Part 13
Leanna pulled the car up the driveway. It was barely dawn and she had been out all night trying to find any information she could in Roswell. She was surprised to find the light in the kitchen on. Liz and Alex usually slept in late, and after what they had been through, she didn't blame them.
Once inside she headed to the kitchen and was even more surprised to find both Liz and Alex sitting there quietly with their coffees.
"Hey guys." she greeted them as she sat down next to them and poured herself some coffee. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Leanna." Liz said before pausing.
Leanna looked at her curiously, worried by the serious tone in her voice.
"We need to talk." She finished.
Leanna's hand stopped mid way from pouring the sugar. She looked at both Liz and Alex and noticed their determined faces. One look into their eyes and she knew they wanted answers and now. They weren't going to take a no for an answer this time.
I guess it's about time I told them anyway. She told herself. But even then she hesitated. It wasn't going to be easy.
"Leanna, please." Alex begged when he noticed her quiet state. "There are so many questions we have patiently been waiting for to be answered. I think we are owed some anyway."
Leanna looked at Alex, remembering how she had found him, how he had been such a good friend to her these past weeks. She did owe him some explanations; she owed them both.
Finally she nodded. "Okay, I'll tell you everything you want to know." She offered. She grabbed her cup into both hands and sat facing them. "So, what do you want to know?"
"First of all, about the accident. You saved Alex. You got to him before the police and the body was the empty-shell thing. You told us." Liz spoke up. She looked at Alex for a second before turning back to Leanna. "But I remember that when I touched Whitaker's body it broke off. Why didn't it happen to this one? In fact it was handled not only by the police but by Max and it felt real to him. How is that possible? Did you use some new technique or something?"
"That was a mind warp." Leanna explained after a bit of a pause.
"Mind warp?" Liz asked in astonishment. "Tess? Why would she?"
"I'm telling you again Liz," Leanna said emphatically, "It's not Tess. It never was Tess."
"Then who could it be? No one else that we know of has mind warping powers." Alex put in.
Suddenly Liz looked at Leanna in surprise as it dawned on her. "Except you.. You were the only one there and you said that you healed Alex but you didn't tell us how.But that would mean that you're an alien.and you aren't. I mean you would tell us right?" her voice slightly desperate.
When Leanna didn't answer straight away Liz felt her stomach knot in fear. She looked at Alex with wide eyes as he even began to feel suspicious. Alex looked at Leanna.
"I mean if you were, we would have known or you would have told us." Alex rambled. He looked at Leanna almost pleadingly. "Right.?" he whispered unsurely.
Leanna bit her lip. She looked up for her coffee that she had been staring intently at and then looked around the kitchen. She got up and walked to the cabinets. She held her hand in front of the wooden cabinets and paused. Then, after silently debating with herself she waved her hand across it and it turned a bright shade of blue.
She turned around to Liz and Alex who had been watching her every move with shock and alarm. She gave them a small, nervous smile.
"There is something I've been meaning to tell you."
"What? That you're an alien?" Liz bit out.
Leanna lowered her head and then looked back at Liz and Alex. She glanced at Alex and it saddened her to see the hurt on his face, on both of their faces. "Yes," she answered a bit firmly. "But there's more."
"That you're a skin or you work for Kivar and this is all a trap?" Liz asked with anger but fear also shone through. She was scared that this might actually be the case so she was surprised by Leanna's sincere tone.
"No Liz. I'm not. I haven't lied to you about the fact that I am here to help you." Leanna told her.
"You lied to me.to us Leanna. We trusted you. You could have told us the truth before hand." Alex replied, hurt and angry at being lied to by a person he considered a friend and owed so much to.
"I'm sorry Alex. I really am." Leanna told him desperately. "But I couldn't have told you just then. It-it would have ruined everything!"
"Ruined what?" Liz asked. "How can we trust you Leanna? Or is that even your name?"
Leanna winced when Liz said that. Liz looked at Leanna, her face hard. "How did you know about the accident if it didn't happen?" she asked suspiciously. "If you ask me, it doesn't make sense. How could you have known before hand about it and got in time to save him?"
Leanna glanced up at Liz and made her look into her eyes. "I had been fore warned of the accident." She replied quietly. "I-I." Leanna broke off not knowing how to tell her. She finally sighed as she said, "You're right."
"About what?" Liz asked sharply.
"My name."Leanna answered softly. "It's not Leanna."
"Geez!" Alex cried out in anger. "Is there anything you didn't lie to us about?"
