Chapter 3

Shawn and Tom sit down at a booth in a local diner to talk about all that has been going on in both their lives. They sit and talk for a while until a waitress comes interrupting their conversation. She seems familiar to Shawn but he does not say anything to the woman. She places the waiter pad on the table obviously upset at the situation.

"Shawn, where have you been? I've missed you, crying every night since you've left."

Shawn looked up again seeing the girl he had been in love with less then one year ago. Her hair was now a darker shade of blonde and she wore no makeup. She seemed smaller then she had one year past but her smile made Shawn feel uneasy.

"Sit down, Nikki. How've you been? Look I can't explain what I did before but I need to go back there after lunch. My director needs me…Look so I'll call you sometime."

"Shawn I haven't seen you in over a year and all you can say to me is I'll call you! I loved you…we did things. Then you just left me to rot!"

"Listen, Nikki!"

"No, you listen Shawn. You disappeared and everything was fine. I gave you everything and felt cheated, so you can just go back to the Center if that's how you feel!"

Nikki turned around and walked out of the diner. Shawn put his hands into his face wishing that he had shown more respect…

Security surrounds the lobby of the 4400 center. Kyle looks at the gun on the ground and the man who was mentoring his cousin Shawn. He sits on the ground and weeps. Diana arrives with a group of NTAC officials. They hover around Kyle trying to cover up what had happened. Jordan lies on the ground bleeding gasping for air.

"Find Shawn Farrell."

Diana is at the NTAC office with Kyle at her side. She has tried Tom's cell phone twenty times over hoping that the next time Tom might pick up.

"Listen Kyle, I know that you might have not done this on purpose but we need to know everything. What happened?"

"Diana, I was standing in my kitchen making breakfast and then all of a sudden I was at the 4400 center. Listen I have been there before I never would have gone back. They wanted me to kill him…"

"Who are they, Kyle?"