With Eyes Closed (LOST XO,UC,MATURE) 09/01 Part 5 [WIP]

[Angelic]

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Title: With Eyes Closed
Author: Angelic/Vix
Email: amyro_nightfire@hotmail.com
Category: Lost Xover , AU
Couples: UC: Charlie/Liz, Max/Tess, Jack/Kate
Timeline: Roswell: After its too late and its too bad, Lost: After the moth
Rating: MATURE
Disclaimer: Don’t own Roswell, don’t own lost, but if I could own a pare of Dominic Monaghan’s pants… I would very much like too (A).
Summary: Liz doesn’t get on a phone call about Alex not being in Sweden, but ends up on a plane to Australia with Tess. Stuff happens, yada yada yada… when they finally get on a plane home… it crashes, leaving Tess and Liz stranded with the other 46 survivors.
Author's Note: Claire in Lost is Tess… so don’t get confused, forget Claire, its all Tess

Prologue

They were both sitting on the plane back home. Both leaving together, both for different reasons, but both in peace with each other. The dark haired girl sat by the isle of the plane, looking across the heads before her. Her companion a tiny blonde woman, who it was obvious was heavily pregnant, was asleep, propped up against the window. Sighing, she was pretty sure it would be a few hours before they were anywhere near home, but it had been so long since she had been there that she almost forgot what it was like. Since the death of her best friend… her life had fallen apart. It had taken a 6 month trip to Australia to sort her life out in her head, with the help of the one person she assumed had destroyed it.

Feeling someone knock into her leg slightly, a young man went whizzing by her, probably in desperate need for the bathroom. Turning to look behind her slightly, she saw the stewardess and a few men following at the same hurried speed, calling out for him to stop. Obviously something was going on there, but it really wasn’t any of her concern. She herself went to get up, but there was slight turbulence which caused her to tall back into her chair, and grab hold on the arms slightly. She hated to fly but… if she wanted to get back to Roswell so her friend could safely have her child, then she had no other choice. This baby was special, and she would help bring it into the world and keep him safe.

Hearing slightly blinking for the fasten seatbelt sign, the turbulence began to shake the plane again, but far more violently then the last time. With her eyes wide open, she turned to her left, to see that her friend was looking back at her, with her own blue eyes filled with fear. She leaned across and helped her to get the seatbelt on over her rather large bump, before snapping her own on. The plane shook harder, and she gripped onto her friends hand, who was squeezing back just as tight. The over head compartments were flying open, and objects were falling all over the place. The breathing masks fell down, and she let go for a brief moment to place the mask over her face. Feeling air being sucked out of the plane, she turned in time to see the tail end of the plane breaking off completely, which caused her to scream out in painic. Struggling slightly, she turned back only for a suitcase to come flying towards her head… the last thing she heard was someone crying out her name…

“LIZ!!!”

[Angelic]

Thanks for the feedback so far guys - hopefully this part clears up some stuff about the Liz and Tess relationship, before I dive directly into the plot of the story And now I'm moving onto wanting one of Charlie's shoes... by the end of this story I think hes gonna be naked

Part One

There was a moment of pure silence. That time just as the sun was about to rise, the Earth seemed to stand still just to see in the day, to determine how it was going to be. Liz was already awake, already sitting on the beach at the break of day waiting for the others to arise. Days had passed since the plane had crashed into this place… she kept dreaming of the moment she knew she was going to die. It kept Liz awake at night… by all laws of science she should be dead… long burned with those who didn’t survive, who’s fate was to die that day. Liz pinched her arm to prove that she was sitting here watching the sun rising. Looking up as the colours splashed across the horizon, she lifted a hand and traced it across her face. The only proof of her even being in any accident was the gash down her cheek which she had Tess seal slightly anyway. Looking before her still, Liz lowered her hand and sighed slightly. This was the only time she could stop and think before other issues got in her way

Such as convincing Tess to move to the Cave’s with Captain Jack. Out of the 48 original survivors, only 46 now remained, but those that did were now divided in two. Half remained on the beach, while half move in land determined that help was going to take a long time coming. She personally thought both groups were stupid, but being one of the youngest people around here, Liz found it hard to get listened to. But she was inclined to think of the safety of Tess’ unborn child, and sitting in the sun for hours a day with little to no protection would make her friend rather ill. There had already been an incident where the blonde had passed out from heat and dehydration, and yet Liz couldn’t get her to budge from sleeping on the beach. Quite frankly it drove Liz mad, because Max probably knew they were still alive, and if she and Tess worked together they could probably reveal their location to the other aliens. But risk of exposure was to high even if they were stuck here, plus if Max went to tell anyone he knew where a plane had crashed, people would laugh him out the door. Then again if it wasn’t for the all mighty King, the two of them wouldn’t be stuck here on this Island!

