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Tuesday,
9 November 1999 It is nighttime. Michael breaks into the UFO Centre to access Milton's computer files on James Atherton. As he prints out the information, which includes Atherton's address, Michael is startled to discover that Milton is asleep at his desk in the printer room. An alarm on the printer goes off, waking Milton, who demands to know what Michael wants. Michael says that it is all just one big mistake, backs up, then turns to run down the stairs but his path is blocked by Deputy Blackwood, gun drawn. Wednesday, 10 November 1999 At school in history class, the teacher explains that everyone has secrets and exposing those secrets is the job of the historian. The class must find out the secrets of an assigned classmate by having them answer survey questions, which, unknown to the class, have been provided by Ms Topolsky. Topolsky also is responsible for pairing Liz with Isabel, Maria with Michael and Max with Kyle. After class a school administrator tells Max he has a phone call in the office. Later Max arrives at the sheriff's station to discover that Michael broke into the Centre and claims he invaded the premises of the Centre at Max's request. Max lies for Michael and says he gave Michael his keys to get some research for class. Michael says he lost the keys so he sneaked in; he was just doing Max a favour. Max says he will work off any damages and asks Milton not to press charges. Milton reluctantly agrees so the deputy releases Michael. In private, Max tells Michael not to do him anymore favours. The deputy gives Sheriff Valenti a copy of the information Michael took from the Centre. At school, Michael says they have to go now to Atherton's dome in Marathon, Texas. Max thinks they should wait but Michael says he is connected with this. He asks Max for the keys to the jeep without success and leaves upset. Max says to Isabel that he will not get far without a car. Maria sees Michael and stops him to tell him about their assignment and starts asking him the questions. Michael is not interested until he learns that Maria has her mother's car with her to make a customer delivery for her mother. Michael agrees to answer Maria's questions if she will drive him to the highway. Kyle and Max, and Liz and Isabel, are going over the questions at the Crashdown. Liz is concerned how Max and Kyle are getting along so she brings a bottle of ketchup to their booth as an excuse. Kyle asks Max question 8 "Have you ever been in love?" Liz is visibly crestfallen when Max answers no. Maria stops at the Lift Off Gas Station to make her delivery. She is upset with Michael for not answering the questions honestly. She gets out of the car and while she is talking with her mother's customer, Michael gets out, climbs into the driver's seat and starts to drive off. Maria sees this and runs in front of the car to stop him, gets in on the passenger side and yells at him for stealing her car. He tells her he is only borrowing it and for her to get out. She tells him that if anything happens to this car, life as she knows it will be over, so wherever it goes, she goes. He says fine and they take off with Maria exclaiming that she is being abducted. They turn onto the 285 South highway. At the Crashdown, Liz gets a call on her phone. It is Maria but she sounds strange. Maria is secretly calling Liz on her phone and is trying to tell her what has happened and where she is without letting Michael know she is talking to Liz and not him. Michael gets suspicious, finds the phone and throws it out the window but not before Liz has learned that Maria is nervous about being in a car alone with Michael, heading south on the 285. Isabel overhears the conversation and tells Max they have to go. Kyle follows them out to their jeep. Isabel tells Max that Michael found a car, Maria's, and that they are on the 285 South. They get in their jeep to follow and Liz insists on joining them. Max is reluctant at first but when Kyle comes up, asking what is going on, he tells Liz to get in and they take off but not before Max notices the man parked next to them. When they leave, the man calls Topolsky and tells her that they just left. She tells him to follow them. Topolsky sends an encrypted message about "tension in the ranks" and waiting for them to "slip up" over her computer to a Special Investigations Unit. Maria has learnt they are headed to Marathon, Texas (3 hours away), so she adds crossing the state line with a minor to the list of offences for which Michael could be arrested, along with kidnapping, stealing her mother's car and vandalism of personal property (her phone). She then reminds him that she told him not to drive the car over 80 mph because it could not handle it. She asks him what is so important in Marathon and he starts to tell her she would not understand, it could be the most important day of his life but he is unable to finish because a highway patrol car is