Roswell Fanatics

Title: Screaming Is Pointless
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Certainly not Roswell!
Rating: This is TEEN-ADULT, I think?
Couple: All. But mainly Candy.
Genre: Post Grad

Prologue

A girl walked along the streets of downtown Roswell. Her entire body was covered in blood, her clothes were soaked red and her hair was a tattered mess. People moved out of her way as she walked.
"Uh uh uh uh" she yelped as she walked along she held her hands out away from her. She reached the crashdown and pulled open the doors.
People froze as she stopped, who was she? What happened to her. Jeff came out from the back and saw the girl standing there. He recognised her face and his heart stopped with worry and fear.
"AAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!" she screamed aloud and people fell back away from her as she passed out. Jeff ran up to her and knelt down
"Call an ambulance! And the sheriff!" he ordered and someone pulled out a cell phone "Maria... Maria wake up" he shook her but his hand slick against her hair slid. He pulled it back and saw it covered in blood, he prayed to god that this wasn't Liz's.

TBC...

Title: Screaming Is Pointless

Author: SpiderGirl

Part One

Jim and Amy ran alongside the trolley as the paramedics ran fast along the path towards the Emergency Room.
"Where is all this blood coming from!" shouted one of the doctors as he tried to hold the petrified girl down. Maria screamed out loud at the doctors dressed in white. They had got her! They had got her just like the others!
"What's wrong with her!" demanded Amy but Jim stopped her from going any further as they began to work on her.
But the doctors found out that none of the blood was hers. She had a few cuts and marks from needles and such but she the blood she was covered in wasn't hers. They had to restrain her after she bit a nurse
"You're not going to kill me like you did to them! I'm a human! Let me go! You won't get away with this!" she shouted angrily.
She was put in a special room and Jim and Amy were finally allowed to see her.
"Oh my god Maria! My baby!" Amy rushed over and hugged her daughter
"Mom? Oh mom! Let me out of these things!" she gasped and Amy undid the restraints and Maria hugged her tightly. Jim stood behind Amy watching in fear, he was as worried about the others as he was Kyle. He prayed they were okay.
"Maria... what happened?" he whispered and she looked at him then burst out laughing then turned angry
"They cut them up into little pieces" she began to rise up on the bed "And did experiments! My husband! They killed him! They tortured him and murdered him!" she cried out. Amy tried to pull Maria back down but it was hopeless. Maria was shouting now and yelling
"Your own government kill innocent people!" she shouted "They killed my best friend and her husband! They killed his sister and they killed me!" she shouted out. Jim pulled her down
"What about Kyle? Maria is Kyle ok!"
"He was still human, he hadn't undergone the change yet. They let me and him go after they found out we were human. Kyle helped me out, they put a baby inside me. Michael's baby... but after we got out Kyle went away. I don't know where he is"
"But he's alive right? He is alive!" Jim asked pleading to god. She nodded and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Maria... Jim what's going on? What do you know about this all?" asked Amy
"They were all aliens! They were aliens and those bastards murdered them!" she yelled back at her mother "I can't stay here. I have to go and find the Granilith"
"Maria it's gone. Tess destroyed it"
"No! No! No! It's here on Earth! Liz told me before she was murdered! It's here and I have to change things!"
"Maria no! You've gone crazy!" snapped one of the nurses as she tried to get loose.
"I am not crazy" she said coldly staring down the nurse. Jim could sense energy rising. He could sense Maria getting angrier and angrier at this nurse. The nurse grabbed her arm but Maria moved back and lifted up her hand.
"They stole everything that mattered to me! I'm wearing my families blood! I'm allowed to be angry! Or Crazy! How dare you tell me! Maria Guerin what to do!" she yelled as the nurse squirmed under her power on the wall. Maria dropped her hand and the nurse fell down. Maria walked out shaking and crackling like tin foil in a micro wave.

TBC...

Title: Screaming Is Pointless

Author: SpiderGirl

A Note: It's going to be very graphic. I was there for my sisters birth so I know what it's like.

