Some Surprises Are in Order

~Chapter 13~

Author's Notes: Hey everyone, this is the last chapter that I plan on rewriting so far. From this point on the story line is where I want it to be. I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to review my story, I love all of you. I would also like to specially thank Crystalis Blade. Crystalis thank you , without your help I don't know what I would have done. Crystalis helped me write the original versions of this story, I had sadly revised some bad grades and my father refused my the use of my computer until the grades improved. And Crystalis kindly wrote my chapters for me, with me telling her what to write, so that I wouldn't keep you guys waiting forever. Thank you Crystalis!

"And how long have you known Kail, Nutmeg," asked a rather smug looking Lex.

"What ever do you mean Lex," Megan said in a sing song sweet voice. "I've known Kail for only a few months. Ever since you introduced us while remolding the house…"

"You do realize Meg that you are a terrible liar. Your eyes…heh…twitch when you do." Lex stated while she tried to keep from laughing.

While Megan and Lex where talking Kail tried to hide in the back, he had seen Lex pissed once and didn't want what happened to happen to him. The bad thing is, he did not want it aimed at Meg either. He looked over at Megan who was trying not to look like too much like she was hiding something. He smiled, " Oh come on Shug, you can't hate me that much that you've never mentioned me to you best female friend. Can you?" Megan's expression was so surprised at what he said it made him laugh. At the moment Megan looked like a lady who was just told that her child was not a child but a puppy.

"Kail Anthony King, I swear… I am going to hurt you one of these days." The look in her glowing eyes showed that she was only joking but still rather mad at him.

Kail smiled. "Ah… Come on! You know you'd miss me Shug."

Megan's glaring then transformed into a look that said "do you really want to challenge me." She giggled. "Kiwi," was her response. And on started their ever-so-long battle-of-the-mouth which consisted on the two calling each other names for an hour or so. The sad thing was, they did this all the time.

"Shug" responded Kail with a huge grin as she watched his best friend fire back at him.

"Kiwi" Megan threw back with the same smile.

"I'm, uh sorry to…interrupt your little mêlée guys, but will you please shut up, get a friggin' room, and then tell me how you two met." Yelled Lex who finally tired of the twos flirting.

Lex's comment caused Megan's ears to turn bright red, a fact that Kail didn't happen to miss. "Shug…your ears are turning red, again." He just loved to make fun of her. After all, it was his job.

"They are not, Kail," snapped back a blushing Megan, causing her ears to turn an even more pronounced red. She then glared at Lex. "Kail and me are not flirting!! We are just bickering playfully" said Megan pointing out a fact.

"Ri-ight…Call it what whatever you want, but get a room anyway, because I don't wanna to hear it!" Lex smiled. She knew how much Megan loved her Kail; all she had to do was tell him and they would be happy together, at least she thought. Now if only she had realized that this was Meg's Kail...Lex sighed...Oh well.

Both Megan and Kail shook their heads and smiled. Another sad point of there "pathetic lives:" neither of them knew that how the other felt.

Kail looked over at the clock and paled. "Shit, Midnight! We are so fucking late. Gabe wanted us there 20 minutes ago! He's gonna kill us."

Lex looked up at the clock and ran into her room to get in her suit. Kail stood and smiled at Megan as she just sat there wondering what was going on.

"Kail, I thought that you guys didn't have a mission today, at least that is what you told me earlier." She seemed sort of pissed at the fact that she was not told.

"Sorry Meg, but you know how it is. Last minute mission. Just got the call a few minuets ago. But don't worry, Gabe said that he would show you around Midgar today. He should be here in about, oh," he looked at his watch, "half an hour." Kail then turned to Lex who had just ventured out of her room; fully equipped and ready to go.

"Try not to burn down my apartment while I am out Meg. Remember, I love this place more then you." Lex smiled at the frown on her friend's face.

With that said, both Kail and Lex left out the door. Around a half an hour later, right on time, there was a knock at the door interrupting Megan's movie. Standing and pausing the movie so she wouldn't miss anything, despite the fact that she had seen this particular movie around two hundred times, she headed to the door. "One moment!" Another knock sounded. "Coming! Give me a second please." Megan said again trying to stop the knocking. With a sigh she opened the door to see a rather happy Gabe smiling there. He knew that his knocking bugged her; that is why he did it.

Gabe smiled even bigger at seeing what movie she was watching. He looked at her and asked if he could come in. "I don't know. Is it you Gabe or is it Angel?" She smiled. "Because if you are Angel, leave before I kick your sorry butt down the stairs and out of the building." Megan stepped aside to let him in. As soon as he entered and the door was closed Megan tackled Gabe in a huge hug.

"Well, I guess you missed me, huh Little One?" Gabe gave a small laugh and hugged his niece.

"Yeah… I missed you Gabe," she laughed. "So, Kail tells me that you are going to give me a tour of the city."

Gabe laughed yet again. She seems so perky he thought. "Yeah come on then." He held out his arm " shall we m'lady?'

Megan giggled and took his arm, "thank you, my good sir."

Together, they left the apartment and headed out to the city. After what seemed like hours and was in fact hours the two friends/ family returned to Lex's apartment. "So tell me again about your web page Meg," asked Gabe impressed about her and Lex's pages.

Megan smiled, despite the fact that Lex does most of the work, Meg tries to help out from time to time. "Well, it is called the Blackjack and is about a video game called Final Fantasy 6..."

Gabe nodded as they entered the apartment. Megan put her bag of Sailor Moon art books on the kitchen table and went to get a Dr Pepper. "Hey Gabe do you want..." Before she could finish her statement the front door as it was kicked and a masked man entered.

The masked man aimed his gun at Gabe and shot him. As the bullet hit him Gabe yelled "Megan… run!" Gabe dropped to the floor with a loud thud and lay bleeding.

At the site of the gun all of the training her father had taught her kicked in. Megan dropped to the ground and knelt on the tile floor out of site of the gunman. At the sound of the shot firing and Gabe's yell Megan knew that her God Father was most likely dead. Tears slowly slid down her face as she thought of Gabe. The a sound of the gun being cocked brought the girl out of her daze and back to the matter at hand. Knowing that she was a sitting duck where she was Megan wondered if she could rush the gunman without being shot, or somehow find a way of getting around him. It all depends on how good he is.

"Come out little girl" the gunman said in a deep French accent.

Curiously, Megan peeked around the corner to see where he was standing. The man looked right at her and smiled. In a very deep harsh voice "Come out little girl, I promise it won't hurt. Anyway you won't be alone" he laughed letting his heavy French accent roll through his deadly throat. "You will have your friend here" as he kicked Gabe rather hard " to keep you company." He then gave a loud harsh laugh again and shot at her at the same time.

Megan yelped in surprise as the bullet hit her in the shoulder. She wasn't expecting him to be able to laugh and shoot at the same time. Guess you underestimated him...stupid mistake. The shock of no real pain surprised her and made her look at the wound, only to find a very small dart. "Huh? What in the world?" The room then started to spin. He wants me alive...it..the..on.ly....reason...for the ..da..rt.

Megan relized that it was only a matter of time before the dart would knock her out so she took what little time she had left and ran. She only made it to the end of the family room before the room really started to spin causing her to grab for the wall. The man was still standing there watching.

"You can't fight it." He said in a sort of surprised voice, the level of harshness softening slightly.

Megan turned her head and glared at the man before falling to the ground as the world turned black