Sorry I didn't update yesterday, it wasn't finished!
Chapter 6
Max walked into the house, whistling as he made his way over to the living room, where his parents and Isabel were watching the TV.
"Hey honey, have a good time with Liz tonight?" Diane asked, from where she sat next to her husband.
"Yep," Max replied. "I'm gonna get a drink, would you like something?" he asked and got shaking heads in reply. He headed into the kitchen and grabbed the carton of orange juice and a glass. He turned around and saw Isabel standing on the other side of the counter. "What do you want?" Max asked.
"For you to drop this ridiculous charade you have with Liz," Isabel stated and Max shook his head.
"Forget it," he replied and Isabel blew out a frustrated breath.
"Max, we'll have our enemies after us, Liz won't be able to do anything. She just a human being who has nothing to do with us!" Isabel snipped and jumped back when Max slammed his glass onto the counter and saw the anger in his eyes.
"If it wasn't for Liz, we wouldn't have answers. I don't see Tess and Naseco coughing them. Even Pierce gave me more answers than them. Liz is the reason we even knew that there was more of us out there," Max gritted out. "It's thanks to Liz I'm even alive!"
"It's thanks to her you were captured!" Isabel hissed out and took a step back when Max made his way round the round the counter and stood in front of him, barely holding onto his anger.
"No, it's thanks to Naseco, he took Liz and I wasn't going to stand by and let her be harmed, now stay the hell out of my life!" Max hissed before stalking off to his room.
Isabel huffed as she headed to her room and grabbed the yearbook. If she couldn't get through to Max, she'll get through to the human.
Liz sighed as she turned in her sleep as she fell deeper into her dreams. She smiled slightly when Max appeared in her dreams and leaned down to kiss her when all of a sudden she felt cold washing over her. She opened her eyes to see that Max was gone; she spun around and stopped when she saw Isabel standing there in her PJs.
"What are you doing Isabel?" Liz asked and Isabel shrugged.
"Came to show you the truth," Isabel told her. "You and Max are not meant to be together and you know it yet you can't let go of this little fantasy you both having, that you are living in a perfect little world where Max is completely human," Isabel explained as she waved her hand, showing a image of Max using his powers to save people. "He's an alien Liz, he would never fit in with this world at all, he needs to be able to use his powers to save us but he won't be able to while he is with you. It was your fault that he was chased and kidnapped you know," Isabel whispered as the image changed and Liz found herself lying on the ground with Max hovering over her, healing her. Then it changed to Max lying on the table, strapped down as Pierce held the scalpel over his chest. "He lived a life free of danger then you came along and got yourself shot, forcing Max to save you."
"NO!" Liz screamed. "Max saved me because he's Max, it's a part of him!" Liz shouted.
"Liar!" Isabel snapped. "Max is there for us, not for you, he has a love – Tess." an image appeared, showing Max and Tess hugging and laughing, both of them had wedding rings on their left hands. Liz closed her eyes as she turned her head. "He is meant to be with Tess, his true equal, one who matches him in everyway." An image appeared of Tess using her powers to help save Max while Liz stood outside, helpless, unable to do anything that could save Max. "You hold him back from the king he could be, the leader that we need to lead us back home and to defeat our enemies and return to our family, living the life we're suppose to." An image of Tess and Max getting married appeared then Tess getting pregnant with Max's child, both of them, deliriously, happy.
Liz closed her eyes in pain as Isabel twisted the knife once more. "Max and Tess belong together and you know it," Isabel stated as Liz's dreams turned to when she caught Max and Tess kissing outside of the Crashdown in the rain. "He loves her but is only with you because he feels he has to as he saved your life. Tess is his true love, they were married in their past lifetime. What are you going to do when Max finally regains all of his memories of how he was in love with Tess in their past life and drop you for his true and only love. His queen," Isabel stated before dropping out of the dream walk.
