"Mom, there's a man outside!" Jamie said, turning to her.

"He has a limo!"

"A limo?" She asked, curiously.

Jill got up from the couch and walked up to her two sons who stood before the window. She was mixed with the desire to know of who was visiting on this night, while also a bit of concern. There wasn't anything impotent going on, at least none that would bring them an unexpected visitor.

"Who is it?" She asked him curiously.

Jack turned from facing the window and faced his mother.

"I don't know." He answered, confused as his mother.

Jill turned to the window and gazed outside. She saw the strange young man, dressed in a white tuxedo walking up the stone walk way to the house. She turned to Jack, curious of the man's presence.

"You weren't expecting anyone tonight?" She asked curiously.

Jack shook his head no. He didn't count for anyone to come over. If he had, the only two people he would expect would be Tadashi. There wasn't anyone else in mind that Jack could think of.

"No." He said, shaking his head.

"I'm not expecting anyone tonight."

As Jack turned back to the window he saw that the man outside was no longer in sight of them. It was then they heard the sound of footsteps upon the wood of the front porch outside. To follow afterwards was the ringing of the door bell.

"Can somebody get that?" Anna called from upstairs.

"I'll be down in a second!"

Jack turned to his mother just as she did to him. The answer to their question just had been given and not a very surprising one at that. At least not for Jack anyway. He sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Of course." He said as he walked around to the front door.

Jack opened the door and pulled it open to reveal the stranger. The man was looking down to his sleeve color, trying to adjust it properly. He gazed back up to the doorway to see Jack standing there in the opened doorway.

"Oh." he said, seeing Jack.

"Hello."

"Uh... Hi." Jack said as he opened the door the rest of the way.

"Can I help you?"

"Yes, actually." The man said.

"Is Anna here?"

"Uh.. yes she is." Jack said.

"Is that Hans?" Anna called down the stairs.

"Are you by any chance..."

Hans nodded his head.

"Yeah, it's him!" Jack called back, turning his head back.

"Okay, I'll be down soon!" Anna announced.

Jack exhaled his breath as she shook her head no. Another time that Anna was going out with a guy. The only thankful factor to come out of this was the fact it was on a weekend.

He looked back to Hans.

"It's Hans Fertrome." He said giving out his hand to Jack.

The young white haired man took hold and shook it.

"Jack Anderson." He said.

"It's nice to meet you, Jack." Hans said.

It was then that Jack took his hand back, breaking the greeting they were having.

"So..." Jack said, trying to think of what to say.

He gazed past Hans to the white limo that was parked in front of the house. Something new to come from him was he was picking up his sister in luxury. The last few that Anna had ever gone out with had either a car or any other random vehicle. But never something likes a limo.

"That quite the ride." He complemented as he turned back to Hans.

"I haven't seen any man who picks up my sister in a limo."

Hans Smirked and gave a shrug in response to Jack.

"Well, when your family's as wealthy as mine you tend to given some opportunities like this." He said.

"Really?" Jack said as he placed his hands on his hips.

"Yeah." Hans said.

"It's a family owned business that handles things like science and new inventions in technology."

By that discretion, Jack's main thought was that of company, Southern Isles industries. They were the main company that was now the basic backbone of the United States when it came to Science and experiments. There wasn't any other company that dealt in that field with the exception of Cray Tech.

"Like Southern Isles Industries?" Jack asked curiously.

The brown haired man shook his head yes to Jack's answer.

"That would be the one."

"I hear they quite the company." Jack said.

"I've heard they are making some breakthroughs in some of their experiments and research."

"Indeed we are." Hans said.

"Our scientists have been experimenting in the field of quantum bio-engineering. We've discovered many remarkable theories and results."

Jack nodded his head in response. It was all quite a fascinating thing to hear about the few breakthroughs in science that they have done and all. However, there wasn't much interest on Jack's part. He didn't have much to do with. That field of science, nor did he have any understanding of it. There really wasn't any reason for them to go deeper into the conversation.

"Well I'm not really much of a science guy." Jack said shrugging.

"I mean I once was but... Kind of gone on to other things and stuff so..."

Hans shook his head as he thought about what Jack said.

"What field were you in?" Hans asked curiously.

