Bonus scene of little brother:
Authors note: Okay, I want to thank you all for reading this story...but in case you guys know this story Little brother untold story. It is part of a full story which is named Little brother. To understand it you must read Little brother, there is a sequel to it which is called Big brother. It reveals that Kyu-chan is right...Ryan is not a normal child, he wasn't born...well he was, but the truth is that he was created by his father. He is a child born outside of his mothers belly...much like Jack..I cannot tell you guys more...Read both Little brother and Big brother to understand the stories plot line and rest assure every single question the stories leave you with will be answered in the new story I will post. It is called Big sister. So review a lot and enjoy the stories. : )
Eight Years Later
Opening his eyes Ryan sat up and gave a low drawn out "Oooow." as he hit his head on the ceiling of his hidey hole.
Crouching down Ryan sighed a bit, not because he was outgrowing his home. But because things had gone downhill since the little sisters disappeared. The Big Daddies lost their purpose, and their little remaining humanity with along it. Without their daughters they turned into mindless golems, doing nothing but chores every second they were awake.
It hurt Ryan to see that. To no longer feel a connection with them like he used too. His fear had come true. Not only he had failed, but he was truly alone in Rapture. No matter how much Ryan tried to leave the city, he couldn't. Something was keeping him here, but he didn't knew what.
Walking over to the tunnel that would take him out of his room. Ryan pushed himself through all the while cursing karma. Taunting the Splicers when they got stuck in the tunnels wasn't so funny when the shoe was on the other foot...
Getting stuck every now and then was annoying but Ryan always managed to push himself out of the tunnel. Reaching the end he fell out rather ungracefully and pulled out his harvester. Taking his time Ryan stretched a bit, working out the kinks in his joints. He cringed when he heard a ripping sound. He looked down and moaned in annoyance when he found exactly what he feared he would find.
His off-white shirt was ripped and dirty and his pants were also sporting a new tear at the knees to add to the collection. As was standard in Rapture his entire outfit was stained a rusty brown rom the dried blood. His harvester was clutched in his right hand. It used to be too small for him, but thanks to some recent tinkering on his part it fit him almost perfectly. Still a little on the small side, but that just meant he could stab quicker. His blond hair was messy and long, it reached his shoulders easily. It was greasy, but he made sure to wash it often enough it didn't start to dreadlock.
Once done stretching Ryan sighed miserably. Sadness, loneliness, self loathing, emptiness. It was all he felt. All alone, no Little Sisters, Daddies, or even sane humans to keep him company. The Big Daddies weren't exactly talkative these days...
Looking around Ryan decided to take a walk, as he usually did when he had nothing to do. There were plenty of corpses to harvest lying around. No need to argue with any Little Sisters about who got to the Adam first. That thought set off another round of self loathing.
He was a zombie. Shambling the halls of Rapture.
With no particular destination in mind, Ryan just walked.
Pauper's Drop, Rapture:
Ryan continued his way through Paupers drop. He began to feel sick when he was close to reaching Sinclair's Deluxe hotel. It must be because of the lack of food and water...
True, he had had food before. Mostly scraps and small pots of meat he had found around. But it wasn't enough to satisfy the hunger he felt. Plus Ryan was lucky if he found one or two pots a day.
Just then his vision began to blur and the room seemed to spin around him. His body met the floor, Without any motivation to do anything at all he didn't bother fighting to stay conscious and let the blackness consume him.
There was nothing to keep him alive, the Splicers should be coming soon. Though if they did, the only thing that he asks is that they kill him quick.
Sometime later Ryan found himself half awake. His vision still blurry he could just make out two Splicers approaching him. "This kid has more Adam inside him than any of the little brats. Lets get him!" One splicer yelled in delight. He was wearing a butterfly mask and a pin. He was ready to pounce when the other grabbed him on the shoulder.
"NO, remember-" the rest of what the other Splicer said Ryan couldn't hear.
The one wearing the butterfly mask sighed, knelt over Ryan and said, "You're lucky ya little brat, but the next time we meet your dead."
Ugh. Ryan wanted to pass out again, the Splicer's breath smelled awful. It was a combination of raw meat and fish that was left to rot. He felt himself being picked up. He guessed by the two Splicers. Which in and of itself was odd. Where were they taking him? Was his final question before he was out again.
