ForcedTogetherpart20

The car in question pulled into the parking lot of a cheap motel thirty miles away. Both occupants got out of the car and went directly to the main meeting room. They had just gotten to the door when it swung open and one of the others stood there watching them.

�Are you sure, was it really them?�

�Yes, I�m sure. Amy, we found her, we found your daughter.�

�And Michael, was it really Michael?�

�Yes Izzy, it was him. They�re together and they�re going to have a baby.�

�Max, that isn�t possible. He has a destiny and she isn�t part of it.�

�Jesus Tess, can�t you give it a rest on this destiny crap?� Alex snapped. �Liz, did she look alright to you.� Alex asked as he watched his friend hugging a crying Amy Deluca.

�Oh, she looked more than alright. She looked happy.� Liz said as she helped Amy sit down on one of the beds, still clearly shaken be what was unfolding.

�What about Michael, how did he look?� Isabel asked as she too sat down next to Amy. This woman had given up so much and showed her faith and trust in them over and over again these past ten months.

For the first time Max looked at his sister and smiled thoughtfully. �Happy. Actually it was more than just that, he looked at peace, at home.� He said as he replayed in his mind watching Michael sitting on a blanket, playing peek a boo with a toddler earlier today.

�I don�t know what to do first.� Amy cried as she jumped up and began to pace. �Tomorrow you are taking me to see my baby girl.� She said as she continued to pace when suddenly she stopped and looked at everyone in the room and shouted. �Oh God, my baby is going to have a baby.�

Everybody jumped at once when they saw Amy breakdown and rushed to comfort the woman. They all stepped back as they watch a man they originally thought of as their enemy but had proven to be a greater friend and comrade instead, wrap his arms around her and helped her over to one of the beds.

�It�s gonna be ok Amy. Maria is a good girl. You know she wouldn�t do anything wrong.� Jim Valenti said as he stoked his hand up and down the back of the woman he had grown to love over the past few months since he agreed to help the others.

�Dad�s right Amy, you know you can trust Maria�s judgement.� Kyle Valenti added as he sat down next to Amy and patted her hand.

Max couldn�t help but to smile as he watch the other join in and comfort Amy. Even Tess tried to be nice and offered to get her a glass of water. He was sure it was only an act, that Tess never really did something nice just to be nice but he decided to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Max still couldn�t believe everything that has happened since that fateful night up at the cabin back last October. The day had started our bad and ended even worst than imaginable. Michael and Maria had started a war back in front of the Evans and both weren�t about to surrender their ground.

He thought things might be changing for the better when Maria suggested they play a game of �Truth or Dare� and that�s when Michael went in for the kill. Max remembered the look on his brother�s face as he listened to Maria describe being raped when she was 11 years old by one of her mother�s boyfriends.

It was then that Max began to suspect that Michael had feeling for the blond pixie. But he knew that Michael would never admit it to him or to himself, at least the old Michael wouldn�t.

Max remembered that he finally went to bed around 3:00. He had stayed up waiting for Michael to come in, but realized that he wasn�t going to come in anytime soon. That was the thing about his brother, he always went off by himself when he had something on his mind. He never seemed to trust him or Isabel enough to truly let them in, he always keep them at a distance.

He never heard Maria get up and to this day he still didn�t know where she had gone to, just that Michael had gone with her. At first he thought that when he came through back at the compound and saw that Liz and Isabel was with him that he thought that either they had killed Michael and Maria or that they brought them someplace else.

He replayed the attack over and over in his head so many times. He felt the hands on his body and the needle going into his arm, drugging him into unconsciousness. Vaguely he remember being placed onto a stretcher and placed into a van, catching a glimpse of Liz and Isabel before faintly hearing the explosion that destroyed the cabin.

He would never forget the sicken feeling in his stomach as he assumed the worst for Michael and Maria. It wasn�t until later when the other two came and rescued them that they found out that they had gotten away.

�The other two� Max thought ruefully. He knew the man was the one who had to have been the one that killed the man in the picture Valenti showed Liz when he questioned her. But the girl, she was a different story. Max knew her, he didn�t know how, but he did.

The rescue, he still couldn�t believe it. They were in an army compound with no hopes of every seeing their love ones again being questioned by a man they later found out was called Pierce. He insisted that Max show him how to work two orbs that had been discovered that they figured were alien.

Max and Isabel fought them, screaming that they were just two regular kids. They finally started to weaken when they realized that while they were unconscious the doctors had taken samples of their blood and knew without a doubt that their blood cells were non-human.

Max and Isabel had tried to use their powers but whatever drug they had given them prevented this from happening, they couldn�t get the orbs to work if they wanted to. The three of them were preparing to be tortured or killed when suddenly the other two broke them out of the compound.

It was still confusing, everything that happened when the other two had disarmed the guards and used their powers to free them from their restraints. Its was in those first few seconds that he knew he couldn�t trust them completely when he saw that they were going to leave Liz and only help him and Isabel.

Max was never more proud of his sister than when she spoke up before he could and said that they would stay with Liz and be tortured before betraying her and leaving her in the arms of the FBI. That one act sealed Liz�s and Isabel�s friendship.