Seeing the cold and angry look on Liz and Alex's face Leanna hurried on to explain.
"But you do know me. At least you Liz." She replied. She paused and looked right at them before uttering the next words. "My name is Serena.and I am from the future."
Liz and Alex sat reeling from this piece of news. Liz looked at the girl doubtfully and worriedly. She remembered future Max having mentioned her. She remembered what had happened the last time someone from the future paid her a visit. She briefly wondered what this would lead to but she pushed it back as she tried to get her voice to work.
"S-Serena?" she croaked. "As in.14 years from now Serena?"
Serena nodded. Alex looked at the silent exchange that passed between Liz and Leanna.or was it Serena now.
What is going on? He wondered. Why is Liz so shocked? Aside from the obvious reason?
"Liz do you know her?" Alex asked slowly.
Liz tore her gaze away from Serena's. She nodded slowly. "Unfortunately I do Alex."
Liz glanced back at Serena, now slightly angry. "What is it this time? Didn't the plan work? You want me to put Max on a spaceship for you this time?" she asked in annoyance, her voice rising. "Haven't I done enough?"
Serena tried to explain to Liz that that's not why she was here but Liz didn't let her speak. She looked at Serena with tears forming but which she held at bay.
"I have given up everything. I did everything I could to stop him from loving me! I've said and done things that have hurt me way more that it could have hurt him!" Liz cried. "Wasn't it enough?"
"Liz, what are you saying?" Alex asked, puzzled by all that was going on. "What do you mean?"
Liz kept glaring at Serena as she spoke to Alex. "Why don't you ask her Alex? And while you're at it ask her what I have to do this time to save the world." Liz said bitterly. She got up and began to storm out of the kitchen.
"Liz, stop. Please."
Liz stopped at the sound of Serena's voice. She turned around. "I don't consider people who lie to me friends Serena. And as for your worries about Max, Tess and me.well you don't have to worry about that now. You made sure of that. I am dead to everyone. Max has no choice but to move on." Liz said coldly. She smiled coolly. "Your world is safe once again."
Serena and Alex watched as Liz turned on her heels and rushed out of the house. They sat staring at the door for a minute before Alex let out a breath. He turned to Serena who was standing rooted to her spot, gripping the mug.
"Mind telling me what all that was about?" he asked.
Leanna pulled the car up the driveway. It was barely dawn and she had been out all night trying to find any information she could in Roswell. She was surprised to find the light in the kitchen on. Liz and Alex usually slept in late, and after what they had been through, she didn't blame them.
Once inside she headed to the kitchen and was even more surprised to find both Liz and Alex sitting there quietly with their coffees.
"Hey guys." she greeted them as she sat down next to them and poured herself some coffee. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Leanna." Liz said before pausing.
Leanna looked at her curiously, worried by the serious tone in her voice.
"We need to talk." She finished.
Leanna's hand stopped mid way from pouring the sugar. She looked at both Liz and Alex and noticed their determined faces. One look into their eyes and she knew they wanted answers and now. They weren't going to take a no for an answer this time.
I guess it's about time I told them anyway. She told herself. But even then she hesitated. It wasn't going to be easy.
"Leanna, please." Alex begged when he noticed her quiet state. "There are so many questions we have patiently been waiting for to be answered. I think we are owed some anyway."
Leanna looked at Alex, remembering how she had found him, how he had been such a good friend to her these past weeks. She did owe him some explanations; she owed them both.
Finally she nodded. "Okay, I'll tell you everything you want to know." She offered. She grabbed her cup into both hands and sat facing them. "So, what do you want to know?"
"First of all, about the accident. You saved Alex. You got to him before the police and the body was the empty-shell thing. You told us." Liz spoke up. She looked at Alex for a second before turning back to Leanna. "But I remember that when I touched Whitaker's body it broke off. Why didn't it happen to this one? In fact it was handled not only by the police but by Max and it felt real to him. How is that possible? Did you use some new technique or something?"
"That was a mind warp." Leanna explained after a bit of a pause.
"Mind warp?" Liz asked in astonishment. "Tess? Why would she?"
"I'm telling you again Liz," Leanna said emphatically, "It's not Tess. It never was Tess."
"Then who could it be? No one else that we know of has mind warping powers." Alex put in.
Suddenly Liz looked at Leanna in surprise as it dawned on her. "Except you.. You were the only one there and you said that you healed Alex but you didn't tell us how.But that would mean that you're an alien.and you aren't. I mean you would tell us right?" her voice slightly desperate.
