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"You are currently in the headquarters of a centuries old organization which has strived to protect the Earth from those who would do her harm." He began. "I became involved in the organization during college, I had joined several environmental clubs, gone to some protest rallies, and one day a member approached me and told me about their organization and their plans for the future. And, I realized the brilliance of their plan-"
"Of course you did." Frank muttered sarcastically.
Johansson ignored him and continued onward. "They have documented evidence that once every fifty or so years, a Chosen One is born, who can heal the scars of the Earth through an ultimate sacrifice. You are that one, Frank Hardy."
"What kind of sacrifice?" Frank asked warily, he had a bad feeling that it was not going to involve agreeing to drive a hybrid car or recycle his plastic items.
"First you must cut all your earthly ties, friends, family, significant others."
"Don't touch them." Frank exclaimed hotly.
"It's too late." Johansson exclaimed calmly. "Your brother will be dead within twenty-four hours after slipping into a coma, your girlfriend was hit by a car, Tony Prito was shot, Biff Hooper was strangled, Chet Morton was knocked out and left in a fire, Vanessa Bender was stabbed, Phil Cohen is still regrettably alive, suffering only a crushed arm, but someone from the organization will take care of him shortly."
"No, no, no." Frank exclaimed in shock his face rapidly losing color.
"Don't worry, Frank, you will be joining them soon united in death." Johansson comforted albeit rather poorly. "Now the only individual left to eliminate is Miss Drew."
"Why?" Frank managed to ask forcing thoughts of Joe, Callie, and his friends to the back of his mind for now. He just had to pray that his soon to be former computer teacher was lying.
"Our prophecies indicate that you, the latest Chosen One, would have met another, descended from the original Chosen One, the first sacrifice for the Earth's redemption."
"What?"
"You see, Miss Drew is descended on her mother's side from the original Chosen One." He answered. "Our prophecy states that by sacrificing you, the representative of this latest generation, with the descendant of the original Chosen One, we will be able to create a more potent sacrifice and hopefully bring a final end to all that has plagued the earth."
Frank starred at Johansson incredulously as though seriously contemplating asking him if he had inhaled any suspicious fumes lately, but he had an idea that the computer teacher would not take too kindly to such an inquiry.
The door opened and a cloaked figure entered dragging someone after them.
"Nancy?" Frank asked craning his neck to see her, a rather difficult feat as he was tied down to the altar.
"Frank?" She replied and was shaken by the man holding onto her in an attempt to quiet her.
"You got her then?" Johansson inquired idly.
"Yes, sir."
"Tie her up over there." Johansson commanded indicating to another altar directly next to the one Frank was on. "Oh, and Miss Drew?"
"Yes?" Nancy asked warily.
"Just do as he says and don't struggle, I really would prefer that I didn't have to kill your friend here." Johansson said nodding toward Frank.
Nancy frowned but allowed herself to be tied down to the altar with minimal struggling.
"I believe, Mr. Hardy, that I have told you quite as much as necessary, I will leave you and Miss Drew to get reacquainted we will return shortly for further preparations."
With that Johansson led the other cloaked figure from the room leaving Frank and Nancy to talk.
-Story Break-
Laura and Gertrude Hardy walked into Frank's room expecting to find him sitting up in bed demanding to know where his brother was and eager to go see said brother once informed of what had happened.
They assuredly did not expect to enter his room and find empty.
The two women had immediately gone to the nurses' station to inquire as to whether Frank had been taken to get tests of some sort, and were told that he should have been in his room. This resulted in hospital security being called to comb the hospital in search of the missing boy.
Laura and Gertrude had decided to go with the most obvious option of checking the room's of each of Frank's friends as well as Joe operating on the assumption that he would only have left his room if it had been to see one of them upon hearing that they had been injured.
Laura agreed to check Joe, Callie, and Vanessa's rooms, while Gertrude checked Phil, Chet, Tony, and Biff's rooms. Laura saved checking Joe's room for last because she knew that if he had woken up, he would want to immediately jump out of bed in search of his brother, and she hoped to have found Frank before that happened.
Unfortunately, she arrived at Joe's room to find that Frank had not been to see Callie or Vanessa, and upon entering her youngest son's room she found that Frank was not there either. Joe however was not alone. She found her husband sitting next to his bedside. Joe was still asleep.
"I got Gertrude's message." Fenton explained. "Where is Frank?"
Before she could respond the blond teenager on the bed began to stir and they both turned anxiously toward him. Joe opened his eyes blearily and winced in pain. "What happened?"
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