From: JQ Fan Ok, folks! Get ready! This is the latest thing to come out of crazy mind! Everything important's at the end of the second part. Enjoy! JQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQ A Perfect World The night's mist surrounded them. He looked deep into her eyes. The distance between them slowly closed.... His eyes fluttered open. *Shoot!* he thought, *I'm never gonna get to finish that dream!* He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and blinked several times. He could see the bright sun piercing through the windows. He slowly turned his head to glance at the clock. The clock glared back at him 11:00. His eyes widened and he shot up like a bolt. *ImgonnabelateImgonnabelateImgonnabelate....* He jumped into the shower not caring that the water was still freezing. Once finished, he hurredly wiped himself down and rushed into his room. He grabbed his jeans off his chair and threw on an undershirt. He opened his closet and scanned through his mass of clothes for an un-wrinkled shirt to wear. He decided on a Nike t-shirt and snagged a flannel shirt off a hanger and rushed out his door. He made a quick stop at his bathroom to brush his teeth and run a comb once through his hair. He then slid down the banister with ease. At the bottom of the stairs, he brushed past the woman standing there with only the door in his sight. He was only a few feet from the door when...... BAM A small, blonde-haired bullet tackled him. From his spot on the floor, he looked up to see his little sister staring at him and giggling. "Joooooonny! You didn't give me my huu-uuug!" He smiled and reached up and gave her a hug and a quick kiss on the cheek. "Sorry, squirt! I forgot!" "JONATHAN BENTON QUEST!" Whoops. He forgot to...... "Yes mom?" he smiled up at the blonde woman he had rushed past. She smiled and held up her hand, car keys dangling in her clutch. "You forgot your keys." Rachel grinned wickedly at him. "And Jenny...get off your of your brother." Laughing, Jonny picked himself up off the floor and took the keys his mother offered. "Thanks mom!" He chuckled. "I don't know what I'd do without you." He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and resumed to rushing out the door. It was a beautiful day to meet new people. He looked out on the ocean as the warm Palm Key sun reflected off it. He hopped into the boat and left the island for the mainland. He was late, but things couldn't be better for him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He jogged into the little cafe nearly 45 minutes later. "Sor--" "Hey, Jon-boy! We were beggining to think you weren't going to show up!" came a yell from a little corner at the table. Jonny smiled at them. "If only to get away from you, Ry!" He pulled up a chair and sat down with the rest of his friends. "Well, we're not the ones who're here to meet this new girl, Jonny. You are!" He glared at Christyn who only smirked at him in return. "Hey relax Jonny!" An arm landed on his shoulders. "I mean, not everyone gets to show around a gorgeous new girl!" Jay's broad smile met Jonny's questioning look. "What? You mean you volunteered just to be nice?!" Jonny nodded. "And what was all that stuff about a gorgeous new girl, huh, Jay?" That comment came from Krista. "Uh...I..." Jay stammered. "I was uh....just trying to make good ol' Jonny here feel better!" He said with a shrug and a timid grin. "Yeah, well that better be all!" Krista gave him a little mock punch on the shoulder and smiled at him. Jonny just watched as the four others joked and kidded safely with each other. Ever since Ryan and Christyn started dating and Jay and Krista did the same, he had begun to feel like a loose bag hanging off a wagon. He felt sort of our-of-place. *If only I had someone I could hang out with....if I had a girlfriend, then I wouldn't feel so out of place with these guys....maybe Jay's right. Maybe I voluteered to show her around for another reason.....* Soon, the cafe bell jingled and in walked a tall red head. She saw the five friends in the corner and headed over. "Hi Christyn! Krista!" she smiled. Jonny gaped up at her. *Wow! Jay was right! This girl IS gorgeous!