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The Heart Remembers


A freak accident causes Max to remember his life as Zan and chaos insures. Set right after Destiny. The couples are Tess & Max, along with a hint of Isabel & Michael.

"What is the difference between the protectors and guardians?" Kyle inquired as he watched Michael shooed Isabel out of the kitchen.

"Rath, would know better then I," Max assumed as he studied the layout of the kitchen. He would glance back to the bedroom every few seconds. Turning he locked eyes with his commander. There he saw confusion. "Rath was the one who designed and created the protectors."

"Why?" Isabel asked as she took a seat between Michael and Max.

"The training of new soldiers took time. Time we did not have. The protectors were designed to assist our current legion to defend our cities against the insurgents. To create a protect we used a combination of multiple things," Max explained as he once again looked back at the bedroom.

"Do you think that the crash somehow damaged them?" Isabel asked.

"Them? As in more then one of them?"" Max probed.

"Well, our ship is imbedded into the rock formation, but there was a crash. So we assumed that there was another ship," Michael responded.

"Another ship? Hmm…." Max pondered.

"Tess is fine. If she moves we will hear her," Kyle declared in a vain attempt to reassure Max.

"If she…." Max growled as his eyes narrowed. "He would not dare…" Abruptly Max stood up, and grabbed Isabel by the arm. "Go into the bedroom," Max commanded.

"Hey!" Isabel protested slightly. She looked over to Michael who was watching the scene with intense eyes. "Fine."

"Once you're in there, move around," Max ordered as Isabel gracefully strode towards the bedroom. As she entered the room, the door closed behind her. "I think, I'm need to get use to apologizing."

"That is very true," Michael agreed as he slowly relaxed. "So why is she in the bedroom?"

"Testing a probability," Max answered. He growled slowly, turning to Jim he looked at him directly. "Do you hear her?"

"I can hear someone moving about," Jim commented.

"It is worst then I had thought," Max muttered.

"Why is that?" Kyle asked as he helped himself to some food.

"Because Nasedo could monitor Ava's movements, if she tried to escape he would hear her," Michael answered. "She had no-one to depend on but him."

"And he made sure of it," Isabel stated as she stood in the doorway. "He had her on an extremely tight leash when she first arrived in Roswell."

"But that has changed, because now she has us," Michael conveyed. "But that does explained why she freaked when she thought he had died that day in the pod-chamber."

"How are you going to help her now? Because incase you failed to notice, Nasedo is not around and hasn't been around since summer began. Besides which Tess seems normal to me," Kyle dismissed.

"Seems is the operative word," Max whispered. "I would venture that he conditioned her to have certain responses to various situations. That alone makes her extremely dangerous."

"What are you saying Max?" Jim demanded until he saw Max's eyes flash. "Zan."

"We need to undo the damage and fast," Max stated.

"Why?" Isabel questioned. "Tess is a little aggressive but she's not dangerous."

"Vilandra, protectors protect and sometime force the mission. Guardians protect and nurture the person. The mission is to go home, and god help the delusional fool who gets in the way," Max explained.

"Meaning, she will eliminate anyone who stands in the way of the mission. Everyone except us," Michael clarified.

"Because we're the royal four," Isabel whispered completely horrified.

"Well, what are we standing about for? How do we help Tess?" Kyle probed.

"We?" Isabel huffed.

"You invited him," Max smirked as he strode towards the bedroom.


TBC