Wanted to let you know that I'm updating every Sunday and Wednesday so watch out for new chapters then. I might update some Fridays but it depends on my course work and how I'm feeling.

Hey guys, the episode where Isabel has the dream of Laurie, everything happened the same in that except that Max and Liz are together, Sean never showed up at the Crashdown. Yes Isabel went into Liz and Kyle's dreams. In addition, swap any Tess's power moments with Liz but nothing with Kyle. Tess and Kyle do talk. In addition, yes Jim has lost his job. (Sorry )

Chapter 13: Parasite part 1

Scene switches back and forth between the Evans home, Michael, and Maria. Max and Isabel are on the phone with Michael, who has pulled over to the side of the road out in the desert. Michael and Maria are outside the Jetta, with Laurie locked inside doing her best to get out and tearing up the car in the process. As Michael fills in the Evans, Maria keeps a running tally of the items Laurie is breaking. Meanwhile at the Evans's house, the television is showing the news.

"...Sources within the county hospital say that the young girl, Laurie Dupree, became agitated while the vehicle was in motion. But what is not clear is how Laurie Dupree released herself from her protective restraints and somehow..."

"Where are you?" Max asked.

"I don't know. We're about, uh, 30 miles west of Dexter." Michael replied,

"The side mirror. One hundred bucks, not including labour." Maria informed Michael with irritation in her voice.

"As you can see, there's an abandoned stolen vehicle here. Now, how that figures into this developing story is still unclear." The news informed the siblings.

"How is she?" Isabel asked.

"Who, Laurie? She's completely crazy. She tried to jump out of the car three times while it was moving, so I had to use my powers to lock her in. She's basically like a caged animal." Michael informed.

"Sun visor. Fifteen bucks, including labour, of course." Maria called out.

"At this hour, a county-wide search for the missing girl is underway. Here is a recent hospital photograph." The reporter stated, showing a photograph of Laurie.

"God. The whole state's going to be looking for her. You can't come back to Roswell, Michael." Isabel informed him and he sighed as he rubbed his hand over his forehead,

Laurie pulled Maria's Walkman off the dashboard.

"No, no, no, no, no. Now--now you're hurting all of us." Maria exclaimed.

"We can use any information we can get about the crystals. Try and get her talking." Max suggested.

"Oh, yeah. She's a real conversationalist." Michael replied, sarcastically.

"Not the dash! Not the dash! That is a major deal to replace." Maria squealed. Michael hangs up and turns to Maria, who gives him an exasperated look. "Do you see this?" Maria demanded.

"What are you doing?" Michael moaned to Laurie.

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Back at the Evans home, Max is studying the crystals under a microscope in his bedroom when Isabel walks in.

"Are you getting anywhere?" Isabel asked and Max shrugged.

"I think we're dealing with some kind of, uh, alien bacterium... or something." Max replied, hopeless.

"Maybe you should ask Liz. She's the science whiz." Isabel stated and Max shook his head.

"She's at work right now and she is worried about Jim as he lost his job, I will till she comes back home and tell her. Isabel looks worried.

XXXXX

At Crashdown, where Isabel, Liz and Alex are discussing the situation.

"So they're driving around aimlessly with a fugitive in the car." Alex asked and Liz sighed as she gently punched Alex on the shoulder.

"No, no, she's not a fugitive. She's just... wanted by the law." Liz explained and Alex raised an eyebrow.

"Interesting distinction." Alex stated.

"Anyway, they're going to be gone for a couple of days, so we need to cover for them." Isabel stated and Alex shrugged.

"Maria told me that's she told her mom that she is camping." Alex stated and Isabel nodded.

"We just need to come up an excuse for Michael so dad doesn't get suspicious." Isabel stated and Liz nodded in agreement, as Sean walks up.

"Who may be gone for a couple of days?" Sean asked and Liz glared at the young man.

"No one. Sean, we're sort of having a private conversation here." Liz snapped.

"Aunt Amy's flipping over M being AWOL." Sean stated and they looked at him, confused.

"Great! You want to translate that for, you know, the people that haven't served time." Alex asked.

"Where the hell's Maria?" Sean demanded to Liz and she shrugged.

"I don't know." Liz lied smoothly, thanks to years of hiding her inheritance; it made it easy for her to lie.

"Well, Aunt Amy's freaked out. She wants to see you soon. Let's go." Sean snapped back.

