Four
A Kyle XY FanFiction
By: AMysteriousAuthor
Underlined italics represent Kyle's narration.
I am in no official way associated with Kyle XY.
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Episode One: Family Ties
I had never felt such anger, but looking into his eyes I knew he wasn't lying. How could the man in my hand be my brother?
The glass crackled under Kyle's feet as he slowly lowered his arm. His grip loosened slightly, and Cassidy inhaled quickly. His feet touched the floor, but Kyle's confused and almost angry look did not disappear as he let go of the throat in his hand. Cassidy coughed and bent over, holding the broken door frame for support.
"Tell me everything you know." Kyle said with frustration.
Cassidy looked up at him and cleared his throat and then slowly stood up, keeping his eyes locked to Kyle's.
"You never questioned it, did you Kyle?" Cassidy asked, cocking his head.
"I'm questioning it now, so tell me. How can you be my… brother?" Kyle asked.
"Even when you knew that Jessi had to have a father, and that Sarah was her mother,you never wondered if you had one too." Cassidy said, moving the hair from his face.
"But Adam said…"
"Adam? Adam didn't know whose egg was used. Our mother would have never told him that she had done it herself, he never trusted her. She always had a certain… way about her, a way that made it seem like she's betraying you somehow." Cassidy said, looking thoughtful.
"And she's… she's the head of Latnok?" Kyle asked.
"She's on the board; there is no true head of Latnok. You met her; the night of prom… she was in the room with us." Cassidy said, smirking slightly.
"And is she who my family is with now?" Kyle asked, narrowing his eyes.
"I'm your family, Kyle, our mother is your family… the Tragers were just a temporary solution!" Cassidy said as he pulled out the shocking device that used Latnok rings as electric generators.
Suddenly, the device flew out of his hand and an arm wrapped around Cassidy's, wrenching him around and into a guillotine choke hold that was applied for roughly ten seconds before he lost consciousness. Tom Foss dropped him, and looked at Kyle's disbelieving face without remorse.
"Kyle, looks like you've had a productive evening." Foss said without a smile.
"He has the Tragers, he said at the Rack but I don't know if he was lying or not." Kyle said emotionally.
"Relax. Breathe, and focus… you're not going to be a help to them if you're panicking. Cassidy had two guys in your yard and one on the roof, they weren't a problem but I think there's more around here." Foss said, looking up slightly.
"We need to go, my family is in danger." Kyle said, jogging off the porch and around the corner of the house, Foss following close behind.
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Amanda's face scrunched as she tried to read the text as quickly as Jessi was scrolling it. Jessi's face, which kept changing into more and more shock, was slowly driving Amanda crazy.
"What is it?" Amanda finally burst out.
Jessi looked at her with a concerned look, then back at the screen, and once more back to her.
"Kyle. This page is a notebook chronicling before his conception and afterwards." Jessi said, looking back.
"Why would there be files about the Petersons on here?" Amanda asked.
"The what?" Jessi asked, irritably.
"The Petersons? Kyle's family, his birth parents." Amanda said incredulously.
"Oh… yeah, them." Jessi said coldly, clicking off the page.
"Them? Are you serious? I mean, I know you're not the nicest person but to not even know who his parents are?" Amanda said, straightening up and crossing her arms.
"Let's not get into what we know about Kyle, you'll just come away with a stupid look." Jessi said as she wiped the drive.
"What's that supposed… oh. Right." Amanda said, looking sideways.
"Let's get out of here, that's all taken care of." Jessi said, picking up the folders containing the last notes from the experiments.
As they went to leave, Jessi stopped and looked down at everything she was holding. All the records of Adam's work, of her mother's work, and it was all in her hands.
"Amanda." Jessi said quickly, Amanda turned around.
"You should take these, if I take them then I'll destroy them and Kyle might want to look at them first." Jessi said, handing her the files.
"So why me? You don't trust me. You don't even like me." Amanda said confusedly taking the stack of files.
