Roswell's Children

A fan-fiction by

James Buck

Made some format changes in response to some good suggestions thank you. Enjoy.

Prologue

"Agent Margolin, how far the mighty have fallen". The voice says out of the darkness.

I realize I am no longer restrained to the bed and stand up. "The gray ones, they did this to me" I explained to the voice "They made everyone forget".

The voice chuckles from the darkness "No agent Margolin not the gray ones". The door is open and I walk toward it and the voice.

"It was Max Evans, Isabel Evans, Michael Guerin and the little blond one that did this to you".

I'm confused... Max Evans, Isabel... then I remember. The voice is right! HOW HAD I FORGOTTEN! They weren't grey, they looked like people, they weren't people. I grind my teeth. Not them, they weren't human. Infiltrators, spys, I hate them. My fingers flex. I am so angry now I want a throat in my hands, no, a knife. A clean cut, bleed them, hehe that thought makes me smile.

"Do you want revenge agent Margolin ?"

"Yes" I whisper to the voice in the darkness. I look around. I'm standing in the entrance to the institution. In my head I plead, please I want payback its bitter on my tongue. I can taste it, I want to make them bleed.

The voice is moving again, out the doors now and says "Jennifer Martin, Philadelphia Pa. She had a miracle recovery after having her throat cut. Grab her and the one who helped will come looking ".

I think "Yes that makes sense, draw them out, standard procedure, she must be important, use her, hurt her".

The voice in the darkness says "Happy hunting agent Margolin".

I'm outside the hospital holding a bag. The bag contains ID, clothing, and several weapons. I giggle a little, as I whisper to the darkness " finally, I will show them all".

"Nicholas, I thought you were dead" Kivar says through the communicator.

"No, your Eminence, I am the last alive though, and barely. The others blamed me for all the damage done when the tech fried. I had to hide for years. Then I had to build, from scratch, a device to contact you".

"Twenty years Nicholas, really"! " Do you know how difficult it will be re-purpose a ship to send you what you ask for. That halfbreed Tess stole the last interstellar scout ship I had after the rebels destroyed the others. Why should I care anyway? The large transports are almost done. My people are closing in on the royal's mother and her followers. Do you really think they can interfere with my plan for that planet? Why should I trust you to succeed this time"?

"They have children Kivar, the Royal line continues. The others will have done as I have, so it wont be long before they send word back to Antar, if they haven't already". Nicholas pleads "I have already set a plan in motion, but I need the tech and the weapon if I'm to have a chance at succeeding".

"Damn them Nicholas! You will have it. I don't want the loyalist faction to have any rallying point. But Nicholas, if you fail me again, I'll grant you one last mercy," Kivar states flatly" use that weapon on yourself".

Chapter 1:

Maddy

I wake to the dream again. The scarred man reaching towards me with the knife as he smiles then a bright flash. I consider, again, telling my mother. I remember the look that flashed across my moms face the last time and decide against it. Its just a dream I'm not a clairvoyant like mom and I'm okay with that. I have seen the toll it takes on my mother too often to want that power. The powers I have are hard enough to control. I jump as my alarm blares "Help Im alive" by Metric. The singer sings "I tremble ...they're gonna eat me alive... if I stumble" I look up as my micro displays the time on the ceiling, just as an echo of uncle Guerin's training lecture begins to leak into my mind , and realize I'm late for school again.

"Crap, dammit"

I cover my mouth surprised at my outburst even though no one is around to hear. I can imagine Zandra and the twins rolling their eyes and ribbing me about my "cursing" . They would say" if your going to be upset, say something worth be shocked over miss goody goody princess".

I'm still mad at Stormy for messing with my tshirt last week, causing me a similar outburst followed by several days of fake "no you didn't" expressions. Of course Stormy said that Rainy is the one that altered my arbor charity shirt to say "support the plants" instead of "support the planet" with a large pot leaf on the back. When confronted Rainy just shook her head at me with a big eyed innocent expression. The teachers were not impressed. I changed it back, but they still searched my locker looking for the "other" shirt. Now half the class thinks I either smoke dope or sell it. As I look in the mirror I see the blush creeping across my face and feel my hands tingle at the remembered embarrassment. One more look in the mirror and I tell my reflection "calm down". I crank up Taylor Swift and, after counting to ten (three times), I decide to go down stairs.

