Fleeing Roswell (AU, CC, TEEN)

[KatnotKath]

OOC: hope this works for you

~Liz~

“He’s probably looking for his dad…” Michael comments. There’s a strange look in his eyes…almost torn… There’s a lot that’s happened, a lot going through all our minds I guess…

Anyway, talk about stating the obvious… I chew my lower lip, still not sure what to do. Right now, I would really like for one of the guys to make this decision for me… Even if that guy is Michael…

I’d like to see Max taking charge…it would be familiar, and familiar is comforting right now, but I guess he’s not really in any state to do that right now… As Michael has said, he needs to rest…he needs to recover…

His skin is so pale…his breathing heavy… It cuts into me to see him like this…

I stare down at the phone in my hand almost as though I think it’s going to give me the answer… The ringing continues…I guess he’s not giving up…

Looking over at Max and Michael, I note that neither of them gives me an actual answer, and in that moment, I make a decision… Pressing the button to answer, I lift my phone to my ear and take a deep breath before speaking. “K-kyle…hey…” I keep my voice hesitant – which doesn’t take much effort given the way I’m feeling – and add a slight edge of surprise. “Sorry it took me a while…I was in the bathroom…”

Simple, basic, and convincing…I hope… I wonder about asking him what he’s wanting, but in the end decide that if he wants to talk, he will…

[isabelle]

*Michael*

I want to object as Liz goes to answer the phone, but it's too late. She already has an open line. What the hell is she going to tell him? Where will she say she is? What is she going to say when Kyle says her parents are looking for her, 'cause I'm sure they are.

Damn. This is bad. This is really bad. There's no good way to handle this. He'll be the last one to have talked to her after we all disappear and they'll analyze every part of the conversation.

She's in the bathroom? I wonder as she talks to Kyle. Will that work? Would her parents not have been looking for her yet? Even after she left for the Sheriff's before dinner? I bite my lip, waiting to see how it goes.

My fingers twitch with the desire to grab the phone from her hand and destroy it before she can get any further, although I guess hitting the 'off' button would be sufficient -- although Kyle would probably just call again. I stay close to Liz, still ready to do it if the conversation goes bad.

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*Kyle*

"LIZ!" I nearly shout as she answers the phone at last.

"Sorry," I say more quietly, turning away from Maria for a moment. "What's going on? The FBI were at my place, too, but I gave 'em the slip. Hanson said you were with my dad last night. What's happening?"

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[Roswell4ever1]

~Maria~

I hear Kyle as he starts asking Liz questions and I can't help but think this is bad. I look back at the rest of the group who have similar looks on their faces and wonder if there's a good way to get out of this. If we just try to leave, he'll definately know somethings going on but at the same time, we need to get back to the others so we can get the hell out of Roswell. I look at Alex in a silent plea to help get us out of here.

[KatnotKath]

~Liz~

It doesn’t take much to see from Michael’s face that he’s not happy. If my mom and dad were home, this would all be way more risky, but I actually happen to know they’re out of town visiting friends. They’re staying over, and aren’t due back until tomorrow so for now I’m safe…

That fact doesn’t stop me feeling a little uncomfortable given how Michael is looking at me though… I step back slightly, increasing the distance between us and turning away a degree so that I can’t actually see the fact that he’s staring…

“LIZ!”

I wince slightly, holding the phone a little way from my ear as Kyle’s voice blasts through. As his voice lowers in volume, I place it next to my ear again and listen for a moment. “What’s going on? The FBI were at my place too, but I gave ‘em the slip…”

The FBI, at Kyle’s house… Could this get any worse…?

“Hanson said you were with my dad last night. What’s happening…?”

I need to take a moment to think, so to buy a little time, I pounce on one of the first things he said. “W-what do you mean, the FBI…?” I ask, hoping this is all sounding convincing… Hopefully any hesitation and such in my voice will be covered by the fact this is a pretty weird situation anyway… He’s my ex-boyfriend, and ex’s don’t exactly usually in the early hours of the morning…

Okay, so now how do I explain my visit to his dad…? I think for a moment. “Me, your dad…last night…" I repeat it thoughtfully, as though trying to remember. “Oh yeah, there was some weirdo hanging round outside the Crashdown and since my mom and dad are away for a couple of days, I thought I’d better mention it to someone…”

I hold my breath, waiting to see whether he’ll buy the excuse… I’m still not good at lying, no matter how much practice I’ve had in the last nine months or so…

[isabelle]

*Kyle*

“W-what do you mean, the FBI…?” Liz asks and my jaw drops open in shock. How can she not know?

“Me, your dad…last night…" she adds, as if it's hard to remember. My dad went missing after being with her and she sounds like it was an inconsequential detail! “Oh yeah, there was some weirdo hanging round outside the Crashdown and since my mom and dad are away for a couple of days, I thought I’d better mention it to someone…”

"Yes, Liz. The F.B.I.!" I tell her, firmly, trying not to hide my annoyance although I know it's not working. I'm begining to feel that panic creeping back again. I don't understand her lack of alarm here. "Don't you ever look out your window? They're all over the place. They're probably inside, too. There was an agent in my living room when I woke up this morming!"

