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So, where are the queen and your sister today, Max?» «That's partly why we've come here," Max said. «We sent Isabel, my sister, away. Liz has been having premonitions, and she recently had one where Isabel was being vivisected by Special Unit agents.» «Special Unit. I hate those guys," Langley said. «But I thought Nasedo shut them down.» «Hardly," Michael said. «They've been coming after us in a major way for the last year.» «Tess came back," Max said, explaining. «My son was rejected on Antar, so she came back so they wouldn't kill him. But her ship got shot down above Roswell and crashed. The air force got it, and she barely escaped with our child.» «Boy does this sound familiar," Langley said snidely. «Why anyone would bring a ship anywhere near Roswell is beyond me.» Liz gave Langley a cool look, then continued where Max left off. «After she gave us Max's son, Tess went back to the air force base and blew it up. Completely. That's when the Special Unit really started coming after us.» «We've been on the run ever since," Max said. «We've had a couple of scrapes with Skins along the way.» «Not to mention those scaly, pointy-headed uglies with the pointy, nasty teeth," Maria said, pantomiming fangs by curling her fingers in front of her mouth. «And yesterday," Max continued, «we almost got caught by government agents.» «Ah, the good old reliable Men in Black," Langley said. «You know, those movies have more truth to them than most people realize. Except the MiBs aren't friendly to any aliens. Oh, and none of them have the charisma of Will Smith.» «I liked Tommy Lee Jones better," Michael said. «Yeah, somehow I guessed that," Langley said, before turning back to Max. «So what are you here for this time? What is it you need now?» «We're tired of ru