Synopsis:When a teen girl and her father are in an accident, it leaves her in a coma that gives a man a new lease on life.

I cannot believe that I am sitting here. Never in million years would I have thought that anything like this could have happened, but here I am getting ready for a date with my boyfriend Adam. Most people would think it was normal for a girl to be sitting and doing her makeup and getting ready for a date, but I am no normal girl.
You see, up until recently, I was a man. but that's not the person I see now when I look in the mirror. I see is a 16 years old girl. Guess you are wondering, how a man wakes up in the body of a teenage girl? Even I am not sure how it happened but I am just happy that it did happen.

 

The best place to start I guess is the beginning, I had always felt that there was something wrong with me, but for years I could not place it. I had never really felt comfortable within my own skin. As a kid I used to watch the other boys my age who seemed so comfortable with whom they were.
 
I never really seemed to fit in with them and it was not for lack of trying. I just did not feel comfortable. I did have a few friends growing up most of them were girls. When we would get together and play, it was as if I was one of them. When I was with them, I did not have to pretend to be one of the boys. I could just be myself and have fun.

 
It was not until I reached my teens that lines started becoming blurred, most of the boys that I knew starting to go girl crazy and the girls that I had been friends with started dating boys. It was different for me, I did not notice the girls and found myself attracted to my own sex. It was a scary time for me, and for the longest time I thought that, I was gay and being the 1980s there was not as much tolerance like there is now.
 
There was a boy at school that I thought was cute and he asked me out a few times, eventually I accepted. Things seemed all right at first, but when he tried getting intimate with me, it just did not feel right. I started wondering if I really was gay, granted I did like him but there was no sexual attraction toward him whatsoever.
 
I had a friend her name was Jenny and the two of us were talking, she and I had known each other for years and she was cool with me being gay and the two of us shared everything.
 
She told me that most of my problem was not the fact that I was gay, the problem was that I was more of a girl then a boy. I thought about what she said, it made sense all of my life I had never really been comfortable in my own skin and always avoided activities that were considered strictly male.
 
I really did not understand anything about being transgendered; I did not even think the term existed. I did know one thing, I could not ask my parents for help. They were very religious; to them being gay would send me straight to hell.
 
I think that if I had someone that I could have talked with things would have been different, but being unable to get help my depression started taking over, as did the self hatred. By the time I turned sixteen, things had become, so bad that the only release I could think of was taking my own life.
 
I went into my parents medical cabinet and took a bottle of sleeping pills that my mom had been taking, downed them and returned to my bedroom. As I laid on the bed I thought about my life, how different things could have been if I had been just born a girl. The darkness took me and I soon passed out.
 
I guess it was a couple of hours later, when I woke at the hospital, having my stomach pumped. Mom had found me and called an ambulance that was the first attempt, but not the last.
 
They hospitalized me for 3 months after that. I remember the guilt that I felt for what I had put my family through and the embarrassment that I felt when people would look at me. I was not sure if they knew what happened, but it never stopped the embarrassment.
 
Over the next 3 years, I saw a doctor and was taking anti-depressants for the depression. I would see the doctor once a month, he would ask me how I was doing then fill out the prescription and send me on the way. That went on for 3 years, and not once did we talk about the real reason behind my suicide attempt.
 
I had good days and bad days, overtime I learned to hide my feelings and accepted the fact that I would never be the person that I really wanted to be. There were times though in my dreams that she did come out and for a short time, I was able to experience life, even if it was a dream it was all that I had.
 
Theses days people are transitioning all the time, but I missed my window where I would have been passable and I did not want to look like a man pretending to be a woman. I buried myself in my schoolwork and then the different jobs that I worked at for most of my adult life. I tried to keep as busy as I could so I would have less time to spend thinking.
 

 
That pretty much leads me to where I am today, I have been at a dead end job for the last 3 years and was giving my layoff notice. I have been living in this small town for most of my life and felt that it is time for a change.
 
I packed up my bags, emptied out my savings account, and paid for a flight. I thought about the family that I was leaving behind, but knew that it was the right choice; it was as if something was leading me there.
 
Living in a big city like Vancouver took me awhile to get used to, but I found a nice place on the outskirts of the city.
 
It only took me a couple weeks and I was working again. It was nothing special, I was just operating a phone at a call center doing technical support, but it was paying the bills. I had been working there for a few weeks when the migraines started; It had them as a child, so I just took a few Advil and carried on with my work. But over the next few weeks, the migraines became more frequent.
 
Shortly after that came the earaches, I made and appointment and went to a walk-in clinic, the doctor said that it was an infection and gave me a prescription for antibiotics that I was supposed to take for a week.
 
After taking the medicine for a week, I was still having pain, so I returned to the clinic and talked to the doctor. He asked me, if there were any other symptoms. I thought about it, my balance and coordination had been off. He was going too send me to a neurologist; but the earliest appointment was a month away.
 
Over the next couple of weeks things started getting worse. I was unable to work because of how I was feeling and I lost my job. I found myself in a state almost like motion sickness, was unable to hold food down, and started loosing weight.
 
The only thing that seemed to help was taking Gravol. I spent most of my time in bed, by the middle of the month, I went into the hospital and told them that how I was feeling, but they just sent me home without really doing anything.
 
They told me to wait for my appointment with my neurologist later that week. My speech was affected making it hard for me too express myself, let alone explain what was going on. I knew that something major was wrong and a few days later ended up at hospital, this time they sent me down for a cat scan and a MRI, it only took about a half hour for the results.
 
The doctor that seen me Dr. Gettings was his name, he was a mountain of a man, it made me wonder how anyone with hands that big could operate on anyone.
 
The doctor looked over at me and said, "John I just looked at the scans and you have a tumor and a cyst that are side by side, this is creating a large mass in your brain. We need to remove it in the next couple of days are you are not going to make it."
 
I was shocked, but not surprised. I knew something major was wrong, but having someone confirm it is another story. When the shock subsided, I turned to Dr. Getting, and asked, "What are my chances with the operation?"
 
He looked over at me,"I am going to be honest with you John, there is a good chance that you will not make it even with the operation."
 
I sat there taking in what he said, and then looked over at him, "I understand. Whatever you need to do, do it."
 
"Is there anyone that you can call?"

"Most of my family lives in New Brunswick."

"I will get one of the nurses too bring you a phone when your ready," Dr Getting said as he stood up and left the room leaving me with my thoughts.

I got up and left the ward and headed outside, I was a nervous wreck and needed a smoke. I thought about my life and how I had tried to end it in the past. Here I am now closer to death then I have ever been and part of me just wants to give up but then there is another part that wanted to hold on.
 
I thought of all the things that I had done in the past, and the person that I had become. I had been so lost in my own misery that I had driving so many people away from me, mostly out of fear. I wished that I had made different choices in my life.
 
There is one thing worse, than dieing, and that was dieing alone. At that moment I was experiencing so many emotions: Fear; hatred towards God for letting this happen to me, and eventually accepting whatever happened was beyond my control.
 
I put out my smoke then tossed the pack into the garbage. I would have no use for them after today. I made my way back to the room where I had seen Dr. Gettings. While I sat there waiting, a nurse came in and she helped me get ready for the surgery.
 
After she finished she left me with a phone, and said that Dr. Getting was talking to my father and that I would be getting a call. I thanked the nurse as she left. A few minutes later the phone started ringing.

"Hello?"

"Hi John. How are you doing?"

"I have seen better, Dad."

'I wish that I could be there with you son,"dad said sounding horse.

"I know, Dad and I understand."

"Thanks, Son."

"Dad, I know that I put you and Mom though a lot over the years and I am sorry."

"Don't worry about that now, John. That is all in the past and right now you need to be thinking about getting better," dad said crying on the phone.

"Dad you need to prepare yourself, I may not come out of this alive."

"Please John! Don't talk like that!" Dad said crying. "You will be all right just keep fighting. I know that you have been through a lo, Son. But you cannot give up. If your mother were still alive, she would tell you the same thing, Son."

"I know, Dad and I will fight. But I just do not know what is going too happen here."

"John, I know that you have had your issues with God, but maybe it is time you put your Faith in God," dad said sounding really horse.

It was then that a nurse came pushing a cart, "Dad, I have to let you go for now I will give you a call when I can."

"All right, Son, get better."

"One more thing, Dad"

"What son?"

"I love you,"

"I know, Son and I love you too."

"Goodbye."

During the next 15 minute, I had blood drawn, a captures was setup and what the nurse called a C-Line which was a wire that was inserted into a vein between my legs and carried up too my heart, during the operation it would be attached to a heart monitor.
It was impossible to sleep, there was too much on my mind. I spend most of the night praying to an unseen God that most of my life I refused to accept.
 
I hated God for making me the way I was and had wanted nothing to do with Him. But when faced with something like this you're almost willing to do anything if your life is in jeopardy. I think the praying was helping because I felt calm as I prayed.
 
Its hard thing to explain, but for the first time in my life I felt like there was a god, and he was finely listening too me. The next morning, I was taking into surgery. Everything was all right until they had me in the operating room, then fear took over, and I could not stop shaking. There was a woman in the room, just a tiny little thing, she came over and held me, she told me everything was going to be all right.

 
In another area of the hospital, there is something else going on. An ambulance had pulled into emergency, carrying a father and daughter. The father is suffering mostly from cuts and bruises while the daughter on the other hand is close to death. An hour earlier Andrew and his daughter Sarah were at a football game, Sarah was a cheerleader.

Andrew her father usually would attend the games mostly to support his daughter, but he was also a big fan, having played in college. The accident happened on the way home, they had been side struck by another car while crossing a busy intersection, the driver of the other car had been drinking.
 
Sarah and her Father were taking into emergency and met by Dr. Leo Picard, as he looked over at Sarah and told the nurse to send her down to x-ray for a Cat Scan and a MRI. Andrew called his wife Janice and told her what happened. 15 minutes later, she walked into the waiting area and took a seat next to her husband.

"Have you heard anything yet"

"They took her down about a half hour ago, she still has not woke up."

A nurse came through the doors, "Mr. and Mrs. Tanner. The doctor would like to see you; if you would come this way."

Andrew took Janice's hand and the two of them followed the nurse into a private room.

"Please take a seat and Dr. Picard will join you in a few minutes," said the nurse as she exited the room.

Dr. Picard joined them a few minutes later and took a seat across from them. Dr. Picard took a deep breath then started talking, "I just got though looking at your daughters test results, and the prognosis is not good. We have placed her on life support to keep her body alive, but the test show there is no higher brain functions. I hate to say this, but your daughter is clinically brain dead. There is really nothing, we can do for her," sighed Dr. Picard sadly.

Janice broke down crying, Andrew took her into his arms as he started crying himself, "There has to be something that you can do for her!" Andrew said as he held Janice.

"I am sorry, but there is only so much we can do Mr. Tanner, believe me if there was anything that I could do to save your daughter; then I would do it. But there is nothing medically that can be done."

"I want a second opinion."

"I understand and I will ask for another doctor to look at your daughter."

Dr. Picard stood up, made his way to the nursing station, picked up the phone and paged Dr. Jennings. It only took a few minutes for Dr. Jennings to call back.

"Hi Leo, what can I do for you?" asked Dr. Bill Jennings

"I need you in emergency; there is a family here that needs a second opinion. Their daughter is on life support and the test show that she is brain dead."

"I will be there in 10 minutes," Dr. Jennings said then hung up the phone.

Dr. Picard met with Dr. Jennings and the two of them went over the test results together, "I wish that you were wrong, but the child is clinically brain dead, where are the parents? Let's get this over with," said Dr. Jennings.
 
The two doctors made there way into the room where Andrew and Janice were waiting. Dr. Jennings took a seat across from them and said. "I wish that I could tell you that everything is going to be all right, but I looked at the test results and there is nothing that can be done. I hate to say this, but you will need too make a choice. We can keep her on life support, but that is not going to bring her back or we can let her go. Take your time and let us know what you want to do," Dr. Jennings said as the two doctors left the room.
 
"God, Leo! I hate this part of the job, having to tell parents that their going too loose there child!"

"I know, Bill, I feel the same way, but keeping that child on life support would be a sin," said Leo sadly.

"Well, I better get going. I have a comma patient that needs the test results read," said Bill.

"Thanks for the help, Bill," said Leo as the two doctors went there separate ways.

 
Back in the waiting room the two dis-distraught parents were trying to make a choice that no parent should ever have to make.
"Honey, I do not want to let her go," cried Janice.

I know, Honey. I do not either, but she is already gone. If it was not for those machines," cried Andrew.

"I know, but we cannot leave her like that, can we?" cried Janice.

"Even if she was awake and could choose herself, would she want to live having to depend on those machines to keep her alive?" Andrew asked.

"So we let her go?"

"It is the best thing we can do for her," Andrew said with tears running down his cheeks.

Andrew took Janice's hand and they made way to the nursing station.

"We would like to talk with Dr. Picard," said Andrew.

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A few minutes later Andrew and Janice said there goodbyes to their daughter and Dr. Picard switched off the life support.

Rebirth By Cain129 Edited by, Standman63 Part Two Synopsis:When a teen girl and her father are in an accident, it leaves her in a coma that gives a man a new lease on life.

John Steven recently moved to Vancouver Canada, a few weeks after arriving became sick, a few weeks later, is admitted into the hospital. Where he discoverers that he has a brain tumor and the odds were not in his favor; Sarah Tanner was in a car accident and has been placed on life support, leaving her parents to make a choice that no parent should ever have to make.  

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Chapter Four




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Inside the operating room, Dr. Gettings had been operating on John Stevens for the last three hours, trying to save his life. Things have not been going well during the operation, his heart had stopped twice, forcing him to use the defibrillator, and each time they were at risk of further brain damage because of lack of air getting to the brain, but managed to remove the tumor.

While in another room, Andrew and Janice are standing over their daughter. Dr. Picard was there along with a two nurses one was just a tiny thing compared to everyone else. Janice leans down and gives her daughter a kiss on the forehead, while Andrew takes Sarah’s hand. Janice is the first one to speak, "Honey we love you, but cannot leave you here suffering like this."

"I love you, Baby, it’s alright let yourself go. We will be together again," Andrew said as the tears run down his cheek.

"It's time, my love," sighed Janice.

Andrew turned too Dr. Picard, "Let her go."

Dr. Picard clicked the switch off the machine that was keeping her alive and soon there was a flat line on the monitor and a loud silence indicating that Sarah heart had stopped. The short nurse went over to Janice and gave her a hug then whispered in her ear, "Everything was going too be all right."

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It was at that moment that the monitor made a loud screeching noise and the lights started going out until the room was dark, on the other side of the hospital inside an operation room there was a loud screech coming from a heart monitor, then the lights started flickering and went out. When the lights came back on, John Stevens was dead. "Time of death, Three P.M." said Dr. Gettings.

On the other side of the hospital when the lights came back on, Andrew took Janice hand to lead her out when they heard a beeping noise coming from the monitor behind them.

Dr. Picard hears the noise coming from the monitor and goes over to Sarah and checks her for a pulse and finds one. He is as shocked as everyone in the room was.

He turns to Andrew and Janice, "It looks like your daughter is full of surprises," he smiles as he takes his the pen light to check her eyes.

"Doctor?" says the tiny nurse.

"Go and set up an X-ray, Cat Scan and MRI."

She scurried out.

"What is going on?" asked Janice.

"It seems that your daughter is being stubborn and refused to go."

"You mean she is alive?" asked Andrew.

"It appears so, but we will know more once we get the x-rays back and compare them to the set taking earlier."

Janice turned to look for the woman that had giving her the hug and told her that everything was going to be all right, but she was gone. She then turned to Dr. Picard and asked"Where is the tiny nurse?"

"What nurse? Mrs. Tanner, the only nurse that has been here is Becky," Dr. Picard said with a frown.

Janice knew something amazing had happened, but now all that mattered to her was Sarah.

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A few hours later, Dr. Picard was looking at the new x-rays, and could not believe what he saw, all the major damage that was in the original reports was gone, it was like somehow they had repaired themselves, and all that was left was minor swelling that could easily be fixed. It was a true miracle.

He picked up the two reports and called Andrew and Janice into the room. When they came in he was all smiles, "I have great news, if you do not believe in miracles then you really should start," said Dr. Picard with a huge smile.

Janice smiled, remembering the nurse.

"I have something that, I want to show you," he took the two x-rays and placed them on the panel. The one on the left was the first set of x-rays that showed Sarah has brain dead. The one on the right was just taken and shows only minor damage, that we can treat," Dr. Picard said with a smile.

"How is this even possible?" asked Andrew.

"Does it really matter how it happened? Just be glad that it did," she said with a smile.

"Really, I have the no answer, to be honest with you the only thing I can think of is that a miracle happened here today. There is no other way to explain it because your daughter should be dead but here she is alive and doing well," Dr. Picard said with a smile.

"So what now?" asked Janice.

"I would like to open her up to let the swelling go down and put her into a medical comma for a few days, that way she will heal faster."

Andrew smiled,"You can do whatever you need to do."

"How long before she can come home?' asked Janice.

"I'd give it about a week, then she should be able to go home."

"Thank you for taking care of our daughter," said Janice, giving Dr. Picard a huge hug while Andrew shook his hand to thank him.

They stayed with Sarah for a while but eventually headed home. Both Andrew and Janice were exhausted and needed to get some rest.

When they made it home, the answering machine was full of messages, mostly from Megan and Adam. Megan and Sarah had been best friend since`1st grade, and Adam was her boyfriend. They had been seeing each other for a year and were very much in love.

Megan and Adam had seen the accident from the school. The crash was at the intersection not even a block away from the school. Both were very irate on the phone. Janice picked up the phone can called them both and told them she was going to be all right, and would let them know when she could have visitors.

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Chapter Five




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It was around 8:A.M. as I slowly woke up, my head hurt, but not as bad as I thought it would. I slowly pulled myself into a sitting position and was able to get a good look around the room: to my right was a large window that had a view of the mountains as I looked at them I could see a light frosting of white snow on them and could not get over how beautiful that they looked.

Looking at my body: the first thing I noticed was the size of my hands, as I reached up to touch the bandage. There were other things to that I started to notice. As I ran my hands down his chest, I was shocked to discover that I now had breasts, they were not all that big, but still, they were there, I started to wonder if this was some kind of drug induced dream that I was having.

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I did not even notice that a nurse had entered the room, she took me by surprise when she said, "Good morning, how are you feeling?"

I looked over at her, "My head hurts, but otherwise I feel all right. But how long have I been here?"

"You were admitted about a week ago, Honey," said the nurse.

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I knew that something had happened to me and the body that I was in was not my own and the only way I would find out what was going on was to play along.

I looked over at the nurse, "I cannot remember anything not even my name."

The nurse came over and took a seat on the bed next to me, "Your name is Sarah Jessica Tanner; you were in a car crash. That is really all that I can tell you for now."

"Why?"

"Dr. Picard will be in later and he will want to talk to you. If you need, anything Honey, my name is Kelly. Just click this button and I will be here ASAP."

"Thanks Kelly," I said with a smile.

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Breakfast came few minutes later, the only thing about hospital food is it never tastes good, I swear that they make it like that so you are forced to get better just so you can have a decent meal. I was hungry though so I ate it and was thankful just to have another meal, even if it tasted like cardboard.

Laying in bed was driving me crazy, I wanted to have a good look at myself. I slowly climbed out of the bed, my legs were still very shaky and it was hard to walk, but I made it to the bathroom and turned on the lights. What I saw was a young girl of maybe 15 or 16 years old staring back at me. She was really pretty even with all the bruising and bandages that covered her head.

'God this is going to take awhile to get used to!'  I thought to myself. I turned and started heading back over to my bed when I started to fall. It was then I felt someone grab hold of me. I looked up and saw a man in a white coat; I knew must be Dr. Picard, "Thanks for the save," I said with a smile.

"Next time, use the buzzer. The last thing we need is to have to open you up again, Sarah,"he chided me with concern.

"All right, next time I will use the buzzer," I said.

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Dr. Picard helped me back over to my bed, "How are you feeling?"

"My head still hurts, some, that I can handle, but I do not remember anything, if it was not for nurse Kelly, I would not even know my name."

"It is all right, Sarah. Some times when people have a head injury like the kind you have, they end up with short term amnesia, everything will most likely come back in time or all at once."

"What if it does not come back?"

"Then you will have to make new memories, Sarah. The main thing is you are alive."

"I guess your right, Dr. Picard."

"Call me Leo. There really is no reason that we need to be so formal."

"OK, Leo."

"Your parents should be here soon, Kelly called them and told them you were awake."

"Thanks for taking care of me, Leo."

"It has been my pleasure, Sarah."

"When do you think I will be able to go home?"

"Anytime, you just need to take it easy for the next week. You can do that here or at home, but either way, I want to see you in a week to check your progress," Leo said with a smile.

"I guess that I would like to go home then if I can to be honest, I really hate hospitals."

Leo laughed, "So do most people, including myself. I will arrange to have you discharged, tomorrow. There are a few tests, which I would like to run first before I send you home."

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It was around 10:A.M. when I heard a knock on the door and a man and woman came into the room. They both looked to be around 40 years old. I could tell right away just by looking at the woman that they were mother and daughter. Sarah and this woman looked that much a like. Seeing the two of them made me uncomfortable because I did not know either one of them and for some reason, I was in possession of their daughter’s body.

When the woman saw me, she ran over and started hugging me, as did the man. It had been along time since anyone had show me affection, not even my own father was the kind of man that showed his feelings, other then that phone call. I could tell that he was crying, its just a shame it took me dyeing before he was able to show any feelings towards me.

After the two of them let me go, I took a deep breath and looked over at them and tried to think of something to say, then just told them what the doctor said.  I know that you are both my parents but I have amnesia and do not remember either of you, until the nurse told me this morning I did not even know my own name. He said it may come back in pieces or all at once but there is also the chance it may never come back at all.

Janice took a seat on the bed next to her daughter and took her hand, "Honey, whatever happens, you are our daughter and we will deal with it as a family."

"That is right we are a family and it does not matter if you remember us or not. We have all the time in the world to get to know each other again," Andrew said.

The rest of the day, they stayed with me and told me stories about things that Sarah had done, and stuff we had done together as a family. I did enjoy their company but found myself tiring out and was glad when they finely left and fell asleep within minutes.

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When I woke up, I was not alone sitting in the chair next to me was someone. He was holding my hand as I looked over at him, he looked really familiar, but I knew that was impossible. But there was something else about him that intrigued me. As he held my hand, I felt funny inside, it was really hard for me to understand, then all then sudden, I said, "Adam."

He smiled, "You remember me."

I looked at him. "Yes and no, when I looked at you I felt something. It felt like I have known you for all my life. Were you and I together?"

Adam smiled, "Yeah Sarah, we have been dating for over a year now," Adam said with a smile. Do you remember anything else?"

"Not really, I am surprised that I was even able to remember you,. M parents were here earlier and I do not remember them at all, but when I saw you, it triggered something."

"That is a good sign, you must still have access to your memories, and chances are you will remember other things too."

"So, how did you get in here anyway its visiting hours but only family is aloud to see me?"

"I have been worried about you all week, and could not wait any longer and I had to see you. So, I snuck in; you are not going to tell are you?"

"It will be our little secret, I could use the company," I said with a smile.

He smiled back ad kissed me.

"So, how did the two of us meet anyway?"

"We have known each other for years, we met in the First Grade, then last year, we started dating. I've always liked you, but last year things changed."

"In what way?"

"I had just broken up with Karen Summer, and did not have a date for the summer social, and I was not going to bother going but you talked me into going. When I picked you up you looked so beautiful, I could not take my eyes off you, I had seen you plenty of times before, but this was different. I knew at that moment that I was in love with you and the two of us have been together ever since."

I could not believe what Adam had just said, but I also knew that every word he said was the truth. I could feel it inside, what was going on with me; it seemed that Sarah’s memories and feelings were starting to come forth. I could see why Sarah was in love with him.

I was glad when he said that he had to get going because things were getting complicated. It is confusing enough having to deal with my own feelings, right now, but having Sarah’s too was more then I could take at that moment.

Adam leaned over and gave me a kiss before leaving and it was as if I had no control of my own body, as he kissed me I automatically responded and returned the kiss.

I could not believe what had just happened. I had just kissed a boy and not only had I enjoyed it but it made me feel all funny inside.

That night I slept like a baby, I had dreams and Adam was in them, the question was, were they really dreams or memories, it did not really matter, I was happy in them and I could feel the love that the two of us shared. I had never really experienced that kind of love when I was a male. I had been in relationships but there was always something missing. What Sarah and Adam had something special.

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The next morning, I was finishing my breakfast, when Leo dropped in,"How is my girl doing this morning?"

I smiled, "I am doing great, thanks."

"Are you still feeling any pain?"

"It is better then it was yesterday."

"So, how do you feel about going home today, Sarah?"

"I am a little nervous, I do not really remember my parents and I find it hard knowing what to say around them. That is understandable, but the only way you are going to be comfortable is if you spend time with them. It is just as hard on them. In many ways they lost a daughter and gained one that they do not really know. It will just take time, but everything is going to workout," Leo said with a smile.

I smiled back.

"I will see you next week, remember that you need to take it easy for the next few days."

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To Be Continued in Part Three

Rebirth Part 3 By cain129 Thanks To Stanman63 For Editing! Synopsis:Life is never easy when you wake up in the body of 16 year old girl, and discover that not only do you have her memories but her feelings also.

Chapter Six

It was around noon by the time before I was aloud to leave the hospital, Mom and Dad had both made the trip to bring me home, they seemed excited but I felt nervous. I did not really know what to expect. I knew that it would be safe going home with them. They were pretty much my parents now and I knew that in there eyes I was there daughter but I was afraid of what was going to happen. The time that I spent with Adam had affected me more then I wanted to admit and if Sarah’s memories were starting to surface then what else could I expect. If I had access to her memories and even her feelings was she really gone or would she resurface and if she did what would happen to me.

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I knew that whatever happened was a blessing, I had dreamed of being a girl all of my life, when it happened it was a dream come true. The cost through was immense not only had it cost me my life but that of a young Girl. That bothered me here I was living her life. Sarah was brain dead; when I took ownership of her body. Some how her body was repaired, then why am here and Sarah was not. I just could not make sense of what happened. There had to be an answer, nothing happens in this world without a reason.

I could not help but wonder if somehow, Sarah and I switched places and my body was somewhere on life support with her consciousness inside my body as mine was inside hers. Penny for your thoughts asked Mom.

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I looked over at her and said,

“I just have a lot on my mind, so much has happened and I feel a little overwhelmed.”

“Anytime that you need to talk honey, I am here for you baby,”

“I know mom but this is something that I need to come to grips with myself.”

“You have always been that way honey, never wanting to accept help from anyone.”

“I will have to take your word for that mom, I do not remember much from before. The things that I do, well they scare me.”

“Why is that honey?”

“I just don’t know how to react. I had a visitor last night, it was Adam. When I seen him it triggered something inside me, I remembered him. He said that the two of us were in love, I believe him, because I could feel it inside. I don’t understand why I believe him and my own parents are a mystery to me!”

“It is all right honey,"  Mom said giving my hand a squeeze,  "You have been though so much. Your father and I understand, what happened is not your fault, you never asked for any of this. We will build new and better memories together.”

