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Chapter 16: Ingredients to make a monster
It took Joanna around 10 seconds to realize that Jonathan was crying in her arms. It was the first time he ever he cried in front of her.
"Don't worry Jon…Jeffrey… is gonna die" whispered Joanna with a deadly tone.
They stayed in each other arms for a truly incalculable amount of time. Jonathan was the first one to break the embrace. He rubbed his puffy eyes and looked at Joanna with a determined gaze.
"Joanna, could you do something for me?" asked Jon.
"Err…yes. Of course"
"Punch me"
"WHAT!"
"You've well heard Joanna. Punch me like I did…or I'll never stop feeling guilty"
"So…if I understand well…You want me to make you a black eye just like you did…"
"Yes, do it Jo…please" asked Jonathan with a begging tone.
"But…you were on the effect of this kind of nasty substance Jon! I couldn't do this like that!" exclaimed Joanna.
"So you say you lack of reasons to do it?"
"Yes…"
"Okay then…Jo, in truth you know…you could lose some weight, really. I mean, look at you! You've eaten too much chips of what? Or is it whipped cream or anything?…"
"Jon…stop that…" replied Joanna while rolling her eyes.
"And come on…you could make some effort while in bed…I mean, I've already slept with people far better than you for that…"
"Jonathan…"
"In fact, Heleny was the best. This was really crazy! I wonder where she could have learned so much positions and techniques…Jo, sorry to tell you that, but you're really not the best for shagging" continued Jonathan.
"Jon…I'll tell you a third time…Stop that" retorted Joanna with a dangerous tone.
"And let's not forget that Heleny had an awesome equipment. What was her size? I don't really remember…Was it C? Or maybe D? Oh yes, it was D. Jo, you could really do the same you know. With the technology we have these days, they can make you nice implants for a cheap price" said Jonathan with a smirk.
"…JONATHAN! Stop that! I WON'T punch you whatever you say" retorted Joanna who truly looked pissed off.
"I can pay the implants if you don't mind. And what's with those short hair? You're so flat and your hair are so short…I feel like I'm dating with a BOY! Come on Jo, make an effort!" continued Jonathan who was retaining his laughs.
"…"
"Oh and…I hope you don't mind for my next request…because…I mean…With all the dangers around I could die very soon without accomplishing my dreams…I mean, would you mind to be part of a threesome with Velvet. The 2 Dark sisters at the same time, so lovely!"
A few milliseconds later Joanna couldn't resist to the temptation to kick Jonathan in the nuts.
"AAAAAAAAARGH! NO JO! HIGHTER!"
"FINE YOU JERK!" replied Joanna as she punched him in the stomach.
"NO! ON THE EYE YOU STUPID! YOU DYED YOU HAIR IN RED BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY NATURALLY A BLONDE LIKE VELVET!" shouted Jonathan while falling on the floor and laughing at the same time.
Joanna took Jonathan by the collar and brought him down on the wall. She gave him the sooooo desired punch on the eye.
"Jo…thank you" said Jon with a smile as he rubbed the place where Joanna punched him.
"You're welcome" said Joanna with a sarcastic smile.
Sarah rushed in the room and looked at both of them with a surprised look.
"Oh god…What the hell happened while I was gone?" asked Sarah as she took Jonathan by the arm and forced him to go back in his bed.
"He wanted me to punch him…I really couldn't resist after what he said" answered Joanna with an upset tone.
"Yes, and how grateful I am…but damn it…Did you had to punch that fiercely? And that often? It hurts" replied Jonathan as he rubbed his eye.
Sarah sighed with a slight smile as she looked at the couple who looked truly childish at the moment.
"You babies…Now I guess I'm better take a look at the places where she punched you to see if you are truly injured" said Sarah as she put plastic gloves.
"Yeah…now I'm sure I'm sterile" replied Jonathan with puppy dog eyes.
"Agent Dark and agent Fraser, will you please meet Carrington to his office? I repeat because this is the damn rule…Agent Dark and agent Fraser, will you please meet Carrington to his office?…pathetic…they must probably be shagging again in a hidden corner of the CI" said Suzan as she closed the interphone.
"Oh, I guess we should be going then" commented Joanna with a calmer tone.
"I'm sorry, you'll have to go alone. Jonathan need an examination" said Sarah.
"Is it really an emergency? I hope it's not because I kinda…played punching bags with him" replied Joanna.
