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Icequeen wrote:The eye changing this was freaky. Does that happen everytime they get pissed?

Yeah, kind of.

Jason's Lover wrote:Hmmm, what's Ava up to??? Is she conspiring with Tess?

Hmm, maybe.

r0swell_dreamer wrote:Ok so when are we gonna find out what's going on with Ava? Is she working with Tess or did they capture her or something and one Ava is Tess and the other is a shapeshifter? I can't see Ava being evil and betraying them. Great update!

VERY VERY INTERESTING.



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Author's Note: Hey guys. It was brought to my attention that some of you guys have trouble finding the chaps in my fics. I've tried doing the title thing where I have the updated page included, but I can't cause there's so much already on it. So here's a Table of Contents to the fics with a crap loud of pages. You can click on the titles and it'll take you to that fic.


The Vanished:
Ch 1 - pg 1
Ch 2 - pg 2
Ch 3 - pg 3
Ch 4 - pg 5
Ch 5 - pg 6
Ch 6 - pg 8
Ch 7 - pg 10
Ch 8 - pg 11

A Reason To Run:
Ch 1 - pg 1
Ch 2 - pg 2
Ch 3 - pg 3
Ch 4 - pg 5
Ch 5 - pg 5
Ch 6 - pg 7
Ch 7 - pg 8
Ch 8 - pg 10


Consequences of Time Travel:
Ch 1 - pg 1
Ch 2 - pg 2
Ch 3 - pg 4
Ch 4 - pg 6
Ch 5 - pg 8
Ch 6 - pg 10
Ch 7 - pg 11
Ch 8 - pg 13
Ch 9 - pg 15
Ch 10 - pg 15
Ch 11 - pg 19

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Chapter 11


The Crashdown

“So how long does the Crash have to stay closed?” Alex asked me as he watched me tape up a sign that said “Closed Until Further Notice”.

“Until Max says it’s okay, I guess.” I answer honestly, not really knowing when.

“Where is the father-to-be?” Alex asks.

Before I even turn around I could picture him grinning ear-to-ear and when I do, I can’t help but smile when I see I’m right.

“Uh, he’s upstairs with Kyle.” I answer and move to sit beside him on the booth and rest my head on his shoulder.

“So what’s wrong?” Alex asks as he entwines my fingers with his and rests his cheek against the top of my head.

“Everything.” I sigh deeply and then rest my head on the table, looking to Alex to see him look back at me in confusion. “How did our lives get so…”

“Transcendental?” Alex added with a grin.

“Chaotic.” I correct rolling my eyes at his point blank sarcasm.

“I guess that’s the life we chose by being involved with aliens.” Alex replied with a shrug. That was the most expected answer, but somehow, I was hoping for something else.

“But, God, I mean…” Not really knowing where to begin, I run my hand through my hair in frustration and then exhale loudly as I feel Alex rub my shoulder for support. “It’s just, look at everything that’s happened since Max and me started dating…I mean can you just imagine what’s to come by me being the mother of an alien King’s child.” I ask rhetorically, arching both my eyebrows to show how overwhelmed I was.

“Yeah, I guess I can understand your panic.” Alex answered as he shook his head, focusing at the small patterns of the table top.

All the worry over me, I had completely forgotten about Alex, who was just as big as a target as I am. Max is King, but Isabel is a Princess, property of Khivar in Antarian eyes, and now that Khivar’s dead...who knows if his followers will blame his death on Alex.

And Maria…Maria was just as deep as Alex and me. Even though Michael wasn’t Antarian Royalty, he still had worshipers, Skin worshipers that might not think to highly of Maria because one, she’s human, and two, because they might assume that she’s the reason why Michael doesn’t obtain the throne…staying on Earth to be with her.

Again, I repeat, how did our lives get so chaotic.

“How long do you think I have until Tess finds out about the baby?” I ask out of the blue, staring at the table top as well, moving my head back and forth lightly.

“What?”

“How long?” I repeat and then look at him struggle to think of an answer. “She’s bound to know, so how long do I have to enjoy the fact that I’m having Max’s baby before I have to worry about protecting him or her? How long do I have to worry about baby shower plans or what diaper brand I’m gonna use before I have to worry about which pissed off alien is coming to hurt us? How long? Cause I sure don’t so maybe you can tell me. Huh, Alex? How long?” I ask, soon finding myself in tears and crying against Alex’s chest as he held me close.

“I don’t know Liz. But we don’t know even know the answer to even the human problems either. We just have to go about things one day at a time. Seize each day because tomorrow isn’t promised to any of us.” Alex answered as he brushed my hair back trying to sooth me so I could stop crying.

“It should be.” I answer as I pull away and wipe my tears. “I should be promised to wake up every morning next to the man I love. To hear my best friend and and her boyfriend arguing or you playing your guitar while Isabel plays CD’s with her powers, trying to drown out Kyle from his chanting mediation. Is it wrong to want that?”

“All except me playing my guitar.” Alex answered with a huge cocky smile. “No one should be deprived of that.”

“You’re so full of yourself.” I giggle with a sniffle as I shove him lightly with my arm and then it dawned on me. “Hey, Alex. What do you think about you guys eating dinner with us?” I ask with a sparkle in my eye and a smile of hope stretched across my face.

“Yeah, sure. It’s not like Isabel was going to cook anything tonight.” Alex chuckled as he nodded his head “yes” and “no”.

“No, I mean every night.” I correct, seeing him arch an eyebrow and look at me even more confused. “I mean, the only tradition we have in this group is date an alien. It’ll be nice to start some traditions of our own, something that my baby can grow up to.”

“Yeah, sure. Why not?” Alex nodded with a smile.

“Great. I’ll go tell the others.” I announce as I slide out from behind the table but then turn to look at Alex who was sliding out as well. “Are you finished down here?” I asked, forgetting the main reason why he had stayed behind while everyone else went upstairs.

“Yeah, camera’s are set and we can order ADT or something.” He suggested snapping his fingers and then pointed at me without meaning.

“Um, I don’t think ADT is equipped for alien break-in’s.” I answer skeptically as we move to the back of the restaurant, thinking of all the times Max, Isabel, and Michael have come across something with security.

“Right, well, we better find something and then test it out on Michael.” Alex commented a he wiggled his eyebrows, making me laugh out loud and then shut off the lights as we headed upstairs.

Upstairs

“Hey, Gidget.” Maria greeted, cuddled up next to Michael on the couch, when she saw me enter the door.

“Hey.” I greet and look around the room curiously wondering where Max was, but then assumed he must’ve been in our room .

“What am I? Chopped liver?” Alex asked playfully as he went over to the kitchen to kiss Isabel hello, who was fixing herself a cup of tea.

“Oh, I’m sorry. My little musical muse.” Maria teased in baby talk, as she hugged him and Eskimo kissed him. “Precioso flacito.” She teased in Spanish as she squeezed his cheeks, making us all laugh when we hear him squirm. I move to the hall’s closet and start digging through my mom’s memory boxes of me when I was a baby. Opening a shoe box that had flowers on the lid, I gasp at the most adorable sight. A tiny white cotton sock that fit delicately in the palm of my hand. This is what I have to look forward to. This is what I want to worry about. Not Tess or this pendant around my neck.

“Ugh!” Kyle yawned as he came out of the main bathroom rubbing his stomach, breaking my motherhood thoughts by his maleness. “I feel ten pounds lighter.” He announced, making me scrunch up my nose in disgust as everyone else mumbled their opinions.

“And it’s still a mystery why he doesn’t have a girlfriend.” Michael sarcastically murmured to Maria.

“Are you to done already?” I ask him surprised and relieved, planning some one-on-one celebration time with Max.

“What do you mean?” Kyle asked looking at me with his head to the side.

“Max? Meditation? Ring a bell?” I ask rotating my hands to remind him.

“Uh, we finished like ten minutes ago.” Kyle replied looking at me like I was crazy.

“Really?” I ask surprised, wondering why nobody mentioned it and then go to my room.


Liz’s Room

When I open the door, I find a duffel bag on the bed and then Max coming out with a handful of clothes, tossing them in the bed and folding them neatly before placing them inside the bag.

Stepping into the room and closing the door behind me. For the way my heart was pounding and the way I was holding my baby sock tightly in my hand I could already tell this was a discussion I was going to end up crying in. But no! The weak Liz is gone. The new Liz developed leather skin. Defended myself and my friends when the strongest members of our group left. I can’t go back to weak Liz just because Max is back. Just breathe and ask him what’s going on.

“Max?” I call out, seeing him pause for a moment to inhale before he start rummaging through the dresser drawers, without answering me. “Um, Max, wha-what’s going on?” I ask moving behind him, he stands up about to run into me, but dodges me and drops the arm full of socks into the bag. “Max?” I repeat, staring at his back and lowered head. When I move to sit on the bed, I watch observantly his dark expression as he traced the teeth of the zipper from the suitcase and then finally looked at him. “Max?” I repeat, rubbing the top part of the baby sock nervously with my thumb.

“I’m packing.” He answered softly and then sat in front of me with his back facing me.

“Why?” I ask, turning so my feet are on the bed and tucked underneath me.

“Liz, leaving is the only way…”

“The only way what?” I answer, knowing he can hear my voice cracking.

“The only way you’ll be safe.” He finished. I push the duffel bag off the bed, watching all my clothes spill out of the bag, and then move to his side to see him look away from me. “You’re not safe with me…and the only way you can be…you and the baby…is if I give you up.” Max confessed with a shaky voice. “I have to give you up.”

MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS!!!!!

Okay guys, let me give you the Kool Aid of what happened with my computer...well, my Bill Gates wanna be father deleted every single program on my computer and it took $163 to fix what ever he fucked up.

So now I'm back and ready to write, just hoping you guys will still read.

Icequeen wrote:Where the heck is he going to go? There is no way that they are going to let him leave.

Like Lizard_Queen said, Liz watched HER stuff fall on the floor. Pretty ballzy since it being her house and all.

FSUMSW94 wrote:Max just cannot leave Liz while they just discovered she's pregnant! doesn't he remember they are stronger together?

I don't think so, lol. But believe me the issue will be brought up.

Lizard_Queen wrote:OMG! Max heard Liz's convo with Alex, didn't he?

YAHTZEE!!!

r0swell_dreamer wrote:But with them separated Liz and his child would be in more danger b'cuz (well idk what exactly he was planning on doing) but she'd be alone..?

Hmm, maybe what I had in mind was totally wrong and I should definitely take your suggestion into consideration? Oh well, I guess you'll just have to read and find out what I decide to go with.

cwm_ wrote:how could you leave it there??

Umm...cause I'm evil.

AmberEyed51 wrote:Ok, Crash, here I was, all sad cause I haven't caught up on all your fics, so I stumble across your fic page and I saw 'wow, I haven't heard from crash in a while, she always lift's my dreamer spirits!'

I didn't think anyone actually seen my Author's Page. Thanks. I'm really glad you like my work.

AmberEyed51 wrote:Also, because I didn't get to say this when it was posted: Oh My God, you are like the queen of all sex scenes. I bow before you great one.

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Chapter 12


Liz's Room

'I have to give you up.'

The words echoed through my head....or did it just trigger other similar moments of my chaotic and now fragile life that was slowly falling apart?

Why is his solution always leaving me? A sacrifice that apparently seemed more easy for him then it is for me...more efficient. Man that pisses me off. But for some reason, probably alien, I can't help but feel that that's what he wants me to feel. Anger. That way I wouldn't argue leaving.

He's still talking...but at this moment...his voice is muted to me. Not one word makes it through to me...and the reason why...well, the reason's in my palm. The tiny baby sock in my hand reminding me louder than my conscience that Max is a part of me no matter where I am. And that tiny cotton sock, enlightens me in a way I have never been in my whole entire life.

Max Evans is a part of me and I'm not about to let that go!

Once my mind is set, Max's voice seems to get louder, louder but cracking, stuttering over my safety and then I realize where this sudden act of private security sprung from. He kept beating around the bush that the "run and hide" scenario was his idea, but then the word "normal" was mentioned in each sentence, which confirmed my suspicion...he overheard my conversation with Alex.

"...leaving would be good, cause-cause if you leave...you can have, well, you can have normal..."

Watching his jaw-line tighten nervously, he tries to leave his statement as firm and as demanding as he could, standing up and pacing back and forth before he returns back to sit on the end bed, still with his back facing me.

For some reason, I'm noticing something else about Max. A combined reflection of both Max, the shy guy I was crushing on in high school, and Max, the vigorous Raging Bull Antarian King with a powerful right hook.
'...normal's good...normal is safe...'

Safe? How can I be safe in another place other than Max's arms? Concrete impossibility.

I get up slowly from the bed, placing the tiny sock on the end table and then making my way around it, to stand in front of him. I watch his eyes focus on my stomach before his dark eyes lock with mine.

"You have to go Liz." Max pleads, lowering his head and shaking it in defeat before looking back at me.

I lean down a bit cupping the sides of his face and lightly kiss his lips.

"Liz." Max called out in a warning tone, slowly sliding my hands off his face. "You have to go." He repeated.

"I know." I finally answer and then press my lips back on his, feeling him instantly return the kissed I was slowly surrendering to him. Pushing him back with my body over his, he continues to order me to leave but not once attempting to stop me as I rid him of both his pants and his boxer briefs.

"Liz." Max calls out to me again in warning as he watches me crawl off him slowly and then begin undoing my jeans.

"Just look at me Max." I order invitingly, as I step back seductively and strip myself from my jeans, leaving myself to stand before him in my panties and see-through Cami and watch him scan my body up and down with desire as I do the same with his nude physique. "I want to see you Max." I yearn, looking into his nervous eyes with mine that supplicating the unveiling of his arousal that was hidden by his covering hands.

