Impossible Love?

Here is my second fanfiction on Jonny Quest. Well let's hope that this story is better than my last, it's a continuation from my last story ("Is This Love?) So sit back and enjoy!

Jonny sat in his room thinking. He had just left everyone else and said that he'd go to sleep, but he wasn't really tired. Too many things had happened over the past twenty-four hours. Jessie had almost died because of him… because of a foolish mistake.

`How could I have ever been interested in Cilia?' Jonny shook his head, he had never really been interested. Perhaps he had thought that if he dated someone, he'd forget about the girl he really loved… Jessie Bannon. "Jess…" he whispered as his eyes watered slightly. But a love between them would be impossible. She seemed to have her heart elsewhere, like with Hadji.

Jessie's face was bandaged now and she went up to her room. As she passed Jonny's room she stopped for a moment. Something seemed to have been bothering him… maybe she should find out what. Slowly she opened the door a crack and found him sound asleep, one hand under his head and the other across his stomach.

Benton Quest returned to the main building around one hour later, he had been in the lighthouse and was pondering on his latest discovery- that Jonny was in love with Jessie. "Hey Benton, what were you doing?" Race asked from the kitchen.

"I guess. I do hate to leave after all that has happened, but we don't really have a choice. The government there said it was top secret and that we needed to be there A.S.A.P. and I said tomorrow. We'll leave later tonight I guess."

"Huh?" Hadji looked up, "Oh, it's nothing… I'm not sure but something is wrong with Jonny…" Benton didn't answer, "Do you know what it is?" Hadji saw Dr. Quest avert his eyes.

Hadji watched the computer screen monitor as Jessie and Jonny went into a flight simulation game. Earlier that afternoon, Dr. Quest and Hadji had gotten all of the systems up and running again. It had been a real shock when Cilia had taken control over IRIS, but Dr. Quest had just been relived to get the system up again before he left.

Jonny and Jessie pulled out of the game and took off the virtual reality equipment. Jessie looked at Jonny again, something just had to be wrong. She barely ever won, and definitely not so easily, "Hello, earth to Jonny! You seemed distracted, what's up?"

Jonny stood looking down from the cliffs, he felt awful. There wasn't any reason for him to yell, what was he thinking? But he was just so uptight, the feelings that he had for Jessie had become stronger after Cilia kidnapped them. He remembered that before he had left the compound to find Cilia, he had kissed Jessie softly as she slept, `She has such soft skin… she's so pretty… oh quit it!' He turned away from the edge and headed towards the house.

But his mind didn't want to leave the subject alone, `Come on, maybe if I talk to her and tell her how I feel it'll be fine. No,' he argued, `don't bug her. It's not fair to mess up her life, besides… it might ruin our friendship.'

Hadji and Jessie followed Jonny's lead into the house. "So what are we going to have tonight?" Hadji asked, glancing in the refrigerator. Jessie rummaged through a cupboard and found a box of spaghetti.

"Well I can make some pasta, and we have to have sauce somewhere…" she looked in another cupboard and pulled out a jar, "Yep! You two go in the other room and I'll fix dinner. Go on now!" Jessie shooed them out of the kitchen and got busy boiling the water.

`What is wrong with him?' She wondered, `Jonny never acts like this… maybe it was something Cilia did. Or was it-?' she broke off. `Don't think like that,' she scolded herself. Jessie shook her head, Jonny Quest was almost impossible to understand. Right now she wished that Jonny would act like his normal cocky self. She snorted, `Who would have thought?'

Jonny sat back in an armchair in the family room, Hadji and Jessie also sat in the room- all were just relaxing. The phone rang and Jessie picked it up, "Hello? Oh hi! Sure, here's Jonny." She handed over the phone to her friend, "It's Dr. Quest."

Jonny nodded dumbly as he hung up. `Maybe I should talk to someone…' He headed back downstairs and found Jessie glancing through a news paper, "They'll be home in about five days. Whatcha doing Jess?"