"Haha, you might have slightly injured him but that's not the reason why I want to examine him now. I want to be sure everything is alright. He might have inner injuries in his body that we can't see without any examination" explained Sarah with her trademark warming smile.
"Okay then…I'll go alone…and Jon…do not EVER say things like you said before" said Joanna with a smirk.
"Don't worry Jo, I won't…and don't go think I was really thinking those things" said Jon with a grin.
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Inside Carrington's office"Ah, there you are miss Dark…But, where is Jonathan?" asked Carrington.
"He won't come for now…Sarah wants to make a check up on him…" answered Joanna.
"Fine…then we'll have no choice but to begin without him" commented Carrington.
Joanna then noticed Velvet, Nathaniel, Matt, Trent, Herbert and Jessica were also in the room.
"Couldn't we make this meeting a bit later to wait for Jon?" asked Joanna.
"I'm sorry Joanna, it's been already half an hour we're waiting for you to come…" answered Carrington with a sorry tone.
"Oh…sorry about that…then…What is this meeting about?" asked Joanna while slightly blushing.
"Please take a seat like the others. Jessica has important information she can tell us about Datadyne and president O'Donnell. But first of all, we must fulfill one of her request" explained Carrington.
"WHAT! WE must do something for HER! It's obvious you didn't see what she DARED to do to us!" exclaimed angrily Joanna.
"I don't own you anything miss Dark…Yes I harmed you…but I helped you a lot too. You have no idea how hard it would have been for you to send agents to infiltrate Datadyne again…Cassandra De Vries was expecting you to try to infiltrate her headquarters very soon and the security was extremely high. Not only miss De Vries' bodyguards were guarding the antidote. There are also elite forces of O'Donnell to replace all the elite guards who betrayed her for Trent. It would have been absolutely IMPOSSIBLE for you to get it without me…" explained Jessica.
" You see Joanna? Jessica isn't our enemy anymore. And her special request could help us at the same time. We wouldn't have Cassandra's right hand in our way anymore" said Carrington.
"What do you mean? Don't tell me we must deal with…"
"Yes…I would like you to capture Jeffrey Wallace" answered Jessica.
"Sorry to tell you that girl, but this Jeffrey-guy will probably not be easy to catch…Because he doesn't look like he's nicer than his mom after all…Just looking at her insane eyes was giving me the creeps" commented Trent.
"Don't speak of Samantha like this…she needed psychological help…something that she truly lacked" replied Herbert.
"HA! Like you were better!" retorted Trent.
"Mr Easton! For how long will you keep insulting people like that? This arrogant attitude won't solve anything!" exclaimed Jessica with an annoyed tone.
"You shouldn't speak girl…after all you and McGowan are the same after all…Both of you were in the EXACLTY SAME situation! You were the slave of your "lovers" because you "trusted them" …what a duo of losers" snapped Trent.
"Cool…it's just like we were in a live Jerry Springer show" commented Matt with a stupid smile.
"What is the scariest is that you're right" replied Velvet while rolling her eyes.
"No! You mean what is the coolest is that he's right" retorted Nathaniel with the same stupid smile as Matt.
"SILENCE! Those kind of games won't solve anything! Just let Jessica speak for god's sake!" exclaimed Carrington with an angry tone.
Everyone grew silent…No one ever remembered to have seen Carrington truly angry.
" Let me explain you why I wish to capture him…Jeffrey wasn't like that before…of course…he was a bit like he is now but he's currently far worst than usual. Around a year ago…he still had a good side you know…He truly changed…since we both got captured and were brought on the Skedar planet… there he of course was the main responsible of the massacre…that's after the bloodbath he caused that everything dramatically changed…it's horrible just to think about it…the impact of the substance they injected him was so big…"
"There's something I don't understand…Why is Jeffrey working for Datadyne even if they were the responsible of this terrible event who happened to you both?" asked Joanna.
"Datadyne…were responsible of this?" asked Jessica who suddenly grew very pale.
"Of course! You didn't knew about that? Datadyne captured human specimen and gave them to the Skedars. In exchange they were giving them new weaponry technologies" explained Joanna.
"Oh…my…god…I didn't knew that. I thought…the Skedars only captured us on their own…" responded Jessica.
"No…not really…They were too afraid of being seen by humans…They promised Datadyne to keep their existence a secret after Cassandra explained how terrible the impact would be if humans would learn about them…just like we said to the Maians" explained Carrington.
