Name: Scarlet
Email: Tiger33333@aol.com
Rated: PG-14
Subject: Michael and Maria (duh)
Summary: Maria receives her powers full blown just
as they become a danger to herself, can the rest of the
gang help her control them, before they control her?
Note: Please send me feedback, good or bad!
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own any of the characters
of Roswell!

Part 5
Full Blown Storm

It had been two days since the fiasco with David, and no matter how hard Maria tried, her powers just wouldn't get under Control. Objects were flying everywhere, she kept wandering into people's dreams, and now, she heard people's thoughts.

Michael couldn't bare the pain Maria was in! It tour him up inside. He always told himself, no one could get to him. But overtime she did something, it caused her pain. What hurt her most, was all the thoughts coming in to her head at once! It was killing her. Why did he have to fall for the one girl he could never have? He just stared at her, when he couldn't take it anymore, and he left.

"Michael, where are you going?" Max asked.

"To find Nasaedo ... maybe he has some answers!" Michael replied in the solemnness voice.

So Michael walked. He walked for what seemed like forever. And he finally found what he was looking for. A sign, in the sand, Nasaedo said he would leave and that's how they would find him. He figured it ment that he was in the cave where the pods were, and sure enough, there he was.

"We need your help!" Michael said pleading.

"With what ... that half breed. I can't help ... I don't want to help her!" Nasaedo said not giving a thought to what he said.

"That half breed ... Maria, saved my life. You are supposed to help us ... well you will be helping me by helping her!" Michael said feeling the anger within him rise!

"I won't it's a risk I won't take!" Nasaedo replied.

"Max, tell him ... please, we can't just let her die!" Michael said pleading with him.

"Nasaedo?" Max said.

"Yes,!" He replied.

"I am the leader right?"

"Yes, ... but ..."

"But what, you are supposed to listen to me. I am asking ... no, I am telling you to get of your but and do what ever it takes to help Maria ... now!"

"But I ..."

"Now!" That was the first time Max had ever gotten so upset before. Maria was his friend. Michael cared about her. He remembered what it was like when Pierce put those images of Liz in his head. But this time, for Michael, it was a living image, and Michael had to watch.

Nasaedo was angry. They weren't supposed to help Maria. They were supposed to kill her. What was happening? Being human made them week. They forgot what it was like to have power. But Max was right. He had to listen to them.

"The closest person to Maria has to help her. They have to talk to her ... to persuade her to help herself!" Nasaedo said, using all the power he had not to lash out at Max!

"But I thought we tried that?" Michael said confused.

"You told her what she had to do ... not help her to do it. Who is the closest person to Maria ... they are the only one who can help her!" Nasaedo said!

"That would be Liz!" Michael replied without a doubt.

"Where is she?" Max asked.

"My guess ... the Crashdown." Michael replied.

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Ring ... ring ... ring ... ri ...

"Hello Crashdown cafe ... wear the food is out of this world, Liz speaking!"

"Liz ... it's uh ... me, Max!"

"What is it ... is something wrong with Maria?" Liz asked as she started to get worried!

"She is the same. But we may have a way to help her ... I can't tell you over the phone, just come to Michael's apartment, I will fill you in there!" Max said, and then he hung up!

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"So let me get this straight ... you want me to go in there ... persuade Maria to control her powers, because, she knows how to contain them somewhere with in her. Sure any day. Yeah ... my plans to control the world will just have to wait then!" Liz said, in denial that this plan could ever work.

"That's the plan ... do you think you can handle it?" Max asked.

Liz didn't look at him. She just walked over to the room in disbelief. The last time she tried to talk to Maria, a glass vase was lunged at her head. Of course Maria couldn't control it. But it was just to freaky. It reminded her to much of Carrie 2 The Rage.

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"Hello Maria ... it's me Liz!" Liz asked. Just then a pillow hit her back. They decided to take out all sharp and breakable things out of the room.

"You OK Liz?" Liz could here Maria's voice in a cry as she said that.

"Yeah ... what about you?" Liz asked, as another pillow hit her.

"It hurts Liz ... you got to make it stop ... it hurts!" Maria replied in agony.

"That's what I am gonna try to do. Nasaedo says somewhere within you, you can control it. Try Maria try!" Liz said pleading with Maria.

