Sydney walks into Miss Parker's office and says, "Are you
ready to leave? I'll walk you out."

"Yes, I ready but I have to finish some paper work first.
You go ahead. I am right behind you." Parker replied.

"Are you sure? I can wait." he responded to her.

“No, go ahead. I won’t be much longer.” she told Sydney as
she puts out her cigarette.

“Okay, I will talk to you later, then.” he told her as he
walked out of her office.

**********

“Dad, I am ready to go. When are we leaving?” Debbie asked
her father.

“In just a few minutes, honey. I have to finish this program
and then we can leave.” Broots replied back to his daughter.

“Okay, I will wait for you in the car.” she told Broots.

“No, honey. Just wait a few more minutes. I almost have it.”
Broots replied back to her, not paying her any attendant.

“Daddy, I am tired. I am ready to go home.” she replied to
Broot while walking around his office.

Sydney walks in Broots’ office and Debbie walks out. Broots
in busy getting the computer system ready for shut down that
he didn’t notice Debbie leaving.

**********

Debbie walks down the hall and sees Miss Parker sitting at
her desk.

“Hey, how are you?” she asked Miss Parker.

“Oh, hi Debbie. What are you doing here?” Parker returned
with a question.

“I am waiting on dad. He is finishing up the computer system
before we can go. What are you still doing here?” she asked
Parker.

“I am finishing up some paperwork before I leave.” she
answered Debbie.

“Does your father know where you are?” she asked without
looking up.

“No, he is to busy.” she replied back to Parker.

“I’m almost finished. Why don’t I walk you out to find your
father?” Parker said as she looked up at Debbie.

**********

Sydney and Broots walk out to their cars. Broots realized
that Debbie is not in the car. They walk back to the front
door and noticed they are locked.

“Now, what, Syd? Debbie is in there and we can’t get in.”
Broots replied scared.

“It will be okay. Miss Parker is still in there. I am sure
she is with her.” Sydney responded while trying to calm
Broots.

“I hope so.” replied Broots. “There has to be another way
in.”

“Come on. We will look for it.” Sydney replied to Broots as
they put there stuff in their cars.

**********

Angelo is looking through the vents, like he always does, and
over hears Brigitte’s plan to get rid of Miss Parker.

He sneaks into an office and sends Jarod a message. Then, he
returns to watch out for Parker.

**********

After receiving the message, Jarod calls Miss Parker.

“What!” she responded on the phone.

“Get out of the Centre now.” he yells at Parker.

“Jarod, I don’t have time for your fun and games tonight.”
she replied back to him.

“Just do it. I will explain later.” he responded back with
concern.

“Okay. I am leaving now. This better be good.” she told him
while gathering up her things.

She goes to the door and finds it locked from the outside.

“I can’t.” she replied to Jarod. “The door is locked.”

“Okay, listen to me. Stay where you are unless someone tries
to come in. Then go to the vent and open it. Make a right
turn and stay hid. I am on my way there now. Keep your phone
handy.” he told Parker has he hangs up the phone.

**********

She hears footsteps coming toward her office. She goes to the
vent and tries to open it. She turns to Debbie and tells her
to hide under her desk and don’t make a sound. The door opens
and Brigitte walks in with a lollipop in her mouth.

“Well, if it isn’t Miss Parker.” replied Brigitte.

“I should have known you were behind this.” Parker said to
Brigitte while lighting up another cigarette and blowing the
smoke in her face. “If you don’t mind I was leaving. Get out
of my way.” Parker replied hasty.

“You are not going anywhere Miss Parker, except maybe in a
body bag.” Brigitte responded back just has nasty.

“Are you threatening me? I’m not going anywhere. Besides my
father won’t allow you to do this.” Parker said as she puffed
on her cigarette. Then, stomped it out while looking Brigitte
straight in the eye.

“Well, you see Miss Parker. Your father is not here to
protect you, now is he. Besides he is gone on a little trip
and who knows if he will return.” replied Brigitte with her
British accent. She takes another lick off her sucker and
says, “There is not room here for the both of us and I am
not leaving.”

“The hell you are. My daddy built the Centre and I am taking
it over not you. You my darling, are the one that is leaving.
Let me show you the way out.” Parker said as she gave
Brigitte a kick to the stomach.

“Now, now Miss Parker. You don’t have to get violent.”
Brigitte responded to Parker. Then she turns to the sweepers
and tell them, “If she tries anything shoot her. I have some
important business to finish. I will be back later to deal
with you later.” Brigitte said as she pointed to Miss Parker.

