I never thought it would be like this. I knew when I healed Liz there would be consequences. But this... I really can't explain it to them, they don't know what it was like to stand there with a way to save her life, to keep her from dying... Our secret was on the line but I knew she was trustworthy. I saw her, who she was, who she is... and I fell in love with her. In an instant.
That day in the Crashdown, subconsciously, I'd made a pact with myself... to protect her, watch over her, never put her in harm's way... But I had... just by letting her close to me. But she wanted it, she didn't let me push her away. That was one of the things I loved most about her. We'd been through so much together.
And then Tess came along. I'm just not sure how I feel about her, about the whole situation... I don't love her... but I don't hate her either... She's like us, like Michael... and Isabel... like me. All her life she must have been kind of lonely. I understand why she's trying to get what Nasedo told her about us... but I can't give her that. Maybe after all this is over... we can help her settle in... and she might loosen up... find someone for herself... not me.
The last few days have been some of the worst in my life. Being in that room... being tortured by Pierce... it was like a nightmare come to life... And now there was another one... When we returned to Pierce in the main room of the UFO museum, he'd managed to free himself from his bindings. There were shots fired, and then... Michael killed Pierce... he must be feeling horrible now...
But there's a new problem now... Kyle... he came in here and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time... Because now he's in his father's arms, shot, almost dead. Valenti asked me to heal him. What do I do? I heal him and... no... I have to do this...
I step up to him, crouch down... Within seconds, we are connected. I can see images... A stuffed animal... a woman, must be his mom... Liz... I break the connection and I see that Kyle is okay. The Sheriff asks for privacy, so we leave them.
All this... it made me think about Maria and Alex. Neither are safe around us. So what happens if something like this happens again? If one of them is injured this way and... what if I can't save them? If one day they're the ones to get shot? What if I get there too late?
I remember... when Maria first found out our secret... she was scared of us. But eventually, she saw through her fear... and she became someone we could count on... and Alex... At first, he was suspicious and I wasn't sure what would happen...
Then I had an accident... I was the one who needed help... Alex gave his blood. After that, he was angry I guess... couldn't blame him. Finally, Liz told him... he didn't believe her at first and then... Michael got sick... He was convinced after that...
So what now? We tell Valenti and Kyle everything? Will they help us... protect us... like Liz, Maria and Alex? Will we be this 'big happy group'? Or will we end up, Michael, Isabel, Tess and I... back in the white room? No... can't let that happen to them, to any of them... We can trust them... we need to trust them. I told Valenti... I hope he'll remember...
If he doesn't... what do we do? Leave? That wouldn't be fair to mom and dad... or to Liz, Maria and Alex... we'd be leaving them to maybe get hurt... get captured... get tortured... get killed... no...
I look around the room. Michael is standing in a corner... I'd hate to feel what he must be feeling right about now... he killed a human being... that's something we've never done... I walk over to him. What am I supposed to say to him?
"You were just trying to stop him. I know you didn't mean to kill him," I say.
"But that's just it. I wanted to kill him. I mean, that's all that I could think about. I wanted him dead. Knowing that, I just did it. It just happened. What kind of person does that make me?" he says, not turning to look at me. I hate that he's feeling this way.
"We would have been dead if you didn't help us," I remind him.
"No! The bottom line Maxwell, I kill people. I kill people, you heal them," he continues. Maria walks up to us. "You're good, and I'm bad," he finishes.
"It's not true, Michael," I insist. He's always been like this... he's gotta get through this himself, he won't hear me out until then. Maria tries to talk to him. The two of them... Both would call me crazy, and Michael would probably pummel me, but I always knew they'd end up together. Even if she keeps pushing her away... he's just confused about his feelings... but she'll get through to him eventually. She won't give up on him, one of the things I respect most about her. If only Michael could see that. Just look back and think of everything she did for him and what she's ready to do.
