Okay everyone, we have come to the last chapter of this story and I'm glad to say it's finished!
Chapter 36Max and Liz found themselves in Max's room, celebrating that Liz had gotten into Harvard. Liz was sitting on Max's lap while Max had a hand in her hair and the other one wrapped around her waist, holding her close to him as they made out.
"Congratulations," Max told her as he broke away from the kiss. Liz couldn't help but smile.
"You've said that, two times now," Liz told him and Max grinned.
"What I can say, I love college girls," Max teased her as he took her lips into his, causing to her moan in pleasure. "How is James taking the whole Alien thing?" Max mumbled out from kissing her neck. Liz just smiled as she slipped her hand into his dark locks, holding him close.
"He's fine. We had a major talk after everything that had happened. He understands that you're not going to hurt me," Liz told him. Max pulled away from her neck and nipped her bottom lip before he pulled away and looked into her eyes.
"So, he's not going to run to the FBI?" Max asked. Liz shook her head.
"No, I explained what we went through because of them and he promised that he won't call the FBI and not to breath a word of what's going on," Liz promised him. Max nodded in relief.
"Will he be okay with everything?" Max asked as he slowly trailed his lips up her neck. Liz nodded.
"Yeah, just give him time – it's not easy knowing that there's aliens on earth and that your cousin happens to be one when you walked on her changing…Oh, right there," Liz groaned out, breathlessly as Max flicked his tongue over her spot at the base of her neck, sending shivers of delight down her spine.
"I love you," Liz whispered as she took Max's lips back in hers only for flashes to start up the back of her eyelids. She watched as Max fell backward on the ground, blood trickling out of his mouth as he arched his neck before his head fell to the side, gazing at her, blankly.
Liz yanked herself away from Max's lips, breathing harshly as she gazed at Max with fear bright in her eyes. Max looked up at her, breathing harshly, wondering why Liz had cut their making out so abruptly when he saw the fear.
"Liz?" Max asked, worried for his girlfriend as he cupped her face. Liz shook her head.
"We're gonna die," Liz gasped out and Max looked at her.
"Liz," he asked as he grabbed her arms and pulled her off his lap and sat her down next to him on the bed. "Liz, tell me what happened?"
"I saw you get killed," Liz told him as she looked at him with fear in her eyes. Max frowned.
"What else did you see?" Max asked; Liz just shook her head.
"I broke away from the kiss just after I saw you died – I didn't want to see anything else but I got this sensation that Michael and Isabel died – don't ask me why I feel that," Liz told him.
"Okay, I'll phone the gang and let them know – they need to keep a look out for anything dangerous," Max told her and Liz nodded as she moved back on the bed, resting her back on the headrest and clutched a pillow close to herself as she fought back the image of Max dying while Max grabbed the phone, cursing under his breath that life couldn't just stay peaceful for them.
Everyone found themselves in the Evans' house, watching Max and Liz as they explained what Liz had seen in her vision.
"What were you doing when you got the visions?" Kyle asked.
"Celebrating that I got into Harvard – it's the same way how I got the visions of the orbs," Liz informed them, not once blushing – she knew that they all did the same thing with the people they love so there was no point in anyone being embarrassed.
"Right, is there anything to tell us where or why?" Jim asked. Liz shook her head.
"Nothing to indicate where but it's too much of a coincidence for it not to be the FBI," Liz told them.
"Why are you so sure that it's real? I mean, I get dreams every now and then that we're going to get whacked," Michael told her. Liz looked at Max, who sighed and took Liz's hand in his.
"Liz was working when she got a vision from a customer being shot at a robbery – we went there and we were able to prevent the robbery," Max explained. Jim sighed.
"Why did no one report it?" Jim asked. Liz shrugged.
"Max and I knew we couldn't report it because we had no reason to be in the alley at the time – I don't know why the lady didn't report it," Liz told him and Jim nodded.
"Okay, we need to continue life normally as possible, we can't risk anyone being tipped off. Liz and I will try and generate another vision to see if it can get more clearer," Max told them and everyone nodded. "I'm gonna take Liz home, I'll see you all later." With that, Max stood up, taking Liz with him as he grabbed their jackets and they headed out of the house, leaving the gang behind.
"What do you think is going to happen?" James asked. He and Maria were sitting at the Crashdown booth the next morning, talking about the night before. Maria shook her head.
"I don't know, I wonder if this was fated," Maria muttered. James just tilted his head slightly to the side, as he looked at Maria, curious. "First year, the FBI came after us, second year, the aliens came after us now this year, we have the FBI – wonder if there will be more aliens coming after us next year," Maria told him.
