Joy- Will's one of my favorite characters. I try hard to make him a cross between Morgan and Jarod. He and Alley are meant to be a balance between their parents.
Mrs. Rhett Butler- Don't fell bad about nit getting use to calling Broots Jon. I'm writing the story and still am not use to it. And he's been Jon in this story for at least thirty chapters.
CHAPTER 50
BAD DREAMS
January 13, 2004
3:06am
Blue Cove Delaware
Home of Jon Broots
At a little after three in the morning, Jarod's cell phone rang. Jarod blindly reached out for it, rapping his knuckles against the nightstand. He let out a curse and then answered his phone.
"Hello?"
"It's me."
"Will, what sa smatter?" Jarod said groggily
"Couldn't sleep, wanted to make sure you were okay." Will replied.
"I'm fine, son." Jarod said reassuring Will.
"Good." Will said weakly.
"Nightmares again?' Jarod asked realizing something was wrong.
"Yeah. They're getting worse. Woke up and my bed was on fire, Al's too." Will said his voice wavering.
"Are you and Alley alright?" Jarod asked siting up in bed.
"Yeah, we put it out before anyone found out." Will told Jarod. "I got a burn on my arm, but it's not so bad. I took some Advil so it doesn't hurt anymore." The boy said quietly.
"You should have told your mother, William." Jarod gently reprimanded his son.
"I didn't want to worry her. She was already concerned about you. I caught her chuggin' a bottle of Pepto-Bismol earlier. I didn't want to make her ulcer any worse."
"What was the dream about?" Jarod asked.
"Me and Alley are walking down a corridor looking for somethin'. We get to a door and it's c-closed. We don't want t-to go in but somethin' —makes us. W-we o-open the door an-and there's a-a blind-blinding light. Th-then g-gun shots are fired. T-two of 'em. We h-hear a m-man and woman scream. Th-the l- light goes a-away and there's b-b-blood, lots of it. Every-everywhere. Then m-me and Al wakeup screamin'." Will finished.
Will's reiteration of the dream made Jarod's blood run cold. Not because of the dream itself, but because of how Will told it. Over the past year, Will had undergone some truly emotional events. Yet never before had he seemed so vulnerable. Will had stuttered while telling his father about the dream. Never before had Jarod heard his son stutter. What Jarod had also over heard on the phone also had him concerned. Will was crying. Jarod realized that his son was obviously distraught. Though Will never saw who had been shot in his dream Jarod didn't need to be told that Will believed that it was Morgan and Jarod who had been shot. For the first time since Jarod found out he was a father, he truly felt helpless as to what he could do to ease his son's pain.
"Will, Will you still there?"
"Y-yeah."
"Listen to me buddy, listen to my voice. Calm down. Right now you're worried half out of your mind."
"What if it's real, Dad?" Will whispered. "What if it was a premonition?"
"Then we now know to be even more careful. But will it was probably just a bad dream."
"I don't think it was. I think it was a warning." Will said obviously shaken.
"Then we've been warned okay? Now Will, I need to ask you some questions and for you to do a few favors for me okay?"
"Kay."
"You said Alley had the same dream?"
"Yes."
"Where is she?"
"Sleep, next t' me. I gave her some pills."
"Good. Now have you changed your sheets, gotten rid of the burned ones?"
"Yes."
"Good boy. Now after I hang up I need for you to check on your baby brothers and sister, okay."
"Kay."
"That's my boy. Now will afterwards you need to tell your mother what happened." Jarod told Will and the boy moaned.
"Please, I can't. Can you tell her? I don't wanna see it again."
"Okay, Will, okay." Jarod said trying to calm Will down again. "I'll tell your mom. Now after I hang up, what are you going to do?
"Check on the others."
"Good, good."
"Dad?"
"Yes, Will?"
"When are you coming home?"
"Tomorrow, a little after you get home from school."
"Dad, can me and Alley be sick tomorrow? I don't wanna go t' school."
"That's fine, Will, I'll talk to your mom. Now, go check on the other's and then get some sleep."
"Okay, night Dad."
"Good night, son."
"Dad?"
"Yeah, Will?"
"Can I check on the others then call you back. Just to talk. I don't think I'm going to be able to go t' sleep."
"Tell you what. You don't even need to hang up the phone. Go check on the others and I'll be right here on the other line waiting for you."
"Kay." Will said. "I'll be right back."
Jarod heard Will get off of the bed and pad across the floor to check on the other children. Jarod had asked Will to check on Aaron, Alex, and Andros, because Jarod had a sneaking suspicion that the triplets may have also had the same dream. More than likely if they did Jake probably dealt with it. But to be on the safe side Jarod had Will check on them. Checking on the children would also help put some of Will's tension at ease. Will returned a few moments later.
"They're okay." Will told his father.