Hadji, Jessie, and Jonny sat in the mostly vacant Movie Theater. The movie was about half way done and proved pretty good. Jonny didn't pay too much attention to the screen, it was a love/comedy and he wasn't in the mood for romance. He studied Jessie's face as she watched the story unfold.

Jessie still sat intently watching the movie, she felt strange for some reason. Here she was at a movie, a romance for that matter, with her two guy friends. Most girls couldn't ask for more, but she felt different. `Those girls who would think I'm lucky obviously don't know that I'm not "involved" with either of them.' She snorted softly, `Not that I would mind if I was involved with…' her mind trailed off as her face went hot, she was thankful for the darkness at that point.

Jonny cocked his head to the side as he looked at her, "I don't think so. They don't know what romantic is, obviously." Suddenly his face went hot and he was glad for the darkness. `Now why did I go and say that?'

Jessie suddenly started to feel giddy and light-headed, just thinking about what she wanted him to do… but he wouldn't, she knew that. Or would he? `That look on his face is dangerous…' she thought.

Slowly Jonny turned Jessie sideways to face him. He hesitantly put his hand on the small of her back and stopped for a moment, he started to have second thoughts on this. His other hand was gently placed at the base of her neck. He stopped then, realizing exactly what he was doing. He was about to break away when Jessie brought her hands around him. Jonny then didn't care about anything else, he leaned down and not daring to look in her eyes he kissed her. Lightly at first, backing up only centimeters but then he returned to her lips.

Jessie closed her eyes and savored the moment as Jonny's lips met hers. As he backed away, she was disappointed but then she was surprised when he came back in full force… not that she was complaining. Suddenly Jonny pulled back fully, breathing hard. "Sorry…" he muttered.

Jonny and Jessie jumped and for the second time they were thankful for the darkness, as they would have been a bright red. "Er… uh… thanks Hadj," Jonny finally managed to say.

Jessie stared at the screen, blindly, `Wow… that was some kiss!' She smiled suddenly as she remembered it, `I never knew Jonny could be like that… so romantic… it was as if suddenly I was taken to another world.'

`I can't believe I just did that,' Jonny thought, `It was a big risk… but,' he grinned, `it was well worth it!' He had only planned to kiss her for a few seconds, the long, deep kiss was not what he had intended. The thing that started his mind working was the way Jessie had acted. She had almost seemed… enthusiastic about it. `I'm imaging things… but it would be nice if it's true.' He decided to cling to that hope, that she might be interested.

"That is no excuse!" Rene shouted, turning to the dark-haired woman behind him, "She was a part of this whole plan. If she hadn't gone and tried to kill off that Bannon kid we would have been able to hold her hostage and use her to get to the young Quest. But nooooo, she had to have her way and try to get the boy." He slammed his hand hard on the desk, "Her ways didn't work and she never would listen to me."

Rene curled his hand into a fist, "Do I need to remind you, Julia, that you would not be here now if it wasn't for me?" Julia's amused expression fell, Rene smiled, "Good, you have not forgotten. Now onto business."

"He'll be coming," Julia replied glancing out the window at the darkening sky. She smiled, Roger would have been done implanting the program into Quest World and would have fixed the ventilation. Now all they had to do was wait.

Hadji studied his friends a little while longer before walking into the main house. Jonny and Jessie didn't dare exchange glances as they walked in, both were quite red in the face. "I'm going to go do some stuff on my laptop. Later!" Jonny announced as he rushed up the stairs to his room. `That was close…'

Jonny sighed, he had been thinking about this all day, ever since his father had talked to him earlier that afternoon. `Don't freak out now… just get this written. You don't have to give it to anyone.' He made up his mind and sat at his desk, loading up the word processing program he leaned back and thought about what to write.

Suddenly he couldn't think straight, he didn't know why… it didn't make any sense. He hadn't been tired a few moments ago. What was going on here? Jonny stumbled out of his room and felt slightly better, "Hadj… Jess…?" He called as slowly he blacked out and tumbled down the steps.