"This…changes a lot of things…I truly…didn't knew about that…"
"Not surprising after all…Cassandra must keep it secret with a big pleasure. Jeffrey and you were useful to her…she didn't wanted to lose such allies…"commented Carrington.
"Yes…everything's logical now…after all she knew about the fact that Jeffrey was a live experiment…"
"A live experiment? What do you mean?" asked Joanna.
"Let me explain you everything…Since Cassandra was fool enough to trust me…She told me everything about Jeffrey…She didn't minded about telling me because she was sure that if I would have repeated this to Jeffrey, he wouldn't have believed me at all…She was right…Coming from my mouth, this information sounded ridiculous to him…He thought I told him this because I wanted him to quit his job and become less workaholic like I accused him to be…"
"But tell us what she said! I'm truly curious. It's just like we were in a suspense movie or something" commented Matt with an intrigued tone.
"Matthew…This isn't a movie…it's reality" replied Carrington with a serious tone.
"I'll explain you…since the very beginning of Jeffrey's existence…" said Jessica.
(A/N: What's better than a flash back for this mmm? ;))
30 years ago
"Dad…you realize how lucky you are…I never wanted of these babies and you know that…And you do realize that not everyone would have offered you her baby like this for such horrible purpose" commented Samantha with a sign.
"I know I know…this is why you'll be highly recompensed. And I'm not THAT cruel. The other baby will be adopted by the kind lady I talked to you about…" replied Mr De Vries, the leader of Datadyne at that time.
"Yes I know that…but…after you'll be done with those…experiments…If the twin is still alive…What will you do of him?" asked Samantha.
"I will give him in adoption…But if the experiments are successful just like I planned, he will certainly return to us…someday. I just wish the experiments will be successful…If it's the case…We'll be the creators of what a country as powerful as US always desired…the perfect soldier…Only born to kill and to die. Of course, we'll keep this secret from the nation…or some fools might protest and say we are cruel…but my colleagues of the US army will probably be pleased by such specimen…maybe that we'll even be able to get rid of the stupid…Maians with such soldiers…" explained her father.
"But don't you think it's useless efforts? I mean, if you only invent such killing machines to get rid of the Maians…who said the president won't try to make an alliance with the Maians? Then your effort will be in vain!"
"No…no my dear…If the president goes against me…he'll have to deal with my precious killing machine…and it will be so until a president finally agree to participate to my plan…I DON'T want those Maians to take the place of the…"
"Of the…Of the what?" asked Samantha with an annoyed tone.
"I can't tell you for now…but this is the reason why you and your sister live in such a comfort. We are rich because of this…reason…because they are providing us with essential…things…that makes our company so successful…But I can't tell you for now my dear…"
"You are worrying me dad…"
"Someday…you will understand…"
A few weeks later
"Take a deep breath and go on…Push!" exclaimed the doctor.
"AAARGH!" shouted Samantha with terrible pain.
"Congratulations, miss De Vries. Your first son just came out…take a last deep breath and push again, his twin will be easier to come out"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
"Congratulations again miss De Vries, you are the mother of two very healthy young boys" said the doctor with a cheerful tone.
A nurse gave the twins to their mother…Samantha faked happiness as she took them in her arms. She truly didn't wanted to love them…because she knew she would never have the chance to take care of them…and anyway she couldn't care less…She never liked children…and liked even less the father of her children. Good thing she never told him he was the father of twins…she was sure he would do EVERYTHING to take care of them if he would have known…
A few days later…
"Go on Samantha. Give your two boys a name…before you leave them" said Mr De Vries.
"Fine…"
Samantha looked at the kids for a few seconds. She had already made her mind about their names…she just wanted to take a good look at them for the last time…
"This one will be…Jonathan…and I'm gonna call the one with the green eye…Jeffrey" said Samantha.
"This one with a brown eye and a green eye is indeed very special. I'm gonna take this one for my experiments. It'll give him an even more incredible profile…" replied Mr Devries with a smirk.
"If you say so…" responded Samantha with a saddened tone she tried to hide.
I can't believe she never wanted to tell me I was the father of two kids…and even when she told me about the existence of Jonathan and Nathaniel, she still refused to talk to me about Jeffrey. I truly never heard about him before he was enrolled by Cassandra to replace me…" commented Herbert.
