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A/N: I only revise my last chapter a few hours after I post it and I saw a mistake that maybe had confuse you. Suzan is the secretary and Sarah the doctor, not the opposite.
Chapter 6: A new era has begun…
Carrington quickly asked Foster to do researches to invent the weapon that will make them win the attack against the Skedars. Foster informed Carrington that it will take at least a few weeks, he could not be any quicker than this. He worked very hard all days and nightlong. He didn't even have time to do some cracks about Jo and Jon. Like he promised, after a few weeks, the prototype was ready.
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All the elite agents were at the institute. Carrington explained them that the main leader of this mission will be Elvis, not him. Elvis knew the Skedar planet very well. He could tell them where were the survivors of Joanna's attack without any difficulties. Elvis thought that this mission was going to be a piece of cake, but Carrington couldn't hold himself from worrying. All his best agents and his two doctors participate to this mission, if they failed, they automatically die. If they die, the institute is lost.
"Okay everyone, listen to me", said Foster.
He got everyone attention very quickly. They all seemed a little bit worried by the mission.
"I'll explain you how the weapon I've done is working. The weapon has two functions. One that could shot very slowly with a lot of power, and the other could shot very quickly but with less power. I must warn you that the powerful function is more effective if you shoot from far away. For the quick function, that's the opposite, you'd better shoot not too far away. The bullets are made with some metal element that the Skedars can't tolerate".
"So you've make a kind of 'human callisto'", asked Elvis.
"Yeah, I thought it would be a good idea", answered Foster.
"Great work Foster. Now you must make enough weapons for everyone that is present in this room. This includes our two doctors. You must finish this work as soon as possible. Every hour we take to prepare ourselves are hours that Skedars use to regenerate themselves. Everyone is dismissed and can go back home. We'll call you when everything will be ready. Don't forget, you must take care of yourself to be in good shape for the next mission. Your life depends on this", said Carrington.
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2 weeks later.
Jonathan was bored to death. He'll never thought those two weeks of vacation would be that boring. Nathaniel was almost never home, he was with Velvet. Jon was looking forward to return to the institute so he will be able to see Joanna. These two weeks of loneliness make him think a lot about his situation. He had taken his decision. After the mission, he'll tell Joanna the truth about his feelings. He wanted to hear her say her hurtful no. After he was sure he'd be able to forget her, put his beloved and ugly clothes and stop washing his hair every day without feeling guilty. He was sure she was going to say no. He wasn't the type of Joanna and he never will. Sometimes, he asked himself why he wasn't that handsome doctor that had stolen all the women's heart. Almost all the girlfriends he had before all dump him to go with his brother. And a week later, Nathaniel gets rid off them. Jonathan wondered if his brother began to become someone more responsible. It's been a month that his brother was with Velvet…maybe he fell under the charm of the Dark sisters, he thought to himself. The phone rang. Jonathan lazily got up from his sofa and answered to the phone.
"Hello".
"Jonathan, it's me, Suzan. Carrington wants you to the institute. The time has come to begin the mission. Nathaniel already know, you don't have to contact him", said the secretary.
"It's alright, I'm coming", answered Jonathan.
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A few hours later.
Everyone was ready. Elvis had brought an enormous maian ship. The agents that were leaving all say their goodbyes to the one they loved. Jonathan was jealous, a lot of them had lovers and him…well…he didn't have anyone to say goodbye to. After a few minutes, they all entered Elvis' ship.
"Is everyone ready", asked Elvis.
No one answered but he took this silence for a yes and left the planet Earth with an incredible speed. They will take an entire day to go to the Skedars' planet with this ship. Jonathan looked at Nathaniel and Velvet that were sleeping in each other arms with envy. Joanna noticed what Jonathan was doing and began to have doubt. Jo was a bit jealous of Velvet, but was Jonathan jealous of Nathaniel?
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A day later
"Okay everyone, we're arrived. Let me explain you your mission. When Joanna killed the Skedar king, a lot of Skedars died because almost all of them were living to the king's palace so when it collapsed, they all died. The survivors are all together in the same place. They're near the ruins. It's exactly for this reason that they'll be very easy to kill. We'll do a circle around the place they're living and we'll attack them. This won't take long to all kill them; there are not a lot of survivors. Did everyone understand", asked Elvis.
