Chapter 18

Tammy

"Duck!" I shouted, everyone behind Max ducked as I tackled him to the ground just as a bullet rang out, I heard it hitting the wall before getting onto my side and kicking my leg out, it connected with Martin's ankles, causing him to fall to the ground, dropping the gun at the same time.

I managed to get up and turned him onto his front before pulling his arms behind him and tied it with the rope he left at the side. "Count yourself arrested buddy." I told him with a smirk as the door burst open, revealing the police. "Nice to see you guys, you are awfully slow in this country aren't cha?" I asked as they came over and hauled Martin out as my mother came over to us.

"What happened?" She demanded.

"Psycho here," Max stated, nodding his head to me, "told everyone to duck as she tackled me to the ground as Martin shot at me and kicked him to the ground before telling him that he was arrested." Max explained and my mother turned to me.

"You are gonna give my grey hairs." She told me and I smiled. At least I didn't get shouted at this time.

Liz

We found ourselves at the hospital, we were all getting patched up, Max had a scrape on his arm when he fell to the ground, thanks to Tammy, we were all pretty lucky that we didn't get any worse injury.

"How are you feeling?" Max asked from where he was sitting next to me and I smiled up at him.

"Considering I had been kidnapped and practically stalked, I feel fine." I told him and he nodded as he kissed my forehead.

"I don't think Mom is gonna get over this for a long time." Max stated and I snorted back a laugh.

"How about Jake? You should have seen his face when he saw Tammy tackle you, I thought he was going to kill her." I told him and he smiled slightly.

"That's Tammy, the hero." He stated and I rolled my eyes.

"Don't go handing out the awards." I told him and he laughed slightly.

I looked up when I heard Tammy speaking.

"Oh give me a break Jake, I was perfectly safe." She told him and Jake snorted.

"Yeah, perfectly safe that you tackled Max to ground so that he wouldn't get shot!" He exclaimed. "You could have been shot!"

"I made sure that I hit his legs, can't shoot me if I'm practically on the ground can he?" she asked and he made a frustrated sound as he shook his head and she rolled her eyes. "I know that you were worried and you are sweet for it, but it still stands, you can't protect me all the time, things are gonna happen while you like or not." Tammy told him and he softened slightly and Max decided to make a comment.

"Maybe if you stop putting yourself in danger, maybe we would all live a bit better." He remarked and she threw him a glare while I backhanded him on his chest.

"Be quiet." I told him and he pouted down at me, causing me to roll my eyes before looking at Tammy.

"I swear to god, this is the last time we get ourselves in danger, I really do not want grey hair before my time." Tammy muttered as she glared at the doctor who brought the injection over. "Stick that in my arm, I will shoved it where the sun don't shine and I don't mean the backside buddy." She told him, dangerously, and I smiled, glad to see that she was back. She turned to look at me, her expression turned to one of puzzlement. "What are you smiling at?" she asked, curiously, I just got up and hugged her.

"Glad to have you back." I whispered and she pulled away slightly and looked at me like I was insane.

"Are you sure you're not losing it?" she asked and I laughed.

"I'll tell you later." I promised her and she nodded.

"You better." She stated before turning around and she snapped at the doctor. "I told you, come anywhere near me with that and you'll find it inside you." She warned and he rolled his eyes.

"You need to have it if you are going to have stitches." He warned and she rolled her eyes.

"I'm a big girl, I think I can take the pain." She told him and he sighed.

"Whatever." He muttered out in frustration as he took the needle and thread and proceeded to stitch her up.

Once he was finished, she looked at him like he was insane.

"And that was suppose to be painful?" she demanded, he just looked at her in a stunned shock before shaking his head and walking off, muttering how stubborn girls could be.

The doors opened once more and the gang stepped in, they all stepped over to me and pulled me into a hug before pulling away.

"Stop getting yourself into danger!" they all exclaimed and I laughed.

