Hi everyone, I'm back with a new part! Sorry for taking so long, my inspiration went out of the window but I managed to get it back but through two other Roswell stories which I've put up a poll for to see what you all want next.
Both summaries are in my Author's page/profile – check it out and see what you think and vote!
Anyway, here's the new part.
Chapter 25
Max was making his way through the school; rubbing the back of his neck as he headed over to his locker, ready to start the day.
He had spent a lot of time with Liz over the summer after Tess had left Roswell and Earth, for good. He almost went with her, Michael and Isabel before he changed his mind at the last minute and decided he couldn't. He and Liz were together and living their lives – he didn't want to give that up so he gave up his way back to Antar, the one place he never wanted to go and didn't feel bad about it at all.
Tess had went back up to Antar, she had fallen pregnant with Michael's baby after one night and it was revealed that their baby couldn't survive on earth. Isabel and Michael had been ready to go with her when Max found Liz and the rest of their friends outside of the Pod Chamber and revealed that Tess had betrayed them.
She had killed Sarah, Alex's girlfriend at the time. She had mind warped Sarah too much that Sarah's brain had weakened and ended up killing her. Tess had set it all up to make it look like Sarah had committed suicide but Alex wasn't so sure. Liz had helped them both figure out what really happened to Sarah and the whole house of cards came tumbling down.
Michael had been looking for ways to find someway to get to their planet and find his son, to get him back but so far, nothing had helped and while Max was feeling for Michael, he couldn't help but be slightly pleased about it – they had no idea if it would take all three of hem to work the spaceship and he didn't want to face the thought of having to leave Liz once more.
Liz was about to step out of her room when her phone started ringing. Sighing, she took a step back and picked up her phone. She had a free period that morning, meaning that she was allowed to sleep in a little longer but she wanted to go to school so she could see Max, not be stuck in her room.
"Liz," Liz greeted.
"Liz, I need your help," a female voice spoke and Liz arched an eyebrow.
"Maria? Aren't you at school?" Liz asked for her eyebrow to shoot up in shock. "You're where?" she demanded.
Max reached his locker and was in the process of opening it up when he saw a familiar figure walking his way, causing his eyebrows to shoot up in shock and confusement.
"Iz?" Max asked. "You don't go here anymore." Isabel just scoffed.
"Michael got him and Maria arrested," Isabel told him, causing him to look at her, stunned.
"Maria," Liz greeted as she stepped into the jail and hugged Maria.
"God Liz," Maria replied as they sat down and Liz handed her the bag that she was carrying.
"The pie you asked for, sorry I couldn't fit a file into it," Liz told her and Maria laughed as she took the bag. "So what happened?" Liz asked. "Last I heard you were on a date with James."
Maria looked at her and sighed.
Maria laughed as she sat across from James. He had been telling a story about a time in Florida what he shared with one of his friends with funny results.
"Are you seriously telling me you crashed a bulldozer into the ocean?" Maria asked and James nodded.
"Oh yeah, we abandoned the car mid-ship, no problem but after the whole thing, there were wanted posters and all that," James told her, laughing and Maria shook her head.
"Such a bad boy James Parker," she teased and James looked at her with an arched eyebrow.
"And pray tell, what do you do with bad boys?" James asked with a leer causing her to cup her chin as she eyed her boyfriend before giving him a saucy smile.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" she teased back. James was about to lean in when a shadow covered their table. "Michael?" Maria demanded as she looked up at Michael, who was standing at their table. "What do you want?"
"I need to talk to you," Michael told her as he grabbed her arm and led her out of the table and over toward the door with James sitting there, confused at what just happened.
Maria yanked her arm out of Michael's hand and turned to face him with a glare, her blonde hair bouncing slightly.
"What is your problem? I'm on a date, if you didn't notice," Maria snipped.
"I think I found a way to get my son back," Michael told her and she arched an eyebrow.
"Why are you telling me? Why not Max and Isabel?" Maria asked.
"Because they are too busy and I don't want to disturb them with this," Michael admitted.
"But it's alright to disturb me?" Maria asked and Michael sighed.
"Please Maria, I really need this help," Michael pleaded and Maria sighed.
