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Friday,
12 May 2000 Max, Tess, Michael and Isabel are standing together at Pohlman Ranch, like the 4 square symbol. Michael says "What do you mean she's one of us?" Instead of answering, Max runs to the rock formation. Michael and Isabel follow him. He stops at the rock wall and waves his hand over the wall, leaving a silver hand print. He places his hand over the print and the rock wall slides open. They go inside the cave and find the pods. Isabel says "What is this place, Max?" Tess comes up behind them and answers "It's where we were all born". Isabel flashes to the time she and the others emerged from the pods. She says "No, no. I don't believe this" and leaves the cave. Max tells Michael they have to go after her and leaves. Michael is still transfixed by what he sees. Tess goes up to him and gives him the book. She tells him that she knows he wants the answers and if he can convince the others that she is not their enemy then she can explain everything. Michael takes the book and leaves. Ed Harding shapeshifts from being part of the cave wall into himself. He is angry that she brought them up there when Pierce is so close. She asks "So why don't you just kill him? According to Max you've done that before". He asks if she is going to trust Max over him and she says that Max, Michael and Isabel are her family. He tells her Pierce is dangerous and she will need him to survive Pierce. She asks why he is more afraid of Pierce than the others and he replies "He's smarter". Someone is watching a video of the conversation Michael and Isabel had at his apartment about the visions Liz was receiving when she kissed Max and Nasedo's possible involvement. Michael, Isabel and Max are outside the cave, checking out the book. It is engraved in a language they don't understand but it also contains pictures of them, individually and paired together. Isabel is shocked by the pictures and says "How would they know what we would look like?' Michael responds "Because we were designed". Max says that it is impossible and Michael says "Whether you want to face it or not, we weren't born, we were engineered". Isabel says she thinks Michael is right and that the book is saying they have been paired up - Max with Tess, she with Michael. Max does not want to believe it and says he belongs with Liz. Isabel says it is about their destiny. Turning to Michael she says "You and me and the baby, that's what this is". Max says "The what?" Michael replies "Isabel thinks she's having a kid". Max is upset and Isabel explains they were never together except in the dreams. Max says you can't get pregnant from a dream and Isabel asks "How do you know? We don't know how we get pregnant. All I know is that something is happening inside my body and we don't know what it is". Michael says they should ask Tess. Max does not want to but for Isabel's sake he agrees. He says "I'll go. Look at the pictures, if she's going to talk to anyone it will be me". Saturday, 13 May 2000 Max comes up to Tess at school. He shows her the book and says "I want to know what's in it. I want to know everything". She suggests that they go somewhere to talk. Deputy Dave Fisher knocks on Sheriff Valenti's office door. He has been sent down from Santa Fe as an addition to Valenti's staff. Valenti tells him that request was for 6 months ago but they will straighten it out later. Fisher asks how he can help and Valenti tells him to clean out the coffee pot. When Fisher steps out, Valenti tells Deputy Hanson to "Get Santa Fe on the phone. He better be who he says he is". At the Crashdown, Michael is calmly washing pots and pans while Isabel is freaking out. She says "What if Max doesn't find anything out or what if he does and it's worse than we thought? Oh God, Michael, I'm so scared!" She is also confused about their relationship and asks "Are you my brother or my mate? I can't forget that dream. Can you?" Unseen by them, Maria walks into the back room and sees and overhears the rest of their conversation. "You were so happy, Michael. I've never seen you that happy". Michael replies, "Well, I've never been that happy before". She says "What is this going to do to everyone else? Maria, me and Alex?" He says "Let's not think about that right now. I just want you to know that I'm not going to let you go through this alone". He strokes her hair then places his hand on her shoulder. "It's my baby too. Maybe this is the way things are meant to be". He hugs her. Maria, stricken, leaves. Ed Harding heads down a side street, whistling. An FBI follows him. Harding pins him against a wall and tells him he needs to send a message to Agent Pierce. The man has a heart attack and dies. A hole has burned through the man's jacket and shirt and there is a silver hand print on his chest. Tess and Max are in a field. Tess is saying "I know it must have been a surprise, finding out about me". She tells him how Nasedo was there when she came out