Disclaimer: i do not own any of the characters or any of the places although I wud lyk Zan. :D

This is the sequel to 'If Only Things Were Perfect'. I strongly advise you to read that before you read the following.

Summary: warning: this may give away the prequel.

i just want 2 add that my story is after 'Summer of '47' and Future Max went to himself instead. The only change I want to make before that episode is that Courtney doesn't exist. Also the characters didn't bother with Whitaker's death (episode 'Harvest') so didn't meet the other Skins.

Max and Liz are of course the happy couple without any problems. Maria and Michael are still on a rocky edge but of course care deeply for each other. Alex is dating quite solidly with Isabel. Isabel, though, is having second thoughts about Alex when she meets Jesse Ramirez…Since she's more into Jesse she doesn't care as much about Grant Sorenson.

Also the people that were in the summit are pretty unhappy that there were only 'two' people left in the Royal Four. Lonnie and Rath are having flashes of what happened that night when Ava erased their memories…But apart from that everything is perfect. :D

i also realise dat at my previous story when michael and maria kissed there was a flash of maria catching michael out with courtney. argh! the horror. sorry! lets say courtney booked out of town and no one really noticed...

Author's Note: i just want 2 say i doubt that this story will be as good as the first. :( and just a query… 'who do you think is better for Iz: Alex or Jesse?' if you review plz put your thought!

I want to say that I only discovered Roswell a few months ago. I haven't watched any of the episodes so I decided to buy the DVD box set. The only problem is that I live in Australia and they only have the first two seasons. So I apologise for some mistakes I made (eg. Isabel not touching a photo when dream walking, Tess closing her eyes when mindwarping). I also apologise if I miss something critical since I haven't seen the last season.

Also I have started a new story 'Living With My Best Friend's Rival', so if you're free, please have a read! thanks! lots of love, tiff

Feedback to Reviews: thank u 2 keirah reviewin! this chapter is not as good as the others so i apologise! thanx also 2 ­Blame It On Love for reviewin! hope this one is good enough! LoL.

i appologise 2 though that are reading for how long the update took. the last times i tried it wouldn't work so i'm glad it did now! yay:)

Chapter Ten

Liz nervously glanced at her boyfriend from the corner of her eye. He looked so tense like he was about to spring off at any second. Liz could understand why Max would be upset but this upset! It was insane.

"Uh…where are we going?" Alex anxiously asked from the back, his voice coming out slightly high.

"Maybe you should know, since you're dating my sister!" Max snapped.

"Max!" Liz said appalled.

She could not understand how insensitive her boyfriend was being. He may be the king back in Antar but here he definitely was not.

"What?" Max growled at her.

Liz couldn't help the sting of pain with by the way he addressed her. She hadn't done anything wrong so why should he be cold at her?

Max screeched to a stop outside his house.

"Wait here," he commanded in a deadly voice.

When Max stormed into his house Maria, who had her arms wrapped around Michael protectively, whispered, "What crawled up his a?"

"Don't ask," Liz sighed.

"Do you know why we stopped here?" Michael asked tonelessly.

Liz couldn't believe what he done but she couldn't blame him. He acted on impulse and he was hurt. She also couldn't believe he was back either; she had truly believed he was gone.

It was so sweet to see her best friend and Michael reunite. It was such a blissful moment, Liz's eyes filled with tears. Maria deserved to be happy.

"No," Alex said answering Michael's questions.

Michael looked a bit uncomfortable continuing on but he said, "I know I'm no leader but I don't think looking for Izzy now is very important. I think we should try and stop Nicholas. He could come back with an army."

Liz felt a sour taste enter her mouth. An army from Antar trying to take away her Max. It was unbearable.

"You're right," Liz whispered scared that Max would appear. "But I don't think Max is very happy right now."

"You got that right," Maria grumbled.

Max returned, running his hand through his hair looking dishevelled. His beautiful eyes were haunted.

"Isabel's not in there I have no idea where she would be," Max said hopping back into the jeep.

"Maybe we should split up," Liz suggested hopefully. "Maybe two of us look for Iz and three of us go after Nicholas."

"If that's so," Michael said cutting off Max. He quickly hurried on when he saw Max's look. "Max and I should go. Putting your lives in danger is not what any of us want. Nicholas is…strong."

Max snorted and Michael turned red. For once, Michael didn't yell back.

"Max?" Liz asked uncertainly. "What should we do?"

