Author: Linda
E-Mail: [email protected]
Rating: PG-13
Category: Max & Liz, Maria & Michael, Isabel & Alex, Kyle & Cassie (She's mine)
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, just borrowing 'em. I'll return' em the way I found 'em.
Summary: This sequel deals with issues the six were left with
right after my other story ended. What 'other' symptoms might Liz
develop carrying Max's child? What happens when Kyle and Maria
commiserate about their parents' dating? What happens if Kyle
finds out about the alien trio? And, what about the other alien
pods from the same crash as the trio? Can there be more alien
shape shifters out there?
Author's note: If you haven't read my previous story, "Us
Six Against the World", it is recommended before reading
this one. This story begins the day after my other story ended.
It's gonna be another LONG one. ;-)
I Knew I Loved You
By Savage Garden
"There's just no rhyme or reason
Only this sense of completion
And in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I've found my way home
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy
But I believe
::CHORUS::
Sense of Completion (Part 24)
Maria looked over at Alex and Isabel in the back seat of her
car and saw they were asleep cuddled together. She bit her lip
and turned back to Michael as he drove her car following the
Jeep.
He had been really quiet lately about the whole closeness issue.
He never pushed, and in fact, he usually backed away before Maria
did. Maria knew that they should wait until they knew how to
avoid pregnancy, but Michael almost had a fear of the subject.
She had left it alone until now, but since they were going to
Jordan to get more answers about everything, she wanted to know
where she stood with Michael. Had he changed his mind about her?
Now that he realized there were other aliens like himself out
there, was he hoping to get with one of his own kind, or a girl
of mixed blood at least?
Maria felt sick to her stomach at the thought, but wanted to
be prepared. "Um, Michael." Maria started in a low
voice, so as not to wake the two in the back.
Michael had been doing his own thinking, and turned around in
surprise when he realized Maria was talking to him. "Yeah?"
He glanced at her with a smile and then looked back to the road.
Maria bit her lip and sighed. Just say it Maria! She commanded
herself. "Well, since we came back from Jordan's last
week...well, you've been really quiet about...us. I mean, about
our relationship, or whatever. I mean, are you having second
thoughts about us? I mean, if you want to look for one of your
own kind to be with now that you know there are more of you out
there then..."
Michael whipped his head back around to Maria in shock and then
slowed the car down. He wanted to stop, but knew that the Jeep
wouldn't know what they were doing, and would stop as well. He
held out his hand instead, and when Maria put her hand in his
without reservation, he sighed. How could she even think that!
"Maria." Michael started. He too spoke softly, not wake
up the other two. "I'm sorry my hesitancy has made you think
something that crazy," he said squeezing her hand.
"But..." Maria started, only to be interruped by
Michael.
"Maria. I've been scared. Ever since we found out about Liz
being pregnant, and even though Jordan said it would be okay, all
I could think of is if it had been you, and it wouldn't have been
okay, and I could have killed you because..."
"Michael!" Maria interruped him now and slid over
closer to him in the front seat.
Michael slid his arm around Maria and kissed her forehead.
"I don't want anything to happen to you Maria. I want to
talk to Jordan before anything else...I mean, what if Liz and Max
were just lucky? What if something can happen to you, because of
who I am." Michael admitted his fears. "I was stupid
not to ask Jordan about birth control last time, but I was so
overwhelmed with all that he had already told us..." Michael
explained.
Maria let out her breath of relief. "So, it's not that you
want to meet someone else? One of your own kind?" she had to
hear it from him.
Michael laughed and pulled her closer. "You are my kind
Maria. The only one I could love. And if Jordan gives us an
answer tonight, you won't be able to fight me off." He
teased.
Maria gave him a sexy once over, and slid her hand up his thigh
so it was very high up, and when she felt Michael's body tense
up, she met his eyes. "Fight you off? Why the heck would I
be stupid enough to do that!" she said and winked when
Michael glanced over at her.
It was dusk when the two cars drove up to the ranch house.
Jordan was waiting for them on the porch. Max wasn't surprised
that Jordan had just known they were coming.
As they piled out of the cars, Jordan came up to them. He seemed
to home in on Cassie, and came over to the Jeep.
