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CHAPTER 17
System #2
"Hey, Mattie! Where'd you . . . Dad?"
A freckled redheaded boy stood in the doorway next to Brad, now. There was something familiar about his face. Where had John seen that face before?
*Dana Scully,* he instantly recognized. *That's gotta be Will Scully.*
"Hey, Will," he nodded, let Mattie go, and stood.
"You're back!" Will beamed, then ran away somewhere in the house just as quickly as he'd appeared.
"I never knew I was such a celebrity," John remarked.
"Well, come in, come in," Brad urged. "I'm sure Luke's dying to see you, too."
When Brad and Sam turned their backs to go in, John shuddered at Brad's choice of words before following them in.
"Luke!" he could hear Will calling. "Luke, Dad's back!"
"What?!" another voice barked. "That's impossible!"
John entered the room in time to see the speaker.
*Luke?! That's him? He's grown even more than the pictures showed . . .*
However, instead of the warm reception he'd gotten from Mattie and Will, Luke froze the instant he saw John.
"Hey, Luke," John managed through his emotion. "Good to see you."
"No, no," Luke murmured after a moment. "This isn't real."
Suddenly, John felt very weak. The room was spinning again . . . He waved his arm around, feeling for something to hold on to. He felt someone-- probably Sam--grab his arm.
"You don't belong here," Luke chanted, almost as though he were in a trance. "You don't belong . . ."
But Luke didn't have time to finish, for no sooner had the words left his mouth, John had collapsed on the floor.
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Well, quite a family reunion, huh? LOL . . . Anyway, please review, etc. Thank you! :)
CHAPTER 17
System #2
"Hey, Mattie! Where'd you . . . Dad?"
A freckled redheaded boy stood in the doorway next to Brad, now. There was something familiar about his face. Where had John seen that face before?
*Dana Scully,* he instantly recognized. *That's gotta be Will Scully.*
"Hey, Will," he nodded, let Mattie go, and stood.
"You're back!" Will beamed, then ran away somewhere in the house just as quickly as he'd appeared.
"I never knew I was such a celebrity," John remarked.
"Well, come in, come in," Brad urged. "I'm sure Luke's dying to see you, too."
When Brad and Sam turned their backs to go in, John shuddered at Brad's choice of words before following them in.
"Luke!" he could hear Will calling. "Luke, Dad's back!"
"What?!" another voice barked. "That's impossible!"
John entered the room in time to see the speaker.
*Luke?! That's him? He's grown even more than the pictures showed . . .*
However, instead of the warm reception he'd gotten from Mattie and Will, Luke froze the instant he saw John.
"Hey, Luke," John managed through his emotion. "Good to see you."
"No, no," Luke murmured after a moment. "This isn't real."
Suddenly, John felt very weak. The room was spinning again . . . He waved his arm around, feeling for something to hold on to. He felt someone-- probably Sam--grab his arm.
"You don't belong here," Luke chanted, almost as though he were in a trance. "You don't belong . . ."
But Luke didn't have time to finish, for no sooner had the words left his mouth, John had collapsed on the floor.
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Well, quite a family reunion, huh? LOL . . . Anyway, please review, etc. Thank you! :)
