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From: owner-arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com (arfic-l-digest) To: arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: arfic-l-digest V1 #39 Reply-To: arfic-l-digest Sender: owner-arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-arfic-l-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk arfic-l-digest Monday, September 24 2001 Volume 01 : Number 039 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:04:02 +1200 From: "Anne Olsen" <anneo@paradise.net.nz> Subject: (arfic-l) All That Glitters (2/20) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0241_01C144E0.3CD2DE20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All That Glitters (2/20) by Anne Olsen Feedback to anneo@paradise.net.nz Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson, Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie = Damon and Caroline Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television = and Nickelodeon. So do any other names or events linked to the Tomorrow = People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, Alex = Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz, Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to = Roswell also belong to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name only) = belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent belong to me and should not be used without permission. ******* Part Two As Jade and Megabyte approached the UFO centre, Jade paused and looked = around, shivering as she did so.=20 "What's wrong?" Megabyte sensed her uneasy feelings, and saw her shiver. = This wasn't like Jade. He hoped this wasn't sign of something bad about = to go down. The last couple of months had been uneventful, at least from = the Tomorrow Peoples' point of view. The psychos of the planet seemed to = have taken an extended vacation, which was a good thing. At least = Megabyte hoped it was an extended vacation; that they weren't merely = lying in wait, ready to pounce when he and the others weren't looking. "Nothing. Just had a funny feeling for a moment. It's gone now. It's = probably nothing."=20 "Hope you're not going to start getting premonitions on me," joked = Megabyte. "I thought that was supposed to be Ami's speciality."=20 Jade still didn't look happy. "Must be my imagination," she reasoned out = loud, "I mean, if there was something here you'd feel it as well, = wouldn't you? I'm not the only Tomorrow Person here, remember." "Yeah, sure. Whatever." Megabyte put his arm around Jade to reassure = her. "Probably just your imagination. Come on, let's have a look inside = and try and find this Max." He didn't tell Jade that he was also getting = a sense of something not quite right. He'd been feeling a bit jumpy ever = since that run in with that madman, Ramiis, a few months back. He hoped = Jade wasn't picking up on his overactive imagination. Yeah, that was = probably it. No point ruining the day. He knew Jade was really looking = forward to showing him what she had seen here. Maybe he'd have a talk to = Adam when they got back to the ship. He glanced around before he ushered = Jade inside anyway, just to reassure himself. *********** Neither of them had noticed the nondescript black car parked a few = metres down the street, on the other side. One of the men in the car = nudged his companion, a middle aged man dressed in jeans and a casual = shirt. "Yes, Hawkins, what is it?" Jim Beckett shot his partner a look that = said what Hawkins already knew. His partner thought this stake out was a = total waste of time. Their employer had told them to keep an eye on a teenager who worked at = the UFO centre. He seemed convinced he had some kind of psychic powers. = Hawkins remembered his partner's reaction to the reports as they read = them. Beckett hadn't believed a word of them. The reports were full of = some wild idea that the boy had healed some girl just by placing his = hand on her. So far they hadn't been able to substantiate any of the = story, but still who was he to argue? They were both being paid very = well to keep up the surveillance, very well indeed. Hawkins himself was a lot more open to the possibility that there were = things out there they didn't know existed. Teenagers who appeared human, = but were actually freaks of nature. With what he knew existed in the = world, he was sure it was possible. "Did you see that redheaded kid who just walked in? The one with the = young girl? I'm sure he's one of the kids we're supposed to be looking = out for." Gil Hawkins looked again at the photo in his hand. It = certainly looked like the same kid, though of course he would be older = now. It was a shame they didn't have a photo of the other boy, the one = whom they were presuming was the one they were watching. Apparently he = was a bit elusive. Their employer only knew that his name was Adam and = that he was Australian. The boy who worked in the UFO centre was called = Max but the description was similar, and he could have always changed = his name and accent. Their employer was convinced that Max was this Adam he had known some = years ago. He had told them to watch the boy carefully and to let him = know if he did anything out of the ordinary, though Hawkins and Beckett = weren't quite sure what he meant by that statement. It had been assumed = that they would know if and when it happened. They had also been told = that the boy was a teleporter and that the others they were supposed to = be watching out for were as well. Beckett dialled the number they had been given and waited for the person = at the other end to answer. When he relayed what, or rather whom, = Hawkins had thought he had seen, the man on the other end of the speaker = phone paused for a minute before replying. When he did so, he spoke = faster, the urgent tone obvious in his voice. "Are you sure it's the same boy?" "As far as we can tell from the photo, sir. Looks a bit older, but = definitely the same boy." "This confirms my suspicions. He must be here to meet the other one. = Proceed with extreme caution. I want both of them alive. Remember what I = told you about their special abilities. Do you have the weapons you were = issued with?" Both men checked their sidearms and confirmed that they did. They still = didn't quite believe what they had been told about those so-called = abilities, but then again they weren't being paid to believe, just to = get the job done.=20 ************ Megabyte looked around the room with interest, as Jade showed him the = various displays. Someone had certainly gone to an awful lot of trouble = to research this whole alien landing thing. "Here's the bit about the weather balloon," explained Jade. "Isn't this = place so cool? So what do you think?" "Yeah, really cool, Jade. These so called aliens don't exactly look the = same as those pod people though, do they?" Megabyte was referring to the = aliens they had run into when Jade had first broken out, that is, become = a Tomorrow Person. "Come on, Megabyte. Don't you believe that a UFO could have landed in = 1947? You can't tell me, after all you've seen lately, that you don't = believe it's possible." Megabyte shrugged. "Who knows? I mean, the whole thing sounds like = something out of a movie or a TV series. But then again."