Cristalina: Well Suzan isn't very nice at all in this chapter and as I told you (and asked permission about three times for all my fics) Sarah is in this too.
Joanna was hurting, what was taking that damn ship so long.
"Well at least I'm not dead" she said out loud.
"Hey Joanna" Somebody called out
When Joanna looked down and saw who it was, when she did she almost wished she was dead. It was Jonathan. Oh here comes the jokes… she thought.
Jonathan stepped onto the balcony she was on and knelt down to her, Joanna didn't want to look at him for fear of a bad joke.
"Come on we've got to get you out of here" Jonathan said. Wait a tick, that voice was concerned, caring. She looked up and saw Jonathan and Velvet in front of her going to lift her up.
"Thanks Jonathan" Joanna replied as Jonathan and Velvet helped pick her up and put her in the jumpship. The doctor Sarah started to have a look at her.
A/N: Yeah, I'm using Sarah again, thanks Cristalina. In using other author's original characters it makes them seem more real to the actual story, and it gives them more of a background. Also just to spare the extra authors note, Suzan will be coming into this soon as well.
Jonathan was concerned. Although his rival, Joanna was good to be around. Sarah looked over Joanna's now unconscious body and Velvet was near tears.
"Will…will she be okay?" Velvet asked
"A close call but she should be fine in about a week, a bit of rest will do her good, not only for her injuries but for herself, she's been on her feet constantly for weeks" Sarah said
"Carrington isn't going to like that" Jonathan said
"Well with respect, Carrington works Joanna far too hard, I mean within three days of her returning from the Skedar planet she is already doing something else" Sarah was checking Joanna for other injuries aside the obvious ones she caused by the fall.
"Perhaps, but how else do we pay the rent" Velvet gave a slight laugh to hide her deep concern despite what Sarah just told her. Both Sarah and Jonathan knew very well the Velvet and Joanna owned a fairly expensive apartment, well located as far as everything went, except the Institute which was in the middle of nowhere. It had to be that way because they were less obvious to other spies, which mainly used to be dataDyne, after the first attack on the Carrington Institute, Carrington revealed to them a newer but smaller base that had been under construction for some time.
"Hmm. She has cuts and a she took it hard on her back, but it seems no permanent damage has been done, do you know what happened to her?" Sarah asked
"Not a clue, although I'd imagine the cuts came from the glass she jumped out of" Jonathan said
The jumpship soon arrived at the Institute; Joanna was taken straight to the newly placed infirmary which was on the bottom floor of the main part of the Institute. Jonathan and Velvet followed and Carrington arrived soon as well.
"Jonathan can I see you for a moment?" Carrington asked
"Sure" Jonathan replied as he and Carrington came out, leaving Velvet with Sarah and Joanna.
They walked over to Carrington's office.
"Is there anything wrong?" Jonathan asked
"In a way. Two things, have you heard from Sean at all?" Carrington asked
"No, haven't heard anything since he went over with Joanna" Jonathan replied
"His communicator isn't working that's all. I just hope he's alright" Carrington sighed
"And the other thing?" Jonathan asked
"What happened during the mission?" Carrington asked
"Oh, well there isn't much more to tell, after Velvet and I chased that group of guys and we killed them, nothing else, aside the fact they were using dragons, and I personally think they were put there on purpose" Jonathan said
"Hmm, maybe after Joanna comes around she'll be able to tell us more" Carrington said
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in" Carrington's voice called out
The door opened and it was Suzan.
"Telephone call from a lost little boy" Suzan said with a big fake smile
"What?" Carrington asked puzzled "What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about Sean, oh and could you tell Joanna to stop her whining, I can't concentrate on my work" Suzan said with a frown
"Hey, leave Joanna alone!" Jonathan said angered by Suzan's insensitivity
"Oooo, looking for love a second time are we?" Suzan said
"Get lost you fucking bitch!" Jonathan shouted out. He rarely swore like that especially in front of Carrington, but what Suzan had said really annoyed him, although Natasha had died more than 8 years ago.
