Erikstrulove- It's okay. Take a few slow deep breaths and calm down and keep reading. I promise all will be well in the end.

Beth Lizzie- Aaron and Andros and the rest of Alex's brothers and sisters and family will be fine. Their tough.

CHAPTER 59

TRUTH REVEALED

December 10, 2010

1:23am

Carthis, Scotland

The New Centre

"Master Parker is everything alright?" The lead sweeper asked the boy.

"No, no it's not. Get this girl to the infirmary quickly," John commanded. The sweeper reached down, double checking Alex's pulse.

"Sir, I don't know how to tell you this but...she's gone."

"No she can't be," John said. He didn't even bother trying for her pulse and instead began to administer CPR.

"Someone radio for a doctor and a gurney!" The sweeper yelled as John worked to get Alex breathing.

There was a gasp as Alex took in air. John let out a sigh of relief. He didn't know why he was so happy that the girl lived, moments ago she had threatened to kill him. A doctor arrived minutes later and Alex was placed on a gurney.

"She will survive or you won't," John threatened the doctor.

"Yes Master Parker," The doctor replied and rushed Alex to the infirmary.

December 10, 2010

1:27am

Carthis, Scotland

Airstrip

Adam and Benny were in the plane waiting for the rest to arrive. They were frightened not sure that everyone made it out alive. The boys had left the hotel room so quickly they never learned what happened with John, Steve, Angelo, Allen, Alex, or Jeremiah.

Just as their worry began to increase Allen and Angelo approached the plane with the babies.

"Where are the others?" Benny asked as Angelo and Allen as they got on the plane.

"Coming...I hope," Allen said pulling a sleeping baby boy out of the carrier on his back. Adam took the baby from Allen and carried it to the back of the plane were their were two bassinets set aside for the babies. Angelo followed behind Adam, with the baby girl in his arms.

Angelo and Adam laid the babies down in the bassinets. They had awaken but were just staring up and Angelo and Adam. With their blue eyes and light brown hair the babies looked so alike they could be easily be mistaken for twins.

"Angelo, Adam someone's coming," Benny called from the front of the plane. Adam ran to see who it was while Angelo stayed with the babies.

It was Steve, an unconscious Jeremiah in his arms. "Get us in the air now!" Steve barked.

"Where's Alex?" Adam asked.

"She was shot, we had to leave her," Steve answered not meeting Adam's eyes as he placed Jeremiah in a chair. Adam's heart stopped. Alex had been shot and was now back at the Centre. Adam had never spent a second in the Centre, but he knew that he would rather die than be taken there.

"Adam we don't have time for this, help Benny get this plane in the air," Steve said shaking Adam of his thoughts. Trying not to think of the horrors Alex was to face. Adam helped Benny pilot the plane all the while remembering Alex's words to Jeremiah. The promise she had him make. Alex had known, Adam decided, she had know she wasn't going to make it out.

As they left Carthis, Jeremiah awoke. "Alex, where is she?" Jeremiah asked panicked. His tone of voiced frightened Adam. Jeremiah never panicked, he and Jake were always the two that were always calm or at least outwardly appeared so.

"She's as the Centre," Steve told the teen.

"We have to go back for her! We can't leave her there! It'll kill her," Jeremiah said as he began to hyperventilate. Angelo quickly made his way over to Jeremiah.

"Mouse be fine. Tiger protect her," Angelo told Jeremiah.

"I shouldn't of left her. I'm suppose to protect her," Jeremiah repeated over and over.

"Protect Phoenix babies first. That what Mouse want," Angelo said hugging the teen.

"She's my baby sister. Why is it that the people I love the most always get hurt around me?" Jeremiah sobbed into Angelo's chest. "How are the other going to look at me knowing that Alex was shot because I couldn't keep her safe. Am I going to have to endure the same looks from two years ago when..when." Jeremiah faltered as he tried to push back the memories from two years ago. What he had done nearly drove him over the edge.

Sensing the turmoil in the boy Angelo knew that he had to get Jeremiah to focus on the present not the past.

