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True Desires

NPOV

The night of the dance was a good night. By the next morning I was scared to death. Deep down in knew that it was irrational , but I couldn't get the thoughts out of my head. I knew that he would be expecting me that morning for breakfast. I was a coward.

I continued to be a coward. I had been avoiding Jack since then. I knew he had to be mad at me. Allison was even mad at me. I was afraid to face Zoe's wrath , I had seen her once and she gave me a look of pure hatred. I finished my dinner and left Café' Diem , completely absorbed in my thoughts of Jack. I was nearly home when the world turned slowly black. I awoke the next morning in my car with no idea what had happened.

JCPOV

"Hey Henry." I yelled as I pulled over where he was working on a new project.

"Jack , aren't you supposed to be watching the game?" he asked.

"I was , then Fargo happened. How's your thing coming?" I replied.

"It's a new cell tower and it's almost finished. How are things with Nathan?" I frowned at him.

"That good then." He said and I nodded.

"Well let me go deal with Fargo." I said and continued down the road.

I pulled up to find Fargo standing by Seth's fence. This argument had been running between them for over a week now. I was getting tired of it. Seth played music to his plants way too loud and Fargo couldn't sleep at night. It was an endless cycle.

"Seth how many times do I have to come out here to tell you to keep it down? Why do you smell like crap Fargo?" I asked.

"He sprayed me with fertilizer."

"He's just trying to make trouble." Seth said before they started talking over each other. I snapped.

"Enough! Seth no serenading your fauna after six. Fargo you stay away from him. Now I have a warm beer , cold steak and a game to get back home to. Can you two get along?" I said sternly.

"But…" they began but I held up a hand.

"If I have to come back out here , I'm bringing a stun gun and a weed whacker , understand." I told them.

"Yes sheriff." They said.

I got home as quickly as I could. I tried to keep Nathan out of my thoughts. It was always hard. I hadn't seen him since the dance and it made me mad. We had shared the best kiss I ever had , but it must have been too much for him. My feelings were still strong toward him.

When I walked in Zoe was yelling at the screen , eating my steak of course. Damn Fargo. I had to laugh when Sarah joined Zoe's protests. A house yelling at the umpire was too funny.

"Who's winning?" I asked.

"The Yanks are down by one because of that blind , stupid…" Zoe started yelling. (I'M A YANKEES FAN , ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SO SUE ME.)

"Ok cool it , they'll get it back." I told her. I grabbed a beer and settled in to enjoy the only thing that kept Nathan out , almost.

"Have you seen Nathan?" Zoe asked.

"No and I'm not sure I want to anymore." I told her. I was mad , but I was hurt by his actions as well.

"I'm sorry dad."

"Me too , Zo. Me too." I told her , she smiled a sad little smile.

After the game was over Zoe got up and gave me a kiss on the cheek on the way to bed.

"Good night dad."

"Night." I replied. I loved that girl.

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I walked into the office feeling both anxious and at ease. It wasn't a good sign. I was met with an unusual sight. I had known Jo for weeks now and I had never seen this side of her. She was reading a magazine with her hair hanging freely and gum smacking away.

"Morning Jo." I said cautiously.

"What's up Jack?" Jo replied enthusiastically.

"Are you feeling okay?" I blurted out , she was freaking me out.

At that moment the door opened and Seth walked in. just what I needed this early in the morning. I walked to the desk.

"What now Seth?" I asked.

"I want that son of a bitch arrested. He destroyed my speakers and knocked me out last night." He demanded.

"Fargo , bumbling Fargo knocked you out?" I asked unable to believe it.

"One and the same , if you don't arrest him I'll take care of it myself." Seth stated coldly.

"That's not a threat is it , Seth?" I asked.

"Of course not." He replied and was out the door. Jo skipped to my side.

"Do you want coffee? I want coffee , ooh and to go dancing. Do you want to go dancing with me?" Jo finished giggling like a school girl.

"No thanks , I'm gonna go get Fargo." I said.

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It didn't take long to find him , he was asleep in the cat-scan machine at GD. I smacked the side causing him to jump up and hit the tunnel. It was quite funny.

