Author's Note: Two things:

One, I'm sorry that it took me so long to post but I was out of town.

Two, Just so that everyone knows this story is a prequel to my first one The Black Files. You don't really need to read The Black Files to understand this story, but I do make a few allusions to The Black Files every now and then. morgan- thanks for the review


Me- I working on the connection more is explained in this chapter. And lets pretend that a two year old will crawl through air vent and maybe climb a tree. I thought about changing the time line but I wanted to remain somewhat true to the show.

LJP- it may be a Sam story but it's still about Sam, Parker, and Jarod. It leads all the way up to the first chapter of the black files. As I get further along I'll probably start having Will, and the other kids make their appearance. I already have a few allusion to the Will, in the next few chapters.

Miss Dynamite- Thanks I felt that Sam deserved a few pages about him. Especially since I didn't realy talk much about his childhood in my last fic

suspensewriter - Nah I wasn't influence by another fic writer into making Sam a good guy. I've written about twenty chapters of this fic so far and right now I'm experimenting with a slightly dark Sam. And I saw "The World Is Changing" and I came up with an idea on why Sam hates Jarod so.

Joel-Gomes - I'm Going to get my beta back soon. She just moved back to school. So I figured I've give her a break and let things settle down before I shoved a new story at her.

Erikstrulove- I didn't plan on posting this soon but I was bored so I figured what the hell.


CHAPTER 2

THAT RED, RED ROBIN


July 27, 1962

10:17am

Blue Cove, Delaware

Parker Family Summer Home

"Sammy come on." Park said tugging her friend along.

"I comin' Park." Sammy said agitated. He was spending the week at the Parker's summer house. In a few hours Park's friend Jar would be arriving with his parents. It would be the first time Sammy had met this 'Jar' that Park talked so much about. Sammy was looking forward to meeting this other boy. Hopefully with their combined efforts the two boys would be able to keep Park in check. It was a full time job and Sammy felt that with Jar there, Sammy would be able to get a break from Park's explorations.

"What we doing anyway?" Sammy asked as Park led him to the backyard.

"I gotta show you somethin'." Park told him "Look." She said pointing up a tree.

"Don see nothin'."

"Over dere silly." Park said.

Finally Sammy saw what she was pointing at and wanted to cry. 'Why me' he thought. Ten feet above them was a bird's nest. He knew that Park would want for him to climb the tree with him. And once Park became bored with the birdnest she would want to see how high they could climb. Then they would get stuck in the tree and have to wait until one of the adults came. Over the six months he had come to know Park by now he knew how she operated.

"Gimmie a boost." Park commanded Sammy. Sammy laced his fingers together and Park placed her foot in his hands. She then reached for the closest branch that would support her weight. Once seated on the branch she held her arm out to Sammy and pulled him up. Once Sammy was on the branch with her Park reached for the next branch. Fearlessly she continued to climb the tree. Sammy sat on the lowest branch watching her in awe. Park was the bravest person he had ever met. Sammy felt that Park was afraid of nothing.

"Come on!" Park yelled down to him. Sammy sighed and kept climbing.

"Look." Park said in awe as she held out an egg. Sammy stared at her and Park sighed something along the lines of boys under her breath.

"Let's show Cat." Sammy said hoping that it would distract Park enough for them to go back inside at the very least get out of the tree.

"Kay." Park agreed and Sammy inwardly sighed with relief. Until he had met Park he had never sighed. At the age of two Sammy sighed at lest five times a day if he was around Park.

Park carefully placed the robin egg in the front pouch of her overalls. She then carefully climbed back down Sammy following closely behind. Once on the ground Park took off at a run. 'Why can't she walk' Sammy thought to himself. Park never walked anywhere she always ran.

"Momma! Momma!" Park yelled

"What is it baby?" Catherine asked with a hint of fear in her voice. From the way her daughter was yelling it sounded as though someone had been hurt.

"Look Momma." Park said holding out her cupped hands. "So can I keep it?" She asked as Sammy came running up behind her panting.

"I don't see why not. And when Jarod gets here you can show him ."

"He'll like it." Park said glaring at Sammy. Sammy just shrugged his shoulders. Suddenly the sounds of car doors were hear closing.

"Speaking of Jarod." Catherine spoke. Park once again took off at a run.

"Jar!" She yelled taking off. Sammy once again sighed after all he had to meet his quota for the day.

"Sammy my Jar" Park said proudly. "Jar, Sammy."

"Hi," Jar said sheepishly. Sammy took in the boy's appearance. For a three year old Jar was tall. The older boy had chocolate brown eyes, and dark brown hair that was almost black. He wore a blue shirt with the picture of a jet on the pocket, and beige pair of shorts.

"Hi." Sammy replied.

"Look Jar," Park said pulling out the bird egg handing it to Jar. The boy inspected it closely, intrigued.

"Were ya find it, Mor?" Jarod asked.

"Follow me," She said and Sammy noticed Jar's eyes widen.

"Mor, where ya get it?" Jar asked slowly, digging his heels into the ground as Park tried to pull him along.

"Sa surprise."

"Oh no." Jar said cringing as Park pulled him along. Sammy was relived that he didn't have to go along. With Jar there Park had completely forgotten him, thus giving Sammy a chance to relax.

"Sammy!" Park yelled over her shoulder.

Sammy had heard his father use serval words, that Sammy had been told never to repeat. Sammy felt that right then was the prefect time to use one. Reluctantly he followed to two older children. He met them at the base of the tree. Jar had placed the egg in a nook under one of the roots so that it would not become damaged. Jar then gave Park a boost.

"Ya need one?" Jar asked Sammy. Sammy nodded his head. Jar helped ease the younger boy up to the tree branch. Sammy and Park then helped Jarod up.

