Title: No one is what they seem

Title:  No one is what they seem

Author:  Water Angel

E-mail:  water_angel_amy@yahoo.com

Category: A/I M/M M/L K/T

Spoilers: After Destiny

Rating: PG13-R

Summery:  After Destiny is summer holidays.  Alex, Maria and Liz go away, and when they come back they are different, especially Maria.  Then to make things worse the FBI kidnaps them.

Part 1

Maria, Liz and Alex were at the airport waiting for Liz's parents to come and pick them up after their holiday to LA.

Liz looks at her watch and then looked down the road for her parents.  "God where are they?  They're over 15 minutes late."

Maria laughs, "Calm down Liz, they probably got the time wrong, they'll be here soon."

Liz sighs,  "Yeah your right.  I'm just really tired that's all.  That flight too a lot out of me."

Alex hugs Liz.  "Don't worry, you'll get home soon and get some rest."  He looks over at Maria and laughs,  "But then again it is your own fault for staying out partying until we had to leave to catch our plane."

Liz grimaces, "Don't remind me, that just added to make me more tired."  She looks over at Maria, "I don't know how you can sit there looking all cheery, you did a lot more partying than either of us did and you haven't been tired at all.  Now, why is that?"

Maria laughs, "That chica, is because I am used to partying all night, where as you are not."

Alex laughs and looks at Liz to see her expression but she is looking at the street at the car that is approaching them.  An Alex squints to see the car and sees that it is a jeep and not just any jeep, Max and Isabelle's jeep with Max and Michael in the car.

Liz has also realized whose car it is and her face goes deadly white.  Maria sees this and looks to see what has upset her.  When she sees what it is she gets a look on her face.  But the look on her face isn't like the one on Liz's instead hers is a look of anger.

Michael and Max pull up to the others and get out of the jeep.

Max looks at Liz and smiles, he looks happy to see her again, but in his you can see the sadness there. 

Liz quickly looks away from Max choosing to look at Michael instead.  "How come you guys can to pick us up?  Where are my parents?"

Max looks hurt as she said this.

Maria also has something to say,  "Yeah why are you here?  I thought that the wonderful Tess wouldn't let you within 20 miles of us." 

Michael looks at Maria with an angry expression on his face.  "You know Maria Mr. Parker asked us to do this because him and Mrs. Parker were busy and I thought that you would be happy to see us.  But no all you are is ungrateful."

Maria looks shocked at first but then she gets angry,  "Ungrateful!  You're calling me ungrateful.  After all we have done for you guys that's what you have to say!"  Maria's voice was getting louder with every word and people were beginning to look at them.  "You listen to me Mr. we can't be together because it could be dangerous.  I don't need you anymore and I don't think that I'll even need you again in my life.  So you can take you hospitality and shove it because I am sick of your shit!!"  Maria's last words were almost a shriek.  With that said she walked off to find a taxi.

Michael looked angry but sad as well at Maria's words and watched her walk off to find a cab.

Alex and Liz watched Maria walk away with looked of shock on their faces.  Alex turned to Max and said, "Sorry about that I don't know what's wrong with her.  We'll actually I do but I didn't think that she would act that way."

"Yeah I don't know what's wrong with her but I think that I should follow her to see if she is okay."  Liz said sounding worried about her best friend.

Alex looked at Liz and knew that one of the reasons that she wanted to follow Maria was that she didn't want to get in a car with Max Evan's and have bad memories re-surface.

Max looked disappointed and tried to get Liz to change her mind.  "Are you sure Liz, Alex could go after Maria and you could come in the car with us."

Liz looked at Max and then looked quickly away again.  "No I think I should go.  Something is going on with her and I want to find out what it is."

Max looked sad but let Liz go hopping that he could find out how Liz was going through Alex.

Alex looked after Liz as she walked away then turned around and looked at Max and Michael, "Well are we ready to go?"

Max and Michael stopped staring at the direction that Liz and Maria had gone in and looked at Alex.

"Yeah lets get going."  Max said getting Alex's bags and putting them into the jeep.

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(On the other side of the road)

"Yes sir, the two girls just walked off and the boys are getting in the jeep.  Which ones do you want me to follow?"  A man in a suit is talking into the phone.

A deep voice on the other line says, "Follow the girls but don't do anything just yet.  We'll get them when they are all together."

"Yes sir," The man says and hangs up the phone.