Chapter 2

Liz drove quickly, reaching her destination in record time. She pounded on the door, and was met with a concerned face. She walked in, and went to sit at the kitchen table.

"We have a problem." She said, grabbing the glass that was set down before her, and she drank it gratefully.

"Ok, what is it?" Liz sat the glass down and got a faraway look in her eye.

"Loni is back, and that means Rath is probably with her, and they want Sawyer." She looked into the face that looked exactly like the face she had seen earlier.

Isabel plopped down in the chair next to Liz and took a deep breath. "Wow." It was the only thing she could think of to say.

"Yep." Liz said, getting the same look in her eye. "I guess the whole reason I came over was to see if you have felt anything off? Did anything not feel right?"

Isabel looked like she was deep in thought. "Not really, when I was in the grocery store today I felt like someone was looking at me, but I always have that feeling."

Liz looked down, disappointed that Isabel hadn't felt anything out of the ordinary. "I might be able to connect with her though." Isabel said quietly.

Liz looked up at her hopeful, "That would be great." She looked at Isabel and saw the hesitation in her eyes. "You don't have to though if you're not comfortable with it. I'm sure she will present herself sooner or later."

Isabel looked at her wearily, "Lets' wait and see if she comes back, because if I make a connection with her, she might be able to track us down. It could be worse."

Liz nodded her head, "Thanks Iz."

"You're welcome," Isabel sat there a second. "Did she say what she wanted?" She could tell by the way Liz jumped that it wasn't a good thing.

"Yeah" she looked at Isabel straight in the eyes, "Sawyer."

"Kyle! Kyle I'm late, I have to get going to work be back later!" Valenti yelled, he left the house and got in his truck to head to the station. He wasn't sheriff anymore, but he was top deputy, and he was happy with it.

Kyle groaned and rolled out of his bed, and did 15 push-ups before shuffling into the kitchen. He looked at the clock on the stove and groaned. It was only 7 he could get another good 15 minutes of sleep in before he himself had to get ready for work.

He was shuffling to the bathroom to take a shower when the phone rang anxiously. He sat there staring at it, trying to decide if it was worth walking across the room to pick it up or not.

After the 3rd ring he walked over and picked it up, "Hello." He said grumpily.

"Kyle I'm glad you're awake. We have a problem." He knew Isabel's voice instantly, and was contemplating hanging up.

"If this is anything alien related, I don't want to hear it." He said, sitting in the chair next to the phone.

He could hear Isabel sigh on the other side, and he could just see her rolling her eyes. "Well guess what, it is, and it is a big problem. Loni and Rath are back, and they are coming for Sawyer."

This caught Kyle's attention and he sat up in his chair, suddenly wide awake. "How do you know?"

"Because, Loni went into one of Liz's dreams and was talking to her about it. I think they mean business." He could hear the panic in her voice.

"Has she told Max?" he asked, knowing Max would be furious.

"No, I don't think so. She just left about 10 minutes ago. She was saying something about waiting to see if they contact her again before telling him. She doesn't want him to get all worked up if nothing is wrong."

Kyle slapped his hand to his forehead and shook his head. He would never understand how women thought. "Alright, I will stay on the look-out for anything alien related and get back you if anything weird turns up."

He could hear Isabel sigh in relief, "Thank-you Kyle." After they said good-bye they disconnected the call. Kyle sat there thinking about the whole thing, before realizing that this was his life now. With a shrug of his shoulders he went to go take a shower.

"Come on Liz it will be fun, anyway Sawyer has never been to the zoo before." Maria was sitting there biting her bottom lip. She was hoping Liz would go with her. She was bored out of her mind.

"I don't know Maria neither of us got much sleep last night." Liz said with a yawn, to prove her point.

"Please, please, please, I would do it for you." Maria pleaded in a whinny voice. "I haven't got to see my surrogate nephew in a long time." She drug it out to make it more dramatic.

"Maria, you just saw him last night."

Maria sat there thinking of last night, opps she had. "Well, it has been several hours and I miss him."

She heard Liz sigh from the other side and she knew she had her. "Great, I'll be there in an hour."

"Alright," Liz said in a defeated voice, and hung up the phone.

Maria sat there smiling and went to go get ready, they hadn't had a girl's night out in a long time.

After Liz hung up the phone she turned around to see Max staring at her. He had dark circles under his eyes, and his hair was all messy. He looked like he hadn't gotten any sleep for a month.

"Hey babe," Liz said smiling at him.

He smiled a weak smile back, and walked over to give her a kiss before lying down on the bed. Liz sat down next to him and ran her fingers through his hair.

"Maria just called and she is going to be here in about an hour to come pick me and Sawyer up, we are going to take him to the zoo."

Max made a grunt in acknowledgment, and Liz smiled to herself, and headed to the bathroom, when she realized Sawyer was in the nursery by himself.

She quietly left the room and went to get him, he was in his Moses basket, and she carried it into the bathroom with her. She didn't want him by himself, when she came back in the room Max was fast asleep.

1 hour later…

Maria honked the horn outside the apartment building and watched Liz come out carrying a car seat and a diaper bag. She got out to give her a hand.

Once they were all set Maria put her sunglasses on and headed towards the zoo. "So where's Max?" she asked, noticing he hadn't given Liz a hand, and that was not Max.

"He is sleeping. He came and relieved me of Sawyer duty late last night, and slept in the rocking chair most of the night."

"Ouch, poor guy," Maria said, checking her side mirror to change lanes. "I could never imagine Michael doing anything like that."

Liz laughed, "I don't know look how he treats Sawyer." Liz thought back to how much Michael oohhhed and aahhed over him, and how he would never let anybody hold him if he was there.

Maria laughed a little in agreement, and turned on the radio.

Kyle was underneath a car when his cell-phone started ringing. He grunted and looked at the caller id, it was Isabel. "Hey." He said picking it up.

"See anything suspicious yet?" Isabel said asked quickly.

"Well hello to you too." Kyle said sarcastically. He heard her sigh on the other line, "Nope nothing out of the ordinary."

"I was just checking in. Give me a call if something comes up." She hung up the phone quickly and Kyle flipped his phone shut. Mumbling about how people didn't have any manners these day.

He was about to slide under the car again when he heard a familiar voice, he looked up and stared in shock.