Disclaimer: I don't own the characters from Monsters vs. Aliens, except Maggie. Before you read this chapter, a word of advice, you might want to get some tissue or a bunch of hankies just in case because there are a lot of sad parts in this chapter and you are probably going to need them. Enjoy. :)

(Maggie's POV)

We walked for what seemed like forever until we reached the news station. I looked around a bit, but Susan wasn't here anymore.

"This is strange," I thought to myself, "I wonder where she is?"

I looked around some more and I saw a squashed car.

"Guys look," I called to the others, "I think she went this way."

A little a ways ahead, I saw a power line had been knocked over and there was a huge crater shaped like a foot and hand print. Susan must have tripped over the power line and caught herself from falling before going on her way. We walked a bit more up the road, looking for clues about where Susan could have gone when I heard my husband clear his throat.

"What," I asked him.

"Maggie, I don't think that going back to the Facility is a great idea," He started to say to me.

I sighed and just walked on; ignoring whatever else he was trying to tell me. "Does he not get it? God, do I have to spell it out or paint a picture for him? We don't belong here anymore, can't he see that," I thought to myself as I continued on my way.

"Maggie, are you listening to me," He asked and got in my way.

I tried to move past him, but he and Link got in my way several times. This was starting to tick me off. I groaned.

"I'm listening now," I crossly said to him.

"Like I said before, I really think the best thing for us is to call Monger and see if he can get in contact with any of our friends or maybe even your parents," He calmly said to me.

"Yeah there's an idea," I sarcastically said, "And the minute they see us they will either have a heart attack or they will get scared and slam the door on our faces."

"What's wrong with you, Maggie," Link asked me, "It's not like you to be so negative about things like this."

"What's wrong? What's wrong with me," I yelled at him, "I'll tell you what's wrong with me! My parents are dead Link and so are my friends!"

"Maggie, stop it," Antony shouted and shook me a bit, "You don't know that!"

"Yes I do Antony. Think about it," I cried to him, "It's been 50 years. I came to realize this 5 years ago. Everyone we knew is gone and we are on our own!"

I couldn't take it anymore. I felt myself getting close to my breaking point and I needed to leave. I flew up and away from my husband, ignoring his cries to me. He doesn't understand that we had no one now, that I have no one now. I feel so alone and I miss my parents. I miss my friends. I know I love him, but I can't help wondering if living longer is even worth it now. I thought being this thing was a blessing, but now it's starting to feel more like a curse.

"I don't know what to do anymore," I thought to myself.

I can feel my wings starting to ache and I need to land soon. Then I saw it, there sitting on something was Susan's white hair shining in the moonlight. I felt a burst of happiness seeing her, like a bit of this weight I feel I've carried has been lifted off my shoulders.

(Doctor Cockroach's POV)

I couldn't believe what Maggie just said. Then she just took off and clearly ignored me. What has gotten into her? The woman I was just talking to certainly wasn't my wife. My wife tries to see the bright side in things. Last time I saw her that upset was when she got hurt back in 1968. This business of Susan's parents and friends rejecting her has obviously shaken her to her core.

"Whoa, man I have never seen her that upset before," Link whistled and said.

"What's wrong with Mrs. C," B.O.B. asked us, "She's never been this negative about something. To be honest, she scared me just now."

"I don't know B.O.B," I said to him, "I mean, to be perfectly honest, I have never really thought about how things have changed out here in the last 50 years. I never considered that all our old friends had lived their lives and maybe passed on."

"Well then Mrs. C. is right," B.O.B. surprisingly said, "You're old friends have to be pretty ancient by now huh?"

"Yeah I agree with B.O.B," Link added in, "And don't forget that her parents were, what close to 50 when you and she joined B.O.B., Invisible Man and me? If they're still alive, then they would be 100 by now. Actually it's pretty lucky that I'm still here and I'm a lot older than everyone else on this planet."

I sighed and nodded my head.

"Maybe she was right about us not fitting in this world," I thought to myself, "How could I have been so blind and stupid? I must be slipping."

"Now that I have had the opportunity to think about it," I said to them, "I realize that Maggie is right about going back to the Facility."

