Roswell Fanatics

Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Song For Part Eleven: Frustration by The Moffatts

There's no windows in this place
For me to show my weary face
Rage I hold within my soul
At times I cannot control
What's the point of me being here
When being me is what I fear
Every day it's all the same
Trapped again in my own pain
I cry myself to sleep
So many secrets I must keep
No one to reach me... nobody cares
Trapped in the middle of a distant stare
I've prayed that I was free
Of this grief that's filling me
Everywhere I turn
Every bridge must burn
There's no windows in this place
For me to show my weary face


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Part Eleven

“Max? Max?” Isabelle said knocking on his door softly. Using her alien powers she opened the door and stepped into the dark room. She made her way to the bed and sat down, gently patting the quilt in which her broken hearted brother lay under.

“I screwed everything up royally Is” came Max’s muffled voice. He poked his ruffled head out from the covers and Isabelle could see his red rimmed eyes, no pretence of being strong, her brother had always wore his emotions on his sleeve, particularly when it had come to Liz Parker, after all he had exposed their entire secret to her without a second thought.

Isabelle recalled those first few weeks after their secret had been revealed. To see the depth of feelings that Max and Liz had for each other had made Isabelle even colder to Liz then she would have normally been to most people. The Ice Queen she was known as, but she had always been a melting puddle when it came to her brother and Michael to an extent as well. They had been three aliens against the world, and were extremely protective of each other. Until Liz had entered their lives Max’s affections were shown only to Isabelle, even though he had harboured feelings for Liz since the third grade. It was something that Isabelle couldn’t handle. Feeling like she was losing her brother to someone else. But she had been so wrong. Liz had seemed to complete Max, something that not even Tess, his former bride could do. She had never seen Max so happy or so sad then when he was with Liz. As Max had once told Isabelle, being in love is when you’re the happiest you’ve been in your entire life, and the saddest you’ve ever been all at the same time. Isabelle had yet to feel that, she had wondered if she would ever feel that with Alex, but now she would never know. Someone had taken that opportunity from her and she made a silent vow to Alex that she would pick up where Liz left off and find his killer. She hated the thought of having to kill again, after destroying Senator Whittaker, but she would make an exception just this once.

“Max, you didn’t know” she said finally.

“Yeah I didn’t know, but it doesn’t matter anymore. I slept with Tess. I don’t think Liz will forgive me for that”

“But you thought she slept with Kyle” Isabelle pointed out.

“Yeah but she did that for the good of the planet. To save us. What reasons did I have to sleep with Tess for? Because I was upset about Liz? Because I wanted to get back at her?” Isabelle didn’t know what to say. She knew that Max would continue to berate himself no matter what she would say.

“What are you going to do about Tess?” she asked him.

“I’ve been avoiding her since then, which makes me feel like a jerk, you know like I was just using her to get laid, but I can’t… I can’t face her anymore, it reminds me too much of my betrayal.” My betrayal. Max thought. Never in his wildest imagination could he come up with a worse nightmare than what reality had handed him. Nasedo would be proud he mused, knowing that he and Tess had slept together. But the thought of it made Max’s stomach revolt. It wasn’t that Tess wasn’t pretty, or that she was a bad person or anything. She just wasn’t Liz that was all. He had always imagined that he and Liz would lose their virginity to each other, that they would get married and have their 2.5 children and a house with a white picket fence. He knew that his fantasy was never going to happen now. He had lost his virginity to Tess, something he could never regain, something he could never give to Liz no matter how much he desired to. He wondered vaguely if Liz had known, and that perhaps that was the reason why she didn’t want them to find her. He wanted so much to run around the entire country to look for her, grab her in his arms and beg for forgiveness. But perhaps after all the pain he had caused her he should respect her wishes. He should have listened to Maria.

“Give Liz up. Leave her alone. All this is leading nowhere and none of us belong with any of you. And I’m really sick of how much it’s screwing us up. I mean look at us we’re pathetic.”

“Max?” Isabelle asked as his mind wandered. He looked back at her, his flashback over. “You’re going to have to give her a straight answer sometime soon you know” he nodded and buried his head back under the covers.

“I know Is. But not now. Not yet.”


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Michael sat on his couch holding a tearful Maria in his arms.

“She left me. The three musketeers are no more. Everyone leaves me. My dad left me, Alex left me, Liz left me… and someday you’ll leave me too!” she said sobbing again. Michael sat there not knowing what to say. It was true that someday he may have to leave her as much as he didn’t want to. After everything they had been through since he had kidnapped her he couldn’t imagine his life without her there to bicker and make up with. Turbulent as their relationship was, he wouldn’t trade it in for anything else. After all, Max and Liz had always seemed the poster couple for love and look how that had turned out. Maria had fallen asleep, leaving Michael to dwell on his own thoughts. His thoughts turned to Liz. He had been so furious when Max had revealed them to her, all the danger that followed was because of that day in the Crashdown. But far from despising Liz for that, he actually had come to respect her a little. That she hadn’t freaked out about them, that she had brought them friends they could trust. Alex. Maria. Especially Maria. Now he’d been told that she’d sacrificed her happiness just to save his life. After being shunted back and forth and abused at the hands of foster parents like Hank, it still amazed Michael that people, humans like Maria and Liz could care so much about him. He knew that Liz was special the moment he had read her journal and he wished that he’d been friendlier to her when she had been there.

“It’s nice to know we have at least one friend in this town.” Michael said to Liz sitting down at the barstool…

“But why don’t you just destroy this Michael, because anyone who found this would know all about you.”

“No” Michael said shaking his head. “They’d know all about you Liz. Thankyou for giving me one more reason to envy Max Evans.”

He had envied Max. Envied him for his loving family, his stable home life, having someone like Liz who loved him so much. But now he had Maria, and because of her love for him he no longer envied Max. In fact he felt sorry for him. His whole life had been screwed by the notion of destiny just because some planet they had never been to said he was king. Yes Max had been an absolute ass lately, but after so many times of being bitten on the ass himself, wasn’t he given a little leeway to be one himself?

“I wish I were human Maria, just so it meant I’d never have to leave you” he whispered into her hair. She opened her eyes sleepily and whispered back.

“I don’t. I love you because of who you are Spaceboy. Czechoslovakian status and all.” Michael felt his heart swell at her words and he leaned over to press a kiss against her lips.


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Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Part Twelve

Serena walked out of the holding cell, her heart soaring above the rooftops of Manticore. Her unit had loved her. Maxie had already told her of her plans to escape the compound, and Serena had told Maxie the need to get Liz out. Maxie had yet to meet Liz, something which wouldn’t be too much of a problem once Serena had convinced Renfro that she could be put under her care. Although she had heard that Brin was to handle her. Brin was her older sister, someone who she had once got along with quite well. Until her re-indoctrination she had been quiet, serious and like a mother hen to her. Now she was stiff, emotionless… a perfect Manticore soldier.

“Madam Renfro I wish to speak to you” Serena said saluting the director. Renfro looked up from her work to see the young girl in the doorway.

“Yes 648, you may speak.”

“I understand that the traitor 452 has returned to our ranks. I would like to be responsible for her as well as the Parker girl.” Serena said silently hoping that Renfro would accept.

“Two charges? Now why would you have such an interest in 452 X5-648?”