of the pod. That he is not her father but has taken care of her ever since. He has the ability to shapeshift because he does not have a human body, as they do. She has never seen what he really looks like but he has taken on many personas to hide from the FBI. She tells him he never lets her get close, that he doesn't have a human side at all. Max asks what the pictures mean and she says "You know what they mean. You feel it". He asks her if they were together, in a dream, is that how they mate. She laughs and says "No, we have to do it the human way. The dreams are to awaken us, to show us how it's meant to be. Do you understand?" Max says "I think I do". At the Crashdown, Max comes in and heads for the back room. Liz is about to start her shift but Max wants her to leave with him. He tells her he will tell her everything later. She agrees and they leave by the front door. He brings her to a sports car and tells her the jeep is in for repairs. They drive off just as Max pulls up in the jeep, drops off Tess and drives off. Max and Liz are on the highway. Liz sits very close to Max and asks him to tell her everything, like he said he would. He says "I just want you to know, Liz, that nobody will ever come between us, nobody". She leans closer and says "Tell me something I don't know" and kisses him on the cheek. Enjoying this immensely he says "If you keep that up I'm gonna have to pull over". She asks if that is a threat or a promise and kisses him again. He pulls the car off the road and brings it to a stop. They start to make-out and Liz has a flash of desolation, lightening flashes and Sheila Hubble. Liz backs off and he asks her what is wrong. She looks disturbed but says "Nothing". In the alley outside the Crashdown, Michael is throwing trash into a dumpster when Maria comes out to ask him about "the baby". He says "I can't talk about that". She says he owes her an explanation, that she thought he and Isabel were like brother and sister and now they are sleeping together. He says they are not sleeping together and she says "Then how's there a baby?" and he says "I don't know". She asks "How do you not know?" Michael loses it and starts yelling at her "I just don't know! I don't know anything anymore. I don't know what the hell it means. I don't know what I'm feeling". Maria interrupts and says "Wait a minute, what you're feeling? Now you have feelings for her?" He says "Maria, this isn't about you or me or our stupid relationship. This is about Isabel. Something is happening to her and that's all I care about". Hurt, Maria walks away. Inside the Crashdown, Alex tells Isabel that Maria told him about her "situation". She says "Maria knows?" He tells her "I just want you to know that if you're having trouble dealing with it, I'm here". He asks if Michael loves her but she says it is not that simple and he says it should be. She reminds him they are dealing with an alien pregnancy and he tells her he knows that, he has known from the start that if he decided to go forward with this that things might get weird. He says "Look, you said that you were ready for a relationship and whatever is going on now, I know that you meant that, I know that it was real". She replies "It was, it was real". He tells her "I'll be here when you need me". Valenti finds Fisher going through the file cabinets. He angrily slams the drawer shut and says "What the hell are you doing deputy. That's private". Valenti checks out Fisher's claim that he was colour coding the files and says "Your Commanding Officer in Santa Fe said you were a bit of an overachiever. From now on, just do as you're asked, nothing more". At the Crashdown, Max comes in and tells Isabel and Michael that Tess told him "The dreams are just to guide us in our destinies. She says the constellations have aligned and awakened our biological drives but the usual methods still apply. We can't get pregnant from a dream". Michael asks if they are supposed to pair up like the book says. Max says that he won't let any book tell him what to do. Maria walks by and Michael goes over to her and tells her the baby was a false alarm. He says he is sorry for calling their relationship stupid, he did not mean it and she says "Well then, you shouldn't have said it". Max is surprised that Maria knows about the baby and asks if Liz does. Maria says "You didn't tell Liz?" Max replies "I haven't seen her since this morning" and Maria says "What are you talking about, you picked her up an hour ago". He says he did not pick her up and they all exchange concerned looks. Back on the highway, "Max" pulls the car over, stops, gets out and opens the trunk. Liz's cell phone rings, she answers and Max says "Liz, it's me". She says "Who is this?" Nasedo/Max takes the FBI man from the trunk and dumps the body next to the mile 67 sign. On the phone, Max is saying "Tell us where you are". Nasedo takes the phone and hears Max say "Liz, are you there? It's Max". He shuts off the phone and says to Liz "Now