“Michael, don’t leave me again. Please take me with you,” Maria cried softly. “Pixie, I’ll be back. Don’t worry.” “But, I can’t help but worry. Please take me.” “Maria, this is a war, not tropical paradise. I don’t want you to get hurt, therefor, you are not coming with me.” Michael leaned down and kissed Maria, “I love you and I will be back, and when I get back, we’ll celebrate.” As he said this, he handed Maria a diamond ring. “Michael, do you plan on being away that long? Long enough for me to be old enough to marry you?” Michael chuckled, “No, I was hoping that by the time we get back, I will have to wait until you are legal.” “Michael, I’ll be legal like in a year and a half.” “Exactly, I’ll be back in a half a year.” “Don’t tease me,” Maria chuckled. “I’ll miss you.” “I’ll miss you too.” They kissed once more. “I love you. Come back to me.” “I promise. I love you too.” Michael walked into the orb light that had just recently taken Max. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* “Gentlemen, I thank you for your loyalty to your planet. We will have to work hard to defeat our enemies, the Freysians. Maxwell, you were destined to be a leader to our people, you take place under your father’s command as a Major General. You will be the commander of the space station that he sends you to,” a man told them when they arrived. “Wait, wait, wait! Wait a minute! I know absolutely nothing about combat. And this is combat with space ships. The last time I saw a spacecraft, I don’t remember it and it crashed!” Max exclaimed. “Sir, it will come to you, don’t worry. As soon as we take you to your spacecraft, it will come to you. It is in your memory, it has just been repressed. We will also take you to your father.” “My father?” “Yes, he is waiting to see you.” “Michael, you are General Evans’ second in command. You will be the vice-commander of the space station that you both will be sent to.” “When this is over, will we be able to return to earth?” Michael asked. “You want to return?” the man asked confused. “Yes, I do. And I don’t care about my supposed destiny with Isabel. She is not what I want. I will fight this war, but that is as far as this destiny goes,” Michael told the man. “Your destiny with Isabel is not pure destiny. It was an agreement made between your father and Max’s designed to bring peace between your families. Since this agreement however, your families have brought peace. It is no longer your obligation to bring peace and you do not have to be with Isabel. Your true destiny was never revealed. But, if you wish to know it, you can speak to your family.” “My family?” “Yes, we will take you to them when we are finished here.” “What about my destiny?” Max asked scared of what he would hear. “When you were born, the stars pointed towards the earth. We sent a messenger to the planet to find and reveal your destiny to us. We were told that you were destined to be with Tess, a Freysian princess. He, although proved to be a traitor to our people, using you to benefit the Freysians. So, to this day, we still do not know the true identity of your destiny.” Max knew who his destiny was and was glad to hear that it was true. He was destined to be with Liz and nothing could take that away from him. “Sirs, I am sorry, but we have no time. We must take you to your families, you will only have a little time with them before you will have to leave.” *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* “Lt Zolga! It has been brought to my attention that we have two more enemies to fight. General Evans and Colonel Guerin have arrived. Find out everything you can on them. Without a weakness, they will be unstoppable,” the Freysian leader announced. “Yes sir, right away.” “This war may prove to be more of a challenge than I had originally planned for.” TBC

PROLOGUE