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Chapter 5:  The fugitive

Jonathan desperately tried to sleep on the uncomfortable bed. He didn't slept nor in the plane, neither in this cell…it had been two days he wasn't able to sleep. He knew that he would never be able to sleep at such places so he sat on his bed and rubbed his eyes. He noticed that almost all the prisoners had roommates but he didn't have any. Being considered as a liquidator has his advantages after all, he thought to himself. The prisoners who were there were probably sentenced because of crimes smaller than the one he was accused for. Then he heard footsteps. A guard opened his cell.

"Someone wants to see you", said the guard.

Jon wondered who it could be. Maybe that it was Joanna…hopefully it would be Joanna, he thought to himself. Two other guards came; one of them handcuffed Jonathan as they brought him out of the cell. Jon was amazed to realize how dangerous those guards think he is. He could hear the comments of the prisoners as they looked at him leave the place.

"Look, the pedophile is leaving", one of them said.

"I don't think he's a pedophile, he looks more like a hacker that cheated a few millions or something like that", another said.

"You're completely wrong! I'm sure he was a drug seller", a third said.

"They think I killed 15 people", Jonathan replied with an annoyed tone.

"15 people?"

"It looks like he won't have to beat him because he's an obsessive, he just killed some people…that's not the first we see like this", another said.

They brought him in a small room with chairs in front of a window. Jonathan was relieved to see that Joanna was in front of one of those windows. The guards made him sit on the chair in front of Joanna and opened a kind of microphone.

"Joanna, I'm so glad you came", said Jonathan.

"Jonathan…I want to know what really happened on the Skedar planet. Are you really sure you didn't killed those 15 people?" replied Joanna with a cold tone.

"………………."  

"Jonathan, answer me or I'll leave now", retorted Joanna.

"I…I don't know…" answered Jonathan.

"As I see, you changed your opinion. First of all it was : it's impossible, I've never done such things! Now you don't know", commented Joanna.

"You cannot understand if I don't tell you what happened. Let me explain", Jonathan said.

"Alright, I'm listening", replied Joanna.

"After the Skedar captured me, they tried to make me say information by torturing me. I didn't say anything so they considered me as useless and put me in a kind of Skedar laboratory. They were something like 30 humans detained like me. It was terrible. They make us drink or injected us some unknown substance. There were often terrible secondary effects. Some humans that were with us didn't looked like humans anymore. But a day, they all injected us the same substance. I saw at least 5 men became completely crazy. They broke the cage or cell they were detained in and destroyed everything that stood in their way. The woman called Jessica and I looked at what was happening, completely horrified. During the bloodbath, I began to feel dizzy and everything went black. When I woke up, I was lying in a desert, and my shirt was covered in blood. I didn't remembered a single thing of what I've done, I just hoped I didn't joined myself to the bloodbath", explained Jonathan.

"I'm sad to tell you they were able to look at what was recorded on the kind of camera. I saw something like you were describing me. We clearly saw someone I expected as you killing a lot of people", responded Joanna.

"What do you mean when you were saying 'someone I expected as you'?" asked Jonathan.

"I wasn't truly sure it was you. The man I saw had a beard of something like 3 weeks, I couldn't see the face clearly. He looked a lot like you but I cannot be at 100% it was you because I didn't saw what you looked like when you returned from the Skedar planet ", answered Joanna.

Jonathan didn't say anything for a minute. He seemed to be in deep thoughts. Then his eyes grew wide as he thought about something.

"Joanna! What if the man you saw was Jeffrey?" suggested Jonathan.

"You mean…the man with the smartass attitude form yesterday? He was also on the Skedar planet?" asked Joanna.

"Yes, he was there", answered Jonathan.

"It's true he really looks like you…with a beard, it's possible I could confound you with him", remarked Joanna.

"One minute left", said the guard.

"Joanna, before you leave, I want you to know one thing. If it is me who've done such atrocity, let me tell you I didn't have any power on what I was doing. I would never do such things even if I was in a terrible anger. Every people I could kill without any substances influencing my judgment would be people that would hurt you…" Jonathan said with a desperate tone.