It felt good having someone that I could depend on. for the longest time, I felt cut off from the world and felt like there was nobody that really cared about me. Having someone tell that they really did care and was not going to walk away when things were tough touched my heart and I could not help not crying.

When I was a man, I hid my feelings and most of the time that worked, but something was different now, it was as if I had lost that ability and found myself more emotional.

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It took another 15 minutes and we pulled into the driveway of what would be my home. It was a big house, and it appeared that my new family was well off money wise. Dad came around and helped me out of the car, while Aom carried in the knapsack that they had brought into the hospital for me.

As I walked through the door, I saw that the house was full of people, most of them were teenagers like me and it was a little overwhelming at first until I recognized one face in the crowd. It was Adam, and within seconds, he was at my side.

I smiled,  "Who are all these people?"

"Sarah Jessica Tanner, this is your life,"  Adam said corny smile.

The first person that I met was Megan, she was about my age. As soon as I saw her, I knew that they must have been close. It only took me a few minutes and her name came to me. Adam was about to introduce her to me but I beat him to it.

“It's Megan, right?”  I said with a smile.

“It must be pretty hard for you, not being able to remember.”

“Well, some things seem to be coming back so that is a good thing.”

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It only took a few hours for me to meet everyone in the house, not that I would remember everyone. It was all so overwhelming being around all these people, especially for someone that was as antisocial as I used to be.

Sarah on the other hand was very outgoing, and from what I had seen today, she was very popular. It was going to be a challenge living her life, because our personalities were pretty much at odds with one another.

After everyone left, Adam and Megan stayed and the three of us went upstairs to my room, with Megan leading the way. My new room was had everything a teenage girl would want: the walls were all pink, there was a double bed that had plenty of room, a makeup table that looked to be well stocked,a desk with a laptop sitting on it, even had it’s own bathroom. But what caught my attention was there were a keyboard and an acoustic guitar. I turned to Adam,m  "A I any good?"

"You've just started taking lessons.”

“I will take that as a no.”

I thought of picking it up and playing something but it would have been too hard to explain. John played guitar most of his life and was good, but there was no way that I could explain Sarah being able to pick it up that fast, it was a shame.

I always loved playing music. I put down the guitar and walked over too the makeup table, and took a seat and looked at myself in the mirror,"God my hair looks terrible!"

“It is not that bad, Megan”

“Look where they cut me! I am bald! there is no way I can hide this!"  I frowned.

Megan came over and took a look and started playing around with my hair, moving it a round and trying out different things with it,“There is something we can try, when you are feeling up to it we can go to the mall. They sell clip on hair; maybe we can use it to cover it up.”

Adam came over,"That would work, but to be honest it makes no difference to me whatsoever; I would love you even if you were bald.”

I smiled, and could not help feeling the tears forming in my eyes. I looked over at him, I could really see why Sarah fell for Adam, any girl would be lucky to have him. He walked over to me and gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

“Thanks Adam, that is sweet of you to say but I still want to try Megan’s idea.”

“I better get going, I have to be at work in about an hour. I will give you a call after school. If you are up to it, we can grab something to eat.

“That would be nice, Adam. Thanks for being here for me. I know things are messed up right now, and we really need to talk.”

“I know,"  said Adam sadly.

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I felt bad for him, and knew what he was thinking, and to be honest I really was not sure if I was really for a relationship or if I was even emotionally capable of being in one. After he left, Megan and I talked for a while, but she could tell that I was getting tired and left after promising to call, tomorrow. I guess that I was tired out because a few minutes later, I was fast to sleep.


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Chapter Seven




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I found myself sitting in a car, I had been at a football game, and I was wearing this cheerleading outfit. I looked happy, was talking with Daddy about the game, and out of know where this car came speeding though the intersection and hit the passenger side of our car where I was sitting. I felt my body rocking back and forth then I hit the windshield hard and woke up screaming.

Mom came running into my room, followed by Dad. I am crying and shaking, Dad says,"It's all right.""It is just a dream, Baby,"  Mom says as she holds me. I find myself crying into Daddy’s shoulder as he tells me that I am safe and nothing is going to hurt me.

After I finely calmed down and tell them the whole story. Daddy looks at me,"Honey, you were remembering the crash, but you are all right now."

It felt so real, Daddy, I could feel the crash, and I could feel it when I hit the windshield."

"I know baby, but it is over with now."

“Honey you should get some sleep you have to be up early. I will stay with you, tonight.”

"Thanks, Mom."

Dad stood up,"Are you going to be aright, Sarah?”

“Yes.”

“I love you, Baby.”

“I love you too, Daddy,"  I said and actually meant it.

The nightmare did more then just scare me, it released all of Sarah’s memories and I could finely feel her emotions as if they were my own.

“Mommy I remember, I remember everything even the past! Please! Do not leave me; I don’t want to be alone!”

“I will stay, Baby,"  mom said as she climbed under the blankets with me.

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The rest of the night, I slept peacefully. Maybe because I felt safe in my mother’s arms and as far as I was concerned she was my mother now. When I woke up, I found myself cuddled up close to her. As I started to move, she smiled,  “How is my baby this morning?”

“I am all right, thanks for staying with me last night, mom. I know at my age, you should not have to be doing that mom, but I really needed it.”

“It is all right, Baby; your father and I were expecting something like this to happen, eventually. No one goes though something like this is really the same,"  mom said then wrapped her arms around me and gave me a hug.

“I had better run a bath, I feel so skuzzy.”

“Alright Honey, I am going to get dressed and then put some breakfast on. It there anything special that I can get you?"  asked Mom.

“Eggs and Bacon sounds good, just do not make it like they do at the hospital. God! I hope I never have to eat there again.”

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I started filling the tub up with water, there was a bottle of scented bubble bath setting there so I poured some into my bath, then got undressed. Today was really the first day that I was able to get a good look at my body, granted I have had it for about a week, but it was always so busy in the hospital and I had been pretty much bed ridden.

I had a nice body for the most part, if it was not for the bruises,. But most of those were faded now and soon would be gone altogether. It felt good having a nice soak, most of the time when I lived as John, I used the shower and was only in long enough, so that I was clean. I hated seeing my body even it was for a short time.

Having soaked for about a half hour, I reached down and pulled the plug the noticed the state of my legs, they really needed a good shaving as did my armpits. I placed the plug back in place and picked up the razor, and started on my left leg, going carefully not wanting to cut myself. When I finished, I moved on to the next one, it really wasn’t all that hard and by some act of God, I didn’t hit any major arteries, and lastly I used the razor under each arm removing what little hair that was there. Then I reached down, pulled the plug, and let the tub empty.

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After I dried myself off, I went back to my room and started going through my closet and found a nice baby blue sundress, slipped it on, then moved over to my makeup counter. I had most of Sarah’s memories now, so I was hoping that they would help me when it came to doing my make up,. But most of those memories were somewhat detached, it felt to me like something that I read in a book and not really experienced for myself.

It took me three times but eventually I liked the results that I had seen looking into my mirror. There really was not much, which I could do about my hair. I just brushed it back the best that I could and used a Scrunchie to make a ponytail. That did the job and covered the bald spot completely.

I looked at my nails, then figured that I had plenty of time and took the pink nail polish and started working on my hands then moved onto feet, after I was finished I liked what I saw.

Then I look a look in my closet and found a pair of sandals a slipped them on my feet and headed downstairs into the kitchen.

I took a seat at the table, mom smiled,"You look good this morning,", as she sat a plate of eggs and bacon in from of me.

"Thanks, Mom. Is daddy already gone?"

"He left around 7:00 A.M. It takes forever to get into the city in the morning."

"OK."

“What are your plans for today?”

“I thought that I would just be staying in and watching TV, or playing on the computer. Why?”

“I was just thinking that it has been ages since the two of us spent a day together,'Mom said.

“What do you have in mind?”

“Well, I was thinking we could take a trip to the Spa and then grab a bite to eat.”

“Sounds like fun,"  I said and took a bite of my bacon.

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Mom and I left around 10. She did not like driving when there was a lot of traffic on the roads.The ride into North Vancouver took us about 45 minute. It was a nice drive, I hadn’t been in the city very long, when I was living as John and pretty much only went between home and work whenever I did go out.

So it was nice seeing some of the sights. It was a nice day, so Mom had put the top down on her convertible. It felt good feeling the breeze hit me as we drove.

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“You are being quiet honey,is there something wrong?”

“Everything is fine, Mom. I am kind of seeing everything here for the first time.”

In one sense, that was true. I knew that Sarah had made the trip to North Vancouver, but those were her memories, and now I was making some of my own.

“It is good to have you home.”

“It is just nice to be home, the hospital was a lonely place, especially not knowing anyone. What made it worse, was spending all that time in bed alone. I was confused and did not know what had happened to me. It was hard when you and dad visited me for the first time. It should not have been, but my memories were cut off from me. It was kind of like walking on eggshells, Mom. I was afraid of what to say, and I really did not want to hurt either one of you.”

“Honey your father and I understood. You need to know that when you died on the table that we just about lost it. Then by some act of God, you were giving back to us, granted you are different now. But your father and I understand you need to figure out who you are again. That is going to take time but there is no reason that you have to do it alone.”

“Thanks, Mom it helps knowing that I have you there.”

It only took another 15 minutes driving and we arrived at the Spa. It looked busy,"Mom are you sure they will take us? They look like there busy."

"I called yesterday and made an appointment for the both of us."

The first thing that I noticed when we went inside was the salon chairs, most of them were full with woman getting there hair done, some having manicures. There was even a strong smell, I remember from John’s childhood that my mother used to buy those home perm kits and I am sure that was what I smelled. Mom and I made our way over to the reception desk, where there was a woman working there.

"Good morning can I help you?"

“My daughter and I have an appointment for 11, Janice and Sarah Tanner.”

“We have a booth set aside for both of you, my name is Sally. I will be taking care of Sarah and Alice will take care of you, Janice. If you will follow me, we will get started.”

Mom and I followed Sally to a cubicle that had two salon chairs setup; there was another woman there that was sweeping up the hair that was on the floor who I assumed was Alice.

Sally turned to me,"Sarah, have a seat, and we can get started."

The other woman was indeed Alice, Mom took a seat in the chair next to me. Sally started removing my ponytail, when I told her to stop.

“What is wrong?”

“I recently had surgery and they had to shave part of my head”

“Let me take a look maybe there is something that I can do to cover it up”
“Alright but it looks bad. I am still not healed up, yet.”

Sally then removed my ponytail and let my hair fall free.

“I see what you mean honey, does it hurt much?“

“Not really, it only really bothers me when I put to much pressure on it.”

“Well, it looks painful to me.What happened if you don’t mind me asking?”

“My father and I were leaving the school and were sideswiped by another car.”

“Is your father alright?”

“He is doing fine; he just ended up with mostly cuts and bruises”

Sally ran her hands through my hair,"I think we can cover up the bald spot. Though I have never done this kind of thing before. If we put some extension over top and drape them over the bald spot, then we can try to blend the extension in with your natural hair, how does that sound to you?"

“If you think that it will work then sure lets give it a try.”

Over the next hour, Sally worked on my hair, cutting and styling it then she started placing the extension. While she worked, another woman came over and started doing my nails. I found it really relaxing and just and I was really enjoying all the attention. I looked over at Mom, and she smiled back and me.

Alice was giving her the same treatment that I was with the only exception was that she did not need the extensions. When Sally finished with my hair, she played around with it for a bit, then held up a mirror, and then asked me to have a look.

There was no sign of the bald spot and I shook my head a few times so that my hair would move around and the extension did there job. I could not help but smile, everything else was perfect but that bald spot had been driving me crazy but now it was, hidden and I could go out without feeling as if everyone was staring at me.

“Thank you so much, Sally. You don’t know how much this means to me.”

“I think that I do. I know that it would drive me crazy if I was in your place. You have really nice hair, Sarah. It will in grow in quickly.”

“We just have one last thing that needs to be done.”

“What’s that?”

“Your makeup, I can’t let you leave after having your hair and nails done”

I sat there and Sally did her magic. When I saw the results, I was surprised; I had though Sarah was beautiful just as she was, but seeing her now, I could not believe the difference.

I thanked Sally and told her that I would be back, then took a seat and waited for Alice to finish up with Mom. I only had to wait a few minutes. They had also done a great job on mom, and told her how beautiful she looked. Mom paid for our makeovers, and the two of us left the salon.

Mom and I had were having a great time together. The next stop was the mall for some new clothes for me. From what I'd seen, I had plenty of clothes but, this shopping trip was more for Mom then it really was for me. I could see how happy it made her being able to spend time with me so I just went along with it. After all, she was my mother, wasn’t she?

God knows how many dresses, shoes, jeans, and tops that I tried on and by the time we finished I was tired out from all the walking. I wondered where I was going to put all the new clothes that she had bought today. I would hate to be Dad when he seen the bill for today, when the credit card bill comes in. I can just see him now calling the bank for a second mortgage, well maybe it’s not that bad, but Mom did spend quite a bit of money on me.

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After shopping mom and I stopped at the food court and grabbed a bit to eat, it was nothing special, just chicken salad sandwiches, and a couple of cokes. I started noticing that the two of us were, being watched and it was making me uncomfortable.

“Is my hair alright?”

“Yes honey its fine. You look nervous. Is something wrong, Sarah?”

“It’s just that guy over there is staring at me, I thought the bald spot is visible”

“No honey, I think that he likes you.”

“Does it bother you when men stare like that?”

“Maybe at first, but you get used to it after awhile It’s comes with being a beautiful young woman, and you get your looks from me.”

“I guess that is a good thing, but it still makes me nervous,"  I said with a frown.

I wondered to myself if I really could handle all of these changes, yes I had dreamt about, what it would be like to be a woman most of my life, but for the first time in my life I was experiencing it. I wondered thought if the change was permanent or if the real Sarah would return and if she did what would become of me. I needed to find those answers.

End Of Part Three

To Be Continued In Part Four

Life is never easy when you wake up in the body of 16 year old girl, and discover that not only do you have her memories but her feelings also.

Rebirth Part 4   By Cain129 Thanks To Stanman63 For Editing! Synopsis:Life is never easy when you wake up in the body of 16 year old girl, and discover that not only do you have her memories but her feelings also.

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[Chapter 10




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It was around 2 pm when mom and I made it back to the house. Mom said that she had a few errands to run and would be back around suppertime, then was on her way.

I emptied the bags out onto my bed and started removing the tags, and placing the new clothes in my dresser and hanging what needed to be hung up in my closet. After I finished hanging everything up, I made my way down to the kitchen and grabbed a coke from the refrigerator then went back upstairs to my room and booted up my computer.

The first thing I did was pull up the obituary’s, for the Vancouver area, and set the search for within the last two weeks. There were many names on the list but eventually I found what I was looking.

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“John Allen Stevens pass away peacefully in hospital on Friday October 14, 2011, at Royal Columbian Hospital at the age of 42, Beloved son too Frank and Helen Stevens. John died of complications while in surgery.


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It was hard reading my own obituary, and it left me with feeling upset to my stomach. I shut down my computer and sat down on my bed and thought about what a wasted life that I had lived, I swore to myself that things would be different this time, I would make the most of this one. I picked up my guitar, I was the only one home so I did not have to worry about anyone hearing me play and having to answer a million questions of how a novice became an expert over night.

Music had always been a passion of mine, it had been my one real love but I could not carry a tune I just never had the voice to ever be a good singer, I had thought of going into playing music full time, but had such low self-esteem that I was never really able to follow that dream. I really did not know what the future would hold for me now. I was young again and had a world full of options.

I started playing the guitar just to check and see if it was in tune and found that it wasn’t. So I made the necessary adjustments and started play a song by Natalie Imbruglia called "Torn", and for the hell of it tried singing along as I played and to my surprise, Sarah had a really nice singing voice. I continued on to the next song, it was one by Alanis Morissette called "Ironic". I had always loved the song and she put so much energy into it.

When I was getting ready to play another song, I heard the doorbell ringing. I placed my guitar back on its stand then went downstairs. When I looked out the window, I saw that it was Megan so I opened the door and let her in.

“How are you doing today? asked, Megan”

“I am feeling much better, thanks”

“God look at you, I love what you done to your hair,said Megan with a smile”

“I know it’s great and the best part the extensions they put in hide my bald spot”

"Let us grab some a couple of coke, and head upstairs,"  I said then lead the way to the kitchen.

After we grabbed the cokes, the two of us headed upstairs to my room and took a seat on my bed.

“So how was school today?”

“It was pretty much the same; everyone wanted to know how you were doing.”

"Oh?"

“Mr. Landry slept through most of history class, was the best class I had today. Enough about me though, what did you do today beside the salon?”

“Mostly hit the stores and spent Daddy's money buying new clothes.”

“Sounds like you had a fun day, let’s see what you bought.”

For the next half hour, Megan had me model everything that, Mom and I bought. She pretty much liked everything that we bought. After I chanced back into my blue sundress I joined Megan on the bed.

“Did you see Adam today?”

“Yeah he was asking about you, he is worried”

“I don’t know what to do about him Megan, I care for him, but so much has happened. When I look in the mirror, I don’t even know who I am anymore.”

Megan reached out and took my hand,  “You are my best friend, Sarah and I love you, we will figure this out together.”

“Thanks, Megan I am lucky to have you,"  I said and reached out and gave her a hug.

“What would you do Megan?”

“That is a hard question to answer Sarah; it is hard to see it from your point of view.”

“I would like to say, I would continue seeing Adam but only you know what is right for you”

“If you ask me though, I think that Adam would wait forever, if it meant being with you Sarah”<.i>

I thought about what Sarah said, could I have a relationship with Adam or anyone else for that matter? I had spent years alone, when it came to relationships, it was one disaster after another. I had been in the closet for years, as John Stevens and had tried being in relationships with men and woman

when I was with a woman, deep down, I was jealous of her because she had everything I wanted and on more then one occasion they told me that they felt like they were dating another woman.

If they only knew how right they were and it was true, it is impossible to go against your own nature; inside I had always been a woman. There were only a few times, that I tried dating men and even that turned out to be a disaster, mostly because of me.

If I was with a man, I wanted him to want me as a woman and not a man and that was not possible but deep down I wanted a relationship and was tired of being alone. Maybe things would be different this time, the only way to find out was to try, it scared me, but it was something I had to do.

“I think that I will see how thing go with Adam.”

“Really I think you are making the right choice Sarah, He really does love you”

“I know Megan, I can feel it every time that I look at him, what scares me is I think I love him too. I just don’t want him to get hurt if thing don’t go well,"  I said with a frown.

“Sarah, just be honest with him, and tell him how you are feeling.”

Megan was right Adam and I were going out tonight for supper, It was as good a time as any to have a talk with him and explain to him how I am feeling, and who knows maybe this time around things would work out, but there was only one way to know.

“Do you have any plans for the weekend?”

“Not that I know of. Why?”

“I was thinking of calling Amy and Jessica and seeing if they wanted to have a sleep over”

“Sounds like fun but I will have to ask my parents and make sure that they have nothing planned”

“Give me a call once you know Sarah, I better get home, you know how mom gets when I am late”

I walked Megan to the door with and seen her out then went back upstairs to my room, I needed to get ready for my date with Adam. I liked the baby blue sundress that I was wearing so I decided to just continue wearing it and just exchanged my sandals for a pair of heals. Then sat down at my vanity, the makeup job they had done at the salon was still good, all I needed to do was freshen up my lipstick, and I was ready to go.

Since I had a bit of time before Adam picked me up, I thought that I would have a look around my room and see what was actually here; next to my bed was a light stand that had a drawer. I opened it, inside was an address book, with a bunch of names in there, and now that I had access to Sarah’s memories most of the names were familiar to me. I placed it back where I found it and continued looking then hit the jackpot it was Sarah’s Diary. Inside it was her uttermost thoughts, I felt guilty reading it but knew that it had most of the answers about Sarah’s life and would make my life a lot easier if I knew whom Sarah really was.

I lay back on my bed at started reading about Sarah’s life. I skipped most of the pages and just went to what she wrote within the last year, I thought that would be more then enough. Most of the entries were about, Adam and Megan, and the things that they did together. Some were about Amy and Jessica, there was one that was about a weekend party where Sarah had too much to drink, and how lucky she was that she was staying over a Jessica’s, it was all pretty normal until about 6 months ago with Sarah mentions a nightmare that she said scared her half to death.

The following night she had the same nightmare, this time she goes into more depth about what it was about, I could not believe what I was reading.

“I had the same dream again last night, Dad and I are at a football game, I am on the field with Megan, Jessica and Amy, we are there as cheerleaders, Adam is on the field, He has the football and is running with it into the end zone and winning the game for us. After the game, I say goodbye to everyone and meet Dad out front. The two of use start driving home then a car crashes into us, it hits my side and I hit the windshield that is when I always wake up.

Sarah has this dream repeatedly, right up to the day of the accident. She seen, her own death months before it even happened. I could not believe what I had just read and it really shook me up.

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I placed the diary back in the drawer where I had found it then did a quick look in the mirror and I was ready to go. Adam said he would be here for 4:30 pm, and it was quarter after four now so I headed downstairs and took a seat on the couch at about 4:30 I heard a car pulling into the driveway and too a look and seen that it was Adam. I opened the door and there stood Adam holding a single red rose.

"Hey beautiful,  he said with a smile that could melt the coldest woman’s heart. He handed me the rose, I took it and brought it up to my nose and smelled it.

“Thanks Adam, come on inside while I place this in some water”

“You look really beautiful, I love the hair.”

“Thanks, Mom and I hit the salon today, and did some shopping it was a lot of fun. How was your day, Adam?”

“I was alright but I really missed you at school, it’s not the same there without you When are you coming back?”

“I will be back on Monday.”

“It will be good having you there everyone has been asking about you.”

“We better be going, we have a table at Gallagher’s for 5pm”

Adam and I headed outside to his car, where he was a perfect gentleman and opened the door for me before going around to the driver’s side and climbing inside. The started up the engine and we were off. It only took us about 10 minutes before we arrived at Gallagher’s, being a busy restaurant it was hard to find a place to park but eventually Adam found a spot, then came around and opened the door for me and reached inside and took my hand and helped me out of the car.

I looked at the restaurant, and thought that this place was going to be expensive, then turned to Adam,"You could have taken me somewhere cheaper, this place looks expensive.”

“I know but, I don’t mind spending the money, I am just happy that you are here with me”

I could not help but smile, and then noticed that the two of us were still holding hands as Adam opened the door to the restaurant for me. Adam and I made our way up to the front and met a waiter, who showed us to our table and left use with our menus.

“What do you want, Sarah?”

“The steak looks good; I think that I will go with the steak and a salad.”

“I Think that I will have the same."  Adam said and waved over the waiter.

It took a few minutes before the waiter made it back to our table,“Good evening, are you ready to order?”

“Yes, I would like the steak, make it well done.”

“What can I get for the young lady?”

“I will go with the steak too, and could I also have a Caesar salad?”

“Anything to drink?”

“We will have 2 cokes please,"  Adam said”

The waiter then left us to continue our conversation; I turned to Adam,"We really need to talk about our relationships. Megan dropped over earlier and the two of us had a talk about things, mostly we talked about you, Just let me talk first then you can alright?"

“Alright Sarah,"  Adam said sadly.

“Megan said that I should just be honest with you and she was right.”

"Oh?"

“Things are different now; there is no way that we can go back to, what things were before."

"Why?"

“I am not the same person that I was before. I can’t help it, I care for you, and don’t want to loose you, but I am afraid that I will hurt you. If you love me, then you are going to have to give me some time to come to grips with things. I am not saying that I want to break up with you because I don’t, let’s just take things slow, alright?”

“I can live with that, I was just so afraid that you wanted too end things with me,"  Adam said”

“No honey, I really do care for you that is what makes this so hard, for me. If I didn’t care then, breaking up with you wouldn’t be so painful, but I do care for you and the thought of seeing you with someone else, would tear me apart,  I said sadly.

“Then let’s just go a day at a time no pressure,"  Adam said with a smile.

He then reached over and took my hands and started pulling me closer and before I knew what was happening I was leaning across the table and he was kissing me, and I found myself responding in kind and returned his kiss with a passion that I had never felt before, it was at that moment I knew that I would never willingly let him go.

Dinner turned out to be really good and so was the company, Adam and I talked though most of it, and I found myself, just feeling really relaxed with him now that I had made my choice. It felt good just being with him. After we finished our supper, neither one of us wanted to put an end to the night and when Adam suggested that we go to a movie I jumped at the offer.

After paying the bill for our supper Adam reach over and took my hand and the two of us made our way out to his car. When we arrived at the car he unlocked the door then opened it for me and waited till I was inside and seated before shutting my down then made his way around to the driver’s side. The started the car up and we were on our way. The movie theater was at the Westgate Mall, which was about a 15 minute drive from the restaurant. I used the time to call home and there was no answer, so I just left a message letting mom and dad know that I would be home after the movie.

After arriving at the theater, Adam and I checked and seen what was playing and decided on a comedy but the movie didn’t start for another hour, So Adam paid for our tickets in advance and the two of us decided too take a walk over to Starbucks and grab a couple of coffee’s and found a place to sit and talk while we waited for the movie.

“This is nice.”

“What is nice?”

“Having sometime alone together.”

“I guess you are right, we really haven’t had anytime alone together since I got out of the hospital.”

“It hasn’t been easy but I understand that you are getting reconnected with your parents. How are they handling things?”

“Alright I guess, Mom and I spent sometime together today, we had a day at the salon and did some shopping together so it was pretty cool.”

“How do you feel about going back to school on Monday?”

“I am a little nervous but I will have you and Megan there so it will be alright”

“If you want Sarah, I can pick you up.”

“That'd be nice Adam; it will give us sometime together before class.”

After we finished our coffee it was time to head over too the theater. We found some seats in the middle of the theater; I always liked that spot because you have the best view of the movie there. Adam had picked up an extra large pop and a big box of pop corn for us. It didn’t take long and the movie started. While I was watching the movie, I felt Adam’s arm slip around me and I found myself cuddling up to him. The smell of his cologne was intoxicating.

I looked up at Adam, he was also staring at me and before I knew it the he leaned down and kissed me, if I had been on my feet I am sure that I would have gone weak in the knees but my arms were covered in goose bumps and butterflies in my stomach. I felt truly happy for the first time in my life and was starting thinking that this time things would be different. If you were to ask me what the movie was about, I would really have no answer for you because most of it I missed but I really didn’t mind in the least I was happy to just be with Adam.

It was around 11:00 pm by the time Adam dropped me off at home, Just like earlier he was the perfect gentleman and opened the door for me and walked me to the door.

“Sarah I had a great time tonight.”

“I did too Adam, I am glad you asked me.”

“I will give you a call in the morning honey."

Adam leaned down and gave me another kiss, then looked into my eyes and said that he loved me, I smiled and said I love you too Adam. He smiled then gave me another kiss, before I went inside. As I closed the door I leaned against it trying to catch my breath. I take it you had a good night, mom said scaring me half to death.

“Mom you scared me half to death, but yes I had a great night.”

“Tell me about it honey,  mom said patting the spot next to her on the couch.

So for the next 15 minutes, I told mom everything that had happened and she just listened and seemed happy for me.

“I am glad you had a good time honey, but try not to move so fast, you have been through so much.”

“I know mom, Adam and I talked about that too were just going to take things slowly.”

“Smart Girl,"  Mom said with a smile.

