Pretender Fanatic- There is going to be a lot more cuteness in my next story with Sam, Jarod and Morgan. And no worries the kids get the tree house built.

Mrs. Rhett Buttler- The ends are starting to be tied. But keep in mind I can't tie up too much I might just decide to do a sequel to this piece.

Joy- Thanks for your review. I'm glad you like Sam's softer side. And you'll get to see more of what he Jarod and Morgan did when they were kids soon.

THANKS JACKIE

CHAPTER 57

GETTING READY

January 25, 2004

1:00pm

Charlottesville, Virginia

Russell Family Home

"You're kidding me right?" Chris asked Will in disbelief, as he entered Will and Alley's room.

"It's true my friend." Will said looking up from his computer. Alley and Debbie were looking over a set of files.

"Where the hell was I at?" Chris asked.

"Probably necking with Deb." Alley said causing both Chris and Debbie to turn a bright shade of red.

"Wonder what Mom and Dad are going to think?" Chris thought out loud. "What do you mean?" Debbie asked.

"Well Lyle did kill Kyle and he tried to kill Em. It doesn't give me warm fuzzies thinking about the fact that their Lyle's kids" Chris told her.

"Benjamin Christopher Russell!" Debbie said outraged. "Those kids are not Lyle, why on Earth you would insinuate that they would be anything like Lyle is beyond me. Your parents don't look at Will, Alley the other kids, or Aunt Morgan and think 'You're just like the man who killed my son'." Chris's face began to turn slightly red at the fact he had just realized what he said. Not to mention his girlfriend had just told him off in front of his niece and nephew.

"I know that." Chris replied

"Good then why are we having this conversation?" Alley snapped, perturbed that Chris had disrupted her flow of concentration.

"Jeez Al what Bug crawled up your ass?" Chris asked

"Look Chris I enjoy your company and all but if you don't sit your ass down and help us sort these files then get out." Alley all but yelled.

"You know Jarod and Ethan told me stories about your Mom when she worked at the Centre." Chris said sitting down and reaching for a file. "Anyone ever tell you you're a lot like she was then?" He asked.

"Dad tells her all the time, usually with a pained expression on his face." Debbie commented. "I don't know why."

"It's 'cause my Mom loved to torment your Dad." Will answered. "Speaking of tormenting your Dad, have you told him about you and Chris yet?" Will asked Debbie.

"Please I'd give him a heart attack if I told him. I may be seventeen but Dad still sees me as his little girl."

"I don't know Deb if you as me Dad's kinda loosened the reins up on you." Marc said leaning up against the doorframe. Cassie stood beside him.

"What are you two up to?" Debbie asked her younger brother and sister.

"Oh just staying out of everyone's way while the latest gossip runs it's course." Cassie replied. Debbie smiled at her sister. She had truly come to love Both her new brother and sister. All Debbie's life she had wanted siblings, and now she had two. Marc and Cassie were wonderful in Debbie's mind. Occasionally she did find them annoying when they acted the way most brothers and sisters do. But most of the time she enjoyed spending time with them.

Before her father had adopted the twins he had asked Debbie if she was okay with it. With out a moment's hesitation Debbie said yes. She had realized how much her father had come to care for the two children and how much he wanted to give the twins a proper home.

"So did you two know about this already?" Chris asked.

"Please Chris we're psychic. Of course we knew. And by 'of course we knew' I mean we had not the slightest idea." Marc said grinning.

"So what are the four of you doing?" Cassie asked sitting down next to her sister.

"Well some genius, I won't say who ... Will... knocked over all of our files. So now we have to reorganize them." Alley said glaring at her twin.

"Al I said I was sorry." Will spoke. "Besides it's partially your fault. I told you we should have bought a file cabinet but you didn't want to give up the floor space." "Shut up Sparky." Alley huffed.

"Real mature Al." Will replied going back to his work. Alley stuck her tongue out at him and Will flicked her off.

"Well as entertaining as it would be for us to stick around and... help," Marc began.

"We must really be off on our way. You know things to do. Havoc to create." Cassie finished. The twins then quickly backed out of the room before they could be roped into helping.

February 5, 2004

Charlottesville, Virginia

Russell Family Home

12:19pm

"So what do we have here?" Will spoke. He and the other children were in the living room. A large amount of manila folders formed a circle around the eighteen children.

"Over here are Lyle's files." Jeremiah said. "They tie him to the murders of twenty seven murders as well as the parents to the children the Centre has adducted since Lyle's tenure at the Centre."

"Good. Jer, Lis, Greg that is your assignment. We all know that Lyle is your biological father. It's you to you three on how much evidence you wish to give the Feds. You have a week to decide."

"Who's next?" Alley asked.

"We have Cox's file over here." Jake said from across the circle.

"Search through scrap anything that has the words 'Phoenix', 'Gemini', 'The Black Files', 'Mirage', or 'Prodigy'." We want our names out of this." Will told Jake and Rachael.

"You aren't leaving us much to work with." Rachael spoke.

"Just get us enough so that Cox is put behind bars." Alley said. "Marc, Cass what do you to have?"

"Our favorite sweeper's file, Willie." Cassie said smiling.

"God I've always hated that bastard." Ally muttered.

"Alright who's got Raines's file?" Will asked.

"Us." Terra and Tobias spoke.

