Title: Sacrifice Author: Lori R 11/01 Email: Gussywussy55@y... Category:Michael/Isabel Rating:'R-NC17' Please DO NOT read this fic if you under age! Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They belong to Jason Katims and UPN. I borrow these characters for my own pleasure. Summary: After the gang is kidnapped, Isabel is sought out by Kivar for his greedy needs. Our hero protects Isabel, but not in a way anyone expected. Feedback: Yes please. Good or bad, it helps me to grow and to know what people want to read about. ************* "Run!' Max shouted to the others as he struggled to keep up the alien wall that was quickly begining to weaken. Michael and Isabel fed their powers into Max by touching his hand, the wall gaining a small amount of strength against the aliens that fought to get through. "Max!" shouted Liz as she turned to go back to him, but Kyle and Maria dragged her along, running towards the darkened woods intent on finding a safe haven. Maria pulled Liz along as Kyle brought up the rear. "Run damn it!" Maria called back behind her. Kyle glanced back in time to see the alien wall began to give. "They can't hold it! It's giving!" he shouted to the two females. "Look! Look there it is!" called Liz as they came to the cave where the alien writings were located. Running inside they ran to the back and hid behind the rocks and waited for the three aliens they trusted. "Max, we can't keep this up!" shouted Isabel as she felt her powers began to weaken. "Isabel, we can do this! Just focus!" said Max as he to felt himself weaking. "Max, we have to run for it! We aren't strong enough!" said Michael as he felt his own energy begin to leave him. Knowing they were right, Max nodded and said, "On three...we run!" When he heard Michael and Isabel reply he counted, "One...two...three!" and they turned to run. Isabel's lungs felt like they were going to burst as she ran towards the woods, Michael and Max close behind her. The aliens were not far behind as they came to the entrance of the cave and ran inside. "I'll try and seal it!" Michael shouted as he raised his hand and used his powers to break up the rocks overhead, causing them to rain down and seal the entrance. "That won't hold them out for long," Max said as they ran to the others in the back of the cave. Liz and Maria ran to Max and Michael's waiting arms while Kyle and Isabel stood off from the others. Kyle looked at Isabel and asked, "Are you okay?" Isabel hugged herself as she nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." Kyle nodded as the others gathered around. "The entrance isn't going to stay sealed forever Maxwell, we need a plan," said Michael as he hugged Maria closer to him. "I know, but I don't know what we can do besides fight. There is no other way out of here that I know of," Max told them. "Great, we ran to a dead end," said Kyle as he wondered again just why he stayed friends with these aliens. They flinched as the cave entrance was blown open and the aliens proceded inside. "Max!" Isabel whispered in a paniced voice. "Put Liz, Maria, and Kyle behind us and we will hold them off as long as we can," said Max as he turned to hug and kiss Liz. "I'm sorry. I never thought this would happen," he told her. Michael and Maria held each other as Kyle pulled Isabel to him and they too held each other. Footsteps alerted them to the approach of the evil shape shifters. Pushing the humans behind them, the three aliens once again tried to fight off the evil aliens with powers that were growing stronger, yet still not enough to withstand the others. Max, Michael, and Isabel were slammed back against the cave wall and quickly subdued as the evil ones shifted shapes. Moving to the frightened humans, they were surprised when they fought back. "Leave my boyfriend alone you shape shifting bastard!" yelled Maria as she began throwing rocks at the aliens. "Maria, don't do that!" said Liz as she tried to figure out what to do. "I hate your alien ass!" said Kyle as he tried to punch the nearest alien and was tossed easily to the ground. "Kyle!" Liz and Maria cried out as they ran to him. Leaning over Kyle, a shadow fell over the trio as the girls turned to see shape shifters bearing down on them. "Help!!!" the girls called in desperation as they clung to each other over Kyle. They soon became prisoners as well. "Kivar will pleased!" said the leader as they took the unconscious aliens and their human friends away. ******* Max woke to a splitting headache. Struggling to rise he finally crawled to Isabel and checked to make sure she was okay before moving to Michael. "What happened?" asked Isabel as she held her head in pain. "We got hit with an alien sledge hammer," said Michael as he groaned while trying to stand. "Where are Liz and the others?" asked Max as they looked around the shadowed enclosure they were put in. "Max?" called Liz from across the way. Moving to the door, Max looked out the small window and saw Liz across the hall. "Liz!" Max called to her. "Max! We're okay...Kyle was hurt, but not bad," Liz told him. "Same here...headaches, but that's about it," Max told her as he tried his powers on the door and failed. "My powers...they don't work," he said with apprehension. Michael frowned and tried his. He shook his head when nothing happened. They both looked to Isabel. She tried her powers and nothing happened. "What's going on Max? Why can't we use our powers?" she asked him, fear rising inside of her. "Because we have taken them away," said a voice at the door. "I know that voice," said Michael turning around. "Nicholas," said Max in a flat tone as too turned to the door. "Well lookie here, the high and mighty royalty finally subdued. Now things will be as they should have been long ago," Nicholas said as he entered the room. The three aliens reguarded Nicholas warily. He stopped before Isabel and gave her the once over. "Well Vilandra, seems you've made a change since I last saw you...very nice...sexier than ever. Kivar will pleased," he told her as he leered at her. "K--Kivar?" asked Isabel trying hard to hide