When I come down, I see the harried look on my brothers face.

" Hey Alex, hey Mom".

He grins at me as my mom scolds me.

"Your late again child of my heart and your brother looks even more anxious than usual to get to school".

Alex looks slightly stricken and tells our mother that his first period teacher takes "my sister made me late about as well as saying my micro crashed and wiped my homework".

"Okay, well, here Maddy eat in the car" as she wraps a piece of toast around some egg and cheese. I grab the offering and follow Alex out the door. During the ride to school I decide to ask Alex what he thinks about my dream.

"I had that dream again with the scar guy".

My brother glances at me as he pulls out on the drive way. "Why didn't you tell mom?".

Now its my turn for some eyeroll. "Are you kidding you didn't see her face the last time I told her about a realistic dream".

"Maddy how many times do you have to be told don't hold back information ".

I think to myself "here we go just like uncle G ".

"You could be developing something new and you know what uncle G says".

"Ok ok Ill tell her later I just don't want her to worry".

Alex looks at me with a "yeah I'll believe it when I see it" expression but drops it. "So are you okay sis ?"

I quickly answer "yeah I'm good" as we pull onto the main road heading towards school. The more I consider the dream the more not ok I feel.

Zandra

I look up as I see Maddy rush through the door to first period and smiles. Maddy always has rocking music and she is the closest thing I have to a BFF.

"Late much Madness" I say under my breath, but just loud enough for Maddy to pick up on. Madness is my nickname for Maddy, a combination of Maddy and princess. Maddy looks up and scowls in my direction but doesn't rise to the jibe. Now I could easily look into Maddy's mind to see whats going on. I rarely look into Maddy's mind because she is my BFF. I could mess with Maddy's mind if I wanted to or move her books across the room with no effort. Not my style.

I look at the door again as someone else comes in. Whats this, a new student? As the boy struts towards the teacher he looks in my direction. I immediatly feels a cold sensation run down my spine. Weird, I think I'll just peek. I concentrate on the new boy and get mentally smacked away. What the fun! I look again and he is talking to the teacher. No reaction there. Did maddy stop me? Nah I don't think so. Now I'm a little freaked so I look over at Maddy. Maddy is staring at the new boy to with an odd look on her face.

I send towards Maddy "do you know him?" Maddy normally would give me, or any of the other kids who intruded on her thoughts, hell.

Maddy's response gives me more chills as she flatly thinks back at me, "I...don't know...something" and the thought trails off.

Maddy

All day I'm distracted by the image of the new boys weird vibe. During My biology class (one of my favorite subjects) I completely zone out until I feel a tap on my shoulder from the teacher.

" Ms. Evans please answer chapter question two".

I blush and realize I'm not even on the right page. I quickly locate the question and answer it. I then over hear my biology teacher thinking that maybe the rumors of pot smoking might be true. wow I think to myself, its been a long time since I accidently heard someone's thoughts. I must be losing it. After school I wait for Alex to give me a ride. I look up and see Zandra studying me.

"Hey Zan?" I project, "I dont think I like the new Kid".

Zan walks over to me and says, "I agree, I tried to peek at his mind and got slapped away".

Alarmed, I say, "Really, who do you think he is".

Zan shrugs and says "I over heard someone call him Jason". She then gives me a look and asks " You think he's someone that got healed or something?"

I shake my head "I dont know. I just get a weird feeling everytime I get near him".

"Maybe its love" Zan says.

I look at Zan questioning her sanity until I realize she's kidding. I grin at her and deadpan "weirdness, oh baby " which causes Zan to break out in giggles. I think, Of course any of the boys in school would give there left arm for a date with Zandra. Zandra looks at me and says "dont sell yourself short ,Ha short! But seriously Madness you are like the cutest girl here, sort of like a pixie".

"Hey no peeking".

Zan tilts her head to the side quizzically and says "your projecting honey".

I then look around quickly blushing and say, "Crap, Dammit. I've been glitching all day I dont know whats wrong with me".

Sure enough Zan is barely in control of her "shocked face" at my outburst .

"Well our little princess is branching out", she thinks at me," first pot and now foul language". Zan can't hold it anymore and breaks down laughing.

"Oh Madness" Zan says wiping real tears from her face " you have got to see your face" so Zan projects the image of me with my hands over my mouth and my eyes wide with shock.