Almost everyone answered yes. The Skedars were all hidden somewhere in the ruins to avoid the heat of the three suns that were beaming at the same time. When everyone got out from the ship, they noticed the temperature was very high. The Skedars didn't saw them coming because of their location. Elvis had instructed them that when they'll hear the sound of a farsight shooting, they would attack them. Nathaniel and Sarah were in Elvis' ship, waiting for the injured people to come. Jonathan was placed between Velvet and another agent he didn't know personally. To make the Skedars leave their hiding spot, they had some grenade and mine that will be thrown after they'll hear the farsight sound. Everyone was waiting Elvis' sign. After a few minutes of silence, they heard the signal. Everyone began to throw grenade, mines, and waited for the surprised Skedars to get out. It only takes a few seconds to the first Skedar to get out. It was quickly killed by Joanna. Some others got out and everyone began to shoot. This was too easy Joanna thought to herself, there were leaving the ruins one by one. It was impossible for the Skedars to win with a lack of strategy like this. Their weapons were effectively very effective against the Skedars. It only took one shot to kill them in the powerful function and in the quickly function, it took two. They were winning the battle. Suddenly, Joanna heard a loud roar coming from behind her.
"What was that", she asked to herself.
Almost ten Skedars that arrived from nowhere attacked her. She quickly all killed them but some others came. It seems that an entire army of Skedars were trying to kill her. She shot at them until she had not any other bullets left. She began to panic and used the last weapon she had left: her voice.
"HELP! PLEASE EVERYONE, COME HELP ME OR I'LL DIE!!THAT'S AN EMERGENCY!", she shouted.
One of the Skedars hardly bites her thigh. She shouted in pain and then she heard gunshots. Jonathan and Velvet shot the Skedar that was attacking Joanna at the same time. It died instantly. Velvet was shot by one of the Skedars in her right arm. She cried in pain.
"VELVET!", shouted Jo and Jon at the same time.
"You must go on the ship. You're badly hurt!", said Jonathan as he was shooting at some Skedars that tried to strike him.
"No, I can't reach it, I'm surrounded by the Skedars. It seems that they know who I am and want to kill me", answered Joanna as she was holding her injured thigh.
"Velvet, you can go there, they won't follow you. You must go in the ship and tell Elvis about what is happening, he'll call reinforcement", said Jonathan as he jumps on the ground to avoid a grenade that was supposed to reach him.
"Alright, I'll go. Take care of Jo, Jon", answered Velvet as she ran for the ship.
Jonathan desperately tried to protect Jo. He knew that he wouldn't be able to survive for long if reinforcement did not arrive soon. His wish was fulfilled when he saw at least 15 CI agents rescue them. In five minutes, they were all annihilated. Elvis scanned the area and confirmed that there weren't living Skedars anymore on the planet. All the agents quickly entered the ship and left the Skedar's planet.
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A few hours later, on the spaceship
Jonathan looked worriedly at Joanna. He wasn't worrying about her injury, he knew she was alright. He was worrying about something else he was supposed to tell her. He wasn't sure he was ready to look at Joanna's shocked face when he'll reveal her his true feelings. Nathaniel approached him. He was the only one who knew about Jonathan's intention.
"What are you waiting for Jon? You weren't supposed to tell her", murmured Nathaniel to Jon.
"I…I don't want to hear her answer", answered Jonathan with a scared face.
"Come on! If you're too scared to ask her, you'll never what she really thinks about you. You will feel better after…"said Nathaniel.
"Not if she answer no", responded Jonathan with a terrified tone.
"You've waited for a month, you won't wait any longer", Nathaniel answered with a determined look on his face.
Nathaniel had enough of Jonathan's coward reaction. He pushed him in the direction of Joanna. It seems that she noticed what happened and she looked at them curiously. Here's go nothing, Jon thought to himself. There was no turning back now that he had caught her attention. He walked slowly toward her.
"Hi Jo", said Jonathan with a very strange tone.
"Good afternoon Jon, are you alright? You seem a little bit worried. Is there something wrong", she asked curiously.
"Huh, actually…yes. Can we go in a more private place", he shyly asked.
"…Okay…", she calmly answered as she raised an eyebrow.
