Chapter 10
Max spent a couple of weeks searching as much as he could for Liz, but there was nothing. Every night he’d check in with the Sheriff, hoping there had been word. He blamed himself. If he hadn’t pushed for answers, if he had given her time… she wouldn’t have left. The others all tried to be there for him and they’d started meeting at Valenti’s not feeling comfortable using the Crash and not wanting to use the UFO Center all the time.
Tonight was the same, Rowe sat up with them, getting to know them and as usual she seemed to know when Jake had a nightmare and get up to instantly go in and soothe him. Everyone wondered just what happened to Jake, why he was the way he was, but no one dared to ask. Finally, as Rowe came back out and sat down, a sad look on her face Max found himself having to ask.
“Rowe, if it’s too hard to talk about… you don’t have to answer, but I know we’ve all…”
Rowe shook her head and interrupted, “Wondered about Jake… and how he got how he is. Yeah, I’m surprised no one tried asking before now.” Rowe drew in a deep breath and once again, Max was reminded just how mature this girl had become at such a young age. “When our mother decided to tell us that Dick wasn’t our real father we were thirteen years old. Jake was hurt the most by it, screaming that we’d been lied to all of our lives. Mom was sick, the cancer had hit her hard and she’d just had a chemo treatment.”
Her eyes misted over as she continued, “Jake ran to his room and I followed, trying to comfort him and trying not to feel like celebrating with his being hurt. I’d always believed that Dick wasn’t our dad, I’d never even called him dad, but Jake… he thought Dick cared. Dick came in to the room and locked the door behind him. I had no idea what he had planned. If I’d known… I would have… I’d have…”
Rowe had to stop as she closed her eyes and began crying, taking a moment before she found herself capable of continuing, “Jake started yelling for him to get out, but he wouldn’t. He grabbed my brother and pushed him up to the wall, holding him by his throat, I screamed at him. I tried hitting him, pulling his arm away, everything and I got backhanded. I fell to the floor and when I got up, Dick had a knife in Jake’s throat. I don’t remember how, but I hit Dick and knocked him out before calling an ambulance and the police.”
She shook her head and opened her eyes but she wasn’t really seeing what was in front of her, she was seeing the things play out. “There was so much blood and I held Jake, waiting for help. The ambulance arrived and I went to the hospital with Jake, the doctor there knew me and knew my mom never minced things so after he was done fixing my brother he told me the news. He told me that he was in stable condition but… they hadn’t been able to save his voice. My first thought was, my brother will never be able to sing again. Being a singer was the only dream he’d ever had. He wanted me and him to go be a sensational duo on stage.”
Rowe glanced at Valenti as she finished, “It got worse… they told me that the trauma he’d gone through caused him to experience mental regression, going back to an age in his mind when he was safe.” Max had a feeling that there was some thing she was leaving out but as she began sobbing and Valenti moved to comfort her, he decided to get up.
He met Valenti’s gaze and nodded toward the room and saw the Sheriff nod. Max couldn’t just let this kid suffer for the rest of his life because of some maniac, he turned as he looked at the others and he even saw Michael nod, his jaw was clenched and Max could imagine he wanted to get his hands on Dick.
Isabel sat there, listening to Rowe tell her story, feeling shivers run up and down her spine. How would she have felt if that had been Max that had been tortured like that? She couldn’t imagine. The girl had strength, a great deal of it and the fact that slowly it looked as though Rowe was warming up to them made her remember the letter that Liz had left for her.
Isabel,
I will never forget the day I feel we first began to understand each other a bit. I’d told you then that I couldn’t take Max from you and asked if you’d take him from me. Well, we’ve gone through a great deal since then and some of the ice queen exterior you show to most has begun to melt to some, but I know one thing… you’ve got to let go of your fear. Live for the now, give yourself a chance to experience life. One day, I might have the chance to tell you how I know this… but you can follow your heart, you and Michael don’t have to be together. The only thing that will matter in the future is that the four of you, Max, Michael and Tess along with you are together to fight whatever foe you have.
So, believe in what can be, Isabel. Believe in yourself and believe in the people around you, but most of all, believe in the love you can have and don’t spend life fighting against what you know is inside you.
Liz
She glanced over at Alex who’s arm was resting over the back of the couch as he sat beside her. She hadn’t really let herself think about how distant he’d been of late, but she couldn’t keep from thinking about the fact that she wanted to know that she could believe in him and what she’d seen in his dreams before and even since he’d been back when she had visited his dreams they were still much the same.
Deciding to take a risk, she slid closer and moved to place her head on his shoulder without a word and waited to see how he would respond. It didn’t take long before she felt his arm wrap around her and she sighed feeling as though maybe this would be a step in the right direction, a step that she needed.
Shortly after Max left the room, he re-entered and Tess who had been silent for some time stood and met him part way, the letter from Liz playing over in her mind. Still, as she approached him there were other thoughts that she needed to get out. “Max, can we talk?”
Max looked at her for a moment and then nodded, the two heading outside. When they got out there he was about to open his mouth but Tess shook her head and began speaking, “Max, I know that I’ve been trouble since I arrived in Roswell. I know that I have caused problems for you and Liz. I know that Nacedo didn’t make things easier. I wish I could undo a great deal of what I did…”
He looked like he would speak but she lifted her hand, “Let me finish. I have no intention of leaving Roswell, but I have come to some very hard truth’s thanks to Liz’s letter she left for me. You don’t know how much I wanted a family, wanted to fit in and be the beloved queen I was supposed to be. The thing is, I thought if I could get you to fall in love with me, then I would be able to have that. I was wrong, Max. I have a family, even if there are times when people seem less likely to trust me, even though I know that at times I’m closer to my alien side then you are… I know that now.”
She sat down on the steps and Max sat beside her, the two quiet for a moment and then Tess continued, “That family is incomplete at the moment. It’s missing Liz who as much as destiny says isn’t meant for you… I see now that she is meant to be with you because she makes you happy. I know I could never come to mean the same to you as she does.”
Max seemed to look at her for the first time and once again began thinking about how she had given her trust and loyalty to him, never once wavering in her belief of him. Without knowing why, he found himself leaning over to close the distance between them and pressed his lips against hers, kissing her gently.
Tess was shocked when she saw him moving close and was tempted to move away though she didn’t, she didn’t even understand why she’d even considered moving aside. Yet, instead she leaned into the kiss and closed her eyes. A connection opening between them that caused her to see flashes of Liz and Max.
As Tess was seeing flashes of Max and Liz, Max was watching images of moments that Kyle and Tess shared and drew back from the kiss looking at her. “Tess, I think that you might want to figure out how you feel about Kyle.”
Tess simply looked at him, shouldn’t she have felt happy that they had kissed, that she hadn’t done anything to get him to? Shouldn’t she feel like it was a good step? The fact was, she didn’t. The kiss had felt off to her and she couldn’t understand why. “Alright…” She started and then looked at him oddly, “Max… find Liz and bring her home.”
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Chapter 11
Nicholas stood overlooking the troops that had arrived from Antar and the surrounding planets. Khivar had sent them as requested and now he could feel his vengeance in his grasp. What a pathetic planet this would be. He’d already gotten into his new husk, a completely different type that Khivar had sent to him. He was grateful to be given a much better one especially since he wouldn’t be as easy to recognize by the royal four. “The time has come to enslave these pathetic humans and make the royal four regret ever being created. Any human caught aiding them is to be brought to me and I will deal with them personally. And, anyone that can locate a girl named Liz Parker… bring her to me.” He paused a moment before glancing at the man behind him and seeing him nod.
“Go! Any resistance that rises up, kill them. We will bring this planet to their knees!” Nicholas ordered and watched as thousands of Skins and other warrior races that were loyal to Khivar moved off. Yes, this was indeed going to be interesting. He turned to look at the man behind him. “Everything is going according to plan. Is there anything else you want me to do?”
“Yes, get me Lonnie. Then we’re taking her with us to Roswell. I’ve got plans to leave a nice little present for the four. Let’s see how they handle seeing what I can do.”
Roswell pod chamber September 2019
The sounds of people screaming as they died surrounded the group that stood outside the pod chamber. Blood covered the four that stood there and all had tears streaming down their faces. “Maria, you have to get in there. You and Max are our only hope. You have to go, now!”
Maria looked at the woman that had become a friend to them all and nodded but she was hesitant to go. How could she get them to believe her? Okay, so she knew things about them that no one else knew, but still she was scared that going back would make things worse just like when Future Max had come back causing Liz to leave Max and all of this to begin.
“I’m going, Serena. God, I hate this. If this works, Serena… I won’t know you. What if it doesn’t work?”
“We’ve talked about this, General. You have to do this. If this works then we save everyone’s lives and you might still meet me. Now… get out of here.” Serena lifted her hand and as she did, Maria was forced into the pod chamber.
As much as she wanted to rebuke Serena for it, she turned and saw that Max had already prepared it and walked over to him. “Max, remember when you go up against my younger self, tell her that the secret she holds for Liz has to be let out. That by keeping it, she’s helping make the new future worse and risking Liz’s life.”
“What secret, Ria?”
“Even now, I can’t tell you that, Max. If this works, the younger you will know it before he reaches the age we are now.” The two reached out to hold each others hands as the granolith activated and lifted their free hands toward the ship turned time travel machine for one trip. It had turned out to be a good thing that Serena and Malachi knew alien technology so well amongst other things.
March 2001
Strange lightening filled the skies before Maria and Max found themselves outside of what had been Liz’s room. Glancing inside, they saw the body and glanced at each other. “Damn it, we didn’t go back far enough. Liz is already gone. Now it’s even more important, Max. Go talk to the younger me. I’ll go to you and Michael.”
They climbed down from the roof and shook their heads. Tomorrow, Maria would go to Liz’s room, again hoping to find her best-friend back as a surprise and find the body. She would never forget the look of that body for as long as she lived. Even now, the future version wanted to get sick but she had more important things to do, like prepare her friends for the coming battle and for saving lives of all those important.
It had taken months of planning and working things out in order to be able to make this trip and other then Serena and Isabel everyone else was dead. That was Maria’s reason for making the trip back. She wanted to stop Michael from being killed; she wanted to know that he wouldn’t die in a battle. But, with the fact that Liz had already left, it meant that they had miscalculated or something had been off with the granolith. If that was the case… she hoped Serena and Isabel were still alright.
So, once down on the ground, she waved at Max and started walking towards Michael’s house remembering clearly that she had stayed home this specific night so no one should have been at Michael’s other then Max who she recalled had been hanging out that night, trying to work out a way to find Liz. It would be a perfect time for Future Maria to make her appearance.
The walk didn’t really take long, so used to the physical exertion now that it seemed like a piece of cake. When she arrived, she knocked on the door, deciding not to simply use her powers to go in. Max had healed her about three years past and she’d been another to gain powers, in fact most of the inner circle had needed healing rather often in the last fourteen years of the war between the Skins and the resistance.
As the door opened, she saw Michael standing on the other side with an annoyed expression that turned to wary confusion. “Spaceboy, lets not stand on the stoop here while I explain the deal.” Future Maria explained and pushed past him, turning to look at the younger Max with a grin, “Max, you really look much better with long hair.”
When she saw both men holding their hands as though to blast her, she simply raised a shield and said calmly, “Isn’t it customary to ask questions before blasting? Look, I know this is going to seem strange, I’m sure you’ll want to say I’m a liar or I’m crazy…” Keeping the shield up to be on the safe side, she faced them both, “I am Maria… just not the young girl you presently know. I’m from eighteen years in the future. I can’t explain the specifics because Serena and Malachi were the ones that realized that the granolith was a spaceship and could be modified for a single trip into the space time continuum. Future Max and I both came back, but because we couldn’t risk seeing our younger selves, we decided to split duty.”
Max’s hand dropped as he listened, his confusion still obvious, “Say we believe this… why would you come back?”
“Quite simply, to save the world from being destroyed. Even now, troops from Antar that are under Nicholas command are preparing to launch an all out attack. They want anyone close to you brought to Nicholas, that includes Liz. But, there is another faction that wants Liz. Another problem. Khivar, or I should say… Future Khivar managed to slip back here and we have to find him before he gets his hands on Liz. She’s pregnant and those babies she’s carrying are going to become toys to him and her mind will become mush if he gets her. That’s where you two come in, I know where you can find her… but she won’t be easy to convince to return.” Maria explained, “Simply put, she thinks her being gone will keep Tess around and without Tess, we wouldn’t have gotten as far in fighting the war as we did. She was one of the first on the front to die.”
“Without Tess the war began falling to the enemies and then we had a sneak attack. Liz’s children ended up attacking and killed Liz, Michael, and Kyle in one shot. She’s going to be the weakest when she goes into labor. You, Michael and Maria have to tell the others where to find Liz.” Future Max looked at Alex who had also called Maria so the both of them were sitting there in front of him as he explained, “And no, the babies are not Kyle’s… she never slept with him.” Maria’s jaw dropped and she shook her head as though in thought, “Maria… the future you told me to tell you to tell the others what you know… everything you know.”
He watched her simply nod and stood, “I have to meet her, but you are going to be on your own. We can’t tempt fate and be seen by our counterparts. We’ll be waiting to see what happens. It’s all up to you now.”
Less then two hours later, the present day crew sat gathered around Jim’s table and were discussing issues that were necessary to the situation. Rowe and Jake were asleep, having enjoyed their day of school and singing together again. Rowe attributed it to a real life miracle that her brother had awakened with a voice. His mentality was still the same, but they figured that once he got used to life with a voice again, he might snap back to the present. Max had decided when healing him not to go that far because he didn’t want to risk leaving a silver handprint on the boy.
Michael and Alex had just come back in from conferring with Maria and none of them looked very happy. It had been nearly three months since Liz left and Michael knew where she was, had spent many times trying to convince her to come back. Maria had only heard from her a couple of times and knew where she was as well, had been tempted to go join her but hadn’t. Now, she was wishing she had.
As she looked at the group at large she sighed, “Okay… I know where Liz is but before I tell you, I need to tell you some other things.” She explained what she knew about Future Max and about the plan to make it look like Liz had slept with Kyle. Then she went into how she’d noticed shortly before Liz left that Liz was getting sick but never thought anything of it.
“I didn’t sleep with her! I Swear it!” Kyle exclaimed, shocked and perplexed about what she was getting at.
“No Kyle… you didn’t… but as I think about it, one of the last conversations I had when I was trying to get her to talk to me… I think the future me did.” Max shot in there. He remembered a single conversation he’d had with her that night before she left. When he’d pulled her aside trying to get her to talk to him about what was wrong and the lights he’d seen in her hands.
“Liz, I still don’t understand how you could make it seem like you slept with Kyle?”
“Isn’t it enough Max to know that there is no man in this world I’d want to sleep with other then you? Not that it’s going to happen now… you’ve got your destiny to follow.”
“Damn… why didn’t I see it before?” The very thought that she had slept with this Future Max both angered and confused him, now to know that she was pregnant by him… Max didn’t know what to do or how to feel. He was hurt, that was one of the easier motions to describe. He was angry… it should have been him and he felt somewhat betrayed. He was confused because in a way it was him she slept with… just a different him and how was it possible for him to be jealous of a self that has yet to be forged and from what Maria just said probably never would be… And he was frightened for Liz. Carrying these children meant that she was at risk from several sides.
“Maria… where is she?” Max asked, his voice determined. No matter what, he loved her and though he was not happy with her, he couldn’t let her be harmed or innocent children. He’d deal with the rest later, but first he needed to get her safe.
