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Heloo! Sorry I haven't written in an absolute age, my email decided to stop telling me when people posted replies so I assumed no one was reading... but since y'all have been, here's the new part!

Thanks to:
Spacegal19
Katmcken
Coley452
I am a dreamer
Taressa05
jbangelo -- thanks for the perseverence involved in leaving fb!!
roswellluver
g7silvers

Part 20

It’s amazing how after a party, people always manage to disappear. I mean, I guess that’s the point of the end of the party, but still. No one seems bothered that someone has to pop all the balloons and stuff the streamers in garbage bags, while everyone else noisily ambles home. I would have helped, had I had hands.

On the bright side, Nasedo seemed to have vanished with the rest of the crowd

Liz sighed as she swept the fallen crepe paper into a pile in the middle of the room.

“I just don’t understand it…” she muttered to herself. “ Why would Tess be buying Alex a ticket to Las Cruces? She obviously mind-warped us all into believing it was an airline ticket that was delivered- and right when everyone would see it too. But why? Why bother with Sweden at all? Why does she want to send him away?”

The bell jingled and she looked up, startled. What should have been a middle-aged man head but had taken on a very un-middle-aged me appearance peered in.

“Liz? You wanted to talk?”

“Max…” Liz said, in that soft voice that always made me melt. “I thought you had forgotten, you know, and left with-”

“Tess? No. I was just helping my mother load Isabelle’s gifts in the car.” Liz smiled to herself, obviously thinking ‘what a swell guy’… or something to that effect. Maybe less leave-it-to-beaver sounding.

“Oh…” This was said in a less dull way than I would have liked, more in the tone that Liz uses when she is faintly and often pleasantly surprised by something. It was something I used to hear a lot, I’ve got its intonation memorized.

Like when I made her glow.

“Liz? Is something wrong?”

“No, well yea, well… it’s about Tess.” Nasedo’s eyes flashed for a second, and the hand that remained on the door glowed as the door clicked- I’d bet my bone it was locked. Liz didn’t notice, her back was facing him as she tried to manouver a trash bag so she could sweep the rubbish into it.

“Here, let me.” Nasedo’s body was flush against her back as he gently took the bag from her hands. She closed her eyes for a second, like she was savoring the moment. She straightened up, and he did too but didn’t step away. I growled.

“Max, you don’t have to…”

“I know.” He waved his hand and suddenly the bag was full, the floor spotless, the balloons gone. He smiled at her, and she returned the favor. I was dying inside. How was it possible that she didn’t know it wasn’t me? But then, how could she know? He was saying all the right things, making all the right moves. It was crushing.

She arched her neck to one side as he practically nuzzled her ear. Who would have thought Nasedo capable? I was growling pretty ferociously, but for some reason, no one pays attention to the dog.

“What was it about Tess you wanted to ask?” he whispered in her ear. Her eyes hardened and took on the business-time look. She turned to face him, escaping his clutches, but was this really better? Would I rather have her semi-seduced by him or divulging all the secrets she had uncovered to him so that he could blast her to smithereens?

“Max, are you sure you can – ELMO NO!”

Nasedo cried out in pain as I sunk my teeth into his calf.

“NO Elmo! No! Ohmygod, Max, are you alright, I’m so sorry! No Elmo! Bad!” She scooped me up and shut me in the bathroom. I whimpered and whined, lying on the floor so I could see out of the crack under the door.

“ I can’t believe he bit you Max, you know it’s so unlike him, he never bites, ever… I don’t know what got into him!” Nasedo was clutching his leg, his eyes screwed up in pain. Personally, I thought he was over reacting. I barely grazed him, his leg was a lot smaller than it looked- a lot smaller than mine was. Having balls of static electricity hurled at you is far more painful, I’m sure of it.

“Max, are you bleeding? You’d better let me see, I’ll get the first aid kit…”

“No, Liz, it’s fine-”

“It’s not fine Max, you’ve got blood on your hands, that’s serious, let me see-”

“No Liz, don’t-”

“Just let me look.” She insisted, reaching forward to pull up the material of his pants and examine the damage. At that second, he leaned forward and his lips found hers.

The world stood still for a second.

Hey guys... this is a super short part, but I thought I'd post it becuase I'm really bored...