Brigitte turns to walk out and the sweepers stand outside
Miss Parker’s office. Debbie comes out from under the desk.
“Now, what Miss Parker?” she asked.

“Don’t worry, Debbie. Everything is going to be okay.” she
tells her. “I need another cigarette.” She noticed Angelo
looking through the vents. “Angelo,” she says.

“What? Who’s Angelo?” Debbie asked.

“Come with me.” Parker replied to Debbie. “Angelo, you have
to get Debbie out of here.” she says while trying to open the
vent again.

They get the vent open and Debbie says, “What about you?”

“I will be right behind you. Now, go before they come back.
It is okay. Angelo will take care of you.” she replied to
Debbie. Then she shuts the vent.

**********

Jarod calls Sydney. “Sydney, where are you?”

“Jarod, I am outside the Centre trying to find a way in.” he
replied back.

“Miss Parker is trapped inside. I am on my way there to
help.” Jarod responded.

“Jarod, Debbie is in there also. I am hoping she is with Miss
Parker.” Sydney replied back while him and Broots walk around
the building.

“Don’t worry. I will get them both out. Be careful Sydney.”
Jarod answered back before ending the call.

**********

Parker’s cell phone rings. “What!” she answered.

“Where are you?” replied Jarod.

“I am in my office. Where are you?” she asked back.

“I’m entering Delaware now. It won’t be much longer until I
am in Blue Cove. Is Debbie with you?” he asked.

“I sent her with Angelo.” she answered.

“Why didn’t you go with them?” he asked.

“I am waiting on Brigitte. We have some unfinished business.”
she said while lighting another cigarette.

“You should have went with Angelo.” he replied back
concerned.

“I can take care of myself, Jarod. I am a big girl.” she said
pissed.

“I am sure you can but I am worried about you safety right
now. You can take care of Brigitte later.” he responded.

“That is sweet, you are worried about the person that is
after you. I figured you would be happy to see something
happen to me. Then, I wouldn’t be chasing you anymore.” she
replied back.

“I do care for you. You can’t help it that your father has
made you what you are. Besides, I wouldn’t want anyone else
to chase after me. I have gotten used to seeing you
everywhere I go.” Jarod replied back.

Getting mad over what he said she hangs up on him.

**********

Then, Brigitte walks in. “Hi, Luv. I see you are still here.”

“Where would I go?” Parker replied back with sarcasm.
“Besides, I wouldn’t want to disappoint you. We have to
finish what we started.” while blowing smoke in her face
again.

“You know that is not good for you.” Brigitte said while
unwrapping another lollipop.

“I really don’t care what you think.” she replied back.

“Well, it doesn’t matter anyway. Tonight is your lucky
night.” Brigitte said while pulling her gun and pointing it
at Parker.

“You are going to shoot me. I don’t think so. Tonight you go
down, bitch.” Parker replied back while looking into the end
of the barrel.

“Tonight you are going to join your mother, Luv.” she said
while cocking the gun.

“You better think again.” Parker replied back while she
punched Brigitte in the face with the butt of her gun. “If
anyone dies tonight, it won’t be me.” knocking Brigitte’s gun
out of her hand.

Brigitte reaches down to pick up her gun when Parker has her
gun cocked and ready. “You were saying.” Parker replied back
while looking down at Brigitte.

“We will see. Now, won’t we.” Brigitte replied as she stood
up with blood running down her check.

“I guess so.” Parker said with hate in her voice.

Angelo looking through the vents, says, “Daughter is mad.”
Then, he goes to the vent leading outside to wait on Jarod.

Brigitte backhands Parker. Parker reaches up and pulls
Brigitte’s blonde hair and shoves her against the wall.
Brigitte pushes Miss Parker back and says, “I see you are a
tough one to kill.” By that time they are both bleeding from
their injuries.

“That is right. Nobody is taking me down without a fight.”
Parker replied back while wiping the blood off her forehead.

The sweepers enter Parker’s office and says, “Brigitte, we
have company. It looks like Sydney and Broots are trying to
get back in.”

“Well, I see the other two stooges are trying to help their
dear Miss Parker. We will have to finish this later, Luv.”
She turns and walks out.

Parker replied back, “You bet we will.” as Brigitte shuts the
door.

**********

Miss Parker’s cell phone rings and she replied, “What!”

“Did you know that the Hoover Dam was completed in 1936?”
Jarod replied.

“What do you want?” replied Parker more pissed than ever.

