Alex does not got to Sweden in this part okay? He goes later and I will just have his return chapter up that all. Sorry for any more conveniences.

Chapter 14: Parasite part 2

Tess, Kyle and Alex enter the Crashdown where they see Max pacing, Liz and Isabel sitting at the counter.

"What's up?" Alex asked.

"We have a major problem." Liz stated.

"And just so I'm clear, when you said that Earth was infected, wh-what exactly are we talking here? You know a couple of acres. Couple of miles?" Tess asked Liz and Liz shook her head.

"I was speaking a little more globally." Liz stated and Tess nodded with her lips forming into a little O.

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Kyle and Alex are digging away in Frazier's Woods.

"So is this the sixth or seventh hole we've dug today?" Alex asked, panting.

"Hey, hey. I was kinda wondering what the hell you people were doing sophomore year." Kyle stated and Alex shrugged.

"Ah, well, a lot of secret meetings, a lot of lying to authorities. Sometimes narrowly escaping gunfire..." Alex stated and noticed that Kyle looked worried. "Although generally that was pretty rare."

"So what do we lowly human folk get out of all this?" Kyle asked and Alex shrugged.

"I'm not sure." Alex stated.

"See, I guess what I have a problem with is that suddenly I'm a member of this club I never wanted to join." Kyle muttered.

"Yeah." Alex stated.

"And it turns out this club bears a striking resemblance to a chain gang." Kyle exclaimed as they continue digging when Alex suddenly hits something hard.

"What the... Look at this." Alex exclaimed as Kyle looked at the hole in the ground.

"What the hell man? It's some sort of cave." Kyle observed. Alex raises his arms in triumph and started dancing slightly.

"JACKPOT, BABY! Whooh! Yeah! Alex Whitman, ladies and gentlemen! Uh-huh! Yeah! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Alex cheered in to the dark night before coming back down to earth as Kyle stares at him, a weird look on his face. "Okay, well, time to put the shovel away, and uh, go find the others and tell Max."

Kyle looked at the hole speculatively, and then turns to Alex.

"You coming?" Kyle asked, Alex thinks for just a moment before caving in.

"Sure. You first." Alex stated and Kyle nodded.

"Okay." Kyle agreed as he jumped into the cave, waiting for Alex to come in.

Kyle drops his bag down before coming down himself. Alex follows after. The walls of the cave are covered in clusters of the Gandarium. "Oh my God! Kyle stated as he shined his torchlight over the blue-coloured cave as Alex enters and coughs slightly "What do you suppose alien crystals are going for on eBay?" Alex laughed as he looked around.

"Alright, Columbus. You claimed the land for the Queen of Spain. What do you say we go tell the others?" Alex asked, as soon as he said 'others' the crystals suddenly cover over the opening that they entered by, cutting out all sunlight. "Oh, oh no! Oh, oh..." Alex panted out, fear creeping into his blood.

"I don't know why I'm looking around." Kyle muttered to himself then turned to Alex. "I suppose stuff like this happens all the time. Right?"

"Yeah, sure." Alex lied.

A short time later, Liz, Max, Tess and Isabel congregate at the place where Alex and Kyle were digging.

"Find anything?" Liz asked Tess and Max, Tess shook her head.

"Just a lot of rock." Tess informed.

"There's nothing in grid point 23-27." Max informed and Liz nodded as she checked her clipboard.

"Okay, then uh, you should move on to..." Liz muttered but stopped when Max started looking around.

"Where are those guys?" Max asked, Liz looked at the ground and they spot the crystals in the ground that covered up the hole Alex dug up. "The crystals." Max muttered.

"Oh." Isabel said.

Liz's cell phone rings as Max, Tess and Isabel put down their shovels and attempted to study the crystals a little closer.

Scene jumps back and forth between Alex and Kyle in the cave and Liz, Max, Tess and Isabel aboveground as Liz and Kyle talk on the cell phone.

"Hello?" Liz asked.

"Liz?!" Kyle demanded and Liz nodded.

"Yeah." Liz stated.

"It's me, Kyle!" Kyle stated and Liz rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, Kyle. Where are you?" Liz asked, looking around.

"In the freaking nest!" Alex jumped in and Liz looked at the crystals.

"Oh my God!" she turned to Max, Tess and Isabel, who are staring at her. "You guys, they're in there."

"Do you see the crystals?" Kyle asked. Liz gets on her knees and touches the crystals only for it to light up at her touch.

"Yeah, yeah, we see the crystals." Liz informed.

"They blocked us in here." Kyle informed and Liz nodded.

"Okay, um, you guys...you guys think that we can make an opening." Liz asked and Max shrugged.

"We can try." Max stated.