“Mom do we have anything planned tomorrow night?”

“Not really honey, why?”

“Megan is having a sleep over and I would like to go.”

“Well if you want to go that is fine with me honey.”

After mom and I finished talking I gave her a hug and kiss then headed off to bed, I had a busy but fun day and was exhausted. I undressed and took a nightgown out of my dresser, then headed off too bed, the moment my head hit my pillow my cell phone started ringing. So I found myself getting back out of bed and taking my cell phone out of my purse then answered it saying hello.

“How did things go tonight”

“Adam and I talked and were going to take things slow.”

“I am glad, Adam and you belong together.”

“We had a great time tonight he took me to Gallagher’s and then a movie.”

“Cool, what movie did you see?”

“He took me to see Mall Cop.”

“Did you like the movie?”

“I guess it was a good movie from what little of it that I seen.”

“Don’t tell me you two made out for the whole movie,"  Megan said laughing.

“We kind of got carried away,"  I said laughing.

“Listen Megan, I better get to bed, it’s been along day, and I will be at the sleepover”

“Cool I will talk to you tomorrow sis,"  Megan said.

“Goodnight sis, talk to you tomorrow,"  I said as I ended the call.

I don’t think it took very long but I fell asleep pretty fast and ended up sleeping through the night mostly dreaming of Adam.

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End Of Part Four

To Be Continued In Part Five

Rebirth Part 5

Rebirth Part 5 By Cain129 Thanks To Stanman63 For Editing! Synopsis:After waking in a new body, Sarah starts accepting her new life and along the way gains a boyfriend and a new best friend, but also discovers shocking info that the real Sarah seen her death before it happened.

Chapter 12

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I woke up at around 9:30 am, after a long restful sleep, most of my dreams involved a certain young man, whom I have become quiet fond of. I never really understood. I don’t think that I ever really understood love, yes I had been in relationships but to be honest I really don’t think love played a part in any of them.

If anything it was just a lonely man looking for companionship before. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t care for those people that I was with but caring for someone and really loving them are two separate things.

Last night I felt truly alive and happy beyond believe, I wonder if this was how the real Sarah felt or was I starting to fall for Adam on my own, to be honest I really don’t think it mattered who’s feelings were coming into play because whatever happened from here on It would be my choices that dictate where this relationship was going to go.

Looking over at the clock I decided that it was time to join the living and climbed out of bed then took a few minutes to make it and headed off to the bathroom and started filling the tub with water and bubble bath and started undressing. When the tub was full I climbed inside and laid back and relaxed. I thought about my childhood and how close John’s mother was to him.

Those memories were still painful; I had lost my mother 2 years ago from Alzheimer’s. The two of us had always been close and I think that deep down she always knew that John was not the real me but was unable to accept the truth, even though the proof was right in her face. Still she loved me and was always there to support me.

Toward the end was the hardest for me, though I went as often as I could to visit her, but she didn’t know who I was most of the time, there were short periods when she would have clarity and knew who I was but those moments became very elusive the closer she was to her death. When the call finely came in from the nursing home that mom was close to death and they didn’t think she would make it through the day.

I made the drive to the nursing home to see her one last time. They had her heavily medicate but something told me that she still could understand me. I told her that I loved her and that it was alright, she could go and that I would be alright. I leaned down and kissed her then left the room to give dad sometime alone with mom, an hour later mom left us.

I think that was the hardest day in my life, Dad had somewhat of a nervous breakdown at that point, leaving me to handle all the details and make the calls to family members, I found myself unable to grieve at first but the day of her funeral the floodgates finely opened.

While I was climbing out of the bathtub I wondered if mom was watching down on me and was happy for me. I pulled the plug in the tub and let the water start to emptying then went back to my room and started getting dressed, I just chose a pair of jeans and a tank top to wear.

Then after dressing I did my makeup lightly mostly just lipstick and a little mascara. I made my way down to the kitchen and found a note on the counter from mom, gone for breakfast with Elaine, Make yourself something up, I left $20.00 in your purse for later, love you mom.

Breakfast was not really much, I decided on cereal and a glass of orange juice, I would be getting together later with the girls and would grab something then. After I finished I rinsed the dishes and placed them in the dishwasher, and walked over to the phone and called Megan.

“Hey Sis, what are you up to”

“Not much, just finished breakfast and was going to give you a call.”

“Cool, so when did you want to get together with Amy and Jessica?”

“Anytime really, I was thinking it might be fun to hit the fair at Ryerson Park and maybe hit the mall.”

“Sounds like fun, so when do you want to leave for the fair?”

“Give me about 15 minutes Sarah and I will pick you up, then we can head over to get Amy and Jessica.”

“Alright Megan I will be waiting out front, see you then Sis. “

“See you, Sarah”

I spent the next 15 minutes, just relaxing on the couch reading a magazine then looked at the clock and made my way outside locking the door behind me. I only had to wait a few minutes before Megan pulled up in her mother’s car.

I climbed into the passenger side and put on my seatbelt. Then the two of us were off. Amy and Jessica were lived next to one another, so we met them out side of Amy’s house and waited. We didn’t have to wait very long before they were climbing into the back and the four of us were on our way.

Our first stop was at Starbucks, it was Megan’s idea, she felt it would be a good way for me to get used to Amy and Jessica. I had to admit that even with Sarah’s memories of them. I was still shy around new people, that was one of the characteristics that had kept John from building lasting relationships and it appeared to have followed me into my new life.

“How are you doing?”

“Alright just kind of lost, I remember the both of you but it hard to explain, it’s sort of like reading a story and knowing it from cover to cover but not experiencing it for yourself that is how my memory is most of the time”

“That must be confusing at times asked Jessica?”

“Yes but I am starting to get used to it, things could have turn out a lot worse”

“True you are lucky to even be alive; do you remember anything from the crash?”

“I had a nightmare the other night of the crash; it scared me half to death, I felt the crash the pain of hitting the windshield, it was really scary stuff."

“Well let’s put the crash and everything else behind us, and look towards the future," Megan said with a smile.

I wished that I could be honest with someone about what was really going on but knew that sharing the truth would be more trouble then I was worth, still I wish that I had someone that could help me figure things out.

“You must be happy about being back in school on Monday.”

“Yes it will be good to get back on with my life again.”

“When will you be able to come back as a cheerleader?”asked Jessica.

“It will be at least a couple of weeks before I can join you; I still have to see Dr. Picard for my follow up appointment and my stitches need too come out first.”

“It will be good to have you back, things haven’t been the same without you there."

“Yeah everyone is asking about how you’re doing, even most of the teachers having been asking," Amy said.

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After we finished our coffees at Starbucks, we made the drive to Ryerson Park. It took a few minutes but Megan eventually found a place to park and the four of us made our way to the park. There were people everywhere and lots of booths setup all over the place.

Some were selling jewelry, trading card and other stuff. I was the physic booth that caught Megan’s eye and she wanted us to go for a reading, as for myself I never really believed in that kind of thing but my friends on the other hand seemed interested in that sort of stuff.

So I went along for the ride and followed them inside. There was an old woman sitting behind a table, who welcomed us as we made our way inside her booth.

Over the never 20 minutes she did Megan’s, Amy’s and Jessica reading. Then she turned to me and said I see we have a specptic here, please take a seat and we will see what your future holds. She reached out and took my hand then said this is interesting,

“What is interesting?”

“With most people I only see one lifeline but with you I see two.”

I started too feel nervous that she was the real thing and was about too blow everything and tell everyone in the room my secret. She looked over at the other and said, what I have to tell her is personal would you mind waiting outside. When it was just the two of us she said.

“Your future is tricky, I see that you have faced death not one but twice.”

“You are not the original owner of this body are you?”

I didn’t know what to say or think with seconds. She new the truth about me, I could have denied it but what would that prove she was able to see right through me.

“I looked at her and said no I am not, and I have no idea why I am here”

“You were brought back for a reason child; I can’t really tell you what that might be unlike others your future is blurred for whatever reason you were brought back.”

“In time I believe you will find the answers that you are looking for. Just remember one thing nothing in life happens without a reason.”

“I can tell you one last thing you are being watched so be careful.”

“Who is watching me?

“I don’t know but be careful child.”

As I left the booth I was feeling completely lost what was going on how did she know these things about me, and one last quest, she said that I was being watched, but by who she had no answer for me. When I approached my friends they could tell what was wrong and Megan was the first to speak.

“What is wrong Sarah?

“She just told me a whole bunch of stuff that I only knew.”

“That is what she does," Megan said with a smile.

“I know but it still took me by surprise how much she got right”

“Enough of the supernatural unless it involves Dean and me," said Amy, referring to the TV Show Supernatural.

“Yeah lets get something to eat," Jessica said grabbing my hand and leading the way.

The girls knew that what I was told shook me up and wanted to take my mind of things; I just went along for the ride, and it didn’t take long and I was back to my normal self, The four of us went to one of the venders that was selling hamburgers, hotdogs, I ordered a hamburger and a coke, then join the others at the picnic table.

While I was talking with the girls my cell phone started ringing, so I reached into my purse and pulled it out when I seen the number, I knew that it was Adam.

"How’s my girl doing?”

“I am doing great honey, just hanging out with the girls, what are you up too?”

“Just missing you.”

“I smiled you seen me last night”

“I know Sarah, but I always miss you when we are not together.”

“Someone is a hopeless romantic.”

“Only for you baby”

“Can I see you later?”

I thought about it but wanted too spend sometime getting to know the girls better and as a guy, I was never able to experience life as a girl and this was a big part of it. So I told him what was going on.

“Sorry were doing a girls night, but if you really want to join us I am sure we can find something for you to wear, I said giggling”

“That’s alright; I just remembered the guys are playing poker.”

“You sure honey, I got the perfect outfit for you to wear.”

“No baby I think that I will pass, have a good time tonight’

“I love you Sarah”

“Love you too Adam," I said as I ended the call.

I thought about what Adam and said, did he really love me, or was it Sarah that he really loved life can be so confusing, but I loved him and that was good enough for me. I was pretty happy after talking with him and I think it showed

“God Sarah you are, so mean to him.”

I laughed,"Really? I did invite him. didn’t I?”

“You are lucky he is in love with you girl," Jessica said.

“They make a great couple, don’t they," Megan said.

“Yeah that is because there both nuts," Amy said, causing everyone to laugh.

It was around 4:P.M. when Megan dropped me off at home, she was going too pick me up for 7pm and Amy and Jessica were going too meet us at Megan’s house. I found Dad sitting on the couch and ran over and gave him a hug. Hi baby sorry I haven’t been around work has been keeping me busy; I had a lot to catching up to do.

“How’s my girl?”

“I am doing great Daddy; I am going too sleep over at Megan’s tonight.”

“Guess that you girls will be up most of the night then.”

“Yeah, not sure about myself though I still find myself tiring out pretty fast.”

“Well have fun tonight; feel like going for a drive with me.”

“Sure but I have to be back here for 7"P.M. that is when Megan is picking me up”

“Your grandparents have been asking about you.”

“I thought we drop over and visit for a bit.”

Dad and I arrived at Sarah’s grandparents at around 5 pm, I was nervous about meeting them for the first time, so much has been happening lately and I was finding it harder to hold things together, Yes I was happy for the most part but I also had all of John’s insecurities but I pushed his down as far as I could and walked through the door of my grandparents home and met by two very happy old people that were hugging me before I knew what had happened.

Daddy and I stayed for supper where I was answered all there questions, most of them were about the accident and my memories. I told them what I could and they seemed fine with that. After supper I joined grandma in the kitchen and helped her with the dishes while dad and grandpa talked in the living room.

“You seem so much different Sarah.”

“I guess in some ways I am different grandma”

“I can remember things now but, I don’t really now who I am anymore.”

“Give it some time, baby and try not to push your self so hard, you may never find the person you were but you still have your whole life in front of you.”

“I know Grandma but, I feel so guilty inside, Mom and Dad want their daughter back and I can’t bring her back, all that is left is me.”

“There is nothing wrong with you baby, you still are the same person you were before, do you love your parents?”

“Of course I love them.”

“Then that is more then enough baby, stop trying to be something your not and just accept what you have.”

“Thanks, Grandma I think that I needed that.”

Grandma and I joined Dad and Grandpa in the living room, I found myself warming to them Grandpa told some really funny stories, about how he had met Grandma, and it turned out that my great granddad didn’t like him. Which really made it hard for Grandma and him to date, but eventually Grandpa wore him down and was able to marry Grandma. It was nice visiting and when it was time for us too leave I gave them a hug and kiss, then said thank you too grandma.

“What was that about?"

“She helped me with some problems I was having.”

“Oh, is everything alright?”

“Yes daddy I am fine," I said leaning over and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

After arriving home I had and hour to kill so I went upstairs too my room and started packing up my overnight bag, and tried too think of what I would need, having never been to a sleepover before this was all new ground to me. So I decided on just the basics a change of clothes, a nightgown and I packed up my makeup, just in care it was needed. Once I had everything packed went over to my computer and booted it up and did a little searching around.

I googled brain transfer but found mostly science stuff that made little sense to me so then I typed in supernatural brain transfer and found nothing but a lot of crap on TV shows and comics, none of that would put me any closer to an answer.

If there was even on but the physic said that there was a reason for what happened I just needed to find it. I started thinking about outer body experiences what would happen to anyone that was in that state and there body died? Could that be the answer that somehow my conciseness found the first available body that was compatible? That seemed to make more sense then anything else so far but could it be proving.

Shutting down my computer, I took my knapsack downstairs along with my sleeping bag and set them next to the door and went into the kitchen and found Mom was sitting at the table doing a crossword, I walked over to the fridge and took out a can of coke and open, and took a seat across from mom.

“Where did Dad go mom?”

“He went over too your uncle Mason’s there playing cards tonight.”

“So it’s just you here tonight mom?”

“Your aunts Stella and Jean are coming over tonight, and were going to watch a movie and have a few drinks together.”

“Cool mom, I would hate seeing you home by yourself.”

“When is Megan picking you up?”

“Looking over at the clock, she should be here in about 15 minutes or so.”

“Well have a good time, tonight honey.”

“I will mom, and say hello for me to, Aunt Jean and Stella.”

“For sure baby.”

Megan arrived a few minutes later and the two of us were off her place, it was going to be an interesting night, and I was looking forward to spending time with my new friends. I guess that Grandma was right this was now my life and needed to accept it.

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End Of Part Five

To Be Continued In Part Six

Rebirth Part 6 By Cain129 Thanks To Stanman63 For Editing! Synopsis:Sarah starts accepting her new life and along the way gains a boyfriend and a new best friend, but also discovers shocking info that the real Sarah seen her death before it happened.

Chapter 14

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It has been a month since that fateful day, when I was graced with this new life, Things have not been a walk in the park though, but considering what my life was like before It’s a 100% improvement. The doctor has finely cleared me to return to cheerleading, though I am not really sure it is for me.

My friends all seem to want me there and I do have fun while we are together, but there is still this piece inside of me that feels empty and I am not really sure what it is. It’s like something inside me is expecting something bad to happen, maybe it is the dreams that I have been having.

At first, I thought that it was but a one time thing, but every time I relive the last moments of Sarah’s life, I am afraid that I will not wake up. This has affected me in almost all areas of my life.

I have found myself snapping at people that I care about mostly because of my lack of sleep, Mom and Dad have been trying to talk me into seeing a doctor, but to be honest, I hate those quacks.

I had spent years seeing them when I was John and what good did they really do for me, but they are my parents and I would do anything for them, so I agreed to see the doctor.

“Sarah pay attention yelled Mrs. Harris our Gym coach.”

“I am sorry Mrs. Harris; guess my mind was somewhere else”

“That’s fine Sarah but try to stay in the here and now at least until practice is over”

Mrs. Harris was right, if I wasn’t careful someone was going to get hurt, either me of one of the other girls. Cheerleading always looked so easy, but looks can be deceiving. There are plenty of ways that one can get hurt especially when doing a pyramid, one bad grip or stance could send someone falling.

“It’s alright Sarah, you will get it.”

“Thank Amy, but I am not really sure that this is for me anymore.”

“Don’t say that Sarah, it would not be the same here without you.”

“I am committed till the end of the season, so I am not going to quit, but I think that I might try something else next year.”

Where we finishing practice, Megan invited me over to her place; once the two of us were alone in her room, she turned to me and said, “What is going on Sarah, you haven’t been yourself now for weeks?”

“Nothing Megan, I am just having nightmares and it’s affecting my sleep.”

“What are they about?”

“I keep reliving the car crash.”

“Maybe you need to talk to someone about it; you have been through a lot lately."

“Mom and Dad said the same thing; I just don’t see what talking about it is going to do.”

“I just want to forget everything that happened and move on.”

“Maybe that is the problem Sarah, you are trying to act like what happened hasn’t bothered you and the truth is you died and came back."

I thought about what Megan said it was true, Sarah and John both died that day and I am sure Sarah wanted to live just as much as John. Maybe everyone is right that I needed to talk to someone about things, but how could I really be honest with a doctor?

The truth was unbelievable; it made me think about how things were after John tried taking his life as a teenager and how he had no one that he could talk to about what was really wrong.

“Megan there are things that you don’t know about me. And to be honest, if you did, I am afraid you would think that I was crazy and I would loose you as a friend. But it is so hard keeping the truth from you. I have never felt closer to anyone then I do with you and the thought of loosing you is more then I can bare.”

“Sarah there is nothing you could say or do that would ever make me not want to be your friend, we're sisters and always will be.”

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I thought about what she said, could I trust her with my secret? I was so afraid of loosing everything that I had but being completely alone with no one to turn to was a thought I didn’t want to deal with. I knew she loved Sarah as a sister and deep down I felt the same way for Megan.

“Megan, do you remember the talk that we had, when you said that I seemed like two different people?”

“Yes I do Sarah, but what does that have to do with anything?”

“I am not the same person that you knew, I don’t how it happened but I woke up in Sarah’s body and over time found that I also had access to her memories and her feelings.”

“I don’t understand, if you are not Sarah then who are you.”

“My name was John Stevens, and I died from a brain tumor.“

Megan just stared at me, for a few minutes trying to make sense of what I had just told her. I could tell she was trying to figure out if this was a big joke, then she turned towards me, “If you are here, then where is Sarah?”

“I think the real Sarah died, the doctors don’t really know how I am even alive, but by some miracle her body repaired itself, and then I woke up in her place.”

Megan looked at me as if trying to figure out what to say then turned to me,“I am not sure what to believe, you do seem different, but I can still see my best friend."

“That is because I have her memories and everything that she felt I also feel inside. She loved you like a sister Megan, and when she left, I inherited those feelings along with the feelings that she had for Adam.”

Megan looked lost in thought for a few minute, taking in everything that I had told her, it was a few minutes before she spoke again. Then she turned to me, “Sarah, this is all a little hard to believe, but I also know you well enough that you wouldn’t make up something like this. You never had a sick sense of humor, I think you really believe what your saying, but I can’t believe that it's true.”

I knew that there was only one way that I could prove to her that I was not crazy and turned to her and said, “Megan, it is true and I can prove it.”

“How? asked Megan.

“If you get your dad's guitar, I will show you something.”

Megan left for a few minutes then returned and handed it to me,“The real Sarah was just starting to play right, Megan?”

“Yeah she could barely play.”

“I started playing The Climb by Miley Cyrus and as I played the song I sang the lyrics.”

I had never played the song before but had heard it so many times on the radio that I was able to play it all the way though and only struggled with a couple of the cords, but only a musician would really have noticed that I was playing using the wrong cords. When I finished I continued into another song called Beautiful by Christine Aguilera. That one I had played plenty of times and could play it right though without any trouble.

When I finished playing the songs I sat the guitar down on Megan’s bed, and looked over at her, and could see the shock in her eyes, “I have been playing for years Megan, if you name the song I can most likely play it”

“Alright, I believe you. But I still don’t understand how any of this is possible.”

“That makes two of us, Megan.”

“Why tell me though, you could have just continued and no one would have known?”

“Megan, you are like a sister to me. I needed someone that I could trust, you don’t know how hard it’s been, I felt so alone and had no one to turn too.”

“It must have been hard for you going from being a guy to a girl over night, but you carry yourself really well, almost like you have been one all your life, is that because of Sarah’s memories?”

“Not really. Her memories do help when it comes to certain things, but I lived for 40 years as a man, but inside, I had always been a woman. There was nothing I could do about it. You see, even if I had tried, I would never have passed, I wanted to look like a woman and not a man pretending to be one.”

“I don’t think that you should tell anyone else Sarah, most people wouldn’t believe you and if your parents found out they would likely send you to a doctor, and god knows they might end up hospitalizing you.”

I thought about what Megan had said, she was right, even telling her was a risk but in the end it was worth it. I now had someone that I could confide in and no longer felt so alone, she knew the truth now and seemed to accept me.

“I can see now Sarah, why you were so hesitant when it came to dating Adam?”

“Adam is a great guy Megan, and when I am with him I can’t help but love him. I don’t really know anymore if the feelings that I have are Sarah’s or mine, but deep down It doesn’t really matter. I love him and he loves me, that is all that matters.”

“You are right, Sarah, he does love you and who knows, and someday I may end up being a bridesmaid when the two of you get married.”

“Well Megan, I better get going, Mom should have supper almost done.”

“Alight, Sarah. I will see you at school tomorrow and thanks, I know it was hard for you too tell me the truth but I appreciate your honestly, and if you need me I am here.”

“Thanks, Megan I will see you tomorrow.”

I felt much better as I walked home, Megan was still my friend, and I knew that her loosing Sarah was hard, but part of Sarah would live on through me. Megan and I would always be like a sister now at least that was how I felt.

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Sitting in an office on the other side of town is a woman; she is typing something into her computer when her phone rings.

“Hi, Anna," says the woman calling.

“Hi Vicky, do you have anything to report”

“I have been watching her Vicky, but at the moment. I have nothing to report.”

“Anna, shouldn’t we have seen something progress by now?" asked Vicky.

“Nothing like this has been done before, it could take time before we see results.”

“I think that we made a mistake Anna, we should never have waited.”

“Maybe Vicky, but it’s to late now, we are already committed.”

“Do you want me too bring her in, Vicky?”

“No Anna, call Carol, she can do a scan and tell us what we need to know.”

“Vicky, Sarah may not be strong enough, the last thing we need right now is to loss her.”

“We need to know, it’s been over a month Anna. If we wait god knows what will happen.”

“Alright Vicky, but I think bringing Carol in is a mistake, but that is up to you, I will keep and eye on here and call you back, bye Vicky.”

Anna types into her computer Status of “John Stevens / Sarah Tanner Unknown”

Caroline Connors is being brought in and a Scan has been authorized.

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End of Part Six

To Be Continued In Part Seven

 

Synopsis:Sarah starts accepting her new life and along the way gains a boyfriend and a new best friend, but also discovers shocking info that the real Sarah seen her death before it happened.

 
I have found myself lying on a bed, there are machines all around me and wires attached to my body, I try to move but can’t, I am completely paralyzed. All I can do is watch, I can hear a commotion outside my room, and it is Mom and Dad talking to someone else.

I am not alone, there is someone here with me, I feel the jab of a needle as it pierces my arm. Inside the area where the needle went in it feels like something is moving inside me. It is at that moment that I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock.

As I wipe the sleep out of my eyes, I am disturbed with the dream that I awoke up from, it was the first time that it had happened, I knew that it had to be related to the accident because I had seen the crash first and that was what followed. What did it mean, or was it just my imagination?

I climbed out of bed and walked over to my vanity and reached inside and took out my nail file. Then thought to myself 'Sarah, your being crazy', then took it and jabbed the point into my hand.

It hurt like hell and I was bleeding, I then grabbed some tissue and wiped the blood away and watched as the cut started sealing itself, within a minute there was no sign of the wound.

I walked over to my bed and took a seat as the shock of what just happened subsided, 'Alright', I thought to myself. 'That explains Sarah’s miracle recovery, but how is that even possible?'

It didn’t take a genius to realize that there must have been sometime in that needle, but how did I know? I had not taken ownership of Sarah’s body till much later and Sarah was brain dead, so how would she even have a memory of those events, and if they injected Sarah with whatever this stuff was, did they do the came with John?

After I took my bath and got dressed, I made my way downstairs and found Mom in the kitchen making breakfast and took a seat at the table.

“Good morning, Honey," Mom said with a smile.

“Hi Mom, need any help?”

“Thanks, Honey. But I am almost done.”

"OK, Mom."

“You look like you had a hard night, Baby.”

“I am still having the nightmares, just wish they would stop.”

“They will, Baby, what happened takes time. The physical scars maybe gone, but emotional ones take longer to heal, Sarah.”

Mom was right the emotional scars would take time, it would have been so much easier if I had started without Sarah’s memories and was able to just build my own, but I didn’t really have that options and had no choice but to take her feelings into consideration. Because like it or not, they were part of me now.

Being the weekend, I really didn’t have any plans, so when the phone rang with Adam wanting to know if I wanted too get together, I was happy and said that I would meet him out front in an hour.
 

 
I ran up to my room and changed into my little blue sundress and spent the next half hour doing my makeup and hair, I wanted to look perfect for him, I couldn’t help but laugh to myself when it came to the time that I took getting ready for a date now. When I was the guy, it only took minutes, you know a quick shower, get dressed run a comb though your hair a little cologne and your ready.

 

Being a woman wasn’t always a walk in the park either, at least for those three days a month. The first time I had my period, it scared the hell out of me waking up covered in blood, and I would have to say for those few days, I wasn’t all that fun to be around, but it was a small price to pay for the gift of finely being complete mentally and physically.

As I make my way downstairs and grab my coat from the closet then head into the kitchen, I find Daddy has finely decided to join the rest of the human race, I walk over and give him a kiss and a hug, “Good morning, Daddy.”

“Good morning, Princess. Where are you off too?”

“Adam is picking me up, I am not really sure where were going, yet.”

“Give us a call once you know, Baby," Mom said.

“Do you have money for a cab if you need it Sarah?"

“Yes, Daddy and I have my cell with me.”

Before leaving, I gave Ma hug and kiss, she then told me to have a good time, I smiled and said I always have a good time with Adam. Then said 'goodbye' and headed outsider to wait for my boyfriend.

 

 

  
Anna Davidson walked into her office placing her coffee on her desk then hit the message button on the answer machine. The only one that she seemed to take notice of was one by a Carol Baker, who was going to drop by the office at 11:P.M. She then booted up her computer.

While it was booting up, she hung up her coat and took a seat at her desk, she was about too check her email when the computer started making a beeping noise which mean there was an upload in progress, causing a new window to open. The title of the new page said,
The Nanites Project,
.
When the download was complete, looked at the information. It stated that a repair cycle was activated on Sarah Tanner at 8:A.M. and repairs were completed at 8:02A.M. She then used the computer to confirm the status on Sarah, but received no response from the Nanites.

Something wasn’t right, she should have received a response, but no matter how many times she tried there was no response. She then switched to the GPS and found Sarah was at home, she then picked up the phone and made a call to Carol Baker.

“Hi Carol, we have a change of plans, forget the scan for now, we need an extraction.”

“What happened?”

“There is a malfunction with the Nanites, we need her brought in."

“Alright, do you have a location on her?”

“She is at home Carol make sure she is alone, we don’t want witnesses.”

“I will call you once I have her, Anna.”

