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Posted: **Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:39 pm**

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Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2003 10:41 am**

Part 5 The next morning, Liz wakes up early. Taking a few deep breaths, she sits up and rubs the sleep out of her eyes as memories of last night slowly return. The green energy finally went away on her way home, and she feels good this morning. After a long shower, she walks in the kitchen and frowns when she sees they’re out of coffee. She quickly dries her hair and gets dressed. As she’s about to leave to go down to the coffee shop, Alex walks out of his bedroom and says, “Liz…where are you going?” She turns around, startled, and says, “Just to go get some coffee. We’re out.” “How are you feeling?” He crinkles his brow at her, as he looks her over. “Good. I feel really good, Alex.” Liz tells him as he nods, scratches his head and yawns. She gives a little wave before walking out the door. The sun is just starting to light up the sky and she takes a deep breath of the morning air as soon as she steps outside. As she walks, she thinks about seeing Max at the club last night. She thinks about his eyes, staring back at her and she wonders if she imagined it. It could have been that song and what Maria said…with each step she takes, she becomes more and more convinced that seeing Max last night was a figment of her imagination. He watches her walk down the street…completely alone. This confuses him. Why would she be alone…unguarded like this? It’s definitely her…her head might as well be flashing like a neon sign she’s sending such a strong signal. Why would the king let her go off on her own like this. Is it a trap? He searches nearby buildings…other people on the streets…and sees nothing. The only explanation he can come up with is that the king doesn’t know. He has always suspected that his three charges had never known anything. Tess confirmed they never found the book. He knows they’ve never found the orbs…because he has them. Do they even know what…or who they are? It’s a very real possibility, that the king…Max Evans…claimed his queen unknowingly. He grins. This is too easy. He watches as she walks into a coffee shop and he follows her in, walking straight back to the bathroom. Changing his appearance, he looks himself over and grins in satisfaction before walking back out. Liz walks up to the counter and smiles at Joe. “Hey Joe.” A smile lights up his face. “Liz! I haven’t seen you for a few days. Enjoying your vacation?” She nods at him and says, “Yah. We’ve been having a great time. Hey, I need a bag of ground to go, too.” She sees him making her usual Latte and smiles. Sensing someone walking up next to her, she looks over…startled. “M…Max.” He glances at Joe then back to her. “Liz. I need to talk to you.” She looks at him closely. He looks different than she remembers from last night…younger. Almost exactly like he did in high school. She’s startled by his request and fishes money out of her wallet, she hands it over and Joe hands her her change, looking at Max suspiciously. She looks at him…confused and nods. “Ok…I just…” She glances toward the guy making her coffee before looking back at ‘Max’. He grabs her arm and leads her out of the Starbuck’s…Joe calling out behind them. “Liz…you forgot your coffee!” He watches them leave and turn down the street with concern. Liz squirms and says, “Max, you’re hurting my arm.” “Just keep waking.” He tells her, not looking at her. “What’s wrong? What’s this about?” Liz feels like something’s not right. He doesn’t say anything else to her, but he doesn’t release his grip on her arm either. She looks around her, wondering what’s going on. It seems like they walk forever and she can’t get him to say anything else to her so she eventually stops asking questions. Finally, they reach a large building and he drags her inside and up a flight of stairs. When he opens the door and pushes her inside, she realizes that something is very wrong. ~~~~~~~~~~ An hour later, Alex is worried. It’s been too long; Liz should have been back by now. He picks up the phone and dials her cell phone…only to hear it ringing in her room. Slamming it down, he runs his hand over his face and dials her lab. No answer there. Where would she go? It wouldn’t take her this long to go get some coffee. Grabbing his keys and writing a quick note for Maria, he leaves to go down to the coffee shop. Maybe she’s just there talking to Joe and lost track of the time. He walks there quickly and survey’s the small crowd, not seeing Liz. Approaching the side of the counter, Joe sees Alex and says, “Hey…what can I get you Alex?” “Have you seen Liz this morning?” Alex asks him. “Well, yah. She was in here about an hour ago. Weird, though. She left with some guy…forgot to take her coffee.” Joe tells him. “A guy? Did she walk in with him?” Alex starts to get worried. Liz wouldn’t be here with a guy…not that he knows of. “No. He showed up after her. She seemed pretty surprised to see him…like I said…weird. He practically dragged her out of here…told her he needed to talk to her.” He sees the look on Alex’s face and says, “You think we should call the police?” “No…no.” Alex thinks for a moment. “What’d he look like?” “Tall, dark hair. Kinda young.” Doesn’t sound like anyone Liz would know…maybe it was a student. Or…he thinks back to seeing Max Evans last night. Did he come here? Did he drag her out of here? “Ok…well, thanks. If she stops back again, tell her I was looking for her, would you?” “Sure thing, Alex.” Joe says as he helps a customer who just walked up. Leaving the coffee shop slowly, Alex walks back to the apartment wondering where Liz would have gone. He pulls out his cell phone and tries her lab again. Not getting an answer, he leaves a message for her and hangs up. Now what? He doesn’t want to panic, not yet anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~ Having spent another night in his ratty hotel, not wanting to go home, Max got up before the sun and walked toward Liz’s apartment. He was determined to talk to her today. He would just wait until a decent hour and ring the bell. He just felt better being outside her apartment…it was a feeling he couldn’t describe. Like he had to be there. He’d been antsy all night, not able to sleep. But just being there…so close to her…helped him to relax. So when he saw Liz skip down the front steps and walk down the street, he thought that it might be the opportunity he’d been waiting for. But as he followed her and the farther away they got, the more he thought about talking to her…and what he would say after all this time. And the more nervous he became. He fell back, almost losing sight of her until she walked into Starbuck’s. Instead of going in behind her, he ducked in a doorway across the street…waiting for her to come back out. But when she did, his heart stopped. She came back out, but she was walking with someone who looked just like him. It couldn’t be. He was stunned…completely numb as he watched the other him drag Liz down the street. He heard her as she turned to the strange look-alike and said his name. She thinks it’s him. Feeling panic bubble up inside, he pushed away from the doorway and anxiously followed at a distance. It must be an alien…what other explanation could there be? What would he want with Liz? And that’s how he finds himself, an hour later, hiding in a small alley across the street from a building that looks like it’s under renovation. That’s where his double dragged Liz, and now Max has no idea what to do. Are there other aliens inside? Do they all look like him? This is just too ridiculous of a situation for him to comprehend. All he knows is that Liz is in danger. Fumbling for his phone, Max dials the loft. When Michael picks up, he says, “Michael, we have a situation.” “Maxwell? Where are you?” Michael asks. “Just listen to me. We have a big problem. I’m sitting outside a building right now…where there are others…like us. Do you understand? Like us. And they have Liz.” “What are you talking about?” Max hears Isabel in the background demanding that Michael give her the phone. “I need help. Just…I need you and Isabel to come here.” Max tells him the address and says, “I’ll explain when you get here.” He hangs up and steps out of the alley and crosses the street, making his way around to the backside of the building. As he looks in the windows he passes, all he can see is plastic sheeting and scaffolding. Quickly walking around to the back, he climbs the fire escape. ~~~~~~~~~~ When Alex gets back to the apartment, he finds Maria up and waiting for him. “Where’d you