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West of Blue Cove Delaware
Tuesday April 16
Early morning hours
Miss Parker's eyes suddenly came open as the rest of her body lay still. 'There it is again…' She then reached under her pillow looking for her gun.
"It's not under there Miss Parker." The voice quietly and calmly told her.
"Somehow I'm not surprised Jarod. Don't you ever knock?"
Jarod turned on the lights as he walked over to the bed Miss Parker was sleeping in. "Most of the time. Here put this on," he told her as he held out a bathrobe.
Miss Parker got out of the bed and put on the robe. As she was putting it on, she noticed that Jarod was holding a gun in his other hand, and it was aimed at her. She noticed something about him; there was a coldness to him, not the normal teasing and taunting Jarod she was accustomed to at that hour of the night. "Where've you been Jarod? You seemed to have dropped off the face of the planet."
Jarod just looked at her as he guided her out of the room and down the stairs to the living room. "Jarod why'd you-" she stopped though when she saw her brother on the couch bound, blindfolded, and gagged. "Jarod what's-"
"Why didn't you tell me he was with you?" Jarod asked her as he led her over to the chair opposite the sofa Lyle was sitting on.
"Well… uh… you never asked and I never had time to tell you…" Miss Parker looked at Jarod and her brother. Jarod looked at her and then looked over to the person standing by the door leading to the kitchen. Miss Parker looked in that direction and was surprised to see someone there, she hadn't noticed her before. "Look Jarod what difference does it make if Lyle is with me?"
"Did you read the files I left for you to read? Well the directive says that two people were deemed expendable… Lyle was the other person." At mention of his name Lyle looked in the direction of Jarod's voice. "Yeah Lyle, you were deemed expendable as well. Apparently your previous extracurricular activities, and your current obsession with locating Simone has somewhat angered the Tower. They feel that your loyalties are no longer with the Centre. And now his presence here, throws my plan out the window. This was designed for one person to escape, you Miss Parker."
Miss Parker was slightly shocked at what she was hearing. "Escape Jarod? What are you talking about?"
Jarod looked at Miss Parker with a slight look of sadness, 'Why can't she understand?' "It doesn't matter anymore…" Jarod looked at Marie and motioned for her to meet him in the kitchen. "Just sit tight for now, and don't speak to Lyle."
Jarod then joined Marie who had already moved there, and looked at Miss Parker as he began to speak. Marie was the first to speak, "So what do we do now?"
"We modify the plan. Hang on a sec, let me think this through…Okay, instead of her dying they will have been found by some local hunter who took them back to his cabin. I know someone we can use."
"Okay that's fine and all, but that directive on their heads is still out there." 'I still don't understand why you'd want to help them, especially Lyle.'
"Right…" Jarod paused and thought about the situation one more time. "Okay then, I staged the entire accident and then kidnapped them hoping to get some information from them. Maybe I'll try and make a deal with Mr. Parker for information on my family. While he's mulling it over, they will then escape and return back to the Centre. They will then continue the search for me, and I'll keep in contact with the Centre. I'll also have Broots help me with making some false leads for them to go chasing after every once in awhile. And if Lyle wants to keep obsessing about Simone, so be it, they can reissue that directive for all I care."
Marie nodded her head as she heard the plan, "Sounds good to me. Jarod can I ask you something?" When Jarod nodded back, she continued on. "Why are you still looking out for Miss Parker?"
"It's complicated Marie. When I was at the Centre growing up, she was one of the two friends I had. On a deep level, I still care about her, that's why I've kept helping her find out who she is since I escaped. I remember the person she used to be." And with that Jarod walked back into the living room.
Marie looked sadly and longingly at Jarod's back, 'I hope that someday you realize that she doesn't deserve you. Please keep your heart open for me, please let me in.'
Meanwhile Miss Parker watched the entire conversation from the couch. She also noticed the look Marie gave Jarod as he walked back towards her. "So what now genius?"
Jarod told them his plan, which they agreed to. They then worked out all the details of their story for when they got back to the Centre. They would stay in the cabin for another 36 hours before they made their escape. It was then time to call Mr. Parker and make the deal, he would have 48 hours to make a decision.
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Over the next ten months Broots created countless leads on Jarod for Miss Parker and her team to follow. All of them led them away from Jarod, Sam and Broots. Miss Parker followed the leads as she tried to find out information about herself and also Jarod. She thought about Jarod a lot during that time, about the childhood they had shared, about how he still cared, and about that other woman. Miss Parker never told anyone at the Centre about the other woman, but she searched for her hoping that if she found her then she would find Jarod; she remembered that look she had given Jarod when they were in that cabin.
Broots kept his promise to help Jarod find his family, but nothing came up. Sam raised both Tyler and Simone happily, but always in the back of his mind was the fear that the Centre or Mr. Lyle would show up and destroy him and his life.
Mr. Lyle halted his extracurricular activities; instead he kept searching for his daughter. Keeping him from going insane were the pictures he periodically received of Simone, as per Miss Parker's request to ease his mind and so spare him from Centre termination. Mr. Lyle was changing into a different person, he no longer was a monster, however the memories came back to haunt him. He too was also trying to find Centre information on Jarod's family, hoping to maybe get on Jarod's good side and get Simone back himself; he wasn't planning any traps or tricks, he wouldn't risk her life anymore.
The only person Jarod kept in direct contact with that was still at the Centre was Sydney. Sydney once again became a source of advice for Jarod, a father figure of sorts. After several months of speaking Jarod and Sydney were able to forgive each other and themselves and finally able to freely express oneself to the other. After that Jarod periodically visited Sydney, the way a son would visit his father- all of this without the knowledge of anyone at the Centre.
And Jarod continued his search for his family while he continued to help those who had been wronged.
