At Isabel and Jesse's

Jesse was watching Isabel. She didn't know it, but he was. "Hunny!" He called. "Hand me the, the wrench!" he called again. He was attempting to fix the sink. It wasn't working. "Here, hey why don't you go take a break... you've been at it for an hour!" Isabel suggested. Jesse raised an eyebrow to her, but she didn't see him, he was under the sink. "Okay..." He played along. He walked out, but didn't leave. Instead he peeked around the corner, and watched. Isabel looked around, when she was satified that Jesse wasn't around, she waved her had over the sick.

Jesse backed to the door, opening it, then slamming it shut again. "Hey... couldn't decide on where to go, plus the sink is really bothering me..." Jesse lied, acting as if he hadn't seen his wife. "Oh, okay sweetie." Isabel said plesently. Seconds after Jesse had gone back under the sink, it began to work. "Oh! Look hun, you did it!" Isabel praised. Jesse looked at the sink, shocked, he hadn't done anything. He played along anyway. "Yeah... would you look at that..." He scratched his head.

Later

Philip had just finished talking to Diane. Files, her kids files were spred out. She sat in amazment. Philip had just told her everything he knew. Diane was crying. "I can't, Philip, I can't believe all of this..." She wailed. Philip rubbed her back. "I know I couldn't at first but the more I think about, the more it make sense." He admitted. She looked up at him, horrified he actually believed it. "What?" She gasped. "Think, just think. How much do we know about our children, really?" He asked. Diane had no response. "Exactly. Nothing. We found them when they were six, six! They wouldn't speak, and when they did they would tell us anything. They wouldn't tell us what happened to them. Even then they hid something from us. Even then." He sighed. "B-But, murder?" Diane's voice quivered. "Maybe. Max did have a child with that girl he barly even knew. And his Jeep... Diane, it was as if he had riged it to blow, when he wasn't in it. The burns, they weren't from it just exploding. Something made it blow." He explained. "To do what?" She asked. "I don't know, but what ever it was Max, Michael... and Isabel, didn't want us to know... and I think the Parkers girl is in on it too." Philip admitted. "Liz? Why, how?" She asked. Philip shrugged. "I'm not sure, but it all goes back to the day of the shooting, Max, Isabel and Michael became distant, like they thought they were gonna have to leave, remember?" He asked. Diane nodded, regretfully, she actually believed him.

Mrs. Evans Takes Isabel out to Lunch

Mrs. Evans had felt guilty about the investigation. She knew her children didn't know that she had found out, but she still felt the need to make it up. She had called Isabel up, and asked her out to dinner. They pulled up to the restaurant. The only thing Mrs. Evans could think about was that her children may have killed a girl in cold blood. As she pulled in, her cell rang. It was Philip. "Hello? Oh Hi Hun..." her face grew grim as Mr. Evans told her that the police had found evidence of chemicals in the jeep. Something that they normally connected to a cover up in a murder. "Okay..." She hung up, looking terrified at her daughter. "I'll take care of him..." Isabel muttered under her breath. "Wh- who? Your father?" She asked. Isabel looked to her, confused. "Huh? No... the valet, Mom." Isabel didn't get what her mother was getting at and went to pay the valet man. "oh..." Diane was completely relieved. He was terrified of her own daughter and that in it's self scared her.

Far away

The ship reached the Earth's galaxy...

Max and Michael dig up the alien stuff

"Max. Why are we doing this, when you know Philip is watching us?" Michael whined. Max just ignored him. "That's it, this is nuts!" Michael stabbed the ground with his shovel. He used his powers to begin to make a hole in the ground. "Michael!" Max stopped him. "Don't." he yelled. "Fine, but what the hell do we need this stuff out in the desert for, ever hear of a safe?" He asked. "Look, I have to do something, I need the translation." Max explained. "You already read it like ten times." he complained. "I know, but I need it again, to help Liz." He finally admitted. "Fine." Michael grabbed the shovel and began to dig again.

At the CD

Liz heaved for air, and shook violently. Kyle watched as he could do nothing else. "I'm sorry..." Liz stammered. "For what?" he asked. "I'm sure that you had other places to be..." she explained. "No, Liz, I'll always be there for you, you know that." He reminded, Liz shook her head.

At Michael's

Maria waited at Michael's door. "Michael!" She announced. "What, come to tell me that you want to break up... oh no wait you did that, but you want to sleep with me right, oh no, wait you did that, but it doesn't mean anything... right?" he looked to her, heartbroken. "Michael! I'm going to NYC!" She jumped for joy. "Huh?" He looked at her, shocked. "Right." he said blankly.