"Jonathan that's enough! Suzan, just give me the call" Carrington said annoyed with Suzan as he took the video call from Suzan's line. Suzan left the office and went back to the newly placed front desk.
As the image came on screen it was Sean who was calling from a payphone, far more advanced the ones we have around today.
"Sean?! What happened, why wouldn't your communicator work?" Carrington asked
"Because I switched it off and couldn't get it back on again" Sean replied
"Why did you switch it off, don't you know once you switch it off you have to use a password to start it up again?" Carrington asked puzzled
"No, because I've only been here 2 days" Sean replied
"Oh…. of course you have… but it still doesn't answer why you switched it off in the first place" Carrington said
"It's a long story, but I just wanted to let you know I was still alive, see you in 20 minutes" Sean said
"Alright bye" Carrington replied
Jonathan watched the screen close and Carrington walked back to his desk.
"Damn interception stuff we have to worry about" Carrington grumbled
"Yeah, pretty annoying" Jonathan replied
"I still don't know why he'd switch off the communicator for. You only do this if you are captured or something, but Sean would know this but he seemed to know what he was doing" Carrington said
Meanwhile Velvet was kneeling next to Joanna as Sarah was examining her more closely. Joanna was occasionally groaning but still had her eyes shut, it was like watching somebody have a nightmare.
"How is Joanna, will she be alright" Velvet asked for the fifth time within 5 minutes in a real panicked state
"Okay, according to this she should be alright. She's tough, that's for sure, according to these pictures and stats of Joanna, she fell at least 2 stories then landed on her feet but then she lost her balance and fell to the ground, causing a minor injury to her ankles and a bit of a bruise her back and she hit her head fairly hard but not enough to damage her permanently. Considering what happened that's very good, but she'll need a week to completely recover" Sarah said
Velvet gave a sigh of relief "Well that's good, I worry a lot about Joanna. Even on the least dangerous of missions, but what about that groaning and her rolling around, it's like she's having a bad dream of some kind" Velvet said
"Hmm… I don't know, she doesn't seem to be in a dreaming state according to the computer" Sarah replied "I wouldn't worry about it" Sarah said
Suddenly the pair heard Joanna groan louder as she opened her eyes.
"Owwwwwwwww… where I am?" Joanna asked as she sat up and rubbed her head
"Jo, its Velvet. You are in the Institute. Jonathan, Sarah and I came after you after Sean told us where you were" Velvet said quietly knowing Joanna would probably be hurting still.
"I thought I'd wake up dead" Joanna said
"We were all worried" Velvet was much calmer as Joanna had regain consciousness
"Yeah me included, when Trent fired that rocket off at me, I thought I was gone for sure" Joanna said
"Trent? You mean Trent Easton?" Velvet asked surprised
"Yeah. Anyway, no offence Vel, but can we not talk about the mission" Joanna said
"Okay" Velvet said
"I think you may want to let Joanna rest, you may get more answers out of her later" Sarah said
"Alright, but please let me know if anything goes wrong" Velvet said
"Okay, but it should be all fine from here" Sarah said
"Bye then" Velvet walked out
Velvet sighed deeply as she walked from the infirmary, she cared and loved Joanna a lot but she always felt in Joanna's shadow one step behind. Then again, a lot of people were in Joanna's shadow, mostly Jonathan who was assigned on the most part to undercover assignments, but something Joanna didn't know was that Jonathan had a handicap in movement because of the Maian leg replacement surgery, Jonathan told this to Velvet on the condition she wouldn't tell Joanna or talk about it with anybody but Carrington, so far she had held true to that. Velvet was walking by the front door in the Institute when it opened and Sean entered. Along side him was a kid who was wearing clothes that were two sizes too small for him and worn out.
"Hey Sean, who's this?" Velvet asked
"This is Junior, it's a long story. I'm just going to introduce him to Carrington and then somebody can take him to the cafeteria while I talk to Carrington" Sean said
"Umm okay… I'll do that then" Velvet replied
Sean, Velvet and Junior caught the lift and went to the second floor and entered Carrington's office. Jonathan was still present.
