BETHANN thank you so much for the compliments. I try to update as much as possible, so hopefully you aren't disappointed to many times when you check for updates!
RhondaAnn yes, Max could have blocked their powers like he did for the children in the hospital, but things happened to quickly at the end.
Michelle in Yonkers aww don't be to hard on the writers of the original show. I do get paid to write now, which is about all I can say because some people would be severly ticked if they knew I was writing and they weren't getting their 'cut'
but writers on a TV show have a whole lot of people telling them what to do, JK included. I'd bet the farm that Season three's direction came straight from the exec's and/or actors. Unfortunately we writers don't have much control sometimes 
Chapter 19
The small Valenti household was filling up quickly. Kyle, Jim, Amy, Liz, Maria, Alex, Kay, Kaleb, Katrina, Diane, Philip and Mr. Whitman were all in attendance, talking nervously amongst themselves. Kaleb was insisting that Alex tell him straight up what was going on, and Kal had placed a rather frantic call from California insisting to know what was going on. Alex had promised to put him on speaker phone so that he could hear everything.
When the last four shapeshifters walked in the door, Alex stood up to begin the I know an alien club meeting.
He looked around the room. "Alright everyone, if you could all just be quiet I'll explain what is going on," Alex said. The room quieted down and Alex continued. "In case anything went wrong with any of the plans, Max made an emergency way to contact us. That emergency way to contact us would be via me, like how Larek took over Brody's body."
"Oh my God Alex, Brody almost like died when they did that to him!" Maria exclaimed. Nervous shouts and arguments erupted from the room, and poor Mr. Whitman looked like he was going to faint.
"Everyone calm down!" Alex said with as much authority as he could muster. It worked, as everyone hushed. "Yes Maria, it was dangerous for Brody, but his body wasn't prepared. Mine has been being prepared for the last 5 hours, and I'm only going to be conscious another 10 minutes or so. Max should then take control 45 minutes after that."
Alex paced the room, taking a moment to gather his thoughts. "I don't want to alarm anyone, but I know for a fact they wouldn't do this unless there were dire consequences at stake. They missed something, or something has gone wrong on Antar. I need everyone in this room to remain calm, cool and collected," he said, looking at Maria.
"Max will not possess me any longer then he has to, so if it is all business I don't want anyone's feelings being hurt," he said as he looked at Liz. "All questions should be directed to the problem at hand, so that Max can return me to my body as soon as possible. We can get more information when he dream walks Liz, this is strictly an emergency meeting. Am I clear?"
Everyone shook their heads in acknowledgement. "Now, I need a place to get comfortable so that when I go unconscious I don't land on my face." Kyle and Kay jumped up from their places on the couch and Alex sat down. "Does anyone have any questions?" he said, gingerly leaning in the corner of the couch so that he wouldn't fall when his body went limp.
"How...how does this work Alex? Why you? He can do it to me instead," Mr. Whitman said, still worried after Alex's words of assurance.
"I appreciate that Dad, really I do, but you don't have the wiring," Alex said, knocking on his head. "The abductions have been something the aliens have done for a long time, and they took people with life threatening conditions, like Brody's cancer, and healed them. I guess it gave them peace of mind that the person wouldn't be living anyway, so if they borrowed them for awhile it wouldn't be that bad."
Maria snorted. While she knew Brody was glad to be alive, she knew the constant terror he lived in about being abducted.
Alex shot Maria a look. "Now is not the time to debate the ethics involved here. Most of the people that have had the necessary changes made to their brain can be accessed by any of the Kings in their solar system, but only Max can access me. He made sure of it. There was a lot of damage to my brain when they found me," he said, watching his Father wince, "so he has intimate knowledge with my brain. I trust him to do this."
"Just please, when he gets here, remember what I said. It won't be for long, so listen and only ask necessary questions. I think it's starting to hap..." Alex didn't finish the question as he went limp. He started to lean forward and Liz gently pushed him back so that he was slightly laying down.
The people in the room sat in silence looking at Alex. "Hey Valenti, do you have a bottle? Maybe you all could play spin the bottle to pass the time," came Kal's voice over the speakerphone of Alex's Blackberry, which Liz now noticed was on the coffee table. Liz could almost see Kal's smirk.
Maria spoke up. "Funny Kal, I'm surprised you don't make more comedies."
"Speaking of which," Kal said, "we might as well get some business out of the way since we have awhile to wait until his highness comes through. I got the script you and Liz wrote the other day, and let me tell you I'm Pissed. Off."
Liz and Maria looked at each other with worried expressions. It had taken them almost two months to complete the script, but they had tried their hardest. They had stayed away from anything that could be related to aliens, but the story was still in the suspense genre. Maybe they had unconsciously said things they weren't supposed to say?
