Katie
Chapter two
13.00 MR. PARKER'S OFFICE
"Katie this is Mr. Parker, your grandfather," Lyle says staring at his father warning him to try anything.
"Katie likes grandpa, Katie want up," she says smiling at him. Mr. Parker smiles back and puts her on his desk. Lyle takes a cautious step forward to prevent him from doing something wrong. Katie seems perfectly happy so he relaxes a bit. Just then the door is opened and Raines walks inside. Lyle is immediately places himself between Raines and Katie. Mr. Parker gets up and narrows his eyes at Raines.
"What do you want?" Mr. Parker says with disdain. Raines gives him an angry look.
"Lyle has been jeopardizing Centre security when he brought that brat in here."
"I thought I told you to never call her a brat ever again," Lyle says in a low growl and takes a threatening step towards the other man.
"Step down Lyle. I want to know what he wants," Mr. Parker says. Lyle takes a hesitant step back but not without growling.
"Speak."
"He brings a child, his own child for that matter, in to the Centre and lets her run around on her own. Who knows what she could see? Besides when she gets to school she might tell her friends about this place and that could be dangerous. I think you should put me in charge over her upbringing," Raines says with a smug smile.
"You wheezing little scumbag! If you ever put your finger on her, I will come down on you so fast that you won't know what hit you," Lyle threatens. Mr. Parker walks in front of him staring Raines straight in the eye and narrows his eyes.
"I wouldn't do anything to that child; if you do, you will have the whole Parker family on you. And it won't be pretty. Now leave," Mr. Parker says and sees Raines smile disappear. Raines throws him a look of pure disgust before he leaves. Lyle looks at his father surprised.
"What? I'll do anything to protect my family," Mr. Parker says to his son with a smile.
"I'm still not sure I trust you, but I will let you spend time with her."
"Thank you Lyle. I would like it very much if I could spend time with you as well," Mr. Parker says, Lyle nods hesitantly.
"Sure. When I have the time. If she agrees you can take care of her for awhile," Lyle says and looks at the happy look his father gives him.
"That would be great."
"Katie. Would you like to stay with grandpa while I go to take care of some business?" Lyle asks and smiles at his daughter.
"Aha. Katie would like that, Grandpa nice," Katie says with a smile. Lyle places a kiss on her forehead and turns to his father with a dangerous look in his eyes.
"If you take her near Raines I'll kill you, if you do anything to hurt her I'll kill you, if you talk about her mother I'll kill you. Got it?" Lyle orders. Mr. Parker can see the grief in his eyes when he talks about Katie's mother. It makes him wonder if Lyle should talk to a shrink, but he doesn't suggest it, he knows that Lyle hates shrinks.
"I understand."
"Good, if she wants me I'll either be in my office, Miss Parker's or with Broots or Sydney," he says and leaves the office. Mr. Parker turns to Katie and smiles at her. She happily smiles back.
A FEW MINUTES LATER SYDNEY'S OFFICE
Miss Parker, Sydney, Broots and Lyle are standing around the latest clue from Jarod. It is a photo album, with a picture of Sydney, Miss Parker and Broots standing staring at something. There is also a picture of Lyle, Katie and Katie's mother. When Lyle sees that picture he clenches his fists and grits his teeth in anger.
"Who is she?" Miss Parker asks thinking that she already knows the answer.
"Sheila. Katie's mother. How can he know about this? We took every precaution we could. I don't understand," he says in a voice full with mixed emotions. Miss Parker looks at him with sad eyes.
"I'm so sorry Lyle. She was beautiful, I wish I could have met her," she says. Lyle stares at her with sadness filling him.
"So do I. I loved her more than I ever thought possible. I swear to God, if LabRat even thinks something about taking Katie away from me. I'll kill him," he says in anger. He suddenly hears something behind him and turns around just in time to see Katie and his father rushing inside.
"What's wrong?" he asks his father as he picks a crying Katie up.
