A/N getting close to Liz's secret, hee, hee.
Chapter 17
"So, how did you managed to find the girl?" four voices demanded to the kids. Max, Alex, Kyle and Isabel found themselves in separated rooms, each facing their interrogators to answer for the night before.
Max, Isabel, Alex and Kyle thought back to the night before when they all were in the Crashdown.
"The Police and FBI wants to talk to us about us finding Laurie," Max told them.
"What the hell are you going to tell them?" Michael demanded, causing Tess to elbow him in the stomach.
"If you can't say anything helpful, keep it zipped," she told him before looking at the gang. "Do you have an idea what your cover story is going to be?" she asked.
"No," Isabel stated and Liz sat up.
"Why don't you stick to the truth?" Liz asked, causing everyone to look at her. "Not the alien part, just make it seem like that Isabel is a psychic, she had dreams of the girl and felt the terror of it. She had a feeling that Laurie had been kidnapped but didn't want to alert the police in case it was just a nightmare on her part," Liz suggested and Isabel nodded as she thought about.
"It could make sense, I could just say that I had dreams liked it before and some of it came true and others didn't," Isabel agreed.
"And because Isabel is my sister, I was worried about her and decided to help her out just to be on the safe, Alex and Kyle got involved because they had been helping us search for the missing girl and they had been with us when Isabel got her final dream," Max stated and Liz nodded.
"But be careful, these guys might check your phone calls and see that you made a phone call to Alex's house before you went out to Frazier's wood," Liz stated and Max nodded.
"Fine, we'll just say that Isabel was positive about where the girl was and I phoned Alex and Kyle for back-up in case we might have to fight off the kidnapper, if there was one and due to the fact we weren't sure where Laurie was, if she was locked in a building or buried underground," Max amended and Kyle nodded.
"That makes sense, and we can't get into trouble for helping a friend out," Kyle stated.
"What about the link?" Alex asked. "There needs to be link for Isabel to get the dreams about Laurie," Alex told them.
"How about this?" Liz asked and everyone looked at her once more. "She used to date Grant and in the dream, she saw someone who looked like Grant and got mixed up. It's possible, you get an image of someone who looks like someone you know," Liz told them and Maria nodded.
"Isabel could use that to explain why she thought it was Grant who took Laurie," Maria agreed and Alex nodded.
"Looks like we have our cover story," Alex stated and everyone sighed in relief.
"What about Isabel thinking she knows Laurie?" Michael asked.
"I want you and Maria to dig into her background, find out who she was born to, where she was born and all that. We need to gain all of the information we can on her so we can get a better understanding on why she was kidnapped and why Isabel feels she knows Laurie," Max told them and they all nodded.
"So, you are saying that you're psychic?" Hanson asked and Isabel smiled slightly.
"I guess you could say it like that, I get these dreams. Half of the time it comes true so my friends says I must be a psychic," Isabel explained.
"And you dreamed about the girl?" he asked and Isabel nodded
"Why didn't you just come to us?" Jim asked as he leaned forward in his chair.
"Because I wasn't sure it was real, some times I get nightmares that seems like it's actually a vision to me only to find out that wasn't real. I didn't want to worry you guys and waste your energies in case it wasn't real," Isabel explained and Hanson nodded.
"I can see why you felt that," Hanson told her. "So, your brother, Max Evans, and your friends Alex Whitman and Kyle Valenti were helping you?" he asked and Isabel nodded.
"Yes, they know of my dreams and they saw how it freaked me out and how determined I was to find out if it was real or not, I didn't want to brush it off as a dream then to find out that was it real and we could have saved the girl," Isabel explained. "Alex and Kyle checked out the missing people reports to see if they could match anyone with the description I told them."
"Very resourceful," Hanson stated and Isabel smiled.
"You don't hang out with the Sheriff's son and not pick up hints on what to do when you're face with something like this," Isabel stated and Hanson nodded.
"Okay, we need to sort out some more details, about the shots fired and that," Hanson told her and she nodded.
"You're telling me that your sister is a psychic?" Dan asked and Max nodded.
"Yeah, she gets these dreams, when she got the dreams of Laurie, she freaked out and was determined to see if it was real or not, that Isabel, she needs to make sure its real instead of brushing it off as a dream just in case it was real and we could save the girl," Max explained and Dan nodded.
"Why did you help her?" Dan asked.
"She's my sister, why wouldn't I help her? I saw how much the dreams freaked her out and I wanted to help her gain a peace of mind," Max explained and Dan nodded, getting frustrated.
"What about the bullets?" Dan asked and Max looked at him, curiously.
