by Garakgrrrl (No longer with us)

8/5/00 - 8/20/00

CADE FOSTER receives word from compatriot CRAZY EDDIE NAMBULOUS that his long estranged sister, LINDA FOSTER, has e-mailed EDDIE and wishes to reestablish contact with her brother. Paranoid tendencies on hold, EDDIE cautions CADE as to her intentions, but agree they should write her back.

ALEXANDRIA JONES hits town and a patch of bad luck when her heap of a 'borrowed' jalopy breaks down outside of Eddie's trailer. She gets reluctant help from the men who give her false names, while CADE drives her into town, and EDDIE retreats back to full frontal worry. He starts to check out the stranger on the web, while unaware that LEX has left behind her prints.

JOSHUA meets the latest and greatest acolyte warrior who has come to usurp his title, AYA. Focused with tunnel-vision, AYA sees only her mission: find SUBJECT 117. JOSHUA puts AYA in her place momentarily, packs up his laptop, and heads off to find CADE. AYA is left behind searching through JOSHUA'S deleted files. AYA is wondering where JOSHUA'S loyalties truly lie. She is still left with nothing...momentarily.

Not far away in the hicktown, CADE waits for LEX while she gets parts for her car and overhears a crime bulletin about CADE on TV. She is shaken, but reverts back to her government training and neither reveals her nerves, nor the fact that she knows FOSTER is wanted for murder.

EDDIE and LINDA let a few messages pass between them with EDDIE making it perfectly clear that she must abide by their guidelines if she has any hope of keeping contact with her brother. LINDA agrees.

Back at the diner, LARA STONE, photojournalist, arrives. LJ, who is HANNAH'S niece, has a troubled past and has not seen her uncle in years. She is contemplating how much of a threat the GUA see her as when a figure enters. She snaps up pics of the foreboding man whom she recognizes as JOSHUA. She immediately heads for the exit...

8/20/00 - 8/28/00

....LJ quickly makes her way through the parking lot, dropping her keys in haste. JOSHUA appears and assists her. When he has already started walking away, LJ takes a chance and asks him for directions. JOSHUA hands her his own map, assuring her that is all she will need to get where she is going.

CADE and LEX find themselves careening through the outskirts of Ocotillo with the law closing fast. EDDIE, meanwhile, has tracked ALEXANDRIA'S identity on the web, and is stunned to receive word that she is a rogue bounty hunter that is wanted for murdering her partner. Scrambling to reach CADE with the info, EDDIE contacts the mysterious source, suspicious of the anonymous tipster. Seemingly caught between a rock (the cops) and a hard place (the bounty hunter), FOSTER decides to give LEX the benefit of the doubt. They use her stun gun to immobilize the sheriff's deputy, and flag down the trailer.

EDDIE'S antennae is up: he is worried about allowing LEX into their circle, and his correspondence with LINDA FOSTER. LINDA is very grateful for all that EDDIE has done in his travels with her brother, and she continues to hold out some hope that they will be reunited. EDDIE declines to accept her help at this time.

LJ is pulled over for a traffic violation, and tries to remain cool as she assures the officer that the stolen car report is false, and her newspaper editor, TOM, can verify this. Using his console to tap into the police databanks, JOSHUA reroutes LJ'S rap sheet so that the cop will allow her on her way. Happily surprised, LJ jumps back in to the cherry-red convertible and takes off, catching sight of another car in the distance. JOSHUA glides up beside the cop on the shoulder of the road, and without warning breaks the man's neck-instantly revealing him to be Gua.

CADE and LEX join EDDIE on the road and LEX tries to explain her situation. She has an itch she likes to scratch regarding abusers-apparently due to a troubled history with her mother's boyfriend. As for her most wanted status, LEX affirms that not only has she never killed without cause, but that she never had a partner, and this was a blatant attempt by her agency to reign her in for going AWOL This is quite enough for the unsteady nerves of MR. NAMBULOUS, who e-mail's LINDA at the University of Wisconsin to inform her that they are on their way.