Part Two

"Where is it!" cried Maria rooting through Tess's stuff "I know there's got to be one here!"
"I destroyed it" said Jim, Amy and Jim had followed Maria home from the hospital.
"You did what!?" roared Maria turning on him and shoving him against the wall.
"When Tess died, Max got me to destroy it. That way there would be no going back and no changing things. He said that they'd messed up enough,"
"No! It has to be here!"
"I'm sorry" he apologised
"No! No! I need them here!" she yelled angrily "I can't live without them! They've been such a part of my life" she sobbed collapsing to the floor.
"Mine too"
"I miss them. I miss them soo much you just don't understand it. Michael... he was the only one. He was mine, there would never been anyone else. From the moment he kidnapped me and stole my car he's lived here" she said grasping at the shirt over her skin gesturing to her heart "Michael doesn't live her anymore. It's empty and there's no beat"
"Yes he does Maria! He still lives here!"
"No" she rolled her head down to cry "He's gone" Jim reached out and put his hand over her heart. Her heart glowed bright and he sent her images of Michael
"He will always live with you. Forever, right here" he whispered. Amy just watched as Jim helped her daughter in ways that she never could.
"Thank you" sobbed Maria as she closed her eyes trying to block the tears out.
"Maria... Maria" whispered Amy kneeling down to join the hug
"Mom!" she cried and flung herself into her mom's arms.
"Tell me everything" she ordered quietly "I want to know it all"

Two Months Later

Maria carefully knelt down on the cold earthy dirt of the Cemetary. Alex, Isabel, Michael, Max and Liz's graves were all next to each other. Only Alex's grave had a body. When she requested their burials they buried things that made them special. In Isabel's coffin there was a picture of her and Alex together then a picture of all of them. In Max's was Liz's Diamond wedding ring and the orbs and the destiny book and his CDs in case he got sad. She smiled thinking he never need be sad again, not with Liz up there with him. Liz's coffin held her journal and Max's ring. The photo of her, Alex and Maria and then her anntenae and her alien head apron as a symbol of her life.
Maria was knelt near Michael's headstone, she smiled as she recalled all the things she put in the coffin. A picture of them together, Scooby Doo plates, a picture he painted of her, and the Sonogram picture of their baby. She ran her fingers over the black marble stone as she ran her hand over her bump
"He's kicking Michael, can you feel it? He's going to be as grouchy as you were!" she joked talking to him as he was really there with her "You are too Grouchy!" she laughed as he imagined him talking back to her "I miss you too. I'll see you tomorrow Michael, give my love to the others"
Amy and Jim watched as she spoke to the stone then they hurried over as she tried to stand up. She was only two and a half months pregnant but she looked full term.
"Easy there girl" said Jim as he helped her to her feet
"Moo" she said looking at her mom
"You really have to stop doing that Maria"
"Well don't think your daughter's as big as a cow" she shot back as they walked her to the car.
"You look like you're ready to pop" said Jim "It's going to be soon isn't it?"
"Yes"
"What are we going to do about Medical records?"
"Well we took a risk with the Sonogram. We'll have to wait until he's born"
"Can't you do your little power connect thing and find out if he'll have powers?"
"Mom, I'm not going to connect to him, I can't. I told you that was Max and Liz's thing" she said as they made sure she was all secure in the backseat.
It had taken Amy a while to understand what they were telling her. Even with all she had seen them do she was still disbelieving. But she finally came to terms with it to help Maria. Maria had temporarily gone insane with the loss of her friends and family in such a brutal manner. Amy could now accept that her daughter and her boyfriend were aliens. Two of the last known aliens of Roswell.
Maria was sitting the back when suddenly her eyes went wide and she gasped
"What's wrong?" asked Amy looking over her shoulder, she saw Maria's waters had broke and her stomach was glowing "She's having the baby!" she cried and Jim pulled over "What are you doing! We have to get her home! My grandson is not going to be born at the side of the road!" she shrieked and he started the car and sped off in a hurry.
They reached the house and she was panting hard, they carried her into the room and laid her down on the bed. They went into automatic mode running for sheets, towels and warm water. Amy even through it would be best if they had a bottle of Tabasco nearby and she put it on the dresser. They put several cushions under Maria's feet and made sure she was comfortable.
"Ok Maria when you're ready to push just push okay?" said Amy as she hitched Maria's skirt up. Jim got one look and passed out
"Mom!" cried Maria pointing out of breath at Jim
"Ah best place for him" said Amy as she got ready "Okay push away"
"UUGGGHHHGGAARRRRHHH!" screamed Maria as the baby's head began to show.
"We have a head!"
"AAARRGGHH! THERE BETTER BE MORE THAN A HEAD!" cried Maria through clenched teeth and Amy hooked her finger under the armpit and helped the baby out.
"WAAAAA WAAAAA!" the baby screamed
"Definitely Michael's son" panted Maria out of breath as Amy wrapped him up in the towels after wiping his forehead. She handed him to Maria
"Hello Michael Alexander I'm your mommy" she smiled as her son's large alien like black eyes stared back at her.


