The Unknown (CC) (ALL) (TEEN) Chapter 13 (6/18/05)

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This story has 14 chapters. There is also a sequal. However this will be posted on the Alien Abyss board (Very dark story! But still same couplings!)

CHAPTER 11 – RUNNING INTO ARMS

Liz was cleaning up the mess that her friends had left in the Crashdown last night, but she didn’t mind. She was too happy to care. Max had left her a while earlier so that his parents wouldn’t find out that he had been out all night.
She drummed her fingers as she passed the counter to wipe a table.
There was a loud urgent knocking from the door.
“We’re not open yet!” Liz called, not looking up.
The knocking continued. Finally Liz looked up to see Isabel standing outside, looking frightened.
Liz ran to the door and unlocked it. Isabel burst into the room.
“Isabel? What’s the matter?”
“We need to get Maria and Kyle together here now!” Isabel said picking up Liz’s cell from the counter and giving it to her.
“What? Why?”
“The special unit are back! But they’ve now pegged on to them too. They think they’re dangerous and want them dead. Max’s orders are for me to take you somewhere safe.”
“What? I am not going anywhere without Max!” Liz cried.
“I know this hard but it’s the safest way. He said not to call him or he might be caught. Now get Maria. I’ll call Kyle.”
“Maria will be on her way over to work anyway.”
“Oh good! We’ll just go get Kyle then.” Isabel said. “You better go lock up. We could be gone a while”
Liz headed towards the back door as Maria burst in.
“Should not have done that! He’ll get totally the wrong bloody impression!” she muttered.
She looked up.
“Hey Issy!” Maria said trying to sound like her normal chirpy self, but she was over pitching.
She only then realised that Isabel was never up this early, and that the look on her face was not good.
“Oh no. What’s up?”
“The special unit are back”
Maria stopped in mid-step.
Liz came back into the room.
“Let’s go get Kyle” Isabel said. “Ive got Max’s car”
“What? Where are we going?” Maria said confused.
“I’ll tell you on the way, now let’s go!”


Kyle was watching the football replays on television. He sighed contentedly. He had fun with that Rie girl last night. It was nice for Kyle to have someone to hang around with for once. Kyle wished that he someone like Liz, Maria and Jesse though. They all had a special someone in there lives. “If only Rie was older” Kyle thought. He cursed; annoyed that as per usual Kyle Valenti didn’t have a girl.
Kyle shut off the television. He wasn’t in the mood anymore. He decided to go an pray to Buddha, when there was an urgent knocking at the door.
Kyle opened the door.
“Grab your phone, we have to go now.” Isabel told him.
“What? Why?” Kyle said grabbing his jacket.
“I’ll explain on the way. Liz and Maria are already in Max’s car. We have to go now!”
“What’s going on!” Kyle insisted.
“Please Kyle, trust me, we have to go right now!”
Kyle took a few seconds to think about what Isabel had said and followed her out to the car. He would always trust Isabel, even to the end of the world.


An hour later, Max’s car pulled up at an abandoned warehouse.
Liz couldn’t help to think of Max. She wanted to be with him. Isabel jumped out of the car.
“Quick! We haven’t got much time!” Isabel said. “We should be safe here… for now.”
“Can I not call Max just to check he’s ok? I won’t get a signal inside!”
“NO! Cmon Liz, hes busy! You have to trust me! We have got to get inside now! They could be watching us!”
Liz looked anxiously at Maria and Kyle.
Isabel lead the others to the entrance. Isabel held the door open for Liz. Liz walked in grudgingly. Maria and Kyle watched her. They looked at each other and followed her. Isabel brought up the rear. The door slammed shut behind them leaving them in pitch darkness.
Three screams filled the air.

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Lol! Thanks katmcken for the review. Sorry, but you're gonna have to wait one more chapter for some answers. This chapter may hold some of the answers, but it also may make you confused...but I promise you the last two chapters (13 and 14) will explain everything.


Chapter 12 – The famous disappearing act!

