Surprises
By: Wee-hoo

Summary: Lyle does something no one could ever imagine. Slash warning! After IOTH.

Disclaimer: I don't own them and won't get paid and so on.

NEW YORK OUTSIDE JAROD'S APARTMENT

Lyle is standing outside the door with his gun drawn. He is certain that Jarod is in there, he is also certain that he doesn't know that he's about to be dragged back to the Centre. He takes a deep breath and kicks in the door and trains the gun on Jarod's head.

"Freeze or I will be forced to shoot you," Lyle warns walking inside and closes the door with one hand as the other is still trained at his prey. Jarod looks around trying to find a way to escape, but stands still.

"How did you find me?" he asks.

"Surprise huh? I am on my vacation and I saw you walking across the street, so I decided to follow you," Lyle answers with a grin and walks up to the man and puts his cuffs on him. Jarod tries to get away but it seems hopeless.

"Vacation? Does that mean that you don't have any sweepers with you?" Jarod asks hopefully.

"Yes. But I wouldn't try anything stupid if I were you. I have more control than anyone in the Centre knows about."

"What are you talking about?" Jarod asks confused. He sees Lyle smile again as he puts his gun down.

"For a genius you're not that smart. You know about most of my childhood. But you have no idea what my family really did to make me the way I am do you Jarod?" Lyle asks and grabs Jarod and leads him to the sofa where they sit down. Jarod gives the younger man a curious look.

"Your adoptive father locked you in a shed; it couldn't have been that bad?" Jarod says. Lyle tenses his jaw in anger.

"You know nothing about pain. Not like I do. You have no idea how it is to look back at your life and hate what you have become. You don't know how it's like to..." he suddenly stops and drags Jarod outside to the car. Jarod throws him a surprised look. He realizes the great opportunity to understand a little more about the great mysteries in Lyle's life. Lyle gets in the car and starts it. When they have been driving for awhile Jarod notices that they're driving further away from the Centre. He throws Lyle a worried glance but he doesn't seem to notice.

"Where are we going?" Jarod asks anxiously, almost afraid to ask. Lyle looks at him quickly.

"I am not going to throw away my vacation just to give you back to the Centre. I just got out of that hell and I'm not ready to sacrifice my spare time in it," he answers and Jarod is stunned.

TWO HOURS LATER A RENTED CABIN

Lyle is pacing around the living room looking to see if it is really safe. Jarod is sitting on the sofa following him with his eyes. He had no idea that Lyle was this paranoid, he had been walking around the cabin five times all ready. Checking both the inside and the outside, Jarod is getting exhausted just looking at him.

"Lyle, could you please stop? You're giving me a headache," he whines. Lyle looks at him as if he has completely forgotten he wasn't alone. He sits down next to Jarod but soon gets up to check the bedrooms again. Jarod sighs slightly annoyed. When Lyle gets back his eyes dart around the room and then rests on Jarod. He finally relaxes and walks over to his prisoner's side. Jarod looks at him and gives him a small smile to calm him down, Lyle smiles back. He soon realizes what he's doing and stops. He gets up and walks over to the window.

"I love you," he whispers but Jarod hears him and stares at the man in disbelief.

"What!?" he exclaims. Lyle turns to face him.

"I love you. I don't know why, I don't know when it started. I just know that I love you and you can never love me back. That is why I hate you. I love you, but hate that you will never love me back," he repeats and silent tears is running down his face. He furiously wipes them away. Jarod can't believe what he's hearing he just stares at his worst enemy and soon realizes that he is shaking.

"Sit down you are shaking. I don't know what you want me to say Lyle," he says and watches Lyle walk over to him and sit down. Lyle just shakes his head.

"Nothing. You love my sister and she loves you. I want my sister to be happy Jarod. Why haven't you taken her away? You should've taken her away before either of you ever heard of me. Everything would have been easier. I have to stop loving you and the only way to accomplish that is to remove you from my life," Lyle says with a sad voice. Jarod turns to him in horror.

"You're going to kill me?" he asks in a shaky voice. Lyle throws him a look of disbelief and shakes his head violently.

"Of course not. What kind of a monster do you think I am? Wait don't answer that. No Jarod I'm not going to kill you. I will help you get my sister away from that place. If you just give me one thing," he answers. Jarod makes a sigh of relief.

"And that would be?" he asks with a hint of worry.

"Your promise to never come back to Blue Cove. Leave and never look back. I'll even help to get Sydney and the others out, just promise me you'll never come back," Lyle says in a pleading voice.

"I can't promise that. Miss Parker and the others might want to come back," he answers surprised as to why Lyle would want to do something like that.

"Why would they want to come back? They have nothing to come back to."

"Miss Parker has her brother there."

"Raines have given me all the authority over the baby; I can easily give her custody over him."

"What about you?" Jarod asks.

"Me? I'll hold up the sweepers so you can get away."

"No. I can't let you do that. It will be suicide mission," Jarod says upset.

"Jarod, you never liked me. Why would you care? Besides, I can't come with you. That would destroy the reason why you are leaving in the first place."