I see my own image and I dissolve into giggles as well.

Alex

I catches the end of the laughing fit and asks them both what is so funny. Maddy And Zan look at me with my curious expression and break out in another fit of laughter.

I grin at them and say " its true teen girl are nuts" which of course baits a pair of wicked smirks from the girls in question.

So Zan decides to Rib me a little" so have you made this Observation to Suzy yet".

I, without a second thought, blurt out "Its Kate and she is very mature for her age". Too late I realize my mistake.

"Oooooh Kate" Zan purrs in an exaggerated southern accent" you are the one, my heart yearns for you".

I shake my head as my sister snorts and Zan bats her eyelashes at me. I see another fit of laughter coming so I decide it's time to go, " come on, time to upload children" and turn toward the parking area.

My ears burn a little as I think about the kiss Kate planted on me earlier. I am going to have to corner uncle G or my Dad later. I don't think I transfered anything to Kate. I wasn't really expecting her to kiss me. So I need to discuss it with someone who understands better. I really like Kate and we have become closer over the last weeks. I worry about telling anyone outside the group the truth. The story that my Dad told me was thin. I could tell from both my parents expression that there had been, and might still be, danger if the "wrong" someone found out.

I know that there is more to the story than what the parents have let on. There are other aliens and humans out there that would hurt us if they could. The why's are murky, but the facts are supported by all the adults including the older kids who have moved on. That is why, three times per week, all of the kids still at the compound practice their abilities with which ever parent is available. I feel, deep down, that keeping the groups secret is important. The world has changed a lot. Even my very open minded parents don't believe people are ready, as a society, to know that aliens live among them. I smile as I remember aunt Maria telling the kids about when she learned about aliens. She ran screaming into the street when my mom told her dad was half alien, so I can't realistically hope for any better from anyone else. Still, I really wants to kiss Kate some more.

Maddy

Great googly moogly, I think to myself, Today just isn't going well.

I enviously watch at my mom breaking bricks with little effort. I'm a little ashamed that I can't seem to concentrate long enough to copy the small statue in front of me. My skin feels tight and my head is aching. Suddenly I'm not in the practice building any more. It is dark and I hear a voice from behind me say "hello little princess I'm glad your the first to die".

I'm looking into my mothers face and for a moment I'm confused by the expression there. And why am I on the ground? It hits me, a vision. No please... no ...no... i'm not clairvoyant. I am crying and holding hard to my mother as my father places a hand on my back.

"Its ok Madilyn we will work through this".

All I can hear is the voice in the vision. I'm going to die, and on top of that my skin still feels a size to small.

My mother asks me gently" What did you see Madilyn".

The use of my full first name and the look on my mothers face tells me that nothing is to be held back. "It was dark, I couldn't see anything and someone was behind me. He said hello little princess I'm glad your the first to die".

I draw a steadying breath as my mother begins to speak. Quickly I say "But thats not all. I've been having a dream about a scarred man with a knife".

My mother starts to speak again.

When my father interrupts " Liz its time to tell them".

I don't know what was scarier, the way my mom slowly shook her head or the determined look on my fathers face. I listen as a sadness creeps into my fathers voice as he calls to the twins who have wandered off to come back.

"We are going to have a meeting in an hour at our house I'm notifying everyone else to meet then".

"Please Sit down everyone".

The living room is a little crowded as Maria and the twins settle down. Uncle Kyle and aunt Ava are sitting with Zandra and Kj in the extra chairs brought in for the occasion.

My dad says "Michael, Langley, Isabel, Nina are you online?"

I'm shocked ,even aunt Isabel and Nina, what is this?

Dad says matter of factly "Maddy has had a vision".

Stormy and Rainy look interested and Alex looks concerned. Zandra is staring at me with wide eyes. Kj appears to be happy just to be included.

" The reason this is important is that someone in the vision referred to her as princess".

I hear a sharp intake of breath from my aunt Ava and Isabel.

"That means someone tracking us specifically not just searching for the unusually gifted " I hear Uncle G say.

" That my thoughts as well Michael " dad says " thats why I want everyone here so I can tell the kids the story".

Ok now Im freaked, I think to myself.

