Chapter 4: Adam's Secret: Aurora's Attempt
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Adam's head lolled back and forth on his neck, trying to awaken from one of Eckhart's powerful anesthetics. He had successfully stopped himself from revealing the location of Sanctuary. But he knew that it would only be a matter of time until the madman would make good of his threats. 'How come this wierdo took me hostage?' He thought, about to fall asleep again. 'What did I do?'
"Ah! The patient is awake at last!" An evil, metalic voice cut through his thoughts. "Good morning, Adam Kane!"
Prying his eyes open, Adam saw that he was in Eckhart's Genomex DNA lab, and realized that the voice was none other than that of Mason Eckhart himself. "Okay, Eckhart- why am I here?" He had said that sarcastically.
The albino man's face leaned over his as he said, "More apropriately, Kane, why do you always seem to get in the way of what I want?"
"I don't get it," Adam slurred.
"Obviously not, idiot;" the scientist said angrilly. "Allow me to fill you in on what I am talking about! First and foremost, why do you always take the mutants that I create, that I research, and make them your own? Second, why did you steal my wife's heart from me? And third, why were you and Aurora so stupid that your little affair created one more pitiful human lab rat?" He was now shouting at his former fellow scientist.
"What do you mean, another human lab rat?" Adam was now fully awake, just now grasping what he was hearing.
Gasping sarcastically, the lunatic said, "You mean you didn't know?" Then, with a furiously hateful voice, he screamed, "I know about what happened between you and my late wife, Adam Kane! I know that you stole her away from me and that the two of you had a little girl, who, up until now, I have believed was my own flesh and blood! And if you don't tell me where Sanctuary is, I swear by my life, you will die! Dr. Grevente, fetch the girl and bring her right here immediately!" He yelled out the door.
After a minute, Grevente appeared in the lab doorway, breathless. "Sir, the girl Hope is gone! She's missing! She must have gotten away when the security system was down!"
"Are you certain!" Now the madman was extremely furious.
"Positive! I went to her room to get her and she's nowhere in it!"
Amazingly, Eckhart laughed wickedly. "Well, well, Kane, it looks as if your daughter has your genetics and her mother's mind! All the better for me, it seems, for if she has gone to Sanctuary with your friends, as I believe she has, then I will catch them all in one net- and both you and your little girl will die bonding together just as her mother did!" Once finished, he laughed even harder.
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Little did he know that Hope's mother, Aurora Landos, was still alive and well. Though the Vampire had drained her of most of her blood, she managed to fake death and escape from the mortuary she had been sent to. Aurora was slowly regaining her normal form, returning to the nice bodied woman she once was beforehand. Waiting until there was about one last pint of blood in her, she strategically collapsed the vein that the transferance tube was in, tricking the machine into stopping the process. As soon as it had shut off, she slowed her heartbeat down to a pace that went undetected by the heart monitor, thus tricking Eckhart into thinking she had died.
Now, as she was completely back to her old self, she looked at her reflection in the mirror in her apartment. She then realized, with a slight wince, that her hair would be the one thing that would not be returning to it's previous state. It had been as gold as sunlight before she had been hooked up to the Vampire; now it was a lovely silvery white, which she thought, at the time, would not work to her advantage. Even though she had her figure and smile back, she knew it would be hard convincing Hope that she was indeed still alive. After running a brush through her hair and adding a few finishing touches to her makeup, she grabbed her purse from the table and swiftly left the apartment.
She knew that on Fridays, usually all day, Hope and one of her new lady friends from Sanctuary would go shopping at the Dayaccida Mall ritualistically. From what she had seen, the store they'd always start off with was Shaida Books, as Hope loved reading manga graphic novels and always bought one during each visit. Today Aurora was going to Dayaccida in an attempt to tell Hope she hadn't died. She knew it would be a chore since she had been "dead" for over two and a half weeks now, but she had to at least try and explain, anyway. Getting into her new Mary Kay Cadillac, she adjusted the mirrors, driver's seat, and air conditioning before she pulled out of the complex driveway.
