The next evening, after keeping Aidan in the hospital overnight so as to pretend she was still dead, the group went to the funeral home. Tony and Cyler had discussed the situation with the funeral director and let him know that if there were any damages that came about, the agency would pay for them.

Some flowers and plants were brought in as memorials for Aidan, and the parlor they were going to use was set up. Fortunately, the only other viewing had completed earlier in the day and the casket moved to the chapel for the next day's service, so no bystander would be harmed.

Later that evening, everything was in place to make it appear as though there was going to be a real visitation. However, there was one problem, and it was causing everyone grief.

"C'mon Ade, ya've gotta do it," said Tony for what felt like the umpteenth time.

"Can't we just close it and say that I'm in there?" said Aidan as she tugged on the collar of her lavender blouse. The two had been in a standoff about her getting inside the casket for 10 minutes. Ralph was trying to be the mediator, while Pam was outside chatting with Cyler to make sure they arrested Dylan legally and without potential loopholes.

"Ade, ya gotta get in that coffin or the creep's gonna wonder," he said, growing tired of her stubbornness.

"Sweetheart, I hate - correct that, really hate - to agree with Tony here, but you do need to lie in it," said Ralph. "Visitations are held to view the person, you know that."

"We had a visitation when Mom and Dad died, and you know we didn't see them."

"But that was different…"

"OK, but I was supposedly critical, and he didn't see my face," said Aidan.

Ralph sighed in frustration. "Don't try that one young lady. You know he saw your face in the ER, complete with you strapped to the backboard."

Aidan made a face, knowing he won that point. "But, you could say that you chose to have a closed casket."

"And how wouldja manage ta sneak up on the guy with the coffin all shiny-like?," said Tony, trying to make her see reason. "Listen Cub, get inside."

"Uh un, I'm not getting in that casket."

"Ade, you're gonna get in it, either the easy way or the hard way," said Tony bluntly. He was hoping for the easy way, which meant he wouldn't have to 'persuade' her.

"Try neither way. I'm tired of arguing with you Tony."

Tony looked at Ralph and Aidan, shrugging. "All right, me too…" he said, before throwing a right cross at her jaw. The punch connected …only Aidan didn't drop, and he recoiled in pain. "Ow, damn it…" he said, clutching his hand.

"Guess that was the hard way … for you," said Aidan with a slight smirk.

Ralph went over to look at Tony's hand, and had the man open and close a fist a few times. "Doesn't look like anything's broken," Ralph said, then shook his head in frustration. "Why did you try that? Ade's wearing the suit."

"The suit doesn't protect her head all the time, so I thought that with ya havin' a glass jaw, she'd have one too and…"

"Gave yourself a sprained hand and wrist," finished Ralph. "Tony, the suit might not protect her head well, but it does tend to protect the wearer from knockout blows to the jaw. I had people throw them at me when I wore the suit, and they ended up the same way. Must be something about her jaw being closer to its protection."

"Besides, I don't have a glass jaw," said Aidan. "Never have."

Tony made a fist again and winced in pain. "Now ya tell me…"

"Tony, I've told you that before, especially after the fight I had to control at the school once. The guys stopped only because they felt if they couldn't knock out a woman, there was no point in fighting," said Aidan as Ralph moved over to the other side of her. "Now, can we please just do a closed casket?"

Ralph shook his head gently, knowing she was as stubborn as her mother was. "Listen, Ade, please get in there, because otherwise Dylan will put two and two together and realize the truth. You said you wanted to stop him any way you could."

"Yes Ralph, but this wasn't one of those ways."

Noticing the time on the clock, he realized then he was going to have to use a stronger tactic. "Aidan Micah Hinkley, get inside right now, or I'll put you in there myself," he ordered.

Aidan looked down and shook her head. "Ralph, for the last time, no. The only way you're going to get me in there is if I'm passed out cold, and you can't …" she argued, only to pause when she felt a cold chill down her spine. The last time that happened was the day after she had her wisdom teeth taken out. …

The two men looked at her, confused as to why she stopped talking. "Ade?" said Ralph as she moved her glance up and looked at him almost eye-to-eye.

"Why you sorry, stupid …" Aidan's words trailed off as she fell backwards into Tony's arms, limp.

"Cub?" said Tony as he wrapped his arms around Aidan to keep her from hitting the ground.

"Aidan?" said Ralph as he lifted one of her eyelids to be sure. "She's out," he said, confused.

Tony did a double take as Aidan hadn't looked pale or faint before her collapse. "Uh, Mr. H… I thought ya said the suit protected her from knock out blows," he said, then looked at him curiously. "That is, unless ya got that Elephant pen out and showed it to her again."

"EpiPen, and no I don't have it. The last thing I'd do is anything that'd make her faint."

"Then, why was she calling ya sorry and stupid?" said Tony, hefting the woman in his arms so he had a better grip. He winced in pain when her arm hit his sprained wrist as he lifted her again.

Ralph remembered how she phrased her comment before the implied sarcasm. "You know, I don't think she was calling me 'sorry and stupid.' I think she was referring to the suit because she knew it was about to do this to her."

"What… ya sayin' the suit knocked her out?"

"Well, now I think about it, we know this has happened once before…"

"C'mon Mr. H, the only time I know she's fainted wearin' the jammies was at the dentist's when… ya mean that changing power that…" he said, and Ralph nodded.

