The next morning, Tess woke up in the back seat of the car. Her mind was boggling and it hurt like hell. They had made it to the Arizona border, and she could sense the others. Max, Michael, Isabel. Her head hurt and she let out a sigh of releif when the pain subsided. By then, Alex had awoken.
"Hey...you don't look so good." Alex said, Tess looked up in surprise. It almost sounded like Alex had said that with compassion.
"I sense them Alex." Tess said weakly. "Max, Michael, Isabel." Tess said. Alex looked at her nervously, she looked like she would puke. "I'm fine, I am, get that expression of your face before I begin to think you actually care about the murderer." Tess said with a smile. Alex turned away quickly. "Well...it's a good sign." Tess said, getting out of the car and into the front seat. "It means we're closer to finding Isabel so you can go scoop your dream girl of her feet and kiss a married a woman." Tess smiled.
"Ya, um, just drive." Alex said, his forehead pressed against the passenger window.
"Right." Tess said, she put the keys into the ignition and they began to drive. There was a lot of silence, and the old car didn't even have a decent radio. Finally, after about 2 hours of driving, Alex spoke.
"Tess, I'm sorry about blowing up on you yesterday at the diner." Alex said. Tess looked up at him, surprised. "I mean, that was totally out of my character, that was something Michaek would've said." He said almost with a laugh.
"Alex, you don't have to be sorry about anything." Tess said, looking over at him. Her eyes burned into his like hot coals and Alex was trying ot force himself to pull away from her strangely sincere gaze. It made him feel uncomfortable. Before he could turn away however, Tess winced and screamed out.
"Oh!" Tess squeezed her eyes shut and quickly yet sloppily pulled the car over on the deserted road. "Oh God." Tess grasped her head.
"Tess? Tess?" Alex asked unsure what was happening. Tess used her powers to quickly open the car door and she ran out into the middle of the road. "Tess!" Alex called. he quickly undid his seatbelt and hopped out of the car, running over to her.
"Oh God, ow." Tess moaned, her hands gripping her hair and spinning slightly. "Make the pain go away, please." She whispered. Alex ran up and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Tess?"
"Alex..." Tess said dizzily. her feet gave way and Tess closed her eyes, fainting into Alex's arms.
"This is just picture perfect." Alex muttered. He lifted Tess up and carried her back to the car, putting her in the back seat.
Another one and a half hours passed by before Tess finally came to. She found herself alone in the backseat of the car.
"Alex?" Tess whispered. There was no answer. Tess sat up and looked around. The car was parked infront of a gas station. The only thing Tess remembered was passing out into Alex' arms, and nothing else from there. She had felt so secure in his arms, but where was that security now? "And why do I feel safe with him?" Tess asked herself. Tess lifted her head up as Alex came running out of the convience store with some junk food and a piece of paper.
"Hey. You woke up." Alex said, getting in the driver's seat. Tess straightened herself out.
"Yea." Tess said, smiling a bit.
"Y'know, you look happy to see me. I'm wondering if you woke up and thought that someone else killed me again before you got the chance to." Alex said opening a bag of cheetos.
"I see this is my torture for life, letting you crack these not funny jokes about me killing you?"
"Yea. So mind telling me what made you spaz out and then go out cold?" Alex asked, concerned.
"I could feel them, again, Alex. More strongly than before. It means we're getting closer, but it also means-...a lot of power was being used."
"Like electrical power, or alien power?"
"What do you think Alex?" Tess said, holding her head.
"Do you need an asprin?"
"No! I'm-I'm fine now." Tess said, sitting up straight. "Okay, take highway 245, we're going north to the four corners."
"Okay." Alex said, starting the ignition.
"Hey, what was that peice of paper you had there?" Tess said, pointing to the white piece of paper with all the junk food in the passenger seat.
"That's the bad news." Alex responded. He handed the paper to Tess. It was a wanted ad. "Turns out there were witnesses outside who saw us before we pulled the masks on. Luckily they don't have any names, just drawings from witness testimonies. But hey, think of it this way, we're worth quite a sum of money."
"Ya...this isn't exactly the best of news, but I doubt it's anything to worry about. We're dead, remember?" Tess said, her voice kind of unsure.
"How could I forget." Alex said.
*Scene Switch- A motel room somewhere.*
Liz Parker Evans finished unpacking her little belongings in the hotel room and walked out into the hallway, when she bumped into someone.
"Oh sorry." Liz said. She eyed the man's strange clothes. The guy tiped his hat and walked over to a phone booth. Liz watch him curiously. The guy inserted a few coins and picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Hello? This is Atherton." The man said in the phone. "I'm looking for a-" Liz didn't even need to pay attention to the rest of the conversation, immediately she spun on her heels and ran into Max at the motel's buffet.
"Max! You won't beleive who I just saw!"
*Return to Scene- Alex and Tess's car.*
The following morning, Tess and Alex reached the popular tourist point- the four corners.
"Hey look Tess! I'm in Arizona-but now I'm in Colorado!" Alex said, taking a diagonal step. Tess smiled. Maybe he was finally shedding the anger after all.
"Hold on." Tess said, she put on her sunglasses and walked over to the souveneir booth in the New Mexico quarter. "A disposable camera please." Tess said. The guy nodded and handed her one and Tess handed him back some cash. "Oh Alex..." Tess said, holding up the camera. Alex turned while in the middle of jumping from state to state as Tess took a picture.
"Hey!" Alex said, being blinded by the flash.
"Gotcha!" Tess laughed. Alex grinned.
"My whole life I've lived in Roswell, I've never been here before. You know, when I was in 8th grade my goal for life was to veiw every tourist attraction in America. Living in Roswell does that to you." Alex said.
"Well looks like you might get your goal after all." Tess smiled. She found herself just smiling at him for awhile, a few seconds passed by and she turned away. Alex blushed slightly and walked over to the souveneir stand.
"A camera please." Alex said, handing him the money. The guy took the money and handed him a camera which Alex unwrapped quickly. "Hey Tess!" Alex shouted, Tess turned around and Alex took a picture of her.
"Oh my gosh!" Tess said, surprised. She laughed and ran after Alex, snapping pictures rapidly. Alex stopped and turned, using his camera against her. 23 exposures later...
"Damn. I'm all out of film." Alex said.
"Same here." Tess said, stuffing the camera into a cheap purse she bought.
"We'd better go to the car, it's getting late."
"Ya." Tess said. The two walked back to the car. Once they were gone, the man at the New Mexico souveneir booth pulled out a crumpled piece of paper form the trashcan nearby. He unfolded it, revealing the wanted ad with a sketch of Alex and Tess. Picking up his cell phone, he dialed.
"Hello? Security, I need you to connect me with the police."