"Get up Fargo. You need to come with me." I told him.

"Oh c'mon , I didn't get much sleep last night. That idiot was blaring his music again so I cut the cords , but the sneaky bastard knocked me out. I woke up in a puddle of my own drool." Fargo said as he crawled out.

"Wait you claim he knocked you out?"

"Well I didn't knock myself out." Fargo replied.

"Funny that's what he said you did to him. Either way you're coming with me." I told him.

Fargo groaned , but followed any way. We reached the hall and I came face to face with the one person I wanted to avoid.

"Where are you taking Fargo , Carter?" Nathan asked , the use of my last name hurt , but I ignored it.

"He confessed to destruction of property so I'm taking him in." I told him in a clinical voice.

"Look I need him here." He replied.

"Well he broke the law and I don't really care what you need at the moment." I snapped at him. A look of hurt crossed his face but I ignored it.

He was about to say something when Allison walked up. She wasn't dressed in her usual business attire. She wore a sundress and sandals. It reminded me of Jo.

"What are you two bickering about now?" she asked.

"He's arresting Fargo and I need him here." Nathan told her.

"Carter did Fargo do something?" she asked.

"He destroyed Seth's speaker equipment."

"Nathan he has to go with Carter. Besides I think you should be thankful he hasn't shot you yet." She said.

"I see what this is. You're taking his side because you're mad at me." Nathan replied.

"I'm not taking anyone's side." She snapped at him.

"You sure , you are pretty mad that I haven't been talking to him. Maybe you want him to shoot me." Nathan retorted.

"You know what , I've had enough. I quit. Good luck Carter." She said and left.

"Are you happy now?" Nathan said before leaving too.

"What was that about?" Fargo asked.

"Shut up." I told him as we walked to my jeep. I was far from happy.

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When we made it to the office I found another surprise waiting on me. Seth was in a cell , Jo informed me that she had caught him trying to burn Fargo's house down. I had to hand cuff them to opposite sides of the cell.

The day got worse and worse. Jo had to keep the two of them in line with water guns while the phone rang constantly. People called about how they woke up some place strange this morning. I needed a break , I headed to Café Diem.

"Hey Henry." I said as I sat next to him.

"Hi." He replied.

"I wanted to ask you something. Everyone's acting strange , more hostile. Any ideas?" I asked.

"I'm really getting sick and tired of everyone depending on me. When do I get time to rest?" he exclaimed.

"See that's what I mean. So you think it could be some kind of virus? That makes everyone act different." I asked again.

"Did you think of that all by yourself?" he said rudely.

Before I could say anything else he was up and gone. I sat there thinking about what was going on. A breaking noise and a yell brought me back to the present. Vincent had just whacked on of the twins over the head with a plate.

I called Jo and started to question Vincent. Seems one of the twins complained about his Caribou. Things were getting worse. I had Jo take Vincent back to the office.

"How many of you woke up somewhere strange this morning?" I asked the crowd. Everyone raised their hands. Great , I pulled out the phone and called Zoe.

"Yeah dad." She answered.

"I want you to go home and wait for me to call you okay. There's something going on and I want you safe okay." I told her.

"But dad…" She started to argue but I was having none of it.

"You go home and keep your phone right…" I trailed off. That had to be it. Henry's new cell tower had to be affecting everyone.

"Dad you still there?"

"Go home and turn off your phone. Just trust me." I told her.

I got an okay and hung up turning the phone off. I headed to talk to Jo. I gave her instructions and went to find someone to help me shut the tower down.

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Allison had been my first stop , but she hadn't been home. I headed to GD , after learning she wasn't there I knew I had only one other choice , Nathan. If only Henry wasn't so pissed he could help. I walked in Nathan's office.

"I need your help Nathan. " I said as he turned and smiled at me. A little odd , but I wasn't complaining.

"I'm sorry about how I've been acting. I'm just scared. I care about you a lot and I've never felt this way towards another man." Nathan said.

"I know I haven't either and I do care about you , but right now I need your help." I told him.

"I can help you." He replied and walked toward me.