"Ah Sean, glad to see you, but who is this?" Carrington asked
"This is Trent Easton Junior, he's Trent Easton's son but he's been known as Junior his entire life. He's had a bit of a tough time, and hasn't eaten for a while" Sean explained
"Yeah, I'll take him down" Velvet said
"Thanks" Sean gave a smile as Velvet left the office
"Right. Well what happened from your point of view?" Carrington asked
"I climbed this ladder and seemed to work myself the back way into the main building, I noticed Joanna's handiwork later on and climbed the top of the tower. Trent Easton senior was there, there was a hole in the wall and later I learned that's where Joanna probably fell out of somehow. Anyway we get into a fight and…" Sean was starting the next part of the story but Carrington interrupted him
"Hold on a second, you mean that Trent is or was still alive?" Carrington asked surprised
"Yes why?" Sean asked
"He went missing quite some time ago, just after his plan with the Skedar failed and the both the US Government and of course the Institute were looked for him. It was later reported that Trent had been killed on Victoria island near Alaska at the hands of what we believed was a Skedar" Jonathan explained "Are you certain it was him?" Jonathan asked
"I'm definitely certain because now that I think about it, I remember him roughly and he even said who he was" Sean replied
"Very well. After you got into a fight with Trent what happened then?" Carrington asked
"Well to cut it short I knocked him off the balcony after he used some kind of device by remote control to make him stronger. I'm not sure whether it was a drug that was only placed when he wanted or whether it was alien technology" Sean said
"Then when did you meet his son?" Carrington asked
"Not long after, I saw him in Trent's office after I knocked Trent off the building. I didn't know who he was, but he was a kid for one and he didn't look to well off as you saw. I took him outside but he seemed upset about something. I also wondered how did a kid get into a building that Velvet and Jonathan couldn't get into" Sean continued to tell his story
"Hmm… interesting go on" Carrington said
"I followed him for a while, and then he gets really annoyed and he tries to attack me for killing his father, which I thought was one of the guards but I stopped him and then he burst into tears and told me everything" Sean replied
"What is everything?" Carrington asked
"I'll try sum this up as best as I can, I turned off my communicator so I could give him my full attention and I didn't think it would be good if you tried to contact me while he was telling me something really important. He told me who he was, because I thought when he said his father he meant one of the guards, because he looked like he was barely surviving, but no he was indeed Trent's son. Anyway Junior found his mother this morning was close to dying and his mother told him to get some help from Trent. Junior didn't even know he had a father until his mother told him, so Junior goes up to Trent's office to see him, the guards let him in but on meeting Trent he denies ever having a wife or a kid. Junior comes home and his mother soon dies, then he leaves. He then picks up a Magsec4 after there was a fire fight and then remembered the positioning of the guards hand to get inside. However he found it a lot emptier since Jo and I cleaned it out, then he came to Trent's office and saw me knock Trent off the building" Sean finished explained.
Carrington was silent for a long time.
"It's interesting, because our records never record Trent having married, or anything like that" Carrington said
"Junior didn't say it, but I suspect Trent tampered with the NSA records so that nobody could trace him to his former wife. Junior doesn't even know his father not only was he head of the NSA, he was also in contact with the Skedar, and obviously he is totally clueless to who the Maians and the Skedar are. The only way I covered my reason for killing him was by saying it was my job. Junior I think was grateful for me killing Trent but he feels very lost at the moment, he's been living it quite hard for a number of years I imagine" Sean said
Velvet was taking Junior over to the cafeteria. Junior was silent. Velvet knew that Junior had probably been through a lot so kept the questions basic as they entered the cafeteria.
"What would you like?" Velvet asked
"I don't know" Junior replied
"Alright, I'm just going to have some fish" Velvet said
"I'll have that then" Junior said
Velvet went over and within 5 seconds two meals of fish and a few vegetables with some chips was ready; Junior hadn't seen anything like it.
"Thank you, what's your name again?" Junior asked
"I'm Velvet Dark, and Junior isn't it?" Velvet asked
"Yeah, but as Sean said, my actual name is Trent. I haven't known this my entire life, my mother only told me today" Junior replied
"You like you've had it tough" Velvet looked as Junior ate slowly; he finished chewing before replying with…
"Perhaps, but nothing as hard as this" Junior said
"Yeah finding out you are the son of a guy who is being hunted for by multiple organisations, then he died just as you knew he existed" Velvet was trying to show sympathy.
