C-1 : Revelations
I laid there on the dirt for a while to get my faculties together. It was getting more and more difficult to stay focused. My chest hurts like hell, but have to get up. Arvin won't let a few bullets stop him. I've seen too much lately not to believe. I know, Jack Bristow, now believing all this craziness. It must be the loss of blood and oxygen. This needs to stop. All of this, I have to do something now. Sydney will have the life of happiness she deserves, I wasn't able to give it to her when she was a child, but by God I will now.
I'm not sure how I'm able to get up and go down into the tomb, but I do. I see an Amunition box loaded with explosives. I take a small pack. Enough to level the tomb and trap the little SOB once and for all. I finally get to the bottom of the stairs and see Arvin standing there talking to Nadia. I don't see her, but apparently he does, he's lost it too apparently. Conscience finally catching up to him? He finally sees me. I must look like hell because he give me some line of crap about letting him help me. We continue our banter back and forth for some time. At this point I just want to end the pain, mine and Sydney's. I know she'll forgive me for this some day, but I have to free her. In the mist of the confusion and arguing Arvin's revelations confuse more.
"Jack, before you blow us both up, you should know that Laura is a real person. She's been alive all these years."
What blood I have left is now beginning to boil in anger. I can barely hold on to the C4-pack and trigger.
"Yeah, her name is really Irena, you bastard, NOT! LAURA! Don't say Laura AGAIN!
I just want it go be over, I can't take this any longer, I want to remember my Laura as she was, even though she wasn't real. She was real to me.
"Jack, I know you want to blow us sky high, end it all, but you're blind. You're not thinking rationally. She's not who you think she is. As I've said before, by you thinking so hard you're in danger of hurting yourself."
At this point, my head is spinning and I'm starting to get more and more frustrated.
"Well, just who the hell is she? What are you talking about? And why the hell don't you think I'll just end this little nightmare once and for all? I have nothing to lose at this point. I've already lost it, and Sydney can live in peace once and for all. You and that bitch destroyed my life, my family and I will not let you hurt my Sydney anymore. It's over Arvin, it's over once and for all!"
With all the yelling, I was just wearing myself down. That wasn't in my best interest as Arvin, pushes past me. I drop the bomb to attempt to get up the stairs after him. I some how manage to run up the stairs almost catching him, but as he's running he yells back at me.
"Jack, Laura was real. Don't be a fool again. She was who she said she was all along. Irena Derevko, is a totally different person. Jack, she was taken from you, and Irena was returned to you in her place. Laura Bristow is real and is your wife. She' s alive. She's not Irena."
"What?" I ask totally confused and unfocused at this point. I think I'm going to pass out very soon.
"Helix, Jack, Project Helix. The lack of blood is apparently messing with your head. Well now I have to go. I'm sure Sydney has messed things up for us now, but I'm sure Irena has dealt with her. We'll be in touch Jack. Good luck finding your wife. She is alive."
"It's a lie! She can't be. It's a lie! Irena's my wife…isn't she?"
I barely made it to the top of the steps and to the entrance when I heard the helicopter. Arvin was no where to be seen. Totally out of breath, my lung was filling up with blood. I was beginning to taste blood even more now. I hit the ground looking around. I see the medics running toward me now. I'm past exhausted.
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