“Alright, I will get the lab ready for her, see you later, Carol.”

 

 

Sarah waited outside of her home for about 5 minutes, when Adam pulled into the driveway and put the car into park; I ran over and climbed into the passenger side then leaned over and gave him a kiss,“Can I take that as a sign that you’re happy to see me.”

“I am always glad to see you, Honey, so Adam what is the plan?”

“No plans, I just wanted too see you.”

I couldn’t help but smile,"I am glad you called.”

“I know we see each other everyday, Sarah, but it’s nice having time alone together.”

“I know how you feel Adam, It will be nice once the summer is here and we're off.”

“That will be nice, Sarah. Maybe we can get the gang together and have a camping trip.”

“Well, you can count me in as long as you are there.”

Adam put the car in drive and the two of us were off, as we drove I reached over and switched on the radio and played around till I found something I liked, it was an old rolling stones song called Angie.

We just drove around for the next hour then I we pulled on to the highway and started heading out of town,“Where are we going, Adam?”

“It’s a surprise, Sarah.”

“How about a hint?”

“No hints, Baby you are just going to have to be patient.”

I smiled and shook my head, wondering what he was planning. We drove for about another 45 minutes and then hit the turn off to Whistler Mountain. When Adam turned onto the road, I knew now where he was taking me.

After finding a place to park Adam came around and opened the door for me and helped me out and took my hand in his. He then lead me to a path, making me wish that I had brought my sneakers instead of just my sandals, but the path was paved, so it wasn’t to bad as long as we stuck to the main trails.

“This is beautiful, Adam.”

“Not as beautiful as you are," then leaned down and kissed me.

I looked into his eyes,"You know that I love you, don’t you Adam?”

“I love you to Sarah, and I always have and always will.”

Hearing those words brought tears to my eyes and before I knew it we were kissing again.

The two of us walk for awhile then found a bench and rested, I found myself snuggling up to Adam with my head on his shoulder just enjoying myself. He had his arm around me and just held me. I had never felt as completely happy as I did at that moment.

It was at that moment he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small case. He looked at me,"Sarah, I know were too young to get married, but if I would marry you right now. But something tells me your parents would kill me. But I don’t see any reason that I can’t give you this,".

He handed me the box, when I opened it, I found tears in my eyes once again, inside was a engagement ring.

“I love you Sarah, and I don’t care how long it takes, I can wait.”

As I wiped the tears from my eyes, I smiled and said,"Yes, Adam."

He took the ring and slipped it on my finger, then leaned over and kissed me, the two of us just stayed there for awhile before, he took my hand and we started walking.

We soon found a nice restaurant and went inside, Adam ordered fish and chips for the both of us along with a couple of cokes, I just couldn’t stop looking at the ring on my finger, and at the same time could hear Mom and Dad going on about how I would take things slowly with Adam. Yeah this was taking it slowly, agreeing too marry him.

I would deal with that bridge when I came to it but for now, I was with the man that I loved and nothing else really seemed to matter. The two of us had a nice dinner and we talked almost the whole time.

I had never really been the social butterfly and because of my past, I was afraid that those tendencies would follow me into my new life, but I was starting to realize that those problems were mostly of my own making.

I spent years hating myself and wondered why I could not have a lasting relationship ship. The answer was right in front of me, I loved myself and no longer hated the person that I am. John never found love for one reason; he hated his life right up till the end. Sarah loved her life and everything that went with it. It all comes down to one thing, how can another person love you when you can’t love yourself?

Adam had to be home for 5:P.M. to help his father; the drive home would take a couple of hours, but we talked most of the way. I had this strange feeling. There was this brown van that almost seemed like it was following us. I really couldn’t make out the driver because it stayed far enough behind, but it seemed to be with us all the way home.

By the time we reached my home, I didn’t see it and thought it was just my imagination playing tricks on me. After Adam pulled into my driveway, I noticed that Dad's car was gone, which meant that they were mostly likely gone.

I looked at Adam,"Do you want to come in for awhile?”

“I would like to Sarah, but I have to get home.”

“Alright Adam, call me later" I said then leaned over and gave him a kiss.

Adam waited till I was inside before he left as I locked the door behind me, I plumped down on the couch, just in shock how my day had been, I looked at my ring and just smiled, I was engaged, how did that happen, I knew but it was still unbelievable. I walked over and picked up the phone and called Megan.

“Hey Sis, what are you up too?”

“Not much, Sarah just waiting for Jessica and Amy to get here, we were going to watch a movie you want to come?”

“Sounds like fun, when should I come over?”

“Now if you want, you can tell me how things went with Adam.”

“How do you know about Adam?”

“I called and your mom, said the two of you went out.”

“Alright Megan, I will be over in a few, see you then bye.”

After locking up the house I started walking, I was about a block from home when I felt a sharp pain in the side of my neck, when I reached up I felt something and pulled it out it was a dart, I then went weak in the knees and fell to the ground, I tried to yell out for help but went unconscious before I could get a word out.

A woman followed by two big men came out of the bushes,"Get her to the van. We need to get her back to the lab before the tranquilizer wears off." They then picked up the unconscious girl and placed her in the back of the van.

The woman took out her cell, and dialed a number,“Anna, it’s Carol we have the girl and were on our way, is the lab ready?”

“Yes the lab is ready Carol, see you when you get here, bye.”

  

 

 

Synopsis:The Hidden pieces of Sarah’s Life are finely coming into view a dream leads her to a new discovery that she has the ability to heal herself but the more she learns the greater the danger, and is kidnapped by the same people that saved her life.

 

 

 

 
Sarah awakens to the sound of Machines beeping and finds herself unable to move, as she looks down she sees straps on her hands and feet that are holding her firmly in place. When she looks around she sees various items, there is a window in the room that overlooks the mountains, and there is also the sound of a train far off in the distance.

 
I start trying to free myself but the straps that are binding my hands are too thick.

“Please remain calm Sarah," a woman in her late 40’s said as she entered the room.

“Why am I here," I said in anger.

“We need to run some tests, then we will explain everything not that you will remember any of it when we send you home.”

She started typing something then hit a button, and then I felt extreme pain rushing through my body.

I screamed,"What are you doing to me?”

"I am sorry Sarah but you are not even supposed to be alive. We injected you with little computerized robots called Nanites; they were supposed to heal your body and once that happened. You would have been programmed like a computer to do whatever task requested of you. Do you know what a sleeper agent is Sarah?”

“I have heard the term on television”

"Well let me give you the run down, you can call me Anna for now, you are at the moment being held in a top secret location that is only know to me and a few others in the military. Escape is impossible, so don’t get any idea’s little girl."

"Yeah, right."

"Like I was saying, you were selected because of your medical condition. You were completely brain dead, the job of the nanites was to repair you brain damage. You were not the only one in the hospital that day, there was one other his name was John Steven, which I suspect that you already know. He also had brain damage, but we were unable to save him in time. When the nanites finished a job they are programmed to upload the details to the nearest computer then send the results to our lab."

"What happened?"

"Instead, they did something unexpected. The upload was sent to your nanites, then a report was sent to us. When we looked at the upload, the size of the file was larger then what it was supposed to be. We assumed it was because of John’s condition and didn’t think it would have an affect on the program. So we just left the information, knowing we could just send the code word to activate the sleeper agent and you would still follow the orders. But now the nanites are refusing too communicate with us. While you were sleeping we sent the word to activate the sleeper program and the nanites have locked us out."

"Oh."

"This leaves us with two choices; we can destroy them and inject you with new ones, that would most likely do the job, it would also take care of John’s memories, they would be gone and all that would be left if the personality that we created."

Anna then started typing some thing into the computer and I felt the pain again this time it was worse then before.

"What you are feeling, Sarah are the nanites inside you self destructing, it will be over soon enough, Honey."

I then felt something else going on inside me, the pain stopped completely then I felt light headed, It was hard to explain what was going on, I just found myself looking at the binds on my hands, wishing I could get free and to my surprise the binds started undoing themselves on their own.

Once one of my hands was free, I ripped the sheet off my body completely, then freed my hands and legs. But before I knew it, solders came through the door with guns pointed at me.

I looked deep into one of the solders eyes, 'God, please help me.' and next thing, he was struggling to keep the gun pointed at me then turned an shot the other solder standing beside him, then fell to the ground with blood coming out of his eyes and ears.

Anna just stared at me in horror,“Sarah stop this, you will never make it out of here alive!”

She was right, I couldn’t stop everyone just doing what I just did took most of my energy, then I had a wild thought,'The more memory a computer had the more powerful it became, would the same be true with nanites?'

I walked over to where there was a bunch of veils that looked ready for injecting and took the injector gun that Anna was going to use on me and started injecting the nanites into my arm and sure enough, I got stronger right away. It might have been a mistake, cause I had no idea what they had been programmed to do. I only hoped my nanites were capable of reprogramming them.

I looked over at Anna,"You are not going to hurt another person," then looked into her eyes. I didn’t want too harm her like I did the solder. I just somehow took away her memories and left her in the state of a child. It was cruel, but she would live and never harm anyone else.

I found my clothes and got dressed and went over to her computer and used my new abilities to pull up the blue prints of the base. I now had a escape plan and was able to disable most of the base security with the exception of Anna’s key card, which I kept for my own use. Then I made my way out of her lab.

Her key card worked and I was able to move through the base with very little trouble other then when I ran into a huge solder who, just didn’t want to get out of my way. I had pretty much run right into him and had no time to even think. When he throw a punch and hit me, I went falling back onto the floor.

Somehow, I managed to get back to my feet, and when he came at me for the second time, I found myself easily blocking his next punch and landed one of my own hitting him right in the throat. I guess that it made an impression, because he was on the floor trying hard to catch his breath. I quickly ran past him and made it to the door using the key card and the door locked behind me, keeping him from following.

Eventually, I made it outside to a parking lot and clicked the button on her key and heard a car horn go off, then found her car and drove off. I knew that I had to loose the car fast and drove to the nearest city transit and parked it there, then climbed onto a train and made my escape.

As I sat down on one of the seat, I thought about what had just happened and knew that my life would never be the same. I would be hunted down and knew now that they were able to follow me because when they grabbed me, they knew where I was. I closed my eyes and concentrated on destroying whatever it was that was allowing them too follow me. I had no idea if it would work, I just hoped that the nanites were capable of communication.

I knew one thing though, there was no way that I could return home. If I did, then I would put Mom and Dad in danger, the same was true for Megan and Adam. I had no choice but to deal with this alone. I just couldn’t risk putting my loved ones in danger.

I just sat there and felt tears running down from my eyes. I wondered what I would do and where I would go. I had no money, and no where that I could go. I needed to get money, that was my first problem. I knew that I could figure something out, but that would take time.

I needed to get out of town fast, the sooner that I was gone the better it would be for everyone around me.

There was one thing that I needed to do but wasn’t sure how. I was dealing with the military and they would surely be watching my parents and friends, it didn’t change the fact though unless I could get a message to them, that they would be worried sick, wondering what happened to me.

I didn’t dare call them until I was sure that no one was listening in, which meant I needed to call from a phone that was not traceable and those were not easy to come by. The best that I could do for the moment was using a payphone at a busy place that I could make a quick exit from after I was done.

I took the train another couple of stops then got off and headed down to the street where I flagged down a taxi and told the driver to take me to the Metrotown Mall, it was one of the busiest malls that I knew and it would be easy to loose myself there if needed. After the cab arrived, I paid the fare and made my way inside. There were lots of payphones near the food court, so that is where I went first.
 

 

 

  
I dialed Megan’s number and it rang a couple of times then she answered the phone,"Megan it’s me, I can’t talk long, So listen. Tell my parents that I am alright, something has happened. I can’t tell you right now, I am not sure who is listening."
“What’s wrong Sarah, please tell me!”

"I can’t talk about it over the phone, Megan. Remember when we were 12 years old, we found that place that was so well hidden?"

"Whatever," she replied, letting me know she remembered.

"I will be there, meet me. Make sure you are not followed and for God’s sake, don’t tell anyone, even my parents. You will understand why, soon enough."

"Gotcha"

"And Megan, I need whatever money you can find. I will be there at 10:A.M."

“I love you."

“I love you. too Sarah, be careful”

I hung up the phone and headed over and caught the skytrain downtown. I hated the downtown, it was a scary place but I knew that I could disappear there easy enough amongst all the other homeless people and street kids. I knew one thing for sure, I couldn’t let my emotions control me; I need to think clearly if I was going to find a way out of this.

It was around 5:P.M. and I knew that if I waited too long, I would be spending the night on the street, that was something that I refused to do. I went looking for a phone booth and eventually found one, then looked up youth shelters and found one called Convent House. I had heard about it a few times on the television, so I took down the address and eventually found myself waiting at there intake office. After sitting there for awhile I was called into a small office and met with a social worker, her name was Beth. I told her my name was Amanda Landry and that I had just got into town.

She took down my information, then I was giving a bed for the night and she told me the Hostel rules, not that I really cared, come tomorrow I would most likely be leaving town.

I just needed to explain to Megan what happened so she could talk to my parents and Adam. The thought of leaving everyone behind was almost more then I could deal with, and I wondered why they just couldn’t leave me alone. But the thought of being controlled by someone else and forced to harm others, I had to know for sure if they could take control.

I suspected that they couldn’t because the nanites inside me seemed to be working independent as if they were there own entity but there had to be away to find out fore sure.

That night was one of the hardest that I have had, I hardly slept and found myself waking up throughout the night, I had too much going though my mind. I thought about the life I had made, all my friends that I would be leaving behind. I needed to find another path, maybe if I can expose the program to the press, that was the idea.

If I could find away to expose them for what they were doing, they would have to leave me alone. They would be to busy dealing with the press to with bother me, but the question was, how could I expose them?

I knew that if I was going to expose them, I would need help. I knew that I could depend on Megan, but to do so, I would be putting her at risk. There was also Dr. Picard, did he play a part in what happened to me? If not, maybe he would be willing to help.

It was about 8:A.M. when the hostel worker came in letting us know that it was time for us to get up and go for breakfast. After a quick breakfast that consisted of eggs and bacon, everyone had to leave for the day, so I soon found myself outside of the hostel.

The first stop that I made was an ATM and withdrew $60.00 from my savings. I then headed to the nearest bus stop and after 45 minutes, I exited a few blocks from my school, and walked through the woods to an old cabin that Megan and I found years ago. Only a few of us knew about the camp, so it would be as good a place as any to hide out for awhile.

I looked at my watch, it was already 9:30 A.M., which meant that I had a half hour to kill, so I took a walk down to the lake and took a seat on the ground next to the water and just relaxed.

It was still not easy, I was paranoid that there was someone behind every tree waiting to jump out and attack, I knew that it was just my imagination, but it still bothered me all the same. It was almost 10:A.M. by the time I made it back to the cabin. As I entered the cabin, I found Megan already inside.

Seeing her there, I ran over and gave her a big hug and couldn’t help but start crying. She just held me for awhile till I calmed down.

“Sarah, what happened to you, I have been so worried and the police are looking for you.”

"When I was walking to your house, someone hit me with a dart, when I woke up I was strapped to a bed, there was this woman and she knew everything about me and explained what happened to me. Megan, it’s horrible, they injected me with microscopic robots, she called nanites, something went wrong. She called me a sleeper agent, they were trying to create a weapon, when it didn’t work, they were going to wipe my memory and reprogram me, but I escaped."

“God, Sarah, what are you going to do?”

“I don’t know, Megan; I have to find some way of exposing them.”

“Is there anything that I can do to help, Sarah?”

“Not at the moment, Megan it’s too dangerous. I will need your help later though.”

“What do you need me to do?”

“When I the information to expose them, I will need you to send the information to the press.”

“I can do that; just send it to my email.”

“It would be best to create new accounts and only communicate though school.”

“What about your parents, Sarah? What do you want me to tell them?”

“Tell them the truth, just don’t tell them about John, they wouldn’t understand.”

Megan and I then said our goodbyes and I told her that I would contact her as soon as I cuold and asked her to explain what happened to Adam. I only hoped that I would be with him again soon, it was going to be hard being away from everyone that I love, but it was the best thing that I could do for them.

  

 

Rebirth Part 9
By, Cain129

 

Synopsis: For the last two months, Sarah has been in hiding but the time has come to fight back. The lines have been drawn and a plan has been set in motion.

 

 

 

Chapter 21

I never thought that I would ever be running for my life. It has been a couple of Months now since my escape. I had to leave everything that mattered to me behind. At the moment I am in Calgary, I had arrived here a couple days after talking to Megan. I hate it here; it’s a lonely place, especially when you don’t really know anyone. I miss mom and dad, I miss Megan but most of all I miss Adam, so many times I had wanted to pick up that phone but knew if I did they would be watching him and would use him to draw me in.

It’s not easy; being a teenager, it was hard to find a decent job that would actually pay minimum wage but I was now working in a restaurant as a waitress and with the money that Megan gave me I had enough to cover rent for a couple weeks and my job at least gave me a free meal twice a day. So for the most part I was doing alright, my only real problem was, and I was homesick and knew the longer I stayed away the easier it would be later. Most of my free time was spent at the library, where I was researching Dr. Anna Vandervolt. There was quite a bit of information posted on the net about her. She was considering one of the leading scientists in Nano technology.

Unfortunately this was really getting me no where; I needed access to her files that is the only way that I can figure anything out. I was coming up with a plan but it would take sometime for me to workout all the details, I logged onto the new email account that I created, under the name Amanda Landry and left Megan a message.

“He girl, hope all is well, I am working now, keeping busy and staying out of trouble. I think that I will be coming for a visit soon, any news from Sarah?”

“Better run, need to get to work, Hope to hear from you soon, Take care and say hi to everyone for me.”

I then hit send and logged off the computer, whenever I talked to Megan now, It was pretty much in code, just incase someone was watching her internet activity. I had basically told her that I would be returning soon. I had an idea; I still had my ATM Card and knew that if I used it they would know where I was, but there was no reason that I couldn’t send them on a wild goose chase. When the time comes I would mail my ATM Card to Toronto Ontario along with pin number, all I needed to do was send it to the low rentals, someone there would most likely try using it and when they did, it would look like I was hiding in another city and while they are looking for me there I will be back in Vancouver. I just hoped that it would work the only way to know forsure was to give it a try.

Grabbing by purse, I headed out I wasn’t lying about needing to get to work. I guess that part of me liked being there, the people were always nice and most of the men that came in took a liking to the new girl and I did really well there especially in tips, for the most part I was living off the tips, in between pay checks. The only down side was there were a lot of perverts that would love to get there hands on a young girl like me but Matt, he is the manager there took good care of me and made sure that the guys didn’t get out of hand.

“Hi Matt, I said as I made my way behind the counter”

“You are early Amanda”

“Yeah I was at the library, and it’s a couple of blocks from here.”

“Well you have another 15 minutes, why don’t you grab something to eat before you start”

“Thanks Matt, I think that is a good idea.”

I made my way over too the fridge and grabbed a chicken Salad sandwich, and I diet coke from the cooler then took a seat at the counter across from Matt.

“How are you liking, Calgary Amanda.”

“I like it here Matt, but really haven’t had much time to do any exploring.”

“It’s a big city that is forsure, and with stampede coming up it will be a busy one too”

“You should check it out, Amanda there will be lots of different events going on.

“Most of the stuff, I am still to young to get into, but what I can get into I plan on going to”

“Have you heard anything from your parents?”

“Yeah mom wants me to come home, but dad is still hitting the bottle.”

”I wish things were different for you Amanda, but I can understand, I went though the same with my dad and just couldn’t wait to get out on my own.”

“Well I am doing alright thanks to you Matt; most of the jobs that t applied for didn’t want to pay me a full wage because of my age.”

“You are one of my better workers, so the job is yours as long as you need it Amanda.”

“Thanks, Matt I really appreciate it.”

 

I was busy for most of my shift which made the day go by pretty fast but by the time I finished my shift, I was pretty tired. I said goodbye to Matt and made my way home.   It would have been faster to catch the bus home but, I really need every cent that I had, and it was a half hours walk home. It was already starting to get dark when I left the restaurant and the area that I lived and worked in was not really the safest especially for a young girl alone. The only difference was I wasn’t a normal girl anymore.

This fact made me feel secure inside, I was capable of defending my self.   I was just a couple of blocks from home, when I heard a woman screaming from an alleyway.   The last thing that I needed was to draw attention to myself but I just couldn’t stand there and not try to help her. I made my way into the alley, it was pretty dark making it hard to really see anything but as I got closer, I could make up the shape on a man that was on top of the poor woman, there was no doubt of what he was doing.

I ran over and grabbed him by his shoulders and yelled get off of her you filthy pig and through in across the alley into the side of a garbage bin. When he recovered he turned around and started running towards me. I duck and somehow flipped him over my shoulder sending him down hard on his back and with a hard stump I drove my foot hard into the guys throat, the guy just laid there trying to get his breath unable to move. I turned to the woman that was lying on the ground, the top of her dress was ripped open and she looked pretty badly beating,   I was angry and walked over to the guy and grabbed him by the top of his shirt and with unseen strength tossed him into the metal garbage bin then pulled the top down. There was an old broom in the garbage I broke it and pushed it through the lock brackets on the bin locking it from the outside.

Going back over to the woman, I took off my coat and wrapped it around her and helped her to her feet. There was a Baptist Church about a block down the street. I walked her there then took her inside and explained what happened, he was soon on the phone calling the police, I used that moment to slip out the last thing I needed was to be talking to the police for any reason. I pretty much ran the rest of the way home. It was a lonely place; it’s funny how much things can change within a few months. There was a time that being alone wouldn’t have bothered me but things were different now. I missed my family and my friends and wasn’t about to just sit idle and loose them just because a group of people want to use me.

After taking a shower, I changed into my nightgown. It was just a cheap thing that I had bought at the Salvation Army; I had spent almost all of my money there after I had arrived once I had rented my room.   The first few nights were the hardest for me, I found myself crying all the time wanting to be with mom and dad, but knew if I had gone back home, they would have been placed in danger. There were a few times that I just wanted to give up but that was John talking. He ran from his problems, but Sarah was a fighter and I choose to follow her example and tried to hold on and stay positive.

 

Chapter 22

Since moving to Calgary my life had pretty much been a routine, I spent my morning at the mall mostly window shopping it was more just to pass the time, then I would go to the library and use there computers researching everything that I could on Nanites Technology. There was one benefit that the Nanites provided that really helped me, I was able to memorize just about anything I read, I guess in a sense my mind was like a computer now. There were other enhancements too like greater strength and the ability to defend myself. I think that I could likely do more but those abilities would only come forth when I needed them.

The rest of my day, I pretty much worked 6 days a week and having Sunday off. I could have only worked 5 days a week and that would have been fine with Matt, the hours that I was working was pretty much my own idea. I needed to keep busy otherwise I would have went insane and working helped keep my mind off things. I had met a few people while here but knew that I wouldn’t be staying, so I decided having attachments right now was not really a good Idea, but I did go out with them a few times mostly because I was lonely.

This was my life and it was time to go home and face up to everything and everyone. I found the perfect place in was a low rental in Toronto, in pretty much the worst area of Toronto, Ontario. I mailed my ATM card there in an envelope that only had the address; I would be depending on human greed to do the rest. I then went into work and broke the news to Matt that I would be going home but would work there another week if he needed me. He understood and told me if things didn’t workout that I could always come back.

A week later, I was on a greyhound headed to Vancouver, Canada.   I had a pay as you go cell phone now that was listed under the name Connie Stevens, and used it too access my bank records and found that there was money talking out of the account in Toronto. I knew then that my plan worked, they would be looking for me in the wrong place giving me the time to do some snooping around, I just needed to be careful and not draw attention to myself. Before I had left, I spent the money to get my hair done and the colored. I still looked like Sarah but I was now a strawberry blonde.

Everything was setup for my return; I had leaked the info to Megan through email that I wanted to meet her and Adam. I had told her to tell Adam, I would be waiting for the two of them in our mountain paradise, Adam would know the spot, we could all catch up there and I would let them know the rest of my plan then. The plan was for them to rent a room for the weekend, it would be expensive but Megan and Adam had enough money to cover the cost for the room. I was still worried about them being followed but it was a risk that had to be taking, if I was going to do this, then I would need help and there were only a few people that I knew that I could trust.

I arrived in Whistler the following day, I was dead tired and in need of a nice bath. I wouldn’t recommend bus travel to anyone, but at the moment I really didn’t have many options. Flying required Identification and had I used mine it would have sent up flags to the people chasing me, so that only left two methods of travel taking the bus or the train. I went with the cheapest option.

 

 

The bus finely pulled into Whistler Mountain and as it pulled up to the main entrance, I saw Adam and Megan waiting. It was good to see them, Adam looked really handsome and as soon as I stepped of the bus, I found myself in his arms again, I knew at that moment that I was truly home and when he kissed me, I was in heaven. After the two of us broke our embrace I turned to Megan, and gave her a big hug.

“You don’t know how happy I am to see the both of you, I said with a big smile”

“The feeling is mutual, Megan said.”

“That is forsure I was ready to follow you to Calgary, if you hadn’t come back on your own, Adam said, as he picked up my bags.”

“We better get going guys, I could really use a both and a bite to eat, I am never taking another bus again”

The three of us made our way back to our room, I pretty much left the two of them to talk while I jumped into the bath tub and soaked for awhile. It felt nice to finely have a nice bath and just laid back and relaxed. I was pretty content at the moment. I was home again, well not with my parents but I was finely with Adam and Megan. I heard a knock on the door, mind if I come in Megan asked?

“The door is open Megan”

She came inside and put the cover down on the toilet and sat down.

“It’s nice to see you Sarah, how have you been”

“Miserable for the most part, I have been home sick since the day I left”

“Everyone has been asking about you and what happened, that caused you to leave”

“It couldn’t have been easy for you either Megan, I pretty much left everything for you”

“It’s alright Sarah, I understand and it wasn’t your fault”

“So what is it like Sarah, Having those machines inside of you?”

To be honest for the most part, I feel normal, some things have changed though I am stronger now then I was before and a hell of a lot faster. Then there is my memory, I can remember everything I read or see.

“Sounds like a good deal to me Sarah”

“It is for the most part Megan but I am also a trained killer that can be switched on anytime and I really don’t want to hurt anyone”

“The government wants me back and will do anything to keep the truth about there super soldier program from getting out”

If they do succeed then they can take anyone, even you and turn you into a weapon. They chose me because I was brain dead, they though that they could just repair my body and program me to be the perfect weapon, but by some act of god it didn’t work. I have my own mind and I am my own person, and if anyone got a hold of what’s inside me then god knows what would happen, they can’t let me live Megan.

“So what are you going to do Sarah?”

“Give me a few minutes and I will come out and talk to the both of you together alright.”

“Alright Sarah, I will let you finish up here.”

“Thanks, Megan”

After I finished up in the bathroom I got dressed and joined Megan and Adam, I sat on the bed next to Megan and looked over at Adam and said it’s time that you knew the whole truth; you deserve to know everything. I just want you to know one thing Adam, I love you and you mean the world to me and if you are going to be part of my life then you need know.

I have already told Megan she has known the truth now for a few months, I wish that I could have told you before now but I was afraid that if you knew the truth that I would loose you, but with everything that has happened and what is to come I need to know if I can depend on you being there.

