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xtremeroswelliaAuthor: X_tremeroswellian
Email: faithboscorelli1@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: Oh, how I wish they were mine...
Author's Note: After watching "Tess, Lies and Videotape," I realized that this story falls into place with that plot. Here's the rundown. Let's just say that in T,L and V, Max and Tess kissed but Max didn't get any visions. Liz still saw them kiss. Max went to Michael's apartment and he and Michael still fought but didn't end up finding a video camera, although for this story we'll say that Michael went ahead and kicked Max out of his apartment. Shortly afterwords, Max and Liz break up and Max starts dating Tess. This story picks up about two weeks after the M/L break up, and there is much tension among the six of them...
Spoilers: Up through Tess, Lies and Videotape, the rest is just my guess of what could have happened in the season finale, but didn't.
Dedication: To Sarah, Majik Karma, Mel, Linda and Abs for all the feedback! :)
Special Thanks to: Majik Karma, who helped me work out the entire plot of this story by listening to me ramble on about it for three hours straight over the phone one night. :)
Feedback: Please...and be critical if you feel the need...I can take it.
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen | Seventeen | Eighteen | Nineteen | Twenty | Twenty-One | Twenty-two | Twenty Three | Twenty Four | Conclusion
"...more light and light, more dark and dark our woes..."
-Romeo and Juliet
You Were Meant For Me (Part 23)
Kyle stopped running. He put his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. He heard the scream again.
It sounded like...Maria DeLuca.
Suddenly, he saw a pair of feet in front of him and he stood up quickly, his eyes locking on the most beautiful brown eyes he'd ever seen. "Hurry, we haven't much time," the girl said as she turned and ran.
He stared after her for a moment. Then he followed her, through the woods, over fallen trees and dead branches. She stayed in his line of vision just long enough to for him to realize that they were headed towards some kind of cave.
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Michael stared at Tess as she approached him, smiling. She held one hand out to him. "I have all of your answers, Michael...to all of the questions you've ever had about yourself, and where you come from."
"But...how is that possible?" he asked in disbelief, shaking his head.
"Because I am from the same place you are from." She reached her hand out to him. "All you have to do is take my hand."
"No, Michael, don't!" Maria cried from the other side of the cave.
His gaze travelled to her, and he saw terror in her eyes. He looked at Max, Isabel, Liz and Alex, who were all sprawled out on the floor of the cave, unable to move.
"You know you want answers." Tess's voice became a bit harsh.
"No," he said, meeting her eyes. "Not like this."
"I'm sorry you feel that way." She took another stepped towards him, grabbing him by the arm. A jolt of pain shot through his body and he felt memories being ripped from his mind.
Visions of his younger self playing in the sandbox with Max...throwing M&M's at Maria in the fifth grade...Isabel comforting him after a nightmare...kissing Maria in the eraser room...Diane Evans hugging him when he had brought her a rose on mother's day one year...sleeping in Maria's bed the night he'd left Hank's...Alex shaking his hand on the dream plane when he'd been sick...returning Liz's journal to her at the Crashdown...a flash of the child that Max and Liz were going to have, her eyes pleading for him to protect her...
"You're a traitor, Michael," Tess growled at him. "All these memories you have of humans...the feelings you have for them!"
He struggled to keep standing and he finally managed to reach out and grab her arm with his other hand.
He saw a flash of green clouds...a beautiful landscape of mountains and sparkling rivers...people fighting and dying in the same landscape...stars and the sun flying by...approaching earth...a terrified scream from somewhere within the ship as it spiraled out of control...Tess smiling as she woke up amongst the wreckage and found the others dead...Atherton dead with a silver handprint on his chest...a woman dead with another print...himself with Maria at her house a few nights ago...Liz and Alex on Liz's roof as she cried...
Tess increased her grip on his arm and he grimaced as the pain increased in his body.
He had to focus. He had to use his powers. He felt a ball of energy forming within him and he didn't wait for it to build before he let it flow out of his hands.
Tess jerked backwards but didn't let go of him. "Nice try, Michael, but your powers are far weaker than mine." She sent a wave of energy jolting through him and he felt himself losing his hold on her arm.
Michael forced himself to begin gathering energy again, trying to let it build before releasing it this time. Tess hit him with another shockwave and he closed his eyes against the increasing pain...
It was so hot...
His blood felt like it was boiling...
He didn't know how much more he could take.
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Maria watched in horror as Michael's eyes closed. "No!" she screamed.
She felt the tears on her cheeks but she ignored them as she yanked her hands against the ropes again. She felt them give a bit and she struggled harder, biting her lip against the pain in her hands. She pulled harder, rolling onto her stomach.
She saw the gun laying just a few feet away from her.
If she could get her hands free...
Maria looked up at Michael again, and saw how hard he was fighting to remain standing.
Tess was draining him of his energy, and she didn't appear to be the least bit affected by what feeble efforts he was making to stop her.
"Oh, god, please," she whispered.
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Max took a deep breath, using his powers to free himself from whatever methods of paralysis Tess had used against them.
He saw Michael and Tess, holding onto one another's arms, both in deep concentration, engaged in some kind of battle of power. Then he turned to see Liz, Isabel and Alex all still unable to move, and he closed his eyes and focused. A second later he saw they were moving again. "Alex, get them out of here!" he said and Alex nodded.
Max stood up and edged towards Michael and Tess...maybe his powers combined with Michael's could stop her. He no sooner took two steps closer than Tess released her grip on Michael and he fell to the ground. He heard Maria scream and a second later he was hit by a blinding red light again, only this time it didn't paralyze him.
His back hit the wall of the cave and he felt his head crack from the force of the blow. He was only dimly aware when he slid to the floor and saw Tess standing over him, smirking before he was hit with another blast of her powers.
