Chapter Three
It felt incredibly strange to be walking the halls of West Roswell once more, especially as a sixteen year old student, but she loved the simplicity of it all. The most these kids had to worry about was bad grades and failing a class... but Liz, she had the weight of two worlds resting on her shoulders and she was definitely feeling the strain.
Liz saw Max wandering down the hall and she quickly rushed over to him before she stopped herself from hugging him. For a second he looked like her Max, her husband. It was hard for her seeing him so young
"Max, can I talk to you?" she asked him, they had some time before the bell rang.
"Sure, what's wrong?" he replied
"Just come with me" she grabbed his hand, unable to stop herself from linking fingers with him and dragged him to the band room. She stopped when she spotted Kyle banging away on the drums and almost cursed herself for forgetting about him. "Max, could you just give me a minute alone with Kyle?"
"Sure... I'll just wait outside" he said, looking sad and hurt. He disappeared and she was left alone with Kyle
"Hey" he grinned as he took off his glasses "How are you? You must be pretty shaken up"
"Oh... the gun. No I'm fine Kyle" she told him then pulled a sharp breathe in for what she was about to do "Kyle, I can't see you anymore. There's really a lot going on with me at the moment... after the Crash Festival tonight I have some things that I need to tell you and your father. But I can't be with you"
"You're breaking up with me?"
"Trust me you'll get over it. There's a really pretty girl waiting for you... it's just not me" she said, he looked hurt
"Is it Max? Are you leaving me for Max?"
"Yes" she replied simply
"I'll kill him!" he hissed making a move towards the door, Liz held up her hand taking a step back from him
"You do anything to hurt my husband and I'll kill you!" she replied, his eyes blinked when he saw my hand glowing
"Liz? Your hand!" he gasped
"Leave Max alone Kyle" she ordered him as she dropped her hand, thank fully she'd stepped into a patch of light and she could just pass it off as sunlight catching her ring.
"Fine" he bit out then stalked moodily from the room. Max came in a few minutes after Kyle had gone and looked deeply confused
"So... you and the Sheriff's son huh?" he tried to make conversation as he set his bag down on the desk. She lifted her shirt showing him the hand print
"I tried to get rid of it but it won't come off. I need you to remove it before anyone sees" she told him, his face went pale. He walked over slowly and with a flick of the wrist it vanished. Liz dropped her shirt and made the mistake of locking eyes with him; they were dark with desire. She had forgot how innocent Max used to be "You shouldn't look at me like that" she whispered, he looked away a blush rising to his cheeks
"Because of you and Kyle?"
"No. There isn't me and Kyle, I'm in love with someone else" she confessed "I've loved him for a very long time. I'd give my life for him and he's the man I'm going to spend the rest of my life with"
"W-Who is it?" he whispered looking extremely heartbroken. She took a few tentative steps towards him and took his hand and brought it up to her face
"It's you Max" she told him, she couldn't help herself as she leaned up to kiss him, he was so surprised that he held himself still then began to kiss back. It was just like always... she saw the stars, she flew through space and fell all the way back down to earth "I love you. I always have"
"Liz... you love me?" he whispered and she nodded "You... I saw things"
"Flashes" she stated with another nod, slowly becoming fearful of what he saw "What did you see?"
"I saw... you're like me. You're alien like me" he looked horrified "But you're human"
"I was human Max... a long time ago"
"What's going on?" he asked "Yesterday you said that you'd been through a lot. You practically yelled at Isabel"
"I know, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that to her. She was scared"
"But what you said" he stressed "You said you begged the man you loved to destroy... you asked me to do that didn't you? How come you have all this knowledge? Who are you?"
"I'm Liz Evans. The girl who got shot and healed by an alien king... a girl who fell in love with that alien king and watched her entire world be destroyed. I came back Max. I came back so the bad things wouldn't happen"
"How?"
