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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 #40 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 Wednesday, September 26 2001 Volume 01 : Number 040 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:28:38 +1200 From: "Anne Olsen" <anneo@paradise.net.nz> Subject: (arfic-l) All That Glitters (4/20) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_018C_01C14676.01193900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All That Glitters (4/20) 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 Four "Michael they've got Max!" Liz sounded distraught as she and Maria = entered the Crashdown. "Calm down Liz," Alex Whitman offered his friend a seat. "Who's got Max? = What's happened?" "Over at the UFO centre. There was a guy holding a gun on this other = Australian guy." As Maria paused for breath, Michael interrupted her.=20 "How do you know the guy was Australian?" he wanted to know. After all = it was important to have all the facts wasn't it? He peered out of the = window of the Crashdown as he waited for the answer, carefully pulling = the blinds to one side. The UFO centre seemed quiet, especially = considering what Liz and Maria were telling them.=20 "I saw Crocodile Dundee didn't I?" Maria sounded indignant as she = replied. "Anyway the guy with the gun said that he had Max and that he'd = hurt him if the Australian and his friend didn't. " "What friend?" asked Isabel. "Why would this man take Max? Do you think = he knows who he is?" She sat down on the empty chair next to Liz, trying = to keep the fear out of her voice. Michael knew all too well what must be running through Isabel's mind. If = whoever had Max found out who or what he was, he didn't want to think = about what they might do to him. Better not to think the worst. "Sounds = to me as though it might not be Max they were after," he commented. "Is = it possible that they want this Australian and his friend whoever they = are?" "Damon," said Maria. "What?" asked Michael. "That's the name Beckett used for the friend. Beckett was the man with = the gun," explained Maria. "I got the feeling that maybe he and the = other bad guy were waiting for them to show at the UFO centre or = something." "And Max was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," reasoned Liz = slowly. "After all the Australian said something about Max being 'not = one of us.' It struck me as a weird thing to say at the time. I'm not = sure what he meant by it exactly." She paused as another thought hit = her. "Megabyte and Jade!" "Who?" Michael wondered just how many strangers were wandering around = Roswell today. The number of disappearances also seemed to be rising. = Obviously Roswell wasn't as safe as Sheriff Valenti would like to make = out it was. "Maria and I met them at the Crashdown earlier. We were going to meet = them at the UFO centre after Max finished. They must have been there = when Max was taken. Do you think they might be in trouble too?" Liz was = beginning to look upset again. Michael rose to his feet. It was definitely time for someone to take = charge of the situation. "I'm going to go have a look over there," he = announced. "We're not going to find out what's happened to Max unless we = do." Isabel stood up and headed for the door. "I'm coming with you. Don't = look at me that way Michael. Max is my brother. Besides I can look after = myself. You're not the only one around here with powers remember." Michael shrugged. There was no point even trying to argue with Isabel = when she got that look in her eye. He hoped he wasn't going to regret = his decision to let her come as he looked out the door and onto the = street again. All quiet on the western front or at least in a small New = Mexican town. "Be careful," Maria told him. "We don't know if that guy is still = lurking around out there. He looked dangerous you know." "They'll be fine Maria." Alex tried to reassure her, as he turned and = spoke to Michael. "I'll stay here with the girls. They still look pretty = shaken up. Besides if Megabyte and Jade show up, there should be someone = here in case." "Yeah okay," Michael waited for Isabel to grab her jacket and then = headed for the UFO centre. He stopped just outside the entrance and = looked around carefully. It looked quiet enough. Even that idiot Milton = didn't seen to be anywhere in sight. Still he didn't feel like taking = any chances, at least not where he, Isabel and Max were concerned. He = looked again at the small alien figures standing guard in front of the = small ticket box. If only Milton knew who he really had working for him. = As he and Isabel walked along quietly towards the main display room, = Michael mulled over the conversation in the Crashdown in his mind, = trying to make sense of it all. He deliberately hadn't told the others = that he suspected that the person that Beckett had referred to as Damon = was probably the young man Liz and Maria knew as Megabyte. It was the = only thing he could think of that made sense, but if so who was the = Australian guy, and what had he meant by not one of us? At least it = didn't sound as though Beckett knew who or what Max was, for now. It appeared that Maria had been right and it was Megabyte and the = Australian that Beckett and his companion had been after. He wondered = what they could have done for someone to come after them like that. From = what Maria and Liz had said, they had seemed quite normal. But then, he = thought to himself, so did he, Isabel and Max. Michael smiled to himself as he thought of Maria, and how concerned she = had been about him coming here. She'd got a lot closer to him than = anyone else ever had, though of course he'd never admit that to her. "This must be where it happened," Isabel interrupted his musings. She = looked around, a puzzled look on her face. "Can you feel all the energy = in the air, Michael? I've never felt anything like it before, have you?" Michael shook his head. He bent down and ran his hand over the floor, = trying to get a sense of what had gone down in the room. The flash hit = him very suddenly and clearly. The air itself seemed to crackle with = strong psychic energy. He leant again one of the display boards, trying = to steady himself and saw that Isabel was doing the same. "Did you feel that?" he asked her. "I've had flashes before, but never = one that clear. There's definitely something very strange going on = here." As she nodded, he remembered what he had seen; Max being hit by some kind of strange energy weapon, followed by a blond = girl, about the same age, disappearing in a bright light. A redheaded = young man, slightly older being held at gunpoint and then being shot by = the same weapon that had downed Max. Michael then saw another, dark = haired boy, maybe a fraction older than the redhead, appear out of thin = air in the same sort of flash of light that the girl had vanished in = earlier. The same man that had shot Max then appeared and pointed a gun = at the Australian. At least Michael presumed this was the same young man = whom Maria and Liz had described earlier. It certainly matched the = description of what they had said they had witnessed anyway. Michael put his arms around Isabel. He could feel her shaking. " Don't = worry," he said. "We'll get Max back. We have to. Come on, let's head = back to the Crashdown. It looks as though we've done all we can do = here."