Chapter 35
"Hmm," Liz moaned as Max kissed his way down her neck, causing her to arch her body into his in pleasure.
Liz slipped her hands under his shirt so she could rest her hands on his hot skin, feeling the muscles contract as he moved over her.
Liz spread her legs so that Max could settled down in between them and started rubbing himself against her as he brought his mouth up to hers, stealing her lips in a hot kiss.
Liz wrapped her legs around his waist as she held on only for the phone to ring, shrilling, around the room, breaking into their haze. Max groaned as he dropped his forehead on Liz's shoulder in frustration before he moved himself off Liz as she reached over to her bedside table and answered her phone.
"Hello?" Liz answered. "Oh, Hi Mrs. Evans," she greeted before she looked at Max, who nodded. "Yeah, he's here." She pressed the phone up against Max's ear before she leaned in and kissed his neck before her lips formed an o shape behind his ear and sucked slightly, causing Max's eyes to roll up into the back of his head.
"No, I'm here, mom. What's up?" Max asked. "Now? Mom, I'm with Liz." He sighed. "What kind of dinner is an emergency?" Liz pulled away from Max and looked at him curiously. "Okay, we'll be there soon." He pressed the receiver button before throwing the phone on the bed then looked at Liz.
"We?" Liz asked and Max nodded.
"Yeah, mom wants us both there for dinner," he told her and Liz sighed. "I know, baby but maybe once dinner is over, we can pick up from where we left off?" Liz smiled.
"Okay, come on," Liz told him as she climbed out of bed, using her powers to fix her hair and face before she grabbed some lip balm and put it on. She noticed that Max was staring at her in the mirror with a small smile on his face. "Hey, what's the smile for?" she asked. Max shook his head.
"Nothing, it's just, seeing you using your powers like you've been using them all your life," he explained and Liz smiled softly.
"Come on lover boy, let's not keep your mom waiting," she told him as she grabbed his shirt and yanked him out of the bedroom.
They finally arrived at the Evans' house. Isabel and Jesse were already there by the indication of Jesse's car in the driveway.
"Okay mum, what is this about?" Max asked as he and Liz made their way into the living room. He saw his parents sharing a couch together while Isabel sat on the chair with Jesse on the ledge.
"Sit down," Diane told him. Max looked at her, curiously before he and Liz moved over to the other couch and sat down. Diane brought up the remote and switched the TV on before pressing play.
The TV went all fuzzy for a second before it sprang to life. Isabel gasped when she saw her old bedroom. She was sitting on the bed as the windows sprang open and her stuff started to rotate around her. It all lasted for a minute when she stood up and waved her hand, putting everything back its normal place.
"Oh my," Liz whispered as she covered her mouth before she looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was pale. "Max…" she started.
"Can you just tell me what I'm seeing?" Diane asked. "I mean, what just happened there?"
"You spied on me?" Isabel demanded as she stood up. "You put a camera into my room and spied on me?"
"Honey, we were worried about you!" Phillip exclaimed. Max stood up.
"Did you hire that photographer?" Max demanded as he looked at his father. Phillip looked at his son for a short moment before he nodded. Max scoffed as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Max, what photographer?" Liz asked, curious to what he was talking about.
"When Michael was arrested, I went looking out in the desert for something that Michael threw. I saw a flash of light and I looked over to see the photographer taking pictures. He ran when I chased him. I caught him and he said he was taking pictures of the wildlife but I didn't believe him," Max explained.
"Why did you chase him?" Phillip demanded. Max looked at his father with hard eyes.
"Because I thought if he was taking pictures of me, then he probably had been taking pictures of Liz and I wanted to make sure that he wasn't to go anywhere near Liz," Max informed him.
Liz stood up and turned Max to face her. "Why didn't you tell me?" Liz asked.
"Because I wanted everyone to be as normal as they could – I wanted to make sure that nothing was out of place, I couldn't risk triggering the person spying on us while I tried to look for information on who was spying on us," Max explained.
