As he got closer he could fully make out who Anna was talking to, her younger sister Gracie and the name alone made his heart hurt a bit. Though he pushed it aside for now, as he looked at Gracie he could see she had a bit of a growth spurt since the last time he saw her. She noticed him approaching before Anna and waved at him excitedly making Anna turn to give him a big smile.

"It's sooo good to see you're okay!" Gracie said in a bubbly voice.

"Yeah, it's good to see you, Gracie," He said doing a little special handshake he had created with her, although he was surprised he could still fully remember all the steps. "You've grown a lot by the way."

"I know, but it has been a good while. But trust me, I'm not exactly done growing if you catch my drift," Gracie said with a huge excited smile as she placed a hand on her stomach. This did catch him by surprise a bit but he was still happy for her.

"Yeah, it's why she's here to tell us. By the way, uh, about your coffee.." Anna started as she stared at her sister who rolled her eyes.

"You didn't tell me it was for Brandon!" Gracie said making Brandon start to laugh.

"It's fine, I don't mind. Would have gotten more if I knew you were here cause I know how much you like them," Brandon said making Gracie give a little smile.

"See, told ya he wouldn't care. So, Anna hasn't told me everything but how you feeling?" Gracie asked making Anna look at him with a bit of concern.

"I'm perfectly fine, just trying to live for the moment," Brandon answered as he stepped closer to Anna before kissing her which did surprise her a bit before she returned the kiss in full.

"Aww, and here she was worried about you," Gracie said, and as they broke the kiss Anna looked at her with annoyance that only a sibling could cause.

"Grace, don't you have to go catch a train?" Anna said making her little sister laugh as she doedge a playful swat.

"Fine, fine but know if you two keep kissing like that you might want to get some protection!" Gracie called out as she was now almost to the door making Anna's face go completely red. Brandon just couldn't help but give a little chuckle.

"Nothing like a sibling to get to you," Brandon said wrapping an arm around Anna, though she did give a slight look of confusion.

"What's gotten into you?" Anna asked making Brandon give her a little smile.

"As I said, just gonna live in the moment for at least the next couple of days," Brandon answered placing a hand on her cheek, while the other went down grabbing her ass making her give a surprised squeak. "So, when are the other's getting here?"

"Um, uh, i-in like fifteen minutes," Anna said with a little bit of a surprised voice.

"Wow, haven't heard you sound like this in a bit," Brandon said giving her a wink making her clear her throat. "But can't wait to see the other's though."

"Y-yeah, well you just caught me off guard is all. I know that seems impossible but with you, nothing feels that way," Anna said giving him a little kiss. "Also, I know they're all excited to come to see you again."

"So, you wanna come with me to get one of those coffees?" Brandon asked.

"Hmm, as much as I want to I think I'll wait here just in case. But here, let me at least get some money out..." Anna said as she brought out ten dollars to hand to him.

"Thanks and I will pay you back as soon as I can," Brandon said taking the money but holding her hand for a good minute before taking his leave.

As he went to the cafeteria he couldn't help but feel the sadness after meeting Gracie again, she had almost the same personality that Grace has. But he took a deep breath to calm himself down again because he had to keep his promise and try not to think about that world. So, quickly getting the coffee he wanted he turned to go back to the main lobby, though as he was walking back something caught his attention as he was passing the desk.

"...need to do this," Brandon heard Dr. Dickson say to a young-looking nurse in a hushed tone, making the young girl look uncomfortable. To top it off, the other nurses around seemed to be ignoring the situation.

"But I have to get my work done..." The nurse started before Dickson cut her off.

"I'll just have someone else do it until we get back," Dickson said, and as Brandon looked he saw fear in the girl's eyes as she nodded. Though as she was standing up Brandon came over.

"Hi, maybe you can help me with something?" Brandon asked the nurse who looked at him in surprise, though she turned to look back at Dickson.

"Sorry, she is just a nurse in training, and in order to get full credit, she needs to accompany a doctor at least once a day. I'm sure Selene would be more than happy to help you, I'll have someone page her," Dickson said starting to turn to another nurse.

"Alright," Brandon said as he waited until the page went out. "Thanks, cause I'm sure Selene would love to hear about how you're obviously making this girl feel uncomfortable. Which by the way, how old are you?"

"S-seventeen..." The young nurse answered making him whistle.

"Must be in a gifted program then, but as I was saying making this seventeen year-old feel uncomfortable. Which before you say anything, don't you have an assigned doctor you need to follow?"

"Actually, she's not supposed to be following a doctor at all since it's not what she's training for," Selene said as she seemed to come out of nowhere her eyes narrowed at Dickson, her tone deadly. This made the doctor give a slight gulp but to his credit, he kept his composure.

