Michael was on duty at Metachem. Both were quiet- Michael was half asleep, Monk balancing a pen on his chin. He woke up Michael to show him. He stirred, seeing what Monk was doing. ''You woke me up for that.'' Monk shrugged, ''I'm bored. I needed to do something. So what happened with your hand?'' Michael took the plaster off and put in it the bin. ''I got my hand caught on a splinter making out with my girlfriend.'' ''Maria is ok then?'' He shook his head, ''I'm not with Maria now, I'm with Liz, her best friend. We have Maria's permission.'' ''Liz as in Liz and Max Liz?''.
Michael itched his eyebrow. ''They broke up. It turns out Liz and I have liked each other for a while but neither of us knew it was mutual until the last week or so.'' Monk was surprised, ''Ok. Are you both happy?'' He grinned, ''Yes.'' Monk grinned back ''Good.'' It was then they noticed an alarm. They turned to each other, Michael said he'd check the cameras and Monk said he'd check the doors.
Monk left and reported all clear on the radio. Then the power went and he heard Monk say there was someone there over the radio, he asked where but Monk couldn't see them, then there was a gun shot sound and then silence. ''Help'' Monk called over the radio and he said he'd get there soon. He found Monk lying on the floor, dying but despite trying to heal him with the combined healing of him and Liz, it didn't work. He took a deep breath, his grief was over powering. He just cried instead. Liz was aware of his grief.
'Michael, what's happened?'' she asked alarmed, her tone full of concern. 'Monk's dead, he's been shot. Can you try and heal him with me please?', he pleaded. 'Of course' was her immediate reply, full of love, as she sent her healing ability through their link to him. 'Thanks.' He focused her energy with his and Monk glowed before his chest rose and sank.
He was still badly hurt but alive. He let go of the energy and sent it back to her. 'Thank you, it worked. He's alive but badly injured.' Liz was relieved. 'I'm glad', her voice full of relief, letting her power resettle into herself. 'Call me later. I love you.' He had dialed 999 when she replied to him. 'I will, I love you too.' With that, Liz was gone and he had an ambulance arrange to get Monk. The gunman watched. The guard Michael Guerin had healed his friend but there was nothing in his blood work to say he was the healer, he'd had help. Now they needed to get the help to come in. He quietly left.
Michael called Monk's family to meet him at the hospital and then got back to work shaken before he was relieved of duty by another staff member. He got home to find Liz by the door with a decaf coffee and a smile. He shook his head in wonder. There was no pushing from her, no demands for attention, just her standing by his door with a coffee and nothing more.
As he walked towards her, she held out the coffee. ''It's decaf, so you can get over the shock of tonight and sleep. It'll help.'' Smiling as he took it, she simply said ''I'll leave you to it for tonight, give you some space. Call me in the morning. I'm glad your friend has a chance now.'' She kissed his cheek, wishing him a good night and an I love you, before turning to leave.
''Stay.'' His voice was a quiet request. Liz paused, chewing her lip in thought. She took a deep breath and turned. With a gentle smile on her face, she held his free hand. ''I can't, I sneaked out to check you were okay. My dad will have a fit if I'm not home tonight. However, we always have our dream plain to share together. I'll take a rain check on the invitation though. Thank you.'' She brushed his hair out of his eyes. ''Is that ok?'' He nodded, carefully sweeping her up into an understanding hug. ''Thank you.'' He was heartfelt in his thanks to her, whispering in her ear ''I love you too.'' She left him that night with a smile on his next day, he was glad of the good night sleep. He had given his report in person and immediately recognised the lady at the top of the table, she linked into Max dying and Liz and Maria being in danger. She led to everything happening from this point on. It was time to bring Jim Valenti in. When asked about Monk, he said ''Monk is critically injured but alive in hospital.'' ''Thank you Mr Guerin, we'll take it from here'' she told him, getting up and leaving.
Michael immediately went to the Valenti's, calling Liz on the way to meet him there. She needed to know about this. It still affected her life. Liz meet him there. Thank goodness it was a free period at school. She'd had a gut feeling last night that her plan was about to happen, Michael calling her here confirmed it. Michael looked worried. ''The investigation is about to start and it's to do with Monk, isn't it.'' It was a stated fact. He nodded. She bit her lip, then set her shoulders. ''Let's get started then.'' She knocked the door.
Kyle answered it. From the looks on their faces, he knew everything that had mentioned about an investigation with Metachem was about to happen. It was time to bring in his dad. That meant Liz was officially in danger right now. It was the only way to explain in his mind why she was here. ''Come in.'' At Michael's nod, Liz explained when they were all sat down with Jim.
''We need your help. Nearly two weeks ago now, I found out I have developed powers. One of my powers is visions of the future. The night I was going to leave Roswell, I went for a walk and saw Michael. Somehow while we talked, our power connected, linking together and we both got visions of the future. They were of the same events. These events we feel are about to start and lives are in danger, including mine. Max, Maria, Isabel and Jesse would have all been affected, so Michael and I made sure they each took a break from Roswell that night.'' She held Michael's had wondered what was going on and nodded. Michael took over. ''Last night, when I was at work with Monk, Monk got shot. He almost died completely. Liz can heal as one of her gifts and at my request, sent her healing energy through our linked power to me and together- he squeezed her hand-we got him breathing again but still injured. He's in hospital now.'' Itching his eyebrow, he continued.
