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Chapter 8: The fate of Joanna Dark (mwuahahahaha!)
Jonathan tried to not look surprised. The woman from his nightmare then smiled at him. She didn't seem very dangerous at this moment but he will never let her alone with Joanna. His dream seemed so real. A question tormented his thoughts, why would she want to kill Joanna? They didn't even know each other. And then he remembered what the insane woman told him in his dream. 'She only dies because of you Jonathan'…
"Good morning boys", the woman said.
"Huh…hi", Jonathan shyly answered.
"MOTHER!", Nathaniel shouted as he jumped in his 'mother' arms.
Jonathan looked at him. His brother was such a fool sometimes… Well, Nathaniel couldn't hate his mother for what she had done. Jonathan had never told him the truth about her.
"I'm glad to finally meet you! I'm Herbert McGowan. As you know, I'm your father", said the man.
"My name's Jonathan and him…well it's Nathaniel", answered Jonathan.
"You certainly wonder where I come from with such a name", Herbert asked.
"Yes daddy! Tell us", said an overjoyed Nathaniel.
"I came form Ireland. I came here 30 years ago and then I met my beloved wife", answered proudly the father.
"Did you hear that Jon? We have blood coming from Ireland!", exclaimed Nathaniel.
"Yeah…great", answered Jonathan with a cold tone. You're not as loved as you think, you moron he thought to himself…
"I think I didn't introduce myself. I'm Samantha De Vries.", said the woman that was in front of them.
"You mean…your family name is De Vries", asked a very puzzled Jonathan.
"Yes…and if you're wondering…I'm Cassandra De Vries' older sister", she replied with a strange smile.
"What a coincidence! Well, I REALLY need to go to the bathroom, I don't feel alright. I will come back in a few minutes", said Jonathan with the very weird tone he always had when he lies.
Jonathan left and entered the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror.
"What have I done…I brought the entire De Vries family in the institute. I deserve to die…", Jonathan murmured to himself with a desperate tone.
"Jonathan, are you alright?", asked Velvet as she entered the bathroom.
"What are you doing in the BOYS bathroom, girls are not allowed here", said Jonathan.
"No one care about this, Grimshaw is always in the girls bathroom. He says that it's cleaner there", answered Velvet
"Anyway why did you came here", asked Jonathan.
"You know why! You left the room where your family was almost in a run. What happened?", asked worriedly Velvet.
"The woman, she's Cassandra's sister and don't call them MY FAMILY in front of me. I will never consider them as my family, they're strangers to me", Jonathan answered angrily.
"Listen to me Jon, this woman isn't important. You have to check if the man can handle the institute", said Velvet
"Yeah…you're right. I should look at them with a professional look, unlike Nathaniel…", answered Jonathan.
After a few hours of friendly talk, Jonathan talked to his father about the Carrington's Institute situation and about how he hated to do the leader's job. Her mother was visiting the institute.
"You know son, you can't give me a job like this so easily", answered Herbert.
"What do you mean", asked Jonathan.
"You're the only one to know Carrington's secrets, and it should stay like this", said the man.
"So, you refuse", asked Jonathan sadly.
"Of course not! I could help you taking decisions and I can organize the missions but I don't want to make choices alone. I want you to be by my side, and you'll be the only one to know about the confidential-things-no-one-must-know. You will also have more free time, you could do missions like you want", responded Herbert.
"Thanks Mr McGowan, I appreciate your kindness", said Jonathan very happily.
"You don't have to call me like this! You have the right to not call me father but at least call me Herbert", said Jonathan's father.
"As you wish Herbert", answered Jonathan.
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Samantha wasn't visiting the institute for nothing; she looked for someone she needed to talk with. Nathaniel guided her through the institute and presented her the employees. They arrived to the firing range.
"Now let me show you the firing range. It is the place where the agents from the institute train their accuracy with different kind of guns", said Nathaniel.
"Interesting", lied Samantha.
"Let me present you Foster. Foster, let me present you my mother, Samantha", said Nathaniel.
"Hi!", said Foster.
"Good morning", said Samantha.
"You see the woman in the firing range, we're better not disturb her, she's training. Her name is Joanna Dark and she's the best agent form the institute. Jonathan is in love with her.", murmured Nathaniel.
"I see…is she in love with him", asked Samantha.
"No one know…but the rumours are saying that we'll know tomorrow", murmured Nathaniel.
"Nathaniel, I have something to ask you…can I see my sister", asked Samantha.
"Of course you can! I'm going to show you where she is", said Nathaniel.