go? Where’s Liz?” She’s opening and closing cupboard doors and finally turns around with her hand on her hip. “We’re out of coffee.” Alex sits down at the kitchen table. “I know.” He’s thinking…trying to not panic. Maybe he should call the police. But she’s only been gone a little over an hour…they’d think he was crazy. Remembering something, he bolts out of his chair and into his bedroom…searching through the boxes on the top shelf. Maria follows him and when she sees him throwing things all over his room, she asks, “What are you doing? You’re looking for coffee in your closet?” She puts her hands on her hips and says, “Well, I’m not drinking anything that’s been sitting next to your old socks.” Alex glances over at her and says, “I’m not looking for coffee.” He finds what he’s looking for and sits down on his bed. Flipping open the cover of his freshman yearbook from Roswell, he searches for what he’s looking for. Bingo…Max Evans. “Alex, what’s going on?” Maria watches him as he walks from his bedroom back out to the living room with the yearbook. “I’ll be right back…I’m running down to Starbuck’s for a second.” He grabs his keys and hears her shout after him, “Get some coffee while you’re there!” He quickly makes his way down to the corner and opens the yearbook on the counter…showing Joe. “Is this him?” He points to the picture of Max. Joe nods and says, “Yup, that’s him.” Joe looks closer at the yearbook and says, “High school, huh. A little young for Liz, don’t you think?” “No…this…this is our high school yearbook.” Alex flips the page and shows Joe a picture of Liz. “Huh. Well, that wasn’t him, then. Maybe a younger brother or something. No, the kid Liz left with couldn’t have been a day over 16…17.” Alex looks at him in confusion. When he saw Max last night, he certainly didn’t look like a teenager anymore. He looked all of his 30 years. Closing the book, he says, “Thanks, Joe. I’ll see you later.” Alex gives him a wave and walks back to the apartment deep in thought. When he gets back, he sees Maria waiting impatiently and swears under his breath…damn, he forgot the coffee. ~~~~~~~~~~ Liz is scared. Not so much because the people around her are obviously crazy. More because half of them look like people she knows. She’s in a room full of aliens and she has no idea how to get out of this, or why they want her. She looks at Max and says, “Someone’s going to come looking for me. They’ll notice that I’m gone.” He grins and says, “We’re counting on it.” “She don’t look like much. Not really my brothah’s type.” Someone who looks like a white trash Isabel who just had a garage sale throw up on her sneers at her as she looks her up and down. “Plus…she’s human.” She says human like it’s a dirty word. Max…she knows now that that isn’t really Max…is staring at her, making her skin crawl and he says, “There’s more to her than you see. Go away…you need to be ready for the king to come. It shouldn’t be long now.” Liz scans the large room, hoping against hope that there might be a way to escape. But there are too many people here. And right now, most of them are looking at her…studying her. She doesn’t have a clue what they’re talking about. She’s itching to ask questions, but thinks it might be better if she kept her mouth shut for now. Looking toward the window, she thinks that Alex and Maria must be so worried by now. “You want somethin’ to drink? A soda?” Liz turns her head and sees a small woman in front of her with blonde hair. She thinks she has a twin because she saw two of them together right after she arrived. Nodding, Liz says, “Yah, sure.” Liz watches as she turns away and comes back shortly with a can of Diet Coke. “This ok?” She asks her. “Yah.” Liz takes it and pops the top, taking a long drink. “Thanks.” The other woman studies Liz for a moment, then says, “I’m Ava.” Liz nods at her…not knowing what else to say. She looks up as her twin enters the room and looks at the two of them with an expression that Liz can’t read. The other blonde walks over to Fake Max and says, “How do you know he’ll come? If he doesn’t even know who he is…or what he’s done, he might not pick up on her.” Fake Max takes a deep breath and leans back in his chair…still staring at Liz. “I need you to answer some questions for me, Liz.” She just looks at him, and he sighs. “You know Max Evans?” Liz furrows her brow at him and doesn’t answer. “She’s confused. You still look like him.” Tess tells him. “Ah. That’s right. Should I change my appearance to make you more comfortable?” He holds his hand up and bright light shoots out of him as he changes into…her. Liz drops her can of soda and opens her eyes wide, straining to get as far back from him as she can. Ava picks up the can and cleans the spilled soda…handing it back to Liz. She turns and says, “You’re scarin’ her.” He looks at Ava in annoyance and looks back at Liz. He changes back into Max and asks her again. “So…Max Evans. You know him?” Liz still doesn’t answer him and he says, “Look, Liz. You can do this the easy way, or I can bring Nicholas in here to just suck the answers out of your brain. Believe me, my way is more pleasant.” Ava turns to Liz and says, “Just tell him, Liz. It’ll be easier…really.” Liz turns back to the…whatever he is…shapeshifter, and nods her head. “Yes, I know him.” He smiles and says, “Now see, that wasn’t so bad. Tell me, what did you do last night?” Liz looks at him, confused, and says, “I…I went to a bar to see a friend sing.” He motions for her to continue and she says, shakily, “I got s…sick. And I went home.” “Something tells me you’re leaving a whole lot out of your story.” He tells her. She looks around nervously and says, “I don’t know what you want me to say. That…that’s all that happened.” He leans forward and says, “You were with Max Evans last night. I want the details of what happened during that meeting.” “N…nothing. I wasn’t with Max. I was with my friends.” Liz shakes her head. “I was sick. I…I’m telling you the truth.” She looks distressed as she looks around the room like a caged animal. “Great.” He sits back and looks at the ceiling. “Nicholas!” He yells. “Get in here!” Liz’s eyes widen and she looks at Ava in panic. “I…I told you the truth. I don’t know anything else.” She looks back at the man in front of her. “I swear!” Liz sees a young boy enter the room and walk toward her and she tries to stand up to get away. But the shapeshifter shoves her back down on the couch. “You know, I actually believe you, Liz. But Nicholas here will be able to see what you apparently can’t remember.” She looks to Ava for help but only sees a sympathetic look on her face. Looking back at Nicholas she sees him raise his hand to her head and within moments, she’s hit with the most horrible pain and she screams, “Nooooo!” ~~~~~~~~~~ Outside on the fire escape, Max stumbles when as an awful pain blinds him. He clutches his head and grimaces…he can hear screaming in his head. Awful screaming. But it’s not just in his head, he can hear it coming from inside. Pushing the pain away, he gets up and continues to climb the stairs. He reaches the second level and glances into windows as he passes them. Finally, he catches a glimpse of people inside one and he ducks immediately. Pressing his back to the wall, he holds his breath and rises up slightly so he can see through the bottom of the window. Inside, he sees what looks like a living room. Directly in front of him is the back of a couch and he can see the backs of two heads…one of them Liz. Her head is leaning back on the couch and her eyes are closed…she’s unconscious. His fear kicks into overdrive before he glances around. He sees about five people in the room before he ducks his head again and crawls over the fire escape to the next window. Peeking in there, he sees several more people but doesn’t have enough time to look too closely. He doesn’t want anyone to see him and because it’s daylight, they’ll be able to see him more easily than he can see them. As he squats between the two windows, he tries to come up with a plan to get Liz out of danger. But with that many people in there…and he has to assume right now that they’re all alien…there’s no way he, Michael and Isabel have a chance of overpowering them. At that moment, he jumps as his cell phone rings and he fumbles quickly for it, turning it off. Shit…hopefully no one inside heard it. He listens as closely as he can for sounds of anyone approaching the windows to inspect the noise. All he can hear is some muffled voices and the sounds of footsteps. Standing up and pressing himself as close to the brick wall as he can, he wishes suddenly that he had the ability to become invisible. He sucks in his breath and holds it, waiting… ~TBC~