“I would like to prove my usefulness to you by being responsible for two important charges. Also I have a personal vendetta against 452.” She said knowing that Renfro loved to pit enemies against one another. Renfro leaned forward against the desk in thought.

“Ok I will agree. X5-452 is to be released into your care along with the Parker girl. Do not disappoint me 648; I do not take failure lightly.”

“Yes Madam.” She said saluting before turning around to exit the door. She silently rejoiced as she walked to Maxie’s holding cell.

“The Bitch agreed to turn you over into my care. Since you seem to have already begun an escape route in this room, I will let you stay here as a matter of ‘personal safety’.” Serena said helping Maxie to stretch her legs as she brought her to meet Liz. They walked to Serena’s sleeping quarters where they found Liz staring at the ceiling.

“Liz? Its me Serena” she said as she and Maxie entered the room.

“Renfro said I’m having twins. She said they are growing really fast… at the rate they are going the pregnancy should only last a month.” Liz said quietly.

“What?!” Serena said in shock. She turned to Maxie.

“Can you get an escape route ready in less than a month?”

“Yeah probably.”

Serena moved over to Liz and helped her sit up.

“Liz… this is my sister Maxie” Liz looked at the girl quizzically.

“You were one of those who left her behind” she said not knowing the revelations that had come to pass.

“They didn’t mean to Liz. They thought I had died.”

“You still left her. You left her alone! You left me alone!” she yelled before she broke down. “I’m… I’m sorry… I just… hormones you know… and Serena said that someone called Max was going to save me… although I think it was a he not a she.” Maxie nodded accepting her explanation.

“I’ll try to get the escape route finished by the end of the week how does that sound?” Maxie said to Liz trying to encourage her a bit. “You don’t need these friends of yours, you’ve got two kick ass chicks here with you to help” she said grinning. Liz returned the grin. Perhaps Serena’s sister Maxie wasn’t so bad after all.

“Oh!” Serena exclaimed pointing to Liz’s stomach. On her skin were two small glowing handprints. Liz let out a breath. She didn’t understand why that was happening. She was sure she could remember that pregnancies did not involve weird glowing.

“Is… is this happening because of the alien thing?” She asked Serena.

“I don’t know. You didn’t mention anything about alien pregnancies.”

“Touch it?” Maxie interrupted.

“Curiosity killed the cats huh?” Liz said with a small laugh. Cautiously she placed her hands over the two prints. She felt a whooshing sound in her ears and the room around her faded. She found herself floating looking in to a sea of glowing liquid. These aliens really have a thing for glowing don’t they she said giggling to herself. She saw two little bodies floating side by side and realised that they were her babies. It was strange how she had quickly gotten over the shock and violation she felt after Renfro had told her the news. She had accepted the fact calmly and rationally after her initial outburst. It wasn’t their fault that they had been conceived the way they had been, and now after seeing them for the first time she felt a protectiveness towards them that made her realise that no matter what, Renfro was not getting these children. Over her dead body. She looked at the two little angels in awe; they seemed to be normal, no three eyes or grey skin, or anything that would reveal them to be non-human. This is better than a sonogram. She thought. She felt the whooshing sound and found herself back in the room with two concerned transgenics staring down at her.

“You okay?” Serena asked her. She nodded and grinned.

“I’m having a boy and a girl. They are so beautiful Serena, I wish you could see them.”

“I’ll get to see them eventually Liz, I expect to be able to hold them too.”

“True” Liz said. The three of them then sat down on the floor and began to make plans for their escape.


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Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Song For Part Thirteen Part A: Naked by Avril Lavigne

I wake up in the morning
Put on my face
The one that's gonna get me
Through another day
Doesn't really matter
How I feel inside
Cause life is like a game sometimes

But then you came around me
The walls just disappeared
Nothing to surround me
And keep me from my fears
I'm unprotected
See how I've opened up
Oh, you've made me trust

CHORUS

Because I've never felt like this before
I'm naked around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked around you
And it feels so right

I'm trying to remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself and let the
Covers fall away
I guess I never had someone like you
To help me fit
In my skin

CHORUS

I'm naked
Oh oh yeah
Does it show?
Yeah, I'm naked
Oh oh, yeah yeah

I'm so naked around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna see right through, baby


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Part Thirteen

Maria awoke from her nap to find herself snuggled in Michael’s arms. She relaxed into his warmth. Yes she realised that he was going to have to leave her someday, but he could give her the time they had now, and she was more than willing to accept that. For all his faults he really wasn’t a bad boyfriend. He had come such a long way from when she had first met him. Moody, stonewall Michael Guerin, who wouldn’t let anyone into his life, feeling that if he did he was just setting himself up for a fall. After years of being abused at the hands of people who should love him, it was no wonder he couldn’t show his feelings well. But he seemed to finally trust Maria, and he cared enough about her to keep her company during these times where she wasn’t sure if she knew left from right. Her two best friends were just gone and she wasn’t sure if she was in a nightmare or not.

“Maria?” She heard Michael ask as he opened his eyes and kissed the top of her forehead.

“Mm” she replied.

“I… wanted to say that this whole thing has been screwed from the beginning. You and me, us, just the whole long stupid story” Maria looked at him. Was he about to break up with her? Another person joining the ‘I Abandoned Maria Deluca Club’?

“Thanks” she said dryly

“But I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It’s been so much to me. From day one, from the moment that I kidnapped you and stole your car, I knew you were the girl for me. I never wanted anyone else.”

“Michael…” she began

“I… I love you Maria Deluca”

“I love you too Michael Guerin. As horrible as this situation is, it certainly has brought out the humanity in you” she said laughing as she grabbed a pillow and whacked him with it, knowing that all the mushy stuff would make him uncomfortable. He grinned before ensuing in an all out pillow fight, and for the first time in a long while, laughter could be heard coming from his apartment.


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Song For Part Thirteen B: Look Who's Perfect Now by Transistor

You mister wearing a crown
Push me around
Dragging me down
You mister head of the class
Never come last
Pain in the ass.

CHORUS

Look who's perfect now
Got my head in the clouds
Look who's perfect now
Got my feet on the ground
Look who's perfect now
Got my head in the clouds
Got my feet on the ground
Look who's perfect now

You mister never to fall
Standing so tall
Knowing it all
You mister living a lie
Flying so high
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

CHORUS


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Bang. Bang. Bang. The pounding continued as Kyle sat on the sofa throwing his basketball against the wall.

“Trying to remodel the house are we Kyle? You know a hammer might be more suitable for that job.” Jim Valenti said as he sat down on the couch next to his confused son.

“Why would Liz leave dad? I mean I thought I finally got to know who she was after everything that happened, and I was so sure that she just wasn’t the type of character to just up and leave like that. She was strong, she was a fighter, and she wouldn’t have hightailed it out of here because she couldn’t deal.”

“People can surprise you all the time Kyle, even when you think you know the person. I mean look at what happened between me and your mother, I thought I knew her so well and she left too. The important thing is that she’s safe, and you need to give her some time and space and let her deal with whatever problems she’s facing. Perhaps everything just overwhelmed her at one time. If she is anything like what you believe, then she may come back and deal with it head on when she’s ready.” He put his hand on Kyle’s shoulder lending his support before getting up and heading towards the door.