“I thought since you hung up on me the last time you would
want to hear about something else.” he replied.

“I don’t care about the Hoover Dam, Jarod. Where are you?”
she asked as she put her gun back in it’s holster.

“I am in the vent looking at you.” he replied back. “That was
some cat fight you had going on.”

She turns around to see him looking at her. She hangs up the
phone. She walks up to the vent and he opens it.

“It is about time you get here.” she replied hastily.

“Come on. We have to get out of here.” Jarod said.

“Not until I finish Brigitte.” she replied.

“Do you want to die? We have to get out of here now.” Jarod
replied.

“I can take care of myself.” she replied has she got in the
vent. She follows Jarod to find Debbie. Angelo hid her so she
couldn’t be found easily.

They come onto another floor and get out to find Debbie.

“Someone is coming.” Jarod tells her. They stand back in the
dark hoping they pass on by. Angelo walks up from behind and
scares them.

“You idiot. What are you doing here?” Parker replied hasty.
“You could have gotten us killed.”

“Daughter is mad.” Angelo replied back.

Jarod responds, “Leave him alone, Miss Parker.”

Angelo pulls at her sleeve and walks away eating his cracker
jacks.

“What!” she said. “Don’t touch me!”

“Come on, Miss Parker.” Jarod responded.

They follow Angelo to Debbie. “Someone is coming. You stay
here with Debbie.” Parker replied as she took off.

“Wait, Miss Parker.” Jarod replied as he tried to catch her.

It was too late. She was already out of sight. Jarod tells
Angelo, “Take Debbie out the way I came in. I will be there
in a minute. I have to find Miss Parker.”

**********

Angelo takes Debbie outside and they run into Broots and
Sydney. “Daddy” she said has she ran toward him.

“Debbie,” Broots said with tears and happiness in his eyes.

“Thanks, Angelo.” Broots replied to him.

Sydney says, “Where is Miss Parker?”

“She is still inside. Jarod went after her.” Debbie replied
as she hugged her father.

“Jarod, is inside.” replied Broots.

**********

Jarod can’t find Parker anywhere so he calls her.

“What!” Jarod hears on the other end. Then, he replies, “Lake
Mead is one of the world’s largest man-made lakes. It’s
reservoir is 115 miles long.” He tells Parker when she
answered the phone.

“What! I don’t have time of this Jarod. I am looking for
Brigitte.” she said back as hung up the phone.

Jarod called her back and said, “Where are you?”

“I am entering the sub level 15. Where are you?” she answered
back.

“I am trying to find you. Stay put. I am on my way there.” he
told her scornfully. He hung up the phone.

**********

Parker hears a gun cock and bullets come toward her. It
barely misses her when she hides behind a door.

“Well, I see you got out Miss Parker.” Brigitte replied in
her British accent.

“I should have known it was you.” she replied back as she
fired a few rounds as one gazes Brigitte’s shooting hand. She
drops her gun on the floor when the bullet hits her hand.

Jarod hearing the gun shots has he got closer wasn’t sure
what he was going to find when he got there.

“Why don’t you come out a fight like a REAL woman? Unstead of
hiding behind you gun Brigitte.” Parker yelled over to her.

“Oh, you want to fight. I was going to shoot you and get you
out of your misery.” Brigitte yelled back. “But your way
sounds more fun.”

Parker grabs a chair and throws it at her. “Come on. Let’s
fight. I want to see what you are made of.”

“Okay, we can have it your way. I would like to see you
suffer before I finish you off.” Brigitte said as she comes
into the dim light.

Parker puts her gun back in it holster and makes a fist.
“Well, I’m waiting.”

Brigitte swings at Parker and misses. “If you can’t do any
better than that, you might as well call yourself history.”
Parker said sarcastically.

Parker hits Brigitte in the face and goes for a kick in the
stomach. When Brigitte bends down, she knocks Parker on the
floor. Brigitte jumps on
Parker and starts to hit her.
Parker raises her fist and punches her again.

Jarod walks in and sees them fighting and starts to laugh to
himself. “Women” as he shakes his head.

Parker pulls her gun and points it at Brigitte. “Now, let’s
see what you are made of.” Parker said while she cocked her
gun.

Brigitte picks up the chair and throw it back at Parker.
Before it hits her in the head and knocks her out, Parker
shoots her gun.

Jarod stands there watching Brigitte fall to floor. She falls
next to Miss Parker. Then, Jarod runs over to where Parker is
laying and picks her limped body up. He carries Parker
outside the tunnel and leaves her. Sydney and Broots run over
about the time he leaves.