"It must be because she didn't even knew if he was alive or not…" concluded Jessica
"Indeed…she probably thought he was dead…because she lost her "normal" mental capacity before Cassandra heard about Jeffrey…" commented Joanna
"But…wasn't she the one who sent Jeffrey and Jessica on the skedar planet along with a bunch of other victims?" asked Velvet.
"I don't think so…she didn't even shot a glance to the specimen before sending them…If it would have been the case, we would have known Datadyne was behind this…but we just remembered being knocked out and when we woke up we were already imprisoned on the Skedar planet" explained Jessica.
"Anyway…go on with your story Jessica…I guess the experiments were successful weren't they? Or Jeffrey wouldn't be the cruel living being he is now…" asked Carrington
"Well…they weren't completely successful…Jeffrey didn't ended up as powerful as should have been. But his attitude was still the one Mr Devries hoped for…and they put within him a kind of "device" that programmed him to come back when Datadyne would call for him. It worked like a kind of…subliminal message in Jeffrey's mind…so he has been controlled to ask for a job to Datadyne without even knowing this was all supposed to happen…So his experiments were still successful in a way…but not as much as he hoped for…This was what Cassandra told me anyway" replied Jessica.
" But what happened after? I mean…Jon has been sent to Sally, the woman who took care of us but what happened with Jeffrey? He survived the experiment so why didn't they sent him at the same place as Jon and me?" asked Nathaniel.
"They didn't want Jeffrey to know he had a twin brother and later another brother…because they didn't knew how Jonathan and you would end up. They were afraid you were going to influence Jeffrey's mind. They were absolutely right to think so. Jonathan would have been to the CI and convinced Jeffrey about how evil Datadyne were. Then Datadyne would have made those experiments in vain…Jeffrey…even if he was more aggressive than what he was supposed to be…would have still grown into a suitable person…So he was adopted by a couple of England…and it was there that me met me…and then I began to have sympathy for him…because of all the terrible things he was living… from now on the things I tell are coming from my memories and not of Cassandra's knowledge
9 years later, in London
Jessica tried to study hard for the multiplication exam she was going to have tomorrow. She was studying for so long that she fell asleep on her books…but she was suddenly woken up by shouts from a floor higher, since she was living in an apartment with her parents.
"Mom! Do something!" shouted a little boy.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARD! NEXT TIME I SWEAR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE THAN A LITTLE BRUISE!" shouted a man
"George! Stop it! It's not his fault!" exclaimed a woman.
"IF WE WOULD NEVER HAVE ADOPTED THIS LITTLE BASTARD, THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED!" shouted back the man.
"George…please…"
Jessica then couldn't hear anything else. She went in the kitchen to see her mom to tell her what happened. As soon as her mom saw her come, she put her hands on her daughter's ears. She didn't wanted Jessica to hear anything else. The little girl then noticed that her father was calling the police. It took too much time for the police to come arrest the father living upstairs. Jessica didn't knew who was the boy who was living upstairs but she just wished he was alright…
"Did Datadyne gave Jeffrey to a couple with a violent man on purpose?" asked Joanna.
"Yes, its proved that boys who lives with a violent father have more chances to get violent older" answered Jessica.
"This is so…sad… what has Jeffrey done to deserve such things?" asked Velvet.
"He got in a fight at school…I know this wasn't a reason for his father to get angry like that…he was just…naturally violent. He probably had psychological problems. Jeffrey and his adoptive mother stayed the victim of this man for a while…it's obvious the policemen were corrupted…because even if there was evident proves he was violent he only went in prison when he killed his wife. It was when Jeffrey was around 18, he had already tried to flee his home a few times before that…Of course the day after I heard about the fight when we were still 9, I asked him what happened and we quickly became friends because I was the only one who dared to speak to him nicely…even if he had behaviour problem sometimes" explained Jessica.
"And…at that time…you were able to talk to him without getting nearly killed like now?" asked Nathaniel.
"Yes…at that time I liked him…and loved him secretly…but I never dared to reveal it before he proved me he was feeling the same…This day…probably the nicest of my life…
"I'm sorry about your mom Jeffrey…I just wish I could do something to help…""Don't be sorry…it's not your fault Jessica…it's the fault of this mother fucker I already dared TO CALL FATHER!" exclaimed Jeffrey as he slammed his fist on the wall.
"Jeffrey…getting angry won't change anything…and you should know getting aggressive is not a good thing, look at your father" replied Jessica.
