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Chapter 2: Wadda ya mean?
It was quite late when Jade arrived… she straight for the light house. There Hadji was meditating and Jonny was walking allover the place. When he saw her he just rushed to the computer and opened the security footage. She could see herself in the living room… she could see herself walk, talk, drink, laugh yet she did not remember a thing. It could have been no one else, because she wore a ring that Race gave her… no one else could have had that ring… no one else knew about it… except for her and Race.
"I told you… it might have been someone else… made to look like you, yet I don't think it is very probable." Jonny said… he was so serious… not like his usual childish self.
"No… it is actually impossible… you see that ring… no one else knows about it than me and Race… and even if they knew they could not have made an exact replica. So it was me… but I still can't remember a thing… and I can prove I was in Arizona… hell I can even remember what I was doing at the time." She was worried… they could not have enough time to wash her memory like that… and what the hell… this can't even be done. It's is possible to brainwash people at smaller levers… but this…. hm… there must be some other explination…
"Look… it doesn't matter anymore… Hadji's found there location… and I have a way in… but I need your help. Okay?" he asked… he looked so serious… and so… afraid. He was actually worried. "And no screw ups, Jade, no side missions. We get in… get them… get out… that's it. Get it?" he asked… but almost sounded like an army general.
"She means a lot to you, right?" Jade looked right into his eyes to see if he answers the truth.
"RACE and Jess.. are like family to me. I want to save them bouth." He answered trying to hide the face that he would have been calmer if he would have to save just Race. He loved Race like a father… but not as much as Jess…. Only the tought that she was in danger…. 'Stay cool, Quest, get in… get them… get out' he was thinking to himself.
"Yeah… but you're not going all bossy on me because Race's in danger. Race's been in danger before… and you've never acted like this… you always did thing with a cool head.. when it came to Race… so tell me about it. I'm not going with you on a suicide mission… so it's either you get it all out of your system… and we do thing how they have to be done. No stupid.. rushed thing. No moment decisions. Or I'm not coming.. okay?" she looked not mad… but pissed… how the hell does he plan on saving them with this do first and think after attitude.
"Okay… Jess…. She's been more than a friend to me for some time. Actually I love her, I.." but before he could finish Jade interrupted.
"Great… just what we needed…. aaa… sorry… go on" she said.
"I told her that… I… I was under the impression that she felt the same.. yet for some reason… she wants us to be just friends.. I can't do that…. I kissed her… she kissed me back… it was amazing… I want to do that again… I don't wanna lose her… even as just a friend… but most of all I want to feel her lips again. And then there's Race… we'd been like a second father to me… he saved me a lot of times… and I wanna be able to repay the service. And so there are a lot of thing on my mind… what if she dies… how will I live? What if Race dies… there's a lot of pressure on me right now, Jade…" he was almost crying… when Jade looked at him… now she knew he was saying the truth.
"Well… kid… what can I say… If you don't cool down… think straight… get that kiss out of you're system.. and tell me the plan… if you don't do that… they're dead." She was looking into his eyes… and she saw how they changed the minute she finished to talk. So he walked to the computer.. showed her the plans of the palce… and started to search for a way in.
"Okay… here's the plan. As you can see Surd's a little paranoic on the security… and he should be, but we can crawl through the vents… we'll need a electric cutter to cut the wings of the vents… but once we're in… we go through the ventilation system and get to the room where they are kept… as you can see this is it right here so we gotta go through around 4 vents… we get in… use nerve gas on the gards… get 'em out the same way…by now they gotta figure out something has happened… they'll se on the security cameras that the room is empty… and they'll know we're in the wents." But before he could finish Jade asked.
"How?"
"How what?" Jonny asked very surprised.
"How will they know we are in the vents?" she asked.
"Well…. When we cut the wings… air is not going to be pumped into the building… they'll start to choke."
"But the air they have inside the building should last them for at least a few days." She said.. trying to understand Jonny.
"Nope… not with all that equipment … computers…" and when he said it… she realized where he was getting.
"So one of us leads them the wrong way in the ventilation system… while the others get away… that's why you needed me for.. right?" she asked very enthusiastically.
"No… I needed you because I need two persons… one to get 'em out… and one to lead the suckers the wrong way… but you're the one that will get them out." And when he said it… he saw the look on Jade's face… she didn't like it… but she tolerated it.
"Okay… I'm not gonna argue with you… cause I don't stand a chance". She finished.
Dr.Quest entered the virtual reality that Surd has made for him…. He saw a huge shadow and then heard Surd's voice.
"Hello… Doctor… do you know why you are here?" he said laughing and waiting to hear the Doctor's answer.
"I guess.. you'll try to kill me again.. Surd" he said a little frustrated.
"Oh but my dear Doctor, I have no such intentions… I just need a DNA sample from you. And a QuestWorld one will do fine."He said as he grinned… and Dr. Quest realized what he wanted it for…
"And how do you propose to get that sample, Surd?"
"Well… all I have to do is get a peace of your body…. And arm… or leg would do fine." And an axe appeared into his right hand.
Dr. Quest was now running form Surd… he was trying to get as far away from him.. as possibly… but it seemed like Surd was everywhere. That way the irony of it all… he created Quest world, yet Surd seemed to have god-like powers in it. Next thing he knew he was in a room… it was fool of swords…. And he heard Surd's voice.
