BY KAL-EL

NOT EVEN DEATH...
ACT 1

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: Everything up until the end of 'Chant Down Babylon'.

Oh yeah, and I have super powers too.

Cut to the cafeteria, inside Roswell High. Liz is asleep at a table, alone. Her head is rested on an open textbook.

No, I can�t fly or see through walls. I�m not bullet proof and I can�t run faster than the speed of light. I can alter the molecular structure of anything I want. At least I could, if I could control it.

It�s not just me, either. Everyone on earth can do the sort of things I can. It�s just that our species hasn�t evolved far enough to use them.

But for me, all that changed on the day Max Evans�an alien�healed me. It started changing me�I started to become like him. And the strangest thing is, I�m starting to wonder whether or not that was necessary a bad thing.

Kyle walked up to the table.

KYLE: Hey Liz!

Liz�s head snapped up, eyes wide open in surprise.

LIZ: I�m awake!

Kyle just started to laugh.

KYLE: Hey, what�s this?

He picked up her notebook, looking over it.

LIZ: Just some research.

Kyle looked it over. It was one of those graphs you saw in museums. The ones that show the ape walking, becoming a caveman, and then eventually a human being. The only difference was that this one had a cut-and-pasted photograph of Max Evans at the end of it.

KYLE: Research, huh?

He hands the book back to her.

LIZ: Since you�re keeping so busy with the book, I thought I�d put some thought into how we�re changing. It�s not really �alien� at all, when you think about it. Just another step in human evolution�one that we shouldn�t see for a few million years.

KYLE: And, thanks to Max, we got a little head start on the rest of the human race, huh? Does that make us X-Men?

Liz rolled her eyes.

LIZ: Pop culture references aside, you have the basic idea. A genetic advance, way before it�s time.

KYLE: And since you�re the first, that makes you the missing link, right?

LIZ: Nicholas called me �the first warrior�. That would suggest some sort of battle, right?

Kyle sighed, and sat down.

KYLE: I�m not going to lie to you, Liz. I�m finding out more about those last pages every day. And the more I find out, the more worried I get. Yeah, it�s almost like it�s predicting the future. And one of which involves one heck of a fight.

LIZ: Between who?

Kyle doesn�t answer.

KYLE: I�m working on that. By the way�thank you so much for putting clothes on your little cutout Max there.

Liz smirked suggestively.

LIZ: Believe me, I was tempted.

Kyle rubbed his temples.

KYLE: Ew-ew-ew-ew-ew! Thank you, Liz, for that lovely mental image that will haunt me for the rest of my days.

Liz couldn�t help but giggle, then decided to change the subject.

LIZ: There�s something else.

KYLE: What?

LIZ: These powers�I think there�s something about them that Max, Michael, Isabel, or even Tess never knew.

KYLE: Which is what exactly?

LIZ: It�s limits. Are there any? We basically have control over molecular structures, which means we can control molecules. Can you even begin to understand how much power that really is?

KYLE: I flunked biology, remember? Care to explain that in laymen�s terms?

Liz sighed.

LIZ: It�s the power to turn anything into anything else. But the others have just been using it as either a weapon or a first-aid kit or a toolbox. They never thought of it as a chemistry set. Simply put: why jump in a lake to save someone from drowning when you can just turn the lake into ice?

KYLE: Ok, now you�re starting to scare me.

LIZ: I�m studying different chemical formulas. I want to try something later.

KYLE: Yeah, ok. Though I got one question.

LIZ: Which is?

Kyle moved close to her.

KYLE: What happens to me when I finally�evolve? You looked like you were in pain when it first happened.

Liz doesn�t answer. Instead she just nods.

KYLE: I�m just�I don�t know�scared of it happening. Suddenly, I�m not going to be just me anymore. It�s one thing to be friends with people who can do out of this world things. But to do it yourself�I just don�t think I can handle it.

Liz smiled.

LIZ: I did.

KYLE: Yeah, but you�re you. Liz Parker. You�re one of the strongest people I know�if anyone can handle this, it�s you. It�s probably a dream come true, actually. You and Max always had this �we�re too different� thing going on, right? Well, suddenly you�re almost the same. Me�I don�t have anything like that.

Liz touched his arm, trying to let him understand that she knew what he was going through. But then, something happened�

FLASH

She saw a jumble of images from Kyle�s subconscious, which is usually normal. She must have accidentally connected with him when she touched him.

But then it started to get strange.

There was something else in there. Something that shouldn�t be there. A second presence�a second jumble of images not belonging to Kyle.

FLASH

KYLE: Hey, you ok?

At first shocked, Liz quickly hid it.

LIZ: Yeah, just fine. Listen, I�m going to go meet Max. That ok?

KYLE: Yeah, sure. See you around.

Liz walked away, not letting Kyle see her worried face.

*****

Oh I am what I am
I do what I want
But I�
Can�t hide.

I won�t go
I won�t sleep
I can�t breathe
Until you�re resting here with me

I won�t leave
I can�t hide
I cannot be
Until you�re resting here�

I won�t go
I won�t sleep
I can�t breathe
Until you�re resting here with me

I won�t leave
I can�t hide
I cannot be
Until you�re resting here with me