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A/N Ok I want you guys to know that after I finish this story that I am going to write a sequel. (tp/ teenage mutant ninja turtle cross over no knowledge of the turtles needed) I think that I am going to call it gifted meets gifted. Don't worry it is not going to be one of those lame Jarod meets the turtles, helps them fight their arch enemy and then becomes best friends with them forever. It is not like that! Trust me you will like it cause I liked writin it! *smiles winingly*) Oh and it has been brought to my attenion that Ibuprofen thins blood so therefor if you have a gun shot wound and you can't go to the hospital cuz you're on the run then DON'T swallow a bottle of Ibuprofen It will make you bleed to death! K? P.S. thanx for all the reviews I love openin my inbox to find reviews! Hehe I will not make you guys wait any longer!
8:00 am
Pursuit team's office
The Center
Blue Cove, Delaware
"Miss Parker do you know anything about a project A-dapt?"
"If Frankin Boy wants to know then no."
"What if I want to know?"
"The answer is still no."
"Well in that case we need to find out."
"Fine"
Parker heaved herself out of her chair and the work that she was doing to go get Broots she came back seconds later with him following her. She pointed to his computer chair.
"Find anything you can about project A-dapt."
Parker turned to Sydney
"Happy?"
Sydney just leaned back in his chair and smiled. Everyone had been getting irritable here lately from the lack of leads on Jarod.
Some hours later.
Miss Parker you won't believe this. I found out what Project A-dapt is.
"You're right Broots I don't believe it!" Parker said in mock surprise.
Broots went on as if she really didn't believe it.
"Well it did take awhile. I had to by pass a lot of codes and if anybody figures out I did this then I am..."
"Broots spit it out already what did you find!?"
"Well Lyle was running a Project called Project A-dapt. They had been testing local schools to find abnormally high IQs. When they did find one girl that they thought was a potential pretender they had another project come up at the same time. In his haste Lyle kidnapped this girl and injected her with wolf chromosomes. Her body, in order to adapt started to change. Lyle tried to erase her memory about the whole event and put her back in her home because apparently stress had something to do with when the body adapted it would have made her more naturally irritable. When the transformation was complete he kidnapped her for good. That was about a week ago. Jarod must have found out because she and her friends that Lyle had also kidnapped escaped last night. Her name is Takara, She is fourteen years old. Here is what I could find on her. "
Broots handed Miss Parker a file. Miss Parker looked it over. Her eyes grew wide at the stuff this child was and would have been subject to. She was completely different then what she looked like before. Now she looked like a disturbed child who was not sure where she belonged. She looked like she had cut her hair short and her eyes were now yellow. Parker had no doubt in her mind that The Center had done this to this girl. She felt sorry for her in a way. Parker handed the file to Sydney.
"So is this what your lab rat wanted us to find?"
Sydney looked over the file.
"I believe so yes. The question now is why?"
Almost on cue Lyle walked in.
"Hey guys."
The pursuit team stared at Lyle.
"What?"
The pursuit team continued to stare.
"Gees talk about feeling unwanted."
"What do you want Lyle?"
"Oh I was just dropping by to tell you guys that you have another subject to chase after."
Lyle threw a folder on Parker's desk.
"Daddy's orders." He mocked.
With that Lyle turned and walked out of the room before Parker had a chance to say no. Parker picked up the folder and sure enough it was Kara's.
"I hate when he does that."
But Parker knew as well as anyone else that her father's orders were made to be carried out. She sighed and sat down in her chair again.
"Well Broots I guess you can go back to your computer and look for genius man and ware wolf girl now."
10:00 am
Jarod's cabin
Just outside of Blue Cove
Jarod had just taken enough time to drain The Center's bank accounts a few million dollars and recircuit the money around the world so that it could not be traced. He got up from his chair and looked at the kids. They were all dressed in Center issue cloths. Goodness how Jarod hated those cloths. *There is no way they are going back to their parents looking like that *
"So... Who wants to go shopping?"