"This isn't about you. Kyle deserves a choice… in this, and other parts of his life. It's only fair to him." Jessi said, eyes watering slightly as she led the way out the door with Amanda following.
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Stephen pulled up to the Rack, cutting off the car and looking over to Nicole with a serious look.
"Alright, here we go. You ready?" he asked.
"To actually get to help Kyle with a bad guy, damn straight we're ready." Josh said from the back seat, opening his door.
"Josh, hold on a second… Are you both clear about what we're doing?" Nicole asked, turning around.
"Going in, and either helping Kyle or running away." Lori said cynically.
"Right. So be careful and stay together… we don't know what could be in here." Stephen said and the family got out of the car.
They moved as a unit, Stephen and Nicole on the far sides, Josh and Lori in the middle as they approached the darkened Rack. Stephen opened the door, Josh followed closely behind and hit a light. The room was devoid of people, and everything was clean and where it was supposed to be. They four moved round slowly, looking around the few hiding places there were and then stopped to look at each other.
"There's no one here." Stephen said, hands on his hips and his mouth frowning slightly.
Suddenly the doors flew open as Kyle rushed in, with Foss following close behind. The family jumped, Lori uttering a small scream, and then went to him with worry.
"Kyle we thought you were in trouble." Nicole said and they hugged each other.
"I thought the same about you. Cassidy was at the house, he said he sent you a text from my phone to meet me here." Kyle said.
"Well… looks like were useless yet again." Josh said with disappointment, Kyle clapped him on the back.
"You're never useless, any of you. You're my family, and if I didn't have you I wouldn't be the same person." Kyle said to them all seriously.
"Kyle, let's get back to the house. If Latnok thought ahead, there may be men on the way." Foss said, looking around.
They drove home, and exited the car cautiously as the lights in the house were now on. Kyle went in first, followed by Foss, and found Jessi in a fighting stance on the other side of the door.
"Kyle!" she cried and hugged him as he walked in.
"Jessi, what happened to you?" Kyle asked worriedly.
Jessi pulled back, looked at him confusedly and said, "Nothing. Amanda came by, to tell you that Nate had gone out and it was a good time to destroy the records. I sent her in your place, but she got caught…" Kyle's breath hitched. "…so I went and helped her. When I got back, the house was a mess and there was no one here."
"Thank you Jessi, for helping Amanda." Kyle said genuinely.
Jessi looked away in what looked like hurt and then said solemnly, "She's in your room, she wants to talk to you."
Foss came from the dining room disappointedly shaking his head and looked Kyle in the eyes.
"Cassidy is gone, and so are the others from Latnok." He said with a frown.
"Okay, Josh and Lori go upstairs and go to bed. Kyle and Jessi, go to your rooms and do the same. Foss, I want to talk to you for a minute." Stephen said.
"But…" all four chanted in different tones.
Nicole silenced them with a look, and they dispersed. Foss sat down in a chair while Nicole and Stephen took the couch.
"What do you think?" Stephen asked.
"I'm sorry…?" Foss asked, spreading his hands confusedly.
"What do we do? We can't live knowing any of our children could be kidnapped, Amanda and Declan too. How big of a threat is Latnok?" Nicole asked.
Foss sighed and leaned forward, pausing to collect his thoughts, and then looked at the worried parents across from him.
"They're not afraid to get their hands dirty, and that was always Zzyzx and Madacorp's greatest weakness, not to mention their public image. They won't hesitate to take drastic steps to ensure Kyle is on their side." Foss said straightforwardly.
"So what do you suggest?" Stephen asked, as if he already knew the answer.
Foss stared them down for a moment before saying, "Leave. Pack up tonight and get out of Washington. Get Kyle, Jessi, and anyone else in danger and run."
"Are you really suggesting we…" Nicole began but was cut off by Foss standing.
"That's the only way to be sure. If you have a better idea, by all means… I'm going to talk to Kyle and then I'm leaving. You two have a lot to discuss." He said, and walked out of the room.
