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Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Rating: Mature
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
“Zan? Zan are you okay?” I glanced over my shoulder to see Marie standing there; she was wearing my shirt and looked as cute as ever “Come back to bed sweetie”
“I can’t sleep Marie. I think I might take a walk to clear my head” I replied, she came over and put her hands on my shoulders leaning her front against my back
“I should come with you on one of these mysterious walks you have from time to time. Okay honey, be quiet when you get back; I don’t want you walking up the kids” she said and I nodded
“Why don’t you come with me? We’ll just walk to the end of the street then come back” I said, she looked to our bedroom door with doubt
“What about the kids? We can’t leave them alone” she said I just smiled and pulled her into my arms
“They’ll be fine. If you’re that worried I’ll just sit out on the porch with you; they’re not going to wake up. It’s the middle of the night, they’re asleep” I said trying to reassure her and she nodded.
We sat out on our little bench in the cool air and I sighed deeply as I thought about my life and how I’d come to this point. Marie and I had been married for four years now and we had twins who were almost six years old; I loved everything about my life but something was missing and that were what was keeping me up at night. There was just something about who I was that kept me awake, like I was wasting time not figuring it out; I was sure it would slowly drive me crazy
“What are you thinking about?” she asked me suddenly. I looked down into her green eyes and tried to smile
“I’m thinking about my real parents again” I confessed with a heavy sigh “I almost wish mom and dad hadn’t told me I’d been adopted five years ago. It would have been better if I hadn’t known; for all intensive purposes they are my parents…”
“But you want to know” she concluded and I nodded slowly “It’s only natural that you want to know where you come from. It’s an instinct and I think it’ll help; to know where you want to go you have to know where you’re coming from. Is this why you can’t sleep at night?”
“I think that’s part of it… but I remember something. I always used to think I’d made it up but now I’m not so sure. It’s a memory I have from when I was really young… there were a group of people all together and they were dancing and happy. It’s weird because I know I wasn’t there when they were partying but I remember it as clearly as any other memory I have”
“You’re right. It is weird” she agreed with me “Have you ever thought about finding them? I mean haven’t you ever wondered about why they gave you up?”
“No”
“Really?” she sounded surprised; I shook my head and smiled
“I never wondered because I’m happy here, I’m not looking for what-ifs Marie. I have you and I have Alex and Charlie, that’s enough for me” I said, she sighed then cuddled back into my shoulder
“You shouldn’t try and bullshit me Zan. You might be successful believing your own crap but don’t make me swallow it”
“What do you mean? I’m not trying to bullshit you, ‘Rie” I said, and she leaned back up to stare at me
“If you’re so happy then you wouldn’t be loosing sleep. You need to do something about this or you’re going to run yourself into the ground. I think you should try and find your real parents and find out the what-ifs so you can get some closure so we can finally have a decent night’s sleep” I couldn’t help but grin at her, she was incredible! She knew exactly what was going on with me, even when I didn’t, and she knew how to make it better
“Okay. I’ll talk to my father tomorrow and find out what adopting agency they used. I’m not sure I want to find the answers, I don’t want to change things”
“Having answers about your parents won’t change anything. That is unless you meet them after you find them” she said and I paused, I knew that finding out who my real parents were would be life changing, even before I began to search I knew that they were different from regular people who put children up for adoption
“Are you cold?” I asked her and she nodded “Me too. C’mon let’s get back to bed, I’m still not tired but going to bed doesn’t mean sleep”
“Hm I like that line of thinking” she said as we went back inside and up to bed.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
“Hey pop. It’s me Zan” I said as I stood near the wall holding the phone. I’d come home from work early and everyone was still out; Alex and Charlie were at school and Marie was busy with her patients at her office.
“Oh hey Zan how are you?” he asked and I could hear the joy at me calling him, since Marie and I had got married and we’d got our own place I hadn’t seen my parents as much and I missed that
“I’m good dad but uhh there’s a reason why I’m calling. Lately, at night, for the past few weeks I’ve been having trouble sleeping. Marie and I talked and she thinks that it’s to do with my real parents so I want to… to track them down” I explained and the line went quiet “Tracking them down won’t change the fact that you will always be my parents. They gave me away… you gave me a home” I said and I could hear my dad crying “Don’t cry dad. It’s okay, just because I want to find them doesn’t mean I don’t love you any less”
“I’m so proud of you y’know. I know that you’ll always be my son because you were such a good kid growing up, even after we told you, you still loved us and strived to make us proud and you did. I want to support you in finding your real parents because I always knew this moment would come and you need to fill the missing whole in your life; adopting you as our son made me grateful for every second you spent with us, if helping you find where you come from is important to you then I want it to be as a thank you for being our son”
“God dad” I said fighting back the tears “You’ll have me crying too with your hallmark moment” I said chuckling and he laughed “I just need to know the adopting agency that handled my case. I booked some time off work to look properly”
“It was in New York. I don’t even know if it’s still there, it was the Randolph Jones Home a few blocks from Central Park” he said and I swallowed hard. They got me from New York? Why did they travel so far away to adopt?
“Thanks dad. I’ll look up what I can find on the internet” I sighed “Tell mom that you two should come and visit soon. The kids miss you, they enjoy your visits”
“We could come by later” he suggested and I smiled
“Yes. Later would be good, Marie gets in round five and the boys get in a little after three thirty… shall we say five thirty?”
“Sure. I’ll see you then Zan” he said then rung off.
I sat in front of the computer and waited for the results to come up in the search engine I’d chosen. I was surprised to find that Randolph Jones Home was still around in business; turned out that it was a privately owned adoption agency. That was another thing that made me wonder, why had my parents… my real parents… used a privately owned adoption agency? Why hadn’t they just dumped me into a government regulated one? This just seemed more and more weird.
I thought about emailing the owner and asking for my records but I thought that wouldn’t be wise. It would be best to go there in public, I couldn’t do this lightly… if I wanted to get the details on who left me there I had to be committed to it. I looked at hotels in New York, just to get some idea of price; I wanted to know how much this would cost me before I went. I wasn’t a rash young kid stumbling around in the dark; I was an adult with a wife and kids to support not to mention the mortgage on the house. I sighed deeply then I heard the school bus stopping in the street; I smiled to hear my two boys running up the garden path to the front door.
I’d met Marie when I was in college; we were both eighteen years old and had the world at our feet. I thought that after college we would part ways but instead we grew closer together, we moved in together and not soon after that we both found out she was pregnant. I was over the moon when they were born; we fussed over them so much. Then once Marie’s maternity leave was over she went back to work and I stayed home to look after them. When they were old enough to attend school I went back to continue my medical training so I could become a doctor.
“Daddy!” they called as they rushed inside to tell me about their day
“Hey boys. Did you have a good day at school?” I asked them as I shut the computer down. I figured I should make a start on dinner since my parents were coming round
“Yeah, we were learning about science today. It was so cool! Our teacher brought in a real live snake!” said Alex and Charlie bounced up and down wanting to tell his version of events
“So you did have a good day” I smiled “Guess what?”
“What? What?” they replied excitedly as they still held their backpacks
“Grandma and Grandpa are coming round for dinner” I said and their eyes widened in delight and they jumped up and down even more excited than when they came in “So I want you guys to wash your hands and face and pick up all your toys in the living room okay?”
“Yes sir” they said somewhat dejected but they went and did it anyway.
I looked through the fridge to get some idea of what I could make; mom was a vegetarian so I had to take that into consideration. I grinned when I saw a box of mushrooms and I knew immediately what I would make for them; everyone loved my mushroom pasta sauce. I grabbed some garlic bread from the freezer and put that on then I went about preparing all the ingredients for the sauce.
“Hi! I’m home” called Marie, I glanced at the clock and saw it was a little after five. I must of lost track of time
“Hey, I’m in the kitchen” I replied and she came in then paused as she sniffed the air
“You’re making your mushroom pasta sauce” she said and I nodded, she wrapped her arms around my waist “You know how much I love that stuff” she began to nibble on my ear and I couldn’t help but chuckle. I turned around and pulled her into my arms and attacked her mouth, we made out until we both heard giggling and we turned to see Alex and Charlie leaning round the doorway laughing and whispering. We both blushed at being caught and Marie went and shooed them off
“My parents are coming over for dinner, they should be here soon” I called “Dad wanted to talk to me about the adoption” there was a loud crash then Alex and Charlie came running out and threw their arms around me “Boys? What…?”
“Don’t get rid of us” Alex cried as he held tightly onto my leg while Charlie gripped the other
“Yeah don’t put us up for adoption” he said, I just smiled and knelt down in front of them so they could see me while I explained
“I’m not putting either of you up for adoption. Grandpa and Grandma are coming here to talk about my adoption. When I was a little baby my real parents gave me away and then your Grand parents adopted me so I was their son. They told me and now I’m going to try and find out why my real parents gave me away. I would never give you away, you’re my babies and I love you more and more every day” I told them then pulled them into a hug.
I heard the front door open and I stood up, that must be them coming in. I saw mom before I saw dad, she was carrying two large present bags
“Where are my grandsons!” she called, the boys looked up at me and I just smiled and nodded to them to go to her, they quietly went off to greet her. I finished my pasta sauce then put the pasta on to boil.
I went into the dining room and set the table while the pasta cooked, I laid everything out and I began to think about my real parents again. I’d always said that it didn’t matter to me but now thinking about it, it took up most of my waking thought and I didn’t like it.
“Hey Zan” said dad as he came into the room “How’s work”
“Hectic. I have so many patients, I’m sure people just enjoy getting sick so they can come in and sit in that waiting room” I joked and he pulled me into a hug and clapped me on the back
“Eh but it pays the bills, right?” he replied laughing and I nodded
“Dinner’s almost ready. Could you call Marie down for me and get everyone sat up to the table?” I asked and he nodded
“Sure. What did you cook?”
“Mushroom pasta with garlic bread” I said before leaving the room. I served everything out onto plates and cut the bread up and put it in a basket. Marie appeared to help me carry everything in; when we were in college we’d both worked as wait staff so we had learnt to carry three plates at once. I set everything down and went back to get the garlic bread.
I’d missed family meals like this, sure I enjoyed my own family meals with Marie and the kids, but mom and dad were my family too and when they weren’t there it was like something was missing. There was not a word until most of the plates were cleared and all the garlic bread was gone
“That was brilliant” mom said and I blushed, I don’t know where I got my cooking skills from because both mom and dad were terrible cooks; I guess that I had to learn how to make good food so I didn’t make myself sick on their burnt scrambled egg and frozen semi cooked chicken
“Glad you liked it. I cooked it because you were coming round” I said, she smiled then patted my hand
“Did you have any luck with the internet?” asked dad, Marie glanced at me wondering what he was talking about so I thought it was best to bring everyone up to speed
“Marie and I talked last night about me finding my parents because it’s causing me to… loose sleep” I said addressing them then I turned to Marie “I spoke to dad and he gave me the name of the adoption agency that handled my case and I looked on the internet”
“You did? What did you find?” she asked a little surprised that I had already started looking
“Well that’s the thing. It’s a privately owned adoption agency not a regular one, who ever my parents were they knew what they were doing. I mean why go to all the trouble to put me there? Why not a regular one?”
“Did you email them?” asked mom, I shook my head
“I think that it would be best if I went there in person. I want to find my records and I can’t do that by email” I said, Marie looked a little upset but I just reached out and put my hand over hers “If I went then I’d want you to come with me. You’ve been with me through everything, I want you to be with me through this” I said, she smiled and linked fingers with me. I cleared my throat and glanced at mom and dad “Would you take the boys from a couple of days? We could always get a babysitter in…”
“Nonsense” said mom “You know how I feel about those babysitters. Besides we’d love to, we’ve hardly see them since you’re all grown up now and it’d be nice to have kids running round the house again”
“You boys don’t mind staying with us do ya?” asked dad and they grinned excitedly with their faces covered in the white sauce from dinner. We began to make arrangements for them to go stay at my parent’s house, while Marie and mom were packing dad helped me clear the table and wash the dishes
“Phillip Evans” he said suddenly and I looked up surprised
“Excuse me?” I asked, I wasn’t quite sure what I’d heard him say
“Phillip Evans. He’s the man who left you at that agency. I had forgotten his name until now; I saw it on your file when we were filling out forms to adopt you. He wasn’t listed under ‘father’ but it just said his name on the sheet”
“Thanks dad” I said with a sigh “I know this must be hard on you and mom but I need answers. It’s keeping me awake at night, I know that there’s something about who they are that’s important and I have to know it. I’m scared to know what it is and I’m scared in case it’s dangerous and Marie and the boys get hurt by it”
“It’s going to be okay you know. Nothing’s going to happen to them” he said “Because you’re smart enough to keep anything bad from happening to them”
“I know” I mumbled but I still worried about it.
“The kids are all packed and ready to go” said Marie from the doorway. I put the last of the dried dishes away in the cupboard and we all went out into the hall. I knelt down to hug Alex and Charlie
“You be good you hear me”
“Bring us back presents!” said Alex as he grinned cheekily. I ruffled his hair and let Marie say goodbye to them. I hugged me parents then we stood in the doorway and watched as they loaded up their car and put the boys in the back.
“We should pack too” I said, Marie just smiled and shook her head
“I’ll pack because I know you’re terrible at it. You go book us a nice hotel room, okay?” she said and I just nodded. She went upstairs to pack and I went into the living room to power up the computer and look up hotels in New York.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie. We’d got to New York late last night after taking turns in driving. As soon as we got there we checked into the hotel and got some sleep. I as usual couldn’t sleep, so I just lay with Marie sleeping softly on my shoulder. I held her in my arms and felt content, she was beautiful and I loved times like this when it was just the two of us. I had dated my fair share of girls in high school and I had spent a night with some of them but none of them had ever felt like this. I knew that I loved Marie with all my soul and I would do anything for her.
“I love you” I whispered to her and she murmured in her sleep
“Love” she replied and I felt happy tears come to my eyes. I pressed a kiss to her forehead and closed my eyes and tried to sleep.
