Erikstrulove- Yes there's a wedding, and yes it won't take place until the boys have been found. As for Lyle being a bad guy, well he is a good guy in this fic, but uh... some of those violent tendancies of his may stick around. I'm still not truly sure what I'm going to do with his character yet. But don't worry it's shouldn't be anything that would affect Jarod and his brood.

LJP- Don't worry Morgan is going to have her meltdown. There will be tears, scotch, and fist involved. But you're going to have to wait about eight chapters for it to happen.

Loveroffanfics- Yay and new reader! Glad to know you're enjoying this story. As for who has the boys you'll find out in this chapter. Enjoy.

CHAPTER 5

CAIN AND ABLE

October 29, 2010

2:04am

Island off the coast of Scotland

Monastery

Able got up from his bed and walked over to the window. He gazed out at the stars and sighed. Abel could sense that things were beginning to take shape, and he was glad. For six years he had waited patiently in the monastery hoping that things would change. That those who had finally brought and end to the Centre would come from him and save him from the life he had been forced to live.

For the past eleven years Able had lived in the stone monastery with only a handful of monks, a sweeper, and of course Able's brother Cain, for company.

Able looked over at the sleeping form of his brother and wondered if history would repeat it's self. If Cain would really kill him. The voices over the past year had warned Able to keep a close eye on his brother, and Able had.

Able wondered had his father named he and Cain differently if things would have still been the same. Would Cain still be jealous of Able. It was not Able's fault that unlike his two brothers he was the only on who turned out as planed. Seth, Cain and Abel's other brother had died still a toddler. Seth's immune system had been underdeveloped and one year when all three boys caught the flu Seth had died. Things had become bad for Able then. Seth and Able had been particularly close, and when Seth had died Able was left with just Cain -the sociopath- for company.

The disdain Cain felt for Able was obvious. Part of Cain's hatred he felt for his brother was due to the boys father. Father had gone to great lengths to show how Abel was the better son. For Cain was just a normal boy -despite the fact he was a clone- and Father did not want a normal boy. Father wanted Able -who was also a clone-, because Able, was a capable pretender and had an inner sense. Father viewed Able's abilities as a gift. Yet his abilities were a curse as far as the monks and Cain were concerned.

Able knew that the only reason Cain viewed Able's abilities as a cures was because Cain did not posses them. Cain would kill for Able's gifts if it meant pleasing Father. Cain knew that he was Father's disappointment because he unlike Able was not the perfect clone. Despite the fact that Cain, Able and Seth were genetically identical only Able had turned out the way Father had wished. Able was an exact duplicate of his predecessor, and Able was in perfect health.

For eleven years the truth of Cain, Able, and Seth had been kept secret. The moment the three brothers had been born they had been whisked away to an island off the coast of Scotland; the Isle of Carthis.

At infancy the three clones had been given to the monks. And in the monastery the three boys had been raised. The monastery was the only life they had known. Cain and Able were placed at the monastery for safe keeping. They were insurance.

Though Abel had never steeped foot inside the Centre the very thought of it filled him with immense dread. Abel knew that if his predecessor failed then Able would be called upon as a replacement. It was the last thing Able wanted.

Able looked out at the stars from his window and whispered the same words another boy an ocean apart was speaking at the same time. "I won't be who you want me to be."

And from behind Abel a pair of blue eyes peered at him. 'You will do as father insist baby brother,' Cain thought. 'And when you fail Father, I will prove to him that I am the better son. I will prove to him that I am his loyal son.'

October 29, 2010

2:04am

Unknown location

Holding Cell

Thousands of miles away Pete sat up with a shock. It was still dark in the holding cell and Jason and Jack were asleep on either side of him. Pete had awoken to the sound of an electric lock being disengaged. Someone was entering the room. The door sung open and their stood the last person Pete ever expected to see again.

"Hello son," Spoke the man and tears began to stream down Pete's face as reality hit home.

"No. No not you," Pete said shaking his head.