"You, Maria and Alex look for Isabel and warn her about Nicholas," Max ordered. "Michael and I will go for the Granilith."

"Okay," Liz said in a small voice.

She knew fighting with Max right now would be wasting precious time. She didn't want to look for Isabel, she wanted to help Max and watch his every move.

"Good," Max said roaring the Jeep back to life. "I'll drop you guys at Maria's on the way."

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Every cell inside Jesse hurt. Everything was blurry. He hardly remembered anything except a little kid taking Isabel away.

Isabel! Oh, God, was she okay!

Aliens. He had thought that maybe they were okay since Isabel was. But that kid was purely evil. And he kept calling Isabel Vilandra. It sounded like an alien name and Isabel had not seemed so foreign to him before.

Jesse struggled to get on his feet. It was useless. He was too weak and everything was swarming in front of him.

He took in a deep breath. It burnt his lungs and made him feel dizzier.

He had to do something. He had saw the fear in Isabel's eyes. He had to save her.

Suddenly a beep seemed to clear his head a bit more.

"Oh great, I reached your answering machine. It's Phillip, I have a new case…"

Yes, he could tell Phillip Evans. But what? A small kid came in and took Isabel? He would sound crazy.

Gritting his teeth, Jesse forced himself to crawl on, ignoring the pain that was burning his flesh.

Don't hang up.

It was just a few more inches away. If only he could reach it…

Please don't hang up.

Thinking of Isabel, Jesse used all his energy to pick up the phone. Yes!

"He…hello?" Jesse coughed. His voice was rusted and his throat hurt.

"Jesse, is that you?" Phillip asked sounding concerned. "Are you okay?"

No, I'm not bloody okay. I just had the worst hours of my life.

"Isabel," Jesse croaked. What was that kid's name! He heard Isabel yell it out.

"What! Isabel, what's wrong with Isabel!" Phillip demanded sounding frantic.

Nicholas that was his name.

"Nicholas…" Jesse said heaving in another painful breath. "He…has…Is…"

It was too much. Jesse had used up too much of his energy. He dropped the phone and he fell onto the floor.

Somewhere he dimly heard Phillip yell but he was drifting away.

I hope you're going to be okay, Isabel. It was Jesse's last thought before blackness embraced him.

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"Blasted hell!" Phillip Evans cursed as he redialled Jesse for the fourth time. He wasn't picking up!

Phillip had never been so scared in his whole life. His daughter, his precious Isabel, was in trouble. He was sure of it.

He gave up on calling Jesse and tried Isabel. No luck there either.

Sweat was breaking out on Phillip's forehead. Not Isabel, please not his daughter. He tried Max.

Please pick up, he prayed.

"Hello?" Max's gruff voice filled Phillip's head.

"Oh, Max, thank goodness," Phillip said breathing a sigh of relief. Max knew what to do, he always did.

"Listen, I'm sort of busy, see ya," Max said tiredly.

"Hang on!" Phillip cried before he could hang up.

"What?"

"It's Isabel," Phillip panted.

"What?" This time Max sounded more awake and urgent. "What is it?"

"Jesse called and said Isabel," Phillip said trying to remember. How could he forget! He was only talking to him a few minutes before! "He said Nicholas as well. I don't know what it means but—"

"Thank you," Max said and hanged up.

Phillip stared at his mobile in disbelief. He had always let his children do whatever he desired but from now on, he was going to find out the truth. Max and Isabel had both been acting strange since they became friends with Liz Parker.

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Michael silently winced as Max sped up the Jeep. He was going so fast Michael wouldn't be surprised if the Jeep blew up.

"Who was that?" Michael asked.

Michael knew that he deserved whatever the gang decided to do with him but he never thought Max would crack it this bad. Max had knew him the longest so he should at least understand.

"My dad," Max said tensely. "He said Jesse called him and Jesse said something about Isabel and Nicholas. I think Nicholas might have her."

Jesse. That name again. Where had he heard it?

Then Michael remembered. Jesse was who Isabel was talking to on the phone when Michael talked to her earlier before. He had thought it was a girl but Jesse Ramirez, who associated with Phillip Evans, was a guy. No, a man. Why was Isabel with him?

"Is Isabel close with Jesse?" Michael asked.

"Don't know and don't care," Max snapped. "Isabel's life is in danger, I'm sure of it."

Of course. All hail Max-the-King, he whom must be obeyed.