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/N: To all those who have gotten this far in my story, this is the chapter you have all been waiting for... Will Jarod choose Marie or Miss Parker?
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Blue Cove, Delaware
Friday February 12
Miss Parker sat down on her bed with her drink in one hand and the T.V. remote in the other. Another day had ended without a lead on Jarod, but at least she was still alive thanks to Jarod. She turned on the T.V. and flipped to CNN to catch the news. The second story she heard made her drop her glass on the floor.
"… And today in Chicago a tragedy was averted by the actions of Marie Lawson (a picture is shown of her). Miss Lawson stopped an attempted armed robbery outside of a Lasalle bank in downtown Chicago. When the four armed robbers attacked the armored vehicle Miss Lawson who happened to be in the area took action and shot three of the four attackers fatally, injuring the fourth as well. Miss Lawson was also injured in the attack, her injuries are not known at this time but she is in critical condition. We'll update you more on this story when we have more information. And now on to sports…"
Miss Parker reached for the phone to make flight reservations to Chicago, she wouldn't use Centre transportation this time. A few hours later she was on her way to Chicago to find Marie, and if she was lucky Jarod as well.
Miss Parker arrived into Chicago's airport at midnight, and didn't get to the hospital she figured Marie might have been taken to until two in the morning.
"Where can I find Marie Lawson?"
"I'm sorry we can't give that information out ma'am," the information desk attendant said.
Thinking quickly on her feet she spoke on, "I'm her sister, and I just flew in to be with her. Can you please tell me where I can find her?"
The attendant looked at Miss Parker's face that showed concern and told her that Marie was probably in the ICU ward and that a nurse there would be able to help her. Miss Parker headed off to that ward in search of Marie; once she got there she spoke to a nurse repeating her story. The nurse led her to the outside of the room where Marie was in but forbade her from entering. She also told Miss Parker that Marie had sustained serious wounds and that the next twelve hours would be critical. Miss Parker decided to wait in the lounge, and after an hour fell asleep in the chairs.
At around four in the morning, Jarod showed up at the hospital with three other men. They went directly to Marie's room where Jarod spoke with the floor nurse to get the prognosis, explaining that he was an agent for the NSA, the agency that Marie worked for.
"Oh agent, her sister is here as well. I believe she's sleeping in the lounge down at the end of the hall."
At the mention of a sister Jarod stopped, he knew that Marie was alone- she was an only child and her parents had died several years earlier. "Her sister you say?"
"Yes, her name is…actually I didn't catch a name. She was tall, had brown hair and blue eyes, she'll be the only one in the lounge, it won't be a problem finding her," the nurse said lightly as she returned to her regular duties.
Jarod turned to the three men who were accompanying him and motioned for them to follow him as he continued on toward the lounge. As he got to the entrance of the lounge he looked in and saw Miss Parker asleep on the chairs. 'Damnit, I'm going to have to get Marie out of here soon if Miss Parker is here already, and if she's here then that means the Centre is probably not far behind.' He then turned to the men accompanying him and told them what to do. Jarod left two of the men outside the entrance, the other guarded the door leading to Marie's room, and Jarod headed off to find the nurse to explain the situation to her. After a few minutes of explaining the situation the nurse led Jarod to an empty room, after which she went to the two men outside the lounge and told them where Jarod was.
The two men then entered the lounge and approached Miss Parker. "Ma'am wake up. You're going to have to come with us now."
Miss Parker wearily opened her eyes and processed what the man had said and continued on in a cold fashion, "What? What's going on?"
"You're going to have to come with us please," one of the men told her as they both reached down and grabbed one of her arms. At this point she was now fully awake and tried to reach for her gun in the small of her back but was prevented by the two men who held her arms and hands firmly as they removed her gun. "Now if you'll just come with us please." With no gun now Miss Parker let herself be led away by the two men into the empty room where Jarod was waiting.
"Jarod! Somehow I'm not surprised, I thought I'd find you if I found her."
"Miss Parker. Where's the rest of the sweeper team?"
"There isn't one. I came alone."
Jarod looked at Miss Parker quizzically, "No sweeper team?"
"Jarod no one at the Centre knows about her, not even Lyle."
"Why?"
"Because I never told anyone."
"Hmm… " Jarod then turned to the other two men in the room and spoke to them, "Detective I need you to take her to the police station and lock her up."
"Uh we can't do that Mr. Trainer, not without a charge," the first man said.
"Look this woman was here to murder Miss Lawson, a federal agent. You can hold her for attempted murder," Jarod looked at Miss Parker as he spoke and saw the shock and anger on her face. Before she could say anything Jarod held up his hand imploring her to not say anything.
The first man turned to the second, "Is that correct 'Mister Smith'?"
