Time we could have shared
Summary: Michael Guerin's life has always been tough and without any real family. Now he has Maria, he sort of has Laurie Dupree…but little did he know there is someone else, someone that will change that empty feeling of having no true family…
Set before 'Crash' MichaelxMaria and LizxMax as well as IsabelxJesse also Kylexofc
Chapter One: "Home"
Melinda Langley got out of her car and pulled open the Crashdown Café doors. She sat at a booth and looked around. It was as he'd described it; alien-themed in every possible way. She chuckled at the paintings on the walls and the bottled "aliens" in various places. It was actually quite amusing, but slightly disturbing too.
'Can I get you anything?' Maria asked her, bringing her back to reality.
'Ah, yeah…could I just have a cherry cola with arsenic?' she asked and looked at Maria.
'Ah, Heh…sure' Maria smiled as she wrote it down and went to get it.
Melinda looked around some more and noticed there wasn't much of a crowd. There was a family a long way to her left and two seats in front of her was a group of teenagers about her age. A girl with blonde hair, guy with blackish hair and…Kyle. Melinda sat up straighter when she saw him. She'd came to Roswell last year ago for a brief visit and the prom was going on, so she attended school for two weeks and made friends with Kyle Valenti, Alex Whitman and a brief re-meeting with Tess Harding. Melinda had danced with Kyle at the prom and it was one of the first times in her life she'd felt normal or welcomed. He'd gave her a kiss on the cheek at the end, nothing too big…but it was to her. It had felt like her body was filled with electricity…she'd never been kissed before.
'Here you go, that'll be a $1.25' Maria smiled and placed her drink on the table. 'Can I get you anything else?'
Melinda glanced at Kyle again then back to Maria. 'No, not really, Thanks'
'No problem' Maria walked back to the counter to chat away with one of the brunette waitresses.
Melinda sipped at her drink as she watched the dark haired teen get up and wander over to the brunette waitress and once she saw his face she accidentally knocked her drink over in shock, which tipped off the table and loudly fell to the floor. Everyone looked at her and the two waitresses came over to clean it up.
'You okay?' Maria asked her and noticed she was staring at Max as he came over, also noticing the look he was getting.
'Oh my god, are you Max Evans?' Melinda gasped.
'Yeah…why?' he asked her.
This can't be true! Max Evans is still in Roswell? Max Evans…as in King Zan!
'Ah nothing…I have to go' she grabbed her bag so fast that her device thing that Kal had given to her slipped and slid across the floor, in clear view of the other teens.
Melinda cursed herself and grabbed it quickly.
'What was that?' Max asked her and she dashed out the door as fast as she could.
Melinda got into her car and drove around until she found a locked park. The gate was padlocked and had a no access sign on it. Melinda placed her hand on the padlock and concentrated. After several minutes, there was a "click" as the lock came undone. She snuck inside and found a bench out of view to sit down.
This can't be happening, she thought to herself. Why didn't Kal tell me that they would still be here in Roswell when I said I was coming here? That's just another thing he failed to mention. She sighed and glanced down at the device still in her hand. She has no idea what it does, but Kal said it would help her somehow. Help me do what exactly? If it helps me find my twin brother, then all will be good…if I could just work out how to use it…
Meanwhile though, back at the Crashdown Café:
Max looked at Maria, and then Liz, as Isabel, Michael and Kyle came over to them.
'What was that about Maxwell?' Michael asked him when he saw the mess that Maria was now cleaning up.
'That girl knows me somehow and she has an alien device' Max whispered to the others.
'And guess what she ordered' Maria said, getting up. 'Cherry cola with arsenic'
'So?' Kyle asked her.
'So, that's what I always order' Michael frowned. 'You think she's an alien?'
'I dunno, maybe we're just jumping to conclusions' Isabel said doubtfully.
'I'll talk to her' Kyle sighed.
'You'll talk to her?' Liz asked with a chuckle. 'Why you?'
'I sort of know her…from the prom last year' he admitted and eyed the ground.
'Know her…how exactly?' Max asked.
'We danced and stuff…nothing like that, just…I guess we were friends until she left all of the sudden, the next day' he said. 'But we'll just have to hope she comes back here because I don't know where she was staying and I doubt she is staying there at the moment'
'Okay, if she comes back in then just act like nothing happened alright?' Max told the others they all nodded but were clearly tense over the whole situation.
Melinda left the park an hour later, she hadn't actually found a place to stay yet so she went to stay in a hotel, but she only for this one night. Tomorrow she was going to see if she could rent an apartment someplace. She was going to stay in Roswell for a while…she just had to find her brother.
Two weeks passed by until she was able to make herself re-enter the Crashdown café, but when she did she noticed that everyone that was there the other day were their again, but acting as though nothing had happened.
Good, keep it that way, she thought and sat at the same booth as before.
Maria spotted her and saw that Liz was busy pushing the special with an elderly couple nearby so she took a deep breath hand headed over to the brown haired girl, which was when she noticed her hair was the identical colour to Michaels…weird.
'Um…could I get you something?' She asked.