“Sarah you know there is nothing you could say that would change how I feel about you”

“You say that now, but wait till I am finished Adam”

“Alright Sarah”

First of all my I may look like the girl that you knew, but the real Sarah died the day of the accident and that was when I took ownership of her body. At the time I really didn’t understand what was going on. Before I woke up in Sarah’s body, I went by a different name. My name used to be John Stevens, I was in the hospital dieing of a brain tumor but somehow I woke up in this body. I didn’t really know anyone and couldn’t say anything because the doctors would have thought that I was crazy.

At that point the only memories that I had were my own, When I met Sarah’s parents they meant nothing to me, I didn’t know them at all then the funniest thing happened you came to see me and from the moment that I seen you, Sarah’s memories for you started coming forth, She loved you very much Adam and because, we shared the same memories and feelings I couldn’t help but love you also.

I never expected any of this to happen but as the days went on, Sarah’s memories merged with my own, and the more time that we spent together the more that I couldn’t help but love you, it didn’t matter anymore if the feeling I was having were mine or Sarah’s being with you meant everything to me and the day you asked me marry you was the happiest in my life.

“Adam looked at me and said who are you then?”

“I am the girl that loves you Adam.”

“I don’t really know what to say Sarah; I never expected anything like this”

“That makes two of us honey, but it’s up to you now. If you don’t want to see me Adam I will understand and I won’t hold it against you”

“I love you Sarah and don’t want to loose you either, lets leave the past in the past and just look towards the future.

Before I realized what was happening I had bounced onto his lap and giving him and hug and kiss. I knew that someday this man was going to be my husband. After Adam let me go I said there is more, I don’t want too gross out the both of you but you need to see this. I walked over to the kitchen area and grabbed a knife.

“Sarah what are you doing, put the knife down, Adam said in fear”

“It’s alright honey, just watch I said as I ran the knife across my hand, there was blood all over my hand, I then took a cloth and cleared the blood away and said watch”

Adam and Megan just watched in amazement as the cut slowly closed itself, I then ran my hand under the tap and clean what was left of the blood from my hand. Then I took a seat next to Adam. You remember how they said my survival was a miracle, well it was in a sense but the miracle came from the use of microscopic robots called Nanites, they repaired my body for the inside but they also were programmed to make me a weapon. They called me a sleeper agent, all they have to do is send a code to me and I am a programmed killer.

Something went wrong though, The Nanites refused to take there orders, and when that happened they were going too wipe my memory and start over. I was able to escape and have been running ever since. I am tired of running and I have come back to end this, but if I am going to do this I am going to need help.

“Whatever you need Sarah, I am here Adam said with a smile”

“Count me in Sarah, whatever you need I am your girl, Megan said with a smile.”

At the moment I have everything I need, so let’s just enjoy the weekend and we can take care of everything else later, we have plenty of time.

 

End of Part Nine

To be continued in Part Ten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synopsis: For the last two months, Sarah has been in hiding but the time has come to fight back. The lines have been drawn and a plan has been set in motion.

 

Spending the weekend with Megan and Adam had been nice. Still, things with Adam had been stressed. I had debated for a long time whether to tell him the truth about me and likely would have kept the truth from him except that I felt that he really deserved to know. I gave him as much space as I could. He was mourning the loss of Sarah in his own way, and there was nothing that I could do that would help him through that.

Conversation between Megan and Adam

He understood that I had nothing to do with her death. I was as much a victim as anyone else. It hurt me though to see him in pain and I regretted telling him. Megan told me later that I had done the right thing, but sometimes doing the right thing really hurts. Eventually she grew tired and asked Adam to take a walk with her, I was tired from the long bus trip and hit the bed early that night.



Megan: “It’s not her fault Adam, she never asked for any of this.”

“I know Megan, but she has been lying to me from the start.”

“She had her reasons Adam, but when it came to her loving you, it wasn’t a lie.”

“I know she loves me Megan. The problem is that those are Sarah’s memories and not hers.”

“You are wrong Adam. Maybe at first, but over time she really fell for you. I know, because she told me that she wanted to break it off with you because she was afraid you would get hurt. But the more time that she spent with you the more she loved you.”

“Megan, she is not the real Sarah, is she?”

“Really Adam, are you sure? She has all of Sarah’s memories and feelings and if the real Sarah had survived she would have been different and chances are she would have had major brain damage.”

“Think about this Adam, what are the things about Sarah that you loved and apply those things to the Sarah that you know now,” Megan said with a smile.

Adam sat there and thought about what Megan had said. He knew that Megan was right. Most of the reasons that he fell in love with the real Sarah also applied to the new one. The two of them were very much alike. Maybe that was because of the merger that Sarah had told him about. If that was the case then part of the real Sarah would live on.

“You’re right Megan. When I look at her, I can’t deny that I have feelings for her. I just don’t know where to go from here.”

“Just follow your heart, Adam. That is all you can do. Believe me though, she would never have told you the truth if she didn’t really care about you.”

Megan: “There is one other thing you need to consider, Adam. You asked her to marry you and she said yes, only a woman that really loved you would accept and she accepted because she was in love with you and responded like any woman would. When I look at her, I still see the girl I grew up with and she has always been there for me. She may be different now, but she is my best friend and always will be. Yes, it was hard losing the real Sarah but over time I grew to love this one. If you don’t think that you can, then tell her. It will hurt her but it would be better than her believing that the two of you have a future together, because that is what she believes.”

“Megan I can’t help but love her. That is something I can’t just turn off.”

“Then tell her that she has been through a lot lately and needs your support.”

“Thanks, Megan. It really helps having someone to talk this out with.”

“Anytime, Adam. Let’s get back to our room. It’s going to be a busy day tomorrow”

After returning to their room Adam climbed into bed next to Sarah and the motion caused her to wake up.

“Hi Adam,” I said as I moved closer to him.

“I know you’re different now, Sarah, but I don’t want to lose you.”

“Shut up, honey, and just hold me,” I said cuddling into his shoulder.

I looked over at Megan. She was in the spare bed and I mouthed the words “thank you.” I knew that whatever she said to Adam must have made a difference. Adam just held me close to him and I could feel the touch of his hand as it ran across my arm. I felt completely safe and content, just being in his arms, and was soon fast asleep.

It was around 8 am when I finally woke up, I had pretty much slept like a baby and there were no nightmares for a change. I looked over and found Adam next to me, I smiled and leaned over and gave him a kiss, while at the same time I caressed the side of his face. It didn’t take long before I felt him responding to my touch and within seconds he was kissing me back.

“Good morning, baby,” he said with a smile, “how did you sleep?”

“Exactly like a baby,” I said with a big smile. “God I missed you!”

“I missed you too Sarah. I am glad that you came back.”

“I am too, Adam. I hated not being able to see you.”

“What do you want to do today Sarah?”

“Let’s get Megan up so we can get ready, then grab some breakfast.”

It took Megan and me a half hour to get dressed and do our makeup, unlike the 10 minutes that it took Adam to shave and fix his hair. There was a restaurant inside the hotel so the three of us headed over for a breakfast of bacon and eggs with hash browns and toast. It was one of those all you can eat things. Megan and I only had the one serving while Adam with his endless appetite went up for seconds. After we paid the bill the three of us headed back to my room and started working on a plan.

The first step was to get Dr. Picard somewhere alone where I could question him. I needed to know if he had played a part in what happened to me. If he was not involved then it was possible that he would be of use later, but first we had to get him alone. I looked over at Megan, then Adam.

Sarah: “I am going to asking a lot from the both of you, and it is possible you could get into a lot of trouble. If you don’t want to help then I will understand.”

Adam: “What do you need done?”

“I need to talk to Dr. Picard. Someone will need to bring him to me.”

“What if he refuses?”

"If he refuses, you will have to force him. He may know something. If not, he can help”

Megan: “What do you need me to do?”

“I will need your help later. Once I get hold of Dr. Anna Vandervolt’s computer and have a look at her contacts…provided that they haven’t wiped it clean by now.”

“Alright, let me know when you are ready. What about Jessica and Amy? I am sure that they would be willing to help if we asked them.”

“It’s dangerous with just the three of us involved. There may be a time that we need their help but it is too early and the more people that know, the greater the chance that we will be found out. I really don’t feel like having to pull another disappearing act.”

“You’re right, Sarah.”

Adam: “When do you want to start?”

“It would be best to watch Dr. Picard for a few days before making a move.”
 

Now that Megan and Adam knew the plan all we needed to do was wait to implement it. Adam’s grandparents owned a cottage near the beach. It was pretty much deserted this time of year and would be my home for the near future. It was too dangerous if we were seen coming back and forth so we would have to be careful and make sure none of us were followed. I also told them to leave their cellphones at home. Any calls made could be traced and most of the newer phones had built in GPS, which could lead the authority’s right to our door. The only real way the three of us could reach one another was to exchange phones with a friend or use a payphone. I wasn’t really worried about my own phone because it was pay as you go and set up under a false name.

Later that night Adam dropped me off at the cottage and I said my goodbyes to the two of them after they helped carry in the groceries that I had bought on the way to the cottage. I had enough to last me for a few weeks. I felt lonely as I watch the two of them drive off. Then I went inside and started putting everything away. I slipped into my nightgown and took a coke out of the fridge. I grabbed a blanket and headed outside where there was a porch swing. I stretched out on it and just covered myself up, looking up at the stars. It being way from the city lights, you could see everything much more vividly than in the city.

I just lay there for about an hour, then headed back inside and found some clean linen in the closet. I made up the bed in the master bedroom and climbed into bed for the night. That night I dreamed of being home with mom and dad. I missed them so much and wanted nothing more than to be home with them, at least for a while. Even if it had only been a dream it felt real enough and I couldn’t help but feel upset when I woke up.

The following morning Adam was up early and drove to Dr. Picard’s address, parking a few houses away from his home. He followed him to work and marked down the time he left and arrived at the hospital and the time he left for his office. Over the next few days, he was able to come up with the best time to grab him. He then picked up the cell phone that he had borrowed from his friend and dialed a number.

“Hi Sarah, how are you doing?”

“I am doing great. How are things going?”

“I have been watching him and we should grab him before he leaves for the hospital. It’s the only time he is pretty much alone.”

“How are you going to get him to come?”

“Adam, my dad has a gun locked in a lock box. I know where he keeps the key”

“Be careful, Adam! There maybe someone watching him.”

“I thought of that too, Sarah, but it needs to be done. I will be there around 9 am.”

“Alright, bring Megan with you and I will see you tomorrow. I love you Adam.”

“I love you too, Sarah.”

The following morning Adam picked up Megan and the two of them made their way to Dr. Picard’s home and waited for him to leave as he stepped outside of his house. He was met with the barrel of a gun pressed to the back of his head.

“Make a noise and you are dead.”

Adam then placed a hood over Dr. Picard’s head while Megan tied his hands behind his back, they then put him into the back seat of Adam’s car and started driving.

“Why are you doing this?” asked Dr. Picard.

Adam: “We don’t have a choice. There is someone who needs to talk to you.”

“Who wants to talk to me?”

Megan: “You will see soon enough. Just relax and everything will be alright.”

Adam: “If you cooperate, then there is no reason to that you need to be harmed.”

It was 9:20 am when Adam pulled into the driveway of the cottage and brought Dr. Picard inside, sitting him down in a chair. I walked over to Adam and Megan and told them to wait outside and that I would call them if they were needed. After they left, it was just Leo and me. I walked over, removed his hood and took a seat in front of him.

He looked over at me in shock and said, “Why, Sarah?”

End of Part 10

To be continued in Part 11

 

Rebirth Part 11
By, Cain129

 

Synopsis: For the last two months, Sarah has been in hiding but the time has come to fight back. The lines have been drawn and a plan has been set in motion.

 

 

Chapter 24

 

Sarah watched Dr. Picard as she removed the hood. When he was finally able to see he was face to face with one of his kidnappers.

Dr. Picard looked over at Sarah in shock, and asked, “Why?”

“Because there are only two people I trust, and right now they’re outside. I brought you here Leo, because I need to know whether or not you are involved.”

“What are you talking about Sarah?”

“I am talking about what happened in the hospital, how is it that I am alive?”

“Sarah believe me, I really don’t know. It was a miracle. That is all I know.”

“Alright Leo, would you like to see another miracle?”

I walked over to the counter, picked up a sharp knife, and advanced on the doctor. I saw the fear in his eye as I approached him.

“Sarah put the knife down please.”

“Relax Leo. I am not going to use it on you.”

I took a seat across from him and used the knife on my hand.

“Sarah, are you crazy? Put the knife down!”

“It’s alright Leo, just watch.”

I took the knife and ran it across my hand until it started bleeding, then took a cloth and used it to clean the wound so the cut was visible. I moved closer to Leo so he could see the cut healing. The look on his face said everything. He was truly surprised. If he had known about the Nanites then his response would have been different.

“Sarah, that is not possible. Nobody heals that fast!”

“That is my point Leo, and that is just one example of the power that I have.”

“How is that possible Sarah?”

“When I was in the hospital I was injected with microscopic robots, called Nanites. It’s some top secret military project. Those Nanites were the reason that I recovered, but something went wrong. Their job was to repair the damage, then program me to be a sleeper agent. I was supposed to be a weapon without my knowledge. Someone they could turn on and off as they pleased, and for the most part I would appear to be an ordinary teenaged girl. Who would ever expect someone my age to be an assassin? That is what they were trying to accomplish.”

“Then something went wrong. The Nanites refused to take their orders. They were going to kill me then, but I was able to escape thanks to the Nanites that are inside me. They changed me that day. I was stronger and faster than ever before. They gave me other gifts, as well. My brain is a little like a computer. Whatever I see or read I remember, and I can do things with my mind. I can even control people but I am still learning to handle that ability. Ever since I escaped, the government has been chasing me.”

I stood up, walked over to Leo, and cut the bindings that were holding him.

“I need your help, Leo. I need to take them down once and for all. I need to get the proof and expose them to the press. That is the only way that they will leave me alone and I can have my life back. Will you help me?”

I could tell that Leo was angry hearing what they did to me and what they were going to make me do for them.

“We need to get you to the hospital Sarah, if I can get a blood sample with the Nanites inside it and run some tests on you that will be a good start.”

“I can do that Leo, but I have to be careful. There are too many people watching for me”

“What do you know about Dr. Anna Vandervolt, Leo?”

“I heard was she was working for a Gamine Enterprises, a medical company that is researching new technologies. However, the last that I heard she was fired for misconduct. Since then, I have no idea what she has been up to.”

“She was the one who had me kidnapped, Leo.”

“I guess that we know what she was up to then,” Leo said with a frown.

“There is one other problem; there is someone at the hospital feeding them with information. How else would they have known about me?”

“You are right Sarah; we need to be careful. The last thing we need is someone to tip off the wrong people that you are in the building.”

“I have a few patients that are Islamic, I could register you as one of them, you would have to wear a head scarf, but that would at least hide your identity.”

“That could work, Leo. I will ask Megan to pick one up for me after they drop you off at the hospital. I am sorry for grabbing you the way that we did, but it’s hard to know right now who I can trust.”

“That’s alright Sarah, from everything you have told me I can understand, but I better be going otherwise there are going to be people asking questions.”

“Alright Leo, I will have Adam drop you off. This is my email. When you can arrange everything, send me the time and your patient’s information and I will come in for the tests. Thanks Leo.”

I had Adam drop Leo off at the hospital. Megan decided to stay so that the two of us could have some time alone to talk. It was really nice having some time to just hang out together. Megan and I went down to the lake and sat at the water’s edge. She filled me in on all the local gossip. It was just nice having her there with me. I wished that she could have just moved in with me but that would have caused too much trouble.

Chapter 25

Adam returned a couple of hours later. The drive only took an hour but he was being extra careful to make sure that he wasn’t being followed. He had made one stop along the way and picked up a large pizza for the three of us.

Adam: “So I take it that Dr. Picard wasn’t involved?”

“He is clean. He was just as surprised as the two of you were.”

“So what now?” asked Megan.

“Dr. Picard wants to get a sample of my blood and run some tests. He is hoping that the Nanites will show up in my blood work.”

“I am going to need a drive into town tonight. I want to hit Anna Vandervolt’s place and see if there is anything there that can help.”

Adam: “When do you want to go Sarah?”

“I think it would be best to hit it after dark. Megan, I am going to need your help tonight.”

“What are we looking for?” asked Megan.

“We are going after her computer, address books, and journals and anything that might have information on what they have done to me.”

Megan: “I guess that Adam and I should just hang out here for the rest of the day. We should head into town and pick up some supplies.”

Adam: “I need to make a run home and pick up a few things. I have a set of walkie-talkies. They don’t have the greatest range but they should be alright for our needs. I can drop the both of you off first and pick you up in a couple hours if that’s alright.”

So an hour later Megan and I climbed out of Adam’s car, I was wearing a light blue sundress and a pair of sunglasses that I had borrowed from Megan. Before he drove off, Adam said he would meet us at McDonald’s in a couple of hours.

The first stop that we made was along the boardwalk. There were many stores around but not all of them were open, being a tourist town mostly closed during the off-season. However, a few did stay open for the locals.

It was a nice small town and I liked it here, mostly because it was quiet compared to the city. The only bad thing was everything closed early and there were no buses, so you pretty much needed your own transportation. Whereas the city never closed, there were buses at all hours, not that a 16-year-old needs to be running the road after midnight but it’s nice to know that you have that option.

“This would be perfect for you,” Megan said, holding up a very revealing bikini.

“I think Adam would enjoy that more than I would Megan”

“You’re right Sarah, but I would love to see the look on his face when he sees you in it.”

“Me too,” I said with a grin.

“So how are you doing Megan?”

“Alright I guess, though it has been hard not having you around, Sarah.”

“I know Megan. I have been going through the same thing. I never really had a close friend until you came into my life. I just can’t picture my life without you there now.”

“I feel the same Sarah. When you told me the truth, it was hard. Sarah and I had always been like sisters, and then she was gone. But I can see now that part of her is living on through you and, to be honest, the two of you are very much alike. Maybe that is why you are here to live the life that she couldn’t.”

“I really don’t know what to say Megan. I wish things could have been different for the real Sarah. She didn’t deserve to die and for the longest time I felt guilty about that. I had a full life for the most part. It might not have been the life that I wanted, but Sarah really didn’t have a chance to live her life at all.”

“You shouldn’t feel guilty, Sarah. None of this was your choice, and had things gone differently the both of you would have died that day.”

“I know you’re right Megan and I have come to grips with things now. But at first it was hard because I was living her life, living with her parents, dating her boyfriend and hanging out with her friends. Nothing back then was my own, if you know what I mean. Things are different now that you and Adam know the truth.”

Megan and I spent the next couple of hours going from store to store, and in the end we only picked up a few things. I looked at my watch and then turned to Megan. “We should head over to McDonald’s. Adam will be arriving anytime now. Maybe we can grab a bite to eat before heading home.”

 

Chapter 26

Adam showed up shortly after Megan and I arrived at McDonald’s. Megan and I had already grabbed a table and he came over to join us. I had ordered a cheeseburger and fries while Megan and Adam went with Big Macs. The three of us relaxed and enjoyed being kids for a change. It was just nice to get way from all the drama and spend time with my friends. None of us was really in a hurry, so after we finished eating we drove over to the beach. It was still too cold to go into the water but it was nice just to walk along the water’s edge.

Megan told me about the new guy in her life. His name was Bobby and she really liked him. I couldn’t wait to meet him, as he seemed pretty cool. He was on the football team. Adam had introduced the two of them and they had hit it off almost from the start.

Megan: “Guys I am going to go find a phone and give Bobby a call. I will catch up to you later. Behave yourselves while I am gone.”

“Alright, Megan. I am sure that Adam and I can find something to do in the meantime.”

“Didn’t I just tell the two of you to behave,” Megan said with a smile, before turning to walk away.

Adam reached over and put his arm around me as we continued walking. It felt good to be in his arms again.

“This is nice, Adam.”

“Yes it is Sarah, but I think Megan was making an excuse to give us some time alone.”

“So what is this Bobby like, Adam?”

“He is pretty cool, and Megan and him they make a good couple.”

“Good! I am happy for her. She deserves to have a decent guy in her life.”

“God, I will be glad when things get back to normal for the both of us Sarah!”

“I will be too, honey. Just be patient with me and it will happen.”

“I know it will Sarah, but if you have to leave again, then I am going with you. I don’t care how dangerous it is. I would rather face it with you than be safe alone.”

When I looked over at him I could tell that he was dead serious, but I had no plans of leaving. Whatever happened I was here to stay.

The two of us took a seat on the sand and it wasn’t long before I was lost in his embrace. I soon found myself falling back into the sand with Adam leaning over me. As we kissed I felt his hand caressing one of my breasts. It was at that moment that my desire for him took over and I wanted him, as much as he wanted me. When he rolled completely on top of me I could feel him. He was just as excited as I was. I looked up at him and gently touched the side of his face.

“Adam, we need to stop, I want to be with you but not here and now, baby.”

“Alright Sarah, guess I got a little carried away.”

“We both did, baby. When I am ready, you will be the first to know. Now just shut up and hold me, Adam!”

Adam and I lay there for about an hour just talking and enjoying each other’s company, when I noticed Megan walking towards us.

“Don’t the two of you look comfortable.”

I couldn’t help but start blushing. “I guess that we kind of lost track of the time, Megan.”

“That’s alright Sarah. I thought the two of you could use some time to yourself.”

“Thanks, Megan. That was nice of you. How’s Bobby doing?”

“He is doing fine. He has some friends over and they’re playing Halo on the Xbox.”

The sun was starting to go down so the three of us made our way back to the car and made the drive home. Once inside I grabbed a few cokes and joined the two of them in the living room.

“Alright, I guess that we need to get down to business,” I said with a frown. “Adam, I am going to need you to keep watch. Were you able to get the radios?”

“They are in the trunk, Sarah, along with some other tools that I thought we would need.”

“Megan, once we are in there I will need you to grab anything that you think might be useful.”

“What if there is an alarm system? Do you have a way around that Sarah?”

“I am hoping that my Nanites can help me with that issue, I am supposedly a killing machine, so I would think they would have added sabotage to my little bag of tricks.”

“Let’s hope that you’re right Sarah, otherwise the three of us might end up in a holding cell and Daddy would be pissed off.”

That could still happen, I thought to myself. The three of us were kids playing in an adult world that was cruel and unforgiving. I would have to do whatever needed doing to protect the two of them. They were taking the greatest risks. The Nanites inside me could possibly heal me if I was hurt badly, but Adam and Megan didn’t have that option. For them, one mistake could cost either one their lives.

We arrived at Dr. Anna Vandervolt’s home around 11 pm. It had taken us longer than expected to make the trip, as we stopped at the Westgate Mall where we would steal a car. I hated having to do it, but there really wasn’t a choice. The last thing we needed was for someone to see Adam’s car at the doctor’s house and get his license plate number. It would lead right to him.

I was surprised how quickly I was able to hotwire the car, and soon Megan and I were off. Adam followed behind us until we were a few blocks away from Anna’s house. He then parked his car and climbed inside with Megan and me, carrying a small duffel bag that had the radios and tools.

As soon as I got a good look at Anna’s place, I knew that she had a decent alarm system. However, as I suspected, the information to disarm it was programmed into my Nanites and within a few minutes we were clear to make our move. Adam waited outside until I was able to open the garage door. Then he brought the car inside and gave Megan and me a hand in the search. It would have been easier if we could have turned the lights on but we really didn’t want anyone knowing that anyone was in the house.

I eventually found her laptop and there were a few memory sticks inside her desk, I had Adam put the computer and memory sticks into the car, while I went on the search for the safe. I knew that was going to be the hardest to get into. I eventually found it inside her bedroom. It was inside her closet hidden by a wall of clothes. The safe had a combination lock and was much too heavy for anyone to move. I had no choice but to open it. I started turning the dial and listened for the clicks, but had no luck. The dial was insulated, making it harder to hear the tumblers. I thought to myself, now what? Then I had an idea. The Nanites were able to make changes to my other senses, so why not my hearing?

At that moment my head felt like it was going to explode. When the pain left, I could hear everything around me. It was very overwhelming, because not only could I hear what was going on inside the house but I could also hear the neighbors talking, the sound of cars off in the distance and much more. It took me a few minutes to tune them out but I was able to get control of it eventually. Then I started working on the safe. It only took me a few minutes, with my enhanced hearing allowing me to hear the clicks. I had the door open quickly.

Inside the safe was a briefcase, and when I opened it I found that it was full of money. I had no idea how much, but it was a lot. There was also a tray of CD’s which I quickly grabbed, as well as a bunch of technical journals. I had no idea what it was all about but grabbed everything that was inside and put it inside the car. The last step was to make sure that we cleaned everything up and left no traces that we were there. That took about 20 minutes before we were ready to leave.

We drove back to where Adam had parked his car and moved everything over, then spent a few minutes wiping down the car that we had stolen. We used Adam’s car to drop off Megan first, before going back to the cottage.

“Thanks, Megan, for all your help. I couldn’t have done it without you.”

“Anytime, sis. I will drop over tomorrow sometime to give you a hand sorting.”

“That would be great, Megan. Can you do me one favor?”

“Sure Sarah what do you need?”

“Megan, I am going to need you to pick up a black head scarf, so that I can cover up when I go to the hospital. Dr. Picard had a patient that is Islamic and he will be registering me under her name so I am going to need to look the part.”

“Alright Sarah, I can do that. Have a good night and I will see you tomorrow. Love you.”

“I love you too Megan, and thanks.”

After Adam started driving I looked over at him.

“Adam, how are you doing?”

“Alright I guess, I was pretty nervous though.”

“I was too Adam, but more for you and Megan.”

“Well, we are safe now and we got what we needed, Sarah.”

“I am lucky to have the both of you, Adam.”

“Really, I think it’s the other way around, Sarah.”

It was around 12:30 am after getting back to the cottage and lugging everything inside. Adam looked over at me and said that he should get going as it was a long drive home.

I looked at him over at him. “Adam, I don’t want you to leave. Stay here with me tonight.”

“I don’t know, Sarah. Are you sure?”

“I have never been sure of anything in my life except for you honey.”

Adam took me into his arms. Once again I was lost in his embrace, and that night I found out what it was truly like to be a woman in love with a man.

 

 

End of Part 12

To be continued in part 13

 

 

 

Synopsis: After kidnapping Dr. Picard, Sarah learns that he didn’t play a part in her dilemma, but gains a valuable alley in the fight. Sarah later with the help of Adam and Megan are successful with the raid on Anna Vandervolt’s home.

Sarah awoke, feeling very content as she stared over at Adam, still fast asleep. She smiled to herself; she had made love for the first time in her life and felt this closeness towards Adam that she had never experienced before. It was the first time in her life that she was truly happy to be in a relationship and wasn’t expecting it to crash and burn, like so many others had in the past.

I climbed out of bed being careful not to wake up Adam and made my way to the bathroom, where I ran a hot bath and climbed inside. It felt nice as I just laid back and thought about this life I was falling into. I remember when it first happened about how scared I was; and when I met my parents, the frustration that I felt for their loss. I guess deep down that I was suffering from survivor’s guilt.

Over time, though, I grew to love them and was able to accept them as my parents. Then Adam came into my life. He was so attentive and loyal I think that even if Sarah’s memories hadn’t been triggered I still would have fallen for him. Then there was Megan. She was like a sister to me from the start and I knew immediately that I could trust her. I guess in many ways I was blessed.

