Kyra had expected Josh's amnesia when she induced his coma to sustain his life, but she hadn't expected it to this extent. He didn't remember anything about the past, about how the Technos came to be, nothing.

"This is all mind boggling," Josh said. It had been a day since he'd been awakened. He was bored in bed and it was frustrating not remembering who he was or how he ended up in a hospital bed. All he could remember was there was a virus that left him orphaned and a beautiful woman named Tai-San.

"I didn't know reprogramming him would totally wipe his brain clean. Ram failed to mention that in the instruction manual," Kyra whispered to Danni.

Danni only nodded. She had only heard of Ram and Mega through training, and had never seen them in person. And while there were photos of Ram plastered everywhere, she had never seen any of Mega. It seemed to her both men had good intentions that were overshadowed by competition and greed. Perhaps it was a good thing Mega's memory had been wiped. This way he could totally reimage himself.

"Secrets don't make friends ladies." Josh wasn't comfortable with them whispering. It was unnerving and he hated feeling left out of the loop, especially given his state of mind.

Kyra turned to face him, "Well it's not like you would understand what we were discussing anyhow."

"Try me."

"If you must know we were discussing the natural release of a blood flow that runs from a woman's…"

Josh put up a hand, "Please, spare me. I may not remember who I am, but I know and don't want to hear about a woman's reproductive cycle."

"Ah so he remembers something," Danni smirked.

"I remember lots of things, like how to eat, a virus wiping out the adult population, and a name not my own. "

"What is the name?" Kyra asked.

"Tai-San."

Both Danni and Kyra gasped, but for entirely different reasons.

"She was a member of my old tribe, as well as the one that enslaved me," Danni said more to Kyra than Josh.

"Well she was quite the tribe-hopper then, she was a Techno from the beginning, and the only woman who Mega made eyes for."

"So she and I were lovers?" he asked.

"Only you would know that. To the rest of us you were an asexual robot, but we all noticed the way you looked at her towards the end."

"Maybe you had better start telling me who this Mega is," Josh said.

Kyra smiled, "It is time the both of you learned how the Technos came into existence.

~0~

Tai-San sighed looking out at the shore line from her and Lex's room in the hotel. They were on the third floor and had the perfect scenic view. She felt at peace in this room, like in the old days when she was a lot more spiritual and honest.

She hadn't been totally forthright with her husband, ever, but now that they were finding their happy place, she didn't want to go any further lying to him. He had a right to know who she was.

She wiped at a few stray tears as she heard the door from the front room open.

"Hey Tai, you in here?" he called.

"In the bedroom," she said, not turning around.

"Ryan came up with a great idea, but we need your help," he said and wrapped his arms around her from behind pulling her to him.

"That's great, but Lex, we need to talk."

He pulled away then, "Those are words a man never wants to hear."

She turned around to face him then, "It's important."

"Have you been crying…?"

"Lex, I've not been completely honest with you, and it's time you knew the whole truth about my history. And please don't say anything until I've finished telling you everything."

"Okay, am I going to have to sit down for this?"

She nodded. He found a seat on the bed and drew in a few deep breaths. When she saw that he was comfortable enough, she took a few deep breaths of her own, and began.

"When I came to the Mallrats, everyone assumed I was a drifter. And that was what I was aiming for; it was all a part of the plan."

"Plan?" he questioned, but instantly clamped his mouth shut, remembering he wasn't supposed to talk until she had finished.

"Yes, the plan. I was sent by my tribe to scope out the territory, find out who was in charge, and weed out the good from the bad so we knew exactly what we were dealing with. But then I grew accustomed to your ways. I couldn't go back then. I felt like an individual amongst the Mallrats, and I fell in love."

"So what's the problem?"

"Lex, please. This isn't easy."

He sighed, "I'm sorry, go on."

"I had my mind set on remaining a Mallrat, and then The Chosen came along. Jaffa knew who I was and where I came from. So I had to join The Chosen to convince him what he was doing was wrong, but also to protect myself. I failed of course, and that's when I contacted my old tribe. If we couldn't take down The Guardian as The Mallrats, I knew they could."

Tai-San was near tears again. She knew Lex had begun to put things together in his head.

"It all makes sense. You never wanted to be found, too afraid to tell the truth!" Lex could no longer hold his tongue. He was outraged. All this time, their whole relationship, it was a lie.

"I was a Techno from the beginning. I'm the one who called in the planes. I couldn't tell you. I knew it would hurt you too much, disappearing was the next best choice, especially seeing how you and Siva were getting along."

"All this time, and I've been too stupid to piece it together. I can't believe this! So what are you spying for them now?"

Tai-San was fully crying now, "It's not like that…The Technos Lex, they're a good tribe."

"Really, could've fooled me! They kidnapped Bray, killed Pride…unleashed a second virus that caused us to abandon the only place we've ever known as home, they were the source of a lot of misery and chaos Tai-San, if that is your name!"

"That is because Ram lost sight of his vision as did Mega. That is why I set out to find the others, to restore our original vision…I didn't expect you to understand."

"No you didn't, and I don't understand." Lex stood up, "I don't understand how if you love someone how you could forget to tell them that you are in fact a Techno and out to take over their tribe as well as the city."