TBC....

Title: Screaming Is Pointless

Author: SpiderGirl

Part Three

Maria jerked awake and gasped loudly in her empty room. Michael Alexander began to cry and she reached out and carefully picked him up
"It's okay mommys here" she cooed and began to rock him on her shoulder. She felt him open his mouth and drool against her upper arm and smiled. Definitely Michael's son.
She laid him down on the bed and watched as he lay there. He was so beautiful as he moved about. Her mind briefly went out to the dream and to Kyle. He had been set free because he hadn't quite changed yet and she wondered where he was. She had practically walked back to Roswell, clear across the country. Where was he? Was he okay, was the dream a cry for help? She realised that neither her nor her son would get much sleep tonight and lifted him into her arms and she went to the living room. She walked through to go to the kitchen and made some warm milk

*Flash*

She cried out as they examined her, she could hear the others. She could hear them screaming in pain
"Miiiicccchhaaeel!" she roared out hearing his voice.

*Flash*

They left her alone in the room. She climbed up and moved to the wall, it came away easy. She looked along the hall and couldn't see anyone, she moved down the hall and opened the first door she came across. The tag on the door said Subject A51: 006 (Elizabeth). She opened the door and found the room empty. She walked in and slipped on the floor, she landed on her back and realised what she had slipped on
"Eugh... oh my god" she said rolling over and trying to get up quickly, she couldn't get her balance to stand up and she was getting covered in blood. She got up and slid out the room shutting the door behind her, Liz was dead. She held herself still for a moment closing her eyes trying to block out the image of Liz dead.

*Flash*

She went to the next room and opened the door, she went in and something hit her on the back of the head
"Maria!" said Kyle pulling her close
"Liz is dead... I think they all are" she whispered "We have to get out of here"

*Flash*

Kyle and Maria walking hand in hand through the desert. It felt so similar, why did this seem so connected to the aliens? They walked along holding hands in the darkness.
Lights flashed behind them and Kyle turned letting go of her hand, he turned back looking at her
"RUN!" he shouted and she took off.

*Flash*

Her hand knocked the bottle and it fell to the floor with a clatter, re-living her time in the White Room terrified her. She fell to the floor and began rocking. Valenti came out seeing what had made the noise and saw her
"Maria" he said putting his gun down and hurrying over to her "AMY!" he called waking his girlfriend up. She came out and saw Jim trying to help her daughter, she pulled her grandson away and held him as Jim carried her into her room.
"What happened? What did you see?"
"I... I was back in the White Room. They left me alone and I got out, I found the room they put Liz in, there was blood all over the floor. It was everywhere! They killed her!"
"Shush! Shush it's okay" he said pulling her into his arms and trying to calm her down
"I went to Kyle and we escaped and they came after us and we ran. He let go of my hand! He let go... wait" she said clearing her head "Wait... I know where he is! I know where he is!" she cried
"What? Where? Where is he?"
"At the pod chamber, I wondered why it felt so familiar. We were walking in the desert like Max and Isabel did, we were holding hands just like them! He would have gone there!" she said she jumped up to take off he but grabbed her
"Let me go, I'll find him" he said and she nodded.
He packed his gun up and left Amy, Baby Michael and Maria in his room and headed out.

TBC

Title: Screaming Is Pointless

Author: SpiderGirl

Part Four

Valenti climbed cautiously along the sloping desert. He had both hands on his gun as the early morning light crept up
"Hello!" he called out "Kyle!" he crept further along and saw a trail of blood. He quickened his pace and reached the top, the cave had been destroyed and there were tiny fragments of what was inside all over the ledge. But there in the corner huddled three people
"Kyle!" cried Jim moving forward tucking his gun into his holster, he knelt down in front of them and reached out to touch Liz's head, he checked her pulse she was incredibly weak but very much alive. She had a few cuts and bruises, maybe a broken wrist but nothing that couldn't be healed.
"Hold on" he said reaching out he slowly began to heal her wounds, then he reached out for Isabel. He healed her broken ribs and cracked skull, then he touched his son and made him better. He was weak from it all, he had only been getting used to it and had never used this much energy before. He staggered to his feet and helped them up, all four of them headed down the slope to his Blazer.
"Maria's okay. Maria's alive, don't worry" he whispered "She's back in Roswell, all safe. She had a baby" he told them as they trudged along.
"I'll get you all back together again" he promised as they reached the car.
"Even Max and Michael?" asked Isabel quietly "They're still at the White Room. Please we have to rescue them"

