AN: Sorry this took so long my computer crashed and i lost my chapter,so i had to rewrite it and i still feel like its not as good as the orgnial...*sigh*... but the show must go on..
V. Delirium
Taking advantage of their surprise, Joss removed the 22 strapped to her thigh and opened fire. Once they ducked for cover she grabbed Harris by the hair and pulled her out the front door.
As they made their way down the steps a black Lincoln Town Car pulled in front of them. Joss threw open the back door, shoved Harris in and slid after her. As soon as the door shut Kara sped out of the gravel driveway and towards the front gate.
Shaw rushed out the front door of the mansion just in time to see a black car rush out the front gate. When she turned around she saw John standing behind her with a lost and confused look on his face.
"Finch what the hell was that?" Shaw replied as she tapped her ear piece while looking around their surrounds for anymore surprises.
Finch sat at his computer staring at the screen after witnessing the assailants getting away with their number. Harold felt his breath hitch and his chest tighten while he remembered the last time he saw the woman in the blue dress.
'No! Not today…where's my boy please tell him….John don't let this….'
Finch felt tears beginning to well up in his eyes as he whispered back "I….I…don't know?"
"Finch I need you to track that car down, license plate FLB-4023," Shaw sighed as she heard police sirens in the distance, she looked back towards John, as he stood stock still, staring at where the car had disappeared, "Reese! The police are on their way, we need to go."
"Who are you people and what do you want?"Harris asked in a panic.
"Where's the flash drive?" Joss demanded sternly as she sat in the back seat staring at Harris.
Elizabeth nervously looked at the woman sitting next to her, "I…I don't know what you're talking about."
"Wrong answer", Joss replied while reaching out her hand and slamming Harris's head back against the car window.
"Now I'll ask you again. Where is the flash drive?" Joss demanded as she pressed the barrel of her gun into Harris's knee cap.
"It's at my home! In my study!" Elizabeth replied with her eyes closed in fright.
Joss removed her gun from Harris's knee and sat back quietly and faced forward, as Kara headed towards Harris's home.
Kara came to a stop in front of Harris's home after forty five minutes of driving. As she opened the back door she yanked Harris out of the car and shoved her towards the house.
Kara kept her eyes alert as she and Carter waited silently for Harris to remove her keys and open the front door.
"Where's the flash drive?" Kara demanded as she closed the front door and pointed her gun at Harris.
"It's upstairs, in the safe inside my study." Harris replied nervously.
"Carter, go with her and get the flash drive. You have ten minutes." Kara commanded as she turned off the lights in the foyer and positioned herself beside the front windows as lookout.
Carter grabbed Harris by the upper arm and directed her up the stairs, once they reached the hallway; she followed Harris down the hall and into the study.
"Get the flash drive," Joss demanded as she stood near the door.
Harris quickly moved to her safe, using her finger print as she opened the door and pulled out a small flash drive. Elizabeth turned around and faced the woman who had kidnapped her from the party.
Curiosity had gotten the better of her and she had looked at the contents of the flash drive. At first she hadn't been sure, but now that she saw the woman in clear light, she realized who she was dealing with.
"The Metempsychosis Project," Elizabeth began hesitantly as she locked eyes with the woman.
"What?" Joss replied as she moved slowly towards Harris to take the flash drive.
"It's called the Metempsychosis Project. It was headed by my Godfather Doctor Hank Calvin."
Joss narrowed her eyes as she remembered the doctor who over saw her recovery and who had treated her like she was his own child.
Seeing the flash of recognition run across the woman's face, Harris continued "It's a government funded blackout project started at the end of last year..."
"I don't care. Hand me the flash drive!" Joss replied as she moved towards Harris.
"You should care because you were the governments test subject, your names Jocelyn Carter! Right?" Harris asked frantically.
Joss stopped her advance on Harris as she looked on with confusion and skepticism as Harris mentioned her full name.
"I looked at the contents of the flash drive, it's a copy that my Godfather made and he sent it to me almost 7 weeks ago, before he mysteriously died." Harris stated in a rushed tone.
Joss's eyes widen, 'They had told her that the Doctor had been reassigned. He was dead. Why would they lie to her?', Joss wondered as she looked at Harris.
"Are you sure they're still inside Harris's home Finch?" Shaw questioned as she and Reese exited the car outside the front gate of Harris's property.
"Yes Ms. Shaw, Ms. Harris's home security system was activated fifteen minutes ago," Finch replied.
"Can you tell how many people are in her home?" Shaw asked as she opened the trunk of the car pulling out a bullet proof vest and strapping it on.
"Unfortunately no, Ms. Harris only has external security cameras but the car that fled the scene, is idling outside the front door still running." Harold replied as he overviewed the external camera footage.
"Thanks Finch," Shaw replied while she loaded her gun and shoved an extra clip of bullets into her pocket. As she reached for another clip, she saw that Reese hadn't moved to suit up.
"Reese! You need to pull yourself together. We don't know how many of them are in there and I'm not trying to die tonight because you don't have your head in the game," Shaw demanded as she glared up at John.
Shaw watched as he finally started getting ready while he ignored her. Once he was ready, he shut the trunk and started moving towards the front gate.
