Disclaimer: I swear, I didn't mean it! Don't hurt me- err, I mean, there is no infringement intended, I'm just a fan writing for fun

Author's note: This it written before the final series and the movies- mostly because they never bothered to show the final series or the movies in Australia- at least, not where I could see them.

Jarod all but dived through the doorway in the alley as a bullet grazed the brickwork behind him. He quickly scanned the large empty warehouse around him. There were two doors so he dashed for the nearest one, praying that it would be open. He yanked desperately on the doorknob but it was too late. The door burst open behind him.

He turned in frustration to face his pursuer. After leading the Centre operatives on a long chase through the downtown slums, it seemed that they would get him at last. Still, only Miss Parker had managed to follow him this far. How she did it in those heels was beyond him. He paused, leaning against the locked door and catching his breath while he waited for her to make the next move.

"You bastard. No more 3am phone calls dragging me across the country to chase dead ends."

"Why Miss Parker, I thought you enjoyed a challenge." He said with a twinkle in his eye. If he was lucky, there was still a way out of this.

"Not as much as I'll enjoy handing you over to my psycho twin and walking out of the Centre forever."

"Now why don't I think that's going to happen? Oh yes, your psycho twin in conjunction with your lying father want you where they can see you. There's no way they're going to let you leave that place."

"Yeah, well we'll see about that when we get there, won't we." She sneered with a bone-chilling smile. She wanted nothing so much as to wipe that annoying smirk off his face. Keeping her gun trained firmly on the pretender she tossed him a pair of handcuffs. His smile growing wider, he put them on.

"Oh come on Miss Parker, you know the only way you'll find the truth about your mother is if I'm out here."

Lyle and a sweeper took that moment to burst through the door behind her. They pulled up short panting when they saw the situation. A smile spread across Lyle's face that was eerily similar to the one his sister was still wearing to mask a stab of uncertainty.

"Well done sis, I was getting worried that you might be losing your touch."

"Sorry to disappoint you Lyle. Wonderboy is coming home." Snarled Parker.

Jarod watched both the twins carefully as Parker took her attention off him to snap at her brother. It was now or never. He dove for the other door as Sam yelled a warning. A shot went off. The door fell open as Jarod felt burning pain blossom in his leg.

Lyle and Parker abruptly ceased their bickering to dash simultaneously for the door. Lyle yanked on the handle to find that it had been locked from the other side. He shot the lock off then kicked it open into another warehouse, this one half full of bales of wool. Jarod had disappeared. Miss Parker swore fluently and tucked her gun back in its holster.

"Find him, he can't have gone far." She sighed her orders, even knowing that there was no way they would locate him. He had gotten away again. She swore.

TBC. (This is the first story I've actually written specifically for www.fanfiction.net, the other's I just wrote for myself and decided to publish.)