We're going to find Nasedo now. Michael, Isabel, Tess and I. I tell Liz she doesn't have to come. I just don't want her to get hurt...
"Max you're not making me do anything. We choose our own destinies, remember?" She's right.
That day in the Crashdown, subconsciously, I'd made a pact with myself... to protect her, watch over her, never put her in harm's way... But I had... just by letting her close to me. But she wanted it, she didn't let me push her away. That was one of the things I loved most about her. We'd been through so much together.
And then Tess came along. I'm just not sure how I feel about her, about the whole situation... I don't love her... but I don't hate her either... She's like us, like Michael... and Isabel... like me. All her life she must have been kind of lonely. I understand why she's trying to get what Nasedo told her about us... but I can't give her that. Maybe after all this is over... we can help her settle in... and she might loosen up... find someone for herself... not me.
The last few days have been some of the worst in my life. Being in that room... being tortured by Pierce... it was like a nightmare come to life... And now there was another one... When we returned to Pierce in the main room of the UFO museum, he'd managed to free himself from his bindings. There were shots fired, and then... Michael killed Pierce... he must be feeling horrible now...
But there's a new problem now... Kyle... he came in here and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time... Because now he's in his father's arms, shot, almost dead. Valenti asked me to heal him. What do I do? I heal him and... no... I have to do this...
I step up to him, crouch down... Within seconds, we are connected. I can see images... A stuffed animal... a woman, must be his mom... Liz... I break the connection and I see that Kyle is okay. The Sheriff asks for privacy, so we leave them.
All this... it made me think about Maria and Alex. Neither are safe around us. So what happens if something like this happens again? If one of them is injured this way and... what if I can't save them? If one day they're the ones to get shot? What if I get there too late?
I remember... when Maria first found out our secret... she was scared of us. But eventually, she saw through her fear... and she became someone we could count on... and Alex... At first, he was suspicious and I wasn't sure what would happen...
Then I had an accident... I was the one who needed help... Alex gave his blood. After that, he was angry I guess... couldn't blame him. Finally, Liz told him... he didn't believe her at first and then... Michael got sick... He was convinced after that...
So what now? We tell Valenti and Kyle everything? Will they help us... protect us... like Liz, Maria and Alex? Will we be this 'big happy group'? Or will we end up, Michael, Isabel, Tess and I... back in the white room? No... can't let that happen to them, to any of them... We can trust them... we need to trust them. I told Valenti... I hope he'll remember...
If he doesn't... what do we do? Leave? That wouldn't be fair to mom and dad... or to Liz, Maria and Alex... we'd be leaving them to maybe get hurt... get captured... get tortured... get killed... no...
I look around the room. Michael is standing in a corner... I'd hate to feel what he must be feeling right about now... he killed a human being... that's something we've never done... I walk over to him. What am I supposed to say to him?
"You were just trying to stop him. I know you didn't mean to kill him," I say.
"But that's just it. I wanted to kill him. I mean, that's all that I could think about. I wanted him dead. Knowing that, I just did it. It just happened. What kind of person does that make me?" he says, not turning to look at me. I hate that he's feeling this way.
"We would have been dead if you didn't help us," I remind him.
"No! The bottom line Maxwell, I kill people. I kill people, you heal them," he continues. Maria walks up to us. "You're good, and I'm bad," he finishes.
"It's not true, Michael," I insist. He's always been like this... he's gotta get through this himself, he won't hear me out until then. Maria tries to talk to him. The two of them... Both would call me crazy, and Michael would probably pummel me, but I always knew they'd end up together. Even if she keeps pushing her away... he's just confused about his feelings... but she'll get through to him eventually. She won't give up on him, one of the things I respect most about her. If only Michael could see that. Just look back and think of everything she did for him and what she's ready to do.
We're going to find Nasedo now. Michael, Isabel, Tess and I. I tell Liz she doesn't have to come. I just don't want her to get hurt...
"Max you're not making me do anything. We choose our own destinies, remember?" She's right.
