Will- Pretender, Inner sense, Pyrokensis, Telepath
Aaron- Pretender, Inner sense, Telepath
Andros- Pretender, Inner sense, Telepath
Alex- Pretender, Inner sense, Telepath
Michael- Pretender, Have visions
Michelle- Pretender, Have visions
Greg- Pretender, Able to channel other people's abilities
Jeremiah- Pretender, Able to channel other people's abilities
Melissa- Pretender, Able to channel other people's abilities
Terra- Pretender
Tobias- Pretender
Cassie- Pretender, Telepath
Marc- Pretender, Telepath
Rachael- Pretender, Precognitive
Jake- Pretender, Precognitive
To answer Annette's question. These kids have psychic powers because their abilities have evolved. They are also genetically engineered. Sam has the pretender gene but it is dormant. Sam's a carrier for the pretender gene. He may not be a pretender but that doesn't mean his children won't be.
CHAPTER 17
THE BRUTAL BEATING OF PROJECT PHOENIX
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
February 28, 2003
2:00pm
"Where is she damn it?" Lyle screamed as he kicked Will.
"I don't know! I swear!" He gasped in between coughs. His gray tunic was stained with his blood. There was blood coming from both his mouth and a cut just above his right eye. His left wrist was sprained and his right shoulder was dislocated.
"Fine since you can't tell me anything I'll just have to question Arron and Andros." Lyle said grinning.
Will got to his feet struggling. Cradling his left hand to his waist he said –so low that it was almost a growl- "If you lay a hand on my brother or any of those other children I will kill you. And That Mr. Lyle is not a threat but a promise." For the first time in twelve years Lyle was truly afraid of Will. The boy was so much like his parents that it scared the crap out of Lyle.
As Will stared at Lyle his eyes changed from their normal blue to fire red. The boy's eyes began to blaze as if they contained liquid fire. Suddenly a ball of fire sprung in Will's hand. He then lobbed the ball of fire a Lyle deliberately missing.
"You may have created me Mr. Lyle, but you don't know half of what I'm capable of. I could have killed you just now. If you deiced to come near my brothers or the other children I will see that you die a slow and painful death."
"N-no you couldn't kill me." Lyle stuttered shaken at the boy's use of his powers. "You're too much like your parents." He said as he left and locked the cell door. Lyle leaned against the door and took a moment to compose his self. William was defiantly Jarod and Parker's son. There was no doubt about it. Will had both of his parent's tempers. He was also just as protective of his family as his parents were.
Lyle began to walk to his office. On his way in he told his secretary to send a doctor to Will's cell. Once in his office Lyle walked over to his desk and picked up the phone. He dialed a number and said, "We have a problem with Phoenix."
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
February 28, 2003
2:47pm
Will crumpled to the floor in exhaustion once Lyle left his cell. He came back to reality to the sound of a familiar voice.
"Oh, Will what did you do to anger him this time."
"Hello Dr. Mackenzie." Will croaked. "Fancy meeting you here."
"Shit!" Sam exclaimed. "What happen to you Will?"
"Lyle believed that I was keeping information of my little sister's whereabouts secret. Not that he's wrong." Will explained.
"Little sister?" Dr. Mackenzie asked
"Alex is his sister, Jen." Sam told her.
"Well, William it would appear that you and your family have away of angering Mr. Lyle." She said as a tear rolled down her cheek. "Sam you better carry him to the infirmary." She commanded.
"Yes Mama. Come on kid." Sam grunted. "Let's go get you patched up."
"Ahh!" Will screamed in pain as Sam lifted him up.
"Sorry kid." The sweeper apologized.
"Sam what about my brothers?" Will asked.
"There fine Will. They're with Miss. Parker. That's about as safe as you can get here. Once we get you to the infirmary I'll send for your brothers okay."
"There's no need for that Sam."
"What do you mean, Will?"
"Listen." It took Sam a moment but then he heard it. The unmistakable sound of Parker's six-inch stilettos clicking down the corridor. On either side of her were Arron and Andros.
"Will!" The two boys yelled once they caught sight of their brother. They began to run to their brother, Parker close at their heels.
"Is he going to be alright?" Parker asked.
"Eventually, yes. But we need to get him to the infirmary." Dr. Mackenzie informed her.
"Who are you?" Parker asked her.
"Jen Mackenzie. I'm the doctor for both the black files and project Phoenix." Parker said nothing, but did raise an eyebrow.
"It was Lyle wasn't it?" Arron said as the group walked down the hall.
"He wanted to know where Alex was." Andros said, informing Miss. Parker.
"Yeah." Will replied.
Sam gently laid Will down on a bed once the group reached the infirmary. As soon as Will was situated the two boys climbed up on his bed. "Boys you're going to have to get down in order for Dr. Mackenzie to work on Will." Parker gently chided.
"Come on you two." Sam said lifting the boys off the bed. Jen walked over to Will. She began to inspect him, gently probing his body for unseen injuries, apologizing each time he hissed in pain.
"Well, William it appears you were trying to go for a record today. Sam take off your belt." She instructed.
"Excuse me?"
"Your belt Sam. Will has a dislocated shoulder. Place your belt in his mouth so that he will have something to bite down on. I'll then need you to hold him down while I relocate his shoulder." Sam did as he was told. "On the count of three I'm gonna pull. Okay Will?"
"No!" Will protested.
"William" Sam said.
"No! I want Miss. Parker to do it. Please." He begged. Parker walked over to the boy.
"Are you sure about this?" Parker asked. Will nodded his head. "Okay on the count of three. Broots what are you doing here." Parker said distracting the boy and pulling his arm at the same time. Will bit down on the belt in pain as Sam held the boy down."
"You said three!" Will said angrily, after he had recovered form the sudden impact of pain.
"So I lied." Parker said with a grin as she tenderly stroked Will's brow.
"Well Miss. Parker why don't you help us patch this charming young lad back up?" Jen said. The three adults worked in silence; stitching and patching Will up.
"How may times have you been here Will?" Parked asked as she tended to the wound right above his eye.
"About twenty two times." He responded. "But not all of them have been serious Miss. Parker. "Most were for minor cuts and bruises due to Sims. Once I was brought in because of the flu. When I was seven I had the chicken pox."
"We had those last year" Arron spoke for the first time since entering the room.
"Fourteen itchy brats. But not all at once. Nooo. In groups of siblings. Six weeks of chicken pox." Sam muttered as the three boys, Parker, and Jen laughed.
"There you go will all done." Jen said studying her work.
"About time." Arron complained.
"Yeah it took you three for ever." Said Andros, as the two boys climbed back on their brother's bed.