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"Nathaniel is such an idiot! He was the one who agreed to make me see you. There's something I don't understand. Why did you wanted me to bring Herbert to the institute, you fought all your life to keep him far from this place", murmured Samantha.
"This was my only chance. The humans will all be annihilated in the war that is coming, the only way to survive is to ally with the Skedars again", said Cassandra.
"But…but they almost killed you the last time you saw them!" murmured Samantha
"I will give them a gift that they'll never forget but to fulfill my plan, I need your help", said Cassandra.
"You have all my attention", answered Samantha.
"It's a very simple task but at the same time, very difficult. I want you to kill Joanna Dark, the best agent of the Carrington Institute. I want her to die in the most painful way possible and I want you to broadcast her when you'll do your job. After, you'll bring her dead corpse with you, you will come to the institute and free me. Trent is prisoner from them too, but we won't free him, I want Datadyne to be mine again. After everything I've said will be done, we'll contact Mr Blonde and we will show him the dead corpse and the video".
"Why do you want to see Joanna dead", asked Samantha.
"The Carrington Institute and even Datadyne Corp will be lost without her and the Skedars will win the war they'll begin soon…because of us", replied Cassandra with a big smile on her face. Do you agree to execute my wonderful plan", asked Cassandra.
"Yes, I agree but a part of it needs modifications", answered Samantha.
"So tell me, which part needs change", asked curiously Cassandra.
"I know a more painful way to make Joanna Dark suffer. She's not gonna die soon. She'll die in a month, when illness will take over her. The Skedars will have the entertainment to see her die very slowly", said Samantha will an incredibly insane smile.
"What do you mean by illness", asked Cassandra with a very interested tone.
Samantha murmured something to Cassandra ear…something that formed an evil smile on her lips.
"Why are you so cruel with her…she didn't do anything to you", asked Cassandra with a mocking tone.
"Let's just say I want to make suffer her lover", responded Samantha with the same evil smile than her sister.
"I see… Before you leave…Will you be able to do this tonight", asked Cassandra with a look of hope.
"Of course! I have a lot of friends that will agree to help me…they need something the young child possess…her own body…"
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After Samantha got out from the room where Cassandra was detained, she told Nathaniel she had a terrible headache and left the institute. No one seemed to really care. Jonathan was overjoyed by the kindness of his father, he had been really honest. Herbert McGowan was a really good man after all. Someone else worried Jonathan, Samantha De Vries, he was sure that in truth, this woman was worse than her sister. Now it was late afternoon, and Joanna decided it was better to tell Jonathan to not forget about their rendezvous, he had been very distracted by a lot of people today. She knocked to his door and entered.
"Jonathan…"
Jonathan looked at her. He didn't seem to have noticed her before she called for his name.
"Yes…."
"You didn't forget anything…aren't you", asked Joanna.
Jonathan looked at her without understanding the meaning of her sentence.
"You know…I was supposed to answer to a question you asked me", murmured Joanna.
"Oh my god! Thanks! I completely forgot about this. Without you, I would have forgotten, that's for sure!", answered Jonathan.
"Don't forger, 7 pm. I will tell Velvet to not be there tonight", said Joanna as she left his office.
"Alright…7 pm…"murmured Jonathan.
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6:30 pm, in front of Joanna's apartment
Joanna was very nervous. She was late. She was supposed to be arrived to her apartment half an hour ago. She tried to find her keys in her pocket but she didn't find it. She then desperately tried to open her door. She knew it wouldn't budge; she had locked it before leaving this morning. She was very surprised to see that it opened.
"Strange, I was sure I locked it this morning", Joanna murmured to herself.
She entered her apartment. She had the strange feeling something was wrong. She let her falcon 2 on the kitchen table. She yawns a few times, she didn't understand why because she was very nervous. She entered her bathroom and looked at her herself in the mirror.
"Will you really be able to say him no", she asked to herself.
Then, she heard footsteps coming from her chamber.
"Jonathan? Is that you?", she asked to no one in particular.
No one answered. She reached for her chamber. She tried to light her chamber but it didn't work. As she entered her room, she felt two hands catch her arms and two others catch her legs. She didn't even have the time to shout that someone else had put a hand on her mouth.
"You're better keep your mouth shut, my dear", a feminine voice said.
Joanna began to panic. They were a lot and she didn't have any gun. She couldn't do anything. She tried to issue from her attackers but there were too much…and too strong. Joanna was sure they were all men, except for the one who talked.
