This is my first 4400 story - so be kind!

This story takes place right after the season 2 finale. It starts out with just Tom and Diana and my new Character - but it will have all the characters and all the plotlines from the second season that we should be seeing in the next season (Isabelle, the return of Collier and so on), plus a few fo my own!

So just stick around and send me your reviews! It would really help!

Chapter 1

Tom Baldwin walked straight to his office without bothering t life his head. It's been 2 months since Kyle turned himself in for the murder of Jordan Collier and people were still acting strange around him – all those looks, all that whispering behind his back – he was really starting to hate being at the office. But what did he expect, he thought to himself bitterly as he made his way through the halls – it's not every day the people you work with find out you're the father of the killer they've been hunting down for months.

He barely had time to sit by his desk and say hello to Diana when Jarvis walked marched in with a blue folder in her hands

"We have a red flag people" she handed him the file and went right down to business.

"What is it this time?" Diana sighed in frustration

"Returnee number 3975, Alexandra Morgan, belongs to the Boston field office, 2 months ago local police got a serial killer on their hands – 5 victims so far. The Police managed to link Alexandra Morgan to each one of the crime scenes. They picked her up for questioning and she started saying something about knowing the killer and seeing through his eyes"

"Let me guess" Tom cut her off "the police thought she was nuts, figured she did it and decided to lock her up"

"Pretty much" Jarvis nodded

"But why is this our case?" Diana wondered out loud

"Miss Morgan split town before they could arrest her. Seattle airport security matched the description, she was spotted coming into Seattle yesterday – so now, she's our problem" Jarvis concluded

Tom quickly skimmed over the folder as Diana moaned "One girl in a city this big… talk about needle in a hey stack"

"Says here, she has an aunt in town. We should probably start there" he was already getting up on his feet, happy for a chance to get out of the office.

"As good a place as any" Diana grumbled as she followed him out the door.

"So what do we know about this girl? Alexandra Morgan?" Tom glanced over at Diana as she went through the file and quickly shifted his eyes back to the road.

"20 years old, disappeared in 1999 from her dorm room in college, since she got back she's been at MIT, good grades, top 1 of her class, came in for all her checkups…"

"Doesn't really sound like the stuff serial killers are made of" Tom shook his head in disbelief

"Seems like this aunt is the only living relative. Makes it makes it more likely that she'd go there if she was in trouble"

"Well, we're about to find out… we're here!"

Tom guided the car up the driveway of a large, meticulously kept house. Diana too a minute to survey her surroundings as she stepped out of the car.

Carefully trimmed hedges, flourishing potted plants, color coordinated flower beds. A large wooden door marked the entrance to the 2 story house which seemed warm and inviting.

Tom knocked on the door and the two of them waited in silence for a few seconds. The woman who answered the door was in her fifties – like the house she lived in, her appearance was meticulous - carefully made hair, expensive pants suit, pearl necklace.

After they introduced themselves she kindly showed them into the living room and took a seat, ready to answer their questions. Diana noticed pictures of Alexandra Morgan on the large mantel.

"Mrs. Morgan do you know where your niece Alexandra is?" Tom asked hesitantly.

"It's Miss Morgan, I never married" she corrected him "And no, I have no idea where Lexie is"

"When was the last time you saw her?" Diana inquired

"Yesterday. She came by unexpectedly, poor thing, she was a mess"

"What do you mean?" Tom and Diana exchanged meaningful glances.

"I guess you already know what happened with the police. I mean, really! How could they think she'd killed all those people?"

"Did she tell you anything else?"

"Not much, she was scared, confused – I've never seen her like this! You have to understand, Lexie is like a daughter to me, I raised her ever since she was a little girl. Do you know what's happening to her?" The older woman practically had tears in her eyes.

"We were hoping you could tell us" Diana reached across the coffee table and squeezed her hand in reassurance, her mind flashing to her own daughter and the thought of her getting into trouble like this someday and running home for help.

"All I know is that it started about 3 month ago. She started seeing things, something scared her. She stopped sleeping, her friends said she hardly even ate. I tried to convince her to see a doctor, go to NTAC – anything… but she was just so scared."

"You said she was here last night" Tom said, urgency in his voice "Any idea where she went?"

"The last I saw her, she fell asleep right here on the couch. When I came down this morning she was gone…"

Tom and Diana sat down at the large round table down in the computer lab and sipped their coffee, each thinking and trying to come up with a strategy.

"Can you imagine what it's like?" Marco Broke the silence from his place at his computer "Getting inside the mind of a serial killer like that?"

"The girl must be out of her mind scared" Diana nodded

"Assuming she didn't do it herself" Jarvis interjected as she walked into the room carrying a coffee cup of her own.

"You can't be serious!" Tom retorted angrily "She's a 20 year old student..."

"You can't be sure Tom" Jarvis shook her head "It's not like we haven't seen this before. Maybe she didn't mean it, maybe she doesn't even realize she's doing it"

The comment hit a little too close to home for Tom and he jumped to his feet "No, this isn't like that!… Marco, show us what you've got…"

Marco pulled up a picture of Alexandra Morgan on the large screen "Since she came back, Alexandra Morgan has been going to MIT. This girl, even before she was taken she was practically a genius, she tested off the charts, top of her class everywhere she went, her recent work on internet multi-system interfaces is the stuff dreams are made of."

Diana couldn't help but his a small smile as she watched him speak. It never failed to amuse her – how excited he became when given the chance to explain all that technical stuff.

"And then 3 months ago…everything changes" Tom cut in "She calls off her wedding, starts missing classes, we have prescriptions for amphetamines from 3 different doctors…"

"The aunt said she wasn't sleeping" Diana suddenly came up with a thought "These pills, they're uppers, strong ones…"

"What are you thinking?" Tom urged her forward

"Let's say you're Alexandra Morgan, you start seeing things when you sleep – seeing inside other people's heads – it scares you to death, what do you do?"

"You stay awake…" Tom nodded in understanding

"But that doesn't help either right?" Diana jumped up from her sat and started pacing the room. She always thought better on her feet "I mean we know she saw something inside the killer's head 2 month ago – long after she stopped sleeping"

"So now, what ever she's seeing, she's seeing it when she's awake too" Tom said quietly, examining the screen and the young woman's picture

Diana knew that look, she's seen it before "What's on your mind Tom?"

"She's been staying awake for quit a while before she started seeing the murders. How do we know what she's seeing is real? Couldn't it be all mixed up with the delusions of her own sleep deprived mind?"

"She knew about all 5 crime scenes" Marco volunteered "so some of it must be real"

"Or she could be doing this herself" Jarvis, the voice of cynicism, concluded again and started leaving the room "you won't know anything for sure until you find her"

"Tom" Diana called his attention quietly "It doesn't matter, what ever she's seeing – it's real to her! It's real and it's frightening! And she's seeing it all the time!"