Into the Darkness
Rating: PG
Summary: There were two sets of Royal Fours. From sister planets Antar and Anterra, were sent to Earth for their own protection. Now, tragedy has struck, what are they going to do?
Coupling: M/M, M/L, A/I, K/T
Liz Parker stood in her hotel room in front of the standing mirror smoothing down her black dress. After the bombing of the Crashdown her and her father Jeff had to rent hotel rooms for a place to stay despite friends and neighbors invites for them to stay with them until they found a new home.
They had just gotten back from Nancy's funeral and they had to get ready for the wake. It wasn't even a week after the bombing. Liz looked at herself in the mirror and found that she couldn't recognize the person that she had become in such a short amount of time. There were dark bags under her eyes and she had a paler complexion then she usually would have. She tried to cover it up with make-up, but she didn't really care.
Just then there was a light tapping on the door, "It's Maria." She said from the other side.
"Come in." Liz replied her voice void of emotion. She smoothed her hair around her face and turned around to face her friend whom had a look of sympathy on her face as she walked in the door.
"Hey Liz, how are you holding up?" Maria asked her as she walked up offering her a sad smile. Maria didn't know how to make her friend feel better in a situation like this, though she would try the best she could.
Liz shrugged, "The best I can I guess. It's just, everything has been happening so fast and I'm just now starting to realize that she's gone. My mother is gone. The only thing I keep thinking in my head trying to make myself feel better is that she isn't my real mother; she never was my real mother. Isn't that sick? Does that make me a bad person, Maria? Because I know I should be celebrating her life and not mourning her death but I can't do either all I have been doing is trying to make myself feel better, I'm so selfish." She said as tears began to form in her eyes.
Maria looked at her and wrapped her arms around her not worrying about wrinkling her similar black dress, "That's just your way of dealing with it. Everyone mourns a different way, and as long as you have someone to tell these things to you will mourn and you will be sad but in your own way you can be happy for her because she's gone to a better place." Maria stopped and looked at her friend who was looking back at her, "You can always tell me how you're feeling you know that right? Whatever you may be thinking about all of this you can tell me because I promise I won't criticize you but I will just try to understand the best I can, ok chica?"
Liz nodded and smiled, "Thank you Maria, I don't know what I would do if you weren't my friend."
"Oh I can just imagine, the world, well this world, would be a very bad place and no one would ever be happy because I bring a smile to people's faces." Maria said smiling and doing her best to cheer her up.
Liz laughed, "Probably, you never know, it would probably have the butterfly effect on time. Scientists have actually tried to study how one person's actions could affect someone else who are thousands of miles away, it's fascinating."
Maria nodded, "See there's your proof, oh and look at that feeling better already are you? You must be, talking about science like that."
Liz looked at her and agreed, yes things were returning to normal, no matter how slow the process would be. As long as she kept breathing, and thinking, and dreaming things would change and things would grow. Things would be the way they should be once more.
"Well are you ready to go and get interrogated about your feelings, though you've probably gotten enough of that already from me, but this time by everyone at my house?" Maria asked her knowing that the wake was taking place at her house since it couldn't happen at Liz's because there wasn't anything livable left except for the upstairs.
Liz nodded, "It shouldn't be that bad.
Weeks passed and Liz was right, things did start to go back to normal. Jeff bought a new house while he made plans to get the Crashdown rebuilt and open once more for business since he didn't know what else he could do to support Liz and himself. Rebuilding the Crashdown wasn't the only thing Jeff had been planning though.
He walked through the newly decorated kitchen of the new house. Liz was sitting at the dining room table in the room next door with Max and they were going over their World History assignment on the Ancient Egyptians.
"My favorite thing about the Egyptians is how they believed in so many different gods. It's kind of like modern day Pagans or modern day Wiccans, they can worship earth because it gave them everything they have and I think it's great. People worship God because he was the creature of the Earth, but with Wicca they actually worship the earth itself." Max stated simply paraphrasing a packet that he had read during school.
Liz nodded, "The ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was a god while he was on earth." Liz read from the History book, "That's kind of weird isn't it?"
"What do you mean?" Max asked her, copying some keywords out of the book for an outline.
