Dust, about 72 hours before the note of a UFO reached NYC

Just as the sun was setting in Roswell, a bright light appeared from just over the horizon.

Liz was sitting on the balcony outside her room. She stared at the stars. Her hand held a glass of coke. She looked at it, waving her freehand over it, changing it from coke to sprite. "I'll Pass..." She mumbled, lovingly to herself.

Sighing lightly she gazed upward again. What looked like a shooting star sped over head. Liz stood, her glass falling to the ground. She became excited, to excited to think. She ran down stars, bursting through the doors. Kyle bumped into her, as she ran out into the middle of the street.

"They're back?" Liz asked, her eyes lighting up. Kyle smiled in wonder at her. "They're back!" He yelled, happily grasping her hand. Liz smiled. As he took her hand her eyes met his, suddenly it didn't feel wrong.

They ran down the road, hand in hand.

In the desert

"Come on, move!" Michael pushed them on. What sounded like gunfire could be heard in the distance behind them. "Damn it!" Max was running alongside the others, holding a device in his hand. "The ship is repairing at half the rate it should. We have about 24hours before it'll be ready for us." Max explained as they ran towards the POD chamber.

Michael held Isabel's hand, who held a small baby close to her chest. Tess grasped Max's free hand, and held her child close to her own chest. Tess' child was slightly larger than Isabel's but still small. There was a large shattering boom. Michael took the girls under his arms, protecting them and their children. "Run!" Max called, taping on the device in his hand. "What?" Michael looked up. "Run, they're coming!" Max yelled. They ran fast, making it inside the chamber seconds before another blast went off at their heels.

Liz and Kyle reach the desert.

"Man..." Kyle mumbled, stopping his car, at the edge of a large crater. "What the hell happened here?" Liz asked, touching the ground. The sand felt softer than normal. "Let's check the chamber out." Liz suggested. Kyle nodded.

They moved to the chamber door. Liz looked up at Kyle, almost asking for permission. "Okay, here goes." Liz rubbed her fingers together. She waved her hand over the door, a handprint appeared and the door began to open. Liz and Kyle looked to each other, taking deep breaths the entered into the unknown.

Inside the chamber

Michael held his hand out, grabbing Liz by the back of the neck. "Help, Kyle!" Liz yelled. Kyle turned around. "Michael! It's Liz!" Kyle panicked. Michael looked down at the girl her held. "Liz?" He let her go, she fell down, coughing. "Thanks." Liz coughed. "I don't want to know why, or how you two managed to get in here, but I suggest you leave before-" It was too late. Max came barging over. "Get out, you don't know what you've down-" As Max began to get rough, with his language. A baby began to cry, then another. "Max!" Isabel screamed. Max dropped what he was doing and ran towards the almost sonic screaming. Isabel and Tess looked down at their children, who screamed louder as the seconds passed. "Max, help!" Tess cried.

Isabel and Tess laid their children down. Max kneeled at their heads. He placed one hand over each child. His hands began to glow a deep red. The children began to settle. "Michael, the ship repair, how is it?" Max asked. Michael picked up the device Max had been holding. "Not good, we still have 20 hours left. Liz and Kyle looked on. The others had practically forgotten thy were their.

Kyle began to back out, he took Liz's hand.

Michael stepped in their way. Suddenly their friends didn't seem so friendly, and Michael seemed a lot larger

Max looked to the girls, then to Michael. They dispersed through the room, in seconds, creating a shield. They had trapped Liz and Kyle.

As morning rose upon the desert

Michael paced with his daughter, Max rocked with his son. The girls had taken their turn watching Kyle and Liz. They sat unhappily on the cold stone floor, sulking with each other.

Finally Liz had, had enough. She rose to her feet. "I can't take this! We came here to see all of you, to make sure you were okay, and this is what we get!" Liz stomped her foot. Kyle touched her hand from where he was sitting, it offered some safety. Liz huffed, sitting down.

Isabel rose her hand. Both Liz and Kyle cringed thinking she was about to attack. Instead Isabel had created a window, a picture of something. It was too blurry to make out at first. Slowly it began to focus. Thousands of soldiers were sweeping the desert, some just outside the chamber. "Leave now and you'll die." Isabel commented. "Wait for us, and you just might make it."

Kyle stood up slowly. "I have a question." He began. Max turned. "What?" He asked, in a deep flat voice. "Me and Liz, you said that this power thing would pass, but it hasn't... instead the powers are getting stronger, what's happening to us?" He asked, his voice cracked, Michael sneered at him, knowing her was nervous.

"Your still human, you're blood is still red. When I healed you, it began a process which, until resently I didn't remembered about. Your beginning to use areas of your brain that humans don't normally use. Two things can occur. It could pass, and leave you as you were, or stop, and remain." Max finished. Kyle nodded. "So, what your saying is it won't harm us?" His question made the aliens laugh out loud. "For Gods sakes, no!" Isabel laughed so hard her body shook.

