Hello all, sorry it's been a hot second since the last chapter! If you all don't know I'm in the military and the last week has been crazy trying to change duty stations so I hope this makes up for it!

"There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more."

~ Robert M. Hensel

It was the first thing they all noticed that morning. Their phones were blowing up and the news was on every channel but it wasn't screaming terrorist attack or politics like it normally did. It spoke of family members coming back from the dead and not famous people but normal everyday folks. The news was treating them like a fascinating bug to inspect as crews surrounded the poor families homes. Scientists and doctors were flying into Virginia from all over the world and it left the team scared.

"I won't let them take David away just to be poked and prodded at," Krystall told the room defiantly as she gave David a worried glance.

"Over my dead body will someone do that to Tara," Mr. Lewis stated. Her brother had yet to be persuaded but they all had a feeling he would be now.

"No one will be harming them," Matt calmed both concerned family members.

"What time was Joy supposed to get here and Portia?" Dave rasped as his eyes opened from where he had been napping on the couch. He was slowly getting better, not being as tired or feeling as ill as he had before. It was improvement that caused Krystall and everyone else to sigh in relief. For a moment they had almost been afraid to lose him again and Krystall hadn't left his side. It was a sight that brought soft smiles to everyone's faces whenever she would brush his hair out of his face and kiss him on the head as he slept.

The team in the meantime kept an eye on Tara to make sure she wasn't trying to hide what had obviously taken a toll on Dave. She seemed fine but to ease the team and her father's worries she took it easy the first two days back. Unlike Dave though Tara wasn't recovering memories which she thought strange but not enough to be too concerned.

Someone knocked at the door and it snapped Emily out of her daze as she had watched the news stories. Immediately she got up and basically saying screw it walked to the door without her crutch. On the other side of the door was a nervous looking Joy and Portia.

"Is he okay?" Joy asked as soon as she got in the apartment.

"How.." Joy cut her off though.

"It's all over the news and it's the only reason I can think you would call me to come here from California."

"He's fine just tired. Krystall is with him in the bedroom. He's resting but you can go see him if you'd like," Emily told both woman who immediately began their walk to the room.

Joy and Portia quietly pushed open the bedroom door and both almost broke down at the sight before them. Dave lay asleep in bed with his hair all messy as Krystall sat in a chair nearby ready while keeping an ever watchful eye on him.

"Dad," Joy barely got out as she quietly walked up to him. He didn't stir as she softly touched his face trying to believe that this was real and he was alright. Portia was right next to her as the door shut behind them signaling Krystall had decided to give them time with their dad.

"Dad," Joy repeated but this time a little stronger and she watched as those brown eyes opened and stared up at her.

"Joy, Portia," Rossi stared back as he sat up and opened his arms. Both his girl immediately enveloped him in a hug for the first time in months. It had been eating at them both that they hadn't spent more time with him and Krystall but now they could and lord knew they would. Kai would be seeing his grandpa a lot from now on. Of course all of that would have to wait till they could figure out how people were coming back to life and why. So far only everyday good people were being resurrected and Rossi being the only famous person who came back from the dead. That was going to be tricky because Rossi's fame meant people would recognize him and realize he was alive and that meant bad things like needles and exams.

"I'm okay, you're okay, we're okay. I'm not going to leave you," David whispered to both his girls as they cried. "Everything's going to be okay."

Meanwhile Gabriel sat in his car outside the place his sister now stayed. He was nervous and a bit anxious about how she would take him coming back. What if she sent him away? What if she was angry at him? He wouldn't blame her for being upset with him, he had lost control when he had seen her. Although in his defense any normal person would freak out and question reality if someone who had most definitely died came back from the dead. She had died too, he had seen her with his own eyes and cried over her body. How was this possible?

Gabriel took a deep breath before getting out of his car when he noticed a news van pull up. He immediately got back in the car and watched the van as a reporter got out with a camera man in tow. He got nervous as he watched them approach Emily's apartment. In a split second decision he quickly got out of the car and headed the reporter off.

"Can I help you ma'am?" Gabriel asked in the most overly polite tone he could muster.

"Could you direct me to SSA Prentiss' apartment?"

"And why would you need to know that?" Gabriel started to press.

"We have a source that says SSA Rossi and Lewis are alive or at least have come back from the dead and are staying at Agent Prentiss' place."

"Who told you that?"

"It's confidential," the reporter tried to explain.

"Actually ma'am it's not and you have twenty seconds to leave before I call the police for you harassing Miss. Prentiss. She lost her two best friends last month and you want an interview," Gabriel threatened.

"You can't…"

"I can and I will now leave," he demanded as he raised his voice.

"Fine."

He watched them begrudgingly leave before taking a deep breath and approaching the door. Before he could even knock Tara was pulling him in the apartment and into a hug.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." ~ Oscar Wilde