Hey guys. I am back. I hope you guys liked last chapter. Last chapter was actually kind of important. From here on out stakes are higher and the bad guys are more dangerous. The next few events will introduce the remaining cast and show a lot more struggling for our main characters.
I hope you guy's still like my story. I really like it and feel motivated to works on it.
Anyway let's get right to it.
Disclaimer: I do not own bioshock or any of it's sequels. However most of the characters in this story are mine.
I open my eye's and I see the white cracked ceiling above me. Just a dream. Thank god. It's been three weeks since we sent Midas packing. It seems a lot longer. I have slept better since then than I have for the last two years. Which brings me to why I woke up. I look over and see Lilly is rubbing her eye's trying to wake up. I smile.
I roll over and look at her. He moves one hand to look at me and she gives me a small smile.
"Good morning." I tell her she smiles wider and says the same. She starts to get up out of bed and I wrap my arm around her and pull her back in and against me. She turns her head to look at me and I rest my head at the back of her neck.
"Alan I need to get up. I have things to do." She tells me. I plant a few kisses on her neck and she shivers from the contact.
"Not today my little spider. I am leaving later today and will be gone for at least a few days. So this morning you're mine." I tell her. Her breath hitches at my words. I chuckle and nip at her ear. She shutters and then relaxes.
"I guess that's ok then." She tells me. She lays her head back down and gets comfortables. I start to poke her ribs and she tries her best not to laugh and giggles. Finally she turns over to glare at me. I poke her in the belly one last time.
"Do you mind. I am trying to get a little extra sleep." She tells me. I smile and poke her again. He glare darkens and I laugh a little more. "I'm not gonna get any sleep am I?"
I shake my head and she sighs. I plants a light kiss on her lips and she relaxes again. She starts to run her hand through my hairs while I trace patterns on her other hand. We don't talk but we don't need to. Just being together is enough for us.
I move my hand and she shivers. I start to trace lines up and down her leg. She pulls a little closer and starts to trace patterns on my chest. I look down at her as she trace patterns. She is only in a too big for her T-shirt and her panties. I am only in my boxers and a pair of shorts.
I bring my hand up and reach under her shirt. I lay my hand on her side. She gasps and looks up at me while biting her lip. She is so cute but at the same time so sexy it drives me insane.
"Alan…" She says softly.
"I just wanted to feel you. Feel your skin." I tell her. She buries her head into my chest. I can feel the uncertainty and fear and want rolling off her like it's a physical thing. I can feel it cause I feel the same emotions inside myself.
She looks up and I can see the fear and want fighting in her eye's. I look into her purple eye's and feel drawn to her. I love her so much. I tilt her head up and slowly lower my own. I plan a soft but long kiss on her lips. As I pull away I feel her shift and she presses herself to me and her lips to mine in a much more fierce kiss than the last one. I push back down on her and she reciprocates with more force. We only stop when we have to take a breath.
I roll onto my back and check the time. Ten o'clock. Fuck me.
"Damnit. Time to get up." I tell her. Her only response is to roll over and climb on top of me. She lowers herself and kisses me again. I kiss her back but after a few seconds I pull back. She presses farther down and I lifter her off of me and set her down next to me. She is bitting her lip again and I almost give in. God damn girl, You have no idea what you do to me.
I sit up and then stand and stretch. She sighs and does the same. I head over to my dresser and start to pull out clothes. When I get my clothes out I start to dress. I remember the first day I did this with her in the room.
I pull my clothes out and start to take my shorts off. I hear her breath hitch but think nothing of it. I start to pull my underwear off and she screams at me.
"Al-Alan. What are you doing?" She yells at me. I look up at her confused.
"I'm getting dressed. What's wrong with that?" I ask her. She looks at me like I am crazy.
"But I'm in the room! You can't change with me in the room!" She tells me flustered and red. It dawns on me what she is so concerned about.
"Don't worry about it. I don't mind. At the other place we only have one room so I am used to changing in front of people." I tell her. Her face goes even more red.
"But I am not." She tells me while looking away.