Kyle sighed, relieved. "Max, we won't leave. You don't have to keep us under guard like this..." Liz commented. Max looked at her, deep into her eyes. Liz squirmed, feeling as if he was probing into her mind or something. Max nodded to Michael and Isabel, handing his son to Tess. "Fine." Max smiled. "How many more hours?" He asked Michael. "Um, let me see..." He taped the device, it made a few sounds, then. "Not much longer." Michael said, his voice grew cold, upset and scared. "I thought you said before that you had 20 more hours, that would mean you have at least around 12 hours left." Liz comments. Tess shook her head. "Not the ship, our children. They can't live here on earth. But they can survive on our ship because it has a replicated Antarian atmosphere." She explained looking down at her son, Jude who wiggled slightly in her arms. He made cooing sounds, even though everyone knew he was in pain. Tori was fast asleep, Isabel leaned against the wall, she began to nod off.

"What happened?" Kyle asked, breaking the odd silence, it was deafening. "Like I said, we bumped into Kivar, he drove us back here, knowing that our children couldn't survive here." Max explained, again. "It doesn't matter anyway. The people don't even know that their king lives, and I don't exactly look Antarian..." Max almost laughed, but looking down at his son, stopped him from doing so.

"This is weird, I mean what made you and Isabel, I mean, before you two wouldn't even think about dating..." Liz commented. Michael looked over at Isabel, she was asleep. He smiled at her form, she was so beautiful. "Isabel's not the tough, ice queen everyone made her out to be. She and I, before you knew who we were, we used to crawl into each others bedrooms, and talk about feelings we felt, we knew they were more than they seemed. She knew that she had done something terrible to us, and it would make her cry, then she'd call for me, in the middle of the night. Max would tell me to come over, and I'd sooth her." Michael stopped. His daughter had begun to fuss. He walked over to Isabel and scooped Tori from her arms. Isabel jolted, then relaxed when she saw it was Michael. He brought Tori to Liz, and held out his arms, motioning for Liz to take her. Liz gulped, standing up, gently placing the child in the crook of her arm. "She perfect." Liz smiled. Michael smiled back, they actually agreed on something.

Max watched from the back of the room. Tess gave Jude to him. "Max, I'm going to check on Isabel, I think she may feel sick." Max nodded. "Tess, wait." He grabbed her with his free hand. "You've been distant since Liz got here..." Max was silent. Tess looked down, avoiding his knowing stare. "Yeah, well..." She trailed off. Max lifter her chin to his eyes. "You know I love you, right?" He smiled. Tess' eyes lit up, they hugged. Max leaned in for a kiss. As the kissed each other, Tess got a flash. It knocked her back. "Tess!" Max yelled. Everyone turned. Isabel sprung into action, wide-awake and ready to battle. Max handed Jude to her, and ran to Tess' side. "Michael, help me." Max called.

They lifted her and placed her on a raised rock that was flattened thanks to Liz and Kyle's quick thinking. "It was another, a vision, wasn't it?" Isabel asked, pacing with Jude. "I think so, I felt it pass through me, then knock her down." Max commented nervously, he rubbed Tess' hand with his thumb. his other hand was running along her body, glowing madly. "Max here!" Isabel said, pointing to her chest. Max looked at them, pushing them away. "Go, I'll look." He insisted. When they had gone from sight, Max lifted her shirt. Her chest glowed in unison with her heartbeats. "Oh, God..." Max whispered. "Isabel..." he called. "Look." He gasped. "Oh, God..." She repeated. "Tess! Wake up!" Max called. He shook her gently. The glowing began to subside as her eyes began to open. "Whoa... what happened..." Tess mumbled, sitting up, with the help of Max. "A Vision, was it a vision?" Isabel asked. Tess nodded. "Yes... um, it, it um." Tess sat back, resting her head on Max's chest, she listened to his heartbeat. "Khivar, he's leaving... he thinks we're gone... I don't think he found our ship." Tess explained. they all sighed relieved. Michael took Tori from Liz. "Kyle Liz, our first priority is to our children, and making sure they live to see another day. Then to each other, you have to understand that." Max said, he stood up, Tess leaned on him, he picked her up and carried her to an area where she could sit in peace. "There." Isabel said, handing Jude to her. "Thanks." Tess then proceeded to take her shirt off. Kyle and Michael turned away as Tess fed Jude.

Just as Tess was fixing her shirt back up, and loud beeping sound could be heard. "Check it." Max ordered. Michael picked up the device and checked its screen. "The ship it's done." Michael smiled. "It's done!" He was too happy to contain himself. "Great..." Max exclaimed.

They began to leave. Liz and Kyle looked around, they didn't know where or what to do now.