"I'm not sure. She suddenly started screaming that her daddy was hurting, so we went to look for you and she started to run in this direction. I'm not as young as I used to be," he answers a bit winded. Lyle nods and looks at Katie.
"Sweetie, it's okay," he says in a soothing manner. Katie keeps sniveling into his neck. Mr. Parker and the others feel like they are intruding on them. Soon they can all see that Lyle is about to break down but he tries to be strong for his daughter. Miss Parker walks up to them knowing what she has to do. She has to talk to Katie about how she felt when her mother died, her Inner Sense told her to.
"Katie. Is it okay if you and I go to talk?" she asks hesitantly. Katie finally looks up from Lyle's neck and nods. She can feel that it will be good for her, and her father. Lyle hands her over to Parker and smiles in gratitude. Parker smiles back.
"Broots. Turn off the cameras in my office," she orders and leaves without another word. Broots glances at Mr. Parker who only nods his agreement. Broots immediately starts to work. Lyle sits down and puts his face in his hands and sighs deeply. Mr. Parker walks up to him and places a hand on his shoulder. Lyle looks up at him and Mr. Parker notices for the first time that Lyle looks several years older. He can't believe how long his son has been in this sort of pain and being so good in hiding it. He keeps wishing that Lyle had confided in him, that his son would have told him that he had a child.
"I keep hoping it's a nightmare. That I'll wake up and see her sleeping next to me. With that sweet smile as she looks up at me, her sweet voice as she says good morning, the look on her face when Katie runs inside whining for us to get up. The way she surrendered and helped Katie drag me out of the bed. I still remember the smell she had before she put on her perfume. Her eyes that feared my anger and rejection when she told me that she was pregnant, the relief in them when I told her that I loved her and would never leave. The tears of joy when I asked her to..." his voice cracks up and his gaze drifts to the floor. Sydney looks at Mr. Parker and nods at the unasked question. Mr. Parker grabs a chair and sits down in front of his son.
"What did you ask her?" he asks pleading him to continue. Lyle gets a far away look on his face as he relives his memory.
"I asked her to marry me. She said yes, it was the sweetest word I'd ever heard her say. We got married two days later; Katie was just a baby then. I couldn't understand how someone like her could love a monster like me," he says close to tears.
"Lyle you are not a monster. You're my son; you have a beautiful little daughter who needs you. You have to get through this, for her. And for yourself. You have family and friends who will help you, I will help you get through this. Whenever you need to talk I'll be there, you can ask your sister to take care of Katie, she'll understand," Mr. Parker says and looks straight in to his eyes. Lyle nods and chokes back a sob Mr. Parker immediately puts his arms around him. Lyle hesitantly hugs him back and lets his tears flow freely. Sydney and Broots focuses on work to not interfere.
TWO HOURS LATER
Miss Parker and Katie walks through the door just in time to see Lyle and Mr. Parker end their embrace. Miss Parker smiles at Katie who tiredly smiles back. They walk further in the room and Katie rushes over to her father.
"Hey sweetie. Did you have a nice conversation with Parker?" Lyle asks with a little smile.
"Katie feels better. Auntie Parker is nice. Katie likes her," she answers with a smile.
"I'm glad. And you are tired," he says knowing the look on her face. Katie shakes her head violently then she yawns. Lyle gives her a look that clearly shows that he doesn't believe her.
"Yeah, right. We are going to my office so you can sleep on the couch, no arguments," he says and picks her up. He turns to the others.
"Thanks," he says, to both Miss Parker and his father. They smile at him and he leaves. Miss Parker turns to her father.
"She's so cute. She understands more than I did at that age," she says.
"I wonder who Sheila really was. And how she managed to melt his heart," her father says still looking at the door. Broots starts to hack into the camera in Miss Parker's office to turn it back on.
ONE HOUR LATER MR. RAINES OFFICE
"Willie, I need you to do something for me," Raines says in a voice not open for objections.
"Yes sir?"
"Tonight you are going to Mr. Lyle's apartment and bring the kid to SL-27," he orders. Willie looks at him without emotion.