LJ checks into the crowded hotel and heads up to her room. Following behind, JOSHUA enters the lobby only to find AYA on his heels, and a gun barrel in his back. AYA tells him that she knows he killed the cop, she knows he is helping a relative of FOSTER'S, but what she does not know is why...so she offers him one chance to spill, or she will gladly spill his guts. JOSHUA pulls rank on the impulsive acolyte and demands she holster her weapon so as not to cause a panic and blow their cover. He menacingly relays to her that he is in no way compelled to confirm his mission to her, and that her being there is jeopardizing the recapture of SUBJECT 117. AYA is cautious, but acquiesces. Objecting to being left in the dark, AYA badgers JOSHUA. The elevator doors open and LJ walks towards them. Coming upon them, she hesitantly speaks to the man from the diner, though she does not recognize the woman with him. Answering her cell phone, TOM tells her that the cop that questioned her is presumed dead. LJ gets a highly recognizable feeling in her stomach as she turns to face the enigmatic couple....

8/28/00 - 9/3/00

....LJ impulsively screamed and informed security that AYA and JOSHUA were thieves. Using the pandemonium as distraction, LJ retrieved her bags and hotfooted it to a cab. AYA, not interested in getting caught, sneaks away too, just in time to catch a glimpse of the retreating LJ. JOSHUA coolly heads the guards in AYA'S direction and takes off in the acolyte's henchman's car around back.

Lost in thought about each other, and settling in for the long drive, LEX, CADE, and EDDIE head for Milwaukee. EDDIE informs LINDA don't call us, we'll call you. Just as EDDIE'S seratonin levels are dropping to just his mere 'normal' state of apprehension, a mysterious e-mail arrives to spike his blood pressure. JORDAN RADCLIFFE, self-proclaimed leader of the RAVEN NATION, makes first contact with hopes of staving off the SECOND WAVE. She weaves her tale like Scherezade trying to spare her life before the Maharajah. She pleads with CRAZYEDDIE to grant her an audience. She sends a thinly encoded video where she proceeds to cut her palm on air and prove she is not Gua. JORDAN, who is secretive herself, awaits the next move from her role models.

LJ continues with her road hazards, as the taxi blows a tire and she is forced to walk to the airport. On her cell, she frantically tries to reach her aunt at the University. In PROFESSOR FOSTER'S office, a visitor comes a' callin'. LINDA is surprised to hear from her wayward niece and comments on the desperation in her voice. LARA says she is on her way, she knows who really killed Hannah, and she will not take no for an answer. LINDA invites her out to dinner. LJ notices a jeep with the keys in the ignition.

JORDAN is distraught over EDDIE'S nonchalance. She packs up and heads back to Chicago, hoping to find some bread crumbs to lead her back to the witches' house. But Mayhew's old maze, and the institution are a dead end. Dead tired, she retires to her motel room and finds a message on her laptop from EDDIE. He is hesitant to enter her prearranged chat room and counters with a safe line. He tells her if she wishes to contact them, they are en route to the Midwest.

In the trailer, LEX is pondering how her carpool buddies really feel about the hitchhiker. In the jeep, LJ is suspicious over her aunt's vagueness. In the borrowed car, JOSHUA finds out from Tom that LJ is headed for the Midwest. At the airport, he charters a plane for Wisconsin....

9/3/00 - 11/5/00

...Settling in for a long and unscenic road trip in the back of the trailer, LEX is curious about her new partners. She flashes back to her strident father and thoughts of worthlessness pervade her.

CADE joins EDDIE in the caddy as they have a cryptic convo with the head of the Raven Nation. JORDAN goes for broke and sends a taped plea. EDDIE relays coordinates for a rendezvous. He pushes on for Wisconsin.

Arriving at the motel, LEX takes a room under an assumed name and assumes nothing while downloading anything she can find on the other players. There are no red flags, and with red eyes she falls into a deep slumber, missing the red e-mail light flashing for her.

EDDIE tells CADE to contact PROFESSOR FOSTER..Speaking to LINDA, he is reminded of their tumultuous childhood together. She does promise him peace of mind, and CADE hastily decides he will have to go through with seeing his sister after all.

JORDAN scopes out Juno Park in true early bird fashion. Completing her recognizance with little trepidation, she watches the pigeons and awaits her hero. CADE flies in, Perched at the top of the observatory, JOSHUA has a bird's eye view. Casually making her way towards a hot dog vendor, JORDAN propositions the impressive stranger to a picnic in the park. The worm is ripe for the picking....

11/5/00 - 12/4/00

....JORDAN persuades CADE to give her a chance-that her small legion believes in him and his cause, she only asks he let them help him. FOSTER meanwhile persuades her that they should take higher ground as he feels they are being watched.

