A/N: I had a little difficulty writing this chapter cos I was bogged down with all the emotion I was trying to convey on how they have all changed. So this chapter was had to start and I think a little bit boring now that I read it lol But I promise that there will be action in the next chapter and some Kessi scenes so please bear with me!! Oh and REVIEW REVIEW!!!

Chapter 2

The sun filtered in through the window showering the kitchen with a warm soft glow illuminating the family eating breakfast painting the perfect family picture. However the glow from the sun was nothing more then a smoke screen, it did not convey the tension round the table or the shadows under everybody's eyes or even the worried glances covertly given.

The Tragers were all valiantly trying to have a normal family breakfast after all they were still on their summer vacation.

"So what is everybody doing today?" asked Nicole looking round at her kids.

"Well Hilary and I were thinking of going shopping to get new clothes for college today and maybe go see a movie while we're at it" replied Lori "Jessi do you want to come with us so you can get some college clothes too."

No one was shocked by Lori's offer. Since the attack on Kyle and discovering that Cassidy killed Jessi's mother the family had really pulled together especially the kids; they're attitudes had changed towards Jessi she was now their sister and they treated both Kyle and her the same. Although the family was closer then ever they were all on tent-a-hooks waiting for the next strike to come at them causing many sleepless nights resulting in short tempers and snappyness.

On this occasion however Jessi seemed not to her Lori's generous offer, she was preoccupied with trying to settle her turbulent thoughts complete forgetting that she was sitting with the rest of the family.

Jessi was tired. She felt lost and without hope. For so long she had been consumed with rage and the need to exact revenge on Cassidy in the most painful way possible for what he had done to Sarah. But she had to let such plots and thoughts of revenge go for Kyle's sake; seeing him like that last week made her realise how much she affected him and influenced him over the last couple of months. She had awoken Kyle's anger through her taunts, her recklessness and her nee to be better faster stronger proving to the world that she had a right to be born to live. Then Sarah had been killed. She knew that he felt guilty and responsible for Sarah's murder; as he had convinced Sarah to come out of hiding and take care of me, he felt that he had lead Latnok to Sarah and had ultimately got her killed. My pain had been so great that it my mind subconsciously needed to find relief from the pain so that she could breathe and had therefore automatically sort out her connection to Kyle, she found peace but she also shared her pain with him. Her pain had only added fuel to the slow burning fire within him, it had increased his guilt and his sense of powerlessness he felt as his life spun out of control. Cassidy attacking him at home was the final straw for Kyle and Jessi finally saw the product of her actions and pain – Kyle's rage and violence. His rage was so out of character that Jessi for a second did not recognise Kyle last week as her Kyle; who always made her feel safe and calm, who brought peace and hope into life, that Kyle was full rage and hatred.

That's when she knew. She wanted the old Kyle back not the one who had been pushed so close to the edge and the only way for her to get her Kyle back was to pull him back from the edge and comfort him. That meant that all thoughts and ideas for revenge against Cassidy and Latnok would have to be forgotten, she would just have to let justice take its course, although giving justice a little helping hand wouldn't harm anybody. She was glad when she had managed to pull Kyle back from the edge and give him comfort what she had not expected was the guilt she still felt for how much she had changed Kyle, she felt guilty for the questioning and worried glances the Tragers now give him – looks that they used to give her when she first moved in – she felt guilty for the worried looks she gave Kyle when what he really need was her strength and support to forge a new path that they both knew would have dangerous aspects.

Staring out the window Jessi pledge to stop worrying about the past and what was done but focus on the future; they need to get strong and prepare the family for any more attacks. So when Nicole called her name Jessi felt calm now that there was a new plan.

"Sorry Lori I didn't quite catch that."

" I asked if you wanted to come with Hilary and me to the mall for some shopping to pick out college clothes" repeated Lori holding her breath like the rest of the family as they all wanted to continue the illusion of normalcy.

Knowing this Jessi realised that she would have to talk to kyle before she talked to the family and shattered their illusion.

"Ummm what time are you guys leaving because I really would like to go for a run if that's possible."

Letting out the breath she was holding Lori replied with a smile "Oh you have time for a run if you want Hilary and I were going to hang out at the rack for a little while until lunch . So if you want you can meet us at the rack for about 12:30 and then we can decide if where we want to eat lunch."

"Sounds perfect."

Looking at her sons Nicole asked "Now that the girls are sorted what are you boys going to be doing today."

"Andy's going to log and play G-force with me and then I've got work this afternoon, so nothing much" replied Josh who was to busy slurping up his cereal to notice that his parents weren't paying attention to him but were focused on Kyle who had been quite all morning.

"Kyle?" prompted Steven "what are your plans for today?"

After a few seconds of silence Kyle produce the first crack in the Trager's farce.

"Amanda's coming over this morning; she wants some answers about last week. I think it is best I tell her everything especially after what she saw and also there is the issue of her safety if they decide to strike again."

Silence followed Kyle's announcement as everybody stared at him like he had grown an extra head, the only person that was not surprised by his announcement and funnily enough that was Lori who wasn't surprised at all. Lori knew that Amanda had demanded answers from Kyle as she herself had been fielding calls all week from Amanda demanding to know what happened after she left, do they know where Cassidy was, do they know why he attacked Kyle and threatened the family and did she know if he had really killed Jessi's mother like she said. She had finally refused to take any more of her calls directing her to Kyle who it looked like had finally given.

"Do you think that is wise" asked Steven.

"Well I think she has some idea of what's going on and I think she deserves to know the rest as if they strike again they may use her again to get to me" replied Kyle in a deadpan tone.

