Chapter 7
Max panted as he ran down the sidewalk, he was desperate to get to the Crashdown, he bumped into a few people but refused to stop, even when he tripped over a chair, he fell to the ground before pushing himself back up and pushed himself full on further.
Liz and Maria laughed as they swung around to the music when they heard a noise.
Max barged his way into the Crashdown, causing everyone to look at him. He slumped to his knees and Liz paled when she saw the bloody handprint, she hurried over to him with Alex and they both hauled Max up and sat him on the chair.
"God Max, what happened?" Isabel demanded and Max shook his head.
"It's Naesco, he's dead," Max told them.
"What?" Tess demanded, Max looked at her before looking back at Liz, when Liz noticed the scrape that was on his cheek.
"Max, you're hurt," Liz gasped out as she lifted a hand up and touched the scrape, Max reached up and cupped her hand to his cheek and a glowing started up between them, Liz gasped when she felt her hand tingle and she pulled their hands away, only to see that that his wound was healed. "Max…" she whispered but was interrupted by Isabel.
"Where did you leave Naesco?" she demanded and Max looked up at her.
"In my bedroom, on the floor," he told her and she gaped at him.
"You left him in your room?" she demanded.
"We gotta get him to the pod chamber to see if we can heal him," Michael stated as he and Isabel pushed Liz out of the way and hauled Max up by his arms.
"Liz…" he groaned out and Isabel shook her head.
"There's nothing she can do to help us," she told him as they led him out of the backroom while Maria wrapped an arm around Liz's waist and held her close as Liz rested her head on her shoulder.
Max, Michael, Tess and Isabel surrounded Naesco, they all held the healing crystals, the crystals glowed for a minute before they returned back to their normal colours and Max sighed.
"Why didn't it work?" Tess asked.
"Maybe whatever killed him is something that can't be reversed," Max, suggested as he knelt down beside Naseco's body.
"He can't be dead, I need him!" Tess cried, Isabel wrapped her arm around Tess' body while Max stood back up and they watched as Naseco's body crumble to dust before their eyes.
"We better get back home, Liz, Maria and Alex will want to know what happened," Max told them.
"Why should we bother informing them on anything, they have nothing to do with us," Michael snapped and Max turned to face him with a murderous glare.
"Michael, you are walking on thin ice, I stand by what I said after Isabel violated Liz's mind, don't push me because I'm more than willing to leave Roswell with Liz and not even bother to look back," he informed them before throwing down his stone and walking out of the Pod chamber, he turned back once more. "I'm heading home, get a ride from someone else," he informed them before leaving them as he headed over to the jeep.
Max climbed up the ladder, he looked over the balcony and smiled when he saw Liz, Maria and Alex in Liz's bedroom, he climbed over the wall and knocked on the window.
Liz turned and smiled when she saw Max, she walked over to the window, opening it to let him in. "Hey," Max greeted as he leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips before sitting on the bed with Liz.
"How's Naesco?" Alex asked and Max shook his head.
"He's dead, the healing stones didn't work," he admitted and Maria nodded.
"So, what's going to happen now?" she asked and Max shrugged.
"Naesco said that our enemies have arrived, Skins," Max told her and she thought about it.
"Why are they called skins?" she asked and Max shrugged.
"We'll probably find out if we meet up with them," Max told her and Maria nodded as her watch started beeping and she rolled her eyes.
"That's my cue to go home, mom wants me home early," Maria told them and Liz nodded. "Good night Chica," Maria told Liz as she leaned over and hugged Liz.
"Night Maria," Liz told her before pulling away and hugging Alex, Maria and Alex waved to Max before leaving the room.
Liz turned to Max and cupped his face.
"Are you sure you okay?" she asked and Max nodded.
"Yeah, just a little worn out," he promised her and she nodded before pinning him with a look.
"Are you going to tell me how you managed to heal yourself with my hand?" she asked and Max shrugged.
"I don't know how that happened, my instincts told me to do it," he explained and Liz sighed as Max laid down and she curled herself up next to him.
