Liz blinked a few
times. "Ooooh... You must be Zan." She looked him over. It
was scary how he looked just like Max, only punked out.
He
couldn't help but grin at what she had said. "I must be..."
He looked around the corner again waiting to see if Lonnie had made
her way out of the Crashdown yet.
Liz smiled slightly.
"Soooo... Why exactly are you hiding in this Alley? It must be
popular. This is where I found Ava sleeping." She didn't know
what else to say at the moment. It was still a little shocking to see
Max's dupe standing right here, next to her in the
alleyway.
"Lonnie's in town and I'm tryin to figure out
what the hell she is up to." Zan replied, his eyes never leaving
the area he was looking in. He didn't want to miss her leaving and
having this chick next to him was starting to become very
distracting.
"Oh great my favorite person. I should
invite her over for some girl talk." The sarcasm was evident in
her voice. "Is Rath with her? He seems to like me. And I really
don't wanna deal with Mr. Grabby." Dealing with Rath once before
was enough for Liz. A second round with him was something she
definitely didn't want.
Zan slowly looked over at her, noting
the sarcasm in her voice. It was obvious that she did not like Rath
one bit. "Don't worry about it. I think Lonnie is here alone. I
could be wrong but I haven't seen anyone else."
"I
am Liz by the way, and you don't seemed all too fazed by the fact I
know where you and the others come from." Man he had an intense
gaze. She thought Max was the only one with that gaze. She was
wrong.
"I've been around and watching...you always seem
to be around them I figured you probably knew. That being the reason
why I'm not fazed by it." He peeked around the corner again when
he heard Lonnie's voice.
"Stupid people." she
groaned and decided to walk it for a while, not wanting to bring
attention to herself, though her look did that anyway. "I can
find the Granilith on my own. Don't need Rath's help...stupid
bastard." She stood up a little straighter and slowly glanced
over her shoulder when she felt like she was being watched. She could
see who it was and she should've known that he would've
followed.
Liz peered over Zan's shoulder to see what he is
looking at. "Oh God. If you don't want her seeing you then you
should follow me." Liz suggested, turning and walking to the
back door of the Crashdown. "Coming?" She asked, holding
the door open.
"I think it's already too late for that."
It was still a good idea to go anyway. He moved away from the wall
and walked after Liz.
After Zan had walked in Liz shut the
door. She grabbed his hand and pulled him up the stairs. No need for
her Dad to see Zan. He might think it was Max gone mad and that would
be not a good thing. "Where are we going?" He asked as his
hand was grabbed and he was getting dragged along.
"My
room." That didn't sound right. "It would be the best
place. If my Dad saw you he would think Max had lost his
mind..."
"Your room?" he asked with a raised
eyebrow. "You don't think he'll come up to your room and see me
anyway? It wouldn't be that bad if he thought my twin had changed his
appearance, would it?" Not that Zan cared either way. Liz would
be the one having to deal with her dad, not him.
Liz stopped
and looked at him for a long moment. "Good idea. Your twin."
She laughed at how Michael had said Rath was his twin, Bob. "Ok
my car is out front. I can take you somewhere to get away from Lonnie
if you want."
He stopped just an inch from running into
her. "Find that funny? I don't see what's funny about it."
For some reason she seemed a bit odd to him. Maybe it was because he
didn't know her so well. "I can't leave. I need to find out what
Lonnie is up."
She swallowed hard. He was so close to
her. She could feel his breath on her face as he spoke. Her pulse
quickened. She chalked this up to the fact he was basically Max's
clone. Of course she would feel things from him. "It was
something Michael said about Rath. But never mind...um, then go out
there and talk to her." If he wanted to talk to Lonnie he
probably would've gone out and done that already. "Sorry I tried
to help you. I thought you were different like Ava. You do know Ava
is here right?"
"Look, I appreciate the help Liz..."
He stopped when she had mentioned Ava. She was still here in Roswell.
How come he hadn't seen her walking around then? "I didn't know
that."
"Yeah. She works here and is staying with my
Parents and me." She explained. "If you've been watching us
you would have had to seen her."
Ava climbed out of Liz's
window and stood there. "Hmmm where could she have gone? Maybe
Aliens abducted her." She giggled at herself. This wasn't the
time to stand around and make jokes and she knew it. She needed to
find Liz and fast.
Lonnie turned on her heels and slowly made
her way to the alleyway. Might as well let him know that she knew he
was watching her. She stopped and glanced around when she saw no one
around. "I know you're here, and I know you were watching
me..."
Ava heard Lonnie's voice and she peered over the
side. What she wouldn't give for a water balloon right about now. She
smirked at the thought.
Lonnie glanced up and grinned when she
saw Ava peering over "I see you up there girlie girl! Why don't
you come on down here and tell me where Zan went!" If Ava had
been standing up there the whole time then Lonnie knew she must've
seen Zan standing down in the alley, watching.
