There was dead silence in the room.All eyes in the room travel from Peter to the assistant and back again.
"Mason," said the Surgeon, "Say that again."
"This boy can't get sick." Replied Mason. Peter climbed out of the bed grabbed his clothes and slipped into the next room to get dressed.
When he returned he suddenly blew some green type of Pixie dust out of his hand and everyone in the room except Wendy sank to the floor. Peter turned and ran out of the room with Wendy at his heals.
"Peter what did you do?" she asked running to keep up with him.
" I used memory dust on them," replied Peter, "when they wake they will have no recollection of what they discovered." They rounded the corner into the hospital laboratory. Looking around peter soon spotted the blood samples he looked through them and found the sample that was his. Taking if from the tray he turned and threw it out the window were it hit the ground and shattered. Wendy grabbed his arm,
"Peter," she said, "What is all this about?"
"I'll tell you," said Peter, "But not here." Peter took her hand stepped on to the window ledge and quick as a wink they were airborne. They flew over the housetops and past Big Ben until they reached Kensington Gardens. Floating down they landed softly in the grass. Peter sat down and pulled off the rest of the bandage that had been over the now nonexistent bullet wound. Then he sat there for several seconds watching the sunrise before he spoke.
"There's more to me than meets the eye," he said simply and quietly, "When Tinkerbell first brought me to Neverland my intention was to never grow up."
"What changed?" asked Wendy. Peter took a deep breath before continuing,
"A few years of living in Neverland Fin Vira the Fairy King came to me an told me of Mydar the dark fairy and that he had allowed a ship full of the most despicable pirates that have ever lived to enter Neverland for the purpose of taking over. Fin Vira told me that this could not happen because if Neverland was over run it would be turned to darkness and people would lose the ability to dream good dreams and they would have the worst kind of nightmares. They would have chronic night terrors that would eventually break there will or drive them insane or both. Neverland had need of a guardian, and he said that he believed that I was the right choice for the Job."
"So you accepted the offer." Said Wendy.
Not right away," said Peter, " it was right after this that I made a trip to London and found out that my parents had forgotten about me. After that I returned to never land and accepted Fin Vira's offer and became the guardian of Neverland along with this job I became immortal. What that doctor discovered was partial biological evidence of my immortality. So I had to erase their memory of the blood sample and everything. You see that's why I couldn't comeback someone has to protect the worlds good dreams."
Peter paused and looked at Wendy and was surprised to see her with tears in her eyes.
"Oh Peter," she said throwing her arms around him, "you stayed behind so I could have sweet dreams instead of nightmares!" They sat there just holding each other for several seconds. Then Peter stood up.
"Time to pay another call on Weasel and see if we can't find out who made him to set us up!"
Weasel nearly jumped through the roof when the door of his pawn- shop was practically kicked clean off its hinges. Peter came storming in, grabbed weasel by his collar and pinned him against the wall.
"You set me up!" he snapped
"I-I d-didn't have a choice," stammered Weasel, "there was a man in an expensive suit, armed with a revolver, here before you came the last time, he told me that you would come here and when you did I was to tell you to go to that warehouse he said he'd be listening and if I didn't he'd kill me."
Wendy looked at Peter,
"What do you think?" she asked.
"I think he's telling the truth," said Peter, "he's not smart enough to play dumb." With that he let go of Weasel, then taking Wendy's hand they walked out of the store.
"Well if what he said is true then we finally know something about Mydar's Partner," said Wendy
"Right," said Peter as they walked down the street together, "We're looking for someone wealthy." Suddenly they realized that they were still holding hands. Their cheeks simultaneously reddened.
"Sorry," said Peter bashfully as he let go of her hand. Wendy was secretly disappointed that he had let go, but she didn't let it show."
"I'm beginning to lose my patience with you Mydar," snapped a man in an expensive suit and an imported silk shirt, who was pacing behind a table with his face concealed in the shadows,
"Twice that boy has been in you power and twice you let him get away!!"
"Don't threaten me mortal," snapped Mydar, "I underestimated him, it is that simple. I did not know he had a way to contact Fin Vira."
"Oh," retorted the other man, "and I suppose it was just a fluke the first time when he knocked you senseless with one of your own energy bolts!"
"SILENCE!!" snapped Mydar, "find me an innocent that I may open the book and seal that meddling boys fate once and for all."
Peter and Wendy decided to spend that night in the park because they didn't want to draw their enemies to the Darling house. They visited the house long enough to get a blanket and some pillows. When they arrived at the park they found a secluded grassy spot behind some bushes. Wendy produced the blanket and the pillow. They each took a pillow then Wendy lay down next to peter and wrapped the blanket around them as best she could. Suddenly Peter leaned up and brushed his lipsacross hers in the gentlest kiss you can imagine.
"Good night Wendy," he said quietly before closing his eyes. For a moment Wendy was too stunned to move finally she lay down with her head resting in the crook of Peter's neck. Giving a happy little sigh she closed her eye and drifted of to sleep.
The shadow of a man watched the couple sleeping there with looks of happiness and contentment on their faces.
"Enjoy it while you can Pan," whispered an eerie almost psychotic sounding voice, "For soon the book will be opened and your Neverland and your Wendy will be mine."
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