The day that never comes

Born to push you around
You better just stay down
You pull away
He hits the flesh
You hit the ground

Mouth so full of lies
Tend to black your eyes
Just keep them close
Keep praying
Just keep waiting

Waiting for the one
The day that never comes
When you stand up and feel the warmth
But the sunshine never comes, no...
The sunshine never comes

Push you across that line
Just stay down this time
Hide in yourself
Crawl in yourself
You'll have your time

God, I'll make 'em pay
Take it back one day
I'll end this day
I'll splatter color on this grey

Waiting for the one
The day that never comes
When you stand up and feel the warmth
But the sunshine never comes, no...
The sunshine never comes

Love is a four letter word
And never spoken here
Love is a four letter word
Here in this prison

I suffer this no longer
I'll put an end to this I swear!
This I swear!
The sun will shine
This I swear!
This I swear!
This I swear!

The desert near the town Roswell was really deserted, aside from the small creatures crawling on the hot and dusty ground and the wind blowing the sand from one point to another. Everything was silent and the only sound heard was the course of nature and animals talking to each other. Suddenly a bright light was shooting across the sky and some ray of light shone down on one of the big rocks, which was quickly followed from a low grumble that was barely audible, especially considering that no one was in close proximity to have heard it. Minutes later four people were climbing down from rock where the light had been shining on. Three young men and one young woman, who seemed to have been through a lot. Their clothes were torn, dirt and blood was sticking on them while their eyes held a terror that was making clear that whatever they had been witnessing had scarred them. As soon as they arrived down on solid ground, two of the people started to smell the air around them while the other two were keeping their surroundings in their sight, seemingly watching out for some kind of danger. When they were sure that they were safe they visibly relaxed and enjoyed the hot sun falling on their skins.

" Oh my god. I´m so happy to be here", the only woman in the group exclaimed, trying to prevent the tears glistening in her eyes to fall. Her brown hair was lifeless hanging down, covering her haggard looking shoulders and making her appear like she was one of those models having partied too much and having forgotten to eat for a few years.

The man besides her nodded his head, the smirk on his face a strange contrast to his more than dangerous looks. A scar was drawing a small thin line across his lips, which was barely visible under the stubble around his mouth while his dirty brown hair was kept together from a black leather band. " Yeah, me too".

A chuckle escaped the other man, standing a little aside from everyone else. He startled his travel companions a little with the noise and made them look at him in confusion. Smiling at them he made it obvious that he shared the same feeling, which in return wasn´t lost on everyone. " Well, it´s strange, but I feel like I had never been away".

" Probably because earth had been your home for so long", the clearly older man explained, glancing around to observe the whole wide range of nature surrounding them. The awe on his almost flawless face was making obvious that he had never been at this place before, unlike the three people coming with him.

The woman turned her attention to her company and she seemed to be glowing from the inside. Grasping the hands of the men closest to her she breathed in the unbelievable scent that belonged to this planet and especially to this town. " Yeah, we´re home again".

At that the slightly taller man scanned the area, finally realizing that a strange silence was heavily lying in the air and that it was a little weird at this time of the day. Usually the sound of driving vehicles was heard from the street, which wasn´t so far away from their place. Listening closely he noticed that something strange was going on. " Do you feel that? Something isn´t right".

" That´s probably just your imagination, Michael", the woman replied while she rolled her eyes at him, clearly used to his behaviour. Turning to the other male being at her side she gave him a look that was saying that he should do something. " Or do you feel something, too Max?".

Max strained all of his senses, having detected the same vibe as his best friend and knowing that it wasn´t good. His gut was telling him that something bad must have been happening while they had been gone. " He´s right Iz. Don´t you find it a little odd that we´re the only people here?".

Isabel had been having the same thought for a moment, but then she remembered that they were in the desert and that meant that there wasn´t usual a lot of people out here, the reason why had met at this spot when they had been younger. " What do you expect? We´re not exactly in Disneyland", glancing at the silent company having come with them, she wanted to know his opinion. " Okay Larek, what do you think?".

" I think we should find some transportation that will get us in town. Then we can think about what to do there", he was getting some disturbing signals and he knew that whatever had been going on in this town wasn´t good. Maybe it was the years of battling on Antar or his more than weird senses, but he picked up a lot of dark energy. Something that was dangerous and maybe even deadly.

Michael scanned the area, remembering that they had parked the Chevelle somewhere around before they had gone to the pod chamber that fateful day when they had fallen into an alien trap set from their enemy, which had them hauled in lightning speed towards their home planet, where they had gotten immediately thrown into some statically charged prison cell from Khivar´s men. But unfortunately there was no sign of a car near them. " Seems like we have to take a nice long walk back to town".

