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Chapter Five
"Okay first we get rid of that isotope Michael left on the bones and then we sort Grant out?" Liz suggested as she drove Maria's Jetta down the highway.
"Sounds good to me." Maria replied earnestly.
"Hey, let's stop here. I need to grab a bite." Alex groaned from the backseat.
Liz stopped by a gas station and Alex got out of the car; going to the store to buy some snacks. Maria realised her car needed gasoline so she went out to get her car filled up.
Liz rested her head against the window and closed her eyes. Since morning she was frigging tired. So many things were happening at once that it was making her head spin. How could any of them deal with these alien things going on at once?
What was about to happen next, Liz was unprepared.
[FLASHES]
The police had been digging up the bones on the orders of Vanessa Whittaker who was determined at any cost to find out what really happened. Jim looked sullen and worried, knowing that eventually something alien would crop up
And then, there was Michael; standing on the edge of a cliff as he watched them.
Michael felt like something was watching him. He ran. He tripped and his red pen knife fell out. Michael found a piece of skin and held it in his hand. It turned to dust.
Michael felt uneasy again and got up to run away.
He left his red pen knife on the ground.
*The police later find it. *
*Michael is arrested.*
[END OF FLASHES]
Liz gasped in horror as her eyes snapped open. She knew what was going to happen. Michael was going to go to that place and leave a piece of evidence behind.
Liz swallowed. This was not good. It wasn't good at all.
Maria and Alex got back in the car as they finished a conversation. "Oh you must try the tuna melts. They are so good." Alex commented, shoving mouthfuls of the tuna melt into his mouth.
Maria nodded in agreement as she fastened her seatbelt. "Told you so."
Liz grabbed the steering wheel, breathing heavily in shock. "Michael's going to go to the place where they buried the bones. He's going to drop his penknife which the police will find!" Liz gasped, turning the ignition on.
"How do you know that?" Maria frowned.
Liz hit the brakes and drove on to the highway with haste, nearly causing Alex to shove the remains of the tuna melt right into his mouth.
"Hey!" Alex protested, wiping bits of tuna off his lips. "Drive safely woman!"
Liz looked for on coming cars and then proceeded. "We need to stop Michael from going to that place."
She hoped she would make it in time to stop that from happening.
God help me, she prayed.
****
Michael was surprised to see the humans show up at his apartment like they owned it. Liz, Maria and Alex had barged through the door the second he had opened it.
"Whoa whoa, whoa!" Michael shut the door. "What is this? A party or something?"
Isabel had emerged from the bedroom in her silk pyjamas. She looked awful with her dried lips and her messy hair. "Hi Isabel." Alex waved at her, promising himself that he'd be at her service after this.
Isabel nodded at him and Liz spoke. "Michael you can't go to that place." She spun around so he could see how serious she was.
"What place?"
"The place where you got the bones buried." Maria told her former boyfriend. "Remember? Duh?" She rolled her eyes.
"Why can't I go there?" Michael challenged. "Who are you to stop me?" He wasn't taking orders from anyone, especially not the leader's girlfriend.
"Because..." Liz was starting to lose her patience with this Michael. "You will leave a red pen knife behind which the police will find." She explained. "Then you will get arrested."
"You do have a red pen knife, don't you?" Alex asked.
A shocked Michael reached into his pocket and pulled the red pen knife out. He had only brought this two months ago. Barely anyone had seen it, not even Maria.
"This pen knife?" He flashed them the item and all eyes fell on it.
****
"How did you know Liz? How did you know?" Michael fired her with the same questions.
"I had a flash." Liz confessed, unsure of how she had a flash about Michael without any contact. Usually to have flashes. she had to touch someone.
"That's impossible. You only get flashes if you kiss someone." Maria reminded Liz, although she hadn't been lucky to experience that with Michael herself and Liz was now claiming she had a flash of Michael without even touching him.
Maria didn't know how to feel. Jealous or amazed?
"That's not entirely true." Isabel intervened. She often had flashes of people in her dream walks. But she was alien. Liz was human, so how did she manage to do that?
"You're connected with Max." Michael said, explaining it to himself on the theory of Liz being able to have a flash of him. "Maybe you got some alien powers or something now."
"That's impossible." Liz shook her head, smiling nervously. "Are you saying that Max passed on some sort of alien trait to me?"
"We don't know that." Isabel said. "Maybe Tess knows or something."
"Okay let's just assume for now Liz has some alien stuff from Max." Maria chimed in, "Right now we need to cover Michael and make sure no one suspects him or any of us."
"We'll talk about this later." Michael told Liz, keeping the topic of her ability to have future flashes aside.
"We also need to strip the cadmium X from the bones." Alex reminded them. "Vanessa is going to Las Cruces University today to scan them again."
