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Title: Lost Time
Author: Janetfl (Jan)
Disclaimer: I own nothing that is Roswell or Legend of the Seeker ... sadly that belongs to the powers that be!! No infringement is intended.
Pairing: Minor UC then CC
Rating: ADULT.
Summary: Liz, Kyle, Maria and Alex get thrown into an alternative universe where time moves differently, yet they don't seem to age. They have to go back to the basics and learn how to fight with weapons and kill their own food or starve. How will our humans cope in a world where there is death and destruction all around them? What happens when the pod squad finally find them?
A/N: This fic starts with the episode Wipeout but goes in a totally different direction. Yes Max is leaning towards Tess at the moment, just like in the show, but do not worry I am a dreamer after all.
I've just found out that it's one of my regular readers birthday today so I am dedicating this chapter to Natalie36 to thank her for all her support!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE 36!
Chapter 1
A stream of red energy headed for Maria, just as Michael managed to tackle her to the ground. It just missed her head, as they came crashing down on the hard concrete.
“Crap, we’re not going to make it this time, are we?”
“Stay behind this car Maria, I mean it,” instructed Michael, as he rose just above the hood and fired off an intense beam of white energy, which took out three skins.
***
“MAX, look out!” yelled Liz, as a crackling red energy shot out of Nicholas’s hand.
Max spun around and instantly raised his green shield but the force behind the blast knocked Max on his ass. As he tried to get up he noticed another skin approaching Liz from behind.
“MICHAEL!” yelled Max, as his shield took another hit from Nicholas.
***
“NO!” yelled Alex, as he started running towards the skin that was taking aim at Isabel.
He leapt into the air and aimed both his feet towards the lumbar region of the skins back. As he nailed a direct hit the skin exploded into ashes, and Alex came crashing down on the concrete, which winded him.
***
Kyle aimed the gun at the skin that was trying to sneak up on Tess. He fired five times before the bastard finally stumbled and fell over. Much to his horror though, the skin got back up and headed towards him. Jim, who was crouching down next to Kyle, raised his gun and continued to fire, with not much affect.
The noise of the gun shots drew Tess’ attention and she sent out a blast wave that took out two skins, including the one heading towards Kyle and Jim.
***
Michael heard Max yell a warning and he could see the skin that Liz had yet to notice, but he didn’t want to fire. His powers were temperamental at best and he didn’t want to hit Liz.
“Michael, you can’t leave her like that,” said Maria, as she watched the skin raise his hand ready to attack.
“I don’t want to hit Liz!” yelled Michael.
***
Liz watched in horror as Tess took aim and fired a white beam of energy towards her. The stream flew straight past Liz and hit the skin that was behind her.
Liz looked on in shock, as ash rained down all around her; she realized that Tess had just saved her life.
***
Isabel ran towards Alex, who was still lying on the ground trying to catch his breath. She noticed a flash from her peripheral vision and could see a stream of red energy continually coming out of a skins hand.
She stood up and fired her own stream of energy towards the skin.
Now they were locked in a battle of power.
Whoever was the strongest, would survive.
Isabel could feel the pressure of the skins energy pushing hers back, so she concentrated harder, pooling all of her energy in her hand and pushing it forward. As energy bolt met energy bolt, it was like the fourth of July, there were sparks and streams of combined energy flying off the centre.
While Michael, Tess and Max had their hands full trying to fend off the other skins that were moving in to attack Isabel, Nicholas decided it was time for his team to regroup. He moved into the shadows as everyone else concentrated on saving their own hides.
Isabel gave one final push of her energy, which pushed the skins own energy bolt back towards him. The scream they all heard as his energy, and Isabel’s, hit him full force was something none of them would ever forget.
Michael sent out one final blast which eliminated the few remaining skins.
***
The group gravitated towards each other until they were standing in the middle of what could only be described as a blizzard of ash.
Max put his arm around Tess and asked if she was okay.
Michael engulfed Maria in a hug and then proceeded to kiss the breath right out of her.
Isabel helped Alex off the ground, kissed him for saving her life and then proceeded to yell at him for putting himself in danger.
Jim couldn’t believe that they had come out of this battle alive. So far they had been lucky but he knew this wasn’t the end. He turned towards his son and hugged him.
Liz stood on the side lines feeling more and more ostracized from the group. She realized that Future Max’s plan was finally working. Max was starting to follow his destiny, with Tess. A few weeks ago Max would have gone straight to Liz to make sure she was okay but now that was Tess’ rightful place.