Max was lying on his back on the bed, one arm resting behind his head while his other arm was wrapped around Liz's waist, stroking her hair while her head rested on his chest.
"You're really worried," Liz stated and Max nodded.
"Yeah, Liz, we're not ready to face our enemies yet," Max, told her. "And we know nothing about them except they killed Naesco and they shred skins."
"Do you think they'll come straight for you?" Liz asked and Max shrugged.
"I have no idea," He admitted.
"I think the question we should be asking is, how did they know Naseco was Naseco?" Liz questioned and Max looked at her. "Max, I didn't know you were Naseco till I got the flashes," she reminded and he nodded as he remembered. "So, how did they know?" she finished.
"Maybe he slipped up somehow," Max, suggested and Liz looked up at him.
"Do you seriously see Naseco slipping up?" she asked. "Your whole lives depended on him being discreet," she explained to him. "Yes, I know that he wasn't discreet when he shape shifted himself in the public bathroom when a tourist saw Agent Pierce step in it," she amended. "But I don't see Naesco putting your lives in danger," Liz finished and Max nodded.
"I know but I can't think how they knew, maybe they have some sort of sixth sense, like we did with Tess, how we knew about her?" Max suggested and Liz sighed.
"I don't know," she whispered and they both just stared at the ceiling once more. "What are you going to do about Tess?" Liz asked and Max looked down at her. "Max, you can't leave her alone in that house, what if the Skins has been watching the house, they would know about her," Liz explained and Max sighed.
"We'll talk to Tess tomorrow and see if she wants to move, we could ask the sheriff if he could take her in, I don't think Maria or Alex would be happy to have her in their house, you don't have enough room and I don't think Michael will be ready to share his apartment and there is no way she is staying at my house," Max swore and she sighed.
"Max, she is one of you, you need to find some way to trust her," she told him and Max shook his head.
"Not after the mind games she's been playing and not with Isabel and Michael against our relationship," he stated.
Michael walked Tess home. They made their way up to the door.
"Are you sure you will be okay tonight?" Michael asked and Tess smiled.
"I will be fine," she told him. "I do have some powers," she reminded and Michael nodded and Tess sighed. "Thank you for walking me home," she told him as she reached up and kissed his cheek, she pulled away only for Michael to capture the back of her head and pulled her into a kiss.
Tess let out a small moan as she wrapped her arms around his neck, holding when all of a sudden there was a noise, they broke away and Michael pushed her behind him as he opened the door.
A shadow of a figure appeared and Michael ran after it with Tess following him, they headed outside the backdoor only to stop when there was no one there.
"Maybe it was just a cat?" Tess suggested when Michael saw something and he picked up, Tess watched as the skin crumbled under his hands.
"Not unless they can shred their skin," Michael stated as he started looking about for the intruder.
Jim Valenti woke awake with a gasp; he lay still in his bed as he listened. There was a small mutter of voices and footsteps.
He climbed out of bed and headed over to the gun case, where he grabbed one of the gun and slowly made his way over to the door, he yanked it open and lifted up the shot gun, causing Michael to throw up his hand and Tess to lock gaze with gun. "Whoa, it's just us!" Michael exclaimed, causing Jim to let out a sigh of relief and drop the gun.
"What are you two doing here?" he demanded.
"Naseco's dead," Michael stated. "Tess's house was broke into and we think it might be the same people who killed Naesco, we were wondering if you could let her stay here for a while?" Michael asked and Jim nodded as he led the way into the living room.
Liz made her way over to the Congress Whitaker's office; she stepped in and smiled when she saw Whitaker.
"Good morning," she greeted and she scoffed.
"Is it?" she asked and Liz's face turned to concern.
"Problem?" she asked and Whitaker sighed.
"I had a great night with Daniel, you know, the guy you met yesterday?" he asked and Liz nodded. "Well, it was the only time I heard from him," she muttered and Liz fought herself to tell her something and she nodded.
"Maybe he is just caught up in work or something like that?" she asked. "He works for the F.B.I, right?" she asked and Whitaker nodded.