"I'm sorry Kal, but why did we piss you off?" Liz said, uncomfortable under the eyes of all these people. Liz and Maria had really put a lot of work into that script, and it was hard to hear Kal being upset over it. It's not like they thought it was a masterpiece, but they actually thought it was pretty good.
"I'm Pissed. Off. because we are supposed to be laundering the green here, and with this script it is impossible to do that," Kal said calmly.
"Oh just get on with it!" exclaimed Maria walking over to the cell phone. "Save the dramatics for your movies. We did what you said. We wrote the damn script. Even though you basically said we could just slap some crap on paper we didn't, we really tried. I'm sure for you, Mr. Hollywood our story seems stupid but...."
"That's enough!" Amy Deluca said. "I will not stand for you upsetting my daughter! She didn't ask to do this script thing, and you will not demean her, especially in front of all these people. You will not...."
"STOP!" yelled Kal. "I am doing nothing of the sort, and if you'd let me finish you'd know why. What I'm trying to say is how can I use this to launder money when any studio would give their right arm to own this story?"
Maria fell to her knees in front of the coffee table. "Really?" she asked as she grabbed Liz's hand.
"Really," said Kal. "I knew you two would be good partners, but this is incredible. Crisp writing. Great attention to detail. Amazing twists. When this thing goes out to all the studios Friday we are going to have a major bidding war on our hands."
"Oh! My! God!" Maria yelled, grabbing Liz in a hug. The two girls were squealing with delight as congratulations were offered by the others in the room.
Amy stepped up and grabbed both girls in a great big hug. "Oh I am so proud of you, both of you!"
"Alright, now that I've got that out, we need to get you girls signed to an agent to handle the transactions." Kal boomed in a business like tone. "I've already rounded you up one, and no matter what he says, you will not allow them to capitalize on your age. You only want your 'art' to be seen by the masses, not be a public display, am I clear?"
"Yes Kal!" the two girls said in unison. "I so feel like a Charlie's Angel right now," Maria laughed, looking at the phone. "Well except that you don't have that hot voice, and we know what you look like, and there are only two of us...."
"I think what Maria is trying to say is thanks Kal, thank you for everything, " Liz said earnestly.
"Yeah, ditto," Maria said.
"Your welcome," Kal said. "And Kyle, I think I have saw your ass enough to last for two lifetimes, it's plastered on billboards everywhere."
"Uh, ok," said Kyle, squirming in his place on the floor.
"WHAT?" Maria said, eyes wide. "What is this about Kyle?"
"Yeah Kyle, why have you been hiding your butt from us?" Liz asked laughing.
"Uh, Liz?" It was Alex's voice, coming from Alex's face, but the pure emotion emanating out of Alex's eyes was all Max.
"Max?" Liz whispered, and then suddenly realized what they were talking about. "Umm Kyle's been hiding one of his ads from us," she said quickly, not wanting any misunderstandings. They had enough of them over the last year to last a lifetime.
"Right..." Max said still staring at Liz, like he couldn't believe she was there.
"Your highness, something is wrong for you to be here, so spit it out and quit staring at Liz," Kal said over the speakerphone.
This shook Max out of his daze. He shook his head and took in his surroundings. Thankfully everyone was here that had stayed in Roswell.
"We believe we have a problem here on Earth," Max said, standing up. He stumbled slightly, not used to Alex's long legs. Liz jumped up and grabbed his arm.
"Thanks," he whispered, touching her face. "Welcome," she mouthed back, biting her lip. Max put his arms on her shoulders and gently set her down in the place he had just vacated on the couch.
Max cleared his throat as he stood before the group. "As I was saying, we have a problem here on Earth. The other leaders know of our close connection with Liz, Maria, and you Mom and Dad," he said, smiling at his parents. Mrs. Evans wiped a tear that was threatening to from her eye. It had been to long since she had seen her children.
"They didn't know of Isabel and Alex's relationship, and they all claim to have gotten this knowledge from Kivar himself. This has led us to believe there is a traitor in our mist, and we think it is Suzanne Duff, since any information Kivar told them seems to have been passed on by the FBI." he finished.
Kaleb moved in front of Max from his place against the wall, and bowed low. "Your highness, I will take care of the situation and make sure that no one is hurt."
"Thank you Kaleb, I have every confidence that you will investigate our allegations and come up with an honorable solution. You have all my authority to deal with this situation," Max said as Kaleb positively beamed.
"You honor me with your confidence, your highness." Kaleb said, bowing again. "I will not disappoint you."
"Your Highness, if that is all the information about this most dire situation I'd like to inquire about how things are going back home," Katrina asked wistfully.
