31/03/2009 19:56:00

Kyle's Inner Monologue: "When Amanda and I got Jessie home thatr night Nicole and Stephen were not to happy with our decision. Their worries were out of concern for Jessie but Amanda and I knew it was for the best, Jessie needed to be completely free to live as her own person."

Kyle sat, in a chair next to her bed watching Jessie still unconscious. He was sure she would eventually wake up but wondered 'how' she would come back, would she be different?

He sat there pondering every implication when he heard it, the soft pulsating rhythm and for that brief moment everything else seemed non-existent. Kyle turned from his chair to look at see Amanda standing in the doorway of Jessie's room. There was a moment of silence, the strange comfort seemed to be felt by both them.

Amanda finally broke eye contact and looked over Jessie, "No change?" she said as more of a statement.

"No," Kyle said simply but sadly.

"You've been up all night haven't you," Amanda said sympathetically noticing Kyle was still in the same clothes as the night before but oddly seemed to be fully alert. Amanda than remembered what Kyle said about his body adapting to what he needed it to be.

Kyle looked at her a little ashamed thinking Amanda thought he might be worrying too much.

"Yeah I thought that would be the case," Amanda said knowingly and from behind her back revealed a drink carrier and handed Kyle one of the two drinks in it.

"Thank you," Kyle said appreciatively and gave a small smile.

"Oh and I added a few things in case you needed an energy jolt," Amanda said as she got a chair and sat next to Kyle.

Kyle looked down at his beverage cautiously before taking a sip from the straw. The change didn't hit at first but within a few seconds his face scrunched up from the intensity of flavor. After the momentary shock Kyle looked at Amanda who was trying to hold back a laugh from his reaction, "You added 34% more sugar and you added 2 ounces of lemon juice," Kyle said to a now momentarily stunned Amanda, "it definitely packs a punch." Kyle said playfully.

At these words Amanda let another grin show, "Kyle I think that is the first time I have heard you use..."

"an expression" Kyle finished her sentence "yeah I been trying to use them lately."

"Really" Amanda said amused.

As Amanda thought to herself, Kyle suddenly remembered he had not checked Jessie's vitals in ten minutes. He was relieved to find nothing had changed. The silence returned in the room but it seemed to be soothing for both Kyle and Amanda. That peace and tranquility was broken by the vibrations from a phone.

Amanda looked over at Kyle wondering who was texting him; because she could feel that he was nervous.

Kyle was startled momentarily by the vibration of his phone and when he finally got his phone out his stomach lurched, a capital T on the front display screen. Kyle slowly opened his phone and red the message, 'Meet at warehouse bring Jessie and the girl.'

After reading the message Kyle started weighing his options; he didn't think it would be wise to leave Jessie there by herself but if he didn't go Foss would come to the house and that would not end up well. Kyle also wanted to know why Foss wanted Amanda to come and why.

"Kyle what is it?" Amanda asked softly seeing how deep in thought Kyle was.

Kyle turned towards Amanda, "It is Foss he wants Jessie, you, and me to come to the warehouse."

"Foss…? Didn't you say he is like your trainer/protector? What does he want with me?" Amanda asked curiously.

"I don't know," Kyle admitted slowly as his eyes glanced over towards the bed.

"So are we going to go?"

"I'm not sure. I can't leave Jessie here alone and if we don't go Foss will come here"

Amanda could tell by his tone that things would not be pretty if this Foss came to the house. As Amanda thought an idea dawned on her, "Maybe you can do both."

"How?" Kyle said perplexed not knowing what Amanda was thinking.

"Well when you explained to me about you and Jessie, you said that the connection you two share can be felt from far away right."

Kyle nodded and for some reason needed Amanda to clarify.

"Can't you keep checking on Jessie through your connection to make sure everything is fine?"

Kyle was momentarily stunned in slight awe of Amanda's idea, partially wondering why he had not thought of it himself.

"Did I misunderstand your connection with Jessie?" Amanda said a little baffled by Kyle's expression.

"No you didn't" Kyle said quickly "I should have thought of it myself" Kyle said as he smiled at her in appreciation.

"So does that mean we are going?"

"Yes, but you need to go home and get your training gear"

"Why… are we going to do some training as well?" Amanda asked thinking training would be the last thing on Kyle's mind.

"I don't know but if Foss wants you to come with me it has to be for something," Kyle said seriously knowing Foss wasn't one to call anyone for a friendly chat.

The walk down to the warehouse was a quiet one and Amanda noticed Kyle was fixated on something else, either checking on Jessie or he was worried about meeting with Foss. Because of the silence they seemed to arrive at the warehouse faster than usual.