"Yeah, it could be that," Whitaker agreed before handing Liz a file. "Here you go, I'm just going to be in my office," she told Liz and Liz nodded as she placed the file on the table and switched on the computer when the phone rang.
"Hello, Congress Whitaker's office," she greeted.
/Hey, is my baby there/ A male voice asked and Liz rolled her eyes.
"Max," she greeted.
/Hey, busy at work are you/ He teased and Liz grinned.
"Yes, I am, Whitaker's isn't happy with Pierce at the moment so I'm just gonna try and stay in her good books," Liz admitted.
/Okay, listen, Tess is staying at the Valenti's house, her house was broken into by the same people that attacked her father/ Max told her and Liz nodded.
"Is she okay?" Liz asked.
/Yeah, Michael was with her during the incident and Maria is just heading off for her date with James/ Max stated.
"Yeah, they're going to the cinema, there is a movie on that Maria wanted to see," Liz stated.
/Hm, wonder what kinda of movie they'll be seeing, could be good/ Max stated and Liz grinned.
"Do you really think Maria and James are watching a movie?" she teased.
/I know what I would like to do with you at the movies/ Max teased back and Liz laughed.
"Okay, I gotta go and get this work done, I'll see you at lunch anyway," she told him.
/Okay, I love you/ Max told her and she smiled, she still got the fuzzy warm glow running through her body whenever she heard that.
"I love you too," she replied before they hung up. Liz turned back to her computer when the door jingled, causing her to look up and smile when she saw Maria. "Hey, I thought you were going on a date with James?" she asked and Maria nodded.
"I am, just wanted to let you know that Kyle is back today," she told her and Liz nodded.
"Okay, I'll meet you over at the Crashdown at lunch, say one?" Liz suggested and Maria nodded.
"Sure thing, see you later," Maria stated as she left the office, leaving Liz shaking her head and turning back to her computer so she could continue with her work.
Kyle was sitting at the bus stop; he sat on the steps just as Jim turned up in his sheriff's car.
"I have been waiting here for 3 hours!" Kyle complained as Jim got out of the car and he nodded.
"I know, I'm sorry, Tess's father died last night, things are a little complicated right now," he explained as he picked up the bag and threw it into the back of the car.
"It shouldn't be, all we have to do is stay out of their way," Kyle stated as he walked over to the car, leaving Jim standing there, wondering how he was going to talk to his son.
Liz made her way into the Crashdown and she smiled when she saw Max sitting next to Michael at the booth that they and Tess and Isabel are currently occupying.
"Hey," Max greeted when he saw his girlfriend as she walked over to him, she settled herself into his lap, causing him to lean in and kiss her. "Have a good day?" he asked and she nodded.
"Yep, Maria came in after your phone call, Kyle is coming back today," she told him and he nodded.
"Ready for the talk?" he asked and she grimaced.
"Slightly, still trying to figure out what his reaction could be," she told him and he nodded just as they heard a noise, they turned to see James lean in to kiss Maria, causing her to squeak slightly before she melted against him and Liz smiled, glad to see that her best friend and cousin was getting on great.
"Do they have to do that outside?" Michael grumbled and Liz shrugged.
"James has never really minded, he likes showing off how much he cares about Maria," Liz explained as she turned back to see her cousin walking off, waving while Maria waved back and entered the Crashdown, she walked over to the gang with a dreamy smile.
"Have a good time at the movies?" Max asked, innocently while Maria smiled.
"Can't really remember what I saw," Maria stated and Liz smirked up at her boyfriend before getting off his lap and he stood up.
"We're going to see Kyle," Liz told Max and he nodded.
"Okay, have fun," he told her as he bent down to kiss her before waving as Maria led Liz out of the Crashdown and he turned back to see Michael, Isabel and Tess staring at him with an unhappy expression and ignored them as he ordered another drink, he was going to damned if he let them interfered in his life anymore.
Kyle answered the door when he heard knocking noises. Liz and Maria stood there on the other side of the door and they smiled at him, hesitantly.
"Hey Kyle," Maria greeted and Kyle leaned on the door.
"What are you doing here?" Kyle asked and Liz sighed.
