Rocky Road (Ma/K) Adult Complete 5/25

[gnrkrystle]

A/N: Sorry for the long delay...i've had internet issues and writer's block, but i'm back and i hope you like what i've done!!

Chapter 21

Five days passed and no one bothered Maria or Kyle. It was weird. Everyday they waited for Agent Carson or the doctor to come to them either to harass them or test them, but they hadn’t come back.

“This can’t be good,” Maria said finally as she put on a fresh pair of clothes that the guards brought them.

“What’s that?” Kyle asked.

“They’ve left us alone, and for some reason that frightens me more than that creepy agent coming here and leering at me.” Maria said as she pulled on her socks. Kyle was already dressed and sitting on the couch. She walked over to him and sat down on the couch.

“I know what you mean, but let’s just take it as a bless…” but before he could finish his sentence there was a knock on the door. He looked at Maria and rolled his eyes. “You know that this is completely and totally your fault,” he said, but smiled at her kissing her quickly on the cheek.

They both got up and went to the door, and sure enough Agent Carson was standing there with his two favorite gaurds. “Well, well, well.” He said with a smile. “Long time no see.”

“And you just decided to annoy us now, I guess,” Maria said rolling her eyes, but Kyle shook his head at her. No need to make the man mad. He knew that if they didn’t at least pretend to be cooperative, Agent Carson could and would hurt Maria, and he couldn’t let that happen. He was going to do whatever the man said until he had devised a plan to get them out of this situation.

“Well, it’s been a while since we’ve all talked.” He said as he entered their living quarters. He made himself comfortable on the couch and Maria and Kyle just stood there looking at him.

“So talk,” Maria said, crossing her arms over her chest.

“Watch your tone, Ms. DeLuca,” Agent Carson said, shooting his glance at Kyle, and Maria quickly shut her mouth. Anything to protect Kyle, she reminded herself.

“Anyway, like I was saying. You two have been very cooperative.” Agent Carson said, “And I appreciate that. So, I’ve decided to give you guys a little break.” He said, crossing his legs and getting comfortable. “Some people would say thank you,” he grinned. “Oh don’t worry, I wasn’t expecting if from you,” he said, nonchalantly.

“What more could you possibly want?” Kyle asked, wishing the agent would get to his damn point.

Agent Carson leered at both of them, his gaze stopping on Maria and looked her up and down. “The psychological testing starts tonight. We will be back to get both of you at 7:00 tonight.” He said as he stood up and motioned for his guards to follow him out the door. And with that he left.


On the Road…

“Max, how is that the FBI hasn’t found us yet?” Liz asked, settling in next to him in the back.

“I don’t know, baby,” he said wrapping his arm around her. The traveling foursome, had all been wondering the same thing. It seemed no one was even following them anymore.

“Do you think they have given up?” Isabel asked, hearing there conversation.

“I doubt it,” Michael scoffed. “I mean, why would they try so had to find us than then give up just months after they tried to kill us?”

“I don’t know, it just seems weird that we havn’t even had any close calls,” Liz said.

For some reason they group was having this conversation without biting each other’s heads off. It was progress and Isabel will take it in any form she could get. They were talking, conversing, and damn that felt good.

“So, you think we should stop?” Max asked, and Isabel nearly choaked. Max was actually asked for advice. What the hell was going on?

“Well, I don’t know if we should stop, but we could probably slow down.” Isabel said.

“Yeah, I guess we could get a room someplace secluded and stay for a few nights,” Max said.

“I could use a rest.” Liz chimed in. Her whole body was tired from being on the go for so long, not to mention the mental stress of fighting with Michael and Isabel all day, and sometimes Max at night. Things had fallen apart since Maria and Kyle left. Oh, who was she kidding, they fell apart long before that, but their leaving was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

“Where would you guys like to stop?” Michael asked, in a kinder tone that he had been used to using. He could see the wear and tear on his families faces. And they were his family. He tried not to think of them like that, but ever since he lost Maria, it had been too hard to deal with them, so he lashed out. It was easier to be angry at Max, Isabel, and Liz than to deal with the fact that he had lost Maria all by his own doing.

“Let’s drive a few more hours and then stop,” Isabel suggested, so happy to see everyone in agreement and being cordial with one another. She couldn’t wait to stop at tell Maria and Kyle. They probably wouldn’t believe her.

***********

“A psychology test?” Maria asked as she and Kyle got back into the room. “What the hell kind of psychology test was that,” she nearly laughed.

Kyle chuckled slightly, the first real laugh he had had since they were taken. “Just be glad that their idea of a psych test was for the two of us t sit facing each other and answering questions about out childhood. I mean, we already know about each other’s childhoods. I’d say that was the most painless thing we’ve done in this place.” Kyle said flopping down on the bed.

“Oh really,” Maria said cocking and eyebrow at Kyle. “So, sleeping with me was painful was it?” she teased, knowing what he meant, but feeling sort of playful for the first time in over a week.

“Yes, very.” Kyle said, keeping up the joke. Maria shot him a look and tackled him on the bed and pinned his arms behind his head.

“Well, that is good to know. So, then you won’t want me to ever do it again.” Maria said, using her serious voice.

Kyle feigned fear as he rolled them over. “Don’t think about it. When we get out of here I plan on making love to you for 3 days straight!” Kyle moaned against Maria’s lips.

“Promise?” Maria grinned, leaning up an kissing him. “Ok, enough,” she said pushing Kyle off of her. “I would love to continue this, but if we don’t stop, I’m not going to be able to.” She said

“I know. Hey, wait, isn’t that my line?” Kyle said chuckling loudly. Then he pulled her into his arms. “Let’s get some sleep. I’m tired.”

“Ok, night,” Maria said kissing his lips quickly.

TBC…

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 22

Some days later Isabel was really starting to get worried. She had called Maria and Kyle at least 10 times in the last two weeks, and she still hadn’t gotten a hold of them. She called all hours of the day, and still nothing.

She, Michael, Max, and Liz were slowing down their pace in Illinois, staying in a Motel 6 somewhere outside of Springfield. “Izzy!” Isabel heard Michael yell at her, as she was making her way back from the vending machine to her room.

She stopped and turned, finding Michael jogging slowly to catch up with her. “Yeah,” she said as he caught up to her. Their relationship had gotten progressively better over the past week since the group decided to fight each other less, and work together more.

“Can we talk?” Michael asked, shoving his hands in his pocket and lowering his head so that his hair fell over his eyes.

Isabel’s face softened at the sight of her brother, and the totally lost look on his face. “Yeah, come in,” she said with a smile as she opened the door to her room. He followed closely behind her and sat on the edge of the bed, looking up at Isabel. She took the chair at the desk in her room and crossed her legs waiting for Michael to speak.

When he didn’t she locked eyes with him and said, “What’s on your mind Michael?”

“I’m sorry,” he said, and she could tell he was trying his hardest to keep emotion out of his voice. “It isn’t your fault Maria and Kyle left with each other,” he said.

Isabel was caught a little off guard, not expecting that to be what Michael was going to say.

“It was my fault,” he went on. “I don’t know what went wrong,” he was on a roll, and Isabel was just going to let him talk. “Things were so good, Izzy. Maria and I were in love, we had sex, and then everything went to hell. She broke up with me, I tried to get back at here, and then we went on the road together. I was a prick, Izzy. I was an absolute asshole. But not just to her, but to you, and Max, and hell even Liz. Not to mention Kyle.”

Isabel just listened to Michael ramble, knowing that he would get to his point eventually.

“I don’t know why I was like that,” Michael said looking up at Isabel again. “Why was a such an ass?”

Isabel wanted to laugh. The thought of Michael not being an ass was considerable my foreign than him being one. But Isabel was being supportive. She wanted her family back completely, and this was a start. “Michael, people make mistakes,” Isabel said, “You and Maria were first loves, and I don’t think anyone could deny how in love you were, but things change. People change, Michael.”

“I know, Izzy, but I don’t want them to change. I mean, I’m not stupid. I know we fell out of love even before we left for this trip, probably the first time she broke up with me, but its just so hard.” Michael said, sighing deep in her throat. “I don’t want to let go.”