"What about the video?" Diane asked. Isabel sighed as she sat down.
"We're aliens," Isabel told them, causing Diane and Phillip to look at her. "It wasn't an weather balloon that crashed that night. We were in the pods and we came out that night you found us. Michael hid himself while Tess was still in the pod."
"Are you sure you're aliens? I mean, couldn't you just have abilities?" Diane asked.
"Mrs Evans," Liz spoke up and Diane looked at her. "I checked Max's cells, they're not human." Diane closed her eyes.
"How did you find out?" Phillip asked, hurt that Liz found out before they did.
"I was shot that day in the Crashdown, Max risked everything to heal me," Liz explained as she took Max's hand, smiling up at him as she thought back to that fateful day in the Crashdown.
"The bird, the fire?" Diane asked and Max nodded.
"The bird was an accident, I didn't know that I could heal at the time. I used my powers to put out the fire then poured water over it," Max explained.
"Why couldn't you tell us?" Phillip demanded.
"Because it's too dangerous!" Max exclaimed, startling everyone. "After I healed Liz, the FBI came down on us like a ton of bricks. That day our house was broken into? That was the FBI because we found information that could have led to answers but they took it. This year we had another race of aliens trying to kill us and we found out things that just made our lives even more dangerous."
"Baby," Liz whispered as she placed a hand on Max's shoulder.
"Did you know?" Phillip asked as he looked at Jesse and Jesse smiled.
"Yeah, Isabel told me before we got married and you know what? When I look at Isabel, I see my wife who is incredible gifted and special," Jesse told them. "I don't see an alien."
"I gather it was the same for you, Liz?" Diane asked and Liz smiled.
"I kinda figured out the truth about Max myself, he confirmed. Even when I knew that he was an alien, it didn't change anything. I always knew that Max was special but then I found how just how special he was," Liz told her.
"And Liz is an alien as well, her biological mother was our protector but she fell in love with Jeff and they both created Liz then she died. Liz grew up not knowing about her inheritance," Max explained.
"So, Tess is an alien as well?" Phillip asked and Max nodded. "So, why did you let her go? I mean, I presume you were all sent together?"
"Because she killed Sarah," Isabel spoke up, causing her parents to look at her. "Listen, Tess was brought up by one of our protector and he wasn't exactly a father type. She made a deal with our enemies that she would get pregnant with Max's child and return us all home."
"Max, you didn't…" Diane started but was cut off from Max's violent headshake.
"God no Mom, I love Liz way too much to do that to her. Tess slept with Michael and got pregnant. She was planning on using that to get us home. We almost went home but I chose a different path, I couldn't imagine my life without Liz so I stayed behind," Max explained.
"Alex was adamant that Sarah hadn't killed herself. He was convinced that someone had a helping hand in it so Max and I agreed to help Alex to find some answers. When Max and the others were getting ready to get off the planet, I remembered something. Tess had been mind warping Sarah for a long time – she can plant thoughts into your head, make you see something that's not there," Liz explained to the parents' confusement. "We went to Kyle and he broke through the mind warp and told us that he had witnessed Sarah's death. We all went to the Chamber and Tess was the only one who left."
Diane was about to speak once more when there was a clatter, startling everyone. Phillip sighed.
"Probably just a cat knocking over the bins," Phillip suggested but Max shook his head.
"No, that was inside," Max told them as he moved closer to the kitchen, his hand slightly outstretched as he rounded the wall. He stopped when he saw the backdoor was open and the bowl of fruit was now on the floor, in pieces.
"I closed that door," Diane told them as Max backed up away from the door, looking around the kitchen when a shadow moved, causing Max to lift his hand up in the direction. His mouth fell open when Tess stepped out of the shadows, holding a bundle in her arm.
Liz and Isabel gasped when they saw the one person they thought they never see again.
"Tess," they both exclaimed as Tess moved closer to Max and handed him to the bundle.
"Take him, Max," Tess told him before she collapsed on the spot while Max stared at the baby's face through the bundle.
