Chapter 7: Victory

Amber came back into the mall after all the tribes had defeated the Technos. She saw Ellie there with her baby in her arms. "Where's Jay?" She asked.

"He's in your room," Ellie replied.

"Is he alright?"

"Well, we had a little incident…"

"What?"

"Jay sort of freaked out while you were gone. He had a metal pipe in his hands."

"He didn't hurt anybody did he?"

"No, he just sort of waved it around asking us how he should know if we were telling him the truth or not."

Amber let out a sigh. "I'll see if I can get him to remember," she informed. Ellie nodded and watched as Amber went upstairs.

Amber went into her room and found Jay sitting on her bed. She walked over and she sat next to him. "Jay, do you recognize me?" She asked. He looked at her with a quizzical look. "Come on Jay it's me, Amber," she insisted.

"Amber?" He asked.

"Yes. We've just won back the city. Remember Mega?"

Amber let out a sigh and Salene came in. "Come on," she murmured. Amber stood up with a sigh. "He'll be alright," she assured Amber.

"Really? I don't see evidence of that happening," Amber muttered.

"It'll just take time. Maybe it'll come back to him gradually. Maybe we'll find a cure for him."

Amber swallowed the lump in her throat. "That's a lot of maybes Salene," she commented sadly. She fidgeted with her hands. "And there's only one person who knows for certain. Ram…" she trailed off. Amber looked over at Jay and she let out a heavy sigh.

"Amber, you haven't slept properly and you probably haven't eaten much. Why don't you take care of yourself? And then we'll worry about Jay," Salene answered.

Amber continued to stare at Jay and watched as he got up and left the room. "I wouldn't be able to sleep…not with him like this," she murmured. Amber sat down on her bed. "Things are bad, Salene…" she trailed off.

"We'll find a way to get Jay's memory back," Salene assured her.

"There's something else," Amber answered.

"What is it?" Salene asked.

Amber closed her eyes. "Oh God…" Salene trailed off. Amber placed her head in her hands. "When did you find out?" She asked.

"The day Jay and I were captured," Amber replied.

"But…"

"Jay and I slept together more than once, Sal."

Amber stood up and she walked around the room. "I was going to tell him too…but then all this happened…" she trailed off. She rubbed the back of her neck. "I need Jay back so I can tell him that he's going to be a father again," she added.

"We'll get him back, don't worry," Salene reassured her.

However, they didn't know that Jay was standing right outside the room, listening what they were saying. Still very confused, he walked away.

(Techno Headquarters)

Amber had talked Ram into using his technology on Jay to bring his memories back. She stood behind Ram, looking at Jay who was restrained to the chair again. "Are you sure this won't make him worse?" She asked. She looked over at Ram when he didn't answer her. "Ram I asked if…" she started.

"Look Amber we have a choice here. I can take a couple of months out and give you a crash course on neural electronic interface. Or you let me do what I'm trying to do for you here," he answered.

"But is there a risk?" She asked.

"There's always a risk," he replied.

"Hey what's going on?" Jay asked.

"Just a few more minutes, Jay," Amber answered.

"Jack are you set?" Ram asked.

Jack looked up from his computer. "Just a few more minutes. Yeah finished," Jack replied. Ram nodded and he looked at his former General.

"Excellent. Now it's time to take little Jay back to school," Ram said with a laugh.

He pushed the button and Ram sat back as the memory recovery began. Amber got worried when she saw Jay starting to shake. "He's shaking…" she trailed off.

"Of course, his neurons are growing like popcorn," Ram answered.

Amber watched as Jay continued to shake until the memory recovery was completed. Ram nodded to Jack and Jack removed the headset. "What do we do now?" Jack asked. Ram gestured for Jack to be quiet.

"Just let Amber do her stuff," Ram replied.

Amber stood up and she walked over to Jay. "Jay?" She called. Jay looked up at her. "Do you recognize me?" She asked.

"Amber…" he trailed off.

Amber felt her heart miss a beat when he said her name. "I feel so weird…" he trailed off.

"Jay…" Amber started starting to walk over to him.

Ram grabbed her arm. "Take an easy on him alright? Just keep talking," Ram instructed. Amber let out a deep breath.

"Jay…um…you've been away for awhile," she informed.

Jay stared at her. "Amber…I feel…I feel…" he trailed off. He looked at the floor and then back at Amber again. "So who are you?" He asked. Amber got down on her knees.

"No…Jay…please…stay with me please…" she begged.

She saw that it didn't work and she lowered her head. Ram sighed as he had Jack put the headset back on Jay's head and he tried to the memory recovery again. Amber sat next to Jay and held onto his hand. After a few minutes, the memory recovery was completed again. "Do you think it worked this time?" Jack asked.

