ME: Wow, I got lot's o' reviews for chapter 1! Thank you to all who
reviewed last chapter, I hope you like this one too!
ROSWELL. GREAT SHOW, DON'T OWN IT. 'NUFF SAID.
ME: Ok, let's do this thing!
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"I can't believe you got me involved in this, Max." Michael said from the passenger's seat of Max's new jeep as they sped along the highway. "Why did I have to come on your crazy, little road trip? Hell, why did any of us have to come?"
"Because you're my friends, Michael." Max said, his eyes never leaving the road. "And I would do the same for you if Maria was the one who got pregnant, ran away to another state and her friends did nothing to stop her, at all." He pronounced the last two words very carefully. Maria's eyes flashed dangerously from her seat behind Michael.
"Just what is that supposed to mean?" She demanded, a dangerous, steely tone taking control of her voice. "Well, Max?" Max looked at her for a split second, but then returned his gaze to the road.
"You know exactly what I'm saying, Maria." "No, I don't think she does, Maxwell. What do you mean?" Michael glared at Max, his eyes dark. No reply. "Huh?" Again, Max didn't reply. He just stared straight ahead. Michael shook his head and turned to the desert. The next few miles were silent.
Meanwhile, in Isabel's car:
"Max isn't taking all this so well, is he?"
"No, he isn't." Isabel shook her head. I can't believe the way he shouted at you and Maria! He acted, like a total moron back at the Crashdown." Kyle smiled sadly.
"Yeah, but it must be a little overwhelming for him. I mean, he's been gone for eight years and returns to find the love of his life several states away with his child, his child he never even knew existed! I can't even begin to imagine what that feels like."
"Yeah, I know. It's been hard for us all." Isabel said quietly. "When we reached Antar, we knew that we should never have gone. It just didn't feel right."
Flashback:
The spaceship doors opened, agonizingly slowly. The three of them waited impatiently for a glimpse of their home at last. It had been hard, leaving the ones they loved on Earth. But it was Max's idea, and if Max was to be king once again, Isabel and Michael decided that they'd better start taking his orders. But they didn't like it, not one bit. Michael hated it the most. Every time Max gave him a command, it reminded him of his brief stint as king, and how badly he screwed up. Swallowing the bile that had forced it's way to the back of his throat, Michael pushed the memory to the furthest corner of his mind. 'No sense in living in living in the past.' He told himself. 'It's a new start, where no-one but your best friends know about all your screw-ups. A new start, away from Earth.' He bowed his head slightly, trying vainly to hold back the painful emotions that threatened to surface.
'Away from Maria.'
As the doors finally opened, Max stepped forward and Michael and Isabel followed, into the unknown. But as they looked up into the unfamiliar sky and took a new breath, none of them could disguise the feeling.
It just wasn't home.
End flashback:
Isabel shivered and then shook herself, remembering where she was. She gripped the steering wheel tightly, unaware of Kyle's alarmed stare.
"Isabel?" He said softly, putting his hand on her forearm. She shuddered again and he dropped his hand, afraid that he had overstepped his boundaries. "Isabel?" He enquired again. "Are you alright?" She glanced at him briefly, and then went back to staring almost dazedly out the windscreen.
"I had a flash." She replied. "Of when we landed on Antar. It felt so.real." Kyle saw she looked tired and worried. He placed his hand on her arm again, she looked at it, but didn't pull away. He smiled at her reassuringly.
"Come on Isabel, you're probably just tired. Let me drive for a while." Isabel smiled at him.
"Aliens don't need sleep."
"I don't care, you need rest. He made her pull over and they changed places. She smiled at him again, grateful.
"Thank you, Kyle."
A couple of hours later, as they enter Seattle:
At the first sight of the Space Needle dominating the skyline, Max took a sharp intake of breath. His nervousness had been building the whole journey, and as soon as he saw that, it jumped up to a whole new level. Questions plagued his mind but he kept a lid on them firmly. Eight years as king of Antar had taught him that a king should not be afraid. No, a king has to be strong. Breathing in deeply, he tried to calm the butterflies in his stomach that felt, to him, as if they were having one hell of a party down there. He looked over at his second-in-command, who was now dozing in the back seat with Maria.
"We're here."
"Duh." The response came from Maria, but Michael tilted his head to look at Max in acknowledgement. Max frowned. He didn't have time to deal with Maria's childishness. He had every right to be angry with her.
Didn't he?
Isabel's car again:
Kyle head lolled slightly. He had been driving for hours with only one coffee to keep him awake. He slapped himself lightly, forcing himself to stay awake.
"Kyle?" It was Isabel. Well of course it was Isabel. Who else was in the car with him? "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Really." Lie. He was exhausted. Kyle had only had about half an hours sleep the whole journey. But as he glanced over Isabel, who was falling asleep again, he felt it was all worth it.
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ME: There ya go! Chapter 2 is all done. I hope Max didn't seem too OOC to you all, but he has changed in the eight years he's been away.
