Title: Consanguinity

Rating:Teen/Adult

Disclaimer: Roswell belongs to first to Melinda Metz, then to Jason Katims and 20th Century Fox. She created them; they killed them. I'm just borrowing them. The beginning excerpts are taken from End of the World, written by? All excerpts taken from End of the World will be written in italics. They are not my creation, nor am I attempting to plagiarize. The inclusion of this excerpt is necessary for the storyline.

Author's Note: I've been thinking about this for a long time. There's no secret about my utter HATE for EotW and Tess, but I also believe that Tess is a victim of circumstance. She is a classic case of nurture vs. nature. I wanted to see what would happen if I changed her childhood environment. Now, I know I'm usually really good about updating, but I make no promises on this one at all. I'm working on several personal projects that I want to complete as well.

Consanguinity
1. Relationship by blood or by a common ancestor.
2. A close affinity or connection.

Prologue

"I won't leave you," Max said.

"No, no, no. Max, you have to," Liz said, her voice ripe with anguish.

"If I'm successful, if I can do this, you and I won't exist. Not as we do now," Max said.
Liz wiped a tear from her eye. "Max, if you don't do this, we're gonna die. Everyone will. Max, you have to do this. You have to try it."
"I'll never see you again," Max said. He brought his hand up and caressed her cheek. "Thank you."
"For what?" Liz asked.
"For every kiss, every smile."
"Max, I don't have any regrets," Liz whispered.

Liz watched as Max slid a crystal into the base of the granolith, causing it to come to life. Max reached up and touched it's glowing sides, and a vortex opened, pulling him inside. He pressed his hand against the side, and Liz reached up with hers, trying to touch him one last time.

Without warning, Liz was thrown to the ground, and Max was pulled upward inside the granolith, only to vanish from sight. His last conscious thought was not of Liz, but of the Terminator movies.

'I hope I don't go back, naked,' he thought just before losing consciousness.