=20 "When you consider what we know exists," Jade finished his sentence. "I = suppose what we can do sounds like science fiction as well, and what = about." She stopped as she noticed someone approaching. A dark haired teenager was walking towards them. "Hi," he said. "I'm = Max. Milton said you were asking for me." "Milton?" asked Megabyte. "Yeah, the guy that runs this place. He told me on his way out that you = wanted to see me." Oh yeah, the geeky guy who kept giving Jade funny looks. Megabyte = wondered what exactly Jade had gotten up to the last time she was here. = His train of thought shifted as both he and Jade stared at the newcomer. = This must be Liz's friend. He looked like a typical teenager, but he was = getting some really strange vibes from him. Megabyte's mind went back a = couple of months to the last time this had happened to him. Tell me this = isn't another immortal, he thought. Max reached out his hand, and as Megabyte took it the flash hit him. = Within moments The Tomorrow Person found himself gazing at the twinkling = lights of some sort of starscape. He didn't even have time to register = what he was seeing before some kind of white light blinded him. As it = faded he had the sense of being inside some kind of spaceship. At least = it seemed like some kind of spaceship. Yeah right, like he was an expert = on the interiors of spaceships. He then felt as though he was climbing = out of some sort of cocoon thing and reaching out to someone else. = Megabyte felt himself sway slightly as the familiar walls of the UFO = centre re established themselves in front of his eyes. Whoa for a flash, = that was strong. Who was this guy? [Megabyte, are you okay? What was that?] Jade's voice had an edge of = panic in it. Obviously she had seen the same thing he had. As Jade = showered him with telepathic questions, Megabyte realised that Max was = speaking.=20 "Sorry," Max said. "I didn't catch your names." He was obviously trying = to pretend nothing had happened though Megabyte got the impression that = Max was just as unnerved by their meeting as he and Jade were. What or = who was Nasedo? As he picked up on the rather loud surface thoughts that = were running through Max's mind, Megabyte couldn't help but wonder if he = had received some sort of flash too. Was that possible? Megabyte decided the best approach was to put on a friendly act, and = leave the questions for later. He didn't sense anything hostile from = this Max, and yet there was something not quite normal about him. He = laughed to himself nervously, as a thought occurred to him. Yeah like = Jade or himself were what you would call normal, either. Maybe if they = gained Max's confidence they could find out some answers later. "I'm Megabyte, and this is Jade. Your friends Liz and Maria, at the = Crashdown, told us to look you up." Megabyte waited for Max to reply, but instead the young man fell to the = floor as a bright light struck him squarely in the chest. Megabyte spun = around as two men stepped out from behind one of the display boards in = the room. Both were holding weapons of some sort, weapons that were = pointed at Jade and himself. [Teleport, Jade. Go warn Adam and the others.]=20 Jade hesitated. [Megabyte.]=20 [Don't argue, Jade. Go now. I'll grab Max and be right behind you.] = Megabyte watched in horror as he saw a bright light hit Jade just as she = vanished from view. [Jade!]=20 "Quick, grab the other one before he teleports as well." Teleports? Thought Megabyte. Oh crap, they knew about the teleporting, = he realised. He tensed himself, ready to dive over to grab Max and = teleport after Jade, when he felt something pushed against his back, and = his arms were twisted behind him. "Disappear, and I'll kill the other one." Megabyte turned his head and saw a man in his late twenties pointing = some sort of weapon at him. His bleached blond hair stood out in the dim = lighting of the room. His companion, who looked about ten years older, = had a similar weapon aimed at Max. "Okay," he said. "I won't disappear. Who are you, and what do you want?" = He reached out telepathically and tried to contact Jade. If she had lost = consciousness before she had finished teleporting she could be in big = trouble. He felt Jade at the edge of his mind, but couldn't get her to = answer. As Megabyte prepared to contact Adam to warn him about what was = happening, he felt a shock run through his body. He felt himself start = to fall as he tried to fight off the approaching darkness. As he lost = consciousness the memory of Jade teleporting re ran itself through his = brain and he frantically tried to reach out for help telepathically. = Hope you're okay kid.. *************** End of Part two - ------=_NextPart_000_0241_01C144E0.3CD2DE20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> All That Glitters (2/20) by Anne Olsen Feedback to <A=20 href=3D"mailto:anneo@paradise.net.nzDisclaimer">anneo@paradise.net.nz</A>= Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson,=20 Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie Damon and = Caroline=20 Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television and Nickelodeon. So = do any=20 other names or events linked to the Tomorrow People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, = Alex=20 Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz,=20 Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to Roswell = also belong=20 to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name = only)=20 belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent=20 belong to me and should not be used without permission. ******* Part Two As Jade and Megabyte approached the UFO centre, Jade paused and = looked=20 around, shivering as she did so. "What's wrong?" Megabyte sensed her uneasy feelings, and saw her = shiver. This=20 wasn't like Jade. He hoped this wasn't sign of something bad about to go = down.=20 The last couple of months had been uneventful, at least from the = Tomorrow=20 Peoples' point of view. The psychos of the planet seemed to have taken = an=20 extended vacation, which was a good thing. At least Megabyte hoped it = was an=20 extended vacation; that they weren't merely lying in wait, ready to = pounce when=20 he and the others weren't looking. "Nothing. Just had a funny feeling for a moment. It's gone now. It's = probably=20 nothing." "Hope you're not going to start getting premonitions on me," joked = Megabyte.=20 "I thought that was supposed to be Ami's speciality." Jade still didn't look happy. "Must be my imagination," she reasoned = out=20 loud, "I mean, if there was something here you'd feel it as well, = wouldn't you?=20 I'm not the only Tomorrow Person here, remember." "Yeah, sure. Whatever." Megabyte put his arm around Jade to reassure = her.