Chapter 1

More memories

Tom Foss drove in to the driveway of the Trager household. He went and open the door for Jessi and Kyle and found them still holding each other, he said, Jessi, Kyle get out you are home. Kyle gave him an empty look and said, Tom we cannot get out, we are dangerous we don't belong here. When Jessi heard that she started sobbing again, between sobs she said, Foss, Kyle is right, takes us to the warehouse, we don't belong in society.

Foss decided to take them to the warehouse there was no use arguing with them, they just did not seem like themselves. Kyle and Jessi got out without trouble at the warehouse and went to a corner and sat on the floor. Tom pushed the couch over and sat to keep an eye on them. He figured he would call Adam in the morning to see if he knew what to do.

Kyle and Jessi appeared to be sleeping however were actually in "their room". They were sitting by each other. Kyle said, What we did in that room was wrong we stooped down to their level.

Jessi said, I don't feel bad about what we did to the Latnok members, but we had no right to torture the guards like that after all they were just doing their job. They had nothing to do with what happened to us. But Kyle what do we do with the memories that came back. Were we programmed to be warfare machines? are we really human? Kyle said, I don't know Jessi, I always thought that what they had us do were just practice scenarios. But they were actually using us to aid the Taliban in Afghanistan, because of us many Americans and innocent Afghanis died.

Jessi said, I had those bombs detonate at the time that the suicide bombers could do the most damage, and also detonated bombs at the side or the roads when they were most likely to get at least 2 cargo trucks. Kyle said, and I provided you and the suicide bombers with justification to do it, as well as the routes that the trucks were going to take. Also I provided information on the most crowded spots in the market places to detonate the bombs.

What do we do now Kyle? Jessi said with a guilt stricken face. They had recovered the memories when they saw a middle age Latnok member named Rita Lancaster who was involved in weapon production and would do anything to destabilize regions in order to have bigger sales and a greater profit. The footage from Zzyzx in their brains brought it all together at once. They had been unaware at the time because they had been busy processing the information, and had been much younger too.

Kyle responded, for now let's stay here. After recovering those memories I don't know if we are worth it. I don't know if we are good enough to have the love of the Trager's or of Adam and Sarah.

Jessi said, we could not tell them, but that would be even worse, I don't want to deceive them, if we are not worthy of their love we need to leave. If we run away then we will break our promise of not doing that again. I think we are just going to have to tell them, and then they will probably ask us to leave.

Kyle said, I think you are right Jessi, but I am not ready to do that yet. Let's stay here a bit longer. After we tell them we are going to have to live like hermits, I mean who would want us around, unless we lie. I am not ready to see their faces of rejection or the hurtful words they will probably say.

Jessi started sobbing again, and said, I am with you Kyle. We will stay here until we are ready. Let's build and electromagnetic field around us so they don't try to take us home, we don't deserve it.

Over at the Trager's Lori and Josh were coming back home, it was 7:00 am. Nicole was waiting for them at the Kitchen, drinking some tea and reading the newspaper. Hey, guys you are back how did prom go?

Josh said, it went great, in the after prom party Andy and I played G-force.

Lori said, Ah! I guess it went okay, Declan and I decided to just stay as friends. I am kinda interested in someone else.

Nicole said, have you seen Jessi and Kyle?

Josh said, while stuffing his mouth with cereal, nohgr.. since last munch munch …night.

Lori said, you are disgusting Josh. Don't worry mom, Foss had a lot of security last night and Declan is really serious about it too. He had us leave prom early. I am sure they will be back soon.

Over at the warehouse Foss waited until 8:00 a.m. to call Adam. Unfortunately it went to voice mail. Adam and Shuang were busy kissing each other, and making up for the lost time that morning, Adam was whispering in Shaung's ear you are so perfect. While kissing Shuang's neck. Shuang was saying, I love you so much, while caressing Adam's back. They had the door locked.

Foss tried to approach Kyle and Jessi, only to get a mild electric shock that made him jump back. He said, Kyle and Jessi stop it, now you are trying to electrocute me! What has got in to you?

That only made Kyle and Jessi become more defensive, and increase the force of the field, as they felt they were not ready to face their loved ones yet.

Adam and Shuang were eating breakfast in bed, when Adam took a look at his phone, and noticed that Foss had called, he listened to his voice mail, and said, Shuang we need to get to Foss warehouse right away, something is wrong with Kyle and Jessi and Foss does not know what to do.