''The thing is, in the visions we saw, you go into Metachem with me to investigate what happened to Monk and you get captured. We also find evidence I've been studied and they have my file and Liz's uniform from the shooting. I get out, you don't. When Max, Is and I go in to rescue you, you get shot and Max heals you. He gets captured and somehow is killed. You get out alive.'' Jim sat back in shock at what he'd been told but knew there was more to come.
He sighed. ''What does this lead to?'' he asked, unsure of the answer. Liz answered shakily ''Originally Max was still here. He would have got stuck in the guy's head somehow and since Max can't keep me out of his head, the guy he would be in would go crazy. He wouldn't want witnesses probably. I was meant to be at the academy. He would have been looking for me, looking like Max and would find Maria, half strangling her when I would have walked in.'' She shook.
''Eventually, I would have been cornered by him and thrown through a window 6 levels up, nearly killing me. In the vision, I was saved by Max's power forming a net for me. The guy who wanted me dead and Max, died, I brought Max back to life and that was that.'' She finished, her head in her hands as flashes of her own death went through her mind. Michael immediately brought her into his arms, knowing how hard that had been to say. Kyle and Jim exchanged concerned looks. This wasn't good. Liz was struggling. What she hadn't said was since Max healed, she did too. Kyle asked ''What will happen now? With Is, Maria, Jesse and Max gone, surely Liz is safe.'' Liz sighed. ''That's not how it works. Events have a way of rearranging themselves. Max would have died and a man lived. That means they were after some thing important or someone. Max got singled out. I don't quite know why yet.'' She was frustrated at herself.
Raising an eyebrow at her tone and at surprise of what she had just said, Michael spoke up. ''We have a plan. We need a way in. Can you see if you can apply for a security job with Metachem, Valenti? You should be able to. If you can, then I go in with you and someone else to investigate. Once we're in, we take it from there. The third guy with us can act as a look out to help ensure we ALL get out. One last thing- the third person can't be Kyle or Liz or any others of the group.'' Michael was firm about THAT detail.
Both Valenti's nodded their agreement to the plan, Jim agreeing to look into applying for the head of security job. Liz was silent. She had just privately realised how she could potentially be killed. Whoever was studying Michael was looking for a healer, which was why Monk was shot. They were looking to see if he could heal. As he had struggled and then had help from her, she would take Max's place as healer instead, meaning if she was caught, she would die in his place and Michael would take hers.
She felt sick. In order to do her plan, she would have to go in using a mind warp to not get caught. This was a nightmare.
It was Kyle who first noticed her silence and he nudged Michael, looking down at a frozen Liz, who had gone white with shock and had fainted. Jim noticed his action, asking ''Is she ok?'' in concern. Michael looked at her and shook her shoulder. Brushing his hand over her head, he realised something had become too much for her to handle and she'd fainted from shock. Breathing a relieved sigh, he told them both she'd fainted.''Why?'' Kyle asked him in alarm. ''She's seen the potential truth of her own possible death and unsurprisingly, couldn't handle it and fainted, I'm guessing'' he said, worried about her. He tried to wake her up with a mental nudge of 'Wake up''. It worked. Liz stirred, groaning. Michael kept her where she was. Leaning her head against him, she asked ''What happened?'' Kyle answered with surprise ''you fainted!''.
With a muttered ''bloody hell, what time is it? My free period ends soon, I've got to get back to school. Harvard is on the line'', getting ready to move off Michael's chest. He of course refused to let her. ''I'm sure that they won't mind you having some time off this close to graduating, now stay put!'' With a huffed ''fine!'', she did as she was told.
''Jim, would you mind calling my dad please to let him know where I am and I'm not feeling too well, so I'll be back in school later and will catch up on what I missed? Kyle, when you do go into school today, can you let my teachers know please? I have the funniest feeling I won't be moving for a while.'' Both nodded with replies of ''Sure.'' Michael just watched with a growing smirk of triumph. She elbowed him. ''Stop that! Now you promised me you would teach me what you know of mind warps, so teach me.'' She was back to being herself again but she had been shaken. There was still a slight tremor in her voice.
'Not until the shock is gone completely. Rest first.' She nodded, then sank against him. A cup of tea was put in front of her. She smiled her thanks, sitting up with support to drink it. Jim finally asked the question that was bugging him. ''What about Maria?'' ''Oh! We never said! Michael and I are a couple now. Maria's fine with it and I broke up with Max 10 days ago.'' Jim's look of 'WHAT!' was priceless. He grinned. ''I'm glad you're both happy.'' They grinned back at him. Michael kissed her hair. 'Now drink your tea. THEN training.' She was ready to go back to school with Kyle. Michael was staying to work with Jim, who was applying for the job. Kyle was testing her mind warp skills with a simple test of making him see a cat instead of her. She had inverted it, so it worked on everyone. Even on Michael, who hadn't quite believed his eyes at her skills. She'd grinned at that. Her powers didn't scare her anymore. She was past her fear.
With that, they left for school and caught up easily. Jim had good news. He'd got evidence he'd needed from the crime scene and he'd been accepted and started that night. The plan was on for that night.
Michael had a half day, so joined Kyle and Liz in school later that afternoon after getting a call from Steve, who asked to help in any investigation. He granted it. They had the third person. He grinned telling them that after school had finished. Kyle would be at home and Liz at the Crash Down. Everything was set when Michael left Liz that night with an ''I love you, be safe'' said to each other.