Title: Secrets
Author: Gaudicia
E-mail: life_mistery@hotmail.com
ICQ: 101624726
IM: Gaudy831
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Roswell, except David.
Category: Liz/Max
Rating: PG
Summary: Liz has a secret no one knows. Its short, but I don't want to give much away.
Distribution: Just ask. This is so I know where to send the other chapters.
Author notes: You all have to thank Julie, Lacy and Brie, my beta (editors') readers. Lacy does a wonderful job and most important puts up with me. Brie helps me keep the fic going. Julie helps me with my writer's block and it's my fountain of information.
bAuthors note 2: The time line will be a bit different I will be changing something like when Nasedo show up and Liz meet Maria and Alex when she was 8 years old and Max first saw her at that age also. (I wanted to clear this up)/b
Authors note 3: Please bear with me if I take long with sending out the chapters. This is my first fic, so I'm new at this. I hope you enjoy.
Authors note 4: I also want to thank everyone who sent feedback for the previous chapters. I really appreciate it.
Feedback: You know the drill. Please, send your comments good or bad.
Chapter 15
As Liz regained consciousness, she looked around trying to find any clue that would give her any idea as to where she was, but all she saw were rocks. It was like a small cave. Liz couldn't explain to herself how it was that it looked like a cave, but there was no entrance or exit. 'If there are no entrances or exits, then how did I get in?' Liz soon got tired from looking around; her head was a little fuzzy, so she sat in a corner. A shiver passed through her, so she wrapped her arms around herself, thinking, 'I hope, they find me soon.'
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After the bell rang they watched as Liz ran out of the school. They agreed to meet later at the Crashdown. They needed to talk to Liz; there were some things that still didn't make sense, and after the conversation yesterday they were even more confused.
At eight o'clock Max and the others were all there. They were startled when two very worried-looking Parkers approached them.
"Have you kids seen Liz?" Mr. Parker asked.
Max was immediately concerned. "No. Why?"
Mrs. Parker sighed, "She was supposed to be here like two hours ago. We know she wasn't upset. We talked things out this morning and everything was fine. But Liz hasn't called. We were hoping she was with you kids," Mrs. Parker told them helplessly.
"Maybe Liz is with David," Isabel offered.
The Parkers seemed to lighten a bit, but at that same moment David walked through the door.
David saw all of them reunited at a booth. He had felt that Liz was in trouble and he had come straight to the Crashdown. David let his gaze wonder around trying to locate Liz, but he didn't see her. David approached the group. "Hey, where is Liz?"
The Parkers face immediately fell and a look of concern took over their faces, as well as the others.
"We were hoping you could tell us," Mrs. Parker said.
"Liz, isn't here? She was supposed to be here like two or three hours ago. Liz is always punctual." David answered, still with some hostility towards Mrs. Parker. Years of mistreatment weren't easily forgotten--it didn't matter the cause. But every minute that passed he got more worried for Liz.
"Well, where was Liz supposed to be?" Michael decided to be the voice of reason, since the others didn't seemed to be reasoning at all.
"At the reservation." David and Mr. Parker answered at the same time.
"Why did she go to the reservation?" Maria couldn't keep the suspicion out of her voice, even though she didn't know what she was suspicious about.
"Liz wanted to ask River Dog something," David supplied.
"Why didn't you go with her? Like you have been all week." Maria demanded, forgetting that David couldn't have known that they were spying on them if they had been doing it right.
"I started working today, that's why I didn't go with her." David was finally getting they knew more than they should asked, "How do you know we have been going to the reservation this past week?"
The others, along with Maria flushed. They didn't know what to answer.
David was furious. "Have you been spying on us?!"
Michael wanting to take David's wrath away from Maria said, "We wanted to know what Liz was up too."
"You had no right to spy on us!"
Michael defended their cause. "Yeah, well, Liz is not someone who drops everything, so she can go after a stranger, so naturally we got concerned. We wanted to find out if Liz was in trouble."
Mrs. Parker seeing they looked ready to start a fight said, "This isn't the time for you kids to fight. Liz is the important thing at the moment. We have to find her."