=20 Well, he thought to himself, it looks as though we know what happened to = Jade and Megabyte. He was concerned by what he had seen in the flash = though, whoever had Max and the others seemed to be very dangerous, = judging by the weaponry they were using. Also he'd never seen anyone = disappear into thin air like that before. The thought crossed his mind = that maybe he, Isabel and Max weren't alone. Were there other aliens on = the planet beside themselves? Maybe if they tried to track down who = exactly Megabyte, Jade and their Australian friend were, it might help = them to find some answers. Time for Alex to do some more hacking on the = net, he decided. As they crossed the street on their way back to the Crashdown, Michael = looked around again for a sign that anything was out of the ordinary. = No, things looked quiet enough. It's amazing how deceiving looks can be, = he thought. He opened the door to the Crashdown and was surprised to see two = teenagers sitting talking to Liz, Maria and Alex. The boy he hadn't seen = before, but the girl he recognised straight away from the flash.=20 Michael decided to get straight to the point, as time wasn't exactly on = their side. If whoever had Max found out he wasn't exactly human, it = wouldn't exactly take them long to figure out there might be others like = him. There was no way Michael would let anyone get hold of himself or = Isabel, and do to them what were done to the original aliens in the 1947 = crash. Nor would he stand by and watch the same thing happen to Max. *************** Kevin looked up as the door of the Crashdown opened. Two teenagers, a = tall blonde girl and a brown haired boy about the same age, walked in.=20 The young man marched up to Jade and grabbed her by the shoulder. = "Where's Max?" he demanded. "What have you done with him?" His eyes met = Jade's and she pulled away. Kevin could sense the anger coming from him, = in fact he seemed to be full of it. This was all Jade needed after what = she'd been through. Maria glared at him. "Michael! Try to come across with at least a bit of = understanding. She's had an awful fright."=20 Jade and Kevin exchanged a very long look before Kevin answered. "Yes, = we do know what's happened to Max, and no we don't know who has him. = Nice to meet you too, Michael. I'm Kevin, by the way." Kevin put his hand out to shake Michael's. Might as well be polite, he = thought to himself, even if this guy doesn't seem to want to be. As they = shook hands, he experienced the same strange flash that Jade had said = she and Megabyte had picked up earlier from Max. "He's like Max!" exclaimed Jade. She put her hand up to her mouth as = Kevin looked at her warningly.=20 [Use telepathy, Jade. Remember Ami said not to tell them about the = Tomorrow People unless we had to.] "Telepathy? Tomorrow People?" asked Michael, suspiciously. Kevin tried not very successfully to hide his surprise and then decided = not to bother. "You heard what I said? Who are you people?" What had = Adam and Megabyte got themselves into, he wondered. He thought about = contacting Ami, who had gone to let General Damon know what had = happened, but thought against it. Besides, he was a bit dubious about = using telepathy until he and Jade worked out exactly how much of their = conversation would be overheard. Michael sounded angry. "I think it's you who owes us an explanation," he = said. "Who's got Max, and what's going on here?" Liz put her arms around Jade, who was looking very upset. "Don't mind = Michael," she said. "He's just worried about Max. We all are." Jade seemed to pull herself together as she glared angrily at Michael. = "You're not the only one who's worried about someone, you know. Whoever = has Max also has Megabyte, and probably Adam as well. I've already been = shot at once today, and barely escaped myself. I'm really not in the = mood for your macho crap." With that last statement, she sat down again = and stared into her cup of hot chocolate. Alex inserted himself between the two of them, quickly. "Truce, okay," = he said. "Look, it sounds as though you guys have got as much at stake = here as we have. I think we should trust each other. Michael?" Michael nodded, although Kevin could still sense a great deal of = suspicion coming from him. He'd be very surprised if they were told any = more than Michael felt he had to. Whatever was bugging this guy, it had = been doing so for quite some time. There was more than just the = disappearance of his friend behind his strong emotions. Wonder what that = weird stuff in that flash was? Kevin thought about strengthening his = mental shields a bit more for a moment, to try and deaden some of the = feelings he was picking up on, but decided against it. "Jade?" Alex looked at the British girl. She nodded, and turned to Kevin. "Do you think we can trust them?" Kevin nodded. Even with what he had been receiving from Michael he still = thought that trust was the best way to go in this situation. Besides, he = had a suspicion that these people had just as much to hide as the = Tomorrow People did. If he were right it would certainly explain all = these vibes in the room. "Do you think we should tell Ami first?" asked Jade. "Who's this Ami?" asked Michael. The boy wasn't happy with the thought = of someone else becoming involved; that much was obvious from the = thoughts Kevin could hear running through his mind. "With Max gone I = think it's up to me to take charge here and that includes working out = what we should do next and who we should include in those plans." Jade interjected before Michael could add anything else. She sounded = annoyed, and Kevin didn't blame her. "If anyone should be making = decisions here it should be Kevin, at least until Ami gets here." "Like I'm going to take orders from some kid," Michael replied angrily. = "No way." Kevin sighed. The fact that he was a good inch or so taller than the = other boy hadn't even come into the equation. "Hello, do I look like a = kid?" he asked Michael. "I'm eighteen." He noticed the annoyed tone = creeping into his own voice and smiled to himself. Good. Even though = they needed to work together, Michael was fast starting to get up his = nose. It was probably a good thing Megabyte wasn't here. He and Michael = would be at each other's throats by now, of that Kevin was sure. "You don't look it," Michael muttered. "Still doesn't mean you're going = to take over." Liz spoke before Kevin could think of a suitable reply, saving him the = problem of how to avoid an argument with the younger boy. Couldn't the = guy see they had enough problems without fighting amongst themselves? "I've just remembered something I overheard at the UFO centre. The = Australian