"It's a part of being an alias Lex. I did what I felt was right."

"Well right now I'm doing what I feel is right."

"So you're just going to walk away?"

"What would you have me do? I don't even know who you are!"

"There are two things I've never lied about Lex. That is my name and my love for you."

"Whether that's true or not, the fact is you lied. If it were me in your shoes, you'd be leaving too."

Tai-San knew that to be true. So she watched him walk out without any further protest, through blurry, tear-filled eyes. He just needed some time to process things. He would be back, she tried to convince herself.

~0~

"It all began right here," Kyra waved her arms around, to indicate it was the hospital. She had begun to tell Danni and Josh the story of how the Technos formed.

She remembered it as if it had happened yesterday. She had stood right there in a hospital room, clutching to Dragon's hand as Ram made a speech. He was a child prodigy who could easily sway a crowd with a simple speech.

"A virus has wiped out the entire adult population, and we are now responsible for our well-being. I know dozens of you are scared, and you want your mummies, but they aren't going to raise them up from the ashes. It's why I have a plan," Ram said from his hospital bed.

Kyra knew from the newspapers that he was paralyzed, and dared to challenge him. "What is your brilliant plan?"

"How much do you know about history?" he questioned her.

"What does history have to do with it?" she questioned.

"Everything! The first step to climbing out of chaos begins with leadership. The Ancient Romans didn't just sit around, they sat out to conquer to build up an empire, and that's what I intend to do."

"And how do you plan on leading an empire from a hospital bed," Kyra asked amused.

Ram snapped his fingers and immediately a tall and lanky blonde disappeared into the hallway returning with a wheelchair. But this was no ordinary wheelchair. Once the blonde helped the paralyzed, the small group gathered in Ram's room quickly discovered it was motorized, and especially fitted for him.

"Being crippled doesn't make a person incapable of leading."

"While that may be true…" Kyra began, but Dragon elbowed her in the ribs. "Ouch, what'd you do that for?"

"Shut up! We're all interested in what he has to say," her twin shushed her.

She huffed, but remained silent, as Ram went on.

"If you look out a window, you can see the kind of chaos a world without adults can create. When there are no rules and no order, the world falls apart. We need running water, running electricity, and a source of food and other resources as well…"

Kyra's speculation that Ram would be an unfit leader quickly changed by the end of his speech. He had a brilliant plan, one to restore the world to the way it was before the virus. It was a vision she had as well, and Ram had put it into words perfectly.

"There were seven of us originally. Ram, Jay, his younger brother Ved, Tai-San, Dragon, myself, and of course you Mega. We rescued you from slavers."

"Didn't I have any family?" Josh asked.

"A brother and sister, Slade and Carla. Your sister broke her neck trying to buy you from slavers. She fell trying to jump in between buildings after a ladder collapsed. And your brother, as of the past ten months, has been seen alive. You met him before I found you."

"So we grew to an empire from seven founding members?" Danni was eager to hear the rest of the story as she witnessed sorrow wash over Mega's face.

"It wasn't easy. People had a hard time taking Ram seriously from a wheelchair, so we began using technology as a way to bring people in, which wasn't hard. Soon people began calling us The Technos because of our methods and we grew from seven to twenty. Twenty turned into fifty until as Ram predicted, we became a small empire. We traveled and imposed our beliefs unto others, and like in history, when someone caused a problem we enslaved them and made them do our laborious work. Soon Ram began to lose sight of the vision he instilled in us from that hospital room, and we were forced to take action."

"By taking him out?" Danni questioned.

"We didn't know Mega would do it so brutally. Dragon and I were running things here on Techno Island, while Mega began running things in your city," she told Danni. "Tai-San reported back to us that he was beginning to be like Ram, so I headed to your city, but by that time it was too late."

She recounted the day she had found Josh, slumped over in a chair, barely alive.

The city was in chaos. People were scrambling everywhere, wondering where to go. Babies were crying, mothers were crying for their babies, and vehicles were backlogged. It was like a scene from a film, unbelievable, unless you had survived something like the virus, which most everyone had.

Kyra had made her way from the harbor through the throng of people running away, until she reached Ram's Palace. The place was a ghost town. There wasn't a Techno in sight, and a countdown sequence could be heard over a PA system.

Feeling like her trip had been a waste; she turned around to head back to the Techno boat, when she heard a thud. In the room across the hall from where she was, she could see a limp, male body on the floor. She raced to it, recognizing Mega, who had fallen out of a chair. She had been tempted to leave him there to die because of the misery he had caused, but then he began to murmur things. Things that convinced her to help him up and out of the building. When they had reached the harbor once again, the explosion from the building could not only be seen, but felt.

It was a sad scene to see. She knew that not everyone had made it out of the city, and she only hoped, like with the first virus, someone would find the antidote.

"Before you fell into a coma, you told me you had fought with Ram's computer program and won, but you couldn't stop the virus. You also mentioned things about your brother and the Mallrats. I was forced to bring you back here and re-program you to sustain your life."

"No empire in history lasted without completely destroying itself," Josh said. He was taking into account all that Kyra had just told him. He didn't remember any of it.

"That's why we need you Josh. You can help us turn this around."