I woke up with the sun trying to spill it’s way through the curtains and found myself alone in bed, I sat up and saw Marie padding out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel and dripping wet, I swallowed hard and bit my lip at the sight of her. She did amazing things to me when she was dressed like that. I watched her move around the room and she stopped when she caught me staring
“What?” she asked then looked down at her body, she had no clue what she did to me and that was the reason I got so turned on. I slid from the bed and pulled off my shirt I wore for bed so I just stood there wearing my tented shorts “Oh. I see” she said when she saw my erection straining at my boxers.
I grabbed her up into my arms and her towel fell away, I carried her back to bed and we made love.
We slept for a bit after we made love then I woke up and got dressed, I saw her lying there so content as she reached out for me. She sat up then yawned happily
“I suppose we should get dressed now” she said, she got up and moved to her suit case naked. Her long hair was still damp as it flowed down her back, I loved her long brown hair… it was one of the things that attracted her to me when we first met.
We got dressed and I grabbed the car keys and the hotel room key and shoved them into my pocket before we left
“I’m driving” she said as she looped her arm around my back and fished my keys out of my jeans pocket. I put my arm around her shoulder and we walked down together like that to our car.
We got in and I realised why she’d said she was driving, I suddenly became a nervous wreck. I began to think about all the what-ifs that could happen at the agency. She held my hand, linking fingers with me as we drove there. I tried to clear my mind by thinking about other things, things I knew to be accurate and true, things that I valued like the day I got married. How long we danced on the dance floor and the day when the twins were born; how proud I was then. I even thought about doing the first aid course and when I first saw Marie. I knew I loved her there and then “What are you thinking about?” she asked breaking the silence
“I’m thinking about all the good times in my life. That first aid course at college, our wedding day when we just danced like crazy until they had to kick us all out and when the twins were born. I keep feeling like those happy moments will disappear because I’m going to find out I’m someone completely different”
“One of my patients, who comes once a month, he’s in high school and he’s going through an identity crisis because his parents recently told him that he and his sister are adopted. He said that he suspected that he was adopted for a long time but when he actually found it he felt like he was a complete stranger. Do you know what I told him?”
“No. What?” I asked, she smiled and rubbing her fingers against my hand
“That he is who he is. Just because he’s adopted doesn’t change the fact that all the choices he made came from him as a person. You can’t change who you are by finding out about people who have had no influence in his life to date” she said and I sighed. She was right, as always, I was shaped by the events I had been in and the people who had been in my life, she’d just strengthen my belief that my mom and dad would always be my parents even though they weren’t my real ones, they were my family.
“Thanks Marie” I said and she just smiled
“I wouldn’t be a good therapist if I didn’t know how to make you feel better”
“I think that comes more under being a good wife” I pointed out and she laughed then slowed down
“We’re here. I just need to find a parking space” she said as she pulled off the road and into a multi-story car park. I always hated these multi-story car parks; they always gave me the creeps. We got out and I held her hand as we walked along, I needed her strength because even though she’d tried to calm me down I still felt nervous and apprehensive.
It was about half a block away from the car park and we walked there in silence. When we got there I just stood there for the longest time staring at the place. It definitely felt familiar and I sighed deeply, this was really real! “Are you okay? Do you want to go in now?” she asked and I nodded slowly. She pressed the buzzer at the intercom and we waited for a crackled response
“Can I help you?” came a strong clear voice despite the interference
“Yes, my name is Alexander Edison. This agency handled my adoption case twenty six years ago, I’d like to talk to someone about it” I said, I cursed myself for sounding like an idiot but the gates swung open. I turned to look at Marie and she just shrugged, we walked through the small garden up to the house. There was a woman waiting at the top of the steps for us
“I’m Elizabeth Jones; I’m the current owner of this agency. My grandfather started it way back in the 1900s, it used to be a girls school back then” she explained, then she held out her hand for us to shake
“I’m Alexander Edison and this is my wife Marie. We’ve come here to find out about my real parents” I explained
“Yes, why don’t you come inside” she gestured and we followed her inside and into her office. It was cluttered and filled with books and had several rows of filing cabinets against the wall to the right
“You must understand that our files are confidential” she began as she sat down behind her desk. We sat down on the two chairs in front of her and I felt on edge, I went to open my mouth but she held up her hand “But after a certain period of time, due to laws regulating public rights some files can be accessed”
“How long is that period of time?” Marie asked for me as she leaned forward as if waiting for the answer to appear before her
“It used to be fifteen years but it’s gone up to twenty years. You said your adoption was twenty six years ago?” she said and I nodded feeling suddenly relieved. She stood up and went to her files and began looking through the ‘E’ draw for me. “Edison, Edison, Edison” she mumbled to herself as she flicked through the files “There’s no name for Edison I’m afraid”
“Could you try Evans?” I asked and she narrowed her eyes at me
“Do you go by… a nickname by any chance?”
“Yes… everyone calls me Zan. My parents just assumed that it was short for Alexander” I told her. She nodded then closed up the filing cabinet and came back to her desk
“I handled that case myself” she said then she opened the bottom draw of her desk and pulled out a file “It wasn’t exactly legal because an old friend of mine from law school asked for me a favour. Your case was different from the regular cases, normally outside cases that come from social services are because the orphanages are too full up to take anymore so we take them in but we don’t take in any children from unknown sources”
“Why was my case so different? Who was your friend?” I demanded, I wanted to know why this kept taking stranger and stranger turns
“His name was Phillip Evans, his wife Diane was here too. Let me see now” she said and she opened the file “It was April 2002. He said that his son Max had gotten a girl pregnant and he couldn’t keep the baby”
“So my father… my real father is Max Evans?” I asked and she nodded “Do you know what my mother’s name was?”
“No. There’s no name listed for your mother, I’m sorry but this says that she died not long after you were one”
“My real mother” I whispered and Marie tightened her grip on my hand. I looked up at the owner as something sounded odd “I was one when I came here? They kept me for a year before they gave me up? Wait so does that mean that I’m really twenty seven?”
“I don’t know the details I just handled the adoption. Yes you are twenty seven… let me see. Ahah! You were born on the seventeenth of august 2001”
“I’m married to an older man” said Marie suddenly, I stared at her like she’d grown an extra head then I burst out laughing. I took me a moment to calm down because what she’d said just seemed so absurd!
“Miss Jones, would it be possible for me to take my file?” I asked, she shook her head smiling
“I don’t see why not. But we do need to keep a copy of everything in that folder, for our records you understand” she said and I nodded. She photocopied all the pieces of paper then handed them to me. It seemed far too easy but that was it, I had a starting point to who my real parents were. I wanted to know why they’d kept me for a year before putting me up for adoption; I had this burning need to know the truth.
“Thank you for your help Miss Jones” I said, we shook hands and parted ways.
I sat in the car reading through some of the pieces of paper while Marie went to get us some sandwiches and hot chocolate from a little café on the corner of the block since we’d skipped breakfast.
I read the notes that had been made and I saw that I was originally from Roswell, New Mexico. I stared for a long time at the signature at the bottom of the page; Phillip Evans esquire. My grandfather was a lawyer… had been. I wondered if he was still alive? Twenty six years is a long time.
When Marie came back she got in and handed me my sandwich, I didn’t eat it because I was waiting to ask her. I wanted to go to Roswell and get my answers
“You want to go and find them don’t you?” she said suddenly, she knew me better than I knew myself and I nodded
“I want to know why they kept me for a year. I want to know what happened to my mother, was it because she died? Could my father not cope? Or was there… something else”
“Something else? Do you have a feeling again?” she asked, all my life there had been times when I had feelings. I had one when I met her and I had one when I was in the middle of a lecture and I knew that she was having the twins. I remembered that day because I’d just got up and walked out leaving all my stuff there.
“I’ve had this feeling that this is important. Like really important, I know that I have to find out but I just know that even though it’s important it’s also dangerous. I know that people have… have died because of this” I whispered so I could barely hear my words
“If it’s dangerous we should leave it alone” she said as she put down her drink and sandwich “I don’t want anything bad to happen to you Zan”
“It wont” I promised her “Marie, I know we haven’t been apart since we met but I want you to go back to Boston and look after the kids”
“No. I’m not going home without you Zan” she said firmly. I put down my food and slid closer to her and pulled her into my arms
“I need to know that you are with the kids and that you’re both safe. Stay with my parents if you have to just please… I couldn’t bare if anything happened to you or the kids. If something happens to me I want to die knowing that you’re okay”
“Don’t talk like that you’re scaring me Zan. I want to come with you” she said, I tried to talk her out of it but she was adamant.
“Okay, fine!” I said when I gave in “We’ll go back to the hotel, pack our things up then get a plane to New Mexico. When I find out what I need we’ll come back here and drive home okay?” I said and she nodded. We ate in comfortable silence; both of us had been crying while argued and neither of us made any attempt to hide the fact.
Back at the hotel she packed for me and I called home. As well as not being apart from Marie since college I’d not been parted from my kids since they were born and I really missed them even though it had only been one day.
“Hey Charlie. Are you having a good time there?” I asked, he talked a mile a minute about what he’d been up to. Mom had apparently made them chocolate fudge brownies and they’d played out by the pool and dad had even gotten his old guitar out to play “Do you want to talk to your mom?”
“Yeah! I want to tell her about fixing up the old tree house” he said, I scowled. That tree house was older than I was and I didn’t feel safe with my kids or my dad going up onto those old rotten planks of wood
“Charlie, could you put grandpa on for a moment then you can talk to mom in a bit okay?” I said and he did
“Hey Zan?” he began
“Dad, I know they’re having a good time and all but I don’t want Alex or Charlie playing in the tree house. I don’t want you to either, it’s old and most of the wood is rotten; besides you’re not that young anymore and I don’t want any of you to get hurt” I said with worry
“Hey, less of the ‘not that young’” he said laughing “Did you have any luck finding out information?”
“Yeah I did. That’s one of the reasons why I called, are you okay with looking after the kids a little longer?” I inquired, I heard him practically grin over the phone; he was such a big kid!
“Of course we can. But how long is a little longer?” he replied “Will we have to take them to school on Monday?”
“I think you might. I found out that Phillip Evans is my grandfather and I’m… twenty seven. I was one when they gave me away” I told him, I still hated the fact that I was older than I believed I was and that I was now closer to thirty.
“Eh so you’re a year older. You’re still a kid” he said and I chuckled
“Hey! Less of the ‘kid’ please. I’m a grown man with kids of my own” I said laughing and he laughed on the other end “Anyway my father’s name is Max Evans and he lives in Roswell, New Mexico so that’s where we’re going”
“Did you find anything about your real mother?” he asked and I went silent
“She died some time when I was one. That might be the reason my father gave me away but I won’t know till I get there and ask him”
“You’re going to meet him?” he gasped suddenly, I fell silent
“Yes. Marie and I are flying to New Mexico, I need to know dad. I know I always said that I didn’t but now that I’ve started looking I won’t be happy until I know why. We’re going to get return tickets so after I find out what’s going on we can come back to New York then drive home. We’re going to leave the car in the long stay airport car park so when we get back it’ll be waiting for us”
“Okay” he said “Do you want to put the kids back on so they can talk to Marie?”
“Sure” I said then handed the phone to Marie who had almost finished packing “Marie, the kids want to talk to you” I said with a smile and she took then phone off me so she could speak to them. She explained to them that we were going to be a little longer and from the sounds of what I heard they seemed excited that they got to spend more time with their grandparents. It made me feel a little saddened for Marie because her parents had both been killed in a car crash before we ever met. I knew it hurt her a lot when it happened and that she still wasn’t truly over it because they never got to see her get married or the arrival of their grandchildren.
I know it wasn’t the same but as soon as my parents met her and saw how serious we were about being together they immediately treated her like a member of the family and she really appreciated that because it was like she had parents again.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
I zipped the suitcase up then sat on the bed just watching her talk to the kids until she hung up the phone and put it back in it’s cradle
“Hey” I began and she looked up at me “Are you okay, love?” this was difficult for me but this was also difficult for her, I had to know that she was okay with all this before we took on any more unanswered questions.
“I will be when this is all over and we can go home and be a family again” she said, I stood up moving to hold her
“We could just forget this you know. If you want to go home we can do”
“But this matters to you Zan” she said, I tipped her chin with my fingers so her eyes met mine
“You matter to me Marie. I would do anything to make you happy and if going home and being a family is what will make you happy then let’s do that”
“No. Not yet, you need your answers and it’s unfair to take that away from you. Besides if we went home now you’d still face sleepless nights and I want to be able to take you home and not have this hanging over us. So c’mon” she said with a sigh “Let’s go to Roswell and find your real parents” she said. I nodded and felt my love for this woman grow with each second I spent with her.
We checked out of the hotel and I paid using up some of the money I’d saved over the years since I’d become a paediatrician straight out of college. I’d never really spent my pay checks on anything other than necessary house hold things that the kids needed. Marie pulled in so much more money than me because she worked in New York as a top psychiatrist; she was one of the best in her field and pulled in so many clients because she was so young.
The flight was stressful, I had a fear of flying even though I’d never been in helicopters and planes in the past. I don’t know where it came from because my parents had never been afraid of flying yet I just had this innate sense of fear that we would crash.
“It’s going to be fine Zan” she said as we boarded the plane “There’s no reason for you to be scared. Travelling in a plane is one of the safest ways to travel and it’s not going to be that long! We’ll be there soon enough”
“I know it’s just I keep thinking about when I was little. I remember being on a plane and it crashed and there were all these people who were hurt then…” I shook my head
“You were in a plane crash? When you were a kid?” she sounded surprised
“Yes. No. I don’t know, it’s something I can remember from a long time ago. I don’t know if it’s something I dreamed or imagined but it’s something that’s always been with me” I said
“Have you ever asked your parents about it?” she asked as we sat down, I shook my head as I fastened my belt. She just glanced at me like I was being silly but I didn’t really care
“They said that we’ve never been involved in a plane crash. In fact the first time they took me on a plane was when I was ten and we went to visit family in Italy” I told her and she nodded slowly
“Do you think… that’s how your real mother died?” she said quietly, as she pieced things together “If it’s something you remember but it was before you came to be with your parents then maybe you were in a crash and that’s how she died? It would explain things and it would explain your fear of flying” I thought about it and it did make sense but it didn’t sound quite right, I wanted to get to Roswell so I could find out the answers myself.