guy, Adam, said something that I couldn't make sense of at = the time. He said you've already got two of us." She turned to Jade and = Kevin. "He was referring to himself and Megabyte, wasn't he? They're = like you, whatever that means. The man who took him mentioned some = Colonel, as well. Do you know anything about that?" All of the colour drained from Kevin's face, as he put two and two = together. It couldn't be, could it? If it was, then Adam, Megabyte and = Max were in really big, big trouble. "Kevin, what's wrong?" "I think we should contact Ami. If this Colonel is who I think he is, = none of us are safe." Jade caught a trace of Kevin's thoughts as he spoke, and shuddered. = [Ami?] she 'pathed, focusing her mind on the older girl. [Yes, Jade, what is it?] Ami's telepathic voice sounded worried, very = worried. [I'm just heading over to meet General Damon at the hospital. = Millie's been involved in an accident.] Millie was Megabyte's younger = sister. Kevin felt sorry for Ami, having to tell the General that not = only was his daughter in hospital, but his son was missing as well. No = wonder she sounded so worried. Kevin interrupted the conversation. [Don't worry, Ami, we'll talk to you = later, when we're a bit more sure about what's going on.] After = listening to what she had told Jade, he'd decided that he and Jade could = sort this problem out by themselves. No point in worrying her about = their suspicions until they had proof. [Are you sure, Kevin?] [Sure, contact us later, when you've talked to Megabyte's dad, okay.] [Okay. I'll get back to you when I've checked on things here in London.] = Michael and Isabel exchanged glances as Ami broke the link. Judging by = Isabel's expression she too had picked up the telepathic conversation. = There was something about those two, but Kevin wasn't sure what. If = Michael and maybe Isabel were telepathic, why then couldn't he pick up = on them using it themselves. Unless of course, their telepathy was only = limited. Maybe they could pick up, but couldn't broadcast. It was the = only thing that made sense. Obviously Michael didn't trust them enough to let them know that Isabel = and he were the same, whatever that was. Kevin decided to keep his = suspicions to himself, for the moment. No need to get the other boy even = more on edge than he already was. Kevin cleared his throat. Explanation time, he thought, hoping the trust = they were going to put in this group wasn't misplaced. Hopefully if the = Roswell teens saw how much trust the Tomorrow People were placing in = them, they might be persuaded to share their secrets too. ********* End of Part 4 - ------=_NextPart_000_018C_01C14676.01193900 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 (4/20) 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 Four "Michael they've got Max!" Liz sounded distraught as she and Maria = entered=20 the Crashdown. "Calm down Liz," Alex Whitman offered his friend a seat. "Who's got = Max?=20 What's happened?" "Over at the UFO centre. There was a guy holding a gun on this other=20 Australian guy…" As Maria paused for breath, Michael interrupted = her. "How do you know the guy was Australian?" he wanted to know. After = all it was=20 important to have all the facts wasn't it? He peered out of the window = of the=20 Crashdown as he waited for the answer, carefully pulling the blinds to = one side.=20 The UFO centre seemed quiet, especially considering what Liz and Maria = were=20 telling them. "I saw Crocodile Dundee didn't I?" Maria sounded indignant as she = replied.=20 "Anyway the guy with the gun said that he had Max and that he'd hurt him = if the=20 Australian and his friend didn't… " "What friend?" asked Isabel. "Why would this man take Max? Do you = think he=20 knows who he is?" She sat down on the empty chair next to Liz, trying to = keep=20 the fear out of her voice. Michael knew all too well what must be running through Isabel's mind. = If=20 whoever had Max found out who or what he was, he didn't want to think = about what=20 they might do to him. Better not to think the worst. "Sounds to me as = though it=20 might not be Max they were after," he commented. "Is it possible that = they want=20 this Australian and his friend whoever they are?" "Damon," said Maria. "What?" asked Michael. "That's the name Beckett used for the friend. Beckett was the man = with the=20 gun," explained Maria. "I got the feeling that maybe he and the other = bad guy=20 were waiting for them to show at the UFO centre or something." "And Max was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," reasoned Liz = slowly.=20 "After all the Australian said something about Max being 'not one of = us.' It=20 struck me as a weird thing to say at the time. I'm not sure what he = meant by it=20 exactly." She paused as another thought hit her. "Megabyte and = Jade!" "Who?" Michael wondered just how many strangers were wandering around = Roswell=20 today. The number of disappearances also seemed to be rising. Obviously = Roswell=20 wasn't as safe as Sheriff Valenti would like to make out it was. "Maria and I met them at the Crashdown earlier. We were going to meet = them at=20 the UFO centre after Max finished. They must have been there when Max = was taken.=20 Do you think they might be in trouble too?" Liz was beginning to look = upset=20 again. Michael rose to his feet. It was definitely time for someone to take = charge=20 of the situation. "I'm going to go have a look over there," he = announced. "We're=20 not going to find out what's happened to Max unless we do." Isabel stood up and headed for the door. "I'm coming with you. Don't = look at=20 me that way Michael. Max is my brother. Besides I can look after myself. = You're=20 not the only one around here with powers remember." Michael shrugged. There was no point even trying to argue with Isabel = when=20 she got that look in her eye. He hoped he wasn't going to regret his = decision to=20 let her come as he looked out the door and onto the street again. All = quiet on=20 the western front or at least in a small New Mexican town. "Be careful," Maria told him. "We don't know if that guy is still = lurking=20 around out there. He looked dangerous you know." "They'll be fine Maria." Alex tried to reassure her, as he turned and = spoke=20 to Michael. "I'll stay here with the girls. They still look pretty = shaken up.