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Chapter 10: One last hope (this title sucks!)
Joanna looked straight in the eyes of her enemy. This can't be…he couldn't be Jonathan. Jon wasn't cold, cruel and uncaring like the man in front of her. Well…was it really a man? She looked at him with a hateful gaze. She didn't knew where was the real Jonathan and she wanted to know.
"Where is he", asked Joanna.
"What do you mean", asked Jonathan with the same monotone voice.
"You are NOT Jonathan. You'd better tell me where he is or you'll die so quickly that you won't realize what's happening to you" said menacingly Joanna.
"It takes you a while to discover…you 're stupider that I thought. He is dead…like you'll be in the next second", murmured Jonathan.
It only took a fraction of second to took out a mauler and to shot at her but it seems that he was too slow for Joanna Dark. She quickly avoided the bullet and punched him in the face like he did to her a minute ago. Even if she was very quick, Joanna knew she was the weaker one. She was unarmed and what she expected to be a Skedar had at least one mauler. The real Jonathan forgot to give her back her falcon 2. She remembered that Jonathan was apparently in the kitchen so she ran to reach the room where Jonathan was agonizing. When she entered, she didn't saw Jonathan so she ran behind the counter to hide herself from the mauler shots that tried to reach her. Then she saw Jonathan. He was next to her, lying on the floor. He was incredibly pale and his face was covered in sweat. The look he had convinced Joanna that he was suffering. She knew his life was in danger but hers will be if she didn't do anything quickly. Joanna was happy to see that he had his magnum with him. She took it. Then she heard noise behind her. She turned herself and saw that Jonathan's copy was approaching her with what looked like a shot. It was different from the one the humans used. It looked like technology from Skedars. He apparently hoped Joanna won't hear him so he could reach for her but he was wrong. Then for the first time the copy showed an emotion: he was scared. Joanna shot at him. The three bullets she shot reach to his head. A real human would be dead but it only seems to make him suffer and he flee. Joanna didn't pursued him, she had more important emergencies to take care of.
"Jonathan, Jonathan can you hear me", asked Joanna that tried to hide her fear.
"Yeah…I think so…", lazily answered Jonathan.
"Jonathan, what did he do to you…you seem so sick", asked Joanna with her fear that she couldn't hide anymore.
"The shot he had…he…she…the thing used it on me…I think.", said Jonathan with an extreme effort.
"It's gonna be alright Jon. I'll bring you to the institute and they'll take care of you…okay", replied Joanna with a panicked tone.
She helped him to stand up. He was incredibly weak so he often lost his balance but Jo didn't let him fall. They reached the car and Joanna drove the quickest she could to the institute.
"Jo…" , murmured Jonathan.
"Yes Jonathan…", responded an incredibly anxious Joanna.
"Promise me…you won't…promise me you won't…cry if I die", said Jonathan.
"You're not gonna die Jon…no you won't. Do you hear me Jonathan", answered Joanna as her eyes were filled with tears.
"I told you I didn't wanted to see you cry…"
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10 minutes later
Joanna helped Jonathan to enter the institute. Suzan was the first one to see them.
"OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED TO JONATHAN?!", shouted Suzan hysterically.
"No time to explain. Go search Sarah and Nathaniel, hurry", said Joanna with a desperate look.
Suzan nodded and went to the infirmary. Jonathan again lost his balance but Joanna wasn't quick enough and he fell on his back. The pain that the fall caused him didn't seemed to matter him. He only squeeze his eyes as more pain flew through his body.
"Jonathan! Are you alright?", asked worriedly Joanna.
"It burns…inside of me…but at…the same time I feel so cold", murmured Jonathan as he squeezed tighter his eyes in pain.
Joanna putted her hand on his face. How could he feel so cold when he was so hot she thought to herself. Her thoughts were interrupted as Elvis and Siegfried entered the room. Siegfried looked at Jonathan with an horrified expression. Elvis looked at them with an interrogative look.
"Jonathan, what are you doing on the floor?", asked Elvis.
"It seems obvious…you stupid…I'm dying", murmured Jonathan annoyingly.
"No! You won't die Jon", exclaimed Joanna as a tear ran down her right cheek.
Their conversation was interrupted as Sarah and Nathaniel arrived with a stretcher. They brought Jonathan to the infirmary and hoped they could do something to save him. They let Joanna, Elvis, Suzan and Siegfried in the entrance.
