superfan24: Thanks for the nice review. Dawson is not going to give up, that's all I'm gonna say. I live in Holland remember, lol. We don't have the same channels on TV as you do. Besides 4400 hasn't gone on the air here yet. I think only the states so far. And I know the first season is out on DVD. I dunno about the second. I watched Divx files on my pc the whole second season.
elwoodluver00034: Thanks for the nice feedback as well. Who wouldn't want to be able to move things levitate and fly? It would be so cool. I ended the previous chapter with Season 4 eppie 4 in mind, lol. Dawson isn't gonna give up. I'm not saying anything more. Read and see :P .
Chapter 16 – Alice Thorne, reporters and Jordan Collier
The girls were asleep upstairs in the bedroom while Shawn, Danny and Pacey sat downstairs on the couch watching an rerun episode of the OC on television.
"So why is Summer still into Seth? I mean Zach is obviously better then him and doesn't screw up as much." Danny asked his brother and Pacey.
Pacey looked from Danny to Shawn, "seriously Shawn, have you taught your little brother nothing?"
"Well The OC wasn't airing yet when we were taken, and he hasn't been with us in quarantine hooked on the DVD." Shawn replied. (dunno if that is allowed in quarantine, it would make it slightly less boring if you can watch DVD's.)
"Hey, I'm right here you know. And so what if I haven't watch the OC, it's not like it's that good." Danny replied.
Pacey glared at Danny "Shawn, re-educate your brother or I am going to have to kick him out."
"It's my house." Danny said to Pacey.
"My favourite show." Pacey replied.
"Which you are making fun of Danny, why don't you go do something with Nikki." Shawn told him.
"Can't, she's hanging out with some girl friends of hers." Danny told them.
"Fine, then at least keep your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say over one of our favourite shows." Shawn told him.
"I just don't get what is so good about it. Fine, I'm going to make a sandwich." He said leaving the two alone and headed into the kitchen.
There was a knock on the door and Pacey groaned. "Men when are they going to give up?"
"I dunno Pacey, but it's a good think you disabled the door bell." Shawn replied.
"Well I wouldn't want to be around either Joey or Jen if they wake up too soon because of the doorbell ringing constantly." Pacey said chuckling.
Shawn smiled "that makes two of us Pace."
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A few hours later the girls finally came down again, it was now late in the afternoon and almost time for dinner, so they decided to stay in and raid the Farrell's DVD collection.
After much debate it was a Dark Angel Season 2 DVD that landed in the DVD player in Shawn's bedroom.
"I can't believe I haven't watched this show before, it's good." Joey told them as she snuggled closer into Pacey's warmth. Pacey was sitting in a chair in Shawn's bedroom with Joey in his lap, Jen and Shawn were laying on the bed watching.
"Well you were kinda stuck with Dawson, which means PG rated movies. How many times have you endured watching E.T. now?" Pacey asked her.
"Believe me, you don't want to know." Joey replied.
"Well I like Max, and that Alec is cute. That is the same guy that plays Jason in Smallville right?" Jen asked.
"Yeah, I think his name is Jensen Ackles" Shawn said grabbing the cover of the DVD to check. "Yup." He said and put it aside again.
"Too bad there is that Logan guy, she's in love with. I don't see a lot of chemistry there. I think there is more between Max and Alec." Joey said.
"Joey Potter, chemistry specialist for couples. Who would have thought?" Jen asked teasingly.
"Well she did get me through our good chemistry." Pacey told her smirking as he held Joey close.
Joey smiled and placed a brief kiss on his lips, "that I did." Then she looked at Jen "what about your chemistry with Shawn there?" she asked while smirking.
"I don't know what you are talking about, now sush it Jo. I think this part is going to be good." Jen said as she watched the screen in total concentration trying to ignore the sudden tension between her and Shawn.
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After a good dinner the 4 decided to get out of the house and away from the reporters, who were still waiting by the door for interviews. Pacey had called his brother and sister to apologize for the would be craziness there, as Joey had called Bessie and Jen her grandmother.
"So where to?" Pacey asked the others as they sat in the Witter Wagoneer driving over the streets of Seattle.
"We could maybe check out the place where we got back." Shawn suggested.
"I would like to actually see it instead of being there with a lot of strangers, media and people." Joey said.
"Jen?" Pacey asked.
"Sounds like a plan to me." Jen said to them.
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When they arrived at the lake near Mount Rainier they saw some people standing or sitting there. Pacey parked the car and the got out.
"It's beautiful" Joey said smiling then looked at Pacey and took his hand as she pulled him closer to the lake and people excited to be here.
"What do you thin Shawn?" Jen asked him.
"I like it, it's relaxing." Shawn replied.
Jen stood next to him and smiled "Yeah, I know." She said and looked down when she felt his hand in her own. She smiled at the nervous Shawn and stepped closer and leaned her head against his shoulder as she watched the view in front of her, feeling totally relaxed.
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"Jo, calm down" Pacey said smiling as Joey turned and looked at him.
She smiled at him and put her arms around his waist as she looked into those stormy blue eyes of his. Her eyes sparkled with happiness and excitement as she looked into his more relaxed but also happy eyes. Pacey leaned in and kissed her lips softly, their kiss quickly turned passionate and they were interrupted by a girl, who was around their age, but slightly older. They recognized her face vaguely from quarantine.
"You two reporters?" the girl asked "Or just some kids looking for a thrill or something?" the young woman asked them.
"Excuse me?" Pacey asked confused.
"We're 4400, like you." Joey told her.
"Oh, well prove it." The young woman told them.
"Why?" Joey asked her.
"Well I would like to know how a girl like you could get a man like him there." the girl said to Joey.