=20 Besides if Megabyte and Jade show up, there should be someone here in = case." "Yeah okay," Michael waited for Isabel to grab her jacket and then = headed for=20 the UFO centre. He stopped just outside the entrance and looked around=20 carefully. It looked quiet enough. Even that idiot Milton didn't seen to = be=20 anywhere in sight. Still he didn't feel like taking any chances, at = least not=20 where he, Isabel and Max were concerned. He looked again at the small = alien=20 figures standing guard in front of the small ticket box. If only Milton = knew who=20 he really had working for him. As he and Isabel walked along quietly towards the main display room, = Michael=20 mulled over the conversation in the Crashdown in his mind, trying to = make sense=20 of it all. He deliberately hadn't told the others that he suspected that = the=20 person that Beckett had referred to as Damon was probably the young man = Liz and=20 Maria knew as Megabyte. It was the only thing he could think of that = made sense,=20 but if so who was the Australian guy, and what had he meant by not one = of us? At=20 least it didn't sound as though Beckett knew who or what Max was, for = now. It appeared that Maria had been right and it was Megabyte and the = Australian=20 that Beckett and his companion had been after. He wondered what they = could have=20 done for someone to come after them like that. From what Maria and Liz = had said,=20 they had seemed quite normal. But then, he thought to himself, so did = he, Isabel=20 and Max. Michael smiled to himself as he thought of Maria, and how concerned = she had=20 been about him coming here. She'd got a lot closer to him than anyone = else ever=20 had, though of course he'd never admit that to her. "This must be where it happened," Isabel interrupted his musings. She = looked=20 around, a puzzled look on her face. "Can you feel all the energy in the = air,=20 Michael? I've never felt anything like it before, have you?" Michael shook his head. He bent down and ran his hand over the floor, = trying=20 to get a sense of what had gone down in the room. The flash hit him very = suddenly and clearly. The air itself seemed to crackle with strong = psychic=20 energy. He leant again one of the display boards, trying to steady = himself and=20 saw that Isabel was doing the same. "Did you feel that?" he asked her. "I've had flashes before, but = never one=20 that clear. There's definitely something very strange going on here." As = she=20 nodded, he remembered what he had seen; Max being hit by some kind of strange energy weapon, followed by a = blond=20 girl, about the same age, disappearing in a bright light. A redheaded = young man,=20 slightly older being held at gunpoint and then being shot by the same = weapon=20 that had downed Max. Michael then saw another, dark haired boy, maybe a = fraction=20 older than the redhead, appear out of thin air in the same sort of flash = of=20 light that the girl had vanished in earlier. The same man that had shot = Max then=20 appeared and pointed a gun at the Australian. At least Michael presumed = this was=20 the same young man whom Maria and Liz had described earlier. It = certainly=20 matched the description of what they had said they had witnessed = anyway. Michael put his arms around Isabel. He could feel her shaking. " = Don't=20 worry," he said. "We'll get Max back. We have to. Come on, let's head = back to=20 the Crashdown. It looks as though we've done all we can do here." Well, he thought to himself, it looks as though we know what happened = to Jade=20 and Megabyte. He was concerned by what he had seen in the flash though, = whoever=20 had Max and the others seemed to be very dangerous, judging by the = weaponry they=20 were using. Also he'd never seen anyone disappear into thin air like = that=20 before. The thought crossed his mind that maybe he, Isabel and Max = weren't=20 alone. Were there other aliens on the planet beside themselves? Maybe if = they=20 tried to track down who exactly Megabyte, Jade and their Australian = friend were,=20 it might help them to find some answers. Time for Alex to do some more = hacking=20 on the net, he decided. As they crossed the street on their way back to the Crashdown, = Michael looked=20 around again for a sign that anything was out of the ordinary. No, = things looked=20 quiet enough. It's amazing how deceiving looks can be, he thought. He opened the door to the Crashdown and was surprised to see two = teenagers=20 sitting talking to Liz, Maria and Alex. The boy he hadn't seen before, = but the=20 girl he recognised straight away from the flash. Michael decided to get straight to the point, as time wasn't exactly = on their=20 side. If whoever had Max found out he wasn't exactly human, it wouldn't = exactly=20 take them long to figure out there might be others like him. There was = no way=20 Michael would let anyone get hold of himself or Isabel, and do to them = what were=20 done to the original aliens in the 1947 crash. Nor would he stand by and = watch=20 the same thing happen to Max. *************** Kevin looked up as the door of the Crashdown opened. Two teenagers, a = tall=20 blonde girl and a brown haired boy about the same age, walked in. The young man marched up to Jade and grabbed her by the shoulder. = "Where's=20 Max?" he demanded. "What have you done with him?" His eyes met Jade's = and she=20 pulled away. Kevin could sense the anger coming from him, in fact he = seemed to=20 be full of it. This was all Jade needed after what she'd been = through. Maria glared at him. "Michael! Try to come across with at least a bit = of=20 understanding. She's had an awful fright." Jade and Kevin exchanged a very long look before Kevin answered. = "Yes, we do=20 know what's happened to Max, and no we don't know who has him. Nice to = meet you=20 too, Michael. I'm Kevin, by the way." Kevin put his hand out to shake Michael's. Might as well be polite, = he=20 thought to himself, even if this guy doesn't seem to want to be. As they = shook=20 hands, he experienced the same strange flash that Jade had said she and = Megabyte=20 had picked up earlier from Max. "He's like Max!" exclaimed Jade. She put her hand up to her mouth as = Kevin=20 looked at her warningly. [Use telepathy, Jade. Remember Ami said not to tell them about the = Tomorrow=20 People unless we had to.] "Telepathy? Tomorrow People?" asked Michael, suspiciously. Kevin tried not very successfully to hide his surprise and then = decided not=20 to bother. "You heard what I said? Who are you people?" What had Adam = and=20 Megabyte got themselves into, he wondered. He thought about contacting = Ami, who=20 had gone to let General Damon know what had happened, but thought = against it.=20 Besides, he was a bit dubious about using telepathy until he and Jade = worked out=20 exactly how much of their conversation would be overheard. Michael sounded angry. "I think it's you who owes us an explanation," = he=20 said. "Who's got Max, and what's going on here?" Liz put her arms around Jade, who was looking very upset. "Don't mind = Michael," she said. "He's just worried about Max. We all are." Jade seemed to pull herself together as she glared angrily at = Michael.