Mike felt Elizabeth pull him to the living room. He shuffled his feet along side her. When they sat down, his eyes were on Chris, it was hard for him to watch the movie. Chris had endured so much. Mike could take a lot of hits, he knew how much he could take, Mike didn't know Chris's breaking point. He hoped Chris didn't have one. Mike didn't like having people trying to root around in his head, let alone having someone actually go through your memories. It was something he never let anyone do to him voluntarily. Mike hadn't seen Chris in two years prior. Mike didn't know how much Chris remembered about their previous trials, but it felt like so long ago. For every kill he had made since had aged him. He still felt nervous, when Chris had fitts it wasn't pretty. Elizabeth had seen it herself. Chris's fitts had almost killed him, three times if Mike remembered correctly. There was no greater feeling of helplessness. He couldn't protect Chris from internal injuries, from conditions, or mental issues. It was much like watching expiration dates killing friends of his. There was no amount of effort that would prevent it. All experiments had their days numbered, Mike was no exception. The beatings he had taken, could've shortened his.

Mike noticed it was the movie they had watched a few days prior in Russia. The gunfire, and beastial fight scenes made him think about things he didn't want to. Dee loved to see Mike take down multiple Erasers at once. It usually wasn't pretty. It ended with Mike as the victor, but his wounds wouldn't look good; however in the movie, it appeared as if it had a lesson to teach. Love was found in unlikely places. The preservation of innocense and beauty was worth fighting and dieing for. All of those fire fights to save experiments had been well worth it. Even if the experiments he freed were often more fearful of Mike than other Erasers. When one saw a beast take down multiple Erasers, they often didn't stop to shake his hand.

“Look familiar?” She said with a laugh.

"Yes, though I was distracted at the time." Mike grinned, and kissed her on the side of the cheek.

"Its hard to watch a movie when your sitting next to the love of your life." Mike elaborated, he felt as if she would've known what he meants to say, but Mike wanted to say it anyways. It made him feel better, almost as if everything was going to turn out alright.

Dawn drove down the long road towards home. The road ran through a deep beautiful forest. Aira put her window down and let the fresh air blow in at her. She breathed in deeply. The sun was bright and high in the sky. It was vary warm against her cheeks. The wind blew through the trees of the forest around the truck almost becoming Aira out into the sky. Aira was glad she bought a pair of jeans for everyone. It was hot in Arizona. The truck moved down the road and pulled out form the canopy and showed an open field with horses running around. They galloped and jumped and kick. Aira smiled. She knew what they felt like. They they got the chance they would run as long as they could. But they were still always stuck within a fence.

"So, I've been meaning to ask you something. But I'm not quite sure how to start." Dawn said pulling her sun glasses on. Aira glanced at her mother.

"You know you have a father. He worked within the school. He did some bad things." Dawn started. But Aira interrupted her.

"John Dee. He worked extensively with the experimentation labs splicing human and animal DNA. I know who my father was." Aira said with sadness in her voice. Dawn didn't looked she simply looked ahead.

"You knew who he was..." She asked adding a little more meaning to the last word. Aira took a deep breath.

"We were in Russia. That's were we met up with Elizabeth. She was kidnapped and used against us to make us give in and fly here to the school facility. They took us and tortured us. Dee... My father was running the place. Then we let us go. He had that van waiting for us along with the money and some food and water in the back. He then told me he was proud of of living. surviving through what i had. And then he took his own life... Before leaving I brought that facility to the ground." Aira said looking out the window. Tears filled her eyes but she blinked them away.

The Truck was quiet for a little while. Aira glanced over at her mother. She saw light tears in her eyes. but she smiled.

"Aira your father was a great man. vary smart and he was extremely loyal. That was also one of his flaws. He was loyal to his work. It tore us apart. I didn't like where the company was going. He thought they could improve our future. It seems silly now. But he was a good man." She said whipping away on single tear that hide under the sunglasses.

"I know" Aira said smiling at her mother. They pulled onto another road towards home.

Elizabeth moved closer to Micheal when he kissed her cheek. She still had trouble believing that she had fallen in love. but when she thought about it. She always had feelings for Micheal. When she first met him years ago on her island. She cared for him. She let her head rest on his chest. Then he called her the love of his life. She smiled. She looked up and kissed him gently on the cheek. Elizabeth pictured Micheal and herself in the future. They would live somewhere in the forest where Elizabeth would have wild flowers growing all around the cabin. Micheal would hunt and they would be completely self sufficient. Micheal wouldn't have to fight anymore. They would be safe. Elizabeth wondered if they would have a future like that.

