Nick couldn't believe his luck.

He looked next to him at the beautiful woman that he had chosen as his next trophy. Although he regretted having to dispose of Kim, he knew that soon she would regain her fiery spirit and he couldn't have that. It was too much of a risk not to, besides he was getting bored with her anyway.

Momentarily forgetting thoughts about his wife, he continued toward the high school entrance with Hayley, before their path was suddenly blocked.

"Hayley Rodman! How have you been?"

Nick glared as Tommy called to Hayley, but he was even more disappointed to see Hayley's reaction.

"Tommy! What a surprise!" Hayley said as she hugged him.

Tommy returned the embrace and smiled at the uncomfortable look on Nick's face. He couldn't wait to get the results from Billy and put the scum bag in jail.

He turned to Nick, "It's good to see you again, Dr. Sanders."

Nick returned the greeting in a very hostile manner. He couldn't believe the nerve of him, acting as if he had a right to interrupt him while he was working. How was he supposed to seduce Hayley with this nuisance around? Also, Tommy's new found confidence was driving him more insane by the minute. Who, exactly, did he think he was?

Tommy turned back to Hayley. "What brings you by the high school, Hayley?"

Shrugging her shoulders, Hayley answered, "I came to have a look at some faulty lab equipment in lab three, at Dr. Sanders request of course."

Nick perked up at the mention of his name. "Yes it was a gift to the school, a very generous one, I might add."

Tommy turned to Nick. "You bought the equipment?" He asked, meaning to cut him down a little. "They never told us the name of the person who donated the previously used equipment."

Nick wanted to erupted, the audacity of him. Cutting him down like that in from of his next trophy. Oh Tommy was going to pay; Nick would make sure of it.

Except for Hayley spoke at that exact moment. "Tommy why don't you come with us."

Tommy agreed and the group went inside the school and towards their destination.

He secretly smiled on the inside as he caught Nick's face of mingled fury at Hayley's glee. On the way to the lab Hayley told him almost everything that had happened since she had sold the Cyber Café. As they entered the lab, the warning bell rang and Tommy excused himself. As he hugged Hayley goodbye, he told her to stop by more often. Walking back to his classroom, he realized how much he had missed the spunky red-head.

That afternoon, Tommy caught no less than seven kids cheating on their exam. He didn't think that his test had been that hard at all. Each way was as unique as the one before it. One student, Mitchell, had used a system to where he had written the answers on gum wrappers. Tommy had figured out what was going on by his fifth piece of gum.

When the bell rang at the end of the day Tommy grabbed his the tests and stuffed them in his brief case. He was going to go home, shut himself in his study, grade papers, and wait anxiously for an e-mail or phone call from Billy.

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Kim was putting a glass away when the door bell rang. Turning around, she shouted for he person to come in.

As Jason walked through the door, Kim immediately gave him a big hug. "Jason, I'm so glad you came."

Jason stopped and asked in amazement, "Did you just call me Jason?"

"Well, it is your name," Kim stated as she playfully hit his shoulder.

Jason couldn't believe his ears. Kim had actually gotten his name right, for the first time in almost seven years.

"Would you like anything to drink?" Kim asked as he sat down.

Jason shook his head and asked, "So what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?"

Kim shifted in her seat uneasily. "Well, for the past couple of days, I have been having these really strange dreams."

Jason listened intently, hoping that this meant that she was getting better.

Kim took a deep breath and then began to explain. "Well, it started out the night of the party. I told you about that dream, right?"

Jason shook his head yes.

"Well, a couple of nights after that I had another dream. I was standing in a circular room, talking to a floating head. Then I was blinded by a white light and then I fainted. As I came to I heard a voice say 'It's time to wake up, beautiful'. A couple of nights after that, I had a dream about you and Billy getting eaten by a giant toad. And last, but not least, I had a dream about Tommy and me dancing while fighting these gray monsters… that one was last night. Anyway I was just, kind of hoping that you could help me make sense of it. Do they remind you of anything?"

Jason watched as Kim looked at him hopefully. Just as he was about to open his mouth and let the truth rush out, the front door banged open.

Kim had never seen Nick so frustrated and his look didn't improve when he caught sight of her sitting on the couch, in close proximity, with Jason.

Biting her lip tentatively, she asked, "Honey, what are you doing home so early?"

Nick stalked to her and yelled, "Why do you want to know, huh? Are you mad that I caught you cheating on me?"

Kim quickly shook her head. "Jason and I were just talking."

"Yeah right," was all Nick could manage.

"Nicolas Jeremiah Sanders!" Kim drew up to her full height. "How dare you call me a liar! You have no reason to believe that I would cheat on you."

Kim then surprised everyone around her. She drew her hand back and slapped Nick soundly across the face. She then stormed up the stairs and slammed the bedroom door shut.

The night wore on with not much commotion going on, until later, that is.

Tommy was grading papers, when the phone rang. Grabbing the phone in a haste that almost made him drop it.

"Hello," he quickly greeted into the phone.

"Tommy, its Billy. I have the test results. Kim's medication is a drug called Halcion."

Tommy racked his brain, but he came up with nothing, he didn't know what Halcion was.

So instead he asked, "What?"

"It's was drug used by the CIA in the early seventies to suppress people's memories. Its side affects made the taker submissive, like they had no mind of their own. Tommy you have to get Kim away from Nick, now. There is no telling how long she had been under the influence and it could permanently damage her long term memory."

Tommy didn't even bother to say goodbye, he just hung up the phone. He tore through his house, grabbing his keys and jacket. Tommy started the car and began to drive, but it was only then that he realized that he didn't even know where Kim lived.

He dialed Jason's number with an aggravated necessity.

"Hello." Jason said as he picked up his phone.

"Jase, its Tommy, look I don't have time to explain, but I had Billy test Kim's medicine and he discovered it's a memory suppressant drug. I'm going to get Kim right now. Where does she live?"

"1116 N. Buena Vista, way out in the hills. There is a small barn just behind the house." He repeated almost mechanically. Before Tommy could hang up Jason urged, "And Tommy, hurry, last I saw of Nick, he had murder in his eyes."

Tommy closed his cell and began to speed towards the address, praying to God that he wasn't to late.

Kim paced up and down her bedroom, thoughts whirling around in her head. She had been so close to finding out what they had all meant, but Nick had walked in. Still pissed off at him for accusing her of cheating, she had stayed in her room the entire night. Where, Nick was Kim didn't know or care. She was beginning to wonder what she had ever seen in the man.

As she sat down, it was like a dam had finally broken within her mind. Everything came rushing back to her, her time as a ranger, the truth serum, her broken ankle, everything.

Angry tears welled up in her eyes as the memories washed over her. In a fury she didn't know she possessed, she ran for the door. Pulling it open, she could only gasp as she came face to face with Nick. In the dim light she could make out the rage in his eyes.

She looked into his eyes and she asked in a low, horrified voice. "What the hell have you done to me?"

Okay so here is the long awaited chapter. My b-day is on tuesday and I work the rest of this week so the next chapter might not be up for a while, so I thought I would leave you all with a cliff hanger. Have fun and catch ya all on the flip side :) If you want to give me a birthday present, REVIEW, please!