"Fine, just let me tell James that I need to take a rain check on our date and hopefully he'll understand," Maria told him before she moved over to her table where James still sat.
"Hey, what's going on?" James asked and Maria bit her bottom lip, slightly and James sighed. "Let me guess, you want to take a rain-check on our date?" Maria's eyes soften.
"I'm sorry James, Michael really needs my help," she whispered and James nodded.
"Hey, I'm not about to get between you and your friends, it's just, I haven't seen you in a while," he explained and she nodded.
"I know," Maria told him as she reached out and took his hand. "And I miss you too. I promise that we will have time together, just let me help Michael with this thing."
"Okay, call me," James told her as he stood up and kissed her cheek. Maria nodded before she kissed him lightly on the lips before she left James behind as she walked out with Michael.
"Fine, what do I have to do?" Maria asked, bitterly. Michael just led her over to the car.
"I've found a spaceship but I need your help to get to it," Michael explained and she nodded as she climbed into the car, wondering what the hell he was going to make her do.
Michael was sitting at a table in a small room when the door opened, revealing Max and Isabel. They both stepped into the room and Isabel hugged Michael.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Isabel demanded.
"I found a spaceship!" Michael exclaimed and Isabel rolled her eyes from where she was sitting across from Michael.
"Michael, a little reality check. This ship you're talking about...Sucks. It's a lemon. It crashed to begin with. That's why we're stuck here," Isabel stated and Max threw her a glare.
"Its not that bad being here," Max told her before looking at Michael. "You can't go storming into places with a gun, you got Maria arrested for crying out loud," Max told him.
"I found a way home back, a way to get my son back," Michael told him and Max sat down across from Michael.
"Michael, I understand that you want to get your son back but this is going overboard – you have been arrested, you got Maria arrested, for armed robbery – do you understand how bad this is?" Max asked.
"I found a way home," Michael gritted out and Max sighed.
"Yes and I understand that but, Michael, we are suppose to be keeping a low profile – do you have any idea what you have done? By doing this, you could have brought the FBI down on our heads again," Max, told him.
Michael just looked off to the side.
Michael and Maria were in the car, arguing.
"NO!" Maria shouted and Michael threw up his hands.
"You told me that you would help me find a way to get my son back," Michael snapped at her and she shut her mouth, hurt filling her eyes.
"Yes, I did but I didn't think it would involve breaking in!" Maria exclaimed.
"But this will help me find a way to find my son!" Michael begged and Maria felt herself crumbling and cursed herself inside. She really needed to learn the word 'no' when it came to helping her friends before her shoulders slumped down, defeated.
"Okay," she whispered and Michael smiled slightly.
"Thank you," he told her before he pulled out two masks and threw one at her. "This is prevent anyone from seeing what you look like," He told her and she nodded as she pulled it on before he handed her a gun.
"Michael…" she trailed off.
"This is just in case there is something alien in there, I can protect myself but I know that Liz would kill me if I let something happen to you," he told her and she nodded as she took the gun before Michael pulled on his mask and they both hurried over to the small shop before Michael pulled open the door and Maria went in first and the shop keeper threw up his hands, worried when Maria's eyes widen in understanding.
"This is not right, we need to go!" Maria shouted.
"Just two minutes!" Michael shouted back as he hurried over to the back of the shop and waved his hand over a wall when it felt funny. He placed his hand on the wall and saw it went through the wall. He pushed himself through and gaped when he saw the spaceship.
"Yes," he whooped before he hurried over to the bottom and placed himself under the spaceship and pulled out a small crystal from his pocket and a blue glow started up.
"We need to go now!" Maria shouted and Michael cursed under his breath before he placed the crystal back into his pocket and hurried out of the shop with Maria hot on his tail.
They both got into the car and Michael sped off while they both pulled off their masks. Michael grabbed the gun and melted it into the bottom of the car while he threw the crystal off to the side when the police caught up with them.
Max grumbled to himself as he looked through the high grass for the crystal that Michael had thrown in the middle of the police chase.