“Are you going to be okay? I promised I’d drop in to see Amy, I think she’s taking it hard too.” Kyle nodded. He knew that his dad really cared about Amy, and as weird as it was to think about Maria’s mum and his dad dating, he knew that after all the hardship they had both faced in their love lives, they deserved to have a little happiness, and if they found that with each other, then who were they to stand in the way? Maria and Kyle actually had a lot in common when you thought about it. Both of them knew the pain of losing a parent and feeling as though they were responsible for it. But Maria at least had Michael to keep her grounded. The only girl that Kyle had seriously liked had been Liz, and she had left him for Max. Kyle had been so crushed by it, his deepest fear coming to surface again. That it was his fault, that there was just something that made women want to leave him. Even his own mother. But he knew that he was being silly. Looking at Liz and Max together, how could he have even possibly compared? I mean he didn’t know if the feelings he had for Liz had been love, and if they had, it wouldn’t have been to the extent that those two obviously felt for each other. They were soul mates through and through. Kyle could only hope that one day he would find somebody who would love him the way that Liz loved Max, and that this someone would never leave him. He had even thought he might love Tess, but he realised that it was more of a sibling love then a girlfriend love. Even if it hadn’t been, she only had eyes for Max too. What Max Evans had on him he could never figure out. It was another fear of his that all the women he fell in love with would love Max Evans.

Tess watched Kyle from the doorway of her room. She really hated this situation. She had been so kind and helpful to everyone it was making her want to gag. The most infuriating thing of all was that Max had given himself to her, something she had always wanted, something she had been groomed for her whole life, and now that Liz was gone he just ignored her. It was like he was a typical guy, and she had just been another conquest, except that she knew Max wasn’t like that. If it wasn’t for that stupid bitch she thought. When she was here she had made Tess’ life miserable, and now she continued to do so even when she was gone. She couldn’t decide whether she preferred having Liz here or not. One thing she knew though was that no matter what happened, whether Liz returned or not, and whether or not Max and Liz got together again, there was something she had of Max that Liz could never get. She’d been his first, and that stupid human girl could never ever claim that. She had to thank the heavens for allowing that to happen. She knew now that she just had to fulfil the bargain that Nasedo had made with Khivar, and she could leave this dump of a planet and return home to where she wouldn’t be treated like she was currently. Like an annoying thorn in the side of their happy lives, like some teenage bimbo. No, she would be Queen, she would be respected, and feared and treated just as royalty should, and she couldn’t wait.

“Soon… soon it will be my turn to shine…”


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Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Part Fourteen

“Hi, how are the preparations going?” Liz greeted Maxie as she entered Maxie’s cell with Serena.

“Almost done. I reckon we could probably leave tomorrow or the day after at this rate.”

“That’s great” Serena said. “I want to get out as soon as possible, Liz looks like she’s ready to give birth any day now and I know Renfro has prepped the doctors to be on the ready” she said giving Maxie a look. Maxie nodded in understanding. She too knew about the fate of all the Manticore mothers, and since first being introduced to Liz a few weeks ago she had grown really close to her to the point that she considered her to be one of her own unit.

“Don’t worry boo, we’re gonna get out soon aiight” Maxie said reassuringly.

“Come to join me and Max have you 648?” said a new voice. The girls turned around to see Alec standing there grinning at them and Serena and Maxie stood closer together to hide Liz from his view.

“494” Serena greeted

“Alec” Maxie said with a scowl on her face.

“Now, now ladies, there’s plenty of me to go around.”

“Alec is it now 494?” Alec smirked at her.

“Yeah I’ve been named… think it suits?”

“My other choice was Dick” Maxie informed her.

“Jackass would have suited just as well” Serena said smirking back at him. He rolled his eyes.

“You’re just jealous cos I have a name and you don’t.”

“I’ve had a name since I was three you idiot. My name is Serena” she said wiping the smirk off his face.

“Oh… Serena… not a bad name… so helping Maxie plot her escape?” He said startling her.

“Maxie?” Serena said worried.

“Yeah he knows. He found out.” Maxie said to Serena.

“Why do you want to escape anyway 648… I mean, Serena. You’ve lived here all your life, you know it’s better than having to struggle to survive out in the big wide world” he asked. Serena thought for a moment. Could she reveal Liz to Alec? Looking up at him she supposed she had no choice. It wasn’t like she could walk out of the cell with Liz and not have him notice. She moved aside to reveal Liz to Alec.

“Who is this?” Alec asked curiously.

“This is Liz. Renfro captured her because they believed that she had been in contact with aliens. Now they’ve impregnated her with the alien sperm and she’s due to give birth any day now. If we don’t get her out of here soon you know what will happen to her.” Alec studied the girl. She was really small, petite really. She had long silky brown hair and deep brown doe eyes. She didn’t seem to be afraid of him. Her eyes almost challenging him, she was definitely strong, maybe not physically, but she had an inner strength which reminded him of someone he had loved long ago.

“What… what will happen to me?” Liz said breaking the silence. The transgenics shared a look before Maxie spoke.

“After Manticore has taken the children from their mothers, the mothers are terminated.” Liz gulped.

“Will… will connecting Alec to my babies like you two have both connected to them convince him to help us?” She said to the girls while looking steadfastly at Alec.

“It’s worth a shot I suppose” Maxie said remembering when she had connected to them. She’d seen them growing inside Liz and felt their love flow out towards her. It had been a wonderful experience, and it had hardened her resolve into protecting these children with her life if need be. Liz lifted the maternity shirt to reveal her expanded stomach. She placed her hand on her stomach and then two small glowing handprints were revealed. Alec gaped in awe.

“Put your hands over them” Liz instructed him. He knelt down on the floor beside her and did as he was told. The girls stayed silent as he closed his eyes, obviously being drawn into the twins’ world. After a minute he opened his eyes, his eyes shining with moisture.

“I want to help you. I want to escape with you.”

“Can we trust you?” Serena asked

“I’ll protect Liz and her babies with my life.”

“We leave tomorrow night. Alec will be in here until 24:00 hours so I suggest you two come at 23:00.”

“Agreed” Serena said, and she and Liz left the room. Turning to Liz she whispered “I suggest we go get some rest now. We’re gonna have a big day ahead of us tomorrow.”

Reaching their room they lay on their cots.

“Are you scared?” Liz asked Serena as she turned to face her.

“Yes in a way I am. I’ve been here all my life, even though I know that the world outside is better than Manticore, I’m still scared of what I might find there. You?”

“Yeah I am. I mean I still don’t remember anything about my life. No one came for me, I don’t know if there is anyone waiting for me in Roswell.”

“Sure there are. Your parents, your friends. This Max guy.”

“But would Max still want to know me? He’s with that girl now.”

“You mean the skanky ho known as Tess?”

“Yes Tess. They were getting closer remember. I saw them kiss each other, I mean I don’t think its gone further than that but…”

“You think it’s better if you stay away from them?”

“Well I don’t know… I can’t remember anything!” Liz said in frustration.

“It’s ok. We’ll be out of this hellhole soon, and I’m gonna get you home, and I’ll help you recover your memory when it’s safe. Try and get some sleep.”

