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Jack had run like hell to get away from Suchong, he had passed the same two guys that had grabbed him in Olympus Height, he didn't see them and they didn't see him either. Jack simply got in a bathysphere that had been about to leave. He could feel how his body was trembling, it had been so close, and he didn't want to returned, at least not with him. That was by far the shortest travel in bathysphere he ever made. He didn't waste a minute he simply got down and started running again as fast as he could from the bathysphere station, he didn't know if Dr. Suchong was going to appear form behind. He arrived at Zeus square one of the busiest districts of Rapture, there were stores, a cinema, restaurants and some apartments.

Jack, who was still running without looking, stumbled across someone. He got up as he clear his eyes. "Are you alright pal?" said a male voice.

Jack looked up and saw a man that kind of reminds him of Dr. Depardieu but without the funny accent. Jack sobbed a little. "No" he answered.

"What happened?" the man asked as he bent down.

Jack just looked down. "I had to run away," he said.

The young man bit his lips. He couldn't leave the boy just there. "Who did you run away from?" he asked.

"From a bad man," answered Jack.

"Don't worry, you are safe now. And your parents?"

"They don't care about me!" he said and if they would be worried, why they weren't looking for him?

"Oh boy, what I'm going to do?" said the young man as he messed up his hair. "Ok, I guess you could stay with me for tonight, while I think what I will do. By the way my name is John, though everyone in here calls me Johnny Topside. "

"Mine is Jack."

"Nice to meet you Jack and give me your hand, we need to meet someone first before we go home. I guess I will simply have to cancel my appointment with Stanley".

Jack could tell that John wasn't unhappy for having to cancel his appointment, even though he looked happier.

"Where do you live?" he asked Jack.

"I'm not going to tell you…" he answered in a dark tone of voice.

"Ok pal, easy, I was just wondering, if you runaway I guessed you must had your reasons, I was just asking" he said, 'This boy have his character' he thought.

They reached the small restaurant where John was supposed to meet Stanley, when Stanley saw the little boy; he knew that there wasn't going to be any 'interview'. After leaving Stanley, John took Jack to buy some groceries for dinner.

"Why are you buying three of everything?" asked Jack.

"Because we are going to be three Jack," answered John.

They reached the apartments in where John lived. "Athena's Glory," murmured Jack.

John lived on the third floor of the apartments, it wasn't as big as the Mercury Suites, but it was of a decent size. Jack helped John take all the bags to the kitchen, when they left them Jack sat down in the floor. He felt something in one of the bags of his pants; he pulled out the bag with the Butterhoney candies that still remain. He offered John one. John decided that it would be useful if Jack would help him with the supper. Not much time later after they finished making the supper the door bell rang.

"She is here, I want you to be polite with her, she is my lady friend," said John.

Jack looked at him as he walked toward the door; Jack simply decided to go to the table and sat down. The young woman that entered the room was tall, had long black hair and green eyes, she turned and looked at Jack.

"Hi, my name is Catherine, what's yours?" she asked, she had a soft voice.

"Jack."

"Nice to meet you Jack," she replied.

They sat and started eating, to John surprise, Catherine seems to know how to treat with little children, and then he remembered that she had a nephew even younger than Jack. He decided to stop worried about Jack and started enjoying the evening, which turned to be very pleasant.


Diane was broken, she couldn't understand how could she had lost a child. Tears were still coming down from her eyes. Ryan had tried to comfort her but she was very depressed. The only thing she hoped was that wherever Jack where was that he would be safe. Ryan couldn't stand watching his dear one at that way so he decided to call up this Sullivan; he had something he should take care of.


Catherine looked at the sleeping Jack in John's sofa. "You never told me that you had a kid" she said jokingly.

He smiled at her. He got up and carried Jack to his bedroom and left him in the bed. "Sleep well little friend," he said.

He walked back to the dining room. "If I would have had a child earlier, would you have accepted my invitation earlier?"

"Hmm… maybe, only if he would have been as adorable as he is."

"Adorable? He had his character, you know."

"Well he seems sweet."

He chuckled; he got up and put the phonograph to play. "Isn't it 'Chasing Shadows'?" she asked.

"Would you make me the honor?" he asked as he extended his hand. She laughed and they started dancing.


"So what's your name?" asked Depardieu.

"Judith," answered the little girl.

"Ok Judith, do you like candy?"

The little girl nodded energetically. "If you help me with some things I will give you a lollipop after we finish, alright?"

"Yes."