After I finished my bath, I headed back to the bedroom and got dressed. It was nothing special, just a pair of jeans and a white top. I made my way to the kitchen next and started making breakfast for Adam and me–simple morning fare, just eggs and bacon, orange juice and toast. I put everything on the table and headed back to the bedroom. I walked over to the bed, leaned down and kissed Adam on the lips.

“Honey, it’s time to get up. Breakfast is ready.”

“Alright baby, I will be right down. Just give me a couple of minutes.”

I gave him another kiss, then headed downstairs and started eating my breakfast. It wasn’t long before Adam joined me at the table, took a look at his breakfast and smiled.

“You know Sarah, I could get used to this.”

I smiled back at him then said, “Next time it’s your turn.”

“I guess that is fair. How did you sleep, Sarah?”

“I slept like a baby. I am glad you stayed, Adam.”

“Are you alright with what happened last night Sarah?”

I smiled at him, “Honey, I wanted you just as much as you wanted me.”

After breakfast, the two of us went into the living room and I plugged in the laptop. I told Adam to check out the briefcase and waited to hear his response when he opened it.

“Holy Shit, Sarah, how much is in here?”

“I don’t know Adam, why don’t you count it and see.”

“God I have never seen so much money in my life Sarah.”

“I know what you mean Adam, whatever Anna was involved in it sure paid well.”

When the computer finished booting up, I found it password protected. That needed to be broken before I could see anything. I knew that this was going to take a while and started working on cracking the code.

“Sarah there is close to half a million in here,” Adam said, shaking his head in disbelief.

“Guess Megan and I are going on a shopping trip.”

“Don’t be asking me to carry everything back Sarah. That is a hell of a lot of clothes.”

“I could pick up something special for you Adam, something sexy to drive you wild.”

“Alright Sarah, maybe I can carry a few bags…but just a few.”

I needed to take care of one other matter that had been eating at me: I had to talk to my parents and let them know that I was doing all right. They only knew what Megan had told them and they deserved to know the truth. I turned to Amy, “Do you think that you can do me a favor? I need you to contact my parents for me; I want to set up a meeting with them, but if I was to call them myself I could put them in danger.”

“Sure Sarah. Just let me know when and where, and I will arrange it.”

“You need to be careful, there may be bugs in the house. I will write a letter for you to hand to them but make sure that it’s not read aloud.”

“Alright, Sarah. Write the letter and I will drop it off.”

“Thanks Amy! I miss them so much; it will be nice to be able to see them again.”

After the guys returned and everyone ate, we all got back to work. Amy was busy on her computer when she said, “Sarah, you need to see this.”

I walked over to her computer and took a look. It turned out that there was a rival organization that was also trying to make super soldiers. They called themselves “the Trust”, and it appeared that they were pretty close to completing their first soldier. I looked at the file closer and noticed the last entry; our own sleeper agent should be ready really soon. Mission objective: eliminate Dr. Jonathan Davison, and destroy all pertinent information concerning the super soldier program. Initiate self-destruct when mission is completed.

I looked at the file. I was the sleeper agent and they were sending me on a suicide mission. I just realized that whatever happened to them I was expendable. There was always someone new that they could get to take my place. All it took was the Nanites and the right programming. I knew at that moment exposing them wouldn’t be enough. The only real way to put an end to the program was to make it impossible to create another super soldier.

I knew that this was too big a mission for me to complete on my own, but there was one other person out there who could help. The problem would be to find him and convince him to help. I had to find Steve Granger. I knew from the records that he had a sister that lived in Vancouver. She might know of a way to reach him. It looked like I would be paying her a visit.

I looked over at Adam. “Feel like taking a ride, honey?”

“Where are we going, Sarah?”

“We are going to see Steve Granger’s sister.”

“Alright, Sarah. Let’s get going before it gets too late.”

It was a long drive over to the Island, then we had to wait around to catch the ferry over, but a few hours later we pulled into Kelly Granger’s driveway. Adam and I made our way to the door and I pressed the button. The doorbell rang and a few moments later a woman in her 40’s answered the door. I asked if she was Kelly Granger.

“Yes, I am Kelly. What is this about?”

“My name is Sarah Tanner. I was wondering if I could talk to you about your brother.”

“I haven’t seen Steve in a long time. Why are you here?”

“Kelly, can we come inside? I need to talk to you. Steve and I have a lot in common and I think that we could help one another.”

“Alright Sarah, come inside if it’s that important.”

“Kelly I need to get ahold of your brother. I know what they did to him and why he is in hiding. They did the same thing to me and I want to make sure that it is never done to anyone else. I can’t take them on alone but with his help we could expose the super soldier program and destroy the research.”

“Is there any way that you can reach him? If I can talk to him I can show him the proof. I have Anna Vandervolt’s laptop. That is how I found out about you, Kelly.”

“If I was to help you Sarah, how do I know you are telling me the truth?”

I shook my head and said that I hated having to prove myself. Still, I looked over at her and started concentrating on her. The next thing she knew her hand came up and slapped her in the face.

She looked over at me, “How did you do that?”

“It’s one of the abilities they gave me. Don’t ask me how it works; I just know that it does.”

Kelly looked over at me then asked,” What else can you do?”

“I have enhanced speed and strength. My memory has also been enhanced and there are other changes, but I am still learning to control them.”

“Steve is different. He can do none of those things but they are hunting him.”

“They can’t let him go, Kelly. Inside him are Nanites, granted there different from the ones that I have but they are still valuable to anyone looking to make their own soldiers. But if my plan works then they will leave Steve and me alone.”

“I can reach him, but it will take a few days Sarah. How can I reach you?”

I gave Kelly my phone number, and we said our goodbyes. I just hoped that she could talk her brother into meeting me. I guess that it was a waiting game for now.      

 

Synopsis:Having finely broken the security on Anna’s computer, Sarah learns that there is one other out there like here that is also in hiding and no longer being alone takes it upon herself to find him, but if the files on Steve Granger are true, Sarah could have just met her match but without his help she will be forced to take the enemy down alone.

  

Amy made her way too, Sarah’s home and rang the doorbell. Sarah had asked her to deliver to her parents to let them know that she was in town and wanted to see them. It only took a few minutes before Janice came to the door." Hi Amy, what can I do for you asked Janice?" 

Hi, Mrs. Tanner I need to talk to you for a few minutes about Sarah, can we take a walk it’s really important.

“Alright Amy, Let me get my coat and I will be right with you.”

A few minutes later, the two of them were slowly walking; Amy took a quick look around to make sure that the two of them were alone.

“Sarah is back in town, Mrs. Tanner I was with her yesterday. She is doing alright and wants you to meet her.”

"What's wrong that she is not with you?"

"She has to be really careful, there are people looking for her, right now, and she wants to explain what is going on. She gave me this note to give to you; it will tell you where to meet her. Mrs. Tanner you need to be careful, Sarah thinks that the house is bugged."

“Thanks Amy, Andrew and I have been worried sick about Sarah”

“I know, and Sarah feels terrible for having to leave, but she left to protect all of us. The people that are after her are really dangerous. You will understand once you are able to talk to Sarah.”

 
Once Janice was alone, she read the note all that it said was Central Park tomorrow 2:P.M. and I will be watching for both of you. Love Sarah. 

 

The next day, Janice and Andrew arrived at the park and waited for Sarah to arrive. The two of them barely slept the night before. It was already 2:30, and they were getting ready to leave when they saw Sarah walking through one of the trails, coming toward them. Having seen their daughter, it wasn’t long before the two of them ran over to her.

After everyone finished hugging and kissing one another, “I have a place where we can talk; it’s not safe for me to be out, people looking for me.”

“What happened, Sarah? Why did you leave so suddenly?" asked her father.
“Later, Daddy, I will explain everything, just not here, Adam's car is parked close.”

After reaching Adam’s car and everyone climbed inside, I drove back to the cottage. I was glad to be back at the cottage, I felt safe there and no one really knew about it. I took Mom and Dad back too the lake and the three of us took a seat.

I turned to them and said, "Time for the truth," and started explaining that happened to me.

Dad was angry when he found out about the kidnapping and what they were going to do to me once they found out about the Nanites not working. They both understood though, once I explained that it was our own government that was hunting me and why I had to disappear. Mom and Dad didn’t like it, but understood.

I then told them about my plan to expose the program to the press and told them about the computer that I had stolen that was loaded with files that would help, then finally told them the story of Steve Granger and how he had been running for the last few years. When I finely finished explaining everything, my parents came over and took me in their arms.

I was so happy having the two of them back that I couldn’t help but start crying. Over the last couple of months, I had held everything inside and tried to be strong. But when it came to my parents, all the pain that I had suffered had finely been released and I found myself crying like a baby. Being able to let it out felt like a weight was taken of my shoulders.

Mom and Dad stayed with me most of the day and understood now why I had to stay away. Both wanted to help, but to be honest, I had enough help and having them around would only take my mind off the mission I needed to stay focused on.

Steven Granger was a hard man to find. If you were lucky enough to find him, you would discover just how dangerous he was. For the most part, he was a good man and had served his country for two tours of duty in Afghanistan before that terrible day. It all happened so fast, everything in him had told him to open fire as the child ran at him.

He knew that something wasn’t right, but his eyes saw the child and not the risk that he was taking. He wasn’t the only one, but he was the closest to the child when the bombs detonated and sent scrap metal everywhere.

When Steve woke up, he was being evacuated to a near by M*A*S*H unit. It was there that he learned just how badly that he had been hurt. The doctors did everything possible to save him and were eventually able to have him flown home. There was a standing order that had only recently been sent out and Steve as a perfect match for their needs; he was terminal with no hope of survival.

After arriving, he was taking to Anna Vandervolt and given his first set of injections. Over the next few days, his status gradually improved till the he was completely healed. But the Nanites continued working and didn’t go dormant like they were supposed too.

Anna had run tests on Steve and noticed that his skeletal structure was now enlarging as was his muscular mass. There was something else happening too. Had she seen it at the time, she would have most likely put a stop to things and terminated Steve.

He had become mentally unstable and was hit with bits of rage that made him uncontrollable. Even the programming from the nanites was unable to modify his behavior. At that point, something else began to happen. His memories returned of what had happened and what they had done to him, afterwards.

He was not a machine that they could control like they were planning; he was a human being and wasn’t going to be their puppet. His rage took over, being trained soldier, he did the only thing that he could, and he fought back.

Just about everyone Steve came into contact with that day with ended up dead or in the hospital. He had made his escape, but became a target in the process. There was no where that he could go; he was alone with no money or even a place to live.

Everyone that he knew though that he was dead; the Army had made sure of that. He knew from that day on that he had one mission and was going to carry it out even if it cost him his life.

He eventually made contact with his sister Kelly, and shared with her everything that had happened and what they had done to him. From that day onward, she was his eyes and ears. It was her idea to use the newspaper as a means of contacting him. The classified ad that she posted was a simple one; it was a wanted ad for a used carburetor for a BMW Isetta whenever Kelly needed to get a hold of him or vise versa, the ad was posted and they would meet at a park outside of town. They only used the ad sparingly because they didn’t want to risk someone figuring it out, but at the moment, it was there only means of communication.

So when Steve saw the ad posted, he knew that Kelly needed to talk to him, and would be waiting at the park the following day at 11:A.M. It pissed him off, because his intelligence told him that they had finally restarted the Super Soldier Program. It had been closed down for the last three years, ever since his escape.

They had been working on creating a new sleeper agent, and the last he had heard was that they were finished and the agent was already placed. That was all that he was able to find out and hadn’t been able to reach the informant for months.

Steve’s worst fear was that he would have to face this supper soldier, knowing how fast technology changes, he could be out matched. The only real hope was his rage. When it took over, everything became enhanced.

Including the abilities, which he gained thanks to his Nanites; over the last three years, he had learned to control them and could use them now without loosing control. There was a time though, that if they were activated, that he couldn’t control them and there were disastrous consequences that lead to the death of other people. Granted, they were hunting him, but his intention was not to kill them.

The following morning, Steve was at the park, he was well hidden as he watched his sister from a distance. He wouldn’t make contact till he was sure that she was alone. After Kelly took a seat, he made his way around the park making sure the coast of clear before he went over to her.

When Kelly saw her older brother coming, she ran over to him and the two of them hugged one another. It had been almost 6 months since they had talked to one another. Steve took a seat on the bench next to his sister.

“So, what’s going on, Kelly?”

“I had a visit a few days ago Steve, He name is Sarah Tanner and she knew all about you?”

“What did she have to say?”

“She is like you and wants to talk to you”

“It could be a trap Kelly; she could be setting me up.”

“She says that she has Anna’s computer and has enough information to take them down”

Steve sat there taking in what Kelly had just told him, this is what he wanted. If Sarah was telling the truth, this could be the chance that he needed to get his life back and finely stop running.
He was going to meet her, but it would be on his terms. It was the only way that he would know for sure if it was a trap or not.

"Kelly, setup a meeting to meet at Burnaby Mountain Park, at 11:A.M. I will be wearing a blue ball cap and sunglasses."

"Will do, bro."

“So how have you been?”

“I am doing alright, just been worried sick about you”

“Sorry Kelly, I wish that I could be around more”

“It’s not your fault; I understand you never asked for any of this.”

“I know, but every time, we see each other, I put you in danger. I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to you, Kelly.”

“Maybe this time things will be different, I have a good feeling about Sarah, I think she is telling the truth, but why they would choose someone so young is beside me.”

“Not really, would you expect a child her age to a trained killer," Steve asked with a frown.

Kelly thought for a minute, “I guess not, but what are you going to do if it’s a trap?”

“Whatever I have to do Kelly, I learned my lesson in Afghanistan on how looks can be deceiving, I don’t plan on repeating 'that' mistake.”

Steve stayed for about an hour with Kelly. The two of them talked about things, then both went there separate ways. Steve wished that he could have stayed longer, but he knew that every moment that they spent together would put Kelly in danger. So he headed home to start his own investigation. He believed that you could never know enough about your enemy and was going to find everything he could about Sarah Tanner.

Steve used his computer and did a search on Sarah Tanner, in all aspects she was your everyday teenage girl, at least up to recently, she had been hit by a drunk driver and the court case was still ongoing. There was also a missing person’s report that had been filed on her.

Steve knew that something wasn’t right and went over to his closet, inside was a box on the floor. He took it out and placed it on his bed and started going through it. He pulled out a fake police badge and other identification and then locked up and headed outside to his car and started driving.

It was around 2:30 P.M. when he arrived at his location and made his way to the door and rang the door bell. He didn’t have to wait very long before a woman came and answered.

"Mrs. Janice Tanner, I am Detective Johnson and I have been assigned to your daughter’s case I was wondering if I could have a few minutes of your time.”

Meanwhile, something quiet different is happening across town. Anna Vandervolt is sitting in a hospital room; a friend has dropped in and has brought special gift for her, "Anna, I am sorry that I couldn’t make it sooner, I wish that I could have, but there was so much work that needed to be done. But I am here, now, and I will help you. Together we will get that little bitch."

She then walked over to Anna with a needle and injected the contents into Anna’s arm; there was an immediate reaction in Anna’s eye which slowly started to change as the life returned to her eyes.
Anna looked up and tried to speak but couldn’t yet.

“Just be patient Anna, it will take time for the Nanites to do the job.”

Anna smiled as she looked up at her daughter,” Thanks, Carol.”

Synopsis:Having finely broken the security on Anna’s computer, Sarah learns that there is one other out there like here that is also in hiding and no longer being alone takes it upon herself to find him, but if the files on Steve Granger are true, Sarah could have just met her match but without his help she will be forced to take the enemy down alone.

Janice answered that door and was face to face with Steve Granger, but didn't realize him at the time. He had a badge and identification and was going by the name of Detective Johnson. She let him into her home, once inside the two of the took a seat and he started asking questions about her daughter.

"Mrs. Tanner, I have been asked to take over your daughters case and I am here because I would like to find out everything I can about Sarah. I read recently that she was in a hit and run and that case is still ongoing, right?"

"Why are you asking about that, what does it have to do with my daughter being missing."

"I am sorry, Mrs. Tanner. It's just sometimes a witness goes missing. I am just trying to cover everything. Has she made contact with you or anyone else since her disappearance?"

"I know that she hasn't contacted my husband or me, as far as her friends go, if she did contact them, they would have said something."

"I was just wondering, has anything out of the ordinary happened lately to your daughter that might have caused her to runaway?"

"Not really, other then the accident, everything has been fine."

"I saw the reports on the accident, she is lucky to be alive."

"Yeah, it was a miracle. Most people would had died," Janice said with a smile.

"Is there anywhere you can think of that she might have gone or anyone that might know something?"

"Not really, we have already checked most of the places that she would have gone."

"Well, if you think of anything, this is my number," he said as he handed her a card." You can reach me anytime, thanks for your time."

Steve knew from the talk that he just had with Sarah's mother that she knew more then she was telling, something wasn't right about Sarah, maybe Kelly was right about her. He had made up his mind and was ready to meet her but it would be at a place of his choosing.

Adam sat with me at the hospital as Dr. Picard took God knows how much blood from my poor arm. By the time he finished, my arm looked like a pincushion. Even with my improved healing, getting needles still bothered me. I was going to come alone, but Adam had insisted on coming with me.

I really didn't know why because I looked like I should have been married off to some Prince from India, with me with the head scarf and all, but it did cover me up nicely and gave me the ability to move freely throughout the hospital without much chance of being seen.

Dr. Picard turned to me, "Alright Sarah, I should have your blood work back in a few days."

"Is this where I am supposed to thank you for turning me into a pincushion, Leo?"

"It was my pleasure Sarah, maybe next time I will remember that I only needed the one vial of blood."

"Very funny Leo, so what other kind of torture do you have planned for me?"

"Well, Sarah, if you would follow me, I will be glad to show you."

Adam and I followed Dr. Picard into another room that had all kinds of different exercise equipment, there were also monitors next to them that had wires attached which I guessed were used to check the patient's heart rate and other things.

"Sarah, I need you to get undressed and into a gown. I will be back in a few minutes," Leo said then left.

Adam turned to me, "do you want me to go, Sarah?"

"Why bother Adam, it's not like you haven't seen me naked before."

"I guess you are right," Adam then walked over and took a seat.

I smiled over at Adam and started doing a little strip tease for him, but couldn't help but laugh when I seen him starting to get aroused, "Behave yourself Sarah, there is a time and place for that, but its not here."

"Spoil sport", I said with a smile.

After Leo returned, he connected me up to a monitor and had me running on a treadmill. I ran for an hour, straight. When he finely said that I could stop, was I ever was glad, but had hardly built up a sweat. Then he told me to get dressed and head to the x-ray department where I was told to undress again and had a number of different x-rays taken.

Dr. Picard then left orders with the attendant to have Adam and I meet him back at his office in a few hours. We had a few hours to spare, so Adam suggested that we go grab a bite to eat. I had to admit after running for an hour I had built up quite and appetite.

Luckily, the hospital was downtown so there were plenty of restaurants around to choose from, When I left the hospital, I really wanted to remove the head scarf, but Adam said that I should leave it on and he was right. It was impossible to tell who was around and there was someone at the hospital that was feeling patient information to Anna's people and at the moment, I had no idea who it was.

Adam and I eventually decided on Kentucky Fried Chicken, I ordered the two piece meal, while Adam went with the three pieces.

"How are you feeling, Sarah?"

"Surprisingly good, considering how much running I did earlier."

"I would have to say whatever they did to you sure worked, think about what they could do if they used those nanites to actually heal people."

"You are right, Adam. But like so many other discoveries, there will always be someone looking to exploit things to their own selfish gains. Look at nuclear energy, when the idea first came up, I don't think they envisioned using it as a weapon, but eventually they used that knowledge to build the first atomic bomb."

"Yeah, you are right, Sarah. It's a shame, but true."

"So how did your visit with your mom and dad go, Sarah?"

"It went alright, they understood why I had to leave, but wished that I had contacted them sooner."

"You did what you thought was right Sarah, don't beat yourself up over it."

"God Adam, I wish this was over with and I could be a normal girl, again."

"I hate to tell you this Sarah; you will never be a normal girl. What they did can't be undone, can it?"

"I don't know Adam, maybe it's possible but to be honest, I really don't know if I would want to risk it. What if it's the nanites that are holding me here? The real Sarah is gone and somehow I am here. I believe if it wasn't because of the nanites I wouldn't be."

"Whatever happens Sarah, I love you and I hope someday when this is all over, you will be my wife."

I couldn't help but cry, "I love you too Adam. Believe me, I would marry you today, if I could."

"I am going to hold you to that Sarah," Adam said with a smile.

After the two of us finished dinner, we took a walk and just enjoyed the day. It was nice to get away from the cottage for awhile. As much as I loved it, there at the moment it was really stressful. I was lucky though, since I brought Jessica and Amy into the picture, it was easier to go through all the files on the laptop.

We had finely finished going through the journals. The raid that we had made on Anna's residence had really paid off, Because of it, I now knew that there was another person like me out there, I just had to find him and see if he is willing to help.

I was lost in thought when Adam said that it was almost time to meet Dr. Picard in his office. His office was across the street from the hospital, so it really didn't take us that long to get there, and once the two of us arrived, he took us into his office and closed the door behind him, then told us to take a seat.

Dr. Picard took a seat across from us, "Alright Sarah, The test that we did this morning had some interesting results. First, you are in excellent heath, thanks to those nanites. You were able to run for an hour straight, which tells us that the nanites were regulating your breathing and heart rate. Because of this, I imagine that you could have gone a lot longer without needing to stop. I would suggest if you are going to use these abilities that you monitor you food intake. I also have the x-rays back which came back normal, so I can only guess that the nanites have a method of shielding themselves. I should know more when I get the blood work back, but for the moment, I can tell you I see no ill effects from the nanites."

"Dr. Picard, I found out that there is another one like me. He had been on the run now for a few years, from what I understand his nanites are an older version then the ones that I have and the files say he is mentally unstable because of them. I have to find him, but because of what I have seen in his file, I am worried that things could go bad. I don't know if I can take him in a fight, is there anything that you can think of that might help?"

"That is a good question, Sarah. I could give you something to knock him out. You would need to inject him with it. Maybe use a dart gun if you can't get close enough. I have one other idea, but I really don't know if it would help, and it could be dangerous for him. But if it worked it, could possibly cure his mental condition."

"What are you thinking, Leo?" asked Sarah.

Leo looked over at Sarah, "I could be wrong but are nanites like a computer?"

Sarah thought for a moment, "I am not really sure, but from what I understand they're computerized."

"Then why not update his software?"

Sarah looked over at Leo and asked, ”How am I supposed to do that?"

"The answer is inside you Sarah, we use your nanites, they are a newer version. They should be able to rewrite the older ones, that is if there compatible with one another, which I suspect they are."

"Am I gonna like what's next?"

"I can take another sample of your blood, if you inject him with it, then that is all it should take. One of your nanites should be enough too copy the code over to the other."

So after letting Dr. Picard take another blood sample from my arm, Adam and I were on our way. I had the blood sample inside my purse along with a needle to inject it with. I wasn't going to inject him though, without his permission. It would be his choice. I wasn't looking to become another Anna.

Adam gave me the keys and let me drive the car back to the cottage, I did have my license, but Mom and Dad had felt that I was to young to drive alone. I guess after all this was over, they most likely wouldn't feel that way. It was nice though, since the change I hadn't really had the chance to drive much other then the other day when i picked up them up and brought them out to the cottage to break the news to them.

It was starting to look bad for Adam, he couldn't keep missing school, otherwise, he would end up getting into big trouble with his parents. I knew though that he was doing it because he was worried about me and wanted to make sure that I was safe. The truth though, he was in the most danger and if anything was to happen to him, I don't really know what I would do.

Adam and I arrived at the cottage about an hour later, Adam couldn't stay though,. He had to be at work, but he said he would call me on his break. So I gave him a kiss and watched as he drove away. It was around 3:P.M., so I knew that I wouldn't be alone for very long. Megan, Amy and Jessica were supposed to drop over after cheer leading practice was over to help me go over the files again. I headed inside and grabbed a coke from the fridge and headed into the living room and started working on the computer, hoping to find something interesting, but was kind of at a stand still. Most of the files had been looked at, now. What I was doing was goggling the names that were found on the computer, but not really having much success finding anything useful.

I needed to talk with Steve, he had to know more about who I was up against. I started looking up as much information about him, but there was nothing. It was like he didn't exist. I found his obituary and birth records. but really nothing else.

I decided that there really wasn't anything left for me to do with the laptop, so I shut it down, headed outside and took a seat on the porch seat when my cellphone started to ring..

"Sarah, this is Kelly, I was able to reach Steve, he is willing to meet you, he wants you to come alone."

"When and where Kelly?"

"Tomorrow at 2:P.M. at Burnaby Mountain Park."

"Tell him that I will be there, Kelly."

"Alright, I will tell him your coming, Sarah."

"Thanks Kelly, Bye."

I was kind of nervous about meeting Steve, everything that I heard about him told me that I was taking a risk. I could very well be walking into a trap. I knew one thing, I was not walking into this without being prepared. I needed to make a trip into town, if I was going to meet him, I wanted to make sure that I was at least armed. I didn't want to hurt anyone, so I would go with nonlethal which meant maybe a tazer and mace, if i needed it then at least I would be ready.

The next thing that I did was go inside and boot up the computer and looked up a place where I would be able to pick up what I would need. After Megan arrived, we would all take a road trip into town. It would also be a good excuse for us all to spend sometime together. It had been awhile since we had a night out together and after we were done, we would find somewhere to go and have some fun. Something told me after today, that my life was going to be getting a lot more complicated.

Megan arrive a little while later with Amy and Jessica. I told them about meeting with Steve. They agreed that it would be a good idea to be armed, but they were also worried that I could be walking into a trap and the fact that I had to meet him alone scared them. It scared me also, but there was nothing I could do about it. That was how he wanted it and if I wanted his help, then it had to be on his terms.

Megan arrive a little while later with Amy and Jessica, I told them about meeting with Steve and they all agreed that it would be a good idea to be armed,act that I had to meet him alone scared them. It scared me also but there was nothing I could do about it that was how he wanted it and if I wanted his help then it had to be on his terms.

After explaining everything to them the four of us climbed into Megan's car and we headed into town. I was eventually able to get everything that I wanted, and even managed to get a few other things. One of them was a bulletproof vest, it also had a plate inside that could stop a knife. I hoped that I would never need it, but having it was a good idea. I planned on wearing it when I met with Steve.

After we finished shopping the four of us went out to dinner, Anna paid for it, which was fine with me.

"So how are you feeling about meeting Steve," asked Amy.

I looked over at Amy, "Scared mostly, I am hoping the files were enough."

"I don't think it will be that bad, Sarah. Just look at the people who wrote that file, though they are not the most honest people." Jessica said.

"I think Jessica might be right, there is no proof any of what is in that file is true," Megan said with a frown.

"You all maybe right, but till I know for sure, I plan to be on my guard, he is a trained killer, after all."

Either way, tomorrow was going to be a busy day, I just hoped that everything went as planed but for tonight, we were going to have a good time together. Tomorrow would take care of itself.

