Tess smiled contentedly as she watched Max and Isabel recording their last message to their parents. They were going home today, she couldn't believe it. After all this time, the royal four were going home. Tess looked down at the sleeping bundle in her arms, her precious Zan, her son, Max's son. She had been on earth about a week and a half, his treatments wouldn't last more than a fewdays, and so she was even happier to leave now.
Michael appeared, next to Isabel, holding her as she cried a little after saying her speech, it was Max's turn. Tess felt a tug on her curls and looked down at Zan who giggled up at her, like father like son. She glanced back at Max, he'd just finished. He looked at her, it was time to go.
They had all piled into Max's jeep and headed out to where the Granolith had been, according to Tess that was where the new ship was positioned. The ride was silent, but not an awkward silence but more of a content silence, she never expected the three aliens to be happy to leave with her…or to leave at all. She hadn't expected a lot of things, Max's love, Isabel's forgiveness, Michael's support, or Max unlocking the memories of Michael and Isabel.
The day that Max remembered, as soon as Isabel and Michael came back to the apartment, Max asked if they wanted to remember Antar. Oddly enough they agreed, and Max, as Tess had done, broke down the memory barrier. There were some tears and reminiscence that followed.
The jeep pulled to a stop, shaking Tess out of her thoughts, they were there. She looked out to see her family, Kyle and Jim, standing there waiting for her to say good-bye. She saw Maria and unfortunately Liz there as well. As she stepped out of the car, she saw Alex there leaning against the rock that held the ship, he looked sad.
'Of course he's sad,' Tess said to herself, 'He can't go back and he can't go forward. Nasaedo's treatment wore off, and the town still thinks he's dead.' Then a thought struck her, 'Unless…'
Tess smiled as a plan formed in her mind. She turned to Max, handing over the now sleeping Zan. He looked at her questioningly, but she gave a smile and nodded at Alex. And Max seemed to understand, something Tess still had yet to get used to; Zan and Ava knew each other, but she never expected Max to know her like they did.
"Hey," Tess said, as she walked over to Alex.
"Hey," Alex replied, hugging her close. He had bonded with her over the last few months; she was like a sister to him. "So...you're leaving now?"
"Not yet," Tess said, smiling, "There's something I still have to do."
Alex looked confused when Tess closed her eyes, reaching up and placing her hands on either side of Alex's head, but he trusted her and closed her eyes as a warm glow emanated from Tess' hands.
A small bright light drew Liz's gaze away from Max's happy form cradling his child to Tess doing something to Alex. Her hands were on his head and they were glowing. She was doing something to Alex! Her grip on Maria's hand tightened significantly as Maria too looked over to Alex.
Tess smiled; glow leaving her hand, as she looked up at Alex, removing her hands. Alex opened his eyes, knowing what Tess had done for him, and grinned. He wrapped his arms around her and swung her around in joy.
"What did you do to him?" Tess heard Liz ask. She turned to see the bane of her existence heading towards her, suspicion evident in her eyes.
"I didn't do anything to him Liz," Tess replied, glancing at the three aliens who were headed towards her.
"You mind warped him didn't you?" Liz asked accusingly.
"Liz, enough," Alex snapped, quite frankly he was getting fed up with her never-ending accusations of Tess' and theory of her ulterior motives.
"But what did she do?" Maria asked, in genuine curiosity.
Alex smiled, "I'm not dead anymore!" he shouted barely able to contain his excitement. "Tess sent a mind warp to everyone in Roswell, so that they don't remember my funeral or death. I'm back!"
"That's great!" Maria shouted, hugging her best friend.
Tess smiled, Alex deserved this after all he had done for her. She felt an arm wrap around her waist and looked up to see Max smiling proudly at her. "It's time to go." He said, nodding towards the rock that the Granolith was hidden in, Michael and Isabel had already opened it and gone inside.
Tess smiled, turning to hug Jim and Kyle one last time before joining Max. They too headed into the rock, closing it back, with one last look at the humans.
They turned to face each other, smiling. Max held out his hand, which Tess took immediately. They turned and headed toward the large glowing purple cone which Isabel and Michael were waiting in…
14 earth days after Queen Ava left to request the presence of the once and future king of Antar, King Zan, she returned bringing with her the beloved Princess Vilondra and her betrothed General Rath. There was much celebrating throughout the planet, the joining moons, and members of the Alliance upon the announcement that the King, Princess, and General would remain on Antar. Queen Ava and King Zan were recoronated upon the eve of their wedding, as were Princess Vilondra and General Rath reinstated upon the eve of theirs. King Zan resumed his work on the completion of his Alliance, completing it on the day his second child, Princess Deinera was born. The King and Queen had three more children, Prince Neo and the twin Princesses Mara and Nayla. The Princess and General had two children; fraternal twins Princess Skyla and Prince Malek. The Royal Four had returned to Antar two moons after the fall of the dictator Kivar, working to return the planet to its former glory. The Alliance was completed, Antar was healed, and the Golden Era that King Zan had strived for finally came to be. It was an Era that was led and lasted through the descendents of the Royal Four.
A/N: Yay! I finally finished! Sorry for the long delay, I had finals and Extra Credit Calculus to boost my grade, followed by Graduation! Yeah Class of '06! Oh god…college in two months…:(