She sat up as a self-satisfied smirk curled her lips as she dropped back down on the bed and stared at the ceiling, she was finally going to free Max so Tess can take up her true place by Max as his queen and they could finally free their real family and go home where they belong.
Liz bolted up in bed as she felt the tears come to her eyes. She wasn't upset, she felt violated that Isabel went into her head and messed it about. She was frustrated that no one seemed to accept her and Max's relationship and desperately wished that she had gone against her feelings about coming back to Roswell and just moved into their home.
She reached over and picked up the phone, she dialled a number and held the phone to her ear.
/Hello/ A groggy female voice answered.
"Maria," Liz called and Maria snapped herself awake.
/Liz, what's wrong/ Maria asked and Liz felt the tears come back again.
"I need someone to speak to," she sobbed out and Maria nodded.
/Okay, I'm coming right over/ she informed before placing the phone down and got dressed before she snuck out of her window and hurried over to the Jetta.
Maria found herself outside in the alleyway; she looked at the ladder, and eyed it distrustfully before gathering her nerves and made her way up toward the balcony and climbed over the led. She made her way over to the window and looked in, she saw Liz sitting on the middle of the bed and tapped the window lightly.
Liz turned to face her, startled. She got off the bed and moved over to the window and let Maria in. Maria swung herself into Liz's room and shut the window behind her before leading Liz over to the bed. "What's wrong?" Maria asked and Liz wiped away the tears.
"Isabel dream walked me," Liz told her and Maria rocked back in shock.
"What? Why?" Maria demanded and Liz let out a bitter laugh.
"To get Max and I to break up, she not happy about me being a human being and holding Max back from his destiny with Tess, his true and only love," she quoted the last part and Maria enveloped her best friend in a hug, when Liz's face was out of view, her eyes harden into murderous rage, she was going to make Isabel regret that she even had the power to dream walk.
"Everything will be okay," Maria promised as she stroke back Liz's hair as she grabbed her cell phone, she was going to get some backup.
Isabel made her way into the kitchen with a spring in her step.
"Good morning honey, you look happy," Diane, stated when she saw her daughter and Isabel smiled brightly as she sat down at the table next to her father.
"It's because it's a gorgeous day and I have a feeling that everything is gonna go my way," Isabel stated as she filled her plate with pancakes. "Where's Max?" she asked.
"He needed to go and see someone, got a phone call this morning from Alex," Phillip informed her and Isabel nodded.
"Alex probably needed help moving some computer stuff," Isabel stated as she grabbed the jug of honey.
"What is going on with you and Alex dear?" Diane asked. "I haven't seen him about lately."
"Oh, he's too busy with the new girl that came to Roswell, he broke up with me to be with her," Isabel stated as she felt the tears sting the back of her eyes as she thought about Alex moving on so quick after she broke up with him.
"What?" Phillip demanded and Isabel nodded.
"He did, but I'm okay, I know that there is someone else out there for me," she promised him and he nodded.
"But why on earth is Max is hanging around with Alex after he broke your heart?" Diane asked and Isabel laughed slightly.
"Because Alex is Liz's best friend and as Max is dating Liz, he has no choice to but to be friends with Alex, plus, he thinks Sarah is better for Alex than me," Isabel stated and Diane shook her head, she needed to have a word with Max. She had a feeling that she wasn't getting the whole story from her daughter.
She turned back to the cooker when all of a sudden the backdoor was slammed open, bouncing off the wall from the impact.
Max stormed into the kitchen through the backdoor, causing his parents to look up at him in concern and Isabel to look up, still feeling proud of herself.
"Hey Max," she greeted but blanched when she saw the murderous rage in his eyes.
"Max?" Diane asked, concern shining in her tone.
"You BITCH!" Max snapped as he lunged at his sister only for Phillip to snap into action and held his son back. "You Selfish Manipulating Bitch!"
"Maxwell Alexander Evans!" Diane snapped as she stood up and watched as her daughter take a step back, fear in her eyes.
