Max sat outside Valenti's house.

"Max?" Liz asked. She sat down beside him. Max looked at her. Liz saw tears in his eyes.

"Liz," he began, his voice choked around the lump in his throat. "It can't be true…..Right?" He asked. Liz looked at him sadly and put her arms around him, pulling him close. Max nestled his head in the crook of her neck and cried. Liz stroked his hair gently.

"I don't know, Max." She replied honestly.

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"I'm sorry, about Max." Isabel said after a long period of silence in the room.

"I guess I jumped onto the confrontation train a little too quickly myself." Sierra admitted. "The thing you guys' got to understand is that Travis wasn't always like this. He was different. We were in love."

"So, are you saying that if it comes to the final showdown, you don't want him dead?" Jim asked. Sierra's eyes turned cold.

"I wouldn't go that far." She said. "That fucker either killed or was pretty much involved in the killing of every single person I cared about. The key word here is we were in love."

"Good." Michael said. He wasn't about to pull any punches on the guy who had tried to hurt Maria, Isabel, himself and had succeeded in hurting Sierra many times.

"Hold your horses." Sierra said. She stood up and came face to face with Michael. "If it comes down to the final showdown, no one's taking him out but me. Understand?"

"Maybe it shouldn't come down to the two of you. He can really hurt you." Maria said. Sierra turned to her.

"You think I don't know that?" She asked. "He's got more powers that me, or anyone of you. He's got some of Tess, some of Max, and some of the Skins' powers that he picked up by being raised around them." Sierra sighed. "Look, none of you can get hurt, do you understand that? Anyone of you gets in it with him and he gets the upper hand, it could severely fuck up the future. Even to the point of me not existing. And since I have grown pretty fond of existence, I really don't want that to happen." Everyone was quiet, realizing that she had a point.

"Wait a second." Maria finally said. "You told me I wasn't in your life at all."

"Yeah, so?" Sierra asked.

"The first night, when Travis attacked me, you saved me. How would my death affect your existence?" She asked. Everyone else looked at Sierra. Sierra paused, trying to think of what to say.

"Simple," she began. "You're all mega close. If you die it would affect everyone else making it harder to fight against Travis." Maria's expression turned to hurt.

"So, you're just keeping me alive so everyone else will be good little soldiers?" She asked.

"No, that's not-"

"Wow, I feel so important now." Maria said sarcastically. "I think I'm just going to go home, seeing as I'm probably the lease savory target." Maria got up and went to the door. Sierra clenched her fist. She couldn't let Maria leave.

"I lied." Sierra finally said. Maria stopped.

"What?"

"I lied to you." Sierra said. "You do have an impact on my existence, a big one."

"Really?" Maria asked, not believing her.

"Look, let's just settle down. It's been a long night and we should all just get some rest." Jim said. Liz and Max walked back into the house. Max was wiping at his cheeks.

"Max, are you all right?" Isabel asked. Max didn't respond. How was he supposed to respond after finding out his son was a murderer?

"Hang on, hang on, Sierra was about to tell me what impact I have in her existence." Maria cut in, crossing her arms. Sierra's chin quivered as she tried to hold back tears.

"You-"

"Maria, just back off." Michael snapped at her. Maria looked at him.

"Oh, you're going to get in on me too? I guess I should expect that, like father like daughter." Maria snapped.

"Oh quit acting like a child." Michael said, rolling his eyes.

"I'm the child? I'm the child? Oh, that's rich, that's hilarious!" Maria yelled.

"Stop it, both of you." Isabel pleaded. Somehow almost everyone had erupted into shouting back and forth at each other. Some spouting insults, some trying to stop it. Sierra stood by the wall, covering her ears.

"I don't even know why I ever tried getting through to you!" Maria yelled at Michael. "I should've just cut my loses and moved on."

"Didn't you just do that a couple of weeks ago?" Michael snapped.

"Except for the moved on part." Isabel chimed in, sticking up for Michael.

"Oh, screw you both! I know see why you two were betrothed on your alien home world. You're both jerks!" Maria yelled.

"Maria, calm down." Kyle said, trying to soothe her.

"Guys, this isn't resolving anything." Liz said. The shouting continued.

"Stop it." Sierra whispered. "Stop it." She said again, getting a little louder. "Stop it….Stop it………Stop it……….STOP IT!" She said, finally yelling above everyone else, causing them to stop and look at her. "I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU ALL SQUABLE LIKE CHILDREN!" She screamed. "NOW EVERYONE CALM THE FUCK DOWN!" Some empty whisky bottles that were on top of Jim's cabinets for decoration exploded. Sierra took a deep breath. "Next person to yell, or say anything for that matter, will end up like those bottles. At this point, I don't even care if I cease to exist!" She crumbled to the floor in a sitting position.

"She's right. We need to just calm down." Kyle said.

"Bite me, Buddha." Maria barked. She stormed up to Sierra. "I want the truth, and I want it now." She demanded. Sierra looked at her. She slowly rose to her feet.

"You want the truth?" Sierra asked.

"Yes, I do." Maria said. Sierra's hand flew across Maria's face, slapping her hard. Maria stumbled to the side.

"You don't deserve the truth." Sierra snarled. Maria glared at Sierra.

"You bitch." She growled as she went to hit her. Jim grabbed her quickly, holding her back.

"Okay, that's it." Jim said as he struggled to hold Maria back. He dragged her to the couch and forced her to sit down. "Everyone just settle down."

"I'm out of here." Sierra said as she went to the door. "Don't follow me." She barked as she slammed the door behind her.