David and Michael back down knowing Mrs. Parker was right.
"Why don't we wait a little while longer? And if in 10 minutes Liz isn't here and hasn't arrived, we head to the reservation to see if we can find her." Alex voiced his solution.
Isabel, seeing that the Parkers didn't look happy said, "I'll call my parents, and ask them if they have seen Liz, okay?"
She got up from the booth, after the couple nodded, and went to the phone. Five minutes later she came back. "Mom said they haven't seen or heard from her," Isabel informed them.
Maria seeing that the Parkers were growing more concerned and anxious by the minute, grabbed their hands and squeezed them. "I'll make some calls and see if anyone has seen her."
The Parkers were grateful to Maria for her offer. They knew it must be hard to find out her best friend had been keeping things from her. They knew Maria was angry and hurt, but they also knew Maria and Liz would work things out.
Sometime later Maria came back. As soon as they saw Maria their eyes turned hopeful.
"Did you find out anything? Has anyone they seen her?" Max asked, beating David to the question.
David glared at Max and then looked at Maria waiting for an answer. "Well, have they seen her, or heard anything from her?" David probed.
Maria glared at David—the cause for taking Liz away from them. Maria sighed, remembering the bad news. "No, they haven't."
The ten minutes went by and there still was no sign of Liz. The Parkers didn't know what to do. They feared that maybe that man had never gone away and knew they had told Liz and David the truth. 'What if he got her?' Both Mr. and Mrs. Parker thought. "We'll call the Sheriff."
They groaned, not too happy with the idea, but by the tone in Mr. Parker's voice they knew there was no use in trying to change their minds.
"I'm going to look for Liz at the reservation." David said, not being able to wait any longer and he didn't want any confrontations with the Sheriff.
"No, you're not. We are going," Max argued.
"Well, I don't think so! She is my sister!" David glared at Max willing him to back down.
"We are her friends! That's gives us a right to look for her too," Max nearly screamed.
Alex decided to be the peacemaker. "Look, we'll all go and look for Liz, the more the merrier."
"You kids be careful, okay? We don't want anything to happen to you." Mrs. Parker looked at Max and David, and added, "You two behave." Mrs. Parker could already feel the rivalry between them. She knew it was, because they both cared about Liz and were over protective of her. But this wasn't the time for that, her motherly instincts were telling her Liz was in trouble.
David ignored her and started to make his way out of the Crashdown, not waiting for the others.
Max immediately caught up with him. There was no way he was going to let David out of his sight. Without David saying anything Max opened the door in the passager's seat and got in the car.
"What are you doing?" David asked.
Max broached his seat belt. "What does it look like? I'm going with you."
The others saw the exchange between Max and David. They all had one thought in their minds: 'This is going to be a long night.' Isabel went with them knowing they needed someone to keep their minds on track. The others followed them in the jeep.
"Could you go faster?" Max urged.
"No, if you wanted to go any faster you should have come in your own car. How am I supposed to help Elizabeth if I'm dead?" David reasoned.
"Would you stop calling her Elizabeth?! She likes to be called Liz," Max stated. Max knew David was her brother, but he still got jealous. 'I just found out he is Liz's brother, but some habits are hard to break.'
"What is your problem? I call her Elizabeth, Beth, Liz, Lizzie, what ever I want to!" David couldn't believe Max's nerve.
Isabel seeing Max was about to continue said, "Stop it! David, just ignore Max and look at the road, please! Max, you stay still and be quiet!" Isabel couldn't believe the reason of the fight, much less that Max was the one that started it. It was so childish.
The others in the jeep saw the commotion in David's car and they hoped Isabel would be able to calm them.
"I don't have a problem as long as you keep Max the Childish at bay. Liz is my main concern right now."
Max couldn't believe how he was acting, it was totally not like him. Max was able to stay quiet during the rest of the ride. It seemed like an eternity had gone by when they reached the reservation.
David was making his way to River Dog's house when he heard Isabel call him. "Please wait for us." Once Isabel reached him she continued, "I know you aren't fond of us, but we are Liz's friends and we care about her."
