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A/N: this Part is dedicated to the wonderful Lindsay cause she is the bestest.
and i use some of the script from End of the world
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Part B
La Guardia Airport Terminal 5:49pm
Two weary men stepped off the plane sighing in relief as the fresh air hits their lungs. The flight was long especially a flight with Isabel. Alex decided that he would not question Isabel or her motives for fear of angering her again, and perhaps losing the women he loved. The flight held constant condescending remarks from Isabel and most of them directed not at Alex but at Michael. Alex looked over at his tall friend who walked clumsily towards the exit, his eyes glazed over and weak. He saw that Isabel was watching Michael and rolling her eyes at him. ‘You figure he would be used to Isabel after all these years,’ Alex thought with a hint of amusement bringing a slight grin to his face. The grin soon disappeared when he noticed that Isabel had turned her eyes on him. He looked forward and kept his mind on the task at hand.
They collected their luggage and made their way out into the hustle and bustle that is New York. As they stood on the sidewalk looking around, Alex noticed that the flight attendant from the plane was coming right at them. Noticing that his friend was looking elsewhere Michael turned only to see the flight attendant as well. A smirk graced his lips as he said, “Seems the girls can’t get enough me.” Straightening up he stood in preparation for his fan. Stacie finally reached them but to Michael and Alex’s surprise she turned and addressed Isabel instead.
“Hello I don’t usually do this, but I was wondering if while you’re in the city if you would like to go out for a drink sometime,” she said to Isabel with a seductive smile.
Isabel stood shocked never before being asked out on a date by a woman. She glanced at Michael and Alex who both shrugged at her. Turning her attention back to Stacie she gave her a smile and said, “Um I’m sorry no, but I have a boyfriend.” With that Isabel took Alex’s hand and squeezed it.
Stacie nodded her head and shrugged. “No biggie. Have a nice time in the city.” With a wave she walked away from the group never looking back.
A mischievous smile appeared on Alex’s lips as he turned to Michael and said, “Yep she was defiantly a Michael fan.” For his words he received a glare from Michael and a laugh from Isabel. Turning serious Alex spoke again. “Ok we need to decide where to stay and when we want to go dupe watching.”
Isabel thought for a moment before replying. “How much money do we have?” she asked as she looked at each boy in turn.
Michael finally over his embarrassment stepped into the conversation. “We have about five hundred dollars…give or take.”
Isabel nodded her head and said, “I have two questions. One did you guys plan this out at all and two where did you guys get that much money?” She narrowed her eyes at Alex who started squirming underneath her glare.
“I will have you know that we planned this thing perfectly. The only thing we didn’t plan on was you joining us. As for the money well Michael turned some ones into hundreds,” he told her quickly as he turned and attempted to hail a cab.
“Well then you guys are in luck I brought some money with me, so I think we should have enough if we don’t eat a lot. Still if we run out I guess we can always make more hundreds.” She told them. She watched as Alex hailed a cab several times with the same result each time, unsuccessful. Rolling her eyes at him she pushed him out of the way. She put on her brightest fake smile and stepped off the curb and waved at a cab. Michael and Alex could only look at each other as Isabel all but caused a five car pile up. Moving to one of the cabs that had stopped she opened the door and paused to look back at them. Seeing the look on their faces she asked innocently, “What.” The two boys just stared at her, shrugging her shoulders at them she climbed into the cab. Finally coming out of their stupor the two grabbed their luggage and put them in the trunk before climbing in the back with Isabel.
The cab driver, after making sure everything was secure, got back in the cab and started it up. Never once looking back at them he asked, “Where to?” as he maneuvered the cab back into traffic.
Isabel sat forward and asked. “Know any good motels around here?”
The cab driver nodded his head in affirmative and kept driving. They all sat silently as watched the Big Apple go by. Finally about thirty minutes later they reached their destination. ‘Not too bad,’ Isabel thought to herself as she exited the cab and paid the driver. Turning to Alex and Michael she said, “Well let’s go, and don’t forget the luggage.” With that she made her way into the motel leaving two muttering teens in her wake.