"What do
you mean tell you where Zan is? I haven't seen him for months now.
Are you on drugs? I am the only one here. Just me."
"Do
you have gum stuck in your ears? You heard me!" She hollered
with annoyance. "He's here or haven't you figured that out yet.
Of course you haven't. You've always been a bit slow." This was
going to end up pointless. Lonnie knew Zan was here. She saw him
peeking. Now all she had to do was figure out where in the hell he
went.
Zan was here and he hadn't come to see her? That hurt
her. She climbed down the ladder and stood in front of Lonnie. "I
am so tired of you putting me down just because I am not cold hearted
like you or Rath."
Lonnie took a step back as she watched
Ava climb down the ladder. "Ooh, was that supposed to hurt? I'm
sorry you can't take it. It was good that you stayed here...made
things so much easier." She didn't have to deal with her whining
and questioning everything that she wanted to do.
"And
what's that suppose to mean, Lonnie?"
"What do you
think it means?" She asked pushing Ava a little. "Both you
and Zan are weak. Not to mention annoying as hell. I'm glad things
ended up the way they did."
Ava stumbled back a bit. "If
anyone is annoying it's you and Rath. And we are not weak. You're
just jealous that he and I ruled our world and you were nothing more
than his Sister and his second in commands wife." With a wave of
her hand she sent Lonnie flying back into the other wall. "How's
that for weak?"
"Oh is that how you see it? I can
tell you right now that I can care less about how our lives were
before." Before Lonnie could say anything else she went flying
into the wall, crashing down into some trash cans. "The girl has
guts now. I'm shocked." She slowly got back up on her feet and
did the same to Ava.
"You should be shocked. Living here
I have learned a lot." She went flying back and hit the wall.
She landed on her ass with a groan.
"Little Miss Ava
likes being in Roswell. Would you like it better if you could go
home? Your real home?" Lonnie was going to need help finding the
Granilith. And what better person to help? Of course that probably
meant playing nice, and that wasn't exactly something she was very
good at.
Liz was right. If he had been watching more closely
then he would've noticed that Ava had stuck around Roswell. He
actually kind of missed having her around. The world seemed different
since he was now on his own. Zan was about to say something, but the
loud crash made his attention go somewhere else. "Did you hear
that?" Liz nodded her answer and they both ran down the stairs
and out the back door. "Ava!" Liz ran over and kneeled down
beside Ava.
Lonnie's eyes shot up when the door flew open and
out came Liz and Zan. A smirk started to form on her lips "Well,
well, what do we have here. Why it's our little Zan. Thought you'd be
dead by now." She was right all along. Zan was here and very
much alive.
Ava stood up slowly with Liz's help. It took only
a moment before the spinning in her head stopped. She glared at
Lonnie. "I don't want to go back if it means going with you."
She looked at Zan. "So its true... You are here."
"You
thought wrong Lonnie. You should get going. The odds aren't looking
so great for you." Zan glanced over at Ava. "And you're
here too."
"Yeah, but I've been here. I am not
hiding." She turned away from him, too hurt by him to even bare
looking at him.
"Oh how touching. Fuck this." Lonnie
waved a hand and watched as Zan few into the wall and crumpled down
to the ground. "Aw, looks like our leader is going to be out for
awhile. Too bad. Just when I was beginning to have a little fun with
him."
"Zan!" Ava faced Lonnie. She grabd Liz's
hand. Sure she wasn't all alien but she had something in her to help
out. With everything she had she held her hand out toward Lonnie and
a white light shot from it sending Lonnie into the wall behind her
with a sickening thud.
Lonnie wasn't ready for what had been
thrown at her. She slammed into the wall and slowly crumpled to the
ground, feeling weak and disoriented.
Liz just stood there.
Her heart was thudding against her chest fast. "Oh My God!! Did
I help do that?" She turned and asked Ava. Ava nodded slowly.
"What you have in you helped. Thanks." She let go of Liz's
hand and walked over to Zan and kneeled down. "Zan?" There
was no reply. He was laying on the ground, out cold.
When the
dizzy, weak feeling left her Lonnie slowly climbed back up to her
feet, hand to her chest. "Oooh you're going to pay for that."
She warned, even though she still wasn't up for anything else. That
blast of energy that came from Ava hand drained her. She never knew
Ava was capable of doing anything like that.
Ava looked up at
Lonnie and laughed as she stood. "You don't scare me Lonnie...
Not anymore... I have learned a lot while being here, and my powers
over rule yours."
Not wanting to be knocked unconscious
or killed Lonnie slowly slinked out of the alley and started making
her way towards the car. "This isn't over!" She shouted
"Not by a long shot!"
