Reunion and More Revelations
"Liz?" Max asked causing her to flinch. "Um hey guys" she said nervously while glaring at Alec and checking to see that Maria was ok. "How?" Alex asked coming up and hugging her. "Well I gotta be going to work; I'll cover for you Kat. C-ya" Alec said edging towards the door. "Um same here," Krit said giving Lizzie a kiss and then getting out of there before Michael could do more then glare at him.
Just then Maria came to, "Liz? How? You.?" "Ok how about Kat and I go get some food and then we can explain everything during breakfast," Lizzie said giving Kat a look that could kill. "Sure" everyone agree. [Ah shit!] Kat thought. "Doesn't some one want to come with?" she asked nervously as Lizzie dragged her out the door. She definitely didn't want to be alone with her after forgetting to tell her about her parents calling the day before.
"Forget to tell me something yesterday!" Lizzie hissed as soon as they were on the street. "Um sorry," Kat offered receiving a glare from Lizzie. "You know I did kinda have other things on my mind after RESCUEING you." Kat retorted. "Ok, Ok, so you stayed the night at Alec's?" she asked. "Yes but nothing happened," Kat replied ignoring the look she received. "Why the hell not?" Lizzie asked astonished. "Look I need to focus on being able to control the vamp genes, Alec and the others are going to help me with it, but it'll probably go easier if I'm not dealing with all these emotions while they teach me." "Oh ya cuz all those emotions weren't still be there," was the sarcastic reply. "Look just because I said I need to focus on my control and that nothing happened last night doesn't mean something won't happen later. We're just gonna take it slow, ok." By this time they had gotten the food and were back at the apartment. Lizzie just rolled her eyes at this.
"Liz what happened? You were dead, we saw you that night?" Max started as everyone sat down around the coffee table with the food and lots of coffee. Liz sighed "I'm an immortal," she told them and proceeds to cut her hand to show them the proof. "Maybe eating during this explanation wasn't such a good idea," Alex joked trying to light the mood in the room and just earning glares from everyone. "Is this a result of ." Tess started to ask but stopped short looking at Richie. "No and Richie knows." "WHAT!" Michael yelled earning him glares from everyone and a slap from Maria. "Shut Space Boy and let her explain." "Thanks Maria." "No problem chica." "Well anyway like I said before Richie knows, a little time of I was shot I started to develop powers. He and three others that are still alive know about it. Richie and two of them know cuz there were there when the powers manifested and another knows because she was the one who taught me to control them." "How is this person an alien?" Isabel asked. "No she an immortal like us but she has some special abilities of her own that's all I can tell you about her without breaking her trust, which I won't do. I didn't break your guys trust either before just now none of them knew who any of you guys were not even Richie," she told them. "None of us will tell anyone about you, and if you want Liz and I can arrange for you to meet them," Richie offered. "I saw you at the Crash Down not too long after Liz was shot, what was you doing there?" Michael asked suspiciously. Richie was amazed he remembered something so long ago, "Mac, Liz and my mentor, sent me to check to see if Liz was an immortal. Her parents had called him, cuz they weren't entirely sure if she had been shot and was just afraid to admit she was different from everyone." "How could you tell?" Tess asked. "We can sense each other," Liz explained. "I was driving down the highway on my way back from running an errand for Mac when I felt her. As soon as I found her I could tell she was a newbie so I explained all about immortals and the game." "What's the game?" Alex asked. "Well." Liz began nervously she hadn't want to explain this part to them knowing what their reactions would be; "there is one way immortals can die. It's cutting off their heads." "Yep definitely shouldn't be eating during this explanation." Alex mumbled putting down his bagel. "The game consists of ritual combat between two immortals to the death." "WHAT!" Max, Maria and Alex who for once didn't have a joke handy shouted. Michael, Isabel and Tess just looked shock, "Have you ever. you know.?" Isabel asked. "Unfortunately yes, that was how Lizzie and Kat and the others found out about me they saw me fighting another immortal." Liz answered shocking the others. None of them could see little Lizzie Parker being able to lift a sword yet alone cut another's person head off. After a lot more explanations, a lot of it being there was no way to get out of the game except for joining a convent which she refuse to do, the Roswell gang decided to stay for a couple of days and went back to their hotels.
