Disclaimer : I don't own anything…and bla bla bla…and you know what I mean…
A/N: Here I come again! After the depressing story I wrote (sing 4 absolution), here is a chapter as funny as this story!!! (for the thick people, I was just sarcastic)
Take note that this chapter might be a bit more complicated that what I usually do. The beginning of this chapter happens at the same time as chapter 13, but it's with Joanna point of view.
Chapter 14: Soulless
"Jonathan cheated on you" replied Matt.
"What?! Jonathan? But with who?!" asked Joanna.
"…Velvet…"
"…"
"Are you alright Joanna…You look like you're going to explode…" commented Matt.
"…"
"Joanna?"
"YOU STUPID" shouted Joanna as she slapped Matt.
"Hey! What was that for???"
"For making this stupid joke" retorted Joanna.
"But…it's true!"
"Do you really think I could believe such kind of jokes?! Of course not! Jonathan and Velvet together are like water and fire! Velvet is always up for partying and Jonathan is so…well…he had absolutely no life before we got together! And let's not forget that Velvet already told me a few times that she never understood why I was with him…"
"…Oh…then she made fun of me…"
"I don't think so. Velvet wouldn't tell you to make those kind of jokes. I guess you're only trying to make Jon and me break up so you think that I would be stupid enough to be interested by YOU?!"
"Come on…I saw the look you made me when I told you that I remembered your birthday…", replied Matt with an enticing smile.
"Mmph…Okay you have handsome eyes and a pretty butt…"
"Aww so…"
"But you're so stupid!! Do you really think I would be impressed by someone like you!! You know I dated with hundreds of pretty guy but for some reason…they were only interested in what I have…and not what I am. They were thinking I was a kind of trophee they would be able to show to all their friends!", exclaimed Joanna.
"But I didn't wanted to…"
"Shut up! You're lying! Why would you come to our room ONLY when Jonathan is gone if you weren't interested by me?!"
"…I…I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you" answered Matt with a sorry look, althought we don't know if he was really sorry.
"All those bastards who agreed to date with me because of my ass and my tits were also sorry when I caught them with other girls who were younger and had a bigger ass and bigger tits than me!" retorted Joanna.
"Wha!? You mean all the boyfriends you had cheated on you?" asked Matt with an amazed tone.
"A big part of them. It seems that I was too clever for them!" replied Joanna with a sarcastic tone.
"The way you're talking…all the handsome men in this world are ultra-superficial, freaking pervert and without any brain…Sorry to tell you it's not the case. Did you date with an entire football team (A/N: american football) or what?!" asked Matt who began to be a bit pissed off.
"…I…where I met my ex boyfriends isn't of your concern", retorted Joanna who blushed slightly.
"Aww so mysterious! Every words you say make me want to learn more about you…" commented Matt as he aproached her with a grin.
"Get lost you stupid…Will you ever learn? I don't want to waste my time with you" replied Joanna with a bored tone.
"I know what is the origin of this pissed off attitude of yours…You cannot bear the fact that you never met the man of your life…"
"What!?"
"Don't try to hide the truth. This…Jonathan…is only a consolation prize…" Matt said as he aproached her even more.
"What are you talking about?! I'm…"
"Of course, you think that Jonathan is really nice with you…but you aren't attracted by him at all…"
"You stupid! It's not because he isn't as obsessive as you about his apearance that…"
"Then why are you so picky with the way he's looking? You're forcing him to wear the clothes you want, can't bear when his hair when it's messy and…"
"Shut it! It has nothing to do with what you're talking about!" interrupted Joanna.
"Stop lying Joanna. You're forcing him to be sooo caring because when he's wearing his sweater, dirty hair and not shaved like he was before he began to date with you, you're thoroughly disgusted", retorted Matt with a smirk.
Joanna didn't said anything. Her eyes were wide open and her mouth were shaped as a "O". She couldn't believe what he just say…what he dared to say. Then his enticing smile returned. Now he was very near from her…
"Come on…those last words overwhelmed you only because you never realized it was the truth before…"
"…"
"Let me show you the taste of true love…Joanna…" whispered Matt.
