Disclaimer: I do not own Jonny Quest or related characters.
A/N: I often think that it was sad Hadji never got to meet Mrs. Quest. So I created a situation in which he did. EDIT: This is a re-write of the original fic. This was also cross-posted on my DeviantArt account.
Hadji frowned as he looked around the white room he was standing in. No... room was not an appropriate term, void fit better. This was not like when meditation cleared his mind, had he fallen asleep while meditating? It wouldn't be the first time, and it had been a rather long day today...
The boy's thoughts were interrupted by a gentle voice behind him saying, "Hello, Hadji."
Turning, he saw a pale woman with blonde hair and sky-blue eyes. He did not recognize her at all, yet she did not appear to be a threat. Rather, there was a safe and comforting vibe coming from the mystery woman.
"Hello," he replied. His frown turned to a thoughtful look as he asked, "Who are you?"
"That is not important," she answered, "I have come with a message for you, Hadji."
"A message?" For him? Who would want to give him a message?
The woman nodded, a gentle - almost motherly - smile on her face. "Tomorrow, you will meet two men and a boy with a little bulldog," she explained. As she spoke Hadji saw a brief scene of the busy streets of Calcutta. There were two men, one pale with ginger hair the other tan with white hair. With the two men was a blond boy with a small bulldog. Hadji had never seen the group before in all his life. He looked back at the woman, the confused look not leaving his face. She rested a gentle hand on his shoulder, and said, "Stay close to them Hadji, they are your future."
Hadji turned his attention back to the scene, watching as it faded to nothing. "They are?" he questioned looking back at her.
She nodded. Cupping his face in her hands she leaned down and pressed a kiss to his forehead, "Goodbye Hadji."
Then she was gone.
The next day, Hadji had dismissed the entire encounter as a dream. It didn't quite seem real to him. Though, he found himself wondering who the woman was and why she had appeared to him. Even if it had been a dream there had to be some meaning behind it, right?
Hearing the yapping of a pup, Hadji looked up to see the two men and the blond boy walking by, that same little bulldog running ahead. It was the exact same scene the woman had shown him. "Stay close to them Hadji..." the woman's voice echoed in the back of his mind.
He made his decision in an instant.
It wouldn't be until years later that Hadji would understand he had been visited by the spirit of Rachel Quest. Somehow, she had seen that he belonged with the Quest family and had given him the message to ensure he became a part of it.
