Tim Mcgee and Phil Masters arrived in Elk River around midnite, in search of Michael ,not knowing that his memory had returned . What they found was a man out for revenge and trusting no one . Dorn approached the two FBI agents and almost shot them on sight . " how could you use me like this , pretending to care ,but just after the prize of settling this for your own betterment " he screamed at them . Taken aback by this ,and finding out he had regained his memory changed everything .

THey now had to come clean and tell Dorn everything .They started by telling him that Diane has disappeared and that they have no idea where she is . Also they told them about Gail whom he had taken to the hospital .. Her face was nearly eaten off of her , by what some would call Vampires, she recalls nothing of the incident but she will never live a normal life again . Her crimnal ways are done ..They told him she was placed near him to keep an eye on him incase his memory returned ,and she was to kill him.. that threat is over with .

The big problem is finding Diane . Dorn they said " these are not normal everyday thieves or murderers. There is something mystic about them ,, like smoke almost ...and very deadly ..

"We can cover more ground, if we split up. You two go east, we'll go north." Dorn spoke.

Tim and Phil grumbled but the look in Dorn's eye told them not to argue. The F.B.I duo head east while Dorn headed north with Sarah in tow. When Dorn felt enough time and distance passed he turned south. Sarah with a puzzled look, followed and wisely kept her mouth shut.

Dorn didn't know why or how but he sensed Diane was to the south, and was wet and very cold. He also sensed a menacing presence close by, seemly follwing him ever since he arrived at Elk River.


Dorn and Sarah where about 10 miles south of Elk River, when he spotted the badly concealed pathway that had recently been driven upon. Diane's presence was getting stronger. He killed the headlights and slowly drove down the lane.

Diane's head jerked up at the sound of a door squeeking open. Backing up to the wall as close as she could, she waited, holding her breath.
The door swung open on rusty hinges and the doorway was filled with the outlines of two men. The tall one she reconizied as the sheriff. The other was shorter and more stocky. He wore a long duster and a stetson. They stood there talking lowly at first then more loudly.

"You get her out here now!" the other man was saying.

" You can't have her until I'm finish with her" replied the sheriff, "they promised me at least a week with her!"

"Sorry about your luck, **** happens, now go bring her out here"
The sheriff started to argue, but the other man pulled a pistol on him. The sheriff stared at the gun and moved to where Diane was backed to the wall. He pulled a key out of his pocket, undid the lock and yanked her roughly to her feet. Pulling her towards the other man, who was studying her.

"yep, it's her" he muttered. " Unchain her, she won't go nowhere naked like that."

When the chain was removed from her ankle, he pulled his duster off and handed it to her. " Put this on, I don't want the boat hands seeing you like this. We have other plans for you."

He turned to the sheriff as Diane pulled on the duster, " You better clear out of here, things are fixin' to get very hot here and you're too stupid to talk your way out of it!"
As the sheriff started through the door, the man raised the pistol and shot him in the back of the head. The sheriff went down, sprawled in the doorway.

The man grabbed Diane's arm and drug her across the dead man's body.
" Don't step in the blood, we don't need any tracks leading anyone to us."
Diane didn't argue, she just pulled the duster together with her free hand and followed him out the door and through an old barn.
She looked up at the full moon and wondered where Dorn was and how she was going to get out of this alive. The trail led down to a lake where a speed boat was tied to a dock. Two more men waited on the shore.
Pushing Diane towards the boat, the man told the others to get in and hurry, they were running out of time.
They left the dock and the barn behind in a swirl of back flushed water and headed across the lake at full speed. The barn faded out of sight and Diane looked to where the boat was heading. The man had said nothing else and the two boat hands acted as if nothing was amiss. Shortly another dock came into view and beyond it was a helicopter in a clearing. The props were already turning and a car was driving away.

" well darlin', here's our ride." Said the man. The boat docked, and the man jumped out pulling Diane behind him. He drug her to the copter and pushed her in, climbing in behind her. As soon as they had buckled in the copter rose into the night sky. Diane looked back down to the lake, but the boat was already gone and so was the car.
The copter reached altitude and banked to the west and into the the dark night.

Dorn upon hearing a shot, gunned the Crown Vic. He felt Diane so close now , he hoped that shot wasn't for her. Looking ahead he spied the green Dodge parked in front of an old run down house.

Skidding to a halt beside the Dodge. Dorn jumped out of the car, drew his gun and head towards the house. Sarah followed.

