At the sound of freedom Kara's friends jumped out of their beds. Ten seconds later the back up generators kicked on.
"We gotta get out of here. At any seconds some of Lyle's goons are gonna come burstin through that door to come and check on you."
Jarod spoke true. A couple of seconds later sweepers rushed in, their 9 millimeters drawn. Jarod pulled his own gun and they stood all facing each other. Willie stepped forward.
"Give it up Jarod there is nine of us and one of you with six kids to back you up. There is no way you are getting out of here."
"This is the police. We have the area surrounded. Nobody move!"
The sweepers scattered. They dropped their guns and ran to who knows where, but boy did they run. Before all the sweepers made it out of the room Jarod was already over at the door punching in the access code.
"If I remember right it is 5838."
The keypad beeped that access was granted and Jarod turned to the kids.
"So are you coming?"
"What about the cops?"
Jarod laughed.
"You'll see."
They ran out the door and down the hall. They stopped right in front of Dr. Bo's office. Jarod picked the lock and everybody packed into the lab.
"This is Dr. Bo's lab."
Informed Kara.
"Vents are bigger here, plus I figured that you guys would like to climb ladders instead of pulling yourself out of holes that are twice your height."
Indeed Jarod was right. The vents were bigger on this side and they did have ladders going all the way up to the main floor. Every once in awhile the group would get off the ladders just to run circles in the vents and get back on, and climb up another level. Once they got to the main lobby the sounds of the police were even more distinct.
"No body move. We have enough information on you guys to put you away for years."
People were running around willy nilly. Jarod ran out the door with the kids following. Once they got out the double doors they turned left following the building. As soon as they rounded the corner they found a man with a tape recorder and a bullhorn. He was smiling fit to burst.
"See I told you having me along would be a good idea. I really didn't tell a lie the whole time because I am the police and I kinda had them surrounded."
Jarod laughed.
"You really did like that didn't you Josh?"
They all ran off at a slightly slower run over to where two vans were waiting. Jarod took three of the kids and Josh took the other three. Leah, Diana, and Dominic piled into Jarod's van while Kara, Resse, and Maggie went with Josh.
"So... Who are you really Mr. Port?" Asked Diana once they were on the road and a safe distance from The Center and after Jarod had stopped looking in the rearview mirror so much.
"Well to make a long story short I am not a teacher and my name is not Mr. Port you can just call me Jarod. The Center is after you guys just like they are after me. I'll help you guys get back to your parents and move to a safer place to live."
Some time later
Jarod's cabin
Just out side of Blue Cove
"I went to The Center and
Attacked Lyle
Blew up the Tech lab
Caught Lyle
Dumped the Scientists in a garbage bin
Escape time
Follow Jarod, the leader
Got Lyle in a huff
Highjacked a limousine
Insulted the chairman
Got out without a problem
Kept the sweepers at bay
Laughed too hard at them blundering around
Made Lyle lose his job and... let me think oh!
Now let's get out of here!"
Jarod laughed as he stepped out of the van. They had been using the walkie-talkies in the vans to play the alphabet game, which Josh had just introduced Jarod to. The kids had seemed to get along with Jarod and Josh well enough. Jarod was worried about Kara though. He still had yet to tell her that The Center had killed her mother. He didn't want to tell her right now. She was having fun with her regained freedom right now. Jarod would tell her tonight. He didn't want to keep it from her too long. She needed to know. Jarod walked up to the cabin and opened the door. He had been up there not to long ago so the fridge was still stalked with goodies. Everyone walked into the multi purpose as Jarod went over to the freezer.
"Who's hungry?"
Everybody including Josh raised their hands. Jarod laughed and opened the freezer.
"How does ice cream sound?"
Josh laughed as the kids grinned.
"Do you have anything healthy per say?"
"Actually the iron and calcium that you get in..."
Josh held up his hands in defeat.
"Haha ok you win you win! They can have the ice cream."
"Haha good and just to let you know it IS the healthiest thing I have in this place."
Josh raised one eyebrow at Jarod but he wasn't looking. He was busy scooping ice cream. Josh went over to the cupboards and started to open them one by one.
"Dr. Pepper, Twinkies, donuts, brownies, Fruity Pebbles, Captain Crunch, chips, Mac and Cheese, Chocolate turtles, waffles and Pez lots and lots of Pez. Huh he obviously runs on sugar highs."
11:00 pm That night after everybody was in bed.
Jarod's cabin
Just outside of Blue Cove
Jarod walked out onto the front porch and was surprised to see Kara sitting on the swing to his right.
"I thought you were in bed."
"No lately I have had more energy and I can only sleep about five hours before I wake up fully energized and ready to start my day."