"Well, of all the bad things that would happen in their culture, wouldn't they think that the pharaoh could fix it immediately with the powers that he would have as a god?"
Max laughed, "We're talking about Egyptian gods, not aliens."
Just then, Kyle and Tess walked into the room after Jeff had invited them in. The whole group had planned to study and Kyle and Tess were the first ones there, Max had taken Liz home in the Jeep and just stayed.
"Look at them, finding cultures that don't exist anymore so exciting. What geeks." Kyle said loudly and sarcastically to Tess.
Liz looked at him with mock-offense, "Us? Max, can you believe what he is saying?"
Max shook his head, "No, he must be talking about the other two of us. We are most definitely the most popular kids in school." Then they all started laughing, not being able to pretend for that long.
Michael, Maria, Alex, and Isabel all walked in after Jeff told them that everyone else was in the dining room. Alex raised an eyebrow, "See look what happens, we're late by a couple minutes and they all go crazy!"
"Yeah, late because Max feels the need not to tell me that I have to fend for myself and find my own way home." Isabel said glaring at Max.
"Oh sorry, Iz, I forgot."
"See, bad memory that's a sign of a young love right there, how sweet." Maria said putting her hand over her heart and leaning against Michael who tensed up and stepped away causing Maria to regain her own balance and start blushing.
"Oh that's just stating the obvious now Maria." Tess said nodding.
"Hey, I thought we were coming here to study not so you guys can stand there and mock us." Liz said pointing to the chairs around the table so that they could sit down.
"Nice point." Alex said sitting down and everyone else followed suit and started pulling out books, notebooks, and pencils.
"I don't see why we actually have to study for the stupid test. It's not like I'm even going to go to that class." Michael said annoyed.
"Oh yes you are if you want to pass this year." Isabel said to him in a final tone.
"You might actually give the teacher a heart attack if you show up." Maria said to him waiting for his comeback.
"Well DeLuca, if you might actually keep your mouth shut during a class period that would give him a heart attack too." Michael said smugly crossing his arms on his chest and leaning back in the chair.
Maria's face turned red and she quickly got flustered and didn't respond. Everyone else had stopped what they were doing and watched them argue.
"You know, it's any day now Kyle. You are going to owe me twenty bucks and I'm going to laugh at you when I win." Alex said as he turned to Kyle smiling, referring to the bet that they had between themselves of when Michael and Maria would actually become a couple.
"Can I join this bet? I think it's going to happen pretty soon, it's just been building momentum and none of us can deny it any longer." Isabel said to them, as Michael and Maria were completely oblivious to the conversation going on next to them.
"Well, I'll be the one with proof when she starts writing his name in hearts on her clothing." Tess said and they looked at her confused, "In the movie.the Virgin Suicides one of the daughters, Lux, writes boys' names on her bras and underwear."
"I think I would like to see this movie, and I didn't know you were into those kinds of movies." Kyle said happily before Tess slapped him on the arm.
"It's not that kind of movie!" Tess said emphasizing the word that.
"Done!" Max said happily as he set his pencil on top of his notebook, "I finished my outline of the chapter so I'll study that and ace that test tomorrow."
"Thanks Maxwell." Michael said and took the notebook from him and began copying it down while Kyle, Alex, Maria, Isabel, and Tess all moved around Michael to copy it down.
"Don't you think it would be better if you did it yourself? That way you would learn the material." Liz asked them as she finished her own.
"Oh there's no real point to that test anyways, and besides, remember we're all quick learners and we'll know this stuff after the first time we read it over." Alex said as he continued copying until he was done.
Liz opened her mouth to speak but was cut short when Jeff came in and began to talk, "Hey everyone."
They all mumbled greetings and continued working as he looked down at the ground and began, "You all know that lately things have been hard, and I know you all have been practicing your powers." He stopped and waited for their attention and response.
They nodded and he continued, "Well, I've been thinking a long time about this and I think it's time for us all to go home."
"But this is your house, and we just got here.oh that home." Alex began than realized what he meant and his eyes widened.
