Life's Second Chance

A Dance for Three

"How much farther Kay?" asked J as they sped in the black Mercedes.

Agent Jay still didn't get why he was left riding in the back, and only when he heard his partner say "Press the red button," did the agent fasten his seat belt. Within seconds the car started to speed through the air currents like a spaceship, the vision beyond their windows but a blur to the naked eye. Frowning at his son's expertise had to ask, "Why do I get the feeling you did this all before?"

Smirking the young man responded, "You forget how many summers I'd spent at gramma's playing Xbox," he joked.

Forming a silent O with his lips Agent Jay just huffed, "So run this by me again?"

Agent Kay explained casually, "Ray is going to meet May."

"What? UMF!" he coughed as he'd bumped his head on the car's ceiling, "How's that possible? Ray was neuralized, and May is missing."

Jay's son cut in, "You mean was missing."

Kay took a deep breath, "Remember that mission with the missing galaxy back in 97?"

"Yea what bout it?" pausing broke in, "Don't tell me there's another one of those things out there."

Kay sighed, "Not exactly," Searching his memory, tried to find a simple way of making his partner understand the situation, "Remember that project that we disbanded a few years back? The one about the atomic energy that was supposed to be used to fuel the world's energy while being nature friendly? The information was leaked out remember?"

Jay turned to his son who continued, "The whole reason it was disbanded was because one of our agents started on a rant about how it could be used as a weapon for defense- the lunatic actually got it all down on paper too."

Agent Jay frowned, "Let me guess.. that psycho built it and hid it on earth and now we have a time limit before it detonates, blasting all of us into the next seven galaxies right?"

"Next seven planets but yea you have the gist of it." Kay nodded to J as the black tinted Mercedes pulled to a stop in front of an old comic store.

"You don't by any chance know where this bomb is do you?" Jay turned to find Rei sitting on a bench sipping a 7up. "Oh hell no.." Turning to Kay in disbelief, "It's that thing you've been trying to take off her heart isn'it?" Reading the grave look on the elder's face took a deep breath.

"The whole reason we didn't tell you right away was because we knew how you'd react..especially after that incident with the Light." Kay explained heavily, "I know you'd make it too personal."

"I'm surprised you aren't!" came the agent's outburst. "She's your freakin' granddaughter!"

"Personal interest can't get in the way of the safety of an entire solar system- you know that," came Kay's stern, cold remark.

Jay dropped his gaze before turning to face his son as that same empty look in his eyes that was plastered all those years ago returned. "You knew..didn't you."

The young man didn't answer his father's question and instead explained, "She's on the move again..She should be at the Road Raven's place in about fifteen minutes."

Silence engulfed the vehicle after the heavy topic, and as the trio drove on. They came to realize the highway wasn't congested much to their comfort- so keeping up with Rei was very easy. Feeling quite betrayed by his son and partner, Jay really didn't feel like talking. One question nagged the back of his mind though, "How do you know she'd be going to this Road Raven's place?"

J just systematically answered his father, "I gave her one memory, which is on a need to know basis.. It included following the instructions on the weekly letter's that she'd receive. Thanks to our mole on the other side we tracked down the movements of the client that gave Ray that so called 'Pacemaker' . Apparently the key to removing the attachment has something to do with awakening the 'beast' as Kai put it. For that to happen she'd have to see May, who happens to be at this Road Raven's hideaway." Reading his father's silence added, "They sent her a letter with instructions too-yesterday. And unfortunately she's unaware of whose sending here these letters.. So.. she couldn't tell the difference between mine and theirs." He clenched his fist angrily for this fatal oversight.

"He plans on giving her memories back dosn'e?" Jay sarcastically put in.

"Not with the best of intentions I assure you." Kay concluded.

"-Wait Kai? You mean Kaito? That guy she dated back in highschool?" Jay looked dumbstruck the moment the name registered.

His son flinched at the name.

Agent Jay huffed, "I knew there was something fishy about that guy! No wonder I never liked him!"

The much younger J scowled, "That's not how I remember it..."

Agent Kay rolled his eyes, this really wasn't the right time for an argument. It was time. Their tinted vehicle pulled up in the near distance, staying concealed- the three agents awaiting the right moment to make their move...

~*~

"Tell me..what's the status?" came a sly smooth voice from behind a receiver.

The rough toned response just laughed, " The Agents are here..just as you'd predicted.."

"Perfect."