"Michael goes in to undo what he did...but we need a distraction." Maria shook her head, trying to think of one.
"I'll do it. I will distract the guard." Isabel decided.
"But what about Grant.?" Alex panicked.
"I'll get Nasedo to protect Isabel." Michael promised. "It's his job anyway."
"When Michael strips the bones, won't they see?" Isabel asked.
"Tess." Liz took her phone out. "She can mind warp them."
Liz was lucky to have saved Tess' number on her phone and dialled.
"Hello? Tess?"
*****
Jim drove Tess to Michael's apartment himself and then they acted out the plan the group had formulated together. Isabel had dolled herself up despite of what happened last night so she could play the distraction while Michael sneaked in the lab.
Jim and Tess were seated in the car, waiting for Michael's call. "Tess, mind warp them now." Michael said after the call.
Isabel had tried to keep the stupid guard busy with directing her towards different directions with the big map. She waved at Jim who was across the grounds. Jim nodded and then looked at Tess.
"I'm in." Tess said and focused on her mind warp.
Jim was hanging on to the hope that Michael would make it. That they all would succeed. Luckily there was no trace of evidence that lead to the aliens.
Tess, got into the minds of the people present at the scan and mind warped them while Michael opened the hatch and jumped in the underground chamber where the bones were ready to be scanned.
5.....4......3...
Michael ran towards the bones and stretched his hand out, focusing on changing the bones. A strong gush of air pushed him back on the floor.
2.....1
Michael recovered himself and stood up quickly, in one swift movement he changed the bones with his powers just before the laser covered them. Relieved, he ran out of the chamber and closed the hatch after he escaped.
Once Michael had gotten out of the building and jumped into the car where Jim and Tess waited, Tess dropped the mind warp soon after Isabel climbed into the car.
"Let's get outta here. Go go go!" Michael hissed and Jim reversed before driving off.
*****
Back in the lab, Vanessa was angry to learn that the bones were found to be forty years old. "It's says it all here." One of the scientists told her, showing her the charts. "There's no such thing as Cadmiuim X."
Vanessa blew an idle strand of hair off her face.
She knew that something happened, the readings were wrong because those bones...deep in her mind she knew it was Pierce's.
Those kids were really good, she had to give them that.
****
Chucking the rock back onto the ground, Kyle waited two whole hours after he had returned from the football camp. He sat on the bench with his bag between his legs, waiting for his father to pick him up.
Minutes had rolled by and he had occupied himself to bird watching, a completely boring hobby but peaceful. Over the summer he had picked up on Buddha books, reading and enlightening himself on the teachings of Buddha. It kind of helped him deal with the fact that aliens had actually existed in the world.
His whole perception of the world changed, he didn't know how important his race was anymore. Maybe those aliens were smarter.
His father, who had been helping those aliens for quite some time now. Kyle wouldn't be surprised if his father was late in picking him up because of them. He hoped to get back, make a fresh start and maybe take a normal girl out who was less likely to fall in love with an alien or be an alien herself possibly.
His father's car pulled up, Jim stuck his head out of the car. "Hey son!"
Kyle grabbed his book back.
Ah, now his fresh start could begin.
"You're late dad."
****
"Look what we have here." Liz said as she scrolled down the page.
She had brought Maria to the public library to check out the obituaries, after Tess had claimed that Grant was probably either dead or had been registered somewhere in the Roswell records, Liz had been tempted to check it out. Thus, two hours of checking the for information about Grant Sorenson, she had finally found something.
Maria leaned closer and looked at the screen. "Wow...." She stared at the split image of Grant Sorenson, the photo was old but the image was crystal clear. It matched the one in the recent article of him.
"It's dated 1948. He was twenty seven then." Liz said, reading the caption at the bottom of the picture.
"Isn't that right after the crash? It's been a year after the Roswell crash."
"Yes..." Liz nodded and calculated Grant's actual age in her mind. "That means he should be seventy nine...ew."
"Ew." Maria cringed. "To think a seventy nine year almost mauled Isabel."
"The Gandarium or whatever it is must had stopped him from aging. He still looks like a twenty seven year old. " Liz made sense of the situation.
"Grant Sorenson dies in a tragic car crash. His body was cremated by his family...." Maria read off the screen. "He's still alive though. What if this article was a cover up? You know."
"We both know he didn't die in a car crash." Liz said, reading the rest of the article. "Someone definitely covered the truth up."
"Probably he did." Maria shrugged.
"Maybe."
*****
"This is the perfect place to take him out." Tess commented as she walked into the old soap factory. Jim had used his status to put this factory off limits to anyone. Thanks to him, no one set foot in that place apart from them.