"We came here to explain, you know, what happened in May," Liz told him and Kyle scoffed.
"I know what I need to know, Max Evans is not a human being and he put my life at risk by getting me shot and saved me out of pity," Kyle snipped and instantly regretted it when he saw hurt in Liz's eyes.
"So, Max did the same to me huh?" Liz demanded and shook her head as she turned to Maria, only to see that Maria was looking like she was ready to kill. Maria barged her way into the house and jabbed a finger into Kyle's chest.
"Max Evans is more human than you even realise. He saved your life because that who he is, he risked his life to save yours. Just like he did Liz. Now I guarantee that Max didn't save your life because he was in love with you like he did with Liz but you need to realise that Max had a choice, he could have chosen to walk away and let Liz and you die but he didn't. He saved your life and you should be damn well grateful to him," Maria hissed out.
"Are you saying you don't care what Max is?" Kyle asked, incredulously as he took a step back and rubbed his chest from where Maria poked.
"Yes!" Maria snapped. "God, if it wasn't for Max, Liz would be dead right now, okay? Next month could have been her anniversary of her death and it's thanks to Max that she is alive and I still have my best friend!" Maria snapped and shook her head, causing her blonde locks to fly around. "And I will not have anyone saying a bad thing about Max Evans, the only thing he did was save people lives and he got hunted down for that."
"Kyle, the guy you tried to help, Agent Pierce?" Liz asked and Kyle nodded. "He kidnapped Max and held him in the white room for 48 hours, he was going to kill Max before we managed to save him," Liz explained as tears filmed her eyes as the memories of Max's flashes came to her. "They tortured him, they made him see pictures of everyone he loved and a picture of me dead. He only gave in and agreed to help Pierce because Isabel managed to contact him and let him know that we were there to save him," Liz informed him. "The FBI hunted him down because he saved my life, not because he killed someone, but because he brought me back from the brink of death."
"Still shouldn't have involved me," Kyle remarked and Maria growled.
"I, distinctly, remembering Max saying that he told you to stay behind, that your father was safe. I remember that you came to the UFO Centre all on your own and that you helped Pierce free and gave him the gun, one that he pointed at Liz to shoot with. If Michael hadn't used his powers, he would have killed us all," Maria explained, furiously and Kyle paled.
"Your father shot you while trying to shoot Pierce, none of us knew that you were hiding behind the screen till your dad told us that it was his gun that Pierce had," Liz explained.
"Your father begged Max to heal you before Max made his choice," Maria finished as she reached out and grabbed Liz's hand, offering her comfort. Liz smiled at Maria, loving her best friend before turning back to her ex boyfriend.
"Kyle, I know you don't like Max because you feel he stole me away from you," she started and Kyle snorted. "But you need to understand, you never had me," she admitted and Kyle looked up at her.
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Kyle demanded and Liz took a deep breath.
"Kyle, I liked Max since 3rd grade, I fancied him since 7th, the only reason I went out with you because I had resigned myself that Max wasn't interested in me," Liz explained and Kyle began shaking his head, causing Maria to jump in.
"It's true Kyle, I'm the one who kept telling Liz, 'don't look now, Max Evans is staring at you', of course, she didn't believe me but…"
"It didn't stop me from hoping that she was right," Liz finished. "She did the same thing on the day of the shooting."
"You were never going to get serious with me, were you?" Kyle asked and Liz shook her head.
"No, that's why I refused to let us go past 1st base, I just didn't feel that way about you and I'm sorry that I led you to think I did," Liz apologised and he nodded as he looked away. "Not that I'm happy with you telling Max that we got to second base because he told you that we saw into each other souls," she informed him and Maria looked at her.
"What's this?" she asked.
"The night when Max got drunk, he and Kyle discussed how far they got with me, Max told him that we saw into each other souls, I'm guessing you thought Max and I slept together?" Liz asked as she turned back to Kyle and got a nod in return. "Max meant literally," she explained and got a confused look. "When Max healed me, he saw into my soul, when he reversed the connection later to let me see that Max was still Max, I saw into his soul. That's what he meant, not that we hit home base," Liz corrected and Kyle groaned as he covered his face and Maria caught on and looked at Kyle in a stunned shock.
