When Tyler's eyes opened he knew he wasn't in reality. The last thing he remembered clearly was Chase choking him. The brunette sighed as he sat up, eyes widening as he backed up from a small boy who was smiling at him.

"You're up."

"Yeah…who are you?" Tyler asked.

"Tyler." The boy said grinning.

Tyler laughed a little, "No, I'm Tyler. Seriously kid, who are you?"

"Memory." The small boy said, as Tyler blinked.

"What do you mean Memory?"

"I'm your memories, so my name is Memory. The bad man tried to take me away, but I hid."

"How did you do that?" Tyler asked.

"I locked myself in a room and hid in the factory. It was easy." The boy said, grinning widely as he tilted his head, "He walked past me a lot."

Tyler nodded his head slowly, "So why haven't you….let me remember anything?"

The boy sat down and shrugged.

"I don't think you should remember some of the stuff."

"Why?"

"Some of it's bad." The boy said.

"But it'd be good if I remembered things." Tyler said, "I wouldn't make bad decisions."

"Does Caleb still want to marry us?"

Tyler laughed softly, "I don't know. It isn't exactly legal."

"I like the memories with Caleb…that's the memories I want you to remember first. Then memories with Pogue and Reid."

"What about my family?"

Memory shook his head.

"Why not?"

"Mommy is good but stepdad is bad."

"He can't be that bad Memory."

"You never visit her because of him."

Tyler opened his mouth and shut it.

"Why not?"

Memory grinned, "I'm not telling."

"You can't just keep my memories from me. It's not fair." Tyler said firmly.

"I know…but you didn't like to think about them when you had them." Memory told him, "You also have memories from after your father died…"

"My dad died?"

Memory nodded as Tyler sighed.

"But not letting me remember anything you aren't just hurting me, you're hurting the people around me too." Tyler said, as Memory shrugged.

"I don't have any obligations to them…just you." Memory said.

Tyler sighed as he leaned back.

"So why am I not in the real world? Why am I here?"

"The bad guy stabbed you."

Tyler groaned, "If you tell me I'm comatose I'm going to scream."

"I won't tell you then." The boy said, smirking.

Tyler rolled his eyes.

"Look Memory, you need to let me remember everything or you won't have to worry about the bad guy hurting you because I will." Tyler said.

"I had to wait for us to be able to talk. You can get sick if I do it to you while conscious." Memory told Tyler.

"Reid something similar to that…"

"Reid's a lot smarter than he lets on." Memory said, "It's one of many reasons why you guys are friends. Because he can be smart around you and you won't tease him about it and you won't tell people."

Tyler smiled slightly, "It's funny because I didn't remember him, but I trusted him."

"That's because I remembered him and let you remember the trust you had in him."

"Memory---"

"I know." He said, "After I let you remember I'll go away."

Tyler frowned, "Why?"

"Because I'm just your memories in form. When the Power realized what Chase was going to do, I was formed. I hid from him to make sure that potion wouldn't take them away. That potion wipes the memories away to not be remembered ever unless you have the anti potion." Memory explained, "And once you remember the Power will dismember me and I'll just be your thoughts again. And I kind of like being able to walk."

"Yeah, but you're what I need to remember so I don't have a breakdown about why I can't remember."

"I know…I'm just waiting for a sign." Memory said, "When the Power says its okay for you to remember, it means you're close to waking up."

"How do you know that?" Tyler questioned.

"The Power knows everything. It radiates from you and has eyes of its own. That's how you guys know when someone else Uses. You boys don't realize that the Power doesn't only take away your life; it makes sure that you do live. It does everything it can to ensure it."

"So…Chase could still be alive?"

"No…he was stabbed in the heart by Reid. He wouldn't be able to survive that no matter how much his Power did for him…well…his body can't survive it…his soul could. It's a matter of how much he wants to stay on earth."

Memory looked up and smiled.

"It's time." Memory said, placing his hands on Tyler's temples, "It was nice to meet my host."

Tyler nodded his head, "It was nice and strange meeting the personification of my memories."

"I won't lie to you…this is going to hurt…seventeen years of memories is a lot to take in…especially with the bad things."

"I-I can take it."

"You don't like pain though…that's why you started living with Reid…"

"Just do it so I can wake up."

"It's not that simple, you have to find the door to your consciousness." Memory told him, "You aren't just going to wake up."

"That's bullshit though." Tyler complained.

Memory laughed, "It's the one behind me. The Power won't like that I told you, but you don't need to go around in Wonderland any longer than you have."

"How long have I been---"

"Four weeks and three days."

Tyler's eyes widened.

"And you didn't wake me up before because?"

"The Power wanted to fix your body before we fixed your mind." Memory said, shrugging.

"Good to know the mind comes second." Tyler muttered, before straightening up, "Okay, let's do this."

Memory nodded as Tyler cringed when he felt the boy push in. Crying out when he started remembering things.

Reid and him meeting at the park when they were in diapers. Caleb and him studying in the mustang when they were sixteen. Pogue and him racing in the pool. All of them watching a movie. Going to parties…coloring on the walls…dressing in drag for Halloween…pushing Aaron Abbot down the hill and seeing Reid grin at him…hustling people in pool…Nicky's…dating Chase…

His stepfather hitting him when he broke a plate on accident…his mother crying because his father died…Reid growling when Tyler told him about his stepfather…Caleb frowning when Tyler failed another test in middle school…Tyler and Reid playing in ditches…He and Pogue speeding on the Ducati…swimming lessons with the boys…him not eating for a long time and dropping weight…walking in on Reid cutting himself because of his mother's cancer…smoking pot with Reid just for the hell of it…playing the underwear game with Reid and Pogue…making the swim team with the boys…Caleb kissing Sarah and his disgust…Chase putting Pogue in the hospital…Chase visiting Tyler afterwards and trying to convince the boy to leave with him…Chase almost killing Caleb…Caleb and him getting together…

When the memories finally stopped flooding into his mind, Tyler opened up his eyes. He hadn't even realized he had closed them. Memory was no longer there…but Tyler remembered everything. Shivering at some of the memories, the brunette stood up wobbly.

Walking to the door was slightly hard because his legs wanted to give out on him. Turning the knob to the door was even stranger, it felt like the first time he'd ever done it. Opening the door and stepping into pure blackness that brightened into a pure white light.

A/N: We have one more chapter and this story is done. I had an idea for a prequel with Tyler abuse and basically all the memories that he remembered. I liked that idea better than a sequel where I somehow bring Chase back. In the prequel he'd still be in there, but like he was in the movie plus their relationship. What do you guys think? Yes or no to a prequel?