From: Catherine <teeling1@yahoo.com>
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:06:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [JQML] [FIC SERIES] Letters Series: 1-Rachel's Letter
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From: Catherine <teeling1@yahoo.com>

Disclaimer: I don't own any one or anything, they belong to HB.
Category: Ang./Past
Archivers: Just tell me ^_^

Rachel's letter:

Understanding the Letter:
	To understand this letter you must understand the factors in the
Quest reality.  In this series, Rachel has not yet been killed (but
this will be her final letter).  Similar to the facts in ‘Jonny’s
Golden Quest,' Dr. Benton Quest and his young son Jonathan have been
sent down to the jungles of South America on work for the United
States government.  This is the first trip that Jonny has made with
Dr. Quest where it has lasted more than a weekend away from Rachel. 
The different this time is that Race has not been assigned and Hadji
has not been adopted.  Jessie is living with her mother and is unknown
to her father that she is alive.  Dr. Zin is alive (barely) and is the
unknown reason for Dr. Quest’s coming to the southern jungles.  Dr.
Quest is in his mid to late thirties and Jonny is roughly nine. 
Rachel Quest has been sent down to the South American jungles to help
her husband of almost twelve years study the environment (the animals,
plants, air, water, etc.).  
	The character of Rachel may not be expressed wholely in this letter,
but both her love and gentle nature towards people are unquestionably
shown.  Although a nine year old may not be able to read this letter,
his father was the reader while Jonny simply sat on his lap trying to
picture his mother speaking the words to him.

May 7, 1989
Sweet Jonny,

	How is my handsome hero handling life away from mom?  I hope that you
are behaving for your father, he is very proud and pleased with the
way that you have been acting so far and he is telling all the adults
he can of how special you are.  But you already knew that didn’t you? 
I can’t wait to meet you and your father in two weeks, it will be like
the summer vacation we almost had.  Even though we won’t be in Disney
land I promise ,and I need you to hold me to this, that you, your
father and I will go to Florida next summer and we will have dinner
with Mickey in Sleeping Beauty’s Castle; how does that sound?  
	Tomorrow is your birthday and I am so upset that I won’t be able to
be there with you … but if you look under you bottom pair of jeans in
your green bag I think you will find a nicely wrapped present.  Never
say I forget!  Also in your father’s suitcase in a small red box you
will find a few surprise for Bandit, he needed some fun too.  You know
this is the longest we have ever been separated from each other and I
miss you so much.  Well I have to run to the lab, but never forget
that I love you and your father very much (and Bandit too of course) 
I can’t wait to give you a big hug but for the meantime give a big hug
to your father.  
	I miss you angel …sweet dreams till I see you next.  Hugs and kisses,
and a special kiss for your dad.

					     With All My Heart,
					     Rachel D. Quest

After the Letter was received:
	A quick note in the signature, the ‘D.’ stands for Diane after her
mother.
	The day after this letter was received Rachel Quest started her
voyage to meet her family in South America.  When Rachel reached South
America she arrived a bit early and called ahead informing her husband
and family that she would rent a car, to which Dr. Quest insisted he
send one out to meet since he would be in a meeting; to which she
agreed.  This car never arrived; instead another car came and drove to
the destination.  When she arrived to the camp site Jonny was in town
with the workers and Dr. Quest was just returning from the meeting. 
As Jonny and the natives drove up, Rachel’s drive jumped from his car
and grabbed her, pulling her deep into the jungle before the others
could react.  The next time either Jonny or Dr. Quest saw her was in
the arms of Dr. Zin who dropped her in a cage just a few moments
before the fatal bomb went off.  Rachel Diane Quest was killed
instantly in the bomb, before getting the chance to see her son but
from a distance and the before she even got to give her husband a
loving embrace.
	To say the least, this one action was the end of the ‘Quest Family’
but the beginning of the ‘Quest Team’.  Dr. Zin was able to flee but
not before he saw the utter pain in the eyes of the young child and
his widower father.  This instant when Dr. Zin made the mistake to
look at young Jonathan I saw the last piece of innocence the boy would
have for what would seem a lifetime.  As Dr. Quest pulled his son into
a tight embrace he looked down with tears falling freely and saw two
golden objects.  Apparently when Rachel had been dragged through this
pass she dropped her wedding ring that he kept and her golden heart
pendant that he would save for Jonny when the child was ready.

This letter is the beginning of a series of letters to the living and
…to the dead.



==
     Have a rose:

     @>----(>>>>><)(in a vase)

          Catherine a.k.a Mad Cat
               One Official Fic Commentor
               Guardian Angel of Iolous's sense of honor
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