Pretender Fanatic- sorry if I offended you. As for interaction with Sam and the kids that starts next chapter along with the birth of the rest of the Black Files. And sorry for the wait I had exams this week
Joy- thanks for the words they meant a lot. Glad you liked the chapter.
LJP- Glad you enjoyed that last chapter. 'Is love all you really need to deter a full on melt down?' Let's hope. And it will probably take a bit more than love. Sorry for the wait had exams this week and they were hell.
CHAPTER 26
GEMINI
February 14, 1995
9:45am
Donoterase
"Where we goin'?" Alley asked Willie.
"Shut up kid," Willie replied. Will and Alley's eye's flashed red, startling the sweeper.
"I believe my sister asked you a question," Will said forming a ball of fire in his small hand.
"You two are going to met another kid," Willie answered and the boy extinguished the ball of flames in his hand. Willie hated the two children of Project Phoenix. He felt as though they didn't know their place at the Centre. The two mini pyrokinetics where always roaming the Centre as though they ruled the place. And the Phoenix twins talked back to any and all they met.
"So whose the other kid we're meetin'?" Alley asked.
"I don't know," Willie said between gritted teeth.
"What's wrong Willie your clearance doesn't go that high," Will mocked.
"You'd better shut your trap kid or I'll box you one good," Willie said shoving the boy against the wall.
"I don't think you're clearance is high enough for that either Willie my boy," Will replied his eyes blazing red.
"Let him go Willie," Came the smooth voice of Mr. Lyle. "And young William is right. Your clearance isn't high enough for you to cause bodily harm to Project Phoenix. Now go tell Raines that we're on our way" Willie let the boy go and went to inform Raines.
"I on the other hand am fully cleared," Lyle said and knocked Will to the ground. Will let a yelp of surprise, as did Alley though she had not been hit. Will glared up at Lyle with his eyes still red, as he spat blood at Lyle's feet. In return Lyle knocked Alley to the ground, and both children let out another yell of pain.
"I will not tolerate your childish behavior today, the chairman is here to observe you two along with project Gemini. And you two will behave," Lyle threatened.
"And if we don't?" Alley asked.
"You'll meet the same sticky end as you're parents," Lyle replied, yet the twins didn't believe him for a moment.
"The Centre won't kill us we're to valuable," Will protested.
"Keep telling yourself that. But the truth is soon you to will no longer be needed. A new project has been started and it will soon replace the two of you."
'He's lying,' Will told his sister.
'I know,' Alley replied.
"Get up," Lyle commanded gently as he helped the two children off the ground. Will and Alley were taken aback by Lyle's sudden change in demeanor. "I can be a nice guy you know," Lyle replied to the twins bewildered looks, taking their hands into his. And for a second the twins believed him. Will and Alley sensed something in Lyle. A familiarity as though Lyle was a part of them.
But then that feeling vanished and was replaced with rage, pain, and confusion. For the first time Will and Alley got a true glimpse at the man Lyle was really was, and it scared them. Not because of the things Lyle had done, but because Will and Alley saw that they could turn out to be just like Lyle.
Lyle led the two children down the hall, still holding their hands. He then released the small hands of Will and Alley when he approached the door.
"Remember you will behave yourselves, I don't want to punish the two of you but I will if I have to," Lyle told the twins. Alley peered into Lyle's eyes her blue eyes meeting his.
'He telling the truth Will,' Alley said to her brother. 'Part of him really don't want to hurt us. But there a larger part a part that hates us so much, it can't stand the sight of us. Because... because we remind him of... of Bobby?' Alley finished as she broke her gaze with Lyle beads of sweat had popped out on her forehead.
"Save it for the chairman and the triumvirate Alyssa," Lyle said reprimanding the girl, his gentleness gone.
"Yes Mr. Lyle," Alley replied to distracted by what she had read off of Lyle to be rebellious.
'Alley who's Bobby?' Will asked his sister as the twins followed Lyle into a sim lab.
'I don't know,' Alley replied 'Let's ask Angelo when get back, Angelo know everything'.
"Ah Lyle you're finally here," The chairman said approaching Lyle and the twins.
"I'm sorry it took so long sir, I was just taking time to... prep Phoenix on how they should behave in the presence of you and the triumvirate.
"Good. Good. We want to make a good impression on the Zulu's," Mr. Parker said.
"Good morning, chairman," Will and Alley said to Mr. Parker.
"Children," Mr. Parker replied "You two are going to meet a boy a few years your senior today. He goes by Gemini, and the three of you are to work on a project together. Ah here's Raines with Gemini now," Mr Parker said nodding in Raines direction. Raines came walking in the room wheeling behind him his oxygen tank. Two paces behind him stood a seven year old boy. The boy was a foot taller than Will and Alley, and had dark brown hair cropped close to his ears and chocolate brown eyes. There was something about the boy that made Will and Alley instantly like him.