The other realizing that they couldn�t waste anymore time agreed and the five of them began to escape the compound. They were at the end of the last corridor, two doors away from freedom when the gunfire erupted.

Max turned when he heard the girl scream as the man collapsed after being hit. They all turned and went to help him but stopped when he scream. �Tess, get them out of here. The king must be protected at all cost. GO!�

Shaking her head slightly, Tess turned back around and forced the other out the doors. Soon they were all running across pavement and jumping into a van the others had used to get to them.

Max speed away from the compound. Without thinking he headed straight back to Roswell. He ignored Tess as she screamed that they had to go back. That they had to rescue Nacedo. He hadn�t realized how close to home they were when they in the compound. They were at the old army base at the out skirt of town. They never realized how far they had traveled before since they were kept unconscious the whole time.

He remembered pulling into his driveway and seeing his parent crying was when he realized that they had thought they were killed in the explosion. He was rapidly trying to think of an excuse when suddenly he watched as Tess seem to go into a trance. When she opened her eyes, both his parent just smiled and asked if they had a nice time at the cabin.

He looked up in surprise as he watch the sheriff, his son and Alex Whitman come out their front door. All three looked as if they were seeing ghosts standing in front of them. When Mrs. Evans turned and noticed them staring at their children she shook her head slightly as if she was trying to remember something but couldn�t put her finger on it.

�I�m sorry sheriff, what was it that you and the boys need to tell us?� Mrs. Evans asked.

The sheriff looked at the three youngsters that he had just received a call only 30 minutes earlier reporting of their deaths in the eyes. Deaths that he had just told two of their parents about. The deaths that he was getting ready to report to the Mr. and Mrs. Parkers, Mrs. Deluca and Mr. Guiren.

Never really know why he just smiled at the couple and said. �Well, I hate to have to break it to you like this but I just received a phone call and there has been a fire up where your cabin is and that the fire department wasn�t able to save it.�

�Oh my God.� Mrs. Evans gasped as she turned and ran over and hugged both her children. �Thank God you kids were gone before the fire happened.� She said while hugging both of them.

�Ah, yes. Well, when I receive the paper work I will bring it over for you Philip.� The sheriff said as he ushered his son and Alex towards his car, exchanging a look with Max. A look that said that he would be seeing them very shortly. �I have to get these boys home, Alex is staying for dinner and you know how hungry boys get at their age.� He said in an attempt to sound as if everything was normal, which was difficult to do especially since he had a sickening feeling in his stomach when he noticed that the other two weren�t with them.

The sheriff and the boys had only been in the house a few minutes before they saw the van pull up with the others. Him, his son and Alex sat and listened for hours as the other explained everything to them. They finished saying that the one they learned was called Nacedo had been captured and maybe killed and that Michael and Maria were missing.

This was when Tess finally confessed that her and Nacedo knew that Michael and Maria had made it out ok. That the FBI hadn�t realized they were up at the cabin and that they had gone into hiding. After agreeing that Nacedo was the first problem they needed to clean up the seven of them came up with a plan to get Nacedo back.

It was funny, three days earlier Max had been under the impression that his biggest enemies was the sheriff and his son and now they and Alex were becoming accomplices in their alien conspiracy.

They worked together and came up with a plan to rescue Nacedo and get back the orbs, ignoring Tess�s argument that they shouldn�t evolve the humans. The next day the executed their plan and rescued Nacedo from the FBI.

Unfortunately or maybe you could say fortunately there was one fatal casualty. Agent Pierce had followed them as they raced away from the compound and was killed when his car crashed as it skidded off the road and down into a canyon, exploding on impact.

They didn�t have time to contemplate this as they rushed towards the Indian reservation that Tess had told them about. Since Nacedo had been shot, Tess explained that he would need to be heal and only one person who had the things they needed to heal him was a man named Riverdog that Nacedo had befriended when he first arrived on earth.

The old Indian helped the aliens heal Nacedo but left when he stood and looked at the others, hissing his disgust at the humans being involved. Max explained what had happened and showed him that they had managed to get the orbs too.

When Max told him that Pierce had been killed in a car accident Nacedo grinned evilly and said that he hadn�t. Then they all watched in horror as he shifted his shape and became the decease agent in front of them. He told them that he would take over as Pierce and that he would protect them from within the bureau as well as keeping the feds away from finding Michael and Maria before they do.

Max turned and asked him why he had told Tess that she had to get them out, what did he mean when he had said �the king must be protected at all cost�. Max because frustrated as Nacedo chose to ignore him and started to leave the cave. He only turned when Max asked him about the orbs.

�If would be wise if you got rid of those things. They can�t help you, all they will do is cause you problems. Forget what I said about the king and just go on living your little human life. Take my word for it, unless you want to come face to face with the enemy you will remove those orbs from you life.� He said as he strolled out of the cave.

�Max, do you think that what he said is the truth. That they will hurt us somehow and what did he mean about coming face to face with our enemies.� Isabel asked her brother.