"Now Peter is that anyway to great your father?" Asked Mr. Parker.

"You're not my father," Pete whispered harshly. Jack and Jason stirred in their sleep and Pete got to his feet and stood in a protective position in front of his brothers

"I am your father Peter. The same blood which flows through your veins flows through mine."

"Just because we come from the same gene pool doesn't make you my father," Pete said, tears gone and his fear replaced with anger. Pete knew that he had to protect his brothers at all cost. "You were never my father. Your just the person who loaned me his genetic material."

"And it's time to repay your debt son. It's time for you to realize who you are, a Parker. And as a Parker it's time for you to reclaim what is rightfully yours. Join me Peter."

"Who the hell do you think you are Darth Vader? There's not a snowball's chance in hell I'd ever join you, not after all you did to my family. You killed my biological mother, hell you even murdered the woman who carried me for nine months. Killed my Uncle Sam's parents. Screwed with my parents heads for decades. Stole my brothers and sisters from my Mom and Dad. Made Will think Alley was dead. Stole practically my whole family's childhood. And now you go and kidnap me and my baby brothers. How fucked up are you!" Pete yelled

"Pete, Momma's gonna kill you for talking like that," Jason yawned. During Pete's yelling the twins had awaken

"Hush Jace," Pete whispered.

"Peter listen to me. I am your father and I love you. I only want what is best for you. I only want for my legacy to pass on to you," Parker pleaded.

"That shit may have worked on my Mom before she caught on to your lies and manipulation. But I'll tell you now I'm not buying it. You want what is best for you and you can't stand to see the only thing you've ever valued to fail. And as for what you want me to do. Forget it. There is no way I will ever allow you to use me to restart the Centre."

"That is where your mistaken Peter. You see you have two very good reasons to follow my every command. Do as I instruct or you and your nephews will find your lives here very uncomfortable," Mr. Parker warned and left closing the door behind him and leaving the three boys once again in the dark.

"I'm so telling Momma you cursed in front of us," Jack said when the door closed.

"Jack, shut up," Pete sighed burying his face in his hands.

October 29, 2010

7:32am

Isle of Carthis

Monastery

Abel made his way to the kitchen in search of Brother Paul. It was Tuesday making it Able's day to help prepare to day's meals

"Benny what are you doing down here?" Came the voice of Abel's sweeper. Able turned and smiled at the man. Steve was thirty, with brown eyes, blonde hair and stood at six feet two inches.

"Today is Tuesday, Steve that means it's my day to help Brother Paul in the kitchen," Abel reminded the sweeper. "One would have thought that by now you would have remembered after all it's been part of my weekly schedule for the past four years. Unless of course you've gotten into the sacramental wine again and your inebriation has debilitated your cognitive abilities." Able teased. Steve laughed good naturedly.

"See this is why I like you Benny. You have a since of humor, unlike those monks and that psychopath brother of yours,"

"Sociopath," Benny corrected.

"Whatever," Steve replied. "So you think that you can whip up something decent tonight for dinner, opposed to that bland crap that we had last night?"

"I'll try my best," Benny told him.

"I swear for two kids who are identical you and Kaine are complete opposites. You Benny my boy are an excellent chef. Kaine on the other had is only good at remembering his scriptures, and having a twisted take on them. You know what his problem is that boy doesn't have a sense of humor." Steve said.

"Yeah, well you know Kaine," Benny sighed. "If he can't get into Father's affections he'll settle on making the monks happy by remembering his scriptures. Kaine can have both Father and the monks' affections for all I care."

"I'm telling you Ben, you and me are the only sane people in this place," Steve said. Benny agreed whole heartedly. Steve and Benny both sighed as the two of them reached to doors to the kitchen. "Well kiddo this is where I leave you. I'd go in with you but the monks don't really like me all that much."

"Maybe it's because you keep falling asleep during service," Benny grinned.

"Could be," Steve laughed as he held open the door for Benny. Benny sighed.