Thankfully the plane didn’t crash, no matter how panicky I got it continued to be a smooth flight and when we touched down in Albuquerque I couldn’t get off the plane fast enough. I felt sick after flying and I immediately rushed to a bathroom as soon as I got into the terminal and threw up. Marie, being Marie, came with me into the men’s toilets while I threw up; she stroked my back while I leaned over the bowl and stayed with me until I stopped.
“Ugh” I groaned as my stomach protested at me emptying it. I bought a bottle of water once we got into the duty free section of the airport while Marie went and rented a car so we could drive to Roswell. I waited to collect our luggage from the bag carousel and met her near the car rental office
“Are you ready baby?” I asked as I came over, putting my arms around her waist. The man behind the counter looked flustered and he cleared his throat
“Here you go. I’ll have someone bring the car round the front for you” he said as he handed her the keys. Marie just smirked as she picked up her bag and pulled her suitcase behind her
“That guy was flirting with me before you came in. I think you scared the hell out of him” she said, I glared over my shoulder at the man at the counter and I suddenly had the urge to go back in there and beat the crap out of him from trying to flirt with my wife! “But the second he saw you I’m sure he crapped his pants. You’re built like one of those wrestles on those fake wrestling shows” she said leaning against my arm
“Don’t exaggerate, Marie, I’m not built like those guys” I said but felt a little pride that she thought I looked cut
“Okay maybe not exactly like them but you’re still my big strong hero!” she giggled and I roared then lifted her up into my arms making her laugh out loud as I carried her through the airport to the door where our car was indeed waiting “Where’s our first port of call?”
“I’m thinking we should stop at a hotel first. Make sure we’ve got somewhere to stay before we start bugging people” I said and she nodded
“I want to pay for it this time. You paid for the one in New York and the airplane tickets, we both know that I make more than you do”
“But this is my search. I don’t want you have to be shelling out for it” I said, she just came over and looped her arms around my neck
“Hmm” she said as she went into deep in thought “If you let me pay for it I’ll make love to you when we get there” I had to agree with her terms when she came up with that.
I couldn’t wait to get to the hotel so we could get checked in, I felt like breaking the speed limit as we left Albuquerque city limits, she seemed as desperate and as turned on as I was. I tried to keep my attention on the road and the sparse traffic but when she undid the zip on her jeans I couldn’t concentrate. I was going to end up killing us both if I didn’t pull over now, I couldn’t wait for the hotel! I turned off the road not really caring that I was pulling onto desert, I killed the engine and dragged her into the back seat.
It felt wild and dangerous like when we were college and we didn’t want anyone to know about us being together yet. We crept around for almost a four months and this moment felt like it did back then; I loved the danger and the thrill of being caught and doing something so open
“Ahh” she whimpered as she leaned against me, I knew she was close by the way she was clinging to me. I knew her body and how she moved like second nature; I’d been with her for so long, I knew what made her fall apart at the seams. Just like she knew how to do that to me
“Marie!” I couldn’t help but gasp as she nibbled at my neck and tugged at my hair
“Yeah that’s it baby” she whispered into my ear “I want you to come. Come for me Zan, come inside me” I was powerless to resist and I came hard inside her. After that we parted and pulled our clothes back on, we blushing as we climbed back into the front and continued driving. She leaned closer to me and I put my arm around her shoulder as I drove and I felt a strange calmness come over when I saw the sign saying we were entering Roswell City Limits; it felt like I was coming home after being gone for a long time, I tried to shake this feeling but the more and more we moved closer to the main drag of the city the more I felt like I never wanted to leave like this was where I belonged. That if I had Marie and the kids and we lived here I would be the happiest person who ever lived.
Marie pointed out a hotel, just across the road from a strange but decent sized diner, called the Tumbleweed Inn. We stopped there and it was nice enough, there was even several pictures up on the wall of past conventions and there was a picture of Jonathan Frakes who used to be in Star Trek years ago before it had truly sold out and made all these films with different people; I’d seen the reruns that were well before my time and the classics were always the best.
Our room was the hundredth room they’d rented out this month, according to the guy at the check in desk business was booming. It had been like that for the last ten years, ever since there was a sighting out in the desert. There had been dry lightning and then suddenly this glowing symbol appears in the sky and several people came forward having seen a UFO… it was a big thing. Turns out that a reported UFO had crashed out in the desert but when film crews came it had vanished.
“This place is kooky” said Marie as she saw the blow up alien doll sitting on the bed when we got into the hotel room “Put that thing in the bathroom it’s freaking me out. I hope that all the people here aren’t alien mad”
“Don’t worry I’m sure they’re not. There’s got to be some sensible people here, I mean this is probably where I was born and I’m sensible right?” I said and she just gave me that look like I was being silly. I grinned and shook my head, some of my hair flopped forward and I brushed it back behind my ear “Let’s unpack later. I’m starving, I didn’t really eat any of that plane food because I was too nervous and I did… throw up my breakfast” I mumbled, I hated throwing up; not because it was disgusting but because it made me feel like a kid
“Sure but let me get changed first” she said and I blushed, she got changed and I changed my shorts because they were kinda sticky.
***
The diner was alien themed and looked like it could change for occasions; there was a corner near the till that could hold a band, there was a counter, tables and booths and despite it being alien themed it seemed nice enough. There was a large mural on the wall to the right and behind the small bandstand was a very thorough and in-depth bulletin board full of newspaper articles and clippings about ‘mysterious’ events that had happened ever since the very first crash back in 1947. There was even a small section dedicated to the disappearance of six teens on the night of Graduation; I went over and read some of the interviews from witnesses and there was one saying that one of the kids who disappeared was an alien.
“Ya like it?” someone asked and I turned to see a man in his sixties with salt and pepper hair who stood behind the counter
“Oh uhh I was just looking” I said and I stepped back
“It’s okay. A lot of tourists come here because of the disappearance back then, a lot of them believe that they were abducted” he said sounding proud “You see her? That’s my daughter”
“Oh” I said “I’m sorry. You must miss her a lot”
“Not really” he said and I gave him a weird look, how could he not miss his daughter “Because I know what really happened to her”
“What happened? Did she really disappear?” I wanted to know, why had six kids just disappeared? She probably eloped and got married, nothing weird about it.
“She was abducting by an alien” he said, he sounded way to happy about it. If his daughter had been abducted then should he have been worried
“Okay” I said then backed away to where Marie was sitting waiting “I’m sure that guy behind the counter is nuts. He kept saying that his daughter was abducted by an alien and that’s he’s proud of it”
“You’re right that guy does sound nuts” she said, she slid closer to the wall “This place is creepy, there’s a weird atmosphere here. I’m not sure I like it”
“Don’t worry, we won’t stay here long. I don’t like it either but this looks like the main hang out, so it’d be a good place to get a lay of the land” I told her and she nodded. I grabbed a menu and looked it over, they were designed with pictures of strange symbols at the top of the page and there was a special section called Antarian Take Off near the back that had things with people’s names on it. I was about to put it down when I saw the name Max Evans next to Orbit Rings “Shit!”
“What?”
“Marie, look at this” I said pointing to the menu
“That’s… that’s your dad’s name” she whispered, she glanced round the café then back to me “What do you think it means?”
“I don’t know but I’m going to ask that whack-job” I said and got up from the booth leaving her alone sitting there
“Hey” I said as I stood up at the counter section
“Yeah, what’ll it be?” he asked as he stood there holding a little note pad and pencil. He assumed I was ordering because I had a menu
“I’m not ordering. I want to know why you have people’s names on your menu” I demanded holding it out and pointing at ‘Max Evans’ “I’m adopted and this guy…” his face went pale and his jaw threatened to fall open in surprise then he quickly plastered on a fake grin
“Would you like Tabasco with your meal?” he asked rather loudly
“What? No! I don’t want Tabasco and I’m not ordering anything!” I snapped, someone got up from their chair and came over. The person was a sheriff and he laid his hat down on the counter
“Is everything okay here Jeff?” he asked gruffly, he must have been the same age as the guy behind the counter. During this point Marie got up and came over to me
“Every thing’s fine. This customer’s from out of town and he was just ordering” he said
“I was not” I said firmly, I was growing irritated with this guy
“Calm down honey” said Marie and I sighed deeply as she put her hand on my shoulder
“Look, I came over to ask about your menu…” I began
“Yeah and I’ve got you down for Orbit Rings, Cherry Cola and Tabasco see?” he said then ripped the piece of paper off his order book and handed it to me. I read it and Marie leaned over my shoulder to read it too but it definitely didn’t mention food ‘Are you Zan?’ it read and I looked up surprised. Marie glanced back and forth between me and him; he knew something about my father
“Yeah, yeah that’s what I ordered” I said going along with them. I nodded my head and I watched Jeff and the Sheriff exchange a glance before “But I’m not really that hungry anymore”
“Why don’t you take a tour of the UFO centre across the street? It’s a good place for tourists” he suggested and I nodded. I took hold of Marie’s hand and we left the diner and went across the road to the UFO Centre
“What was all that about?” she asked
“I don’t know but I do know that that guy knew about my father. I think we should wait here until I figure out what to do next. Maybe he’s coming to meet us?” I said
“Okay” she replied “We don’t have to go inside do we? The diner spooked me enough, this place is probably going to be worse!”
“No baby we don’t have to go inside” I said and pulled her into my arms “Maybe we should go back to the hotel. I don’t like where this is going, it really could be dangerous?” we were about to leave when the Sheriff’s cruiser pulled up and he got out and came over to us
“Zan?” he whispered as he looked around like he was looking for the boogie man hiding in the shadows
“Yeah?” I replied slowly “What’s going on? What’s with all this secrecy?”
“Get in. Both of you” he said opening the back door to his cruiser “And don’t talk. My car is bugged. If they know you’re here then it’ll be all over for you”
“Where are we going?” Marie demanded
“Just get in” he said again then climbed into the front. She looked scared but my instincts were telling me to trust him, they’d never been wrong before so I climbed in. Marie looked hesitant
“Trust me babe. I have a feeling” I told her and she got in and slammed the door shut. We didn’t even have time to buckle our belts before he was off speeding along the road. He drove out into the desert and Marie clung to me as we moved further and further from the city and civilisation
“I’m scared” she whispered, I nodded and stroked her hair to try and calm her down
“It’s going to be okay” I told her and I had to make myself believe it; yeah I had my instincts but I also had my rational beliefs that were telling me that this was a bad idea and that we should have never gotten in the car to begin with.
He pulled off the high way and drove towards an outcropping of rocks that looked like a beautiful landscape; I could sense a strange energy coming from the place that seemed so familiar. I’d never felt it before and I wondered what was up there. The sheriff gunned the engine then got out, he walked away from the vehicle and we quickly climbed out to follow him. He walked up the incline then stopped and waited for us
“Stay here. The others will be here soon, it’s not safe for me to stay here. If there are still agents they’re going to get onto me if I spend too much time away from work”
“What’s going on? Who are the others? Why isn’t it safe?” I demanded but he was already walking back down the incline. We tried to follow after him but we weren’t as used to the land as he was and he got a head start. I reached the bottom and he was already driving off
“Zan!” cried Marie and I turned to see her trip over and hit the ground hard. I rushed back over to her and saw blood on her leg
“Shit!” I cried, I assessed the damage and saw that while she’d broken it the blood was just from a graze. It didn’t look like it had misplaced, she was lucky “Here, lift it up so it doesn’t swell too much” I said as I put my hand under her ankle and lifted up her leg. It was all my fault, I wish she hadn’t gotten hurt! Then suddenly the strangest thing seemed to happen; my hand began to glow and she whimpered
“Zan” she said softly and I watched the blood over the graze disappear until it was like she’d never gotten hurt in the first place “What just happened?”
“I-I don’t know” I mumbled, I touched her leg where she broke it and it was fine. She slowly leaned her strength on me then stood up and tested her leg, I expected her to cry out in pain but nothing happened. She walked a few steps before turning round to stare at me
“You… healed me” she said quietly, I shook my head and went over to her. It was physically impossible for me to heal like that just by touch! I was about to tell her that when another car appeared, it was not far away but it was coming from a different direction than where the sheriff had gone
“I think we should hide” I said, she grabbed my hand and we went and hide behind a copse of bushes and old bits of tumble weed and waited for the car to get here.
It was a people carrier and when it stopped two people got out, a woman who had greying brownish hair and the man was tall with dirty grey hair and a gruff face. I was wary of them, my instincts were up in the air. The woman got a picnic basket out from the back of the car and tried to look inconspicuous.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
“Who do you think they are?” whispered Marie, but I just gestured for her to be quiet
“They should definitely be here” said the man quietly “Jeff said that they left immediately and he got the signal from Valenti”
“We’ll they’re not Phillip. We have to wait for the sheriff to bring them” said the woman, then she smiled and she looked happy “I can’t believe Zan’s come looking for us. I can’t believe it! I wonder what he looks like! I bet he looks like Max”
“I bet he does but I’m sure that he might look a little like Tess too” said Phillip “I wonder if he has blonde hair like she did? We couldn’t really tell when he was a baby”
“No. I know, he’d have hair like Max did” she said “I’m sure of it”
“How do you know?” he asked, she just pointed at the bushes where we were hiding and I panicked. Had she seen us? I tried to duck down lower but it was too late, Phillip came over and pulled the weeds away from us “Z-Zan? Is that you?” I stood up and moved Marie behind me
“Who are you? What’s going on?” I demanded quietly, I had grown sick and tired of being ignored and not given proper answers
“I’m Phillip Evans and this is my wife Diane” he explained gesturing to himself and his wife “We’re your grandparents Zan. Your father was our son Max”
“You’re that lawyer who gave me away. Where are my real parents? Why all the secrecy? Why is this all so cloak and dagger?”
