Chapter 9. This chapter is going to be long. I really hope you guys are still with me after this one because its kinda confusing. It made sense in my head but I don't really know if it makes sense when I write it down. So bear with me guys. Here it is, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Roswell.

Max knocked on the door to the room number Zan had given him. He waited for a few moments before Zan opened the door.

"Yo. Max is here. Quit it you two." Zan said looking at his sister and her lover making out on one of the beds. Lonnie and Rath reluctantly moved away from eachother. Max looked uncomfortable at seeing what appeared to be Michael and Isabel together.

"Hi. Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt." He said looking embarrassed.

"It's cool." Rath said nonchalantly, moving away from Lonnie to sit on the sofa in their room.

"What's up?" Zan said. "I wasn't expectin' to see you for a few days."

"Well we discussed your offer this morning. I've considered it and I'd like to accept."

"Cool. When did ya wanna start? On your powers I mean." Zan said leaning back on the bed.

"I'd like to start as soon as possible." Max said.

"We haven't talked 'bout that yet. What exactly can you do?" Zan asked.

"Well I can heal and manipulate the molecular structure of things." Max said.

"Uh huh. And the others?" Zan asked him. Glaring at Rath and Lonnie who were sniggering.

"Well Isabel can dream walk and Michael well I don't exactly know what he does. He kinda just blows stuff up." Max explained.

"Tess?" Zan asked.

"She can mind warp." Max said.

"Ok." Zan said. "Anything else? Telepathy? Empathy?"

"No." Max answered. Zan just shook his head.

"How much is there that we need to learn?" Max asked.

"To get up to our level? Loads, and I don't think we have fully mastered our powers." Zan answered. Max sat down on the bed beside him and sighed.

"Not the answer you wanted huh?" Lonnie said.

"Not really. I figured we could learn a few things from you. I wasn't expecting this really. Though I cant say that we really knew what the potential of our powers were. We didn't know anything about where we came from or who we were until last year when we got the message from our mother." Max explained.

"Well we both got screwed over protector wise. Your's wasn't there when you broke out of the pods and ours decided that he digs earth now and ditched us as soon as he could. A lot of our knowledge of our powers came from having to protect ourselves on the streets. We learnt the survival skills that we needed." Zan said.

"He just left you?" Max asked astonished that anyone could leave four children alone especially in a place like New York.

"Yep. He's like some big Hollywood director or something now yo." Lonnie said with a disgusted look upon her face.

"Yeah. Every month he has this dude give us a check for money like we're his fricken children and he has to pay support." Rath said.

"Yeah and every month I just take the check and rip it up right in front of the dudes face. You'd think he'd get the picture by now." Zan said.

"So where's Ava?" Max asked changing the subject and looking around the hotel room for her. Zan scowled when he mentioned Ava's name.

"She's out." He said and closed his eyes for a second. "She's with that Liz girl." He said once he opened his eyes after scrying out Ava's location.

"What's she doing with Liz?" Max asked worriedly.

"Ava goes where she pleases." Zan shrugged. "Somethins up with her though. Somethin to do with her vision last night."

"But what would that have to do with Liz?" Max asked hastily.

"I don't know." Zan said frustrated. "She wont talk to me. She was out wanderin around town all day then came here. When I questioned she said it was nothing and left again. We ain't seen her since."

"Why go to Liz though?" Max voiced his thought.

"Your guess is a good as mine." Zan responded.

(Liz's house)

"I think we could use some ice cream right now." Liz said getting off the make shift bed and entering the kitchen. She came back with a tub of ice cream and two spoons.

"I've never done this before, just sat and had a girls night." Ava said as Liz handed her a spoon and a bottle of Tabasco sauce.

"Really? Maria and I used to do this a lot. The last time we did was when Max first kissed me and Michael kissed Maria." Liz said.

"That would have been somethin' to talk about." Ava agreed. "Lonnie and I sometimes sit and talk but Zan n' Rath are always round somewhere. Plus we're kind talking 'bout the others brother." She said.

"Yeah." Liz giggled.

"So why did you want to see the memory of future Max?" Liz asked wanting to talk about serious matters again.