“Ok” Liz said turning over again. Serena lay awake until she could hear the deep breathing from Liz indicating she had fallen asleep. Serena didn’t need much sleep, just like Maxie and Jondy so she stayed awake to keep track of time. Soon, soon Liz would be home and she… she would be free. It was strange and thrilling to think of it. That she would no longer have to take orders from anyone, that she could do as she please, sleep when she wanted, not be afraid find out who she really was. For the first time in her seventeen years Serena was finally facing the same questions that most teenagers her age were facing. ‘What do I do with my life?’ If anyone had asked her a few months ago she would make a new friend, find her long lost sister, find out that her unit hadn’t abandoned her and told her that she would be escaping the only home she’d ever known… well she probably would have turned them over to Renfro for psycho analysis. Yet here she was. In a few days she could leave Manticore behind her forever.

Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Part Fifteen

The incessant ringing of the telephone by Max’s ear was driving him insane. He buried his head under his pillow until his answering machine came on.

“Hi it’s Max. I’m not here right now please leave a message. BEEP”


“Max! It’s Maria! I know you’re there Max! Look I’ve been thinking. This whole thing doesn’t make sense. I mean if Liz left on her own why would she call her home phone? And why were there muffled sounds and some guy talking? I don’t think that sounds like someone who is willing leaving do you?” Max pondered this. Maria had a point. If Liz was leaving by choice, why all the cryptic puzzles? He quickly picked up the phone before Maria hung up.

“Maria? Are you still there? You’ve got a point. I’ll talk to Isabel and see if we can contact her again tonight. I’ll get back to you if I have any news.” Maria and Max discussed things for a little while longer before hanging up.

“Isabel?” Max called as he walked towards her room.

“Max?” Isabel asked with slight surprise. She hadn’t expected Max to leave his room, let alone his bed, where he had been camping for the last month. Ever since he believed that Liz had not been captured, but had left of her own accord.

“Isabel I need your help to contact Liz again.”

“Why?” She asked even more surprised than before.

“Because Maria pointed out some things which don’t add up. I just need to make sure. Please Izzy” he begged. She conceded and they went into her room locking the door behind them.

“Take my hand Max” she said as he complied. They began and Max found himself in the same room he was last time. As before Liz was lying in bed and he could see the same girl who had been there last time. It was very hard to make out anything except their faces, the darkness around them making it impossible to scope the surroundings.

“But would Max still want to know me? He’s with that girl now.” Liz said

“You mean the skanky ho known as Tess?”

“Yes Tess. They were getting closer remember. I saw them kiss each other; I mean I don’t think it’s gone further than that but…”

“You think it’s better if you stay away from them?” Max’s cheeks burned in shame. It seemed that besides moping and being miserable he kept feeling ashamed and embarrassed. Why did I have to be so stupid? He had enough of listening. It was too painful to know that Liz was talking about him and Tess, that she didn’t want to come home because of them. Max faded and found himself back with Isabel.

“She doesn’t want us. It’s my fault. She doesn’t want to come home because of me and Tess…” he said as he began to sob. Isabel made him lie down and she hugged him close. Together they fell into a fitful sleep with their arms around each other, surprising their parents when Dianne went to wake them the next morning.

“Philip look” she said motioning to the two teenagers spread out on the bed.

“I guess I should be glad that the guy in Isabel’s bed is just Max” he said half joking as Dianne pelted him with a tea towel.

“After everything they are going through, at least they still have each other” she said as she closed the door behind them, not wanting to wake the two teens.


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Freedom. The word seemed so foreign to Alec. He had at one stage craved it, needed it like the air he needed to breathe. Those days when he forgot the mission and remembered that he was a human being too. It’s funny how a girl had to show him the way, how a girl always had to show him the way. This time it was Liz. Innocent Liz with her two unborn children. He had known the girl all of ten minutes but he was now prepared to go against everything he had been brought up to believe in. He was prepared to die for her and those children and he wasn’t exactly sure why. Perhaps it was some alien mumbo jumbo that possessed him, but he couldn’t help feeling that it was the right thing to do. That perhaps helping this girl would somehow help to redeem him from all the evil he had done. He knew it was just a start, but he had promised that was exactly what it was. The start. The start of Alec doing good in the world. He had a new name, and he was ready for a new life. Yep he was all set. And of course, maybe chicks digged the hero.

“Earth to Alec?” Maxie asked scowling at him. He woke from his reverie and found Maxie standing and pointing towards to the wall, motioning for him to help her.

“Oh yeah…” he said sheepishly. They began to tear at the wall silently, each lost in their own thoughts.

“Need any help? I don’t sleep as you know and Liz had a nightmare” Serena said popping her head around the door. Maxie grinned at her and motioned for them to come in. Liz sat down on Maxie’s bed and leant against the cool brick wall as the three transgenics worked.

“So where are we all heading anyway?” Alec asked.

“Roswell” Serena said.

“Seattle” Maxie said at the same time. Serena looked at her in surprise. She had just found her sister and she was about to lose her again. Secretly she had hoped that Maxie and her would stay together. But of course she has been on the outside before, and she probably has a whole life outside. What gives you the right to barge in and take her away from that? Serena thought.

“What was your life like? On the outside I mean” she asked. Maxie’s eyes took on a dreamy look as she reminisced about her life in the big bad world.

“I had a job, I had friends like Original Cindy who knew about me and yet still treated and cared for me like she had before she knew about it. I… I had a friend… we could have been more than friends but I was always too scared to take the plunge. I love him really, and I never got to tell him that.” Liz seemed to understand. She knew that she deeply loved someone even though she couldn’t remember why.

“What was his name?” She asked gently.

“Logan. You’d like him. He’s selfless, always trying to help out those less unfortunate. He’s a regular super hero” she said drifting off again. Serena recognised the look in her eyes as the same one that Liz used to have when she spoke about her Max and she knew there was no way she could stop her sister from returning to him.

“What about you? Why are you going to Roswell?” Maxie asked Serena.

“It’s where Liz comes from. It’s where her family is. She needs them and I promised her I would take care of her.” Maxie nodded understanding.

“And are you following them Alec?” She asked.

“Yeah. I promised I’d protect Liz and her children and I mean to. Should be interesting right?”

“It’ll be nice to have some family around” Serena said to him smiling. Serena and Liz were beginning to feel comfortable with him, almost to the point they considered him to be like the brother they never had.

“I’m sorry I can’t stay with you Serena” Maxie said misunderstanding. Serena realised this and shook her head.

“Don’t be. I want you to be happy with Logan. But you better keep in touch!” She said wagging a finger at her. Maxie laughed.

“Sure”

“Hey Maxie… what can you tell me about the others that escaped?” Maxie looked at her sorrowfully.

“Of the original escapees Brin… well you know she was recaptured. Tinga was recaptured and that stupid bitch Renfro killed her… Zack killed himself for me… Ben… he went mad and… he died…” she said looking away.

“Renfro killed Tinga?” Serena said sorrowfully. She remembered sweet Tinga, ever protective of her, like a big mother hen. Maxie nodded in anger.

“Jace, she escaped later, pregnant with a child, Logan and I helped her escape. She has a child called Max.”

“Popular name” Serena commented.

“Yeah she named the kid after me. Tinga had a son too… he was called Case.” Serena took all this information in. She was an aunt. She had always wondered what their lives had been like on the outside, what jobs they had, if they had found love, or had kids, even what they looked like.