"That's good. So what do you want to talk about?"
"Tell me a story. Like the one's you and Momma tell the little ones."
"Alright," Jarod replied.
So that night Jarod told his fourteen-year-old son a bedtime story, one complete with a Prince and Princess, a dragon and an evil king. After awhile Will fell asleep and Jarod hung up the phone. He would call home later to tell Morgan about the children's nightmare. But at that moment Jarod, too, needed his sleep.
January 13, 2004
10:30am
Castle Rock, Delaware
Lyle's Cabin
Jarod had called Morgan first thing that morning to inform her of Will and Alley's nightmare. She allowed for the twins to stay home from school. When Jarod had called just after eight, Will and Alley had emerged from their room long enough to grab a pop tart and return to their room. The twins avoided everyone by staying in the nursery and watching over Zane, Gabe, and Amy.
After talking to Morgan, Jarod left Jon's house and set off to Castle Rock. At a little after ten Jarod arrived at the cabin. The cabin was ten miles from the ocean and located on Mejis Lane and was surrounded by woods. Jarod broke in to Lyle's cabin and began to investigate. After an hour searching Jarod found documents tying Lyle to the abductions of several children and the murders of the children's parents. Jarod stowed the files in Morgan's car and then went exploring the woods around the cabin. Eventually he found the shallow graves of over half the women Lyle had murdered.
Convinced he had more than enough information to either get Lyle the death penalty or life in prison Jarod began the journey home.
January 13,2004
4:37pm
Charlottesville, Virginia
Russell Family Home
Jarod pulled into the driveway and walked into the house. "I'm home." He said dropping the files on the coffee table along with the DSA.
"Daddy!" Alex yelled, running to her father. Jarod swept her up in his arms slightly wincing at the pain in his shoulder from the gunshot wound had occurred just before Christmas.
"Hey there, Baby Girl." Jarod said dropping a kiss on the top of his daughter's head. "Where is everyone?"
"Momma, Aunt Jen, Aunt Emily and, Aunt Julia went to the store for diapers and stuff 'cause Momma knew you'd forget."
"And it takes four people to by diapers?" Jarod looked at his daughter skeptically.
"Well, they did take your credit card. Momma said some thing about a new car seat for the twins. And all of us are starting to outgrow our clothes" Alex told her father. Jarod grimaced at the thought of Morgan and the other three women with his credit card.
"Where is everyone else?"
"Chris and Deb went to the movies alone t' make out. Will and Alley are upstairs with the babies in the nursery. Grandpa and Grams went to see the realtor about that house in town. Uncle Ethan, Uncle Lex, and Aunt Julia are at the clinic working. Uncle Nick has a staff meeting. Everyone else is outside at the barn. I just came inside t' get us all somethin t' drink." Alex said all in one breath.
"Good, why don't you go back out? I bet they're all thirsty. I need to talk to Will and Alley."
"'Bout the dream?" Alex asked. He stared at his youngest daughter inquisitively.
"Did you have a bad dream last night, Katy-Did?"
"I think it was a dream, but it was odd cause it was more like watchin' a movie. It was me, Air, and Andy."
"You three had the same dream?"
"Not exactly. It's was more like we shared a dream you know?"
"No, I don't." Jarod said confused.
"The three of us were all there and we could talk to each other. We knew that it was a dream. Well, not a dream per say. We aren't really sure what it was. But we knew that it wasn't real."
"What happened?"
"We were walking down a corridor in what we think was the Centre. We were following Will and Alley. They didn't see us but we could see them. They opened this door and there is a blinding light. Then gunshots were fired. Two people scream. Then Will and Alley disappear. But Aaron, Andros, and me are still there. Well, this time we were."
"What do you mean this time?"
"They had this dream before. So have I, and Aaron and Andros. 'Member at the hotel when I was with you and Uncle Ethan? I had it then and when I was at Momma's."
"What did you see after Will and Alley disappeared?"
"You and Momma." Alex whispered. "It was bad, Daddy. There was lotsa blood." She sniffled.
"Why, didn't you tell me about this?" Alex shrugged her little shoulders.
"Don't let it happen kay, Daddy?"
"Don't worry. Your Mom and I aren't going anywhere, Katy-Did. Okay?
"Kay."
"Now why don't you go outside with the others so I can talk to Will and Alley?"
"Kay." Alex said. "I love you, Daddy."
As an after thought she kissed Jarod on the cheek, then wiggled out of his arms.
"Love you too, Baby Girl." Jarod replied.
"Alex?" Jarod called after her.
"Yes?"
"Did you say that Chris and Deb went to the movies to make out?" Jarod asked frowning.
"Yup." Alex said and then went outside.
