A/N: This chapter, I believe, beats my all time shortest chapter record. I'm in a bit of a creative block with this particular part of the story so I just wanted to get some little part posted while I work the bugs out of the master plan. Again, sorry about the brevity. I'll do better with chapter 20.

Legacy: chapter 19

Mary entered the headquarters fully expecting Allie to pop up behind her at any moment. As she reached the tracking room on the third floor, most of that hope was gone.

The room was just as deserted and messy as it had been when Mary left it. Even if someone had been here, it wouldn't show.

No Allie… Mary concluded, better find my phone and tell Bryan.

The last place Mary had use the cell phone had been at the map table, which at first glance looked like it had. But at Mary started turning over stacks of paper in her search, she noticed a new mark. A red circle over a part of town that they had never even been in. Mary also noticed that the circle had a rough quality to it, like someone had drawn it in a hurry.

A faint sound from the back of the room put Mary on the defensive. She spun around to find the source of the sound: a young boy emerging from behind a ratty old couch against the wall.

"What are you doing in here?" Mary asked, assuming that the kid wondered in here playing.

"I--I, Allie brought us…" the boy stammered as he dug in a pocket for something.

Mary glanced back at the circle, which had just taken on greater significance, then back to the boy: "where is she?"

"She went somewhere," he said, then pulled a folded piece of paper from his pocket, "she told me to give you this when you came in."

Mary walked over and took the paper, unfolded it. "Mary," she read aloud, "My friends were taken by Keith, I am going to help them. Please watch the boy who gave you this note. And Mary, if anything happens, keep my mom and dad away from Keith. You are a good friend, and a good person. I always knew you would be." Mary clenched the note in her hand as she read the last of it. She also realized the one piece of critical information Allie had forgotten. No address? Are you trying to get yourself killed, Allie?

The boy cautiously walked past Mary to the map table, "she marked something here," he pointed across the table where he couldn't reach. Mary followed his outstretched arm and finger straight to the circle. It's meaning losing all vagueness now.

Mary looked at the boy, "what's your name?"

"Jamie…"

"Okay, Jamie. Help me find my cell phone so we can help Allie."

"I have it." he pulled the phone out of his other pocket.

This brought a small amount of relief to Mary. At least she could get Bryan and the others moving quickly… if Allie were even still alive to be saved. Mary couldn't help but think it. And the way the note said: 'if anything happens,' made Mary wonder if Allie already knew the great danger she had put herself in. sure, the girl has extra sensory abilities, but Allie herself said that she would have to see an attack b4 she could stop it.

Mary took the phone from Jamie, hit the radio button and immediately keyed into the channel Bryan and the others were on, but just as quickly turned it off. Keith was probably scanning all the radio channels. Mary dialed the Keys house instead.