her fear. Nicholas smiled knowingly. "He will be here by tomorrow morning," said Nicholas. "He's waited a long time for you Vilandra. Searching...planning...never straying from his need to find you," taunted Nicholas as he viewed the girls discomfort at his words. "Why does he still want Isabel...Vilandra?" asked Max his own concerns building with Nicholas's words. "She's his lover and he wants her back," said Nicholas. At the shocked looks of the others he laughed. "You really didn't believe me before when I told you that you and Kivar were lovers? His strongest link to the throne will be stronger once he takes your virginity and gets you with child." Isabel's horrified look made him smile as he goaded, "Their child will rule Antar and no one will dare go against them as Kivar rules with his iron hand." "Who said she was a virgin?" asked Michael trying to bluff Nicholas. Nicholas gave Michael a smirk as he said, "She is. She's not like Lonnie. This one is 'saving herself'...how sweet. So unlike her true self on Antar. She couldn't wait to give it away then. Kivar will be pleased to know that she can still be used for his plan." Isabel blushed in embarrassment at having her sex life discussed like this. Michael took an angry step towards Nicholas who sent him flying with a small flick of his wrist. Max grimly looked at Michael and then said, "Why did you bring the others here? Let them go. They have nothing to do with this." "Only when Kivar gives the order...not before," said Nicholas as he turned and left. Isabel started to shake. Max pulled her closer to him and kissed her brow. "We won't let him take you Isabel. We'll think of something," said Max, his head spinning as he tried to come up with a plan. Michael stood up slowly and walked to the others rubbing his back as he went. "You can't protect me Max. Kivar's finally found me. He has been searching for me all of this time and he has finally won," said Isabel as she slid with her back against the wall to the ground. Max and Michael looked at one another and knew that she may be right. "Max? What are we going to do?" asked Liz from across the hall. "I don't know," said Max running his hands through his hair. "We have less than 8 hours to figure out a plan Max and then we can just forget trying to save Isabel. We can't fight Kivar without our powers," said Michael looking down at Isabel's silent figure. He never thought that Isabel might have to be sacrificed to Kivar. If he had anything to say about it she wouldn't. ******* An hour later... Max had sat quietly watching Michael and Isabel for the last hour and the plan he had hatched was not going to be a popular one. Michael had finally gotten Isabel to sit down and relax against him. Isabel's head was on Michael's shoulder, his arm around her as he tried to comfort her shaking form. "Michael, I am so scared. I can't let him touch me...I can't..." said Isabel shaking her head in fear. "I won't let him Isabel! I won't let him touch you," vowed Michael as he tightened his hold on her. "I'll kill him first," vowed Michael to himself. No one was going to touch Isabel, especially Kivar. "I think I have a plan," said Max quietly. "What? Well what is it?" demanded Michael looking at Max. Isabel eyes also went hopefully to Max. "What's going on?" called out Kyle from across the hall. "Max has a plan," said Liz in a hushed voice. "Great, so let's hear it," said Maria as they gathered around the door. Max crawled over to Isabel and Michael and searched their faces. He couldn't believe what he was going ask of them. "Are you willing to do whatever it takes to get out of here?" he asked them. "You have to ask?" Michael asked him. "Isabel...are you willing to do anything?" Max asked her gravely. He hated this. Isabel nodded and Max said, "Good, but it is going to take guts ...more than you and Michael ever knew you had." "What are they going to do?" asked Maria curiously. Max looked them both square in the eye and apologetically said, "Michael's going to make sure that Kivar can't have what he wants." "How am I going to do that?" asked Michael suspicously. "Max..." said Isael getting a bad feeling. Max said point blank, "By making sure you're no longer a virgin." "What?" was the echoing word that burst from the others. Shock from those in the room, and ear strain from those across the hall. "Like hell I am! I have a girlfriend in case you have forgotten it," said a stunned Michael. "Max...no, I can't. I need to tell...," stammered Isabel as she looked away from Michael and Max. "Nicholas said Kivar wants Isabel a virgin...she had to still be a virgin. Well if she isn't one then he won't want her and we have part of the problem solved," interrupted Max. "Don't you think that little plan just might get us killed faster Maxwell?" asked Michael as he looked uncomfortabely away from Isabel. "Not if we work it right," said Max also avoiding looking at Isabel. Isabel felt like throwing up. Everyone would hate her when they found out. "What was the freakin' plan?" asked Kyle of Liz and Maria. "I don't know, you were breathing too hard in my ear," said Maria shivering over Kyle's warm breath on her skin. "Sorry," said Kyle as he moved away, his eyes glued to her as they waited. "Max, what was the plan?" asked Liz. Max stood up and looked at Isabel and Michael before saying, "This is the only way. I hate suggesting it to you, but how else can we make sure Kivar won't want you?" "And how are we to stay alive after he finds out she isn't one? He will kill us all without a thought," said Michael still not believing what Max had suggested. "W-h-a-t-'s the p-la-n?" called Maria slowly as if to a child. Liz was straining to hear the conversation across the hall and shushed Maria. "Take Isabel's virginity and you may save all of our lives. Otherwise she is Kivar's and we may never see her again. Or don't you even care?," argued Max hating himself for suggesting that Michael and Isabel carry out his idea. "Of course I care and you know it! But what you are suggesting is drastic and could put all of us at risk not just