Disclaimer:The characters of "Roswell" belong to Jason Katims, Melinda Metz, WB, and UPN. They are not mine and no infringement is intended.
Couple: Rath/Maria Zan/Ava Tess/Alex Max/Liz Michael/Isabel
Rating: Adult
Sumary: Maria runs away from Rath and back to Roswell. He comes to find her. Michael wants to know why Maria is so different.

PT 1
Michael looked over at the door as the bell chimed signaling a customer had walked into the diner. He blinked in surprise when he saw that Maria was the one that was walking into the diner. She had left months ago and no one had heard from her since to his knowledge. He had to look twice since she was so different now from his pixie the one he known and loved. His brown eye moved down her body noticing the way the red tank top hugged her upper body and stopped just above her belly button that was pieced with a blue stone and a silver symbol that reminded him of his alien symbol. Letting his eyes move lower, he noticed her black mini skirt hugged her hips. The last thing that he noticed was the tattoo of black barbed wire with the name Rath intertwinded in the wire. Her look told him without words that she was no longer innocent.
"Well well look who finally decided to come back to Roswell"Michael said sarcastically.
Maria glared at Michael having felt him checking her out which annoyed her to no end. "Micheal stay the fuck away from me"Maria growled in response.
"You certainly have changed"Michael said. He looked up and down her body while saying, "Makes me wonder who you hung with in New York."
Maria smiled evilly in response before saying,"Believe me you really don't want to know." Looking around the diner, she found the person that she had actually come to see sitting in one of the booths. She walked across the diner over to where Tess was sitting. "Tess I need to talk to you" Tess looked up at Maria the shock clearly written on her face. "You want to talk to me?"Tess asked.
Maria nodded her head yes and glanced over at Michael out of the corner of her green eyes. "Not here"Maria said.
Tess slowly nodded her head yes. She was more curious than anything else since Maria and her had never really been friends. Sliding out of the booth, she walked with Maria through the diner and out the door. Michael watched them leave while wondering why she would go to Tess.
Walking down the street Tess asked, "What's up Maria? I would think that I would be the last person you come to for help."
Maria knew that Tess was her best if only option out of the human-alien hybrids."You have to swear to me that you will not tell Micheal, Max, or Isabel what I am about to tell you."
"Why can't I tell them?"Tess asked
"I don't trust what will happen if they find out"Maria answered honestly. Seeing the look of concern on Tess's face, she said, "I don't think they will be in danger. It's not like Rath is coming after me" Tess slowly nodded her head yes and said, "You have to tell me everything."
Guess that is only fair, Maria thought as she asked,"Where do you want me to start?"
"Try the beginning" Tess answered.
"This is going to take a while" Maria informed her.
Tess imagined what ever Maria had to tell her was complicated and suggested, "Let's go some where to sit and talk then. How about your house?"
"I'm not staying with my mom. I got an apartment"Maria told her. Tess couldn't help but wonder why Maria wasn't staying at her moms and was renting an apartment. Maria walks with Tess to her apartment. She takes her keys out and unlocks the front door. Opening the door, she leads Tess inside her apartment. Tess follows Maria into the living room.
"It is easier for me to show you why than to tell you. I will tell you everything"Maria promised. Tess was about to ask her what she meant by show her when Maria pushed her skirt down slightly to show her the tiny silver hand on her abdomen. Tess's blue eyes doubled in size as she stared at the tiny silver hand print. She knew from Nasedo always telling her that her destiny was to have Max's baby that if they concieved their would be a silver hand print from the baby.
"Oh my god" Tess gasped. Maria slowly nodded her head yes and said, "I was in New York City. While I was there I met this guy, Rath. We really hit it off." She paused for a moment to collect the rest of her thoughts. "I spent all my time with him and his friends, Zan, Ava and Lonnie" Tess knew thier past lives names because of Nasedo. "Ava is your double, Zan is Max's ,Lonnie is Isabel's, and Rath is Michael's double"Maria babbled.
Tess was surprised that Maria would become friends with their doubles since she had wanted away from Roswell and all the alien abysse."You meet our dupes" Tess said. Maria nodded her head yes and said, "I did more than meet them as you can see"Maria said. Tess was curious about the baby and asked,"Can I connect with the baby?"
Maria smiled having hoped that Tess could connect with the baby since she knew going to the doctor could put herself and the baby she was carrying in danger. "That is what I want you to do and help me to do it too"Maria said. Tess kneeled down at Maria's feet and placed her hand on the silver hand print. She instantly recieved flashes of Maria and Rath while they were together, the love that they shared for one another, and sees the baby is a boy.