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Adam's head lolled back and forth on his neck, trying to awaken from one of Eckhart's powerful anesthetics. He had successfully stopped himself from revealing the location of Sanctuary. But he knew that it would only be a matter of time until the madman would make good of his threats. 'How come this wierdo took me hostage?' He thought, about to fall asleep again. 'What did I do?'
"Ah! The patient is awake at last!" An evil, metalic voice cut through his thoughts. "Good morning, Adam Kane!"
Prying his eyes open, Adam saw that he was in Eckhart's Genomex DNA lab, and realized that the voice was none other than that of Mason Eckhart himself. "Okay, Eckhart- why am I here?" He had said that sarcastically.
The albino man's face leaned over his as he said, "More apropriately, Kane, why do you always seem to get in the way of what I want?"
"I don't get it," Adam slurred.
"Obviously not, idiot;" the scientist said angrilly. "Allow me to fill you in on what I am talking about! First and foremost, why do you always take the mutants that I create, that I research, and make them your own? Second, why did you steal my wife's heart from me? And third, why were you and Aurora so stupid that your little affair created one more pitiful human lab rat?" He was now shouting at his former fellow scientist.
"What do you mean, another human lab rat?" Adam was now fully awake, just now grasping what he was hearing.
Gasping sarcastically, the lunatic said, "You mean you didn't know?" Then, with a furiously hateful voice, he screamed, "I know about what happened between you and my late wife, Adam Kane! I know that you stole her away from me and that the two of you had a little girl, who, up until now, I have believed was my own flesh and blood! And if you don't tell me where Sanctuary is, I swear by my life, you will die! Dr. Grevente, fetch the girl and bring her right here immediately!" He yelled out the door.
After a minute, Grevente appeared in the lab doorway, breathless. "Sir, the girl Hope is gone! She's missing! She must have gotten away when the security system was down!"
"Are you certain!" Now the madman was extremely furious.
"Positive! I went to her room to get her and she's nowhere in it!"
Amazingly, Eckhart laughed wickedly. "Well, well, Kane, it looks as if your daughter has your genetics and her mother's mind! All the better for me, it seems, for if she has gone to Sanctuary with your friends, as I believe she has, then I will catch them all in one net- and both you and your little girl will die bonding together just as her mother did!" Once finished, he laughed even harder.
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Little did he know that Hope's mother, Aurora Landos, was still alive and well. Though the Vampire had drained her of most of her blood, she managed to fake death and escape from the mortuary she had been sent to. Aurora was slowly regaining her normal form, returning to the nice bodied woman she once was beforehand. Waiting until there was about one last pint of blood in her, she strategically collapsed the vein that the transferance tube was in, tricking the machine into stopping the process. As soon as it had shut off, she slowed her heartbeat down to a pace that went undetected by the heart monitor, thus tricking Eckhart into thinking she had died.
Now, as she was completely back to her old self, she looked at her reflection in the mirror in her apartment. She then realized, with a slight wince, that her hair would be the one thing that would not be returning to it's previous state. It had been as gold as sunlight before she had been hooked up to the Vampire; now it was a lovely silvery white, which she thought, at the time, would not work to her advantage. Even though she had her figure and smile back, she knew it would be hard convincing Hope that she was indeed still alive. After running a brush through her hair and adding a few finishing touches to her makeup, she grabbed her purse from the table and swiftly left the apartment.
She knew that on Fridays, usually all day, Hope and one of her new lady friends from Sanctuary would go shopping at the Dayaccida Mall ritualistically. From what she had seen, the store they'd always start off with was Shaida Books, as Hope loved reading manga graphic novels and always bought one during each visit. Today Aurora was going to Dayaccida in an attempt to tell Hope she hadn't died. She knew it would be a chore since she had been "dead" for over two and a half weeks now, but she had to at least try and explain, anyway. Getting into her new Mary Kay Cadillac, she adjusted the mirrors, driver's seat, and air conditioning before she pulled out of the complex driveway.