"What about the bullets?" Max asked and Dan threw the plastic package containing the bullets on to the table, causing Max to pick them up only for his eyes to widen when he saw the bullets in perfect shape.
"They look like bullets," he stated and Dan nodded.
"Those are the bullets from the shooter, funny how it never changed," Dan stated and Max shrugged as he placed the plastic package on the table.
"I don't know what to tell you," Max stated and Dan sighed.
"Fine, you're free to leave," he muttered, Max nodded as he got up and left the room before meeting up with Kyle, Alex and Isabel.
"Figures I get grilled by the Agent," he muttered.
"Max, Isabel!" a female voice called out and they turned to see Diane and Phillip running toward them, Isabel hurried into mother's arms and cried.
"I was so scared!" Isabel exclaimed as Diane hugged her closer. Phillip patted her on the back.
"What happened?" Phillip demanded.
"Isabel had dreams of the girl that had been kidnapped, she managed to get the location of where the girl was and we found her only to get shot at by the kidnapper," Max told him, only for Diane's eyes to widen in shock. "We're okay mom, Kyle managed to run the kidnapper off by throwing rocks at him. The police just wanted to question us about last night and it turns out that Izzy is a psychic," Max explained and Diane nodded.
"Oh honey, why didn't you come to us?" Phillip asked his daughter and she looked up.
"I wasn't sure if it was just a link or just a horrible nightmare, I didn't want to worry you about it if it just turned out to be a nightmare," she explained and Diane sighed. She needed to have a talk to her daughter about holding things in.
"Is the questioning over?" Phillip asked and Max nodded.
"Yeah," he stated and Phillip nodded.
"Good, because you guys are coming home," Phillip stated as he started to lead the kids out when Dan showed up.
"Erm, excuse me," Dan called out, everyone turned to face him.
"Yes?" Phillip asked.
"I'm not done questioning Max Evans yet, I still don't have an answer to why the bullets are still in perfect shape," Dan stated and Phillip stepped over to Dan.
"Maybe you should get your forensic to have a look at the bullets and maybe they could give you an answer," Phillip stated.
"Who do you think you are?" Dan snipped.
"Mr Evans, sorry to drag you in this," Jim stated as he walked over to Phillip, Phillip turned to Jim and they shook hands.
"It's no problem, I know it routine for the kids to be questioned, but if you don't mind, we would like to take our kids home and Alex and Kyle could come by our house for breakfast if they wish," Phillip told him and Jim nodded.
"Sure," Jim told him. "You kids be good," he warned, they smiled and waved as they walked out with Diane. "Oh, sorry, Dan, this is Phillip Evans, he's Max and Isabel's father and a lawyer. Phillip, this is Dan, he's an old friend of mine," Jim introduced.
"Nice to meet you," Phillip greeted, his tone was anything but pleasant and Dan nodded.
"Can I please question Max Evans once more?" Dan asked and Phillip shook his head.
"No, you've questioned him enough, you had his mother in state when she got the phone call to say that her son was at the station, she started freaking out. My wife deserves time to calm down and my children deserves to have a break from all this questioning and I told you, go to forensic," Phillip snapped before looking at Jim. "Have a good day Sheriff," Phillip told him and Jim nodded.
"You too," Jim told him as Phillip left and he turned to Dan. "Will you leave those kids alone? They have given you a good reason to why they were out there but you can't expect them to have answers to everything you have a question to, god, they're just kids," Jim told him before shaking his head and leaving.
"I can't believe you found her," Phillip stated once the kids had finished their story, all six of them were in the Evan's house, Diane was getting the breakfast ready while Alex, Kyle, Isabel and Max sat round the table with Phillip.
"I'm just glad we did," Alex told him. "Being buried underground like that," Alex stated with a shudder and Phillip nodded.
"I know what you meant, so they haven't found the kidnapper yet?" Phillip asked as Diane came over to the table and handed everyone their plates.
"Thanks Mrs Evans!" Kyle and Alex greeted together before digging into their breakfast, causing Phillip to look at them amused.
"No, they haven't, Kyle scared him off by throwing rocks at him," Max explained as he turned away from his friends with a shake of his head.
"I hope they catch him soon, I hate for Laurie to be kidnapped again," Isabel stated and Diane nodded as she sat down at the table.
"I'm sure she'll be safe, with all the FBI and the police being around," Diane assured her daughter, the kids just shot each other looks before tucking into their food when a ringing started up from Max's pocket.
"Sorry, that's probably Liz," Max told them as he fished out his phone and opened it. "Hey Liz, we're all fine," Max told her and nodded. "Yeah, we're still heading to school today, I'll meet you at your locker?" and nodded once more. "Sure thing, love you too," Max stated before hanging up and placing his phone in his pocket.
