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Chapter 11: New allies and new enemies
Herbert looked at a picture of him with Samantha. He loved her so much…how could she not feel the same way? Since the time he worked at Datadyne corp, he always hated her sister: Cassandra. He always thought that she was crazy…but she was his only chance to see Samantha again. He wanted to hear her say that she never loved him or he'll never be able to help the Carrington's Institute. It seems that someone heard his prayers because someone knocked on the door. He opened it. Samantha was in front of her, with an angelic smile.
"Hello…Herbert", she said.
"What do you want", Herbert abruptly asked.
"I'm sorry honey. I know I probably hurt you by leaving like this…we need to talk…", answered Samantha.
"I'm not sure it would be a good idea if I do so", replied Herbert.
"Come on Herby, what those stupid employees from the Carrington Institute did for you? They didn't gave you anything…why do you want to give them all your knowledge", questioned Samantha
"You make them live like they were orphans. A week ago, I didn't knew that I had two sons. You tried to hide me the truth and…I will never forgive you such things", replied Herbert angrily.
"You already told me a few years ago that you wished to don't have any children. I didn't wanted you to be sad and to ruin your life because of them…", responded Samantha.
"You don't understand anything! These two boys aren't toys that we can throw in the garbage if they annoy us! They're humans!", exclaimed furiously Herbert.
"Don't be so mad at me Herbert. I give them to a kind lady who took care of them very well. They weren't sad…they were with a lovely mother. There's something you don't know about children. Their real parents aren't the one who made them. Their real parents are the one who take care of them…Even if you give the two boys everything they want; they'll never see you as their father. If you want to take care of children, you must do another family", answered Samantha
"Don't say things like that. You're too old to be pregnant and you know it", replied Herbert.
"I thought that maybe…maybe we could adopt an orphan", answered Samantha with a small smile. She was sure her plan was going to work.
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"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT! YOU CANNOT HAVE DONE SUCH THINGS!", shouted Joanna in fury.
"I'm sorry…I-I completely forgot he wasn't an employee", shyly answered Nathaniel.
"I don't care if he's an employee or not! I'm sure Siegfried won't cause us any troubles even if he's not an employee! But we're talking about Trent Easton! One of our worst enemy know the password to access the top secret folder!" replied Joanna.
"Calm down sis. We just have to ask Grimshaw to make a new password…it can't be that difficult", said Velvet who tried desperately to defend her boyfriend.
"Do you really think we can trust Grimshaw?! I'm sure that if he know the password he'll read everything that is on Carrington's computer", angrily responded Joanna.
"We just have to wait for Jonathan to wake up. We'll explain him the situation and he'll do a new password.", answered Velvet
"That's the only option we have…I will keep the computer until he wakes up…"answered Joanna who calm down a bit.
"Hi Joanna", said Foster who pass in front of Joanna's office with Trent Easton.
"Hi…wait a minute…What is he doing here!?", asked Joanna.
"Calm down Jo, Trent needed to go to the bathroom. I have a gun with me. If he try to escape, I shoot him…okay", reassured Foster.
Joanna sighed. Since Carrington was gone, a lot of weird things happened in his institute. Joanna was disturbed from her thoughts by Sarah who entered her office.
"Miss Dark, he's awake", said Sarah.
"He's awake already? Alright, I'm coming", said Joanna with a suddenly more nervous tone.
Joanna nervously followed Sarah. They entered the infirmary. The door of Jonathan's room was closed. Sarah knocked to the door.
"Jonathan? Can I come in", asked Sarah.
"Of course you can!", exclaimed Jonathan.
They opened the door. Jonathan wasn't in his bed anymore. It seems that he was preparing himself to leave the infirmary.
"Someone wants to see you", said Sarah with her trademark slight smile.
"Hi Jonathan. Do you…do you remember me", asked Joanna even if she knew the answer.
"Yeah! Of course I remember you. You're Joanna Dark", replied Jonathan.
"That's wonderful! You truly remember me Jon", questioned Joanna with a big smile.