"Somehow there are knock-out gases in the vent system. Let's try to get outside, Jonny will be fine in here for now. Come on!" Jessie glanced at Jonny but Hadji pulled her out the door. He took his shirt down from his face and said, "Head for the lighthouse. We'll have IRIS shut down the ventilation system."

Hadji's back was to Jessie as he answered, "No, wait till everything is aired out…" He turned around to find Jessie gone, "Those two jump into everything…" he shook his head again and ran into the house.

"He should be, but let's get him out of here. The gas is not fully out of the air yet." Jessie nodded and took Jonny's feet. Together Hadji and Jessie took Jonny outside and into the lighthouse. "He was in there for a long time. Jonny might not wake up for a while," Hadji commented.

Jessie watched with worry, not completely understanding the feelings that took over her right now. `What is this feeling…? Am I right in thinking that he's `the one'? I don't know when this happened… maybe it's always been this way,' she started to think back over the years. One memory jumped out at her in full force. She recalled that time on the Ghost Island, something had happened there… something more than what most people thought happened. `That's when I realized… that I- like Jonny. More than a friend…' she wondered now if he felt the same way about her. On that island they had kissed, possessed or not, Jessie was happy that they had. And then there was today… it was Jonny who had set up that Kiss. She remembered his breath against her face and his hand laid gently on the small of her back. Jessie had felt so protected in his arms, as if it were right.

Hadji studied Jessie's face, she seemed distracted. He wasn't sure what was going on, first it was Jonny… and now Jessie. Maybe he should write to Dr. Quest and tell him of Jessie's change. 'What is going on between them. And what happened today at the theater?' Hadji shrugged and waited silently.

"Whoa! Hold it Race, you're a little ahead of this thing. Something's bugging Jonny about this and I don't think Jessie is even aware that he likes her." He sighed, "I hope to try and get Jonny to talk about it, but he's being stubborn and denying what I say."

"That's what I asked myself when I realized this a few days ago," Benton hesitated before continuing on, "Do you remember when Jessie and Jonny were trapped in Cilia's virtual world?" Race nodded grimly, "Well I recall that during the time Jonny was in that `star void' there was this image… Hadji and Jessie, arm-in-arm and walking away." He squinted his eyes in thought.

"I think I might have found what's really bugging him," Dr. Quest murmured. "There were many times when we weren't with the kids on their adventures. Remember them telling us of the falcon in Bangalore? Well there seemed to be something they were hiding… same with the encounter with `Elise' in New Orleans. Perhaps there's some reason that causes Jonny to believe that Jessie would never give him a chance… but I doubt that Jessie would just brush him off."

`::Sighs:: That is no good. Try telling Jessie that. We have no idea how strong the gas was, Jessie and I ran out of the house as soon as we detected the smell. Jonny gave us a fair warning.'

`Well right now he's out cold. We're in the lighthouse for now until we are sure the main house is aired out. Jonny's been unconscious for about forty five minutes now and doesn't show any signs of waking… we were just wondering how much longer we'd have to wait.'

`We were at the movies, the gas was going through the ventilation system. We still have to find out if anything remains. We had IRIS shut down the vents and open all the windows and doors in the main house so hopefully that will help. Jessie and I checked the security cameras and didn't see anything. It's very strange.'

As soon as he was gone, Jessie turned to watch Jonny. Slowly she reached out a hand to trace the outline of his face. 'I wonder who did this. What, or who, were they after?' It was a question that she hoped would be answered soon.

Julia studied, Roger- the black-haired man. Roger repeated, "I did as you asked and put the containers of the knock-out gas into to the system, I even stayed there and turned it on at the right time. But that Bannon girl and Quest's adopted son made it out of the house in time." Roger grinned, "But, Jonny Quest was exposed to that gas long enough to keep him out for at least three hours."

