Part: 52
Off the Menu
The next week Liz retreated into herself not really hanging around anyone. She knew that Maria and Max could tell something was up but left her alone, which she was grateful for. What would she say if they asked? ‘I'm depressed because I just found out that one of my brothers died, a brother you two didn't know I had.’ The only person she could talk to about it was Kyle.
Everything was quiet until one night when all of Roswell lost power. Then Michael and Isabel came back over to the café talking about Maria and Max being trapped in the UFO Center. They got Valenti and formed a plan for a rescue but first Liz had to do some reconnaissance.
Valenti prepared the camera for Liz. He didn’t want to send her in but he knew that she could handle herself. “I’ll be able to see whatever you see. And I’ll be..”
“-watching the whole time.” Liz finished for him. She watched him pin the camera on her.
“All I want you to do is deliver the food. Let me get a good look at the layout of the room,” He adjusted the camera. “What’s goin’ on down there, who is positioned where.”
“And then I want you” They both said at the same time then Liz finished off. “To get right out, you told me.”
“Right.” The Sheriff said nervously.
“Sheriff-Sheriff I’m OK. I can do this. I wanna do this.” She reassured him. Valenti sighed as Liz nodded. “Hey, how’s the food comin’?” He yelled to the aliens.
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Liz waited outside for Brody to open the door. Once he did she followed him down the stairs. “Yeah, yeah, come down. I’ll, uh, I’ll move some of this stuff. Mind your head there. Here, I’ll give you a hand.” He offered.
Liz had been so busy accessing the situation that she barely heard him. “OK…”
“So, what have we got here?” He asked.
“Oh, we have got, uh, 6 burgers and 6 fries.”
“Great, lovely, uh…now, great.” He said as he started counting out money. “Oh, oh no. It’s it’s on the house.” Liz stated.
“Oh, no, no. I insist, please. And, uh, keep the change. I think I’m rich.”
“So, um, is that it? Can can I get you something else?”
“No, no that’s fine. You can go. And thanks for the food.” Liz nodded before taking one more glance around the room then heading for the door. Brody’s voice stopped her. “Is there a new cook at the Crashdown?”
Liz was surprised by the question, “Excuse me?”
“These burgers, they taste different.”
Thinking fast Liz said. “Oh, oh well see there’s no power over there either so we had to use a little butane grill.”
“So how did you cook the fries?”
“The same way.” She answered uneasily.
“No, no, you didn’t. You used alien power to cook this food. You’re one of them! Come on-get!” Brody said angrily.
“No!” Liz yelled as he pushes her back to the others. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Max come up. “Brody, let her go. Larek!”
“Get down!” Brody yelled as he pushed Max to the floor. Sean stuck out his foot and tripped Brody as he walks by. As he fell Brody dropped the gun and Sean tried to grab for it but Brody got it first and pointed it back at Sean. “That was a stupid thing to do.”
“She’s not an alien. She’s just an innocent girl. Leave her alone.” Sean said defending Liz. Just then the phone rang, “What!?” Brody yelled.
Liz watched as Brody yelled into the phone and heard Sean whisper, “Reach into my coat pocket.”
“Why?” She whispered back. She didn’t know what Sean was up to but she didn’t like it. She had already decided that if she needed to she would use her enhanced abilities to help. She hadn’t brought her gun just in case Brody had searched her.
“Just do it.” He hissed. Liz reached into his pocket and found a knife. Liz started cutting his hands free as she continued to watch Brody. “Just stay Sean.” As she cut through his bonds but he didn’t listen and started sneaking up on Brody.
“Sean, no!” Max warned and before even Liz could move. The two men were struggling and Sean had the knife in his stomach. “Sean!” Liz yelled.
“Oh, my gods, Sean, are you OK?” Amy Deluca asked. “Yeah.” Sean answered. Berating herself for not stepping in Liz crept over to Max. “Max, heal him.”
