LPJ- Angelo defiantly plays a big roll when it come to Will and Alley finding ut about their family. I keep meaning to bring him in more often but I keep losing track of him.
Glad you liked the scene at the cemetery. That's going to be the last scene with Parker in it for a while. The focus is turning towards the Will and Alley now, but Parker and will be back eventually.
Suspensewriter- I love it when you review. You keep me on my toes about Sam. I do deal with Sam standing by while Lyle tortures Jarod. It'll come up a little further down the road. And I'll be going back soon to The Black Files and revamping to correct everything. I was reviewing the story the other day and realized that there are some mistakes between the two stories.
Crazyrussiangal- Ha! another one hooked. Thanks for all the compliments.
CHAPTER 33
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
May 31, 1998
11:42am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
"Geeze Sam not again," Will said smirking as he and Alley entered the infirmary.
"Shut up kid," Sam said as he sat down his book. Sam had been caught in the explosion on SL-27 two weeks prior and had been caught under debris as well as burned. From what Sam had heard he had come of better than other's caught in the blast. No one was sure if Jarod had survived the explosion, and nor had anyone seen hide nor hair of Sydney. Sam was amazed when Parker had told him that it was Sydney that had planted the bomb.
Sam was finally being sent home after his fifteen day stay in the infirmary. Mr. Parker was also in the infirmary luckily for Sam the chairman had been given his own privet room at the opposite end of the infirmary from Sam. On his last day in the infirmary the twins had decided to visit the sweeper before he left.
"Seriously Sammy you would have thought that by now you would have learned to stay out of the infirmary. Unless you like it here... or should I say someone here?" Alley spoke. Sam's cheeks flushed slightly.
"Well aren't you two just a pair of cocky seven year olds." Sam said as he reached under his bed.
"You remembered," Will replied amazed when Sam brought out four wrapped object from under his bed.
"As though I would forget," Sam told the boy and then handed both Will and Alley each two wrapped gifts. "Go ahead open them." Sam said. The twins carefully unwrapped the lager of the two gifts they had each received.
"The Talisman, by Stephen King and Peter Straub" Will spoke reading the cover of the book Sam had given each of the twins.
"Is it good?" Alley asked Sam.
"I thought so. King's a Damn good writer. Critics just don't give him the credit he deserves. Open the other one." Sam instructed. The twins then open the last gift Sam had given them it was much smaller than the first.
"Texas Flood, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble," Alley read the cover of the CD.
"I figured that it's about time to introduce you two to music. He was one hell of a guitar player. Died though, year before the two of you were born. Shame." Sam told them.
"Thanks Sammy," The twins said.
"We'd..." Alley paused as her body was racked with a throaty cough. "We'd better go for we're spotted." Alley continued. Sam looked at the girl with concern. "'M fine," Alley replied off of Sam's concerned look.
"Al's right we'd better go. We don't want for Raines to spot us with contraband material," Will joked trying to relive the tension that had suddenly developed. The twins then turned to leave. "Hey Sam," Will said turning around. "How'd you know we had access to a CD player?"
"Lucky guess," Sam grinned. Will smiled then scurried after his sister.
Sam sat in his bed trying to figure out why Alley's cough had disturbed him so. It wasn't until he had started to doze off did he realize what it was. Will didn't cough. The twins did everything at the same time -cough, sneeze, etc.-. But this time they hadn't. And for some reason that fact made Sam's blood run cold.
June 1, 1998
12:09am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
Will and Alley laid in Angelo's lair on a mattress Angelo had dragged in to the room. The two were reading the books Sam had given them for their birthday as they listened to their Stevie Ray Vaughan CDs.
"Music good? Book Good?" Angelo asked as he entered his lair a box in his arms.
"Very," Will replied.
"Angelo has gift for Phoenix babies. Angelo has birthday gift," The empath said somewhat shyly. The twins sat up and inched closer towards the empath and Angelo opened the box. Angelo pulled out a small chocolate cake and a small carton of ice cream. Carefully the man placed fourteen candles on the cake.
"Blow," Angelo instructed. The twins exchanged a confused look but did as Angelo instructed. Will and Alley blew on the candles yet nothing happened. "No blow with air. Blow with fire," Angelo told them. Will and Alley concentrated hard and then blew again on the candles. The candles instantly lit. The twins grinned at each other relishing in the new trick they discovered themselves capable of.