Max let his eyes roam the wide desert, knowing that the Chevy had to be there. Scratching his head he wondered if someone had stolen the car or Valenti had taken care of when he found it. But sadly that meant Michael was right and they had to go by foot. " Maybe we´re lucky and someone will stop by and takes us back".

" Oh I knew it. First day home and I´m already sick of the desert", Isabel complained good naturally while she started to march towards the street, hoping for the sake of her brother´s that they were right and someone would even come by. She didn´t want to imagine walking the long way to Roswell in this sun and with those clothes on her body. It wasn´t just about the fashion statement, although the army look was long gone, but the pants and the boots weren´t exactly made for hot temperatures.

Larek looked up at the sun shining brightly down at them and he was confused about the color and that it was just one. On Antar they had three suns and their color was orange. This version was ugly and made him realize that he wasn´t at home any more. " Do you even know the way?".

Max followed his sister, noticing that the chances that someone would see them were better if they were more in the open, even though he was still a little freaked that they could be discovered from their enemies and taken back to Antar, a place he never wanted to get again, at least not willingly. " Of course we do. This is our home and we know the place better than anyone".

" Yeah, besides we have done that a lot of times when we had been children", Michael could still remember the way they had marched along the highway with their little feet, not even remotely scared that anything could happen to them or that anyone could harm them. Now they knew that it had just been the calm before the huge storm.

Isabel ignored the conversation between the men, being too busy with thinking about the last moments she had spent on earth before everything had taken a turn to the worse. She had been having a discussion with Jesse about his job offering in Boston and if he should take the deal. Now she felt so stupid for trying to talk him out of it, because she didn´t want to leave everyone behind. She should have been supportive of his decision and not just think about her own selfish needs. Unfortunately she hadn´t been having the chance to tell him that or even to give him a sign that she hadn´t left him on her own free will. He probably thought she wanted out of their marriage, even though it was the last thing on her mind and she hoped that he was still loving her as much as she still loved him. Maybe they could start from anew when they talked about what happened and got out of the way her reason for disappearing so fast. It hadn´t been her intention to go just like that, but who would have thought that they would step into a trap that would lead them almost into their deaths? Thankfully they had found a way to escape, well okay maybe Larek had done the most work. But they had taken the risk to flee without even knowing what they had to expect. And now they were back where they belonged and everything else would be taking care of itself one way or another.

Max´ train of thoughts had taken the same route, thinking about the last minutes he had spent with Liz in her room and the plans they had made for their graduation. They had wanted to travel through every country in America just with a backpack on their backs and the clothes on their bodies. He found the idea more than appealing, because for one they would have been alone and two they could whatever they wanted without having to stick to some fun program. He had already made arrangements with Brody for his summer vacation and he had spent half of his earned money for an engagement ring he wanted to give Liz when the perfect moment would present itself. Unfortunately it never came to any of it and instead he had been lying in a prison cell, thinking about her and wondering if she knew that something happened or if she was believing that he found a new way home and was going back without saying goodbye to her. He had wasted hours and hours imagine Liz sitting in her room, crying her eyes out for him and letting Maria console her, both cursing his name repeatedly. Well, probably just Maria, because Liz wasn´t like that. Hopefully he still could do something to mend everything between them.

Michael was a little scared of going back, even though he was glad to be on earth again. But he was afraid to meet Maria and realize that she had moved on with her life, having figured out that he wouldn´t be coming back to her. She could be married and having children for all he knew. But he didn´t want to imagine that, the only thing having kept him sane was her face smiling at him or the sparkling in her eyes when she was pissed at him, which had happened more times than he could count. He had missed her spirit and her spunk all the time he had spent on the cold floor, fearing that his life could be over soon and he hadn´t been having the chance to tell Maria how much she really meant to him, how much she had changed him and how much he wanted to give her everything she needed. Even if he knew that she deserved better than him, he had wanted to be successful for her so that he could buy her jewels, a nice house with a white fence in the front and all the other things women loved to have. Unfortunately that had been taken away from them with just one cruel act of insanity from their enemy. Neither of them would have the life they wanted or deserved. Maybe one day they would live normally again, but until then they had to take what they would get.

" Do you think they´re still in Roswell?", Isabel didn´t want to think it, but they had to take everything in consideration. They had been gone for maybe a year and that was a long time to be away from their loved ones.

Max hoped that they were still there, but he was doubting it. They had to have moved on with their lifes and that meant for Liz to be at some college far away from her home town. But at least her parents would be here and so he could find out where she was. " I don´t think so, I mean Liz and Maria are probably on different colleges".

Michael´s expression fell when he thought about Maria being somewhere else without him, mock fighting with other guys and having heavy drinking parties every weekend, where every boy would want to be with her. " Great. And why are we on the way to Roswell then?".

