Title: Power
Author: Raven
Rating: PG-13
Couples: M&M
Summary: Maria, Tess and Adam grew up on Military base and are sent after podsquad by Pierce
A.N. This would be longer but stupid work called me in early, so i can't finish it, the next part they will defintely meet
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"You think Michael killed Topolsky?" Isabel ranted; the only response she got was an odd silence. "What's wrong with you? How could you think Michael's capable of that?"

Michael looked around the room at the faces of his friends and family, and finally understood what they thought of him. They were scared of him, they actually thought he could kill somebody, so he decided to tell them what they wanted: "I did it! I killed Topolsky, then stupidly left my knife with my initials on the body! And, if that's not enough of a calling card, I left a nice alien handprint behind, just for kicks!"

Everyone in the room looked stunned, except for Isabel who looked pissed. "Michael, tell them the truth! If you don't I will!"

"Fine, we where at the library!"

There was an echo of confusion, causing Valenti to ask, "Wanna run this by me again!"

"Isabel and I went to the library! We were there for the past hour, if you don't believe us you can ask the librarian."

"Why were you at the library?" Max asked.

"Answering his message!" Isabel said quietly.

"You did what?" Max bellowed, causing everyone to jump.

"We answered Nasedo's message!" Michael said looking Max right in the eye, "You may not care about finding home, but we do! And, Nasedo is the key to finding our answers, so we answered his call."

"So how did your knife get on the crime scene?"

"I don't know!"

"Sheriff, where did you say you found the body?" Alex asked, speaking for the first time.

"About three miles into the woods, near the first clearing!"

"Wait! Michael did you have your knife on you when we met Topolsky?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Because that's right near our meeting spot! Maybe you dropped it then!" Kyle said excitedly.

Suddenly they heard a loud banging noise and Courtney appeared through the swinging door, "What?" she asked as they were all staring at her.

"Aren't you covering the floor?" Liz asked.

"My shift's over!"

"What?"

"It's seven o'clock so my shifts over."

"Can you stay 'til after the dinner rush?"

"No!"

"I'll pay you double! Agnes called out, so it's only me and Michael, and we opened we could really use the extra help."

"Sorry, I've got a hot date tonight! Now if you all don't mind I need to change, so shoo!" She started making shooing motions with her hands.

"Yeah right! Like anyone would date you!" Isabel said in an icy voice. Courtney let out a low growl then disappeared down the hall toward the bathrooms. "Liz, if you and Michael really need the help, I guess I could fill in tonight!"

"Really?"

"Yeah! I could use the extra spending cash! Where's the extra uniforms?" Isabel asked as she followed Liz upstairs to change. Ten minutes later both girls returned wearing the green polyester uniforms.

Max gave Liz a kiss goodbye then turned to Isabel and Michael; "We'll be having a discussion about this first thing in the morning!"

"Whatever you say, Fearless Leader!" Michael said sarcastically, as he walked into the kitchen.

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"Why does everyone in this stupid town have little green men on their brains?" Tess whined, looking at the diner they just pulled up to. It had little plastic and inflatable aliens in the windows, and the sign was a spaceship that had been made to look like it crashed into the front of the building, and said The Crashdown Café.

"Because the people around here are obsessed Tessie! They seem to think there was some kind of alien invasion in '47 and that the government played a game of cover-up. But we don't believe in little green men, now do we?" Maria replied with a mixture of amusement and disgust in her voice.

"Obsessed or not, I'm hungry so lets get some food!" Star said, grabbing both Maria and Tess and pulling them into the restaurant. Looking around Maria almost laughed, it was like the restaurant time forgot. Even the waitress' were wearing these polyester dress things that looked as if they were left over from the fifties and topped off with alien head aprons and antennas. There was even a sign that said, "Please Seat Yourself!" Shrugging she followed Tess and Star over to a booth in the corner and pulled out a menu.

A tall blonde approached them and said, "Welcome to the Crashdown, where the food is outta this world! I'm Isabel I'll be your server, can I start you off with any drinks or appetizers?