“Look, Syd. There is Miss Parker.” Broots says as he runs
over to her.

“We have to get her to a hospital.” replied Sydney.

“I’ll go get the car.” Broots replied. Sydney stays by her
side.

She wakes up and says, “Where am I?”

“You’re outside the Centre. Broots went to get the car. We
are taking you to the hospital.” Sydney replied as her looked
at her forehead.

“I’m not going to a hospital. I am going back in to finish
Brigitte.” she replied back as she tried to stand up.

“You can’t even stand. How are you going to find Brigitte?”
Sydney asked as Broots brought the car around.

They get her in the car and drive to the hospital. The ER
doctor examines her. He comes out and tells Sydney, “She is
going to be fine. She was lucky tonight. We need to admit her
for observation. She has a mild concussion. We bandaged her
cuts and scrapes.”

Sydney replies, “Okay, doc but she won’t stay. Will it be
okay if I stay with her?”

“Sure, you can. Just give us time to get her in a room and
you can see her.” the doctor replied.

**********

She gets to her room and Sydney is sitting there watching her
sleep. He gets up to get some coffee. He figured she is not
going anywhere. He walks out.

Jarod watching Sydney leave, enters Parker’s room wearing
scrubs and a mask. He leads over Miss Parker to see if she
okay.

She wakes up and sees someone in the shadows. “Who’s there?”
she asked.

“It me. I had to see if you were okay.” Jarod replied.

“Jarod,” she answered. “Thank you saving my life.”

“It was nothing. I couldn’t let anything happen to you. Well,
now that I know you are okay. I better be going before you
decide to get out of bed and chase me.” Jarod replied to her
softly.

She laughes softly. “Don’t go. Can you stay for a few
minutes?” she asked.

“Sure.” he replied back.

He sat beside her bed and watched her fall in and out of
sleep. Sydney walks in.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I can come back when you are finished.” he
said to Jarod not knowing it was him.

“No, I’m through. She is doing well. I have to be making my
rounds now. Have a good evening.” he replied to Sydney and
walks out.

Parker wakes up and says, “Jarod.”

“No, he is not here but I am.” Sydney replied. “You need to
take some time off when you get out of the hospital. You have
been after Jarod too long now.”

“I’m sorry. I guess I was chasing him in my dream.” replied
Parker hoping he was still there.

**********

The next day Parker returns to work, even though the doctor
advised against it. She walks in the Centre and sees
Brigitte. Brigitte has her shoulder in a sling. She says, “I
guess it will take a lot more than last night to get rid of
you.”

Miss Parker walks up to Brigitte and pushes her in the hurt
shoulder. “Don’t ever try to pull that stunt again. Better
yet just leave town now. Do you understand?” Parker replied
to her.

Brigitte replied back. “Don’t threaten me, Miss Parker.”

“It’s NOT a threat, Luv, it’s a promise.” Parker said as she
walks toward her office pushing Brigitte out of her way.

“Watch the shoulder, Luv?” Brigitte said as Miss Parker
walked off.

“If I was you, I would be watching more than my shoulder,
Luv.” Parker replied. Then walked into her office.

**********

Sitting at her desk Broots and Sydney walk in. “What are you
doing here? You should be in bed.” replied Broots.

“I am not going to stay home when Jarod is still out there.
Besides I have unfinished business here.” replied Parker.
“How is Debbie?”

“She is doing well.” replied Broots.

“It is good to see you back. Even though you should be in
bed. I guess we better go, Broots.” Sydney replied. He turns
to Miss Parker and says, “We will let you finish your work.”

They walk out and her phone rings.

**********

“What” she answered.

“The first Federal Irrigation Project called the Newlands
Project was completed in 1907 along Nevada’s Carson and
Truckee rivers. Did you know that?” Jarod replied on the
other end.

“What do you want?” Parker asked. “I thought I told you that
I don’t care.”

“Why aren’t you in bed? You shouldn’t be at work after what
happened last night.” Jarod replied back.

“I can’t rest until I catch you. You of all people should
know that.” Parker said as she pulled out another cigarette
from her silver case.

“Well, now that I know you are back to your old self. I can
rest easier at night.” Jarod said as he starts to hang up the
phone.

“Wait, when did you leave last night?” she asked.

“When Sydney walked back in. I knew you were in good hands.”
Jarod said as he hung up the phone.

Parker sitting at her desk wonders if she can ever bring him
in. Lights up her cigarette and watches the day pass her by.