CHAPTER 5

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THE CENTRE - BROOTS OFFICE.

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Broots looked up from his computer as Sydney entered the room. Behind him Lyle was walking. Broots gave them a puzzled look. What was going on now? Why was Lyle there?

"It's okay Broots. Lyle knows. He's going to help us find Parker," Sydney said as he saw the look on the other man's face. Broots was still a little confused. He glanced at Lyle.

"DAMMIT! What are you waiting for? Tell us what you've found!" Lyle snapped impatiently.

"I...I'm sorry..." Broots stammered.

Lyle sighed irritated, but didn't say anything.

"You are not going to believe this. I broke into the Centre's security system. And guess what I found! Five days ago, Mr. Parker and Mr. Raines finished a new project, it seems like they've been working on it for quite a long time, but the thing is, they made a new clone. Guess who he looks like – Jarod. Do you understand, they cloned Jarod!" Broots babbled.

"Are you sure?" Sydney asked shocked.

Broots nodded.

"But what does the clone have to do with the kidnapping of Parker?" Lyle asked.

"But you don't understand! He escaped!" Broots exclaimed.

"Do you think it's possible that the clone have kidnapped Parker?" Sydney asked. He slowly shook his head, trying to deny what he just heard. He couldn't believe the Centre did this, and without his knowledge… Damn them! Couldn't they just leave Jarod alone… Sydney wondered how the real Jarod was going to react when he found out.

Broots nodded again. "Yeah, you didn't think it was Jarod anyway. So it has to be."

"Okay, lets say that it is. Where would he take her?" Lyle asked.

Sydney and Broots were quiet as they were thinking.

"When she called, she said she was on a boat. That's all we know," Sydney said.

Lyle nodded thoughtfully. "I'll handle this. Broots, you try to find something on the computer. And call me..."

"What are you going to do?" Sydney asked.

"That's not any of your business. Just let me handle this okay? I'm gonna save my sister. And I know exactly who is going to help me..." With those words Lyle turned and left the room.

Broots gave Sydney a puzzled look. "What is wrong with him? Should we be worried?"

"I...don't think so..."

"W...what do you mean? He is always up to something."

"I think that Lyle is, actually worried about Miss Parker," Sydney said with a small smile.

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SOMEWHERE IN BLUE COVE.

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"Jarod, what can I do to make you trust me?" Lyle asked.

"There's nothing you can do. Just tell me why we're here," Jarod said without taking his eyes of the other man. Lyle walked closer to the car. "Don't come any closer!" Jarod warned. He still didn't understand how Lyle had managed to find him, but right now, he had other things to worry about. He needed to keep the distance between them in case the whole thing was a trap.

"Fine..." Lyle sighed and backed away again. "I need your help...as you probably know; Miss Parker's kidnapped and we think it's your...clone that did it," Lyle explained. He shook his head amused. This was almost ironic, he asked the pretender for help, what a joke!

"My clone? Why would he kidnap Parker?" Jarod asked confused.

"Not that clone..." Lyle paused and sighed. "I can't believe I'm telling you this, but the Centre made a new one. And he escaped."

"What! Why?" Jarod almost screamed. They did a new clone? Jarod couldn't believe his ears.

"It doesn't matter dammit! Are you going to help me or not? He might kill Parker," Lyle snarled.

"How do I know that you won't take me back to the Centre," Jarod asked. He tried to put his anger aside for the moment, Miss Parker needed him…

Lyle was quiet for a while as he was thinking of a way to convince Jarod.

"Here, take this..." he said and handed over his gun to the other man. First Jarod just stared at it.

"How do I know you don't have another one? Or a sweeper team around the corner?" he asked. There was no way he would trust Lyle… he just couldn't take the risk of getting caught.

"Just take it dammit! We don't have the whole day, who knows what that psycho can do with Parker...we need to help her..."

With s sigh, Jarod took the gun. He gave Lyle a look. It actually seemed that he was worried about his sister. Could that really be possible? Jarod sighed deeply, maybe he would make the biggest mistake in his life, but he needed to do this. Because if Lyle was telling the truth and something happened to Miss Parker just because Jarod was afraid to loose his freedom, he would never forgive himself…

"We need a chopper... C'mon, we're going to the Centre," Lyle laughed when he saw the look on Jarod's face. "To get the chopper...don't be so damn suspicious."

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TBC.