A/N: Ok thanks to those who reviewed my first chapter. This fic just came to me out of nowhere. I've been reading a lot of Buffy Roswell where Liz becomes a slayer and in almost all of them. She turns into this completely different person. I thought that I should write a fic that keeps Liz's characteristics from Roswell. And you'll get the gist of what I mean in this next chapter. I just always found it so wrong when she turned all bad ass and didn't like her Roswell people that much. This fic right now is during the summer after season 2 of Roswell and season 5 of Buffy.
Chapter 2: Heal Her
Liz dragged herself back towards her home, trying to ignore the pain coursing through her body. She was limping and she could feel where she would have bruises from the attack the next day.
Slowly she made her way closer and closer to her destination when the sound of a car spinning around the corner distracted her from her goal and she turned to see why the car was going so fast. It pulled up beside her and before she could register what was happening she was wrapped in a tight embrace from her best friend, Maria Deluca.
"Oh my god, Lizzie where the hell have you been. I tried calling you like ten times there was never an answer. I called everyone else and they didn't know where you were so I went to your place and you weren't there. God, where the hell were you?" Maria screamed, it felt as if her heart would never slow down.
"Maria, god, I can hear you. You don't have to be so loud, plus you're babbling again. And I was fine. I just went to cemetery." Liz said sounding annoyed and frustrated. She just wanted to get home and go to sleep. .
Maria's breath caught in her throat for a second when she realized why Liz had gone to cemetery, and she pulled back to look at her with concern hidden deep within her emerald eyes. As soon as she got a good look at Liz, she noticed that she looked horrible, almost like she had gotten the shit beaten out of her.
"Geez, Liz are you ok? You look awful." Maria placed her hands on Liz's arms and she winced from the pressure. "Yeah, Maria I'm fine." Liz said sounding a little unsure of herself..
"Fine? Liz you are so not fine. Have you looked in a mirror? You look like you've been thrown down a hill of rocks then landed in a pile of dirt." Maria exaggerated.
"Right." Liz's eyes began to shift and she started playing with the hem of her torn shirt.
"Liz, tell me what's going on. I'm your best friend. We need to stick together at a time like this." Maria said wrapping her arm around Liz's shoulder.
"Look, Maria this doesn't concern you. I mean I don't even understand it. It's none of your business." Liz said sternly.
"The hell it isn't. It's always my business when it comes down to you looking like you've just been beaten by a gang or something." Maria clarified, glaring at Liz. "Look Liz, just tell me what happened. Maybe I can help."
"Ok, fine." Liz began walking to the jetta, but stopped suddenly and whirled around on Maria. "So long as you swear not to tell a soul."
"Bu-"
"I mean it Maria. Not even Michael. At least not until I figure this out." Liz concluded before heading over and climbing into the passenger seat of the Jetta.
No sooner did Liz and Maria enter Liz's room, did Maria turn on Liz.
"Ok chica. Tell me what's going on with you." Maria said sternly. And so the description of Liz's night commenced.
By the end of it (Maria had had to sit down somewhere in the middle of it) Maria could only stare at Liz with a disbelieving look. Her eyes seemed to be as big as the moon.
"So what you're telling me, is that you were attacked in the cemetery, by some creature none the less, and you some how was able to match it's strength in fighting and then kill it by turning it to dust with a tree branch." Maria summed up, completely horrified if not a little awed at her best friends recall of the night she had.
"Maria are you ok?" Liz asked taking a seat next to her.
"Me? Yeah sure, why wouldn't I be. I mean, my best friend tells me she's some kind of a super woman and that she killed something. Oh I'm perfectly fine. Yup that's me, I'm fine. Fine, fine, fine. Look, it's me being fine."
"Maria, you are not fine, y-"
"Well, of course i'm not fine. What did you expect, me to be all, 'Oh it's ok Liz, you were attacked and hurt in the middle of the night in the cemetery, but everything's gonna be alright'? Well I'm sorry for the disappointment but, no I am not fine. I am way far beyond being fine." Maria took a deep breath and let it out in a rush, just about ready to go into another babble fest but Liz beat her to the punch.
"Look Maria, I never expected you to be fine, actually I knew you wouldn't be fine. That's why I didn't want to tell you in the first place." Liz said trying to console her friend.