"He was racing at a speed, how the hell would he know where it landed," Max muttered to himself before he jumped slightly when a shrill ringing started up in the air. He plunged his hand into his pocket and brought it up to his ear.
"Yeah?" he bit out.
"Jeez Max, bite my head off while you're at it," a male voice came through and Max sighed as he closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Sorry Alex, this is just so frustrating!" he groaned out.
"I know, listen, I think Kyle found the crystal you are looking for," Alex told him.
"What does it look like?" Max asked.
"It about the size of Liz's palm, it like a 3D kite shape and it's a quartz," Alex described.
"That's it," Max told him. "I'll meet you back at the car." He hung up the phone and was about to leave when he saw a small glint. Curious, he turned back and looked around when he saw a slight movement and made his way in the direction only for the man, who was crouching, to get up and run.
"HEY!" Max shouted after him as he started to chase after him. He wanted to know why this man was taking photos of him and he wanted to know now. A thought came to his mind, he had been taking photos of Max now; whom else had he been a taking photo of? Liz? Anger burned through his veins as he ran harder before he finally tackled the guy to the ground.
Max stood up, dragging the guy up with him.
"You were taking photographs of me!" Max snapped. "Why?"
"I'm just taking photographs of nature," the man replied. Max arched an eyebrow.
"Really, then why run when I walked toward you?" Max asked and the man just glared at him.
"Listen here, little boy, this has nothing to do with you if I take photographs or not so why don't you just go on your way?" the man asked only for Max to grab the front of his shirt, his brown eyes darkening in anger.
"If I catch you anywhere near me or anyone near me, I will hunt you down and make you regret it for your miserable life," Max warned before he shoved the man away and walked off. He couldn't get the niggling feeling that things were going to get worse from now on.
The man just watched as he walked off before he brought the phone up to his ear.
"He rumbled me," the man stated before he nodded. "You got it." With that, he walked off, closing his phone and placed it in his pocket.
"This is unbelievable," Liz muttered, she was still sitting in front of Maria as Maria recounted the tale and Maria sighed.
"Liz, I'm in jail, how can it be more unbelievable than this?" Maria asked and Liz gave her a mock glare.
"I was talking about Michael, he had become more rasher than usual, Max had been worried about him and I don't even want to think how Max is going to react when he finds out," Liz told her and Maria arched an eyebrow as she looked behind Liz.
"I think it's too late for that," Maria told her, causing Liz to arch an eyebrow and she looked behind her to see Max standing on the other side of jail, looking frustrated and furious.
"Max…" Liz trailed off, the last time she had seen him this furious was when Michael and Tess went to New York without his permission.
"We need to go, my parents wants to see us," Max told her and Liz nodded as she and Maria stood up and Liz turned to face Maria.
"I'll come by and try and see you again," Liz promised and Maria nodded as she hugged Liz back before Liz stepped out of the jail and the guard slid the cell door shut before he walked off.
"I'm so sorry about this Maria," Max apologised. Maria waved her hand.
"Just help Michael find his son," Maria told him and Max nodded.
"I'll ask my dad if there is anything he can do for you both," he promised before he wrapped an arm around Liz's waist and walked out of the jail with her by his side.
"Baby, are you okay?" Liz asked as she wrapped an arm around his waist and Max shook his head.
"I want to strangle him," Max gritted out, his anger coming to the surface. Liz reached up and kissed his cheek.
"It'll be okay," she whispered as they met up with His parents and Amy.
"We have to go to court," Phillip told them and Liz arched an eyebrow.
"Already?" Liz asked and Phillip nodded.
"Yeah, the judge wants to get this case over and done with," Phillip, explained.
"Lead the way," Max told him and Phillip nodded as he and Diane led the way with Amy trailing slightly after them. Liz reached out and took Amy's hand into hers, causing Amy to look at Liz.
"I'm sure she'll be fine," Liz whispered and Amy shot her a grateful look before she looked ahead and walked into the courtroom.
Once everyone was settled, the judge looked over the case and heard all the evidence before he finally made his choice and looked out to the courtroom ahead of him.