David silently nodded and waited for the others, when they were all there he continued his way towards River Dog's house. The door opened by itself, not even giving David time to knock.
"Come in." They heard River Dog tell them.
One by one they walked in. "I've been waiting for you."
David started to introduce them, but was cut off by Michael. "We know him already."
David's curiosity sparked up at that. He wondered how they knew him, since Liz also knew him before David, but he chose not to say anything for the timebeing Liz was the main issue for the moment.
"David, you have to find Liz," River Dog said.
"How?"
The others were also asking themselves that question.
"You have to use your abilities, follow me." River Dog began to make his way towards Jennifer's house.
David and the others silently followed, wondering what was up.
"You'll be close to her here, because your essences are strongly connected here," River Dog explained. "You have to concentrate, like we have been practicing."
David sat on the floor and listened to River Dog talk. They ignored the others knowing there wasn't anytime to waist.
The others listened intently curious about what they were doing and talking about. They knew that they had to be quiet, both River Dog and David were serious and they felt that this was a step to getting closer to Liz even if they didn't understand what was going on. They saw that after a few minutes David seemed to have gone in a deep trance, while River Dog helped guide him through. They had no idea what was going on and they were getting anxious.
After a while David came out of his trance looking disappointed. "I can't get through. I'm not that powerful."
Maria interrupted them, not able to be patient. "What the hell are you talking about?!"
River Dog answered, since David was too preoccupied. "David and Liz are both gifted. They can communicate in another plane different from ours. They had been developing for a few days, but they still have a long way to go. The full extent of their abilities is yet to be discovered. Just now David was trying to connect with Liz, but he failed."
At this point David intervened, "I'm not strong or advanced enough. Liz is much better at this than I am." Suddenly something came to his mind. "River Dog couldn't you help me? You have been able to connect with the two of us…"
"I can't interfere more than I already have. This is up to all of you." River Dog told them. He could interfere, but he knew that wouldn't help. They needed to trust each other and to be able to share their secrets with one another. There was only one other person that could help. Max. And for them to be able to locate Liz, Max and David had to work together, they would have to get past their rivalry and their jealousy.
They were surprised to learn that both David and Liz had abilities that could be alien. It had never crossed their mind that humans could also possess some powers of their own.
Max got extremely jealous when he learned he wasn't the only one that was capable to connect with Liz. Max was surprised when he learned Liz had that ability, but he had always known she was special.
David remembered something he felt when he tried to connect to Liz. "River Dog, when I tried to connect to Liz it was like the door was closed, but there was handle to try and open it."
"She unconsciously closed those doors in her mind. I think she's too scared to remember about her ability." River Dog concluded. River Dog hoped Max, Isabel and Michael would get the courage to help them. They were the only hope.
Max was torn. He didn't know what to do. 'Can I risk our secret? Could we tell David we aren't of this earth?' Max looked at Michael and Isabel with his eyes asking if he should tell him.
Michael and Isabel didn't know what to do. They knew what Max was asking them. After a while they both nodded. They were going to help a friend. If they couldn't use their powers to help a friend, then why did they have them to begin with?
Max was grateful for their consent. He didn't know what would happen if they hadn't agreed. Max nodded back at them and stepped forward. "I can help."
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Liz didn't know what to do; she was nervous, scared, and tired. She had tried to stay still in the corner where she sat, but she couldn't. She had to move, so she started to pace. Liz started out pacing, but in a second she was banging on the walls trying to see if she could find an exit, but nothing. After a while she got tired and desperate. She began to bang on the same spot over and over again. Her hands started to ache from all the banging. Liz felt a wetness running down her hands, and when she looked down she saw blood and small cuts covering her hands.
Liz, seeing that her banging wasn't productive and noticing that her hands hurt and were starting to sting. She started to scream over and over again. "Help! Anybody! Why are you doing this?! Who are you?!"
Liz soon realized that whoever had taken her wasn't going to answer; she dropped herself to the floor, and began to sob uncontrollably. Liz didn't know what was making her so emotional and unreasonable. But the only thing she could her was the sound of her own sobs. The thought of using her abilities never crossed her mind.
To be continued…
Please, tell me what you think!!!!!!!!