(Next day)
Liz was cleaning the dojo when she heard the bell above the door ring. She looked up to see Max walking through the door. "Um hi Liz, Kat gave me the address," he said walking up to her. "Hey Max," she replied nervously. "Um can we. I wanted to talk to you privately?" he asked. "Sure whey don't we go into the office." She said leading him to the side of the gym. As soon as they stepped into the small office Max started talking really fast, "Liz I'm so sorry about everything that happened. It's all my fault you were shot, I shouldn't have dragged you into this whole alien mess and I shouldn't have left you in the desert like that I should have." "Max HOLD IT!" Liz interrupted him. "What happened WAS NOT you fault. If you hadn't have healed me in the Crash Down I would have died then and became an immortal sooner. Either way still would have brought attention to me, if anything you guys brought attention to yourself for nothing. The thing is even though I would have healed myself you STILL probably saved my life by healing me, because I know I wouldn't have been ready for becoming an immortal then. Also I don't remember anyone dragging me into what you refer to as `this whole alien mess` ." "But." Max started to say but was interrupted by Liz again. "Plus Maria and Michael never would have gotten together and neither would have Alex and Isabel. Lizzie and Rath wouldn't exist." "How do you know about Rath?" Max asked. Liz snorted "How do you think? Lizzie told me. I would also like to meet little Eliza and Zan, who's watching the kids while you guys are here anyway?" "My parents are we'll bring them up next time. I don't think Michael is going to have much luck convincing Lizzie and Kat to come back with us." Max told her. Liz rolled her eyes, "I could have told you that. Michael doesn't really think he can does he? I mean she's his and Maria the two most stubborn people I know STILL, kid," she joked. "Ya I know," Max laughed and then sober," Um I know Lizzie and Kat said we can trust Krit, Alec and their friends but." he let the rest go unsaid. "Max trusts me I may look no older then Lizzie and Kat but I'm the same age as you. I've seen the way Krit and Alec are around those two and the way they look at them. Those guys would die for either of those girls if need be to protect them. According to Max, one of their friends," she explained seeing his confused look. "According to Max she never has seen Alec this way towards any girl. She only heard him talk about a girl like he talks about Kat once before." "What happened?" Max asked. "I'm not sure of the details but the girl ended up in a coma and died a couple years later. Max was there when Alec found out she was dead he took it real hard. Also Krit and Alec aren't the only ones here that will help those two if they need it. Richie and I are always here if they need us and we can also depend on back up from Mac and the other two who know about you guys. I won't even have to explain about aliens hybrids cuz Krit said it was ok to use him and Alec as an excuse as to why the girls need help. Kat too if Lizzie needs help" "How?" "Simple tell them that some people took the Liz as a hostage to get to them cuz they know about them being transgenics. Richie and I don't like lying to Mac and the others but we'll do it if you guys don't want us telling them about your secret. Also there's Max and the other transgenics and trans-humans here, Logan and O.C." "O.C.?" "Original Cindy, she's quite the character. According to Kat you'll meet all them tonight. She arranged it with Max and Logan last night. She thought it might help Michael get it through his head that Lizzie and her are safe here and can trust them if he meets the main group." "Good luck with that," Max joked. Both laughed and then spent the rest of the afternoon catching up on each others lives.
(Later that day)
"You two need to come back! You've been exposed!" Michael yelled. "Dad according to Krit and the others White will just follow us back to Roswell and that would put you in danger he doesn't know about Czechs!" Lizzie shouted back. "Who the hell are the others! How many damn people know about you!" Michael bellowed. "There's Alec, Max, Logan, and O.C. who know us personally, Max is also a transgenic and Logan is her boyfriend, who I'll think you'll like Uncle Alex." Lizzie grinned at him "O.C. is a friend from Jam Pony where we all work, its kinda Transgenic Central. All of them helped me rescue Lizzie. Then there's other transgenics and trans-humans that live in Terminal City who don't know us personally but that the others can call on for help," Kat lied about O.C. not wanting to tell Michael they just told her cuz she already knew about Alec and the others. "Who are all of these people?" Maria asked putting her hand over Michael's mouth to stop him from yelling. "You'll meet them all tonight," Lizzie told everyone. "I talked to Max at work and she set it up with Logan for us to all meet at his place." Kat said. "I'll go to this meeting but that doesn't mean I'm backing down," Michael told the two girls. "Oh give it a rest Michael Lizzie and Kat are old enough to take care of themselves," Isabel retorted. Michael just glared at everyone while they started talking about other things.
(Logan's apartment that night)
Michael and the others followed Lizzie and Kat into the Penthouse, "Um shouldn't you knock first?" Alex asked causing Kat and Lizzie to laugh. "Logan would probably die of shock if any of us ever knock," Alec joked walking up to Kat and putting an arm around her. As he put an arm around Lizzie Krit refrained from the kiss he was about to give her at the glare both him and Alec earned for the greeting of the girls. "Give it a rest Michael" Tess told him as Maria slapped his shoulder. "Hello I'm Logan Cole," Logan said as he walked up to shake everyone's hand. "OK everyone you guys already meant Alec, and Krit. Logan introduced himself; the others are Max and Original Cindy though everyone just calls her O.C." Kat said pointing to everyone. "This is my parents Michael and Maria Guerrin, my Aunt Isabel and Uncle Alex Whitman, and my Aunt Tess and Uncle Max Evans." Lizzie made the introductions on the Roswell side.
Everyone just stood there starring at each other or in Michael's case glaring, for a couple of tense minutes. "Are we going to start explaining or is O.C. going to have to lay the smack down. O.C. cancel plans with a mighty fine boo for this shin dig," Original Cindy broke up the silence. "I guess we'll go first and then you can," Max G. told everyone. "Manticore was started sometime in the 90's, and then the first experiments were considered failures till our groups know as the X-5's. A group of us escaped in '08 a couple of months before the Pulse. Krit and I were part of that group, he ended u pin California and I ended up here, where I meant Logan about two years ago. Of the ones who escaped that night one was recaptured, two are dead and another lost all his memory. I was caught about a year and ½ ago when we tried to take down Manticore. I escaped again with Alec's help and then some others and I went back and destroyed it, freeing all the transgenics and trans-humans," Max explained. "Why didn't you escape with Max, Krit and the others the first time?" Max E. asked Alec. I wasn't part of her unit; my unit was mainly composed of twins of her unit. My twin was one of the ones that escaped who died." "I'm so sorry," Maria told him. Alec just shrugged, "I never meant him or any others from that unit till Max was caught. She and the others had destroyed the labs so Manticore started assigning breeding partners. I was assigned to her but things didn't quite work out," he smirked while Kat and Max G. just rolled their eyes. Max G. had told Kat all about how she and Alec meant. "That's disgusting," Maria, Isabel, and Tess exclaimed. "Tell me about it having to be paired up with Alec. Kat can have him." Max G. joked causing everyone but Alec, Kat and Michael to laugh.