Let me listen to the voice mail said Shuang in an alarmed voice. After listening to the voice mail, she went to her closet and started getting dressed. In no time they were driving to the warehouse in Adams yellow corvette. They thought it would be best to leave other people out of it.

When they came to the warehouse they found Tom pacing and the kids were in a corner, Kyle had his back on the wall and Jessi had her back on Kyle, they appeared unconscious, they were still dressed in their prom clothes.

Adam and Shuang started approaching them but Tom warned them, don't get any closer, they have some type of electromagnetic field around them. I got shocked with it.

Adam said, Tom why don't we start from the beginning, I need as much of information as possible to figure out what is going on.

Tom told them all he knew including their new friend Nate, he said, I don't know if that Nate has anything to do with this or not, but Kyle an Jessi treat him as if he was family. He spends a good part of the weekend at the Trager's and he even sleeps in Kyle's room. Also when they have conversations they speak so low that I cannot pick it up with my microphones. I have asked the kids, and they just say that Nate is a lot of fun to be around and that I should not be paranoid.

Then he concluded, anyway, the kids did really well at confronting the Latnok board, but after they got out they just started acting strange. They refused to stay at the Tragre's and asked me to bring them to the warehouse, and they have been in that corner since then. I was very upset at their idea of confronting Latnok, but that went better than I would have ever expected. I have no idea of what is going on.

Shuang said, why didn't you tell us about the possible danger?

Tom said, because we were prepared, and I did not think there was any real danger. Actually if Kyle and Jessi were not so stubborn I would have simply drove them to the after prom party. But they are teenagers and they are very fast and smart, I could not stop them from walking in to the mouth of the wolf. If anything they are their own worst enemy.

Adam looked at Shuang and said, Tom will always call us if there is real danger, like this morning. He loves the children as much as we do.

Shuang looked at Adam and then at Tom, and said, I am sorry Tom, Adam is right. I am just very concerned about the kids. Tom gave her a brief hug and said, I understand, I am too.

Adam said, I think there is nothing wrong with them physiologically. It seems to be a self-induced state. Similar to what I did when I went in to a coma. Except they have much more control, and have decided to protect themselves with that electromagnetic field.

Shuang said, do you think it would be possible to contact their minds?

I am sure it would be, but they would have to let us in. I don't think they are going too, otherwise why would they use an electromagnetic field to keep people away from them. Adam answered.

Adam, Sarah and Tom were pacing. Shuang phone rang, it was Nicole who said, Good morning, are Kyle and Jessi with you? Shuang said, yes they are, and before she got a chance to explain the situation, Nicole said, I am glad, I was called to work today, and I did not want to leave until I knew they were safe. Then she hanged up. Shuang decided not to call her back right away, after all the kids seemed safe enough for now, and there was nothing Nicole could do.

Finally Adam said, I think we should go with your idea Shuang and try to contact them, otherwise it seems we are just to have to wait until they decided to come out of this state.

Shuang and Adam spend a significant amount of time trying to contact Jessi and Kyle, always with the same result, the kids had their mental barriers so high, that they could not even get a feeling across to let them know that they were worried.

Finally Adam said, our brains are just not strong enough to even send a feeling if they are so defensive. There is nothing we can do Shuang other than wait.

Shuang buried her head in Adams shoulder and cried quietly, while they sat on a couch. They both went to sleep almost instantaneously as they were very tired from using their minds.

When they waked up Adam told Sarah, why don't you go home and spend some time with the 3 children, I am sure they are wondering where you are, after all is Saturday and they are probably up by now. Shuang agreed reluctantly, and said she would be back later on.

When Shuang got home she was greeted by her 3 children, Adam asked, where is Adam mom? I was hoping to talk to him about an idea I have, he is really good at helping me to look at all the angles.

Shuang smiled, she was happy that the two Adams were building a good relationship, after all they were very much alike. Shuang said, he had something to do today. He will probably not be back until later tonight.

George did not say a thing; however he thought to himself, all of this is very suspicious, mom seems nervous. She has also been taking all this trips without even inviting us. I know Adam and her need their space, but is just not like her. Then she has this new found interest of helping teenagers in public schools when before she would not even let us put a foot or associate with anyone that attended public school, as she said it was too dangerous. I am sure all of this is related somehow. I might have to talk to Ella and Adam about it, to see if they can connect the dots, because I can't.