behind them, sirens blaring. Michael pulls over. Maria tells him he has 20 seconds to explain why this could be the most important day of his life. He shows her the information on Atherton and tells her that if he does not get there quickly, the only link they have to their past could be gone. The highway patrol officer comes up to Michael's window and tells him he was doing 94 and asks where he is going in such a hurry. Maria tells the officer that she has to pee badly and he was just driving fast to get her to a restroom quickly. Michael is amazed and relieved by the story Maria concocts and that the officer only issues him a citation. Sheriff Valenti comes home to find Kyle making phone calls to the Parker, Evans and DeLuca homes to find Liz. Kyle tells his father about Max, Isabel and Liz leaving so suddenly, that they are not home, have lied to their parents and he thinks something weird is going on. His father asks him if he knows where they went. Kyle hesitates, then says no. Kyle wants to know what his father knows about Max. The sheriff says they will talk about it later and heads back to his office. That evening, at a convenience store, Liz brings coffee to Isabel and it spills all over both of them. Isabel uses her powers to remove the coffee from her clothes but leaves Liz dripping. Liz senses Isabel's underlying resentment and tells her she is not trying to take Max away from her. Isabel says she knows. Liz asks her, if they find something in Marathon, would Isabel take Max away from her. Isabel answers by using her powers to remove the coffee from Liz's sweater. Liz thanks her. Max comes out of the store and sees the agent has followed them and he uses his powers to flatten the his tyres. Maria's car develops problems and they have to pull off the road. Maria tells Michael to use his powers to fix the car and he has to admit to her that he's not very good at it. He tries anyway and is frustrated and humiliated when he fries the battery. They broke down in front of a motel so decide to spend the night there. Liz receives a call from Kyle on her phone. He is in his car at the 285 South entrance and is just checking to see if Liz will lie to him about her whereabouts. She does and he gets on the 285 South. At his office, the sheriff learns from highway patrol that Michael received a traffic citation on the 285 South. He checks his map and sees that it leads to Marathon, Texas. Maria and Michael check into their room, which Maria describes as the "porno version of Aladdin". Michael gets some food from the vending machine and Maria asks him if he gets any other urges besides hunger. He tells her not if she were the last woman on Earth. Maria decides to continue with the survey. She learns that he can quote James Joyce's Ulysses and that they have something in common - they both believe there is a better life waiting for them outside of Roswell. They decide to get some sleep. Michael indicates the bed and asks if they we could share and Maria replies not if you were the last alien on Earth. Stopped in traffic from an accident up ahead, Isabel flirts with a highway patrol officer and Max apologises to Liz for Michael and Isabel's behaviour, pointing out that they are not all the same. He also tells her it feels like his life did not even start until he told her the truth. Isabel comes back to the jeep and says the roadblock will be lifted in an hour, then she notices Maria's car parked near the motel. Isabel uses her powers to unlock the motel door. Maria, startled awake, falls off the bed on top of Michael, who was sleeping on the floor, causing Liz to momentarily think she is intruding on a tryst rather then rescuing her friend. Michael asks Max if he is there to be supportive and Max replies that he is there to clean up his mess as usual. Kyle walks in on them. Michael tells him to get out and when he does not he grabs Kyle and sends him flying across the room. Michael's surprising strength causes Kyle to be even more suspicious. He tries to convince Liz to leave but he leaves without her when she convinces him she does not appreciate his heroic efforts. She then demands that Max tell her and Maria the whole truth of what's going on and when he does she suggests they get going and they continue their journey to the dome. Thursday, 11 November 1999 Michael tries the key in the front door but it does not work. Max uses his powers to open the door. Inside it is obvious the place was abandoned years ago. With Maria's encouragement, Michael holds the key again to see if he can get another vision and he sees a hidden room. They search for an entry and Michael finds a lock hidden behind a stone in the wall. The key works this time and opens a trapdoor in the floor. They go downstairs, closing the trapdoor behind them and find an office filled with papers, maps and pictures. They hear footsteps above them. The sheriff enters the dome and is looking around when he is struck from behind by Topolsky. |
