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Chapter 32

For nearly twenty minutes, down at the Taco Bell a block away from the school, Liz and Kyle filled Clark in on who Khivar was and that they weren't the only alien beings in town.

"You should have told me there were more aliens besides us here." Clark told Liz.

Liz glared at him, slightly irritated at his tone. "I'm telling you now. And when exactly was I supposed to tell you? Before we realized that the other was Kryptonian? Or after when we haven't spent a whole lot of time talking." Which was partly her fault, but who the hell could criticize her when a very persuasive and powerful instinct beat at her insides till she bedded her mate?

Clark sighed. She was right. Neither one had been thinking of talking a whole lot since they found out they were from the same planet. "I'm sorry." He took her hand in his own and squeezed affectionately. "We haven't been much of a talking couple have we?"

Liz threaded their fingers together. "It's ok." She assured him. "We talk sometimes and I'm sure we'll talk more. I already kinda like what I know about you so I'll eventually want to learn more." She teased. It was where she hoped their relationship would grow over the weeks, months, even years.

Clark smiled and kissed their joined hands. "I kinda like you too." He teased back.

"And I kinda like you both as well." Kyle interjected. "Now that we got that out of the way—" He didn't finish his sentence but Liz and Clark nodded knowing what he would have finished with.

"So Khivar, the guy who came up to us at the school, is, at least according to the others, the enemy of Max, Isabel, Tess, and Michael, and he wants to have a meeting with us. He gave me a card with the address and said to bring you and my protectors."

"Now when my powers were woken up I got a dream from Liz's biological mother. She said that Khivar wasn't coming here to hurt the Royal Four but he was here for one purpose, to protect Liz. She said Khivar made some kind of pact with your biological father Liz." Kyle explained.

"This meeting has got to be a way to touch base with you, to let him and you figure out how best he can protect you." Alex deduced.

"Sounds reasonable." Clark nodded his head in agreement. "But," he turned his gaze to Liz again, "we're not going there until I check it out. I don't want us going into a situation like this blind and unprepared."

As a group the three other teens nodded. "Ok, so when should we—" Liz started.

"No, not we on this one. Me. And possibly our fathers and Jim." Clark firmly stated.

"But you might need my help; if this is a trap then you're going to need all the help you can get. In this case, your also super strong, super fast, and super senses girlfriend." Liz pointed out. A little irritated that Clark didn't want her included in this task.

Clark kissed her lips softly. "I know you'd be helpful, but if this is a trap, which I don't think it is, but just in case I don't want you there. Its better safe than sorry, Khivar clearly wants to talk to you and until I'm sure he's not a threat I want you to stay far away from him and I don't want to give him the chance to get you."

Although Liz hated to admit it, she knew Clark had a point. "Ok. But bring Jim and our Dad's. I don't want you checking this out alone either."

"That, I can do." He replied warmly.

Roswell High School

An hour later everyone had their assignments. Liz called Maria and filled her in everything going on and what the current plans were. After a few hundred 'oh my God's', Maria informed her that when Liz went there she'd be going too. Kyle called Jim and told him to get over to the Crashdown ASAP and Clark would be there soon to fill him and the other parents in.

Clark, after eating lunch with the others, went back to the Crashdown to explain the situation and get his back-up. Meanwhile Liz, Alex, and Kyle went back to the school. None of them really wanted to return that day but Clark had persuaded them, saying that it would take probably an hour and a half to get everyone ready and then check out Khivar's home, which would, conveniently, be about the same amount of the time left in her and Alex's summer school class.

So with reluctance the three returned to the school. When they arrived back there they immediately saw Michael leaning against the lockers across from the classroom. One of the other three must have called him but from the way he didn't charge over to her, Kyle, or Alex, they didn't think he knew why he was called yet.

When Michael didn't call out to them and ask them what the hell was going on, they knew he hadn't been told yet. Thank goodness for small favors but then why was he there now, why was he waiting outside the classroom when the class didn't end for another hour and a half? Before they could enter the classroom, Max, Isabel, and Tess exited nearly bumping into them.

Across Town

Khivar watched as the movers filled the once empty home with furniture. The movers were human and thankfully moving things in quickly.

Vasar passed by one of the men carrying a large box. Khivar saw his advisor and as Vasar came toward him, he sent him a nod, confirming that he had done what Khivar had asked of him.

Zan and Vilandra's parents were downstairs, locked in a dungeon that Khivar's men had erected within minutes of him arriving. The basement area was soundproofed by Vasar but the two were still bound and gagged. Khivar wasn't going to risk them getting out. He probably could have left them on the ship however he didn't completely trust the men he left on there yet, although the men had pledged their allegiance to Khivar, there was the possibility that some might still wish the former King and Queen were in charge. He couldn't risk having a still loyal soldier freeing his prisoners.

Their other prisoner, Cara, was upstairs in a locked bedroom, only lightly bound and gagged. Cara would try to escape of course, and he wanted her too. She would run to her contact, Nasedo, and tell him everything she had heard him and Vasar discuss. Khivar wished he could see Nasedo's face when he realized the information he believed and received from Cara was wrong and purposefully planted.

Ten minutes later the movers finished up with their duties, Vasar paid them, and they left. Neither men said a word; they stayed silent until they heard the tell-tale signs of Cara escaping.

"She doesn't even realize she only has an hour, at most, to live, does she?" Vasar shook his head in disbelief.

Khivar smirked at Vasar. "Nasedo has always been too predictable. I remember father telling me that he lacked originality. That trait has not changed in the time he's been on Earth. Cara won't get much out besides 'Khivar is here, I was tricked' before Nasedo kills her."

"Do you think she'll be able to have the time to tell Nasedo about Livara's name here?" Vasar questioned.

"She might. Which is why we gave her the wrong one." Khivar and Vasar had never once spoken the name 'Liz Parker' to Cara. If they ever mentioned what her name was, they called her Veronica Ryan. As far as they knew there was no Veronica Ryan in Roswell and even if there were she wasn't Livara.

As the two continued their conversation Vasar suddenly fell silent. "Val's here, along with Kal-El and two humans."

"Ah, wonderful." He said sincerely. "It's nice to know they don't blindly trust people." Khivar was truly delighted that Kal-El and the others were checking him out and making sure he was on the up and up.

"Shall I let them in?" Vasar questioned.

"Yes. Might as well. Show them in but be cautious and don't challenge Kal-El, with the possible threat to Livara it's unlikely that Kal-El will be dormant."

Vasar agreed and exited through the front door to introduce himself to their guests.

TBC