ForcedTogetherpart2

Michael had been sitting on a chair out side for over four hours. He had heard everyone else go to bed at least two hours earlier. He was just getting ready to go back inside and try to catch a little sleep on the couch when he heard the door to the cabin open. From where he was sitting who ever were coming out would not see him because he was to close to the side of the cabin in the shadows.

He wasn�t too shocked to see Maria stepping outside. He had gathered she probable didn�t sleep to well after everything that happened. He watched as she turned on a flashlight and headed down the two steps to the soft ground. He saw her turn and head to her left, which has a small path to lead to the lake around a mile and half from the cabin.

He gave her a few seconds before he headed down the path after her. �What the hell is she thinking wondering around the woods at 4:30 in the morning.� Michael grumbled to himself.

Michael kept to a safe distance, not wanting to disturb the girl in front of him. It took them only ten minutes to get to the lake. He decided to hide behind some trees watching the young girl in front of her. He watched as she took off her shoes and sat at the edge of the lake with her feet nestled in the sand and the water gently lapping over her feet and ankles.

He found himself wondering thing about this girl. He wondered if she envied her best friend the way he had his? Did she hate her mother for letting it happened? Michael was so deep into thought he didn�t notice at first that the girl in question had started to cry.

He watched from his spot behind the trees not sure if he should approach her or not. He was sure he was the last person she wanted to see but he couldn�t stand to see her just sitting there crying. So after hesitating for another half second he decided to make his presents known.

�Maria.� He asked tentatively

Maria stopped crying when she heard his voice. �What are you doing here?� She asked while wiping away her tears.

Michael stood behind her for several seconds and then bent down and removed his shoes and socks when he saw that she didn�t immediately jump up and run away from him. �I saw you leave the cabin and followed you down here.� He said while sitting down next to the girl.

He noticed that she scooted a little bit away from him but that she wasn�t making an attempt to leave. �I was sitting outside getting ready to go in when the door opened. At first I thought you were Max checking up on me.� He confused.

Maria didn�t say anything; she just started drawing circles in the wet sand. After a few seconds she turned and looked at the boy. �Why did you follow me?� she asked.

�While I�m already on everybody�s @#%$ list and I thought it wouldn�t help any if I let you wander around in the woods at 4:30 in the morning by yourself. What the Hell were you thinking anyway? You could have fallen or something.�

Maria snorted. �Yeah like you care, wouldn�t it be more like �one down, one to go� in your book. At least your honest enough to admit you followed me for your own selfish reason. Don�t want to piss off Max and Isabel any more this weekend do you. What are you afraid of, that they will realize you�re pretty much worthless and they should just cut their losses.�

Michael couldn�t help but glare at her. �Here I am trying to be nice to her and she treats me like this. Screw it, I rather be on the @#%$ list.� He thought but instead said. �You don�t know anything about me or my relationship with Max and Isabel, so keep your trap shut. I really don�t care what happens to you or Liz, your right. I will not however just sit there while your stupid enough to go wandering around in the woods by yourself. I may not be noble like Maxwell, but I�m not that big of a prick to let you go off and get hurt either.�

�You can�t protect me from getting hurt, nor do I want your help. I trust you about as far as I can throw you which isn�t far. Look I just came out here to think and if you�re not going to head back to the cabin then just sit there and shut up.�

�Fine.� Michael said while picking up a few stones by his ankles and tossing them in the air before skimming them over the water�s surface. Maria didn�t say anything and began to draw the circles again while going over the events of the evening.

They sat that way for another half-hour before Maria stood up and began to wipe her pants to brush off the sand that was stuck to them. She looked down and saw that Michael had actually fallen asleep with is head resting against his folded arms which he had propped against his bent knees.

�Maybe I should leave him here.� She thought to herself. She couldn�t help watching the boy�s features while he slept. He actually looked peaceful he wasn�t scowling. She couldn�t help noticing how handsome he was, actually he was beautiful. �What the Hell are you thinking, that bastard tormented you tonight and you are noticing how good he looks and how peaceful he is sleeping. 'Get a grip girl.� Maria chastised herself.

