July 7, 2049
The London City of Police HQ
"I came in the office at 8:00 in the morning tired as hell. I couldn't get any sleep after that day, I stayed up for... God knows how long, blaming myself for what happened that damn day, I'am pretty sure the Captain felt the same way too, but I wouldn't let that stop me. Besides blaming myself, I tried finding the bastard myself by using whatever I had at home. I tried finding him on the web, nothing's come up yet but he'll show up... eventually, Ryan may be smart but he isn't to careful when it comes to hiding, but I don't know if that changed when he got that android body but I have to try. When nothing came up in the web, I tried tracking him down myself using whatever evidence he left behind, no luck, there's so much I could only do at home, so I'am hoping I can use whatever's in the office to find him, if that doesn't work then I don't know what will. As I walked in the office, I passed by Samantha's desk, I thought back abut the trip to the hospital after the ambulance arrived after that day, it broke my heart to hear scream when they pulled out the bullet, I hope she'll be okay, it's amazing how medical care has come but she'll have to go through a ton of therapy after she'll be able to walk again, I hope she'll be okay. Now, back to the task at hand." Present day John narrated.
John then sits down at his desk and turns on the computer.
"Alright, let's fucking do this." John thought to himself.He then logs into his computer, trying to find something he can use to try to track him down with the police database and trying to narrow shit down, Sherlock style, fifteen minutes have passed and nothing's has come up yet, "Just my damn luck." John said to himself quietly.
"This was one my most stressful cases yet and I don't know if I could handle it alone without George here, he's been hospitalized after he took a blaster bolt to both the shoulder and foot. He's gonna be so pissed off when l catch Ryan without him... I mean if Icatch him." Present day John said.
"What am I gonna do?" John muttered while he put both of his hands on his face. He was so tired, he felt like he would pass out any second, and that exactly happened a few seconds later.
After a few seconds of being in the darkness, he tried to get up and when he did, he didn't see the computer monitor in front of him or the entire office, instead he was in an empty pitch black void but he could somehow still see just fine, the ground filled with water that only reached halfway to his feet. He looked around and then started walking, the void looked like it could stretch to ten kilometers, maybe more, he wasn't sure what he was doing.
"Is this a dream?" John asked himself, "Oh wait, of course it is, duh, pretty shitty dream." He said, reassuring himself. "Lucid dreaming, something I wanted to do for a while," he then claps and rubs his hands "alright, let's do this." He then concentrates to try to manifest anything he could think of, nothing happened. "Maybe I'm not doing it right?" He asked himself, he then tries again, still nothing happened. "Ok, what the hell is happening?" He asked himself again.
The suddenly out of nowhere, a wraith like figure, dressed in an all black and slightly torn up cloak, appeared in front of him, fifteen meters away from him actually, the figure then slowly lifted his right arm then pointed at John.
"Yo u ca no t do t hisalone." The figure said in a deep and raspy voice. "Find help... from t h e pe o ple y ou tr ust." It said in a more serious tone.
Then the figure disappeared in mist and then as Johns surroundings began to turn into mist, strange and confusing visions of events that hasn't happened yet appeared, but one of the most disturbing for him was Ryan cutting off his arm and right eye then torturing him until he became just as insane as he is, and then he woke up. When he woke up in a cold sweat, he checked the time to see that five minutes have passed.
"Wha-... What the hell just happened?" John thought to himself.
"I never believed in the supernatural, but that was the most strangest things that ever happened to me, I wanted to say it was just some weird nightmare but that felt way too real to be one. I don't know if it was my... 'detective senses', as my co-workers keep telling me I have, telling me that this will help me find Ryan, or just curiosity, I looked up if anyone else have the same experience as I did and to my surprise there were and it goes all the way back to 1955 to now. They call the wraith like figure I encountered the "Ghost of Knowledge" or the "Warner". I didn't care about the lazy names, I wanted to know what they do and what they meant, apparently they only show up to people who really, really need him in either "times of extreme stress, desperation, or when they lost all hope to carry on, etc." They tell them what they need to do and then they show them visions of what will happen if they don't do it. I didn't want to believe what I was reading but I was so desperate that I was willing to believe in anything at this point." Present day John said. "As I looked at the monitor to see if something came up and to my surprise something did. Ryan was last spotted in a warehouse just six kilometers from here, you would think that he would be more careful so he won't get caught, this has to be a trap it has to be, when I got up to try to get him, I then thought to what the wraith said and one of my visions, specially the one where I went to that warehouse alone and when I got close to Ryan, I was somehow caught, tortured, and used as a damn ransom, I didn't want that to happen." He said.
"Guess I'am getting some help." Johnthought to himself, he then looks around to see who'll be willing to help him, they all would would but John couldn't trust them because they could be double agents for Ryan. He needed help with people he trusts.
He then went to the roof and picked up his phone and decided to call his brother, he then calls him and then he answers.
