Author's Note:: Okay, so this would be my first 'Pretender' fic, though it's not my first one I've thought up. This is a mature, R rated fiction, will contain scenes obviously not suitable to younger readers; graphic sex scenes, erotica and incest. And will be fairly AU. I do hope you enjoy it and don't hate me for writing such an odd fic.
Jarod watched his younger brother, Angelo and nodded slowly. The Pretender had no idea of what he was talking about. But it soon hit him. 'Mother. Love. Sydney. Love.' was what Angelo had said to him, telling him that his wishes had been confirmed, came true finally. Angelo could read Jarod's feelings and he smiled boyishly to his older brother before giving out a soft chuckle, nodding to Jarod. The Pretender raised his brows at Angelo's behaviour but he smiled brightly, searching in his pocket for the box of Crackerjack he'd promised Angelo only recently. The young Pretender handed it to Angelo and smiled, "Thank you, brother." he told Angelo, placing the box in his hand.
"Sydney love Mother." Angelo said quickly, in one sentence.
Jarod, who'd moved and was about to leave the vent system, turned back to face Angelo. It made more sense now that Angelo had said it quickly and raised his brows, as if making sue Jarod got the hint at what he'd said to him.
"Sydney love Mother...Sydney, he's still in love with Mom..." Jarod smiled to Angelo, "Angelo, I have to get to her, do you know where she is?"
"Mother. Voice." Angelo replied.
"Voice...?" Jarod asked, then mused for a few moments, "She spoke?!" he gasped out.
Angelo gave a nod in reply and smiled, offering some Crackerjack to his oldest brother.
"No, Angelo. Is she still in Renewal?"
"Mother. Renewal, with Sydney."
"Thank you Angelo. Thank you!" Jarod rushed off down the vent and headed over to the entrance he used to get into the system so he could exit, and make his way to the Renewal Wing.
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Parker was on her way to Renewal still with her sister, Faith as she encountered her brother now. Lyle. The blonde looked between the twins and then down to the floor, Faith was never good in situations like she was in now. And it showed through her body language. Parker basically bumped the blonde out of the way to square up to her twin brother, "What do you want Lyle?" she asked him, the DSA still in her bra from her 'visit' to Broots just earlier.
"You tell me. Stealing DSA's...it's not cool you know, sis." he smirked to her.
"I just didn't want you getting your grubby mitts on it." she challenged him back.
"Mhm...fighting talk, I like that." he smirked and looked her over, "Where are you two going?" he asked them, looking firstly to Parker then to Faith, knowing she'd give something away.
"Somewhere you're not." Parker hissed and grabbed her sister's hand, dragging her away.
Once they were a safe distance away from Lyle an out of his earshot, Faith looked to her younger sister and she sighed, shaking her head, "You do know he's going to go and tell Raines..." she hissed to Parker just as the brunette had done moments before to Lyle.
Parker although younger then Faith always bossed her around, she had inherited Mr Parker's cruel nature as well as combining that alongside her oozing sexuality, it was always Miss Parker who got her way, and not just because she was the younger of the two. The brunette looked to the older blonde and she frowned deeply, "I don't care as long as we get there first!" she hissed back at Faith and continued dragging her along.
"Parker you can quit dragging me now." Faith pointed out to her sister.
Forcefully, the brunette let Faith's hand drop. Not giving a damn if she caught it on something along the path to her side. Now her mother was talking, she could be around her more, talk to her and get an answer back to any question she asked instead of just expressions. Parker knew that Catherine always wanted to answer any of her children's questions but with having been silenced, it was obviously impossible to do so, and Parker always saw the pain in her mother's eyes with her condition.
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Upon reaching the Renewal Wing, Faith rushed over to her younger brother, Ethan and wrapped her arms tightly around his smaller form. She smiled and looked to their mother, she couldn't believe Catherine had spoken a word until she heard it for herself.
Parker moved over to her mother and she swallowed, readying herself for a reaction to hearing her mother's voice after so long. She knelt down in front of Catherine and took her soft hands in her own not as soft hands, enveloping them and telling her mother she was there for her. She reached up with one of her hands to touch Catherine's cheek. There was life in that body once more, it had been dead basically since her mother had been silenced those ten years ago or so. With feeling the warmth once again in her mother's cheeks, Parker retracted her hand in semi shock. Turning she saw Sydney watching over them; mother and daughter. To his left were Faith and Ethan and she smiled to them, giving a soft nod before she turned back to their mother.
Catherine smiled to her daughter before her and in her pale, sky blue eyes, that sparkle was once present again. The sparkle that had always been present before any of the children had been born, in photographs before Catherine had met and married Mr Parker. The sparkle she'd had a few times with Sydney around her, it was then he'd noticed that life had begun to drain from Catherine's body, and he noticed it returning now.
"Momma..." Parker spoke up and bit her lip, smiling gently up at her mother.
Just as Catherine was going to reply, as her mouth was forming the shape to speak the first syllables of words in reply to her youngest daughter, the door of the Renewal Wing she was being held in burst open. All four turned around, whipping their heads around agonisingly fast, expecting to see the ghouls of The Centre all there, waiting to silence Catherine once again.
"Mom..." rang out Jarod's voice across the room, his face beaming with a bright smile, followed closely behind by Angelo.
"My children." Catherine smiled with them all around her. The smile only lasted for a few seconds before she swallowed and her brow furrowed, "Where is your brother, Parker?"
"He'll be with da...Mr Raines." Miss Parker replied. She was almost sick with the words her mother had spoken to her first since being silenced. About Lyle. Nothing about how she had matured or how wonderful she had turned out considering what had happened to Mr Parker. Just about her twin brother.
"Why is he with him?" Catherine asked her daughter.
Parker looked to Faith and bit her lip. The blonde stepped forwards and she took the lead in talking to their mother, "Mom, he's joined forces with The Centre and The Triumvirate, and they want The Centre to live on."
Catherine looked heartbroken. Her son was working against what she'd started up; taking down The Centre and rescuing the children. She gasped and tucked back her hair behind her ear. Catherine shook her head and sighed, "How can that be? How can he do that?" she asked gently, looking between the five of her six children with her.
"He obviously got Raines' genes." Parker muttered and scoffed.
Catherine reached for Parker's hand and sighed, pulling her in closer, "Oh...my little girl. So much anger." she whispered to her youngest daughter, "Why?"
"Why?!" Parker gasped, "Because of what The Centre did to you! The powers that be...overpowered you!" she responded, breaking her hand free from Catherine's for the moment, "I swear Momma, we'll take down this place. Take down the Parker's. Once and for all..."
"You're a Parker...you were raised a Parker." Catherine replied to her daughter's words.
"I'm not a Parker by blood, Momma. I'm not someone who belongs in The Centre, none of us are." Parker gestured to her brothers and sister, and included Sydney as well. Turning back to Catherine, she continued, "The Centre's made us all alone. Own spaces with cameras on us at all times. We're Pretenders, geniuses, empaths...and yet, we've never managed to escape or end it all." Parker gave a deep frown as she continued to think.
"Parker's right, Mom." Jarod nodded as he stepped forward, "We need to finish what you started."
"Take down The Centre." Ethan nodded from Faith and Sydney's sides.