Dorn noticed the sheriff lying in a pool of blood as he heard a motorboat start nearby.

Sarah was already running towards the back of the house. Dorn quickly overtook her and ran down an overgrown trail leading to a small dock. In the distance a boat was disappearing around a small island. He couldn't see for sure but felt Diane was on that boat.

He felt hope begin to ebb seeing no other boat in sight.

"So close, but not close enough, dammit!" he thought

Diane pull the duster tighter around her as she looked back towards the lake. She ha tought se had seen another car in the distance before the chopper had banked to the west. She wondered who it was, no one knew where she was, so she coul only assume that whoever it was, sh didn't really want to know.
She had enough to worry about as it was. Where were they taking her, and why?
The men in the chopper had said not a word, although they seemed to be communicating..who were they?

Dorn checked out the cabin and sure enough Diane had been here,,he looked evrywhere for some type of clue ,but all he found were her crumpled up clothes. He asked Sarah where she thought these dickheads ran out of .. Her reply was they had thought Denver was their main base of operations.. thats where they are headed then .. While driving Dorn asked Sarah to tell him everything she knew ,,"and don't leave anything out ,, Diane's life is at stake here"...They drove until they reached cheyenne and decided its time for a plan of attack ,,,they have been going at this all wrong Dorn realized...In the morning they would head down to Denver

The airstrip was in a mountain valley. It was a lonely sight. Tall pines and aspen scattered about the length of the runway. There was no sign of anyone being there. If the moon hadn't been almost full, Diane wouldn't have been able to see anything except the searching lights from the helicopter.
She wondered why the helicopter hadn't landed in the city she had seen or even one of the villages they had flown over. They had only stopped one time and she hadn't been allowed off the ship. The man who had taken her, had jumped off and talked to a woman for a few minutes. Then they were back in the air. The man had not said another word to her since they'd first boarded the craft.
That was fine with her.It gave her time to think about what she was going to do, how she was going to escape.
The chopper landed at the end of the runway, motor idle, blades slowing down to a lulling swoosh swoosh.
No one moved. No one talked.

Dorn and Sarah arrived in Denver at dawn ,but not knowing where to look or who to contact yet . This was not going to be easy .Dorn told Sarah to get ahold of her people and let them know where they were and that his memory was back.. Thinking to himself that this would create some movement either for them or against them ,,at least it would start something .His main priority now was to find Diane ,,she is being used to control him,he was sure of that ,but they really know nothing about him and his talents yet ,,,his military training is going to come into play anytime now and its a game they had better be good at
Dorn was special ops with the military and well versed at killing ,,something he had hoped was behind him ,,but with Diane being brought into this ,,it changed everything.

Diane tensed as she saw headlights coming down a mountain road. She glanced at the men in the helicopter. They too were watching the vehicle. The man who had taken her from the cabin was turned away from her, and the two pilots were not paying her any attention. She reached for the doorlach. Could she make it? She looked out the window seeing nothing but trees beyond the runway. It was too dark to tell if there was a fence. She was barefooted, but she liked to go barefoot back in Texas. Surely her feet were tough enough for this ground.
Without thinking it through anymore, she slammed the door open and jumped to the ground. Hearing the man shout behind her, she ran as fast as she could towards the dark line of trees, plunging through thick brush that pulled at the duster she wore. She didn't hesitate.
She slipped out of the duster and continued running, swerving around rocks and tress, dodging low branches.
The cool night air chilled her bare skin. Not daring to look back she kept going farther into the darkness before her. Pine needles softened her footfalls, as she tried to control her breathing so she wouldn't pant. She had to get away!

Dorn went to the first gun shop he could find in Denver . He needed some heavy artillary he knew ,, He talked to the shop manager ,told him what he was up against and also told him what he needed..And the look in Dorn's eyes took away any doubt that the shop manager had about the seriousness of what he had just been told ...He told Dorn to come back at 6am and he would have everything he asked for .
Dorn grabbed Sarah and headed to a motel ,, a little sleazy place on the edge of town ,,he figured this would be safer than a fancy place .. He laid his plan out to Sarah not for her to add to it ,,but so she knew what he was going to do ...She might as well be prepared for the fight also ,, since it was her and her partners that got him into this **** .
They headed back to the gun shop exactly at 6am ,,the shop manager had everything he had asked for and threw in a bonus, a 50cal machine gun with a grenade launcher ,,,said it was for a surprise ....With weapons in tow Dorn and Sarah headed down to Laredo ,,,and a showdown