"Its Michael's son," Max exclaimed, Isabel gasped as she grabbed the phone. "Liz," Max called and Liz hurried over to Max, he handed her the baby. "Dad, can you carry Tess into my room, I doubt that Izzy wants her on her bed," Max stated and Phillip nodded as he lifted Tess and moved into Max's bedroom as Max moved over to Liz and smiled down at the baby.
"Max, he's so cute," Liz whispered and Max grinned at her.
"Don't go and getting any ideas, I promised mom that we would wait till after we had achieved the rest of our dreams," Max told her and kissed her forehead.
Tess woke up with a gasp; she looked around to see Max standing next to the window. She found that she was in Max's bedroom, lying on his bed.
"I thought I told you not to come back," Max grounded out.
"Sorry for disobeying you," She retorted as she got up and looked at her arm, which was bandaged. "I guess it's too much to ask if you can heal it?" Tess asked.
"I'm not healing you," Max remarked. "Not after what you did."
"Where's Zan?" Tess asked and Max looked at her.
"You named him Zan?" Max asked and Tess threw him a glare.
"It is your name," Tess shot at him.
"Not my kid," Max shot back, the bedroom door opened, revealing Liz. She stepped in and walked over to Max, who slipped an arm around her waist, holding her closer.
"Michael is on his way over, your mom is soothing the baby," she told him then looked at Tess. "Tess," she greeted and got a cold hateful glare directed her way.
"Can I see Zan?" Tess asked and Liz looked at her.
"You named your son, Zan?" Liz asked and Tess scoffed.
"He was suppose to be Max's," Tess, reminded.
"And you used Michael to do what Max refused to do," Liz told her.
"If you hadn't gotten in the way, then Max and I would be perfectly happy together," Tess shot back at her.
"No, Liz is my soul mate. Sheila is Zan's soul mate and I wouldn't have been happy with you. I would be dead right now," Max informed her. Tess took a step back like she had been slapped.
"We better get out of here and go somewhere else," Liz told Max, who looked down at her. "Mr. Valenti called, the Air force is looking for an alien and a baby."
"Oh hell, that'll mean they'll be searching houses for her," Max groaned out, Liz nodded.
"Okay, we'll go to Isabel's apartment. That's closer to the air force so they'll search there first. Once they have, we'll go over there," Max told them.
"I'll call everyone and tell them to meet us over there," Liz told him as she left the room. Max looked at Tess once more.
"Give me a good reason why I shouldn't kill you," Max informed her. Tess stuck her chin out.
"Kill me and you'll kill Zan. We're both connected," Tess informed him. Max stopped in his tracks and eyed Tess, warily. "Yeah, that's how our family is connected – we all have a bond with each other so we know if the other is hurt or dead. But because Zan is a little baby, he'll die if I die."
Max sighed. "Great," he muttered. He left the room with Tess following him. They made their way into the living room where they saw everyone was sitting.
"The Air force has been to our apartment. I phoned my neighbours and she told me that her place had been searched," Isabel told Max, who nodded.
"Okay, let's get over there now before the air force some over here," Max told them and they nodded as Tess took baby Zan back into her arms and they all hurried out to the cars and drove over to Isabel's apartment where Milton, Maria, James, Alex, Kyle and Mr. Valenti were waiting for them.
When Tess entered the apartment after everyone else, Alex jumped up with rage flashing in his blue eyes at the sight of the blonde killer, who had killed the person he loved,
"Why isn't she dead?" Alex asked.
"Because she's bonded to Zan, kill her and we kill Zan," Max explained as he ran a hand through Liz's hair. "We need to find a way to get them out of Roswell."
"There are road blocks up everywhere," Kyle pointed out and Max nodded.
"I know," he told them. "So Tess will need to mind warp them into thinking they're not there," Max explained.
"Great, lets hope none of them drop dead," Kyle muttered. Tess shot him a hurt look before she shook her head and turned back to face the window.