"Trent's death doesn't bother me at all, my mother though…" Junior stopped
"How awful, I'm sorry I won't talk about it anymore" Velvet said
Junior nodded in thanks. Velvet was amazed, she was really upset that Joanna had a close call with death yet Junior had lost both of his parents and while he had seemed to got really upset and told Sean what had happened he was just eating calmly.
"Can I ask you a question?" Junior asked
"Sure" Velvet replied
"What do you know about my father? What did he do to get so much attention?" Junior asked
Velvet thought for a moment, in reality she wasn't really supposed to tell this kind of information to anybody that wasn't in the Institute but he was Trent's own son, he had a right to know. It should be alright as long as she kept out the part that Trent had relations with the Skedar.
"This is information I'm not really supposed to tell you…" Velvet started
"Oh of course not, I'm sorry" Junior replied with a slightly disappointed look
"However, you have a right to know, you are his son after all" Velvet finished
Junior said nothing as he gave Velvet his full attention
"You see your father was the head of the National Security Agency, he made a deal with a rival company known as dataDyne. They needed something that the US Government had and the only way they could get it is with Presidential approval. Trent tried to talk the President into loaning this device to dataDyne but the President refused multiple times. As a result dataDyne and Trent came up with a plan to clone the President; however Joanna stopped Trent and saved the President. After that Trent went missing, we thought he was dead as the US government had sent a lot of spies around to look for Trent, but nobody could find him until today" Velvet said
Junior was silent for a moment
"Then how did my Mum know where to find him?" Junior asked
It was now Velvet's turn to be silent, she had no idea. Trent's records never even remotely suggested he married or had kids or anything like that. Maybe Trent had tampered with records to erase any kind of record that could give away his location. Although it still didn't answer how Junior's Mum knew where Trent was.
"I honestly don't know" It was all Velvet could say
"Thank you Velvet" Junior said
Velvet gave a smile and sat with Junior a little longer. Soon Carrington, Sean and Jonathan joined them.
"It's good to see him eating, it looked like he would pass out any second" Sean commented
"Sean? A quick word?" Carrington said
"Umm alright" Sean was slightly caught off guard as Carrington was just in the office talking to him.
Carrington and Sean walk outside of the cafeteria.
"Is he alright?" Jonathan asked Velvet quietly
"It's going to take him a while I think" Velvet replied
"Yeah, it's not easy recovering from those kind of things" Jonathan said
Sean and Carrington walked a good distance from the cafeteria out of ear shot of everybody else.
"Sean, with Junior…" Carrington said
"I'm going to take care of him… like you did for me" Sean replied
"That was quite different" Carrington said
"With respect sir, what is the difference aside the circumstances of how it happened?" Sean asked
"He's Trent's son that's all. Don't mind me, I'm sure you know what you are doing, just make sure you do a better job then I did, or he'll become an agent at age 19 like you did" Carrington said
"Yeah but I turned out fine didn't I?" Sean asked
"Well, almost" Carrington said
"What do you mean by that?" Sean asked
"You missed out on a great deal of your life, especially your later teenage years, due to the Institute. While this has given many upsides for humans and Maians alike, I'm not sure you are entirely happy with the way you were almost forced to lead your life" Carrington said
Sean knew Carrington was right, but in Junior's case it was very different, this kid has nothing at all.
"Perhaps, but the only reason I managed to make so many humans and Maians happy was because I killed the Skedar prince which caused me to be chased by the Skedar and then as a result I lived on the Maian planet for 8 years. If Junior is going to have a story like that one I don't think there is anything I can do to prevent it" Sean replied
"Very well. However it could have very easily been that you could have turned out very different. So I wish you good luck" Carrington said
"Thanks" Sean replied before heading back into the cafeteria
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Yeah I know, a bit dull this chapter but I needed a fair bit of time to set up some storylines especially Junior's storyline and what's to follow, but don't worry original characters aren't going to dominate the story.