"She played with Liz!" Max exclaimed. "She got into Liz's head and told her that Liz was to break up with me because Tess is my true love!" Max shouted as he fought his father to get at his sister. "I'm going to kill you!" he shouted as he glared at Isabel.
"Isabel, what is he taking about?" Diane asked, Isabel opened her mouth to feign confusion when there was a slam of a door opening and a blonde blur shot it's way into the kitchen and a fist came out of nowhere, clipping Isabel's solidly in the eye.
Everyone turned to see James holding his furious girlfriend back.
"I'm going to kill you," Maria snapped as she fought James's hold.
"What's going on here!" Phillip demanded and James noticed that no one was going to speak so he took it upon himself; he wanted answers to what the hell was going on.
"From what I gather, Isabel hasn't been happy with Max and Liz's relationship. Isabel called Liz last night and played with her head, saying that Liz isn't good enough for Max and that Tess is Max's equal and true love. Apparently she is trying to break up Max and Liz," James explained and Phillip let go of Max, as he and Diane looked at their daughter in a stunned shock.
"Is this true?" Diane asked, Isabel just hung her head, not saying anything while Max snorted with disgust.
"I'm leaving," Max told them. "I need to go and make sure Liz is okay after the violation she experienced and that she doesn't believe Isabel," Max informed before leaving the house.
"I swear to god Isabel, mess around with Liz again, no one will be able to hold me back," Maria swore before pulling herself out of James' lock hold and walked out of the house with James following her.
"Isabel, I'm so ashamed of you," Diane stated. "I have never seen your brother so happy when he is with Liz and you want to destroy that?" she demanded. "You want to ruin your brother's happiness?"
"He's not meant to be with Liz!" Isabel protested and Diane shook her head.
"Isabel, Max is a big boy, he can decide who he wants to be and if he wants to be with Liz, you should respect it!" she told him.
"Even when he loves Tess?" Isabel countered and Phillip pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Isabel, Max had made it very clear that he doesn't even like Tess, I don't understand why you keep pressuring this!" he told her. "Max wants to be with Liz and if that's what he truly wants, you should respect it!" he told her; Isabel opened her mouth to protest when Diane jumped in.
"End of discussion Isabel!" Diane snapped. "Leave your brother alone, if he wants to be with Liz, he'll be with Liz. No one is forcing him to stay with Liz and I, for one, is happy that your brother has found someone who obviously cares a great deal about him and I will not have you phoning or talking to Liz about breaking up with Max," she told her. "Now go to your room and think about what you've done and I expect you to make an apologies to Liz for violating her like that and to your brother for trying to run his life." Diane held firm as she watched as Isabel open her mouth to protest but she kept her mouth shut and stalked back to her room while Diane turned to Phillip.
"Is it just me or do you feel there's more to what's going on than anyone is telling us?" Phillip asked and Diane shook her head.
"They'll tell us when they're ready," she assured him and he nodded as he sat down at his place at the table and sighed.
"Good morning alright," he muttered and Diane smothered a smile as she turned back to her cooking, hoping that her son was alright and hasn't done anything dangerous on the way to see Liz.
Max made his way up to the apartment, he knocked on the door and Jeff answered it, he smiled when he saw him.
"Hey Max, just head into her room, I think she's watching a film," Jeff told him and Max nodded.
"Thanks," he told Jeff before making his way over to Liz's room, he stepped in and shut the door before turning around to see his girlfriend sitting in the middle of the bed, hugging a pillow. "Oh baby, I'm so sorry," Max whispered as he crossed the room, sat in front of Liz and pulled her into his lap, holding her close as he cursed his sister for trying to wreak the best thing that ever happened to him.
"Why is she doing this to me?" Liz demanded as she pulled away, Max shook his head.
"I don't know, she tried to get me to break up with you last night but I didn't listen, I even told her to stay out of my life. It must have been after that, she dream walked you," Max told her and she shook her head.