She didn't have any idea of what he was going to tell her. It's probably very important, she thought to herself. After they go to a more hidden spot, Jonathan thought that he was going to have a heart attack. He spoke first.
"Did you know…what happened after you were kidnapped by the Skedars at the Institute", he asked with a trembling voice.
"Velvet told me everyone were worried and after you all thought I was dead, except for her", calmly answered Joanna.
"Yeah…that's true…but I must tell you what happened in my mind during this period of time", said Jonathan with an even more trembling voice.
"So tell me. It seems to be painful to say, what happened", asked a worried Joanna.
He looked at her straight in the eyes but quickly lead his look on the floor.
"I…I-I can't", he desperately said.
"Jonathan, I don't know what happened but it seems very important at a point that you're not able to tell me. Do you want me to guess"?
"…………"
"Alright! Huh…something that happened in your mind…what is it concerning?", asked Jo like this was some kind of game.
"…………….my feelings…………..for a woman…………..", said Jon as blushed.
"Okay, let me guess…what can be so troubling…Aha! You had a girlfriend and you discovered that you were gay! Am I right?"
"No….you're totally wrong, I'm not gay. I have feelings for a woman that I know and I'm very tormented by this", he said as he turned to a deeper shade of red.
"Is she working at the institute", asked Joanna.
"………………..yes…………."
"You don't have to be that tormented about it. You must tell her of you'll never know if she love you in return", calmly answered Joanna.
"You…you don't want to know who she is", asked desperately Jonathan that could not be redder that he already was.
"This isn't of my concern, it's…it's not Velvet", asked worriedly Joanna.
"No…it's not Velvet", answered Jon.
"Well, if you don't love her, why would it be of my concern?", asked Joanna.
"Because…the one I love is…the one I love is…you. When you disappeared I discovered that I had a crush on you. When you returned, I discovered that I hadn't a crush on you…I was madly in love with you. You hunt my thought and my dreams since the day I stopped to ignore my feelings for you. I couldn't keep it secret any longer. I…I need to know if you feel the same way as me or…or not", murmured Jonathan as he looked the floor.
Joanna couldn't do anything but gasp. Somewhere in her heart, she knew it since the beginning but she didn't wanted to believe it. She couldn't answer his question. She wasn't able to say nor yes neither no. Then she looked straight into his eyes.
"I…I don't know. I need time to think about it Jon. When I'll know, I'll tell you my answer I promise", she replied.
This answer shattered his heart into piece. When a girl says 'let me time to think about it", it means that she didn't love him. He knew it because it happened very often that a girl she loved answered him this response. After a few days, they all phoned him and answered 'sorry Jon, you're very nice but you're not my type' or ' I'm so sorry Jon, can we be just friends?' or 'sorry Johnny but I already love your brother'. He already knew her answer would be negative but somehow, he always kept a hope. But now, this little hope had been destroyed. He knew he won't sleep until she call him and tell him one of the stupid answers he was sure she was going to give him.
"You don't have to give me a good reason to not love me. You can tell me right now, or I'll be insomniac until you answer my question", coldly replied Jonathan.
"But, but I didn't answered this just because I was too shy to say in front of you that I don't love you. I was totally caught off guard by this question, I really need some time to think about it", answered Joanna with a hurt look.
He looked her in the eyes. He knew she was lying. She had a guilty look on her face and when a woman did so, it's because she has a good reason to feel guilty.
"I'm tired, I will go sleep somewhere I'll have peace", answered Jonathan as he let her alone in the room.
She didn't know what to think or what to say. She was very troubled by Jonathan's revelation. At this moment, for a reason she didn't know, she felt incredibly guilty and had a terrible desire to cry.
When Jonathan got out from the room where he and Jo were, Nathaniel looked at him with a questioning gaze. When he saw the depressed look on Jon's eyes, he already knew her answer had been painful. Velvet looked at Jonathan, then at Nathaniel with a questioning look.
"Psychic language with my brother. You don't have to know what we were discussing about, it's none of you business", calmly answered Nathaniel.
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Another few hours later.
"Jon, Jon wake up", said Nathaniel as he shook violently Jonathan.
"Huh…wha…"
"We arrived to the Carrington Institute. Something's wrong, you must wake up I think they've been under attack", worriedly said Nathaniel.
