Hey guys! I'm back : ) Terribly sorry I kept you all waiting for this...and it's so short. I've been trying to figure out how to distribute the information. Don't worry though, the only reason this chapter isn't long is because the other half of it is in another document and this thing won't let me paste.

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Disclaimer: I don't own the DP characters. Everything else, I DO own... (not the Spector Speeder though)...

Schematics for the watch lay spread out upon Jina's bed, along with the materials to help make it. Yet those who stared upon the pile of objects did not look too thrilled with what they had collected.

"Do we need anything else?" Kelvin asked, running a hand through his short blond hair.

"Yeah," Darin said glumly. "A watch." Twas true: they had been able to find everything they needed, except for the watch itself.

"Isn't there something else we could use?" Jina muttered to herself. She glanced around the room, inspecting everything. Her eyes fell upon a watch on Darin's arm. "Can we use your watch?"

Darin's hand flew over his time-telling device. "No way. It's my watch!"

Kelvin and Jina glared at him.

"Are you serious? A city is in flames, a hero in trouble, OUR FRIEND IS EVIL and all you can think of is it's your watch!" she scolded. pointing a finger at him.

Darin frowned, "Don't you think I understand that? When I said no way, I meant that it wasn't compatible with the design."

"Not compatible, hmm?"Jina was silent. "Why don't you give me a moment alone up here...I think I can solve the problem."

Kelvin and Darin shrugged, and leaving Darin's watch with the girl, they left the room.

Sam, Tucker and Alysa found themselves flying in the Spector Speeder (SS) across the country. They were going at top speed, Tucker driving, Sam staring out the window and Alysa pointing them in the right direction.

Each person in the vehicle was worried about the battle they would return to, wondering if their friend would still be there. None of them had really wanted to leave the battle, but the situation had become too dangerous.

What seemed like decades later, Alysa pointed to a small blue house on the corner of a quaint little street. They quickly landed the SS and raced to the white door. Alysa knocked loudly three times and by the third, Darin was at the door.

"Come on in Alysa-er, who are your friends?" Darin lifted an eyebrow, wondering if they knew about the situation.

"I'm Sam," the goth introduced herself. "Phantom's friend. And this here is my techno-geek friend Tucker."

Darin nodded as the threesome walked into the house. They were standing in a white hallway decorated in a western theme. Cactuses were painted along the wall in front of a desert background. Pictures of cowboys and Native Americans lined the path, giving a small piece of U.S. history.

They migrated into the sitting room, where Kelvin sat playing a GameKid. He looked up from his game as his eyes landed on Sam. "And who might this lovely lady be?"

"Not avaliable," Sam glared at him, though flattered as she might have been.

"Knock it off Kelvin," Alysa rolled her eyes. "That's not what we're here for. Is the watch ready?"

"We're not sure. Jina decided to alter some of the plans because we didn't have the right watch. The spare one went to Alicia..." Darin's voice trailed off.

"We know what happened," Tucker muttered. "We were there. Trust me though, it was a complete misunderstanding."

"Yeah," Sam agreed, her violet eyes clearly annoyed. "If you want to blame anyone, blame Vlad Masters."

Sam wasn't sure if something was wrong with her vision, but she could have sworn that the entire room stiffened at the mention of the villian.

Tucker caught this too. "I take you know the other side of Vlad Masters?"

"Know it? We've lived it," Kelvin sighed. His azure eyes revealed an uncanny amount of anger. "He's the whole reason Alicia's in this mess."

"I heard he was responsible for Conflagration and Lyric..." Sam replied. "It wasn't until about forty-five minutes ago we found out Alicia was involved."

"How...did it happen?" Tucker scratched his head nervously. "Has she told you?"

Darin, Kelvin and Alysa shifted their weight uncomfortably, none of them clearly wanting to answer the question. Sam and Tucker didn't blame them; it was hard to speak of the death of a friend.

Darin finally broke the silence. "Mr. Masters was hospitalized for a rare condition."

"Ecto-acne." Tucker fiddled with his PDA.

"Exactly. You must know more than we thought."

"That's about all we know," Sam shrugged.

Darin nodded. "During his time there, Mr. and Mrs. Raiyn were his assigned Doctor and Nurse. Masters was in the hospital for many years and knew when Alicia was born. He quickly became close friends with Alicia by babysitting her as she got older. The Raiyns had a busy schedule, so Alicia would come in at the same time everyday and they would play until one of her parents finished their shift."

"One day Mrs. Raiyn's shift moved up a couple of hours," Alysa continued, her eyes downcast. "That was the day everything went downhill..."

Like I said, this is half of the chapter. The flashback will appear after 5 reviews.

Is that hard? Nah, you guys can do it. The chapter is already written, so it will be posted same day I hit five reviews.

Stay tuned!

Lynn