When Leanna didn't answer straight away Liz felt her stomach knot in fear. She looked at Alex with wide eyes as he even began to feel suspicious. Alex looked at Leanna.
"I mean if you were, we would have known or you would have told us." Alex rambled. He looked at Leanna almost pleadingly. "Right.?" he whispered unsurely.
Leanna bit her lip. She looked up for her coffee that she had been staring intently at and then looked around the kitchen. She got up and walked to the cabinets. She held her hand in front of the wooden cabinets and paused. Then, after silently debating with herself she waved her hand across it and it turned a bright shade of blue.
She turned around to Liz and Alex who had been watching her every move with shock and alarm. She gave them a small, nervous smile.
"There is something I've been meaning to tell you."
"What? That you're an alien?" Liz bit out.
Leanna lowered her head and then looked back at Liz and Alex. She glanced at Alex and it saddened her to see the hurt on his face, on both of their faces. "Yes," she answered a bit firmly. "But there's more."
"That you're a skin or you work for Kivar and this is all a trap?" Liz asked with anger but fear also shone through. She was scared that this might actually be the case so she was surprised by Leanna's sincere tone.
"No Liz. I'm not. I haven't lied to you about the fact that I am here to help you." Leanna told her.
"You lied to me.to us Leanna. We trusted you. You could have told us the truth before hand." Alex replied, hurt and angry at being lied to by a person he considered a friend and owed so much to.
"I'm sorry Alex. I really am." Leanna told him desperately. "But I couldn't have told you just then. It-it would have ruined everything!"
"Ruined what?" Liz asked. "How can we trust you Leanna? Or is that even your name?"
Leanna winced when Liz said that. Liz looked at Leanna, her face hard. "How did you know about the accident if it didn't happen?" she asked suspiciously. "If you ask me, it doesn't make sense. How could you have known before hand about it and got in time to save him?"
Leanna glanced up at Liz and made her look into her eyes. "I had been fore warned of the accident." She replied quietly. "I-I." Leanna broke off not knowing how to tell her. She finally sighed as she said, "You're right."
"About what?" Liz asked sharply.
"My name."Leanna answered softly. "It's not Leanna."
"Geez!" Alex cried out in anger. "Is there anything you didn't lie to us about?"
Seeing the cold and angry look on Liz and Alex's face Leanna hurried on to explain.
"But you do know me. At least you Liz." She replied. She paused and looked right at them before uttering the next words. "My name is Serena.and I am from the future."
Liz and Alex sat reeling from this piece of news. Liz looked at the girl doubtfully and worriedly. She remembered future Max having mentioned her. She remembered what had happened the last time someone from the future paid her a visit. She briefly wondered what this would lead to but she pushed it back as she tried to get her voice to work.
"S-Serena?" she croaked. "As in.14 years from now Serena?"
Serena nodded. Alex looked at the silent exchange that passed between Liz and Leanna.or was it Serena now.
What is going on? He wondered. Why is Liz so shocked? Aside from the obvious reason?
"Liz do you know her?" Alex asked slowly.
Liz tore her gaze away from Serena's. She nodded slowly. "Unfortunately I do Alex."
Liz glanced back at Serena, now slightly angry. "What is it this time? Didn't the plan work? You want me to put Max on a spaceship for you this time?" she asked in annoyance, her voice rising. "Haven't I done enough?"
Serena tried to explain to Liz that that's not why she was here but Liz didn't let her speak. She looked at Serena with tears forming but which she held at bay.
"I have given up everything. I did everything I could to stop him from loving me! I've said and done things that have hurt me way more that it could have hurt him!" Liz cried. "Wasn't it enough?"
"Liz, what are you saying?" Alex asked, puzzled by all that was going on. "What do you mean?"
Liz kept glaring at Serena as she spoke to Alex. "Why don't you ask her Alex? And while you're at it ask her what I have to do this time to save the world." Liz said bitterly. She got up and began to storm out of the kitchen.
"Liz, stop. Please."
Liz stopped at the sound of Serena's voice. She turned around. "I don't consider people who lie to me friends Serena. And as for your worries about Max, Tess and me.well you don't have to worry about that now. You made sure of that. I am dead to everyone. Max has no choice but to move on." Liz said coldly. She smiled coolly. "Your world is safe once again."
Serena and Alex watched as Liz turned on her heels and rushed out of the house. They sat staring at the door for a minute before Alex let out a breath. He turned to Serena who was standing rooted to her spot, gripping the mug.
"Mind telling me what all that was about?" he asked.