Then he put his two hands on her cheek and kissed her passionately. Joanna froze for a few seconds (the time to realize what was happening) and violently pushed him back…so violently that he fell on the floor. Joanna took the opportunity to kick him a few time in the ribs.
"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!"
"Stop that I'm sor…"
"SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!" shouted Joanna in her fury.
Matt hardly stood up and looked at her with an almost scared tone.
"Look Joanna I'm sorry"
"GO AWAY !"
"But…"
"SCRAM!!!" shouted Joanna in an inhuman rage.
Matt didn't said anything else and quickly left the room…he probably feared to receive some other punches or kicks in the ribs. He prefer not to think about what she's going to tell Jonathan when he'll be back.
Joanna looked at him leave the room. Her hands were trembling. She couldn't believe what happened…Joanna began to feel hysterical. What was she going to say to Jonathan?! She'll never be able to hide this?! And anyway she didn't wanted to hide such things! But Jonathan couldn't be angry! She was against everything that happened after all…
"I guess a long shower could help me to clear my mind" Joanna told to herself.
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Joanna quickly got out of the shower and got dressed. She signed when she saw that Jonathan wasn't back yet. She looked at his magnum on the table… Something was hunting her mind…she wasn't sure she would be able to trust Matt anymore. Was he employed to make her and Jonathan broke up or something? Then Joanna noticed there wasn't any noises coming from Matt's room. She decided she was going to take a look to see if he was here. She discreetly opened the door connecting to his room.
"…Matthew?" she asked almost in a whisper.
There wasn't any responses. She smiled to herself…he wasn't there.
"Excellent…I'll be able to make my little…investigation.
She quickly found his bedroom and began to search for something…anything that would proove he is a traitor of some kind. There was something really wrong with him. Carrington wouldn't send someone like him to help them. Joanna thought that this man probably killed the real Matthew and tried to make them believe he was the real one. To Joanna's disappointment, she hadn't found anything, then she heard someone open a door…and then she heard footsteps in Matt's apartment.
"Damn, he's already back" whispered Joanna.
She didn't knew what to do. The only thing she could do now was to find a place to hide. To her great misfortune, she didn't saw the shoe that was lying on the floor. She bumped into it and fell on the floor.
"Shit! He probably heard me!" murmured Joanna.
The footsteps aproached the room. There wasn't any time left. Joanna quickly hid herself under Matt's bed. The person slowly opened the door. Joanna stopped to breath. Why wasn't the person entering the room? Then she heard that the door was shut and she heard the footsteps walk away…toward her room.
"Oh no…I guess he's probably searching for me right now" whispered Joanna as she stood up.
To her great amazement, she couldn't hear anything else…like the person had left the room. Then her thoughts were confirmed…she heard the door of her room being opened and closed. The person was gone. She carefully opened the door of her room and saw there wasn't anyone…just like she thought. But… even if there wasn't any intruder left in her room, she let out a gasp of surprise. Jonathan's gun wasn't on the table anymore…
"Oh my…did Matt stole the gun?" Joanna asked to herself.
She mentally answered to herself. It was impossible. Matt doesn't have the key to enter her room…And after what happened between them, she was sure he wouldn't dare to enter her room in any way even if he could. But who else could it be? Could it be…
"Jonathan?"
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After a few minutes, Matt went back from his walk and entered his room. Joanna was waiting for him in front of the door…with a cold gaze. He looked very surprised to see her there.
"What the…What are doing here?" asked Matt.
"Jon's magnum…where did you put it?" asked Joanna coldly.
"What are you talking about? I never touched to your boyfriend's gun. I went for a walk…that's all" answered Matthew.
"Then where's Jon's gun? And tell me who entered my and your room a few minutes ago"
"A few minutes ago? Someone came here?"
"Yes, and this person stole Jon's gun. What I don't understand is that this person instantly entered the room…like he had the key or something…"
"Why are you searching so far to find an answer? It couldn't be anybody else than Jonathan" replied Matt.