"Great I need…" I started to explain , but he cut me off with his lips.

I knew I should stop him , but I had missed him. He ran his hands over my body as he began kissing down my neck. I had to moan at the feeling.

"Nathan we need…to…" I tried to tell him.

"I want you Jack , I need you." He purred. His hands made their way up my shirt. I was trembling and I knew I had to stop him , but I didn't want to.

"Nathan we need to stop." I said firmly.

"You know you don't want to." He said as he palmed my erection. I gasped at the sensation , but managed to push him away

"Nathan , people aren't acting right and I need your help to stop it." I told him. He looked at me for a moment then he seemed to shut down.

"Sorry Carter , you know your way out." He said , damn it.

I left and drove to the cell tower. One way or another it was coming down. I parked and walked to the tower. I wasn't alone though. I have seen some disturbing thins in my years as a cop , but this took the cake. Taggart was standing there totally naked.

"Taggart , why are you naked?" I asked staring intently at the tower.

"I'm going au naturel. Being one with nature , it's a monstrosity isn't it? Goes against everything about nature." He said , okay.

"Unfortunately that doesn't tell me if you've been affected. Do you want to help me take this thing down?" I asked , he bent down and grabbed a chainsaw and I threw up in my mouth a little.

"Let's do it." He said and headed for the tower. This was going to be a long day.

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I got back to the office only to find it overflowing. The anger was flowing freely. I pulled Jo aside to update her.

"I took the tower down. Did you take away all their phones?" I asked.

"Yes , I'm soo bored though." She complained.

"It should have got better by now." I told her.

"It's gotten worse!" she exclaimed.

"That doesn't make sense. I need to talk to Henry." I told her.

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I found Henry cleaning up his garage. He looked up when I came in and sighed. I could have been mad at him , but he wasn't himself.

"Henry I thought your tower was causing all these problems , but I dismantled it and it's getting worse. What could be causing it?" I pleaded.

"That tower wasn't operational so of course that wouldn't stop anything." He replied.

"Are you sure ?" I asked.

"I built the damn thing so I should know." He yelled.

"Okay but everyone has gone crazy and I'm the only one noticing." I said.

"Well I'd say that you need to figure out what makes you immune." He said. Frustrated I went to check on Zoe.

"Attention residents of Eureka , this is Beverly the friendly town therapist and I have an announcement. I'm tired of listening to you bitch and moan about petty little things. Like Allison Blake , we all know that you feel damaged because Nathan Stark returned and didn't look twice at you. Speaking of Dr. Stark , you really need to stop being a pussy and tell Sheriff Carter how you feel. I mean the man is obviously hot for you , he never looks at other women." Beverly came on the town announcement channel.

"Isn't that your announcement device?" I asked.

"Yes I gave it to Beverly earlier when she stopped by. I was about to throw it away when she asked for it. If you want something take it , I'm done being relied on by everyone." Henry said.

"No thanks , but I need to go get that before someone kills her for telling their secrets." I said ignoring the stuff she said about Nathan and I.

I pulled up to Beverly's and heard raised voices inside. I knew someone was going to retaliate. I ran in to find Nathan yelling at Beverly. There was yelling and fighting and a gun. Finally it ended with me securing them away from each other. I didn't need them hurting each other.

"Jack you know we could find a better use for these hand cuffs." Nathan purred out and I felt the arousal soot through me at the implication.

"Your just trying to get me to let you go and I'm not going to do that , but if you still feel that way after this is over you can come find me." I told him and left to check on Zoe.

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I entered and was greeted by a dark house. I was worried , what if something happened to her. The lights flickered on , but Zoe was nowhere in sight.

"Zoe , are you there?" I asked as I walked room to room. Suddenly she flew around the corner with a bat.

"Jesus are you okay?" I asked , trying to calm my racing heart.

"Are you okay?" She asked still wielding the bat. I looked at it , when did we get a bat? Then I recognized it.

"Put down my autographed World Series bat now!" I yelled.

"Oh thank God." She exclaimed as she dropped my bat on the couch.

