Title: A friend in need
Author: Cee
Rating: PG 13 and R later on
Author's Disclaimer: I don't own anything
Author's Note: This takes place at the beginning of season 2. Liz went to California over the summer. Please, I love feedback so enjoy
Max called everyone for an emergency meeting to meet at the Crashdown
"So why are we here?" Maria asked Alex, "You know this is probably some alien thing and has nothing to do with us."
"That's what friends are for." Alex said opening the door to the Crashdown, but it wasn't opening, "It's locked."
"Hey guys." Isabel said as she, Max, Michael, and Tess came up
"The doors are locked." Maria stated, "Did you call Liz?"
"The phone was busy." Max said
"So who's going to open the doors?" Alex asked
"No problem." Michael said as he put his hand over the door knob and it unlocked
"Liz get off the phone!" Maria yelled, "Liz?"
Maria went in search of Liz and everybody followed her
"Liz!" Maria yelled coming into the rooms of the restaurant and that's where she saw Liz under the covers
"There's our sleeping beauty." Alex smiled looking at Liz
"Wake up Liz." Maria said pulling the covers off of Liz, but was surprised at who she saw there instead, "Aaww."
"What?" Oz mumbled as he opened his eyes, and noticed everyone looking at him.
"What the hell?" Oz said as he stood up fast and got in fighting position
"Don't move." Michael said as he put his hand in front of Oz's face
"Where's Liz?" Max quickly asked
"What are you doing here?" Alex quickly asked as he saw his bassist
"What am I doing here?" Oz asked, "What are all you people doing here?"
"Tell us where Liz is or else." Max said
"What's going on?" Liz asked as she heard the commotion
"Liz!" Maria exclaimed as she hugged her, "Oh my god what happened to your eye?"
Liz's bruise mostly cleared up, but you could still see it pretty good
"Of course I'm okay." Liz said changing the subject and then she saw what was going on, "What are all you doing here? And Michael what do you think your doing?"
Michael quickly put his hand down
"We were calling you for this morning and it was busy." Max started
"So we decided to meet over here." Isabel added
"We thought you were laying on the bed." Maria said, "But we found this guy instead."
"We thought he did something to you." Alex added
"He didn't." Liz stated quickly knowing what everyone was thinking
"Obviously." Tess muttered
"He won't." Liz said staring at her, "So what is everybody doing here?"
"I don't know." Maria said, "Max called an important meeting."
"So what happened?" Liz asked
Max looked at Liz and then at Oz and then back at Liz
"Oh." Liz said as she saw what Max was thinking
"It's okay Liz. I got the message." Oz said packing his bags, "Thanks for the place to stay Liz."
"Oz." Liz said stopping him, "Are you staying in town?"
"Yeah." Oz said smiling before leaving, "I'll talk to you later."
"Bye." Liz said as Oz left
"What's going on Liz?" Maria asked everyone eyeing Liz, "You said you didn't know him."
"No I didn't." Liz argued, "And nothing is going on, he's just a friend from California."
"Are you sure that's all?" Tess asked
"Yes I'm sure that's all Tess." Liz replied, "So are we gonna have this meeting or what?"
"Let's get started." Max said as he sat down
Everyone took his lead and sat down with him knowing that it would be a long day
"I'll start." Tess said, "And this is addressing Liz, so Liz are you up to listening on what I got to say?"
"Sure. Do I have a choice." Liz, said knowing it didn't matter if she said yes or no
"Listen, I know you've been gone for 3 months." Tess started, "But, while your were gone all of us made a policy to suspect every stranger new in town. So basically it's trust no one because they could be our enemies. So is that clear?"
"Crystal." Liz smiled making everyone think she was agreeing with them, "Except that you all made that policy, and I wasn't here to be included. So therefore that leaves me out of your guys' policy."
"We're trying to look after ourselves." Tess snapped back, "So we don't die."
"And were also looking out for you too." Isabel added
"Good for you." Liz said throwing her attitude towards Tess, "Just because some of my friends aren't your friends doesn't mean that they aren't trustworthy because I don't care if you don't trust them or not."