“I can’t.” He said quietly.
“Why? It’s your fault he got stabbed. Heal him!” Liz said angrily.”
“I can’t use my powers.” He shook his head over to the alien pentagram. “Brody activated that device. Brody’s a good man. This isn’t his fault. Sean might’ve killed him.”
‘No if you boys wouldn't have tried to be all macho, I could have taken Brody out before he even realized what was happening. “But it’s OK for Sean to get stabbed?”
“Of course not.” Max snapped back. Liz made her way back over to Sean to fix him up.
“Are you OK?” She asked. He nodded but Liz pulled his shirt back to look at the damage. It wasn’t bad, not very deep. She put her hand over the wound and applied pressure wishing she had some of the medical supplies her and Kyle had even the small first aid kit she kept in her bag. Now she had to wait and see what happened before she made a move.
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Kyle crawled through his sister’s bedroom window. “Dad! Dad!”
“Kyle! What are you doin’ here?” Neither him or Liz had called Kyle to let him know what was going on and he knew he’d be upset now that he found out.
“I heard over the scanner that the cops are getting’ ready to storm the UFO center. They called sharpshooters in from the state police.” Kyle said debriefing him.
His dad was frustrated, “Damn it. Those guys will shoot anything that moves.”
Kyle nodded to the scene, “What’s goin’ on down there?” Once they got Liz and the others out of there he was going to have to have a chat about not telling him when she was going into a dangerous situation.
“Hey, I think we’re about to find out.” They all watched as Liz moved her camera to pan the room. That was when something caught Valenti’s eye. “I thought Brody got rid of that thing.” He said pointing to something on the screen.
“What is that?” Michael asked.
“You see that panel? That controls the fallout shelter’s lockdown mechanism.” Valenti explained.
“You think it still works?” Isabel asked.
“I don’t know. If it does, it could be a way to keep the cavalry out long enough to end this thing without anybody getting’ killed.” Valenti stated.
“Well, great. How do we get to it?” Michael asked.
“It’s too risky to try to get inside. There might me a way to activate it from the outside.” Getting an idea he turned to his son, “ Kyle! You think you can get me the blueprints for that place?”
“Where am I supposed to get those?” Kyle asked.
“Library, third floor, in the back.” He answered. He knew the aliens would be able to use their powers to get through the locks but Kyle could pick them almost as easily. And Kyle could move faster to get there.
Kyle knew that his dad couldn’t be saying what he thought he was saying. He wanted him to brake into the library. An easy job, but his dad never wanted either kids to use those abilities. “The library’s closed.
His dad gave him a look that said he was serious, “Kick the window in! Go!”
Kyle scrambled back through Liz’s window and out of the apartment. It was a good thing he and Liz always kept lock picks on them or he would have had to make a side trip.
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Kyle wouldn’t leave Liz’s side after she got back from the UFO Center. He told Tess to head on home and he would help his dad as an excuse when really he just wanted to check on Liz. “You know you always have to upstage me. We’ve both been shot and healed by an alien, and both been held prisoner by aliens. But you’re still one up since you were kidnapped by an alien, at least I know that is what will probably happen to me next.” Kyle said trying to joke.
Liz thought about the timeline that FMax had told her about her siblings been taken by the skins and shuddered, “That’s not funny Kyle.”
Kyle gave her a confused look before remembering the same thing she just had. “I’m sorry, I forgot.”
“It’s okay, I changed the timeline so hopefully we won’t have to worry about that happening.” They sat together all night talking just enjoying that fact that they made it through another crisis alive.
Part 53
Heart of Mine
It's April 27th. I'm Liz Parker and I think I've figured out why I haven't written in this journal in nearly a year. It's just ironic that I would figure something out really deep from like the least deep guy in America. We try to live responsible, logical lives. But we can't tell our hearts how to feel. Sometimes our hearts lead us to places we never thought we wanted to go. And sometimes are hearts can be the sweetest, gentlest things we have. Sometimes are hearts can make us feel miserable, angry, excited and confused. All at once. But at least my heart is open. And I'm writing again. I'm feeling. I'm breathing.
