"What could I possibly help you with?" Irritation was leaking through Nathan's voice. Could Duke have done this at any time? He hadn't had so much as a whisper from anyone for 27 years. Now Lyssa and Duke were both in town. He thought he heard a noise coming from outside, but when he went to check, no one was there. Duke looked almost as surprised to see Nathan as Nathan was to see him. He wondered what Duke had expected to see, then he remembered that the last time he saw Duke had been 27 years before. Some things might have changed since then.

"I'm not sure, exactly. We just need to get back here."

"Who's 'we,' and where are you now?"

"Me, all the Audreys, and James. I'm not really sure where, but it's just like Haven, only with just us." Duke talked fast and tried to explain something he obviously didn't understand very well. If he had heard right, though, then Audrey might have still been out there somewhere. He had tried to keep himself from hoping for something like that. Twenty-seven years of nothing - no hints, no clues, no hope - had taught him not to jump at false hope. Even with his newfound determination, Nathan had trouble adjusting himself to this new environment, where there was hope, answers, and maybe even her.

"Audrey's there?" He tried not to show Duke any of the emotions behind that statement, but he could see that the other man understood. "How can we get her here?" Truthfully, Nathan was also very relieved to see Duke alive, though he was much too stubborn to admit it.

"No clue." Duke looked almost as frustrated as Nathan himself.

Then, to the surprise of both men, a petite brunette appeared. Nathan was even more shocked to see Lucy Ripley standing before him than he had been to see Duke a few minutes earlier. Duke seemed almost as surprised to see the past version of Audrey.

"Lucy. What happened to you not being able to leave?" said Duke. Nathan realized that they had met in this other Haven.

"It appears Connor has let down his defenses some," Lucy explained. "Either that or he's actually weakening." She smiled at the thought. "Besides, I knew you'd screw it up somehow," she added playfully. Nathan envied them. He wondered how long it had been for them. Not 27 years, and they had been getting answers the whole time. Duke had probably even gotten to see Audrey.

"Well, okay. Nathan, you've heard of Lucy." Nathan nodded.

"Anyway, Abigail says we can stay here permanently if we can find a host. You know, a body." She looked at the boys. "Of course, we're not doing that." Her eyes pierced into them, showing that she wanted their agreement. Duke gave it to her, but Nathan was off in his own world.

"So we could get Audrey back here," Nathan thought out loud.

"Yeah, and all we have to do is kill someone. She wouldn't want that, Nathan."

If Nathan heard Duke's words, he didn't respond to them. "What if I have the perfect candidate?"

Lyssa felt sick. She knew exactly who Nathan was talking about. He thought she was "the perfect candidate" when he was looking for someone to kill for his dead girlfriend? She regretted every kind thing she had ever done for this monster if he would write her off so quickly.

"I don't care who you mean, Nathan, but we aren't," the man said stubbornly. The woman who looked just like Lyssa nodded. It calmed her that these two would defend her.

"She's back. 27 years, right? Well, timer's up. Calls herself Lyssa this time. Still FBI for some reason. And I don't need her; I need Audrey." The man and Lyssa's look-alike were stunned into silence. The woman was the first to snap out of it.

"I still don't know that we should..." She didn't finish her thought. They were visibly less convinced. It made Lyssa nervous. She had to take action.

"You are not killing me, dammit! How dare you try to decide my fate with strangers in a bar?" It was like a flame had been ignited inside her. What had been nervousness and fear turned to anger. He would do that to her because she wasn't *right*, wasn't what he expected her to be, wasn't his precious fucking Audrey.

She looked at him with loathing, but she could already feel the anger seeping out. It made her feel like she was going to be fall over, and the sick feeling returned. Did any of them even care?

The man had looked at her first with shock, followed by acceptance. He didn't know whether they should try to get Audrey back at Lyssa's expense. Lucy wasn't as confused. She could relate more to Lyssa because she wouldn't have wanted to give up the body either. To Lucy, there was even a question of whether Audrey should have been the one to get it if they did take her body.

Lyssa felt like a deer caught in headlights. She backed away a couple of steps, ready to make a run for it. Nathan's expression was unreadable, and she didn't try to decode it that time.

"Of course not. We're not going to do anything against your will." The other man nodded in agreement. Lyssa wondered how she was the one who looked crazy. "Your name is Lyssa, right? I'm Lucy. I'm from the '80's. This is Duke." Lyssa muttered something that vaguely resembled "hi."

Nathan's impassive look had turned to disappointment. She almost felt sorry for him. Almost. She still wouldn't let him do the things he wanted to do.

Duke eyed this new girl, Lyssa. Her light brown hair wasn't tied back, and it was wildly curly. Faded blue, almost gray, eyes took the place of Audrey's bright blue. She would notice him staring, and he didn't even care. So this was Nathan's hell. Every day, seeing the girl who was almost Audrey, losing every bit of hope he had. He couldn't bring himself to suggest taking Lyssa's body, but he understood where Nathan was coming from. From the way Lyssa was looking at Nathan, she could tell, too, and was just trying to defend herself.

"Look, how 'bout we get Audrey here? Seems like she should get a say," Duke suggested. Lyssa obviously disagreed. Duke knew that Audrey wouldn't do something like that and was just trying to give Lyssa a little assurance. Nathan would get to see Audrey again, too, and after 27 years, he definitely deserved that.

"Yes, let's. I'll go get her," said Lucy before disappearing just as quickly as she had appeared. They stood in awkward silence for a couple seconds. Luckily, Lucy and Audrey returned very quickly.

Duke knew her subtle expressions; first came relief, followed by that smile. He had seen them enough times. She would never look at him like that because she didn't care about him that way. He had long since gotten used to that, so it was easier for him to be happy for Nathan when he was on the receiving end of one of those smiles.

"Hey." Nathan said only one word, just a greeting, but Audrey took it as an invitation to move closer. Lyssa inched further away until she was nearly out the door.

"So, you're the new one? What's your name?" Lyssa looked at Audrey. She seemed to debate whether she should leave and ended up staying.

"Lyssa," she said while walking back into the bar area. She stayed around the edge of the room.

"I'm Audrey."

"I know. I have to go." Duke watched Lyssa leave.

"Did I do something?" Audrey looked around at them.

"Not you," Duke replied.

"Okay. So what do we do now?" Audrey asked.

"Well, presumably if we can get her back in a better mood, Duke's and Jame's bodies are still in the barn, and she could get them. We could go from there," said Lucy.

Duke's head suddenly started spinning like it never had before. He forgot where he was and what he was doing; the pain was all he could focus on. When he could finally get up, Duke saw Connor.

"You better not try that again, or there will be much more serious consequences." Connor was only there long enough to tell them that, then he wasn't there again. Duke collapsed back onto the ground. His head still felt like it was on fire.