A few minutes later found the small group in their room getting comfortable. Alex leaned against the backboard of the bed and tried to make sense of his dreams. He felt as if he was missing some kind of key, or something important that he needed to know. ‘Future Max was the one that set everything into motion, and I’ve definitely felt the effects of the changes that he had made. He’s the key to all this somehow, but how. Could he possibly be the reason that Max and Liz are so distance from each other? What else could it be? I just need to think. Come on brain and think already.’ Rubbing his hand tiredly across his face he realized that only one person could answer his questions and it wasn’t Future Max since he no longer existed. The only person that could help was the Future Liz that he had met and knowing his friend as he did he was sure that she was holding some kind of vital information from him.
Suddenly he got an idea and in his excitement he sat up and turned to Isabel. “Iz, have you ever tried to take someone into a dream walk with you?”
Isabel looked at him with a questioning expression appearing on the soft features of her face. “I’ve never tried to before. Why what’s up,” she asked in confusion and curiosity.
He sighed as he tried to think of a way to ask her to help him. He wasn’t to sure that Isabel would be thrilled with the idea of wandering around her friend’s subconscious. He decided that another approach might work better and figured he better bring Michael into the discussion as well. “I was just doing some thinking. Have either one of you noticed the distance between Max and Liz lately? Or how about the odd looks Max has been giving to Kyle?”
The two sat there deep in thought as they both quietly mulled over the question. After several minutes Michael spoke up, “Now that you mention it I have noticed the looks he’s been giving Kyle. He looks like he hates him or something which is really weird. As for the Liz situation I’ve brought it up before with Maxwell, but he only changes the subject.” Not sure what else to say he turned to Isabel to see what she thought.
“I have noticed but haven’t brought it up yet,” she said with a shrug wondering where this conversation was going.
“Well the reason I brought it up is because I want to attempt to dreamwalk Liz tonight to find out what’s going on. Something about this just doesn’t seem right,” Alex told them. The two looked at him shock never really thinking that Alex would be the one to suggest such a drastic step.
“Do you really think that’s a smart idea,” Michael asked cautiously.
“It’s the only thing I can think of short of torturing the information out of her,” Alex joked trying to ease some of the tension that filled the room.
Michael once again found himself in deep thought. He wasn’t thrilled with the idea of going into Liz’s dreams, but he had to admit that it was tactically sound and a stealthy approach to the situation. “Well its better that we do this and find out the problem then wait until it can’t be fixed.” Turning to Isabel he continued on, “Don’t worry Iz its not like she is going to know you’re there.”
Isabel sighed with resignation not liking the idea, but knowing that there wasn’t any other way. She looked at both boys and said cautiously, “I’m still not sure I can take either one of you into the dream walk so don’t get your hopes up.”
Alex knowing this had to be done nodded his head and said, “Well we have to at least try so let’s plan this out.” Suddenly his stomach let out a loud growl and he squirmed a little under the other two’s amuse glaze. “Maybe we should get something to eat also.” With that they ordered a pizza and discussed the timing and details making sure nothing would go wrong.
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Back in Roswell
Kyle relaxed on the couch watching TV, having found an old horror classic he had not seen in a while. He had given the situation with Tess plenty of thought recently and came to the conclusion that she just could not be trusted, so he decided to watch her like a hawk over the next couple of weeks.
Hearing the door open he turned to see who it was only to see his dad walk into the room with a weary look on his face. “Tough day at the office,” Kyle asked.
The sheriff grunted in response and took a seat on the couch next to him. He took the remote from Kyle and started flipping through the channels. He ignored Kyle’s complaints and continued stare at the TV.
Kyle shook his head as he stood. “I’m going to go to the Crashdown and get something to eat. You want me to pick you up anything,” he asked as he shrugged into his varsity jacket and picked up his keys.
Jim looked at his son for a moment. “Yeah get me a blue moon burger and some Saturn rings,” he told him before returning his attention back to the television.
