Meeting Aunt Alex

When I woke up for the second time that day I was in a different position. I was sitting in Seth's lap with his arms around me. I had my head in the crook of his neck and my hands on his chest. I sat up and tried to scoot over but Seth held me in place. I blew my bangs out of my face, and sighed. I leaned back on his chest. Junkyard and Jack seemed to be getting along just fine in the front of the cab.

Growl

"Stop."

Growl

"Hey!"

Growl

"Sara!"

"He would appreciate it if you would pull over so he can relieve himself." She translated.

"Well we don't have time for that, now do we? He should have gone before we left Stony Creek."

Growl

"He is unpleased with your attitude." Sara said.

"Really? Is that the way he feels? Well let me remind him, I am a man and he is aDOG. And I am not about to have this, or ANY conversation with a DOG. So, my answer is still NO." Whenever he said dog, or no he glanced at Junkyard. A second later we pulled over and Junkyard got his wish. I jumped out and pulled Seth with me.

"Hey you wanna race?" Seth raised an eyebrow smugly.

"You sure, because I really don't want to beat you to bad…" Seth trailed off. I stared at him openmouthed.

"Was that a challenge, Seth?" He nodded.

"Good. There's hope for you still." We lined up and chose an end point. I yelled suddenly and took off.

"GO!" Seth drew level with me, and pulled ahead.

"Disparar." I muttered. I ran up behind him and jumped on his back.

"Whoa." He said surprised. I laughed and jumped off and ran ahead. He drew alongside me and threw me over his shoulder.

"AH!" I screamed and pounded on his back. My fists went right through him. Finally I gave up. I looked back at Sara and Jack. They where watching laughing. I waved and propped my elbows up on his back. They went through him to. I swung forward and my head went into his back.

"This is odd." I said. Seth laughed and set me down. I punched his arm.

"Who won?" I asked leaning against a bush and falling into it.

"You."

"Huh?" I asked.

"Our mark was the bush you are sitting in. You touched it first."

"Oh. Hm. Ha-ha." He rolled his eyes and stuck out his hand. I grabbed it and pulled him down besides me. He laughed as I jumped up and took off.

"Catch me if you can!" I yelled over my shoulder. I actually made it to the cab before he caught me. He picked me up from behind before I could slide in. He got in and pulled me into his lap. I leaned back with a contented sigh.

"Junkyard says thank you." Sara was crouched down by the front seat.

"Did he now? Anything else he wants?" Jack asked sarcastically.

"He says he would like a bone or a meaty treat?" She said completely serious. I glanced back at Seth.

"Your sister doesn't get sarcasm does she?" He shook his head.

"No, she doesn't." He whispered right next to my ear. I shivered.

"Top of my to-do list." Jack said. "Now get in." Sara slid in next to us. She glanced at Seth and giggled. I raised an eyebrow. Seth turned red.

"Sara. Care to tell what's so funny." Before Seth could stop her she explained.

"He thinks you are cute. And a lot if other things, like mhf-" Seth put his hand on her mouth. I grinned up at him.

"Awwww." He blushed. I kissed his cheek and turned back around. I must've passed out again because next thing I knew we where outside Planet Hollywood.

We all got out. Jack paid one of the valets to take care of the car and Junkyard and give him a meaty treat.

When we walked into the auditorium she was the only one there though the lecture was only half over. I squealed.

"AUNT ALEX!" She turned around and hugged me as hard as I was hugging her.

"Elaine! What are you doing here? Where is John?" My face clouded.

"Dad's at home. I ran away."

"What? Why?" She nearly yelled.

"Hyewiasaubusive." I mumbled.

"Come again?"

"He was abusive." She cupped my cheek and ruffled my hair. "Anyway. This is Seth," I pulled him by my side. He wrapped his arm around my waist. Alex raised an eyebrow at me. I blushed. "Sara, and Jack. You two have already met."

"We have?"

"Cab? Airport to hotel? Driver?" Jack tried to jog her memory.

