Hey guys I tried to up date yesterday but I had to be at rehearsal from 10am to 12am. And today I was there from 6pm-12am. Yay for tech runs. I'll try to post by Thursday because if I don't I doubt I'll be able to since I have a show Friday and two shows Saturday
Crazyrussiangal- Poor Jeremiah in deed and the sad thing is that it only get's worse for him
Erikstrulove- Yup Lyle's an evil bastard, and he's about to become even more so. Hum maybe I need to do a bit more revision to Exodus, so that he still has a bit more of an edge to him.
LJP- It's indeed a good thing these kids are pretenders, because they are indeed in need of some major tharapy. Poor Jeremiah and Alex are scared for life. In fact you'll see a bit of it in Exodus.
CHAPTER 52
SHOCK
February 19, 2000
7:01am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
The lights came on in the children's room and Jake awoke instantly. The boy climbed out of his bed. Across from him, his twin Rachael was also getting up. The two stretched, and yawned, as they started to wake the other children. It was Jake's job to wake the boys, and Rachael's to wake the girls.
Going down the boys' side of the room, Jake proceeded to gently shake Mark, followed by Tobias, and Greg, awake. When Jake got to Jeremiah's bed he could tell that something was instantly wrong with the younger boy.
Jeremiah was curled in the fetal position, the thumb in his mouth. He was covered in dust and cobwebs.
"Jerry," Jake said a hint of worry in his voice, as he shook Jeremiah. Jeremiah didn't respond. "Jerry come on. This isn't the time for games," Worry was gone from Jake's voice, and had been replaced with panic. Greg, concerned, walked over to his brother's bed, at the same time the other children not yet out of bed, began to wake sensing something was wrong.
"Jer," Greg said trying to wake his brother. "Jer, wake up. We gotta be in the lab in a hour."
"Greg, Jake, what's goin' on?" Melissa asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Jerry won't wake up," Greg said softly, as Jake checked Jeremiah's vitals.
"His pulse is strong. No fever. Pupils reactive," Jake muttered.
"Then what's wrong with him," Melissa said her voice wavering, her blue eyes filling with unshed tears.
"I th- I'm not sure," Jake said. The boy had a good idea as to what was wrong with Jeremiah but did not want to upset the other children any further. "Air, Andy, Alex go find Sam," Jake told the three youngest Black Files. Aaron, and Andros turned to leave. But Alex stood still staring at Jeremiah's prone form.
"Lexie," Jake said placing a hand on Alex's shoulder. "I need you to go find Sam. Jeremiah needs you," Jake told the girl. Jake knew that he had sunk low by using Jeremiah's name to get Alex to go. But Jake knew playing the guilt card was the only way to get Alex to move.
"Kay. I'll go," Alex said softly.
"Hey look at me," Jake said taking Alex's chin into his hand. His steel grey eye's met Alex's blue ones. Jake smiled at the girl he considered to be more or less his sister. The girl he would stop at nothing to protect -not that Jake loved Alex any more than any of the other children-. "Jer's gonna be okay. He's strong just like you. Okay?" Jake spoke brushing a strand of Alex's hair behind her ear. Alex nodded.
"Okay," She said confidently. The worried expression she had been wearing on her face had vanished and become hard, her blue eyes grew cold, her jaw set. It was in that moment that Jake truly realized how much Alex was like her mother. And for a moment Jake wonder just how much longer the Centre would be able to keep Alex and her brothers a secret.
Alex went to the air vent and Andros, and Aaron pulled her in. The triplets crawled through the vents as fast as they could and made their way to the sweeper lounge. Seeing Sam alone, the triplets entered the enter the room.
"Sam! Sam!" Aaron yelled. Startled Sam nearly dropped the cup of coffee he was holding.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked. The sweepers heart was racing, and he felt uneasy.
"Jerry. He won't wake up," Andros panted. Sam swore that for a moment his heart stopped beating. Regaining his composure, Sam sat off to the children's room, the triplets right behind him. Their tiny legs couldn't carry them fast enough to keep up with Sam's long strides. Before the triplets even reached their room, Sam had already swooped up Jeremiah into his arms and was walking as fast as he could to the infirmary without harming his precious cargo. Aaron, Andros, and Alex nearly collided into Jake and the other children.
Jen was looking over Jeremiah by the time the Black Files arrived, panting and out of breath. "What's wrong with him?" Sam asked the doctor.