"Tell family. Get Files together and save Mouse and Tiger," Angelo instructed.

"Okay. Okay," Jeremiah said taking deep breaths, he knew he had to focus on the task at hand. He had to get this group home and alert the others. They would still be awake at home, and now was the best time to let people know what was going on. Besides, Will, Jamie, Alley, and Jeff would want to meet their babies.

"The babies," Jeremiah said out loud, he had forgotten all about them. Getting up he made his way to the back of the plane. The babies were awake and squirming. Jeremiah reached for two bottles of formula.

"I wonder what they'll name the two of you," he whispered as he held a bottle in either hand feeding the babies. "Will has always been fond of the name Matthew. I think it will suite you little one," Jeremiah told the baby boy. "As for you though. I've never heard Alley or Jeff speak of baby names. But I know what they'll name you. They'll name you Alexandra, because it was your Aunt Alex who sacrificed her life for the two of yours. She's still alive though. I know it. Alex has always been strong, stronger than me. I hope that carrying her name will make you strong as well."

"Jeremiah, Angelo says we need to call," Adam said from behind Jeremiah.

"Alright. You and Angelo feed the babies, I'll call Will."

December 9, 2010

8:19pm

Charlottesville, Virginia

Russell Family Home

A four plates shattered on the ceramic tile floor. Aaron, Andros, Mike, and Maddie fell to their knees as intense pain ripped through their bodies.

"Alex," Aaron whispered.

"Air, Andy, Mike, Maddie," Jake called out, rushing over to the four Black Files. The group had been washing dishes when the four had suddenly collapsed. "What's wrong?" Jake questioned.

"Alex, she's hurt. Bad," Andros panted.

"Rach, get Uncle Jarod, Uncle Lex, and Uncle Sam," Jake ordered and Rachel took off. "Lis, Greg is Jeremiah in trouble?"

"He's crying," Lissa replied tears in her eyes. "Something's wrong Jake. Something went horribly wrong."

"Jake what do we do?" Greg asked.

"The only thing we can. Wait for the call," Jake whispered.

The call came not an hour minutes later. Everyone had gathered in the living room awaiting the call, they knew would come. Aaron, Andros, Mike and Maddie had recovered. Jack who was still sick -a concern to everyone- was sitting in Will's lap. It was Jake who answered the phone, when it ranged.

"Jer?"

"You know then?" Jeremiah said.

"Is she okay? Is Alex okay?" Jake asked.

"They got her Jake. Oh God they got her. I tired to get her out but I couldn't. We blew up the genetics lab, and got the babies out but the sweepers just came out of now where when we were trying to get Pete out," Jeremiah babbled.

"Jerry, little bro, I'm going to need you to repeat that last part," Jake said glancing over at Kaine.

"He's there with you isn't he, Pete?" Jeremiah asked his voice eerily calm.

"Yes," Jake replied.

"Tell Keegan to tell you everything," Jeremiah ordered. "He knows, so does, Amy, Jace and Jack. They know everything about Pete. Tie him up. He's not really Pete, Jake. It's his clone Kaine. Keegan will explain everything else, just tie that bastard up before you do any thing else," Jeremiah hissed. Jake got up and gave the phone to Aaron who was sitting next to Kaine. Then without any warning Jake dealt, Kaine a blow to the temple, knocking the boy unconscious.

"Jake what the hell!" Jarod yelled, everyone else was in shock save the four youngest.

"Tell us everything," Jake pointed at Keegan, as Aaron was talking to Jeremiah. Keegan quickly told the story of why Alex, and Jeremiah truly left.

"There's more," Aaron said looking at the phone in his hand in disbelief. "Alex and Jer met a boy named Allen Grey. Your aunt's son Uncle Sam. He told them all about Shadow. How the Centre had enough of our genetic material that there were going to clone the rest of us Black Files. Well Alex, Jer, Adam, Benny, Steve, Angelo, and Allen blew up the genetics lab. But not in time to stop Phoenix redux."

"What is Phoenix redux?" Will asked knowing he would not like the answer.

