Title: Remember Me?
Author: Water Angel
and Witch Baby
Email: water_angel_amy@yahoo.com
and witch_baby_s_number_2@hotmail.com
Spoilers: Sequel to
No one is what they seem
Rating: R
Disclaimers: I own nothing. Although I wish I did.
Summary: Sequel to
No one is what they seem. They all
think that it's over, but it has only just begun.
PART 1: Happy
Family
"Maria come on!"
Michael yelled from the front door of his apartment. "We're gonna be late."
"I'm coming!"
Maria called back from the bedroom.
"Just a few more minutes."
"Women," Michael muttered to his son. "They take forever to get
ready." Cole just looked at him
and gave a goofy smile, and went back to play with his toys. As if she understood what he said Jasmine
gave him an angry look from the playpen and shook her head. Michael smiled at his children. They were wonderful, really smart. Max thought that his kids were good, but they
were nothing compared to Michael's. And
it wasn't just fatherly pride, Michael thought, everyone they saw said that the
children were brilliant.
His life had really changed over the past year. He looked around his apartment; Maria had
changed it from being a dark murky place to a bright happy home. The twins seemed to love it. Especially all the hiding places there
were. Now that they could crawl, they
found it to be a really fun game to hide from their parents. Well, Amy would be looking after them or a
few hours, giving him and Maria some time alone.
Maria walked out of the bedroom and saw Michael just
standing there. He was obviously deep
in thought because he didn't notice her standing there. But whatever he was thinking of made him
happy because from the look on his face and the way he was looking at the
twins, Maria had never seen him this happy.
Then his face changed, it became absolutely devilish and a huge grin
broke out on his face. "Happy
thoughts?" Maria asked walking up
to the playpen and smiling down at the twins.
"Very happy," Michael said wrapping his arms
around her and kissing the back of her neck.
Maria sighed and leaned back into his embrace and enjoyed
the moment. She pulled away and leaned
down to pick up Cole. "And how are
you handsome?" She asked snuggling
her face into his.
Jasmine started fussing for lack of attention and Michael
leaned down to pick her up. "Don't
worry princess, daddy'll pay attention to you.
Are you looking forward to your stay at grandma's? I know I am."
"Do you really expect her to answer you?" Maria asked smiling at him.
"No but I like talking to her anyway."
"Come on, we're gonna be late." Maria said getting the twins things together
and walking to the door.
"Now she say's we're going to be late." Michael muttered shaking his head.
They walked downstairs and put the twins into the car,
locking them in all securely. Michael
checked the straps twice to make sure his children were safe. Then he got in the car and drove to Maria's
mothers.
"Looking forward to this?" Maria asked Michael because she noticed his
going a little faster than usual.
"Do I need to even answer that?" Michael responded, giving her a hot
look. "You're going to be all mine
for a few hours. With no children to
interrupt us."
Maria knew what he was talking about. The past few nights that has been…talking
when one of the twins would cry and have to be looked after. "I know how you feel. But I'm going to miss them anyway."
"We're only going to be gone for a few hours at
most." Michael told her, holding
her hand. "Besides your mother
wants to see the twins. She likes the
fact she's still young and can keep up with them."
Maria laughed.
"She won't like it when they start crawling away from in different
directions or when they start hiding from her."
"I'm sure she'll find some sort of spell or something
to keep them quite for a while."
"True, but you know the twins. They always find some way out of
it." Maria told him.
Michael smirked, proud.
"That's because they're brilliant, never seen anything better than
our children. I'm telling you Maria,
they're absolute geniuses, they're going to show the world what they can
do."
Maria smiled at Michael.
He really was proud of their children.
And she was proud of him. He
gave everything to their children, and he gave everything to her. He really had changed from the boy who had
told her he needed to be a stonewall.
"Yes Michael they're wonderful."
"We're in perfect agreement." Michael said. "Come on, let's give them to your mother and have us some
fun." He rose his eyebrows a few
times, grinning.
Maria just laughed and took Jasmine and the twins' things
out of the car and into her old house.
"Mom!" She yelled
walking into the house. "We're
here!"
"You don't need to yell Maria," Amy De Luca
reprimanded her daughter, taking Jasmine from her. "I heard the car pull up."
