Part 3
As Serena and her two “sons” sat in the back of Max’s Jeep, a thought occurred to her. She reached into her bag and pulled out her communicator (the alien version of a cell phone) and dialed up Larek.
In the middle of an argument with Kathana, Sero and Hanar, Larek was
relieved to hear his communicator beep.
“Hello?” Larek said.
“Hey Brody! This is your
wife,” Serena said happily.
Larek blinked and exclaimed, “Serena!
What the hell are you doing?”
Hearing Serena’s name, the three rulers turned to listen to Larek’s
conversation.
“You’d never believe it, darling.
Your friends Max Evans and Liz Parker are giving me a ride to the house
right now. We should be there in a
few minutes.”
“Shit! How did all of this happen?” Larek asked, completely
bewildered.
“Of course I expect you to meet me there, sweetie.
Can’t you get off work? After all, you own the museum.
Do you really expect me to show up at the house with you not there?”
Serena said, trying not to freak out.
“Okay, I get the message! Give me five minutes,” Larek said, and then
hung up.
“I love you too, baby. See
ya in a few,” Serena said.
Max looked and Liz and mouthed, “Do you think she’s lying?”
She shrugged and mouthed back, “I’m not sure, but I heard a voice on
the other end of the phone. We’ll
know when we reach Brody’s.”
Max nodded and continued to drive.
“What’s going on? What
did our precious queen do now?” Sero demanded.
“No time to explain, I gotta go channel Brody Davis!” Larek yelled as
he ran out the door.
Kathana shook her head and sighed, “That boy just keeps getting weirder
and weirder.”
The other two leaders nodded in agreement.
Larek finally reached a room he knew he wouldn’t be disturbed in.
He sat down and luckily found Brody at home.
He connected with him and became Brody.
“Brody, honey, I’m home!” Serena called into the house, praying
that Larek had successfully connected with Brody.
“Hey baby girl!” Larek said as he entered the living room from the
kitchen and embraced her. “Hey
Liz, hey Max. Thank you guys so
much for giving my wife a ride over here. “
“Uh, no problem Brody. We’d
better get going. See you two
around,” Max said sounding a bit confused.
As soon as Max and Liz closed the door, Larek told Rafe to take Kyle into
the back room, and then he let Serena have it.
“What the hell were you thinking saying that you and Brody were
married? How did that happen? What
would you have done if you didn’t have your communicator, or if I didn’t
answer mine? Did you think for one
second about the consequences of your words?” he yelled at her.
“I’m not stupid, Larek! I
had no intention of Max and Liz seeing the Granilith land or any of that! When they approached me I knew I was fucked.
I never once thought of walking up to Max and saying, ‘Hi, remember me
from your past life? Your sister
was engaged to my brother and I was your sworn protector, and I guarded you with
my life until a man you now know as Nicholas killed me.
Well, Khivar brought me back like you guys, but I’m full-blooded
Antarian. I was forced to marry him
and this is my and Larek’s son. The other one is yours.’
Right, they would have believed that.
I panicked and was too tired to
think of anything better than me and Brody being married, so just back the fuck
off!” Serena screamed.
Larek just looked at Serena and sighed.
He sat down on the couch and said, “I don’t know how we’re going to
pull this off, I really don’t”
Serena frowned and sat down on
the couch. After a few moments of
silence she started crying and Larek rocked her gently until she fell asleep.
Outside the front door, a shocked Max and Liz stared at each other with
dropped jaws.
“Whoa, this is too much. The
baby is your son, Max,” Liz said in awe.
“I know, its unreal,” Max said, dazed.
“Well, what should we do? Should
we go back in and tell them we know?”
Max shook his head and said, “No, I need time to digest this. We can always talk to them tomorrow.”
Liz nodded and the two soul mates walked to the Jeep and drove off.
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“I cannot believe that Serena could be this stupid!” Khivar said.
“Neither can I. I knew she hated me, but I never thought she could stoop so
low as to take my son,” Tess replied.
Khivar paced up and down the length of the throne room.
He stopped suddenly and got an evil look in his eyes.
“Uh-oh. What are you
thinking, Khivar?” Tess asked alarmed.