Maria sighed, “She’s in a town called Whitefield, New Hampshire. Max… she won’t want to see you.”
“I’ll deal with that when I get there.” Max replied and stood up to leave.
“I’m going with you, El President’.”
“So am I, Max.” Tess stood up behind Kyle as he spoke and then added to it. Max didn’t care who went with him, he was just going so he simply nodded and walked out of the house.
Nicholas stood overlooking the troops that had arrived from Antar and the surrounding planets. Khivar had sent them as requested and now he could feel his vengeance in his grasp. What a pathetic planet this would be. He’d already gotten into his new husk, a completely different type that Khivar had sent to him. He was grateful to be given a much better one especially since he wouldn’t be as easy to recognize by the royal four. “The time has come to enslave these pathetic humans and make the royal four regret ever being created. Any human caught aiding them is to be brought to me and I will deal with them personally. And, anyone that can locate a girl named Liz Parker… bring her to me.” He paused a moment before glancing at the man behind him and seeing him nod.
“Go! Any resistance that rises up, kill them. We will bring this planet to their knees!” Nicholas ordered and watched as thousands of Skins and other warrior races that were loyal to Khivar moved off. Yes, this was indeed going to be interesting. He turned to look at the man behind him. “Everything is going according to plan. Is there anything else you want me to do?”
“Yes, get me Lonnie. Then we’re taking her with us to Roswell. I’ve got plans to leave a nice little present for the four. Let’s see how they handle seeing what I can do.”
Roswell pod chamber September 2019
The sounds of people screaming as they died surrounded the group that stood outside the pod chamber. Blood covered the four that stood there and all had tears streaming down their faces. “Maria, you have to get in there. You and Max are our only hope. You have to go, now!”
Maria looked at the woman that had become a friend to them all and nodded but she was hesitant to go. How could she get them to believe her? Okay, so she knew things about them that no one else knew, but still she was scared that going back would make things worse just like when Future Max had come back causing Liz to leave Max and all of this to begin.
“I’m going, Serena. God, I hate this. If this works, Serena… I won’t know you. What if it doesn’t work?”
“We’ve talked about this, General. You have to do this. If this works then we save everyone’s lives and you might still meet me. Now… get out of here.” Serena lifted her hand and as she did, Maria was forced into the pod chamber.
As much as she wanted to rebuke Serena for it, she turned and saw that Max had already prepared it and walked over to him. “Max, remember when you go up against my younger self, tell her that the secret she holds for Liz has to be let out. That by keeping it, she’s helping make the new future worse and risking Liz’s life.”
“What secret, Ria?”
“Even now, I can’t tell you that, Max. If this works, the younger you will know it before he reaches the age we are now.” The two reached out to hold each others hands as the granolith activated and lifted their free hands toward the ship turned time travel machine for one trip. It had turned out to be a good thing that Serena and Malachi knew alien technology so well amongst other things.
March 2001
Strange lightening filled the skies before Maria and Max found themselves outside of what had been Liz’s room. Glancing inside, they saw the body and glanced at each other. “Damn it, we didn’t go back far enough. Liz is already gone. Now it’s even more important, Max. Go talk to the younger me. I’ll go to you and Michael.”
They climbed down from the roof and shook their heads. Tomorrow, Maria would go to Liz’s room, again hoping to find her best-friend back as a surprise and find the body. She would never forget the look of that body for as long as she lived. Even now, the future version wanted to get sick but she had more important things to do, like prepare her friends for the coming battle and for saving lives of all those important.
It had taken months of planning and working things out in order to be able to make this trip and other then Serena and Isabel everyone else was dead. That was Maria’s reason for making the trip back. She wanted to stop Michael from being killed; she wanted to know that he wouldn’t die in a battle. But, with the fact that Liz had already left, it meant that they had miscalculated or something had been off with the granolith. If that was the case… she hoped Serena and Isabel were still alright.
So, once down on the ground, she waved at Max and started walking towards Michael’s house remembering clearly that she had stayed home this specific night so no one should have been at Michael’s other then Max who she recalled had been hanging out that night, trying to work out a way to find Liz. It would be a perfect time for Future Maria to make her appearance.
The walk didn’t really take long, so used to the physical exertion now that it seemed like a piece of cake. When she arrived, she knocked on the door, deciding not to simply use her powers to go in. Max had healed her about three years past and she’d been another to gain powers, in fact most of the inner circle had needed healing rather often in the last fourteen years of the war between the Skins and the resistance.
As the door opened, she saw Michael standing on the other side with an annoyed expression that turned to wary confusion. “Spaceboy, lets not stand on the stoop here while I explain the deal.” Future Maria explained and pushed past him, turning to look at the younger Max with a grin, “Max, you really look much better with long hair.”
When she saw both men holding their hands as though to blast her, she simply raised a shield and said calmly, “Isn’t it customary to ask questions before blasting? Look, I know this is going to seem strange, I’m sure you’ll want to say I’m a liar or I’m crazy…” Keeping the shield up to be on the safe side, she faced them both, “I am Maria… just not the young girl you presently know. I’m from eighteen years in the future. I can’t explain the specifics because Serena and Malachi were the ones that realized that the granolith was a spaceship and could be modified for a single trip into the space time continuum. Future Max and I both came back, but because we couldn’t risk seeing our younger selves, we decided to split duty.”
Max’s hand dropped as he listened, his confusion still obvious, “Say we believe this… why would you come back?”
“Quite simply, to save the world from being destroyed. Even now, troops from Antar that are under Nicholas command are preparing to launch an all out attack. They want anyone close to you brought to Nicholas, that includes Liz. But, there is another faction that wants Liz. Another problem. Khivar, or I should say… Future Khivar managed to slip back here and we have to find him before he gets his hands on Liz. She’s pregnant and those babies she’s carrying are going to become toys to him and her mind will become mush if he gets her. That’s where you two come in, I know where you can find her… but she won’t be easy to convince to return.” Maria explained, “Simply put, she thinks her being gone will keep Tess around and without Tess, we wouldn’t have gotten as far in fighting the war as we did. She was one of the first on the front to die.”
“Without Tess the war began falling to the enemies and then we had a sneak attack. Liz’s children ended up attacking and killed Liz, Michael, and Kyle in one shot. She’s going to be the weakest when she goes into labor. You, Michael and Maria have to tell the others where to find Liz.” Future Max looked at Alex who had also called Maria so the both of them were sitting there in front of him as he explained, “And no, the babies are not Kyle’s… she never slept with him.” Maria’s jaw dropped and she shook her head as though in thought, “Maria… the future you told me to tell you to tell the others what you know… everything you know.”
He watched her simply nod and stood, “I have to meet her, but you are going to be on your own. We can’t tempt fate and be seen by our counterparts. We’ll be waiting to see what happens. It’s all up to you now.”
Less then two hours later, the present day crew sat gathered around Jim’s table and were discussing issues that were necessary to the situation. Rowe and Jake were asleep, having enjoyed their day of school and singing together again. Rowe attributed it to a real life miracle that her brother had awakened with a voice. His mentality was still the same, but they figured that once he got used to life with a voice again, he might snap back to the present. Max had decided when healing him not to go that far because he didn’t want to risk leaving a silver handprint on the boy.
Michael and Alex had just come back in from conferring with Maria and none of them looked very happy. It had been nearly three months since Liz left and Michael knew where she was, had spent many times trying to convince her to come back. Maria had only heard from her a couple of times and knew where she was as well, had been tempted to go join her but hadn’t. Now, she was wishing she had.
As she looked at the group at large she sighed, “Okay… I know where Liz is but before I tell you, I need to tell you some other things.” She explained what she knew about Future Max and about the plan to make it look like Liz had slept with Kyle. Then she went into how she’d noticed shortly before Liz left that Liz was getting sick but never thought anything of it.
“I didn’t sleep with her! I Swear it!” Kyle exclaimed, shocked and perplexed about what she was getting at.
“No Kyle… you didn’t… but as I think about it, one of the last conversations I had when I was trying to get her to talk to me… I think the future me did.” Max shot in there. He remembered a single conversation he’d had with her that night before she left. When he’d pulled her aside trying to get her to talk to him about what was wrong and the lights he’d seen in her hands.
“Liz, I still don’t understand how you could make it seem like you slept with Kyle?”
“Isn’t it enough Max to know that there is no man in this world I’d want to sleep with other then you? Not that it’s going to happen now… you’ve got your destiny to follow.”
“Damn… why didn’t I see it before?” The very thought that she had slept with this Future Max both angered and confused him, now to know that she was pregnant by him… Max didn’t know what to do or how to feel. He was hurt, that was one of the easier motions to describe. He was angry… it should have been him and he felt somewhat betrayed. He was confused because in a way it was him she slept with… just a different him and how was it possible for him to be jealous of a self that has yet to be forged and from what Maria just said probably never would be… And he was frightened for Liz. Carrying these children meant that she was at risk from several sides.
“Maria… where is she?” Max asked, his voice determined. No matter what, he loved her and though he was not happy with her, he couldn’t let her be harmed or innocent children. He’d deal with the rest later, but first he needed to get her safe.
Maria sighed, “She’s in a town called Whitefield, New Hampshire. Max… she won’t want to see you.”
“I’ll deal with that when I get there.” Max replied and stood up to leave.
“I’m going with you, El President’.”
“So am I, Max.” Tess stood up behind Kyle as he spoke and then added to it. Max didn’t care who went with him, he was just going so he simply nodded and walked out of the house.
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AN: The address and phone number are in no way intended to be real... if they are... I'll be amazed. Though there is a Whitefield NH and I have lived there before... the zip definitely should not be right... nor should the phone number.
Chapter 12
A few hours passed when Valenti and those that stayed behind had exhausted all avenues of discussions. They couldn’t decide just what they were supposed to do about Liz being pregnant and how they were supposed to help her. Suddenly, two sets of screams came from the back room where Jake and Rowe slept. Michael beat everyone into the room and found the two holding onto each other with tears streaming down their faces. “What’s happened? What’s wrong?” He asked, he’d gotten close to these kids, felt a kinship of sorts since they’d been able to survive abuse and he had too.
Rowe was too busy sobbing so it was Jake that replied, “Liz… she’s in trouble. We saw her… she’s in trouble Michael. She’s… going to die.”
Valenti and the others had entered in time to hear what he said and looked at each other. “Kids… it’s alright. Tess, Kyle and Max have gone to get her and bring her home.”
“She’s not there… she’s already gone. She was taken.” Rowe said and looked up at them.
“How do you know?” Maria asked quietly, something in their voices telling her not to discount them. She moved over to sit on the edge of the bed, Michael on the other edge. “Did you feel it?”
“No, we saw it.” Rowe began, wiping her eyes. “Some men grabbed her, they had… I don’t know… powers of some sort and they… threw her against the wall without touching her… she was knocked out. They took her some place dark. Her screams echoed as they killed her. We have to stop it! We have to!” Jake’s mind was still stuck in the child mode and to hear his sister so panicked caused him to sob even more. Yes, he had his voice back, but he hadn’t completely opened his mind to the true memories he was blocking.
Michael and the others shared a look and Isabel stepped forward, “Rowe, Jake. I know it’s a lot to ask, but can you both try and go back to sleep, just for a little while.” Isabel had to try to see what they saw. If she could, then she could determine how real it was and whether there was anything else that they could go on.
Rowe shook her head and looked at Valenti, “Please don’t make us go back to sleep, dad. I don’t want to see that again.”
Valenti wasn’t certain just how to respond to that. Her first time calling him dad and he knew that she wouldn’t understand them asking her and her brother to go back to sleep. He’d found out a couple days after Max healed Jake that the test results from the DNA were positive, these two were his blood. They’d also found something slightly unusual in the kids cell’s but couldn’t figure out what it was. “Rowe, honey…”
Michael shook his head, “Sheriff… there’s something changed in them. I can feel it. We can tell them.” He seemed to look at Isabel for confirmation and she nodded. Michael turned back to the children, “Rowe, Jake, what we’re about to tell you can never be told to another…”
An hour later, Rowe and Jake had finally fallen back to sleep, taking the news rather well and Isabel had stayed to sit between them, a hand holding each of theirs. Looking at Alex, she smiled and he returned the smile watching her as she closed her eyes and he knew she would need him there to keep her grounded. He reached out a hand and placed it on her leg, the closest spot he could reach and simply watched her.
The letter from Liz had been short and he couldn’t help but wonder what she had written to Isabel because earlier the woman he had been in love with had surprised him when she’d leaned into him and let him hold her more closely then ever. Had the letter involved anything that would have done that? As he waited, he took the letter out of his pocket again and read it for the tenth time it seemed, might have even been more.
Alex,
This is so hard for me, Alex. After all the times I had to lie to you before, after everything I put you through. You can’t tell anyone, Alex. Not even Maria. This is something I just had to tell you before I go. I’m pregnant, Alex. No, it’s not Kyle’s and I can’t tell you who’s, but there it is. But there’s more. I’m also developing powers of some sort and I’m scared of what my pregnancy and these powers would mean for everyone, so I have to go. The more I’m around Max, the harder it is and since this baby isn’t his… I don’t want him hating me. In fact, I really don’t think I should ever see him again. I’m going to my aunt’s cabin in New Hampshire. She doesn’t use it anymore but she’s sentimental so she’s kept it. As much as I love Maria, I think the safest bet is for me to give you the address and phone number here. If something happens… if there’s an emergency, call me. I love you, Alex. You were always my brother no matter what. So, here’s an order… Mr. Dodgeball… be there for Isabel, help keep her grounded, she needs you more then she realizes, but she will realize it. We humans seem to really have an effect on our wonderful hybrid counterparts. Me on Max, Maria on Michael, Kyle on Tess and you on Isabel. Take my word for it. Just give it time… and keep strong. Don’t be afraid to be a little hard to get, but feel out the timing for that.
RR 1 Box 65
Whitefield, NH 03851
603-335-5554
Remember, call me if there’s an emergency, and don’t give anyone the number or address.
Love,
Liz
If this dream walking panned out to be what they all were thinking, Alex would be making that call to try and warn Liz before it was too late. Or, to get a hold of the others when they found the place empty. He just hoped it wouldn’t have to happen that way. Fear for Liz was rising and he knew he was about to break a promise. An unspoken promise, but one none the less. He hated this, and he hated even more that everyone else was going to be upset with him for keeping this a secret.
As Isabel closed her eyes, her hands holding onto the kids’, she let herself go into concentration, focusing on the tunes of the spheres within the dream plane opening, listening for the ones that would fit the kids. Soon, she heard it the one that represented Rowe and she reached out, taking the orb in hand, marveling at the color of it. Such a pale aqua, a color that to Isabel had always been one of calm and tranquility, yet it oddly contrasted with the kind of life Rowe had led.
Looking at all the orbs floating around, each representing dreamers, she tried to find Jake’s, knowing that she would have to bring them both together before she would see what they had both seen. It seemed as though another, one outlined in crimson flowed over to her, trying to reach for the one she held and she took it in her other hand, instantly feeling the weight of the pain and knowing it was Jake’s. Holding them together, she focused watching as the two melded and then began to grow. Slowly, once it was large enough, Isabel stepped through the opening.
Coming out on the other side, Isabel saw a quaint little room. The walls were sparse a few pictures covered them and as she looked at them, she could see they were pictures of Liz with all of them. Different times when they had taken pictures together. Continuing to look around, she saw that Liz was seated in the middle of a twin bed, her left hand on her stomach, which was barely a little bigger, not really enough to have given away the fact that she was pregnant, and her journal laying open before her. Liz seemed to smile as she spoke to the empty room.