"Jo, tell me what happened! Why was Jonathan so sick", asked Elvis.
"A Skedar attacked us and injected Jonathan some kind of poison. I…I hope there's a way to save him", responded Joanna with a trembling voice.
"I think I know what you're talking about! The Skedars possess only one kind of poison. They call if the liquid of the death. Us, maians, have a medication that can cure someone who have a bit of it in his body. If it was injected, I suppose he didn't have a lot of the poison in his body so the medication can work", answered Elvis.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! LEAVE THIS PLACE AND GO SEARCH THE MEDICATION ON YOUR PLANET", shouted hysterically Suzan.
"I don't think it can work. The maximum amount of time he can survive is two days. To reach to my planet and return on Earth, it would take me three days", answered Elvis.
"So…he's gonna die?", asked Joanna as more tears fell down her face.
Elvis put his two hand on his temple like he was thinking of a way to save him. A few seconds later his eyes grew wide.
"I GOT IT! I remember that Carrington already ask me in the past to bring him some of this medication to him. I brought it some days later. He only used it one time to cure a dying agent. I don't remember that he used it after. Maybe some of the medication is left somewhere in the institute", suggested Elvis.
"Do you think that we'll find it before it will be too late", asked Joanna.
"I know Carrington, he probably hide it in a place we don't even know the existence, he was always scared that some spies find the secret technology we have", answered Suzan.
"So how are we gonna find it", questioned Joanna.
"There's only one solution. We must access on Carrington's top secrets information on his computer", said Elvis.
"But…it's impossible to do so! Jonathan is the only one to know the password and I don't think he'll be able to access it. He's so weak that he cannot walk properly", said Joanna.
"To save his life, Jonathan will probably tell the password to one of you" said Siegfried.
Everyone looked at him with a surprised look on their face. No one expected him to say anything. After a few seconds of silence, they heard a loud noise coming from the helipad. Someone had landed. After they heard some sounds that was like some kind of roaring.
"SHIT! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK", exclaimed Joanna.
Suzan pressed the alarm and send a message to each agents to be ready to attack.
"You, the none Mr Blonde. Are you able to use guns", asked Elvis to Siegfried.
"I've already seen Skedars who used maulers", said Siegfried.
"You didn't answered my question", said Elvis.
"…No…not really", answered shamefully Siegfried.
"I see…listen to me, you'd better hide yourself somewhere on the 2nd floor. But bring Suzan, Sarah, Nathaniel, Jonathan and the other employees on the 2nd floor with you. Ask to the one who has big hair and an accent to take Carrington's computer with him", said Elvis.
"Fine, I'll go search for them now", replied Siegfried.
Joanna, Elvis and some other agents went to the firing range to take some powerful weapons. Suzan followed Siegried in the elevator.
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Siegfried and Suzan found Grimshaw in the hacker central.
"I'll go search for the other employees", said Suzan as she left the hacker central.
"So you 're the one the maian described me. He told me to tell you to go search for Carrington's computer. After we'll hide in a more secure place. Do you have an idea where is this more secure place", asked Siegfried.
"The most secure place I know is the place where we enclosed Trent. Damn, we'll have to deal with him", said Grimshaw.
"I don't know who he is but even if I never used guns, I'll be able to beat him if he's too unsupportable", responded Siegfried.
"Alright then, go warn the other employees, I'll take care of the computer. Tell everyone we'll go in the 'cell'. I give you the keys. Be careful, the black haired man who had a red suit must not leave this place", said Grimshaw.
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Joanna ran through the Carrington's Institute corridors, with a RCP-120 in hands. She told Foster to go to the 2nd floor, she didn't wanted the defenceless employees to get hurt. At this moment, they were the only one who could help Jonathan. She heard gunshots, she reached for the room where the noise was coming from and she saw Velvet who was shooting a Skedar with the weapon Foster made to kill them more easily. The weapon hadn't any names yet. Foster thought that it should be called Fosterisagod-150 but everyone disagreed.
"Sis, are you alright", asked Joanna.
"Yeah, I think so", answered Velvet.
"We must reach for the helipad. Almost all the enemies are probably there", said Joanna.
