AN: For all my faithful readers, this is the last chapter. I am not sure how many of you guessed what was really going to happen after Kendra woke up in the last chapter. For all those unanswered questions, please read this chapter. If there is anything you don't understand, contact me and I will try to answer your question. Thank you for your support and your reviews. They mean a lot to me.
Chapter Twenty-three: Old Faces, New Names
It was several weeks before Kendra was fully healed. Once she was allowed to be released, her parents gladly came to pick her up. The first place she asked to be taken was to her brother's grave. It wasn't the request that they wanted to hear but they allowed it. Kendra only spent a few minutes there, but it was more than enough for her. After that, she returned home.
It took almost two months before her superiors allowed her to return to her work. They had told her that they were assembling a team for her to work with that would probably be easier to work with. Not that she cared; no team would be the same for her. Her brother wasn't going to be there with her.
The day arrived when she was supposed to go and be introduced to her team. She had asked to not be put in charge, as she was still not confident of her leadership abilities. They relented and appointed someone else. Now, Kendra was going to meet this team. She walked into the conference room and stopped dead. Everybody present in the room was someone she had seen before. And not just walking around headquarters, either.
"You must be Kendra Connor," one man said, standing up.
"Yes, I am."
"Thought so. My name is Aaron Gordon. I'm the team leader. Let's introduce you to everybody else."
Leading her to the table, Aaron proceeded to introduce her new team. "I'm just going to run down the names. They'll raise their hands." Aaron pulled out a slip of paper and started reading, "Francis Bins, Shawn Games, Mark Bruck, Paul Taylor, Brent Steward, Gene Goins, and Larry Grean."
In Kendra's mind, she was naming other people, 'Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Boromir, Gimli, and Legolas. And Aaron is Aragorn.'
"Kendra, are you alright?" Aaron asked.
Kendra snapped back to the present, "Yes, I'm fine. Just a little tired."
"Understandable. We won't be pushing you until you feel like you are ready. We just wanted you to meet everyone."
"Thanks. I hope we don't have any problems," Kendra said.
Maybe working with this team wouldn't be so bad after all. Now, if she could just figure out how to make it work between her and Brent/Boromir. You never got a second chance like this.
The End!