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<blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 271458" data-attributes="member: 5055">I don&#039;t own any of the characters in this story and no copyright infringement is intended.This fic is an alternate timeline where the dream season wasn&#039;t a dream. It picks up of after the last episode of season 9.***Life Is But a DreamPart 16:***Jerry read the newspaper story again and cursed under his breath. The police had finally identified the bodies of both Elena and the lab assistant. The authorities were thoroughly investigating the background of both women.Jerry had called Dr. Ellis repeatedly this morning, but there had been no answer. He needed to be sure that nothing in Elena&#039;s past would lead the police back to Graison Research. &quot;Damnit, Ellis, where the hell are you?&quot;&quot;I can answer that question.&quot;Jerry looked up and saw a tall, dark skinned man standing in his doorway. &quot;Who are you?&quot; He demanded.&quot;My name is Leo Daughtry. I&#039;m a senior agent with an organization that I call The Company. You probably know it as the CIA.&quot;&quot;What do you want?&quot;&quot;Oh, Dr. Kenderson,&quot; Leo&#039;s voice was low and mocking. &quot;I think you know exactly what I want.&quot; He walked fully into the office and took a seat without being invited. &quot;I think you&#039;d better get Mr. Graison in here. The three of us have a lot to talk about.&quot;***&quot;Oh, Donna! You must be so happy!&quot;&quot;I really am,&quot; Donna smiled. &quot;Ray and I finally have the family we&#039;ve always dreamed of.&quot;&quot;I wish I could remember Tony,&quot; Sue Ellen frowned.&quot;You will,&quot; Donna assured her. &quot;Just give it some time.&quot;&quot;I&#039;m sure you&#039;re right,&quot; Sue Ellen nodded. &quot;I&#039;m so glad you&#039;re here. Maybe you can talk Ray into going home and getting some rest. JR is getting worried about him.&quot;&quot;I&#039;ll do my best,&quot; Donna laughed. &quot;But you know Ray. Stubborn as a mule.&quot;&quot;I don&#039;t.. I don&#039;t remember much about him,&quot; Sue Ellen sighed. &quot;I know who he is of course, but…&quot;&quot;It will all come back,&quot; Donna reached out to squeeze her hand. &quot;You just need to be patient.&quot;&quot;Donna...do you know why Pam hasn&#039;t come to see me? My memory is so fuzzy, but she and I are very close, aren&#039;t we?&quot;&quot;Yes you are,&quot; Donna confirmed. &quot;I haven&#039;t spoken to her recently. But Cliff..her brother is very upset right right. His wife...passed away.&quot;&quot;Cliff?&quot; Sue Ellen turned the name over in her mind. Suddenly all the blood drained from her face when a memory flashed before her eyes.&quot;If it turns out Barnes fathered that bastard you&#039;re carrying, I&#039;ll see you walking the streets!&quot;&quot;Sue Ellen?&quot; Donna leaned forward, her voice full of concern. &quot;&quot;Are you okay?&quot;&quot;Cliff Barnes,&quot; Sue Ellen said shakily. &quot;Oh, my God, Donna!&quot;Donna saw Sue Ellen&#039;s heart rate spike on the heart monitor. &quot;Shhhh,&quot; she soothed, &quot;deep breaths. It&#039;s okay.&quot;&quot;But JR…&quot; Sue Ellen couldn&#039;t go on.&quot;JR loves you. You both made some horrible mistakes, but you made it through and you&#039;ve forgiven each other.&quot;Sue Ellen cried softly and nodded her head. She accepted the comfort of her sister-in-law and was grateful for it. But she didn&#039;t understand how JR could have ever forgiven her.***&quot;Nothing?&quot;&quot;Unfortunately not, JR,&quot; Harv sighed. &quot;Those tapes have been classified as top secret. No one short of the Attorney General could help us get our hands on them, and he isn&#039;t taking my calls.&quot;&quot;I&#039;m telling you,&quot; Ray grumbled. &quot;This has got the CIA written all over it.&quot;&quot;What about the two dead women?&quot; JR asked.&quot;Nothing, &quot; McSweeb sighed. &quot;Neither family had seen or heard from them in years. They have no paper trail either. Neither had licences or bank accounts. It&#039;s like they graduated from college then just disappeared.&quot;&quot;How is that possible?&quot; JR snapped.&quot;It&#039;s not,&quot; McSween admitted. &quot;I&#039;d bet the CIA had something to do with erasing their history.&quot;&quot;Now what, JR?&quot;&quot;I don&#039;t know,&quot; he sighed heavily. &quot;I just don&#039;t know…&quot;&quot;Excuse me,&quot; Donna poked her head into the conference room, &quot;JR, you&#039;d better get back to Sue Ellen&#039;s room. She needs you.&quot;&quot;What happened?&quot; He stood up and moved quickly to the door.