Chapter 3: We Meet Again
Rancis wakes up at a waterfall. His pants were ripped and he was holding on to them.
He walks through the woods and then onto the street. He then sees a car driving by and he waves at the driver.
The driver was Manny Yeager and girlfriend, Brigitte Fitzgerald, was sitting in the passenger seat.
"Manny, please don't tell me who I think that is" said Brigitte
"Yep" said Manny. "It's him"
Manny pulled over to Rancis and opened the window. Rancis got to the car.
"Desculpe. Onde eu estou?" said Rancis
"It's you" said Manny
"What?" said Rancis, in confusion
"You don't remember us?" said Manny
"No" Rancis replied. "Did I?"
"Remember Sugar Rush?" said Brigitte
Rancis started to put together what they were saying. Until he recognized them.
"You're that guy with that camcorder" said Rancis
"Yeah" said Manny
"Yes" said Rancis. "I remember you. Of course I remenber you"
"Hop in" said Manny as Brigitte opened the door.
Rancis stepped into the car, closed the door and they drove off.
"Where am I, though?" Rancis asked
"Honduras" said Manny
(In the US)
Somewhere in the US, Blonsky was talking to Ross.
"I've run into bad situations on crap missions before. I've seen good men go down purely because someone didn't let us know what we were walking into. I've moved on to the next one, because that's what we do, right? I mean, that's the job. But this? This is a whole new level of weird. And I don't feel inclined to step away from it. So if you're taking another crack at him, I want in. And, with respect, you should be looking for a team that's prepped and ready to fight, because if that thing shows up again, you're gonna have a lot of professional tough guys pissing in their pants. Sir"
(1 hour later in Honduras)
"So, you're being chased by the military?" said Brigitte
"Yeah" said Rancis. "But I didn't do anything"
"Okay, but what about your . . . 'Condition'?" said Manny
"I got someone who's working on a cure. But he needs the data. Give me your phone. I know who has the data"
Manny hands Rancis his iPhone 6 and Rancis seacrhes in the contacts list for Dylan Lancer.
(In Brooklyn)
Dylan was at his place, chilling on his living room hammock with Taffyta. Until Dylan's cell phone rang. Taffyta shot a string of web from her wrist at Dylan's phone at pulled it back. She gave the phone to Dylan and Dylan picks it up.
"Yolo" Dylan answered as he began to drink his soda.
"Dylan, it's me, Rancis"
Dylan spits out his soda.
"Jesus Christ! Is that really you?!"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes. Listen, you know that data about me and that little incident?"
"Yeah?"
"Okay, well, I need that now!"
"Alright"
"Meet me at Hollis College. Tomorrow"
"Got it. Bye"
Dylan hung up the phone.
"What's going on?" Taffyta asked
"We're going to Rosewood" Dylan replied
"Alright, guys" said Rancis. "We need to catch a flight to Rosewood. Anyone got cash?"
Manny and Brigitte has some cash left over.
"Alright, let's go" said Rancis
(Back in the US)
"Let me emphasize that what I'm about to share with you is tremendously sensitive, both to me personally and the Army. You're aware that we've got an Infantry Weapons Development programmed. Well, in WWII, they initiated a subprogram for Bio-Tech Force Enhancement"
"Yeah, Super Soldier" said Blonsky
"Yes" Ross replied. "An oversimplification, but yes. And I dusted it off, got 'em doing serious work again, bold work. Across the hall, they were trying to arm you better. We were tryin' to make you better. Rancis' work was very early phase. It wasn't even weapons application. He thought he was working on radiation resistance. I would never have told him what the project really was. But he was so sure of what he was onto, that he tested it on himself. And something went very wrong. Or it went very right. As far as I'm concerned, that boy's whole body is the property of the US Army."
"You said he wasn't working on weapons, right?" Blonsky asked
"No" Ross replied
"But you were. You were, weren't you?" said Blonsky. "You were trying other things"
"One serum we developed was very promising" said Ross
"So why did he run?" said Blonsky
"He didn't say," said Ross. "But he is not one of us. Blonsky, how old are you? 45?"
"39"
"It takes a toll, doesn't it?" said Ross
"Yes, it does"
"So get out of the trenches" said Ross. " You should be a Colonel by now, with your record"
"No, I'm a fighter" Blonsky said. "I'll be one for as long as I can. You know, if I could take what I know now, put it in the body I had ten years ago, that would be someone I wouldn't want to fight."
"I could probably arrange something like that"