Standard Disclaimer: I do not own Rex or Providence or any of that awesomeness.

Also, I make a bit of reference to a mind reader, from my other fanfic, Make Me Fall. Please read. Okay, maybe it started off as a *bit* of reference but before I knew it, it was a lot of reference, so you must read it before you start this one or else you won't have the full story. Sorry if that turns you off from reading this. Thanks if you still want to.

I was awakened by the sounds of blaring alarms, signalling a large caravan coming into base. I rubbed a hand over my face as a reflex. It was ten in the morning, way too early for them to be doing any serious operations. What was it?

Bobo was still sleeping soundly, making about as much noise as your everyday tractor. How I slept in the same room as the monkey, I had no idea. It only proved how awesome I was.

I got up and tidied up as quickly as I could, rushing through the shower and dressing into my usual clothes. Just as soon as I entered the hall just outside of my room, Six and Holiday were headed in my direction. I heard someone laugh. Neither Six nor Holiday's lips had moved, and it was a girl's laugh anyway.

"Oh, Rex, you're awake. We have someone to introduce to you," Six said, usual stoic tone and facial expression. A girl overtook him and came into sight, wearing a tee-shirt that was loose and ripped in half, cargo pants and military boots that went all the way to her knees. Her hair was short, black and straight and she had a graceful face, happy and rather cheerful.

"So, this is my breakout buddy. Nice to meet you, Rex," she said. Her voice was somewhat heavy, nothing like, say, Breech's and a lot nicer to the ears. She full out tackled me into a hug and my brain was still sleeping so that it hadn't yet occurred to me to hug back or something. She pulled back. "Still asleep, huh? I can understand that. I can't hug people the moment I wake up either."

It struck me that she was reading my mind, somewhat like a certain girl I'd met on a beach on one of my runaway days. The flash of memory about Nina made me feel a bit grave and snapped me awake.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked.

"She's very perceptive, Rex. Be careful around her," Six warned. She gave a laugh at his comment.

"It's not my fault I know people by their reactions," she answered, still glowing brightly with happiness.

"Hey, who are you, anyway?" I asked finally.

"Oh, right, my name. I'm Nina. Call me Jenna," she said.

"Nina? No way. Are you a mind reader?"

"A mind reader? No. Odd question to ask someone off the bat like that."

"Oh, sorry. You looked like someone I met before. Her name was Nina, too."

"What happened to her?"

"I think she died."

"Oh, that's why you got all downy-dumps like that. I'm guessing you were close to her."

"I only knew her for a day."

"That doesn't say anything. I fell in love with a guy in a day once. Then I had to kill him."

"What?"

"He turned out to be my enemy. I didn't have a choice." My facial expression must have been alarmed because she chuckled. "I'm just kidding. Oh, well, let's go get some breakfast, Rex." I threw a look at Six and Holiday.

"You go on ahead. I've got some things to discuss with Six."

"Alright. Just don't say anything too mean about me while I'm gone. I prefer if people insult me to my face. Later." She skipped off down the hall with ease and nonchalance and disappeared.

"No, seriously, who is that chick?" I demanded.

"White's brought her in. She phases in and out, kind of like Breech but different. We're going to run some tests and test her powers to see if she can be useful to us. We found her just this morning taking down some EVOs and then she asked if she could come with us."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that. I wouldn't be surprised if she's the mind reader you thought she was."

"I don't know. My Nina was cheerful like she is and hugged me straight off the bat like she did but I thought she had died."

"We searched the Bay after we got you and found no trace of a girl."

"You went looking for her?"

"We couldn't just let it go since you refused to tell us about her. She could have been dangerous."

"She wasn't dangerous, Six. I know she wasn't. She was sweet."

"If you say so, kid. Mind telling us about her now? They might be the same person, since you say they're so similar."

"Come on, Six, we can't make him tell us if he doesn't want to," Holiday said.

"It's okay, Doctor. I have to tell you sometime, don't I?"

"You don't have to, Rex," she insisted.

"No, he's right. If they're the same person, I'll want to know. Can we head to my room?"