Over at the warehouse nothing had changed. Shuang came back that night, and after seeing that Adam was tired, and there was nothing they could do for now, she and Adam left, and Tom told them he would call if anything changed.

At the Trager's Declan was saying, Kyle and Jessi are with Tom for some type of special training, I am going to spend the night over there too for training. Nicole was tired from the day and did not question what Declan said. Tom told Declan he was planning to tell the Trager's the next morning, and it would be best to let them get a good night of sleep.

Declan found Nate standing by his SUV, he had gone to the Trager household to check on Kyle and Jessi and spend the night. He was told that Kyle and Jessi were at a sleep over. He did not believe that for a minute, and then when he was leaving Amanda's house he overhead what Declan was saying as the windows were open and Nate had very good hearing.

Nate said, Declan I am going to be straight with you, I know Kyle and Jessi trust you. I know there is something wrong with them, I sense it. I need to see them. I might be able to help.

Declan said, what makes you think there is something wrong with them?

Nate said, look I know you are trying to protect them. But I did not say I think. I said I know, I am connected with them, I am their brother. Please don't tell anyone, but they will confirm it for you when they get out of whatever state they put themselves in.

Declan told him get in the SUV and let me call Foss. Declan called Foss and explained the situation without revealing Nate's secret. Tom thought about it and told Declan to bring Nate to the warehouse. He figured out that Kyle and Jessi had been spending a lot of time with him and obviously trusted him. He would have to relocate as the security of the warehouse would be compromised. It was worth the risk as no one else had any hope of helping the kids.

Declan and Nate got to the warehouse they were greeted by Tom who put Nate through the usual security measures to make sure he was unarmed. Then when he saw the Latnok tattoo he asked for an explanation, Nate said, look I am a Latnok experiment similar to Kyle and Jessi, I know you worked at Zzyzx you know they don't mark their own members with tattoos. Then he pointed right below the tattoo and said, look my number is B1XY.

Tom said, Nate come in see if you can do something for Kyle and Jessi. Tom sat down and thought to himself, the rumors were true and if all of the rumors are true then Nate is the son of Adam and Sarah. I knew we should have looked deeper in to the rumors. Then he started looking Nate over as Nate was approaching the kids. He has Adam's and Kyle's built, the hair of Sarah, the face I think it might be a mix of both,

Nate decided that he was not going to let an electromagnetic field get in the way of him reaching his brother and sister. He said, Kyle, Jessi is Nate and I am coming to you. I have no plans of stopping because of the electromagnetic field. He then proceeded to walk right in to the field.

Nate was stronger than average but still the field brought him to his knees screaming, that did it. Kyle and Jessi immediately brought down the field and Nate was able to approach them. He took a hand of each one of them, and felt transported to Kyle's room at the Trager's. Both Kyle and Jessi were there looking at him with contrite faces and they both said, we are sorry Nate we did not mean to hurt you.

Nate looked at them with concern and slightly upset he said, what is this about? I heard your appearance at the Latnok board went very well, and there is an investigation being launched.

Kyle said, after we left the board, we associated some memories together, and is hard to live with them. We think we are going to lose all that is dear to us. Probably even you Nate.

Nate had some idea of what they might be talking about and told them, look you are not losing me. I am a Latnok experiment too, and believe me I have been force to do things I am not proud off.

Jessi looked at him with big frightened eyes and decided she could trust him to keep his word. She said, Nate do you promise not to tell anyone what we are going to tell you?

Nate said, why would I tell anyone? That is an easy promise, of course I won't.

Jessi started, we just realized that some of the war scenarios we were ran through were not just simulations but the real thing. We are sure we helped the Taliban at some point, about 7 to 8 years ago, and many innocent lives were lost because of us. Jessi started crying and Kyle continued, now that we realize what we have done, we don't believe we should be around other people and when our parents find out they will probably kick us out of the house.

Nate said, it was not your fault you were being used. You were just young children at the time. They never gave you enough information for you to realize it was not just a simulation.
I hate Latnok so much!

Kyle said, but the reality is we did it, and we are scared of other things we might have done or will do. We don't want to hurt anyone else. We see no other choice but to isolate ourselves.

Nate said, that is ridiculous you and Jessi are not the type that would hurt someone without good reason.

Jessi said, but we did hurt those security guards.

Nate said, I am glad you did, they deserve it, they have hurt me more times than I can count. Kyle, Jessi I have had enough of your pity party! Look it was not your fault, and if it helps, I was forced to aid the Taliban too. Who do you think design the bombs that were used in the attacks?

