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subject: Michael and Maria
Rated: PG-14
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Summary: Maria learns about the slayer's world and
discovers new talents she has as Liz finds out about
the vampires also.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own either of the cas in
Roswell or Buffy.
Part 2
Turning the corners.
It had been two days since Maria found out all the news. When she showed up to work for the past two days, her mind kept traveling to the whole story Buffy learned from Giles and Buffy. She swore she wouldn't tell Liz or Alex anything, but how could she keep such a big secret from her two best friends. Not to mention how weird everyone she met seemed. Giles was like soooo into the old times and vampires. Willow freaked her out with the whole wicca thing. And Xander was just coming onto her way to fast.
Maria slipped again and didn't even notice the new waitress Courtney tap her shoulder.
"Uh Maria ... table 3 has been waiting for you to take there order like ... 20 minutes now." Courtney replied.
"Oh ... uh ... sorry, I ... guess I just lost track of time." Maria said trying to shape back up into the time she was in now.
"Maybe so. But you have been like this for the past couple of days. Has it got something to do with Michael, because he has been acting weird also, especially when you are around." Courtney replied looking back at Michael. Who tried to keep his eyes from looking at Maria.
"What ... Michael, no! It's ... my mom sort of sprung the news on me that I have a half sister ... for the first time two days ago!" Maria replied. And Michael, she hadn't even thought about him once these past days. Hell, she hasn't even heard from Buffy since Maria learned all about the other daemons exist here.
"Ouch ... I know what that's like ... actually ... I don't! See ya!" Courtney said as she sprang away. She was a ditzy person, much like Maria, that's one of the reasons she liked her. But she could be to ditzy, and that was what annoyed Maria!
Everybody finally packed up everything and left. Liz finally got home, she didn't work tonight so she went to the library. Figures, it was probably the only thing Liz could do to get Max off her mind. It was strange. Maria felt sorry for Liz at first. And for herself. But now she couldn't pity anyone, there were so many things out there and only a few people who actually put up a fight to make the world better.
"So ... Maria, how's it goin?" Liz asked trying to brighten the mood.
"Oh ... uh ... fine I guess." Maria replied trying not to meet Liz's eyes.
Liz figured it was probably because Maria still had to work with Michael. She could tell something was bothering her, "What's wrong Maria ... is it Michael?"
"Oh ... no, it's not Michael ... why do you ask?" Maria replied trying to change the subject!
"Look ... Maria. I know a lot has been going on with dealing with working with Michael and the Crashdown. You can tell me ... It might actually help ME!" Liz replied actually laughing at herself.
"It's nothing ... really!" Maria replied getting a little upset because Liz was acting a little selfish. I mean, it wasn't Liz that just lost something, but her and Alex also. Not to mention the little burden Maria had been given.
"Whatever, I am just trying to make you feel better. I mean ... you have been moping around here for the past two days like someone died, and I notice it has been affecting your job ... and I ..." Liz started to say until she was interrupted.
"You what ... have lost more than me. I don't think so. You have no idea what *I* am going through, and I don't mean to be selfish or anything, but it is starting to get on my ner ..." Maria started to say until she was interrupted.
"Sorry to interrupt your conversation ladies, but I am hungry ... and dinner is about to be served." A strange looking man said just as Maria realized it was a vampire.
"Who are you ... how did you get in here?" Liz asked frightened.
The vampire just looked at her and answered her by thrusting her across the room. Then he lifted her up and was about to bite her when a chair came crashing across his head.
"Hey, that hurt!" He replied looking at a burning red Maria.
"Well, there is plenty of it to go around, want some more taste of it?" Maria asked as she went into a battle.
Tables were being thrown, and Maria discovered a weird strength she required. At the same time, she was being hurdled in the air and hit the wall. Twice. While it seemed to have hurt, the pain immediately disappeared. She got up and something inside her seemed to have snapped. She then watched as her foot kicked the vampire in the stomach, then a left punch, and a right punch. And suddenly, she poked a piece of wood of a chair and thrusted it where his heart would have been, and pouf ... he vanished.
It took a while for Maria to regain what was happening. And even longer to take it all in. Then she looked around at the place witch was literally broken into pieces. Then she caught her gaze with a frightened, hard breathing Liz.
"What just happened?" Liz asked all wide eyed.
"Vampire!" Maria blurted out.
"Vampire, what, no way ... there's just ... that's like, that is sooooo impossible. No way!" Liz replied in shock.
"Oh common Liz. There are aliens living here. You dated one. Is it really so hard to believe that there are demons that live here. I mean ... common ... you saw it for yourself." Maria said all out of breath.
"You mean there are others?" Liz said as she felt she was going to faint.
All of the sudden the door to the Crashdown opened.
"What happened in here. It looks like a tornado blew through here, and left no prisoners." Buffy said looking around, not far behind was Xander, Willow, and Giles.
"Was it Vam ..." Xander said before Buffy shot him a look.
"Xander!" She said harshly.
"She already knows!" Maria said in a low voice.
"What ... you promised you wouldn't tell anyone!" Buffy said starting to get a little angry.
"Well, considering how he was here, and he started attacking her, I had to get rid of him!" Maria said boldly.
"What do you mean get rid of him?" Giles asked curiously.
"She ... she" Liz said as she was making a motion to make a stake going through a heart.
"Staked him!" Maria replied.
"But how?" Willow asked, "I mean Buffy is the slayer."
"That's what I am asking. I mean, Maria has gotten into fights before. But nothing like this!" Liz replied looking around the store.
