AN: Holy crap has it been a long time since I've updated this fic. Jeez, shame on me. But realistically, I just got my muse back for this fic. I went and reread what I'd written and I realized I had no clue where this fic was heading. I guess I'm just gonna go with the flow and see what happens. There are no plans for this fic. It's just coming out of left field. So I might get another dry spell. But I'll do my best to write as much as I can before that so long as I don't get stale. But to anyone who is actually gonna read this. Please review! And I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 5 "Alex?"

Max, Liz and Maria were sitting in Max's room in an awkward silence. Liz had just finished explaining the flash's to Max. He didn't know what to think.

"Do you think maybe it has something to do with the whole Max bringing you back to life thing? 'Cause I mean it would make sense you know. Like if he had transferred some of his powers to you, Liz?" Maria asked quickly, never taking a single breath through that whole speech.

"You know, that should be something we should take into consideration. We don't know the full extent of our powers and with healing you, there could have been a side effect."

Max hoped that this logic made sense in Liz's mind, for it was the only logic they had come up with so far.

"No." Liz stated calmly. "I don't think that's what it is. It doesn't feel, alien. It feels, natural. Like I was born for this. Like this is why I'm here." Liz finished in awe as she stared at her own hands as if examining them for evidence of this new information that she had provided the 3 of them.

The three of them became quiet once again in light of this new information. Neither Max, nor Maria could think of anything to say to that. They were just as astounded as Liz seemed to be.

Max opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but then closed it again as nothing could come out because his thoughts were too tangled to form a coherent sentence. He met Maria's eyes and she seemed to be having the same troubles. They both looked at Liz and just as they turned to look at her she lifted her head and spoke quietly,

"It's my destiny."

"So, how much longer until we reach this place, anyways?" Xander spoke to the occupants of the van. "And tell me again why we had to rent this big gross smelling van? We could have just gone in separate cars, you know." He blurted. The smell really was bad. He could place it though. It was probably just really old. And really old things accumulate smells after a while.

"Because, Xander, we had to. We need to stay together. If we're all together the faster we're all going to get there."

"Yeah, ok I get that Wills, but why'd we have to bring dead boy?" Xander complained. He'd never see why his friends trusted the vamp. He didn't even have a soul like Angel. All he had was some stupid chip. It was pathetic, really. If you can't kill 'em, join 'em.

"Because, he's strongest person we've got. He's the one who'll be able to fight off any kind of demon that crosses our paths Xander. Plus, Buffy trusted him. That's enough for me." Dawn whispered the last part. It still hurt to mention her. Dawn would never get over her death. It was her fault. At least that's what she felt. It should have been her, not Buffy. Buffy didn't deserver to die. She should have lived.

'Dawnie, it's not your fault. None of this is you're fault.'

'STOP LISTENING TO MY THOUGHTS, WILLOW!' Dawn screamed in her mind. Willow looked down guilty when Dawn turned to glare at her.

"Yes, well, let's not worry about this for now. We're here." Giles spoke up from the driver's seat. All heads turned to the front just in time to see a large tacky green board sporting a giant green alien with the words 'WELCOME TO ROSWELL' written across it.

"Well, that's interesting." Xander said.

"God it's so dry. How did you live here you're whole life?" Buffy asked Alex, as they walked along the high way.

"I guess not really knowing anything else helped a bit. But if you think this sucks, then you've never experienced a heat wave in the middle of December before." Alex exclaimed languidly.

Buffy just stared at him for a couple seconds before shaking her head and turning back to the road.

"So, what was life like for you, you know, before you died?" Buffy asked after awhile.

"Oh, you know, FBI agents, evil shedding aliens, duplicates that killed there Max, alien parasite scheming to infest he world, Las Vegas and Prom. Oh and lets not forget abduction." Alex said dryly.

"Wow sounds like fun." Buffy commented.

"You have no idea." Alex sarcastically stated. "So what about you?"

"Oh well, evil master vampire, evil vampire boyfriend, a mayor who turned into a giant snake, blowing up my high school, a military base on the college campus. They liked to capture demons and study them, even captured one of my friends. He's a werewolf. An evil robot made form humans and demons. The first slayer, Dracula, cancer and a Hell Goddess." Buffy counted off each item on her fingers.

"Wow, I think you have me beat in the strangeness factor." Alex said amazed.

"Yeah well, aliens are pretty high on the weirdness factor, if you asked me."

"So, did you just say you've met Dracula? As in Count Dracula, Vlad the Impaler?" Alex asked, he seemed a little to giddy about that little bit of information.

"Yeah, he was very strange and he had this vampire thrall thing down pat and……" Buffy's head snapped to side and she listened closely.

"What? What is it?"

"SHHH." Buffy whispered quickly. "Do you hear that?"

It took Alex a couple seconds but he soon heard the sound of a roaring engine coming there way.

"It sounds like a motor cycle." Buffy stated.

"Maybe we should flag them down when they come along." Alex suggested hesitantly.

"Yeah, but we have to be cautious, you never know who or what you're going to meet at this time of night." Buffy stated dangerously. Her guard was up. She didn't want to go into anything blind.

They stood on the side of the road, waiting, until finally the motorcycle pulled around the bend.

Alex started waving is arms around in the air and calling out, "Hey, over hear."

"Alex, shut up." Buffy warned and Alex quickly zipped his mouth closed. But it was to late the person was slowing down his bike and pulling over to them.

"Great Alex, what if it's some kind of crazy demon looking for a good kill?" Buffy whispered from the corner of her mouth.

"Then you can kill it." He stated quietly.

The person got off the bike and looked at them. It stood there completely still, just staring at them, as if it had been shocked still. It had yet to take off its helmet.

"Alex?"

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