"So you guys are the only ones who know about Lizzie and Kat?" Michael asked not wanting to get off the subject. "Well Joshua knows and a couple other trans-humans but." Lizzie said. "WHAT!" Michael shouted, Max and the others just sighed. "BUT they hardly ever leave there and are TOTALLY trustworthy!" Lizzie finished glaring at her father.
"So how did you two get involved in this?" Max E. asked O.C. and Logan, trying to avoid a fight between Michael and Lizzie. "I meant Max when she tried to rob me to get money to find her sibling," Logan informed them shocking the Roswell group. "Since then I've been helping her and the others by digging up information on Manticore." "How do you get the information?" Tess asked. Logan took a deep breath, "What I tell you can't leave this room" he began looking at them. "Well duh like any of this can," Isabel said causing everyone to laugh. "I'm Eyes Only," Logan told them. "REALLY? How do you interrupt the signals? What kind of comp." Alex started to ask excitedly causing the Roswell group to smile and the Seattle group to look at him like he was crazy. "Alex honey you can play computer geek with Logan all you want later. Right now we need to talk about other things," Isabel calmed her husband down. "Look like you made a new friend boo," O.C. commented. "I found out about my main boo when some of these Manticore fellows came after her, and I've been helping where I can since then," O.C. told everyone.
Max E. nodded, "Well I guess it's our turn to explain," he said looking around. "Michael, Isabel, Tess, and I were in the Roswell '47 crash. We were in incubation pods, Michael, Isabel, and I emerged in "89 and we looked like six years olds. Isabel and I were found by a young couple the Evans and they adopted us while Michael was found by the police and sent to child services. Tess emerged later and was found by our protector Nasedo, who's disappeared. Isabel and I meant Michael at school and knew right away that he was one of us. Our sophomore year of high school there was a shooting at a local restaurant." here he paused and gave Liz a questioning look. "It's ok they all know about Immortals," Liz told him. "Ok well Liz worked there and was shot, and I healed her exposing our secrets. Later Maria and Alex found out also and it was us against the government. We became a family of sorts, later Tess came and we found out about our destiny. In our former life I was king of our planet Antar and Tess was my Queen. Isabel was my sister and princess and betrothed to my second in command Michael. As you can see we didn't take this too seriously. After we found this out Liz was shot by a FBI agent that was after us and we thought she was dead. We didn't know about immortals till we found her here," Max finished.
"And I thought boo and boy wonder here had an amazing story," O.C. commented. After more questions were answered, mainly Michael asking why they should trust them and what dangers Manticore could pose to Lizzie and Kat, the group started to talk about regular things. Maria, Isabel and surprisingly Tess were eager to talk to Liz and catch up on each other lives. Lizzie, Max G. and O.C. talked about work and arranging a time to hang out at Crash. Michael and Max E. questioned Krit about how the group would help Lizzie and Kat if there were in danger. Max E. also kept Michael from threatening Krit too much. While Alex was talking excitedly to Logan about computers.
Alec quietly took Kat aside to talk, "So I take it Lizzie's dad doesn't like us too much?" he commented. "Don't take it personally he's like that with everyone at first. It took him a while to warm up to me when Lizzie told him I knew. According to Isabel he was like this with even Maria, Liz, and Alex at first." Kat told him. "Does he still want you two to go back with them?" he asked nervously. "Ya," Kat replied. "Well are you?" Kat smiled up at him, "Alec it is going to take a lot more then Lizzie's dad to make us leave Seattle anytime soon," she told him. They started to lean in towards each other when they were interrupted by Max E. clearing his throat. "As soon as Isabel can drag Alex away from Logan we'll going to head back to the hotel," he told them. Behind them they could see everyone smirking at them and Michael who was being held back by Maria. "We'll go back to Roswell tomorrow but we'll be up again in a month with the kids to visit," Tess told them as Isabel dragged he husband out the door assuring him he could always talk about computers via email with Logan.
(About three weeks later, Location unknown)
"Sir, we've receive information on the whereabouts of S-101," a young soldier said coming to attention in front of a middle aged officer. "At ease soldier, where is she?" he asked. "We have reports of her and others we believe to be escaped Manticore transgenics taking out one of Manticore's recovery teams. S-101 nearly killed one of them who was a former man of ours but was stopped by two other transgenics. We have a team on stand by to send to apprehend her and her allies." As the soldier was making his report the officer looked over the photos of Kat and the others rescuing Lizzie. "Go after these three first then wait to go after the others till get more information about them," he said handing back one of the pictures.
(Next day, else where)
[God I hate desk work.] Riley Finn sighed as he sat down at his desk. He had been injured earlier that month in a fight with what looked like a new breed of hostiles with amazing abilities and was assigned to desk duty. Due to suspicion of him still having connection to Buffy and her group he was still only a captain and didn't have any hope of climbing up in rank. [Maybe I should just get out of this] he thought looking over the paper work. Just as he was about to leave for the day a form caught his eye, it was an order to send a unit to capture three transgenics in Seattle. [God why can't the government leave them alone] he thought. [Some of them have been out for over seven years and haven't done any harm to the normal population.] He was looking over the form when he saw a surveillance picture of the three transgenics in question. [SHIT!] standing with two other people about her age was Kat. [I got to get a hold of Buffy] he thought grabbing his coat and heading out the office.