"Lit the candles", said the woman to her allies.
Joanna recognized instantly the woman. She was Samantha. She wasn't the calm, polite woman anymore. Her lips formed an insane smile and she had an empty look.
"You're certainly wondering what's happening, Miss Dark. Before I explain everything, let me tell you that everything that is happening to you right now is because of Jonathan. I wish to make him suffer. The best way to make him suffer like I want to…well…is to kill you in the most painful way I can imagine. Okay boys, now…tie her to her bed…", said Samantha with a smirk.
Joanna looked at the men. They were all that type of man no woman would touch. They were dirty, stinky and all looked like some kind of perverts. Samantha took out from some kind of bag a syringe.
"Do you know what contain this syringe miss Dark", asked Samantha
" ………..No……", answered Joanna that began to be incredibly scared.
"It's containing the HIV infection. Let me talk to you about this wonderful illness. About 40 years ago, the victim could survive with this illness in their body almost 20 years. As the years were passing, the antibiotics couldn't do anything against the virus. Today, there aren't any epidemics from this illness anymore. It became very rare but it became stronger than before. Now, you can survive only 1 month with this virus in your body and after…you die. Don't be afraid, young child. Before I'll inject you this, you're gonna have a lot of funny times with these men. They didn't have any company for a long time, they need a woman…miss Dark. I'm sure you don't mind to spent some time with these very kind men, tonight, one after the other…
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Jonathan looked at his watch. It was 6:30.
"Damn, the only way I'm not arriving late is to not go at home before going to Jo's apartment.", Jon said to himself
He looked at himself.
"Anyway, with that suit, I don't look like a moron like I always do", said Jon again to himself.
"Hey Jon", said Velvet and Nathaniel at the same time.
"What's wrong", asked Jonathan.
"I know Joanna wanted me to leave the apartment tonight but I forgot my toothbrush. We'll go with you but we'll only stays 30 seconds, okay", said Velvet.
"It's alright. Anyway, I don't understand why you ask me, my car is to the garage. We'll take your car", said Jon.
"Okay let's go!", said Velvet.
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A tear rolls on Joanna's cheek. She just wished Samantha would have took out a gun and shot her. Joanna usually never cry. The last time she cried, she was at the sixth grade and it was because she broke her leg. Then a man approached with a knife in his hand. Jo knew what was coming. She totally forgot the rendezvous she had with Jonathan. Another tear fell from Joanna's eye.
"Please, anyone, come save me", she murmured to no one.
"You don't have to be scared, darling, I won't hurt you", said the very disgusting man.
Then Joanna thought that she heard noise coming from the entrance. One last hope crossed her mind.
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Velvet, Jonathan and Nathaniel knocked to the door. Joanna didn't respond. Jonathan tried to knock another time, but there were no response. Velvet began to panic.
"Shit! We must open this door. I'm sure something's wrong! Joanna always answers to the door".
Jonathan turned the knob and the door opened.
"Well, that wasn't that hard", said Jonathan with a surprised tone.
"Oh no! It's bad! Joanna always locks her door. Something's really wrong", said Velvet in a hysterical tone.
They quickly entered the apartment. Jonathan noticed that he forgot his magnum to the institute. He saw the falcon 2 on the kitchen table and took it.
"Jo, where are you?! Are you alright?", asked Velvet.
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Joanna was sure she heard something. No one else in the room seemed to notice. The man approached his knife and gently put it on Joanna CI uniform. He pressed just hard to make Joanna's uniform to rip slowly. This was enough; Joanna couldn't hold her fear any longer.
" HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP! PLEASE HELP ME! ANYONE…PLEASE", Joanna shouted as some other tears ran through her face.
One of the men put his hands on Joanna's mouth. They all heard footsteps coming in their direction.
"Shit, someone's coming. Take your guns. We might need it", said Samantha as she approached Joanna with her syringe.
The door shut open. Three people where at the entrance of the room and instantly two of them began to shoot at the men. One of them approached Samantha and took out a falcon 2.
"You bitch! I'm sure you were going to do something like this. You're gonna die", said furiously Jonathan.
"I don't think so", she said as the man with the knife attacked Jonathan from behind.
Jonathan turned quickly enough to his attacker and shot him. The gun only made a small noise. There weren't any bullets in Joanna's falcon 2.
"Shit! Not a hand to hand combat", murmured Jonathan to himself.
