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Chapter 9: Train journey home

*Chaos95: Sorry for not replying to you last time but it has been hell at the moment.

That moment when you realise where you are, the horrific moment when you realise that you have no idea where you are. Most people have it after a one night stand and even then it only lasts a second but for Stephen, it's lasted hours. He woke up in some cold, dark cell in what seemed to be a basement. There was a glass door in front of him, keeping him away from the world. The lights came on, blinding him for a moment and then Carrie walked in.

"Why can't I use my powers?" Stephen asked. He tried to use his powers but something was stopping him, everytime he tried to crack the glass it hurt him to much.

"I like to think Mindy loved me but after my little break down she had something made just incase it happened again." Carrie said as she picked up a small syringe that had been left on the side and made it float in the air.

"It would have come in handy during your little spat." Stephen replied.

"She was in prison and when I found out about it so I hid them." Carrie said as she dropped the syringe. She took another one out of a desk.

"So why does it hurt." Stephen asked. It felt like his muscles were being torn to shreds whenever he tried to use his powers.

"Because I injected you with too much because you're shit father." Carrie said as she smiled. She took another syringe out of the desk and placed it next to the other one.

"Is this how it starts...You tell me how terrible I was and I apologise which ends in us becoming father and daughter." Carrie said as she got closer to the glass, she was getting angry, her hatred of him was starting to become to much for her to hold in.

"No...You're going to tell me everything there is to know about the Fraternity, who is in it and how I destroy it." Carrie said as she tapped on the glass.

"The Fraternity has been around for hundreds of years, a brotherhood of killers. Wesley destroyed it and the mafia took it over which I helped dismantle, I then set up a new Fraternity...Do you understand? If you destroy the Fraternity, someone will just come along and rebuild it." Stephen said as he walked up to the glass, staring at his daughter and feeling nothing but love because of how his daughter had become more like himself.

"And I'll destroy it." Carrie replied. Stephen smirked at this.

"You'll have to kill us Carrie, you'll have to kill the entire Fraternity in order to keep it down do you understand that? You're in a world where there is no mercy and you cannot show it or you will be eaten alive." Stephen yelled at Carrie but she didn't listen to him.

"You said you wanted a family...Why?" Carrie asked in an attempt to change the subject.

"I'm dying...My power comes at a cost and that cost is my life." Stephen said. Carrie looked at his hands which wouldn't stop shaking.

"Explain." Carrie demanded.

"I was shot with a radioactive bullet by a man called Edward Chow. I was dying and I knew of a man called John Coffey who could heal anything so me and Michael….We used him to heal me but it was only temporary so we opened him up and created a serum to heal me." Stephen explained. He didn't like remembering those times, he knew he was a monster back then and he knew he was one now but he still didn't like to think about it.

"And that's how you got your powers?" Carrie asked.

"...Yes but not without experimentation. We had to make sure that I would survive which is where Miller came in, I needed someone to get test subjects. Fun fact, that's where Night Demon came from." Stephen explained. He seemed a little happy with Night Demon but Carrie could tell that he was hurt by him, he knew who Night Demon was and tore that away.

"You'll do anything to survive." Carrie scolded. She took out her phone and went to text Dave.

"I'll do anything so that I can come home to my family." Stephen replied. Carrie stared at him for a moment and then walked away, trying not to hurt him.

X

Dave and Alex were on the train back to New York. They managed to get hold of some clothes and tickets but the ride home was long and tense. Alex was staring into the distance, thinking about Sue whereas Dave was getting ready for New York.

"Stephen better know where she is or I'm going to kill him." Alex said. She was all he could think about, he needed her safe.

"Who is Edward Chow? Carrie sent me a message asking about him." Dave asked as he put his phone down.

"He was a warlord, he lead a revolution against Nastavnik but was killed by the Dead Hunter." Alex explained.

"How are you alive? After the riots I mean." Dave asked.

"Edward Chow kept me alive, kept me fighting." Alex explained. He could remember those days, the days of pure pain as Chow kept him alive.

"You just said he died." Dave said.

"The Dead Hunter may have killed him but his legacy lived through others." Alex explained. Dave didn't want to say anything, he knew it sounded insane but he couldn't help himself.

"That sounds insane." Dave commented. Alex scowled at him, offended by his comment.

"And you're working with Carrie White?" Alex asked, trying to change the subject. Dave looked at him for a moment, trying to work out what Alex meant.

"What?" Dave asked.

"You know, that girl who destroyed an entire town and half of New York...The girl who has taken so many lives and you choose to fight by her side." Alex explained. He hated Carrie, anyone could work that by the way he said it.

"She's a good person, she just came from a rough home." Dave said, trying to defend her.

"That good person killed my brother, she has the ability to destroy countless lives and we let her roam free, doing whatever she wants." Alex replied.

"She does what she has to because of people like you." Dave argued. He knew what Alex was and the problems he has caused, at the end of the day he was a villain to him.

"We get the job done, we not only destroy our enemies but we also destroy where they came from...So that there is no chance of them returning. Your enemies will keep returning and they do. How many times has Pennywise gone on a killing spree? Or Valerie? Or the Magician?" Alex argued. He was getting frustrated, he hated Carrie and he disagreed with their methods.

"Carrie killed Magician." Dave said. He wasn't happy about it but he had to admit that even he would have done it.

"But she didn't destroy the root and now he has returned in the form of another because of your inability to get the job done." Alex screamed at Dave. The other passengers on the train looked at the two and they went silent for a few moments before looking at each other.

X

Paul was running down the corridor, he had an assault rifle in his hand and was being accompanied by three other men as well as Asylum. They were all holding military grade assault rifles and wearing body armour. They turned around a corner, running towards the gunshots.

"Open fire." Paul yelled as they saw a group of armed men. They weren't wearing the suits and armour that Paul was wearing but they were dressed in standard military uniform.

Paul and his men started to shoot the soldiers. Asylum managed to shoot three of them before the man in the red suit appeared. He slowly walked down the corridor, holding two small pistols and staring at Asylum. The symbols on his face started to move around and he raised his pistols into the air.

The man started to pull the trigger, the bullets flew out of the chamber and his Pauls men. Paul started to shoot the red suited man but he wouldn't go down. A bullet managed to find its way to Paul chest.

"Fucker." Paul screamed as he fell to the floor. The bullet had torn through his body armour, he crawled away, trying to get somewhere where he can recover.

Asylum dropped his gun and looked at the red suited man. He was dressed in heavy, black body armour that covered his entire body. He pulled out a knife and ran towards the man, tackling him to the ground. He launched the knife downwards, hoping to tear him open but his arm was blocked, the red suited man put in a lot of strength into holding him off, he took one hand off and slammed Asylum to the side, throwing him into a wall. He jumped up and walked towards Asylum, kicking him back to the ground as he tried to get up.

"Which room is Kathleen White in?" The red suited man asked. Asylum stayed silent and after a few moments his fate became sealed. The red suited man picked him up by the

throat, looking through the mask and snapping his neck with all the strength he had.

Paul was running down the corridor, his chest was struggling to heal but he managed to get up. He sprinted as quickly as he could down the corridor, trying to get to Kathleen. He found Nastavnik stood outside of her room, cutting down two soldiers with his sword.

"Where is she?" Paul said as he slammed himself into her door.

"You touch her, you die." Nastavnik said as he put the sword to Paul throat. Paul stared at him for a moment, trying to decide what he should do next.

Well I hope you enjoyed so please review. Who is attacking the Fraternity? Will Stephen tell Carrie what she wants to know? What will Dave and Alex do? Until next time, have fun.