Then Joanna noticed how Jonathan seemed weak. He was extremely pale, and the weight he lost on the Skedar planet didn't helped him to look healthier.

"Jonathan…are you sure you're going to be alright?" asked worriedly Joanna.

"Let's just say I could feel better", answered Jonathan.

"I'm sorry but I can't give you more time, you must leave miss", said the guard with a sorry look.

"Jon, is there a physical detail that could help me to difference you from Jeffrey?" asked Joanna.

"…I think he had two different colours in his eyes. One is brown like me but the other is green…", answered Jonathan

"Jonathan…don't worry and take rest for now. I'll be right back" reassured Joanna with a sad smile as a guard brought her out of the room.

Two others guards came and brought back Jonathan to his cell. He smiled to himself , a new hope had crossed his mind. Jeffrey could really be the one Joanna saw on the camera. Jessica would probably not hesitate to lie to make her fiancée innocent. Jonathan was wondering why Joanna told him that she'll be right back. He was sure he only had the right to have one visit per day. He didn't have any idea of what Joanna was planning…

Joanna entered a second time the laboratory the police already brought her before. In this exact place was the location of the proof that made Jonathan go in jail. She wanted to see the scientist who brought this junk with him…and 'discuss' with him a little bit. He wasn't really happy to see her again.

A day ago.

"Here is the proof" said the scientist as he showed Joanna the video.

After Joanna finished looking at the tape, she shot a glare to the scientist.

"You bastard! This isn't proving anything! I want to see a clearer proof that Jonathan is guilty!" exclaimed furiously Joanna.

"Hey! I'm doing my job, that's all. A man came and told me to show the police the video to get this serial killer arrested. That's not my fault if your boyfriend is some kind of psychopath", retorted the scientist as he replaced his glass on his nose.

"YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!! I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHO IS THE REAL PSYCHOPATH  IN THIS ROOM", as she strangled him.

The police stopped her shortly after….

Return to today

"M-m-m-m…m-miss D-Dark! What are y-y-you doing h-here?", asked worriedly the scientist.

"I don't want to strangle you again…except if you refuse to show me the video again.

"Why do you want to see it anyway?" questioned the scientist with an unsure look.

"I just want to check a detail", replied Joanna.

"What kind of detail?"

"That's not of your business", retorted Joanna.

"If you don't tell me what is the matter, I won't show you", threatened the scientist.

"It seems I don't have any choices…I want to check something on the man you suspected to be Jonathan. I want to be sure it's truly the one I love" , explained Joanna

"I-I-I'm sorry…I cannot show you the video for such reasons", answered the scientist.

"So you don't want to show me"

"No…"

"You fucking bastard…this Jeffrey paid you to make sure everyone thinks that Jonathan is the man on the video", replied Joanna with a sinister tone.

"N-n-no! Of c-c-c-course n-n-not! I-I j-j-j-just…"

"Whatever…you'll regret the words you were able to say in this conversation very soon", said Joanna with a menacing tone as she left the laboratory.

"Don't you think this guy looks like the woman-killer?" commented a prisoner.

"Yeah…a bit", replied one of them.

"You mean…really the same! I wonder if the 15 people he killed were women", commented another of them.

Jonathan sighed as he heard the comment of the other prisoners near. He never thought the prisoners could be so annoying.

"It's true he looks like the woman-killer…I completely forgot what was his name", a prisoner said.

"Jerry…Jared…Jeff…Jeffrey! Jeffrey was his name!", another answered.

Jonathan was very surprised to hear this name. He stood up from his bed and came to the window on the door to see the prisoners.

"Are you talking about a man that looks almost the same as me and that is called Jeffrey?" asked Jonathan.

"Yeah…are you one of his siblings or something", one of them asked.

"No…He's the man who told the police I killed 15 people…The problem is that I don't remember a single thing. I thought he could have killed them and accused me so he would be free", explained Jonathan.