(Hyperion, later that day)
"Angel Investigations, we help the helpless," Dawn answered the phone. "Dawn, this is Riley, is Buffy there?" "Hey Riley, hang on I'll get her," Dawn said putting him on hold and running to the gym Angel had created in the back. "Hey Buffy Riley's on the phone," Dawn interrupted Buffy and Angel's practice session. "Be right there," Buffy told her putting sword she had practicing with away.
"Hey Riley what's up?" she asked picking up the phone while wiping away some sweat. "They've found Kat," he told her. "What? Who did?" "The Iniative, they're sending a unit to capture her and two other transgenics she's with in Seattle." "Do you know when they left?" she asked. "They leave in two days," he replied. "Ok thanks for the heads up. I hope you don't get in trouble for this," she told him. "It's no problem; I've been thinking about quitting anyway. I have to go, bye." "Ok thanks again. Bye," she hanged up.
"Dawn, Connor, get Cordy, Fred, Willow, and Gunn here as fast as you can," Buffy told them. "Huh, why?" Connor asked. "They've found Kat," she said looking at Angel as he walked in.
(Jam Pony, couple of Days later)
"Hey Kat, Logan told me to tell you he got the high tech computer stuff for Alex," Max said as she opened her locker. Kat laughed, "Thanks, Alec is going to drive Isabel nuts playing with it." Max laughed, "So when are they suppose to be back up?" Alec asked walking in. "They should get here in about a day or so. They're taking their time getting here this time. Why, you and Krit planning on hiding from Michael?" Kat teased. "Hell ya," Krit joked overhearing her. "Get a move on here people! I'm not paying you to stand here socializing! Bip, Bip, Bip!"
"So is everyone going to Crash tonight?" Kat asked Alec as they walked out Jam Pony. "I'm not sure about Krit and Lizzie but everyone else is," he told her. They had gotten a lot closer since Lizzie's capture, but neither still quite knew what their relationship was and it had both of them frustrated as all hell. Kat was still a little scare to let Alec get close and he was trying to give her time but was beginning to get impatient. "I'll see you there then," Kat told him turning the other way. "Ok, c-ya," he replied
(Kat and Lizzie's apartment, later that night)
Alec knocked on the door and waited for Kat to answer. "Hey." he started but stopped when he saw her. Kat was wearing tight red leather pants, and a gold tank top with a black leather jacket. "Um you look good," he told her, for once lost for words, "Where's Lizzie?" he asked. "Thanks," Kat laughed, "she's at Krit's. You ready?" "Ya, lets go."
(Later that night)
"Damn am I ever going to beat you at pool?" Alec joked as he and Kat walked down the street. "Nope," she replied smirking. They had spent the night at Crash playing pool, drinking, and dancing. Afterwards Alec decided to accompany her while she went on patrol. "So why do you and Lizzie still do this if neither of you work for the watchers?" he asked. "I'm not sure. I've always been patrolling since I ran away from Angel's. Lizzie's patrolled since she found out she was a slayer. I guess it's in our blood. Buffy always patrolled even after she quit working for the council," Kat replied as a large group of vampires attack them.
Both of them started fighting. Alec flipped the first vamp over then spun kicked another as he went to stake the first. Kat punched her first one knocking it down and then threw a stake at one that was sneaking up on Alec. While she was distracted the first one tackled her. "I think I'm going to have a little fun with you," it smirked. She flipped him over her and then flipped back to her feet and spun kicked him in the head as he got up. "BITCH!" he called her as her eyes started to turn gold. She then staked the vamp and started fighting another. Alec was fighting his third vamp when he noticed Kat starting to loss control, "Shit!" He quickly staked the vamp and ran over to where Kat was busy kicking the shit out of a vampire. Alec caught the vamp as it fell back from one of Kat's kicks, staking it in the back. He then grabbed Kat's shoulders, "Kat listen to me you need to calm down," he told her. "Huh," Kat shook her head to clear it and looked around. "UM I got to go." she started to say nervously realizing that she had almost lost control again. "Oh God, I'm so sorry Alec I didn't mean to." she started. "Shh, its ok, I Kat," he tried calming her down. "I don't know why I." she went on not hearing him, so he did the only thing he could think of to get her mind off what happened. "It's ok Kat," he said pulling her to him and kissing her.
"Um thanks," after he pulled back and she was able to regain her breath. "No prob," he smirked, "Ow! So you need a ride home?" he asked rubbing the back of his head. "Seeing as how you drove me here I would think so," she retorted though he could still detect some nervousness in her voice.
Alec drove her back to her apartment and walked up with her. "Hey Lizzie, you home?" Kat yelled walking in and receiving no reply. "So, um thanks again for everything?" she told Alec nervously. "Kat what happened wasn't you fault. You didn't even lose control," he told her. "But I almost did even with your, Krit, and Max's help I still almost lost control and I was only fighting a couple of vampires" she sighed sitting down on the couch. "But you didn't and you were able to calm down right away. That's the important thing," Alec said sitting down and putting his arm around her shoulders. Kat leaned back against his chest, "Thanks," she murmured as she fell asleep. Alec wrapped his other arm around her and rests his head against the top of hers.
This was how Lizzie and Krit found them when they walked in about an hour later. Both smiled and quietly snuck back out.
