Pretender Fanatic- Yup Alex got fourteen brands one for each living Black File. And I'm glad you liked Will's part. I was debating on whether I should have used him or Alley. In the end I thought Will was the best choice.
Crazyrussingal- Here's the final chapter. I hope you enjoy it
phi4858- Yeah Poor Alex, but on the brighter side that's about the extent of what happens to her. As for Lyle he knows he's Centre property his just in denile, I believe that Alley or Will may have pointed out a time or two that Lyle -like them- was owned by the Centre.
LPJ- Lyle is an evil, evil man, or maybe I'm the evil one for coming up with that? Ehh... And I'm glad you thought that Will did a good job hiding who he was from the kids. But you'll soon find out he didn't do quite as good of a job as he thought.
CHAPTER 57
THE BEGINNING
May 6, 2001
6:30am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
After two and a half hours of sleep Will woke up to prepare himself for his sim that would take place in the next hour and a half. Will made his way over to his desk and a pulled out a red file with a picture of a black silhouette of a phoenix on it. Will flipped through the file but his mind was not in it. His brain kept turning back to what Angelo had told him before Jeremiah had come the night before.
According to the empath Raines had sent both Will's mother and father a photograph of Catherine Parker and Margaret Russell. Both woman were quite young in the photograph as they stood outside of an ivy covered building. Will knew that the secrets to his family's past were hidden in that photograph.
Angelo had told Will that Raines was searching for the scrolls, that held a prophecy. What information the prophecy contained Angelo did not know, or would not tell Will. Angelo did inform Will that both Jarod and Parker were searching for clues. Clues that would eventually lead the two to the scrolls.
Will hoped that when his parents discovered the scrolls, that the discovery of Will and his siblings wouldn't be far behind.
May 6, 2001
6:52am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
Jeremiah had yet to fall asleep. Though beyond exhausted - he hadn't slept in over twenty four hours- he wanted to be awake when Aaron, Andros, Alex, Mike, and Maddie awoke. Jake and the others had long since fallen asleep. Greg had several times attempted to get Jeremiah to rest for just a few moments, but it was to no avail.
A few minutes before seven the five children began to stir. Mike and Maddie were the first.
"Hey, welcome back to the land of the living," Jeremiah said smiling at the twins. "How are you two feeling.
"Like someone took a hot iron to my back," Mike groaned.
"I can help you out with that," Jeremiah said and reached into the bag Will left behind and pulled out five bottles of paracetamol, and five syringes. Jeremiah filled two of the syringes tapping out the air bubbles
"Your arm," Jeremiah said to Maddie. The girl held out her arm and Jeremiah located a vein and injected the drug. He did the same with Mike, and a few moments later he heard them sigh as the pain began to ebb.
"You two should lay back down and get some rest, okay?"
"Kay," Mike and Maddie yawned.
"Hey Jer who died and made you leader," Maddie asked smiling as she laid down on her stomach.
"No one. Jake's taking a nap. Although I doubt that he's half as good as I am when it comes to playing doctor. Now get some sleep baby sister," Jeremiah said pressing a kiss to her temple.
"What no kiss for me?" Mike asked sleepily.
"Get some sleep little brother," Jeremiah told the boy.
"Have they awaken yet?" Mike asked as he gazed at Aaron, Andros, and Alex.
"No, but they probably will soon," Jeremiah replied tucking his knees under his chin. Mike and Maddie returned to sleep as Jeremiah kept an eye on the youngest set of triplets. Exhaustion began to creep up on him and his eyes began to droop. He was just about to nod of as he heard a moan. Jeremiah sat up suddenly as though he had been struck, and nearly toppled over.
Jeremiah scooted closer to Aaron, Andros, and Alex. They stirred slightly and a moaned escaped their lips. Jeremiah readied the other three syringes. He turned from his work to find a pair of blue eyes staring at him.
"Hi," Alex said softly.
"Hey," Jeremiah whispered. "You want something for the pain?"
"No," Alex said.
"I know you're in pain. I won't stand for you to keep yourself in such a state," Jeremiah told the girl. He knew that Alex was quite stubborn when it came to taking medicine. She and her brothers refused to take anything that would muddle their senses.
"Don't worry Alex. I'll look after you. I promised Will," Jeremiah said pulling a lock of Alex's hair behind her ear.
"Who's Will?" Alex asked.
"I think he just may be your guardian angel," Jeremiah told her.
"An angel in Hell who would of thought," Alex said smiling as Jeremiah injected her with the paracetamol.
"Oh there are many fallen angels here. One came to me in a dream, in fact she came to me the last time you were hurt. You know they all seem to come around when ever you're hurt. You must call to them," Jeremiah said.
"He's right you know Alex. You must call to them," Aaron spoke. He and Andros had awaken to here what Jeremiah had said to Alex.