Then there was only darkness.
Email: faithboscorelli1@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: Oh, how I wish they were mine...
Author's Note: After watching "Tess, Lies and Videotape," I realized that this story falls into place with that plot. Here's the rundown. Let's just say that in T,L and V, Max and Tess kissed but Max didn't get any visions. Liz still saw them kiss. Max went to Michael's apartment and he and Michael still fought but didn't end up finding a video camera, although for this story we'll say that Michael went ahead and kicked Max out of his apartment. Shortly afterwords, Max and Liz break up and Max starts dating Tess. This story picks up about two weeks after the M/L break up, and there is much tension among the six of them...
Spoilers: Up through Tess, Lies and Videotape, the rest is just my guess of what could have happened in the season finale, but didn't.
Dedication: To Sarah, Majik Karma, Mel, Linda and Abs for all the feedback! :)
Special Thanks to: Majik Karma, who helped me work out the entire plot of this story by listening to me ramble on about it for three hours straight over the phone one night. :)
Feedback: Please...and be critical if you feel the need...I can take it.
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen | Seventeen | Eighteen | Nineteen | Twenty | Twenty-One | Twenty-two | Twenty Three | Twenty Four | Conclusion
"...more light and light, more dark and dark our woes..."
-Romeo and Juliet
You Were Meant For Me (Part 23)
Kyle stopped running. He put his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. He heard the scream again.
It sounded like...Maria DeLuca.
Suddenly, he saw a pair of feet in front of him and he stood up quickly, his eyes locking on the most beautiful brown eyes he'd ever seen. "Hurry, we haven't much time," the girl said as she turned and ran.
He stared after her for a moment. Then he followed her, through the woods, over fallen trees and dead branches. She stayed in his line of vision just long enough to for him to realize that they were headed towards some kind of cave.
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Michael stared at Tess as she approached him, smiling. She held one hand out to him. "I have all of your answers, Michael...to all of the questions you've ever had about yourself, and where you come from."
"But...how is that possible?" he asked in disbelief, shaking his head.
"Because I am from the same place you are from." She reached her hand out to him. "All you have to do is take my hand."
"No, Michael, don't!" Maria cried from the other side of the cave.
His gaze travelled to her, and he saw terror in her eyes. He looked at Max, Isabel, Liz and Alex, who were all sprawled out on the floor of the cave, unable to move.
"You know you want answers." Tess's voice became a bit harsh.
"No," he said, meeting her eyes. "Not like this."
"I'm sorry you feel that way." She took another stepped towards him, grabbing him by the arm. A jolt of pain shot through his body and he felt memories being ripped from his mind.
Visions of his younger self playing in the sandbox with Max...throwing M&M's at Maria in the fifth grade...Isabel comforting him after a nightmare...kissing Maria in the eraser room...Diane Evans hugging him when he had brought her a rose on mother's day one year...sleeping in Maria's bed the night he'd left Hank's...Alex shaking his hand on the dream plane when he'd been sick...returning Liz's journal to her at the Crashdown...a flash of the child that Max and Liz were going to have, her eyes pleading for him to protect her...
"You're a traitor, Michael," Tess growled at him. "All these memories you have of humans...the feelings you have for them!"
He struggled to keep standing and he finally managed to reach out and grab her arm with his other hand.
He saw a flash of green clouds...a beautiful landscape of mountains and sparkling rivers...people fighting and dying in the same landscape...stars and the sun flying by...approaching earth...a terrified scream from somewhere within the ship as it spiraled out of control...Tess smiling as she woke up amongst the wreckage and found the others dead...Atherton dead with a silver handprint on his chest...a woman dead with another print...himself with Maria at her house a few nights ago...Liz and Alex on Liz's roof as she cried...
Tess increased her grip on his arm and he grimaced as the pain increased in his body.
He had to focus. He had to use his powers. He felt a ball of energy forming within him and he didn't wait for it to build before he let it flow out of his hands.
Tess jerked backwards but didn't let go of him. "Nice try, Michael, but your powers are far weaker than mine." She sent a wave of energy jolting through him and he felt himself losing his hold on her arm.
Michael forced himself to begin gathering energy again, trying to let it build before releasing it this time. Tess hit him with another shockwave and he closed his eyes against the increasing pain...
It was so hot...
His blood felt like it was boiling...
He didn't know how much more he could take.
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Maria watched in horror as Michael's eyes closed. "No!" she screamed.
She felt the tears on her cheeks but she ignored them as she yanked her hands against the ropes again. She felt them give a bit and she struggled harder, biting her lip against the pain in her hands. She pulled harder, rolling onto her stomach.
She saw the gun laying just a few feet away from her.
If she could get her hands free...
Maria looked up at Michael again, and saw how hard he was fighting to remain standing.
Tess was draining him of his energy, and she didn't appear to be the least bit affected by what feeble efforts he was making to stop her.
"Oh, god, please," she whispered.
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Max took a deep breath, using his powers to free himself from whatever methods of paralysis Tess had used against them.
He saw Michael and Tess, holding onto one another's arms, both in deep concentration, engaged in some kind of battle of power. Then he turned to see Liz, Isabel and Alex all still unable to move, and he closed his eyes and focused. A second later he saw they were moving again. "Alex, get them out of here!" he said and Alex nodded.
Max stood up and edged towards Michael and Tess...maybe his powers combined with Michael's could stop her. He no sooner took two steps closer than Tess released her grip on Michael and he fell to the ground. He heard Maria scream and a second later he was hit by a blinding red light again, only this time it didn't paralyze him.
His back hit the wall of the cave and he felt his head crack from the force of the blow. He was only dimly aware when he slid to the floor and saw Tess standing over him, smirking before he was hit with another blast of her powers.
Then there was only darkness.