Tuesday April 16
Early morning hours
Miss Parker's eyes suddenly came open as the rest of her body lay still. 'There it is again…' She then reached under her pillow looking for her gun.
"It's not under there Miss Parker." The voice quietly and calmly told her.
"Somehow I'm not surprised Jarod. Don't you ever knock?"
Jarod turned on the lights as he walked over to the bed Miss Parker was sleeping in. "Most of the time. Here put this on," he told her as he held out a bathrobe.
Miss Parker got out of the bed and put on the robe. As she was putting it on, she noticed that Jarod was holding a gun in his other hand, and it was aimed at her. She noticed something about him; there was a coldness to him, not the normal teasing and taunting Jarod she was accustomed to at that hour of the night. "Where've you been Jarod? You seemed to have dropped off the face of the planet."
Jarod just looked at her as he guided her out of the room and down the stairs to the living room. "Jarod why'd you-" she stopped though when she saw her brother on the couch bound, blindfolded, and gagged. "Jarod what's-"
"Why didn't you tell me he was with you?" Jarod asked her as he led her over to the chair opposite the sofa Lyle was sitting on.
"Well… uh… you never asked and I never had time to tell you…" Miss Parker looked at Jarod and her brother. Jarod looked at her and then looked over to the person standing by the door leading to the kitchen. Miss Parker looked in that direction and was surprised to see someone there, she hadn't noticed her before. "Look Jarod what difference does it make if Lyle is with me?"
"Did you read the files I left for you to read? Well the directive says that two people were deemed expendable… Lyle was the other person." At mention of his name Lyle looked in the direction of Jarod's voice. "Yeah Lyle, you were deemed expendable as well. Apparently your previous extracurricular activities, and your current obsession with locating Simone has somewhat angered the Tower. They feel that your loyalties are no longer with the Centre. And now his presence here, throws my plan out the window. This was designed for one person to escape, you Miss Parker."
Miss Parker was slightly shocked at what she was hearing. "Escape Jarod? What are you talking about?"
Jarod looked at Miss Parker with a slight look of sadness, 'Why can't she understand?' "It doesn't matter anymore…" Jarod looked at Marie and motioned for her to meet him in the kitchen. "Just sit tight for now, and don't speak to Lyle."
Jarod then joined Marie who had already moved there, and looked at Miss Parker as he began to speak. Marie was the first to speak, "So what do we do now?"
"We modify the plan. Hang on a sec, let me think this through…Okay, instead of her dying they will have been found by some local hunter who took them back to his cabin. I know someone we can use."
"Okay that's fine and all, but that directive on their heads is still out there." 'I still don't understand why you'd want to help them, especially Lyle.'
"Right…" Jarod paused and thought about the situation one more time. "Okay then, I staged the entire accident and then kidnapped them hoping to get some information from them. Maybe I'll try and make a deal with Mr. Parker for information on my family. While he's mulling it over, they will then escape and return back to the Centre. They will then continue the search for me, and I'll keep in contact with the Centre. I'll also have Broots help me with making some false leads for them to go chasing after every once in awhile. And if Lyle wants to keep obsessing about Simone, so be it, they can reissue that directive for all I care."
Marie nodded her head as she heard the plan, "Sounds good to me. Jarod can I ask you something?" When Jarod nodded back, she continued on. "Why are you still looking out for Miss Parker?"
"It's complicated Marie. When I was at the Centre growing up, she was one of the two friends I had. On a deep level, I still care about her, that's why I've kept helping her find out who she is since I escaped. I remember the person she used to be." And with that Jarod walked back into the living room.
Marie looked sadly and longingly at Jarod's back, 'I hope that someday you realize that she doesn't deserve you. Please keep your heart open for me, please let me in.'
Meanwhile Miss Parker watched the entire conversation from the couch. She also noticed the look Marie gave Jarod as he walked back towards her. "So what now genius?"
Jarod told them his plan, which they agreed to. They then worked out all the details of their story for when they got back to the Centre. They would stay in the cabin for another 36 hours before they made their escape. It was then time to call Mr. Parker and make the deal, he would have 48 hours to make a decision.
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Over the next ten months Broots created countless leads on Jarod for Miss Parker and her team to follow. All of them led them away from Jarod, Sam and Broots. Miss Parker followed the leads as she tried to find out information about herself and also Jarod. She thought about Jarod a lot during that time, about the childhood they had shared, about how he still cared, and about that other woman. Miss Parker never told anyone at the Centre about the other woman, but she searched for her hoping that if she found her then she would find Jarod; she remembered that look she had given Jarod when they were in that cabin.
Broots kept his promise to help Jarod find his family, but nothing came up. Sam raised both Tyler and Simone happily, but always in the back of his mind was the fear that the Centre or Mr. Lyle would show up and destroy him and his life.
Mr. Lyle halted his extracurricular activities; instead he kept searching for his daughter. Keeping him from going insane were the pictures he periodically received of Simone, as per Miss Parker's request to ease his mind and so spare him from Centre termination. Mr. Lyle was changing into a different person, he no longer was a monster, however the memories came back to haunt him. He too was also trying to find Centre information on Jarod's family, hoping to maybe get on Jarod's good side and get Simone back himself; he wasn't planning any traps or tricks, he wouldn't risk her life anymore.
The only person Jarod kept in direct contact with that was still at the Centre was Sydney. Sydney once again became a source of advice for Jarod, a father figure of sorts. After several months of speaking Jarod and Sydney were able to forgive each other and themselves and finally able to freely express oneself to the other. After that Jarod periodically visited Sydney, the way a son would visit his father- all of this without the knowledge of anyone at the Centre.
And Jarod continued his search for his family while he continued to help those who had been wronged.