***

"I can't take this! I have to do something, anything! Kyle's out there and I'm here doing nothing"
"Maria, if he said he was going to bring his son back that's what he's doing" said Amy "You should trust him"
"I do!" she shouted "I do trust him, he risked his life and became one of us. Kyle was shot, Max healed him and because of that we grew to trust him. He's alien too, this is much as his secret as it is... was ours" she said sadly. The phone rang and they both froze, Amy picked it up and glanced at Maria.
"You're kidding" she said as she looked at Maria "Really? Oh thank god, what about the others? Where are they? We can't do anything about them now, can we? Okay, I'll tell her" she said then hung up
"What did he say?" asked Maria
"He said he found Kyle where you said he'd be. Isabel and Liz were with him, he healed them up and he's bringing them back now" said Amy. Maria smiled, biting her lip she never felt so overjoyed in her entire life. She started crying burying her head in her hands, Amy pulled her daughter close and they cried together.

***

Max and Michael huddled together in their cold emotionless white room, when the others had escaped they had been placed together so they could be monitored.
"Don't worry they'll come for us" said Michael softly. Max had slipped into a catatonic state since he'd been back here. He'd not moved, not eaten, not spoken at all, Michael stroked his brothers hair as they sat in the corner. Max sucked in a breath and closed his tired eyes
"I think they're dead" he replied "I can't sense any of them anymore"
"No, Max no I felt Maria. I felt her have our baby. Once she realises we're still here she'll come and rescue us" he promised.
There was a whirring noise and the door opened, in walked Agent Thomas. He was dressed like the others, hair slicked back and empty eyes
"You can forget it if you think you're getting out of here. No one is coming to rescue you, no one cares" he said cruelly
"You're lying! They'll come for us and when they do you're going to die"
"No on is coming Michael because they're all dead" he said pulling out the file folder. He placed it down in front of them and Michael reached forward and opened it. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he spread the pictures out. Max roared out when he saw Liz's picture, her chest was cut open and she looked so pale and in a jar next to her was a heart.
"NOOOOOO LIZ NOOOOOOO!" he cried out. They pictures were all the same. Agent Thomas just smiled walking out leaving the photos with them. Max was screaming, he stood up and started banged his fists on the wall
"LIZ!" he roared. Michael just sat there staring at the last image of Maria, they must have let her have the baby then killed her. He closed his eyes and cried.

TBC...

Title: Screaming Is Pointless

Author: SpiderGirl

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Certainly not Roswell!

Part Five

Maria was out the door when she saw the other three in the car, they were out the car and they all hugged in the middle of the driveway.
"Oh god Maria I'm sorry I let go of your hand" said Kyle hugging her tightly.
"Liz I thought you were. I thought you were all dead" she replied putthing her arms around her friends.
"But it's okay now. We're safe now" said Isabel then suddenly a wave of pure anger and sadness knocked them off their feet. Jim hurried over to them and helped them up
"Are you okay? What happened?" he asked
"They... oh my they think we're dead" said Liz sensing her husband "They think we've been killed. They think they're alone, we have to rescue them!"
"No" said Jim "First off we're making sure you're all okay then we're making a plan before we go in half cocked, we're stronger this time and last time look how things ended up"
"He's right. We need a plan" said Liz as she clambered to her feet and went inside.

***

Agent Thomas watched through the hidden window. Max had gone crazy, he had never seen anything like this. Maybe he would try and contact someone from his home planet? Maybe he was use his powers?

***

Max reached a part of the wall that sounded different under fist than the other places he'd hit. He stepped back and lifted his hand, he blasted the window. He blasted it and came face to face with Agent Thomas, he looked terrified. Max had never felt this powerful before, his emotions had gone. Everything and everyone he cared for gone, there was nothing left to hold him back. Not even the serum they'd pumped him with worked, he lashed out and the Agent standing before him froze then crumpled into a pile of dust. He climbed into the little obs room and then went out the door, he was going to kill each and everyone of the agents who took his family away from him.
It was Michael's turn to go into a catatonic state. His family, his wife and his sister and her best friend was gone. They were all dead, he had nothing left, he was on his own. They had taken the one thing he truly cared about away from him.
"MAAAARRRRIIIAAA!" he roared angrily standing up, the room shook. He lifted his hand and blasted a whole in the wall. He went and joined Max on a vengeant killing spree. They were going to pay for what they did.