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2003 10:58 am**

<img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... m/eek2.gif ALT=":jawdrop"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... m/eek2.gif ALT=":jawdrop"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... m/eek2.gif ALT=":jawdrop"> You are evil!!! How dare you leave it at such a pivotal moment!!! <div style="text-align:center">Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.</div> <div style="text-align:center">Rudyard Kipling, English author</div>

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:12 am**

Don't you dare stop there! This is incredible <div style="text-align:center">It's all about Roswell!</div>

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:24 am**

<img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> you are SO not allowed to stop there <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/lol.gif ALT=":lol"> <center><a href="http://pub129.ezboard.com/fmajiklmoonsr ... ID=9.topic" target="_new">Majik's World of Fanfic Crossover Contest</a>. Mix your fics, come on, you know you want to!</center><center><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... a></center>

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:48 pm**

YOU CAN´T DO THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME BACK SOON!!!!!!!! <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... m/eek2.gif ALT=":jawdrop"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... m/eek2.gif ALT=":jawdrop"> <img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... m/eek2.gif ALT=":jawdrop"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/eek.gif ALT=":eek">

Posted: **Sat Apr 05, 2003 4:53 am**

<img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... bounce.gif ALT=":green"> you can't stop there!<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /frown.gif ALT=":("> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /frown.gif ALT=":("> Come back!!! I so love this story!!

Posted: **Sat Apr 05, 2003 10:47 pm**

What can I say other than you've done it again. Another incredible story from Angel13

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:58 pm**

OMG angel!! you are evil for leaving it there!! i'm loving this story so much! i hope they save liz and kill all those evil people or aliens or whatever. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"> <div style="text-align:center"> I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</div>

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2003 3:39 am**

<img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... m/eek2.gif ALT=":jawdrop"> Wow! Great part! But you so cannot just leave us with our jaws hanging open like this! <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/nono.gif ALT=":nono"> Get back here and fix it now! <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/love.gif ALT=":love"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/clap.gif ALT=":clap"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/ufo.gif ALT=":ufo"> <div style="text-align:center"><img src="http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/skysymb ...   Gerry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hopeless Candy-Coated, Stargazing, Dreamer! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div>