"There's a lot of them. It's like they are coming from everywhere at the same time. Did you know that some Datadyne guards are here", said Velvet.
"What!? There are Skedars and Datadyne guards who are attacking us at the same time", exclaimed Joanna.
"Yeah, we're in big trouble. I don't know how we're going to get out from this mess", worriedly answered Velvet.
"Without Elvis' guards, it would be almost sure we would be all dead by now, said Joanna.
"Where is Jonathan ? Maybe that he has a good idea", suggested Velvet.
"Jonathan won't be of any use for now. I don't have any time to explain right now, we'd better reach for the place where they're coming from", said Joanna with an extremely pale face.
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All the employees from the second floor entered the cell. Carrington had a good idea to make it big because they were at least fifteen. Trent looked at them with a confused look.
"You'd better get out from this bed, someone needs it more than you", said Nathaniel to Trent.
"Why should I", asked Trent with a challenging tone.
"Because if you don't, I'll beat you until all your bones melt into piece", said Siegfried.
Trent looked at Siegfried like he was his worst nightmare. He thought that he was the Mr Blonde he already met and he didn't forgot how he was almost killed. He quickly got up from the bed and looked at him with a puzzled and scared look at the same time.
"Anyway, what are YOU doing here, you Skedar freak", asked Trent that found a bit of courage to ask Siegfried this question with the challenging tone he had.
"First of all, I'm not Mr Blonde and secondly I'm not a Skedar and I hate them in the same way as you", replied Siegfried.
Nathaniel and Sarah took out Jonathan form the stretcher and put him on the bed. Jonathan had fallen unconscious several minutes ago.
"I don't know how we're gonna save him, I don't even know what was injected in his body", worriedly asked Sarah to no one in particular.
"Elvis told us they were a medication for that kind of poison. The problem is that we don't know where Carrington hid it", said Suzan.
"Wait a minute, we have Jonathan and Carrington's computer. We can ask Jonathan what is the password and we'll be able to use the computer to find the location of the cure", said Siegfried.
"Yeah! Good idea! I'll try to make Jonathan regain his mind", said Nathaniel.
He tried to pinch Jonathan's shoulder but it didn't work.
"Shit, he won't wake up, and we don't have any strong medics who could give him a boost", said Nathaniel.
"We don't have any choices, we'll hack Carrington's computer", suggested Nathaniel.
"You're telling this like it was easy to do. It's impossible to hack Carrington's computer and the password is a new one. Carrington had written on his testament that it was Datadynesucks but after Jonathan made a new password and he's the only one to know. I tried to find it but it seems that Jonathan written something he's the only one to know about. Cheap shot, he probably written a personal information about him", said Grimshaw.
"I don't think it can be that difficult, a few years ago, I was the king of hacking. I could hack a lot of thing no one was able to", said Siegfried as he opened Carrington's computer.
"You little brat! You can't be better than me to hack! I told you the password was impossible to find. And you don't have the right to use anything from the institute! You're not an employee and I hope you'll never be", angrily replied Grimshaw.
Someone knocked on the door.
"Hello? Can you open me the door please, it's me, Foster"
Grimshaw opened him the door.
"I'm glad you're here Foster. Tell this stupid boy to get out from this computer. He thinks he can hack it! And he's not an employee! What are you waiting for? Do something", said Grimshaw.
"Is he trying to hack the computer to find a cure to save Jonathan", asked Foster.
"Apparently yes. I think we should let him try, he's the only one except for Grimshaw that is able to hack a computer properly. He's our only chance to help Jonathan", said Sarah.
"Alright! If Sarah tells me to let him try, I'll let him try", said Foster.
"WHAT! ARE YOU CRAZY! YOU TRAITOR! I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT AN ANGRY GRIMSHAW LOOK LIKE!", shouted Grimshaw as he tried to punch Foster.
Foster quickly avoided the punch and pinched Grimshaw's right shoulder. The hacker cried in pain and fell on the ground, unconscious.
"Good boy", said Sarah to Foster.
Foster smiled wildly to Sarah. He always had a small crush on Sarah but it seems that it wasn't reciprocal.
"Hey Sick freak!", said Nathaniel enthusiastically.
"My name is Siegfried", he corrected with an annoyed tone.
"Alright huh…Siegfries or something like that…why didn't your parents called you Bob or something like that, it would be easier to pronounce", answered Nathaniel.