"Oh I love you so much Liz," Kyle mocked, batting his eyelashes at Max, causing Max to shove at him.
"Hey, that's my girlfriend buddy, go and mock someone," Max teased back, causing Kyle to laugh, Alex to choke on his food and Isabel to roll her eyes.
"I'm glad you kids are okay, just take it easy at school today, no more rushing off trying to save more people without letting an adult know," Phillip warned and the kids nodded.
"Sure thing," Alex stated when they finished their breakfast; they all made their way into the kitchen and placed the dirty dishes in the dishwasher before leaving the house with waves.
Diane shook her head as she turned to face her husband.
"Our children had to pick crazy friends didn't they?" she asked, fondly and Phillip snorted.
"At least they get the kids to laugh and open up, have you noticed that Max is more outgoing and laughing more than he used to?" Phillip asked and Diane nodded.
"Yes I have, Liz and their friends are good for Max, it's nice to see him being a teenaged kid for once," Diane told him before picking up their plates and headed into the kitchen, Phillip just smiled as he turned to his newspapers.
Max made his way into the school; he looked around and smiled when he saw Liz at her locker, grabbing her books that she needed for her next class. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms from behind her, smiling when she relaxed into his arms.
"I missed you," Liz told him and he kissed her neck.
"I missed you too," he told her and rested the back of her head on his shoulder.
"How the questionings?" she asked and he shook his head.
"Some problems, the guy who was questioning me found the bullets the shooter shot at us, they were in perfect shape," Max explained and Liz nodded.
"It would make sense, your shield is not exactly made out of metal or anything like that, it wouldn't have made a difference to the bullets, just merely stopped them," Liz told him and he nodded.
"Hey," a male voice spoke up and everyone turned to see Kyle standing there.
"Hey, what's up Kyle?" Liz asked and Kyle moved in closer.
"My dad found something near Laurie's grave, he started freaking out because it doesn't look like anything he seen before," Kyle explained as he pulled out a small package and slipped it to Max, Max lifted up, still hiding it from out of sight and saw it a blue lump of jelly but the strange thing, it seemed to be glowing.
"Hm, that's different," Liz, stated when she looked at it.
"I have a two free period after the class I'm heading, I'll take it home and use the old microscope I have there to look at it," Max told them and they nodded. The bell rang and Kyle groaned.
"Trig," he moaned before leaving them. Max shook his head before he kissed Liz's forehead.
"Catch you in Biology," he told her with a kiss to her lips before walking off to his class, Liz just walked over to her class, smiling when she met up with Alex as they headed into their film class.
Max found himself in his room, he looked through the microscope at the sample he cut off from the jelly like substance, he pulled away and rubbed at his eyes before flipping through his biology book, he couldn't find anything to say what it was. "This is getting ridiculous," he muttered before resting his head on the table while looking at the jelly before closing his eyes as he gave into his sleep.
Max woke up slightly, he sat up and was about to pull his hands to him when he felt restriction to one of his hand, startled, he looked down at his arm only to see the jelly substance was now over his hand, trapping it to the table. He started pulling at his hand only for it to be trapped even harder, he looked around for something to hit it with when all of a sudden it moved away from his hand and formed back to it's normal stated.
Max pulled his hand to his chest and looked at the jelly before grabbing the plastic tub that was on the other side and slammed it on top of the jelly before looking around. Guess he got his answer.
Liz was making her way over to her biology lab when a voice spoke up.
"Hey," a female voice stated and Liz spun around to see Sarah standing there.
"Hey!" Liz greeted with a smile before hugging Sarah. "You look good! How was Sweden?" Liz asked when she pulled away and Sarah laughed.
"It was great god, you all should visit it, put it down on your list as one of the thing to do before you die," Sarah told her and Liz laughed.
"Definitely, god, Alex is going to be so happy that you're back!" Liz told her as she led the way down the corridor.
"He's not the only one, mom is happy to have me back and I'm glad to be back in Roswell," Sarah told her and Liz nodded.
"You know, we should hook up later, have a girl talk, Maria and I would love to hear everything about Sweden," Liz told her and Sarah nodded.
"That would be great, how about Isabel? Will she be joining us?" Sarah asked and Liz looked at her.
"Do you want her to join us?" Liz asked and Sarah sighed.
"I don't know, I know she yours and Maria's friend and I don't want to hurt her feelings by excluding her if she wants to join," Sarah explained and Liz nodded.
"Relax, Isabel and I are tentative friends, due to the fact that I'm dating her brother," Liz explained and Sarah looked at her.