"What? That's none of your business." Joey said getting fed up with this girl now.
Pacey opened his mouth but Joey having let go of him pointed a finger at him in warning "Don't say a word Pacey." She warned.
"You gonna take that from her Pacey? Man she got you whipped." The girl said.
"Have you got a name or just a bad attitude?" Pacey asked her.
"Alice Thorne, handsome." Alice said to him.
"Stop flirting with my guy, get your own." Joey told her.
"Why? You afraid I'm gonna steal him away from her? It's not a very good relationship if you don't trust each other." Alice told her.
"Him I trust, you I don't." Joey told her.
"Whatever." Alice replied, bored.
"What is your problem with me?" Joey asked her.
"I don't have a problem, I'm just bored." Alice replied.
"Well go be bored somewhere else." Joey told her.
"Joey calm down, I think it's best if you left now Alice." Pacey told her.
"Why, what's she gonna do? Scratch me with her nails?" Alice asked.
Alice was lifted into the air and landed a couple of yards away from them on her ass. "no that." Pacey said as he saw Alice fall.
"That was so cool, that you can move things like that." Alice said rejoining them.
"What?" Joey asked confused what Alice wanted now.
"What do you think, your ability." Alice told them. "you know how much fun you can have with that?"
"I think I'd rather keep it a secret. I don't want to be treated like a freak or thrown back into quarantine." Joey told her.
"We're not freaks, we're the future." Alice told Joey.
"Yeah I think…who is that?" Pacey asked as he saw a car pull up.
A man stepped out, "I think he's from quarantine as well, one of us." Shawn said as he and Jen joined the other 4400.
Collier gets out, along with another man "I'm sorry to interrupt but I just had to see this myself. My name's Jordan Collier. Some of you may recognize me. If you do, you know I'm one of the 4400, just like you. I'm impressed that you've found each other. And I'm glad that you've come in support of each other. And... I'm cold! And I have to guess that you guys are cold too. I suggest that we continue these get-togethers indoors. I have a place nearby. It's warm, it's spacious. I want to invite all of you to meet me there next Thursday afternoon. You listen to the news, you read the paper, you hear the talk. It seems like the entire world is turning against us. Well, what are we going to do about it? Are we gonna give up? Run and hide? Maybe. Or maybe, just maybe, we build a world of our own."
"Are you sure that's such a good idea? I mean won't that that mean the government and other people are going to see us a threat?" Joey asked.
"My dear…" Collier started.
"Joey" Joey supplied her name.
"Joey, it's good you as that. And you are right they may see it as a threat. But if we do nothing they are going to be killing us one by one. There is a list with all of our names out there now. People that are scared of us or hurt by one of us may chose to take matter into their own hands. Now not everyone here has discovered their ability and not all abilities can stop bullets or explosions. We need to protect ourselves. In order to do that we need to build a world where we are welcome and can be safe among each other." Jordan said to her.
"But what will happen if the government or other people decide to attack the place we've then built?" Jen asked him. "It's Jen" she supplied her name before he could ask.
"Jen, other people do have abilities, and I have security. I assure you, you will be safe." Jordan told her.
"It may not be such a bad idea, we could help defend other people like us against people like Dawson and that girl from school." Pacey told them.
"And guys like Rossi won't be able to make us be on our guard all the time." Shawn told the girls.
"Well see these two young men here seem to see what good it will do for all of us if we stick together." Collier told the others, then added "remember, next Thursday afternoon. I'll keep an eye out for you 5." He said to the small group, having included Alice in it, who just gave him a smile before putting her headphone on and turning on her Japanese metal music.
"Too bad we've got AP chem then." Joey told the others.
Alice took her headphone off again. "what you're not going to go?" she asked them.
"We're thinking about it." Pacey replied.
"What's there to think about, we've got school." Joey replied.
"So, make something up, get a note that says you've got a dentist appointment or something. Or just skip it." Alice told them.
"Now that's a good idea." Pacey agreed.
"We all used to skip class at times." Shawn told the two girls.
"Well I'm not risking getting kicked out of school." Joey told them.
"They are looking for excuses to kick us out." Jen agreed with Joey.
"Well Shawn and I will go by ourselves then and you can be two goody two shoes and stay at school with the teachers who hate us." Pacey told them.
"Figures you'd go and skip school at the first excuse you got. You're already behind with your classes Pacey, if you're going to be skipping school again you might not graduate." Joey told him.
"But Jo, that's what I got you to help me with." Pacey said smirking.
"I'm serious Pacey, I want to go too but we need to follow the rules, at least for now." Joey told him.
"And what good is that going to do?" Pacey asked her "Seriously, do you see anyone willing to let any one of us 4400 get a job simply because we have a high school diploma. You already said there was no way we'd get into college." Pacey argued.
"Yeah, well it would at least be nice to have a high school diploma before I give up on my future entirely." Joey told him.
"Yeah, well I am thinking of our future Jo, this Collier guy said there would be security at this new world we're gonna build. Now it is not a perfect job or something I imagined doing with my life but it is a start." Pacey told her.
Joey shook her head. "You know what, fine go. I will be fine with Jen, and when we graduate and actually get a decent job we'll see who has the last laugh." With that said she walked over to the car. Jen looked at them and then followed Joey getting in the backseat.
"Women" Pacey said with a sigh "Do you get them?" he asked Shawn who shook his head as he watched Jen go.
"Well you two are cute, but you had your shot." With that Alice put her headphone back up and sang out loud as her Japanese metal music blared into her ears.
Another chapter finished. still so much more to write, Drew is coming up in the next chapter. And Dawson is paying people, but whatfor? What is he up to now? See next chapter.