I run a hand through my hair over the top of my head as I'm trying to get my thoughts together. "They wouldn't come round for just some weirdo unless it was someone really dangerous. My dad never came back to the station after he saw you... When did you see him last?" I ask. I just need to know how long he's been missing, exactly. Maybe if I can get Liz to tell me what she told him, I can start to figure this out.

[KatnotKath]

~Liz~

“Yes Liz, the FBI! Don’t you ever look out your window, they’re all over the place…They’re probably insdside too… There was an agent in my living room when I woke up this morning!”

In his livingroom… Well as far as news goes, that isn’t good… I guess we should have guessed there would be something…I mean even if he’s okay, Valenti helped Max escape… He showed whose side he was on, and I can’t imagine that Pierce is going to take that very well…

There’s a pause on the end of the phone, and I can almost imagine Kyle running his fingers through his hair… He’s very predictable…but that also means I know he’s feeling worried, and that realisation makes me feel guilty for lying to him… His next words do nothing to make it better either…

"They wouldn't come round for just some weirdo unless it was someone really dangerous. My dad never came back to the station after he saw you... When did you see him last?"

He hasn’t come back…there was a gunshot… Things are beginning to look more certain, but it’s certainly not the outcome I had hoped for…

This isn’t just some stranger, not that it would seem fine even then, this is guy I’ve known for a long time, someone I dated for a period, and his dad’s pretty much all he’s got… I swallow, biting my lip and taking a few deep breaths as I try not to break down. “I-I’m sorry Kyle…I don’t know what to tell you… I spoke to him last night, he told me to come home and just be careful…he’d take care of it…” I cross my fingers, hating myself for a moment as I cement my lie.

[isabelle]

*Kyle*

I just can't believe this. Liz slept through the FBI invasion of her home. I guess she doesn't get up as early as me when she's not working, but still...

I gotta find out more about this weirdo that Dad was investigating. I gotta figure out what's out there and I know I'm not going to get good answers from the station or from the FBI.

"Listen, Liz. I gotta find my dad. I really need to talk to you. Do you think you could sneak out of there without the FBI stopping you? They're probably in the alley outside your balcony," I say, thinking of the most obvious route, but I guess it won't hurt for her to check that first...

"I wanna meet you somewhere. I'm here in Mountain View with Maria and Alex right now --" I turn and look back and see that Maria's quietly moving towards her car. "No! Don't go," I tell them. "I need to talk to you, too."

Maybe Maria can even help. She can go into the Crashdown and distract the agents or something...

[KatnotKath]

OOC: this is probably really bad, but it's all I can come up with at the moment, hope it works ok

~Liz~

This would all be a whole lot easier to sound convincing if I actually knew what was going on back at the Crashdown…

And just when I think it can’t get any worse, it does… Just how am I supposed to answer a request to sneak out and meet him…we’re supposed to be getting out of here, pretty much now, so I can’t imagine that it’s going to go down too well with the others if I suddenly decide I need to see Kyle…

Then again, if my fears are true, don’t we owe it to him to at least talk to him…after the price it looks like his dad paid for helping us…

I swallow, trying to believe anything but that, but I think I know the truth…

“I’m here in Mountain View with Maria and Alex right now—“

If I was ever losing focus, that brings it right back…He’s with Alex and Maria…that is soooo not good…

He breaks off, and I hear him calling something about not going… Okay, so how are we going to deal with this now…? I bite my lip and think a moment.

“You’re with them now, and you want me to meet you…?” I repeat as though wanting to confirm what I heard. I’ve turned back to face the guys now, so hopefully they’re getting this…any input would be gratefully received you two… I think silently to myself, looking from one to the other.

[isabelle]

*Michael*

“You’re with them now, and you want me to meet you…?” Liz says to Kyle on the phone and it's all I can do not to grab it from her hand and blast the thing to pieces.

"You can't!" I hiss at her. We gotta get out of here. We can't be planning any side trips. Kyle's with 'them.' Does that mean the FBI? There's no way we can risk her getting near them. She knows too damn much. I hope to hell they never find her diary. She promised me it was well-hidden but if it's not, we're completely screwed. Not that we aren't already. We just really need to put some highway between us and here.

"What about Max?" I add. Yeah, I know a few hours ago I wanted to leave without her, but I also know Max is the most important thing to her. She's not going to leave him alone to go running off to comfort her ex-boyfriend, is she? Look at him. So pale, except for the dark circles under his eyes. He's barely awake. "You can't go."

[Roswell4ever1]

~Maria~

Looking at the others, I look back at Kyle. "Kyle, I already told you everything I know. I don't know what's going on and I've really got to get this stuff back to my mom."

I really hate lying to him but I have to. Max and Isabel's lives depend on it. Michael's life depends on it and that's something I'm not willing to risk.