JOSHUA transfers a digital image of the duo in Juno to AYA, whom surprises him at her alacrity, not to mention proximity. The blonde appears as he pulls her under cover of the trees, and she relays the info on MS. RADCLIFFE. Warrior to warrior, JOSHUA passes on some compliments to the young charge and succeeds in returning the surprise. He orders her to maintain a tail on the pair and disappears, nonchalant about CADE'S immediate destination.

ALEXANDRIA JONES is gun in hand as she allows EDDIE access to her room. EDDIE is still gun-shy about LEX'S intentions and decides to shoot the breeze later and leaves faster than a speeding bullet. LEX again doubts her calibre and EDDIE'S paranoia triggered, he gets on his computer to find out all he can about the mysterious women-lock, stock, and barrel.

CADE follows JORDAN into an art gallery with AYA in tow. They make a getaway out the back, leaving the gua steamed. Driving like a maniac, JORDAN rushes CADE back to the trailer, while he soothes EDDIE'S worries. It seems the Paranoid Times has taken an interesting hit-in the form of an enigmatic e-mail from a "BB".

EDDIE is apoplectic at receiving a missive directed at his former self-LARRY PISINSKI. He flashes back to his less than halcyon youth and before the government raided his school and forced him on the lam. He reads warnings about history, wherein the smoking gun lies in the library at Alexandria and writes back.

12/4/00 - 1/6/01

....At the trailer, EDDIE, CADE, and JORDAN form a summit on just what the enigmatic e-mail is evidence of. All they can agree upon is that something is up.

Trailing back from the trio, LEX remains at her room unaware that something is going down outside her door.

JOSHUA looks to some clues from the bounty hunter and pays a visit to her room.

AYA, never trailing far behind, lies in wait up the road.

Pain-in-the-assassin, TIFFANY HUNT, treks up to the hideout and has a tete-a-tete a la takedown with JORDAN.

FOSTER and his 'compatriot' NAMBULOUS are wary of all three vixens that the latest quatrain seems to have evinced.

JOSHUA follows suit and joins AYA in stakeout.

Fetching LEX and making intros, the paranoid EDDIE is vindicated when he realizes that they really are out to get him. Nervous about the gua pow wow, he heeds caution to Cade, as someone is not whom they seem.

Reaching a consensus that no one can be trusted, JORDAN takes off with LEX in tow.

TIFFANY relays to CADE she killed her family, she kills for a living, her fiance, Martin Blank, was killed by the gua, and that in turn killed her inside.

JORDAN pulls up to a bar where a trailer trashy element hangs. Bellowing up to the bar is a wannabe sugar ray, BRETT. With LEX, the three of them form an uneasy quorum if not alliance.

Evidently GUA does not become them....

1/6/01 - 2/3/01

....Caught in the crosshairs of AYA's pistol. TIFFANY is tranqued. Lining up his own shot, BRETT EVANS retaliates at the little blonde acolyte. He adds a pinch of salt for luck and is rewarded when AYA is dragged back to his car peacefully.

From the safety of the deck that they hit, JORDAN and CADE ride out to the woods after BRETT. Holed up in the cabin, they try to get AYA to talk.

Before AYA can shoot from the hip, JOSHUA exits the trunk he was hiding in and slashes the vehicles' tires. He bursts inside and demands the Gua's release.

All ready cocked-all ready cocky, JORDAN, is not a happy camper when FOSTER decides to let their captive bunkmate go. She starts berating herself for what she views as her lack of vision.

Now painted as giant bullseyes, the three set off to hoof it back to town. JOSHUA and AYA abscomb into the trees and split up. Blondie plays markswoman and injects the tranquilizer into CADE. Verbally sparring, AYA connects with her potshot at BRETT and drags his carcass back to the hideout.

Crazy, EDDIE is not, when he receives disturbing news from BB. A new quatrain beats an old refrain-trust no one. MS. HUNT awakens with bleary eyes and questioning what the hell she was shot up with.

Continuing in the tradition of backfires and assorted transportation qualms, CADE'S ex HARLEY DANIELS shows up after sending an e-mail in condolence of his untimely passing. She is stunned by AYA's gunning her down and by the apparent fact that the rumors of FOSTER'S demise were greatly exaggerated

Sick of being sitting ducks in a shooting gallery, the resistance takes a tunnel to a clearing and have HARLEY escort the wounded BRETT back to her car. SUBJECT 117 coldcocks the aggressive acolyte.