"You told Max that you went second base with Liz?" she demanded and Liz placed a hand on Maria's arm.
"Don't worry, I corrected it with Max," she explained and Maria nodded.
"Let's get back to the conversation we were suppose to have," Kyle told them and they nodded.
"As you know that Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess are not entirely human," Liz stated and Kyle nodded. "It's true, there are hybrids, meaning they are half human, half alien. They are the reincarnation of their past life, Max is the king, Isabel the princess, Tess the bride, Michael the second in command," Liz finished.
"Max and Tess are suppose to be together, Michael and Isabel are suppose to be together but moon doggie won't give up Liz so that little destiny is null and void," Maria stated, causing Liz to smile and Kyle to shake his head.
"Max can heal, as you know. Michael ability is to blast things basically; he is quite powerful at it. Isabel's ability is to dream walk. She can, literally, walk through your dreams to see what you are dreaming. Tess' ability is to mind warp, she can make you see things that are not there or even hide people from others," Liz remembered as she thought back to when Max had to break into the lab to deteriorate the bones and Tess used her powers to hide Max from the people in there.
"Lovely," Kyle stated as he sat down on the couch while Maria and Liz sat on the coffee table across from Kyle.
"Are you okay?" Maria asked. "We kinda got everything in small doses, you're getting everything in the one go."
"I'll be fine, considering if I just stay away from them," Kyle stated and Liz looked at him, confused.
"Isn't Tess living with you guys?" she asked and Kyle cursed, causing Liz to nod.
"Are you sure that you will be okay around Max?" Liz asked. "I really don't want any more tension around you guys," Liz warned and Kyle nodded.
"We'll be find but if Evans expects me to bow down to him, I'm going to kick his ass," Kyle stated and Maria sat up straight.
"If you do that, then Evans is going to turn you into a toad," Maria mocked and Kyle looked at her while Liz buried her face in her hands.
"He can't do that!" Kyle exclaimed before he thought about it. "Can he?"
Max walked into the Crashdown and made his way over to the boss's office when the door opened and a young man stepped out, his blonde hair was spiked up and he had blue eyes.
"Who are you?" he demanded.
"Max Evans, I work here, or I did work here," Max explained and Brody nodded.
"Oh yes, Milton told me all about you," he explained and shook his head. "Sorry, I'm just rearranging things at the moment," he explained and Max nodded.
"Do you know why Milton sold up? The last time I saw him must have been before February," Max told him and Brody shook his head.
"No, I approached him and asked him if I could buy the UFO Centre and he agreed, apparently he found something that he was looking for and decided to cut loose of everything holding him back," Brody explained and Max nodded.
"Probably something to do with aliens," Max murmured before looking at Brody. "I was just wondering, do I still have a job here?" he asked and Brody grinned.
"Yes you do, Milton told me that you were hard working, beside, saves me time interviewing people," Brody told him and Max nodded.
"Sure, do you want me to start my regular time now or give you time to get everything sorted and come back later?" Max asked and Brody looked around and winced.
"Come back later would be better, beside, it's still the holidays and the centre isn't going to be open for another couple of weeks, give you time to spend time with your girlfriend," Brody told him and Max nodded before he caught on the last word.
"Erm, how did you know…?" Max trailed off and Brody grinned.
"Another thing from Milton, keeps telling me that you have a cute girlfriend and have a habit of disappearing into the stock room with her," Brody told him and Max blushed, causing Brody to wave his hand. "Don't worry about it, I remember what it was like to be a teenager and in love," Brody explained before heading back into the office.
Max just smiled as he shook his head and walked off, hoping to catch up with Liz and see how the talk with Kyle went.
Max entered the Crashdown and smiled when he saw Alex standing next to the counter with a red head and took a guess that it was Sarah. Alex looked up and grinned when he saw Max.
"Hey Max, over here," Alex called as he waved Max over. Max walked over and nodded to Alex.
"Hey Alex," Max greeted.