Liz finished writing in her journal for the first time in so long. She looked around her balcony thinking that this wasn’t how she had ever imagined spending her prom night. She had always had dreams of romance and fun, a regular prom. She should have figured that it wouldn’t work like that. The years of a normal life she had had before finding out about the aliens was all an illusion. Her life hadn’t been normal, not with her looking over her shoulder constantly fearing Lydecker was behind her. But she had still thought that this one night would be what she had dreamed about. Instead she saw the love of her life kissing another woman,. She knew it was partly her fault since she had been pushing them together. She guessed it was her little speech at prom that was the final shove.
So she had left not being able to stand the sight of it. She had done what she had always did when she wanted to think. She walked around Roswell stopping when she saw the lights on at the bowling alley. She went inside and for a few glorious hours she had been able to forget everything. Max and Tess, the alien mess, Manticore, everything and just feel free. Shawn had been right when she said she was suffocating. She had felt this weight on her chest ever since she had returned from her summer away, it just kept getting heavier and heavier. But now she felt like it was gone or at least lost some of its weight. She just hoped things didn’t get worse.
Part 54
Cry Your Name
After they returned from the morgue, Kyle headed to his sister’s. He lied to Tess telling her that he was going for a walk He was worried about her. He had seen the look in her eyes at the morgue. They looked lifeless. He walked over and climbed up her ladder. He climbed his way up the ladder and expected to find her crying but she was just sitting on her lawn chair starring into nothing. “Liz?”
Her head snapped up, “Hey Ky. What are you doing here?”
“I wanted to see you, check on you.”
“I’m fine.” She said absently.
He knew she was shutting down, he couldn’t blame her. She had been close to Alex. He was nowhere near as close to him as she was and he was hurting. He pulled her close and let her know that he was there. She was silent for what seemed like forever before she said, “We’re poison.”
“What?”
“We hurt everyone. Eva, Ben, Brin, and now Alex. If I hadn’t changed things, everyone else would have died too.”
“Liz, this isn’t our fault. Lydecker killed Eva. Manticore took Brin. Something else killed Ben and Alex died in an accident. We had nothing to do with it.”
“If I wouldn’t have told Alex to play hard to get and stay home. He wouldn’t have left later by himself and gotten in a car accident.”
“Liz we don’t know what happened. We don’t know what caused it.” He looked down at her and saw something different come over her face. He wondered what she was thinking.
Later, an hour before sunrise he headed home. When he got there he crept over to the phone. He dialed the number he knew by heart and waited. A minute later a familiar gruff voice picked up, “Yeah?’
“Hey, it’s me.”
“What’s up? What going on?” The voice instantly alert.
“You better get to Roswell.”
“Why did something happen to you or Liz?”
“Zack, Alex was killed last night. Liz isn’t doing well. First Ben now Alex.”
“It’s going to take me awhile but I’ll be there as soon as I can.” Kyle hung up the phone and hoped it was soon enough.
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The next day at the funeral Kyle noticed that Liz still didn’t cry. She had a classic Manticore expressionless mask but Kyle could see the feelings in her eyes. He tried to talk to her at the Whitman’s house but she kept alluding him. It wasn’t until they were all gathered in Alex’s room that he figured out what her expression the other night had meant. It was determination for the truth.
He knew she was about to snap when Max started to say he believed that Alex could have committed suicide. He saw her arguing with Max and waited to see if she needed him. He spoke up to say that he was with her. It was after that that the war started. “I guess it’s us versus them.”
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Later that night as it rained, Liz sat alone in the closed Crashdown. She heard the storm raging outside but it didn’t drown out another sound, “Zack, I know you’re back there you might as well come out here.”
