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Summary: Clues to the past bring Ms. Parker and Jarod back together again. Very involved in IOTH, but you can understand it without having seen it. Ties up most story lines. Mostly from Ms. Parker's point of view. Chapters are short.
The Truth Is Waiting
By Bec-Bec
Chapter 7
The Big Evil Plan
Raines knew he wasn't well liked by the people at the Centre, especially his daughter, Ms. Parker. She could not accept that he was her biological father. But then, sometimes, neither could he. It was hard to tell who Ms. Parker's father really was…especially with the way the Triumverate changed every truth you would ever find. Raines, himself, didn't know everything about the Centre, though he knew a great deal more than most people thought.
At least he was in charge now. He didn't really care what Ms. Parker thought of him, so long as she stayed at the Centre. He needed her to help him carry out the plan that the Centre had started back when it was first created.
Since the Parkers had first founded the Centre, they had one objective, to find and exploit geniuses, using their gifts to obtain money and slowly gain control of the entire technological world.
They used the guise of a research laboratory which helped men and women to have children. If the children had special abilities, they were taken. The parents were told that their child had either died or gone off to a special school. Sometimes the parents were killed if they didn't believe either case.
Back when they had stumbled onto the gifts of a pretender, they knew they had found what they would need to help them achieve their goal. That's where Jarod fit into the whole plan. Jarod was the best pretender they had found. Right now, he needed Ms. Parker to bring back Jarod.
It had been six years since Jarod's escape, and that was six years to long in Raines opinion. He felt that Mr. Parker had let his daughter off too easy for every time she missed capturing Jarod. Now that he was in charge, things were going to change. There would be no more slip ups. Sure, Jarod was a genius, but there was no way he could outsmart a team of twenty Centre operatives searching for him.
That was Raines' first plan of action, to add people to Ms. Parker's search party. She would argue with him at first, he was sure, but in the end, he knew she would join the hunt. She was, after all, a Parker.
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Lyle was upset by his conversation with Ms. Parker. He wasn't sure why he even bothered to talk to her. She thought he was scum…and really, he was. Still, family was important to him because he had never really had one. He wasn't even sure he had one now. He had no idea who his real family was, Ms. Parker might not even be his sister.
He was beginning to find out more of the truth about the Centre and it was starting to scare him, though he'd never admit it. He had tried to warn Ms. Parker of what Raines had in store, but why would she trust him? Besides, he was starting to think that Raines would be the least of their problems…something was coming. He didn't know what, or how he could tell, but he knew they were in danger. But then, the Centre was always dangerous.
For now, he decide to play along, the way he always did…scaring Ms. Parker out of her wits would amuse him…as long as she didn't die. The Centre's big plan was in action, and he was definitely going to be a part of it, dangerous or not, loyal to the cause…or not.