"Yes sir," he says and Raines dismisses him with a wave of his hand and he leaves.
MEANWHILE MISS PARKER'S OFFICE
"Angel?" Mr. Parker says and Miss Parker looks up at him.
"Yes daddy?" she says and stands up.
"Are you free for dinner tonight?"
"Yes I am. Are Lyle and Katie coming to?" she asks hopefully.
"I hope so. I thought we could invite Sydney and Mr. Broots as well," he says. Miss Parker looks at him surprised.
"That would be great. It would give Katie a chance to meet Debbie," she says with a smile.
"Why don't we go ask them? I'll ask Lyle and you can go ask Sydney and Mr. Broots."
"Sure."
LATER AT NIGHT LYLE'S HOUSE
Lyle and Katie are just walking through the door. Well Lyle is walking, Katie is being carried.
"You seemed to be having a great time with Debbie tonight," Lyle says and Katie smiles at him.
"Aha. Debbie funny. Katie meet Debbie again?" she asks in a pleading voice.
"Well, I'll have to ask Broots about that, but if he agrees, there shouldn't be a problem," he answers with a smile. His smile fades as he has a strange feeling that something is wrong. Katie feels it to and whimpers.
"Go over to the couch sweetie," Lyle says and puts her down and gets his gun out. Katie does as he says and sits down in the couch watching his every move. She suddenly sees a black man behind her father with a gun. She starts to scream which causes Lyle to turn around and aim his gun at the man. The man hits his gun in Lyle's head and he manages to pull the trigger and then he falls down to the floor unconscious. The last thing he hears is Katie screaming.
"Damn. The bastard shot me, come here little girl," Willie says and grabs the little girl with his good arm and walks out of the house despite her screams and cries.
THE NEXT DAY
Miss Parker walks up to the door and sees that it's wide open. She gets her gun out and sneaks in. She sees Lyle lying on the floor with a little blood running down from a wound in his forehead. She gasps and walks over to him and tries to wake him up.
"Lyle come on. Wake up," she pleads and sighs in relief as his eyes flutters open. He makes a little whimper and suddenly remembers.
"Katie," he manages to choke out and Miss Parker immediately gets up and starts to look for her. A few minutes later she gets back and sees that Lyle has managed to get to the couch.
"I can't find her. I'm sorry," she says and Lyle places his face in his hands. After awhile he looks up sharply.
"Willie," he growls and narrows his eyes and starts to get up but gets dizzy and has to sit back down.
"Willie? Why would Willie take Katie?" Miss Parker asks and immediately understands.
"I will kill him," Lyle growls and starts to get up again but Parker holds him down.
"You won't be able to help her if you don't take care of this first," she says and motions to his head. He sighs but nods his agreement. Parker goes to the kitchen and brings out some ice from the freezer and crushes it in a towel. She gets back to Lyle and places it on his head he groans and tries to move away.
"Sit still."
"It hurts," he says angrily. Miss Parker sighs.
"It must have hurt more to be knocked out in the first place," she says.
"Whatever. Just get this over with. I need to get to the Centre," he says and Miss Parker can feel that he has gone into complete Mr. Lyle mode, ten times worse then he is usually.
TWO DAYS LATER THE CENTRE MR. PARKER'S OFFICE
"Lyle be reasonable, we don't know..." Mr. Parker starts but gets interrupted by the look in his sons eyes. They have been searching nonstop for Katie, Willie and Raines for the last couple of days.
"I know what I need to. Willie took my daughter away from me. That is more then enough reason to kill him," Lyle says in a cold voice that makes Mr. Parker shudder.
"Are you sure that it was Willie?" he asks carefully.
"Yes I am."
"Okay then," Mr. Parker says and leaves his office with his two children behind him. Everyone meeting them knows something big is going on and quickly gets out of the way. Those who are to late retrieves angry glares from the trio and the poor souls starts to run away. The wound on Lyle's forehead doesn't make him any easier to deal with, it's actually the opposite. They almost run into Cox and they have to stop. They all glare at him but he doesn't seem to care.
