Chapter 2

Diana was in the parking lot on her way into the NTAC building when she saw Tom coming towards her in a quick pace.

"I think we found her!"

"Where?" she looked at him carefully and noticed that he was wearing the same clothes as yesterday "have you been in the office all night?"

He shrugged his shoulders, embarrassed "Alana had to go to Europe, Kyle's still…" his voice trailed "I just didn't feel like going home to an empty house"

"Tom…" she started to admonish him but stopped, figuring the last thing he needed right now was a lecture from her "Ok, where is she?"

He flashed her a smile, thankful for the change of subject and for the understanding "A mental hospital just reported a young girl being brought in late last night, she fits our description"

"She was brought in last night" the doctor explained as he lead the down the corridor "she was confused, disoriented, she agreed to being hospitalized but she asked the we put her as far away from other patients as possible and that under no circumstances put her to sleep."

Tom and Diana exchanged a nod – this sounded just like their girl.

The doctor showed the to a room on the far end of the hospital, a wing that didn't seem to be in use. Tom opened the door carefully and the two of them walked in, leaving the doctor behind.

The girl was curled to a ball in one of the corners of the room, her head tilted back, her eyes gazing at the ceiling. Diana moved closer, trying to see what she was looking at but her eyes seemed unfocused – staring into space at nothing at all. There were tears streaming down her face and her whole body was shaking.

"Alexandra?" Diana called her name softly but there was no response

"Alexandra?" this time Diana touched the girl's arm and squeezed slightly to get her attention.

In an instant the girl's eyes focused again, her mouth opened…

And she started screaming at the top of her lungs.

An hour and a half later Tom and Diana were waiting in the small waiting area at the end of the hall. After the screaming started the doctor's rushed in, sedating Alexandra to a point of numbness, being careful not to fully put her to sleep as she requested. The doctor assured them that he would come find them as soon as the girl was able to talk.

When they saw him coming down the hall they both jumped to their feet to meet him.

"She's still pretty much out of it. It's a tricky thing – sedating someone like that and still keeping them awake" the doctor shook his head "God knows what that's about. I mean, whatever she's going through is seems like sleeping through it would be a good idea"

Just then, Tom's phone rang and he stepped aside to take the call. From the look on his face, Diana could tell that it wasn't good, but she stayed with the doctor.

"Trust me" she assured him "she has good reasons. Can we talk to her?"

"I don't know how much sense she's going to make but she can talk" the doctor nodded and left just as Tom came back.

"Who was that?" she asked after seeing his worried expression

"Jarvis. She just got a call from Boston, they found another body. The girl's been dead for less than 2 hours"

"Less than 2 hours?"

"Diana, when we walked in, when she was zoned out like that – she was inside his head watching him kill another girl"

For a moment the two of them were quiet, realizing what was happening to the girl at the end of the hall.

They walked back into the room quietly. Alexandra was in the bed this time, the sheets tangles around her body as she moved restlessly. This time she turned her head and looked at them as they walked in.

"please go away" she pleaded quietly "I don't want anyone around me"

"Alexandra?" Tom moved closer and talked softly "My name is Tom and this is Diana. We're from NTAC. We want to help you…"

"People call me Lexie ir Lexa" she turned her head away from them "and you can't help me…"

"Lexa, we know that you didn't do anything wrong, we know that you can see things…see inside people's minds…"

"Lexa, If you can tell us who's doing this…" Diana tried to jump in. All of the sudden she felt a weird sensation in the back of her head, it was there for only a second but she had a feeling she knew what it was.

"you kissed him" Lexa turned her head again and looked at her "the guy in the glasses… you kissed him" Diana blushed and Tom threw her a surprised look "you liked it…you've been thinking of a way to ask him out again. Don't worry, that's all I saw"

"You were just in her head?" Tom asked in disbelief glancing at the two of them

"I can't control it" Lexa turned her back at them and curled up in the bed, pulling the sheets up to her chin "I just jump in and out like that…"

"Lexa, we need your help catching this guy" Diana moved even closer and placed a hand on the girls shoulder

"I can't help you…I'm sorry.." she moved away and shrugged off Diana's arm. "Please, just go away"

Diana looked at Tom but he just shrugged, unable to think of anything to say to the girl to persuade her. When Diana's phone rang the two of them simply walked out of the room and closed the door behind them.

"Skouris" Diana said into her phone and listened for several minutes her expression changing from frustration to disbelief.

"What? What happened?"

"You're not going to believe this!" Diana exclaimed "Some guy who owns a convenience just called in saying that he saw Jordan Collier alive! He claims he has video surveillance to prove it!"