"Mr. Sinclair," I greeted. "How are you doing today?"
"Jack," he answered "a little formal today, are we?" Augustus Sinclair is a good friend of mine. He owns and operates a business called 'Sinclair Solutions'.
"Anything you want to tell me?" I asked, implying the hint that I wanted him to give me the job I've been asking for, for about three weeks now.
"I told you already, I'm not going to give you a job," he answered. His excuse is that he's afraid that it might mess up our friendship and all, being that he'll be my boss.
"Listen," I said "I've been hearing a lot of good things about these 'Plasmids' everyone is using. I haven't spliced myself with any yet, because I don't have any Adam. You have any I could have?"
He reached into his desk, and pulled out a bottle of red liquid. "This is enough for about three plasmids, and a gene tonic," he told me. "Go splice yourself up in The Gatherers Garden up yonder."
"Thanks a lot Augie," I said leaving. I walked up to the red Gatherers Garden vending machine, which had a wax statue of a little girl attached to the right side. Inside, I could choose between a multitude of plasmids and gene tonics. I chose Incinerate, the ability to shoot fire out of my hands, Electro Bolt, the ability to shoot lightning from my hands, and Houdini, the ability to turn invisible. I chose the Fountain of Youth gene tonic as well. Whenever I'm standing under falling water, or a pool of water, my wounds heal. Four needles dropped from the machine. I picked the first one up, which was Incinerate, and injected myself. Suddenly, my vision turned to red, my entire body felt like it was on fire, and I couldn't stand. I fell to the floor, and tried to move but I couldn't, I was in too much pain. It lasted for about a minute, then the pain suddenly seized, and I was pain free. I got up off the ground, and activated my new power. My hands lit on fire. I three one of the fireballs into the metal wall to the left. I knew now that I made the right choice. I injected myself with the Electro Bolt, bracing myself for the worst, but this time it was pain free. I tested it my shooting lightning into the same wall I shot the fire into. When I worked, I injected myself with Houdini, and Fountain of Youth, and went into the nearest bathroom.
When I got in there, I tested Houdini in front of the mirror. Excited that it worked, I kept it activated, and took out the pocket knife I had on me. I turned on the sink, and cut my hand open. As soon as I did that, my Houdini wore off. I reactivated it quickly, to make sure I could still use it. I learned that if I get hurt, I can't use Houdini. While invisible, I also couldn't use my other plasmids. I put my hand, that was now gushing blood, under the water. Like magic, the gash healed in seconds. I love the selection I've made. I walked out of the bathroom. When I did, and Alpha Series Big Daddy, ran into me. Thinking I was a threat, it shoved me to the ground, and revved its drill on its right hand. Noticing that there wasn't a Little Sister nearby, I slowly backed away, and gave it room to move. It walked up to the air vent, and summoned its Little Sister. "Look daddy," it said, emerging from its 'hidey hole' "it's you." She was holding up a homemade doll. The big daddy lifted the girl out of her vent, and she drew her needle. Once she was on the ground, she grabbed his hand and said "Let's go out to play daddy." She had an English accent that I noticed. Curious, I decided to tail them. I hid behind a wall, so they wouldn't notice me.
As they passed me, and walked up the stairs, I quietly followed. The little sister was draining the Adam from a dead body. When she was finished, she took a drink from it. She must have swallowed a bit too much, because she coughed some up. She giggled when she did. She sniffed the air, and said "More angels daddy," and ran off. The big daddy followed her, as did I. We walked through a bar filled with people. One man jumped back startled from the big daddy. We walked into a hallway to find her. Suddenly, the little sister screamed, and called out "Daddy!"
With a sense of urgency, the big daddy, rushed to a balcony in an auditorium. When he saw the four people attacking the little sister, he hopped the railing, and landed on top of one of the attackers, crushing his head. "You want some big guy?" one of them asked, as he injected himself with the little sister's needle. He shot lightning at the big daddy, stunning him, but he was quick to recover. He drew his drill and revved it trying to be intimidating.
