Special note: for the people who already read this chapter, only a few words are changed so you don't need to read it. See at the end of this chapter in author note for further information. Personal answers for the last chapter are also added. For the reviews of this chapter, they will be answered next chapter.
A/N : I made a mistake in the story a while ago. In the chapter leaving America, when Herbert says "we'll leave America", this was just a big mistake. Datadyne is in Europe so I should have written "we'll leave Europe". I just wanted this detail to be clear.
Chapter 8 : Infiltrating Datadyne part 2
Some people would see Jonathan's situation like a mission failed and necessarily a capture. Jonathan only saw those guards as a good way of diversion. If he had to be captured, at least he would have been able to make James and Velvet enter the building. He took out a DY-357 magnum and shot at every guard that stood in his way. When the guards began to shoot at him, he tried to avoid the bullets. His try was a half success. He was shot in the foot. Jonathan didn't even seem to feel the pain. He took out his falcon 2 sedative and shot at the guards with his magnum and the falcon at the same time. The last guard fell on the floor. A pool of blood was in front of Joanna and Jonathan.
"Quick Joanna! We must escape!", exclaimed Jonathan.
"I can't…", replied Joanna.
"WHAT!? What do you mean?", asked Jonathan with a panicked tone.
"I can barely walk. I would only make you go more slowly and you would get captured", answered Joanna.
"But…I came for you Joanna!", retorted Jonathan.
"Listen, I've been tortured during long hours and after they made me bear even worse treatments. They wanted to know your location and I kept my mouth shut Jonathan! I suffered for you to be okay and now you're telling me you don't care if you're captured?!", asked Joanna angrily.
"…Joanna…"
"Listen to me Jonathan, they want to kill you! If you get captured, you're finished! You cannot take any risks like bringing me with you. I don't care if I stay stuck here during 6 months, I just don't want you to die", explained Joanna with a calmer tone.
Jonathan looked at her with a pained look. He didn't know what to do. He already disobeyed to James to save her, should he disobey to her? No, James was right. He shouldn't have jumped from the air conduct at first. Even if he stopped the guard from what he had the intention to do, he wasn't more advanced. He couldn't bring Joanna with her and even worse: he got hurt! He was abruptly returned to reality by Joanna.
"EARTH TO JON! JON, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FLEE, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?!", shouted Joanna.
"…Damn…I love you Jo", replied Jonathan.
He quickly kissed her and looked at the air conduct. There wasn't any way he could return in this in a short amount of time. He avoided the dead or asleep corpses of the guards and ran the quickest he could through the corridor. He wasn't running very fast, his foot hurt a lot. He prayed silently that as he was running that he'll be alive in 24 hours.
"Why does that asshole wants me dead?", asked Jonathan to himself out loud
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Joanna looked at Jonathan leave the cell in a run. She noticed there wasn't any guard alive or awake near. She looked at the same place Jonathan looked at a minute ago.
"Maybe that I should try to flee too", commented Joanna as she looked at the air conduct.
She quickly got dressed and brought a chair just below the air conduct. It was a very hard job. All the torture Joanna bear made her feel weaker and she wasn't walking very well. After a few minutes of cursing and swearing, she was able to enter the air conduct. Something she completely forgotten is that the netting was lying on the floor of the cell…
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Jonathan was limping as he was running. He wasn't thinking about anything, he was just running. He was bleeding even more than he was supposed to because he was running and the red alert was ringing. Unfortunately, the race had to stop someday. Someone…coming from behind caught Jonathan as he was running.
"How sad the 'great' Jonathan McGowan fell like this. Don't worry, it's probably the last time you'll get captured like this because you'll never flee this place alive", Jeffrey said with his usual smirk.
Jonathan tried to get up but Jeffrey kicked him in the ribs and put his foot on Jonathan's stomach.
"Wha…How did you know about that family name?", mumbled Jonathan.
"? Oh, you mean…McGowan. Haha! How could I not know the family name of my…blood brother", replied Jeffrey playfully.
"Huh? No…this can't…"
"Yes it is young fool! Oops! I've made a mistake! You can't be older than me! We're twins after all!", exclaimed Jeffrey as he was laughing.
"What!? But it's impossible! You can't be my brother!", exclaimed Jonathan with a desperate tone.
"You stupid, you should have doubted something before! I cannot look so much like you that people find it hard to difference us and not be from your family. Such resemblances can't come from completely different genes", replied Jeffrey.
"…No…", murmured Jonathan.