At the residence of David, a RAVEN NATION volunteer, the mysterious "green goo" in AYA'S bag is promised to be much more than a sedative. HARLEY, whom MS. RADCLIFFE affectionately refers to as "THE BIKE", sparks a rapport with BRETT while noticing the chemistry between her former partner and his new partner.

MR. NAMBULOUS reassures LINDA FOSTER, not aware that she has been targeted.

CADE takes a closer examination of the Gua's personal possessions when he gets a call from EDDIE. The Paranoid Times has had some intriguing hits in the form of a classified Gua experiment involved with mutation of DNA....

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by Blithe

2/3/01 - 2/24/01

So here's the deal, Cade and Tiffany got shot with this evil green goo, which turned out to be some nasty Gua experiment into cloning, scary! Luckily for them help was just a phone call away, in the guise of a helpful Dr friend of the Raven Nation, David (now sadly deceased). Cade and Tiffany lived to fight another day.

The impending doom dragged Cade and Jordan closer together, much to the dismay of Harley and Tiffany, who's mutual dislike of 'Red' may well be the one thing they have in common.

Meanwhile Brett is called out to investigate mysterious goings on in a small town on the edge of Milwaukee. He arrives to find the place worryingly empty, with the exception of a small girl, Casey Blevins. He takes the kid under his wing and with Eddie's able assistance they discover that the child isn't all that she appears to be. Her mysterious past unfolds, and finds Tiffany lurking in the depths of her past...coincidence? All will be revealed when they join up with Eddie, Tiffany and Harley...or will it?

And then there are the Gua. The ground troops are growing with the appearance of Peter and James, who both seem to be expressing more than a passing interest in Aya. More so interested in catching subject 117, for who knows what unpleasant experiments. Why did they allow Casey to escape? And why are they now so desperate to find her? And will they ever notice that Eddie and the trailer have moved on?

Then another person from Cade's past pops up, Ashley. What will she be able to contribute to the fight?

2/24/01 - 2/27/01

After some rather uncomfortable information imparted by Eddie and Tiffany, Brett has decided to get Casey as far away from everyone as possible, he's especially suspicious about Tiffany's apparent interest in her. Casey turns out to be a hybrid, part human part Gua and the only one of the batch to make it past 2 years old, the Gua see her as the weapon that will win the war and herald the Second Wave.

Meanwhile: Cade and Jordan have been joined by Ashley, who's caviller approach to alien hunting has taken Jordan and Cade by surprise. The three are currently trying to track down info on tests that were done on Casey at a hospital in Minnesota and have been led to the home of Charlie, a paranoid hacker with a Marilyn Monroe fixation.

Tiffany is also trying to trace info on Casey, while Eddie is freaking out trying to fit all the pieces of the puzzle together....oh, and trying to find a doctor for Brett who's gunshot wound is turning nasty.

2/27/01 - 3/8/01

Jordan, Cade and Ash are sent by Eddie to visit the mysterious hacker Charlie (AKA Cheeser). During the visit Jordan is taken prisoner by the relentless Gua Aya. Cade ran to her rescue, but was beaten to it by Peter, the new Gua in town who claims to be a friend to Cade and the resistance, perhaps in time we'll see what his motives really are.

Ash, meanwhile, manages to create mayhem with Charlie's computers, luckily he comes up with the goods before Ash can close down his whole system. He produces a blue-print of the hospital Casey was taken to, resplendent with Gua writing, perhaps Peter will be able to decipher it and lead them to the knowledge.

The threesome are about to start moving when they receive a phone call that changes their plans, on arrival at the lake safe-house Brett and Casey stumble across the wounded form of LJ, Cade's long lost niece. They head to the lake to see what has brought her back into their lives.

Brett and Casey meanwhile, tend LJ's wounds and get her back on her feet...and manage to avoid being walloped by a large dog statue. eventually LJ seems to calm down enough to explain that she is now wanted for her aunt's murder, and having a large chunk of memory missing is terrified that she may have been involved. This coupled with the fear she may have become a Gua tool has made her edgy, not to mention the gunshot wound in her side...the doctor's going to have his work cut out! As LJ and Brett get to trust each other they begin to get closer, and after convincing her she's no Gua the gang look towards finding ways to unlock her missing memories.