Synopsis:Sarah received a call from Steve Grangers sister Kelly. He is ready to meet Sarah but in a place of his own chosen, but Sarah must meet him alone. Sarah may have finely found an ally in her fight there is only one problem, can she trust him or is she walking into a trap, only time will tell.

I spent most of it last night hanging out with my friends. There was really nothing else that I could do at the moment everything was at a stand still. I just hoped that once I met with Steve, I would have an idea what to do next. But at the moment, I was lost and didn’t know what the next move should be. The thought had come to me to send copies of the files out to the press, but I wanted to wait until I had a chance to talk with Steve Granger, it was possible he had other information that would help.

It was getting close to the time that I was supposed to meet with Steve, so I started getting dressed and made sure that I had my bulletproof vest on under my jacket, Inside my purse, I had a can of mace and my tazer. I was about as ready as I was going to be. When I talked with Adam on the phone last night and explained what was going on, he was pretty worried and wanted to come along. But I explained to him that if anyone else was there Steve would likely run, and I couldn’t risk that. After work though, Adam dropped off his car and drove back with Megan and the girls. So at least I had transportation.

The drive to Burnaby Mountain Park was a long one, but I was able to make it there earlier then expected, which was good because the place that Steve choose to meet me was a fair walk from where I parked the car. The closer that I found myself to the spot where we were supposed to meet, the more nervous I felt inside. But I knew that I had to do this and continued on until I was at the spot that Kelly mentioned, there was a bench there.

I took a seat and waited as I sat there for what seemed like forever, but in truth it was only about 15 minutes when I saw a man walking towards me and took a seat on the bench next to me.

“You must be Sarah, you are not what I expected.”

I looked over at him, “Nice to finely meet you, Steve.”

Steve looked over at me then asked, “How did you find out about me, Sarah?”

“I took Anna’s laptop and her journals, they eventually led me to you.”

“So what happened? Why are they hunting you?”

I looked over at Steve, “There was a malfunction and the nanites took on a life of there own refusing to accept orders and when that happened I became expendable.”

“Makes sense, the last thing they would want is another rouge agent running loose.”

“You seem different then what they said about you in the files.”

Steve frowned, “The information is mostly true, I am alright for the most part,but something happens when my emotions take over and the nanites inside me take over and they overwhelm me. People have died because I couldn’t control myself.”

"That sucks."

“So, what do you plan on doing? They're not going to stop hunting you. I know this from personal experience. They will keep coming after you till they succeed.”

“I think with the files that I have I can expose them to the press, but that would only shut them down for a short time then someone else would continue there work. I would rather take the fight to them and destroy everything, but I can’t do it alone, Steve.”

“Your right, Sarah. There is no way that either of us could do this alone, but you are just a child, you may have those nanites, but can you really use them? It took me 3 years to master mine and even then there are times that I still loose control.”

I thought about what he said, it was true that whenever I was able to call on those abilities, it took most of my strength and I couldn’t maintain the use of them very long. And the fact that when they had kicked in they were motivated by fear and the use of them had cost the lives of two people..Anna was still alive, but she was lucky. My motivation wasn’t to kill her, just take the information she had away from her.

“Your right, I don’t have complete control. But I am a fast learner. You can teach me what I need to know. Then the two of us can take them down. What do you think?”

“If I agree to do this, then what I say goes. I don’t have time to waste, just like you, every moment I am out there is a chance of being discovered. God help us if they found out the two of us were working together.”

I thought about that he said. If they found out the two of us were working together, they would most like send everything that had at the two of us. If the two of us were working together as a team, they would have good reason to be worried.

“Do you have a safe place where we can train?”

“I am hiding out in a cottage outside of town; it’s quiet there and has lots of room, your welcome to hide out there so we can train.”

“Alright, Sarah what’s the address. I will meet you there, I have a lot of loose ends that need to be taking care of, first.”

After I gave him the address the two of us went our separate ways. As I walked back to the car, I thought about what he said, to him, I was just a child. Maybe physically I was, but inside was also a man with over 40 years of life experience. I knew that the world we lived in was dangerous and unforgiving I had experienced it first hand.

After arriving back at the cottage, I setup a room for Steve to use and placed clean linen on his bed. I ended liking him, he seemed really sincere and admitted the fact the file was not a complete lie. But in truth, was he really the one responsible, or was it his nanites. As for myself, I had seen first hand how powerful they could be. It wasn’t really his fault, it was just easier to say he was a monster. But in truth, they had created him. So who was the real monster? It defiantly wasn’t Steve.

It was around 4:P.M. when I heard a car pulling into the drive and parking out front. I went to the window and took a look outside. I didn’t recognize the car, and whoever it was moved pretty fast because I didn’t even see anyone exit it. I immediately started thinking the worst and before I knew what was happening, my fear had started to take over and inside me, I started feeling really funny and knew that it had to be my nanites doing something. It was at that moment someone came running at me through the back of the house.

I felt a slight pain forming in my head and all the sudden, an en energy blast flow across the room hitting the intruder. But to my surprise, his arm came up and blocked my attack while at the same time dispersing the energy from the blast. Then came at me again, this time the attack was a physical one, and before I had a chance to respond, he had my head in some kind of hold and said, "If I wanted you dead, Sarah, you would already be dead in shock,"

"Steve?"

He then releases me with a push forward and as I turned around to face him, he removed his ski mask and before me all dressed in black was Steve Granger.

“What the hell did you think you were doing?”

“It was a test, Sarah, and if it had been anyone else you would also be dead."

"Oh."

“What were the thoughts that went through your head before the attack?”

“I was feeling mostly fear and anxiety.”

Steve looked at me, ”Yhen what?”

“I felt funny inside, then as you came at me there was pain in my head.”

 
What you felt was your nanites becoming active, they recognized a threat and were preparing you for an attack. The problem was you needed to take control and choose an action, but you were to afraid. o instead of acting, you ended up reacting to the attack. The nanites took over and did what they thought was needed to be done. Had you took control they would have responded to your wishes."

“I am pretty new to all this, and I didn’t really come with a user manual.”

“That is why you are lucky to have found me, I had to learn all this stuff on my own.”

The first thing you need to do is to start listening to what your body is telling you, the nanites have enhanced all of your senses. Take a deep breathe and prepare yourself for what is coming, but always stay in control. Otherwise, you may end up killing someone. That energy blast of ours is one hell of a good weapon, but what if it had been Adam coming though that door, he would likely be dead."

“How do you know about Adam?”

“Like you Sarah, I did my own investigating.”

I looked over at Steve,” So, how did you block my energy blast? That was pretty cool.”

“I have an enhanced exoskeleton, it can take a lot of abuse, I also have learned from being hit with tazers that I can absorb the energy. It was a real pain, though the first few times, but the nanites are capable of adapting and learning new things. I would imagine yours can do a lot more beside just an energy blast.”

“I can do a few things, I have enhanced memory, speed and strength. I can control a person, but I don’t like doing that because it drains me and the energy blast.”

"Sarah, that energy blast of your is more then it appears, it’s not exactly energy. I think it could be a form of telekinesis and if that is the case, you should be able to use it to do other things, like move objects. I am guessing that the nanites enhanced your brain and you can now use more of it then a normal person could.

I looked over at Steve, “If you could have complete control of your abilities without the rage taking over, would you be interested”

Steve looked over at me,” Of course I would, but that’s impossible!”

"Maybe it was, but not anymore. I have a friend, he is a doctor. I asked him about you. I was looking for a way to fight you if things didn’t go right. He gave me a drug to knock you out, but anyway, he said that our nanites are most likely compatible. If we inject you with some of mine, it is possible that they would overwrite yours."

“It’s possible! How do we know that they will not also copy over your programming and if that happens, it could lead to major trouble. I think it is best to wait and see what your doctor friend can find out first before jumping into anything.”

I thought about what Steve had said. It was true, we really didn’t know what the effect would be, it was best to stay on the cautious side of things in time being. Dr. Picard would know more about how they worked and maybe come up with some way to reprogram them, but for the moment, the two of us were in control, and it was best to keep it that way. I did learn one thing though, I had along ways to go before I was as good a fighter as Steve, but it appeared that I would have a good teacher.

Later that night, Megan drove over with Adam. I introduced them to Steve. Everyone got along well enough, although I could see that Adam didn’t really like the idea of another man living with me. I had to take him aside later that night and explain to him that Steve was training me and that there was only one man that I was interested in, that man was him. After that, he seemed to warm to the idea that I had someone there to protect me while he was away, and to be honest, I was happy that Steve was here too.

After Adam and I returned we found Megan and Steve over at the computer. She was showing him the file that they had on him, he just shook his head and said most of it is true, but some of it had been fabricated, some of the locations in the file he had never even lived in. It just showed that you can’t always believe everything that you read. Megan and Adam couldn’t stay very long, she had mostly come to give Adam a lift to retrieve his car and both of them needed to be home before 11:P.N., so we all had a good visit and they were on their way.

The next morning, I was awakened early by Steve, and the two of us went for a morning run around the lake and back. It was a good hour, before we made it back to the cottage. After having breakfast, the two of us went outside.

"Sarah, most soldiers in the army use a combination of: boxing, Mauy Tai and Jujitsu. Today, we are going to start with the boxing and eventually move onto the others. The more that we practice, the faster you will learn. As far as your condition goes, the nanites should take care of that. We just need to get you to the point where you can handle yourself in a fight, because there maybe a time where you can’t depend of the nanites to protect you. When that happens, it will be up to you."

So, for the next couple of hours, Steve worked with me showing me the different blocks and punches. Like he said, because of my enhanced memory, I remembered all of it and found myself enjoying myself. As the days went on, I found myself becoming quiet proficient with the boxing, eventually we got to the point where Steve and I were sparing against one another. Usually when this happened, I would end up spending most of my time on the mat, but I was finely starting to hold my own with him. I still ended up loosing, but a week later I held my own with him. He then said that I was finished my boxing training, we were going to move onto the Mauy Tai.

I had thought that the boxing was tough, but Mauy Tai was brutal. Even with my enhancements, I still found myself sore, but I was thankful for my ability to heal. Without it, I would have spent weeks recovering, instead of days. For the most part, this was my life, running first thing in the morning, martial Arts during the day. Most nights, I would spend with my friends. Mom and Dad dropped in a few times, but were careful not to be followed, Steve and Dad became fast friends.

Mom and I talked for hours and she eventually accepted the fact that I wouldn’t likely be coming home anytime soon. I was still her daughter, but because of everything that happened, I was growing up fast.It was something that I had very little control of, but something told me that the two of us would always be close. Maybe once things got back to normal, we could have the mother daughter relationship that she wanted.

Being a fast learner, it took me a month to learn Mauy Tai and I did really well, then came the dreaded Jujitsu. I was lucky for the most part, my previous training had prepared me for most of it. It took about a month to learn, but Steve said that I was finished, now there was just one thing left that I needed to do. That was to put it all together into a form my own.

Steve and I headed into town to a gym, and the two of us started sparing against one another. It was a wild fight because it consisted of everything that he had taught me, In the end, I was able to defend myself against him and to my surprise, I won. Steve smiled and put his arm around me, "I am proud of you, Sarah. You are finely ready for whatever is thrown at you. I think it’s finely time to take the fight to them."

I smiled at Steve, “I am ready anytime you are."

Synopsis:Sarah finely meets with Steve Granger, and has to admit he is not quiet the monster that Anna’s files said he was and over the next three months Steve trains Sarah and helps her hone her skills. The time has finely come for Sarah and Steve to take back their lives.

 

 

It had been a long road up to this point and also a lot of sweat and tears, but I felt ready to take the fight to the enemy with the training that I received from Steve. I felt more competent knowing that I could take care of myself without having to depend on the nanites. Training with Steve also help me learn to control them better, so that when I did use them, it was less draining. But even so, it was still along road ahead of me if I was ever to completely master them.

Steve had packed up his bags and said that he would be in contact with me in a few days. He said that there was someone that he needed to talk to and had information on the super soldiers program and it’s possible location.

  
After Steve left, I picked up the phone and gave Adam a call. I had been missing him terribly and really wanted to see him, but there was no answer. So I dialed Megan’s cell.

"Hey Sarah, what’s up she asked?"

“Not much, Sis. Just bored, you feel like getting together and doing something?”

“Amy, Jessica and I were planning on taking in a movie later, Sarah you welcome to join us.”

“Sounds like fun, but its an awful long ways for you to travel just to pick me up, Megan.”

“Not really, there are theaters near you and they’ll be happy too see you, Sarah.”

“I’ll call them and tell them that we're doing a road trip; see you around noon.”

“Alright, Megan. I will talk to you later, love you.”

“Love you too, Sarah; see you in a bit, bye.”

 

 
After getting off the phone, I had a few hours to kill, so I put on my track suite and headed outside for a run around the lake. After spending the last few months with Steve, the morning runs had become part of my normal routine. I found that it was also a great way to clear my mind, because when I ran, it took me my mind off the insanity that had been my life. And during those runs, I thought about easier times when I was truly happy.

I had spent most of my life until recently as a guy that hated life, but I felt truly complete now, and even with all the insanity that was going on around me, I wouldn’t trade what I had gained for the world. And somehow I knew that the end of all this was near and I would be able to go home, soon.

After finishing my run, I had a quick bath, then spent the next hour doing my makeup, hair and getting dressed. Not that it really took that long, but I wasn’t really in a hurry. I still had time to kill before the girls arrived, so I was just pretty much trying to keep busy. After I finished up, I went downstairs into the kitchen and made up a quick breakfast, it really wasn’t anything special, just a bowl of raisin brain, toast and a glass of orange juice.

 
Meanwhile, across town in her new lab, is Anna. She is sitting at her desk, working on the computer when her phone rings. She reaches over and looks at here phone seeing that the call is from her secretary, she answer it.

“Yes, Brenda?”

“Anna, your Daughter Carol is here. Should I show her in?”

“Thanks, Brenda. Send her in.”

Anna got up and met her daughter as she came into the office and met her with a hug.

"Sorry I couldn’t come sooner, Mom, but I have some good news. Steve Granger is in custody. We caught him this morning, you were right about James Marsden. He was the mole that was feeding Steve the information. I had a team watching him when Steve made contact."

“Where is Steve Granger?"

“He’s in a cell, sleeping off the effects of the drugs we shot him with.”

“I want him brought to my lab, Carol. Make sure is stays unconscious.”

“Alright, Mom, but what do you have in mind?”

“I am going to send him after Sarah Tanner.”

“Mom, we can’t control him, how do you know he won’t turn on us?”

Anna walked over and took a vile out of the cooler and walked over to her daughter and smiled, ”Inside this bottle is my latest invention, they are the same nanites that were injected into Sarah Tanner, accept I am going to use these to destroy the ones that Steve has. And once I finish with Steve, he will do anything that we tell him to do."

“We should question him, Mom, there maybe others helping him besides James Marsden.”

“You’re right, Carol. But once we inject him, he will tell us everything he knows.”

“Alright, Mom. Give me a half hour and I will have him brought up.”

After Carol left, Anna walked back over to her desk and with a smile she said too herself, 'It's payback time, bitch!' then started working on programming the nanites.

 

 
It was around 12:P.M. when Megan, Jessica and Amy arrived. It was still too early too catch the movie, so I invited them inside. It had been a couple of weeks since I had seen Jessica and Amy. So they filled me in on all the local gossip that I had missed and asked me all kinds of questions about what I had been up to.

I told them about my training with Steve and all the different things he had taught me. Amy had always wanted too take some courses in self defense and asked me to show her a few things. Most of the stuff that I showed her was pretty basic, but she seemed pretty impressed and tried copying what I had shown her, she caught on pretty fast and wanted me to teach her more once my life got back to normal.

Jessica on the other hand, was more interested in boys then martial arts, she pretty caught up on this new guy that she had just started dating. His name was Scotty. He was a musician of all things, and the two of them had met at the 'Bronx' which was a bar that was opened to teens on Wednesday nights.

Is is a pretty popular place, not that I had been there, but I planned on checking it out sometime. Megan and Bobby were still pretty much an Item, and I was really happy for her. She seemed to have found herself someone a lot like Adam, I really hoped that it worked out for the two of them.

 

 
The movie turned out to be a bomb, and a good waste of money. It was one of those comedy’s that spent way to much time trying to be funny and had really no story line. But we did have a good time and lots of laughs about how bad the movie was.

Rather then retuning to the cottage, the four of us hit the shops along the board walk and went on a shopping spree. There was a jewelry booth where I saw this beautiful necklace that was of a white dove, I loved it from the start. The price on it was $15.00. So, I bought it and Jessica helped me fasten it. Megan, Amy and Jessica ended up buying a few things also while we were there.

We eventually ended up at one of the many surf shops and soon found ourselves sorting through all the different swimsuits. Amy found this nice black Bikini and said that it was prefect for me and with the insistence from Megan and Jessica, I ended up buying it. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked it myself, but could have just gone with a one piece, but I knew which one Adam would like best.

 

 
Anna watched as Steve Granger was brought into her Lab, following close behind was Carol. Steve was still out cold from the drugs that they had giving him, but just as a precaution, he was also strapped down on the stretcher, that was Carols idea.

She knew that there was always the possibility that Steve would wake up, any normal person would be out for days but those damn nanites had enhanced his body so much that what worked for most people wouldn’t work for Steve Granger.

After they finished moving Steve, Anna walked over to Steve with a needle and injected him with it, then turned to her daughter Carol, "This will paralyze him. We need him awake for what is to come next."

She then picked up another needle and injected the contents into his arm and turned to Carol and smiled, "It will take about 15 minutes for the nanites to do the job. We might as well grab a coffee, he is going no where."

Carol and Anna headed down to the cafeteria leaving Steve with couple of guards.

After the two of them were seated, Carol turned to her mother, “I really think using Steve is a mistake, we should just terminate him.”

I know how you feel, Carol. But ever since Sarah escaped, she has been evading us. She is smart, that little goose chase in Toronto was brilliant. Our operatives were running all over the city and what did we find? A 15 year old girl with her bank card. No Carol, we need Steve, he has been on the run for years and knows all the tricks.

“Alright, Mom, maybe your right. But I really think we need too rethink what wee doing here. First Steve, and now Sarah, both turned out to be failures and this time it, almost cost you your life. I don’t know what I would do if I lost you, Mom.”

Anna reached over and took her daughters hand, “I am not going anywhere, Honey.”

Carol looked at her mother, “I hope not, Mom, but I have a bad feeling about all this.”

“I know Carol; it’s almost over with, once we take care of Sarah.”

Anna looked at her watch, “let’s get back to the lab it’s time to get started.”

 

 
After the two of them arrived in the lab, Anna walked over to her desk and grabbed another needle and injected Steve with it. Steve slowly started to come around once he was awake, he tried to move but found that he couldn’t.

“Relax, Steve. I gave you something to keep you under control. You’ve giving us quiet a run with three years of chasing you across the country,” Anna said with a smile.

“What are you going to do to me?" Steve asked in anger.

“We're going to let you go, Steve. We need you to take care of something for us.”

“What do you want me to do?”

"That’s not important, because after we are finished with you, its not like you are going to remember any of this anyway. But first, I want you too tell me everything that you have been up to and why you were trying to break into this facility."

“I am not going to tell you anything, Anna, and the last thing you’re going to see is my hands around your throat, squeezing the life out of you.”

“Is that the way you talk to all your ladies?" Anna asked with a sinister smile.

“Only to evil bitches like you, Anna.”

“Just for the record, Steve, you are not going to do anything when I am done with you. You will be nothing more then my own person puppet. You will do whatever I say. Now tell me what I want to know.”

Anna walked over too her desk and started typing commands into her computer and the next thing, Steve was screaming in pain. The pain only lasted a few minutes and after the pain was gone Anna walked over to Steve.

“Steve, why were you trying to break into this facility?”

“We were trying to take it down," Steve said in almost a comatose state.

Anna looked over at Carol then turned to Steve, "You said 'We’. Who is helping you?”

“Sarah Tanner," Steve said calmly.

“How do you know about Sarah?" asked Anna.

“She used your files to find me.”

"Very cleaver girl," Anna, then turned to her daughter, "I need you to put together a little surprise for Sarah, something tells me that she is going to be paying us a visit very soon," Anna said with a wicket smile.

Carol smiled, “It will be my pleasure, Mom” then left to make the arrangements.

Anna then turned to Steve and with a smile said, "Here are your orders Steve, You are to make contact with Sarah Tanner and tell here you found my lab. Tell her that the two of you are going to break in and take down the facility. You will bring her here where you will shoot her with this dart gun. The contents will knock her out and once she is out cold, you will bring her to this lab, do you understand your orders Steve?

"Yes Anna, I will do as you asked.”

“Good boy Anna said with a smile”

Synopsis:The time has come for Sarah and Steve to take down there enemies, but things are not always as they seem are they ready for the job that lays ahead of them, only time will tell.

 

 

 

 
I arrived home after spending the day with my friends, it had been a fun day for all of us. After everyone had left, I decided to boot up my computer and see if there were any messages from Steve. We had chosen to keep in touch with each other using the internet. I was surprised to find that there was a message waiting for me from Steve. I clicked on the message and opened it up.

The message was pretty much straight to the point, Steve was never the kind for wasting time.

Found the new facility, it’s pretty secure going to make a move on it for tomorrow at 11pm, Make sure you come prepared. I will be waiting near the entranced.

Below the message was an address which I wrote down, then picked up my phone and called Adam, hoping that he would have it on. It rang a few times before he answered.

“Hey baby, how’s my girl?”

I smiled,” I am doing pretty good honey but I need a favor.”

“What do you need, Sarah?”

“I need your car for tomorrow night, Steve and I are finely making our move.”

“I will drive you there myself.”

“You don’t have too, Adam, Steve and I will be alright.”

“I am not worried about Steve, you need someone there if everything goes to hell”

“Alright, but I want you wait with the car, if anything happens be ready”

“How about I skip school tomorrow and we can spend the day together?”

I smiled to myself, “I would like that Adam.”

Adam and I talked for the next couple of hours, about everyone and everything. I was hoping after tomorrow that the two of us could go back to being normal kids again and how much that he meant to me. I really didn’t know how things were going to go tomorrow and felt it was important that he knew that I truly loved him and was happy that the two of us had found one another.

After the call ended I picked up the phone and called Megan and told her what was going on, she was worried that something was going to go wrong, I told her that I was also but this was something that I needed to do, I was tired of running and wanted to get my life back. She wanted to come along but in the end I told her that it was too dangerous and that I really couldn’t live with myself is something happened to her.

I asked her to do me one more favor before we ended the call and that was too go over too my parents place, I needed to talk to them and didn’t want to risk talking over their phone, Sarah said Alright and she would call me in a few minutes then I told her that I loved her as we ended the call.

 

 
I went into the kitchen and took a coke out of the fridge grabbed a bag of chips from the pantry and filled up a bowl and sat them down on the table. I turned on the radio and listened to it for awhile until my phone rang and it was mom on the other end.

“Mom, it’s so good to hear your voice, I miss you much.”

“It’s good to hear you too baby, how are you doing, are you alright?”

“I am fine Mom, just missing you and Daddy.”

“Your Father and I miss you too baby, please come home.”

“I will be home soon, Mommy, It’s almost over now. If everything goes as planned I maybe home, tomorrow.”

“Just be careful, Sarah, and come home to us.”

“Is Daddy there?”

“Yes, Baby. He is standing here beside me”

“Can I talk to him?”

 

 
There was a few seconds of where the phone went dead, then I heard his voice.

“Hi Daddy, How are you doing?”

“I am doing alright, just happy to be able to talk to you, how have you been?”

Sorry that I couldn’t stay in touch more, there has been so much going on, but I am alright, Steve and I are making our move tomorrow night, if things go well. I maybe coming home soon.

“We will be happy when your home and put all of this insanity to rest.”

“I will too, Daddy, it’s been so hard being away from Mom and you.”

“You left to protect us, Sarah, we understand why you left.”

“I got to go Daddy; if everything goes as planed I will be home tomorrow. I love you Daddy and give mom a kiss for me."

“Goodbye, Baby, I love you too," Daddy said as he ended the call.

 

 
It as a pretty quiet night for me and I mostly spent it playing around on the computer and listening to the radio. Eventually though, the boredom started to get to me and I decided to call it a night and within minutes I was fast asleep.

That night, my dreams were pretty messed up. I dreamt that Anna had killed everyone that I loved, and all that I could to is sit and watch, no matter how hard that I tried to move my body would not obey me.

I woke up completely soaked in my own sweat, I knew that it was just a dream, but, I was scared half to death. I slowly pulled myself out of bed and made my way into the bathroom and ran my hands under the cold water and drenched my face with the cold water, trying to rinse the redness away. I have had dreams before, but nothing really compared to this one.

I made my way into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee and took a seat at the table, looking over at the clock, it was still pretty early, it was 5:A.M., I knew though that I wouldn’t be going back to bed anytime soon. ' I was never really a coffee person, but needed it this morning.' I thought to myself as I took a drink.

 

 

 

 
I tried to put the nightmares behind me and get ready for my morning run. As I made my way around the lake, I felt a calmness fall over me and could feel the stress that I had been carrying slowly dissolve. Normally, I would just run for an hour, but today, I felt like taking it a little further, so I stripped down and took a swim.

The water was a little cold at first, but it didn’t take long for me to adjust to it. Before long, I was swimming laps across the lake and back. Well, it was just the one lap, and it was a big lake. After I finished, I decided that I had enough and just relaxed and let the water carry me for a bit.

When I finely made my way inside, it was 7:30A.M. The first thing that I did was run a nice hot bath and soaked for a bit, then spent the next hour getting dressed and doing my makeup and hair. I went pretty light on the makeup, considering I didn’t really have any plans for most of the day anyway.

Most of it was going to be spent with Adam, then I would meet Steve at 11:P.M., and the two of us would make our move on the facility, . But that was tonight and I didn’t want to even think about it. For the time being, I just wanted to be a normal girl, spending the day with the boy she loved. I could worry about everything else, later.

 

 
It was around 9:30A.M. when Adam arrived, it felt nice being in his arms again as he kissed me. The two of sat outside on the porch swing and he just held me as I curled up next to him with my head on his shoulder.

“I miss this Adam.”

“What do you miss, Honey?”

“I guess everything, it’s just nice having you here with me," I said with a smile.

Adam looked over at me, “It’s been hard on the both of us, Sarah. And there are times that I wonder if things will ever be normal between us.”

“I guess that I do carry a lot more baggage then most girls.”

“Yeah, Sarah. I can handle it, maybe after today we can get rid of some of it.”

“I hope so, Adam. But what will you if it doesn’t workout as planned?”

“If it doesn’t workout, then the two of us will leave town together. I know the risks, but I would rather face the risks with you then being without you.”

“Alright, Adam. I am not going to fight with you, because I don’t want to be without you either, but somehow I will find a way to get through this, tonight.”

 

 
Adam and I spent most of the morning just hanging around the cottage, we talked mostly and just enjoy each others company. At around noon, we went inside and I made up a light dinner for the two of us. I made us up some fish and chips, they were delicious, considering that they came out of a box. After the two of us ate, I washed the dishes while Adam dried them.

After we finished up, Adam suggested that the two of us go for a drive. I had been at the cottage all morning, so I jumped at the idea for sometime away. So a few minutes later, Adam and I were in his car.

Adam looked over at me then said, “Is there any where special you want to go?”

“It’s pretty hot, let’s head down to the beach.”