Jonathan was feeling very dizzy and Jeffrey suddenly seemed to be very far away. He collapsed to Jeffrey's feet. Something that the two men completely ignored at this moment is that someone that wasn't supposed to be there was watching them…
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It's been a while James and Velvet were waiting for a sign of life from Jonathan. Velvet was sitting on the ground and yawning…James was silently boiling. This fool was doing only impulsive move and their mission was probably already failed. Since Jonathan got angry for an unknown reason and that James lost contact with him, nothing special happened. They could only wait in silence. Suddenly, their prayers were fulfilled. The red alert rang. All the guards inside literally began to panic. They all reloaded their gun and left the room to find the intruder.
"Cool! They're finally leaving! Jonathan did it!", exclaimed Velvet.
"Sure, he did it…MY ASS! This imbecile probably got caught!", exclaimed angrily James back.
Velvet looked at him with an amazed look.
"Since when are you using such language?", Velvet asked with an amused tone.
"This fool is making me loose all my sanity…I'm sure the red alert rang because HE was seen", replied James with a calmer tone.
"We don't have time to interrogate ourselves if Jonathan had really been seen. We must take the opportunity to enter and take a look by ourselves", retorted Velvet.
"…Right…"
James took out a magnum and reloaded it. Velvet looked at him with a puzzled look.
"Why did you take out your magnum? Aren't we supposed to be in a 'pacific' mission?", asked curiously Velvet.
"I told that we would use those weapons in case of emergencies and we actually are in a emergency with this red alert. Even if we're able to enter, all the guards will be 20 times more vigilant than they usually are. Let's forget the objective to not kill anyone or we'll never finish this mission", answered James.
"Okay then", Velvet responded with a grin.
The two of them quickly entered the building of Datadyne, hoping this mission wasn't already failed.
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Jonathan slowly opened his eyes. He wasn't surprised to see that he was tied to a chair. He wasn't surprised either to see Jeffrey in front of him with a big grin.
"Did you slept well, twinnie?", asked Jeffrey with a falsely sweet tone.
"Fuck you", retorted Jonathan.
Jeffrey's right eye narrowed (A/N: the genes I guess) and kicked Jonathan's injured foot. Jon winced in pain and this only made Jeffrey smirk.
"You should be thankful. I asked to a doctor of Datadyne to treat your wounded foot. It wasn't bleeding anymore…before I kicked it of course", commented Jeffrey.
"Don't try to fool me you stupid. You probably want to torture me during a longer period of time…this is why you helped me with my foot", retorted Jonathan with an annoyed tone.
"You're not completely wrong…let me explain you", replied Jeffrey with a smirk.
"Can someone tell me why the bad guys are always telling their insane plan just before killing their victim?", asked Jonathan with the same annoyed tone to no one in particular.
"You fool, you told the answer in the question. Because you're going to die so there isn't any danger to tell you!", exclaimed Jeffrey.
"Fine! I'm listening to you!", replied Jonathan sarcastically.
"You know…a war is coming…more sooner than you can imagine. A part of the humans and the Skedar race is against another part of humans and the Maian race. Cassandra absolutely wants her side, that means the side of the Skedars, to win. She could do anything. She even put one of her friends in presidential election and she made him win"
"…Robert O'Donnell", whispered Jonathan.
"Yes, you're right. Robert O'Donnell is an old friend of Cassandra De Vries! There's only one problem with this plan. The Americans aren't all approving Robert O'Donnell. And let's not forget the people of other countries that never approved an alliance with an extra-terrestrial race. Cassandra wants more humans to be by the side of the Skedars. This is why she wants to make an 'alliance' with the Carrington Institute", explained Jeffrey with a I-know-everything tone.
"How can Datadyne do an alliance with the Carrington Institute if everyone from the institute is against this idea", asked Jonathan with an arrogant tone.
"This is what I'm going to explain you! This is the exact reason why I disguised myself into you and that we cloned Daniel Carrington! If the 'real' Jonathan is against this alliance, we'll just eliminate him. If I'm supposed to be you, I would easily be able to trick Carrington!", answered Jeffrey.
"Now that we're talking about Carrington…Can you tell me why he has all the souvenirs of the real Carrington?", asked Jonathan who wanted to take advantage of Jeffrey's big mouth.
"I'm not a scientist, I don't really know…the thing I know is that because the scientist 'reconstructed' the brain of Daniel Carrington, we could say he actually is the same person as the one that is dead! How could he not be the same person? He has the same brain, the same souvenirs and the same personality! Even if the body had been cloned and that the real skeleton of Carrington is decomposing in his tomb, a human that is exactly the same as the original is breathing!", exclaimed Jeffrey.
Jonathan smiled to himself. If he was very lucky, someone could come and rescue him. If it was the case, Jeffrey was in big trouble. Jon silently hoped James and Velvet came to save him…
"Hey! Stop being in the moon! I'm speaking to you!", exclaimed furiously Jeffrey.
"You can continue your very interesting conversation, I'm listening to you", replied Jonathan with an ironic tone.