“It’s a long story and it’s something you’re not going to believe easily” said Diane she said then held up the picnic basket. She opened it and inside was a box, she took it out and set it down on the ground before putting the picnic basket down too “Thirty nine years ago… wow has it really been that long?” she said to herself before continued “Thirty nine years ago Phillip and I were coming back from Clovis. We drove along the old high way, just back there” she turned and pointed to the stretch of road they’d come from “We were coming home and we saw these two kids walking along the road completely naked. They were six years old but they had no clue about anything, it was like they had just been born; at the time we didn’t really think much of it but looking back now it made sense. We adopted both of them and named them Max and Isabel, for thirteen years we believed that they were normal… there were some times that made us think otherwise…”
“What were they?” I whispered, I already knew they answer
“Zan…” began Phillip
“They were aliens weren’t they?” I whispered, not really believing what I was saying. Diane nodded “That. Is. Not. Possible” I said firmly, I didn’t want to believe it and went to walk away
“Zan!” called Phillip “You weren’t born on Earth, you were born on a planet called Antar. Your real mother Tess brought you back when you were about one, she came back in a spaceship and it crashed out in the desert” I stopped then turned around
“The crash” I whispered “It crashed and there were all those people who were hurt”
“I think we should tell him everything” said Diane, she got a blanket out from the other side of the basket and spread it down on the ground and gestured for everyone to sit down. We sat down and she opened the small wooden lacquered box and took out several items and handed them round
“A year before the millennium a girl got shot in that café you were in before. She was shot and she was going to die when Max jumped up, he put his hand over the bullet wound and…”
“Healed her” said Marie, it had been the first time she’d spoke since they found us. They stared at her in surprise. Diane stared at her before clearing her throat
“Who are you? Are you his sister or something?” she asked, Marie shook her head and linked fingers with me
“I’m his wife” she replied proudly “My name’s Marie and we’ve been married for six years now”
“We have a grand daughter in law” gasped Phillip
“I’m too old for this” said Diane as she leaned over to rest her head against her husband’s shoulder
“We have children too. We named them Alex and Charlie” I explained and reached for my wallet to show them a picture
“Alex” whispered Diane as she glanced at her husband, he nodded grimly and I wondered what they weren’t telling me.
“Carry on with the story. You said your son healed some girl who got shot?” I said and Phillip nodded and took over talking
“She got shot and Max healed her, it made the papers. We don’t really know much about that time because we didn’t know about Max or Isabel at that time. I guess the only person who could give you any kind of understand is Valenti… he’s the Sheriff” he explained and I nodded “What we do know is that during that first year Max revealed the fact that he, his sister and their best friend Michael were aliens to Liz Parker, Maria Deluca and Alex Whitman. I think the sheriff was going to turn them in for being aliens but his son Kyle got shot and Max saved him too by healing him. Things got really rocky for us… they would all disappear off camping as a group and be gone for days, it really put pressure on us and we felt that they were angry at us adopting them”
“A few months after Liz had been shot two people came to town. They were aliens too” said Diane interrupting “One was their protector and the other was your real mother Tess”
“Wait, if they were aliens then why did they need a protector?” asked Marie “And what was so bad about this girl Tess? I can tell by your tone that she did something really bad”
“Tess wasn’t a nice person. She did a lot of things to get her own way and she betrayed them all” said Diane
“Tess came and she tried to show Max, Michael and Isabel that they were here on Earth for a purpose. That they were meant to be together; Max with Tess and Michael with Isabel but Max was in love with Liz, he’d saved her life after all and he didn’t want to be with Tess. More stuff happened and things got tense. Tess managed to worm her way between Max and Liz and they split up despite how hard they’d worked to be together. Max went to New York for thanks giving with Tess… we don’t know the exact details because we didn’t find out all this stuff had been happening until a year later. A few months after everything seemed to settle down Alex Whitman killed himself, Tess had used her powers on him until his mind was completely destroyed and she made it look like that he’d killed himself. Liz went on this mission to find his killer and that drove an even bigger wedge between Max. Everyone was arguing and against each other at that time. Isabel graduated early and was going to leave… I still don’t know why she didn’t. Then Tess just disappeared not too long after that. We found out later that she’d left the planet pregnant with you… Max spent the next year trying to find any way to save you from their enemies on Antar”
“Wow. You even know the name of the planet” I gasped “But I don’t understand? Enemies? Protector? Were they royalty or something?” I laughed but when they didn’t I blinked “You mean…”
“Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess were genetically recreated from the King, the General, the Queen and the Princess of Antar” she explained “Their pods and the Granolith were kept right over there. There’s nothing left now, Tess destroyed everything when she left in the Granolith to go home”
“So who was who? Please don’t tell me that Max was the genetically recreated Princess” I laughed
“No he was the King… King Zan of Antar” said Phillip “Tess named you after his former name. She thought it was appropriate and it just sought of stuck with you”
“My name is alien” I couldn’t help but say to myself “So wait, that means that since I’m his son doesn’t that make me a prince?”
“Yeah I guess it does” said Diane. I couldn’t help but grin, I turned to Marie and she looked impressed
“I married a prince” she said with a happy, proud smirk. I leaned over and kissed her, I’m glad that she was taking this in okay I mean it was strange even to me but she was human… and I was an alien. God it felt weird thinking about it!
“Anyway he spent a year trying to find you and rescue you from their enemies. He stole things… he even knocked over a kwikie-mart because they were hiding the space ship underneath it. He got into really big trouble with, Liz too because she helped him. They could have gone to jail for it but Phillip saved them”
“Yeah, we found this toxic substance underneath the store and we used it to get Liz out of jail. I gave my son an ultimatum, I told him that lies wouldn’t be tolerated under my roof so he moved out. The last year before they all left was the hardest, knowing what I know now I wish I hadn’t been so hard on him. I began to investigate Max, it went all the way back to the shooting when Liz got shot and I looked into everything. I was so very close to figuring out what he was hiding when he confronted me, he said it wasn’t right and we ended up drifting even further apart. I kept up with the investigation for months”
“How did you find out?” asked Marie, she seemed calmer now and so understanding and believing of them. But then again maybe she was humouring them, she’d seen her share of people who were beyond help in her line of work. I believed them completely and I was worried that she didn’t and planned on sending me away to the Looney bin for trusting them.
“It was Isabel” said Diane “She’d gotten married to a lawyer from Phillip’s office and they were both away on work in Delaware. I got her to come over to stay the night, Phillip had told me to bug her room with a camera and I did. I’m not proud of it but we did find out the secret they’d kept from us for all those years. She made stuff fly around her room and she put everything back to normal with a flick of her wrist. That night when I played the tape back was the day after Tess had crashed in the desert, the government collected it in and said that it was a downed test plane. We confronted Max and Isabel about the tape and we were waiting for an explanation when Tess showed up with you. Things were tense, it turned out the government were looking for her because she had killed a lot of people to get away from the base. They used dogs to follow her to us, Max took you and Tess and left leaving behind me, Phillip, Isabel and Jesse… Isabel’s husband”
“They didn’t come back that night. Not long after the army cleared out Isabel and Jesse left and they stayed out. I heard about it from Max during the week after Tess died… they had voted about turning her into the government because she’d killed Alex, everyone voted for or against and it was down to Liz. She voted against then left, she did it because she wasn’t a killer. Tess and Liz left that night, she took your mother to the army base. Tess was going to turn herself in to save you… she went in but in the process she destroyed the whole base killing herself in the process.
You were with us for an entire week and we slowly got to learn about the things Max and the others had been through over the past three years. Max even said about the… the White Room” he trailed off and I glanced back and forth between them
“What’s the White Room? What is it?” I asked fearful of the answer
“It’s where your father was taken. A month or so after Tess came to Roswell the FBI Special Unit caught up with Max and put him in the White Room. It was a place designed for interrogating aliens… he doesn’t like to talk about it but they gave him ice baths and shock treatment and drugged him. This is the reason while all the secrecy because the FBI caught onto them again and they were going to kill them for being who they were. Max knew this was dangerous for you because you were human, he wanted to keep you safe so he told us to make sure you had a good family so we went to an old friend of Phillip’s” she explained
“I’m human… I don’t understand. If both my parents were aliens then how could I be human?”
“They weren’t completely human, they were hybrids. You got their human sides from both of them”
“But then how could you do that thing if you’re human?” asked Marie, she turned to put her legs out in front of her. Her jeans were ripped and there was even some blood on them
“What thing?” asked Phillip
“He healed my leg. I fell over and cut it open, it was broken and he put my hand on it and healed it” she explained
“You can heal?” Diane gasped
“I’ve never done anything like that before. I just didn’t want her to be hurt anymore” I said trying to explain
“There was something Liz wrote once. Something about them she’d heard from Michael…” said Diane, she picked up a leather bound book from the box and began to read through it “Here! Here it is…!”
“It was a long two days… getting Max back out of the White Room was important but I feel as though he’s still lost to me. He has this destiny that I can’t stand in front of, his people are waiting for him to come back so they can be saved, Nasedo was right. We don’t belong together and he has to be with Tess. She is alien after all… or an advanced human like Nasedo told Michael when he was teaching him about his powers. All I can do now is try and get away so that they can be together… if I’m not around then maybe they will follow their destiny and maybe all the people on Antar will be saved”
“That summer Liz left and went to Florida, she didn’t come back until school started. She sacrificed her heart so that people she’d never met or knew existed would be free. However Max believed that Destiny didn’t exist, he knew that he wasn’t a king and that he wasn’t meant to be with Tess”
“Did Max and Liz end up together in the end? They all ran away didn’t they?”
“Yes they did end up together. They got married” said Diane “The FBI had caught up with them and they were going to kill them on Graduation. That night Max used his powers to let Maria, Isabel, Liz and Kyle escape. Max was going to sacrifice himself but Michael showed up on his bike just at the Feds turned up, they all disappeared into the night and we haven’t seen them since”
“You must miss them a great deal” said Marie “They were your children… I mean I’d miss Alex and Charlie if they went away and never came back”
“We have seen them from time to time. Isabel’s unique power was to DreamWalk, she could go into people’s head while they were sleeping. She used it to give us messages and allow us to see them from time to time to know that they were okay. The last message was last month”
“Really? So they’re all still okay?” I asked and Phillip nodded
“You have quite a few brothers and sisters and a lot of cousins. Jesse never went with them but a year after the kids ran away he went missing too. Isabel and Jesse have two daughters called Alexandra and Loni… Michael and Maria aren’t married but they have three kids called Alex, Pippa and Belle and Liz and… your father have four children; called Sara, Jeremy, Connie and Adam. Max and Liz have been together the longest and they’re still going strong” they’d explained as much as they possibly could and now it was time for me to process that information and deal with it. I wasn’t human… or I was a human I was just really advanced that’s how I could do those things, did that mean that all this time I’d been able to do things and the only reason nothing had happened was because I’d never attempted to? If it was down to genetics then… I turned to look at Marie
“The kids. If I’m part alien then they would be as well” I whispered, she suddenly went pale and I wanted desperately to know if they were okay
“Oh God… what if they’re in danger? What if those people come for them and put them in the White Room?” she cried, she glared at me in fear “Because they could be like you”
“Marie” I whispered
“If anything happens to my children because of what you are then…”
“Hey” snapped Diane suddenly glaring at Marie “What he is, is your husband and he always has been alien or not. They’re his kids too and he seems just as worried about them as you are… why don’t you stop pointing fingers based on facts that were only revealed a few moments ago and trust him? If they are in danger then you have a better chance in protecting them with him on your side. If he can heal then he has powers… the powers unique to Max was the power to heal and to create a shield that could even stop bullets”
“You’re right. You’re right, I’m sorry Zan… I’m just scared something’s happened to them. What if those people have figured out? How close are they to finding out the truth?” she asked Phillip and Diane
“They were close but we’ve managed to deceive them for the past twenty six years. Zan… since they’re your children maybe you have a connection to them” suggested Phillip
“A connection?”
“I’m not sure what it is, Liz mentioned it in her journal but I guess it’s a bond… maybe you have that with your sons?” I thought about it for a moment then closed my eyes and let my instincts guide me.
“They’re okay. They’re okay” I said when I opened my eyes
“How do you know?” asked Marie
“It was one of my feelings” I told her and she looked a little relieved.
“We can take you back into Roswell but when you get into the car you have to stay down low on the floor and be as quiet as possible okay?” said Phillip “I’m sure they’ve bugged out cars so we have to be cautious. We’ll drop you off in the alley behind the Crash Down okay, you can go in and call your children. Do whatever you have to, to make sure that they are reunited with you then we can get you out of Roswell before anyone figures out who you are” she said then we gathered the things up, I grabbed hold of the leather bound book from her and she looked surprised then she ushered us to the car. We lay down low on the floor and Marie whimpered in fear, I held her tight close to me as they drove us back into town.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
The pulled up behind the CrashDown got out and went inside without locking the car, I opened the door slowly and peered out; I didn’t know what I was doing but I felt this strange instinct like the paranoia had been laid down inside me waiting to get out. I didn’t see anyone so I opened it and crawled out then helped Marie out too. I quietly shut the door then grabbed her hand and we raced as fast as we could back to the hotel room we’d booked.
Marie grabbed everything together and I was thankful that we’d packed light, I checked we had everything then went out to the car to take out anything that would have identified us and wiped it down. She was struggling with the bags and I immediately went over to help her, I grabbed my bag and swung it on my shoulder before linking fingers with her we were about to hail a cab when a strange amount of terror shot through me and I almost collapsed
“Zann!” cried Marie “What is it? What’s wrong?” I looked up and she gasped “God! Your eyes!”
“Marie… the kids!” she went pale and her jaw dropped in fear. I could hear them calling out for us; they were so scared. I had to go to them; I had to protect them! The urge to protect them was immense and unparalleled I felt myself fading into a strange relaxed state and then I was in my parent’s bedroom.
I was standing there like I’d been here all along. I looked around and everything seemed dark and still but I knew it was deadly and dangerous. I crossed the carpeted floor to the window and I saw a body floating in the pool; the water around it was slowly turning red and I knew in sick recognition that it was my father. Where was my mother? Where were the kids?”
