Chapter 13
"What are you doing here?" Michael demanded as Max stalked forward. "Finally managed to tear yourself away from Liz and realise that she isn't going to be able to help us?"
A fist landed in his face, causing him to fall flat back onto the ground and for the other three aliens to jump away from them. Max bent down and grabbed Michael's jacket and hauled him up before pinning him against the wall.
"You are seriously pissing me off and moving me closer to the door to leaving Roswell for good," Max informed him. "I told you to stay in Roswell, that we weren't coming anywhere near here for any summit."
"I want to go home and I will do whatever it takes," Michael stated and Max smirked.
"Ava told me that you need a king in order to go home and I'm the only one with the symbol considering Zan is dead and guess what buddy, I'm not going anywhere near a spaceship cause I actually happens to like my life here," Max gritted out.
Michael used his powers and shoved Max off him, causing Max to hit the ground as Michael straightened himself up.
"When are you going to get it in your head Max? Liz is just a human being, yeah, I gather that she is great in the sack but she is hardly worth all this agro, there is no way anyone will accept her in our world," Michael stated as Max got himself up.
"Fuck you!" Max shouted, causing everyone to look at him, shocked. It was the first time they actually heard him swear and Tess felt fear running through her vein, she had heard of Zan's wrath when he was extremely pissed off. "I'm getting fed up with your act!" Max snapped at him.
"Guys…" Tess started as she stepped in the middle only to step back out when Max and Michael step toward each other.
"You have acting like a spoilt little child who hasn't been getting his way, all you ever do is get onto my case because you don't like the fact that I'm the king or the fact that I actually stuck to my guns and decided to stay with the woman I love instead of breaking her heart and running off to my destiny, someone that I don't even care, let alone love!" Max looked at Tess. "No offence, but I don't really know you," he told her and she nodded once to let him know that she understood.
"Oh wow," Rath stated as he looked at Max. "You're banging that chick!" Lonnie slapped him across the head.
"Shut it," Lonnie hissed at him with a glare before turning back to Max and Michael. "Are you seriously with Tess?" she asked as she looked at Michael and he nodded. "You guys know about who you are suppose to be with and all that, right?" Lonnie asked.
"Yes," Max informed her. "And frankly, I don't care. I love Liz and it's going to stay that way because I'm not going to let a fifty or so years message tell me who I'm suppose to be with," he informed her.
"That message is our future, we were suppose to get together so we could go back home and save our people!" Michael snapped and Max glared at him.
"You and Isabel were suppose to get together but I didn't exactly see you cosying up together did I? No, I saw Isabel running about with human males while you and Tess shacking up together, so much for destiny," Max sneered.
"If you hasn't ran off with Parker and shacked up with her, you would have realised your true feelings for Tess and everything would be totally perfect right now!" Michael snapped only to fly backward when Max brought up his hand and used his powers. Michael's back slammed itself into the wall before slumping to the ground.
Michael groaned as he brought his head up and saw Max standing there.
"Never, ever insult Liz in front of me and never ever insult my intelligence, I have no feelings for Tess whatsoever. Liz Parker is my true love while you like it or not and it's going to stay that way, you better accept it or forget about me being your king cause I will leave Roswell and you will never hear from me again and you can fight this damn war all by yourself," Max informed, deadly warning melding in with his tone before he turned to Rath and Lonnie. "So, are we meeting anyone before the summit?" he asked and Lonnie nodded.
"Yeah, this guy we have to pass through first, he'll test you to make sure you're the real king," Lonnie explained and Max nodded.
"Fine, let's get this over and done with so I can go home before my parents noticed that I'm missing," he muttered as Lonnie and Rath led the way.
They came to a stop when they saw a man standing near a table, Max walked over and sat down.
"This won't take long," the man told him and Max nodded as the man stood behind Max and lifted his hand. Soon a bright light shot out of Max's forehead and the royal symbol shone brightly in the sky, revealing to everyone that he was the king. "Congratulations Sir, you have passed," the man stated when he dropped his hand, Max stood up and led the way into the summit where there were four people standing the table.
"Brody?" Max asked as Brody stepped forward and he shook his head.
"Sorry, I'm Larek, I've taken host of this body for this meeting," he explained and Max nodded.
"Okay, can you all please tell me your name," Max told them.
"I'm Kathana," a red haired lady stood up and bowed her head.
"I'm Sero," a dark haired male stated.
"I'm Hanar," another dark haired male stated and Max nodded.
"And I'm Nicholas and I've come to talk for Antar in place of Khivar," a male voice stated from the shadows as a small boy stepped forward.
"Nicholas," Max stated.
