Kara's Choice (60)

"Can you let me talk to him today?" Harper asked.

"Why, should I?"

"Please, I need him back. If you let him come back then you could leave here too." Harper pleaded.

"If you could have him back or information on the Mermaid which would you choose?" She turned and smiled at him.

Harper was shocked. Ariel is dead or was she. "Why must I choose?" He finally answered.

"It's amuses me." She laughed. " So which would you choose?"

"If Ariel is alive and we can get her back for Richie then I would choose her. If she is dead and I can only bring pain to him then I want my love back."

"Interesting, you would give up love for another. So sad. I would never do that. I want what I want." Kara said.

"What do you want?" Harper asked.

"You are the first person to ever ask that." She smile at him. "I want to be free. I want my own body and my own life. I don't want to be tied to this cry baby anymore. They always give me the crybabies."

She walked over to the bed and pulled out a flash drive. Get me everything on this drive and I will give you both things. Ariel and the crybaby." She threw the drive over and he caught it. "Can you do it?"

"I'll try. I'll be back tomorrow with the answer." He walked out the door.

How was she getting these drives. No one ever visited. Staff here were strick.

When he got back to the little apartment he rented he plugged in the drive to his computer.

There were a lot of things on the list and everything was easy to get but a live dead body. Did that mean he needed to find someone who was brain dead. Could they use the body if the family did not want to?

He then call JJ.

"What's up brother?"

"Kara said she would let Mickey go and that she knows were Ariel is."

"What? Ariel's alive?"

"I don't know, she just said she had information." Harper took a deep breath and explained everything that happened today. Then he explained about the list.

"Shit, do you believe her?"

"Yes I do."

"And you would of chosen Ariel if you could only get one."

"Yes"

"Shit man, you are a better friend then me. I am glad she will give us both. I have a body that will work. Sarah committed suicide a few hours ago. We have her on life support but the Doctor says she is brain dead. Do you think you could bring Kara here. I'll get the rest of the stuff for you. Also don't tell Richie or his brother about any of this till we have good news." JJ said.

"Sure, I think it best to call Tubby and Heny to help get Kara there."

"Good idea. See you in a few days then."

Harper then called to have the guys meet him here as soon as they could get there.

It had been almost two month that Ariel had been on this little island. She was free to walk around and she did, in her free time. Her voice was still gone. She made a call once to Marcus just to hear him say hello. When he hung up her heart hurt even more so she decided not to do that again.

She was given daily shots and injections. When the Doctor said she was fertile he then artificially implanted what he called super sperm in her. She was now pregnant.

As she walked today she watched the boats sail across the waters. She missed everyone and wondered what they were doing. Marcus went crazy the last time he thought she was dead; would he go through the same thing now.

Would it be better if after she was released to stay far away from him or would he want her back knowing she had a child. She touched her belly. 'Little one I don't know what to do?'

"Ariel, Doctor James would like to see you." Paul said.

She shook her head and walked to him. Then she opened her book and wrote...

[Can you do me a favor and find out if my husband is ok. I won't break my promise I just want to know.]

"Yes, I can do that." Paul smiled.

Ariel made her way to the lab and found Doctor James.

"Goods yous here. Ariels I's needs yous to sits so I's can takes yours blood agains." He said.

Ariel sits and holds out her arm. She was getting use it now. She closed her eyes and waited.

"Goods, yous can goes now." He said.

Ariel wrote something then handed him her book.

[Will I ever have my voice again?]

He read it and sighed. "I's am afraid nots. I's not takes yours voice the seas dids."

[You said you did it]

"I's knows. I's nots. I's just tolds you I's did."

He watched as a tear ran down her cheek. She would never be able to speak again.

She walked out and sat on the dock watching the waves roll in.

Marcus worked late every night. Janet Little stood in his office door.

"Call it a night. Go home and get some sleep." She said.

"I would rather work. Keeps my mind off other things."

"I know you miss her. But she would not want you to be like this. She loved life and she loved you. Come have a drink with me."

"No thanks. I'll head home soon. I promise."

Janet shook her head. "Marcus, please let your friends help you. Talk to them. My brother calls every day asking about you."

"I know they care. I just need sometime and space."

She shook her head as she walked out.

Marcus worked on the project plans for another hour before going home. When his phone went off he looked at it to see it was his brother.

"What wrong?" Marcus asked.