Meanwhile just out side of Maria's apartment, Michael growled in frustration while wanting answers to the questions that where now inside his head. He had followed Tess and Maria at a safe distance. When they had gone inside, he had called Max on his cellphone explaining Maria's sudden appearance and how she had told Tess she needed to talk to her. He gave Max the address. Max parked the jeep across the street five minutes later.
"I want to know why Maria came back and went right to Tess" Michael said. Both Max and Isabel were curious to know why Maria had gone to see Tess since Maria had never trusted her before. "She is hiding something. We are going to find out what" Max said. Michael went to open the door and said, "It's locked." Max placed his hand over the lock and concentrated making the lock click open.
"Let's find out"Max says while turning the handle and opening the door. Max, Micheal, and Isabel quietly walked into Maria's apartment.
"You are crazy if you think Rath is not going to come for you. It's a boy and it is calling for him. You would never have left if you had not walked in on what you saw would you?" Tess babbled. Maria slowly shook her head no. Looking up, she saw Micheal, Max, and Isabel staring at them. She quickly pulled up her skirt in an attempt to hide the tiny silver hand print.
Micheal's brown eyes showed how angry he was to see the silver hand print. He knew that meant she had either been with his dupe or Max's dupe. "It's too late. We already saw the silver hand print. Was it my double or Max's double you were with?" Michael growled. Maria remained silent refusing to answer him. "Answer me" Michael yelled. He was so angry that the lights flickered in the house
Tess noticed the lights flicker and said, "Michael, calm down."
"Tess, don't tell me to calm down. Answer the question, Maria" Michael growled.
"I already told you that you really don't want to know" Maria said.
Micheal walk across the room to her. Maria raised her hand and says,"Don't touch me." Michael notices her raised hand and says, "You are not like us. You don't have powers." He takes another step toward her and Maria makes a shield form.
"I won't let you touch me. The baby will try to connect to you"Maria said.
Seeing the shield form, Michael said, "Guess the answer is Max's dupe cause that is his power."
"What did you say?"Isabel asked
Maria was getting really sick of Michael and said, "Actually you are wrong. In your past life, Micheal your name was Rath. I was with your double Micheal, Rath. It is one of your powers you just don't know how to use it."
Alex and Liz walk into Maria's apartment. "Hey Maria your mom gave us your address. She told us some crazy story about you being pregnant and not living with her" Liz said.
"Not crazy it's true" Maria said.
Alex looked over at Michael and said, "Micheal didn't we just see you? Though you looked totally different and I swear you had a New York accent."
Maria green eyes showed her surprise. "Was he alone?" Alex shook his head no and said, "Only saw him at first then we saw the others." Liz was beginning to wonder if Alex had known if Maria was back. "You have been back for like three months and haven't called me once"Liz said. Maria hears the hurt in Liz's voice and says, "Sorry."
Micheal backed away from Maria after hearing the others where there. Rath, Zan, Ava, and Lonnie strutted into the living room. Micheal could feel the power coming off his double. Rath takes one look at Michael and then Max and Isabel and yells, "Get out now!" Max looks over at Rath and says, "We are not leaving unless Maria tells us to."
Maria stared at Max in disbelief. She hadn't even invited the other three podsters as Kyle called them into her apartment. They had just let themselves into her apartment. She could tell that Rath was losing what little pateince he had with all of them when he growled, "Dis is none of their business."
Maria nodded her head in agreement and yelled, "Everyone get out of my apartment except Tess. Since Tess was the only one invited." She noticed the sudden smirk on Rath's face and knew that he had known all along where she was staying.
"Whose apartment Ria?" Rath asked.
"Mine Rath" Ria answered.
Rath raised his right eyebrow at her and said, "Really, whose credit card payed for it?"
Maria glared at Rath while she yelled, "I said get out!"
Micheal could help but notice how Maria's nipples hardened against her top as Rath stared at her. Telling him that she might be telling everyone to leave but her body couldn't deny what Rath being there was doing to her.
Rath shook his head no."Iz aint leavin. Iz payed the bills. We have things to discuss."
Maria shook her head no. She didn't want to talk to him. "We have nothing to discuss"
"Iz aint playin anymore Ria" Rath growled.
"I will call the Sheriff and have you removed Rath" Ria threatened. She didn't like the sudden grin that appeared on his face.
"Go right ahead Ria. My name is on da lease" Rath said.
Maria stared at him in disbelief and said, "What... what do you mean your name is on the lease?"
Rath smirked while saying, "It is my credit card dat ya is usin. They called me. Iz signed for da payment after Iz told ya landlord dat my name goes on da lease."