Back in Gua central Aya has attracted the attention of James, could a Gua romance be on the cards? That'll have to wait because right now she has her eye on another man...Eddie. She has decided that since torturing Jordan didn't work she'll have her fun with him instead, and after the initial squealing (and against all expectation) he stands up to her! Could this be a whole new side of Eddie immerging? Don't count on it!

Will Eddie become Gua bait? Will Peter betray the gang? Is Jordan's cooking causing Cade to have nightmares?

3/8/01 - 3/24/01

Eddie is in peril, trapped by the dangerously unstable gua Aya and the doe eyed James. Lucky for him the cavalry arrives in time to interrupt the party, and despite putting himself in immanent danger Cade manages to help his friend with the help of Jordan.

Back at the lake everyone is having a very sleepless night, worried that Aya might be able to trace them Brett hustles the remaining girls into the car and heads towards the medicine man. LJ's injuries seem worse than once thought and waiting is no longer an option. Casey, Brett and LJ go in while Ash heads off on some mission of her own, much to LJ's concern.

Meanwhile Eddie heads for a small town in order to escape the gua patrol. During the journey Cade receives the phone call from hell. Tiffany decides to tell him that contrary to his belief his marriage wasn't the bed of roses he'd thought. Instead she informs him it was a sham, and all the time he and Hannah were together she was cheating on him with an old college friend, Martin Blank...Tiffany's fiancé. Cade is understandably devastated, but his anger turns quickly on the messenger. What are her motives for telling him? Why did she do it over the phone? And why is she trying to get involved with the gua doctor Peter? Her behaviour is getting more suspicious by the day!

Jordan and Cade decide to find out the truth behind the outlandish claim, the box of memorabilia gives up nothing, but they're convinced it's some gua trick. In an effort to cheer Cade up the two go to a bar, where a mysterious woman entrances all the men in the place, including Cade much to Jordan's disgust. She leaves with the alpha male, who's apparently fought off all the other competition. Cade and Jordan follow in the hope of figuring out what kind of creature she is.

3/24/01 - 4/24/01

Brett And LJ manage to get all patched up thanks to the nice Dr. Man. Though there is a worrying moment when he becomes a little too curious about Casey...but discovery is avoided and they head back to the trailer.

Meanwhile Ash is making her own fun, breaking into a house and watching TV while the others get seen to.

Cade and Jordan follow the woman and her catch back to a biker's hideout in the woods...wackiness ensues when Cade comes under her spell and attacks Jordan, almost ending the fledgling partnership. However the two prevail, the Gua is dusted and happiness is restored...until Cade receives a phone call from the police station...Ash has been arrested!

Being the nice guy that he is Cade dons a cunning disguise (ok, he puts on a pair of glasses...but he was stuck) and heads down to the station to bail out his delinquent prodigy. The girl is less than remorseful, and after having a few words from a disapproving Cade heads off once more. This time she finds more trouble than even she expects when she runs into (quite literally) Aya, the gua acolyte. The two fight and Ash makes her escape, during which she manages to 'acquire' a cash box containing a gua consciousness.

After the death of Tiffany's associate, and another less than pleasant phone conversation Cade and Jordan set about the task of dissecting Hannah's private life, charting and cataloguing her known movements in order to prove or disprove once and for all the woman's claims. Jordan traces email from the associate and hacks into her computer, though she is unable to access the information...she knows someone who can...Hank.

Ash and Cade have a heart to heart after which he leaves with Jordan to visit Raven Nation, a military style compound a couple of hours away from their current location. After delivering the copied hard drive to Hank Jordan proudly shows Cade around, he is surprised to say the least.

Back at the trailer Casey has a funny turn, seemingly having a 'connection' to Jacklyn, a teenage girl who's mother died at the hands of the gua. However before she can reach the crew she is taken prisoner by a new gua woman called Lily who takes her to the gua run hospital in Minnesota where she is introduced to Peter, fresh from his encounter with Tiffany...who has mysteriously disappeared! Will the gua use Jacklyn's connection to Casey to track the twice blessed man? Will Ash ever manage to keep out of trouble? Will the Joshua manage to recover the gua consciousness?

TO BE CONTINUED....