THIS IS THE NEW CHAPTER. I condensed the first two chapters into one since they were so short. Hope that's cool.

Okay so thanks for everyone who has read this story so far. For this chapter anything in italics is either thoughts or memories. This is where the story begins to break from cannon plot and things change. I'm not going to lie and say I've outlined what will happen because I haven't. This entire idea just popped into my head one day and it's kind of writing itself as we go, which is super fun. So hopefully my plot bunny keeps giving and inspiration continues to hit. This is the longest chapter of the story so far. Soo exciting. Please review. Reviews would make my day, though I will admit that I didn't expect that many readers for this since Roswell is such an old world. But I'd be super happy to hear from readers - good or bad reviews are welcome as long as they are constructive. :)

At the pod chamber Michael and Isabel finish cleaning through cobwebs and stare at the tiny figure inside the pod.

"He's so small," Michael whispers.

"Yeah," Isabel answers. She places her hand against the membrane holding the baby. She gasps.

"What is it?" Max asks.

Isabel takes Max and Michael's hands with a smile on her face and places them on the membrane. They both feel the baby move.

"Wow," Michael murmurs in awe.

"Wow! Wow! You smile!" Max exclaims, looking at his sister. "And you can only say wow!" he adds, looking at Michael as he steps away from the pod. He starts pacing in the small cave. "This is insane. We can't just get a baby out of nowhere. We can barely keep our own lives under control. How are we going to manage a child? How could we possibly do this?"

"You don't need to do anything, Maxwell!" Michael replies angrily. "He's not yours!"

Max looks at his sister. "He's right. The baby is not your responsibility. He's ours." Michael smirks slightly, but his victory is short lived as Isabel continues, "But Max has a point. We have to think this through."

"What! So, now that we found him you want to keep him trapped in here! Iz, what I saw... what we..."

"I know, Michael. I felt it too."

"Did you? Because if you did you wouldn't be thinking about keeping him -"

"I'm not!" Isabel interrupts. "I want to get him out as much as you, maybe more, but I don't want to show up in town with a mystery baby and raise suspicions. I don't want to get him out of here just to put him in danger."

Michael sighs, knowing she is right. He nods at her before speaking, "Okay, then what now?"

"Look even if you two find a way to hatch this baby, he's gonna need things, food and care and... are you two sure this is what you want?"

"Yes!" they answer.

"Well I guess then -" Max stops talking, hearing his cell phone ring.

Michael's POV

Michael gently pulls Isabel a bit away from her brother. "What do you want to do?" he asks while Max is on the phone. "Please Iz, tell me what you honestly want." I need to know if I'm alone in this. I need to know if I'm the only one who feels like he's willing to do anything for this tiny boy. Am I really the only one who wants to do something that everyone will probably think is crazy.

"I want to help him. I... just feel this connection. It's like no matter what, I love him. Even if you and I didn't… I can't explain it, but he is ours."

Michael feels like a weight has been lifted. He knows exactly what she means. "Even if we didn't make him in this life, he is ours to protect and to… to…" He can't finish that sentence. Too crazy. The idea of loving someone unconditionally, the way he's thinking he could love his child, it's terrifying. He would have someone who would truly be his family. Not like Max and Izzy, but real flesh and blood and shared alien DNA kind of family. It sounded in part wonderful, but mostly it was petrifying.

Izzy just couldn't let him get away with not saying it. "And to love, Michael. He's ours to protect and to love."

He nods at her, knowing that it's true. If that baby hatches, he will love him like he's never loved before. He may be emotionally stunted like Maria thinks, but seeing that flashback and feeling Adam alive in the pod changes everything

"Adam!" he excitedly says.

"What?" Isabel asks.

"His name is Adam."

"Did you have a flashback?"

"No. I just know."

Isabel smiles slightly and nods in agreement. "Adam," she whispers.

They stop talking as they hear Max speak louder. "What do you mean he has Liz? We're coming!"

"What happened?" Isabel asks, approaching her brother.

"Maria says that Liz left with me earlier today and has not come back. But then she saw me at the Crashdown and talked to Liz and put two and two together. Someone who looks just like me took her." Max dials Liz's number. "Liz, it's me," he says and pauses, listening to her reply. "I don't know who you're with, but we're coming. Tell us where you are. Liz? Liz?" Max calls, knowing no reply will come. "It has to be Nasedo. He has her!"

"We'll get her back, Max," Isabel replies.

"Yes," Michael assured. "We'll get her back."