The dirty man tried to cut him but Jonathan took the man's wrist before it reached for his throat. Jonathan took his other hand to punch him on the nose. The man cried in pain. Jonathan looked in Samantha's direction. She was approaching Joanna with a shot in her hands. Jonathan knew what that mean and he didn't want this to happen. He ran in Samantha's direction and jumped on her. She let fall her syringe. It fell on the floor and broken in a few pieces.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!", she shouted angrily.
Jonathan stood up, took the body from her mother and threw it on the wall. She fell on the floor, obviously knocked out. Jonathan looked at Joanna and she did the same. He had goose bumps as he saw Joanna's empty smile. He didn't have the time to ask her if she was alright. The man with the knife strikes him but he missed his target and only cut Jonathan in the arms. Jonathan turned to face his attacker…with his left eye narrowed
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU'RE GONNA DIE", Jonathan shouted as he kicked the man in his stomach.
The man groaned in pain as he fell on the floor. Then, Jonathan kicked him violently in the ribs. The man seemed too weak to get up and tried to cut Jonathan in the legs but it wasn't a success. Jonathan took the wrist of the man and took his knife, the man tried to hold it but his strength didn't match with his. Jonathan looked at the bloody knife of the man. The man seemed very scared by Jonathan.
"Please, I beg you for mercy! Let me alive and I will never approach this young woman again", asked desperately the injured man.
"You don't understand anything. A few minutes ago, you were ready to rape her and I will never give any mercy to anyone who dare to touch her…you will die for this", murmured Jonathan in an extreme fury.
Jonathan took the bloody knife and stabbed him through his heart. After a few seconds, the man died. Jonathan let the bloody knife in the dead corpse. Then he looked at himself. His hands and his suit were covered in blood. Jon wasn't sure if should be proud or scared by himself. It was easier to kill someone with a gun…but he didn't have any choices. He knew that if someone else had been in Joanna's situation, he would never become so aggressive. He looked at Joanna. Velvet was asking her if she was alright. Nathaniel looked at Jonathan with a confused look.
"Jon…are you alright. You look like you are totally insane and you seem severely injured", asked worriedly Nathaniel.
Then Jonathan seemed to wake up and see almost ten dead corpses in the chamber. He only killed one man and he was the bloodiest person in the room.
"No, I'm fine. Almost all the blood that is on me came from the man on the ground…Samantha…where is she? Don't tell me she…"
"Escapes? Yes, she escaped a few seconds after you threw her on the wall. I cannot believe this! I'm sure she was a good woman! I'm so sorry…this is all my fault", murmured sadly Nathaniel.
"What do you mean by this is your entire fault", asked Jonathan that was terrifying with mix of the blood and the anger in his face.
"I…I let her talk in private to her sister…I'm so sorry! I never thought they would organize such an insane plan", said Nathaniel.
"It's alright brother. You couldn't know how cruel she can be", said Jonathan that wasn't angry anymore.
"Shit! The police! It's almost sure they'll come! We make so much noise with our guns, someone near our room probably called the police!", said a very panicked Velvet.
"I'm gonna knock to the neighbours doors to ask them it they called the police. I don't have any blood on me, I don't look suspicious", said Nathaniel as he left Joanna's apartment.
Jonathan looked at Joanna. She was totally emotionless and was covered with sheets.
"Joanna, you should put some clothes, they all tore apart your uniform", said Velvet.
"Yeah…you're right", said Joanna.
The two women looked at Jonathan like he was a disturbance. It took to Jon a few seconds to understand.
"Alright, I think I'll wash my bloody face to the bathroom", said Jonathan as he left the chamber.
"Joanna…are you sure you'll be alright", asked worriedly Velvet.
"…………….Yes……", said Joanna with a cold tone.
"Don't lie to me", said Velvet.
" No…I will never be able to sleep in that bed again."
"You should go to Jonathan and Nathaniel's house. Jon will bring you there. Me and Nat will make a contact with the institute to report this", said softly Velvet.
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Nathaniel entered Joanna's apartment. He was incredibly pale. He looked like he had seen a ghost. Jonathan looked at him worriedly.
"What's wrong brother", asked Jonathan.
"Everyone on this floor had been killed…the other floors said that they didn't hear anything. The type of guns we had didn't do a lot of noise", said Nathaniel with an empty tone.
"That's…terrible…horrible…if I see her again…she's gonna pay for this", murmured incoherently Jonathan
Joanna and Velvet got out from Jo's chamber. Velvet looked at Jonathan…then at Nathaniel.
"Jonathan, bring Joanna to your home, your brother and me will take care of this mess and please, give her a day off tomorrow", said Velvet.