I heard a bang in the closet behind me and I went over to it, I opened it wide and at first I didn’t see anything except their clothes but then I saw them. They were cowering all three of them huddled together at the back shivering with fear; the boys still wore their swimsuits
“Zann? Oh my God!” gasped mom “They’re here in the house! Quickly get in before they find us!” she said and I did as I was told. I pulled the closet doors closed just as the bedroom door opened and in came a man dressed in black soldier garbs carrying a heavy duty rifle. He easily flipped the bed and went rooting through all the possible hiding places, then he came to the closet. I held my arms out as I stood in front of my family; he was not going to find them and kill them. I wouldn’t let him! He opened the doors and trained his gun at us but he didn’t fire, he poked through the clothes then turned and walked away. He fell as ease then spoke into his walkie talkie
“This is unit three the bedroom is secure” he said then left the room carrying his gun. I turned round to my kids and saw them shivering with fright
“We have to get out of here” I said and mom nodded. I reached out to grab up Alex but my hands went right through him “What?” I whispered as I stared at my hand.
“What’s wrong?” she asked
“Nothing” I lied “Get the kids and follow me” she grabbed them both by the arms and they followed quietly after me. I led them down the across the hall then down the stairs as quickly and silently as possible. I paused at the bottom of the stairs when I saw more of them assessing the lower floor. I waited until the time was right then all four of us ran through the living room and kitchen to the garage door.
I watched her put the kids in the back of the car then I shook my head as she moved to get into the front
“Zann come on!” she called
“Alex, Charlie… get on the floor of the car okay. Get down as low as possible okay and don’t be afraid. Everything’s going to be okay!”
“Zann get in the car!” she cried, I moved to open the garage door but my hands failed me again. Was I dead? What was happening? I focused and the door opened slowly and she started the engine
“Go mom! Don’t stop driving until you get to Albuquerque okay?” I said
“Zann, please get in the car! They’re going to catch you!” she cried
“GO!” I yelled and she pulled out and sped off as fast as she could. I blinked and the next thing I knew I was stumbling about and Marie was holding me in her arms
“Marie? What?”
“What happened? Where did you go?” she whispered as she knelt there holding me “I didn’t know what to do!”
“I… I was with the children. I had to help them…” I mumbled “They’re coming. We have to get going” I said, I tried to stand up but dizziness came over me
“Are they okay? Please tell me that they’re okay” she begged me and I nodded slowly. She stood up and helped me to the CrashDown café. I was bad on my feet and I felt so exhausted like I hadn’t slept for a week and I had been running as fast as I could the entire time!
“Are you okay?” asked Jeff as he came over to help us
“Yeah, we need a taxi” I said but Marie shook her head
“He needs to rest!” she said firmly “You can barely walk Zann”
“Don’t call me that” I whispered in her ear “Not in public. Call me Alex okay? It’s not safe”
“I’m going to call you a taxi” he said to us then went to the phone. He disappeared into the back then came back a few minutes later “It’s on it’s way” I knew instantly that there was a double meaning. The patrons of the café were watching us intently and I felt like I was on show.
“What happened Alex?” she whispered
“I was with the kids and my mom. I saw them… my dad’s dead” I whispered and her eyes widened
“Are they okay? Are my babies hurt?” she whispered as tears filled her eyes
“Mom’s got them. They’re okay just scared… she’s bringing them to Albuquerque. It looked like the FEDs”
“That means they’re onto you” Jeff whispered “We have to get you out of here” it was just like before. The sheriff came in appearing in the café once more to help us
“Everything alright Jeff?” he asked glancing at us, he seemed surprised to see us again. Two men dressed in suits that had been sat in the back of the room got up to come over. I watched the sheriff close his eyes then the two men ran out in a hurry and got in their car to speed off after something. Once they were gone Valenti and Jeff helped carry me into the back and drop me onto an old ratty couch
“Nancy!” called Jeff up the stairs and Nancy, a red headed woman came down looking worried “Get the Evans and take these two to Eddie” she blinked in surprise then looked at us before rushing back upstairs then returning with my Grandparents. Without a word they helped me and Marie out the back door and back into the car that had been left there. I was so weak that as soon as I was laid out on the backseat of the car I instantly fell asleep.
***
I awoke in a room I’d never been in before, it looked like a hunting cabin out in the woods somewhere. I was under thick woollen blankets with strange dizzying patterns in a crudely made wooden bed, I looked around the room and found that I was alone. I got up and found myself wearing my pyjamas. Where was Marie? What had happened? I left the room to investigate and found Marie sat at the kitchen table reading the leather bound book I had taken from my Grandmother Diane
“Hey you’re awake” she said looking relieved, she put the book down keeping the page with the thick thread attached to it “How are you feeling? You used up a lot of your energy doing what you did”
“What did I do?” I asked her I didn’t even know what I had done! She seemed so calm, not hysterical like before I passed out
“You used your powers. So much so that you completely wiped yourself out” she explained
“My… my powers” I mumbled “Oh my God! Mom! The kids!”
“They’re fine. They’re in Arizona… Diane and Phillip went to meet them, they have cousins out that way so it looks like they’re visiting”
“Are you okay?” I couldn’t help but ask, why was she so calm? When before she had been so scared and frantic?
“I’ve been reading Liz’s journal. I guess from most of the stuff in there I should be terrified about everything but for some reason I’m not. I’ve never ever read a more strong and adjusted person’s thoughts before; she survived so much and never once… I’m just amazed by it. You’re mentioned in it quite a lot”
“I am?” I gasped in surprise. It felt so strange to have played such a big and important role in someone’s life when I had never met them or knew they existed!
“Yeah… she refers to you as Max’s son. I can tell she’s bitter about it… she doesn’t say Max and Tess or even Tess’s son just Max’s. I think that if you ever did meet up with your father and Liz then she’d accept you” I just nodded at her words. I was still a little disorientated after waking up
“How long was I asleep?”
“Oh three days. I began to get worried when I couldn’t wake you up but Eddie said that was normal. Valenti’s been by to check on you from time to time; he connected with you when I couldn’t wake you up”
“Wait… he connected with me? How? What did he do to me? And whose Eddie?” I asked fearful, it sounded strange and perverted and I was a little worried about what that guy did
“It’s okay… he just made sure you were okay. He told me that years ago he was shot when he was helping Michael… um your Uncle I guess… Max, your father, healed him and then he developed powers. He has similar powers to what your… your mother had” she told me “He’s kept them hidden and used them to help this town and all the people in it. Eddie… he’s a guy here at the reservation; he knew your parents his Uncle RiverDog helped them many times and saved Michael’s life”
“This is… confusing to say the least” I confessed, I had very little clue what was going on
“You should get dressed then we’ll go for a walk. There’s something I have to show you” she stated then left the cabin.
I found her outside sitting in an old rocking chair waiting for me, I could see we were on some Native American reservation. She stood up and took my hand then we set off with her leading the way.
I don’t know how long we walked but we walked deep into the forest and I began to get a little worried that we’d get lost
“Marie… where are you taking me?”
“It’s not far now. Come on, we’re almost there” she replied and we continued walking until we reached a cave. It was hidden in the trees but she knew exactly were it was; people had been here before because there were burnt out tikki torches. She held it out to me and I gingerly touched my fingertips to it and it roared to life
“It’s still weird being able to do that” I said and she smirked then held the torch up as we both moved deeper into the dark cave. It was surprisingly dry for a cave but as we moved I noticed that it had been well looked after over the years
“Here. Look see” she said pointing to one of the walls. She drove the torch into the ground near the wall so there was enough light to see the markings there. I looked at all the strange symbols on the wall
“What are they?” I looked to her but she said nothing, I turned back to the markings and ran my fingertips over them “It’s a map. Look it’s a map Roswell…”
“How can you tell?” she asked as she looked back and forth at me and the wall
“I studied the map of the town for driving routes. I can tell… look here’s the library and the hospital and the school and that café Jeff owns” I pointed each symbol off
“What’s this one?” she pointed to a jagged squiggle at the far left
“I don’t know… it’s not in town. It must be a place in the desert?” I replied then fell quiet “Marie… the kids, they’re nearby!”
“Let’s go back to the reservation” she said. She put out the torch and we walked hand in hand back towards the light outside of the cave. We trekked hard and fast as we possible could without breaking into a run and we got back quicker than we when we were going to the cave.
I saw Alex and Charlie still in their swim shorts sitting in the back seat with the door open to the Evans car. Phillip and Diane were talking with some guy and mom was leaning against the hood of the large car looking extremely stressed
“MOM!” I shouted when I saw her and rushed over to her
“Zan! Oh my God! You’re okay” she pulled me into her arms then I went to my children
“Alex! Charlie!” I pulled them into my arms and didn’t let them go. Marie came over and I held all three of them for the longest time “I was so worried. So worried”
“What’s going on Zan?” mom asked me “Why did they…” she trailed off as her eyes filled up. I left the kids with Marie and went to her pulling her back into my arms. They had murdered my father, the most innocent and kindest man who gave his time and life to helping people!
“I’m so sorry mom. I’m sorry! This is all my fault” I said as tears formed in my eyes “I should never have dug into my past then they would never have found me and they would never have killed… oh god they killed my Daddy! I want my daddy” I sobbed. Diane came over and put her hand on my shoulder
“I think we should all talk inside. There’s a lot of explaining to do and it’s a lot to take in” she said. Everyone stumbled into the cabin and Phillip shut the door.
Marie disappeared with the children into the bedroom to find them some proper clothes so they wouldn’t be cold while the rest of us sat down to the table. I held moms hand tightly
“Mom I’m not human” I confessed, she blinked then looked at the two sitting opposite us and they had the same grim look on their faces that I probably had “I’m an alien and I was born…”
“On a planet called Antar” said Phillip, then he coughed clearing his throat “Your son… is Prince Zan of Antar. His real father, my son Max, was King of the planet”
“And my real… my real mother before she died was the Queen” I told her “I know it’s hard to explain but I have powers. You saw some of them when I… I don’t know what I did but I was in Boston with you protecting you from that guy…”
“That’s why you disappeared isn’t it?” she whispered “How come we… you never did anything like that while you were growing up?”
“I don’t know…” I whispered “I’m not even sure how it works… I only know what I’ve been told by Diane and Phillip, they’re my grandparents” she blinked with surprise as she stared at them
“They…” she began but stopped herself “So you found out who you are. Are your parents… your real father? Where is he?”
“I don’t know” I replied “He and his friends ran away on Graduation years ago”
“We keep in touch with them via their powers” said Diane “Zan’s aunty, our daughter, Isabel uses her power to come into our dreams and let us know that everyone is okay. She contacted us last month, telling us that they’re somewhere near the Canadian border”
“Is there a chance that they’d come back? When they find out that Zan… will your son try and take my Zan from me?” mom asked “Because I’ve already lost my husband, I am NOT loosing my son or my daughter in law or my grandchildren. You’d have to kill me before I let you take them away” she said firmly. I put my hand on her shoulder to calm her down
“I think the important thing now is to focus on what we’re going to do. We can’t go home can we?” I asked them and Phillip just chuckled
“You’re so like Max. Always trying to come up with a plan” he told me and I blushed; these people could see their son in me. Were we really that alike?
“Eddie said you could stay in this cabin for as long as you wanted. We can get you papers so you can cross the border into Mexico if you really wanted to” said Diane “But you can’t go home again. If the FBI has caught on then they’re going to come after you… I don’t know how they figured it out so quickly”
“It could have been anything” responded Phillip “Maybe they figured it out when you came into town. Maybe they traced your adoption records back to us? Who knows? But the thing is… you’re Max’s son. The end result of two aliens mating… you have a human wife and you’ve been able to have kids. Knowing what I know and based on what’s happened in the past… they’re going to want to get their hands on all of you and put you in the White Room like they did Max”
“What… what’s the White Room?” mom whispered as she tightened her grip on my hands
“Put it this way” began Diane with disgust in her voice “It’s where they interrogate aliens to find out what makes them tick. If I were you I’d be more worried about what the FBI Special Unit does to your son and your grandkids instead of us” Marie came out of the bedroom holding Alex and Charlie’s hands
“Where’s Eddie? The kids are hungry” she said. I got up and picked up Alex and carried him outside with her and Charlie following me. Eddie was sat in the rocking chair, he’d been listening to everything we’d said
“Valenti’s coming and he’s bringing food. It’s taken him quite some time to get away, there’s a big hubbub in town; a lot of FBI”
“Daddy?” whispered Alex near tears “What’s going on? I want to go home”
“We can’t son. It’s not safe” I told him, I glanced to Marie wondering if she told them anything but she just shook her head
“Why?” he sniffed as he stared at me with those big brown eyes
“Because of who I am and… because of who you two are. It turns out that we’re all very special but there are people who don’t like it. They get scared of us because they don’t understand us so they want to hurt us. We have to hide now because it’s not safe anymore”
“Why daddy?” asked Charlie “Why are we special?”
“Because of my real father. He’s the reason we’re all different, because he wasn’t born on Earth… he’s from a place called Antar”
“We’re aliens” whispered Alex, he looked to Charlie “So… coz we’re aliens is that why we know where you or mommy are?”
“You can… sense us? Both of us?” I asked as I put him down, they both nodded
“We used to think it was because we were twins” said Charlie
“And because you loved us very much” Alex added as they stood side by side. I couldn’t help but notice how strong they seemed as they stood there; did they understand this better than I did? Had they always known?
“It was” said Marie
“Is” I corrected her and she nodded “So we’re a little different, it doesn’t change how much your mother and I love you. I hope it doesn’t change how much you love us?”
“No!” they both exclaimed and rushed to hug us both. I smiled pleased that they weren’t angry at finding this out.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
Valenti pulled up in his car and got out bringing with him several large take out bags of food, he looked worn out but content
“Okay I got a lot of food. I didn’t know what people liked so I just got everything!” he called “And I got a shed load of Tabasco!” Diane came out and took some of the bags as everyone moved back inside the cabin.