Isabel chuckled slightly at that. “I know, Michael. None of us want to let go. But that’s part of becoming an adult. And you have to let Maria go. And you have to let Max go. You have to let all of us be. I know you are worried about me, and Max, and even Liz, and we all love you for that, but the harder you ride us, the more we resent you.”

“I’m sorry, Izzy,” Michael said, his eyes growing wet, but no tears falling from them.

“Oh Michael,” Isabel smiled, her own eyes growing wet, “Come here, ass,” she laughed lightening the mood as she pulled Michael into her arm. They hugged each other for the first time in a long time.

“I wish I could talk to Maria,” Michael said as they broke apart.

Isabel bit her lip, debating weather or not to tell Michael she had a way to contact Maria and Kyle. “Oh Izzy, what?” Michael asked, knowing his sister too well.

“Well,” Isabel said cautiously, “Maria and Kyle have a cell phone, and I’ve been calling them. Thought I haven’t been able to get a hold of them in a couple of days.” Isabel said, wating for Michael to scream and yell at her.

But he didn’t he just smiled and said, “Can I try?” Isabel smiled and nodded, taking Michael’s hand as they walked to the phone together. After they called, and got Maria and Kyle’s voicemail, Isabel sighed heavily.

“Where the hell are they?” she asked herself.

“How long has it been?” Michael inquired.

“About 2 weeks,” Isabel said.

“Let’s give it a day or two, then we will worry,” Michael said, wrapping his arm around Isabel. Truth be told, he was a little worried, but he didn’t want Isabel to know that.


Back with Kyle and Maria…

Maria bit her fingernail to the quick. Her leg bounced up and down, and Kyle was beginning to get worried. “Baby, what’s wrong?” he asked, sitting next to her on the couch.

“2 weeks,” Maria said, her glance off in space, almost not even seeing Kyle next to her. “I’m ovulating. It’s been two weeks today, and we still don’t have a plan,” he turned her head to finally look at Kyle.

His eyes softened and he brushed his hand against her cheek. He’d been aware of the very same thing, hoping somehow what Maria wouldn’t notice the time that had passed since they had been imprisoned. He would have to be stupid not to, but Maria was right, they didn’t have a plan, and he didn’t want her worrying about it.

“We will think of something,” was the only lame excuse he could think of.

Maria just nodded aimlessly, not believing Kyle, but she didn’t want to cry, and if she thought about it, she was going to cry. This whole situation was too stressful. On one hand, she could do what Agent Carson wanted and try to get pregnant with the man she loved. But then they would kidnap her child, test it, prod it, and do god only knows what with it. On the other hand, she could fight it, and then Agent Carson could hurt them both. He could force them to have sex. But more than that, he could hurt or kill Kyle.

None of these options were going to work for Maria or Kyle. “Let’s just see what happens, Maria.” Kyle said pulling her close to him and kissing her on the forehead. “Let’s just not freak out yet,” Kyle tried to sooth her.

Right then, there was a knock on the door, and both of them looked at each other a little frightened before they walked together to the door. Once they opened it, both Maria and Kyle were grabbed by guards as Agent Carson led the way to the elevator, a smirk playing on his face. “Alright, let the games begin,” he laughed as the elevator doors shut and Maria and Kyle looked at each other helplessly, scared of what was about to happen.

TBC…

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 23

“I’m worried Michael,” Isabel said, pacing the room.

“I know, Isabel.” Michael said, a frown on his face, “And you say they are in New York City?”

“Yes, Kyle had just gotten into school, and Maria was singing at a bar.” She said, bitting her nails.

“Have you tried dreamwalking?” Michael asked

“Oh My God!” Isabel cried out, “Why didn’t I think of that before?!?!” she felt like such an idiot. It was he special power and she had totally forgotten that it might help.

“Ok, well let’s give it a go.” Michael said, cheering up, at least for Isabel’s sake. Isabel kicked off her shoes and climbed into bed, pulling out a picture she had kept of Maria. “Here goes nothing,” she said, closing her eyes.

She tried to get in for about 20 minutes and then sighed with frustration, slamming the photo on the night stand. “She must not be asleep. I cant get in at all.” She huffed.

“It’s ok, we will try again later,” Michael assured her. “Let’s just not get worried before we know what’s going on. You know Maria, she could have turned the phone off and forgot to turn it back on.”

“Ok,” Maria sighed.

********

At the compound…

“Ok, it’s time to get the show on the road,” Agent Carson said, having the guard place Maria and Kyle on opposite ends of the room. “Now, I know that you have been counting the days. And here we are. Ms. DeLuca is ovulating. We checked it today, and the time has come.”

“And you expect us to just do what you say?” Maria asked in a flip tone.

“Well, that is up to you. I’m giving you ONE night, to do this on your own. Not that it would kill you too much. From the show you gave us 2 weeks ago, I can tell you both will enjoy this very much,” Agent Carson beemed, almost as if he was proud of himself.

“Fuck you,” Kyle spit out, seeing red as he was reminded that his private moments with Maria were viewed by that disgusting pervert.

Agent Carson made his way over to Maria and stood behind her, looking at Kyle menacingly. Kyle immediately shut up, caring only to keep Maria safe. “Don’t piss me off, Mr. Valenti.” He said simply.

“Now, like I was saying. I’ll give you ONE night to do this on your own. If not, we will have to try some more creative methods. Oh I’m SO hoping you don’t make this easy.” He smiled, a cheesy smiled as he looked down at Maria and licked his lips. The gesture made her skin crawl and Kyle wanted nothing more than to rip that man into a million pieces.

“Now we have some things for you to use tonight,” the agent said. “Our cooks will be making you a gourmet dinner. There will be candle light, and all the lubes and toys you can imagine are being put into you room as we speak.”

Maria couldn’t help but roll her eyes. Did he really think they were that dumb. He must have thought they were just hormonal teenagers that couldn’t control themselves. Well, as much as she would love to share a romantic night with Kyle that would end in a climax of passion and lust, she loved her future children more. “So, is that why you brought us up here?” she asked, making sure to check her tone.

“Yep. We just needed to get you guys out of there long enough to get everything set up.” The agent said. Maria looked across the room at Kyle who smiled at her, telling her he was there with her. “Now, they are probably done, so we can return you back to your room.” It was Kyle’s turn to roll his eyes as they were lead back to the elevator, down, and to their room.

The room really did look beautiful as they were pushed in and the door was closed behind them. “Wow, they pulled out all the stops,” Maria said, unable to keep the smile from her face as she looked at the flowers everywhere, along with the warm glow of the candles around the room, she felt warm for the first time since they had been kidnapped.

“Yeah, I hate to say it, but its nice,” Kyle said coming behind Maria and wrapping his arms around her waist. She leaned into him and laid her head on his shoulder.

“You know, we are smart. We could make the most of it, and still not…you know.” Maria said looking up at him, hoping he would say yes. And night of romance with just each other was exactly what they both needed to keep their sanity. Plus, there was no telling what would happen tomorrow after the disobeyed the agent.

“That sounds like a grand idea,” Kyle said, leaning down and kissing Maria’s nose.

She giggled, and scrunched her nose up, “Grand?” she asked, “You are defiantly being taken over by the setting,” she laughed.

“And the beautiful company,” he said spinning her around in his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned up to kiss him on the lips. “Mmm,” he breathed, looking her in the eyes, as the broke apart.

“Wanna eat?” maria asked, smelling the food. It smelled so much better than the peanut butter and jelly they had been eating for weeks.

“MMM, ok,” Kyle said, the smile permanently attached to his face. He was determined not to think about any government programs, kidnappings, or ovulation cycles. He was just going to think about his beautiful pixie and the feast before them and her luscious lips afterward.

They both sat down at the little table set up for them, and smiled at each other, as they uncovered their dishes. In front of Kyle was a salmon stake, with wild rice and stemed veggies. Maria had a Fillet with mashed potatoes and asparagus. “Wanna trade?” Kyle asked, already knowing that Maria would NOT be eating stake.