"Yeah…yeah you're right…But for some reason I can't help it…I hate myself…I'm always getting angry when I shouldn't…even angry with you sometimes…only because you're the one standing in front of me…"
"It's alright…I know you don't really mean it…"
"Yeah…at least you know that…"
"Listen Jeffrey, if I can do anything to help, tell me. I know you'll probably have difficulty at first…to live without the only family you ever had…"
"Yes…it might get hard…but not if you accept to help me in the way I would need…"
"Go on…tell me what you need, you know I'll be always there for you "
"Jessica…you're now the only one who's left for me…you're the only still alive who cares about me…and you're the only one still alive who means a lot to me.." said Jeffrey as he approached her and looked at her straight in the eyes.
"…Jeffrey…"
"Jessica, come with me…I don't wanna live in the apartment where my father killed my mom…I wanna forget everything from my past…Let's go live together Jessica"
"You…you mean only you…and me?" asked Jessica as she noticed her hands began to shake.
"Yes…I would be the happiest guy in the world if you accept, coz you are the most precious thing for me in the world" answered Jeffrey as he blushed and took her hands in his.
"…I…I'm not sure what to say…"
"You can refuse you know…because you probably don't feel the same as me" commented Jeffrey as he looked away with a saddened look.
"You…you mean you…No Jeffrey…I do feel the same as you…since my childhood…and I would also be the happiest woman in the world to go live with you" whispered Jessica to his hear.
Jeffrey looked back at her with a surprised and happy gaze at the same time. Their lips met for the first time and didn't left each other for what seemed to them like the eternity…
"Aww…this is so SWEET!" exclaimed Velvet.
"Actually, I never thought someone like Jeffrey could talk this way…" commented Joanna with a puzzled tone.
"Yes…he already was like that…well…not like that 24 hours on 24 but he was still able to speak like that sometimes" replied Jessica with dreamy eyes.
"I'm sorry for what I said earlier…now I understand why you want to save him…there's still hope to save him" commented Joanna.
"Yes, but for this I need a proof…that would truly convince him…Someone or something that would proof him that he's truly being controlled by Datadyne…then maybe he'll realize how wrong has been his behaviour since a few months…and will agree to be part of an examination…"
"Easy…let's make Cassandra spill the beans…she's truly easy to make collaborate. Just put her a gun on her temple and she'll say everything you want" replied Trent.
"You think so?" asked Jessica.
"Yes indeed, Cassandra is coward. She's probably only teaming up with the Skedars because they are the strongest side…" answered Herbert.
"Then it's settled. We'll use Cassandra to convince Jeffrey he's been the victim of manipulations. But we'll make more accurate plans tomorrow. For now you are all dismissed" concluded Carrington.
"Yay! I was really having a butt ache after sitting for so long on a seat" said Velvet as she stood up.
"Aww poor thing…Want me to mass it?" asked Matt with a grin.
"Errr…no thanks…I think I'll be fine" replied Velvet with a slightly scared gaze.
Someone then opened the door of Carrington's office, Jonathan entered the office.
"Hi everybody! Did I missed something?" asked Jon with a grin.
"Err…I'll explain you while we go back home" answered Joanna as she took his arm and brought him out of the office.
End of LONG chapter 16
God damnit…my…eyes…BURN! Lucky readers you are! I've been working on this for at least 4 HOURS IN A ROW! And now my eyes burn and are probably full of red veins…Well, a bit sorry about the HUGE original character part in this chapter but this was necessary for what is coming…and don't worry, the behaviour of Jeffrey was how he was acting before he went completely nuts…not after…So there isn't any chances he get all our of character because a "nicer side" was showed. He will still be the evil Jeffrey with his beloved chainsaw and goaler mask…
Peachrocks: Actually, I think you wouldn't have enough fingers and toes to count all the time I said how much reviews were important to me :P Unless you hide that you are in truth a kind of alien who got 50 fingers per hands and 42 toes by foot…And STOP WITH MY WAY OF NAGING PEOPLE! I have the copyright on the UPDATE SOON sentence you know :P
Esteban T.Rodriguez: Errr…what did you drank, or ate, or injected yourself when you thought about the eggplant man? Unless you were as tired as I am right now when you said this coz I feel like I could come out with something as random as the eggplant man….the cheese curds woman why not :P
Sorry guys about the absolutely insane answers to review…I stayed for too long in front of this computer I guess…and now I'm hallucinating a lot of things…really…
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