Notes: Title from the song "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce

don't pull the mask off the old lone ranger

It wasn't until Britt was out of the hospital that we really had a chance to talk about everything. About him and Kato and the Green Hornet and where I fit into their strange plan. In all honesty, I was dreading it at first – discussing it with them – I didn't know either of them terribly well yet, and my experiences with Britt had so far been less than desirable. But the way they explained it that night, when they burst into my home, that made me curious so I put aside my doubts and my own issues with the both of them and prepared myself for their explanation.

The night Britt was released, we sat by the pool at Britt's house and we talked. And I knew I had made the right choice, letting them explain, because hearing what they had to say made me realize how badly I wanted to join them. To be a part of something so much bigger than myself.

We still have a long way to go, but I know we're going in the right direction.