"We'll go in half an hour and hope that everything will be okay," Max told them and they all nodded as they all walked off in their own way.
Max, Michael, Tess and baby Zan loaded up the car. Tess and Zan were in the backseat while Max was driving the car and Michael was sitting in the passenger seat. They drove closer to the roadblock where they saw a solider standing there.
"Okay, get ready to mind warp," Michael warned Tess, who nodded as she closed her eyes as the car came to a stop.
"Where are you going?" The solider asked as he looked round the car and saw that the backseat was empty.
"We're heading out toward the town," Max told him. There was a faint crying, causing the solider to look around.
"Calm him down," Michael hissed but Tess shook her head as she jiggled the baby softly.
"He won't stop crying," Tess hissed back.
"What was that?" the solider asked. Max looked at him.
"What was what?" Max asked then there were another cry but this time, louder than the first one. The solider grabbed his gun, causing Max to reverse the car backward, the wheels squealing as the car turned around in a circle and Max drove off as Tess dropped the mind warp.
"Well, that's plan a destroyed," Michael, muttered as they drove back to Isabel's apartment.
They arrived back in the apartment. Everyone stood up to see if the plan had worked but it they saw it had failed when Tess walked in with Zan in her arms. Michael took Zan from Tess and headed into the bedroom with him to see if he could get him settled and to sleep.
Once he came back out, everyone looked toward Max for answers.
"We need to make up another plan," Max told them and Kyle agreed. Tess sighed as she looked at them.
"I'll go," Tess spoke up and everyone looked at her. "I'll hand myself in."
"You said you were bonded…that was a lie, wasn't it?" Max demanded and scoffed. "Why not? You lied about everything else," he muttered.
"Why is the baby not bonded to you?" Liz asked and Tess turned to face her.
"He's human," she admitted.
"How is that possible?" Michael demanded.
"DNA, you both have human and alien DNA, it's a fifty/fifty chance," Liz finished.
"Plus it has something to do with needs," Milton told them and they all turned to face him. "When Max and Liz got back together, they were being forced through an alien need, for example, glowing hickeys, visions. It was Max's alien need that was driving him toward Liz," Milton explained. "Both side of Max is tuned into Liz, and it allows Liz to access Max's memories, the same goes for Max, Liz is tuned into Max. If Liz was to get pregnant, the baby would be half alien, half human, add in the fact that Liz is now changed and is already a half alien due to Sheila." He looked at Tess and Michael. "What about you?"
"It was purely human for me," Michael admitted and Tess nodded.
"And you ended up with a human child, your alien side weren't tuned in with your human side, it never came up during the sex," Milton explained. "So you couldn't bond properly as there was a part of you that didn't accept the other."
"That's sound about right," Liz spoke up and Milton looked at her. "When Max and I make love, we can see everything we've been through and feel everything too," Liz told him and Milton nodded.
"That's bonding. You and Max accept everything of the other which allows you to bond better," Milton informed her.
"God, and Khivar didn't kill him?" Liz demanded. "Because for some reason, Khivar doesn't seem like a understanding person."
"He wanted to. I escaped before he did," Tess explained.
"You know," Alex started up, causing everyone to look at him. "Now that we know that Tess is no longer bonded to Zan, we could just have her killed off."
"We can't," Max told them. "The Air force will still be looking for an alien and we'll never be safe."
"So hand her in," Isabel told them. "Then they'll have their alien." Max looked at them.
"Fine, we'll put it to a vote," Max told them but Alex jumped in.
"And it's not going to just between you three, she killed my girlfriend – I want my piece," Alex told them. Max agreed.
"Fine. Yes, we'll hand her over. No, we find some other way to fix this," Max told them. "Maria?"
"Yes, she killed Sarah," Maria told them.
"Alex?"
"Yes."
"Isabel?"
"You were my friend and you just wanted to use Max, hurt Liz and you killed Sarah in the process, hurting Alex – I vote yes."
"Michael?"
"Yes, let her go through what you went through."
