Disclaimer: The characters Miss Parker, Sydney, Jarod, Broots etc. and the fictional Centre, are all property of MTM, TNT and NBC Productions and used without permission. I'm not making any money out of this and no infringement is intended.




The Pretender Paths Revealed
Part 1
by Cathryn




Miss Parker sat at her computer, dumb-founded by what she had just been emailed. It was a picture of Jarods’ and her mother Catherine, together. She and Jarod had received it at the same time, but neither one of them knew what it meant or who it was from. Parker decided that she wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight so she got in her car and just started driving. She wound up at her mother’s empty grave. She had gone there for years, when she thought her mother’s body was in the grave, as a place of retreat. Now, Parker wasn’t sure of much, except for the fact that she wasn’t sure of much.

She couldn’t trust her father, that is if he even is her father. He had lied to her for many years. The fact that her mother had committed suicide. The so-called death of her twin brother, whom she discovered, was Lyle. Her mother’s body not being in her grave, and now the icing on this devils food cake, that Mr.Parker, is not her father. The familiar phrase of her father ran through her head “Trust me” “If it’s your father of Jarod, who are you going to trust?” “Don’t you trust me?” Parker almost missed her exit off the express way remember her fathers garbage.

Parker turned into the cemetery, and though it was late, no one locked the gates at night so she didn’t have to worry about getting in. She parked her car nearby and started walking toward the grave when the next thing she knew, she was in a different place. It was sunny and there was the smell of flowers in the air. Then Miss Parker saw someone very familiar to her, it was her mother.

“Mom, I don’t understand, you’re not supposed to be here, I’m not supposed to be here.”

Catherine walked closer to her and said, “ Angel, you have been given a gift, the gift that was given to me and to your brother Ethan.”

Miss Parker than said, “Mom I know about the inner sense, Jarod already told me that you told him I would have it.”

Catherine said, “ Your gift, is the most important thing you can use to discover your true path. Don’t let anyone tell you anything about who you are or where you came from. Use your inner sense to guide you and you will discover the truth about your path and Jarod’s.”

Catherine then walked off and faded in the distance. “Wait mom, you can’t leave me, what does Jarod have to do with me?”

Parker was suddenly jerked back to reality and she discovered that she had not gone anywhere, but was still in the cemetery by her mother’s grave. Parker asked herself if it was a dream, but she couldn’t have been asleep. She decided that it was her inner sense trying to help her. No it was her mother working through Parker’s inner sense trying to help her sort things out. It was now past 1a.m. and Parker was actually getting tired so she decided to go home and try to sleep for a couple of hours.

All the way home Parker thought of her mother’s words. She didn’t understand why her mother had said “ Use your inner sense to guide you and you will discover the truth about your path and Jarod’s.” Why had her mother brought Jarod into the conversation? True her mother wanted to save him, but Parker was more than uneasy with the thought that she would discover not only her path, but Jarod’s as well.

It was almost 4 am by the time Parker had gotten home. She had taken a detour to a local liquor store and picked up a bottle of single-malt scotch, (her favorite), and a bottle of tequila. When Parker got home, she noticed that her front door was unlocked and that her kitchen light was on. She instinctively drew her gun and entered her home searching for the moron that was invading her privacy. “I’m really not in a good mood tonight, so whoever is in my house is going to get shot,” she thought to herself. As she turned the corner of her dining room she saw a tall, dark man standing in her kitchen making a sandwich. “All right, put your hands where I can see them and if you twitch, I’ll be washing gray matter off my walls.” The man slowly turned around and low and behold, it was Jarod. He was wearing a leather jacket and black clothing as usual. He also had a huge smirk on his face, apparently not surprised to see Parker.

“Jarod, what the hell are you doing here,” she asked as she put her bag of liquor on her kitchen table.

“Well I was in the neighborhood and thought that I would stop by.” Jarod replied sarcastically. “Don’t you remember Miss Parker, you called me and told me to meet me at your house. You also said that you would be out so to let myself in with the key under your mat. If you ask me, not a brilliant place to hide a spare key.”

“Jarod, I didn’t call you. I was out all night and I left my cell phone here.”

“Stop playing games Parker, I know that you called me. You even said that it was you. Now what did you need to tell me that couldn’t be said over the phone.”

Parker stood dumbfounded in her kitchen trying to decide what to tell Jarod, and figure out who the hell called him, because it sure as hell wasn’t her. Then, just as Parker was about to throw Jarod out, she was again in that sunny place where she had had the conversation with her beloved mother.