Dad says" Ok Nina already knows the story but for the rest of you Michael, Isabel, Ava, and I are from another planet called antar. At least our essence is from Antar. There we were known as the royal four. I was the King named Zan, Michael was Rath my second and general of my army. Isabel was Vilandra my sister, a princess and Michaels wife. Ava was queen and My wife. So you kids are technically Royalty in exile. That is a brief overview of the royalty stuff. I will leave it to your parents to answer any questions later".

"To continue there was a coup and a man named Kivar took over and killed us. My mother smuggled our essences to earth where our DNA was mixed with Human DNA and we were the result. She did this in hopes of someday returning us to our former position if Kivar fell. Now because of this Kivar tried to eliminate us before you all were born and there was some government involvement as well. We managed to get the government off our case, but at least one of Kivar's agents escaped. One of the FBI agents went insane and was put in an asylum. He has scars similar to the description that Maddy gave us, any Questions?

Dead Silence. I look to each of the stunned faces of the other children. The twins have shifted and now sit very close to their mother, Maria. Zandra is unreadable as she looks at the floor and for once even KJ is still.

Suddenly, Aunt ava reaches for KJ and hugs him. The moment is broken. Everyone is in motion as children move towards parents, parents move to pull the circle closer.

Uncle G speaks up, he and Isabel echo each other.

"we need to find out if agent Margolin is still locked up?

" Nina Speaks for the first time and asks if Nicholas is a possibility?

For the first time since the meeting started my mother speaks. "If Nicholas knows what good for his health he better not be".

As I look into my mothers face I see something fierce and dangerous. I feel a chill as I think about my mothers ability's. Then I think of someone trying to hurt my tiny mother and I am angry. The feeling of my skin being too tight increases again at the thought of someone hurting any one of my extended family. Then ,as I am considering these things, My aunt Maria says.

" Hey Liz, Like mother, like Daughter " and I realize everyone is looking at me. Then as I look at my hands I understand why. Power is cascading over my skin. I glance at my mother in time catch a smile that almost seems relieved. Later I will ask her about that.

Alex and I help our mother clear away the chairs and other stuff after the meeting. I can't help but think that there is something else that needs to be said. Just as I decide to ask my mom about this feeling My father returns from walking Kyle and Ava out. I study my father for a moment. Maxwell Evans, writer and sometimes consultant on some of my uncle G's movies. He looks too young to be the father of teens. As I watch him he looks at me and calls me and Alex over.

"There is something else you should know", he says and then launches into the story.

"There were actually eight of us once. Two of each. Three of our group stayed near the original crash site in Roswell, Michael, Isabel, and me the forth named Tess went with our protector, Nesado. Nesedo was like Langley, a shape shifter designed to watch after us. The others were named Zan, Rath, Vilandra aka lonnie, and your aunt Ava, they were taken to New York. Langley left them to there own devices there after they told him to leave them alone. Our protector left us because the government was after him and he decided to follow his own agenda. When he returned he brought Tess with him. Due to unfortunate circumstances and bad judgement I ended up...'.My dad hesitates and looks over at my mom .

Mom says "go ahead they need to know. I've been seeing someone coming for a while and I'm pretty sure its him".

Him ? I think.

My dad continues with the story." Tess and I were close and she got pregnant.

I was staring directly at my mother when my father said this and saw the look of pain cross her face.

I look at Alex and then I say "so we have a half brother".

Alex says "what happened to him"?

"Tess tricked me into thinking he couldn't survive on Earth so she went Back to Antar. Fortunately Zan was full human and Kivar rejected him. Tess had no choice but to run and return to roswell. Things went wrong and her ship crashed. She brought the military down on all of us. In the end she sacrificed her life and took an entire military base with her to save her son.

I think to myself, an entire base, wow!

"We did not know what was going to happen so I asked my father to set up an adoption. That way Zan would be free of danger from association with us. We also didn't know about the possibility of him still having any powers because he was fully human". It turned out that that was the best thing. A short time later we were on the run from the special unit of the FBI and other aliens. By the time everything had calmed down more than a year had passed. My father's lawyer friend that set up the adoption pulled out all the stops to hide it. Not even she could back track and find him. It took several years to locate him. When we did he was happy with a very good family. So we left him there and checked in on him every so often. But your mother has been seeing someone who she thinks might be him showing up here. His name is Charlie and we're not sure if he has abilities or not.