By Dave.Mycock The Fight for Antar
Disclaimer: I do not own Roswell or any of the characters involved it, it belongs to Jason Katims.
Subject: Max/Tess
Notes: This is the sequel to my first Roswell Fic The End Time, a quick recap. Tess returned to earth with Max's son, the army begin searching for her. Max now remembering everything from his past life is now in love with Tess and begins helping her. When Liz finds out she snaps and betrays the alien to the army along with Maria in hopes that Alex's killer will be brought to justice. Max has Isabel contact their remaining duplicates to come and help them. Once they arrive they are stunned to find that Max's double Zhan is also alive thanks to Ava stealing one of the healing stones. Max hatches a plan to get them back to their home world and uses Brody to contact Laric so he can send a ship to collect them. He plans to defeat Ka'var and Lani (Isabel's double) and free his people. Valenti and Kyle escape Roswell and head for a new life. The aliens leave just as Liz and Maria arrive along with the army.
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Tess woke to find Max standing over her watching her sleep; she couldn't help but smile at him. The mission to get Liz, Maria and Brody out of the army base had helped Max more than the others knew, it had helped him put to rest the part of himself that was tied to Liz and their adoptive planet. He could now fully concentrate on freeing Antar from the grip of Ka'var and Lani. Laric was the most excited of the resistance to have the royal four back, mostly because had been best friends with Zhan before Ka'var's uprising. All of them had liked him and his family and had gotten on well with them. Max had been surprised to find out Laric was now married and had a baby girl. So much had changed in the time they had been exiled on Earth; even with Max's memories restored to him fully there was a lot to get used to. It was much harder for the Isabel and Michael who couldn't access their memories yet. However Laric had told them there maybe a way to help them access them using one of their machines.
"Hey Max" she said slowly rising from the bed
"Hey" he returned
"Where's Zhan?" she asked as the noticed the absence of their son
"I let Isabel take her for a while, she needed something to take her mind of everything that's happened in the last twenty four hours" he replied "Taking care of her nephew will help her focus" he added
"It's been hard for her a lot more than the rest of you hasn't it?" Tess asked as she got up and began to change into the clothes Laric had given to them
"With what we went through in the last couple of days before you returned me dying and coming back, then all the trouble with Jessie and her parents. She was really under a lot of pressure, but having her entire life taken from her now including Jessie running away it's taken a lot out of her" Max told her "I'm worried about her cracking, the only good points have been the renewed connection between her and Michael and her hope of seeing our mother alive again. Our real mother" he added
"She'll manage it Max, Isabel. Valundra was always strong; she was always in the middle of huge events taking care of problems. Isabel has a lot of her abilities, so I think she'll be fine. She's stronger than any of you realise" Tess replied "So are all of us" she added as an after thought
"I know, and we're going to need all of our strength for what comes next" Max said as he looked out of the window towards the setting sun which gave the already reddish sky an orange glow
"We'll do it Max, I know we will" Tess said as someone knocked on their door
"Come in" Max said
Laric entered followed by two of his men, all three of the men bowed reminding Max of just how new and yet old this was to him. He had all of Zhan's memories of been king, of the bowing and the signs of respect but actually having it happen in front of him was pretty unnerving.
"Something wrong?" Max asked
"It's time to plan the attack Zhan, everyone has been assembled in the hall including the rest of the royal four" Laric replied
"Very well, lead the way" Max replied a little of Zhan coming through giving him an air of confidence he had lacked before
*****
The entire hall seemed to hold It's breathe as Max and Tess followed Laric and his two guards to the front of the hall, Michael, Isabel, Ava, Zhan and Wrath were already there waiting for the other two. Tess noticed a small women holding Zhan and guessed she was some sort of nanny.
Laric quickly walked onto the a small platform and smiled at the assembled mass, this was the day he had dreamed off since the day the royal four had been killed during Ka'var's uprising.
"Finally the day has come for us to crush the evil that has taken so much from us; they took our king and his family and claimed what was not theirs. But we had hope, the royal four were reborn and sent into hiding and we knew they would one day return to lead us and now that day is here" he said his voice loud and clear so everyone could hear him.
The hall erupted into huge cries of joy and anticipation. Their hands punched the air as they looked to where Max and the others stood; each seemed somewhat uneasy but ready to do what they had to.
