Chapter 2

Twins age: 2 years old

"Ellie! Jax!" Kenzi called as she walked down the hallway and grabbed up some of Ellie's clothes that she had thrown on the floor. Now that the twins where two it was a completely different story, Jaxon was calm, cool, and collected. Always doing what he was told never arguing, but Ellie, if Jaxon had his dad's calm behavior Ellie had his stubbornness more than anything. She was so independent it was unbelievable. She turned into Ellie's room and couldn't help but laugh. She was wearing a lime green turtle neck sweater, a bright purple tutu, jean shorts underneath it, knee high pink socks with clouds on them, pink cowboy boots that she had pitched a fit for, her now reddish brown curly hair was pulled into pigtails that Kenzi had showed her how to do, and to top it all off sitting as pretty as you please on top of her head was her tiara.

"Is that what you're wearing today?" Kenzi asked stepping into her room and putting her clothes in the hamper.

"Yes mama." She said crossing her arms over her small chest.

"Alright sweetie." She said.

"Go to the kitchen and get you lunch box." She pointed. Ellie nodded and walked past her as Kenzi headed to Jaxon's room.

"Hey buddy." Kenzi said coming inside. He was picking up some of his toys and putting them in his box like Kenzi had shown him. Kenzi watched him and smiled.

"Hi mama." He said turning to her. His clothes were much better than Ellie's. He was wearing a pair of shorts and a button down shirt that was buttoned in all the wrong places.

"What you doing?" Kenzi asked coming in and bending down in front of him to fix his buttons.

"I clean." He said smiling proudly.

"I see that, good job buddy." Kenzi said re buttoning the shirt. She had started letting the children dress themselves when they both hit the 'No' and 'Mine' phase.

"Come on." She said turning and walking back toward the kitchen. Jaxon followed behind her and into the kitchen. Kenzi smiled to the fridge that was littered with scribbling that both of them had done.

"Mama I did it!" Ellie called holding up the two lunch bags. Ellie's was purple with princesses on it and Jaxon's was blue with trucks on it.

"Good job." Kenzi smiled. Kenzi reached over to the dinner table and picked up their bag of clothes. Ellie was staying with Lauren and Bo tonight and Jaxon was staying with Trick.

"Ready?" Kenzi asked turning to them as they messed around in the kitchen. They both nodded and followed Kenzi out of the house and over to the car. She and Hale were going to Victor's sister's house tonight, this year, she was going to get some answers.

Victor sat next to Dyson's bed as the man's eyes slowly drifted open. He had been showing more and more brain activity over the past year. As his eyes opened he seemed to look around for a few moments and then down to the restraints on his hands and feet and then over to Victor. His expression did not change it was the same lost expression he'd seen moments before.

"Welcome back to the world Dyson." Victor said. He opened his mouth but no words came out. Victor stood and grabbed the water and let him have some. He coughed a little and this time he spoke but the words were rough and scratchy.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"Don't worry about that. I just need a few pieces of information from you and then I'll be done with you." Victor said.

"Who are you?" Dyson asked looking the man up and down. Victor pursed his lips, Dyson knew who he was, was he playing games?

"Dyson, don't play games." Victor said.

"Who is Dyson, is that my name?" he asked his brows rising a little.

"Yes damn it, your name is Dyson. Stop messing around." Victor said his voice rising in volume slightly.

"I'm not messing around, I don't know you, I don't know who I am or where I am." He said a slight hint of panic in his voice. Victor realized he was not joking, he was being very serious.

"Damn it! Rebecca!" he called over his shoulder. His small sister came rushing into the room and she glanced back and forth between the two.

"Oh, you're awake, good." Rebecca said coming over and checking his vitals. Dyson watched Rebecca and she looked up smiling.

"So, how are you feeling?" She asked him.

"Confused, tired, weak." He said looking over the woman.

"Normal. Listen Dyson, I know there is some confusion, but I'm sure it will all come back soon. You've been in a coma for about two years now." Rebecca said.

"I can uh remember some things." He said slowly.

"Ok it's a start, what can you remember." She asked.

"I know I'm Fae, I know I'm a shifter. The last thing I remember is being with my friend," he shifted and shook his head trying to clear the fog.

"It's ok, just take your time." Rebecca said.

"Hank…no no Hale I was with him, he's my partner, at work, I'm a cop, for the humans. We were at a crime scene, yeah, a crime scene, a man, killed, we didn't recognize the kill, he had this huge smile on his face, like he was happy to die. That's it, that's all I remember." He said looking up. Victor sighed rubbing his hand over his face, that would mean he did not remember meeting his daughter.

"Ok, yeah that's fine it's a good sign, it means you don't have full blown amnesia, those thoughts are just more or less cemented in your brain. It just means the other memories will come back eventually. It may be slow and they may come one at a time or they may come rushing back by just one little trigger. A familiar face, a voice, a picture." She said. Dyson nodded along as Victor watched. There had to be a way to make him remember.

"Wait, there's something else." He said as Rebecca moved away.

"Go ahead." She said.

"Kenzi, I uh, I remember names. I don't see a faces but names. The names Kenzi, Elysia, and Jaxon. They're like pounding around in my head and here," He said putting his hand over his heart, "the names are making me feel something in a big way. Do you know them, do I know them?" he asked Rebecca.

"I'm sorry I don't think I've ever heard those names." she shook her head. Dyson sighed and repeated Kenzi's name several times shaking his head back and forth a few times.

"It's ok, it'll come back. Don't force it." Rebecca said.

"I'm going to get you some more water and when I come back we'll check the movement in your limbs." Rebecca said. She took Victor's arm and pulled him out of the room. Victor walked away with her, he'd be damned if he'd waited two years just to have Dyson remember half his shit and then forget.

"Now you be good for Aunt Bo and Aunt Lauren and brush your teeth." Kenzi said wrapping her arms around Ellie.

"Yes Mama." Ellie said planting a wet kiss on Kenzi's cheek.

"That's my girl." She smiled.

"I love you." Kenzi said.

"I love you." Ellie repeated. Kenzi smiled and stood up as Bo took Ellie's hand.

"Thanks guys, I'll see you tomorrow at the Dal around two." Kenzi said.

"Yep, be careful. See you tomorrow." Bo said wrapping Kenzi in a hug. She hugged her back and then pulled away as they closed the door. She took Jaxon's hand in hers and they headed back to the car.

When they got to the Dal Hale was there waiting for Kenzi. Kenzi headed inside and smiled down at the dejected look on Jaxon's face. He was a big momma's boy.

"Baby, don't be so sad." She smiled as they approached Trick.

"What's wrong lil man?" Hale said bending down to Jaxon's level.

"Mama leaving." He said sucking in his bottom lip. Kenzi knew he was about to cry. She slid her hands under his arms and lifted him up, cuddling him close. He buried his head in her neck and sniffled. Hale and Trick smirked and she patted his back.

"I'll be back soon, you get to stay with pap pap though." Kenzi said. He pulled back and looked her in the eyes. It was hard to look the young boy in the eyes sometimes considering he resembled Dyson so much.

"Promise?" he asked.

"I promise baby. You be good and brush your teeth." She said handing him over to Trick after him placing a wet kiss on the same cheek Ellie did. He nodded to her as Trick hugged him close trying to comfort the boy.

"Ready?" Hale asked. Kenzi nodded and waved bye to Jaxon as they left the Dal. She desperately hoped they were getting closer to finding him, she wanted Dyson back in her life. She needed him back in her life.