Kyle was surprised and said, They force you to do that? How?

Nate said, I was a 13 year old teenager then. Rita one of the members that never bought the story that I am defective, told me what she wanted me to do and I refused pretending I would not be able to do it. She then kidnapped me and locked me up in a basement room at one of her facilities. When I refused again, she had her guards strip me down to my underwear, and beat me up. My whole body was bruised, my eyes were so swollen I could not even open them for 2 days. Three of my ribs were broken. Three days later Rita came again. I was in pain, cold and starving, they were only giving me water. She told me she would keep beating me up and depriving me of food until I did what she said. After another beating, and not being fed in 7 days, I did what she wanted, and design the bombs for the Taliban. I feel bad about it, I would not do it now even if she killed me, but I was a child then. It was not my fault what she did with them, and it is not your fault that she used you for her evil proposes. Latnok turns a blind eye on her activities, because she brings lot of money in. So do you think I am an evil person?

Jessi hugged him and said, of course not, it was not your fault. Kyle said, I am so upset they tortured you to get you to do what they wanted, but I am not surprised they would use those methods. Then he hugged Nate and said, it was not your fault.

Nate smiled at them and while hugging them said, you have even less responsibility than me, you were children and did not even know what they were using you for. There was no way for you to know, they kept it hidden from you. Now can you cut yourselves some slack just like you are doing for me?

Kyle and Jessi nodded their heads affirmatively. Nate said; now let's go back, you have a bunch of people worried.

Kyle's POV

We had started our internship at the local branch of Cheng and Wallace Inc. a couple of days after prom. We did tell our parents that we had recovered more memories and that is why we had needed some time to reflect. Fortunately they did not press us for details, as we are not ready to talk about it.

Jessi and I have decided to concentrate on using our gifts to benefit humanity, now that we have a choice over what we do. That should help redeem whatever harm we caused unwillingly in the past.

We have submitted our protocol for the nightmare study to the human research board of Cheng and Wallace, Inc. Shuang and Nicole agreed to be our advisors, Nicole also agreed to help us with doing the psychotherapy that will be needed for the study. Nicole seems excited about helping us out. I hope we will get it approved soon

Jessi's POV

Kyle and I had more nightmares after recovering new memories. To avoid disturbing the Trager's, Kyle jumps out of his window after every one is in bed and comes to sleep with me. I really like it. When we are together rarely do we have nightmares.

I must admit that we are not as innocent as we once were. I like having him by my side, kissing him and exploring his body with my hands. He is so handsome and his muscles are so firm. I love the touch of his hands on my body, it gives me feelings of electricity. When we kiss, I feel like our minds blend, it is an exhilarating feeling. I wonder how it will feel when we unite our bodies completely.

Kyle is always loving to me, I hope he never changes. Knowing the story of Sarah and Adam scares me, it seems they loved each other as much as we do and still ended up drifting apart. I am glad they are getting their happy ending now.

Kyle and Jessi were given their own laboratory to work in as part of their internship. Sarah or Adam spend some time with them each day, to encourage them, and see how their projects were advancing.

Shuang asked, you mean you have your computer communication hat ready? That is fast, tell me about it.

Jessi said, for the most part, see the electrodes on the cap are not that different from those in an EEG machine, we just had to make them more powerful and precise to permit the electrical impulses from our brain to be transmitted directly to the computer. Now we had to build these electrodes ourselves to help our brain read the electrical impulses from the computers, without getting shocked.

Kyle added, and then we integrated this security switch, that will turn off the device if the computer tries to extract data from the user. We were able to build them so fast because we had no need to write a translating program, since Jessi's and my first language is binary code. I guess if someone else wants to use them we will have to write a program for them.

Shuang was surprised and said, how is it that your first language is computer language?

Jessi said, well we were used as biological computers, we just learned it like any other child learns the language that he or she is exposed to. Is the first language we learned how to think in, we still use it unconsciously, when we have to solve a complex problem fast.

Shuang said, I understand, when are you going to be able to connect to the database to help with sorting out if someone has infiltrated my organization?

Kyle said, if you want we can do it right now, we were hoping to eat lunch first.

Shang said, of course lets go for lunch first, that will give Adam and Tom time to get here, they really want to be here for the first live test.

Kyle and Jessi went out to lunch with Sarah. Sarah said, are you planning to take some time off to rest this summer?