"Hey Jer you gonna play doctor to us too?" Andros asked.
"Of course," Jeremiah said reaching for the last two syringes. Done administering the last of the paracetamol to Aaron and Andros, Jeremiah placed the caps on the used syringes and then placed them in the bag Will had left.
"Have you been watching over us the whole time?" Alex asked.
"That's what doctors do," Jeremiah replied.
"You're not a doctor Jer. You're our brother," Andros stated. Jeremiah found himself blushing in the dim light of the room.
"You should get some rest big brother," Aaron said closing his eyes.
"I think I will," Jeremiah whispered, he then hunkered down next to Greg, and Maddie
and drifted off to sleep.
As Alex slept she dreamed of a boy with brown hair and blue eyes flecked with gold. She saw him standing over her. He kissed her forehead and whispered something into her ear. Alex strained her hearing trying to make out his words. But it was in vain.
Eventually Alex would come to learn the words whispered to her. But not for quite a few months would she learn the words spoke by Will...
"Love you baby sister."
January 6, 2002
6:52am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
"Damn it!" Will yelled slamming his fist on his desk.
"Big Phoenix angry," Angelo said from his spot on the floor.
"Phoenix is pissed," Will replied. "They we're so close. If those ass holes would have just stayed away Mom would have gone with him. She would have left. Now the chairman is presumably dead. Dad's disappeared of the face of the earth 'cause Mom rejected him. Raines is in charge, Lyle is his right hand man, and both of them are breathing down Mom's back. Oh and lets not forget Mom thinks that Raines may be her father,"
"Things get better," Angelo promised Will.
"Only 'cause they can't get much worse," Will snapped.
"Not Angelo's fault," The empath said offended. Will sighed.
"I know it's not your fault Angelo, it's just... I'm tired. I'm so damn tired of fighting, I just want to rest," Will said burying his face in his hands. "I don't think I can do this anymore Angelo. I can't do this alone. It would be different if Alley... if she was here. I wish I could hear her. I need to know if I'm making the right decisions."
"Little Phoenix still talks to you. Talk's here," Angelo said tapping Will's heart. "And not alone, have Angelo, have Sam. Have Daughter."
"Angelo we talked about this I can't tell her. They'll kill her. Raines doesn't need her anymore. They have me and the triplets," Will replied.
"Have you and Baby Files for long time, since before Friend escape," Angelo told Will. Will stared at the empath.
"You're right. Why Angelo, why don't they kill Dad? They don't need him they have us. And as for Momma she's been nothing but a thorn in Raines side since well forever. Momma isn't Raines's daughter so why is Raines keeping her around?"
"Triumvirate. Only give Raines's chairmanship if he keeps Daughter," Angelo told Will.
"I assume that is thanks to Sam's aunt," Will stated, Angelo nodded his head in confirmation.
"Scrolls too. Raines no know what they say. Thinks Daughter and Friend involved."
"Which is why they won't let Dad find Grandma Margaret. She knows what the scrolls are about. And they won't let Mom and Dad get together because they're afraid that Mom and Dad will find out about me, Air, Andy, and Alex," Will said.
"Tell Daughter," Angelo said almost pleading with Will.
"I will...just not yet. Let me give them a bit more time," Will replied. "I've waited this long."
"Waited too long. Waited ten years," Angelo said.
"So what's a few more months?" Will asked shrugging his shoulders
January 21, 2003
6:52am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
"Air I had that dream again," Alex told her brother.
"You gonna tell me what it's about now? You've been having this dream for the past year in a half, every since..." Aaron trailed off he didn't want to mention the branding out of shame. Over the past year and a half Aaron, Andros, Mike and Maddie's brands had begun to fade. Mike and Maddie's had disappeared close to five months ago, Aaron and Andros' had become so faint you could barely see them.
"Alex, are you gonna tell us?" Andros asked his sister.
"Yeah, I was just going over everything," Alex replied. "It starts out with a boy leaning over me he has..."
"Blue eyes flecked with gold..." Andros interrupted
"And dark brown hair like ours, slightly curly," Aaron finished. Alex looked at her brothers in shock.
"You've had it too," Alex gasped.
"I don't think it was a dream it was a memory when Lyle... you know," Andros said.
"He helped us. He was going to give us a drug but he couldn't his hands were shaking. Jer did it instead. So the boy..." Aaron began but was cut off buy his sister
"Will, his name is Will," Alex stated. "He kept rubbing our backs down. Then he had to leave. But before he did he kissed each of us on our brow and said." Alex stopped.
"He said 'I love you'," Aaron finished.
"No he didn't," Andros said.
"He said 'I love you baby sister'," Alex corrected "To me I mean."
"But that doesn't mean a thing. Jake calls you baby sister all the time. This Will could just be another Centre pretender. Maybe a prototype for our group," Aaron told her. "Hell maybe..."