"Fine, whatever. I'm going to go over there with Sean and try and keep that situation over there from getting out of hand." Liz stated to them and they nodded, keeping an eye on Sean, they didn't like the way he acted around Liz anymore than Max, Michael and Maria did.

"Yeah, good idea." Isabel stated.

"Yeah, smart move." Alex agreed, as Sean and Liz walked out of the Crashdown, Sean turned to look at her.

"Nice top. I dig the midriff thing." Sean complimented and Liz smirked.

"And it's all for Max." She shot back. Sean felt his blood boil at Max's name and vowed that he would get Liz no matter what.

XXXXX

Meanwhile, in the middle of nowhere. Michael's outside the car talking to Laurie, who's inside ignoring him.

"Laurie, I'm trying to help you, okay? I mean, just tell me if you have any family. How hard is that? Come on! You can trust me! I pulled you out of that ambulance. I saved you from the kidnappers. I mean, what else do I gotta do?" Michael snapped; then he gets frustrated that he honks the horn. Maria, who was lying on the hood, jumps up from the loud sound. "Michael! That's it. Let's go. I'm hungry. Let's go." Maria snapped as she went round to the passenger's side of the car and got in.

"Go? Go where?" Michael demanded.

"To the roadside cafe. It's the world's worst chilli-cheese fries in about 100 miles, but best vanilla shakes in five." Maria informed as Michael got in the car.

"The cops are looking for her, you know." Michael stated and Maria snorted.

"Listen, trust me, even the cops give the roadside a wide berth. It's strictly for us hard-core greasy spoon aficionados." Maria informed as Michael set the car in motion.

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Back in Roswell, Alex and Isabel are leaving the Crashdown; they run into Agent Duff at the door.

"Miss Evans." Agent Duff greeted and Isabel turned cold.

"Hello." Isabel greeted back.

"Agent Suzanne Duff, FBI." she pulls out her badge and the scene turned to the sheriff's station, where Isabel is in an interrogation room. Agent Duff walks in.

"Shouldn't my parents be here?" Isabel snapped.

"You're eighteen. The law says you're an adult now." Agent Duff replied.

"Well, a lawyer, then."

"Well, why would you need a lawyer? You're not under arrest. Let's just talk-- for a second. Sheriff Valenti knew that Laurie Dupree was missing before a missing person's report was filed. How? He won't say. He also knew how to find her buried underground in the middle of nowhere. How? He won't say. The only link I seem to find is you and your brother.

You were seen during the investigation a number of times with the sheriff." She informed Isabel and Isabel shrugged.

"I lost my bike that week." Isabel informed.

"Oh, I know. No, I heard. In addition, let's just say that I believe that. That still doesn't explain why you were at the crime scene with the sheriff. Isabel... what is the big secret, and why can't I be let in on it?" Agent Duff stated and Isabel glared at her.

"I've already answered these questions for Deputy Hanson." Isabel informed her.

"But you lied to him I'm not some local deputy working for a local sheriff. I'm with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And if you lie to me, you're in deep trouble, young lady." Agent Duff snapped and Isabel glared at the young lady in front of her.

"And why the hell would I want to help the F.B.I?" Isabel snapped before getting up and storming out of the room.

Agent Duff starts to follow her when Hanson showed up.

"Sorry, Agent Duff." Hanson stated.

"Deputy Hanson, this is not the ti—" she snapped but stopped when Grant Sorenson walks up to her, carrying a shotgun. "Mr. Sorenson, what--what can I do for you?"

"I found this in the woods this morning, about a mile east of the crime scene." Grant informed.

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Michael, Maria and Laurie are seated at a table at the Roadside diner, with country music playing in the background.

"Ah, the food that time forgot. I'm assuming that anything out of a can is a safe bet." Maria stated as she scanned the menu,

"I have to go to the bathroom." Laurie stated, suddenly causing Michael and Maria look at each other, stunned that she spoke!

"Fine. Maria." Michael stated and Maria looked at him.

"What?" Maria asked.

"Go with her." Michael ordered and Maria glared at him with a disbelieving look on her face.

"Are you crazy? Have you ever seen that bathroom? It's one stall and a door. I'm sorry. No, thank you." Maria replied

"Well, if you don't, she's gonna book." Michael stated as he looked over at Laurie. "Isn't that right?" Maria sighed as she puts down her menu, looked across the table at Laurie and talked to her as if she's a child.