"Whatever." Tess said on the offense, "Don't say I didn't warn you when strangers have you locked up and you're about to die."
"I won't." Liz said getting on the defense, "I can take care of myself."
"She's right Liz." Maria added
"So you're going to take her side now." Liz stated sarcastically, "I see how it is. I leave for the summer and you have a new best friend."
"You're my best friend." Maria stated reassuring Liz
"Doesn't feel like that." Liz replied
"Liz." Alex said lightly trying to stop his 2 best friends from fighting
"Sorry Maria." Liz said regretting what she just said, "I didn't mean that."
"I know you didn't." Maria said glad that they ended it before it started
"Look, I know you guys made a policy." Liz said calming down, "But I know the person your guys are talking about, and he isn't what you guys think he is."
"But Liz." Michael stated, "You can't be sure."
"I trust him." Liz yelled, "What don't you understand about that?"
"There's no need to yell Liz." Max said trying to calm her down, "We're not accusing you of anything."
"Like hell your not." Liz snapped back, "I feel like I'm being accuse of being a traitor."
"Are you?" Michael asked all of a sudden
"Michael!" Maria and Max exclaimed
"Do all of you think that?" Liz asked standing up almost ready to cry when no one said anything, " If you think I'm a traitor use your alien powers to dismantle my mouth, but while your doing that, I'm leaving."
Liz got up and started to leave
"Liz wait." Isabel said trying to keep the group together, "We need to stick together, all of us."
"Obviously I'm not part of the group anymore since I can't be trusted." Liz said with tears almost falling out
"Liz he didn't mean it that way." Maria stated, "You're a part of this group."
"Okay I'm a part of this group." Liz started monotonously and grew into a loud yell " But I am not going to stay here while you're deciding if I'm a traitor or not. So when you need my help leave me a message on my machine because I'm sure as hell not going to be anywhere where people think I'm a traitor."
Liz slammed the door on her way out
"I don't think we'll be seeing her for a while." Maria said staring at the door
"Why?" Isabel asked
"One thing Liz hates in the whole world is traitors." Alex stated, "She thinks traitors should die and burn in hell."
"So when Michael said that it really upset her." Maria said
"I can't believe you said that Michael." Max stated
"How could you Michael?" Maria asked
"I didn't mean to. I trust Liz completely, I don't think she's a traitor. It just came out of nowhere" Michael said, "It's like my brain and my mouth were at opposite sides."
"It's her own fault." Tess said as everyone looked at her, "What?"
"I think we should go find Liz." Max said
"We won't be able to find her." Alex stated, "If Liz doesn't want to be found, she won't be found. What she said was true, the only way you're going to get a hold of her is leaving her a message on her phone saying we need your help."
"Has this happened before?" Kyle asked
"Oh yeah." Maria said, "Me and Alex called her a traitor and she didn't speak to us for a month. It was horrible."
"So who's going to leave the message?" Kyle asked as everyone looked at Michael
"I was going to anyways." Michael said as he saw everyone looking at him
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Alex and his band were practicing when someone knocked
"I was wondering when you would show up." Alex said as he saw Oz at the door
"I didn't think I was wanted with the whole incident this morning." Oz said, "So am I?"
"My work and personnel life are 2 completely different things." Alex said as he invited Oz in, "The plugs for your bass are right there."
"Okay." Oz said as he began to plug his bass in
"So what made you change your mind?" Alex asked as Oz was almost ready
"About what?" Oz asked while hearing the sounds for his bass
"About coming here." Alex stated
"Liz." Oz replied
"Have you seen her?" Alex asked concerned about Liz's whereabouts
"No, she just called me to make sure I went to this practice." Oz replied and quickly switched the subject. "So what am I playing?"