"Ah! The non-believer. What are the odds?" She smirked. I snickered.

"He's a believer now." She glanced at me oddly.

"Listen, is there someplace we could talk?"

"The, ah, crowds in here making you nervous?" She glanced around the empty room. I laughed.

"A little more private than this." Creeper…

"Ah Jack no 'fence hun, but you sound like a creeper." I spoke up. Jack looked at me.

"Not now, Lane…" I rolled my eyes.

"Just trying to help your chances."

"Huh?"

"Your chances with my aunt, cuz trust me, you're gonna need it." Jack choked and Alex blushed.

"Sorry, but I-" Sara cut her off due to my suggestion she read Alex's mind.

I don't know exactly what she said but I knew that Alex was doubting her self. Again.

"How did you know that?" Alex was obviously creeped out.

"Oh it gets a lot better. Trust me." I added. Alex ended up taking us to an abandoned Mars exhibit.

-A very long very crazy sounding explanation (minus a few things *coughthelifethreateningparts cough*) later-

"Are you INSANE!" I looked from Alex to Jack.

"Yes." I said smirking. I mean I think I'm falling in love with an ALIEN. If that's not insane I don't know what is.

"I just thought YOU of all people would understand, would believe me, and would want to help!" They ignored me. Typical adults.

"What, because I'm a nut job speaking at the UFO convention?" She laughed and rolled her eyes, "Don't answer that." I snorted and walked over to Seth and Sara who where whispering excitedly and staring at Aunt Alex's laptop.

"Hey please don't tou-" Alex said turning her attention to the twins.

"You captured an image of our ship!" Seth said excitedly.

"You mean the smudge? You're telling me that you think that SMUDGE is your spaceship?" She asked disbelievingly.

"No. We don't THINK it is our spaceship. We KNOW it is our spaceship." Sara supplied.

"That's it! I'm out! Come on Elaine! Now I'll just take that-" She reached for her laptop. I stood on my tiptoes and whispered in Seth's ear and let Sara read my mind. Alex's hands went through her laptop. It started to fall, but Sara caught it with her mind. She raised her hand up the laptop mirroring her movements. She dropped it into Alex's hands.

"How…"

"Oh and they can do all this stuff too." Jack said smirking.

"You welcome." I yawned.

"Huh?" Jack said.

"It was my idea for that, ah, little incident to happen." Alex glared at me. Jack grinned.

"Who are you?" Alex asked Seth.

"Show her." Sara told him. Seth brought out his device. He put it on the small stand and pressed a few buttons. A bright white light blinded me. I blinked my eyes trying to clear them. When I could see clearly again I gasped.

I was standing in the Milky Way. Ok not literally. It was a 3d holographic image.

"DULCE! I MEAN SWEET!" I said backing up as I looked up. I backed up into someone. My legs flew out from under me. Strong hands caught my elbows before I hit the ground. I looked up into Seth's eyes and saw something I wasn't quite expecting.

Amusement. He started laughing at me.

"Glad I could amuse you so." I grumbled. He laughed a bit harder. I tried to stand up. My feet slipped out from under me AGAIN. Seth wasn't expecting me to fall AGAIN, so he didn't catch me. I landed hard on my butt. He had just stopped laughing at me, and now he was doing it again.

"Ow. Thanks for that Espiritu joven." I said annoyed.

"Sorry, I would have caught you but I wasn't expecting you to fall for a second time." I sighed and grabbed Seth's arm so I could stand up without falling over again. We walked over to Alex.

"Why did you come to Earth?" Alex got straight to business.

"Our planet is dying. Millennia of neglect has rendered our atmosphere unbreathable." Sara told her.

"Hm… Why does that sound ever so familiar?" I snorted to my self. Seth came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my middle and rested his head on my shoulder.

"Our parents are scientists who have studied Earth's changing climate in hopes for finding a cure for our planet." Seth put in.

"Our people's fears began to rise when our parents discovered a solution that our leaders were very interested in." Sara added on.