"The Granolith" she explained "You haven't found it yet. You wouldn't have found it for another year if I hadn't come back. It's hidden behind your pods" the bell chose that moment to ring and she sighed "Is it okay if I come round later? I'll tell you everything"
"Yes" he said looking relieved, she gathered her things up to go "Liz, wait... you said... well uhh... we got married right? You and me? That's why you have my last name?"
"Yes Max, we got married. We got married when we were nineteen after we fled Roswell... we were married for twenty four years before I came back to Earth. To this time"
"Wow... twenty four years" he whispered as she left the room. He couldn't believe he'd had the chance to be married to Liz Parker for all that time. He was desperate to know more and ended up watching the clock all day waiting for the time when he could ask more about the future.
*
She looked round trying to spot anyone she recognised. During the three years when there was a resistance to the Antarian forces invading Earth under the order of Kivar there had been loads of data amassed on every Antarian soldier. Kal Langley had been invaluable gathering info and especially pictures of them. She's memorised each and every single face so she'd know her enemy.
As soon as the bell rang for lunch, Liz gathered her things and bolted out of the room to the phones. She knew the number off by heart and prepared herself for what she was about to deal with
"Hello?" came the rough accent
"Nlkirol" she said his real name in Antarian
"Who the fuck is this? How did you get this number?"
"I'm calling on behalf of Zan"
"Who is this?" he demanded loudly now
"My name is Liz. I know everything Nlkirol" she whispered "I know about the other shapeshifter and his deal with Kivar. I need you to come to Roswell to protect the Royals"
"And how do you know all this Liz?" he asked calmly, his tone giving away his temper "Why should I listen to you? I don't know how you found out what you know but rest assured you'd be dead before the sun sets"
"Oh I don't doubt that you would do that if I were a threat to the Antarian throne" she agreed "But I think you should listen to me. You're bound to me"
"Lady, you're delusional"
"That I may be Nlkirol but I carry the Third Seal" she explained and the line went quiet for a moment before he breathed heavily into the phone
"Well shit" he said "When did this happen? Zan's only sixteen, please tell me that he didn't sleep with some random hussy. I assume since you know all about me and the other shapeshifter you know of Ava"
"Yes I know of her and I know that she's nothing more than a pawn, Kivar's pawn. Max would never agree for her to be his bride. Now that we've got all the formalities out of the way I need you to come to Roswell. You must be aware of the recent incident that Max was involved in"
"Yes, the shooting"
"Well it's not just come to your attention. You remember the Special Unit don't you?" she asked and was met with silence "Well they're going to be taking a special interest in Max. I need you to keep that from happening, they're going to need a protector and the other one is in Kivar's pocket. I'm also going to need your help taking out Copper Summit"
"Yes" he laughed roughly "You really are delusional! You must be one gutsy little spitfire if you're thinking of taking on Nicholas! How old are you?"
"My age isn't in question here. I need to remove the Skins here on Earth, they're reporting back to Kivar and I need to cut off their flow of information. We'll be okay as long as they don't learn that we have the Granolith"
"You know of the Granolith" he went quiet, he sounded like he was scared "Does the king know of it?"
"Not yet but it's only a matter of time. I need you to come to Roswell... I want you to protect the rest of the Royal Four as best as you can while I'm away"
"Away?" he inquired "Away were?"
"I need you to look after them while I'm taking down Copper Summit"
"There's no one in hell I'm letting some girl carrying the Third Seal just go wandering into the Skins encampment. If you want me to come to Roswell then you wait for me to get there before you go wandering off!"
"Fine" she bit out "Get here as soon as you can" then she hung up. It had taken a lot for her to call him, she knew he'd be unbearable but he'd been vital in her past. Langley had saved their butts countless times and he'd given his life to protect both of them from being killed.
She looked round and the world seemed a lot darker and colder than she ever remembered it. She sighed deeply then spotted Isabel walking proudly through the halls.