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2003 12:18 pm**

Part 6 Liz wakes up in a daze. She hears arguing around her and she opens her eyes, wincing as the light shines in them. Her head is killing her and she tries to move her head but a wave of nausea overcomes her. “Well, he may have claimed her, but she doesn’t know anything about it. There was no mating involved…she’s not with child.” Nicholas shouts at the shapeshifter. “He’ll come for her. He’s programmed to.” The shapeshifter says. “You better hope so.” Nicholas turns and leaves the room. Liz looks up and sees the shapeshifter glaring at her. “Well, hello sunshine.” She narrows her eyes at him and looks away…feeling revolted at having him look at her. “Looks like you were telling the truth after all. But no worries, he’ll come for you.” Liz rolls her eyes and says, “Who will come for me?” He laughs then. “Why, Max Evans of course. Our beloved king.” This guy needs a straightjacket, Liz thinks. Come to think of it, they all do. If they would just leave her alone for one minute, she might actually find a way out of here. Max is nothing like them…she just can’t believe that he would know anything about this…about these people. Not the Max Evans she knew before, anyway. Before he left…before he told Isabel and Michael that he didn’t think she was important. She has no idea why they would think Max would come for her. How would he even know what’s going on? These people are insane if they thing Max will come here just for her. She closes her eyes and drifts off again…hoping that the pain in her head will go away. ~~~~~~~~~~ “What the hell is going on?” Isabel asks impatiently as she walks with Michael. “And why isn’t he answering his phone?” Michael ignores her as he keeps walking…the closer he gets to where Max told them to go, the more he feels something…a pull. He doesn’t know how or why…but it’s almost like he’s being guided toward something. He feels it in his bones. “Don’t you feel that?” He asks. “Feel what?” Isabel says, annoyed that Michael isn’t acknowledging her questions. “Like something is…leading you?” “Yah. You’re leading me. And I have no idea where we’re going.” As they reach the next intersection, Michael stops and says, “Ok, you choose. Which way?” Isabel looks at him like he’s crazy and she rolls her eyes. Suddenly, she chooses left. “This way.” She jerks her head. “How did you know that? Concentrate on what you’re feeling. You chose that direction for a reason.” Isabel stands there for a moment, thinking about what he’s saying. He’s right. There is something…just beneath the surface…a feeling she can’t put her finger on. “What is it?” She asks with wonder. Michael shrugs and starts walking. “Guess we’re gonna find out soon enough.” ~~~~~~~~~~ After Alex smoothes over the fact that he came back without coffee, he sits Maria down. “Maria, let me ask you something.” She motions for him to continue and he asks, “What is it exactly that you think Max Evans did to Liz in high school?” Maria looks at him in confusion. “Why are you asking this now?” Her eyes widen and she says, “You saw him! Where’s Liz at? Is she with him now? Is that where she’s at?” “I don’t know, Maria. I just…I saw him last night…at the club. He was watching Liz and I’m pretty sure she saw him. And now, this morning, she went down to get some coffee and Joe said that she left with some guy over an hour ago…this guy.” He opens the yearbook and points to Max’s picture. “Oh my God.” Maria says, looking up at Alex. “Why wouldn’t she tell us where she was going?” “Here’s what’s weird. Joe said that she left with this guy…this 16 year old boy. Maria, Max is 30 years old now…when I saw him last night, he looked 30 years old…not 16.” He watches her face for her reaction. Maria looks down at the picture in front of her and thinks back to everything that happened all those years ago. All her questions for Liz…all of Liz’s denials. “So, I’m asking you…what is it that you think Max did to her in high school?” Alex asks her again, noticing the strange expression on her face. “I think he healed her…I think she was shot and he put his hands on her and he healed her.” She almost whispers as she looks up at him. Shaking her head, she says, “Do you think they’ve been in contact all these years and we didn’t know?” “I don’t know. But something weird is going on…I know it. I think Liz might be in trouble.” Alex tells her about Joe’s description of Liz being practically dragged from the shop…leaving her coffee behind. As they talk quietly in the kitchen, neither one of them knows what to do…and they get more worried as the seconds tic by. ~~~~~~~~~~ With his back pressed against the wall, Max grimaces when he hears the window to his left slide open. Waiting…waiting to be discovered…Max closes his eyes. But discovery doesn’t come. He glances over and sees the window left open a few inches…they just opened it for air. He lets the air leave his lungs as he slumps in relief and crouches down again. He crawls back underneath the window and toward the stairs…listening to the voices inside. He doesn’t hear Liz and he glances up to see her head still resting on the back of the couch. At least he knows she’s ok…for now. Quickly making his way down to the ground, Max jogs back across the street, just as he sees Michael and Isabel turn the corner. He waves them over and as soon as she sees him, Isabel says, “What’s going on Max? Where have you been? And how come we were drawn here…like something was pulling us here?” She points to the building across the street. “To that building.” Max furrows his brow. “What?” He looks at Michael and asks, “What are you talking about?” Michael looks across the street and says, “Something is like, calling us…something in that building. We both feel it…it’s like a pull.” “There’re aliens in there. A lot of them. And they have Liz.” Max tells them and watches the matching looks of horror cross their face. “What?!” Isabel exclaims. “How…how do you know?” “This morning…I went to talk to Liz and I saw her leaving the coffee shop with me.” He sees their confusion and adds, “Someone…who looks just like me…exactly. He was practically dragging her and she thought it was me.” “Oh my God.” She looks over at the building and asks, “He took her there?” “Yah, I went around back. There are a lot of them in there. Ten…fifteen. I didn’t get a good count. But Liz is in there…unconscious.” “How could there be other aliens and we don’t know about it?” Michael wonders. “Why haven’t they contacted us?” “I don’t know…but I didn’t get the feeling that they were friendly. Not by the way he was dragging Liz down the street.” Max says. “Why would they want her?” “Maybe they know what she is to you…and they’re trying to use her as bait to get you.” Michael offers. “That’s ridiculous. She isn’t anything to him…he hasn’t even talked to her since high school. Why would they do that?” Isabel says, not believing her own words. Michael looks at her in disbelief. “Well, it worked. So they obviously know what they’re doing. Can you think of any other reason to pick Liz?” “I don’t understand.” Isabel whispers. “I don’t understand what’s going on at all.” Max and Michael ignore her and Michael says, “Ten to fifteen, right?” “Yah. There’s no way we can take that many. You’re powers are marginal at best…and mine…what am I gonna do? Heal them to death?” Max rolls his eyes, his heart dropping at the hopelessness of their situation. He can’t leave her in there anymore…without knowing what they’re doing. “If they did do this to lure me here, then maybe I should give them what they want.” “Max, you can’t go in there.” Isabel says desperately. “I can’t just leave her in there. We have no idea what they’re doing to her…she must be so scared.” The last thing Max needs right now is to hear Isabel lecture him. “Let me go.” Isabel says, looking across the street. She looks back at Max’s confused expression and says, “You and Michael are more powerful. You two think of something to do and I’ll make sure Liz and I are ready.” She sees them thinking about this and says, “I’ll make sure she’s alright, Max. But we need you out here, not inside potentially