"Jesse?"
"I can't vote, I didn't know Sarah and I don't know Tess," Jesse explained and Max nodded, showing his understanding.
"Kyle?"
"As much as I hate for her doing this to us, I vote no."
"Jim?"
"No, I don't condone murder."
"James?"
"I vote no, she may have killed Sarah but she is still a mother and kid needs a mother."
"I vote no," Max told them and everyone looked at him. "I know what she will go through if she was handed over to them, I wouldn't wish it on anybody."
Everyone turned to look at Liz.
"Break the tie," Maria told her. Liz moved over to Tess and stood in front of her, looking into Tess' blue eyes.
"Why?" Liz asked and Tess looked at her. "Why did you have to go through with the deal? We welcomed you into our arms, if you had told us the deal, we could have helped you find some way out of it, protected you. If you wanted the book decoded – why not just ask Alex? He would have helped you because he wanted to help you all find answers to your past. Why mind warp Sarah?"
"I was scared," Tess admitted. "And I guess I'm too much alien." Liz sighed.
"I vote…" everyone held their breath. "No." Tess looked at Liz in disbelief. "Because I know what Max went through that time in the white room and I never want to see anyone else go through it." Tess nodded in understanding. "If only you had come to us." Liz left the house through the backdoor.
Everyone just stood there, shocked at what had just happened. Max sighed as he looked at Tess once more.
"The overall vote is no, we'll find some else to help Tess," Max told them before he left the house after Liz.
"Oh, this great!" Kyle stated. "Now what do we do?" Tess just continued to stare after where Liz had ran, a thought forming in her mind.
"Liz!" Max shouted as Liz made her way up the garden path, intending to get away from the house. "Liz!" Max shouted once more.
Liz stopped in her tracks. She took a deep breath before she turned around to face Max. "What do you mean that you know what I went through in the white room?" Max demanded. Liz looked off to the side.
"Sometimes when we kiss or make I love, I get a flash," Liz admitted and Max felt the blood draining from his face.
"Oh god," he whispered as he stared at his girlfriend, horrified. He hadn't known anything about this. Since she hadn't mentioned anything about the flashes, he just assumed she was getting his normal flashes. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I can't talk about it without something blowing up," Liz admitted. She looked up at him with pain in her eyes. "Every time I close my eyes, I see Pierce hanging over you."
Max swept Liz up into his arms, crushing her against his chest.
"You should have told me that you were seeing these things," Max told her. Liz shook her head as she pulled away and looked up at him.
"I knew that if I did, you would have shut down from me," Liz whispered. "You would have closed yourself off from me to stop me from seeing the flashes. Haven't you noticed that you rarely think about the white room anymore? That it doesn't haunt you as much as it used to?"
Max thought about it before he shook his head. He hadn't noticed that his nightmares and thoughts about the White room had been slowly disappearing. It was like the haunting had finally stopped. It was still at the back of his head but it wasn't as strong as it used to be.
"What did you do?" Max breathed out. Liz shook her head.
"I didn't do anything. By sharing your memories with you, your body started to relax. It wasn't as tense as it used to be because the memories were being resolved itself by sharing themselves with me," Liz explained. Max nodded in understanding.
"Why did you vote no?" Max asked, curious to what was going through Liz's mind at the time. Liz sighed as she looked up at Max.
"I'm not a killer," Liz whispered. Max smiled slightly as he kissed her before resting her head on his chest once more and they both closed their eyes. "So much for picking up where we left off," Liz grumbled and Max let out a chuckle, causing Liz to smile.
Everyone found themselves situated around Isabel and Jesse' apartment, sleeping. Maria was sleeping on the couch while James took up the floor. Liz and Max were sharing the other couch together when Tess walked over to Liz and knelt down by the couch.
"Liz," Tess whispered. "Wake up." Liz sniffled slightly before she opened her eyes and they widen when they saw Tess. She turned slightly on her body, aware of Max sleeping next to her.
"What?" Liz asked.