"And you want to be friends with her," Sarah noticed, causing Liz to look at her stunned.
"And you're a mind reader," Liz teased, causing Sarah to laugh.
"I wish," Sarah, told her before shaking her head. "No, I could sense it in you," Sarah admitted and Liz sighed.
"Isabel and I were close on working toward friends last November, we had a heat wave and we were talking while painting our toenails, but it kinda just faded just as it started," Liz explained and Sarah nodded.
"Maybe you should invite her, maybe you'll get your friendship back on track, maybe we all can become friends," Sarah told her and Liz nodded.
"Sure, but only if you are sure, I know she caused some trouble between you and Alex," Liz told her and she nodded.
"I know but Alex is a great guy, I can understand why she wasn't happy that he moved on," Sarah told her and Liz nodded as they made their way to their classes.
Liz made her way into her biology class and smiled when she saw Max sitting at their table.
"Hey," she greeted, he kissed the side of her head.
"What took you so long?" Max asked. "You're usually the first one here," he teased and she laughed.
"Sarah is back from Sweden, we were talking," she told him and he nodded.
"I bet Alex is going to be happy," Max told her and she smiled as she nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I agree too. She is coming over later tonight to show Maria and I the slide pictures, she wants Isabel there," Liz admitted and Max looked at her.
"Isabel?" he asked and she nodded.
"Yeah, she wants to try and build some bridges, Isabel is a friend of ours so she wants to try and see if she can be friends with Isabel," Liz explained and Max nodded.
"She's a brave one, I give her that," Max stated and Liz giggled.
"Hey, did you find out what it was that Mr. Valenti found out?" Liz asked and Max nodded.
"I'll explain it later, I gave it to Kyle and asked him if he and Alex could set it up for us in the UFO Centre, Brody is visiting his daughter at the moment so we'll be safe, I want you to take a look at it if you can," he told her and she nodded before turning back to the front when the teacher came in.
"Good morning class, please open your book to 256 please," she called. Everyone opened their books and looked at the topic, Max's eyebrow raised slightly when he saw that they were working on genes. "Today we're working on Genotypes and Phenotypes, Genotypes is a heredity characteristics, meaning on what you inherited, such as hair texture. Phenotypes is the physical characteristics, meaning on the ability of what you have inherited, such as tongue rolling, if you can roll your tongue, you inherited from your parent who can roll their tongue and so on," she explained. "Then there's the dominant and recessive, recessive is the weaker allele while dominate the allele that appears most, such as blood type. AO, A is the dominate while O is the recessive. And there is Co-Dominate such, as the blood types AB – both of them are the dominant type so they both are co-dominate."
Max looked up at the board and turned to the teacher.
"What about Eye colour?" a student asked.
"Brown is actually the dominant colour. If one parent had blue eyes and the other has brown eyes, it's three to one, meaning that the three children would be brown eyes and one would be blue eyes," the teacher explained.
"What about parents who both have blue eyes?" another student asked.
"If one of the grandparents have brown eyes and the other has blue eyes, it's is possible for their grandchildren to get brown eyes, but only if one of their grandparents had brown eyes," he explained and the bell went. "Okay Class, please read the chapter on Phenotypes and Genotypes," she told them as everyone packed up and left the class.
Max turned to his girlfriend and looked at her, he knew that both of her parents have blue eyes and her grandma Claudia had blue eyes too. He frowned, a thought coming to his mind and he wasn't sure if he liked it.
Max grabbed Liz's arm and led her out of the school and over to his jeep.
"Max?" she asked.
"We need to talk," he told her as he helped her into the jeep before rounding it; he threw their bags into the back of the jeep before climbing in himself and drove off.
They arrived at the Evans' house, Max led Liz into the house and looked around. "Mom? Dad? Isabel?" he called out and nodded when he got no answers. He turned back to Liz, who was now looking a bit scared and curious.
"What's going on?" Liz asked. Max looked at her.
"What colours were you grandparents eyes?" Max asked and Liz looked at him, puzzled, before thinking.
"They all had blue eyes, why?" Liz asked and Max sighed.
"Liz, you have brown eyes, not blue, one of your parent's is not your parent," Max told her.
"I could have gotten it from one of my great grandparents," she protested and Max arched an eyebrow.
"More than two generations?" he asked. "Liz, you know that Brown is the dominant colour, at least one of your parents and grandparents should have had brown eyes," Max told her.
"Why would they lie to me?" Liz asked and Max shook his head.
"I don't know," Max told her.
"I do," a male voice stated and they turned to see him standing in the doorway.
"Milton?" Max asked.
"Hey Evans," Milton grinned.
TBC