Joanna was hurting, what was taking that damn ship so long.
"Well at least I'm not dead" she said out loud.
"Hey Joanna" Somebody called out
When Joanna looked down and saw who it was, when she did she almost wished she was dead. It was Jonathan. Oh here comes the jokes… she thought.
Jonathan stepped onto the balcony she was on and knelt down to her, Joanna didn't want to look at him for fear of a bad joke.
"Come on we've got to get you out of here" Jonathan said. Wait a tick, that voice was concerned, caring. She looked up and saw Jonathan and Velvet in front of her going to lift her up.
"Thanks Jonathan" Joanna replied as Jonathan and Velvet helped pick her up and put her in the jumpship. The doctor Sarah started to have a look at her.
A/N: Yeah, I'm using Sarah again, thanks Cristalina. In using other author's original characters it makes them seem more real to the actual story, and it gives them more of a background. Also just to spare the extra authors note, Suzan will be coming into this soon as well.
Jonathan was concerned. Although his rival, Joanna was good to be around. Sarah looked over Joanna's now unconscious body and Velvet was near tears.
"Will…will she be okay?" Velvet asked
"A close call but she should be fine in about a week, a bit of rest will do her good, not only for her injuries but for herself, she's been on her feet constantly for weeks" Sarah said
"Carrington isn't going to like that" Jonathan said
"Well with respect, Carrington works Joanna far too hard, I mean within three days of her returning from the Skedar planet she is already doing something else" Sarah was checking Joanna for other injuries aside the obvious ones she caused by the fall.
"Perhaps, but how else do we pay the rent" Velvet gave a slight laugh to hide her deep concern despite what Sarah just told her. Both Sarah and Jonathan knew very well the Velvet and Joanna owned a fairly expensive apartment, well located as far as everything went, except the Institute which was in the middle of nowhere. It had to be that way because they were less obvious to other spies, which mainly used to be dataDyne, after the first attack on the Carrington Institute, Carrington revealed to them a newer but smaller base that had been under construction for some time.
"Hmm. She has cuts and a she took it hard on her back, but it seems no permanent damage has been done, do you know what happened to her?" Sarah asked
"Not a clue, although I'd imagine the cuts came from the glass she jumped out of" Jonathan said
The jumpship soon arrived at the Institute; Joanna was taken straight to the newly placed infirmary which was on the bottom floor of the main part of the Institute. Jonathan and Velvet followed and Carrington arrived soon as well.
"Jonathan can I see you for a moment?" Carrington asked
"Sure" Jonathan replied as he and Carrington came out, leaving Velvet with Sarah and Joanna.
They walked over to Carrington's office.
"Is there anything wrong?" Jonathan asked
"In a way. Two things, have you heard from Sean at all?" Carrington asked
"No, haven't heard anything since he went over with Joanna" Jonathan replied
"His communicator isn't working that's all. I just hope he's alright" Carrington sighed
"And the other thing?" Jonathan asked
"What happened during the mission?" Carrington asked
"Oh, well there isn't much more to tell, after Velvet and I chased that group of guys and we killed them, nothing else, aside the fact they were using dragons, and I personally think they were put there on purpose" Jonathan said
"Hmm, maybe after Joanna comes around she'll be able to tell us more" Carrington said
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in" Carrington's voice called out
The door opened and it was Suzan.
"Telephone call from a lost little boy" Suzan said with a big fake smile
"What?" Carrington asked puzzled "What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about Sean, oh and could you tell Joanna to stop her whining, I can't concentrate on my work" Suzan said with a frown
"Hey, leave Joanna alone!" Jonathan said angered by Suzan's insensitivity
"Oooo, looking for love a second time are we?" Suzan said
"Get lost you fucking bitch!" Jonathan shouted out. He rarely swore like that especially in front of Carrington, but what Suzan had said really annoyed him, although Natasha had died more than 8 years ago.
"Jonathan that's enough! Suzan, just give me the call" Carrington said annoyed with Suzan as he took the video call from Suzan's line. Suzan left the office and went back to the newly placed front desk.