“I wish I could have met them all. I’d loved to have seen how they all looked, I mean look at you, you look so different without your buzz cut hair.” She said brushing the long hair of her sister.

“Ben… he looked exactly like Alec. They were like twins or something.” This came to Serena as a surprise and she looked at Alec. He was digging hard at the wall, obviously uncomfortable about the information that it seemed, he already knew.

“You knew this Alec?” she asked him quietly.

“Yeah. After they found out the guy was insane I underwent six months of psych-ops to make sure it wasn’t hereditary.” Serena shuddered at the thought; she knew that it was a very unpleasant experience.

“I’m sorry” she said to him softly, putting her arm on his shoulder.

“It wasn’t your fault” he said nonchalantly. They continued to chatter as their escape route began to take shape.


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Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Part Sixteen

“I’m hungry” Kyle murmured to no one in particular. The six teenagers were crowded into a booth at the Crashdown café. At first glance it would look like any other bunch of teenagers hanging out, except that after careful inspection you would notice that ordinary teenagers didn’t look like the world had just died. Kyle was sitting on edge of the booth studying a menu intently, even though he knew all the items of food sold at the café after all his ex-girlfriend had worked there. Tess sitting next to him was trying unsuccessfully to lay her head on Max’s shoulder. Max was looking at the mural on the wall, although anyone could tell that he was really a million miles from there, Isabel had her hand on Max’s squeezing it gently. Next to her, Maria and Michael were sharing a plate of chips, their previous argument over putting Tabasco sauce over it forgotten. Tess scowled inwardly. Liz had never been that much of a talkative person anyway, just an unimportant human, yet this group was acting as though she’d been the centre of everything, like they couldn’t just exist as normal functioning members of society without her.

“Max…” she said in a pleading voice. Max continued to stare at the wall, oblivious to her calling his name. She sighed and tried again this time moving up to whisper in his ear seductively. “Maaxxx…” he finally snapped out of his reverie.

“Huh? Oh Tess.” Max still had no idea what to say to Tess and he looked at Isabel pleadingly for help. Isabel smirked, and Max knew that he wasn’t getting any help from his sister; she was obviously enjoying this as a little punishment for his superior behaviour lately.

“Max what do you say we go somewhere a little more private?” Tess whispered into his ear again, this time moving her hand to stroke the outside of his shirt.

“Um… I can’t, I have to do something with Michael… maybe… maybe later...”

“You know any other girl would think that you were acting like a typical guy who just loves a girl then leaves them” Tess said playing on the gentleman within Max.

“Well… it’s a good thing I’m not a typical guy and you’re not a typical girl then” he said absentmindedly, sliding out of the booth and walking towards the door.

“Michael!” he called to the guy who was presently kissing his girlfriend. Michael turned and waved goodbye to her as he joined Max.

“Hey Max… you’re good with all the romance stuff”

“I was once upon a time yeah” Max said as he started up the jeep.

“Could you like help me organise a surprise party for Maria’s birthday?”

“That’s like in a few days Michael!” Max exclaimed. Leave it to Michael to do things at the last minute. He sighed, it would be good to get his mind off of things he supposed, he was trying really hard for Isabel’s sake not to seem really depressed and he’d hoped so far it was working. It would also give him a good reason to avoid being alone with Tess for awhile. He’d avoided her for almost the whole summer and he knew that she would be pissed if she wasn’t already. “Ok but you better ask Isabel to help us”

“Done” Michael said as they pulled out of the parking lot.


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“Oh you want me to help you plan Maria’s party!” Isabel said her eyes lighting up. Inwardly both males groaned. If the Birthday Nazi was anything like the Christmas Nazi they were in for a really long hard time.

“Where do you want to have it?”

“Um… I was thinking maybe the Crashdown?” Michael said running his hand through his hair as he went to the fridge and pulled out a few bottles of Snapple. Chucking one to each of the Evans’ he sat down on the couch where Isabel had out a notepad and pen and was dutifully jotted down all the important party essentials.

“Who are you going to have there?”

“Well I guess all of Maria’s friends, her mum, that sort of thing… but I’d like to have just us too you know?”

“Hmm yeah…”

“What about having a party first and then all of us staying after for a little private thing?” Max suggested. Isabel beamed at him. She was glad he was making an effort, even if she could see it was only for her. She knew that he really couldn’t care less whether Pierce or anyone else for that matter captured or killed him anymore, so long as it didn’t expose her and Michael of course, because really the Max Evans she knew was dead. As long as Liz Parker remained out of his life, he’d stay that way too.

“It’s a good idea and it’s nice that you want to help out” she said.

“Yeah… well it’s the least I can do seeing… seeing it was my fault her best friend left” he replied, all pretence dropping.

“Max…” Isabel began.

“No… I… How could I do something like that? How could I tell her to break her heart for me?”

“It was for us too you know, and it wasn’t really you” Isabel said gently.

“But it was me. The future me, its who I would have been if she hadn’t altered time. Now she’s… she’s blaming herself for Alex’s death, when really it was me. I killed Alex.”

“No. You didn’t kill Alex Max, and whoever did kill Alex be it a skin or a shape shifter or any of the other alien species out there, we’ll find them and we will avenge Alex’s death.” Michael said. “We owe it to him.”

“You were right all along Michael. I should have stayed away from Liz. I wasn’t strong enough. Because of me, because I was weak her parents lost their daughter, Maria lost her friends, and Liz, she lost everything.”

“Max you’re wrong. You were right all along. If there is one thing I’ve learnt from all the crap we’ve been through over these past few years it’s that you were right to let Liz in. Liz, Maria, Alex, all of them, they kept us human, kept us from going insane when we had to do things to protect our alien side. When we had to kill Pierce, Whittaker, all those skins. They make us stronger Max. They make us better.” Max and Isabel looked at Michael in awe. Were these words sprouting from his mouth? From Michael Guerin's mouth?

“I’m really proud of you Michael.” Isabel said hugging him. Max nodded his head in agreement.

“Yeah well, don’t expect it too often. Now are we planning a party or not?”


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Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Part Seventeen

“Liz, its time” Serena said shaking her gently. Liz groaned and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, adjusting to the darkness. Serena helped her up and they crept out of the room. Luckily for Serena, being in Renfro’s good graces and due to the new breeding program, there were transgenics walking up and down the halls at all times of the night, so no one took much notice of the two girls hurrying to Maxie’s cell.

“It’s about time! We thought you’d never get here!” Alec remarked as they finally entered. Serena was about to make remark but she saw the look of nervousness on his face. She let it slide, sensing that his need to make comments was just to help him relieve his nervousness and try to break the tension.

“We ready?” Maxie asked. Serena nodded.

“Let’s do it.”

They snuck down the tunnel that Maxie had made until they reached Joshua’s window.

“Liz, Serena, meet Joshua” she said motioning towards a tall creature who looked like a man crossed with a dog.

“Erm… hi” Liz and Serena said nervously.

“Little bit coming?” he said pointing to Liz’ stomach. She nodded, feeling more at ease with him then before. He too was like a child at heart really. She wondered if he was escaping with them.

“Are you coming?” She inquired.