Once Max had arrived home he had crashed on his bed. He was exhausted. He never even heard his parents leave to walk to the shops. His mum was going to wake him up but he looked so peaceful that she left him be. Isabel was working on her pile of college work.
It had reached midday when the sleeping Max was suddenly awoken by a loud tapping at his window. Max jumped up and looked around. He went and opened the curtains.
“Michael” Max said as he opened the window.
“What’s going on?” Michael said climbing into the room.
“You woke me up to say that! Michael I was asleep…”
“What’s going on at the crashdown?” Michael interrupted him.
“What do you mean Michael, I’m not telling you about last night if that’s what you mean, I m not going into the birds and the bees….”
“The crashdown isn’t open!”
Max turned to face him.
“What do you mean its not open?” Max said slowly.
“It’s not open! There’s no one there! Not even in Liz house! It’s like Liz and Maria just left! And Liz would never do something like that! Not in the middle of the rush period! So what’s going on!”
Max looked at Michael knowing that he was right. Something major must be happening for Liz to leave the Crashdown empty.
“Max!”
Isabel burst into the room, and looked at her younger brother.
“Max! Your car’s gone!”
Max looked around shocked. The two events had to be linked. But how?
At that moment Max’s phone rang. He went to pick it up.
“Maxwell just leave it!”
“It could be Liz”
Getting a consenting look from Michael he picked it up.
“Hello?”
“Hey Max, its Isabel.”
Max looked at Isabel. The person on the phone certainly sounded like Isabel, but his Issy was standing in front of him.
“Hey Isabel” he said looking at Michael and Isabel meaningfully.
The two of them looked back at him alarmed.
“Max, the FBI are back, they were following me. So I got Maria, Kyle and Liz together and took them to the abandoned warehouse on the old highway.” The person on the phone told him.
Max was hesitant. What was he meant to say?
“Okay” he replied.
“Max! What’s the matter with you? The FBI are back! We need a plan now! Please get here as quick as you can! I have to go, bye”
The other end hung up.
“Max?” Issy asked.
“Someone’s kidnapped Kyle, Maria and Liz”
“What!” Michael shouted.
“Someone’s pretending to be Issy and saying the FBI are back and that we have to meet at the abandoned warehouse on the old highway.” Max said slowly.
“Oh my god! Who is it?” Isabel said.
“It could be Lonnie” Max replied.
“It’s her” Michael burst in. “Rie left a note this morning saying she’d found Lonnie and would be back soon.”
“Oh my god! She’ll be killed!” Isabel cried out.
“What do we do?” Michael asked Max.
“We’ll have to go to the warehouse. There’s no other way.”


Max had borrowed his parents car, leaving a note for them on the fridge, and headed off into the desert. Michael was sitting next to him, with Isabel in the back.
“What are we going to do when we get there?” Issy asked Max, frightened.
“I’ll distract Lonnie, you two get the others out of there.”
“But I…” Michael interrupted.
“No, get the others, I’ll sort out Lonnie”
“You can’t handle Lonnie by yourself!” Michael said angrily.
“No I can’t. But I can distract her for long enough for you two to get the others out.”
Isabel was so frightened, even worse than when the FBI was after them. If Lonnie was here, she would be facing herself. How could she beat herself! How could her other half want to kill her own daughter.
Suddenly Isabel’s arms were jerked upwards.

“You can’t handle Lonnie by yourself!” Michael said angrily.
“No I can’t. But I can distract her long enough for you two to get the others out. Then you two can come back and we’ll stop her.”
Michael still didn’t like the plan, but he wasn’t going to be able to persuade her otherwise.
Suddenly, Michael’s arms jerked upwards. He felt his particles spread out across the world to reform somewhere else.


Max notice how quiet Isabel had become. He knew she was scared, terrified even. He was happy that his counter part was dead, but he wished that he had to face his own rather than Issy facing hers. He’d always want to protect her.
“Issy, I’m sure it’ll be fine. Don’t worry, I wont let Lonnie hurt you.” Max said.
There was silence.
“Isabel?” Max said turning around.
No Isabel. No Michael. There was no one else in the car.
Max screeched the car to a halt. What had happened?