"God, I don't think I've ever felt so violated," she whispered and Max nodded as he understood, it was how he felt after Tess had used her damn mind warps on him.
"I know," he whispered as he leaned down and kissed her, she whimpered as she slipped a hand into his dark hair as she kissed him back, her tears mixing in when Max was suddenly hit with a flash. He saw everything that Isabel put her through, all the images and such.
He pulled away from Liz with growl, his anger returning to the boiling point when Liz pulled his head back down and took his lips back into her, this time the images were of him and Liz in bed together, all the fantasies that Liz had thought up about him had Max growling for a completely different reason as desire washed over him as she turned in his body, straddling him.
Max cupped her butt, pulling her in closer when he heard footsteps heading toward the door, they pulled themselves apart when the door opened, revealing Mrs. Parker standing in the door way.
"Your friends are waiting for you down the stairs," she informed them before shooting Max a look then walking off, Liz turned to Max and he pulled her into a hug.
"It'll be okay Liz, they won't come anywhere near you with this stupid notion again," Max told her as he held her closer to him, stroking back to her hair while Liz held onto him, revelling in his closeness. "Ready?" he asked after a few minutes and he nodded.
"Lets go," she told him and they both stood up, linked hands and made their way out of the apartment.
Max and Liz made their way down the stairs; they headed into the Crashdown but stopped when they saw Alex, Maria, Tess, Isabel and Michael standing there. Liz's grip tightened around Max's hand, causing him to look down at her, he let go of her hand and pulled her in closer to him, wrapping an arm around her waist before turning back to the others.
Maria and Alex nodded, showing their support before moving away from the remaining members of the pod squad and just watched to see what was going to happen.
"I'm telling you right now and right there, if anyone of your go near Liz again with the intention of breaking us up, I will leave Roswell, with Liz, and you will never hear from either one of us again and you can fight the war on your own," Max promised and held up his hand at the protests. "I'm staying with Liz because I love her and there is nothing or nobody who can stop me." He left the Crashdown with Liz, not once looking back.
Max and Liz made their way up the pathway of the Evans' house; Max opened the door and let Liz step through before stepping in himself. They both headed over to the kitchen, Liz sat down at the counter as Max moved about getting a drink for them both.
"Are you okay?" Liz asked and Max turned around to look at her.
"Aren't I suppose to ask you that?" Max asked and Liz smiled gently as she tilted her head slightly to the side.
"Max, Isabel just invaded my brain, she betrayed you though," Liz pointed out and Max sighed as he moved around the counter and sat down next to her, handing her the glass of orange juice and reached out to stroke back a lock of her hair.
"I know, which makes it difficult, I don't know if I can forgive her," he admitted, Liz leaned over and placed her hands on his thighs.
"Max, she is your sister, she is just looking out for you," she whispered and Max looked at her.
"At the expense of making you see images that are not going to happen? Blaming you for things that weren't even your fault?" he asked and Liz sighed as she tilted her head back.
"God Max, I don't know," she whispered and he cupped her chin, forcing her to look into his eyes.
"Just tell me you don't believe anything she said," he told her and she looked to the side and Max nodded. "See, she's already getting to you, she planted the seed and all she has to do is wait and let it grow so you'll push me toward Tess," Max explained and Diane stepped through, they looked at her and from the look on their face, they could tell that she overheard them.
"I don't want you to listen to Isabel," Diane told Liz. "She is just jealous that you have her brother, all those years, she had Max to herself and now that Max has found someone special, she is feeling a little out of the loop," Diane explained and Max scoffed.
"That's why she is trying to set me up with Tess?" Max asked and Diane sighed.
"Max, Tess is Isabel's friend, she wants you to date Tess so in a way, you two are still close," Diane told him and Max shook his head.
"Still doesn't give her the right to go about messing with Liz's head, I don't complain about who she dates, so she should just butt out of my life," Max snapped as he stood up. Liz stood up and stood in front of Max, holding his arms, calming him. Max just wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her in, rested his face into the crook of her neck while Diane just watched on with a concerned look.