"Yeah…but why are you calling me Jon? We're not friends", responded Jonathan.
"What!? What are you talking about? Of course we're friends and I thought that we were more than that!", exclaimed Joanna.
"I don't know how I could appreciate your presence. You're this annoying little girl who cannot handle a single joke, that is shooting everywhere in her mission, that I suspect that she slept with Carrington to have the A+ + ranking and that forced me to go in that stupid maian ship! Do you know that I thrown up three days in a row after this ride?", replied Jonathan.
Then Joanna understood. He didn't forget one year of his life. He only forgot a few months. His last souvenir of Joanna was when they went to the Area 51 to rescue Elvis. Forgetting everything about me would have been less displeasing, Joanna thought to herself.
"Why do you want to see me anyway", asked Jonathan.
"You…you…no, forget that. I'm leaving", answered Joanna with a disappointed tone.
"Hey agent Dark, why are you so disappointed? Sarah told me I forgot a part of my life. What did I forgot that can make you so sad", curiously asked Jonathan
"Ask someone else…I don't have the strength to tell you", responded Joanna
"Hey! Do you really think I'll let you leave like this? Tell me", replied Jonathan.
"…You forgot the part when you fell in love with me", answered Joanna with a depressed tone.
"Fell in love with you!? HAHAHAHA! YOU MUST BE KIDDING! THAT'S TOO FUNNY!", exclaimed Jonathan.
Joanna slapped him in the face and left the infirmary almost in a run…to hide the tears that fell down her eyes. Sarah shot a glare to Jonathan.
"What? Did I do something I wasn't supposed to?", asked innocently Jonathan.
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"Are you sure this is going to work? I mean…we're not exactly loved from the Carrington Institute…especially me", asked the young woman.
"Don't worry Heleny, they'll neva refuse any help from anyone…they truly need it", answered the man.
"Okay…we'll try but I'm not sure Jonathan forgave me yet…", responded Heleny.
"What's the problem with this? He's not the boss…", replied the elite guard.
"I've heard from Cassandra De Bitch that their boss died recently. What if he was the boss?", asked worriedly Heleny.
"Ya'r worryin for nothing, m'dear. I'm sure he's not the boss. They probably took someone that was older. Wanna bet?" asked the man.
"I'm not sure I should", answered Heleny.
"Alright, it means yes. I'm feelin cheep today, I bet 20 bucks that the boss is someone that we never heard 'bout", replied the elite guard.
"Okay, for 20 dollars I follow you, Dave", responded Heleny.
"Oops! Look what time's it! We'd better lead for this institute now…did you make sign everyone…", asked Dave.
"Yeah…everyone signed yesterday", answered Heleny.
"Alright, here' w go", replied Dave.
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"No you must be kidding! Carrington's really dead and I've became the boss of the Carrington Institute", exclaimed Jonathan who's almost doing a heart attack.
"No, I'm not…you'd better change the password from Carrington…because of my big mouth…everyone know about it…even Trent Easton. After you'd better take a look to the top secret files…you probably forgot what they were talking about", instructed Nathaniel.
"Alright…I'll go take a look on this…Do you have an idea where's the computer…I saw that it wasn't in 'my' office.", asked Jon.
"Joanna thought that she was the most qualified to protect the computer. It's probably in her office", answered Nathaniel.
Jonathan snorted. He didn't wanted to see her right now. She was annoying with that supposed affair between them. Jonathan was almost sure she didn't lied. She seemed too hurt when he laughs out loud. Nathaniel looked at him suspiciously.
"You had an argument when you see each other…am I wrong", asked Nathaniel.
"Nope, she thought that I would be happy to learn that I've become looser enough to love her", replied Jonathan.
"You know, the things you forgot make you change a lot…You weren't annoying Joanna anymore with your trademark jokes and you forced yourself to not put your 'comfortable clothes' in front of her…She seemed depressed when I saw her a few minutes ago...Please try to understand her pain…she's sad because…".
"Alright alright…I'll tell her I'm sorry for my 'bad' behavior. You're happy now…stupid brother", replied Jonathan.
