Chapter Six
He had friends with the Dover Police Department. They would be of help during his plan.
After dinner Parker would head home in her usual style: not caring about speed limits. Only this time there would be an officer on duty and she would be arrested until the morning. That was usual procedure. The centre would be fooled.
While the sweepers would try to get Miss Parker out of Police custody Sydney and Broots would go home. Waiting for them were friends of Jarod. They would help them pack their things and then bring them to safety, before the centre could react.
During these events Jarod would go to the centre. Theres was this DSA Sydney had spoken of, and he wanted to see it. Going to the centre would distract the sweepers and hopefully make them call for backup. The less sweepers were watching Broots and Sydney, the better.
The only variable was that Jarod couldn't say with certainty, that he would get out again. But he was absolutetely willing to risk this. He didn't tell his friends about this part of the plan. Parker would want to go with him. It would get her killed...
***
Lyle sat behind his desk and smiled. Raines stood in front of it and wanted to be filled in. Since it was Lyles idea to use Sydney as a bait Raines was angry. He wanted to control everything. We wanted total control of the centre. He wanted it all and Lyle dead. But Lyles time had not come yet. Raines was willing to wait.
Lyle could guess what was going on in Raines head. Even though Raines controlled his emotions Lyle knew perfectly well, that Raines would dance on his grave. That was, if Lyle made a mistake. But that was not part of the plan.
"What information did you get in Pittsburgh?"
Raines snarled and Lyle smiled, imagening how he squeezed the tiny tube of Raines oxygen bottle. There was rumour, that his sister had once done that.
"Jarod was there. He was seriously injured during one of his pretends. We apparently missed him by mere minutes. The doctor said she had no clue of where he'd planned to go. I don't think Jarod would endanger her by telling..."
"Another failure, Mr. Lyle. The triumvirate will not approve."
Lyle sighed.
"My plan works perfectly. Sydney came out of his cover. He warned Jarod off, otherwise we would have caught him...."
Raines didn't like Sydney. He never had. Sydney had always interfered with his experiments, had always guarded that little Pretender bastard.
"Then arrange his execution."
It sounded like an order. Lyle smiled nastily.
"You are not thinking, Raines. What do you think Jarod will do if we arrest Sydney in one of the sublevels? He will come here. We should have done this a long time ago. Jarod cares for people and people care for Jarod. Sydney is the closest Jarod ever had of a family. Like a father..."
Raines seemed to realize the possibilites of the plan. But he wasn't convinced yet.
"Sydney betrayed Jarods trust more than once. Why should Jarod risk his freedom?"
Lyle smiled triumphantly.
"Jarod risked his freedom several times to find out the truth. He was at the centre several times. He even got caught because he guarded Mr. Parker and my sister from your marksmen..."
***
Angelo hurried back through the vents. He headed for his secret hideout where his laptop was. Jarod needed to know about this development. Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots were no longer safe at the centre. They were bait.
But Angelo feared he might not be able to warn Jarod. During the last weeks all his emails had been rejected from Jarods account. As he watched the email go out his sorrow grew.
Depserately he shut down his laptop when the email finally came back, rejected again.
He had friends with the Dover Police Department. They would be of help during his plan.
After dinner Parker would head home in her usual style: not caring about speed limits. Only this time there would be an officer on duty and she would be arrested until the morning. That was usual procedure. The centre would be fooled.
While the sweepers would try to get Miss Parker out of Police custody Sydney and Broots would go home. Waiting for them were friends of Jarod. They would help them pack their things and then bring them to safety, before the centre could react.
During these events Jarod would go to the centre. Theres was this DSA Sydney had spoken of, and he wanted to see it. Going to the centre would distract the sweepers and hopefully make them call for backup. The less sweepers were watching Broots and Sydney, the better.
The only variable was that Jarod couldn't say with certainty, that he would get out again. But he was absolutetely willing to risk this. He didn't tell his friends about this part of the plan. Parker would want to go with him. It would get her killed...
***
Lyle sat behind his desk and smiled. Raines stood in front of it and wanted to be filled in. Since it was Lyles idea to use Sydney as a bait Raines was angry. He wanted to control everything. We wanted total control of the centre. He wanted it all and Lyle dead. But Lyles time had not come yet. Raines was willing to wait.
Lyle could guess what was going on in Raines head. Even though Raines controlled his emotions Lyle knew perfectly well, that Raines would dance on his grave. That was, if Lyle made a mistake. But that was not part of the plan.
"What information did you get in Pittsburgh?"
Raines snarled and Lyle smiled, imagening how he squeezed the tiny tube of Raines oxygen bottle. There was rumour, that his sister had once done that.
"Jarod was there. He was seriously injured during one of his pretends. We apparently missed him by mere minutes. The doctor said she had no clue of where he'd planned to go. I don't think Jarod would endanger her by telling..."
"Another failure, Mr. Lyle. The triumvirate will not approve."
Lyle sighed.
"My plan works perfectly. Sydney came out of his cover. He warned Jarod off, otherwise we would have caught him...."
Raines didn't like Sydney. He never had. Sydney had always interfered with his experiments, had always guarded that little Pretender bastard.
"Then arrange his execution."
It sounded like an order. Lyle smiled nastily.
"You are not thinking, Raines. What do you think Jarod will do if we arrest Sydney in one of the sublevels? He will come here. We should have done this a long time ago. Jarod cares for people and people care for Jarod. Sydney is the closest Jarod ever had of a family. Like a father..."
Raines seemed to realize the possibilites of the plan. But he wasn't convinced yet.
"Sydney betrayed Jarods trust more than once. Why should Jarod risk his freedom?"
Lyle smiled triumphantly.
"Jarod risked his freedom several times to find out the truth. He was at the centre several times. He even got caught because he guarded Mr. Parker and my sister from your marksmen..."
***
Angelo hurried back through the vents. He headed for his secret hideout where his laptop was. Jarod needed to know about this development. Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots were no longer safe at the centre. They were bait.
But Angelo feared he might not be able to warn Jarod. During the last weeks all his emails had been rejected from Jarods account. As he watched the email go out his sorrow grew.
Depserately he shut down his laptop when the email finally came back, rejected again.