When he awoke he heard a kind voice say "Put him in this room. usually I don't like anybody disturbing her room, but this is an exception." Ryan felt himself being lowered down, his body touched something soft, it smelled nice too.
"Poor child. Don't worry, you're in safe hands here in the Rapture family." The soft voice said again.
'Rapture family?' Ryan wondered to himself before losing consciousness completely.
Later
'Throat... dry.'
Ryan thought wryly as he breathed in. It was as if he'd swallowed sand or something.
"This is not good. He's been like this for four days now, no responce. I was tempted to throw a bucket of water on him to wake him up. But, well look at him! He looks more like a corpse than a boy." The same kind voice he heard before said.
"Poor boy. Hmm, I'll have the Rapture Family pray for the well being and health of the boy." A salty male voice offered.
"Thank you Simon."
"My pleasure always. But I do suggest you ask Gilbert Alexander for help. I'm sure he can help Grace." Simon Whales said before they left the room.
Some time later he heard... Grace, was it, come in. This time with another person "Oh, he really is sick. Good thing you called me Grace." a male voice exclaimed.
"Can you do something about it Gilbert?" Grace asked.
"Of course. Not a problem. The boy seems to be suffering from dehydration and lack of nutrients. It's nothing that I can't solve." said Gilbert said proudly before adding "I will be more than happy to take him under my care."
"Thank you Gilbert" Grace replied.
Ryan felt himself being picked up before losing his consciousness again.
Deleted Scene From Ryan's Big Escape)
After helping Mark and Daniel up Ryan walked over and opened the bathysphere. Tenenbuam, Gracey, Stanley Poole, and the rest of the little girls were all inside the massive bathysphere. Before any of them could ask Ryan cut them of with a quick, "No time." and lead the group he was with inside. Just before Ryan himself could enter the metal door slammed shut. Locking him out.
"What the-" *Boom!* There was a huge explosion, and suddenly anything that was flammable was on fire. Splicers began to pour in by the dozens.
Glancing back at the group of people in the bathysphere Ryan had a choice. He could run, save himself and let the Splicers kill the group as he made his escape. Or he could fight, giving them enough time to get out. The Splicer's numbered well over a hundred by now and he didn't know if he could fight that many. He would almost certainly die.
Save himself and live... or save the others and perish.
Running towards the Bathysphere Ryan jumped on it, pushing it towards the hole, it fell in and the Bathysphere sank underwater. Turning toward the splicer Ryan was ready to fight them when all of a sudden there was a loud shriek-like roar.
The splicers stopped, looked around scared, taking one last look at Ryan they left in a hurry. Ryan had heard that roar before, but only in his own echoed voice. Was there someone or something that could do that too?
Up ahead he saw the flames fan away in a strange manner, a figure walked in. Ryan couldn't believe what he was seeing.
The figure wore a armor, it looked more handmade than the set Ryan had on. His harvester was attacked on the right arm. The helmet is not round like his, it looked more like the one Subject Delta had on, only with a round opening.
'I don't believe it. There's another Big Brother like me?' Ryan thought, shocked. For years he had been in Rapture. And he'd never seen another Big or Little Brother.
Ryan's analysis was cut off as the figure roared again. It was then that Ryan saw the red helmet light. "Hoo boy." Ryan mumbled, knowing he had to fight this one.
The other Big Brother charged at him, Ryan dodged and tried to stab him with his harvester, but the Brother dodged and bounced a few feet away from Ryan.
All of a sudden the air grew hazy around him, before the air itself shot forward, pushing and hitting Ryan against the wall.
What was this? It wasn't telekinesis plasmid. It was much stronger. Plus it couldn't do what the Brother was doing. Not with that amount of finesse anyway.
The growing flames reached a few barrels filled with gasoline at that moment and exploded. Sending the two Brothers flying. Hitting the ground Ryan took the opportunity and tackled the other Brother, punching him over and over.
Managing to get Ryan off of him the Brother and Ryan backed away to give themselves some space. Looking at one another they charged at the same time and both threw a right hook. Their helmets went flying off.
Recovering Ryan was ready to go at it again but when he looked up at his opponent he froze. He had to do a double take. He swore he was seeing his own reflection... The only thing that gave away the Brother was his homemade armor.