"Of course I am! Now go see her and remember the things you're supposed to know about her", responded happily Nathaniel.
"You mean the ten things I need to know about her", asked Jonathan.
"What!? What are you talking about", questioned Nathaniel.
"Duh…I don't have any idea", responded Jonathan.
"Stop saying things who don't mean anything and go see her", replied Nathaniel.
Jonathan snorted another time and entered the elevator. He hated to ask for forgiveness…his man pride was too big for that. He got out from the elevator and approached Joanna's office. The door was opened so he coughed to warn Joanna that he was there.
"What do you want…Mr Jonathan", arrogantly asked Joanna.
"How did you knew that it was me?", questioned Jonathan.
"The computer is on the couch. Take it and leave…I'm too busy to be disturbed by someone like you", answered abruptly Joanna as she tapped on her computer.
"Why…why don't you look at me", asked Jonathan.
"I'm not sure it would be a good idea. Looking at you remembered me the one you were before and it hurts me to think about this", replied coldly Joanna.
"Alright…here it goes. I apologize for what I've said about…(he looked at his watch)…an hour and half ago. I don't know what I forgot but it seems to be very important to you…", said Jonathan as he was looking on the floor.
"I'm sure someone like Velvet and Nathaniel forced you to say such things…you're not really sorry about this…you're just proud of what you've said", retorted Joanna.
"Damn Jo, if I was proud, I wouldn't make an effort to apologize! Don't you see that I'm making an effort to make you feel better", exclaimed Jonathan.
"Is that the truth…now one paid you to say such things, aren't you", asked Joanna.
"No…no one paid me. Nathaniel told me that you were sad because of me. I felt kinda…guilty and I though that I've made a mistake. I didn't wanted to truly hurt you", answered Jonathan.
She stopped taping at her computer and she looked at him…like she was searching for some sign that would betray that he was telling the truth. Her eyes were red, like she was crying a few minutes ago. Jonathan noticed this and had even more remorse. She got up from her chair and gave him a hug.
"Thank you so much, Jonathan. Maybe that you didn't became that bad after all", said Joanna.
"Don't tell me you cried because of me", answered Jonathan.
"A lot of terrible things are happening to me since a few months. I became tired to always hold my emotion in front of everyone…", responded Joanna.
"Sorry to break your wonderful embrace but two people wish to see Jonathan", said Suzan with a big grin.
"Okay…I'll go see who they are. Do I know them", asked Jonathan.
"You'll probably remember who is the bitch", commented Suzan with a disgusted tone.
"Alright, I'm going to take a look", said Jonathan as he leaves Joanna's office and completely forgot to bring his computer with him.
"You'd better come Joanna", suggested Suzan.
"Why should I", asked Joanna.
"You have some 'territory' to claim as yours", answered Suzan.
Joanna and Suzan followed Jonathan and entered the elevator. They arrived on the first floor. Two people were waiting for them in the entrance. The first one was a man. He had very short chestnut brown hair and had a tanned skin. The second one was a woman. She had long and curly red hair, wore a very provocative cleavage and had piercing green eyes. Jonathan instantly recognized the woman. She smirked at him.
"What do you want…Heleny", asked coldly Jonathan.
"I'm not here to see you, big boy. We want to see your boss…where he or she is it", replied Heleny with the same smirk.
"Unfortunately for you, 'big girl', Mr Carrington is dead and I replaced him as the leader of the institute", abruptly responded Jonathan.
"Aha! I told you Dave that he was going to be the boss. Don't forget to give me my 20 dollars", happily said Heleny.
"Shut up Heleny. Fogive her for her bad behavior, ya probably remember how she is. I'm Dave Fisher. I was from the elite guards from Datadyne and Heleny is the only bodyguard who refused to see Cassandra back. We came to help ya. Cassandra isn't our boss anymore. We escaped from her tyrannical way to boss things and left Datadyne. A lot of people also left Datadyne corp. They didn't came today but they all signed their name on the list Heleny has in her hands", said Dave with a bit of hope in his voice.