"Hey, at least this time you guys knew the truth from the beginning," I told them and they rolled their eyes as they stepped back and I walked back into Max's arms, feeling safe once more.

Martin is now under police arrest, none of us were seriously hurt and I was free of my past, no one is coming back to haunt me because of Rosa and I had a feeling that Rosa was now resting in peace that everyone has laid her memory to rest.

Max

"Of all the stupid things you have done, this certainly takes the cake!" my mother exclaimed. "All you had to do was let the police know that you knew where Liz was they would have saved her! You didn't need to go in, barging your way and almost getting shot!"

"We didn't know where Liz was," Tammy spoke up from where she was lounging on the chair and our mother turned to her.

"What on earth do you mean you didn't know where Liz was?" she demanded.

"I had a feeling that the police man wasn't who he said he was so I bugged him, we broke into the police station," Tammy informed before looking at the police. "You need to get better security, a five year old could have bypassed the alarm," she told them before turning back to our mother. "Alex got us into the computer and I typed up the name only to get a complete different picture of 'Ron', so I took the picture from my cell phone and placed it in the computer and asked the computer to get me matches, which ended up spitting out Martin's true name and picture. I didn't really know if he was the one who actually kidnapped Liz, it was pure guessing on my part."

"You almost got yourselves killed on a guess?" Mom exploded and Tammy shook her head.

"No, once we got confirmation that it was Martin, we knew without a doubt that it was Liz's stalker/kidnapper and no offence, the police are pretty slow and we were faster."

Mom just looked at her, stunned as her mouth was slightly hanging open.

"And pray tell, how did you managed to bypass the alarms?" dad asked and Tammy blushed and Liz looked at her.

"Oh you are kidding!" she exclaimed. "You never told them?" I looked at her.

"You knew she went out with Ben?" I demanded and Liz looked at me.

"Yeah, everyone at school knew," Liz, told them and the gang looked at each other before looking at her.

"Not us," they told her.

"Obviously, you guys throw a fit when one guy looks at us, there were no way in hell Tammy was going to tell you she was going out with the bad boy of Roswell, beside it only lasted two months, they hardly did anything except making out and Ben teaching her stuff," Liz explained.

"What stuff?" Jake demanded as he looked at Tammy and she rolled her eyes.

"Not that kind of stuff," she shot at him. "He taught me how to drive, how to ride a motorbike and how to break into places without tripping the alarms, pick locks and how to bypass alarms," she explained and dad shook his head.

"We are certainly learning new things today, aren't we?" he asked and Alex looked at her.

"Hey, who is your source?" Alex asked.

"Some guy I know back in Roswell, he's the one who taught me how to use a computer and all that, he wants to work for the police force," Tammy explained and Alex nodded.

"Can you introduce us? I would like to learn some more things," he told her and she nodded while the rest of us look on in disbelief.

Tammy looked over at us and smiled.

"You know what, why don't all of us go to bed, I'm sure Liz would like to get washed and change into something more comfortable and I'm sure that the rest of us would like to process everything that happened," she told us and Liz nodded as she stood up and pulled on my hand.

"Yep, Tammy's right, beside, bed really sounds good right now," she told them before smiling and tugged on my hand as she lead me up to our hotel room.

Once Liz had gotten washed, by hands by the way, we both got dried and got into bed, I was laying on my back as I looked up at the ceiling, Liz's head was resting on my chest as she drew invisible patterns on my chest.

I felt her head move as she looked up at me. "Are you okay?" she asked and I looked down at her.

"When Tammy told me you were missing…I don't ever want to feel that way again," I told her and she leaned up on her elbow.

"And you will never have to," she promised as she leaned down and kissed me gently on the lips. "Martin is in jail and he had admitted that he is guilty and he will get the help that he needs, my parents are in jail and they won't be coming any where us again, we are free to live our lives now," she told me and I pulled her down on my body.

"How about some celebrating?" I asked and she smiled as she pulled the covers over our head as she took my lips in hers once more.

TBC