Taking a deep breath, Liz looked to her right and noted that Jack was awake. Although the doctor was leading them, he was pretty elusive, and she wasn’t sure why he had come down so early from the caves to be on the beach. That was of course until Liz saw that he was headed in the direction of the sleeping Kate. Those two were actually kinda sappy with the whole “will they wont they” drama. Kinda made her wonder if she and Max looked like that, but without all the alien crap obviously. That was mostly annoying anyway, and ok she was good friends with Tess now, didn’t mean she had to like how the boy screwed her over! Specially since he had turned her into some kind of freak. Looking down at her hands, they crackled green for a moment before dying out again. She was lucky no-one noticed on the Island yet otherwise both she and Tess would be in trouble.

“Ya know I always figured your energy would be white, but green is always good.” Half jumping out of her skin, Liz looked upwards only to see Tess sit down on the beach, her Australian accent shinning through. Shoving the blonde girl in the arm briefly, Liz smiled softly at her. Not too long before Liz was heading for Sweden Tess approached her with news that nearly destroyed her to a point of no return. The alien revealed that Nasedo was the one who killed Alex, who had controlled his mind to decode the book, who wanted to deliver the 3 aliens to Khivar at the end of days. He spent Tess’ whole life drugging her into submission, and faked his own death to carry out his own plans in secret. He forced her into mind warping Max into sleeping with her, even though in her own way Tess loved her King… Liz was the only one she could turn to with the truth. Liz had wanted to kill the little blonde bitch for all the lies and deceit, and went to choke her. However it was the first time that she managed to receive a flash, but not of the future… of Tess’ past. Everything she saw was from Tess’ view point, everything that she learned was that Tess was just a pawn in the struggle for power, and that the blonde really wanted to do good. But the end result left her pregnant with the true King of Antar.

Which was why Liz fled with Tess to keep them safe from all the aliens. No matter what Max told them, he was falling into darkness, and was no longer the man she fell in love with. Running as far and as fast as they could was the only thing that the could possibly do. Australia wasn’t Liz’s first choice, hell leaving the US hadn’t come into her mind, but Tess revealed another small secret, that in fact her “protector” had raised her down under. She just hid her accent as not to raise suspicion from anyone. The house she lived in was in her name, so Tess dragged her new friend there, and for the time they were there, they were both happy. Liz’s heart began to slowly heal, while Tess realised that the feelings she believed were fake for Max, were on some level quite real. And the whole time they were there the only person who knew their real location was Michael. Liz trusted him with her life, and even though she loved Maria, Liz also knew her best friend would crack and tell Max. As for the alien king, Tess and Liz both blocked their connection to him, and hid Tess’ child’s between them the best that they could. So they were happy… and Liz didn’t have an notion to want to leave.

And yet she stepped foot on the plane to go home. Any longer and there was no way in hell that Tess would be allowed on a plane. This child would need to be delivered with the others helping… she knew that with her entire being that anyone else delivering this child would need to be brought into their secret, but fate had other plans and now they were stuck here. So trying to argue with her friend were they slept was probably stupid, but what else could she do?

“Pure as the driven snow huh? You know I can rule break sometimes!” Rolling her eyes good naturedly to Tess, Liz took a deep breathing, noticing that sunrise was passing and the sky was turning blue. The others around them were stirring, and a few more people from the caves were wandering down to gather a few things from the beach. “In fact blondie I’ve been known to have a few lust filled thoughts which as you know are sinful…”

“About me I bloody ‘ope.” Jumping out of her skin once more, Liz turned her head up in time to see Charlie grinning down upon them both. The blonde male, although not tall and dark like Max or Michael, was extremely good looking. His hair was slightly mused, he needed a good shave, and those clothes of his probably had seen better days long before they were stuck in this place, but despite all that he set Liz’s pulse racing. Maybe it was because he was the total opposite of Max – seemingly care free, and rather childish at times, or maybe it was because she actually had his bands CD with her, and was too afraid to ask him to sign them. But whatever it was, Liz was deeply attracted to him. However the moment slightly passed, and his cheeky grin was now trained on Tess, which caused a slight pang inside her… she wanted that smile on her, for her, but Liz realised that it would never happen… even when she was pregnant, Tess was far more beautiful then she would or could ever be.