=20 "Probably just your imagination. Come on, let's have a look inside and = try and=20 find this Max." He didn't tell Jade that he was also getting a sense of=20 something not quite right. He'd been feeling a bit jumpy ever since that = run in=20 with that madman, Ramiis, a few months back. He hoped Jade wasn't = picking up on=20 his overactive imagination. Yeah, that was probably it. No point ruining = the=20 day. He knew Jade was really looking forward to showing him what she had = seen=20 here. Maybe he'd have a talk to Adam when they got back to the ship. He = glanced=20 around before he ushered Jade inside anyway, just to reassure = himself. *********** Neither of them had noticed the nondescript black car parked a few = metres=20 down the street, on the other side. One of the men in the car nudged his = companion, a middle aged man dressed in jeans and a casual shirt. "Yes, Hawkins, what is it?" Jim Beckett shot his partner a look that = said=20 what Hawkins already knew. His partner thought this stake out was a = total waste=20 of time. Their employer had told them to keep an eye on a teenager who worked = at the=20 UFO centre. He seemed convinced he had some kind of psychic powers. = Hawkins=20 remembered his partner's reaction to the reports as they read them. = Beckett=20 hadn't believed a word of them. The reports were full of some wild idea = that the=20 boy had healed some girl just by placing his hand on her. So far they = hadn't=20 been able to substantiate any of the story, but still who was he to = argue? They=20 were both being paid very well to keep up the surveillance, very well=20 indeed. Hawkins himself was a lot more open to the possibility that there = were things=20 out there they didn't know existed. Teenagers who appeared human, but = were=20 actually freaks of nature. With what he knew existed in the world, he = was sure=20 it was possible. "Did you see that redheaded kid who just walked in? The one with the = young=20 girl? I'm sure he's one of the kids we're supposed to be looking out = for." Gil=20 Hawkins looked again at the photo in his hand. It certainly looked like = the same=20 kid, though of course he would be older now. It was a shame they didn't = have a=20 photo of the other boy, the one whom they were presuming was the one = they were=20 watching. Apparently he was a bit elusive. Their employer only knew that = his=20 name was Adam and that he was Australian. The boy who worked in the UFO = centre=20 was called Max but the description was similar, and he could have always = changed=20 his name and accent. Their employer was convinced that Max was this Adam he had known some = years=20 ago. He had told them to watch the boy carefully and to let him know if = he did=20 anything out of the ordinary, though Hawkins and Beckett weren't quite = sure what=20 he meant by that statement. It had been assumed that they would know if = and when=20 it happened. They had also been told that the boy was a teleporter and = that the=20 others they were supposed to be watching out for were as well. Beckett dialled the number they had been given and waited for the = person at=20 the other end to answer. When he relayed what, or rather whom, Hawkins = had=20 thought he had seen, the man on the other end of the speaker phone = paused for a=20 minute before replying. When he did so, he spoke faster, the urgent tone = obvious=20 in his voice. "Are you sure it's the same boy?" "As far as we can tell from the photo, sir. Looks a bit older, but = definitely=20 the same boy." "This confirms my suspicions. He must be here to meet the other one. = Proceed=20 with extreme caution. I want both of them alive. Remember what I told = you about=20 their special abilities. Do you have the weapons you were issued = with?" Both men checked their sidearms and confirmed that they did. They = still=20 didn't quite believe what they had been told about those so-called = abilities,=20 but then again they weren't being paid to believe, just to get the job = done.=20 ************ Megabyte looked around the room with interest, as Jade showed him the = various=20 displays. Someone had certainly gone to an awful lot of trouble to = research this=20 whole alien landing thing. "Here's the bit about the weather balloon," explained Jade. "Isn't = this place=20 so cool? So what do you think?" "Yeah, really cool, Jade. These so called aliens don't exactly look = the same=20 as those pod people though, do they?" Megabyte was referring to the = aliens they=20 had run into when Jade had first broken out, that is, become a Tomorrow=20 Person. "Come on, Megabyte. Don't you believe that a UFO could have landed in = 1947?=20 You can't tell me, after all you've seen lately, that you don't believe = it's=20 possible." Megabyte shrugged. "Who knows? I mean, the whole thing sounds like = something=20 out of a movie or a TV series. But then again…" "When you consider what we know exists," Jade finished his sentence. = "I=20 suppose what we can do sounds like science fiction as well, and what = about…" She=20 stopped as she noticed someone approaching. A dark haired teenager was walking towards them. "Hi," he said. "I'm = Max.=20 Milton said you were asking for me." "Milton?" asked Megabyte. "Yeah, the guy that runs this place. He told me on his way out that = you=20 wanted to see me." Oh yeah, the geeky guy who kept giving Jade funny looks. Megabyte = wondered=20 what exactly Jade had gotten up to the last time she was here. His train = of=20 thought shifted as both he and Jade stared at the newcomer. This must be = Liz's=20 friend. He looked like a typical teenager, but he was getting some = really=20 strange vibes from him. Megabyte's mind went back a couple of months to = the last=20 time this had happened to him. Tell me this isn't another immortal, he=20 thought. Max reached out his hand, and as Megabyte took it the flash hit him. = Within=20 moments The Tomorrow Person found himself gazing at the twinkling lights = of some=20 sort of starscape. He didn't even have time to register what he was = seeing=20 before some kind of white light blinded him. As it faded he had the = sense of=20 being inside some kind of spaceship. At least it seemed like some kind = of=20 spaceship. Yeah right, like he was an expert on the interiors of = spaceships. He=20 then felt as though he was climbing out of some sort of cocoon thing and = reaching out to someone else. Megabyte felt himself sway slightly as the = familiar walls of the UFO centre re established themselves in front of = his eyes.=20 Whoa for a flash, that was strong. Who was this guy? [Megabyte, are you okay? What was that?] Jade's voice had an edge of = panic in=20 it. Obviously she had seen the same thing he had. As Jade showered him = with=20 telepathic questions, Megabyte realised that Max was speaking. "Sorry," Max said. "I didn't catch your names." He was obviously = trying to=20 pretend nothing had happened though Megabyte got the impression that Max = was=20 just as unnerved by their meeting as he and Jade were. What or who was = Nasedo?