Chapter 6: The Truth and Heat Wave.

"So Isabel is going tell Jesse the truth." Liz asked Max as she wiped sweat from her forehead, it was 95 c and it was only getting higher by the hour. The heat wave had arrived in Roswell, much to the annoyance of Zan, he cried all night because he couldn't settle down and it was too hot for Max and Liz to deal.

"Yeah, she phoned me and told me that she was going to tell him the truth, he has been asking questions about the whole Khivar thing and she doesn't want to lie anymore." Max explained as he took a drink of his cold Lemonade; he waved his hand over Zan's body cooling him down; Zan, instantly, calmed down and suckled on his cold milk.

"And Michael agreed to this?" Liz asked, incredulous and Max laughed, wryly.

"Are you kidding? She never told him, she's getting us to do her dirty work, as usual." Max explained and Liz sighed.

"She needs to stop this, we can't keep doing everything for her, we have Zan and ourselves to look out for." Liz muttered as she wiped Zan's face.

"I know." Max agreed and sighed. "God, it's hot as hell!" Max exclaimed and Liz nodded.

"Tell me about it." She sighed as she looked around and it hit her. "Let's go to the pool."

"What?" Max asked.

"Let's go to the pool, it's too hot to stay here and you know how much Zan loves water so he'll love the pool, we can do something as a family." Liz explained and Max mulled it over before nodded.

"Great idea." Max agreed before lifting Zan up into his arms. "We're going to see water Zan." Max stated and Zan gurgled with happiness.

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"This is heaven." Liz muttered as she pulled off her sarong off her waist and settled it down on the reclining bench that her and Max had taken.

"Yeah." Max murmured as he watched her, she was wearing a red bikini top and short, her hair was piled on top of her head so stop it from sticking to her face and back.

"Come on baby, swimming time." Liz cooed to her son, Zan smiled up at her as she walked over to the cool water and stepped in, shivering in delight as the cool sensation ran over her over heated skin, she felt Zan calm down and happiness broke through their connection, he was happy to be cooled down rather than too hot. She looked over at Max and raised an eyebrow. "Are you not getting in?" Liz asked and Max nodded.

"Just, just a sec." Max replied as he took off his shirt and jean shorts, Liz inhaled when she saw his black trunk, it wasn't hiding anything and she missed making love to him, they couldn't make love since Zan was in the same room as them and recently it had been too hot for them to even cuddle up together. Poor Zan had even taken to kicking his covers out of his cot so he could get some sleep.

Max headed into the water and they both smiled at Zan splashing about, enjoying himself. "Having fun little man?" Max asked Zan and they both laughed as Zan splashed Max his answer.

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"So, how do you think Jesse will take the news?" Liz asked as she sat on the steps, keeping her legs and lap under the water due to Zan sitting on her lap, she didn't want him to get restless by being overheated again and she knew how much he loved the water.

"Freak out?" Max suggested and shrugged. "I dunno Liz, everyone else pretty much reacted differently when we told them. Tess panicked and ran; she only calmed down once I assured her that we weren't going to hurt her, Maria freaked out major time. Alex was pretty much calm and he accepted it, Kyle refused to have anything to do with us and Jim was pretty much torn in two difference direction till I healed Kyle." Max explained and Liz nodded.

"Yeah, I just hope that Jesse won't freak out too badly." Liz muttered and turned back to back. "We're still going to tell Tommy."

"Yeah, Michael finally agreed, but there is something going on with him and Maria." Max stated and Liz nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I get the feeling that Maria is feeling suffocated after everything you guys have been through and wants a break yet isn't so sure about it." Liz observed and shrugged.

"I'm so glad that we don't have that problem." Max muttered and Liz laughed, agreeing with him as she lifted Zan into air, causing giggles from him.

They were having fun being a normal family for the day but even they knew that it wouldn't last long.

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"Jesse, I have something to tell you." Isabel whispered and Jesse looked at her, concerned.

"Are you okay Isabel?" he asked and Isabel sighed.

"Not really." Isabel admitted.

"What is it Isabel?" Jesse asked and Isabel bit her lip as she thought about how she was going to say this.

"Okay, I should have told you this before we got married but Max, Michael and Liz didn't want anyone else in danger because of it." Isabel started and Jesse was even more confused.

"Isabel, will you just tell me?" Jesse asked.

"Jesse, I'm an alien." Isabel whispered and Jesse stared at her in a stunned shock.

"You're a what?" Jesse asked, incredulous.

"I'm an alien, well, a hybrid to be exact." Isabel explained and could see that Jesse needed it more fully explained. "Max, Michael, Liz and I were in the crash, it wasn't a weather balloon that dropped that night. Max, Michael and I broke out these pods which kept us alive for over forty years, we never knew about Liz till we regain a part of our memory of where we were born." Isabel explained. "We have Human and Alien D.N.A which allows us to look like human, feel like human yet do things that human can't."

"Like what?" Jesse croaked out.

"Max can heal, he healed Tess, Kyle and Liz when they got shot, Michael can blow things up, Liz can make people see things that are not there and project herself to people to warn them of any dangers that's heading toward them. I can dream walk, meaning I can go into people's mind and see what they are dreaming off." Isabel explained.

Jesse stood up and paced the floor, while running his hands through his hair, a sign that he was stressed out.

