As the wind blew into her room with the sunlight shining down on her, she rolled over. She grabbed a pillow beside her and start to hug it. Marlena’s eye’s flashed open and looked at the pillow. Her eye’s fell down with disappointment. This was the forth morning she woke-up thinking it was all a dream and that John was laying beside her.
Marlena- Oh God, not again. I have to stop this, I can’t wake-up every morning thinking that John is right beside me watching me sleep. It was not a dream, it was real, I saw him die. John is dead!
Marlena eye’s started to fill up with tears but she tried to hide them from herself. She stood up from the bed.
Marlena- No, I won’t cry anymore. I have to stop this. I will stop it, today. Today I will live again and start new. First I have to go somewhere and make peace with John Black.
Marlena headed to the washroom to get ready for the day and her trip to make peace with John.
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On Stefano’s island in the north pacific, Rolfe was busy in his lab. He was trying to recover what he lost at Masion Blanche during the fire. Still Stefano didn’t know anything about Steve’s memory returning. He had to make sure Steve didn’t remember anything of his time as Stefano’s missionary or else there will be hell to pay. Rolfe had finally almost got everything done, there was only a few minor things to do before the project was done. As Rolfe finished up the device he was working on, Bart came in the lab.
Bart- Almost done, Rolfe?
Rolfe- Almost, I just have to make sure all the wires are straight and connected correctly.
Bart- Well you better hurry, a contact of Stefano’s just told me that Steve was acting very strange in Salem. He was yelling things from his cell and it sounded like he was yelling out names.
Rolfe- Names? What do you mean?
Bart- Stefano’s... I guess it sounds like the stuff he was yelling just before you and Mr. Dimera brainwashed him. This could be trouble he if yells out more things.
Rolfe- Your right. You better go, I’m almost done here.
Bart left the lab and Rolfe finished the device he was working on. Rolfe pulled it into a machine full of buttons and switches. A small red light clicked on the device Rolfe had built. He held it up to the light to read what it said “ Device operating, Chip inserted and processing”.
Rolfe- Good, just in time. Now for Steve Johnson to remember his past in Salem and forget about his past with Stefano.
Rolfe flipped the yellow switch on the device and then pushed the big red button on the device. The machine the device was hooked up to started printing off stuff and making noises. Finally it stopped after a few moments. Rolfe looked at the device screen “ Chip done processing! Chip malfunctioned and deleted for future use”.
Rolfe- Good, its done. Stefano will be mad that he has know more power of Steve, but he will be thankful that Steve didn’t remember anything of his time with us.
Rolfe started to clean up the lab after he was done with his project.
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Kayla, Bo, and Abe were walking down to the prisoner’s cell’s. Kayla had told them what happened the night before with Kim. They were surprised but they also knew Stefano was the cause of their pain. They were walking down there because they were going to move Steve to a different cell where he could be watched more and aloud visitors in the cell. As they walked up to the cell Steve was standing at attention.
Abe- Were moving you today, Steve.
Steve didn’t respond at all, he just stood there. Kayla waved her hand in front of his face and nothing. Abe opened the cell and him and Bo walked in and took Steve. With each of each of his arms, they lead him out of the cell. Kayla watched as they got him into the hallway. They stopped haft way in the hall.
Kayla- What’s wrong?
Abe- Something’s happening.
Bo- Steve, are you ok?
Steve- What’s going on?
Steve grabbed his head in pain and the lights started to flicker. Steve yelled in pain and fell to ground as Bo and Abe backed off.
Kayla- What’s going on?
Bo- I don’t know, Kay. Stay back....
Kayla watched him on the ground and saw a red mark starting to form on his neck. She watched it turn into a cut.
Kayla- What the hell? Bo, Abe look at his neck.
Bo and Abe looked at his neck. It now was bleeding, Steve grabbed his neck in pain as he lay on the ground. Kayla could see something trying to make its way free from his neck. She stepped forward to him. Bo tried to stop her but saw the chip coming out.
Kayla- Don’t move Steve.
She knelt down and pushed his skin forward so that the chip would come out. She used her fingernails to free the chip from his neck. Finally it fell into her hand and his pain stopped. She stood up as Steve touched the back of his neck.
Abe- What the hell is that?
Kayla- It looks like some sort of chip or device.
Steve stood up and wondered what the hell was going on. Bo and Abe looked at the chip in Kayla’s hand as Steve tried to make sense of what just happened.
Steve- Where am I?
Kayla- What? Do you not know where you are?
Steve- It looks like jail, sweetness. Now why would a cat like me be in jail, Bo?
Bo and Kayla looked up at Steve. They stood shocked that finally their Steve was back.
Kayla- What is your name?
Steve- Patch...
Abe- What’s your real name?
Steve- Steve Johnson, Abraham!
Bo- Your back!
Steve- Did I ever leave....
Kayla- You remember, you must remember everything. That chip, Stefano must have put it there to stop you from remembering things. Now its gone and you remember, well maybe not everything.
Kayla ran into Steve’s arm’s as Bo and Abe watched with smiles on their faces. Finally things were turning around for the Brady family and friends.
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Marlena walked to his grave. She was in Salem’s graveyard. It was her first time their after his death. She passed many people she knew there. The graveyard was painful for her, she saw John’s grave, Samantha’s grave, and DJ’s grave. Those three people were the most important people in his life and now they were all gone. Her sister, her son and now her one true love was gone from her reach. She walked to John’s grave stone. She stood there fixing the flowers that covered his grave spot. As Marlena did that she didn’t notice that she was not alone. Someone else was in the graveyard, watching her.
Marlena- Well I’m here, finally. Don’t be mad, its hard enough to do without you. I can’t get over how much this hurts. I don’t understand why your gone and I don’t know if I ever will. I loved you so much and now your gone, forever. I want to keep on going but its hard. I want to move on because I know that’s what you would want. Belle and Brady are taking this hard too. Belle has been moping around the penthouse all the time and Brady, well you know about that. He still’s not back. Its like he fell off the face of the earth. I wish I knew where he was or at least knew he was safe. I hate the feeling that he might be off somewhere crying and hurting. I know he should do that but not alone. He needs to be with the ones that love him and he loves. The poor child has lost his mother and now his father.... Oh John, this is hard, so hard. I wake-up every morning thinking that this is all a dream and you are right beside me watching me sleep. I know that sounds so dumb, but I can’t help it.... This feels good, I feel better talking with you. I know you can’t talk back but I hope you can hear me.
As Marlena speaks to John’s grave the person who is watching Marlena moves closer. A man’s hand touches a grave near John’s. He walks up behind Marlena and touches her on the shoulder. She jumped up and turned around in shock.
Marlena- Oh my God, you!!!
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Hope is pacing the floor of the Horton house. Alice was down with her earlier and Hope told her what happened, Alice needed to take a nap before Hope got the call. Alot of thought went through Hope’s head. She still had pain but it was getting better but she didn’t even notice she was so worried. Just after Alice left the phone rang. Hope ran over to it.
Hope- Hello...
Dr. White- Hi Hope. Its Dr. White.
Hope- Oh hi, do you have the results?
Dr. White- Yes, I do. Are you sitting down?
Hope- No, should I be?
Dr. White- Well I would be... Well as you know we took alot of tests, we checked for really, everything. But we did find the cause of your pain.
Hope- What is it, Doctor?
Dr. White- Hope, your pregnant!
As the Doctor said this Hope dropped the phone along with her jaw at the sound of hearing she’s the news that she’s pregnant.
---The End---
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