"Yeah, sure does look like it." Maria commented, looking at the heavy thick chains that hung from the ceiling. Any one of them could have fallen and killed someone she thought, shuddering at the fear as she remembered she had gone to the soap factory party during that freak heat wave in Roswell.
Liz and Alex had finished filling the empty bathtub with water and left Tess to throw the electric cables into the water. They had turned the electricity off for safety precautions.
"Grant will follow Isabel here..." Alex looked at Tess and handed her his father's old Turkish swords. "Tell Michael to use this."
Tess took the sword. "You guys need to go." She told them. "All of you."
"Someone needs to stay and put the electricity on." Alex said, adamant to leave. This was probably one of a million chances he had to help save Isabel. He would not turn it down.
"Ok."
Alex ran to the direction where the switches were and was out of sight.
"Come." Maria linked her arm with Liz's. "Let's get outta here."
As the two girls made their way out of the factory, Michael brushed past them and gave them a quick nod before walking in. "Hey Michael." Tess handed the sword to him. "Here. Alex wanted you to use this."
Michael and Tess hid in separate locations, not saying a word more. He hid behind a crumbling wall and she hid behind a few stacks up barrels of oil.
Seconds later, Isabel had ran into the building. Part of the plan was to walk about Roswell, spreading her scent around so it made it easier for Grant to pick it up and follow her. Once she was convinced he had been following her, she used the jeep and drove to the soap factory. Grant chased her with his own car and now was a few feet away from where she was.
Playing the bait was not easy, it was terrifying as hell. She wasn't even sure if this was going to work. He had this ability to hypnotise her. What if he could do that to them all?
Grant was in the building down. She felt it right down to her bones. "Wow."
Isabel dared herself to turn around. "Hi Grant."
"Hello Isabel." Grant strolled in, unbuckling his belt as he did. "Are you ready now?"
His face had no injuries on it whatsoever. Tess was right, this thing could heal itself rapidly. It was a freak. Outside, Maria and Liz watched, keeping out of sight but peeking through the dusty and cracked windows.
They couldn't believe what Grant was doing, He was about to take his pants off!
"Let's fuck." He said when she didn't reply.
Tess peeped through the gaps and then closed her eyes, ready to mind warp Grant.
Grant stopped, surprised by the change of heart by Isabel. Her eyes were sporting lust and she toyed with the strap of her dress.
"What's the rush darling? Isn't there any room for foreplay?" She purred.
His cock was throbbing and it was driving him mad. He had no time to waste, the mating must be done now he decided.
He undid his pants and revealed his huge penis to her. "No time, just fuck." His robotic voice sent chills down her spine. Isabel hurried out of the way and walked out of the building. Grant, still stood where he was and looked at Isabel who began teasing him.
Maria and Liz guessed that Tess' mind warp was working.
"Very well then." Isabel slid her dress off. "Come."
Micheal slowly crept towards Grant and then with a jump, he lifted the sword and swung it as hard as he could. The tearing of flesh haunted his ears but he had no time to react. He used the sword to penetrate the head as he ran and used his powers to throw it in the bath tub.
"Now Alex!" Michael yelled as he felt a pair of hands grab his shoulders and throw him back.
Shit!, he thought and smashed against the crumbling wall. He had the wind knocked out of him and his vision cleared as the dust settled. Michael coughed and felt the bricks fall off him as something lifted him up.
It was a headless Grant!
How on earth was that possible? Tess rubbed her head in pain, the mind warp couldn't work now. Grant had no mind to mind warp. Alex who had remained hiding was too scared to move, this Grant was even more powerful without a head.
Maria grabbed Liz's hand and was shaking with terror. "Oh my god."
Liz was speechless as she saw a headless Grant lifting Michael up and holding up two feet from the ground. Michael was trying to get his senses to be lucid again and felt sick when he noticed blue goo ooze out from the exposed flesh. Or was there even flesh left?
As Michael was thrown yet again across the factory, he felt like he was going to die. The sharp poles that he could eventually land on would kill him. He was helpless to do anything about it.
Maria buried her face in Liz's shirt, grabbing on to her as she began to sob. "I can't watch."
Liz stared in horror at a flying Michael and watched harder. No! No! No! She thought, praying for Michael to survive this.
Then something strange happened, Michael felt like he was flying in the air gently. It was like another force had touched him, cushioning him and slowly lowered him to the ground. Once he was on the ground, he noticed that the poles had been moved by an unseen force.
Thank you god, he was grateful that he lived.
But the headless Grant was charging for him again. A pole suddenly moved forward in front of Michael to protect him and Grant's body fell onto the sharp pole, writing as the energy was drained out. Michael had opened his eyes again, shocked at what just happened. Tess walked out from behind the barrels looking shell shocked too.