"Li--"

"Max...please." I pleaded softly, aching as I walk back to him, crawling my way back on top of him as he scooted back to the center of the bed. "Max." I breathe huskily as I sit on his lap, with my heels touching my butt and my eyes fixed with his. "Max." I whisper pant before seducing my way into his mouth and charm his tongue to return the thirsting exploration. Tilting my head back, Max quickly slipped his hand from underneath me, freeing his arousal and holding the small of my back so I won't fall but accidentally making my Cami ride up a little, exposing my entire abdomen.

I sit on his thighs with my hands on his knees while I watch him curiously as he gentle rubs my breast over the thin, sheer material, surveying the erotic effect it had over me.

"Do you like that?" He asked me as he snaked his hand under the hem of the Cami to touch between my breast and stroke his fingers up and down in a loving manner.

I wanted to scream in ecstasy that I loved his vibrating touch that sent lusting shivers down her spine, but all I could manage was biting on my lower lip to hold back my moan and nod 'yes' to his question while my hand covered his lightly so he could still continue his exploration of me.

"What do you like about it?" He asked as he smoothly drops each, weak, spaghetti strap of my Cami, with a push from the tips of his nose and a pull from his teeth, exposing my breast to him that were soon explored with his lips and tongue.

"Your hands...the way your hands touch me...I feel...mmm...what do you feel when you touch me?" I question before tilting my head back until it touched Max's legs, arching my back and poking my chest out while he continued to fondle me.

"I crave you more the more I touch you." He confessed, squeezing his hand and driving a moan out of me.

"Mmm...Max."

"God, you feel..."

"How...how can you let me go Max?" I ask, bringing back the point of me doing all this before it was lost in the moment. "How can you touch me that way you do and expect me to just leave? Don't you understand...know one can satisfy me the way you can...no one Max." I admit, hearing him hiss because of my confession of how I am so head-over-the-hills in love with him.

"Liz, I can't even imagine another guy touching you this way. The thought of someone's hands on you is to unbearable."

"Why?"

"Because...because you're mine."

"Then make me yours." I answer in full pleasure of his words as I know he's with mine. The actual thought of Max wanting me...exchanging his heart, body, mind and soul to me and only me, God, just made me feel like the sexiest woman in the world.



Maria's House

"Man, I'm slammed." Rath chuckled over his drunken stupor as he tried to lay still on his bed to keep it from spinning.

"You sure?" Ava questioned as she hovered over him to examine him.

"On the real, man. Aren't you?" He asked as he held on to his head.

"Not really." Ava smiled waving her bottle in front of his face. "Apple juice." She informed him in a mischievous laughter stepping back while Rath tried to pick himself up, only managing to slouch himself against the wall.

"A-Ava? Nah, Tess?" He assumed trying to focus on her waving image.

"Not even close." Ava answered with a shake of the finger and a chuckle.

"What?" He questioned, but Ava just took another step back, holding her sly grin, and looked to the door when it open. "What-the..." Rath retorted in dizzy confusion as he watched another Ava walk in the room. "What-the-fuck?"



Park

"So what's up?" Zan questioned after finishing his hot dog, appreciating she let him eat before he literally blew chow after everything that's been happening.

But instead of answering, she just smiled at him.

"What?" He questioned, confused on why she was smirking at him in a way he had never seen before and then thoughts rushed in his head that maybe she was smiling at him because of what had happened between them, knowing that if that were the reason....it was about to become a very uncomfortable conversation. "So...what did you wanna talk about?" He stuttered trying to start the conversation.

"I'll show you." She answered, standing up and pointing with her head so he can follow her.

Zan surveyed her for a moment in suspicion, but then shrugged it off and followed her lead.

Icequeen wrote:What did Rath see?

Rath saw 2 Ava's.

Icequeen wrote:I don't even know what to think about that whole thing with Ava, how many are there now?

3 ! Two with Rath and one with Zan.

Icequeen wrote:What is Ava(or whoever it is) trying to do?

You will find out a little in this chapter and a lot in the next chapter.

Lizard_Queen wrote:Is he still gonna make her leave or not? Or is this like goodbye sex? you know like 'thanks for the fun, now get out incase any aliens come to attack me... even though your carrying my child and are still a target whether i give you up or not.'

Too funny. But your answer is: Nope. Liz is not going anywhere.

Lizard_Queen wrote:Also, three Avas? Okay, three theories now:

1) One is Tess, and one is Ava, both working together and talking to Rath, whilst some fake is talking to Zan.

2) Tess is talking to Zan and Ava and some imposter r talking to Rath.

3) Ava is talking to Zan and Tess and some imposter r talking to Rath.

Okay. <cracking knuckles>

1. Wrong

2. Wrong

3. Wrong

Sorry kiddo, but it's "NO DICE" with all three theories.

Lizard_Queen wrote:Oh! And Ava (or is it Tess, or Imposter Ava?! Agh, the confusion!) got Rath drunk because they're evil and this way they can convince him to do something without him really being able to think about it, right?

Nope. That Ava did get him all "loose and juiced" for a reason though, just not that reason, LOL.

roswellian504 wrote:What's going on?

Ahhh, the kazillion dollar question. Cliff notes version:

Max and Liz = nookie and 3 Ava's that are taking Rath and Zan somewhere.

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Author's Note: Okay. The chapter that's worth all the nickels. LOL. Now there's a hint in pratically every line the Ava's speak in so eyes wide open. And I noticed how you guys gasped when you guys sread 3 Ava's. Oh, just you wait.

Oh and Lizard_Qeen , everything I told you....zip it! LOL. Anyways, I had to change a crap load, so what I told you changed and had stuff added too, so....enjoy. Can't wait to hear your theories. If you find a key word that I say hear then maybe you can spill the beans. Look damn you. Look!!! LOL

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Chapter 13

Liz's Room

"It's so tiny." Max declared as he examined the tiny cotton sock while I drew whirlwind symbols on his bare chest with my fingertips, enjoying the pillow talk that was long over due.

"Yeah." I answer, switching my design from whirlwind to our initials, until my artistic attempts were put on hold by Max's grumbling stomach.

"Sorry. Haven't eaten anything." He confessed, a little embarrassed, probably from the look I was giving him.

"Oh." I gasp, smacking my forehead lightly when I realized I completely forgot about me inviting everyone for dinner and imagined they were all waiting outside, avoiding another Zan mishap.

"What?" Max asked with a small chuckle as he brushed my hair with his hand, down the back of my head and to the small of my back.

"Uh, I completely forgot that I invited Isabel, Alex, and Kyle to stay for dinner. I kind of told Alex I wanted them to have dinner here every night." I confess with a small shake of my head for my forgetfulness and bite my lip nervously as I await Max's answer but I notice his face of disappointment and wonder if it was a good idea. "What?" I ask with a suspicious smile, this time seeing Max chewing on his lip.

"Well, it's just that I was gonna take you into the shower and make love to you again..."

"Yeah?" I ask, pronouncing the word longer in wonder of what his "but" is.

"But you mentioned my sister and your ex-boyfriend all in one sentence, so..." He trailed off, giving me a "sorry" look that his plans had changed.

"Uh." I whine, turning to lie on my back beside him in complete disappointment.

"Come on. Let's get ready." He advised, rolling on top of me and then pulling me up with him and the thin sheets around us. I giggle when he carries me up from my waist, aligning our faces, nose to nose, while my feet dangled the extra inches that Max had over me.



Whitman Home

"Who's crib is this?" Zan questioned as he looked down the semi-long hallway and then turned into the living room to see a second Ava lying cozy on a couch. "What the hell?" Zan exclaimed, turning to the first Ava that was behind him but only managing to see a fist and then a bright white light before collapsing on the floor.

"What the hell are you doing?" A third Ava came in walking from the kitchen, accompanied by a fourth Ava look alike that was holding up Rath's dangling, unconscious body.

"Skhad, Nie." The first Ava answered in an unknown umbrage dialect.

"Yeah, you better be sorry." The Nie-Ava threatened, looking around a minute to the other Ava's and then back to the Ava, who was picking up Zan's body.

"Vorbes te ce leko vio brac, Nie?" The first Ava questioned looking around the room.

"Put him over there." The Nie-Ava answered, pointing to the love seat across from the couch the second sleeping Ava was lying on. "And wake her up."

"Dac." He nodded, placing Zan's body on the love seat and then moving to the second sleeping Ava and shaking her arm. "Muah nit, Ava."

"Uhh." The second sleeping Ava whined as she wiped the sleep from her eyes and then spotted Zan unconscious on the love seat. "What did you guys do to him?"

"Rev, there got a little, well, just got a little Rev." The fourth Ava spoke with a sarcastic chuckle as setting Rath down on the couch the second Ava was sleeping on. "You should of sent Ava here or even Ida, anyone except this crazy calamity. Ugh--" The fourth Ava gasped before being sent flying into the corner of the room by the Nie-Ava.

"You watch what you say about Rev or you'll be joining the Royal Four." The Nie-Ava threatened and then looked back to the Rev-Ava, who seemed to be ready to attack but not sure what or who to attack.

"I'm sorry." The fourth Ava apologized, slowing getting back up and moving back to the second Ava.

"Where's everyone else?" The Nie-Ava questioned, looking around and only accounting for the 3 Ava's, Rath and Zan.

"Ava and Ida are upstairs." A fifth Ava answered coming down the stairs and entering the living room.

"Alright. Let's go over this, cause I'll get really pissed if someone screws this up and Rev doesn't like it when I'm pissed. Very bad things when Rev gets angry." The Nie-Ava warned.

"Can we just get on with it?" The second Ava who was sleeping requested, annoyed by all the babbling. "I already know where I'm suppose to be as I'm sure everyone else is, but what about Rev here?"

"Imi imbraca Liz et Maria?" The Rev-Ava questioned the Nie Ava, with a confused look.

"Yes, you're still going for Liz and Maria." Nie-Ava nodded and then gave the second Ava a warning look, for the confusion her question caused.

"What?" She questioned defensively. "What if something goes wrong? Rev can barely speak English!" She exclaimed rolling her eyes.

"Hey! Nothing is gonna go wrong if you just stick to the plan. By tomorrow night, the Andromena will be ours and Ava here will have what she's always wanted." The Nie-Ava declared, looking to the second Ava that was rubbing her stomach carefully with and ear-to-ear smile.

"Imi pleca, Nie et ce duoa." The Rev-Ava grumbled and then pointed to the Nie-Ava's face.

"Yep." The fifth Ava agreed, examining the Rev and Nie Ava's. "You two are sweating bullets."

"Alright, so Rev and me are gonna go cool off..."

"Well, the three of us can still go." The fourth Ava suggested, pointing to the second and fifth Ava's.

"No. No one leaves until I say so. You got it?" The Nie-Ava forewarned, giving the three a skeptical look before heading upstairs with the Rev-Ava following right behind. The other three Ava's remained behind looking at the empty staircases before exchanging looks and then moving to take care of Rath and Zan.

"This is crazy." The fourth Ava cursed, heading to the couch Rath was lying on.

"What is?" The fifth Ava huffed annoyed, standing with the second Ava, by the couch Zan was lying on.

"If Rev ends up going, you know he's gonna end up killing." The fourth Ava warned.

"Hey as long as we get what we want...who cares?" The second Ava rhetorically questions with a cold shrug and the looking to Zan, who was pretty much cleaned up like Max. No more chin piercing, not more goatee, just his eyebrow piercing and his tattoos of Antarian symbols.

"I never said I did, it's just..."

"You want to get you're hands on Liz and Maria." The fifth Ava gathered from all the fourth Ava's comments.

"You know I do." The fourth Ava answered darkly and vengefully, seeing the fifth Ava shrug before returning to the Zan matter.

"So where are we gonna put him?" The fifth Ava asked the second Ava, who was gazing at Zan all wide-eyed.

"Um, put him downstairs." The second Ava commanded.

"Yeah, lord knows what Ida or Ava will do when they see him." The fourth Ava proclaimed with arched eyebrows and then looked down to Rath. "What about him?"

"Leave him." The Nie-Ava ordered, scanning the three Ava's surprised expressions and then Rath's motionless body up and down. "I'm gonna have a little talk with him."


Liz's Room

"You ready?" Max questioned as he tied up the laces to his Converse shoes and then looked over to me as I towel drying my hair by my vanity dresser.

"Almost." I answered, but watched Max's reflection from the mirror approaching me.

"Come here." Max ordered playfully, pulling me from the belt hoop of my jeans to him and placed his hands on the sides of my head, while my hands held on to his sides as he dried my hair with his powers with a slide of his hands.

"Thank you." I purr, standing on my tippy toes to thank him with a kiss and then head for the door but feel his hand grab mine and pull me back to him, in a way that my back was against his chest and his arms were wrapped around me.

"Don't leave yet." He whispered in my ear, sending chills down my spine.

"Okay." I whisper back, resting my head against his chest while he rocked us lightly. It's funny how just a few hours ago he was packing me to leave and now all of a sudden he's begging me to stay...and they say girls are confusing.

Suddenly, we hear noise coming from outside, the T.V. and laughter, so when I look up, Max plants a kiss on my forehead and then holds my hand as we make our way to the living room.


Living Room

When we get to the living room, we see Isabel, Maria, Michael and Kyle digging through bags as they talked at the same time and a movie with Michael Madsen plays on the T.V.

"Hey, look who's come out of the love shack for some air." Maria commented with a chuckle, causing everyone to focus on me and Max and laugh with her.

"Shut up, Maria." I curse embarrassed, rolling my eyes and then release Max's hand so I can peek into the bags. Chinese food. "You guys got take out?"

"Yeah, we tried waiting, but we heard you and lover boy over their back at it so we decided to eat because we'd practically die of starvation if we waited for you Mamacita." Maria answered with a sarcastic laugh and her hand on her hip.

And the embarrassment never stops.

"We picked up some video's too." Michael informed me as he wrapped an arm around Maria's waist to kiss her cheek and then move back to digging in the bags. "Hey, where's my Won Ton soup?" Michael questioned loudly to everyone but looked at Kyle, while threatening him with a white plastic knife.