"Do you have a proof we can trust you", asked curiously Jonathan.
"We don't have any real proof but you can hack Datadyne special folder. You'll see that our names aren't on her employee list anymore. She put next to our names 'betrayer' in red.", answered Heleny.
"I see", responded Jonathan who wasn't convinced at all.
"Please trust us Jonathan. I know I've made terrible mistakes in the past and I'm terribly sorry. I now see who Cassandra De Vries really is and I will never want to help her anymore. We don't have anything now. By leaving Datadyne, we lost our job and our apartment that they give to us when we became employees. You can help us and we can help you. You probably already know that without any help, you'll be very easily annihilated by the Skedars. I'm sure some of the information we know about Datadyne can help you. And we didn't bring any dumb guards. Almost all of the people who made revolt with Dave are form the elite.", said Heleny who had a pleading look.
"Are you sure your men are that qualified", asked Jonathan.
"Okay, there's a few standard guards but almost all of our friends are from the elite. We are almost all very qualified. Ya probably already know that Heleny is an excellent spy. Almost as good as ya it seems", responded Dave.
"Alright, let me think about it…that's true that more allies we have, better our chance of survival are", said Jonathan to himself.
"We have a small request to ask ya, Mr nice man", asked Dave.
"What do you want", questioned Jon.
"We heard that ya kept Trent Easton as an hostage. The only reason we leave Datadyne corp. was because we wanna stay loyal to Mr Easton. He's the best boss we eva had ya know", said Dave shyly.
"You're asking us a lot of things", commented Jonathan.
Dave sat on his knees and looked at Jonathan with a pleading look.
"Please…we beg you for mercy", asked Dave.
"Pathetic", Heleny murmured.
Jonathan sighed. Everything that was happening today was very weird to his eyes. He woke up and apparently forgot the events of the few last months, Joanna Dark tell him they were supposed to be lovers, his brother told him Carrington is dead, the Skedars want every human alive to be exterminated, he and his brother supposedly met their parents (his mother tried to kill Joanna and the father until right now wasn't very useful at all) and he lost two of his toes! And now, an ex member of Datadyne and his…well Heleny ask him help?! What was he supposed to answer? How can he know if they weren't in mission to spy them again!? He looked at Heleny. No…he thought to himself. This was impossible she would come another time to spy the Carrington Institute. Cassandra would have assign someone else…that would be real suicide to take her again to do the same job she already do…
"Let…let me time to think about it…I'm very tired and I'm not sure I could take a clever decision right now", desperately answered Jonathan.
"Okay! We'll come back tomorrow! But we only have one problem left", replied Dave.
"What's the matter", asked Jonathan with an annoyed tone.
"Well err…we, Heleny and I were the only one to came…it's because the other employees find friends and member of family who accepted to host them", shyly responded Dave.
"Yeah, and what's the problem with this", questioned Jonathan who was even more annoyed.
"We don't have any home to go to", answered courageously Heleny.
"Oh damn…you want some of us to bring you to our home", asked desperately Jonathan.
"Wait! I have an idea Jonathan! And I'm sure you'll agree with me… I think I've found the perfect place to make them sleep", happily said Suzan.
"Alright…I trust you Suzan…if this place is secure you can show them where it is. I think I'll go take some aspirins…I have a terrible headache", answered Jonathan.
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"WHAT!!!! IT'S NOT A SECURE PLACE!! IT'S A PRISON!", exclaimed Heleny.
"Well, you wanted a place to sleep…it's the most secure place for you…and us", happily answered Suzan.
"Wait a minute Suzan, what if they talk about suspicious things with Trent Easton", asked Joanna.
"Damn…I didn't thought about this…", murmured Suzan.
"Mr Easton! It's you! Are you alright", asked Heleny.
"Since when are we alright in that kind of prison", arrogantly answered Trent.
"At least you're alive…", replied Heleny.
"This situation won't stay like this for long…I'm sure someday someone very powerful will remember me…", murmured Trent.