"Things are going really well Katrina. Antar is free of Kivar's influence. We are rebuilding the army, restoring trade through the planets..." Max said and continued to talk about the accomplishments they had made on Antar.
Liz and the other humans in the room stared at Max in awe. He was so commanding, so confident. It was like a part of him they knew was there had been unearthed. 'So damn sexy,' Liz thought, suddenly feeling very, very inadequate.
"That is great news Sire! Are there any plans on when we may return?" Kaleb asked.
"Not as of yet Kaleb, and I'm sorry, I know how much you want to return home. We need to make sure everything is settled in all the worlds, ours and Earth. There is another thing I want to share with you, a bit of information Michael found out during a fact finding mission," Max said and continued to tell them about the battle ships that were almost sent to Earth.
Gasps could be heard around the room. "It seems we had a very good reason to change the future, Liz," he said quietly, looking at her eyes intently.
"It seems so," Liz said, looking back at him.
Max broke the daze and spoke up again. "As much as I'd love to stay here much longer, Isabel will kill me if I keep Alex held up much more. First, Maria, is there anything you'd like to tell Michael, any ummm changes?"
Maria knew exactly what Max was talking about, even though thankfully he was being discreet. Michael had also been worried that he had left a pregnant Maria back on Earth. "No Max, tell him everything is umm just the way he left it, but that we need to have one hell of a long talk," she said blushing as Max's face broke out in a big smile, a smile trying to hide the laughter.
Max walked over to where his parents were standing and embraced both of them. "That is from Isabel, and me of course. We miss you both and love you so much." The Evan's whispered they loved them too through unshed tears.
Max cleared his throat. "Now how are all our changing humans doing in the power area?" he asked, looking at Liz.
"I'm the only one who has active powers right now, but I have it under control," Liz said, smiling.
"Good, good," Max said, smiling back. He cleared his throat again. "I want to leave you with one thing and I want to make sure it is perfectly clear. If there is any government activity, any at all I want every person in this room to go to the pod chamber and activate the receiver to go to Antar. No acceptions."
"But Sire, how can we do that? Only a King or Queen can activate it," said Kaleb, confused.
"I knew it!" said Kal over the speaker phone.
"Kal..." Max warned. He took a deep breath and walked up to Liz. "I...I didn't want to tell you this way, and I didn't realize it myself until I had a talk with my Grandmother...Liz, you can activate the receiver if you need to."
"But...how...wha..." Liz started to say as Max put a finger on her lips.
"The healing, the reverse connection...I can't explain now, but I want you to know I meant what I said that day in the janitors closet. You should be able to grow, and I will not hold you to a promise you did not know you were making, unless you want to of course," he said, blushing a little. "Take this time we are apart and live Liz. We will see each other again in September, and we'll have a lot longer to discuss....things...."
"Thank you again for everything everyone. Please be sure to tell Alex that too, and also tell him that I'm sorry." Max said.
"Sorry for what?" Liz asked.
"For doing this," Max said as he picked Liz up off the couch, wrapped his arms around her, and planted a passionate kiss on her lips.
Just as Liz realized what was happening Alex's body went limp and they both fell on the couch. Alex pulled up off a crushed Liz and looked down at her face. "Liz?" he said.
"Max said he was sorry," she said, not believing she had just kissed her best friend. Well her best friend that was possessed by her ex-boyfriend. Well her best friend that was possessed by her boyfriend? Or was it....oh god....husband?
"Pay up sucka," Kay said, extending her hand to Kyle. That day Kyle had busted Kay saying that she'd have to bow to Liz on Antar he had called her out on it. Kay had explained that she had heard the story of Max healing Liz and seeing her soul, and that Max had later reversed the connection so that she could see his. She was positive that seeing each other's souls would constitute an 'intimate' act thus marrying them.
Kyle thought that was bull, but now he begrudgingly reached into his wallet to pay the 10 bucks he had bet Kay that she was full of crap.
"What's this all about," Kaleb saying, eyeing the two suspiciously. On there own they were quite the mischief makers, but together they would redefine the word mischief.
"Oh, I just bet Kyle that Liz was the Queen, and Kyle, being the unromantic clod that he is didn't believe it," Kay said brightly.
"Queen?" Alex said, now that he had disentangled himself from Liz. Liz nodded dumbly as she tried to process this information, and Maria came and put her arm around Liz.
"Welcome to the I unwillingly married an alien club," Maria said.
"WHAT?" Amy said.
You could of heard a pin drop, and then all that could be heard was Kal's unrestrained laughter. "Oh this is priceless, priceless I tell you!" he said between laughs.
"Shit." said Liz and Maria together.
