Disclaimer: First 4400 story…please do not kill me/flame me/send death threats.

Author's Note: Takes place about 6 months after the season 2 finale…forget the Isabelle thing…I just don't buy it…too cliché, if you ask me…also, I'd like to thank leelai for beta-ing this…I LOVE YA, MOM! (in-joke among friends, you had to be there…seriously)

CHAPTER ONE: ACCIDENT AT HIGHLAND BEACH

March 2004

TWO INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT NEAR HIGHLAND BEACH

A car accident today near Highland Beach has left one girl paralyzed and another in a coma. Sarah Lynn Winslow, age 18, was driving her 1997 Mustang Convertible down a stretch of road when the car spun out of control and crashed into a tree, throwing her from the car. Her sister Rose Leigh Winslow, age 13, was thrown from the back seat of the car, while their cousin Andrew Winslow, age 20, remained in the car. All three were wearing seatbelts at the time.

Sarah Lynn landed about 6 feet from the car; sustaining a concussion that rendered her unconscious in the ambulance and injuries in the landing that have left her paralyzed from the waist down. Rose Leigh landed about 7 feet from the car, sustaining a Grade 3 concussion from hitting the seat in front of her as she flew, and broken legs from the impact of landing. Andrew, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, sustained a broken arm and leg on his right side from the crash impact.

Emergency personnel came to the scene and transported the injured to Seattle General, where authorities have reported that before Sarah Winslow passed out, she mentioned that a blinding flash of light that may or may not have caused the accident.