guard that stood there, followed by Kyle and Tess, and Michael covering the rear.

It was a short run into the kitchen but there they had problems. Michael and Maria stood in the centre of the kitchen shooting anything that came in via the various entrances while Tess and Kyle moved towards the door.
Tess opened the door and turned around to wait for Michael and Maria.

"Run. We'll follow," Maria yelled over the loud noises.

Tess listened to the order in her voice and with Kyle moved out, right into the car waiting for them.

Alex after driving out the driveway of the mansion with the first load of passengers, switched cars and drove back in to get the rest of them. The sheriff handed him the rifle to give to Kyle and warned him to be careful. It was Tess who contacted Alex this time on Michael's instructions, and the reason why Alex was right outside the back door. He held the car in gear ready to move the minute his friends were in or any bad guys appeared. When Tess and Kyle got in, Alex gave Kyle the rifle.

"Where's Maria and Michael?" Alex asked when no one else ran out.

"They were right behind us," Kyle said.

Reversing Alex waited for the last two of their friends while Kyle held the rifle out the window to cover his friends. They didn't appear. Minutes passed and still there was no sign of them. Alex, Tess and Kyle began to panic. They couldn't lose Michael and Maria not after everything. Further away Isabel sitting in the driver's seat with an injured Max and Liz in the back seat worried when no one came out of the driveway. Everything was going horribly wrong.

Just as Alex was deciding whether to go into the house and find out why Maria and Michael were not coming out, Michael and Maria were running up the back stairs that led off the kitchen. After Kyle and Tess got out the back door, the kitchen filled with evil aliens. They blocked the door preventing the teens from escaping. Michael sent a burst of energy that way to blow up everything in the area making sure that none of the bad guys followed Kyle and Tess out, thereby blocking their way as well. Covering him, Maria cleared the route to the only other way out the kitchen that wasn't surrounded by bad guys, and the two ran up the stairs, blowing the staircase up behind them.

Taking the steps two at a time, the two of them reached the landing within seconds. Without pausing they ran into the first room they saw with French sliding doors that led to the balcony. Maria locked the door behind them and Michael moved a huge chest of drawers in front of the door using a little of his alien strength. On the balcony the two moved to the end right next to a huge oak tree. Climbing over the ledge they prepared to jump.

"You go first," Maria said tentatively.

"Maria?"

"I just realised that I am not too fond of heights."

"Might have mentioned that before"

"Never came up"

"Got a point."

"I'm scared Michael."

"Don't be. I'm right here. How about we go together?"

"Okay," Maria replied in a soft tone.

Michael leaned over and kissed her lightly before, "On three. One. Two. Three."

The two of them jumped just as the door to the bedroom crashed down. Barely catching on to top branches Michael pulled himself on to a surer footing and then reaching his hand down helped Maria. The two ducked behind some thick branches, their dark clothing hiding them in the night, as two guards raced onto the balcony, hoping to avoid being seen. They got lucky. Whoever the guards were, it was obvious that they were mere might and not much brains. When the guards returned to the room and began tearing the place upside down, Michael and Maria started to climb down.

Maria forgot her fear in the rush to get out of there and they were on the ground in seconds just as the car came racing around the corner chased by aliens. Alex spotted Michael and Maria as they reached the ground. He stopped suddenly catching Kyle and Tess by surprise.
"There they are. Let's go get them."
Kyle continued shooting behind, occasionally reloading his weapon and covering them with his fire. He was losing. Tess was totally out of energy after the fight with the congresswoman and couldn't help much.

Maria saw Alex stop and the bad guys chasing them.

"Go. Go now," she yelled.

"Not without you," Tess yelled back while Alex was forced to move to evade the shooting from behind and while Kyle was busy returning fire.

"We're follow you. Go now." Michael added, also yelling.

"That's what you said last time," Kyle screamed back.

"Please. We're going to get the jeep," Maria pleaded watching as the bad guys caught up to their friends. They were too far away even running they couldn't get to them in time.

"We'll be fine. Go now," Michael shouted.

And for the second time that night, their friends were forced to leave. Michael and Maria were swallowed up into the shadows as they disappeared leaving their friends with no choice but to drive out. Seconds later, the place where the car had just been, blew up.

Michael and Maria ran around the side. They had seen Max and Isabel's jeep parked there when they had come into the house. Now they jumped in, Maria in the drivers seat. Michael leaned over and started the car. And Maria pulled out, driving around the house, while Michael threw energy blasts at the windows. Making a fast U-turn, wheels spinning Maria raced out the driveway, heat chasing them.

Outside 7 people hearts sank when a loud explosion was heard. Their blood pressure returned to normal when seconds later a jeep came dashing out past broken gates. There was visible signs of relief and loud sighs when the group spotted Michael and Maria.

