Author: Linda
E-Mail: [email protected]
Rating: R
Category: Max & Liz, Maria & Michael, Isabel & Alex, Kyle & Cassie (She's mine)
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, just borrowing 'em. I'll return' em the way I found 'em.
Summary: This sequel deals with issues the six were left with
right after my other story ended. What 'other' symptoms might Liz
develop carrying Max's child? What happens when Kyle and Maria
commiserate about their parents' dating? What happens if Kyle
finds out about the alien trio? And, what about the other alien
pods from the same crash as the trio? Can there be more alien
shape shifters out there?
Author's note: If you haven't read my previous story, "Us
Six Against the World", it is recommended before reading
this one. This story begins the day after my other story ended.
It's gonna be another LONG one. ;-)
I Knew I Loved You
By Savage Garden
"There's just no rhyme or reason
Only this sense of completion
And in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I've found my way home
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy
But I believe
::CHORUS::
Sense of Completion (Part 35)
Topolsky paced the room in thought. Should she give the FBI
the two teens as they were or take the babies out and have the
added bonus to bargain with? But she didn't know enough about the
beginning process of the babies and how they developed. She would
love to spend time monitoring the babies to see how they grow.
But she didn't have that much time. She knew she couldn't keep
the teens here indefinitely. Then she smiled as she came up with
the perfect solution.
"Dr. is it possible for you to set up a lab for a test tube
baby?" she asked as she came back over to where the doctor
was monitoring the couple on the tables.
"I could get one set up. Of course! You would not have
chosen me to help if you didn't know that I can do more than
those idiots at the bureau want me to." He frowned.
"Yes, of course you can. Okay. Help me get these two untied.
I'll hold the gun on the girl while you untie them both. That way
if the alien there has thoughts of being a hero, he will only get
his girl killed." Topolsky smiled, almost looking forward to
shooting someone.
Max took deep breaths as he watched the doctor untie Liz. Don't
act too excited. This could be the break they needed. He kept his
face impassioned and his eyes on Topolsky with the gun pointed at
Liz.
When Liz was freed, she sat up slowly, painfully stiff from
having been in that position too long. And her bladder also
needed attention. And she was getting dizzy. No now! She thought.
And then slowly inched off the table, rubbing her hands as she
tried to get to Max. But the doctor finished with Max and he
leaped up and ran to Liz before she could get more than half way
to him.
His warm comforting arms slid around her and warmed her frozen
body up. Max should be freezing, but he was so hot. His heat
penetrated through to her and she felt warm for the first time in
many hours.
"You're so cold." Max said softly, rubbing his hands up
and down her arms.
"I'm warmer now." She whispered and looked up at him.
She wanted to kiss him and knew by the emotions they suddenly
shared, and the narrowing of his eyes, that he wanted to kiss her
too. But they held back, afraid of what Topolsky would do if she
saw them any more together. She was not sane and they didn't know
what would unbalance her.
Max gently slid his hand down Liz's soft hair and Liz sighed and
snuggled into Max's warm chest, secretly placing her lips on
Max's heart from inside his arms so that no one saw. Just being
able to hold each other again made her feel better. And she knew
it was the same for Max.
"Amazing really. You actually find this repulsive alien
shape shifter attractive?" Topolsky said in a totally
shocked voice, her head tilted to the side trying to comprehend
it. "Well it will work for what I need." She smiled
again, her eyes glazing a little as she giggled.
Max felt a chill go up his spine and wondered what Topolsky had
planned for them now. He turned around to her fully, keeping Liz
in his arms. "Let her go Topolsky. I swear I will do
whatever you want. No fight what so ever. You can take me apart,
examine anything you want, do any experiments on me and I will
cooperate fully, just let Liz go." Max said hoarsely.
Liz's arms tightened around Max to let him know she would not
leave him, but it was pointless since Topolsky just laughed,
having no intention of releasing Liz who was the first human they
knew of to be pregnant from an alien.
"Oh sorry but I have plans for both of you. If I give my
superiors the two of you just as you are, with the babies intact,
then I want something in return." She smiled.
Max swallowed and Liz felt ill. It couldn't be good.
"I will create a child of mixed species and watch it grow
from day one. I will know more about the breed and what it can do
and what it's capable of than anyone else. I will be able to
experiment with it and monitor its progress step by step."
She said, relishing the prospect.
"How exactly do you plan to do this?" the doctor asked
with a smile, liking the idea of having a new experiment to play
with.
"Well, all we need is a sample from each of them and we can
then put it in a tube and then you can do whatever you do with it
to make it grow into our new experiment." Topolsky answered
proudly.
Liz thought she was going to be ill. They were talking about a
baby...like it was a thing. An animal with no feelings or
emotions! Her whole body started to shudder with her fear and
repulsion.
Max knew exactly what Liz was feeling, and he felt the same way.
He swallowed back the bile in his own throat and closed his eyes
as he prayed again for Jordan. He held Liz closer, absorbing her
shutters of fear as best he could.
"I can get a sample from the girl?" the doctor smiled,
licking his lips and looking Liz over.
Liz shuddered again and clung to Max. Max hugged her closer to
him, dying inside at how helpless they were against these
monsters.
"Hmmm...and I suppose I can get your nurse in here to get a
sample from the alien. She doesn't know what he is, so she will
be more than happy to ah-relieve him of a sample." Topolsky
laughed.
Liz closed her eyes against Max's chest and couldn't stop the
tears that overflowed and rolled down her cheeks and onto Max's
still bare chest. They would physically go in and remove an egg
from her body, but how? They would kill the babies wouldn't they?
How else could they get an egg from her while she was pregnant?