"Stand up," the judge called out. Michael and Maria both stood up. "Michael Gurien, as we have been told of your background about your housing of a Hank Gurien, we have come to understand where this anger could be coming from so we merely suspend you from entering this country till you hit the age of 21 and will be on probation – all your other charges have been less than this so if you put one toe out of line like this again, I will not hesitate to send you to jail," he warned him and Michael nodded.
"Oh thank god," Isabel whispered.
"Maria Deluca, you have no excuse for this typical behaviour, you grew up with your mother and have not had any record of any kind, that I would have no problem in letting you go but because of the charges with armed robbery and you were the one to hold the gun, I'm sorry to say but I have no choice but to send you to jail," the judge told them.
"No!" Liz whispered as she covered her mouth as Phillip looked at judge in shock at what was being revealed to him.
"Take her away," the judge stated and the guard came forward and took Maria away from the courtroom while Michael just stared straight ahead of him.
"They can't do this!" Amy exclaimed as they left the Courtroom.
"It was armed Robbery and Maria was the one who was holding the gun, the judge didn't have a choice," Phillip explained and Amy shook her head.
"I can't have my baby girl locked up in jail!" Amy exclaimed, causing Diane to reach out and wrap an arm around Amy's waist, comforting the younger mum.
"We better get back to the motel, I will have a look over the case and see if there is anything I can do for Maria," Phillip told them and they nodded as they left the court altogether, not realising that Michael wasn't with them.
Maria was sitting on the bench in her jail when she saw a familiar person walking toward her and she arched an eyebrow.
"What are you doing here?" Maria asked.
"I came to get you out of here," Michael told her as he lifted his hand to wave it over the lock when Maria caught his hand, causing him to look at her.
"No, I'm not going on the run. Mr Evans will probably find someway to help me out of here – you just continue on finding a way to get to your son, that's what's important," Maria told him.
"Maria," he started but was cut off from a sharp shake of head from Maria.
"No Michael, I will not break anymore laws," Maria told him, sternly, before she turned back to her bench.
Michael sighed before he left the jail altogether while Maria just looked up at the ceiling, wondering where the hell everything went wrong and how the hell she was going to fix it without risking anyone else.
Michael stepped into the motel and saw Liz was in bed; she looked at him.
"How could you let Maria hold the gun?" she asked and Michael flinched slightly as Max followed him out of the room. He handed Michael the crystal that he had found.
"Michael…" Max started.
"Don't Max, I have to find my son," Michael told him before leaving Max standing there, alone.
Max sighed and headed back into the room, he walked over to Liz and sat down beside her.
"When did our lives get so messed up?" Liz asked.
"When Tess got pregnant," Max told her and Liz sighed as she turned dark eyes to Max.
"You know I support Michael into wanting to find his son, god, I don't even know what I would be like if it was our son but does he need to drag Maria into it?" she asked, Max just pulled her into a hug, holding her close till her words hit him.
"Erm, Liz, do you know something I don't?" Max asked and Liz looked up at him. "You said you wouldn't know what you would like if it was our son," he pointed out and she rolled her eyes and punched him slightly on the arm.
"I was being hypothetically," she explained and he nodded and she sighed. "Max, I promise you, I'm not pregnant," she told him and he sighed.
"I know – it was just weird hearing you say that," he admitted to her and she smiled slightly.
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Liz told him before she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. "I just hope to god that Michael will wake up and understand what he is putting at stake here by doing all this," she whispered. Max just kissed her forehead, trying to get through the day together.
"So, what do we do now?" Diane asked; she, Phillip, Max, Liz and Amy were sitting around in the Evans' living room of their motel room.
"We have to bail Maria out somehow," Max told them while Liz frowned.
"Wait a minute, all they had on Maria is a strand of blonde hair," Liz remembered and Phillip nodded. "I know lots of blonde haired females at school, there has got to lots of blonde haired females that walks in and out of that shop, so legally, it shouldn't have been added in as evidence," Liz pointed out and Phillip sighed.
"She's correct, I may not do criminal cases but I know that she's right – unless someone can place her as the person who held the gun, they shouldn't be allowed to arrest her and they haven't found any guns," Phillip told them.
"Can you defend her?" Amy asked and Phillip nodded.