“You read my mind,” she smiled, happy to be with someone who paid that much attention to her. They switched plates and immediately dug in. “OH GOD!” Maria moaned as she took a bite of her salmon. “I think I just came.” She chuckled.

“That will be later,” Kyle said, winking at her.

“But, baby, we cant,” Maria protested.

“Just you wait. This is going to be a night we both remember, and you wont end up pregnant. I promise.” Kyle smiled.

“Mmm, I like the way you think,” Maria smiled as she continued to eat her amazing food. “Who would have thought that the same guys that serve us that crap would be capable of this,” she chuckled.

“I know, right.” Kyle said, nearly done with his dinner.

After they finished eating, Kyle stood up and walked over to the CD player on the other side of the room, that they had never really used before. He looked at the small CD collection and chose one, popped it in and waited for Frank Sinatra’s voice to fill the room. A smile crept across Maria’s face as he walked over to her and extended his hand. “Would the lady care to dance?” he grinned at her.

“Why, that sounds grand,” Maria said, giggling as she took his hand and joined him in the middle of the room. As one of her favorite songs played in the background. Kyle held her close, his strong hands on her back as she rested her cheek on his chest.

“I love you, Maria,” Kyle said, all seriousness in his voice. Maria looked into his eyes and smiled.

“I love you too, baby.” She said, before she rested her head on him again. “I wish it could be just us forever.” She mused. “Well, Isabel and Ava to.” She added.

“Ava!” Kyle said suddenly pulling back to look at Maria. “Ava must be worried sick about us,” he said, having completely forgotten about that.

“You’re right,” Maria said, her eyes wide at the fact that she hadn’t even thought about that. “Do you think she could find us?” A glimmer of hope peeking through her voice.

Kyle didn’t know. But he sure hoped she could. It worked with Max once.

**********

NYC…

Ava paced around Kyle and Maria’s apartment. At first when they left, she thought maybe they had decided to get away and have a little time to themselves. Sure, she was going to kick their asses for not telling her, and making her worry, but it would be ok. But it had been 2 weeks, and not a word from either of them.

She wouldn’t say that she had become best friends with Kyle and Maria, but they had gotten close, and they were all she had, and frankly, she was all they had. There was NO WAY they would have just left for 2 weeks and not even called.

She looked around the small apartment. The bed was unmade and some of the knick-knacks were knocked over. That didn’t look good. She bit her lip and concentrated. Where could they be? She didn’t know what to do. If she could just dreamwalk…

That was it! She needed to get a hold of Isabel. She remembered that Isabel shared the ability to dreamwalk with Lonnie. They had helped save Max that way. Now where was that number?

She looked around the apartment until she found Maria’s phone. That really wasn’t good. They definitely wouldn’t have left without that. She listened to the messages on the phone, sure that her friends would forgive her later. Luckily Isabel left a number of her room in about the 7th message, Ava could tell Isabel was worried too.

She dialed the number and waited. “Hello?” a sleepy man’s voice answered.

“Rath?” she asked, confused.

“Who the hell is this?” the man asked, fully awake, and not happy.

************

Maria was in heaven as Kyle’s velvety lips moved over her skin. His kisses were sending her reeling as the back of her knees hit the bed and they both fell onto it, a mass of arms and legs. She giggled as Kyle squished her tiny frame. “God, you are so beautiful when you laugh,” kyle said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

Maria leaned up and kissed him, “You’re so beautiful all the time,” she said, a breath away from him. “I could just eat you.” She sighed.

“That’s my plan,” Kyle said, winking at her.

“Oh, god you know how to turn a girl on,” Maria said, pulling Kyle’s face down to hers. He kissed her hungrily, moving his hands up and down her sides, letting his fingers gently work their way up her shirt.

Maria let him play with the hem of her shirt for little while before she took the initiative, slipping her shirt over her head. “I’ll never get tired of watching you do that.” Kyle said, his cock jumping at the look of pure lust in Maria’s eyes. But this wasn’t about him, and he probably wasn’t going to get much relief tonight, except from his hand anyway. Stupid Government.

Maria smiled at him, but her face turned into one of surprise as Kyle’s lips wrapped around one of her nipples. “Oh god,” she moaned.

“Actually, it’s Kyle.” He answered. She smacked him half heartedly on the back and continued to revel in the feeling of his mouth on her tender flesh. Her hands pushed up his shirt, and he broke away from her long enough to rid himself of it. He slowly moved back up her body, and kissed her lightly on the mouth.

He looked into her eyes, smiled, and then moved his mouth down to her neck. “Your bad,’ she purred, as he knew exactly where to go to drive her wild. He grinned against her skin and licked her neck.

He continued to make his way down her body, finally reaching her stomach. He licked and nipped at her skin, pushing his fingers down the side of her short, and slowly pushing them down her legs. “Kyle?” Maria breathed and asked at the same time.

“Yes, baby?’ he returned as he threw her shorts and panties over his shoulder. She was completely bare, just how he liked her.

“Are you sure?’ she asked, not knowing what Kyle had in mind. He smiled warmly at her and kissed her inner thigh.

“Don’t worry, baby. We aren’t going to be making and little Maria’s or Kyle’s tonight.” Maria grinned as she caught on to what he was doing and laid back, ready to enjoy the love he was getting ready to share with her.

He turned his attention back to her dynamite legs, kissing her inner tights all the way up until he got to his destination. He eased her legs apart and flicked his tongue over her already dripping pussy. “Yessss,” she hissed, her back arching in voluntarily. “mmm,” her moaned, biting down on her lower lip. Her hands found their way to his head as she wrapped her fingers in his hair.

His ministrations became more forceful as her moved his hand up her leg and entered a finger inside her. “Oh god,” she groaned, pushing herself into him mouth as her hands held him in place. He licked and sucked her clit as he entered another finger into her and simulated the sex he wished they could have. “That’s feels so good, baby,” she moaned, her breath hitching.

He fucked her faster and faster with his fingers, curling his fingers around to hit her g-spot. “Oh fuck, KYLE!” she moaned loudly, not caring that she was reaching the point of screaming. She bucked into him wildly as she came hard around his fingers. “AHNNNNN!” she screamed, something primal in her breaking along with the rest of her.

Kyle continued to milk her until he knew she was beyond her this world and in the next. He moved back up her body, laying next to her, to watch as her flushed face came back to earth. “Wow,” she breathed as she turned to him, finally able to form words. “You are amazing at that.”

“Why thank you ma’am,” he grinned at her. “Now, if you don’t mind. I think I need to take care of this,” he said pointing to his raging hard on. Watching her come made him so hard.

“Not so fast,” Maria said pulling him to her and kissing him hard, tasting her come on his lips. “I’ll take care of it.”

“You don’t have to.” Kyle assured her. That wasn’t his intent.

“Like I don’t love it,” she smiled, already ridding him of his pants as his cock sprang free. She looked down at it like she was hungry only for him, and wrapped her hand around the base of his cock.

“Oh god, Maria!” he growled, hoping she would take it easy on him. She smiled and lowered her head to lick the tip of his cock which was already dripping precum. She knew it wouldn’t be long before he was screaming her name, and coming down her throat.

She made herself comfortable, resting on her arms, and taking him further into his mouth. She descended on him, taking him into her mouth more and more with each thrust. “Fuck, baby.” Kyle moaned, running his fingers through her hair, and watching her blow him like only she could. She looked up at him and make eye contact with him.

She sped up her thrusts, but never took her eyes off Kyle, not even when his eyes rolled in the back of his head and he arched up into her, screaming her name as his thick cum shot out of him and down her throat. “Fuck fuck fuck fuck,” he muttered over and over as Maria watched him go over the edge and back.

When Kyle finally came back to his senses he pulled Maria into his arms and threw the blankets over their naked, sweaty bodies. “Now, sleep baby. It’s going to be a long day tomorrow.”

“Uh huh,” Maria sighed, already half asleep.