"No one really want to kill you Mr Easton…why would it change now", asked Dave.
"Maybe that he is talking about the president…After Trent tried to kill him…the president probably didn't forgot him so easily", suggested Joanna with a smile.
"Don't smile so easily, Miss Dark. If the president remember me and find where I'm located…you'll probably be in big trouble", replied Trent.
"Why would the president not remember you", questioned curiously Joanna.
"This wonderful substance you gave to your friend to make him survive…Carrington wasn't the only one to possess it", responded Trent.
"What's the point with the president and you…don't tell me you…"
"Of course Miss Dark…I knew this substance had medical virtue but I also knew what were the secondary effects. The difference is that I didn't inject the substance… I make him drank it. You friend probably fell unconscious very quickly because it was directly brought to the veins but for the president, maybe that he stayed a few hours with it in his body without any secondary effects…After you rescued him, he probably remembered everything, but after a few hours…he completely forgot", answered Easton.
"You mean that you make him drink this substance only to make him forget everything what you've done to him…but…weren't you supposed to kill the president and replace him with the clone. It would have been completely useless if you're plan would have worked correctly", asked Joanna with a very surprised tone.
"I know I know… but I suspected that a spy or someone like you would come just to try to make my plan fail. I knew that if this mission was a failure, I was going to die so I took some precautions to be safe. As I see I've took a very, VERY good decision by doing so…", answered the prisoner.
"So now you fear that someday he could remember something", asked Joanna.
"Yes but I'm not sure it'll happen. No one could to show him clues that will make him remember except for me. Mr Blonde…well…the Skedar one told me that without any stimulus it's almost impossible for the person to remind his forgotten memories", replied Trent proudly.
"This story was very interesting but now something else matter. I want to know where we could go if this place is already taken! Anyway I don't want to sleep in a cell! I'm claustrophobic", exclaimed Dave.
"You little cry baby, be happy we're trying to help you! And this place cannot scare any claustrophobics; it's far too big. We could let you sleep on the road outside during this winter without any remorse so you'd better shut up", retorted Joanna.
"Okay…but please! I can understand you let Trent here…but us…we didn't do anything to you! We just want to collaborate with you guys", answered Dave.
"It's not in asking us thousands of requests that you'll help us", replied Joanna.
"Calm yourself Miss Dark. They can sleep in the infirmary in locked chamber. The only way to get out of these chambers is to broke the window and I don't think they'll want to do so", answered Sarah as she joined them.
"Ya must be kding! It's so unpleasant to sleep in hospital bed!", exclaimed Dave.
"Shut the hell up Dave! Thanks for your understanding. We would be very pleased by generosity like this. Any places you can give us…except for a cell…would be enough comfortable for us", calmly responded Heleny.
"So this problem is solved. Now I must go see Jonathan…he forgot something in the infirmary", answered Sarah.
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Jonathan was sitting on the couch of the firing range. For a reason he didn't know, he felt extremely exhausted and unhappy. Then Sarah entered the firing range and approached Jonathan.
"Come with me Jonathan…I need to tell you something in a more private place", asked Sarah with a worried look.
"Okay…", Jonathan simply answered.
She brought him in a more private place and gave him a bottle of pills. Jonathan looked at her with a confused look on his face.
"What is that for", he questioned.
"It's to prevent you to get too depressive. It was one of the secondary effects of the cure we used to save you. You need to take one in the morning and the other in the evening. Take care Jonathan", answered Sarah.
Jonathan didn't responded as he looked at her return to the infirmary. So this is why he felt to exhausted and tired since this morning.
"HHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY JON! ARE YOU LISTENING AT ME", shouted Nathaniel as he saw that Jonathan wasn't listening him.
"Huh…wha?! Since when are you in front of me", asked Jonathan with a very puzzled tone.
"You're very vegetative since this morning Jon, I hope you'll be fine", answered Nathaniel with a mischievous smile.
"Why should I", questioned Jonathan.
"You stupid dumbass! Don't you remember!? February 28?…Doesn't this date remember you something", asked Nathaniel.