Uhh, anyway, review!
ROSWELL. GREAT SHOW, DON'T OWN IT. 'NUFF SAID.
ME: Ok, let's do this thing!
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"I can't believe you got me involved in this, Max." Michael said from the passenger's seat of Max's new jeep as they sped along the highway. "Why did I have to come on your crazy, little road trip? Hell, why did any of us have to come?"
"Because you're my friends, Michael." Max said, his eyes never leaving the road. "And I would do the same for you if Maria was the one who got pregnant, ran away to another state and her friends did nothing to stop her, at all." He pronounced the last two words very carefully. Maria's eyes flashed dangerously from her seat behind Michael.
"Just what is that supposed to mean?" She demanded, a dangerous, steely tone taking control of her voice. "Well, Max?" Max looked at her for a split second, but then returned his gaze to the road.
"You know exactly what I'm saying, Maria." "No, I don't think she does, Maxwell. What do you mean?" Michael glared at Max, his eyes dark. No reply. "Huh?" Again, Max didn't reply. He just stared straight ahead. Michael shook his head and turned to the desert. The next few miles were silent.
Meanwhile, in Isabel's car:
"Max isn't taking all this so well, is he?"
"No, he isn't." Isabel shook her head. I can't believe the way he shouted at you and Maria! He acted, like a total moron back at the Crashdown." Kyle smiled sadly.
"Yeah, but it must be a little overwhelming for him. I mean, he's been gone for eight years and returns to find the love of his life several states away with his child, his child he never even knew existed! I can't even begin to imagine what that feels like."
"Yeah, I know. It's been hard for us all." Isabel said quietly. "When we reached Antar, we knew that we should never have gone. It just didn't feel right."
Flashback:
The spaceship doors opened, agonizingly slowly. The three of them waited impatiently for a glimpse of their home at last. It had been hard, leaving the ones they loved on Earth. But it was Max's idea, and if Max was to be king once again, Isabel and Michael decided that they'd better start taking his orders. But they didn't like it, not one bit. Michael hated it the most. Every time Max gave him a command, it reminded him of his brief stint as king, and how badly he screwed up. Swallowing the bile that had forced it's way to the back of his throat, Michael pushed the memory to the furthest corner of his mind. 'No sense in living in living in the past.' He told himself. 'It's a new start, where no-one but your best friends know about all your screw-ups. A new start, away from Earth.' He bowed his head slightly, trying vainly to hold back the painful emotions that threatened to surface.
'Away from Maria.'
As the doors finally opened, Max stepped forward and Michael and Isabel followed, into the unknown. But as they looked up into the unfamiliar sky and took a new breath, none of them could disguise the feeling.
It just wasn't home.
End flashback:
Isabel shivered and then shook herself, remembering where she was. She gripped the steering wheel tightly, unaware of Kyle's alarmed stare.
"Isabel?" He said softly, putting his hand on her forearm. She shuddered again and he dropped his hand, afraid that he had overstepped his boundaries. "Isabel?" He enquired again. "Are you alright?" She glanced at him briefly, and then went back to staring almost dazedly out the windscreen.
"I had a flash." She replied. "Of when we landed on Antar. It felt so.real." Kyle saw she looked tired and worried. He placed his hand on her arm again, she looked at it, but didn't pull away. He smiled at her reassuringly.
"Come on Isabel, you're probably just tired. Let me drive for a while." Isabel smiled at him.
"Aliens don't need sleep."
"I don't care, you need rest. He made her pull over and they changed places. She smiled at him again, grateful.
"Thank you, Kyle."
A couple of hours later, as they enter Seattle:
At the first sight of the Space Needle dominating the skyline, Max took a sharp intake of breath. His nervousness had been building the whole journey, and as soon as he saw that, it jumped up to a whole new level. Questions plagued his mind but he kept a lid on them firmly. Eight years as king of Antar had taught him that a king should not be afraid. No, a king has to be strong. Breathing in deeply, he tried to calm the butterflies in his stomach that felt, to him, as if they were having one hell of a party down there. He looked over at his second-in-command, who was now dozing in the back seat with Maria.
"We're here."
"Duh." The response came from Maria, but Michael tilted his head to look at Max in acknowledgement. Max frowned. He didn't have time to deal with Maria's childishness. He had every right to be angry with her.
Didn't he?
Isabel's car again:
Kyle head lolled slightly. He had been driving for hours with only one coffee to keep him awake. He slapped himself lightly, forcing himself to stay awake.
"Kyle?" It was Isabel. Well of course it was Isabel. Who else was in the car with him? "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Really." Lie. He was exhausted. Kyle had only had about half an hours sleep the whole journey. But as he glanced over Isabel, who was falling asleep again, he felt it was all worth it.
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ME: There ya go! Chapter 2 is all done. I hope Max didn't seem too OOC to you all, but he has changed in the eight years he's been away.
Uhh, anyway, review!