"Why?" Maria asked.
"Ya knows da answer to dat question. Iz gaves ya so long to come ta ya senses" Rath growled. He noticed her green eyes sparkle in annoyance and knew she was mad.
"Come to my senses. You where in bed with her" Maria yelled.
"Nothing happened. We fell asleep. Dat is all" Rath said. He looked directly at Michael and said, "Ya can't tells me dat sleepin in a bed without doing anything is impossible cause Iz knows better." Looking back at Maria he looked her up and down letting his eyes roam from her chest to her abdomen. "First Iz has ta connect ta my baby. He keeps calling me"
Rath stalked across the room toward Maria. His brown eyes challenging her as he said, "What's the matter Ria? What are you afraid of?" Reaching her, he whispered, "Me?"
Ria inhaled sharply trying to calm her rapidly beating heat. She inhaled his scent and wanted to scream in frustration. "Tells dem ta leave" Rath said. His brown eyes darkened slightly when he sensed Michael was watching them. "Michael is pissing me off"Rath growled. Ria knew him well enough to know his eyes had darkened out of anger. "Da baby ain't da only one callin me"Rath said so only she could hear.
Maria knew that Rath was right but didn't want to admit to him that if they connected to the baby there would be a whole lot more connecting. "Please......." Maria said.
Tess sensed that Maria really wants them to leave. "Maria I will stop by later" Tess said. Nodding her head yes, Maria told Tess without words she was welcome to come back. Tess looked at Max, Isabel, and Michael and said,"It's time for us to leave." She walks out of the living room followed by Max, Isabel and a reluctant Michael. Liz and Alex follow Michael out of the house.
Zan walks into the kitchen to raid Maria's fridge.
Opening the fridge Zan finds it empty. Closing the door, he walks back into the living room and asks,"Ria do you eat?"
"Dats a good question. For someone who is at least three months ya sure don't look it"Rath says.
"I eat"Maria responds.
Zan looks at Maria questionably. "Ava, Lonnie, n I will go grocery shopping while Rath and ya talk" Zan said. Maria nodded her head yes while wishing that one of them would stay. She didn't want to be alone with Rath. "Iz need da keys to Rath's jeep" Zan says.
"They are on the counter"Maria says.
Zan grabs the keys off the counter and says, "We will be back." Zan takes Ava's hand in his hand. They walk out of the room followed by Lonnie. "Finally we are alone" Rath says. Maria looks into Rath's brown eyes while saying, "Stop." "Iz ain't doin nothin" Rath says.
Meanwhile at The Crash Down, Max asks, "Tess what is your opinion on our new development?" Tess had a feeling she knew what Max was asking but decided to clairify first. "What's going to happen with Rath and Maria?" Tess asked. "yes"Max answered.
"He is not leaving" Tess said. Michael sighed in annoyance before growling, "We heard him say that like a million times." Isabel rolled her eyes at Michael before saying, "One thing I noticed was the sexual tension was so thick in that room. You could have cut it with a knife."
"She likes intense" Tess said
"That's defiantly intense"Isabel said.
"That is nothing when I connected to the baby I got flashes of her and Rath" Tess said. She waved her hand over her face pretending to fan herself and said, "Was needing cold shower."
Alex laughs while Michael glares at her. "They have a connection that I can't comprehend"Tess admits
Alex decided now would be a good time to tell everyone that he had already know about Maria. "I knew about Maria and Micheal's double" Alex said. Liz looked at Alex with hurt in her brown eyes and said, "You knew." Alex nodded his head yes and said, "I have been talking to her. I convinced her to talk to Tess."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Max asked. Alex looked at Max and said, "You would have told her how much danger she had put all of you in." Looking at Michael, he said, "You would be all pissy." Looking at Isabel, he said, "She wouldn't talk to you because of Lonnie." Finally looking at Liz, he said, "You would have just gone into science mode wanting to run all sorts of tests on her."
Tess was curious out of all of them why Alex had told Maria she should talk to her. "Why have her come to me?" Tess asked. "You are straight forward and honest. Maria knew you would keep her secret" Alex answered. He looked at Max,Micheal and Isabel and said, "You put yourselves in danger the moment they entered that house. You have no concept of how powerful they are."
Max nodded his head yes while knowing everything that Alex was saying was right. "Put it this way if your enemies attack I will be standing with them" Alex said. "What!!" Isabel gasped.
"I'm human not stupid or did you not feel the power coming off Rath." Alex said. He had always hated the way that Michael had treated Maria which was one of the reasons he decided to dig that knife in deeper. "Micheal if you had taken one step toward her you would be dust right now" Alex said.