"Hey, I'm here! Anna called from behind.

Jack turned back to the stairway where he saw his younger sister walking down the stairs, her hair was made into a French bun and she was wearing a green dress. Hans could only marvel at her present beauty for no words could be found to describe how he thought at the moment.

"Wow." Hans said.

"You look very... splendid."

The young brown haired girl blushed at his comment, her young face turning red.

"Thank you." She said, chuckling.

As Anna walked down the rest of the steps, it was then that Jill walked in from the living room.

"Alright now." Jill said as she came up to Anna's side.

"Go on and have fun."

She walked Anna to the door where her date awaited for her. She then turned to Anna before she departed for her night with Hans.

"Just make sure your back by eleven." Jill said.

Anna shook her head.

"I will, mom." She said.

Jill smiled and kissed her eldest daughter on her cheek.

"Be safe, Okay."

"Don't worry, miss." Hans said as they turned to him.

"I'll have her back by then."

Jill nodded her head to him. She appreciated the promise that he had made to her. Her one hope was that he would full fill it.

"Thank you." Jill said.

Hans then turned to Anna.

"Shall we be off?" He asked, putting his arm out to her.

"Yeah." She answered as she took hold of him.

As they walked out the door, Anna turned and waved goodbye to her mother and older brother.

"Bye mom." She called to her.

"Bye sweetie." Jill waved back just before closing the door.

After the door was shut, Jack turned away walked back into the living room. He placed his hands behind his head as walked till he was back in front of the window. He watched as Anna walked with Hans toward the white limo that was waiting for them. The driver reached out and pulled open the door for them. Anna was the first to climb in and Hans followed soon after. The driver closed the door and made his way back up to the front of the vehicle.

Jack sighed as he dropped his hands down to his side. This was a man that Anna had just met, he knew that for sure. All the more reason he was so concerned for her. While it seemed that perhaps he could be a manor his word, Jack was still so hesitant about him. He knew nothing of this guy, he was still considered as a stranger in his eyes. The last thing that he wanted was for Anna to be hurt in anyway shape or form.

As he watched, it was then he felt the hand of women upon his shoulder. Jack turned to see his mother was standing beside him. She knew that he was so concerned for his sisters well fair and she understood that. There weren't any objections going against that Anna was on a date with a stranger.

"I hope she'll be okay." Jack said as he turned back and gazed outside.

"I do too." She agreed.

"But don't worry about her. I'm sure she'll be okay."

The limo began pulling out and drove down the street leftward from Jack's view till it was out of sight.

It was deeper into the night and the date was taking its toll. Hans had brought Anna to one of the fanciest restaurants in town. It was a wide open room with a floor right above. The place was packed with many of its tables occupied by other people there. There was the sound of violin music playing in the centre of the whole room. The two sat near a window that looked out toward the Golden Gate Bridge.

"Wow." Anna said as she looked all around the room.

"This is so nice. I mean... I've never been to these kinds of places before."

"It's my pleasure." He said.

"I figured why not take the prettiest girl I've even seen to one of the best restaurants in the city.

Anna blushed before averting her eyes from him.

"So..." Hans said as he set his glass of wine down on the table.

"You have quite the family I must say."

"Thank you." Anna said.

"is it just you, your brother and mother?" Hans asked.

"Oh no." Anna said.

"I also have another brother and a younger sister. Well, actually a half brother and half sister."

"Half?" Hans asked.

The young women shook her head yes.

"Yeah." She said.

"My mom got remarried and stuff... Our family was going through some stuff at the time."

"Well I have to say that you're lucky." Hans said.

"You could have at least twelve other brothers to live with."

Anna gazed at Hans in utter surprise.

"Twelve brothers?" Anna asked.

Hans nodded his head. Family life for him was as hard as could be expected. He grew up in a family of fifteen and was the youngest out of all of them. He had gone through what was to be expected by having older siblings. Be teased and ignored so much. Have very much less attention by anyone, even his parents for that matter.

"Yeah." He said.

"What's its like living with that many?" Anna asked curiously.

"Hard." Hans said.

"As in try and put up with getting ignored for two years."

"That's terrible." Anna said.

"Well that's what brothers do."