"I can't the voices won't let me!" Maria replied.

"What voices?" Liz asked with confusion and horror all at the same time!

"All different voices going at the same time! They won't stop, they are screaming telling me to hurt you ... myself ... that I am worthless ... they won't stop!" Maria said as she grabbed Liz's arms.

"Maria ... your hurting me!" Liz said trying to calm her down.

"They don't like you Liz ... they don't like anyone. They just won't stop!" Maria cried sounding hysterical.

"Maria your scaring me!" Liz said as she began to cry, the pain was to much. It hurt and Maria was acting insane. What was happening? Liz began to hurt so much, she didn't even notice when Max pulled her away.

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"What happened?" Max asked staring at her bruised arms.

"I ... I can't help her. I ... I am not the closest. She scared me Max. She really did. She is hearing ... voices. Telling her different things.

All of the sudden they heard a loud scream. Blood curdling!

"I ... I have to go in there. I have to help her!" Michael exclaimed.

"Michael wait you ..." Max tried to say ... but it was to late. He locked the door behind him!

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He looked around him. Everything was scattered. Cushions and paper all over the floor. The mirror had a huge crack. And Maria ... Maria was lying on the floor, all curled up in a ball!

"Maria ... are you OK?" Michael asked while he was shaking.

"Stay away Michael. They don't like you. They will hurt you, like they hurt Liz!" He said as he heard a sniffle from Maria!

"Who will hurt me Maria ... who?" Michael asked confused.

"The voices. They, they don't like you ... they don't like anyone ... they control me Michael, they hurt me!" Maria said as she sounded scared.

"Maria, you control yourself ... not them ... the voices." Michael replied, eerie at his own words, "You can control them!"

"No ... stay away, they control me!" Maria shouted.

"Fine, then let them!" Michael replied.

"What!" Maria said shocked.

"Let them. Let them take control. Let them all out." Michael said, scared of what he was saying.

But something within him told him that this was the best thing. Maria had to know what she was capable of to control it. She had to see what she could do to know how much she needed to control!

"Your a moron Michael ... it could kill you, or me!" She said in disbelief.

"Then let it!" Michael said in a low voice.

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. But she started overpowering the voices ... they began to fade. And all of her powers seemed to come out at once. It seemed the only way to stop the voices was by using her powers. Books began to fly ... papers thrown everywhere. Maria stunned her self. Furniture was lifting. Then a calm ... a serenity.

"Maria ... Maria, what happened, are the voices gone?" Michael asked.

She didn't answer. And then all of the sudden a ray came out of her eyes and she screamed. Louder, like a thunderstorm with a bomb going off and hundreds of cannons. And then the window shattered, and Maria clasped, just in time for Michael to catch her.

"Maria, Maria, wake up, look at me!" Michael said as he looked at her lifeless body. She didn't move an inch!

"Maria ... please, no, please!" He set her down, praying that she wasn't gone from his life forever. He went to the door, and opened it. Barley seeing a thing cause tears flooded his eyes.

"You have to help her Max. Please ... you have to help her." Michael said putting to her body of the floor.

Max went to her. looked at her. Begged her to look at him. But her eyes wouldn't open. She couldn't. It was useless, she was gone!

"You can't walk away. Max get back here ... please!" Michael begged.

"I ... Can't do anything." He said.

Michael ran to her. He loved her with all his heart and soul. He begged her to be alive. "Please Maria ... please." But it was useless. She wouldn't open her eyes. So he put his hand on her face, looked into her soul, and she was there. He told her ... no he commanded her to open her eyes. And she slowly did. She looked at him, just barely, and he miraculously healed her. She was there, breathing ... staring at him. In disbelief.

"The voices Michael ... there, there gone." She said to him.

"Don't ever leave me Maria, not ever. Look at me. Just don't ever leave me!" He cried, and Liz came and Maria got up and looked at what she did. She didn't need someone to help her control the powers. She needed someone to release them. And her friends were there. And Michael, and together, they helped release her.

That day after. Destiny was forgotten. Everyone took Maria to the hospital, and they said it was phenomena. And hallucinations from the sickness. All her friends were there. But best of all, Michael was there. And all of them ... all 5 of them, all took part in freeing her!

The End