Liz was in the Crashdown waiting for Max. He was suppose to meet her a while ago but, he never showed up. Liz was worried that something terrible happened to him. "Hey Lizzie, who you waiting for"? Maria asked sneaking up behind Liz. "Oh, I'm waiting for Max" Liz answered. Maria seemed confused. "Max Evans? Since when did you talk to him"? Maria asked. "Well, I started talking to him a couple of days ago. Ever since the shooting here I thought that I should make more friends. He's really nice" Liz commented. Maria gave a suspicious look. She didn't believe one word Liz said. Maria pulled out the newspaper behind her back and said "Liz, I don't believe that all of a sudden you want to be Max Evans friend. You never use to pay attention to him". Maria put the newspaper in front of Liz. so, she can read it. On the front page it said "A waitress at the Crashdown Cafe' gets shot, and mysteriously comes back to life". Liz looked at Maria innocently. "Liz, you better tell me the truth or I will find out what's happening. I know something isn't right" Maria warned.
Liz got up from the booth and dragged Maria to the back room. "If I tell you something you have to promise you won't tell anyone" Liz said. Maria nodded her head in agreement. "I did get shot. Max Evans healed me. He's an alien and so is his sister and their friends Tess and Michael" Liz explained. Maria looked like she wanted to burst out laughing. "Ok, Liz, when you want to tell me the real story just give me a call". Maria walked out of the back room and Liz followed. She had to come up with a more believable story.
Max entered the Crashdown. As soon as Maria saw him she turned to Liz and said "Look Lizzie, it's an alien". Liz was so embarrassed. Now she was going to have to tell Max what happened. Max gave Liz a confused looked. "Max, I have to tell you something upstairs" Liz said.
Max followed Liz to her room. Once the door was closed Max asked "Why did Maria call me an alien? You didn't tell her did you"? Liz looked guilty. "Yes, I did tell her but, she didn't believe me. She knew something was wrong and if I didn't tell her who knows what she would've done" Liz said. "It doesn't matter if she doesn't believe the alien story. The point is you promised you wouldn't tell anyone but, you still told Maria. What would've happened if she believed you? Another person would've known". Max started to leave. "Where are you going"? Liz questioned. "I need to talk to someone I trust" Max said leaving Liz's room.
Max walked to the trailer park. He wanted to talk to Tess about what just happened. He needed her more than ever at this moment. Max knocked on the door. After a few seconds Michael answered. "What are you doing here, Maxwell"? "I came to see Tess. I need to talk to her" Max explained. "She isn't here. She's at your house with Izzy". Max started walking away when Michael asked "What did you want to talk to her about"? "It's not important". Before Michael could ask anymore questions Max left the trailer park.
Max walked into his house and ran up the stairs to Isabel's room. Max knocked on the door. He could hear a bunch of giggling inside. "Come in" Isabel shouted. Max walked into Isabel's room. She and Tess were trying on dresses for the dance coming up. Isabel had on a black dress. It was plain, no sleeves, and it was a velvet material. Tess was wearing a purple satin dress, with spaghetti straps. Max's jaw almost dropped at the sight of Tess. He never really noticed how beautiful she was.
"What is it, Max"? Isabel asked. "I need to talk to Tess" Max answered. "Well, whatever you have to say to Tess you can say to me" Isabel answered. Max really didn't want to tell Isabel or Michael about almost finding out what they were. Michael and Iz weren't as understanding as Tess. Not only that Isabel would get pissed if she found out he was going to tell Tess this information but, not her. "Well, Max? you going to tell us"? Isabel said. Max knew he couldn't get out of this situation so, he said "Liz told Maria. She didn't believe her though". "What"! Isabel exploded. "I knew she would do something like that. You can't trust humans" Tess commented. "Max, you were going to tell Tess this but, not me or Michael"? Isabel questioned. Max looked away. He couldn't look at Isabel face at this moment.
"Kids, I'm home" Diane said walking into the room. "Oh, Izzy, Tess, you look beautiful". "Thank you, Mrs. Evans" Tess said. "I just wanted to tell you I'm home. If you need anything I'll be downstairs" Mrs. Evans said. "Ok, mom" both Max and Isabel said in unison.
Once Diane left the room, Isabel gave Max a cold look. "We have to figure out what we're going to do. We should to get Michael and plan out what we're going to do about Liz, Maria, and Valenti" Isabel said. "Fine but, I don't think Maria is a problem or the Sheriff" Max commented. "We should talk about it just to be safe" Tess said.
