Part 12

Los Angeles - Langley's House

Isabelle wasn't sure what was happening. It was as if her mind had retreated inward, and she was just feeling her body's reactions without knowing where they were coming from.

But despite what she might want, what she was feeling was separating her from her grief. Isabelle felt it, inside. As if someone was putting her soul back together, and for some reason that angered her, but she wasn't sure why. How dare she feel those things when Jesse had just died? How much more could she betray the man?

Slowly however the room was slowly coming into focus, but she felt her bodies need for sleep overwhelm her. At that moment her mind wasn't capable of thinking about what was going on, or why? All that was clear was for the moment she felt safe, protected, and that whoever had done this for her would not hurt her. She could feel that person's arms around her as Isabelle passed into sleep.

At that moment the door to the room opened, and Maria looked in on the two sleeping lovers. Maria had enough good sense left to be quiet, and close the door.

Roswell - Crashdown Café

Amy Deluca began screaming. "JIM! JIM! You answer me! Don't you leave me you bastard!"

Jeff Parker and Phillip Evans grabbed at her pulling her off of Jim Valenti's unmoving form. Her tears pouring down her face. "He'll be okay? Amy, don't worry Jim will be fine," Phillip Evan's said.

"Don't lie to me," Amy answered.

Less then a second later Rath entered. "You know it is really hard to eat when some stupid bitch can't keep her mouth shut."

Jeff nearly had to tackle Amy to keep her from leaping at Rath. "Oh, temper, temper, you wouldn't want to end up like those Agents downstairs now would you?" Rath replied mockingly.

Diane reached around and slapped her hand across Amy's mouth. "Amy, please, this isn't helping."

Phillip turned to look at Rath. "Jim Valenti needs help. He's become unconscious. He needs to see a doctor."

Rath sneered at Phillip then pushed him aside to look at Jim Valenti lying on the floor against Liz's bed. "Yeah, but I don't fix ugly, so he's your problem."

"He might die!" Amy yelled in desperation.

"And you want me to what kill him quicker? Cause really you keep flapping your mouth like your no good slut of a daughter, and that's all you're going to get. Of course maybe you'd like that, you need a real lover, want to see why your daughter kept inviting that idiot Guerrin back into her bed?" This time both Jeff and Phillip had to step in to stop the enraged mother from going after Rath. Turning his back on the struggling woman Rath turned to look at the unconscious Valenti. "You, I believe I told your bitch I didn't want to hear her voice, or I'd do something she'd regret. I just wish I could see your face when I kill you."

Los Angeles - Langley's House

Maria finished closing the door, and turned to look at the rest of the group. Everyone looked at Maria for the answers only she could give them.

"I just see Isabelle and Kyle doing…well you know?"

"Maria do you have some problem with the word sex? Cause you didn't seem to last night?"

"Shut up Michael." Michael laughed, okay he didn't laugh or make any expressions, but amusement flashed briefly in his eyes.

Although the tension eased with the usual Michael, Maria banter it was not gone. "This can't be good."

Max seemed to decide this was the moment to speak, "Alright, everyone lets leave them alone for now. Garen, I want you to get your men ready."

"Yes, your majesty," Garen said as he saluted, turned, and walked down the stairs.

Michael was the next to speak. "And what do you want us to do about those two?"

"Nothing," Liz answered, "Right now we have to get ready to stop Khivar."

Michael just nodded and left. Maria was going to stay and answer, but the look Liz had on her face convinced her not to.

Roswell - Crashdown Café

Rath laughed, raised his hand then spun up, and blasted Jeff Parker backward before he could hit him. "Do you think I'm an idiot? You small town hicks, you think everyone's as stupid as you. Did you really think you get me with such an obvious trap?"

"I thought you had orders not to kill us," Diane asked.

"Oh, I do, but do you realize just how much I can do to you before you die. You might be old, but I haven't had any in awhile and I got three quick human females to fu…" Rath never finished that sentence as he went flying into the wall. Rath's body slammed into the wall with a sickening thud.

Holding his sparkling green hand up, Jim Valenti spoke, "Not so stupid a trap was it you Son of a bitch."

Los Angeles - Langley's House

For the first time in what seemed like days Kyle felt like he was really looking out of his own eyes and in control of his own body. The bed that he realized quickly was not his own almost causing him to fall out of the bed. Kyle felt his mind racing as it only had when it was the fourth quarter of a football game. His body pumped with adrenaline, but instead of the harsh turf of the football fields, Kyle now found himself naked with another naked body pressed against him.

Kyle's mind stopped working at that point; too much was happening to him right then for his mind to make any coherent thoughts about what he was seeing. They weren't so much pressed together as he was holding her protectively. Of course at that point the only thing that Kyle realized was that a pair of beautiful brown eyes was looking right into his now terrified eyes. At that moment the memories of the night before came rushing back.

Isabelle shot up like a rocket. She had that deer in the headlights look that made Kyle's heart break in half. For second Kyle forgot that he was naked and tried to reach out to here, but she just back away. "Isabelle…I didn't…I don't know what happened, but I didn't…"

"Kyle just leave me alone."

Kyle just nodded. He grabbed his scattered clothes slipped them on quickly and left the room.

Isabelle just retreated into the wall, and wanted to cry but somehow couldn't. "God what did I do? I've betrayed both Alex and Jesse… and Kyle?"