***

Liz sat down opposite Isabel. She nodded and they joined hands, light flashed before their eyes as they connected and they reached out with their minds.
Maria watched as they tried to reach Max and Michael to let them know that they were coming to get them out and that they were okay. After ten minutes of silence they came out,
"Did it work?" asked Maria who had been pacing
"We couldn't get in... either they're they're" said Liz as tears pooled in her eyes
"No! No they can't be dead! They just can't be!" she said then crouched down looking at Liz "Try again! Try harder, get in!" she roared. Kyle pulled her back
"No Maria, no Maria's it's no good. We can't get in, it means that they're gone. They're gone, it's over" Liz sobbed "Oh my god it's all over"
"It will never be over" said Maria "We can't stay here. They're going to look for us, we have to get out of dodge. Do you think they would have wanted us to get caught? We do what Michael suggested, we leave and go quietly into the night. We create new identities and just leave" said Maria taking charge
"Who says we have to do that? Who made you the leader?" asked Isabel
"Well do you have a plan? Someone had to take charge... we should change our appearances and leave. All of us, you too mom and dad" said said looking at the elders "We can't stop them, so let's just leave"
"I agree with Maria. They're going to keep coming until they have us again" said Liz "It's time for us all to leave"

TBC...

Title: Screaming Is Pointless

Author: SpiderGirl

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Certainly not Roswell!

A note: I'm posting again coz I'm gonna be really busy over the next few days. So enjoy!

***

Isabel placed the mug of coffee on the table and flipped her long black hair over her shoulder. Liz was out at work and Maria was in the garage painting. The phone rang and she picked the reciever up off the side table
"Hello? No this is her sister, he did what? Okay we'll be right there thank you" she said before putting the phone down. She looked in the direction of the garage and sighed
Maria. Michael used his powers at school again, he blasted a chair. It's time to go again she said through their connected link. She heard Maria come in wiping her hands off on the towel.
"Why does he do this every time?"
"Oh love he can't help it, it happens. I'll round-robin the code" she said picking up the phone and calling Liz's place of work.
"Hello? Yeah is Cathy there?" she asked
"Yello" said Liz
"The out-of-towner orders lime pie" she said and the line went deadly silent. She heard a clatter and knew Liz was coming, Maria appeared in the hall way and dropped several large bags on the floor with their valuables in them. Isabel clicked the disconnect and then called Kyle
"Buddha has been enlightened" she said when she heard his voice and it was the same clatter. She put the phone down and grabbed hers and Kyle's bag and lugged it to the SUV.

***

Max and Michael walked along the street, it had been six months since they slaughtered everyone who worked in the white room. They had just wandered like lost souls. They had stole food to survive and they had just lived like shells.
On further and further they wandered until they reached familiar ground, they stood outside the CrashDown still wearing their bloodied up scrubs. Max froze when he saw it, it made him think of Liz. His mind went back to the images they'd shown him, he fell to his knees as the pain reared it's ugly head once more.
"Thats Jeff! Tell Nancy I said..." Valenti had been coming out of the cafe when he saw them. He froze, they were dead! How could they just be there? "...shit" he hurried over to them and tried to get Max to his feet
"Max you have to get out of here, the FBI is still snooping around! Get out of here quick!"
"It doesn't matter. We have nothing to live for, everyone's dead. They killed them all" he mumbled
"Max Maria, Kyle, Liz and Isabel are all fine. They left a little over six years ago. They thought you were dead, they couldn't sense you"
"No don't. Don't lie to us, don't give us false hope" begged Michael as he teared
"I'm telling you the truth" he said placing his hand on Max's shoulder. He sent him a flash of finding Liz and the others out by the cave. Max looked like he'd been hit by a truck as the flashes ended.
"No... Oh god they're alive" he cried "Liz! They're all alive, they thought we were dead" said Max. Michael just looked at him
"Don't! They're dead, we saw those images! They were dead Max, please don't do this to me. I can't take anymore" he said squeezing his eyes shut trying to block out the tears.
"Last Isabel told me was they were going to Philadelphia. I don't know if they're still there. They usually contact me every month, now you guys have to get out of here. Go home get clothes and stuff and get out of town" he ordered. Max staggered to his feet and the two of them wandered on.