As they entered the building Amanda's eyes immediately spotted a man standing by the table, just by looks she thought Foss didn't look as imposing as Kyle led her to believe. Amanda shrugged off the notion because she knew very well now that not everything can be told from the look of a person.

"What took you so long?" Foss said impatiently turning to face the two teenagers walking towards him, immediately taking notice that they were one short.

Before Kyle could respond Foss spoke again, "Where's Jessie?" Foss said in more of a demand than a question.

Amanda knew it was better if she did not answer this question. She was now standing in front of Foss with Kyle to her side and now she saw Foss up close she could tell quite a bit more. What struck her most was the look in his eyes and for some strange reason they reminded her of Jessie. Actually as she looked at Foss and heard him speak to Kyle there were quite a few similarities.

Kyle really didn't want to answer this question and tried to change the subject, "Where is Adam"

Foss gave Kyle a suspicious look.

"Quit the act Foss I can feel him here," Kyle said trying to continue his ploy.

Foss was about to scold Kyle for not answering him when a voice interrupted him, "Don't be mad at Foss we wanted to make sure you're staying sharp."

Amanda's head automatically shifted towards the location of the voice and located its origins. As Amanda spotted the man her eyes got wide at his appearance and the closer he came into the view the more amazed she became. She surmised that this had to be Adam Baylin, Kyle's biological father, but now seeing him she could swear she was looking at Kyle 30 years in the future.

Amanda quit her stare when Adam casually glanced at her and half-smiled knowing what she had to be thinking.

"Adam what are you and Foss doing here?" Kyle asked with a more aggressive tone than he intended.

Foss really didn't like the tone Kyle was taking but decided to let Adam handle it.

"We'll to get to that Kyle but first tell us where is Jessie," Adam said in a firm but casual tone.

(Kyle's Inner Monologue: "Explaining what had happened to Jessie to Adam and Foss seemed harder than it was to Nicole and Stephen. While I knew Adam would find reason in my actions I also knew Foss would not see it that way. What made it worse was I still wasn't sure I had done the right thing myself")

"Jessie is vulnerable now and at risk as long as she is like that. Also who knows what effects Jessie will have when she wakes. What you did was completely unnecessary!" Foss shouted angrily, thinking where Kyle's head was.

"It was necessary to Jessie," Kyle said defensively.

"She was confused and not thinking straight. You should've known better!" Foss continued his tirade.

"It isn't Kyle's fault, I asked him to do it for Jessie," Amanda blurted out without much thought but knew she also shared some of the blame.

Foss looked over at the girl annoyed she interjected into the argument.

Foss was about to ignore her and continue his talk with Kyle but he was cut off "Foss that's enough! What's done is done and we can't change that. Kyle has his reasons and we just have to trust in his judgment."

He wasn't happy Adam was letting Kyle off so easy but he knew the argument wasn't going to change anything. Also they were wasting time and Foss hated wasting time.

"Fine" Foss said unhappily.

Kyle noted Foss's bitterness but turned to Adam, "Why are you two here?"

"Well Amanda is actually the reason were here Kyle," Adam said calmly looking at Kyle seemingly ignoring Amanda presence, more due to lack of social skills than offense to Amanda.

"What, me why?" Amanda asked surprised.

"Jessie contacted us and said you were training Amanda…" Adam explained.

"And also said you were in over your head" Foss finished Adam's sentence.

"So you two are here to take over my training," Amanda asked curiously and somewhat hesitantly.

"Foss is but I am here to talk some things over with Kyle and we should get started," Adam said sternly.

Kyle didn't like the idea of Foss training Amanda, let alone without him even there. Foss's methods were even hard for him to handle and knew he would not do things differently with Amanda.

Kyle was about to protest when he felt Amanda touch his arm and he turned to look at her. "Kyle I'll be okay," Amanda said firmly.

"Amanda I…" Kyle started not sure this was a good idea.

"I can handle it Kyle and if I am going to be prepared I need to challenge myself," Amanda said trying to reassure him.

Foss wasn't too pleased with the conversation he was having to witness but he was a little taken back by the girl's compliance to do the training, more importantly at how objectively she was looking at it.

"Okay" Kyle finally said feeling the confidence from Amanda and the unwavering tone in her voice.

"Okay then Kyle come along we have much to discuss," Adam said and turned away and started to walk into the separate room away from the training area.

With one last look at Amanda Kyle followed Adam, still nervous about leaving Amanda with Foss.

Foss watched Kyle was out of eyesight and turned back to stare at Amanda, almost surprised to see her staring back at him. 'There is something more to this girl than Jessie led me to believe' Foss thought.

"Let's get started" Foss said sternly.