Isabel, and then it would all be for nothing!" seethed Michael. This was a little to close to his dreams for Michael and that was a huge problem. He had a girlfriend now, but he wanted to help Isabel for more than one reason. Both men glared at one another as Isabel sat between them on the floor and waited for the real fight to begin. Not between the men, but with her. They were going to kill her. Liz stepped away from the door. "Oh my God," she whispered. Maria and Kyle followed Liz and looked at each other with questioning looks. "Girlfriend...what' wrong?" asked Maria hesitantly. "Max wants Michael to ...take Isabel's virginity so Kivar won't want her," said Liz unthinkingly to Maria. Maria was stunned. "You're kidding right?" she asked laughing. When Liz just stared at her Maria ran to the door and shouted, "Michael, you keep it in your pants, you hear me!" Michael closed his eyes as Maria's words filtered across the hall. Going to the door he said in an exaggerated whisper, "Will you shut up! Do you want them to come back?" Kyle stood still looking at the floor, his stomach pained as if gut punched. This was going to be very bad. If he got out of here they may still kill him. Liz moved to the door. "Isabel...Michael....you have to do this. You can't let Kivar take Isabel back with him...you just can't. If this is the only way then you have to do it." "Liz! I don't want my boyfriend boffing his old flame from another planet!" cried Maria. "I'm not...boffing anyone!" called Michael as he eyed Isabel from across the cell. He could hurt Max really bad for this right now. How could he ask them to do this? That's all he needed, to make love to the girl he had finally gotten out of his head. Not to mention that his girlfriend was right across the hall. Those thoughts had long gone from his head with an occasional pop up for old times sake. It wasn't that long ago he used to dream of being with Isabel, but these last few years had sent them on different paths. And now she needed him. The girl who didn't want him needed him to do this so they could get out alive. That is if Kivar let them go when he what found out what they had done, if Michael went through with it. "The huge flaw in your plan Maxwell is that we have no way out of here once Kivar finds out the truth. We're still stuck here...wherever here is," said Michael. "And it is almost certain that Kivar wouldn't be pleased to find out that what he wanted for himself was already taken. If anything he will be more pissed and kill us without a thought." Isabel sat on the floor with her head on her arms. How had her life gotten so out of control? Oh yeah, she came out of a pod one day and things had never been the same. And to top it all off, Max suggests she have her virginity taken by the one guy who didn't want her. Michael had made it very clear that he didn't want a romantic life with her, and even with this knowledge, Isabel still found herself wanting a life with him. How sick was she? That must be some kind of self abuse. And now they were going to die. They were all going to die because of her when they found out. She would go with Kivar and promise him anything if he still wanted her and then the others could be safe. "Max...I can't do what you want? I--I have something to tell you," Isabel said quietly, dreading telling him what she had to and for Michael to know. Max knelt before her and said, "Iz, I know you are scared and the fact that I can't leave the room doesn't help, but Michael will try to make it okay for you. Right Michael? I even have a condom so that you won't get pre ..." "Max! Will you just listen to me!" said Isabel in frustration as she clinched her fists. Michael and Max looked at one another and then at Isabel. There was something more going on here. "What's going on Isabel?" asked Michael sensing that he really didn't want to know. Not looking at either one of them Isabel said, "I'm not a virgin." "What?" asked Max stunned. "I didn't just hear that," gritted Michael as his body tensed with her words. "How could you Isabel?" asked Max. "How could I?" asked Isabel in wide eyed disbelief as her gaze sought out his. "You were ready to have Michael take take my virginity Max! And you and Michael have had sex with Maria and Tess, you even have a son, so don't go all holier than thou on me!" "Who was it?" asked Michael with deadly calm. Isabel shook her head and said, "No! I'm not going to dicuss it with you. I just wanted you to know that I'm not a virgin and so Michael and I don't have to..." "You made it up didn't you? You didn't want to do it with Michael so you made it up," said Max, still not believing that Isabel was not a virgin. "Oh my God! Will you listen to yourself? Why would I make that up?" cried Isabel angrily. "Was it Alex? I didn't think you two ever got it on," said Michael as he stood and studied her, his anger over her loss of virginity to someone other than him growing by the minute. "It wasn't Alex and that's all I'm going to tell you," said Isabel as she stood up. "Michael! What's going on? You better not be doing it with Isabel!" yelled Maria through her window. "Liz, what if he does it with her?" whined Maria into Liz's arms. "Maria, he has to do this so that Kivar won't want Isabel. That's the only reason," reassured Liz. Kyle leaned against the wall in the corner and bit his lip. "Yey huh, you think this Kivar does mind warps like that Nicholas guy? Think they can tell details...like who she has sex with and stuff?" asked Kyle as casually as he could. "Maybe," said Liz looking at Kyle. "Oh my God, Liz! Kivar will know it was Michael! He'll kill him!" Maria cried harder. "Maria, Michael is the only one over there who could do this with Isabel, Kivar would know without a mindwarp," Liz remided her. "Hey that's right, he wouldn't need to mind warp her!" said Kyle perking up. "Unless he didn't believe her," sniffed Maria. "Oh shit!" said Kyle slumping again. Liz and Maria looked at one another and then at Kyle. "Kyle, is there something you want to tell us?" asked Liz as she slowly approached him. Kyle shook