Author: Gaudicia
E-mail: life_mistery@hotmail.com
ICQ: 101624726
IM: Gaudy831
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Roswell, except David.
Category: Liz/Max
Rating: PG
Summary: Liz has a secret no one knows. Its short, but I don't want to give much away.
Distribution: Just ask. This is so I know where to send the other chapters.
Author notes: You all have to thank Julie, Lacy and Brie, my beta (editors') readers. Lacy does a wonderful job and most important puts up with me. Brie helps me keep the fic going. Julie helps me with my writer's block and it's my fountain of information.
bAuthors note 2: The time line will be a bit different I will be changing something like when Nasedo show up and Liz meet Maria and Alex when she was 8 years old and Max first saw her at that age also. (I wanted to clear this up)/b
Authors note 3: Please bear with me if I take long with sending out the chapters. This is my first fic, so I'm new at this. I hope you enjoy.
Authors note 4: I also want to thank everyone who sent feedback for the previous chapters. I really appreciate it.
Feedback: You know the drill. Please, send your comments good or bad.
Chapter 15
As Liz regained consciousness, she looked around trying to find any clue that would give her any idea as to where she was, but all she saw were rocks. It was like a small cave. Liz couldn't explain to herself how it was that it looked like a cave, but there was no entrance or exit. 'If there are no entrances or exits, then how did I get in?' Liz soon got tired from looking around; her head was a little fuzzy, so she sat in a corner. A shiver passed through her, so she wrapped her arms around herself, thinking, 'I hope, they find me soon.'
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After the bell rang they watched as Liz ran out of the school. They agreed to meet later at the Crashdown. They needed to talk to Liz; there were some things that still didn't make sense, and after the conversation yesterday they were even more confused.
At eight o'clock Max and the others were all there. They were startled when two very worried-looking Parkers approached them.
"Have you kids seen Liz?" Mr. Parker asked.
Max was immediately concerned. "No. Why?"
Mrs. Parker sighed, "She was supposed to be here like two hours ago. We know she wasn't upset. We talked things out this morning and everything was fine. But Liz hasn't called. We were hoping she was with you kids," Mrs. Parker told them helplessly.
"Maybe Liz is with David," Isabel offered.
The Parkers seemed to lighten a bit, but at that same moment David walked through the door.
David saw all of them reunited at a booth. He had felt that Liz was in trouble and he had come straight to the Crashdown. David let his gaze wonder around trying to locate Liz, but he didn't see her. David approached the group. "Hey, where is Liz?"
The Parkers face immediately fell and a look of concern took over their faces, as well as the others.
"We were hoping you could tell us," Mrs. Parker said.
"Liz, isn't here? She was supposed to be here like two or three hours ago. Liz is always punctual." David answered, still with some hostility towards Mrs. Parker. Years of mistreatment weren't easily forgotten--it didn't matter the cause. But every minute that passed he got more worried for Liz.
"Well, where was Liz supposed to be?" Michael decided to be the voice of reason, since the others didn't seemed to be reasoning at all.
"At the reservation." David and Mr. Parker answered at the same time.
"Why did she go to the reservation?" Maria couldn't keep the suspicion out of her voice, even though she didn't know what she was suspicious about.
"Liz wanted to ask River Dog something," David supplied.
"Why didn't you go with her? Like you have been all week." Maria demanded, forgetting that David couldn't have known that they were spying on them if they had been doing it right.
"I started working today, that's why I didn't go with her." David was finally getting they knew more than they should asked, "How do you know we have been going to the reservation this past week?"
The others, along with Maria flushed. They didn't know what to answer.
David was furious. "Have you been spying on us?!"
Michael wanting to take David's wrath away from Maria said, "We wanted to know what Liz was up too."
"You had no right to spy on us!"
Michael defended their cause. "Yeah, well, Liz is not someone who drops everything, so she can go after a stranger, so naturally we got concerned. We wanted to find out if Liz was in trouble."
Mrs. Parker seeing they looked ready to start a fight said, "This isn't the time for you kids to fight. Liz is the important thing at the moment. We have to find her."
