AN - Sorry for the delay on this chapter I am currently working on a brand new story for my Rori soul. Any way just in case you forgot I own nothing and please support the official release.
"So do really believe that we're spying on the two most powerful people in the world and they're teenagers?" Lauren asked Chris who was dozing in the driver's seat. For the past two years they had been spying on these kids and except for a few strange instances it didn't seem like they were doing anything out of the ordinary, just two kids having fun. With Chris not answering her she probed his shoulder but he just groaned and turned in the seat, she couldn't blame him the pair had done nothing for the past few hours except sit on the same hill they had come to every year. It was so much like clock work that Lauren, without Chris' knowledge, had planted a listening device in the tree. She had hours of teenage chat, most of it was lovey dovey but there were times that it was serious, talking about the future and if they knew what was coming or at least some parts of it. This wasn't the first time she was doubting her assignment but the last time she doubted it she was approached by a certain group, a man gave her a card and told her to call if she was interested.
After they were done for the day and Chris dropped her off at her car she decided to call the number and check it out. That's how she ended up at the nondescript building a few hours later, but not being afraid she marched in and asked to speak with whoever was in charge. Having worked in the FBI all those years she knew the man she was taken to was not the real person in charge and demanded she speak with him directly. When they tried to deter her she just laughed since they sought her out. Her brass tacks and balls made the owner who was watching her on camera laugh and invite her up. She went to the head, listened to what he wanted and left once it was dark outside a double agent of sorts. Her new orders were to feed information to this company so that they could learn more about these protectors and their true story. Casting one last look at the building she could make out the letters on the top of the building, MAP, Mankind Against the Protectors, she pulled her long coat close and walked to her car.
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"Robbie, I know I'm supposed to be the spacey one but could you at least try to pay attention to our project," whined Cat who turned from her computer and poked Robbie as he lay on her bed staring at the ceiling. Rolling over he smiled at the red haired girl before pulling himself up and moving over to her.
"Sorry Kitten, I have a lot on my mind, where are we?"
"It's about Jade right?" Robbie was surprised by this conclusion.
"I'm not hiding my feelings well enough am I?" he asked sheepishly.
"Not at all, this past year you've been trying to get Jade's attention, shamelessly pointing out Beck's faults to her and I'm her best friend so she tells me everything. She loves you, you know that's why she hasn't beaten you up for all your antics but she's in love with Beck."
"I don't know how to explain this Cat but it's as if we're supposed to be together, like soul mates."
"Soul mates doesn't mean lovers though, best friends can be soul mates too you know"
Robbie smiled and pulled Cat in for a hug.
"Thanks Hon, I feel a little better now so where were we?"
They continued with their project and within a few hours they were done. As they were cleaning up there came a knock at the door and they turned to see Cat's mother standing there with a tray of cookies in her hands.
"I figured you guys were hungry, anyone want cookies?" she asked with a smile earning a loud cheer from her daughter as she leapt forward. Robbie offered a polite thank you but took pause looking at her, she seemed familiar somehow. Over the past year he knew Cat he'd never met her parents and that seemed a little weird, however if there was something bad then as her best friend Jade would have felt something and she would have told him, right? As they munched away Robbie decided to probe a bit.
"I never met your mom before, what does she do?"
"Secret government work, spy and stuff."
"Really?" asked Robbie, wide eyed and Cat laughed.
"No, she really got into the internet and makes professional quality sites for anyone who wants it. I guess she's a self employed stay at home mom."
"But I've never seen her before today."
"You don't come over silly."
"I swear there's something really familiar about your mom Cat," Robbie started but when quiet as the room shifted around his the walls flying at him before settling, once again he was taking a trip to the past. The bright happy colors that made up Cat's room melted away replaced by shockingly white and clean walls. Something was different this time as Robbie felt himself rise and fall into a chair as a table shot into him and a lamp came down near him, white light in his eyes. Squinting he tried to raise his hand sad to find that he couldn't he was handcuffed behind his back.
"Where did you go that time Robert, the past or the future?" asked a female voice from behind the light.
"What?"
"Don't play games with me Robert, Jade is the next room set up about the same as you so we know that your powers are coming back. So which was it, did you go into the past or the future?"
"I...the future?"
He jumped as the woman slammed her fist down on the table before taking a seat. Pushing her hair behind her ear she stared him down, narrowing her brilliant blue eyes.
"No one should have that power. We can deal with our own problems, mankind has no need for a god such as yourself," she said looking up behind Robert, "Chris, if you can?"