his head and avoided looking at the girls. Maria moved to stand before Kyle and asked, "Kyle, did you and Isabel do the alien nasty?" Kyle didn't answer. "You did didn't you?!" said Maria crouching before him. Liz went to the door, "Max, we have a problem." ******* "Valenti? You made it with Valenti?" asked Michael in disbelief. "Isabel what the hell were you thinking?" asked Max angrily. "I was thinking I wanted to have sex!" snapped Isabel as she paced the room. "Don't get sarcastic Isabel," said Max tightly. "You had no right Isabel," said Michael so angry he couldn't see straight. "No right! I had every right to have sex with whomever I wanted. I needed someone and Kyle was there for me. You on the other hand have no right to even be angry about this!" Isabel yelled at him, her finger pointing just inches from Michael's chest. "I'm assuming he wore protection since you're not pregnant!" Michael threw out at her in quiet, simmering anger. Isabel looked away guiltily. Max looked at her in surprise. "Isabel with what I went through with Tess how could you?" "Do you know what kind of a chance you took, an alien having unprotected sex ? What if you had gotten pregnant? We don't know how a child conceived with humans will survive, or if you would! That was careless Isabel, really careless and stupid!" snapped Michael half angry and half afraid of what could have happened to Isabel. "That threat didn't stop you and Maria, and I'm sure it won't stop Max and Liz either!" Isabel shot back hurt and just as angry. "I'm serious Isabel! What would you have done? You can't leave the planet," Michael ground out. "Well it didn't happen so it doesn't matter," Isabel said through clenched teeth. "Keep your voices down!" hissed Max. "We don't want Kivar or his followers to hear about this." Then he looked at Isabel and said, "You and Kyle were lucky Isabel, but that doesn't mean you will be again if you don't use protection. We just can't chance your life or that of another baby. We can't go home." Isabel's hands went to her head as she shook it trying to understand. "Wait,I don't get this! You want me to have sex with Michael, but not Kyle or anyone else is really what you are saying isn't it? Michael didn't want to have sex with me, but he doesn't want me to have it with Kyle or anyone else either! Kind of the 'old boys club' rule here don't you think? 'Do as I say and not as I do.' That's crap and you both know it!" said Isabel shaking in anger over the reactions of Michael and Max. "That's right!" Michael ground out. "And just so you'll know, I'm going to kill Valenti if Kivar doesn't!" Walking to the door he called out across the way, "You hear that Valenti, I'm going to kill you if Kivar doesn't!" Isabel came up behind Michael. "Why can't I have someone too Michael? Why do I have to be alone?" Isabel cried out in anger and pain at their reaction. "You are not alone Isabel, you have me! You belong to me!" Michael turned yelled back without thought. Silence. Michael stared at her, his mouth open in shock at his own words...words the others had all heard. Isabel was stunned. Michael hadn't just said that she belonged to him. He couldn't have...but he did. "I don't belong to you Michael. I never did...not on this planet, you made it very clear that you didn't want me," Isabel whispered with a mix of anger and pain. Maria slumped to the floor as Michael's words sank in. He wanted Isabel. He always had. Kyle stomped to the door and stared across the way. "Guerin! That's crap man and you know it. Isabel is right you know. You had your chance to be with her and you gave it up to be with Maria. You can't have it both ways...Maria now and Isabel if Maria doesn't work out! It's not fair to either of them," said Kyle in defense of his friends. Michael stood against the wall away from Max and Isabel as he listened to Maria cry. Shit! What had made that come out of his mouth? He had thought his feelings for Isabel were gone, buried deep inside of him, but when he had found out that Kyle had been with her, he had let his alien temper get the best of him and, well he just lost it and now everything had gone sour. Across the cell Isabel glared at him. "What?" he asked her impatiently. "Why would you say that Michael? Why would you say that I'm yours when you never wanted me?" Isabel asked him. Michael crossed his arms and looked away, but Max wasn't letting him off that easy. "I think that is a good question Michael. You agreed there was nothing to the destinies, after you guys had those dreams because you had Maria, but now that Isabel and ...Kyle," he looked at Isabel, "have slept together, you're claiming her. What's going on? I mean do you have feelings for Isabel? Is that what this is about?" Michael never wanted to hit Max as much as he did right then. All of this could have been avoided if Max hadn't suggested he take Isabel's virginity. Who the hell asked his friend to something like that with his sister? Granted it was his adopted sister, but still. And Isabel. Isabel acted like he never wanted her when it was all her. She never wanted him. "Max? We still have the problem of Kivar knowing that Isabel is not what he expects her to be. He'll know it was Kyle and kill him," said Liz, her mind speeding ahead to what their next step should be. "I never would have slept with Isabel if I had known all of this was going to happen," said Kyle running his hands over his neck. "I mean we were both needing something...or someone after Alex was killed. It just happened. We weren't looking for anything else." Maria turned her tear stained face to Kyle and sniffed as she said, "You can't tell me that the alien sex didn't have you rushing back for more. With those wonderful alien orgasms you two just did it the one time?" She didn't belive it. Kyle smiled at the memory. "It was great alright, but no it was like I said. We needed someone and it happened. Just the one time," he told her. Liz had been leaning against the door thinking when she suddenly stood up straight. "We can't let Kivar know that a human had Isabel! He will lose