"Ka'var and his followers do not know they are here witch gives us even more of an advantage in the coming fight, a call has already gone out summoning nearly all of our troops from our bases on the ruling planets. The time is almost upon us" Laric spoke again causing another huge cheer to go up
Max couldn't helped but admire how his friend fired up the troops in front of him, it was clear Laric had grown in his role of leadership in his absence. He remembered Laric had been a very good warrior and he had been sent on many missions but he never commanded such a large group, the war with Ka'var had obvious changed him more that he had let on. This gave Max even more hope that the war would be won even faster and with fewer casualties.
Laric stepped down and moved to Max's side with a small smile, his men were even more ready that he had thought.
"You need to speak to them Zhan" Laric said as he came to a stop before the group
"Me, what would I say?" Max replied suddenly very scared
"You'll know what to say when you get up there" Laric told him confidently
Max nodded and began to walk towards the small platform, he could feel the entire hall watching him. As he stepped up onto the platform he suddenly felt a wave of confidence flow through him, he felt his human half begin to fall into the background and suddenly it was if Zhan had taken over.
"It's been a long time since the uprising and the evil claimed our world, our deaths were designed to destroy any hope of them been beaten but they failed in that. We were reborn and safely hidden; we have fought them and one of their greatest warriors on earth and beaten them. But that was just a test. We know the truth now and it is a truth that was painful to learn, we were betrayed and that was what caused all of this to happen" Max told them
"By who?" One of the men shouted
"By my own sister, she was seduced by Ka'var and he used her to destroy us and take our world. Two sets of the royal four were sent to earth one with their memories intact and the other with barely a clue as to who they really were, the second set were betrayed yet again by Lani Valundra's reincarnation. She now sits at Ka'var's right hand helping him destroy our world, we will have vengeance on her and we alone, she is to be captured at all costs" Max answered
"If what you say is true your highness then what about the Valundra who is with you?" the man asked
"She has no memory of been Valundra, and she has done everything she can to help us survive so we could return to free our world. Nothing is to be done to here in vengeance" Max said his voice gaining authority "That is my wish" he added
"We understand your highness" the man replied bowing along with the entire hall
Isabel breathed a sigh of relief at this fact; she had become terrified as Max told them the truth that led to Ka'var's victory over them to begin with and his rise to power. She had feared one of the many troops amassed here would try and kill her but their acceptance of Max's command not to harm her made her put her fear aside.
"We will go through the plans Laric has provided for us one last time and then we will form a plan of attack, we will assemble here in two hours to go over that plan and then we will destroy the evil that has claimed our world" Max shouted
The hall once again erupted into cheers and shouting as Max stood down and walked back to his family, he felt the shift again as Zhan faded into the background and Max reasserted control.
"Well done, that really got them fired up" Laric said with a smile "Plus you showed them you really were Zhan which is why they excepted your command about capturing Lani and leaving Isabel alone" he told them
"Who was the warrior who kept asking me questions?" Max asked looking towards the mass had begun to disperse except for the warrior in question and two others who were watching them intently.
"He was one of the royal guards before the uprising, after me he was in charge on your bodyguard. He helped me build up a solid command structure; he was one of your most trusted friends" Laric told him "His name is Tarik" Laric added
"I remember him, he was good at planning ambushes right?" Max said as the memories came back to him
"Correct" Laric nodded glad to see that Zhan's memories were easily accessed by Max
"Have him meet us in the planning room, I want you there as well Laric" Max said facing his friend
"Understood" Laric nodded and went over to talk to Tarik
"Lets go, we don't have long" Max said turning and heading for the planning room the woman who held Zhan stood quickly as they approached and handed Zhan back to Tess who smiled and nodded her thanks. The woman bowed and left the room.
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Tarik and Laric entered the planning room to find Max, Zhan, Wrath and Michael looking over the many maps and plans. Ava, Isabel and Tess were sitting close by looking over some files about their lives before their deaths. Tess was holding Zhan. Both bowed before joining them at the table.
