Witness Protection

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Chapter 44 (Hope Lost)

Oliver tapped his foot on the ground, impatiently waiting for Chogan to get off the phone. He was currently in one of Chogan's American mansions located in New York. The man had the machine to activate the devices in his home, but Oliver wasn't too sure if he was ready to touch it. His gaze locked on the object before him, he was all the way in the top room of the mansion as Chogan wanted him to be. The center item in the room was the triangular machine peaking up from the floor like a stalagmite. In the center of this machine was a button that would trigger all those devices, sending all the celebrities to their deaths.

Miley was one of the only ones that had never been pricked by those devices. His desire for revenge had been nonexistent in these years, and quite frankly, Chogan didn't think it was a good idea to release her after all these years. He had to blame his current mindset on his growing feelings for Hilda. "I don't know if I want to touch you," he muttered to the machine. "Chogan wants the massacre, he wants the Black Dragons to be feared…the singers and the actors, they have no…I don't know. Jackson said they're still innocents."

"Who?" He jerked and twisted around to face Chogan, standing in the doorway. Chogan carefully moved in and thinned his lips. "Actors and singers? They're not important, they sold their souls to join their prospective careers. You know that." Oliver rolled his eyes and looked towards the right. He wasn't so sure anymore. Miley had a soul, didn't she? "I can see why you'd want to get away from this, with your feelings for Hilda, Dylan, Rin, and Ernesto…all of them. I know family can sort of overwrite some of those things."

"Yeah, but I don't know that I ever wanted this as much as you." He bowed his head and slowly pushed his hands into his pockets. His heart was beating rapidly, causing intense pain inside his chest. "They said they found twins in her womb. Hilda's pregnant with twins, Chogan…maybe I want to be their father. I can't raise them if I lead some sort of criminal organization." He shifted nervously and moved his hand to the back of his neck. "I've been thinking a lot about Dad and Lance…"

"They're gone now."

"I know, you've mentioned that. I blame myself for that, I guess. Same for Robby Ray…how could I not blame myself?" His heart broke when he remembered their loss, though he never personally saw them die. Chogan told him of their death. "I miss them, Chogan. I really do. The family I have now is slowly leaving as well, but fortunately Rin and Dylan are safe." Chogan smiled and quickly nodded his head.

"That is fortunate. I never knew Dylan's father had been alive, so I'm glad to hear it. Rin's grandparents as well, it's a plus." Oliver lifted his head graciously and smoothed his hair back. When he saw Chogan's face fall, he immediately started to feel a deep sorrow growing inside, like something was wrong. "Oliver, I have some bad news. My men heard a disturbance at the hospital yesterday and went to investigate…Hilda's gone and Ernesto is…dead."

His body grew cold and his eyes widened with fear. All he heard was that Hilda was gone and Ernesto was dead, he heard nothing else. "Y-You can't be…no, that's not possible. That didn't happen!" Chogan rested his hand on Oliver's shoulder. Oliver shook his head and slowly fell to his knees.

"I'm sorry…" He didn't want to believe his best friend was gone. Not after all these years and all those memories. Then Hilda, where could she be? He bowed his head and started to weep angry tears. "They said that group was there. Jack and his crew." A pang struck his heart and his eyes clenched shut. He grit his teeth and struggled to hold back an angry roar. Now he was truly losing everything. "Oliver, we've waited long enough…it's time."

He wasn't in the mindset to make a good decision now, he couldn't judge whether or not this was a good idea. "Not now, I…I need to think!" He started to curl up, visualizing all those close to him fading away into nothing. He was alone now. "God, Chogan please…please be lying…" Chogan's lips dipped further and his shoulders rose. Why would Chogan lie to him anyway? "How could you expect me to make a decision right now? Especially one I don't even want!" He felt like throwing up, like he was going to die. He wanted to die, no question about it. "I'm not ready…"

"There's no more time. It's for Ernesto, for Hilda…the world has to fear the Black Dragons." Oliver's breath caught in his throat as he slowly pushed himself up, groaning painfully. "I'm sorry it's come to this, maybe if we'd done this before something happened to them…but we can't wait any longer. What if we wait any longer and Fan dies?"

"...I just need some rest." He rubbed his face and slowly left the room. As long as he got some rest, he could have some time to think. He didn't want to activate the devices at all, but it wouldn't matter what he said. Chogan still had more influence, so he might do it regardless.

He moved to a bedroom and climbed into a bed. Nothing could describe the anger, the hatred that ran though him right now. What happened that Ernesto had to die? What the hell was the problem? He didn't need to die, he could have lived! "I suppose I should have expected it to be inevitable…" He never felt so pathetic in his life. With nothing left to live for, he didn't know any longer what there was to fight for. "No more hope."