* The redhead went up to the guys and held out her hand. "Hi, guys!" Ryan shook her hand firmly and grinned, while Jay introduced himself and smiled at her. He then sent a wink in Krista's direction who burst out laughing. She then turned to Jonny. "And you are.....?" She wore a bright, cheerful smile on her face as she looked into Jonny's eyes. "I...uh...um...." The others just laughed even more at Jonny's fumbling. "My name's...uh....J...Jonny!" "Well, it's nice to meet you, uh....J...Jonny." She smiled at him with a good-natured twinkle in her eyes. "Guys, I'd like you to meet my second cousin." Everyone's attention was focused on Christyn. "This is Jessica Bannon! Her parents are up here on business, so she's gonna be hanging around a few weeks." Jessica laughed. "Leave it to Chris to be so formal!" She said still smiling, "Just call me Jessie. Well? Aren't you guys going to show me around? We've only got about..." She glance down at her watch. "Ten more hours!" Everyone laughed and followed Ryan as he led them out of the cafe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And so the day went. The walked around the little island of Key West showing Jessie all the hottest tourist spots and even giving her a little history about Florida. "....see, Ponce de Leon came to the New World looking for the fountain of youth, but what he really found was....." Jay rambled on trying to impress someone with his knowledge of history. He wasn't succeeding. Ryan and Christyn were just walking along staring at each other looking as though they'd rather be someplace else, while Krista unwillingly dragged behind Jay. Jessie and Jonny hung back as she looked at all the shop windows. "You know, Jonny, you have some pretty.....interesting friends. What do you do when you hang out?" "Uh...not much. I get kinda left out sometimes." He smiled at her. "But of course, now that you're here, we can be left out together." She giggled in his ear. "Oh, c'mon! I think I see a store I want to go in!" She grabbed Jonny's hand and rushed in. "...and when Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 17....." Jay was silenced as Krista gave him a quick kiss. "What was that for?" He smiled into her blue eyes. "Hon, I'm glad you know so much....uh...history about our great state, but I think you lost everyone else." Looking around, he noticed Ryan and Christyn sitting in a bench probing each other's mouths and that Jessie and Jonny were no where to be found. He laughed. "Well, I guess not everyone enjoys a...uh...school lesson over the holidays." He grinned wickedly at Krista. "Mission accomplished!" He proceeded to pick her up and giggling, they headed for the beach. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About twenty minutes later, Jessie and Jonny came out of the store with Jonny carrying two bags of Jessie's purchases. "Hey, where'd everyone go?" Jonny asked. Jessie shrugged. "Probably left us to fend for ourselves." She stated the obvious. The two walked along for a while until they came upon a hotel. "Hey!" Noted Jessie, "This is where I'm staying! Let's drop off this stuff and head for the beach!" She took off, headed for her room. "Got no argument from me!" Jonny called after her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When they got up to the room that Jessie shared with her parents, she unloaded all her packages and searched through her suitcases for her swimsuit. "I'll be just a minute, Jonny. I'm gonna go change." She then rushed ino the bathroom. Jonny wandered out onto the deck. The place had a spectacular view. He looked out over the ocean and he could see for miles. He squinted his eyes,. trying to see if he could see the island he called home. Jessie got out of the bathroom and walked up beside him. "Beautiful view, isn't it?" She said longingly. "Yeah...it is..." Jonny softly agreed. He looked at her and noticed that she wore shorts over her her suit and had a blanket draped over her shoulders. He looked up at her as he wondered, "Where do you live? I'm sure it's got someplaces like this." "I don't LIVE anywhere." She said sadly. "My dad's job keeps him traveling a lot and me and my mom just go along with him. I don't have any friends...any I make I have to say bye to in a few days, anyway." "Oh, that's too bad..." Jonny said. He took her hand and added, "As long as you're here, I'll be you friend." He said with a lopsided grin. She looked deep into his eyes and answered, "That would be very....nice." They began to move closer, but just as their lips were about to meet, she broke away and cleared her throat. "We...uh...we better be headed for the beach, huh?" With that, she spun on her heels and headed for the door leaving Jonny somewhat stunned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonny had learned some time ago to bring a pair of swimming shorts with him everywhere, so it was no problem once they got to the beach for him to run to his boat and grab them and change. He was still puzzled by Jessie's reaction to what happened earlier. Then he laughed to himself. *How selfish of me! Why didn't I think that maybe she's just not interested or maybe not ready!