Summer of 1990, Roswell New Mexico, the Hardings' backyard.

The four girls, Liz, Maria, Isabel and Tess, were enjoying their afternoon, the first since Liz and Maria had finished their school year. The sun was shining and they were having a small party. The boys were over at the Guerins' home.

It had been a year since the kids had met and they had become quick friends. Most of the time they'd split up as they were at that moment. Boys with boys and girls with girls. But they also got together, boys and girls, from time to time, mostly at the Crashdown.

"Okay! My turn!" yelled Maria.

They had installed the sprinklers and each would jump through the water. It was so hot that day, Jay had allowed them to play around with hoses.

The other girls cheered her on as she prepared, making hand gestures to pretend she was a performer of some kind.

But as she jumped through the water, her foot caught on something and she fell down. The girls rushed over to find Maria, crying and grabbing at her knee. There was a large cut and she was bleeding.

Not sure of what else she could do, Tess extended her hand to her friend, but before she reached her, Isabel stopped her.

"Tess, come with me to get something to clean this up. Liz, you stay with Maria."

"Okay," said a scared Liz.

Isabel dragged Tess inside.

"Isabel, what are you doing?"

"No, what are YOU doing?"

"I just wanted to help her," said Tess, her voice shaking.

"But you can't!"

"WHY NOT?" Tess nearly yelled, her blonde curls bouncing up and down.

A few months before, Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess had found out they could do certain things the others couldn't do, like making things change or going into people's dreams, making them see things that weren't really there. They didn't really understand what it was, but they knew not to tell.

But it was harder for Tess, and if the others didn't stop her, she would have shown them to everyone already.

"Why don't you want to help her? She's our FRIEND!"

"Of course I want to help her, but... we can't help her like THAT, and you know it. It'll just have to get better by itself. Now come on," said Isabel as she once again took Tess with her.

They brought a wet washcloth and some bandages in the backyard. Wanting to help the way she could, Tess cleaned the wound and applied the bandages.

"All better now!" she announced.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

October 4th 1999, Roswell, New Mexico.

"So we'll go to Kyle's house after dinner to look at the things we brought back from the dome," said Max.

Tess' head shot up at the sound of her boyfriend's name.

"Okay. Are the others coming?" asked Michael.

"Yes," answered Max.

"What's going on?" they heard Isabel say.

They turned back to the front and all were speechless at the spectacle before them. Police cars were parked in front of Max and Isabel's home.

"Should we...?" started Tess.

They knew she meant 'Should Michael and I leave?'

"No. You're friends and neighbors, it's okay. Besides, look who's there," said Isabel as they saw the Sheriff come towards them.

"Max, Isabel, I'm afraid I have some bad news."

"Mom..."

"No, she's fine, she's over there with Rachel and Molly," he said, nodding hello to Michael and Tess, who returned the gesture.

They walked to the three women while the Sheriff explained the situation.

"Mom," said Isabel, as the four of them went to their respective mothers.

"We were robbed," Diane mumbled.

"I know, we heard," said Max.

*

Summer of 1990, Roswell, New Mexico, the Guerins' backyard.

The four boys, Alex, Kyle, Max and Michael, were enjoying their afternoon, the first since Alex and Kyle had finished their school year. The sun was shining and they were having a small party. The girls were over at the Hardings' home.

In one year, their lives had changed a lot. Max and Michael were like any normal boys, and would, with Isabel and Tess, start school the next fall.

Kyle had recovered from his mom's departure, although he still had nightmares sometimes. And Alex was still getting on his nerves, so he didn't worry as much.

"Hey, Kyle!" called out Alex.

They were playing with their water guns and the sounds of splashes and such made it hard to hear exactly what was being said.

"What?" he answered, before being hit by another round from Michael.

"I heard you were dreaming about a certain someone the other night."

Kyle was caught off guard and fell backwards.

"What are you talking about?"

"Isabel said you were dreaming about Tess the other night."

At that point, Max and Michael stopped too.