Kyle rolled his eyes and made his way out to his car. The trip didn’t take long but it did involve some heavy thought. He wasn’t sure if he could keep track of Tess without arousing suspicion. ‘Isn’t it already suspicious that Michael and Isabel both went out of town when Alex did,’ he thought wryly as he parked his Mustang.
Once inside the café he found a nice quiet place to sit and waited for a waitress to come and take his order. The bell sounded above the door making Kyle look up. His jaw dropped open as he locked eyes on the young woman that walked in. His eyes traveled over her and he took in the long brown hair and he nodded in approval at her generous curves. She looked to be around seventeen maybe eighteen, and he had a yearning to know what color her eyes were. Craning his neck to get a better view a thought occurred to him causing him to grin. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a certain pair of sun glasses and put them on. Sliding out of the booth he made his way over the girl and hopped onto the stool next to her causing her to glance at him. He took note of her eye color which was a deep shade of blue.
“Hello, I’m Kyle Valenti,” he told her while holding his hand out towards her. Smiling at her he let his eyes continue roaming over her body and thought to himself, ‘Definitely nice. Hmm she looks familiar, but where have I seen her at.’
The girl turned to him fully unwittingly giving him a better view of her ‘assets’. “I’m Lindsay,” she replied in a husky southern drawl which would bring most men to their knees.
A sudden pain formed on the back of Kyle’s head and suddenly he remembered why she looked so familiar. He had previously seen her at Las Cruces before Isabel slapped him on the back of the head. He rubbed his head in remembrance. “I take it from your accent that you’re not from around here,” he said while noticing that Maria was giving Lindsay dirty looks. He turned his attention back to the beautiful girl beside him unable to take his eyes off of her chest not that anybody would notice with his sun glasses on.
“Nope I’m from Alabama,” she told him with a smile and pointed to her shirt which had a big picture of a tiger with the words ‘Auburn’ across it.
“Ah the tigers. Yeah I saw you at Las Cruces yesterday. So what’s the deal with the shirt,” he asked slightly confused as to why she was at Las Cruces if she was an Auburn fan.
“Well I was visiting a friend who disappointed me by choosing Las Cruces. Something about a computer or some crap like that. I’m not in college yet though still a senior in high school.” She laughed softly as she noticed that Kyle had not stopped looking at her chest even she could tell he was doing that with the sunglasses on. “Like what you see,” she asked with a sexy purr.
Kyle darted his head and eyes up to look at her a slight blush coming to his cheeks. “Um…I…well…” He stuttered embarrassed at being caught.
Lindsay laughed again with a mischievous glint in her eyes. “Next time try just using your eyes and not your whole head to look. It kind of does away with the whole use of the sunglasses,” she told him with a pat on the shoulder as Maria placed her order in front of her while still giving her dirty looks. “Well it was nice talking to you Kyle.” Leaning close to him she brought her lips to his ear and whispered, “maybe if I come this way again we could have some fun.” Kyle shivered from the sensation and nodded dumbly at her.
She grabbed the bag with her order and walked away. Kyle leaned back against the counter and watched her go blatantly staring at her butt. ‘Hmm, she’s wearing a thong.’ He was interrupted from his staring when a hard slap on the back on the head startled him. Kyle looked around to see Maria behind him and he shouted, “What did you slap me for,” which cause most of the customers to stare at him.
“You couldn’t take your eyes off her chest,” Maria scolded him much to the amusement to some of the more nosy customers. Their prying eyes looked elsewhere when they saw the glare from a fired up pixie.
“I wasn’t staring at her chest Maria,” he told her. Deciding to change the subject before she could hit him again he asked, “Why were you glaring at her anyways.” He held his breath hoping Maria would take her focus off of him.
“There is just something about her I don’t like, and she all but shoved her bosom in your face. Oh wait she did do that,” she told him with a roll of her eyes.
“Uh huh,” Kyle told her not really believing her. He was pretty sure Maria was jealous of Lindsay’s impressive assets pretty much like how she was jealous of Isabel before they became friends. He looked down at her perky breasts momentarily forgetting that he could see through her clothing. He turned his gaze away from her. ‘Great just great she may end up being my sister and I just looked at her breast. God if Michael finds out he’s going to kill me!’