* He made up his mind to apologize to her. When he got back to their beach towels, she was still sitting there, waiting for him. "Hey Jonny? Could you rub this lotion on my back?" She batted her eyelashes at him and laughed. "I don't know, Jessie...if all these girls see that, then they might think we're together and that would just ruin all my plans!" He grinned at her as she giggled. "Oh, you won't have to worry about that...." Then she grinned evily Before he knew it, he was snatched from behind, dragged a few feet and then felt a gun pointed up to his head. "All right, kid." A muffled voice said, "Stay away from the girl and we'll leave you alone." "Wha?!" Was all Jonny managed to get out before he felt himself being drenched with water. Then, the sun was blotted out as a wet, cold bucket was dropped over his head. As he lifted the bucket up, he came face to face with the barrel of the gun....then, his vision was filled with water as Ryan squeezed the trigger. He wiped off his face and laughed right along with his friends. Before long, they were all caught up in the fun of the day, both splashing each other and talking on the dry, white sand of the beach. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later that day, as the group again separated to dry off and change, Jonny again found himself alone with Jessie on the way back to her hotel room. *This is my chance,* he thought. "Hey, um...Jessie. About what happened earlier...on the balcony...." "Jonny, I'm sorry, but could we talk about that later? I want to get out of these wet clothes and into something a lot drier." She walked into the bathroom as soon as they got to her room to change. She soon got out. "Okay, Jonny, your turn." He took his turn changing and getting out of his wet clothes. Once he was done, she walked with him back to his boat where he put all his wet stuff and then proceeded to walk down the beach. The sun was beginning to set and the breeze was beginning to cool. To Jessie, it seemed like a very romantic time...the guy with her; however, didn't seem to notice. The two started to talk about...anything! They talked about their families and their favorite things to eat and do, where they've traveled, who they've met, their favorite bands and songs, religion, but not once did they talk about their father's professions. Jonny tried to apologize again for what happened earlier in the day, but she again, cut him off. He gave up and they continued to walk along talking about nearly everything else. They then stopped at the nearest fast food restaurant to grab a bite to eat. Once finished, they hiked up to the nearest bluff to watch the stars. When they got there, they noticed that they weren't the only people with that idea. There were many others concealed in the privacy of the bushes. The two didn't know it, but they had stumbled upon a prime make-out point on the island. That didn't bother them and they just sat down and gazed up at the stars. After much talking, the events of the day began to catch up with the two teenagers and they soon fell fast asleep...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unknown hours later, Jonny stirred. *Oh man, it feels like my bed is made of rocks.* He reached underneath him to see, but found that his arm was neatly tucked behind the waste of a beautiful red headed girl. The day's events came back to Jonny in a heaertbeat. He quickly woke Jessie and checked his watch. The blinking numbers said 1:02 a.m. *ImdeadImdeadImdeadImdeadImdead* He and Jessie ran down the hillside and headed straight for her hotel. Outside her door, they stopped. "Jessie, I really am sorr-" "Don't be, Jonny. That was my fault. You see, I can't get involved with anyone. First of all, my dad would kill you if I got involved with you, and secondly, I'm not staying very long. I didn't think that I could let my heart get broken like that! But, tonight, you changed my mind..." She reached up and gently kissed Jonny on the lips for several minutes. Breathless, she pulled away and began to open her door. "There's something special about you, Jonny Quest. I'll see you tomorrow." She smiled at him and Jonny headed back for his boat very light hearted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As the wind-whipped Atlantic blew in his eyes and through his hair, he began to thank God for his life. He was the son of a very wealthy scientist, he had the most understanding and loving mother in the world, and his little sister idolized him. He thought about the hard times he had gone through. It had been nearly ten years ago when threats were made against his father by terrorists. While in Paris, his mother...his beloved mother...had been shot. It was in a very precarious