There was no way they could have got out of the car. Even if they were forced to, he would have heard it. There was no way they could not have been heard, unless…
Rie. Lonnie must have made Rie take them.
There was only one thing Max could do. He restarted the car.
It took what seemed like for ever for Max to drive up to the warehouse. Max got ready to use his power. He took a deep breathe, muttered “I’m coming Liz” and strode into the warehouse.

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Lol! Well Katmcken here is where things make sense....i hope :S anyways on with the show! This is teh penultimate chapter!

The Unknown – Chapter 13 – Truth and lies

It was pitch black inside the warehouse. Max was tempted to use his powers to see, but that would mean Lonnie could see him. So he went for the marginally safer option.
“Liz?” He called
“Max!” a voice cried out, but it wasn’t Liz.
“Maria are you ok?”
“Yeah but she knocked Liz unconscious”
“Issy and Michael…”
“Yeah they’re here but weak. Kyle’s here too, but Max listen it’s not…”
The room was filled with a bright light. When he could finally see the room, he realised the extent of Lonnie’s powers.
Max saw five people tied to poles in a semi-circle. Issy and Michael looked hurt and drained; Kyle was trying to wake up Liz using his method of praying to Buddha, and Maria looking at Max pleadingly.
Max started to rush forward, when a figure stepped out of the shadows.
“Take one more step and little Liz will be killed.”
Max froze. He would never endanger Liz.
“Lonnie, what do you…”
“Lonnie? As much as I appreciate the compliment and am glad that will not be the last time I hear that, haven’t you worked it out yet little Max!” the Isabel replica said.
Max was flung across the chamber and he smashed hard against the concrete walls.
“Max!” Maria called out alarmed.
The Isabel replica appeared next to him.
Max looked at her, the penny dropping.
“Rie?”
“There you go Max, I knew youd get it eventually you smart little boy!” Rie grinned at him.
“But, why?” Max asked her. “I trusted you!”
“Yes well you need to learn not to be so trusting. I fed you a load of crap from the beginning! But you want an explanation before you die? I guess I can grant you that!”
Rie paced around the room, yet never seemed to take her eyes off Max.
“You didn’t kill your Tess, so you don’t know the power code do you?” She laughed, “Guess how old I really am Max”
Max just looked at her.
“GUESS!”
Max gave her a flicker of a smile “84?”
Max went flying across the room to the other wall. He crashed hard against it.
“Don’t be insolent! I’m less than a year old, Max!”
Max was shocked, and very confused. He was trying to form a plan, but he couldn’t clear his head enough to think.
“Max, when you kill another Antarian, there essence becomes yours. In effect you get all there maturity, age and most importantly there powers.
“I saw in your head that you died and Michael took the seal. Well, Michael was nearest so he got your powers.
“And Tess…” Max said weakly.
“Ah yes, well I suspect that someone did get those powers, but they don’t realise it yet. And therefore I took precautions!”
Max looked at her, not sure what she meant.
“Did you never think “How can she be completely alien if she has a human body?” Im not completely alien Max, im just like you. I only got Lonnie’s side. But now I’ve killed Lonnie, Rath and Ava I’m stronger than any normal Antarian!
“Why! Why did you kill them?” Max said, wanting to know but also trying to stall for time.
“I was mad as a toddler and accidentally used my powers on Lonnie. Once I had her essence I killed Rath like swatting a fly! I only killed Ava yesterday as little Liz here knows, or would know if she remembered through the mind warp I gave her!”
“But you look like Lonnie!” Max exclaimed
“Yes, I am as baffled as you are on that one. I think it has something to do with my affinity with Vilandra. You see Max, I will be the new Vilandra. I will do anything to have her life!”
“But… I healed you!”
“Ah yes! Another clever idea of mine. I thought that if I could trick you into healing me, you would trust me easier. I was just careful what memories I let you see. And at the same time it have me an opportunity to probe your mind, and see what makes you tick.”
“You don’t have…to do this” Max struggled to say.
“YES I do! To return to Antar I need to know that the royal four are dead. Not just one set, all of you. Five are down, three left to go. And now I’m going to make it two. Prepare to fight Max!”
Max looked at the others for help, but he knew none would come.
“Come on Max! I want a good fight!”
Max thought quickly and decided to do one of the things he was best at. He tried to shield himself.
“You’ll have to come up with something better than that!” a voice said from behind him.
Max turned around to see Rie standing there smirking. She quickly grabbed Max and connected. Inside, she started to manipulate Max’s blood stream so that a blood clot formed.
“Better hurry up Max! If you can heal, surely I can hurt!” she cackled.
Max tried to use his powers to blast Rie away, but again Rie just shifted. She pushed him to the floor.
Max was exhausted, the blood clot was causing a loss of blood to his brain. His thoughts were starting to slow.
“I was hoping for a better battle than this Max! Are you ready to die now?”