"H-he's cationic," Jen stammered. The group of children exchanged worried looks. Sam closed his eyes and sighed. He then turned to look at the children behind him.
"What happened yesterday?" Sam asked.
"Nothing," Jake answered.
"We had the day off. There was nothing that could have brought this on," Rachael spoke.
"Has Raines had your group under any pressure lately?" Jen questioned.
"When doesn't he?" Marc muttered.
"Jerry's catatonia could have been brought on by stress," Jen said but their was doubt in her voice. "Are you all sure nothing happened yesterday that could have brought this on?"
The children remained silent. They knew that they probably should have told Jen and Sam that Jeremiah went for a walk the day prior. But the children were afraid that it would upset the two adults. Sam and Jen frowned on the children exploring the Centre, when not accompanied by anyone.
And the children had no true reason to even suspect that what ever had driven Jeremiah in to his cationic shock even had anything to do with the boy taking a stroll around the Centre. Yes, Jeremiah had returned after all of the other children had fallen asleep for the night, it was rare Jeremiah did such a thing, but not too rare. Jeremiah every now and then would find the need to be alone for a while.
"There was nothing," Greg said unable to meet Sam or Jen's eyes. The adults could sense that the children were holding something back but said nothing.
"Now what?" Tobias asked.
"I'll take you all back to your room so that you can get dressed for the day. And then I take you to the sim lab," Sam sighed.
"Just like normal," Greg said bitterly.
"Greg why don't you and Lissa stay here," Jen suggested.
"Why we can't do anything," Melissa said.
"You can talk to him sweetheart. Let him know that you're here. And that he's not alone," Jen told the girl crouching down to Melissa's level.
"Okay," Greg and Melissa replied.
Sam then escorted the rest of the group back to their room so that the children could dress for the day.
February 20, 2000
10:57pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
"What are you hiding?" Alex asked Jake. The rest of the children save Alex, her brothers, Jake and Rachael had fallen asleep two hours prior.
"What are you talking about?" Jake asked.
"You and Rach know something. Known it for a while if I'm not mistaken. What ever it is didn't bother you that much at first but now that Jer... now that Jeremiah's in the infirmary, it's bugging the hell out of you," Alex said.
"Watch your mouth, Alex," Jake told the girl.
"Answer me Jake," Alex demanded. Rachael, Andros, and Aaron watched the two not wanting to get involved. Alex was well know for her quick temper, and Jake for his stubbornness.
"He gonna tell her?" Aaron asked Rachael.
"I'm sure Alex will get it out of him some how," Rachael replied.
"It won't come to blows will it?" Andros asked slightly nervous. Rachael and Aaron grinned.
"If it does it will be quite amusing. I bet you my candy bar that Alex will win," Rachael said.
"No deal. I know Alex can kick Jake's butt," Aaron replied.
"Oh well it was worth the try," Rachel sighed.
"I'm assuming you know this little secret as well," Andros spoke.
"Of course," Rachael said.
"Care to share?" Aaron asked. Rachael took a quick look around the room to make sure that the other children were still asleep.
"Jake and I found out who Jer, Greg, and Lissa's father is," Rachael whispered, so that Jake wouldn't overhear.
"Who?" Aaron, and Andros asked.
"Lyle," Rachel answered. Andros, and Aaron looked up at the older girl in shock, just as a scuffle between Alex and Jake broke out. A groan of pain from Jake brought Aaron and Andros out of their shock and the two boys went to pull Alex off of Jake before she could inflict any further damage to the older boy.
"Let me go," Alex hissed as Aaron and Andros held her.
"Chill Alex, you'll wake the others," Aaron told his sister.
"He said I was rash and impulsive," Alex said frowning.
"That's 'cause you are," Andros grinned.
"Oh yeah," Alex said and stopped struggling. Her brothers released her once they deemed her no longer a threat to Jake.
"Geeze Jake your lucky she didn't give you a black eye," Rachael smirked.
"So tell me," Alex demanded, whispering.
'Jer, Lis, and Greg's father is Lyle,' Aaron telepathically told his sister. Alex's blue eye's widened and in a rare moment in her short life Alex was struck speechless.
February 22, 2000
1:23am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
She knew that she shouldn't be in the infirmary. But she cared too much about Jeremiah to let the boy remain in a catatonic state. Alley looked around the room, and stood rooted to the floor form a moment. Jen had placed Jeremiah in the same room Alley had "died" in.