"Your planet… makes a suitable living environment for our kind. It would be as simple to abandon our dying planet and… occupy yours" Seth said. That sent a jolt through me.

"Wait, wait… So we're helping you conquer our own planet?" I asked in disbelief, twisting around to look at Seth. He shook his head.

"No! Most of the people on our planet are fiercely opposed to this idea." Sara told us.

"Good." I leaned back against Seth.

"But fear of extinction is triumphing among our people." Seth said.

"Mierda." I mumbled stiffening.

"But our parents discovered a solution. An experiment on an outpost here was successful in regenerating life into all previously dying plants and trees." Sara continued.

"So that means you can save your plant life thus regenerating the oxygen in the ruined atmosphere." I said. Whoa. Where'd that come from? Everyone looked at me oddly. I shrugged.

"So what's the catch?" Alex asked.

"Our military. They prefer invasion over science." Seth said.

"Which is why we had to hurry and retrieve the experiment." Sara said holding up her device from the underground forest. "All proof that our planet can be saved, and yours spared is in here."

"Where are your parents again?" Jack asked stepping forward.

"They where arrested for their opposition." Sara explained. Seth finished for her, "We agreed to complete the task for them."

"So what about the assassin robot?"

"WHAT?" Alex looked shocked.

"The Syphon warrior series Deranian 75 was created by our military." Sara said.

"They're bred to… hunt?" Alex got over her shock and asked.

"They're bred to kill." Seth said his voice filled with iron. "And if we don't return home in time, the invasion will proceed." I swallowed hard.

"We seriously need to find your spaceship." I smirked at Alex.

"So the fake-believer becomes a believer. Who woulda thought?" I said. Alex glared at me. On that note we left, following my aunt through the convention.

She kept having to wave away or dis men. And some of them were old or creepers.

"Geez, Alex." I muttered. She glanced at me from the corner of her eye irritated. Finally she stopped in front of a nerdy looking guy with oversized glasses.

"Ah, Dr. Freedman. You finally decided to accept my offer for a romantic Bentihavas dinner for two? Hazzah!" I blinked then looked at Alex. Her face was completely confused. I bit my lip hard, but couldn't keep my laughter in. I hurriedly turned it to a coughing fit.

"Three… three years ago? The screening for a Cooper footage. You where in the fourth row, second seat in a saucy flower print?" My jaw dropped a bit.

"Stalker…" I muttered. Jack nodded his head in agreement, and his fists tightened barely. Aw, he cares!

"Sorry I prefer to keep my work and social life separate. I don't date…" She coughed. I knew she was searching for a word that wasn't too offensive. "Colleagues." At least that was better than that other time…

"We need to see Harland right away." Alex finally got to the point. Stalker nerd opened his mouth but a man in a trench coat stood up.

"Dr. Harland is presently unavailable for consultations, but we are more than qualified to answer any of your questions." He said with more than a trace of arrogance.

"There is no time for that! It is a matter of life or death that we see Harland now." Alex's eyes blazed in annoyance. The trench coat guy held his hands up.

"Life and death? Uber-scary-drama-queen theatrics. What's the 411 sitch?" Jack moved and put his hand on Alex's shoulder and leaned forward.

"You're currently alive. Unless you take us to Harland you will be dead." He said calmly. They scrambled to take us to Harland after that.

"Nice one." I said and knuckle bumped Jack.

The nerds lead us to the parking lot. Stalker nerd knocked on the door of a RV. The person inside yelled something about later and book signings.

"Harland, it's Alex Freedman." A.A. called out. The door slowly opened reveling a creepy old man smiling at us.

"We have to speak with you. It's very important."

A short white lie later

"So you're saying the four of you witnessed this reported UFO crash?" Harland asked. We nodded.

"We where wondering if there's any Intel out there amongst your sources?" Alex asked. Harland looked at each of us in turn.

