EPISODE 2: Alone

Disclaimer: Refer to Chapter 1

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Jondy woke up and found herself in a white room with soldier's standing in black uniform patrolling the door. They had machine guns raised in the proper stance and they had their eyes positioned on her. One of the men pushed a button and in less then 20 second's, a man came in the door. He was very old and another soldier wheeled and him in a wheelchair into the room.

Two more soldiers followed. One of the soldier's Jondy recognised, it was Brad.

The old man spoke to her. "Jondy, I assume that after all these year's, calling you by your rank will seem pointless. Or would you like me to call you Lisa, or even you most recent name, Jade!" Jondy sat up slowly, groggily and found herself in metal restraints.

"Pick a name, any name!" The man continued. "You thought you had us lost, you thought you could live a normal life and that your past wouldn't come back to haunt you. You thought that all you had was food poisoning and that when Agent Grillo called for an ambulance, that that red and white truck was an actual ambulance. It fooled your friend's too, they spoke to the 'paramedic's' and they are properly searching everywhere right now wondering where you are."

Jondy searched her mind, and them remembered Brad coming over to see her, and she also remembered feeling sick after taking one bite of her McDonald's hamburger.

"You poisoned me!" Jondy managed to speak, looking directly at Brad.

"Everyone you know, including your adopted family are looking everywhere for you, but they aren't going to find you, because you're not even in the country no more. We are now in New Zealand water's, on our way back to America where you will have to face Agent White. And I'm not sure you're going to live through that little encounter, because he doesn't like X'5's much. In fact, he isn't very likeable at all to anyone, he would even kill his own wife if it meant killing all the Manticore Nitwit's. I wonder what you think of that 'Jondy, Jade!'"

The man wheeled himself out of the room with Brad and the three soldiers travelling in step.

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Brad went to his quarters on the boat and sat on his bunk. Jondy was finally going to the US and he could get on with his life. For the past year, he had been on assignment, trying to find even a smidgen of evidence that supported the theory that UMCA (United Manticore Clean-up Agency) Intelligence had believed to be Jondy's way of escaping the United State's. All the Manticore subject's were to be eliminated and they were united in force in their journey's to wipe out their spread on humanity.

And Brad was one of the soldiers trying to wipe them out for good!

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Jondy sat up strait and layed her head against the cold plaster that was plastered against a metal wall. She was so weak and her only escape was seawater. She could now hear the current and she knew her only option was to wait out the trip. She could barely lift her hands so knocking out the guards was not an option. Finally Jondy gave in and lay back down. She closed her eyes and tried to go to sleep, but sleep would not come. She was now wide-awake and as she never slept, she could not give herself peace.

Instead, she just kept her eyes closed and thought to herself.

'I knew Brad was not what he claimed and I still let him into my house. Max had left trying to get away and I could have gone with her, but no! I stayed home and now look what's happened. I stayed home and I've been captured, drugged, are going to meet Agent White who I don't have any idea who he is, to stand trial in hope of getting my life spared. I couldn't even protect my family! I am such a failure. And what's going to happen to my family, my friends. What's going to happen to Max and Logan?'

Jondy felt tear's in her eye's and lumps in her throat and she tried to cough, but the lumps remained. She wanted to cry her eyes out. She felt all alone and she felt like she had failed everyone.

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