"But…but why would he enter so discreetly? It's not like him to enter in a room like that! And why would he take his gun and leave so quickly?! He knows he doesn't have the right to go everywhere like this without anybody else!" exclaimed Joanna.
"I…don't know. But I guess we should make a contact with Carrington to report this. Maybe that he knows something we don't know about Jonathan" replied Matt.
"But…if Carrington know something new, that's sure he'll contact us!"
"Such question doesn't matter right now. We should contact Carrington "
"Yes, I'll use my CI communicator right away" replied Joanna who calmed down a bit.
As she took her CI communicator, it began to beep.
"That's what we call a good timing" commented Joanna.
She quickly opened her CI communicator. It wasn't Carrington who called her, it was Sarah.
"Joanna?"
"Yes?"
"Siegfried found information about the gun Jeffrey shot Jonathan with"
"And?"
"Bad news"
"Wh-what?!"
"I'm sad to tell you that this gun is in fact a new prototype of psychosis gun"
"Psy…chosis gun? Is it this kind of maian gun that makes your ennemies turn…"
"Yes, the kind of gun that makes its victim completely crazy. In fact, the victim thinks his friends are his ennemies…and then he tries to kill his own comrades…" explained Sarah.
"Oh no! That means…"
"Yes. Jonathan might try to kill you"
"But why hasn't he reacted before?" asked Joanna.
"This kind of psychosis gun has an effect a bit different than the old model. The substance in the bullets take more time to make an effect on the victim's brain. And the effect is more gradual than the older model but…"
"But?"
"But the effects of the substance are bigger. The person can hallucinate and also become paranoiac. And when the person is fully controlled by the substance, it takes a lot of time before the person regain his consciousness"
"How much time?" asked Joanna.
"It's a matter of months" answered Sarah.
"What are we gonna do?!"
"There's a way to cure him but before we need you to get back with him the soonest as possible. Hopefully you'll be back before the substance make an effect on him" answered Joanna.
"I think it's too late" replied Joanna.
"Too late? What do you mean?"
"He's out of the room…and probably of the hotel. The last time he came to our room he only took his magnum and he left" answered Joanna.
"Why did you let him all alone? Carrington told you he was better not going anywhere without you or Matt" replied Sarah.
"I know! But at first he told me he only wanted to buy a few things at the shop of the hotel, to the first floor. I wanted to go with him but he insisted to go alone…"
"Why did you listened to him? It wasn't safe to let him go…"
"I let him go because today is my birthday! I was sure he was going to buy me something so I didn't wanted to go with him"
"Then why didn't you asked Matt to go with him?"
"I…Sorry…I've been really stupid…I know I made a big mistake. I thought he would return 10 minutes later so I haven't been very careful…I'm sorry"
"It's too late to apologize. Now you have to find him before he goes on a carnage or something…"
"Okay, I promise we'll find him" replied Joanna with a worried tone.
"Good…"
"Joanna's o..."
"Wait…Good luck…Sarah's out"
Joanna looked at Matt with an overwhelmed gaze.
"I have bad news"
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(Back to when we were at the end of chap 13)
Jon ran the quickest he could to go back to the hotel. He knew that Joanna and Matt weren't going to betray him twice…they'll surely help him to get out of this mess even if they made fun of him earlier…Jonathan suddenly realized he wasn't running in the good direction…Then he tried to run in another direction, this time he was sure he wasn't wrong. Then he felt the same feeling as earlier…he wasn't running in the good way…He quickly understood that he completely lost all his orientation senses. He hadn't any idea where he was and he couldn't find which way he should go. He was trapped. How was he going to get out of this mess if he couldn't even remember where was his hotel? He stopped to run . Then he saw a park near. He slowly walked toward the park and sat on a bench in this peaceful place. He buried his face in his hands and waited for death to come. But death didn't come. Only a hand laid on his shoulder.
"You should be glad I finally found you. Come on, we need to get away from here" said Matt with a relieved tone.
"You bastard…"
"What?!"
"You stole me Joanna…you bastard" whispered Jonathan.
