Alexus just shook her head as she grabbed the second picture and the first and put them in the book. "I'm coming in that house with you," She said as she looked at it. She still didn't trust it, it looked like it would fall on them.
{Damn, must suck.}

Nikki led Alexus into the parlour. "The first picture was on that wall over there." He gestured to the tattered couch. " The other one was upstairs," he said as he headed for the stairway."I used the edges of the steps, " he explained as he headed for the second story again.

Alexus followed along, looking around and trying to avoide some spider webs. It didn't work, some got into her dark brown hair. "So dangerous," She said as she followed his steps. "How many rooms?"

"3 bedrooms and a small sewing room" he said walking down the hall and stopping at the last door. "It's a sewing room, but I think maybe it was built just for storage." Inside was an antique pedal-powered sewing machine and a few piles of rubbish. He turned and walked into the door next to the sewing room. "I guess this was my room," he said as he sat on the bedframe with no mattress. "There was this," he said holding up a rusty and bent toy 'Texas Ranger' badge. He held it between 2 fingers, rubbing the dust and rust off. Nikki's eyes seemed to be looking beyond the horizon for a moment, then he stuck the badge in his jeans right front pocket.

Alexus eyed the sewing room, feeling like something could help them. She still followed him into the room. She sat down beside him, looking at the badge. "Texas Ranger? What's that?" She asked him, hoping this could help him in a way. Maybe it will and she'll find something good.

Nikki had an almost shocked expression on his face. He spoke calmly tho, "The late 1800s...they were the baddest lawmen that ever were.... down in Texas, of course. It seems odd I know all this and can't remember my own name. They had a saying, 'one riot, one town, one Ranger'."

Alexus nodded her head at him. "Sorry, never cared to watch it." She told him with a small smile. "Well, you might remember sometime soon! Just don't give up, you gotta...." She began to think of the saying. She never really used it before. "You gotta keep on remembering?" It came out more as a question since she knew she got it wrong.

Nikki stood abrubtly and faced Alexus. "You're right," he said. "I'm gonna spend the night here. Maybe being around this junk will jar my memories some more." The serious expression on his face was pure determination.

She just sat there as she watched him. "You're staying here alone," She told him as she looked around. She was wondering on how he'll even survive. "I won't stay in this place with you, I'm scared it'll break under us."

"It might," he chuckled. "It was your idea...in a way" a big grin spread across his face. "It's gonna be dark soon...do you want me to walk you back?"

Alexus began to pout at that. "No it wasn't." She told him as she stood to her feet. The book in her hands. "I'll be alright, no need for you to walk all the way back." She said as she held the book out to him. "Keep until you come back, once you do bring it to me and share what you come up with. If I find anything on myself, I'll share it with you. Like an exchange," Her pout began to go away as her hands went into her jacket pockets.

"Okie dokie...it's a deal....pardner. See ya tomorrow then." Nikki watched her walk away. "Nice ass,"he said to himself after she was nearly out of sight.
[ooc. goodnite]
Nikki went into the other 2 bedrooms and gathered up the 2 tattered blankets. He shook them out using the broken out windows so less dust got thrown into the air. Then he spread them out on the bedframe in his room. An armload of old clothes became a pillow. He sat on the end of the bed nearest the window and started to look thru the book. Fortunately, the window faced west, so the evening light shown in till after sundown. As he read, he began to wonder why this book was in this house. It didn't seem to be his family at all. Most of the last names were 'Morgan' or 'Morgana le Fey' with the oldest entries. The room glowed rosy red as the sun set. Nikki stood up and went to the window staring off towards the diminishing light. Unconsciously he fondled the tin star in his pocket. When the colors in the sky were all gone, Nikki lay back down and was asleep in just minutes.

Nikki awoke with a start. He was having a wicked nightmare. The details were fuzzy, but he clearly remembered the names Captain John Morgan and Samantha: the same as his supernatural ancestor. And FIRE, a ranging inferno of a fire racing across a wide open field. Nikki had the impression of an old cowboy movie. All the other details were lost to him. He lay in the dark mulling over all the things that seemed like clues. When dawn broke an odd thought crept into his brain. He said it out loud, just to see how crazy it sounded. "Capt. John and Samantha are my great-great-great-grandparents... my name is actually Morgan or Morgana le Fey....and this is no toy badge." He clutched the badge tightly. The words didn't sound so crazy after all, especially when he remembered the Academy. Nikki got out of bed and crept back downstairs. He sat on the porch watching the sun rise. 'It's nice here' he thought. I'll go back later.'

Goemon was bored and decided to go out and explore. He wandered around campus and the forest and ended up on an abandoned farm. "Cool" He whispered. He goes around the farm to find the front entrance but ended up finding a girl sitting on the front porch.

Alice walked around the abandoned farm house,''Hello is anyone here?"