"The main reason why a big part of the human population doesn't trust Datadyne and the Skedars is because of the Carrington Institute. So you can understand why we want so much to make you and your friends shut up by making an alliance. Now I'll explain you why I didn't killed you yet", explained Jeffrey.
"I'm curious to know!", exclaimed Jonathan with a faked grin that completely caught off guard Jeffrey.
"Just in appearance, I can easily look like you. The only problem is the DNA…If someone discovers my DNA, he or she will automatically understand that I'm an impostor. I don't have any intentions of changing my DNA, it's impossible anyway. To be honest, the DNA isn't a problem that is really big. If I'm wounded, I'll only use the doctors of Datadyne. All of them know who I really am and will keep their mouth shut. The only problem is the eyes…"
"…The…eyes?"
"When you're arrested by the police, they check who you are by taking a kind of… IR picture of your eyes (A/N: like in minority report). All the citizens of Earth are registered to the government with that IR picture of the eyes. The problem is that I'm already registered as Jeffrey and you are already registered as Jonathan. This is why I'll need your eyes", explained Jeffrey with a smirk.
Jonathan looked at him with a puzzled gaze that quickly changed itself into a horrified look.
"You're…gonna…tear out my eyes or something?", asked Jonathan that wasn't sure he wanted to hear the answer.
"Yes. Our very talented doctors from Datadyne will be very useful. After I'll tear out your eyes, without any anaesthesia, you're going to pass on the same electrical chair your girlfriend had passed on. Only one thing will be different with the treatments that you'll live and the one your Joanna bear. I made sure she wasn't going to have permanent damage and you…you'll be electrified until you die", answered Jeffrey with an amused tone.
Jonathan looked at him with an overwhelmed gaze. How could Jeffrey be so sadistic, uncaring, cruel and completely insane?! Jon suddenly understood what was supposed to be a psychopath. His thoughts were interrupted by a guard who suddenly opened the door, gasping for air. The guard probably ran to get there.
"I'm sorry Mr Wallace but there's an emergency", said the guard.
"It's better be very important", replied Jeffrey with a menacing tone.
"It's the woman…she escaped", answered the guard.
"WHAT!!! HOW DID SHE MANAGED TO ESCAPE?", asked Jeffrey with what would be described as a terrifying tone for the guard.
"Someone smashed down the netting of the air conduct. It seems that this person entered her cell by passing through the air conduct. This same person killed 6 guards, tranquilized 4 others and seriously injured one. The girl probably escaped by the air conducts the person before had smashed down…", explained the guard.
"I wonder who could be the responsible of all this mess…", asked Jeffrey to himself as he looked at Jonathan with a suspicious gaze.
" I don't know who is the responsible either…What are we going to do now?", asked the guard.
"I'll go take a look by myself…You, check on this man! He must not flee, he's dangerous", Jeffrey instructed as he pointed Jonathan.
"Fine, I'll watch him", replied the guard.
"I'm counting on you, Will", Jeffrey said with a serious tone.
"Don't worry, he won't be able to move from half an inch without being punched", reassured the guard with a smirk.
"Good", replied Jeffrey with a smirk.
Jeffrey left the room in a run. Jonathan shot a glare to the guard. He had an irresistible desire to strangle the guard…
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Jeffrey ran to the cell where Joanna had been kept. Some dead guards were lying on the floor. The guards that were alive had been removed from this place and brought in Datadyne's infirmary. Jeffrey noticed that the netting was lying on the floor. He looked at the air conduct and smirked.
"If this young fool really thinks she's gonna flee like this…", Jeffrey whispered.
He took out a kind of communicator. He was talking to someone, apparently an employee from Datadyne.
"We'll need toxic gas. Isolate all the nettings with the emergency technique and… let one of them open. We'll wait for her there".
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Joanna was crawling in the air conducts for a while now. She was extremely nervous. She clearly heard that the red alert was ringing 10 minutes ago. Probably because Jonathan had been seen. The red alert wasn't ringing anymore. Does that mean he had been captured? Joanna just hoped it wasn't the case…or she would have gone through suffering for nothing. She just wished he was alive at the present moment. She arrived in front of a wire netting. When she tried to pass on it, a kind of metal door suddenly closed on the netting. Joanna gasped in surprise. What does that mean? Did the other nettings closed too? Does this mean she was stuck in the air conduct? She suddenly smell a sickening scent…
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Jeffrey walked through the corridor. He was satisfied. It would only be a question of time before Joanna shows herself. He noticed one of the cells had the door opened, and a guard was sleeping just beside the door. Why would a guard sleep there? Was someone supposed to be there? Anyway, Jeffrey didn't really care; his only preoccupation for now was to neutralize Joanna in the quickest way as possible.
