> Derek came over to Julia holding electrodes in his hand.  "Brain > wave
> scans," he said simply.  "Julia...I am sorry we have to put you > > >
through all
> this."  He was sorry for a lot more than that, but didn't say it.  He
> careful put gel on her forehead and taped the electrodes down on > top.
Then,
> he moved to a computer and set up a program to compare the > > > current
waves
> with the ones they had on file.  Julia's currently brain activity > > >
could be
> scene on the monitor, spiking and dipping, leveling out and >
> spiking again.
> This test was one of the faster ones and to try and keep the
> process as
> short as possible, Derek did some spectral analysis at teh same
> time.  Derek
> had remained silently, allowing the two friends to talk without
> interruption.  He liked having his team back together, but felt a
> bit awkward treating Julia like a specimen.

The blood work was done by the time Derek and Alex finished the the rest of
the required tests.  Every test the Legacy could possible conceive of and
they had run it on the poor woam.  Derek hated doing it, but knew if he
didn't he'd have to listen to Sloan carying on for hours and that was far
more painful than this.  Not to mention that it would put him in an
extremely bad mood, which would in turn affect the rest of the house, so
really this was the most humane thing for all concerned.

As the DNA results came out Derek read them and a smile spread across his
face, which was by this point very haggard from fatique.  "Congratulations,
I now pronounce you Julia Walker."  He struck a button on the computer which
logged the last of the results and immediately shipped them off to England.

Derek


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