"We'll play a couple of our songs and see if you can catch on." Alex said as he and his band started to play
Oz caught on so fast that the band sounded like they've been playing for years
Alex definitely liked how they sound
'You're a life saver Liz' Alex thought as the band was playing and sounded really good
When they were done with a song someone came in and started clapping. Alex was surprised to see Liz there
"You guys sound great." Liz said smiling and clapping
"Thanks to Oz." Alex said
"I just play the bass." Oz replied not liking all the attention
"Ready?" Liz asked Oz
"I think." Oz said and then turned to Alex, "Are we all done here?"
"Yeah." Alex said as he saw Oz pack up his things
"Hey Liz." Alex said trying to start a civilized conversation with Liz
"Hey." Liz said not looking at Alex
"So did you check your messages?" Alex asked
"I haven't been home yet." Liz said still not looking at Alex, "I will when I get home."
"I'm ready." Oz said with his bass packed up, "Let's go."
Liz and Oz were almost out the door
"Liz wait." Alex said calling her and Liz actually turned around to him, "Were still friends right?"
Liz stared at him and slightly nodded, but Alex didn't know if that was a yes or a no
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"So what happened in there?" Oz asked Liz as they were driving. Oz noticed the tension between Alex and Liz
"They called me the one thing that I can't stand in the world." Liz said
"Who's they and what did they call you?" Oz asked as he stopped the van
"They is Max, Michael, Isabel, Tess, Maria, Kyle, and Alex." Liz said getting out and pacing, "They called me a traitor!"
"Is it because of me?" Oz asked hoping he didn't screw up Liz's life
"That's not important." Liz said, "We been through so much together that they should trust my judgement, but they don't."
"Are you okay?" Oz asked concerned
"Not really." Liz said about ready to cry, and Oz hugged her, "Don't worry, everything will turn up for the best."
"Liar." Liz said wiping her eyes because she didn't want to look like a baby
"Are you waiting for someone?" A mans voice said from behind them and Liz and Oz turned quickly around
When they turned around, they saw 10 guys surrounding them
"Is there a problem here sir?" Oz asked the guy
"Yeah." The man said, "Your on my property."
"I don't see your name written on it." Liz sarcastically said back
"It's right there." The man said pointing to his tombstone.
"Oh." Liz said as the man turned into a vampire
Author: Cee
Rating: PG 13 and R later on
Author's Disclaimer: I don't own anything
Author's Note: This takes place at the beginning of season 2. Liz went to California over the summer. Please, I love feedback so enjoy
Max called everyone for an emergency meeting to meet at the Crashdown
"So why are we here?" Maria asked Alex, "You know this is probably some alien thing and has nothing to do with us."
"That's what friends are for." Alex said opening the door to the Crashdown, but it wasn't opening, "It's locked."
"Hey guys." Isabel said as she, Max, Michael, and Tess came up
"The doors are locked." Maria stated, "Did you call Liz?"
"The phone was busy." Max said
"So who's going to open the doors?" Alex asked
"No problem." Michael said as he put his hand over the door knob and it unlocked
"Liz get off the phone!" Maria yelled, "Liz?"
Maria went in search of Liz and everybody followed her
"Liz!" Maria yelled coming into the rooms of the restaurant and that's where she saw Liz under the covers
"There's our sleeping beauty." Alex smiled looking at Liz
"Wake up Liz." Maria said pulling the covers off of Liz, but was surprised at who she saw there instead, "Aaww."
"What?" Oz mumbled as he opened his eyes, and noticed everyone looking at him.
"What the hell?" Oz said as he stood up fast and got in fighting position
"Don't move." Michael said as he put his hand in front of Oz's face
"Where's Liz?" Max quickly asked
"What are you doing here?" Alex quickly asked as he saw his bassist
"What am I doing here?" Oz asked, "What are all you people doing here?"
"Tell us where Liz is or else." Max said
"What's going on?" Liz asked as she heard the commotion
"Liz!" Maria exclaimed as she hugged her, "Oh my god what happened to your eye?"
Liz's bruise mostly cleared up, but you could still see it pretty good
"Of course I'm okay." Liz said changing the subject and then she saw what was going on, "What are all you doing here? And Michael what do you think your doing?"