'Mister Smith' (who was in fact Deputy Director Steve Daniels) shared a look with Jarod before answering the police detective's question, "Yes we have been tracking this woman for quite some time now since she made threats against Miss Lawson. We actually need you to just hold her in custody until we can arrange for our agents to come get her later this afternoon. This is a sensitive case and we need to handle this quietly."
"Sorry Director but a charge of attempted murder is not a federal case. If I take her we book her."
Daniels then shared another look with Jarod before pulling out a letter from his coat pocket and handing it over to the detective. "This is an order from the President of the United States and the Attorney General stating that anything involving Miss Lawson will be handled federally, and it also requests the cooperation of local law enforcement."
"Okay then, I'll take her downtown and process her."
"Detective can I please ask you to not process her? You see this woman is connected with an organization that can hack into many mainframes, including police records. And if they know that she is here then they will send someone else to find her and also Miss Lawson."
"Fine… I swear all you federal employees and the secrecy." The detective then handcuffed Miss Parker and started to lead her out of the room.
Jarod stopped her and whispered in her ear, "Don't say anything to anyone."
"Jarod what the hell are you doing?"
"Nothing, just don't say anything. I'll come down later."
Miss Parker couldn't say anything, not understanding what was really happening, merely follow the detective that was escorting her away.
Once the two of them were gone Director Daniels turned to Jarod, "Okay what the hell was that all about, attempted murder?"
"Look Steve trust me on this one. Have I ever let you down? Look I'm just trying to help Marie out." "Someday Jarod you and I are going to need to sit down and talk."
"We will, but not now. Come on, let's go check on Marie."
The two men stayed on the hospital floor alternating looking in on Marie. At one point Jarod called Broots and had him go into the Centre mainframe and see if Miss Parker or Lyle had ever mentioned Marie or the fact that Jarod had worked with a woman on several occasions.
At nine in the morning the ringing of his phone awakened Jarod. It was Broots telling him that no mention of Marie or a woman had ever been reported to the Centre. As he was hanging up he saw nurses and doctors running down the hall. Jarod saw them turn into Marie's room and took off after them. When he arrived at the door, he saw that Marie was in cardiac arrest and the medical staff was trying to resuscitate her. Jarod wanted to jump in and help her as well, but he couldn't since he wasn't a 'doctor' then.
After thirty minutes the medical staff ended their attempts at resuscitating her and called the hour of her death.
Jarod and Steve Daniels merely looked on in shock and sadness; their friend was dead.
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A/N: Okay so I lied a little :) Jarod doesn't make a choice but as most of you are happy , I'm sure, Marie is out of the picture at least!
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Blue Cove, Delaware
Friday February 12
Miss Parker sat down on her bed with her drink in one hand and the T.V. remote in the other. Another day had ended without a lead on Jarod, but at least she was still alive thanks to Jarod. She turned on the T.V. and flipped to CNN to catch the news. The second story she heard made her drop her glass on the floor.
"… And today in Chicago a tragedy was averted by the actions of Marie Lawson (a picture is shown of her). Miss Lawson stopped an attempted armed robbery outside of a Lasalle bank in downtown Chicago. When the four armed robbers attacked the armored vehicle Miss Lawson who happened to be in the area took action and shot three of the four attackers fatally, injuring the fourth as well. Miss Lawson was also injured in the attack, her injuries are not known at this time but she is in critical condition. We'll update you more on this story when we have more information. And now on to sports…"
Miss Parker reached for the phone to make flight reservations to Chicago, she wouldn't use Centre transportation this time. A few hours later she was on her way to Chicago to find Marie, and if she was lucky Jarod as well.
Miss Parker arrived into Chicago's airport at midnight, and didn't get to the hospital she figured Marie might have been taken to until two in the morning.
"Where can I find Marie Lawson?"
"I'm sorry we can't give that information out ma'am," the information desk attendant said.
Thinking quickly on her feet she spoke on, "I'm her sister, and I just flew in to be with her. Can you please tell me where I can find her?"
The attendant looked at Miss Parker's face that showed concern and told her that Marie was probably in the ICU ward and that a nurse there would be able to help her. Miss Parker headed off to that ward in search of Marie; once she got there she spoke to a nurse repeating her story. The nurse led her to the outside of the room where Marie was in but forbade her from entering. She also told Miss Parker that Marie had sustained serious wounds and that the next twelve hours would be critical. Miss Parker decided to wait in the lounge, and after an hour fell asleep in the chairs.
At around four in the morning, Jarod showed up at the hospital with three other men. They went directly to Marie's room where Jarod spoke with the floor nurse to get the prognosis, explaining that he was an agent for the NSA, the agency that Marie worked for.
"Oh agent, her sister is here as well. I believe she's sleeping in the lounge down at the end of the hall."
At the mention of a sister Jarod stopped, he knew that Marie was alone- she was an only child and her parents had died several years earlier. "Her sister you say?"
