Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Author: heavenly-vixen aka Ally
E-mail: team_x_4eva@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Yeah right, If I owned it would I be writing this? I don’t
think so.
Description: Set during/after “Departure” – Season 2. Missing
scenes sort of thing. Kinda dark, but necessary to portray the state of mind
they’re in.
Author’s Notes: This is what I thought of while watching the episode.
The body language and the seriousness of what was going on made me think of
what could have been happening in Maria and Michael’s minds at the time.
Please. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Michael stood by and watched as Max and Isabel said goodbye to Valenti. He wanted to say something but he couldn’t, he couldn’t find any words and if he’d opened his mouth the only thing that would have come out was ‘Maria’. She was the only thing he could think about. He’d always had a great memory and he prayed it wouldn’t betray him this time. The last moments they’d had together he studied her, everything about her, burning it into his mind forever. He couldn’t believe it was happening, he was really loosing her. Suddenly registering his surroundings again he walked with the others toward the Pod Chamber.
As they were walking Michael began to have trouble breathing, “Oh god I’m hyperventilating” kept running through his head, but it wasn’t his voice he heard, it was Maria. The sound of her voice was always a comfort he fought but now it hurt more than anything. It reminded him that this was the only way he’ll ever hear her again. Again his thoughts strayed from home, back to Maria. He remembered as they lay in each other’s arms after he’d told her that he was leaving. She didn’t cry, thankfully, if she’d cried with him there he wouldn’t have been able to leave. Instead she sang. Her beautiful voice rang out as she sang to him.
"No I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that’s just the way
The story goes
You always smile but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
Yes it shows
No I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there
But then I let you go"
Michael fought not to cry. Each word stung, it burned inside him, what was he without Maria? Who was he without his little pixie girl? He was nothing, no one and whoever was waiting for him on his planet was soon to realise that Michael Guerin or whoever they thought he was, was dead. He died in the arms of the one he loved as she sang her goodbye.
They entered the chamber and Michael barely noticed. He looked up and saw the
familiar sight of the mysterious cone that I guess wasn’t so mysterious
anymore. Before he knew what he was doing the words came out.
“Max.... I can't go. Ever since we came out of the pods, I've been on
some quest to figure out where I belong. I finally found home. The weird thing
is, it's here, it's on earth.”
As soon as he said it he knew it was right. But he’d left something out, something that when he found his way back into Maria’s arms would come out. ‘My home is with Maria’. It kept repeating in his head as he said goodbye and stepped out of the chamber. He almost laughed when he saw Maria, her beautiful face. He was about to grab her, pull her into his arms and swing her around. He would have kissed her for everything he was worth and whispered over and over again ‘I love you’. But he was stopped when she voiced something he never expected to hear “Tess killed Alex!”
Michael ran back into the pod chamber, what else could he do? He had to stop them from going to what, could in all uncertainty be, their deaths at the hand of a liar. On auto-pilot he warned them all and went through the motions, make sure Maria’s safe, get every one out, second guess Max, that was always fun, but above everything else, make sure Maria’s safe.
They all rushed out and stood outside waiting for Max, waiting for what was going to happen next. Michael had to control himself from pulling Maria into his arms. He almost lost her, but he still could if anything went wrong, now he had to protect her, later he would hold her.
Max ran out and still all that remained on Michael’s mind was Maria. Someone in the more isolate regions of his mind thoughts like ‘There goes my last chance’ and ‘That’s it I’m stuck on earth now’ ran through his mind, but the more reasonable side of him reminded him that he was home. An overwhelming urge to smile crept up on Michael at the thought, but as usual he suppressed it. He only smiled for one person. Maria moved closer to him and his gaze focused on her alone. She looked up at him confused. He could always read her; she was an open book.
“You opened the door and you came out-- why? … You stayed for me.”
Michael looked at Maria, his Maria and pulled her closer. They stood by and watched as Tess and Michael’s last chance to see where he came from disappeared from site. There was nothing else they could do. Neither of them registered the significance of the situation, although they knew it would hit them sooner or later. For now they just enjoyed the comfort that came from holding the one you love and knowing that nothing and no one would ever tear them apart ever again.
TBC…