Chapter One
Liz stopped the car as she and Tess reached the top of the hill overlooking Roswell, the Rogers Air Force Base compound just beside them. They sat in silence for a moment, just looking out over the lights of the town below them.
"Max loves you," Tess said suddenly, staring out her window, biting her lower lip so Liz wouldn't see the tears forming in her eyes. It killed her to say it. "Every time we were together…every time we kissed…he was thinking of you. He had these flashes... that I saw... and...they were always of you…"
Liz stared at her, trying to debate the truth behind her words, "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because…" she started, "I know how much it must've hurt you…" 'I know this is killing me', she thought to herself.
"So…you're really gonna go do this, huh?" Liz asked, still wary of Tess' loyalty.
She nodded, "At least I can do one good thing with my life." 'Cause leaving everyone, giving up everything to save a planet worth of people isn't 'good' enough,' she thought.
"Hey, Tess!" Liz called, getting her attention, stopping the blonde from shutting the door. "You're not gonna…let them throw you in the White Room, are you?"
Tess sighed before shaking her head, "No."
And with that Tess shut the door and marched down towards the chain link fence that enclosed the base. She held out her hand as she walked closer to it, vaporizing a hole before walking through it and into the compound.
She walked quickly, unsure of how long it would take the military to realize she was there. 'Not long at all,' she thought as she saw army clad men rushing towards her with guns in their hands. She rushed past them, throwing out her hands, sending them flying away from her, clearing her way. She had to get to the heart of the base to finish her plan. Sirens were going off around her as she ran across the training yard. Helicopters flew over head, blaring spot lights on her and shouting over the loudspeakers.
'Come on,' she thought as she blasted through a door and down a long corridor, 'Almost there…' She ran as fast as she could, mentally placing up shields behind her as she heard the men following her. She hated what she was about to do…but it had to be done…the military needed an alien…but they never said she had to stay alive…
Finally she found a large meeting room, right in the center of the base. She rushed in, slamming the doors behind her, locking them and melting the handles. This way, the men outside wouldn't be hurt too badly. She ran to the middle of the room and shut her eyes in concentration. Her aura started to glow a brilliant white…followed shortly after by a deep red. It started pulsing as she built up her energy. She had only ever done this once before…only a year after she had come out of her pod. Nasaedo had taken her to the Soviet Union to escape the FBI which had been trailing them for nearly a year. Nasaedo had locked her in a small room in some power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, before going off to find the Feds and get them off their trail. She had freaked out, after being enclosed in her pod for nearly 24 hours after waking up, struggling to get out…it had made her severely claustrophobic. She had gotten herself so worked up that she began to glow red and the next thing she knew, she was standing in the middle of the rubble of the Chernobyl Plant with a battered Nasaedo angrily rushing to her…
She had to do it again…blow it up…make them think that she had died as well. If she blew up, then they'd think she was gone, and she could mind warp others on her way from the rubble. They would have their alien so to speak, Max, Isabel, and Michael would be safe, and not many people would die. She just prayed as she felt her energy reach its max, that Larek had received the message she sent just before waking Liz.
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Liz sat outside the base, hands gripping the steering wheel so hard that her knuckles were turning white. She could hear all the commotion from inside the base…and to be honest, she was scared for Tess. What if she was captured? What if they put her in the white room? What if she betrayed…
Suddenly there is a tremendous flash of light! A loud blast preceded a huge explosion just to her right…the base was destroyed… Now the only thing Liz could think of was how many more people Tess had killed…
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Tess opened her scrunched eyes, letting out a shaky breath as she surveyed the damage around her. She spun quickly to look behind her, only the far walls remained standing, but she could see people rushing about in the aftermath of her explosion. She let out a sigh; resting her eyes for only a moment when they suddenly snapped open…someone was…clapping…
She turned slowly to see none other than Nicholas standing there before her, looking as if he had just appeared out of no where. He looked to his right and Tess could make out the forms of a few skins before looking to his left where a few military men stood. He looked straight at her and smirked, raising his arm holding something out at her. Her eyes widened as she opened her mouth…
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Liz stared at the remains of the base for only a moment before her wits caught up to her. She quickly started the car, the radio turning on automatically as Kyle still had yet to fix it. She made no move to turn it off, thankful for the distraction it offered her. She put the car in drive and took off down the road.
As she pulled away from the base…she could have sworn that she heard a woman scream…but that was impossible. No one could have survived that explosion…
A/N – Short, I know, but I just needed something to reveal the end of the actual episode and how it'll tie into my story. Next chapter should be up next week. Missed posting this yesterday. It was written, but I was running around for Easter stuff, lol. There will be another chapter of a YH story posted today too :)