"Great now I have to talk to them next." Jarod muttered as he began to climb the steps. As soon as Jarod was out of sight, Alex snuck back into the living room and pocketed the DSA Jarod had retrieved from Lyle's office.
Jarod walked up to the nursery. There he found Will and Alley sitting in two of the rocking chairs that decorated the room. Their backs were to their father as they sat watching their baby brothers and Amy sleep.
"Hi, Daddy." Alley said not turning around to face her father.
"Hey, Sweetheart." Jarod said walking over to his eldest children and dropping a kiss on top of both their heads.
"Did you find stuff on Lyle?" Will asked tilting his head to look up at his father.
"Yes, it's downstairs." Jarod told them.
"You found something else too. Didn't you?" Alley said it was more of a statement than a question.
"Our files if I'm correct." Will spoke.
"Yes, I did." Jarod replied. "Alyssa is your inner sense returning?"
The question had been plaguing him all day. If it was indeed a premonition the children had, then there was a chance that Alley's inner sense was returning. Or Alley and Will had a stronger telepathic bond than anyone expected, and she was intercepting Will's premonitions. If it was a dream, then it still meant that the twins had a strong telepathic bond.
"It might be coming back. I'm not sure. Maybe I'm just sharing Will's." Alley said shrugging her shoulders. "If my inner sense is returning and last night was a result of it, then it could have stayed gone."
"Have you two eaten anything today?" Jarod asked.
"Not since the Pop-Tart at breakfast." Will told his father.
"It's almost dinner time. The two of you need to eat."
"Don't think we can." Alley said. "Just looking at food makes us nauseous."
"Why don't I make you two some soup? We'll see if you can keep it down."
"Kay." The two said. The three of them ventured down to the kitchen carrying Zane, Gabe, and Amy. As Jarod made a pot of soup large enough to feed a troop of soldiers, Will and Alley fed the babies. Once done with their baby brothers and Amy, the twins set to making rolls and salad. As the three cooked, family members slowly made their way home.
Dinner was eaten a little after seven. Will and Alley were uncommonly quite during dinner. Though Aaron, Andros, and Alex had all endured the same dream as Will and Alley they seemed less disturbed by it. Jarod supposed that it was because the triplets thought that they had a bad dream, nothing more nothing less.
After dinner Jarod and Morgan went to talk to their children sans Peter.
"Your father and I have several theories of what's going on with the five of you." Morgan said to her children. "The main, and most obvious, is that your powers are growing to the point where you all are intercepting each others dreams."
"Actually, Momma, Alley and I have always shared dreams." Will said.
"Same with us." Aaron spoke.
"Now, we can't say that all five of us have shared the same dream before." Alley said. "I think that you and Daddy are right though. But it's Air, Andy, and Alex's power's that are growing, not mine and Will's. I talked to both Aunt Jen and Jake, who both said that the triplet's abilities have never been properly tested. Jake and Jen always thought that the triplets were empathic. In their sleep they become vulnerable and their minds open, allowing other images to enter."
"We think that is what happened last night. Somehow our dream or vision –whatever it was- was intercepted by the triplets." Will explained.
"So we're satellites?" Andros asked
"Yeah 'cept we don't transmit, only receive." Alex stated
"Actually, Baby Sister, that remains to be seen." Alley replied.
"What do you mean, Alley?" Jarod asked.
"She means that there is a chance that their abilities could evolve to the point where they are able to transmit or reflect their emotions or images onto someone else." Will answered his father.
"Looks like Raines and Cox had fun playing with our genes." Aaron said dryly.
"What about our vision?" Alley asked. "If it even was a vision."
"Like I told Will last night, your inner sense warns you all of what could happen. If what you had last night truly was a vision then it served its purpose and warned us to all be careful." Jarod said.
"What did you three see in your dream/vision thingy?" Will asked the triplets.
"Basically we were following you two." Andros told him.
"Only we saw who it was that got shot." Alex said glancing towards their parents. "Look, you five need to stop worrying so much. It's not healthy. Besides there is only enough Pepto-Bismol in this house for one person and that's me. So if anyone is going to do any worrying it's going to be me. The five of you are children. No child should ever have to undergo the horrors the five of you have faced. But you all are stronger for it. This whole family has been through some rough years, yet we're okay. I promise you all that everything is going to be alright." Morgan told her children.
"Wow, Mom," Will said, dabbing his eyes with the corner of his sleeve. "That was truly uplifting." He joked.
"I'm glad you feel that way, William, because tomorrow you and Alley are going to uplift yourselves to school. Now get ready for bed, it's getting late." Morgan said. The five children scampered off to their rooms.
Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Now I have a question for you all and I would like your opinion. Who should bring down the Centre the kids, their parents, or all of them? A couple of people have told me what they think and by couple I mean two and both had different views. It will be up to you all because I can write it either way .So anyway let me know what you think.