Erikstrulove- I'm rather fond of the little kids my self. Unfortunately they'll be gone for a little while. Too much other stuff will be going on. But they will pop up sporadically. And I'll try and work in a bit of Sydney/Bobby time.

CHAPTER 52

CHECK UP

November 28, 2010

2:43pm

Charlottesville, Virginia

Russell Family Clinic

The clinic was empty for the afternoon, Jarod felt that it would be best for there to be no other patients, nurses or technicians around when Amy and the boys were brought in. Will and Alley took Jason and Jack into exam room one, Keegan went with Lex, Maddie and Mike into exam room two, into exam room three went Amy with her mother Jen, and Jarod took Pete into exam room four.

Amy's check up was routine, her was blood drawn, and her eyes, ears, height and weight checked. Done she was allowed to play on the computer in the waiting room.

Pete, Jason, Jack, and Keegan's checkups were a bit more thorough.

"Do you know what shot's they gave you," Lex asked, checking his son's heartbeat.

"All the basic ones and then some," Keegan answered.

"So your standard Centre cocktail then," Mike replied.

"Good deal," Lex said removing the microscope. "Mikey, do you want to draw Keegan's blood, while I go type up his information in the files?"

"Sure Dad," Mike said. He picked up three empty vials, and a needle. "This might hurt a bit Key," Mike warned.

"Do you have to take my blood?" Keegan asked.

"Sorry baby but we do," Maddie pulling her brother into her arms. "You don't have to watch okay,"

"Okay," Keegan said softly. He buried his face into Maddie's neck and held out his arm to Mike.

"I'm going to rub some iodine and numb it okay, Key?" Mike said. Keegan nodded his head. Mike put a tourniquet around the upper part of Keegan's arms and pulling it taunt. Mike then tapped the inside of Keegan's arm to find a vein, a vein found Mike rubbed the two iodine swabs on Keegan's arm numbing it.

"So Keegan which Harry Potter book is your favorite?" Maddie asked in attempt to distract Keegan from the needle.

"Azkaban," Keegan murmured. "I know what you're doing. It's not working, I still know that the needle is going to hurt."

"You're too smart for your own good Key," Mike told the little boy, sliding the needle into Keegan's arm. Keegan tensed and whimpered at the sting of the needle. He hated needles, he had been given shots or had blood taken more times then he could count.

"Shush, baby it's almost over," Maddie said smoothing down Keegan's hair. "Don't worry you won't have to do this for a long time."

Once the three vials were filled, Mike removed the needle, and taped Keegan's arm.

"There you go bud, all done," Mike said. "Now why don't we go and see what Amy's up to huh?"

"Okay," Keegan said, having his blood taken brought back old memories, memories Keegan didn't want to dwell on.

Keegan wasn't the only one who hated having his blood taken, in the other waiting room, Will and Alley were trying to cajole Jason and Jack into allowing to have their blood drawn.

"Come on Jacky, as soon as you do this, we can take your X-ray and we're done," Alley said piratically begging. Jack shook his head.

"Gabriel," Will said, he was being stern by using Jack's first name and hoped that Jack knew that Will meant business. "I have to take your blood. I need to know if the bad people did anything to you." Again Jack shook his head, so Will turned to Jason. "Zane, you're going to be a good boy for Will right? You're going to let me take your blood?" Will begged, all dignity gone.

Arms crossed over his tiny chest, Jason shook his head. "Zane, Gabriel," Will warned, using the boys first names, after ten minutes Will was tired of begging the boys. "Give, Alley and me your arms so that we can get home, do I have to tell Momma that you two weren't being cooperative?"

It was an empty threat and everyone in the room was well aware of it As soon as the boys got home and Morgan heard how frightened the boys had been about getting their blood drawn, she would hug and kiss her little boys, and then give them all the milk and cookies they wanted. If only the former Centre workers could see the Ice Queen now.

With nothing left to lose Alley pulled the trump card. "Do I have to tell Amy that the two of you are too afraid to give blood. She and Keegan are already done."

"Don't care," Jason replied evenly speaking in front of anyone other than Amy and Keegan for the first time that day.