"It won't do any good to sacrifice yourself to the Centre like that," Jarod tries to reason with the man. But he just starts laughing.

"Jarod, I will die in the Centre no matter how hard I try not to. Whatever you do someone will hate you for it. You can't satisfy everyone," he says in a cheerless voice. Jarod knows he can't say anything to change Lyle's mind. He sighs but then remembers that he will leave the Centre behind forever with Miss Parker. He doesn't feel as happy as he thought he would be. He stares at Lyle as he uncuffs him and walk away to let Jarod think about what had been said.

NEXT DAY THE CABIN

Jarod is just waking up from a wonderful dream where he dreamt that he and Miss Parker had a happy life together. But something is bothering him. He just doesn't know what. He shrugs it off and gets out of bed, figuring that if it is important it will come back to him sooner or later. When he gets out of his room he sees Lyle in the kitchen making breakfast. Lyle turns around and looks at Jarod for a few seconds.

"Have you made your decision yet?" he asks slightly impatient and nervous.

"Yes. Let's come up with a plan to get them out," Jarod answers with a smile. Lyle smiles at him and puts the breakfast on the table.

TWO DAYS LATER THE CABIN

Jarod and Lyle have been working on a plan for the past two days. Jarod has preformed Sim's for different plans they have come up with. There was only one plan that wouldn't result in Lyle's death. But they disregarded that idea when they realized Miss Parker would be killed instead. They chose the idea that would include the shortest torture for Lyle.

"Let's go. We have to get Parker's agreement before we do anything drastic," Jarod says and they start to pack the car.

A FEW HOURS LATER BLUE COVE, DELAWARE MISS PARKER'S HOUSE

Lyle and Jarod is sitting and talking to Miss Parker about the plan to leave the Centre. Miss Parker looks very cynical.

"Why would you want to help me?" she asks looking straight at Lyle. Lyle looks at Jarod with hidden love in his eyes. Miss Parker recognizes the look and stares at him in shock.

"You're in love with him?" they say at the same time. Lyle as a statement and Miss Parker as a question. They stare at each other and smiles. Lyle nods his head silently and Miss Parker nods back in understanding. Jarod is looking at the two twins and smiles softly. They start to go over the plan and when they are done they decide that Jarod will stay at Miss Parker's house for the night. Lyle hugs his sister goodbye and shakes hands with Jarod who pulls him into a hug instead.

"You'll die in the morning. So you might as well die knowing that you will be greatly missed," Jarod whispers in his ear. They had decided not to tell Miss Parker that Lyle wouldn't survive, she probably wouldn't go through with the plan if they did. Lyle thanks him and leaves.

THE NEXT DAY THE CENTRE MISS PARKER'S OFFICE

Sydney and Broots are sitting waiting for Lyle and Miss Parker. They had been down at the infirmary to get the baby. Broots has just finished deleting all their information on Jarod and the baby when Lyle comes barging through the door.

"It's now or never. Let's go," he says and turns around expecting them to follow him.

"Broots?" Miss Parker says behind him holding the little baby in her arms.

"I'm done."

"Come on then let's go," Miss Parker says and they head out the door. Lyle is walking first and then Miss Parker holding the baby and behind her Sydney and Broots. When they walk past the last ventilation shaft Angelo creeps out and grabs Miss Parker's hand, she smiles at him.

"Where do you think you are going?" Raines wheezes behind them. Neither of them turns around. They manage to get out the front door and out to the cars before Raines appears behind them with ten sweepers. Jarod drives up to them and climbs out of the car waving for them to come. Angelo runs to him with a smile on his face and climbs into the back of the car. Lyle turns around and points his gun at Raines head Miss Parker and the others get to the car.

"If any of you touch your guns or tries to go after them I will shoot Raines," Lyle warns. The sweepers are looking at their boss who shakes his head. They stand and wait for new directions. Raines stares straight into Lyle's eyes.

"I thought you were strong. I thought you were loyal to the Centre."

"Well you thought wrong. Leave," he says over his shoulder and Jarod starts driving.

Five minutes later Lyle is certain that the others are somewhere safe. He pulls the trigger and Raines tries to dodge the bullet, but it hits him in the shoulder. He grunts in pain and motions for the sweepers to get Lyle. Willie helps his boss to his feet as three of the others grabs Lyle and takes his gun away. Lyle doesn't even try to fight he just stares at the old man in front of him.

"Kill him. Slowly," Raines orders coldly walking inside to the Infirmary. Willie follows him silently with a twisted smile on his lips. Lyle looks around and sees that there are four sweepers left; one of them is holding a tire iron. The sweeper holding it has a sick smile on his face and he swings it straight in Lyle's face. He feels his right eyelid tear as well as the skin around it. He falls to the ground screaming in agony. The sweepers start to laugh and start to kick him. Soon he can't feel anything, he sees the sweepers kicking and hitting him but he can't feel it. He has trouble breathing after all the kicks to his chest and stomach. He hopes that his life will come to an end quickly.