'Come on ya stupid thing work!' Billy thought to himself, as he punched the Circus Of Value Machine's smug grinning clown face. As soon as he had left the apartment he had made a break for the Drop's only train station, he had a long journey ahead of him and he didn't want to waste any time. He was now in Siren Alley, presently trying to get his lunch, a Can-O-Meat and a bottle of Hop-Up Cola, from a malfunctioning Circus Of Value's vending machine.
"Welcome to the-Welcome to the-Welcome to the Circus Of Values!"
"WOULD YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Billy yelled out as he punched the malfunctioning piece of machinery with all of his might. The glowing blue clown face suddenly flashed red and a bunch of food products, as well as ammo, started pour out on to the floor. Billy jumped back in fright, he had witnessed a Splicer get blown to smithereens when a Circus Of Value machine went into such a state, it put down a couple of frag grenades and the mutated man was blown clear across a room. After making sure no live grenades and or proximity mines were dropped onto the floor, Billy grabbed as many of the products he could carry and put them into his backpack. He chose to save the products, like the Can-O-Meat, for another time and took out a chocolate bar for him to munch on.
As Billy walked through the streets of Siren Alley, he thought about what he was going to do from here. If he tried to escape Rapture from a bathysphere, Lamb would just send some torpedoes after him and blow him to hell. If he stayed here there was no questioning that he was going to die.
"Damn it…" Billy muttered to himself, if he didn't get some connections he was going to rot away in this hellhole. Billy walked down the corroding streets of Siren Alley with his right hand on his chin. There had to be some way he could get out of here. As Billy walked on, he wasn't paying attention to where he was going, and he accidentally bumped into a Spider Splicer wearing what seemed to be a very nice, if not a little ruffed around the edges, black suit with a sapphire butterfly pin attached to the left side of it and a black top hat. For a second the eighteen year old boy and lanky mutated humanoid just stared at each other. Billy jumped back, giving out a yell of fright, and whipped out his Shotgun.
"Whoa my boy, no need to get violent!" The Spider Splicer said, it sounded like some kind of…preacher. Billy narrowed his eyes, his modified shotgun still raised. It's rate of fire had been increased and it had an automatic reload upgrade as well.
"Why shouldn't I get violent?" Billy said, looking the Spider Preacher up and down warily. The Splicer stood up to it's full height and straightened up the tie of it's suit.
"Well because my boy, we are all brothers! We are all linked to the Child Of The Lamb, with her we shall be reborn into a single being. One mind, one body. Brother should not fight Brother."
'…This guy's a fucking whack job, a real section eight.' But Billy wasn't going to say that out loud, like he said before he needed connections and even though he didn't particularly like Sofia Lamb, as much as he hated to admit it she was the type of person that you definitely wanted on your side down here. Billy gave a small sigh before putting his shotgun away.
"So um, sir, what is your name?" Billy asked, trying not to grimace at the grotesqueness of the Spider Splicer's face. It's skull was elongated and miss shaped, it's eyes were sunken deep into it's sockets and it's lips were all but gone, revealing irritated red gums, making it look as if his face was pulled back into a constant snarl.
'Of all the Splicer types, the Spiders have GOT to be the ugliest…' Billy thought to himself. The Spider Splicer failed at his attempt to smile at him.
"My name is Father Wales, I run a church down at pumping station five here at Siren Alley. I don't recognize you my boy, are you new?" The Spiderman asked. Billy nodded.
"Kind of, I lived most of my life in Pauper's Drop. I recently came here seeking…spiritual guidance." Billy mentally patted himself on the back for his choice of wording. Father Wales seemed to buy it and nodded.
"Good, good, it warms my heart to see the young people wanting to seek guidance. You don't see that a lot these days."
'Oh, I wonder why.'
"Say my lad, how old are you?" Father Wales asked, his clawed right hand stroking his chin. Bill tilted his head to the side in thought.
"Um, eighteen…why do you ask?" Billy asked warily. Father Wales continued to stroke his chin.
"Hmm, well Doctor Sofia Lamb has asked me to send any boy of your specified age right to her. Something about pleasing the young Eleanor Lamb." Father Wales said cryptically. Billy's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
'No…it can't be…'
"D-did you say…Eleanor?" Billy asked in a shaky voice. Father Wales gave him a look but nodded.
"Yes. Eleanor Lamb is the People's Daughter, the Child Of The Lamb."
'Eleanor's last name is Lamb? I didn't know…. I thought that she was dead…or turned into one of those overly violent Big Sisters. I've wanted to see her for the longest time.'
Even though Billy has rarely had the time to think about her, his crush on the 'yellow-eyed girl' had never wavered even a bit. Whenever he thought back to his childhood all he could think of was the yellow-eyed girl and how he would try to converse with her only to be driven away by her Big Daddy. Her Big Daddy was never really overly violent with him, the Alpha Series were much smarter than the Big Daddies that replaced them and it could see that he was just a child. A very small threat that only needed a good scare.
'I wonder if she even remembers me…. Well, there is one way to find out.'
"Father Wales, I'd be honored to go and see Dr. Lamb and help her anyway I can." Billy said as sincerely as possible. Father Wales looked him up and down, his eyes stalling on the weapons on his person, and nodded.
"Yes, you are a fine boy indeed. Come, I shall show you to a bathysphere that will take you directly to Dr. Lamb herself." The Spider Splicer then began to lead him ever deeper into Siren Alley. They reached the bathysphere station without much of a fuss, although the occasional Brute Splicer did try to pick a fight with Billy, Father Wales managed to wave them off. He appeared to be the leader of the Splicers around these parts. Billy stepped into the bathysphere and sat on the patent leather seats.
"My boy, I am afraid that I have to stay behind. I was only ordered to direct you towards Dr. Lamb but do not worry, a welcoming committee will lead you the rest of the way when you enter Persephone."
Billy's eyes widened.
'Wait a minute…Persephone!'
By the time Billy rose to his feet, Father Wales had already pulled the latch outside; the bathysphere door slammed shut and the submersible began to descend into the ocean depths.
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AN: Sorry if this chapter was a little short, I just wanted to see if anyone likes where this is going.