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 24

In the hotel…

“What’s wrong Michael?” Isabel asked, as he shot out of bed.

“Who is this?” he asked the girl on the other end again. “How do you know Rath?”

Isabel’s eyes widened.


NYC…

“Ummm, it’s Ava.” Ava answered, confused. It sounded like Rath, but with no accent. Plus, he was way dead. MICHAEL! That’s who it was. “OH! Michael. It’s me Ava!” she answered.

“Ava?” Michael said, and Isabel grabbed the phone from him.

“Ava. Have you seen Maria or Kyle. They haven’t answered their phone. Is that why you are calling? Did something happen?” Isabel shot off question after question.

“Woah, whoa, hold it!” Ava said, holding up her hand. “Look, I havn’t seen ‘em either. I was thinkin’ we could do a dreamwalk ‘er somethin’.” Ava said.

“We tried,” Isabel said. “We couldn’t get in.” Isabel answered.

“Wanna try again. I’ll stay on tha phone, and we can work our powa together.” Ava said.

Isabel nodded into the phone. “Ok. Yeah. Let’s do it.” She said getting on the bed, and taking out Maria’s picture again. She motioned for Michael to come to her. “Michael, lay here with me. If the three of us work together it might help.” He nodded and moved into the bed behind her, wrapping his arm around her waist and touching her picture.

“Ok, Ava, grab something of Maria’s or her picture, and concentrate with me.” Isabel instructed.

“K,” Ava said, laying down on Maria and Kyle’s disheveled bed and holding Maria’s sweater in her arms. “Ready.”

“K, here goes,” Isabel said closing her eyes. They all did the same and concentrated. Their minds drifted into the sea of dreams, hazy clouds forming around them. They found each other in that other realm, and clasped hands as Isabel sifted through the dream orbs.

“Here it is,” she said excitedly, as she found Maria and Kyle’s dream orbs right next to each other.

“Go into Maria’s,” Michael instructed. It didn’t really matter, but to tell the truth he missed her and would rather go into her dream than his.

The three of them stepped inside the orb and were immediately surrounded by Maria’s dream. They saw her with her head in Kyle’s lap in the middle of a field of grass. They were just laying there. They both looked happy, and Michael had to suppress the feelings of jealousy in the pit of his stomach.

“Maria!” Isabel called out to her friend.

Maria’s head jerked toward her three friends, and the scene immediately changed to the interior of the room she had called home for two weeks. “Oh My God!” she cried, “Tell me your really here,” she breathed, tears stinging her eyes.

“We are really here,” Isabel said, pulling Maria into her and wrapping her arms around her. Ava and Michael joined them in a group hug. “I’m sorry we havn’t visited sooner.” Isabel said. “Where are you.”

Maria pulled back and wiped her eyes. “The government has us. I’m not sure where we are exactly, but I’m pretty sure it’s in Washington D.C.” Maria answered, her voice cracking with emotion.

Michael rubbed soft circles on her back as Ava asked, “What happened?”

“They took us out of our bed. These guys in black, in the middle of the night. And there is the Agent. Agent Carson. He wants all of us.” Maria said, her voice rising. “He wants to breed us,” she said with disgust. “They want me and Kyle…and then Me and Michael…and the rest of the group, they want to breed all of us.” Maria answered, looking down at her feet.

Michael, Ava, and Isabel looked at Maria in shock. “Oh my god, Maria.” Isabel said, covering her mouth with her hand.

“Have they hurt you?” Michael asked, his fists clinching at his side.

“No,” Maria answered, shaking her head, “But, I’m…I’m ovulating, and they gave us tonight to do it on our own, but the agent said that after tonight he…he was going to make us conceive.” Maria said, tears welling up in her eyes again.

“Shit,” Michael cursed, looking up in the air.

Isabel and Ava just stood there. Maria and Kyle had been going through hell and just NOW that had thought to do something about it, and NOW it might be too late. “What do we do?” Isabel said, out loud, and then immediately her eyes went wide. She hadn’t meant to say that out loud. Maria needed comfort right now.

“I don’t know!” Maria cried. “We are down in a basement. We’ve got to be at least 10 floors down. And the place has gaurds. I mean, we’ve only seen 4 total, and a doctor, and one agent. But this is a big place. There has to be more.” Maria said.

“Don’t worry Maria.” Ava said, comforting her friend. She may have only known Maria for a little while, but she really cared about her and Kyle. “We will find you.”

Maria smiled. “I trust you guys,” she said, looking at each one of them, her eyes lingering on Michael’s. “But I need to know what you want me to do for right now.”

“Just…” Isabel started, not really knowing what to tell her. If she did what they said, she was going to get pregnant, and there was no telling what they would do to her or Kyle after that. If she didn’t they could hurt her, or Kyle.

“We have to act fast. We will go talk to Max and Liz right after we leave here. Ava, you meet us in Washington DC, tomorrow,” Michael said, taking control of the situation. It was as if he was general again, he was made for the role of delegating responsibility.

Everyone listened to him intently, as he continued. “We will find you. We will get you out of there. Don’t worry. Until then, hold out as long as possible. But listen to me Maria,” he said pulling her into him for hug. “If it comes down to your life or emotional stability, do what Agent Carson says.” He said.

Maria knew how hard it was for Michael to say that. Basically he was telling her to make a child with the man she loved, and they could work out the details later. “Ok,” she answered. “Are you going to visit Kyle, or do you want me to tell him you are on your way?” Maria asked.

“Let him know we are coming,” Isabel said. “And send him my love.”

“Me too,” Ava said, kissing Maria’s cheek. They hugged again, and as they walked away, Michael turned back to Maria.

“We will come back to talk to you tomorrow night,” He said. She nodded, and wiped her eyes. Then they were gone.


In Washington DC…

Maria’s whole body jerked awake, and she sat straight up in bed. “What’s the matter, baby?” Kyle’s drowsy voice asked, as she slowly sat up next to her.

“Shhh,” Maria said, pushing Kyle down on his back and the comforter over both of their heads. “I talked to Isabel, Michael, and Ava.” She whispered. She didn’t want anyone to overhear them, if they were in fact being listened too.

“What?” Kyle whispered, his brain still a little hazy from being pulled from his erotic dream of marathon sex with Maria.

“They dreamwalked me.” Maria explained. “All three of them came to my dream. They are going to get us out of here. They are on their way here as we speak,” she smiled, as she spoke.

Kyle looked at her confused. “Well, how do you know it wasn’t just a dream?” he asked. He hoped she was right, but they couldn’t risk their lives on a feeling.

“I know, Kyle.” Maria said. “Isabel has dreamwalked me several times, and I know when she is doing it. It’s a feeling I get. It was real. I know it, Kyle.” She said, because she knew they were there. She could swear to it.

Kyle looked at her and nodded. He could believe that. The one time Isabel dreamwalked him he did notice a feeling. A sort of tingling feeling in his brain. “Well, what do we do? Do they have a plan?’ he asked.

“They are going to get Max and Liz, and then try to find us. They don’t have much to go on, but Ava’s power is strong and along with Max, I’m sure they can find us.” Maria said. “Michael told me to hold out as long as possible, but if push comes to shove we should do what Agent Carson tells us to. Only if we are in danger.” Maria said.

Kyle sighed, and nodded. He figured that was going to be the plan anyway. There was not way he was going to put Maria in danger, so if they had to go through with this that was what he was going to do, and he would die to save her and his unborn baby if he had to.

“Ok, well let’s just go to bed, and worry about this tomorrow. Are they going to visit you again?” Kyle asked.

“Yeah, tomorrow night,” Maria said kissing Kyle’s cheek.

“Ok, baby.” Kyle smiled. He hoped this worked. It was their only shot.

*******

“Max! Max get up!” Michael yelled as he and Isabel banged on Max and Liz’s door. After a few seconds, a disheveled Max came to the door, scratching his head, and scowling.

“What the hell?” He asked, as Isabel and Michael burst into the room.

“It’s Maria and Kyle,” Michael said, flipping on the light, and getting straight to the point. Liz squinted in the light of the room, but her attention was on Michael the minute she heard Maria and Kyle’s names.

