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Last time . . .
Josh, Lance, Joey, and Chris, listened to the words, but knew they weren't real. They knew Justin was still alive, somewhere near. But they didn't know where. As they lowered the coffin into the ground, they could feel the weight of the body that looked so much like Justin's, yet they knew wasn't his. When the coffin was lowered all the way into the grave, Lynn broke down even more. Tears were now flowing down the cheeks of the 4 remaining members of N Sync. The pain of knowing that Justin was still out there, and the burning desire to know the reason he would pull something like this had brought them to tears. As the 4 men consoled Lynn and helped her walk back to their limo, they could feel Justin's presence. As they put Lynn in the limo, they heard a voice say,
"Take care of her, I love you all."
This time . . .
They frantically looked around but found nothing. Once back at the house, the 4 now grown men were in Justin's old room.
"We could try and contact him telepathically." Joey said.
"I could teleport to him and find out what's going on!" Chris said.
"No!" Josh said.
"Why not?" They both asked.
"Just no ok!" He said now getting angered, "He obviously wanted to disappear for a reason! Let him go!"
"But Josh..." Chris said.
"I said NO Chris!"
"Are you telling me what to do?!?"
"Yes! And if you don't like it, tough!"
"Excuse me? I am a grown man now Josh! I don't have to take orders from YOU anymore!"
"As long as you're apart of this team, you'll follow MY orders!"
"What team!?!? In case you haven't noticed, we're not a team anymore! All that shit ended a long time ago!"
"It'll never end! I'm the chosen one!"
"Will you get over it! Oh, the chosen one! Big fuckin deal! You always had to throw that in our faces didn't you!?"
"You better watch your mouth!"
"Or what?"
"ENOUGH!" Lance yelled, "Both of you just stop it! In case you HAVEN'T noticed, Justin is gone! Whether he's dead or not, he's gone! He ran away! Now we have to deal with what he left behind! We have to be strong and stick together for Lynn!"
"Whatever, I'm out of here!" Chris said.
"Chris, if you walk out of here now, I don't EVER want to see your face again!" Josh said.
"Good bye guys! Have a nice life!"
"Chris, no!" Joey said going after him.
"Let him go Joe!" Josh said.
"What the hell is wrong with you Josh!?" Lance said going after Chris and Joey.
December 28, 2003
"Stay here and don't move!" Chris commanded his wife as she knelt down behind a car.
"Oh come on, just a little bite? Trust me she won't feel a thing." One of four Vampires said.
Chris jumped over the hood of the car and got into his fighting stance. The Vampires jumped a little bit, but then laughed. Chris knew that they wouldn't be a problem, but he didn't want to tell Dani what he was.
"Look at that? He thinks he's going to defend her?" Once again they all laughed.
One of them charged at Chris and he quickly threw the Vamp to the ground, and punched him in the head. The other Vampires quickly attacked him. One by one they couldn't touch him. And they all ran off except for one, who had Dani and was pulling her into an alley. His head was too close to her neck for Chris' comfort. Tears began to stream down her face as she watched Chris follow them slowly into the alley.
"Back off man, or I will kill her! I swear it!" The Vamp said.
He couldn't have been more than 17; he had baggy clothes, and an uncontrolled fear that most teenagers have.
"Let her go." Was all Chris said.
"Chris . . ." was all Dani said.
Then in an instant she screamed out in pain as two sharp fangs drew blood from her neck.
"NO!!!" Chris yelled, the Vamp ran off and Chris held his pregnant wife there dying in his arms.
"Someone help!" He yelled as he looked into his wife's eyes, "You're going to be okay, you're going to be. I swear." Chris said, knowing better, but still having that little bit of hope.
"Don't cry for me. I'll be fine. We have a baby to raise remember?" She said smiling, then a couple of minutes later the far off cry of sirens could be heard.
3 hours later.
"Mr. Kirkpatrick? I'm Doctor Stewart." The doctor said as she held a frown tight to her face.
"How's the baby?" Chris quickly asked as he stood from his seat.
"You have a beautiful baby boy. We were a little concerned because he's two months premature, but he ironically seems to be quite healthy." then she let out a sigh, "Unfortunately, there was nothing we could do for your wife. She died about ten minutes ago."
Chris felt his knees start to grow weak as a tear escaped his eyes.
"May I see him? Please?" Chris begged.
The Doctor smiled and said,
"Of course. Please come with me."
The Doctor led him though a maze of hallways, until he found himself standing in another waiting room.
"Please stay here. I will bring him to you." Chris sat down, and lightly started to cry to himself. Then the door opened and the Doctor came in holding a bundle of blankets.
"Here's your Daddy." She said as she handed him to Chris. He took him in his arms and looked at the newborn. Chris started to cry harder and smiled at the baby and said.
"How are you Justin?"
December 31, 2003
"Chris I'm so sorry!" Lance said after paying his respects to his longtime friend's wife.
"Where's Josh?" Chris asked.
"Um . . . he couldn't come."
"Couldn't or wouldn't?"
"Chris . . ."
"Save it! It's these stupid powers that caused her to die! I don't ever want to have ANYTHING to do with them ever again!"
"Chris, don't deny them. You know better. It's not because of your powers that she . . ."
"Don't even go there! If I hadn't been one of the 'Chosen Ones' this would've never have happened!"
"You don't know that."
"You know what? You're right! But if I was so powerful, how come I couldn't save her?!? I don't want to be reminded of what I could've and should've done for the rest of my life! Lance, I think it would be best if you never came around here again."
"What?!?"
"I'm sorry, but seeing you or Joey or Josh would just remind me of everything. I can't deal with all that. I have a son to raise now, alone."
"But . . ."
"No buts, please! This is for my sanity."
"Ok, I'll go." He said as he turned to head outside, "But you can't deny who and what we all are."
December, 2007
:::Dream:::
Josh was walking through a crowd of people when he heard his name being called. He spun around and he saw a girl, dressed in dark clothing. He took a step towards her and she said.
"We need your help . . . Please. They are coming, we need your help."
"Who is coming for you? Where are you?"
"I don't have time, you will find us. Just please find them and hurry!" Then she touched his face.
:::End Dream:::
Josh woke up quickly, and grabbed the side of his face. Lance quickly sat up next to him.
"Josh? What is it? What's wrong?"
"I felt her touch, the warmth of her hand." He said, then looked at Lance. "We need to assemble the team."
He quickly jumped out of bed and threw on a pair of jeans.
"What are you talking about?" Lance said rubbing his eyes.
"We have to find the guys Lance . . . All of them, Beryl too." Josh was dead serious.
"Well, Joey is in LA shooting and movie, Chris is in Arizona, I think, but he moved there just after Dani died. Beryl is still in New York. We have them all." Lance said sure of himself.
"No, we're missing one. You round up the others, I'm going to find Justin."
Josh walked out of the room, leaving Lance there naked, and confused.
TBC . . .
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