"Well, no offense or anything but that is not really your decision is it? The Granolith is for only extreme circumstances and everyone has to agree it's for the best judgment, not just your judgment alone." Maria said to him sternly, which was odd coming from Maria.
".but." He began.
"No, she's right, I don't think any off us want to leave, we've grown up here. That was a different life, we are different people now." Liz said, "You can't just make a decision like that for all of us.
Michael looked at them all. He had waited all these years for one chance to get off of this planet and he has it, and he could seize it but they're saying no, it's not their home anymore? I haven't ever had a real home here, he thought. "I want to go."
"What? Are you insane? Yeah, we may be royalty on Anterra and you may be royalty on Antar, but news flash a guy with a pretty big army, the same guy that killed us before, would take whatever chance he could get to kill us again. He's already tried once." Kyle said to him darkly.
"We will never be safe here either, though." Maria put in softly. She had been taught that all her life, and more so when she was very young, protection was something in her nature now to be constantly seeking.
"Did you talk to my mom about it?" Alex asked him. Sarah was the only protector other than Jeff left since Brian and Molly had both died.
"I.I haven't talked to anyone about it until now." Jeff said shrugging.
"Just because you lost your wife and maybe in the process your faith in your life here doesn't mean that you should give everything up that you have made for yourself and leave, and make choices for us. Besides, that's not even in your nature that they taught you before you left your planet is it?" Max asked him speaking up and Jeff shook his head then he continued, "We're not even strong enough to regain control once more of two planets. We need to just stay here and work things out that need to be taken care of now, we can worry about things like that when the time comes."
Michael looked at Max and had an epiphany, "I.I would rather stay, I agree with Max."
"I'm sorry I even said anything, I know you are all too young and don't want to face something like that, I'm sorry it's not my place to make choices for you all." Jeff said sincerely and walked away.
"He's just been so strange lately since my Mom died." Liz said as she watched him walk away.
"Don't worry everything will be ok, he'll be back to his old self eventually." Tess said putting her hand on Liz's shoulder.
Meanwhile a silver car sped down the highway with a couple familiar looking faces in the car.
"Yo, when do ya think we'll be getting in this little town? I bet these people are going to be total cornballs." A female voice said with a thick New York City accent.
"Lonnie, they're cornballs that look exactly like us." A blonde with purple highlights and multiple facial piercings said from in the back. She wore a short stomach-showing shirt with a jacket over it and a skirt with fishnet stalkings with a hole in the knee.
"You're lucky we love you or I wouldn't have no's idea what to do with you Ava, you know that right?" Lonnie replied. Her hair was cut short and layered all throughout it. She had thick dark eye make-up on and dark clothes with camouflage arm warmers and a visible tattoo that peaked up from underneath it.
"Girls, girls, stop arguing, it's annoying. Where the hell is Zan anyways?" The driver said looking at the sideview mirror to see the other man who had dreadlocked hair with an eye piercing and lip piercing and a goatee. The driver had a Mohawk that was longer in the back that reminded Lonnie somewhat of a mullet. He had facial hair that was from his sideburns that extended down on his cheek and a nose piercing.
"Aww, don't be trippin' you always have to ruin our fun." Lonnie said smiling.
Right then a motorcycle sped up next to them, "Rath look there's Zan." Ava said sliding next to the window to wave at him.
"Alright now that we're all together we better speed it up to Roswell so we can find out where our partners are, can't have the cornballs gettin' stronger than us." Lonnie said playing with the gum in her mouth and leaning back in the seat.
"Hey, no worries, Langley and Nasedo said that there were two sets of both of the royals so hey the way I look at it, we don't have so much to worry about but if my dupe is a total freak, I don't know what I'm going to do." Rath said laughing.
Hey wow, it's the dupes I bet you didn't see that coming since my story would roughly be still set in season one. I know my seasons by what hairstyle Brendan Fehr had and we're still on spikes. OH, and to answer a possible question Kyle, Alex, Maria, and Liz really do have dupes, though that doesn't necessarily mean they have to be in USA. The New York dupes aren't going to be the way that they were in the actual show, but they still look like they did.
Anyways please review and tell me any ideas that you have for the next chapter because constructive criticism is always needed and happily accepted.