Robert hear someone behind him crack his knuckles then felt pain as a fist slammed into the back of his head. Crying out in pain Robert couldn't say anything as another blow sent his face smashing into the table. Trembling and lifting his head he noticed two things about the woman, a little golden bird pin on her pocket as well as her visitor's pass, Lauren White. The next punch by the man sent Robbie back into the future.
"Robbie, Robbie are you okay?" Cat cried out with a worried voice as Robbie came to. Blinking a few times getting his eyes to refocus he noticed a scared Cat kneeling over him waving her notebook to give him air. Blinking rapidly Robbie sat up looking around to gather his bearings. Straightening his glasses he nodded at her.
"I'm okay, what happened?"
"One moment we were talking about my mother the next you fell back onto the ground and stopped moving. I checked your pulse and everything, even tried CPR."
"You know CPR?" he asked hand automatically touching his lips. She blushed for a moment then shook her head.
"No, just I've seen it in the movies, I don't think I did it right?"
"Thank you Cat, you sort of not really saved my life just now," he said pulling her in for a hug, she giggled and hugged back until her computer beeped. Pulling away and reaching for the laptop she clicked on the dancing icon and a window popped open revealing the new girl, Tori Vega.
"Hey Cat, do you know what homework Mr. Brooks gave up? Oh I'm sorry I didn't know I was interrupting anything," Tori gasped covering her eyes and making Robbie and Cat laugh.
"No silly, this is Robbie he was with you in the hall before I came up to you remember?" Cat said pushing Robbie more into the view of the camera. Tori snapped her fingers and pointed at the screen.
"Yeah that's right you had the puppet."
"He's not a puppet," Robbie said exasperated but Cat had already taken over the video chat. Laying back down on the carpet and looking at Cat's ceiling Robbie's thoughts drifted to the new girl. It had been an entire year and Jade was still no closer to breaking up with Beck and being with him and even though the couple fought every now and then they would just make up and be back to happy making out time. Then Tori showed up and 'rubbed on' Beck and for once Robbie was glad for the separation because if she had some of her more dangerous powers Tori would probably be a pile of ash and Jade would be in jail or at least on the run. Rolling onto his side he noticed a family tree Cat had made tacked to the wall. Crawling over he ran his fingers across her and her brother's name, moving up to the father and then the mother pausing as his blood ran cold. Cat's mother was Lauren White-Valentine.
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"You can stop now Chris, the boy is out cold," Lauren said standing up and walking to her partner.
"We had one task and that was to watch the girl and now she's gone and he's the only one who might know where she went. We need to know where she went and why."
"Yes but unless you can make his out cold body speak I think that's enough for now."
Growling and turning from the young man Chris walked over to Lauren brushing pass her rather roughly before grabbing his coat off the rack in the corner and storming out the room. Lauren just watched as the door closed, she then removed a remote from her pocket and clicked it, seeing the camera in the corner power down she went over to Robert's side carefully tilting his chin up.
"Robert I hope you can hear me, I only have a few minutes but I need you to trust me. I'm going to have to act like I hate you and everything you stand for but it's just an act. There are bad people around you, they want to keep you and Jade as personal warriors once they know you are theirs then will use you to take over the world. I'm working to help you and Jade, please give me your faith." Standing up she clicked the remote again before walking out of the room.
The lights flashed off in the room when she closed the door but she knew the night vision camera came on to see what he would do. Once he woke up they would commence some more psychological torture with bright lights and darkness over and over again. Robert however wasn't just knocked out, his subconscious was else where, a hundred miles away and with the love of his life.
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"They're trying to find you," Robert said weakly causing Jade's eyes to open. She could feel the wrongness in the air last week when she had told him she had to leave, for the past few nights she had felt something. That something had been her 'father' taking blood from her. The plan was for her to get away first since his parents didn't seem to care about his as much as her parents did. He was going to be leaving shortly after however they didn't see, somehow, that they were being followed and now they had him.
"I have to come back, I have to save you."
"No you cant I can handle this, please Jade just knowing that you're safe helps me survive."
"Okay Robert, I love you"
The connection broke and Jade rose from the chair where she was sitting. The room was completely white and the only reason she was able to find this place was because it was her turn to. They switched back and forth each year and didn't know why but that's just the way it worked. Walking over to the window and looking down at the earth Jade could sense where Robert was. Closing her eyes she told the sip she was in that she wanted to go to him, an instant later she was gone.