“But of course Charlie… had a rather interesting dream about you that made me wake up all sweaty.” Keeping her face angelic, Charlie’s eyes turned to her, and for a split second she swore something flashed through them that looked like desire. However it was probably in her head, and she waited for him to fall for her bait. He nodded his head for her to explain, and she stood up and looked directly into his eyes, trying to keep her own face straight. “Yes well.. dreaming of you doing a monkey dance, then giving Jack a lap dance would make anyone wake in a cold sweat!” Winking at the Englishman, she skipped of down the beach, leaving Charlie standing there blinking after her, while Tess laughed at the poor lad. His remark of “bloody women” caused her to wave a hand behind her, before she continued on her merry way to get some things together for her and Tess to have breakfast. Feeling a chill go through her for a moment, she looked down to the shore line only to see Mr Locke looking directly at her. He didn’t say anything, but held her gaze for a moment, before he turned his head and looked back over the sea. Confused for a moment, she shrugged and continued on her way

TBC

[Angelic]

Sorry for the slight delay in this part… my dozy friend broke her foot last week so I’ve been keeping an eye on her But to clear a few things up for future parts – it will be switching between past and future events somewhat like Lost, but my own twist of it – so if the plot seems strange still… it will get better as it gets clearer in my own head

Also I would like to thank you all for the feedback - I do read it all and its so great that so many people are reading this, it does help so much guys! So thanks again

Part 2

1 Month ago...

She was sitting on the front porch having a smoke. Liz never used to smoke, hell she was rather anti-smoking until a few months ago. But something about the little white stick she had come to puff was soothing… calming… and mostly it just gave her hands something to do. It was just before she left Roswell that she picked up the habit… maybe she had wanted to punish Max by smoking… maybe she wanted to punish herself and her life span. But either way Liz Parker was now addicted to cigarettes, which was the reason she was outside at 6am having one. If it was her choice then she’d be inside having it, but Tess refused to have her smoking anywhere near her. The baby was important; slowly killing him before he was born wasn’t something Liz wanted to do. Hell she didn’t even know why she was sitting here complaining slightly to why she was in the cold morning air smoking the damn thing. But then she also remembered something that she had to do in a short while. Sighing she dropped the little stick and put it out with her shoe and wandered back inside.

The house itself was in the suburbs of Melbourne… nothing to big or fancy, but with two bedrooms that kept herself and Tess comfortable for the last few months of living here. Looking around however it looked more like they were just moving it. Everything they owned was in boxes all marked up, and suitcases weren’t too far away from the front door. Walking further in, Liz slowly made her way towards the stairs planning on waking Tess up seeing as they had to leave soon, only to be jumped by the small blonde girl who seemed rather hyper

“Are you sure you’ve got everything ready Liz, because we wont be coming back for a while, not till the little one is at least a year old so I don’t mind flying with him!”

Before Liz could even answer the girl was running back upstairs once again to grab the last of her things, leaving Liz to her thoughts once again. They were finally going home to Roswell if you could that home anymore. Michael would meet them there before driving them to the crashdown in which Tess would live with her family for a while. By no means was it perfect, and by no means would remain that way, but for now it was the only solution without involving Max. He might be the father but Liz had twisted Tess’ arm to keeping the whole situation open and not dive into anything. There was less chance getting hurt that way.

“Lizzie keep an eye out for the taxi”

Being pulled from her thoughts she called back up to Tess that she would, which led her to standing outside again. However her wait was a long one with their taxi being nearly 3 hours late dude to traffic problems. If that wasn’t bad enough though because of their delay they missed their plane and had to be moved onto a later flight which would be the rest of their flights would be placed back. To Liz it was a cosmic sign that they shouldn’t be on this plane. To Tess however it was just her being paranoid, which meant that she was dragged onto the plane anyway. She had long learned never to mess with a small blonde pregnant alien for fear of waking up bald or maybe worse! So she got on the plane even with those doubts lingering within her mind.

Present

“Hey Liz do you want a game of golf?”