"Liz?" Max asked causing her to flinch. "Um hey guys" she said nervously while glaring at Alec and checking to see that Maria was ok. "How?" Alex asked coming up and hugging her. "Well I gotta be going to work; I'll cover for you Kat. C-ya" Alec said edging towards the door. "Um same here," Krit said giving Lizzie a kiss and then getting out of there before Michael could do more then glare at him.
Just then Maria came to, "Liz? How? You.?" "Ok how about Kat and I go get some food and then we can explain everything during breakfast," Lizzie said giving Kat a look that could kill. "Sure" everyone agree. [Ah shit!] Kat thought. "Doesn't some one want to come with?" she asked nervously as Lizzie dragged her out the door. She definitely didn't want to be alone with her after forgetting to tell her about her parents calling the day before.
"Forget to tell me something yesterday!" Lizzie hissed as soon as they were on the street. "Um sorry," Kat offered receiving a glare from Lizzie. "You know I did kinda have other things on my mind after RESCUEING you." Kat retorted. "Ok, Ok, so you stayed the night at Alec's?" she asked. "Yes but nothing happened," Kat replied ignoring the look she received. "Why the hell not?" Lizzie asked astonished. "Look I need to focus on being able to control the vamp genes, Alec and the others are going to help me with it, but it'll probably go easier if I'm not dealing with all these emotions while they teach me." "Oh ya cuz all those emotions weren't still be there," was the sarcastic reply. "Look just because I said I need to focus on my control and that nothing happened last night doesn't mean something won't happen later. We're just gonna take it slow, ok." By this time they had gotten the food and were back at the apartment. Lizzie just rolled her eyes at this.
"Liz what happened? You were dead, we saw you that night?" Max started as everyone sat down around the coffee table with the food and lots of coffee. Liz sighed "I'm an immortal," she told them and proceeds to cut her hand to show them the proof. "Maybe eating during this explanation wasn't such a good idea," Alex joked trying to light the mood in the room and just earning glares from everyone. "Is this a result of ." Tess started to ask but stopped short looking at Richie. "No and Richie knows." "WHAT!" Michael yelled earning him glares from everyone and a slap from Maria. "Shut Space Boy and let her explain." "Thanks Maria." "No problem chica." "Well anyway like I said before Richie knows, a little time of I was shot I started to develop powers. He and three others that are still alive know about it. Richie and two of them know cuz there were there when the powers manifested and another knows because she was the one who taught me to control them." "How is this person an alien?" Isabel asked. "No she an immortal like us but she has some special abilities of her own that's all I can tell you about her without breaking her trust, which I won't do. I didn't break your guys trust either before just now none of them knew who any of you guys were not even Richie," she told them. "None of us will tell anyone about you, and if you want Liz and I can arrange for you to meet them," Richie offered. "I saw you at the Crash Down not too long after Liz was shot, what was you doing there?" Michael asked suspiciously. Richie was amazed he remembered something so long ago, "Mac, Liz and my mentor, sent me to check to see if Liz was an immortal. Her parents had called him, cuz they weren't entirely sure if she had been shot and was just afraid to admit she was different from everyone." "How could you tell?" Tess asked. "We can sense each other," Liz explained. "I was driving down the highway on my way back from running an errand for Mac when I felt her. As soon as I found her I could tell she was a newbie so I explained all about immortals and the game." "What's the game?" Alex asked. "Well." Liz began nervously she hadn't want to explain this part to them knowing what their reactions would be; "there is one way immortals can die. It's cutting off their heads." "Yep definitely shouldn't be eating during this explanation." Alex mumbled putting down his bagel. "The game consists of ritual combat between two immortals to the death." "WHAT!" Max, Maria and Alex who for once didn't have a joke handy shouted. Michael, Isabel and Tess just looked shock, "Have you ever. you know.?" Isabel asked. "Unfortunately yes, that was how Lizzie and Kat and the others found out about me they saw me fighting another immortal." Liz answered shocking the others. None of them could see little Lizzie Parker being able to lift a sword yet alone cut another's person head off. After a lot more explanations, a lot of it being there was no way to get out of the game except for joining a convent which she refuse to do, the Roswell gang decided to stay for a couple of days and went back to their hotels.