Michael quickly put his hand down
"We were calling you for this morning and it was busy." Max started
"So we decided to meet over here." Isabel added
"We thought you were laying on the bed." Maria said, "But we found this guy instead."
"We thought he did something to you." Alex added
"He didn't." Liz stated quickly knowing what everyone was thinking
"Obviously." Tess muttered
"He won't." Liz said staring at her, "So what is everybody doing here?"
"I don't know." Maria said, "Max called an important meeting."
"So what happened?" Liz asked
Max looked at Liz and then at Oz and then back at Liz
"Oh." Liz said as she saw what Max was thinking
"It's okay Liz. I got the message." Oz said packing his bags, "Thanks for the place to stay Liz."
"Oz." Liz said stopping him, "Are you staying in town?"
"Yeah." Oz said smiling before leaving, "I'll talk to you later."
"Bye." Liz said as Oz left
"What's going on Liz?" Maria asked everyone eyeing Liz, "You said you didn't know him."
"No I didn't." Liz argued, "And nothing is going on, he's just a friend from California."
"Are you sure that's all?" Tess asked
"Yes I'm sure that's all Tess." Liz replied, "So are we gonna have this meeting or what?"
"Let's get started." Max said as he sat down
Everyone took his lead and sat down with him knowing that it would be a long day
"I'll start." Tess said, "And this is addressing Liz, so Liz are you up to listening on what I got to say?"
"Sure. Do I have a choice." Liz, said knowing it didn't matter if she said yes or no
"Listen, I know you've been gone for 3 months." Tess started, "But, while your were gone all of us made a policy to suspect every stranger new in town. So basically it's trust no one because they could be our enemies. So is that clear?"
"Crystal." Liz smiled making everyone think she was agreeing with them, "Except that you all made that policy, and I wasn't here to be included. So therefore that leaves me out of your guys' policy."
"We're trying to look after ourselves." Tess snapped back, "So we don't die."
"And were also looking out for you too." Isabel added
"Good for you." Liz said throwing her attitude towards Tess, "Just because some of my friends aren't your friends doesn't mean that they aren't trustworthy because I don't care if you don't trust them or not."
"Whatever." Tess said on the offense, "Don't say I didn't warn you when strangers have you locked up and you're about to die."
"I won't." Liz said getting on the defense, "I can take care of myself."
"She's right Liz." Maria added
"So you're going to take her side now." Liz stated sarcastically, "I see how it is. I leave for the summer and you have a new best friend."
"You're my best friend." Maria stated reassuring Liz
"Doesn't feel like that." Liz replied
"Liz." Alex said lightly trying to stop his 2 best friends from fighting
"Sorry Maria." Liz said regretting what she just said, "I didn't mean that."
"I know you didn't." Maria said glad that they ended it before it started
"Look, I know you guys made a policy." Liz said calming down, "But I know the person your guys are talking about, and he isn't what you guys think he is."
"But Liz." Michael stated, "You can't be sure."
"I trust him." Liz yelled, "What don't you understand about that?"
"There's no need to yell Liz." Max said trying to calm her down, "We're not accusing you of anything."
"Like hell your not." Liz snapped back, "I feel like I'm being accuse of being a traitor."
"Are you?" Michael asked all of a sudden
"Michael!" Maria and Max exclaimed
"Do all of you think that?" Liz asked standing up almost ready to cry when no one said anything, " If you think I'm a traitor use your alien powers to dismantle my mouth, but while your doing that, I'm leaving."
Liz got up and started to leave
"Liz wait." Isabel said trying to keep the group together, "We need to stick together, all of us."
"Obviously I'm not part of the group anymore since I can't be trusted." Liz said with tears almost falling out
"Liz he didn't mean it that way." Maria stated, "You're a part of this group."
"Okay I'm a part of this group." Liz started monotonously and grew into a loud yell " But I am not going to stay here while you're deciding if I'm a traitor or not. So when you need my help leave me a message on my machine because I'm sure as hell not going to be anywhere where people think I'm a traitor."