The parents looked at each other with worry, and then began to talk.
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Kyle opened his door, and there she was. Her long blonde hair draped over the arms in which she had rested her head. She was breathing softly in her sleep, a large stack of papers beside her. Kyle smiled softly and walked to her, touching her shoulder lightly and she quivered under his touch but didn't wake up.
I looked at Amanda with nothing but love filling my heart. She had been so brave, and so faithful even when she had no reason to. She could have been hurt, trying to get something for me she didn't even understand the value of.
As a cough sounded Kyle turned around, Foss stood in his doorway looking at him. They left the room and walked outside, blocking out Stephen and Nicole's conversation. They walked across the street to an old, but familiar, truck.
"Kyle. Latnok wants you, and that means you're either going to join them or you're going to disappear. The choice is yours." Foss said, climbing in his truck.
"Is that what you're doing, running away?" Kyle asked.
"Kyle, I have devoted the past twelve years to you, to Adam… and to ensuring that you had a choice. Here it is, now it's yours to make." Foss said, starting the truck.
"I'll fight. I'm not going to let Latnok choose how I live, and I won't let them play God. You forgot that option." Kyle said, sternly.
"There's nothing to fight, Kyle. It's over. They'll hurt them, Kyle, your family. Amanda. Declan. Anyone that is important to you, they will hurt. You can't stop them, Kyle, you don't understand these people. They will kill to ensure they get what they want. It's over." He said, looking down.
"It's only over if I say it is. I'm staying here, but you don't have to. Go, Foss, you deserve a life… just like I do." Kyle said.
Foss nodded and drove away, leaving Kyle in the street with only his thoughts.
Adam had always been a selfless man, and I had tried my hardest to be as well. But I couldn't let myself run away. Too much had already been lost for me to give up and flee.
Kyle crossed the street, back to his home.
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"Kyle?" Amanda's voice said, distant but strong.
Kyle opened his eyes, Amanda was standing next to him and he was asleep in his tub, still wearing the same outfit he had worn to Latnok's warehouse.
"Amanda!" he said surprised.
"I was hoping you'd wake up before I went home… Jessi and I got this from Nate, and we wiped his drive. Your secrets are safe for now." She smiled warmly.
"Amanda… I want to tell you everything. Last night just proves that I'm not keeping you safe just by keeping you in the dark." Kyle said, standing and exiting his tub.
"Kyle, not now. I have something to tell you too, but we should wait until later today." Amanda said as she walked out, leaving Kyle confused.
How long had she wondered about him, and now she was willing to wait to know the answers? Kyle looked down at his tub with curiosity as Jessi poked her head around the door and knocked.
"Yes?" Kyle asked, looking up.
She walked in slowly, but she was obviously hiding excitement. Kyle couldn't help but smile a little as she did.
"So, how did it go? Did you administer the bacteria?" Jessi asked, a smile on her face.
"Yes, and ran into Cassidy as well. Jessi, he told me something that I still am having trouble believing even though he was telling the truth." Kyle said, looking away.
"What did he say?" Jessi asked concerned and walked over to him.
He sat in a chair and Jessi leaned on the desk, still looking at him.
"He said he is my… brother." Kyle said, wincing as he said it.
Jessi recoiled slightly and blinked, then put her head down in deep thought.
"He said that my mother is named Grace, and that she's his mother too." Kyle said, finally looking up at her.
"Grace Kingsley." Jessi said, staring out the window and narrowing her eyes.
"How do you know about her?" Kyle asked, standing sharply.
"Kyle calm down… I read through some of the files on Nate's computer, it said that she was the donor of your egg." Jessi explained.
"I just never thought about it like that…" Kyle said, sitting down again.
"What I don't get… is if Adam and Sarah loved each other, then why…?" Jessi asked.
"I don't know. It never really occurred to me how little we actually know about our creation, and the two best people to question are gone." Kyle said, moping.
"We could ask Grace." Jessi pointed out, but Kyle just stared at her, shocked.