"Thanks for taking the twins today Amy. I really appreciate it." Michael said walking in with little Cole in
his arms. "We'll be back at 4
o'clock at the latest. The twins need
their nap a about 12 and they've started to crawl, so they might be a bit of a
handful, and they like to hide so-"
"Michael," Amy interrupted. "I'm a mother too. I know how to deal with crawling babies."
Michael smiled sheepishly.
"I know, but I just thought you should know. These two are a lot of trouble. You might need some help."
"Jim's coming over, so he can help me." Amy told him.
"Jim?"
Maria asked. "As in Jim
Valenti the sheriff? Why is he coming
here?"
"Because he's bringing Kayla and Dylan with him, and I
thought it would be nice if he could come here since I'm babysitting as
well. And why am I answering your
questions?" I'm the mother."
"Okay, okay."
Maria said holding up her hands.
"No need to get defensive.
It was just a question."
"Don't worry Maria, Jim knows everything now anyway and
he wouldn't turn his own grandchildren over to the FBI. He's given up hunting aliens."
"I know mom, I was there when he found out. I don't know, he just gives me a bad
feeling. Plus he's old, and don't go
getting any ideas, there'll be children around."
"Maria!"
Amy was shocked. "Don't say
things like that. Jim and I are adults,
not teenagers, we can do what we like."
Maria just raised her eyebrows and kissed the twins. "Behave yourselves." She said looking at her mother as well as
the twins. Amy glared at her daughter
as she left the room.
"Free at last."
Michael said when they were outside the De Luca house. He pulled Maria into his arms and kissed her
deeply.
Maria kissed him back for a moment, then pulled away. "Not yet space boy. We're still outside the house."
"Not for long."
Michael responded and pulled her towards the car. They got in and Michael drove off, at about
100 miles an hour. Maria laughed again.
* * * * *
"You look pleased with yourself." Maria said to Michael, taking her head off
his chest. "Any particular reason
why?"
Michael smirked.
"Well it could have just been what we just did, or the fact that I
have nail marks down my back, that made me think I did something right."
Maria blushed.
"Don't go getting your hopes up." She mumbled.
Michael laughed and pulled her over him. "Of course not, you're there to do it
for me."
Maria laughed as well, but she got busy getting his 'hopes'
up.
* * * * *
"Come on Michael we need to go pick up the twins
now." Maria said from the front
door. "God, I didn't know it took
you so long to get ready." She
teased him.
Michael come out of the bedroom slightly rumpled with his
hair all over the place, but with a very satisfied look on his face. "I take long to get ready?" He was shocked. "When you say 'just a few more minutes in the space on one
hour."
"But I'm female.
I'm allowed to do it, you're not.
So lets go. I want my babies
back." Maria said leaving the
apartment, not waiting for Michael.
"Hey wait up!" Michael yelled running towards the
car, because Maria was already gunning the engine. "God," Michael said jumping in the car before it zoomed
off. "People would think that you
haven't seem the kids for a few years."
Maria laughed.
"Come on, you want to see them as much as I do. There's no point lying about it. Besides, my mothers probably regretting
agreeing to baby-sit them anyway. Your
children are absolute monsters."
"My children?
Oh I get it, when they're bad they're my children, but when they're good
they're your children." Michael
commented.
"No I didn't say that." Maria argued. "When
they're good they're 'our' children."
Michael laughed until he saw Maria's face. She had gone pale and her hands were
gripping the steering wheel so tight, her knuckles had gone white. "Maria what's wrong? What is it baby?"
"Something's happened." Was all would say. She
accelerated, driving as fast as she could to her mother's house. When she arrived, the front door of the
house was open and a body was lying on the floor. "Mom!" Maria
yelled rushing into the house, pulling her mother's head into her lap. "Michael where are the
twins?" She asked frantically,
trying to wake her mother.
Michael rushed into the house looking all over for his
children. He saw the sheriff lying on
the floor next to the playpen. Michael
looked in expecting to see four children.
He only saw two. Kayla and Dylan
were sitting up, squirming with tearstains down their cheeks. "They're gone!" Michael yelled. "They're not here!"
"Mom, wake up!"
Maria called to her mother.
"Please wake up."
Amy De Luca stirred and said one word. "Mark,"
