A/N I'm sorry, this is very short, but I think this explains a lot... Enjoy!
Maria gazed unseeingly at the TV. It was late and everyone had gone home. Max had took Isabel and Liz home while Tess and Kyle had also left together to go to the Valenti residence. This way everyone had had an alien at their side, for protection. Maria shivered unwillingly. Although she didn't want to admit is, she was scared. For her life, for her friends' lives but most of al for Michaels life. Looking over at him, she tried to bury that fear, telling herself that he had powers, and he would be fine. As long as she was there to support him.
Michael saw Maria staring, but decided not to give a comment, she looked scared enough already. To be honest, he was feeling the same way. Not for himself, he would never do that. He still felt like he got everything he deserved if something would happen to him. 'Thanks Hank' was a thought that came to him at moments like that. No, the one thing he was scared of, was that something would happen to his pixie. The girl who had stolen his heart, the minute she accused him of abducting her. He smiled a small smile before turning his attention back to the television set and the hockey game which was playing.
The two of them were so in to their own thoughts, they didn't notice their houseguest, slowly creeping outside, through the backdoor…
After the hockey game was over, Maria checked her watch, "Michael, I should go."
"You should stay here, it's not safe Maria. Besides, your mom isn't home right?"
"What if my mom comes home early and I'm not there. She'll flip and we are gonna be in deeper trouble than we already are."
"Fine, but I'll walk you there."
Maria knew him well enough not to argue any further. He was stubborn as a mule…
"Fine, but," she added with a grin, "who will walk you home Spaceboy?"
"Ha ha, very funny, but you know, if something happens I'll just blow it up."
"Men," Maria mumbled, before standing up to fetch her coat and hauling up her lazy Spaceboy from his terribly comfortable couch.
- - -
Meanwhile somewhere in the desert
"Were you able to reach our goal? Are they still unknowing?"
"Yes, my Lord, they have taken me in, and they think you are after them."
The shadowy figure gave a small grumble which could have been interpreted as a laugh.
" I would never have thought you would be the one who would succeed in bringing them down," the dark figure lamented.
The other person snorted, "Blood relations don't mean anything to me, only if theirs is the blood that covers the ground…"
"It doesn't matter. Continue your actions, and find out everything about their group. What is their bond, find out who is the weakest and start there."
"Yes sir," the voice responded. But the other figure had already disappeared. So the person turned around and headed back. Back to the place where he would betray his kin, and he was going to enjoy any minute of it…