"Hey, I didn't take it." Kyle answered defensively with a mouthful of beef and broccoli.

"Oh, God. Cover your mouth and stop picking in the food." Isabel ordered in disgust.

"Well, I'd love to eat on a plate Mother Dearest, but your bo Slash hasn't come up from the Crash with the paper plates." Kyle retort, taking the video bag and then moving to the couch.

"Where the hell is my Won Ton Soup?" Michael continued to question, only driving a small laugh out of me as I look to Max, who's flashing me the cutest smile.

"Michael. Really?" Isabel exclaimed annoyed. "It's probably back in the car on the cup holder."

"I'll go get it." Max volunteered, grabbing the car keys, giving me a quick kiss and then headed for the door as Isabel followed.

"I better go see what's taking Alex so long." Isabel announced, ducking under Max's arm as he held the door open for her and then closed it behind him.

"I'm gonna go change my shirt cause there is no way I'm gonna get soy sauce on this." Maria declared pointing to her shirt and then exiting to her and Michael's room.

I move to the long couch that's facing the T.V. and hug my knees as I watch the movie while I wait for Max to return.

"Is this porn?" I question irritated as I watch a NASA pilot watching a woman in her nightie.

"Nah." Kyle answered, walking backwards to the kitchen in order to continue watching and then returned with three pops, tossing on to Michael who sat beside me and then handed one to me before sitting down and popping his open.

'....and this is my sister...'

"Score!" Michael cheered, giving Kyle a high five when a second woman appeared in her nightie.

"This is porn!" I yell in disgust, wondering how Isabel and Maria would allow it.

"Liz, stop being so suburban." Kyle huffed, not even removing his eyes from the T.V. as the trio start to have sex.

"Ky--"

"Here. Here. Have an egg roll." Michael hushed me, shoving an egg roll in my mouth so I could be quiet. I spit out the egg roll and watch it fall between me and Michael.

"Michael!" I exclaim, looking for the egg roll.

"Shhh." Kyle shushes me as I shove my hand between Michael and me, grab the egg roll and then look up to get an eyeful of the next scene.

"Oh, come on that's so fake." Michael curses at the T.V. as the first tear escapes from my eye.

"You morons!" Maria exclaimed when she came out, wearing one of Michael's t-shirts and some flannel P.J. bottoms.

"Uh-oh." Was all I could hear Kyle say as I feel him look at me.

The egg roll just slips out of my hand, falling to the floor, and tears collect in my eyes as I watch the two girls get up in the middle of the night screaming and their stomachs inflating to the shape of a pregnant woman before their belly's burst and seconds later two toddler babies emerged on the side of the bed.

I get up from the couch crying hysterically, just as Max, Isabel and Alex come in, still, I don't stop and run past Maria and into my room, hearing Max call out to me before I slam the door behind me.


Living Room

"Liz?" Max question confused as he handed the Won Ton Soup Michael and followed Liz only to get a face-full of door when she slammed it.

"What the hell happened?" Isabel questioned, noticing the icy stares Maria was giving Michael and Kyle.

"Species." Maria huffed.

"What? Max questioned more confused than ever.

"These Einsteins' here made Liz watch Species." Maria retorted, smacking the back of Kyle's head and then looking to Alex, who was the only one that understood, while Isabel and Max still remained clueless. "Species? You know? The movie where that NASA dude, tunred alien, goes around getting human girls pregnant and the human girls' stomachs explode and die when they give birth to alien babies?" As soon as Maria finished her movie review, Max and Isabel shot killer looks to both Michael and Kyle.

"You idiots." Isabel vented shaking her head in disappointment as Max headed to his and Liz's room to attempt to console Liz.


Liz's Room

As I lie on my bed, on my side, crying my eyes out with my back facing the door when I hear the door open and watch the yellow light outline Max's shadow before he closes the door and climbs into bed with me.

"Liz?" Max calls out softly as he rests his chin on my arm and his arm wraps over mines that are hugging my stomach. "Liz, that's not gonna happen to you." Max tried to comfort me, but how could he know? How many human girls did he know gave birth to an alien baby? Zero. That's how many. "Liz." He calls out as he pulls me to lie on my back to face him and then wipes my tears away.

"It just scared me." I confess in a sniffle as I start playing with the collar of Max's shirt nervously.

"It would have scared me too if I were watching it." Max admitted with a faint laugh. I watched as Max pensively tried to think of something to say to me to make me feel better, but only came up with pouting and Eskimo kissing me, making me giggle, which drove him to start tickling me.

"Max. No. Come on. Stop it." I laugh as I try to hold his hands to keep him from tickling me.

"You feel better?" He asked, with a pout and his forehead against mine. I just nod and kiss his lips, feeling him return the kiss. "So, do you feel up to going outside and join Isabel and Maria as they kick Michael and Kyle's ass?" Max questioned with a sly smile.

"No." I answer and see his smile drop. "But I will go out to see you do it." I suggest with a wicked smile and watch Max's sly smile return with a nod of agreement.

"Let's go." Max answered and scrambled off the bed as I did and rushed outside to tackle Michael and Kyle.


Whitman House

"So, what's going on?" The second Ava questioned Nie-Ava who was sitting on a single-seat sofa listening to CD Player.

"Tomorrow...he's going after Maria's emancipation." The Nie-Ava answered before returning to zen mode and watched the second Ava walked away.
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Author's Notes: Yes, yes, people. There's 6 Ava's. Count them. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6! Just when you thought 3 was enough I come and slap you with 3 more. Now some of you may think I only wrote 5, but nope, if you read carefully, there are 6. I'll write it in the order they're introduced.

1 ---> Rev-Ava
2 ---> Sleeping Ava
3 ---> Nie-Ava
4 ---> The Ava carrying Rath
5 ---> The Ava that came down the stairs
6 ---> The Ava that's upstairs with Ida

So, there you go folks. 6 Ava's. There's also a reason why the 4th Ava wants Liz and Maria dead, now the next chapter is waiting all warm and toasty, ready to post.....but......someone has to guess the reason if they want the chapter posted quickly. If no one does, I'll post it in like two days.

Oh and I have two new fics coming out:

After Dark and Black Bullet:

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Oh and got a new banner for Consequences of Time Travel:

YAHTZEE!

Good job those who guessed. 3 people got some half-yahtzees ( Lizard_queen and Icequeen ) but 1 out of the 3 got the whole enchillada. Bravo and welcome littleroswell.

Timelord31 wrote:Great update. The only thing that I can think of for all the different ava's is that. The Ava's have tried to come back in time to get Max and Tess together. And there is a problem with the Time differences. Since they have changed their futures their not disappearing and they are all trying to get what they need to go back home.

Chapter 13:

"Hey! Nothing is gonna go wrong if you just stick to the plan. By tomorrow night, the Andromena will be ours and Ava here will have what she's always wanted." The Nie-Ava declared, looking to the second Ava that was rubbing her stomach carefully with and ear-to-ear smile

They are still looking for the Andromena (the key) to work the Denathon (time travel thing in the Granilith). If they were able to go back in time, there would be no point to still look for it or better yet to still go after the gang. They would have gone back to 47' or whenever the ship crashed and taken care of the Royal's since Tess new where they were stashed.

KParkerEvans wrote:Is one of the Ava's pregnant by Zan? Because I think it you wrote that the Ava that wants Maria and Liz dead was rubbing her belly. Now some pregnant people rub there belly. I don't know.

Yahtzee!!!! Now, only one Ava wants Maria AND Liz dead especially, and the preggo Ava isn't that one.

lizard_queen wrote:Ok Joye. Time to kick some code breaking butt.

here i go.

1. First of all, there are 6 Ava's. You referred to them by different names, except for two that you refered to as Ava. One that you specifically refered to as Ava was up stairs with Ida, and the other was the one asleep on the couch.

Now, my deduction skills have left me with this: One is the real Ava from the set of dupes, and the other one is Tess, who's real name on Antar was Ava... and since these other 4 Avas i presume are also aliens, they would naturally refer to he by her Antarian name. Hence, both of them being Ava, whilst the other 4 imposter Ava's have differen't names.

YAHTZEE!!!!! Nice. Very impressed. Now the question is which was which? Did Ava sleep with Zan or did Tess? Dun dun dun. I guess we're gonna have to wait 9 months to find out.

KParkerEvans wrote:Who is Ida? Is she an Ava or is she like the Master of all the Ava's?

The fifty million dollar question that would have been the answer to all your questions. Luckily someone did find out.

littleroswell wrote:Oooh! I'm coming out of lurkdom on this story with a theory. They're skins right?! I mean that would explain the sweating 'cause they'd be peeling and sweating, and the males and females.

Well, not really. But you're on the right track.

lizard_queen wrote:2. You refered to some of the Ava's as male, not female:

"Dac." He nodded, placing Zan's body on the love seat and then moving to the second sleeping Ava and shaking her arm. "Muah nit, Ava."

"If Rev ends up going, you know he's gonna end up killing." The fourth Ava warned.

Very. Very observant.

lizard_queen wrote:

"So where are we gonna put him?" The fifth Ava asked the second Ava, who was gazing at Zan all wide-eyed.

"Um, put him downstairs." The second Ava commanded.

"Yeah, lord knows what Ida or Ava will do when they see him." The fourth Ava proclaimed with arched eyebrows

Now, why can't Ida and the Ava upstairs see Zan? Because they arent entirely in on this plan and they only about Rath being taken there, not Zan aswell? Or maybe because they'll feel the need to be violent with him or something? You know, like kick the shit out of him whilst he's unconcious because they just can't help themselves?

Great question. It won't be answered until the next chapter though.

lizard_queen wrote:But Ugh Joye! Come on! The only reason for wanting to hurt Liz and Maria so bad is that Liz has the Andromena which they need... but that doesn't explain why they need Maria.

But... maybe they Max and Michael's heirs? Liz is already pregnant... maybe they think Maria soon will be aswell? Its a really long shot, but since one of the Ava's was rubbing her stomach with a fat assed grin, wanting something from Max, it kinda makes sense... ok, maybe not.

Yeps, i give up. I'm all thought out. Now i need another 2 weeks hols before i read ur next chapter taht u will be posting soon... right?

Sorry kiddo. No dice with the preggo theory, but it's understandable and very clever.

icequeen wrote:

"You watch what you say about Rev or you'll be joining the Royal Four." The Nie-Ava threatened and then looked back to the Rev-Ava, who seemed to be ready to attack but not sure what or who to attack.

What does that mean " Not sure what or who to attack"? Is it beacuse they all look alike?

Rev's mentality only sees in one color, Red. So when the Nie-Ava stepped up to the other Ava, the Rev-Ava was just alert in cause if the two get in a fight, he sure as hell was gonna jump in knowing that would get the other Ava's to jump in as well to try and stop him. So in a Rev manner, he was actually calming himself down. LOL. Make sense?

icequeen wrote:

"Rev, there got a little, well, just got a little Rev."

I guess Rev has a history of being violent or hot headed.

A violent, violent history.

icequeen wrote:

"Alright. Let's go over this, cause I'll get really pissed if someone screws this up and Rev doesn't like it when I'm pissed. Very bad things when Rev gets angry." The Nie-Ava warned.

Do the Nie ava and Rev-ava have some sort of relationship?

YAHTZEE!!!!! You're the only one that picked that up. Very observant.

icequeen wrote:

Yep." The fifth Ava agreed, examining the Rev and Nie Ava's. "You two are sweating bullets."

Ok why are they sweating? Does it have something to do with then changing their looks or something?

Great question! Now, littleroswell guessed that they were Skins, but aside from Courtney, who was dying, what other Skin have we seen sweating? Zippo, that's how many. But what other alien have we seen sweating bullets when they were morphed into someone else? HINT HINT. Michael, that's who. Nasedo never sweated, he only kept taking migraine pills, but Michael was sweating and very pale when he turned into the assassin in "Crash", which ironically has my name.

icequeen wrote:

Zan, who was pretty much cleaned up like Max. No more chin piercing, no more goatee, just his eyebrow piercing and his tattoos of Antarian symbols.

Why did they change his appearance? Did they leave the tattoos for a reason? Are they going to switch Max's or take one back to antar with them?

Great question. Maybe the Ava that was watching him all wide eyed wanted Zan to look more like Max? Hmmm. Hint. Hint.

icequeen wrote:

"No. No one leaves until I say so. You got it?" The Nie-Ava forewarned, giving the three a skeptical look before heading upstairs with the Rev-Ava following right behind

"Leave him." The Nie-Ava ordered, scanning the three Ava's surprised expressions and then Rath's motionless body up and down. "I'm gonna have a little talk with him."

Ok if she went upstairs with Rev-Ava how they heck did she get back downstairs? You never said, i don't think.

The 3 Ava's were "surprised" to see the Nie-Ava. Meaning Nie-Ava returned, but was listening in on the convo.


Thanks everyone else for your FB and sorry for the confusion:
FSUMSW94 ~ Yes they were. But like you said totally clueless. They thought they were watching porn lol.
Arianneleigh
Jason's Lover ~ No prob.
behrstars ~ Nope.
roswell_fan
roswellluver
Emz80m ~ Nope. The fourth Ava is neither Tess nor Ava.
icequeen96
roswellian504
CandyDreamQueen
sam25_2003

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Chapter 14

The Crash Down

"I swear, I was about two seconds away from giving the judge a high five after I signed." Maria confessed with an ecstatic cheer, walking in slowly before us, blindfolded, shifting lightly to allow Michael to strip her of her blazer and tossing it over on one of the booths.

"Well I'm happy that you decided on doing the classy thing and smothered the judge in lip gloss." I sarcastically add after locking the door behind me, reminding myself to ask Max to take off the cardboards from the windows when I realized how dark it was with them.

l then move to sit on the booth by where Maria's standing just as Max makes it back from turning on the lights to surprise Maria in a fully decorated restaurant, created by the hands of party planner, Isabel Evans.

"Well, at least she didn't cry like Michael did in his, so I've heard." Kyle adds, crossing his arms and flashing Michael a humorous smirk.

