Preternatural Curses UC/Adult

[isabelle]

*Max*

"Time," Isabel whispers to me. I bite my lip, knowing that Dad might have woken from the screaming, too, if he'd ever been asleep at all, but then, if he's distracted by the girl then we can leave the other way...

Nodding, I climb out of my bag and look around to see what's going on. Moira seems to be hurt but Valenti and Mista and her dad seem to be helping already. I want to go and see how bad it is, but I know I can't afford to help her, anyway. She's still standing there screaming, so it can't be that bad, anyway.

I follow Isabel away from the commotion. As we gain some distance, I whisper, "The big rock," gesturing. "We have to meet Liz."

"Liz?!?!?!" She says shocked, but still collected enough to keep her voice low.

"Something's happened to her. She's got powers... We can't leave her here," I try to explain.

[FaithfulAngel24]

*Maria*

I scan Liz's fully clothed body. This can't be happening to me.

" What the hell... I am in no way ,shape, form, or fashion covering for your ass. I am so tired of being left out of the loop. You want me to help you are gonna have to fill me in."

Seeing the urgency in her face I relent.

"Fine. Gurl we are gonna have to have a serious convo about this later., but don't even think I am letting you go out there alone. I'm coming with you."

Giving her no chance to protest I slip on my shoes and pull on my jacket.

"I am assuming this is Max Evans related."

[KatnotKath]

~Liz~

First of all Maria begins to refuse to help, which is bad enough, but then she nods. I breath a sigh of relief, until I hear the last of what she has to say…

“I’m coming with you…”

She’s what…no…she can’t do that! Before I can say anything, she’s already getting her shoes and coat. This just goes from bad to worse… Not that I wouldn’t like Maria along to some extent, but it’s not my place to agree to take her, and I know it’s a bad idea…

“I’m presuming this is Max Evans related…?”

Okay, well that much I can’t deny, and I’m not about to lie… I nod. “Yeah…” I look at her pleadingly. “But Maria please, you can’t come with us…I need to go, but I need you to stay here… I hate asking you to, but I need you to be here to cover for me if my dad realises I’m missing, or even Valenti…" I swallow and run my fingers through my hair. My time is running out fast, who knows how soon the sheriff will be back outside our tent, and right at this moment in time I just don’t have time for this. “Please Maria…” I try once more. “I’m practically begging you… If you come with, we’re going to be caught…it’s too many people, and you need to be here…” I trail off, hoping that I’m getting through… Please, please, please let her accept this, I really don’t have time to argue, and no way can I take her along… Isabel is going to be angry enough about me…

[FaithfulAngel24]

*Maria*

I don't even try to keep the frustration off my face.

" Fine Liz! Go! I am so tired of all this. When your not keeping things from me; Your lying to me. Obviously your friends are not a high commodity in your life right now. So just go! I'll keep up your web of lies while your gone."

I cannot even meet her eyes as I finish, " I mean it. Get outta here!" I open up the tent flap and start walking toward where all the commotion is coming from.

[KatnotKath]

~Liz~

And this evening just goes from bad, to terrible… As Maria blows up at me, I try to interrupt her but she just doesn’t listen. I feel awful for asking her to do this, but I need her to… As she storms out of the tent I’m close to tears and I can’t believe it ended up that way.

This little conversation hasn’t done much for my control either though…what would I have done had Maria insisted on staying… Maybe it’s better that she’s not here at the moment…I just hope she’ll listen later when I try and explain…

Taking a moment, I try and calm the energy which is once more beginning to rage inside me. I don’t manage it fully, but it’s a lot better than it was, and I certainly should be able to manage until I next see Max…

But Maria is so mad at me… A tear begins to slip from my eye and I blink it back, biting down on my lip. I can’t afford to think about this right now… I want to, I want to make things right between us… Whatever she might think, friends are still incredibly important to me… But right now I can’t take the time it’s going to need…

Valenti could be back at any minute, and when he does come back, that means I lose my exit…

Swallowing, and pushing back fears about Maria and such, I move towards the flap of the tent, sticking my head around and checking to see no one’s outside. It’s deserted, everyone crowding round Moira a little way off…

Carefully and quickly, I slip out of the tend and head in the complete and opposite direction to the group which is continuing to gather. With any luck, people are too busy with Moria to notice me, but if they do later, at least I’m heading in the direction of the wash house, which gives me a likely explanation. Hurrying into the shadows, I try and keep out of sight as I make my way down the path towards the rock Max and I arranged to meet under. I don’t know who will get there first, but I’ll be glad to see him, that I know for certain…

[StormWolfstone]

~Isabel~


"The big rock," Max gestured as we slipped out during the distraction. "We have to meet Liz."

"Liz?!?!?!" I exclaim softly, shocked that he would tell me something like that now. What was she going to be doing here? We didn't need more problems and she would definitely be a problem.