“Anyway what can I get you,” she asked as she tapped her foot impatiently.
Shaking his head he thought to himself, ‘these two weeks are going to suck!’
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New York – Later that night
Isabel sat on the bed with the two boys standing closely as they prepared themselves for the dreamwalk. “Ok so first things first we are going have to connect. In theory if you’re connected to me when I dream walk you should be able to come along for the ride,” she explained for seem liked the million time.
Michael rolled his eyes. “Yes we get it Isabel. Now can you just start it already,” he asked impatiently only to receive a glare from her.
“Forgive me for trying to make sure we do this right, and not end up damaging either me, Alex or even Liz in the process. I’m sorry what was I thinking,” she told him coldly. The cold, sarcastic tone cut through Alex as he knew that this was stressful for Isabel who was by nature a worrier.
“Isabel it will be fine,” he said softly as he sat down on the bed next to her. Taking her hand he laid her back softly. “I have faith in you.” He kissed her hand softly and handed her a picture of Liz. He laid down beside her as Isabel turned to him, their foreheads touching…the connection being made.
Isabel smiled as all his love flowed over her through the connection. She took a deep breath. “Ok let’s do this.” With that she closed her eyes and placed a finger on the picture. It rippled as power surged through it guiding Isabel to the dream plane.
Michael watched as they both seemed to sleep. “Good luck,” he whispered. All there was left for him to do was watch over them…
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Dream plane
Isabel blinked as she adjusted herself to the setting. She looked around the dream plane, each dream represented by floating orbs. Isabel scrunched her head up in confusion, she should have connected directly to Liz’s dream.
“What’s wrong?” Came the voice behind her causing her to turn in surprise. There stood Alex who was looking around in wonder. He turned and looked at her again. “Shouldn’t we be in Liz’s dream?”
“Usually that’s what happens…but I have been here before but only when I want to come here intentionally.” She said as she looked into a dream orb that was flying by. She scrunched her nose up in disgust. “I really didn’t need to see that…”
“What is this place?” Alex asked in wonder as he reached to touch a dream orb.
“NO!” Isabel yelled and pulled his hand down. “If you touch any of them you will go into that persons dream.” She started walking with Alex following. “This is the dream plane, this place is like the meeting room for all the people’s dreams that are within my powers reach,” she explained as she randomly checked orbs. “I’ve only come here a few times and that was when I was a child. The first time I cam here was when I was having a bad dream and somehow ended up here.” She waved her hands around to emphasis her words.
“Cool. So what now,” he asked not really sure what to do.
“Well we have to find Liz’s dream, and since I tried to connect with her at first it feels as if her dream is calling to me.” Her voice was normal and casual which amazed Alex who just walked amazed.
“Calling to you,” he asked confused.
“Yes I think something interrupted my entering her dream. Maybe she woke up slightly and I couldn’t fully get in.” She stopped for a moment and closed her eyes and concentrated. Her eyes reopened and she smiled. “It’s this way,” she said as she started walking again. Alex followed her closely not exactly thrilled with the idea of getting lost in this place.
Isabel stood in front of an orb and peered in. She turned to Alex and nodded as she smiled comfortingly at him. She grabbed his hand softly and gave it a squeeze then she turned and placed her hand on the orb and then they were in.
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Liz’s Dream Plane
Alex stumbled forward from the sudden jolt of entering Liz’s subconscious. He turned and looked at Isabel who had not one hair out of place and was currently smiling down at him. “Graceful entrance there sweetie,” she joked as she helped him up.
The sound of crying echoed through the dream plane as they wandered around. The crying grew louder as they walked deeper into the dream. The setting was the Crashdown Café which seemed fitting given this was Liz. They made their way up the stairs closer to the crying. Liz’s door was slightly cracked open allowing a gleam of light to flow out into the dark room of the Parkers’ loft. They stepped closer and figured that’s where the crying was coming from. Isabel turned to Alex and nodded. Pushing the door open they stepped into Liz’s room.