James just looked down into his meal with a pensive thought. Maria reached out and took James' hand, causing him to look up at her. It had taken them a while to get back to where they were and they were still working on it.
"Max isn't going to let anything happen to Liz, he loves her too much," Maria told him. "You see, Max is more human than anyone else on the planet – which is actually quite funny considering he's not really of this earth," she whispered the last bit. James couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face at the contradiction of Max.
"I know but I can't help but worry about Liz," James told her and Maria nodded.
"I know but you can rest knowing that Max would never allow anything to happen to Liz while he's still alive," Maria promised him and they both lapsed back into silence.
Max and Liz were in Liz's bedroom, making out on her bed.
Liz arched her body under Max's hands in pleasure, sliding her hands up his shirt, desperately needing to feel his hot skin under her hands when the flashes started up in the back of her eyelids. She watched as Michael fell first to the ground, he was gurgling as he fought death. Isabel let out a gasp as her body jerked when a bullet hole appeared in her mid-drift before she fell to the ground. Jesse was holding her close to his body as he cried out in pain. She watched herself landing on the ground on her side. Blood was slowly trickling out the side of her mouth. She watched as Max landed on his back once more, blood trickling out his mouth as he arched his neck before his head fell to the side, gazing at her blankly.
A bald – headed figure came into view. He was standing at a podium when his head snapped to the side at the gunshots.
Liz came out of her visions as she gazed up at Max once more with tears in her eyes. Max looked down at her.
"Liz?" he whispered. Liz shook her head as she held Max close to her, reminding herself that Max was still alive and was holding her close to him. "What did you see?" Max asked.
"You dying again," Liz whispered before she turned her face and buried into Max's neck, inhaling the scent of him like it was her last moment with him.
She got up and made her way over to the bookcase, rifling through her books.
"Liz?" Max asked, curious.
"I saw this man in my vision, I know him," Liz told him before she saw a picture on the back of the book; she grabbed it and looked it before she moved over to Max. "That's him," she sat down on the bed next to Max and showed him the book.
"Bryon, he's the speaker that Brody had requested for the U.F.O Centre," Max told her. Liz looked back at him with fear in her eyes.
Max and Liz were sitting on a high rock, looking at the gang that now were surrounding them. They couldn't believe how much their lives had changed over the years. Michael stood slightly away from Max and Liz with Alex standing next to him. Isabel and Jesse stood a little away from them, together. Maria and James were on Liz's side, standing a little away from her. The Evans stood in the middle while Jim and Kyle stood next together.
"We're going to die on the 12th of June," Max told them. "Liz saw Michael, Isabel, Liz and I dying – we can safely assume that the FBI somehow found us out and is now wanting us dead."
"How could they find you out?" Diane asked. "You guys were so careful."
"They must have put Pierce's stuff together and came to the conclusion," Michael told them.
"So, what do we do?" Isabel asked and everyone looked up at Max and Liz. Max shook his head as he stood up.
"I'm not making the decisions any more," Max told them as he helped Liz up. "I'm not a king, you're not my second in command and you're not a princess," he told Isabel and Michael. "We're just teenagers who are fighting for our lives."
"I say we fight back," Isabel told them. Liz turned away, obviously upset with everything. Max was about to touch her shoulder when she exploded.
"This is not fair!" Liz shouted and large rocks around them blew up, causing everyone to jump away from Liz and Max to wrap his arms around Liz, holding her close. "We haven't done anything and they want to kill us!" she sobbed into his chest.
We have to make a choice and fast – the FBI wants us so we'll need to find some way to prevent that from happening," Michael told them. "The only one I can think of is – leave. We can't leave in one big group though."
"Separate?" Liz asked from where she had her head rested on Max's chest as she looked at Michael.
"Smaller groups are better than one large sitting duck," Michael told her. Liz just turned her face into Max's chest as Max tightened his grip on her.
"Fine, Liz and I will leave after Graduation. Isabel and Jesse already know when they are leaving. Michael can leave anytime he wants," Max told them.
"What about the rest of us?" Maria asked.
"The visions only show Liz, Max, Isabel and I are the ones being killed – it looks like you guys are safe for now," Michael told them. James shook his head.
"No way, I mean, what if the FBI decides to use us to get to you?" James demanded.
"Even so, we still need to spilt up so the FBI don't catch all of us," Michael told them.
"The FBI won't be catching any of us," Liz replied, sharply, causing everyone to look at her. "They want us dead, they're not going to risk capturing us because of what Tess did."