"Tell them to step as far away from the entrance as possible." Isabel informed and Liz nodded,

"Okay, uh, try to step as far away from the hole." Liz repeated, Kyle and Alex moved away from the hole.

"Come on, come on. Get a move, get a move." Kyle muttered as Max, Liz and Isabel held their hand out over the crystal, they concentrated on their powers to try, and create and opening but the Crystals hold hard. Kyle is still on the line as they wait for any action. Liz had handed the phone to Tess so she could concentrates and not pass her energy on to the phone,

"Our powers don't work on these!" Max muttered.

"Are you sure?" Tess asked and Liz nodded.

"You're welcome to try!" Liz added.

"Okay, what now? What are you doing?" Kyle asked.

"Um, they're just uh, you know...they're uh," Tess stammered, she had no idea what's so say. "They're taking a break!" Tess informed.

"Break?!" Kyle demanded, incredulous. "You know there's not that much air down here."

"Uh." Tess thought about her options. "Okay, um, we're...we're just gonna have to get back to you."

"Get back to us?!" Kyle squealed.

"Breath shallow." Tess added in helpfully.

"Breath shallow?!" Kyle parroted. Tess hung up and turned to the Aliens.

"What now?!" Tess asked.

"Uh, Milton has some weird equipment in the back of the UFO Centre. I think there...there's even a diamond saw in the storage locker." Max informed and Liz nodded.

"Okay, yeah. That could work, that could work." Liz muttered as she looked at the crystals again.

"I'll get it." Isabel stated as she stood up and run off to the U.F.O Centre.

"Maybe we should dig another hole." Max suggested and the two girls nodded as they picked up their shovels. "Parallel to where they're digging. See if we can tunnel in from the side."

"Where? Where?" Liz asked as she and Tess looked around.

"Here." Tess stated as she moved to a spot, Liz hurries over to her side.

"The side." Max stated and they moved slightly.

"Let's go, let's go." Tess ordered and they start to dig furiously.

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Isabel is at the U.F.O Centre and is had found her way into Milton secret room

"Oh!" Isabel gasped when she found the equipment that she need and starts to dismantle it when a masked stranger comes from behind to cover her mouth with a chloroform-filled napkin. Isabel struggles, but soon passes out. The man pulled off the mask and revealed himself as Grant. He dragged Isabel into his car and set the vehicle in motion. He reaches over to touch Isabel, but suddenly pulls back as he seems to struggle with himself.

"Things I know. Two times two is four. Gato is Spanish for cat. My middle name is Ellis. A mineral with a high Mohs number will scratch a mineral with a low number." Grant mutters to himself as Isabel stirs. "The scale is not linear." Isabel is now fully awake and looks at Grant as he looks back at her.

"Grant..." Isabel whispered.

"I'm not doing so good Isabel. That Agent...from the FBI..." Grant stuttered.

"Agent Duff?" Isabel put in, helpfully but it backfired.

"Y...I know her name! Okay?! I know things! She said I went to Wyoming. She asked if I stole a gun there. I DON'T REMEMBER! When I try to remember, it just gets worse." Grant shouted as his voice begins to break with panic. "You're the only one I trust Isabel. You have to help me.

"Okay. Okay, I will. Just pull the car over and we'll get you some fresh air." Isabel stated.

"Did I get shot? Huh?" Grant asked and Isabel was stunned.

"That WAS you." Isabel gasped.

"When'd I get these scratches on my neck? I don't know. Here's another one: Why am I driving to Tucson? I DON'T KNOW! Help me Isabel...PLEASE." Grant begged then got lost in his mind again. "Things I know. My birthday is December seventh. Sedimentary rocks cover 75 percent of the earth's land surface... 75 percent of the earth's land surface..."

"When did this all start happening?" Isabel asked.

"Hard to say. Uh, I uh, have gaps in time. I think it was...when I started digging out near Pohlman Ranch...some time last summer. Found these weird crystals..." Grant stated and it hit Isabel about Liz's words.

"Oh my God. Oh God, Liz said there was a Queen."

"What?" Grant demanded.

"Oh God...Look, Grant. You're going to be alright. Your body has been...has been taken over by something."

"What kind of...thing?"

"It's hard to explain, but it must have happened when you were digging. God, it was the Gandarium. They must have been in the water tab." Isabel muttered to herself.

"I don't know what that means, okay?! I'm losing it here!" Grant shouted.

"Grant..."

"Why is this happening to me? I'm a good person."

"I know."

"Do you?"

"Yes." Isabel promised and Grant starts to shiver and shake.

"I have to kill you, but I don't wanna. There's a cell phone in my coat pocket. Grab the phone Isabel. NOW." Grant ordered.

"Okay, okay." Isabel looked around the car, found the jacket, and pulled out the phone as Grant pulled over the car. "Grant... "

"Get out of the car." Grant stated.