One of the slowly approached him, saying "The bigger they are, the harder they fall—" His sentence was cut short because the big daddy stabbed him in the gut with his drill, killing him. Another attacker tried to defend, but he smacked her away. Next was the one that shot the lightning at him. He smacked his drill in his face, knocking him to the ground. The big daddy revved his drill, and tried to stab the attacker, but he rolled out of the way. The big daddy yanked his drill out of the floor, and turned to the attacker. The attacker threw a green ball at the big daddy, and he couldn't move anymore.
It must've been that big daddy hypnotize thing I heard about. A blond haired, thirty year old woman emerged from the auditorium doors, and pulled the little sister away from the big daddy. "This," she said "is not your daughter." She had an English accent, like the little sister did. "Her name is Eleanor, and she is mine. Now, kneel please." The big daddy followed her order, and kneeled before her. "Remove your helmet." He did so. "Now, take the pistol." He took a pistol that she handed him. "Put it to your head." He tried to resist, but he couldn't, he was powerless. "Fire." It took him a few seconds, summoning all of his might to resist.
The little sister realized what was about to happen, and jumped towards him yelling "DADDY!" but it was too late, and he killed himself.
"What a cheap way to kill someone," I yelled to the woman. "You know, you could've used him for some mindless chores you didn't want to do while he was hypnotized. But no, you had to kill him." I leaped over the railing, and landed between her, and the dead big daddy. "Come on little girl," I said to the fatherless little sister, "I'll take you away from this monster."
She started to walk towards me, but the woman pulled her back. "You will not take my daughter away from me," she said.
"You're this little sisters mother?" I asked. "What is your name?"
"I," she introduced "am Sofia Lamb."
"I heard of you," I said. "You're a psychiatrist right? You turn your patients into mindless holy believers against Andy Ryan. Seems to me like you're trying to overthrow him."
"I came here for my daughter," she stated. "I wish no more than to take her home."
"Leave her alone!" the attacker that survived the big daddy said, getting up from the ground.
I threw a fireball at him. "Shut the hell up," I said. I turned to Sofia, to find that she was holding the gun that the big daddy killed himself with.
"You're going to let us leave in peace," she said holding the gun to my face. Don't be alarmed, this isn't the first time I had a gun to my face, and I was perfectly calm. In fact, I had a cocky grin on my face. She slowly backed up, and left with the girl. I turned, and noticed the Adam needle on the ground. I took it, and went to see Augustus.
I went to his office, but I didn't see him. "Auggie!" I called out.
"Jack!" he replied. "I'm in the restroom!" He has a private restroom in his office.
As he emerged from the lavatory, I said "I need you to get me some information on one Sofia Lamb."
"Sofia Lamb…" he said, thinking about the name. "She stayed at the Sinclair Deluxe when she first moved into Rapture." The Sinclair Deluxe is Augustus' hotel. "She was pregnant. After a month of living in Rapture, she gave birth to a girl later to be named Eleanor Lamb. By mistake, the poor girl was turned into a little sister just recently."
"She wasn't lying," I said, mostly to myself.
"I'm sorry?" he asked, obviously hearing me.
"I just saw Sofia kill a big daddy, and take the little sister with her," I explained. "She called the girl Eleanor. I thought she was another thug trying to get Adam, but she wasn't." I showed him the needle. "She left this."
"Do you plan to do anything about this, or is this just a little story you thought would be interesting?" he asked.
"I plan to murder Sofia Lamb," I said. "That little girl is tortured, and I think I can cure her. And being with the woman who murdered the person she cared about most isn't going to help her."
I was about to leave when Augustus stopped me. "I need to give you something," he said. He walked over to his desk, and got out a vial. He tossed it to me and said "Inject yourself with that there gene tonic. It's an athletic tonic that allows you to climb and jump like a monkey, and gives you the strength of a big daddy." I injected myself with the tonic. "Oh, and one more thing. Anyone with eyes can see that the demand for Adam is growing. People are killing each other to get it. I'd use that there Adam in that needle as soon as you can."
I took a good look at it, the tossed it to him. "Sell it," I said. "I don't need it." I knew he wasn't going to use it, that's why I told him to sell it.
