Crazyrussiangal- I'm not sure if the kids will be meeting Parker in this story. I have to see what's going to happen. if they do meet her in this one it will probaly be a tie in to the Black files when Aaron, Andros, and Alex meet her for the first time.
LPJ- OhI still have a few more surprises up my sleeve, mostly concering Sam.
CHAPTER 46
THE WORLD IS CHANGING: PART II
October 4, 1999
3:00pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
Will woke up three hours later. His head still ached, and he was unable to think to clearly.
"I see your awake," Jen said as she looked over Will's chart.
"Where's Sam?" Will asked.
"He had to go to Albany with Lyle," Jen replied. "Are you hungry?"
"No," Will replied.
"Well I'm going to get you something to eat anyway," Jen told him. Will waited for leave and then carefully climbed out of bed and made his way to where Jake was. Jake was awake and his sister had somehow gotten into the infirmary undetected.
"You okay?" Will asked the boy.
"Yeah," Jake said.
"I saw what you did. He was going for Alex and you took the blows for her. Thank you," Will said.
"She's practically my sister too," Jake told Will.
"All the same. Thank you."
"Your welcome."
"I have a question how come you're hurt but not Rachael. If Aaron, gets hurt, so does, Andy, Alex, and even sometimes Mike, and Maddie. It was the same with me and Alley," Will stated.
"Rach and I know how to cut our bond. The others don't know how to yet. Well actually they're too scared to. It frightens them not to be able to sense one another," Jake answered. The three children where silent for a while, until Jake spoke again. "I saw what you did to Sam. It was probably for the best."
"Maybe," Will sighed.
"You're worried," Rachael noticed.
"Yeah. Mr. Parker finally realized that he can't control me. So he's gone and produced himself an heir. That means he won't be needing me much longer."
"You're still a pretender," Jake told Will. "As long as you don't keep acting up then you'll be fine."
"No I won't. Over the summer I became Lyle's new pet project. They're trying to break me," Will said lifting up the back of his shirt and revealing angry red lash marks. "With Raines back it will be worse."
"You aren't going to give in are you?" Jake asked.
"Never," Will said his eyes going red. "I'll never give them the satisfaction."
"Good," Rachael said. "Remember that always. It will keep you alive."
"You have so much to learn," Will said shaking his head. "Anger only keeps you alive for so long before it consumes you."
"You giving survival lessons to Jake and Rachael, William?" Jen asked. Will jumped startled. "You aren't suppose to be here Will. Come back to your bed." Jen gently scolded the boy.
"Yes ma'am," Will said and followed her back to his bed.
October 10, 1999
7:21pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Center
Alex eased off the vent cover the room she shared with the other children and leapt nimbly to the ground.
"'M back," Alex called out.
"So I noticed," Lyle snarled. He garbed Alex by the scruff of her neck and threw her to the ground. Alex cowered in the corner, wondering were the rest of her group was.
"Stop that insufferable nosie!" Lyle yelled back handing Alex. He hit her with such force that her head ricocheted off of the concrete wall. Alex curled up into a ball, her only defense to fend off the brutal assault by Lyle. Lyle picked Alex up and sent her small body sailing through the air to crash into the side of on of the dressers in the room.
Alex did her best not to cry out in pain, she knew from previous experiences that it would only make Lyle angrier. But Alex could not control the tears streaming down her face. Her tears did not go unnoticed by Lyle.
"You're crying. Alex I haven't even started with you yet." Lyle then began to hit and kick Alex repeatedly. After three minutes she finally blacked out. As the nothingness began to envelop her Alex thought she saw a figure over Lyle's shoulder.
Alex did see someone. It was Sam. Sam flung Lyle off of Alex. Lyle looked up at the sweeper in shock, Sam's eye's were wild with rage his lip curled in a snarl. Lyle made a motion to get up and Sam pulled out his gun.
"Make one move and I will kill you," Sam said.
"Are you threatening me little brother?" Lyle smirked.
