Second Chances: Past Mission, Present Terror

A nightmare and memories of the past collide, with Rick and Laurie Simon held hostage as revenge by a former colleague. Only the strength of their friends can save them now.

(Simon & Simon, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman are all owned by Universal Studio and are only being borrowed. No profit will be made off these characters. All other original characters are created and owned by me and no, you can't have them!)

"No, you're not Rudy!" Laurie cried, trying to get out of the car. Suddenly the face of the man she thought of as a friend and mentor popped off as she swung her arm against it. She screamed in terror; it had eyes and circuitry, a fembot!

"Don't struggle, Ms. Scott." The voice of her friend was gone; in it's place a steely monotone. The iron grip of the fembot tightened on her arms, holding her in place.

"Help!" she yelled, as the car sped past where she was to meet Steve and Oscar. Before she could make another sound, the robot pulled out a syringe and yanking her toward him, stuck her arm with it. Almost instantly everything blurred around her, except for the last horrific sight of that faceless thing.

"No!"

Rick awakened to his wife's scream, his eyes popping open. As he turned, he saw tears running down her cheeks as a look of pure horror distorted her face.

"Laurie, sweetheart…it's all right!" he told her, gathering her into his arms and trying to wake her up. After a moment, her body stopped shaking and her eyes focused on him. "What is it, darlin'?"

"Rick, oh thank God!" She murmured, then buried her face into his embrace. "It was only a nightmare, but it was so bad."

"I know, I know, angel. You worried me there, what happened?" Rick wiped her eyes then kissed her and held her.

"I had a bad dream, darling, thank you for waking me." Laurie took several deep breaths, then smiled up at him. "It's such a long ago nightmare, I never thought I'd dream about the Fembots."

"The what?" Rick was confused, then he saw relief in his wife's eyes. "Fembots…they were like robots out of science fiction or something." She looked past him to the clock next to the bed and sighed.

"It's only 5 am, Rick. I'll tell you about them in the morning, if I can get back to sleep."

He saw she was afraid to re-live her night terror, so he brushed the hair out of her eyes and said, "Sweetheart, go get a drink of water and come back to bed and I'll make sure you have only good dreams."

"All right, my love." Laurie smiled at him as she got up and went down the hall. Instantly he fluffed up the pillows and straightened the bed and by the time she came back, was lying on his side pretending to be a model.

"Oh, Rick, no, you are so silly!" She laughed, then climbed into his arms and kissed him.

"Humph, my princess finds her knight funny, huh?" he teased, then proceeded to return her caresses and cuddle with her until they both were drowsy and went to sleep.

In the morning Laurie was penitent about waking Rick up, but with a little persuasion and breakfast in bed, Rick talked her into telling him about her dream.

"It was so real…..I was riding in a car with Rudy, but it wasn't him, and when I tried to get out of the car, it sped up. I hit Rudy in the face, and it popped off…and it wasn't human, it was a fembot! It's like a robot, sort of ." Laurie explained as Rick looked confused.

"It's a long story, darling. It actually started with Steve and Jaime, then ended, thankfully, when I had to deal with them…." She shivered and immediately he stroked her arm. "Mmmm, thank you." She relaxed against him.

"It all started with this scientist, Dr. Franklin…"