"Mr. Parker we seem to have found Mr. Raines," he says and gets the trios attention.
"Where?" Mr. Parker asks annoyed.
"He snuck in and barricaded himself down in SL-27," Cox answers and notices the dark look on Lyle's face. Miss Parker sees it as well and knows his about to get out of control. And she doesn't know how to stop him.
"Thank you Cox. I'll take care of it," Mr. Parker answers and Cox moves out of the way. They walk into the elevator and Miss Parker presses the button for SL-27. When they arrive they see Willie and two other sweepers standing outside one of the doors with their guns drawn. The trio gets out of the elevator and walks up to the sweepers.
"What's going on in there?" Miss Parker asks in an overly sweet tone. One of the sweepers smiles at her.
"Nothing that involves any of you," he says and receives a bullet from Lyle's gun.
"Wrong answer," Miss Parker says with a shrug and clicks the safety off her gun and points it to the other sweepers.
"Anyone else that wants to try?" she asks. Willie shakes his head and the other sweeper stares in shock as Mr. Parker shoots him in the head. Lyle stares at the last sweeper. The sweeper looks at him and swallows hard before he shakes his head; Lyle looks at Miss Parker and raises an eyebrow as if to ask if she wants her turn. She smiles evilly and pulls the trigger sending the sweeper next to his friends all of them with a bullet between their eyes. They walk over to the door but it's locked. Lyle takes a small step back and the others move away from the door as Lyle kicks it open. Inside they find Raines staring at them.
"Where is Katie?" Mr. Parker asks.
"How would I know? It's not my kid," Raines answers and everyone in the room can see the hate filling Lyle and he puts his gun in its holster, which is never a good sign when he is that angry.
"Mr. Raines. If you don't tell me where she is I'll let you be alone with Mr. Lyle for awhile," Miss Parker says. Raines looks at her worriedly and then he looks at Lyle and swallows loudly. And he starts to laugh.
"What is so god damn funny?"
"You are. Do you really think I'm that stupid? If you kill me you'll never know where she is," he says with a smile.
"Who said anything about killing you? I have many ways to break a man, and you aren't even a man so this will be easy," Lyle says and Raines looks petrified.
"She's in Willie's basement," he mumbles and Lyle walks up to him and cuffs him and pushes him in front of them as they're going to Willie's basement.
TEN MINUTES LATER WILLIE'S BASEMENT
"Where?" Lyle asks. Raines nods towards a corner and Miss Parker walks over and sees Katie shackled to the wall crying and is curled up in to a tight little ball not seeing anything.
"Lyle..." she says and as he walks over she can feel the rage grow inside her. When Lyle sees Katie he abruptly turns around and stares at Raines hatefully.
"What did you do to her?" he growls. Mr. Parker gives him a strange look and as he sees Katie he can barely control himself.
"I didn't want her to run away, so Willie shackled her to the wall. And oh yeah, he also told her that you're dead," Raines says with a smile. Lyle hits him in the face and he falls to the floor with a loud thud.
"Where are the keys?" Mr. Parker asks.
"I don't remember," he answers thinking it will save his life but instead it serves him two other punches. One from Lyle and one from Miss Parker.
"The hook by the door," he says with blood trickling down from a split lip. Mr. Parker goes and gets the key and hands it to Lyle who walks over and touches Katie's shoulder before releasing the shackles. She looks up at him sadly and gasps as she sees him. When she is freed she throws her arms around him.
"They told me you were dead," she cries. Lyle looks shocked as he realizes what she said.
"What did you say?" he asks in surprise.
"They told me you were dead. I love you," she replies. Lyle looks at her and sees a big bruise forming under her left eye; Lyle gets to his feet and passes her over to his father.
"Take her outside daddy. We'll be right out," he says and Parker sees the look in his eyes. He is seriously pissed off; she looks at Katie in a better light and instantly knows what is wrong. Mr. Parker nods and takes Katie outside.