"What if we got Daddy to take your blood?" Will sighed.

"No!" Jack yelled. The twins knew that Will and Alley meant them no harm but the boys couldn't help but be frightened. Like Keegan the thought of needles brought back horrible memories.

Jack's yelling brought, a concerned Keegan, Amy, Mike and Maddie to the exam room.

"What's wrong," Amy asked walking up to her boys.

"Jace and Jack won't let us take their blood," Alley told the little girl.

"Can Keegan and I talk to them...alone?" Amy asked her cousins.

"Why not," Will sighed, and he Alley, Mike and Maddie left the room so the four children to talk. Amy and Keegan hopped up un the exam table sitting on either side of Jason and Jack.

"You have to do it you know," Amy told the twins. "They need to know that the two of you are alright."

"Don't want to," The twins mumbled, knowing that they were being slightly silly.

"I didn't want to either, but I did it anyway," Keegan said. An idea suddenly came over Jason and Jack. They looked at Keegan, realizing what the twins were thinking Keegan shook his head.

"No," He told them.

"Please Keegan," The twins begged. "You're a pretender, you can do it."

Keegan loved his new cousins, he would do anything for them and if Keegan was the only one who the boys would allow to draw their blood, then so be it. "Okay," Keegan said.

With the help of Amy, Keegan quickly drew the boys' blood. After ten minutes of being in the room alone, the four children exited the exam room. Jarod and Pete were out of exam room four, sitting with everyone else in the waiting room

"Here," Keegan said handing Will the boy's vials of blood. I even labeled them."

"Looks like we got another doc in the family," Mike said grinning. "So let's get Jack x-rayed and we can all go and have lunch."

Jarod quickly x-ray Jack, satisfied that Jack's wrist was mending properly the group left for lunch. Jarod, Jen, Lex, Mike and Maddie road in one car, Will and Alley took the other car along with Jason, Jack, Keegan, and Amy.

The group ended up eating at 'Opoponax', the restaurant owned by Will and Alley After lunch, Mike and Maddie took the four little ones to see Harry Potter. The twins had volunteered to take Pete, along but Pete said that he wasn't feeling well. Amy and the boys were relieved, that the faux-Pete decided to return back to the house. Much to the four children's surprise, Aaron, Andros, Greg and Lissa were waiting at the theater.

The boys and Lissa were leaning against the brick wall of the theater. Catching sight of Mike, Maddie and the kids, they made their way over to them.

"Well fancy meeting the lot of you here," Aaron said.

"You guys get off for good behavior?" Mike questioned.

"Not really, apparently, Will called Mom and told her that Jace and Jack had a little problem at the clinic. Mom being the worried mother that she is thought it best if Air and I came and spent some time with the boys," Andros answered.

"You two wanna talk about it?" Aaron asked running a hand through Jason's red hair. Jason and Jack shook their heads. "Of course not. As children of Morgan and Jarod Russell, we don't talk about our feelings we keep them bottled" Aaron sighed.

"Aaron," Greg said, he knew that Aaron was a hurt that his brother's didn't want to talk to him, but he had gone a bit far.

"Why don't we go and get the tickets and some popcorn?" Maddie suggest breaking the uncomfortable silence.

Andros and Aaron went and paid for the ten tickets, while Mike and the others went to get drinks, popcorn, and candy.

"Oh my God," Andros gasped seeing the small mountain of candy Amy, Keegan, Jason, and Jack carried.

"They're going to be bouncing off the walls," Aaron said.

"They deserved it, the boy's had a bad day," Maddie said, she felt guilty that Keegan, Jason and Jack were more or less forced into giving blood.

"I guess, if the get too bad when we get home we can pawn them off on our parents," Greg shrugged.

"Speaking of getting home..." Amy began.

"Someone will pick us up," Lissa told her sister.

"Good 'cause I didn't want to walk home," Amy replied and the group headed into the theater.