After this sentence, Jonathan quickly woke up. He got up and get out of Elvis' ship with the other agents. He looked around. Yes, something happened he thought to himself. He found Suzan, that was sitting on the ground, crying.
"Suzan, what's wrong", asked Jonathan.
"Datadyne…they…came…", answered Suzan between two sobs.
"Jonathan…"
Someone had call for his name; he looked around and saw Foster lying on the floor, severely injured.
"Foster, what did they do", asked anxiously Jonathan.
"They have killed…a lot of guards. They came seek revenge", answered Foster.
Nathaniel came and began to help Foster with his injuries.
Meanwhile…
Joanna looked at the institute, they didn't do a lot of damage, she thought to herself. They probably came to take something and after they left…then it hit her.
"DANIEL CARRINGTON", she shouted in fear.
She went to the elevator and ran to Carrington's office. She was sure they had kidnapped him. But, when she arrived, Carrington was sitting at his chair. His back was in front of Joanna.
"Mister Carrington, I'm glad you're safe, I thought they would take you with them again", said a relieved Joanna.
"…………………………."
"Mister Carrington, are you alright", asked Joanna.
"………………………….."
Joanna approached his chair and abruptly turned it. Carrington was silent, and very, very calm. He had an empty look in his eyes and had been shot between his eyes. Joanna gasps in fear and touched his face…he was cold. Then she screamed the most loudly she could. Jonathan opened the door of Carrington's office. He saw Joanna, with a more than scared look in her face. Fourth things he needed to know about Joanna, she was able to fear. But when he shot a glance at Carrington's corpse, he felt the same way Joanna was feeling.
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A few days later
All the employees had come to the funeral of their beloved leader, Daniel Carrington. His family was there, too. A lot a people were crying. Without him, they were lost children. No one could believe what happened. Trent Easton had come with his elite guards and murdered Daniel Carrington with his golden magnum. No one knew how, he knew that this day, Carrington was alone with his guards and a few of his employees. Trent Easton took this opportunity to kill Daniel Carrington when he was defenceless. Some people of the Carrington Institute were desperate, others didn't accept it yet, and some like Jonathan or Foster had only one wish: kill Trent Easton. They looked at Carrington's tomb that was slowly reaching to the earth where he'll sleep forever. After it was done, Foster asked a question that get out all the employees out of their sadness.
"Hey, everyone. We must continue to work at the institute. I'm sure that if Carrington could hear us, he would be happy to see that we'll continue.", said firmly Foster.
"I agreed with you Foster. But without any boss we cannot do anything", answered Velvet.
"Then we'll find another", said Foster again with his firm tone.
"So who do you think could replace Carrington", asked Velvet.
"It must be someone from the institute. Some who's experienced".
"After Carrington, the older employee is you Foster", said Grimshaw.
"Yeah…but… I don't know anything about the mission we do. I'm only an expert in weapons. We need someone that is experienced and someone who know how the mission are working", answered Foster.
Everyone stood in silence. And then, everyone looked at Jonathan at the same time. They have found their new leader. Jonathan looked at them curiously. He didn't understand why they were all looking at him.
"Huuuuuuuh, is something wrong with me? What are you looking at?", asked Jonathan.
Foster looked at him sadly and answered his question.
"You're the most experienced agent, Jonathan. You will be our next leader", calmly answered Foster.
Jonathan looked at him with disbelief. He looked at everyone around him with disbelief. He didn't have any choices.
"Shit…………..", was his only answer.
End of Chapter 6
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGG! I'm so cruel! I killed Carrington! I wanted to write something surprising like this because when I read a story, I always loved to have surprise. Next chapter too will have important things happening in it. So don't miss next chapter. I didn't thought I would be able to update so quickly. Like I said in my last chapter, next chapter will probably come before next weekend because lucky I am, I don't have any school Thursday and Friday J
Peachrocks: Something's really weird with Jonathan's family name. Why didn't they write it on his profile? In the booklet instruction, they wrote Joanna Dark but at Jonathan they just wrote Jonathan…without any family name??? unsolved mysteries…Thank you for your review, hope you liked this chapter…
Spider-bear: I've made obvious who the woman from the dream was…Next chapter, this mystery will be solved…Thanks for your review; it's always very appreciated. I'm sure, for a reason in particular, that you will like next chapter…