Part 7

"What do you mean they think I'm dead?" Liz demanded.

"Your plane crashed and there were no survivors. Since you had taken your boarding pass you are presumed dead too." Leanna replied calmly.

They were in a small motel room where Leanna had just informed Liz that the news reported that the plane she was going to Sweden on had crashed.

"Then I must go back to Roswell and tell them! God, my parents must be so worried!" Liz cried frantically.

"You can't go back Liz." Leanna told her.

Liz looked at her in disbelief. "They think I'm dead, okay? Dead! Not hurt but dead! I have to at least call them." She yelled as she rushed to the phone. She had barely managed to punch in the first two numbers when Leanna cut the line.

"What do you think you're doing?" Liz screamed at her, now getting scared of the woman.

Leanna gently guided Liz to the bed and made her sit down. She kneeled down so that she was looking straight into her eyes. "Liz, I know you're worried but you can not go back to Roswell or let anyone know you're alive." Leanna told her.

"Why?" Liz asked her eyes teary. "What do you mean I can not go back?"

"Liz, listen to me rationally for a minute, okay?" Leanna said soothingly. "Can you do that?"

Liz nodded hesitantly; waiting to hear what Leanna was trying to say.

"This plane crash has given us the opportunity we were looking for." Leanna explained. "Now that you're believed dead, I think the spy will be more at ease and will make that crucial mistake sooner."

"I don't understand…" Liz replied faintly.

"You were the only one who believed that Alex's death wasn't an accident. You were out to catch the killer and that made him wary. Now, with you presumed dead, he can take more chances. We can keep a closer watch on them and eventually catch him off guard." Leanna explained.

"You mean I can never go back to Roswell?" Liz asked in a choked voice.

Leanna gave her an apologetic look. She patted Liz's hand and replied, "At least not for a long while…I'm sorry."

Leanna then got up and started to head out the door.

"Where are you going?" Liz asked, alarmed. "You're not leaving me are you?"

Leanna smiled. "No, of course not. I just have some work to do. I'll be back soon."

Liz nodded unsurely as she settled back down. She sat quietly for a while, not knowing what to think. She had just been forbidden to ever contact her friends and family, she didn't know where she was or where she was being taken. All she knew was that she was being taken to Alex.

Alex! God, how is this possible? Liz wondered. He was dead! She had seen his body. Max had seen him, touched him. It couldn't be possible. But here she was anyway, going on this crazy road trip with a possible enemy to god knows where!

She wasn't even sure is Leanna was telling the truth, but right now Liz needed to believe in something, anything to keep her from breaking down and just letting go. She hadn't allowed herself to let go when she had found out about Alex's accident and she had no intention of doing so now. Right now, she wasn't sure if she was going on faith or on pure curiosity. All she knew was that Leanna had given her an option to finally get all the answers she had been searching for these two weeks and she wasn't about to let that opportunity go.

Liz sighed as she picked up the remote and turned on the TV. As she glanced up at the TV screen which was showing images of the crash Liz realized that she basically didn't exist to the world anymore.

TBC….