"Who the hell said that?" Michael questioned as he glared at the only to people that were present in his emancipation, Max and Isabel.

"Hey, don't look at me." Max quickly answered, holding his hands up in surrender before wrapping his arms around me.

"Isabel I didn't cry." Michael vented, pronouncing each word roughly. clearly displaying his irritation.

"Well, you would've of if you weren't so....you." Isabel quickly defended and then stormed off to the back to help Alex, swinging her long hair and actually whacking Michael in the face, driving a laugh out of all of us while Michael covered his eye.

"Ahh..."

"Can I take this off now?" Maria whined, not paying any mind to Michael yelp like the rest of us.

"No." Both me and Kyle retort.

"Alright." Alex announces, as he carefully tries to balance a rectangular 'Congratulations on your Emancipation' cake while Isabel lighted the candles by a snap of the fingers. "Open them." He orders, looking from the candles to her.

Maria gasped at the sight, which only made me smile more, happy to see my best friend so happy under the circumstances.

On our way to the court house, Max, Michael, and Isabel had turned into the dark characters that reared their heads in whenever the situation gets "alien". It's weird. Almost as if the three suffer from schizophrenia, changing from 18 year old companions to 18 year old killer aliens. I can't help but wonder if this is the way they're suppose to be from being half alien half human or if their trip to Antar was the soul reason to their frightening change.

But none of that creeped me out as much as Max and Michael complimenting me on how I organized Kyle, Alex, and Maria. It was almost as if they weren't seeing me as Liz Parker the human helpless waitress with her human trio friends anymore, they were referring to us almost as soldiers.

"You okay?" I hear Max whisper in my ear.

"Hmmm? Yeah, fine." I answer, realizing that when I was deep in thought, I had completely missed Maria blowing out the candles, seeing Isabel pass out small but equal, perfect portions of cake while Kyle and Alex laughed over Kyle's crack over me.

"Come on Liz. Say it." Kyle teased.

"Say what?" I questioned, not hearing the punch-line of his joke.

"Say, 'let's have cake'." He chuckled, elbowing Alex to laugh.

"And why am I saying that?" I ask still not getting the joke.

"What? Queen Elizabeth? Let's have cake? You're with Max, so you're a qu--, ah, never mind, you killed it." Kyle curses and then takes his piece of cake to the island of the restaurant.

What a goof ball.

"Uh, I so have to get out of these shoes. My feet are killing me. God, they're practically talking to me." Maria whines, slipping of one of her heels and rubbing her foot.

"They better be saying "wash your hands before you touch anything"." Isabel threatened, causing the cherry coke to come out sprinkling from Kyle's mouth when he couldn't hold back his laugh.

"Shut up." Maria retorted as she slipped out from the booth and headed to the back. "Don't worry guys, Fluffy and Wiggles will take care of you." She spoke to her feet and then pushed passed the aqua door and headed upstairs.

"Okay, so who's Fluffy and Wiggles?" Kyle questioned as he took Maria's seat, to clean off whatever droplets of cherry coke he had on him with a handful of napkins.

"Her stupid dog slippers." Michael answered in aggravation. I can understand where it's coming from to. She loves those fluffy comfortable things so much, I can almost bet she's gonna bite my head off when she finds out I used them and then just tossed them in my closet.

"You okay?" Kyle asked me, looking at me skeptically, getting Max and Michael's attention.

"Yeah." I quickly answer, feeling Max and Michael eying me suspiciously.

"You sure? Cause you looked worried...almost guilty...." Kyle continued to badger me, seeing right through me.

"Kyle. Shut up." I threaten, interrupting his visual examination and then look over to Max. "I'm fine." I assure him, but I know he doesn't believe me. And if it wasn't for his cell ringing, I was almost sure he would've questioned me more.

"Hello?" I hear him answer as I take a bite from my cake. "Liz." He calls out and holds out his phone, I can literally feel my heart beating quickly, knowing exactly who's on the other end. Max, Michael and Kyle watch me confused on how cautious I am to take the phone and then glance at them worriedly before I finally answer.

"Hello." I say shaky.

'Where's Fluffy and Wiggles!'

"Maria, calm down. They're safe." I answer, getting and even more confused look from the three so I turn to face Alex and Isabel, who are on the long island counter booths feeding each other cake in between kisses.

'Where are they you slipper-napper!'

"In my closet." I whisper, and then glancing behind me to make sure no one heard me, but caught Kyle, Michael, and Max just in time to see them move back and pretend that they were eating cake.


Liz's Room

"I can not believe her." Maria huffed as she dug through the bottom of the closet until she discovered her slippers under a pair of Max's muddy work boots. "Ah!" She exclaimed at the sight of her slippers dirtied by the boots, relieved to have an alien boyfriend who could salvage them by a wave of the hand instead of having to throw them away.

"She's so lucky." Maria commented out load as she stood up and straightening herself, but only to turn and find herself face-to-chest with when she slowly looked up, discovered to be Rath

"Hi." Rath greeted followed by a sly smirk. But before she could answer, Rath leaned back and with full force punch Maria across the face and catching her in his Antarian tattooed arms, and slowly dragged her to Liz's bed.

"No. What are you--No" Maria cried in a whisper as Rath threw her on Liz's bed, lying on her stomach, weak from the blow. Rath grabbed the back of Maria's collar and ripped the sheer material from her back.


Crash Down

I glance at the clock, calculating Maria had been gone a while, probably still looking for the slippers. "I'll be right back." I let Max know before kiss him and scoot out from the booth.

"Tell Maria to bring some CD's down too." Isabel yelled, as Max scooted over to my spot and tilting his head up so i could kiss him again.

"Be right back." I tell him again, this time really leaving.


Upstairs

Living Room

I can hear the music from up here. Isabel has a Emerson touch. But as I get closer to my room, I hear crying. I slowly walk to the door that wide open and see Rath pinning a shirtless Maria down on the bed with his knee. Without a second thought, I lift my hand and send Rath back to slam against my closed bathroom door before rushing to help Maria.

"Maria. You okay?" I ask, noticing a red patch on her cheek, assuming Rath had hit her. "Come on. Let's go." I command, helping her up and helping her move to the door until a force slams the door shut and then sends both me and Maria flying, her against the wall and me into the wall and part of the nightstand.

Lying on the floor, I can see Maria weakly trying to pick herself up, only managing to slightly lift her upper body from the floor before Rath knocked her down by kicking her in her stomach.

"Ugh!" Maria gasped in pain as she curled on the floor.

"No." I hear myself say, full of rage but in a low cracking tone. Just as I lift my face from the ground, I feel Rath's rough hand grab me from my neck, squeezing tightly as he lifted me up and pushed me against the wall.

"Leave her alone." I hear Maria cough out.

Rath turns to look at her and then return his sights on me with a smirk that sent chills down my spine. He then presses his body against mine, bring his face as close as he could to mine and then kissed me. I struggled, screaming in disgust. Screams that were muffled by his lips and then a quick flash. A dark flash. Unlike anything I've seen before. Black and white. People screaming and then a quick glance of him watching Max, Michael, Isabel, and Tess talking before he stopped kissing my and ripped the front of my shirt. I jump, startled when he punched a hole through my wall, mere inches away from my face and then look at me as I stare at him in intimidation.

"You're-not-Rath." I say firmly, pronouncing each word. The impostor just looks at me before he starts laughing wickedly and then bolts his face close to mine, stopping when we're nose-to-nose.

"No." He whispers, before turning and kicking Maria again, then turning and punching me with all his strength in my stomach.

"Ugh!" I gasp, feeling my air escape from my lungs. Down on the floor, curled just as Maria was, I watch Rath walk away still laughing and then stand in the center of the room, his arms extended and his head tilt back as a bright light flashed off him causing me to shield my eyes. When I look back, I see a man, muscular, tattooed piratically everywhere on his upper body, hair slicked back and a very trimmed beard. "Who are you?"

"Rev." He answered before rushing to me and punting a kick in my stomach.


Crash Down

"Where you going?" Michael questions Max, when Max practically jumps out of his seat after minutes of none stop worried tapping against the table top.

"Somethings wrong. I'm gonna go check on them." Max announces, pointing to the aqua door.

"Wait. I'll go with you." Michael volunteers, sliding out from the booth and following Max, but as soon as they make it to the coffee area, all the lights shut off, leaving only the music Isabel was playing with her powers, which she soon stopped doing.

"Max." Isabel calls out worried as they all regroup in the middle of the restaurant, but before Max could answer, sounds of women laughing echoed throughout the whole restaurant. "Max." Isabel calls out again, with a tone of both fear and awareness.

He he he

"I hear it." Max answers.

He he he

"We have to get Liz and Maria." Michael whispers to Max with his hand extended ready to blast anything that came through the aqua door. Then the laughter got even louder and joined with the calls of Max's name.

He he he Max Max he he he Max Max oh Max

"Who is that?" Alex questions with panic as he watches the order window carefully, swearing he saw something moving.

"It's Tess."

"Well, it sounds like an army of her." Kyle adds, not noticing the worried exchange Max, Isabel and Michael gave each other.

"What are we going to do?" Alex question, but then his focus turned to a faint blue light that came from behind them. "Um, guys." Alex called out, tapping on Max's back so he could turn.

"Tess?" Max asks, taking a step forward.

"What are you gonna do?" Tess asked, holding a small ball of light as she mimicked Alex's question sarcastically.

"Not a damn thing." Another girl, who looked like Tess, declared from the aqua door, holding a blue light of her own.

"It's Ava." Kyle announces, as they five of them shift from looking to who they assumed was Ava and Tess, until they heard laughter coming from the side of them. When they turned in the direction of the laugh, the see another Tess/Ava smirking with evil intentions as she held a blue palm in her hand. "It's attack of the clones." Kyle whispers to Alex in shock, as they watch the Ava from the door join the one from behind the counter.

"What's the matter Max?" The Ava by the front door asked.

"See something you like?" One of the Ava's from behind the counter asks seducingly.

"Max, this is like a bad bad episode of the twilight zone." Kyle comments as he squishes closer to the group.

"Not yet." They hear, turning back to the aqua door to see another Ava standing there with her hands extended.

"A very very bad episode." Kyle whispers.

"But it will be." The Ava by the aqua doors says coyly, almost as a signal, his last words cause the four Ava's to turn off their lights in unison and then turn them back on, revealing faces they never dreamed of seeing again.

Tess...Greer...Walt Crawford...and a face Alex and Kyle didn't recognize, but Royal 3 sure did...Nicholas.

"Let's play." Nicholas threatens before the blue lights go off again and Max conjures his own, but brighter to see all the Ava's were gone.

"They're gone." Alex announces.

"What do we do?" Kyle questions.

"Max." Isabel calls out turning to him. "If Nicholas is down here...where the hell is Rev?" She asked, watching her brother and Michael exchange worried looks.

Icequeen wrote:WOW Rev is insane!!! I hope that Liz doesn't loose the baby.

Dun dun dun.

Icequeen wrote:Who were those ppl that they recognized? Am i missing something that i'm going to fell stupid about in a minute? LOL ohh wait are they the ppl that were at the summit? Where are the rest of the Ava's?

Yahtzee!!!!

Icequeen wrote:And how do they know Rev?

They know Rev and Nicholas from their trip to Antar. A little of what happened on their trip is briefly discussed, it might shed some light on why the trio Royals came back the way they did.

Icequeen wrote:Where are the rest of the Ava's?

So far all the Ava's are in the Crashdown, all except one that's back with Ida.

lizard_queen wrote:<center>There are 7 Avas!</center>

Okay, I think you confused about ten people with your "7 Ava's" theory. When I was writing this, I admit, I was confused too. You should know, cause I IMed you right away. LOL.

So now to explain this theory. There are only 6 Ava's.

1 ---> Rev-Ava ~ Upstairs in Liz's Room.
2 ---> Tess ~ The Ava by the Crash's front door; the one that Alex point's out.
3 ---> Nie-Ava ~ (Nicholas) The last Ava to show up by the Crash's aqua swinging door.
4 ---> (Walt) The Ava behind the counter.
5 ---> (Greer) The Ava that was standing by the aqua door originally, but moved to stand beside the one behind the counter.
6 ---> The Ava that's still w/ Ida.

So they're are only 6 Ava's.

lizard_queen wrote:And the reason why Ava and Ida arent there? I'm guessing they're out babysitting our dear rath and Zanny boy, which probably has nothing to do with the story in the long run, but i could be right with some pointless info? Right?

YAHTZEE!

lizard_queen wrote:Would it be too much to ask for atleast one chapter where it all makes sense?

Um...yes. Yes it would be.

FSUMSW94 wrote:I wonder if he is aware of Liz's pregnancy and is purposely trying to make her miscarry

Hmmm. Interesting theory. Hilarious FB by the way.

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Chapter 15

Alex’s House – Basement

“Yo?” Rath called out to Zan, who was strapped down to a cot ten feet away from the post he was tied to. “Zan?” He called out again, leaning forward, as far as the ropes allowed, making noises so Zan could wake up, but still had no luck. “Fuck.” Rath cursed as he pulled and jerked himself to attempt to break free.


Crashdown

“Max?” Isabel calls out turning to him. “If Nicholas is here…where the hell is Rev?” She asked watching her brother and Michael exchange worried looks.

“Max, maybe Kyle and Alex should get out of here?” Michael suggests while Isabel nods in agreement.

“What?” Alex and Kyle both argued.

“No way.” Kyle added shaking his head.

“Alex, it’s too dangerous.” Isabel warned.

“No. No. My best friends are up there. You can’t stand there and tell me to escape, knowing that there’s a pack of crazy killer aliens on the loose with chances high that they may have Maria and Liz. I won’t leave.” Alex debated, crossing his arms to show how sternly he was in staying.