"I know I don't do it often," B.O.B. said to me in an unnerving serious tone, "But I am thinking of going back too. I actually grew up there to be honest. The agent guys picked me up as soon as I started eating a police car outside the snack food plant where I was born."

Insectosaurus appeared behind us whimpering and grunting. I looked at Link for a translation.

"Aw buddy don't take it so hard," He calmly said to him as he patted Insecto's foot, "It's wasn't your fault."

"What happened," I asked Link, "What did he say?"

"He said, 'On my way over here, several cars crashed into my foot and a lot of people ran away from me terrified.' He blames himself for being what he is," Link sadly explained.

"Poor guy," I said to Link and then I turned to address Insectosaurus, "Insectosaurus, it was certainly not your fault that you are a 350 foot tall insect monster. It was just by chance that you happened to be nearby when that bomb went off and the radiation got on you. The cars weren't your fault either; it was the people driving that were at fault. It's their fault for running away as well and in no way yours."

He laid down and nuzzled his head close to my chest with his snout. It made me fall down a bit, but I didn't mind it. Link, B.O.B and I all scratched his head in reassurance and he purred as we scratched him.

"Guys, we should go back. Think about it, the Facility is the only place where Insecto is going to fit anywhere," Link sadly admitted, "I mean, let's face it. I can't take him with me when I go to Cocoa Beach. No offence big guy; but you are kind-of too big to live on the beach with me, and I am not going to just up and ditch you the moment I get there."

Then Insectosaurus gave us all a big sloppy lick of affection. It was gross, but a sweet thought nonetheless.

"Ok ok enough," I said backing up when he was going to do it again.

I wiped the drool off my face, clothes and antennas while Insecto stood back up.

"So is it all agreed that we will call Monger as soon as we find a phone and he will take us all back to the Facility?" I asked them.

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement and we headed off in the last direction Maggie flew off.

(Maggie POV)

"Susan! Susan," I called out to her.

She lifted her head and looked around for a bit.

"Good, that means she heard me," I thought to myself as I flew towards her.

"Susan, I'm over here," I called out as I got closer to her. Then I saw her wiping her face and trying to compose herself.

"She's been crying," I though as I drew closer to her, "Well I am going to find out why right now."

"Hey Susan," I said as I landed next to her, on the car port of a gas station she was sitting on, "Are you okay, honey?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," She says to me with a small smile.

"That's a lie Susan," I said while frowning, "I know you are many things, but a liar is not one of them. Now tell me the truth, what happened?"

"Nothing is wrong Mags," She tried to convince me; "Everything is fine, so let's just drop it okay?"

"No it's not okay, because it's not ok to lie to your friends," I yelled, "Now tell me the truth, where's Derek? What happened?!"

She didn't answer me. She opened her mouth a couple of times, but nothing came out. Her silence gave me my answer. He dumped her. I sighed, closed my eyes and took in a few deep breaths to calm myself down.

"He broke up with you didn't he," I asked her, hoping it's not true.

She nodded her head while her eyes were focused on the ground. I know what my next question is going to be, but please God don't let this be the reason he did this. Anything but this.

"Did he break up with you because of your height," I carefully asked her.

She starts to cry again and nods her head. I crawled up to her cheek to comfort her. I could see the giant tear drops rolling down her face and it broke my heart to see her like this. This worse than when she was first captured and when she was discouraged that one of my husband's experiments to shrink her failed. It took her a couple of minutes to calm down enough for me to ask her my next question.

"What happened honey," I softly asked her and rubbed her shoulder, "Tell me everything."

(Susan's POV)

I sniffled a bit and wiped the tears from my face. I am still unsure if I should tell her, she might go after him if she learns the truth. But then again, I needed to talk to someone and if I can't talk to Maggie, then who else am I left with? No one, that who.

"I headed to the station, excited to see him again," I told her and remembered everything that happened…

(Flashback)

"I can't wait to see him again. Finally, after a month of being locked up, we'll be together again," I said to myself.

I looked around and immediately spotted the channel 172 news station he worked at. His car is still here which means he hasn't gone home yet. I bend down to look through the windows to see if he is in any of the rooms on this side of the building and found nothing, except a few people who saw me and screamed and ran away or fainted on the spot.

