Chapter 2
1996
Adam woke with a start and looked around the room. Something had woken him up. It wasn't another immortal, that would have felt differently. And it wasn't his phone. Since he has adopted Kelly work had been very careful not to call him at home under any circumstances. Something else had woken him up and as he listened he had to bolt out of bed and down the hallway to Kelly's room.
He had decorated a room in his Paris home with castles and clouds. Kelly seemed very into fairy stories so he always read to her from the book she had given him a year ago. But the reason he came to her room now was the noise she was making in her sleep. She was crying. Adam turned on the lights and sat on her bed shaking her gently. "Kelly? Kelly wake up sweet heart." Kelly blinked awake and sat up hugging her Uncle Adam as a lifeline. She was still crying as he wrapped his arms around her rocking her gently. "Shh it's alright, it was a bad dream." Kelly sniffed still crying. She didn't want to lose her uncle like her mom. She loved him dearly and it terrified her to think she'd lose him at any time.
"I saw you get killed Uncle Adam." Adam smiled laying her back down and rubbing her cheek. "Is that what scared you so much?" When she nodded he smiled and wiped her tears away. "How did I die?" She sniffed and pointed at her stomach. "A man stabbed you in the tummy and then you died." Still rubbing her cheek Adam shifted so he was kneeling next to the bed but still rubbing her cheek. "Kelly, no one is going to hurt me. Remember what I told you? I work for special people and they make sure nothing bad will happen to either of us." Kelly nodded and gently touched his Watcher tattoo. "But they aren't here. They're at the museum." Adam nodded and watched her trace the tatoo. "That's right, and they watch over us all the time, just like your mum." Kelly nodded having calmed down now and looked at him. "Uncle Adam?" "Yes Kells." "Can I read the big book one day? I want to be like you when I grow up." Adam smiled slightly and poked her nose. "I'll make you a deal, I'll give you the oath right now, and first thing tomorrow, I'll teach you everything I know about speaking languages. Deal?" Kelly nodded smiling with a slight giggle at the poke. "Deal."
"Kelly Fletcher raise your right hand." Adam spoke in a mocking important tone as Kelly sat up and lifted her right hand. "I solomnly swear to study and record history and translate the lost Chronicles to the best of my abilites." Kelly nodded. "I swear." Adam nodded and hugged her close. "Good, now go to sleep my little princess, and dream wonderful dreams ok?" Kelly nodded hugging him back and settled back to go to sleep. Adam turned off the lights, kissed her forehead and then headed back to his room.
It had been a year so far and he had been able to keep his real identity a secret from Kelly. The Watchers had sympothized with the loss of his sister and had allowed him to work at home, but that simply gave Kelly more opportunity to poke into the paperwork. While she couldn't read it, she was under the impression that he was translating historical documents for the museum, and he had taken her with him a few times. But he was due to go to Egypt soon to follow up on the methos Chronicles, and find some of his stuff he had burried around that time. And the thought of taking Kelly with him appealed to him more and more. Maybe he could pull off this gaurdian thing, his main fear however was what to do should another immortal find out that he, Adam Pearson was really Methos, the ancient and that he had a ward.