Cassie looked hesitant, but met Jordan's eyes as his seemed to
search hers. Then Jordan's eyes went to Kyle who had moved closer
to Cassie, letting Jordan know that Cassie was important to him.
Jordan met the boys eyes and what he saw there made him smile and
nod. "Come children, it's good to see you all again, we have
a lot to talk about." Jordan said as he led them all into
the house.
Jordan and his wife Nadi were introduced to Cassie and Kyle when
they entered the house. But before Max could add anything more,
Jordan help up a hand and looked to Cassie. "She is one of
us," he said.
Cassie let out her breath. At least she now knew where she had
gotten her strange abilities from. Kyle squeezed her hand and
sighed a little too in relief. He was relieved that Cassie had
her answers, but he was still unable to completely take in the
fact that he was in love with an alien!
Jordan looked from Cassie to Kyle and smiled. He had gone deep
into Kyle Valenti's soul and found a pure heart, and one that
beat for Cassie.
"Was I...the other pod that was missing from the crash?
With, Max, Michael and Isabel?" she asked Jordan. She liked
the man immediately. He made her feel safe and comfortable. He
made her feel like she belonged.
"Yes. You are from their crash. You are...were Paulie's
sister. I'm sorry," Jordan told her painfully. "But I
don't think he ever knew." Jordan explained.
Cassie swallowed and nodded. She had been wondering that since
she realized she might be an alien, and after what Max, Michael
and Isabel had told her about Paulie and the other pod. She took
a deep breath trying not to cry. Paulie had been evil, she knew.
But maybe if he had known there was another member of his
family...but she shook that off and realized that she couldn't
think that way.
"How were we not able to sense Cassie, Uncle Jordan?"
Isabel asked.
"Why don't you tell me about your life growing up
Cassie?" Jordan asked and they all made themselves
comfortable in the big living room. Michael and Maria sat in an
overstuff chair together, Max, Liz, Alex and Isabel sat on the
couch, and Kyle and Cassie sat with Jordan on another couch.
After Cassie had explained how she had been very young when her
mother had caught her using some of her abiitites unknowingly.
And how her mother had been hysterical thinking her daughter was
a witch or something, and would get them all in trouble or
alienated from the town, she made Cassie promise to never to any
of those things again.
"So you repressed that side of yourself. And didn't even
know what it was you could do or what you were capeable of."
Jordan stated."Well, since you supressed the few abilities
you were develping at a very young age, you never put out any
kind of sign. You had no idea you could, or what you would be
looking for," Jordan added.
"Paulie on the other hand, must have somehow figured out he
had abilities and special powers, because his were very far
advanced for his age. Even further along that you three."
Jordan nodded to Max, Michael and Isabel.
"I still can't believe it." Cassie said softly trying
to take all of this in. She wasn't a freak. She wasn't an evil
witch or something. She was just from a different place, like the
other three.
"Ah, Jordan." Michael spoke up finally. He exchanged
looks with Maria who smiled and nodded.
Jordan laughed in a deep low voice. "Ah Michael, I was
wondering when the rest of you would get more curious about your
sexual situations."
Maria blushed, as did Isabel. Alex looked uncomfortable, but
Michael met his uncle's eyes straight on and nodded.
"We have had to set up labs and come up with our own
variations of birth control and other drugs for certain
ailnesses. But we did come up with several different types of
birh control pills and controseptives for the problems lately of
diseases."
"What like a Super Sperm Condom?" Kyle couldn't help
but put in.
Cassie blushed and covered her face, but Jordan laughed.
"Something like that. I don't know if it's super, but it is
different in the way it reacts to regular controseptives."
Jordan said with humor, then continued. "There are pills for
Teronian females with human males, and..."
"Teronians?" they all asked.
Jordan looked surprised but then shook his head. "There was
so much to tell you all last time. I never told you our home
planet name or our race. Forgive me children."
"We...we are called...Teronians?" Isabel asked hoarsly,
tears filling her eyes. Alex put an arm around her understanding
her emotions.
"We come from the planet Teron. And we are known as
Teronians." Jordan nodded.
When they all just sat there obsorbing it all, Jordan continued.
"We have also developed a birth control pill for human
females with our male Teronians."