“My babies, my little ones. I’ll protect you, take care of you. And, as you grow up, I’ll tell you about your daddy and how he came back to save the world and tear mine apart, but he gave me the chance to feel what I’d be missing out on with him. My little girl, Valeria Roanne, I hope one day you can feel the kind of love I had with your dad in this time and not have to lose him. My little boy, Blaine Jacob, I hope you’ll know how to love and be able to trust in that love. That you’ll have a woman who will love you no matter what happens.” As she moved her hand away, two little silver handprints appeared and her smile grew. “I love you, my darlings.”
“Liz.” Isabel found herself saying and watched as Liz glanced around.
“Isabel?” She questioned but she obviously hadn’t seen Isabel standing there. How could this be? Normally, if she wanted to make herself seen, she could. This was strange, all to strange.
“Liz, if you can hear me, you have to get out of there. Now!” She called out, feeling panicked as Liz seemed not to hear her.
Suddenly, the slamming of a door sounded and Isabel’s gaze turned toward it. In the doorway stood three people, one of which, Isabel knew on sight, Lonnie. “I told you it would be easy, Khivar. Nicholas here was the fool.” Lonnie said and Isabel felt her anger grow.
Her gaze turned to Liz who was now standing, her hand held before her as golden electricity ran through her hands. Before Isabel could think, Liz was thrown back by an invisible force and fell unconscious after hitting her head.
The scenery suddenly changed, it was dark, a cave of some sort from the musty odor and what sounded like bats wings fluttering. Liz’s screams sounded in the air. “No! No! Stop! My babies! You’ll kill my babies!” A pained sound echoed through the walls of the cavern, a final scream and all was silent.
A voice sounded in Isabel’s mind. “Soon Vilandra, soon you will be mine. Enjoy my present.”
Before Isabel could think, she was suddenly thrust out of the dream and her eyes opened wide. “It wasn’t a dream. It wasn’t a dream.” She muttered and the children awoke instantly moving to hug her and cry on her.
Alex was silent for a few minutes, “Isabel…? What happened?”
Isabel’s eyes watered, “Lonnie… Nicholas… Khivar… they took her… but it wasn’t today… It wasn’t today… it was a memory of sorts…” That’s all Isabel could find the ability to say as the others rushed back into the room after having given her the chance to do this with little distraction.
Chapter 12
A few hours passed when Valenti and those that stayed behind had exhausted all avenues of discussions. They couldn’t decide just what they were supposed to do about Liz being pregnant and how they were supposed to help her. Suddenly, two sets of screams came from the back room where Jake and Rowe slept. Michael beat everyone into the room and found the two holding onto each other with tears streaming down their faces. “What’s happened? What’s wrong?” He asked, he’d gotten close to these kids, felt a kinship of sorts since they’d been able to survive abuse and he had too.
Rowe was too busy sobbing so it was Jake that replied, “Liz… she’s in trouble. We saw her… she’s in trouble Michael. She’s… going to die.”
Valenti and the others had entered in time to hear what he said and looked at each other. “Kids… it’s alright. Tess, Kyle and Max have gone to get her and bring her home.”
“She’s not there… she’s already gone. She was taken.” Rowe said and looked up at them.
“How do you know?” Maria asked quietly, something in their voices telling her not to discount them. She moved over to sit on the edge of the bed, Michael on the other edge. “Did you feel it?”
“No, we saw it.” Rowe began, wiping her eyes. “Some men grabbed her, they had… I don’t know… powers of some sort and they… threw her against the wall without touching her… she was knocked out. They took her some place dark. Her screams echoed as they killed her. We have to stop it! We have to!” Jake’s mind was still stuck in the child mode and to hear his sister so panicked caused him to sob even more. Yes, he had his voice back, but he hadn’t completely opened his mind to the true memories he was blocking.
Michael and the others shared a look and Isabel stepped forward, “Rowe, Jake. I know it’s a lot to ask, but can you both try and go back to sleep, just for a little while.” Isabel had to try to see what they saw. If she could, then she could determine how real it was and whether there was anything else that they could go on.
Rowe shook her head and looked at Valenti, “Please don’t make us go back to sleep, dad. I don’t want to see that again.”
Valenti wasn’t certain just how to respond to that. Her first time calling him dad and he knew that she wouldn’t understand them asking her and her brother to go back to sleep. He’d found out a couple days after Max healed Jake that the test results from the DNA were positive, these two were his blood. They’d also found something slightly unusual in the kids cell’s but couldn’t figure out what it was. “Rowe, honey…”
Michael shook his head, “Sheriff… there’s something changed in them. I can feel it. We can tell them.” He seemed to look at Isabel for confirmation and she nodded. Michael turned back to the children, “Rowe, Jake, what we’re about to tell you can never be told to another…”
An hour later, Rowe and Jake had finally fallen back to sleep, taking the news rather well and Isabel had stayed to sit between them, a hand holding each of theirs. Looking at Alex, she smiled and he returned the smile watching her as she closed her eyes and he knew she would need him there to keep her grounded. He reached out a hand and placed it on her leg, the closest spot he could reach and simply watched her.
The letter from Liz had been short and he couldn’t help but wonder what she had written to Isabel because earlier the woman he had been in love with had surprised him when she’d leaned into him and let him hold her more closely then ever. Had the letter involved anything that would have done that? As he waited, he took the letter out of his pocket again and read it for the tenth time it seemed, might have even been more.
Alex,
This is so hard for me, Alex. After all the times I had to lie to you before, after everything I put you through. You can’t tell anyone, Alex. Not even Maria. This is something I just had to tell you before I go. I’m pregnant, Alex. No, it’s not Kyle’s and I can’t tell you who’s, but there it is. But there’s more. I’m also developing powers of some sort and I’m scared of what my pregnancy and these powers would mean for everyone, so I have to go. The more I’m around Max, the harder it is and since this baby isn’t his… I don’t want him hating me. In fact, I really don’t think I should ever see him again. I’m going to my aunt’s cabin in New Hampshire. She doesn’t use it anymore but she’s sentimental so she’s kept it. As much as I love Maria, I think the safest bet is for me to give you the address and phone number here. If something happens… if there’s an emergency, call me. I love you, Alex. You were always my brother no matter what. So, here’s an order… Mr. Dodgeball… be there for Isabel, help keep her grounded, she needs you more then she realizes, but she will realize it. We humans seem to really have an effect on our wonderful hybrid counterparts. Me on Max, Maria on Michael, Kyle on Tess and you on Isabel. Take my word for it. Just give it time… and keep strong. Don’t be afraid to be a little hard to get, but feel out the timing for that.
RR 1 Box 65
Whitefield, NH 03851
603-335-5554
Remember, call me if there’s an emergency, and don’t give anyone the number or address.
Love,
Liz
If this dream walking panned out to be what they all were thinking, Alex would be making that call to try and warn Liz before it was too late. Or, to get a hold of the others when they found the place empty. He just hoped it wouldn’t have to happen that way. Fear for Liz was rising and he knew he was about to break a promise. An unspoken promise, but one none the less. He hated this, and he hated even more that everyone else was going to be upset with him for keeping this a secret.
As Isabel closed her eyes, her hands holding onto the kids’, she let herself go into concentration, focusing on the tunes of the spheres within the dream plane opening, listening for the ones that would fit the kids. Soon, she heard it the one that represented Rowe and she reached out, taking the orb in hand, marveling at the color of it. Such a pale aqua, a color that to Isabel had always been one of calm and tranquility, yet it oddly contrasted with the kind of life Rowe had led.
Looking at all the orbs floating around, each representing dreamers, she tried to find Jake’s, knowing that she would have to bring them both together before she would see what they had both seen. It seemed as though another, one outlined in crimson flowed over to her, trying to reach for the one she held and she took it in her other hand, instantly feeling the weight of the pain and knowing it was Jake’s. Holding them together, she focused watching as the two melded and then began to grow. Slowly, once it was large enough, Isabel stepped through the opening.
Coming out on the other side, Isabel saw a quaint little room. The walls were sparse a few pictures covered them and as she looked at them, she could see they were pictures of Liz with all of them. Different times when they had taken pictures together. Continuing to look around, she saw that Liz was seated in the middle of a twin bed, her left hand on her stomach, which was barely a little bigger, not really enough to have given away the fact that she was pregnant, and her journal laying open before her. Liz seemed to smile as she spoke to the empty room.
“My babies, my little ones. I’ll protect you, take care of you. And, as you grow up, I’ll tell you about your daddy and how he came back to save the world and tear mine apart, but he gave me the chance to feel what I’d be missing out on with him. My little girl, Valeria Roanne, I hope one day you can feel the kind of love I had with your dad in this time and not have to lose him. My little boy, Blaine Jacob, I hope you’ll know how to love and be able to trust in that love. That you’ll have a woman who will love you no matter what happens.” As she moved her hand away, two little silver handprints appeared and her smile grew. “I love you, my darlings.”
“Liz.” Isabel found herself saying and watched as Liz glanced around.
“Isabel?” She questioned but she obviously hadn’t seen Isabel standing there. How could this be? Normally, if she wanted to make herself seen, she could. This was strange, all to strange.
“Liz, if you can hear me, you have to get out of there. Now!” She called out, feeling panicked as Liz seemed not to hear her.
Suddenly, the slamming of a door sounded and Isabel’s gaze turned toward it. In the doorway stood three people, one of which, Isabel knew on sight, Lonnie. “I told you it would be easy, Khivar. Nicholas here was the fool.” Lonnie said and Isabel felt her anger grow.
Her gaze turned to Liz who was now standing, her hand held before her as golden electricity ran through her hands. Before Isabel could think, Liz was thrown back by an invisible force and fell unconscious after hitting her head.
The scenery suddenly changed, it was dark, a cave of some sort from the musty odor and what sounded like bats wings fluttering. Liz’s screams sounded in the air. “No! No! Stop! My babies! You’ll kill my babies!” A pained sound echoed through the walls of the cavern, a final scream and all was silent.
A voice sounded in Isabel’s mind. “Soon Vilandra, soon you will be mine. Enjoy my present.”
Before Isabel could think, she was suddenly thrust out of the dream and her eyes opened wide. “It wasn’t a dream. It wasn’t a dream.” She muttered and the children awoke instantly moving to hug her and cry on her.
Alex was silent for a few minutes, “Isabel…? What happened?”
Isabel’s eyes watered, “Lonnie… Nicholas… Khivar… they took her… but it wasn’t today… It wasn’t today… it was a memory of sorts…” That’s all Isabel could find the ability to say as the others rushed back into the room after having given her the chance to do this with little distraction.
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Chapter 13
Liz lay exhausted and in pain, the darkness surrounding her driving her out of her mind. What did they want with her? She wasn’t a threat to them. She just wanted to have a normal life. When Lonnie and the men walked in, she hadn’t realized until Lonnie spoke that she was in big trouble and she’d hoped that practicing some control over these new powers she’d received would have helped her, but they hadn’t. She hadn’t been able to get the energy to go before she’d been knocked unconscious.
Nicholas. He wasn’t in his normal body, she hadn’t recognized him. She had spent an hour with him trying to mind rape her, wanting the location of the granolith, but somehow, even when she’d been close to giving up fighting, the pain so terrible, something had kept him from getting it. She had to get out of there. Only problem was, she knew she was in a maze of caverns. She’d heard them mentioned Carlsbad and it scared her. She remembered taking trips with school and coming to this place, remembered that there were certain caverns that they weren’t even supposed to go in. How was she to get out of there without killing herself?
She tensed as she heard footsteps and saw a flashlight round the corner, looking up to see Khivar. This was the man that had enslaved Max’s planet? He didn’t look as old as he should have. Was he also a skin? She had so many questions; some personal like was he going to kill her and others scientific. Yet, she doubted she would have the chance to ask those questions. “Are you comfortable, Liz?”
The coldness in his voice sent chills down her spine but she wasn’t going to back down, she wasn’t going to be a coward right then. “Go to hell. Just let me go.”
“Sorry, not happening. See, although the children you carry hold your blood, they also are the heirs to Antar. So, you’ll be staying here until you give birth and then you’ll die. You can either die giving us the answers about the granolith or not. Either way, Max and your other friends back in Roswell are going to die and it’ll be at the hands of your children. Unless of course the Sheriff’s lost children do it for them. Want to know a little secret, since after all you’ll be dead in a months time…” Khivar laughed and moved to kneel in front of Liz, roughly grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. “The FBI Special Unit is really easy to manipulate, right now those children don’t even know they are weapons. Weapons I helped create. Oh… and remember when Lonnie, Rath and Ava came to Roswell?”
He pointed the flashlight over to a different side of the cavern and Liz saw someone hunched over there. “Zan didn’t die. Ava thought he did, but it was all a part of the plan. Too bad that Ava isn’t going to be able to save you now. I know she was living in the same quaint town you were and visiting with you.”
Liz felt sick, she felt as though she was literally going to throw up. This man was psychotic. What did he have planned for her? Oh God, she hoped that Ava was alright. Maybe Ava and their friends Malachi and Serena could figure out what happened to her and get word to the others in Roswell. As much as she didn’t want to see Max because of the explaining she had to do, she wanted to see him and apologize for everything. It killed her to think she was going to die without seeing him again.
She turned to look at Khivar and whimpered as the man suddenly kissed her forcing his tongue into her mouth. Without thinking about the consequences, she bit down on his tongue and he drew away, the back of his hand slamming against her cheek and causing her to see spots. No, I can’t pass out. I can’t. I have to stay awake. Wait… Isabel… maybe Isabel will dream walk me.
Liz began hoping that she would fall asleep. “How long have I been here?” She found herself asking, wanting to have an idea of how long it might have been since her new friends and Ava might have noticed her missing.
“Three days.” Khivar answered and she watched him walk over to kick the huddled figure in the corner. As he moved, she saw the man that must have been Zan. He wasn’t looking very good at all.
The next morning, Maria made her way into Liz’s room, her eyes filled with tears. If things had happened as they seemed, her best friend was dead. As she began looking around, her eyes landed on the figure on the bed and she barely held back a scream. Lonnie! Without thinking, she rushed over, seeing the odd tilt of her head and the strange bend in her arm and leg. Reaching out fearfully, she felt for a pulse and found none. “Oh my God… Oh god oh god oh god… no this can’t be happening.” She felt the panic rise in her throat and rushed for the phone which Liz’s parents had left on, not wanting to move anything in case Liz came back. Dialing Michael’s number, she was crying hysterically by the time he picked up on the fourth ring, sounding groggy. “Michael, oh my god, I… I’m… I’m not … sure what… to do… Oh god Michael… Lonnie’s dead. She’s here in… Liz’s room… dead.”
“Calm down, maria. I’m on my way.”
“Don’t hang up, Michael. Please… I… I don’t know what… to do…”
“Maria, I have to hang up the phone so I can get there. Just calm down and meet me on the rooftop. Make certain her room door is locked so her parents don’t decide to go in.” Michael’s voice, as calm as it was caused Maria to calm down only slightly as she nodded though he couldn’t see her.
“Okay… just… hurry!”
As he hung up, she walked over and locked the bedroom door before climbing out the window, forcing herself not to look at Lonnie’s body. God, this… this was terrible. How could Lonnie be dead when Isabel had just seen what happened the day before? Did that mean that it had happened even before that? Oh God. Liz! She had to be alive. Maria wouldn’t know what to do without her. Sitting on the chair on the rooftop, she sobbed, fear for her best-friend overwhelming her. Damn it. She wished that she had some special powers.