"Aww come on! We don't have the time to speak about this. And anyway she didn't wanted this to happen…"
"Yeah yeah…she didn't wanted this to happen but she didn't looked like she felt bad in the situation she was after all" commented Jonathan with an arrogant tone.
"Listen to me, that's not the time and the place to talk about this! We need to escape!" exclaimed Matt.
"I'll kill you…just like all the others" whispered Jonathan as he stood up and took out his gun.
"Oh no you won't!" retorted Matt as he quickly disarmed him and put Jon's hands behind his back.
"You stupid…will you just listen to a single word I say?! I don't know what you imagined between Joanna and me but I think you're angry for nothing…We'll explain everything to you as soon as we're safe" retorted Matt.
"Okay…do what you want…Anyway as soon as you won't be on your guards, I'll kill you" replied Jonathan with a dangerous tone.
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Matt and Jonathan quickly got back at the hotel (and Matt forced Jon to wear a cap and sunglasses as he entered the hotel) and made a contact with Joanna. When she arrived to their room, she was overwhelmed to see that Jonathan seemed knocked out and tied to a chair.
"What the…"
"I haven't any other choices left. He was getting too aggressive" replied Matt.
"I see…so…Have you already made a contact with Carrington?"
"No"
"Why didn't you tell us before that you had CI communicator" asked Joanna.
"Carrington told me to only use it in case of emergencies so I didn't bothered to use it or talk about it before. Anyway…do you want me to contact him?"
"Yes, I guess he'll send Elvis to bring us home" commented Joanna.
Matt went aside to make the contact with Carrington. Meanwhile, Joanna looked sadly at Jonathan. He slowly opened his eyes.
"Jonathan?"
"What do you want…bitch…"
Joanna looked at him with a demoralized gaze. She knew he wasn't truly him right now but still…it hurt…
"Jon, why are saying such things?" asked Joanna.
"I thought that the answer was easy to guess…"
"Tell me why…"
"I saw you…cheat on me. I saw you fuck with that bastard…"
"WHAT?! Where did you see that that?? It never happened!" exclaimed Joanna.
"Now what…you're going to convince me it was all a hallucination? Stop making fun of me…agent dark"
Joanna prefered to not react as she heard the nickname he gave her…Now it was so obvious how this thing was working. The hallucinations Jonathan has are only things who would convince him to betray them. She had to find a way to fight against those hallucinations...She put her two hands on his shoulder and looked at him straight in the eyes.
"Jonathan…you know I would never do this…I would never cheat on you…because that would mean I'm not happy with you and it's not the case…"
"You're pathetic…"
"Listen to me, the thing Jeffrey shot you…has now an impact on you…You cannot see who are your true friends and your true ennemies anymore…"
"Indeed, I don't remember why I loved anymore" retorted Jonathan.
Joanna desperately tried to ignore that comment.
"Jonathan…trust me…I never loved Jeffrey and I never will" whispered Joanna as she looked deeply into his eyes…like she was searching for someone through him.
Then she kissed him tenderly…hoping he would awaken somehow. Joanna broke the kiss and looked at him with a smile full of hope. Jonathan looked at her straight in the eyes…His gaze was…very strange…like all the hatred was gone but the love hadn't came back yet. He looked empty…without any feelings…without any soul…
"I'm sorry Joanna…I'm sorry I have been so cruel" whispered Jonathan.
"It's…it's alright Jon…" replied Joanna with a relieved smile.
"Now…will you free me…it's…quite uncomfortable" asked Jon with a weak smile.
"Of course"
The first thing Jonathan did after Joanna untied him was to…smile at Joanna…a cynical smile…and then he violently punch her straight in the face…
End of chapter 14
Sorry to be so cruel and end it there…but I'm quite tired and the boost I had because of all the coca-cola I drank (only to keep me awake coz I really don't like this and that I don't drink coffee coz it's even worse) is gone. I guess I'm not suprising anyone with the fact that jon was only hallucinating during last chapter but anyway…Sorry I won't do personal answers today coz I'm too lazy. So yeah…thanks for reviewing :)