"You know him?" Kathana asked and Max turned to face her.
"He ambushed me and my family, wiped out the humans to look for us," Max told her and she turned to face Nicholas.
"Cowards as usual," she muttered.
"And I'll be talking for Earth and Antar," Max stated as he looked at Nicholas. "Considering Antar is my planet after all." Nicholas sneered.
"Like Hell Zan, Max whatever your name is," Nicholas stated. "Khivar has a deal for you all, give him the Granolith and he will call off the war."
"The Granolith?" Larek asked. "That has not been seen in years," he exclaimed.
"Khivar has reasons to believe that it was sent down with the royal four," Nicholas hissed as he glared at Max, causing everyone to look at him.
"Forget it," Max stated and Michael looked at him. "I don't have the granolith," he informed.
"Liar!" Nicholas snapped as he raised his hand and Max snorted.
"Do you remember the last time you tried to attack me?" Max asked with a glint in his eyes and Nicholas backed down, causing Max to nod. "Khivar is not getting the Granolith and you can bet that I will be taking my planet back thank you, I hate it when people take something that mine and ruin them," Max informed him. "Tell Khivar to watch his back from now on and if I see any of his little minions hanging around, he will never have any contact with them again as they will be six feet under ground, simple as that," Max finished.
"Max…" Michael hissed but Max held up his hand as he stood up.
"The granolith is safe wherever it is and I no longer wish to have any more summit, get out of those bodies and heal them as you and refuse to come back here again, trust me when I say that I will call war if you dare to use human beings again," Max ordered and three of the aliens left the human bodies, taking the humans back with them to replace them in their rightful places.
Max turned to face Nicholas. "Take this a warning, if we meet again, it will be the last time," Max informed him, causing Nicholas to growl before stalking off. Max turned to Brody/Larek.
"Nice to meet you again," Larek told him and Max looked at him, confused.
"I'm sorry, I haven't retained all of my memories, I only know our names and what we were in our past lives," Max apologised and Larek nodded.
"The crash must have interrupted your memories retrievals," Larek explained. "We were friends on our planets," Larek told him and Max nodded.
"And you have taken my boss' body to take over," Max informed and Larek chuckled slightly.
"Yes, sorry about that," Larek told him. "We have had our eyes on your for a while, when the ship crashed, there was a signal to let us to know where you crashed. Unfortunately we couldn't rescues you as the war was heavy back then so we thought you would be safe where you were. When I started looking for someway to communicate with you, I found out that this young man was looking for a place to buy and I encouraged him to buy the UFO Centre so I could made contact with you," Larek explained.
"How come you didn't just come to us in the beginning?" Max asked, curiously and Larek smiled slightly.
"Inhabiting a human being takes a lot of time, not to mention we can only take their bodies when we have fully sustained it in order to take us in, if it was done wrong, their heart would stop and eventually could kill them," Larek explained and Max winced, causing Larek to nod in agreement.
"How can we contact you if we need your help?" Max asked and Larek shook his head.
"There is no way, I will contact you when I get the chance," he explained before bowing his head and disappearing in front of Max. Max turned around to face the rest.
"Let's go home," he informed them then brushed past them and walked out of the building.
Liz, Ava and Alex occupied one of the booths while Isabel sat at the table.
"Where's Max?" Maria asked as she came into the Crashdown.
"In New York," Liz stated before throwing a glare at Isabel, who glared back at her.
"What the hell is your problem?" Isabel snapped.
"My problem is that you supposedly betrayed Max in your past life and didn't even bothered to tell him!" Liz snapped, causing Isabel to rock back in shock.
"How the hell do you know about that?" Isabel snapped.
"Lonnie actually had the guts to own up to Max about what Vilandra did in their past life, more than I can say for you," she muttered.
"This has nothing to do with you," Isabel snipped and Liz rolled her eyes.
"Max didn't seem to think that when he came to me, furious that his own sister couldn't even tell him that she learned something of her past and started meeting up with his enemies behind his back, that's counts as betrayal in this life time," Liz informed her before shaking her head. "I'll be surprise if Max could trust you right away after what you did," Liz informed her.
"Max is my brother, he trust me," Isabel stated and Maria snorted, causing everyone to look at her.
"Honey, you betrayed Max by messing around with Liz's head, by meeting up with his enemies behind his back and basically being a snooty bitch who can't handle the fact that she is no longer number one in her brother's life," Maria informed her before shrugging. "Max will forgive you, that's who he is but he will never forget and it will take a long time for him to trust you again, if ever."
"You don't know what you are talking about," Isabel stated and Alex nodded.
