Nicholos looked up as the beauty walked back into the room. He offered
a smirk in return. "Nicholos Kinsington, but I believed that I've
already stated that."

Kat walked over closer to the bed. "We'll you've been assigned to my
care." She explained to him.

Nicholos gave her another smirk. "What does that include? Sponge
bathes?" he asked teasingly.

"No it doesn't…" Kat said flatly. "It includes me making sure you
don't get yourself in trouble."

"Hate to tell you this, sweetheart, but I'm pure trouble." Nicholos
stated. He slowly slid himself off of the exam table and began to look
around for his clothing.

Kat pointed to a table to the left. "Good then I'll have my hands
full with you then…"

"Think of the possibilities..." he replied with a laugh. Looking to
his left, Nicholos spotted his clothing. He made the way over to them
and began to pull them on. He pulled his legs into the black jeans first.

"Right…" Kat said softly and sighed crossing her arms. She just
wanted the old Drake back not this Nicholas guy. "I have an extra
room in my apartment that you'll be staying in."

"I take it that I don't have a choice in the matter?" Nicholos
questioned as he stood up, pulling the jeans the rest of the way up
his legs. He started working the zipper and button as he awaited her
response.

"No you don't." Kat replied watching him get dressed…it was hard not
too. "Hope you like dogs, cause if you don't too bad."

"Love 'em." Nicholos replied before letting out a shrill whistle. What
had appeared to be a ball of fluff laying against the wall popped up
its head.

Kat looked over at the large Alaskan Malamute sit up from its spot.
She hadn't seen him before but then again she wasn't really paying
attention. "Ok then… do you have clothes or whatnot that you need to
get?"

Nicholos let out a shrug before pulling his black top over his head.
"Not too sure about that. Bandit... come." he called. The dog got up
off of the floor and moved over to his master.

"Ok then… we can just go and get you settled in then." Kat explained
and watched Drake with the dog he called Bandit.

"Lead the way then.... I guess. We'll follow."

"Ok then…" Kat turned on her heels and walked out of the room and went
to leave the medical lab.

Nicholos made his way behind her, Bandit faithfully following his master.

Kat waited for Drake to catch up so she could get him into the
elevator and through security. Once they were in the elevator she
pressed the button to take them up to Uncle Chucks Video so she could
take him to her apartment. She continued to glance at him… this was
going to be hard.

Nicholos slid into the elevator right beside Kat, noticing her
glances. Finally he turned fully to her, "What do keep staring at me for?"

"Nothing… you just look familiar…" Kat shrugged and turned her
attention to him. "That's all."

Nicholos crossed his arms over his chest. "Oh do I? Wanna tell me how
familiar?"

"Nope… you just look familiar. Probably have one of those faces."
Kat explained before looking back at the elevator doors.

Nicholos nodded his head, as he leaned against the back wall of the
elevator.

Kat just stood in silence but she just tapped her foot lightly against
the floor. This made her uncomfortable slightly. It was just weird
having Drake there… but not really having "him" there.

"Nervous much?" He asked with a smirk. He had easily picked up on the
tapping of her foot since it was the only sound within the elevator.

"Nope…" Kat shook her head and walked out of the elevator when the
doors open. She walked through the back maintenance room of Uncle
Chucks Video and opened up the door heading out into the hall way.
They were still in the back of the store where no one could see them
and headed to the back door to leave.

Nicholos and Bandit stayed behind Kat, keeping very close to her.
Nicholos didn't want to take the chance of getting lost. He had no
clue as to where he was.

Kat went through the side door to the parking garage to go up to her
Jeep. She headed up to the second level and unlocked her steel blue
metallic Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. "Over here." She said softly and
walked over to it.

Nicholos continued to follow Kat. "Coming, dear." he called.

Kat looked back at him with an eyebrow raised. "Right…" She opened
up the back door got Bandit to jump in then got in the front seat herself.

Nicholos climbed into the passenger seat. As he was fastening his
seatbelt, he turned to look to make sure that Bandit was laying down
in the back seat. He smiled as the dog laid down, before returning his
attention to Kat. "So where is this apartment of yours?"

"It's not that far away… about 10 minutes." Kat shrugged and started
up the Rubicon before backing out of the spot she was parked in. A
few minutes later she was down the ramp and out on the road heading
towards her apartment.