***

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. They're going to know and they're going to take us away again" said Isabel as she sat in the drivers seat.
"Hush" ordered Maria, they had fallen into odd roles. Isabel and Kyle had become the panicky people, they still had nightmares every night whereas Maria and Liz took on their other halves role. Maria was the warrior and Liz was the leader.
"Can I see ya license and registration?" asked the trooper with a southern drawl when he reached their car.
"Sure officer" said Isabel, she had made herself look a little like Tess did, blue eyes and curly hair only it was brown. She had a smile like Liz's and added it to her act. She handed him what he wanted and grinned, he looked at it then back at her
"Why ya'll travellin so late?" he inquired
"A friend's weddin" she replied back in a believable southern belle accent "I'm hopin ta catch the boquet, maybe if I do ya give me a call" she winked at him and he became flustered. Isabel was a master when it came to deceiving people.
"Oh uh well" he stuttered "You have fun, you can head on through" he said before moving to the other car
"Oh thank god" she sighed letting out the breath she didn't know she'd been holding.
"You did good Isabel" said Kyle patting her hand
"Yeah aunty Iz you were good. You should get an... an ward" said little Michael. He had only recently come into his powers and was still getting a hold on them. He never knew that his family were aliens, they have never told him and he never knew why they moved around so much.
"Thanks Micksta" said Isabel using his nick name. He'd come home from school one day and struck a wrestler's pose and screeched "I am da Micksta!" they had all laughed that day. It had been a good day, but now was not good. They were on the road again, if only they could return home. But they all knew that was not an option, it could never be and little Michael seemed to know that as much as the others did.

TBC...

Title: Screaming Is Pointless

Author: SpiderGirl

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Certainly not Roswell!

A note: I'm posting again coz I'm gonna be really busy over the next few days. So enjoy!

***

It had been six long years. Six long years since their families death, they had avoided Roswell altogether for fear of running into their families. Michael and Max just couldn't bare the pain of having to relive that moment when they knew they were on their own to the parents of their deceased love ones.
They had headed to New York and remained there living with their pain and guilt that hounded them every day, they could still see the faces of all the people they killed. The saddest thing was though that they'd enjoyed killing them, making those horrible people suffer like they had made their family suffer.
"I'm going out to get some coffee" said Michael as he pulled on his down parker "Do you want anything?"
"Nah I'll see you later" he called back sitting at his computer. Life was slow, day to day for them.

***

Michael walked into nodded at Ricky who grabbed a cup getting his order, he had seen Michael in this place for the last six years.
"Hey Michael how's things? How's your brother?"
"We're good. We're good, can I get a..."
"Bagel yeah I know" he laughed
"With..."
"Tabasco" nodded Ricky reaching for the condiment for his favourite customer.
A ball came rolling from the corner near the back and stopped at Michael's feet. He saw a little boy scamper after it toward him, he bent down and picked the ball up holding it out to the little boy.
"Michael!" shrieked a black haired woman marching over and pulling the boy away from him. She shook him
"Don't you know how dangerous it is to talk to strangers?"
"I'm sorry mommy" he apologised but she kept going
"Sorrys not good enough. What if it was a bad man? What then?" she looked at Michael preparing to snatch the ball off him but froze.
"He was only getting his ball lady" he said handing her the ball. She took it and couldn't stop staring at him. A man came over and put his hand around her shoulder he had long blonde hair and brown eyes; he looked like a surfer
"What's wrong Ria?" he asked looking at her then followed her line of sight "Oh my f****** Buddha" he gasped.
Michael felt silghtly nervous around these strange people, they didn't recognise him did they? They didn't work on the base recovery? If they did then he'd have to get the hell out of here. He turned to walk away but she grabbed his arm
"Michael!" she said and their eyes connected, he would always know her eyes. He panicked and backed up, Maria was alive. He'd murdered innocent people for nothing.
"Michael wait!" she called but he turned and ran away.
"Who was that mommy?" asked Michael turning the ball in his hands
"That was your daddy" she replied sadly. How could he run? Why hadn't he contacted them after all this time? Was Max alive too?

***

Max heard the door slam and Michael panting hard in the hall, he went out to see what was the matter
"What's wrong?"
"Maria's alive" he said "I saw her"
"What? Where? We looked all over Philadelphia for them Michael after what Valenti told us. They are dead"
"No she's alive! I saw her! Her and Kyle and my... my son"

TBC...