"Yeah but I have seen you naked before. I have treated your wounds and injuries." She glares at me. "Scrap and Lightning did not have a problem with me changing in the same room as them."
"What. You have changed with Lightning in the room?" She asks me. Fuck. I let that slip. It's not like anything happened I just changed clothes. I look over at her and try to hide my fear.
"Yes. it's not like it's a big deal. She might as well be my big sister." I tell her. She huffs and glares at me. After a couple of awkward minutes I speak again. "Why do you keep glaring at me?"
"Change. You said you did in front of lightning and scrap so you should have no problem with doing it infront of me." She tells me. Yup she's pissed.
Yeah but they did not sit there and stare at me." I try to argue.
"And neither of them are you're girlfriend either." She tells me. I sigh and compile. She stares at me the whole time no matter how red her face gets. She only stared at me the first time.
I found it awkward and embarrassing at the time but looking back it was kinda funny. I get dressed quickly. I am wearing my usual combat gear. I am wearing a normal T-shirt with blues jeans and my camo combat boots. I look over and see Spider is wearing a green shirt with camo pants as well as her black tennis shoes.
We walk out to the living room. Scrap is on the couch reading some papers with Brainiac explaining something to him. Blaze seems to be setting the kitchen on fire trying to help Lightning cook lunch. Sprout is taking a nap in Leatherbacks lap.
"Look who finally got up." Scrap says without looking up. I look at him and see the bruise I gave him over a week ago is completely gone. I walk over and snatch the papers out of his hands. I look over them and notice what they are.
"Are you guy's working on a new tonic?" I ask him. He snatches the papers back and nods at me. "Cool. I'll test it if you want." At this Scrap shakes his head and I walk off. I head into the kitchen and walk up next to Blaze. He has a sour expression on his face.
"Whats up?" I ask him. He looks over at me and then goes back to glaring at Lightning.
"I tried to help and she yelled at me for setting the oven on fire." He say's. I chuckle a little and lean against the counter.
"Well it is a problem when you set the oven on fire." He growls at me and walks off to do god knows what. I walk up to Lighting and Spider. "Hey girls. What's for lunch." At this Lightning turns on me with an angry expression.
"Unless you're going to help get out." She tells me. I turn and walk out. I can't cook at all. I walk into the living room and see Sprout is waking up. I walk over and sit down in front of her. When she wakes up fully and see's me a big smile crosses her face.
"Yay. You're awake now." She says with joy. I love seeing her so happy. I reach over and poke her in the tummy. She giggles and pushes my hand away. I sit with her and Leatherback playing and talking until the girls call us for lunch. We all get up and go sit at the table. Once everyone is seated with food we do prayer and then dig in. I raise my voice to be hear.
"Hey guys. I wanna tell everyone what my trip is going to be about. Me and Lightning are heading down the the Square. When I was there last time I kinda met someone that helped us save Spiders life." I say.
"How do you kinda meat someone?" Brainiac asks.
"Well I never saw them properly. They were in the rafters the whole time. I think they are hiding out there. I wanna see if they will join us." I tell them. At this Blaze gets a confused look.
"Wait a minute. Why now. We have be GenX for a year now and only now are you interested in recruiting people. What changed?" He demands. Always like this. I hate when he asks questions like this.
"I don't know. It just feels right. Besides I feel we will need more friends in the future. I have a bad feel that something is coming." I tell them. I hate not having a more definitive answer.
"Really. I guess that's not a terrible reason." He say's. I shoot him a glare. Dick.
"Anyway, Lighting and I are gonna try and get this person to talk to us. We will be back in a couple of day's I think." I tell them. Sprouts face drops and even Leatherback's light turns a little blue. Spider leans over and talks to me.
"Just be careful, please." After she say's this she kisses me on the cheek. I smile back at her and Kiss her softly on her lips. We go back to the meal and everything seems quite. When we finish eating Blaze and Spider do the dishes while Lighting and I pack. I pack my shotgun and an EVE hypo. I pack a number of food and water rations. Finally I pack a picture of Spider as well as one of my little sister.