it thinking Michael had her, but if he finds out it was Kyle...Kyle would never survive anything Kivar did to him." Everyone mulled over Liz's words and silently agreed. "I don't have my powers to protect myself Max. If Kivar unleashes the kind of power that Nicholas says he has on me, I don't know how long I will last," Michael told him. "If he unleashes it on Kyle, he will die, no question about it. We can't let that happen Michael. He didn't ask to be a part of any of this. None of the humans did. You and Isabel still have to carry out the plan. Fake Kivar out with recent memories so he won't go after Kyle. We owe it to him after all we have done to his and the Sheriff's lives ," said Max. "You want me to screw Isabel to save Valenti? I don't think so!" said Michael with a snort trying to detach himself and his pain from the situation. Max decided to talk to Isabel, try to convince her. Walkiing to Isabel he said, "I know what we are asking of you is alot Isabel. It's not fair, it's embarrassing, it's the last thing you would think I would ask of you, but it is the only way." "But what do we do when he finds out Max? You keep saying we have to do this, but you don't seem to have a plan for when Kivar finds out he's been lied to," said Isabel. Max shook his head. "I don't know," he honestly told her. "You want to sacrifice Isabel to Kivar so Valenti won't get killed? What about her? Kivar doesn't sound like a forgiving kind of guy Max. And what about me? Kivar is going to try and kill my ass all over again because he will think I took his precious treasure from him! Are you willing to sacrifice both of us for one human?" asked Michael. "Not one human Michael, but all of the humans...including Maria," reminded Max. Michael closed his eyes and shook his head. "We're going to die Max. All of us are going to die," said Michael looking back at him. "Then you have nothing to lose Michael," said Max. Then he looked at both of them with a mix of pain and serious strength and said, "I'm ordering you to do this." "Ordering?" repeated Isabel. "I don't think so!" "You son of a bitch," said Michael under his breath. "If they die without your trying this, then it is all on our heads," said Max pushing home the possible deaths of the humans. "Do you want Kyle and Maria to die because we didn't try? I don't want Liz to die. I didn't save her life to have it end like this." Isabel looked away with tears in her eyes and Michael covered his face with his hands. "Okay," whispered Isabel hoarsely. Michael looked at Isabel and said, "You can't be serious?" Shaking her head and wiping at the tears that were beginning to flow Isabel said, "I can't have another death on my head Michael. If there is any way this will work then I have to try." He couldn't stand to see her still carry this burden she kept putting on herself over the untimely deaths of Alex and Grant. Nodding he said, "Yeah...okay. Let's just get this over with." Taking a deep breath, Michael indicated the darkest corner of their cell and led Isabel to it out of Max's view. Max went to the cell door window and faced out, his body shaking at what he had just done. He had basically just whored out Isabel and Michael. He was nothing better than a pimp. Tears ran down his face as he thought of what was going to happen and how it may not even help. Liz watched Max's inner torment and felt tears sting her own eyes. "Max," she whispered in sympathy. "I ordered them Liz. I ordered them to do it," said Max. "I've sacrificed them to get us out of here." There was nothing Liz could say. ******** Michael moved closer to Isabel until she was pressed up against the darkened wall. "Isabel let's just get..." Michael began only to have her interrupt. "You know it's funny...I never thought you and I would do it like this." At his look over her choice of words she clarified, "I mean in the dreams it was all romantic. This," indicating the cell and Max, "is not what I imagined." "They were dreams Isabel. Only dreams and we aren't here to be romantic," Michael reminded her testily. "Dreams based on fact Michael," she replied, sad that he had missed the point. "I just meant..." Michael knew what she meant. Knowing how scared she was, he pushed his hurt and anger aside and pulled her to him, kissing her brow and whispering, "I know. I'll try not to make it a bad memory, okay? That is if we live to have a memory of this." Nodding Isabel asked, "How do we do this with Max in here?" She didn't even want to think about him being here. "Quietly I think," Michael suggested. "Riiight? Is Maria quiet?" asked Isabel for want of anything to say. "Don't mention Maria...or Kyle," said Michael as he began to tug at Isabel's button on her jeans. "Yeah, you're right," she agreed, feeling foolish. "I--I can do that," she offered as he struggled with the button. Michael reached into back pocket and took out his wallet. From inside he withdrew a condom. Isabel watched him and asked, "You guys really do carry those in your wallets?" Michael looked up at her as he shoved his wallet back in his pocket and tore open the packet. "Yeah...didn't Kyle...never mind," he said as he remembered Kyle hadn't worn one. He undid his own pants and worked the condom on his already hard member. Just thinking about Isabel always made him this way. Isabel found it strangly nice that he thought to wear one for her. Then it disturbed her that he didn't want any accidents with her. She guessed he had changed his mind about having a baby with her. Before when they had had the dreams he had seemed eager, but not now. Michael reached out and ran his hands over Isabel's body as he nuzzled her neck. The tension he had felt over doing this with her changed in an instant. Electricity seemed to dance over them as Michael touched Isabel's bare skin. Not anything that hurt, but it caused a sensation that was very pleasant. "Mmmmmm," moaned Isabel low in her throat as her head fell back against the wall, her moans echoing in the cell. "Shhhh," whispered Michael as his body reacted to Isabel's in a powerful way. They no longer were