Chapter 13
Liz lay exhausted and in pain, the darkness surrounding her driving her out of her mind. What did they want with her? She wasn’t a threat to them. She just wanted to have a normal life. When Lonnie and the men walked in, she hadn’t realized until Lonnie spoke that she was in big trouble and she’d hoped that practicing some control over these new powers she’d received would have helped her, but they hadn’t. She hadn’t been able to get the energy to go before she’d been knocked unconscious.
Nicholas. He wasn’t in his normal body, she hadn’t recognized him. She had spent an hour with him trying to mind rape her, wanting the location of the granolith, but somehow, even when she’d been close to giving up fighting, the pain so terrible, something had kept him from getting it. She had to get out of there. Only problem was, she knew she was in a maze of caverns. She’d heard them mentioned Carlsbad and it scared her. She remembered taking trips with school and coming to this place, remembered that there were certain caverns that they weren’t even supposed to go in. How was she to get out of there without killing herself?
She tensed as she heard footsteps and saw a flashlight round the corner, looking up to see Khivar. This was the man that had enslaved Max’s planet? He didn’t look as old as he should have. Was he also a skin? She had so many questions; some personal like was he going to kill her and others scientific. Yet, she doubted she would have the chance to ask those questions. “Are you comfortable, Liz?”
The coldness in his voice sent chills down her spine but she wasn’t going to back down, she wasn’t going to be a coward right then. “Go to hell. Just let me go.”
“Sorry, not happening. See, although the children you carry hold your blood, they also are the heirs to Antar. So, you’ll be staying here until you give birth and then you’ll die. You can either die giving us the answers about the granolith or not. Either way, Max and your other friends back in Roswell are going to die and it’ll be at the hands of your children. Unless of course the Sheriff’s lost children do it for them. Want to know a little secret, since after all you’ll be dead in a months time…” Khivar laughed and moved to kneel in front of Liz, roughly grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. “The FBI Special Unit is really easy to manipulate, right now those children don’t even know they are weapons. Weapons I helped create. Oh… and remember when Lonnie, Rath and Ava came to Roswell?”
He pointed the flashlight over to a different side of the cavern and Liz saw someone hunched over there. “Zan didn’t die. Ava thought he did, but it was all a part of the plan. Too bad that Ava isn’t going to be able to save you now. I know she was living in the same quaint town you were and visiting with you.”
Liz felt sick, she felt as though she was literally going to throw up. This man was psychotic. What did he have planned for her? Oh God, she hoped that Ava was alright. Maybe Ava and their friends Malachi and Serena could figure out what happened to her and get word to the others in Roswell. As much as she didn’t want to see Max because of the explaining she had to do, she wanted to see him and apologize for everything. It killed her to think she was going to die without seeing him again.
She turned to look at Khivar and whimpered as the man suddenly kissed her forcing his tongue into her mouth. Without thinking about the consequences, she bit down on his tongue and he drew away, the back of his hand slamming against her cheek and causing her to see spots. No, I can’t pass out. I can’t. I have to stay awake. Wait… Isabel… maybe Isabel will dream walk me.
Liz began hoping that she would fall asleep. “How long have I been here?” She found herself asking, wanting to have an idea of how long it might have been since her new friends and Ava might have noticed her missing.
“Three days.” Khivar answered and she watched him walk over to kick the huddled figure in the corner. As he moved, she saw the man that must have been Zan. He wasn’t looking very good at all.
The next morning, Maria made her way into Liz’s room, her eyes filled with tears. If things had happened as they seemed, her best friend was dead. As she began looking around, her eyes landed on the figure on the bed and she barely held back a scream. Lonnie! Without thinking, she rushed over, seeing the odd tilt of her head and the strange bend in her arm and leg. Reaching out fearfully, she felt for a pulse and found none. “Oh my God… Oh god oh god oh god… no this can’t be happening.” She felt the panic rise in her throat and rushed for the phone which Liz’s parents had left on, not wanting to move anything in case Liz came back. Dialing Michael’s number, she was crying hysterically by the time he picked up on the fourth ring, sounding groggy. “Michael, oh my god, I… I’m… I’m not … sure what… to do… Oh god Michael… Lonnie’s dead. She’s here in… Liz’s room… dead.”
“Calm down, maria. I’m on my way.”
“Don’t hang up, Michael. Please… I… I don’t know what… to do…”
“Maria, I have to hang up the phone so I can get there. Just calm down and meet me on the rooftop. Make certain her room door is locked so her parents don’t decide to go in.” Michael’s voice, as calm as it was caused Maria to calm down only slightly as she nodded though he couldn’t see her.
“Okay… just… hurry!”
As he hung up, she walked over and locked the bedroom door before climbing out the window, forcing herself not to look at Lonnie’s body. God, this… this was terrible. How could Lonnie be dead when Isabel had just seen what happened the day before? Did that mean that it had happened even before that? Oh God. Liz! She had to be alive. Maria wouldn’t know what to do without her. Sitting on the chair on the rooftop, she sobbed, fear for her best-friend overwhelming her. Damn it. She wished that she had some special powers.
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Chapter 14
“We could get it working for them. Tell them how to work it. They should learn that its not just a ship or a one way time travel device.” Future Maria said as she looked at Future Max.
“We have to wait and see if they can get to Liz on time. We didn’t even know then what we should have realized. We just have to hope that they figure it out before it’s too late. Before Liz…” Max took a shuddering breath.
“I know. Why didn’t we make it a plan to mention some of that?” Maria replied as she placed a hand on her friends shoulder. They’d both been each others rocks, helping them get over the losses they’d felt. The future hadn’t turned out anything like they had dreamed it would. Neither of them would forgive themselves for letting Liz die. They were certain they could have saved her. If only they’d been in time… if they’d done things differently.
The two embraced and sat down on the floor. “Let’s hope that Serena and the others have already somehow been brought into this. Otherwise… we’re screwed all over again.” Maria commented softly.
“Don’t think like that, Maria. We have to have faith in them. We can’t let ourselves think that our coming back here was for nothing. Don’t you dare give up on me!” After three years, Max and Maria had grown close, but it had taken three years for Max to mourn Liz and Maria had mourned Michael for nearly eight. Now, as they sat holding each other, they smiled and their lips met. The last year, they’d been able to find some comfort from each other. A mutual love, but one that wouldn’t hold a candle to their past loves. They knew that if things worked, if things were changed, then they would never be. But for the moment, they would enjoy what time they had.
As Max kissed Maria, his hand slowly trailed over her neck, down along her shoulder and brushed her breasts through the shirt she wore. A gasp registered followed shortly after by a moan. Maria’s arms lifted to wrap around his neck, holding him closer as she felt her passions rise. It had been weeks since they’d been able to be intimate with all the battles raging. They might as well use all this waiting time to make up for it.
Serena, Ava and Malachi all shared a look with each other. What had happened here? Liz was supposed to have called them two days ago and they hadn’t heard from her, so finally after ringing her and ringing her without an answer they’d decided to go see her. Now, Ava glanced around the room, moved through it picking things up, her emotions running high. She kept hoping that something would trigger a flash that would tell her what had happened. Things were tossed around, but nothing seemed to be missing, not even Liz’s clothing. “So, what exactly do we do now?”
Serena glanced at her brother, “Honestly, the only thing I think we can do. Contact the people she made us promise to in case of an emergency. This is an emergency.” She glanced over at Ava, “What do you think, Av.? Should we call Roswell?”
“Why would you be calling Roswell?” Voices sounded from the broken doorway, causing Serena to jump and pull her gun.
“Who the hell are you? What the hell are you doing trespassing on private property?” Serena questioned, holding her hands steady and more then willing to fire the weapon in her hand.
“Relax, Rena. This is Max.” As others entered Ava continued, “And Tess and Kyle as well. They are three of the people from Roswell.” Ava looked at them and sighed, “Liz is missing. She never called us this morning and we haven’t heard from her for two days.” She paused a moment and then motioned towards her friends, “And, just so’s you know. Serena and Malachi here… they already know who and what we are. I met them shortly after leaving Roswell. They had something from the crash ya know. We’ve been cool. Liz came to trust them right away. They are cool peoples.”
“Can someone just tell me what the hell is going on here?” Kyle interrupted. “I get that Liz is missing… but do we know what the hell happened? Where she went? Did she leave on her own? Anything?”
“Nothing. I’m not getting’ flashes… but I doubt she left on her own. Her journal’s still here, right on her bed. Open to where she left off with writing.” Ava replied but she was looking at Max. “Look, I think…”
The phone began ringing and Malachi picked it up. “Hello.”
“Umm… is Liz there?” A girl asks hesitantly.
“No… she’s not. Who’s this?”
“Oh God… Michael… they said she isn’t there.” Malachi heard the girl begin to freak.
“Is Max there?” A guy’s voice sounds on the line.
“Yeah… he’s here.” Malachi takes the phone from his ear, “For you, Max.” He shrugged and stepped away as Max reached for it.
Max put the phone up to his ear and instantly could tell from Maria’s freaking out that it was Michael. “How did you get the number here, Michael?”
“Alex.”
“What’s going on? Why does Maria sound worse then usual?”
“Maxwell… Khivar, Nicholas and Lonnie took Liz… then Lonnie showed up dead in Liz’s room. She’s gone, Max. We don’t know if she’s alive or not, but the kids… Rowe and Jake had a dream of sorts… like a memory or something. Anyway, they saw who has her. Isabel walked them and saw everything they saw. She’s carrying twins, already chosen a name and everything. Journal should still be on the bed, right?”
“God, Michael. Have they seen anything else?”
“No, darkness with Liz screaming and then silence.”
Max found the phone slipping out of his hand and looked at Tess and Kyle. “We’ve got to get home to Roswell…”
“You aren’t going to look for Liz alone. Where you go, we go. After the dreams she’d been having, we promised we’d do anything we could to be here for her. If she’s in trouble, we’re going to help get her out of it.” Malachi and Serena both looked at him with determination as did Ava who had nodded.
“Fine. Whatever. We need to get back quick.”
This was when Mal smiled. “Not a problem. Ava… get them to the air field in twenty minutes.” He looked at Serena who nodded, “Sis, you get everything we’ll need if everything Liz said was correct.”
Serena nodded and they both rushed out of the house and got into their perspective vehicles. All three had driven themselves in case they had to leave earlier then the other.
Isabel and Alex had decided that they needed to steal a moment away. So, they’d gone out back of Valenti’s house and stared at the stars. Night had fallen, everyone was back and everyone was upset. Isabel had asked Alex to come outside with her, wanting to comfort him as he had comforted her before. They were silent for several long moments before Isabel turned to look at Alex, taking his hand in hers. “Alex. Can you ever forgive me for how I’ve treated you in the past?”
Alex looked at her with shock, not understanding what she meant as he spoke, “Um... Iz... there’s nothing to forgive.”
“Yes there is. I pushed you away. I made you feel used. I didn’t let you know how much I needed you or appreciated you. I never told you how much you meant to me. I simply kept telling you that we wouldn’t be anything more then friends and it was because of my stupid fears.” Isabel wasn’t even aware of how much she was rambling, or even notice the smile that had lifted Alex’s lips. Even as she continued, Alex simply placed his thumb and forefinger on her chin and lifted her chin so she could meet his eyes before he leaned over and pressed his lips to hers.
The move was effective in cutting off the words Isabel had been about to add and she melted into the kiss, her arms finding their way to wrapping around his neck. Alex took that as his queue and wrapped his arms around her waist, reveling in the knowledge that she really cared. Liz had been right and he really wanted to know what it was that had made her so aware. Kissing Isabel in this way was so exhilarating that Alex was worried he would wake up any second and find it to be a dream. After several long moments he drew back and smiled at her, “Isabel, you had your reasons, I knew that. I knew that you weren’t ready and that it was hard for you. Yes, you tried pushing me away, but I’m right here, Isabel. I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to be a part of your life in whatever way you are comfortable with.”
Isabel was silent for a moment, looking at him and doing something that wasn’t something she was known for. Her eyes misted over even as she smiled, “Alex, I want you to be in my life completely, without restrictions. I broke things off with Grant the night Liz took off because I finally admitted to myself that it’s you I want to be with.”
Alex’s heart soared and he simply embraced Isabel uncertain of just how to respond, he was just so thrilled, happy… there were so many words that he could think of to explain how he felt at that moment.
“We could get it working for them. Tell them how to work it. They should learn that its not just a ship or a one way time travel device.” Future Maria said as she looked at Future Max.
“We have to wait and see if they can get to Liz on time. We didn’t even know then what we should have realized. We just have to hope that they figure it out before it’s too late. Before Liz…” Max took a shuddering breath.
“I know. Why didn’t we make it a plan to mention some of that?” Maria replied as she placed a hand on her friends shoulder. They’d both been each others rocks, helping them get over the losses they’d felt. The future hadn’t turned out anything like they had dreamed it would. Neither of them would forgive themselves for letting Liz die. They were certain they could have saved her. If only they’d been in time… if they’d done things differently.
The two embraced and sat down on the floor. “Let’s hope that Serena and the others have already somehow been brought into this. Otherwise… we’re screwed all over again.” Maria commented softly.
“Don’t think like that, Maria. We have to have faith in them. We can’t let ourselves think that our coming back here was for nothing. Don’t you dare give up on me!” After three years, Max and Maria had grown close, but it had taken three years for Max to mourn Liz and Maria had mourned Michael for nearly eight. Now, as they sat holding each other, they smiled and their lips met. The last year, they’d been able to find some comfort from each other. A mutual love, but one that wouldn’t hold a candle to their past loves. They knew that if things worked, if things were changed, then they would never be. But for the moment, they would enjoy what time they had.
As Max kissed Maria, his hand slowly trailed over her neck, down along her shoulder and brushed her breasts through the shirt she wore. A gasp registered followed shortly after by a moan. Maria’s arms lifted to wrap around his neck, holding him closer as she felt her passions rise. It had been weeks since they’d been able to be intimate with all the battles raging. They might as well use all this waiting time to make up for it.
Serena, Ava and Malachi all shared a look with each other. What had happened here? Liz was supposed to have called them two days ago and they hadn’t heard from her, so finally after ringing her and ringing her without an answer they’d decided to go see her. Now, Ava glanced around the room, moved through it picking things up, her emotions running high. She kept hoping that something would trigger a flash that would tell her what had happened. Things were tossed around, but nothing seemed to be missing, not even Liz’s clothing. “So, what exactly do we do now?”
Serena glanced at her brother, “Honestly, the only thing I think we can do. Contact the people she made us promise to in case of an emergency. This is an emergency.” She glanced over at Ava, “What do you think, Av.? Should we call Roswell?”
“Why would you be calling Roswell?” Voices sounded from the broken doorway, causing Serena to jump and pull her gun.
“Who the hell are you? What the hell are you doing trespassing on private property?” Serena questioned, holding her hands steady and more then willing to fire the weapon in her hand.
“Relax, Rena. This is Max.” As others entered Ava continued, “And Tess and Kyle as well. They are three of the people from Roswell.” Ava looked at them and sighed, “Liz is missing. She never called us this morning and we haven’t heard from her for two days.” She paused a moment and then motioned towards her friends, “And, just so’s you know. Serena and Malachi here… they already know who and what we are. I met them shortly after leaving Roswell. They had something from the crash ya know. We’ve been cool. Liz came to trust them right away. They are cool peoples.”