“What about them?” Max said sitting on the bed next to Liz. It was too early for this.

“They’ve been taken by the FBI. They are in DC, and an agent there is trying to breed them. They will be coming after us soon too, and we need to save them. They are going to start trying to breed them tomorrow.” Michael answered.

“Ava is meeting us there. Common we have to go!” Isabel said, already starting to get Max and Liz’s things together.

“Wait, Ava?” Max asked, pulling his jeans on, as he spoke.

“No time. I’ll answer questions in the car, but we have to go!” Isabel said, pulling her brother out the door.

TBC…

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 25

In the van…

“So, how is Ava involved?” Max asked, keeping his eyes on the road as Isabel and Michael explained to Liz and Max what they found about from Maria in her dream.

“Maria and Kyle met up with Ava in New York. She’s the one that set them up in their apartment. She’s out there all alone.” Isabel explained. “So, anyway, she started to get worried when she didn’t hear from Maria and Kyle. The usually hung out everyday. For a while, she just thought they were busy getting assimilated, but she went into their room, saw that they left the phone and the apartment had been ransacked.”

“So, Maria said they were in DC, but we don’t know where?” Liz asked, getting more and more worried about her friend. She knew she had been wrong in thinking that her problems and life were more important than the rest of the group’s. Plus, she was going to have a baby, and no one knew about it yet. She wanted to tell her best friend. She wanted to be with her. Now, her friend was probably going to be a mother too, through force and she’d just been too worried about getting her own way to care about Maria’s happiness.

“No, we don’t know where, but Ava said she can find her.” Michael answered. He still didn’t know how, but he trusted her. He had too.

“And what is this about breeding? Who are they breeding? And why?” Max asked, still trying to wrap his mind around this. He was really worried about Maria and Kyle, and he was worried about the rest of the group, and in true Max form, he blamed himself for most of it.

“We don’t know. All she said was that they were breeding us, they started with her and Kyle and then they were going to make me and her breed,” Michael said looking at his hands. He was beginning to hate the word breed. It was so barbaric. Like they were animals or something.

“Ok, well let’s just meet up with Ava and take it from there.” Max said, clutching the steering wheel.

“We have to find them Max.” Isabel said, biting her fingernails.

“We will, Isabel.” Liz said with conviction. She was not leaving until they did. “We will find them, and hopefully before it’s too late.”


***********

In the compound…

Maria and Kyle woke up to a loud bang on the door. The dressed quickly, and Kyle opened the door, ready for battle. Agent Carson stood in front of him along with all four guards. He pushed his way into the room, and first eyes Maria before he said anything.

“Nice show again last night,” he commented, winking at Maria suggestively, and she felt dirty immediately, but kept her mouth shut, trying to keep this whole thing as painless for both she and Kyle as possible.

“But, unfortunately, or fortunately for me, you did not seal the deal.” He said, his manner haughty, and Kyle would have liked nothing more than to punch that smug look off of his face. “So, you decided to make this interesting.”

“What are you going to do to us?” Kyle couldn’t help but ask.

“Well, let’s just leave that a surprise,” the Agent said, giving up no details of their fate. “Now, let’s go. We’ve got a fun game ahead of us.” Maria and Kyle, neither one, liked the use of his word “game.” They were positive that what Agent Carson found fun and entertaining would not be something THEY would find to be fun and entertaining.

The four guards moved into them, two a piece, and lead the out of the room, down the hall, and into the elevator that they had ridden what seemed like a hundred times. Maria felt butterflies in her stomach as she looked at Kyle, who looked just as nervous.

Soon, they were in the psych room, and they were instructed to sit in the chairs set up on either side of the room, facing each other. What was this, another interview? They could handle that.

“Ok, so we are going to see how much you truly “love” each other today,” the agent said, entering the room behind them. “Stand up Maria.” She did as she was told. Immediately, the two guards with Kyle tied his hands behind his back and his legs to the chair.

“No, stop,” Maria called out, moving to reach for Kyle, but she was stopped by the two guards at either side of her.

“I wouldn’t do that, Ms. DeLuca.” The Agent reprimanded.

“What are you going to do with him?” Maria asked, her voice quiet and calm.

“I was just getting to that. You two won’t cooperate, so we are going to see if you can make you.” The agent answered. “Buck!” he called and immediately a huge man walked in the room. He was probably 6’5’’ and 300 lbs. Maria recoiled as she saw him slam the door shut behind him, his face fixed in an angry glare.

“Buck here, is going to hit Kyle, repeatedly every minute.” Maria’s eyes filled with tears and she looked at Kyle, who she could tell was trying to be strong for her. “Now, if you truly love him, and want to see it stop, all you have to do is say ‘ok, we will do what you say.’ Then with all of us watching, you and Kyle will have sexual intercourse, in order to breed.” The Agent continued.

“Why are you doing this?” Maria asked, her eyes spilling over with tears. She didn’t want Kyle to get hurt, and she definitely didn’t want to share such an intimate moment with that group of perverts watching them.

“It’s ok, baby. I can take it.” Kyle said, looking her in the eyes, trying desperately to tell her what he was thinking. He would take what he had to, to keep her safe.

“Shall we begin,” The Agent asked, his eyes full of life. Maria didn’t say anything, just glared at him. “Ok, Buck, do your worst.”

************

Michael, Isabel, Liz, and Max arrived in Washington DC at about noon, and the prayed Ava was already there. The went straight for the meeting place at the park, next to the Washington Monument, and sure enough, she was sitting in the grass waiting for them.

“Ava!” Isabel called out, as the group ran up to her. “Anything?” she asked, getting right to the point. The faster they could find them, the faster they could figure out how they were going to save Maria and Kyle.

“Yes,” Ava said, intensely. “I can feel them. Where is the van?”

TBC…

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 26

The gang quickly walked back toward the van, trying not to look conspicuous. When they finally got there, they all jumped in and Ava got behind the wheel. “I feel them. They are outside the city.” She said, starting the car ad backing out into the road.

“How…I mean, I don’t understand how you can feel them,” Max said. He believed her, but with knowing so little about their powers he didn’t know why Ava could feel them and not him.

“It’s all about opening ya mind,” Ava explained, speeding down the rode, toward Virginia and out of the city. “When Lonnie, Rath, Zan, and me were in the city togetha, it used to be how I found Zan and Zan found me.” Ava didn’t get into why they had to develop these powers when Rath and Lonnie used to separate them.

“Yall can do it too.” Ava said, distractedly as she felt out where to go next in the search for Maria and Kyle. She knew they were close because she could feel their fear stronger now.

*********

Buck’s fist made contact with Kyle’s face, and Kyle felt like his head was going to explode. He sure wasn’t going to take it easy on him, was he.

“NO!” Maria cried, tears spilling from her eyes. She tried to reach for Kyle, but Agent Carson was on her fast, his arm snaking around her middle as a smirk came over his face.

“Oh, there is one other part to this game I completely forgot about. If you make a move or a sound, one item of clothing comes off.” He smirked at her pleased with himself.

Her attention turned to the agent, as a look of horror passed before her eyes. She looked at Kyle, who was now crying, but not in pain, rather is sadness. “I’m ok, baby.” He said to her. “Just stay quiet and still.”

She nodded at him, wiping her tears, and before she could begin unbuttoning her shirt, Agent Carson moved her hands out of the way. With a lusty look in his eyes, he began unbuttoning her shirt for her, and Maria closer her eyes, taking her mind back to ha happier time to control the urge to retch.

As he finished unbuttoning the shirt, he moved in close enough that she could feel his breath on her lips. He pushed the shirt off her shoulders and she stood their breasts exposed as he planted a rough kiss on her lips. She was unresponsive, but his kiss heart and she tried to suppress the cry from her lips.

Kyle wanted to kill him. He had seen the looks Agent Carson had been giving Maria, but he never expected him to touch her like that. He wished he could get out of his chair, move him off of his beloved and kill him with his bare hands, but he was helpless. All he could do is watch, for fear of aggravating the man who was attacking Maria and causing him to hurt her more.