The back doors of the restaurant swung open revealing her oldest brother, “I guess you know?”
“Ky called me, he’s worried about you.” Zack said, “I know Alex was your friend.”
“If you say one word about not let my emotions get to me, I swear I’ll deck you. I don’t want to hear about that right now.” Liz stated. She knew she had shut down after Alex died, she still hadn’t even cried. But she didn’t want anyone telling her how she should feel.
“I wasn’t going to say that Liz, I just wanted to check on you. Let you know that I’m here.” Zack saw the hard look to Liz’s eyes and the blank expression on her face. She had withdrawn into herself, something that he didn’t like.
“Then listen to me.” She stated, then she told him about her theory. That someone had killed Alex. “You have to be careful Liz. If it was an alien or something you would be in danger.”
“I don’t care. I can handle myself, I owe this to Alex.”
“But you would be going up against an alien, you know with powers. I can’t believe I’m about to ask this but maybe you should get one of them to help you.”
Liz looked down. She hadn’t told him about what had happened at the funeral. “Max won’t help. He thinks it was an accident or suicide.”
Right then Zack’s cell phone rang. He answered it, as Liz sat to think. She didn’t even pay attention to what he was saying until she heard her sister’s name, Tinga. “What that Tinga?”
“Something’s up, I need to go check on her.” He said. He didn’t elaborate, didn’t want to tell her that it was actually the people Tinga was staying with up in Canada and they had said he had left to go back to take care of some unfinished business. That Tinga might be in danger. Liz could see how serious he was but he would never tell her more. It was his way to keep them safe.
“Go, I’m fine. Ky shouldn’t even have bothered you.” Zack hated to see her in so much pain but knew it was something she had to deal with on her own. He said good bye and left.
After Zack left, Liz went and got all the pictures of Alex she had. Her memories of him flew through her mind. The good times, the bad times until she finally started to break down. She started to cry hard when she heard a knock at the door, she wiped away her tears and went to answer it. It was Jerry. She listened to him and knew that her speculations were true, “Does that mean anything to you?” he asked.
“It means I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep....” She said. She said good bye to Jerry. She knew it. Alex’s death wasn’t an accident, it was murder. It caused her to break down again. She walked by the counter and couldn’t hold it in anymore she lashed out. She flung her arms across the countertop and sent dishes flying. She had to keep looking; she had to find out who had done it and make them pay.
Part 55
“No, Liz. You can’t do it, it’s crazy.” Kyle argued.
“Come on Kyle, it’s an in and out job. The two of us can do it easy.” Liz stated.
“No.” Kyle said flatly.
“I’m going to be doing all the work, I just need you as a look out.”
“And what do you want me to do if one of the guards comes by?” Kyle asked. Liz gave him a look that said he knew exactly what she wanted him to do, take them down. “Liz, I know you want to find out about Alex but braking into school isn’t going to help.”
“Fine. Just forget I asked.” Liz said as she left. If Kyle wouldn’t help her than she’d just have to find someone who would, and she had an idea who might.
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Liz waited impatiently as Sean tried to pick the lock on the door. She was about to tell him to get out of her way and let someone who had picked a ton of locks do it when he said, “So, what, do you want to change one of your grades or something?”
“Yeah. Something like that.” Liz wanted to get into Alex’s records to see what was in them. He popped the lock just then and grabbed some keys off a desk. “One of these keys should take care of the filing cabinets. I'm gonna do a sweep of the halls.”
“Ok.”
“Hurry.” He said before leaving. Liz worked as fast as she could copying files, memorizing other ones. She was almost done when Shawn came back. “Our time's up.”
“Ok. I don't think I got it all.”
“One rule about breaking and entering-- never stay in the same place for more than 5 minutes.”
Liz almost laughed at his statement but was more concerned about getting the rest of the file. “Well, does that mean we can go back?”
“Come on.” He said just as a security guard shined a flashlight at them. “Hold it right there, you two.”