They were the same. Face, eyes, hair, all the same. That couldn't be possible... Ryan thought. He couldn't be related to him, he was an only child. And to top it all off he only had a mother and father who lived here. No aunts, uncles, or cousins. The Brother could be is a clone...
He had to be... Ryan decided.
'Here I thought Andrew Ryan's nightmare would be that there would be more of me... I guess I was wrong. I guess he was trying to control this one since I was so independent.' Ryan mused.
The Brother had an angry look on his face, but the moment he looked at Ryan it softened. Getting up he walked over and got a closer look at Ryan. His eyes seemed to shimmer... it was almost as if he was reading his mind or something. His face saddened and he took one step back.
"Wait-" began Ryan, but the moment he said that the Brother had already gathered his helmet and ran away into the flames and disappeared.
Ryan had so many questions. But they all had to wait, the place was going to blow soon. Taking his helmet Ryan put it on quickly, ran, and dove into the water. He swam upward quickly, there was an explosion which gave him a huge boost to the surface.
Breaking through the surface eventually Ryan jumped and landed on something solid. Looking down he saw it was the bathysphere, he made it! The sunlight greeted him warmly. It was almost as if it was congratulating him on a job well done.
Turning to the lighthouse he saw Eleanor sitting next to Delta's dying form. Running over he quickly took out a pink Adam injector and pushed the needle into the Big Daddies chest.
After a minute he asked Delta "Are you okay?" Delta sat up and replied with a croaked, "Yes." Eleanor screamed in joy and tackled and hugged the Big Brother, thanking him over and over. The Little Sister's squealed and hugged each other.
Stopping for a moment Eleanor stared at the Big Brother and asked, "Why? I was a pain in the neck for you, and yet you saved my father. The little sisters. And me. Why?"
Taking a deep breath the Big Brother responded. "I didn't do it just because of them. I did it for you." Eleanor looked confused before he took off his helmet, revealing his face. Looking at him it hit her. "Ryan? Is that you?" She asked in shock. Ryan nodded.
She hugged him, the little sisters cheered again. The now fully human Miley cheering the loudest. Her pink frilly dress being used to wipe away the overly dramatic tears going down her face.
Looking eye to eye Eleanor moved closer, Ryan followed her example, he could feel her breath on his face then...
*Slap!*
A red Hand print appeared on his face. "Ow." Ryan muttered as he held his stinging cheek. Never let anyone tell you getting slapped by a girl wearing armor was fun...
"THAT is for the ten years you made me wait." She snapped at him. Ryan sighed, the next thing he knew Eleanor's lips met his, "And this is for saving my father." She whispered as she pulled back.
"Oh." Ryan's frozen brain supplied.
"A boat!" Mark shouted as he pointed, up ahead in the horizon a boat was coming. When it came closer they could see it was a fishing boat. The little sisters cheered, everybody was signaling the boat, looking around Ryan smiled. They'd escaped, the nightmare of Rapture was over.
The boat anchored next to the bathysphere. It was two minutes later when the captain came out.
"Tenenbaum." said the captain in surprise.
"Its great to see you again Jack." Tenenbaum replied.
"Wait a minute, Jack? Jack Ryan?" Ryan asked slowly. The man nodded, and Ryan charged at Jack with his harvester ready when Tenenbaum stepped in the way.
"Ryan what are you doing?" Tenenbaum demanded crossly.
"That... that monster is the one who killed all the those Little Sisters years ago!" yelled Ryan.
Jack looked then burst out in laughter. Ryan growled and flicked his wrist, sparks flying between his fingers.
"No, no." Jack said between chuckles. "You got it all wrong. I saved the Little Sisters" he finished as he took out his wallet and showed him the pictures of all of the Little Sisters, now grown couldn't believe it. They were all alive and well, he smiled, a weight he'd been carrying around for what seemed like ever lifted from his shoulders.
"Tenenbaum, who are they?" Jack asked.
"Oh, this is Ryan, that's Daniel, Delta, Mark, Eleanor, Gracie, Stanley, Sophie, and the new batch of little ones." Tenenbaum said. Everybody waved as dhe pointed to them.
"Can you take us home?" asked Cindy as she held her fathers hand.
Jack nodded and walked onto the fishing boat, the others following behind him. After moving everything from inside of the bathysphere onto the ship. They finally began to make their way through the sea.
