DISCLAIMER---I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS , NAMES , PLACES OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH EUREKA---SADLY---I WOULDN'T MIND OWNING SHERIFF CARTER---SIGH....

Welcome to Eureaka , Jack Carter

Jack was trying to remember just how he had ended up in this situation. It really wasn't that hard to recall the events that led him here , but he was more questioning what he had ever done to deserve such a thing. He had been transporting his fugitive daughter , Zoe , back to LA when they had crashed in this little town. All thanks to that damn dog. You'd swear they never heard of animal control around here. The car would take days to repair. He just had to step in to help when a young boy had gone missing , but that had led to more than he ever wanted to know about the quite little town. A town comprised solely of scientists makes for some weird problems.

He had met the sheriff and Allison Blake. She was attractive of course , but a little bit of a control freak. Working for the DOD explained that though. Jack had found the little boy in minutes , but the reason behind the gaping holes popping up around town was a little harder. Jack barely understood half of what they were talking about , but he had helped them track down the culprit. Sadly he had been killed trying to fix the mistake that his machine had created. Once the car was fixed he and Zoe were on their way. Imagine his surprise when he returned to LA only to learn that he had been promoted from US Marshall to sheriff of the small town. It really sounded more like a demotion than anything.

Still , they said jump and he said how high. Now he was here in Eureka ready to become the new sheriff. His deputy , Jo Lupo , wasn't really happy that she had been passed over and she didn't care if he knew about it. There had been a few changes since he had left and returned. The head of the research facility , Global Dynamics , had been replaced. A man named Nathan Stark was filling the seat of the head of GD. Jack had yet to meet him , but it was in his job description for some reason.

Today wasn't going as planned. He had hoped that the incident that he had encountered when he first landed here was a one time rare freak accident. Boy was he wrong. After he had left , Walter's wife had committed suicide , leaving behind the young child that he had helped find. He was in the care of Allison Blake right now , enjoying playing with her autistic son , Kevin. They had the dual funeral this morning and he was currently sitting in the office with Jo talking to some bone head , trying to get his stuff sent to him. It wasn't going like he planned. Just as he was getting some where , the other line began ringing. He shot Jo a pointed glare. She chose to ignore him.

"You gonna get that , Jo?" He asked. She just glared at him.

"Your the sheriff. Why would they want to talk to me?" She asked , being rather childish about the whole thing. Jack took a calming breath and tried again.

"Please , Jo." He pleaded with her. She sighed and picked up the phone.

"Sheriff Carter's office." She answered. Jack smirked in victory. "You might want to take this." Jo said interrupting his argument with the man on the other line. Jack sighed again in annoyance. All he wanted was his stuff back.

"Can you hold on a minute? Sheriff Carter." He said switching lines. He listened as the person explained their problem. He glared at Jo before laughing sarcastically into the phone. "A ghost? Really? Is this prank the new sheriff day? Sure it was. Thanks. Goodbye. Hello? Hello?" He said ending one conversation and trying to get back to getting his property back. The other line was dead though. They had hung up. Dammit!

"Nice one , Jo. I was this close to getting my stuff back and you interrupt me with a prank call." Jack ranted.

"Carter , do you really think that a town full of scientists are going to be prank calling people?" Jo pointed out. He had to admit , she had a point.

Before they can get any further in their argument they are interrupted by the sound of the door closing. They both look up and nearly fall out of their chairs in shock. Standing before them is a very much alive Susan Perkins. She looks unconcerned at their reactions.

"Where is Walter?" She asks. Jack shares a look with Jo. They have no idea what to say to this. They buried them both this morning. Jack decides to take the lead on this one.

"He's dead. Who are you?" He asks thinking that maybe Susan was a twin. His hope in that theory rises.

"I'm his wife. I get a call last night from my parents claiming that they had heard on the news that I was dead. Now does someone want to tell me what is going on here?" She says looking between Jack and Jo.

