Me: Second chapter folks, I wanted this available directly after the first one so you don't lose interest too quickly.

Jupiter: So I'm guessing that figure in the last paragraph was-

Me: HUSH! In this one old friends, allies and enemies will reunite. We wont be checking in on Jack for a while though, maybe later if we have time. So lets get started, with as little pre-story banter as shown.

Disclaimer: If I owned Bioshock I'd self publish this story.

Subject Jupiter-Reuniting

Delta led the way as Eleanor and Sofia flanked his sides. All three walked through Raptures many buildings and glass bridges to reach Tenenebaum. She was stationed near Persephone where she had salvaged enough parts to fix a bathysphere big enough for her and the little sisters she hoped to save. It was surprisingly quiet and easy to reach her, leading the three to disbelieve the claim she made of the splicers increased activity. Once they arrived at Persephone Eleanor raised her on the short wave radio, to find her exact location.

"Tenenbaum we're here, where are you?" asked Eleanor.

"Right here fraullein Eleanor," Tenenbaum said as she appeared to their right with a pistol in one hand. Tenenbaum narrowed her eyes and snarled vehemently at Sofia, "Und what is she doing here?"

"Mother is here to help us, so please don't kill her," Eleanor patiently responded.

"I intend to help whether you forgive me or not Brigid," Sofia stated looking calmly at Tenenbaum.

"Fine then, follow me," Tenenbaum said as they started walking. "There are 3 little ones left down here but they have about 6 Big sisters protecting them und the rest of the Big Daddies. They are mainly in the areas of Sirens Alley, Fontaine Futuristics und Dionysus Park. If we are to save these little ones then we'll possibly fight through hordes of splicers to get close and take down their Big Daddy and Big Sister guards. I know we can do this if we have a strategy and strike at the right time, but then we should hide for a while before striking again. I don't have any more allies down here so we are all we have und therefore we must be careful."

They walked together, deciding to hit the one in Siren's Alley until they came across a corridor and Delta suddenly stopped and turned towards it. The women stopped as well and watched him curiously.

"Father, is something wrong?" Eleanor asked worriedly as she took a step towards Delta. Delta shook all over for a bit before taking a tentative step forward. He bent slightly in pain and cringed, at which Eleanor jumped forward and held onto his side, staring into his porthole, full of worry. She watched him turn towards her and heard the gruff voice of her father in her mind once again, saying there's a friend here.

Eleanor let go as Delta straightened himself and strode quickly and purposefully down the corridor. All three of his current companions followed after him quickly as he turned down several forks in the corridor without pause or consideration of his direction. Delta watched the corridor walls slide past as he walked, listening to the oddly familiar voice in his head. Forward. Faster, almost there. Remember, Security before release. The words stuck in his brain as he reached a bathysphere and immediately opened it, turning towards his companions and gesturing them inside. As they all filed into the bathysphere and Delta activated its lever, only then did anyone notice where they were headed.

Hades Detention Center.

The bathysphere docked and its occupants exited. Delta remained silent, even telepathically to Eleanor as he walked straight through the front door of the place. He recalled the words the voice said and followed the signs to the security center of the prison, the Wardens office. Once there he stopped and looked around waiting for directions. Eleanor, Sofia and Brigid all came in after him and looked around as well. The computers in the office all showed feed from cameras stationed throughout the five levels of the prison. They saw Splicers wandering the halls, some even sleeping in locked cells. Every level was full of Splicers and people, wandering around lost and fighting each other in unusual light scuffles. At the fifth floor there were all kinds of Brute Splicers just sitting in their cells. All the inmates cried out for the Warden's blood, while the free splicers suddenly stopped and sniffed the air. They cackled as they started running for the office Delta and the others were in. Cursing in his mind Delta ran tot eh Warden's desk and pressed a button labeled Security Lockdown. The door to the office shut and locked, then an iron fence fell over the door on the inside as a large, reinforced 2 foot-thick steel blast door crashed over the door outside.

About time, I was wondering when you'd enact the Lockdown. Now do me a favor, hack the system and unlock ALL cells. Then sit back and watch the show cuz I need some long overdue exercise. Delta followed the voice's directions, questioning why it was so strange yet so familiar.

"Father what are you-?" Eleanor asked ash she saw her father messing with the Warden's computer. She cut herself off as a small speaker announced All prison cells unlocked. Video feed secured. Sofia and Tenenbaum whipped around to face Delta who stood and walked over to the screens, looking at the camera feed on the different levels. The Splicers had all stopped when the message was announced over the PA and the sleeping ones woke up and joined the others. They looked around confusedly before turning back and beginning to run to the barred exit of the prisons interior. It wouldn't hold forever but the Wardens office was safe for at least 30 minutes.