"Yeah I remember now…it's your birthday isn't it", replied Jonathan.
"Yes! Today at 7:39pm, I'll be 22 years old! As I see you completely forgot…but I can't accuse you because that you forgot a lot of things since this morning", happily replied Nathaniel.
"Yeah and why would you be that happy because of your birthday…it's not like you were 21", lazily answered Jon.
"Velvet organized a party in the institute! What a good occasion to get drunk", exclaimed Nathaniel.
Jonathan smiled at the idea. Yeah…maybe that some good beers could cheer him up after all.
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7pm, in the Carrington Institute.
Joanna looked at her image in the mirror of the women's bathroom. She wasn't sure Velvet and Nathaniel's idea was that good after all.
"Hey Joanna. It's been a while you in there, are you trying to hide yourself until the party ends or what", asked Velvet as she entered the bathroom.
"I…I think those clothes are maybe too…provocative.", answered Joanna.
"Come on Jo! Did you see that red haired girl that came this morning? Jonathan already met her in the past and I prefer to not think what kind of relation they had! And she and the boy who's following her like a lost puppy were invited by Nathaniel. They are here tonight and I won't be surprised if she tries to approach your Jonathan. You must be as provocative as her if you want to keep your place by his side", replied Velvet.
"They didn't seem to like each other this morning. You see how he looked at her…Jon didn't seem to appreciate her presence at all", responded Joanna.
"I agree with you that he disliked her but did you see what kind of look she gave to him?! She's the type of girl that will do anything to have what she wants so you'd better defend what belongs to you", answered Velvet.
"You're talking of Jon like he was an object and I must warn you he doesn't belong to me", commented Joanna.
"But you told me that he asked you to try to make him remember! Are you trying to tell me you never really loved him? Because if this is the case, well…I won't be angry at you. You know…he isn't exactly of your type", responded Velvet.
"Since when do you know who's my type and who is not? And why wouldn't he be of my type", asked angrily Joanna.
"Look by yourself sis. Do you really think Jonathan can be…handsome? Look at yourself Jo, you deserve much better men than him", shyly replied Velvet.
"You're pathetic Velvet…I hope you're not dating with Nathaniel just because of what he look like…or you'll disappoint me", answered Joanna.
"Well…at least I'm proud to have a boyfriend like this. Dating with someone like Jonathan would only be a shame", arrogantly retorted Velvet.
This comment was answered by a slap in the face. Joanna left the bathroom almost in a run. Even the Jonathan who forgot everything about her would be a better company than her sister.
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"Are you sure you don't want to dance", asked Heleny.
"No…uh really…I can't…I have a terrible foot ache and…and…I've lost two of my toes you know", answered Jonathan who was apparently embarrassed.
"Are you sure there's not another reason you don't want to tell me", questioned Heleny suspiciously.
Jonathan didn't answered her question. Heleny was very irritating. He was very pleased to see Joanna get out from the bathroom. She was his only chance.
"Hey Joanna! Come here my love!", exclaimed Jonathan.
"Your what!?", asked Heleny in a surprised tone.
"Yes you've well heard! I've said my love", answered happily Jonathan.
Joanna wasn't sure to understand why Jonathan wanted to see her…and why did he called her love? She faked a smile and approached them.
"How are you going darling", asked Jonathan who apparently had a faked smile too.
"…I'm fine…who is this girl Johnny", questioned Joanna.
"I'm terribly sorry! I didn't know there were an affair between you two. I think I'll go search for someone who can give me a drink so bye", said Heleny who left almost in a run.
"Phew! She finally left, thank you Jo", said Jonathan with a relieved look.
"Why did you tell her we were dating", asked curiously Joanna.
"I wanted to get rid of her…", answered Jonathan just before he drank his beer.
"Uh…Jonathan…aren't you supposed to take medicine…why are you taking alcohol", questioned Joanna worriedly.
"Because I want to", replied Jonathan with a challenging tone.
"Okay…do like you want…I'm not your mother after all", answered Joanna.