"I guess it's back to being Abel now," Abel frowned.

"Nah kid you'll always be Benny," Steve said and ruffled the boys hair. Abel entered the kitchen and sighed once more. Steve was Abel's only companion in the cold drab monetary. Steve was the only person who didn't flinch at the sight of Abel. He was also Abel's only link to the outside world, and the rest of humanity. Abel could be himself around the sweeper and not have to suffer the consequence.

Steve was more or less in the same predicament as Abel. The sweeper had just turned eighteen when he was sent to the monastery to watch over the three clones. The monks did not hold Steve in high regard, and the sweeper was still viewed as a stranger in town even though he had lived on the island for over ten years.

It was Steve who had given Abel his other name, a real name. The sweeper was a lover of comic books and it was from one of Steve's beloved comic book series that he had given Cain and Abel their second names.

In the Spider-man series that title character had been cloned several times. The first of the clones had named himself Ben Riley. The second was called Kaine. Ben was the prefect clone, Kaine the botched job and just a bit insane. Thus Steve began to call Cain, Kaine, and Abel, Benny. Steve only called Abel, Benny when the two were in privet. That fact made Abel relish his secret name. Abel viewed it as a form of rebellion. It was a small form of rebellion, but rebellion non the less. It also made Abel not feel as uneasy around Cain.

For his whole life Abel had been leery of his older brother. Like Cain, Abel knew his scriptures quite well. Abel had read chapter four of Genesis more times than her could count. The passage had always frightened him, and when he was much younger, Abel often had nightmares about the passage. Once when he was three, Abel had ripped out every page that contained chapter four of Genesis from out of every bible he could lay his hands on.

Needless to say Abel was punished for his actions. For two weeks he was locked in the dungeon of the monastery with nothing to eat but stale bread and water to drink. Father visited the monastery a month later and chastised Abel for his behavior. When Abel tired to explain to Father why he had ripped the passages from out of the Bible, Father further berated Abel for being childish. For the next two months Abel was forced to endure smirks form Cain. That was also the last time Able ever saw Father.

"Abel! How long are ya going ta stand their?" Brother Paul fussed at the boy.

"Forgive me Brother Paul," Abel said and closed the kitchen door.

"I've spent most of me life forgiving ya, yer brother, and yer father." Brother Paul told Abel. The monk the went into his hourly spiel of how Abel and Cain were not part of God's plan. That God should smite who ever invented the technology that allowed the two boys to be created.

'Wish God would smite him,' Abel thought bitterly. 'I don't see him refusing the monthly check Father sends. I doubt that it truly cost two thousand dollars a month to house me and Cain.'

'Don't think such thought Benjamin,' Spoke the voice of a woman. The voice that had helped to keep Abel sane during his stay at the monastery.

Most would believe themselves insane if they hearing unseen voice, but Abel didn't. He found the voices to be comforting. In his darkest hours -like his two week stint in the dungeon- the voices had given him hope that his life would not be confined to the monastery. That he would find his predecessor, the one from whom he and Cain had been cloned. That Abel would be part of a family that loved him and he loved in return.

"Are ya listening to me boy?" Brother Paul asked cuffing Abel.

"Yes sir," Abel said tenderly touching the side of his face.

"Then look as though ya are," Brother Paul told him. "Now go and boil a pot o' water for the potatoes."

"Yes Brother Paul," Abel said and went to find the cast iron kettle to fill with water from the well. For the next three hours Abel slaved away in the kitchen.

As Abel slaved away, Cain sat in the sanctuary reflecting. Under a crude crucifix of Christ, Cain knelt twirling a small dagger in his hands as he thought of Abel and Father. 'I will make Father proud of me yet. I will show him that I am the one with

potential, not Baby Brother Benny. I can be the son Father wants. And I'll prove it to Father, to them all,' Cain thought.

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Up Next: The gang gets a lead on the location of he boys. Another character is introduced. And Pete must make a decision on if he should tell his baby brothers about their family's past with the Centre.