"Max, this is Sarah Johnson, my girlfriend," he stated with pride in his voice and Max noticed that Sarah blushed slightly. "Sarah, this is one of my best friend, Max Evans, he's dating Liz; the small brunette you met?" Alex reminded and Sarah nodded.
"Yes, it's nice to meet you Max," she told him and Max nodded.
"It's nice to meet you too," Max told her before turning to Alex. "Speaking of Liz, is she back yet?" Max asked and Alex nodded.
"Yeah, she just went up the stairs," Alex informed her and Max grinned.
"If you excuse me, I'm gonna go and see my girl," Max told them before heading up the stairs, leaving Alex and Sarah alone.
"He's quiet, isn't he?" Sarah asked and Alex smiled.
"Yeah, though leave him alone with Liz for a few minutes and walk back in, you'll see that they two can be loud when they want to be," Alex told her with a wiggle of his eyebrows, causing Sarah to laugh when she got the message.
Max entered the apartment and looked around, Jeff stepped through and saw Max standing there.
"Hey Max, she's in her bedroom," Jeff told her and he nodded.
"Thanks Mr. Parker," Max told him before heading over to Liz's room. He entered and shut the door behind him. "How did the talk with Kyle…" he turned around only to gape when he saw Liz. "Go?" he asked and gulped. Liz was standing there, dressed in her red lingerie and she had an eyebrow arched.
"Like what you see?" she asked with a sly smile adoring her face as she watched her boyfriend rave his eyes up and down her body, sometimes taking longer glances at certain parts of her body.
"Hm, mm," Max moaned as he nodded, walking closer to Liz. He slipped his hands around her waist and pulled her into a kiss. He wrapped one of his arms tighter, lifting her up on his body while she wrapped her arms around his neck while at the same time wrapping her legs around his waist as he spun around and landed on the bed with her. "It gonna have to be quick, I'm sorry," Max whispered but Liz was more than willing as she helped him divest him of his shirt and jeans before pulling down his boxers and taking him to her hand.
She pleasured him as he quickly removed her underwear and slipped a finger into her, testing her. He knew that she was ready when she arched up into his body, causing him to pull his finger out and removed her hand from him before sliding himself into her.
Liz let out a small gasp of his name, fully aware that her mother and father were on the other side, she knew it was wrong and there was chance that they could be caught but it was only fuelling her desire to be with him. Max thrusted into her, hard, deep and fast as he took a nipple into his mouth and nipped it slightly, causing her wall to clench before letting a finger drop down and fingered her clit.
Liz moaned as she leaned forward and bit his shoulder just as her orgasm burst out, shattering her soul as she threw her head back while Max emptied himself into her. Max rested his head in between her breasts as they both slowed down and came to a stop.
"Wow," Liz whispered and Max nodded, still keeping his head between her breasts before it came flying back to him and he yanked his head up and looked at the door before looking down at her, causing to grin. "Yep, you definitely forgot about the door," she teased; he grimaced slightly before lifting his hand and waved it toward the door, locking it.
"Sorry," he whispered and she shook her head.
"Nope, I think I like this side of you, I guess I need to start walking about in my underwear more than often," she told him and he laughed as he pulled himself out of her and used his power to clean them up.
"You'll be the death of me," he told her and she grinned as she settled herself back into the bed.
"But what a way to go," she teased back as he settled himself next to her.
"Seriously, back to the conversation before you distracted me, how did the talk with Kyle go?" he asked and she sighed.
"As well as it could be," she told him and shook her head. "Kyle blamed you for healing him, you know, bringing him into our world by healing him out of pity," she explained and Max looked down at her, startled.
"But I didn't…" he started and she nodded.
"Yeah, I know it, everyone else knows it, Kyle is just having a hard time accepting that he had been shot and you had to save him for him to live," she explained and rolled her eyes. "He even said that you healed me out of pity," she told him and he sighed as looked at the ceiling, his brows furrowed when he sensed something from Liz and looked over to her only to see that she was frowning slightly.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Max asked as he shifted on his side and rested his head on his hand, from where he propped his elbow up on a pillow, looking down at his girlfriend.
