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Date Posted: 11:52:45 09/27/02 Fri
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's message, "Lurking In The Shadows - Chapter Four: Part III: More Unanswered Questions" on 11:51:37 09/27/02 Fri
>Anna woke up to someone knocking on the door, turning
>in the bed to see if Luke and Laura were in their bed,
>she was surprised to see that they weren’t. She got up
>and realized that she was alone. Going to the door,
>she opened it and took a peak to see that it was Mac.
>Her heart skipped with excitement to see him as she
>opened the door. “Hi, good morning!” Anna exclaims as
>she gives him a hug. “Well good morning.” Mac greets
>her, happy that she’s in a good mood and is happy to
>see him. For a minute there he wasn’t so sure. He
>thought about bringing that up but decided to pass on
>it just because he didn’t want to put her back in that
>place again. “Where’s Luke and Laura?” He asks with
>curiosity.
>
>Anna looks around and then sees the notepad. She goes
>over and picks it up to read it. “What’s it say?” Mac
>asks, so Anna reads it out loud. “Anna, Maria from
>courthouse called and says she’s got something
>interesting that we should look at, didn’t want to
>wake you up so Laura and I went down, will be back in
>a few minutes to pick you up. PS, Mac and Jax are
>here, Mac is in a room next door. Luke.” Anna finishes
>reading the note. “Oh maybe we should go meet them
>down at the courthouse?” Anna then suggests. “Sounds
>good to me, I’ll wait while you get dressed.” Mac
>offers as he sits down. Anna grabs her clothes out of
>the carpetbag and then goes into the bathroom. After a
>few minutes she comes out refreshed somewhat and
>dressed.
>
>“I decided to forgo my makeup, I’m too curious with
>finding out what’s interesting to care about makeup
>right now.” She announces to Mac. “Understandable.” He
>tells her and then suddenly blushes as Anna starts to
>laugh. “I mean..,oh never mind let’s just go.” Mac
>states and they both head for the door, only to find
>that Luke and Laura have returned and are just about
>to come in. “Oh you’re up!” Laura says with an air of
>hopefulness. Anna and Mac waited anxiously with baited
>breath. “Well?” They both say in unison, impatient to
>wait any longer. “We’ve got good news and bad news.
>The good news is..” Luke begins as he pulls out a
>manila envelope from behind him.
>
>“Maria introduced us to Dr. Ramirez who was here when
>those fishermen brought that badly injured man into
>the clinic. He gave us this medical file on the man.
>And I think you should take a good look at it.” Luke
>tells her as he hands her the envelope. Anna takes it
>and slowly opens it, not sure if she was ready for
>this. She pauses to close her eyes and take in a few
>relaxing breathes before she goes back opening the
>envelope and begins to pull out the medical files.
>Anna begins to read through it some, most of it is his
>vitals and she can see that he was badly injured
>because of the constant care that he had gotten. But
>it really doesn’t say much, it doesn’t explain the
>injuries and it doesn’t really delve much into
>anything about his memories if he had any.
>
>She flips the one page to get to the second page and
>begins to read with great interest. But still doesn’t
>find anything within it that would clue her in for it
>to be Robert. The second page describes what a
>difficult patient he is and she remembers back when
>Robert was so difficult after he had been injured when
>his office was bombed. But this could be any number of
>people who are difficult patients. Surely Robert isn’t
>the first and surely he’s not the last to be
>difficult. She then flips the third and last page
>where it begins to say how the patient is transferred
>to a better facility on the mainland of Venezuela. But
>that’s not what makes her suddenly gasp and start
>shaking.
>
>“Anna? What’s wrong?” Mac asks her. “Mac..” Anna
>begins but finds she’s got to clear her throat. “Did
>you and Robert switch your name bracelets?” She asks,
>her knees were now feeling weak and shaky. “Yeah, we
>did.” He says, not knowing why she’s asking. Anna
>looks back at the paper and begins to read it again.
>Shaking as her knees begin to buckle and she gasps for
>breath. “Oh my god.” Anna whispers as Mac catches her
>from falling down. “Oh my god it’s true, it’s really
>true.” Tears rolling down her cheeks. “What’s true
>Anna? What is it?” Mac asks, concerned, heart beating
>fast as the adrenaline picks up. Anna’s body becomes a
>whirlwind of emotions. Adrenaline surging, head
>spinning, chills rushing through her spine. “I..I
>wasn’t sure at first, but now, now I know that it’s
>true.” Anna gasps through her sobbing tears. “Robert
>did survive the boat explosion.”
>
>“How do you know Anna? What does the file say?” Mac
>asks but Anna is too shaken to speak at first. She
>takes in a few breaths to try and find her composure.
>“Anna?” Mac asks impatiently. “The patient’s name is
>Malcolm, at least that’s what the doctors and nurses
>thought because of the ID bracelet he was wearing when
>they found him.” Luke finally tells him. Knowing about
>the bracelet switch. Anna looks up at Luke,
>remembering that he said that there was bad news.
>“What’s the bad news?” Anna asks him. “The bad news is
>that this man, who could be Robert, was very badly
>injured and very sick, so much so that the doctors
>didn’t give him much hope of living. But he was taken
>to a better facility that was more equipped to handle
>his case. Maria gave us a list of the hospitals
>closest to the Islands that he could have possibly
>been taken too. She included several US Navel and Army
>Bases with hospitals that he may have been taken too.”
>Luke informs her.
>
>“Couldn’t Maria just access those hospital records
>from her computer?” Anna questions.
>
>“Unfortunately not, it seams that she was denied
>access to most of them. She did check on a few on the
>list and no patient was brought in during that time
>frame named Malcolm, we marked those on the list.
>Can’t hurt to recheck.” Luke tells them as Laura sets
>about packing and picking up.
>
>“So that’s our next course then, we go to these
>hospitals and check for files on Malcolm?” Mac
>questions.
>
>“I just have one question.” Anna admits, something is
>nagging at her big time.
>
>“What’s that?” Mac and Luke ask in unison
>
>“Why are these files charred?” Anna questions.
>
>“Dr. Ramirez says that someone tried to destroy the
>records and those three are the only ones that weren’t
>totally destroyed.” Laura explains.
>
>“And why would that be? Also, why keep these three
>papers for ten years since the rest were destroyed.”
>Anna continues to question.
>
>“Laura and I have those same questions and we haven’t
>come up with an answer yet.” Luke tells her.
>
>“Do you think the WSB found him, took him and
>destroyed the files?” Mac himself questions curiously.
>
>“If so, why didn’t they destroy the files on the
>boating accident debris?” Luke then questions.
>
>“Good question.” Anna states.
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