EP 1 - Zarrow shuffle (part 1)
a\n: i do not own any of the charecters from the main cast, this is a fanfic that i'm writing for mysekf and anyone else who needs to know what happened after the first season ended in such a cliffhanger. since these are going to mimic full episodes i'm gonna post them in smaller parts so it wont be a block of 4351863912469 words.
Sometimes, the biggest deceptions in life are the ones coming from our loved ones.
Cameron laid down on the cold floor of the visitation room. His head was spinning, and he looked around confused.
Those are the worst ones. It hurts when you realize that everything they did or said was a lie.
He reached the chair to use to support him as he got up.
It can be a girlfriend stealing something from you. A father hiding a life of crime as heâs touring with his sons and their magic show.
His head was pounding. He sat up, taking in the surroundings. âJohnny?â he asked, realizing his brother is nowhere to be found. His hand reached for his head to feel for a bruise, and when a white sleeve entered his field of vision instead of the black one he was wearing when he came into this room, he scanned his clothes.
It can be your twin brother knocking you out and swapping your clothes, taking your favorite suit and leaving you in his prison uniforms. Inside that prison.
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Cameron sat on the bed in the prison doctorâs office. âso, Mr Black, what brings you in here this time? Who did you upset?â the Doctor asked him. âmy brother, apparentlyâ he sighs, and adds âmade him so upset he punched me, and then he proceeded to steal my very very nice suit that was tailored for me â so I guess, for him too â and left me in his prison clothesâ.
The doctor stars at him, âMr Black, this must be one heck of a head injuryâ the doctor said and reached for Cameronâs arm, âlet me check your vitalsâ. The patient moved away from the doctorâs hand and insisted; âno, seriously, I need to get the hell out of here before my brother-â
âso what youâre saying is that you are Cameron-â âyes! Thank you-â â-and Johnathan broke out of prison when heâs pretending to be you?â the doctor asked. âyes! See, now that you get it, can we just get me a suit-â he started, and when the doctor gave him a dirty look he changed his request, â-or, you know, just a T shirt and some Jeans-â he continued, but the doctor still looked at him with pity. âMr Black, I have to say, this is the most creative attempt to escape prison that I have ever witnessedâ the doctor said, âI mean, you do understand this is impossible? If someone got punched in one of the visitation rooms, the guard outside will noticeâ his tone was cocky and pitiful at the same time.
ânot if the guard is working for her!â Cameron didnât give up, even at the doctorâs confused eyes, âfor her, for the mystery woman, the one who set Johnny up-â Cameron realized how crazy he sounds, but isnât it so crazy that thereâs no way he can make that up?
âlook, Mr Black, I think you need to get some restâ the doctor said with a soft smile. âno, I donât. what I need is to get out of here and-â he started, but the doctor cut him off by calling the guards. âLook, Mr Black, you and your brother worked at lying to your audience. Iâm sorry, but I donât buy into your crazy schemeâ the doctor apologized.
âtake him to solitude, maybe itâll give him some time to thinkâ he ordered the guards, and the two man held onto Cameronâs arms and walked him. âno, look-â Cameron called out, but the doctor didnât really listen. âjust call Agents Daniels, Kay Daniels!â Cameron asked, but the guards closed the door behind him and his voice faded into the hallway.
âuhm, sir, shouldnât we inform the prison governor? In case heâs saying the truthâ a young, brown-haired women said. She was wearing a light button up and a simple pair of dress-pants. âif you feel like you mustâ the doctor replied to his assistant, âbut we both know heâs lyingâ. She shook her head, âI donât know, sir, he seemed⊠I donât know, truly shaken up, and he looked in your eyes the whole time, no fidgeting, no micro-expressions suggesting that heâs lying-â she said, but the doctor dismissed her. âlook, do whatever you want, but remember that heâs a professional liar. Spare me the embarrassment, leave my name out of thisâ he said, and with that went back to his paperwork.
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Kay sat at her desk, staring at the files scattered on her desk. So much to do, yet she couldnât focus, not for a second. She really thought that they were friends, Cameron and her. She liked him, and she thought he liked her, but maybe she was wrong. She sighed and started piling up the papers and sort through them when her phone rang.
âhey, Iâm sorry, am I talking with agent Daniels?â the feminine voice at the other line said. âyes, speakingâ Kay answered, sharp and suspicious. âmy name is Ally Graham, Iâm a doctorâs assistant at state prison, Mr Black asked me to call youâ the voice said. âyou mean Johnathan?â Kay asked, confused. She thought the guy hated her, and especially now when Cameron seems to be mad at her she didnât think any of the Black twins would want to talk to her.
âsee, thatâs the thing, Iâm not so sure itâs Johnathan, I think that Johnathan is, well, Cameronâ Ally said. âwhat do you mean?â Kay asked, even more confused, âI just talked to him an hour agoâ. âcan you come up here? I really canât do this on the phone, I donât-â Ally answered, but some background voices seem to scare her, âI have to go now, but come see me, Iâm leaving at 11pmâ she finished and hung up.
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Ally left the prison, and a black car was waiting for her. A women she assumed was agent Daniels leaned her back on the car. She looked serious and calculated, but nervous at the same time.
âAre you Ally? Ally Graham?â the women asked her, and Ally nodded. âyou must be agent Daniels, i-â she started, but Kay cut her off. âyou can call me Kay, and uh, you sounded scared when we talked on the phone earlier, do you want to get in the car?â Kay asked her. Ally nodded, âyeah, I would love that, yes, thank youâ she said and followed Kay into the car. The agent started the car, and they started driving.
âSo, tell me everything, from the beginningâ Kay said. âwell, Johnathan came to see the doctor today, he got hit in the head, and he insisted that heâs notâŠ. Heâs not Johnathan, he said that heâs Cameron and that when he visited Johnathan, his brother punched him and swapped their clothesâ Ally said, âand then-â â-then left the prison, pretending to be Cameronâ Kay finished the sentence for her.
âUsually Iâd think for sure that he planned a creative escape, but he didnât say hello or goodbye to me, and Johnathan always does, by nameâ Ally said, âso it seemed odd, and at first I thought he must be dizzy. It sounded crazy, I mean, no way the guard wonât hear a punch like that, you know? But then he said that the guard must be working for the mystery woman-â
â-mystery woman, of course, sheâs obsessed with Johnathan-â Kayâs words overlapped with Allyâs. â- and i heard some whispers, about this woman who some of the wardens work for, and I⊠I donât know, I thought that maybe heâs saying the truthâ Ally continued her story, âthe final nail in the coffin was the security footageâ.
âIf thereâs security footage, why is he still there?â Kay asked, and Ally sighed. âwell, I guess I should have been more specific. The final nail in the coffin wasnât the security footage, it was the lack ofâ.
âwhat do you mean âlack ofâ?â Kay asked, âcameraâs were out, coveredâŠ?â she turned the wheel and took the turn left. âdeletedâ Ally answered, âI wasnât even supposed to check, but Cameron seemed so hurt and confused and I wanted to help, I love him- his specials, I mean â so I⊠well, never mind how I looked for the footage, I couldnât find it cause there wasnât a file from that camera, today, during visiting hoursâ she explained, avoiding telling Kay that she illegally got inside the computer all the footage was saved onto.
âIâll go see him tomorrowâ Kay said, âIâll figure out which Disappearing boy it isâ.