I walk out of the room to find Lightning waiting on me. She flashes me a smirk and rolls her eyes. We head to the door and step outside. The others follow us. I turn around and find Scrap there.
"Be careful, both of you." He say's. He gives each of us a hug and steps back. Sprout steps up and and I go down to one knee.
"Hey sweetie." I say. I see her tears start to fall. I hate this.
"You're always gone. It's not fair." She says and my heart breaks a little bit. I put my hand on her shoulder.
"It won't always be like this, I promise." She sniffs and shrugs. I lift her chin. "I love you Sprout." I tell her. She suddenly tackles me in a hug and I stand up with her and squeeze her. I hate leaving her. I put her down and she gives Lighting a hug. When she is done I see Lighting walk over to Blaze who is leaned up against the wall. I look back and see Spider is right in front of me.
"Hey." I practically whisper to her. The last time one of us went off they got shot. She steps up closer and stands on her toes and leans into me. I lean in to her and we kiss. We stand there for a while like that before Brainiac interrupts by walking in between us.
"That's enough you two. You need to get going. The sooner you leave the sooner you'll be back." He says. I glance down and nod at him. I look back up at Spider.
"I'll see you later." I tell her. SHe nods with a smile and I turn and walk away. Lighting follows and soon we are gone. I look back just before we turn a corner. I miss her already, but I have to do this.
We walk for about four hours before we stop for a break. I set my pack down and take a seat on the ground. I lean up against the wall of the building I just stopped by. Lightning sits down next to me. She looks over and then looks away. I lay my head back and relaxe.
A few minutes pass and I feel Lightning look at me and look away for the twelfth time. It's getting annoying. Finally I look over at her.
"What is it. Why do you keep staring at me?" I ask her.
"I….Hoped you had not noticed."She tells me. I almost smirk but keep it hidden by biting my cheek.
"So what do you want?" I ask her. She looks at me.
"I was wondering how you and Scrap met." She says. I look at her and blink a couple of times. I then burst out laughing.
"Is that all. Why did you not just ask?" I wonder out loud.
"Cause I thought that maybe you would not like to talk about it." She tells me. I chuckle a little more before looking at her again.
"Alright. We got some time so why not. I was very different when Scrap found me. It was the middle of the night and he was looking for some junk to use. He was in a junkyard looking for...
I slowly followed him as he walked around. He seemed to be looking for something specific. I walk quietly behind him. I see him lift a large piece of metal up without touching it. If I don't kill him with my first hit we will rip me apart. I have to kill him with one strike. I walk up quietly getting closer. I raise the crowbar I use as a weapon. I shift it so that the split part will go into his brain. I swing down with all the force I have.
My crowbar stops an inch from his head. He quickly turns around and I jump back. Fuck me! He looks at me confused.
"What the hell man. I'm just trying to get some scrap." He says. I run up and swing at him again. This time my whole arm is paralyzed.. Fuck me. I can't move my arm. "Dude what's you're problem?"
"My problem is I don't trust you." I tell him. Everyone I have run into up till now has tried to kill me.
"Why. I didn't do anything to you." He tells me. I glare at him and swing my other hand. My fist connects with his face and he stumbles and falls to the ground. I raise my crowbar and swing down. He holds up and hand in defense and it stops immediately.
"Damnit. Stop freezing my crowbar." I yell at him. He glares at me.
"Then stop trying to kill me." He say's. I pull my crowbar back and step back. "Now why are you trying to kill me exactly?"
"Cause everyone I run into tries to kill me. So I decided to kill you before I gave you the chance." I tell him. My grip on my crowbar tightens.
"What do you mean. Are you all alone?" He asks confused. I nod my head. "Oh my god. How they hell have you survived on you own?"
"I don't know. I can't remember much past the last month and a half. Now leave before I decided to kill you again." I tell him. He raises his hand and swings it to the side. My crowbar flies away and into all the junk. I take a step back.
