Disclaimer: I literally own nothing but the plot.
Ch1
In the Crash Down Cafe a group of teenagers were celebrating their last day of freedom by dancing around the closed resturant. They were celebrating their senior year of high school. The guys were sitting at the counter watching the girls and shooting the breeze. The girls were dancing along to the music. A lot had changed over the summer Michael and Maria had settled their differences and decided to just be friends. Max and Liz had started to date again, starting out new was working out well for them. Ava was also a big surprise for them. She had turned up at the cafe one night. Having finally escaped from the dupes and tired of running she had wanted to settle down with the pod squad.
Ava was one of the best things for the group, unlike Tess everyone had opened up to her quickly. Ava's personality was infections and her knowledge of their powers and their past helped them all to evolve power-wise. They had also gained more memories from their pasts. Kyle and Ava also seemed to connect instantly. They had started dating over the summer and things were going great. She had decided to take over Tess' old life. She even moved into Jim's house and taken over Kyle's room. She signed up for school and got a job at the cafe just to spend more time with the group and help with the bills.
Jim had gotten his job back at the sheriff's office but as a deputy and he was happier. Jim had also started to seriously date Amy DeLuca. They were doing well without the added pressure of Jim being the Sheriff. He had a little more time on his hands for all the hobbies he had picked up, including the Kit Shickers. He had even proposed. They were going to wait for the kids to graduate. Both Kyle and Maria were happy for them.
Now back to the present. The teens were having fun. They were all planning for the future. Max and Liz had decided to stay close by. They were going to go to the University of New Mexico. In fact all of the group but Maria were going to stay in New Mexico. Maria had gotten accepted to a prestigious music school in New York. Ava was the least sure about her future, she had never gone to school before but she was beginning to plan for her future as well.
When the song ended the girls rejoined the guys at the counter for a small break. As they sat around talking Maria gave her input on the end of the summer.
"Man I hate that tomorrow we start school. At least this is our last year."
"What are you worried about? I've got to take over for an honor roll student. And I've never been to school, yo" Ava bitched.
Liz laughed at them. They had been arguing about it for the last month. She knew that Ava was nervous about school. She had been tutoring her over the summer. Liz was amazed at how quickly Ava was catching on. They even had a cover story for her. Tess had found her real parents and wanted to finish her last year of school with her friends but she wanted to use her birth name.
Ava had also been helping Liz to develop her powers. They had started to appear after Max had received a message about his son's birth. Liz seemed to be like the rest of them with one main power and a defensive power. Liz's skin would become charged with green energy when her emotions got the best of her. She also seemed to have some psychic abilities. She was able to see small bits of the future. She had found that out after touching a woman and seeing her get killed in a mugging. Luckily, Max and she had managed to save her.
While the group talked amongst themselves a bright light fallowed by a loud explosion shattered their fun. Max and Michael jumped to their feet ready to protect the group. Without a word Ava, Isabel and Liz joined them, while the humans stayed seated. They all knew the routine they would wait for the pod squad and Liz to give the order. Max stayed behind while the powered group climbed into Max's new jeep.
"Stay here. When we find out anything we'll call. Until then just stay put. Kyle could you call your dad we may need his help." Max ordered.
The humans just nodded. They had gotten used to the drill over time. Max rushed out to the jeep and started it up. Michael was riding shoot gun while the girls took up the back. Everyone was worried. So far things had been calm during the summer. They all worried over the possibilities, could it be more of Kivar's soldiers, could it be Alien Hunters setting a trap or was it just a simple plane accident. As they made their way they noticed they were heading towards the pod chamber. In the back seat Liz started to shake.
"Liz! Liz what is it? Come on Liz snap out of it!" Isabel screamed when she saw Liz begin to hover. Suddenly Liz's eyes snapped open. They were a radiant purple and beginning to glow.
Max nearly crashed the jeep at Isabel's scream. He whipped the jeep to the side of the road and slammed on the brakes causing a cloud of dust to overtake them.
"Liz. What's wrong with her? Come on baby, come back to me." Max was frantic. He had nearly climbed into the back seat when Liz began to speak.
"He has arrived. The one chosen to save us all and vanquish the false king has arrived. We must save him." Liz said in a haunting voice.
While everyone stared at her in shock Liz came to. When she opened her eyes she was surprised to see she had everyone's attention and began to worry.
"Guy's what's going on? Why are you all staring at me like that?" Fear was present in her voice.
"Liz you started to shake and hover. When your eyes snapped open they were purple and glowing. You said something but we couldn't understand what you were saying." Isabel answered her.
"Cornball, I think your powers are growing. You were speaking Antarian" Ava supplied. " You said something that sounds like a prophecy.
Everyone stared between Liz and Ava in amazement. Liz never thought that her powers would evolve. She knew that each of them had a defensive power and one unique to each of them but she thought that because she was human that her powers were done evolving.
"As great as this is we still need to find out what that thing was. So can we get going Maxwell?" Michael cut in knowing that Liz hated to be the center of attention.
When Max got back behind the wheel and started the engine. Liz gave Michael a grateful smile. He was her best guy friend since Alex's death. Everyone had gotten closer over this summer. A fairly normal summer. The group had been worried about the lack of alien activity. Eventually they had grown used to having time to themselves. Their friendships had changed. Each of them realizing that they had something to offer the group. Even the humans had their own contributions.
"Turn left." Liz ordered from her place in the back seat. Max followed her order without question.
"Where are we going Liz?" Michael asked.
"To the pod chamber and step on it Max. Someone needs help, now." Was all she said.
With that Max pushed his jeep to the limits. Everyone was to worried about holding on for dear life to ask Liz any more questions. When Max screeched to a stop beside the cliff with the pod chamber the group could see the burning remains of the crash site. A few hundred yards away they could see the blaze. When the group saw this they jumped from the jeep and ran to the site. In the fire they could make out the remains of a ship.
The group gathered and Isabel and Ava began to put out the flames. Michael and Max began to move pieces of debris as the girls cooled them. Liz was walking around trying to sense a life sign. While she was feeling around a noise cut through the quiet night. At first everyone thought that it was a military vehicle. As they stood still holding their breath waiting for confirmation, the noise again cut through the night. They were shocked.
It was the cries of a baby and it was coming from under the rubble.
