Pullman Ranch, outside Roswell, New Mexico

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel drove the car to the end of road and parked. "Come on," she told Wyatt. "It's just a bit of a hike into the hills there."

[For the boyfriend, and potentially massive amounts of slowplay.]

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[blessed_twice]

"Lead on," Wyatt said. "Show me around."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"There's not all that much to see," she told him. "So don't get too excited. The crash happened down in the field near where we parked. Somehow, Nasedo and Langley managed to get our pods up here and hidden away."

The faint green light that had illuminated the chamber in the past was gone, Isabel supposed that with the Granolith gone, it no longer had a power source. Fortunately she'd tucked a small flashlight in her back pocket. Not that she had issues with the dark or anything. Flipping the light on, she led the way over to the pods. "So this is where is was for almost fifty years. Weird isn't it?"

[blessed_twice]

"Wow," Wyatt said, looking at the pods. "You were just stuck in there for that long?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel nodded, brushing her hands over the leathery remains of the sacs. "Yeah, I don't know if that was intentional. Or a result of everything going wrong with the crash. I still remember that first night. Of becoming aware, seeing Max and taking his hand. Losing Michael. It was scary."

[blessed_twice]

"I can imagine," Wyatt murmured, wrapping his arm around Isabel's shoulders. "Did you know what you were right away, or did that come later?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I think we always knew we were different," she said, leaning into him. "It was only later, once we were able to understand all the crash stories that we realized what we were. And then we started looking for answers. Well, no, Michael once we found him again, he was always the one that was looking. I just wanted to pretend I was a normal girl."

[blessed_twice]

"And then you found yourself smack in the middle of a bunch of weird crazy people, huh?" Wyatt said, turning his head to kiss her temple.

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"That's one way of putting it," Isabel said with a small smile. "I prefer to think of it as finally finding a place where I felt safe. And more importantly, found some important people."

[blessed_twice]

"Me, too," Wyatt said. "And you're always safe with me. Promise."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I know," she said quietly. "I like that feeling. But you do realize it's mutual right? We look out for each other?"

[blessed_twice]

"I'm supposed to be all macho and say that I'm the one who does the looking out," Wyatt grinned. "But I like having a girlfriend who can kick ass."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

That made Isabel laugh. "Just remember, I can kick yours if you don't keep me happy."

[blessed_twice]

"A knight's duty is to please his lady," Wyatt said. "Just tell me what will put a smile on your face, and I will but do it."

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"I don't have to tell. You always seem to know," she admitted. "It must be magic."

[blessed_twice]

"Or one of my angelic powers," Wyatt said. "Maybe you're supposed to be my charge."

He may have been a mite bit jealous that Chris had a charge, and he didn't.

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"I can't write rhyming spells," Isabel pointed out. "Isn't that a requirement? But if it's not, then maybe. I mean, I've already proved I can kick demon butt."

[blessed_twice]

"Nah, not all charges are witches," Wyatt said. "Some are future Whitelighters, and some are just people who may one day do something that will have a really good effect on some part of the world."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's sounds a little too close to Destiny for my comfort," she said, shaking her head. "I've done my part of world saving. It wasn't fun."

[blessed_twice]

"I'm kinda looking forward to it," Wyatt admitted. "And seeing what all this twice-blessed stuff is about."

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"I never really wanted it," Isabel admitted. "I just wanted to live my life. But when we found out the truth, I realized that I really didn't have a choice. I mean I'd died once. Who I am now? Is because they gave me a second chance." Despite what Vilandra had done. "I figured I owed it to them."

[blessed_twice]

"You've got a choice now, don't you?" Wyatt said. "Like how you're back here again? I mean back at Fandom."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That was a very lucky accident. I could have wound up, god, I don't know where. But it wouldn't have been good. Then Max and Michael wouldn't let me come back." And after hearing even a few of their stories about their two additional years on the planet, Isabel felt guilty for being secretly relieved that they hadn't let her go back. "Now? The planet's gone. There's no longer a choice to be made."

[blessed_twice]

"Gone?" Wyatt frowned. "I don't think you told me that part. What happened."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I haven't talked about it much. I guess I feel guilty for not being more upset. But it was never home to me. If that makes sense?" she asked quietly. "As for what happened, there'd been too much warfare, too many new weapons, each more destructive then the last. It was just too much. The rift that brought me back was just the beginning."

[blessed_twice]

"Makes sense," Wyatt said. "It's like how my parents don't feel like my parents to me." He hugged Isabel closer. "I'm sorry."