"My brother never did that to me." Anna said, knowing Jack was always a fun loving brother and would never shut her out for two years.

"Really?" Hans asked.

"Defiantly." Anna said, knowing it was true,

"Jacks always had been the best brother in the world. He's always cared about me and our family."

Hans smirked to her as he gave a slight chuckle, a form of luck on her case. Her brother did seem to be a more generous and caring then the brothers he had, at least about a few of them anyway.

"He sounds like a very nice brother to have." Hans complement.

"He is." Anna insisted.

"He's the best brother anyone could have."

However what followed from Anna was a frown and eyes that gazed downward to the table. With all the love and loyalty she had for her older brother, there was also concern and grief for him. She knew that Jack went through so much in the past and was given a few scars, one of them being the separation of their family years ago. He was too depressed and unsettled by it and even now he still is haunted by the past he endured. Hans's smile slowly faded as he saw her expression upon her face.

"What?" Hans said, noticing how she looked.

"What's wrong?"

Anna gave a small sigh of grief before looking back up at Hans.

"It's kind of complicated." She said, thinking of Jack.

"Have you... Ever been so concerned for someone, like so very much?"

Hans shook his head.

"I can't say that I have." He answered, having no times in his like it.

"Why?"

Anna sat back in her chair and held on to her shoulders. She thought back to the past that her family had faced long ago, when their family was in a major feud which resulted in their separation. She remembered what it was like for Jack. When they suffered through nights of yelling and arguing from their parents and when they separated from their father and moved to San-Francisco. It was a hard obstacle for him to overcome and he was ever so torn by it.

"Well..." Anna began.

"My family's been through allot and... Jack out of all of us took the most amounts of hits."

Hans leaned up in his seat as he listened to Anna.

"Our parents were arguing so much and then one day our dad slapped Jack across the face. After that they got a divorce and we moved here to San-Francisco."

Hans was but motionless with shock as he heard all that he did. In a way, he could relate to Jack and the things he gone through. He often was hit and abused verbally by his brothers when younger.

"He never really did recover from it." Anna said.

"I just... I..."

"You want him to be happy?" Hans said.

That answer made Anna nod her head. That's all she wanted for Jack, to be happy and joyful when he was younger. She knew that there was still some left in him. Of course she knew that he was happy with Jamie and Riley. But somehow, she wanted more for her brother.

"Yeah." Anna said as she looked back up to Jack.

"That's really all I want for him. He's been through so much and well, I want for him to maybe find someone."

If you remembered back to the conversation earlier in the day, the one that resolved around Jack and getting a girlfriend, Anna was in secret wanting for Jack to find one. She wanted him to be happy and start a life of his own.

"Now a day, he so wrapped up in University and in this research by a professor named Adgar."

By mention of that name, Hans gazed in curiousness and deep interest.

"Adgar?" He said.

Anna looked up to him.

'Yeah, you know him?" Anna asked.

Hans nodded his head. The name was all too familiar to him as he was at a time the classmate and Partner of his father.

"Yeah." He said.

"He and his father were once partners with each other. They were classmates, practically in the same class since University. I heard he was researching this herb right before he disappeared."

"Well me and Jack found that research." Anna said.

"We were hoping that the University would help further it but... They just turned us down on it."

Hans looked in confusion at that statement. He was curious as to why they would turn down such an opportunity such as that. It was a practical gift just handed to them. But instead they chose to just deny it?

"Well that seems like a very odd thing to do." Hans said.

Anna shocks her head in agreement.

"Yeah." She said.

"Jack and I were really hoping to finish it but... It seems like we need a miracle in order for that to happen."

Hans pondered over what he was told. With research as valuable and promising as Adgars, it seemed to be a pursuit that was worth the effort to follow. He knew little of the plant itself but from all that he heard from his father, it seemed to be like a new medicine or some form similar to it. The Universities ignorance seemed as confusing as it should be. But it may serve to be a valuable opportunity for his family company. Since it was that two people look to somehow further this research, then it seems only fitting that he would asset to that end.

(I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I promise that we have only a short few more to go before we're back in the jungle again. Also a bit of news, I am planning on doing another sort story afterwords involving Bagheera which will happen when I'm done with thes last few chapters. So I look foward till the, for. Now please comment and review!)