"What is happening? School was a mess , people were making out and fighting."

"So it was like regular high school then." I said.

"Exactly , but I don't understand what's going on." Zoe said as she sat down.

"I don't know either. We seem to be the only ones who are normal , but I can't figure out what makes us different."

"We're from L.A." she offered.

"That's true but we've been here for weeks. It has to be something else." I said. The only thing I could think was we were the only ones who lived underground. Zoe let out a breath in a hiss , wait a minute.

"Sarah door." I said , the door opened and Zoe jumped up.

"Where are you going?" Zoe asked.

"Nowhere. Sarah door." The door swung shut and it hissed.

"Did you hear that hiss?"

"Yeah , but what does that have to do with anything?" she asked confused.

"Sarah where does our air come from?" I asked.

"From outside sheriff. I filter out all impurities."

"I bet you keep track of every particle you filter out , don't you?" I asked.

"Yes sheriff."

"Was there anything unusual last night?" I asked.

"There was a spike in the pollen count between one and six am." She said.

"That's it , Seth's plants…Necro something." I said trying to remember when he had told me the name days ago when the fighting began. Zoe was typing away on the computer.

"The night blooming Necrosomnium Violacea." She said.

"Yes that's it."

"It's used as a sedative. Listen to this , hybrids can share the traits of their parents , but can also have unique side effects. You think that's the problem?"

"It's worth a shot. Keep your phone on , I've got some plants to burn." I said and headed off to Seth's.

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I started the flame thrower and called Zoe. I needed to know which kind these were before I destroyed them. If this wasn't the problem things were going to get bad.

"Okay do you see any flowers?" she asked,

"No should I?"

"There should be purple flowers if it's a hybrid." She said.

"I don't see…oh we have purple flowers." I told her as I saw hundreds of them blooming. I hung up and put on the goggles. I was about to start burning when the world went black.

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I opened my eyes slowly. I was laying on the ground and my head hurt like hell. I looked around and saw a still naked Taggart.

"What the hell Taggart?" I asked , hoping he could understand me with the mask on.

"You were about to burn these beautiful plants sheriff. I can't let you do that." He said. I stood up carefully.

"For good reason you jackass , they're dangerous." I yelled at him. I lunged for the shovel in his hands.

We struggled for a few minutes before I gave up and pointed the flame thrower at him. He yelped and ran off. I started burning every plant in range. Ten minutes later the entire field was in flames.

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"How's everyone doing?" I asked as I walked in the office.

"No one's tried to spit on me in half an hour." Zoe said.

"That's good , got room for one more?" I asked dropping the unconscious Taggart on the floor. He was covered by a blanket.

"Not really. Is that him that smells like that?" she asked.

"Unfortunately. I want him where I can keep an eye on him. Hopefully this wears off before we have to sponge bathe them. " I said.

"Too late." She replied.

"What?"

"Fargo missed bucket time." She explained.

"I can't go in public."

"Sounds like you did." I said.

"Is he the last one?" Zoe asked.

"Nope , there's two more." I said heading back out.

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"Doing better?" I asked as I walked in the room.

"You could have chained us to the bed you know." Nathan said. I had a flash of him handcuffed to mine.

"I was a little busy." I retorted.

"Thank you for stopping me." Beverly said as I uncuffed her.

"It's my job." I replied as she left , probably to use the bathroom.

"I want to thank you too." Nathan said quietly.

"Well you would have been upset if you shot her. Not to mention in prison." I told him.

"I meant earlier , in my office. You could have taken advantage of the situation , but you didn't." He corrected.

"I wouldn't do that , but it was the hardest thing I ever had to do." I told him.

"I can imagine. I should go home and get cleaned up." He said and got up and left.

I spent the next day relaxing like everyone else in town. They had all returned to normal and there was a lot of embarrassment floating around. The entire town was changed.

Taggart walked around bundled up , Allison apologized constantly. Beverly was absent from the crowds. Jo was more manly that ever. Nathan was back to avoidance. I figured it had to do with his actions so I left him alone , but I was still hurt by it. I'd give him a week to get over it and at least look at me.

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