"I hate lying. I really don't like lying. I can tell when people are lying to me." Harland said. Seth stiffened but I causally grabbed his hand, and gave a tiny shake of my head when he glanced at me. He loosened up.

"But thankfully, your story checks out with all the reports I got from SETI, NORAD, and NASA." He continued.

"We have reason to believe a team of government sponsored covert operatives recovered the spacecraft." Seth stated taking a couple of steps forward so he was looming over Harland. I tugged on his hand.

"Okay, back up. This isn't space camp. Let the experts do their work." Then he glanced back at us. "You know, you're very lucky you three didn't come into contact with the aliens who where in that craft." I had to refrain from doing a face palm, hoping Seth and Sara wouldn't blow it. "They're like giant praying mantises. They eat your flesh." Oh that was worse than I was expecting. Seth blinked and cocked his head but Sara must've caught on because she spoke haltingly.

"Yes we are indeed lucky kids, not to have had, our flesh eaten by the aliens." I nodded trying to back her up. I got an awkward mental image of Sara and Seth eating my arm.

"You got that right. Okay let's get to work here." Harland turned back to Jack and Alex. Alex moved around me getting closer to Harland's computer, which he was typing away at.

"Where would they take the ship? 51, Nellis, Wright-Patterson, Vandenberg?" Harland shook his head.

" From the size and scope of the crash I'd say there's only one possibility." He told us.

"Witch Mountain." Stalker nerd, Trench coat and Harland all said together. Harland looked around our group and glared at them.

"What are we? A singing group? Let me talk and you guys nod a bit." The two stumbled over themselves to apologize.

"Witch Mountain. Here we go, California. About fifty miles north of Nevada. One of our top-secret facilities. I got a schematic here someplace." He grabbed a blue print and pointed it at Alex. "If you're planning on visiting, don't. When I say this place is fortified to the yin yang, I'm making an understatement. Here's the schematic. Do ya have the book?"

"Yes. Yes I do." Alex nodded.

"Alright then, here's an aerial view." He handed her a small piece of paper.

"Thank you, Harland. Thank you for… everything." Alex told him.

"Whatever trouble you're in… trust no one." He looked me in the eye. I blinked and nodded slowly. A small smile formed on my lips.

"Dr. Harland, I have a question." I spoke up.

"Hm?" He watched me closely.

"Will you do us a humungous favor?"

"Depends."

"Well you see, the men who apprehended the spaceship are convinced that we," I gestured to Seth, Sara and I, "Are the aliens. They are wrong of course, but it would be a huge help if you took our cab and lead them on a wild-goose chase." Harland gave me delighted grin.

"I'd love to, dear."

"It's Lane, and do you know a vehicle we could use to escape?" He thought for a moment.

"You could take my mobile home." I nodded and gave him a grateful smile. We left. Alex and Jack stared at me.

"What?" I asked.

"That- that was genius!" Jack said shocked.

"That hurts." I said indignant, " You're acting like I'm an idiot." Alex laughed at Jack's face.

"I- I didn't mean that! It's just…" He trailed off. I laughed and patted his arm.

"It's fine I get it. My awesomeness is too great for you lower beings to fully understand." I said. Alex rolled her eyes. Sara laughed. Seth smiled and wrapped an arm around my waist.

"You're right it is." He whispered in my ear. I laughed.

"See? Seth agrees with me!" He had a comeback prepared apparently.

"Actually, I meant for all the lower beings." He looked pointedly at Alex and Jack. Mostly Jack. I cracked up unable to help it.

"Burn!" I called out. We walked through the convention. Sara stopped and looked at us.

"Thank you, all three of you. Seth and I understand that you don't have to go forward with us. And yet you choose to." Seth nodded in agreement.

"You're welcome. Don't worry we'll get you home. I promise." Alex told them. I looked up at Seth.

"You'd have trouble convincing me to leave." He smiled happily.

"Good." He told me. I hummed. Alex turned to Jack.