Isabel sat in her room, thinking of everything that had happened in the past couple of weeks. The realization that she and Michael had a child in the cave, the place Tess and Nasedo call the pod chamber. Max being taken by the FBI and the horrible things they had done to her brother. And Michael… he killed someone and it was eating at him. And Maria and Alex… God, she wanted to go back, back to a time when things weren't so complicated and her biggest concern was how to finally open up to someone. She had been ready to be with Alex and wondered how she would fare if she allowed him to see all of her. But they couldn't be together now, could they? Not with having Adam and not after all that had happened. She still remembered Michael's words and Maria's tears and Alex's disappointment. But they did the right thing, right? Michael and I did the right thing, Isabel told herself as she remembered the mine.

Isabel was with Tess and Alex, trying to locate Nasedo through Pierce when she had heard Michael's scream. "No!"

She rushed to the auditorium only to catch Max telling Michael that he didn't mean to kill him and Michael arguing that he wasn't good. She heard Max again trying to reassure Michael, but he was obviously not buying it.

"No! The bottom line Maxwell, I kill people. I kill people, you heal them. You're good, and I'm bad," Michael said as Maria walked to him.

"It's not true, Michael," Max stated with conviction.

"Just get out of here," Michael said looking at Maria who was trying to comfort him.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"It's not safe," he answered.

"It's never been safe. What difference does it make now?"

"No, I'm not safe. All right, I mean, I can do these things that I can't control. Look at what I did to Pierce. I'm not going to take that chance with you."

"Wait. Don't do this to me Michael, please. You need me now, more than you have before, alright?"

"No, I don't need anyone. I'm strong enough."

"Michael stop," Isabel interrupted. "You were defending us. You did what needed to be done, for us. That's the kind of person that you are."

"Iz, you weren't here. You didn't see."

"Max said he would be dead if it wasn't for you. I believe that. I know it's true because you would always come for us, whenever we need you, you're there. You may not have said it aloud, but I know you promised."

"That's not it. I'm not good like you. I'm not–"

"You're not what? None of us are perfect. Tell me what you were thinking, when you saw Pierce and wished him dead. Admit it, Michael."

"I… how do you know?"

"Because I thought about it too. In the white room, when I saw what they were doing to Max… I wondered how a tiny child would fare against someone so horrible. Michael, you wanted Pierce dead because he was here to hurt us and if he got us and forced us to tell him our secrets he would get our son. You did what you needed to do and I... I would have done the same thing if I had been here. Does that make me unsafe or bad?"

Michael shakes his head no as she moves closer to him and gives him a hug. "You did what you had to. For Max, for me, for Adam. It's okay, Mikey," she murmurs, knowing that the nickname she hasn't used in years would get him to see reason. "Okay, okay," he let out in a barely audible whisper and gave her a gentle squeeze. When they pulled apart they saw Maria's pain filled eyes and Alex's questioning look.

Michael turned to Maria. "I stand by what I said. I'm not going to take a chance with a human, especially not you. I don't want you to be around for what's going to happen."

"But you want her?" Maria accused, talking about Isabel.

"That's different."

"Why?"

"Iz and I are not together like that."

"Stop with the lies! It's because she's alien, isn't it? How could a lowly human ever compare?"

"Maria, that's not true," Isabel interrupted.

"Isn't it?" Alex argued. "The moment you heard Michael you ran like you didn't care about anything else in the world. And it's all hugs and reassurances for him."

"He needed me," Isabel argued.

"No, he needed me!" Maria countered.

"All you care about now is this child you found and your precious Michael, isn't it?" Alex reproached.

"Enough!" Michael interrupted angrily. He then placed all his attention on Maria. "This thing between us. It's over. I don't need you."

"Well, maybe I do. Did you ever think of that? I mean, look at Max and Liz. They can't bear to be separated. But you, you can just throw me away. Replace me with Isabel and her baby in one swoop. Just like that. Why is that, Michael? Why?"

"Maybe because I love you too much. Goodbye."

Michael left. Alex moved to hug his friend and Maria clung to him, sobbing onto his shirt. Isabel didn't know what to do.

"You're going after him, aren't you?" Alex accused.

"I... I…"

"Just go already," he said resignedly.

And she did. Isabel remembered how torn she had been as she walked away. But she had to. They had to rescue Nasedo and sooner or later they would have to go back to Adam. She didn't want to hurt anyone, especially Alex. But she couldn't help what needed to be done. Why couldn't he understand that this was her son? That it wasn't a choice? She had to be there for the baby. It was the right thing to do. Maybe it was crazy, but she couldn't help how she felt. This was her son and no one would come before that. Not Alex or even Max or Michael.