Hadji and Jessie brought Jonny into his room and laid him on the bed, "There. Come on, let's go eat," Hadji said while turning to walk out the door. Jessie followed a minute later and went down into the kitchen.

"I think I will try and find out if anything is left of that knock-out gas. I'll look through the security files again, it just doesn't seem right that IRIS didn't pick up anything."

She walked up the stairs and stopped at Jonny's door. Quietly she opened the door and looked in. He still slept on his side, facing the door. Jessie slipped into the room and closed the door again. She sat down on the bed and studied Jonny's face. He seemed to be okay… at least she hoped so. Jessie yawned, "Huh, I didn't think that I was tired. Oh well, I'd better go to bed."

Jessie stood up and was about to leave when she heard Jonny mutter something or other. 'I can't leave him right now!' She realized. She sighed and returned to sit on the bed, she slipped off her shoes and brought her knees to her chest. She sighed and rocked back and forth with her arms wrapped around her legs. She was so tired… but she didn't want to leave him yet.

Again she yawned. She had a thought… 'No, I can't do that! But it's so tempting.' Jessie looked again at the sleeping form. Slowly she slipped the sheet up around her body and she slid down next to Jonny. 'Good thing Dr. Quest and my dad aren't here. They would have a fit!' Her last thought was, 'I hope Hadji doesn't decide to come in here… that would be awkward.' She smiled, and next to her a small smile had appeared on Jonny's face.

It was late as Jonny slowly opened his eyes the light near his bed was still on, he noticed, and the light hurt his eyes. 'How long have I been out of it…?' He started to sit up but something stirred next to him. "What the-?" He broke off and stared at Jessie. She was sleeping peacefully with her hands under her head. She had a slight smile on her face but as he moved she started to frown.

'Okay then… I guess I'll be staying right here for a while. Not that I mind.' Jonny lay down again and watched Jessie's face. He wondered how long she had been here, 'Wow she's pretty…' he hadn't realized until now how `harmless' she looked. He snorted, Jessie wouldn't like to hear that. She was very capable of protecting herself and she was not one to be useless or harmless.

Jessie heard his voice, she heard his words. It was all she could do to not sit up and open her eyes but she fought the urge. She'd leave this be for now, she had wakened as she felt Jonny moving beside her. In her mind she replied, 'Y'know what Jonny? I love you too…'

Jonny thought he saw Jessie's expression change, but then he thought he was imaging things. 'Okay, tomorrow I get to work writing that letter that I was going to write today. I need to get all this put down in words.' He yawned, 'But for now I'm tired.'

'So my dreams are not impossible. Oh Jonny… this feels so… I don't know how to explain it. Right, unreal? Perfect…' She smiled and she closed her eyes again. As she fell into slumber, her hand reached out and rested gently on Jonny's chest. He smiled and a hand came up to curl around hers.

When Hadji went in at nine o'clock to check on Jonny, he was not prepared for the scene that met his eyes. Jessie lay in the bed next to Jonny, there were content smiles on both their faces and suddenly Hadji had to cover his mouth to keep from laughing. He turned off the main light and closed the door again. 'I wonder how Race and Dr. Quest would take this…' he mused, that reminded him. He had to write to Dr. Quest again.

Hadji made his way downstairs and sat at the computer again. He typed: `Dr. Quest, this is Hadji again. I believe that Jonny is sleeping normally now. I don't think he's still unconscious from that knockout gas.'

"Yeah, yeah. Same old story, Barrot, you didn't need to break Surd or I out of jail but you did. Well we are so happy that you did what you did." Her voice was mocking. "Jeremiah isn't very pleased with you. You had better be careful," Julia spun on her heel and walked out of the room.

Julia walked into a room where one whole wall was computer screens, she stood off to the side and watched as Roger and another man went through the Quest compound security cameras. Yesterday they had tapped into the Quest's main computer system IRIS, and had been using their security cameras ever since.

"Roger," Julia stepped forward, "You are sure that you fixed the security camera readings that those kids can access? We don't want them knowing about us until it's too late for them to do anything."

