I Do not own the 4400, only the storyline. This story takes place during season 3, which is why the entry date on Maia's diary in the first chapter said 2004. I just felt like I needed to clear that up before I went any further with the story so anyway onto it...
Previously on the 4400: There is nothing but blood everywhere I look. thousands of people are dead. Bodies are lying in the street. As I look aroud me, I see mommy and Tom standing behind me, along with mommy's bosses, all with guns raised pointed ahead. "Stop what your doing now!" yells mommy. I turn to see what's happening, and I see someone where a hooded jacket, with hands raised in the air. The next thing I feel is a huge wave of power pushing me backward. I scream as I fall back and see nothing but darkness...
I gasped as I looked down at what I had just written, and whispered in a terrified voice, "Someone's coming to hurt us."
"Baldwin here," it was Diana on the other line, and she sounded completly panicked. "Tom, I just spoke to Maia," She said trying to keep her voice calm, and I could hear Maia crying in the backround. I couldn't respond, my mind was soley focuses on Shawn at the moment, and I assumed Diana somehow knew what was happening, and I could hear the worriness in her voice, when she asked, "How's Shawn doing? Is he alright?" I felt tears springing to my eyes, and I quietly said, "His appartments been ransacked, and there's blood everywhere," I said trying to keep my voice from breaking. "I found Shawn, He's delerious and he's lost a lot of blood-" I felt a lump catch in my throat as I felt myself starting to cry. "Diana, I think he's dying."
Now...
Chapter 2 - Weight Of The World
{Tom's POV}
I raced as fast as I could, speeding toward the hospital, with tears stinging in my eyes the entire time. "Stay with me Shawn," I muttered, knowing that he was still bleeding in the backseat. "Uncle Tommy?" I heard him weakly, stil in a delerious state. "What's going on?" "I'm taking you to the hospital buddy," I said gently. "Just hang on. Whatever happens, don't fall asleep." I heard Shawn moan in pain, and I could see him trying to sit up from the rearview mirror. "Stay down Shawn, your too weak." I said giving him as gently of an order as I could. "Uncle Tommy, something's wrong with me," He said slowly, still sounding delerious. "I know Shawn, it's going to be okay." I replied. "We're going to get you fixed up okay?" "No, I mean something's wrong with me," Shawn said weakly. "I don't remember anything, up until this point." "What's the last thing you remember Shawn?" I asked, trying to keep him from going out of consciousness. I heard Shawn moan in pain and I repeated the question again, this time a little more forcefully. "What's the last thing you remember Shawn?" "The last thing I remeber...is this morning's interview..." Shawn muttered loud enough for me to hear. "After that...everything is all nothing...but a...blur..." I heard nothing but silence and I felt panic sweep through me again. "Shawn? Shawn, stay with me buddy." I pleaded. "Come on Shawn, Stay with me!"
{Diana's POV}
I hung up the phone with Tom, and my mind raced as I held onto Maia, who was still crying into my shoulder. "Everything alright?" I heard Mrs. Paspalis ask me as she walked into the living room. I didn't answer at first. I was too speechless, to stunned to speak. I cleared my throat after a few seconds looked up at her and said softly, "Something's not right, something's happened to my partner's nephew, and I have to go see him. "Mommy, don't leave me." Maia pleaded as she pulled away from me, with tears still streaming down her cheeks from her soft brown eyes. "Sweetie, something's wrong with Shawn," I said gently. "I'm not sure what it is yet, but I have to go and see Tom at the hospital, and find out okay?"
"Can I go with you?" Maia asked, as tears welled up in her eyes again, and I smiled a small smile. "Okay, you can come." I said as she smiled back and I hugged her. Suddenly, Maia pulled away from me looking alarmed. "Sweetheart, what is it?" I asked slowly. "What did you see?" "Shawn's in a coma." Maia said in an ominous voice, which always made me very nervous. Once Maia and I got to the car, I pulled out my cellphone and immediatly called Tom. "Hey, how's Shawn doing? I asked. "Is he okay?" "The doctor's just told me he's in a coma." His worried voice had me deeply concerned as I turned to back up and looked at Maia. "I'm right, aren't I?" She said sadly. "He's in a coma?" I reached over and smoothed back her blonde hair. "It's okay sweetie, it's not your fault." Maia nodded, and I put the car in DRIVE, and off we went.
I am A page Break, Fear me or I will burn you alive! Just kidding, or am I? (Evil laugh)
{Maia's POV}
I rode with mommy to the hospital, clutching my stuffed yellow dog Lemon tightly to my chest as I thought about what was happening. Why would someone want to hurt us? Is mommy's enemies back? The NOVA Group? Then my mind flashed back to the women who had pretended to be my sister. Was she back here to take me away from my mom again? I began to panic, and I clutched Lemon tighter as we pulled into the driveway of the hospital and mommy and I got out. We walked into the hospital, and I could see doctors and nurses running around in a panic. Alarms were going off, and I broke into run following behind mommy as I saw her run towards Tom.