The guard told Liz to stay and took Shawn down the hall but Liz could still hear them. ‘Dangit. Kyle’s dad isn’t going to be able to get me out of this one.’ Liz thought. She listened to them talk before Hanson came over to her. “Young lady, I hope you appreciate the seriousness of your actions tonight.
‘And you don’t know how easy I could knock you on your butt without you even seeing me.’ Liz thought. “Oh, yes, sir.”
“I know you're a good kid, and your parents are good folk, too, so I'm gonna let you off with a warning. A strong warning. You got it?”
“Oh, yes, sir. Thank you.” She mumbled as she watched another officer take Shawn away. She felt bad that she had gotten Shawn busted. She would have to make it up to him later.
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Liz hung up her phone and headed to find a scanner when she heard a voice behind her. “What the hell were you doing here last night?”
“Max, not now. I have to find a place that'll scan this.” She said trying to hurry away.
“Why? Who were you just talking to?”
“The Swedish embassy in Washington.”
“This has to stop. I will consider the possibility that Alex was killed by an alien if you consider the possibility that he killed himself.”
“No, he didn't!” She wouldn’t believe that.
“And what if he did? Then you are doing nothing but raising people's suspicions about us. You have nothing to lose here, and we have everything to lose.”
Liz was about to say that she could lose her freedom as easily as he could but didn’t care as long as she found out who killed Alex when she felt his hand grip her arm. White-hot anger seethed through her and it took every ounce of control not to take him down where he stood. Instead she gave him her best intimidation look and practically growled, “Let go of me.”
Whether he was intimidated or he just realized what he was doing Max dropped her arm and left.
Part 56
Liz knocked on Kyle’s door. She hoped she wouldn’t have to run into Tess or worse yet Tess and Max. A minute later, Kyle answered the door. “Hey what’s up?”
“I need to talk to you. Are we alone?” Liz asked.
“Yeah, Dad’s out with Ms. Deluca and I don’t know where Tess is for sure. She said something about maybe going to the observatory tonight but since it’s still daylight I doubt that’s where she is.”
“Listen I need you to cover for me. I left a note for my parents telling them I wanted to get away and went with Zack. If they ask that’s the story. Just play along, please.”
“Where are you going?”
“Sweden.”
“Sweden? You’re going to Sweden?”
“Yes, I am. There’s something not right about that trip and I have to go there to find out some stuff.”
Kyle wanted to say that she was going overboard but he knew she wouldn’t listen. “What about the others? What do I tell them?”
“They probably won’t ask, but keep an eye on things for me?”
“You be careful.” He said before hugging her. She left shortly after to go home and pack before going to catch her cab.
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Liz was waiting for her cab when she heard the familiar sound of the jeep. She could tell it was still pretty far away and hoped that Max wouldn’t see her. When he pulled up a few minutes later, she knew her wish wasn’t coming true.
“Liz, where are you going?”
“Sweden.”
“Are you kidding me? Get in the car.”
“No.” She said sternly.
“What did you tell your parents?”
“I'm gonna call them from the airport and tell them my girlfriend in Florida had a crisis and she needed me.” She couldn’t tell him the real excuse she had given so she had to lie to Max. She knew her parents would be worried but she knew that they would know she left for a good reason.
“They'll call your aunt. Your aunt will say you're not there.” Max said.
“Well, then, I'll think of something else.” She said. She wished he’d just leave her alone. Just then her cab pulled up. “You the airport?”
“No. Actually, I am. You're late.” She said as she got down. Max started to talk to her again. “Liz, don't get in that cab.”
She just ignored him. “Load it up.”
He grabbed one of her bags and started pulling her to the jeep. “Liz, get in my car.”
She grabbed it away from him not even holding back her strength. “What are you gonna do? You're gonna throw me in it?” ‘I would like to see that happen.’ She thought.