"What do you want anyway", asked Nathaniel that began to be very annoyed.
"I think I've got an idea of what Jonathan could have written as a password", said Nathaniel.
Nathaniel took the computer and tapped something. A few seconds later, it was written on the computer 'password correct, welcome Jonathan'. Siegfried looked at him in disbelief.
"How did you know what was the password", he asked to Nathaniel.
"It was very easy to guess", said Nathaniel.
"Please Nathaniel, tell us what was the password", asked Suzan.
"It is ridiculous but it doesn't surprised me from Jonathan. It was IluvJo", said Nathaniel.
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Joanna and Velvet arrived to the helipad but didn't showed themselves. Elvis joined them a few seconds later.
"What are you doing? You're not attacking", asked Elvis with a farsight in hands.
"Maybe that it's a bit too risky to attack all alone like this", said Velvet.
"I'll take a look through my farsight", said Elvis.
He looked in his gun.
"There're only a few Skedars but there's a lot of Datadyne's guards. Strange…there's no elite guards, there's only some of the dumb one and a few of Cassandra's bodyguards. It's seems that they're protecting something, or someone", said Elvis.
"So what can we do", asked Joanna.
"I'll began to shoot at them through the wall. Some of them will probably came to check who did this and you'll just have to shoot at them. Here, take those shields, it's safer like this", said Elvis as he gave to Joanna and Velvet two shields.
His plan worked like he expected it to do. A lot of the dumb guards were killed easily by Joanna and Velvet. Cassandra's bodyguards began to panic and one of them entered the Skedar ship. Then a few of Cassandra's bodyguards quickly approached the door that lead to the place where Velvet, Elvis and Joanna were hidden.
"Prepare yourself, some of the women are approaching", murmured Elvis as he tried to shoot to one of them.
"Yay, we'll have some challenge to make a change", said Velvet.
They entered the room but didn't noticed the presence of our heroes. They all stared at the pile of dead corpse beside the door.
"Oh my god! That's horrible", one of them exclaimed.
Joanna and Velvet killed the half of them with a few bullets. The survivors finally took out their shotguns and tried to shot at them but they weren't quick enough, Joanna already killed them as her sister was reloading her gun.
"Damn, that's too easy", said Joanna with an annoyed tone.
"A woman got out form the ship. She seems to be their leader", said Elvis.
"I hope it's not the one I'm thinking of", said Velvet.
Some of Elvis' guard joined them. They were ten.
"The only attackers who are alive in the institute are in the place you're spying", said one of the Maian.
"Good. Now you're enough to kill the people who are at the helipad. We can all kill them easily", said Elvis as he took out a callisto.
They all reloaded their guns if need to be and they reached for the helipad. Everyone were running and shooting to their enemies at the same time. Joanna looked at the leader who was near the Skedar ship. Anger flew through her veins as she recognized Samantha.
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Siegfried was searching in the 'maian technology' folder to find the cure Elvis was talking about. He clicked on the 'maian medicine' icon. A text appeared on the screen of the computer. Nathaniel, Sarah, Suzan and Foster came near the computer to read it.
The maian medicine is miraculous. Unfortunately, we only have one cure available. It is a liquid that can cure every powerful poison we have on Earth. It can also cure someone who had the liquid of the death (a very powerful Skedar poison) flowing through his veins. It had been hidden in a secret place in the institute to avoid to be stolen by an enemy. If an emergency happen and someone needs it, please read the next sentences who are revealing its location.
A lot of the reader gasped in surprise and happiness and continued to read carefully.
You must go to the secret passage that is on the 2nd floor. This secret passage is often used to train the recruits. In this passage, there's another secret passage that no one know about its existence. To find it, you just have to enter the secret passageway ,shout 'Datadyne sucks' and a part of the wall will open and lead you to the miraculous cure.
Everyone had finished their reading. They all stared at each other. Now that they knew how to save Jonathan, they weren't sure what they were going to do next.
"We must wait for the attackers to leave the institute. We don't have any choice", said Sarah.
"Anyway Elvis told us that Jonathan will be able to survive two days. In a few hours, it's almost sure they won't be any enemies alive left in there", said Suzan.
"I think you'd better read the rest of the text", said Siegfried.