Looking upwards she felt herself being shadowed by Hurley. The rather large guy had made a golf course a few days before to try and cheer most of the people up, and surprisingly to her it actually seemed to work. She had yet to play, not that she was a big golf fan or sports fan full stop. Shaking her head at him but smiling, he nodded back before wandering slightly further down the beach to get a few more into a game. Kate had wanted a women’s team and had asked her to join the day before, but unlike Tess she just couldn’t get involved with other people too much. Charlie was the only one she really spoke to, talked to… and he seemed to like Tess so it didn’t really feel worth it. Playing second best wasn’t something that she wanted to be. Standing up, she brushed the sand from her jeans before running after Hurley and tapping him on shoulder

“Actually I’d love to play, can’t be too much different to snooker can it?”

“If you think that Brownie then I will enjoy wiping the floor with your ass.” Raising an eyebrow, Liz looked over Hurley’s shoulder to look at Sawyer. The jerk was somewhat anti social, went against all the rules and generally pissed her off. There was just something about him that but her on edge… it was like a cross between Sean DeLuca and Michael, if you take all their bad qualities and shoved them into him. The fact that he called her Brownie just made her want to kick his ass even further. She watched him look her up and down suggestively, which made the energy within her crackle, and if she got much more angry she’d accidentally blow something up.

“I suggest keeping your eyes and comments to yourself Sawyer… but if you think I cant beat you then you really are sadly mistaken!” Storming off into the trees she just left the two men to follow her towards the golf course. It would give her time to cool off, and because she was far enough ahead of them she waved her hand over a tree to burn it slightly which realised her frustrations. Sawyer would push her too far one of these days, when she could afford to expose herself and Tess…

Charlie’s PoV

“Charlie if you like her just go talk to her!” He looked towards the blonde woman before him, before sighing in defeat. Tess had been trying to push him into asking Liz on a date… well as much of a date someone could actually have stuck on an Island in the middle of no where 1000 miles off course. Placing his head in his hands, he felt Tess pat his head trying to comfort him even though it felt more like being mocked. Looking up his blue eyes clashing with hers for a moment he smiled sadly at her.

“Every time I talk to her she either mocks me or gives me a funny look Tess. I don’t know where I stand, and she’s smart and beautiful, and this is a lot from me. I’m in a band, girls generally throw themselves at me!”

“Yes but Liz isn’t other girls… she’s been hurt before by the father of my child. You need to make a…” Tess went to continue, but doubled over in pain slightly. Charlie moved next to her and she grabbed his hand tightly for a moment riding out the pain. It looked like she was having contractions, but Charlie didn’t know anything about babies and women giving birth so he didn’t have a clue. “It’s ok Charlie… it happens sometimes. I’ll be fine honestly; the little guy isn’t due for a month”

“Bloody hell don’t scare me like that!” Looking down he swore he could see a silver hand print through her shirt, but closing his eyes and opening them again it had disappeared. Obviously his lack of drugs was causing him to now see things which was pretty bad considering, but he was actually glad to be rid of them. After all he doubted Liz would date a junkie. Placing a hand around the younger girls shoulder, he looked up just in time to see Liz storming into the trees. Standing he grabbed Tess’ hand. “Come on you can help me win her over!” Dragging her behind him, she laughed softly which gave Charlie hope to win Liz in the end

TBC

[Angelic]

Ok is anyone interesting in being my beta? My last one just got fired coz he forgot to tell me he was on Holiday for a week and then didn’t even look at my part… so I had to have a friend beta this really quick this morning! So sorry if it’s a little… poorly done :’(

Part 3

She stood there looking at Sawyer with the largest grin upon her face. The man who claimed he would wipe the floor with her ass, had his own butt kicked, fried and served with ketchup, and Liz was enjoying every moment of it! Golf was piss… and she would most defiantly be playing more often in the future, because if Sawyer was any basis to go on then from now on it would just be easy! Of course the male was standing there with his mouth half dropped to the floor… and it just made the whole thing that much funnier!

“So Um Sawyer… I thought her ass was meant to be on the floor now… what happened don’t got game?” Turning her head she saw a few of the spectators watching and laughing slightly as Hurley began to taunt the other man. Shaking her own head softly, Liz just handed her golf club to the larger man, before patting him on the back. It was time she left everyone else to play, and she needed to get back to the beach. And of course… she wouldn’t mention that she might have used her powers just a little bit too… put Sawyers “ball” in the wrong direction!