Alley had lost paretically everything in that little room. She vowed that history would not repeat itself. Alley walked over to the bed where Jeremiah laid. He had been in the same position for three days.
"I knew that it would be hard on you, little one. I just didn't know it would come to this. But don't worry your Momma will always be with you. You can hear her now in your head can't you? I use to hear my Gramma Catherine, I heard other voices too, like my Uncle Kyle's. I can't hear them any more. The Centre took that from me, not on purpose mind you," Alley said softly as she telepathically probed into Jeremiah's mind.
"I bet your Momma's telling you that you have to be strong now. That you have to stop hiding, because Greg and Melissa need you. I need you too you know. I need you to look after my brothers and sister. I can't keep them out of trouble like you can. I can't be there for them the way you can.'
"Jerry you need to listen to your Momma and wake up." Alley said brushing the boy's red hair out of his eyes. "If you don't they win. They already took me from Will, don't let them take you from your brother and sister," Alley begged. She pressed a kiss to Jeremiah's brow, and left melting into the shadows.
February 22, 2000
7:15am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
Sam sat in the chair next to Jeremiah's bed, with a sigh. Sam hated being in the infirmary, and most of all he hated the room he was in. His mind kept flashing back to Alley in the same bed that Jeremiah laid in. Sam had already lost one charge in this room, he refused to lose another. Especially Jeremiah. Sam loved the little boy, not that the sweeper would admit to it to anyone other than himself. It didn't matter what connections Sam had that protected him, if the chairman, Raines, or Lyle ever found out how much Sam truly cared about Jeremiah, Melissa, and Greg, Sam would be removed from the Black Files, and Phoenix, and probably killed.
"God," Sam moaned burying his face into his hands.
"Sam?"
Sam looked up. "Jer?" Jeremiah laid in bed, his green eyes open and staring at Sam. "You're awake," Sam said and pulled Jeremiah into his arms. Sam felt Jeremiah stiffen but the boy then relaxed.
"Sam, what happened?" Jeremiah asked.
"You went into a catatonic shock bud. You've been out of it for three days. Scared the shit out of me and the others," Sam admitted. Jeremiah froze, as his memories came flooding back. His mother was dead, he only had the opportunity of knowing her for less than half an hour and he had loved her so much. Now she was gone. Killed by Lyle, who turned out to be Jeremiah's father.
it's okay baby
A voice whispered. Jeremiah recognized it to be his mother's. His green eyes filled with tears and Jeremiah buried his face into Sam's shirt.
"Jerry what is it?" Sam asked the boy.
"I want my Momma," Jeremiah sobbed. Sam closed his eyes, as he rubbed soothing circles on Jeremiah's back. Half an hour later Jeremiah had calmed down. Sam had thought the boy had fallen asleep, but found out otherwise when he went to place Jeremiah back on his bed.
"Sam do you miss your Momma?" Jeremiah asked softly.
"Yeah I miss both of them," Sam admitted. "My dad too."
"I miss my Momma, not my Daddy. You're more my Daddy then him," Jeremiah whispered. Sam sat stunned, at Jeremiah's words. The boy had just referred to Sam as being like Jeremiah's father. Sam was uncertain how to reply. Thankfully Jeremiah sensed the sweeper's uneasiness.
"I know you aren't my Daddy. I know you can't be, even it you wanted to," Jeremiah told Sam. The two sat in silence for a while, both mulling over Jeremiah's words.
"I never said I didn't want to," Sam whispered into Jeremiah's ear so that no one would over hear. "If things were different..."Sam trailed off
"I know," Jeremiah said. "I guess we'd better tell the other's I'm awake."
"I'm surprised they don't know," Sam admitted.
"I cut myself off from Greg, and Lissa, so they couldn't sense me," Jeremiah told Sam.
"Why?"
"I wasn't ready to see them yet."
"Are you ready to see them now?" Sam asked.
"I guess," Jeremiah replied.
"You want me to go get them?"
"Please."
"Alright then I'll be back in a bit. On my out I'll tell Jen you're awake, and she can check you over." Sam told the boy.
"Kay," Jeremiah said and wiggled out of Sam's lap and returned to his bed.
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Up next: Jeremiah has a run in with Lyle. And we do a quick overview of the last few episodes of season four.