"Boy, you brought a lot of things" Jack commented as he looked at everything Ryan had. There were watches, bracelets, rings. Anything shiny or of value, music, books. Plus food and medicine.
"Yeah, I brought anything necessary or what could be sold for money." Ryan replied.
"That's good. Seeing that we're going to have to take care of the new little ones. Plus put you and Eleanor to school" Jack thought aloud, Ryan nodded. "Before we do anything. We have to get both Mark and Delta out of their suits... and you need to get a tan." Jack deadpanned.
"Ooookay?" Ryan said slowly. A bit confused by the need for a tan.
"How are you going to get us out of our suits?" Mark asked.
"Why, cut you out of coarse." Jack said, amused.
"WHAT?" Mark and Delta both yelled.
"Have to get you out somehow." Jack pointed out.
"Don't worry, its just like cutting you out of your own clothes. Nothing to complicated" Delta and Mark looked at each other nervously and followed Jack to another room.
Alone, Ryan decided to take his suit off. Taking his helmet off he saw a folded paper came out. 'That wasn't there before...'He mused. Picking it up he opened it.
It was a drawing of a man and a woman holding the hands of two identical boys, it said "Me, brother, mom, and dad." The man looked a lot like his father. The two boys looked like him. But their mismatched eyes were a bit different from each other. The boy on the right the left eye is blue and the right eye is brown, but the boy on the left had it the other way around. Setting the drawing down Ryan got the suit off, leaving on the baggy pants and shirt he had underneath. Taking the drawing with him Ryan went to look for his father.
He found him playing with Gabriela and a few other Little Sisters. "Dad." Ryan called. Standing up Daniel smiled and said "Jack's right.. you do need a tan."
Lifting his arm up Ryan saw what Jack meant. His skin was gray... very gray. Nodding, Ryan took out the drawing and asked "What's this?" Daniel looked at it for several seconds before saying "This...it's nothing, my guess is it's somebody else's." he said distractedly. Ryan was going to say something else but the Little Sisters called him over, asking him to play with them.
Once Ryan was gone Daniel looked at the drawing and said
"Roan is dead. Just a mistake of the past coming back to haunt me." He said firmly. With that he let the wind carry the drawing away.
That Night
After having some dinner, the first warm, well cooked, dinner Ryan had in a long time, Delta and Mark were out of their suits. It took some time for them to get fully cut off of their suits, but they managed it.
"Oh, Delta. Is your name Johnny topside by any chance?" Ryan asked suddenly as he remembered something.
"That was my nickname, yeah. Why do you ask?" Delta answered.
'Oh, well he's going to hate me for this but... in for a penny I guess...' Ryan thought and with a trembling hand he took out a book from his pocket. "I sort of found... and read...your diary."
Delta's face changed, "What?" He asked loudly. Snatching the book away from Ryan quickly.
"You, uh, sort of... knockedupSophia!" Ryan blurted rapidly. The next thing he knew he was running for his life, Delta right behind him with a wrench. Eleanor finally got his to stop by begging him to leave Ryan alone, "Daddy please don't hurt him!" She pleaded as she finally managed to catch up and snatch the wrench from her father's hand. Taking deep breaths Delta managed to put a smile on his face, but looking at Ryan he gave him the "I'm watching you" hand gesture before leaving.
After cleaning the mess in the kitchen Ryan was going to the room he shared with Jack, Daniel, and Stanley. "Ryan." A voice called, looking in the direction of the sound he saw Eleanor peeking her head into the door frame.
"What is it Eleanor?" Ryan asked.
"I don't want to sleep alone tonight..." Eleanor admitted "I'm afraid that... that is this a dream?"
"If this was a dream would I be in it?" Ryan teased. Eleanor just gave him a puppy eyed look. Sighing Ryan finally caved "Fine." he said, and walked into her room.
Eleanor walked over to her bed. Laying down she patted the spot next to her, feeling a bit nervous. Smiling at his nervousness she went over and pushed him gently down so he was laying next to her. Hugging his chest she said "I love you Ryan." Ryan smiled, stroking her hair and replied, "I love you too, Eleanor." She kissed him before closing her eyes. Ryan doing the same.
The Next Morning
Ryan was awakened by the sound of yelling.
"Yaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!" His eyes snapped open, only to see Delta about to brain him with a wrench.