Grinning still she didn’t notice that she walked directly into someone’s chest… a rather warm chest, and the arms of that someone’s chest placed their arms on her shoulders. Looking up she could see Charlie’s clear eyes looking down at her, and although there was no smile on his face they were twinkling softly showing her so many emotions, some many things about the English man…

*flash*

Two young men stood facing each other in what could only be described as a church yard, with the sun shinning down quiet brightly. One was Charlie, looking quiet thoughtful, and the other was a taller male by the name of Liam… they were talking about something important… the words weren’t being heard clearly almost like the person listening was stuck underwater making everything seem muffled and unclear… only one line seemed to break through the unclearness of it all, almost as if it was the one line that was the most important for anyone to know…

“We walk away. You’re the rock god, baby brother”
*End flash

“Liz hello, you ok down there?” Being shaken back into existence, Liz blinked a few times and looked back up to Charlie. He was laughing and she couldn’t exactly understand why. She had been somewhere else… was that a memory of his… had she done what Max had done to her when she discovered he was an alien… shared the thoughts and the memories of someone else. But no, this was almost different. She hadn’t meant to connect with Charlie, and it didn’t even look like the English man had realised that she HAD connected with him. Tess had told her many times before that unless the participant was willing to be connected to then well… it was rather difficult for it to happen. So what did this mean?

“Yea sorry… Um…. Got lost in my thoughts. Sorry Charlie. Anyway where is Tess, I thought she was with you.” Looking around to see a flash of long blonde hair, it was obvious that her tiny slip of a friend wasn’t anywhere to be seen. In fact that was highly odd seeing as Tess was usually attached to Charlie’s hip, and even though the thought of it made her heart drop to her stomach, it was comforting to know that her sister had a friend in him.

“She’s with Jack. She felt some movement from the little one, so she just wanted Jack to check it out.” Liz paused for a moment and bit her lower lip. Tess was rather reluctant to let the doctor check her over just in case her pregnancy was un-normal compared to other mothers. If she felt movement… it could mean something, and not something good. Grabbing Charlie’s arm she began to drag him off of the golf course and towards the Jungle so they could get to the beach or the caves or wherever the blonde girl was. This could be serious this could be…

Charlie’s PoV

“Ok Liz slow down, she’s fine honest!” He realised that it was a mistake to tell her that Tess was with Charlie the moment that Tess had told him that piece of information. In stead of going up to the golf course like they were originally going to do, Tess instead decided that she needed to get her best friend and the rather lovely Englishman together for some alone time, mostly because the baby was playing a game of soccer in her stomach and didn’t really want to walk up to the course. Charlie knew Liz would be over protective of the baby like she had shown the whole time they were on this island, but Tess was scary when determined. Jack was there and felt the baby kick, but not as a doctor, only as someone Tess had dragged to feel it when she was in a happy state

And how right he was. Liz was still dragging him by the arm, but he could feel her tiny hand shaking slightly and from his position behind he watched her shoulders being overly tense. Stopping in his movements, Charlie reached forward and grabbed Liz by her upper arm and spun her around, before looking down at her.

“She’s fine… the baby was just kicking and let Jack feel it. I’m sorry if I made it sound bad… she just wanted the two of us to spend time together.” He watched her stand there for a moment, before she raised an eyebrow, and punched him hard in the arm. “Bloody hell Liz! What was that for?”

“For making me worry – I thought she was in trouble you… you… git!” He blinked at her for a moment before bursting into laughter. Git… so she had been listening to him after all and his Englishisms. It warmed his heart slightly and just caused the smile on his face to grow even larger in size then it already was.

“I’ll bare that in mind for next time.” She glowered at that sentence slightly, which he replied by grabbing her hand. It fit so perfectly into his own, but he didn’t voice that out loud. She too seemed to go quiet and they just stood there quietly for a moment. “So uh… lets go see that kicking baby…” Nodding more to himself then anyone else, he began to walk slowly towards the beach again, Liz following, giving his hand a gentle squeeze as they went.