"He can't do this!" Isabel snapped, Maria stood up.
"Actually, he can," Maria informed her and Isabel spun around to face her. "You messed about with Liz, you mess with Max. While you don't want to believe it, Max is in love with Liz and there is nothing you can do to stop it or even change it," Maria pointed out. "Just a word of a warning, if you really don't want to lose Max, I suggest you accept that he wants to be with Liz and not Tess, considering Tess seems to be very happy with Michael," Maria finished before walking behind the counter, Isabel opened her mouth to shoot back some remark when the door jingled and they saw James and Sarah stepping in.
Isabel watched as Alex's eyes lit up when he saw Sarah.
"Hey," Alex greeted and Sarah smiled back.
"Hey," she whispered as Alex leaned down and kissed her, James just shook his head, amused as he walked past them and smiled when he saw Maria.
"Hey," he greeted and she smiled.
"Hey," she greeted. "I had a great time last night," she told him and he grinned as he rested his elbows on the counter.
"Same here so I was wondering if you would like to go out again tonight?" he asked and Maria winced.
"Sorry, we're kinda having a end of summer party as we're heading back to school tomorrow, but we can go on Friday," she told him and he grinned.
"No problem," he told her and she smirked.
"And you can come to the party tonight, there'll be lots of dancing," she told him and he perked up.
"One on one?" he asked with a wiggle of his eyebrows and she laughed as she pushed at his shoulders before heading into the backroom.
"I'm gonna grab the basket that Liz set up for our picnic," Alex told Sarah when he pulled away from her and she nodded.
"You're going on a picnic?" Isabel asked and Alex nodded.
"Yep, we kinda want some time alone together," Alex told her before heading into the backroom and grabbed the basket, he stopped when he saw Maria standing near the TV, Michael and Isabel also followed in and they watched as Congress Whitaker made her pitch and Naseco, posing as Pierce while Max stepped into the backroom.
"Hey," he greeted.
"Hey," Maria greeted. "Where's Liz?" she asked.
"Upstairs, getting her bag, we're heading out to go shopping, she wants to get some notepads and stuff for school," Max explained as he nodded to the TV. "What's going on?" he asked.
"Congress Whitaker just shut down the Special Unit," Alex summarised and Max nodded.
"Good, the last thing we need is to have them chasing after us again," Max told them and they nodded when the door opened once more and Naesco stepped through.
"So, our king does come back," Naesco, mocked and Max glared at him. "I do trust you are going to follow your destiny," Naesco told him.
"No, I'm staying with Liz whether you like it or not?" Max told him as Liz made her way down the stairs, she looked at everyone, puzzled.
"Why are we all in here?" she asked.
"Watching T.V," Maria told her and Liz nodded as her gaze landed on Naesco, she rolled her eyes before moving past him to get to the outer part of the Crashdown.
She smiled when she saw James and Sarah standing there.
"Hey," she greeted as she hugged James.
"Hey little coz, you feeling better?" he asked and she nodded.
"Yea, I am," she told him and he nodded.
"That's good," he told her and Max came out too.
"Hey, we better get going if you want to make it shopping," Max told her and she nodded.
"Okay, see you guys later," she told them with a wave and they exited the Crashdown and made their over to the jeep. Alex came over to Sarah with the basket and the blanket.
"Ready?" he asked and she nodded.
"Lets go," she told him and they both linked hands as they made their way over to Alex's car, Maria came out adjusting her headband and she fixed her apron while James just sat at the counter, admiring her.
"I don't know why you girls always complain about the outfit, I'm loving it," he told her and she grinned.
"But you like it when other guys love it?" she asked and he frowned.
"Gotcha," he stated.
"Wanna order?" she asked and he shook his head.
"Only if you can come in a doggy bag, I would to eat you up," he teased her as he stood up and she giggled.
"Sorry, another time," she told him with a wink before heading over to open the Crashdown for the customers who were waiting outside and got ready to waitress.