"Yes," Sam replied. "Stay down Lyle." Sam then holstered his gun and bent over to pick up Alex. Lyle lunged at Sam tackling him to the ground. Sam easily overpowered the smaller man and tossed Lyle off of him. Lyle glared up at Sam from the floor. Sam pressed his foot against Lyle's wind pipe.
"I could kill you now. God knows you have it coming. But luckily for you Alex needs to get to the infirmary," Sam said as Lyle squirmed for air. "Stay the fuck away from my kids Lyle." Sam continued putting pressure on Lyle's windpipe until he passed out. For good measure Sam dealt Lyle a blow to the temple, to assure the cannibal would stay unconscious for a while.
Done with Lyle, Sam turned back to Alex. "Oh God. Alex I'm so sorry," Sam said as he carefully picked Alex up. Sam carried her out of the room locking Lyle in, and walked as fast as he could to the infirmary.
"Jen!" Sam yelled for the doctor. Jen ran over to Sam.
"Put her over here," Jen instructed. Sam lovingly placed Alex on the hospital bed. "Where are the others?" Jen asked as she looked over Alex. Sam stared at Jen open mouthed, and then ran out of the infirmary in search of his other charges. Sam nearly ran over Greg, as he rounded the corner to the stairway.
"Sam!" Greg yelled and flung himself into to the sweepers arms. The three and a half year old had tears streaming down his face. Sam sighed as he held Greg in his arms, relieved to know that the boy was alright.
"Where are the others Greg," Sam asked the boy.
"We can't find Alex," Greg cried. "Lyle took us all to a room on Sl-21. Then Air, Andy, Mike, and Maddie stared havin' some sort of fit, and bruises began t' appear all over um. They're unconscious. Jake sent me t' get you."
"Go to Jen, Greg. Tell her what happened and that I'm bringing the rest of your group up okay," Sam instructed the boy. Greg nodded his head as Sam wiped the tears from the boy's face. "Good boy," Sam said and placed a kiss on top of Greg's hair. Greg then wiggled out of Sam's arms and ran as fast as his little legs would carry him.
Sam opened the door to the stairwell and ran down ten flights of stairs to SL-21. "Jake! Rach! Jerry!" Sam yelled as he walked to corridor.
"Sam!" Came the muffled yells of the children. Sam ran to the door and opened it. Jeremiah, Lissa, Rachael, Jake, Cassie, Terra, and Tobias flung themselves at the sweepers. All of them were or had been crying.
"It's okay. It's okay," Sam told them. "Where are the others?" Sam asked Jake. Jake led Sam over to Aaron, Andros, Mike, and, Maddie. "Oh God," Sam groaned. "Marc go find Abrahams and Reed tell them to get down here now I need their help."
Marc along with Cassie ran out of the door in search of the other sweepers. While they were gone Sam checked over the four children. They were all unconscious. Maddie, and Mike's bruises didn't look as bad as Aaron's and Andros's but they were still bad. Mike and Maddie's bruises where lighter in color, but other than that were identical -in size, shape and location- to Andros, and Aaron's.
An out of breath Abrahams and Reed, arrived with Marc and Cassie. "Sam you sent Marc, and Cassie for us?" Reed asked.
"Yeah. Carefully pick up one of the kids," Sam instructed.
"Oh God," Abrahams moaned when he caught sight of the three year olds.
"Just pick them up," Sam said as he lifted Andros, and Aaron in o his arms. The three sweepers carried the four children into the infirmary, the other eight children walking behind them.
By the time the group had reached the infirmary Jen had already assembled a team to tend to the children.
"Sam do you need us to stay?" Abrahams asked as he handed Maddie over to on of the doctors.
"No. But I do need on of you to go up to the records room. Find the DSA of the Files room before Lyle gets someone to destroy it. Bring it to me. Then one of you needs to go to the Tower. Tell them that Lyle attacked the children and that he is locked up in the Black Files room." Sam commanded. The two sweepers nodded their head and set off to do as Sam instructed.