{Tom's POV}
"Tom, what's happening?" Diana asked, as she approched me with Maia running up behind her. "The doctors aren't sure," I said, running a hand through my hair in a panic. "He went into a coma from blood loss, and a few minutes ago, he started to go into a series of seizures. I saw the look in Diana's brown eyes, and immediatly I collapsed into a nearby arm chair. "Look, I'm sure Shawn's going to be fine." Diana said slowly. "He's a tough kid, he'll pull through." The alarms stopped ringing, and I saw a doctor walking towards us. "Mr. Baldwin, I'm Doctor Harris." He said as he shook my hand. "How's my nephew?" I asked as my voice racked with worry. "Is Shawn okay?"
Dr. Harris looked at me and slowly said, "He's stabulized. We were able to control the seizures, but unfortunatly don't have an idea of what's causing them yet." I felt my heart sank, and I placed my head in my hands. "He's awake now, if you want to go and see him." Dr. Harris said gently placing a hand on my shoulder. I nodded and Dr. Harris's pager went off. "I have to take this, there's another patient who's in need of surgery, exuse me." I slowly stood up from the chair and began walking dow the hallway, when I heard Diana's frantic voice from behind me. "Tom, Maia's gone." "Don't panic," I said softly turning to face her. "She probably went to the restroom or something." Diana shook her head. "No, she would've told me if she was leaving. She wouldn't just take off like that without telling me." I drew in a deep breath, and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Let's go look for her, then go check in on Shawn." Diana nodded in agreement, and the two of us began walking down the hallway.
I am A page Break, Fear me or I will burn you alive! Just kidding, or am I? (Evil laugh)
{Shawn's POV}
my weary eyes opened and imediatly a wave of nausia hit my stomach, causing me to gag. I then heard footsteps approching the room, and as I looked over toward the doorway, I could see a young girl, around the age of ten with long wavy blonde hair, and a warm brown eyes walking into the room. "Hi, I'm Maia." She said as she greeted me, clutching a stuffed yellow dog in her arms. "Hey." I replied back weakly as I looked up at her face. "I know who you are." She said, as she pulled up a chair next to the bed. "You're Shawn, the one who fixes people." "Yeah." I nodded as I slowly tried to sit up, but a wave of nausia and pain kept me down. "So what happened?" Maia asked. "How come your in here? Why don't you just make yourself better?" "I wish I could," I said slowly. "I don't even remeber what happened to me since this morning when I was being interviewed." Maia nodded and replied, "I saw you on tv this morning on the news." I let out a slight chuckle. "It's funny, huh? When I found out I was different, all I wanted to do was be normal again." "Me, too." Maia said with a small smile. "But you get used to it." I replied as she smiled at me. "I feel like I'm spiraling," I said slowly. "I feel like my whole head is going to explode." "Don't worry," Maia said softly. "You'll get better, I'm sure of it." "Any idea when that's gonna to be?" I asked. "I can see things. Things that are going to happen." She said softly. "So, can you see what's going to happen to me?" I asked as another wave of nausia and pain struck me.
Suddenly I heard footsteps and saw Uncle Tom walking in, with a young brutnette women walking behind him. "There you are sweetie," She said looking towards Maia. "Hi mommy." She said happily as she got up out of the chair and threw arms around the women's waist. "I was so worried Maia, Why did you take off like that without telling me where you were going?" Maia hung her head ashamed, "I'm sorry mommy," She said sadly. "I just wanted to see if I could help Shawn get better." "She's a sweet kid," I said. "She's got a good heart, and cares a lot for others." The women smiled toward me. "Yes, she is." "Hey there buddy," Uncle Tom, said as he gently patted me on the shoulder. "How're you feeling?" I let out a deep sigh. "I feel like my entire body's on fire, and that my head's going to explode." "You scared me to death kiddo," Uncle Tom said as I saw tears well up in his blue eyes.
"I thought I'd lost you." "What exactly happened anyway?" I asked. "Why am I in the hospital?" "You were possibly attacked," Uncle Tom said slowly. "Your appartment was in dissaray, and you had huge gashes in your wrists that were really deep that you needed to have stitches." I looked at my arms and saw that they were heavily wrapped in thick white bandages, and felt a wave of horror wash over me. "I feel like the entire weight of the world is on my shoulders." I sighed. "Everyone at the Center is counting on me to carry on Jordan Collier's legacy, and I feel like I can't do it." Uncle Tom shook his head. "Shawn, don't put yourself down like that." he said as he sat down in the chair that Maia sat in and placed a hand on my shoulder. "You were born to be a leader Shawn, this is why you were sent back to lead the 4400 in ways that Collier could not. That's why he chose you to run the Center in his place." I nodded slowly, and then suddenly, I saw someone I didn't expect to see. "Jordan?" Uncle Tom looked at me questioningly, then looked over to see what I was seeing and said, "There's no one there Shawn." "He must still be delerious." I heard the women say softly.
I looked back at Uncle Tom, and he nodded over toward the women and said, "Shawn this is my partner Diana Skouris, Maia's adoptive mom." She reached out to shake my hand and I took it. "Nice to meet you." I said, as she nodded. Diana then turned back to Uncle Tom and asked in a soft voice, "Tom, about Maia's vision, She said she saw someone in a hodded jacket whiping out all of the 4400. brutally killing them." "A terrorist?" I heard Uncle Tom ask, and Diana shook her head. "I don't know, but whatever it is, we have to put a stop to it."
Too be continued...Chapter 3 coming soon. commet and let me know what you think of the story so far.