*NO. NO. NO. I won't let it happen Liz! I promise! * Max told her
silently. He didn't know how he could stop it from happening, but
he knew he would somehow.
Topolsky saw the fear and revulsion on both teens' faces and she
smiled and walked right up to them.
"Or we can do it a much easier way." She let the
sentence hang in the air for a minute. "Unfortunately we
will still need to go in to get the egg from the girl, but we
might be able to keep the babies in there alive by using another
female. It doesn't really matter who." Topolsky shrugged.
"But we will need a sample of your alien seed."
Topolsky nodded to Max. "Now we can do that the easy way, or
the hard way...either way we will get it." Topolsky's voice
was harsh.
When neither one of the teens asked what their options were, the
doctor laughed. "They don't want to know their options?
Interesting."
Liz swallowed her nausea again, and just waited. They both knew
they would find out soon enough what was going to happen to them.
Liz was at least relieved to know that they wouldn't have to
operate on Max. It was much easier to get his sample. Although
she knew it would be just as horrific if some person forced him.
"I could be nice and let your girlfriend Ahh...collect the
sperm for us, since she has this strange appeal for you."
Topolsky grinned looking at Liz and waving the gun.
"Hmm. So do you want to do this the easy way or the hard
way? Should I get a nurse to get the sample, or let Liz get it?
It's up to you." She laughed as she saw how neither choice
was acceptable to them. "DECIDE!" she finally demanded.
"Liz, of course." Max swallowed and gritted his teeth
at having no control over this situation.
Liz held onto Max tighter, knowing that neither one of them
wanted this. Liz did NOT want to give that mad woman anything of
Max's that might be part of him and used for experiments.
"Very well, we will leave you two alone for a half hour. I
hope that's long enough." She raised an eyebrow. "And
if I don't have my sample by then, we will do it the difficult
way, but just as fun." She smiled again and led the doctor
out of the room.
As soon as the doors closed, Max lifted Liz's chin in his hand,
and brushed a tear off of her face with his thumb. "Come
here. God I've missed you!" he whispered and covered her
trembling mouth as she lifted her head and eyes to his. The kiss
was full of love and need and fear. When Max lifted his head he
sighed and leaned his forehead against Liz's. "We will get
out of this I promise."
"Max, do you think Jordan heard me?" she bit her lip.
Max nodded. "Yeah I do. I just hope he gets here soon!"
he sighed.
"What are we going to do if he doesn't?" Liz asked
meeting his eyes with wide frightened ones. "I mean--Max--we
can't give her a part of you to use as an experiment!"
"Shhh. I know that. That won't happen remember? Jordan said
that we could only procreate if we are with the one we love and
who loves us in return, and there has to be trust on both
sides." He smiled as Liz's eyes suddenly lit up at his
words.
"We won't be giving her a baby of yours to use!" Liz
whispered and closed her eyes again and whispered her thanks.
"Hopefully we won't even have to give her a sample at all,
if we can hold out until Jordan gets here." Max sighed and
again silently called to Jordan.
Liz leaned against Max's chest and with her eyes closed she again
called out an SOS for Jordan.
Jim Valenti parked the car outside the warehouse where he had
met Kathleen Topolsky last time, and got out and headed toward
the door to the side. When he stepped inside with his flashlight,
Topolsky was waiting for him with that smile on her face that
gave the sheriff the creeps.
"I have him Jim! I have him and the proof that he's an alien
and there's more!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" the Sheriff
frowned but feared he knew.
"Max Evans! I've got him. I've got the proof too.
Experiments have been done, and now I will be vindicated!"
she said anxiously.
Jim Valenti swallowed. Max was captured? Had been experimented
on? "Is--is the boy alive?" he asked in a dry voice.
Topolsky just waved a hand in annoyance. "Yes, yes, of
course. I am going to give him over to my superiors. But I have
the proof first. And there's more. I have the girl! Liz Parker
too!" she started again.
"WHAT!? You took a human too? What the hell kind of
government agency is this?!" Valenti was now frightened. How
was he going to get them both out of here, and was Liz okay? What
had they done to her?
"Oh relax Jim! She's no innocent human. She's a danger now,
just as Max is! She is carrying an alien baby!" Topolsky
spat and shivered. "We can not let the alien species
grow!" she said angrily.
"Is--is she alive, Kathleen?" the sheriff hated to ask.
"Yes, I will let my supervisors deal with that problem. I
just want the recognition that I was right! And be taken back
with high command. Maybe I'll be put in charge of the whole
program." She smiled happily, in thought.
Jim Valenti swore. How the hell was he going to get them out of
here? He knew there was more than just Topolsky watching them.
"Can I see the proof Kathleen? For my father's sake?"
he asked suddenly.
"Of course! That's why I called you here Jim. I knew you
would want to see the proof too. We are so alike Sheriff. We will
both do anything to get the proof we need."
Jim Valenti swallowed back the bad taste in his mouth and was
glad to realize suddenly, how wrong she was. Now if he could just
find a way to get the kids out of here alive!
Kyle, Michael, Alex and Isabel exchanged frightened and angry
looks. They had followed the sheriff to the door and had listened
to the conversation within.
Isabel grabbed Alex's hand and swayed on her feet; almost ready
to pass out when Topolsky had mentioned experiments had been done
on Max already. Alex had put his arm around Isabel and was still
quietly giving her his support, while inside he too was sick and
terrified. Both Max and Liz were in the hands of that madwoman!
Nasedo motioned for Cassie and Maria to stay hidden at the bottom of the stairway that led to the rooms where Max and Liz were being held. He would return with them, and then take what he wanted in return. He slowly crept up the stairs with one goal in mind.