being held as a prisoner. Maybe if they think you’re not coming, they’ll let her go and just hold me.” Max thinks about it for a minute, and then says, “Ok. But don’t do anything to get yourself hurt.” She nods at him and he says, “You’ll try to get them to let Liz go?” “I’ll try, Max.” She looks at both of them and takes a deep breath. “You two better think of something good to get us out of there. I’m counting on you.” Then she turns and walks across the street, up the stairs and inside the building. ~~~~~~~~~~ Liz shifts on the couch feeling the shapeshifter staring at her. He was sitting next to her earlier…touching her as he talked to her. Nothing can describe how disgusted she is when he touches her. She just wishes he wouldn’t look like Max. She stands up and stretches once she gets a little room to breathe. She feels like she’s suffocating in here. “I just need to stretch.” She says, when she sees the shapeshifter eye her. “I need to go to the bathroom.” He raises an eyebrow and yells for Tess. “Take her to the bathroom…and don’t leave her alone.” Great…now she gets an audience while she pees. She lets Tess lead her to the bathroom, which is through the other room and in the back. She tries to get a good look at everyone and her surroundings. The bathroom is toward the back of the large apartment and when they walk inside, Liz asks, “Can you at least…turn around?” Tess rolls her eyes and turns her back to Liz. “So…you and Ava…you’re twins?” Liz is curious about the doubles walking around here. “No. She’s backup.” Tess says simply. “Backup? Backup for what?” Liz asks. “A backup wife, queen, mother of the heir.” Liz hears something in her voice that she can’t place…resignation? Defeat? “So…if she’s the backup, then you’re…” Liz is surprised when Tess turns around and gives her a withering look. “That would be me. Can you hurry up?” “And Max is a king.” Liz doesn’t have any idea what he’s king of. “So…you’re…married? To Max?” Tess rolls her eyes again and says, “Look, I’m not here to give you a history lesson…just to make sure you make potty like a good girl. Now hurry up.” Liz flinches and looks down at the floor. When Tess turns back around, Liz looks around and sees a window in the shower…it’s not big, but she could fit through it. She studies Tess and wonders if she could take her. She’s small, but she probably has powers that don’t compare to the limited ones Liz has. Sighing, Liz finishes and gets up to wash her hands. When she’s done, Tess leads her back out to the front room and leaves. Ava’s definitely the more friendly of the two. She looks over at Isabel’s double and shudders internally. She just looks evil. Isabel was never the nicest person in the world, but this one looks like a predator. She avoids looking over at the shapeshifter. She doesn’t want to see Max’s face on…that. Is he Max’s double? Why does it seem like he’s the only one who can change shape? She looks out the window and prays that someone gets her out of here…soon. She doesn’t think she has a lot of options. Just then, the front door flies open and Liz looks up…gasping at the sight of Isabel. Everyone in the room jumps to their feet when the door opens and the shapeshifter slowly turns around. “Well…Isabel! It’s so nice to see you!” He stands up and walks toward her, motioning her to come in. Liz sees Isabel looking at ‘Max’ in surprise and confusion. Then she looks over at her and they lock eyes for a moment before Isabel says, “Who are you?” Fake Max motions for Isabel to sit next to Liz. “Have a seat, Isabel. Make yourself comfortable.” He sits back down in his chair and motions for everyone else to back off. Isabel slowly walks over to Liz and sits next to her. She looks at the shapeshifter, waiting for him to answer her question. “So…where’s that brother of yours? We’ve been anxiously awaiting his arrival.” Isabel eyes him cooly and says, “Looks like he’s right in front of me.” He grins and says, “Don’t play with me, Vilondra. Where’s your brother?” Isabel flinches when she hears the name Vilondra…Liz wonders what that name means to her. “He’s not coming.” Liz waits to see the shapeshifter’s reaction as he frowns and looks right at her. “But, he has to. We have the queen. He should have been here long before now.” Liz sees a look of confusion cross Isabel’s face. She guesses that she doesn’t understand what he’s talking about either. But at her next words, Liz’s heart sinks. “Whatever. He’s not coming. She doesn’t mean anything to him…he doesn’t even really know her. So, it looks like you’re just stuck with me.” The shapeshifter stands up suddenly and says, “I don’t believe you.” Isabel shrugs and says, “Last I saw him, he was asleep in bed. Didn’t look he was going anywhere in a hurry.” “If that’s true, then how are you here?” “I felt something…a pull to come here. I was curious.” She answers him with a shrug. Liz watches the shapeshifter start pacing. He calls Nicholas into the room and they huddle together having a discussion that involves several glances in her direction. She glances over at Isabel and sees her watching them intently. Does she know anything that’s going on? Isabel studies the two talking intently in the corner. Max…or the one who looks like Max…there’s something strange about him. And why did he call her Vilondra. It triggered something inside of her, like she knows that name. But what has her most confused is that she now knows what was pulling her here. Liz. She feels it so strongly sitting here next to her. She has an overwhelming need to protect her and she has no idea what’s causing it. She didn’t feel this when she talked to Liz the other day. She sees Liz looking at her out of the corner of her eye and she wishes she could tell her it’ll be ok. But she doesn’t want the others to think she cares what happens to Liz one way or the other. Hopefully, they’ll think Max isn’t coming and they’ll let Liz go. What she doesn’t understand is why he called Liz the queen. Queen of what? She suddenly becomes nervous when they turn around and their gaze falls to her. They both look like children to her. The short one walks over to her and she feels Liz shift away quickly when he does. Glancing over, she sees Liz’s eyes open wide with fear. Isabel looks to ‘Max’ and says, “What are you doing?” He doesn’t say anything, just watches as Nicholas puts his hand on her head and she’s knocked back with a sudden blinding pain. Not even a few seconds later, he releases her and turns to ‘Max’. “He’s outside…with the second.” ‘Max’ grins at Isabel and says, “Nice try.” He walks quickly to Liz and pulls her up off the couch by the arm. “No…where are you taking her?” Isabel stands up, too. Liz struggles to get free as chaos erupts around them. Isabel rushes to Liz’s side and grabs her other arm. “What are you doing?!” She yells. “No! Let me go!” Liz struggles in vain and feels Isabel’s hands on her…but they fall away as someone pulls her off. “Let me go!” The shapeshifter drags her out of the apartment…pulling her down the stairs so hard she can’t even get her feet on the ground. By the time they reach the front door, he’s got her lifted entirely off the ground and struggling as she fights him. He yanks the front door open and whips her around in front of him, holding her securely with one arm around her chest. “Max!” He yells from the doorway. “Come on, Max. Just come on inside…and I won’t kill her.” He raises his hand to her head as she jerks away from him, fighting against his iron grip. “Don’t do it, Max!” Liz yells as she struggles. “He won’t kill me!” “Are you so sure about that?” Fake Max looks down at her and grins. She feels a tingling on her head and suddenly feels her nose start to bleed. He turns back toward the street, his hand still on her head and yells, “One little burst of energy, Max, and this little artery in her brain explodes…killing her instantly.” Shaking free of Michael’s grip, Max quickly steps out of the shadows and into the street. “No! Don’t!” He yells. Fake Max removes his hand from Liz’s head but keeps his grip around her. “Let’s go.” He turns around, carrying Liz back up the stairs, knowing Max will follow…if he’s smart. ~TBC~

