She left because I broke her heart, Kenny thought, I told her I never loved her. She took her stuff, no one has heard from her. I ran her social security number, nothing. She doesn't have any active credit cards, forms of id, her bank accountants and trust fund is untouched. Her parents...no one remembers her until they're reminded of her. I didn't think about her until I saw this picture. This isn't normal, Kenny thought, I wouldn't have stopped loving her without a reason. I would have never forgotten her...and then married someone else so soon.
"I'll find you," Kenny said, looking at the picture again. "I need to know what happened to you."
"You should stay."
Max smiled, snuggling next to Quinn in bed. Oh, I do like him, she thought, I like it best when it's just the two of us in bed. Not with other Jinn, humans, pets… from the moment he came to the station...when I was changing, partly human and partly Jinn. And I'm not jealous when he's with others like this. "You don't have other plans?"
"Just with you."
Max smiled through her hair at him. "I'd like that."
Dangerous, Quinn thought, we do spend a lot of time together. Other Jinn don't...we can't be seen as a pair. Noelle knew that. Others are noticing us. The two youngest Jinn pairing up. "Damn."
Max sat up feeling the familiar tug that she saw on his face. "Oh."
That town, Quinn thought, where we found Max. Where she caused havoc on her journey of becoming a Jinn, and I did help her with that. They're calling both of us...and they don't know. "Shall we?"
Kaitlyn, Max thought, I couldn't have done better if I wanted to. Jimmy being her step father and marrying Laurie? And Kaitlyn...so lovely. Young and beautiful like she wanted. "She calls to me all the time."
"Well," Quinn smiled. "You know how humans are."
Selfish, Max though, she can't even appreciate what I gave her. A gift. A second chance. "Oh, let's go play with them, Quinn."
"Hello, Kaitlyn."
Jill stared at her in the high school bathroom in shock. The genie, she's here, she's real...Max. No...she looks like Max but she isn't. Even if she used to be. She did this to me. "You're here."
Max smiled, letting herself float to the floor and solidify from her smokey form. "YOu've been calling me, Kaitlyn."
You ruined my life, Jill thought, you took everything from me. And no one knows. It hurts to think about. "Don't call me that."
"It's what your mom named you," Max sighed. "Look at you. You should appreciate what I gave you. A second chance...and you're young and beautiful, Kaitlyn. You'll always be young and beautiful."
"You tricked me!"
Max smiled, stroking her bright blonde hair. "It's what you wanted."
"I want my husband."
"He's your father. He loves you, Kaitlyn. He loves your mom."
Jill stared at her. "I'll do anything for you to change this."
Max cocked her head to the side and smiled at her. "You're not happy with the way you look?"
Kaitlyn looked in the mirror, she made me very pretty, smart, athletic, but not me. I'm Jill Brock and not… "My kids…"
Max giggled at the pain on her face. "Now Kaitlyn, they aren't yours. Not anymore. I can take care of them for you."
"No!"
"All their wants and desires," Max smiled, patting her cheek. "Just like I granted you yours."
"This isn't...you tricked me."
Max twirled her hair around her finger. "Do you have another wish for me?"
"I wish you never did this to me."
Max sighed and shook her head. "Wishes don't work that way, Kaitlyn...and that is who you are. You are Kaitlyn Bey-Brock and that is who you are going to be turn 18."
"What?"
"Young and beautiful. You'll turn back into a baby," Max smiled. "And grow up again and again."
"Max!"
"What can I do for you, Kaitlyn?"
"I told you I cannot make someone love you."
Kim stared at the sexy Jinn in her living room. "Kenny does love me."
Quinn smiled. Oh he still loves Max, or at least he loves the Max he remembers. She would have had a happy and unremarkable life with him, just like all humans. Meant for other things, better things, I do enjoy Max. "What is your wish, Mistress?"
Kim smiled. I don't care what happened to Max, she's gone and isn't ever coming back. "I wish that Kenny would forget that Max ever existed."
Quinn smiled at that. "Granted."
Kaitlyn stared at her. "But...No. Max, please."
"You wished to be young and beautiful. I merely gave you what you wanted."
"I was wrong. Please change me back. My kids need me."
"Your kids are grown up. Your grandchildren call Lydia and Laurie Grandma. You are fun Aunt Kaitlyn to them. For a few more years."
