by Anne
November 2001: Why a Roswell crossover in a series which is basically TP/Stargate/Highlander? To be honest, I was watching the series and thought 'wouldn't it be interesting if the Tomorrow People met Max and co?' and this is the result. Me, being me, then thought further and decided I could kill two birds with one stone and sort out a few loose ends re the TPs from the tv episodes at the same time, plus introduce another fun plot twist into the series. To find out what the repercussions from this story to TiH are, read the next story, Where The Winds Blow.
The events that take place during the prologue of this story happen during the first story in this series The Medusa Stone. The remainder of the story takes place during the first season of Roswell between the episodes 'The Convention' and 'Blind Date.'
Disclaimer: The characters of Adam Newman, Megabyte Damon, Kevin Wilson, Ami Jackson, Jade Weston, General William Damon, Colonel Masters, Millie Damon and Caroline Damon belong to Roger Damon Price, Thames Television and Nickelodeon. So do any other names or events linked to the Tomorrow People TV series.
Max Evans, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Michael Guerin, Isabel Evans, Alex Whitman, Kyle Valenti, Sheriff Jim Valenti and Milton belong to Melinda Metz, Jason Katims and WB. All other concepts and events linked to Roswell also belong to them.
The characters of Joe Dawson and James Horton (who appear in name only) belong to Panzer/David, Rysher/Gaumont Television. So do the concepts of immortality, the Watchers and the Hunters.
The characters of Geoff Anderson, Gil Hawkins, Jim Beckett and Simon Trent belong to me and should not be used without permission.
Thanks: Thanks to Jocelyn, John, Nicole, Sarah, Caroline and Amethyst Maiden for their feedback and support while I was working on this story.
Special thanks to Wendy, beta reader extraordinaire. We had many long chats about this story as I was writing, and she helped with the fine-tuning of quite a few of the ideas.
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November 1999
Jade Weston paced up and down on the beach outside the Tomorrow People's ship, trying not to think about the last telepathic message they had received from Adam and Megabyte. Every few moments she glanced over her shoulder at the tip of the spaceship protruding out of the white sand, and then back again at the foam crested waves surrounding the island. It was almost as though she was hoping against hope that either of the boys might suddenly appear out of thin air in front of her and that the whole situation had been nothing but a bad dream.
"Jade, are you okay?" Kevin Wilson put his arm around the young British girl, trying to reassure her that everything was going to be fine.
"No, I'm not!" snapped back Jade. "I'm really worried about Megabyte and Adam. What if General Damon doesn't find out what's wrong with them? Kevin, what are we going to do if they stay in that coma, or if they…" Her voice tailed off.
The two boys had gone with Megabyte's father, General Damon, to Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado, to the NORAD base there. What was supposed to be a simple tour of the base had soon turned into something much more dangerous. Jade, Ami and Kevin had received some very disturbing images from both their fellow Tomorrow People, followed by pain. Adam had told them all to stay away until he and Megabyte had found out what was affecting them and why.
Jade remembered arguing with Adam, but the older boy had been quite insistent. Shortly afterwards Megabyte had sent her some strange images involving a tall dark haired man. All telepathic contact had then been lost with her two friends.
"Jade, I'm sure that's not going to happen. You've got to think positive. Come on, let's go back to the ship, Ami's worried too you know."
Ami had rang General Damon on his cell phone, surmising that if he had been with Adam and Megabyte he would know what had happened to them.
Megabyte's father had sounded worried. Both boys were hooked up to life support, and growing steadily weaker. Jade had talked to him and explained about the flash Megabyte had sent her, and he was going to look into it. That had been a good ten minutes ago and still they hadn't heard anything, or received any form of telepathic communication from either of their friends.
Jade backed away. "Look, Kevin, I think I need time to myself. I need to find something to keep my mind off things." She saw the worry in his eyes as she spoke, a mirror of what she was feeling herself. "I'll come back if anything changes, or when I feel I can cope better, promise."
She closed her eyes and concentrated, disappearing in a flash of white light, leaving Kevin on the beach, staring at the spot she had just been.