Nicholos nodded, looking out the passenger window to take in the sites
of the city.

Like Kat said within about 10 minutes she was parking in her parking
spot in the parking garage connected to her apartment complex. Kat
got out and opened up the door for Bandit before walking around the
back of the Jeep. "This way." She waved for him to follow and headed
over to the elevator.

Bandit stayed beside the Jeep, waiting for Nicholos to get out of the
vehicle. Nicholos smirked as he climbed out and patted the dog on his
head. "Good boy...." he whispered, quietly closing the door behind
him. He made his way back over towards Kat, placing his hand on the
small of her back as he followed after her.

Kat resisted the urge to step closer to him but stepped away from him
slightly as they got to the elevator. Once it arrived she walked in
and waited for him and Bandit to come before pushing the 10th floor
button.

Nicholos noticed how she stepped away from him; it was almost as if
she didn't want to do so. He followed her into the elevator as did
Bandit. Nicholos wanted to know why he felt as if Kat had wanted to
step into him, so he did just that. He stepped further into the
elevator, all the way up into Kat's space.

"What are you doing?" Kat asked staring up at him before stepping back
a little bit from him. She needed to distance herself from him.

Now Nicholos could tell that he was definitely getting to her. He
again stepped in closer to her again, making sure that her back was
against the back wall. He smiled down at her.

Kat stared up at him, "what are you doing?" She asked again a little
more softly the second time.

"Just seeing why it seems you keep wanting to lean further into me,
and yet you keep pushing yourself to back away from me all at the same
time." Nicholos replied, dipping his head in closer.

"All the time… we just met ok…" Kat had to control her self. She
stuck her hand out and placed it on his chest pushing him back a
little bit from her. She control, yes that's what she needed.

"Then why do I have the feeling that I've been..... under your skin
for longer than just the past hour?" Nicholos stated, not exactly
ready to completely back down.

"Look buddy you are not under my skin ok?" Kat raised an eyebrow at
him and walked away him when the elevator door opened to their right.

"Sure.... just keep telling yourself that." Nicholos replied as he
followed behind her. Bandit followed right behind, keeping pace with
Nicholos.

Kat pulled out her keys and unlocked her apartment opening up the door
slowly and turning on the light when she walked in. "Here it is."
She smiled slightly. Kat heard yapping from the kitchen and walked
over to the kitchen and took down the small gate and picked up the
puppy behind it before she ran off. "How's my little Onyx doing?"

Nicholos walked slowly into the apartment, looking around, and taking
in the place. He spotted the small dog and turned his eyes down to
Bandit. He wasn't sure how the bigger dog would be with Onyx. Stooping
down, he wrapped his fingers under Bandits collar in case his dog
decided to have a little 'snack'.

Kat kissed Onyx's head before walking over to him. "This is Onyx;
she's only a few months." She explained with a smile.

Nicholos smiled, watching as Bandit inched forward towards the puppy.
When he didn't snap, snarl, or growl at the puppy, Nicholos let go of
Bandit's collar. "Well it's a pleasure to meet you, Onyx." he replied,
leaning forward and scratching behind her ears.

She smiled and put Onyx down watching her interact with Bandit making
sure he didn't try and eat her. "Careful Bandit she'll be bigger than
you when she's full grown." She smirked brightly.

Bandit looked up at Kat like she was crazy, but finally moved on
towards the couch, jumping up on it and laying down. "I think he says
we're staying." Nicholos replied with a slight laugh. He stood up
after petting Onyx for another minute.

"Good cause you really didn't have much choice." Kat smirked and
walked off as Onyx trotted off to disturb Bandit on the couch. "She's
going to have a field day with him. Come on I'll show you your room."
She waved for him to follow.

Nicholos smiled as he followed her down the hall. "Now would that room
happen to be the same as your's?" Nicholos asked. He stopped suddenly
as a picture setting on the mantle caught his attention. Turning
Nicholos made his way over to the mantle and picked up the picture frame.

"No it wouldn't…" Kat explained and headed over to the room he'd be
staying in and opened up the door. "Here you go."

Nicholos of course hadn't followed her. He had stopped back in the
living room and was now confused by the image held within the picture
frame now held in his hands.