you know". He gets back in the car, smiles at her and pulls onto the highway. The kids, are discuss how they are going to find Liz. Max wants to go to Valenti so he can put out an APB. Michael is against telling Valenti the truth so Maria suggests they tell Valenti that Max has "taken" Liz. In Valenti's office, Maria and Alex tell Valenti that they got a phone call from Liz who said that Max was acting strange, scaring her and would not let her go home, as if he had kidnapped her. On the highway, Nasedo calls the FBI to leave a message for Pierce. "Let him know I left him a little clue on Highway 380 to Hondo, near mile marker 67". Liz asks if he is going to kill her too and he says "Not as long as I still need you" and smiles at her. She says "Do you have to be Max?" and he says he likes it, likes being seventeen and besides, she would not have been as friendly to Ed Harding. She says "That was you?" He says he has been lot of different people but Max Evans is his most important role. He is using Max as bait to draw out Pierce and he is using Liz as a hostage. She thinks Pierce would kill her but Nasedo thinks he would want her alive to answer questions about what Max did to her. He thinks she will come in handy and if she does not, she has been "fantastic company". He says "Time to leave another clue". He stops at a gas station, leaves a silver hand print on one pump, causes another to explode and drives off. Michael grabs Tess as she is walking down the street. He forcefully puts her in the jeep and says she is going to help them get Liz back from Nasedo. Fisher tells Valenti about the explosion at the gas station and the hand print. He says they are faxing pictures from security cameras. Valenti heads out, Fisher follows and Valenti tells him to wait for the pictures. Max, Isabel, Michael and Tess are stopped by Fisher for speeding. He gives them a warning. When he gets the pictures, he sees they are of Max. Nasedo takes Liz to a carnival. He tells her they are waiting for Pierce. She tells him that Max will be coming for her because he cares about her. She does not think Nasedo cares about anyone. He replies "All I care about is protecting them". Valenti sees the FBI at mile 67 and stops to investigate. In the jeep, Tess is still trying to convince them of their destiny together. Max says "It's not about the 4 of us right now, it's about Liz". Tess says "Liz is human, she has nothing to do with us". Max replies "No, you have nothing to do with us". She looks to Michael and Isabel for support but gets none. She is hurt by the rejection. They get to mile 67. Tess sees the agents and warns Max to keep driving because she recognises the special unit. At the carnival, Nasedo is telling Liz "Tess and Max were made to be together". Then he says 'It's time for another clue" and he sends a signal light up into the sky of the Whirlwind Galaxy symbol. While he is distracted, Liz slips away. Valenti and the kids all see the signal. Tess thinks he is leading Pierce right to him to kill him. They all head for the signal. Nasedo sees Liz and follows her into the Mirror Maze. Valenti arrives and sees "Max" go into the Maze. The kids arrive and split up. Max sees Valenti go into the Maze and follows him. They are all having difficulty navigating the Maze and their speed slows to a crawl. Nasedo spots Valenti and smiles, Valenti sees Max. Max runs into Nasedo who says "What are you doing? Get out of here". Max says "Where's Liz?" Nasedo replies "Pierce doesn't care about her, he only wants me". Max says "He wants her too. He wants all of us. I'm not leaving without her". Liz spots them and calls out to Max. He runs to her but is stopped by a glass wall. She sees the agents come up behind him and calls out a warning. He runs off. Nasedo comes up behind Liz and takes her hand. Valenti sees Max and calls out to him. The agents and Fisher are behind Valenti. Someone shoots and Valenti returns fire. Mirrors are shattering everywhere. The agents corner Max and pin him to a wall. Valenti is helpless to stop them. Nasedo and Liz also see this. Nasedo takes Liz out of the Maze and into an empty bus parked nearby. Liz kisses him, gets the same disturbing flashes, backs away and says "You're not Max". Nasedo replies "No, I'm not and I've got to get him back". He shapeshifts into a clown and leaves the bus. Liz follows and runs into Michael, Isabel and Tess. She is frantic, devastated and plaintively wails "They have Max, they have Max!" Michael hugs her. Max is in a white tiled room with no apparent doors or windows but the walls are in fact two way mirrors and he is being observed as he bangs on the walls and frantically tries to find an exit. An agent says "They want to know when you'd like to start the tests". The other agent turns around, it is Fisher. He says "Tomorrow morning. Let him get some sleep". The first agent replies "Yes sir, Agent Pierce". Max, with his back against the wall, slides down and sits on the floor, defeated. |