Rating: PG
Summary: There were two sets of Royal Fours. From sister planets Antar and Anterra, were sent to Earth for their own protection. Now, tragedy has struck, what are they going to do?
Coupling: M/M, M/L, A/I, K/T
Liz Parker stood in her hotel room in front of the standing mirror smoothing down her black dress. After the bombing of the Crashdown her and her father Jeff had to rent hotel rooms for a place to stay despite friends and neighbors invites for them to stay with them until they found a new home.
They had just gotten back from Nancy's funeral and they had to get ready for the wake. It wasn't even a week after the bombing. Liz looked at herself in the mirror and found that she couldn't recognize the person that she had become in such a short amount of time. There were dark bags under her eyes and she had a paler complexion then she usually would have. She tried to cover it up with make-up, but she didn't really care.
Just then there was a light tapping on the door, "It's Maria." She said from the other side.
"Come in." Liz replied her voice void of emotion. She smoothed her hair around her face and turned around to face her friend whom had a look of sympathy on her face as she walked in the door.
"Hey Liz, how are you holding up?" Maria asked her as she walked up offering her a sad smile. Maria didn't know how to make her friend feel better in a situation like this, though she would try the best she could.
Liz shrugged, "The best I can I guess. It's just, everything has been happening so fast and I'm just now starting to realize that she's gone. My mother is gone. The only thing I keep thinking in my head trying to make myself feel better is that she isn't my real mother; she never was my real mother. Isn't that sick? Does that make me a bad person, Maria? Because I know I should be celebrating her life and not mourning her death but I can't do either all I have been doing is trying to make myself feel better, I'm so selfish." She said as tears began to form in her eyes.
Maria looked at her and wrapped her arms around her not worrying about wrinkling her similar black dress, "That's just your way of dealing with it. Everyone mourns a different way, and as long as you have someone to tell these things to you will mourn and you will be sad but in your own way you can be happy for her because she's gone to a better place." Maria stopped and looked at her friend who was looking back at her, "You can always tell me how you're feeling you know that right? Whatever you may be thinking about all of this you can tell me because I promise I won't criticize you but I will just try to understand the best I can, ok chica?"
Liz nodded and smiled, "Thank you Maria, I don't know what I would do if you weren't my friend."
"Oh I can just imagine, the world, well this world, would be a very bad place and no one would ever be happy because I bring a smile to people's faces." Maria said smiling and doing her best to cheer her up.
Liz laughed, "Probably, you never know, it would probably have the butterfly effect on time. Scientists have actually tried to study how one person's actions could affect someone else who are thousands of miles away, it's fascinating."
Maria nodded, "See there's your proof, oh and look at that feeling better already are you? You must be, talking about science like that."
Liz looked at her and agreed, yes things were returning to normal, no matter how slow the process would be. As long as she kept breathing, and thinking, and dreaming things would change and things would grow. Things would be the way they should be once more.
"Well are you ready to go and get interrogated about your feelings, though you've probably gotten enough of that already from me, but this time by everyone at my house?" Maria asked her knowing that the wake was taking place at her house since it couldn't happen at Liz's because there wasn't anything livable left except for the upstairs.
Liz nodded, "It shouldn't be that bad.
Weeks passed and Liz was right, things did start to go back to normal. Jeff bought a new house while he made plans to get the Crashdown rebuilt and open once more for business since he didn't know what else he could do to support Liz and himself. Rebuilding the Crashdown wasn't the only thing Jeff had been planning though.
He walked through the newly decorated kitchen of the new house. Liz was sitting at the dining room table in the room next door with Max and they were going over their World History assignment on the Ancient Egyptians.
"My favorite thing about the Egyptians is how they believed in so many different gods. It's kind of like modern day Pagans or modern day Wiccans, they can worship earth because it gave them everything they have and I think it's great. People worship God because he was the creature of the Earth, but with Wicca they actually worship the earth itself." Max stated simply paraphrasing a packet that he had read during school.
Liz nodded, "The ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was a god while he was on earth." Liz read from the History book, "That's kind of weird isn't it?"
"What do you mean?" Max asked her, copying some keywords out of the book for an outline.