"You are whacked Whitman" Michael said. Alex knew that if Michael went near Maria that Rath would be after him. He had determined from what Maria had told him and from what he had seen that Rath was possessive. "Micheal if you knew that she knows all about your past. Would you let it go?" Alex asked.
"No that's all I ever wanted. Answers!" Michael answered. Max sighed before saying, "We are not getting any where. Our doubles are here.We need to come up with something so people don't get suspicious."
"How about we are ya cousins with a really strong family resemblance"Zan said.
They look up to see Zan, Ava and Lonnie. "Unless you have a better idea" Ava said. Zan noticed Liz looking at him and said, "Don't even think about it science girl. I aint no science project." He looked at Alex and said,"Speaking of projects. Where is that book Alex?"
"Are you going to change it back?" Alex asked. "Iz just want to see how much of it she decoded" Zan said. Deciding to be smart, he said, "Ya don't trust me?" Alex snickered before saying, "You are a little scary." Zan laughs as Alex takes the book out of his backpack. Zan looks through the Destiny book and says, "I see she didn't translate dis."
Alex nodded his head yes and said, "Maria said that it is like a bonding ceremony and that it can be very dark." Zan nodded his head yes and said, "The translation is how far would you go to prove to someone that you mean everything to them." He hands the book back to Alex and says, "We gonna jet. Why don't ya n Tess stop over later." "Sure they have had enough time to work things out?" Alex asks. "No. We are going grocery shopping Ria has no food" Zan said. "Not surprised Ria can't cook"Alex said.
Back at the apartment, Maria walked away from Rath while saying, "Rath I don't want to talk." Rath shook his head in annoyance and said, "Dat's to bad Iz do, so just listen then." Maria sighed, knowing Rath was going to talk whether she wanted to talk to him or not. "Why would Iz do dat to ya? We are connected on a level the others will never understand."
"You lost any rights to us the day I walked into your apartment and Lonnie was in your bed" Maria said. Rath ran his hands through his Mohawk trying to calm down. "Lonnie was crying over some guy that she found out some shit about. We fell asleep nothing happened" Rath said. He paused for a moment to see if she would say anything. When she remained silent, he asked, "Ya knew about destiny so ya thought Iz decided dat was for me?"
"Yes" Maria whispered. "Ria... Why did you runaway?Lonnie is just an excuse" Rath asked. "I'm scared" Maria finally answered.
"Of me?" Rath asked. Maria looked into his brown eyes and said, "No. That I will end up like my mom." Rath didn't understand how she could end up like her mom since he wasn't going anywhere. "You can connect with the baby. I am not ready for more yet" Maria said. Rath nodded his head yes while having no intentions of getting her into bed.
"Don't push"Maria said.
"Let's go in the bedroom" Rath suggested. Maria shook her head no and said, "You can connect with the baby out here." Rath raised his right eyebrow and said, "We will be in there later together." "I know please let me do this at my pace" Maria said. Rath sighs before saying, "Kay. Iz not made of stone."
Maria walks over to the couch and says, "We can sit here." Rath follows her over to the couch and says, "Will ya relax?" Maria slowly nods her head yes. "Iz promise I will not pounce till ya do"Rath says. Maria smiles while pushing her skirt down to her bikini line and revealing the tiny silver hand print. Rath thinks her skirt is too tight and growls, "Dats too tight." "My skirt is not tight"Maria growls.
Rath raises his eyebrow like he was deep in thought. "You promised" Maria reminds him. Rath places his hand on her abdomen. The baby forms a connection to him. Rath sees his son for the first time. He is so tiny. His son feels Rath's presence. Rath feels a weight lift off his shoulders from knowing that by the time his son is born everything will be fine. Feeling his son is now content, he breaks the connection.
Rath looks Ria in the eyes and says, "You have to connect to him too." "Next time we will do it together" Maria says. Rath starts to move his hand lower. "Rath you promised" Maria says while making no attempt to stop him. "Iz can't help it" Rath says in a thick and husky voice.
Rath moves his hand lower letting his fingers touch her folds. Ria moans as his fingers touch her folds of her heat. Inserting a finger into her heat, he pumped into her twice then removed his finger. Bringing his mouth to her mouth, he kisses her deeply. Breaking the kiss for air, he asked, "Why is ya fighting it? Ya are so wet."
Maria pushes Rath away from her. She jumps up from the couch and fixes her skirt. "I need to get some air. I will be back in a little while" Maria said. Rath watches Maria practically run out the door. "God dammit. Iz so sick of cold showers" Rath growls.
Tbc