“Angel,” Catherine said as she appeared in the distance, “Trust Jarod with what I have told you. He has a trusting soul and you will have to work together in order to discover your paths’.”

“Miss Parker, are you there? Hello anyone home.” Parker was then brought back to reality and realized that she had had another vision.

“Miss Parker are you alright? Do you want to sit down?”

“No Jarod I’m fine, I just had another vision that’s all.”

“Wait you’re having visions? When did this start?”

“A while ago, when Ethan was staying with you, I kept having a vision that I was stuck under some metal and was about to be impaled by a flaming kabob, until my mother saved me. I found out later that it was a premonition and that Ethan told my mother to save me.”

“That’s why he called me and said that you were in trouble, I understand now. So what is the latest vision you are having?”

“Well I am in a sunny park and I can smell flowers in the air, then I see my mother in the distance and she talks to me. She said that she would help me discover my true path, and that I would help you discover your path.”

“My path?” Jarod questioned, “I wonder what she meant by that.

“Look, I have no idea what she meant, but I’m willing to find out. My mother said that the only way we could discover our paths was by working together. Do you want to give it a shot?”

“Yes, only if you promise not to turn me into the centre.” Jarod said.

“Agreed” The two then shook hands and settled in for the night. It was late and they would need their rest if they were going to discover the truth. Jarod slept on the couch and Miss Parker slept in her bed. During the night Miss Parker had another vision.

“Angel, Mr. Raines knows all the secrets. Find Raines and you will have found the key to both your pasts. Check the centre email files and trace Raines account. You will find his address. Be careful my baby.”

End Part One

Disclaimer: The characters Miss Parker, Sydney, Jarod, Broots etc. and the fictional Centre, are all property of MTM, TNT and NBC Productions and used without permission. I'm not making any money out of this and no infringement is intended.




The Pretender Paths Revealed
Part 2
by Cathryn




Miss Parker sat straight up in bed trying to remember what her mother had just told her. “Angel, Mr. Raines knows all the secrets. Find Raines and you will have found the key to both your pasts. Check the Centre email files and trace Raines account. You will find his address.” Parker ran over to her laptop and entered her Centre access code. She then did exactly as her mother had instructed her and hoped that she would get Mr. Raines address. Suddenly a number popped up, 542 Woodridge Drive. Miss Parker ran into her living room and woke up Jarod with “GET UP WONDER BOY, WE’VE GOTTA GO!” Jarod awoke with a start and was at first delirious and didn’t remember where he was, (a side affect of doing so many pretends,) until he saw Miss Parker standing above him in her nightgown. He remember that he had agreed to work with her in order to discover his true path or some mumbo jumbo that Miss Parker’s mother had told her.

“Hurry up Jarod, get dressed, I found Mr. Raines address,” Parker said frantically. “How did you find Raines? Ever since Broots told me that he was alive, I have been looking for him but I haven’t been able to get anything on him.” Jarod said.

“Look Jarod, I could either waste my time, and yours by trying to explain to you how I found it or we could just get dressed and talk to Mr. Raines in person before he leaves where he is now,” said a frustrated Miss Parker.

Parker then practically ran into her room and locked the door while she changed. Jarod got up and went into the bathroom to wash his face and change into the extra clothes he brought. Miss Parker and Jarod were soon ready to leave and just as she walked out her door, the phone rang. Parker was just going to let her machine get it, but then she figured she should answer it so that if it’s her father or Lyle they wouldn’t think anything was up.

“What?” Parker said coldly into the phone.

“Miss Parker, it’s Sydney, Broots is back.”

“When did he get back?” Parker said

“This morning. He said that Jarod had kicked him out of the car they were in and then he had to hitchhike all the way back to Blue Cove.”

“Look Syd, you and Broots meet us at 524 Woodridge Drive, I found Raines and I want answers.”

“Who is us Miss Parker? Sydney said.

“Syd, I don’t have time to explain, just meet me at the address I gave you, and don’t let anyone at the Centre know where you and Broots are going.”

Parker then hung up her phone without so much as a goodbye and her and Jarod left. Parker and Jarod had gotten along until Jarod got in the driver’s seat of her car.

“Jarod, what do you think you’re doing?”

“Well Miss Parker, I thought that I would drive, I mean since well you know, I am the man. I have observed in my time out of the Centre that when women travel in cars with men, the man often drives the car.”

Parker stood infront of Jarod with her jaw dropped. She couldn’t believe it, was Jarod actually being sexist?