"I'm gonna go upstairs, grab my stuff and we'll meet at the booth. Then we'll go get Harland's mobile home-" Jack cleared his throat.

"Alex listen… I can't let you come with us. If what Harland says is true, it's way too dangerous. Besides, they got in my cab, they're my problem."

"What?" Oh no, Jack. You really shouldn't have said that. You're in for it now I mentally chided him.

"Um… No. I have spent my ENTIRE life preparing for this moment, and now when I have two ACTUAL aliens in need of my help, you want me to WALK AWAY? Not gonna happen! Man up soldier! Just… lay low until we meet up."

"Sure. Lay low. Easy. How hard can that be?" Jack asked sarcastically. Alex left Jack staring at her form as it wound through the crowds.

"Whipped." I muttered to Seth. He raised an eyebrow.

"It means she's got him in love with her. Though I'm sure the feeling is mutual."

"Oh." Seth murmured. I grinned up at him.

"She thinks you are very handsome. And smarter than you think you are." Sara told Jack. I looked back at Seth, triumphantly.

"I never doubted you." He said.

"I know. I just like being right…" I trailed off.

"Is she really thinking about me?"

"Just as much as you are thinking about her." I sniggered. Jack swiped at my head. I ducked. It would've hit Seth but he hurriedly leaned to the side.

"Sorry Seth." Jack said. Seth grunted. Jack got back on topic.

"She didn't happen to mention that I was…" I put my hand on Sara's mouth.

"Don't inflate his already bloated ego. Please." She blinked then nodded. I let go of her mouth. Seth took my hand.

"Space Expo Number Nine! It's upstairs, c'mon!" A person in costume yelled.

"Should we go upstairs now?" Seth wondered.

"Yeah… sure." Jack said still looking after Alex. I bumped into him.

"Whipped." I made a whip sound, before following the twins upstairs.

"Wow. This is REALLY bad acting." Seth and Sara looked at me. I closed my eyes and shook my head. I settled my head on Seth's shoulder, breathing his scent. I couldn't place it. It was… alien. Oi. That's kinda cliché.

"Didn't I tell you to stay with me?" Jack asked from behind us.

"Is this a re-enactment of an important piece of Earth's history?" Sara asked.

"No. No it's just really stupid people trying to be actors." I said.

"Jack Bruno!" The Syphon came onto the stage. He loaded his shooter. Sara threw her hand out and the lights crashed onto the ROS (remember? Robot On Steroids). We ran out of the room as men in black with guns came in. I threw the bolts to the door. We ran downstairs and came to the casino part of the hotel. We ran into the middle of them.

There where people in black blocking all the routes of escape.

"Mierda." I muttered, shaking slightly. "Sara…" I drew her name out knowing she was the only one who could help right then.

"I'm on it." She raised her arms up and dragged them down grunting with effort. Every single slot game hit the jackpot. There was a huge mass of overexcited people. We hurried out. I saw Alex just coming out of the elevator.

"Over there!" I screamed at Jack. He hurried over to her and grabbed her hand.

"We gotta go. Now." He yelled over the cacophony.

"What happened to laying low?" Alex asked annoyed.

"Who lays low in Vegas?" Jack replied. I laughed in exhilaration. I must admit I'm a bit of a thrill seeker. We ran out to the parking lot me stopping and banging my fist on Harland's RV for about ten seconds nonstop. He threw me the keys to his mobile home. I flashed him a grin and handed him the keys to the taxi. I dragged my board out of my bag. I jumped on it and caught up to the others in seconds. I past them and got to the mobile home and had started and settled in the back before they even reached it.

"Vamos!" I yelled and Seth and Jack scrambled in after the girls.

"All right, all right. Geez." Jack mumbled. I smirked.

"Slow poke." He rolled his eyes.


Sorry I'm a day late... I was home for like 5 minutes on Saturday and totally forgot Sunday... This is actually like my favorite chapter... I really do love it... Esp. Harland for some reason cuz he creeped me out in the movie... Anyway, feedback is loved, flames are not.