Chogan moved sadly around the center machine, he knew his lies had gone on far too long, but there was no way to go back now. If Oliver knew he'd betrayed him all these years, it probably wouldn't end well. "What's going to happen after activation?" He muttered beneath his breath. He shook his head and ran his finger and thumb along his forehead, groaning softly. Where had he gone so wrong? The only reason he focused on celebrities was because it was easy for him to do, but no longer did he want to focus all his energy on making Oliver the blame for this device. The kid needed to be cut a break.

He chuckled vainly and stepped in front of the button to activate the devices. Once pressed, he'd have to speak a code that would turn everything on. When they were activated, television sets everywhere would turn on, and a satellite would focus on him, feeding his voice and image to all television networks and stations. In a world of technology, this meant he'd even appear on cell phones and any device with video technology, so all eyes would be on him.

"Of course, I'll take the fall. It was my plan…" Over years, he'd come to see Oliver as a son. He didn't want to tell him that his father and brother were still alive, but only because he didn't want to lose him. "That trust would be broken anyway. No matter." Chogan stepped forward and hovered his hand over the red button on the machine, breathing in deeply. "Here goes nothing…" His fingers pressed down on the button and the monitor started to flash, signaling for him to speak the activation code.

He leaned forward, speaking softly into the microphone. "Black Dragons: We are family." He clenched his eyes shut as the round orb on the top of the machine started to glow bright red. It was time, all devices would turn on and the celebrities would be hypnotized. He tapped his fingertips on the steel surface, waiting for several minutes until the monitor flashed once more.

All devices are activated. Parasites taking over, hypnotism begins in ten…

He closed his eyes and started counting down with the clock. Thinking to himself, he moved over to the door and locked it so Oliver wouldn't stumble in if he decided to see what was going on.

Two…one…subjects hypnotized, give orders now

He moved back and spoke into the microphone while gazing at the monitor. Millions of tiny red dots were scattered across the global map, signaling that everything was going without a hitch. Finally. "Celebrities, your first order is to find a life jacket, you will be going for a long swim. When you have taken a lifejacket, put it on, and walk to these coordinates…you will climb a volcano and throw yourselves in." He gave the coordinates, addressing which parts of the world would go to whichever volcano. When complete, he started to connect himself to the satellites and stations. This was the long part, the waiting.

Satellite uplinks connected. CNN…NBC…FOX…ABC...TMC…

He rolled his eyes and leaned forward against the machine, glaring at the monitor. There were hundreds of networks to go through, he really did not want to have to wait for the machine to list them all. "Hurry the fuck up and let's get this over with." The machine took such a long time to list all the networks, he wasn't exactly sure how long he'd been standing there, nearly falling asleep. The machine buzzed, startling him awake.

You are now on air on every network across the globe.

He cleared his throat, ignoring the computerized voice. Chogan narrowed his eyes and looked directly at the camera above the monitor. "Hello, I am Chogan Matchitchew, leader of the Black Dragon organization." His nostrils flared out and he breathed in slowly. This was Oliver's free pass, the man didn't need trouble. After this process was over, he would send Oliver on his way home to his real family. "I am Double O, my alias doubles as Otaktay Ohcumgache." Otaktay was Indian for 'kills many' and Ohcumgache meant 'little wolf'. "As you will notice without a doubt, in the next few seconds, many of your famous and beloved celebrities will be walking trancelike across the globe. They will swim across the oceans, they will climb a volcano, and they will perish. There is nothing you can do to wake them, and there is nothing you can do to stop the wrath of the Black Dragons." He threw in an evil chuckle for emphasis as his lethal gaze narrowed further. "Give us control, access to this world and all of its secrets, follow us, and maybe we will release your beloved celebrities from our grasp. Until we speak again, I bid you adieu…"

He flipped off the monitor and took a deep breath. A loud banging was heard at the door, Oliver was screaming for him to open up. "What are you doing?! Why did you activate them? Chogan! Open up!"

"It's too late, Oliver." He couldn't leave the room, he had to stay in there in case something went wrong. "There's nothing to be done now…" They couldn't risk turning off the machine. Not now. "Go contact Fan…I need to stay in here."

"Chogan?"

"I'm sorry Oliver. That's final…" Chogan casually walked to the window, peering down at the streets below. Soon, very soon, those streets would be crowded with celebrities that had only one mission in mind. The nightmare had begun. "No turning back now."


The machines have been activated! What are your thoughts on this chapter? Anything surprise you, anything interesting? Let me know.