Disclaimer: The characters from The Pretender don't belong to me, I think they still belong to NBC, I'm not sure but I do know that they aren't mine. I'm only borrowing them. The characters from Malcolm in the Middle don't belong to me either, they belong to Fox. I would also like to give credit to Craig Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell and Linwood Boomer for creating all of the wonderful characters I am using in this story, and thank them for the countless hours of entertainment both shows have provided me with.
Authors Note: I am extremely sorry that this part is so short, I promise the next part will be significantly longer. Also, I wasn't sure exactly where Malcolm and his family are supposed to live, so I said California.
JAROD IN THE MIDDLE (Pt. 4)
by SpaceCadet
Miss Parker strode confidently into the cramped office, and was pleased to see that her sudden appearance had caused Broots to spill hot coffee into his lap. She almost smiled at the sight of the technician panicking. "Something wrong, Broots?" she asked sarcastically.
"N...no Miss Parker," replied Broots timidly, his pants still soaked with coffee. "I... umm... I think I may actually have a lead... on Jarod."
"Really?" said Miss Parker, not wanting to sound overly excited. Jarod hadn't contacted her in three weeks, or Sydney as far as she knew. Then again, that was only as far as she knew. You never could tell what was going on with Sydney.
"Y...yeah," said Broots. He was captured on a security camera in a local convenience store in..." he paused to check his screen, "...California. Two weeks ago."
Just then, Sydney strolled into the room. "What's going on?" he asked curiously.
"We have a lead on Jarod." replied Parker. "Pack your bags Syd, because we're following your little lab rat out to California."
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"Well, Broots...?" Parker asked later that day while on the corporate jet to catch up with Jarod.
"Wha... What?" he replied, unsure as to what she wanted.
"Tell me what else you know about Jarod's latest pretend!" she snapped at him, impatiently.
"I don't..." he mentally cringed, preparing to be yelled at, "I don't know anything else..." He struggled to find a way to defend himself before she verbally attacked him. "I mean... I only know that he was seen on that security camera. The only reason I know that is because there was a robbery there later that night, so all of the footage was sent to police, see, and..."
"Broots!" she interrupted him. "I don't want to know how you found him, just where!"
"W... well, I don't know exactly where. Just the city and state." he replied.
"Wonderful." said Miss Parker bitterly. "So how are we supposed to find him, let alone catch him?"
Sydney took this conversation in with interest. Parker was obviously very frustrated at having had no contact with Jarod these past couple weeks. He thought that maybe a part of her frustration was also because of recent events, such as her father being in the hospital. He could only hope that she wouldn't take her frustrations out on Jarod, as she often did.
TBC...
Authors Note: I am extremely sorry that this part is so short, I promise the next part will be significantly longer. Also, I wasn't sure exactly where Malcolm and his family are supposed to live, so I said California.
JAROD IN THE MIDDLE (Pt. 4)
by SpaceCadet
Miss Parker strode confidently into the cramped office, and was pleased to see that her sudden appearance had caused Broots to spill hot coffee into his lap. She almost smiled at the sight of the technician panicking. "Something wrong, Broots?" she asked sarcastically.
"N...no Miss Parker," replied Broots timidly, his pants still soaked with coffee. "I... umm... I think I may actually have a lead... on Jarod."
"Really?" said Miss Parker, not wanting to sound overly excited. Jarod hadn't contacted her in three weeks, or Sydney as far as she knew. Then again, that was only as far as she knew. You never could tell what was going on with Sydney.
"Y...yeah," said Broots. He was captured on a security camera in a local convenience store in..." he paused to check his screen, "...California. Two weeks ago."
Just then, Sydney strolled into the room. "What's going on?" he asked curiously.
"We have a lead on Jarod." replied Parker. "Pack your bags Syd, because we're following your little lab rat out to California."
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"Well, Broots...?" Parker asked later that day while on the corporate jet to catch up with Jarod.
"Wha... What?" he replied, unsure as to what she wanted.
"Tell me what else you know about Jarod's latest pretend!" she snapped at him, impatiently.
"I don't..." he mentally cringed, preparing to be yelled at, "I don't know anything else..." He struggled to find a way to defend himself before she verbally attacked him. "I mean... I only know that he was seen on that security camera. The only reason I know that is because there was a robbery there later that night, so all of the footage was sent to police, see, and..."
"Broots!" she interrupted him. "I don't want to know how you found him, just where!"
"W... well, I don't know exactly where. Just the city and state." he replied.
"Wonderful." said Miss Parker bitterly. "So how are we supposed to find him, let alone catch him?"
Sydney took this conversation in with interest. Parker was obviously very frustrated at having had no contact with Jarod these past couple weeks. He thought that maybe a part of her frustration was also because of recent events, such as her father being in the hospital. He could only hope that she wouldn't take her frustrations out on Jarod, as she often did.
TBC...