“Can someone just tell me what the hell is going on here?” Kyle interrupted. “I get that Liz is missing… but do we know what the hell happened? Where she went? Did she leave on her own? Anything?”
“Nothing. I’m not getting’ flashes… but I doubt she left on her own. Her journal’s still here, right on her bed. Open to where she left off with writing.” Ava replied but she was looking at Max. “Look, I think…”
The phone began ringing and Malachi picked it up. “Hello.”
“Umm… is Liz there?” A girl asks hesitantly.
“No… she’s not. Who’s this?”
“Oh God… Michael… they said she isn’t there.” Malachi heard the girl begin to freak.
“Is Max there?” A guy’s voice sounds on the line.
“Yeah… he’s here.” Malachi takes the phone from his ear, “For you, Max.” He shrugged and stepped away as Max reached for it.
Max put the phone up to his ear and instantly could tell from Maria’s freaking out that it was Michael. “How did you get the number here, Michael?”
“Alex.”
“What’s going on? Why does Maria sound worse then usual?”
“Maxwell… Khivar, Nicholas and Lonnie took Liz… then Lonnie showed up dead in Liz’s room. She’s gone, Max. We don’t know if she’s alive or not, but the kids… Rowe and Jake had a dream of sorts… like a memory or something. Anyway, they saw who has her. Isabel walked them and saw everything they saw. She’s carrying twins, already chosen a name and everything. Journal should still be on the bed, right?”
“God, Michael. Have they seen anything else?”
“No, darkness with Liz screaming and then silence.”
Max found the phone slipping out of his hand and looked at Tess and Kyle. “We’ve got to get home to Roswell…”
“You aren’t going to look for Liz alone. Where you go, we go. After the dreams she’d been having, we promised we’d do anything we could to be here for her. If she’s in trouble, we’re going to help get her out of it.” Malachi and Serena both looked at him with determination as did Ava who had nodded.
“Fine. Whatever. We need to get back quick.”
This was when Mal smiled. “Not a problem. Ava… get them to the air field in twenty minutes.” He looked at Serena who nodded, “Sis, you get everything we’ll need if everything Liz said was correct.”
Serena nodded and they both rushed out of the house and got into their perspective vehicles. All three had driven themselves in case they had to leave earlier then the other.
Isabel and Alex had decided that they needed to steal a moment away. So, they’d gone out back of Valenti’s house and stared at the stars. Night had fallen, everyone was back and everyone was upset. Isabel had asked Alex to come outside with her, wanting to comfort him as he had comforted her before. They were silent for several long moments before Isabel turned to look at Alex, taking his hand in hers. “Alex. Can you ever forgive me for how I’ve treated you in the past?”
Alex looked at her with shock, not understanding what she meant as he spoke, “Um... Iz... there’s nothing to forgive.”
“Yes there is. I pushed you away. I made you feel used. I didn’t let you know how much I needed you or appreciated you. I never told you how much you meant to me. I simply kept telling you that we wouldn’t be anything more then friends and it was because of my stupid fears.” Isabel wasn’t even aware of how much she was rambling, or even notice the smile that had lifted Alex’s lips. Even as she continued, Alex simply placed his thumb and forefinger on her chin and lifted her chin so she could meet his eyes before he leaned over and pressed his lips to hers.
The move was effective in cutting off the words Isabel had been about to add and she melted into the kiss, her arms finding their way to wrapping around his neck. Alex took that as his queue and wrapped his arms around her waist, reveling in the knowledge that she really cared. Liz had been right and he really wanted to know what it was that had made her so aware. Kissing Isabel in this way was so exhilarating that Alex was worried he would wake up any second and find it to be a dream. After several long moments he drew back and smiled at her, “Isabel, you had your reasons, I knew that. I knew that you weren’t ready and that it was hard for you. Yes, you tried pushing me away, but I’m right here, Isabel. I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to be a part of your life in whatever way you are comfortable with.”
Isabel was silent for a moment, looking at him and doing something that wasn’t something she was known for. Her eyes misted over even as she smiled, “Alex, I want you to be in my life completely, without restrictions. I broke things off with Grant the night Liz took off because I finally admitted to myself that it’s you I want to be with.”
Alex’s heart soared and he simply embraced Isabel uncertain of just how to respond, he was just so thrilled, happy… there were so many words that he could think of to explain how he felt at that moment.
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This is a brief chapter... a brief update... I'll be working on more as well...
Chapter 15
Liz didn’t know how much longer she’d be able to hold out. It seemed as though she’d spent the last several days trying her best to tend the wounds that Zan had, the two talking and each time she was hurt he’d quietly heal her, though she still didn’t know his story or how it was he turned out to be alive. It was growing increasingly difficult for her to keep from giving in when Khivar or Nicholas decided to start in on her. She knew that she had been lucky, she knew that at anytime Nicholas might try to mind rape her and she was afraid of that more then the beatings that had become habit. Each day she would be thankful that he hadn’t done that yet, but she knew her captor’s were growing impatient.
“Liz, I’m getting’ well enough to be able to make a distraction so’s ya can get outta here. Ya think ya can do what’s needed?”
“No, Zan… if I go you have to go with me. There’s someone that really misses you and is lost without you.” Liz told him, reaching a hand out. She’d come to think of Zan as another friend, though looking into his eyes when they had enough light in the cave from candles, or hearing his voice made her ache for Max. “I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I returned to her and wasn’t able to see you both reunited.”
Zan took her hand in his and gave her a smile, “Then let’s hope we both can get out of here once I’ve enacted the plan.”
Footsteps sounded along with voices, “Don’t bother holding back, Nicholas. With or without the brats I want answers and I want them now.” Liz heard the familiar sound of Khivar’s voice and felt herself tense, sliding away from Zan who returned to his fetal position. It had left them thinking that they had broken Zan when they saw him like that.
Liz felt her gut clench and instantly placed her hands over her stomach wanting to protect them as she always did, not wanting her babies to come to harm. “As you wish, Khivar. I’ll get everything we need out of her today.”
Just his words sent chills up and down her spine and when he walked into the cavern room, a small lantern in hand, she could see them both wearing very pleased smiles. Max, I love you. Let me find strength. She thought silently, sending out her silent prayers and as she stared at them, waiting to see what she could do she suddenly felt as though two sets of arms surrounded her in warmth. Something about the feeling gave her strength to keep from cowering as Nicholas made short work of moving up to her.
“Well, Liz. We have some things to take care of, but I need you to tell me what we want to know. I’ll give you one more chance to simply say what we want to hear.” Nicholas began and slowly Liz simply smiled as the feeling seemed to strengthen.
“You’ll never get anything from me, Nicholas. Nothing you can do will get me to talk.” Liz said, surprised that even her tone of voice was strong and steady. “Do your worst, Nick, I’m not talking.”
Nicholas smirked as he stepped over to her, his hand instantly moving over the crown of her head as he closed his eyes, “Very well. Let’s see what we can find in your sick human brain.”
Even as the pain began, Liz closed her eyes and began concentrating on thinking only of Max and her friends. Of her babies. She refused to let herself think of what information he might still be able to glean. “What’s this? What do you think you are doing?” His voice held a slight panic to it and she couldn’t help but wonder what it was. “Come on, let’s see where the granolith is.” The pain increased in her head and she couldn’t keep herself from crying out, the sensation of the arms remained strong.
“You’ll never find it.” She said between her gritted teeth. “Never.”
“Don’t be too certain.” Nicholas commented. “Well, what’s this? A future version of Max? Well, well, well. This is interesting. Oh, you naughty girl. With passion like that… I might have to have some fun if you survive.” He continued to delve but something strange seemed to surge from Liz and as he tried he was thrust away from her by an invisible force. However, she only got a brief reprieve as he got up and moved back to her, once again beginning to go through her mind, this time his other hand gripped her hair tightly. “I’ll have fun taking my time to kill you.”
“You won’t have the chance to do anything.” The sound of another voice filled the cavern and Nicholas’ touch moved away. Liz opened her eyes and made out a form that wasn’t in the slightest familiar, yet somehow she wasn’t afraid.
“Oh, and how exactly would you plan on stopping me Sarieta?” Nicholas asked and as Liz watched the woman lifted a hand, forcing him to be thrown away from where Liz was.
“Nicholas… you are Khivar’s dog. You might have been a power before, but you’ve lost your edge. I am here with several others to see to it that you and Khivar fail in destroying this planet. And… you two are such fools you let me straight to you.” She turned and motioned to some unseen person or people. “Let’s get these two out of here and to safety. We’ll deal with Khivar and Nicholas another time.”
When she turned back to look at Liz, a smile lifted her lips while she strode forward, her hand shot out to the side and Liz turned to see Nicholas pushed back against the wall again before she felt a smile on her own lips, seeing his head loll to the side. “I assume that you are Liz?”
Looking back at the stranger, Liz moved to try and stand, though it wasn’t quite as easy as she had wished it to be. Zan was also moving to his feet and as she watched he moved to embrace the woman. “Sarieta, it has been far too long. How is our mother?”
Liz’s eyes widened as she realized that this wasn’t just some other alien before her. “Zan, it has been too long. The Queen is well and sent us here. Come, let’s get you two out of here and then we’ll fill you in.”
Chapter 15
Liz didn’t know how much longer she’d be able to hold out. It seemed as though she’d spent the last several days trying her best to tend the wounds that Zan had, the two talking and each time she was hurt he’d quietly heal her, though she still didn’t know his story or how it was he turned out to be alive. It was growing increasingly difficult for her to keep from giving in when Khivar or Nicholas decided to start in on her. She knew that she had been lucky, she knew that at anytime Nicholas might try to mind rape her and she was afraid of that more then the beatings that had become habit. Each day she would be thankful that he hadn’t done that yet, but she knew her captor’s were growing impatient.
“Liz, I’m getting’ well enough to be able to make a distraction so’s ya can get outta here. Ya think ya can do what’s needed?”
“No, Zan… if I go you have to go with me. There’s someone that really misses you and is lost without you.” Liz told him, reaching a hand out. She’d come to think of Zan as another friend, though looking into his eyes when they had enough light in the cave from candles, or hearing his voice made her ache for Max. “I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I returned to her and wasn’t able to see you both reunited.”
Zan took her hand in his and gave her a smile, “Then let’s hope we both can get out of here once I’ve enacted the plan.”
Footsteps sounded along with voices, “Don’t bother holding back, Nicholas. With or without the brats I want answers and I want them now.” Liz heard the familiar sound of Khivar’s voice and felt herself tense, sliding away from Zan who returned to his fetal position. It had left them thinking that they had broken Zan when they saw him like that.
Liz felt her gut clench and instantly placed her hands over her stomach wanting to protect them as she always did, not wanting her babies to come to harm. “As you wish, Khivar. I’ll get everything we need out of her today.”
Just his words sent chills up and down her spine and when he walked into the cavern room, a small lantern in hand, she could see them both wearing very pleased smiles. Max, I love you. Let me find strength. She thought silently, sending out her silent prayers and as she stared at them, waiting to see what she could do she suddenly felt as though two sets of arms surrounded her in warmth. Something about the feeling gave her strength to keep from cowering as Nicholas made short work of moving up to her.
“Well, Liz. We have some things to take care of, but I need you to tell me what we want to know. I’ll give you one more chance to simply say what we want to hear.” Nicholas began and slowly Liz simply smiled as the feeling seemed to strengthen.
“You’ll never get anything from me, Nicholas. Nothing you can do will get me to talk.” Liz said, surprised that even her tone of voice was strong and steady. “Do your worst, Nick, I’m not talking.”
Nicholas smirked as he stepped over to her, his hand instantly moving over the crown of her head as he closed his eyes, “Very well. Let’s see what we can find in your sick human brain.”
Even as the pain began, Liz closed her eyes and began concentrating on thinking only of Max and her friends. Of her babies. She refused to let herself think of what information he might still be able to glean. “What’s this? What do you think you are doing?” His voice held a slight panic to it and she couldn’t help but wonder what it was. “Come on, let’s see where the granolith is.” The pain increased in her head and she couldn’t keep herself from crying out, the sensation of the arms remained strong.
“You’ll never find it.” She said between her gritted teeth. “Never.”
“Don’t be too certain.” Nicholas commented. “Well, what’s this? A future version of Max? Well, well, well. This is interesting. Oh, you naughty girl. With passion like that… I might have to have some fun if you survive.” He continued to delve but something strange seemed to surge from Liz and as he tried he was thrust away from her by an invisible force. However, she only got a brief reprieve as he got up and moved back to her, once again beginning to go through her mind, this time his other hand gripped her hair tightly. “I’ll have fun taking my time to kill you.”
“You won’t have the chance to do anything.” The sound of another voice filled the cavern and Nicholas’ touch moved away. Liz opened her eyes and made out a form that wasn’t in the slightest familiar, yet somehow she wasn’t afraid.
“Oh, and how exactly would you plan on stopping me Sarieta?” Nicholas asked and as Liz watched the woman lifted a hand, forcing him to be thrown away from where Liz was.
“Nicholas… you are Khivar’s dog. You might have been a power before, but you’ve lost your edge. I am here with several others to see to it that you and Khivar fail in destroying this planet. And… you two are such fools you let me straight to you.” She turned and motioned to some unseen person or people. “Let’s get these two out of here and to safety. We’ll deal with Khivar and Nicholas another time.”
When she turned back to look at Liz, a smile lifted her lips while she strode forward, her hand shot out to the side and Liz turned to see Nicholas pushed back against the wall again before she felt a smile on her own lips, seeing his head loll to the side. “I assume that you are Liz?”
Looking back at the stranger, Liz moved to try and stand, though it wasn’t quite as easy as she had wished it to be. Zan was also moving to his feet and as she watched he moved to embrace the woman. “Sarieta, it has been far too long. How is our mother?”
Liz’s eyes widened as she realized that this wasn’t just some other alien before her. “Zan, it has been too long. The Queen is well and sent us here. Come, let’s get you two out of here and then we’ll fill you in.”
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Thanks everyone... here's another update and I'm also working on the next chapter and may have it out before I go to bed tonight.
Chapter 16
Rowe and Jake sat in the living room, holding onto each other in a tight embrace as they focused on Liz and keeping her safe. They didn’t know why, but when Serena had joined the others, her and Malachi seemed to think that the twins were connected to Liz. They’d let Serena do some different tests but the others had yet to explain. Ava, Isabel, Max, Michael, and Tess all had hands on the twins and were using their powers to connect to them. It was then that the group got an image of Liz staring at Khivar and another man who looked as though they were going to kill her.
They watched the scene unfolding and Max wished he could run to her, instead he heard her saying the name Nicholas. The way things were going, Max almost broke the circle with the urge to find her but all he could tell from her surrounding was that it was some sort of cave and with the way things could be at Carlsbad or other places that didn’t help him. As they continued, when Nicholas seemed to stand back up after somehow Liz seemed to have pushed him away, they all breathed a collective sigh of relief when he seemed to step back and turn away.
What they saw there had all of the hybrids gasping in shock. Sarieta Tol? How could she be on earth and looking not even a day older then their memories? Then again, all of them other then Ava were also questioning how they knew who she was. They drew back and looked at the children, and their human friends. “Liz is safe. She was rescued. She should be home soon.”