Kat looked back not hearing or seeing him. "Over here…" She waved at
him before seeing him staring at a picture. Her eyes widened and she
walked over quickly to him and grabbed the picture frame from him hold
it against her chest. "Your room is over there." She pointed at the
open door.

"We don't know each other?" he asked again. "I think you need to tell
me a few things, because that picture tells me your lying." he stated.

"You shouldn't have seen this picture…" Kat said walking away from him.

Nicholos continued to follow her. "Now if I'm not mistaken that was a
picture of you and .... me. Why don't you explain why I'm in that
picture to me. I have every right to know."

"Not yet you don't…" Kat said softly and continued to walk away from
him into her bedroom gathering up some of the other pictures and
placing them into one of her drawers.

"Not yet.... Dammit.... how in the hell am I supposed to trust you, if
you aren't being honest with me? I saw the picture, Kat...." Nicholos
began.

"I'm not being honest with you /because/ I was told not to…" Kat
answered not looking at him.

"Tell me how long we've known each other. I deserve to know...."
Nicholos replied, turning her to face him once again. "Come on, Kitten..."

Kat sighed, "I shouldn't tell you…" She looked down from him.

Something was pulling Nicholos towards Kat, but what it was he wasn't
exactly sure. He'd just called her 'Kitten' and had no idea where
that'd come from either. He slid down the wall, sitting with his head
tucked between his knees, trying to slow down the spinning.

"Just… take a deep breath…" Kat said softly and kneel down in front of
him. Her hand reached out and ran her hand through his hair gently.

Nicholos did as she told him, inhaling deeply. He let the breath out
slowly. He repeated the motion again, as he felt his fingers running
slowly through his hair. He looked up at her and gave her a soft
smile, reminiscent of the old him. "I'm ok, Kitten." he told her. He
took her hand and placed a kiss on her palm.

That was the Drake she knew… maybe having him here would be a good
thing with him remembering and all. "I know this is hard… but I can't
tell you everything right now."

"What can you tell me?" he asked, running his thumb over her cheek.

"You just can't know right now… you aren't you…" Kat stated softly
before standing up and running her hand over the top of her head.

"I'm not me..... You know you aren't helping very much by continuing
to confuse me."

Kat sighed and went over sitting down, "I'm sorry…" She rubbed her
face, she was ordered not to tell him but a part of her wanted too.
"I was ordered not too."

"Fuck the orders...." Nicholos replied. "You know something about me."
He said, crawling over to her. He placed both of his hands on her
knees looking up into her eyes.

She huffed and looked him straight in the eye. "You are not Nicholos
Kinsington…"

"I figured that by the fact that the doctor continued to call me Mr.
Andrews."

"Your name is Drake Andrews. We worked together for several years
doing undercover missions together." Kat explained to him. "You went
on a mission a long you were gone for months and then came back like
this."

"Now was that so hard, Kitten?" Nicholos asked. He felt Bandit come up
and lay his head on Kat's lap on top of his hands. "So my name is
actually Drake? What did I do?"

"Yes your name is Drake you work for the CIA as a weapons specialist
and an undercover operative." Kat explained still looking him in the eye.

Nicholos smiled up at her. Leaning up, he pulled her down to him and
pressed his lips to her. He wasn't sure where that came from, but he
couldn't stop himself.

Kat started to kiss her back but quickly pulled back putting her hand
up to her lips. He wasn't Drake. She wanted him to be but he wasn't
and he didn't remember the times they had shared together. It just
wasn't right.

Nicholos was shocked that she'd pulled back. "What'd I do wrong?" he
asked in a whisper.

"You aren't you…" She said softly not looking at him and trying not
let her tears that were building up fall onto her cheeks.

Nicholos bowed his head, figuring that she was probably right. He got
up slowly and made his way to his room. He fell to the bed, hoping
that the slow ebb in his head would stop.

Kat sighed and heard the pitter patter of little feet trot into the
bedroom. She looked down and noticed Onyx staring up at her. "Hi
baby…" Kat picked her up and crawled back onto the bed more before
laying down and placed Onyx on her stomach patting her softly. She
just wanted her Drake back…not this Nicholos.

Nicholos rolled over onto his back and stared up at the ceiling.

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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