"Okay, I'm sorry. I've had it. Look. I am not your mommy, and I'm not your doctor. So there is no fricking way that I'm gonna go in the bathroom with you and hold your hand while you potty. Look. We gotta establish a little trust, all right. You trust us, we trust you. Got it? Look, all we're trying to do is help you escape the evil aliens that wanna bury you in the woods, remember? Is there anybody else out there in the big bad world that's gonna do that for you, hmm? No. See, I didn't think so. So, look, after you answer nature's call in that toxic waste dump of a restroom, you have the choice of either a) rejoining us here at the table with a different attitude for a nice, delicious meal, or b) you can hoof it to the Mexican border. It's about 150 miles that away." Maria stated, while pointing in one direction and Laurie got up and walked off. Maria looked at the counter. "Can we get some service, or what, hmm?"

"Do you think that's gonna work?" Michael asked.

"Not a chance, but it doesn't matter. The Mexican border's that away." Maria stated, pointing the other way.

XXXXXX

Meanwhile, at the DeLuca house...

"I am certain Maria is fine." Liz assured Amy.

"Oh, she called. She went camping again." Amy informed and Liz smiled.

"Oh, see? I knew it." Liz stated and Amy pulled out tights.

"Do you know what these are, Liz?" Amy asked, holding the under garments up.

"Long johns?" Liz asked, confused and curious to where this was going.

"Maria's long johns. Why would Maria leave her long johns and all of her other winter gear at home if she went camping in the middle of February?" Amy demanded while Liz just looked at her wide eyes. "Here's a theory from someone who's had several hours to muse on it. She didn't go camping. She lied to her mother, just like she lied to me the other four times she took off for days on end, each time leaving out on the open road another piece of her innocence, and my Jetta. If you don't tell me everything you know about where the hell she is, I'm gonna become very violent with you."

"Mrs. Deluca, she's fine." Liz stated but gave in under Amy's glare and sighed. "She's with Michael."

"I knew it." Amy exclaimed and Liz hurried to fix it.

"No. But they're just getting away, you know? They're taking in the scenery." Liz tried to be convincing but Sean jumped in.

"Yeah, of a cheap motor inn." Sean sneered and Liz glared at him

"Sean, shut the hell up." Liz snapped.

"All right, give me your phone." Amy intruppted and Liz looked at her, shocked.

"What?" Liz asked, not sure if she heard right,

"Hand it over." Amy repeated and Liz handed over her phone. "She shut her phone off, but I'm sure she'll be turning it on to call you again. Moreover, when she does, I'll be here with you to receive that call. You can sit down. You're not going anywhere until I get my daughter back." Amy stated and Liz opened her mouth to protest.

"But I need to contact Max to let him know where I am." Liz stated and Amy shook her head.

"No, cause you'll phone Maria and tell her in code." Amy shot back; Liz sat down on the chair and leaned back in it, frustrated.

XXXXX

Max has fallen asleep at his desk. As he sleeps, the crystal turns to gel and makes its way across the desk and over his outstretched arm. As Max wakes up, startled, the gel quickly slides off his arm and reverts to its crystal form. Max grabs a container and slams it down over the crystal. Watching it with wide eyes as he realised that it was alive.

XXXXX

Amy picked up Liz's cell phone as it began to rings.

"Uh...Uh... Liz, I, uh..." Amy stammered, not use to cell phones.

"What? Push the but-" Liz tried to informed but stop when Amy found the button and turned the phone on.

"Uh, hello?" Amy asked into the cell.

"Hello?" Maria called back, confused at the voice.

"That's right. This is your mother. I confiscated Liz's phone. Where are you?" Amy demanded.

"I-I'm still in New Mexico, Mom." Maria lied and Amy saw right through it.

"Oh, that's cute. Where are you?" Amy asked once more.

"On our way to Arizona." Maria gave, defeated.

"Why?" Amy asked.

"We're--we're being free spirits, mom." Maria stated, forced cheerfully.

"That means you're going to Sedona to get stoned and have sex in the hills?" Amy demanded.

"Mom!" Maria shrieked into the phone, hardly believing what her mother is saying.

"Do you think I wasn't seventeen once? Do you think I didn't do crazy, stupid things with a really bad boy when I was your age?" Amy demanded. Maria nodded into the phone.

"Yes, I know you did, Mom -- Dad."

"Let me talk to him." Amy stated.