the ones in control...something stronger had taken over. Isabel wanted him to touch her more intimate places so badly she ached. "Michael...please" she breathed softly. Michael ran his hands over the waistband of her pants and then he shoved them down to her ankles leaving only the panty. Stepping out of her pants, Isabel hiked one leg over Michael's hip as she tried to get as close to him as she could. She had never felt such a need building in her in all her life. "What's going on Michael?" Isabel asked as her hands pushed at Michael's pants. "Why am I feeling this way with you?" Michael captured Isabel's mouth with his in response, her mouth warm and soft beneath his. Running his tongue over the edge of her lips caused her to shiver and encouraged him. Michael wanted to be inside of Isabel so badly he throbbed. He had never been this hard this fast before. Pushing his hand down inside Isabel's panties he cupped her mound, pressing is slightly and illiciting a moan from her. Sliding a finger into her, he found her sopping wet. "Isabel?" he asked in obvious surprise. Had Kyle done that? No, he couldn't think of that. Not now. "Mmmmm....Oh Michaeellll," Isabel moaned as his fingers slid in and out of her dripping slit. She didn't know why she was so hot so fast for Michael, but at this moment in time, she didn't care ...she only wanted to feel whatever it was he could give her. Max wanted out of the cell. He knew they were trying to be quiet, but it was like the sound was magnified in here. "Talk to me Liz...please!" Max begged of her in desperation. "What? Max....ohhhhh," said Liz in understanding. "What's going on?" asked Maria pressing her face next to Liz. "Uhhh nothing Maria, just Max and I talking," said Liz trying to spare her friend. "Now Michael! Now!" cried Isabel to the rest of the cells embarrassed amazement. "Did I mention Isabel's a screamer?" asked Kyle trying to supress a grin. "Oh gawd," moaned Maria as she sank to the floor and covered her ears, her eyes squeezed tight as if to shut out everything. The fresh tears began again. Max felt his face grow hot at Isabel's cries and Michael's moans of pleasure. Had he and Tess been that way? He couldn't remember. "You know Max, none of us are ever going to be the same if we get out of here," said Liz trying to distract him. "What do you mean?" asked Max. "Well, everyone knows what's going on now...Michael and Maria will never be the same, and you and Michael know about Kyle and Isabel. Things will be different." Across the cell... Michael pulled his fingers out of Isabel's wetness and shoved her panties down and off. Lifting her legs around his waist, Michael slid into Isabel's tight passage and groaned in pleasure as he sank his full length deep down inside of her. "Is-Isabel!" he panted as he moved in her, her walls clinching and unclinching around his shaft as he stroked slowly inside of her. "Michael....Michael....Mmmmmichael! Harder....h-h-har-der!" Isabel repeated over and over as Michael began to thrust harder and harder into her, her legs tightening around him as she tried to get more of him inside of her, her hips bucking against him. Sweat dripped from Michael's brow as he pounded into Isabel with raw animal need, the sensation of her walls constricting around him sending him into overdrive. "C-can't....stop! D-don't want...to stop" Michael moaned into her mouth. "Oh yeeessss! Yes! Yes!" Isabel cried as Michael began to pull at her shirt to kiss her bare neck and chest, his thrusts puncuating each kiss. "This is bad. What if the shape shifters hear?," said Max as his ears and face hurt from the embarrassment listening to the two behind him. "Make them stop!" whimpered Maria. "Max do you even think they are aware of how loud they are?" asked Liz. "I don't know," said Max in misery over the noise the two were making and knowing he had made them do it. Then it happened. An inner light seemed to begin in each of them, pulling them into each others thoughts and memories...each other's feelings and souls. They were one being...everything was shared as they began to take a different kind of pleasure in one another. They had to give. No more taking. Everything was about pleasing the other...loving the other. Isabel's mouth sought out Michael's and gently kissed him, her hands caressing his neck and back as she clinched her walls around him sending him wonderful spasms that wrapped around him and caressed him. Shivers ran over Michael as Isabel made love to him. Did she know what she was doing to him? Of course she did. He could read her every thought, feel everything she was feeling just as she was him. He slowed to a gentle stroke inside of her, touching her in ways she never imagined while rocking her gently with him as he lost himself inside of her. They saw it at the same moment. The deeply buried pain and lonliness of the other. The fear of being rejected by the other. But most of all they saw the deep love that they had for one another. A love that went beyond two worlds and two lifetimes. A love that they knew would never die. "It's been alost two hours Max. I thought alien...orgasms only last about an hour?" asked Liz uncomfortabley as she tried not to recall that Max had experienced the same thing with Tess and not her. Max's head headached. Liz's observation didn't help. "It does...or it's supposed to. How do you know about that?" he asked her as he rubbed the area between his eyes. "Maria heard you guys talking. Only she said it never lasted that long with Michael. I wonder why?" she speculated. "At least they got finally got quieter," said Kyle as he rubbed Maria's back. Her head lay on his knees as she snuffed from crying. "He did it...he really did it," cried Maria softly. "Maria, please don't do that again. We've told you why they had to, now let it go...it's over. I think," said Liz not without sympathy for her friend. Kyle looked down on Maria and asked, "Hey Maria can I ask you something? It's kinda personal." "Okay. I mean my life can't get any worse," she answered pitifully. "Isabel and I had great sex, but nothing