"Just something what Maria said when we were talking to Kyle," she told him and he nodded, waiting for her to continue. "She told him that if you hadn't saved me, you all would be facing the anniversary of my death," she whispered and Max's face turned to understanding. "It's just…" she trailed off and shook her head as tears came to her eyes. Max reached down and buried his face into her neck as she wrapped her arms around his neck, holding on as she buried her face into the side of his neck.
Ever since the shooting, she hasn't had the chance to come to terms that she had almost died; everything just kinda took up all of her other emotions, leaving her no time to accept what happened that day. Hearing Maria talking about what could have been her death anniversary hit it home.
"It's okay, let it go," he whispered as he kissed the side of her head, holding her close to him. He rocked her backward and forward, comforting her as she let herself come to term that she had been shot and would have died if it weren't for Max's healing powers.
Once she had calmed down, Max rested them both back on the bed and brushed away her remaining tears. "You okay?" he asked and she nodded.
"Yeah," she told him, slightly embarrassed.
"Hey, don't you feel embarrassed," he told her. "Liz, you never had the chance to come to term with it, I'm sorry, I thought you had already come to term with it at the beginning," he told her and she nodded.
"So did I, but hearing what could have happened, it just kinda brought it all home for me," she admitted and he nodded as he looked around the room when something hit him.
"You know," Max started and she looked up at him. "This is actually the first time we made love in your bed," he stated and Liz laughed as she rested her forehead on his chest, both of them feeling like carefree teenagers.
They made it down to the Crashdown after getting dressed and they past the parent's approval that they hadn't been up to anything, they greeted everyone as they entered the Crashdown, Liz moved over to where Maria was joking around with Jose while Max moved over to the counter where Alex was sitting.
Alex looked his best friend more closely before turning around to Max, knowing he's more likely to get straight answers from him.
"Hey, is she okay?" Alex asked as he nodded his head toward Liz and Max shook his head.
"Maria gave Kyle hell for me saving him, he said I did it out of pity, they weren't happy as you can see and Maria started ranting on how if it wasn't for me, we would facing Liz's death anniversary," he explained and Alex sighed in understanding. "Liz had never really came to term with the fact that she had been shot and was dying as everything else kept popping up. Today was time where she finally let go."
"I had a feeling that she hadn't fully came to term with the shooting but she had been acting like her normal self so I just left alone rather than pushing her. Liz tend to let things go her way at her time," he told her and Max nodded.
"Tell me about it," he stated, causing laughers from Alex as Isabel, Michael and Isabel walked over to them.
"Are we going to talk about our enemies?" Michael asked and Max looked at his watch.
"Er, no, I have to go over to the U.F.O Centre then I have to go over to the school, I have a class then Liz and I are meeting up with my mom for dinner," Max stated as Liz walked over to him and he stood up, wrapped an arm around her shoulder and shrugged at them. "Another time I guess," he told them before they walked out of the Crashdown.
Max and Liz made their way over to the UFO Centre, Max opened the door and let Liz step through before he followed her and closed the door behind her as they both walked down the stairs and saw Brody coming out with a box. "Hey Brody," Max greeted and Brody looked up and smiled when he saw Max.
"Hey Max," he greeted before his gaze landed on Liz. "And you must be Liz," he guessed and Liz nodded. "Milton told me all about you," he explained and Liz nodded in understanding.
"I'm just here to pick up my time table to see what shift I'm working," Max told him and Brody nodded.
"Sure thing, it's in the backroom," he told Max and he nodded as he led Liz over to the backroom and picked up his time table when something caught his eyes, he turned his head to see a black hexagon device sat near a computer, he reached out when Liz's voice interrupted him.
"Max?" she asked and he looked at her. "Are you okay?" she asked and he shook his head to get rid of the daze that was in it.
"I recognise that," he told her. Liz moved closer to him and looked at the device.
"How?" she asked and he shook his head.
"I'm not sure," he admitted before shaking his head. "Brody did mention that he liked to find these types of stuff, apparently it makes it more realistic for the display," Max told her and she arched an eyebrow.
