"Max!" Liz screamed and ran over to his body. Darran just looked shocked. He wasn't pleased that he had hit Max and not Liz. Isabel, Michael, and Tess tried to heal Max, but remembered they didn't have their powers. They all began to cry. Liz stood up and looked at Darran with pure hatred. She felt this surge of energy envelope her small body. She walked slowly towards Darran.
Darran didn't know what she was going to do. He wasn't sure if she knew how to use her power. He raised his hand to fire again, but he had put so much power into trying to kill Liz that he found he was too exhausted to fire again. The soldiers were too preoccupied with what had happened to see what was coming next.
Liz's eyes started to glow red. And as quickly as Max was shot down, an enormous blue light shot from Liz's body. It kept pouring out of her body in all directions. Darran was hit and immediately was turned into tiny pieces of skin. The blue light spread throughout the building. The pod squad, Maria, Alex, and Kyle all looked up in amazement as Liz's body shot out the almost blinding light. Isabel was afraid that the light was going to hurt them as well, but was shocked to find out it hadn't. Michael couldn't believe that such power could come out of someone so small. Tess felt admiration to her for the first time.
The pod squad felt their powers slowly returning. 'This blue light must be reversing the injections they gave us.' Isabel thought. Isabel, Michael, and Tess quickly started to heal an almost dead Max.
Just then the blue light faded and Liz's body slumped down onto the floor. Maria, Kyle, and Alex saw her body hit the floor. They realized that they couldn't help Max so they rushed to Liz's side.
Max's eyes slowly fluttered open. He saw a joyous Isabel, Michael and Tess. 'Wait, what's going on. Where's Liz, is she okay? I thought I died. Wait I was hit, but I don't feel any pain. They must have healed me. But how? Darran took away our powers. Hey, my powers are back. What happened?' Isabel looked over from her brother to Liz. She was moving. Her eyes began to tear up again.
"Iz what is it? Where's Liz? Is she okay? What happened." Max asked in one breath.
"Oh, Max. We thought you had died. We tried to heal you but we couldn't because we didn't have our powers. Liz got mad and her eyes started to glow. This bright blue light shot out from her body. I think it filled the building. She killed the skins. The light also returned our powers." Isabel wanted to continue but she couldn't bear to tell her brother what he couldn't see.
Max stood up to see Alex, Maria, and Kyle huddled around Liz. Maria was bawling. Alex was crying softly and stroking her face. Kyle was also crying and holding Liz's hand. Max ran over to Liz's side. He placed his hand over her heart. He thought he might need a connection, but since they made love they were constantly connected. Max found that her lungs had collapsed and her heart had given out. He mended everything up. He took one last check and found that she was fine. He saw her chest expand and take a large breath. Maria stopped crying and grabbed Liz who was still lying on the floor. Through Max's tears, he half smiled. 'She's okay.' Liz's eyes slowly opened. She felt so tired and couldn't move. She looked at her friends and then at Max.
"Max, you're okay." Liz said softly. It was hard to speak.
"Yes, I'm fine. Shh, now sleep. That energy blast took a lot out of you." Max said simply. He figured he would tell her about how she had died, but he wanted her to get rest and worry about that later. Liz nodded, and she fell asleep almost instantly.
Max stood up. Everyone gave him a group hug. They had almost lost him and Liz within a matter of a minute or two. Tears of joy came barreling down each of their faces. Max let go of the group hug and looked at Michael. "I hope your rested Michael, we better check around to make sure there is no problem with us getting out of here. Iz, Tess stay here, just in case, and protect everyone else. We'll be right back."
Before Max and Michael left the room, Maria came running up to Max. "Max I just wanted to thank you for everything. You saved Liz that day at the Crashdown. You make her happy. And today you saved her life twice, once from Darran and once from her own powers. Thank you." She gave a him a huge hug. Max smiled.
"Maria, I should be the one thanking you and Liz. You both accepted who we are. You are a great friend to Liz, and I thank you for that. And Liz has saved me many times too. She was what I look forward to each morning, and she makes me feel human. She saved me when the government was chasing after us. She lied to me to try and save the world. And today she killed our enemies." Max said now getting teary eyed.
Michael smiled. They were both right, Max and Liz have saved one another countless times. "Okay, are you guys done being sappy? I don't feel like spending another minute here if I don't have to." Michael and Max started to leave the room, but Michael looked back at Maria. He winked at her and mouthed 'I love you.' All that had happened helped Michael realize that life was precious, and that he can't keep up his wall up forever.
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15 minutes later…
Max and Michael returned. Maria got up off the floor and ran over to Michael and hugged him. She was beginning to worry that something had happened to him. Max was greeted with a soft hug from Isabel. Max looked over and saw Liz fast asleep on the floor. He walked over and sat next to her. He stroked her hair softly.