Jonathan wasn't in a state to argue. Nathaniel lends his car keys and his trench coat to Jonathan…to hide the blood. Jonathan took Joanna's hand and brought her far from this damned place…
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Jonathan's apartment, 8 pm.
Joanna and Jonathan entered his house. It was very messy but Joanna didn't care. She was out from this stupid apartment, and she was happy. She didn't show any emotions and almost said anything since she had been attacked. Thousands Skedars didn't scare her but this time…she had been frightened. She wasn't able to hold her emotions anymore…
"Jonathan, can you show me your bathroom, I really need to go", murmured Joanna.
"Sure, let me show you", said Jonathan as he looked at her worriedly.
Joanna entered the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She didn't lock the door. She looked at herself in the mirror and began to sobs silently. She didn't want to see or hear anything. She stayed there at least half an hour. Jonathan began to worry.
"Joanna…are you alright. It's been a while you're in there you know", he asked.
"…………………"
"Joanna, answer me", said Jonathan.
"…………………."
"Alright! But don't try to slap me when I'll open the door", said Jonathan that was expecting an answer.
"………………….."
Jonathan opened the door. Again, it was unlocked. What he saw totally shocked him. Joanna was sitting on the floor, crying like a little girl.
"………….Jo……", said sadly Jonathan.
"Fifth thing you need to know about me…….I don't fear monsters but I fear men………"
"Am I scarier than a monster", asked Jonathan.
"……..no…..Of course not", answered Joanna.
"So you don't fear men Jo, you fear the people who possess monsters in their hearth", answered Jonathan with a sad smile.
"Yeah…maybe you're right", said Joanna as more tears roll on her cheeks.
"Hey Jo, I'll tell you what you need to feel better. You will take a hot bath with a lot of bubbles. After, you will put a hot pyjama because it is always very cold in there. To conclude, you will let yourself fall on the couch, watch TV and eat every junk food you want", said Jonathan with a grin.
"Yeah…maybe you're right", said Joanna.
"Of course I am! And don't tell this sentence another time or you'll drive me crazy".
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A few hours later
Joanna wasn't crying anymore but she seemed very depressed and tired. She told him she needed to sleep and Jonathan brought her in his chamber.
"You'll sleep in my chamber tonight, I know how you hate to share the same bed with someone else so I'll sleep on the couch", said Jonathan.
"No…….stay with me……I don't want to be alone tonight", murmured Joanna.
She let herself fall on the bed and looked at Jonathan.
"I mean…it's a single bed you know…you want me to sleep on the ground", asked Jonathan with a very confused tone.
"…Come in the bed Jonathan…next to me…"murmured Joanna.
"…Okay…"said Jonathan very shyly.
He sat on the bed next to her. They looked at each other. Jonathan wanted so much to know Jo's answer to his question but he stayed silent. It wasn't the best time to ask her. Her too sat in the bed but not for the same reason. She took his shoulders and pushed him to make him fall in the bed. He let himself fall and Joanna put her head on his chest.
"Jonathan…the events didn't give me the chance to tell you my answer", murmured Joanna.
"So…will you tell me now…", asked Jonathan that began to blush slightly.
"I don't…no…I love you Jonathan", murmured Joanna.
Jonathan couldn't believe it. Her answer was yes. He didn't remember being so happy for a long time. They looked at each other. Joanna approached him and kissed him passionately. Sixth thing he know about Joanna, she's a very good kisser…well…it's not very surprising…she's good at doing anything…
"Good night Johnny", murmured Joanna.
"Sleep well, darling", said Jonathan.
END OF CHAPTER 8!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N: Yey! Another chapter finished. It wasn't as long as the other one but…damn…it was long to write. Well, I suppose that this chapter will make everyone happy! A mix of action and romance and less blabla…but something's wrong with this chapter. Almost everyone is out of character! Jo is always crying, Velvet is hysterical, Jonathan is a serial killer…don't you think it's a little bit weird?
Peachrocks: Thank you for your review! The Skedars didn't killed anyone yet because they need to get prepared. I don't know if I write it somewhere, but the ship Siegfried (mr blonde 2) stole in the last chapter was the last Skedar ship that wasn't destroyed so they need to by some other before coming to Earth and kill everyone they want. This explains why Trent isn't already dead and you're right: trusting Cassandra was real suicide.
Spider-bear: Thanks for your support. I'm sure you liked the end of this chapter! You're right when you say that Jon mustn't trust any of them but his father isn't a bad guy…
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