Kat speed walked down the hallway and into Director Shaw's office
without knocking. "Is it true? You found him?" Kat said staring at
Shaw behind the desk.

Chris looked up from her paperwork. "Yes it's true…" She closed up
her folder and stood up.

"Well can I see him?" Kat asked anxiously.

"Mr. Andrews is downstairs in medical getting all checked out." Shaw
explained.

Kat scratched the back of her neck. "So does that mean I can see him?"

Chris sighed and walked over to the woman standing near her door.
"Follow me…" Shaw walked past her and over the elevator. She slid her
keycard through the lock when they reached the elevator, put her code
in, and then pressed her thumb on the scanner. The elevator doors
opened and she walked in with Kat right on her heels.

Kat just tapped her foot lightly on her floor; it was part anxious
part nervous. She hadn't seen Drake Andrews for a year and she missed
him. Kat followed the security procedures after Chris and placed her
hand on a bio scanner at the security desk right outside of the
elevator.

The duo walked down the hall a few feet to the medical lab. Chris
stopped and slid her keycard through the lock, entered her code, and
scanner her thumb just like before. The light turned green and the
glass doors in front of her slid open. Chris walked into the lab with
Kat right behind her, "Dr. Evans?" Shaw called out as they walked
into the lab more.

Dr. Evans was in the back of the medical labs with a young man
checking him over. He had been busy the past few hours, running every
test that he medically could while the young man had been unconscious.
Now his patient was wide awake and didn't look too thrilled at being
poked and prodded.

At the sound of the doors to his lab swooshing open, Nate turned his
head. He gave out a slight sigh of relief when he heard Director Shaw
calling his name. "I'm back here, Director." he returned, moving his
attention once again to his patient.

"Mr. Andrews, you're not getting out of here until I authorize it. So
just lay back, relax, and let me run my tests. No debates, no buts,
just get over it." Nate replied, returning to the chart he was writing up.

Shaw headed back to where she heard Evan's answer her call. They
headed to a private infirmary room and walked in. "So Doctor how is he?"

Kat stopped at the door and looked at Drake on the med bed. She
didn't know what to say or do.

Nate looked up from the chart he'd been preparing for the Director as
well as for his files. "Physically there is absolutely nothing wrong
with him except for the bullet wound in his side. I don't foresee that
causing Mr. Andrews too much trouble as long as he takes care of
himself." Well he'd now gotten the easy part out, time for the part he
wasn't too thrilled he had to share. He knew that this needed to be
addressed with the utmost care, but with his patient he doubted it
would be.

"Doctor, how many times do I have to tell you that my name isn't Mr.
Andrews. I don't even know anyone with the last name Andrews." the
patient replied. He couldn't believe how dense this doctor was. "And
yes, I'll take good care of this wound. I outta know how to do so
without leaving too bad of a scar. Can I go now?" He looked around the
room again, taking in the appearance of the director, but not getting
any kind of sense that he knew her.

"No!" Nate stated emphatically. He returned his attention to Director
Shaw. "This is the problem. He has no memory of his past. Everything
seems to be fine mentally as well, except for this amnesia. I've run
MRI's, and every other brain scan that I can. All functions appear to
be absolutely normal.

Nate turned to his patient. "Until I know what you wish to be called,
I will continue to refer to you as the only name we have for you, Mr.
Andrews." He noticed Kat standing in the doorway. "Do either of the
women in this room look familiar to you?"

The patient turned his attention from Director Shaw to the young
blonde standing in the doorway with a disgruntled sigh. He allowed his
eyes to lock with hers for all of a second before turning back to the
doctor. "No. And as for my name, it's Nicholos. Nicholos Kinsington."

Shaw stepped forward more towards Doctor Evans, "he has amnesia?" She
questioned at him and looked at Andrews who was on the bed.

Kat just stared at Drake…he didn't remember her. That wasn't what she
expected that was for sure. Hell they were married…secretly yes but
they were still married. She remained silent and listened to Director
Shaw and Doctor Evans talk.

Nate turned his full attention to the director, no longer keeping any
of his major focus on Drake or any on Kat. "Yes, it's quite a strange
case at that. I'd like to have someone research his past case files as
the name he just gave us does sound quite familiar to even myself. I
may not have been here that long, but I do seem to recall the
Kinsington name from somewhere." he said, running his fingers along
his chin as he began to ponder this small bit of information.