"I need you to do something for me," Tess whispered and Liz looked at her, curiously before she nodded and she got off the couch. Max grumbled but Liz bent down and kissed his lips before stroking his cheek. Max fell back into another deep sleep and Liz let out a sigh of relief before she moved over to Tess.
They both exited Isabel's apartment. They were about to head over to a car when a female voice spoke up.
"Where are you going?" they both turned to see Maria standing there.
"Can you come with us?" Tess asked. "I need to do something." Maria eyed her before she looked at Liz before nodded. If Liz obviously trusted Tess, then it was safe. All three girls hurried over to the Jetta and Maria started up the car.
They arrived at the Air Force building. Liz was sitting in the back while Tess was sitting in the passenger side and Maria was driving. "Liz, can you leave us alone for a minute?" Tess asked as she looked at Liz.
Liz nodded as she exited the car and closed the door. Tess turned back to Maria.
"I wanted to apologised for taking Michael away from you," Tess started but Maria held up her hand.
"As much I hated that, I have to thank you," Maria admitted and Tess looked at her, curiously. "If you hadn't, I would have thought I was still in love with Michael and missed out my chance with James, who I truly love," Maria explained and Tess nodded.
"Every time we kissed, he was thinking about you," Tess admitted. Maria looked at Tess shocked. Tess walked out of the car and rounded it so she stood next to Liz.
"I'm sorry for everything I put you through," Tess told her. Liz looked at her.
"I just wish that you had came to us in the first place and told us everything. We would have helped you. I thought there would have been a chance we could have been friends," Liz admitted. Tess sighed as she shrugged.
"Maybe in our next life," Tess suggested and Liz nodded.
"Hey, Tess," Tess looked at her. "You're not gonna let them capture you, are you?" Tess smiled softly.
"No," Tess told her. "If I can take them down and hopefully bring down an end to the danger, then this is worth it."
"I hope you find the peace that you were missing in this lifetime," Liz told her.
"I hope so too," Tess told her before she walked away over to the fence.
Liz rounded the car and climbed into the passenger seat and she sat down next to Maria. Both of them stared out of the rear-view mirror as they heard shouting, gunfire, screaming them a huge explosion came from the base. Fire shot up into the air and the siren went off.
"Lets go home," Liz whispered to Maria, who nodded and started the car into gear and they went back home with Tess in their thoughts.
Max was pacing the living room floor in the morning. He woke up to find that Tess, Maria and Liz were missing and he wasn't happy about it. None of them had a clue where any of the girls could be so they were stuck waiting.
The door opened and everyone turned to see Liz and Maria making their way into the apartment. Maria sat on the couch and stared out of the window.
Max looked at Liz, questioningly.
"Tess asked us to take us to the base. She blew the base up with her in it," Liz explained. Everyone looked at each other in shock before Michael shook his head, sadly.
"She wanted to do something good for once," Michael whispered and Max nodded as Michael made his way over to the bedroom where Zan was sleeping. "Max, can I speak to you alone please?" Michael asked.
Max looked at him before nodding and they both entered the bedroom and Max shut the door closed behind him.
Phillip walked into his kitchen a few days later; he stopped when he saw Max and Liz standing next to the window, talking in soft tones to each other. Zan was in the bassinette that was sitting on top of the counter, happily playing with his feet.
"Hey," Phillip greeted, Max and Liz turned to face him.
"Morning," Liz greeted as Phillip rounded the counter and poured himself a cup of tea.
"I thought you would still be asleep," Phillip told them. Max smirked.
"Didn't I tell you?" Max asked and Phillip looked at him. "Aliens don't need much sleep." Phillip laughed as Liz elbowed Max.
"Speak for yourself," Liz teased him as Max took a sip of his tea before she turned back to face Zan.
"So, what is Michael going to do about Zan?" Phillip asked. "He'll have a lot of things to do considering the fact that he is at school and has a job." Max looked up at his dad before sighing.
"Michael wants to give Zan up," Max told him and Phillip looked at him.