"Actually, I agree with Maria and Liz, Max may be forgiving but I have noticed that he never forgets," Alex agreed, Isabel looked at him shocked before looking away.
"Are you telling me Max is in New York right now? With Rath, Lonnie, Michael and Tess?" Ava demanded and Liz nodded. "They'll kill him!" Ava exclaimed and Liz looked back at her, shocked.
"What?" she demanded and Ava wiped a tear away from her face.
"They killed Zan, Zan didn't want to go to the summit so they killed him. They need a king to take them home and Max is the only one left with the royal seal, until he completes your bond by marrying you," Ava explained and Liz felt tears fill her eyes. "You can save him," Ava told her and Liz shook her head.
"How?" Liz asked. "Of all the times I actually helped Max, I was drawing on his powers," she explained and Ava pulled her to toward Isabel and sat her across from her before grabbing a chair and pulling it close.
"Liz, it's inside of you, when Max healed you, he changed you, you are a part of him," Ava explained and Liz felt tears of frustration come to her.
"What can I do?" she asked. "I'm only human," she muttered bitterly as she shot a look at Isabel, only for Isabel to look away as understanding dawned on her. Because she and Michael kept putting Liz down and doing in front of Max, Liz had been receiving it through their visions that they don't believe in her, even after she saved their lives more times than they saved hers.
Isabel squared her shoulders; she was going to do her best to make amends for what she has done to Liz and hopefully to Max. She turned to face Liz.
"You can do it," Isabel stated and Liz looked at her shocked, Maria stepped forward and placed a hand on Liz's shoulder, causing Liz to look at her.
"They are right Liz, if anyone can reach Max and save him, it's you," Maria encouraged and Liz took a deep breath before she turned to Isabel.
"Okay," she whispered and Isabel nodded as she held out her hands, Liz placed her hands into hers and they both closed their eyes.
"Think of Max, think of how much he means to you, think of everything you went through," Ava whispered. "Now think of your bond together and feel yourself going toward Max."
"You lied!" Michael snapped, causing Max, Tess, Rath and Lonnie to look at him.
"Yes," Max stated.
"Why?" Michael exclaimed. "That was our chance to go home!"
"I don't trust Nicholas and I don't trust Khivar, Liz had a bad feeling about all of this and I have to say, I agree with her. We don't know what the Granolith can do so I'm not giving it up to anyone," Max informed as they made their way out onto the street, Tess turned to Max with a curious look.
"What do you mean, Liz had a bad feeling about this?" Tess asked and Max cut his eyes at her before looking forward.
"Ever since I healed Liz, she is has been getting gut instincts, she was right all the time every time she felt something was wrong, I'm not going to ignore her when she tells me that she has a bad feeling about anything," Max informed them when he felt a funny feeling.
Lonnie lifted her hand and placed it over Michael's head, a glowing appeared and Michael's eyes rolled up into the back of his head while Rath covered Tess's mouth with his hand while raising his other hand toward the scaffold.
Max looked across the road, he tilted his head slightly when he saw Liz standing across from him, tears running down her cheeks and she mouthed something to him that was inaudible.
Frustrated, Liz lifted her arms and made 'come here' motions toward Max, urging him to move faster. Max took two steps forward only for a loud crash to ring from behind him, causing Max to duck his head when glass and metal shattered all over the place. Max spun around to see the scaffold was lying, broken on the floor before spinning around and saw that Liz was gone.
"Liz?" he called out, looking around when he realised that Tess and Michael were gone. "Damn!" Max snapped before he ran off in the direction they came from in the first place.
Max arrived back at the place where the summit had been held, he found Michael and Tess bound on the floor. He hurried over to them and untied them.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Nicholas tried to get into our mind, we both fought him," Tess gasped out and Max nodded. "How did you get away? I saw Rath use his powers to bring the scaffold down on you," Tess exclaimed.
"Liz saved me," Max replied as he loosened Michael and shook his head. "Let's get back home," he muttered to them and Michael wrapped an arm around Tess' waist and all three of them walked out, not once looking back.
Liz came down the stairs and saw that Ava was packing her bag.
"So, you're moving on?" Liz asked when she came to a stop at the bottom and Ava nodded as she looked at Liz.
"Yep, gonna hit the coast, having a travel around, maybe see how San Francisco is," Ava told her and Liz nodded.
"Thank you," Liz told her and Ava nodded before Liz reached out and hugged Ava. Ava hugged her back before they pulled away and she rolled her eyes.
"Such a cornball," she stated and Liz giggled as Ava grabbed her bag and left the Crashdown. Liz sighed as she rested her head on the doorway, watching Ava leave.