Kyle said, I guess so, but it's much more fun to be here.

Shuang said, Ella, Adam Jr, and George want us to take a trip to China. I just wish they knew about you so we could all go together I don't know what to do.

Jessi said, I wish they knew too, that sounds very exciting and educational. Don't worry about it mom, we will be okay, just go with them and enjoy the trip.

Shuang said, are you sure you will be fine? I meant the last time I took a vacation all hell broke loose, and you were kidnapped, I don't even want to think about it.

Jessi smiled and was happy that her mom really cared about her. She said, we will be fine our security is much better now, and we are learning to avoid trouble. Shuang was not very sure about the last statement, but Jessi was right saying that their security had improved significantly. When they finished lunch they headed back to the lab. Adam and Tom were there waiting for them.

Kyle and Jessi helped each other get their hats on and then Kyle said, we are ready to go let me connect the hats to the usb slot. After connecting, Kyle looked at Jessi and said, ready? Jessi responded by flipping the switch of the hats to the on position. They grabbed each other arms closed their eyes ad concentrated. After a half hour they open their eyes and said, we have created a file of people that have worked for the greater Latnok, and that are working for your organization now. Jessi added, there are 50 scientists, you should give them the benefit of the doubt as some of them were only associated at the student level. However 10 of them were senior scientist, it appears very suspicious. Then there is 10 middle level executives and 30 security members. Ms. Ortiz does not appear to be part of it. Let me download it to a portable hard drive for you and erase the file from the system.

Tom asked, Shuang do you mind if I get a copy of the security personnel?

Shuang responded, not at all. I appreciate any help or insight you can give me.

Kyle and Jessi downloaded the files the conventional way and handed them to Shuang and Tom.

Adam stayed for a while longer to talk to Jessi and Kyle to understand the technology they had developed further. He was very impressed, but also felt a pang of pain at realizing that Kyle and Jessi had literally been treated like computers. He wondered if he could have done something differently to prevent it. The only thing he could do now was to give them as much love and time as he was capable off. He thought that Jessi really was growing on him and he was starting to see her more like a daughter, maybe because she was the daughter of Sarah, or because she was with Kyle. Maybe it was all the time they were spending together. It really did not matter, he always had wanted a daughter and now he had Jessi and Ella to love. It was harder with Ella however, she was always very busy and had her own life, he got the impression that she actively avoided him, while always being pleasant enough.

A week later Shuang and Adam were enjoying evening tea and conversing. Shuang said, I have got rid of most of the people that infiltrated my organization. Of the one's that were student members I only got rid of one that is still affiliated, the others were just members in college to advance their carrier and are very promising to my organization. Tom told me that 6 of the security members died in the California disaster, he also told me not to worry about Roger P. as he is dead too. I fired the rest and my lawyers are working on figuring out a way to file criminal charges. Tom's opinion is that Ms. Ortiz needs further training to be able to run the security of such a big organization, but that she seems capable and loyal. He also suggested for me to have someone in charge of the security of my family and Lois family directly, to give them greater freedom of action, and they could report to Ms. Ortiz, Lois and I. I think I am going to listen to Tom's advice, it seems very prudent, and I know he has our best interest in mind he is a good friend.

Adam loved listening to Shuang talk and use him as a sounding board. She was so passionate about her company, it was refreshing. On his part, he was just now making inventory of his assets and figuring out where he should start his audits, he should have never trusted Brian to do so much for him, even if he had to admit that he did a good job at growing his assets and marketing his inventions. He would ask Shuang for advice once he straightened out the basics.

Shuang continued, I don't know what to do with Julia Christen, remember she was one of the original Latnok members. She claims she left the organization 15 years ago. What do you know about her?

Adam said, she was a board member for a couple of years, and then she resigned without giving a reason, she sold all of her shares and a small company to Grace. I never heard from her again.

I will have to think about it, I don't want to be unfair to her, we used to be friends, and she has done a lot of good work for my organization.

Then they changed the topic to Kyle and Jessi. Adam said, the solar panel project of Kyle and Jessi's is so exiting, I think I am going to be stopping daily by the lab, not that they need me, but I enjoy seeing them work, on something that I understand and am passionate about.

Shuang said, don't underestimate yourself, they do not need our technical advice but they need our support and encouragement. I have noticed that what Nicole said about them being insecure and starved for love is true, even if they hide it behind their big brains. At some level they are still little children wanting to be taken care of.