Jonny woke up the next morning and slowly eased himself out of bed, he was careful not to disturb Jessie as she slept. Quietly he headed towards the door and he was about to open it when he heard a voice behind him, "At least you're better now." Jessie lay on her back and watched Jonny as he turned around to face her.

"I can't believe that I'm still tired. It's…" glancing at the clock she finished, "already nine thirty. Hadji will most likely be up. I hope he's downstairs…" suddenly she felt embarrassed, she remembered what Jonny had said last night- not knowing that she had heard. 'He said that he loved me… it's strange to believe it.'

"Er, yeah. You're right. See you at breakfast then…" Jessie walked to the door and brushed past Jonny. All of the sudden he reached out a hand and caught her wrist, she stopped… her heart beating fast. She turned her head and looked at him in light-headed confusion.

Within five minutes, Jonny was dressed and downstairs. Hadji was in the kitchen preparing some breakfast for himself. As he spotted Jonny walk in a slight smile played on his face. Hiding it he asked, "I guess I'll have to make you breakfast too…"

Jonny looked at him wandering exactly what he meant by that statement. He didn't have a chance to make a comment on it though as Jessie walked in. The blond-haired boy stood in complete shock, as he looked her over.

She wore a green tank top that clung to her like a second skin. She wore a black skirt that reached her lower-thigh. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail with a single strand of hair outlining her face. Overall, she was incredible… especially in Jonny's opinion.

Jessie glanced expectantly at Jonny, worry in her eyes. He still didn't say anything and he seemed to be… frowning… Her heart fell suddenly and she walked farther into the room.

"Um… I'll be back… soon…" Jonny stammered before heading out the back door. Once outside he ran towards the cliffs where Cilia had faced her doom a few days before. Being careful not to get too close to the edge, he sat on the grass about five feet before the drop off.

"Jess," Hadji looked at her skeptically, "let me know what passed between you and Jonny at the Movie Theater the other day… AND why the world you stayed in Jonny's- er… `room' all last night!"

Jessie sighed, "Fine, fine! I'm getting there…" she slowly told him about the kiss at the movie… how suddenly it had come. Then she quickly explained about last night. Muttering here and there. She ended, "Hadj… he said-" she stopped and looked at her hands, "he said that- that he loved me… he didn't know that I heard…"

Hadji looked at his friend sadly, wondering how he would be able to help. "I don't know, he's never talked to me about things like this before," He sighed, "This is what I'll do. Right now I'll go out and talk to him… try to get his side of the whole thing. Okay?"

Jonny had decided it was long enough that he had hidden, "About time I go back in…" he muttered. Standing, he brushed himself off and walked towards the house. He sighed as he reached the back door. He lifted his hand to the knob and turned it. After getting halfway through the door he looked up to see Jessie giving Hadji a warm embrace. With a gasp of surprise and sadness, Jonny turned on his heel and ran back out the door.

'I don't have a chance… it was true. She's not interested in me… I had to be right, it's Hadji she's interested in…' tears slowly fell down his cheeks as he jumped on one of the hoverboards and took off towards the main gate. Shaking his head, he passed through onto the road.

"Jess…" he whispered as tears blinded him again. Angrily he wiped the tears away and slowed down. He took deep breaths before thinking the scene through again… maybe it wasn't really `that kind of' hug. Maybe it was that of the one exchanged between friends. He could hope, couldn't he? "Who am I kidding?" He shook his head but turned back to the compound anyway. He couldn't hide like this forever.

"What the-?" Jessie started. As she glimpsed the blur of familiar blond hair she gasped in distress. "Oh! Jonny!" She stood up quickly and walked to the door and looked out. He was already gone, "Jonny!" She ran, looking for him. Finally she spotted him moving out the front gate on his hoverboard. 'Did he think…? But…'

The red-haired girl sank down onto the front steps. Resting her head in her hands she began, "I think I know why he's distressed over it. He thought… that… you, me…" her shoulders shrugged slightly, "I don't think he was thinking straight otherwise he wouldn't have gotten so worked up over this."

