Hideout Vacation

Disclaimer: These characters aren't mine; they are property of Jason Katims, Melinda Metz and Joss Whedon. I've only kidnapped them for a while, though sue all you want, you'll only get is an old 2p and a stolen police cone.

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Summary: Roswell and Buffy crossover, this is set after the Roswell episode Destiny. The gang goes to Sunnydale to wait for until the Pierce thing blows over.

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Michael wished it would storm. Then at least once the weather would resemble his own feelings. He felt guilty about killing Pierce, he didn't know why, Pierce was an evil person. It wasn't as if he was following in Mother Teresa's footsteps or something. Michael almost snorted with laughter, but stopped himself. It wasn't an appropriate time to start laughing. He could almost imagine Agent Pierce going around skipping in his FBI suit giving out sweets to children and money to the homeless. Michael bit his lip, hard. If he started laughing now the others would think he's having a nervous breakdown.

They were holed up in an unused cabin, near the woods. The woodwork smelt of rot, the paint was chipped and dirty and overall there was a mouldy damp feeling. It depressed everyone. Maria was opposite him, hugging her knees and dropping off, Liz and Max were doing the whole soulful eyes on each other. Isabel was playing with her hair and changing her clothes to different colours and Alex looked like he was making a new tune to play on his guitar. Sheriff Valenti, Tess and Kyle was whispering quietly in a corner….obviously Kyle was a little freaked out over the past events; he looked very worn out. Everyone did.

Michael's thoughts turned back to Pierce, he still wasn't sure why he was feeling guilty. He tried to kill them, he tortured Max, and he was a crazy, evil, demented and horrible person. But that was the problem, he was still a person, he had his life and it was cut short by him. He killed a man. With every sentence that he thought those four words kept on flashing though his head.

He was evil…I Killed a Man... He tried to kill Max… I Killed a Man… He kidnapped Liz… I Killed a Man… On and on there was that silent battle in him which would remain unsolved because it's not like he could do anything about it.

Maria stirred, and suddenly sat up. She silently stared at Michael; he looked awful. He just sat there staring into the nothingness, dark circles around his eyes and his jaw muscles clenched. Even a bottle of cedar oil wouldn't make him feel better at this point. She wished she could help, she wished she could make him feel better, even the tiniest bit.

"Michael, you okay?" Michael didn't answer. "Yo, Guerin, you okay?"

At the sound of his last name Michael broke out of his reverie, he smiled weakly at Maria.

"Oh, God! There must be something wrong with you! Isabel! Max! Michael actually smiled! He didn't smirk, he just smile. I didn't even know he could do that!" Maria exclaimed in mock surprise.

Michael chuckled; Maria always had a gift with cheering up people. She was beautiful!

Her hair was curly and long with brown, red and blonde streaks in it. She was wearing a short red skirt with knee high black boots and a black tight thin polo neck. Her hair was loose and she had on deep red lipstick, covered in lip-gloss. Maria had the most amazing lips, when he was little he used to call her goldfish lips but secretly he had longed for them. He wanted to caress and kiss them, he wanted to feel those soft lips on his flesh, and he wanted to lick off all of her lip-gloss, lick by lick until the flavouring of strawberry was all gone.

Hmmm he's been staring at me for a while, what does he want? Maria thought. I'll just stare back at him, showing that I cannot be intimidated. Maria set her jaw and stared back at him. At least he's easy on the eyes. Michael was more than easy on the eyes: he was H.O.T (High on Testosterone!!) She fell deep in those dark brown-grey eyes. His eyes spoke volumes. No matter what he said, no matter how much he pushed her away, his eyes always said Help Me, Love Me, Save me from myself. His eyes showed his vulnerable soul, which begged for her love.

Underneath his ragged clothes he has an amazing body, muscular but not too much, hard but not too hard. His pouty lips were soft but firm, normally drawn up into a smirk but now emphasised the fact that he was scared to death. Of the people after him and now of himself. Someone once told Maria that she had an almost obsessive compulsion to help people. What probably attracted her to him (apart from the obvious) was that he was a lost little soul that needs a love and attention to over come his hurt and trauma.

Suddenly like lightning, a thought hit her.

"I have a plan!" She announced, a grin smearing over her face. "I have a perfect plan, I have this friend who lives in another town and she's been asking me to meet up with her, so how about we all go there while the Pierce thing dies down."

"What town?" Alex asked. Alex never made instant decisions; he always counted the pros and cons and thought through all of the repercussions of each choice until he finally decided on something. It was both annoying and amazing!

"Sunnydale, California." In the corner of Maria's eye she saw Valenti nervously twitch.

"Uh…Sunnydale? Is that wise? I mean it might look we're running from something."

Max nodded in agreement. "I agree, besides would it be really safe going across the country? We are minors and not to mention alien minors, I'm not so sure."