“Alex. I’m not asking you to run and hide.” Max replied, placing a hand on Alex’s shoulder. “I’m asking you to go get help. Zan, the others, with them here, we can take them.” He explained, seeing how little affect his plea had on Alex’s protest. “Please. It’s Liz…”

“...and Maria.” Michael added with the same pleading tone, seeing Alex nod in acceptance and then look to Isabel.

“Promise me you’ll be careful.” Alex asked with deep concern.

“I will.” Isabel answered as she nodded ‘yes’ before stepping forward, kissing him and then pulling away with a hand on his arm. “Go. Hurry.” Isabel demanded, seeing Alex give her one last look before heading to the door. Just as Kyle turned to follow, he felt soft hands grab his arm and looked from the hold to Isabel’s worried face. “Please…” Isabel supplicated with a tremble on her lips.

“I’ll take care of him.” Kyle vowed and then jogged after Alex, leaving the three Royals, standing in a dark room.

“Max.” Michael called out in a ‘we have to move’ tone, while Isabel tied her hair up in a ponytail.

“When we do this…no one lives.” Max ordered in a dark tone, looking to both Isabel and Michael who where both nodding in agreement. “No one.” He repeats before they push passed the aqua door and into the backroom.


Liz’s Room

“Liz. Please. You have to get up.”

“Max?” I whimper weakly as I slowly open my eyes, but instead of seeing Max, I see Maria with a big bruise covering most of her cheek and a cut of blood near her swollen lip. “Maria?” I call out, lifting my head

“Shhh. He’ll hear you.” Maria whispered as she slowly tried to help me up. Suddenly, I felt the most unbearable pain in my stomach and just as I was about to scream, Maria’s trembling hand covered my mouth and pressed her forehead against mine, while my tears spilled and trailed over her hand. “Liz, I know it hurts, but babe, please, we can’t make noise. He’ll come back if you do.”

I look into her frightened pleading eyes and try to control the excruciating pain that was throbbing inside me. I nod to her to let her know that I will and watch as she slowly but cautiously moves her hand away.

“Where is he?” I ask her in a whisper and see her point to my balcony.

“Over there.” She voices and when I look back to her, I see worry written all over her face. No. Not worry. Concern. For me.

“What?”

“Liz…I don’t want to scare you, but-but you’ve been bleeding a lot.” She answers and looks down at me as do I.

I didn’t know how to react when I saw my pants were soaked with dark blood. I just looked back to Maria, who was looking at me with grief and started shaking my head and crying the words ‘no’, but not hearing one sound escaped my lips.


Crashdown – Back Room

“Uh, Maxwell?” Michael called out, patting on Max’s chest as he looked, stunned, in the corner of the backroom when he noticed something missing. “Where the hell are the stairs?” He asked as Max turned to where the stairs were, shedding some more light in the direction with his blue orb and saw that indeed the old wooden stairs were gone.

“It’s a mind warp.” Max assumed, thinking it was the only way the stairs could have disappeared in such a little amount of time. He moved over to where he remembered the stairs were and placed his foot where the step would be, feeling a solid platform beneath his feet and before completing the full step to prove that it indeed was a mind warp. Max turned to give Isabel and Michael an okay approval, but his smile dropped when he saw both Isabel and Michael looking up at the doorway in despair.

“Maria!” Michael yelled. Max spun around to see Nicholas standing under the doorway, holding Maria in front of him, by the throat, and in tears.

“Michael!” Maria cried, reaching out for open air before Nicholas jerked her back to him.

“Come and get her, errand boy.” Nicholas dared, before licking the side of Maria’s cheek slowly

“You’re fucking dead!” Michael vowed in rage. But Nicholas smiled and then pulled Maria to the side, like he was peeling off a mask, and then released her with his mouth sarcastically in a circle, mouthing the word “ooo” and the laughing louder. When the three looked to Maria, the see that it’s no longer Maria, but Tess, laughing along with him.

“We trusted you.” Max spoke to Tess with a trembling hate escaping his tightened jaw.

“Awww.” Tess pouted sarcastically, displaying that she had little to no remorse for what was happening or to having Max’s trust. Her pout then changed to an angry face as she straightened up and looked at him. “I was suppose to have you, not your trust, but all you wanted was Liz.” She answered bitterly before moving behind Nicholas so he could speak.

“Deadly that one.” He laughed with a shake of the head, this time with his hands behind him.

“Where are they?” Max asked coldly as his fists tightened at his sides.

“You know what? I have absolutely no fucking clue.” Nicholas answered with a smug shrug and then turned his head to the side to acknowledge Tess. “Do you know?” He asked her, humoring Max, while Tess replied no with a shake and her lips pressed together in a ‘nope, sorry’ way, and then Nicholas turned back to face the trio with his hands out to side, imitating an ‘I don’t know’ before he started to patted himself down. “Where? Where could they be?” He questioned in a fake panic, but then stopped and stroked his chin. “You know what?” Nicholas asked, snapping his fingers and acting as if he remembered something, enjoying watching the Royals squirm. “I ‘do’ know where they are. Yeah. Hey, but don’t worry. They’re in good hands. Rev’s probably tucking them in and telling them a nice bed time story. You know what my favorite bed time story was? No. I’ll tell you. “The Big Bad Wolf”. I especially love the part where he comes back to the brick house, bribes Goldie Locks to sneak him in and then has a ‘happily ever after’ with pork chops in his belly.” He tells, but then sees the patience wearing thin on the trio, and hopping right to the point. “Didn’t get that version? No. Hmm? Must’ve only been released in Antar.” He shrugged and then adjusted his suit. “Point is…where here for a few things…and maybe have a little fun along the way. Fucking pissed at Rev though. I mean. I am his kid brother. You would think he would let me in on the party upstairs. But you guys know Rev. Once he gets his hands on something…he just can’t fucking let go.”

“If he hurts them…” Max lingered on his threat, seeing Nicholas look back him cocky and un-intimidated.

“You’ll do what?” He asked and then looked to his watch. “You know what. I got Antarians to do and humans to kill, so I’ll get right to the point. Give me the Andromena and we’ll be on our merry fucking way. That way, you can go back to your Starbuck’s and Banana Republic shit of a life, working a 9 to 5 and changing baby diapers.”

That alone sent the three Royals’ heads up, shocked that they knew about Liz’s pregnancy when they tried so hard to hide it.

“Oh, how did you ever know Nicholas?” Nicholas asked himself sarcastically, making fun of Max’s panic. “We knew before you ever did. And you know? You’re little girlfriend went and grabbed an E.P.T. test. Those things are 99.9% accurate. But don’t worry. She’s taking the Rev Proof Test right now, that’s 100% proof. Funny, that all the test Rev does, always manage to come out negative.”

And with that, Max lunged himself to Nicholas, only to receive a powerful blast from Nicholas’s hands that sent him crashing on top of Michael and Isabel, forcing them to collapse on the floor.

“Good luck getting up here.” Nicholas retorted as he straightened up his suit coat and then moved inside with Tess waving good-bye to the three before following after him.


Alex’s House - Upstairs

“Wake up, Sweetie.” Ida whispered as she stroked Ava’s cheek, who was lying on the bed, turned away from her. Ava turned weakly to face her, opening her eyes slowly and then bolting up and scrambling backwards in fear until she was against the wall, breathing in and out hysterically. “Ooo, careful now Sweetie, almost gave me a heart attack there.” Ida laughed, clutching her chest with one hand and lightly patting the bed, calling Ava to sit beside her.

“Where am I?” Ava asked as she looked around nervously and then looked to Ida, an husky elderly woman, probably in her 50’s, dressed in a flower print short sleeve short, slacks, and a pair of creamed colored loafers.

“Well, come on Dear. I won’t bite.” Ida assured her, patting again next to her, for Ava to sit beside her. Ava was hesitant at first, but then moved cautiously beside her. “That’s a good girl.” Ida declared as she brushed Ava’s hair behind her shoulder. “That’s one thing I admire about you…you’re loyalty. You stuck behind Zan no matter what, a quality that’s long been gone in any Skin I’ve known, let alone your kind.”

“You-you were…the desert?” Ava replied, not really sure of anything with her head spinning, making it impossible for her to think of anything and actually focus on it.

“Beautiful, loyal, and smart. Aren’t you a catch?” Ida commented with a smile. “My boy would have loved you.” Ida comments with a certain sadness and then getting up from the bed, turning her back to face her. “My son. You remember him don’t you?” Ava nodded ‘no’ lightly. “Oh, I bet you do. You’re just not thinking hard enough. Andrew. Think. It was when ‘we’ met for the first time as well.” Ida added, as she watched Ava struggle to remember and then smiled when Ava’s eyes widened in recognition.

“You’re…he was the…” Ava stuttered.

“Yes. ‘Was’ being the key word. Thanks to you’re little friends Liz and Maria, from what Rath confessed to Walt.” Ida answered bitterly. “Liz kept him hostage and Maria tortured him.” She vented looking out the window and pounding once on the windowpane. “No worries.” Ida said in an exhaled sigh before turning back around to face Ava gain. “When Walt finds them…he’ll be peeling their skin off their human bones like...ugh.” Before Ida could finish her declaration, she collapsed in front of Ava, dropping to her knees first with her eyes rolled back and before her body completely fell to the ground, it disintegrated into a pile of dust.

Stunned, Ava taken back, gripping to the mattress, looked up from the floor to the figure that stood in the doorway… “Rath?” Ava questioned surprised to see him.

“We gotta break. Let’s move.” Rath ordered, pointing to the door. Without question, Ava scrambled off the bed and followed closely behind Rath, and noticed blood collecting around his wrist and arms. Rope burns that cut through his skin, he must’ve been tied up, the only assumption that seemed to match with the wounds. She remembered seeing the same thing on Ida’s son, back in the pod chamber.

Basement

When the two enter the room Zan was bound to, Ava rushed to his side when she saw him. “Zan!” She called out, shaking him, but he still failed to react. “What did they do to him?” Ava asked in despair, passing her hand above his face and changing him back to the way he originally looked.

“We gotta go.” Rath urged, looking up to the staircase and then back to where Zan was, but found Ava standing up and pulling him to her by his shirt, pissed off more than he had ever seen before.

“What the hell did you tell em’?!!”

lizard_queen wrote:

“Liz kept him hostage and Maria tortured him.”

Ida's a skin, thus, he son would be a skin. Pod chamber. Maria stepping on a skin's toes....

HE'S THE SKIN FROM FBBL AT THE END WHO WAS TIED UP IN THE POD CHAMBER!

YAHTZEE!!!

lizard_queen wrote:And Ava... she woke up and didn't know where she was. I'm thinking that maybe she was being mindwarped herself. She didn't know who Ida was, yet Ida had been there the entire time when all the other Ava's were there.

I'm thinking you got another yahtzee. You're good. I like your detective skills, your hired...wait you are hired already lol (CUHO). Got the next chapter for that too, just waiting for you to get online and give me your two cents.

lizard_queen wrote:Does this Ava even know that shes pregnant yet?

Good question. Or maybe the question should be, "IS" Ava the one that's pregnant? Hmm.

lazza wrote: Ok sitting here and my head is spinning!!!! It might have something to do with the cold medication I'm on, but I think you have to take some of the blame.

I'm sitting here, re reading parts of this and the other stories trying to 'get' it, trying to figure out all the twists and turns. I'm actually writing notes and doing these stupid timeline and family tree like charts, arrows and notes are everywhere!!!! AND damn it nothing works All I can seem to think about is peanut butter M&M's and maybe a diet coke..... I don't think I ever studied a text this much, hence my horrible english grades maybe???

So as I slowly go insane down here, I just wanted to add good work, keep it up. If by some chance you still need an ending let me help - you could make it a really clean and simple ending '....And they lived happily ever after' feel free to go for it, it's all yours

Hi there! Welcome and thank you for reading. I must admit, I have a whole notebook of notes, lol, and ideas, so I can relate. It's my first trilogy and I admit there are so many twists and turns it had me confused once, lol. Sorry, but I can't help it. As for your ending, yeah, don't you all wish, but it just wouldn't be a Crash fic if it ended that way. I'm evil like that and try very hard to keep it that way.

Jason's Lover wrote:Damn. I hope Liz hasn't lost the baby. Max will surely go fucking ballistic. Please, make sure all these versions of Tess, with the exception of Ava, along with Nicholas, die a slow painful death. I can't wait for more. Thanks for the update.

I'm laughing so hard right now. "Fucking ballistic?" That sounds about right. I think you should get a yahtzee for that.

YAHTZEE!!!

Icequeen wrote:1.Since they couldn't go upstairs can Maria and Liz come down?

2. What is Rev doing on the balcony anyways?

3. Who was Ava talking to at the end? And if she was talking to Zan what would make her think that he said something to anyone?

1. Good question.

2. Standing guard, making sure no one came up the ladder.

3. She was talking to Rath, Ida told her that Rath was the one that dimed them out, hence the need to intoxicate him. The three of the Dupes were used in there own way.

a) Ava --> a way in without anyone being suspicious; everyone trusted her, not Rath or Zan.
b) Zan --> they did it all for the nookie
c) Rath --> for info

FSUMSW94 wrote:Now, Ida wants Liz and Maria dead for torturing her son, who was the skin they had tied up in the Pod Chamber? Didn't he commit suicide in the end b/c he was deathly afraid of something/someone? I have to go back and read that part in FBBL!

Yes he did. You'll know why he committed suicide in Chapter 17.

roswellian504 wrote:Ava/Ava really wasn't bad? Boy is she ever pissed.

Question....didn't the skin in the chamber die by someone else's hands and not the group?

Yep, the real Ava was one of the good guys all along and the Skin from the Pod Chamber killed himself.


Author's Note: Hey kiddos. Just giving the heads up that this fic is coming to an end. Yep it's true. Chapter 18 is the last chapter and it's gonna end a lot differently than any of my other fics. Not sure about having a quadroligy, lol. I remember someone giving the correct term, but I don't remember the word. A sequel to the sequel's sequel. LOL. Anywho, I'll let you guys decide.


