Chapter Fifteen:
Authors note: My rate of updates will probably decrease for a while; I have a heap of Uni work to do. But when I have a chance I will update.
"How?" Jedikiah asked, still dumbfounded. His brother was dead. How could he be here in front of him? Two familiar gasps behind him alerted him to the fact that John and Stephen had just walked into the room.
John stood in front of Jedikiah, sliding into a fighting stance.
"It's not him Stephen, your father is dead. I killed him. This can't be him." John repeated though with each word more doubt crept into his voice.
"John, it's good to see you again. You've grown up so much. You too Stephen." Roger said with a smile on his face.
"How long?" Stephen asked.
"How long, what son?" Roger questioned.
"How long have you been back?" Stephen clarified.
"Cara and Russell brought me back about a month ago. Been catching up on everything. We're going to have to talk about your decision-making. Working with ULTRA, son, I thought I raised you better than that." John said, shaking his head in disappointment at the last bit.
Jedikiah's head snapped at that last comment. Who was Roger to talk? He had spent enough time with Marla and his nephews to understand how tough it was for them during Roger's disappearance when he left ULTRA to create The Tomorrow People. But before Jedikiah had time to react, Stephen flung himself forward, closed the remaining distance and punched Roger so hard in the face that he was flung through the air and went through the glass wall of Charlotte's classroom. Jedikiah was thankful that Charlotte wasn't in the room.
"You want to talk about disappointment. About me joining ULTRA instead of The Tomorrow People. At the beginning it was to protect Mum and Luca. But I saw both sides, and you know what ULTRA is better than them. They barely have any rules, a part from the ones they make out of thin air to suit themselves, they kick out people they don't like or agree with, they steal everything- including stuff they don't need. Here ULTRA treats everyone fairly. It seems like a lie, but they do. All recruits are treated equally. If the person can't handle their powers they are taken from them and given a human life. It may not be fair, but they're right, the world can't accept a whole new species of human, especially not one with powers. ULTRA protects us. I am proud to be a part of it." Stephen shouted at him.
"You left us, to go start your little vigilante group. You left your family for another. And you expect me to be the one to say sorry and ask for forgiveness. Well fuck you!" And with that Stephen turned around and left the room, leaving Roger still looking dazed and John and Jedikiah open mouthed.