Shaw reached out her hand and grabbed John's forearm, "Listen, I need to know now that you can do your job if you see whoever the hell your former CIA partner has with her."
John jerked his arm out of Shaw's grasps and narrowed his eyes at her "I know how to do my job Shaw; I don't need you to remind me."
Shaw glared at John as he marched away towards the house. Shaw ignored Reese's behavior, if he wouldn't take the shot she would if she had too.
Shaw tapped her ear piece, "Finch I need you to cut all the power to Harris's premise."
Kara leaned against the wall as she carefully looked out the window for any uninvited guests. She couldn't stop the frown on her face as she looked at her unused gun. Harris was lucky that she was so valuable to private defense contractors or she would have already been dead.
Kara's thoughts were disrupted she saw the flood lights in the front yard go out. A smile spread across her face as she heard the silent hum of the air conditioner shut off. She tapped her ear piece as she calmly backed away from the windows towards the back of the house.
Joss stared at Harris trying to see if she were telling the truth but before she could respond, Kara's voice buzzed in her ear.
"We have company Carter, get the flash drive and lets go."
As soon as she heard her orders Joss quickly approached Harris, grabbed the flash drive and hastily made her way out the study and down the hall towards the staircase.
Before she could make her way any further down the stairs two bullets pierced through the front door at knee level, before it was kicked in. Joss crouched down on the stairs and fired out the open door. Out the corner of her eyes she watched as Kara headed out the back, once Kara was clear, Joss headed back up the stairs. As she moved down the hallway she opened one bedroom door leaving it slightly ajar, before she moved across the hall to the other bedroom. Joss closed the door silently and stood in wait.
Once the shots ended, he and Shaw moved into the house. John moved up the stairs as Shaw moved further into the house. As he reached the top of the stairs he slowly crouched down and cleared the hallway before he continued on.
As he moved further down the hall he came to stop at a door that was slightly ajar as he pushed the door open, he quickly stepped inside and checked the room. Before he could react he felt the pressure of a foot strike the back of his legs.
As he sunk to his knees he felt an arm move around his throat. John swiftly grabbed the back of his assailant's legs and rolled onto his back, trapping the person choking him between himself and the floor. John reared up and slammed the person into the floor until their choke hold loosened. Once they let go he quickly removed the knife strapped around his ankle and pinned the person beneath him with the knife to their throat.
When his eyes finally adjusted to the dark room, his breath hitched in his throat as he stared back into a pair of familiar brown eyes surrounded by an even more familiar face.
"Joss?" John whispered as he looked into her eyes, as he removed the knife he had pressed against her throat.
Once the man removed the knife from her throat, Joss struck her hand across his face .When she tried to hit him a second time he stopped her fist and pined her arms to the ground.
"Joss! Stop! It's me John. What are you doing?" John questioned as he tried to still her movements.
"Trying to stop you and your terrorist friends," Joss replied as she continued to struggle underneath him.
"What?" John exclaimed in complete confusion as Joss glared at him.
"Joss what are you talking about? Who told you that?" John asked in a baffled tone as he looked into her eyes.
"Joss I don't know who you're getting your information from, but they're lying to you. Don't you remember us? Any of us? You helped us save people. Joss please remember. What about your family? Your son?" John blurted out in a desperate pleading tone as he looked into her eyes, silently begging her to remember her life.
Joss closed her eyes as her head began to hurt as jumbled thoughts began to cloud her focus, 'You didn't give us a name…I always pictured you in the back of my car...'
John let go of her arms and gently touched her face as she squeezed her eyes shut and her face contorted in pain.
When she felt a hand on the side of her face, the memories and voices stopped. When she opened her eyes again she was staring back into, what looked like, genuinely concerned blue eyes. Taking advantage of his guard being down, Joss grabbed the discarded knife on the floor and jabbed it into the man's thigh.
John reared back in pain as Joss stabbed him in the side of his thigh. Before he could get his bearings he felt the push of her feet on his chest as she shoved him off her.
Once she was unpinned Joss got to her feet and headed for the doors that lead onto the balcony. Without glancing back, she threw open the doors and rushed to the railing. As she looked over the edge she saw the pool, she quickly heaved herself up and over the railing and dropped into the pool below.
John slowly sat up clutching his chest in pain as he gasped for air; Joss's kick to his chest felt like a sack of bricks hit him. Once he refocused he looked towards the open balcony doors and slowly heaved himself up off the ground and limped out onto the balcony. As he looked over the edge he saw the recently disturbed surface of the pool.
John leaned onto the balcony and closed his eyes as he tried to grasp what just happened, his mind wasn't playing tricks on him she wasn't a look alike or an imposter, it was his Joss and she was working with Kara.
John looked down at the knife protruding from his thigh, determining that it wasn't near anything vital, he quickly inhaled and ripped it out.
As he looked into empty backyard of Harris' home he didn't know what hurt more; the knife he just ripped out of his thigh, the kick to his chest, or his heart.
Joss was alive, she was alive and she didn't remember anything. She didn't remember who she was, she didn't remember her family or friends, and she didn't remember him.