“How is everything in town Jim?” asked Phillip as Diane and Marie and mom got out plates from the cupboard
“The FBI are coming in floods. They traced Zan’s mom to New Mexico but they don’t know that she made it to Roswell. It’s a good job the car was abandoned in Albuquerque” he said “They’re going to look through the city because they know that Zan and Marie came here looking for Max. There’s a good chance that they’ll ignore the reservation because it’s so out of the way, but even still there’s a risk that they could come looking. If that happens then you either have to be not here when they come or be good at using your powers” he said pointedly looking at me
“My powers?” I whispered and he nodded
“There are a few people around town that can help you out there” he said with a smirk “I called them up and they should be coming into town to do what they can”
“Who are they?” I couldn’t help but ask
“Well there’s Laurie DuPree, your Uncle Michael’s sister, then there’s Brody and Sydney… I’m sure Samuel will come and no doubt Amy will stick her oar in”
“That’s not a very nice way to talk about your wife” Eddie joked and there was a few chuckles around
“And finally there’s me. I’m probably the oldest alien going around here” he explained and I blinked
“You? You’re an alien?”
“Have been since 2002. I was shot and Max, your father, saved me; would have died” he shook his head “Then a year or so later I start developing the ability to mindwarp and heal… that’s your specialty isn’t it? Healing? You get that off your dad” he grinned
“I guess. But I also did this thing… I’m not sure what I did but I was… it was like I was in Boston and I did something to make that FBI guy leave mom and my kids alone” I said and he whistled
“That must have used up one hellova load of power” he commented “I remember Liz doing something similar when Max was in New York. But even then she had Isabel’s power behind her…” he said talking mainly to himself then he looked up “Oh and I called Connie and Ted and Ava”
“Ava?” whispered Diane looking surprised “You called her?”
“What? Whose Ava?” I couldn’t help but ask
“Ava was your mother’s duplicate” said Marie “It was in Liz’s journal. There were two sets pods sent down in 1947. Your father, your mother, your uncle Michael and your aunt Isabel were from one and Ava was from the other set”
“So what does that mean?” I whispered, I was a little irked that Marie seemed to know about this than I did. I wanted to sit down and read this journal as soon as possible so I could get a clue of what was happening and so I didn’t feel so out of the loop.
“Ava… she looks exactly like your mother did” said Jim “Well she is a bit different since she grew up in a New York subway sewer but same hair, same eyes, same face…” he explained and I suddenly felt apprehensive. This Ava, she looked exactly like my real mother did… would I remember her? Would she have a connection to me? I grabbed up my food and Liz’s journal and went to the bedroom to read it.
“September 23rd Journal Entry 1. I’m Liz Parker and five days ago I died…” I began to read but soon I was in tears. The feelings and emotions she’d put into her words when she described the relationship with my father… I cried when she left him after she heard the destiny message and I cried when I read all about Alex and not that long after Alex’s death she was explaining that my own mother had killed him. I chuckled at their antics over the next year and I read all about Samuel and all the other things my father had done and then I read about my mother returning and how she died. I almost threw up when I read what she’d done when they were about to take me from the ship but she’d also gave her life to protect me from being found… I don’t know why but despite of everything I read I felt proud of her like I was of mom for protecting my children and protecting me. Then I read the last few pages in silence at the constant threat the FBI was putting on them and how everything had ended and how they’d all left in a van. My real father had married Liz Parker and that was it.
I looked up when I heard a knock on the door and Marie was standing there quietly, I put the book down and she came in
“I asked Jeff, he came while you were unconscious, why he didn’t burn it. He said that he wouldn’t destroy something that showed him who his daughter really was. I’m glad he kept it, even at the risk of it being discovered” she said “It helped me understand things and put things into perspective. I saw how much she loved him, even in those early days after she got shot… she loved him regardless and it made me realise how much I love you. I was scared when all that stuff was happening and you did that thing to me to heal my leg. I was going to take the children and leave, do whatever I could to get away” she explained, I slid off the bed in a move to stand up but she held her hand up “I know now that doing that would be wrong. I love you and the children love you; I’m apart of this now as much as you are. If I ran away then you wouldn’t be able to protect me or the children and God knows what would happen if the FBI caught up with us”
“You’re doing this to keep the children safe?” I whispered, she shook her head
“Yes and no. I am staying to keep the kids safe but I’m staying because I can’t live without you, alien or not. I’m a grown woman Zan, if a sixteen year old girl with no responsibilities or commitments can grasp how important the love of her life is then shouldn’t I be able to do the same? I love you Zan and that won’t change. Ever” she said, I held out my hand to her and she came to lie down with me on the bed
“Besides I’ve already given birth to alien twins, I should be used to weirdness” she said with a smirk as I held her in my arms “And… I’m going to have another” I sat up sharply and looked at her “I’m pregnant again Zan”
“When?” I whispered wondering when it could have been
“I think by the side of the road. Our little pit stop, remember?” she whispered. I slid my hand down over her stomach and she put her hand over mine “Promise me that whatever happens, our baby will come into this world”
“I promise” I told her. We lay together until she fell asleep then I went back out to my grandparents, Valenti, Eddie, mom and the kids who were sat around talking. Valenti was explaining how his powers worked and mom seemed enthralled by his demonstrations
“I want to get a message to Max and Liz and the others” I said firmly when Valenti spotted me standing there. He fell quiet and I came into the room “Can you tell them that I’m here and that I want to go into hiding with them”
“Zan? What are you saying?” gasped mom “You’re going to leave?”
“I want you to come with me mom. I want us all to go and join them that way we’ll be safe; they’ve avoided the FBI for all these years. If we’re with them then we can be safe” I told her “We can’t go back to our lives, we don’t have any other choice”
“I can get that message to your father but it might take some time. In the mean time I think you should try building up your powers to protect your family” said Valenti firmly and I nodded
“Can you show me how to do that?” I asked and he nodded
“I can when I find time to get away. But I should be going now, I have to go back into town and give these FEDs the run around. Diane, Phillip I think you should get back too; we don’t want to raise suspicion” he said and they both nodded and stood too. I hugged all three of them; I felt inexplicably bound to them for all they had done and they were beginning to feel like family.
They left and I began to pick at the take out food Valenti had left on the table; I wasn’t really hungry I just didn’t want to do nothing but sit around
“It’s strange knowing isn’t it?” mom whispered and I nodded. Eddie stood up and sighed deeply
“I must be getting back too. There’s a small play area the government built years ago, there’s not been many kids to play on it over the years but if your sons want to play on it they can do” he said then patted my shoulder before leaving the four of us alone.
“Dad? Since we’re aliens can we do the same things as Valenti did?” asked Alex and I nodded slowly
“I guess you can but I don’t want you doing anything, it could be dangerous I don’t want you to get hurt” I said firmly “Even I don’t know the limits of what I can do… I don’t want you to doing anything until I know what we can and cannot do okay?”
“Yes sir” they both said then Charlie yawned; Alex looked at his brother then promptly copied him
“I think you boys should get some sleep. It’s going to be a long few days and if you’re lucky then maybe I’ll take you to that park Eddie mentioned tomorrow” mom said and they grinned. I hugged them both before they scampered off to the only bedroom of the cabin and climbed on next to Marie to fall fast asleep as she was.
I watched them for a while as all three of them slept before I turned and went back to the kitchen where mom was sat. I sat back down in my seat opposite her, she was picking at her food so not to be idle.
“I’m scared Zan. Scared like no mother should be in her life, at least not in this day and age” she confessed
“I know mom” I said reaching across the table to take her hand “I’m scared too. I’m trying to pretend that I’m okay with all this but I’m not; I’m scared for Marie and the kids. I’m terrified that something bad will happen to them and for all the powers I probably have I won’t be able to do anything”
“I want to tell you that everything will be okay but I don’t know” she whispered, her eyes glazed over and I saw the sadness and grief within her soul “Your father…” I tightened my grip on her hands as her eyes filled with tears “I didn’t even see what happened. I was in the kitchen watching through the window, I was drying clean plates for the barbecue we were going to have when I saw Andrew… he was just standing there and there was this red stain on the back of his shirt… I knew something was wrong with the way the kids were staring at him then he fell forward into the pool and the kids came running. They were screaming and crying and I was about to ask what was going on when I heard gun shots and then I saw them in the garden…” she closed her eyes tight swallowing her breath trying to keep it steady.
“I’m sorry” I whispered and I let my tears fall; I felt unbelievable guilt for his death. There was a great well of suffering I had in knowing that my existence had killed my real mother and now my adoptive father
“It wasn’t your fault Alexander” she said using my first name “You didn’t shoot him… those monsters did. Just because you’re an alien… it doesn’t change who you’ve always been” she told me
“Thank you mother” I whispered not bothering to wipe away my tears.
“So…” she began sniffing to rid herself off the sudden sadness and changing the subject “Do you know what your powers are? Valenti mentioned something about you being able to heal and… mindwarp was it?”
“Yeah… I know that I can heal because I healed Marie when she hurt her ankle and I think that mindwarp thing was what I did in Boston. I think I made that FBI guy not see you but I don’t think being there was a mindwarp… I think I astral projected myself. The need to be there was just so intense because I could sense how scared the kids were and I had to protect them”
“Parental instinct, heh at least it was some human force that drove you to unleash your latent alien powers” she couldn’t help but chuckle
“That’s why I suggested going into hiding with my real father” I whispered “My parental instinct. It’s extremely strong at the moment; Marie’s pregnant again” she blinked then looked towards the bedroom
“She’s… how long have you known?” she asked
“She told me before she fell asleep. I’m going to do anything in my power to protect my children and my wife and make sure that my baby comes into this world. I made a promise and I intend to keep it and if that means leaving behind everything I’ve ever known and going into hiding then so be it”
“We’ll make plans. We’re going to need money and a car that won’t be traced” she said and I nodded
“I know it’s risky but I’m going into town tomorrow night to make a withdrawal. The FBI suspect we’re in town; if I covertly move around town at night then they should pick up my trail I’ll give them a wild goose chase”
“No Zan I don’t like it. It’s dangerous!”
“We need the money mom and I am going to get it. I don’t care what it takes, I’m going to get all of our money out of the bank. Then Valenti and the others can use it to get us a car and we can leave, head towards Canada” I said, she looked weary
“Promise me that you’ll be careful; I don’t want to have to explain to Marie why you aren’t going to come back if things go wrong” she stated and I patted her hand
“You should get some sleep mom. It’s getting late and you probably need all the rest you can get; things are going to be tough” she sighed then got up pulling me up to my feet and into her arms before heading to the bedroom door
“Where are you going to sleep?” she asked as she stood there for a moment
“I’m going to bring the rocking chair in and sleep in that. Besides I don’t think I need much sleep, I feel too edgy and awake; get some rest mom and don’t worry about me”
“I’m your mother, it’s my job to” she said before disappearing into the bedroom to climb onto the double bed behind Marie. It wasn’t long before I heard her sleeping as softly as the others.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
I brought the rocking chair in and sat near the front window with all the lights down; for some reason I could see better in the dark. I could see things moving in the night and I could easily identify them as the prowling nocturnal creatures that seemed to be as alert as I was. I watched until the sun slowly began to creep over the trees and birds started singing; I still felt wide awake as the stars disappeared. I got up from the chair and went out to take in the fresh air when I heard a car coming up the road; I shut the door behind me and crept round the side of the house to hide in the bushes. I watched an old beat up car pull up near the cabin and someone got out; I could see whoever it was, was a woman with a pinstripe suit on. She walked with confidence as she came towards the cabin, she paused looking around then moved to the door. I took my chance while she was distracted, I jumped up and grabbed her restraining whoever it was
“You better let me go or you’ll be sorry” she whispered, I tightened my grip with my arm around her neck and suddenly she reached up and grabbed my hand pressing it in her fingers. I felt pain shoot through my arm then she pulled it down and spun me round pressing my aching limb up against my back and shoved me against the wall. She let go of me and I turned around to see her blonde hair piled up on her head, she was wearing a pale lilac shirt and her blue eyes followed me with such a strange intensity. She held her hand up at me but she seemed to freeze as she got the first look at me then her mouth dropped open and her hand lowered
“Zan?” she whispered moving slowly towards me, she looked like she was blinking back tears “No, that’s not… Zan’s dead. Max? Your hair is a little longer… no you’re not Max; who the hell are you? What’s going on?” she demanded
“I’m Zan. Who the hell are you?” I hissed rubbing my now sore arm. She swallowed hard then took a step back
“No. You… you can’t be Zan! He’s dead; I saw him die with my own eyes” a tear fell from her eye and landed on her shirt “Who the HELL are you! Answer me!”
“I’m Zan Edison. Now who are you! How did you find this place? Why are you here?”
“I’m here because Valenti called me. I’m Ava Parker” she stated firmly wiping away more tears that were falling down her face
“Ava?” I repeated “That means… you… Tess”
“Who are… oh God tell me you’re not” she whispered moving towards me “You’re her son aren’t you? You’re Tess’s son” I nodded slowly and she lost her offensive stance and pulled me into her arms. I didn’t know what to do; the clone of my mother had just shown up and now was hugging me! She pulled back and looked at me properly, she brushed some hair off my forehead
“You look like my Zan” she said with a smile “You… he had his eyebrow pierced and his hair looked like yours”
“Zan was…?” I asked her
“Oh you mustn’t know. You know how I look like Tess well my Zan looked like your father only he… before he was killed… he had short dreadlocks, a long goatee and lots of piercings and tattoos. Hell back then even I had my share…” she said as if she was reminiscing
“Did you ever meet my real mother?” I asked her and she nodded
“Sure did. Long time ago, before you were born and before I got on the straight and narrow. In fact I met all the gang… Liz practically saved my life. Now she’s a great woman and if you ever meet her then you’ll see” she said waggling her finger at me.
The door opened and Marie stood there in the doorway, she glanced at Ava warily with cold jealous eyes before looking at me
“Whose she’s and what’s going on? What are you doing out here Zan?” she asked me
“I heard her pull up. This is Ava Parker… I guess she’s my aunty” I said and Marie narrowed her eyes at Ava
“Nice to meet you. Are you his adopted sister or something?” she asked as she held out her hand
“Try again. I’m his wife” she said coldly, taking Ava’s hand “Marianne Edison”
“Wow. How long have you been married?” she asked me as she shook hands with Marie
“Long enough” Marie said curtly “Keep your paws off Zan. He’s mine”
“Marie!” I gasped “She’s my aunty!”