"Well… Doctor… just because I have been accused to be such a poor sport…. I think I'll give you the opportunity to get a sword." And Dr. Quest… was quite skeptical about this… he went closer to the sword… but when he got close enough the sword almost took his head off… it seemed to be flying it's self around… but it wasn't so… next thing he knew Surd became visible againd.
"Do you like my new invisibility program… Dr. Quest?" Surd asked on that familiar yet very hated tone.
"Look Surd… if you want a peace of me… come and get it." Dr. Quest said… but before he could move… Surd had cut his head off.
Hadji, Jonny and Jade saw this… now Jonny was screaming… he went to his father to pull him out of QuestWorld… but when he touched the thing around his eyes… he was electrocuted… and sent 5 feet away form his father… next thing they knew Surd was on one of the monitors…
"Hello.. I do hope you can hear me… specially poor Jonny…. So now that I killed your father… wadda you say should I try to decapitate dear Race Bannon… the man responsible for my condition… oh but that would be too easy… I know… I think I'll start cutting parts of his daughter… I have a brand new laser, that can do the job just fine." But before he could continue Jonny started to speak.
"If you touch as much as a atom from her body… you just signed you're death warrant. Right now the best you can hope for is prison… for life…. But if you touch her… I don't care I'll hunt you down even in prison… there will be no place where you could hide from.. me… and I guarantee you that when I find you.. I won't use a laser to cut you into peaces… I'll use a pocket knife" Jade and Hadji were surprised of the change in attitude of Jonny.
But Jonny had one thing on his mind… he didn't care if he would harm Jessie… the son of a bitch killed his father. Even if he didn't harm Jessie… Surd will die… I just depends on the manner of death…. He wanted to be the one leading the guards into the wrong direction… because he wanted to plant C4 all over the base… once they are all out of it.. he would detonate it… and Surd will never harm anybody ever again. This was quite a brilliant plan because it solved the problem of Julia and Lorenzo trying to revenge they're lord and master… because they would be dead to.
"Jonny…. Let's go… kid" Jade said… then corrected her "I guess I shouldn't call you kid anymore… you seem to be quite the man… Race always saw that in you" she added trying to build a little confidence in him.
"Oh what…sorry I got caught up into my toughths.. it won't happen again I promise" he said quite sincere.
"I know it won't now let's go to the chopper." But before she could finish Jonny started.
"No… it make to much noise… we'll take the boat" than Jade asked.
"Doesn't that make noise too?" and he answered "Not if we use these." And he took four pedals
"Oh this get's better by the minute… kid.. ah.. Jonny" as she said it.. they left the room and went to the boats. An hour later they were in front of Surd's base. Now they were buildering to get to the top of the building… where the first vent waited to be cut off and grant access to the ventilation system.
Jessie woke up… she was in a small room… so was her father… he was tied up… and seemed unable to move. She could move… but was also tied but.. pretty good… now she looked up.. she saw a ventilation system… she tought of trying to escape throw there, but then realized they would have vents… that would cut her into tiny peaces before she could even get as far as the other wing of the building.
Next thing she saw Lorenzo come into the room… he saw she was looking at the vent and smiled came close to her and said… "You do know we have vents right?" she asked.. as she just did not even open her mouth to speak… then she turned and asked. "What do you want form us?" then Lorenzo said "From you… tiny peaces… form him… to watch… then we kill him too." Then she didn't say a word after.
'Oh my god… they're gonna kill me… but I'm too young… oh my god… they're gonna kill dad… there's nothing we can do… Jonny… he can do something.. I bet he's negociating with Surd right now… oh what am I thinkin'? Surd's never gonna do that… he wants revenge on my dad… oh god… Jonny and Jade are coming. Yeah… they're coming…' she was thinking. Then Lorenzo said… "We're gonna dissect you… kid… and that's about all I can say.".
"No you're not… Jonny's coming…. Yeah Jonny and Jade… if Jonny saw you like this… he'd kill you". But before she could finish what she wanted to say… Jade walked into the room.
"Jonny's dead…" she said "and as you can see… I'm not really too keen on saving you" than she laughed.
'I always knew I couldn't trust her… why did we trust her?' Jessie was asking to herself… than they left the room and she was alone with her dad, who was still unconscious.
Jonny and Jade… were cutting throw the big top vent when they saw a body on the far side of the building… so Jonny went to take a look… then he saw one of the guards… he has an automatic and a set of radio's… he knew if he shot the guard… the noise will give them away… so he came closer and close… throw the shadows.. until he was behind the guy… next thing the guard's next had broken and Jonny was running back to Jade to alert her that there are guards on the roof… and that one was dead… so if would not take too long to figure out what happened… then he said.. they have to hide to body… but there was no place.
"And where do you propose we hide it, genius?" Jade asked a little annoyed that Jonny killed the guy in stead of keeping a low profile.
"We take it with us in the ventilation system… we drop it on an side tunnel.. it will help us lead the guard into the wrong direction when the time comes." He said… he was quite proud of the idea… Jade seemed to like it too.
Next thing they knew they were in the vents and making they're way to the room where Jessie and Race were held… they knew where the room was… Jonny practically memorized the map…
Same… next chapter…. soon