Chapter two
13.00 MR. PARKER'S OFFICE
"Katie this is Mr. Parker, your grandfather," Lyle says staring at his father warning him to try anything.
"Katie likes grandpa, Katie want up," she says smiling at him. Mr. Parker smiles back and puts her on his desk. Lyle takes a cautious step forward to prevent him from doing something wrong. Katie seems perfectly happy so he relaxes a bit. Just then the door is opened and Raines walks inside. Lyle is immediately places himself between Raines and Katie. Mr. Parker gets up and narrows his eyes at Raines.
"What do you want?" Mr. Parker says with disdain. Raines gives him an angry look.
"Lyle has been jeopardizing Centre security when he brought that brat in here."
"I thought I told you to never call her a brat ever again," Lyle says in a low growl and takes a threatening step towards the other man.
"Step down Lyle. I want to know what he wants," Mr. Parker says. Lyle takes a hesitant step back but not without growling.
"Speak."
"He brings a child, his own child for that matter, in to the Centre and lets her run around on her own. Who knows what she could see? Besides when she gets to school she might tell her friends about this place and that could be dangerous. I think you should put me in charge over her upbringing," Raines says with a smug smile.
"You wheezing little scumbag! If you ever put your finger on her, I will come down on you so fast that you won't know what hit you," Lyle threatens. Mr. Parker walks in front of him staring Raines straight in the eye and narrows his eyes.
"I wouldn't do anything to that child; if you do, you will have the whole Parker family on you. And it won't be pretty. Now leave," Mr. Parker says and sees Raines smile disappear. Raines throws him a look of pure disgust before he leaves. Lyle looks at his father surprised.
"What? I'll do anything to protect my family," Mr. Parker says to his son with a smile.
"I'm still not sure I trust you, but I will let you spend time with her."
"Thank you Lyle. I would like it very much if I could spend time with you as well," Mr. Parker says, Lyle nods hesitantly.
"Sure. When I have the time. If she agrees you can take care of her for awhile," Lyle says and looks at the happy look his father gives him.
"That would be great."
"Katie. Would you like to stay with grandpa while I go to take care of some business?" Lyle asks and smiles at his daughter.
"Aha. Katie would like that, Grandpa nice," Katie says with a smile. Lyle places a kiss on her forehead and turns to his father with a dangerous look in his eyes.
"If you take her near Raines I'll kill you, if you do anything to hurt her I'll kill you, if you talk about her mother I'll kill you. Got it?" Lyle orders. Mr. Parker can see the grief in his eyes when he talks about Katie's mother. It makes him wonder if Lyle should talk to a shrink, but he doesn't suggest it, he knows that Lyle hates shrinks.
"I understand."
"Good, if she wants me I'll either be in my office, Miss Parker's or with Broots or Sydney," he says and leaves the office. Mr. Parker turns to Katie and smiles at her. She happily smiles back.
A FEW MINUTES LATER SYDNEY'S OFFICE
Miss Parker, Sydney, Broots and Lyle are standing around the latest clue from Jarod. It is a photo album, with a picture of Sydney, Miss Parker and Broots standing staring at something. There is also a picture of Lyle, Katie and Katie's mother. When Lyle sees that picture he clenches his fists and grits his teeth in anger.
"Who is she?" Miss Parker asks thinking that she already knows the answer.
"Sheila. Katie's mother. How can he know about this? We took every precaution we could. I don't understand," he says in a voice full with mixed emotions. Miss Parker looks at him with sad eyes.
"I'm so sorry Lyle. She was beautiful, I wish I could have met her," she says. Lyle stares at her with sadness filling him.
"So do I. I loved her more than I ever thought possible. I swear to God, if LabRat even thinks something about taking Katie away from me. I'll kill him," he says in anger. He suddenly hears something behind him and turns around just in time to see Katie and his father rushing inside.
"What's wrong?" he asks his father as he picks a crying Katie up.