Ava herself was filled with joy for another reason, Zan was there and alive! She had seen him, heard Liz call him by name and she couldn’t believe he was really alive. She had so many questions. She had wondered why he’d never met up with her again. She’d worried that he had been hurt more then he had let on and actually died on her. She’d believed he had to of been dead because otherwise he would have met her like he’d promised. Looking around, she felt guilty because she had allowed so much to come into these people’s lives with her one lie. Zan hadn’t died when Rath and Lonnie thought he did. They’d had a feeling something was going on so they had planned for the eventuality. When she’d seen the move in place she’d mind-warped Lonnie and Rath into thinking they saw Zan killed. He’d been injured and she had taken him to a nearby hood, a friend tending to him.
When she’d learned about Roswell, she’d come up with a plan that Zan had agreed to and then suddenly she’d followed it and he never showed up. When she went back to the hood, they’d told her that he had left when planned and was heading to meet her, but it had been a couple months by then and she’d chosen to go back and wait. That’s when she’d run into Liz. Looked like the circle was widening.
As Zan and Liz were assisted out of the caves no one really spoke, they didn’t really want to speak. Zan had many questions for Sar and for the others. But now wasn’t the time. Once they were outside, both he and Liz winced at the sudden light and had to shield their eyes. Sunglasses were handed over to them, which they gratefully took and placed over their eyes before sighing in relief. Liz’s head was the worst for the wear thanks to Nicholas’ attack, but she was glad to be free. As they made their way to a very odd looking vehicle, she found herself having to question, “Who are you people?”
Zan smiled and squeezed her hand since they had simply shifted to kind of help each other along. “Liz, meet Sarieta, one of the commanders that used to work under Rath back on Antar. She is also the cousin of who we were in the other life. Then, there’s Helos, her husband and one of the best tacticians we ever had.”
“I wouldn’t exactly say that, Your Majesty. I was just good at learning what Khivar was planning… just wasn’t in time when the final blow came.” Helos hung his head in shame. He still blamed himself for how things had turned out.
Sar reached her hand out to her husband’s shoulder and gave a squeeze, “Love, you know as well as I that you couldn’t have stopped what happened. Not anymore then Vilandra could have. She was tricked and in turn tricked us without knowing she was. Queen Viene has told you time and again that it wasn’t your fault, you truly must stop blaming yourself.” She then turned and spoke to Liz, “We were sent here to aid Earth against the Skins. We have a small contingent with us at the moment and others that are planning to rally more troops to come to Earth as well.”
“Seems to me, we’ll need all the help we can get.” She was forced to pause when she felt movement flutter through her stomach and her free hand lifted to rest over her swollen abdomen. In just the few days since she’d been captured, she had increased in size and as much as she didn’t want Max to see her like this, she knew she had to go home, “Where are you planning on going now?” She asked as she was helped into the conveyance and settled in. Looking around, it seemed similar to a normal car, but there were gadgets inside that she knew she’d never be able to figure out.
“We need to get you home and then find the other royals.” Helos replied.
“And then we need to form a plan to keep the granolith safe while we turn the area into a base.” This came from another of the people with Helos and Liz turned to look at him. “I’m Helos’ brother, Hectos, the basic computer operations man as you would call it here. Then, that’s our other brother, Pyr. He’s weapons expert.”
“Nice to meet all of you. I’m Liz, and the other royals are all probably worried about me in Roswell.”
Sarieta looked at Zan as though for confirmation and he nodded, “Lonnie and Rath turned on us. Ava, I’m not sure where she is.”
“I can find out. Once we get back to the others I can call my friend in New Hampshire and see to it that we find out if Ava is still around.” Liz allowed and saw a relieved smile on his face. She’d learned that though at one point he had felt kind of like there was someone else out there, Ava was indeed the woman he loved. It had taken this ordeal for him to see that.
“So, to Roswell we will go.”
“How did you know how to find us?”
“Actually, that would be because of the reading we picked up from those little one’s you are carrying. They are going to be extremely powerful when they get older with the readings they are already giving off. Larek has already told us about you, so when we saw you we were certain that you were in on the secrets, not just because you were being held captive because the way Nick and Khivar can be, they don’t care.”
Chapter 16
Rowe and Jake sat in the living room, holding onto each other in a tight embrace as they focused on Liz and keeping her safe. They didn’t know why, but when Serena had joined the others, her and Malachi seemed to think that the twins were connected to Liz. They’d let Serena do some different tests but the others had yet to explain. Ava, Isabel, Max, Michael, and Tess all had hands on the twins and were using their powers to connect to them. It was then that the group got an image of Liz staring at Khivar and another man who looked as though they were going to kill her.
They watched the scene unfolding and Max wished he could run to her, instead he heard her saying the name Nicholas. The way things were going, Max almost broke the circle with the urge to find her but all he could tell from her surrounding was that it was some sort of cave and with the way things could be at Carlsbad or other places that didn’t help him. As they continued, when Nicholas seemed to stand back up after somehow Liz seemed to have pushed him away, they all breathed a collective sigh of relief when he seemed to step back and turn away.
What they saw there had all of the hybrids gasping in shock. Sarieta Tol? How could she be on earth and looking not even a day older then their memories? Then again, all of them other then Ava were also questioning how they knew who she was. They drew back and looked at the children, and their human friends. “Liz is safe. She was rescued. She should be home soon.”
Ava herself was filled with joy for another reason, Zan was there and alive! She had seen him, heard Liz call him by name and she couldn’t believe he was really alive. She had so many questions. She had wondered why he’d never met up with her again. She’d worried that he had been hurt more then he had let on and actually died on her. She’d believed he had to of been dead because otherwise he would have met her like he’d promised. Looking around, she felt guilty because she had allowed so much to come into these people’s lives with her one lie. Zan hadn’t died when Rath and Lonnie thought he did. They’d had a feeling something was going on so they had planned for the eventuality. When she’d seen the move in place she’d mind-warped Lonnie and Rath into thinking they saw Zan killed. He’d been injured and she had taken him to a nearby hood, a friend tending to him.
When she’d learned about Roswell, she’d come up with a plan that Zan had agreed to and then suddenly she’d followed it and he never showed up. When she went back to the hood, they’d told her that he had left when planned and was heading to meet her, but it had been a couple months by then and she’d chosen to go back and wait. That’s when she’d run into Liz. Looked like the circle was widening.
As Zan and Liz were assisted out of the caves no one really spoke, they didn’t really want to speak. Zan had many questions for Sar and for the others. But now wasn’t the time. Once they were outside, both he and Liz winced at the sudden light and had to shield their eyes. Sunglasses were handed over to them, which they gratefully took and placed over their eyes before sighing in relief. Liz’s head was the worst for the wear thanks to Nicholas’ attack, but she was glad to be free. As they made their way to a very odd looking vehicle, she found herself having to question, “Who are you people?”
Zan smiled and squeezed her hand since they had simply shifted to kind of help each other along. “Liz, meet Sarieta, one of the commanders that used to work under Rath back on Antar. She is also the cousin of who we were in the other life. Then, there’s Helos, her husband and one of the best tacticians we ever had.”
“I wouldn’t exactly say that, Your Majesty. I was just good at learning what Khivar was planning… just wasn’t in time when the final blow came.” Helos hung his head in shame. He still blamed himself for how things had turned out.
Sar reached her hand out to her husband’s shoulder and gave a squeeze, “Love, you know as well as I that you couldn’t have stopped what happened. Not anymore then Vilandra could have. She was tricked and in turn tricked us without knowing she was. Queen Viene has told you time and again that it wasn’t your fault, you truly must stop blaming yourself.” She then turned and spoke to Liz, “We were sent here to aid Earth against the Skins. We have a small contingent with us at the moment and others that are planning to rally more troops to come to Earth as well.”
“Seems to me, we’ll need all the help we can get.” She was forced to pause when she felt movement flutter through her stomach and her free hand lifted to rest over her swollen abdomen. In just the few days since she’d been captured, she had increased in size and as much as she didn’t want Max to see her like this, she knew she had to go home, “Where are you planning on going now?” She asked as she was helped into the conveyance and settled in. Looking around, it seemed similar to a normal car, but there were gadgets inside that she knew she’d never be able to figure out.
“We need to get you home and then find the other royals.” Helos replied.
“And then we need to form a plan to keep the granolith safe while we turn the area into a base.” This came from another of the people with Helos and Liz turned to look at him. “I’m Helos’ brother, Hectos, the basic computer operations man as you would call it here. Then, that’s our other brother, Pyr. He’s weapons expert.”
“Nice to meet all of you. I’m Liz, and the other royals are all probably worried about me in Roswell.”
Sarieta looked at Zan as though for confirmation and he nodded, “Lonnie and Rath turned on us. Ava, I’m not sure where she is.”
“I can find out. Once we get back to the others I can call my friend in New Hampshire and see to it that we find out if Ava is still around.” Liz allowed and saw a relieved smile on his face. She’d learned that though at one point he had felt kind of like there was someone else out there, Ava was indeed the woman he loved. It had taken this ordeal for him to see that.
“So, to Roswell we will go.”
“How did you know how to find us?”
“Actually, that would be because of the reading we picked up from those little one’s you are carrying. They are going to be extremely powerful when they get older with the readings they are already giving off. Larek has already told us about you, so when we saw you we were certain that you were in on the secrets, not just because you were being held captive because the way Nick and Khivar can be, they don’t care.”
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Chapter 17
Jim had gone to the sheriff’s office for the day and was sitting in his office when Hanson came in, “Sheriff, there are some people here to see you.”
“Show them in, Deputy.” While he waited, he glanced down at the file he’d been going over, making certain everything was in order.
“Jim.” The second he heard the voice, he looked up and jumped out of his chair walking around the desk to embrace the young woman.
“Liz. You have no idea how worried everyone has been.” Jim greeted and gave her a large grin as he drew back and glanced at her stomach, “So it’s true then?” She simply smiled and nodded, “Congratulations. Have you been home yet?”
“No, I came straight here. I have some people that are here to help with our Skins problem. They rescued Zan and myself.” Liz explained and turned, motioning for others to enter the room. As Jim stared at one of them, his eyes went wide and he seemed to need to grab the desk.
“Hi, Jim.” Liz had learned that the one who’d spoken was named Tikali and had traveled to Earth previously trying to locate the pods or the hatchlings. Obviously, she’d met the Sheriff and from the reaction it was rather interesting.
“Tanya…?”
“Yes, that is the name you knew me under all those years ago. I hear tell you and Amy are getting along now.” All Jim could do was nod, “Sorry to spring this on you now. I’m actually named Tikali and I’m from the same place as the hybrids. You can call me Tika or Tanya, doesn’t matter to me either way. It’s good to see you, still rugged.”
Jim cleared his throat and Liz couldn’t stop from laughing as she saw him blush. “Can this funny little… umm… thing wait until later. I’d really like to see the others and we don’t have forever. The Skins are going to attack and the sooner we plan, the better.”
Jim nodded, “Oh… uh… right. They are all at my house. Or they were. We’ve kind of expanded it, thanks to those fabulous kids. Now, I’ll drive you over.”
“No need. Just meet me there in about half an hour. I’m going to let my parents know I’m alright and Tika wants to say hello to my dad too.” Another hug and she was off with Tika in tow.
Serena sat with the children, everyone else gathered around to hear what she had to say. “I know this is going to sound rather strange, but from all the testing that Mal and I did, it’s appearing that someone decided to completely recode the genetic structure within Rowe and Jake. They are still human, that’s no doubt, but it appears as though they’ve basically been interlaced with another human DNA strand and an alien strand. I don’t mean hybrid strand either, full alien.”
“How could that be? And what will that do to them?” She had already explained this to Jim over coffee that morning so she had been expecting these questions.
“Somehow, more then likely through some form of chemical therapy, they’ve been made to forget a specific span of time in which scientists studied them and did the change. What it’s doing is slowly spreading the alien cells through their bodies, effectively creating their own form of hybrid. They are somehow tied to Liz, which makes me think that somehow that day when she was healed, some of her blood was saved and her blood was fused into theirs at the same time as the alien DNA. They could very well gain powers, but it could also have a negative effect. Until we know for certain, we need to make certain that everyone is careful. That they aren’t left without someone around that can help them if there turns out to be a flare of a power out in public.”
Mal took over, “There are a couple of chemicals that are known for causing memory impairment that when used with the right dosage can cause a form of brainwashed memory regression. We can try hypnotic therapy with them, but I’m a bit wary about doing that with Jake. We don’t want his memories all surfacing at once. It could cause more severe trauma if they did.”
“I still don’t quite understand how you two could know so much when you aren’t that much older then we are.” Maria found herself interjecting and then bit her lip and shook her head, “Never mind… so if Rowe agrees and wants to, what exactly would need to be done…”
“Maria, it’s alright to think that there is something missing in this. I have often wondered myself how Serena and I became so filled with knowledge of things that even the most advanced scientist wouldn’t be able to grasp. I think I’ve finally figured it out.” Mal started and glanced at Serena, the two nodding as Malachi reached into one of his pockets and removed a small stone of sorts, that was embedded into a small band. He put it on his finger and for a small moment it sparked and then simply became an opal in appearance. “We’ve had these all our lives, since our grandfather gave them to us when we were young.”
“How did he get them? Where did he get them?” Max interrupted as he asked, his expression filled with confusion and intrigue. He was relaxed now that he knew Liz was alright and would be coming home soon. He doubted that Sarieta would go anywhere other then to where he was with the others.
“Poppy was one of the military men that was around when the ship crashed. He was curious and picked up one of the items without gloves on. It modified itself into simple rings on all his fingers. The brass didn’t notice, but it came in handy because he put it in a very safe place in case something happened. He was certain that after the base break out that happened one day he would be on the list next so he wanted insurance. A few years back he ended up getting Dementia and his mind started to fade. He was able to tell us where a few others were and we got them out, but when we went back, poppy had died. We knew he hadn’t died normally because of the autopsy.”
Mal placed a hand on Serena’s shoulder as his sister began tearing up, “Needless to say, we ran, changed our appearances as much as we were able and started a new life of our own. With these items in our possession, they seemed to strengthen the rings we had and it seemed as though the more we studied the more we knew. But somehow we weren’t just learning about human biology. Poppy had already mentioned seeing pods, how many there were and what it looked like so we began working on formulations, determined one day to find those aliens and aid them however we could. When Liz appeared, pregnant and actually passed out on us one day; Serena tested her blood and found the altered DNA. Liz had no choice but to fill us in, especially once we told her we knew about Ava.”
“Is everyone going to sit around talking about me, or am I going to find out just how it is that everyone is here in one place?” Liz called out, she had entered the house quietly with her small group, Jim helping her. She’d even stood there in the kitchen entry a moment, watching everyone she cared about as they interacted.
“Liz!” The kids were up and running before the others could get to her and she was being embraced by them. “We were so worried when we saw you taken.” Rowe said as she drew back and forced Jake to do the same. “I’m so glad you’re home.”
“So am I, Liz.” Jake replied.
As Rowe and Jake moved back, Maria took over embracing her best-friend with tears in her eyes. While they cried with each other, Zan stepped past them and took Ava in his arms, kissing her deeply before drawing back and simply holding her.
Max stands there, his hands in his pockets as he looks at her nervously, wanting nothing more then to take her in his arms but uncertain as to whether she would let him. Seeing her with his own eyes, alive and well, it was overwhelming even when he could also see that she was showing with the babies growing inside of her. When she looked at him from over Maria’s shoulder and their eyes met, he felt himself grow lost and took a few more steps forward without thinking.
“So, you are called Max now?” Sarieta’s voice sounded, breaking him of the spell and he looked at her, “We have a great deal to talk about with all of you. We were sent here by the Elder Queen.”