The cell doors opened on prison level 5 all the Brutes dashed out and towards the stairs, which were arranged so people had to walk through each level to get through to the next one. One Brute Splicer, all beefed up and ape-like lumbered in front of an open cell. He stopped and looked inside because this cell was odd, It was doubly reinforced and isolated from the other ones, with now inactive turrets pointed at the open door, which lead to a dark lightless void. As the Brute peered in brown orbs in a glowing crimson hue popped open and narrowed at the sight of him. He reeled back at the pure predatory look he received and just as he turned around to charge away, an unknown fear guiding his every move, a long black tentacle lashed out with a four fingered claw at the en and latched onto his leg, tripping him and dragging him back into the darkness of the cell. As the Brute's beefy arms scrabbled at the ground for handholds his body was flipped and instantly pulled in. A deep scream of pain, fear and agony sounded through the 5th floor as wet tearing, ripping, and slicing sounds were heard from the cell, and spatters of blood and gore flew out onto the door and floor outside. More Brute splicers looked at the open cell door in fear and confusion. The eyes appeared again, along with a mouth that contained shining, white, strong, sharp teeth and elongated canines as it opened and unleashed a roar that ripped throughout the entire facility and into the ocean, sending fish, sharks, and all other kinds of marine wildlife running or hiding as quickly as possible. The Brutes were paralyzed by pure fear and dint even struggle as something leapt out at them and shredded them in tow seconds.

In the Warden's office Delta and company watched the one brute get dragged in and realized he'd been mercilessly torn apart. They were all shocked at this but even more surprised at the roar that tore through the cement, stone and steel of the facility. Delta has heard plenty of Bouncers roar in a way that causes fear to paralyze you for a while but this was an entirely different level. The roar contained pure fury, hatred, and worst all, the unconscious promise f a brutal massacre to a large facility full of victims. Delta himself was unnerved by this roar, but once again found it so familiar. He looked at Eleanor who was trembling slightly before he reached out and used his left hand to hold her close, telling her in his mind that they were no the ones supposed to be afraid. Sofia and Tenenbaum both looked paler than anytime they ad been in Rapture, both obviously fearing their mistakenly assumed demise. Eleanor relayed Delta's message of them not needing to worry but when asked how he knew that exactly Delta was speechless. Eleanor believes me so It doesn't really matter, He thought. Eleanor heard him and smiled since he held so much regard for her opinion. The group heard another cry and turned towards the screens, rigid in shock. The screens displaying the 4th and 5th levels showed nothing but blood, gore and bodies. All torn, mangled, sliced, ripped, crushed, decapitated, there was even one splicer trying to stuff his intestines back in his stomach cavity. There was also a group of three splicers tied and asphyxiated by one of their comrades small intestine, tied tightly around their arms, torsos and finally their necks. The blood and gore dwindled as the massacre neared the 3rd level.

Diverting their attention to the 3rd level cameras they saw Splicers scared, having heard the screams of agony from their brethren downstairs, and still in the aftershocks of the roar. A few of the female splicers were in tears, staring at the darkness that surrounded the stair door. The splicers all trembled and watched the darkness intently. Soon those same brown eyes with the red glow appeared. The splicers all screamed as the few leadheads who had taken the guns of the security guards shot frantically into the dark at the eyes. The eyes narrowed further as an angered snarl was heard before four thick tentacles lashed out at the gathered splicers. They fell, slashed in the torso or head by the clawed digits at the end of the tentacles. The tentacles waved and lashed faster and more ferociously as an indiscernible black object darted out of the darkness, appearing as a blur to the cameras and splicers. The blur practically flew between the ranks of the splicers its tentacles shortened and lashing out at close-range while two blurs constantly reappeared at splicers stomachs and backs, leaving gashes and lacerations that released geysers of blood. The blur continued through the 3rd floor and the second, finally appearing at the 1st floor.

The blur stopped and looked at the splicers at the other end of the 1st floors main corridor frantically beating on the barricade. One splicer looked back and saw the silhouette but was only alarmed by the glowing red eyes. The splicer screamed and attacked the barricade with even more vigor, making his hands bleed, as the rest of the splicers looked back and copied his actions. The silhouette stepped out into the light revealing something that looked like a regular human wearing a large black hooded robe with wide sleeves and 4 tentacles growing out of his lower back and shoulder blades. The tentacles all swayed as their claws morphed to look like a small demon mouth with a few rows of jagged, razor sharp teeth and three red eye slits on each side of its narrow fish like head. The mouths opened and the cloaked figure walked forward towards the splicers as his tentacles growled in glee and launched forward grabbing and impaling splicers, biting off heads, eating through to hearts, yanking them away, basically tearing away the group gathered at the barricade. The last splicer cowered as the figure stepped up beside it and lifted its left leg. The figure's leg grew slightly larger as black and red tendons and muscles swarmed over it like tentacles or quickly wriggling worms, before they stopped and with one mighty kick the barricade and the door behind it was blown open. The splicer gaped in shock, awe and fear, not even noticing the figures hand lift up and quickly send a thin needle straight through the splicers brain before resheathing his thin weapon and walking toward the Warden's barricaded door. The figure stopped in front of the door and lifted his right hand, and knocked on the door.