"Your Highness it is with great pleasure to see you back on Antar and ready to lead us against Ka'var" Tarik told him
"Thank you Tarik, it's good to see you safe" Max nodded "What I need from you is the best places to set ambushes around the palace to cut of reinforcements" he said looking back down at the maps
"It depends on how many troops you want to commit to the task your highness" Tarik replied
"Laric how many men do we have at the moment?" Max asked without looking at either
"On this planet we have a total of a three thousand ready to fight, more are on their way but they won't arrive before the attack begins" Laric answered
"We'll assign three hundred to ambushes, will that do?" Max asked
"More than enough your highness. I know the area around the palace well, the best places for troops to be positioned is around these areas" Tarik said placing small red dots on the map of the palace and the surrounding area "The troops places in these areas will be able to take out any reinforcements coming their way from the bases here, here and here" Tarik replied placing blue dots which marked Ka'var's bases "Placing troops at these two locations will make sure no troops can immediately gain access to the palace from these two bases which are a bit further of"
"Excellent" Max nodded smiling "We will take a small force including you two and position ourselves here" he placed a black dot on a small area close to the palace "Once the attack begins we'll head straight for the palace and take out the guards not stopping for anything, our objectives are clear capture Lani, find our mother and kill Ka'var and Nicholas" Max told them
"Do you think it's wise for you not to be leading the assault itself" Tarik asked
"Ka'var and Nicholas are the two most dangerous skins, Lani too is powerful. We need to be the ones who fight them, anyone would be killed easily and we all know that" Zhan was the one who spoke up
"At least one of you should be leading the assault" Laric spoke up
Max didn't like the idea of splitting up the group now that they had forced a strong bond, but he could see both Tarik and Laric's point of you. He looked to Zhan and Wrath both were capable of leading an assault, Wrath would be the better choice so his vengeful emotions for Lani wouldn't get in the way when the breached the palace.
"Wrath we need you to lead the main assault" Max said "Michael you too" Max added as he thought over the plan again
Both Wrath and Michael looked ready to argue until they looked into Max's eyes and noticed he was dead series. They looked at each other and nodded knowing they would be leading an important part of their plan to free their world.
"Ok Max, you can count on us" Wrath told him with smile
"Ok, the three attacks will start at noon, the main assault will be the most important as it will draw more of Ka'var's troops away from the palace. Once the attack has begun we strike at the palace, Laric pick the warriors you believe will be the best help in taking the palace" Max told them
"How many do you plan on taking?" Laric asked
"How many guards will Ka'var have in the palace?" Max asked
"A Hundred at most" Laric answered
"We'll take seventy with us, once we're inside we'll split into three groups and head straight for the throne room" Max nodded as he looked up
"Understood, I'll go and assemble our team" Laric bowed and exited the room
"With your permission your highness I will assemble the best ambush troops we have?" Tarik asked
"Of course" Max nodded
Tarik bowed and left the room as well leaving the others standing in the room going over what they were about to set in motion.
Disclaimer: I do not own Roswell or any of the characters involved it, it belongs to Jason Katims.
Subject: Max/Tess
Notes: This is the sequel to my first Roswell Fic The End Time, a quick recap. Tess returned to earth with Max's son, the army begin searching for her. Max now remembering everything from his past life is now in love with Tess and begins helping her. When Liz finds out she snaps and betrays the alien to the army along with Maria in hopes that Alex's killer will be brought to justice. Max has Isabel contact their remaining duplicates to come and help them. Once they arrive they are stunned to find that Max's double Zhan is also alive thanks to Ava stealing one of the healing stones. Max hatches a plan to get them back to their home world and uses Brody to contact Laric so he can send a ship to collect them. He plans to defeat Ka'var and Lani (Isabel's double) and free his people. Valenti and Kyle escape Roswell and head for a new life. The aliens leave just as Liz and Maria arrive along with the army.
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Tess woke to find Max standing over her watching her sleep; she couldn't help but smile at him. The mission to get Liz, Maria and Brody out of the army base had helped Max more than the others knew, it had helped him put to rest the part of himself that was tied to Liz and their adoptive planet. He could now fully concentrate on freeing Antar from the grip of Ka'var and Lani. Laric was the most excited of the resistance to have the royal four back, mostly because had been best friends with Zhan before Ka'var's uprising. All of them had liked him and his family and had gotten on well with them. Max had been surprised to find out Laric was now married and had a baby girl. So much had changed in the time they had been exiled on Earth; even with Max's memories restored to him fully there was a lot to get used to. It was much harder for the Isabel and Michael who couldn't access their memories yet. However Laric had told them there maybe a way to help them access them using one of their machines.