Liz slammed the door on her way out
"I don't think we'll be seeing her for a while." Maria said staring at the door
"Why?" Isabel asked
"One thing Liz hates in the whole world is traitors." Alex stated, "She thinks traitors should die and burn in hell."
"So when Michael said that it really upset her." Maria said
"I can't believe you said that Michael." Max stated
"How could you Michael?" Maria asked
"I didn't mean to. I trust Liz completely, I don't think she's a traitor. It just came out of nowhere" Michael said, "It's like my brain and my mouth were at opposite sides."
"It's her own fault." Tess said as everyone looked at her, "What?"
"I think we should go find Liz." Max said
"We won't be able to find her." Alex stated, "If Liz doesn't want to be found, she won't be found. What she said was true, the only way you're going to get a hold of her is leaving her a message on her phone saying we need your help."
"Has this happened before?" Kyle asked
"Oh yeah." Maria said, "Me and Alex called her a traitor and she didn't speak to us for a month. It was horrible."
"So who's going to leave the message?" Kyle asked as everyone looked at Michael
"I was going to anyways." Michael said as he saw everyone looking at him
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Alex and his band were practicing when someone knocked
"I was wondering when you would show up." Alex said as he saw Oz at the door
"I didn't think I was wanted with the whole incident this morning." Oz said, "So am I?"
"My work and personnel life are 2 completely different things." Alex said as he invited Oz in, "The plugs for your bass are right there."
"Okay." Oz said as he began to plug his bass in
"So what made you change your mind?" Alex asked as Oz was almost ready
"About what?" Oz asked while hearing the sounds for his bass
"About coming here." Alex stated
"Liz." Oz replied
"Have you seen her?" Alex asked concerned about Liz's whereabouts
"No, she just called me to make sure I went to this practice." Oz replied and quickly switched the subject. "So what am I playing?"
"We'll play a couple of our songs and see if you can catch on." Alex said as he and his band started to play
Oz caught on so fast that the band sounded like they've been playing for years
Alex definitely liked how they sound
'You're a life saver Liz' Alex thought as the band was playing and sounded really good
When they were done with a song someone came in and started clapping. Alex was surprised to see Liz there
"You guys sound great." Liz said smiling and clapping
"Thanks to Oz." Alex said
"I just play the bass." Oz replied not liking all the attention
"Ready?" Liz asked Oz
"I think." Oz said and then turned to Alex, "Are we all done here?"
"Yeah." Alex said as he saw Oz pack up his things
"Hey Liz." Alex said trying to start a civilized conversation with Liz
"Hey." Liz said not looking at Alex
"So did you check your messages?" Alex asked
"I haven't been home yet." Liz said still not looking at Alex, "I will when I get home."
"I'm ready." Oz said with his bass packed up, "Let's go."
Liz and Oz were almost out the door
"Liz wait." Alex said calling her and Liz actually turned around to him, "Were still friends right?"
Liz stared at him and slightly nodded, but Alex didn't know if that was a yes or a no
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"So what happened in there?" Oz asked Liz as they were driving. Oz noticed the tension between Alex and Liz
"They called me the one thing that I can't stand in the world." Liz said
"Who's they and what did they call you?" Oz asked as he stopped the van
"They is Max, Michael, Isabel, Tess, Maria, Kyle, and Alex." Liz said getting out and pacing, "They called me a traitor!"
"Is it because of me?" Oz asked hoping he didn't screw up Liz's life
"That's not important." Liz said, "We been through so much together that they should trust my judgement, but they don't."
"Are you okay?" Oz asked concerned
"Not really." Liz said about ready to cry, and Oz hugged her, "Don't worry, everything will turn up for the best."
"Liar." Liz said wiping her eyes because she didn't want to look like a baby
"Are you waiting for someone?" A mans voice said from behind them and Liz and Oz turned quickly around
When they turned around, they saw 10 guys surrounding them
"Is there a problem here sir?" Oz asked the guy
"Yeah." The man said, "Your on my property."
"I don't see your name written on it." Liz sarcastically said back
"It's right there." The man said pointing to his tombstone.
"Oh." Liz said as the man turned into a vampire