The man smiled at the girl and put her in an examination table, when someone stormed into the room. "He escaped again, SCHEISSE!" exclaimed the German woman.

The little girl looked at the woman. "Mama Tenenbaum!"

Tenenbaum looked at the little girl. "I didn't knew you were with a girl."

"What else would I be doing if I wouldn't be with one of the petite enfants," he said.

"Are you going to take much time with her?"

"No, I don't think so."

"Alright, I will see you outside, I need a smoke," said the woman and left the room.

The man gave a sigh and returned to the girl.

Tenenbaum was in her third cigarette when Depardieu walked outside.

"So he escaped, I want to remind you, before we go and see Fontaine that I was against this plan." He said.

"At least he is no longer with Ryan, I guess that will put Fontaine in a better mood."

"I really don't think so chèri, I guess we don't have a single idea of where is he, do we?"

"No we don't."

"Oh, just merveilleux. When we are leaving?"

"When Suchong arrived" she said coolly.

"You know I shouldn't be going, I mean, I'm not like in the project per se. So what's the point of going?"

"Haha. You might not be officially, but Fontaine knows that you had care more about that child than Suchong, that's why you go."

They arrived at Fontaine Futuristics at ten in the night. They entered the office of Fontaine; the man was waiting for them. He had a cigar in one of his hands; he looked at the three doctors.

"I thought that you may not be coming…" he said smoking. "Well, at least the kid is no longer with Ryan, but you had no idea where is he… right?"

"We are pretty sure he isn't with Ryan, we had been keeping a watch in Ryan department to be sure about it," said Tenenbaum.

"So you came all the way here to tell me things that I already know… You know you three can be of the brightest minds in all Rapture, but yet a boy, a child of seven years had been able to make you look like a bunch of idiots, like three sad saps…" said Fontaine.

Depardieu saw how Suchong was controlling himself for not saying something to Fontaine.

"I don't care if you have to turn over every single block of concrete in this bloody city, I want Jack back, I don't give a shit what you would had to do or believe me you would wish that there are boxes small enough for your rests to be put in," Fontaine menaced them.

"It not our fault that the boy is the bloody son of Andrew Ryan and that he had access to all the places in Rapture. You told me that we could trace all the bathysphere travels… so why not use the genetic code of Andrew Ryan and trace down the bathysphere, we could get where he is," said Suchong, calming himself after that.

"That's a good idea doctor… at least it seems that one of you is thinking," said Fontaine.

"What would happened if Jack is traveling with an adult and he is not using the bathyspheres per se. Shouldn't we also add Jack genetic code to make a faster search through the security cameras?" asked Tenenbaum.

"You really think that that brat may be right now with an adult? Don't be ridiculous Tenenbaum I could assure you that he is somewhere in the streets," said Suchong coolly.

"I wouldn't underestimate him, Suchong," said Fontaine.

"You have to take in count that he was with the same Diane McClintock, and I'm sure he is already in a safe place, he had a very good instinct of survival, he is not lying in the streets of Rapture," added Depardieu.

"Ok, let's said that we decide to use the genetic code of the boy, just as Dra. Tenenbaum said, wouldn't Ryan notice all of a sudden a new genetic code so close to his? Wouldn't he wondered where it came from, and probably he wouldn't send Sullivan to find of who is it, wondered what he would say when he sees the brat," said Suchong. "It's by far the most terrible idea."

"Dr. you worry too much, that's why we have officer Howard in our side, to eliminate all those kinds of inconvenient, he could extract the sample of Jack once we find him, though we will have to be very careful. Oh and one more thing, when we find him, Dr. Suchong, let either Tenenbaum or Depardieu go for Jack, it seems to me that he doesn't like you very much" said Fontaine "You may go except for you Suchong, I need a private word with you."

The other two doctors left the office happy not to be in Suchong's place, whatever Fontaine want with him, was not going to end good.

When they were alone the mafia man stared at the Chinese in the eyes.

"When you found Jack today why didn't you use the W-Y-K command in him?" asked the smuggler.

"I wasn't close enough to the boy to had him heard me, and in case I would have screamed Sinclair would have suspected something."

"You never said that Sinclair was there, one more thing before you go, when you find him don't scold him, I would be the one to punish him, not you doctor now you may go," said Fontaine.

So Sinclair had seem Suchong in Ryan Amusement, a place where the Chinese doctor had nothing to do what so ever, that was no good, the only thing that now Fontaine hoped was that that wouldn't arise any suspects in Andrew Ryan.