Finally, Agent Carson moved away and looked at Maria approvingly. “You done good, Kyle,” he said, egging the man on. But Kyle stayed silent, looking only into Maria’s eyes, trying his best to show her comfort.

And then he was punched again.

This went on and on for what seemed like an eternity. Maria had silently cried all her tears as she stood their exposed in front of a group of men who were eyeing her like a piece of meat. Agent Carson was standing too close to her, but she kept her resolve, for Kyle sake.

Kyle looked bad. His lip was bleeding, along with the crown of his head. Both eyes were turning green and black from the beating he was receiving. Maria didn’t think she could take much more. Maybe she could make a deal with Agent Carson. And she hoped to God that the others showed up sometime soon.

When Buck punched Kyle again, blood spurted from his split lip. “Ok stop!” Maria cried, as she looked into Kyle’s eyes. He nodded at her, knowing he himself couldn’t take much more.

“Are you ready to do what you were asked?” The agent asked, standing behind her.

“Yes, I’ll do whatever you want, just stop hurting him,” Maria nearly begged.

“Ok, then.” The Agent said. “We’ve got a hospital bed set up over here for you two.”

“We will do what you say, but can we please have some privacy?” Maria asked, she figured she was pushing her luck, but she had to try.

“That was not the deal, now do you want Buck to start punching Mr. Valenti again?” he asked.

“NO!” Maria cried at the thought. “You’ve got cameras all over this place! It isn’t like you couldn’t watch to make sure, but please, can you just let us do this alone!”

“Sir,” One of the guards spoke up.

“What!” the Agent asked, annoyed at being interrupted.

“Maybe we should take them back to their room. If they have privacy, they may be more likely to follow orders. If they don’t, we can bring them back.” The guard said.

Agent Carson sighed, wanting to disagree, but he knew he had a point. He’d just have to kick his ass later for openly defying him in front of the detainees. “Fine.” He conceded. Then he turned to Maria and Kyle. “but if you fuck me over this time, I swear, what happened here will be like a walk in the park compared to what we have in store for you.” He said, before leading them back to the room.


In the van…

Ava turned quickly off the road and toward a hill on a deserted field. “Here, they here.” She said, pulling the van over and behind some bushes to hide it. She turned off the car and hopped out, everyone else joining her.

They congregated behind the van and crouched down out of view. “Ok, what are your powas?” Ava asked.

“I can heal, put up a barrier, throw energy, and manipulate molecular structures.” Max volunteered first.

“I can dreamwalk, throw energy, and manipulate molecular structures,” Isabel said.

“I can throw intense energy, blow things up, and manipulate simple molecular structures,” Michael, said, realizing his powers were still not as good and Max and Isabel’s.

“I can see the future sometimes and throw light energy,” Liz said.

“Ok, well I can mind warp, and change difficult molecular structures along with all the things you can do,” Ava said, mentally assessing their options.

“You mean, except healing, right?” Max asked.

“No, after Zan died, his powers passed to me, his queen.” Ava said. They all nodded. That made since as to why Rath didn’t have the same powers Max did when the Dupes came.

“Alright, this is the plan,” Ava started.


At the compound…

Maria helped Kyle to the bed. “Oh baby, look at you,” she said, going to the bathroom. She got some wet and dry towels to clean him up.

Kyle held onto her for dear life as she cleaned his wounds and used the dry towels to stop the bleeding.

Finally, she got the bleeding under control, and the wounds were already starting to scab. “Is that better?” she asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine, baby.” Kyle said, smiling slightly at her, as his lip hurt. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah,” Maria said quickly. “He didn’t hurt me.” She said, kissing his cheek. “But you know we really have to do this because I can’t watch you get hurt one more time,” Maria said.

“I know,’ Kyle said, kissing her lightly on the lips. “They will come,” he whispered to her as he kissed her earlobe. “And we may start a family earlier than expected, but you’re the only person I want to have my babies,” Kyle said, chuckling lightly as he was trying to lessen the pain to his throbbing face.

“Ok, you ready?” Maria asked, helping Kyle lay down on the bed.

“Yeah,” Kyle said. It sounded so cheap, but he knew what they had between them ran deep, and no matter what the circumstances, this moment was going to be something they remembered forever.

She helped him undress, slowly, savoring this moment together. When he was completely naked, she got off the bed, and smiling at him, she began to strip, pushing the fact that the Agent was watching them out of her mind.

She removed all of her clothes slowly and seductively before climbing back on the bed. “You’re beautiful,” she breathed before capturing Kyle’s lips in her own, careful not to hurt him.

“Mmm,” he moaned, feeling her against him, his cock already hard from watching her strip tease. “You are,” he replied.

Maria straddled his body, for more comfort and continued to kiss him as she felt his hands wrap around her body pulling her closer. “I love you,” she said.

“I love you too,” Kyle breathed, all thoughts of his pounding head gone.

Maria was already beginning to get wet, and she rubbed herself against Kyle’s abdomen as she kissed down his neck, sucking hard on the tender flesh.

“You’re killing me,” Kyle ground out, his breath shaky.

Maria smiled and kissed him one last time before she lifted herself up slightly, and took his cock into her hand. She moved over it at teased her pussy with the tip. “Mmmm, yesss.” She hissed, and Kyle didn’t have the presence of mind to speak at all.

Slowly, she lowered herself on him, reveling in the feeling of his cock filling her completely. Kyle’s hands went to her hips, his fingers digging into her skin the way she loved it, and she took that as her cue to start moving.

Placing her hands on his chest she pushed her self up and then back down, over and over at a maddeningly slow pace. She wanted to savor the moment. After then, she didn’t know what was going to happen to them. She also knew that after this they would both be parents, and that excited and scared her.

But she wasn’t thinking about that at that very moment. She was thinking about Kyle’s beautiful face lost in ecstasy as she rode him. She picked up the pace, the fire in her pussy driving her to fuck him harder. She wanted to come. She needed to come, and she knew that Kyle did too as his breath hitched and he dug his fingers into her ever harder.

“Fuck,” Maria cried, her hips bucking wild and fast as Kyle hung on for dear life.

“Oh yeah, baby,” he groaned. He was almost there. Maria was too and she was fucking him with all she had.

“YES YES YES!” she nearly screamed as she came, clamping down hard on Kyle’s cock.

He came almost immediately after as Maria’s body went rigid around him. “Fuck MARIA!” he moaned loudly and she collapsed on top of him after she milked his cock dry.

They lay there breathless for a few minutes before Maria rolled off of Kyle and snuggled into him. “So, do you think it worked?” Maria asked.

Before Kyle could answer, his eyes went wide as he noticed a glowing handprint on Maria’s stomach. “Maria, look…” he said pointing at her tummy.

TBC…

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 27

Max and Michael shimmied through the air duct first, the girls following close behind them, Ava in the back. Her job was the hardest, as she had to keep all of them undetected by an unknown number of people for the whole time it took them to find Kyle and Maria. Her powers were strong, but it was still going to be a stretch.

“I see an opening,” Max whispered, and the group passed along the message, as he used his powers to open the vent. He said a little prayer of thanks to the powers that be when he realized his powers still worked in the compound. Who knew with the government.

“Ok, Let’s roll,” Ava said, as she dropped to the floor from the ceiling. They all nodded as she lead the way.


Back in the room…


“Oh my God,” Maria said. She couldn’t help but smile as she placed her hand over Kyle’s on her stomach. “I didn’t know you were that alien.” She said with a smile.

“Hey now,” Kyle said. “You know that freaks me out.” He chuckled though. At least this was proof that it worked.

Before he could get out another word, Maria’s breath hitched, and a tiny bold of energy escaped her stomach. “What was that?” she said softly, not wanting to draw attention from anyone that might be watching them.

“I don’t know.” Kyle said, amazing. “I think it might have powers. And since you aren’t on the drug I am, the baby’s powers aren’t dormant.”