"I don't know. It was like ... something inside me finally turned on. And I was fighting that ... thing. I don't know what happened." Maria replied confused.
"Do you think it is possible she has some slayer powers?" Buffy asked Giles.
"It's possible. I mean ... afterall, you are sisters." Giles replied.
"But she still got beat up pretty bad!" Willow said walking over to Maria.
"It doesn't hurt ... really!" Maria replied.
"So what's the plan?" Xander asked looking at Buffy.
"OK, I am going to talk to Maria. I suppose I could train her, kind of like Giles did with me. In the mean time, Willow and Xander find out why these attacks are happening in Roswell. Look and see if anyone is missing or if anyone has been murdered lately!" Buffy said.
"Ooh ... goody, I haven't gotten to use my computer skills in a long time!" Willow replied while Liz and Maria were staring at her strangely, "What?"
"Your not going to tell anyone!" Buffy said looking at Liz.
"What about Alex?" Liz looked at Maria.
"No ... you can't tell anyone. Look, they already know who I am, I can't change that. But if Maria is a slayer, chances are, they don't know yet. And to many people already know already. If you tell ... you would be putting Maria in more danger than she already is in!" Buffy said.
"OK ... I won't tell!" Liz replied in a low voice, staring at the ground.
"Oh ... and Giles. Fill Liz on the entire situation. Everything we know!" Buffy said as she took Maria home.
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Michael watched Maria from the corner of his eye. She and Liz had been acting strangely all day. They didn't even notice when Max, Isabelle, and Tess walked in. And he could tell Maria was worried about something. And had nothing to do with him or destiny.
Look Maria ... I just don't understand this whole good vampire bad vampire ..." Liz started to say as she pulled Maria into the locker area.
Now it was Maria's turn to cover Liz's mouth, "Look, don't use that term. You might scare of customers." Maria said giving Liz a punch in the arm.
"Fine ... fine, OK, I don't understand how ... Romanians can be good or bad. I mean, don't you find it just a little weird that this Angel ... Romanian guy was good once, bad the next moment ... and then good again." Liz said as they walked back into the Crashdown.
"Look, I don't understand the details, I just now that he helped Buffy. And this peticular ... Romanian happens to have a soul." Maria said as she saw Liz staring at her, still confused, "If it's any consolation, I am confused by the whole Romanian situation also!" Maria replied.
"Who's Romanian?" Alex said as he snuck up behind them.
"What?" Maria asked getting all jittery.
"Who's Romanian?" Alex asked again.
"Uh ... the new kid." Liz said.
"The candy striper." Maria said at the same time as Liz.
"OK, the last time you two did this, they turned out to be ... aliens." He said in a small voice.
"Oh ... I can promise you it has got nothing to do with ... aliens!" Maria said in an even smaller voice.
"Good ... I think!" Alex said as he watched both girls leave the Crashdown ... quite quickly saying something about taking the rest of the day off.
"What were the talking about?" Isabelle said as she surprised Alex.
"What ... oh ... uh, Romanians!" Alex replied as he looked after where the two girls had left!
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"Romanians?" Michael asked confused.
Max, Michael, Tess, and Isabelle were all at Michael's apartment. They were going to discuss the message they received from Isabelle and Max's mother and destiny, but then Isabelle brought up the fact that they were acting strangely.
"That's all Alex said. He seemed as confused about it as I was!" She said looking worried.
"Something's going on! I just know it. Something's going on that they are not telling us!" Michael said as he started to get angry.
"Maybe they found more aliens!" Tess said.
"No ... Liz would tell me." Max replied.
"Max is right. Liz saw the message. She wouldn't keep that away from us. But I think Michael is right. They know something, and it is probably something that is important for us to know!" Isabelle replied looking at a picture of the six of them before Tess came.
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"OK, hit this side with your right had, then kick this hand with your left foot!" Buffy said looking at Maria. They were *training* in the Crashdown. They were somehow able to convince Mr. Parker that someone broke in and vandalized the place.
"But wouldn't it be more efficient to hit with my right hand then my right foot?" Maria asked confused.
"Just do it!" Buffy said raising her eyebrows, "It is good to try to confuse the vampires."
"What ever!" Maria said as she punched then kicked.
"Harder, you can't go easy on anything that gets in your way." Buffy said starting to get angry.
"Fine!" Maria said as she did it as hard as she could over and over until she finally made Buffy step back.
"Better, now I am going to do the same thing to you, you try to block it!" Buffy said as she repeated the process. But she was much quicker and knocked Maria down.
"Don't worry, it took me a while?" Buffy said while laughing at Maria.
"He ... He!" Maria replied sarcastically.
"Now try this." Buffy said as she did a spin then hit Maria in the stomach.
"Ow ... fine, you wana play rough!" Maria said as she repeated what Buffy did actually knocking her down.
"Good ... good," Buffy said a little out of breath, "now for coordination, try throwing this stake through that whole!" Buffy said to Maria.
Maria tried, and to her surprise, she made it, "Easy as pie!" She replied.
They repeated this process and Buffy kept teaching Maria new methods and moves. But Buffy kept on besting Maria. Maria definitely showed some slayer powers, but not nearly enough as Buffy. But from a distant window, Michael was watching the entire thing. Amazed at the power Maria showed.
But questions kept flowing through his mind. Who was this Buffy girl? Why was Maria practicing fighting? What was this secret she was hiding? For some reason, he new it had something to do with this new girl ... Buffy. And even through all the questions ... he knew one thing was for sure, he was going to find out what was going on!
To Be Continued!