"Hey Lance, long time no see man, I'am sorry if I'am calling you at an incovinient time but I was hoping if you can help me out with something?" John asked. He then hears gunshots in the background. "Uhm... Lance, why do I hear gunshots?"
"BECAUSE I'AM REALLY, REALLY BUSY JOHN, PLEASE CALL BACK LATER!" Lance then disconnects.
"Jesus." John muttered.
July 5, 2049; 7:00 P.M.
(In China time, please correct me if I got the date thing wrong.)
China
Outside of a Chinese restaurant, a bright flash of light can be seen inside the restaurant, and then a man with a black leather jacket, dark grey jeans, black gloves, brown hair, and black boots jumps out of the window, bullets and blaster bolts flying are flying everywhere, it's a miracle that he and a few civilians didn't get hurt. He then grabs his blaster and starts firing back.
As he did, the cult member with huge plasma cannons on his arms walked out.
"That cannot be safe for him." He thought to himself.
"Shā sǐ zhēntàn! (Kill the detective!)" The cult leader shouted.
After the leader gave out the order that they were carrying out already before he said that, he fired both plasma cannons. Lance then got out of the way but he still got scratched and the blasts destroyed two cars.
"Oh shit." The british detective muttered. He then proceeded to run but was forced to got an alleyway to try to hide. He was trying to calm himself down because he was confident that they wouldn't find him there. He would later realize that it was not the case.
"Lance is smart but he could be way too over-confident and cocky sometimes, that was his greatest weakness." Present day John said.
Lance then got a phone call from John and answered.
"Hey Lance, long time no see man, I'am sorry if I'am calling you at an inconvenient time but I was hoping if you can help me out with something." The gangsters then finally found Lance then they started to shoot at him and Lance took cover as they did.
"Why do I hear gunshots?" John asked.
"BECAUSE I'M REALLY BUSY JOHN, PLEASE CALL BACK LATER! ' Lance shouted. He then disconnects.
Lance was able to kill three of the members, he never wanted to kill anyone but he knew he had to in order in order to survive, but then he took a bullet in his left shoulder and then he was in the ground groaning in pain. The Black Dragon members then picked him up and then dragged him to their leader.
"Get your fucking hands of me!" The leader, Kim Seong, then pointed one of his plasma cannons at him.
"Zuìhòu yǒu huà ma? (Any last words?)" Kim said as the cannons begin to power up. Lance then notices a subtle red dot on his head.
"Shì de, nǐ qīzi hǎo ma?, (Yeah, how's your wife?)Háishì nǐ de nǚ'ér? (or your daughter?)" He says with confidence.
Kim then sets the cannons to overkill, but before he could kill Lance, he then gets head shoted by a blaster bolt.
"Wǒ lēi gè qù!? (What the hell!?)" One of the members shouts. Then he and all five other members who were with Kim all got head shoted. Lance then looks at the determined spot of the sniper and gives a thumbs up. Lance then mouths "Thanks." The P.I. then hears sirens in the background. He then looks at his cracked watch.
"Took them long enough." Lance thought. The cops then arrived guns drawn out. Lance then sees them and puts his hands up with his badge on his left hand. "Uhmm... Wǒ kěyǐ jiěshì.(Uhmm... I can explain)." He said a little nervous. The cops then took Lance to their precinct. Then a female figure wearing a black hoodie with a white mask with dragon markings on it can be seen on a roof ten miles from the scene holding a sniper blaster grabbed a grappling hook and fled the scene.
London
After his call with Lance he then decided to call his sister, Jane, hoping that she can lend him some tech to help him find Ryan. He then dialed her number and then her phone answered or at least the leave me a message thing did.
"Hi this is Jane, leave a message after the beep." The voivemail said.
"Hey Jane, I hope you're doing okay, can you call me back after you get this, I need your help." John said. "I wonder what she's doing? I'll call back later." John thought.
He then decided to call the CEO of Zane Industries; Andrew Zane, Ryan's brother, hoping that he can get help from someone who really knows him personally. He then dialed his number and his A.I assistant responded.
"Hello, you have reached the CEO of Zane Industries. Unfortunately he isn't available today so please leave a message and I will be sure to send it to him as soon as I can reach him." The A.I. assistant said.
"Hey Andrew, I need your help, please call back when you get this. It's about your brother." He then disconnects. He then decided to try to call Lance again.
"I'm sure he'll be fine, he's been through worse. I... I hope."He then tried to call him again, no answer. "Shit."He then tried again, no answer. " Come on!"He then tried again four more times and he finally answered. "Lance! Thank God are you okay!"
"I'm okay don't worry." Lance said calmly.
"Where are you right now?" John asked even more worried for Lance.
"I'm in China. I just finished a case and I'am currently being interrogated by the cops. Please help." Lance replied nervously. John was mad but he was still glad that Lance is still alive.
"Don't worry, I'll help you, buy we are going to have a serious conversation when you get back!" John said with a really serious tone.