=20 "You're not the only one who's worried about someone, you know. Whoever = has Max=20 also has Megabyte, and probably Adam as well. I've already been shot at = once=20 today, and barely escaped myself. I'm really not in the mood for your = macho=20 crap." With that last statement, she sat down again and stared into her = cup of=20 hot chocolate. Alex inserted himself between the two of them, quickly. "Truce, = okay," he=20 said. "Look, it sounds as though you guys have got as much at stake here = as we=20 have. I think we should trust each other. Michael?" Michael nodded, although Kevin could still sense a great deal of = suspicion=20 coming from him. He'd be very surprised if they were told any more than = Michael=20 felt he had to. Whatever was bugging this guy, it had been doing so for = quite=20 some time. There was more than just the disappearance of his friend = behind his=20 strong emotions. Wonder what that weird stuff in that flash was? Kevin = thought=20 about strengthening his mental shields a bit more for a moment, to try = and=20 deaden some of the feelings he was picking up on, but decided against = it. "Jade?" Alex looked at the British girl. She nodded, and turned to Kevin. "Do you think we can trust = them?" Kevin nodded. Even with what he had been receiving from Michael he = still=20 thought that trust was the best way to go in this situation. Besides, he = had a=20 suspicion that these people had just as much to hide as the Tomorrow = People did.=20 If he were right it would certainly explain all these vibes in the = room. "Do you think we should tell Ami first?" asked Jade. "Who's this Ami?" asked Michael. The boy wasn't happy with the = thought of=20 someone else becoming involved; that much was obvious from the thoughts = Kevin=20 could hear running through his mind. "With Max gone I think it's up to = me to=20 take charge here and that includes working out what we should do next = and who we=20 should include in those plans." Jade interjected before Michael could add anything else. She sounded = annoyed,=20 and Kevin didn't blame her. "If anyone should be making decisions here = it should=20 be Kevin, at least until Ami gets here." "Like I’m going to take orders from some kid," Michael replied = angrily. "No=20 way." Kevin sighed. The fact that he was a good inch or so taller than the = other=20 boy hadn't even come into the equation. "Hello, do I look like a kid?" = he asked=20 Michael. "I'm eighteen." He noticed the annoyed tone creeping into his = own voice=20 and smiled to himself. Good. Even though they needed to work together, = Michael=20 was fast starting to get up his nose. It was probably a good thing = Megabyte=20 wasn't here. He and Michael would be at each other's throats by now, of = that=20 Kevin was sure. "You don't look it," Michael muttered. "Still doesn't mean you're = going to=20 take over." Liz spoke before Kevin could think of a suitable reply, saving him = the=20 problem of how to avoid an argument with the younger boy. Couldn't the = guy see=20 they had enough problems without fighting amongst themselves? "I've just remembered something I overheard at the UFO centre. The = Australian=20 guy, Adam, said something that I couldn't make sense of at the time. He = said=20 you've already got two of us." She turned to Jade and Kevin. "He was = referring=20 to himself and Megabyte, wasn't he? They're like you, whatever that = means. The=20 man who took him mentioned some Colonel, as well. Do you know anything = about=20 that?" All of the colour drained from Kevin's face, as he put two and two = together.=20 It couldn't be, could it? If it was, then Adam, Megabyte and Max were in = really=20 big, big trouble. "Kevin, what's wrong?" "I think we should contact Ami. If this Colonel is who I think he is, = none of=20 us are safe." Jade caught a trace of Kevin's thoughts as he spoke, and shuddered. = [Ami?]=20 she 'pathed, focusing her mind on the older girl. [Yes, Jade, what is it?] Ami's telepathic voice sounded worried, very = worried. [I'm just heading over to meet General Damon at the hospital. = Millie's=20 been involved in an accident.] Millie was Megabyte's younger sister. = Kevin felt=20 sorry for Ami, having to tell the General that not only was his daughter = in=20 hospital, but his son was missing as well. No wonder she sounded so = worried. Kevin interrupted the conversation. [Don't worry, Ami, we'll talk to = you=20 later, when we're a bit more sure about what's going on.] After = listening to=20 what she had told Jade, he'd decided that he and Jade could sort this = problem=20 out by themselves. No point in worrying her about their suspicions until = they=20 had proof. [Are you sure, Kevin?] [Sure, contact us later, when you've talked to Megabyte's dad, = okay.] [Okay. I'll get back to you when I've checked on things here in = London.] Michael and Isabel exchanged glances as Ami broke the link. Judging = by=20 Isabel's expression she too had picked up the telepathic conversation. = There was=20 something about those two, but Kevin wasn't sure what. If Michael and = maybe=20 Isabel were telepathic, why then couldn't he pick up on them using it=20 themselves. Unless of course, their telepathy was only limited. Maybe = they could=20 pick up, but couldn't broadcast. It was the only thing that made = sense. Obviously Michael didn't trust them enough to let them know that = Isabel and=20 he were the same, whatever that was. Kevin decided to keep his = suspicions to=20 himself, for the moment. No need to get the other boy even more on edge = than he=20 already was. Kevin cleared his throat. Explanation time, he thought, hoping the = trust they=20 were going to put in this group wasn't misplaced. Hopefully if the = Roswell teens=20 saw how much trust the Tomorrow People were placing in them, they might = be=20 persuaded to share their secrets too. ********* End of Part = 4</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_018C_01C14676.01193900-- - - 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: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:01:51 +1200 From: "Anne Olsen" <anneo@paradise.net.nz> Subject: (arfic-l) All That Glitters (5/20) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01C1473B.6E0BE380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All That Glitters (5/20) by Anne Olsen Disclaimers in Part 0 Feedback to anneo@paradise.net.nz **** Part Five Ami entered the busy London hospital and looked around for directions to = the casualty department. Frank, General Damon's aide, had told her that = this was the hospital that Millie had been taken to. Hopefully it would = be fairly straightforward to track her down, though Ami still wasn't = sure how she was going to tell the General what had happened to Megabyte = and Adam. The receptionist glanced up at her, and Ami noticed the name tag she was = wearing on her floral blouse. Teresa Cording was probably used to seeing = worried people she decided. She must have seen enough of them during her = time as receptionist in the casualty department. "Can I help you, miss?" "I'm looking for a friend who was brought in earlier by the paramedics. = Her name is Damon, Millicent Damon." Teresa keyed the name into her computer and waited for the details to = come up. "Yes, here it is. Take a seat and I'll see what I can find out = for you. Do you want me to tell the family you're here?" "Yes, please. My name is Ami. I need to get a message to Millie's = father. It's rather urgent." As she sat down, Ami looked around the waiting area. The hospital seemed = very busy. There was a group of kids with various degrees of scrapes and = bruises sitting in the chairs behind her. They were dressed in soccer = uniforms and it looked as though they'd had a very enthusiastic game = judging by the state of them. Behind them sat a young girl, holding her = arm in pain, leaning against an older woman. Probably her mother, Ami = surmised. "Ami?" Ami turned to see a young blond man dressed in blue nurses' uniform. = She'd been so deep in thought she hadn't even noticed him approach. She = nodded. "Hi, I'm Steve. I've been looking after Millicent Damon." He continued = hastily, noticing Ami's reaction. "Don't worry, she's going to be fine. = Her father asked if you could wait in the relatives' room for him. He = seems really pleased that you've come. Follow me and I'll show you the = way." As Steve showed her into the room, Ami recognised the gangly teenager = waiting inside immediately. She nodded her thanks to the nurse and = turned to the boy seated on the chair in front of her. "Geoff, what are you doing here?"