Melinda looked up at Maria and thought for a minute. 'Same as before: cherry cola with arsenic'
'Okay' Maria replied and went to get it.
Max and the others were positioned to be able to watch her this time and Kyle was about to make his move but decided to wait until after Maria had delivered the drink.
Maria placed the drink on the table and Melinda handed her $1.25.
'Hey? Maria right?' Melinda read her nametag.
'Yeah' Maria nodded and was getting slightly nervous, but calmed down, they could still be wrong about this girl.
'Could you join me for a moment?' Melinda noticed the lack of other customers, which she pointed out to Maria, giving her no real excuse to say no.
'Um okay, sure' Maria sat across from her while her friends looked at each other, each expression saying that they were wondering: what is Maria doing?
'I just wanted to talk to someone' Melinda said. 'Which I'm not overly familiar with so bare with me okay?'
Maria nodded and wondered what this was going to lead to, but felt safe as her friends were only a few metres away and she was sure that Michael was watching them like a hungry eagle.
'Maria, you're friends with Max Evans aren't you?'
'Yeah, we're friends…why?' Maria questioned, taking the chance to get some information from her but didn't want to push it too much.
'Well I was wondering if you're close…I mean do you know about him?'
'What about him?' Maria baited. She must know he's a Czechoslovakian, but how? Is she a skin? Or some other creepy alien that wants us killed? Oh my god…no Maria, deep breathes…calm down!
'Forget it, just wondering if you knew where he was from'
'I do' Maria replied, still not sure if this girl was referring to Max being "not of this Earth" or not but it certainly sounded that way.
'So you know he's a…well…from…' Melinda sighed and decided to just say it, in a whisper of course. 'So you know he's an…alien?'
Maria turned around and gave Max a quick look then turned back to the girl.
'Yeah and how do you know?'
'Does the name "Kal Langley" ring any bells?' Melinda asked sipping her drink as Maria nodded. 'Well I've been living with him for a while and yeah…I was there when Max came to visit. But he didn't know cuz Kal ordered me to not let him know I was there'
'Why? I mean…are you an alien too?' Maria asked the big question.
'I am' Melinda admitted, this was the most she'd ever told anyone…and to a complete stranger? 'I'm one of them…but I only know Max and Tess…do you know the other two?'
'You know Tess?' Maria asked with an obvious dislike.
'Long story' Melinda replied, not wanting to actually tell it. She hated Tess too, but for many reasons, much more personal reasons.
'And that device thing you had the other day…what does it do?' Maria questioned, glad that this girl was answering all them but it was kind of strange, considering her reaction last time.
'I honestly don't know. Kal gave it to me before I came here…said it would help me on my…my quest I guess is what you could call it' Melinda shut up then…she'd said too much.
'Quest? And what is that?' Maria asked and noticed the others were getting tense; she could almost feel the suspense and concern radiating from Michael at this point.
Melinda took the last sip of her drink and got up. 'I have to go, I need to find a place to live…but I will be back and I would like to talk with Max sometime…thanks for the chat' Melinda smiled. 'Oh and since I'm sure you will be reporting back to the others…just for the record…my name is Melinda, Melinda Langley' she smiled and grabbed her bag. Feeling annoyed and proud with herself, she left the café.
The moment the doors closed, everyone ran over to Maria.
'Well? What happened?' Isabel asked.
'What did she say?' Liz questioned her.
'Are you okay?' Michael asked loudly.
'Give her a chance' Kyle said and looked at Maria as well.
'Max, she knows all about you…that you're a… Czechoslovakian, everything!' Maria told them. 'She knows Tess too…but no one else. She's one of you'
'Are you sure?' Michael asked her.
Maria nodded and sighed. 'Her name is Melinda Langley'
'Langley? As in Kal Langley kind of Langley?' Liz asked.
Maria nodded again.
'And the device?' Isabel asked, the concern clear in her voice, which was something, she did not often express without yelling and screaming about it.
'She doesn't know what it does, but Kal Langley gave it to her to help on her quest…and no she did not tell me what it was…she then left'
'Whatever it is…it can't be good' Michael sighed.
'She's coming back, and wants to talk with you Max' Maria told him and then picked up the empty cup Melinda had used.
'I still don't think we should trust her though' Michael added and walked back to the kitchen.
Melinda was able to get a small apartment, really dull and old looking…but it'll do. It was two days after her last visit to the Crashdown, but by 8am she was bored and decided to go and have another cherry cola with arsenic.
She entered the café and again, everyone was there and Maria was already bringing her the drink as she sat down.
'Thanks Maria' Melinda smiled and saw Max heading over. It's now or never.
'Hey' Max said.
'Hey' she responded and gestured to the seat across from her. He sat down and watched her for a moment before he spoke.
'Maria told me about your conversation and she said you wanted to talk to me?'
'Um yeah, this is awkward, but I was ah…wondering what you know about life on Antar'
'That's what you want to talk about?' He asked in surprise. 'Um, not really…do you?'