A wicked smile came across his lips as he replied, “You and I are going
to go to Terra, kill Serena and the rest of the Royal Four, then take my son and
your son back here to Antar. We
might also kill their human friends if we have the time.
Contact Nicholas right away.”
Tess looked a bit unsure, but nodded and ran off to the communications
room. ‘I just had to ask,
didn’t I? Does that mean he’ll
kill Valenti and Kyle? I hope not,’ she thought.
She reached the communication console specifically used to contact
Nicholas and pushed the connect button.
“Yo!” Nicholas said.
“Yo? I thought you didn’t like New York, Nicholas,” Tess said
amused.
Nicholas looked at the screen and said, “Genocidal girl? What the hell
are you doing on Antar? Wait a
minute, did you take the Granilith?”
“Yes, but that’s beside the point.
Khivar wanted me to contact you and tell you of our plans to kill what
remains of the Royal Four.”
“Oh? I’m listening,” Nicholas replied.
At the mention of killing the Royal Four, Lonnie and Rath turned their
attention from the video game they were playing to Nicholas’ conversation with
Tess.
When the conversation was over, Nicholas turned to the two punks and
said, “Looks like we’re going back to Roswell.”
Lonnie and Rath grinned evilly.
When Serena woke up the next morning, she noticed that she was still in
Larek’s arms. She smiled and
studied Larek’s adoptive body. Both
Larek and Brody had beautiful blue eyes, but Larek was taller and a bit heavier,
plus Brody had crazy orange hair while Larek had jet-black hair.
She gently shook Larek and woke him.
“Hey sweetie. Sleep
well?” Serena asked sleepily.
Larek got a weird look on his face and look around frantically. He then jumped up and just stared at Serena.
“Larek, what’s wrong?”
“Larek? Who the hell is Larek? I’ve heard that name before…who are
you?” Brody asked.
‘Oh shit, he’s Brody again! We should have thought of this!’ Serena
thought, hitting her head with her hand. Before
she could answer, Brody shuddered and she knew that Larek had connected with
Brody again.
“What the hell happened? I woke up in Brody’s arms and he saw me and
I called him Larek!” Serena shrieked hysterically.
Larek drew a deep breath and said, “I fell asleep, I couldn’t help
it. We have no choice but to tell
him the truth.”
“Are you serious? Do you think he could handle it?”
“Well, he already believes that I abduct him.
Why wouldn’t he believe this? It would be easier if we had the real
Brody to collaborate your story.”
Serena nodded reluctantly and said, ”Okay, release him, but keep an eye
out for him freaking out. I love
you.”
Larek just smiled and Brody’s body shook.
Brody looked around and said, “I was just abducted wasn’t I?”
Serena shook her head and replied, “No, you were kinda taken over.
You see, my lover, Larek, lives on a planet called Antar and he sometimes
needs to get in touch with people that you know as Max and Isabel Evans and
Michael Guerin. They’re three
members of what we call the Royal Four. In
their past lives, Max was Zan, king of Antar; Isabel was Vilandra, his sister,
fiancé of Michael, and ultimately their betrayer; and Michael was Rath, my
brother and Zan’s right hand man. The
fourth is Tess, but she betrayed all them and is now back on Antar.
Since Antar is so far away, Larek needs someone to connect to and take
over. Every time you think you’ve
been abducted, Larek has actually taken over your body.
Our planet has been taken over by my husband, Khivar, the man who killed
the Royal Four originally. Antar’s
fate rests in Max’s hands, and I need to gain his trust before revealing my
true identity. I came here with my
and Larek’s son and Max and Tess’ son, and I need you to pretend to be my
husband and the boys’ father to avoid suspicion.
The older child is Rafe and the baby is Kyle. Rafe is 4, Kyle is a month old, and I am 15.
We haven’t talked for a year or two, but you stopped by to visit me in
Arizona several months ago and the sparks went flying all over again.
Two weeks ago we eloped in Las Vegas.
Anything else you need to know, just ask me.
So, any questions?”
Brody’s jaw was dropped and when she finished, he passed out. Serena gave him a disgusted look and walked into the kitchen
to get some water.