Chapter 14
"Max? Max is that really you?" Max turned around to the sound of his father's voice, forgetting all about the group of about 5 people standing around them. Isabel must have heard the voice too, because she just stared through the crowd with a huge smile on her face.
"Dad." She cried out and ran out to give him a huge hug. She hadn't realized how much she truly missed her father, until she sat there hugging him.
"Oh Isabel, I never thought I would ever see you again." Philip Evans couldn't hold back the emotion in his voice. He missed his children so much, and they worried about their children everyday, wondering if they were dead, or hurt, or captured. They left so quickly, and never contacted them in almost year. They were worried sick.
"Hi dad." Max said, he couldn't help but smile. He knew it was dangerous them causing such a big commotion in the middle of the street like this, but he couldn't help be happy that his dad was ok. "How's mom?"
Philip kissed Isabel on the forehead, and let go of her to go hug his son. "She is fine, how are you?" He hadn't even noticed the baby. He looked confused. Zan would have been much older than him. That was when he saw a very tired and pale Liz standing halfway behind Max, and he smiled at her.
Max looked at his dad's face and saw a hint of confusion. "Dad this is Sawyer."
Philip looked from Max to Liz to Sawyer several times, until he finally noticed the gold band on Max's left hand. He smiled and started to reach for Sawyer. "Hello Sawyer, I know you want to come see grandpa."
Max let his dad take Sawyer with a little hesitation, but realized it was ridiculous, and watched as his dad ooed and aaahed over him.
"Dude, where have you been? It's been almost a year." Kyle's tried to avoid the question as much as possible. It was nice seeing his old friends again, but he wasn't really in the mood to share memories. So tried to change the subject.
"So what have you been up too?" he asked, but it didn't work.
"Is that Max Evans?" his friend said looking past him to Max. Who was standing with his dad and the baby. Kyle turned around to look at them, then turned back around his friend.
"Yeah." He said as a black car pulled into a space a couple of feet away. He was trying to see inside not paying attention to the conversation.
"Right?" was the only part he heard. He smiled and shook his head.
"Yeah, great, but hey I have to get going. I will talk to you later." He slapped him on the back and jogged the couple of feet to where Michael and Maria were.
When Michael saw the car Kyle was talking about he decided that it was time to move on. They were in one place for too long. He walked over to Max, and pulled him off to the side. "Maxwell, we need to get going. We are causing to much attention." He nodded his head over to the car, and Max looked then back at his family.
"Alright, I'll get Sawyer, tell the rest of them." Max said before turning around to get the baby and Liz. Michael nodded his head, and walked back over to Maria and Kyle.
"Come on, we are leaving." He said grabbing Maria's arm. She was chatting away with an old high school friend.
"Ow Michael, stop, can you not see that I was in the middle of a conversation." She said while yanking her arm out of his tight grasp.
"Shut up Maria, look over there." Maria looked out of the corner of her eye and the black car, and she felt a wave of panic run through her. She didn't say another word while she and Michael walked by the car, and he used his power to melt the tires to the pavement.
Max walked over and took Sawyer back from his dad. He must have had a worried expression on his face, because Philip's face grew concerned. "Son what's wrong?" Philip looked around, and Max said in a hushed voice.
"Dad, don't." Philip stopped moving, and stood real still.
"Are you being chased still?" He said, trying to act as normal as possible.
"Yeah, Liz's parents are in danger." Max said giving a once again sleeping Sawyer to Liz.
"Max, this is ridiculous you can't keep doing this. You have a baby. This is not good for it. How old his he anyway?" Philip said in a fatherly tone. Max and Liz exchanged glances.
"About 36 hours." Max answered, choking it out, knowing his dad would not be happy.
"What? Max, you can't do that to the baby, or Liz. Do you want them both to get injured, or die?" Max glared at his father.
"That is what I am trying to stop. They found us at the hospital. It was either leave or get caught. I am not losing another son." Max said through clenched teeth. Philip looked at the ground, and softened his tone.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know. Come to the house, we can keep you safe for awhile." Philip tried to grab Max's arm, and pull him in the direction to the house, but Max shook him off.
"Dad, we can't. We only came to save her parents. Then we have to leave again." Liz could hear the sadness in Max's voice when he talked about leaving. Maybe they wouldn't have to, if everything went right, and they won. Maybe they could stay in Roswell. They could raise their son in Roswell, with his grandparents. Just maybe.
Isabel saw another black car park just a few spaces away from the other one. She looked at them, and walked over to Max. "Max, we have to go, now." Max looked the second car.
"Sorry dad, We have to go." Max looked at Liz, and nodded his head, and she started to walk down the street to where the rest of the group was.
Isabel could feel tears start to well up behind her eyes. "Bye daddy, I love you." She said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Tell mom I love her too." She said before turning around to walk to the rest of them.
"Bye dad." Max said giving him a quick hug, and walking to the others.
The streets had cleared out a lot, lunch hour was over, and everybody was back to their lives. Once Max got back to the group they decided it would be safer to separate and meet at the Crash Down. It only took a few minutes to get there, Roswell being a small town and all, there aren't a lot of streets.
Liz stopped in front of the large sign. Not much had changed since she had left almost a year ago. There were people eating in there and laughing, and then she saw her dad smiling while giving a customer his food. Liz smiled relief flooding over her, he was alright. "Max," was all she was able to get out before the tears started to come.
Max held onto his wife, and held her while she cried. He knew that she was scared for her parents, and he couldn't blame her. After a couple of minutes and Liz calming down they walked inside.
Jeff Parker looked up at the sound of the bell on the door. Smiling at whatever customer was about to come in, but what he saw almost sent him into shock. It was Liz and Max. He couldn't even believe his eyes at first. He must have opened and closed them 1,000 times before realizing he wasn't dreaming. "Is that really you?" he said walking up to her.
Liz smiled and nodded her head. "Yeah dad, it's me." Liz handed Sawyer to Max so she could hug her dad.
"Lizzy, what are you doing here? I thought it wasn't safe?" he said, remembering her diary, and the letter she had sent with it.
Liz didn't want to tell him that their lives might be in danger, but what else was she supposed to say?
"I know it has been awhile since we have been here, but you do realize the Crash Down is that way, right?" Michael asked stopping in the middle of the street to point the opposite direction, but Maria just kept walking the other way.
"I know Michael, but I have to do something first." Michael looked at Mara walking away, and then back the opposite direction to where they were supposed to be. Quickly deciding to go with Maria, he jogged after her.
"Maria, we can't, it's to dangerous." Michael said trying to grab her arm to stop her. He knew what she was going to do.
Maria jerked her arm out of his grasp. She needed to make it right. She left in such a bad way, and didn't get a chance to explain. She had to set things right. It might be her only chance. "Michael, I need to do this, and you can either come with me and shut up. Or go back to the Crash Down and wait for me there." Maria said stopping to cross her arms.
"Oh no, I'm not leaving you alone, powerless. Not happening. You are stuck with me." He said with a set jaw.
Maria rolled her eyes and sighed. "Fine, its right around the corner." They walked the rest of the block, but when they turned the corner Maria almost passed out from the sight.