Mcgee and Masters have lost track of Dorn and Sarah ,so they reported to DC to see if they were on anyones radar..Lucky for them that this case was high on the priority list ,for other agents have been tracking Dorn and Sarah's every move . The FBI is now taking charge of this nightmarish ordeal that the FDA and its agents have run amuck with .McGee and Masters were filled in on the whereabouts of Dorn and Sarah and ordered to head to Laredo on the next flight ,so they could arrive before the desperate duo did. They had no ide how dangerous Dorn is or was ,but by his military record ,his killer instinct is about to kick in ,,and when it does there will be nothing left untouched or standing in his way..The FBI want to try and control the killing as much as possible ,they would like some drug dealers alive ,, to turn into informants .The other unknown is Diane ,they knew absolutely nothing about her or why she is even involved in all this ,,,that is for McGee and masters to find out ,,and where she is
They are also ordered to protect her if possible,,,she is playing a role in all of this and they want to know what.

Diane traveled in the mountain forrest for days..she had discovered cabins where she found clothing and the items she would need to survive. Luckily, those who had been chasing her were city folks and knew nothing about the mountains...she had to chuckle here, because she was a desert rat and knew more about surving in the desert than mountains where it was so hard to know which direction you were headed. It was a good thing that she had always been a tomboy and not scared of much. She had enough sense to know to watch out for animal trails and to listen to her surroundings, it had saved her several times already.
She still didn't know why she had been taken from Canada. She had just been looking for Dorn. What had he done that had gotten her involved in this mess?
Diane raised her head. She was hearing something. A truck. She could hear the motor straining up a mountain road. She headed toward the sound. It was close. Maybe she could catch a ride.

McGee and Masters were heading down to Laredo onI-40 thinking about all they had to do...First was to meet up with Dorn and find out what he was going to do ,,without getting shot by him . They knew that the feds have pissed him off and that he was in no mood to be talked out of what he was planning . But they also had Sarah Parker to consider in all of this ,,,and on top of all of this ,they were handed the job of trying to protect Diane ,,,,who they weren't sure of where she fit in all of this .

They themselves had to sort out everything that is happening just to keep up with all the players in this ,,,which isn't going to be easy

Dorn had stretched out in the back seat while Sarah drove . His mind went to Diane ,thinking about the first time they had met .She was trying to tame a horse ,which didn't want taming ,but she was a firecracker and knew what she was doing .It amazed him how gentle she was and how the horse responded to her voice,which also effected him so he had asked out to dinner and the rest they say was history .How she came to be here he could only guess ,but knew she was looking for him and some answers
He had thought this was an easy task ,helping the FDA but now everything has gone terribly wrong ,and the love of his love is in grave danger .But the hard part is not knowing where she is ,,,but he can feel her ,and she is out of her element here but also a very tough lady . He has to find her soon ,and know she is safe before he can finish what he started ,,,,then with any luck Diane and him can have the life they had planned on

Diane made ot to the narrow mountain road just as a logging truck appeared around the bend. Stepping out in front of it she waved her arms over her head. She was a ragged looking sight and had no idea what the drivcer would think if he stopped. The truck roared up the hill and didn't seem to be slowing down. Diane held her place for as long as she dared and finally jumped to the side as the truck kept coming. She stumbled and fell to her side as her ankle twisted.
Letting out a shreek of pain and indignation she sat on her backside, holding her ankle, rocking back and forth, cursing under her breath.
She heard the brakes on the truck and tires spraying sand and gravel as the truck slowed and rolled to a stop.
A woman's voice cried out as the driver jumped out of the cab and ran back to her.
"Are you crazy?? You can't stand in the middle of a road and flag down a freeking truck! That only happens in the movies! What in the world were you thinkin'? Who are you and where are you goin' and is there anyone else with you?"
Diane stared in amazement at the petite woman bending over her, red hair swining from a ponytail, Parka open to reveal a small frame in skin tight levis tucked into kneehigh boots.
Green eyes looked into her own blue ones and Diane noticed that she had freckles scattered across her nose.
Reaching a hand out to her, Diane said" Well if you'll help me up and give me a ride into town, I'll explain..Why the hell did you try to run me down?"

