Erikstrulove- everything concerning Jack will come into light soon enough. But I can promise you that it won't happen to Jason but Jason will play a large role in it. As for the river you'll find out at the end of chapter 65 and in chapter 66. And don't worry about Allen he'll be fine.

LJP-actually Aaron isn't next on the list for center stage. There is going to be a lot of focus on Alex, Pete and Jeremiah.

CHAPTER 57

SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME

December 4, 2010

11:34pm

Carthis, Scotland

Bed and Breakfast

Time was running short. It had taken five days for Jeremiah, Alex and the others to procure floor plans of the New Centre. Had it not been for Allen's connections it would have taken even longer. They now had a little over a week to devise a plan that involved rescuing Pete, destroying the genetics lab and getting Will and Jamie's and Alley and Jeff's unborn children to their rightful parents.

"Hey Jer do you still keep in touch with Rak?" Alex asked as she studied the ventilation diagrams of the New Centre.

"Yeah why?" Jeremiah answered cautiously. Rak was a fellow Jeremiah had met a few years back during a pretend. Jeremiah had been under the guise of a pickpocket and Rak had taken Jeremiah under his wing, teaching Jeremiah all that he knew. Though a thief, Rak was a Robin Hood of sorts, and Jeremiah admired him.

"You think Rak could hook us up with some C4?" Alex asked. Benny, Adam, and Allen's eyes went wide.

"Bloody hell, what do you plan on doing with C4?" Allen questioned Alex.

"Blowing the genetics lab sky high," Alex replied calmly.

"The girl's mad," Allen muttered.

"Nah, Alex just likes anything that causes flames," Adam spoke. "She can't help it, Jake says that it has to do with her pyrokinetic nature."

"So here's the thing, our little mission comes down to one thing. The birth of those kids," Steve said. "And somehow we're going to try and pull off this hat trick. Destroying the genetics lab alone is one thing. Rescuing Peter who has no memory of his past life is one thing. Saving your niece and nephew from a lifetime of slavery is one thing. But attempting all three of these at once is complete madness."

"Welcome to our lives," Adam replied.

"The thing is we have to do all three at once. If we don't Fa-Parker will become alert to our presence. And completing or mission will become impossible," Benny told his father.

"Well I better call Rak," Jeremiah sighed reaching for his phone.

"Ad, have you hacked your way into the Centre mainframe yet?" Alex asked.

"No this things harder to crack then the old mainframe. It certainly would give Uncle Jon a run for his money," Adam commented.

"Then call Uncle Jon, tell him you have a challenge for him and see if he can help you out. We need to get into that mainframe. It's the only way we'll be able to hack into the security footage," Alex told him.

"Yes ma'am," Adam sighed and set to making his phone call.

"Little Mouse worried about Pete, about Phoenix babies, about Shadow," Angelo said softly.

"That and so much more Angelo. I want to tell Will and the others. I have proof now. But my inner sense keeps telling me not to. I just whish I knew why," Alex sighed.

"More to puzzle little Mouse not see?" Angelo offered as an explanation.

"Personally, Angelo I hope this is all there is to the puzzle," Alex replied.

December 4, 2010

6:34pm

Charlottesville, Virginia

Russell Family Home

Gabriel Jack Elijah Russell was miserable, his whole body ached, his nose was runny, he had a fever and his head was pounding. All of Jack's doctors -Jarod, Will, Alley, Jen, Lex and Julia- had come to the same consensus, the little boy had the flu.

The worse part about it was Jack was placed in quarantine, meaning he had to sleep in his room all by himself while Amy, Jason and Keegan stayed in the Black Files room. Or at least that's what everyone but Jack, Jason, Keegan and Amy thought. Amy and the other two boys refused to stay away from Jack. Often at least one of the children would sneak away from the watchful eyes of their parents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and cousin and make their way to Jack.

In fact they did it so often that everyone just gave up and let the four children stay together. As it was none of them seemed to catch the flu from Jack, so no harm was being done. And on the plus side Jack was being entertained.

Alex, Jeremiah, and Adam were unaware of the fact that Jack was ill. Jack had forced Amy and the other two boys from telling Alex and the rest in Carthis that he was ill. The little boy didn't want to take the chance that his sister might forsake the mission when she learned that her baby brother was sick.

What Jack didn't realize is that he was probably doing more harm than good by not telling Alex that he was sick. For it would soon come to light that Jack did not have the flu. And soon Alex would need return home because Jack would soon be dying, thanks to Kaine.

You see Kaine had been given a mission by his father. A mission of revenge, Jarod and Morgan Russell had taken away Richard Parker's son and now they were going to truly understand what it was to lose a child.

December 9, 2010

11:53pm

Carthis, Scotland

Bed and Breakfast

It seemed that luck was with Alex and her crew. Adam with the help of one Jon Broots had managed to hack into the New Centre's mainframe. The children had been born earlier than expected and it was perfect timing for a plan had finally been devised. If all went well -and why wouldn't it, luck was with them- the group would be off of the dreadful island before the sun rose.

"Alright lets go through this again," Jeremiah spoke.

"We're split into two teams. Benny, Angelo, Allen and I, and Adam, Alex and yourself," Steve began. "Benny and Adam are in charge of looping the video feed and getting us access to the rooms we need."

"The five of us are going to set the charges in the lab and then we spilt into two group. You and I go for Pete, while Steve, Angelo and Allen go for the babies," Alex continued.

"As soon as we get the word, Ben and I detonate the charges and are out of here and we'll meet you guys at the airport, plane fulled and ready to go," Adam said.