“Jarod, get out of the drivers seat.” Parker told him trying not to laugh.

“Miss Parker, relax, I know how to drive a car, and you are just wasting time arguing with me,” Jarod said with a smirk on his face.

“All right Jarod, I’ll let you drive my car, but get one thing straight wonder boy, on the way back, I’ll be the one in the drivers seat.”

Miss Parker then got into the passenger side of the car and the two where off. It had been a quiet and awkward car ride to Mr. Raines hiding place, but at last they were there. The house was in a woodsy area so Jarod made sure to park someplace hidden in case Raines was outside or had sweepers patrolling his property. Miss Parker then got out of the car and looked around for Sydney and Broots, and much to her displeasure discovered that they were not yet there. Parker then moved to the trunk of her car and pulled an object out.

“Jarod, do you have a weapon with you?” She said

“No, I don’t usually carry a gun Miss Parker.”

Parker then handed him the object she pulled from her trunk. It was a fully loaded gun.

“Okay Jarod, lets go.”

Parker and Jarod made their way toward the cabin door when Miss Parker stopped cold in her tracks.

“Angel,” Parker’s mother said, “ Look for a wooden chest in Raines bedroom, there is a secret compartment in it with important information you and Jarod need to see.”

“Miss Parker, are you all right? Are you having another vision?” Jarod asked with concern.

“Jarod, we have to look for a wooden chest in Raines bed room. There should be a secret compartment with information.”

“Did you mother tell you that?” Jarod asked.
“Yes, she did. Come on lets hurry before we are spotted.”

Jarod and Miss Parker were just about to enter the house when a car pulled up and Jarod pushed Parker into nearby bushes and then landed on top of her.

“What the hell are you doing Jarod?” Miss Parker said loudly with an angry tone.

“Shh,” Jarod said covering her mouth with his hand. “A car pulled up and I’m not sure who it is.”

A few yards away Sydney and Broots got out of the car that Jarod had seen and started looking for Miss Parker. Broots walked over to the bushes where Jarod and Parker were and he saw Jarod on top of Miss Parker.

“Oh, umm Jarod, Miss Parker, what are you two doing together?”

“Broots, am I glad to see you” Parker said. She then noticed that Jarod was still on top of her and was about to tell him to get off of her until they caught each others glance.

“Miss Parker, Jarod, are you two okay?” Broots said bringing them back to reality.

“We’re fine Broots,” Jarod said as he got off of Parker.

The group then walked back to meet Sydney. Miss Parker was still bewilder by the stare that she and Jarod had shared. For one moment, she had been taken back to her feelings for Jarod that she had had since she was a child.

“Well Parker, I see what you meant when you said us on the phone before,” Sydney said slyly.

“Syd, Jarod and I are just trying to discover the truth about our paths. Now lets quit fooling around and get in that damn house!”

Disclaimer: The characters Miss Parker, Sydney, Jarod, Broots etc. and the fictional Centre, are all property of MTM, TNT and NBC Productions and used without permission. I'm not making any money out of this and no infringement is intended.



The Pretender Paths Revealed
Part 3
by Cathryn



Sydney, Broots, Miss Parker, and Jarod all went around to the back door of the house. Jarod tried to open the door but it was locked. Miss Parker then pulled a hair pin out of her hair and jimmied the lock open. Jarod and Miss Parker both had their guns drawn as they entered the house, not knowing who or what to expect. Sydney and Broots followed behind them.

“Broots,” said Miss Parker, “You and Sydney look around down here. Jarod and I will look around upstairs. Call us if you find Raines’ bedroom.”

Miss Parker then handed Sydney her gun incase someone came inside and attacked them. Parker and Jarod then went up the flight of stairs in the living, Jarod leading because he had the gun. The two walked slowly up the stairs and down the hall. Then Jarod opened a door and found Mr. Raines bedroom with the wooden chest.

“Miss Parker look, there is the chest that your mother told you about.” Miss Parker ran over to the chest and flipped the lid open. The top of the chest had the word EDNA inscribed in it.

“This must have belonged to Edna Raines,” Jarod said “If this is Edna Raines chest, then why did my mother say that Mr. Raines knows all the secrets,” Miss Parker questioned. “Miss Parker try to find the secret compartment that your mother told you about,” Jarod replied.

Miss Parker began to look over every inch of the chest but didn’t find any thing suspicious looking that would have suggested a secret compartment. Just then Jarod noticed something he hadn’t seen before. On the inside of the lid of the chest Jarod saw something inscribed in. It said GEESE WALK BAREFOOT. Jarod then remembered the song he had known since childhood and began searching for the words CREE CRAW TOADS FOOT in the chest. He soon found them written in the left hand corner of the chest and opened the secret compartment.