TBC

Ok that’s the last part with no real plot! Yay go me… next part is pretty much done, just have a paragraph to write and a beta to find ^_^

[Angelic]

I know another part and its only been one whole day! Dont die on me please Anyhoo... thanks to my wonderful beta elfangel01 and to the shiny burningchaos for letting me run ideas off her (And to Magsy too she gives inspiration even if she has never read my fics ) OH! And I've stolen one of Charlie's socks, and his belt

Part 4

When you close your eyes
Do you like what you see?
Inside your mind
And do you like to dream
About the stars above?
Once in a while

It was a few hours after she had gone with Charlie to see Tess, they chatted, they joked and they laughed. Liz enjoyed that time in which it was just the two of them, something that seemed rare on this island, and the fact that Charlie seemed to spend most of his time with her pregnant friend didn’t help. However they did get those few moments together and Liz seemed to get the impression that the Englishman liked her… and well she wasn’t sure what to do with that piece of information. Could that have been what Tess and Charlie were always talking about? Or maybe Liz was reading everything wrong. Frustrated she fell backwards onto the sand and closed her eyes for a brief moment.

After seeing Tess and feeling the baby kick, Liz had left Charlie with her and made her way to the beach. It was much later in the day then anyone had realized and the sun was already setting. She herself had gone out to watch the sunset like she had every day since the crash while thinking of her plans for the following day. She and Tess… they didn’t belong here, not so soon to the birth. They had to leave, maybe even take Charlie with them. He had been so caring for Tess, and if she had to tell anyone their secret she knew it would be him. Pushing her own confused feelings aside, she knew in her heart of hearts he wouldn’t freak out… well not to the scale Maria had freaked out: just the memory of her friend in her green alien custom in her high heeled shows screaming and fleeing from the crashdown… her best friend had freaked completely like Liz knew she would, but Charlie wouldn’t. Her heart of hearts knew that.

Don’t go to the other side
For nothing at all
Better make it worth your while
I’m gonna break down that wall
I’m gonna take the fall

She could hear something rustling in the distance that caused her eyes to snap open. Looking directly towards the sky the first few starts began to slowly decorate the sky as the sun continued to fade across the horizon. Liz lay there still for a moment not moving. Ok so there were people around, obviously, and so that’s what the noise could have been, but it didn’t sound like a normal footstep, or people moving around doing stuff… it sounded like someone creeping around. Hearing nothing again, she allowed her eyes to drift closed once again. She was obviously hearing things. But as soon as they were closed she heard the movement again, before something slammed down onto the ground. Springing up right she looked down to the people scattered across the beach who weren’t moving, obviously not hearing what she herself had heard.

Jumping to her feet Liz began to make her way towards the jungle… that’s where the noise had come from, and rather than being a sensible person and getting someone to go with her Liz just went by herself. After all she was a big girl, had a few alien blasting powers… what was the worst that could actually happen to her?

Don’t go to the other side
You might mess up your hair
Just wait you might change your mind
You think that people might care
About your hair anyway’s

It only took a few minutes to get herself lost though of course. Living in a small town most of her life meant that Liz had no real sense of direction never actually needing to really learn. Even that brief time she and Max were running from the FBI and the special unit, she relied on blind luck to get them safe rather than actual directions. And now she was in the middle of a jungle trying to remember the direction the beach was and wondering why on Earth she thought trying to see where a sound came from was a good idea. Obviously she was just imagining things, or maybe she just didn’t have enough to eat today and her hunger was making her believe things that weren’t real. This wasn’t Roswell… she didn’t have to keep one eye open while she slept to make sure no one was going to kill her. She hadn’t had to do that for a while, and there was no reason that she had to start now.

Taking a deep breath, Liz began to march hopefully in the direction of where she just came from, without realizing that she walked head first into someone. Assuming that it must be Charlie as she had run into him only a few hours before, she began to giggle slightly.

“You know Charlie this is becoming a rather bad habit, me walking into you!” Looking at the person, it wasn’t Charlie, but another male she couldn’t remember the name of. He didn’t talk, but just stared at her for a moment, not moving, not showing any sign of emotion. Blinking a few times, Liz assumed that he was going to say something, and she didn’t know what to say exactly, until his name filtered back into her mind. “Ethan right? Sorry I thought you were someone else. I’m sorry… anyway can you direct me back to beach I’ve gotten a little lost”

When you close your eyes
Do you like what you see?
Inside your mind
And do you like to dream
About the stars above?
Once in a while

“We know who you are… we know that you’re not meant to be on this island Elizabeth.” Her eyes widened for a moment, and she took a step back from the male before her. His whole stance seemed to change… it became threatening and Liz just wanted to get away as quickly as possible. He couldn’t know who she was there was just know way. And what did he mean by we?

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, I just want to go back to the beach. Just tell me where to go.”