"I'm not sure. She suddenly started screaming that her daddy was hurting, so we went to look for you and she started to run in this direction. I'm not as young as I used to be," he answers a bit winded. Lyle nods and looks at Katie.
"Sweetie, it's okay," he says in a soothing manner. Katie keeps sniveling into his neck. Mr. Parker and the others feel like they are intruding on them. Soon they can all see that Lyle is about to break down but he tries to be strong for his daughter. Miss Parker walks up to them knowing what she has to do. She has to talk to Katie about how she felt when her mother died, her Inner Sense told her to.
"Katie. Is it okay if you and I go to talk?" she asks hesitantly. Katie finally looks up from Lyle's neck and nods. She can feel that it will be good for her, and her father. Lyle hands her over to Parker and smiles in gratitude. Parker smiles back.
"Broots. Turn off the cameras in my office," she orders and leaves without another word. Broots glances at Mr. Parker who only nods his agreement. Broots immediately starts to work. Lyle sits down and puts his face in his hands and sighs deeply. Mr. Parker walks up to him and places a hand on his shoulder. Lyle looks up at him and Mr. Parker notices for the first time that Lyle looks several years older. He can't believe how long his son has been in this sort of pain and being so good in hiding it. He keeps wishing that Lyle had confided in him, that his son would have told him that he had a child.
"I keep hoping it's a nightmare. That I'll wake up and see her sleeping next to me. With that sweet smile as she looks up at me, her sweet voice as she says good morning, the look on her face when Katie runs inside whining for us to get up. The way she surrendered and helped Katie drag me out of the bed. I still remember the smell she had before she put on her perfume. Her eyes that feared my anger and rejection when she told me that she was pregnant, the relief in them when I told her that I loved her and would never leave. The tears of joy when I asked her to..." his voice cracks up and his gaze drifts to the floor. Sydney looks at Mr. Parker and nods at the unasked question. Mr. Parker grabs a chair and sits down in front of his son.
"What did you ask her?" he asks pleading him to continue. Lyle gets a far away look on his face as he relives his memory.
"I asked her to marry me. She said yes, it was the sweetest word I'd ever heard her say. We got married two days later; Katie was just a baby then. I couldn't understand how someone like her could love a monster like me," he says close to tears.
"Lyle you are not a monster. You're my son; you have a beautiful little daughter who needs you. You have to get through this, for her. And for yourself. You have family and friends who will help you, I will help you get through this. Whenever you need to talk I'll be there, you can ask your sister to take care of Katie, she'll understand," Mr. Parker says and looks straight in to his eyes. Lyle nods and chokes back a sob Mr. Parker immediately puts his arms around him. Lyle hesitantly hugs him back and lets his tears flow freely. Sydney and Broots focuses on work to not interfere.
TWO HOURS LATER
Miss Parker and Katie walks through the door just in time to see Lyle and Mr. Parker end their embrace. Miss Parker smiles at Katie who tiredly smiles back. They walk further in the room and Katie rushes over to her father.
"Hey sweetie. Did you have a nice conversation with Parker?" Lyle asks with a little smile.
"Katie feels better. Auntie Parker is nice. Katie likes her," she answers with a smile.
"I'm glad. And you are tired," he says knowing the look on her face. Katie shakes her head violently then she yawns. Lyle gives her a look that clearly shows that he doesn't believe her.
"Yeah, right. We are going to my office so you can sleep on the couch, no arguments," he says and picks her up. He turns to the others.
"Thanks," he says, to both Miss Parker and his father. They smile at him and he leaves. Miss Parker turns to her father.
"She's so cute. She understands more than I did at that age," she says.
"I wonder who Sheila really was. And how she managed to melt his heart," her father says still looking at the door. Broots starts to hack into the camera in Miss Parker's office to turn it back on.
ONE HOUR LATER MR. RAINES OFFICE
"Willie, I need you to do something for me," Raines says in a voice not open for objections.
"Yes sir?"
"Tonight you are going to Mr. Lyle's apartment and bring the kid to SL-27," he orders. Willie looks at him without emotion.