"Hmm, I never noticed that before. Oh, well," I thought as I continued my search.

I walked around to the back of the building and saw a glow coming from one of the windows at the top floor. Then I saw him, he was just signing off and I saw the makeup woman with him, she was dabbing his head with a towel.

"Oh no, you don't sister, he's mine," I thought as I carefully broke the window and reached in to carefully grab him.

I could tell by his voice that I had him in my hands and very carefully pulled him out of the building like a doll in a doll house. Unfortunately, I accidentally bumped his head on the window frame in the process.

"Sorry honey," I winced and thought.

"Oh Derek thank goodness I found you," I shouted with joy as I twirled with him in my hands, "You wouldn't believe what a month I have had. You just wouldn't believe it."

Then I brought him to my lips and I kissed him.

"Thinking of you is the one thing that kept me sane," I said as I hugged him in my hands.

I could feel him flailing around for some reason and he hit my hands to get my attention. I held him out and he looked like he was choking.

"Can't breathe," He gasped and held his ribs, "Ribs collapsing."

I gasped and gently set him down on the roof of the building.

"Oh gosh, Derek I am so sorry. I was just excited to see you. Is that better," I asked him.

"Yeah, yeah that's a lot better," He managed to say while taking deep breaths.

"Sorry, I am still getting used to my new strength," I sheepishly told him.

"Whoa, you really are big," He exclaimed and backed up a bit from me.

"Yeah, but I'm still me," I said to him, "I'm still the same girl you fell in love with."

"Except you did just destroy the Golden Gate Bridge," He said with a nervous chuckle.

"But that was the only way I was going to stop that alien robot," I said with a shrug, "Did you ever think I could do something like that?"

"No I didn't," He said while he had a hand on his head, "I can honestly say that it never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever occur to me."

Every time he said "ever" it chipped away a bit of my confidence. I don't understand why he is acting like this towards me. He's making it sound like destroying that robot was a bad thing. Maybe he is just a little freaked out by my size. I mean I would be too if I were in his shoes.

"Look I know this is a little weird, "I calmly explained to him, "Ok it's a lot weird. But we'll figure it out. I know that together we can find a way to get me back to normal."

"Susan, try and look at this from my perspective," He says with a sigh and paces, "I have an audience that depends on me for news, weather, sports, and heart-warming full pieces."

"Yes I know and you've done great in that," I said to him.

"So you expect me to put all that on hold while you try to undo this thing that happened to you," He asked me, "That I had absolutely nothing to do with?"

I don't like the way he asked me that question. He's acting like he doesn't want anything to do with me anymore.

"Yes that's exactly what I expect," I told him feeling confused, "What about the life we always talked about? Don't you still want that?"

"Of course I just," He pauses and say with a cringe, "don't see how I can have that with you."

"Oh God no, no this isn't happening," I thought after hearing him say that, "I can tell by the tone in his voice that he is breaking up with me, but please don't let it be the reason I am thinking of. Please don't let my height be the reason he is breaking our engagement."

"Derek, please, don't do this," I begged him on my knees so I could be at eye level with him. I can feel the tears coming.

"You have to face facts Susan," He sighs and tries to convince me, "And don't crush me for saying this. But I'm not looking to get married and spend the rest of my life in someone else's shadow. You're casting a pretty big shadow."

I gasped and covered my mouth with my hand. I tried to say something to him, but nothing came out.

"I'm sorry. It's over," He says to me as he opens the door to the roof, "Good luck Susan."

Then he was gone. It's over. Everything I want through to get to this point was gone in a matter minutes.

"Derek! Derek," I shouted at the building, knowing he could hear me, "Derek please don't do this to me!"

I heard nothing and rested my head on the side of the building.

(End flashback)

"How could he do this to me," I cried to Maggie, "I thought he wanted to be with me, no matter what my size was."

My heart hurts. This worse than when I was captured and all of Doctor Cockroach's experiments to shrink me failed combined. As I felt Maggie rubbing my shoulder, I cried harder than I have ever cried before.

(Maggie's POV)

"I can't believe him," I thought as I tried to comfort Susan, "I had a feeling that he was a jerk, but I never thought anyone would sink that low."