"Oh come on Jarod. You can't really say that you are going to go shopping with six teenagers. That is the dumbest thing that you could ever do. You are going to drain your wallet." Said Josh in protest.
"Well considering they need cloths cause there is no way they are going to go home in those cloths. Plus it is not my money it is The Center's money."
Jarod held up a credit card.
"I charge these directly to The Center. We have a few hundred dollars to spend on cloths. So let's go."
The kids looked at each other and jumped up from their game of Monopoly. They headed out the door and to the vans.
"Haha we look like we are about to rob some place." Mentioned Dominic, referring to the black cloths and vans. They stopped at the BON TON first for the girls. Resse and Dom couldn't find much in there, just pink lots of pink. Leah had found a pair of dark blue flares with leather stitching up the sides, and a red kitty gots claws shirt. Diana tried on a pair of skintight black flares and an orange shirt with perfect written across the front of it.
The guys went over to TJ Max to get some cloths while the girls were shopping. Kara and Maggie couldn't find anything in the store for them so they went with the guys. There, Maggie got a black element hoddie and beanie and dark blue flares. Resse got a dark red hoodie with billibong printed across it and light blue baggie pants. Dom chose a plain black hoodie and plain black baggie pants. Kara came running up with a pair of baggie black pants and a dark blue hoddie.
"Look guys!"
She opened up the hoodie to reveal a wolf on the front. It was a fox-racing shirt.
"I think it looks more like wolf than a fox."
Her friends burst out laughing. Just then Di and Leah walked in wearing their new cloths. The others went into the changing rooms to change out of their old cloths and into their new ones. Jarod paid for them and the cashier let them walk out of the store wearing them.
"Now to get you guys back to your families."
Some hours later
Jarod's new car
Going to who knows where
Kara's friends got returned to their parents and everybody was very relived to find their children safe. Jarod had given each family a good amount of money and had set it up so that The Center would not come after them any time soon. Jarod had not told each family much about The Center. He just told them enough to let them in on what they had got into. Jarod had also given each family his cell phone number and e-mail address in case of trouble. He had also promised Kara's friends that they would still be able to stay in touch for the most part. Now he and Kara were on the run again.
"So where are we going now?" asked Kara.
"I donno you choose. I wanted, if it is ok with you, to run some tests on you to make sure that The Center didn't do anything else to you. That would involve medical equipment. So I guess you get to pick your hospital."
"I've never been to Florida before."
"Alright then. To Florida it is then. "
Three days later
2:30 PM
Apartment building
Tallahassee, Florida
WARNING FIRST PERSON: KARA
I sat on my bed thinking. It was not so bad, this new life. Jarod was at work now. He had run some tests on me when we first got here. It was funny how he walked into the hospital acting like he was supposed to be there. He said that he would bring the results of the tests home tonight for me to see. So far I already knew a lot about my new self. I only need about five hours of sleep any more. I would go to bed at midnight and wake up at five with out an alarm clock. Man how I loved those words. 'With out an alarm clock. No more infernal beeping devices rousing me out of my sleep. I would go for a run in the park and be back before Jarod woke up to get ready for work. Speaking of which he should be home soon. I tried cooking for him last night but he got called in on an emergency about a kid with a gunshot wound. He rushed out the door with a couple of Twinkies in hand. I couldn't help but to laugh. He lived on junk food. The cashier at the grocery store must have thought we were nuts. We had gotten a whole bunch of meat and a lot more candy. I am still trying to persuade Jarod to take me to a rural area and let me go hunting with him. He was not too keen on the idea of killing an animal. I used to go hunting all the time with some of my mom's friends before. She was never too keen on hunting either but she let me go because she said that she did not want to hold me back. I don't know why I haven't shed tears for mom yet. You always cry when you think about your loved ones dying but when it finally happens you don't cry at all. I don't know it feels like she is still with me. I think that is why I don't cry. I jumped up as I heard the door open. That was another thing, the little sounds that I brushed off before are important to me now. It is almost like I am was predator mode.