"The move is kinda like me and you. only the roles are switched." She said with a light giggle.

30 mins passed and the moved was in it's last moment when Elizabeth saw Chris move from the corner of her eye. She tapped Micheal and pointed to Chris but the she heard something to soft for her to hear. She looked to Micheal then.

"The move is kinda like me and you. only the roles are switched." She said with a light giggle.

Mike simply responded with a quick grin. He quietly wished that his fight would've been as straight forward as the fight in the movie. He was fighting unknown enemies, after all it wasn't the enemy in plain sight that would be the death of you. It would be the one you couldn't see. He watched the movie for a while, wishing he could be looking through the files in the van, maybe whoever was behind all of this left a paper trail. Maybe he could get names, anything to advance the memories that were oh so slowly coming back to him. Memories of his childhood, a mansion, a storm, gunfire. He was only getting smells, sounds, and images. Mike needed more, if he couldn't peice this together, than maybe just maybe they could follow a lead. Mike already had a lead, but it was one that he couldn't follow.

Mike could present this info to Aira and Chris, but they seemed at rest for the mean time. Mike wouldn't take that from them, even if it meant leaving the gaps in his memories that plagued him. After a little time passed he heard Chris. Mike's eyebrows knit together in the form of a sympathetic wince. Chris. "Mike...can you....turn me...on my side..?" He asked, his voice barely audible. Mike got up and gently turned Chris onto his side. Mike sometimes wished he could carry the pain others felt. Mike could shoulder nearly any pain. He couldn't think of a pain he hadn't triumphed over. The only thing that kept him going, was his need for revenge, the last remaining life he had to take. He would be at peace if he could do this. Mike knelt down next to Chris with concerned filled eyes.

"How are you feeling Chris?" Mike spoke in a gentle voice.

"Did I ever tell you why I chose to keep fighting Chris? Wiser men have told me my ending for me. I keep going, so I can rewrite the endings of others. Your tale won't be a tragedy, just don't give up Chris. If you do, the whitecoats win." Mike had been locked away in some very dark places. Seers altered his course through the world, like a divine wind that guided him to Chris and Aira. They had already informed Mike of his future. He had come to terms with it. He wouldn't tell anyone, the words he had heard almost crushed him. The words that followed those ones had kindled his flame for survival though. He had been promised redemption. All he had to do was to help Chris and Aira through their trials. To do something right, to set so many thing right.

"Just rest for now Chris, you'll feel better." Mike offered these words. He needed Chris to keep going. If he wouldn't Mike would embark on a journey to where the end began. If Chris stopped fighting, Mike would be forced to try to cut the head of the school off by himself. To take that life he was designed to take. Mike was one of Dee's last acts of defiance. Mike hadn't been a mistake, he had free will for a reason. He was made for one specific purpose. It was to assist in the killing of the Director. A Zealot with purpose. There was no force that could be more dangerous than that. Mike believed in a cause. A cause he was willing to die for. If Mike was to pass into the void, he would drag the Director with him.

Dawn turned the truck onto the drive way. Aira then noticed small metal scanners on the two trees that were on either side of the drive. Aira knew that that they must be part of the scanning and security system Dawn had set up. It was strange to think that she went through all this trouble just to live her life free so stress. Then a thought came to her mind.

"Hey, you said your security system lets you know when anyone come onto your property. how come you never saw use coming?" Aira asked.

"The van you came in belonged to John. I put a tracking and scanner device on it so that it wouldn't pick him up as a person of interest. That way if he ever came here they couldn't track him. I always had a hope he might come home." She said with a sad smile.

They pulled up and parked outside the house. Dawn started to grab some stuff and tried to garb to much. Aira laughed and took half her load and the rest of the things in car. Dawn watched with a little shock. then she shook her head and smiled. She moved around the car to help Aira with the door. And once out opened the House door for her. Aira moved carefully into the house and put everything down on the island. She then moved to the living room where she hopped Chris would be. When she came around the corner Elizabeth looked up and she smiled instantly.

"Wow! Aira you look amazing!" She said. Aira thought she was making fun of her until she remembered that Dawn had bought her the new clothes. Aira shook her head and then looked to Mike who was crouching by Chris who looked to be still sleeping.

"How is he?" She asked looking a him carefully worry filling her eyes.