"If you take a picture, it just might last longer." Nicholos replied
to the Director. He then noticed that the other woman had as of yet to
even step foot into the room. Turning his own attention towards her,
he gave her a small smirk as he stated, "I won't bite... unless you
ask of course."

He looked her over, giving her more than a once over. She was indeed
quite beautiful, something that he wouldn't pass up on ever. But there
was so much more to her, he just couldn't put his finger on it.

"Nicholos Kinsington was one of Drakes aliases when he went on
undercover missions…" Kat said softly and looked away from Drake and
at Shaw and Evans. "It was his alias for his long deep cover mission
for the CIA."

Shaw nodded in reply, "I remember reading that in his file they sent
to me. We wanted him to join APO when he got back from his mission."
She looked over at Kat for a second before looking at Evans. "So
what do we need to do to get his memory back?"

Nicholos looked back and forth between the two women. "Will you at
least stop talking about me as if I wasn't even in the room?" he
stated. He hated it when people did that. "And Nicholos Kinsington is
my name, not some alias as you have been putting it. And what is this
APO you keep mentioning?"

"For now... nothing. He needs to be treated as he normally would have
been. It's going to take time for his mind to fully heal and his
memory will slowly come back to him. All we have to do is wait....
which means no giving him information about his past." Evans stated.

"Wouldn't giving him information about his past help him remember more
quickly?" Shaw asked, she was no scientist but that seemed like the
most logical thing to do.

"Normally, I would say yes to do just that. But in this case, Mr.
Kinsington here is referring to himself as a completely different man.
Talking about past missions with him might be helpful, but telling him
about his daily routines and such could be detrimental." Evans replied.

Shaw looked at Drake then at Kat. "I need to speak to you two." She
said looking at Kat and Evans. She walked out of the room with Evans
and Kat right on her heels. Chris waited for the door to shut before
speaking again. "What if I place him in Agent Bachmeier's care…?
He'd be around someone who worked closely with him for a few years but
she wouldn't try and encourage his past life." She said directing the
end part of the sentence to Kat.

Evans nodded his head. "For now that seems like an acceptable plan.
This way tabs can be kept on him, and if there are any problems Agent
Bachmeier can bring him in immediately."

"Ok then it's settled…" Shaw nodded and looked over at Kat. "He will
remain in your care… but you will not talk to him about his real self,
the last thing we need is for him to not remember because you start
pushing him."

"Yes ma'am…" Kat nodded in reply, it would be hard not to say anything
but she would be able to do it.

"Now if he remembers anything write it down make a journal whatever
you want to do." Shaw explained to her.

Evans nodded. "Yes, and I'd like to see him at least once every other
week for normal check-ups. I want to also be able to record his
progress and make sure that he's not sliding in the reverse direction.
We want Agent Andrews back in full capacity."

"Ok…" Kat nodded in reply. "I can make a journal of thing that he
remember and stuff then bring it back to you to review." Kat told
Evans before continuing. "What kind of things should I say to him to
try and encourage his memory to come back?"

"For right now, I think it's best to just try and allow his memory to
come back on it's own. Little things he sees or hears in normal
conversation might be able to trigger something in his memory. But as
for certain things, there's nothing I can say for certain."

"Alright I'll just do everything I normal do but not mention his real
name Drake and other things about the real him." Kat explained what
her intentions were to the others. "Where should he stay?"

"That, Agent Bachmeier, is entirely up to you."

"Great… well I have an extra room in my apartment, he could stay there
and I could keep an eye on him more…" She offered.

Shaw nodded, "sounds good."

"Should I go talk to him?" Kat asked mainly looking at Evans.

"Go right ahead. I expect to see him in a week or two, even if you
have to drag him here."

"That won't be a problem…" Kat huffed and turned around walking back
into the room. She gave Drake a small smile looking at him. "Hi I'm
Agent Kat Bachmeier."

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Agent Katrina Bachmeier "Fuse"
Explosive Expert
Ghosts, A.P.O

Agent Drake Andrews "Phoenix"
Aka Nicholos Kinsington
Weapons Specialist
Ghosts, A.PO

Doctor Nathan Evans
Base Doctor
NPC, A.P.O

Director Christina Shaw "Athos"
A.P.O Director, NPC
(Used with the permission of the GM)