"Well, of all the bad things that would happen in their culture, wouldn't they think that the pharaoh could fix it immediately with the powers that he would have as a god?"
Max laughed, "We're talking about Egyptian gods, not aliens."
Just then, Kyle and Tess walked into the room after Jeff had invited them in. The whole group had planned to study and Kyle and Tess were the first ones there, Max had taken Liz home in the Jeep and just stayed.
"Look at them, finding cultures that don't exist anymore so exciting. What geeks." Kyle said loudly and sarcastically to Tess.
Liz looked at him with mock-offense, "Us? Max, can you believe what he is saying?"
Max shook his head, "No, he must be talking about the other two of us. We are most definitely the most popular kids in school." Then they all started laughing, not being able to pretend for that long.
Michael, Maria, Alex, and Isabel all walked in after Jeff told them that everyone else was in the dining room. Alex raised an eyebrow, "See look what happens, we're late by a couple minutes and they all go crazy!"
"Yeah, late because Max feels the need not to tell me that I have to fend for myself and find my own way home." Isabel said glaring at Max.
"Oh sorry, Iz, I forgot."
"See, bad memory that's a sign of a young love right there, how sweet." Maria said putting her hand over her heart and leaning against Michael who tensed up and stepped away causing Maria to regain her own balance and start blushing.
"Oh that's just stating the obvious now Maria." Tess said nodding.
"Hey, I thought we were coming here to study not so you guys can stand there and mock us." Liz said pointing to the chairs around the table so that they could sit down.
"Nice point." Alex said sitting down and everyone else followed suit and started pulling out books, notebooks, and pencils.
"I don't see why we actually have to study for the stupid test. It's not like I'm even going to go to that class." Michael said annoyed.
"Oh yes you are if you want to pass this year." Isabel said to him in a final tone.
"You might actually give the teacher a heart attack if you show up." Maria said to him waiting for his comeback.
"Well DeLuca, if you might actually keep your mouth shut during a class period that would give him a heart attack too." Michael said smugly crossing his arms on his chest and leaning back in the chair.
Maria's face turned red and she quickly got flustered and didn't respond. Everyone else had stopped what they were doing and watched them argue.
"You know, it's any day now Kyle. You are going to owe me twenty bucks and I'm going to laugh at you when I win." Alex said as he turned to Kyle smiling, referring to the bet that they had between themselves of when Michael and Maria would actually become a couple.
"Can I join this bet? I think it's going to happen pretty soon, it's just been building momentum and none of us can deny it any longer." Isabel said to them, as Michael and Maria were completely oblivious to the conversation going on next to them.
"Well, I'll be the one with proof when she starts writing his name in hearts on her clothing." Tess said and they looked at her confused, "In the movie.the Virgin Suicides one of the daughters, Lux, writes boys' names on her bras and underwear."
"I think I would like to see this movie, and I didn't know you were into those kinds of movies." Kyle said happily before Tess slapped him on the arm.
"It's not that kind of movie!" Tess said emphasizing the word that.
"Done!" Max said happily as he set his pencil on top of his notebook, "I finished my outline of the chapter so I'll study that and ace that test tomorrow."
"Thanks Maxwell." Michael said and took the notebook from him and began copying it down while Kyle, Alex, Maria, Isabel, and Tess all moved around Michael to copy it down.
"Don't you think it would be better if you did it yourself? That way you would learn the material." Liz asked them as she finished her own.
"Oh there's no real point to that test anyways, and besides, remember we're all quick learners and we'll know this stuff after the first time we read it over." Alex said as he continued copying until he was done.
Liz opened her mouth to speak but was cut short when Jeff came in and began to talk, "Hey everyone."
They all mumbled greetings and continued working as he looked down at the ground and began, "You all know that lately things have been hard, and I know you all have been practicing your powers." He stopped and waited for their attention and response.
They nodded and he continued, "Well, I've been thinking a long time about this and I think it's time for us all to go home."
"But this is your house, and we just got here.oh that home." Alex began than realized what he meant and his eyes widened.
