Author's Note: I suppose with Tess being good and all, this is a Rebel fic. She and Max aren't together (Max&Liz 4ever) but they are close as is the whole gang.

CHAPTER 5

Forty miles North of Roswell, in an abandoned warehouse, a meeting was taking place.

"What news do you have for us soldier?" asked the elderly man seated at the head of the table. A young woman was seated beside him.

"The Queen has 3 children.but she and the King are not together on this planet. However, from what I can tell, one of the children appears to be fathered by the King. His name is Joshua Evans; he's 8 years old. He is the heir".

"Where do we go from here, Mekhi?" Another elderly man spoke from the table of 7 others. His name was Emuil.

"Do we take the boy?" Another asked

"Sir, if I may speak freely.?" the female soldier looked at Mekhi. He nodded. "It is my belief that Khivar will strike soon.hard and fast. There has been much activity the last few weeks - He will either kill the boy without a second glance or he will take him back to Antar and publicly execute him."

"He's a small boy! He could just be human for all we know!" A middle-aged woman fumed.

"Alena, be calm!" Mekhi looked at the woman and pleaded with his eyes for her to stay quiet.

The council was meeting for the third time since their arrival in Roswell to discuss their course of action.

"Mekhi, please may I speak?" A young man named Rohan stood away from the long table. "We must take the boy.before Khivar can get to him. He is not safe in this town - he is not safe anywhere. Perhaps if we revealed ourselves to the King."

"No!" The other old man Emuil jumped from his seat. "We are to keep our identities a secret! No one must know.not even the King".

"But." "No, Rohan. Emuil is right. We must not have any contact with the Royal Four". Mekhi ended the argument. "However, perhaps taking the boy ourselves would protect him".

It would only solve the problem temporarily" another council member, Etta calmly looked at each of the members. There were 8 of them in total. "Then Khivar's forces would be onto us and we would all be killed".

The Royal Council - or Klaus Valar as they had once been known - had been sent to Roswell for a very important reason.to protect the heir to the throne of Antar. He would play a very important role in Khivar's downfall.