David and Michael back down knowing Mrs. Parker was right.
"Why don't we wait a little while longer? And if in 10 minutes Liz isn't here and hasn't arrived, we head to the reservation to see if we can find her." Alex voiced his solution.
Isabel, seeing that the Parkers didn't look happy said, "I'll call my parents, and ask them if they have seen Liz, okay?"
She got up from the booth, after the couple nodded, and went to the phone. Five minutes later she came back. "Mom said they haven't seen or heard from her," Isabel informed them.
Maria seeing that the Parkers were growing more concerned and anxious by the minute, grabbed their hands and squeezed them. "I'll make some calls and see if anyone has seen her."
The Parkers were grateful to Maria for her offer. They knew it must be hard to find out her best friend had been keeping things from her. They knew Maria was angry and hurt, but they also knew Maria and Liz would work things out.
Sometime later Maria came back. As soon as they saw Maria their eyes turned hopeful.
"Did you find out anything? Has anyone they seen her?" Max asked, beating David to the question.
David glared at Max and then looked at Maria waiting for an answer. "Well, have they seen her, or heard anything from her?" David probed.
Maria glared at David—the cause for taking Liz away from them. Maria sighed, remembering the bad news. "No, they haven't."
The ten minutes went by and there still was no sign of Liz. The Parkers didn't know what to do. They feared that maybe that man had never gone away and knew they had told Liz and David the truth. 'What if he got her?' Both Mr. and Mrs. Parker thought. "We'll call the Sheriff."
They groaned, not too happy with the idea, but by the tone in Mr. Parker's voice they knew there was no use in trying to change their minds.
"I'm going to look for Liz at the reservation." David said, not being able to wait any longer and he didn't want any confrontations with the Sheriff.
"No, you're not. We are going," Max argued.
"Well, I don't think so! She is my sister!" David glared at Max willing him to back down.
"We are her friends! That's gives us a right to look for her too," Max nearly screamed.
Alex decided to be the peacemaker. "Look, we'll all go and look for Liz, the more the merrier."
"You kids be careful, okay? We don't want anything to happen to you." Mrs. Parker looked at Max and David, and added, "You two behave." Mrs. Parker could already feel the rivalry between them. She knew it was, because they both cared about Liz and were over protective of her. But this wasn't the time for that, her motherly instincts were telling her Liz was in trouble.
David ignored her and started to make his way out of the Crashdown, not waiting for the others.
Max immediately caught up with him. There was no way he was going to let David out of his sight. Without David saying anything Max opened the door in the passager's seat and got in the car.
"What are you doing?" David asked.
Max broached his seat belt. "What does it look like? I'm going with you."
The others saw the exchange between Max and David. They all had one thought in their minds: 'This is going to be a long night.' Isabel went with them knowing they needed someone to keep their minds on track. The others followed them in the jeep.
"Could you go faster?" Max urged.
"No, if you wanted to go any faster you should have come in your own car. How am I supposed to help Elizabeth if I'm dead?" David reasoned.
"Would you stop calling her Elizabeth?! She likes to be called Liz," Max stated. Max knew David was her brother, but he still got jealous. 'I just found out he is Liz's brother, but some habits are hard to break.'
"What is your problem? I call her Elizabeth, Beth, Liz, Lizzie, what ever I want to!" David couldn't believe Max's nerve.
Isabel seeing Max was about to continue said, "Stop it! David, just ignore Max and look at the road, please! Max, you stay still and be quiet!" Isabel couldn't believe the reason of the fight, much less that Max was the one that started it. It was so childish.
The others in the jeep saw the commotion in David's car and they hoped Isabel would be able to calm them.
"I don't have a problem as long as you keep Max the Childish at bay. Liz is my main concern right now."
Max couldn't believe how he was acting, it was totally not like him. Max was able to stay quiet during the rest of the ride. It seemed like an eternity had gone by when they reached the reservation.
David was making his way to River Dog's house when he heard Isabel call him. "Please wait for us." Once Isabel reached him she continued, "I know you aren't fond of us, but we are Liz's friends and we care about her."
David silently nodded and waited for the others, when they were all there he continued his way towards River Dog's house. The door opened by itself, not even giving David time to knock.