'Crap crap crap crap crap!' Was Ryan's personal mantra as he spent the next three hours dodging an angry father before the other men had enough entertainment for the day and pinned him down.
A Few Years Later
Ryan got to the family house. Two days ago he managed to buy a house with his rather high-paying job. His Rapture-inspired building sketches sold like crazy. To the point he only sold them to the highest bidder. A Home, a job, now he only needed one more thing to complete the set...
Knocking on the door he found himself face to face with Delta.
"Hello, is Eleanor here?" asked Ryan nervously.
"I'm here. Excuse me Father." Eleanor said as she pushed him out of the way.
"I brought you something." Ryan said as he held out a box, inside was a fortune cookie.
"A fortune cookie." Eleanor said happily, she always loved the taste of them. She smiled and took it.
"You're going to love the fortune in it." Ryan said as Eleanor broke the cookie, inside was a
diamond ring.
Staring at it she looked up at him "Ryan... is this?"
Plucking it from her hand Ryan knelt down. "Eleanor, we went to hell and back. There, they tried to keep us apart, but we still found eachother. If that isn't true love, I don't know what it is. Your father might kill me for this but..." He put the ring on her finger and asked, "Eleanor Lamb, I love you and will only love you... Will you marry me?"
Eleanor began to cry. Wiping her tears she managed to say, "Yes!" Over and over, before kissing him.
Both of them suddenly heard an angelic chorus. Both of the kissing adults rolled their eyes and looked over at the group of ex-Little Sisters spying on them from the windows.
"I knew it!" Miley yelled pointing at them then yelled even louder, informing the whole household "I knew Eleanor was going to marry Ryan!"
Both Elanor and Ryan chuckled and shook their heads. Miley would never change.
Two Years Later
Eleanor and Ryan had both settled comfortably into their new home, but there were some
Problems.
"Ryan! Look at this mess! I don't care if it is work, I want it cleaned up!" Eleanor screamed, pointing at the 'Mess', which was just a bunch of papers on top of the living room coffee table.
"Don't worry Eleanor, I'll clean it up." Ryan said dutifully, trying to calm her down.
Eleanor scoffed. "And another thing! Are you cheating on me with your secretary!"
"But... but my secretary is a guy!" Ryan explained.
All of a sudden Eleanor burst into tears. "You don't love me anymore!"
"No! Eleanor I love you." Ryan said quickly.
Pointing at the door Eleanor said "Get out! I don't want to see you!"
Sighing, Ryan left. Eleanor had been like this for weeks, was she sick? He bumped into Sophie, who was coming in. She looked at his haggard appearance and asked, "Ryan, are you okay?"
"I think Eleanor is sick or something, I'm getting worried" Ryan answered.
"Why?"
"Well one minute she's happy, then she's mad, then sad. It kinda reminds me of-Mood swings?" interrupted Sophia.
"yeah, you could say that." Ryan mumbled.
Sophie hummed to herself "Why don't you go and have some⦠man time, or whatever it is you men do. I'll talk to my daughter." Ryan nodded and left.
Sophie walked into the house to find Eleanor crying into the sofa. Running her hand through her hair
she said "Eleanor, I need you to go with mummy somewhere." Looking up at her mother Eleanor
asked, "Where?"
"You'll see." Sophie said mysteriously with a smile.
Later
After stopping at a book store Sophia took Eleanor to a clinic. Then asked for a test. Which one, Eleanor didn't hear.
Sitting down Sophia began to read the book she bought. Curiously Eleanor looked at the title "How to be a good grandmother" Odd, why would Sophie need that?
"Misses Andrew. Time for your ultra sound." The nurse called.
"Ultra sound? Why would I need that I'm not-" Eleanor stopped abruptly as she slowly began to
realize what was going on.
A few minutes later she was sitting on a table with some sort of cream spread on her belly. The nurse ran some sort of scanner over her belly before saying, "Congratulation Misses Andrew! You're going to be the proud mother of twin girls!"
"WHAT?" Eleanor yelled. Looking at the monitor she saw two heads, four arms, and four
legs that, without a doubt belonged to twins.
After some small talk with the nurse they left the clinic "Mom, how did you know?" Eleanor asked as they began to walk to the car.
"I have deal with pregnant women who have mood swings all the time. That is a fairly common side effect." Sophie said.