“Max outside. Alec outside. Liz outside. Serena outside. Joshua stay inside” he said sadly. Maxie looked at him feeling bad.

“Joshua come outside too if we can get you out. Otherwise I’ll come back for you ok big fella?” He nodded happily.

“Places everyone… and go!”

Joshua took off through the forest with Serena chasing him.
“Hey! He’s getting away! Come on!” she yelled to the X7s. They began to run after Joshua leaving Max and Alec, carrying Liz on his back to start running toward the fence. Meanwhile Serena began to tackle Joshua. An X7 approached them and Serena kicked him.
“Oh, sorry, kid” she said as more X7s began to approach. She kicked another.
“Maybe I should let you guys handle this, huh?” she said kicking more X7s while Joshua ran. The X7s turned and in a circle they pointed their guns at Serena, one accidentally firing and hitting her in her side.
“Whoa, whoa! Boys! No need for firepower, fellas. Just trying to help.” She said clutching her side in pain. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Max and Alec knock down two X7s before jumping the perimeter fence with Joshua carrying Liz right behind them.
“You idiots! Look he’s getting away! Wait till I report you all to Madam Renfro! I’ll have to do it myself!” she yelled at them before taking off towards the fence, looking for all the world like she was chasing after them. She flew over the fence and ran not looking back. She ran until she had reached the end of the forest.

“You’re hurt!” Maxie yelled running up to her, concern written all over her face.

“I’m fine, is anyone else hurt?” Serena asked breathing heavily.

“Yeah Liz got a deep cut from the barbed wire on the fence. We’ve patched it up and it should hold up until you get her home.”

“We better get moving. Manticore is going to be alerted soon and the further away we are the better.” Alec said. Serena and Maxie looked at each other. It had taken them so long to find each other, and they were parting again.

“I’ll miss you” Serena said hugging Maxie tightly, wincing slightly as her wound came in contact.

“Are you going to be ok with that?” Maxie asked. Serena nodded.

“I better separate from you too, to throw Manticore off both your tracks. I’ll meet you in Roswell Serena” Alec said.

“You promise?” Serena asked.

“I promised to protect Liz and you with my life remember?” he hugged them both and began to walk away from them.

“Hey Alec!” she said as he turned around.

“Yeah?”

“You’re not so bad you know?”

“You too” he said grinning. “See you in Roswell.” The two left leaving Serena and Liz alone. They began walking along a highway trying to thumb a lift off passing cars.

“Need a lift?” asked an old lady. Serena nodded and she and Liz got into the backseat. Liz laid her head on Serena’s shoulder and Serena rubbed her aching lower back and swollen stomach. “Where are you headed to dearies?”

“Um… New Mexico.”

“Oh that’s far… that’s what… nineteen hours drive?” The lady said as her car tottered along the road.

“Oh you can drop us off at wherever is convenient for you” Liz said sweetly.

“Well I’m going to Denver to see my daughter is that ok?”

“Oh yes that’s fine” Serena said. They fell silent and Liz began to nod off. Serena turned to face the car window, marvelling at the wind which whipped her long hair around her and which cooled her face. She took in the landscape that flew past them, of course she had seen the sky and felt the wind before, but somehow it all felt different from before. Now she was free, it was like someone had flicked a switch and the black and white pictures she once saw became technicolour.
“Beautiful” she breathed.

“What’s beautiful dearie?” The lady asked. Serena turned from the window startled.

“Oh… the world, the world is beautiful” she commented. The lady nodded her head and continued driving. Serena let the scenery pass her until she saw the worn billboard sign smiling a ‘Welcome to Denver’ greeting. Gently waking Liz up the two thanked the lady and got out of the car.

“We need to hitch another ride Liz” Serena said as she stuck her hand out to passing cars. “How are you holding up?”

“Fine” Liz said wearily. It was strange being out in the open again after the months spent in Manticore. She couldn’t remember the time she had spent out here. In one way it was familiar to her, and in another it was as though she was experiencing it for the first time, just like Serena.


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Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Song For Part Eighteen: The Way We Are by Lene Marlin

I watch you growing sometimes I see myself - in you
It can be scary but kinda funny too
I hear you talking
A lot of similarities
Your choice of words
And all the fantasises

CHORUS

Just the way we are
I guess you've seen it now
A mirror of ourselves sure makes us weird
Falling down
From a mountain of frights
What's there to hold on to?

The way you makes all smile and the despair when you just
Won't go to sleep
You could have me walking a mile to make you smile still it's not
Really a weep
I know you fooled me
A million times
I just can't help it
Don't know why

CHORUS

I know you hate it but they really have to do
What they do
You're crying out your wishes I understand
Yet they don't have a clue.

CHORUS


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Part Eighteen

“Michael”

“Isabel”

“Michael remembering your Christmas present disaster with Maria, I’d like to know exactly what you’re planning on getting her this time. A cuckoo clock? A side mirror for her car? What exactly?” Isabel asked as she went to the fridge to get a drink. “God Michael don’t you have anything else to drink besides Snapple?”

“No. What’s your problem?” Michael said flopping down onto the couch. He propped his feet up on the coffee table, allowing some room for Isabel to sit down. “I got her present already.”

“Well are you going to get it? We’re going to be late. Max is already there with everyone else, and as much as I’d like to make him suffer by leaving him there alone with Tess longer, I want to get there before Maria arrives. I brought a backup present just in case.”

“I don’t need a backup present. This present is nothing like what I’ve gotten her before. I’m a changed guy Isabel. I’ve learnt a lot about romance from Max now you know too”

“Yes because Max really does seem like the Don Juan these days” Isabel remarked dryly.

“Just because he stuffed up his relationships being an ass, doesn’t mean he didn’t get some of it right. Besides, since all that’s happened I’ve spent a lot of time with Maria, like actually getting along. I know her better now.” Isabel twisted the top of her Snapple and took a sip.

“That all may be very well Michael, and I know you’ve changed and I’m really proud of you. But what DID you get her?” Sensing that Isabel wasn’t going to let him out of the house till she knew, Michael got up off the couch and offered his hand to her to get up. Taking it she followed.

“This” Michael said taking a cloth covered item out of his cupboard. He unveiled it and Isabel’s breath caught in her throat. It was a picture frame made of wood, with wooden carvings of musical notes scattered across the border. The notes were painted black, the background a rich gold colour. Inside the frame was a painting, Isabel was unsure of the type, be it oil or watercolour but it was beautiful none the less. It was Maria, her green eyes gazing out at the night sky, which Isabel noted included the V constellation signifying their home planet. Her long wavy blond hair cascaded down her shoulders and a wistful smile graced her lips.

“Michael” Isabel breathed in awe. “It’s amazing, it looks so… real” and indeed it did. He had captured the true essence of Maria in detailed brushstroke. Her eyes portrayed her sorrow, deep penetrating sadness from losing her best friends. That she was a member of a club that no one wanted to join. Isabel briefly wondered if her reflection would look the same as that of Maria’s. She glanced at the picture again and noticed three small outlines at the bottom of the painting. At closer inspection she saw that it was Maria again. A different Maria this time. This Maria’s eyes were lit up, exuding light and energy and displaying the little spitfire that she was. The main difference between the two Marias? This one was laughing with two other figures beside her; Liz and Alex. Alex… she missed him so much. She had wasted all that time with him, being unsure of her feelings, denying the feelings that she had for him. He had been her rock through all the troubles they shared, he had never run away or freaked out at who she was, who she really was. Instead he took it all in his stride, accepting the fact that he loved Isabel Evans, alien heritage and all. She had abused that, she had taken him for granted, and when she finally opened her eyes to the truth, she had lost him. The truth… she loved him...