Their cars, already in gear they took of behind the jeep and the four cars drove of into the night. Alex driving the one car, Isabel the other and the sheriff in the third. The four vehicles disappeared into the desert. Back to the cave. Back to sanctuary.

End Part 25

Part Twenty Six

It was a battered and bruised nine war-weary people that arrived at the cave. Everyone entered immediately except for the sheriff. He instead quickly got his arm healed by Isabel, the only alien with enough strength left to complete the process. There was no sign of the laser bullet hole on his arm where he had been shot during the run to the car.

Much as the sheriff would have liked to clear up some of the inconsistencies and stay with his injured son, it was more important right now to deal with the consequences. The one good thing about bad aliens is that left no bodies as evidence only dust. It made life easier when trying to explain away an exploded house when there were no dead bodies inside to identify.

Inside the cave, 8 teens moved slowly, tiredness and hurt evident in their every movement. They sat Max and Kyle down in the one corner, significant others collapsing next them. Isabel walked around and lit the stones and Alex pulled out food and water.

Michael and Maria walked up to where their injured friends lay. Liz immediately stood up and threw herself in Maria's arms. Maria returned the hug tightly.

"I was so scared, Ria," Liz whispered. "He wouldn't wake up and I was all alone."

"Its okay, chica. We're all fine. He's going to be fine."

"Promise?"

"Of course," Maria answered.

Liz released Maria and went up to Michael and hugged him.

"Thank you for coming for us."

Michael looked embarrassed, "We're always going to come and get you. You're safe now, Liz," he said slightly awkwardly.

Michael knelt down besides his best friend, "Maxwell."

Max opened his eyes slowly and mouthed the words "Thank You," to his friend before closing them again. Liz sat back down and lightly lifted Max's head and placed it in her lap. He immediately relaxed and fell into a light healing sleep.

Liz had done a lot of thinking, stuck in that white prison and she had come to one realisation. While not startling to others it was a surprise to her since she had spent months convincing herself that distance would eventually have an effect. It turned out despite her current relationship with Max, her feelings towards him would never change. And more importantly she realised, that distance didn't make it hurt any less if anything ever happened to him. This time she was holding on tight and not letting go for any reason no matter how earth shattering.

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Nearby Kyle and Tess lay on the sleeping bags Isabel and Alex had laid out earlier. They were not sleeping. Kyle was not speaking because it hurt too much and Tess didn't have any energy to form words. They watched each other and the others. Both smiled when they saw Liz and Max essentially get back together. It was much better when the two were together. They stopped being so moody and depressed , well Max at least. Liz buried herself in work and tried to avoid everyone during the separation.

Of course no one was as bad as Michael and Maria apart. Michael snapped at everyone and went all obsessive over Czechoslovakian stuff and Maria got hyper and pretended nothing was wrong. It was too exhausting on everyone else, especially since Maria kept dragging them into new schemes which inevitably went wrong. Kyle and Tess turned their attention to the two in their thoughts, unspoken communication already becoming part of their relationship, fast forwarded by the situation and the secret.

It wasn't hard to tell if they were back together. Michael and Maria always had a link bonding them. It was as tangible as the looks Max and Liz were forever exchanging. It was stronger now. You could see it even with them separate. Michael was helping Alex draw a circle with 7 links in the centre of the cave while Maria and Isabel were transporting the healing stones from the back of the cave where it was hidden.

Isabel and Maria dropped the stones in the centre of the circle drawn and walked towards Tess and Kyle. Isabel placed an arm around Tess and Maria helped Kyle up and walked with them to their places on the circle. Kyle had never been involved in a group healing before and Isabel explained it to him while Maria went to help Liz with Max. They woke him up and together tried to lift him. It wasn't easy. He had even less strength than during the escape and was a complete dead weight. Before Liz, Maria and Max could fall down Michael catching sight of the precarious threesome rushed over, Alex right behind him. The two guys caught them before they tumbled over and took over transporting Max to the centre and gently laid him down right in the centre.

Liz's face took on a resolute expression. She remembered the last time they had tried this and how she had backed out. She wasn't going to that this time. She sat down next to Kyle, Tess on his other side. Maria sat down next to her and Michael on her right. Isabel and Alex completed the circle after Isabel took the stones and handed them out to each person. Everyone concentrated.

The bond between the 8 of them was at its strongest. They relied completely on each other for almost everything. It was the reason why the it didn't take long, despite the poor condition they were all in, for the healing stones to begin to glow, floating slightly in the air. A blue light emitted from each stone, the light rising up to meet in the centre. It went unnoticed by the seven friends on the circumference and their injured friend in the middle. Their eyes were all shut, concentrating on healing. All of them were aware of the dangers involved in such a healing but no one questioned it. Or its necessity.