=20 Geoff Anderson looked up at her, relief flooding his features. "At last, = someone to talk to. All this waiting is driving me insane" He looked = behind her, almost as though he was waiting for someone else to walk = through the door. His face dropped slightly as he realised she was = alone. "Ami, I thought you must have come with Megabyte. Isn't he here = with you? Don't you know what's happened?"=20 Ami shook her head, in answer to both questions. "I went to WorldEx to = find General Damon, and Frank told me that Millie had been in an = accident." As she looked closer at Millie's boyfriend, Ami noticed he = had a bandage around his hand, and dried blood through his sandy brown = hair. "Yeah. Some idiot tried to run her down. Luckily I noticed the car in = time and managed to get her out of the way just before it hit. We hit = the ground pretty hard though, as you can see." Ami could hear the anger = in Geoff's voice as he continued. " Now that I think of it, the car had = been following us for a couple of blocks. When Millie went to cross the = road, the driver deliberately accelerated. It wasn't an accident!" ******** "Are you sure about that Geoff?" Both young people turned at the sound = of a male voice with a strong American accent. General William Damon, = Megabyte and Millie's father stood framed in the doorway. Geoff nodded, "Yeah, I'm sure. It's not every day that you see someone = try to run down your girlfriend. If I ever get hold of the." His voice = tailed off, as he tried to control his feelings.=20 Bill Damon decided to change the subject quickly. He didn't really need = another teenager looking for trouble. He'd had enough of that with his = son and his friends to last him a lifetime. "Ami, am I glad to see you. = I've been trying to contact Megabyte on his cell phone for hours. = Finally got an answer about an hour ago, and it turns out to be Penny = Weston. Apparently Megabyte left the phone there when he picked up Jade = this morning."=20 Bill noticed the look on Ami's face as he spoke and his heart sank. = Surely Marmaduke wasn't in trouble again. He was beginning to think the = Tomorrow People should just paint bullseyes on their backs and hang a = sign saying 'I'm a TP, come and get me.' Obviously the talk he'd had = with his son and Adam after the episode at Cheyenne Mountain had been = totally ignored, as usual. "How's Millie?" Ami's question shook him out of his reverie. "The doctor thinks she may have a broken arm, but apart from that she's = fine. Just a bit shook up. We're waiting for the x-rays to come back = before the doctors do anything further treatment wise. Millie's a very = lucky young lady. It sounds as though you might have saved her life, = Geoff. Thanks, I owe you one." "When can I see her?" asked Geoff. "She's with her mother now, in one of the cubicles. I'm sure if you ask = one of the nurses, they'll let you see her while they wait for the = results." Bill breathed a sigh of relief as the teenager left the room. He had a = feeling that whatever Ami had to say it wasn't something that Geoff = should know about. The fewer people who knew about the kids' special = powers the better, especially with the fact that the list of people who = were aware of the Tomorrow People seemed to grow longer each day.=20 "So," he demanded. "Where's Megabyte? I know he's out with Jade, but = Penny hasn't seen either of them since this morning. She sounded very = worried when I spoke to her, and frankly so am I." Ami hesitated before replying and Bill felt himself groan inwardly. He'd = known her long enough to know that bad news was coming. Why did he have = this nasty suspicion it was to do with his son.again. He ran his hand = through his dark hair. He was amazed he had any hair left after some of = the more recent exploits of his son and his friends. "Go on Ami, I've = already thought the worst." "Megabyte's been kidnapped. We're not sure who has him, but they took = someone else as well. A boy called Max, he works at the UFO centre in = Roswell." "Roswell, as in Roswell, New Mexico?" Bill didn't even want to know what = his son was doing visiting a UFO centre, especially in that town. Why = did it have to be that town, of all places. He noticed that Ami wasn't = finished. "Okay," he groaned. "What else? No, don't tell me. Adam went = looking for him and has disappeared as well." Ami stared at him with wide eyes. "How did you know?" she asked. "Let's just say I've know Adam long enough to know his habits by now." = And long enough to know he isn't going to change those habits either, = Bill thought. Bill sighed, trying to stay focused and keep all the thoughts on who = might have Adam and Megabyte out of his mind. "Okay, Ami. I need you to = sit down and tell me everything you know about what happened, = everything." Another thought occurred to him. "Is Jade okay? Penny said = she was spending the day with Megabyte. How come whoever has Megabyte, = Adam and this Max didn't manage to grab her?" "She teleported." "In front of the kidnappers? So, in other words, they probably now know = they're dealing with kids who can teleport." "Megabyte told her to teleport. Besides she didn't really have a choice. = They had fired at her with some sort of weapon." She thought for a = moment before continuing. "Jade said it was like those taser weapons she = and Megabyte saw in an episode of Buffy last month." "Buffy?" "The Vampire Slayer. Anyway, the weapons fired some sort of electrical = current. That's what the one that hit Megabyte felt like anyway." This story was getting more worrying by the minute, thought Bill. = "Megabyte's been hit by a taser weapon? But how would you know, no = forget that question, I wasn't thinking." He stopped, and suddenly = paled. "Oh, hell."=20 "General Damon, what's wrong?" asked Ami, concern showing in her voice = as she spoke.