“But you are here… you and the destined Queen and that bastard she is carrying. We will have it, and destroy the royal four!” Holding his hand out, Liz was blasted backwards and slammed directly into a tree. How did he know about the Royal four… and what the hell was going on? She slid down the tree and knew full well that she was bleeding, with nothing that she could currently do about it. This really *was* a bad idea to come and follow the noise, what was she thinking?

“Who are you really Ethan?” Liz looked at him from her kneeling position on the floor. She could feel that her head was bleeding but didn’t move her hands to feel it. Right now she needed to concentrate on this male, and hope to god she could get back to Tess in time to warn her. Otherwise they were both as good as dead, and possibly everyone else who had crashed on that plane with them.

“Why… I’m a skin of course. And although we didn’t crash down with the rest of our party like we were meant to… we have still found the gift, and we are going to use it for our own uses… isn’t it a shame you didn’t know and couldn’t save it” He grinned sickly at her, before sending what could only be described as a ball of pure white energy at her, she knew it was going to destroy her with one hit. But it wasn’t even Tess that she was thinking of before it hit…

“I’m so sorry Charlie…”

Don’t go to the other side
Just get down on your knees
And show me what you are made of
I’m begging you please
Just please go away

“I’m Ethan… not Charlie. You know people keep forgetting my name, but it happens I have that kind of face.” Liz blinked a few times. She… she was meant to be dead. But she was standing directly before Ethan… on the beach no less… and well obviously not dead. Spinning around a few times, she tried to understand what the hell had happened… Ethan, who was just trying to destroy her moments before, was talking to her like nothing had happened!

“Why are we on the beach… you just tried to kill me!” Liz half screamed, half whispered. He was a skin god damn it! Why wasn’t she dead, why was she on the beach and he was looking at her like a mad man?

“What are you talking about Liz? You asked me for directions to the beach… I said I was going that way so I’d take you myself. You asked me about why I was on the plane and I told you, I asked you and you told me. Why would I be trying to kill you?” She blinked a few times at him not sure what to say. Was… was it all a dream? Was she just imaging it all. “Anyway I have to get back to the caves – all my stuffs there. See ya later!”

He walked off leaving her behind with her mouth hanging open. Ok what happened… her legs collapsing underneath her for a moment, she sat down on the sand and couldn’t understand what had happened to her. Obviously her mind was hallucinating, probably from not eating properly. That was surely it. Placing a hand on her forehead she checked her temperature and decided that she did feel a bit warm. That was probably it.

Don’t go to the other side
For once in a while
Once in a while

“Liz you have some silver sparkly stuff in your hair.” Looking up Charlie sat down beside her, placing a bottle of water in her lap and grinning at her. “It’s very nice, but probably impractical at the moment, if you want to wash it out. Tess is sleeping because the little nipper wore her out, and if your hungry I stole some potato chips Sawyer was hiding. But lets not tell him that ok?” He continued to grin while watching everyone else move around on the beach. Liz blinked for a moment when Charlie said silver stuff… why would she have silver stuff in her hair? Reaching a hand up to the back of her head, she felt a small bump… in the place she would have hit her head on the tree in the jungle… but it wasn’t real… was it? Was the silver stuff… a silver handprint like the one on her stomach when Max had healed her? And if so… what really happened just now…

“Yea… not practical…”

Don’t go to the other side
For once in a while
Once in a while

TBC

Song: Once in a While by Dishwalla

[Angelic]

*frowns slightly* Hmmm... I emailed out part 5 but... never got part 5 back. Of course I did it from my uni email and that likes to play up on me

Really sorry that its been forever since an update Every time I come to post the damn thing unbetaed something happens :-p Bombs go off in London, best friend gets pregnant, start a new placement, sister comes over for a visit and more stuff but I cant remember everything. However I'm only working three days a week at the moment, but that consists of leaving my house at 4:30am and getting home at 10pm And this weekend thats Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Anyhoo *gasps in shock* Part 5. Expect part 6 soonish... Im working all weekend so I dont know when, probably gonna track down my beta first

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Part 5

Roswell

"The plane from Sydney still has not been found..."

The TV that was sitting in the middle of the room blew up without warning, and Michael sat down on his sofa in anger. To him it was his fault that Liz and Tess couldnt be found, but he was too scared to actually tell anyone that they were on the plane. The rest of the gang assumed they were somewhere in America and not lost... and it was slowly tearing Michael apart.

"Knock knock" Micheal turned to see Alex by his front door frowning at him. "So what has gotten you so worked up that you had to blow up the TV?"

