"Buffy can you come in here?" Joyce called to her daughter. Buffy entered the kitchen "Who's on the phone mom?" Buffy asked picking up an apple from the counter. "It's your cousin Max. It sounds important. He wants to talk to you." Joyce handed Buffy the phone and exited the room. "What's up Max? It's been like so long since we've talked." "I need your help." Max said in a hushed voice. "Why?" Buffy said getting suspicious. "Please Buffy. I know you are The Slayer. It has to do with my problem." "How do you know?" "Will you come to Roswell? Buffy we desperately need your help." Max paused. "The world depends on it." "Ok. I'll get to the airport as soon as possible. I'll call you when I get there." "Thanks so much Buffy." Buffy hung up the phone and sighed. After a long year fighting and then Adam she was hoping that the summer would be relaxing. But she knew it wouldn't be. "Slayer duties?" Joyce asked handing Buffy her suitcase. "Something like that." Buffy grimaced. "I'll drive you to the airport." Joyce volunteered. "So how are your cousins?" The Evanses were related to Buffy by her father. Their dad was her uncle. So since her father and mother split she hadn't seen them as much. "They seem ok. They just need some Slayer help." ************************************************************************************ Max put the phone in the receiver and looked around. His house seemed so normal to the chaos in his life. The fact that an intergalactic war had just started and he was in the center of it didn't show on Max's face. He looked calm which was the opposite of his sister. Isabel was a wreck. "Max, what if she can't help? What if she freaks? We don't know much about a ‘Slayer' anyway. Max I'm scared." Isabel whined. Max was used to it. "It will be ok Izzy. We will get through this." Max soothed her. "We don't know that Max. I mean those bounty hunters could be anyone." Isabel shuddered. "We can only trust each other." "Max they can switch faces. You remember Nessido. We can't even trust each other." "That's a little extreme Isabel. And I'm doing the best I can under the circumstances. At least we don't have to deal with Alex, Maria...or Liz. They won't be hurt if they aren't involved." "What If we can't do this without them? What if they are the glue that holds our little family together?" Isabel glared at him. She missed her friends terribly. "That's why we have to do it without them." Michael said walking in. "Michael warn us." Isabel gasped. "So is your cousin coming?" "Yes. She's catching a flight as soon as she can." "I still don't see how she can help us." Michael shrugged and sat down next to Isabel. By far he was the most relaxed of all. That's how he always was. ************************************************************************************ "Master we have located them." Howie told the hologram. "Good, do you have the troops ready?" "They are still children. This should not be difficult." "We shall see. Are you prepared to infiltrate their lives?" "We will be soon." "See that you are. Because if you aren't I will send more bounty hunters to kill my bounty hunters. They must not get to their planet. They must not free their people. We can hold back the allies for now. But they must not get out of Roswell" The ominous hologram snapped. Howie nodded vigorously and turned off the hologram. "Those kids will not have a chance to stop us from universal domination." He smoothed back his hair and left the room to meet his fellow bounty hunters.