"Your and Jamie's son, and Alley and Jeff's daughter," Aaron replied his face one of distraught. Jeff reached out for Alley, who sat in shock like many of the rest. "Alex sacrificed herself so that they could get the babies out. She took out six sweepers, when she realized it was the only way for Steve and Jer to get out. Pete is still there with her. We have to save them." Aaron continued.

"Where are Jeremiah and the other's now?" Will asked reeling from the fact he and Jamie had a son.

"On their way here. They were going to head to Canada and then to Bangor but things have changed. They will be here in five hours," Aaron relayed. "Till then we keep this son of a bitch tied up," He gestured towards Kaine.

"And we start packing up. We're going to Carthis," Jarod said darkly.

December 9, 2010

8:41pm

Charlottesville, Virginia

Russell Family Home

Kaine woke up tied down to a hard wooden chair. He was in the Black Files' room, and surrounded on all sides by the Files, Will, Alley, Jamie and Jeff. He realized instantly that his position had been compromised.

"Hey, Jakey check out who's awake," Greg said darkly. He was angry that this boy, this clone had spent the past twenty one days fooling the family into thinking that he was their Peter. And now this faux Peter had indirectly caused Alex to be taken. Greg didn't think the Centre and Kaine had realized what had been done by taking Alex. Alex was more or less the family favorite. She had endured so much more than the others as a child at the Centre that it caused almost everyone to be especially protective of her.

"Greg? What's going on?" Kaine asked faking confusion, there was still a chance that he could get out of this.

"Don't even try it. We know who and what you are," Jake told the boy.

"Jake, I don't understand. Where's my Mom and Dad, do they know that you guys have me tied to this chair?" Kaine questioned.

"It won't work Kaine, we know who you are. And Keegan's already taken the liberties to break down all of you mental barriers. And to answer you question my Mom and Dad know that you are tied down at the moment," Andros replied.

"And you'll remain so for quite a while. Guess what Kaine, you just became our bargaining chip to get Alex and Pete back," Aaron spoke up.

"Not to mention you're going to tell us everything about Shadow, Phoenix redux, and the New Centre," Will demanded. Knowing that there was no reason to continue his ruse, Kaine began to laugh darkly.

"How does it feel knowing that we've taken another one of your own?" Kaine taunted. "He's one of us now. Just like he was born to be."

"According to Jer, Pete's still a Russell in his heart. Alex found a bunch of his drawing he's done. He remember who he is inside," Mike said.

"Here's what I don't get Kaine old boy. Your Father, had you and Benny why did he need Pete? Unless of course you were an inadequate son. I mean for a clone you've got none of Pete's powers. Guess they screwed up with you, huh?" Tobias said grinning.

"At least I'm not the son of a dead lab rat," Kaine snapped. Tobias lunged at the boy only to be held back by Mike.

"Let it go Toby. Let it go," Mike whispered.

"It eat's you up inside that you're Catherine Jamieson's son," Tobias retorted, he smiled as a red haze built up around the edges of Kaine's aurora. "You hate it that she wasn't loyal to your father."

"Shut the hell up," Kaine growled.

"Toby that's enough," Jake said putting a hand on Tobias's arm.

"You lot think that you're so brilliant, yet you can't figure out what's wrong with your precious little Gabriel," Kaine sneered.

"What's wrong with Jack?" Will said approaching Kaine, fire in his eyes.

"Well it's simple really. Young Gabriel is dying. He can be saved though, you just have to take him to the C-," Kaine was cut off as Will's hands wrapped around his neck.

"Don't finish that sentence," Will warned. "Jack isn't going back to that hell hole. And now that we know what you've done to him we will find a cure."

"I-I'm sure y-you will," Kaine gasped as Will continued to cut of his air supply. "But w-will it be i-in ti-time?"

Will let go of his hold around Kaine's neck. "Listen up. If Jack dies I will kill you personally. But you see he's not going to die, because you're going to help save Jack's life," Will said darkly.

Up Next: Jeremiah must return home without Alex. Jake is hard at work keeping everyone calm. And Will, Jamie, Alley and Jeff get to meet their kids.

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