The Island

"So you like Charlie?" Liz paused in her step for a moment and looked at Kate. It was much later in the day and she'd offered to help the older girl look for food seeing as everyone was pretty hungry but mostly too lazy to actually go look for it. But how the subject changed from food to if she liked Charlie or not was a slightly mystery to her. "Well its not like I'm hearing you deny it right now, and staring at me doesnt make the question go away. Besides Charlie is a really sweet guy."

"So you like Jack?" She grinned at Kate, and started to walk again, allowing Kate to catch up. It wasnt that she was going to deny of course that she liked Charlie because of course she did. It was just... complicated, and Liz wasnt exactly sure how she felt for the Englishman only that she had woken up this morning in a sweat because of him, and not because he'd given Jack a lapdance in her dream... more like she had given Charlie one. Shaking her head free from thoughts she ran her hand through her hair and felt the bump on her head from whatever happened earlier... though trying somewhat not to think to hard about that at the moment.

"I like Jack, but I dont like Jack. He's... a friend, sorta. And besides it wouldnt work between us. He's good and I'm... Kate."

"Uh huh... you keep telling yourself that." Liz reached out and patted Kate on the shoulder, though as soon as she touched her skin Liz had a flash

*flash*

Kate being dragged somewhere looking like she was being taken against her will. The situation however changed pretty quickly and Kate started kissing one of the men that had taken her. They move into another room, a vault maybe. Things happen that seem unclear, only lots of red and a toy plane...

*end flash*

"Liz are you ok? You seem to have spaced out for a moment there." Shaking her head, Liz just looked at Kate. The person standing before her seemed so sweet and kind, but if the vision she had was true... there was something about Kate that just didnt add up. Of course the memory she had gotten was messy, as if the person it belonged to just didnt want to remember at all. Which meant it was something that Kate just didnt want to remember at all... but because of that she was to raw and allowed the emotions she tried to hide to be open to anyone. In Liz's opinion because of that it was probably a good thing Kate wasnt an alien because she would be too easy if mind rapped. And made it too easy for Liz to connect to accidently.

Probably wise if I just stop touching people at the moment

"Hmmm? Yea I'm ok, I'm just having one of those days. But you know if you do like Jack maybe you should just tell him"

"And maybe you should just tell Charlie how you feel about him." Sighing slightly, Liz turned around and bit her lower lip. They wear actually nearing the caves again, and she could hear the soft sounds of a guitar being played. Knowing that it was Charlie caused her to smile ever so softly, something that Kate didnt miss. "I think he feels the same way you know. He always talks about you and I think he hangs out with Tess so much just to find out stuff about you." Liz smiled a little more at that. Maybe that was why Charlie hung around with Tess. It would make sense of course, and well Tess loved Max right? So was that it? The guitar playing stopped and soft voices could be heard now. Turning to Kate once more, Liz just smiled brightly, something that she hadnt done in a long time and walked back to the caves. It couldnt hurt to find out if Charlie liked her... and maybe at some point he could know everything about her because he would deal with it, she just knew it.

Roswell

"Alex I have no clue what your talking about." Michael stood up and made his way to the kitchen. How did he know that there was a problem. Ok so maybe he just saw the TV blew up, and as neither Max or Isabel were it here it would of course had to have been him. But other than that... he'd hidden his guilt well... right?

"You know something, about Tess and Liz. I'd bet my life that you know where they have been these past months, and for some reason something has happened that has made you jumpy and less... stonewallish." Michael raised an eyebrow at the last comment but said nothing. Was Alex right? Had he been hiding what he was thinking so poorly that even Alex someone that he wasnt close to could figure it out. But if he could then surely the others would practically know every thought he was having.

"Ok so maybe I've been a little jumpy. But if thats so, why have they sent you and not come to me themselves. If something was really wrong surely Maria would have probably beaten it out of me already?"

"The others... Maria, Isabel, Kyle and Max havent noticed a thing. But thats because they are too concerned with when Liz and Tess are going to come home. And because of that they've barely noticed the living breathing zombie. And you seem to freak out about the plane that went missing from Australia. So tell me or I go tell Isabel something is up and let her dream walk you." Micheal just looked at Alex for a moment, before moving to stand before the slightly taller man.

"What I tell you stays between us ok?"

"If thats what you want, but if its really bad you have to eventually tell the others." At that Michael just nodded slightly.

"Tess and Liz... they're lost..."

TBC