"Ter, Toby I want for you two to work closely with Cassie ad Marc. Tie Willie as tight to Raines as you can." Alley commanded.

"You five are last correct?" Will asked looking at Mike, Maddie, Aaron, Andros, and Alex.

"You would be correct." Mike said. "We've got Mr. Parker."

"Go over everything with a fine tooth comb. It's a big file, which is why there are five of you. Leave any mention of Momma, Pete, Grandma Catherine, and Bridgette. Everyone thinks that they all are dead anyway. That evidence will help incriminate Mr. Parker as well as Raines, and Cox." Alley said.

"I thought that the triumvirate took care of Raines and Willie because they thought that they had killed Momma and Pete. Why are we still focusing on them?" Aaron asked.

"Because rumor has it that Raines and Willie are still alive." Will answered. "From what I've heard the Triumvirate operatives were never able to locate Raines nor Willie."

"Actually it's no longer a rumor." Jarod said entering the room. "I just got off the phone with Bailey, Raines and Willie are defiantly still alive, they are in hiding."

"Well if they are in hiding Dad, then they certainly aren't going to come out when the Centre starts to fall." Andros said.

"You're quite right son which is why while all of you have been searching for evidence to incriminate the Centre hierarchy, I have been helping the FBI search for Raines and Willie."

"So did you find them?" Alex asked.

"What do you think?" Jarod replied

"So where are they?" Will asked.

"South America. For the past two days twenty Federal Agents have been watching their every move." Jarod informed the children.

"Alright Jar." Chris replied impressed.

"Why thank you." Jarod said bowing.

"Now back to the chairman. Once the five of you have gone over his file give in to Mom or one of the other adults." Alley said getting back on track. "They'll go over it one last time. And that goes for all of you." Alley said looking at each of the younger children. "Well what are you waiting for get moving!" Alley yelled after they hadn't moved. "I wanted those files finished yesterday." She fussed and the children began to quickly gather their things.

"Wait what are you four going to be doing?" Terra asked curious.

"We will be going through the triumvirates files." Debbie said nodding at the three piles of files stacked almost a foot tall."

Greg let out a low whistle; "I'd rather have a moral argument with myself on weather I should let my birth father life in prison or the death penalty, then go through those files. Oh wait I am." Greg said and the children and Jarod let out an uneasy laugh.

"Hey Uncle Jarod who are we giving the files to?" Maddie asked.

"A few friends of mine from the FBI. Don't worry we can trust them." Jarod told Maddie.

"When are you meeting up with these people?" Tobias asked.

"As soon as you guys are done with those files." Jarod replied.

"Then lets stop pussyfooting around and get to work." Alley snapped.

"You truly are your mother's daughter." Jarod said looking at Alley.

"Hum Dad get that same pained expression when he says that to Alley, Uncle Jarod." Debbie commented. The other children laughed but quickly stopped when they felt Alley's gaze.

"So we'll be off then." Greg said and he and the other Black Files quickly scurried off to different parts of the house, leaving Jarod, Alley, Will, Debbie, and Chris in the living room.

"Dad how do you think this is all going to go down?" Will asked his father.

"Agent's will more than likely storm the Centre, and the homes of the triumvirate, placing them all under arrest. Those who aren't viewed as a threat will be allowed to return home but will not be allowed to leave the area. I won't lie to you the next few months will be crazy. Accusations will be made, and nothing will go unaffected. It will probably be like September eleventh all over again on a slightly smaller scale." Jarod told the four teens.

Debbie sighed. "Are we sure we are truly going about this the right way. Can't be bring the Centre down from the inside out with out the media getting involved and elevating the population's fears?"

"It's too late for that Deb." Chris told her.

"Yes but think of all of the ramifications. For over four years now there has been this huge war on terror. When the nation discovers that they've had this branch of a World Wide company that supplies terrorist organizations with information there will be anarchy. Not only did the Centre sell sims to the United states government but to its opposing forces as well. I'm telling you now none of this will bode well with the nation." Debbie spoke.

"The truth is Debbie things have already been set into motion. It's too late to stop it all. People will just have to deal with the truth, we have, and we have so much more to be angry about than the rest of the country. I mean it was our sims that the Centre used to kill innocent people with. If the public get a little angry that the government was working with an organization that steals and creates children to exploit their gifts then let the public be pissed." Will said.

"Fine then forget about the public. What about the other people whom are looked away in the Centre. What will happen to them once everything is said and done?" Debbie asked, neither Will, Alley, Chris, or Jarod answered her. "Don't tell me not one of you have stopped to think about this. For crying out loud you were in these peoples shoes. What if the government tries to exploit their gifts like the Centre did?"

"I won't allow it to happen Deb." Jarod told her.

"How?" Debbie asked him.

"I'll make sure that each prisoner of the Centre is given the life they both need and deserve. Once the Centre is brought down ever person on every level will be given a social worker, someone that has their best interest at heart. Does this satisfy you?" Jarod asked her. "It will do." Debbie replied.

"Any other questions?" Jarod asked the four teens.

"Yeah one," Will spoke, "Do you think we can get enough C4 to blow the Centre sky high?" Jarod left the room shaking his head.

So what did you think? Only two more chapters to go and it's over. Maybe. I'm debating on a sequel after I finish my next story should I do one? Let me know.