Time had no meaning but it seemed everyone opened their eyes at the same time. In front of them, a blue glow arising from 7 sides led to the centre and encircled Max in its light. Max did not retreat to a place of hallucinations and visions as Michael did during his healing but instead felt energy flowing into him replacing the one he lost. He felt love and trust surrounding him. He felt Liz. He felt Michael and Isabel, Maria, Alex, Kyle and Tess. He felt the bonds between everyone and he felt the links and love holding them together. He healed. And around him Kyle and Tess healed. Bruises and cuts magically disappeared and weariness left them as energy combined and grew.

The stones stopped glowing and dropped to the ground in front of everyone. No one moved for a second, staring at Max in front of them unmoving, waiting to see if it worked. Max opened his eyes and sat up. In less than a second Liz was at his side holding him tight. Isabel came in from her side grabbing him as well and Maria joined them, glad to see one of her best friends smile again. Tess a little less exuberantly also hugged him, after looking at Liz for permission first. It wasn't necessary - Liz assured her with a look.

The guys stood back waiting. Max stood up and one hand still in Liz's turned to face them. Alex stepped forward and shook Max's hand. Kyle followed suit, exchanging a look of understanding with Max. Michael went last. He and Max looked at each other for a long moment. Liz stood back to give them this space they needed. Isabel held onto Alex and watched her brothers, a smile on her face. Michael held out a hand to Max but Max didn't take it. Instead he pulled his best friend and brother into a hug. A manly hug of course but still a hug. Michael held him tightly for a second, conveying his relief before they both released and stood back both looking slightly embarrassed. Without even realising it their hands both reached for their other halves. Maria took Michael's hand and opposite her Liz did the same for Max. Isabel smiled at them, noting their reactions. She exchanged amused glances with Alex, Kyle and Tess all of whom observed what occurred.

It was all over. Smiles were exchanged before the 8 teens sat down and began a picnic with the food Alex and Isabel had brought. The sheriff phoned and them the "okay " to the relief of all. No foul play suspected - just an electrical fire out of control. He had even managed to retrieve Kyle's car undamaged because it was outside during the explosion. Everyone was visibly relieved particularly Michael whose past experience with cops had not been good ones.

It was a long night for the friends. A night of truths - a carthagic night. They all talked. Secrets, fears, torture. All was revealed. Tears were shed and comfort exchanged. Nacedo's death was mourned by those present, even if some of the mourning was more for Tess and their pasts still unrevealed. Max spoke for the first time of his nightmare in Pierce's hands and Michael however reluctantly, holding Maria's hand tightly unveiled his life and fears. Hours later, 4 couples fell of to sleep in each other's arms after watching the sunrise together.

The next day, late night aside, kidnapping and rescues aside, 8 teens awoke and got ready for school. Life went back to normal. Enemies may come and go but parents and school were still necessary. Tests still had to be written and homework handed in. And after school life appeared to have returned to normal as well. Maria and Michael were still working at the Crashdown. The congresswoman's 'disappearance' put Liz out of a job as an intern and she returned to the Crashdown, her parent's cafe.

The sheriff insisted that Tess move in with them with Nacedo dead. All of them helped her move. She took Kyle's room but it was noted by all that he didn't seem to mind much. His father sat them both down and gave them a long talk about appropriate behaviour in the house basically translating into NO SEX , embarrassing for Kyle although Tess seemed to appreciate receiving it, Nacedo not big on talks.

Normal may have returned but there were differences. The 8 spent all their time together. Max and Liz were back to being joined at the hip exchanging nauseating looks to the dismay of any and all observers. Kyle and Tess were the same and Isabel seemed much more reliant on Alex. In the case of Michael and Maria, it was more of Michael refusing to let Maria out of his sight. He claimed he was preventing her from getting into trouble and Maria said she was just making sure he didn't do anything stupid. They didn't fool anyone especially when they were caught making out in the breakroom, their mouths fused together.

The couples back together was not the only differences they exhibited. The differences were subtle but there. Everyone remained in large groups, preferring to remain near Michael and Maria who they felt safest with. The aliens began training more and all the humans and aliens started a regime with Maria including self defence. Every morning they ran 10 miles. The sheriff and Kyle helped Maria teach all of them how to shoot. They practised in the desert in isolation. Max took his leadership more seriously and they began acting as a team, realising the strength they held together was stronger than anything they had apart. The mission and rescue proving that to them.

In addition, all of them were more alert. Isabel ran mind patrols regularly and anything slightly unusual resulted in a meeting. They had been caught unaware once. It wouldn't happen again. The irony of it all was that the more paranoid everyone became the less paranoid Michael was. He smiled more and suggested to the shock of all his friends fun stuff all the time. They decided Maria was a bad influence on him but it helped them relax slightly.

Life went on after all. They had each other and that was all that they needed. For life. For destiny. Forever.

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