"Well while you are up I have some bad news to tell you. When The Center kidnapped you they killed you mom. They made it look like road rage. I'm sorry."
Kara did not stop from looking up at the stars. Her face did not show any change of expression.
"Sometimes when I was little and I was board in the car I would make up my own little world where the people I loved died tragically. I don't know why I did it. It would make me cry sometimes. I would just imagine car crashes and fires. I thought that it would help me once some one I loved really did die. I guess I was right."
"Aren't you going to cry for your mother?"
"Oh I will sometime or another. I don't know I feel at peace right now and it feels like nothing can destroy that peace. I will cry later on sometime when I am alone and I start to think about her. I do know one thing though. Lyle will meet a horrible death. There is no doubt in my mind that he had something and everything to do with her death. He will die a painful death all alone with no friend to help him."
"Lyle killed my brother I know how it feels to want to take revenge."
"I don't want to take revenge. I don't even wish for Lyle to die. I just know somehow that he will not meet death like a normal human does."
Jarod sat and thought about it. This child was now all alone in the world. He had a family somewhere out there. She didn't have anybody. All her relatives were dead and so were her parents. She had no one to turn to. The Center would still be after her too. She had a lot of Pretender potential from what Jarod had gathered. She could not run by herself. She needed somebody, somebody who could relate.
"The Center will still be after you. They will leave your friends alone but they will still come after you. You will have to keep on running to stay ahead of them."
"I know."
"How would you like to go on the run with me?"
Kara looked at Jarod, hope fluttering in her yellow eyes.
"Really?"
"Really."
Kara smiled and Jarod took that as a yes. He got up from the swing and started to walk back into the house.
"Good night Kara."
8:00 am
Jarod's cabin
Just outside of Blue Cove
"Hello Sydney"
"Jarod. You haven't called in awhile"
"Sydney What do you know about project A-dapt?"
"Project A-dapt? I have never heard of that project."
"Well I suggest you find out Sydney."
Jarod hung up.
"Now who wants breakfast?"
Josh shuffled out of the room that Jarod had set him up with along with himself, Dominic, and Resse.
"No more ice cream."
"Nope... Waffles!"
A/n I am sorry about making Jarod seem so callus about Kara's mom's death but I needed it that way. I am also sorry about not adding a a/n for the last chapter. I forgot but here is one now. (that is what a DON'T ADD A/NS will do for ya :) ) Please review. I need the happiness that I feel when I get a review good or bad! So review please! Thanx!
"We gotta get out of here. At any seconds some of Lyle's goons are gonna come burstin through that door to come and check on you."
Jarod spoke true. A couple of seconds later sweepers rushed in, their 9 millimeters drawn. Jarod pulled his own gun and they stood all facing each other. Willie stepped forward.
"Give it up Jarod there is nine of us and one of you with six kids to back you up. There is no way you are getting out of here."
"This is the police. We have the area surrounded. Nobody move!"
The sweepers scattered. They dropped their guns and ran to who knows where, but boy did they run. Before all the sweepers made it out of the room Jarod was already over at the door punching in the access code.
"If I remember right it is 5838."
The keypad beeped that access was granted and Jarod turned to the kids.
"So are you coming?"
"What about the cops?"
Jarod laughed.
"You'll see."
They ran out the door and down the hall. They stopped right in front of Dr. Bo's office. Jarod picked the lock and everybody packed into the lab.
"This is Dr. Bo's lab."
Informed Kara.
"Vents are bigger here, plus I figured that you guys would like to climb ladders instead of pulling yourself out of holes that are twice your height."
Indeed Jarod was right. The vents were bigger on this side and they did have ladders going all the way up to the main floor. Every once in awhile the group would get off the ladders just to run circles in the vents and get back on, and climb up another level. Once they got to the main lobby the sounds of the police were even more distinct.
"No body move. We have enough information on you guys to put you away for years."
People were running around willy nilly. Jarod ran out the door with the kids following. Once they got out the double doors they turned left following the building. As soon as they rounded the corner they found a man with a tape recorder and a bullhorn. He was smiling fit to burst.
"See I told you having me along would be a good idea. I really didn't tell a lie the whole time because I am the police and I kinda had them surrounded."
Jarod laughed.
"You really did like that didn't you Josh?"
They all ran off at a slightly slower run over to where two vans were waiting. Jarod took three of the kids and Josh took the other three. Leah, Diana, and Dominic piled into Jarod's van while Kara, Resse, and Maggie went with Josh.
"So... Who are you really Mr. Port?" Asked Diana once they were on the road and a safe distance from The Center and after Jarod had stopped looking in the rearview mirror so much.
"Well to make a long story short I am not a teacher and my name is not Mr. Port you can just call me Jarod. The Center is after you guys just like they are after me. I'll help you guys get back to your parents and move to a safer place to live."