"Well, no offense or anything but that is not really your decision is it? The Granolith is for only extreme circumstances and everyone has to agree it's for the best judgment, not just your judgment alone." Maria said to him sternly, which was odd coming from Maria.
".but." He began.
"No, she's right, I don't think any off us want to leave, we've grown up here. That was a different life, we are different people now." Liz said, "You can't just make a decision like that for all of us.
Michael looked at them all. He had waited all these years for one chance to get off of this planet and he has it, and he could seize it but they're saying no, it's not their home anymore? I haven't ever had a real home here, he thought. "I want to go."
"What? Are you insane? Yeah, we may be royalty on Anterra and you may be royalty on Antar, but news flash a guy with a pretty big army, the same guy that killed us before, would take whatever chance he could get to kill us again. He's already tried once." Kyle said to him darkly.
"We will never be safe here either, though." Maria put in softly. She had been taught that all her life, and more so when she was very young, protection was something in her nature now to be constantly seeking.
"Did you talk to my mom about it?" Alex asked him. Sarah was the only protector other than Jeff left since Brian and Molly had both died.
"I.I haven't talked to anyone about it until now." Jeff said shrugging.
"Just because you lost your wife and maybe in the process your faith in your life here doesn't mean that you should give everything up that you have made for yourself and leave, and make choices for us. Besides, that's not even in your nature that they taught you before you left your planet is it?" Max asked him speaking up and Jeff shook his head then he continued, "We're not even strong enough to regain control once more of two planets. We need to just stay here and work things out that need to be taken care of now, we can worry about things like that when the time comes."
Michael looked at Max and had an epiphany, "I.I would rather stay, I agree with Max."
"I'm sorry I even said anything, I know you are all too young and don't want to face something like that, I'm sorry it's not my place to make choices for you all." Jeff said sincerely and walked away.
"He's just been so strange lately since my Mom died." Liz said as she watched him walk away.
"Don't worry everything will be ok, he'll be back to his old self eventually." Tess said putting her hand on Liz's shoulder.
Meanwhile a silver car sped down the highway with a couple familiar looking faces in the car.
"Yo, when do ya think we'll be getting in this little town? I bet these people are going to be total cornballs." A female voice said with a thick New York City accent.
"Lonnie, they're cornballs that look exactly like us." A blonde with purple highlights and multiple facial piercings said from in the back. She wore a short stomach-showing shirt with a jacket over it and a skirt with fishnet stalkings with a hole in the knee.
"You're lucky we love you or I wouldn't have no's idea what to do with you Ava, you know that right?" Lonnie replied. Her hair was cut short and layered all throughout it. She had thick dark eye make-up on and dark clothes with camouflage arm warmers and a visible tattoo that peaked up from underneath it.
"Girls, girls, stop arguing, it's annoying. Where the hell is Zan anyways?" The driver said looking at the sideview mirror to see the other man who had dreadlocked hair with an eye piercing and lip piercing and a goatee. The driver had a Mohawk that was longer in the back that reminded Lonnie somewhat of a mullet. He had facial hair that was from his sideburns that extended down on his cheek and a nose piercing.
"Aww, don't be trippin' you always have to ruin our fun." Lonnie said smiling.
Right then a motorcycle sped up next to them, "Rath look there's Zan." Ava said sliding next to the window to wave at him.
"Alright now that we're all together we better speed it up to Roswell so we can find out where our partners are, can't have the cornballs gettin' stronger than us." Lonnie said playing with the gum in her mouth and leaning back in the seat.
"Hey, no worries, Langley and Nasedo said that there were two sets of both of the royals so hey the way I look at it, we don't have so much to worry about but if my dupe is a total freak, I don't know what I'm going to do." Rath said laughing.
Hey wow, it's the dupes I bet you didn't see that coming since my story would roughly be still set in season one. I know my seasons by what hairstyle Brendan Fehr had and we're still on spikes. OH, and to answer a possible question Kyle, Alex, Maria, and Liz really do have dupes, though that doesn't necessarily mean they have to be in USA. The New York dupes aren't going to be the way that they were in the actual show, but they still look like they did.
Anyways please review and tell me any ideas that you have for the next chapter because constructive criticism is always needed and happily accepted.