The room was empty, the atmosphere was cold and barren causing Alex to shiver from the sensation. The crying continued to fill the room louder. Alex noticed that the window leading to the balcony was open. He walked over and peered out into the cold night and what he saw caused him to gasp. There sitting on the cement ground was a trembling Liz holding her knees to her chest as sobs racked her small frame. He stepped out onto the balcony and noticed it was raining but no sound of rain could be heard. A hand on his shoulder startled him and he turned to find Isabel who he had not noticed followed him. “We’re here to observe Alex,” she cautioned softly.
The scene changed but they still found themselves on the balcony. They looked around confused and Alex noticed Liz was still there, but she was talking to Max or someone that appeared to be Max. Isabel noticed also and signaled Alex to be quiet.
The weird Max look-alike was the first to speak. “The closer that you and I grew the worse it got with Tess and eventually she left Roswell.”
“Because of me?” Liz replied in a soft whisper.
“Because of me and how I treated her. It turned out Tess was critical to our survival. The four of us - Michael, Isabel, Tess and I, .we made a complete unit. We all had different gifts, and with one of us missing we weren't as strong, and everything fell apart.” His voice was strangled and filled with emotion.
“So you want me to help you and Tess get together,” she asked. “Yes,” was his reply. Alex watched it play out as he sat in shocked at what he was seeing. ‘What kind of a plan is that,’ Alex thought to himself.
“Why don't you just go to Tess,” Liz asked him. ‘Gee maybe because she is a freaking psycho,’ Alex’s mind yelled.
“It's you I trust. It's you I have faith in, and because it's not just about getting me close to Tess. I need you to help me fall out of love with you.”
Isabel gasped and looked at Alex in shock. They knew about Future Max but Isabel could not imagine how Liz must have felt to hear that. To be suddenly told that you had to push away the person you loved the most. The scene changed again and they found themselves in Liz’s room. They looked around and found Liz in bed…with Kyle. “What the hell,” Alex asked in confusion. Seeing the two were talk Alex quieted down and listened to the dream conversation.
“Yeah. Um, Kyle, look...I just wanna make sure that I...I...I made it actually clear that we're not gonna, Liz said to Kyle while motioning towards each other. “Consummate. I understand,” Kyle finished for her while looking very uncomfortable.
Alex turned to Isabel. “I guess this explains some stuff.” Isabel nodded her head in agreement as she looked around the room.
Liz and Kyle chatted back and forth while Isabel and Alex listened. All of a sudden Liz looked out the window with a shocked look on her face. Alex turned his gaze to follow where Liz was looking and there stood Max. His face was one of shock and pain. Alex turned back to Isabel who had silent tears running down her cheeks as Max’s pain was too much for her along with the feelings of lonlieness coming from Liz.
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Motel Room – New York
Isabel bolted upright in bed taking deep breaths while next to her Alex slowly opened his eyes and sat up. Michael was by their sides in a hurry.
“What happened,” he asked quickly as he looked from one to the other.
“Well we found out why Liz and Max are acting like they are,” Alex trailed off as he shook off the groggy feeling.
“And…..” Michael pushed impatiently.
“Liz faked sleeping with Kyle,” Isabel whispered as the vision of her brother’s pained face flashed over her.
“She what,” he yelled as he started to pace. He shook his head and continued, “Well that does explain everything.” Letting out an exasperated sigh he rubbed his face. ‘Do those two ever do anything simple,’ he thought as he decided to get some water for his dream jaunting friends.
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Roswell – Liz’s Room
Her eyes flew open as tears spilled down her face. The dreams have haunted her every night and Max’s face was seared into her memory. She had hurt the one person she cared for the most and it was killing her inside. She crawled into a fetal position and cried herself to sleep wishing for happy dreams and knowing she would not receive them.
