Kajos: Well sorry the update took so long. I've been going back and giving some my older chapters a proof read. Can't make promises of the new chapters but I'm going to try to keep past chapters well checked.

When James woke it was to a terrifying world and a new body. There was a box making a noise at him, he didn't understand it was freezing here and he was wearing something. Where was the tent and the rest of his family? The short dry grass poking out between the rugs the women made? This was all wrong. He shouted for one of the men as he had been told to, where he ever to get lost. He prayed one of his brothers or uncles or even his father would here him. But what if they came his skin was white like the dead and he was big. Bigger than possible. Suddenly there was a man, no, a boy, he had no beard but he was huge for a boy and pale like he was. His hair was short and the colour of their camels.

He grabbed him shaking him and he cried terrified of what was happening. The man was shouting something at him one word again and again. It sounded like G-ai-me-s, he had never heard it before. It was meaningless, but so familiar to him at the same time. He knew he had to remember that word. As he quietened trying to remember the boy said other things but he didn't not listen. Gaimes….Games no that was not it. The word was some how so important. It had a counter part something tat he could say in return, D…da…

"da-ne-nel?" He said slowly looking at the man/boy.

"Yes!" Daniel said pleased that he had finally got a response. "I'm Daniel. Your James." James seemed completely lost. Daniel had run into the room when he stared yelling at his alarm in what must be some derivative of Arabic but was impossible to pin down that quickly. James starred at him slowly trying to say his name as the fog seemed to clear behind his eyes like suddenly he remembered, understood.

"Dan-eel…Dani-eel…Dan-yell…Daniel."

"That's it James. Remember who and where you are. I'm here for you. Your safe, your at home." James almost leapt out of his skin as the doorbell rang. "I'll be right back." Daniel went to open the door.

"Hey." Said Jon.

"Sorry, I was going to call. James isn't going to school today." Jon looked confused.

"He sick?"

"No, he had a dream last night." Daniel sighed.

"A nightmare?" He asked hopefully.

"A memory. I need to get back to him. He didn't remember when he woke up." Daniel said indicating to the stairs.

"Can I help?"

"Well, I have to take him into the mountain but I've got to stay late to finish the translation, so it would be helpful if you could give him a lift later." Daniel said obviously anxious to check on James again.

"Yeah, I'll swing by after school." Jon said and left while Daniel returned to James.

"How are you doing?"

"Better. I remember English. That's a good sign I think. I remember your Daniel. You're good. I can't remember why but I remember that. I'm at home; this is my room. That's my alarm clock. It's coming back."

"Good. How quickly is it coming back?"

"Quite fast. That was the doorbell just now. Jack? He gives me a lift to school every day."

"So you're remembering as your reminded?"

"Guess so. I can remember what's happened. It's started Daniel."

"I know." He threw an arm around the still a bit freaked teenager. "You'll get through it though."

James knocked on Daniels office door.

"Oh, they let you go." Daniel said looking up from his translation.

"Yeah, theirs nothing wrong and I can remember everything once I start thinking about it. You know like you always know the information is there but you don't think it all the time. It's taking a bit of extra thought but it's still all there."

"What do the MRIs look like?"

"Even more drain activity but mostly in the memory part of my brain. I forget where, but that's not a symptom of anything I was just bored by that point. Anyway, since it's started I'm no longer allowed to be alone in the house apparently. I have to have people at least in shouting distance at all times. They said if what happens this morning happens a lot I could hurt myself or someone else at some point.

"Well, I asked Jon to give you a lift home in a bit when he was round this morning so I'm sure he can hang out till I get back."

"And when your off-world I can live on base and the airmen can drive me to school… I hate this Daniel." He hated not being trusted, not trusting himself. That was the worst thing, after that morning he could see why they didn't want him left on his own.

"Look, this is going to be hard James. I know that but we'll work it out. We'll figure out how to do this," James just stared at him.

"I'm just hoping I don't go insane before hand and don't tell me that can't happen. I know some of the others did and that I'm going to have to live through that at some point."

"You won't go insane. Because when you wake up it'll be a memory and there will be breakfast waiting." James grumbled at his optimism.

"It better be a full English." He said and walked out heading for his room that had been pretty much left for him since he still spent a good deal of time on base and was likely to spend more now thanks to the new never alone edict. Plus it was good if they ever had other kids on the base terrestrial or otherwise sounds weird but that was apparently more frequent an occurrence than one might think. Either way it had a desk and a cupboard full of old computer parts he was using to try and build himself a laptop. He worked on it for an hour or so before there was a knock on the door and saw Jon standing there.

"Having fun with the soldering iron?'

"When isn't a soldering iron fun?" He threw back and Jon held up a wad of paper.

"Assignments from all your teachers."

"Great, I get to revert to the mind of a three year old nomadic tribe member and do catch up homework all in one day." James snarked his British accent jumping to the fore when layered with sarcasm.

"I heard about the new rules."

"Your just full of happy subject choices today aren't you."

"I was thinking Daniel and Jack are almost always off world at the same time so instead of you having to stay on base or anything and since your actually capable of some thing close to healthy cooking we could stay together when they're not around at mine or yours." James looked at Jon.

"Sounds good."

"Also Jack would be a lot happier if he didn't have to leave me alone in the place since he's convinced I'm going to end up having a keg party." James laughed, at least that was one thing off his mind. He might have to spend some time on base what with medicals and tests and Daniel having to go off-world or on business trips on his own bu at least sometimes he'd just get to hang out with his best friend.

Kajos: That's it hope you like. Please review.