=20 As he picked up on the rather loud surface thoughts that were running = through=20 Max's mind, Megabyte couldn't help but wonder if he had received some = sort of=20 flash too. Was that possible? Megabyte decided the best approach was to put on a friendly act, and = leave=20 the questions for later. He didn't sense anything hostile from this Max, = and yet=20 there was something not quite normal about him. He laughed to himself = nervously,=20 as a thought occurred to him. Yeah like Jade or himself were what you = would call=20 normal, either. Maybe if they gained Max's confidence they could find = out some=20 answers later. "I'm Megabyte, and this is Jade. Your friends Liz = and=20 Maria, at the Crashdown, told us to look you up." Megabyte waited for Max to reply, but instead the young man fell to = the floor=20 as a bright light struck him squarely in the chest. Megabyte spun around = as two=20 men stepped out from behind one of the display boards in the room. Both = were=20 holding weapons of some sort, weapons that were pointed at Jade and = himself. [Teleport, Jade. Go warn Adam and the others.] Jade = hesitated.=20 [Megabyte…] [Don't argue, Jade. Go now. I'll grab Max and be right behind you.] = Megabyte=20 watched in horror as he saw a bright light hit Jade just as she vanished = from=20 view. [Jade!] "Quick, grab the other one before he teleports as well." Teleports? Thought Megabyte. Oh crap, they knew about the = teleporting, he=20 realised. He tensed himself, ready to dive over to grab Max and teleport = after=20 Jade, when he felt something pushed against his back, and his arms were = twisted=20 behind him. "Disappear, and I'll kill the other one." Megabyte turned his head and saw a man in his late twenties pointing = some=20 sort of weapon at him. His bleached blond hair stood out in the dim = lighting of=20 the room. His companion, who looked about ten years older, had a similar = weapon=20 aimed at Max. "Okay," he said. "I won't disappear. Who are you, and what do you = want?" He=20 reached out telepathically and tried to contact Jade. If she had lost=20 consciousness before she had finished teleporting she could be in big = trouble.=20 He felt Jade at the edge of his mind, but couldn't get her to answer. As = Megabyte prepared to contact Adam to warn him about what was happening, = he felt=20 a shock run through his body. He felt himself start to fall as he tried = to fight=20 off the approaching darkness. As he lost consciousness the memory of = Jade=20 teleporting re ran itself through his brain and he frantically tried to = reach=20 out for help telepathically. Hope you're okay kid…. *************** End of Part = two</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0241_01C144E0.3CD2DE20-- - - To unsubscribe to arfic-l, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe arfic-l" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:14:05 +1200 From: "Anne Olsen" <anneo@paradise.net.nz> Subject: (arfic-l) All That Glitters (3/20) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0382_01C145DD.19248FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All That Glitters (3/20) by Anne Olsen Feedback to anneo@paradise.net.nz Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson, Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie = Damon and Caroline Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television = and Nickelodeon. So do any other names or events linked to the Tomorrow = People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, Alex = Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz, Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to = Roswell also belong to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name only) = belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent belong to me and should not be used without permission. ********* Part Three Adam Newman put down the book he was reading as Jade materialised in = front of him. As she appeared, he felt an echo of something run through = him, reminiscent of a mild electric shock. She looked around her, as = though in a daze, and then collapsed. Adam shook her, calling her name as he did so, but got no response. He = lifted her onto the mattress he used as a bed when he stayed at the = ship, and tried to contact her telepathically. No reply.=20 He could still sense her, but couldn't establish any communication at = all. She was definitely unconscious. It was lucky, he reflected, that = she had managed to teleport when she had. Obviously she had initiated = the teleport only moments before whatever had caused this, had affected = her.=20 [Jade!] Adam frowned. That sounded like Megabyte. He hoped that the American = hadn't run into the same thing as Jade had. Adam concentrated and = reached out for his friend, hoping to get some answers. He stopped his = telepathic search as he felt something similar to what he had picked up = from Jade minutes before, but a lot stronger. Whatever it was, the = sensation had come from Megabyte.=20 [Megabyte! Are you okay?] Adam was sure his friend was definitely in = some sort of trouble. What had he and Jade walked into? Two light signatures materialised in front of him. Ami Jackson and Kevin = Wilson looked around, taking in the situation in a single glance. "Adam, did you feel that?" Ami looked worried as she bent over Jade. "I = thought I heard Megabyte call out, but I can't contact him."=20 "I felt something like some sort of electric shock," added Kevin. "Do = you know what's wrong with Jade? She and Megabyte were." His voice = tailed off as he began to think the worse. Adam nodded in reply to Ami's question. So she and Kevin had felt it as = well. "She and Megabyte were what, Kevin?" "They were going to Roswell today, to look at that UFO centre Jade's = been talking about," the young British boy replied. Adam came to a decision. "Ami, you and Kevin stay with Jade. I'm going = to teleport to Roswell to see if I can find Megabyte. If he's been = affected by the same thing as Jade, he's going to need some help." Ami shook her head in protest, dark braids flying in all directions. = "Adam, you don't know what's happened. How is walking into the same = thing going to help Megabyte?" "Well, I can't just sit here and do nothing. I'll call for help if I = need it, promise. Besides you know me, I can always teleport out if I = need to." Adam closed his eyes and concentrated, focusing on the Roswell = UFO centre, and Megabyte. ****** Kevin looked at the empty space where Adam had just been and turned to = Ami. "Do you think one of us should go after him? I know he said that he = can teleport if he needs to, but Megabyte wasn't able to, was he?" Ami looked at the swirling water outside the observation window of the = ship, trying not to sound as worried as she felt, as she replied to the = younger boy. "There's no point in all of us running into danger, Kevin," = she said, very aware of how much that sounded like something Adam = himself would say. "We'll just have to hope that Adam and Megabyte are = okay." She knew that Adam saw himself as the leader of their group, but his = tendency to put himself in danger to protect them, without a single = thought for his own safety, was beginning to concern her. Someone was = going to have to talk to him about sharing responsibility. After all he = was only a few years older than herself and Megabyte. It was time he = learnt that he didn't have to shoulder all that responsibility on his = own. Maybe she could get General Damon to have a talk to him as well. = After all he seemed to respect