Gnomie - I'm super honoured to be your one and only post!!!!! mega cool!!!!!!

jbangelo - here are the motives!!!!

g7silvers - this part is pretty damn useless in terms of max/liz stuff...

spacegal17 - hope this bit answers at least a little of what u want to know

I am a dreamer - heeeheee this one is totally useless about answering your fb too!!! but dont worry, it's all good. or will be...

dani - Elmo-Max is a very misunderstood dog.



Part 21 a.



That moment lasted an eternity, seeing them kiss, her eyes closed and fluttery, his hand on her jaw. And yet, it was probably the shortest kiss in the history of mankind, or Antarian.

The next few seconds were pure chaos.

It was as if the cosmos had decided that to make up for the time lapse during the kiss, they would cram double of what should fit into 5 minutes into 5 seconds.

There was a flash of bright white light, and the bathroom door burst open. I somehow found myself charging towards the two, barking insanely and practically frothing at the mouth.

At the same time, I was propelled back into the wall by a jet of energy, and with a wounded yelp, fell to the floor. Trapped again.

~

Liz’s fingers were gently brushing over her lips, a dazed look on her face.

“What was it you wanted to tell me Liz?”

Suddenly alert, Liz’s eyes snapped towards him, as if she had forgotten his presence entirely.

“It was nothing Max, nothing, so maybe you should go, it’s really late and if my parents come down…” she said hastily, picking up his bag and handing it to him, bustling him towards the door.

“No Liz, it was something… come on Liz, you can tell me.” Liz’s gaze softened, as did her tone.

“Just, erm, that I didn’t want you to feel that you had to be uncomfortable with Tess around me, but you know what? It’s obviously not a problem… so… goodnight Max.” She shrugged nonchalantly. ‘Max’ stared hard at her for a second, then seemed to decide to believe her. Behind him, the lock glowed and clicked open.

“Alright Liz… I’ll see you around okay?” Liz nodded silently, watching with wide eyes as he left, limping out to my jeep to get his dirty alien shapeshifter blood on my upholstery.

And there was no way he was getting away with that.

Or the kiss, for that matter.

The obvious thing to do was to go charging out after him, howling to the moon like a warewolf and zapping him with whatever powers I could muster. Luckily, I am not Michael, or that may very well have happened. I devised a much more cunning plan. I slipped out without a sound, completely unnoticed by Liz – who was just standing there, completely absorbed in whatever fantasies she was having about kissing the non-me.

I followed the jeep, fully intending to kill Nasedo as he slept, if he slept at all. If not, I would kill him when he next turned away. If a tiny nibble to his calf could cause such pain, think what a chomp on the neck could do. Especially with some electricity.

Funny enough, Nasedo only turned the corner before putting the car back into park.

“Tess.” And suddenly Tess was there. I guessed she had been hiding herself with her powers, sitting in the jeep and watching as Nasedo mauled Liz.

“What the hell were you thinking kissing her? You, the hater of humans, who tells me that Max is MY husband, use his body to KISS that BITCH?”

Man, she was even possessive over my likeness. Even though she knew it wasn't really me.

“Tess, calm yourself. I’ve told you before, these temper tantrums are childish and most unbecoming of a Queen. I have my reasons for what I did- ”

“Yea, feeling like a pervy old man.” For once, I agreed with her…

“One – I could not let her see the state that my leg is in. You know that. It seemed an obvious distraction, and was effective, if you hadn’t noticed.”

“But-“ Tess objected before Nasedo cut her off.

“Two – Liz seems to be very receptive to our powers. I was probing her mind for any clues as to where our Glorious King may be.”

Gnomie - thanks for the motivation

I am a dreamer - cooool, two posts. I really love ur signature's pic.

jbangelo - thanks, Im baaack.

g7silvers - more news with the pod ppl soon. It's only been a few days you know...


Part 21B


“Maria, it’s me.” As I crept back into the Crashdown, I heard Liz’s voice, and a crackling rendition of Maria from a million miles away. “Could you come over? Now. Yes now. I know you just left- yea I know it’s late. Maria! Look… it’s really important okay? Yea. Thanks. Okay, see you soon.”

Liz sat at the counter. Drumming her fingers, tapping her feet, but not so much in the mind-warped way as in the really-anxious way.

She got up. She washed. I dried. She didn’t know that though. Zap zap zap. She wiped the counter. She emptied the trash. She dried the dried dishes. She wiped the counter. She sat down and tapped her feet. Looked at the clock. Mopped. Wiped the counter, even under the napkin dispensers. Then, her gaze settled on me.

