Author: Linda
E-Mail: [email protected]
Rating: R
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 30)
Liz yawned as she opened her locker the next morning. She had
had a miserable night and now this morning, it was starting out
strange as well. Max had forgotten to pick her up this morning,
so she had called Maria who was usually late herself, to come get
her. When Liz had mentioned to Maria how unlike Max it was to
have forgotten her, Maria'd shrugged and said he probably had car
trouble and when she saw him, he'd have an explanation.
Liz frowned at how off she felt. She had had nightmares last
night. Strange ones again about Max in trouble, and then she'd
felt the pain, anger and fear, and then nothing. She had also
needed to be with Max and had had to fight that as well, knowing
that they both needed the sleep. She had hoped that Max hadn't
been up on and off all night with the wanting as well. She would
hate to be the one keeping him up when he needed sleep so badly.
He had looked so pale yesterday. Maria had told her she was
worrying too much. But Liz couldn't shake the feelings she was
having of trouble. She would have to tell Max about her feeling
he was in danger. He would take her seriously. He knew she had
special vibes right now. She had to warn him of whatever, so he
could be prepared.
As she turned from her locker, she saw Max running down the hall
toward her. He stopped when he got to her, and frowned looking
worried. "Liz! I'm sorry I couldn't pick you up! The jeep
broke down. Here's your milk though." He smiled when he saw
Liz wasn't upset.
As Liz smiled and took the milk Nasedo had handed her, he sighed.
Of all days for the stupid jeep to break down. He had waited for
Evans' sister not knowing if she was coming with him or not. He
had watched Max's schedule, and knew that he always picked Liz
Parker up 20 minutes before school, unless Isabel was running
late.
But some days Isabel didn't ride with Max and Liz and Nasedo
had waited too long to see if she was going to ride with them
that morning or not. Then when the jeep had broken down, he's
been about to fix it when the sheriff had come by and stopped to
help. The help was looking under the hood, then calling a towing
service. By which time Nasedo knew he was too late in picking up
Liz Parker. But he smiled as he remembered the thermos of milk
that Max always brought for Liz every morning. At least the kid
was consistent, Nasedo thought.
He watched Liz take a sip and wrinkle her nose. Now what? He
thought.
"Ah, Max. You forgot the Tabasco Sauce." Liz whispered,
leaning in close to him.
"Ah--oh--I did? Sorry! I guess since I was running late--besides
I'm not having any so I figured I'd give you a break on the
stuff." He quickly put in. How the hell was he supposed to
know that Max put Tabasco in his girlfriend's milk!? He followed
them enough to know and overhear that it was milk he brought for
her everyday, but Tabasco??
Liz looked at him blankly for a second, then blinked and nodded.
"Something wrong Liz?" Nasedo asked, not liking the
look that had passed over Liz's face. He had a feeling he had
already done something wrong. He had told Tolpolsky that Liz was
going to be the hardest to convince. That they should have taken
her as well. But Topolsky had been firm on no humans being hurt.
She said her people would not be happy with her if she hurt a
human.
Now Nasedo cursed as he realized that there were too many
intimate things that he couldn't possibly know that went on
between Max Evans and Liz Parker. He knew if he connected with
her he could find out what some of those were, but he wasn't sure
if she could connect back with him, and he couldn't take that
chance. Another reason Nasedo had wanted to take Liz.
Liz noticed the narrowing of the eyes watching her and she
quickly smiled, suddenly looking totally besotted with the man in
front of her.
But Liz knew for a fact that this was not Max! But how could she
prove it without making him suspicious?
"Max, I missed you last night. Could you tell last night how
much I missed you?" she asked leaning closer to him and
putting a hand on his chest.
"I actually slept really well Liz. I guess I really needed
it." Nasedo had a chill up his spine telling him that Liz
was suspicious. Her question was a leading one. He knew he
couldn't answer it correctly. And he'd been right. He'd seen the
little shift in her eyes when he'd answered. She was suspicious.