Max and Liz stood outside the Crashdown a little further down where no one could see them.
"So, do you think Alex and Sarah are a good couple?" Max asked and Liz nodded.
"Yeah, she really seems to like him and Alex lights up around her," she pointed out and Max nodded.
"How about James?" he asked and she grinned.
"Relax about him, he really likes Maria, especially if all the moaning I heard from him room says anything," she stated and he arched an eyebrow. "He called out Maria's name, a lot," she emphasised and shook her head. "I don't know whether to sock him for thinking of my best friend that early or to hug him for making her happy," she told him and he laughed.
"My little fiery protector," he teased and Liz laughed
"I don't thinks so," Liz stated and Max grinned as he bent down and kissed her gently on the lips when they heard a cough.
They pulled away and saw a smart looking blonde standing and Liz smiled. "You must be Congress Whitaker?" she got a nod in reply. "I'm Liz Parker." They shook hands and Liz rested her hand on Max's stomach. "This is my boyfriend, Max Evans."
"It's nice to meet you," Congress Whitaker told them and Max nodded in reply.
"Nice to meet you too," Max told her before turning back to Liz. "I gotta go, good luck," he whispered as he kissed the side of her head and walked over to the U.F.O Centre.
"How about we go to my office and we can have our interview there?" Congress Whitaker suggested and Liz nodded as they both made their way over to the office.
Max was lying on his bed, reading a book when he heard a noise, he turned his head and smiled when he saw Liz standing there, she smiled back as she shut the door behind her, locking it and moving over to the bed.
Max sat up, watching her.
"Well?" Max asked and Liz grinned.
"I got the job," Liz stated as she straddled Max and he grinned.
"Congratulations," Max told her and she smiled as she leaned down and rested her mouth near his ear.
"Why don't you show me?" she asked and Max growled as he slid his hand into her dark hair and brought his mouth down on his. One of his hands pulled itself away from her hair and ran itself down her body till it reached one breast and he cupped it into his hands, causing Liz to gasp and arched herself into him.
Max ran his hands up her Liz's thighs, pulling her in closer to his body as his hands ran up her body till they reached the green straps of her dress. He pulled them down as he broke away from Liz's mouth and kissed her neck; trailing their way down her collarbone He flicked his tongue over her pulse, causing Liz to buck her hips into his.
He pulled the top of her dress away from her chest and let it drop around her waist, baring her green bra, which covered her breasts. He lifted up one hand and let it trail down her collarbone till it reached the swell of her breasts.
Liz gasped when she saw the glowing lights trailing after his fingers. "You're doing it again," she whispered and Max reached up, kissing her hard as he let both hand slid around her waist and up her back till they reached the back of her bra. He felt around for the clip and pulled away, confused when he didn't find one and Liz smiled.
"One of my favourite bras," she told him, huskily as she ran her hands up her front before grabbing the middle of her bra and unclipped it. "Clasp is at the front," she told him and Max nodded.
"Think that's one of my favourite too," Max told her as he peeled the bra away from her body and threw it on the floor before pulling her into another kiss while Liz hands ran their way through his dark hair before they moved down his front and unbuttoned his shirt. She smiled in his kiss when she remembered that it was the same shirt that he wore that night of the orb, the first shirt she had ever opened.
She ran her hands over his bare chest, loving how his muscles contracted under her hands and the hot hard body.
Liz removed his black shirt and threw on the floor as Max pressed their upper bare bodies together as they both grinded together when all of a sudden the phone started ringing.
"Ignore it," Max moaned out as he took an earlobe into his mouth and tugged on it with his teeth before scraping his teeth down her neck, grazing the sensitive spot but the ringing wouldn't stop.
Liz groaned as she pulled her mouth away from Max and reached over to his bedside table as Max kissed her neck, she picked up the phone.
"Hello?" she asked.
/Liz/ A female voice asked and Liz groaned.
