From his crouched position Hadji gently scratched Bandit behind the ears.  "Hey boy.  It's nice to see you too."
    Four figures strolled up from the house as the taxi retreated down the lane.  As he stood he came face to face with a very perturbed red-head.  "Hadji Singh, you were told to call us as soon as your plane came in."
    Hadji grinned at her as he picked up his suitcase.  "I am sorry Jessie but it's so early that I thought it best not to disturb you."
    His blonde headed brother snatched his suitcasee from his grasp.  "Ah, Hadji, you oughtta know that you're never a problem.  We would've been glad to pick you up."
    Dr. Quest gave him a hug.  "It's nice to see you again Hadji.  How was your visit with Neela?"
    Hadji grinned as he returned the hug.  "Most wonderful, Dr. Quest and she sends you her blessings."
    He felt a hand on his shoulder as he pulled away from Dr. Quest's embrace.  From the corner of his eye he saw that it was Race and he clasped the hand that was held out to him affectionately.  "It's good to see you again, Race."
    "You too, kid."  The older man seemed a little embarasses.  "But how about we goo inside before these mosquittos steal all of my all american blood?"
    Smiling, as he swatted at one of the forementioned mosquittos, Hadji nodded his agreement and the group paraded inside the house.
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    Hadji tossed in his bed but couldn't seem to find a more comfortabel position.  Finally giving up he sighted and climbed out of the warm nest he'd made of his blankets.  Slowly he put on his slippers and with a long look at his turban and shirt lying over the back of his desk chair he decided to leave them there, mostly because of the heat.
    Crossing the room he slipped into the hallway.  The light coming from underneath Jonny's door dreeww his attention.  A knowing smile curved his lips.  Ever since he'd come to live with the Quests', Jonny had tended to fall asleep without remembering to turn his light off and for just about as long, Hadji had slipped in and shut it off.  Chuckling softly to himself he marveled at how some things didn't change.
    As quiet as a cat he paded to the door and opened it without a sound.  There on the bed, his blanket on the floor and his head against the pillow, almost hitting the headboard, was Jonny.  He seemed to have grown in the two months Hadji had been gone, so much so he barelly fit within the perimeters of his bed.  Chuckling again he grabbed the blankeet from the floor and gently settled it over his brother's body.  Getting up to leave he nearly fell as his foot came down on a bottle and it was all he could do to keep his balance.
    Reaching down he picked it up and stared at the unmarked vitamin bottle.  Curious, but not one to snoop he was about to set it on the night stand when he noticed the lid was open, broken from when he stepped on it.
    With a quick glance at Jonny's traquil face Hadji decided to see if he could 'borrow' a lid from some of the pill bottles in the medicine cabinet in the upstairs bathroom.
    Rummaging through the cabinet he found what he was looking for.  He removed the broken lid easily but the other was much more difficult.  As it finally came loosee his elbow knocked the bottle he'd found in Jonny's room to the floor.
    With a shake of his head he started scooping the loose pills into his palm, but he stopped suddenly as he looked at them a little harder.  During the time he'd been Dr. Quest's assitant he had had to study a wide range of topics, one of which had been drugs, illegal and legal.  And the ones he held in his hand was definitely an illegla stimulant.  With that realization his whole body shook.  Ever so slowly he put them back in the bottle and closed the new lid over the mouth.
    With a calm he didn't feel he re-entered Jonny's room and seet the bottle back on his nightstand.  Then with a trembling hand he gently shook him awake.  Jonny's confused eyes blinked open as he stared at his friend.  "Hadj.  Wha?"  He glanced at his alarm clock and froze as his eyes seettled on the bottle of pills.
    Ever so slowly he turned back to Hadji.  Hadji didn't say anything but let his eyes ask the dreaded question.  "Hadji.  It's not what it looks like.  A friend of mine... he put them in my backpack because he'd gotten caught, I didn't even realize he had until I got home.  I was planning on telling Dad but he was so busy and Race was gone most of the day with Jessie..."
    Over the years Hadji had learned when Jonny lied and when he told the truth.  Looking into his brother's blue eyes he knew he was telling the truth.  Moving on an impulsee he pulled Jonny into a hug.  "That's all I needed to know, my friend.  That's all I need to know."