"That's what I'd like to know." Jack says as they stare at the woman.

A quick call is placed to Allison and soon Susan is explaining that she married Walter out of college and they split after he was offered a job in Eureka. She has no idea who the woman was that they buried , but it damn sure wasn't her. She's never stepped foot in this town till this morning. She also adamantly denies the fact that she had a son with Walter. Allison calls Henry Deacon to order that her body be exhumed.

Jack heads out to help Henry while Allison takes Susan back to GD to get her ready for some tests. They need both bodies to determine who they buried that morning. The whole thing baffles Jack. He oversees the excavation and transport of the body to GD. The only odd thing that occurs while at the cemetary is the car alarm on Jack's jeep goes haywire. Concerned with more pressing matters they ignore it.

Once a GD , the bodies are put in the molecular bio-scanner to see how similar they are. Jack is of course confused by the terms , but Henry explains that it will map out the DNA and determine who is the real Susan Perkins. Before the test can be run , Jack must request permission to use the machine from the new head of GD. Allison takes him to the office and is shocked when the person turns to face them.

"Nathan?" Allison says in disbelief. Jack stands in the background trying to figure out the relationship between them.

"Hello , Allie." Nathan says.

"You're the new head of GD?" She asks.

"Yes. I am. What can I do for you?" He asks.

"The sheriff needs to use the molecular bio-scanner. We have two Susan Perkins' laying in the lab right now. The one we buried and the one who showed up claiming no knowledge of anything." Allison explains.

"Of course. Sheriff..." Nathan says asking for Jack's name.

"Carter. Jack Carter." Jack manages to get out. He has no clue why he is suddenly flustered by the man sitting before him. He shakes the feeling off the best he can.

"Pleasure. Anything else?" Nathan asks avoiding looking at Jack. It peaks Jack's curiousity , but he lets it go.

"No." Allison says and leads Jack out of the office. As they walk through the corridors Jack decides to ask about the obvious tension between her and Nathan.

"So , how do you know each other?" He asks. Allison sighs before turning to him.

"He's my ex-husband." She tells him and continues back down to the lab. Jack stands there a moment longer trying to figure out why that fact bothers him so much. Conceding that he may never know , he follows Allison.

After the tests are run they are all shocked with the results. The body they buried is indeed Susan Perkins. As is the woman in front of them. It seems that Walter was so attached to her that he cloned her after she left him. She is torn between shocked and pissed that he had done this. They call it a day and Allison returns to her son and Brian Perkins. She puts the boys to bed and calls it a night.

In the middle of the night there is a flashing of toys and a shape that enters Kevin's room. It disappears after a few minutes. In the morning Allison finds her son drawing the man that visited last night. Unsure of what to make of it she drops the boys off at school. Jack meanwhile , had an interesting night. Having no place to live yet he has been sleeping in the cell in the office. In the middle of the night Nathan's annoying assistant , Douglas Fargo shows up. After refraining from hitting him , Jack accepts his offer of a house.

Seems that Fargo has been working on a smart house named S. A. R. A. H. She really is a dream house made from an underground bunker. Jack wakes in the morning to a blaring alarm. After placing a call to Fargo the problem is fixed and he heads into work. He finds it funny that a smart house can have problems triggered by a power surge. When he gets in Jo informs him that there was trouble at GD. Nathan Stark was found unconcious in his office. Jack heads to GD.

Allison takes him to the infirmary to see Nathan. When he enters the room and sees Stark his chest constricts at the sight. He pushes the feeling away. He's good at doing that after years of practice. Allison leaves to see Susan , leaving Jack alone with Nathan. He takes in his appearance carefully. Nathan is tall with short black hair and nicely grown facial hair. His muscles are well defined and he's rather attractive for a man. He snaps himself out of his thoughts quickly.