They all looked at him worriedly. They read the last part of the text.
Unfortunately, this product has 2 secondary effects. The first one is that the person who use this cure will forget a part of his life. More you take a lot of this cure, more you forget a big part of your life. We also noticed that the only human who used this cure became depressive. Anti-depressant are recommended to prevent the second effect.
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Joanna looked at the woman who almost killed her a day before. She never hated so much someone before. Even Cassandra was better than her. Joanna had only one desire at this moment. She just wished she could kill her…yes…kill her. Joanna approached the Skedar ship…she approached her worst enemy.
"Hi young lady, how are you going? I hope you're feeling well enough to die", said Samantha with a smirk.
"You bitch…you're gonna die", murmured menacingly Joanna.
"Wait a minute! You can't call me like this ! If I'm a bitch…this mean your lover is a son of a bitch", answered Samantha with a grin.
They stared at each other. Nor Joanna neither Samantha dared to move. Joanna reloaded her RCP-120. She was looking forward to caught her enemy off guard and kill her. Joanna heard a noise behind her. One of the last Skedar alive was running through her direction…to attack her. Joanna suddenly disappeared. The Skedar stopped his run and looked everywhere around it to find Joanna. She reappeared behind it, and instantly killed it. She reloaded her gun again and pointed it on Samantha. Samantha expected this move from Joanna and shot first. Jo quickly threw herself on the ground to avoid the bullet from Samantha's magnum. Joanna tried to shoot at Samantha as she was lying on the floor but the bullets were stopped by Samantha shield. The older woman was angry to be caught off guard like this. She took out an N-bomb and threw it to Joanna. The perimeter from the explosion was too big, Joanna couldn't avoid it. She tried to not breath but after a few seconds she needed air. Joanna was unfortunate and cough. The toxic fumes from the N-bomb reached for her lungs and she coughed even more. After the fumes vanished Samantha approached Joanna and kicked her a few times in the ribs. Joanna couldn't breath and Samantha's kicks were very painful. Samantha tried to shoot at Joanna but her shield saved her.
"You poor little girl…prepare to die…", murmured Samantha
Joanna tried to hold her RCP-120 to try to shoot at Samantha again but she was too weak to be able to. She gasped for air. Samantha smirked, Joanna was powerful but so stupid…she never used all her strength properly. The older woman pointed her magnum on Joanna.
"Good bye darling", said Samantha.
Then Joanna heard a farsight shot and a cry of pain. She looked at Samantha, she had been shot in the arm by Elvis. The Skedar ship made a loud noise and the doors opened. Before Joanna had the chance to finish Samantha off, she threw herself in the ship and left the Carrington Institute. Joanna looked at Samantha leave. She sighed.
"Damn…I'm so stupid! How could I fail!? Am I not supposed to be Perfect Dark!?", exclaimed Joanna.
"Don't blame yourself Jo. Samantha is completely crazy but very clever. You cannot let your anger control you when you face her. Next time you see her, remember that", replied Elvis.
"Yeah, you're probably right. And Jonathan wasn't wrong either when he told me that I'm always running and shooting everywhere without any strategy", responded Joanna.
"We'd better check on him now, he's probably even weaker. We must find the location of the medication the quickest we can", said Elvis.
Joanna gasped in surprise. She had totally forgotten about Jonathan. She ran to the cell.
"JOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAANAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WAIT FOR US", exclaimed Velvet.
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Joanna knocked on the cell door.
"Who's there", Foster asked as he reloaded his gun.
"It's me, Joanna. The attackers are gone now. You can open the door without any dangers", said Joanna
Foster opened the door and Joanna entered the cell.
"Where's Jonathan", asked impatiently Joanna.
"On the bed, but he's unconscious right now", answered Sarah.
Joanna approached the bed where Jonathan was lying. He was very pale…almost like he was dead.
"Hey Jo! You know what? We've find a way to save Jon!", exclaimed Nathaniel happily.
"You're sure!? Is that really true", asked Joanna.
Everyone looked at Joanna strangely.
"Yeah…the medic has some little secondary effects but he'll be alright", said Nathaniel who tried to change the subject.
"What kind of secondary effect", questioned Joanna worriedly.
"…Since when are you soooooo caring about Jon", asked Nathaniel who began to suspect something.
