In the End...
by Love Of My Life
Rating: PG-13
Category: M/L Future Fic
Disclaimer: Nothing Roswell is mine. If only...
Summary: No spoilers. Season 2 up to and incl. Viva Las Vegas, everything after that never happened in this universe. This story is set in the year 2070 A.D. earth standard time just in case you were wondering. This is their final days. A love as great as theirs, will it ever end?
Distribution: You can always ask, who knows I might say yes.
Part 4
Only his children and the eldest of his grandchildren accompany him on his final journey. Max feels a peace settling over him as he reaches the bedroom he and Liz had shared for so many years, for he knows he will be joined with her soon.
He slowly walks over to the bed where his Liz is lying, with that beautiful smile still on her face. He sits down gently as not to disturb her. As he lies down beside her he puts his right arm under her head so she will rest against him. He settles down beside her and knows that he will be home again soon.
His children kneel beside the bed as close as they can. Knowing what is to come, the loss of another beloved parent. It is hard for them. For they had lost their mother only 3 hours earlier and now their father is going to leave them too. But they know that they cannot stop this from happening. Their father simply cannot go on living without his beloved wife. But even though they understand, it still grieves them deeply.
His grandchildren also settle around the bed on their knees paying their last respects to their grandfather and their king. Some of them crying openly while others still try to hold back the tears. The pain, notwithstanding, they feel they wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now. They feel like it is their duty, no not their duty, their privilege to witness the final journey of their grandfather.
Max wills his energy out of his body. He can see the sadness in his children's eyes. 'Don't feel sad for your mother and me for we will be together soon and we will be waiting for you when your time comes. Know always that we love you and are proud of you.' Max feels the last of his energy flowing from his body and he knows he is finally free. Free to go to Liz.
They hear Max's final breath and see his final peaceful smile. He found peace knowing that he would be reunited with his love once again. David rises to his feet and puts his fathers hands on his chest, as the Antarian tradition requires. He sees to his amazement a golden glow engulfs his parents' bodies. Judging from the gasps of surprise coming from the others he realizes that he isn't the only who sees this phenomenon. The glow increases in intensity and surrounds his parents' bodies now in its entirety. The glow is too intense to watch. He closes his eyes. After a while he slowly opens his eyes and looks at the bed again where his parent's bodies are supposed to lie. But they are no longer there. The Powers of the Universe have reclaimed them as it had been foretold so long ago in the 'Prophecy of the Beloved'.
THE END