Mike heard the car coming. Still he stayed where he was. A good brother? Mike had been called many things in his life. A good brother was a first. Sure a few Erasers had called him brother, other than that no one had the right to call him a brother. That right was reserved for Aira and Chris. As far as Mike was concerned, they were his family. He hadn't known them for a really long time, but a life on the run felt much longer than it actually was. Aira walked in with Dawn.

"Wow! Aira you look amazing!" Elizabeth said.

This naturally got Mike's attention, Aira had been gone for a while, perhaps she had new clothes on.

"How is he?" She asked looking a him carefully worry filling her eyes.

"He's sore, and very tired. Some rest would do wonders." Mike stopped when he turned to see Aira. She looked completely different when it came to clothes, she was wearing beauty products. Something Mike had never seen Aira wear before. All in all Aira looked great, but it shocked Mike ever so slightly. He made a grin and gave a booming laugh. "I never thought I'd live to see the day with you in make-up. You wear it very nicely." Mike offered the compliment and stepped away from Chris. Over to Elizabeth where he belonged.

"He's Sore, and very tired. Some rest would do wonders." Mike said and then turned to look at Aira.

Aira watched as Mike's expression slowly changes. It went from a worry about Chris to udder shock and surprise to happy and then finally amused. He gave her a wide grin and started to laugh deeply. Aira narrowed her eyes at him then.

"I never thought I'd live to see the day with you in make-up. You wear it very nicely." Mike offered the compliment. Aira punched his arm as he moved to stand next to Elizabeth.

Aira moved to Chris' side and looked him over slowly. He still looked bad. He needed to stay hydrated. But for now he needed rest. Aira kissed his forehead carefully and whispered that she was home and that she was safe into his ear. She took the woven bracelet out of her pocket and tied it around Chris' wrist with a smile and then turned to Mike and Elizabeth. She smiled and the grabbed there bags off the counter. Elizabeth's bag held a pair of jeans and a pair of shorts, 2 shirts and a white summer dress Dawn had picked out for her. And then Dawn had gotten them tooth brushes and hair brushes as well. In Mike's there was two shirts. One black the other a normal graphic T. A 2 pairs of cargo's with one that unzipped at the knees to turn into shorts. Chris had a bag similar to Mikes.

"Alright, so what do you think?" Aira asked as they started to look through.

Elizabeth was the first to speak and it was after she found the dress.

"Oh Aira! You did great! and all in my size! This dress is so beautiful! Thank you so much!" She said with a smile.

"Mom picked that one out. We're glad you like it." Aira said with a smile. She looked to Mike then.

Seeing Elizabeth happy made Mike happy also. The feeling was indeed mutual, her hapiness helped distract him from the grim situation. Mike couldn't help but to feel the twisting feeling in his gut. He knew he himself was on a set course when he had first met Chris and Aira. When he saw a picture, the roster for their flock. Dee had gone through specific steps to keep them hidden from him while he was working with the school. Someone had gone through even greater steps of altering his course to the point he was at now. He needed to tell Aira, they each held a different piece to the puzzle. If he gave Aira too many everything could come undone if she was captured. It was soon going to prove too dangerous for him to say silent.

"You'll look great in it." Mike complimented Elizabeth, before meeting Aira's eyes.

Did you find anything important in Chris's mind? If so I believe It's time I shed light on how exactly I got to you. Susan and Kurt knew that they were getting close to cracking a plot in the works. A failed assault led into Kurts death, and complications led to Susan's initial death the first time. Mike had naturally been turned away from the hunt for information. It had turned into a hunt for revenge. A seer had given him a burst of memories and information long ago. Mike had been slowly comprehending it, but now that the Susan clone had rejoined the link, maybe an extra mind was helping him process it? It was all speculation at this point.

Aira looked away quickly once Mike looked towards her. She placed Chris bag down beside him. Her mind was filled with to much information. Mike. He had something she needed. He may have one of the keys to understanding what the director wants with them. He was the Elite. He should have gone to every School. Why not theirs? Why had he not told her about what he knew sooner? Was it something to hide? Mike had said that the director was in his memories. But he only wanted to tell her what she needed to know. She needed to know everything. She kept her back to Mike.

"I think we should wait until Chris wakes up. It doesn't feel right talking about it without him." She said touching Chris cheek carefully.

"Hey, I'm going to get some Air." Aira said moving out the door.