(Next day)
Liz was cleaning the dojo when she heard the bell above the door ring. She looked up to see Max walking through the door. "Um hi Liz, Kat gave me the address," he said walking up to her. "Hey Max," she replied nervously. "Um can we. I wanted to talk to you privately?" he asked. "Sure whey don't we go into the office." She said leading him to the side of the gym. As soon as they stepped into the small office Max started talking really fast, "Liz I'm so sorry about everything that happened. It's all my fault you were shot, I shouldn't have dragged you into this whole alien mess and I shouldn't have left you in the desert like that I should have." "Max HOLD IT!" Liz interrupted him. "What happened WAS NOT you fault. If you hadn't have healed me in the Crash Down I would have died then and became an immortal sooner. Either way still would have brought attention to me, if anything you guys brought attention to yourself for nothing. The thing is even though I would have healed myself you STILL probably saved my life by healing me, because I know I wouldn't have been ready for becoming an immortal then. Also I don't remember anyone dragging me into what you refer to as `this whole alien mess` ." "But." Max started to say but was interrupted by Liz again. "Plus Maria and Michael never would have gotten together and neither would have Alex and Isabel. Lizzie and Rath wouldn't exist." "How do you know about Rath?" Max asked. Liz snorted "How do you think? Lizzie told me. I would also like to meet little Eliza and Zan, who's watching the kids while you guys are here anyway?" "My parents are we'll bring them up next time. I don't think Michael is going to have much luck convincing Lizzie and Kat to come back with us." Max told her. Liz rolled her eyes, "I could have told you that. Michael doesn't really think he can does he? I mean she's his and Maria the two most stubborn people I know STILL, kid," she joked. "Ya I know," Max laughed and then sober," Um I know Lizzie and Kat said we can trust Krit, Alec and their friends but." he let the rest go unsaid. "Max trusts me I may look no older then Lizzie and Kat but I'm the same age as you. I've seen the way Krit and Alec are around those two and the way they look at them. Those guys would die for either of those girls if need be to protect them. According to Max, one of their friends," she explained seeing his confused look. "According to Max she never has seen Alec this way towards any girl. She only heard him talk about a girl like he talks about Kat once before." "What happened?" Max asked. "I'm not sure of the details but the girl ended up in a coma and died a couple years later. Max was there when Alec found out she was dead he took it real hard. Also Krit and Alec aren't the only ones here that will help those two if they need it. Richie and I are always here if they need us and we can also depend on back up from Mac and the other two who know about you guys. I won't even have to explain about aliens hybrids cuz Krit said it was ok to use him and Alec as an excuse as to why the girls need help. Kat too if Lizzie needs help" "How?" "Simple tell them that some people took the Liz as a hostage to get to them cuz they know about them being transgenics. Richie and I don't like lying to Mac and the others but we'll do it if you guys don't want us telling them about your secret. Also there's Max and the other transgenics and trans-humans here, Logan and O.C." "O.C.?" "Original Cindy, she's quite the character. According to Kat you'll meet all them tonight. She arranged it with Max and Logan last night. She thought it might help Michael get it through his head that Lizzie and her are safe here and can trust them if he meets the main group." "Good luck with that," Max joked. Both laughed and then spent the rest of the afternoon catching up on each others lives.
(Later that day)
"You two need to come back! You've been exposed!" Michael yelled. "Dad according to Krit and the others White will just follow us back to Roswell and that would put you in danger he doesn't know about Czechs!" Lizzie shouted back. "Who the hell are the others! How many damn people know about you!" Michael bellowed. "There's Alec, Max, Logan, and O.C. who know us personally, Max is also a transgenic and Logan is her boyfriend, who I'll think you'll like Uncle Alex." Lizzie grinned at him "O.C. is a friend from Jam Pony where we all work, its kinda Transgenic Central. All of them helped me rescue Lizzie. Then there's other transgenics and trans-humans that live in Terminal City who don't know us personally but that the others can call on for help," Kat lied about O.C. not wanting to tell Michael they just told her cuz she already knew about Alec and the others. "Who are all of these people?" Maria asked putting her hand over Michael's mouth to stop him from yelling. "You'll meet them all tonight," Lizzie told everyone. "I talked to Max at work and she set it up with Logan for us to all meet at his place." Kat said. "I'll go to this meeting but that doesn't mean I'm backing down," Michael told the two girls. "Oh give it a rest Michael Lizzie and Kat are old enough to take care of themselves," Isabel retorted. Michael just glared at everyone while they started talking about other things.
(Logan's apartment that night)
Michael and the others followed Lizzie and Kat into the Penthouse, "Um shouldn't you knock first?" Alex asked causing Kat and Lizzie to laugh. "Logan would probably die of shock if any of us ever knock," Alec joked walking up to Kat and putting an arm around her. As he put an arm around Lizzie Krit refrained from the kiss he was about to give her at the glare both him and Alec earned for the greeting of the girls. "Give it a rest Michael" Tess told him as Maria slapped his shoulder. "Hello I'm Logan Cole," Logan said as he walked up to shake everyone's hand. "OK everyone you guys already meant Alec, and Krit. Logan introduced himself; the others are Max and Original Cindy though everyone just calls her O.C." Kat said pointing to everyone. "This is my parents Michael and Maria Guerrin, my Aunt Isabel and Uncle Alex Whitman, and my Aunt Tess and Uncle Max Evans." Lizzie made the introductions on the Roswell side.
Everyone just stood there starring at each other or in Michael's case glaring, for a couple of tense minutes. "Are we going to start explaining or is O.C. going to have to lay the smack down. O.C. cancel plans with a mighty fine boo for this shin dig," Original Cindy broke up the silence. "I guess we'll go first and then you can," Max G. told everyone. "Manticore was started sometime in the 90's, and then the first experiments were considered failures till our groups know as the X-5's. A group of us escaped in '08 a couple of months before the Pulse. Krit and I were part of that group, he ended u pin California and I ended up here, where I meant Logan about two years ago. Of the ones who escaped that night one was recaptured, two are dead and another lost all his memory. I was caught about a year and ½ ago when we tried to take down Manticore. I escaped again with Alec's help and then some others and I went back and destroyed it, freeing all the transgenics and trans-humans," Max explained. "Why didn't you escape with Max, Krit and the others the first time?" Max E. asked Alec. I wasn't part of her unit; my unit was mainly composed of twins of her unit. My twin was one of the ones that escaped who died." "I'm so sorry," Maria told him. Alec just shrugged, "I never meant him or any others from that unit till Max was caught. She and the others had destroyed the labs so Manticore started assigning breeding partners. I was assigned to her but things didn't quite work out," he smirked while Kat and Max G. just rolled their eyes. Max G. had told Kat all about how she and Alec meant. "That's disgusting," Maria, Isabel, and Tess exclaimed. "Tell me about it having to be paired up with Alec. Kat can have him." Max G. joked causing everyone but Alec, Kat and Michael to laugh.