like they just had. What about you and Guerin?" he asked her. Maria thought about it and new tears started again, "Noooo...nothing like that." "Maria! That's it! I'm sorry you had to hear Michael and Isabel having sex, but 'get over it'!" said Liz, then end of her patience reached. "Hey Liz, lay off! Maria has had her heart stomped on with Guerin and she needs some sympathy," said Kyle looking down at the sobbing girl in his lap. Liz's mouth dropped open and she immediately headed back to the cell door. "What's wrong?" asked Max. "Nothing...Kyle seems to be Maria's protector right now," said Liz as she watched them out of the corner of her eye. "Listen!" whispered Max. Everyone froze. "What?" Liz whispered back. "They're finished. Oh sweet Buddha, they're finally finished!" said Kyle as he leaned his head back on the wall and closed his eyes, his hand stroking Maria's head. Max looked at Liz with relief and said, "Now we see if our plan works." ******* Michael didn't know who was hanging on tighter, him or Isabel. He only knew he didn't want to let her go. It had nothing to do with sex, only the realization that he had never stopped loving her. But with that realization came another. He and Maria were finished. He couldn't think about that now. Isabel sighed as she took in a ragged, satisfied breath. "Are you okay Isabel?" Michael asked her as he stroked her back. Nodding Isabel said, "I'm fine as long as you don't move." He grinned at that. He was still inside her and the sensations still were strong, but not like before. "I've never felt anything like this before Michael. I never imagined it could be like that," she said quietly. "It's not," he told her. "Michael... you've been holding me up all this time. You must be tired. I know my back hurts," she finally said. "Oh...yeah right," he said as he reluctuntly withdrew from her. He hadn't wanted to let her go. Her legs gave out on her. Falling to the ground she gathered her clothes to her and dressed sitting down. Michael pulled on his pants and sat beside her. "Isabel, we have to talk," he whispered to her as he glanced Max's way. "I know." "We felt things...saw things that, I don't know...they were raw feelings," he said trying to make sense of it. "You love me," she said with wonder. "Yeah," he said pushing his hair back off his face. "I love you too," she told him as she looked at him. "I know," he said looking back at her. "What do we do Michael? What if all we just did was discover our feelings for each other and then Kivar kills us ...or worse?" asked Isabel beginning to get scared again. Michael put his arm around Isabel and kissed her. "I'm not letting him take you Isabel. I'll kill you myself before I let that happen." Nodding, Isabel was afraid that was exactly what might happen. ******** Max looked up as footsteps approached him from behind. Michael and Isabel came to stand next to Max. He could barely look at them. "So you did it," he said ashamed of himself for what he had made them do. "Yeah," they replied selfconsciously. "Oh come on! We all know they did it and they liked it, they were freaking loud enough to wake the dead! Embarrassment time is long over," said Kyle from across the way. "Kyle," gently scolded Liz. "What?! They had an orgasm long enough for all of us! We heard it all, why pretend it didn't happen?" he asked them incredulously. "He's right, we all know what they just did, so why act like we don't?" said Maria going to the door and looking across at Michael with no feeling left in her. He looked back at her with sorrow. Not for a lost girlfriend, but for a lost friend. The door in the hall opened and a man with a commanding presense sauntered in. He went to the alien's cell door and opened it, entering with a smug Nicholas on his heels. He looked at Isabel and smiled. "Vilandra, we are together at last." "No your not," said Michael as he pushed Isabel behind him and Max. Kivar frowned at Michael. "Rath. Always difficult, always...misguided in where his loyalties lay," said Kivar he glanced at Max with disdain. Turning back to Isabel he said, "Come Vilandra, our people await their new Queen and the child we shall deliver to them soon. They have waited long for our son." "No! No I'm not going with you, I 'm not havig a son with you," said Isabel boldly coming out from behind Max and Michael to their dismay. "You have no say in this anymore Vilandra! I've waited long for you and now the time has come for me to show you the alien ways," he told her as he gave her a lecherous look. "Your a little late for that Kivar. I've shown her the 'alien ways' myself and let me tell you, you will never have her," said Michael. Kivar looked at Michael and Isabel's faces and knew it was true. His face molted with anger. Turning to Nicholas he yelled, "You said she was untouched! You said she would finally be mine!" Nicholas paled as he realized his sources had been wrong. "She may not be pure, but she can still be the mother of your son!" said Nicholas quickly. "The people need never know that she was not pure." "I should never have sent you to fetch her to me! You have failed me for the last time Nicholas," said Kivar as he grabbed the smaller male. "No! Please Kivar, it wasn't my fault! I..." begged Nicholas as Kivar killed him with a swiping blow that sent Nicholas into the wall and shattered his body into minute pieces of dust. The three aliens stared in horror at Kivar's seemingly careless manner of killing Nicholas. Turning back to the three, Kivar pulled Isabel to him. His hand snaked down to her belly and he let out a roar of rage as he threw her to the ground and raised his hand to her. "NOOOOO!!! You whore! Again in this life time as in the last you've deceived me! You carry his son!" he stormed at the shocked and frightened young woman. "You've ruined my plans for the last time Rath!" he turned and railed at Michael. Isabel and Michael looked in shock at one another as her hand went to her abdomen. All of their precautions had been for nothing. She was pregnant. Kivar unleashed a surge of power against Michael that had