She followed him inside. "What?" he asked. Looking at her as if to say. 'What you're still here?'. Maria sighed. Aren't you gonna congratulate me?" she asked. "Sure, congrats." He said. "Come on, you, Kyle, and Liz, no body's happy for me?" Maria huffed. "Do you even know what's going on with Liz?" he asked. Maria nodded. "Yeah. She's pissy and won't return my calls... jealous much?" Maria shrugged. "Maria, she may be dying." Michael corrected her. Maria shut up, she was still. "What?" She gasped.

Later at the CD

Liz laid on her bed, looking very Ill. Maria opened the door, letting it swing and hit the wall. She ran in and sat next to Liz. "Oh, Hun!" She gasped, rubbing Liz's back. "I-I'm fine." Liz assured. "I'm here for you, always." Maria promised. "Maria, I think this is it..." Liz admitted, crying into her friends jacket. "No, not yet... not yet... shh, shh." Maria soothed, looking around, away from liz so she would see her cry. Wiping away the tears she slid out from Liz's head. "Max?" She asked, talking into her phone. "Huh, MAX!" the voice called, it was Michael. "Max... Liz, she's... just come." She said, hanging up. She looked back into the bedroom. Liz was hovering over the bed, static covering her body. Liz was fighting the pain, whimpering softly. She walked in, closing the door behind her. She put a blanket of the door, to muffle the sound, to keep Liz's parents from hearing her cries.

Max had come running to Liz's aid, of course. Maria had let him know what she had gone through. He dragged Michael, Isabel, Kyle and Maria out to the desert with him and Liz. Along for the ride was the alien book, translation and healing stones.

Max bent over Liz, who lay in the desert, almost asleep. Max had begun to heal her. But it only seemed to make her cry out in pain...

The Ship Crashes into earth

"No! Max I can't, stop, please!" Liz cried, and begged. Kyle tried to stop him but Michael held him back. Maria just stood there, squinting and covering her mouth with her hands.

Suddenly, as Liz cried in pain, and Max begun to get frustrated, a lighted appeared and the sound on a bomb exploding shook the ground. They all looked up, except Max and Liz who were to preoccupied. "Max!" Michael cried, as he took Maria's face and buried it in his coat. The light was too bright to look at. they all looked away. When it dimmed Michael ran towards it, taking only his powers to help.

He knew what it was, but he had to be sure. Several minutes later, Michael came running back tot he scene, Liz had just told Max that she still blamed him for his supposed betrayal. He was about to try and fix it when Michael burst onto the scene. "Max, oh.. Max!" He yelled. "What, what is it?" max inquired, standing up. "Oh, no, not good. It's, um, it's um... the ship, a ship!" He cried. Max took Liz's hand and backed away. "Is it?" Max asked. Michael nodded. "Wh-who?" Liz asked, stumbling. She realized Max was touching her hand and she yanked it away. "It's Tess." Max confirmed what they had feared. Liz didn't understand why they feared her. "Maria." Liz called, almost falling. Kyle and Maria began to take her away, towards the car.

They stopped, when a shadow appeared on the ground. They followed it to a human shape in the distance. Max backed up, as did Michael and Isabel. "Maxwell." Michael warned. "Go!" Max ordered, they fled. He did not.

The figure became larger. "Tess..." Max whispered. He blinked, and suddenly from behind arm wrapped him. "No!" He pushed them off. Blinking again, the figure was no longer there. Only laughter, and sneering. Max whirled around to find the source of the laughing. "Tess, stop this!" Max cried. "Why? When it's so much fun this way..." She laughed. "Our son he knows I'm his father he calls to me..." Max called. The voice silenced. The arms that had gone were now cupping his face lightly. He looked down. Her face had remained un changed. "Our, son?" Tess laughed. "Hardly. You sent me away, Max! Alone... I share nothing with you! Nothing!" She yelled, knocking him back with her immense powers.

"T-Tess." Max stammered, trying very hard not to be effected by her superior power. "Look little foolish boy!" Tess laughed, knocking him back again, and tauntingly stalking him as he backed up and she gained ground. "I tried so hard to teach you, but as the great saying goes, behind every good man lies an even better woman..." She stopped. "But you are no, man." Tess finished. max was offended. Clearly he had not expected this.

"Why did you come back, if you were not to tell me of our son?" he asked, using his powers to protect himself. "Huh? Why would a killer come back to the man who sent her away, to die, starve, raise their son alone?" Her sarcasm didn't escape Max. "Tess. You killed-" But he was cut off. "Alex, yes, i did. Michael killed Pierce, but some how that never hurt you. Isabel, god your sister killed you, Michael and Me, and many more... but my you found it in you to forgive all of them, but not me, never me." She grew angry. Her eyes narrowed on him, and she shot him back. No effort, it was too easy. "Whether or not you like it, I am the better woman behind... well, you." She smiled, teasingly.

She tilted her head, and raised Max to his feet. He looked at her. "If I kill you, I'm no better than you, and you win, because I'll become what you say I am." She released him. Max looked at her, stunned.