Mouth slowly opening as his eyes danced with what could only be described as flashes of white light.

Shocked mute, he couldn't vocalize any words or sounds of any kind. Three words uttered from her mouth had just flipped him inside out.

Parker's mouth was slightly opened as she just turned to stone in front of him. Panic instantly filled her as the words left her mouth. Especially since Jarod wasn't saying the words back.

Never had she said those words to a man. Let alone allowing herself to say it to this man.

Embarrassed and feeling the panic rising, her defense mechanism was activating………anger began to build inside her.

The words had been a mistake. She didn't mean them. She could never love him.

All of these excuses filled her head. Truth had little do with her reasoning.

That's when D'Artagnan's yell broke them apart. Seconds later Dar was bursting into the room with wild eyes.

Immediately Parker new something was wrong by his yell, only to have the look on his face confirm her instinct.

"What is it?" Parker asked as she stepped away from Jarod and reached out to D'Artagnan. Dar held himself against the counter as he tried to catch his breath.

"Am….Amanda and I……were walking through the woods……we were just messing around…….I can't find her……and I can't sense her….I've been yelling for her for over two hours………I think...something happened to her."

Dar then stared into his mother's frightened eyes and then into his father's scared eyes.

Not a second passed before Jarod began to move into the hallway where the kids were all walking towards the door almost right behind him.

All of them had known the second that D'Artagnan had yelled what had happened.

D'Artagnan had been blocking his link to the others so he wouldn't make them panic……but the emotions in his voice caused the wave of fear and panic to sweep over them as well.

Bobby and the others were also on Jarod's heels, having heard D'Artagnan yell, all of them had hurried from where they were to find out what had happened.

"What's going on? What happened?" Bobby asked as he followed Jarod to the door.

Jarod didn't even turn to address Bobby, only saying her name, and Bobby followed Jarod to wherever he led.

Body twitching as beads of sweat cascaded down her forehead. Muscles spasming causing incredible pain to shoot in every part of her body.

The feeling of pain engulfed her completely.

One can not articulate or describe the pain that she was feeling. Surpassing pain that just one person could feel.

The closest to describing the sensations she was feeling, was the breaking down of every atom of one's body. Feeling almost as if one was burning alive, combining with being stabbed all over one's body.

Convulsing as new pains made themselves known to her, she could not make a sound as her body was locked, her jaw clamped closed.

In the distance she could hear her brother's screams for her. But she couldn't answer. Strength that she had been using to fight what was slowly killing her body was gone. It was too much……she couldn't do it. That's when she gave up the fight. Struggling for only a second more before everything…………..turned………….to black.

Searching the woods for less than half an hour now, Parker's mind conjured images of Mr. Raines capturing Amanda and taking her back to the Centre. It was this fear that held her heart in a tight vice.

Yelling out her name Parker's voice clearly showed her inner turmoil. Since she had rescued her children she had not felt a fear like this. Intense and consuming it was almost crippling. Jumping to conclusions of what could have possibly happened causing her to almost go insane with worry.

Being a mother had changed her from the woman she had been not four months ago.

Really it changed her completely. Finding herself in pain if her children were in pain. Watching them cry had been the most horrible experience in her life………because she knew she couldn't fix what had happened, she knew that she couldn't make the pain go away……ever.

"AMANDAAAA!" Yelling at the top of her lungs.

Desperately her eyes scanned the area with no sign whatsoever of her daughter. Jarod was looking at the ground and foliage with the eyes of a tracker. He hadn't said anything to her since they had left the house.

Really Jarod couldn't help but force himself into sim mode. His emotions had skyrocketed back in the kitchen with Parker's words, quickly brought back down to fear and dread at D'Artagnan's.

Focusing on Amanda, and how she was in trouble. She was in trouble and needed him. Checking for footprints he was completely oblivious to Parker……until he heard her scream again.

"AAMMAANNDDAAAAA!"

It was scream that made him shiver. Screaming out of fear was something he had heard Parker do once in his lifetime. It had left him with the worse nightmares afterwards.

It was the same scream he heard from her now.

Nothing else could have frightened him more.

Head quickly turning and see Parker on the verge of losing it.

Parker never lost it. That's what made her Parker.

"PARKER!" He yelled at her as he ran over to her and she continued to scream for their daughter.

Grabbing her head he could see the fear in her eyes. Before he could say anything she began to hit him.

"DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!!!!" She yelled as she struggled against him as he held her fists.

He struggled to keep her fists at bay. Tried to keep her from hurting either of them.

"MONA!" He screamed at her.

It was as though he had slapped her in the face.

Her nickname from his lips shocked her. Not hearing it in over twenty five years would do that to someone.

"STOP IT! JUST STOP IT!! YOU CAN'T LOSE IT RIGHT NOW!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"

Only then as Jarod was yelling at her did she notice the scared look that was in his eyes. Seeing that he was barely holding onto his own sanity at the situation, slowly understanding as to why he was yelling at her kicked in.

Jarod was frightened that the Centre had taken her back Afraid that in the end……he couldn't save his own daughter.

"NOW FOCUS!! WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME BEFORE SUNDOWN TO FIND ANY TRACES OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!" Jarod continued to yell at her.

As he pulled away from her, obviously angry and scared, a yell sounded out through the forrest.

"I FOUND HER! COME QUICK!!"

Both didn't even look at each other and they began to run and weave between the trees. Neither expected the sight that they would find.