"Susan I am so sorry he hurt you," I tried to tell her, "I guess today wasn't a good day for either of us."

"What do you mean," She asked me as she wiped the tears from her face.

"Susan, I am starting to think that getting into that machine was a huge mistake. Look at me," I said as I flew in front of her, "I am never going to have a normal life. I just don't belong in this world anymore."

She reached out her hand and picked me up. She looked like she was going to say something when we heard a voice clear his throat. I looked to my left and saw my husband and the others coming to sit with Susan and me.

"What are you guys doing here, "She asked them as I frowned and moved to her other side. I just don't feel like seeing them right now. I crossed my arms as I listened to their conversation.

"Just taking a break from the party," I heard Doctor Cockroach say, "That certainly was quite the shindig."

"Ha" I said and laugh humorlessly. Then I rolled my eyes and shook my head in annoyance.

"Yeah that was one of the greatest parties I have ever been to since I," Link lamely said, "got out of prison."

"Was I at a different party because that's not how it went at all," B.O.B. sadly said, "I don't think your parents like me Susan and I think that Jell-O gave me a fake phone number."

Then I saw him throw a piece of paper away.

"What are you guys talking about," Susan asked them in concern.

"The party was a disaster Susan," I answered and came around to join them. Then I told her everything that happened the moment she left. It hurt my heart remembering everything and I could feel my husband's hand on my shoulder. I brushed it off because I didn't want his comfort just yet and was still mad at him.

"Maggie, listen. We've talked it over and we decided that you were right," Link sighed and said to me.

"What," I gasped and asked. Then I looked at Antony for reassurance. He gave me a sad smile.

"You were right my love," He said to me while holding my hands, "Even if we do save every city on this planet, the human race is just going to treat us the same way they have always treated us. Like monsters."

I sighed and let him hug me.

"Thank you for understanding my feelings about this Antony," I thought as he held me in his arms.

"Susan, all of us are going to go back to the Facility," Link said to her, "I hope you have a happy life with Derek."

I cringed when he mention that true monster's name.

"Don't even mention that guy's name to me again," Susan shouted at him, "Derek is a selfish jerk and I never want to see him again!"

"What," The guys asked in unison.

"Yeah, all that talk of 'us'. 'I'm so proud of us,'" She said as she stood up, "'Us just got a job in Fresno.' There was no us, there was only Derek."

"I can tell by the tone in her voice that she is starting to get angry. So I think that we should probably move out of her way right now," I thought to myself as I started to fly to the ground.

"Why did I have to get hit by a meteor to see that," She groaned and the others, except for B.O.B. got out of her way, "Ugh, I am such an idiot!"

Then she kicked the car port so hard it almost came out of the ground and launched B.O.B. so high in the sky, that I couldn't even see him anymore. Now I knew not to get on her bad side, there's no telling what she might do.

"Why did I think life with Derek was going to be so great anyway," She shouted, "I mean look at all the stuff I had done without him. Fighting an alien robot? That was me, not him. And that was amazing!"

"You want to know another amazing thing I have done without him," She bent down to asked and talk to us individually, "Meeting you guys. Doctor Cockroach, you can crawl up walls and can build a super computer out of a pizza box, two cans of hairspray, and …"

"And a paper clip," He proudly said to her.

"That's one of the many reasons I married you all those years ago honey," I chuckled and said to him.

"And you. You hardly need an introduction, you're the Missing Link," She excitedly said to him, "You personally carried 250 co-eds off of Cocoa Beach and still had the strength to fight off the National Guard!"

"And the Coast Guard," He proudly added while crossing his arms, "And also the Life Guard."

"Amazing," She continued and then she turned to B.O.B. when he landed, "B.O.B. who else can fall from unimaginable heights and end up without a single scratch?"

"Link," He asked and pointed at Link.

"You, B.O.B.," She answered.

"Amazing," He excitedly said.

"And you Maggie," She said to me, "You have to be one of the most amazing people on this planet that I have ever known."

"Oh come on Susan. You're just saying that," I blushed feeling embarrassed at such praise, "Except for the wings, I am just like as Doctor Cockroach."