Delta watched the figure stride through the 1st floor splicers and break the barricade in one kick. Sofia and Tenenbaum were still deathly afraid and had resigned themselves to doom, seeming almost calm. Eleanor stood beside her Father and was just as surprised when she heard the 3 loud, clear knocks reverberate through the closed door. Yo, Delta, open up.

Eleanor heard that voice and was struck by how familiar it was to her, but she couldn't quite place why. Delta opened the door by pressing the Negate Lockdown button and watched as Sofia and Tenenbaum tensed when the door unlocked and opened to reveal the figure. The figure was a human being, a light brown, short black-haired young black man who stood at 5'11". He had brown eyes that no longer glowed with a deadly red hue, but a soft chocolate brown. He looked at Sofia then to Tenenbaum with a smirk growing on his face, before turning to Delta and Eleanor and smiling widely.

"Delta! It's been over 10 years man, no visits or anything. Not that you had time or permission to do so with Eleanor back then, but I'm glad you still somewhat remember me." The black youth said.

Delta regarded the youth intently, his identity was on the tip of his tongue, the edge of his brain and he was grasping for it, he almost had it.

"How do you know me and Father?" asked Eleanor.

"You two Eleanor? You gotta remember Scarlet, Tara, and Rose though right?" the youth replied, with a tilt of his head, and his smile fading.

"JUPITER!" Eleanor and Delta exclaimed, while Sofia and Tenenbaum only heard a loud grunt from Delta.

"Yes, ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!" exclaimed Jupiter, his smile returning. "Come on, let's get to the bathysphere we can catch up in there and I am so sick of this place."

Back at the corridor in Persephone Eleanor ended up sitting on Delta's shoulders as she conversed with Jupiter. Sofia and Tenenbaum remained quiet just listening to the conversation as it provided insight to the Big Daddies. Jupiter was a test subject for the Protector Program, an experiment from a genius virologist and geneticist name Johnathan Reede. He had taken a 10 yr old boy and gave him a virus codenamed Onyx that gave him the ability to completely control his body. After the bonding of the virus the boy was named Jupiter and spent five years learning of human biology and experimenting with his abilities. It was found that his natural creativity had allowed him to synthesize abilities other than those he was taught rather quickly. As Jupiter matured into 17 years old he was inducted into the protector program and underwent the surgery. His abilities ultimately neutralized everything, the sedatives, the surgery that changed his organs and even the brainwashing. Ryan saw him as dangerous with free will but decided to keep him since Jupiter seemed so attached to all the little sisters. Jupiter used his natural body control to create and release pheromones that identified him as a friend to all big daddies and little sisters. Eventually he bonded permanently with 3 Little Sisters named Scarlet, Rose, and Tara who were his favorites out of all the little sisters.

"Wait, if you existed around Delta's time how come you're so young?" Sofia interrupted.

"Well, basically I pretty much arrested my physical development a my 17-year old body. I can alter it instantly to suit any situation or for any convenience but I like my 17 year old body," replied Jupiter.

"What are the repercussions?" asked Tenenbaum.

"Nothing, I could actually stay this way forever. I am a virus/human hybrid, so as long as I have biomass to access I can stay his way forever."
"Really?" asked Eleanor eagerly.

"Yep, I'm the closest to immortality humanity's ever gotten, but I'm the only one of my kind," replied Jupiter.

"Braggart," said Delta.

"Don't hate" replied Jupiter, as Eleanor giggled at their telepathic banter.

The group of 4 walked to the dock for the Atlantic Express and boarded to head for Siren's Alley. Sofia looked through the files she had copied from her computer on a laptop she received on surface before jerking her head up to Jupiter. "What did you say the names of your little sisters were?"

"Scarlet, Tara, and Rose. Why, what is it?" Jupiter replied.

"Those were three of the Big Sisters I had," Sofia said as she went back to her laptop, searching quickly. Delta overheard this and tensed as did everyone else except for Jupiter who did not know the implication of that statement.

"Ok here we are, luckily I had them in reserve, they weren't active on any recent missions," Sofia said relieved. Jupiter did not react until he looked around at everyone and settled his eyes on Delta.

"So you didn't kill them after all, that's a relief. We better find them then before we leave this city," stated Jupiter with a slight smile on his face. Everyone nodded as Siren's Alley came upon them, preparing to find the Sisters, Big and Little, and reunite Jupiter's scattered family.