"No." Isabel refused.

"GET OUT OF THE CAR!" Grant shouted.

"I can't help you if you don't..." Isabel begged but Grant refused to listen.

"Please...get out of the car."

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The kitchen phone rings at the Valenti's house and Jim hurries to pick it up. Interact with scenes of Isabel still out in the pouring rain, along the highway where Grant dropped her off.

"Hello." Jim asked.

"Oh, Sheriff Valenti, thank God. Thank God. Grant is definitely the kidnapper, but it's not his fault. The Queen...and it possessed him somehow." Isabel explained.

"Possessed by the what?!" Jim asked.

"The crystals. The...the aliens. The important thing is he's after Laurie and he'll be in Tucson in a few hours." As Jim scribbles down the details. "You have to stop him."

"Alright. Wait a minute, where are you?" Jim asked.

"He left me by the side off the road somewhere. But don't worry. I'll...I'll find a ride." Isabel stated.

"What do you mean 'you'll get a ride'? You can't get into a car with just anybody..." Jim argued and Isabel rolled her eyes.

"Sheriff, I am the last person on Earth who has to worry about getting into a car with strangers. Trust me. Just get to Laurie before he does. PLEASE." Isabel snapped before hanging up the phone.

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At Frazier woods, it is pouring with thunder and lightning. Max, Liz and Tess are furiously digging to free the two trapped in the cave. Scene switches to the interior where Alex and Kyle were singing to entertain themselves.

"February made me shiver/With ever paper I'd deliver...Bad news on the doorstep/I couldn't take one more step...I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride/But something touched me deep inside the day the music died..." Alex and Kyle are singing, Tess, Liz and Max could hear them through the crystals.

"Only they would sing in a life and death situation." Max muttered causing the two girls to giggles, Liz picked up a crystal that had fallen off the wall and placed it into the bottle before putting a match in it.

"So bye, bye Miss American Pie...drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry/Them good old' boys were drinking whiskey and rye/Singing' this'll be the day that I die...This will be the day that I die…" they both finished.

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Michael moved out into the hallway via another entrance. He started to move down the hallway looking for the intruder. He hears a sound coming from behind him and turned to reveal an empty hallway as Michael moved towards the sound. Looking up the nearby stairs, Michael feels pain shooting in his shoulder from behind and he crumples to the ground, Grant is tucking the gun into his belt as he seeks out the girls.

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Isabel has managed to flag down a ride.

"Hi, can I just get a ride to Roswell?" Isabel asked, the driver nodded and she gets in.

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Maria and Laurie were running down the stairs to get to the shelter before Grant could catch up with them. They tried to close the badly rusted door to slow down Grant.

"Help me Laurie!" Maria called out, Laurie hurries over and they both struggle with it only to find that it was stuck. "It's stuck!"

Jim and Agent Duff have entered the kitchen and discovered the maid's body. They drew their guns and made their way further into the house with caution and they discover that Michael is lying in the hallway with a shoulder bullet wound.

"Michael..." Jim started.

"They're back there... Back there! GO!" Michael ordered, fear for the girls running through him.

Jim and Agent Duff left him in the hallway as they hurried to look for Grant and the two girls.

Maria and Laurie were still struggling with the door as Grant made his way down the stairs, he held up the gun and enter the bomb room as the girls back further into the room to get away from him.

"Grant! Grant! Hey, it's me, Maria DeLuca. I'm Isabel's friend. Really, really good friend." Maria stated, trying to remind Grant as Grant lunged at Laurie. Laurie screams as Grant managed to grab her by the hair and hold her hostage with the gun pointing at her head.

Jim and Duff entered the room and Jim points his gun at

"Sorenson! You don't wanna do this..." Jim stated softly.

"Put the gun down and step away from the girl." Duff ordered.

"Don't let him put me back in the ground..." Laurie sobbed out.

"No one's going anywhere. Put the gun down NOW." Duff promised.

"I wanna but I can't! You have to stop me!" Grant screamed out.

"Listen to me...We're gonna help you, I promise. Just put the gun down." Jim stated as he made his way to Grant carefully. Grant drops Laurie as a sudden pain shot through his head. Laurie made her way over to Jim and co. "Good, good. Now just drop the gun. Everything will be alright."

"No! NO! You have to kill me." Grant shouted.

"Grant, I'm gonna help you." Jim stated as he put his gun away. "I promise, you can trust me. Look, I'm gonna walk over there. See?"

"Ah, ah! IT'S GOT TO STOP!" Grant shouted as he lifted up his gun and Agent Duff shot him. Grant fell back on the bed, facing upward and Duff approaches the body.