"Why?" Phillip asked and Max sighed as he thought back to last night.
Flashback"What's up?" Max asked as he shut the door behind him and Michael turned to face him.
"I want to give up Zan," Michael told him, he had been toying with the idea and he had finally made his choice, it was hard but he knew it was the right one.
"What?" Max asked and Michael looked at him.
"Max, I can barely look after myself, let alone a baby, plus, our lives are too dangerous Max, it's not safe for Zan. Plus, he can have the life we never had, a chance to be a normal kid." Max sat down on the bed, processing what his best friend was telling him. He looked back up at Michael.
"Are you sure?" Max asked, wanting to be sure.
"Yes," Michael told him. "My son deserves to be safe and grow up with parents who are normal, he'll never be safe around me," Michael explained and Max took a deep breath.
"Okay, I'll talk to dad and see if he knows parents who are looking to adopt a child," Max told him and Michael nodded.
"Can you just make sure that they'll love him the right way?" he asked and Max nodded.
"No problem, I'll have Liz to check them out and I'll call you with the details so you can be there," Max told him and Michael shook his head.
"No, don't," Michael, told him. "It's better if I say goodbye now," Michael explained and left the room, leaving Max alone.
End Flashback.
"He's not going to be there to give up his son?" Phillip asked.
"No," Max told him. "He feels it's better this way."
"He's brave, I'll give him that," Phillip told him before nodded. "I'll get the details drawn up today," Phillip told him and left.
Max looked back at his girlfriend, who was now smiling at Zan.
"I still stand by what I said," Max teased her and she laughed as she looked up at him.
"I know, but every time I look at him, I can't help but wonder…" She trailed off and Max picked up on it.
"What our children will be like?" Max asked and Liz nodded. "Well, they'll probably get my ears," he told her and Liz smiled.
"I like your ears," Liz told him before looking down at Zan, turning in Max's arms so her back was to him and he wrapped his arms around her waist. "God, what must Michael be going through? He goes through hell to find his son and now he has him, he has to give him up!" Liz whispered and Max kissed the back of her neck.
"Agony," Max suggested and shook his head. "I can only hope that we'll never have to go through what he's going through," Max told her and Liz nodded as she rested her back on his chest as they both stared down at the smiling baby, who was now giggling up at them.
Max and Liz were sitting on the bench on the patio. They both were smiling down at Zan, who was gurgling up at them. Liz reached out and took Zan's hand, smiling when Zan curled his fingers around hers.
"One thing, we can not name our kids after our alien names," Max told her and Liz nodded, stifling a smile at Max's annoyed expression. Diane came out and smiled when she saw Max and Liz huddled over the baby.
An image appeared before her mind eye of Max and Liz having a baby together. She came back down to earth and looked at Max once more.
"Are you ready?" Diane asked Max, who looked up at her and nodded.
"Yeah, its time for Zan to lead a life for himself," Max told her before he looked down at Zan once more. He smoothed his hand over Zan's forehead, causing it to glow slightly before returning to normal. Diane zeroed on it.
"Max, what was that?" Diane asked and Max smiled slightly.
"Just a memory for Michael," he told her as he stood up and handed Zan over to Diane, who took him and they all moved toward the car.
Diane took Zan into her arms and placed him into the small car seat before closing the door and she got into the front seat herself.
"We should be back tomorrow," Phillip, told Max and Liz, who nodded and waved as Phillip got into the car and drove the car off. Max stood behind Liz and wrapped his arms around her waists, holding her close to him as they both watched the car disappear around the corner.
Max looked off to the side and saw Michael standing next to a tree, Michael nodded before walking off and Liz rested her head on Max's chest.
"Do you think Michael will be okay?" she asked and Max sighed.
"I have no idea," he admitted before kissing her forehead and wrapped his arm around her waist as he led her back to the house.
Meanwhile in the car, Zan played with the spaceship rattle, smiling and cooing at the same time, he was going to live his life now.
TBC