"Oh so now you want to keep me out of the loop? You want me to go out one night and not know that somehting's out there and you want it to attack me and since I'm not some super woman like you it'd probably just kill me in an instant. Is that what you want Liz? Huh, huh?" Maria asked harshly poking her finger into Liz's chest just to get her point across.
"God, of course not Maria. I just meant that I knew how you would react and I could've gone without the dramatic scene." Liz replied throwing up her arms in annoyance. How many times would she have to deal with Maria's drama queen attitude. It was getting to be enough.
"Ok, fine. I won't go all dramatic, if you come with me." Maria said in a devious tone.
"Go with you where?" Liz asked only just a little worried about where the girl would take her.
"It's a surprise."
"Maria..." Liz said dangerously.
"Just come with me, ok. I promise it won't be a bad place." Maria begged.
"Fine. I'll come." Liz said, wincing at the pain as she stood.
"Ok, come on, time to go." Maria said practically dragging Liz with her.
Inside the car was a silence unlike any other shared between the two best friends. It was uncomfortable and strange. Liz never once paid attention to where they were going as she stared out the side window at everything and nothing. The only thing she could concentrate on was the pain in her ribs and her legs and arms. She recalled every move she made that night. Every step and every swing of her fist. She just couldn't understand how she had been able to do any of those things. How do you go from just some simple minded small town girl to a girl who knows aliens to a girl who one minute is as weak as a feather and the next stronger than anyone she knew. 'God, what a screwed up life I lead.' Liz thought to herself.
Maria glanced over at Liz every so often, trying to gauge what she was thinking about. What a rollercoaster their lives had been in the last 2 years. 'No wonder Liz has become so closed of and protective of herself. Damn that stupid slutty alien bitch. If it wasn't for her, Liz would still be with Max. And she would still be happy. And Alex would still be here, which would make Isabel happy. And what she did to Kyle. Making him carry the body? God how evil can one get?' Maria trailed off from her mind rant as she realized they had arrived to their destination.
Liz was pulled out of herself as Maria pulled the car to a stop and cut the engine. She took a look around and once she realized where she was she turned to Maria.
"Maria, what are we doing here. I really don't want to see him right now." Liz said lamely. Trying to keep at least some of her dignity.
"Look Liz. You're hurt, Max can help. Just humour me, ok? Just come inside with me, get him to heal you and then we're out." Maria said opening her car door.
"Yeah, but what if he doesn't want to heal me? I mean..." Liz trailed off when Maria turned around to stare disbelievingly at Liz.
"You've got to be kidding me, right? This is Max. Of course he'll heal you. You know why. Because he loves you. Plus he has a conscience." Maria pointed out.
Liz just looked at Maria with the look of a woman scorned. But she eventually agreed and stepped out of the vehicle and walked over to Max's window with Maria.
Tap, tap, tap. Max slowly sat up in bed and looked over at his clock. '3 am, great.' He thought with a sleepy expression that could have been considered annoyance. He picked himself up and started walking over to his window.
"Michael, go home- Liz?" Max asked confused as he reached the window and Liz and Maria were standing there. Liz looked uncomfortable and Maria looked determined.
"Hey Max. I need you to heal Liz," But before she could finish her sentence Max cut her off.
"Oh god, Liz are you ok?" He asked just only taking in her torn appearance. 'God, what happened to her. She looks like she's been ruffed up.'
"Yeah, I'm ok." Liz said stepping into his room through the window. Followed by Maria.
"What happened?" Max asked, always the worry wart. He couldn't help but notice the far off look in Liz's eyes.
"Max just heal her. It's mostly her ribs." Maria answered when she figured Liz wouldn't answer his question.
"Ok, Liz you know how this works. I'm going to have to touch you." Max said gently, almost as if he were afraid that if he spoke to loud she disappear in a puff of smoke.
With what Max just said, images rushed through Liz's mind of the first time Max opened up and let her see him. Liz just sort of nodded her head slightly, allowing Max access to her mid section. He placed his hands on either side of her rib cage and concentrated all of his energy on her.
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Liz running through the streets of Roswell.
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Liz's hand on Alex's grave stone.
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Liz being attacked by some creature.