“You have to listen to me.” He said. His words made her snap. “Don’t even pull that king card on me, Max. I'm not Isabel. You can't boss me around.”
“If this is about being pissed at me, fine. Punish me all you want. But what about everyone else? What you're doing puts them at risk.”
If she never risked someone’s life than she would still be in her cell. “What I'm doing may save their lives.”
“You have a responsibility to Michael, Isabel, and Tess not to get in that cab.”
“Uh-huh, and I have a responsibility to Alex to find out what really happened.”
“Liz, if you go, our friendship is over.”
Zack was right. You could only rely on herself and her siblings. “I guess that's the price I have to pay. Somebody killed Alex and covered up his death. Why don't you see that, Max? Wake up.”
Part 57
Kyle had been up the whole night. Liz had come by and told him that he no longer needed to cover for her and that she wasn’t going to Sweden. She had been so caught up telling him about Alex not going to Sweden that he didn’t even notice that Tess hadn’t came home until after she left to go to Maria’s. He sat down on the couch thought about what Liz had asked him to do. She had asked him to keep the pod squad busy. He knew Michael was busy with Maria so he didn’t have to worry about him, it was the other three. He felt his blood boil when she told him about Max and the incident in the hallway. How dare Max think he could lay a hand on his sister?
He heard Max’s jeep pull up outside, his and Tess’s voices as they walked up to the house. Kyle laid down quickly and pulled his blanket over his head. He saw Max and Tess try to sneak in and their good-byes to each other. ‘Well well.’ He thought. ‘Seems like I have two less aliens to worry about keeping busy.’ He couldn’t believe Max would do something like this to Liz, even if he thought she had betrayed him. He was about to get up and rip into Max when he heard his dad. He listened to his Dad tell Max to go home. He was glad that Liz was too busy to notice whatever was going on with Tess and Max. Then he saw his dad look down at him as he walked by. “Hey, Dad.”
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Later that morning after Kyle saw Max and Tess walking into school together he went to get coffee before going to find Isabel. He saw Isabel out on the bleachers and headed straight for her.
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Liz felt awkward knocking on the door to his brother’s house. So many times she had just walked in but now that Tess lived there she had to knock. Tess was the one she needed to talk to anyway, “Liz.”
“Hi, Tess.”
“So, are you here about me and Max?”
“No, um, I.... well, I wanted to talk to you, actually.” Liz said. She knew that Tess probably wanted to gloat about being with Max but Liz had more important things to do.
Tess looked disappointed, “Oh, sure.”
“Um, I just um, you know I have questions about your powers, mind control especially.” Liz stated. She didn’t trust Tess so she didn’t want to give too much of what she was up to away.
“What kind of questions?”
“You know, um, anything that you can tell me, but um, like...” Liz said just as Max came in behind her. “Hey, your door's...”
Liz could see the look of anger pass over his face and the coldness in his eyes. She almost didn’t recognize him. “What are you doing here?” He asked coldly.
“Um, nothing, you know, we were just...we're talking, I should go.” Liz said.
“Talking about what?” He asked.
“Nothing.”
“Max, you know, it's ok, forget about it.” Tess said obviously trying to get him to drop it.
“No, I wanna know.” Max said in a hard tone.
“We'll just talk later.” Liz said talking to Tess.
“No, please don't go on my account. Go ahead and ask your questions.” Max said in the same voice. Liz was starting to get annoyed at how he seemed to be talking down to her like he was humoring her.
“Max, she's just had a few questions about my powers, that's all.” Tess explained.
“New theory?”
“I just wanted to know some things about mind control and I thought” Liz started to say but Max interrupted her. “Oh, so Tess killed Alex. Is that your theory?”
“No.”
“Max, she didn't say that.” Tess said surprising Liz that she was almost sticking up for her.
“That's what you're thinking, why don't you just ask it?!” Max said harshly.
“Max, of course that's not what I'm thinking!” Liz exclaimed.