Isabel had a purpose now. She knew in her bones, that she was now a mother. Even if Adam wasn't out of the pod yet, she was his mom. But what did that involve? Would she have to be with Michael? God that made things confusing. She loved him, she knew that had always been true. But he was like her brother. She loved Michael dearly, but could she love him like a wife loves a husband? Like she supposedly loved him before? Her mother's words echoed in her head but she still couldn't fully believe that part was true.

"If you are seeing me now, it means that you are alive and well. I take this form because it will be familiar to you, and it will help you to understand what I am about to say. You have lived before. You perished in the conflict that enslaves our planet but your essence was duplicated, cloned, and mixed with human genetic materials so that you might be recreated into human beings. My children," she murmured extending her hands towards Max and Isabel.

"Oh my god, Max. Our mother."

"My son, you were the beloved leader of our people. I have sent with you your young bride. My daughter, with you I have sent your husband, and your brother's second-in-command, as well as the future of our people, your child, Adameus. Your love and willingness to sacrifice yourself brought him on earth. You and your beloved must deliver and protect him. He's the treasure of our world."

Isabel looked at Michael who was nodding at the figure in front of them.

"Our enemies have come to the Earth. You will know them only by the evil within. Learn enough to use your skills, your knowledge, your leadership to combat the enemy so that you can come back and free us. And that I may once again hold you both and my grandson in my arms. I live for that moment. Help us. I love you."

"She's so beautiful," Isabel said.

"I always knew there was something out there, but I had no idea how important it was," Michael added. He looked at Isabel. "We will find a way. We will free Adam."

"Things will never be the same, but whatever happens, we have to stay together. It's the four of us and Adam now," Max stated.

"I knew this was meant to be," Tess said.

"No," Max answered, looking towards Liz. "Look, everything I told you before is still true."

"Max, you do have a destiny. You just heard it. I can't stand in the way of it"

And then with one good bye kiss, her brother's heart had been broken. Isabel knew that Max loved Liz. In a way, she had been jealous of them. They had found this incredible thing with each other and had been so devoted. It had angered her at times how much Max would risk for Liz, how much his affection may cost her and Michael. But now, Isabel hoped it hadn't come to this. Her brother was being torn apart by that love that she had once been jealous of and she wished so badly that she could give it back. She wished she could give Max his love and see him happy, even more than she wished to have normalcy or her relationship with Alex back or to see Michael happy with Maria. She cared about Alex, she trusted him, but she knew her feelings were not nearly as intense as what Max had with Liz. And she wanted Michael happy, but him and Maria were never in love like Max and Liz had been.

"They probably would have broken up eventually anyway, just like me and Alex," Isabel said to herself, trying to sound convincing.

"Talking to yourself is the first sign of insanity."

"Ahh! What the hell, Michael! Don't sneak on me like that!"

"I wasn't quiet. It's not my fault you're too busy talking to yourself and staring into space to notice your surroundings."

"Whatever. Max is not here."

"If I wanted to see Max I would have climbed up his window."

"Right, so… what's up?" Isabel asked awkwardly.

"Don't do that."

"What?"

"The acting all uncomfortable because of what's going on with Adam and everything. Look… We've never had issues talking and being honest with each other. There's no need to freak over this. We'll figure this thing with Adam out and find a way to make it work."

"You're right. I just… Alex and Maria are hurt. Max is devastated over Liz and she probably feels the same. Tess is the only one that seems okay with this situation. Max and I are constantly lying to our parents and I haven't come up with a story for when Adam is born, if we can get him to be born. I don't know what to do or how to feel anymore." Michael looks ready to argue with her, but she stops him. "Let me finish. I am committed to getting Adam out of that pod. We will find a way. But we need to have a story about how a baby happened. How we going to do this Michael?"

"I've been thinking about that and Tess is helping."

"What? You talked to Tess about a plan before me!"

"No! She came to my place, okay. She asked for my help and offered hers."

"Help with what, getting Max to love her? You can't help with that!"

Michael looked at her angrily. "Do you actually believe Maxwell's love life qualifies as my concern?"

"No. But then what? What does she want help with?"

"The book. She wants to decode the destiny book."

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh!"

"I'm sorry, okay. I should know better. You would never meddle with anyone's love life."

"That's right. But she gave me ideas."

"What ideas?"

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