As the image came on screen it was Sean who was calling from a payphone, far more advanced the ones we have around today.
"Sean?! What happened, why wouldn't your communicator work?" Carrington asked
"Because I switched it off and couldn't get it back on again" Sean replied
"Why did you switch it off, don't you know once you switch it off you have to use a password to start it up again?" Carrington asked puzzled
"No, because I've only been here 2 days" Sean replied
"Oh…. of course you have… but it still doesn't answer why you switched it off in the first place" Carrington said
"It's a long story, but I just wanted to let you know I was still alive, see you in 20 minutes" Sean said
"Alright bye" Carrington replied
Jonathan watched the screen close and Carrington walked back to his desk.
"Damn interception stuff we have to worry about" Carrington grumbled
"Yeah, pretty annoying" Jonathan replied
"I still don't know why he'd switch off the communicator for. You only do this if you are captured or something, but Sean would know this but he seemed to know what he was doing" Carrington said
Meanwhile Velvet was kneeling next to Joanna as Sarah was examining her more closely. Joanna was occasionally groaning but still had her eyes shut, it was like watching somebody have a nightmare.
"How is Joanna, will she be alright" Velvet asked for the fifth time within 5 minutes in a real panicked state
"Okay, according to this she should be alright. She's tough, that's for sure, according to these pictures and stats of Joanna, she fell at least 2 stories then landed on her feet but then she lost her balance and fell to the ground, causing a minor injury to her ankles and a bit of a bruise her back and she hit her head fairly hard but not enough to damage her permanently. Considering what happened that's very good, but she'll need a week to completely recover" Sarah said
Velvet gave a sigh of relief "Well that's good, I worry a lot about Joanna. Even on the least dangerous of missions, but what about that groaning and her rolling around, it's like she's having a bad dream of some kind" Velvet said
"Hmm… I don't know, she doesn't seem to be in a dreaming state according to the computer" Sarah replied "I wouldn't worry about it" Sarah said
Suddenly the pair heard Joanna groan louder as she opened her eyes.
"Owwwwwwwww… where I am?" Joanna asked as she sat up and rubbed her head
"Jo, its Velvet. You are in the Institute. Jonathan, Sarah and I came after you after Sean told us where you were" Velvet said quietly knowing Joanna would probably be hurting still.
"I thought I'd wake up dead" Joanna said
"We were all worried" Velvet was much calmer as Joanna had regain consciousness
"Yeah me included, when Trent fired that rocket off at me, I thought I was gone for sure" Joanna said
"Trent? You mean Trent Easton?" Velvet asked surprised
"Yeah. Anyway, no offence Vel, but can we not talk about the mission" Joanna said
"Okay" Velvet said
"I think you may want to let Joanna rest, you may get more answers out of her later" Sarah said
"Alright, but please let me know if anything goes wrong" Velvet said
"Okay, but it should be all fine from here" Sarah said
"Bye then" Velvet walked out
Velvet sighed deeply as she walked from the infirmary, she cared and loved Joanna a lot but she always felt in Joanna's shadow one step behind. Then again, a lot of people were in Joanna's shadow, mostly Jonathan who was assigned on the most part to undercover assignments, but something Joanna didn't know was that Jonathan had a handicap in movement because of the Maian leg replacement surgery, Jonathan told this to Velvet on the condition she wouldn't tell Joanna or talk about it with anybody but Carrington, so far she had held true to that. Velvet was walking by the front door in the Institute when it opened and Sean entered. Along side him was a kid who was wearing clothes that were two sizes too small for him and worn out.
"Hey Sean, who's this?" Velvet asked
"This is Junior, it's a long story. I'm just going to introduce him to Carrington and then somebody can take him to the cafeteria while I talk to Carrington" Sean said
"Umm okay… I'll do that then" Velvet replied
Sean, Velvet and Junior caught the lift and went to the second floor and entered Carrington's office. Jonathan was still present.