Max looked at Liz and asked, “Tess, did you kill Alex?”
“Max.” Tess said.
“What were you doing on the night that he died?” Max continued.
“Will you stop it?!” Liz said barely able to control her anger at him.
“Go ahead!” Max ordered. “What were you doing?!”
“She was with me.” Kyle said, his voice drifting over to them. He had heard Max starting to tear into Liz and he had come out to help. “We were watching Gladiator on video.”
“An alibi. From one of your own.” Max said looking at Liz.
“Can I leave now?” Liz said just wanting to get away from this new Max. One she didn’t like.
“Yep.” Max answered. Liz left quickly and heard Max slam the door after her.
“Is everything ok?” Kyle asked Tess and Max.
“Fine!” Max yelled at the same time Tess said, “Yeah, yeah everything's fine, Kyle.”
Kyle glanced at Max one more time wanting to punch him so much before he snuck out the back and caught up with his sister. “Liz, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Liz lied.
“You’re still a horrible liar, at least to me.” Kyle said trying to cheer her up.
“I’m just frustrated is all. Then Max went off and him and I being like this and it's just strange. It wasn’t even this bad last October. But he’s not going to stop me from finding out the truth about what happened. I need to go home and figure out my next step.”
“Call me if you need me.” Kyle said.
The next morning Liz called him on his way to school to tell him that she and Maria were on their way to Las Cruces and to keep an eye on everyone. She told him she suspected Michael knew what they were up to but he hadn’t insisted on going so she wasn’t sure. He told her to be careful and she told him she was armed and would call him when she got back.
Part 58
Liz was trying to piece everything together that her and Maria had found out. Liz’s defenses had been up earlier and she had almost taken Michael down when he grabbed her but she had realized it was him quickly enough. Of course if he hadn’t grabbed her she would have been able to catch up with Leanna. Maria and Michael were now asleep in the bed since she had offered to take the floor. Since she didn’t need to sleep she had pretended to be asleep until she had heard their breathing even out and knew they were asleep themselves that’s when she started going over everything. Using the night vision she had because she was a transgenic she was able to look over everything without the need of a light. Tomorrow she was going to have to go to the computer lab and see if she could find out what Alex was working on. She was going to have to find someone to help her with it. She knew her way around computers more than the average person but a hacker she was not. It was times like this that she wished her brother Josh was here, computers were his expertise. They had all had areas of they excelled in, Liz’s was science and math. Manticore thought it was a good idea for them to have strong points for solo missions. If she had stayed they probably would have sent her undercover at different labs to steal research or take out scientists that they thought were a threat.
She left the room for something to eat. She had to make sure she kept herself fed. She had ignored her appetite in the first days after Alex died and had become sick. The fact that she hadn’t eaten in days had hit her until she was at Max’ s and he had heard her stomach growl. She had eaten three boxes of frozen Macaroni & Cheese that he made her. The memory reminded Liz of how mad she was at Max and shoved back her anger. She had other things to do. She had to finish her investigation.
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Liz read over the translation of the book as they headed back to Roswell. Maria and Michael had done research and found out Leanna’s real name. Liz’s trip to the computer lab had paid off and they had figured out what Alex had been doing. After Michael and her had gone through Leanna’s aka Jennifer’s room they had headed for her rental property. It was there that Michael had saved her and Maria’s lives. When the bomb had exploded it hit her how careless she had been. But the bomb had given her one more clue that the whole thing was alien related. Liz knew explosives even after all this time and she knew that no human had made that bomb.
Liz had just finished reading the printout, memorizing ever part when they dropped Michael off. She handed it to him and thanked him again for saving their lives. Maria then headed for the Crashdown to drop off Liz. Liz looked at her watch as she headed inside, she couldn’t believe it was 8:00. Liz waved Maria away as she locked the doors to the café. She turned and headed through the dark café.
This is where A Secret Family starts.
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