“I heard you hugging out here! And how she was saying how you were yours! Her Zan!” she hissed
“My boyfriend, before he died, was called Zan. It was what Max, Zan’s father, was called back on Antar. Tess must have named her son Zan because it was Max’s real name; she was always trying to force destiny onto Max. Even forced it onto her son” she said before she pushed her way into the cabin.
I glanced at Marie and she seemed wary of Ava, I sat back down on the rocking chair and she curled up on my lap with her head resting against my shoulder
“I don’t trust her Zan. If she’s a copy of your real mother then maybe she could do the same things that Tess did. If that’s true then she’s dangerous and I don’t want her anywhere near the kids”
“Valenti seemed to trust her, I mean he wouldn’t have called her unless we really needed her help” I pointed out and she sighed “He called a lot a of people to help, it’s obvious that he trusts them; we’re just going to have to take that chance if it means being able to get away to safety” I said “I want to build up my powers as well. There’s no reason not to and I guess it would be nice to know all that I’m capable of”
“Okay. But as soon as we’re able to we’re heading for the Canadian border whether or not we can meet up with Max or not” she said “I just want us to be far away from this and safe”
“And you think I don’t?” I said quietly so she didn’t hear me. Another car pulled up and a guy in his late fifties got out followed by a brown haired girl in her late twenties came over to the cabin
“Wow… you really do look like Max” said the guy with fading brownish orange hair, he held out his hand amiably “Brody Davis… and this is my daughter Sydney”
“Zan… but then I guess you already know that don’t you?” I asked, I was getting a little annoyed with all the people who knew more about me than I did; it was a bit of a blow to ones psyche.
“Yeah I heard the story though neither Sydney nor I ever got the chance to meet you. Your dad though… he worked for me way back when” he said and I noticed that he was English “Been in contact with aliens ever since before Sydney was born; I’m a vessel for one of the honchos upstairs”
“Vessel? What do you mean?”
“I believe his name is Larek…”
“Larek? Wh…?” I trailed off when he just smiled “I can… remember him”
“You gonna let us in or do I have to zap you Space Boy?” asked Sydney and I regained my manners and stepped aside to let her in.
The cabin was getting quite crowded so I decided to go for a walk; I wanted to see the cave again and have a little play about with my powers without anyone watching or judging me. I walked quietly keeping an eye on the surroundings as the sun rose, I was a little impressed at all the people my father had touched while he lived here in Roswell. The lives he saved and the things he did; I felt a little guilty when I caught thinking ‘I hope I am like Max’. I sat in the edge of the cave trying not to cry because I wanted to be like Max, my father was dead and I was thinking I wanted to be like someone else instead of him! I had always promised him that it would mean nothing to me if I found my parents but I had lied and now I couldn’t make it better because he was dead and I hadn’t been able to save him.
“Zan!” I could hear Marie calling me “Come back to the cabin. We're having something to eat!”
I wandered back to the cabin and they were coming up with plans. Everyone was crowded around the table trying to eat and talk at the same time
“I can easily get a large people carrier out at short notice” suggested Brody as he ate his egg and fries
“I have a few accounts that I can access. I have a fair bit saved up... I want to go with them; since I can mindwarp it would help” she suggested but Sydney shook her head
“No it's too risky. We all know that even though you are older now and that your power has increased somewhat it's still not enough; you can only mindwarp for twenty minutes and after that you're no good to anyone”
“But someone should go with them. Someone strong and powerful, with Zan being so new to his powers he's unpredictable. No offence”
“None taken” I replied, then asked “Well who is the strongest person with power around here?” everyone fell silent. I looked around them and wondered what they weren't telling me “What? Who is it?”
“It's the Sheriff. Although he's not a real alien or even a hybrid by him being the oldest he's the strongest. He was the one who managed to mindwarp all those people into thinking they saw a UFO years back. He was up all night and he wasn't the least bit tired when he was done in the morning” Sydney explained and Brody chuckled
“That was a good thing he did for us. Our businesses were failing, the town was going under; what he did got all the businesses booming once more”
“I don't see what the problem is” Marie piped in suddenly “If he's the strongest alien then he should go with us”
“It's not that easy, little girl” hissed Ava coldly, I could help but smirk at how those two fought, they were so alike! “Jim's married... he has a wife. You shouldn't just expect him to drop her and leave because you're scared”
“I think you're forgetting that Amy would actually let him go willingly” laughed Sydney
“Well you could ask him” said Brody “There's not really much here for Jim or Amy, if they leave with you then they'll be reunited with their children and grandchildren whom they've never met”
“Hm” grumbled Ava “He has a point”
“He? I was the one who suggested it!” cried Marie angrily
“Whatever. The point is we should ask them...” she said
“We'll ask them when we get back to town. We can start gathering up the stuff you need and we'll get it to you tonight”
“We'll leave tonight then” mom said finally and we all nodded
“Let's get going then, Sydney and I will let everyone know the plan and they can come by and say their goodbyes”
“Can I come with you? I can get the money they'll need” Ava stated as she rose to her feet. They said their goodbyes and left to get their tasks done.
“I can't believe it” mom whispered “I can't believe we're running for our lives. It's rather scary”
“It's what you have to do” said Eddie finally adding to the conversation. He looked out the window to where my children were playing. How did Max cope with all this? How did any of them cope with all this? How did they cope with any of it? What kind of life did his children, my brothers and sisters and my cousins, have? Were they happy? Were they kept safe? Did Max and my aunts and uncles have the same fear I do? The fear that one day they'd get caught? How did he manage to sleep at night?
“Zan, come and eat something” Marie begged “I won't you to have your strength up for tonight. You're going to need it”
“You too. You and the baby” I said as I rubbed her tummy, she smiled warmly and put her hand over mine
“I love you Zan. I always have” she stated and I saw tears fill her eyes; we'd always said that our love was so good that we couldn't help but cry when we thought about it. I felt myself welling up
“I love you too Marie... you're the only girl for me”
“No I'm not” she replied glancing down quickly before glancing up to see my reaction, my mouth dropped open and my eyes went wide in absolute disbelief
“We're going to have a baby girl? A daughter?” I whispered and she nodded, I pulled her into my arms and held her tightly.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.

A/N: In this story Ava took Liz's last name because she helped her out. This will be a really sad and shocking part so be aware ok?
Nightfall came all too quickly and everyone turned up to say goodbye. We had out things packed away into backpacks and Ava handed us the money. Jim and Amy came walking up, they'd trekked since the highway carrying two duffel bags and a suitcase between them.
“Hey” said Jim
“So you are going” said Diane looking saddened, Jim and Amy had been apart of their group ever since their children ran for their lives.
“Yeah” replied Amy as tears filled her eyes “It's time we moved on, we're both getting older. Jim should of retired years ago and we just want the chance to see our grandchildren before we die”
“We'll miss you both” said Nancy “You're been brilliant friends, people we could laugh with about tricking the FBI” they all chuckled
“You look after our kids and grandkids you hear?” said Jeff and Phillip nodded
“Give them these and tell them that we always love them” he said and they handed over their little boxes of memories they wanted their children to have
“We will” said Jim as they packed the boxes away with their things
“Are you all ready?” asked Ava and they nodded. I hugged my grandparents goodbye and thanked them for everything they'd done then I picked up my things and took Alex and Charlie's hands and followed Ava as she led us through the woods to where Brody and Sydney would be waiting with the people carrier.
Jim, Amy and mom loaded the stuff in the back while Marie got the kids all fastened in on the back seat.
“Guess this is goodbye then Aunty Ava” I said with a sad nod “Thank you for all your help. I'm really glad that I got a chance to meet you, I could see if my mother hadn't of been evil then she would have been a lot like you. I'm proud that I got to meet you”
“So am I. I'm kinda glad to see what kind of kid I would have had if Zan and I did have children. You're a good kid, you take take of that awful wife and beautiful kids ya hear me?” she ordered trying not to cry even though tears were falling down her face.
“I hear” I said then gave her a long hug, she pushed me away and wiped her eyes with her sleeve
“Alright go on get out of here” she said looking away. Sydney and Brody stood next to her as I got into the car. Marie and mom were sat on the front seat with me and Amy and Jim were sitting in the middle seat. I waved and honked the horn then we were off, there would be no turning back now. Ever. I felt a great deal of sadness for the life I was leaving behind, my father also, but I could not grieve until my family were safe.
The night hours passed and everyone fell asleep, I could still see that Jim was the only one apart from me who was awake. Amy was lying comfortably against his shoulder, but Jim was staring at me
“You're so much like your father” he whispered quietly
“Everybody said” I replied just as quiet, I didn't want to wake anybody up
“No, not like how the others saw them but how I saw him. How Max really was... you have the same determined look when you're planning something and you have the same protective look he had when he'd look at Liz; I see it every time you look at Marie or your kids. Max was one of the people I'm proud to say I've known and I'll be glad to see him again... glad to see all of them again” he said tiredly
“Thank you” I said, I didn't really know what else to say
“No thank you. It's like having Max around once more and you're taking me and my wife to reunite us with our children. You're giving us something we'd never thought we'd have”
“Thank Marie. It was her idea” I said trying to shift the praise to where it rightly belonged
“Hehe so like Max” he chuckled before putting his head against his wife's and drifted off to sleep.
I got tired near the morning, I quietly woke Marie up and we switched over so I could get some sleep. I slept for two hours before waking up, every one else was awake and Marie had pulled over to a rest stop. To anyone looking we were a big family going on vacation
“Alexander” said Jim using my full name, I understood instantly that it was to keep away any suspicion “Dad”
“Your aunt contacted me last night. She said that our family reunion is going to happen in Seattle”
“Thanks. I'll go let the others know” I said then wandered inside. Even though we had food Marie was ordering burgers and fries for the kids; it was to treat them... they'd been through a lot.
“Hey Marianne, we're heading to Seattle. Could you tell my mom and your mom?”
“My mom?” she whispered looking round fearfully
“It's just a precaution” I told her quietly “Amanda and James, your parents”
“Yeah sure I'll go tell mom” she said. I took her place in line and ordered happy meals for the kids and lots of strong coffee for the rest of us whether we needed it or not.
We didn't stick around once I got the food and coffee, we were back in the people carrier and heading towards Seattle.
“I dreamwalked Isabel last night, I let them know that we were on our way and Seattle was a reasonable place to meet up. We should get there by tonight and they should be waiting”
“I'm getting kind of excited” confessed mom “I mean soon we'll be in Canada and we'll have some degree of safety”
“Hm I know what you mean. I'm also getting a little excited about meeting my brothers and sisters” I replied “When we get there I'll be able to mourn dad properly” silence descended over the car and mom started crying softly. I tried my best to comfort her but I blamed myself immensely for what had happened.
***
I tossed the football to Alex who threw it to Charlie who threw it to Valenti then he passed it back to me. We'd been here for an hour and there had been no sign of any of them.
“I'm bored” complained Charlie “When are we going?”
“Soon son soon I promise” I said before turning to Valenti “Is there any way you can contact them?”
“Not while they're awake” he replied shaking his head, he went to throw me the ball but it went higher then expected flying over to a guy with baggy denim shorts, a blue shirt that said WRH, sunglasses and a word baseball cap on backwards
“Careful old man” he called as he walked over with the ball “You almost hit my woman”
“Kyle?” Valenti asked and he nodded
“Dad” he replied quietly “We're securing the area. The others will come out once they know that it's okay”
“Hey Harvey what's going on?” asked a woman wearing a red sun dress, she had flowing black hair and Doc Martins on
“Not much Brandy” he stated “But this old guy nearly hit you with his stupid ball”
“He did? Wait till my brother finds out” she cried just as a guy with shaven hair wearing a worn and faded black denim jacket
“What's going on?”
“These morons almost got Brandy with their ball” Kyle explained
“Is that so? What are you on old man? Old men like you should be in the Desert Inn instead of playing football”
“Don't speak to him like that!” cried Amy marching over with mom and Marie in tow “Apologise to my husband right now”
“Sorry lady I didn't realise he was so whipped” Kyle laughed, he tossed the ball and walked off with the other three in tow.
“My guess is Isabel, Kyle and Michael” Jim whispered to Amy.
“Kids come on it's time to go!” I called to Alex and Charlie and they cheered and came running.
We headed to the parking lot and Michael, Isabel and Kyle were sat around on the hood of their blue convertible listening to music very loudly.
“Hey it's the old man and his 'crap-throw' son!” Kyle laughed
“Shut it!” I hissed trying to keep up the guise of being antagonized by him for the people around us “Or I'll make you”
“Yeah? What are you gonna do?” Isabel practically screeched.
“Everybody get down!” Michael yelled suddenly jumping up throwing his hand out blasting at some distant point. There was a loud bang and I grabbed the kids pulling them down under me. Jim grabbed Amy underneath himself and Isabel and Kyle slid down between the cars. My mom ducked down and used the car door to shield herself; I couldn't see Marie anywhere.
Kyle and Michael ran off and Isabel got up looking round, she came over to Jim and got him on his feet
“Get them all in the car and get on the road now. Here's our address” she shoved a piece of paper to them and disappeared. Mom and Amy grabbed up the kids and got them in the back quickly while I went to find Marie
“Marie! Marie! Where are you?” I called, people had gone running in a panic and I could hear sirens getting steadily closer.
I found her a few cars back and she was on the floor with one hand over her stomach trying to stop the blood flow, the other hand was covered in blood too reaching for me
“Oh God! MARIE!” I yelled as I rushed over and slid down next to her. I took her hand linking fingers with me
“Zan... the baby” she groaned weakly as blood appeared on her lips “Save the baby!” I picked her up in my arms and carried her to the car. I sat with her in the middle row and held her, I never stopped talking to her
“Stay with me Marie. Keep talking!”