“Alright, Sarah. If that is where you want to go.”

It was a short ride to the beach, and most of the way there, I had a strange feeling that someone was following us. But when I looked into the mirror, I didn’t really see anything. Maybe I was just being paranoid, but Steve had taught me to listen to what my body was telling me, and something didn’t feel right.

Adam looked over at me, “Is everything alright?”

I didn’t want to worry him it could have just been my mind working overtime, “Yes, I guess that I am just a little worried about tonight.”

“Try not to think about it, worrying about isn’t going to do you any good”

“I know, but it’s easier said then done.”

 

 
As the two of walked along the beach, Adam took my hand and the two of us walked along the waters edge. I removed my sandals and walked in the wet sand. I would have loved to have gone into the water, but hadn’t brought my bathing suit with me and there were really too many people around to risk skinny dipping, although, I am sure that Adam wouldn’t have minded seeing me in my birthday suit.

Eventually, the two of us found a nice secluded place along one of the many trails that had a park bench. I took a seat next to him and he put his arm around me, I couldn’t help but cuddle into him and placed my head against his shoulder.

He looked down at me then pulled me closer, it wasn’t long before he was kissing me and I found my arms around his neck kissing him back with just as much passion as he was showing me.

When he finely pulled away, he looked over at me, ”I love you, Sarah.”

I smiled then lead over and gave him a kiss, “I love you more,” I said with a smile.

“Promise me that whatever happens, Sarah, that we will be together.”

“Don’t worry, if I have to leave, you and I will leave together.”

“Good, because I don’t want to be without you,” Adam then leaned over and he kissed me again.

The two of us just stayed there for God knows how long, just holding one another. There was an old couple that passed us, they had to be in there 60’s, I could see the smile on her face when she saw us together.

I thought to myself,'How cool it would be for Adam and me too grow old together like that old couple had done.', When I looked over at Adam, I thought, 'That kind of love was still possible, even in this day and age. Although most people choose to leave, rather then face their problems.'

"Penny for your thoughts," asked Adam,

”I was just thinking about that old couple, do you think that kind of love is still possible?”

“Anything is possible if both people really want something,” Adam said with a smile

“I guess your right, Adam. Most of the people have problems, but don't find a way to work them out. It scary how many people just leave at the first sign of trouble.”

Adam looked over at me and pulled me closer and kissed me,  

I smiled and kissed him back, ”Good, because I would really hate to hunt you down.”

 

 

 
The day had gone pretty fast, after we left the beach, the two of us went into town and had a nice super together. It was so much fun being able to spend the day with the man that I loved.

After supper the two of us returned to the cottage and one thing let to another and before I knew it, Adam and I were making love. When the two of us were completely spent, he just held me and the two of us laid there for what seemed like hours talking to and caressing one another.

 

 
It was around 10:P.M. when I finely had to get out of bed, I took a quick shower and then started getting dressed, Steve had bought various items for me while he was here, helping with my training. One of them was a black jumpsuit that had lots of pockets for holding various items. After I put the jumpsuit on, I went over to the closet and took out my black duffel, inside it was all the tools that I would need. There was one item inside that I truly hated and hoped that I would never have to use, but I was glad that it was there all the same.

I reached inside and pulled out my holster that held the gun that Steve had bought me it was a Glock 17. It was a powerful weapon and being semi automatic, meant I just needed too load the clips and it was ready for use.

I took the gun out of it holder and inserted the clip then placed it back and placed the extra clips into another pocket. On the other side of the holster was on another pocket that held a knife, there was also a pocket to hold a radio which I inserted and plugged in the earpiece so that Steve and I would have two way communication.

“Do you really need all that stuff, Sarah?” asked Adam

“I have no idea, Adam. I have no idea what I am up against. It’s best to be prepared.”

Adam frowned, “I still don’t like the idea of you going in alone.”

“I am not going to be alone; Steve will be there with me Adam.”

“I still don’t like it, Sarah. What if something goes wrong?”

“Nothing is going to go wrong, I’m sure that Steve has a plan once we are in. What would you have me do?”

“We can just leave, Sarah. We have the files and we can send them to the press.”

"Yes, we could do that Adam. But how long do you think it will take them to start the program again under another name? Do you want to be running for the rest of your life with me? They are not going to let me go, and eventually, they will find us. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in hiding, I want to be with my family and friends and I want to marry the man that I love."

“Alright, Sarah. I understand. But I don’t have to like it.”

“I don’t like it, either, Adam. But this is the way it has to be.”

 

 
I walked over and picked up my cell phone and dialed Megan’s number. It rang a few times before she answered.

”Hi Sarah, what are you up to?”

“I am just getting ready to meet Steve, it’s time to start sending out the files.”

“I will make the calls and let everyone know, the press should have the files within the next couple of hours. Be careful tonight, I love you sis.”

“I love you too, Megan. I will talk to you later and thanks.”

After I ended the call to Megan, I turned to Adam, “We better get going, Honey.”

 

Adam and I arrived at the location where Steve had told me to meet him, but didn’t seem very impressed when he saw that Adam was with me.

Steve looked over to me then Adam, “I told you to come alone, Sarah.”

“I know, but it couldn’t be helped. I needed a ride and he insisted on waiting.”

“Alright, let get going then.”

I walked over to Adam and said,"I will see you when it’s over with.”

Adam leaned over and gave me a kiss while at the same time he slipped his cell phone into my pocket, ”Just in case you need me”, he said looking worried.

“What was that about?” asked Steve

“Nothing, he was just saying 'good luck'.”

Steve and I made our way through the woods, the trees provided us with pretty good cover, making it hard for anyone to see our approach. Eventually we made it too a fence.

“Don’t touch the fence, it’s electric, there is enough power to knock you out.”

I looked over at Steve, “How are we going to get past it?”

“Very carefully.”

Steve reached into his knapsack and took out a pair of cutters and used them too cut enough of the fence so that the two of us could make it through. Then I followed him, he seemed too know exactly where he was going.

“How did you find out about this place Steve?”

“I have a friend on the inside who feeds me information, when I need it.”

“How reliable is this information?”

“It’s legit, he has helped me in the past, and I have never had a problem with him.”

"OK."

"Yhis is where we split up, we need too hit the lab and the server at the same time, I will take care of the server and you will take the lab, turn on your radio on and wait till I contact you."

“I will see you when we're done, good luck.”

“Remember what I taught you and you will be alright," Steve said with a smile, he then made his way toward the other side of the building.

 

 
There was a security system on the door, so the first thing that I needed to do was to disarm it long enough so that I could make it inside the building. I reached into my knapsack and took out my tools and within a few minutes, I had disabled the door and made my way inside the building.

I had memorized the blueprints that Steve had sent me, so I pretty much knew where I needed to go. I needed to make it to the third floor, but couldn’t take the elevator because it was key coded. So that left me with taking the stairs, once I was on the third floor, I would have too disable the lock to gain entrance.

Like I had expected, there was a couple of guards monitoring each floor, and camera’s that needed too be temporary disabled. The first camera that I came to was on a motion tracker. So I had to wait till it was pointed away, then I ran right up underneath it, waited then used made my move the rest of the way until I had made it safely around the corner and straight into an armed guard that I took by surprise.

I could see he was going for his gun, but I was faster and grabbed my tazer and stepped into him with it. The charge from the tazer was enough to knock him to his feet and I quickly used a move that Steve had taught me to choke him out.

Once that I was sure that he was out cold, I dragged his body to a closet and used his own handcuffs to secure him, while at the same time, taking his radio and key card. I placed the radio on the other side of the room, then left him to sleep it off and made my way to the stairs.

A few minutes later, I was on the third floor. I used the key card that I had taken off of the guard to open the door. Like the previous floor, there was a camera, except this one over looked the stairs and would be more of a challenge to bypass. So I made a leap of faith and ran for it, then used my camera to take another picture and placed the picture in front of the lenses.

As I got closer to the lab, I noticed that there was a guard outside of the lab. I needed to take him out before I could make it to the lab. I reached into my bag and pulled out a flash grenade, I needed to act fast so he wouldn’t have time to call for help.

I threw the grenade across to him and it went off, temporarily blinding him. I made my move and was on him so fast that the first thing I did was us my tazer as I had done to the other guard. I choked him out, too.

The coast was clear and I made my way inside. Something wasn’t right though, this was the place that Steve had given me to go to, but this wasn’t lab. It was at that moment that I heard yelling coming from the inside of my head telling me to get down. I listened and dropped too the floor fast only to see a dart fly past my head.

When I turned around, it was Steve, but there was a vacant look in his eyes. He had missed me, but instead of stopping went for his gun. I was too far to do anything and did the only thing that I could do, beat him to my own gun.

I aimed for his shoulder. I didn’t want to kill him, I just wanted to stop him and it worked, I was able to get my shot off first. Steve went down hard. I made my way over to him and kicked his gun away. Then I bent down beside him and said two words,”Why Steve?”

 

 

 

 

Synopsis:Sarah and Steve make there move to take down the super soldier program and all is going well until the unthinkable happens, Steve turns on Sarah leaving her with only one choice. She draws her gun and has no choice but to shoot her friend, leaving her with two choices; save her friend Steve or take down the program herself. What will be her choice, saving Steve or the destruction of the program?

I was leaning over Steve, asking him why he turned on me, but there was no sign of the man that I had known. I knew the answer; Anna had got to him and did something to him. The man that I knew was still there, somewhere, buried deep inside. There was no way that I could break his programming and get the answers I needed. Well, there was always my nanites, but they were sitting in a fridge back at the cottage.

The only real thing that I knew was that Steve would want me to carry out the mission; he hated these people as much as I did, but without his help, I had to do it alone. This wasn’t going to be easy. I hated doing what I had to do next, Steve was still my friend and what happened wasn’t his fault, but I couldn’t risk him coming after me.

I needed time to finish what the two of us had started. I used Steve’s handcuffs to bind his hands behind his back then dragged him into a closet that was inside the room and took some duck tape and placed it over his mouth, “Sorry Steve but the mission has to come first.”

I was left with another problem, now, the information Steve gave me was a trap. I suspected that I was still in the right building because Anna wanted me here for a reason. I needed to find the location of her ab and the buildings server. This meant a three prong attack. First, I needed to take out the phones so that the server didn’t up load the files to another location, then take out the server and Lab at the same time. This was going too take some ingenuity.

I went through Steve’s knapsack and found that the explosives were still there along with his tools, so I knew that he was planning on carrying out the mission, but his programming took over before he was able to.

I took everything that I would need and transferred it to my knapsack, then found a map inside of the bag which showed the server room. I assumed that it was correct. I looked over at Steve, “I promise that I will be back for you, just hang in there.”

Looking at the map, I knew the server and phone hook ups were in the basement, which meant that I had to go back downstairs. So, I grabbed my knapsack and placed it on my back and started making my way back to the stairs. I left the camera disabled because I knew that I would have to come back for Steve, later, provided I made it out of here alive.

After arriving on the second floor, I had to make my way down along hallway to get to another set of stairs which would lead me to the basement. As I made my way down, I saw that there were various labs, I used the key card that I had taken off the guard and opened the door.

I had an idea that might just make my job a little easier. I went over to one of the computers and used the password that I had used to break into Anna’s laptop, hoping that she hadn’t bother changing it yet. It worked and I was able to pull up the buildings blueprints and now had the location of her lab, it was on the 4th floor. I tried to gain access to her files, but when I receive a message stating that the files were not available over the network I knew that I had to take care of them inside of her lab.

I now had a choice of which direction to go first, and decided that I would go to the basement, first. Along the way, I heard someone come up behind me and yell. "STOP!"

I slowly turned around, he had his gun pointed at me, with his other hand reaching for his radio. I had to think fast, if he got on the radio it wouldn’t be long before everyone knew that I was here. I looked over at him and thought about the movie 'Star Wars' and smiled, ”You don’t want to call anyone do you?”

He looked over at me in almost a blank state, ”I don’t want too call anyone,” he said.

I smiled, ”You didn’t see me, you are tired go to the nearest room and take a long nap.”

The guard started to yawn, then placed his gun back into his holster then walked into another room and closed the door behind him. I could only assume my Jedi mind tricks were still working, but I didn’t stick around to give him a chance to come back to his senses. I made it too the stairs quickly. The basement was the most heavily defended and I soon found myself surrounded as entered the basement.

I could only assume this was where security had their main office. I was left with one choice. I drew my weapon and started shooting, took out three of the guards, leaving four other for me too deal with. By this time, they were firing back at me. I ran faster then I ever have and managed to get behind a counter that provided a little more cover.

I looked around the room, then looked eyes on one of the guards and did something that I had never done before. Some how, I was able to scan his memories, he had a daughter, I knew her name and could even picture her in my mind.

It was a long shot, but I projected the image of his daughter in his mind so that when he saw me, he would see his daughter. Then after I sent the command, I cried out, ”Daddy help me!”

Before the other guards knew what hit them they were fired on by one of there own that believed that he was protecting his daughter. In the end, there was just me and the guard who thought that I was his daughter, I looked over at him, ”Go back to sleep, Daddy, you are having a bad dream.” With that said, he slowly leaned against the wall, dropped into a sitting position and fell asleep.

It was at that moment that I noticed the blood that was coming out of my side, I had been shot and it looked pretty bad. I quickly found a place where I could take care of it. I took out a bandage from my knapsack and covered the cut, then took an elastic wrap and wrapped it around my side tightly to keep from bleeding out. I knew in time that my nanites would take care of it for me, but I was in danger for the mean while.

One thing for sure, I knew that I had to be close to the server. I followed the map and found my first location, it was where the phone lines came into the building. I reached into my bag and took out the explosives and placed them inside of the junction box and set the timer for 35 minutes, I figured that would give me the time to take care of the other two locations and get back to Steve.

The server room was just down the hall and only it only took me a few minutes before I was inside. I reached into my bag and took out a screw driver and used it to open up the box that held all the hard drives, place the bomb inside and set the timer based on my watch which the time was set according to the first bomb. I then sealed back up the casing and made my way back to the stairs.

It took me close to 15 minutes before I made it to the fourth floor. Her lab was in an area that was hard to get to unless you took the elevator straight there. I didn’t dare take it because was monitored by cameras at all times and since she worked with the military, chances were that there was someone watching it. So, I found myself outside of the door to the fourth floor with a now useless key card.

I knew that there was only one way that I was getting past that door and just hoped that no one was near as I placed a small amount of C4 over the lock, then ran the fuse and took cover as the C4 exploded. I then ran over and pushed the door open and turned part way in and took a look and saw a soldier running towards me. I fired, aiming for his head, knowing that any other place would be covered with Kevlar armor. When Steve told me to do this, I'd hoped that I would never have to do it, but I was committed to it now. I picked up the soldiers ak47, it would be better then my Glock for what needed to be done next.

It wasn’t long before the commotion brought more soldiers, but I found a spot where I was pretty safe. As they came running into view, I threw a flash grenade into the middle of them. I was a safe distance when it went off and opened fire with the AK47. When I finished, there was no one left standing.

I made my way past their bodies and down the hallway to the lab there were two guards waiting for me. I kept my distance and made sure that they didn’t see me, then sent one of the guards a signal for him to shot the other and then himself. The guard did as he was told and opened fire on the other one then, took his own life.

It was sick and sadistic, but it was also my only choice. I had wasted enough time just trying to get to the lab. The way to the lab was now clear. When I made it inside, I realized that I had just walked into a trap because before me was Anna and another woman.

I looked over at Anna then the other woman, “I thought that I took care of you Anna?”

“You took care of me alright, Sarah. But you didn’t consider that those nanites inside you could also heal me! Thanks to my daughter, Carol, I am better then I have ever been and more then a match for you!”

“So, I take it that you are the one responsible for Steve?” I asked

"Yes, it was really quiet easy. All I needed to do was inject him with my new little toys and he was quiet accommodating, but I really didn’t expect him to lose. I guess he trained you well. It’s a shame that I have to terminate you."

"Fat chance, bitch!"

"I can see after today you have a lot of potential, but I can always make new toys. This time I can transfer your knowledge too the new recruits and thanks to you my dear, I have a whole army of men to choose from inside of this building."

I looked over at Anna and couldn’t believe what she had just said, I knew that there was no way that I could let her leave this room alive. She was too dangerous, but I had to fight the both of them and Anna was now a super soldier. I had no idea what to think when it came to her daughter Carol, but when the two of them started to come at me I knew that I would have to fight the two of them together.

Meanwhile, inside another room on the third floor, a man wakes up and hearing a girl’s voice, He looks around the room but no one is there.

“Wake up Steve, Sarah needs you, she will die without you, and I can’t help her anymore I have done everything that I can. Please, Steve, fight the nanites! They will listen!”

Steve slowly pushes himself up and finds his hand are cuffed behind his back, he slowly works them under his legs and brings them to the front, then he digs inside his boot an pulls out the extra key and frees himself.

“Who are you?" asked Steve to the unseen voice.

“I am the real Sarah Tanner. Now go! She is on the fourth floor fighting Anna and Carol."

Steve didn’t understand what was happening, but knew that he would question Sarah, later. But for now, he had to find a way to get to her and just hoped she could hold out till he could get there.

As Steve made his way through the building, he found bodies everywhere, Sarah had been an excellent student and he was proud of her. She was like a daughter to him, now, at least that is how he felt about her.

The good thing about having all these dead bodies lying around meant that Steve didn’t have to fight anyone and it made it easy for him to get to where Sarah was.

When he finely arrived he could see that she was in trouble and when he came through the door Anna smiled and said, ”And now it’s three on one.”

“No Anna, I am not here to help you,” Steve said as he went right for Carol.

Sarah smiled, “It’s nice to have you back, Steve, but how?”

“Let’s just say you have some pretty powerful friends”, Steve said as he punched Carol into the wall.

Myself, I was still busy fighting off, Anna’s attack, and thew a roundhouse kick that knocked her onto her ass. Then took off my knapsack and quickly threw it to Steve who had just knocked out Carol, “Take care of the computer Steve, I am kind of busy at the moment,”

He caught the bag and started placing the explosives. Anna came running at me and I used a move that Steve had taught me and flipped her so she went flying into the air and went head first into the concrete wall.

I came up behind her and grabbed her by the head and start pounding her face into the wall then locked her into a head lock and twisted till I heard a snap. It was finely over.

I looked at the watch we had 5 minutes and turned to Steve, “We need to go now!!!”

The two of us wasted no time and ran for our lives, we made it too the first floor just as the first charge went of followed by the next two which were seconds apart. By the time we reached the exit, I could see that the building was collapsing.

It was along track through the woods for both of us and in the fight with Anna, I had reopened the wound from being shot and Steve was not faring all that well either. I could see that his wound was still opened and for some reason, his nanites were not closing the wound. I was worried that Anna had program him for one last fight and that he was why he was bleeding out the way he was.

The two of us walked for another 10 minute when Steve collapsed and fell to the ground. I knew then that he was in big trouble, Steve had lost a lot of blood between the time that I had shot him and now. I had no choice but to bend down and somehow find the strength to carry his weight over my shoulder. With ever step, I felt the pain of my own injury. I somehow managed to carry him to the road where Steve and I had left Adam.

"ADAM!" I yelled as loud as I could.

"Sarah! Where are you," He yelled back.

“I need your help! Hurry!”

Adam followed the sound of my voice till he was standing in front of me. He
looked over at me, then Steve and saw that the both of us were covered in blood, “You're hurt!”

“No, Adam, I will be alright. Help me get Steve to the car.”

Adam came over and picked up Steve like he weighed nothing and carried him back to the car with me following behind. Once he was in the back of the car I climbed in beside Steve and turned to Adam, “We need to find Dr. Picard, fast!”

“He is likely at home,” Adam said.

I pulled the phone out of my jumpsuit pocket and dialed Dr. Picard's home number and explained what had happen. He told me to go straight to his office, he'd meet us there and to make sure that I put pressure over Steve’s wound.

We arrived at Dr. Picard office a half an hour later, and Leo was already parked outside waiting in his car. When he saw us pull into the parking spot next to the door, he came over and opened the door then helped us to bring Steve inside.

Once all of us were inside, he looked over Steve and said, "He has lost a lot of blood and his wound doesn’t seem too be clotting."

"DAMN!"

Leo looked over at me then asked,”Do you know what they did to him?”

“Anna said that they reprogrammed him, using some of her new toys, I am guessing that she used nanites, but they are not healing him.”

Dr. Picard looked over at me then Steve, “I think that I know what is going on, they didn’t want Steve to live past this mission. The nanites are programmed to let him die.”

“I can only think of one thing that might save him, we can do a blood transfusion and maybe once your nanites are inside him, they can take control and heal him.”

Doctor Picard walked over to the medicine cabinet and took out a vile and a needle, then injected it into Steve’s arm and within a few minutes Steve was awake.

"Steve, I need to ask you a few question. My name is Leo Picard. Sarah brought you to me, I know all about the two of you. I am her doctor and have been taking care of her from the start of all of this insanity."

"OK."

"Steve, your nanites are not working. You have lost a lot of blood and if you don’t have a blood infusion you are going to die. I need to know your blood type if Sarah and yours are the compatible we can use her blood and nanites to heal you.

“My blood type is, A Negative”, Steve said weakly.

Leo walked over to his computer and pulled up my file and turned to me, “You are, O Negative, the transfusion should work.”

I was soon on a table next to Steve with tubes running from my arm to his. While this happened, Dr. Picard took a look at my wound, "I don’t think the bullet hit anything serious, but I think it would be a good idea to take it out before the cut closes up completely."

I nodded to him to proceed

Leo looked at me then said, “I can’t give you anything too dull the pain as whatever I give you will also end up inside Steve.”

“Just take it out,” I said with a frown.

To say having a bullet removed is easy would be an understatement! It was really painful. When Adam took my hand while Leo was pulling out the bullet, he realized just how painful is was because I came pretty close to breaking his poor hand because I was squeezing it so hard. But the bullet was out and after a quick look Leo said, "You will be alright," And covered it up with a clean bandage.

Shortly after that, Steve started coming around again and turned to me, and smiled, “It finely over with, we are finely free.”

I smiled back at and took his hand in mine, “Yes, Steve. They can’t hurt us, anymore.”

“I need to talk to you alone for a few minutes."

"OK."

"Could the two of you give us a few minutes?" Steve asked Leo and Adam.

After Steve and I were alone, he turned to me and said, “I know that you are not the real Sarah Tanner. Who are you really?”

I looked over at Steve, “How do you know about that?”

When you left me in the storage room, I had a visitor, she said her name was Sarah Tanner. I couldn’t see her, but I could hear her. She told me that she had done all she could to help you and that if I didn’t get up and fight, you were going to die. "Somehow I was able to break the programming that Anna gave me and with her help, I found you."

“Now I am asking you again. Who are you really?”

“My name was John Stevens. At least it was before I woke up in this body, I had always believed I was a woman inside. So when it happened I was happy, but I thought the real Sarah was gone.”

“The real Sarah Tanner gave you a gift and I believe that is the only reason you are here. The programming they gave you should have worked, and for some reason it didn’t work. I believe that you were being protected by the real Sarah Tanner, she gave you this life for a reason, and now that you are safe I believe that she is finely at rest, herself.”

I thought about what Steve just told me, was the real Sarah here all along and I just couldn’t see it? Then I thought about how powerful that my abilities had become, was that Sarah taking care of me by making changes to my nanites? If so, then I owed her a lot more then just the life she had given me.

I turned to Steve and said, ”You know that this has to be a secret, right?”

“Yes, I will never tell a soul, you have my word.”

I smiled at Steve then asked, “What will you do now?”

“I guess that I will spend the first little while getting to know my family again, after that, I really don’t know, what about you?”

“It will be nice to go home and see my family and friends, then I will be back to school and will likely end up marrying Adam and having a family of my own, but for now I just want to be a kid again. I have the life that I always wanted and plan on living it.”

It was time for Adam and I too leave, so I leaned over and gave Steve a hug and kiss on the cheek and told him, "Don't be a stranger."

He smiled at me and said, "You’re like a daughter to me, you will always be a big part of my life."

I smiled and told him, "Take care of yourself, see you soon."

I then turned to Leo and smiled, “Thanks for everything; you have been a good friend even after I kidnapped you at gun point.”

I reached over and gave him a hug and kiss then reached over and took Adam’s hand and gave it a squeezes, “And you my love I think that you already know how I feel about you.”

Adam Smiled,” I love you too, Sarah.”

“You better because I plan on marrying you.”

Adam and I arrived at my home around 1:30A.M. I had picked up the phone before I left Dr. Picard’s office and woke my parents up and let them know that I was coming home. They were both very excited and met us at the door.

It was an emotional homecoming for all of us. I even dragged Adam inside with us. As far as I was concerned, he was my husband and when I told mom and Dad, they accepted the fact that their little girl was engaged.

I spent the following day with my family and friends, when Amy arrived, she was carrying a newspaper and came running over to me and gave me a big hug, handed me the newspaper and said. Look at this!

On the page was the title 'Sleeper Program Exposed' and it followed with a story I was so relieved that I was unable to read it aloud. Megan came over and said, "I will read it," and took the paper from me, then took a seat on the couch next to me.

Newspaper Article

As many of you might have heard, many of the news services received files that came from the computer of the Dr. Anna Vandervolt. After going though the files on the computer, we found out that she was working for a government agency who’s main objective was to create super soldiers by any means possible.

Over the years there had been many test subjects, but only two survived the process. These two people were placed into this program without their consent and programmed to be trained killers, one of them in still considered to be a minor being only sixteen years old.

In espionage, a sleeper agent is one who has infiltrated into the target country and 'gone to sleep', sometimes for many years. That is, he or she does nothing to communicate with his or her sponsor or any existing agents, or to obtain information beyond that in public sources. They can also be referred to as 'deep cover' agents. They acquire jobs and identities, ideally ones which will prove useful in the future and attempt to blend into everyday life as normal citizens.

Theses agents were created as assassins, once activated, they go after the target and terminate them, and they have no knowledge of committing the crimes. Even if they are caught, there is nothing to lead anyone back to who actually ordered the attacks.

As of yet, the we have heard nothing back from the military or any other government agency But thanks to the files that we have in our position, we expect that we will be contacted soon for possible press conference and will keep looking into the story for more possible leads.

Sandy Reynolds,
The Vancouver Sun

“How do I look, Megan?”

“Sarah, for the fifteenth time, you look beautiful.”

“God! I am so nervous!”

“Sarah, you are supposed to be, you getting married,” Megan said with a grin.

I looked over at Megan, “I guess you're right, and I wonder how Adam is doing?”

“Likely a nervous wreck, and most likely nursing one hell of a hangover.”

“Serves him right going to a strip bar with the guys,” I said with a smile.

“You know he only has eyes for you Sarah,” Megan said with a smile.

“Yeah, I know Megan. And I am lucky to have him.”

They say that one of the happiest days in a girl’s life is the day her father walks her down the isle to marry the man she loves, and it’s true! But there is one other time, that is when the minister says, “You are now man and wife, you may kiss the bride.”

When Adam kissed me, I knew that I was a lucky girl and when the baby is born, He would be the perfect father to our child.

The End

I would like to thank Stanman63 and SuZie for all the help they gave me with the editing of the story, being a new writer you tend to miss a lot and for me this has also been a learning experience and I will be putting out another story soon. I hope you enjoyed the story as much as I have enjoyed writing it.