Dorn dozed off to sleep ,thinking about Diane .His mind worked best when he was sleeping as he could visualize in his mind how he wanted things to work ,,,but even in sleep Diane kept calling him,,,,he knew she was in danger ,,but he had to find her first .. Everything seemed to point back to Loredo,,thats where all this started .. He had no doubt that is where he would find Diane ..
Sarah woke him just outside of Loredo ,,it was dusk and he wasnt sure if he wanted to be seen here yet ..He told Sarah to find an out of the way motel that they could stay at until they had a plan of action . Sarah was going to have to get dirty here and she had a right to know what he was planning .....But first he needed to know how far he could trust her

After looking Diane over and deciding nothing major was wrong, the young woman grabbed Diane's extended hand and with surprising strenght, helped Diane to her feet. Diane groaned as she put weight on her hurt ankle.
" My name is Tara. I think you twisted that ankle, so just hold on to me and I'll help you to the rig."
Diane draped her arm over slight shoulders as Tara put her arm around Dianes waist, then they headed to the truck. After pushing Diane up into the passenger seat, Tara went around and climbed in.
"Just make yourself comfortable, if you need to lay down there is an extra bunk in back.But I would like to know why you were out here all by yourself. You look like you've been rode hard and put up wet. Are you lost? Or are you running from something?"
Diane met Tara's green eyed questioning gaze."I'm running...just not sure from whom. Can I trust you? Where are you headed? Where are you from?"

Sarah Parker was a lady that was in above her head here and realized that things were going south in a hurry ,,She knew Dorn was fixated on finding Diane and that whatever comes out of this ,blood is going to flow . When all of this started it was just to crack a vicious drug ring ,,now there were more players involved than a poker game . She had no idea who she could trust ,,but the one person she has to turn to is Dorn and his vast talents .. Also she realized that no matter what she would have to back whatever he decided to do at this point in time
She sat beside Dorn in the sleazy motel they had found and told him that no matter what happens that he could count on her to back his play ,,,whatever that may be . All hell she knew was about to break loose here and she just wanted to assure Dorn that she will do what has to be done and help him find Diane and see this through till the end

"I'm from a one horse town called Emmigrant, Mt. Pretty place, but not much going on.Got tired of watching the bears over in Yellowstone so I learned to drive. Wanted to see some places and get paid for it" Tara's green eyes sparkled with laughter. "Don't know what your problem is, but yeah, you can trust me not to lose myself over some man!, Or did you mean something else?"
Diane watched her shift gears, smoothly, like she was part of the rig she was driving, " I went to Canada to find a friend of mine, a trucker, who had turned up missing. I didn't find him, just his rig. Then all kinds of strange things started happening. Some people kidnapped me, killed the man who was helping me. I think my friend is in some big trouble. He has delousions of being someone he isn't. Thinks he's some hotshot Navy Seal or something. He's always been a trucker, as far as I know..a kind gentle man. Maybe he's leading a double life, who knows? But his fantasy has about got me killed! I need to go back to Canada and find my truck..then I'm going home, to Texas. Maybe he's ok, maybe he has a devil twin I don't know about, whateve...I'm going home to the ranch. I thought if he was alive and well, he'd find me..hell maybe he's at my ranch right now!" Diane turned to look out the window..not really seeing the passing scenery, lost in thought.
Tara stold glances at Dianes image in the door window.." I'm headed for Forgo, ND..after that I have a load going to Alberto, Canada....you're welcome to tag along. I have friends up there, people who know things, can find out other things. You're welcome to tag along if you'd like."
Diane faced her and answered" I know how to drive, if you need a rest sometimes."
Tara laughed out loud..." Let the fun begin!"

Adziel was on his knees before Bluebeard, to receive a blessing and a mission. The great hall was a naturally formed cavern, three ley lines converged in the cavern. The lay lines enabled The Old Wizards to add their own powers and magics to build a Great Magical Fortress.

Adziel was to infiltrate the DEA with the objective of eliminating all of Bluebeard's competition. Things were going well at first, he was raking up victories for his Boss, which only strengthened his own position in The Organization.

During the day he played Super Agent but at night he loved to take matters into his own hands and deal with things in a more intimate way. When the Boss of a competing organization slipped through justice and kept doing business as usual, then it was time for what he truly enjoyed doing.

One night he headed out to pay a visit on Natty Dread, not only a Boss but a Voodoo Lord. Not much scared Adziel, so he stalked his prey with only a poison tipped dagger. Everything seemed to be going well, if not bit too quiet, but he sense no danger to himself, so he proceeded.

His prey seemed unaware of his presence as he smoked a Phatty and sang. Adziel was about to make his move when he lost consciousness.