“Zan heal her!” Amy cried, I put my hand over the wound and did what I could but it wasn't enough. I tried to heal the baby but it was too late for her, I moved onto trying to heal Marie but I'd used up too much energy.
“Those people are following us!” said mom
“It's Kyle, Michael and Isabel” cried Jim as he turned left onto the interstate “They're okay. Those damn FBI! They must have been watching the parking lot!”
“Hold on Marie sweetheart. Tell me how we met”
“That... that stupid first aid course...” she laughed breathlessly “You might have to give me mouth to mouth Zan”
“Mommy” Alex cried as he held his little brother who was also crying in the back seat
“She just needs to hang on until we get her to Max” said Jim as he drove like a maniac
“Hear that love? You have to hold on until we get to Max” I said looking down “Marie? MARIE!” I put my hand over the wound and tried to heal her but nothing happened. I buried my face in her hair and cried wildly
“Oh My God!” mom gasped
“Noooo Marie... God! Marie! No! Don't take her from me!” I sobbed wildly
“Mama?” Charley sniffled, he reached over the seat and Alex copied him. Their was a soft glow but nothing happened. They sat back and cried loudly unabashed. Marie was dead.

TBC...

Title: Storm
Author: JaqueDark
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Roswell belongs to Fox.
Summary: Yeah I know it's another baby Zan story. But it's one I couldn't get out of my head. Zan Edison is having trouble sleeping; he can't quite figure out what's keeping him up at night. He's living a happy life with his wife Marie and their two twin boys Alex and Charlie. He knows he's adopted, Marie points out that that might be the reason he's having trouble sleeping. So the young couple investigate and find more than they ever bargained for...
Pairings: CC of course. M/L, M/M, I/J and Zan with an original character Marie.
We pulled up at a house and Jim gunned the engine. It was almost midnight and my boys had cried themselves to sleep.
Isabel and Kyle came over and opened the sliding door of the people carrier, I glared at them as they looked in. Marie was so cold and I couldn't get her warm, I had her blood all over my hands and on the side of my face
“Get Max” Isabel ordered and Kyle rushed away. Jim and Amy got the kids out of the back and followed Kyle into the house, several people came out and Isabel moved aside to reveal a man who looked like me but older. He moved to check her pulse
“Don't you dare touch her!” I hissed and he backed away.
A bike roared up and Michael appeared, he came over to stand next to the man staring at me and Marie
“It was a lone sniper. Not even FBI... some crazy guy sitting at a high window” he explained
“Marie, honey, wake up” I begged her as I stroked her hair
“Zan, we should get her inside” said Max “We have a guest room... you can take her there. C'mon” I slid out not letting her from my arms, I held her safe as I carried her past my biological father. He looked at Michael
“Get rid of the blood stain then get everyone inside” he ordered him coldly
“Ok” he replied and leaned into the car.
The door was open for me and I followed the petite brunette as she led me up some stairs to a guest room. I carefully laid Marie down on the bed and knelt down next to her, I stroked her hair back then looked at Liz
“You're Liz, right?” I asked her and she nodded
“I used up most of my strength trying to heal her and the baby. Would you be able to get rid of the blood stains, I don't want our children seeing her like this” I begged and she nodded. She came in and I stepped aside as she waved her hands over Marie and any signs of her being shot vanished “Thank you”
“You're more than welcome Zan” she stated and she squeezed my shoulder
“She looks like she's sleeping” I mumbled softly as I stroked her hair back “I love you Marie” I rose to my feet and left the room, Liz stood guard outside.
My mom was sitting on the couch with Alex and Charlie on her knees. They were all covered with tear tracks
“You can go see her now” I said as tears filled my eyes. My boys jumped off her knees and rushed upstairs to say goodbye to their mother. As soon as they were gone I collapsed
“Ah God!” I cried tears falling with my agony, I could physically feel her absence. Mom came rushing over and threw her arms around me, she cried with me; we were both crying for our lost loves.
“Zan” I looked round and saw Max standing there. I rose to my feet feeling extremely bitter and rage coursed through me
“I wish I'd never come searching for you! You destroy every life you touch! God, to think that I thought you'd be able to protect us! You're just as evil as my real mother!” I hissed
“Zan! Stop it!” snapped Jim trying to prevent a fight
“I'm not going to stick around. As soon as I'm able then I'm going to take my family and I'm going to get as far away from you as possible Max Evans. Before you can add to your list of dead! How many people have died because of you?”
“Too many. I'm sorry Zan” he confessed “I'll do everything in my power to make sure they they never find you”
“Well it's too fucking late for that now! Marie's dead! My wife! My wife and my unborn daughter! Do you have any idea what it feels like? What if Liz were shot? What if she died! What if your soul was ripped apart and destroyed piece by piece?”
“Alexander for God sake stop it!” mom cried as she rushed over to me “Now you listen to me. We're not going anywhere, this is safe for the moment. Let's not bring any more attention to ourselves than necessary. I want you to go and get some sleep okay. Go and sleep, please!”
“You think sleep would do him good?” asked Max
“It might” she confessed. He nodded then I felt a hand touch my head and a prick of pain swallowed my vision sending me into the darkness of being unconscious.
***
I woke up in an unfamiliar room, I could see an alarm clock blinking that it was a little after nine in the morning. I felt someone lying around me and I saw that Alex and Charley had crawled up and snuggled into me during the night. I sat up and looked around
“Marie? Honey where are you?” I called, I left the room and stood in the doorway. This hallway wasn't mine. Where was I? Where was Marie? Was I dreaming?
“Zan” I turned and saw a teenage boy standing there, he had reddish brown hair and big brown eyes; didn't really look much like either of his parents.
“I'm Adam, sorry but I was the one who knocked you out last night”
“Oh” I mumbled “Where's Max?”
“My dad's still asleep with mom in their room. Do you want me to take you to Marie?”
“Please” I replied and he led me down some stairs to the room at the end of the hall.
“I'm sorry for knocking you out. My dad told me to” he explained “And I'm sorry coz all of us have seen her. The others are younger and they wanted to”
“That's okay” I replied “I'm sure she wouldn't have minded, she loved children”
“Connie, our baby sister, said she was very pretty”
“She was. She was so beautiful and I loved her so much” I said as I saw her lying there so peacefully. I knelt down next to her in the same spot, my hands still had her blood on them.
“I'm going to take her outside, would you show me the way?” I asked as I scooped her up in my arms.
“Sure” he said and I followed him down the other flight of stairs and out into the garden. There was a large forest behind the house and I started towards it but stopped when I realised Adam wasn't coming with me
“Could you... come with me? Please?” I asked him quietly, he nodded without saying a word and we walked in silence through the forest until we reached a clearing.
Adam sat down on a log as I laid her down and started digging with my hands. After a few minutes he joined in; it must have took at least an hour to get a decent enough grave dug for her. I climbed out and Adam sat back down on his log watching silently as I scooped Marie up in my arms and jumped back down into the hole and carefully laid her down.
“I'm sorry I let this happen, I'm sorry I let you down so badly that you and our baby were killed. I know that you wont trust me when I say this but I promise, I swear on your grave, my love that I will protect Alex and Charlie” I kissed her forehead then her cold mouth before climbing out to fill in her grave. I pushed the dirt over her until it was all filled in, I sat back on my ass and just stared at the ground.
I watched as Adam came over and took a large chunk of bark, he'd broken off a tree, into the ground at the top of her grave. He waved his hand and it was a thin tomb stone
“What do you want me to put on it?” he asked, as he knelt there with his hand poised to add words to the stone.
“Marie Anne Edison, beloved mother and wife. Taken from us too soon. She shall be missed. 2002 – 2028. Underneath that put Aimee Edison, beloved daughter and sister; she never had a chance at life” he flashed his hand and the stone was engraved with what I'd asked for. Then he put his hand on the ground and a swirled pattern appeared glowing blue for a moment before vanishing. He sat back on his log and I just sat there saying nothing
“Are you ready to go back yet?” he asked, I could sense his emotions so easily
“Not just yet... I'm not ready to say goodbye to her”
“What was she like? Would you tell me?” he inquired, I got up off the cold ground and sat next to him on the log
“She was brilliant, I loved her so very much” I began “I met her when I was in college training to become a paediatrician. I had taken a first aid course as an extra thing to support my education. When I got there she was lying on the floor and no one was around, I went over and knelt down. She had her eyes closed and I thought she was hurt or something... I tried to resuscitate her” I laughed as I remembered that day “Actually I'd just decided to go along when I saw the posters for it, I don't know why I was so adamant to go. I knew the basics already... I had a feeling so I went and there she was. She told me all the things I'd done wrong when I'd tried to resuscitate her, the second she opened her eyes and looked at me I knew I was in love. I knew that I would never love anyone like I loved her; one look and I was hooked. My heart broke when I realised I would probably never see her again after that class... I didn't even know her name at that point. I was so nervous when I went to speak to her but I didn't want her to leave. I asked her if she wanted to come to a party before I asked her who she was... heh she told me off for not introducing myself”
“Was it your powers? The feeling?”
“Probably” I replied “I took Marie to a stupid frat house party; I don't know what inspired me to take her there. As first dates went it was bad at first... one, I'd taken her to a frat house and two, some guy tried it on with her and got rough. I punched the guys' lights out and told him to keep his hands off my wife!”
“Wife?” Adam repeated incredulously “You called her your wife?”
“Yeah, I did” I replied with a grin “She was looking at me all starry eyed when I turned around, all I could think about was if she was okay. I tried to check her over but she just jumped at me and hugged me. We didn't stay long at the frat house after that, I took her home and that was it. Before I knew it we were dating and college was over for her; I introduced her to my parents and she got a job with a popular firm as a psychiatrist while I continued training.
I asked her to marry me when I took her out to dinner, I went all out because I wanted her to say yes. She'd told me during the starter that she had some news for me as well; I popped the question and she confessed that she was pregnant with twins. We were married in the spring and Alex and Charlie were born a few months after that; oh man, when they were born I was in a lecture at school... I just knew that they were coming, that she was having the babies, I just knew it. I got up and ran out of there leaving all my stuff behind”
“Do you think that it was an alien trait?”
“You know you're an alien?” I seemed surprised that he knew
“Of course, our parents didn't want to hide the truth from us. We all know and we're all weary of new people, outsiders, in case they're dangerous. Anyway they had to explain why we could do things no one else could and why bad people are after us”
“I'm an outsider yet you're trusting me so easily”
“Zan... you're not an outsider. You're my big brother” he stated with so much emotion it knocked me for six. He just smiled and patted my shoulder “Tell me more of the story... tell me about her, please” I nodded as a small smile formed on my face
“I didn't know where she would be. I knew that she was at home but I didn't know if she'd gone to the hospital or she'd called an ambulance... I just ran clear all the way to the hospital and there she was being lifted out of the ambulance by the paramedics. My God, she was beautiful... hehe when she saw me she screamed at me for getting her pregnant in the first place. Her cheeks were red and her hair was all over the place but she was... is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my entire life”
“Heh, you sound exactly like my dad talking about mom” he laughed “I guess we connect to people on so much more of a spiritual level... I can't wait till I find the person I connect with like that”
“When you do... you protect her okay. Protect her better than I did Marie” I told him
“I will, sir” he replied and he nodded solemnly
“We had twin boys and we called them Alexander and Charles, Alex and Charlie for short, any way Marie had three months maternity leave and I set about staggering my course so I could stay at home with them when Marie went back to work; it was the sensible thing to do because she was actually bringing in money and a lot more of it than I was. The first two months I practically recorded the boys doing everything with the camera. I wanted Marie to be able to see it all, I was so proud of each little gurgle and noise they made. I didn't want her to miss it and after I'd put them down for the night we'd curl up together with the camera and watch it together. I wish I had those tapes... they're back home in Philadelphia”
“I can talk to mom and see if she can contact Auntie Ava, she lives in New York. She can get in there easily and get them”
“I met Ava. She was in Roswell when I was there. She's my mother's clone”
“Tess” he whispered coldly, he shook his head “Word to the wise... I know she was your real mom and all but don't mention that name here”
“Tess may have been my real mom but I was adopted. My mom, the woman who raised me, is my mom not Tess. I don't really remember her and what I do isn't exactly all warm and fuzzy”
“She's the reason we're running for our lives. If she hadn't destroyed that base then they wouldn't have come looking for us” he stated “I've been told all about what happened back then”
“I know. I met our grandparents, they told me everything. I met a lot of your parents old friends”
“I know... and you brought Auntie Maria and Uncle Kyle's parents with you”
“We asked them and they wanted to come” I told him “They wanted to see their kids again and their grandkids for the first time”
“Thank you for bringing them, Zan. I just wish... I could have met my grandparents”
“I'm sure you will one day” I said honestly, I had a feeling that he would but I remained quiet not wanting to get his hopes up. I rose to my feet and ruffled his hair before walking over to the stone and rubbing my fingers over it “Goodbye Marie” I turned to see Adam standing there. We walked back to the house in silence; my mom was waiting there for me when we got back. I hugged her tightly and cried freely, Adam disappeared inside giving us time alone.
“Oh God, Mama!” I sobbed wildly
“Shush Alexander, it's going to be okay” she rubbed my back and tried to sooth me.
“Is this what true pain feels like?” I whispered
“Yes” she blurted out “Yes it is, it fills your soul and destroys you completely” I pulled back and looked at her; tears were streaming down her face
“Dad” I stated quietly and she nodded “You know how it feels. How it hurts”
“More so because I never got to say goodbye. I had to leave him behind...”
“Mom...” I began but she shook her head
“Give me the car keys” she demanded holding out her hand
“Are you sure?” I asked her and she nodded
“This is where you belong, this is where Marie is. You look after the children and don't hate Max. He did the right thing by giving you up, if he hadn't then you wouldn't have had this life” she said finally as I handed the keys over. She moved quickly and before I knew it she was gone.
I saw on the news a few days later... she'd managed to make it all the way home. The news reported her as one of the fugitive terrorists; she broke into the morgue. The footage was banned from the news but obviously it was on ViewTube... she died next to my dad.

TBC...