"I'll try my best," Phillip told her and Amy let out a sigh of relief while Liz rested her head on Max's shoulder. Diane just watched them both with a small smile.
"Where's Michael?" Diane asked and Max sighed slightly.
"He left," Max admitted and Diane nodded, she just couldn't understand what was going on with Michael these days.
"What?" Amy demanded, startling Liz as she looked at Amy, who stood up with anger flashing in her green eyes. "Are you telling me that he got Maria arrested for armed robbery and just left?"
"Amy…" Liz started but Amy threw up her hands.
"I thought Maria was dating James!" Amy exclaimed.
"She is, Michael needed help so he went to Maria, Maria never knew what it involved and I can tell you that she would have fought him all the way," Liz promised and Amy looked at Liz with tears filling her eyes.
"Why is he dragging my baby girl into this?" she asked. Liz just got up and hugged Amy close while everyone just watched the scene in front of them, not once coming forth with any answers.
They arrived back at the court the next morning, this time Phillip was arguing with the prosecutor about the evidence.
"All I'm saying that there must be lots of blondes going in and out of the shop, and there's no DNA on the hair, meaning you can't pin this on Miss Deluca. Not mention, no gun had been found and the police checked the whole area and came up empty handed," Phillip told him.
The judge watched the scene in front of him with a thoughtful look as he looked over the evidence as well and noticed that there was no gun found and no DNA was retrieved so there was no way to tell if Maria was the one who tried to rob the store, even the security camera didn't help because the female had a mask over her face, blocking her identity.
"I have made my decision," he called out and everyone looked at him. "Miss Deluca is freed to go due to lack of evidence but I will keep a close eye on future cases, keep your nose clean," the judge warned Maria and she nodded while Amy let out a sigh of relief at the outcome.
Maria walked out of the courthouse, Amy kept an arm over her shoulder as they made their way to the car, Michael watched this before getting on his motorbike and drove off.
Liz found herself in the Crashdown with Max sitting next to her. Both of them were trying to recover from what they had been through since Sarah's death when James made his way into the Crashdown and sat across from them both, causing Liz to open her eyes and smile when she saw her cousin sitting across from her.
"Hey," she greeted and James gave her a short smile, causing her smile to drop away as she recognised a serious conversation coming on.
"Do you want to tell me what is going on?" James asked and Liz sighed.
"Michael is looking for his son," Liz told him, leaving James stunned. "He slept with Tess after Sarah was killed and it resulted in Tess getting pregnant. Tess left Roswell and none of us knows where she is and Michael wants his son back but by doing so, he is going off the rails and taking Maria with him."
"You do realise that this isn't good?" James asked and Liz nodded.
"I know," Liz told him before James left Liz alone.
Liz just sighed as she looked up into the sky while wrapping her arms around her waist when she felt longer arms go around her waist and pulled her into a hard body.
"Why is he dragging Maria into it?" she asked and Max shook his head.
"I don't know baby, I don't know," Max replied and Liz sighed as she rested the back of her head on his chest and Max rested his chin on her shoulder, resting their cheeks together as Liz closed her eyes and breathed deeply.
They arrived back at the Evans' house where Phillip and Diane led the way into the living room where Max and Liz followed them.
They both sat on opposite couches while Phillip looked at them both with a serious gaze.
"Do you want to tell me why I put my job on the line?" Phillip asked, Max looked at Liz and she nodded.
"Mom, dad, Michael is looking for his son, he got Tess pregnant and she left Roswell, no one knows where she is," Max explained and Diane sighed.
"Tess Harding, the blonde that came to Roswell about two years May?" Diane asked and Liz nodded.
"Yes, that Tess," Liz confirmed.
"Okay, Phillip told them, they left the living room and made their way into Max's bedroom.
"What do you think they'll do?" Liz asked, they were now lying on the bed, cuddled up together.
"I don't know," Max, admitted. "But I hope that Michael will stay low for a while."
Michael opened the door to the basement and looked over only to be stunned when he saw that the ship was gone and he chance of finding his son.
TBC
So, what did you think?
Next chapter should be out by next Monday (Crossing fingers)
Don't forget to vote for what story you want to read next!