"Yes, well still think it's a good idea to have them follow a doctor as well," Dickson said making Selene narrow her eyes even more.

"They do when they follow their assigned nurse, now Brianna why don't you take an early lunch?" Selene suggested, making the young nurse nod and as she walked past them she whispered a quick thank you to Brandon. "Now, this isn't exactly the first time something like this has been brought up with you. But at least those first few were at least legal age and didn't actually mind coming with you."

"She would have been comfortable with me..." Before Dickson had a chance to continue Brandon reached over the desk grabbing the doctor by his collar.

"Anyone with eyes can see she wasn't comfortable in the first place, so I doubt you putting your slimy hands on her would make it more comfortable for her. Now I would like to see about getting a change of doctors," Brandon said letting go of Dickson who now had a look of fear in his eyes.

"I'm calling the police..." Dickson started.

"Go ahead, I'm sure they'll want to hear all about how you were trying to fuck a minor," Selene spat out. "Granted even if you don't, I will"

"You can go to hell..." Dickson said though they were all surprised, except for Brandon, that Dickson suddenly was forced to the desk.

"By the power granted to me by the military, I am placing you under arrest!" Anna said with the same force she had back in the war.

"Y-you..." Before Dickson could say another word Anna cut him off.

"Can't arrest you in a military ran hospital for the sexual harassment of a minor?" Anna said in a tone that made it clear it wasn't a question the doctor should answer. She then went on to read him his Miranda rights not letting Dickson up even in the slightest.

"That's why I like your girlfriend so much," Selene said giving Brandon a little smile. "Oh, and just letting you know since you're being arrested by the military, that means an automatic suspension without pay until any and all investigations are complete as per the hospital's employee contract you signed with the military."

"I think he should be fired, but just be glad I don't have that much pull," Anna growled at the doctor she was holding in place until security showed up to detain him until the police arrived.

"This entire situation just gave me a bit deja vu," Brandon grumbled. "Though in my opinion, this had a different outcome."

"Did ya say something?" Anna asked as she walked over after handing Dickson over.

"Hmm, just slipping a bit but I promise I won't get into," Brandon said giving a smile making Anna bite her lip a bit.

"Well, either way, thanks for your guy's help with that. The board has been trying to get rid of him since the first case came up against him. Don't worry about the nurse I'll make sure she's fine. Now if you'll excuse me," Selene said before walking away.

"So, you sure you're fine?" Anna asked.

"Yeah, also thanks for coming. I know even with my rank carried over to being a regular rank I wouldn't have had the authority to arrest him if I remember right," Brandon said making Anna nod.

"Creeps like that deserve to be castrated in my opinion, and who knows they may at least sterilize him!" Anna said in a hopeful tone.

"I doubt it, at the most his license will be revoked and he'll do like a month in jail. Which he may very well not make it out," Brandon said.

"I hope so, but let's try to get off that subject?" Anna suggested.

"What subject are we trying to change?" A voice said from behind them giving Anna a little startle but Brandon remained calm. "Huh, normally both of you jump when I do that!"

"Hmm, I got used to it while away," Brandon said as he turned to see Emily, the unit's best sniper.

One of the things he remembered was she was actually ranked seventh-best sniper throughout the entire military and was offered many opportunities with special or black ops teams. Though she would always decline due to her closeness with the rest of the unit, as he looked at her he saw the right half of her face had been scarred by burns. Though they had healed up decently the scars were still very much present.

"Still wish you wouldn't do that, seriously you're like only the third person could sneak up on me," Anna said making Emily give a little snicker.

"Yeah, and we all know Brandon here can really sneak up on you alright," Emily said making Brandon laugh, Anna rolled her eyes shaking her head.

"It's really good to see ya Em, it's been a good minute!" Brandon said switching the topic making Emily give a big smile as well.

"Well someone woke up on the right side of his bed," Emily said as she went in with a fist bump.

"Hey, where's the other's?" Anna asked.

"On their way, got tired of waiting on them and went ahead of them. Which by the way, how's the food here?" Emily asked to no surprise to either Anna or Brandon.

"Seriously? I just cooked us all lunch before we came!" A male voice said.

"Yeah, and I gave you some dessert for your trouble," Emily said with a wink at the guy who walked up, and Brandon smiled as the unit cook rolled his eyes. "And that Greg would be why I am still hungry."

"But do you have to tell everyone in the world what we do?" Greg said though he had a proud smile as he wrapped an arm around Emily. She rolled her eyes but didn't resist the affection like how she used to do. This wasn't a surprise since they had been flirting since they met, but from what Anna told him they only just got together as a couple after the incident that sent him into a coma. Though thinking back on it Greg could turn nothing but a can of corn and beef jerky into a five-star dish, and thinking about it did make Brandon hungry.

