An apology goes out to you, the reader, who was stuck on that cliffhanger until this chapter was published. Thanks to all the readers who are enjoying the story!
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Meet the Topsides! Chapter 2
Tension
Eleanor quickly stood up and defended Delta with her body acting like a shield, preventing Lamb from taking pot shots at the disabled man. Her face twisted with hurt, upset that her forgiveness to the woman who tortured her mind and soul since she was little had harmed the man who endured it all.
"You must forgive, Mother…otherwise you'll end up in a world with no compassion or happiness. What awaits you will only be frustration and self-destruction. Please, don't hurt Father more than you already have! Please! I refuse to kill you!"
From what Delta could gather, Eleanor was trying to save him from receiving a bullet to the head, the former Little Sisters appeared terrified of the intellectual woman, and Sofia herself simply stared at him while her daughter tried to defuse the tension of yet another confrontation.
Her eyes were full of hatred and disgust for him, the man who had "stolen" Eleanor from her destiny.
"No good deed goes unpunished, Eleanor. Even though that is one of Andrew Ryan's virtues, it puts the situation you're in very well. You have a weapon at your disposal, the needle of a Big Sister, whilst I have this luger pistol. You allowed me to live to see the sun, except you have forgotten exactly how spoiled this world is. I must return to Rapture to continue my work toward Utopia. If you hadn't spared me, Delta wouldn't have to suffer."
"But I don't want to kill you! Why should I?!" screamed Eleanor, her hands balled up into fists. Confusion clouded her mind upon realizing that her mother would rather go back to the failing city than live a new life on the surface. What made it worse was the concept that she was going to try to take Eleanor back with her and the girls she and Delta had rescued. Was all that sacrifice for nothing?
"Delta was forced to kill Sinclair," explained Lamb, "a lowly man with interests that concerned only himself. My interests on the other hand include the sake of the entire world. Eleanor, accept your fate and return with me to Rapture. We must forge ahead if Utopia is to be achieved. If you desire to kill me then you'll become the monster of despair that your…father…had tried to steer you away from."
Sofia Lamb walked toward the fallen Alpha Series, Eleanor frozen in her place with fear upon her next action.
"You are more than a thorn in my side, Delta. You are an abomination, a being that does not exist in this world of mine. And yet, you were needed for my first step to create Utopia."
Instead of shooting at him, she spoke to him with venom in her words.
"Your essence was key for Eleanor's creation. Being put under contract for Sinclair placed you at risk, but you were the least spliced being in Persephone. With your views of self-sacrifice and to assist those around you, I thought your genetic code would be perfect for the being that would not care for the "self". I doubt you remember having your seed removed from the body; you were on the edge of death and even Sinclair believed you wouldn't survive the night. I hadn't thought your views would backfire on me. Instead of going along with her treatments, your daughter rebelled against her studies as a child and even fought with me at the present. Your genes may have had a hand in creating her, but it led to her downfall and with it, Utopia itself. All thanks to you."
Lamb aimed the gun to Delta's head.
"It is your fault that the world is heading toward the end."
Eleanor turned around quickly; hearing her existence and origin made her desire to protect her only caring parent grow.
"Leave him alone!" she cried.
Sofia ignored her command and cocked the gun.
"If Eleanor cannot follow me because you still breathe, I will break that rebellious spirit with your corpse."
"Mother!" her daughter cried out, hoping she wouldn't have to commit a murder.
A shot rang out, echoing throughout the scene itself.
"Father!"
The former Little Sisters screamed at the sight of blood pooling onto the metallic floor.
"…"
Delta was still stunned, but discovered that he hadn't been shot. It was someone else.
It was Sofia Lamb herself that had suffered a bullet wound to the hand, dropping the gun in pain.
"I didn't know you had another ally, Delta…you are, by far, the most stubborn man to kill."
The armored man turned his head to face the source of the shot, as did Eleanor and met with the voice of their supporter.
"Stay away from all of them or you will be killed, Sofia Lamb! I will not let you hurt those little ones!"
Standing inside an open bathysphere was Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum and another Alpha Series Big Daddy.
"Keep your positions! I shall make it toward you!"
Once again, Tenenbaum prevents another act of senseless violence! Again, sorry for the cliffhanger! Please review!
