Life's Second Chance

Pain

Agent Kay's words carried such pain and weight that Charlie couldn't find anything to throw back. "What would you have us do?" Kay looked the young woman squarely in her eyes.

Charlie couldn't give him a straight response-she couldn't even look him in the eyes. A certain conclusion upon the matter seemed to have been reached with the upcoming long pause.

This sudden shift gave Jay the window to cut in, "Now look what you've done- and just when he'd gotten over the last spell of depression after her graduation too."

Agent Kay just stared straight at the wall behind Agent Jay. His image was empty and hollow. He then turned his abysmal stare towards the mechanic who flinched under his glance.

Agent J added emphasis with his next statement. "Do you know how hard it is to look at a person you love and not be able to hold that person-your own flesh and blood..Who doesn't even remember who you are.."

Charlie still couldn't grasp the concept of wiping her best friend's memories away just then, and this was plainly written across her face as J continued in an exasperated tone. "It's too complicated..she won't understand."

With this, the younger Agent's shoulders slouched as he walked to the back of the office and leaned against a black shelf stacked with files. A lonely plant, it's only companion at the corner.

Agent Kay placed fatherly hands upon Charlie's shoulders and looked directly at her, "Just trust me.. it's..better this way.." Turning away from the mechanic's searching optics, returned to his seat behind the desk as he flipped through a yellow file that was tucked in the first drawer.

Silence seemed to befall the room. The three biker mice were still lost in confusion and words. All that everyone ever seemed to do was whisper to Charlie. The uneasiness resonated within their gut and made them fidget in their seats.

"I don't like this.. what's happening..?" Vinnie asked in a hushed tone between gritted teeth.

"I dunno bro, but I'm going to find out.." Modo responded as he stood up the moment a women dressed in a formal black business suit walked in completely ignoring his alien image.

"The minor surgery was successful, she should wake up any moment,"

With this bit of good news the mood seemed to have changed, and as everyone rose towards the door; Kay and Jay's son seemed to hang back.

~*~

"Oh look at you two.. moping about like you lost-" Jay's attempt at playful sarcasm was drowned with his son's , "Not now Dad."

Only when Kay let out a big heavy breath did he straighten up. It was his biggest fear to walk into the room with his Rei right in front of him. So close.. Yet so far away. It pained him, yet he wouldn't have it any other way. Every month as instructed she was to visit this very clinic set up by the M.I.B to check the foreign metallic addition to her heart that they were still trying to remove. This was also to make sure she doesn't fall into one of her nightmarish spells when the horrific images of the years past, locked up in Karbuncle's lab would replay driving her insane.

Picking up the small hand-sized canister that he had in his pocket, questioned why did things come to this. These pills to keep the monster within tranquilized-all these medications with the tiny nano-chips just to keep the heart pacer working.."Curse those Plutarkian scum.." A heavy fist slammed against the waxed oak table top making J and his father jump.

All Agent J could do was just watch in the sidelines..this was difficult for everyone. As the three Agents stepped out of the office, they looked on as the bikers and Miss Davidson walked towards the small room that kept Agent Ray.

{Author's note: Another attempt at showing different dimensions to the very familiar characters that we know and love.

How do you think it went?}