She started walking out onto the grass and slowly she started to pick up speed. On there own and began to move. Aira ran as fast as she could and then jumped into the air. The warm up-draft carried her high into the warm inviting sky. Aira pushed herself hard. Getting all her angry, confusion and frustration. She guessed Mike would know something was up. He knew her to well. She was a little hurt he hadn't said anything while it was just she and him moving back in Russia. Why would he hide it from her?

Aira was flying over the barn when her chest tightened. She stopped and hovered a moment. She looked around thinking something was wrong. When she saw nothing out of the ordinary she looked to the house. She shouldn't have left. Her chest squeeze again. She knew she needed to be near to Chris. She needed him close and alive. Her mixed thought about what she now knew to, Chris' state to meeting her mother had gotten her into a state of wanting to be alone. But Chris needed her. She moved quickly coming in for a landing to fast and had to run once on the ground. She rand into the door and slowed in the kitchen. She turned the corner into the living-room.

"Hey, Mike I'm sorr... Chris!"

Aira saw Chris's eyes open and some-what alert. Aira rushed to his side. She knelt down close to him. She pulled the light from her hands and slowly placed it on his cheek. She smile at him.

"How are you feeling?" She asked watching him carefully.

Aira knew she should let Chris rest but she also knew he would only fight to stay awake longer. She looked to Mike and motioned for him to come closer. She looked to Chris. How could she even start to tell him what she had seen. What she had felt. She took a deep breath and tried to make sense of it all.

"From what i saw. It looked like you were hand chosen by the director. Choose to have the darkness within you. With that she chose you to connect to her. Through her mind. She is working on a way to create Mind control and from what she said, the fact that your alive, might mean she may be vary close." She said looking from Mike to Chris. She watched Chris carefully.

"That might be the reason you heard voices back in Paris 2 years ago. You were hearing her. And..." She looked down. How could she...

"Because you were chosen your body was forced onto the darkness. It's in your DNA now. So i think when Dee injected you with the light. It had a reaction. I think they may be fighting for control inside you. Basically what i think is that, the light inside you is killing you." She said looking into his eyes now. Her eyes stern, Serious and completely and utterly worried.

Mike crossed his arms in the mean time. Aira had seemed initially upset, but it was shortlived when she came back. Mike didn't hold it against her. There were matters he considered personal, though they intertwined dangerously close to information she needed. That they needed. He listened quietly, he had approached when Aira had told him to do so. He rubbed his chin as she went on. The news wasn't exactly good at all. Contrary to these words it was very terrible. Mike had suspected the augmentations given to Chris were designed as a dry run. A serum to make the perfect soldiers, but the omniscient presence that was the director would have control if the trial worked on Chris. It would spread, and it would spread quickly.

He looked down when she had finished. Dee had provided them an answer, something to combat the grave condition forced upon Chris. If it reached critical mass the light could fight it. Though there was a likely chance it would kill the host. He refrained from speaking, he had answers. He would interject at the right time, or he would speak when asked to.

There were words he had been instructed to pass on. Many before him had been instructed the same way. The seer worked in many different ways, some greater than others: A small break in, a large jail break, a reassurance, an army ready to expire, and finally a rebellious Eraser with a bow on top. Mike wondered if he was watching now, observing his progress. Mike hoped he hadn't been failing to live up to his supposed job. He needed to finish this, Chris and Aira deserved to be happy.

Aira reached out fro Chris when he reached for her. Pain filled her and her chest squeeze. No. Chris couldn't die! It wasn't possible! Then He called her mother and asked to marry her. Aira's mouth dropped. Of all things Chris was the only one she knew who could think of that. Dawn looked shocked and confused.

"Chris, Lets focus on getting you better. You can hardly sit up let along walking down and isle." Dawn said looking my vary worried for Chris.

"Chris, your not going to die! Your to important to die. Okay." Aira's voice was wavering on hysteria.

"I mean i saw the director. She was not going to let you die." Aira said looking to Mike for help. Aira heard the phone ring and saw dawn go to answer it.

"There had to be some why to help you. What about they guy! He helped us before. Hammer wasn't it? Mike can you call him?!" Aira asked her voice getting closer to yelling.

Slowly Dawn came back into the room. Aira looked at her for help but noticed the way she was acting now. Her body was rigid and she looked worried and serious.

"mom... what is it?" Aira asked.

"Mike, the phone is for you. He says his name is Cameron." She said pointing to the phone in the kitchen. Aira turned to look at Mike. She had so many emotions right now. How could Cameron know where they where, how could he know the phone number? How could he be alive?