"We checked out the building. Iz, you were right, the blue light killed all of the skins. It looks like Mr. Spencer fled the building." Max explained to the group.
"So we can leave?" Alex piped up.
"Yeah, although where are we going to go?" Michael asked.
"Well, I'm sure our parents are going nuts right now, wondering where we are, so we better get back." Max explained.
"I agree we should go home, but how would we explain this to your parents?" Tess said pointing to Liz, Maria, Alex, Max, and Isabel. "I mean we can tell Kyle's dad, but we can't tell the other parents."
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Maria asked.
"Well I suggest we mind warp them so they think we were…camping. This way they won't worry about us, and it doesn't endanger anyone." Tess explained.
"Fine, but what about Liz's dad. I mean her dad is half alien. Shouldn't we talk to him?" Kyle asked.
"Good question. Well I think we shouldn't say anything until we know more of what is going to happen. According to the legend Liz is going to return with us to Antar and set our people free. So if this is true we will find out more information soon. There's no point on trying to stir things up right now." Isabel said.
"Okay then it's settled. We return home. Tess mind warps the parents to thinking we went on a camping trip." Max said. Everyone nodded in agreement. Since Liz was so weak. Max picked Liz up in his arms and carried her outside. Kyle and Tess found a phone and called Valenti.
Valenti rushed to the building the second he heard Kyle's call. He, as well as the other parents were worried. Luckily, no missing reports were filed. The parents came up with an idea that they all ran off to do something rebellious. Valenti laughed at that now. 'These poor kids.' Valenti arrived at the building. He saw everyone there, and Liz in Max's arms.
They all piled in Valenti's car. Since Valenti couldn't bring another car, the girls had to sit on the guy's laps, not that they cared. Max explained to Valenti all that had transpired there. Valenti couldn't believe that Liz was a hybrid. He knew that Max said Liz was just sleeping, but he couldn't help but be scared for her. These teenagers had all become almost like his kids. He felt a need to protect them from the world, or in this case from two worlds.
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(Liz's Dream)
Liz was in the desert. "Grandma? Where are you?" Liz asked while looking around her.
"I'm right here little one. I'm very proud of you Liz. I know you have a lot of questions, but I need to tell you things now. That blue light that emanated from your body is, as you saw, is an energy blast. The difference between that and the one Michael has is that yours is of course more powerful. The reason yours only killed the skins was because of your intense desire for them to die. Now, with practice, you can focus your powers to a single skin or a huge army." Claudia explained.
"But grandma, I almost died. I know no one wants to tell me, but I know that if Max hadn't healed me I wouldn't be talking to you right now. How can I repeat this again if it's going to kill me." Liz asked.
"Well sweetie, there are a couple reasons why that happened. First, the way you went about using your powers, which I know wasn't your intention, the anger you had went right through to your soul. Therefore the energy you were releasing was to your very core, that's why it took so much out of you. With time you will figure out how to release that same energy without draining yourself too much." Claudia explained.
"So what now grandma? What do I do about dad? When and how do we get to Antar?"
"Well, Kivar is soon going to find out that Darran is dead and that you and the royal four are still alive. He'll send out armies to kill you. It won't just endanger you, but possibly everyone on Earth. That said, you and the royal four will have to go to Antar as soon as possible. Liz, remember that crystal I gave you when you were a little girl? The one I said was magical and you should hold on to? Do you still have it?" Claudia asked.
"Yeah, of course. I put in my closet, why"
"I'm glad to hear that. That is the key to activate the granilith. The granilith will transport you from Earth to Antar."
"Okay. I just have three questions. One is how long do we have before it takes off? Second, what do I tell mom and dad? Third, will I still be able to talk to you when we go to Antar?" Liz asked.
"It takes 24 hours, so you'll need to activate it as soon as you can. Tell your parents the truth, they will understand. Oh my dear sweet Liz, I'll always live on with you as long as you need me. However what you will come to realize one day is that I don't exist anymore. All the information I have given you has come from your own knowledge, it's just you never knew it was there. Your alien side is waking up, and this is your alien side. I am a mere translator for you. However what I do know that your or should I say our real grandmother loves you. Death can not stop love, it just makes it more complicated. It's time for you to wake up know, Max and the others need you to help get them home to stop the skins." Claudia answered.
"Don't leave me grandma, I don't care if you're not real! I need you!" Liz cried out.
"Don't worry, I'll always be here to help guide you. Now wake up." Claudia said.
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Liz awoke to find herself on Max's lap, and in a car heading back to Roswell. Max looked down and smiled.
"Glad to see you got your strength back, I was beginning to think you were in a coma. We're almost home." Max told her.
"You're right, we are almost home. Max I know how to get back to Antar. We have to leave in about 24 hours." Liz said straight out. Everyone's eyes fixated on Liz.
