A/N: When I wrote One Life Reunited back in 2012 I loved the idea of expanding on it. Having more of a look into the idea of Natalie have DID. They why, the how, the who. I'm glad I waited though before writing anything. There's one last chapter of From the Rubble I just want to put this out there and see if it catches anyone's interest. If not then OLR can be a stand alone and we'll just delete this story all together. When I get to where OLR meets this I don't know what to do-should I just repost that story as a chapter here, or continue the story over there? Please let me know what ya'll think of this, ok? Until next time-PCGirl.

"The first thing Jessica heard was her mom's worried voice. Opening her eyes, she looked up at her, wondering how exactly she ended up on the kitchen floor, "Mom?"

"Sweetheart-are you ok?" she asked as she helped her up gently.

"Yeah-I had just come downstairs," she said as she looked over at the table and saw the two mugs on the table. "Natalie. Where is she?" she asked as she jumped up too quickly and felt the room spin. Putting her hand on the back of her head she felt a lump.

"She's with your dad. Why don't you sit?"

"No, I can't," she said as she pushed away her mom's calming hand. She knew how Natalie felt all those times-the pit growing in her stomach that her sister needed her and there was nothing she could do but find her and fight for her.

"Jessie-please. You obviously fell and hurt your head-we should take you to the hospital to get checked out."

Jessica thought about how they'd always seen Natalie as the strong twin. Since Tess' first emergence it had been Natalie's strength that had pulled the family forward. She wondered if she could pull from that missing strength and do the same now-because saying these words was going to hurt her mom more than she wanted to admit, "My head can wait. Mom, I think Natalie has DID."

She stood there and tried to plaster on a smile that showed her relief in her dad's quick actions. "Thank you so much for this, Dad."

"Anything for you and Liam," he said as they finished the paperwork with the BE lawyers. When she'd come in this morning and told him that she'd spoken with John and he was irate with her-threatening her and Liam's life he didn't want to believe it. He didn't like the man-and hated seeing him break his daughter's heart-but she was so adamant. So, they'd slipped out of Llanfair quietly and met with the lawyers to work up a restraining order. He hadn't been able to protect Natalie when she was growing up-he was sure as hell going to protect her now.

"We will file these and have them delivered to Mr. McBain by the end of the day," spoke the lawyer with a quick nod before he left them alone.

"You want me to get Franklin to drive you home?" asked Clint, knowing he needed to work on some things here at the office.

"No, it's ok. I think I'm going to go enjoy the autumn air-might be the last good day for that," she said with a smile.

"Ok, I'll see you at home," he said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek. "And don't worry-McBain will not hurt you or Liam. I promise."

"Of course he won't," she smiled as she squeezed his hand. Making her way onto the elevator she kept the smile on her face until the doors closed. That was it-she was finally free.

Hearing the front door open Jessica and Viki ran to the foyer of Llanfair to see Clint walk in by himself, "Where have you been? Is Natalie with you?"

"The two of us had some paperwork to do at BE. Then she left to run some errands. What's going on?"

Jessica looked at her mom, knowing she hated saying these words, "I think Natalie has a split personality. We were talking earlier this morning. She was gone last night and didn't remember doing so. Then suddenly she knocked me out. When I woke up, she was gone and so were you."

"Jessie-are you sure? She seemed perfectly fine the whole time we talked."

"How many times did Tess fool you?" she asked, her arms crossed at her chest.

"Mama?" called a voice from the top of the steps and she looked to see Liam standing there, holding onto the railings, those clear blue eyes he got from his father peering down at his aunt and grandparents.

Jessica rushed up to grab him before he got near the actual steps. Scooping him up she ran a hand over his dark locks and gave him a kiss, "Mama stepped out-but she'll be home soon." Speaking from above she bounced him to get him to settle before speaking to her dad, "What errands was she running exactly?"

"She didn't say specifically. There were more important matters at hand."

"Such as?"

"Such as John McBain threatened her's and Liam's lives if they didn't come back to him."

"Clint-you don't believe that do you?" questioned Viki.

"Viki-we weren't able to protect her from all the crap Roxy put her through as a child. As crazy as it sounded-she made it so believable that I had to do something."

"And what exactly did you do?"

Clint sighed, "She asked for a restraining order from John. I couldn't tell her no, so we went to BE, and I had the paperwork drawn up by my lawyers."

"You think John could actually hurt either of them? Dad-he loves them," said Jessica, angry at his suggestion.

"If he loved them, he wouldn't have cheated on Natalie."

Jessica sighed, "I'm not going to argue with you, Dad. Priority number one needs to be getting this boy's mama back to him. Let me try and get him settled and then I'll call Rex. Maybe he can help with finding Natalie."