"He's our brother Aaron-Daniel," Alex insisted. "He's been watching over us since I stole Sophie's key card when we were little. I saw him, I felt him. I knew that there was something familiar about him, I could sense it. He's a part of us."
"How are you so certain?" Aaron asked.
"Aren't the voices telling you?" Alex asked. Aaron looked down at his hands in shame, Andros glanced between his brother and sister.
"I didn't want to believe it was true," Aaron said a few moments later.
"It is Air. We have a brother, and he loves us," Alex said taking Aaron's hand into her own.
February 24, 2003
11:09pm
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
"Will," Jake hissed from the air vent. Will looked up and sighed.
"Come in," Will said. Jake entered Will's room. "What is it?"
"Tomorrow. I'm making sure your Mom sees the triplets tomorrow. Nine am sharp. Jarod got their files months ago and has yet to figure it out yet. I'm hoping that your Mom seeing them will make her look into them," Jake said.
"You sure this is gonna work?" Will asked Jake.
"Aren't you?" Jake asked.
"Yes, that's what scares me," Will whispered as Jake left.
February 25, 2003
8:55am
Blue Cove, Delaware
The Centre
"This is gonna be so cool," Greg said grinning.
"Sam's gonna be mad," Jeremiah stated.
"Don't be such a goodie two shoes Jer," Marc told the boy.
"I just don't want for Sam to be mad," Jeremiah stated.
"He'll get over it," Jake said as his fingers flew across the keyboard. "Okay all set. Alarm will go off at nine exactly."
"I can't wait to see all the little secretaries scatterings about like ants," Rachael grinned.
"Now what?" Tobias asked.
"Now we wait," Jake replied.
Three minutes later sirens began to blare, at the same time the Black Files door unlocked. The children grinned at each other as Jake opened the door. The children all then ran out of the room splitting up in opposite directions. Alex, her brothers, Mike and Maddie ran off in one direction as Jake in the others went in the other.
The five youngest Black Files came to rest at an alcove next to the elevators on the first floor. They giggled watching sweepers, cleaners, assistants and secretaries went running by.
"Oh, were gonna get in to so much trouble." Mike said out of breath.
"It was worth it Mikey." Maddie told her brother
"Did you see Sam's face when he went running by?" Aaron chuckled
"He knew it was us." Andros said. From behind the children some one cleared their throat. The five Black Files spun around, Mike, Aaron, and Andros stepping in front of their sisters in a protective stance. Facing the woman who had cleared her throat.
"Hello," The woman said. Alex's jaw dropped, she knew exactly who that woman was. She was Miss Parker. Alex had seen her once and thought Parker to be extraordinarily beautiful. Her long hair and grey-blue eyes. Alex hoped to one day look as beautiful as the Centre Ice Queen. And for a brief second Alex wondered if Jeremiah was right, if there truly were angels trapped in the Centre -if Miss Parker was one of the heavenly creatures- and maybe the little girl did call to them.
"Who are you?" Aaron asked bring Alex out of her musings.
"I could ask you the same." Parker replied curtly.
"I asked first." The Aaron said defiantly. Alex wanted to smack her brother for being an idiot. Didn't he know that he was talking to Miss Parker
"My, my aren't you bold for a Center project," Parker replied wryly
"I'm not a project. I'm a person." Aaron said. His voice full of anger. Alex saw Parker's face soften, and Alex realized that it was true the Ice Queen was nothing more than a facade, hiding a little girl who missed her mother.
"Forgive me. I'm Miss Parker. And you are?"
"I knew it," Alex said softly unable to stop herself form speaking. Aaron resisted sighing how could he not have known who the woman was in front of him. Yet he found himself not afraid of her.
"I'm Aaron-Daniel." Aaron spoke. "To my left is my brother Andros, to my right is our cousin Michael. My sister Alexandra." He said pointing to the Alex behind him to his left. "And Michelle, Michael's sister." He said pointing at the other girl.
"Are you sure they're your cousins? You all look like quintuplets."
"Were positive,"
"We did"
"The blood"
"Test"
"Our selves." The children spoke each taking a turn. Parker smiled at their way of speech.
"What are the five of you doing here? Shouldn't you be with your trainers?" Parker questioned them.
"We were bored." Aaron said
"So we decided to go on a..." Andros faltered.
"Exploration." Alex supplied with a mischievous grin.
"In order to do so," spoke Michael
"We had to cause a little…chaos" Finished his sister.
"Not that it was just the five of them." Spoke a deep voice. The five children grinned at Sam who stood behind Parker. Sam's heart was racing. Parker wasn't suppose to be anywhere near the Black Files. 'This is not going to end well,' Sam thought to himself.
Sam was quite wrong. Things weren't even starting to end. In fact it was all just beginning.
-THE BEGINNING-
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