Sorry that this chapter took so long... kinda got addicted to The Sims, if you haven't played it you need to... it's completely addictive but a little easier then Sim City...

Now that I'm done talking about some things you don't care about I'll get on with the story.

Oh, thanks Whisper, I'm really glad you like this story and thanks for the idea... I sorta changed your idea around a bit =-)! And thanks to everyone else who reviewed, 27! I've never gotten that many in my life!!! THANKS

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Ryan read the results of the CAT scan and sighed as he ran a hand through his dark brown hair. Max looked into his gray eyes trying to figure out what was on his mind then in a slightly Irish accent he said, "It seems there was a virus inserted to his body that has blocked off the memory part of his mind. IT is said most people only use 10% of their minds capacity and I have found out from medical records of other X5s that we only use 15%... Alec is now using 33%."

"What does that mean?" Max asked though she had a good idea.

"Once I get his blood test back I might be able to stop or even reverse the effects of this virus," Ryan said ignoring her question for the time being, "if I can not the virus will continue to close off portions of his brain until there is nothing left and he becomes a vegetable. Now, to your question. The memories of everyone that he has is not stored in his memory section but in another part that I am unsure of which means that I can not change it until I can find it."

Alec suddenly screamed out of pain and began slamming the inside of the machine, "Get him out of there!" Ryan yelled to the man that had been sitting at the station beside him.

The bed thingy instantly began to come out but Alec was freaking out, he pushed himself out of there and tried to get out of the room as fast as he could. Max and Ryan mad a run for him through a door adjacent to him, "Calm down Alec, it's okay."

Ryan grasped Alec's shoulders and turned him around to see the scared look of someone he could remember real well. Ben. "Come on Alec, it's okay, you're not going to go back in there... it's okay..."

"I need... I need to get out side..." Alec said still struggling to turn the door knob with his shaking hands.

"Okay," Ryan said as he turned the knob for Alec and let Alec run for the cool night air

Max looked over at him confused, she knew that Ryan and Ben had been good friends when they were in Manticore so she knew this must have been hard on him, "Remember when they'd take Ben away from your group?"

"Yeah..."

"They'd take 494 with them as well...I didn't know they were twins... but they'd put them in small boxes... I mean small... and poke and prod... neither knew that the other was there but..."

"His memory compounded with Bens..."

Ryan nodded his head in agreement, "Overcoming..."

They both looked through the glass doors to Alec with his head leaning against them... his chest taking in deep gulps of air.

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Short, I know, I know...

I'm trying to get it up to longer....