“How in the hell did you find it Jarod?” Miss Parker asked

“The words from the song that I have known from childhood are written on it,” Jarod said as he pulled out a DSA.

“That’s all that’s in there, a DSA, that’s it!” Miss Parker said stunned.

“It’s dated a week before you mother supposedly died in the elevator at the Centre.”

Miss Parker and Jarod took the DSA and went back downstairs to see if Broots and Sydney had found anything.

“What did you find Parker?” Sydney asked.

“We found a DSA but Jarod and I aren’t sure what’s on it.”

“I have my DSA player at your house Miss Parker, we can go there to watch it,” Jarod said.

“Okay, lets see why mother wanted me to find this.”

Miss Parker, Jarod, Sydney, and Broots then left the house the same way them came in and arranged to meet at Miss Parker’s house.

For the car ride back to Miss Parker’s house, Jarod was a little nervous. It was the first time they would be alone together since they had shared that intense stare when he had pushed her into the bushes. When he had looked into her eyes, his feelings for her had begun to resurface. He had never stopped loving her, but he knew that things would never be the way he wanted them to be with her. That was why he had set her up with Thomas Gates. Jarod thought he was worthy of Parker and he knew that Thomas would take care of her, but of course the Centre had gotten its sharp claws into that and Brigette had killed Thomas leaving Miss Parker heart-broken and vengeful. Jarod had fallen in love with Parker from the instant he met her, but he was not so sure how she felt about him. Before Jarod knew it he and Miss Parker were back at her house.

“Wonder boy, anyone home in there.”

“Hmm,” Jarod said, “What Miss Parker?”

“I said is anyone home in there. What’s wrong are you okay?”

“I’m fine Parker, lets go see what is on that DSA we found,” Jarod said.

After Sydney and Broots had arrived Miss Parker put the DSA in the machine and was shocked to see her mother on the screen.

“My darling daughter, if you are watching this DSA, that means you have discovered your inner sense and that I was killed in my efforts to complete my plan. Angel, Mr. Parker is not your father. I have never told this to anyone except Jarod’s mother. Sydney is your father.”

Miss Parker was utterly shocked. She spun around to see a stunned Sydney with his mouth hanging open. Jarod then tapped Miss Parker on the shoulder to remind her that her mother was still talking on the DSA.

“Well, Mr. Parker and I had been trying to get pregnant but had been unsuccessful in our efforts,” Catherine continued. “Mr. Parker and I turned to Mr. Raines for help because Mr. Parker felt that Raines was the only one we could trust. Doctor Raines had me believe that he impregnated me with Mr. Parker’s seed, when in fact Mr. Parker had me impregnated with Sydney’s seed in order to make a pretender. I didn’t find out about all of this until a week ago. Mr. Parker had Sydney’s DNA analyzed and discovered that he carried a dormant pretender gene. Well, as you know I had fraternal twins, you and your stillborn brother, twins is also another special gift that runs in Sydney’s family. As luck would have it, you were born intelligent, but not as special as Jarod. You instead were given another gift, the gift of the inner sense and that brings me to my plan.”

Just then the screen got fuzzy and the DSA went blank.

Disclaimer: The characters Miss Parker, Sydney, Jarod, Broots etc. and the fictional Centre, are all property of MTM, TNT and NBC Productions and used without permission. I'm not making any money out of this and no infringement is intended.



The Pretender Paths Revealed
Part 4
by Cathryn




“Broots, what the hell happened!” Miss Parker screamed.

“Umm, ah, well I’m not exactly sure Miss Parker,” Broots barely choked the words out.

“What do you mean you don’t know? My mother’s dying secret, the one thing she wanted me to know is on that DSA and your telling me that after we finally find it, you don’t know what’s wrong!

“Parker, calm down,” Sydney said. “Broots, is there a way you can figure out what is wrong with the disk?”

“Well Syd, I can run some tests on it, but…”

“But what Broots,” Parker asked with an impatient tone.

“I have to take the DSA to the Centre and use the equipment there.”

Miss Parker sighed and said, “Broots, I am in trusting this DSA to you, and only YOU, do you understand me. If anything happens to this or anyone finds out that you have this, I WILL kill you.”

“Yes, I understand Miss Parker,” Broots said nervously.

“Good, now go and hurry back,” Parker told him and practically pushed him out the door.

