Chapter 8- The Warning

Author: Sezza
Disclaimer: I own nothing but this story and any unknown characters in Roswell.
Couple: M&M
Spoilers: Anything up to season 3 may be mentioned at some point
Rating: PG-13 but could get higher
Summary: The aliens left instead of staying. Alex didn’t die and Tess wasn’t evil. When they return Michael learns something that will forever change his life.
Author’s note: Ok here I am with another fic. There are something’s that you should know before reading and that will be brought to your attention in a Background info section I release before chapter 1 so I hope none of you get too confused.
Email: sezza43@hotmail.com
Distribution: If you want it, all you have to do is ask.

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Kyle walked over to Maria and pulled her away from the others. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm good. Look Kyle there's something I should tell you." She told him.

"Well what is it? Is Michael going to leave and never come back coz, that'd be great you know," Kyle said.

Maria laughed at him. But as soon as he said that Maria knew he was not going to take what she had to tell him well. "Kyle..."

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"So that's why I'm here." Finished Nacedo. He was just telling the aliens why he was so attuned with Maria.

"So Maria came to you for help and after telling her that you could get rid of it you decided to help." Michael asked.

"Yes."

"You told her you would get rid of it." Michael asked again.

"Yes." Nacedo, answered honestly. He saw the look of pure rage on Michael's face and decided to explain that part a little better. "Look Michael, that was at the time where I hated all humans. The thought of a hybrid was just out of the question but when she slapped me and oh so gracefully told me off I realized I couldn't do it. It's in the past anyway and I have come a long way since then and would never ever think of hurting those children or anyone here, so you can stop looking at me that way."

Michael just grunted.

"So where does the whole, 'Family' thing come from? When did that start?" Max asked

Nacedo glanced at Alex and Liz before continuing. "When Maria was giving birth she became very weak and after the second one was born she, well she died."

Tess and Max sat there shocked. Michael just put his head in his hands remembering what Maria had told him. He felt so guilty. Isabel just wanted to know what happened.

"When River Dog announced it, it felt like someone had ripped my heart out. I felt like I had lost my daughter. That was the moment when I considered her family. So then I just thought that I couldn't lose her and neither could those children. They needed there mother so I healed her. You have no idea how happy I was when she took that first breath." Nacedo smiled at the memory. "It was like someone had just given me back my life."

Alex started laughing all of a sudden and the others except Liz looked at him strangely. Just then it occurred to Nacedo, what he was laughing about. He knew Alex was going to tell them so he hid his head in embarrassment.

"What?" Asked Max when Alex finally stopped.

"Ok, when Maria woke up you should have seen him. Hell yeah he was happy, he even, "Alex stopped to laugh some more.

"He even what?" Tess asked waiting in suspense

Liz finished because it had became apparent that Alex couldn't due to his fit of laughter. "Nacedo did a happy dance. You know like the one off that movie Basketball."

The others all stared at him with open mouths before bursting into laughter. There laughter immediately stopped when they heard Kyle yell "LIKE HELL YOU ARE!"

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"What is it Maria?" Kyle asked her

"Well, you see the thing is---" she stopped again

"The thing is what?" Kyle asked getting impatient.

"I'mgoingtotellthekidsthatMichael'stheirfather," she said quickly in one breath

Kyle just looked at her. "Come again?"

Maria sighed. "I have decided, after talking with Michael, to tell the kids that he is their father." She said slower this time.

Kyle stood there in silence processing what she had just said. He looked at her before yelling "LIKE HELL YOU ARE!"

Maria stood there open mouthed. "Excuse me?"

"You are not telling them anything and that's final." Kyle told her in his 'what I say goes' tone.

The others all looked over to where Kyle had yelled. "What isn't she telling who?" Alex asked.

Kyle walked over to them and said "Maria wants to tell the kids that Michael's their father." Kyle sneered when he said Michael's name.

Alex turned to address Maria. "Maria?"

Maria glared at Kyle. "Yes Alex it's true."

Alex stood, "LIKE HELL YOU ARE!"

Maria couldn't believe it. She knew that they'd take it bad but she didn't realize that they'd down right refuse to let her. "Yeah well you have no say in the matter. I'm going to tell them tomorrow."