"And then we fly to Canada, from there we meet your friend Rak. Rak will take Adam, Benny, Steve, the babies and I to the safe house in Bangor, while you, Alex, and Angelo take Pete to Blue Cove," Allen finished.

"Good we all know are roles. Let's move out," Jeremiah said. Slinging packs over their shoulders, Alex, Jeremiah, Angelo, Allen, and Steve left, and made their way to the New Centre.

It was a fifteen minute drive to the New Centre. Alex and Jeremiah personally wished the drive was longer. The new building was an exact replica of the former Centre building in Blue Cove. It was even located on the shoreline.

Alex and Jeremiah were not surprised to find that their hearts were beating furiously in their chests. Alex reached out for Jeremiah's hand, Jeremiah gave his cousin's hand a quick squeeze but did not release it.

"We must be insane, wanting to go in there," Alex whispered as she looked up and the grey building.

"Not insane just desperate," Came Benny's reply over her ear piece.

"Let's get a move on, time and tide waits for no man," Allen said sagely.

"Well it's a damn good thing I'm no man, 'cause I need a moment," Alex snapped. She closed her eyes fighting back the memories of her childhood, if you could call it that.

"Alex..." Steve began, but was cut off by Jeremiah.

"Give us a moment," Jeremiah asked and he lead Alex away form the group not waiting for Steve's answer.

They walked together, hand-in-hand down the sandy slope of the shoreline stopping at the water's edge.

"I'm I silly for being frightened, aren't I?" Alex asked Jeremiah.

"No," Jeremiah told her.

"I know we need to go in there, but I'm so frightened that if we do we might not make it out," She whispered, tears falling down her face. She furiously brushed them away with the back of her hand. Smiling sadly Jeremiah pulled Alex into his arms.

"Everything's going to be okay in the end, Katie. I promise you, I won't let anything happen to you. There's no way I'm going home without you," Jeremiah said.

"I believe you. You always keep your word and you never have lied to me. Well except once," Alex said her head resting on Jeremiah's shoulder.

"I don't remember ever lying to you," Jeremiah replied confused.

"That's because you didn't realize you had even lied. It was when I asked you to come home, because I was having bad dreams. It was just you and me in the kitchen and I went to make breakfast for you because you flew from Blue Cove to home just for me," Alex began.

"If I remember correctly I told you that there was no need for you to prepare me breakfast because you were practically my sister and I that I'd do anything for you. I don't see a lie there," Jeremiah said.

"That's because you changed your words around. Your exact words were and I quote 'There's very little I wouldn't do for you. I do draw the line a murder though.' That was a lie because you would kill for me," Alex stated. Jeremiah pondered her words and recognized them to be true.

"I'd kill for you, Lissa, Amy, Greg, and anyone else I love," Jeremiah replied.

"Jer promise me something. If it comes down to it, I don't want for you to kill for me. I don't want you to bare such a burden," Alex said stepping out of her cousin's arms looking him in the eyes.

"That is a promise I can't make. Like I've told you before you are my sister, and God forbid should anything happen to you, I don't know what I would do. Especially if something happened to you and it was my fault," Jeremiah replied honestly. Alex knew that was as good of a promise she would get from Jeremiah, and nodded her head in understanding. After all Jeremiah still blamed himself for the river accident two years ago. Alex knew that Jeremiah was still living with serious guilt from the accident she hoped that if anything happened to her Jeremiah would be able to live through it.

"If the two of you are done with your little brotherly/sisterly bonding could we get a move on," Adam spoke into Alex and Jeremiah's ear pieces.

"Hold your horses Ad, we'll be ready in a sec," Alex told the boy. She had forgotten that she and Jeremiah were wearing their earpieces and microphones and that the rest of the group had over heard their talk. But neither Alex nor Jeremiah were embarrassed that their conversation had been over heard. Adam and the others were well aware that Alex and Jeremiah were close.

The two walked back up the slope returning to the others. Alex paused halfway to their destination, she took off her mike and ear piece. Noticing his cousin's actions Jeremiah did the same.

"What is it?" He asked her.

"If one of us should fall behind the others must go on," Alex said not meeting his eyes.

"Alex..." Jeremiah began.

"Even if it's me Jer you have to go on. There are other lives hanging in the balance, you and I we got our years of freedom. If it comes between me and the babies, or me and Pete leave me behind," She said evenly. Jeremiah's eyes filled with anger.

"Don't you ever ask that of me. You are my sister, I can not and will not lose you," Jeremiah hissed. He had rarely shown such raw emotion but it did not startle Alex.

"Melissa and Amy are your sisters as well. They can not lose you," Alex told him. "Think of them before you think of me. And before you think of them think of Will's son and Alley's daughter. They don't deserve the childhood we had. Jeremiah, please, I'm begging you, put them and Pete before me. Swear it to me."

"You have no idea what you ask of me. Your telling me that if they capture you that I am to leave you behind, my own sister. And it's not just because it's you, it'd be the same way if it was Lissa or Terra or Cassie or Maddie, or Rach. How could I live with myself knowing that I stood by and did nothing while they captured you?"

"How could you live with yourself knowing that you stood by and did nothing while three innocent lives are ruined by the Centre?" Alex retorted. "Now promise me."

"I promise," Jeremiah whispered, hating himself for it. Jeremiah knew that there was a reason Alex had made him promise. She had seen something in a dream or the voices had warned her that something would happen and in the end it would come down to Alex's freedom or that of her brother, niece and nephew.

Up Next: Alex, Jeremiah and the rest enter the new Centre for the first time to rescue their own. The only question is. Will they make it out alive?

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