"Yes sir," he says and Raines dismisses him with a wave of his hand and he leaves.
MEANWHILE MISS PARKER'S OFFICE
"Angel?" Mr. Parker says and Miss Parker looks up at him.
"Yes daddy?" she says and stands up.
"Are you free for dinner tonight?"
"Yes I am. Are Lyle and Katie coming to?" she asks hopefully.
"I hope so. I thought we could invite Sydney and Mr. Broots as well," he says. Miss Parker looks at him surprised.
"That would be great. It would give Katie a chance to meet Debbie," she says with a smile.
"Why don't we go ask them? I'll ask Lyle and you can go ask Sydney and Mr. Broots."
"Sure."
LATER AT NIGHT LYLE'S HOUSE
Lyle and Katie are just walking through the door. Well Lyle is walking, Katie is being carried.
"You seemed to be having a great time with Debbie tonight," Lyle says and Katie smiles at him.
"Aha. Debbie funny. Katie meet Debbie again?" she asks in a pleading voice.
"Well, I'll have to ask Broots about that, but if he agrees, there shouldn't be a problem," he answers with a smile. His smile fades as he has a strange feeling that something is wrong. Katie feels it to and whimpers.
"Go over to the couch sweetie," Lyle says and puts her down and gets his gun out. Katie does as he says and sits down in the couch watching his every move. She suddenly sees a black man behind her father with a gun. She starts to scream which causes Lyle to turn around and aim his gun at the man. The man hits his gun in Lyle's head and he manages to pull the trigger and then he falls down to the floor unconscious. The last thing he hears is Katie screaming.
"Damn. The bastard shot me, come here little girl," Willie says and grabs the little girl with his good arm and walks out of the house despite her screams and cries.
THE NEXT DAY
Miss Parker walks up to the door and sees that it's wide open. She gets her gun out and sneaks in. She sees Lyle lying on the floor with a little blood running down from a wound in his forehead. She gasps and walks over to him and tries to wake him up.
"Lyle come on. Wake up," she pleads and sighs in relief as his eyes flutters open. He makes a little whimper and suddenly remembers.
"Katie," he manages to choke out and Miss Parker immediately gets up and starts to look for her. A few minutes later she gets back and sees that Lyle has managed to get to the couch.
"I can't find her. I'm sorry," she says and Lyle places his face in his hands. After awhile he looks up sharply.
"Willie," he growls and narrows his eyes and starts to get up but gets dizzy and has to sit back down.
"Willie? Why would Willie take Katie?" Miss Parker asks and immediately understands.
"I will kill him," Lyle growls and starts to get up again but Parker holds him down.
"You won't be able to help her if you don't take care of this first," she says and motions to his head. He sighs but nods his agreement. Parker goes to the kitchen and brings out some ice from the freezer and crushes it in a towel. She gets back to Lyle and places it on his head he groans and tries to move away.
"Sit still."
"It hurts," he says angrily. Miss Parker sighs.
"It must have hurt more to be knocked out in the first place," she says.
"Whatever. Just get this over with. I need to get to the Centre," he says and Miss Parker can feel that he has gone into complete Mr. Lyle mode, ten times worse then he is usually.
TWO DAYS LATER THE CENTRE MR. PARKER'S OFFICE
"Lyle be reasonable, we don't know..." Mr. Parker starts but gets interrupted by the look in his sons eyes. They have been searching nonstop for Katie, Willie and Raines for the last couple of days.
"I know what I need to. Willie took my daughter away from me. That is more then enough reason to kill him," Lyle says in a cold voice that makes Mr. Parker shudder.
"Are you sure that it was Willie?" he asks carefully.
"Yes I am."
"Okay then," Mr. Parker says and leaves his office with his two children behind him. Everyone meeting them knows something big is going on and quickly gets out of the way. Those who are to late retrieves angry glares from the trio and the poor souls starts to run away. The wound on Lyle's forehead doesn't make him any easier to deal with, it's actually the opposite. They almost run into Cox and they have to stop. They all glare at him but he doesn't seem to care.
