Authors note: I know what your all going to say, the canon Pearl Porter from Bioshock Minerva's den is dead. It is true that the Pearl that is guiding Sophie is not really Pearl. But I am not going to tell you guys any more. It will ruin the surprise. I want to congratulate sayain673 for pointing it out cause I knew Pearl was dead, but I wanted to see how many of you played the game and noticed that detail. Any way on with the show.
Regrets:
Rapture, Bathyinsphere, Time:?:
Sophie decided to take a small nap while she was still in the bathyinsphere.
She never knew when she would be able to sleep again.
As her eyes closed a memory, from long ago entered her mind, filling it with guilt and sadness.
Flashback:
Sophie went downstairs, she was happy that she was going to start first grade.
She wore a pretty lace white dress with matching socks and black shiny black shoes,
"I am ready" she said,
"Why look at you, you're as pretty as rose" said Ryan as he took and hugged his daughter,
"Hey what about me?" asked a voice, looking she saw it was her brother.
Jacob was wearing a white dressing shirt with a black waistcoat, a tie and dressing pants and shoes...it was way too much to wear when he is just going to first grade on a new school.
"Uhhhh Jacob, you uhhh" said Ryan trying to find the right words eyeing Eleanor every now and then,
"What?...you don't like it?" asked Jacob,
"Jacob...we think it's too much for the first day in a new school" said Eleanor then added
"Maybe you should use something else", Jacob frowned a bit but he went back to his room.
Came out wearing a blue t-shirt, a sport red and white jacket, pants and sneakers.
Taking their back-packs they went in the car.
"Exited for the new school?" asked Eleanor,
"Yes" chirped Sophie,
"No" moaned Jacob,
"Why not?" asked Eleanor worried,
"Mom...in kindergarten everybody made fun of me because of my eyes" whined Jacob,
"Never mind them Jacob, it's a new school, nobody will notice" said Ryan.
Once getting to the school, they went into the school before leaving Jacob and Sophie in their school room.
When the teacher introduced them to the class.
First it was Sophie, she could tell they liked her by the way they smiled and waved hello to her.
She sat down next to a group of girls who eagerly introduced themselves to her.
Jacob...was another story.
Everybody whispered and pointed at him,
"He has weird eyes...it's almost like the xmen" said one,
"What a weird accent, he sounds like Dracula" said another,
"Who dressed him up? His mother" said the last.
Sophie buried her head on her arms...it was embarrassing when Jacob began to talk about where his family came from which was Rapture.
"Freak" the look in her classmates face said.
The rest of the day was spent fairly well.
Once she finished her lunch she went outside to play.
There were many kids, but she had an eye for one group in specific, it was an all girl group, their names were Daphne, Jennifer, Bonnie and Lottie.
They were talking as they played with their barbies.
Slowly approaching them Sophie said
"Hello...my name is Sophie", they smiled and said
"Hello Sophie...want to play with us, were playing with barbies",
"Okay, but...I don't have a barbie...I got delta" said Sophie,
"Delta?...what is a Delta?" asked Daphne as the rest showed their curiosity.
Sophie took out a Big daddy doll from her back pack, they look in disgust
"That is delta?",
"Ya" said Sophie,
"Are you poor?" asked Bonnie,
"No" said Sophie... her parents made a lot of money, though most of it they put it in the bank.
"Then why would your dad buy you that piece of junk" asked Lottie,
"Does your daddy never buy you barbies?" asked Jennifer.
Sophie wanted to tell them she had dolls though she didn't bring them she lied
"No..he never buys me barbies",
They gasped
"Really? what a mean daddy, here throw that piece of junk away and you can have mine, I got others" said Daphne holding out one of her barbies.
Looking at her Big daddy doll and back at them the threw it away and took the barbie.
"Come on Sophie, let us show you around" said Lottie as they began to walk away.
Sophie went to follow them but she was stopped by her brother Jacob...he was holding the Big daddy doll she threw away.