Isabel spoke up as she moved forward, Alex keeping his arm around her shoulders, “Talk of such things can wait. We’ve all been worrying about Liz and minds need to be eased before we think on the coming battles that are certain to be taking place if you are here.” She placed her hand around Alex’s waist and smiled at him. “We all have things to catch up on.”
Sarieta and Helos shared a smile and then nodded, “As you wish, Princess. We will wait. However, in the meantime, I think I should issue orders to our troops to begin constructing our base. Pyr, I want you to begin determining the weapons here on Earth that might be able to be altered to use against the Skins. Jim and Tika can go with you to do that.”
Jim had already agreed with helping in whatever way he could though they hadn’t yet determined how to let the world’s population know about the fact that there really were aliens and which ones were good and which one’s weren’t. So, with a nod he left with Tika and Pyr, planning to do just that. Kyle excused himself and decided he wanted to go with his father but stopped long enough to give Liz a hug and welcome her back with a smile before walking out.
“Will everyone just calm down and sit. Liz just got back, she doesn’t need everyone overwhelming her, so let her sit down and rest.” Michael spoke gruffly and when Liz looked at him, she was surprised to see his eyes seemed to be watering slightly.
“Good to see you too, Michael.” Liz replied with a smile as Maria began ushering her over to the couch, when she passed Max, she found herself reach out to place her hand on his shoulder as she said, “Hi, Max.” That simple touch caused memories to rush over her and she sighed as she stepped away, walking with Maria. It had been so long and she wanted nothing more then to have Max’s arms around her. Part of her would easily give over to the desire to go back and change things, but the babies she carried were important to her and she wouldn’t give them up for anything. She knew she couldn’t go back, but she was afraid of how things would be going forward. Her life with Max was over, the sooner she accepted that the better.
“Are you okay, Liz?” Serena asked as she greeted her, giving her a hug. “The babies?”
“All three of them are fine. I’ve already made certain to check.” Zan replied as they all positioned themselves around the living room. “Nicholas tried to do many things to Liz, but something seemed to keep protecting the babies.”
Max felt anger fill him and concern, what else had happened to Liz that they hadn’t seen? If he asked, would she tell him? Before he could even form a question about it, Michael and Malachi seemed to be of like mind and spoke simultaneously, “Liz, no more vanishing acts, stay in Roswell.”
Liz laughed as she looked at them, “Mal, I always thought you and Michael would get along. As to my leaving, I have no intention of leaving again. Not with what Sar and Helos told me was about ready to happen. I’m determined to be here to see everything through. I’m sorry I had everyone worried, I just couldn’t let myself stay around before…” She didn’t dare look at Max as she said that and instead nibbled at her lip nervously, her hands resting on her stomach.
“Liz… I need to thank you for your letter.” She heard Tess say and looked up at her with surprise and a question filled her gaze, “Max and I may have been meant for each other in our other life, but I am not in love with him. I am in love with someone else.”
Liz felt joy fill her but she also felt sadness because she couldn’t be with Max. There was no way he could forgive her for what she did, she was sure of it.
Jim had gone to the sheriff’s office for the day and was sitting in his office when Hanson came in, “Sheriff, there are some people here to see you.”
“Show them in, Deputy.” While he waited, he glanced down at the file he’d been going over, making certain everything was in order.
“Jim.” The second he heard the voice, he looked up and jumped out of his chair walking around the desk to embrace the young woman.
“Liz. You have no idea how worried everyone has been.” Jim greeted and gave her a large grin as he drew back and glanced at her stomach, “So it’s true then?” She simply smiled and nodded, “Congratulations. Have you been home yet?”
“No, I came straight here. I have some people that are here to help with our Skins problem. They rescued Zan and myself.” Liz explained and turned, motioning for others to enter the room. As Jim stared at one of them, his eyes went wide and he seemed to need to grab the desk.
“Hi, Jim.” Liz had learned that the one who’d spoken was named Tikali and had traveled to Earth previously trying to locate the pods or the hatchlings. Obviously, she’d met the Sheriff and from the reaction it was rather interesting.
“Tanya…?”
“Yes, that is the name you knew me under all those years ago. I hear tell you and Amy are getting along now.” All Jim could do was nod, “Sorry to spring this on you now. I’m actually named Tikali and I’m from the same place as the hybrids. You can call me Tika or Tanya, doesn’t matter to me either way. It’s good to see you, still rugged.”
Jim cleared his throat and Liz couldn’t stop from laughing as she saw him blush. “Can this funny little… umm… thing wait until later. I’d really like to see the others and we don’t have forever. The Skins are going to attack and the sooner we plan, the better.”
Jim nodded, “Oh… uh… right. They are all at my house. Or they were. We’ve kind of expanded it, thanks to those fabulous kids. Now, I’ll drive you over.”
“No need. Just meet me there in about half an hour. I’m going to let my parents know I’m alright and Tika wants to say hello to my dad too.” Another hug and she was off with Tika in tow.
Serena sat with the children, everyone else gathered around to hear what she had to say. “I know this is going to sound rather strange, but from all the testing that Mal and I did, it’s appearing that someone decided to completely recode the genetic structure within Rowe and Jake. They are still human, that’s no doubt, but it appears as though they’ve basically been interlaced with another human DNA strand and an alien strand. I don’t mean hybrid strand either, full alien.”
“How could that be? And what will that do to them?” She had already explained this to Jim over coffee that morning so she had been expecting these questions.
“Somehow, more then likely through some form of chemical therapy, they’ve been made to forget a specific span of time in which scientists studied them and did the change. What it’s doing is slowly spreading the alien cells through their bodies, effectively creating their own form of hybrid. They are somehow tied to Liz, which makes me think that somehow that day when she was healed, some of her blood was saved and her blood was fused into theirs at the same time as the alien DNA. They could very well gain powers, but it could also have a negative effect. Until we know for certain, we need to make certain that everyone is careful. That they aren’t left without someone around that can help them if there turns out to be a flare of a power out in public.”
Mal took over, “There are a couple of chemicals that are known for causing memory impairment that when used with the right dosage can cause a form of brainwashed memory regression. We can try hypnotic therapy with them, but I’m a bit wary about doing that with Jake. We don’t want his memories all surfacing at once. It could cause more severe trauma if they did.”
“I still don’t quite understand how you two could know so much when you aren’t that much older then we are.” Maria found herself interjecting and then bit her lip and shook her head, “Never mind… so if Rowe agrees and wants to, what exactly would need to be done…”
“Maria, it’s alright to think that there is something missing in this. I have often wondered myself how Serena and I became so filled with knowledge of things that even the most advanced scientist wouldn’t be able to grasp. I think I’ve finally figured it out.” Mal started and glanced at Serena, the two nodding as Malachi reached into one of his pockets and removed a small stone of sorts, that was embedded into a small band. He put it on his finger and for a small moment it sparked and then simply became an opal in appearance. “We’ve had these all our lives, since our grandfather gave them to us when we were young.”
“How did he get them? Where did he get them?” Max interrupted as he asked, his expression filled with confusion and intrigue. He was relaxed now that he knew Liz was alright and would be coming home soon. He doubted that Sarieta would go anywhere other then to where he was with the others.
“Poppy was one of the military men that was around when the ship crashed. He was curious and picked up one of the items without gloves on. It modified itself into simple rings on all his fingers. The brass didn’t notice, but it came in handy because he put it in a very safe place in case something happened. He was certain that after the base break out that happened one day he would be on the list next so he wanted insurance. A few years back he ended up getting Dementia and his mind started to fade. He was able to tell us where a few others were and we got them out, but when we went back, poppy had died. We knew he hadn’t died normally because of the autopsy.”
Mal placed a hand on Serena’s shoulder as his sister began tearing up, “Needless to say, we ran, changed our appearances as much as we were able and started a new life of our own. With these items in our possession, they seemed to strengthen the rings we had and it seemed as though the more we studied the more we knew. But somehow we weren’t just learning about human biology. Poppy had already mentioned seeing pods, how many there were and what it looked like so we began working on formulations, determined one day to find those aliens and aid them however we could. When Liz appeared, pregnant and actually passed out on us one day; Serena tested her blood and found the altered DNA. Liz had no choice but to fill us in, especially once we told her we knew about Ava.”
“Is everyone going to sit around talking about me, or am I going to find out just how it is that everyone is here in one place?” Liz called out, she had entered the house quietly with her small group, Jim helping her. She’d even stood there in the kitchen entry a moment, watching everyone she cared about as they interacted.
“Liz!” The kids were up and running before the others could get to her and she was being embraced by them. “We were so worried when we saw you taken.” Rowe said as she drew back and forced Jake to do the same. “I’m so glad you’re home.”
“So am I, Liz.” Jake replied.
As Rowe and Jake moved back, Maria took over embracing her best-friend with tears in her eyes. While they cried with each other, Zan stepped past them and took Ava in his arms, kissing her deeply before drawing back and simply holding her.
Max stands there, his hands in his pockets as he looks at her nervously, wanting nothing more then to take her in his arms but uncertain as to whether she would let him. Seeing her with his own eyes, alive and well, it was overwhelming even when he could also see that she was showing with the babies growing inside of her. When she looked at him from over Maria’s shoulder and their eyes met, he felt himself grow lost and took a few more steps forward without thinking.
“So, you are called Max now?” Sarieta’s voice sounded, breaking him of the spell and he looked at her, “We have a great deal to talk about with all of you. We were sent here by the Elder Queen.”
Isabel spoke up as she moved forward, Alex keeping his arm around her shoulders, “Talk of such things can wait. We’ve all been worrying about Liz and minds need to be eased before we think on the coming battles that are certain to be taking place if you are here.” She placed her hand around Alex’s waist and smiled at him. “We all have things to catch up on.”
Sarieta and Helos shared a smile and then nodded, “As you wish, Princess. We will wait. However, in the meantime, I think I should issue orders to our troops to begin constructing our base. Pyr, I want you to begin determining the weapons here on Earth that might be able to be altered to use against the Skins. Jim and Tika can go with you to do that.”
Jim had already agreed with helping in whatever way he could though they hadn’t yet determined how to let the world’s population know about the fact that there really were aliens and which ones were good and which one’s weren’t. So, with a nod he left with Tika and Pyr, planning to do just that. Kyle excused himself and decided he wanted to go with his father but stopped long enough to give Liz a hug and welcome her back with a smile before walking out.
“Will everyone just calm down and sit. Liz just got back, she doesn’t need everyone overwhelming her, so let her sit down and rest.” Michael spoke gruffly and when Liz looked at him, she was surprised to see his eyes seemed to be watering slightly.
“Good to see you too, Michael.” Liz replied with a smile as Maria began ushering her over to the couch, when she passed Max, she found herself reach out to place her hand on his shoulder as she said, “Hi, Max.” That simple touch caused memories to rush over her and she sighed as she stepped away, walking with Maria. It had been so long and she wanted nothing more then to have Max’s arms around her. Part of her would easily give over to the desire to go back and change things, but the babies she carried were important to her and she wouldn’t give them up for anything. She knew she couldn’t go back, but she was afraid of how things would be going forward. Her life with Max was over, the sooner she accepted that the better.
“Are you okay, Liz?” Serena asked as she greeted her, giving her a hug. “The babies?”
“All three of them are fine. I’ve already made certain to check.” Zan replied as they all positioned themselves around the living room. “Nicholas tried to do many things to Liz, but something seemed to keep protecting the babies.”
Max felt anger fill him and concern, what else had happened to Liz that they hadn’t seen? If he asked, would she tell him? Before he could even form a question about it, Michael and Malachi seemed to be of like mind and spoke simultaneously, “Liz, no more vanishing acts, stay in Roswell.”
Liz laughed as she looked at them, “Mal, I always thought you and Michael would get along. As to my leaving, I have no intention of leaving again. Not with what Sar and Helos told me was about ready to happen. I’m determined to be here to see everything through. I’m sorry I had everyone worried, I just couldn’t let myself stay around before…” She didn’t dare look at Max as she said that and instead nibbled at her lip nervously, her hands resting on her stomach.
“Liz… I need to thank you for your letter.” She heard Tess say and looked up at her with surprise and a question filled her gaze, “Max and I may have been meant for each other in our other life, but I am not in love with him. I am in love with someone else.”
Liz felt joy fill her but she also felt sadness because she couldn’t be with Max. There was no way he could forgive her for what she did, she was sure of it.
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Lyrics used in this chapter are from a Garth Brooks song, and this chapter isn't all that long... but hopefully it'll help set things up for people. I will be working on more, however I will not be able to post more until Sun/Mon because I will be out of town.
Chapter 18
As everyone spent time getting to know the newcomers, Jake grew tired and excused himself with Rowe following. As she brushed her brother’s hair back she couldn’t keep from thinking about just how much she was often protecting him from and how much she wished she could bring him completely back to her. She always felt like she was missing something, like she was loosing something without him being able to remember things. He was her other half, before Dick had become violent, they had shared everything and been close, now there was so much she had to hide from him. So much she could never tell him. She didn’t care that the others who were her age or so considered her a kid because she hadn’t had a childhood for ages.
“Sing to me, Rowe…” Her brother’s tired voice sounded and she smiled down at him, nodding softly.
Rowe was silent for a moment while she tried to decide what song, but when she did, she changed some of the lyrics for the song. “Close your eyes, Jake and I’ll sing one of your favorites.”
“This aint comin’ from no prophet,
Just an ordinary gal
When I close my eyes, I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand.”
As she sang the words, she used a hand to take hold of his lightly while the other continued to smooth his hair back.
“When the last child cries for a crust of bread,
When the last man dies for just words that he said,
When there’s shelter over the poorest head,
We shall be free.
When the last thing we notice is the color of skin,
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again,
Then we shall be free.
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
Cause we shall be free.
When we’re free to love anyone we choose
When this world’s big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
‘Cause we shall be free.” She saw that her brother slept, but rather then stopping her song, she continued, unaware that she now had an audience.
“And when money talks for the very last time,
And nobody walks a step behind
When there’s only one race and that’s mankind,
We shall be free.
We shall be free.
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out
We shall be free.
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, have a little faith
We shall be free…”
Jake sighed in his sleep and Rowe simply closed her eyes, leaning against the headboard. She was a great deal freer now then she had been, but she just knew that Jake wasn’t completely and wouldn’t be until he remembered things.
Liz, on her way back from the bathroom, passed by the twin’s room and heard the lovely voice of Rowe, raised in song. As she opened the door just a little, she was graced with the chance to hear the girl more clearly and sighed, placing her hands on her stomach as she listened. The song was fitting to their situation and she couldn’t help but find her eyes misting over. One of her largest dreams was to be free. Completely free. Free of her fears that her babies wouldn’t have a future, of her fear that she could never have things how they were before Max learned his destiny. She knew none of that could ever be changed or known about. She wanted nothing more then to be assured that everything would be alright.
Hearing this song sung by Rowe was filling her with some hope, a small thread maybe, but still, it was there, blossoming inside her and she knew that in the days that were coming she would need to look back on this moment. As she stood there, she was surprised to feel an arm slip around her shoulders and as she turned she saw Max, looking into the room. “She chose a fitting song, Liz.” He barely whispered, drawing her into his light embrace.
As much as Liz feared what could happen if she gave in, she found herself letting her head rest against his shoulder. “Will we, Max? With Khivar and Nicholas on the loose, will we ever be free? I have to find somewhere safe for me and my babies, but there’s not a place, is there?” Liz found herself asking quietly and closed her eyes.
