This part of my fanfiction overlaps with the last episode. However there will obviously be differences including ones that may change things that happen in the scenes, so I hope you like my version.

Thanks for all the wonderful reviews, they're what is keeping me motivate to write this so please keep them coming!

MadRoswellFan

CHAPTER 6

Liz glanced at the clock as she dashed between the Crashdown's tables. She had been working all day, hoping that Max would turn up soon. But he hadn't.

The clock on the wall said 8pm. She sighed as she went to place her orders with Stan. Isabel and Rie had long gone. Even Michael and Maria had left. She kept thinking of Max. He had seemed to lost direction now that he knew his son was safe. She was started to think he was pulling away from him, when the door opened.

Max beamed at her as he made his way to a stool. Liz waited a few seconds before coming over.

"What are you doing here Max? Have you got it hot for a local waitress?" Liz joked.

"That's the rumour." He replied smiling.

"So what do you want?" She asked.

"For the girl I love to kiss me" he said pulling her towards him. As they started to kiss, Stan rang the order bell.

"Orbit rings" he called.

Liz sighed as she walked off.

Over the next few hours, the Crashdown slowed down, until there was just one woman left.

Liz was sitting next to Max when the woman wanted to pay her bill. Liz got up and took it from her, when she saw a flash.

She saw this woman go down an alley and be shot. The woman left. Max saw Liz looking worried and asked her what was wrong.

"That woman is about to be shot! We have to follow her!" she said grabbing Max and dragging him out of the Crashdown.

"This way" she said as she pulled him down the alley.

Then they saw them. A man was holding a gun at her, and was about to shoot. Max put up his hand and moved the gun away. He then set off several car alarms to frighten the man. It worked. The man ran away scared for his life. The woman looked up and saw them.

"Let's go" Liz said a she pulled Max away.


"One of my men pulled this out of the rubble"

The officer put on a video. It showed Isabel moving objects around the room.

"Is this the thing that destroyed my base?" the General asked.

"Possibly. There are several candidates."

"I don't want what happened at Roger's to happen again. I want them dead" the General said.

"We'll find them" a member of the special unit replied.


"It must have been hard on you with Lonnie and Rath being your...." Max trailed off. Max and Rie were at Max's house watching television, or at least pretending to whilst they talked. He was trying to be polite but all he could think about was "Can she be trusted?"

"Yeah it was. Ava just seemed to passively watch, she did absolutely nothing to stop them. The only one I was close to was Zan" she said sadly. "I wish I could find him."

Max's heart clenched. He knew what had happened to Zan, and clearly she didn't.

"Rie" Max said slowly and carefully "I'm sorry, but Zan's dead.

"What? How do you know? You're lying!" She cried.

"There was a summit meeting and because Zan was...., well Lonnie and Rath made me go. I'm sorry" He said looking at her.

Rie looked devastated. Max wanted to reach out to her, but he knew that she'd probably wouldn't want that right now.

"How?" she muttered.

"Lonnie and Rath killed him"

Rie cursed. She got up and paced the room. Max followed her with her eyes. This poor girl had parents who were murderers. Max couldn't help but feel for her.

"Are you ok? Can I get you anything?" Max asked.

"How can they be so heartless? She killed her own brother for God's sake!" she cried the passion in her voice making Max want to reach out and hold her until she had cried every last tear.

Max gave her a sympathetic smile.

"Well we're all here for you. If you need something just ask."

Rie gave him a small smile.

"So what powers do you have?" Max asked nervously.

"The same as you I guess, well except the whole healing thing. I don't have that. And I have shifting as my personal power like you have a shield, Isabel with dreamwalking, and Ava with..." Rie looked at Max bewildered. "Where's your Ava?"

Max sighed. He wanted to wipe his memory of her. But he couldn't.

"Tess. Her name was Tess. And she's dead." Max said

"I'm sorry" Rie replied.

"I'm not" Max said shrugging. "She lied to me. She betrayed me.

"She betrayed you? Rie asked.

"Not only did she kill one of my best friends, but she got pregnant and went back to Antar with my son. She wanted us to go too, so that when we arrived back, Kivar could kill us." Max said. He looked at Rie and continued, "She came back less than a fortnight ago. My son is completely human, so he's been adopted. She killed herself to save us and our son."

"My God! You poor thing! Zan didn't really like Ava either. He always seemed to be waiting for someone else to walk into his life." Rie said passionately.

Max could understand that. He felt pity for Zan, he never found his Liz.

"So what do you want to do, now that Tess has gone?" Rie asked, bringing him out of his thoughts

"I don't know. I didn't think this far ahead. I feel kind of..."

"Lost" Rie finished for him. "I can understand that. I've been lost for years. I don't think I've ever found my home"

Max felt like he had found someone who felt like him. He began to trust her completely. Over the next few hours, Max and Rie talked about everything Max wanted to talk about. Rie listened and understood. He was grateful, he hadn't found anyone he could talk to like this, about everything he felt, saw and wanted.