"Now you tell us." Liz mumbled and got a chuckle out of
everyone. Max grinned and squeezed her hand.
"So, if the Teronians use the right condoms, it would keep
the human from getting pregnant?" Michael wanted to make
sure.
"Yes. As well as the human version can at least. Nothing is
100% guaranteed as you know." Jordan explained.
"What...what about if us females, Teronians or humans wanted
to just use the pill. Does it work right away?" Maria asked,
and flushed when the others smiled.
"Yes. But don't forget the caution of diseases these
days." Jordan frowned.
"Are there new...or different diseases to worry about for
Teronian/human relationships?" Alex asked.
"The diseases seem to do mostly the same things to our race
as they do to the humans. The cures might be a little different,
or medicins a little different, but it's basically the diseases
so far. Our labs are keeping up with the latest all the time.
There is also a new pill coming out for the children of mixed
human/Teronian blood."
"The diseases Jordan, do you have any cures for them, that
the humans don't have yet?" Max asked.
Jordan shook his head. "Not yet, but we are working on it.
Some of the scientists feel very postive that they are
close."
"But the diseases still come from a lot of sexual activity
right? I mean, if two people have never done it then..."
Maria asked.
Jordan nodded seriously but again cautioned the use of no
condoms. Maria nodded, but knew they all wanted to know the
answers to both ways of protection.
"Jordan...you keep saying... labs?" Liz asked finally.
Her mind had been on those words since Jordan had first mentioned
them.
"Yes. But first little one. How are you doing?" He
asked gently, looking Liz over for any signs of a problem.
Liz smiled and then blushed. "Good. Except for the strange
symptoms."
Jordan nodded. "Make a list for me if you will. I have all
the new mothers do that, so that we can see how many different
ones there are out there, and how many are consistant."
Liz nodded and blushed again when she met Max's amused eyes.
"I...I will. But Jordan, the labs?" Liz couldn't help
but bring up again. Her own curiosity was at a peak.
"Yes. We have a full laboratory and it's funded by the
government itself." Jordan said with real amusement in his
eyes.
"The Government?!" They all exclaimed.
Jordan chuckled. "Of course, the government doesn't know
about ALL the experiments going on. Dr. John Polk started the
physicilies back in the early 60's."
"I've heard of him." Liz whispered in amazement. She
had known about the famous molecular biologist and geneologist
and knew he had his own physicilities, but just hadn't realized
that they were around here, and that he did more than they knew.
"Yes. John was always ahead of his time in his thoughts and
ideas, and when one of our Teronian women met him and they fell
in love, he added a whole new dimension to his ideas and
experiments. He quickly got a grant to start his own labs, and he
has been working on molecular biology and geneology for several
decades now. They've made some great progress."
"They? How many work there? Do all the researchers know
about the...other research?" Liz asked her mind going in a
million different directions.
Jordan smiled and nodded. "The only way to guarantee that
the secret be kept, is to allow only people who are related to
Teronians, or have Teronian blood in them or are already with a
Teronian and know the secret to work at the labs. We have raised
a lot of the children to become researchers and scientists."
"I...I want to work there Jordan. When I finished high
school." Liz whispered almost pleadingly. Her eyes were wide
with the wonder and amazement of it all. And to think she could
help her own child. To come up with things to help the children
of mixed blood.
Max squeezed Liz's hand feeling her excitement.
Jordan smiled and nodded. "You get through high school with
good grades little one, and we will work on a program for you
that includes college, and an internship with us."
Liz smiled brightly and hugged Max closer in excitement.
Later, as Maria was getting ready for bed, there was a knock
on the door. She was sharing a room with Michael as she had last
time, and he had given her time alone to wash and change. She
knew it was him knocking and smiled as she opened the door.
Michael stood there fresh from a shower himself, and grinning at
her with his intense eyes. He pulled a hand out from behind his
back and produced a red rose for Maria.
Maria's face softened and she looked up at him with tears in her
eyes and a bright smile. Then she took the rose from him.
Michael stepped into the room, closed the door and took her into
his arms. "Hey there gorgeous." He said softly against
her lips before covering her mouth with his in a hot open mouth
kiss.