"It's possible…he already killed his first wife after all", answered the prisoner. 

"So the man is violent?" asked Jonathan with an incredibly interested tone.

"Yeah…like most of us. But maybe you aren't if you didn't killed them", replied the prisoner.

"…You would be surprised by what I can do sometimes", Jonathan said as he looked at the floor.

"Foster! How can you bear someone like this?" asked Nathaniel with an annoyed tone.

"Stop being so cruel with Trent…he's not the bastard we all think he is", replied Foster.

"Do you already forgot HE killed Carrington?" asked angrily Nathaniel.

"Calm down you stupid. It's not because you broke up with your girlfriend that you must make us all eat your dirty shit", retorted Trent with a bored tone.

The CI communicator of Nathaniel beeped. He looked at it with an annoyed tone and answered.

"Nathaniel?"

"Yeah, I'm right here", answered Nathaniel.

"This is Joanna. I'm planning something very important…I want you to go to Elvis ship. Sarah will be waiting for you there…We'll probably need you too", Joanna said.

"Need me? What is happening? What are you planning Joanna?" asked Nathaniel.

"I cannot tell you right now but promise me you'll be there", responded Joanna. 

"Okay…but where should I go? I don't have any idea where Elvis' ship is hidden", replied Nathaniel.

"When we moved to England, Elvis came with us but he used his ship. He landed in an unused field and put the ship on the invisible mode. If you go to the restaurant of your hotel tonight, you'll meet Sarah. She'll explain you where it is and you'll just have to go with her. You must not be seen by anyone", instructed Joanna.

"Alright, I'll meet her tonight at the restaurant of my hotel then", answered Nathaniel.

Joanna closed her communicator. Nathaniel wondered what was Joanna planning. Whatever it was, it seemed really important.

Joanna entered the prison again. The guard refused to give her a visit.

"I'm sorry. You don't have the right to visit someone two times in the same day", said the guard.

"But…but. I must absolutely tell him the news", Joanna replied with a pleading look.

"I'm sorry…I can't"

"You mean you don't want my lover to know that I'm pregnant?" asked Joanna with faked tears in her eyes.

"……….." 

"Please!" begged Joanna.

"Okay…but why did you came just 6 minutes after the hours of visit finish?" asked the guard.

"I-I just learned the news half an hour ago", explained Joanna.

"Alright…but you'll have to be very quick", said the guard.

Jonathan sat again on the same chair of the visit room he sat a few hours ago. He wondered how Joanna was able to have a second visit…and at this hour. 

"I won't give you a lot of time. You have two minutes. Tell him the news, be happy together and after you must leave", instructed the guard.

"Okay…", answered Joanna.

"Joanna, what's wrong? How were you able to visit me a second time?", asked worriedly Jonathan.

Joanna looked at the direction of the guard. He seemed to listen at them like they were on a cinema screen. There were also two guards in the side of the room Jonathan was in…this was bad…

"What are you waiting for miss? Tell him!" exclaimed the guard.

"I…I…I've just learned that I'm pregnant", Joanna said with a shy tone.

"WHAT!?! You mean…you'll have a baby? And you want to keep it!!!? Oh my gosh…you impress me Jo. I never thought you wanted to have child", replied Jonathan with a surprised tone.

"Jon…stand back…" Joanna whispered.

"Wha…what do you mean?" asked Jon not too loudly.

"I said…stand back. You're better listen to me or you'll get hurt" murmured Joanna.