"Sam," Jeremiah said gently tugging on the sweepers suit. Sam scooped Jeremiah up into his arms.
"What is it Jerry?" Sam asked the boy.
"Are they gonna be okay?"
"They will eventually," Sam promised Jeremiah.
"We tried to stop him Sam. We didn't know that he'd do all that t' Alex."
"It's okay Jerry, you and the others aren't the ones to blame. Now once Jen and the other doctors finish with Aaron and the other's I want for them to take a look at the rest of you."
"Kay," Jeremiah replied as her watched Jen begin to sew up Alex's cuts.
October 11, 1999
1:07am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Center
Sam sat in the infirmary unable to sleep. All he could think was that Lyle had almost killed five of his charges. Granted Lyle had only beaten Alex but due to the telepathic link the five children shared Aaron, Andros, Mike, and Maddie felt every blow Lyle dealt to Alex. Lyle had caused so much harm to the children that the five of them laid in a coma. There was no telling when or if they would wake from it.
Needless to say the other children were distraught. Jake and Rachael were off brooding over how they were to blame for the younger Black Files condition. Greg and Lissa hadn't spoken since they had entered the infirmary, and after much coaxing on Sam's part they finally drifted off to sleep. Tobias and Terra had been drugged so that they would be able to sleep, every time the two children nodded off they would wake up screaming. Marc and Cassie were also asleep. Marc had spent most of the night doing his best to comfort his obviously scared sister.
Then there was Jeremiah, aside from Jake and Rachael he was the only Black File still awake. Several times Sam had tried to get the boy to sleep but Jeremiah had been firmly latched on to Sam every since Sam had picked him up five hours earlier.
"Jer my arm is stating to go numb," Sam whispered to the little boy. Jeremiah just burrowed himself further into Sam's arms. Sam shook his head. Never had any of the kids been in such a state. Jeremiah was normally a boy who said little and rarely needed human contact. But Lyle's assault on Alex had turned Jeremiah into a little boy who said nothing and need to be held.
"He okay?" Sam turned and saw Will.
"No he isn't okay. They all just had the crap scared out of them today. I can barely get any of them to eat no less talk. If Jake and Rach don't sleep I'm going to have to drug them soon," Sam rambled as Will walked over to his brothers and sisters. Will slowly shook his head. Sam could see the tears glistening on the boys cheeks.
"This should never of happened to them. They didn't deserve this," Will said his voice full of anger.
"Will..."
"I'll kill him. If any of them die I will kill him," Will whispered. His eyes had gone red as he held his fist clenched at his sides. "I am not losing another sibling. They've already taken Alley from me. I won't let them take Aaron and the others too."
"They'll kill you Will if you go after Lyle," Sam warned the boy.
"Yeah but Lyle will be dead. He won't be able to hurt anyone ever again," Will said as he stroked Alex's cheek.
"Someone else would just take his place. You know that. Besides I won't allow you to destroy yourself by killing Lyle. They still need you." Sam told Will.
"They need someone who can protect them," Will said forlornly. "They need you."
"Maybe you should let them decide what they need," Jake commented. "And maybe you two should discuss this when the others aren't around. Like say Jeremiah, he and Alex are pretty close and Jeremiah isn't good at keeping secrets from her."
"He's asleep," Will told the almost five year old.
"You used your telepathy on him didn't you?" Jake asked. Will nodded his head.
"I couldn't allow for him to overhear what I had to say," Will replied. "I need to go before someone discovers I'm gone. Look over them Sam." Will pressed a quick kiss to each of the five children's foreheads, and turned to leave. Will paused and turned to face Sam again.
"Was there another one of them? Another Black File?" Will asked.
"Yes Markus. He died shortly after he was born. Why do you ask?" Sam said
"Their numbers always seamed wrong. A set on twins in between two sets of triplets," Will replied and then returned back to his room.
Up next: Jeremiah meets a Centre ghost and Sam faces a T-board
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