The three children then made their way to the birds nest. In the nest was empty save two other eggs.

"Let's get da others." Park said. "Da nest too."

"Kay." Sammy and Jar replied. Jar then pulled some leaves off the tree and stuffed Park's overall pocket with them.

"What they for?" Sammy asked Jar.

"Keep eggs from breakin'." Jar replied as her carefully placed the eggs in Park's pocket and then another layer of leaves. "Sammy take da nest." Jar instructed the younger boy" Sammy took the nest and then looked down.

"How I gonna get down?"Sammy asked.

"Um." Jar said thinking. "Gimmie your shirt." Sammy took off his shirt and gave it to Jar. Jar then tied a knot at the bottom of Sammy's shirt and then carefully placed the birds nest in it through the hole for the head.

"Come closer Sammy." Jar said. Sammy complied, and Jar tied the sleeves of the shirt around Sammy's neck.

"I gotta cape." Sammy giggled.

"We'd better go." Jar said and the three children began their descent, Sammy first, followed by Park and Jarod last. Suddenly a robin came flying at straight at Park who was still seven feet up in the air. Startled Park lost hold of the branch she was holding. Jar grabbed hold of her suspenders

"Jar, help." Park cried.

"I got you Mor,"

"Don't let me go." She cried.

"Never." Jar said gritting his teeth. All the while the robin kept diving at Park, who was swinging her arms and legs wildly in attempt to keep the bird away. "Sammy go get help!" Jar yelled. Sammy jumped the last three feet out of the tree and landed on his knees. He the ran as fast as he could to the house, yelling "Cat" as loud as he could

Catherine, Margaret and Charles came running out of the house. Sammy ran into Catherine's arms sobbing. "Bird got Park and her Jar. Gotta help."

"Where are they Sammy?" Catherine asked. Sammy ran off into the woods. The adults in hot pursuit.

"Up dere." Sammy pointed. The adults gasped at the sight of Jarod holding on to Park by her suspenders

"Jar, make it go way." Park was crying as the robin took another dive at her.

"Stop kickin'" Jar yelled down to her as one of her suspenders ripped. Park, Catherine and Margaret yelled in fright.

"Daddy help!" Jar called out to his father.

"Let her go son."

"No!" Park cried.

"Charles that's my baby." Catherine yelled.

"Don't worry I'll catch her. Jarod let her go."

"Jar please don't let me go." Park cried.

"I won't I swear." Jar said also beginning to cry, tears blurring his vision.

"Damn it Jarod, let her go." Charles yelled again. But Jar didn't have to as Park's other suspender ripped.

"Moorrr!" Jar yelled

"Jaarrrr!" Park screamed as Charles caught her.

"Gotcha." Charles said as the little girl buried her face into his chest sobbing. Charles handed her over to Catherine as Jar quickly climbed down the rest of the tree. Charles scooped his son up in her arms.

"Mor okay?" Jar asked his father looking over his shoulder as Park sobbed in her mother's arms.

"She's a little worse for the were but nothing to worry about." Charles told Jar. Margaret then picked up Sammy and the three adults carried the children back to the house. The three children were placed on the couch and Catherine went to retrieve the first aid kit.

Park had several deep scratches along her arms, legs and face. Jar too had cuts along his arm. Sammy had a scratch along his chest from climbing down the tree so quickly as well as two rather badly scraped knees.

"What happened?" Catherine asked as she, Margaret and Charles patched up the children. "And Sammy why is your shirt like that?"

"Mor found da bird's nest and wanted t' show me. I put the eggs in Mor's pocket and the nest in Sammy's shirt. We were climbin' down and da bird 'tacked Mor." Jar told the adults. He then turned to Park and took the two blue robin's eggs out of her pouch pocket. Miraculously they had survived.

"How about the three off you take a break from climbing trees." Charles suggested. The children dutifully nodded their heads. Once done patching up the children the adults went to make lunch.

"You two okay?" Jar asked.

"Yeah, dat was scary?" Sammy spoke.

"Mor? You kay?" Jar asked taking her hand. She nodded and then laid down resting her head in Jar's lap and her feet in Sammy's, as she placed her thumb in her mouth.

Sammy looked at Jar.

"She'll be okay. She just still scared." Jar said answering the younger boy's silent question.

Sammy was concerned never in the six months that he'd known her had he seen Park behave in such away. She was usually so brave.

And then there was Jar to think about. Park had always said that her Jar acted like such a baby, never wanting to go on explorations with her. From what Sammy had seen Jar extremely brave. If it had been Sammy in Jar place he would have surly dropped Park. Jar also seemed very smart. Jar wasn't a baby when it came to Park's adventures he just thought things out further then she did.

Sammy sat watching his new friend. Jar was running as hand through Park's hair in effort to sooth her. Even at his mere two years of age Sammy realized that Jar truly cared about Park, that he would die for her without a moments hesitation. He realized then why Park always refereed to Jar as 'my Jar'. Because he was hers.

Had Sammy been in the kitchen he would have head a conversation similar to his thoughts.

"He loves your girl something special." Charles told Catherine.

"And you're just figuring this out Charlie?" Margaret teased her husband. "I hope that Jarod doesn't become jealous of Sammy or vise versa." She said looking out at the three children.

"No Sammy thinks of Morgan as a big sister. And to Morgan Sammy's like the brother she never had." Catherine said sadly. Margaret gently gave Catherine's shoulder a light squeeze. "I'm okay," Catherine replied softly as she watched the three children on the couch.

"Well on thing is for sure I hope no man ever hurts your little girl because those to boys will kill for if someone ever did." Charles said.

Never had truer words been spoken.


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