"Guys this would just what we need, a good vacation."

"I'm in." A quiet answer came from the corner. Maria's jaw nearly dropped, this was the last person she expected to agree with her. Normally, if she said the sky was blue, he would say it was pink and yellow with polka dots. Just to be annoying no doubt.

"Thanks Michael, now come on anyone else?"

"Count me in too." Alex said. Maria smiled; she knew Alex would come around.

"Yeah, it'll be fun." Kyle piped up

"I'm still not sure….Tess?" Everyone looked at Tess, she seemed like she was in her own world or something. Maria waved her hand in front of her face;

"Tess? Hello?" Maria snapped her fingers in front of Tess' face.

"What? Yeah I'm fine." Tess muttered. She looked like she hadn't even realised that she was on Earth, let alone there with them in an abandoned cabin. "Okay, I'm in."

"Wait a minute, what's your friend's name?" Kyle asked.

"Her name's Willow, Willow Rosenberg. She's like the coolest girl in the world…. apart from you guys of course and Kyle don't even bother to wonder what she looks like because she's in a very loving relationship with a lead guitarist called Oz. Another thing Kyle; even though I can't see you properly, stop sniggering at his name!" Maria poked her tongue out and then resumed to talk to the rest of the group. Her eyes searched them and rested on Liz's deep brown ones. When they were kids Maria always got her way with Liz by pleading, not with words but with her eyes. Maria was doing this just now, Liz was crumbling she could see it. "Liz how about you?"

"Hmmm let's look at this rationally, where is Sunnydale again?"

"California."

"Okay, though that is quite far. Is Willow trustworthy? Is there any reason for us to think she's FBI or anyone against us?"

"No! Willow is totally trustworthy. She's a witch, a good one. She teaches me the magical properties of my Essence oils and stuff."

"Well if aliens exist why not Witches." Liz smiled, "where would we stay?"

"Willow told me about this cabin to rent in the woods by the Sunnydale College. It's clean and neat, not like this one. We could stay there. It has about 4/5 rooms; so we would have to share. It won't cost much, she assured me of that."

"Well since we have all the major issues covered…I think…it's a good idea. I'm game.". Maria did a little happy dance inside her head; there was now only Max, Isabel and Jim to persuade. Isabel shouldn't be that hard, Maria thought, her eyes seem to be lighting up at the thought of her and Alex sharing a room. Max would be the hardest; he's a stubborn little thing.

"Since everybody has agreed to go, I may aswell. One question, does Sunnydale have a lot of sun? I really want to get tanned." Isabel said, absentmindedly picking her nail polish, she was great at acting like she didn't care – she had practiced for a very long time. Maria turned to Max,

"What about you? We can't go without you."

"Well I guess it would be the best thing to do." Max's forehead creased in thought. "Sheriff? We need you to help us with the cover story; this trip can't happen without you."

"Hmm then I guess…I'm out voted." Jim smiled, "yeah this might even be fun." Maria noted that the smile didn't quite reach his eyes, something was up.

"Okay, Sunnydale is a long way from here. Alex, do you have your laptop with you?" Isabel smiled to herself, when did Alex not have his laptop with him?

"Of course I have my laptop, what kind of computer nerd do you take me for!" Alex laughed and handed Maria his most prized possession out of his backpack. Maria, head bent, biting her lip in concentration, didn't say anything for a while. It was strange, some kind of silence hit the cabin as they watched her; fingers flying as she typed (almost as fast as Alex!)

"Right, guys, I've e-mailed Willow and it'll be just a little while before she's replies. She's on the computer more than you are Alex!"

"Oh I highly doubt that." He smiled. He didn't mind being teased about his addiction to the 'net, at a crisis such as this one it always came in handy. Suddenly a beeping sound came from the laptop.

"Its Willow, she's ecstatic! She says I have to e-mail her when we have the details sorted so she can meet us when we arrive."

"We have to talk to your parents first, get their permission. How long will we be staying? Two weeks will do it right? We have to see if anyone owns the cabin you talked about, can you ask Willow to do that?" Jim glanced over at Maria; she was already doing it. "We'll have to pack too…how are we going to get there? We can't take the jeep. What are we going to tell your parents? How much will it cost?" He knew he was asking too many questions but they were needed, they couldn't go before everything was sorted out.

"We can fly to California and Willow can meet us. Before you ask her, boyfriend has a van so we all might be able to fit. It will be a bit squashed but I'm sure it will be okay. We can tell our parents that you wanted to take us on a trip of sightseeing or something. About telling the parents, that's your job Jim; you'll have to think of an excuse to give them." Everyone stared at Maria, nobody had ever seen her efficient before. It was like she turned into Liz or Isabel.

"Okay then, let's go home and pack!" Liz said.

tbc....