Some time later
Jarod's cabin
Just out side of Blue Cove
"I went to The Center and
Attacked Lyle
Blew up the Tech lab
Caught Lyle
Dumped the Scientists in a garbage bin
Escape time
Follow Jarod, the leader
Got Lyle in a huff
Highjacked a limousine
Insulted the chairman
Got out without a problem
Kept the sweepers at bay
Laughed too hard at them blundering around
Made Lyle lose his job and... let me think oh!
Now let's get out of here!"
Jarod laughed as he stepped out of the van. They had been using the walkie-talkies in the vans to play the alphabet game, which Josh had just introduced Jarod to. The kids had seemed to get along with Jarod and Josh well enough. Jarod was worried about Kara though. He still had yet to tell her that The Center had killed her mother. He didn't want to tell her right now. She was having fun with her regained freedom right now. Jarod would tell her tonight. He didn't want to keep it from her too long. She needed to know. Jarod walked up to the cabin and opened the door. He had been up there not to long ago so the fridge was still stalked with goodies. Everyone walked into the multi purpose as Jarod went over to the freezer.
"Who's hungry?"
Everybody including Josh raised their hands. Jarod laughed and opened the freezer.
"How does ice cream sound?"
Josh laughed as the kids grinned.
"Do you have anything healthy per say?"
"Actually the iron and calcium that you get in..."
Josh held up his hands in defeat.
"Haha ok you win you win! They can have the ice cream."
"Haha good and just to let you know it IS the healthiest thing I have in this place."
Josh raised one eyebrow at Jarod but he wasn't looking. He was busy scooping ice cream. Josh went over to the cupboards and started to open them one by one.
"Dr. Pepper, Twinkies, donuts, brownies, Fruity Pebbles, Captain Crunch, chips, Mac and Cheese, Chocolate turtles, waffles and Pez lots and lots of Pez. Huh he obviously runs on sugar highs."
11:00 pm That night after everybody was in bed.
Jarod's cabin
Just outside of Blue Cove
Jarod walked out onto the front porch and was surprised to see Kara sitting on the swing to his right.
"I thought you were in bed."
"No lately I have had more energy and I can only sleep about five hours before I wake up fully energized and ready to start my day."
"Well while you are up I have some bad news to tell you. When The Center kidnapped you they killed you mom. They made it look like road rage. I'm sorry."
Kara did not stop from looking up at the stars. Her face did not show any change of expression.
"Sometimes when I was little and I was board in the car I would make up my own little world where the people I loved died tragically. I don't know why I did it. It would make me cry sometimes. I would just imagine car crashes and fires. I thought that it would help me once some one I loved really did die. I guess I was right."
"Aren't you going to cry for your mother?"
"Oh I will sometime or another. I don't know I feel at peace right now and it feels like nothing can destroy that peace. I will cry later on sometime when I am alone and I start to think about her. I do know one thing though. Lyle will meet a horrible death. There is no doubt in my mind that he had something and everything to do with her death. He will die a painful death all alone with no friend to help him."
"Lyle killed my brother I know how it feels to want to take revenge."
"I don't want to take revenge. I don't even wish for Lyle to die. I just know somehow that he will not meet death like a normal human does."
Jarod sat and thought about it. This child was now all alone in the world. He had a family somewhere out there. She didn't have anybody. All her relatives were dead and so were her parents. She had no one to turn to. The Center would still be after her too. She had a lot of Pretender potential from what Jarod had gathered. She could not run by herself. She needed somebody, somebody who could relate.
"The Center will still be after you. They will leave your friends alone but they will still come after you. You will have to keep on running to stay ahead of them."
"I know."
"How would you like to go on the run with me?"
Kara looked at Jarod, hope fluttering in her yellow eyes.
"Really?"
"Really."
Kara smiled and Jarod took that as a yes. He got up from the swing and started to walk back into the house.
"Good night Kara."
8:00 am
Jarod's cabin
Just outside of Blue Cove
"Hello Sydney"
"Jarod. You haven't called in awhile"
"Sydney What do you know about project A-dapt?"
"Project A-dapt? I have never heard of that project."
"Well I suggest you find out Sydney."
Jarod hung up.
"Now who wants breakfast?"
Josh shuffled out of the room that Jarod had set him up with along with himself, Dominic, and Resse.
"No more ice cream."
"Nope... Waffles!"
A/n I am sorry about making Jarod seem so callus about Kara's mom's death but I needed it that way. I am also sorry about not adding a a/n for the last chapter. I forgot but here is one now. (that is what a DON'T ADD A/NS will do for ya :) ) Please review. I need the happiness that I feel when I get a review good or bad! So review please! Thanx!