"Hello I'm William, one half of Project Phoenix," Will said shaking the boys hand.
"I'm Gemini," The boy replied softly.
"I'm Alyssa," Alley said she to shaking the boy's hand. As she was in contact with the boy a feeling of familiarity returned. It was as though she knew Gemini, but Alley knew that never before had she met the older boy. She reluctantly released her hold on Gemini's hand.
'You feel that' Will asked his sister. Alley nodded her head.
The same yet not
whispered the voices in the twins heads. They shook their heads clearing their minds of the whispers and looked towards Raines, Lyle and Mr. Parker.
"The three of you are to figure out the cause of these various incidents," Lyle said hand a red file that had both the symbols for project Phoenix and Gemini.
"Yes sir," The children replied and headed towards the table in the middle of the room. Will and Alley sat across form Gemini, and the three children set themselves to work. After glancing over the problems Will and Alley had realized the answers to all thirty questions.
Will nudged his sister and Alley nodded her head.
'Hey Gemini,' Will said telepathically to the boy. Confused Gemini began to whip his head about in search for the voice.
''S okay,' Alley said attempting to calm Gemini down. 'Will and I are telepathically speaking to you,' Alley continued lightly tapping her temple with her index finger.
'We already know all of the answers, had half of them before. We don't want to look too good in front of the triumvirate because then they'll expect more of us and frankly we like havin' it easy,'
'So we gonna to take twenty minutes to get to know you,' Alley concluded 'you don't got to speak out loud we can read your thoughts, and we can transmit ours to you.'
'Okay question one, how'd you end up here?' Will asked.
'A, a man killed my parents,' Gemini thought to the twins. He also sent a mental picture of the man who killed his parents and the twins inwardly gasped.
'W-we're sorry,' Alley managed to get out.
'You like it here?' Will asked continuing with the questions.
'Yes, Mr. Raines is quite nice to me. What about you two how did you two end up at the Centre.'
'Our Momma and Daddy died in a car crash supposedly, but we don't believe it.' Alley replied.
'Why not the Centre would never lie to us,' Gemini said. Will and Alley exchanged glances.
'Hey why don't we finish this up,' Will said indicating the problems Lyle had given the three of them. 'Quicker were done the quicker we get away from 'the crazy Zulu's' as Mr. Parker calls them.'
The three children quickly finished their problems. They were given three more sets of problems and a sim to complete. Once done Gemini was led back to his room and Will and Alley were sent to another.
Will and Alley waited for Lyle to lock the door of their cell, and for Lyle to return the way he came. As soon as Lyle's receding footsteps were heard Alley broke the silence.
"Will, that man. The one Gemini thinks killed his parents. Will he's been in our dreams," Alley said panicking.
"I know, Al. I know."
"Will they lied to Gemini, he wouldn't do that he's a good man I know it. I think... I think that he..."
'Cameras Alley' Will told her.
'Will I think he's our Daddy,' Alley whispered. Will put his arms around his sister's shoulders. 'Our Daddy wouldn't kill people would he Will?'
'No our Daddy's good, not bad,' Will told her. 'Alley we can't tell Gemini.'
'Why?' Alley asked.
'He wouldn't understand,' Will said.
'Will, do you think we'll ever be free?'
'Yes. And we'll have a real family with a momma and a daddy,' Will promised.
'Will the lady from our dreams, she's our Momma, I think,'
'I think you're right. When we get back we'll see if we can look at her. Maybe Angelo has a picture of her,' Will said. 'But now little sister we need to get some sleep okay,'
"Kay," Alley yawned and the two laid down side by side on the tiny cot in the room.
"The children were impressive," Mutombo said to Mr. Parker.
"Thank you," Mr. Parker replied.
"What I do wonder is what Miss Parker will say should she discover that you stole her children."
"You need not to wonder for she will never learn of Phoenix nor the Black Files." Mr. Parker said in an attempt to convince Mutombo that the origin of the children would remain secret.
"And yet you involved Samuel Grey with the Black Files. If the children come to resemble either of their parents too much he will notice. As it is the resemblance between Miss Parker and her mother is uncanny, her children could inherit that trait. Not to mention that many resemblances between Phoenix and Gemini can bee seen. I suggest you keep both project separate. I also believe you should move Phoenix and the Black Files out of Blue Cove, say Africa instead" Mutombo suggested to the other man.
"I want Phoenix and the Black Files in Blue Cove. They are a Blue Cove based project and it is were they will remain," Mr. Parker said he did not want for the Triumvirate to take recognition of the his top two projects.
"I'm just warning you Parker. And if Gemini, Phoenix, and the Black Files all fail because your daughter and Jarod discover what you have done you have no one to blame but yourself."
up next- we have death, we have birth, and we have all of the Black Files.
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