As Brandon looked at the couple he really couldn't stop the smile since it really was about time they got together but still had that same energy from before. Though as he looked them over he saw Greg had dyed his hair from his normal light brown hair to be a few shades darker, which did bring out his green eyes more. He wasn't the fittest but give him a knife and he could be deadly.

Other than the scars Emily still looked pretty much the same from the hazel eyes to the long red hair which she kept in a ponytail. She was attractive, if somewhat a little curvier as she liked to put it than most of the girls they worked with. Both of them had been a part of the unit for a month before he was assigned and when he first arrived was actually the first time they had any real interaction between them, and they hit it off just fine, insults and all.

"As much as I like your cooking Greg, I wouldn't mind a bit more to eat," Another female voice said, though the last time he heard this person talk they sounded much different.

That was when he fully saw her as she joined the group with a look of annoyance pointed towards Greg, which made Brandon shake his head as he knew Greg must have left her with the taxi bill. But as he looked her over his jaw nearly dropped, the last time he saw her she was just beginning her process of becoming a woman and now she looked like a swimsuit model. She had purple hair, which she had genetically changed to, with dark blue eyes.

Before she had gone by Leory, but now goes by Cecilia and Anna had told him she was finished with the process but he wasn't quite expecting this much of a change. Though he quickly shook himself out of those thoughts and thinking about it Leory was their communication expert. He... she could speak roughly around a hundred different languages almost completely fluently.

"Y-you're looking good..." Brandon managed to get out making all the rest of them laugh.

"Well, thanks been making a lot of strides now. Shoot, even did some modeling work for the military already. If you want, I can get you two a copy," Cecilia said giving both Anna and him a wink making them shake their heads.

"I think we'll have to turn it down for now," Anna answered.

"Aww, oh well. But it's really good to see you up and about Brandon!" Cecilia said giving him a hug, though he was a bit awkward about it and he knew the others were trying to hold in their laughter. "Last time I saw you, well you were drooling like there was no tomorrow in your sleep."

"Yeah, thanks for that image but seriously you do look great. You also seem to be in a bit of a better mood," Brandon said making Cecilia smile.

"Well, I am what I always felt like I should have been. Thank you for the complaint either way," Cecilia said.

"No problem, just glad you're happy," Brandon replied, though it took him a second to realize they had just spoken in another language.

"Looks like my Japanese lessons took, but we still need to work on it," Cecilia said, and as Brandon turned to Anna she had a surprised look in her eyes.

"I kind of forgot about those lessons if I'm being honest, and that was supposed to be a surprise for me to tell them," Brandon said as he looked back at Cecilia who gave him a sly smile and shrug like she had forgotten that little fact herself, somethings never change. "But anyway, I could go for something to eat myself."

"I know, thinking about Greg's cooking made me hungry, so let's go grab a table at the cafeteria real fast," Anna said as she and Brandon lead them there.

"By the way, what was with that doctor that was being lead away by security when I snuck up on y'all?" Emily asked as they found a table.

"He was trying to have sex with a seventeen-year-old nurse is what," Anna spat out with disgust in her voice, Brandon nodded before placing a hand on hers.

"Dam, lucky I wasn't here went that all went down. Would have cut off his dick myself," Emily said making Greg snicker.

"Seriously, men like that should be executed," Cecilia said.

"Yeah, by the way, to change the topic a bit, where's Frank?" Brandon asked making everyone go silent.

"Uh, h-he's not going to be able to make it," Cecilia said, and all their eyes turned to Anna who shook her head in response.

"He has some memory loss, remembers most of what happened but doesn't remember it fully. I also had to correct a few things for him so it also seemed to scramble a few things he remembers as well," Anna explained. "But, for right now can we not mention Frank..."

Just as she said his name there was a huge boom making all of them jump, and looking at where the sound came from it was a patient who seemed to have flipped a table out of anger. Though the noise definitely sounded like an explosion, that did remind Brandon that Frank was an explosives expert. But the way that all of them reacted it seemed like it had put them on edge just mentioning Frank,

Though he also felt uneasy about it and the table being flipped sounding like an explosion really didn't help, even if you took away the time spent in the war he felt he would still feel this uneasy. Thinking about more he could feel it start to increase, and by the time he realized what was happening he was having a tough time breathing. Everything started shifting in and out including his friends, all except for Anna who remained as solid as ever. But it was as if the entire world was shifting, things started to change into other things including his friend's clothes changing from casual to a uniform, all except for Anna once again.

"He's having a panic attack!" He heard Anna say, though, unlike the others whose words were mangled, hers came out as clear and crisp.

Author's Note

Remember to smile, smile, smile!