position, but in the end, she had survived. The government wanted to give his father a bodyguard, but he refused and made several security precautions in their Palm Key home. The government caught the man who shot his mother and locked him up for a very long time. Less than a year afterwards, his little sister was born. Jennifer Nichole Quest put the light back in his parents eyes and the four of them and their dog, Bandit had lived in blessed happiness since. Now, he had four great friends and now a girlfriend...he couldn't be happier. Jonny docked at the island he called home and punched in the codes to let him into the main house. He sneaked through the hallways, but was very surprised to hear a yell and, "JOOOOOONNNNNNIEEEE!!!!!!!!!! Yourehomeyourehomeyourehome!!!!!!!" He tried to shush his little sister, but it was too late. First she flew into him like a missle, nearly knocking him down again, then the door at the end of the hallway opened and his two parents stood with their hands at their hips. Jonny just smiled innocently. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonny stumbled into his room a half hour later and flopped on his bed. Sometimes, he really wished that six-year olds didn't have so much energy. He'd gotten away with a lecture, a slap on the hand, and the strict warning that should he come in so late again, he'd never make it to 18. He eyes soon fluttered shut and his thoughts were filled with red hair and green eyes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the next week, he began to spend more and more time with Jessie, getting to know her better and better. His father announced that he was going to have a formal dinner party and dance that weekend and Jonny could bring whomever he wanted as long as they could cope with the formality and be polite. Naturally, Jonny invited his four friends and personally invited Jessie to be his date. The night of the party, the six of them showed up in lavishness. The guys, all in tuxes, squirmed beneath their ties, while the three young ladies, looked absolutely beautiful. They chatted politely with the other guests, but when the dancing started, they jumped at the chance. Ryan and Christyn seemed to notice only each other. Jay and Krista each had silly little grins on their faces. Jonny and Jessie never even noticed. Their full concentration was on each other. They never noticed when the music changed or when people clapped, they just kept dancing. When the party was over, Jonny and Jessie had to be snapped out of their reveries. Jonny announced he would go home with his friends and be back later that night. He first tucked in Jenny, gave her a hug and a kiss on the forehead. On the way out the door, he kissed his mother on the cheek and hugged his dad. They all piled into the boat and headed for Key West. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As they left the compound, the six friends were so caught up in the laughing and joking, that they never even noticed a sleek white racing boat slide in before the boat gates closed. Once they got to Key West, they piled out and called for a taxi. The driver dropped Ryan and Christyn off at Christyn's house and Jay and Krista at Krista's house. When they arrived at the hotel Jessie was staying at, Jonny paid the driver and followed her up to her room. When they got to her room, Jessie's mother was waiting up for her. "Hi mom!" Jessie said. Then turning to Jonny, she said, "Jonny, this is my mother, Estella Bannon. Mom, this is...Jonny." Estella smiled up at Jonny and Jonny politely shook her hand. Just before Jonny left, he and Jessie talked outside her room. "Thanks for a wonderful night, Jonny." She wore her usual smile. "Good night, Jessie." He smiled back at her. Soon, their lips met and the world faded away again. Jonny left and headed back out to the Palm Key compound not expecting what he would find. When he got there, police boats were everywhere their sirens flashing. He was stopped by an officer in a boat. "Young man, please identify yourself," he shouted. "I'm Jonathan Quest! I live here!" Jonny shouted back. "What's going on?" "The security alarms went off here at the main house, and we haven't been able to get in for the past fifteen minutes!" *The alarms? Oh no! What happened? Oh God, please let my family be okay, please!,* he prayed. He punched in the security codes and rushed up the path to the house. He practically tore the door off its hinges, fear flowing through his veins. He raced to his parents room...no one there. He ran to Jenny's room...no one there. He ran around the house screaming their names at the top of his lungs. Soon, the police were all over the place searching up and down and tearing the house apart. Jonny didn't care, he just wanted to find his family. "MOM! DAD! JENNY! MOM! DA--" He stopped short as he entered his room. There, on his bed were the three missing people...and they looked....dead. "MOM DAD JENNY! Officers! They're up here!" He quickly ran to his family and felt each one for a pulse. It was there...on all of them. It was there, but it was weak...very weak. The tears poured down Jonny's eyes. *How could this happen? How could this happen to the ones he loved the most? WHY?