"Beside, there shouldn't be any reason why they would believe you're involved," Isabel told them but Max shook his head.
"No, it's too risky for them to stay here in Roswell, the FBI had no qualms about taking me right in the middle of a carnival, they'll have no problem using them to get to us – you all should leave too – I'm presuming you have you acceptance letters?" Max asked and they nodded. "Then you should head to those colleges as soon as possible and if possible, ask if you can change your name and appearance – hopefully the College wouldn't object to that."
"Will we ever meet back up again?" Maria asked, sadly. Liz grinned.
"No matter what, we've always found our way back to each other," Liz told Maria, who smiled at her best friend and all of them lapsed into silence, realising this could be the last time they would be together again.
Max and Liz found themselves on Liz's balcony, setting the place up. Liz was lighting the candles while Max set out the blanket.
"What do you think is going to happen?" Liz asked once she finished lighting the last candle and sat it down before turning around to face Max. Max looked up at Liz before shrugging as he took her hand and pulled him closer to her.
"I don't know but I have a feeling that we're going to have an adventure," Max told her. "Are you okay about missing college though?"
"Yes," Liz told him. "Once we're absolutely sure that we are safe, I can go then – I'll explain to them that my life has some personal problems." Max nodded before he felt something digging into his pocket and he smiled slightly.
"I have a question to ask you," Max told her and Liz tilted her head, curious. "I fell in love with you in our past life and I found you again in this lifetime," Liz couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face. Max got down onto his knee as he pulled out a small velvet black box and flipped it open to show a white gold band with three cluster diamonds adoring the middle of it. The middle one was a larger one than the other two on its side. Liz couldn't help the gasp as it rose up in her throat. "I love you Liz Parker and I don't want us to die without being married, without letting the world see that I belonged you and you belonged to me in the legal sense. Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?"
Liz slowly dropped down to her knees as she took the box, gazing at the ring before she looked up at Max and smiled brightly as tears slid down her cheeks.
"Yes," she told him. Max smiled as he took the ring out of the box and lifted up Liz's left hand and slid the ring onto her ring finger. Liz tilted her hand, admiring the ring before Max leaned in and kissed her. Liz groaned as she slipped a hand into his hair before she pulled away. "When?" she whispered.
"After graduation," Max promised before he moved back in, taking her lips in his and they progressed into making love for the first time as engaged lovers.
Graduation came before anyone realised it and the gang found themselves sitting in their seats as the last person collected their diplomas of education and degree.
Max looked over his shoulder to see Liz. He shot Liz a bright smile that Liz couldn't help but smile back as she fingered her engagement ring that Max had given her the night before. They were finally going to get married and move on from Roswell.
They turned back to the front as their principle announced their speaker, only for Max, Liz, Isabel, Maria, James, Alex, Kyle, Isabel and Jesse' blood to drain from their faces when they recognised their speaker – it was the same person who appeared in Liz's visions.
"Oh my," Maria whispered. Liz just clutched James' arm, as they both looked at each other, fear in what was going to happen.
Max quickly thought out a plan before he hurried up toward the stage and stood in next to the speaker.
"Yes?" he asked.
"You need to leave, you're in danger," Max told him.
"Excuse me?" he asked, confused. Max waved his hand over the piece of paper that the speaker had with him, changing the words into 'Leave Now'. Bryon couldn't help his eyes from widening in fear before he looked at Max then hurried off the stage. Max stood in front of the podium and moved his hand down to the electrical wire that was on the side of the podium, cutting the light and leaving the spot light on him.
"Most of you don't know me – I'm Max Evans. A lot of you know that our parents adopted my sister and me. You see, I'm up here tonight because there are people who are going to be saying goodbye – they lived their lives in Roswell and for most of us, it was the hardest thing we've ever had to go through." Max looked at Liz. "Some of us lost people that we loved," Liz couldn't help the tears that filled up her eyes thinking of her grandmother. Alex couldn't help the tears as he thought of Sarah. "We made friends with the unlikely people, we created bonds. We had fun and laugher, we had love and pain but most of all, we had sadness and hurt. These people are finally going to put an end to that chapter of their lives, tonight."
Liz and James got up from their seats and hurried out of the school. Maria, Alex and Kyle did the same. Isabel turned to her parents.
"Oh god, I wished this didn't have to happen but I'm sorry," Isabel told her parents. They looked at her, confused.
"Isabel, what's going on?" Phillip asked.
"We're leaving, we have to leave tonight. Jesse will tell you everything. I'm just so glad that you know the truth." Isabel whispered before she hugged her parents before kissing Jesse on the lips and hurried out of the school.
