Dani was being led back into a house (her parents told her it was her house) by Ronny and David. They unlocked the door with a key she had given them when she moved in.
Dani stepped inside and looked around. She was unsure of where to go, or what to do. Her father set her bags down by the door before shutting it while Ronny went straight to the kitchen, holding the mail that had accumulated while Dani was away.
David handed Dani a small bag, "You can take this upstairs to your room. It's got all your stuff inside it."
Dani looked at the bag nervously as she took it, "My room?"
"Upstairs, first door to the right," David told her, letting her go off on her own for the first time. He watched her walk to the stairs slowly, still very unsure.
Ronny approached him, placing a stack of papers in his hands. He gave them a look before turning to his wife.
"Ron..."
"I guess it won't be happening," she whispered.
"Give her a little time," David smiled. "She'll get her memory back, eventually."
"Are you sure?" Ronny asked. David nodded, pulling Ronny into his arms.
"I'm positive."
He dropped the wedding invitations on the table by the door as he held his wife close. He kissed her on the cheek just as the door opened.
Greg poked his head inside, "Can I come in?"
Ronny pointed, "Dani's upstairs in her room."
Greg nodded, making his way to the stairs. Before he disappeared Ronny called out: "Be gentle."
Greg knew that Dani had amnesia. There was no avoiding that truth. However, he was unaware of just how serious it was. He had no idea Dani didn't know she promised to marry him in a little over a week.
He opened the door to her room, finding her looking around. It was a strange sight to see someone looking so intensely at their own possessions, trying to discover who the person who owned all these could be.
"Hey," Greg nodded, stepping into the room. Nervously, he tucked his hands in his pockets. Daniela turned to him with a shy smile.
"You're the guy from the hospital," she said.
"Yeah... Greg."
Daniela nodded, "Hi, Greg; nice to meet you. Thanks for... whatever you did at the hospital."
Greg was shocked. He looked at Dani with wide eyes.
"Are you okay?" Dani asked when she noticed Greg looked very uncomfortable. Greg moved forward, taking her hand.
"Dani, it's me," he whispered hopefully. He held her left hand up to show her the engagement ring, "I'm your fiancé."
Daniela looked at her bare hand. There was no ring. She pulled her hand away and took a step away from Greg.
"I don't know you," Dani said. "How could I be engaged to you?"
Greg tried getting in closer again. The tears were burning his eyes. He didn't want to believe it. He couldn't stand the thought of Dani never remembering who he was. He reached out again, taking her hand, "Dani, please... don't do this."
"What are you doing?" Dani asked, feeling uncomfortable.
"Just... please... try to remember something... anything!" Greg held Dani's hand, pressing it to his chest, hoping that somehow she would remember him.
"I'm sorry..." Dani whispered. "I can't..."
There had to be some way for her to remember. Their wedding wasn't too far away. He didn't want her to marry him because she was told that was what was right. He wasn't even sure if she would agree to marry him again.
Daniela shook her head, pulling her hand away from his, "I'm sorry..."
She motioned to the door, telling Greg it was time to go. He needed to try something, make one last attempt at triggering her memory before she left.
He shut his eyes and focused, breaking down the barrier he and Dani set up between their minds. With Dani's current state, her mental block didn't have much power to it and he got over it easily, putting his thoughts inside her head.
Dani, listen to me.
Dani looked up at him in horror, hearing the voices.
Please, think, Dani. You have to remember me.
"What's going on?" Dani asked, glaring at Greg. "What are you doing?"
I love you! Don't do this...
Dani let out a loud scream and pushed Greg outside her room. She slammed the door shut behind him, leaning her back against it and dropping to the floor. She began to sob loudly as she pulled her knees to her chest and buried her head in her arms.
Downstairs, David and Ronny heard the scream and rushed to the stairs. They saw Greg standing outside their daughter's door with his head resting on the wood. Ronny ran up and pushed her way into Dani's room while David stayed outside to talk with Greg.
"What happened?" he asked his future son in-law.
Greg said nothing. He brushed past David, purposely bumping shoulders. David spun around, grabbing his arm.
"Greg, what happened?" he pressed. Greg pulled free, glaring hatefully.
"You could have warned me," he hissed.
"Warned you?"
"Dani doesn't remember me!" Greg shouted. "She has no idea who I am!"
"Why did she scream?" David asked. He was more concerned about his daughter's panic than her inability to remember Greg. Without any memory as to who her friends and family were, she was going to be a little fearful about every person she met. David wanted to be sure that Dani was at least comfortable while she was re-introduced.
"I got inside her head," Greg whispered. "I thought... maybe..."
"You got inside her head?" David asked.
"I tried to talk to her..."
"Gregory!" David snapped roughly. "What the hell were you thinking?"
"I want her to remember!"
"She doesn't remember anything!" David yelled. "You probably scared her half to death with that little stunt!"
"I thought it would help," Greg whispered. "I thought it would trigger her memory somehow..."
David took a deep breath, calming himself down as he went to explain this, "Greg, her memory is... broken..."
"I know that."
"Getting inside her head to try and fix this won't do her any good! We still don't know the extent of your powers. You could have hurt her."
Greg lowered his head in shame, "I just... I don't want to start all over again."
