A/N: So, I am a huge Pretender fan and I can't stand how everything was left so open in the show. I don't know if this is going to be any good whatsoever, but I thought I'd come up with some kind of closure. This is kind of 'out there', even for a Pretender plot line, but I figured hey, it's Fanfiction! Let me know if you like this so far by reading and reviewing. This is just the prologue and I will be posting chapter one soon. If you think this is a bit too far out there, just let me know, I have a few other possibilities for other stories.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Pretender (sadly I'm not that awesome) and I probably don't own a lot of other stuff in this story. The only thing I do own will be my original characters and ideas.

PROLOGUE

Ever since Raines and Lyle had taken over the Centre things had gotten even worse. It had been around three months since the fated events that led up to this takeover. At first, Raines and Lyle had been on the war path to find Jarrod again, but after only a week the activity started to die down. Miss Parker hadn't received another call from Jarrod since she had been back. Both Sydney and Broots also swore that they hadn't heard a word from him. Miss Parker only believed this because she could see the worry on Sydney's face almost every day.

It was strange how there had been such a big commotion about getting Jarrod back in the beginning and then having it putter out. As of almost two months ago both Raines and Lyle had become very quiet and secretive. Miss Parker knew that they were up to something, but she didn't what. She figured that she would find out soon enough, but she had an eerie feeling. Like it was something she knew that she wasn't going to like.

No matter how hard she tried, Miss Parker just couldn't stop seeing little things everywhere she went. Once she had seen a woman at a farmer's market looking at blackberries. She had been wearing cute little flats with dark jeans, a pink turtleneck, and a cream colored jacket. She had her warm, light brown hair pinned messily up with a clip, and tendrils were falling down from the back and around her face. Her face was quite beautiful, especially with her cheeks and the tip of her nose just a bit pink in the chilly air. She looked like a cute little girl next door type.

A young man came walking up behind her and slipped his arms around her waist. He was as good looking as the woman was. Short, but not cropped dark blond hair with a handsome face. He was wearing dark jeans too with brown shoes and a cream colored wool sweater. The lady had jumped slightly, making him smile, before she slapped his arm slightly. She had craned her neck around to smile back at him and kiss him tenderly, making her smile even brighter.

When Miss Parker saw this she had stopped and just stared, something welling up in her head and chest. She moved to the bin across from where they were standing so she could listen in. Miss Parker told herself that she was just looking at the peaches, but she really just wanted to have what they had. She wanted to listen to the two of them with each other and hope it could help to fill the hole she was now feeling. It hadn't helped, it had only made the hole grow larger. They were so cute together, so in love.

Miss Parker would never admit it, but she had felt like that only a few weeks prior, while she was secluded with a man she was supposed to hate. However, he had been there to comfort her and make her feel safe, and good, and whole. At least for one, too short, night until she resumed her hard posterior and decided to forget it had ever happened. She wanted to not forget, to pretend she didn't have to go back to the Centre with him in toe. But it didn't work that way, she couldn't let herself have these feelings for him. Even if he felt the same about her and she had to hurt him. That's what her life was about, hurting him, the one person always there to help in her times of need.

The only thing besides Raines and Lyle that was a bit strange was the lack of Jarrod. Usually he taunted the Centre, trying to piss them off by leaving little annoyingly unhelpful clues. However this time he was staying low profile. Miss Parker also hadn't been feeling quite up to par since shortly after returning from the island. She figured she had caught something while on the island. Hell, she had been in near freezing temperatures with ice cold rain pouring down soaking her clothes for most of the time! It would have been amazing if she hadn't caught something.

When after almost a month and a half Miss Parker had barely heard a peep from Raines or Lyle about finding Jarrod she began to get suspicious about what they were up to. She asked Sydney and Broots if they knew anything about it but they, of course, had heard nothing. Still, Broots said he would look into it and see if he could find something. Miss Parker asked him to go clear back to a month before Raines had been in charge. Broots had groaned but obliged her.

It wasn't until two weeks later that he even found the slightest hint of anything. When Miss Parker asked him what he had found Broots only said that he didn't really know. The files he had retrieved had been highly encrypted and it would take a while to restore them. However he did know that the time and date stamp on one of them was from the day that they had returned from the island. The others were from just a few weeks ago up to the present. Broots told her that it was going to take at least another two weeks to recover the video. Miss Parker wasn't exactly happy, but she didn't have much of a choice in the matter.

It was finally the day that Broots said he would have the video ready, and Miss Parker was walking across the lobby to her office to await his call. As she neared her door she saw both Raines and Lyle head out of Raines' office and they were accompanied by a young man. One that Miss Parker had never laid eyes on before.

He was just over six feet tall and built like some kind of Greek god. His features lent to this description as well. His face was looked chiseled with his high cheek bones and square jaw. Yet it was still soft and boyishly handsome. He had quite dark brown hair that was cut short, but with enough length to see the soft waves it formed as it fell just over his ears. His eyes were a bright medium brown, almost like the color of weak coffee and they were swirled with a light blue-green. The lashed that surrounded those intense eyes were long and black, so much so you might think that he wore mascara. He wore a clean black suit with a light blue dress shirt and black tie.

Miss Parker watched the trio as they walked past her. Neither Raines nor Lyle made any kind of acknowledging gesture as they passed. The young man however looked at her out of the corner of his eye. He smiled at her and gave a nod before disappearing into the elevators with the other two. Miss Parker didn't know what it about him, but she got mixed feelings of dread and familiarity. As she stood staring at the now empty spot he had occupied she almost missed the ringing phone in her office. She quickly opened her door and ran to pick up the receiver.

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PREVIEW OF CHAPTER ONE:

"What?" she asked, picking up the phone.

"The videos are ready and I found something else. I got something from yesterday that hadn't been encrypted yet. I think you're really going to want to see these." said Broots, sounding really excited.

"Lay off the caffeine Broots, you're starting to sound like a fast forwarding recording. I'm on my way down." said Miss Parker, hanging the receiver up.