Max turned back to face the others.
"I wanted to thank you all for giving me a chance to fit in with everyone here – for giving my great parents who loves me despite everything and a great girlfriend, who stood by me when I needed her to. Thank you Roswell, for letting me feel human." Max finished. Diane pressed her hand to her mouth as she fought back the tears when something happened.
There was a bright light, blinding everyone as a loud roar came from the door. Max blinked when he saw Michael appear on the stage. He looked over to Max.
"Come on, get on!" Michael ordered. Max pulled himself onto the back of the bike and Michael pulled the bike off the stage and roared it out of the door, into the school corridor and out of the school, racing away from Roswell High School and the FBI.
The gang found themselves near their meeting spot as they looked at each other. Max and Michael made their way down the path between the cars.
"I would bow but modesty prevents me from doing so," Michael informed Max, who laughed – causing everyone else to chuckled as Max pulled himself up on to the hood of the car, next to Liz. He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into his body, holding her close to him.
"So, what now?" James asked as Maria curled herself up in his arms.
"Same as before – we gonna need a big truck," Michael told them when there were a blaring of horn and flashing light as a large van squealed over toward the gang.
Max hopped off the car, shielding Liz with his body while Michael and Isabel stood next to him, all three of them bringing up their hands when a figure climbed out of the van, holding up his hands.
"Don't shoot!" the male figure exclaimed. "Or blast – whatever it is you do." He came into view and Isabel couldn't help the rush of love that washed over her body as she hurried over to him. She wrapped her arms around him, holding him close.
Jesse pulled away and held her hands. "I want to come with you." Isabel closed her eyes in pain before she opened them once more and looked at Jesse.
"No – I want you to go to Boston, take the job – I promise you, when my life is safer – I will join you there and we can finally live the life we both want," Isabel told him. Jesse opened his mouth to protest but Isabel shook her head. "No, you need to go otherwise you'll miss out your chance and we'll never be able to settle down. I promise you I will come to you as soon as I'm sure the FBI are not following me."
Jesse gave in, nodding as he reached over and kissed Isabel hard on the lips before he handed her the car keys. He took a step back as everyone hurried over to the van and slid in – ready to start their new adventure.
Jeff found himself sitting at the counter as he flipped through Liz's journal a few days later.
"Max and I are happy. We finally got married in this small chapel just outside Roswell. It was everything that I had imagined – my friends and family there, my only regret is that the parents couldn't be there with us." Jeff couldn't help the tears that ran down his cheeks at his daughter's words. He couldn't believe what she had been through and all of them had been blind to their children's lives.
"Give this to mom, Amy, Mrs Johnson, the Whitman and the Evans, they deserves to know what happened and why it happened. Especially Mrs Johnson, she deserves to know what happened to her daughter. I'm happy, dad, I'm with Max and our friends – while our lives may never be safe, we have each other," Jeff wiped away his tears as he turned over the page. "After you have shown everyone the journal, take it out to where my husband was born and burn it, no one must ever know about us. I'm Liz Evans and I'm happy."
Max and Liz made their way down the aisle, clutching hands with bright smiles on their faces before Max stopped and turned Liz around to face him before he took her lips in his, causing everyone to cheer as they threw confetti.
Max and Liz broke away from each other, laughing as Isabel hurried over to them and drew Max into a hug while Maria hugged Liz. Isabel and Maria switched over and hugged the other before they climbed into the caravan. Kyle came forward and drew them both into a hug, causing all three of them to laugh before he walked off. James kissed Liz's cheek before hugging her and Alex shook Max's hand before hugging him in a male way before they swapped over and hugged the other then stepped away.
Michael came forward and hugged them both before he moved forward.
Max looked down at Liz with a delighted smile, Liz smiled back as they reached out and held hands before they hurried over to the caravan to move on.
"And while our adventure in Roswell may be over, our adventure in the big world isn't."
The End.
It's finished – I can't believe it but at the same time, I'm relieved and I need a box of tissues.
I wanted to let you all know that I DO have a sequel planned for this but I won't be putting it up for a while because I want to get it all planned out before I do anything with it.
All my Roswell stories will be on hold for posting. I will be writing them up but I wish to get a majority of them done before I post them.
I do have a Crossover Story coming out very soon – I just need to get a majority of that done first. If you want to read it – head into the link of my profile and read up on it.
It's called Bonds of Blood and Love – be aware of the couplings – I know that everyone doesn't support the same couplings as I do so take care in reading the couplings, as there WILL be graphics on them.
Thank you so much for sticking by with this story and I hope to see you all very soon.