"Vilandra" she whispered; Liz knew that she had to talk to her. There was going to be a lot of doubt and fear on Isabel's part when she discovered about her little folly in her past life. She crossed her path stopping the taller girl in her tracks "Isabel, I need to talk to you"
"Well tough luck because I'm not in the mood to deal with a peon like you" she said coldly, she was putting up a front against the harsh and nasty words Liz had pretty much yelled at her yesterday. She continued on her way but froze when she heard Liz plainly call down the hall after her
"I know about Vilandra" she shouted. Isabel slowly turned round and Liz could see the fear in her eyes. Isabel hurried her into an empty class room and shut the door
"Who is she? Why does that name sound so familiar?" she whispered almost begging
"You know Isabel. You know who Vilandra is... just think. You know what she did"
"No" she shook her head
"Yes. You have to hear it, Isabel, and it's better than you hear the truth from me. I'm not going to twist it about to achieve my own ends"
"No!" Isabel repeated adamantly
"You betrayed Zan. You let Kivar into the city!"
"NO!" she roared
"But he convinced you that he wanted peace. As soon as he was in he killed everyone. It wasn't your fault Isabel. Zan's death wasn't your fault; now listen to me. No matter what you hear or whatever anyone tells you. I want you to know that you weren't responsible and history is different this time. I believe in you"
"How can you say that? After what you just told me! You know I betrayed him! How can you trust me when I could do that again?"
"Because I know you're not Vilandra, you're Isabel Evans. The girl who would give her life trying to save her friends and family... that kind of sacrifice... Isabel... that is something that Vilandra could never achieve. That is why I believe in you"
"You know more about all this than you're letting on, don't you?" she asked the smaller girl rhetorically
"Yes I do" she answered "I'm..."
"You belong to Max" Isabel whispered interrupting her "Whoever you are I know you belong to him. You're doing this for him aren't you?"
"Yes" Liz said finally "I come from a world that was destroyed. I was the last of my kind... it's wicked of me, you know, I came back to stop my world from being destroyed because he asked me to. I didn't come back to save the lives of all the people who were killed, I came back because he asked me to. I've been through so much, I just want my happy ending"
"Why do you look like Liz Parker? What did you do with the real Liz?"
"I am Liz. I'm in love with your brother Isabel... in the future we're sisters in law"
"You and Max got married" she gasped, she was shocked "Somehow I'm not surprised. So... what was I like in the future?"
"Well after you lost Alex... you were very temperamental. You graduated early and you were going to leave but Max made you stay, then you met Jesse. You got married to him"
"Alex? Jesse?" she inquired
"Jesse was someone who worked in your dad's office. Alex... you loved him, he knew about you, and he loved you. You let him in and he was killed... that really broke you up"
"Have I met him yet? This Alex?"
"Yeah... you have. It's Alex Whitman" she told her and Isabel's eyes went wide
"Alex Whitman knows I'm an alien!"
"Not yet. As soon as Kal gets here I'm going to get everyone together and tell them"
"Wait... who the hell is everyone and who is Kal?"
"Kal is one of your protectors and everyone is all the people I trusted in the future. I'm going to show everyone what I know and they'll trust me"
"Yes but who are they?"
"You, Michael, Max, Maria, Alex, Kyle Valenti, Jim Valenti and me"
"You mean the Sheriff?! You can't tell him! He'll send us away!"
"No he won't Isabel. Jim died saving me, you and Kyle, it was a surprise attack and he shielded the three of us. You blasted the skin and Kyle held him in his arms as he died; there was nothing I could do for him. I can't heal like Max can"
"He died trying to save me?" she repeated "But he's the sheriff, he's going to lock us up. He's going to come after us and get us!"
"No Isabel... he's not. I trust him. With my life" the bell rang signalling the end of lunch. She sighed deeply "We'll talk more later..."
"Liz... wait! What you said, about you not being able to heal like Max can..."
"I'm like you now Isabel. Max changed me, I have powers... I became alien" she whispered. Isabel looked horrified but the other girl ignored it and left the room.
