Riley woke up slowly unsure of where she was. When she realized she was in a moving van, she sat up abruptly only to be pushed back down to a laying position. She looked around her to find Willie and three other sweepers. One in the back of the van with Willie and two in the front seats.
She couldn't quite remember all that happened. She went over to a room down the hall from where Jarod was staying because she heard a weird noise, and when she walked in, she was ambushed by the three other sweepers. She remembered getting dragged out to the limo and trying to fight the sedatives they injected her with. She figured they ditched the limo for the van.
"Willie? What the hell? Where are you taking me?" Riley asked impatient.
"Just wait. You'll see." was all Willie could say.
She could barely see out the windshield window, but she could make out big building that looked desolate and abandoned sitting out in the middle of nowhere all alone. It wasn't too far off from whatever city they had just come from because she had just recently heard the noise of the city.
She couldn't be sure of what exactly was going on, but she knew it wasn't good so she started working at picking the cuffs that confined her to the chair of the van. She had a safety pin fastened to the inside of her sweater in case anyone decided to change his mind about the temporary freedom to find Jarod. She had forgotten about it, but soon quickly remembered. They were slowing to a stop, and as Willie was going towards her to grab her, the cuffs went undone so she kicked him as hard as she could.
The other sweeper sitting in the back with them went for her, and she turned and slammed him to the side of the van. She kicked open the door only to find about ten more sweepers waiting for her. Three of them grabbed her as she tried to fight them off, but they kept hold and dragged her in side. She tried her best to fight them off, but they dragged her into the dilapidated building and threw her on the ground at someone's feet. She looked up.
"Dad?"
"Daddy!" Miss Parker called form across the Centre lobby. They had just gotten back form New York in search of Mr. Raines for some answers.
"Why hello, Angel," Mr. Parker said with a smile.
"Daddy, have you seen Raines anywhere?"
"Why would I? He's gone."
"Who, Raines?" Lyle had come up from behind and heard most of the conversation.
"Gone where?" Miss Parker needed to know.
"The Triumverette had reassigned him somewhere. He's known about it for a long time. I was sure you all knew too. I mean, it wasn't something you talked about; it was just something you knew."
"Well, we didn't."
"Where did he get transferred to?" Lyle asked.
"All I know is that it was a Centre facility rarely talked about. It's, uh, it's the Centre's place for reeducation."
"They do that here," Miss Parker said.
"Not like this. I've only heard of the place once or twice, but it is a massive place. If you think this is a bad place for reeducation, nothing comes close to that place," Mr. Parker said.
"Damn that Raines," Lyle said beneath his breath as he walked away.
"Lyle?" Mr. Parker said. "Angel, why do you want to know anyways?"
"Nothing," she said as she turned to go after Lyle.
She found Lyle talking to Broots. As she approached, he looked up at her and walked away. "What did he want?" she asked.
"He, he wanted me to try and find out where Mr. Raines went," Broots stammered out.
"Well, go," Parker said as Broots walked off.
Miss Parker went to Lyle's office to find him. She went into his office to see him at his desk... crying.
"Lyle?"
"Don't you know how to knock?" he said wiping his eyes.
"But if I had knocked, I would have missed seeing this."
"Screw you, Parker. You can think all you want about me. That I'm twisted, a liar, a deceiver, whatever you want! But get one thing straight, I love Riley with all my heart. She means everything to me," Lyle's face was red as he spoke.
"Heart? Didn't think you had one of those."
"When it comes to Riley I do."
Taking notice to Lyle's sincerity Parker said, "Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I guess you really do care about her."
TBC...
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