Looking down nervously Eleanor began to think. Then it hit her, Ryan! Her poor husband...
"Mom, we have to get some things before going home." Eleanor said as she thought of a plan
to surprise Ryan.
Later
Eleanor waited impatiently. She had dinner on the table. Sitting down she heard the door open and close. In came Ryan. Sighing he put some papers down and said "Eleanor, I'm sorry If I made you mad in any way."
"No, no. you didn't make me mad, come here. I need to show you something important." Eleanor smiled.
Taking his hand she took him to the spare room that they often used as a guest room. Opening
the door Ryan saw it had been turned into a nursery. He looked at Eleanor shocked, she smiled and said, "Twins, you're going to be the proud father of two baby girls."
Ryan tried to speak several times before he finally said "Really?" She nodded, just before she started demanding her husband put her down as he started cheering and spinning her around.
Months Later
Outside of the delivery room of the hospital everybody was waiting nervously. Delta, Sophia, Mark, Cindy, Gracie, Stanley, Jack, and some of the Little Sisters were waiting for Ryan and Eleanor to come out.
Meanwhile, inside the room, Ryan was waiting nervously for the first baby to come out. It wasn't good, especially with Eleanor's screams. Finally the first baby was out. "Eleanor look at her, she is so small, she-" Ryan stopped when he saw that the doctors made a mistake in identifying the baby's gender "-a boy." He finished.
The Doctors cleaned and brought over their new son. "hello my baby boy." a very tired Eleanor as she took her baby. He stopped crying once he was in his mothers arms. Soon the last baby was out.
"It's a girl." The doctor announced as he took away the girl to have her cleaned before giving her
to her mother. Eleanor happily took her two fraternal twins.
The boy had her dark hair, but his fathers looks. The girl had blond hair, and Eleanor's face. Just taking one look at both of them Eleanor already loved them. The boy opened his eyes and looked at her, his eyes were mismatched, one was blue like the ocean, the other was gray. His sister two blue eyes.
"Now what are we going to name them?" Ryan asked, he was mostly worried about his son. Since they were preparing for two baby girls, not a boy.
"I like Sophie" Eleanor said. Sophie and Sandra were the names they picked out, but Eleanor was more fond of the name Sophie.
"Sophie Andrew Lamb." The nurse said as she wrote the name of the baby girl.
"Hows about for our son Alan?" Ryan suggested.
"No, he looks more like a J. James?" Eleanor replied.
"Too common." Ryan said.
"You're right, How about Jacob?" Eleanor said after a few seconds of thought.
"Jacob Andrew Lamb, I like the sound of that." Ryan agreed.
Six Months Later
After going back home Ryan and Eleanor pretty much had to take half of the things they got and
exchange them for boy things and paint half of the room blue since they originally painted it completely lavender.
It was night time, they finally go the babies to bed, but Jacob didn't wanted to sleep. "I don't think he wants to sleep now." Eleanor said.
"Forget about it, he'll fall asleep eventually." Ryan said kissing his wife. They turned off the lights before leaving the room.
An hour passed, Jacob cooed to himself as he looked around his room. There was a sound, the window slowly opened and an armored figure came in. The light from it's helmet was green as it leaned over the crib and stared at Jacob, Jacob cooed again in wonder as it took off it's helmet.
Jacob looked at the man confused Why was his dad wearing such shiny clothing? The man took him from the crib. He was sort of cold, and damp. Sitting down on the wooden rocking chair he started swaying back and forth slowly.
Jacob cooed as he touched his shiny clothes wearing dad on the cheek.
"I can see it, you dream of it. You dream of Rapture and yet you don't even know what it is or
what type of place it is yet. Be patient, soon you will go there and it will be yours to keep, to own, and do whatever you want with it." He said, Jacob cooed again, not understanding what his dad was saying but liking the familiar sound.
Getting up he placed Jacob back on the crib before putting a Big Daddy doll there. Jacob cooed as
he crawled over to get his new toy. The man smiled before leaving the room through the window.
Jacob watched him go, not knowing that in the morning his toy was going to be taken away.
Or that years later he would embark on a journey to Rapture, his enemies turned into allies and the best friends he could ever have. Or that he would stay there with an army of people to help him rebuild and remould Rapture into the utopia it was supposed to be...
The end? I don't think so, the real battle has just begun.