"Ah Sean, glad to see you, but who is this?" Carrington asked
"This is Trent Easton Junior, he's Trent Easton's son but he's been known as Junior his entire life. He's had a bit of a tough time, and hasn't eaten for a while" Sean explained
"Yeah, I'll take him down" Velvet said
"Thanks" Sean gave a smile as Velvet left the office
"Right. Well what happened from your point of view?" Carrington asked
"I climbed this ladder and seemed to work myself the back way into the main building, I noticed Joanna's handiwork later on and climbed the top of the tower. Trent Easton senior was there, there was a hole in the wall and later I learned that's where Joanna probably fell out of somehow. Anyway we get into a fight and…" Sean was starting the next part of the story but Carrington interrupted him
"Hold on a second, you mean that Trent is or was still alive?" Carrington asked surprised
"Yes why?" Sean asked
"He went missing quite some time ago, just after his plan with the Skedar failed and the both the US Government and of course the Institute were looked for him. It was later reported that Trent had been killed on Victoria island near Alaska at the hands of what we believed was a Skedar" Jonathan explained "Are you certain it was him?" Jonathan asked
"I'm definitely certain because now that I think about it, I remember him roughly and he even said who he was" Sean replied
"Very well. After you got into a fight with Trent what happened then?" Carrington asked
"Well to cut it short I knocked him off the balcony after he used some kind of device by remote control to make him stronger. I'm not sure whether it was a drug that was only placed when he wanted or whether it was alien technology" Sean said
"Then when did you meet his son?" Carrington asked
"Not long after, I saw him in Trent's office after I knocked Trent off the building. I didn't know who he was, but he was a kid for one and he didn't look to well off as you saw. I took him outside but he seemed upset about something. I also wondered how did a kid get into a building that Velvet and Jonathan couldn't get into" Sean continued to tell his story
"Hmm… interesting go on" Carrington said
"I followed him for a while, and then he gets really annoyed and he tries to attack me for killing his father, which I thought was one of the guards but I stopped him and then he burst into tears and told me everything" Sean replied
"What is everything?" Carrington asked
"I'll try sum this up as best as I can, I turned off my communicator so I could give him my full attention and I didn't think it would be good if you tried to contact me while he was telling me something really important. He told me who he was, because I thought when he said his father he meant one of the guards, because he looked like he was barely surviving, but no he was indeed Trent's son. Anyway Junior found his mother this morning was close to dying and his mother told him to get some help from Trent. Junior didn't even know he had a father until his mother told him, so Junior goes up to Trent's office to see him, the guards let him in but on meeting Trent he denies ever having a wife or a kid. Junior comes home and his mother soon dies, then he leaves. He then picks up a Magsec4 after there was a fire fight and then remembered the positioning of the guards hand to get inside. However he found it a lot emptier since Jo and I cleaned it out, then he came to Trent's office and saw me knock Trent off the building" Sean finished explained.
Carrington was silent for a long time.
"It's interesting, because our records never record Trent having married, or anything like that" Carrington said
"Junior didn't say it, but I suspect Trent tampered with the NSA records so that nobody could trace him to his former wife. Junior doesn't even know his father not only was he head of the NSA, he was also in contact with the Skedar, and obviously he is totally clueless to who the Maians and the Skedar are. The only way I covered my reason for killing him was by saying it was my job. Junior I think was grateful for me killing Trent but he feels very lost at the moment, he's been living it quite hard for a number of years I imagine" Sean said
Velvet was taking Junior over to the cafeteria. Junior was silent. Velvet knew that Junior had probably been through a lot so kept the questions basic as they entered the cafeteria.
"What would you like?" Velvet asked
"I don't know" Junior replied
"Alright, I'm just going to have some fish" Velvet said
"I'll have that then" Junior said
Velvet went over and within 5 seconds two meals of fish and a few vegetables with some chips was ready; Junior hadn't seen anything like it.
"Thank you, what's your name again?" Junior asked
"I'm Velvet Dark, and Junior isn't it?" Velvet asked
"Yeah, but as Sean said, my actual name is Trent. I haven't known this my entire life, my mother only told me today" Junior replied
"You like you've had it tough" Velvet looked as Junior ate slowly; he finished chewing before replying with…
"Perhaps, but nothing as hard as this" Junior said
"Yeah finding out you are the son of a guy who is being hunted for by multiple organisations, then he died just as you knew he existed" Velvet was trying to show sympathy.