“Wow, you did learn a little something from remedial science,” Maria laughed as she kissed him. He growled and kissed her back, but their fun was quickly interrupted by a loud knock at the door.

‘Fuck!” Kyle muttered getting up slowly, his head beginning to pound again. He handed Maria her clothes and quickly changed into his own before he took a deep breath and opened the door.

Just as he thought, Agent Carson and two guards were standing there. “Great.” The agent said. “You two aren’t as dumb as you look,” he smirked. Then he nodded in the direction of Maria.

With that, the two guards entered the room and while one pushed Kyle against the wall, the other picked Maria up with one arm and began to carry her out of the room. “What are you doing!” she screamed, kicking and screaming.

“Get you’re hands off her,” Kyle protested, but he was still weak from the beating and his recent orgasm.

“We just need to make sure it worked, Mr. Valenti.” The agent said, unfazed.

Kyle felt powerless as he saw the love of his life, and the mother of this child hauled out of the room, and when they slammed the door behind them, he crumbled to his knees, in a heap of sobs. What if they never brought her back? They could do that, and he wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. He couldn’t protect her.


With the group…


“Did you hear that?” Isabel asked, stopping dead in her tracks.

Everyone else stopped and listened. “It’s Maria!” Michael nearly yelled. They listened harder to hear where the sound was coming from.

“This way,” Ava said, changing direction. She knew where she was going.


With Maria…


The guard set her down hard on the examining table and then left the room. Maria looked at the doctor, who gave her a semi-sympathetic look. “This will be painless, I assure you Ms. DeLuca,” he said.

“Yeah, whatever,” she said defiantly. They couldn’t even give her and Kyle a minute alone together.

“I need you to remove your clothes,” the doctor said. And Maria complied. It was easier to do what they said. She didn’t have a fight left in her tonight. She stripped and then say back down on the table, hoping to God that the baby didn’t let out any electrical charges again. The print was still there, but she couldn’t do anything about that.

“Oh my,” the doctor said, noticing her stomach first. “That’s amazing.”

“Hey,” Maria bit out, “I’m not a science experiment. I’m a person. A nineteen year old girl that you helped force into a pregnancy. How do you sleep at night.” The doctor didn’t seem to be listening, as he moved closer to her, his eyes never leaving the handprint.

He moved to touch her stomach, but when his hand made contact with her skin, he was pushed back by a bolt of energy. Maria felt it course through her as well. It was amazing. Her baby was protecting her, she could feel it. She smiled in spite of herself.

The doctor stood, awe-struck, for a few minutes before going to his cabinet. “We need to suppress the powers of the baby,” he muttered to himself. Maria did not want that. If they hurt her baby, she was sure she would kill them.

As he was filling the syringe, Maria heard a clawing at the door. What the hell was that, she wondered. Her heart was racing, in anticipation for whatever drug the doctor was going to give her.

The door clicked, and then was opened, and Maria hurried to shield herself, sure that Agent Carson had come by to catch a pervy peek at her. But her mouth fell to the ground when she saw Max and Isabel standing on the other side of the door. “What the…” she breathed, looking at them, and then back at the doctor who seemed completely oblivious.

Max shielded his eyes from Maria’s naked form out of respect and Isabel rushed to her friend. ‘God Maria!” she cried, handing her, her clothes on the floor.

“What’s going on?’ Maria asked, pulling on her clothes and looking at the doctor.

“Ava mind warped everyone. Look, we’ve got to go. Where is Kyle?” Max answered quickly, now able to look at Maria.

Maria, knowing of the time crunch, moved quickly into the hall and toward the room that had been her home for over two weeks. In the hall she found Ava, concentrating, and Michael and Liz waiting on her.

They all smiled when they saw each other, but they had no time for words at that moment. Maria quickly approached the room and said, “It’s right here,” she said, pointing to the door.

“Here,” Max said, starting to work on the lock. It was difficult, but Isabel and Michael joined him and soon, the door clicked open. Maria rushed in and found a distraught Kyle on the bed.

“Baby,” she called, and he looked up at her, confused. But when he saw the others fall behind her, he smiled and rushed to her, pulling her too him and kissing her.

“We’ve got to go now,” Ava said. “I can’t keep this up much longer!”

They nodded and followed her out of the compound, as they had no idea how the group got in the in first place. Though they were tired, Maria and Kyle joined the others in a full out run to the vent that had let them into the compound.

“Up here,” Michael advised already lifting Maria into the vent. Kyle jumped in after her and they crawled like crazy, following Ava to freedom.

The stark sunlight hit them like a ton of bricks, for two reasons. First, they thought it was night time, and second, they hadn’t seen the sun in a long time. Ava helped them both out, and they followed her straight to the van, the rest of the group behind.

“Get in!” Ava called, getting behind the wheel. Everyone else piled in the back of the van, and Ava speed down the street, letting the mindwarp go as she did.

When Maria could no longer seen the compound, she collapsed in Kyle’s arms, tears of relief washing over her.

“We’re safe now, baby,” he said, kissing her hair, “We are going to be ok.”

TBC…

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 28


“What do we do now?” Ava finally asked, as they got about 30 minutes away.

“I don’t know,” Max said, “but we really have to keep going.”

“Well can someone else take ova?” Ava asked, rubbing her hand over her head. “My head is killin’.”

“Yeah, I’ll drive,” Liz said. She wanted to talk to Maria and Kyle, but she knew that right now they were in a little bit of shock. She was always getting out of the van before it had completely stopped, and she and Ava quickly switched places, Liz taking the wheel next to Max and Ava moving to the back.

Maria hugged Ava close to her, when she got settled in and Liz couldn’t help but feel a little jealous, but she understood. The way she had acted before Maria and Kyle left, she didn’t deserve Maria’s attentions.

They drove and drove and drove. For hours they drove. They didn’t know where they were going, but Liz just kept driving southwest, trying to get as far away from the FBI and the compound as she could

In the back seat, Maria’s stomach was churning. “Baby, I don’t feel very well.” She said, looking up at Kyle.

“What’s wrong?” He asked, trying not to show her that he was scared for her.

“My stomach. It hurts. And the baby keeps sending out little electric shocks. They are tiring me out.” She said, he head resting on his shoulder.

“Lemme see,” Ava told Maria. She nodded and laid down in the back of the van, Isabel and Michael at her head, Kyle and Ava sitting on either side of her abdomen.

Ava lifted Maria’s shirt up slightly, and immediately, the sparks flew from her stomach. “Mmmm,” Maria moaned, grinding her teeth together, and Kyle grabbed her hand.

“What’s wrong with her?” he asked, petrified that he was in pain and it was all his fault. Because of his new alieness, he had hurt her.

“I don’t know,” Ava said, biting her bottom lip. She had never dealt with something like this, nor learned about it. She, Rath, Zan, and Vilondra had never saved people with their powers, and they certainly didn’t know what to do if that person were to mate with a normal human.

“You don’t KNOW?” Michael nearly growled.

“Michael, calm down,” Isabel said, though she was just as scared as he was.

Max looked helplessly from the font seat and Liz just kept her eyes on the road, afraid if she turned around she would freak out and run off the road. “Ok,” Ava said, rubbing her hands together. ‘I’m gonna make a connection. Then maybe I can see wots tha matta.”

She closed her eyes and concentrated before placing her hand over Maria’s stomach, right over the sparking handprint. The connection was immediate once the fetus seemed to realize that Ava was also an alien.

She seemed to enter the child’s subconscious, and felt waves of fear coming off both the child and Maria, but she stayed the course, desperate to find out what was going on. It was a lot like dreamwalking. She didn’t really know how to make heads nor tails of what she was seeing, so she decided to close her eyes and feel.

Soon, the feelings of fear became stronger. More concrete. The baby was scared. It knew its mother was in peril, and wanted to protect her, and it. Ava had an idea. She broke the connection and looked up at Kyle.

He was looking at her expectantly and she said, “Kyle, let me bring ya into tha connection. Tha baby’s just scared.” He nodded and placed his hand over Ava’s.