"Nope you're not. For t'night, you're my girlfriend", responded Jonathan with a grin.
"What's so funny about this", asked Joanna.
"Duh…nothing…Hey Jo…where did you get those clothes?", asked Jonathan with the same grin.
"It's not of your business Jonathan. And why are you asking me this anyway", questioned Joanna.
"Because with a cleavage like this I can understand why Carrington gave you the A+ + ranking and why he call you perfect dark…", answered Jonathan as he looked at a suspect place.
"Jonathan! Would you please stop staring at me like this", asked Joanna as she noticed what Jonathan was looking at.
"How can I be able to do so when I have in front of me two big…"
"Shut up Jon! Look at yourself! You only drank one beer and you already begin to act very strangely. I told you to not take alcohol when you must take medicine", warned Joanna.
"Oops! I think it's time to take some pills", Jonathan said as he looked at his watch.
"No Jonathan don't do this!", exclaimed Joanna fearfully.
It was already too late. He took three or four pills and swallows them as he took a sip of beer.
"Damn Jonathan you're completely crazy! It can be dangerous to take a big amount of pills like this! Come on, I'll bring you to Sarah, she'll took care of you", said Joanna worriedly.
"Nope m'dear. No one will take care of me t'night…except for ya darling…",answered Jonathan who already begin to be even more confused.
"Jonathan please…maybe that you will be very sick if you don't let me bring you to someone who could help you", warned Joanna.
"The only thing who could help me to feel better right now is that you show me your two wonderful…"
"I already to told to SHUT UP JONATHAN! And I already told you to stop staring at me like this", replied Joanna.
"If you didn't wanted to be stared like this…you wouldn't wear these kind of clothes Jo", answered Jonathan as he stared again at her.
"You're completely drunk or drugged I'm not sure. I'm better bring you home before you make a fool of yourself again", suggested Joanna.
"I agree with you…it will be a more private place to have fun", responded Jonathan as he smiled wildly.
Jonathan's state to walk was the same that when he was poisoned. He was walking very slowly and often looses his balance. The difference is that sometimes he was voluntarily falling to be caught by Joanna. It was very freezing outside and the temperature in the car was very cold. Joanna was trembling because she was only wearing a small jacket that was unzipped. Jonathan didn't seem to notice. He was too fascinated by his shoes.
"HAHAHAHA! Look at my feet! They're talking", exclaimed Jonathan.
"Damn…he's just getting worse", Joanna murmured to herself.
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"Please Jo…stay with me…we'll have a lot of fun together", begged Jonathan in a childish manor.
"Jonathan, I must return to my apartment now. I can't stay in your home", answered firmly Joanna.
"But…if I get very…very very very…sick. You'll felt guilty about it…No one will be there to save me", replied Jonathan with his childish tone.
Joanna sighed. She knew that he was right. She couldn't count on Jon's brother…it was his birthday after all and there were a lot of chance that he was as drunk as Jon.
"Okay…I'll stay but don't expect anything from me. I'm just here in case that you get sick and I will sleep on the couch", answered firmly Joanna.
"Why Joanna? I would like so much to have a wonderful woman like you next to me. It's so rare I have this privilege", replied Jonathan with a faked sad tone.
"Maybe that it's not happening to you very often but there already was a very wonderful woman that was by your side…am I wrong", responded Joanna.
"Are you talking of Heleny? That doesn't count", abruptly answered Jonathan.
"Why is it not counting", asked curiously Joanna.
"She never loved me. This girl is a bitch and always will be. She was only making it for money", replied Jonathan.
"What was she making for money", asked Joanna who began to be very interested by the subject.
"Awww I don't walk to talk about this right now…I would prefer to talk about you…in my chamber", answered playfully Jonathan.
"Alright. You will go in your room and wait for me there", instructed Joanna.
"So you'll stay with me", asked happily Jonathan.
"It's not what I've said. Go in your chamber and don't ask any questions", replied Joanna.
Joanna went to the kitchen, hoping she could find a bowl that could be useful when Jonathan will get sick. She finally found one and went to his room.