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Well, this is the last chapter...I can't believe I never put it up! Looking at it now it's really quite bad lol!
I have a sequal that I started writing and never finished...may put it up, Im not sure
anyway enjoy

Chapter 14

All Liz could see was darkness. She turned slowly, but saw nothing.
“Buddha I need Liz! Please, please wake her up!”
Liz recognised the voice, but she couldn’t remember who it was. She saw a light shimmering above her. She was filled with awe for the beautiful light. She reached her arms towards this.
“Oh Buddha please help us!”
“SHUT UP KYLE! LIZ! LIZ! Wake up! Max is going to die!”
Max.
Max, the love of her life. She remembered everything, Max, Maria who was talking to her, Isabel, Michael, Kyle who was praying to Buddha, Rie, the compound, Ava’s death, how Rie had knocked her out.
Liz saw a tunnel. She knew it was the way that led her to Max. She didn’t know how she knew, she just knew. She ran down the tunnel at full speed.
“IM COMING MAX!”

Max’s vision was failing. The lack of oxygen to his brain was stopping all his bodily functions. He looked at Liz, knowing that this was the end.
“Don’t worry Max, Liz will join you above soon. Just after you! And it will be just as painful as your death. But right now, it’s you turn. Goodbye Max!”
“NOOOOOOO!”
Liz had awoken. A pulsating light flew from her at Rie. Rie was pushed to the back wall.
Liz was hurting Rie, but Maria could see it wouldn’t be enough.
“Michael! Isabel! Tap into something! Get angry!”
“What?” Michael asked.
“Issy that’s your brother!” Maria shouted at her.
Isabel snarled and light shone from her to Rie.
Rie screamed. But Maria could tell that Rie would still survive.
“Michael! We can never b more than just friends.”
Micheal’s eyes blazed with hurt and anger. A third light poured from Michael to Rie.
“NOOOOOOOO!” Rie screamed.
Rie vanished leaving dust and sand all over the room. The pillars disappeared.
“Max!” Liz screamed screamed, running over to the still Max. Kyle, Maria Isabel and Michael followed her.
The three humans placed there hands upon Max. The blood clot dissolved.
Max slowly opened his eyes.
“Liz?”
“I’m here Max”
“Rie?”
“She’s dead Max”
“You saved my life. My hero!” he said smiling. He kissed her, never wanting to let her go.
Isabel walked over to Kyle.
“You ok?”
“Yeah, I guess. You ok?” Kyle replied unsure.
“Yeah.”
“How did you…” Kyle said gestering to his head and where Rie last stood.
“I just tapped into my anger and it just happened. I don’t know how else to explain it.”
“Yeah I understand.” Kyle said getting an inquiring look from Isabel. “Thank the Buddha we’re alive!”
Issy laughed.
Michael walked over to Maria, trembling.
“Did you…mean it?”
Maria put her arms around him and embraced him.
“Don’t worry space boy, we’ll get there.”
Michael smiled.

The six friends walked out of the compound. Max and Liz got into Max’s car and Isabel drove the others home.
In the distance someone smiled at them, planning there next move.

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