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:07 pm**

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Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2003 1:59 pm**

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Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2003 4:45 pm**

You did it again !!! I am trapped in this story <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> I think we should vote: "Angel13 must update his stories every day" - In favor !! rise your hands <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)">

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2003 9:26 pm**

awesome part Angel <center><a href="http://pub129.ezboard.com/fmajiklmoonsr ... ID=9.topic" target="_new">Majik's World of Fanfic Crossover Contest</a>. Mix your fics, come on, you know you want to!</center><center><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... a></center>

Posted: **Fri Apr 11, 2003 6:29 am**

<img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> oh my god! What's gonna happen next? <img src=http://www.contrabandent.com/cwm/s/otn/blobs/pinkie.gif ALT=":pinkie"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> Great update Angel! it has compelled me to agree with vecastone: update every day!<img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"> Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub129.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsr ... gic>Fallen Magic</A> at: 4/11/03 5:32:41 am

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2003 5:36 pm**

This is just too good! Awesome! I love the part where Maria tells Alex that she thinks Max healed Liz all those years ago. She still suspects! And Liz didn't know he was a king. And this: <blockquote>Quote:<hr>You’re powers are marginal at best…and mine…what am I gonna do? Heal them to death?” Max rolls his eyes, his heart dropping at the hopelessness of their situation.<hr></blockquote> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/lol.gif ALT=":lol"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/lol.gif ALT=":lol"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/lol.gif ALT=":lol"> Too funny! Heal them to death! Actually, Max did have other powers than just healing, but I love that quote anyway. This quote is right on: <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Ava’s definitely the more friendly of the two. She looks over at Isabel’s double and shudders internally. She just looks evil. Isabel was never the nicest person in the world, but this one looks like a predator. <hr></blockquote> So true! Waiting for more now! <div style="text-align:center"><img src="http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/skysymb ...   Gerry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hopeless Candy-Coated, Stargazing, Dreamer! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub129.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsr ... dbreeze</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/aim116b.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 4/14/03 4:39:57 pm