"No, I didn't!" exclaimed Kyle, although his face said otherwise.

"I knew it!" yelled Alex before starting his teasing of Kyle with 'Kyle and Tess, sitting in a tree,...'

Kyle grabbed his water gun and unloaded it on Alex. Max and Michael, however, were still standing there.

"Come on," said Michael.

Max nodded and followed him after announcing, "We'll be right back," to Kyle and Alex.

They ran over to Tess' backyard, two houses away. They came in to find Maria sitting on the ground, with the others around her. Tess was putting bandages on Maria's knee.

"All better now!" Tess announced.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Liz looked up then and saw the boys.

"Hi Max! Hi Michael!"

The others looked up also.

"Hey Maria, are you okay?" asked Michael.

"Yes. Tess fixed it."

The boys' eyes went wide.

Knowing what they were thinking, Isabel explained, "She cleaned the cut and put Band-Aids on it."

They calmed down.

"Isabel, Tess, can we talk?" asked Max.

The four of them went inside.

"Max, what's wrong?" asked Isabel.

"We made the rules for a reason. Why aren't you following them?"

"What?"

"You went into Kyle's dream."

"Did not!"

"Alex told us you told him."

Isabel was stuck.

"It was an accident?" she tried.

"Yeah, right. I can't use my powers, but you can use yours?" Tess nearly yelled.

"Well, guess what? He was dreaming about you!"

"No, he wasn't!"

"I was there, you weren't. He was dreaming about you!"

"And what was he doing?"

"Guess!"

"Eww! Not that!"

"Relax," Isabel giggled, "He was playing baseball or something and you were cheering for him."

"Oh," said Tess, then, "Well don't do it again!"

"Promise," Isabel said, holding her hands up, "I won't do it again."

"Okay, I'll believe you for now. Come on, Michael, we should get back."

"Okay."

The boys left and the girls went back outside.

"Where are Max and Michael?" asked Maria.

"They left," said Tess.

"Hey, guess what?" asked Isabel.

"What?" said Liz and Maria.

"Kyle had a dream about Tess!"

"No way!", "I knew it!" and "ISABEL!" were Liz, Maria and Tess' responses, which came all at once.

"That's it!"

Tess picked up a hose and let the water loose on Isabel.

"Hey!"

Isabel did the same. Five seconds later, a water war broke out, soon joined by the boys, who'd heard loud noises and come check it out.

*

Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess walked through the house, observing the damage.

The floors were covered, furniture turned upside down. But they noticed that everything was still there.

They hurried to Max's room and went straight for the box of items they'd brought back from the dome.

"It's empty," said Max.

They were devastated. They'd finally found something that could indicate where they came from... and it was gone.

Max simply stood there, Michael leaned against the wall, and Tess and Isabel sat on Max's bed.

"They came for it. Someone knew we had them and they didn't want us to," stated Isabel.

"Who?" asked Tess.

Isabel just shrugged.

"Anything missing?" asked the Sheriff when he joined them.

"They took the files from the dome. Other than that..."

"Max, I'm so sorry. I know how much they meant to the four of you. I'll try to make this short, I'll get them out of here."

"Thank you," said Michael.

The Sheriff nodded and left.

"So what are we supposed to do?" asked Isabel.

"The meeting still holds. We need to discuss this. If someone came for the files, they could come for us, for any of us, any time. Now more than ever we need to be careful," said Max.

"Okay," said Tess, then looking at her watch, "Come on, Is, our shift's starting in half an hour."

"Okay."

"We'll meet you there later. Tell Liz and Maria the meeting's there, after closing time. We'll tell Kyle and Alex," added Michael.

"Alright. Later," said Isabel as the girls left.

The guys stood in silence. Michael stuffed his hands in his coat pockets, like he always did. But this time, he felt something. He found something he'd forgotten he had. A picture he grabbed before leaving the dome.

"Tonight after closing time," Max was telling Kyle on the phone.

"Max!" said Michael.

"What?"

Michael showed him the picture and he nearly fell off his chair. They still had a chance.