Hadji silently agreed as Jessie continued, she swallowed, "I don't know Hadj… I just get this feeling when I've been around him lately… a sense of comfort, sometimes longing." She laughed softly, "I never thought I'd feel this way about someone."

That's when it was Hadji's turn to laugh softly, as Jessie turned to him he told her, "You two are practically made for each other! I don't know if Race and Dr. Quest have figured out yet that something might happen between you two. I've seen it coming for a long time!"

Before he could answer, Jonny returned through the gates on the hoverboard. He went past them and headed towards the lighthouse. Jessie stood up and called, "Jonny! Jonny!" He didn't acknowledge her. "Jonathan Quest!" She shouted. "Ooo!" she fumed, "sometimes…"

The blond boy walked slowly inside the lighthouse and ran his fingers lightly over the computers. 'I betcha any minute now one of them will come in here and- oh, there they come now!' Jonny looked sideways as Hadji walked into the room. Somehow he couldn't make himself say anything to greet his friend…

'Maybe what I saw in the kitchen was nothing… it couldn't be, could it?' Jonny was starting to wonder exactly what had happened. Perhaps he should let them explain… but what if it had meant something? He wouldn't be able to deal with that at the moment.

"My friend, what all is troubling you?" Hadji started, unsure of how to start the conversation. As a minute passed with no reply Hadji took a deep breath, 'Nothing like the direct approach…' "Jonny. It was not what you think-"

"How do you know what I think?" Suddenly the younger boy spun around and shouted angrily. Hadji stepped back, Jonny wasn't like this… not at all. Especially not towards his friends or family.

"Now… now let me explain-" Hadji stuttered, gaining control again, "If you listen then I can explain. If not, we're both going to get on each other's nerves. Jessie was just explaining what's been happening lately. More than I can say that you've done… but that's not the point. Finally I said that'd I would talk to you. She was grateful and that's when you walked in… she was just hugging me in thanks, Jonny."

The blond boy turned away as he feared that his face would give all of his emotions away. "Haji… I'm sorry I yelled… it's just that… just that…" he trailed off and hung his head, before whispering, "it was nothing more?"

When Jonny was alone again he sat down in one of the chairs. Sighing he rubbed his head and let everything sink in… the past few days had been too much and he was so confused…

Muttering impatiently to himself, he paced back and forth. It was taking forever for the Quest team kids to load up their game… if this continued, plans would have to be redone. Cursing softly Rene walked out of the room to find if anything had happened yet.

"Jonny?" It was Hadji again, he stood over his friend looking slightly exasperated, "You've been sitting her for a long time now… c'mon, Jessie can't wait forever you know…"

Jonny's eyes widened, "They would flip!" suddenly both of them laughed, it relived the tension in the air and Jonny stood up. Sucking in his breath he let it out before saying, "Okay… I think I'm ready to face her now…"

Hadji sighed, "Come on Jonny… she's waiting…" there was a slight undertone in his voice, Jonny looked at him questioningly and got a slight nod from his friend. His confidence raised ten fold and he smiled.

Jessie still sat on the porch steps waiting for Hadji and Jonny to return, 'Oh jeez… I wonder what happened… and did Jonny listen…? She felt like she was losing her sanity, and just as she was about to stand up and find out what was going on when she noted both boys walking towards her.

She waited as her heart sped up and beat three times the normal rate. Hadji nodded his head to Jonny, giving an encouraging smile before disappearing into the house. After a minute of silence Jessie slowly sank to the steps again, finally Jonny broke the silence, "Well… um…" he scratched the back of his head in nervousness.

Slowly a smile crept up onto his face as he sat down beside her, "Okay then… where to begin…? Maybe I'll explain the whole thing later but for now I ought to get to the point, hmm?"

