Return To Antar

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Roswell.

Summary: This chronicles what took place with Tess on Antar between the episodes "Departure" and "Four Aliens and a Baby." This story is neither pro- nor anti-Tess. I, personally, was overjoyed when Max kicked her off the planet. But I was also intrigued by her return in "Four Aliens and a Baby." I wondered what she did on Antar during that whole time. So, here it is.

Author's Note: I have decided to try posting a story in chapter form. Now, I don't believe in leaving people hanging with a forever incomplete story. This story is done, and if you review, I will add the rest! Please review so I know if anybody is reading it.


Chapter One: Tess the Traitor

Tess the traitor. That's probably what they're calling me. They probably don't realize that betraying them to Kivar and the enemy is the last thing I wanted to do. But I had to, it was the only way to get home. Once we were back on Antar, I was hoping I could work something out with Kivar, to spare Max, Michael and Isabel's lives. But getting home was essential and I had to do whatever it took to accomplish that.

I was so close! So, so close to finishing the deal that Nasedo had made with the Skins forty years ago, the deal he had drilled into me ever since I can remember. He told me about Max, Micheal and Isabel. He told me about our "destiny". How Max was my husband, Zan the king of Antar. Michael was Rath, his second in command. And Isabel was Vilandra, who had fallen in love with the enemy Kivar and unwittingly aided him in defeating us. He helped me with memory techniques so I even remembered all of them in my past life as Ava. Nasedo told me the original plan was to send the four of us here to safety so one day we could defeat the enemy and return home. But then the enemy came after us and he eventually realized if he couldn't save all of us, he could at least save me. So he made the deal with them. When I was born, he would raise me and I would go on to get pregnant with Max's child, and deliver Max, Michael and Isabel to Antar.

I guess the Skins were sort of dubious. After all, I hadn't even been born yet. None of us had. But they agreed to it as sort of a Plan B, I guess. That's why they still came after us in Roswell, and killed Nasedo and tried to kill all of us.

When I first met Max, Michael and Isabel, I guess I was sort of expecting them to be more like me. I was expecting Zan, Rath, and Vilandra. But they knew nothing of their alien pasts. They were totally caught up in their stupid human lives, even sharing their secret with those morons Liz, Maria, and Alex.

Even though I knew I eventually had to betray them, I was happy to see them. They were my family after all. And I did love Max. The year I spent with them, I tried to get along. They actually accepted me as part of their group. And Jim and Kyle Valenti gave me a home. I never would have expected humans to be so generous, especially knowing what I was. Of all the humans I got to know, I actually liked Kyle. But I knew I had to stick to the plan. I had to return home. So I mindwarped Alex and sent him to Las Cruces to decode the destiny book that would tell us how to use the Granolith to get home. I had to.

It seemed like everything was going to work out okay. He didn't know a thing about it. He was so happy about having gone to "Sweden". And then Max started showing interest in me, in remembering his past life. Everything was working out perfectly. But then Alex broke out of his mindwarp.

I regret his death. I do. But he was only a human and I couldn't allow him to get in the way.

In the Granolith chamber, only five minutes away from departure, I started to relax. Michael had decided to stay on Earth, but that was only a minor dent in my plans. Then when Michael burst in with Liz, Maria and Kyle, and Liz yelled for Max to stop the Granolith, for a fleeting moment I just thought that the pathetic human was going to beg Max to stay with her. But then she said the words that ruined everything: "Tess killed Alex."

And now, here I am, in the Granolith all alone, shooting through space toward Antar. I wonder how this will affect my reception there. The people are unhappy with Kivar's rule, and there is an underground resistance opposing every move he makes. Kivar is eager to appease the people by using Max's son as sort of a puppet ruler. The child will be born in less than a month. So maybe it will be okay.

The Granolith is much bigger inside than it looks from the outside. There are four beds, and a food synthesizer. The journey should last no more than a week. I walk over to the food synthesizer and make myself a chocolate sundae with hot sauce. That's one of the only Earth things I will miss.

Author's Note: Please review, so I know if anybody is even reading this. If not, I'll just take it off. If I get some reviews, I will update by adding another chapter or two. Next chapter, Tess arrives on Antar and gives birth to baby Zan!