"Hey Max" she said slowly rising from the bed
"Hey" he returned
"Where's Zhan?" she asked as the noticed the absence of their son
"I let Isabel take her for a while, she needed something to take her mind of everything that's happened in the last twenty four hours" he replied "Taking care of her nephew will help her focus" he added
"It's been hard for her a lot more than the rest of you hasn't it?" Tess asked as she got up and began to change into the clothes Laric had given to them
"With what we went through in the last couple of days before you returned me dying and coming back, then all the trouble with Jessie and her parents. She was really under a lot of pressure, but having her entire life taken from her now including Jessie running away it's taken a lot out of her" Max told her "I'm worried about her cracking, the only good points have been the renewed connection between her and Michael and her hope of seeing our mother alive again. Our real mother" he added
"She'll manage it Max, Isabel. Valundra was always strong; she was always in the middle of huge events taking care of problems. Isabel has a lot of her abilities, so I think she'll be fine. She's stronger than any of you realise" Tess replied "So are all of us" she added as an after thought
"I know, and we're going to need all of our strength for what comes next" Max said as he looked out of the window towards the setting sun which gave the already reddish sky an orange glow
"We'll do it Max, I know we will" Tess said as someone knocked on their door
"Come in" Max said
Laric entered followed by two of his men, all three of the men bowed reminding Max of just how new and yet old this was to him. He had all of Zhan's memories of been king, of the bowing and the signs of respect but actually having it happen in front of him was pretty unnerving.
"Something wrong?" Max asked
"It's time to plan the attack Zhan, everyone has been assembled in the hall including the rest of the royal four" Laric replied
"Very well, lead the way" Max replied a little of Zhan coming through giving him an air of confidence he had lacked before
*****
The entire hall seemed to hold It's breathe as Max and Tess followed Laric and his two guards to the front of the hall, Michael, Isabel, Ava, Zhan and Wrath were already there waiting for the other two. Tess noticed a small women holding Zhan and guessed she was some sort of nanny.
Laric quickly walked onto the a small platform and smiled at the assembled mass, this was the day he had dreamed off since the day the royal four had been killed during Ka'var's uprising.
"Finally the day has come for us to crush the evil that has taken so much from us; they took our king and his family and claimed what was not theirs. But we had hope, the royal four were reborn and sent into hiding and we knew they would one day return to lead us and now that day is here" he said his voice loud and clear so everyone could hear him.
The hall erupted into huge cries of joy and anticipation. Their hands punched the air as they looked to where Max and the others stood; each seemed somewhat uneasy but ready to do what they had to.
"Ka'var and his followers do not know they are here witch gives us even more of an advantage in the coming fight, a call has already gone out summoning nearly all of our troops from our bases on the ruling planets. The time is almost upon us" Laric spoke again causing another huge cheer to go up
Max couldn't helped but admire how his friend fired up the troops in front of him, it was clear Laric had grown in his role of leadership in his absence. He remembered Laric had been a very good warrior and he had been sent on many missions but he never commanded such a large group, the war with Ka'var had obvious changed him more that he had let on. This gave Max even more hope that the war would be won even faster and with fewer casualties.
Laric stepped down and moved to Max's side with a small smile, his men were even more ready that he had thought.
"You need to speak to them Zhan" Laric said as he came to a stop before the group
"Me, what would I say?" Max replied suddenly very scared
"You'll know what to say when you get up there" Laric told him confidently
Max nodded and began to walk towards the small platform, he could feel the entire hall watching him. As he stepped up onto the platform he suddenly felt a wave of confidence flow through him, he felt his human half begin to fall into the background and suddenly it was if Zhan had taken over.
"It's been a long time since the uprising and the evil claimed our world, our deaths were designed to destroy any hope of them been beaten but they failed in that. We were reborn and safely hidden; we have fought them and one of their greatest warriors on earth and beaten them. But that was just a test. We know the truth now and it is a truth that was painful to learn, we were betrayed and that was what caused all of this to happen" Max told them
"By who?" One of the men shouted
"By my own sister, she was seduced by Ka'var and he used her to destroy us and take our world. Two sets of the royal four were sent to earth one with their memories intact and the other with barely a clue as to who they really were, the second set were betrayed yet again by Lani Valundra's reincarnation. She now sits at Ka'var's right hand helping him destroy our world, we will have vengeance on her and we alone, she is to be captured at all costs" Max answered
"If what you say is true your highness then what about the Valundra who is with you?" the man asked
"She has no memory of been Valundra, and she has done everything she can to help us survive so we could return to free our world. Nothing is to be done to here in vengeance" Max said his voice gaining authority "That is my wish" he added
"We understand your highness" the man replied bowing along with the entire hall
Isabel breathed a sigh of relief at this fact; she had become terrified as Max told them the truth that led to Ka'var's victory over them to begin with and his rise to power. She had feared one of the many troops amassed here would try and kill her but their acceptance of Max's command not to harm her made her put her fear aside.