"Well, there's only one way to find out. Go ahead, Jack," Ram replied.

Jack removed the headset and Amber looked at Jay. "Jay…do you recognize me?" She asked. Jay gave her a quizzical look.

"What?" He asked.

She looked at Jay and then she let his hand go, stood up, and looked at Ram. "What is this Ram!?" She demanded.

"Excuse me?" Ram asked.

"How long are you going to string me along? How many games to cover up your lies!?" Amber demanded.

"Amber…" Jack started.

"SHUT UP JACK!" Amber shouted.

"Look I'm trying to help you here and this is what I get. Accusations, accusations, accusations everywhere!" Ram snapped.

"You're a magnet for them Ram and you wanna know why?" She asked.

Ram just stared at her. "Because you're a lying, treacherous scum!" She hissed.

"Guys, please," Jack insisted.

Ram rolled his eyes. "This is the thanks I get. If it weren't for me, you'd be like him," Ram pointed out.

"Like what Ram?" Jay asked.

Amber turned around and Jay stood up with a small smile. "Well…but…Ram, Jack what are you guys doing in the city anyways?" He asked. He looked at Amber. "Where's Mega? He's going to find us," he told her. Amber shook her head, slightly in shock.

"No it's safe, Mega's gone," she assured him.

Amber stared at him, still in disbelief that he was back. "But…are you really back? Do you know who I am?" She asked. Jay smiled and laughed slightly.

"Amber what are you talking about?" He asked.

Amber smiled as she wrapped her arms around him. Jay hugged her back, slightly confused of what she was talking about. Ram let out a sigh of relief. "I think someone owes me an apology," he commented. Amber glanced at Ram before placing her head on Jay's shoulder with a sigh.

Later that day, Amber held onto Jay's hand and she pulled him upstairs to her room. "Amber what's going on? You've been acting really weird all day," he commented. Amber smiled as she pulled him into her room.

"I have to tell you something," she answered.

"Is everything alright?" He asked.

"Yeah…you might want to sit down."

Jay sat down on the bed and Amber stood in front of him. "Okay, are you going to tell me what's going on or are you going to make me guess?" He asked. Amber bit her lip.

"Well…um…Jay…do you remember…a few weeks ago…back before we were captured and before you had to go into hiding? Um…the night before we made our broadcast?" She asked.

"Yeah I believe so," he replied.

She smiled. "Jay…I'm pregnant," she informed. He sat there in shock.

"Good thing you told me to sit down," he commented.

Amber laughed slightly. "Are you serious? I mean…" he trailed off. She sat down next to him on the bed. She took his hand and placed it on her still flat stomach.

"Jay, I'm pregnant," she assured him.

Jay let her hand go and he hugged her tight. Amber hugged him back and she let out a sigh. He let her go. "Who else knows?" He asked.

"Salene," she replied.

Jay stroked her face and he went to get up. "Where are you going?" She asked.

"We should tell the others," he replied.

Amber laughed as she grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. "Later," she answered.

"Oh yeah, what do you have in mind of what to do now?" He asked.

She placed her hand on the back of his neck and kissed him deeply.

The next day, Amber was outside with little Bray in her arms. The four-month-old cooed and he placed his head on Amber's shoulder. Jay came downstairs, pulling his over shirt on. "We should go see what's going on with Ram's new program," she commented. Jay sighed.

"I always knew Ram's technology would get him in trouble," he answered.

"Trudy could you watch him?" Amber asked.

"Yeah," Trudy replied.

Amber set the baby into her arms and Amber looked at Jay. "We go in there and see if we can get him to turn the damn thing off," she stated.

"And if that doesn't work?" He asked.

"We'll have to figure something out," she replied.

Jay nodded and they left the mall.

(Techno Headquarters)

"What do you think is in that container?" Amber asked. They were looking inside Mega's lab and saw that Ram's program had gotten into Mega's lab and it was creating something.

"Well, where's Mega, we need to know what's in there," Jay replied.

"Follow me," Jack answered.

They went down to Mega's cell. "Mega, what is project Ultimate Sanction you have to tell us," Amber insisted. Mega sat there staring at her. "Come on, Mega, what's in that container?" She asked.

"What container? What is she talking about?" Slade asked.

"Ram created a computer program and now it's gone beserk," Jay replied.

"Ram's done something to my lab? What did he do?" Mega asked.

"We don't know, but it's making something. That's why you have to tell us what is in the container," Amber replied.

All of a sudden Mega started laughing. "D--Do you really want to know? When that stuff gets out…Ram's dead and so is the whole city," Mega laughed.