the older man's opinion, more than = Megabyte himself did anyway. Mind you, Ami amended to herself, = Megabyte's relationship with his father seemed to have improved quite a = bit since the events at Cheyenne Mountain. ************* Adam materialised in what he presumed was the main part of the UFO = centre. Looking around, he noticed behind him a display board about the = 1947 crash. His eye caught the picture of a weather balloon. He = remembered that that had been one of the more popular theories. Adam closed his eyes and sent a telepathic probe out, hoping to get a = sense of the whereabouts of his friend. He caught a sense of something, = he wasn't sure what. It was similar to what he had felt from Jade = earlier. It had to be Megabyte, but if it was, the other boy must be = unconscious. "Can I help you?" Adam snapped open his eyes and looked at the man in front of him. = Careless! He reprimanded himself. He had been concentrating so hard in = finding Megabyte that he had failed to notice someone enter the room. = The man repeated his question and Adam decided to play the innocent = tourist. "Sorry," he said. "I was just taking in the wonder of this place. It's = really great, isn't it? Better go and join the rest of my group now, = before they realise I've been left behind." The dark haired man drew his weapon, his intention clear. "Hold it right = there, kid, or should I call you Adam?" Adam felt his body stiffen. How would this man know his name? Had = Megabyte and Jade walked into something by accident, or had someone been = expecting them? But how would anyone know they were coming to Roswell, = when they hadn't decided to visit until that morning themselves. "Don't even think of teleporting, if you want to see your friends = again." "Teleport? I don't know what you're talking about." Adam tried to sound = as innocent as possible. "And what makes you think my name is Adam?" = Whoever this guy was, it sounded as though he had Megabyte and. Friends? = What was he talking about? Megabyte and Jade had been the only Tomorrow = People in Roswell, at least that he was aware of. "Your description and your accent for one. The fact that your friend was = probably trying to contact you when I shot him, for another." "Shot him?" Adam was so taken back by the man's last statement that he = forgot about the innocent tourist routine he was supposed to be = following. He realised too late that he had probably given himself away = with his outburst. His captor replied by motioning to Adam with his taser gun. "Yeah,don't = worry. He's okay, for now. The boss insisted we bring you freaks in = alive. Mind you he didn't say undamaged, if you get my drift. Don't try = and contact any others of your kind, either. We've been told how to pick = when you're using telepathy. If you want to see your friends I suggest = you do exactly as I tell you." Adam nodded to show that he understood. "Okay," he said. "I'll do what = you say."=20 [Adam! Adam, can you hear me?] As he heard Ami's voice in his mind, Adam automatically found himself = starting to reply. He felt a gun in his ribs, and stopped. "I thought I warned you about using telepathy. Whoever you are talking = to, ignore them. Unless you'd like to invite them to join the party, = that is." Adam nodded, and raised his mental shields, blocking his thoughts so Ami = wouldn't be able to contact him. He hoped that she had enough sense to = realise that something was very wrong, and that she wouldn't try and = teleport here. It looked as though Ami had been right, after all. Adam = was beginning to realise that he hadn't been very clever walking = straight into the lion's den, as it were. "Beckett." Adam's captor sounded annoyed as he answered his cellphone. = "Well, of course Evans would be starting to come round. You gave him = some of the sedative like we were told to? Good, and Hawkins? Sedate the = other one as well. I don't feel like taking any chances. By the way, it = looks as though we're going to be having some more company on our trip. = See you shortly." "Evans?" asked Adam. This must be the person who had been captured along = with Megabyte. "Whoever, he is, he's not one of us. Look you've got two = of us, let him go." "The Colonel warned me you might say something like that. Even though = it's obvious now that you're the one the Colonel was after, he's still a = loose end. Besides, having an hostage will help to keep you and your = friend Damon under control." "The Colonel?" Adam was beginning to get a really nasty feeling about = all this. He hoped this colonel wasn't who he was starting to suspect it = might be. "You'll find out soon enough. Move!"=20 ******************* Maria looked at her watch again, "Why do you think they're taking so = long?" she asked Liz. "Even if Megabyte and Jade waited for Max to close = up, they should be here by now." She opened the front door of the UFO centre, and gestured for her friend = to follow her inside. " Michael and the others will be wondering where = we are." Michael, Isabel and Alex had called in at the Crashdown just as = the girls' shift had ended, and were going to join them for coffee. If = you're going to party, do it properly, Maria had said as she extended = the invitation to include them. Liz opened her mouth in protest. "Maria, we shouldn't." she started to = say, but then changed her mind. Once Maria made her mind up, she was = usually hard to discourage from her chosen course of action. "Come on, Liz. It's time we reminded them how long we've been waiting = out here." Liz frowned. "It's not like Max to forget something like that," she = observed. "If he says he's going to be somewhere at a certain time, he = usually is. Megabyte and Jade would have told him we were meeting them = after work for coffee. I'm sure they would." Maria poked her head around the main display room and saw a tall dark = haired boy standing next to one of the displays. He seemed to be miles = away, totally lost in thought. "Come on Liz," she repeated her earlier statement. "We'll go ask that = good looking guy if he's seen them." Liz smiled to herself. Trust Maria to come out with a statement like = that. She was about to enter the room when a thought occurred to her. = "What's he doing here after closing?" she asked. "Maria?" Maria was feeling around in her pockets, first one then the other. "I = can't find my keys," she complained. "Mom's car keys are on that ring. = She'll kill me if I've lost them." She looked at the boy in the display = room, and then back down the corridor towards the front door a few times = before coming to a decision. "Give me a minute while I just go check if I can find them. Keep a look = out and don't let that guy out of your sight, okay?" "Yeah sure, Maria. Don't take too long though." Liz glanced around = nervously as she waited for Maria. Even if this guy could tell them = where Max was, there was still something not right about the whole = situation. She knew Max well enough by now to know he should be there, = waiting by the door with their new friends.