"Even more realistic if you recognised it," she told him and he nodded as he checked his timetable before placing the clipboard back on the table and placed a hand on the small of Liz's back.
"Come on, we have school," he told her and she looked up at him.
"Shouldn't you…" she asked and he shook his head.
"Not now, I will tell everyone else what I found but later, I don't want to risk them running over here and stealing it," he told her and she nodded as she let herself be led out of the UFO Centre and they headed over to the jeep.
Max had kissed Liz goodbye before she went into one of her class and he walked down the hallway. He stopped when he heard a noise and looked to see the eraser room there. He moved closer and opened the door.
The man inside, lifted up the blow torch, causing Max to lift his hand and a green shield came out, surrounding the front of his body, he looked at it in a stunned shock before he dropped it just as the man lifted the mask up and looked at the young man.
"What the hell was that?" he demanded and Max looked at him, confused.
"What was what?" he asked. The man just stared at him before looking at his mask and the flame torch he held in his hand before looking at Max, who shut the door after leaving the room.
Max just looked at his hand before looking back at the door and hurried to his class, he couldn't wait to tell Liz about this.
Liz waited for Max outside the school; she leaned against his jeep, letting the sunshine on her face when hands slipped around her waist. She brought her head down and smiled.
"Hey," she greeted and felt warm lips meet hers, causing her to groan and wrap an arm around his waist before pulling away. "You're in a more happier mood," she told him and Max grinned.
"I have a new power," he told her and she looked at him.
"What?" she asked and he nodded.
"I can create a shield," he told her and she smiled.
"That's great, that means you can protect yourself and others if anyone tries to hurt you," she told him and he nodded.
"Thought you would like it," he told her and she arched an eyebrow.
"Why wouldn't I like a power that can protect you?" she asked and he grinned.
"Come on, I promised Michael and Isabel that I would meet up with them and let them know about the thing I saw today," he told her and she nodded as he helped her into the jeep before climbing in himself.
Max pulled up outside of his house and exited the jeep; he entered the house and made his way into the living room, where he knew that Isabel and Michael would be waiting for him.
They both stood up when they saw Max.
"So, what is this all about?" Michael asked.
"I went over to the UFO Centre and I saw something that I recognised, making me think it may be something from our planet," he told them and their interest peaked.
"What was it?" Isabel asked and Max shook his head.
"I don't know, all I know it's part of Brody's display," he explained and saw a dark cloud form of them.
"Max, if Brody has this, this means he must be one of our enemies," Isabel hissed and Max shook his head
"I don't think so, he had plenty of time to kill me," Max explained. "No, I think he must have stumbled over the artefact and thought it was cool," Max told them.
"Max, he could be our enemy," Michael snapped, frustrated with Max.
"Michael, he's not our enemies, if he was, he would have killed me!" Max exclaimed.
"We should kill him," Isabel stated when all of a sudden a green shield came up, shocking Michael and Isabel.
"No, you won't!" Max snapped, blocking the two of them.
"Max!" Michael snapped.
"When did you receive this power?" Isabel asked and Max dropped the shield.
"It just came to me," he stated and cut off any more questions. "Brody is a good person, Liz was around him and she didn't even sense anything weird about him," Max told them and shook his head. "You can't go around killing every new person that steps into Roswell," he told them. "I'm ordering you to leave him alone and find something else to occupy your time," he ordered before walking off, leaving the two of them alone.
Maria smiled when James pulled outside of her house.
"Thanks for another great date, two in the one day," Maria stated and James grinned.
"I noticed that you seemed a little stressed out and it wouldn't do if my favourite girl is stressed out," he teased and Maria laughed slightly.
"Thanks," she told him and he shook his head.
"No problem," he told her as he got out and helped her out of the car before walking her up to the house. "I only hope that you will allow me to take you back out," he told her and she nodded.
"I would like that," she told him and he grinned as he leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips. He pulled away slightly, causing Maria to wrap her arms around his neck and pulled him back down for a kiss, leaving both of them locked in a deep kissed.
This was definitely was good night for Maria.
TBC