=20 "Don't you see, Ami? Why would anyone use a taser weapon against = ordinary teenagers in the first place? It sounds to me as though they = must have known about you kids being able to teleport. In fact I'm = starting to wonder if whoever has Megabyte and Adam knows about the = Tomorrow People." He thought for a moment and then added, " This Max who = works at the UFO centre, what does he look like?" "Tall, dark hair, dark eyes." Ami's voice tailed off as she realised who = else she knew who fit that description. "You mean, they thought Max was = Adam? But why?" "I received a file on my desk, a couple of months back. It was to do = with a WorldEx investigation, one that I was trying to look into, = discretely, of course. I hadn't mentioned it to Adam yet, as I didn't = have anything concrete. A while back in Roswell, there were reports of a = boy healing a waitress, a boy with dark hair. The boy's name was Evans. = I knew it wasn't Adam, even though the description of the boy was = similar, but anyone else who knew about the Tomorrow People might have = put two and two together and come up with six." "Max's last name is Evans," added Ami, confirming what Bill had already = worked out for himself. "You mean these people deliberately went after = Max because they thought he was Adam? Do you think that when they saw = Megabyte they must have recognised him? Then when Adam." Ami realised = something. "General, Kevin and Jade are in Roswell now. I'd better warn = them" As Bill watched her eyes glaze over, he knew she was initiating = telepathic contact with Kevin and Jade. To his surprise she opened them = again, brown eyes meeting his own as she asked another question, concern = showing both in her voice and the worried look she gave him. "Do you = have any idea who might have Adam and Megabyte? Who would know enough = about the Tomorrow People to deliberately go after us like that?" Bill knew the expression on his face was as grim as the thoughts going = through his mind as he replied. "I'm afraid I've got a very fair idea of = who it might be, Ami. I'm just hoping I'm wrong." He remembered a very = worrying report he had received a couple of days ago, a report he now = wished he'd shared with the Tomorrow People, and then to what Geoff had = said as well. Surely the fact that Millie had been involved in a = deliberate accident at the same time her brother had disappeared was a = coincidence wasn't it? Wasn't it? Bill sat down on the spare chair in = the relatives' room, and tried not to think about what could be = happening to Megabyte and Adam. He felt sorry for this Max kid, whatever = was going down, it sounded as though Max Evans was now well and truly = part of it as well. ********************* - ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01C1473B.6E0BE380 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 (5/20) by Anne Olsen Disclaimers in Part 0 Feedback to <A=20 href=3D"mailto:anneo@paradise.net.nzPart">anneo@paradise.net.nz</A> **** Part Five Ami entered the busy London hospital and looked around for directions = to the=20 casualty department. Frank, General Damon's aide, had told her that this = was the=20 hospital that Millie had been taken to. Hopefully it would be fairly=20 straightforward to track her down, though Ami still wasn't sure how she = was=20 going to tell the General what had happened to Megabyte and Adam. The receptionist glanced up at her, and Ami noticed the name tag she = was=20 wearing on her floral blouse. Teresa Cording was probably used to seeing = worried=20 people she decided. She must have seen enough of them during her time as = receptionist in the casualty department. "Can I help you, miss?" "I'm looking for a friend who was brought in earlier by the = paramedics. Her=20 name is Damon, Millicent Damon." Teresa keyed the name into her computer and waited for the details to = come=20 up. "Yes, here it is. Take a seat and I'll see what I can find out for = you. Do=20 you want me to tell the family you're here?" "Yes, please. My name is Ami. I need to get a message to Millie's = father.=20 It's rather urgent." As she sat down, Ami looked around the waiting area. The hospital = seemed very=20 busy. There was a group of kids with various degrees of scrapes and = bruises=20 sitting in the chairs behind her. They were dressed in soccer uniforms = and it=20 looked as though they'd had a very enthusiastic game judging by the = state of=20 them. Behind them sat a young girl, holding her arm in pain, leaning = against an=20 older woman. Probably her mother, Ami surmised. "Ami?" Ami turned to see a young blond man dressed in blue nurses' uniform. = She'd=20 been so deep in thought she hadn't even noticed him approach. She = nodded. "Hi, I'm Steve. I've been looking after Millicent Damon." He = continued=20 hastily, noticing Ami's reaction. "Don't worry, she's going to be fine. = Her=20 father asked if you could wait in the relatives' room for him. He seems = really=20 pleased that you've come. Follow me and I'll show you the way." As Steve showed her into the room, Ami recognised the gangly teenager = waiting=20 inside immediately. She nodded her thanks to the nurse and turned to the = boy=20 seated on the chair in front of her. "Geoff, what are you doing here?" Geoff Anderson looked up at her, relief flooding his features. "At = last,=20 someone to talk to. All this waiting is driving me insane" He looked = behind her,=20 almost as though he was waiting for someone else to walk through the = door. His=20 face dropped slightly as he realised she was alone. "Ami, I thought you = must=20 have come with Megabyte. Isn't he here with you? Don't you know what's=20 happened?" Ami shook her head, in answer to both questions. "I went to WorldEx = to find=20 General Damon, and Frank told me that Millie had been in an accident." = As she=20 looked closer at Millie's boyfriend, Ami noticed he had a bandage around = his=20 hand, and dried blood through his sandy brown hair. "Yeah. Some idiot tried to run her down. Luckily I noticed the car in = time=20 and managed to get her out of the way just before it hit. We hit the = ground=20 pretty hard though, as you can see." Ami could hear the anger in Geoff's = voice=20 as he continued. " Now that I think of it, the car had been following us = for a=20 couple of blocks. When Millie went to cross the road, the driver = deliberately=20 accelerated. It wasn't an accident!" ******** "Are you sure about that Geoff?" Both young people turned at the = sound of a=20 male voice with a strong American accent. General William Damon, = Megabyte and=20 Millie's father stood framed in the doorway. Geoff nodded, "Yeah, I'm sure. It's not every day that you see = someone try to=20 run down your girlfriend. If I ever get hold of the…" His voice = tailed off, as=20 he tried to control his feelings. Bill Damon decided to change the subject quickly. He didn't really = need=20 another teenager looking for trouble. He'd had enough of that with his = son and=20 his friends to last him a lifetime. "Ami, am I glad to see you. I've = been trying=20 to contact Megabyte on his cell phone for hours. Finally got an answer = about an=20 hour ago, and it turns out to be Penny Weston. Apparently Megabyte left = the=20 phone there when he picked up Jade this morning." Bill noticed the look on Ami's face as he spoke and his heart sank. = Surely=20 Marmaduke wasn't in trouble again. He was beginning to think the = Tomorrow People=20 should just paint bullseyes on their backs and hang a sign saying 'I'm a = TP,=20 come and get me.' Obviously the talk he'd had with his son and Adam = after the=20 episode at Cheyenne Mountain had been totally ignored, as usual. "How's Millie?" Ami's question shook him out of his reverie. "The doctor thinks she may have a broken arm, but apart from that = she's fine.