"You alright?" Jim asked the girls, Maria nodded and lifted up her cell phone and answered it.

"We're fine Max." Maria stated into the phone.

Agent Duff reached out a hand to check for a pulse, Grant's chest cavity opened up to reveal a cluster of Gandarium crystals. Everyone to scramble in fright. A shape started to emerge from the cluster as the group watch on, frozen in fear. Michael, just coming down the stairs, saw the whole thing.

"Everybody out! NOW! NOW!" Michael shouted; everyone hurried out as Jim pulled Agent Duff out of the room, Michael used his powers to lock the door and they watched as a jellyfish had formed and was floating in the air.

Maria was explaining everything to Max, who in turn was replying everything back to the girls.

Okay, whatever answer you guys have, give it to us quick! It looks pissed off." Maria stated to Max.

Liz looked at the bottle that had trapped the Gandarium in it and noticed that it had turned to liquid. Her eyes widen as she grabbed Max's phone from his hand in mid talk, causing Max and Tess to look at her in shock.

"Maria! Where did Michael trap the Queen?" Liz asked.

"In a bunker." Maria replied.

"Does it have air vents?" Maria looked around and spotted them.

"Yes it does."

"Listen to Maria, get Michael to transfer the air out of the vent and shut them down." Liz stated carefully, Maria replayed it to Michael and he did it.

"Why?" Tess asked.

"I put a piece of Gandarium in the bottle then put a match in it, so I could see what was happening, the match had burned out the oxygen and killed it, it needs oxygen to survive!" Liz explained holding up the bottle. "Kill the queen and you kill them all!"

"It worked Liz, it worked!" Maria squealed into the phone as she watched the jellyfish explode from lack of air.

Liz squealed as she hugged Max and Tess, while jumping out down with joy, causing Max and Tess to laugh at Liz's antics.

Inside the Gandarium cave. Alex and Kyle are lying on the ground, head to head, shining their flashlights around their enclosed space.

"So this is how it ends..." Alex stated.

"Somehow this is NOT how I pictured it." Kyle said to Alex and Alex smirked.

"It was hell of a ride though." Alex stated and Kyle shrugged.

"I guess." Kyle replied, not sure.

"I mean, think about it. We not only MET aliens, but they killed us." Alex stated and Kyle looked at him "How many people can say that?"

"You're getting delirious, is that it?" Kyle asked, worried for Alex's sanity

"Nah, take...take a step away from your life, Kyle. You know, I mean, you're part of this...this amazing thing. This...amazing knowledge that you HAVE that 6 BILLION people on this planet don't. You really want to step out of this cave if it meant that you were gonna be another dumb jock?" Alex asked and Kyle sat there in silence.

"You know what, I wouldn't." Kyle stated, finally accepting that he was stuck in this crazy world no matter what and that it wasn't all bad.

The crystals start to melt. Alex is the first to notice; then Kyle releases a sharp shout of horror as some of the liquid drips on him. "Ah, ah!" Kyle screamed as he got up into upright sitting position. "They're attacking! Oh no!"

"No, no no no no no. No no no no no." Alex started, shaking his head. They...they're They...they're...they're...they're dying." Alex started laughing with joy.

"Dying?" Kyle asked, uncertain

"They're dying!" Alex confirmed and Kyle brightened.

"I mean..." he raised his hands in triumph. "DYING!" Kyle whooped.

"Dying!" Alex joined in. Alex stood up and found himself pushing through the crystal ceiling, where he saw Liz dancing and hugging Max and Tess. "Hey, is there a party and I wasn't invited?" Alex teased.

Liz let out a happy squeal as she helped Alex through the hole and hugged him; both of them started dancing in joy and happiness.

"Looks like Liz's happy." Max stated, causing Tess to laugh out as they helped Kyle out.

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"How's Liz?" Isabel asked and Alex laughed.

"She's managed to rope Tess into dancing with her." Alex stated, "She's really happy."

"You lot must be soaking!" Isabel exclaimed, laughing.

"Doesn't matter." Kyle stated into the phone, causing more laughers. Alex smiled at Kyle, happy that Kyle had managed to accept Liz and the rest of the gang.

"See you at the Crashdown if you can tear Liz away." Isabel stated before hanging up.

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Maria, Michael, Jim and Isabel was in the Crashdown, relaxing over hot chocolate and tea when Max, Liz, Tess, Alex and Kyle finally came in, absolutely soaking from the rain and coated in mud from all the dancing but beaming happily.

"Look at the five of you, you look like a couple of kids." Isabel teased and Liz grinned at the others.

"We feel like five years old. We just saved the world." Liz exclaimed and the other laughed as Isabel used her powers to clean off the five of them and they all settled down to have a midnight snack and talk, just feeling happy with being with each other.

TBC

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