"Well Jess, for a long time now…" he broke off, "well… it's just that for a long time now we've been best friends, y'know? But then some time back… it was like I realized just how much you meant…" he studied her face carefully, noting the anxious look. Swallowing, he continued:

"And Jess… I can't believe how much has happened to us… but… what I'm trying to say is- I think I love you…?" he finished off as a slight question and he averted his eyes, fear of rejection was apparent.

Surprise overtook Jonny's senses as Jessie leaned on his shoulder and looked up at him, "And what are you afraid of? I do not bite, I hope you know!" her face softened, "I'm glad you told me when I was more awake this time… last night's confession seemed like a dream…"

"Uh-huh… but that doesn't matter at the moment. Because you know what?" she leaned over a little more to whisper in his ear, "I think I love you too…" smiling at the reaction on Jonny's face, Jessie almost pulled away when an arm wrapped around her shoulder.

"Then let me reassure you," Jessie leaned over and kissed him lightly on the cheek. After his shock started to fade she added, "Now c'mon! I'm up to a good game of Quest World! I'm gonna beat ya too!"

"Well are you two going to do Quest World or not? And yes it is my business. And I'm terribly happy that this has all worked out," Hadji walked past them with a smile still on his face.

Jonny and Jessie sat in the specially designed VR chairs as their virtual reality headpiece let loose the bright green visor. Suddenly a frown appeared on Jessie's face, "Weren't we supposed to be doing a racing game?"

He walked over to his friends and touched Jonny's ear piece, Hadji and Jonny both let out a cry of pain as the ear piece shocked them both. Hadji stumbled back and watched as Jonny slumped forwards slightly.

"But he's not really here, my dear girl," the new voice came from a new direction. Finally a man in complete black strode forward, mocking a bow he raised his head to show emerald-colored eyes and sandy brown hair. "I have an offer to make you, either you can give up now and come with me. Or, you can do your best to get away and have me chase you all over. In the end, it'll all turn out the same."

An explosion in front of them sent them back into reality though and quickly Jonny steered out of the way of the flying debris. "He means business!" He tried vainly to glimpse the man who was following behind them on another hover chariot. Strange, but the man seemed to be herding them…

"Oh really?" The third voice snapped Jessie's and Jonny's faces around to see the man hovering before them. "Hello again. I've decided that I don't have time to play these childish games so I'm ending it."

Before they knew what was happening, a large swirling hole appeared in the air. The man vanished and left the two teens alone as they tried to move or turn away from the `thing'.

Hadji looked from his computer screen to his friends with a worried expression. Typing frantically, he was still unable to get a very clear picture of what was going on. Suddenly Jessie and Jonny cried out:

Looking up, Hadji's eyes widened with shock, "No! How can this be?!" Open-mouthed, all he could do was watch as his two friends flickered before fading. "WHAT THE-?!" But they were gone, completely vanished.

As soon as Benton Quest's face appeared Hadji looked at him in despair, not knowing where to start. Noticing the far-away look, Benton immediately started asking questions, "Hadji, what's wrong? What's going on? Are you okay?"

Race appeared over Dr. Quest's shoulder and Hadji shook himself out of his distracted state. "I'm completely clueless on how it happened but suddenly we loaded up Quest World, when we did it wasn't the right area-"

Hadji broke in again, "Now here's what's interesting, I couldn't log them out and again I couldn't clear the screens well enough to see what was going on! But that's not it! Jonny and Jessie have disappeared!"

Hadji looked upset, "I don't know but suddenly I hear them yelling at each other, I look up and they're fading! They're not here anymore and they were sitting right in front of me!"

The face nodded and signed off. Hadji sunk back into the chair again, "Oh no… not something like this again…" he muttered under his breath, "Wonder what is with the Jessie-Jonny captures lately…"

Strange story? I've always loved the idea of the Jonny-Jessie relationship. Though this is a poor piece of writing, I hope it's okay to read. I need feedback badly so please e-mail me: seiya_usagi_fan@yahoo.com