Jonathan stood up and walked backward. The guards looked at him strangely but they didn't do anything. Joanna took out a phoenix in the explosive shell mode and shot at the glass that separated Jon from her. After she took out a tranquilizer in the sedative mode and shot at the guard behind her. For the others, she didn't have any other choices. She took out her phoenix again and shot at the two guards. They fell on the cold floor, dead. Then Joanna took Jonathan's right hand, gave him a shield and left the room in a run. Jonathan couldn't believe what was happening. First of all, Joanna announce him she's pregnant and now she kills the guard to make him evade the place. Every time a door was looked, Joanna used her phoenix to destroy the door. There weren't a lot of ways to escape the prison. Joanna began to think they' ll be obligated to leave by the main entrance. Jonathan found it difficult to follow Joanna, she was running very quickly and because she was holding his hand, he didn't had any choices but to run at the same speed as her. When they were able to get out of the cells section, they finally saw a window. Joanna took her phoenix again and shot at the window. They were able to get outside but the run was far from being finished. There was a hangar near the prison. Joanna hacked the door and was able to open it. Inside there were a few hoverbikes and a bag that was hidden belongs them. The bag apparently belonged to Joanna. She took out a DY-357 magnum and threw it at Jonathan.

"You might want to have this. There's chance they'll try to attack us", explained Joanna.

"Joanna, what the hell are you planning to…"

"There's no time for explanations. We'll escape with those hoverbikes. I know you didn't use those things often but try to follow me. We'll have to use the speed number 8, the quickest of all", said Joanna as she took the bag and sat on a hoverbike.

Jonathan didn't contested what Joanna was saying and sat on a hoverbike next to hers. Joanna took out a grenade from her bag and threw it near the wall. It completely destroyed like Joanna expected. They left the place and just hoped no one noticed the loud noise the grenade made. The red alert was started in the prison. There already were a few guards that were getting outside. They tried to shoot at Jo and Jon but the guards were too far so the bullets only damaged slightly their shield. They put themselves in maximum speed and left the place. The best way they could avoid the police was to pass through fields. The prison was a bit far from London so it was isolated from a big population. After what it seemed to Jonathan an entire day but it was only a few hours after, they found a forest. This was probably the best place to hide. 

"Okay, we'll go in the forest and we'll get rid of our hoverbikes", Joanna said.

"Don't you think it's a little bit dangerous that we'll get lost?" asked Jonathan.

"No, I know where we are. I have a map with me. We'll enter the forest but we'll stay near this field. I'll use my communicator to call Elvis and he will came with his big ship. We just have to hope no one will see us before he came", responded Joanna.

"Okay then…" replied Jonathan.

"Tired like you are, you should maybe try to take rest", suggested Joanna.

"Even if I want to, I would never be able to sleep", replied Jonathan.

"Why?"

"Do I really need to explain you? We just escaped from a prison and they're probably trying to find me. Let's not forget that the USA want to see me dead and that you just told me you were pregnant!", exclaimed Jonathan.

Joanna laughed at Jonathan's reply. He looked at her with an indignant look.

"Can I understand what is so funny about what I said", asked Jonathan with an outraged tone.

"Do you really think I could be pregnant? Of course not! It was just a reason I told the guard to see you a second time in the same day!", exclaimed Joanna as she was laughing.

"You mean…it was a lie?" asked Jonathan who desperately tried to hide his surprise. 

"Of course it was! Jon I didn't knew that you were so naïve", replied Joanna with a grin. 

Jonathan looked at her with an insulted gaze and didn't responded. He just took the two overbikes and went to the forest.

"Hey! Where are you going?", asked Joanna.

"I'm going to hide those things in the forest. You should call Elvis now", answered Jonathan with a cold tone.

"Jonathan…are you really angry at me", asked Joanna with a concerned tone.

Jonathan was happy Joanna couldn't see his grin as he saw her bag on her overbike. 

10 minutes later 

After Joanna told Elvis their location. She went to the forest to find Jonathan. He was nowhere to be found.

"Jonathan, where are you?", shouted Joanna.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH" 

"JONATHAN! WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHERE ARE YOU?", asked Joanna with a panicked tone.

"THEY GOT ME!!! JOANNA, HELP!", shouted Jonathan.

Joanna began to run at the direction the voice of Jonathan came from.

"Shit, where's my bag? I don't have any weapon", Joanna said to herself.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH, GET OFF YOU BASTARDS", yelled Jonathan.

Joanna ran quicker. She really began to be frightened by what 'those bastards' were doing to Jonathan.

"LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU MOTHER FUCKERS", screamed Jonathan.