“Maybe I should go with him,” Sydney said. “You know how he can be when he is confronted by Lyle.”

“Sydney, we have to talk about what my mother said, about you being my….my father,” Parker said with little confidence.

“I know Parker, but right now it’s more important we find out what is on that DSA and f Broots goes alone, you know he will confess to Lyle if he confronts him.”

“All right Sydney, go with Broots, and keep an eye on the situation,” Miss Parker said. “And Syd, be careful,” Parker said in a loving way.

Sydney and Broots left for the Centre, promising that they will find out what happened with the DSA. It was quiet in Miss Parker’s house. She and Jarod were alone together again since that moment outside of Raine’s house. Miss Parker wasn’t sure if she wanted to start a conversation with Jarod. Just as she was about to make up her mind, Jarod made the decision for her.

“Miss Parker, how are you doing,” Jarod asked.

“I’m fine Jarod, just a little frustrated and mixed up at the moment.”

“You’re lucky you know; you found out Sydney is your father, and you found the DSA with your mothers plan on it.”

“Yeah well Jarod, I don’t feel real lucky at the moment,” Parker said.

It was quiet again for a few minuets until Jarod once again started the conversation.

“Do you ever wonder what would have happened to us if we had been raised together outside the Centre?” Jarod said.

“What?” Miss Parker exclaimed.

“You know, if you and I had met and the Centre never existed,” Jarod said with a bit of a nervous tone in his voice.

Miss Parker stopped and thought about what Jarod was asking her. Was he saying what she thought he was? Was Jarod asking her if she thought they would have become romantically involved? Miss Parker had always had an attraction to Jarod ever since the first time she met him from behind the glass. She remember how when ever she discovered Jarod had a girlfriend on the outside, she became jealous of the woman because she could not be with him.

“Miss Parker,” Jarod said bringing her out of her deep thought. “Well,” he said.

“Sometimes, I wonder a lot of things,” she said, “But they are nothing more than pointless day dreams about life without the Centre.”

“They don’t have to be pointless day dreams,” Jarod said unsure of himself.

Miss Parker’s faced had a surprised expression on it. She wasn’t prepared for what he had said.

“Jarod, what are you saying?”

“I’ve always known that there was something more to our lives than I run and you chase,” Jarod said.

Before Miss Parker knew what was happening, Jarod leaned in and kissed her. At first, Parker didn’t kiss back and Jarod thought he had made a mistake. Jarod pulled away and Parker sat there stunned.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that,” Jarod said.

Just then Miss Parker grabbed Jarod and kissed him back. Neither of them could believe that they had finally expressed the way they felt about each other. All of a sudden, Sydney and Broots walked in the front door. Miss Parker and Jarod quickly stopped kissing just before Broots walked into the living room.

“I’ve fixed it Miss Parker,” Broots said. “You can finally find out what was on your mothers DSA.

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The Pretender Paths Revealed
Part 5
by Cathryn




Broots loaded up the DSA viewer and put the disk inside. Miss Parker braced herself for what was on the disk. Suddenly, her mother’s image loaded and she began talking.

“Angel, if you are watching this, I must be dead. I left you this DSA so that you can finish what I could not. My plan is very important to me and I want you to complete it. Not long after I had you, I learned of a secret project called Neo. While I was pregnant with you and your brother, the Centre altered some of your genetic sequencing. Once Mr. Parker learned that I had the inner sense, he became obsessed with reproducing it and using it to his advantage. You see Angel, just like the project Gemini involving the cloning of Jarod, Neo involves you in the same way. Angel, you are my clone.”

Miss Parker nearly fainted when she heard her mother’s words. “What! How can I be her clone?”

“Calm down Miss Parker,” Jarod said as she began to hyperventilate.

“Ah maybe we should turn this off,” Broots said

“No! Broots I need to know the truth. Keep it going,” Miss Parker said as she tried to calm herself.

Everyone turned their attention back to the DSA as Broots continued to play it.

“ Mr. Parker had wanted what he called insurance. He and Doctor Raines had already planned out Gemini and the kidnapping of Jarod, but were afraid they would never be able reproduce anyone with the inner sense. As for what I said about Sydney being your father, he is in part because you are not my complete clone. The Centre found a way to mix the most important parts of my genetic material with parts of a sperm cell so that in essence you would have your own soul. The Centre wanted to be able to have total control over you and that is why Matumbo and the Triumvirate threatened me. You must expose the Centre to the public, and stop their genetic research before they can do anymore harm to anyone.” The DSA then went blank.