"So you guys are the only ones who know about Lizzie and Kat?" Michael asked not wanting to get off the subject. "Well Joshua knows and a couple other trans-humans but." Lizzie said. "WHAT!" Michael shouted, Max and the others just sighed. "BUT they hardly ever leave there and are TOTALLY trustworthy!" Lizzie finished glaring at her father.
"So how did you two get involved in this?" Max E. asked O.C. and Logan, trying to avoid a fight between Michael and Lizzie. "I meant Max when she tried to rob me to get money to find her sibling," Logan informed them shocking the Roswell group. "Since then I've been helping her and the others by digging up information on Manticore." "How do you get the information?" Tess asked. Logan took a deep breath, "What I tell you can't leave this room" he began looking at them. "Well duh like any of this can," Isabel said causing everyone to laugh. "I'm Eyes Only," Logan told them. "REALLY? How do you interrupt the signals? What kind of comp." Alex started to ask excitedly causing the Roswell group to smile and the Seattle group to look at him like he was crazy. "Alex honey you can play computer geek with Logan all you want later. Right now we need to talk about other things," Isabel calmed her husband down. "Look like you made a new friend boo," O.C. commented. "I found out about my main boo when some of these Manticore fellows came after her, and I've been helping where I can since then," O.C. told everyone.
Max E. nodded, "Well I guess it's our turn to explain," he said looking around. "Michael, Isabel, Tess, and I were in the Roswell '47 crash. We were in incubation pods, Michael, Isabel, and I emerged in "89 and we looked like six years olds. Isabel and I were found by a young couple the Evans and they adopted us while Michael was found by the police and sent to child services. Tess emerged later and was found by our protector Nasedo, who's disappeared. Isabel and I meant Michael at school and knew right away that he was one of us. Our sophomore year of high school there was a shooting at a local restaurant." here he paused and gave Liz a questioning look. "It's ok they all know about Immortals," Liz told him. "Ok well Liz worked there and was shot, and I healed her exposing our secrets. Later Maria and Alex found out also and it was us against the government. We became a family of sorts, later Tess came and we found out about our destiny. In our former life I was king of our planet Antar and Tess was my Queen. Isabel was my sister and princess and betrothed to my second in command Michael. As you can see we didn't take this too seriously. After we found this out Liz was shot by a FBI agent that was after us and we thought she was dead. We didn't know about immortals till we found her here," Max finished.
"And I thought boo and boy wonder here had an amazing story," O.C. commented. After more questions were answered, mainly Michael asking why they should trust them and what dangers Manticore could pose to Lizzie and Kat, the group started to talk about regular things. Maria, Isabel and surprisingly Tess were eager to talk to Liz and catch up on each other lives. Lizzie, Max G. and O.C. talked about work and arranging a time to hang out at Crash. Michael and Max E. questioned Krit about how the group would help Lizzie and Kat if there were in danger. Max E. also kept Michael from threatening Krit too much. While Alex was talking excitedly to Logan about computers.
Alec quietly took Kat aside to talk, "So I take it Lizzie's dad doesn't like us too much?" he commented. "Don't take it personally he's like that with everyone at first. It took him a while to warm up to me when Lizzie told him I knew. According to Isabel he was like this with even Maria, Liz, and Alex at first." Kat told him. "Does he still want you two to go back with them?" he asked nervously. "Ya," Kat replied. "Well are you?" Kat smiled up at him, "Alec it is going to take a lot more then Lizzie's dad to make us leave Seattle anytime soon," she told him. They started to lean in towards each other when they were interrupted by Max E. clearing his throat. "As soon as Isabel can drag Alex away from Logan we'll going to head back to the hotel," he told them. Behind them they could see everyone smirking at them and Michael who was being held back by Maria. "We'll go back to Roswell tomorrow but we'll be up again in a month with the kids to visit," Tess told them as Isabel dragged he husband out the door assuring him he could always talk about computers via email with Logan.
(About three weeks later, Location unknown)
"Sir, we've receive information on the whereabouts of S-101," a young soldier said coming to attention in front of a middle aged officer. "At ease soldier, where is she?" he asked. "We have reports of her and others we believe to be escaped Manticore transgenics taking out one of Manticore's recovery teams. S-101 nearly killed one of them who was a former man of ours but was stopped by two other transgenics. We have a team on stand by to send to apprehend her and her allies." As the soldier was making his report the officer looked over the photos of Kat and the others rescuing Lizzie. "Go after these three first then wait to go after the others till get more information about them," he said handing back one of the pictures.
(Next day, else where)
[God I hate desk work.] Riley Finn sighed as he sat down at his desk. He had been injured earlier that month in a fight with what looked like a new breed of hostiles with amazing abilities and was assigned to desk duty. Due to suspicion of him still having connection to Buffy and her group he was still only a captain and didn't have any hope of climbing up in rank. [Maybe I should just get out of this] he thought looking over the paper work. Just as he was about to leave for the day a form caught his eye, it was an order to send a unit to capture three transgenics in Seattle. [God why can't the government leave them alone] he thought. [Some of them have been out for over seven years and haven't done any harm to the normal population.] He was looking over the form when he saw a surveillance picture of the three transgenics in question. [SHIT!] standing with two other people about her age was Kat. [I got to get a hold of Buffy] he thought grabbing his coat and heading out the office.