"Mr. Parker we seem to have found Mr. Raines," he says and gets the trios attention.
"Where?" Mr. Parker asks annoyed.
"He snuck in and barricaded himself down in SL-27," Cox answers and notices the dark look on Lyle's face. Miss Parker sees it as well and knows his about to get out of control. And she doesn't know how to stop him.
"Thank you Cox. I'll take care of it," Mr. Parker answers and Cox moves out of the way. They walk into the elevator and Miss Parker presses the button for SL-27. When they arrive they see Willie and two other sweepers standing outside one of the doors with their guns drawn. The trio gets out of the elevator and walks up to the sweepers.
"What's going on in there?" Miss Parker asks in an overly sweet tone. One of the sweepers smiles at her.
"Nothing that involves any of you," he says and receives a bullet from Lyle's gun.
"Wrong answer," Miss Parker says with a shrug and clicks the safety off her gun and points it to the other sweepers.
"Anyone else that wants to try?" she asks. Willie shakes his head and the other sweeper stares in shock as Mr. Parker shoots him in the head. Lyle stares at the last sweeper. The sweeper looks at him and swallows hard before he shakes his head; Lyle looks at Miss Parker and raises an eyebrow as if to ask if she wants her turn. She smiles evilly and pulls the trigger sending the sweeper next to his friends all of them with a bullet between their eyes. They walk over to the door but it's locked. Lyle takes a small step back and the others move away from the door as Lyle kicks it open. Inside they find Raines staring at them.
"Where is Katie?" Mr. Parker asks.
"How would I know? It's not my kid," Raines answers and everyone in the room can see the hate filling Lyle and he puts his gun in its holster, which is never a good sign when he is that angry.
"Mr. Raines. If you don't tell me where she is I'll let you be alone with Mr. Lyle for awhile," Miss Parker says. Raines looks at her worriedly and then he looks at Lyle and swallows loudly. And he starts to laugh.
"What is so god damn funny?"
"You are. Do you really think I'm that stupid? If you kill me you'll never know where she is," he says with a smile.
"Who said anything about killing you? I have many ways to break a man, and you aren't even a man so this will be easy," Lyle says and Raines looks petrified.
"She's in Willie's basement," he mumbles and Lyle walks up to him and cuffs him and pushes him in front of them as they're going to Willie's basement.
TEN MINUTES LATER WILLIE'S BASEMENT
"Where?" Lyle asks. Raines nods towards a corner and Miss Parker walks over and sees Katie shackled to the wall crying and is curled up in to a tight little ball not seeing anything.
"Lyle..." she says and as he walks over she can feel the rage grow inside her. When Lyle sees Katie he abruptly turns around and stares at Raines hatefully.
"What did you do to her?" he growls. Mr. Parker gives him a strange look and as he sees Katie he can barely control himself.
"I didn't want her to run away, so Willie shackled her to the wall. And oh yeah, he also told her that you're dead," Raines says with a smile. Lyle hits him in the face and he falls to the floor with a loud thud.
"Where are the keys?" Mr. Parker asks.
"I don't remember," he answers thinking it will save his life but instead it serves him two other punches. One from Lyle and one from Miss Parker.
"The hook by the door," he says with blood trickling down from a split lip. Mr. Parker goes and gets the key and hands it to Lyle who walks over and touches Katie's shoulder before releasing the shackles. She looks up at him sadly and gasps as she sees him. When she is freed she throws her arms around him.
"They told me you were dead," she cries. Lyle looks shocked as he realizes what she said.
"What did you say?" he asks in surprise.
"They told me you were dead. I love you," she replies. Lyle looks at her and sees a big bruise forming under her left eye; Lyle gets to his feet and passes her over to his father.
"Take her outside daddy. We'll be right out," he says and Parker sees the look in his eyes. He is seriously pissed off; she looks at Katie in a better light and instantly knows what is wrong. Mr. Parker nods and takes Katie outside.