"She did say 'the only way you're going to get me in there is if I'm passed out cold.' It's a change in her condition."

Tony shook his head, still in disbelief. "Huh. Here I go tryin' ta punch her lights out and she manages ta do it herself…"

Ralph shrugged then reluctantly picked up Aidan's feet. "Well, it makes it easier for us now, don't you agree?," he said, and Tony nodded. "C'mon, we'd better get her in there before she comes to."

"Right," said Tony as they carried her to the casket, placing her inside. As they closed the bottom lid, Pam entered. "Well, that took you three long enough. See, that wasn't so hard was it Aidan…" she said, but frowned when she didn't receive a response. "Ade?… Sweetheart?"

Pam shook Aidan's shoulder, and not receiving a response, lifted an eyelid. She grew angry at what she saw. "What did you do to her Tony?" said Pam threateningly.

"I did nuthin'. She's out because it was the suit's doin'."

Skeptical, Pam looked at Ralph, who nodded in confirmation. "That's what happened honey. She was talking to me, said that we couldn't get her inside the casket unless she was out cold and about 10 seconds later," he said, snapping his fingers. "It was like what happened to Tony when the suit was changing things."

Pam winced, remembering those few days in August herself. "That power was trouble, but I have to admit at least this time it worked well. Sounded like you three were really fighting about it," said Pam as she smoothed Aidan's hair.

"Yeah, and it isn't me who's on the ground," said Tony. "Now, question is, how long is she going to be out?"

Ralph checked the insensible woman's pulse. "Probably not too long, given what she said," he said just as he saw Aidan stir. When she bumped the sides of the casket with her elbows, she knew what she was inside. "Oh no…"

Ralph put a hand on her shoulder. "Ade…"

"Get me out of this, or I'll fly you to Antarctica," said Aidan, panic belying her threat.

While they loved her, Pam and Ralph realized that this time tough love was only going to work. "Aidan, you're going to be fine. No one is going to close this casket," said Ralph, giving her shoulder a firm squeeze.

Seeing Aidan's eyes open slightly, Pam covered them briefly with her hand. "Just keep your eyes closed and you'll be fine," she said softly. "Think of it as a bathtub. Ralph's right, no one's closing this casket like Dylan did to you then."

"What if someone does?"

"Ya've got the suit this time, and you can do your zombie impression and bust the coffin." said Tony chuckling at the picture of her doing it his head a few times.

Ade, remembering the cost of the casket, grimaced. "Cyler's really going to have fun trying to explain the cost if I do that."

"Well, it's less than the number of cars Bill trashed during his time in the FBI, and you two are still far from Bill's bet there," said Ralph as he looked at his watch. "Listen, 'visitation's' in four minutes. Just stay calm and don't breathe too fast or deeply. Otherwise, he'll know it's a setup."

Aidan nodded almost imperceptibly, and the other three got into their places for the visitation. There were already a couple of FBI agents in the foyer, pretending to be Pam's relatives in case something went wrong.

After a few minutes, Dylan entered the funeral home. 'Yes, I'm here to see Aidan," he said, and the caretaker nodded, showing him to the parlor.

"Dylan, glad you could make it," Ralph said quietly as he shook the man's hand.

"How are you holding up?"

"As well as we can," said Ralph. "It was hard enough when she was nine to not just deal with her parents' deaths, but everything she went through. Losing her again…"

"Again?"

"Yes, you see … it was my fault she lost her memory…"

Hearing Ralph's voice break trying to explain, Pam continued. "Well, no one on your side of the family really understood this, but Aidan was in an accident the same night as her parents and lost most of her memory of the day," she said. "After Ralph told Aidan her parents died in the car wreck, she fainted. Ralph couldn't catch her in time and she hit her head, and ended up in the hospital. She lost part of her memories from it, and never recovered all of them."

"Must've been rough, and then with the way we treated her, just because she was poor and the family didn't like her mom."

"She was poor, but only in money, not in love," said Ralph succinctly. "The only time she was wealthy was recently when she found out about an inheritance left to her."

"From whom?" said Dylan, feigning curiosity.

"Misha. She left Aidan a million dollars and a pendant. We read the will and found out that now that she's passed away, the money's going to charities and the pendant's going to a museum."

Pam and Ralph noticed a glint of anger in Dylan's eyes, but the man kept his head cool. "That was Grandmother, always wanting to help out others and making sure they got their money," said Dylan chuckling. "Aidan did pick up a lot of traits from her. I wish I hadn't listened to my parents and gave Aidan a better chance than I did. And now… it's too late."

Ralph and Pam nodded as an agent left the room to chat with Cyler. "Yes, but there's so many memories Pam and I'd be happy to share with you if you'd like. Ade definitely had a way of telling stories."

Dylan nodded. "I'd be happy to listen to them, but would it be all right for me to first spend some time with Aidan to say what I wanted to say to her all the time… alone?"

The two hesitated slightly, knowing Aidan was scared about being in the casket, but nodded. "All right, we'll let you have a couple of minutes alone, but then we need to let others pay their respects."

The man nodded and Ralph and Pam left, ducking into a nearby room where Tony, Cyler and the two other agents were looking at the events on a closed circuit TV. After Cyler told the other two agents to be on outside patrol, he turned to Ralph and Pam. "We've got the area surrounded in case he tries to escape," said Cyler.

"I doubt he gets out though when he finds out Ade's really with us, and has backup in the form of some fancy red underwear," said Tony.