(Hyperion, later that day)
"Angel Investigations, we help the helpless," Dawn answered the phone. "Dawn, this is Riley, is Buffy there?" "Hey Riley, hang on I'll get her," Dawn said putting him on hold and running to the gym Angel had created in the back. "Hey Buffy Riley's on the phone," Dawn interrupted Buffy and Angel's practice session. "Be right there," Buffy told her putting sword she had practicing with away.
"Hey Riley what's up?" she asked picking up the phone while wiping away some sweat. "They've found Kat," he told her. "What? Who did?" "The Iniative, they're sending a unit to capture her and two other transgenics she's with in Seattle." "Do you know when they left?" she asked. "They leave in two days," he replied. "Ok thanks for the heads up. I hope you don't get in trouble for this," she told him. "It's no problem; I've been thinking about quitting anyway. I have to go, bye." "Ok thanks again. Bye," she hanged up.
"Dawn, Connor, get Cordy, Fred, Willow, and Gunn here as fast as you can," Buffy told them. "Huh, why?" Connor asked. "They've found Kat," she said looking at Angel as he walked in.
(Jam Pony, couple of Days later)
"Hey Kat, Logan told me to tell you he got the high tech computer stuff for Alex," Max said as she opened her locker. Kat laughed, "Thanks, Alec is going to drive Isabel nuts playing with it." Max laughed, "So when are they suppose to be back up?" Alec asked walking in. "They should get here in about a day or so. They're taking their time getting here this time. Why, you and Krit planning on hiding from Michael?" Kat teased. "Hell ya," Krit joked overhearing her. "Get a move on here people! I'm not paying you to stand here socializing! Bip, Bip, Bip!"
"So is everyone going to Crash tonight?" Kat asked Alec as they walked out Jam Pony. "I'm not sure about Krit and Lizzie but everyone else is," he told her. They had gotten a lot closer since Lizzie's capture, but neither still quite knew what their relationship was and it had both of them frustrated as all hell. Kat was still a little scare to let Alec get close and he was trying to give her time but was beginning to get impatient. "I'll see you there then," Kat told him turning the other way. "Ok, c-ya," he replied
(Kat and Lizzie's apartment, later that night)
Alec knocked on the door and waited for Kat to answer. "Hey." he started but stopped when he saw her. Kat was wearing tight red leather pants, and a gold tank top with a black leather jacket. "Um you look good," he told her, for once lost for words, "Where's Lizzie?" he asked. "Thanks," Kat laughed, "she's at Krit's. You ready?" "Ya, lets go."
(Later that night)
"Damn am I ever going to beat you at pool?" Alec joked as he and Kat walked down the street. "Nope," she replied smirking. They had spent the night at Crash playing pool, drinking, and dancing. Afterwards Alec decided to accompany her while she went on patrol. "So why do you and Lizzie still do this if neither of you work for the watchers?" he asked. "I'm not sure. I've always been patrolling since I ran away from Angel's. Lizzie's patrolled since she found out she was a slayer. I guess it's in our blood. Buffy always patrolled even after she quit working for the council," Kat replied as a large group of vampires attack them.
Both of them started fighting. Alec flipped the first vamp over then spun kicked another as he went to stake the first. Kat punched her first one knocking it down and then threw a stake at one that was sneaking up on Alec. While she was distracted the first one tackled her. "I think I'm going to have a little fun with you," it smirked. She flipped him over her and then flipped back to her feet and spun kicked him in the head as he got up. "BITCH!" he called her as her eyes started to turn gold. She then staked the vamp and started fighting another. Alec was fighting his third vamp when he noticed Kat starting to loss control, "Shit!" He quickly staked the vamp and ran over to where Kat was busy kicking the shit out of a vampire. Alec caught the vamp as it fell back from one of Kat's kicks, staking it in the back. He then grabbed Kat's shoulders, "Kat listen to me you need to calm down," he told her. "Huh," Kat shook her head to clear it and looked around. "UM I got to go." she started to say nervously realizing that she had almost lost control again. "Oh God, I'm so sorry Alec I didn't mean to." she started. "Shh, its ok, I Kat," he tried calming her down. "I don't know why I." she went on not hearing him, so he did the only thing he could think of to get her mind off what happened. "It's ok Kat," he said pulling her to him and kissing her.
"Um thanks," after he pulled back and she was able to regain her breath. "No prob," he smirked, "Ow! So you need a ride home?" he asked rubbing the back of his head. "Seeing as how you drove me here I would think so," she retorted though he could still detect some nervousness in her voice.
Alec drove her back to her apartment and walked up with her. "Hey Lizzie, you home?" Kat yelled walking in and receiving no reply. "So, um thanks again for everything?" she told Alec nervously. "Kat what happened wasn't you fault. You didn't even lose control," he told her. "But I almost did even with your, Krit, and Max's help I still almost lost control and I was only fighting a couple of vampires" she sighed sitting down on the couch. "But you didn't and you were able to calm down right away. That's the important thing," Alec said sitting down and putting his arm around her shoulders. Kat leaned back against his chest, "Thanks," she murmured as she fell asleep. Alec wrapped his other arm around her and rests his head against the top of hers.
This was how Lizzie and Krit found them when they walked in about an hour later. Both smiled and quietly snuck back out.