November 29, 2010

1:36am

London, England

Home of Susanna Grey

She hadn't been able to sleep for close to a month, not since John Parker formally Peter Russell had steeped foot into Triumvirate headquarters. Though Susanna had never kept in contact with her nephew Sam, she still knew almost every single detail about his life. Like the fact he had married a former Centre doctor, the two of them had adopted three of the Black Files, and had a child of their own. Susanna also knew that her nephew's son Jeremiah had been spotted in Ireland, and according to her sources was in the company of Morgan Russell's daughter, Alex, who also happened to be the youngest Black File, Adam Russell, adoptive son of Ethan Russell, son of Catherine Parker and Charles Russell, an unidentified man and another young boy who bore a striking resemblance to Peter Russell.

Susanna had her suspicion's that the young boy might be Able Parker, but according to the boy's father, Able was dead.

"Mum, are you alright?" Allen asked entering Susanna's study. Susanna turned to look at her son, he reminded her so much of the man he had been named after, Susanna's brother Allen. At eleven years of age, little Allen was tall and wiry. His black hair was cut short and stuck out at all angles, and he had his father's green eyes.

"I'm fine Allen, but you should be in bed," Susanna said getting up.

"You should tell him, he must be worried about his son," Allen said.

"I told you not to go looking through those files," Susanna sighed.

"He's my cousin, Mother, and one of our last living relatives. I have the right to be curious when it come to our family. And speaking of family, I don't know why the Triumvirate elected to give Parker the funding for that hell hole of his. He is the one who sanctioned the deaths of Uncle Allen and Aunt Liz."

"Allen do you think I don't know that? I had no choice in the matter, I was out voted two to one. The other council member don't care what Parker has done, or will do, they see this purely as an investment," Susanna said.

"You know that Jeremiah is with Able," Allen said looking down at the pictures on the table.

"According to Parker, Able is dead, you know that Allen," Susanna told him.

"Yes but Parker wasn't there when Able was supposedly killed. Mother this boy has to be Able, which means that the man with them is Able's sweeper Steve. By the way I thought you'd might want to know that they aren't in Ireland anymore," Allen said slyly.

"What do you mean they aren't in Ireland?" Susanna asked.

"This arrived for you not just an hour ago," Allen said handing Susanna a disk. "It shows Jeremiah, Alex, Adam, Able, and Steve entering the airport, and getting on to a plane to Scotland. One guess as to where in Scotland they are headed."

"Carthis," Susanna whispered.

"Somehow I don't think that they are aware that they are going into Centre territory. Mother they are unknowingly placing themselves into danger. We must warn them," Allen pleaded.

"And how do you suggest we do that. Those children and their sweeper are well trained, they knew when they are being followed, and they will run, if they don't stop to fight," Susanna argued.

"Let me go then. If they are as powerful as you say then Jeremiah and Alex will be able to sense that I am on their side," Allen retaliated.

"No it's too dangerous. I can't lose you too," Susanna told her son.

"How long are you going to just sit by and let these things continue Mother. Are you going to let them be killed like Uncle Allen and Aunt Liz? Like Father!" Allen yelled. Susanna had slapped her son before she even realized what she was doing.

Allen looked up at his mother angry and shocked that she had hit him. "What's the matter Mother, does the truth hurt?"

"Shut up Allen and go to bed," Susanna commanded.

"No, Mother," Allen said holding his ground. "I won't stand by, I won't let the last of our family be killed off or captured. We've stood by for far too long. That's why I've decided, tomorrow I'm leaving for Carthis," Alenl whispered the last part.

"Allen no," Susanna said. "Please it's too dangerous. If they were to know who you were, they would kill you, or worse. They thought that Sam was a pretender, he wasn't but you are. Allen if they were to learn what you were they will take you from me."

"I'd rather be taken then stand by and watch my cousin and the rest of them be returned to Centre custody. I'm going Mother, my bags are packed and my ticket has been bought. I leave first thing in the morning. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go and dye my hair. Red seems to be the new color this year," Allen said leaving his mother alone in her study.

Up Next: Alex, Jeremiah, Adam, Benny and Steve call home for help from everyone's favorite empath. And then do a bit of planing to break into monastery.