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Chapter 16

Whitman Basement

“Yo, Ava, we ain’t got time for this.” Rath said pushing her away from him and straightening his shirt out. “We gotta bounce.”

“Zan!” Ava exclaimed in happiness when she saw him waking up.

“My fucking head.” Zan cursed as he held the side of his head.

“Zan, shake it off, we gotta roll.” Rath badgered.

“Dude, you must be slow.” Ava vented, pushing Rath away and then returned to attend Zan.

“Whatchu say?”

“I asked if your ass was slow. I shoulda asked if you were deaf too.” She sneers, standing boldly when Rath sized himself up to her. “If they pop the Royals, we’re next!” Ava warned. “We gotta go help em’.”

“No. We don’t gotta do nothing but cover over own asses. Just like we did before. Screw this bullshit. Roswell’s more dangerous than New York man.”

“Rath, no.” Ava argued standing between him and Zan.

“Zan?” Rath called out to hear his ruling.

“We stay.” Zan ordered, standing up with Ava’s help.

“This is some bull Zan.”

“You ain’t gotta stay Rath.” Zan reminded.

“Fine. I’m out.” Rath said as he began to walk away. “5-0 and sewers sound pretty good about now anyways.”

“Let em’ go.” Zan ordered Ava, who was looking at him to make him go after Rath. “Let’s go.”


The Crashdown

“What’s the plan Maxwell?” As he picked himself up. “I’d say we split and conquer.”

“No. We stick together.” Max ordered as he helped Isabel up.

“Max is right. We’re stronger together.” Isabel added, dusting herself off.

“Yeah, we’ll be a hell of a lot stronger with Zan and the others.” Michael pointed out looking to Isabel who agreed and then to Max.

“We can’t wait that long. We go now.” Max ordered and then headed back towards the front of the restaurant.

“Where’re we going?” Michael asked as he jogged to keep up.


Maria’s House

“Zan!” Kyle yelled as he swung open the front door, splitting up with Alex to search the place.

“Rath!” Alex called out, opening the basement door.

“Ava!” Kyle called out from the center of the hallway. “Oh shit, wait. Should I be calling her?” Kyle asked worried.

“If she were a bad guy she would’ve been at the Crash already.” Alex answered.

“Right. Ava!” Kyle yelled again.

“Forget it. They’re not here.” Alex concluded and headed back towards the front door. “Come on. Let’s go back.”


Liz’s Room

“Come on.” Maria whispered, making sure she kept her eye on Rev, who was keeping watch by the ladder to my balcony. I picked myself off the floor to my knees, but the second I touched my bed, a rough premonition hit me. The ache in my head mix with the sharp pain in my abdomen, like a fire burning inside me. Falling against Maria, I let out a yelp that attracts Rev. “Oh, no.” I hear Maria cry.

“It’s gonna be okay.” Was all I could say to her as I kept my eyes deadlock with Rev’s, watching his evil smirk as he came to us. “Maria. Whatever he does. Stay in here.” I order and release my hand from hers when Rev steps in from the window. “Promise me.” I ask, looking at her pleadingly.

“I promise.” Maria replied in a shaky voice.

“Cero nevoi de miros, zeka.” Rev threatened, pointing to me as he stalked to me. Lifting his hand he sent Maria back against the wall and then grabbed me by my shirt, pulling me up from the ground and laughed. “Pav Nie et Ava…”

But before he could finish, I press my fingertips over his eyes and spark a rush of unclear images to transfer from him to me.

Both confused over what had happened, he shakes his head and lifts me higher, but instead of me begging for my life, I simply...smile. That must have pissed him off even more because his sly grin had dropped and he just glared at me. “Miros zeka.” He repeats. “Die Bitch.” He translated this time and then swung me around and let me go.


Parker Place Front Door

“I’ve never been through here before.” Isabel recalls as they stand in front of the main entrance.

“Neither have I.” Max replied. “I always use the door from the Crash Down or the ladder to Liz’s balcony, but Nicholas probably has them guarded.”

“What makes you think he doesn’t have this door guarded?” Michael asked suspiciously.

“Even if he does, it’s probably one of the Skins.”

“How could you know that?” Isabel questioned.

“Cause they’re expendable.” Max answered. “We already know Rev is upstairs.”

“Yeah, and have absolutely no clue where Nicholas and Tess are. With her powers they could be anywhere.”

“That leaves the Skins.” Max added.

“I don’t know Maxwell. Sounds like we’re going in on a guess.”

“Not a guess…Faith.” Max answered and then reached out for the doorknob.

“Yo!”

The three of them hear, turning to see Ava and Zan running to them and instinctively hold their hands up in defense and watch the two stop dead in their tracks.

“What the hell you doing Duke?” Zan asked, shielding Ava behind him and holding up his hand ready to conjure up his shield.

“How the hell do we really know it’s you?” Michael questioned bluntly.

“We could always break.” Zan suggested, seeing the three try to decide whether or not to trust them. “Aiight then.” He concludes and signals Ava to follow him.

“Wait.” Max contended, stopping the two dupes as they we’re about to turn back. “Why help us?” Max asked curiously.

“The way we see it is, what are we when the Royal’s are done wit’?” Zan asked as he looked from Isabel to Michael to Max. “Toast, that’s what.”

“If you help us…”

“Guys!” Alex and Kyle yell as the come running to them.

“What are you guys doing here? You guys can’t be here.”


Liz’s Room

Maria slowly got up in time to see Rev swinging Liz once and then releasing her, where she flew back and smashed through her bedroom window and landed out on the balcony.

“No!!!” Maria cried, standing up completely as Rev turned around and made his way to her, but not in time to stop her from lifting her hand and sending him swirling back.

Her force wasn’t as strong as Liz’s or any of the Antarians she knew, but it was enough to by her some time to scrabble across Liz’s bed to the other nightstand and grabbed the baseball bat. Running back to where Rev was curled on the floor, she gripped on to the worn tape of the bat and start slamming down as hard as she could. Gathering all her strength, she lifted the bat way above her head and just as she was about to slam it down, Rev lifted his hand and sent her flying against the wall with the bat in her hand.

From the ground, he watched as Maria used the bat to pick herself up and limp towards him just as he got to his feet, ready to strike again until he saw her smiling. Rev covered his head with his arms when he saw Maria about to take a swing, but then felt nothing. Slowly he lowered his hands to see Maria still standing there, breathing heavily, but without the bat.

“No. Miros to you asshole.” Maria declared and then pointed behind him with her chin. Rev quickly turned around and was surprised to see Rath standing there, twirling the bat in his hand and then swinging it with full force against the side of Rev’s head, causing the bat to split in two. Maria and Rath watched as Rev’s lifeless body fell on top of Liz’s bed and began to bleed severly from his crushed skull. Weakly, Maria moved beside Rath as he tossed the broken bat to the floor and then looked back to Rev.

“Yeah, what she said.” Rath retorted and spit on the ground.

“Oh, my God. Liz. Help me.” Maria begged as she limped to the hole in the wall and then limped to Liz’s motionless body, with Rath right behind her.

“Watch out.” Rath warned, pushing Maria lightly and then tucking his hands underneath Liz’s back and legs, lifting her up off the ground and then looking to Maria.

“This way.” Maria ordered and moved back inside to Liz’s room.


Parker Place Front Door

“Where the hell is Rath?” Michael asked.

“We ain’t got time.” Zan warned.

“He’s right. Let’s go.” Max commanded, moving back to the front door and then opened it as everyone gathered behind him and froze. “Liz?”

icequeen wrote:I'm glad that Rath came through for Maria. How the hell did he get up there anyway. Did he somehow come the back way?

He came through the balcony ladder. Rev had his back turned to them so didn't see it coming, but I bet someone else did.

icequeen wrote:What was it that Rev said about Ava?

What do you mean? To the Skins? Nothing. The SKins held Ava captive b/c let's say Zan wanted to talk to her about the two banging, she'd be like, WTF are you talking about, hence letting him know that there was something fishy going on in sed-Roswell.

icequeen wrote:I'm really worried that Liz lost the baby.

It's official. She lost the baby.

FSUMSW94 wrote:I am sad this story is almost over, and you are scaring me saying it won't end like your other fics. Will this mean no happy ending?Don't do that to us poor readers

No dice.

Jason's Lover wrote:How could you leave it there?

Um, cause I'm evil.

BelevnDreamsToo wrote:Will Max and maybe the combined efforts of all the others be enough to heal her and save the baby?? Is it too late??

Hi. Welcome and thank you for reading. I like the way you think. <stroking chin> You think like me, just not evil enought though.

imnotlc ~ Hi. Love your post. Welcome and thank you for reading.

Author's Note: One more chapter guys and it's all over.

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Chapter 17

Parker Place - Front Door

“Liz?” Max called out with tears collecting his eyes when he saw Liz, beaten to a bloody pulp and dangling frailly in Rath’s arms. “Liz?” Max repeated with his voice cracking as he carefully cupped her face and tried to get her to wake up.

“Max…I’m sorry.” Maria expressed sadly, lightly squeezing his arm. Max drew up his own conclusions from Maria’s teary eyes and from Liz’s appearance.

“Max, we can’t do this here.” Isabel warned, as she looked around in panic, worried if anyone would see them. It was broad daylight and she doubted that a crowd as big as they were would go unnoticed, especially if they hung around in one spot.

“She’s right.” Michael agreed, looking around to see just a couple of people going about their business, but knew it was almost a matter of time before some over-concerned citizen would try to find out what the ten of them were doing outside, but most especially, why Liz and Maria were beaten to a bloody pulp.

“Let’s go back inside.” Alex suggested.

“What?” Kyle exclaimed. “Um, in case you haven’t noticed, were all present and accounted for, so I say we high tail out of here before things get worse than what they already are.”

“He’s got a point Maxwell.” Michael commented, intrigued by Kyle’s speech, waiting to hear Max’s orders.

“He’s right Max.” Maria sighed in defeat. “I mean, look at us.” She proclaimed displaying herself and Liz in dismay. “We can’t go through this Max. Liz can’t anymore. She doesn’t deserve it.”

“No.” Max answered coldly. “If we run now, we’ll be running for the rest of our lives.”

“Max…”

“Maria. You have no idea how sorry I am that you two had to go through what you did.” Max confessed sincerely, looking to Liz as tears fell from his eyes. “You have the choice to leave. Kyle and Alex can take you away from here, away from this life, but we can’t leave. As long as they’re alive, they’ll be looking for us and hurting the people we love. This has to end here.” He declared, looking to Michael and Isabel to see them lower their heads in agreement.

“No.” Maria whimpered, seeing the three of them snap their heads up to look at her. “You’re right Max. We have a choice and we always did. We chose to be a part of you guys life, knowing what consequences could come from it. It’s our choice, my choice and I’m sorry but I’m sticking with it.” She swore and then looked to Michael. “I’m not leaving you.”

“Thank you.” Michael murmured and pulling Maria close to him to kiss the top of her head.

“Okay, we have to get her inside though.” Isabel pressed, trying to make them all gather around Rath in order to block Liz. Rath carefully transferred Liz over to Max’s arms and then looked around as Michael picked Maria up as well.

“Let’s go.” Max ordered when he saw everyone was ready.


Crash Down

Zan and Rath quickly cleared the counter of the island as Max stepped up on the platform and carefully set Liz down. “Keep an eye on the door.” Max ordered to both Rath and Michael, pointing to the aqua door and then looked back down to Liz as he carefully set her head down on a handful of napkins Isabel had handed to him.

“She’s hurt pretty bad.” Zan evaluated as he scanned Liz’s injuries. Max ignored him and focused on the main source of blood, where the notion that he was no longer going to be a father had set in. “Yo.” Zan called out, pushing Max on his shoulder seeing him snap out of whatever depressing trans he was in and look to him enraged. “If you heal her, you won’t have enough juice to face em’.” Zan pointed out, causing a sudden silence around the room.

“Then we’ll both do it.” Max answered deeply, noticing Zan’s hesitation at first and then a nod of agreement. Slowly the two pressed their hands on Liz. Zan with one hand on her chest and the other on her forehead and Max with one hand on her lower abdomen and the other on top of her head. Everyone watched in awe as a glowing light pierced from underneath their hands simultaneously and how little by little, Liz’s wounds began to heal.

Crash Down

Everything was black. My body didn’t ache anymore, but yet there was this huge pain in my heart. When I opened my eyes weakly, the first person I saw…the person I needed to see…was Max. Looking down at me with a mixture of sadness and relief.

“Max?” I called out, seeing him cough out a cry and then lean down and hug me. Slowly, I sit up as Max cups my face and smothers me in kisses. The only thing I could do was kiss back, sharing that same feeling of relief to see him until I hear Michael call out for Max and see Max nod in compliance.

“Kyle. Alex. Take Maria and Liz…”

“No.” Maria argued as she limped closer to the counter. I turn to see Maria, still with Max’s hands by the sides of my face, and see her completely beaten.

“Maria.” I gasp in heartache, turning completely to her. “Max. Help her.” I cry, trying to reach out for her but quickly pull my hand back in fear of hurting her anymore than she clearly was.

“No. Liz. I’ll be fine.” Maria assured me and then looked over to Max. “You need your strength to kick that heartless bastards ass.”

“I promise.” Max replied, seeing a new look of strength hit him. “Michael and me would take upstairs. Isabel you and Ava…”

“We got that bitch Tess.” Isabel declared, shocking us all on the powerful way she said it. Full of hate. Definitely, not even as remotely as strong as I would’ve said it, but still.

“Be careful.” Max answered with a nod of acceptance. It was probably the person he was going to assign them to in the first place.

“Zan, Rath. There are two Skins here…” Max assigned seeing Rath crack his knuckles and Zan smirk.

“No wait.” I interrupt seeing Max quickly draw his attention to me as did everyone else. “Max, if Zan and Rath are with you…I can take the Skins.”

“What?”

“No way.”

I look to both Michael and Maria and see them shaking their heads. But I know what I feel.