"You're wrong and right Mags," She said to me, "You're right because yes, it is true that you can crawl up walls same as him, but at the same time you are completely different. You have two beautiful and gorgeous wings and you can fly. How many people on this planet can do that without the aid of a plane or even a glider?"

"Just me I guess," I sheepishly said.

"Exactly, and not just that. You've been there for me; you've been there for all of us. You've been like a sister to me," She continued, "You are a kind, patience and an amazing friend."

"Thank you Susan," I said as I hugged one of her fingers and cried tears of happiness. As I hugged her, I remembered the little girl I rescued earlier today. She wasn't scared of me at all and she even called me "Butterfly Lady" If that little girl can see me as something beautiful, then me being this thing and living longer is worth it. It's not a curse.

"Roar," We heard Insectosaurus roared loudly.

"Good point Insecto," Link said to him and then turned to Susan, "Susan, don't short change yourself."

"Oh I'm not going to short change myself ever again," She declared and stood proudly.

"That's my girl," I cheered and patted her shoulder.

The guys started to cheer with me, but then we were interrupted by a bright light shining down on Susan from the sky. Then she started floating towards it and I saw that it was a spaceship. I grabbed onto one of her hands to try to pull her back, but it was no use. Then Insecto spit out a line of silk onto her feet and started pulling her back to the guys. I flew to him to help him pull her back, but my hands got stuck the moment I touched the silk. I flapped my wings rapidly to get myself out and then I saw out the corner of my eye, something glowing bright pink. I just managed to free myself when I saw a glowing pink ball heading right for us, Insecto immediately became hypnotized by its light and didn't move, while I screamed and flew out of the way. It hit him not a second after I moved and he hit the ground hard. I heard Susan scream, "Insectosaurus No!" before she was taken inside the ship. I stared at the ship for a moment and then flew down to Insecto to see if he was okay. He was moaning a lot and his fur was burned something awful all over the place.

"It's going to be okay," Link desperately told him, "You're going to be all right. Look at me."

I could tell that Insecto was getting weaker. "No, no no Insectosaurus. He's right, you're going to be okay," I thought.

"Don't you close those eyes," Link sternly said to him, "Don't you dare close those eyes. You can't… no."

Then Insectosaurus' eyes closed and he didn't move. I couldn't even hear him breathing anymore.

"That is it," I screamed in rage, "I don't care who's up there. They are dead!"

I went to fly up there, but then I felt something grab my legs. I growled and turned to see who it was that dared to stop me and saw both Antony and B.O.B. holding onto both my legs.

"Let me go Antony. That thing has to pay for this," I yelled and struggled to get him and B.O.B. off me.

"No! You are not going up there," He yelled back and started trying to pull me back to the ground, "Help me B.O.B, pull!"

"B.O.B. let go of me," I roared at him. I saw him flinch a bit.

"I can't do that Mrs. C, "He yelled back, "If I let you go, then you will die."

I kept trying to shake them off of me, but they surprisingly were stronger. I looked back again and saw Link helping them pull me back. I could feel my wings getting tired under all this weight and I was starting to weaken. Then moment their feet touched the ground, they yanked me down with them. But I wasn't ready to give up that easily just yet. I tried to fly back up and they held me back again.

"Guys let me go. Susan needs me," I yelled as I struggled to get free from my husband's arms locked around my waist.

"Margaret Brown Tyson control yourself," He yelled at me and shook me a bit, "I know she does, but flying up there without a plan will only get you killed and I refuse to lose you like this! You understand me?!"

I was shocked that he used my full name because I very rarely go by Margaret anymore. This is too much for me. First I lose my parents and my friends and now Insectosaurus and Susan are gone too.

"Antony…Insecto…Susan," That was all I could say before I finally just broke down and wept in his arms. The dam had busted and it felt like everything up to this point just let loose. I am starting to feel weak and I felt my husband pick me up in bridal fashion. He laid me down in the back of a pickup truck with hay on the bed of it. Then I blacked out from exhaustion.

TBC.

Author's Note: So it looks like Insectosaurus was killed, Susan has been abducted and Maggie's patience has reached its end. Will she and the guys be able to rescue Susan and the world from Alien Invasion? Stay tuned for the next chapter. Please review and let me know what you thought of this chapter.