"Huh…what…what are you talking about? Anyway, that's not of your business", responded Joanna who blushed slightly.
"Stop your childish comment Nathaniel and help me to bring Jonathan to the infirmary. We'll wake him up and inform him of the secondary effects. Meanwhile, someone is better go search for the cure", said Sarah
Joanna thanked Sarah silently but it didn't stopped everyone to look at her in a displeasing way.
"I'll go search the cure. Joanna would you like to come with me", asked Suzan.
"Of course, I'll go with you", answered Joanna.
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"I already told you! That's not of your business and it never will be", exclaimed Joanna.
"Ow come on! You cannot care that much about Jonathan if you don't love him! Do you love him Joanna? If you tell me, I'll promise I won't tell anyone", begged Suzan.
"The last person I will trust to keep a secret is you, Suzan", replied Joanna.
"Please! I beg you!", said Suzan.
"Where's the cure anyway", asked Joanna as they entered the secret passage.
"Don't try to change the subject", responded Suzan.
"I will only tell you if you tell me what are the secondary effects", answered Joanna.
"But I can't tell you! Sarah make me promise I won't talk about it to you", said Suzan.
"Alright then. We'll forgot about this subject and you'll tell me how we can find the cure", said Joanna.
"Okay…DATADYNE SUCKS!", shouted Suzan.
A part of the wall opened and showed a dark corridor. They entered the second secret passage. They quickly reach to the end of the corridor. They opened the door at the end of the corridor. They entered the small room. On a table, there was two shots filled with a blue liquid. They took them and quickly left the secret passage.
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Suzan and Joanna entered the infirmary. Nathaniel greeted them and gave the medication to Sarah. He looked at Joanna with a grin and suggested to Suzan to leave the infirmary.
"Come on Suzan, we'll let Jo and Jon alone for now", said Nathaniel as he left the infirmary with her.
Sarah lead Joanna to the chamber where Jonathan was. She opened the door to Joanna.
"I'll let Jonathan tell you what are the secondary effects. Now I'll let you some privacy, you probably want some", said Sarah with a slight smile.
She left the chamber and closed the door behind Joanna. She sat at a chair beside Jonathan's bed. She looked at him. His eyes were closed and he was as pale as Joanna remembered he was.
"Jonathan, can you hear me", murmured Joanna.
"…Huh…yeah I hear you. Sorry, I'm very tired", answered Jonathan as he opened his eyes.
"You seem less in pain than the last time I saw you" said Joanna with a sad smile.
"I don't have any energy left to shout and cry in pain anymore", replied Jonathan with a pitiful look on his face.
"You're really that weak Jonathan", worriedly questioned Joanna.
"Nope just kidding! They gave me so much morphine that I can't feel pain anymore", responded Jonathan with a grin.
"You would not be able to speak as clearly as you're doing right now", said Joanna.
"Yeah you're right…I tried to do some kind of joke again but this time it didn't work as I see", answered Jonathan.
"There's no time for jokes Jonathan, you could die soon if you don't take any medics", said worriedly Joanna.
"Don't worry with this Jo. I'll take a cure just after we'll finish our conversation.", reassured Jonathan.
"Why didn't they gave it to you before our conversation", asked Joanna.
"Because after it will be completely impossible to do so" murmured Jonathan.
"Why Jonathan?! Tell me why it will be impossible! No one wanted to tell me. What will happen that will be so dramatic", questioned Joanna that wasn't sure if she really wanted to hear the answer.
"The secondary effects are the only reason", answered Jonathan.
"WHAT ARE THOSE FUCKING SECONDARY EFFECTS JONATHAN! I'M TIRED THAT EVERYONE HIDES ME THE TRUTH LIKE I WAS A CHILD THAT WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT DEATH", shouted furiously Joanna.
"Sorry…I didn't wanted you to be mad…", shyly answered Jonathan.
"I'm sorry Jon. I don't know why I shouted like this…forgive me", murmured Joanna.
"It's alright. If I was you I would probably react in the same way you did. I'll tell you now. The secondary effects are not that dramatic. One of them is that I'll have to take anti-depressant after I took the cure", said Jonathan.
"The main reason why everyone hid me the truth is not this one Jonathan. The real reason is more serious", replied Joanna who began to be incredibly worried.