She decided not to leave him sitting out there by himself and to wake him up. She was about to shake him when she notices a child�s pail sitting a few feet away. She tiptoed around Michael and went and got the pail then dipped it into the chilly water and walked back over to Michael. �Maria you�re being childish, but who cares.� She thought to herself as she poured the water over Michael�s head.

Maria actually laughed when Michael started to jump up and ended up falling face first into the lake because his feet were tangled together when he went to get up. Maria laughed for a few more seconds but stopped when she noticed that Michael wasn�t moving to get out of the water.

�Oh @#%$.� She though as sprinted the short distance to the alien. She crouched next to him and saw that when he had fallen into the water he had hit his head on a rock and that he had passed out.

�Oh God, please don�t die!� Maria said as she rolled Michael over while moving around him so that she could grab him below his armpits and drag him out of the water. A few minutes later Maria was kneeling down next to Michael, she could see that his breathing was ok, but she continued to examine his head. Luckily he wasn�t bleeding but he had a good size goose egg growing on the side of his temple.

Maria gently shook Michael trying not to jar him too much. �Michael, come on Michael you have to wake up.� She gently pleaded. �Please Michael wake up, you might have a concussion and you shouldn�t sleep when you have a concussion.� She explained to the boy.

After a few more tender shakes Michael started to come through. �Oh thank God.� Maria cried and before she could stop herself she found her arms wrapped around Michael shoulders giving him a giant bear hug.

�What the Hell happened!� Michael shouted as he pushed Maria away. He didn�t realize how hard he had pushed until he saw her fall backwards onto her ass. �What did you do?! One minute I was a sleep and the next thing I know I�m wet and trying to stand up and instead I fell.�

Maria swallowed and was getting ready to confess to pouring the water over his head. Just as she was about to begin her explanation they both jumped at the sound of a large explosion. Instinctually Michael pulled Maria down to the ground and covers her body with his own. After a few seconds both stood and looked in the direction of the explosion.

What greeted their eyes was share horror. Several large billowing clouds of gray smoke coming from the direction of the cabin. The young couple looked at each other for a split second then both broke out in full run down the path back to the cabin. The same trip that took ten minutes an hour earlier now only took three or four instead.

Michael was in the lead and he made to the clearing first and stopped short when he saw several white trucks in front of the cabin. He saw at least a dozen men in white chemical suits walking around. He noticed only one man in a regular business suit. He felt a huge lump in his throat when he heard the man in the suit talking on his cell phone.

�Yes sir, everything has been taken care of. No traces were left as instructed. Yes while they were still asleep. Yes we are heading back now. No the other two were not there. Yes back in Roswell most likely. Will eliminate the other two back in Roswell. Yes a car accident will be very believable. Yes sir. Thank you sir.� Suddenly the man in the suit snapped his cell phone shut and walked over to one of the vans.

Michael felt Maria catch up to him and she almost knocked him out of his hiding place since she noticed a little to late that he was crouching down behind a few bushes instead of heading back to the cabin. Before she had a chance to speak Michael grabbed her yanking her down next to him and covered her mouth with his hand.

He shook his head to show her not to speak and then turned her head slightly so that she could see what he had already saw. Instead of looking back at the clearing he watched Maria�s reaction. He saw her struggling to keep her breathing quite and the silent tears spilling down her face.

Michael turned back to watch as the men in the white chemical suits piled into the vans and the man in the suite headed over to a black Sedan. Just as he got to the driver�s side of the car his cell phone went off again.

�Pierce here.� He barked into the phone. �Yes Agent Topolsky I just got off the phone with the director. No there were only three here the other two were not on the premises. Subject Maria Deluca�s automobile was not here, only the Evans automobile was present. Assumption is that both subject Deluca and Guerin are in Roswell. Very well, set up a time and place and leave a message. I will meet you when I reach Roswell.� He again snapped the phone shut and opened the door to his car and got in. Maria and Michael watched in silence as the black Sedan lead the small caravan away from the cabin.

TBC