“So does this mean I get the Isabel Evans Seal of Approval?” Michael said interrupting her thoughts.

“Yeah I guess you do” she said flashing him a weak smile. “Maria is going to love it.”

“I hope so” Michael said. “I don’t want to spend the last few weeks before school starts, begging for her forgiveness.”

“Come on Michael, we have a party to attend” she said turning her attention to other matters. Now is not the time to think about Alex. We have to be strong for Maria.


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“Hey Maria”

“Hey Kyle. What are you doing here?” Maria asked Kyle who stood at her front doorstep.

“Your mom’s out with my dad again” he said shrugging.

“That’s the third time this week. It looks like its getting really serious.” She commented.

“Yeah. Just think, if they get married you and I will become step-siblings.”

“It’d be kind of nice I guess, I always wanted a brother.”

“Well if they don’t… at least we’ll be friends” he said grinning a small smile at her. Maria nodded and motioned him into her house. “How are you anyway?”

“I miss them. Alex and Liz” she confided to Kyle.

“Of course you should. They were your best friends, you guys grew up together. We were the only human beings who knew that there really were little green men running around Roswell.”

“It’s my birthday today Kyle. I want them to be here. I want Alex to be cracking stupid jokes and I want Liz and I to laugh at them. Hell I’d even settle for Alex moping over Isabel and Liz making goo goo eyes at Max. Anything as long as it meant that they were here with me.”

“I know. But they wouldn’t want us to be sad, especially on your birthday right? I mean, didn’t you once say you were Teflon to Liz?”

“Yeah… but even Teflon has its limits.”

“At least be happy today. Remember that none of this happened on your birthday. That’s what my dad told me when Alex died.” Maria’s eyes widened in recognition.

“That’s right. Alex died the night before your birthday.” She said fiercely hugging Kyle.

“Yeah, but my dad was right Maria. As the saying goes, the show must go on. You are going to have a great birthday, and if you don’t I’ll utterly humiliate you by singing all the different versions of Happy Birthday that I know during your shift tomorrow” he said jumping up and beginning to sing.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to yooooou. You look like a monkey and smell like one toooo.”

“You’re terrible Kyle!” she said laughing as she swatted him.

“But you still love me right!” he said grinning and still dancing around like a monkey.

“I’ll have to think about that” she said jokingly.

“Hey, how about I take you out somewhere to celebrate your birthday?”

“Well ok sounds good, I mean I spent lunch with mom and Michael, but now she’s gone out and Michael said he had to help Max move exhibits at the UFO Center.”
Maria grabbed her coat and locked the door behind her.

“So how’s Tess?” Maria asked nonchalantly as she got into Kyle’s car.

“Weird. Like she’s forever moping around after Max, which is kinda annoying, and she’s always muttering to herself.” Kyle replied starting the engine.

“She seems to be the only one taking Liz’s disappearance in her stride, although, then again, she and Liz never did see eye to eye.”

“Yeah I notice you don’t seem fond of her either Maria” Kyle said cocking his eyebrow at her.

“How do you expect me to feel about the tramp? I mean I’m sorry Kyle, I know she’s like a sister to you and everything, but I can’t help feeling that she’s a bed hopping slut and that she should be like… sent back to her own planet!” she ranted.

“Some people could say that Liz was a bed hopping slut, and some people did Maria” Maria pounded her fist on the dashboard, causing Kyle to break abruptly.

“MARIA!”

“No. You and I both know that isn’t true. She never slept with you Kyle, even Max knows that now. Surely you understand why Max has been ignoring Tess. Because he feels guilty. He knows he did it with a skank like Tess, and he betrayed Liz, who was pure, who was innocent, and who gave up everything for him.”

“Maria even if that is the case, if Tess only slept with Max, it doesn’t make her a bed hopping tramp, she’s his wife for goodness sakes and will you lay off my car!”

“Sorry Kyle. But about Tess being his wife, well I don’t care. Mark my words Kyle Valenti. That Tess Harding is one evil bitch and one day I’ll be saying I told you so.”


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Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://emmy.will.id.au.

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Part Nineteen

“Liz are you okay?” Serena asked worriedly as they squatted by the side of the highway so Liz could puke her guts out.

“No… I thought that this was supposed to be morning sickness…” she moaned. Serena patted her head comfortingly.

“Well you’re not exactly having a normal pregnancy you know?” Serena pointed out. Liz moaned again as another bought of nausea took hold of her. Apart from the normal tiredness and backaches her pregnancy was far from normal. She had grossed out all of the transgenics and the staff at Manticore, who although had fought countless battles and seen blood and guts and gore in abundance, couldn’t seem to stomach the strange cravings she had. Also, she finally understood the wonder of Tabasco sauce. Her so called ‘morning sickness’ was actually a timed on the hour every hour sickness, much like the news bulletins on CNN. There was also a few other side affects that the pregnancy was having which she, Serena, Max and Alec had kept well hidden for fear of more experimentation. It was easy to tell that these children were Max’s by the unique qualities that she had tapped into through them. She was now a member of the blast em club having accidentally blasted a hole in the wall one night. Also as Max had, she could now shield herself. She hadn’t picked up the healing ability however as the throbbing pain in her shoulder reminded her.

“Are you ready to keep moving now?” Serena asked after Liz’s heaves had died down.

“I… I think so… how’s your side?” Liz asked weakly. Serena examined the wound she had managed to patch up. Thank goodness I paid attention in Field Medicine 101. She thought.

“It’ll hold. Come on… We got a ride to catch.” She said helping Liz up. They stood by the side of the road trying to thumb a ride until a truck driver stopped.

“You girls need a lift? Where ya headed?” He asked blowing cigarette smoke into their faces.

“Ugh I don’t like the look of him Serena, what if he tries something?” Liz whispered to her.

“Then he’ll get a taste of Manticore’s ass kicking techniques” she whispered back. Giving him a fake sugary smile she said to the guy.

“Yeah thanks. We’re heading to Roswell.” She said hopping into the truck cabin beside him, then helping Liz up.

“Roswell eh?” he grunted. “Know some aliens there do ya”

“Yeah… something like that” Serena replied. The girls spent the ride carefully watching the driver who kept cracking obscene jokes and ogling them.

It was about one or two in the morning and 1578km later when Serena finally saw the sign welcoming them into Roswell, New Mexico, Home of the Little Green Men. Outside the truck cabin the rain was coming down steadily.

“Liz, wake up, we’re in Roswell” she said softly shaking her sleeping form. Liz stirred. Serena looked at the truck driver again, his eyes were gleaming at them, as though he had struck gold in a mine. It unnerved her, and her years of training kicked in. She couldn’t let him know where they were heading to.

“Uh… you can just drop us here thanks” Serena said to him casually as the passed the Sheriff’s station. He hadn’t seemed to notice the location and he pulled over to the side and stopped his truck.