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Liz fighting the creature like she'd been fighting since she was 3 years old.
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The creature turning to dust on a tree branch
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Max and Liz opened their eyes at the same time and looked straight at each other. Max took her hand in his and asked the question plaguing everyone's mind.
"Liz, what was that?"
Chapter 2: Heal Her
Liz dragged herself back towards her home, trying to ignore the pain coursing through her body. She was limping and she could feel where she would have bruises from the attack the next day.
Slowly she made her way closer and closer to her destination when the sound of a car spinning around the corner distracted her from her goal and she turned to see why the car was going so fast. It pulled up beside her and before she could register what was happening she was wrapped in a tight embrace from her best friend, Maria Deluca.
"Oh my god, Lizzie where the hell have you been. I tried calling you like ten times there was never an answer. I called everyone else and they didn't know where you were so I went to your place and you weren't there. God, where the hell were you?" Maria screamed, it felt as if her heart would never slow down.
"Maria, god, I can hear you. You don't have to be so loud, plus you're babbling again. And I was fine. I just went to cemetery." Liz said sounding annoyed and frustrated. She just wanted to get home and go to sleep. .
Maria's breath caught in her throat for a second when she realized why Liz had gone to cemetery, and she pulled back to look at her with concern hidden deep within her emerald eyes. As soon as she got a good look at Liz, she noticed that she looked horrible, almost like she had gotten the shit beaten out of her.
"Geez, Liz are you ok? You look awful." Maria placed her hands on Liz's arms and she winced from the pressure. "Yeah, Maria I'm fine." Liz said sounding a little unsure of herself..
"Fine? Liz you are so not fine. Have you looked in a mirror? You look like you've been thrown down a hill of rocks then landed in a pile of dirt." Maria exaggerated.
"Right." Liz's eyes began to shift and she started playing with the hem of her torn shirt.
"Liz, tell me what's going on. I'm your best friend. We need to stick together at a time like this." Maria said wrapping her arm around Liz's shoulder.
"Look, Maria this doesn't concern you. I mean I don't even understand it. It's none of your business." Liz said sternly.
"The hell it isn't. It's always my business when it comes down to you looking like you've just been beaten by a gang or something." Maria clarified, glaring at Liz. "Look Liz, just tell me what happened. Maybe I can help."
"Ok, fine." Liz began walking to the jetta, but stopped suddenly and whirled around on Maria. "So long as you swear not to tell a soul."
"Bu-"
"I mean it Maria. Not even Michael. At least not until I figure this out." Liz concluded before heading over and climbing into the passenger seat of the Jetta.
No sooner did Liz and Maria enter Liz's room, did Maria turn on Liz.
"Ok chica. Tell me what's going on with you." Maria said sternly. And so the description of Liz's night commenced.
By the end of it (Maria had had to sit down somewhere in the middle of it) Maria could only stare at Liz with a disbelieving look. Her eyes seemed to be as big as the moon.
"So what you're telling me, is that you were attacked in the cemetery, by some creature none the less, and you some how was able to match it's strength in fighting and then kill it by turning it to dust with a tree branch." Maria summed up, completely horrified if not a little awed at her best friends recall of the night she had.
"Maria are you ok?" Liz asked taking a seat next to her.
"Me? Yeah sure, why wouldn't I be. I mean, my best friend tells me she's some kind of a super woman and that she killed something. Oh I'm perfectly fine. Yup that's me, I'm fine. Fine, fine, fine. Look, it's me being fine."
"Maria, you are not fine, y-"
"Well, of course i'm not fine. What did you expect, me to be all, 'Oh it's ok Liz, you were attacked and hurt in the middle of the night in the cemetery, but everything's gonna be alright'? Well I'm sorry for the disappointment but, no I am not fine. I am way far beyond being fine." Maria took a deep breath and let it out in a rush, just about ready to go into another babble fest but Liz beat her to the punch.
"Look Maria, I never expected you to be fine, actually I knew you wouldn't be fine. That's why I didn't want to tell you in the first place." Liz said trying to console her friend.
"Oh so now you want to keep me out of the loop? You want me to go out one night and not know that somehting's out there and you want it to attack me and since I'm not some super woman like you it'd probably just kill me in an instant. Is that what you want Liz? Huh, huh?" Maria asked harshly poking her finger into Liz's chest just to get her point across.