"Well. I know you's don't really trust that Tess girl. Obviously I don't believe she is Ava because I know I am. I thought that maybe she could have made you see something that wasn't really there." Ava explained.

"You think she mind warped me?" Liz asked she hadn't even considered that.

"No. She didn't. If she had of Future Max would have appeared really fuzzy to me. But I could see him clear as day. He was real." She confirmed.

"So, do you have any other ideas?" Liz asked anxious to know every thing she could.

"A few." Ava answered not sure how much she should be telling this girl.

"Well?" Liz said pushing for answers.

"I'm not really sure if you'll understand but I'll try n' explain to you." Ava said. Liz nodded to show that she understood and was listening.

"On Antar I wasn't born into the royal family. I was Rath's little sister, no one really important until I met Zan at the palace when I was vistin' my bro. I fell in love with him and he with me. I had to undertake certain studies to be worthy of being queen. One of the studies was to understand the concepts of the Granilith. Now from what you've told me I know its here, in Roswell somewhere. I'm not askin you to confirm that or nothing. Just know that I know. Anyway's I learnt something's about it, mostly about its power capabilities. It is capable of doing what you said, travelling back in time. Time is an incredibly powerful thing The Granilith is one of the few things in this universe that has that much power, able to harness it. The Granilith has the ability to tap into time to send someone through a gap that is made. This person can change events to alter something that happened in the future. At different times in our lives we have to make important decisions, ones that affect the rest of our lives even the future of our world. This is where the gaps or tears are made. A decision needs to be changed in order for the future to be changed." Ava said.

"I don't understand. What decisions?" Liz asked desperately trying to understand what the girl was saying.

"Like Max made the decision to involve you in his life by telling you he was an alien. What if he hadn't told you? What if you two had never gotten together? His life would have progressed in an entirely different direction. When Tess showed up in Roswell he may have just accepted the fact that he was supposed to be with her. What if she is the enemy? Maybe just by telling you, Max saved his life and the lives of the people on our planet and lives of the humans on yours when Khivar decided to take over Earth as well. You see how decisions can affect the course of our future?" She asked Liz wanting to know if the other girl understood.

"Yeah. Keep going." Liz nodded eagerly.

"At these points different Universes occur. Like Alternate realities. These Alternate Universes run along side time and are intertwined firmly with it. There are billions and billions of these universes where the same people have made different decisions. When breaching time it is also very easy to breech these other Universes, crossing from one reality to another." Ava explained.

"So your saying that Future Max could of come from a different reality?" Liz questioned.

"Exactly. Therefore your future life with Max in this reality could have been totally different. Who knows maybe you two even lived happily ever after, with the whole kids thing and the white picket fences." Ava said grinning the girl did understand.

"But what about Tess? I mean she's here in this reality too. What if he did come from this reality?" Liz asked slightly panicked.

"I don't think so Liz. There's something about that Tess girl. I get this funny feeling when I'm near her like she's not important. She has nothing to with us. I don't know, if future Max was from this universe then maybe he got it wrong. Maybe he just guessed that Tess was the reason they couldn't fight efficiently enough." Ava voiced her own thoughts trying to make sense of this to herself.

"No that can't be. Future Max told me that they formed a complete unit. The four of them and that without Tess they weren't as strong and it fell apart." Liz said.

"I know Liz. But that just confirms my thoughts that this Max wasn't from our time line. All I know is that in this universe that Tess isn't important. She isn't the one that completes the four square." Ava said.

"Then who is?" Liz asked.

"I don't know." Ava sighed dejectedly. "This future Max didn't even mention us. I mean Me, Zan, Lonnie and Rath, together we make up our four square. With our powers and the others combined we should have been able to defeat those enemies. Surely he would have mentioned something about us. I mean Max as we speak is with Zan forming an alliance. We have far too much honour to back out of a deal like that. All I can say Liz is that if Future Max did come from this time line and the world will end if we cant form two four squares, we had better hope to hell that we find your Ava, and soon."

(A/N: Ok people there it is. I would really appreciate lots of feedback on this chapter. If you don't understand what I'm getting at I may have to rewrite this chapter. I really hope you like this story. Well PLEASE review.)