"Something's happened to her. She's got powers... We can't leave her here," Max tries to explain, however I am barely hearing it. As soon as he said she had powers, my mind kind of froze. How the hell did she get powers? I couldn't figure it out.

"Fine, but she better not slow us down and I'd better get a full explanation." I'd barely finished speaking when I heard movement and glanced over to see Liz herself walking toward us. Hell, had I known that Liz would be joining us, I would have invited Alex or something. I was upset about this new development to say the least. Not to mention, confused. She's human and yet she has powers? Not what I need to think about right now.

[isabelle]

*Max*

"I don't really have a full explanation myself, yet," I tell Isabel, hoping she'll understand. "I think it has something to do with me healing her in September. She can't really control it yet."

I'm not sure how to really explain all that. It's not like how Michael has trouble controling his powers. That just means he tries to do something and it doesn't work right or doesn't work at all. With Liz, it's like the power itself can't be controlled. At least not yet.

"She can't hold it," I try. "If Valenti or even her Dad sees it, we'll be in trouble. I'm sure she won't hold us up."

Just then, Liz comes close enough to see and hear us. Right away, I'm looking at her hands, searching for some tell-tale flashing. Now in the dark it's bound to be even more obvious than before, but I don't see anything at this moment. "Hey, Liz," I tell her gently, keeping my voice low. "Glad you made it."

[KatnotKath]

~Liz~

I’m a little surprised to find Max and Isabel already at the rock. They can’t have been much ahead of me though, so at least I know that I’m not holding them up. Isabel of course doesn’t look very happy, but that’s hardly a surprise…this should be fun…

Trying not to think about that though, I look over at Max, smiling for the simple reason that he’s there…

I see his eyes drop to my hands though, checking them carefully, and I close the rest of the distance between us.

“Hey, Liz…Glad you made it…”

I nod softly. “I’m glad too…” I respond, leaning forward just a moment and brushing my lips against his cheek. It’s not a proper kiss, it’s hardly the time for that, but I just need to feel that closeness for a moment…I need to know he’s there…

I smile as I pull back and lift up my hands so he can inspect them. “So far so good…I had a little bit of a scare a few minutes ago, but I think I got it…” It feels good to know that… It wasn’t anywhere near as bad as it was before, but the energy was beginning to surge, and I was able to calm it myself… Maybe there’s hope for me yet…

I look over at Isabel, realising I should probably say something. “Look Isabel…I don’t want to be in the way, and I’m sorry if you don’t want me here…but if I can, I’d like to help…"

[isabelle]

*Max*

Liz seems to be okay as she approaches and her words indicate that she's actually starting to get control. That's fantastic and I can't help but feel a bit proud of her. As she puts down her hands, I put my arm around her shoulder, so glad to have her close again.

“Look Isabel…I don’t want to be in the way, and I’m sorry if you don’t want me here…but if I can, I’d like to help…" Liz says, apologetically.

I realize that I have more to apologize for than that. I'd promised Isabel that I would keep away from Liz, but I just can't seem to do that. She needs my help -- but even if she didn't, I need her. That's all there is to it. I love her.

I bite my lip, suspecting this isn't quite the right time to get into that. Maybe after we've put some distance between us and the camp.

"We better get moving before anyone notices we're missing," I say, moving my hand down to take Liz's and starting into the woods in the direction of Polman ranch.[/i]

[KatnotKath]

OOC; don't know if this helps FaithfulAngel24. You had her storming out of the tent so I hope it's okay me having Alex see her . Tell me if anyone wants me to change anything

~Alex~

I’m lying here, and my mind is asking what the heck we’re doing…? What made me think I could do this…? I can’t make a fire, dad forgot our food, and we don’t even have a tent or sleeping bags… Talk about really roughing it… I sigh and try to keep my breathing even and calm. I think dad’s asleep already, although how he can sleep like this I don’t know…

Then again, I guess my mind isn’t really on sleeping… I’m way more interested in Isabel… I know that she and Max will be going soon, they might already be gone… I hope that they’re alright though…please don’t let anything happen to them…

A scream coming from the edge of the camp draws my attention, making me sit up and look round sharply. My first thought is that it’s Isabel, but the sight of Moira, surrounded by a number of others, wipes that worry from my mind.

It’s enough that someone has been hurt though, and I push back the blanket that’s covering me. Initially I think I’ll go over and check on her, but then I realise that she’s got plenty of people with her at the moment…I’d just be in the way I guess… Maybe I should check on Liz and Maria though…?

Deciding that I’m going to do exactly that, I leave my dad, who amazingly enough is still sleeping, and begin to head over in the direction of their tent. I don’t get far though, before I see Maria storming towards me. “Hey…you okay…?” I ask, reaching out my hand to stop her.