"Come in." They heard River Dog tell them.
One by one they walked in. "I've been waiting for you."
David started to introduce them, but was cut off by Michael. "We know him already."
David's curiosity sparked up at that. He wondered how they knew him, since Liz also knew him before David, but he chose not to say anything for the timebeing Liz was the main issue for the moment.
"David, you have to find Liz," River Dog said.
"How?"
The others were also asking themselves that question.
"You have to use your abilities, follow me." River Dog began to make his way towards Jennifer's house.
David and the others silently followed, wondering what was up.
"You'll be close to her here, because your essences are strongly connected here," River Dog explained. "You have to concentrate, like we have been practicing."
David sat on the floor and listened to River Dog talk. They ignored the others knowing there wasn't anytime to waist.
The others listened intently curious about what they were doing and talking about. They knew that they had to be quiet, both River Dog and David were serious and they felt that this was a step to getting closer to Liz even if they didn't understand what was going on. They saw that after a few minutes David seemed to have gone in a deep trance, while River Dog helped guide him through. They had no idea what was going on and they were getting anxious.
After a while David came out of his trance looking disappointed. "I can't get through. I'm not that powerful."
Maria interrupted them, not able to be patient. "What the hell are you talking about?!"
River Dog answered, since David was too preoccupied. "David and Liz are both gifted. They can communicate in another plane different from ours. They had been developing for a few days, but they still have a long way to go. The full extent of their abilities is yet to be discovered. Just now David was trying to connect with Liz, but he failed."
At this point David intervened, "I'm not strong or advanced enough. Liz is much better at this than I am." Suddenly something came to his mind. "River Dog couldn't you help me? You have been able to connect with the two of us…"
"I can't interfere more than I already have. This is up to all of you." River Dog told them. He could interfere, but he knew that wouldn't help. They needed to trust each other and to be able to share their secrets with one another. There was only one other person that could help. Max. And for them to be able to locate Liz, Max and David had to work together, they would have to get past their rivalry and their jealousy.
They were surprised to learn that both David and Liz had abilities that could be alien. It had never crossed their mind that humans could also possess some powers of their own.
Max got extremely jealous when he learned he wasn't the only one that was capable to connect with Liz. Max was surprised when he learned Liz had that ability, but he had always known she was special.
David remembered something he felt when he tried to connect to Liz. "River Dog, when I tried to connect to Liz it was like the door was closed, but there was handle to try and open it."
"She unconsciously closed those doors in her mind. I think she's too scared to remember about her ability." River Dog concluded. River Dog hoped Max, Isabel and Michael would get the courage to help them. They were the only hope.
Max was torn. He didn't know what to do. 'Can I risk our secret? Could we tell David we aren't of this earth?' Max looked at Michael and Isabel with his eyes asking if he should tell him.
Michael and Isabel didn't know what to do. They knew what Max was asking them. After a while they both nodded. They were going to help a friend. If they couldn't use their powers to help a friend, then why did they have them to begin with?
Max was grateful for their consent. He didn't know what would happen if they hadn't agreed. Max nodded back at them and stepped forward. "I can help."
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Liz didn't know what to do; she was nervous, scared, and tired. She had tried to stay still in the corner where she sat, but she couldn't. She had to move, so she started to pace. Liz started out pacing, but in a second she was banging on the walls trying to see if she could find an exit, but nothing. After a while she got tired and desperate. She began to bang on the same spot over and over again. Her hands started to ache from all the banging. Liz felt a wetness running down her hands, and when she looked down she saw blood and small cuts covering her hands.
Liz, seeing that her banging wasn't productive and noticing that her hands hurt and were starting to sting. She started to scream over and over again. "Help! Anybody! Why are you doing this?! Who are you?!"
Liz soon realized that whoever had taken her wasn't going to answer; she dropped herself to the floor, and began to sob uncontrollably. Liz didn't know what was making her so emotional and unreasonable. But the only thing she could her was the sound of her own sobs. The thought of using her abilities never crossed her mind.
To be continued…
Please, tell me what you think!!!!!!!!