"UmmI'll have a Cosmic Cherry Cola and a Will Smith Innocent Bystander Burger!" Maria closed her menu and placed it back behind the napkin dispenser.

"That sounds great, I'll have the same! What do you want Tessie?"

"I'll take a Abduct-Tea, Grilled Mooncheesse Sandwich and Orbit Rings!"

"So that's: two cherry colas, two burgers, one tea and one grilled cheese?" Isabel clarified, at their nod she said, "Okay I'll bring your drinks out in a moment."

"Well I guess that's phase one complete," Tess said as she watched Isabel disappear toward the kitchen.

"Yeah, now the fun part, infiltrating their group!"

"No worries Mia, we'll figure it out!" Star smiled as she saw something on the counter, "As a matter of fact I think I just found a good place to start!"

"And, where is that?" Tess asked as she glanced around the room, her eyes finally resting on what Star had seen. Isabel had reemerged at the table carrying their drinks, "Excuse me Miss?"

"Please call me Isabel!"

"Okay, Isabel! We couldn't help but notice the sign on the counter, is it current?"

"What?" Isabel asked looking at the counter, "You mean the help wanted sign?"

"Yeah!"

"The Crashdown is always looking for new waitresses, would you like an application?"

"I wouldn't but my sister would!" Tess said smiling at Maria, "Isn't that right?"

"Huh?" Maria asked, and felt both Star and Tess kick her under the table, "Oh yeah right! I would love an application!"

Isabel handed her an application and ink pen out of her apron and asked, "So are you guys new in town?"

"Yeah, I'm Star Harris! This is Maria and Tess Fisher! Do we stand out that much?" Star asked.

"No, it's just Roswell isn't that big of a town. And, everyone knows everyone else, so when someone new shows up it's easy to tell!"

"But don't you get a lot of tourist around here?" Maria asked as she filled out the application.

"Yeah, but tourist don't usually apply to work at the Crashdown!" Isabel smirked.

"I guess your right!"

"Well how do you like it so far?"

"It's too early to tell, but it's definitely better then some places we've been!" Maria said staring intently at the pen absently twirling it between her fingers. Suddenly they heard someone yell from the kitchen, "Hey orders up! I'm not cooking for myself ya know!"

"Coming Michael! I'll be right back with your food!" She said and went off to get their food.

"So why exactly do I get to be a waitress?"

"Because you'd look so cute in the uniform!" Tess giggled.

"Funny, but seriously!"

"Honestly, because Tess told me about the whole drooling over that Michael boy's picture, and according to his file, he's the cook here!"

Maria didn't say anything, but she could feel her face growing red. When Isabel returned setting their food on the table she handed her the application, "I'll give this to Mr. P. he won't be here until the morning though!"

"Thanks!" Maria said and started eating her dinner. By the time they were done eating and had gotten Adam's food, the restaurant had dwindled down to only a few customers. "I'm gonna go to the bathroom while you guys pay alright?"
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Michael looked at the clock and wanted to do a happy dance, it was closing which meant he could soon go home and sleep. Secretly he was hoping to have another dream like he did last night, with the mystery girl in it, he couldn't stop thinking about her all day. So when he glanced in the café and saw Liz had turned the open sign off, he started rushing to get the place clean, gathering all the trash, he half ran to the Dumpster. When he walked back through the door however, he stopped dead in his tracks. A girl was coming out of the bathroom, dressed in pair of cutoff denim shorts that hung just below the knee and a black baby doll tee shirt that showed her mid-drift. Her blond hair hung past her shoulder in delicate curls, when she turned around he could make out part a tattoo on her back. It was a little alien dressed in hippie clothes giving the peace sign. No it can't be her, it's just my mind playing tricks on me! He thought, as he closed his eyes and counted to ten. Reopening them, he saw the hallway was empty, so he went out onto the floor, "Hey Liz! Did you see where that girl went?"

"What girl?"

"The blond one, that just came from the bathroom!"

"I didn't see anyone Michael!"

He walked into the back defeated.