"I ain't gonna hurt you. Now come on. I will take you to my group and we can help you." He tells me. He starts to walk off and I numbly follow him. I almost died.
"After that we went to his original group." I tell her. I have tears starting to fall down my face and my voice hitches. She looks up at me and lightly touches my arm. I look over at her. "I never got to meet his people. I'm sorry but that's all I can say right now."
"It's ok Frost. Don't force yourself." She tells me. We walk in silence for a bit. I look over at her and she seems to be in thought.
"Tell me about you're family." I say to her. She looks at me for a second.
"My mom was not a splicer. She never used ADAM or Plasmids. However my dad did. My dad was a drunk and spent all our money on ADAM and getting himself spliced. He would sometimes get drunk and beat my mother. He died shortly after the civil war broke out. He was trying to rob an ADAM shop. He got shot up. My mom died a year later.
"I was an only child. I ran with a group of Plasmid users. They seemed ok at first. But then they turned into Splicers. Had I not seen what it did to my dad I would have been one of them. You found me and that's how I got away from them." SHe looks up and I can see she is blank. She is blocking her emotions and try to be strong.
I walk up to her and hug her. She stops and I can feel her stiffen. She then relaxes and lets me hug her. After a few second I can feel her shaking and I realize she is crying. We claim to be a team and friends, but we know nothing about each other. I will make things right.
After ten minutes she pulls away and thanks me. We continue on. It takes us a day and a half but we finally get to the square. It's almost nightfall so I lead us to the house we stayed in last time. I walk in and fall down on the couch. Lightning walks over and looks down at me.
"You're just gonna sleep there?" She asks with a raised eyebrow. How they hell does she do that.
"Works for me. There is a master bedroom upstairs with a wonderful bed. But it's much too far for me." She walks off and I quickly fall asleep.
I walk with the there ten boys. We are marched down the halls. They are all white and look the same but I notice small bits that are different. I have memorized everywhere I have been in this place, but I don't recognize this place. This is new. New is dangerous.
We reach a room with seven big glass containers connected to the wall. Each one is big enough to fit someone my size without to much trouble. What the hell is going on. I look around for a n emergency escape. There are non. We are locked in. I hear someone clear their throat and look at the door we just came in. Standing there is as man in a black trench coat. He looks down at us. He is the leader. He runs everything.
"You have all been selected because of you affinity for ADAM. Now you ten are the results of our previous test's. Now only seven of you can continue. We will release seven little sisters. You must get one to acknowledge you to pass. We will explain more then. You will have a minute each to get there attention. Began."
When he says this doors on the wall connected to the chambers are opened. Seven little sisters come out. I only have eyes for one. He hair is all the way down to the middle of her back. It's a light brown with little dark lines through it. Her eye's are a light blue almost pale but not quite. She is pale and somewhat scrawny. It's my little sister. I stare at her but she just looks straight ahead. I hear someone call out the name of one of the other kids. I see him step forward. He talks to one of the little sisters. Eventually she looks at him and smiles. He walks out and so does she. This repeats seven times with varying results till we get to me. I hear my name called and I walk up to her. She looks past me and I stare at her at first.
"Alyssa." I whisper. She ignores me. I fell tears flow down my cheeks. "Alyssa it's me. Please look at me."
She stares past me. I feel the tears now flowing down my cheeks in droves. Eventually a guard walks up to grab me. I place my hand on the glass and he hesitates. Then he grabs my shoulder. I swing my left arm back and break his leg. He falls with a shout. I barely hear it. I push on the glass. Suddenly it cracks then shatters. I step in and stand right in front of her. I lean into her and put my mouth next to her ear.
"I did not forget you little sister." I tell her. Her breath hitches and she steps back. Her eyes fill with tears and she looks at me. She can't be more than four. Her tears stream down her face.
"I was so scared big brother. The poked me with needles and made me run until I dropped and I had to sleep in a cold room with no blanket or pillow. I'm still scared." She is still looking at me. I hold out my hand.