Liz jumped as she heard a voice behind her.
“Why don’t you just tell him Liz?” asked Courtney.
Liz spun around and was horrified by what she saw.
“Courtney, what’s wrong? You look awful.”
“Gee thanks Liz, that’s what every girl wants to hear. Why don’t you tell him about Future Max?”
“Wh... what? How do you know about that?”
“I felt the shift in time. When I saw you after Copper Summit I knew that something big had happened. Watching you with Max, I can still see that you love him, the fact that he doesn’t amazes me.”
“You can’t say anything Courtney. It has to be this way otherwise the future isn’t good.”
“I think you’re wrong about that Liz. You don’t have all of the information and neither did Max.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Tess, she can’t be trusted.”
Liz laughed a little.
“Yeah, I figured that one out all on my own.”
“No, you don’t understand. You don’t know what she has planned. Max, I don’t give a damn about but this involves Michael as well.”
“What are you talking about Courtney?” asked Liz.
“She plans on getting them executed by...” Courtney stopped as she fell forward into Liz’s arms.
“What’s happening to you? MICHAEL SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH COURTNEY!” yelled Liz.
Michael was immediately by Liz’s side and helped support Courtney’s weight.
“What the hell is wrong with you?” asked Michael.
“Nicholas, he wanted to know the location of the granilith. He thought I knew because I was working with you. He was very disappointed to find out that I didn’t know the location.”
“What did he do to you?” asked Michael.
“He mind raped me. Listen, I don’t have much time. My husk is disintegrating, I won’t last much longer. I need to give you the information.”
“What information?” asked Max, as he came over to see what all the commotion was about.
“Nicholas has used some of our technology to impose multiple subset dimensions. They exist on our planet and they created a technology that could duplicate it on other planets.”
“What the hell does that mean?” asked Max.
“The only way I can describe it, so you would understand, is imagine living in Pacific, Eastern, Central and Mountain Time all at once, well the human bodies can’t cope with it. That’s where I think the humans are, in another dimension. I don’t think it will be long before the rest of you start to disappear.”
“We’ve been here for a while now,” said Liz.
“It could be soon then. I’m so sorry I can’t help you anymore,” whispered Courtney and then slowly turned to dust right in front of their eyes.
“Well, this day just keeps on getting better and better, any more dooming news?” asked Maria, starting to freak out.
“I think there is only one place we will be safe,” said Liz.
“Where?” asked Michael.
“The pod chamber. It’s protected by the granilith, right?” asked Liz.
“How did you know where the location of the granilith is?” asked a suspicious Max.
“Deductive reasoning, where the hell else could it be if that’s the only place you guys go all the time,” replied Liz, annoyed at the accusing tone in Max’s voice.
“What makes you think the granilith will be able to protect you? We don’t even know what it’s for Liz,” said Michael.
“Look, we don’t have time for twenty questions here. Here’s what I know. The granilith was sent with you to Earth so you could protect it. It’s a very powerful relic from Antar and can be used as a weapon in the wrong hands. He who controls the granilith controls the five planets in your galaxy. That’s why Nicholas wants to get his hands on it. That’s why you have to protect its location at all costs. Only the king and his queen can control it.”
Michael, Max and Isabel stood dumbfounded.
“HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS?” yelled Max.
“Jesus, we could disappear any minute and all you are concerned about is where I got my information from! If you must know I got it from you!”
“What the hell are you talking about Liz? I don’t know anything about the granilith.”
“I’ll tell you everything but can we please move now or I might not be here to explain.”
“I’m with Liz on this. If there is any chance the Pod Chamber can save us then I think we should at least try it,” said Maria.
“Okay, Michael you go with them. You have the better fire power. We’ll stay here and hold them off.”
“Hey wait a second, what the hell do we do if you don’t come back for any reason?” asked Kyle.
“I think that’s a chance we’re going to have to take Kyle,” replied Liz.
“Great! I don’t like our options so far, either we stay here and get pulled into some weird ass dimension or die of starvation in the Pod Chamber.”
“We need to get some supplies just in case we are there for a few days. Max, we’ll have to raid your house because they already know about the Crashdown,” said Liz.
“Okay, we’ll make our way over there now but keep an eye out for Nicholas. We can’t have him sneaking up on us.”
Yes, I've been driven slightly mental by all the disarray but I'm slowly getting back to normal. I've decided to post this chapter in two parts, simply because it's already 6 pages long and I haven't finished telling the story yet so expect another update either later on tonight (as I'm still writing it now) or tomorrow.