"I don't want to be a baby again."
Max sighed. "I thought you didn't like being Kaitlyn."
Jill stared at the Jinn, trying to find some part of her friend she could reach in there. "Why? Why would you be so cruel to me? We were friends."
"I granted your wish. If it wasn't what you wanted maybe you should have been happy with what you had."
"You're a monster!"
"I am what I am. As are you, Kaitlyn," Max said, patting her cheek. "Now...if you are through name calling, I may be able to grant you another wish."
Kaitlyn stared at her. "Are you going to change me into a dog now?"
Max sighed and shook her head. "No, but we were friends once...in another life. You may stay Kaitlyn, grow up as her, grow old as her, live her life, if you choose."
"Kaitlyn," Jill said numbly. "Why won't you change me back?"
Max combed through her golden hair, enjoying the beautiful girl she created. "To what benefit? You return to the husband and children who think you abandoned them?"
"You can fix that!"
Changing memories, Max thought, it is difficult. Look at poor Kenny, Kim made him stop loving me, but he was never truly happy with her. Oh, what is Quinn doing to her now? Smiling at Jill. "Do you wish to remain Kaitlyn and live out her life?"
Or be a baby, a toddler, grow up again and again, Jill thought, never to have a life again… "I have some questions first."
Max smiled. She's learning. "Ask me anything, Kaitlyn."
Kim smiled, as Kenny came downstairs. That Jinn… "Hi, Honey."
Kenny stared at her, looking around, his mind blank. "Where am I?"
"Kenny?"
"Who are you?"
No, Kim thought, no… "Kenny, it's me. Kim. I'm your wife."
"Who am I?" Kenny asked, as his mind wipe caused him to fall silent as he forgot how to speak. His legs went weak as his muscles and body forgot how to stand and he passed out on the ground.
Kaitlyn didn't take her eyes off of the Jinn in front of her. "I can just lead a normal life?"
"A very normal and human life," Max said. "I can make you fully Kaitlyn...you don't need to remember who you were before."
Jimmy, my kids, she thought, no...if I can become an adult, maybe I can find a way. "You'll leave my kids alone?"
"I can't control what people call me or the others."
"How many are there?"
Seven, Max thought, with me being the youngest by 1,185 years to Quinn's 2000. Tana, Hoda, Mercutio, Dante and Sera all between 3,000 and 8,000. Time is meaningless to me now, I'll live that long too. Immortality… "It doesn't matter."
"How did you become one?"
Chosen, she thought, out of billions they chose me. "That doesn't matter either."
"You know what it's like to be changed into something else."
Except I didn't wish for this, Max thought, feeling a pang in her heart. I was happy with my life until Noelle changed me and I transformed fully on a bathroom floor into this. Embraced it… "Is your wish to become a genie, Kaitlyn?"
She shook her head. "I don't want to be like you. The Max I knew would hate what she is now."
Max sighed again, tiring of the human. "You summoned me."
Kaitlyn stared at her. "I wish to stay Kaitlyn Bey-Brock and remember being Jill Brock, and not have to grow up again and again."
Max patted her cheek. "Good girl. Granted."
"I want more."
They always do, Max thought. "How may I serve you, Mistress?"
"Please," Kim begged. "What's wrong with him?"
Dr. Joey looked at tear stained Kim Lacos. "We incubated him, machines are keeping him alive."
"What? He was fine."
"His body is shutting down and we don't know why. It's like his organs and muscles forgot how to work. His brain is alive but it isn't connecting to the rest of him."
No, no, no, Kim thought, this isn't what I wanted. I wanted him to forget her, not everything. I'll fix it. That genie will fix it for me.
"Can I see him?
Kaitlyn smiled. "I wish for my step- father Jimmy Brock to see me as a sexy and desirable woman. I wish to be the only woman he desires.
Max giggled at that. Oh this is going to be fun. "Granted."
"I wish for my mother Laurie Bey-Brock to let me and Jimmy be happy together."
Oh she is naughty, Max thought, very naughty and selfish with her wishes. "Granted."
Kaitlyn smiled, feeling happy and content for the first time since she became Kaitlyn. "I wish for you to return whenever I summon you."
Max nodded, looking at the thing she created. I would do that regardless, she thought, it is going to be fun to watch Kaitlyn Jill Bey Brock destroy herself.
TBC