He would have to let Topolsky know that he was right. That they
had to do something about this before the whole thing was blown.
Just then, the bell rang. Nasedo sighed relieved to be able to
get away from the knowing eyes for a bit. "Well, see you in
Biology. Gotta go!" Nasedo quickly hugged the girl and gave
her a kiss on the forehead and smiling, he started off.
"You forgot something." Liz smiled.
Nasedo stopped, thinking. He knew many times Max would just kiss
Liz on the forehead before they separated for class, so he wasn't
sure what she was looking for. He didn't want to get too close to
her in case they made a connection. He came back up to her and
looked intimately down into her eyes.
"I'll give you a proper hello and goodbye later. If I kiss
you now I won't stop." He said and with a wink, he loped
off.
Liz waved after the man who looked like Max and swallowed, trying
not to pass out. That was NOT MAX!
Even if she could forget the mistake he made with the Tabasco,
and then his trying to cover it up by saying he wasn't drinking
any, or forget his not kissing her or hugging her when he first
saw her, she could not forget the fact that this was the first
time he had not intimately, and secretly put his hand on her
tummy to greet the little ones. He was almost obsessive about
that, as Liz liked to tease him.
She had to talk to tell someone. She tried to think whom, and
then saw Michael heading toward his own class.
"Michael!" Liz called out and ran down the hall toward
him.
Michael stopped when he heard her, and then ran meeting her half
way when he sensed her anxiety and saw it in her face and heard
it in her voice. "Liz! What is it? Are you sick? Are you
going to faint?" Michael asked as he stopped before her and
looked her over.
Liz swallowed and shook her head. She had to get her thoughts
together if she wanted Michael to believe her. "Michael,
there's something wrong. Max isn't Max." She started.
Michael raised an eyebrow. He didn't want to tell her he thought
she was the one that wasn't herself, he knew how the slightest
thing could set her off and he certainly didn't want a crying
female on his hands. "Oh?" was all he felt would be
safe to say to that.
"Yes. First he didn't pick me up this morning, which I
understand, but then he forgot the Tabasco Sauce in the milk. And
then he didn't even say hello to me, and he didn't say goodbye to
the babies like he always does either." Liz tried to get it
all out.
Then she cursed herself realizing how hysterical she sounded.
Calm down Liz and now explain why each of the things Max forgot
meant something. She took a deep breath but Michael interrupted
her.
Michael felt this was something only Max could handle. A highly
emotional female, especially a pregnant one who was feeling
neglected was not his area of expertise. Obviously she needed
some TLC and Max was being too dense to realize it. "Okay
Liz, relax. I'll go get Max." He said in a soft voice,
trying to calm her.
"No! No Michael please--don't do that. Okay?"
"Why not?" Michael looked at her strangely.
"Because--I can't tell you right now. Can you come with me
somewhere more private so we can talk?" she asked looking
around worriedly. She was so afraid that the alien that looked
like Max would sense her thoughts and know what she was up to.
"Look, I'll meet you behind the gym in five minutes okay?
Can you get Maria or Alex or someone else too? I want to explain
this to as many of you as I can." Liz looked around again;
just sensing she had to get out of the hall.
"Okay. Five minutes." Michael agreed and watched her
run down the hall. Then he sighed, shook his head and went to get
Maria. He knew if anyone could calm Liz down and talk some sense
into her, it was Max or Maria. And since she didn't want to see
Max, he figured he'd grab Maria. Liz definitely was going through
another pregnancy crisis.
"Hey Michael. What's up?"
Michael turned around when he saw Max coming out of the bathroom.
"Hey Max. Not much." Michael said. He wanted to tell
Max but had stupidly promised Liz he wouldn't.
Nasedo knew where Michael was going, and he had to stop him.
"I thought I saw Liz a second ago. Is she okay?" he
frowned with a show of concern.