"Ok then. We'll clear out so you can have a bit of privacy."

With that they all got up from the kitchen table and went their various ways leaving Kyle sitting at the table waiting for Amanda. He didn't have to wait long for her to arrive as no sooner then had everyone left there was a knock on the door. Answering the door Kyle gave Amanda a nervous smile and let her in. Taking her into the Kitchen he politely asked her if she wanted a drink.

"No thanks. Kyle please just tell what's going on, I've been put on hold for an entire week with everybody refusing to tell me anything, telling me to wait for you."

Taking a deep breath Kyle told Amanda everything; he told how he'd be created and born into this world, how thankful he was that it was Nicole who had been called in to try and discover who he was and where he came from, he told her how he gave thanks everyday that the Tragers adopted him into their family and loved like a son and sibling. He told her all about Adam Baylin and how he had been a member of a secret group called Latnok and that he had created Kyle in his image but was forced out by Brian Taylor and other members of Latnok. He told her all about his abilities and how Latnok wanted to study and use him for their own machiavellian purposes and how when he refused they threatened those he loved including her. He told her about Madicorp's involvement and how they had captured Jessi, who is exactly like him, and brainwashed and manipulated her into insinuating herself into his life in order to get into his head and retrive the data he stole. He told her how he had been drawn to Jessi because she was the only one in the world that was like him and he felt that he had to protect her because she had been put through so much because of him and despite everything she had fought so hard to be good. And finally he told of how Cassidy had finally resorted to murder in order to keep Jessi here with Kyle so he could use her to get closer to him and manipulate him into working for them by killing her mother Sarah, he told how they had planned to make it look like he had killed Jessi to save Cassidy to get Cassidy and Latnok to trust him or as a last resort allow then to blackmail him into working for them. He told her how they found out that Latnok was planning to make clones of him and how they came up with a plan to sabotage the experiment with the help of Mark but when Jessi had rescued her from Nate they had blown the plan as Cassidy had found out how they played him and had come to the house to exact revenge.

Once Kyle was finished the kitchen was plunged into silence, looking at the clock he realised that almost 1 had passed since he started telling his story and looking at Amanda he saw that she was in shock trying to absorb everything. Touching her hand briefly to get her attention he got up and said that he'd leave her alone for a few minutes let her absorb it all.

Kyle was glad to get away from Amanda for a while he felt drained and for the lat 15mins he had begun to feel anxious; the hair on the back of his neck had started to stand up making him like he was being watched. The feeling had steadily grown as he was talking to Amanda that's when he knew that something was definitely wrong. Not with him, but with Jessi.

Looking around the house he couldn't find her she was still out running. His senses were screaming at him that he was in danger even though he was standing in his bedroom perfectly safe. His heart rate increased rapidly causing him to get even more agitated, Jessi was in trouble and he was not there to protect from what every danger she was in. Kyle closed his eyes and tried to calm down he needed to know what was going on, where Jessi was and who was stalking her. Using their link to one another Kyle's mind sort out Jessi's; at first he tried to see where she was and who was stalking her but all he saw was a blur of trees. Realising that she was running at superhuman speed he then tried to concentrate on what she was feeling to get a better idea of the situation because maybe he was wrong and she wasn't in danger but only upset.

At first all he could feel was anger at being followed but then he felt her fear; low in his belly slowly working its way up his throat getting ready to choke him. Jessi was terrified. What could possibly be making Jessi so scared that she was almost paralised with fear? The realisation that she was so scared terrified Kyle as she was the bravest person he knew, she was fearless and occasionally reckless but he had never ever seen her or felt her fear like this. Silently whispering for her to hang whilst passing on some of his strength for her an up coming battle, Kyle snapped off the connection and raced out of the room.

Running into the hallway where he found his family getting ready to start their day with Amanda where he unceremoniously declared.

"Jessi's in trouble!"

"What!" they all said at once.

"I can feel it she's in trouble, we have to find her, does anybody know where she went running?"

"Kyle, calm down. What do you mean you can feel that she's in trouble? Maybe she's just upset and that's what your feeling, does anyone know where she went or how long she's been gone?" asked Nicole in a calm voice after getting over Kyle's surprising out burst.

"You don't understand she's in trouble I know the difference, we both felt someone watching her and I felt her fear!" shouted Kyle.

Everyone stood stunned as Kyle shouted at Nicole for the first time in his life, it became very clear that Kyle was very worried and agitated causing them to become really worried about Jessi's safety.

"I think she said something about going to take a run in the woods near the dam" spoke Lori softly.

"Ok I'm going to look for her" replied Kyle and before anyone could protest he made his way to the door.

When all of a sudden an unseen force slammed into him, lifting him off his feet where he went flying passed his startled family and ex-girlfriend into the kitchen and crash landed into the Kitchen stools. Lying on the kitchen floor Kyle felt something trying to smash his ribs and squeeze his lungs making him gasp for breath and wheeze in pain.

Steven was the first one to reach him, gently propping him up against the breakfast bar surround by his family.

"Oh my god! Kyle are you all right."

"Kyle what happened? Are you ok?"

"Dude you flew!! Are you ok?"

"Are you ok Kyle?"

Shaking his head Kyle tried to answer their question but his head was spinning and his ribs, stomach, lower back and legs were killing him. His injuries were consistant with those of a person who had bee in a fight and had lost and, knowing that he was feeling Jessi's pain through their link he coughed up blood and wheezed out one word before he lost consciousness.

"Jessi."

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