"Isabel," she greeted and Max yanked his head away from Liz's neck and looked at his girlfriend.
/Where's Max/ Isabel demanded.
"Getting some drinks, is there something you need?" Liz asked and her eyes widen when she got the message, she placed the phone back down and turned back to her worried boyfriend.
"Liz?" he asked and Liz shook her head.
"Michael's been arrested for murder of the body they found in the desert," Liz told Max and he looked at her, stunned.
Max and Liz made their way over to the Crashdown and stepped in, they saw Naseco and Mr Valenti standing there.
"Hey, what's this about Michael being arrested?" Max asked and Mr Valenti sighed.
"A digger went out into the desert, he picked up on the bones and brought them in, Congress Whitaker wants the bones tested. Deputy Hanson found Michael's pocket-knife near the scene so they arrested him because it seemed likely that he was there, plus add in his track record," Mr. Valenti stated and Max nodded.
"Okay, so Congress Whitaker would need to examine the bones and Liz spoke up.
"What about the lab?" she asked and everyone looked at her. "There is a lab in Las Crusade, they have this machine that is able to detect how long a bone has been buried for, Mr. Seligman has been going on and on about it just before the summer holiday," she admitted and blushed under the gaze. "Okay, I guess you can officially say I'm a science geek," she stated and Max laughed as he kissed her forehead.
"Okay, we could check out there and go from there," Max told them.
"Maybe you could use your powers to deteriorate the bones," Liz suggested and he looked down at her. "You know, just age the bones so it was there, make it about 80 years old because there was a nuclear plant about that time," she informed him and he nodded.
"Sure, Tess, do you think you will be able to mind wrap the people inside?" he asked and she shrugged.
"Depending on how many people they are inside," she told him and he nodded.
"Okay, lets go and save Michael, again," he informed before turning to Liz and kissed her gently.
"Come back safe," she whispered and he nodded.
"I promise." He kissed her once more before leaving with Tess and Isabel, Liz turned to Maria and Maria grinned.
"Wanna help me get the party started?" she asked and Liz laughed as she and Maria headed into the kitchen.
"I have to go now," Naesco informed Mr. Valenti and they both left then went in opposite directions.
Max and Isabel hurried over to the building but stopped when they saw the guard sitting there, Isabel sighed.
"Let me deal with this," she informed him before grabbing a map and she walked over to the guard, who looked up and smiled when he saw Isabel. "Can you help me?" she asked. "I've been looking all over the place for the campus but my boyfriend always says that I'm hopeless when it comes to map," she told him before smiling slightly. "Sorry, I meant my Ex boyfriend," she admitted and the guard smile.
"Sure, I can help you," he told her as he stood up and they both moved away from the door.
Max watched as Isabel lured the guy away before hurrying over to the door and slipped in, he pulled out his cell phone and looked around the corner before calling.
/How many/ A female voice asked.
"4," Max replied.
/You have 3 minutes/ Tess replied and they hung up, Tess closed her eyes and concentrated as Max moved in further, he climbed the ladder to get to the chamber and looked over to the window. He saw Congress Whitaker looking through the window and he smirked when she couldn't see him before opening the hatch and dropping down in it.
He hurried over to the bones and placed his hands a few inches above it before using his powers as he moved his hands up and down as the machine started up. He sighed with relief when he finished and hurried over to the ladder before climbing out of the hatch, shutting the door and locking it and ran out.
The tech walked over to Congress Whitaker.
"What's the verdict?" Congress Whitaker asked.
"The bones have been there for about 80 years," he told her and she looked at him, shocked.
"But that can't be!" she exclaimed. "What about the fusion on the ribs?" she asked and the other tech spoke up.
"There was a nuclear plant about 80 years ago, it could be from that," he admitted and the other tech nodded.
"It makes sense, sorry if you didn't find what you were looking for," he told her and she huffed as she turned back to the window, confused.
Michael made his way into the backroom of the Crashdown and he saw Maria pulling the headband off her head while Liz was clearing out her locker.