* Paramedics rushed into the room and took his parents and his little sister to a waiting boat. He rode with them to the hospital. Hours later, Jonny's blood-shot eyes opened. His tear stained face looked up at the person tapping on his shoulder. There, looking down at him, was a kind looking and haggard doctor. "Mr. Quest?" The doctor asked patiently. "Yeh?" His vision suddenly blurred and he nearly collapsed as he tried to get up, but the doctor caught him. "You should stay seated, Mr. Quest. We have the diagnosis on you family. They've been dosed with a powerful drug. I've never seen it before in my career, but I've heard about it. It slows down all bodily functions and puts the user into a comatose state. Whether they wake up is entirely up to them. If you want the truth, Mr. Quest, I don't think they're going to make it." The doctor bowed his head and silently headed out. Jonny got up slowly and walked into the room that housed his mother, father, and precious little sister. He kissed each on the cheek and promised them he'd be back. Jonny Quest was going to find the person who did this to them. He wanted to exact his revenge and bring them down. That was the last time Jonny ever saw his perfect family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonny's first stop, was at the police office. He was sent directly to the chief's office. The chief was a round-faced man who looked like his eyes had seen everything. Tonight, the bags under his eyes told him that the police were working hard on this case. "Please, Mr. Quest, have a seat." Jonny sat. "Mr. Quest, the FBI and CIA are coming down here. Another government agency is also sending a man, but I'v--" "Correction, sir, they've sent a man." Both Jonny and the chief looked up to see a big, burly man about 40 years old standing in the doorway. His hair was white and he had on a red shirt and jeans...hardly government uniform. "Roger Bannon, Intelligence One." Bannon?! What a coincidence! "Sir, I've been in town here for the past week..." So much for coincidence. Could this possibly be....Jessie's dad? Is this why she never talked about her dad's job? "...Dr. Quest was an important asset to the United States and we want to find the man who may have killed him." He noticed Jonny and added, "My condolences, Mr. Quest." He showed his credentials to the chief who nodded and handed him a folder. "Dr. Quest's security system was fully high-tech, but my men wrestled these photos out from the hidden cameras. It appears that when Jonathan here and his friends left the compound, a boat sneaked in through the shutting gates." The chief looked grimly at Bannon and continued on. "We searched through all the cameras hoping to get a decent look at this guy's face. We found it. This guy hasn't had much experience..." "Which explains why he let himself be seen." Bannon interrupted. "Right. We got a positive ID on him. We've identified him as Hadji Singh. Used to work the streets of Calcutta as a pick-pocket. Young kid, 'bout Quest's age." Jonny was glad that they found out who did it, but he didn't like that they were talking like he wasn't there. "So a KID drugged my family?" He blurted. The two men glared at him. Then the chief answered, "That's affirmative. An orphan. Singh was jailed for his pick-pocketing. While in the pen, met a man called 'The Smurf'. Sound familiar, Quest?" Jonny knew the name immediately. "The Smurf" was the guy who had tried to kill his mom nearly ten years ago. The guy was a midget, hence the name, but he was one of the best assassins out there. What made Jonny madder was that he made a teenager do his work. "Why was 'The Smurf' in the same place as this kid from Calcutta? Shouldn't he be locked up safely somewhere here in the States?!" "Kid, 'The Smurf' broke out years ago. He was found in India and their government wouldn't ship him back to us, so they kept him on charges of murder in their country." The chief continued where Bannon ended, "Yes, that's where he met this kid, Singh. When Singh was released, he hooked up with some of Smurf's buddies and has been running around with them ever since. Kid's been doing more of