&quot;I&#039;m sorry, JR. I was thoughtless enough to bring up Cliff Barnes..&quot;&quot;How much does she remember?&quot;&quot;That you thought he was John Ross&#039;s father. She&#039;s scared you haven&#039;t forgiven her. I&#039;m so sorry, JR. We were talking about Pam and his name just slipped out…&quot;&quot;This isn&#039;t your fault, Donna,&quot; JR said, hurrying down the hallway to Sue Ellen&#039;s room. &quot;It&#039;s mine. All mine.&quot;***&quot;So we understand each other?&quot; Daughtry asked the two men. &quot;You get your research. We&#039;ll allow you to keep operating. You can continue to practice Dr. Ellis&#039;s methods on critically ill patients. But no more kidnapping. No more unwilling subjects. We get Ellis and Bobby Ewing and it will be as if they never existed. The two of you stay out of jail and keep your research center. Everything that happened with Sue Ellen Ewing will be blamed conclusively on Angelica Nero and she will meet an untimely end. You walk. Both of you. Do we have an agreement?&quot;&quot;Yes,&quot; Kenderson said without hesitation.Mark was silent for a few minutes but finally nodded. &quot;I don&#039;t see any other choice.&quot;&quot;That&#039;s because they&#039;re isn&#039;t one, Mr. Graison,&quot; Daughtry informed him coldly, standing up. &quot;And remember, if either or you talk or cause us any problems at all, The Company will burn your lives and everything in it to the ground. Are we clear?&quot;&quot;Yes,&quot; Mark and Jerry said in unison.&quot;Good. You gentlemen have a nice day.&quot;Mark waited until Daughtry was out of the room, then turned his furious eyes on Jerry. &quot;Are you happy with yourself?&quot;&quot;I don&#039;t know what your problem is,&quot; Jerry shot back. &quot;You get to go on living your perfect, fairy tale life. You get to keep your wife. I&#039;m the one who lost the woman I love.&quot;&quot;You don&#039;t love Sue Ellen ,&quot; Mark said lowly. &quot;You&#039;re obsessed with her. And your sickness may very well destroy us all.&quot;***Jordan Lee sipped on his bourbon and turned Cliff Barnes&#039; offer to the cartel over in his mind.It was a good deal. And normally, Jordan would have jumped at the chance to make so much money.But JR Ewing was a dangerous enemy to have. Jordan knew if the cartel joined forces with Cliff and Pam, they could hurt Ewing Oil very badly.But they couldn&#039;t completely destroy it. And they couldn&#039;t take JR out for good.As long as JR was upright and breathing, there would always be a chance that he&#039;d figure out a way to make them pay.Money was important, but survival was even more important.&quot;I need to talk to JR,&quot; he muttered to himself. &quot;And the sooner, the better.&quot;***JR looked up when the door to Sue Ellen&#039;s hospital room opened and a nurse came inside. He shook his head at her and raised his hand to wave her away. She nodded her silent understanding and walked back out of the door.JR was sitting on Sue Ellen&#039;s hospital bed, holding her in his arms. Her head was buried in his chest and she was sobbing softly.She&#039;d remembered her affair with Barnes and that there was some doubt about John Ross&#039;s paternity. He&#039;d patiently explained that he had forgiven her for that long ago and that the whole thing had been his fault. He&#039;d told her that his neglect and mistreatment of her had been the cause of her affair and that he didn&#039;t blame her at all for it any more.&quot;JR, this hurts so much.&quot;JR tightened his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. &quot;I know, sweetheart. And I wish I could tell you this will be the last bad memory you have of our marriage, or even the worst one. But it&#039;s not.&quot;&quot;Why are we like this? We love each other so much!&quot;&quot;Yes,&quot; JR whispered into her ear. &quot;We do. Sue Ellen,&quot; he shifted her slightly so that he could look down into her eyes. &quot;We aren&#039;t like that. Not anymore anyway. And in the past...the reason we were like that is all because of me. I was a horrible husband. I took you for granted. I lied. I cheated. Every bad thing that happened between us is my fault and mine alone. But I have always loved you. And I won&#039;t ever do those things to you again.&quot;He paused and lowered his head to kiss her&nbsp; gently on the lips. &quot;I changed my ways, Sue Ellen. You believed me. You forgave me. We started over. And honey, we&#039;ve been so happy. The past is ugly and I hate that you&#039;re going to have to remember it all again for the first time. But it is the PAST. Our future is going to be so full of love. I promise you that.