"Yes, her name is…actually I didn't catch a name. She was tall, had brown hair and blue eyes, she'll be the only one in the lounge, it won't be a problem finding her," the nurse said lightly as she returned to her regular duties.
Jarod turned to the three men who were accompanying him and motioned for them to follow him as he continued on toward the lounge. As he got to the entrance of the lounge he looked in and saw Miss Parker asleep on the chairs. 'Damnit, I'm going to have to get Marie out of here soon if Miss Parker is here already, and if she's here then that means the Centre is probably not far behind.' He then turned to the men accompanying him and told them what to do. Jarod left two of the men outside the entrance, the other guarded the door leading to Marie's room, and Jarod headed off to find the nurse to explain the situation to her. After a few minutes of explaining the situation the nurse led Jarod to an empty room, after which she went to the two men outside the lounge and told them where Jarod was.
The two men then entered the lounge and approached Miss Parker. "Ma'am wake up. You're going to have to come with us now."
Miss Parker wearily opened her eyes and processed what the man had said and continued on in a cold fashion, "What? What's going on?"
"You're going to have to come with us please," one of the men told her as they both reached down and grabbed one of her arms. At this point she was now fully awake and tried to reach for her gun in the small of her back but was prevented by the two men who held her arms and hands firmly as they removed her gun. "Now if you'll just come with us please." With no gun now Miss Parker let herself be led away by the two men into the empty room where Jarod was waiting.
"Jarod! Somehow I'm not surprised, I thought I'd find you if I found her."
"Miss Parker. Where's the rest of the sweeper team?"
"There isn't one. I came alone."
Jarod looked at Miss Parker quizzically, "No sweeper team?"
"Jarod no one at the Centre knows about her, not even Lyle."
"Why?"
"Because I never told anyone."
"Hmm… " Jarod then turned to the other two men in the room and spoke to them, "Detective I need you to take her to the police station and lock her up."
"Uh we can't do that Mr. Trainer, not without a charge," the first man said.
"Look this woman was here to murder Miss Lawson, a federal agent. You can hold her for attempted murder," Jarod looked at Miss Parker as he spoke and saw the shock and anger on her face. Before she could say anything Jarod held up his hand imploring her to not say anything.
The first man turned to the second, "Is that correct 'Mister Smith'?"
'Mister Smith' (who was in fact Deputy Director Steve Daniels) shared a look with Jarod before answering the police detective's question, "Yes we have been tracking this woman for quite some time now since she made threats against Miss Lawson. We actually need you to just hold her in custody until we can arrange for our agents to come get her later this afternoon. This is a sensitive case and we need to handle this quietly."
"Sorry Director but a charge of attempted murder is not a federal case. If I take her we book her."
Daniels then shared another look with Jarod before pulling out a letter from his coat pocket and handing it over to the detective. "This is an order from the President of the United States and the Attorney General stating that anything involving Miss Lawson will be handled federally, and it also requests the cooperation of local law enforcement."
"Okay then, I'll take her downtown and process her."
"Detective can I please ask you to not process her? You see this woman is connected with an organization that can hack into many mainframes, including police records. And if they know that she is here then they will send someone else to find her and also Miss Lawson."
"Fine… I swear all you federal employees and the secrecy." The detective then handcuffed Miss Parker and started to lead her out of the room.
Jarod stopped her and whispered in her ear, "Don't say anything to anyone."
"Jarod what the hell are you doing?"
"Nothing, just don't say anything. I'll come down later."
Miss Parker couldn't say anything, not understanding what was really happening, merely follow the detective that was escorting her away.
Once the two of them were gone Director Daniels turned to Jarod, "Okay what the hell was that all about, attempted murder?"
"Look Steve trust me on this one. Have I ever let you down? Look I'm just trying to help Marie out." "Someday Jarod you and I are going to need to sit down and talk."
"We will, but not now. Come on, let's go check on Marie."
The two men stayed on the hospital floor alternating looking in on Marie. At one point Jarod called Broots and had him go into the Centre mainframe and see if Miss Parker or Lyle had ever mentioned Marie or the fact that Jarod had worked with a woman on several occasions.
At nine in the morning the ringing of his phone awakened Jarod. It was Broots telling him that no mention of Marie or a woman had ever been reported to the Centre. As he was hanging up he saw nurses and doctors running down the hall. Jarod saw them turn into Marie's room and took off after them. When he arrived at the door, he saw that Marie was in cardiac arrest and the medical staff was trying to resuscitate her. Jarod wanted to jump in and help her as well, but he couldn't since he wasn't a 'doctor' then.
After thirty minutes the medical staff ended their attempts at resuscitating her and called the hour of her death.
Jarod and Steve Daniels merely looked on in shock and sadness; their friend was dead.
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A/N: Okay so I lied a little :) Jarod doesn't make a choice but as most of you are happy , I'm sure, Marie is out of the picture at least!