"Of course. Wherever you're comfortable, Rex."

We walked through the door just behind me into my room and two pairs of eyes were looking at me expectantly.

"You might want to sit down," I told them. They sat on my bed and I began to pace, knowing that at some point they were going to say something disdainful at what had happened. Looking back on it, it was probably one of the most reckless days I had, seeing as I wasn't dealing with just EVOs but someone's heart. I hadn't really lied to her though…well, I wasn't sure. I exhaled and continued pacing.

"Well?" Six said, impatient. Holiday elbowed him lightly and he just raised an eyebrow at her. I stopped and faced them.

"So, that day that I escaped from the Keep and ended up Avis Bay, I met this girl named Nina. I didn't notice her at first because I was just looking at the beach and thinking that I was finally on my own for a bit. Then, out of nowhere, this huge snaky EVO came out of the water and started attacking me but then it stopped and I cured it and it returned into the water."

"What does this have to do with the girl?" Six asked, cutting me off.

"Well, wait for it, would ya? This is all part of the story."

"Go on, Rex," Holiday prompted.

"Afterwards when I was just looking at the length of the beach I noticed this girl with shoulder-length black hair and an orange sundress stooping by the water's edge. I went over to her but at first she didn't say anything. Then, out of the blue, she touches my face and hugs me and says in my ear that I'll find my past and who I am in the future and calls me by name without me having given it.

"I was freaked out and started asking her how she knows me and she makes a comment about a thought I had had when I was walking up to her. Eventually she told me that her name was Nina and that she was a mind reader and she saw the future and that when she touched me she saw some of my past thoughts and memories. She told me I don't have a chance with you, Doc, so I don't know how right she really is."

"She might be more right than you think," she mumbled. I pretended not to hear that one.

"Anyway, she asked me to spend the day with her and I was sceptical at first, but then she started telling me that she…"

"She what, Rex? Try not to leave anything out," Holiday said.

"It's…kind of embarrassing," I admitted.

"Just spit it out," Six reprimanded.

"How bad can it be, Rex?" she responded.

"She told me that she wanted to make me fall in love with her that day."

Their faces changed, like they totally hadn't been expecting that one. Honestly, neither had I that day.

"Well, did you?" Six asked, face still mostly expressionless.

"Can I tell the whole story, please?" They didn't say anything and I continued. "I told her about Circe and she told me that it was a mutual thing between us but she warned me that if I chose Circe it wouldn't end well. I asked how she knew that and she told me that she knew her, that they had been best friends and Circe chose Van Kleiss instead of her and that was the end of their friendship.

"I tried defending Circe, trying to be fair to her even if I didn't agree with what she was doing, and she told me that she knew how hard it was and she still chose the right choice. She told me that she had been an orphan since birth and her brother from the orphanage was the only family she had. She said how Van Kleiss got to him and she chose not to go with him and was left with nothing after that.

"I told her I'd spend the day with her and she explained that the reason why she wanted me to fall for her was because she saw me say it to her, that I loved her, and she just wanted to hear me say it. She neglected to tell me though that when a person sees their own future that it usually means death is imminent."

"How was she supposed to calmly tell you something like that, Rex? Think about it," she said.

"I dunno, Doc, but I still think she should have told me. She could have let me bring her to Providence and you could have tried to do something about it. It wouldn't have been a waste of time; if it had succeeded, we could have had a psychic on our side. Anyway, I told her to try her best and we spent the day just talking and gathering driftwood for a fire later and walking along the Bay. Then, we watched the sunset and…"

"Come on, Rex. Just tell us," Holiday pushed.

"She kissed me." For a second, her face looked utterly surprised and then deathly curious.

"As in, she kissed you? On the lips? Like, your first kiss?"

"Doc, this isn't gossip. Don't look so interested. And I don't know if it was my first kiss; amnesia, remember?" I pointed at my head and she covered her smile with a hand.

"I'm sorry. Go on." I started pacing again.

"Right. So after the sunset, she was lying on the sand and she asked me if I had anything to tell her and so I told her."