drug-trafficking, but I guess he's graduated to attempted murder. He's probably half-way across the Atlantic by now. Don't worry, Quest, we'll get him. Interpol will track him down." "Sorry, chief, Interpol won't need to know. This is where I-1 comes in. We're international. We'll take care of this kid. If he's got a pulse, we'll find him." Bannon got up shook the chief's hand and left the room. Jonny got up and followed him. "Mr. Bannon! Mr. Bannon!" The agent stopped and turned around. "What do you want, Quest. If I hear you say you want in on this assignment, then you better get out of my face. This isn't some glory hawking adven--" "No sir, that's not it at all. I was just wondering if you were Jessie's father..." "You know Jessie?" Bannon paused thoughtfully, looking Jonny up-and-down. Finally, he snapped his fingers. "Right! You're the kid she keeps talking about! Now that I know who you are, I could rip you apart!" Jonny's eyes widened. *Holy cow! Maybe I shouldn't have asked!* "Relax, kid. I like you a lot better. From what my Ponchita tells me, you're an okay guy. Call me Race, kid. But until this case is over, don't call me at all." Race turned around and walked out the door. Once out of sight, Bannon stood on the steps of the station thinking back to why he was here at Key West. Years ago...almost ten to be exact, Race Bannon was the man who was assigned to be Benton Quest and his family's bodyguard, but Quest refused and the Quests became just another name in his file. He had completely forgotten about them until last week. He got a message saying agents of 'The Smurf' were seen around the Key West area and he was to keep an eye out for them while making sure they didn't make another try on Quest. He had talked to the doctor as recently as two days prior, and he seemed like a good man. Race wanted to curse to himself. He failed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonny was walking back to the hospital, but he made a stop at Ryan's house. He woke Ryan up and told him what happened. Ryan gave him a slap on the back and said, "Hey man, I'll get the others up right away. We'll be praying for them and we'll see you at the hospital." By the time he left Ryan's place, Jonny was feeling very tired. The sun was beginning to rise in the distance. He decided to make a stop at Jessie's room. Once he got there, he found it empty. Shocked, he quickly ran down the stairs to the registration desk. As he stood waiting to be serviced, he heard a faint, "Jonny?" He turned around to find Jessie walking up to him. She gave a long kiss and he saw tears in her eyes. "Jonny, I have to go. My dad's being sent somewhere else. I was just about to go find you." He gave her a long hug and begged her to stay with him while he told her about his family. "Jonny, I'm sorry about your family, but I have a family too. I wish I could stay here with you and help you through this, but I can't." She gave him another kiss and heard her name being called. "That's my dad, I have to run. Bye Jonny, I'll call you as soon as I get to a place where I can. I'll be back, someday! I love you!" Then she was off. "I love you, too!" He called after her. Everything in his life was falling apart. He was losing everything. He walked outside to see Jessie get into a tan rental car with her father at the wheel. She turned around, mouthed 'I love you' to him, smiled and blew him a kiss. He was definately not prepared for what happened next. Race turned the key and in a flash, there was a loud explosion and the car was rocked in flames. "JESSIE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Jonny screamed. He raced toward the toward the burning vehicle. He distantly heard someone shout "call the police!" Jonny knew it was too late, but he had to try. Suddenly, a man tackled him. "Get off of me!" Jonny cried. "Sir, I CAN'T let you go after them!" Jonny punched the man in the stomach and headed for the car. The man tried again to bring him down, but Jonny let out a wicked kick that knocked the man unconcious. He raced toward the flames. *I can't live without my family! I can't! I can't live without Jessie! Oh please, no!* Suddenly, he was knocked down again. The man he thought he knocked out earlier was standing over him again. Suddenly, Jonny recognized him. The tan skin, the dark hair, the brown, evil eyes...Hadji Singh. "MURDERER!" He jumped up and tackled Singh, but Singh was too quick. He through a punch that broke Jonny's nose. "YOU FOOL! YOU CAN'T DIE! YOU NEED TO LIVE! YOU NEED TO SUFFER!!!!!!!!!" The hatred burned in Jonny's eyes as he answered, "I VON'T VET VOU VIN!" The pain was intense, but he used every ounce of adreneline strength he had and rushed Singh. The force of his tackle took them both into the flames and Jonny's "perfect" life......was over. