Chapter 8

Needed a little more time considering I spent almost a week without sleeping a lot and got a nice kick on the soccer field yesterday ( Hell, they had ONE great hulk of a girl – why does this one decide to make me feel my bone bend?)

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Carestel; maybe Miss Parker will become Mrs Parker one day g. I hope I didn't go on too fast this time and you didn't have to learn too long that evening! ;) .An die restliche deutschsprachige Belegschaft hier, Daena, Miss Ice, Mercedes und Maggy , thanx for reading and reviewing! A VERY big THANX to R.Parker (Who's too lazy to log in I guess! lollz), Mishelle and Jar-Par Fan for reviewingso constantly! leochick, you were right! I meant "sighed"… Looking at it now makes me feel stupid big time ;) Thanx for telling me! I also thank mariel4000, Sirus183, kikine, Mercedes Aria, Oaive and ParkersCamp! Hope you guys continue reading this!

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Parker was unable to sleep. She had no idea how to connect all those confusing things – Sydney would have called it bread crumbs – to get something like a whole picture out of it. After a few hours her head began to ache and she decided to have a cup of coffee before thinking about it any further.

When she stood up there was short moment she felt just sick. She closed her eyes and made her way to the kitchen. This was beginning to drive her crazy. All the years she had hidden behind her ice queen mask things had worked – she hadn't been happy, but things had worked. And now so many things had happened, so many things that made her wonder about the truth she had never been told, so many things she needed and wanted to know, and when she finally started to ask more questions and to follow her heart in some moments of weakness everything became a chaos.

There was no way out. Once the first domino was falling you couldn't stop the others from falling, too. In her case, this first domino had been the almost-kiss on Carthis and the other dominos were the sleepless nights wondering about Jarod and herself, the kiss on that road, Sydney and his confusing babble about the prophecy and this…vision.

Realizing that, she whispered "If it was right or not, Sydney, my decision has already been made, even if I didn't know it…"

She knew she was thinking different since Jarod had remembered her of what she had once felt for him and was now feeling for him again "The moment I remembered my feelings for you, Jarod, was the real turning point – it was the moment my decision was made… my decision for you. But how can I tell you that after I have pushed you away? How can I get rid of my doubts and fears? I just don't know how to do this…" she thought aloud.

"Tell him. Just tell him what you think and how you feel. You can't run away this time, honey, you can't keep this dominos from falling .You either let them fall or someone will help them." sounded a voice.

Parker turned around and saw her mother standing near the window, giving her a sad smile. "Mom!" she gasped. Except for the fact that Catherine Parker was some kind of transparent, it seemed as if she was really standing there. "I don't understand…"

"There are many things, my little girl, you don't understand. As much as I'd love to tell you the truth about everything, I know you have to find out yourself…But I know now… I know you and Jarod will finish my plan – the prophecy…it's all the same in some way. In the end, everything will be just fine."

"But what is your plan?" Parker didn't feel comfortable when thinking of her mother's plan as the same thing as the prophecy.

"You will know…And whatever you may find out: Never forget that I love you and that everything is going to be just fine." Catherine vanished.

"Mom! Stay! You can't just leave me like this!" she cried. Looking to where her mother had been a few seconds ago, she suddenly recognized a piece of paper which was lying on the floor.

"This is weird! Ghosts can't leave any messages!" she told herself when reaching for it.

NuGenesis, 151105051989 was written there.

Sitting down on the floor, Parker held the message close to her and leaned on the wall. This was written by her mother – she didn't know how but she didn't give a damn – and it had something to do with NuGenesis, which definitely meant nothing good.

They have used you. That was what Sydney had said. "Oh no… Let this be a nightmare… Just let this be a nightmare…" With that, Parker's eyes closed and she fell asleep.

"You can't do this! I beg you, don't do this! If you love her at all you won´t…"

"I can, Catherine, and I will. The Triumvirate has to fear us, otherwise our power is history."

"You can't sacrifice your daughter!"

Parker found herself outside an office which once belonged to the man she had called "Daddy". She could hear him argue with her mother! This was impossible, wasn't it? Maybe it was another vision? She wanted to lean on the door but before she even recognized it, she was in her so-called father's office. Weird.

"Don't you think I don't know that she's not my daughter! I know about your little affair with my brother!"

Catherine's eyes widened and she remained silent while Mr Parker continued "There a much more Parkers at the Centre than most people think. My twin was given away… You know him as Mr Raines…And my beloved younger brother was sent to Belgium. The Parkers always cut off the weak branches of their family tree, Catherine."

"Oh my…"Parker let out, shocked. The fact that there was only one man from Belgium at the Centre made Sydney her father and not Raines! And Sydney knew it! She would give him hell the next time she saw him!

Catherine stepped back from her husband, carefully watching him "Is that why you're doing this?"

Sighing, Mr Parker answered "Believe it or not, but I love that little girl that thinks of me as her father. I'm trying to save her. The Triumvirate knows about her gift and if we don't train her as a Pretender I will at least have to create a child with this gift to keep the Africans frightened of our power. "

"No!" Catherine was crying "You won't do this to my little girl! And not to Jarod either!"

"You can't prevent it Catherine. The Centre is stronger than a mother's wishes for her daughter. Sign this and I promise nothing will happen the next years." he gave her a file with the print 151105051989 on it.

Parker knew that nobody could see her and couldn't resist any longer: she looked over her mother's shoulder and froze when she read the file…

TO BE CONTINUED! I know it was short…:-/