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Rachel is playing with her kids as Aaron comes in through the back. "Uncle Aaron"Patrick said running over to him. "My favorite JR investigator how you doing" giving him a high five. "Patrick why don't you watch your brother for a minute" Rachel asked as he went back to his brother. "What brings you here?". "Something's wrong with Zak he's been moody" he remarked. "Are you sure he doesn't have an attachment".

"No but I think it might have to do with what happened when we came back from Ireland" Aaron remarked showing her a card he found on Zak's desk. "You all think his Leukemia is back" Rachel stated. "Yeah". "Let me talk to Zak and find out if what we all fear is true" and Aaron left. That night Rachel invited Zak over. When he got there Rachel and his mother were there sitting down. "What's this about?". "We wanted to talk to you as a family Zak" Nancy stated. "About what?".

"Aaron came to see me he says you've been moody". "So I'm moody big deal"he replied. "Zak Aaron found a card on your desk I looked him up he's an oncologist. Zak is your cancer back?" Rachel asked.  Zak look at the floor as he started to tear up. "I started to lose weight, my body starting aching than I started to having shortness of breath. When I told my doctor about my cancer, he told me that my symptoms could be nothing or the cancer coming back again he suggested I go see him". Rachel sat next to him and hugged him. "Have you gotten the results back?" his mother asked.

"No I'm scared it has and everything you did for me Rachel was for nothing"he replied as Nancy gave her a son a handkerchief. "Zak if god forbid it has come back we'll be with you and you know Aaron, Jay, Billy and all of your fans will be by your side"Rachel stated "Thanks".  A few days went by and Zak and the crew went to Nevada Northern Railway to investigate. "Zak have you heard anything from the doctor about your test result?"Billy inquired.

"No and I'm getting nervous that it may say it came back that until the results come in I've been staying at my sister's house which is making me forget sometimes"he replied. "Just remember Zak we're behind you one hundred percent"Aaron said as he gave Zak a hug. "Zak isn't that, Rachel?" Billy inquired. Zak walked over as Patrick and Matthew got out. "What are you guys doing here?" Zak inquired picking up Matthew. "When I told them you'd be investigating a rail yard they wanted to come" she replied as Billy, Jay, and Aaron came over.

"Hey guys". "What's with the visit?" Billy asked as Zak put Matthew down. "This letter came for you Zak I saw it was from that oncologist, so I thought I'd deliver it" giving it to him. Zak took a breath as he opened the envelope. "What does it say Zak?" Jay asked. "If it's bad Zak we're behind you" Billy replied. "I-I'm clean no cancer"he stated with a smile as tears fell down his face. Everyone ran over and gave Zak a group hug. As Aaron and the guys took the boys on a tour Rachel sat down as Zak came over.

"I think mom may need to go to the hospital for dehydration"he stated as he sat down. "I'll check on her when I leave. I'm happy that it didn't come back". "When I was waiting for the result, I kept thinking about how you never let me give up when it came back after I came back from Ireland. I would have imagines of you in bed with me frail, beaten down, and scared that I was going to die. You always told me never give up" Zak remarked.

"And you never did Zak. I remember going into that room to give you my marrow I kept telling grand mom not to take you but if she had to take you to give me a sign. When I was giving pain killers, I fell asleep. When I opened my eyes, I was in your isolation room with grand mom standing next to you as they hooked you up to the bone marrow, I gave you. I saw grand mom kiss your forehead and came to me telling me you would survive that our bond is strong"she remarked.

"Grandmom always told us how strong our bond is, and it would never be broken" Zak remembered as they hugged each other. "I should get going before Matthew and Patrick see their first apparition or worse Aaron teaches them how to use the spirit box"she said. "I'll send Aaron back to Goat's man bridge with a tent to do an investigation next to the bridge if he does" Zak replied as she snickered.

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