&quot;She snuggled closer against him and hugged him tightly. &quot;Yes, JR,&quot; she whispered against his chest. &quot;I know. It just hurts so much right now.&quot;&quot;I know, honey,&quot; he murmured against her hair, &quot;but I won&#039;t ever cause you pain ever again. I swear it on my life.&quot;He felt her nod and stroked her back soothingly.Suddenly he hated himself so much. He had almost destroyed her. He was so lucky to have been given another chance. And God help him, he was never going to need another one.***</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CeeCee72, post: 271458, member: 5055"] I don't own any of the characters in this story and no copyright infringement is intended. This fic is an alternate timeline where the dream season wasn't a dream. It picks up of after the last episode of season 9. *** Life Is But a Dream Part 16: *** Jerry read the newspaper story again and cursed under his breath. The police had finally identified the bodies of both Elena and the lab assistant. The authorities were thoroughly investigating the background of both women. Jerry had called Dr. Ellis repeatedly this morning, but there had been no answer. He needed to be sure that nothing in Elena's past would lead the police back to Graison Research. "Damnit, Ellis, where the hell are you?" "I can answer that question." Jerry looked up and saw a tall, dark skinned man standing in his doorway. "Who are you?" He demanded. "My name is Leo Daughtry. I'm a senior agent with an organization that I call The Company. You probably know it as the CIA." "What do you want?" "Oh, Dr. Kenderson," Leo's voice was low and mocking. "I think you know exactly what I want." He walked fully into the office and took a seat without being invited. "I think you'd better get Mr. Graison in here. The three of us have a lot to talk about." *** "Oh, Donna! You must be so happy!" "I really am," Donna smiled. "Ray and I finally have the family we've always dreamed of." "I wish I could remember Tony," Sue Ellen frowned. "You will," Donna assured her. "Just give it some time." "I'm sure you're right," Sue Ellen nodded. "I'm so glad you're here. Maybe you can talk Ray into going home and getting some rest. JR is getting worried about him." "I'll do my best," Donna laughed. "But you know Ray. Stubborn as a mule." "I don't.. I don't remember much about him," Sue Ellen sighed. "I know who he is of course, but…" "It will all come back," Donna reached out to squeeze her hand. "You just need to be patient." "Donna...do you know why Pam hasn't come to see me? My memory is so fuzzy, but she and I are very close, aren't we?" "Yes you are," Donna confirmed. "I haven't spoken to her recently. But Cliff..her brother is very upset right right. His wife...passed away." "Cliff?" Sue Ellen turned the name over in her mind. Suddenly all the blood drained from her face when a memory flashed before her eyes. [I]"If it turns out Barnes fathered that bastard you're carrying, I'll see you walking the streets!"[/I] "Sue Ellen?" Donna leaned forward, her voice full of concern. ""Are you okay?" "Cliff Barnes," Sue Ellen said shakily. "Oh, my God, Donna!" Donna saw Sue Ellen's heart rate spike on the heart monitor. "Shhhh," she soothed, "deep breaths. It's okay." "But JR…" Sue Ellen couldn't go on. "JR loves you. You both made some horrible mistakes, but you made it through and you've forgiven each other." Sue Ellen cried softly and nodded her head. She accepted the comfort of her sister-in-law and was grateful for it. But she didn't understand how JR could have ever forgiven her. *** "Nothing?" "Unfortunately not, JR," Harv sighed. "Those tapes have been classified as top secret. No one short of the Attorney General could help us get our hands on them, and he isn't taking my calls." "I'm telling you," Ray grumbled. "This has got the CIA written all over it." "What about the two dead women?" JR asked. "Nothing, " McSweeb sighed. "Neither family had seen or heard from them in years. They have no paper trail either. Neither had licences or bank accounts. It's like they graduated from college then just disappeared." "How is that possible?" JR snapped. "It's not," McSween admitted. "I'd bet the CIA had something to do with erasing their history." "Now what, JR?" "I don't know," he sighed heavily. "I just don't know…" "Excuse me," Donna poked her head into the conference room, "JR, you'd better get back to Sue Ellen's room. She needs you." "What happened?" He stood up and moved quickly to the door. "I'm sorry, JR. I was thoughtless enough to bring up Cliff Barnes.." "How much does she remember?" "That you thought he was John Ross's