" Our parents and Jim are there", Isabel felt bad for her almost brother, because the only person having kept him on earth had been Maria and now it seemed like she was not even there. But maybe Amy could help them finding her or at least tell them where everyone was.

Larek, having listened to their convesation for a while, finally registered the strange pile of wood at the side of the highway. Wondering what that thing was doing here he went to it and kneeled besides the mess. Holding his hands over the pile he felt some small spark of recognation, knowing immediately that something alien had been here. " We´re not alone".

Michael raised an eyebrow, wondering if the guy was for real. Of course they weren´t alone, they were on earth and that mean with a lot of other people. Hidding his laughter, he exchanged amused glances with the other two travellers. " Yeah and as soon we´re stepping past the Welcome in Roswell sign, we´ll even see those people".

" Don´t mock me. I´m not talking about human beings, I´m talking about aliens", Larek knew it had been a bad idea to stay with them. They were too young and too inexperienced, not like they had been in their former life. When they created the royal four they had forgotten to put their memory into them, maybe that would have helped them.

Max finally realized what the pile was, having found something that was showing him what they were looking at. Picking up a piece of the alienhead, he was stunned why the thing was damaged in the first place. Thinking about the last time anyone had even mention the enourmous alien billboard for the UFO-Center, he remembered the comment Maria had made about it. She said that she had thought the only green glowing alien penis that could harm anyone would be Michaels, which had earned her a few laughs and a death glare. Shaking his head he was a little alarmed about that it was broken and more about the fact that nobody had tried to repair the thing. " We have to get back immediately. I need to know what had been going on since we´ve been gone".

Michael glanced at the remains of the advertising for Maxwell´s former working place and he knew what his best friend was talking about. This wasn´t a good sign and he felt something dark lurking around, even if he couldn´t exactly grasp from which direction it was coming from. " I´m right behind you".

" Why are you making such a fuss", Isabel didn´t understand their strange behaviour, all she could recognize was a pile of dirty wood and nothing more. Maybe the time getting held prisoner had affected them more than it had appeared at first.

Suddenly Larek jumped to his feet, stretching his head towards the way the town was. For a moment he closed his eyes before he started to storm in the same direction without even checking if the others were following him, which they did as soon as they notice him moving. So the small group of four people was running along the highway, three of them fearing the worst and one of them total clueless about everything. That was until they all stopped in front of the city limit and stared at the ruins having been a town a long time ago. Shocked they glanced at the remains left behind from Roswell, their home and everything they had known. Not one building was standing at its place, no car was visible and definitely no people were around. The streets were empty, except for the sand covering everything and the debris laying on the ground. It felt like a ghost town and it even looked like one, as much as they could see from their perspective. Horrofied Isabel, Max and Michael couldn´t believe their eyes, hoping that it was just their imagination playing a trick on them and that what they were seeing right now was just a bad nightmare. Letting their gazes wander over the ruins, they swallowed the tears threatening to fall at seeing that the home they had been expecting wasn´t there any longer. Max crashed on his knees, trying to keep the bile rising in his throat down, thinking about his parents and Liz. Isabel stayed behind her brother, she just put her hand on his shoulder, but it was more to keep her standing than to comfort him, because her thoughts were drifting to Jesse. Michael meanwhile couldn´t accept that everyone they loved was supposed to be dead, that they were just wiped away from earth like some dirt. Leaving the others he walked unbelievingly along what had been the main street. Everywhere he looked was sand, damaged stones, broken pieces of glass and sometimes he recognized the remains of a car tire in the midst. But no sign of any people, not even the dead ones, which had to be there if they had been attacked. It was like there hadn´t been anyone in this town for a very long time. Starting to jog he was making his way to the Crash down to see what was left of it. Straining his legs as much as he could he arrived at his destination in no time. When he saw that the only thing belonging to the restaurant where he had worked for so long was the C letter from the name, he finally grasped that their lifes were over. Slumping on the ground he felt such a numbness crawling up inside him that it made him obvious to the things around him. Until to the point where he heard cars approaching from behind. Turning around he was surprised when he glanced in the barrell of a machine gun pointed at him and his friends in restrains on the backseat of what looked like a military jeep complete with the matching soldiers.

" No funny business or I will shoot you without thinking twice".

Michael saw the panic in his siblings eyes, knowing what would happen to them again. But he also noticed the slightly older soldier staring emotionless at him, making it more than obvious that he would shoot without flinching. He was torn between keeping calm and do whatever those clowns wanted from him until he found a nice chance to kill them or he could attack them and maybe risk losing Max and Isabel in the process. It was a hard decision and he just had a few seconds to do the right thing.

TBC