the young alien on his knees in agony screaming in pain. "Michael!" screamed Isabel as the others looked on from their cell in fear. Max shook himself from the shock of Isabel being pregnant and ran at Kivar to attack him, only to be thrown across the room. "You three have been nothing but a source of contention since you were born! It finishes here," he said as he knelt beside Isabel and lifted her painfully up by her head. "You could have had everything! You could have been my Queen and ruled by my side, but instead you chose to mate with the one who stole you from me before. Now you shall pay with your life and that of your child's!" said Kivar as he began to squeeze Isabel's head in his vise like grip. Screaming in numbing pain, Isabel began to fight Kivar. She would not give up without a fight for her child. Michael slowly got up and went the open door and went out. Doing so gave him a resurgence of power. How could that be? Heading back to the room he immediately felt drained of his powers. Somehow the bastard had rigged the room to control their powers. "Max! Max!" called Michael hurriedly. Max looked to Michael, but turned back to Isabel. "Max, he's rigged the room to keep our powers from us! They work outside of here! We've got to get him outside the room!" said Michael. Max nodded and then hurried towards Isabel with Michael close behind. She was losing consciousness and then she may die. "Max, take Isabel out of here! Kivar wants me dead now, so I'll try and get him out of here," said Michael as they came to Kivar and Isabel. Michael grabbed Kivar from behind to distract him while Max grabbed at Isabel. Picking up her limp body, Max carried Isabel out of the cell while Michael and Kivar stood head to head with one another. "Don't mess with me boy! I've had about all I'm going to take from you!" said Kivar as he prepared to attack Michael. Michael threw himself to the ground and rolled out the door. His powers immediately came back to him and he was prepared when Kivar came lunging out the door at him having forgotten about the power shield that had taken the 3 aliens powers. All Kivar could think of was getting revenge for his plans having been destroyed. Kivar was greeted by Max, Michael, and Isbael. The three combined their powers with such intensity and threw them at a surprised Kivar, capturing him inside of a web. Kivar raged and fought against the alien web, its threads gripping him and sealing its ends until Kivar was covered in a cocoon type prison. The shocked aliens and their friends gasped at the unexpected power the three had unleashed on Kivar. "Max, is he dead?" asked Isabel as they approached the now still alien mess. "I--I don't know," said Max as he touched the webbed mass and waited for a sign. Shaking his head Max said, "He's dead. We killed him. We really killed him." Isabel sighed in relief and began to sink to the floor. Michael caught her and picked her up, carrying her to the humans cell door. Max unlocked the cell with his powers and released the humans. "What's wrong with Isabel?" asked Liz as she knelt beside her. Michael stroked Isabel's hair as the situation began to sink into them. His hand drifted to her belly and he looked into her eyes as her hand joined his. "Oh my gawd Michael..." she whispered in awe and apprehension. "Isabel...I--I didn't mean for this to happen," said Max sincerly as he joined Liz beside Isabel. He felt terrible. She was pregnant because of his orders. What were they going to do? Michael struggled to stay calm as he held Isabel to him. The damn condom hadn't worked. "What do we do Max?" he asked. "She can't leave here. What do we do? You're the King, so tell us what to do!" Kyle and Maria looked on with feelings that neither wanted to explore. Kyle thought about the chance he taken with Isabel and was glad he hadn't knocked her up. Max and Michael would have killed him and he would have felt bad if his child would not have survived. Maria was so hurt with all that had happened, but she would never have wished this on the two aliens. Not after all Max had been through. Max lay his hand on Isabel's abdomen and connected with the child and began to smile in relief. "What?" asked Michael anxiously. "It's okay...it's okay!" said Max. "I understand," said Max with a mixture of happiness and sorrow. Isabel began to cry. "Why is she crying? He said it was okay!" said Kyle confused. "She's crying because it 'is' okay Kyle," said Liz. "Oh," said Kyle nodding in understanding. "Why is it different Max?" asked Isabel. "Why is my baby okay and your son was not?" "I think I know," said Maria quietly as she reguarded Michael and Isabel. "Why?" asked Liz. "Because they love each other," Maria said quietly. She couldn't deny it, no one could. Something had happened between Michael and Isabel that had brought out their deep abiding love for one another. "What?" asked Kyle looking at her like she was nuts. "Max didn't love Tess, but Michael and Isabel...well they've loved each other through two lifetimes," said Maria softly. "Probably explains the two hour ...you know," she trailed off pained by the memory. "Love," agreed Liz. The others moved off as Michael helped Isabel to her feet. "I'm sorry," he told her indicating her belly. "I thought the condom would work. It always did with ..." he stopped realizing what he had almost said. Isabel looked away. He was sorry she was pregnant. Correctly reading her thoughts, Micahel put his arms around her and kissed her. "I'm not sorry there is a baby Isabel, only that you might be." Shaking her head, Isabel said, "I'm not sad. It's yours Michael. If we hadn't seen inside each other before I would be scared, but knowing you really love me and that you want this unexpected gift too, well I'm pretty happy." "I feel bad about Maria," said Michael looking to where the others stood. Isabel nodded. She did too. "It will take time Michael, but I think it will be okay. I just hope we are," Isabel said worriedly. Micheal kept his arm around her as they walked to the others. "I know we will be Isabel. I know we will." End