"Do you think I want to?" David asked. "I don't want to hear my daughter call me dad with a questioning tone. I don't want her to look at me to try and judge me. I want her to be my daughter again. I want to be her father... but that's not going to happen right now."
"I love her..."
"I love her too," David nodded. "But until she remembers... if she remembers... you have to act like you just met her. No getting too close and absolutely no getting inside her head again! Is that understood?"
Greg sighed deeply, nodding his head yes.
-----Afterlife-----
Dawn's search wasn't over. No way in hell was it over. She had come up empty handed last time she went out to search for clues, but this time she was going in with a plan.
On her way home from the hospital she had spotted a camera monitoring the street outside the bank. This was normal. If there was a bank robbery, Kaylee and Colonel Truman wanted to know who they were after.
She saw another camera just outside the park. It was a wide open space, pulled away from the rest of the city to keep the peace. A lot of mugging and assault happened late at night in the park. The camera was used for safety.
There was another camera monitoring the traffic lights. Ronny had a strict rule against reckless driving and insisted Kaylee enforce the many driving laws.
Dawn put two and two together. Corinth city was shielded by a dome, and its citizens were constantly being watched. There was no escaping the eye of the camera.
"Big Brother finally pays off," Dawn whispered to herself as she stood in a small room. One wall was covered in TV screens, divided into four so whoever was inside could watch the city. Normally there was no one inside the room, and it was locked securely. The only time it was ever used was in case of huge emergencies.
Dawn considered this to be an emergency.
She waited for her evidence to finish copying onto the disk she inserted into the large computer, tapping her foot impatiently.
"C'mon, c'mon," she muttered. The disk finally ejected itself and she grabbed it, stuffing it in her bag. She turned to the door, about to open it, when it swung open.
Kaylee glared down at her niece, "What are you doing in here?"
Dawn tucked her bag behind her as she tried to act innocent.
"I must have heard her wrong," she said. "I was coming here to tell you about Dani. The lady downstairs."
"You know your way around the building," Kaylee frowned. She turned, signalling down the hall before looking back at Dawn. "Vasquez heard someone was in here and called a team to take you down. You're lucky I came in here and not Colonel Truman."
"I'm sorry," Dawn lowered her head.
"So, what are you doing here?" Kaylee asked again. "This room is for authorized eyes only. You're not authorized."
"I didn't do anything," Dawn said. Kaylee frowned, extending her hand.
"Give me the bag."
"What?"
"The bag," Kaylee said. "Give it to me."
Dawn groaned, sliding the bag off her shoulder and handing it over to her Aunt. Kaylee searched through it, finding the disk. She looked at Dawn.
"What's this?"
"It's nothing," Dawn said, "Just a DVD..."
"What's on it?" Kaylee asked.
"What... what's...?"
"Yeah. You said it was a DVD. What's on it?"
"I don't know... Greg just suggested it..."
Kaylee glared at her niece, "You don't own a DVD player, Dawn. I know this, because last time Dustin went to visit you, he broke yours and offered to pay you back. You said it was old technology."
Dawn bit her lower lip and sighed.
"What are you doing with this, Dawn?" Kaylee asked, waving the disk in front of her niece's face.
"Dani was in an accident."
"Yes, so?"
"So, c'mon, Kaylee, you know better than anyone that nothing in a Ranger's life is an accident!" Dawn said. "Someone wanted this to happen! I have to find out who."
"Dawn, this is government property!" Kaylee growled.
"I'm sorry," Dawn sighed, "But..."
"You should have just asked me," Kaylee smiled. Opening the door, she let Dawn out first and led her to her office. "I'm only letting you get away with this once, because I know you're not a threat to Corinth's safety."
"Can you tell Dean that," Dawn sighed. Kaylee frowned for a moment before ignoring that comment.
"If you ever do this again though I'm sending you away," Kaylee warned her niece. "I'm serious about this, Dawn. If the Colonel finds out I pulled some strings for you..."
"I already said sorry," Dawn said. "Help Dani."
Kaylee nodded, putting the disk into her computer. Dawn pointed to the intersection where the crash took place.
When Dani's car and the other car hit each other, Kaylee averted her eyes. She didn't want to see the immediate results of a crash. However, Dawn's gasp pulled her back.
"He moved her!" she cried, pointing to the man on the screen. She grabbed the mouse from Kaylee. "Pause it, pause it!"
"Hold on," Kaylee said, taking the mouse back and pressing pause. She grabbed the image with the man holding Dani and sent it down to an analysis team, asking if they could identify him.
Kaylee continued to play the footage, stopping when she saw the driver of the other vehicle step out. She quickly paused again and got an image of her face.
She didn't need to send this one down to know who it was. The image was blurry, but Kaylee remembered that face.
"Mom..."
Dawn frowned, "I thought your mom was dead."
"She is," Kaylee nodded. "That's Dani's old jail cell buddy."
"No... her name was Giggles," Dawn said, shuttering at the mention of the name. She few times she had met Giggles, the convict had rubbed her the wrong way. She was too... giggly.
Kaylee shook her head, "Not Giggles. The one before that. The one who made Dani's life in prison a living hell."
Dawn clenched her fists, "That bitch..."
