I need more now. Please. OMG. Jarod's "that's not how this works" just kills it. I love him. I love that you write these characters the way they were and how they should be!

Bravo! Top notch Mirage. It's hard seeing Sydney in these dire straits and I know how much you love him but it's plausible. Terrifying and plausible. We've seen Centre projects go back and attack Raines and Mr. Parker with Sydney always coming up smelling like roses but the mind is complicated as you've pointed out before and as Sydney has pointed out and Jacod did bad things and Jacob looks like Sydney so I find this refreshing on on point. You've pointed out before in Forces of Nature that Sydney IS culpable too. His just folllowing orders is no different than the nazis that were just following orders. Please don't stop writing. I love your insights and style and I've never seen the characters more in character. It's like watching the series again. Thank you! Ciao!

Mirage Mirage Mirage Mirage. I've sat staring in space for some long while. It's one of those kinds of chapters you know? I'm here speechless. There was no warning. If you could put a warning on this it would help people like me. This is really scary. I felt like I'm there with Sydney or that I am Sydney. Wooh. The writing is out of this world amazing as always. The content is dark. Those things on Sydney give me the creeps big time. I need to read more to make sure Sydney comes out of this alive. I don't see how he will. I'm so scared. I want more. Please update soon. Please update all of your stories soon.

I'm off for the hols and found time to read this and so glad I did. Oh Mirage you are brilliant. I keep thinking how some people need to fed to alligators and right now with children in cages. I think America would stop Mary and Joseph at the border and deport them and have Jesus adopted to some entitled family or sold into human trafficking. This wasn't cheerful at all and I guess it's because some people aren't cheerful right now and you're thinking of them. I glad someone is thinking of them. I think Sydney would be angry now and rightfully so that history is repeating because the world lied. The world has forgotten. I don't know if you're jewish or what but I'm thankful that this is the story you chose to share during this holiday that really doesn't feel like a holiday at all. :( He's thinking of Jarod and regrets and he's thinking of how he's leaving this world how he didn't change it. I guess we are all responsible. I have a lot of thoughts that I can't begin to think.. and there were so few words. So succinct and powerful Mirage. Keep going. We need you.

Mirage! I love that you keep writing for us and I'm impressed with what you write and your eye for detail. This is just pure awesomeness gold! Syd's internal dialouge is so telling and fitting with what we know and you pay homage over and over to the television series which is what I love. It's no offense intended to the creators or tv writers. There is a top and bottom and saving luke and rebirth are the bottom for me because I fell in love with the original story line from the tv series. That's all so please don't think I'm being mean to the creators who I know you respect and love and care about. I know you're kind and you want everyone to be kind. I'm not being mean. You follow the tv series and I prefer that. That's all. See? Do keep writing for us. I can't get enough. Really top notch writing.

Wowz. I hope Sydney will survive this. Please make it so Mirage. Amazingly well written as always. I hope you're having a happy holidays.

I've never seen anyone write about leech therapy before or even do it on a movie. This is epic Mirage. Dark and epic. You are awesome!

Bravo. Your writing is on point and the characters are the characters and that's refreshing. It's always concerning when you write Jarod dark even though I know he had his dark moments. I hope you still realize that Jarod is a good guy, the hero of the series Pretender and I think we can agree with that. It's hard to argue about his goodness. This is plausible. Jarod loves Sydney and is panicking now and that's well in character. Jarod and Miss Parker have always hurt each other this way. Neither mince words and they can be rough around the edges. I really appreciate that I recognize the characters, that they remain in character and that you haven't changed anything really. You picked up the pen and continued the story.

Top notch Mirage. I expect nothing less from you.

You're a superstar.

I await impatiently for an update.

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I love that you show us the real damage and the darkness that comes from it. Real damage has been inflicted by the Centre and I know most of the victims have good coping skills but I have thought they all coped too well and Miss Parker especially would learn about some terrible things her father did in one episode and then act like she's forgotten about the terrible things in the NEXT episode. She's repressing or thinking about something else. THat's not healthy. I think Jarod copes too well too but he also seems to be getting revenge for what happened to him each time he takes down a bad guy. THat's not healthy either. I think Jarod would lose his mind if Sydney was gone and I think it would happen slowly like you're doing it here. His thought processes arent' fully functional and this is so accurate and plausible and I love it. I can see this has the potential to become even darker and hella fast and I'm on board. This isn't a kid's series. It's not a famiily show. It's dark and I get why ou write it as such. more please? Congrats and thank you for keeping this poor little series alive. No one writes them better than you.

Top notch Mirage. This is another totally plausible piece of fiction and it's been riveting but also horrific to witness and I do feel like I'm there witnessing this. I like how Jarod is devolving while the guy that has Sydney is also devolving and while Miss Parker is also devolving. They are all products of the Centre and are all coping badly. Parker's "goddamn delight my life is" is brilliant. I love it and I want more.

Mystery and suspense and all the drama of the Centre with a Stephen Kingyish feel to it that makes it all the more deliciously terrifying and puts the reader in the moment. I'm a fan of all of that. A tight story and solid update.

You are one of those authors I will always revisit and can't quit.

Consider me on board. Hope to see more of this.

Exceptional writing. I eagerly await more.