I walked out into the kitchen area to start dinner. Maybe Jarod would stick around long enough to have some this time.
"Hello."
"Hi"
Jarod walked over to me with a folder in his hand as I was rooting around in the fridge for something healthy. I wasn't against junk food mind you. I just think that there is such thing as too much. I pulled out half a pound of ground beef and searched the cup broads to see if I have enough ingredients to pull off tacos. I took out a pan, put it on the stove and dumped the meat into it. Jarod came over to the table and put down the folder. I walked over.
"Those are the results. From what I gathered everything that was in your file at The Center was true, but they looked over some aspects. Your hair will no longer grow more than an inch or two. You are going to have more energy than you can deal with. You will need to find some way to work it off. One more thing, the wolf gene in you decided that it didn't want you to have chocolate."
I looked up at Jarod somewhat confused. He continued to explain.
"Most dogs and other animals can't have chocolate. It speeds up their system too much. You, being human can still have chocolate and other sweets but you can't have as much, nor on a regular basis."
I put on a sad puppy face. Jarod laughed.
"I think that you will have to find your own limit on that yourself."
I didn't love chocolate as much as other people did but I would get cravings every now and then. None of the things Jarod mentioned would be too much of a problem for me. I got up from the chair that I had sat down in and went over to check on the meat. I couldn't help to think as I got up that this was the true new beginning to my life. This was where it all started. My mind's response to this was three unspoken words. Bring it on!
A/n ok I think that I am gonna post one more chapter before I start to post the sequel. Earthdrago did bring something to my attention though. I need a beta reader! (Beta reader is someone that reads your stuff before hand and finds mistakes right?) Most people I know either don't know what the heck The Pretender is or just plain don't have enough time. So... *grins shyly* if any of you guys are up to the job please tell me. *Grin broadens* Please review thanks!
A/N Ok I want you guys to know that after I finish this story that I am going to write a sequel. (tp/ teenage mutant ninja turtle cross over no knowledge of the turtles needed) I think that I am going to call it gifted meets gifted. Don't worry it is not going to be one of those lame Jarod meets the turtles, helps them fight their arch enemy and then becomes best friends with them forever. It is not like that! Trust me you will like it cause I liked writin it! *smiles winingly*) Oh and it has been brought to my attenion that Ibuprofen thins blood so therefor if you have a gun shot wound and you can't go to the hospital cuz you're on the run then DON'T swallow a bottle of Ibuprofen It will make you bleed to death! K? P.S. thanx for all the reviews I love openin my inbox to find reviews! Hehe I will not make you guys wait any longer!
8:00 am
Pursuit team's office
The Center
Blue Cove, Delaware
"Miss Parker do you know anything about a project A-dapt?"
"If Frankin Boy wants to know then no."
"What if I want to know?"
"The answer is still no."
"Well in that case we need to find out."
"Fine"
Parker heaved herself out of her chair and the work that she was doing to go get Broots she came back seconds later with him following her. She pointed to his computer chair.
"Find anything you can about project A-dapt."
Parker turned to Sydney
"Happy?"
Sydney just leaned back in his chair and smiled. Everyone had been getting irritable here lately from the lack of leads on Jarod.
Some hours later.
Miss Parker you won't believe this. I found out what Project A-dapt is.
"You're right Broots I don't believe it!" Parker said in mock surprise.
Broots went on as if she really didn't believe it.
"Well it did take awhile. I had to by pass a lot of codes and if anybody figures out I did this then I am..."
"Broots spit it out already what did you find!?"