"God, of course not Maria. I just meant that I knew how you would react and I could've gone without the dramatic scene." Liz replied throwing up her arms in annoyance. How many times would she have to deal with Maria's drama queen attitude. It was getting to be enough.
"Ok, fine. I won't go all dramatic, if you come with me." Maria said in a devious tone.
"Go with you where?" Liz asked only just a little worried about where the girl would take her.
"It's a surprise."
"Maria..." Liz said dangerously.
"Just come with me, ok. I promise it won't be a bad place." Maria begged.
"Fine. I'll come." Liz said, wincing at the pain as she stood.
"Ok, come on, time to go." Maria said practically dragging Liz with her.
Inside the car was a silence unlike any other shared between the two best friends. It was uncomfortable and strange. Liz never once paid attention to where they were going as she stared out the side window at everything and nothing. The only thing she could concentrate on was the pain in her ribs and her legs and arms. She recalled every move she made that night. Every step and every swing of her fist. She just couldn't understand how she had been able to do any of those things. How do you go from just some simple minded small town girl to a girl who knows aliens to a girl who one minute is as weak as a feather and the next stronger than anyone she knew. 'God, what a screwed up life I lead.' Liz thought to herself.
Maria glanced over at Liz every so often, trying to gauge what she was thinking about. What a rollercoaster their lives had been in the last 2 years. 'No wonder Liz has become so closed of and protective of herself. Damn that stupid slutty alien bitch. If it wasn't for her, Liz would still be with Max. And she would still be happy. And Alex would still be here, which would make Isabel happy. And what she did to Kyle. Making him carry the body? God how evil can one get?' Maria trailed off from her mind rant as she realized they had arrived to their destination.
Liz was pulled out of herself as Maria pulled the car to a stop and cut the engine. She took a look around and once she realized where she was she turned to Maria.
"Maria, what are we doing here. I really don't want to see him right now." Liz said lamely. Trying to keep at least some of her dignity.
"Look Liz. You're hurt, Max can help. Just humour me, ok? Just come inside with me, get him to heal you and then we're out." Maria said opening her car door.
"Yeah, but what if he doesn't want to heal me? I mean..." Liz trailed off when Maria turned around to stare disbelievingly at Liz.
"You've got to be kidding me, right? This is Max. Of course he'll heal you. You know why. Because he loves you. Plus he has a conscience." Maria pointed out.
Liz just looked at Maria with the look of a woman scorned. But she eventually agreed and stepped out of the vehicle and walked over to Max's window with Maria.
Tap, tap, tap. Max slowly sat up in bed and looked over at his clock. '3 am, great.' He thought with a sleepy expression that could have been considered annoyance. He picked himself up and started walking over to his window.
"Michael, go home- Liz?" Max asked confused as he reached the window and Liz and Maria were standing there. Liz looked uncomfortable and Maria looked determined.
"Hey Max. I need you to heal Liz," But before she could finish her sentence Max cut her off.
"Oh god, Liz are you ok?" He asked just only taking in her torn appearance. 'God, what happened to her. She looks like she's been ruffed up.'
"Yeah, I'm ok." Liz said stepping into his room through the window. Followed by Maria.
"What happened?" Max asked, always the worry wart. He couldn't help but notice the far off look in Liz's eyes.
"Max just heal her. It's mostly her ribs." Maria answered when she figured Liz wouldn't answer his question.
"Ok, Liz you know how this works. I'm going to have to touch you." Max said gently, almost as if he were afraid that if he spoke to loud she disappear in a puff of smoke.
With what Max just said, images rushed through Liz's mind of the first time Max opened up and let her see him. Liz just sort of nodded her head slightly, allowing Max access to her mid section. He placed his hands on either side of her rib cage and concentrated all of his energy on her.
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Liz running through the streets of Roswell.
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Liz's hand on Alex's grave stone.
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Liz being attacked by some creature.
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Liz fighting the creature like she'd been fighting since she was 3 years old.
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The creature turning to dust on a tree branch
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Max and Liz opened their eyes at the same time and looked straight at each other. Max took her hand in his and asked the question plaguing everyone's mind.
"Liz, what was that?"