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:12 pm**

Part 7 “Fuck!” Michael hits the wall as he watches Max follow Liz and…Max inside. What the hell is going on?! He was stunned to see someone who looks just like Max walk out with Liz. He had to use everything he could to keep Max from running out there. But when he threatened to kill Liz, he couldn’t hold him anymore. He may not know Liz, but he’s not gonna be responsible for getting her killed. He paces the small alley…what’s he supposed to do now? ~~~~~~~~~~ Alex watches as Maria talks on the phone with her agent. “Pete, I don’t care how much it costs. Do whatever you have to. I want phone numbers and addresses…within the next hour.” She pauses, listening. Then, “Right, all three are originally from Roswell. They left in 1999 and now live in New York City.” When she hangs up, she turns to Alex. “Well, he’s gonna get an investigator on it and call me back. Hopefully it doesn’t take too long.” Alex nods and looks out the window into the back alley. By now, they’ve realized that something has to be wrong. It’s been almost two hours and Liz still isn’t back, and she hasn’t called. It was last night…she saw him last night. He’s convinced that Max has kidnapped her or something…who knows what he’s doing to her. “We’ll find her, Alex.” Maria sits down and grabs Alex’s hand. “I swear.” ~~~~~~~~~~ Walking into the apartment, Max scans the room quickly…seeing Isabel is being held back by…Michael? No, he looks like Michael…but that isn’t Michael. He watches as the other him throws Liz to the side and she falls on the floor. “Max!” Isabel calls out as she’s released and he hears the door close behind him. She runs to him and hugs him. “I’m so sorry.” She whispers and he wonders why she’s apologizing. Did she tell them he was outside? Max looks to the side and sees Liz on the floor with wide eyes…frightened eyes. She’s wiping the blood from her nose and he looks at his double and says, “Why don’t you let her go now.” His double laughs and says, “Now why would we do that, your majesty? He sneers the word majesty and Max wonders what that’s supposed to mean. “She doesn’t have anything to do with this.” Max says. “Oh, but you’re wrong. So very wrong. You have a lot to learn about yourself, Max. And now…she has everything to do with this. You’re the one who made sure of that, I’m afraid.” “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Who are you?” Max sees more people join them. He’s caught off guard when he sees Isabel’s double walk up to Michael’s. He looks back at…himself…and asks, “What do you want?” “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, Max. Have a seat.” His double pushes him toward the couch. “Tess, go get the king something to drink. All that time across the street spying on us must have made him thirsty.” Max looks down at the floor, then glances over at Liz. He’s in way over his head. He looks around at all the people crowded around and thinks that there’s no way they’re getting out of there. He leans forward and puts his head in his hands in defeat. What has he gotten Liz into? “There, there now. Don’t fret, Max.” His double sits across from him and studies him. “We’ve been searching for you for a very long time. Unfortunately, we lost your backup.” “My backup?” Max looks up at him. “Yes, your sister here got a little power hungry and pushed him in front of a truck. Quite tragic, really.” He looks over at Isabel’s double and Max realizes he’s talking about her, not Isabel. Max is confused…what the hell is his backup? He looks over at Liz and she whispers, “Your backup is the other you.” He looks at her a moment…stunned. How does she know that? He helps her up off the floor and onto the couch next to him. “Yup, we thought we had you in Roswell…when you healed that human girl. But by the time we got there, you were already gone.” Max doesn’t look at Liz. Do they know Liz was that girl? Is that why they took her? “Twenty years we’ve been looking for you. Waiting for you to show yourself…to do something. I just didn’t think it would be something so…unexpected.” He looks over at Liz and quirks up the corner of his mouth. He studies Max and says, “You have no idea what you’ve done, do you?” When Max doesn’t say anything he sighs and says, “You really don’t know who you are.” At Max’s blank look, he continues, “It’s my fault, I suppose. For not finding you in time.” “Who are you?” Max asks. “I’m your protector.” He says simply. ~~~~~~~~~~ “So, Max. Should we invite Michael, too? I’m sure he’s getting uncomfortable skulking in that alley.” Fake Max is standing near the front window looking down on the street. “How about you just tell me what you want and get this over with?” Max asks instead. Fake Max turns around and smiles. “To the point. I like that.” He walks toward them and says, “It’s really easy, Max. Now that we’ve found you, we want to go home.” “Home?” Max looks around, distressed. Home…is he talking about leaving this planet? “There are a lot of people anxious to see you again.” The shapeshifter grins at him, before turning the grin to Liz. Glancing at Liz, Max asks, “So what do you need her for?” Sighing, Fake Max sits down and says, “There’s the problem. We can’t get back home without your heir.” Max’s eyes go wide with shock and he grimaces. “My…my…but, I don’t…” He stutters with the absurdity of it. He glances at Isabel to see the same look on her face. Nodding sympathetically and looking toward Liz, Fake Max says, “Yes, unfortunately we realized too late that Liz here isn’t carrying your child.” Liz is looking at the shapeshifter like he’s a raving lunatic…an expression on her face that’s pretty much been there since she got here. “But really, anyone would have made the same mistake. I felt the awakening last night…the claiming of your queen…naturally, I assumed you had taken her and created your heir.” He shrugs his shoulders and says, “Imagine my surprise when I find out you hardly know each other. But none the less, she is the claimed queen…so I’m afraid it has to be her.” Max jumps up from the couch. “You’re crazy! I am not a king. You’ve made some kind of mistake here. I didn’t…claim anything last night. And we’re certainly not going anywhere with you…let alone another planet.” Max shakes his head and glances at Liz before looking back at his double. “You’ve made a mistake…just…let her go.” To Max’s surprise, his double stands up and walks to the door…opening it and looking at Liz. Max looks at him in confusion, then over to Liz. But there are three people surrounding her, one of them Isabel’s double, keeping Liz from going anywhere. Michael’s double has once again restrained Isabel. Fake Max laughs a little and says, “Now you see why I have to have this elaborate entourage. Unfortunately, I’m programmed to follow your every command. But what’s great is…they aren’t.” He sweeps his arm over the others in the room. “Now…why don’t you sit down and relax. You’ll need your energy later for more…productive things.” He closes the door and walks back through the room, toward the back where Max hears voices coming from. As everyone in the room disperses, Max falls back onto the couch running everything through his head. He looks over at Liz, who is staring at her hands in her lap…and her chin is quivering. “Liz. I’m…I’m so sorry.” He whispers as he reaches over to touch her hand. She flinches away from him and he feels his heart split open as he pulls his hand back. He closes his eyes briefly before saying, “I’ll get you out of here…I swear.” He feels her tremble slightly and he aches for her…he can feel how scared she is. Turning to Isabel he says, “What happened?” “They…they read my mind, Max. I’m so sorry. What are we gonna do?” Isabel whispers fiercely. “They’re going to take us to another planet.” Liz whispers, then half laughs, half sobs as she covers her mouth. How absurd does that sound? What kind of freak show has she landed in? “They want you to…impregnate me…and they’re going to take me to another planet.” She covers her face with her hands, hoping to stem the flow of her tears. She feels slightly hysterical because she’s crying and laughing at the same time. Shaking her head as she wipes the tears from her face she says, “I mean…I really think I’m stuck in some bad scifi movie.” Max looks at her in concern. She thinks this is funny? Ok, so maybe to someone on the outside looking in might think so…but it’s definitely not an amusing situation. She looks at them and laughs even harder. “I’m actually in a room full of people who think you’re the king of an alien planet. And they want you to impregnate me with an alien baby. The heir. To the throne. Of your planet.” She looks away, then back at Max. “That’s the plan, right? Am I missing anything?” Max shakes his head and looks at the floor. “No, I think you got it all.” Isabel looks at her sympathetically. “We won’t let them hurt you, Liz.” She glances at Isabel, wishing she could believe her. Liz sobers quickly and takes a deep breath, trying to calm down. They sit in silence for several moments…all three of them staring at the floor. Finally Liz says, “So…how’ve you been Max?” She bits her lip and ponders the lameness of asking him how he is…like they’re at a class reunion or something. Max nods and says, “Good…good. And you?” “Yah, um…good. You know…” She shrugs, feeling ridiculous having started this conversation. They fall into silence once again and Liz wonders what they’re going to make them do? Are they actually going to make them have sex? Do they even have sex like humans? Not that she hasn’t fantasized about having sex with Max hundreds of times already…ok, where did that come from? She’s being held prisoner by aliens and she’s thinking about fantasies of sex with Max. God, she’s hopeless. She casts a side-glance at Max and wonders what he’s thinking about. God, I’m a freak. And now I’ve involved Liz in the lunacy of my life. Max wonders how in the world things could ever get worse than this. All he ever wanted was a normal life. And he accepted a long time ago that he wouldn’t ever have that. But he always had his dreams. His dreams of Liz and a life spent loving her. Even though he knew with absolute certainty that it could never happen…he could still dream about it freely. He never even imagined that he’d ever see her again. He guesses that this is what people are talking about when they say, ‘be careful what you wish for’. When Ava sees the shapeshifter walk back to talk to Nicholas and some of the skins, she grabs her bag and says, “I’m outta here.” He looks up at her, annoyed, and says, “Where do you think you’re going?” “Out.” Is all she says. “If you haven’t noticed, we’re in the middle of something here. You can’t leave.” Ava rolls her eyes and says, “Or what? You not takin’ me with ya?” She scoffs and shoves past him toward the front door. Nicholas watches her go and says, “You want someone to bring her back?” “No. Let her leave. We don’t have a use for her anymore, anyway.” He turns back to Nicholas and says, “Have you contacted Khivar yet?” Ava takes one last glance at the prisoners on the couch as she walks out the door. As she emerges from the building into daylight, she looks across the street and nods her head to the right. Geez, those people are idiots. Does he really think no one can see him there? She turns to the right and glances back once to see if he’s following her. After following Ava for two blocks, she turns into a corner park and stops, waiting for Michael to catch up. If she does this now, there’s no going back. But there was no going back, anyway. There’s no place for her…not anymore. Not that there ever really was with Tess around. ~~~~~~~~~~ Maria’s cell phone rings and both she and Alex jump in their seats as she scrambles to answer it. “Pete?” Alex watches as she grabs for a piece of paper and a pen and says, “Ok…go