Chapter Thirteen
Los Angeles
Scrambling up from the couch as quickly as he could without waking up Liz, Max ran to the room where Langley was making calls. Trying to hold back tears, Max grabs the alien tracking device and concentrates on Isabel. One dot shows up on the screen. She was still alive.
Broadening the search, Max concentrated on all the Antarians and was not surprised to see that the blinking light from before-the alien they knew was in danger last time they had tracked down the Antarians-was no longer blinking; it wasn’t there at all.
Sick with grief and shock, Max begins to weep openly, and Liz, who had waken up despite Max’s efforts, comforts him with a desperate hug. They both know that Lonnie was dissected alive, and while they are happy it wasn’t Isabel, the idea of Lonnie being killed, as was seen in Liz’s premonition, was terrible.
Langley suggests that the reason Isabel was ripped from the dreamplane is that at the time of Lonnie’s death, both Lonnie and Isabel had shared a connection. Max rejects that idea since he hadn’t felt any connection when Zan had been killed, but Liz, the voice of reason, points out that Max doesn’t have a telepathic component to his alien powers.
Much to Max and Liz’s surprise, Langley suddenly becomes very angry. He feels guilty for Lonnie’s death since he was responsible for the Royal Four.
Meanwhile, Brody’s private jet has landed and Jesse, Kyle, Shelby, and Isabel all pile into a limousine that will take them to Langley’s home. Isabel, still unsure of what had happened to her in the dreamplane, listens as her husband calls Brody. Jesse tells Brody to hold off on going public just yet; he hopes there might be another alternative.
A couple hours later, Agent Duff and Valenti land outside of Langley’s house and the entire group feels a weird fated meeting is about to take place. Maria says to Duff, “So what do you think of our ever-expanding ‘I know an Alien’ society. I think it’s outgrown the ‘Pod Squad’ nickname, now that it’s over ten people. Pretty soon we’ll need to issue membership cards.”
Once everyone was ready, the large group sat together at one of Langley’s large oak tables. Duff explained that she couldn’t break into the Unit’s files since she didn’t know the password. Langley took the orb and held it up to the computer. Immediately, the password appeared on the screen.
Langley explained that the communication crystals were exactly that: for communication. On May 15, the orbs had not transmitted the message for Max and Isabel’s mother. Rather, the orbs activated a message that had been stored in the Granilith.
After downloading half of the information on the Special Unit, the program automatically shut down. Duff and the others wondered if the Unit would be able to trace them from the internet. Deciding they didn’t have time to talk about what could happen, Max took charge and laid out all the options. When he was done, Langley added one last option. An option that was drastic, but just might work.
Scrambling up from the couch as quickly as he could without waking up Liz, Max ran to the room where Langley was making calls. Trying to hold back tears, Max grabs the alien tracking device and concentrates on Isabel. One dot shows up on the screen. She was still alive.
Broadening the search, Max concentrated on all the Antarians and was not surprised to see that the blinking light from before-the alien they knew was in danger last time they had tracked down the Antarians-was no longer blinking; it wasn’t there at all.
Sick with grief and shock, Max begins to weep openly, and Liz, who had waken up despite Max’s efforts, comforts him with a desperate hug. They both know that Lonnie was dissected alive, and while they are happy it wasn’t Isabel, the idea of Lonnie being killed, as was seen in Liz’s premonition, was terrible.
Langley suggests that the reason Isabel was ripped from the dreamplane is that at the time of Lonnie’s death, both Lonnie and Isabel had shared a connection. Max rejects that idea since he hadn’t felt any connection when Zan had been killed, but Liz, the voice of reason, points out that Max doesn’t have a telepathic component to his alien powers.
Much to Max and Liz’s surprise, Langley suddenly becomes very angry. He feels guilty for Lonnie’s death since he was responsible for the Royal Four.
Meanwhile, Brody’s private jet has landed and Jesse, Kyle, Shelby, and Isabel all pile into a limousine that will take them to Langley’s home. Isabel, still unsure of what had happened to her in the dreamplane, listens as her husband calls Brody. Jesse tells Brody to hold off on going public just yet; he hopes there might be another alternative.
A couple hours later, Agent Duff and Valenti land outside of Langley’s house and the entire group feels a weird fated meeting is about to take place. Maria says to Duff, “So what do you think of our ever-expanding ‘I know an Alien’ society. I think it’s outgrown the ‘Pod Squad’ nickname, now that it’s over ten people. Pretty soon we’ll need to issue membership cards.”
Once everyone was ready, the large group sat together at one of Langley’s large oak tables. Duff explained that she couldn’t break into the Unit’s files since she didn’t know the password. Langley took the orb and held it up to the computer. Immediately, the password appeared on the screen.
Langley explained that the communication crystals were exactly that: for communication. On May 15, the orbs had not transmitted the message for Max and Isabel’s mother. Rather, the orbs activated a message that had been stored in the Granilith.
After downloading half of the information on the Special Unit, the program automatically shut down. Duff and the others wondered if the Unit would be able to trace them from the internet. Deciding they didn’t have time to talk about what could happen, Max took charge and laid out all the options. When he was done, Langley added one last option. An option that was drastic, but just might work.
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