“Well girls, I’ve got you hear safe and sound. How about a little gratitude?” he said leering at them.

“Uh… we haven’t any money to pay you, but if you give us your address or something we can send you a cheque when we get some” Serena said stalling as Liz frantically tried to open the cabin door.

“You’ll give me exactly what I want!” he said threateningly, his blue eyes glittering angrily at them. Serena thought quickly, it would be difficult with Liz in the car to try anything wildly outrageous and Serena had started to feel strange during the ride. Slight tremors shook her body. Her mind registered somewhere that all X5s suffered from seizures, and that she no longer had Manticore to provide her with tryptophan.

“Ok you’re right… I’m being so ungrateful”, she said leaning towards him and putting her hands to his head. She grabbed his head and banged it against the steering wheel, but unfortunately the tremors that took hold of her made knocking the guy out impossible. “Liz get out now!” she yelled as they scrambled out. With her advanced hearing she could hear the guy swearing as he quickly opened the door. Together Liz and Serena stumbled away from the truck running as fast as they could. An explosion rang out and Liz fell onto the rain soaked road, crying out in pain.
“Liz?” Serena asked worried. She turned to Liz whose arm was bleeding profusely, and then looked back at the driver who was holding a pistol. Damnit! Serena thought. She launched herself at him, flying through the air and landing a kick squarely on his chest before he could fire. She quickly disarmed him and turned the gun back at him. See how he liked to stare down the end of his own gun barrel.

“How the hell did you do that? What kind of freak are you?” he said venomously. Serena wanted to end this quickly. First rule of thumb was to stay out of sight, not fight it out in the middle of a street like some old western movie. She whacked him hard with the end of his pistol and knocked him out cold.
“Jerk.” She said as she hauled his fat ass into his truck and locked him in. She grabbed two blankets from the rear of the cabin and ran back to Liz who was trying to stem the flow of blood coming from her arm. “Come on Liz we have to go” Serena urged, throwing a blanket over her head.
“Crash… Crashdown” Liz said through gritted teeth. Serena looked up and with her enhanced vision saw the flying saucer proudly bearing the Crashdown’s name. She slung Liz’s arm around her shoulder bearing most of the girl’s weight, and began moving slowly towards her destination in the thundering rain.


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This is a really really bad chapter but I've had sooo much things on lately... and seeing it originally was part of the chapter after it (it sounded much better then) but I wanted to drag it out a little.

Title: Alone

Author: EmmyAwards

Theme Song: Alone by Emily Chai Kym
(Lyrics are on the first post, Song can be downloaded from this http://www.emilychaikym.tk

Feedback: First story ever written and I suck at writing, but some feedback would be appreciated.


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Part Twenty

“Hi Maria, do you like this place so much that you come here off duty too?” Jeff Parker said jokingly to her, giving Kyle a small wink as they walked by.

“No! It’s just that Kyle here invited me out for my birthday and he has no imagination about where to take someone” she replied to him. She saw Michael at the grill and walked towards him.

“I thought you were helping Max at the UFO Centre?” she questioned.

“I was? I mean, I was! We finished and Mr Parker asked me to help man the grill.” He said trying to cover up his mistake. In the corner hiding against the wall Isabel snickered. Seems like Michael could never get anything right. Maria looked back at Mr Parker finally noticing something strange about the café.

“Michael… why are you manning the grill when there is no one in the Crashdown? This place is dead. Did you forget to open or something?” she said swinging her arm around to show the empty room.

“I think we better say surprise now. Kyle is hopeless and so is Michael” Isabel whispered to Max in the opposite corner.

“Agreed” he whispered back. Kyle was madly staring at Maria with a ‘what do I do?” face and Michael wasn’t doing any better.

“1, 2, 3… SURPRISE!!!” everyone yelled jumping up from various places in the kitchen.

“Surprise? What surprise... Oh me!!” Maria shrieked.

“No Buddha… of course for you dope!” Kyle said sarcastically. Maria ignored him and ran into the kitchen.

“Who’s idea? Who’s idea?” she said jumping and down. Isabel and Max pointed to Michael, and she immediately flung herself into his arms and wildly kissing his face.

“Thankyou Spaceboy thankyou thankyou!” she said happily. A cough was heard from behind Michael and she let go of him to see her mother looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

“Oh… hi mom!” she said jumping over to hug her as well. She proceeded to then run around the tiny kitchen hugging everyone before she let them out.

“You don’t have to hug me” Tess said to her as she approached.

“Wasn’t planning to” Maria shot at her and moved to hug the next person.

“Presents?” Isabel’s voice rang out from the café. Maria’s ears perked up and she fled out the door leaving Tess standing there alone.

“Bitch” Tess muttered before she went to join them at the present opening. They had gotten through almost all the presents when Maria realised that she hadn’t seen what Michael gave her.
Don’t tell me he’s given me a side mirror for my car this time…

“Michael?” she said sweetly fluttering her eyelids at him and pouting. Michael gulped and pulled a present that was lying on a side table.

“I got this for you.” He said in an almost nervous tone. She made a play for it and ripped open the wrapping with a fury. Side mirror… oh my… and for once in her lifetime… Maria Deluca was speechless. She gazed in awe at the portrait Michael had made of her… for her. It was perfect. He was perfect.

“Michael…” her voice said with emotion before she flung herself in his arms and started crying.

“oh god… you hate it… I’m sorry I can do better!” Michael said panicking. Maria hit him.

“No you dope I love it!”

“Good… more presents?”


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“Well happy birthday Maria” Kyle said as he helped himself to more ice cream. The six of them sat in the Crashdown completely exhausted after cleaning up Maria’s surprise party. Michael, Isabel and Max had done an excellent job planning the party and Maria was blown off her feet at the result. Now they sat and rested while they waited for the storm outside to blow over.

“Thanks guys, this was the best party ever” she said. Kyle grinned wickedly at her.

“Even better than the party where you played spin the bottle and got so sick cos you had to kiss that loser Allan that you puked all over him?” Maria gaped in horror as they all burst into hysterical laughter.

“That wasn’t funny! I was utterly humiliated! And Allan I mean… EW! Can we say total loser? He wasn’t at all attractive, not like you spaceboy” she said tilting her head up to kiss him.

“That’s good” he said gruffly but affectionately kissing her forehead. It was nice that they could sit here and talk, they hadn’t been able to do it for so long without the feeling of gloom around them, but tonight it was a time to celebrate Maria’s birthday, and they weren’t going to let Liz or Alex’s absence dampen the mood, as Kyle said that ‘Liz would kick our asses if we didn’t give Maria a good time’.

“I remember when I was little and Liz tricked me into thinking I’d woken up and missed my birthday!” everyone laughed. “I cried. I was so upset I thought I’d overslept and missed it, I was so mad at her for that” she said sighing. “I miss her” the others nodded in agreement. They were silent for a moment until they heard a loud banging at the door. Illuminated by the lightning outside they saw two huddled figures, one supporting the other. It was a girl with long dark hair soaked by the rain; she placed her hand on the glass door as though to lean on it for strength before the both of them slid to the concrete and out of sight, the only trace being the smeared bloody handprint on the once clean glass.




Ahh yes crappy I know!!! Been SOOOO BUSY!!