Liz just tried to remember to breath in and out after seeing her best friends, such a mess in the passenger seat. 'I could really use some cyprus oil about now.' Liz thought as she secretly smiled at her friends wacky ways. Maria and all her oils and remedies. 'She just has to be ok.' Lis thought, 'She just has to be'. Max was already in the car trying to get Maria out, while Isabel patched up Michael. Michael wasn't in bad condition, just some scratches and bruises. But he was pretty traumatized by the whole ordeal. Within 2 minutes Isabel had Michael back to normal again. Michael stood up and brushed himself off a bit. "How's Maria?" was his first question to be asked. Max had his arms linked under Maria's arms and he dragged her slowly out of the car. He didn't know if she was even going to make it. "Max? Is she ok? Is she breathing?" Liz asked frantically. Before she knew it a tear or two was rolling down her eyes. She had never seen Maria or anyone in this condition, not even Max in their car crash. She looked so battered and beaten, it made Liz sick to her stomach. Isabel saw how distraught Liz was, and even though they weren't best of friends Isabel had enough of a heart to know a person in pain. She didn't want to see Liz hurting this much, so she walked over and put an arm around her shoulder while Liz was still stunned looking at Maria. Meanwhile Michael's heart broke a million times over each and every time he looked at Maria. 'If only I hadn't tried to use the phone, if only I hadn't taken her for a drive, if only I had been smart enough to have seen the car coming.' He blamed himself in each and every way for this. "I don't think I can heal her using the powers, she looks too bad for it." Max said in defeat, he didn't think his body was ready for that kind of healing. Michael looked at Max, "Max come on, we have to do something, I mean she might not even make it to the hospital, she's lost a lot of blood throughout the time we were here." He would be damned if he let Maria die right when he was getting close to her. Letting go of Liz, Isabel turned to the boys. "I think I have an idea." She said as she walked closer to Maria. "What if we all heal her at the same time, you know, we'll each put a hand on her and see if we can do anything." "Doesn't Maria have to look at you though, she's unconscious!" Liz said to them, getting aggravated at the situation and that her best friend in the whole entire world is in a comatose state right now. Michael turned to Liz. "Not really, if one of us hold her eyes open then it should still work, just as long as we have some connection to her." Liz walked over to her friend and knelt down at her head. She used her hand to open her eyes. "Ok Go." Liz said quietly and softly. Michael put his hands around Maria's head almost cradling it. Max put his hands on her arm and Isabel had her hands on her stomach. They each concentrated hard, harder than normally. For Isabel and Max it was a normal procedure. But for Michael something was different, Michael saw something, something that only he and Maria could share. TBC

Part 4