Max, Isabel, Michael, and Tess were sitting under the bleachers of their high school football field. No one was around so, it would be easy for them to talk. "So, Liz told Maria that we're aliens" Michael said. "Yea, but, Maria didn't believe her" Max answered. "Great now we don't just have Valenti to worry about, now we have Liz telling everyone we're aliens" Michael said. He knew saving Liz was a big mistake but, Max didn't listen. "I think we should just kill Valenti and Liz" Isabel suggested. "We can't kill Valenti. If he's found dead there's going to be some type of investigation and then they'll probably find out it was us" Tess said. Everyone looked at Max. Hopefully he'd know what to do. "We're not going to kill anyone. We're going to hide like we have for the past 10 years. We're going to act normal" Max ordered. "Great plan, Max" Isabel said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Maxwell, we can't hide anymore. Valenti knows something isn't right. Liz is telling her friends about us. Who knows what will happen if someone does believe her one day" Michael said. He couldn't stand it when Max would passively watch and not take any kind of action.
Max was silent he couldn't think of anything else to do besides hiding from everyone. "I'll talk to Liz. I'll make sure she doesn't tell anyone" Max reassured. "Yea, like she'll listen to you" Isabel said before walking away. She couldn't take Max at this moment. Even if he did talk to Liz, that doesn't mean she'd actually listen. Last time he told her to keep her mouth shut, she still told Maria.
As Isabel was turning the corner she started to hear footsteps behind her. Isabel's heart starting racing, and her body was shaking from nerves. Isabel was too afraid to turn around so, she started walking faster. She hoped whoever was following her would stop. The footsteps were getting louder and faster. All these thoughts started entering Isabel's mind. What if it was an FBI agent behind her? What if they were going to take her away? What if it was the Sheriff?
Isabel turned the corner and came face to face with a man. He was tall, thin, and balding. Isbael almost screamed but, the man put his hand over her mouth. "Don't worry, Isabel. I won't hurt you" the man said before releasing his hand from her mouth. "How did you know my name? Isabel asked harshly. The man smirked. "I know everything about you. I know who you, Michael, Tess and Max are". Isabel looked at the man. Who was he? "My name is Nasedo. Bring the other's to Pullman Ranch tomorrow after school. I'll answer all your questions". Before Isabel could ask anything, the man ran down the alley. Isabel wasn't sure if she should tell the other's what happened. It could be some sort of trap.
While Isabel was walking home she was debating whether or not to tell Max about Nasedo. Isabel finally decided she would tell Max about him. Even though he was kinda creepy, he did get her attention of what he had to say. Isabel walked into her house. Luckily her parents were sleeping so, she wouldn't get into for coming home late. Isabel knocked on Max's door. She didn't even wait for him to answer. When she walked into his room, she noticed Tess and Michael were in the room. Michael was on the floor in the sleeping bag that they kept in Max's room. He looked like he had been in a fight. Most likely with Hank. Tess was sharing the bed with Max. He had his arms around her. Tess looked like she had been crying and her eyes was black and blue. Max would probably heal it for her in the morning.
Tess would always spend the night in Max's room. Whenever she was scared of something, or if Hank had hit her. She would always go to Max and he would comfort her. There was always this special bond between them. Ever since they came out of the pod. Michael would sleep over too but, not as much as Tess.
Isabel walked over to Max and whispered "Max, wake up. I need to tell you something". Max opened his eyes. "What is it, Iz"? Max slowly got out of his bed, trying not to wake Tess up. "I was walking home and some guy named Nasedo told me to bring you, Tess and Michael to Pullman Ranch tomorrow. He said he knew what we were and somehow he knew my name. I think we should go and see what he has to say" Isabel said. Max just looked at her for a moment. He was too tired to think. "Well, are we going to meet him"? Isabel asked. "I don't know. What if it's some kind of set up"? Max asked. "What if it's not? What if he's from our planet? I think we should go. If he's not there we'll leave and if he is we should talk to him. We can finally get some answers " Isabel said with a smile spreading across her face. "Fine, we'll go and meet him" Max agreed.
Isabel gave Max a hug. There was some part of her that always wanted to know about her alien side just like Michael and Tess wanted to know about it. She was close to her human parents but, she always wanted more than that. Max however seemed scared by his alien side. He wanted to hide from it. He liked being normal but, no matter what they'd never be that.