“Look. I wasn’t asking for permission. None of you are gonna tell me I can’t go because I want them gone just as much as you guys do. Now I’m doing this, with or without you.”

“Liz.” Max called to me in a warning tone but I just cross my arms and wait for him to challenge me.

My friend is beaten to a bloody pulp, I lost my baby, and on top of that, Max was going to go head on with Nicholas. There is no way in hell I’m losing him too and I’ll be damn sure Maria and Alex don’t lose Michael and Isabel as well. As long as Zan and Rath are with them, they have a better chance. “The way I see it is if they go with you, you’re a shield and inforcer stronger.”

“She’s gotta point Duke.” Rath commented.

“We’re wasting time here.” Zan vented.

“Then let’s go.” Kyle advised, noticing everyone’s shocked expression. “Hey, there’s no way I’m gonna miss being a part of this.”

Max just nodded and then pointed to Zan to go over to Maria. Together the two healed Maria just enough to walk without limping and then Zan regrouped with Rath, Isabel, Ava, and Michael by the kitchen aqua door while Max pulled me to him and kissed me.

It was the softest kiss he had ever given me. Sensual and full of emotions…love and fear combined.

“You be careful.” Max pleaded to me in a whisper.

“You too.” I say after I nod.

“I will.” Max promised, kissing me one more time before he disappeared being the aqua door leaving me with Alex, Maria, and Kyle.

“You ready?” Kyle asked.

“Let’s go.” I order and then walk confidently to the dark kitchen.

Kitchen

When we get to the kitchen, my first impulse was to make sure no one was at the top of the stairs, but when I look over to it, the wooden stair case that I have seen everyday of my life were gone.

“Uh, remodeling Liz?” Alex asked, noticing the missing staircase as well.

“This is bad.” Maria panics behind me.

“Liz.” Kyle calls out to me. “Do you know what this means?” He asked when I turned to look at him. I just look at him and then focus on the corner of the room.

From all my years of living here, that corner had remained covered with boxes, crates, garbage bins, anything that would prevent anyone from noticing the door that lead to the basement. When I was four, I fell down the stairs a night my dad was working late and had forgotten to close the door. After that, my mom and dad made sure that that door had remained closed, a promise that soon had become a habit. A story I had told Kyle when we were dating, Maria when she started to work at the Crash and Alex out of random conversation.

And now the door was seen again, which made Kyle’s suspicions right.

“It means we’re going down there.” I answer looking at the door for a moment before I walk over to it cautiously and turn the knob.

BelevnDreamsToo wrote:I'm sure when she has time to think about it, she and Max will need some time together to heal!

Hmmm. <stroking chin pensively> Maybe.

icequeen wrote:i know you are evil enough to do just that!!!

Who's evil? Moi? Never. I'm a frickin' angel man. Peace baby and all that good stuff.

lizard-queen wrote:Do i really wanna know whats going to happen at the end of this? I have a bad bad feeling.

Come on. You know me.

roswellian504 wrote:Why do I think the Skins regrouped in the basement and that's where the humans are heading?

Divide and conquer.

Venus_star2.com ~ Hi. Welcome and thank you for taking the time to read all three parts. You have a yahtzee for everything you said, except for the sleeping Ava. Well, it depends which one you were talking about cause the Ava that was sleeping upstairs was the actual Ava. The one sleeping downstairs on the couch was Tess.

Luvya ~ Welcome too and good theory.



Author's Note: Hello guys. Yes yes yes, it ends today. It's sad to say but true. But guess what, on the Dreaming Among the Stars board, tonight, Thursday March 17th, at 9PM, there's gonna be an Author's Chat with moi about this fic, the COTT series I mean. So, if you guys want to sit down and chat with me and other Crash readers feel free too come on over. mmcherron has the link on the "Shameless Pluggings" thread, just click on the rainbow banner. Thank you to everyone who has put up with my cliff hangers and evilness and thank you to those who nominated the COTT Series. Smooches. Where'd I get that from??? Damn it! Now it's gonna bug me all day.


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Chapter 18

Song: I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith


Crash Down Basement


“Careful Liz.” Maria advised me as I stepped down the first step.

I turn and look at her face and I can see she’s afraid. Afraid but also tired, like me, like we all are. Tired of dealing with these aliens that apparently can’t live with us and can’t live without us.

It doesn’t matter what Max does…they’re still after him. I can’t even begin to imagine the drama we would go through if Max actually did ever accept his position as King.

Slowly making my way downstairs, I see a faint light coming from the end of the room. I know what’s back there, hell we all do, but if going back there means I can live a life where I don’t have to watch my back, as well as the sky anymore, then back there is where I’m going.


Liz’s Room

“Uhhh-ugh!” Rath yelled and gasped when he flew out the Liz’s room and collided against the hallway wall at an angle. “Mother fucker.” He cursed as he scrambled back to his feet and charged back into the Christmas lit room throwing energy balls into the direction Nicholas and Tess were standing.

“Move it. Now!” Max ordered to Isabel, who raised her hand to move the bed to cover their dodge across the room to the bathroom.

Bathroom

“What are we gonna do Max?” Isabel questioned in a panic as she squatted beside Max against the wall.

Max quickly peeked over the corner to see Michael and Ava behind the moved dresser and Rath and Zan squatting by the turned bed, while Nicholas and Tess watched cautiously.

“I have a plan.” Max replied and then looked over to Isabel, whose hair was mess and clothes unstraightened, definitely a rare sight to see from the perfectionist.

“How are we gonna get Michael?” Isabel asked in aggravation looking over to the doorway to see an energy ball swirling her way.

“Watch out!” Max warned, pulling her back against the wall in the nick of time and shield her when the energy ball blasted under the sink, causing the water pipe to burst and completely drench the two.

“Oh, that’s just great.” Isabel huffed letting the water drip on her in defeat. “Max, if you’re gonna kill him, I suggest you do it now.”

Max nodded in agreement and then moved back to the corner, getting Michael’s attention and signaling him to move to the bathroom. “Get ready to cover them.” Max warned Isabel as he turned towards the door, looking Michael in the eyes and silently counting down their move before Max bolted up with Isabel and send a pack of energy balls hurling towards Nathan and Tess, while Michael and Ava dived into the bathroom.

“Ugh!” Michael vented as an inch of water broke their fall.

“He’s too strong.” Ava hyperventilated as she scrambled to safe end of the bathroom.

“No, he’s just clever.” Max answered, looking passed the corner again to see that Rath and Zan took advantage of the move and separated as well, one remained behind the bed while the other moved to where Michael and Ava were.

“I don’t get it Maxwell. Why doesn’t he off us already?” Michael asked as he swiped the water off his face.

“He still needs to know where the Andromena is.” Max reminded, keeping a careful eye out for any rogue energy balls.

“Well, let’s kill him already cause he’s pissing me off.” Michael declared indifferently.

“Let’s.” Isabel agreed, as she was about to stand up when Ava pulled her back down by her soaked sleeve. “Hey?”

“Wait.” Ava warned and then looked to Max. “You can’t off your fourth.”

“Yeah, right. Real funny.” Michael huffed about to get up only to be pulled down by Ava as well.

“I’m serious.” Ava warned.

“No. You’re a kill joy.” Michael retorted in annoyance and then looked to Max. “If we don’t kill her now, say good bye to your white picket fence and your long walks on the beach with Liz, Maxwell, cause you and I both know she’ll run down your fence and drown you in the ocean.” Michael warned, seeing Max expression speak for him that he was in total agreement.

“I’m sorry Ava. But she dies too.” Max declared.

“I call dibs.” Isabel announced, making it clear she wanted to take care of Tess whenever the occasion called for picking.

“Fine.” Michael shrugged off, as he was about to stand up until Ava pulled him down again. “You know, that’s really getting annoying.” Michael vented in irritation.

“You can’t off her cause she’s knocked up.” Ava shouted, seeing the news hit them like a pile of bricks.

“That better be a slang for “almost dead”.” Michael choked out.

“It sucks. I know. Believe me. I know.” Ava snorted in disgust.

“What moron could possibly sleep with her?” Isabel questioned in disbelief.

“Zan.” Ava murmured.

“What?” Isabel exclaimed.

“Oh, well, that’s just great.” Michael panicked.

“He doesn’t know.” Ava defended looking to Isabel and Michael before looking to Max. “He thought it was me.”

“Well, since we’re now officially screwed…wait if Zan doesn’t know and he did the nasty…”

“The nasty?” Isabel repeated as she rolled her eyes.

“…how do you know?” Michael finished.


Basement

As soon as the four of us all step on the concrete floor, the dim light grew, revealing Walt Crawford and T. Greer, standing on the darker end of the basement, waiting.

“An eye for an eye.” Walt chuckled evilly. “A son for a son. I’d just wished it was only me that was there to collect the retribution.”

“You’re gonna wish you never said that.” I warn in deep disgust.

I could feel the tears fighting against me, but I wasn’t about to give them the satisfaction of seeing me cry. To let them see that they hurt me deeply…that I was feeling more pain than I’ve ever felt in my entire life. A pain he was about to feel…over and over if I had the chance.

“It was you, you and your bubble lipped partner over there that caused my boy’s death.”

“In case you didn’t know, he killed himself. I guess not being “man” enough to handle the situation really applied to him.” Maria retorted.

It’s obvious that the comment struck, beat, burned, and massacred a nerve with him.

“He only killed himself to avoid facing Rev and Nicholas. Believe me, that’s a situation you don’t want to be in…but you already have, haven’t you?” Walt asked with a smirk of enjoyment. A stupid smirk that made me cringe and hate him even more. “You got off easy.”

“Easy!” Maria gasped in shock, a response that would’ve suited me if I didn’t feel so…blank. Overwhelmed with hate.

“You can’t even begin to imagine the things those two could do, but Rev…well, just look at your precious King and his second-in-command.”

“What are you talking about?” I asked bitterly. I could actually hear my voice cracking with rage.

“Oh come on. Don’t tell me you can’t tell.” Greer laughed. “You could be human and still tell.”

“That dark look in their eyes…it’s not happiness.” Walt pointed out with a cocky grin. “It’s whatever’s left.”

“Left?” I repeat letting a tear escape me. I don’t know why though. Maybe it’s because I know exactly what “look” he’s talking about. That dark look in Max’s eyes that make me feel…afraid of him.

“Whatever’s left that didn’t die. ” Greer replied as he moved a little away from Walt. “From what I’ve heard, Rev had a great time with Max.” Greer laughed, but then looked at me with a puzzled expression. “They didn’t know.” He concluded in surprise.

“What?” Walt chuckled in disbelief.

“They never told them.” Greer replied in the same shocked tone.

“Told us what?”


Liz’s Room

“Tess being pregnant? I think it’s safe to say that that really bites the big one, Maxwell.” Michael replied, while he looked over to Max, who was still in shock.

“Just be glad she’s not after Max.” Isabel replied, seeing the comment hurt Ava. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean…”

“It’s cool.” She shrugged off and then looked over to Max. “So? What’s the plan Duke?”

“Michael.” Max called out, to allow him to plot.

“Up to you Maxwell.” Michael nodded and then scooted closer to the group. “Nicholas gots Tess though so it won’t be easy.”

“We’ll we got Ava, so together, the four of us…we can be the Army they feared we’d become.” Max proclaimed as he tried to balance his squat.

“So what do we do?” Michael asked.

“Tess, she’s been using her powers a lot.” Max pointed out.

“Means she should be in zero mode about now.” Ava concluded.

“So?” Michael questioned impatiently.

“Means she won’t be able to block me.” Ava answered with a smirk.

“Yeah, but you’re not going after her.” Max explained, seeing her eyes widen. “You’re going after Nicholas.”

“You must be screwed in the head or somethin’? You want me to go after the Boss man?” Ava exclaimed.

“Zan and Rath won’t be able to hold them off any longer.” Michael reminded, pressing them for time.

“Look, I need you to buy me some time.” Max pleaded to Ava, seeing her struggle with the idea before finally nodding in agreement. “Isabel, we’re gonna need some cover.”

“Okay.” Isabel nodded quickly.

“Michael, I need you to get Tess.” Max assigned, just getting a nod from him and then turned to Ava.

“And me?” She asked awaiting her role.

“You need to get me as close as you possible can to Nicholas while making him think that we’re still in the room.”

“Tall order, Duke.” Ava replied skeptically.

“Can you do it?” Max questioned.

“Yeah. I gotcha.” Ava nodded and then looked to Michael.

“Kinda hard to make him believe that without Tess tipping him off, Maxwell.”

“That’s why you’re getting her.” Max answered, giving the final order with his eyes. “Let’s go.”


Basement

He tried to explain to me what happened to him, but out of my own selfishness, I refused to hear him. And the fact that they know something we don’t was just amusing to them.

“Don’t worry. You’re about to find out personally.” Greer answered as he charged to us only to be blasted away by Kyle.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a long time now.” Walt announced, as he lifted his hand making the four of us fall on our stomachs, knocking the wind out of us, and then used his powers to drag Maria and me to him.

“Maria!”

“Liz!”

I hear Kyle and Alex shout, but by the time we stopped moving I quickly turned around and sent Walt flying across the air and then felt Maria helping me up. When I get to my feet, Kyle and Alex are right behind us and without warning, Maria starts screaming like a ninja and charges to them with Kyle and Alex following behind her.


Liz’s Room

“For the record, I think we should have gone with our second option.”

“Which was?” Max asked with a smirk

“Kill them all and let God sort them out.” Michael answered with a cocky grin.

“Ready?” Isabel asked getting in front of them and then looked to Ava who was sitting on the floor and then nodded to her before shutting her eyes,

“Go!” Michael shouted as he pushed Isabel to move.

“Let’s go!” Isabel shouted to Rath and Zan, pointing for them to leave while moving the bed for cover in case Ava couldn’t mind warp Nicholas and Tess. But instead of following the two out, she pushed passed Michael and punch Tess out as hard as she could, watching proudly as she fell to the ground. “Now, let’s go.” Isabel said cockily as she straightened herself and cracked her neck before walking quickly out the door, leaving Michael to deal with Tess.