=20 After a few moments Liz walked out into the corridor, gesturing to Maria = that she'd been long enough. She glanced at her watch, wondering again = what had happened to Max and the others. "Found them," exclaimed Maria triumphantly, waving her keys at Liz. "I = must have dropped them just as we came in. Is that guy still there?" Liz nodded. She headed back towards the display room and then stopped, = gesturing Maria to be quiet. "Did you see that other guy just enter the = room?" she hissed, pressing herself against the wall, hoping he hadn't = noticed them. "Something strange is going on." "Weird, weird or alien weird?" interrupted Maria, following Liz's lead = and speaking softly. Liz shrugged. "Weird enough to be worried about where Max is," she = replied. "Maria! What are you doing?" Maria pushed past Liz, edging into the room so that she could see what = was going on. In the couple of minutes they had been in the corridor the = two men in the display room had started talking. One of them had an = accent, Australian by the sound of it. "If Max is in trouble, don't you think we should try and find out what's = going on?' she reasoned.=20 Liz peered over Maria's shoulder and stifled a scream. "Maria," she = whispered. "He's got a gun!" She grabbed Maria's arm and bundled her = behind one of the bigger displays as the shrill ring of a cell phone = echoed through the room. What was going on? She wondered. The middle-aged man had his gun pushed = into the younger man's back and was talking into his phone. She strained = to hear what he was saying, picking up the end of the conversation. ".more company on our trip. See you shortly." Liz noticed the expression on the dark-haired boy's face. He looked = scared, though he was obviously trying very hard to hide it from his = captor. As she listened to him speak, Liz felt an echo of that fear run = through her own mind. "Evans?" he asked. "Whoever he is, he's not one of us. Look you've got = two of us, let him go." Maria squeezed Liz's arm and she realised the other girl was as scared = as she was. She turned to give her a shaky smile, and turned back to = catch the tail end of the reply the man gave. ".keep you and your friend Damon under control." "The Colonel?" asked the young man. "You'll find out soon enough." Came the reply. The man gestured with his = gun. "Move!" As the two men started towards the door, Liz saw the younger one look = around and then hurriedly try to hide his action. He reminded Liz of an = animal picking up a scent. It was almost as though he had sensed we were = here she thought, dismissing the crazy idea quickly.=20 The older man paused in the doorway, checking to make sure the coast was = clear. As he did so, the boy looked straight over at Liz and Maria and = their eyes met. He did know we were here Liz thought. But how? His huge = brown eyes reflected the fear she felt herself and he subtly shook his = head, mouthing the word 'no' at the same time. "You're not thinking of calling for help, I hope?" asked the other man, = waving his gun as though to make his point clear. He had a suspicious = look on his face, but luckily didn't seem to realise they had company.=20 Liz held her breath and hoped their luck would hold. The Australian looked at the man and shook his head. "No," he said. "I = think you've made it perfectly clear what you'll do if I did."=20 "Sensible boy. Come on, I think your friends are waiting for us. The = Colonel is very anxious to see you again." He gestured towards the door, = and they headed towards the exit of the UFO centre. Liz and Maria exchanged worried glances as they saw the two men leave. = "Liz, did you hear that? They've got Max, we'd better tell Michael and = the others." Liz's mind was racing. What had the young man meant by 'not one of us?' = Surely he wasn't talking about aliens? What had happened to Megabyte and = Jade? They must have been here when . Her eyes filled with tears as she = thought of Max in the hands of this Colonel, whoever he was. If the = Colonel and his men found out Max's secret, they could all be in great = danger. Her train of thought came to a crashing halt as she realised = that Maria was still talking. "Who do you think that young guy was? What did he mean by 'you have two = of us'? Liz, are you listening to me?" Maria ushered her out of the UFO centre, = and they headed back to the Crashdown where they were meant to be = meeting Michael, Isabel and Alex. Hopefully if they all put their heads = together they would be able to work out what to do next.=20 ************ End of Part Three - ------=_NextPart_000_0382_01C145DD.19248FC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> All That Glitters (3/20) by Anne Olsen Feedback to <A=20 href=3D"mailto:anneo@paradise.net.nzDisclaimer">anneo@paradise.net.nz</A>= Disclaimer The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami = Jackson,=20 Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie Damon and = Caroline=20 Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television and Nickelodeon. So = do any=20 other names or events linked to the Tomorrow People TV series. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, = Alex=20 Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda = Metz,=20 Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to Roswell = also belong=20 to them. The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name = only)=20 belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of = immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters. The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon = Trent=20 belong to me and should not be used without permission. ********* Part Three Adam Newman put down the book he was reading as Jade materialised in = front of=20 him. As she appeared, he felt an echo of something run through him, = reminiscent=20 of a mild electric shock. She looked around her, as though in a daze, = and then=20 collapsed. Adam shook her, calling her name as he did so, but got no response. = He lifted=20 her onto the mattress he used as a bed when he stayed at the ship, and = tried to=20 contact her telepathically. No reply. He could still sense her, but couldn't establish any communication at = all.=20 She was definitely unconscious. It was lucky, he reflected, that she had = managed=20 to teleport when she had. Obviously she had initiated the teleport only = moments=20 before whatever had caused this, had affected her. [Jade!] Adam frowned. That sounded like Megabyte. He hoped that the American = hadn't=20 run into the same thing as Jade had. Adam concentrated and reached out = for his=20 friend, hoping to get some answers. He stopped his telepathic search as = he felt=20 something similar to what he had picked up from Jade minutes before, but = a lot=20 stronger. Whatever it was, the sensation had come from Megabyte. [Megabyte! Are you okay?] Adam was sure his friend was definitely in = some=20 sort of trouble. What had he and Jade walked into? Two light signatures materialised in front of him. Ami Jackson and = Kevin=20 Wilson looked around, taking in the situation in a single glance. "Adam, did you feel that?" Ami looked worried as she bent over Jade. = "I=20 thought I heard Megabyte call out, but I can't contact him." "I felt something like some sort of electric shock," added Kevin. "Do = you=20 know what's wrong with Jade? She and Megabyte were…" His voice = tailed off as he=20 began to think the worse. Adam nodded in reply to Ami's question. So she and Kevin had felt it = as well.