father. She's scared you haven't forgiven her. I'm so sorry, JR. We were talking about Pam and his name just slipped out…" "This isn't your fault, Donna," JR said, hurrying down the hallway to Sue Ellen's room. "It's mine. All mine." *** "So we understand each other?" Daughtry asked the two men. "You get your research. We'll allow you to keep operating. You can continue to practice Dr. Ellis's methods on critically ill patients. But no more kidnapping. No more unwilling subjects. We get Ellis and Bobby Ewing and it will be as if they never existed. The two of you stay out of jail and keep your research center. Everything that happened with Sue Ellen Ewing will be blamed conclusively on Angelica Nero and she will meet an untimely end. You walk. Both of you. Do we have an agreement?" "Yes," Kenderson said without hesitation. Mark was silent for a few minutes but finally nodded. "I don't see any other choice." "That's because they're isn't one, Mr. Graison," Daughtry informed him coldly, standing up. "And remember, if either or you talk or cause us any problems at all, The Company will burn your lives and everything in it to the ground. Are we clear?" "Yes," Mark and Jerry said in unison. "Good. You gentlemen have a nice day." Mark waited until Daughtry was out of the room, then turned his furious eyes on Jerry. "Are you happy with yourself?" "I don't know what your problem is," Jerry shot back. "You get to go on living your perfect, fairy tale life. You get to keep your wife. I'm the one who lost the woman I love." "You don't love Sue Ellen ," Mark said lowly. "You're obsessed with her. And your sickness may very well destroy us all." *** Jordan Lee sipped on his bourbon and turned Cliff Barnes' offer to the cartel over in his mind. It was a good deal. And normally, Jordan would have jumped at the chance to make so much money. But JR Ewing was a dangerous enemy to have. Jordan knew if the cartel joined forces with Cliff and Pam, they could hurt Ewing Oil very badly. But they couldn't completely destroy it. And they couldn't take JR out for good. As long as JR was upright and breathing, there would always be a chance that he'd figure out a way to make them pay. Money was important, but survival was even more important. "I need to talk to JR," he muttered to himself. "And the sooner, the better." *** JR looked up when the door to Sue Ellen's hospital room opened and a nurse came inside. He shook his head at her and raised his hand to wave her away. She nodded her silent understanding and walked back out of the door. JR was sitting on Sue Ellen's hospital bed, holding her in his arms. Her head was buried in his chest and she was sobbing softly. She'd remembered her affair with Barnes and that there was some doubt about John Ross's paternity. He'd patiently explained that he had forgiven her for that long ago and that the whole thing had been his fault. He'd told her that his neglect and mistreatment of her had been the cause of her affair and that he didn't blame her at all for it any more. "JR, this hurts so much." JR tightened his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. "I know, sweetheart. And I wish I could tell you this will be the last bad memory you have of our marriage, or even the worst one. But it's not." "Why are we like this? We love each other so much!" "Yes," JR whispered into her ear. "We do. Sue Ellen," he shifted her slightly so that he could look down into her eyes. "We aren't like that. Not anymore anyway. And in the past...the reason we were like that is all because of me. I was a horrible husband. I took you for granted. I lied. I cheated. Every bad thing that happened between us is my fault and mine alone. But I have always loved you. And I won't ever do those things to you again." He paused and lowered his head to kiss her gently on the lips. "I changed my ways, Sue Ellen. You believed me. You forgave me. We started over. And honey, we've been so happy. The past is ugly and I hate that you're going to have to remember it all again for the first time. But it is the PAST. Our future is going to be so full of love. I promise you that." She snuggled closer against him and hugged him tightly. "Yes, JR," she whispered against his chest. "I know. It just hurts so much right now." "I know, honey," he murmured against her hair, "but I won't ever cause you pain ever again. I swear it on my life." He felt her nod and stroked her back soothingly. Suddenly he hated himself so much. He had almost destroyed her. He was so lucky to have been given another chance. And God help him, he was never going to need another one. *** [/QUOTE]

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