Jade materialised in the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. She smiled to herself, a small shaky smile. Looking around, she noticed with relief that no one had seen her arrival.
It makes sense I suppose, she thought to herself. Megabyte and Adam are involved in something weird so I go and visit something equally weird. Strange way of keeping your mind off things, she chastised herself. Still, watching that programme about the Roswell landing with Megabyte the night before had made her curious about the whole thing. It was better she occupied herself here checking it out, than mope around the ship worrying.
Jade started walking through the town when a building with what she supposed was meant to be a flying saucer on a big sign, caught her eye. UFO centre, she read, noticing the pictures of so called aliens in the windows. Might be a giggle. After all it's not as though these people actually know what aliens really look like. Jade shivered, remembering her encounter with the alien pod people.
"Can I help you?" asked a dark haired middle aged man coming towards her. Jade noticed all the UFO buttons and badges on the man's jacket as he came closer. Well, he looked normal enough, she thought, if maybe a bit on the geeky side.
"I was just thinking about looking in the UFO centre," she replied. To her surprise the man burst into a huge grin and took her by the arm.
"Ah," he gushed. "Are you a believer? You're in luck young lady. I'm just about to open up for the day. You can be our first visitor. I'm Milton by the way and you are?"
Jade backed off a bit. He seemed a bit…weird. Still, why not? The way the guy was rabbiting on, he would certainly take her mind off her current worries. If he got too much, she could always make her excuses and disappear anyway. She noticed he was still talking. In fact he hadn't even noticed she hadn't told him her name. Jade followed the man in through the front door. The place was really quiet. Quiet, apart from Milton talking on and on that was. He turned and asked her a question directly, and she realised with a touch of guilt, that she hadn't really been taking in much of what he had been saying.
"I've just given my young assistant a very interesting book to read. In fact he seems quite taken with it. Have you read James Atherton's 'Among Us?"
"No, I don't think I've heard of that one," Jade replied honestly. She looked around the museum, and spotted a display which took her interest. "Do you really think the UFO crash in 1947 was a weather balloon?" Old newspaper clippings were tacked to the board. There were also a couple of models of weather balloons of the time sitting on a nearby table. An artist's impression of a spaceship looking suspiciously like a weather balloon sat framed next to it. It was there to emphasis the likeness between the two, she surmised.
"No, of course not. It was a government cover up, don't you think? I mean there are probably aliens and the like walking around among us right now and we'd never know. The government likes to keep all that stuff to themselves you know. I mean, how do you know I'm not some sort of mind reading alien, knowing exactly what you're thinking right now?"
Milton's last question took Jade a bit by surprise, and she stared at him, not sure how to answer. 'Well, I'd know because I'm a Tomorrow Person' didn't really seem to be the answer to give under the circumstances. She was about to change the subject when she heard a familiar telepathic voice in her mind.
[Hiya, squirt.]
[Megabyte! Are you and Adam okay?]
[Yeah, we're fine, but keep the volume down okay? My head still hurts.] Jade could feel the red head mentally wince as he 'spoke'.
[We're fine, Jade,] Adam sounded quiet, as though he had a lot on his mind. [I'm still not sure the danger's over though.]
Ami's mental voice interrupted the telepathic conversation. [Jade, come back to the ship…]
Jade was aware of a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?"
Milton seemed concerned. "I didn't mean to scare you with all that talk about government cover ups and aliens you know." He lowered his voice. "It's just that most people don't realise that stuff exists. It's important that they do, that's why I told you."
"I'm fine." How was she going to get away from the man, she thought? He certainly seemed to enjoy having a captive audience. She giggled to herself, as she thought of her next course of action. Adam wouldn't be impressed, she knew, at what she was about to do, but hey, she needed a bit of a laugh after the last few hours.
"Hey," she said, pointing to the other side of the room. "Isn't that one of those mind reading aliens you were talking about earlier?"
As Milton turned around to look where she was pointing, Jade closed her eyes and teleported.
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