"Trent's death doesn't bother me at all, my mother though…" Junior stopped
"How awful, I'm sorry I won't talk about it anymore" Velvet said
Junior nodded in thanks. Velvet was amazed, she was really upset that Joanna had a close call with death yet Junior had lost both of his parents and while he had seemed to got really upset and told Sean what had happened he was just eating calmly.
"Can I ask you a question?" Junior asked
"Sure" Velvet replied
"What do you know about my father? What did he do to get so much attention?" Junior asked
Velvet thought for a moment, in reality she wasn't really supposed to tell this kind of information to anybody that wasn't in the Institute but he was Trent's own son, he had a right to know. It should be alright as long as she kept out the part that Trent had relations with the Skedar.
"This is information I'm not really supposed to tell you…" Velvet started
"Oh of course not, I'm sorry" Junior replied with a slightly disappointed look
"However, you have a right to know, you are his son after all" Velvet finished
Junior said nothing as he gave Velvet his full attention
"You see your father was the head of the National Security Agency, he made a deal with a rival company known as dataDyne. They needed something that the US Government had and the only way they could get it is with Presidential approval. Trent tried to talk the President into loaning this device to dataDyne but the President refused multiple times. As a result dataDyne and Trent came up with a plan to clone the President; however Joanna stopped Trent and saved the President. After that Trent went missing, we thought he was dead as the US government had sent a lot of spies around to look for Trent, but nobody could find him until today" Velvet said
Junior was silent for a moment
"Then how did my Mum know where to find him?" Junior asked
It was now Velvet's turn to be silent, she had no idea. Trent's records never even remotely suggested he married or had kids or anything like that. Maybe Trent had tampered with records to erase any kind of record that could give away his location. Although it still didn't answer how Junior's Mum knew where Trent was.
"I honestly don't know" It was all Velvet could say
"Thank you Velvet" Junior said
Velvet gave a smile and sat with Junior a little longer. Soon Carrington, Sean and Jonathan joined them.
"It's good to see him eating, it looked like he would pass out any second" Sean commented
"Sean? A quick word?" Carrington said
"Umm alright" Sean was slightly caught off guard as Carrington was just in the office talking to him.
Carrington and Sean walk outside of the cafeteria.
"Is he alright?" Jonathan asked Velvet quietly
"It's going to take him a while I think" Velvet replied
"Yeah, it's not easy recovering from those kind of things" Jonathan said
Sean and Carrington walked a good distance from the cafeteria out of ear shot of everybody else.
"Sean, with Junior…" Carrington said
"I'm going to take care of him… like you did for me" Sean replied
"That was quite different" Carrington said
"With respect sir, what is the difference aside the circumstances of how it happened?" Sean asked
"He's Trent's son that's all. Don't mind me, I'm sure you know what you are doing, just make sure you do a better job then I did, or he'll become an agent at age 19 like you did" Carrington said
"Yeah but I turned out fine didn't I?" Sean asked
"Well, almost" Carrington said
"What do you mean by that?" Sean asked
"You missed out on a great deal of your life, especially your later teenage years, due to the Institute. While this has given many upsides for humans and Maians alike, I'm not sure you are entirely happy with the way you were almost forced to lead your life" Carrington said
Sean knew Carrington was right, but in Junior's case it was very different, this kid has nothing at all.
"Perhaps, but the only reason I managed to make so many humans and Maians happy was because I killed the Skedar prince which caused me to be chased by the Skedar and then as a result I lived on the Maian planet for 8 years. If Junior is going to have a story like that one I don't think there is anything I can do to prevent it" Sean replied
"Very well. However it could have very easily been that you could have turned out very different. So I wish you good luck" Carrington said
"Thanks" Sean replied before heading back into the cafeteria
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Yeah I know, a bit dull this chapter but I needed a fair bit of time to set up some storylines especially Junior's storyline and what's to follow, but don't worry original characters aren't going to dominate the story.