"No. Why?" Maria asked but Amy wasn't listening.

"Put him on the phone now!" Amy snapped and Maria sighed.

"She wants to talk to you." Maria stated to Michael as she handed him the phone.

"What? No! Get it-- are you cra—" Michael demanded but turned polite when the phone was at his ear. "Hey, Mrs. DeLuca."

"Michael, I want you to listen to me very, very carefully." Amy stated, warningly. "On this glorious, rebellious, lost weekend of yours, you will take care of my daughter. You will protect her and be kind to her, and she will have fun. You will not get matching tattoos, and you will not allow her to pierce any part of her body that cannot be shown in polite company." Amy explained then sniffled slightly before talking once more, this time with anger evident in her voice. "And, Michael, if you have sex with my daughter, I will hunt you down and kill you like the mangy dog you are. Okay?"

"Okay." Michael yelped out, slightly scared. Amy sighed.

"Call me if you need bail money." Before hanging up the phone.

Michael stared at the phone before switching it off and handing it back to Maria.

"What'd she say?" Maria demanded and Michael sighed.

"She wants you to have fun." Michael stated, causing Maria to look at him, incredulous.

"Shut this off." Amy stated as she handed the phone to Liz, Liz took it and switched it off before sitting it down on the table.

"I think you should call the police." Sean piped up and Liz glared at him.

"Sean!" Liz snapped.

"I'm just thinking about Maria. I don't want anything to happen to her." Sean defended himself and Liz rolled her eyes as she looked at Amy once more.

"Michael will take care of her, Mrs. Deluca." Liz assured.

"Oh... I don't know. Guerin's a mighty shady character." Sean stated and Liz glared at Sean with a death glare.

"You can't talk, Michael is a very good man and he tries his best to protect Maria. You don't know anything so keep that mouth of your shut before it gets permanently shut." Liz glowered and Sean sat back, stunned at the venom coming from Liz.

"I need a drink." Amy muttered, not listening to Liz and Sean, she stood up and walked over to the front door.

Max turned up at the Deluca's house and was about to knock on it when Amy opened the door.

"Oh hey Max." Amy greeted.

"Hey," Max greeted back with a nod. "Is there Liz there?"

"Depends, you're not planning to take her across state lines, are you?" Amy asked and Max looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"No." Max stated with a shake of his head.

"Yeah, she's in the living room." Amy stated as she left the house, leaving Max looking after her with a look of confusion before stepping into the house. He headed into the living room and he saw Liz sitting on the chair while Sean was staring at her.

Liz looked up and smiled when she saw Max.

"Hey." Liz greeted as she got up and kissed Max.

"Hey baby, listen I need your help on a lab project." Max stated and Liz got the hint.

"Oh, give me a minute." Liz stated as she picked up her jacket and her phone. "See ya Sean."

Her and Max walked out of the house, Max wrapped an arm around her shoulder while she wrapped her arm around his waist.

"What was that about?" Max asked.

"Michael took Maria out of town due to Laurie, Maria told her mom that she was going camping but left her gears behind." Liz explained and rolled her eyes. "What did you need help with?"

"Valenti found more of the blue jelly near Laurie's grave, you are the scientist of the group so we need you to study it." Max explained and Liz nodded as they headed toward the UFO Centre where everyone else was waiting.

XXXXX

"They didn't like the taste of you." Liz asked Max and Max nodded.

They were all inside the UFO centre with the exception of Maria, Michael and Kyle.

"Yeah, it was lying on my hand then it just reverted back to its normal form." Max explained and Liz looked at the parasite, confused.

"It looks like they're... alien versions of negleria filarae. Waterborne parasites found in the blood cells of certain species of fish." Liz examined.

"Parasites? Well, that implies they need something to feed on... like an arm." Max stated and Liz nodded.

"Maybe, but you said that they didn't affect you." Liz pointed out and Max shrugged.

"No. I got the feeling I didn't taste good or something." Max explained and Liz thought about it.

"Then they didn't react when sheriff Valenti picked them up." Liz asked.

"Nope." Tess jumped in and Liz thought about it once more.

"Maybe they didn't affect you because we have different blood." Liz murmured thoughtfully.

"What do you mean by that?" Alex asked and Liz turned to face the others, who were all sitting and watching her.