"Why did you threw away Delta?" he asked,
"Sophie you know this guy?" asked Lottie,
"You like that junk?" asked Daphne,
"He is not junk...Delta is a Big daddy, he was made to protect little sister in the city of Rapture" jacob explained,
"Rapture? There is no such thing" said Jennifer,
"There is such a thing, Rapture is a city underwater, Big daddy's live there" said Jacob.
They huddled talked for a minute before
"If there is such things prove it...show us a live Big daddy" said Daphne.
Stammering Jacob said
"I can't...the city is underwater, it will take me days even more to find and bring one here",
"Case closed...you're a liar" said Daphne then added
"What a freak, can you believe this kid...I am sure glad I am not related to him".
She didn't knew where this came from, but Sophie wanted to make friends soo badly she said "Ya..I don't even know this guy" and with that they left.
Sophie looked back and saw the look of Jacob's face, it was by far the saddest look ever.
It looked like somebody who was dear to him had stabbed him in the back, that was because it had really happened.
End of flashback:
Sophie cried in her sleep,
"Jacob…..please…I am sorry…I am truly sincerely sorry" she cried.
Pearl had been listening, gave her a second before
"Sophie…who is Jacob?", opening her eyes Sophie got up and said
"My twin brother, he is somewhere in Rapture",
"Why are you crying for him?" asked Pearl,
"Not only because he is my brother, but I did horrible things to him and it's my fault that he is here and he won't come back home" said Sophie before breaking down crying again.
After listening Pearl said
"I can make you a deal… Once you help my husband I'll help you find your brother".
Listening to it Sophie perked up
"Really? You mean it?",
"I am a woman of my word" promised Pearl.
Sophie smiled and said
"Thank you Pearl…thank you",
"No problem, not get ready, your arriving to Hephaestus" said Peal.
At that point Sophie heard a clank; the Bathyingsphere then went up, once up on the floor the door opened.
"Be careful Sophie… I sense movement on the floors of this place" warned Pearl.
Slowly getting out of the bathyinspere Sophie kept her eyes peeled for anything ready to attack.
Up ahead, set against a corner was another audio diary, this one was labeled to the same person, soldier Frank Peterson.
Taking it Sophie pressed the play button:
"Gadget Big Siblings, one of the rarest kinds of Big Sibling, there are four at the given moment. But it seems they take their orders from a specific Big brother, Gear as they call him. I spied on this Gear for something, at first I laughed at the sight of him. He is just a kid, barely 17 or 18. But what creations he makes, he is the master of technology himself"
"Okay, now I know a bit about Gear" said Sophie then she heard an explosion.
"Sophie, please hurry there is a Big brother in trouble" said Pearl, heading her advice Sophie hurry up, following Pearls directions.
She ended up in what according to Pearl was Andrew's trophy room, the corpse were long gone.
Everything was new…then there was an explosion.
Bodies of the soldiers fell on the ground hurt, moaning with pain.
The smoke cleared off a figure became visible.
He was a big brother; his suit was made of an old rosie suit, well fitted chest plate and shoulder armor.
The boots looked like it belongs to a Rosie too since they were heavy and large, like mean to crush things.
Had a harvester attacked to his left arm, a belt around his waist holding all sorts of gadgets and tools, including a wrench.
His helmet was smooth and round, had one oval opening in the center and two round opening on each side.
He growled at Sophie which interrupted her thoughts.
"This doesn't make any sense….Big brothers are suppose to protect Big sisters and Little sisters" said Pearl confused,
"What do I do? Run? Don't run?" said Sophie backing away, then the Big brother snapped his hand; it began to spark with energy.
"Definitely run" said Pearl.
Turning around Sophie made a brake for the door, at that time the Gadget brother threw what looked like marbles at the door, they exploded sending Sophie flying back and falling on her bottom before sliding for a few minutes.