“You’re up, Maxwell.” Michael announced, swooping Tess up in his arm and running out with her to join the others.


Basement

“Ah!!!!” Greer shouted in pain as Maria bite down in his ear after jumping on his back and pulling what was left of his hair with all her might, while Kyle begged for a turn.

I myself was in the same position. Bull riding Walt while I choked him as hard as I could with my arm and Alex hitting him in the torso.

“What are you doing?” We all hear from the top of the stairs and see Zan and Rath there.

“We’re kicking their ass, what does it look like?” Kyle asked before returning to throwing punches at Greer as if he were a punching bag.

“Need help?” Zan offered as the approached us.

“No. We’re cool. Thank you.” Maria replied in jerks as Greer kept taking each swing Kyle was inflicting him with.

“Hit him in the jewels!” Rath shouted, making me loose my grip and fall to the ground when Walt jerked back.

“Ugh.” I exhale when my ass broke my fall and quickly scramble out of the way, seeing Alex take over my seat and start noogy-ing Walt.

“You okay?” I hear Zan ask as he extends his hands and helps me up. Then I see Rath take over for me, play jabbing Walt while Alex pulled a Tyson slash Maria, and bit Walt’s ear before he climbed off him and began stomping his foot.

“Yeah, this was suppose to be dramatic, not a game.” I comment with a small smile and follow him away from the two pile ups.

“They’re just blowing off steam.” Zan excused and then pulled me back when Rath came flying passed us.

“I’m cool. I’m cool.” Rath assured us as he picked himself up and dusted himself off before charging back in.

“Max? Where’s Max?” I ask frantically.

“Doing his King thang.” Zan replied, pointing to the stairs with a tip of his head.

Without thinking twice, I bolt up the stairs to the Crash’s kitchen and see that the wooden stairs are back. I quickly make my way up those and see Michael holding an unconscious Tess on the living room floor while Isabel lied on the couch, doing what I could only assume was dream walking her.

“Liz? Are you crazy? Get out of here?” Michael murmured, trying to not break Isabel’s concentration.

“Where’s Max?” I ask, completely ignoring his order, but before he could answer, I head towards my room while hearing Michael calling me to stop.


Liz’s Room

When I get to my doorway, I see Ava sitting on the bathroom floor with her eyes shut and water sprinkling from God knows where. My room was a complete disaster and only getting worse with Nicholas’s blast to spots where no one was.

Scanning the room frantically, I spot Max at an angle from Nicholas, sitting Indian style on the floor while he conjured a bright green energy ball in front of him.


‘What are you doing?’

‘Gathering enough energy and destabilizing it...it’ll be like a hand grenade.’


I had seen this before, once, back at the Harvest in Tombstone and it was still amazing to see. The ball start to grow, shining brightly as the flicker of his fingers cause it to jolt and pop, with brighter beams of light piercing through the cracks and highlighting Max’s damp face.


‘You can’t touch me...it’ll make the force grow.’


A warning that was good to know, because my first impulse was to send Nicholas flying and then smother Max in kisses.

I then see Max stand up and notice me. I flash him an ‘I’m okay’ smile and he gives me the same look Michael did. I shake my head to let him know I’m not leaving, which I could bet my hands on that he was about to dispute with me about it if it wasn’t for another pop that told him he didn’t have much time to hold the energy ball.

“Ava! Now!” Max shouted.

My head snaps to Ava’s direction and I see her eyes open before she scrambled across the room and passed me. Still not leaving, I watch as Max grabbed Nicholas by his shirt and pull him to his face, smiling at his shocked expression.

“For our baby.” Max declared before taking the energy ball and ramming it inside Nicholas’s mouth before Nicholas raised his hand and sent Max flying across the room to where my bed use to be.

“No!” I yell, raising my hand and sending my own force that without intention hit him in his throat, causing the energy ball to crack even more, lighting up his face with beams of green shining from his eyes, nostrils ears, and mouth.

“No!” Nicholas shouted as he clutched his throat and started shaking in convulsions.

As soon as I take one step further into the room, Max charges towards me, grabs me and covers me by Michael’s room, where I hear the loudest blast I have ever heard followed by a tremble. Peeking out from underneath Max’s arm and all I can see, is a bright green light. The only thing I can think of is, if we’re dead, heaven’s bright white light must’ve change for us aliens.

“You okay?” Max asked me softly as he kissed my forehead. I nod my head and then cup his cheeks to pull him down and kiss his forehead.

“Are you?” I ask and get a nod as well.


Basement

“Go! Go! Go!”

We hear them cheer. Max and me just exchange looks and continue going down the steps to find Zan, Maria and Alex sitting on the steps while Rath and Kyle are going at it with Greer and Walt.

“Bulldog ‘em.” Zan shouted and then our attention was on Kyle who gave a little sprint before grabbing Walt by his hair and diving on the ground with Walt’s face hitting the pavement followed by a wincing “ooo” noise from, I guess you can call them…an audience.

“Yeah.” Rath cheered, high-fiving Kyle.

Kyle then start hopping from foot to foot and doing quick jabs, like some bad imitation of Rocky on top of the steps. But only in Kyle’s interpretation did one of the jabs accidentally hit Walt on the rod in his back, causing him to disintegrate into dust.

“Ah, crap.” Kyle cursed in disappointment when he realized what he had done. “It was an accident.” He apologized to Rath with a shrug, who looked just as disappointed as he held Greer in a tight headlock. “Handicap match?” Kyle suggested, seeing Rath flash Kyle “the wink” and “the gun” to him, which only made him happier. “Oh yeah! Ladies, Human, and Aliens! We got ourselves a handicap match. Let’s get it on!” Kyle imitated in a Celebrity Death Match’s referee’s voice before pumping his arm and then tagging Rath in.

“The chair! Give him the chair!” Maria shouted with her fists in the air.

“There are no chairs down here.” Kyle reminded.

“Oh yeah.” Maria recalls before she sits back down, lowering her arms slowly.

But instead of laughing, like I hear everyone else. I just stand there. Feeling…empty. Quietly, I make my way up the stairs again and Michael picking Tess up in his arms and Isabel and Ava standing beside him.

“It’s over.” I say with a sad sigh, trying to convince myself more than them.

“Not even close.” Michael replied in a dooming voice.

“What? What is it?” I ask not seeing what else could be wrong, besides the fact that Tess was still alive.

“The Denathon. It’s here. In Roswell.” Isabel announced in the same dooming voice.

I couldn’t help but laugh. Not with one of those “that’s hilarious” laughs, but with one of those “I can’t fucking believe this” laughs. I’ve summarized many times what we’ve been through and when ever we think it’s over, there’s always something to suck us back in.

“Liz?” Isabel calls out to me, but I just shake my head, ignoring their confused, concerned looks and head to my room. I reach the center of my room, and look around at what’s left of my room.

Rev’s body in the corner of the room and piece of Nicholas all around. I cover my laugh with my hand as it quickly turned into a cry the more I approached Rev’s body. Before I knew it, my hand was shaking uncontrollably and I just collapsed to my knees, crying hard enough to strain my cracking voice. Cupping my face, I cry louder, feeling my hands dampen from my tears and my face getting warmer.

Lowering my hands slowly, I spot the cracked picture frame of me and Max, ironically with the crack splitting the two of us and I guess you can say that was the straw that broke the camels back. With my trembling hands I pick up the frame, and without thinking, without control, I start hitting Rev’s lifeless body with the picture frame.

“Why? Why? Why?” I cry over and over again, hitting him harder with each question, until I felt a pair of hands grab my wrist softly to stop me from hitting him anymore.

“Liz?”

I close my eyes tightly letting out the tears that were still in my eyes and then look up to see Max getting down on his knees as he took the frame from my hands, setting it down beside him, where I noticed it’s covered in blood. Max carefully turns my hands, palms up and I realized that from each blow the broken glass was cutting my hand.

Funny how I didn’t feel it.

Max covered my hands with his and I start feeling a tingle when a light glow shone between our hands. Once the light was gone, Max bent down and kissed my palms, where I could feel moisture from his face smear against my hands, which only made me cry more. Scooting closer to him, he wraps his arms around my waist, as I did his back, and rested the side of my face on top of his head while he pressed his ear up against my stomach.

“Liz…I-I’m sorry.” He whimpered in my arms and all I could do was brush my fingers through his hair and sway a little to sooth him.

“Shhh, it’s not your fault.” I whisper rocking him for comfort.

Max didn’t ask to be involved. He just was. Past life, future life, any life, he was destined to this no matter how much he escaped it. They all were.

“Oh, God. I’m so sorry.” Max cried even more as he kissed my stomach.

“Max, this isn’t your fault.” I assured him as he holds on to me tighter. Then suddenly I see Michael and Isabel coming in our room in a hurry, followed by Rath and Zan, who were carrying Tess in.

“Po-Po’s here, man.” Rath announced as he took Tess from Zan and sat down on the floor, covering her mouth just in case.

“Just be cool.” Zan ordered as he squatted by Rath.

We sat in silence for what seemed like forever and literally gasped when we heard muffled voices coming from the next room. Suddenly, the door opened half way and we see Deputy Blackwood poke his head in. I held Max closer to me, feeling the tip of his nose touch my neck and his warm breath brush against my skin, just waiting for an outburst, but he just looked left to right and then closed the door behind him. I let out the deepest sigh of relief, as everyone else did and then looked over to Tess’s unconscious body.

“She’s pregnant.” Max informs me. Wow. Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does, but a million times worse than what I’d expected. Tess pregnant? Funny how things turn out. She lives a life of lying and manipulating people to get her way and yet she’s able to have a baby. What did I do so horribly wrong that….oh God, who’s the father?

“Are you…” I trail off, not able to finish my horrible assumption.

“No.” Max answers, sitting up and cupping my cheeks, looking at me to assure me that he wasn’t. “She got…”

“Shh.” I shush him by pinching his lips together. “Max, I don’t want to know.” I whisper as I shake my head. “I can’t breathe Max.”

“What?” Max asked examining me, taking what I said out of proportion.

“No. Max. I can’t breathe with all this.” I confess insinuating what happened. “I feel…boxed in.”

“I don’t-what are you saying?” Max asked, as tears started to build up in his eyes.

“Max, I don’t want out. I don’t. I just need space…to breathe. To scream, and I can’t do that here.” I know what I’m saying is hurting him, but it’s true. I can’t breathe and the fact that Tess is gonna have a baby and I won’t anymore because of her…it’s just suffocating me even more.

“When?” Max asked, killing me inside when his voice started cracking.

“Now.” I tell him cupping his cheeks.
“How long will you be gone?” He asked, surprised by my answer.

“I-I don’t know. But I will be back, I-I just need to deal with this…alone. Okay?” I ask. Max just lowers his head and I look over to Isabel and Michael. “Please take care of him.” I beg and then look back to Max. The second my head turns, Max pulls me down for a kiss and tears start streaming down both our faces.

“I’ll wait for you.” Max whispered, waving his thumb over my forehead.

I felt…weird. Closing my eyes the image of Max singing to me suddenly appeared, but only this time I actually could hear what he was singing.

“What was that?” I ask, pressing my forehead against his.

“A trick you taught me.” Max answered with a forced smile. I look at him confused for a moment, but only come up with the conclusion that he meant the future me. “Liz, if you’re gonna go…I don’t think I could…I think you should go now.”

He’s right, if I stay any longer, I don’t think I’d be able to leave. “I love you.” I whisper to him before stealing a kiss from him and then go running out the room.

‘Liz? Liz where you going?’

I hear Maria call out but I just keep running.


Greyhound Terminal – 8:45 P.M.

‘Now boarding Bus # 218 to Farmington, New Mexico in Terminal 3. Bus # 218 to Farmington, New Mexico is now boarding in Terminal 3.’

That’s me. I see everyone dragging and lugging suitcases, and me, well, I’m travelling with my debt card in my sock, the jacket on my back and the pain in my heart.

Climbing on board, I turn into the second seat on the left side of the bus and look out the window to wave good bye to an old friend, Eddie. If it wasn’t for him and River Dog, I’d be sitting in this bus station for days. At least now I have somewhere to go where I know I’ll be safe.

I jump when the loud decompression of the buses hydraulics kick in to raise the steps and shut the door, and just shake my head in embarrassment. Closing my jacket closely to me, I hug my legs closer to me and snuggle in the corner of the seat, cause let’s face it, how many people are going to the Navajo Reservoir?

I tilt my head back against the corner of the window and seat and look out the window across from me as the bus pulled out the terminal and started heading North. It would at least be a 5 hour drive, not counting the stops, and I should be thinking about everything that happened today…but I’m not. All I can think about is the memory Max gave me before I left.

It’s like I’m right there. In his arms, with him caressing my face with his hands and the tip of his nose.

With Max.

My Max.

“Max.” I find myself sighing before I start humming along to the memory until I slowly fall asleep replaying the moment over and over.


I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you’re far away dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
Cause I’d miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I’d still miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I’m wondering what you’re dreaming
Wondering if it’s me you’re seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we’re together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
Cause I’d miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I’d still miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing

I don’t want to miss one smile
I don’t want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
Cause I’d miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I’d still miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
I don’t want to miss a thing


THE END



Author's Note: I know I know I suck. LOL. You expected sunshine and lollipops, rainbows and da da da (don't know the rest of the song) LOL. Guess what!!!



There's a sequel to the sequel's sequel!!!!!! And it's called Back To You!

Yep folks. The COTT Series is not over yet. In case you guys didn't know, that's what these series are called. The series is called "The Consequences of Time Travel Series" or the COTT Series for short.

Remember that my Author's chat is tonight at 9 at the DAS board. Pissed at me for the ending, come on and tell it to my computer's face. Just kidding. Or am I???? <stroking chin>