As he entered Maria’s womb, he saw the essence of his child and smiled to himself. “I’m here,” he said, trying to get the baby to open up to him, and as he spoke, the baby’s essence immediately began to calm down and stop sparking.

He could feel it’s emotions and love for him, and he couldn’t help but cry at the though that he was in the mind of his child that was only a few hours old. When he finally left the connection, a smile passed across his face as he wiped tears from his eyes. He looked at Maria who was smiling too. Her stomach had settled.

“The baby is fine,’ Kyle said.

“I know, I felt it.” Maria said. “I can feel everything now.” She smiled, sitting up and pulling Kyle into her. He kissed her on the lips, and then they turned to their friends.

“SO, what happened?” Michael asked.

“The baby was just scared. It thought it was in danger, but when I connected, it calmed down. I hold the baby we were safe.” Kyle explained.

The group seemed to understand were relieved.

“I don’t mean to interrupt,” Liz started, “But we really need a plan.” She said. “I can drive much more, and we are almost into Texas already.” She explained. “What do we do next?”

No one had a clue. They all seemed to look at Max for direction. It was his usual role. “I’m not the leader,” he said quickly. “We all should get a say. But I do think we ought to stop for a few minutes. Maria probably should eat, and we need a plan of action.”

“Ok,” Liz said, “I saw a sign for a truck stop a few miles back. I’ll pull over there.” She said.

When she did everyone got out of the van, stretching their legs. They had been in there for several hours, and Maria and Kyle most of all were in pain as they walked around the parking lot. Kyle’s face was hurting again, and he just hoped they could get some aspirin at this truck stop.

They all made their way inside and got a table. As they got settled and ordered, finally Isabel asked what was on everyone’s mind. “What happened to you guys in there?”

Maria and Kyle looked at each other and then Maria took the liberty of telling their story, from capture to escape. “Oh god, Maria.” Liz said, her hand coming to her mouth.

“I’m so sorry,” Max said, holding his head in his hands.

“For what?” Maria asked, confused.

“If we hadn’t been so stupid. If I had been a better leader, none of this would have happened.” Max said, the guilt he felt for months finally shining through.

“Look you guys. What is done is done,” Maria said. “You couldn’t have known anymore than we did that this was going to happen. Let’s just let it go.” Maria said.

“Yeah. There is no use crying over spilled milk.” Kyle said. “We just need to figure out what we are going to do.”

The group sat their in silence thinking, as the food came. They ate in silence for a few minutes, still trying to think of some sort of plan to go unnoticed by the FBI. “We have to get out of the country,” Max finally said, the wheels in his head turning.

“But where do we go?” Isabel asked.

“I don’t know, but I don’t think Mexico or Canada is far enough,” Max answered, scratching his head.

“Well, we could go to Europe. But we will have to fashion new passports.” Maria said, “and it would be best if they were not US passports.”

“We can do that,” Michael said, starting to like this idea.

“We will need money,” Liz said, thinking more about this option, which seemed to be their only viable one.

“We can do that too.” Max said. “But we need to research this. And we need to do it fast. The longer we are in one place, the easier the FBI can find us.”

As the waitress approached the table, Ava took it upon herself to ask, “Where’s the closest town?”

“About five miles down the road,” the polite woman asked, her southern accent thick and sweet.

When she left, the group decided to go into town, hit the library, get plans finalized and get a room. Tomorrow, they would be on their way to a new place where they could start over.

TBC…

[gnrkrystle]

Chapter 29

Maria looked at the passport and ticket in her hand. She had a new name, and a new passport. She was Aimee McGrath from Vancouver, Canada. They all had new names and passports, and they were all headed to Berlin, Germany. After all of Liz and Max’s research that was what had been decided, and she didn’t really care where they went as long as her baby was safe.

Kyle pulled her close to him, kissing the top of her head. She turned to him and smiled. His face was healed, thanks to Max, and they were both feeling a lot better. They just needed to put the awful experience of being locked up behind them.

“You almost ready, baby?” Kyle asked, motioning to the others who were ready to board the plane.

“Yeah,” Maria gave a weak smile. “Just wish I could have talked to my mother, you know?”

“Yeah,” Kyle replied, “I want to call my dad so bad, but we can’t. It will only put them in danger.”

“I know,” Maria said, a few tears falling from her eyes.

“Hey,” Kyle said, turning her around to face him. “We will see them again,” he said seriously. “I swear we will.”

Maria pulled him close to her, hugging him tight. “Ok, I’m going to hold you to that.” She said with a smile. Kyle grinned back at her and led her to the others.

*********

Michael and Isabel were the only ones to stay awake through the flight. They had taken it upon themselves to watch over the group. It was sort of a silent pact they made to be the protectors of the group.

So, as the plan flew over the Atlantic, and then over the land masses of Europe, they watched their friends sleep, and hoped that moving to a new country would save them all. They figured it would, mostly because the FBI had no jurisdiction there, even if they found them. And Europeans were not big on American Intelligence structures.

Ten hours after boarding a flight in Texas, they landed in Germany. Maria shook Kyle awake. She giggled at him. He could sleep through anything. They all groggily moved off the plane and headed to passport control.

Maria and Isabel were the only two members of the group without European Union passports. They set it up this way on purpose. Maria was posing as the Canadian born fiancé of a British national (that being Kyle). Isabel was the only U.S. Citizen among them, and she was posing as the fiancé of a Irish national (that being Michael). Isabel rolled her eyes when Max had told her of that part of the plan.

Max and Liz were a married couple from France (since they both spoke French). And Ava was from Germany. They figured splitting their nationalities up like this would help keep them undercover, even if they did all live in the same city at this point in time.

When they finally got through customs, they made their way out of the airport. They had no baggage to get, for they knew they would have to buy everything when they got there, so they stepped out into the Berlin air, empty handed, and praying they could find a place to live.

*********

They didn’t have any luck the first day. All seven of them shuffled into a hostel later that day. Luckily they all got one room they didn’t have to share with anyone else and they settled in. “What if we don’t find anywhere to live?” Maria asked the group, starting to panic.

“We will,” Max assured her with a smile. “It’s our first day here. It would have been a miracle if we found something today.”

Maria nodded. She knew he was right, but she was exhausted, and she just wanted to find a home and get settled in.

Everyone noticed how tired she looked. The whole day her feet hurt and she had touble keeping up their pace. “Maybe you should stay here tomorrow.” Michael said, stating what everyone else was thinking. “You don’t look so good.” He said.

“I know.” Maria admitted. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m just so tired.”

“Well, Maria, you’re having a baby. It’s got to be taking a toll on your body.” Liz reasoned.

“I don’t want to stay here alone.” Maria said, looking at her feet. She was afraid to be alone. She would probably be afraid to be alone for the rest of her life after what she and Kyle had been through.

“I’ll stay with her.” Isabel offered before anyone else could. “It will be easier for you to find a house if I’m not with you anyway.” She explained. “I’m ‘American’,” she said. They group nodded seeing her logic. Kyle really wanted to be the one to stay with Maria, but he did realize that to keep up appearances of their personas, it would be better if he went with everyone else.

Maria smiled at Isabel and laid down on the bed she was sitting on. “Do you guys mind if I take a nap?” she asked.

“No, you should sleep. We will go find something for Dinner and get some essentials,” Max said. Kyle, wordlessly, moved into bed behind Maria and wrapped his arms around her. They finally got some time alone, and he wanted her close to him.

When the group left, Maria turned around in Kyle’s arms to look at him. She smiled at him and kissed him lightly on the lips. “I’ve missed you,” she said.

“Me too,” he replied, happy to be in her arms alone at last.

“This is going to work,” Maria said to him. “I know this is going to work. Our baby is going to grow up here.” She smiled.

“Yeah, I know.” Kyle said, “And when it’s safe again. When we have our lives in order, and we don’t have to look around the corner every step we take. We will bring your mother and my father here.” He said.

Maria smiled brightly at him. “I love you,” she said.

“I love you too, baby.” He replied, and they both drifted off to sleep, feeling at peace for the first time in a long time.

The End.