“You know, you are just filthy!”

I wasn’t, by the way. I can take care of my own hygiene thanks, fleas and tics were not exactly who I wanted my new group of friends to be.

“And you sleep in my bed!” She said, almost to herself, scooping me up and walking upstairs.

I had the feeling that she was stressed. It was a very Liz thing to do, to occupy herself when she was stressed. The fact that the counter shine could be seen from Antar was testimony to that.

This stress had obviously been induced by her encounter with Nasedo, also now known as future-corpse. The same Nasedo who had started the car so fast that I fell off the bumper. The same Nasedo who had kissed the daylights out of Liz because he was obviously getting information off her. Yes, Nasedo would definitely die the next day.

SPLASH

I started as my entire body was submerged in warm water- while I was pondering how to catch Nasedo unawares, Liz had run a bath and thrown me in it. I struggled to get out, this was no time for baths, but then…

I regret to inform you that I was one weak dog-er-guy. I was meant to be out there, chasing alien criminals and bringing justice to the Universe, but somehow, I just could not focus on that sort of thing when Liz’s perfect hands were massaging my body. Soap bubbles foamed around me, and I sort of blissed out right there, unable to do a thing about it. As Liz worked the shampoo into my sides, I felt my body move by itself, reacting to her touch.

I don’t mean what you’re thinking, I’m pretty sure of it. If I was in my human form, that definitely would have been what was happening, but as it was, I just found my left hind leg vigorously scratching at nothing. I remembered my neighbour’s dog doing the same thing whenever Is and I found just the right spot on his belly to scratch.

“Liz?” Maria was standing at the bathroom door, looking down at us incredulously. “Liz, it’s the middle of the night… I think washing the dog can wait til morning.”

Liz hadn’t looked up yet, she was still scrubbing me, but it was starting to border on painful as her nails grazed at my flesh.

“I know…but he was dirty.” Her voice cracked as she looked up at Maria, and it was only then that I noticed her beautiful big brown eyes were filled with tears.

“Babe… what’s wrong?” Maria said, sitting on the floor cross-legged and wrapping her arms around Liz’s waist, pulling her into a hug. I licked Liz’s arm, ignoring the bitter taste of soap suds.

“Maria,” Liz sniffed, “I- just- don’t- know- what- to- do….”

“Just let it out… tell Maria what’s wrong…”

“Well, you know how I told you that I thought Alex was being controlled by an evil alien because he was going on a nonexistent school trip, and then his tickets showed up, and it was weird because he can’t have tickets if he’s not going, and then Michael asked if all his mail was delivered to the Crashdown, and that was weirder because there was no way they could have known that …”

Liz was babbling and Maria was rocking her back and forth making soothing noises as she stroked her hair. I was still sitting in the bath, immensely frustrated that I couldn’t be there, doing what I was meant to be doing and making Liz feel safe.

“…so I went through Alex’s bag later to check the tickets, but they weren’t tickets, well they were, just not the right ones, they were bus tickets to Las Cruces bought by Tess Harding, and I freaked out, and then Max came in and I was about to tell him the whole thing, but then Tess came in so I had to wait ‘til after the party, so Max stayed behind and sent Tess away, and he was helping me clean up, and then Elmo bit him and I was trying to help him, get something to put on it or something andthenhekissedme.”

Liz took a deep breath and looked at Maria, wide-eyed. Maria let out a slow breath.

“Max kissed you?” Maria’s hand was snaking into her handbag. Liz nodded before trying to continue, Maria unstopping the little vial of oil that she had pulled out. “Okay, Liz, just inhale this before you go on okay? It’ll calm you down, so you can talk slower…”

“Maria, he kissed me. And I got flashes.” I jerked up, startled, and they both looked at me, puzzled, before dismissing the gesture and going back to their conversation. Flashes? Liz had gotten flashes? That was how Nasedo was getting information from her! I didn't know why it hadn't occurred to me. Did that mean that Liz had figured out what was going on?

“I saw things… I saw Nasedo and Tess arguing, and then they were shooting at Max, and he was injured, and then I saw he and Tess together in his room but he was different somehow. And you know, dogs are meant to have extra senses, Elmo must have known something was wrong all along, that’s why he hates Max… something definitely isn’t right.”

Things were clicking in place, I could see Liz coming to her conclusion.

“Maria…I think Tess is mindwarping Max.”