=20 Just a bit shook up. We're waiting for the x-rays to come back before = the=20 doctors do anything further treatment wise. Millie's a very lucky young = lady. It=20 sounds as though you might have saved her life, Geoff. Thanks, I owe you = one." "When can I see her?" asked Geoff. "She's with her mother now, in one of the cubicles. I'm sure if you = ask one=20 of the nurses, they'll let you see her while they wait for the = results." Bill breathed a sigh of relief as the teenager left the room. He had = a=20 feeling that whatever Ami had to say it wasn't something that Geoff = should know=20 about. The fewer people who knew about the kids' special powers the = better,=20 especially with the fact that the list of people who were aware of the = Tomorrow=20 People seemed to grow longer each day. "So," he demanded. "Where's Megabyte? I know he's out with Jade, but = Penny=20 hasn't seen either of them since this morning. She sounded very worried = when I=20 spoke to her, and frankly so am I." Ami hesitated before replying and Bill felt himself groan inwardly. = He'd=20 known her long enough to know that bad news was coming. Why did he have = this=20 nasty suspicion it was to do with his son…again. He ran his hand = through his=20 dark hair. He was amazed he had any hair left after some of the more = recent=20 exploits of his son and his friends. "Go on Ami, I've already thought = the=20 worst." "Megabyte's been kidnapped. We're not sure who has him, but they took = someone=20 else as well. A boy called Max, he works at the UFO centre in = Roswell." "Roswell, as in Roswell, New Mexico?" Bill didn't even want to know = what his=20 son was doing visiting a UFO centre, especially in that town. Why did it = have to=20 be that town, of all places. He noticed that Ami wasn't finished. = "Okay," he=20 groaned. "What else? No, don't tell me. Adam went looking for him and = has=20 disappeared as well." Ami stared at him with wide eyes. "How did you know?" she asked. "Let's just say I've know Adam long enough to know his habits by = now." And=20 long enough to know he isn't going to change those habits either, Bill=20 thought. Bill sighed, trying to stay focused and keep all the thoughts on who = might=20 have Adam and Megabyte out of his mind. "Okay, Ami. I need you to sit = down and=20 tell me everything you know about what happened, everything." Another = thought=20 occurred to him. "Is Jade okay? Penny said she was spending the day with = Megabyte. How come whoever has Megabyte, Adam and this Max didn't manage = to grab=20 her?" "She teleported." "In front of the kidnappers? So, in other words, they probably now = know=20 they're dealing with kids who can teleport." "Megabyte told her = to=20 teleport. Besides she didn't really have a choice. They had fired at her = with=20 some sort of weapon." She thought for a moment before continuing. "Jade = said it=20 was like those taser weapons she and Megabyte saw in an episode of Buffy = last=20 month." "Buffy?" "The Vampire Slayer. Anyway, the weapons fired some sort of = electrical=20 current. That's what the one that hit Megabyte felt like anyway." This story was getting more worrying by the minute, thought Bill. = "Megabyte's=20 been hit by a taser weapon? But how would you know, no forget that = question, I=20 wasn't thinking." He stopped, and suddenly paled. "Oh, hell." "General Damon, what's wrong?" asked Ami, concern showing in her = voice as she=20 spoke. "Don't you see, Ami? Why would anyone use a taser weapon against = ordinary=20 teenagers in the first place? It sounds to me as though they must have = known=20 about you kids being able to teleport. In fact I'm starting to wonder if = whoever=20 has Megabyte and Adam knows about the Tomorrow People." He thought for a = moment=20 and then added, " This Max who works at the UFO centre, what does he = look=20 like?" "Tall, dark hair, dark eyes…" Ami's voice tailed off as she = realised who else=20 she knew who fit that description. "You mean, they thought Max was Adam? = But=20 why?" "I received a file on my desk, a couple of months back. It was to do = with a=20 WorldEx investigation, one that I was trying to look into, discretely, = of=20 course. I hadn't mentioned it to Adam yet, as I didn't have anything = concrete. A=20 while back in Roswell, there were reports of a boy healing a waitress, a = boy=20 with dark hair. The boy's name was Evans. I knew it wasn't Adam, even = though the=20 description of the boy was similar, but anyone else who knew about the = Tomorrow=20 People might have put two and two together and come up with six." "Max's last name is Evans," added Ami, confirming what Bill had = already=20 worked out for himself. "You mean these people deliberately went after = Max=20 because they thought he was Adam? Do you think that when they saw = Megabyte they=20 must have recognised him? Then when Adam…" Ami realised something. = "General,=20 Kevin and Jade are in Roswell now. I'd better warn them" As Bill watched her eyes glaze over, he knew she was initiating = telepathic=20 contact with Kevin and Jade. To his surprise she opened them again, = brown eyes=20 meeting his own as she asked another question, concern showing both in = her voice=20 and the worried look she gave him. "Do you have any idea who might have = Adam and=20 Megabyte? Who would know enough about the Tomorrow People to = deliberately go=20 after us like that?" Bill knew the expression on his face was as grim as the thoughts = going=20 through his mind as he replied. "I'm afraid I've got a very fair idea of = who it=20 might be, Ami. I'm just hoping I'm wrong." He remembered a very worrying = report=20 he had received a couple of days ago, a report he now wished he'd shared = with=20 the Tomorrow People, and then to what Geoff had said as well. Surely the = fact=20 that Millie had been involved in a deliberate accident at the same time = her=20 brother had disappeared was a coincidence wasn't it? Wasn't it? Bill sat = down on=20 the spare chair in the relatives' room, and tried not to think about = what could=20 be happening to Megabyte and Adam. He felt sorry for this Max kid, = whatever was=20 going down, it sounded as though Max Evans was now well and truly part = of it as=20 well. *********************</DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01C1473B.6E0BE380-- - - 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. ------------------------------ End of arfic-l-digest V1 #40 **************************** - To unsubscribe to $LIST, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe $LIST" 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.