"You should have told me," Max stated and Isabel sighed as she turned around from where she was staring out of the window in front of the sink to face her brother, who was leaning against the counter.
"How could I?" Isabel asked. "I betrayed you in our past life and I betrayed you again in this life time by meeting up with our enemies behind your back and trying to break you and Liz up," Isabel explained and Max sighed.
"Liz told me that you helped her find me," Max stated and Isabel nodded.
"She couldn't do it at first, she said that she was only human and it hit me, Michael and I had been putting her down all the time by saying that we almost lost our chance to find you," Isabel told him.
"How did she finally save me?" Max asked.
"Ava and Maria, they told her that they believed in her and she was the only one who could find you as you two had a bond," Isabel explained and Max nodded.
"From now on, we don't believe anything without asking the others, Isabel, you're my sister, you should have been able to come to me and told me these things rather than let me hear it from Lonnie!" he exclaimed and Isabel nodded.
"I know, I'm sorry," she whispered and Max pinched the bridge of his nose as he nodded.
"I know," he whispered and Isabel sighed before looking at Max.
"Can you ever forgive me?" she asked and Max looked at her.
"Yes, I can," he admitted and Isabel sighed with relief before tensing up once more. "But I can't forget and it will take me a long time to trust you again. Forgiving and regaining trust is two different things," Max explained and Isabel nodded as Max pulled away. "Now I gotta go and see Liz," he told her and Isabel nodded as Max left the house.
Liz found herself standing in front of her mirror, peering at herself as she looked at her body. There was a tap at the window and she turned to see Max sliding himself through the window.
"Hey," she greeted breathless with a smile as Max moved closer and kissed her gently on the lips as a greeting before pulling away and noticing the mirror. He nodded his head at it.
"What are you up to?" he asked and Liz smiled, sheepish as a faint blush came over her cheeks as she turned back to the mirror.
"Just looking for anything different," she admitted and Max smiled slightly.
"You mean something like this?" he asked as he slid a hand behind her head and stuck two fingers out, mimicking antennas and she laughed slightly, brushing a hand over her cheek.
"Yeah," she admitted and he laughed too as he dropped his hand and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"You okay with all of this?" he asked and Liz shrugged as she rested her hands over his and rested her head against his chest.
"I knew that you 'awakened' something inside of me when you healed me, all I knew that I started having these feelings that told me that something was going to go wrong or if something major was going to happen," she told him. "I never actually told you this, but I kinda wished that I had powers too, like the time when we were in Michael's apartment?" she asked and Max caught on.
"When I made you glow," he stated and she turned around in his arms and lifted a hand, she placed her fingers on his arm and a slight glow started following her fingers.
"And I said I couldn't make you glow but now I can," she whispered and Max grinned.
"My little spitfire," Max teased and Liz laughed slightly as Max kissed her on the forehead. "So, did Ava give you any ideas of why you have powers?" Max asked and Liz nodded.
"She thinks you changed me when you healed me," she told Max and Max nodded, he had a feeling that was a part of it but wasn't all of it. "And I get the feeling that you are not satisfied with that," Liz stated, causing Max to look at her. "Want to tell me what's going on in your mind?"
"I just get the feeling that there is more to you having powers than it's being shown," Max admitted, causing Liz to tilt her head slightly. "When we made love, I felt this, surge, flowing through me. I think I might have made you queen," Max admitted and Liz jerked away from his chest in shock.
"But Tess…" Liz stated and Max shrugged.
"Liz, Zan died in his past life and I'm the reincarnation, isn't the wedding between Zan and Ava null and void considering we both died?" Max asked and Liz looked at him, stumped.
"I guess," Liz stated.
"So, it would make sense as I chose you instead of Tess, you're now my queen," Max stated and Liz arched an eyebrow at him.
"And you like that thought," she told him, poking her index finger into his ribs before pulling away out of his arms.
"Why wouldn't I?" Max asked as he tried to grab Liz only for her to invade his hand. "The woman I love is my queen," he grabbed her arm and slowly pulled her into his arms. "My lover," he cupped the back of her head and brought his head down. "My bride," he kissed her, causing Liz to moan as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Hm, Max Evans," Liz moaned out as Max broke their kiss and latched onto her neck. "Is that your way of proposing to me?" she asked and Max sucked on her pulse point, causing her to jerk her hips into his and for Max to cup her butt.
"Not yet, just enjoying the thought of our wedding," Max muttered as he came back up and kissed her again as he moved her backward toward her bed.
"You mean our wedding night," Liz teased as she felt the back of her knees hit the bed.
"We could practice for it right now," Max whispered and Liz giggled as she felt her back hit the bed.
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