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pain. He felt pain. There was black all around him. If there's no pain in heaven, then this must be....the realization hit him like a brick. This was neither heaven nor hell! This is reality! He opened his eyes and glanced around. He was in some sort of bunker...some testing sight. He looked down at his arms and legs...both were strapped onto a table. "You idiot! You ruined the test!" A voice boomed out of nowhere. "I was supposed to see you suffer! You weren't supposed to die!" Jonny's vision and mind cleared...he had been in Rockport. He was biking through the new subdivisions when everything went....blank! "What's going on?" He yelled back at the voice. He heard a little chuckle. "You still don't get it, do you?" The voice asked. We captured you and brought you here. What you've experienced is the effect of a new drug we've developed that gives you everything you've ever wanted. Well, now we know what Jonathan Quest wants. But that wasn't the main objective here." "Then what was?" "To make you suffer." Suddenly, he heard sirens in the distance. The police! They're coming for me! The voice heard them too. "It took them long enough. We'll talk again soon, Quest! For now, our business is done!" The straps holding Jonny in place were released and he sat up looking for the source of the voice. He got up when he saw stairs leading to a door. The voice spoke again, "Remember, Quest, this was only a test! When you think life is perfect, then this will be a reality!" Jonny wondered what that meant as he stumbled up the stairs...and he kept saying 'we.' That was Jonny's last thought as he stumbled and fell back down the stairs. As he was tumbling, he saw the door open and Race and.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonny and Jessie were sitting on a cliff as they overlooked the ocean his arm was around her and her head was on his shoulder. All was right with the world. He heard Bandit barking in the backround and saw Jenny playing with the dog. He had to smile. Soon, he saw his parents walk by, hand-in-hand next to Jessie's parents. Yes, everything was definately perfect....then the voice came back to him. "...This was only a test! When you think life is perfect, the this will be a reality! reality! reality!" The word echoed in his brain as his world exploded. As the blackness began to envelope him, he thought he heard a melodious voice calling his name... "Jonny!" "Jonny?" "Jonny" "Jonny Quest." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ His eyes fluttered open, and they were met with a pillow and the same melodious voice, "JONNY QUEST, WAKE UP!" WHAP, WHAP, WHAP "He sat up and nearly pushed Jessie off the bed. She giggled as she slid off the sheets. "It's about time, sleepy head! The doctor said you were supposed to wake up two hours ago!" She grinned at him. He groaned. "ooooh, my head hurts." "Well, that's what you get for getting kidnapped and falling down a flight of stairs when we finally find you! We had to go all the way to Washington, D.C.!" He laughed. "Maybe next time, I'll let them take you!" He grinned and through the pillow back at her. He was fifteen again! No worries, and life wasn't perfect! It was fun, but it wasn't perfect. Then the pillow came back in his face, and Jessie's next few words scared him. "Only in a perfect world, Quest. Only in a perfect world." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And somewhere, overlooking a beautiful city, a man received a folder. The man looked through the contents and smiled to himself. Then he started to laugh. It was a laugh that would've sent shivers up someone's spine if someone was there. Then he chuckled and whispered to himself. "Soon, Mr. Quest. Soon. I'll see you in a perfect world." THE END.......sort of. JQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQJQ Disclaimer~I own nothing! I only own Ryan, Christyn, Krista, and Jay. Jenny's been used in several other fics as Jonny's sister. The rest of JQ, is HB's Categories~J&J Hr, kind of E Archivers~Make sure you get my other stuff! :) Ending explanation~If you haven't figured it out, this is mainly a pre-quel to "Cruel Reality." It is also a pre-quel to "Happy Birthday, Jess" and J&J are not together as of yet. Be on the lookout for more out of my twisted mind! Comments, questions, and constructive criticism is a must! :) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you like orange and blue, then you will love our new web site! http://www.onelist.com Onelist: Fostering connections and information exchange