Outside the window a pair of amber eyes watched her silently glossed over from emotion as he watched Liz cry. He wanted so badly to hold and take her pain away but he couldn’t as she had made it clear that she didn’t want him anymore. Stepping back from the window he took a deep breath and looked up at the night sky. ‘How had he found himself in this situation? All he ever wanted was to be normal and be able to love the brave girl that had captured his heart and branded his soul. Just when everything was going so right for them he lost it all. He tried so desperately to control things from spinning out of control, but he found that the more he attempted to control things the more everything became chaotic. Was it so wrong of him to want to be able to love who he wanted to love? Was it so wrong to want to be happy?’
A strangled sob escaped his throat as he tried to fight back his emotions. He shook his head violently to banish his thoughts and feeling. He looked up at the sky again and watched the silent requiem of the night as the lights of the universe flickered out of existence only to be replaced. A whole race of people depended on him so he had to be in control.
He glanced back at the window and his resolve weakening. Shaking his head again he turned and stepped up to the ladder and went down.
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The next morning - New York
Alex walked down the sidewalk of the busy city. Having woken up early he decided to get breakfast for everybody. He had previously noticed a small café on the corner of the block. He walked briskly through the chilled air of the morning only to collide with a soft body. He looked up and right into the face of Isabel…only it wasn’t Isabel, this girl had short hair, piercing and tattoos. He knew her through from his dream and realized that it was one of the dupes. He looked over her body and it astounded him that her body was exactly like Isabel’s.
The dupe looked at him with a flirtatious smile before turning and walking away. She glanced back at him still smiling.
Alex watched her walk away before his brain set into action. He ran back to the Motel and burst through the door into the room.
“Wake up,” he shouted as he kicked Michael who was currently snoring from the floor.
“What the hell if your problem Whitman,” Michael asked gruffly as he sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
“I just saw Isabel’s dupe. If we hurry we can follow her,” Alex said while gently shaking Isabel.
She opened her eyes and sleepy smile at him. A second later her brain finally registered what he had just said. Jumping out bed she waved her hands over body transforming her sleep clothes into fitting day attire. “Ready,” she said as she walked to the door.
A thought occurred to Alex. “Wait…your dupe didn’t recognize me but she will recognize you two,” he said as he looked between the two aliens.
“No problem,” Isabel said and waved her hands over herself once again changing her hair from the once golden hue to black. She then put on a pair of sunglasses and did the same for Michael. He turned to Alex and said with a smile, “problem solved.”
“Well let’s go,” Alex said while reaching the door. Stopping he started patting his pants pockets and said in disbelief, “I can’t believe it.”
“What,” Michael inquired impatiently.
“She freaking stole my wallet,” Alex exclaimed as he checked his pockets again.
Michael let out a laugh and pushed his friends through the door. “She went straight for the money huh? Oh yeah she’s definitely related to Isabel alright.” As the door closed the sound of a hard slap could be heard.
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On the streets of New York
They walked quickly trying to catch up with the dupe. After twenty minutes of search they had finally found her. They watched as she walked into a dark alley. Finally reaching it they stopped as Alex peered around the corner. Turning back to the others he whispered, “No sign of her.” Motioning to the others he started walking into the alley watching for anything. Reaching an opening behind the buildings they came to abruptly stop as voices hear their ears. Thinking quickly Alex shoved Isabel and Michael behind some boxes to conceal them. He peered over the top and saw the origin of the voices. The dupes stood around casually chatting back and forth.
“He ain’t coming. We’s being played,” said the Max look alike in a thick New York accent.
“Chill bro, if he said he’d come, he’ll come,” the Isabel look alike replied in a cold tone.
Alex turned back to his group. “They’re all there and they seem to be waiting for someone,” Alex informed them as he looked back at the dupes.
“Who are they waiting for,” Michael asked as he took up watch next to Alex.
He didn’t have to answer Michael as there was no need because the person had just shown up.
Michael and Alex watched in shocked as teenager came from the opposite side of the alley. Isabel nudged Alex on the side. “Who is it,” she asked as she sat up and peered over the boxes.
A low growl came from Michael’s throat as he answered her. “Nicholas…”
End part B
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