"I guess I forgot to tell you Gadget brothers carry explosives" said Pearl,
"Yes….you forgot that important detail" said Sophie getting off of her back, at that moment she saw Gear ready to stab her with the harvester.
Sophie moved quickly, dodging the harvester which got impaled on the ground.
While the brother tried to get his harvester off Sophie snapped her hands using electrovolt and began to hit the Big brother with it.
Getting angrier the brother got the harvester off before fighting Sophie hand to hand combat.
Sophie managed to dodge them, and kicked the brother sending him back.
"Wow..I didn't knew I was that strong" though Sophie.
"Sophie, don't worry, I'll send help" said Pearl.
A minute later Sophie heard a clank, looking up she saw a barrel coming down, it was on fire.
Quickly hiding behind some debris Sophie was spared when the barrel exploded on the top of some Metal pillars which came down and landed on the Big brother.
He became the middle of a sandwich with the metal pillars and the concrete floor.
Sophie sighted and said
"Thanks Pearl",
"Us woman have to stick together don't you know" said Pearl proudly.
Sophie walked over to the fallen Big brother, he was still alive,
"This one seems to have gone insane…I heard Big brothers carry a lot of adam or something, why don't you harvest him? But I heard they can be extremely loyal to you if you help them out, your choice Sophie" said Pearl.
Sitting down next to the fallen Big brother Sophie stared at the big brother, she didn't know what to do.
"Sophie" she heard,
"Oh great just when I though I couldn't get more insane, now I am hearing things" thought Sophie.
"No you're not insane and you're not hearing things, I am here" she heard clear as a bell.
Then she was seeing a pair of eyes, one blue like the ocean, another gray...Wait...Could it be? Could it be her brother?
"Jacob?" chocked Sophie trying not to cry,
"Yes…listen to me carefully, don't kill that brother, and don't kill any sibling. You're a Big sister now and their family, they will help you, but you got to help them defeat the parasites that have invaded our home. Do that and Rapture will be allowed to live again…and live like it should have many years ago" then Sophie felt Jacob leaving.
"No Jacob, please stay, don't leave me" begged Sophie, but he was gone.
Crying a bit Sophie looked at the armor carefully then noticed something attached to his wrist, it looked like a watch, but…Something wasn't right about it.
Slowly Sophie grabbed it and began to take it off, first she undid the strap, but when she tried to take it off it held on.
"What tha?" though Sophie as she kept pulling and tugging finally she got the thing off.
Looking she saw a huge drill like needle, the front of the watch flashed with several data information before turning black.
Probably cause it was now broken.
There was a moan; looking she saw the Big brother was calmer.
"Ugh…where am I?" he moaned,
"You're in Hephaestus…you attacked me, but the question is what is this thing you had on your wrist?" asked Sophie showing the brother the watch,
"That thing! Keep it away from me!" yelled the brother freaking out, Sophie threw it away.
"Come on, get me out of here so I can finish my job" he said as he began to work his way out from under the metal pillars,
"What is your job?" asked Sophie as she helped lift the pillars,
"I need to restore power to Rapture using the harmonic core" he answered getting out from under it.
"If you want I can help, you see you probably know Gear, cause I am looking for him" said Sophie,
"You're looking at him" said newly named Gear "Names Gear, I am in charge of the repairs, inventions and mechanical defenses of Rapture",
"Gear, I need you help out a Big daddy, if you want since we're here I can help you out in bring the power back to Rapture then you can help me out with a Big daddy problem" offered Sophie,
"Sure why not" said Gear.
Sophie cheered in her mind,
"Come on, Harmonic core is close by, it will be fixed in a sec" said Gear as he began to walk towards the hole in the wall he blew up….probably a shortcut to that place.
As Sophie walked she wondered where her brother was. She knew he was okay, but still.
Maybe they will meet again in the future, hopefully not distant future.
But one thing's for sure, Sophie was proud of the choice she made, she was sure her brother was too.
To be continued…
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