Chapter 18
As everyone spent time getting to know the newcomers, Jake grew tired and excused himself with Rowe following. As she brushed her brother’s hair back she couldn’t keep from thinking about just how much she was often protecting him from and how much she wished she could bring him completely back to her. She always felt like she was missing something, like she was loosing something without him being able to remember things. He was her other half, before Dick had become violent, they had shared everything and been close, now there was so much she had to hide from him. So much she could never tell him. She didn’t care that the others who were her age or so considered her a kid because she hadn’t had a childhood for ages.
“Sing to me, Rowe…” Her brother’s tired voice sounded and she smiled down at him, nodding softly.
Rowe was silent for a moment while she tried to decide what song, but when she did, she changed some of the lyrics for the song. “Close your eyes, Jake and I’ll sing one of your favorites.”
“This aint comin’ from no prophet,
Just an ordinary gal
When I close my eyes, I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand.”
As she sang the words, she used a hand to take hold of his lightly while the other continued to smooth his hair back.
“When the last child cries for a crust of bread,
When the last man dies for just words that he said,
When there’s shelter over the poorest head,
We shall be free.
When the last thing we notice is the color of skin,
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again,
Then we shall be free.
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
Cause we shall be free.
When we’re free to love anyone we choose
When this world’s big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
‘Cause we shall be free.” She saw that her brother slept, but rather then stopping her song, she continued, unaware that she now had an audience.
“And when money talks for the very last time,
And nobody walks a step behind
When there’s only one race and that’s mankind,
We shall be free.
We shall be free.
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out
We shall be free.
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, have a little faith
We shall be free…”
Jake sighed in his sleep and Rowe simply closed her eyes, leaning against the headboard. She was a great deal freer now then she had been, but she just knew that Jake wasn’t completely and wouldn’t be until he remembered things.
Liz, on her way back from the bathroom, passed by the twin’s room and heard the lovely voice of Rowe, raised in song. As she opened the door just a little, she was graced with the chance to hear the girl more clearly and sighed, placing her hands on her stomach as she listened. The song was fitting to their situation and she couldn’t help but find her eyes misting over. One of her largest dreams was to be free. Completely free. Free of her fears that her babies wouldn’t have a future, of her fear that she could never have things how they were before Max learned his destiny. She knew none of that could ever be changed or known about. She wanted nothing more then to be assured that everything would be alright.
Hearing this song sung by Rowe was filling her with some hope, a small thread maybe, but still, it was there, blossoming inside her and she knew that in the days that were coming she would need to look back on this moment. As she stood there, she was surprised to feel an arm slip around her shoulders and as she turned she saw Max, looking into the room. “She chose a fitting song, Liz.” He barely whispered, drawing her into his light embrace.
As much as Liz feared what could happen if she gave in, she found herself letting her head rest against his shoulder. “Will we, Max? With Khivar and Nicholas on the loose, will we ever be free? I have to find somewhere safe for me and my babies, but there’s not a place, is there?” Liz found herself asking quietly and closed her eyes.
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Earth2Mama - Thanks for the read, hope you like the new part.
begonia9508 -
Hope you'll find the new part interesting... however as to Max and Liz... nothing that is worth anything good is easy. A motto I am living by a great deal lately.
83 AlienAngel - Thanks.
dreamsatnight - Thanks
Jennifer24 - I'm so glad to see that you like it and wow... reading it all in one sitting? That really shocked me to see that. I've never thought that something I wrote would keep someone glued. I really hope you enjoy the many things that are coming up with it.
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Chapter 19
Max held Liz, wishing that he could give her an answer as they listened to Rowe singing to her brother. Her questions rang over and over in his mind. He’d wanted more then anything to be able to assure her, to protect her, but she was right. There wasn’t anything he could do. He couldn’t make her any promises to keep her safe, or to find somewhere that would keep her safe. The simple knowledge that came with having to admit that to himself caused his heart to ache and he drew her closer. “Liz, I’m sorry. I wish that I had a good answer for that. I wish I could protect you. When this is all over, I’ll let you have your life without me, the way you want. No matter how much it’ll hurt, no matter how hard it will be, I’ll never stop loving you, but I’ll let you go.”
Liz didn’t respond for so long that it had Max shifting to look at her and what he saw caused an ache in him, the tears running freely and silently down her cheeks. Without thinking or caring, he reached up and gently wiped them away with his thumbs, his eyes looking into hers. “How can you love me after everything I’ve done?” She asked softly as she met his gaze.
“How could I not? Liz, I’ve loved you with every breath since long before I healed you. Nothing could keep me from loving you. Yes, when I thought you slept with Kyle I was hurt and turned myself cold, but even then I still loved you. Even then I wanted to be with you. When you told me that it didn’t really happen, I was hoping that I would be able to convince you to give us another chance and then you ran away. God, Liz… I was so frightened for you. I understand now. Maria’s future self helped me to see what you must have gone through. Things are different now though, Liz. Those little ones inside you have changed things again and we need to look after them.” Max replied and before Liz could say anything he did what he had wanted to do since she had first spoken upon her arrival. His lips dropped to hers lightly as he kissed her, feeling overjoyed when she responded.
However, it was briefly lived when she pulled back and shook her head, “Max… we can’t. I… I can’t…” Her voice and her eyes betrayed her and he didn’t release her as he would have if he thought she really meant it.
“Why Liz? Why can’t we?” Max asked softly, drawing her even closer. The sudden panic and fear in her eyes caused him to instantly release her and he watched as she ran to the bathroom shutting herself in. It took him a moment of standing there in shock before he went after her and called through the door, “Liz… what is it? What happened?” Even as he asked the question, he had a deep niggling feeling in the back of his mind. Had Nicholas or Khivar done more to her then what they’d seen?
Jake played with his toys, looking around and wondering why his sister hadn’t come back from getting water. It wasn’t like her to take so long. No, there must have been something that distracted her. Unable to keep himself sitting there any longer, the big hand having gone from the three to the nine while he was trying to play, he stood and carefully put his toys away. He liked making Rowe proud and when she saw his toys put away, he knew she’d be proud.
Rowe wasn’t older then him, she was just stronger. His mom had just gone into the hospital and he was worried about her, wanting her to come home. He didn’t know what was wrong with her but she wasn’t allowed home yet. So, daddy expected Rowe to help with food and Jake to stay out of the way and play. Jake would rather have helped Rowe but he was scared of Dick. He didn’t know why but lately he just hadn’t seemed like he was the same man that had been raising them.
Ten year old Jake wandered quietly through the house to the kitchen and couldn’t find Rowe, so he decided to make a game out of it and ended up walking through each room until he thought he heard a soft sound from daddy and mommy’s room. When he drew near, the door was open a crack and he peaked in, growing horrified at what he saw. He wanted to do something, to be able to help but the man hurting her sister was too big and he couldn’t see who it was to be able to tell. He watched, tears filling his eyes as she struggled and after a moment, afraid that if he said something or tried to help he’d make it worse, he found himself running back into their room.
Laying on his bed, he curled up in a fetal position, the sights he’d just seen playing painfully in his head.
“Don’t hurt her!” The sound of his own voice woke Jake and he opened his eyes glancing around to see that Rowe was still there, propped against the bed with her eyes closed. Sighing, seeing that he wasn’t his ten year old self and yet seeing that this Rowe was older, he felt confused as he closed his eyes, trying to determine what was going on. The memory of the dream he’d just had began causing his eyes to water up more then they had been when he’d first awakened. Had it been real? Had he really seen that? Why didn’t Rowe ever say anything? Why didn’t she scream really loud? She had been laying there in silence with her eyes closed, tears and looks of pain her only sign of knowing what was going on. He didn’t understand why?
“What’s wrong, Jake?” He heard and opened his eyes to see Rowe looking at him, watched her reach out to wipe his tears away. “Did you have another nightmare?”
“Yes… but… different.” Jake said his voice deeper then he remembered. “In fact, I have a question for you Rowe… why didn’t you scream out or do anything when Dick hurt you?”
Rowe felt herself pale. Her brother had to have slept around three hours before she began dozing herself. As she glanced at the clock she noticed that she was more then correct, she’d dozed for over an hour. How could she answer this question? “What do you mean, Jake?”
Even though she asked it, she had a feeling exactly what he wanted to know about, but she didn’t know how he knew. “He raped you. You never said or did anything. Why?”
“He said he’d kill you and mom.”
“How many times?”
“How many times what? Did he say he’d kill you and mom? Multiple.” She could feel her eyes filling with tears.
“No! How many times did you let yourself suffer to protect me? How many times were you a victim? How many times did you lie when I asked if you were okay?” The determination and look in his eyes told her that Jake wasn’t as lost as he once had been and that soon, if not already he’d be back to the way he should have been all along.
“I don’t think…”
“Don’t… Don’t hide from me. Don’t give me excuses. For God’s sake just tell me the damned truth!”
“I don’t know… okay… I don’t know… I lost track…” Rowe began crying freely then, pure sobs breaking through her as she finally realized that not only had he known somehow, but she’d just started talking about it. “I don’t know… happy… it was many times… but I don’t know how many.” Jake’s arms simply wrapped around her and he began rocking her.
“I’ll take care of you now, Rowe. Let me take care of you.”
begonia9508 -
Hope you'll find the new part interesting... however as to Max and Liz... nothing that is worth anything good is easy. A motto I am living by a great deal lately.83 AlienAngel - Thanks.
dreamsatnight - Thanks
Jennifer24 - I'm so glad to see that you like it and wow... reading it all in one sitting? That really shocked me to see that. I've never thought that something I wrote would keep someone glued. I really hope you enjoy the many things that are coming up with it.
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Chapter 19
Max held Liz, wishing that he could give her an answer as they listened to Rowe singing to her brother. Her questions rang over and over in his mind. He’d wanted more then anything to be able to assure her, to protect her, but she was right. There wasn’t anything he could do. He couldn’t make her any promises to keep her safe, or to find somewhere that would keep her safe. The simple knowledge that came with having to admit that to himself caused his heart to ache and he drew her closer. “Liz, I’m sorry. I wish that I had a good answer for that. I wish I could protect you. When this is all over, I’ll let you have your life without me, the way you want. No matter how much it’ll hurt, no matter how hard it will be, I’ll never stop loving you, but I’ll let you go.”
Liz didn’t respond for so long that it had Max shifting to look at her and what he saw caused an ache in him, the tears running freely and silently down her cheeks. Without thinking or caring, he reached up and gently wiped them away with his thumbs, his eyes looking into hers. “How can you love me after everything I’ve done?” She asked softly as she met his gaze.
“How could I not? Liz, I’ve loved you with every breath since long before I healed you. Nothing could keep me from loving you. Yes, when I thought you slept with Kyle I was hurt and turned myself cold, but even then I still loved you. Even then I wanted to be with you. When you told me that it didn’t really happen, I was hoping that I would be able to convince you to give us another chance and then you ran away. God, Liz… I was so frightened for you. I understand now. Maria’s future self helped me to see what you must have gone through. Things are different now though, Liz. Those little ones inside you have changed things again and we need to look after them.” Max replied and before Liz could say anything he did what he had wanted to do since she had first spoken upon her arrival. His lips dropped to hers lightly as he kissed her, feeling overjoyed when she responded.
However, it was briefly lived when she pulled back and shook her head, “Max… we can’t. I… I can’t…” Her voice and her eyes betrayed her and he didn’t release her as he would have if he thought she really meant it.
“Why Liz? Why can’t we?” Max asked softly, drawing her even closer. The sudden panic and fear in her eyes caused him to instantly release her and he watched as she ran to the bathroom shutting herself in. It took him a moment of standing there in shock before he went after her and called through the door, “Liz… what is it? What happened?” Even as he asked the question, he had a deep niggling feeling in the back of his mind. Had Nicholas or Khivar done more to her then what they’d seen?
Jake played with his toys, looking around and wondering why his sister hadn’t come back from getting water. It wasn’t like her to take so long. No, there must have been something that distracted her. Unable to keep himself sitting there any longer, the big hand having gone from the three to the nine while he was trying to play, he stood and carefully put his toys away. He liked making Rowe proud and when she saw his toys put away, he knew she’d be proud.
Rowe wasn’t older then him, she was just stronger. His mom had just gone into the hospital and he was worried about her, wanting her to come home. He didn’t know what was wrong with her but she wasn’t allowed home yet. So, daddy expected Rowe to help with food and Jake to stay out of the way and play. Jake would rather have helped Rowe but he was scared of Dick. He didn’t know why but lately he just hadn’t seemed like he was the same man that had been raising them.
Ten year old Jake wandered quietly through the house to the kitchen and couldn’t find Rowe, so he decided to make a game out of it and ended up walking through each room until he thought he heard a soft sound from daddy and mommy’s room. When he drew near, the door was open a crack and he peaked in, growing horrified at what he saw. He wanted to do something, to be able to help but the man hurting her sister was too big and he couldn’t see who it was to be able to tell. He watched, tears filling his eyes as she struggled and after a moment, afraid that if he said something or tried to help he’d make it worse, he found himself running back into their room.
Laying on his bed, he curled up in a fetal position, the sights he’d just seen playing painfully in his head.
“Don’t hurt her!” The sound of his own voice woke Jake and he opened his eyes glancing around to see that Rowe was still there, propped against the bed with her eyes closed. Sighing, seeing that he wasn’t his ten year old self and yet seeing that this Rowe was older, he felt confused as he closed his eyes, trying to determine what was going on. The memory of the dream he’d just had began causing his eyes to water up more then they had been when he’d first awakened. Had it been real? Had he really seen that? Why didn’t Rowe ever say anything? Why didn’t she scream really loud? She had been laying there in silence with her eyes closed, tears and looks of pain her only sign of knowing what was going on. He didn’t understand why?
“What’s wrong, Jake?” He heard and opened his eyes to see Rowe looking at him, watched her reach out to wipe his tears away. “Did you have another nightmare?”
“Yes… but… different.” Jake said his voice deeper then he remembered. “In fact, I have a question for you Rowe… why didn’t you scream out or do anything when Dick hurt you?”
Rowe felt herself pale. Her brother had to have slept around three hours before she began dozing herself. As she glanced at the clock she noticed that she was more then correct, she’d dozed for over an hour. How could she answer this question? “What do you mean, Jake?”
Even though she asked it, she had a feeling exactly what he wanted to know about, but she didn’t know how he knew. “He raped you. You never said or did anything. Why?”
“He said he’d kill you and mom.”
“How many times?”
“How many times what? Did he say he’d kill you and mom? Multiple.” She could feel her eyes filling with tears.
“No! How many times did you let yourself suffer to protect me? How many times were you a victim? How many times did you lie when I asked if you were okay?” The determination and look in his eyes told her that Jake wasn’t as lost as he once had been and that soon, if not already he’d be back to the way he should have been all along.
“I don’t think…”
“Don’t… Don’t hide from me. Don’t give me excuses. For God’s sake just tell me the damned truth!”
“I don’t know… okay… I don’t know… I lost track…” Rowe began crying freely then, pure sobs breaking through her as she finally realized that not only had he known somehow, but she’d just started talking about it. “I don’t know… happy… it was many times… but I don’t know how many.” Jake’s arms simply wrapped around her and he began rocking her.
“I’ll take care of you now, Rowe. Let me take care of you.”
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My Avatar is an amazing Thai actor named Earth, he also goes by Cooheart and the BL's he acts in inspire writing.
My Avatar is an amazing Thai actor named Earth, he also goes by Cooheart and the BL's he acts in inspire writing.