=20 "She and Megabyte were what, Kevin?" "They were going to Roswell today, to look at that UFO centre Jade's = been=20 talking about," the young British boy replied. Adam came to a decision. "Ami, you and Kevin stay with Jade. I'm = going to=20 teleport to Roswell to see if I can find Megabyte. If he's been affected = by the=20 same thing as Jade, he's going to need some help." Ami shook her head in protest, dark braids flying in all directions. = "Adam,=20 you don't know what's happened. How is walking into the same thing going = to help=20 Megabyte?" "Well, I can't just sit here and do nothing. I'll call for help if I = need it,=20 promise. Besides you know me, I can always teleport out if I need to." = Adam=20 closed his eyes and concentrated, focusing on the Roswell UFO centre, = and=20 Megabyte. ****** Kevin looked at the empty space where Adam had just been and turned = to Ami.=20 "Do you think one of us should go after him? I know he said that he can = teleport=20 if he needs to, but Megabyte wasn't able to, was he?" Ami looked at the swirling water outside the observation window of = the ship,=20 trying not to sound as worried as she felt, as she replied to the = younger boy.=20 "There's no point in all of us running into danger, Kevin," she said, = very aware=20 of how much that sounded like something Adam himself would say. "We'll = just have=20 to hope that Adam and Megabyte are okay." She knew that Adam saw himself as the leader of their group, but his = tendency=20 to put himself in danger to protect them, without a single thought for = his own=20 safety, was beginning to concern her. Someone was going to have to talk = to him=20 about sharing responsibility. After all he was only a few years older = than=20 herself and Megabyte. It was time he learnt that he didn't have to = shoulder all=20 that responsibility on his own. Maybe she could get General Damon to = have a talk=20 to him as well. After all he seemed to respect the older man's opinion, = more=20 than Megabyte himself did anyway. Mind you, Ami amended to herself, = Megabyte's=20 relationship with his father seemed to have improved quite a bit since = the=20 events at Cheyenne Mountain. ************* Adam materialised in what he presumed was the main part of the UFO = centre.=20 Looking around, he noticed behind him a display board about the 1947 = crash. His=20 eye caught the picture of a weather balloon. He remembered that that had = been=20 one of the more popular theories. Adam closed his eyes and sent a telepathic probe out, hoping to get a = sense=20 of the whereabouts of his friend. He caught a sense of something, he = wasn't sure=20 what. It was similar to what he had felt from Jade earlier. It had to be = Megabyte, but if it was, the other boy must be unconscious. "Can I help you?" Adam snapped open his eyes and looked at the man in front of him. = Careless!=20 He reprimanded himself. He had been concentrating so hard in finding = Megabyte=20 that he had failed to notice someone enter the room. The man repeated = his=20 question and Adam decided to play the innocent tourist. "Sorry," he said. "I was just taking in the wonder of this place. = It's really=20 great, isn't it? Better go and join the rest of my group now, before = they=20 realise I've been left behind." The dark haired man drew his weapon, his intention clear. "Hold it = right=20 there, kid, or should I call you Adam?" Adam felt his body stiffen. How would this man know his name? Had = Megabyte=20 and Jade walked into something by accident, or had someone been = expecting them?=20 But how would anyone know they were coming to Roswell, when they hadn't = decided=20 to visit until that morning themselves. "Don't even think of teleporting, if you want to see your friends = again." "Teleport? I don't know what you're talking about." Adam tried to = sound as=20 innocent as possible. "And what makes you think my name is Adam?" = Whoever this=20 guy was, it sounded as though he had Megabyte and… Friends? What = was he talking=20 about? Megabyte and Jade had been the only Tomorrow People in Roswell, = at least=20 that he was aware of. "Your description and your accent for one. The fact that your friend = was=20 probably trying to contact you when I shot him, for another." "Shot him?" Adam was so taken back by the man's last statement that = he forgot=20 about the innocent tourist routine he was supposed to be following. He = realised=20 too late that he had probably given himself away with his outburst. His captor replied by motioning to Adam with his taser gun. = "Yeah,don't=20 worry. He's okay, for now. The boss insisted we bring you freaks in = alive. Mind=20 you he didn't say undamaged, if you get my drift. Don't try and contact = any=20 others of your kind, either. We've been told how to pick when you're = using=20 telepathy. If you want to see your friends I suggest you do exactly as I = tell=20 you." Adam nodded to show that he understood. "Okay," he said. "I'll do = what you=20 say." [Adam! Adam, can you hear me?] As he heard Ami's voice in his mind, Adam automatically found himself = starting to reply. He felt a gun in his ribs, and stopped. "I thought I warned you about using telepathy. Whoever you are = talking to,=20 ignore them. Unless you'd like to invite them to join the party, that = is." Adam nodded, and raised his mental shields, blocking his thoughts so = Ami=20 wouldn't be able to contact him. He hoped that she had enough sense to = realise=20 that something was very wrong, and that she wouldn't try and teleport = here. It=20 looked as though Ami had been right, after all. Adam was beginning to = realise=20 that he hadn't been very clever walking straight into the lion's den, as = it=20 were. "Beckett." Adam's captor sounded annoyed as he answered his = cellphone. "Well,=20 of course Evans would be starting to come round. You gave him some of = the=20 sedative like we were told to? Good, and Hawkins? Sedate the other one = as well.=20 I don't feel like taking any chances. By the way, it looks as though = we're going=20 to be having some more company on our trip. See you shortly." "Evans?" asked Adam. This must be the person who had been captured = along with=20 Megabyte. "Whoever, he is, he's not one of us. Look you've got two of = us, let=20 him go." "The Colonel warned me you might say something like that. Even though = it's=20 obvious now that you're the one the Colonel was after, he's still a = loose end.=20 Besides, having an hostage will help to keep you and your friend Damon = under=20 control." "The Colonel?" Adam was beginning to get a really nasty feeling about = all=20 this. He hoped this colonel wasn't who he was starting to suspect it = might=20 be. "You'll find out soon enough. Move!" ******************* Maria looked at her watch again, "Why do you think they're taking so = long?"=20 she asked Liz. "Even if Megabyte and Jade waited for Max to close up, = they=20 should be here by now." She opened the front door of the UFO centre, and gestured for her = friend to=20 follow her inside. " Michael and the others will be wondering where we = are."