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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 29
Catherine's Plan and the Scrolls Part 3
"Anna Oceana Parker was Angel's cousin. They were very good friends as they were growing up." Catherine began the story about Anna and her part in Jarod and Ms. Parker's destiny. "When Angel discovered what was happening to her father, she had asked Anna for help. Together, they rehid the scrolls.
"Angel's father had no idea that Anna had helped her, so she was never killed along with his family. In fact, it wasn't until the late 1960s that anyone from the Centre went after her.
"Anna had stayed on the island, hoping to protect the scrolls from being found, particularly by any descendents of her uncle. She knew they would come some day because she had the gift of the Inner Sense as well…that's how she knew when Margaret, Charles and I were coming.
"She had been using her middle name for protection, but when we found her, she told us who she was. I wasn't sure she could be trusted at first, but my Inner Sense reassured me. It was also around this time, that I began to see images of Angel, helping me to know where to look and what to do.
"I could feel that something was about to occur, something dreadful, so I sent Margaret and Charles away."
Catherine smiled fondly. "Jarod, your parents are stubborn people, they practically refused to leave me to search alone because they were concerned about my safety as well. They're good people."
Her serious expression returned. "Eventually, I convinced them that they were in far more danger than I would be, if the Centre discovered I was there.
"My sense had been correct, and my husband caught up with me the day before the Centre would have arrived and discovered what my actions had been.
"However, Andrew did not find me until after Anna and I had already been to see the scrolls. Now, I suppose I should tell you what I found, and how greatly it will affect your lives."
Catherine breathed out a long sigh while a smile stretched across her face. "I suppose this is actually the only good thing to come of this entire story, if everything occurs as the scrolls said it would.
"Jarod you are far more special than even you know. Your gifts are infinite, your ability to help others immeasurable. I'm sorry for everything they've done to you, all of the lies they've told you, all of the times no one was there for you, but it's all going to be better.
"The connection you have with my daughter is incredible, and even I can't understand it in its entirety.
"After my daughter is sent to boarding school, you will be separated by space, but your bond will remain unbroken, even after all of the years that you will be kept apart. Someday you two will find your way back to each other, and the world as you know it will change immensely.
"You see, Jarod your place at the Centre is not to facilitate their work, but to end their madness. When the time comes, you and my daughter will win this war, and the Centre will be overcome. It will change, in the only way that it can with you two in charge. The Centre will go on to do great things under your rule, and the black part of its past will be erased.
"I was upset when I first read the scrolls because they spoke of yours and my daughter's absence from each other's lives for a great deal of time. It was hard to imagine after how I'd seen you two getting along. I didn't understand why Andrew would have separated you two, but I figured it out.
"Andrea, your father sent you away because it was the only way to protect both of you. He knew that your bond with Jarod would grow as you spent more time with him. As you continued to compliment each other's faults, someone would eventually realize that, working together, you could do great things for the Centre. Eventually, the Triumverate would realize it as well and take you away to their facilities in Africa. He may have underestimated your talents and decided that once there, you would never be able to escape, but he was also working under the assumption that eventually they would have you work to find the scrolls, and the Centre's power base would be destroyed. He couldn't let that happen.
"Despite everything, your father still had hopes that the Centre could do good work. I can't blame him for that, because it is part of my plan as well.
"I don't know how long it will take you two to reconnect, but when you do, and I believe you have wherever it is that you are when you watch this, my plan can finally be set in motion.
"You must rediscover the location of the scrolls. This may be difficult because I don't know where they will go after your father sacrifices his life to protect them. The scrolls never informed me of that little piece of information, just that you would find them eventually.
"When you have them, you'll have the tools necessary for the downfall of the current Centre and the creation of the new one.
"You will use them to bargain with the Triumverate, debasing the power of the Centre, and calling for your own right to run it. In your hands, the Centre will prosper far more than it ever had, the scrolls will give evidence of this, and the Triumverate will give you whatever you should happen to ask them for, as well as help in facing anyone at the Centre who refuses to comply with their new leadership.
"I know that you two will do wonderful things with the Centre and that you will help many people. My only wish is that you never allow the ideas of greed and power to overtake you and that you never let individuals who would be driven by such things anywhere near the Centre hierarchy. I trust that you will do what is right."
Catherine winced suddenly. "My time's almost up. Your little brother is becoming tired of his current living situation." She laughed lightly, before completing her tale.
"I'm sending this DSA to your father with someone I can trust, he should be here shortly. I've given him instructions to make sure it is guarded in the safest way possible. It is the only way that your father will even know that I am still alive.
"Trust him, darling, whatever he's done that's brought you to wherever you are today, was necessary for your safety and the safety of our plan."
Several tears escaped Catherine's eyes and rolled down her cheeks. She blinked the others that were threatening to spill away. "Goodbye my little girl. I'll always be with you; my voice will always guide you. And Jarod, it was wonderful getting to see you and my little girl together for the preciously short amount of time that I did. Take care of her for me and make sure your brother stays safe."
With that, Catherine turned off the camera and wept.
Author's Note: Sigh…For as much as was said, I somehow feel that I didn't say enough. But, I suppose that's just because Catherine's story isn't over until her plan is completed. Anyway, if there's something you think I should have added to my explanation of the scrolls and Catherine's plan, feel free to comment. I myself have a little problem with the fact that Ocee would have already known Margaret in IOTH if my story were how events actually occurred…oh well. We're finally going back to Parker, Jarod, Syd and Broots in the next chapter…which will be written eventually. Forgive me for my delay, and don't worry I have been writing and I'm not abandoning any of my stories. Thanks for reading. Love Ya!