"Oh god." Jesse muttered and looked at his wife with wide eyes. "Who knows?" he asked.

"Jim, Kyle and Tess, Alex knew and he died because of it. The F.B.I knew about us but we had a source in the F.B.I and he destroyed the files for us." Isabel explained.

"How did they find out about you?" Jesse asked.

"Jim, who was the sheriff at the time, wanted answers about Tess's shooting, there were witness saying that she got shot and saw Max do something yet there was never any evidence, he got a hold of Tess's waitress outfit and sent it to the F.B.I where they found blood on it and the bullet hole and started chasing Max." Isabel explained and Jesse sighed.

"Okay, I need to take a walk and sort my head through this." Jesse choked out as he moved toward the door and grabbed his jacket.

"Jesse…" Isabel started as she walked toward him only to stop when he walked backward from here.

"I need to walk." Jesse breathed out before hurrying out of the door, leaving Isabel alone.

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Isabel found herself in the Crashdown, surrounded by her family.

"So, what is Jesse going to do?" Liz asked and Isabel shrugged.

"I don't know." She replied, there was a ringing noise and they all saw Jesse step into the Crashdown.

"We need to talk." Jesse stated and Liz walked up to him.

"First thing first, you go to the F.B.I, it will be the last thing you do. I will personally hunt you down and put you six feet under ground myself, got it?" Liz snapped and Jesse rose and eyebrow.

"Are you threatening me?" Jesse asked and Liz shook her head, Jesse sighed with relief.

"It's a promise." Liz stated, causing Jesse to tense up once more.

"You won't kill me." Jesse stated confidently, calling her bluff and Liz scoffed as her stance became more dangerous as her powers flared out, mixing in with the atmosphere.

"Max, Michael and Isabel may have a problem when it comes to killing but I will do what ever it takes to ensure my son's survival and protect him." Liz warned. "I swear, if I see one F.B.I agent around here, I will know instantly who to kill." Liz snapped out with a promise of hell in her dark eyes and Jesse nodded. "Good, now all we have to do is tell Tommy and that will be over and done with." Liz muttered.

"You are going to tell Tommy." Jesse asked and Tess nodded.

"Yeah, we are, I love him and I want him to know the truth, I own him that much." Tess admitted.

"Not that all of us is happy about." Michael piped up causing everyone to roll his or her eyes.

"Give it up Michael, you know you won't win." Max warned as the bell rang once more, revealing Tommy.

"Hey Tommy, take a seat." Liz stated and everyone moved toward the backroom.

"Okay Tommy, you said you wanted to know the truth." Max stated and Tommy nodded.

"Well, the truth is that, Michael, Isabel, Max and I are aliens." Liz stated.

Tommy started to laugh at the thought of it but it soon died down when he saw how serious Liz was being.

"You're not kidding me." Tommy asked and Liz shook her head.

"We never kid about our lives. Tess was shot and Max healed her, she found out then. She later then told Maria and Alex. I came in the picture later because our protector had taken me out of Roswell in search for the other three, Kyle was shot and Max healed him." Liz explained.

"What about Zan?" Tommy asked.

"He's an alien too." Liz replied.

"Oh god." Tommy exclaimed, running a hand through his hair as he stood up and paced.

"You have to know, we are not here to kill anyone or anything like that. We are here because we were killed in our past life and sent down here in these forms but do know this, I won't hesitate to kill you if I think you will be come a danger to my son." Liz warned and Tommy nodded.

"How?" Tommy asked.

"We were in the crash, we were incubated for forty years before breaking out and making our way into the world, Liz was born after us because the crash did something that prevented our pods from opening at the same time." Max explained.

"How did you all find out?" Tommy asked, looking at the humans.

"Max healed us." Tess stated, pointing to her and Kyle.

"I found out when Michael used his powers to save Max and Liz from the F.B.I." Jim explained.

"I told Alex." Tess added in.

"Isabel just told me a few hours ago." Jesse admitted.

"Damn, how did you keep it a secret all those years?" Tommy demanded.

"We had too, our lives depended on it." Max explained as he took Zan into his arms.

"How come you never told your parents?" Tommy asked.

"At first, I was scared, Isabel wanted to tell mom but I wouldn't because I would let my fear get the best of me but now, there is no way, not after what Liz and I saw." Max muttered; Liz kissed him, softly, on the cheek before resting her head on his shoulder and smiling at Zan.

"You really are like humans aren't you." Tommy asked and Liz laughed.

"Yes we are, we have emotions, we need to eat and breathe to live. We are purely human, it just our fluid and our brains are different; our brain are advance, that is the reason we can do things that human can't do for another couple of 100 years." Liz explained.

"Damn!" Tommy stated, awe at the five of them in front of them, Tess looked at Tommy with a hopeful/fearful look.

"Are you okay with this?" Tess asked and Tommy grinned at her.

"I'm more than okay, I'm completely fine. You don't have to worry, I'm not going to tell anyone." Tommy assured and everyone sighed of relief before breaking out into laughers that their fears were unfounded and that they had gained two more friends.

Okay, I think that is a good place to stop it.

Next chapter: Christmas! In addition, someone is going to a get a present we've all been waiting for plus Liz finds out something that can destroy a relationship and something that will bring hope for the gang.

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