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A man was sneaking through the corridor. He suddenly saw a guard, there was his chance. He voluntarily took out a gun he stole to a sleeping guard and shot a few times. The guard was alerted and searched for the source of noise. When he arrived near the man, he was punched so hard to the back of his head that he was almost instantly knocked out. The man took the unconscious corpse with him and hid himself in the darkness.
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The guard apparently named or nicknamed Will was yawning in front of Jonathan. Maybe half an hour passed since Jeffrey left. Another guard that was wearing sun glasses entered the room. Jonathan tried to not show his surprised expression as he recognized the person. Will looked at him with an annoyed look.
"What the hell are you doing here?", asked Will.
"Jeffrey told me you could return to the usual place you're guarding. He wants me to replace you", replied the guard.
"Really? Are you sure?", asked Will.
"Yeah! Of course I am! Now return to your own business", answered the guard as he pushed Will to the door.
"Okay then…I'll go"
The guard abruptly shut the door behind him. Jonathan looked at him with a confused look.
"It's useless if you want to kill me. Jeffrey already planned to torture me to death", Jonathan said with an unsure tone.
"I didn't came for this…", replied Herbert.
"Then why are here?", asked Jonathan.
"As I see, I'm not the only one to be in trouble. You need help and I need some. I can deal something with you", answered Herbert.
"What do you mean you are in trouble? Aren't you supposed to be an ally of Cassandra?", asked Jonathan.
"Not anymore…I don't want to explain all the details so I'll be short. Samantha survived to her terrible injuries but she has permanent damage to her brain. I wanted to flee Datadyne with her but we got caught and captured. Now Cassandra wants to use Skedar technology to bring Samantha like she was before and I was thrown in a cell and beaten by some guards. I managed to escape but now I don't know where Samantha is. I'll free you if you promise to help me", answered Herbert.
"There're some things I don't understand. You don't want Samantha to be like she was before?", asked Jonathan.
"Personally, I think it would be better for her if she doesn't remember what happened the past few years. You know, she already been different. She already had a heart before she fell into insanity", answered Herbert.
"You mean…you think she's nicer with permanent damage?", questioned Jonathan with a puzzled tone.
"I have the choice between an intelligent Samantha who wants to kill everyone or a mentally deficient and inoffensive Samantha. I think it would be better for everyone if she doesn't become like she was before. I'm sure she's happier like this and…she doesn't want to kill anymore", answered Herbert.
Jonathan looked at Herbert with a surprised look. Jon always thought that Herbert was only Samantha's lapdog , he betrayed and killed just for her. Now, he was preventing her to be normal again just to avoid the danger she represented. Jonathan smiled slightly…He realized that maybe Herbert wasn't as bad he thought he was.
"I will help you if you free me", replied Jonathan.
End of chapter 8 part 2
Damn!!! I'll have to do a part three! At the beginning, the mission at Datadyne was supposed to be only 1 chapter!!!! Well, at least I can guarantee that the third will be the best of all, like lord of the ring and the return of the king!!! Next chapter will contain fighting, swearing and probably some (a lot!!!) of fluffyness so everyone will be happy ;) Unfortunately, I noticed the number of review is always decreasing each chapter…Are there something wrong with the last chapters? But I shouldn't complain coz I have 4 very kind reviewer :) (sigh) The author is begging for reviews again…pathetic author… Anyway, you can review if you want, and don't be shy to do criticism coz there's no improvement without criticism :)
Peachrocks: Yeah, cliff hangers are really contagious :D As you probably noticed, James lost his temper in this chapter… I'm glad you don't really pay attention to the mistakes because after I write 3000 to 4000 almost all in a row, I'm never really good to correct the mistakes…
Esteban T. Rodriguez: Since the day I put James in this story, I wanted to torture by making him work with Jonathan (evil laughing) I saw on your profile that you go on vacation this summer so I hope you'll have fun this summer :) (if you're not already left)
TetraLink17: I'm glad you like this chapter. Support is always important. :)
Spider-bear: Yep, Jon controlled his emotions! I wanted to show he was more able to control himself than Jeffrey. You lucky, I'm not on summer holiday yet…
I'll begin very soon to work on another perfect dark fan fic completely different from the one I'm writing right now…I'll let you see by yourself
Note: Since the beginning, the title 'through is eyes' doesn't have any big important links with the story. I just wanted to saw that it'll come later.
Special note: The only thing I corrected in this chapter is that Jeffrey's family name isn't McGowan. Like I said in another chapter, his family name is Wallace. But, Wallace is only a fictive name he gave himself like Jonathan gave himself the 'Fraser' family name. Sorry for this stupid story mistake. I'll pay more attention to what I'll write next chapter.