ahead.” She nods as she writes and when she’s finished, she looks up at Alex hopefully and says, “Thanks Pete. See what else you can find out…this should do for now.” She turns off her phone and stands up. “Jackpot. I have an address.” She runs back to Liz’s bedroom and stuffs some things in her bag before meeting Alex back out in the living room. “You ready?” She asks him. “As I’ll ever be.” He tells her and grabs his phone and keys, tossing Liz’s phone to Maria to put in her bag. Maria already has a car waiting for them outside and they quickly drive to the address she has. They stop in front of an old warehouse that’s been converted to lofts and they look up. “This is it?” Alex asks. “Yup. This is the address.” Maria gets out of the car, telling the driver to wait there for them. When they reach the door, Alex looks over and sees a control pad. “Now what?” Maria smiles and waves her piece of paper in front of her, then turns and punches in a series of number into the pad and they hear the door click open. Alex smiles at Maria as he opens the door. “I’m impressed.” “Yes, well…I have connections, dahling.” She winks at him as she walks into a large lobby. About ten mailboxes are to her left, and elevator directly in front of her and a door to the right that says ‘Maintenance’. “Wow…nice.” Alex says as he looks around at the marble floors and steel accents. There’s a large floral display on a table in the center of the lobby, which has dark wood paneled walls and…he looks up…yup, an antique tin ceiling. “Alright, we’re going to the third floor. Stop gawking and come on.” Maria steps over to the antique elevator and presses the up button. She pulls the gate open and they both step in…Maria pushing the 3 button. “Michael’s done pretty well for himself.” Maria muses as the elevator swiftly moves up. They soon find themselves standing in front of a door with the number 5 on it. After knocking on it several times, Alex asks, “I don’t suppose your connections told you he leaves a key under the mat?” Maria digs through her purse as she bends down to look through the crack in the door. She stands up straight and pulls out a credit card. “This is the only key we need.” She jimmies it through the door crack and down toward the catch. Alex watches as she moves close to the door and she looks up at the ceiling with a look of concentration. Finally, the door snaps open and Maria triumphantly smiles and walks in. “He really needs to think about getting better locks.” Alex rolls his eyes as he follows her in…warily looking around for anyone who might be home. But when they get inside, he looks around…amazed. This place is huge! “Ok…I have serious apartment envy going on here.” He looks around the spacious living room…the open kitchen…the stairs leading to a loft area. “Stop drooling and help me look.” Maria says, heading to the kitchen. “What exactly are we looking for?” “I don’t know. Phone numbers…notes…anything that might tell us about Liz and why he was following her.” Maria pulls out the trashcan from under the sink. “Look at this.” Alex says, standing in front of the stainless steel fridge. Maria joins him and sees that a piece of paper is stuck on the front with two magnets. I work: 212-555-4694 I cell: 212-555-9008 Ma work: 212-555-3312 Ma cell: 212-555-7742 Mi cell: 212-555-0615 Maria looks at it quizzically for a second then turns around, scanning the kitchen. “They all live here. Max, Michael and Isabel.” She crosses to the table and sees an In Style magazine, picking it up to show Alex. “Isabel.” She says, putting it back down. They quickly make their way around the large apartment and find three bedrooms, confirming that Maria’s right. “I’ll take this room…you take that one.” Alex says, walking into one. A guy obviously lives in here…there isn’t anything feminine in the decorations. There’s a desk on one wall with a laptop sitting on it. He moves to the dresser and sees a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Evans. This must be Max’s room. He glances at the neatly made bed and goes to the desk. Opening the drawers, he doesn’t find anything spectacular…pens, scissors, a calculator…bills. He walks over and sits on the bed, opening the nightstand drawer. He gasps when he sees a picture of Liz looking up at him…a picture of her from high school. He picks it up and a piece of paper falls to the floor. He bends over and grabs it and sees that it has their address on it, as well as the address of her lab. Interesting. Just how long have they been following Liz around? Maria quickly learns that the room she’s in must belong to Michael. It’s a mess. There are books everywhere…as well as blank canvases and paints. She walks to the closet and opens it. “Ugh!” She exclaims when she sees the mess inside. Stepping back from the closet, she carefully maneuvers around the clothes littering the floor over to his desk. She sees several sketches littering the top as well as pencils and a couple of dirty plates. “God, this guy’s a pig.” She goes over to his nightstand and, like Alex, opens the top drawer and gasps. Inside, there’s a CD player and headphones…along with her latest CD case. She picks up the CD player and opens it up to find her CD inside. “Interesting.” She mutters and closes the drawer. She walks out…meeting Alex in the hallway. “Find anything?” “A picture of Liz…and our address.” He holds them up for Maria to see. “You find anything?” She shifts her gaze and says quickly, “Nope, lets move on.” as she walks away into what they assume is Isabel’s room. Alex looks at her funny and follows. They look through Isabel’s room in a short amount of time…not finding anything other than personal items. Walking back out to the kitchen, Maria takes out her phone and says, “Well, I guess we start with these. It’s Sunday, so I’ll safely assume Isabel isn’t at work. Let’s try her cell phone.” She dials the number and waits. Isabel jumps when she hears her phone ring and she looks around in a panic. Fake Michael looks at her and says, “Who is it?” She pulls the phone from her pocket and looks at the caller ID. “I…I don’t know. I don’t recognize the number.” He nods at her to go ahead and answer it, but he takes a step forward so that he’s standing right next to her. She looks over at Max as she answers the call and hesitantly says, “Hello?” “Is this Isabel?” She hears on the other end and doesn’t recognize the voice. “Yes. Who is this?” “This is Maria Deluca. We’re looking for Liz. I know your brother dragged her out of Starbuck’s this morning…I wanna know what’s going on. And I wanna know where Liz is right now.” Isabel’s eyes widen and she says, “Maria? How…how did you get this number?” Liz puts her hand to her mouth in shock as Max looks over at her. “Never mind how I got your number. Where is Liz?” “Liz…I…I don’t know…” Isabel doesn’t get a chance to say anything before the phone is ripped from her hand. She looks up to see Max’s double turn the phone off and throw it on a table. “Who was that?” He asks her. “No one. Just…a friend.” Isabel says. “A friend asking about Liz? I thought you haven’t talked to Liz since high school.” He raises his eyebrows at her. He looks past her into the other room and nods at someone Isabel can’t see and he says, “Never mind, it’s not important.” He gets up to leave the room and stops to tell Michael’s double to check the other two for phones. When he stands in front of Max and motions for him to stand up, Max asks, “What’s your name?” “Rath.” He says as he pats down Max’s pockets and finds his phone. He pulls it out and tosses it on the table next to Isabel’s. Rath moves to Liz and tells her to stand up, but she says, “I…I don’t have one.” He shrugs and says, “Still gotta check.” Liz stands up and he smirks at her as he bends down and starts with her legs…running his hands all the way up each one. She squirms as his hands cover her around the waist and he raises them to her chest…fondling her. Max bolts up off the couch, practically exploding with anger at watching him touch Liz. “Get your hands off of her!” He moves to grab Rath and feels a blast of energy push him back down. Rath grins at him and turns back to Liz. “Now where were we?” Liz can’t see through the haze of disgust as she twists to get out of his grip and she cries out when she feels his hand on her butt. She can hear Max struggling beside her and out of the corner of her eye, she sees Isabel stand up and say something. But she can’t hear…she only hears the roar of her heart beating in her chest as she draws her knee up sharply into his groin and rams her elbow into his face. As he bends forward from the pain of the groin kick, she throws her hand out at him and watches in shock as he slams across the room and into the wall. Silence descends as she looks from Rath’s crumpled form down to her hands, which are covered in that electricity again. She takes a few deep breaths to calm down and the electricity slowly recedes and she looks around the room. Shocked faces stare back at her and she realizes what she’s done. She looks back over at an unmoving Rath and says, “I…I didn’t mean…” and she bites her lip in fear that they’ll do something to her now. She looks at the shapeshifter standing in the doorway and says, “I didn’t mean to. I…” She shakes her head, not able to figure out the look on his face. He walks in and over to Rath, looking down at him for a moment before looking up at Liz. “Well, you killed him.” He motions for two skins to come over and take care of the body and looks back at Liz. “That was quite an impressive display of powers, Liz. I’m curious. Maybe you can explain how you got these powers if you’re human and haven’t mated with the king here.” He glances at Max, then turns his gaze back to Liz. She looks down at Max and then to the floor. “I um…I…” Realization dawns on him then and he looks slowly over at Max. “You healed her. This is the girl from Roswell.” He grins and says, “Ah…it makes sense now. Running away from Roswell…seeing each other last night…the awakening.” He looks between the two of them…in sudden understanding…and sneers at Max. “You’re in love with her.” Max glares at him and sees Liz turn to look at him out of the corner of his eye. He clenches his teeth and refuses to answer him. “Yes, yes…I see now. How very tragic!” He laughs briefly…unconvincingly and gets up, walking into the next room. Isabel watches them carry Rath out of the room and she wonders what they’ll do to him now. Then she looks over at a devastated Max and she lays her hand on his arm as he leans his elbows on his knees and covers his face. Liz watches the shapeshifter leave the room and she thinks, ‘We’re never getting out of here.’ before looking down at Max. She realizes that she’s still standing and she sits down beside him, not sure what to say. She looks over at Isabel and Isabel asks her, “Are you ok?” Liz nods her head and says, “I…I think so.” Looking at Max, then Isabel again she doesn’t think any of them will be ok. ~TBC~

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:41 pm**

Ewww...i got the heebee jeebies at the thought of Rath groping poor Liz. Awesome update - how's the mouth doing? <center>It all started with a boy, a girl, and a silver handprint.</center><center><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... a></center>

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:31 pm**

hurray! another great part. can't say i'm sorry that rath's dead. next we just need isabel to apologize for being such a butt-head and lying to them both. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"> <img src=http://www.majiklmoon.com/ezboardsmilies/Grin_anim.gif ALT=":grin"> go maria! you go girl! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"> <div style="text-align:center"> I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</div>

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