"Us four don't have just Alien and Human DNA, we needed something to bridge to the two of them together, to balance them if you want." Liz stated. "This must be the thing so that's why it didn't do anything to Max, yet to some humans…" Max caught on.

"It can be dangerous." Max finished.

"But what I don't understand is how it got here, I mean, it was planted in us on Antar, not on Earth." Liz stated as she looked at the screen once more. "Where was Laurie found?"

"Frazer wood." Isabel stated and it hit Liz, she pulled up the map, looked at it, and found that the water stream went from Frazer wood to Pohlman Ranch.

"The parasite must have been on our ship because the stream goes right to Pohlman Ranch." Liz stated and Max groaned.

"Another reason why we shouldn't have crashed there." Max muttered.

"If that is what I think it is, then it has a queen." Liz muttered as she raked through her bag, looking for something.

Everyone looked at Liz, incredulous.

"It's like bees." Alex asked.

"Ah ha!" Liz cried out as she pulled out a notebook and flicked through it. "Here it is, the Gandarium, this is the substance that balanced the human and alien DNA together, making sure there is no overload on one of the DNA. It's harmless when it's on the ship but if it escapes into the Eco System, they will infect the world." Liz read out and looked up at the others. "It my father's book, he wrote them all down so that if something was to happen to him and something was to happen to the earth, we would know what to do." Liz explained and everyone nodded. Liz looked back down and scanned the book. "It says that the queen needs a host because it can't live on Earth due to high poisoned air, then someone's life is in danger."

"Danger?" Tess asked.

"The queen needs to live and it needs a host, so the host would be human." Liz explained.

"Who?" Isabel asked and Liz shrugged.

"The first person to come into contact with them." Liz stated then it hit her "Max, who was it that took Laurie?"

"Grant." Max stated and Liz nodded.

"Looks like he's the host." Liz muttered and turned to Isabel. "I need you to do me a favour." Liz stated, causing interested looks from the gang,

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Grant approaches Isabel at the Crashdown.

"I got your message. What's up?" Grant asked Isabel as he sat at the counter.

"I wanted to talk to you." Isabel stated.

"I hope this isn't about my lawsuit again, 'cause that lunatic sheriff just attacked me." Grant snapped and Isabel shook her head.

"No. It has nothing to do with that." Isabel stated.

"Then why are we here? I thought you told me it was over between us." Grant replied, bitterly and Isabel sighed.

"Look, Grant... things just got so complicated, and I guess I just wish that we could go back to the beginning. As if we just met." Isabel stated and a thought came to her head. She held out her hand "Isabel Evans."

"Grant Sorenson." Grant replied; they both smiled as he shook her hand.

"What do you do, Mr. Sorenson?" Isabel asked.

"Grant, please. I'm a geologist." Grant replied and Isabel smiled.

"A geologist. Fascinating."

"Oh, I'm glad you think so."

"Well, I want to hear all about it."

"What would you like to know?" Grant asked.

"What are you working on right now?" Isabel asked.

"I'm doing a survey out in Frazier Woods."

"Really? Tell me... What's so special about Frazier Woods?" Grant smirked.

"Mm. Well..."

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Back at the U.F.O Centre, Isabel is telling Max and Liz everything that Grant had told her.

"So he has about fifty experiments going on in Frazier Woods, all of which he explained to me in excruciating detail, but the common thread through each one is the water table." Isabel explained.

"What about it?" Max asked.

"The woods are unusual because the water's so close to the surface. In some places, it's less than three feet below ground." Isabel explained and Liz nodded.

"And as the parasites are waterborne, they are in the water table.

"Yeah, but how would alien parasites get in the water table in the first place?" Max asked and Liz sighed.

"Ever since our ship had crashed in Pohlman Ranch and there is a stream under it, I'm guessing that the Gandarium managed to find it's way into the water." Liz explained.

"And the queen might be inside Grant, but how do we get it out of him?" Isabel asked and Liz shrugged.

"Dad doesn't have any record of the Gandarium taking over a human host so I have no idea." "Beside there could be a huge chance that it isn't inside of him so let's not jump to conclusion till we get the facts." Liz informed. Liz turned back to the water tablet and gasped as the blood drained from her face.

"What?" Max demanded.

"If the parasites finish off infecting Laurie, she could infect everyone around her. The whole world is in danger!" Liz gasped out, Isabel and Max looked at Liz before looking at each other with a stunned look on their faces.

TBC

Next chapter, the parasites die.

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