"Well Lyle was running a Project called Project A-dapt. They had been testing local schools to find abnormally high IQs. When they did find one girl that they thought was a potential pretender they had another project come up at the same time. In his haste Lyle kidnapped this girl and injected her with wolf chromosomes. Her body, in order to adapt started to change. Lyle tried to erase her memory about the whole event and put her back in her home because apparently stress had something to do with when the body adapted it would have made her more naturally irritable. When the transformation was complete he kidnapped her for good. That was about a week ago. Jarod must have found out because she and her friends that Lyle had also kidnapped escaped last night. Her name is Takara, She is fourteen years old. Here is what I could find on her. "
Broots handed Miss Parker a file. Miss Parker looked it over. Her eyes grew wide at the stuff this child was and would have been subject to. She was completely different then what she looked like before. Now she looked like a disturbed child who was not sure where she belonged. She looked like she had cut her hair short and her eyes were now yellow. Parker had no doubt in her mind that The Center had done this to this girl. She felt sorry for her in a way. Parker handed the file to Sydney.
"So is this what your lab rat wanted us to find?"
Sydney looked over the file.
"I believe so yes. The question now is why?"
Almost on cue Lyle walked in.
"Hey guys."
The pursuit team stared at Lyle.
"What?"
The pursuit team continued to stare.
"Gees talk about feeling unwanted."
"What do you want Lyle?"
"Oh I was just dropping by to tell you guys that you have another subject to chase after."
Lyle threw a folder on Parker's desk.
"Daddy's orders." He mocked.
With that Lyle turned and walked out of the room before Parker had a chance to say no. Parker picked up the folder and sure enough it was Kara's.
"I hate when he does that."
But Parker knew as well as anyone else that her father's orders were made to be carried out. She sighed and sat down in her chair again.
"Well Broots I guess you can go back to your computer and look for genius man and ware wolf girl now."
10:00 am
Jarod's cabin
Just outside of Blue Cove
Jarod had just taken enough time to drain The Center's bank accounts a few million dollars and recircuit the money around the world so that it could not be traced. He got up from his chair and looked at the kids. They were all dressed in Center issue cloths. Goodness how Jarod hated those cloths. *There is no way they are going back to their parents looking like that *
"So... Who wants to go shopping?"
"Oh come on Jarod. You can't really say that you are going to go shopping with six teenagers. That is the dumbest thing that you could ever do. You are going to drain your wallet." Said Josh in protest.
"Well considering they need cloths cause there is no way they are going to go home in those cloths. Plus it is not my money it is The Center's money."
Jarod held up a credit card.
"I charge these directly to The Center. We have a few hundred dollars to spend on cloths. So let's go."
The kids looked at each other and jumped up from their game of Monopoly. They headed out the door and to the vans.
"Haha we look like we are about to rob some place." Mentioned Dominic, referring to the black cloths and vans. They stopped at the BON TON first for the girls. Resse and Dom couldn't find much in there, just pink lots of pink. Leah had found a pair of dark blue flares with leather stitching up the sides, and a red kitty gots claws shirt. Diana tried on a pair of skintight black flares and an orange shirt with perfect written across the front of it.
The guys went over to TJ Max to get some cloths while the girls were shopping. Kara and Maggie couldn't find anything in the store for them so they went with the guys. There, Maggie got a black element hoddie and beanie and dark blue flares. Resse got a dark red hoodie with billibong printed across it and light blue baggie pants. Dom chose a plain black hoodie and plain black baggie pants. Kara came running up with a pair of baggie black pants and a dark blue hoddie.
"Look guys!"
She opened up the hoodie to reveal a wolf on the front. It was a fox-racing shirt.
"I think it looks more like wolf than a fox."
Her friends burst out laughing. Just then Di and Leah walked in wearing their new cloths. The others went into the changing rooms to change out of their old cloths and into their new ones. Jarod paid for them and the cashier let them walk out of the store wearing them.
"Now to get you guys back to your families."