While Jack is pondering over Nathan , Nathan is taking Jack in as well. When he first met the sheriff he was stunned. The man was attractive. It was those thoughts that had caused him to avoid eye contact with him. He had never found another man to be attractive and the thought scared him. Now that he looked closer he noticed the piercing blue eyes that matched the short blond hair. He was almost as tall as him , but not quite. He was definitely still in good shape. The uniform he wore showed that easily. Nathan pushed the thoughts out of his head.

"Sheriff , before I passed out I saw a figure. It was like it was surrounded by electricity." Nathan told him turning his thoughts away from how the sheriff looked.

"Are you saying that it was a ghost?" Jack asked sarcastically. Nathan glares at him.

"No , but it wasn't corporeal." He answered. Jack looked confused at his choice of words.

"Cor-what-eal?" Jack asked. Nathan chuckled at the sheriff's ignorance. Not that he thought he was dumb , he was just cute when he said that. He mentally smacked himself for the disturbing thought.

"It means that it wasn't solid." He said simply. Jack digested this information. Jack gets an idea when he remembers Fargo telling him that SARAH was messed up by a power surge. He calls Henry to accompany him while he gets Fargo to run the footage from SARAH at the time of the power surge.

They gather around Fargo's computer watching footage of Jack sleeping when the same figure appears on the screen that Nathan saw. Meanwhile , Allison has offered to take Susan out of town so she can return home. She tries to convince her that even though she didn't give birth to Brian , he is still her biological son. Susan informs her that she wants nothing to do with the child. Allison takes a detour to the school claiming that she has to pick up her son. While sitting in the car Susan sees Brian , but sticks with her decision.

As they watch Brian walking to class they see the figure that has visited Jack and Nathan. Allison calls Jack and he tells her they are on their way. Allison runs into the gym to protect Brian , but is knocked unconcious when she touches the figure. It continues to move toward the frightened boy. Before it reaches him Susan steps in to protect him. The figure stops and she realizes who it is as Jack arrives. Somehow it is Walter. Allison gets checked out while Henry explains what happened to Walter.

When he was trying to fix his mistake with the machine that he built , it thrust him into a different plane. They manage to get him into a device that will help his cells shift back into this plane. Allison is deemed okay and Jack watches as Nathan helps her get home. Feeling the slightest twinge of jealousy , but having no idea who it's for. They wrap up the investigation and Jack comes home to find that SARAH won't let him in. Apparently she is angry with him because he was late for dinner and didn't call.

It takes some sweet talking for her to let him in the house. He grabs a beer and reclines in the massaging chair , thinking about how the day really didn't go as planned. His thoughts drifted back to Nathan. The man was snarky. He had to give him that. Though it didn't explain the strange feelings Jack had had since meeting him. If he didn't know any better he'd say he liked Nathan. That was impossible though and the thought of it gave Jack a headache. He was content to just kick back and relax. Hoping that the towns problems will take a nice long vacation.

Just as he is starting to relax he is interrupted by a banging on the bunker door. Deciding to himself that is this is another Susan Perkins he may just have to kill her. Otherwise the person interrupting him will be on the bad side of Jack Carter if it isn't an emergency. He peeks at the screen beside the door to see Jo standing outside. Annoyed that he left her to deal with anything he tells SARAH to open the door.

"Jo , I told you. You had whatever came up. I'm off for the night." He says trying to keep calm.

"Yeah , well this one is all yours." She says pulling Zoe into view. Jack is in shock at first.

"What are you doing here , Zoe?" He asks. He was sure that he left her in LA with her mother. She smiles brightly at him before walking past him into the house.

"I'm moving in. Which room is mine?" She asks. Jo gives him a look and leaves. Jack sighs heavily , shutting the door and turning to face the room. To think that all he wanted was to get his stuff back this morning. This day had been a stressful one. First a dead women walks through the door. Then he has to deal with her husband who was shifted to another plane. Add the strange and confusing feelings Nathan Stark evoked in him with Zoe showing up at his door. One thing was painfully clear. Today did not go according to plan.

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