=20 Michael, Isabel and Alex had called in at the Crashdown just as the = girls' shift=20 had ended, and were going to join them for coffee. If you're going to = party, do=20 it properly, Maria had said as she extended the invitation to include = them. Liz opened her mouth in protest. "Maria, we shouldn't…" she = started to say,=20 but then changed her mind. Once Maria made her mind up, she was usually = hard to=20 discourage from her chosen course of action. "Come on, Liz. It's time we reminded them how long we've been waiting = out=20 here." Liz frowned. "It's not like Max to forget something like that," she = observed.=20 "If he says he's going to be somewhere at a certain time, he usually is. = Megabyte and Jade would have told him we were meeting them after work = for=20 coffee. I'm sure they would." Maria poked her head around the main display room and saw a tall dark = haired=20 boy standing next to one of the displays. He seemed to be miles away, = totally=20 lost in thought. "Come on Liz," she repeated her earlier statement. "We'll go ask that = good=20 looking guy if he's seen them." Liz smiled to herself. Trust Maria to come out with a statement like = that.=20 She was about to enter the room when a thought occurred to her. "What's = he doing=20 here after closing?" she asked. "Maria?" Maria was feeling around in her pockets, first one then the other. "I = can't=20 find my keys," she complained. "Mom's car keys are on that ring. She'll = kill me=20 if I've lost them." She looked at the boy in the display room, and then = back=20 down the corridor towards the front door a few times before coming to a=20 decision. "Give me a minute while I just go check if I can find them. Keep a = look out=20 and don't let that guy out of your sight, okay?" "Yeah sure, Maria. Don't take too long though." Liz glanced around = nervously=20 as she waited for Maria. Even if this guy could tell them where Max was, = there=20 was still something not right about the whole situation. She knew Max = well=20 enough by now to know he should be there, waiting by the door with their = new=20 friends. After a few moments Liz walked out into the corridor, gesturing to = Maria that=20 she'd been long enough. She glanced at her watch, wondering again what = had=20 happened to Max and the others. "Found them," exclaimed Maria triumphantly, waving her keys at Liz. = "I must=20 have dropped them just as we came in. Is that guy still there?" Liz nodded. She headed back towards the display room and then = stopped,=20 gesturing Maria to be quiet. "Did you see that other guy just enter the = room?"=20 she hissed, pressing herself against the wall, hoping he hadn't noticed = them.=20 "Something strange is going on." "Weird, weird or alien weird?" interrupted Maria, following Liz's = lead and=20 speaking softly. Liz shrugged. "Weird enough to be worried about where Max is," she = replied.=20 "Maria! What are you doing?" Maria pushed past Liz, edging into the room so that she could see = what was=20 going on. In the couple of minutes they had been in the corridor the two = men in=20 the display room had started talking. One of them had an accent, = Australian by=20 the sound of it. "If Max is in trouble, don't you think we should try and find out = what's=20 going on?' she reasoned. Liz peered over Maria's shoulder and stifled a scream. "Maria," she=20 whispered. "He's got a gun!" She grabbed Maria's arm and bundled her = behind one=20 of the bigger displays as the shrill ring of a cell phone echoed through = the=20 room. What was going on? She wondered. The middle-aged man had his gun = pushed into=20 the younger man's back and was talking into his phone. She strained to = hear what=20 he was saying, picking up the end of the conversation. "…more company on our trip. See you shortly." Liz noticed the expression on the dark-haired boy's face. He looked = scared,=20 though he was obviously trying very hard to hide it from his captor. As = she=20 listened to him speak, Liz felt an echo of that fear run through her own = mind. "Evans?" he asked. "Whoever he is, he's not one of us. Look you've = got two of=20 us, let him go." Maria squeezed Liz's arm and she realised the other girl was as = scared as she=20 was. She turned to give her a shaky smile, and turned back to catch the = tail end=20 of the reply the man gave. "…keep you and your friend Damon under control." "The Colonel?" asked the young man. "You'll find out soon enough." Came the reply. The man gestured with = his gun.=20 "Move!" As the two men started towards the door, Liz saw the younger one look = around=20 and then hurriedly try to hide his action. He reminded Liz of an animal = picking=20 up a scent. It was almost as though he had sensed we were here she = thought,=20 dismissing the crazy idea quickly. The older man paused in the doorway, checking to make sure the coast = was=20 clear. As he did so, the boy looked straight over at Liz and Maria and = their=20 eyes met. He did know we were here Liz thought. But how? His huge brown = eyes=20 reflected the fear she felt herself and he subtly shook his head, = mouthing the=20 word 'no' at the same time. "You're not thinking of calling for help, I hope?" asked the other = man,=20 waving his gun as though to make his point clear. He had a suspicious = look on=20 his face, but luckily didn't seem to realise they had company. Liz held her breath and hoped their luck would hold. The Australian looked at the man and shook his head. "No," he said. = "I think=20 you've made it perfectly clear what you'll do if I did." "Sensible boy. Come on, I think your friends are waiting for us. The = Colonel=20 is very anxious to see you again." He gestured towards the door, and = they headed=20 towards the exit of the UFO centre. Liz and Maria exchanged worried glances as they saw the two men = leave. "Liz,=20 did you hear that? They've got Max, we'd better tell Michael and the=20 others." Liz's mind was racing. What had the young man meant by 'not one of = us?'=20 Surely he wasn't talking about aliens? What had happened to Megabyte and = Jade?=20 They must have been here when … Her eyes filled with tears as she = thought of Max=20 in the hands of this Colonel, whoever he was. If the Colonel and his men = found=20 out Max's secret, they could all be in great danger. Her train of = thought came=20 to a crashing halt as she realised that Maria was still talking. "Who do you think that young guy was? What did he mean by 'you have = two of=20 us'? Liz, are you listening to me?" Maria ushered her out of the UFO = centre, and=20 they headed back to the Crashdown where they were meant to be meeting = Michael,=20 Isabel and Alex. Hopefully if they all put their heads together they = would be=20 able to work out what to do next. ************ End of Part Three</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0382_01C145DD.19248FC0-- - - To unsubscribe to arfic-l, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe arfic-l" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. 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