Kyle glared at Michael before speaking to her. "Maria, he's just going to leave again. I know it, you know it and if you tell those kids they'll know it. Remember when your father left you. How hard you took it. Do you want your kids to go through that?" he asked. He didn't really want to bring up the memory as he knew how much that experience had hurt her but he had to make her see.

Alex continued. "Kyle's right. You shouldn't tell them Maria. They'll just get hurt. Do you want that to happen?" Maria shook her head. Her eyes filling with tears at the memory of the pain she suffered. There was no way in hell she was putting her babies through that.

Michael could tell that they were getting through to her. He had to make them see that he was in this for the long run. That there is no way in hell he was going to leave them. "LOOK!" he yelled getting everyone's attention. "Contrary to your beliefs I have no intention of going anywhere. I know that you all think that I'll leave; hell I've done it before right? But this time I mean it when I say that there's no more running. I'm not leaving. Ever. Here is my home, I learnt that when I stepped foot in the granolith. I even told Maria this and the others can vouch for me. I didn't want to leave. I told them that Maria was my home and that I wanted to stay but the doors wouldn't open. I was stuck. So I spent the rest of my time up there trying to find a way back here and then I found it and now that I am back I have no intention whatsoever of leaving. Maria and those kids are my home and I'll never leave them."

Liz listened carefully to every word he said and noticed all the real raw emotion he put into everything he said. "I believe him," she said quietly earning her glares from Kyle. "Look, I know what he did was wrong and truthfully it's going to take sometime to forgive, I mean my best friend died and went through so much, so don't think that I forgive him because I don't. I just believe that he's telling the truth. He won't leave. He love's Maria too much."

"He was telling the truth about trying to get out." Isabel added. "He did tell us he wanted to stay but the doors wouldn't open."

Alex looked at a photo of Matthew and Josh then at Michael before agreeing with Liz. "Me too. I think he means it. You should tell them. They need to know who their father is."

Michael smiled at him and silently thanked him. Kyle couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Oh my god, do not tell me that you actually believe that crap. Yeah sure he may have realized that this was home, but the point is that he realized it to late. Maria he is going to leave you. I'm only telling you this to save yourself from future heartache. I can't bear to see you go through what you did when he left the first time. I care about you to much."

Maria let a tear fall from her eye. "Kyle, I know you do. But don't think for one second that I have forgiven him for anything because I haven't, I mean I'm not going to let him back into my life but my children need him in theirs. I know it was hard when my father left but I believe Michael when he says he won't. I also remember how hard it was to grow up with out a father Kyle. I don't want my kids to go through that. You remember what it was like growing up without a mother. It's the same for them. They need him Kyle. Please understand that. At least understand it for me." Maria let out a sob. "Please Kyle I don't want to fight with you. I believe him when he says he won't leave, and you know that I won't ever let my babies get hurt. Please Kyle."

Kyle stopped her from continuing and hugged her. "Shhh, it's alright I understand. I just don't want them to get hurt either, but if you believe then so do I."

Maria lifted her head off his chest. "Thankyou." she said before hugging him again.

Kyle kissed the top of her head. He couldn't believe that he was giving in, but he hated to see Maria cry. He was doing this for her. He turned to Michel with a look that said 'you'd better listen because I mean every word'. And he did. "If you ever leave or hurt Maria and those kids then I will kill you. And if I can't then I won’t hesitate in letting it slip to the FBI of your whereabouts. I mean it Guerin. I'd get everyone in this room to move elsewhere then let the FBI know that you're here and then I'd feel absolutely nothing but happiness when I see your body put in the back of one of their vans ready to be taken to be tested on. And don't test me on this because I am deadly serious."

The others all gasped at the tone of his voice. Maria just hugged him tighter to try to calm him down. She knew he was serious. And so did Michael. "I don't doubt that. But you wouldn't have to contact them because I'd do it myself. A Life without Maria and those kids wouldn't be worth living anyway. I know you don't believe me Kyle and I'm ok with that, but I'm not lying. I'm not going anywhere ever. This is my home. Maria is my home."

"To believe it I'll have to see it," Kyle told him

Michael nodded. "Don't worry you will."

The room was silent as everyone was mulling over what had been said in the last few hours.