"Blow again. Make wish." Angelo told the child. Will and Alley purses their lips to blow out the flames. "No," Angelo shook his head. "Blow with mind," the empath said tapping his temple.
The twins closed their eyes and visualized the candles on top of the cake. They saw the fourteen candles with wax dripping down. They saw the tiny flames melting the wax. Will and Alley visualized the flames being blown out. And just like that they were gone. Angelo clapped his hands and Will and Alley open their eyes.
"Cool," the twins said in sync.
"Cool," Angelo echoed. Angelo then divied the goodies between the three of them. The twins greedily ate the cake and ice cream relishing the taste of the chocolate.
"Thanks Angelo," Will said after they had eaten.
"Yeah this was the best birthday ever." Alley spoke.
"Not over," Angelo said and dug back into the box. He then pulled out a makeshift photo album."For Phoenix. So never forget Momma and Papa. So never forget each other," Angelo said giving the twins the photo album. Will and Alley opened the book to the first page and saw an old photo of a little girl sitting in between two little boys.
"Angelo who are they?" Will asked.
"Phoenix Papa, Phoenix Momma, Phoenix Sammy," Angelo said pointing to each of the children.
"They knew each other when they were that little?" Alley asked still in awe of what Angelo had given her and Will.
"Yes," Angelo answered.
"Angelo is our Daddy okay?" Will asked the empath. "Is he alive? They never found his body, but he hasn't even contacted Momma, and he can't contact Sydney cause Sydney's disappeared too."
"Phoenix Papa and Sydney safe," Angelo answered.
The twins continued going through the album. In the pictures they watched their parents and Sam grow up. Most of Jarod's pictures had been taken from DSA footage. There was Parker's graduation picture, she in her white graduation gown Sam next to her dressed to the nines looking extremely proud. Their was another with Sydney teaching a young Miss Parker how to dance -it too had been taken from DSA footage-.
"Daughter's papa," Angelo said and Will and Alley stared up at the savant.
"What?" The twins said.
"Daughter's papa," Angelo replied.
"You're shitting me right?" Alley said.
"Angelo no shit." The man replied and Will and Alley had to stifle a set of giggles.
"So Sydney's our Grandfather and not that bastard Mr. Parker?" Will asked.
"Yes," Angelo replied.
"What else do you know Angelo," Alley mumbled. Either Angelo didn't hear her or he ignored her.
The twins continued their journey through their family's past. A drawn picture of Sydney and his brother during their first communion. Parker at one of her dance recitals. As they neared the end of the album Will nearly dropped the book in shock. There was a picture of he and Alley a few days old at the most. But it was a picture taken with a real camera.
"You took this Angelo?" Will asked. The empath nodded his head. There were more pictures of Will and Alley. At the end was a photo of a group of children, all of multiple births ranging form a year to two years of age.
"That's the boy and girl who made us get Daddy out," Alley said pointing at Jake and Rachael. "Who are the others?"
"Future," Angelo told them. "No search for them. Find them when time."
An hour later Will and Alley returned to their cell, leaving behind their birthday gifts in Angelo's lair.
"This was the best birthday we ever had." Will said as he climbed into bed.
"Yeah it was," Alley yawned, her yawn then turned into a cough.
"You okay?" Will asked her. Alley nodded unable to speak. "First thing in the morning I'm asking Raines to let Jen check you out." Will said in a tone that meant Alley was not to argue.
"Will I'm fine," Alley huffed. She then snuggled close to her brother and Will wrapped his arms around her.
"I just worry about you Al. You're my only family I've got left. Momma and Sydney are here but they don't know about us. Daddy doesn't know 'bout us either. I don't know what I'd do with out you," Will whispered into his twin's ear.
"Well big brother your never going to have to find out cause I'll always be with you," Alley told him.
"I know," Will murmured sleep beginning to come upon him. "Love you Al,"
"Love you too Will," Alley replied. "Hey Will? What did you wish for?" Alley asked a few moments later.
"Same thing I wish for every night," Will commented. "For our family to be together."
"So did I," Alley said and a few seconds later she drifted off into sleep. Will was unable to sleep.
Will had every right to be worried about his sister, for within the month she would be gone from his life. Ripped away by an unknown disease.
"Are you sure you want to tear apart Phoenix?"
"Yes. The boy is the one I truly need. He will be strong enough to carry on the Parker legacy." Mr. Parker said.
"We don't know what will happen if he is with out his sister," Cox said.
"I don't want her around him. She has control over him. With out her, William will be easier to manipulate."
"Fine."
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