Michael let out his breath. "Yeah, you know Liz. This
pregnancy is just making her really emotional. But she'll be
fine. She's gone back to class." Michael said and hated
lying to his friend. But he also didn't want to upset Liz anymore
right now. And if she didn't want to see Max for some reason, he
would let Maria find out why.
"Her pregnancy--yeah--that's what it is. She's been really
over emotional today." Nasedo shrugged and smiled.
"She'll be fine. At lunch, I'll take her on a picnic just
the two of us. I think we just need some time together,
alone." He winked.
Michael grinned and nodded glad Max already knew Liz was upset
and was going to take care of it. "Sounds good. You usually
can calm her down like no one else can." He slapped Max on
the back and headed off.
He was still going to get Maria, since he had promised to meet
Liz behind the gym, and she would be waiting. Then Maria could
calm her down, until Max took her out at lunch.
Nasedo was cold with anger and fury. The teen had broken all
the rules and slept with the human! He had helped create another
child of mixed blood! How could any Teronian be interested in a
human! He shivered at the thought. He hated them all.
But now he had a great reason to get Liz Parker out of the
picture. And this time Topolsky would love him for the prize he
would bring her. Then maybe she would start to trust him. To
believe that he was so brainwashed that he was really on her
side.
He didn't care what she did with the girl or Evans. Evans had
been a means to an end, and now another disappointment as well.
He knew if he got the boy for Topolsky, she would believe him to
be on her side, and then he could make his escape. He had been
working on a way to get the chip out of his system so they
wouldn't know he had removed it, and then they couldn't track him
and find him with it. And now he could deliver the second even
bigger prize to her, and convince her even more that he was on
her side.
Liz paced behind the gym as she waited. She tried to keep her
mind blank. She did not want the alien to sense any of her
thoughts.
"Looking for me Liz?"
Liz froze when she heard the familiar voice behind her. But she
knew it wasn't her Max. The voice was his, but something was off.
She felt the cold coming from the person who looked like Max. She
didn't feel Max. Liz spun around and smiled widely. "Max!
Hey. I was waiting for Maria. We're going to skip next period and
go to the mall you know? You know how I promised I would go get
that special outfit--" Liz leaned in closer and gave him a
secret wink.
Nasedo had to admit the girl was good. She had been caught, but
played it off like a pro. Only he was not fooled. The humans were
so stupid compared to his race.
"Oh, there she is." Max said, and looked behind her
shoulder.
Liz turned and then everything went blank.
Max was in a half-drugged state and had lost track of time.
Topolsky had been keeping him drugged enough so that he could not
use any of his powers to communicate with his friends, but not
enough to knock him out completely.
She had brought him to another room with instruments and a few
flat tables that looked like exam tables. Max had tried not to
show his fear when he saw his worst nightmare before him. Then
Topolsky had given him over to a male nurse, who had made him
strip down to his shorts, and then had given him some bottoms to
a pair of scrubs, and told him to put them on.
Now Max was tied to the table in the cold sterile room, and had
already had blood drawn from him. He didn't know what they were
planning next, because before they could continue there had been
a commotion out in the hall and Topolsky and the male nurse had
left the room to see what it was.
Max sighed at the small reprieve but then felt as if his body
had suddenly drain of all his blood when he saw Topolsky, the
male nurse and someone who looked like him, dragging Liz into the
room.
Max swore and tried to ignore the fear that was deep in his
belly. His anger took over. He tried to sit up, fighting the
ropes. "What the hell are you doing with her!?" Max
spat out trying to pull against the ropes.
"Why Max, you have been a bad boy. You didn't tell us you
had gotten a human pregnant. Imagine my superiors faces when I
bring them the first human to be pregnant by an alien."
Topolsky smiled wildly, her eyes glazed and wild as she laughed
happily. "Put her on the other table over there and we will
get started on her as well. I am going to want a full work up on
her and to know what changes her body is experiences with an
alien growing inside her."
Max swore and fought the ropes until Topolsky nodded to the male
nurse who gave him another injection to calm him down.