"Hello…honey", said Jonathan mischievously as he put off his shirt
"I just came to give you this. I'll put it next to your bed so if you're sick, you'll know where to throw up", responded Joanna as she was trying to not look at him.
"Alright…I'll rememba! Jo, why are you trying to ignore me like this? Are you shy to look at my superb body", questioned Jonathan with a too big smile.
"I think I'm better find my way to the couch now", replied Joanna who tried desperately to ignore this comment.
Before she had the time to send herself far from him he caught her by the waist with his two arms and throw her in the bed. After he came next to her and took her in his arms to prevent her to escape from the bed.
"Jon…please…let me go", murmured desperately Joanna.
"Why should I? I see it in your eyes my darling…you don't wanna leave", murmured Jonathan to her ear.
"Jonathan, if I do this…you'll hate me tomorrow…I'm sure of it", answered Joanna.
"Why are you thinking about tomorrow? It's the present moment that is important", replied Jonathan.
Joanna knew that someday with a career like she had she was going to be tortured. She never thought she would be tortured by her thoughts…Yesterday, she would have accepted to stay with him but now…everything was so different. No, she couldn't do this or tomorrow, he'll accuse her of always sleeping with the boss and some stupidities like that.
"I'd just wish you remember what happened these past months Jonathan. I'm sorry…I can't do this", sadly answered Joanna.
"If…if I could remember what happened these past months…would you stay with me", pouted Jonathan as he let her go.
"Probably…Good night Jonathan", responded Joanna.
"Yeah…good night", answered Jonathan.
She kissed him on the forehead and left his chamber. The pills he took an hour ago gave him a boost of energy and he knew he wasn't going to sleep soon. He felt something hard under his pillow and decided to look what was under it. He found a notebook. He opened it and was very surprised by the title: Ten Things You Need to Know About Joanna Dark. They were six statements. The four others weren't written yet. He looked at the first statement.
1) She's smarter than you think
This so little and simple sentence reminded him something but he wasn't sure what. Then it hit him…Velvet…
Hey Jon! Here is the first thing you need to know about Joanna Dark: she's smarter than you think. I'm sure she hadn't just run and shot everywhere to survive like this…
Where was that memory coming from? He wasn't sure… He felt very guilty to let Joanna sleep in a couch like this. The two of them were losers: the woman he wanted to see right now was far from him and she was forced to sleep on an old and decrepit couch. He got an idea and smiled to himself. He took a small piece of paper, a pen and wrote something. Then he went to the living room. She was already sleeping…He took Joanna and brought her in his bed. Then he wrote something else in his notebook
7) She's probably the most demure woman I've never seen.
Then Jonathan took her in his arms…and felt asleep very quickly…
The journey through the remembrance had begun…
End of chapter 11
Damnit! This chapter was too long! It took me an eternity to write! And I think this story begin to contain too much original characters…I'll have to get rid of some Mwuahahahahaha! I'm happy…all the exams are finally finished and I get good results (even if I know this isn't interesting you, I cannot hold myself to talk about my /%?"!&*&% exams). I disliked to write a long chapter of talking like this but something tell me next chapter will be very pleasant to write (BBBBBLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDD BBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Next chapter will be called Natural Selection and I'll need you to participate to a death contest (evil smile). Oh and there's maybe 3 chapters left to this story and I can already warn you there will be a sequel. It will have the same main characters but I think I'll try to write it differently…
Peachrocks: :D I know that wasn't really smart to tell the password in front of Trent but Nathaniel isn't exactly intelligent… I think stupid and annoying would describe him well…And I know, the reason of why the president didn't pursue Trent was stupid…sorry, I didn't find more clever reasons…Thanks for your review!
Spider-bear: What was that word? Grrrrrrness? Funny word! The 2nd word after updation :D Make suffer the characters of my fic isn't funny at all to me…except when I kill them MWUAHAHAHAHAHA! I can be as sensitive as I can be cruel…Thanks for reviewing last chapter!
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