"Told her what?" It appeared to me that Holiday was enjoying this story a little too much. She needed to go watch a good chick flick, apparently. In any case, she should have been wanting to keep me all to herself.

"That I loved her. I don't know if I meant it or not, but it just kind of seemed like the right thing to say at the moment so I did. And then she fell asleep and at some point I fell asleep and next thing I know, I wake up to the sound of the chopper and she's gone."

"You don't know when she left or where she went or might have gone?"

"I knew her for less than a day, Doc."

"But you told her you lov—"

"That's different."

"Sure it is. Anything else?"

"She left a note in the sand saying 'Thanks for everything, Rex. I feel the same way. Don't forget me, please' but then Six came for me. You told me about the little known about psychics and, well, you were there for the rest of that."

I stopped pacing and saw Six and Holiday glance at each other and then they were just staring at me.

"What?" I asked, shrugging. After another few seconds of staring, Six got up.

"Well, Doctor Holiday, I think you can handle finding out if they're the same person. I'll run some searches," he said. He was out of my room a second later.

"Boy, was that story too much for Six," I said.

"She was some girl, Rex. I wish I could have met her. She could probably have told us some important things about Circe and maybe we would have gotten her over to our side. I'm sorry we couldn't find her."

"It's okay, Doc. There wasn't much that we could do. She gave us practically nothing to go on."

"You didn't get a last name or the name of the orphanage or her brother's name?"

"No. She didn't tell me many specifics. She told me about her interests mainly and some stories of what happened to her, but no solid stuff. And her brother died serving Van Kleiss."

"We'll still try to find something on her. Finding nothing isn't finding a body. She might still be alive."

"And if she is, I'll want to know." She stood and headed for the door.

"Later, Rex. I'm going to go see about what I can dig up. You should go join her for breakfast."

"Oh, right. Okay."

I sat across from her at the table with my tray and she laughed.

"Wow. Took you long enough. I already finished eating. Twice," she said. I gave her a long look.

"Wow, you can really pack it away. Cool. So, tell me about yourself, Nina."

"I told you to call me Jenna. And there's not much to tell. I teleport but I don't open portals like that Breech girl everyone seems to be comparing me to."

"Got any family?"

"Nope."

"Friends?"

"Not exactly."

"Boyfriend?"

"Interested?"

"Hey, I'm just asking."

"Covering your bases. Cool, I get it. Why don't you tell me about yourself?"

"I've been working with Providence for about six years now. Apart from that, there's not much to tell. I don't remember anything before that."

"Amnesia?"

"Yeah."

"Rough. But you have a new family now, don't you?"

"Yeah. Providence is my family."

"And from now on, it's mine, too. Cheers to that." She clinked her empty glass to my half-full one and just then, Six came up behind her.

"Nina," he began.

"Jenna," she corrected, rolling her eyes and apparently fed-up of correcting people. She turned to face him.

"Doctor Holiday would like to take a look at you."

"I'm sure she would. At least she's beautiful." She got up and walked away without another word and Six just stood there with one eyebrow raised and I shrugged. I watched her just as she was walking out of sight and I noticed half of a tattoo showing from the exposed part of her back—quite literally, half of her back.

"Six, did you see that tattoo?" I said. She was some girl to have a huge tattoo on her back. "How old is she?"

"Almost sixteen."

"My age?"

"What about it?"

"I dunno. It just seems like a radical thing to do, getting a tattoo that size at sixteen. Then again, who knows how long she's had it." For some odd reason, I really wanted to see the whole thing. But if that was only half, then the only way I could see the whole thing was if she was topless...

"Maybe you should ask her about it," Six suggested, still looking at me with a raised brow. I was just thankful he cut my thoughts off right there.

"Yeah no. How long is she gonna be in there?"

"Don't know. Doctor Holiday might want to do a thorough check-up and run some blood work." He proceeded to walk away but then turned, seeming to remember something. "Oh, and Rex, she's going to be your new partner if she proves useful."

"What?"

"See you later, kid."

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