"G-Got it." The twin said slightly scared. The phone then disconnects. John then calls the police station where Lance was him and he somehow as able to convince him to give Lance back in the condition that Lance doesn't go back to China in any circumstance. After that call John then went back inside the station and to see MarkCollins in his office with an investigation board. John then knocked on his door.
"Captain, you alright?" John asked.
"I'm fine John, now go away I'am busy!" The captain said with anger. This case also got him on edge too, he'll be even more stressed if he has an encounter with that wraith.
John then got a phone call and he was surprised when it was Jane calling. He immediately picked up and went back to the roof.
"Jane, how are you? Are you alright?" John asked with subtle worry. Military life can be hard. He is glad that she still stayed the same despite all the things she went through but she did go through some changes.
"I'm fine bro, don't worry. You said you needed help? What's up" Jane asked.
"Yeah...you got some high tech tracking device I can borrow?" John asked.
"Don't you remember the last time you borrowed a piece of tech? Not. Happening. Again!" She said with anger and annoyance.
"Alright let me explain." John said. He then explained everything that happened.
"Oh my god that's horrible, I'm so sorry...ok I'll let you borrow something but I'am coming with you so you don't "accidentally" destroy it." Jane said.
"That was an accident! Also thanks." John said.
"No problem bruv. Are we meeting at the usual place?" Jane asked.
"Yep, see you there. Stay safe." John replied.
"I will, see ya." Jane said, she then disconnects
"I then decided to head to Zane Industries to talk to Andrew myself. I hope he is willing to see me after I put his brother way the first time." Present day John said.
20 minutes later
Zane Industries
"I finally arrived at the company after going through heavy traffic. We really need to do something about that traffic problem. I headed inside hoping that I had a good chance to meet Andrew. I headed to the receptionist desk and talked to the secretary." Present day John narrated.
As John went inside the building, a car with a mysterious figure can be seen in the background taking photos of him.
"I need to speak to Andrew Zane immediately. It's urgent." John said.
"Do you have an appointment with Mr. Zane?" She asked as she looked at him.
"I don't but it's really, really important that I see him," John then looks at her name tag. "Ms. Dolores."
"I'm sorry sir but you can't see him without an appointment." She said with a more serious tone.
"Let him in Delores." A figure said with a serious and slightly joyful tone. The figure is then revealed to be Andrew Zane himself.
"Hey John." Andrew said with glee.
"Hey there spikey." John said sarcastically.
"Nickname callbacks, really? Come on you're more mature than that." Andrew said anoyingly as they both bro hug. "It's good to see you man."
"Me to, no homo." John said.
They then head inside the elevator that takes them to Andrews gray, yet fancy looking office. They then head inside and sit down.
"So what do you want?" Andrew asked.
"You heard the news about your brother?" After John asked, Andrew stood up and got a bottle of scotch.
"Yeah I did, it's terrible what you went through. I'm sorry but what do you want me to do exactly?" Andrew, Ryan's twin, asked with a subtle worry.
"I need something from you."John asked with a serious and stern tone.
"What is it you want exactly?" Andrew asked with concern.
John then explains what Ryan did and how he won't be killed easily because he can upload to another body before a bullet or blaster bolt can hit him and he would need a device to keep him in his current body before he can escape. Andrew can be seen in his desk taking in what he just heard.
"That's... a lot to take in John." He said with a monotone voice. "Ok... I'll help you BUT on one condition." He said as he stood up and walked to John. "Don't kill Ryan, he may be bad but he is still my brother and I'll give him all the help he needs."
John takes 10 seconds to think about it then he makes a final decision.
"Alright," John then stands up from his chair and reaches out his hand,"you have a deal." They then shake hands. John then gets a text from Mark Collins. "I gotta go Andrew. It was nice talking to you." John then proceeds to walk to a normal elevator because the private one can only be accessed by Andrew and a few select others.
"Me too John, good luck." Andrew said with a tiny slight worry. "You'll need it." Andrew muttrered. John then gets in the elevator.
10 Hours Later
The Airport
John and Jane was at the airport waiting for their brother Lance. He was able to calm down after he spoke with Mark Collins that probably calmed him down too. As John was thinking what to do next, Lance finally arrived and after a few minutes of waiting finally made it to them. They then gave him a very serious look.
"Hi guys." Lance said nervously.
"I should be mad at you right now, but I'am glad you're okay." John said with a stern voice. He then placed both of his hands on Lance's shoulders with a tight grip. "Just promise you will tell us the next time you go on another case abroad. Are we clear?" He said then said with an even more stern voice.
"O-ok." Lance said with nervousness hidden behind a subtle smile. Jane then proceeds to hug him very, very tightly.
"I missed you man!" he said with with worry.
"I missed you too." He said while struggling to breathe. "I can't breathe, please let go." She then let's him go.
"Sorry." Jane said
"It's okay." He said with slight pain. "You're getting strong."
"Yep." Jane said.
"Come on, let's go." He said with a small smile.
The three siblings then head out of the airport then drives to John's flat to get some rest.