'I ummmm,' What could he say? What should he say? He'd rehearsed it a
thousand times but now it came to it what could he say to a brother he'd
never met! Granted a brother whose head he had just visited but what could
he do? This just wasn't what he'd expected!
'What's going on? Where am I?' demanded Alex, taking his surroundings for the first time. He looked around himself. A strange room, strange smell and a strange girl. 'What's going on?' he repeated. 'Where am I?'
'Las Cruses,' said the girl quietly. 'I'm Serena by the way.'
'Ok,' replied Alex with raised eye brows. 'Hi Serena. Good to meet you. You got any idea what's going on?'
'You've been mind warped.'
'Mind warped? What the hell? Tess?' gasped Alex in confusion. What was going on. Who were these people? Who was Adam? How did he have a brother? How did he come to be in the exact same room as his brother? Who was Serena? And what about- 'Liz? Maria?' he asked in panic. 'Are they-?'
'They're fine. They're back in Roswell with the others.'
'We have to go back! To warn them what Tess is doing!' half shouted Alex. Isabel was back there, his Isabel. With Tess. Who knew what she was doing, if he even came near to laying a hand on Isabel or Liz or Maria he would kill her. Personally kill her.
'No Alex!' replied Serena quickly. 'You can't go back, not yet. We have to find out what you were doing here, what the Tess person was making you do. It's the only way we can stop her.'
'Why? Why can't we just go back there now?'
'Because unless we work out what's going on she can just call us traitors and then mind warp our butts off the nearest cliff! And personally I'm not looking to die any time in the near future.'
'Wait.' said Alex suddenly realizing something. 'How the heck do you know about mind warps?'
'Oh,' said Serena. How confusing could this get? Two practiaclly identical people, she barely even knew which one she was talking to. And how on earth was she meant to explain everything that was going on? She barely even understood herself!
'She's another alien Alex.' replied Adam. 'Looks like we're both being sucked into the alien abyss.'
'Well there's one thing we have in common,' said Alex wryly. 'OK so while you tell me everything about what's going on we'll look for clues. I must have left something lying around for me to find- damn this could get confusing!'
***
Alex sat quietly while Serena and Adam tore up his room looking for something to help them understand what was going on. Their story was incredible, weird, scary. How could he not remember a thing? How could he have tried to kill his brother? How could he have just upped and left Roswell, just leaving Liz and Maria to the mercy of that mind warping cow? He shivered, what if she could gain control of his mind again. He didn't want to go back to that state. Not now, not when he'd found a brother he'd never known. Not now he knew the others were in danger.
'I've found something!' yelped Serena triumphantly.
Alex leapt up and across the room. 'What is it?'
'An antarian book.'
'A whaterian book?' asked Adam.
'Anatarian, something from my home planet.'
'Well? What does it say?' demanded Alex impatiently. The sooner they worked out what he was doing here, the sooner he could go home.
'You are the royal four. You are created from the genetic materials of your alien predecessors and human subjects- What the hell is this?' questioned Serena, screwing up her face in thought.
'What do you mean?' asked Adam.
'It's junk, garbage! It's something you would read to your three year old. And who the hell is she?' Serena demanded pointing at a picture.
'That's Tess!' gasped Alex. 'Ava, her alien name is Ava.'
'Ava?' repeated Serena thoughtfully. 'Ava? I don't remember anyone called- AVARDA? How the hell did she get here? What the .'
Alex turned to Adam as Serena raved on. 'You know anything about this?'
'I don't think so but-'
'Avarda? But she di- No.'
'What?' asked Adam and Alex simultaneously.
'I can't believe it! The scum!'
'For goodness sake Serena! Spit it out!'
'Huh?' she said his voice finally penetrating into her brain.
'What's going on?'
'We have a traitor among us.'
'What's going on? Where am I?' demanded Alex, taking his surroundings for the first time. He looked around himself. A strange room, strange smell and a strange girl. 'What's going on?' he repeated. 'Where am I?'
'Las Cruses,' said the girl quietly. 'I'm Serena by the way.'
'Ok,' replied Alex with raised eye brows. 'Hi Serena. Good to meet you. You got any idea what's going on?'
'You've been mind warped.'
'Mind warped? What the hell? Tess?' gasped Alex in confusion. What was going on. Who were these people? Who was Adam? How did he have a brother? How did he come to be in the exact same room as his brother? Who was Serena? And what about- 'Liz? Maria?' he asked in panic. 'Are they-?'
'They're fine. They're back in Roswell with the others.'
'We have to go back! To warn them what Tess is doing!' half shouted Alex. Isabel was back there, his Isabel. With Tess. Who knew what she was doing, if he even came near to laying a hand on Isabel or Liz or Maria he would kill her. Personally kill her.
'No Alex!' replied Serena quickly. 'You can't go back, not yet. We have to find out what you were doing here, what the Tess person was making you do. It's the only way we can stop her.'
'Why? Why can't we just go back there now?'
'Because unless we work out what's going on she can just call us traitors and then mind warp our butts off the nearest cliff! And personally I'm not looking to die any time in the near future.'
'Wait.' said Alex suddenly realizing something. 'How the heck do you know about mind warps?'
'Oh,' said Serena. How confusing could this get? Two practiaclly identical people, she barely even knew which one she was talking to. And how on earth was she meant to explain everything that was going on? She barely even understood herself!
'She's another alien Alex.' replied Adam. 'Looks like we're both being sucked into the alien abyss.'
'Well there's one thing we have in common,' said Alex wryly. 'OK so while you tell me everything about what's going on we'll look for clues. I must have left something lying around for me to find- damn this could get confusing!'
***
Alex sat quietly while Serena and Adam tore up his room looking for something to help them understand what was going on. Their story was incredible, weird, scary. How could he not remember a thing? How could he have tried to kill his brother? How could he have just upped and left Roswell, just leaving Liz and Maria to the mercy of that mind warping cow? He shivered, what if she could gain control of his mind again. He didn't want to go back to that state. Not now, not when he'd found a brother he'd never known. Not now he knew the others were in danger.
'I've found something!' yelped Serena triumphantly.
Alex leapt up and across the room. 'What is it?'
'An antarian book.'
'A whaterian book?' asked Adam.
'Anatarian, something from my home planet.'
'Well? What does it say?' demanded Alex impatiently. The sooner they worked out what he was doing here, the sooner he could go home.
'You are the royal four. You are created from the genetic materials of your alien predecessors and human subjects- What the hell is this?' questioned Serena, screwing up her face in thought.
'What do you mean?' asked Adam.
'It's junk, garbage! It's something you would read to your three year old. And who the hell is she?' Serena demanded pointing at a picture.
'That's Tess!' gasped Alex. 'Ava, her alien name is Ava.'
'Ava?' repeated Serena thoughtfully. 'Ava? I don't remember anyone called- AVARDA? How the hell did she get here? What the .'
Alex turned to Adam as Serena raved on. 'You know anything about this?'
'I don't think so but-'
'Avarda? But she di- No.'
'What?' asked Adam and Alex simultaneously.
'I can't believe it! The scum!'
'For goodness sake Serena! Spit it out!'
'Huh?' she said his voice finally penetrating into her brain.
'What's going on?'
'We have a traitor among us.'