Joanna noticed the voice was coming from very near. She stopped running and walked quickly in the direction of Jonathan's voice. She arrived in front of a big puddle of mud. It was the complete silence in the forest.

"Jonathan", said Joanna with an unsure tone.

"Hands up you bitch", a voice behind her said.

Joanna put her hands up and just wished someone near could help her. Then the man behind her pushed her hard in the puddle of mud. 

"Eeeeewwwww, what was that for", asked Joanna as she looked at the man.

Then she saw that the man behind her was apparently Jonathan. He was trying to hold his laugh but was only able during a few seconds.

"What the…"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I GOT YA!", exclaimed Jonathan between two laughs. 

"You bastard…you pushed me in that mud. Look how dirty I am now", replied angrily Joanna.

"YOU REALLY THOUGHT SOME BAD GUYS WERE CAPTURING ME?! HOW FUNNY! I was sure that you were going to understand that it was just a joke", replied Jonathan as he was regaining his composure.

Joanna threw him mud that directly hit him in the face.

"Hey! What was that for?!", asked Jonathan as tried to removed the mud from his face.

"I'm not going to be the only one that is going to get out of this forest dirty", replied Joanna as she threw him more mud. 

"So you wanna do a mud war? Fine then, I was an expert at this sport when I was a kid", said Jonathan with a mischievous smile.

"Where are they", asked Nathaniel as he went out of the ship. 

"I guess they are in this forest", commented Sarah.

"Okay, let's go", replied Nathaniel.

Shortly after they entered the forest, they heard people laugh out loud. They went to the direction the laugh came from. They quickly find Joanna and Jonathan doing a fight in the mud and laughing at the same time.

"Sorry to disturb you but…what are you doing?!", asked Sarah.

"Oh, hi! We were doing a mud war. Wanna join us", asked Jonathan as he threw mud to his little brother. 

"YAY MUD WAR!", exclaimed Nathaniel as he took some mud.

"What the hell?! You three are completely crazy! Quick! Let's return to the ship before we'll be seen", exclaimed Sarah.

Joanna stood up from the mud and followed Sarah shamefully. Joanna looked at Jonathan and Nathaniel.

"Are you coming you idiots?", asked Joanna.

"Okay…I'll be the first to arrive at the ship", said Jonathan as he stood up and began to run.

Joanna sighed as she looked at Jonathan run. Sarah looked at him with a puzzled look.

"You know, it's been two days he didn't slept…it's normal he begins to be insane", explained Joanna. 

The ship of Elvis was different from the last time they used it. It was furnished with human things. Joanna had planned that she and Jonathan will probably be obligated to stay hid there for a while so there was everything they need to live properly. Joanna was waiting impatiently that Jonathan get out of the 'human bathroom' to take a shower. She was discussing with Sarah so it was less boring to wait.

"So Jonathan was angry at you?", asked Sarah.

"Yes, I don't understand why. I was sure he was going to be happy to learn that I wasn't pregnant at all", answered Joanna.

"You know, there's some people who like children, oppositely to you", commented Sarah with a slight smile.

"You think that…Jonathan wants me to have children?", asked Joanna with a surprised tone.

"Well, he's slightly older than you after all…Maybe that he isn't imagining himself at 60 years old without any grandchildren", answered Sarah with her trademark slight smile.

"The problem is that I don't imagine myself forced to stop working at 35 years old to take care of little brats", replied Joanna.

Jonathan went out of the bathroom. He yawned during a good minute. 

"Well, I'm think I'm gonna a nap…it had been a long, long day", commented Jonathan.

Jonathan smiled to himself as he saw that there was a room assigned just for him and Joanna.

"And at first she was the one complaining about sleeping in the same bed", Jonathan said to himself.

He let himself fall on the bed and instantly fell in a peaceful sleep. He didn't knew that Joanna was worrying because of the little discussion she had with Sarah… 

End of chapter 5: The fugitive

Sorry…no A/N today, anyway…thanks to all my reviewers and review again please!