"It's ok. I'm here now. I will protect you." She takes my hand and we walk out of the chamber. I walk through the room to where the other boy's left. A guard comes up and tried to grab me. I punch him in the stomach. I can feel three of his ribs collapse. I feel my stomach start to get upset but I force it down.
"Sir. Should we stop him?" The guard captain asks the man in the Trench coat. He smiles and laughs.
"If you want to try be my guest." He tells him. The guard captain look uncertain before stepping back and letting us go.
I wake up in a cold sweat. Who the hell was that. What the hell was that. Trench coat. Who was the man in the trench coat. Most of the dream fades quickly but I remember the man in a trench coat. The man in the black trench coat has answers I need.
I get up and walk into the kitchen. I start to pull out things Lightning can make for breakfast. When that's done. I walk up stairs to her room. I knock.
"What is it." I hear from the inside. She just woke up.
"Food stuff is down stairs. I am going for a walk." I turn around and walk away. I walk out the front door and head for the center of the Square. I stare down and get lost in thought. When I look up I am in front of the Library. I walk in and find everything cleaned up. I look around and notice the traps. I walk up to one. I notice the book it's guarding has a bookmark in it.
I walk away and find a trash can. I pull out an empty can of soda and toss it on the trap. It launches the can. I hear a lot of noise from up above. I walk over to the book and pick it but. I move to the side just as a large book hits the floor where I was standing a minute ago. I open the book. I take a step forward just as a lunch box is chucked at me at full speed. I start to read.
I stand there and read and all the noise up above stops. I read for over an hour. I ended up sitting down on a bench in the library. I glance up occasionally and see a large figure up in the rafters. If I squint I can see dust filled wind swirling around them. That's how they stay up there.
The door to the library opens and lightning charges in looking worried and upset. She spots me and walks over. She gets in my face.
"What the hell is your problem. You said you were going for a walk. You have been gone for over an hour. I thought you got attacked or kidnapped." She says. I open my mouth to say something but she punches me in the gut with a lightning enhanced fist. I fall to the ground. Holly shit that hurts.
I hear a crash behind lightning. I look up and she spins around. There is now a gigantic metal own person in front of us. Lightning backs up and the owl advances on her. She pulls back her fist and swings. I am suddenly in front of the owl. My arm is frozen and I am holder it's frozen hand back. It takes a step back and cocks its head to the side confused.
"She's my friend. She was just upset because I made her worry." I tell the owl. It takes a step towards me and peers at me.
"Why are you so nice?" It say's. It's voice is low and monotone. I jump at the sound. I look up at him. His helmet is in the shape of an owl's head. I let out a sigh and hang my head.
"Why does everyone ask me that. I'm just a nice person." I tell him. He nods his head and grabs the book I dropped. He starts to read it silently and walks off.
"What the hell was that?" Lightning asks from behind me. "And why did it not attack you?"
"I think it's a special big daddy and I think because I read to him. He was the person I came to get. He helped us a bit last time." I walk over the shelf and pick up a random book. I open the book and start reading as I sit back down on the bench.
"Now what are you doing?" She asks me exasperated. I do my best not to crack a grin.
"I'm waiting. So I decided to read while I wait. He will come back eventually." I tell her. She hits her forehead with her palm.
"Why can't you ever make any normal friends?" She asks me annoyed. I look up at her and grin.
"Cause when I do they eventually end up punching me in the gut with an electrified fist." I tell her. She cracks a sheepish grin and grabs a book of her own before sitting down next to me.
I'm done. I did chapter eleven. I wanted to introduce this character much earlier but it just felt wrong. This big daddy is very special trust me. So what did you think. I had fun with this and we are slowly learning more about Frost's past. There is a double story going on. We are following the main story of Frost, but we're also slowly learning the backstory of Alan.
Also I wanted to tell you guys something. It's hard to right these sometimes and lately not that many people have been reading this. But I recently got two new people that favorited my story. Thanks to giovanipliz and Elias C. I was so happy when I saw it. And to those that are still reading thanks. You make me feel like I am doing something worth doing.
Please read and review and I will see you guys next time in the deep.