'I don't even know who the other half of the royal four are Max…god I don't even know my real name' she said angrily, again mad at Kal for not telling her anything and saying she should just forget about it and live this life. "The past is the past and it should stay that way" he'd told her.
Melinda saw his reluctance to tell her anything and she could understand why.
'Look, I swear I am not here to cause any trouble…I just want answers'
'Then why are you here? Answers? Well judging by your reaction the first day you visited…it seemed as though you didn't know any of us were even here' Max said, which was actually something Liz had noticed but Melinda didn't need to know that.
Melinda sighed and Max noticed she looked almost scared. 'Look Max, I really don't feel comfortable talking about it so I'll keep it simple…I'm looking for someone. This "someone" is important to me and it's a personal quest'
Max knew he had no hope of getting anything more than that answer on that topic. 'Okay, what do you want to know?' He asked and noticed that Maria and Liz were closing early and locking up. Good, this will give us more time to talk to Melinda openly and even prevent her from running off again if necessary.
'I want to know the other two' Melinda restated her question.
'I'll be back' Max got up and the others all crowded around him as he updated them and they following him back to the table.
'We are all a part of this' Max told her. 'And we still don't completely trust you, but we'll give you a chance' he sighed. 'This is Isabel, she's my sister'
'Also known as Vilandra' Isabel added.
'And this is Michael, my second in command' Max gestured toward Michael.
'Also known as Rath' Michael shrugged.
Melinda hadn't seen Michael up close before, but now that she did she noticed how he looked familiar and almost alike her. It can't be, no way! But then again…it could be…it's more than possible.
'Rath?' she repeated and looked at him again. Then she felt this…energy. She noticed a glow coming from her bag and she pulled out the device. It was a sort of octagonal shape with the symbol of their galaxy on it and it was a jet-black colour. But the symbol was lighting up and seemed to be spinning.
'What the hell?' she muttered as she and the others stared at it. Then the energy, which was clearly seen as blue liquid, lit up her hand that was holding it and she got this flash…
It was dark and the air had no smell, they were in a strange surrounding that was dimly lit. It wasn't home, no it was someplace that felt far from home. Melinda glanced over to see four pods, one was open and someone was still ripping another open from the inside. She saw the boy that had come out the same time as her…it was her brother, she could feel it. He looked right at her, but didn't seem to actually see her. She watched as the girl broke from her pod and walked up to the boy. There were two more pods below theirs, but those inside had not moved yet, not the slightest. She turned back to the other hatched two and they looked around. Her brother was reaching for her with his mind, but was still somehow unable to see her…
The flash ended and she gasped, dropping the device. The moment it made contact with the floor it stopped glowing, so did her hand.
'What? What happened?' Michael asked her and she tried to make sense of what she'd just seen. Melinda looked at Isabel and noticed her blonde hair…yeah that little girl was her for sure. Realisation hit her and showed clearly on her face as she looked at Michael.
'Rath' she said again and smiled. She saw how everyone was looking at her weirdly and Maria seemed to be panicking big time as she sniffed from some tiny bottle.
'I um, saw a flash' she felt the need to tell them now that she had found her brother, but this was so not how she pictured it.
'What did you see?' Isabel asked, knowing the way she'd looked right at her and then Michael.
'I was in a dark place, like a cave or something…and I saw' she looked at Isabel. 'I saw you trying to get out of your pod while you' she pointed to Michael. 'You were looking around and stuff. It was just weird…but Tess and Max weren't hatched yet, they seemed asleep or something in those pod things' She didn't tell them everything she'd found out, not yet.
'The pod chamber' Isabel realised. 'You saw that? But how…I mean have you ever been there?'
'I remember feeling cold, so I think maybe I had hatched there too' she said, knowing it was true. She had to control herself, but she just couldn't help starring at Michael.
'Look, I have to go…I'm tired' she lied and headed to the doors, using her powers to unlock them.
Michael watched her for a moment then ran after her before anyone could protest.
'Hey!' He stopped her, as she was about to get into her car. 'What else did you see?'
'What? Nothing' she avoided looking at him this time.
'I know you're hiding something else and I want to know what it is' he demanded, glad that the others didn't follow him.
'Michael, this is not the time nor place to tell you' she sighed and knew she was going to end up telling him anyway.
'Tell me what?' he asked, he was not going to let this go until he got answers.
Melinda looked at him and he was surprised to see brief tears in her eyes as she got into the car. She started the engine and faced him again.
'Michael, when I got the flash, I could feel everything and see everything as though I was really there…I know this will sound stupid or something but the reason I'm here in Roswell is to find my twin brother and from the flash…I found him. It's you Michael, you're my twin brother'
Authors notes: Well those that know me know that I loooove reviews and I hug each and every one i get :) I would like to know what you all think of this fic and such :) I am still working on my other fics but have been sick the last 2 weeks but never fear my other fans, I have by no means abandoned any other fics :P
Well let me know whatcha think! Also I have a storyline with this fic that involves Antar so opinions are needed! (I'm up to chapter 7 at the moment and this fic's chapters are generally longer than my usual length so enjoy!).