"We will go through the plans Laric has provided for us one last time and then we will form a plan of attack, we will assemble here in two hours to go over that plan and then we will destroy the evil that has claimed our world" Max shouted
The hall once again erupted into cheers and shouting as Max stood down and walked back to his family, he felt the shift again as Zhan faded into the background and Max reasserted control.
"Well done, that really got them fired up" Laric said with a smile "Plus you showed them you really were Zhan which is why they excepted your command about capturing Lani and leaving Isabel alone" he told them
"Who was the warrior who kept asking me questions?" Max asked looking towards the mass had begun to disperse except for the warrior in question and two others who were watching them intently.
"He was one of the royal guards before the uprising, after me he was in charge on your bodyguard. He helped me build up a solid command structure; he was one of your most trusted friends" Laric told him "His name is Tarik" Laric added
"I remember him, he was good at planning ambushes right?" Max said as the memories came back to him
"Correct" Laric nodded glad to see that Zhan's memories were easily accessed by Max
"Have him meet us in the planning room, I want you there as well Laric" Max said facing his friend
"Understood" Laric nodded and went over to talk to Tarik
"Lets go, we don't have long" Max said turning and heading for the planning room the woman who held Zhan stood quickly as they approached and handed Zhan back to Tess who smiled and nodded her thanks. The woman bowed and left the room.
***
Tarik and Laric entered the planning room to find Max, Zhan, Wrath and Michael looking over the many maps and plans. Ava, Isabel and Tess were sitting close by looking over some files about their lives before their deaths. Tess was holding Zhan. Both bowed before joining them at the table.
"Your Highness it is with great pleasure to see you back on Antar and ready to lead us against Ka'var" Tarik told him
"Thank you Tarik, it's good to see you safe" Max nodded "What I need from you is the best places to set ambushes around the palace to cut of reinforcements" he said looking back down at the maps
"It depends on how many troops you want to commit to the task your highness" Tarik replied
"Laric how many men do we have at the moment?" Max asked without looking at either
"On this planet we have a total of a three thousand ready to fight, more are on their way but they won't arrive before the attack begins" Laric answered
"We'll assign three hundred to ambushes, will that do?" Max asked
"More than enough your highness. I know the area around the palace well, the best places for troops to be positioned is around these areas" Tarik said placing small red dots on the map of the palace and the surrounding area "The troops places in these areas will be able to take out any reinforcements coming their way from the bases here, here and here" Tarik replied placing blue dots which marked Ka'var's bases "Placing troops at these two locations will make sure no troops can immediately gain access to the palace from these two bases which are a bit further of"
"Excellent" Max nodded smiling "We will take a small force including you two and position ourselves here" he placed a black dot on a small area close to the palace "Once the attack begins we'll head straight for the palace and take out the guards not stopping for anything, our objectives are clear capture Lani, find our mother and kill Ka'var and Nicholas" Max told them
"Do you think it's wise for you not to be leading the assault itself" Tarik asked
"Ka'var and Nicholas are the two most dangerous skins, Lani too is powerful. We need to be the ones who fight them, anyone would be killed easily and we all know that" Zhan was the one who spoke up
"At least one of you should be leading the assault" Laric spoke up
Max didn't like the idea of splitting up the group now that they had forced a strong bond, but he could see both Tarik and Laric's point of you. He looked to Zhan and Wrath both were capable of leading an assault, Wrath would be the better choice so his vengeful emotions for Lani wouldn't get in the way when the breached the palace.
"Wrath we need you to lead the main assault" Max said "Michael you too" Max added as he thought over the plan again
Both Wrath and Michael looked ready to argue until they looked into Max's eyes and noticed he was dead series. They looked at each other and nodded knowing they would be leading an important part of their plan to free their world.
"Ok Max, you can count on us" Wrath told him with smile
"Ok, the three attacks will start at noon, the main assault will be the most important as it will draw more of Ka'var's troops away from the palace. Once the attack has begun we strike at the palace, Laric pick the warriors you believe will be the best help in taking the palace" Max told them
"How many do you plan on taking?" Laric asked
"How many guards will Ka'var have in the palace?" Max asked
"A Hundred at most" Laric answered
"We'll take seventy with us, once we're inside we'll split into three groups and head straight for the throne room" Max nodded as he looked up
"Understood, I'll go and assemble our team" Laric bowed and exited the room
"With your permission your highness I will assemble the best ambush troops we have?" Tarik asked
"Of course" Max nodded
Tarik bowed and left the room as well leaving the others standing in the room going over what they were about to set in motion.