�I don�t know, but I think we shouldn�t listen to him. I don�t trust him, I think he is lying to us.� He said as he held one of the orbs.

�You don�t know what your talking about Max. Nacedo has been my protector since I came out of the pods. I think we should bury them and move on. I can mind warp these four and all our problems will be solved.� Tess said while looking at Liz and the others.

�No, you won�t do anything of the kind. Look Tess, obviously Nacedo expects you to stay in Roswell with us but that doesn�t make you the person in charge. Liz and the others are our friends and we trust them, understand.� Max said firmly before adding. �I also think that we should try to use these orbs again.�

�But we don�t know how to use them.� Isabel reasoned.

�Maybe they�re like the healing stones we just used.� Liz said as she picked one up and examined it.

�I agree with Liz. Tess and Isabel you hold one and concentrate and I�ll use the other one.� Max commanded.

They all watched in awe as the orbs began to vibrate and a light began to shine forth from the inscription. Liz gasped when suddenly an imaged appeared before them. It was a woman or more to the point it was Max and Isabel alien mother.

They listened as the hologram told them of their past life and why they were sent to earth. They were shocked when they were told that they were sent to earth to fulfil their destiny.
Liz couldn�t help crying when she realized that Max was indeed king of his people and that Tess was his queen. She also felt sorry for Isabel when she noticed how stricken the other girl appeared at the idea that she was suppose to be with a boy she considered to be a brother.

It was the sheriff telling them that they had to leave and get back into town that finally got them going. They talked on the way home about how to find Michael and Maria. Isabel had tried all night to dream walk them but she wasn�t successful. She couldn�t explain it but somehow both of them blocked her. It was Alex who suggested that they may have subconscious cut themselves off since they thought that the others were dead.

This left them with trying to track them using the devises at hand. The tricky part was explaining their disappearance. Maria�s mother had been out of town since the day before they left but was due back and Michael foster father was going to be a problem.

They gather the next day at the Crashdown and discussed their options before they headed to school. Liz was shocked when Isabel was the one who suggested they tell Amy Deluca the truth. She reasoned that Hank really wouldn�t care one way or another about Michael taking off, but Amy would and that could cause problems for them. The other thing was what were they going to tell people.

Kids in school had already starting talking about Michael and Maria being no shows for the past few days. With Michael it wasn�t a big deal, but Maria was. Especially since they had been spotted a few time in heated debate since the shooting. Little did anyone know it that what they actually were witnessing was Michael attempting to scare Maria into keeping silent.

By the time they left school that day it was all over the campus that Michael and Maria had run away together because Maria mother had found Michael in Maria�s bed and had forbidden her to see him anymore. Liz and Isabel had laughed when they heard the girls gushing about it in the bathroom and later joked that they didn�t need to come up with anything when the student body has already come up with a perfectly good cover for them.

The sheriff took care of Hank for them. He pulled him into the station and told him that his foster son had run away with a girlfriend and that they hadn�t had any luck in tracking them down. He later confessed to Max he wanted to pound Hank into the wall when all he asked was when the checks would stop coming in from child care.

Their biggest challenge came the day Amy Deluca came back to town. It wasn�t easy but eventually they convinced Amy that they were aliens and that Maria was safe. Convincing her not to go to the state police to have them search for her wasn�t as easy.

It took them a whole day before she agreed that it would be dangerous to notify the authorities. That even thought Nacedo was supposedly running defense in his posing as Pierce, that they were still other in the FBI after them. That she and Michael had been able to disappear without a trace was the best thing for them right now.

The thing that finally convinced her to go along was when the sheriff told her that they would bring Maria home to her, that she would be reunited with her daughter one day. She just had to trust in them and that between his experience and the powers they would find them.

And they had worked together to find them. It had taken ten months but they succeeded and now they sat in a dingy motel room thirty miles away from them. Today they had seen their friends for the first time and as much as he hated to admit it Max was more than just surprised at what he saw.

He couldn�t explain it out loud but today was probable one of the most happiest days of his life. Not because they were close to getting Michael back, but because of the look in his brother�s eyes. He had always hated that Michael was stuck with Hank and that he put up with it so they could all be together and that he would have to go back to it again.

No he wasn�t going to be that bastards personal punching bag again, not anymore. He didn�t know how he was going to convince the other but Max had made up his mind. He was not destroying the family he saw today. Because that is all that would happen if they approached them, they would be destroyed and for what reason. Because of destiny, because Nacedo says that the enemy is near and that Michael has to fight.

No he wouldn�t do it. He wasn�t yanking Michael away from Maria or their child. He wouldn�t let the baby be born into this mess. No he owed Michael more than that. Max also knew that Michael deserved this, deserved to be happy, he had lived with so much pain. More pain than he ever would let him or Isabel know about.

Tomorrow Max would talk to the other with out Tess. He knew that Isabel, Liz, Alex, Kyle and the sheriff would cave pretty quickly but Amy was going to be a problem. He didn�t know how he was going to do it but he was going to have to convince Amy to let Maria go.

TBC