"She's part of Latnok, and I think it's clear that we need to stay far, far away from them." Kyle said sternly.
Jessi took a step back, parting her lips slightly in concern.
"Kyle, Latnok didn't do anything… just Cassidy." She reminded him.
"We have to assume he's on orders from Latnok, we can't deal with them again. Jessi, promise me that you will stay away from them." Kyle said urgently.
"Kyle I just think…"
"Promise me Jessi." He grabbed her hands and looked deep into her eyes.
Jessi struggled to keep her composure as his gaze smoldered straight to her heart, her skin blazed as his sight tore through her body and soul. She found herself lost in his eyes while trying to form a reasonable response. Kyle leaned closer, also distracted by how beautiful her eyes were, and parted his lips. Jessi looked down, saw his lips slightly trembling with excitement, and felt a chill travel up her neck. She pulled back suddenly, breaking the moment and looking away.
"Kyle, we can't…" she said, looking frightfully at the ground.
"Jessi, I…" Kyle began but Jessi just looked into his eyes.
"Please Kyle… don't hurt me. You love Amanda, and we both know it." She pleaded.
Kyle stepped back in shock. He loved Amanda, but he had just realized that he loved Jessi too. He wanted to hold her, to kiss her, to make her feel safe, secure, and loved. Most of all, he wanted her to be happy. Jessi walked past him and out of his room, leaving him with his troubling thoughts.
My concern for those that I loved had always been my greatest vulnerability, and now that list had grown. The day was sure to bring with it many answers, but the previous night had left me with so many questions. How had I come into being, and what was the story behind Grace Kingsley? Did she have some part to play in Latnok? How long would it take for the organization to rise again?
But perhaps the most important question, who did I love more? Amanda, the girl I had loved since I first saw her, or Jessi, the one that was my equal, who needed no protection, and who I was just starting to realize was perfect for me? I realized that before the day was over, I would be forced to decide.
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The room was darkened, shadows flickered in a corner but the steel table, in a circle of light, in the middle was all Michael Cassidy could see as he regained consciousness. He was handcuffed, and his legs were shackled to the chair he sat upon. His head had a stream of dried blood where he was struck with the end of a handgun for waking up prematurely. A man sat across from him, cloaked with shadow but for his general figure. He wore black gloves, which were clearly visible on the table as were the documents beneath them.
"What are those?" he said, wincing with pain.
"Papers, for you to start your new life. You have failed miserably and have disappointed Ms. Kingsley, but as you are technically her son she has decided against killing you." A deep voice said, sliding the papers towards him.
"No, I can do it… I won't fail Latnok!" Cassidy said loudly.
"You are NOT a part of Latnok, you're a stooge. A disappointment that Ms. Kingsley attempted to correct long ago, and she did. Your brother will soon take your former chair, and then become a true member of Latnok. That should be enough for you." He said and stood, proceeding to unlock Cassidy's bindings.
"No… NO! I demand to see her! Mother! MOTHER!" Cassidy yelled, but was knocked unconscious yet again.
The man pulled him out of the chair and opened a door, revealing light that showed his silhouette as well as a woman's.
"He was such a disappointment, going after my son alone." A woman's voice said sadly.
"At least now we know where he is. Kyle will not be able to reject us for long, to reject you for long, ma'am." The man's voice said as he dragged Cassidy away.
"Of course not… every boy needs his mother."
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Kyle XY Season Four preview:
-Love: "You have to choose, Kyle!" Amanda said, her eyes watering.
-Mystery: "So, you want to know more about your creation? I can tell you…" Brian smirked from behind his desk.
-Danger: "You always were the favorite son." Cassidy said, his forehead dripping sweat.
-Loss: "Please… you have to wake up!" Jessi said, tears falling onto his cold hand.
-Change: "There's a part of me that I don't like… a dark part, when I lose control." Kyle admitted with fear.
Kyle XY, Season Four. Every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. EST.