"I didn't do that." Tess said.
"Me either." Michael gasped and relaxed a little when the body stopped moving.
****
Tess and Michael tossed the body into the bathtub with the head and Alex had switched on the electric. The body wasn't dead yet and screamed as the volts shocked the life out of the Ganderuim demon.
Thick blue goo oozed out and melted into nothingness, absorbing the water with it as it died. Tess and Michael watched in disgust as Grant's body shrivelled up to an old man's body before turning to dust.
"That was fucking disgusting." Michael commented.
****
The girls ran into the factory after everything was done. Isabel threw herself in Alex's arms first. Michael looked at Maria and rolled his eyes. "Oh come on then." He pulled Maria into his arms and hugged her.
Maria had running mascara down her cheeks from all the crying. She had actually believed Michael was killed. "Thank god you're alive." She moaned into his shirt, rubbing her wet cheeks on him. "I thought I lost you for good."
Liz stared at Tess who looked back at her. "You okay?" Liz asked, being polite.
Tess nodded. "A little shocked but ok. You?"
"Same here." Liz replied before Maria pulled her into a group hug with Michael.
Isabel pulled back and delivered a hot fierce kiss to Alex's lips. "Thank you for everything." She said and hugged him tight again.
They knew a lot of things will happen similar to this situation and they all knew that they had to stick together.
"Let's go home."
****
Isabel raised her hands over the CD and played the DJ to this little party. Everyone apart from Max was present. Even Kyle had come; he was actually enjoying himself here with them.
"To us." Alex raised his glass of coke, proposing a toast.
"To us." Everyone raised their glasses and sipped on the soft drink.
"Wow...feels good that we've once again saved the day." Maria commented, finishing her drink in one go as she stood up. "Come on Liz, let's dance."
Tess smiled and nodded. "I'm glad we've dealt with those two problems."
"Me too." Michael agreed and was actually more relieved then scared after killing the Gandarium demon. Liz and Maria had told him that Grant was a very old man anyway and was dead inside. He had killed a thing ;an infection. Putting it in those words, he felt like a hero. But it wasn’t enough, he still felt guilty at killing Pierce and nothing in the world could change that. Even if he become a hero.
Liz got up from her stool and thanked Tess. "If it wasn't for your mind warps....it would have been difficult." Liz hated to admit it but with Tess she was unsure. She didn't like Tess that much but she was always helping out and Liz was thinking of giving her a chance. Everybody deserved a chance, she thought. Maybe Tess was a really nice person apart from when it came to Max.
"I should be thanking you." Tess said. "You guys made me feel like I was needed and I'm lucky enough to be invited to be a part of your group," smiled Tess, thinking that Liz Parker wasn't such a bad girl after all.
Liz nodded and then joined Maria on the dance floor. "What was that about?" Maria grinned.
"Nothing," Liz shook her head. "I'm just trying to be nice."
"Well don't be too nice." Maria said in a quiet whisper, thanks to Isabel the music was booming so only Liz heard what Maria said.
"Michael take over." Isabel said, leaving him in charge of the music. "And please don't play stupid Metallica." She warned as Michael came over to play the CD's.
"Alex, come with me." Isabel said and lead him to the back where he eagerly followed.
"So..." Kyle brought his attention to Tess. "Go to the movies a lot?"
Tess stopped sipping on her drink and smiled at Kyle.
*****
"So what's this about?" Alex said after following Isabel in the back.
Isabel turned around and showed Alex her tears. "What happened with Grant...I just wanted to tell you one thing Alex."
"Yes?"
"That moment when he did what he did to me...hypnotise me...I was paralyzed. I couldn't move. But I could think. Guess what I was thinking?"
"What were you thinking?" Alex asked Isabel who was looking restless as she glanced at every wall her eyes landed on.
"I was thinking....I wanted to reach out to you. Because..." Isabel muffled a sob. "You are the only guy I want to give myself to." She couldn't believe she was telling Alex this. "My mind, my heart...my body...my soul...those four things...I want you to have them Alex."
Alex felt his knees buckle and his heart melt. "Isabel..."
"You're the only guy I trust myself to be with. You're the only guy I trust with all of my heart and soul. If there's a soul mate out there for me...I know it's you. You're the one. I can't deny it any longer." Isabel released those tears and looked at her feet.
Now it would be up to Alex to decide where they would go next, she had done enough of the decision making.
Unable to just stand there, doing nothing; Alex pulled Isabel into his arms and kissed the top of her head. "I'll always be here for you."
Both of them held onto each other, basking in the comfort of each other's arms.
This time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
this time you burned me with your eyes
you see past all the lies
you take it all away
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
Song Used: Take Me Away by Lifehouse 
Here's a pic of him. 