"What are you doing?" Michael demanded.
"Clearing out my locker, I'm working for Congress Whitaker now," Liz informed him.
"You're what?" Michael demanded as Liz sighed as she turned around to face him.
"I'm working for Congress Whitaker, and yes, Max does know and no, he is not happy about it but unlike some people, he actually respects my ability to make my own decision," she told him before walking off and Maria nodded in agreement.
"And she is getting good at having a backbone," Maria stated with a smirk before leaving the backroom to join her best friend.
Michael followed them and saw Max and Liz standing close to each other, Isabel was sitting in the corner of the booth with Tess sitting on the other side of Isabel. Alex was sitting at the counter with Maria sitting next to him.
Max looked up when he saw Michael step in and threw the pocketknife at him, causing Michael to grab it.
"Next time, fix the hole in your pocket solider," Max told him, causing laughers as Liz turned to Maria and Alex.
"No Sarah?" Liz asked and Alex shook his head.
"No, Mrs Johnson and Sarah have night they get together and catch up, because we're heading back school, Mrs Johnson wants to make sure that Sarah has everything," Alex explained and Liz nodded as she turned to Maria.
"James will be here later, he's running an errand for my mother," she explained and Maria nodded.
"Sure thing," Maria told her and the backdoor swung open, causing everyone to look. They saw the new waitress that Jeff had hired to take over for Liz.
"Hey Courtney," Liz greeted,
"What's going on?" Courtney asked as she came out.
"Just a small party, you know, end of the summer and back to school," Maria explained and Courtney nodded.
"I remember those, we used to have them," Courtney told her and waved as she walked out. "See you later," she told them.
"Sorry," Maria told them. "I thought she had already left," she explained and Liz nodded in agreement.
"So did I," Liz told them.
"You better start being more careful," Michael snapped from where he sat, causing glares from both girls.
"Who was that?" Isabel asked.
"Courtney, she is taking over my shifts as I'm not working here anymore," Liz informed her before turning back to Max and he nodded.
"Okay, I'm gonna head on home," Max told them and they all nodded as he and Liz moved toward the door. "I'll see you later," Max told her as he bent down to kiss her.
Liz wrapped her arms around his neck, as she deepened the kiss. Max wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her in closer. They both broke away, breathing heavily. "I love you," Max whispered and Liz smiled up at him.
"I love you too," she told him, they shared a sweet kiss before Max left the Crashdown and Liz turned back to the gang only to blush when she saw them watching.
"Nice show," Maria teased as Liz moved closer to her, causing Liz to pinch her, causing Maria to yelp in shock. "Liz!" she exclaimed and Liz grinned.
"Don't tease if you can't handle the retribution," Liz warned as she moved over to the CD Player and switched it on, causing Maria to laugh.
Isabel made her way in front of Alex and started dancing, causing Alex to roll eyes his eyes; he had a feeling that he was going to go through hell because he moved on from Isabel quickly.
Maria and Liz danced together, they laughed as they bumped hips before Liz moved over to Alex and pulled him onto the floor and, both, girls started dancing around him, causing him to laugh as he danced with them.
Isabel just watched as Alex had fun while Michael watched as Maria ignored him while Tess watched Michael, if she didn't do something soon, everything was going to get ruined.
Max sighed when he dropped himself onto his bed and groaned when a flash came back to him, Liz was in his bed and they almost made love, they would have if it weren't for the stupid phone call.
He lifted his head when heard a tapping noise, he sighed as he got out of bed and walked over to the window, hoping that it was Liz. He opened the window and Naesco stumbled through and fell to the ground.
"Naesco!" Max exclaimed as he placed his hand on Naesco chest.
"Skins, they're here!" Naseco gasped out. "Watch out," he groaned before his eyes rolled up into the back of his head and his head slumped backward.
Max shook Naesco before he felt something wet and he lifted his hand, showing that he had blood over it.
TBC