Serena shivered as silence crept over the car.

'Get out,' whispered Adam.

'What?' breathed Serena.

'I said Get out.'

'But-'

'GET OUT!'

Serena jumped and began to fumble with the door handle. She gasped as cold air hit her from outside, turning round she came face to face with Adam.

'Adam I'm so-'

'You promised me,' interrupted Adam deathly quiet. 'You promised me that he would be safe. You said we'd only be a few miles away. That Tess wouldn't even notice he'd broken out of the mind warp. You said he'd be Ok.'

'Adam I-' tears of guilt began to well up in her eyes. 'I thought he would. He seemed fine. I-'

'No! You lied to me! You promised me he'd be fine! You PROMISED me!'

'Adam! I didn't know-'

'Yeah? Well I bet it makes no difference to you now does it. I was always just here to help you find your aliens. Me and Alex, we were expendable. Just as long as you got your precious prophecy fulfilled! Just as long as you could look out for your family. Well what about my family? You just killed the last of my family. Murdered!'

Tears rolled down Serena's face as the hateful words flew out of Adam's mouth. 'Adam you don't know! It could just have been an accident.'

'Quit trying to redeem yourself! You and I both know it wasn't human. It was alien and it was all your fault. I'll never forgive you!'

'Adam please.' Serena pleaded.

'Just get lost! Go back to your precious planet. You'll live with the knowledge everyday that you killed the last person I had. Alex trusted you and now he's dead. And it's all your fault.' said Adam emphasizing the last phrase.

'Adam-' whispered Serena as he turned away.

'Just go to hell!'

Serena sank into the dirt at the roadside as Adam started the car and sped off.

***

Serena blinked back tears as all the eyes in the room fell upon her. Adam gripped her hand even tighter. 'I- I, uh, after Adam left me I walked to the nearest motel and got a room. Later that night a portal opened in my room. It was my friend. She told me that my father's execution had been arranged for that night and that we only had a few hours where we could rescue him. So I went home.'

Liz stared at her palms barely hearing Serena's words. Adam's accusations rang through her head. She could hear herself through Adam's words of hate. Hadn't they been practically the same ones she had said to Max in those last few weeks. But only now could she understand the hurt words like those could cause. She was a hypocrite. She went on and on at Max about the hurt he had cause when in reality hadn't she caused just as much maybe even more? She'd torn apart the lives of her closest friends and let someone else take the blame.

Isabel sat frozen in her seat. Alex had been protecting her. Trying to look after her. He had loved her that much and she'd just scorned him. Flaunted Grant in front of him. God, what was she? No, who was she? She was Vilandra. No matter how hard she tried to hide from it she was and would always be Vilandra. She would still cause as much hurt as Vilandra had.

'Excuse me,' she muttered getting up and walking quickly into Maria's bedroom.

Adam watched her leave. So that was the woman who had stolen his brother's heart. His little brother had chosen well. His heart ached to see her in so much pain.

Serena squeezed his hand and whispered in his ear. 'Go after her. She needs a friend.'

***

Adam took a deep breath and slowly pushed open the door. Isabel lay sprawled over the bed sobbing. He walked over quietly and sat next to her.

'He really loved you, you know.'

Isabel stopped crying and looked up at him.

'You were all he would talk about, all he cared about. He was so scared something would happen to you if we didn't go back to Roswell straight away.' he noticed Isabel watching him and smiled slightly. 'Serena and I used to tease him about being obsessed, he just ignored us though.'

'How did you cope?' asked Isabel quietly.

Adam looked at her surprised. 'Cope?'

'After he- you know.'

'Oh,' Adam rose to his feet and walked to the window. 'I drove back to New York, that night. I was so angry. I think I beat up a load of street kids before falling asleep outside a shop. The next morning I woke up cold and hungry and figured I needed a plan. I started working in a supermarket and went to night school. After a few months I came back here. I wanted to find Serena, to say sorry. but she'd disappeared without a trace. She was just completely gone. So I went to Roswell, I found Maria and followed her around a lot. She seemed to spend half her time in a hospital I couldn't work out why. Then one day I followed her and Liz to the airport and saw them get on a plane for Sweden. I thought then I had to rethink my future so I enrolled again at Las Cruses. No one recognised me or anything. I just hung around campus for a while and then Liz and Ria arrived. I guess I just couldn't face up to telling them about Alex. I'd kind of pushed it to the back of my head, tried to ignore it. And the longer I left it the harder it was to even think about telling the truth. I just never got the chance!'

'So you hid yourself away for two years.' whispered Isabel.

Adam looked at her, puzzled.

'I'm glad you came clean.' said Isabel looking up. 'Alex wouldn't have wanted you to hide like that.'

'Nah.' replied Adam.

'I'm glad he found you too. I'm glad we found you.'

'Somewhere I know Alex is looking down on us thinking the same thing.'

'Thank you.'

'For what?'

'For being you. For giving me Alex again.'

Adam walked across the room and hugged her. 'He would have wanted it.'