Some hours later
Jarod's new car
Going to who knows where
Kara's friends got returned to their parents and everybody was very relived to find their children safe. Jarod had given each family a good amount of money and had set it up so that The Center would not come after them any time soon. Jarod had not told each family much about The Center. He just told them enough to let them in on what they had got into. Jarod had also given each family his cell phone number and e-mail address in case of trouble. He had also promised Kara's friends that they would still be able to stay in touch for the most part. Now he and Kara were on the run again.
"So where are we going now?" asked Kara.
"I donno you choose. I wanted, if it is ok with you, to run some tests on you to make sure that The Center didn't do anything else to you. That would involve medical equipment. So I guess you get to pick your hospital."
"I've never been to Florida before."
"Alright then. To Florida it is then. "
Three days later
2:30 PM
Apartment building
Tallahassee, Florida
WARNING FIRST PERSON: KARA
I sat on my bed thinking. It was not so bad, this new life. Jarod was at work now. He had run some tests on me when we first got here. It was funny how he walked into the hospital acting like he was supposed to be there. He said that he would bring the results of the tests home tonight for me to see. So far I already knew a lot about my new self. I only need about five hours of sleep any more. I would go to bed at midnight and wake up at five with out an alarm clock. Man how I loved those words. 'With out an alarm clock. No more infernal beeping devices rousing me out of my sleep. I would go for a run in the park and be back before Jarod woke up to get ready for work. Speaking of which he should be home soon. I tried cooking for him last night but he got called in on an emergency about a kid with a gunshot wound. He rushed out the door with a couple of Twinkies in hand. I couldn't help but to laugh. He lived on junk food. The cashier at the grocery store must have thought we were nuts. We had gotten a whole bunch of meat and a lot more candy. I am still trying to persuade Jarod to take me to a rural area and let me go hunting with him. He was not too keen on the idea of killing an animal. I used to go hunting all the time with some of my mom's friends before. She was never too keen on hunting either but she let me go because she said that she did not want to hold me back. I don't know why I haven't shed tears for mom yet. You always cry when you think about your loved ones dying but when it finally happens you don't cry at all. I don't know it feels like she is still with me. I think that is why I don't cry. I jumped up as I heard the door open. That was another thing, the little sounds that I brushed off before are important to me now. It is almost like I am was predator mode.
I walked out into the kitchen area to start dinner. Maybe Jarod would stick around long enough to have some this time.
"Hello."
"Hi"
Jarod walked over to me with a folder in his hand as I was rooting around in the fridge for something healthy. I wasn't against junk food mind you. I just think that there is such thing as too much. I pulled out half a pound of ground beef and searched the cup broads to see if I have enough ingredients to pull off tacos. I took out a pan, put it on the stove and dumped the meat into it. Jarod came over to the table and put down the folder. I walked over.
"Those are the results. From what I gathered everything that was in your file at The Center was true, but they looked over some aspects. Your hair will no longer grow more than an inch or two. You are going to have more energy than you can deal with. You will need to find some way to work it off. One more thing, the wolf gene in you decided that it didn't want you to have chocolate."
I looked up at Jarod somewhat confused. He continued to explain.
"Most dogs and other animals can't have chocolate. It speeds up their system too much. You, being human can still have chocolate and other sweets but you can't have as much, nor on a regular basis."
I put on a sad puppy face. Jarod laughed.
"I think that you will have to find your own limit on that yourself."
I didn't love chocolate as much as other people did but I would get cravings every now and then. None of the things Jarod mentioned would be too much of a problem for me. I got up from the chair that I had sat down in and went over to check on the meat. I couldn't help to think as I got up that this was the true new beginning to my life. This was where it all started. My mind's response to this was three unspoken words. Bring it on!
A/n ok I think that I am gonna post one more chapter before I start to post the sequel. Earthdrago did bring something to my attention though. I need a beta reader! (Beta reader is someone that reads your stuff before hand and finds mistakes right?) Most people I know either don't know what the heck The Pretender is or just plain don't have enough time. So... *grins shyly* if any of you guys are up to the job please tell me. *Grin broadens* Please review thanks!