"The other reason is …a kind of…amnesia", answered Jonathan.
"What kind of amnesia? What do you mean?", questioned Joanna.
"The last agent who used the medic forgot the past two years of his life…Carrington wrote that the amount of your life that you forgot is proportional to the quantity of cure you take. This agent needed a greater quantity of the cure than me but I will at least forget one year of my life you know", said Jonathan.
"You hide me this! But it's not that serious Jon!", replied Joanna who was a bit reassured
"You didn't understood anything…aren't you", asked desperately Jonathan.
"What…What do you mean", questioned worriedly Joanna.
"If I forget one year of my life…I will completely forget who you are Joanna…"responded Jonathan.
"But…you…but you'll remember…Jon tell me you'll be able to remember after a period of time", asked Joanna.
"Yeah…I can remember but that's not sure I'll be able to. I have a special request to ask you Jo…promise me you'll do everything to make me remember…I don't know how…show me objects that mean something important to me…I allow you to do anything you want to make me remember…", said Jonathan.
"Okay…I'll do this for you…for us…", replied sadly Joanna.
"I love you Joanna…remember that….", murmured Jonathan.
"I love you too Jon…and I promise that I'll make you remember", responded Joanna as she felt her eyes fill themselves of tears.
Joanna approached Jonathan and kissed him deeply on the lips. After she quickly stood up and opened the door.
"It's okay Sarah…you can come in and gave Jonathan the cure…", said Joanna.
"Okay…I'm coming" replied Sarah.
"Jo…", murmured Jonathan.
"Yes", responded Joanna.
"Stay with me…until I fell unconscious", asked Jonathan shyly.
"Fine", answered Joanna.
She again sat next to him. Jonathan used his thumb to brush away her tears. He smiled at her.
"Don't worry darling…everything will be fine…"murmured Jonathan.
Sarah entered the room and seemed a little bit shy to disturb Jo and Jon.
"Elvis told me only one shot will be enough to save you", said Suzan.
"Good…I'll remember more", said Jonathan.
"Are you ready", asked Suzan as she put some alcohol on Jonathan left arm.
"Yeah…I am", answered Jonathan as he took Joanna's hand with his free arm.
"Okay…here it goes", replied Sarah as she injected the blue substance to Jonathan.
Jonathan smiled slightly to Joanna as he let himself fell unconscious. Joanna couldn't hold her pain anymore and burst into tears.
"Come on Joanna…I'm sure that you can make him remember…you're perfect dark after all. You never failed any mission you have done before…you won't fail this one", reassured Sarah.
"Thank you Sarah", murmured Joanna.
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Joanna's apartment 9 pm
Joanna was looking at the wall of her apartment…worrying about Jonathan… Velvet looked at her with a desperate look on her face. She was glad she didn't have to live such things. She tried everything to make Joanna feel better but nothing worked. It was Nathaniel's turn to try something.
"Hey Jo…you know if Jonathan never remember what he forgot…you can always regain him by seduction", said Nathaniel.
"What the fuck are you talking about", asked Joanna that was a bit annoyed by Nathaniel suggestion.
"You just have to wear a cleavage and very tight leather clothes…I don't know any men who can resist this", replied Nathaniel with a smirk.
"Yeah! Good idea! And don't forget the whip!", exclaimed Velvet.
Joanna smiled at them. They were right. She could not give up hope right now…If Jonathan forgot about what happened between them and is not able to remember…she was sure she could be able to make him fell in love with her again…She wasn't called perfect dark just because she had the highest ranking after all…
End of Chapter 10
Aw…I hated so much to write the end of this chapter. I don't like to write sad things…Anyway, be happy! This chapter was enormous! What happened to the elite guards from Datadyne? Why Trent is not pursued by the president? Will Jonathan really forget everything about Joanna? Who are the true friends and the true enemies? Be ready everyone! Next chapter will be full of answers!
Peachrocks: As you can see, I will talk about the Trent thing next chapter but I won't put details, I just want this mystery to be solved… Thanks for your support! It makes me happy to see that there's some people who're reading this story.
Spider-bear: Mwuahahahahahha! I didn't make the freaky copying people die! I'm so cruel…Thank you for your review! Like I've said to Peachrocks, I'm happy to see that someone is reading this.
A chapter of 5500 words like this deserve some reviews…please :)