"Today my dad gave me a gun! He said 'You've got to protect your mom and sister! You're a man now!' It's a lot heavier than I thought a gun would be. I can't wait to use it!"
-Trevor Terry
Trevor slammed the door his heart pounding as he locked it behind him, and pushed his weight against the door. "LUCY!" A few seconds later he felt a huge force hit the other side of the door.
"Trevor? What's going on!"
"Get grab the desk! Just grab the desk, grab anything! Hurry, hurry!"
Lucy started pushing the desk over to the door, Trevor pushed the desk the rest of the way. "Hold this."
"Okay!" Lucy pushed herself against the door as Trevor ran to find more stuff to barricade the door.
After he was sure the door was secured he grabbed Lucy and took her to the bathroom and locked the door.
"Sit down and shut up!"
She jumped in the tub. "But what about mom and dad what if they can't get in?"
"I said shut up!"
Trevor leaned against the door straining himself to hear the splicers outside.
For what felt like hours he and Lucy sat in the bathroom as quiet as they could. The screaming had finally died down, and the splicers were gone, for now...
"Trevor..?" Lucy whispered.
"Quiet Lucy..."
"...T-Trevor?"
He sighed. "What?"
"What about mom and dad...?"
"...they'll be fine Lucy..."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure."
Trevor leaned against the door; Lucy was too little to understand that... their parents were never coming back. Their father went out for food a week ago, and when he didn't come back, their mother had gone to search for him. Neither of them had returned. And Trevor knew they probably never would...
"I'm hungry..."
Trevor sighed. He had gone out to find food... but he'd been spotted by a splicer that chased him down.
"I know... just... can you hang in there for a little while longer?"
She nodded. "Okay..."
He took a deep breath. "Okay, now don't say anything be as quiet as you can until I get back."
She nodded.
"And don't open this door unless I tell you to."
"Okay."
Carefully he opened the door and headed into the living room, closing the bathroom door. He slowly made his way into his room, and reached under his bed and pulled out his gun. He had five bullets left. Would that be enough? He made his way back to the door. The door was mostly intact, and most of the furniture had been knocked down, but by the looks of it the barricade had held out, the splicer must have gotten bored and run off. He carefully opened the door; just enough for him to slip threw. Then he carefully closed the door behind him. He slunk around in the shadows and when he heard voices he ducked under cover until they faded away.
He found an old broken vender and picked up a few creme filled cakes lying on the ground, when he heard gunfire and wailing. He jumped behind the broken vending machine and pulled his legs to his chest, barely able to breathe.
"It's MINE do you hear me! MINE! Give it back! Give it BACK"
More shots and flashing lights, then after a few minutes of struggling he heard two groans.
Then... nothing... there was nothing. After a few more minutes he gathered the courage to look out.
He saw two bloody, sizzling figures lying in the streets; the two splicers killed each other in the fight.
In one of the splicers hands was... ADAM... he knew he should have just walked away... he shouldn't touch it... but he could...
He could protect himself... and Lucy... his parents used plasmids too... why not?
Trevor carefully pulled back the splicers fingers; he plugged his nose desperately trying not to think about what he was touching, then when he had it he ran trying not to puke.
He soon slowed to a walk when he saw a Gatherers Garden... timidly he walked up to the machine and looked at the choices. His first instinct was to buy something like Incinerate or Electro Bolt... but after he got to thinking he started to consider Sports Boost, or Armored Shell... he wasn't sure how much ADAM he had, so he bought Sports Boost. And he still had some ADAM so he thought over it for a moment... and bought Electro Bolt.
He heard some footsteps and ran, ducking into a bathroom, locking himself in a cubicle. He carefully took the needle and filled it with the plasmid.
He took a deep breath, and jabbed the needle into his arm, and suddenly he was on fire, he started twitching like a maniac, and screaming. He couldn't breathe, and he started involuntarily slamming himself against the bathroom door, until he passed out.
Trevor woke to the sound of banging on the cubicle door. "Hey open up in there I gotta take a leak!"
For a moment he wasn't sure what to do.
"I SAID OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR YOU PIECE OF SHIT!"
Trevor started to panic and stood up, and realized he was standing almost knee deep in water.
Perfect.
He carefully stood up on the toilet and shot a bolt of electricity into the water, the splicer let out a wail and after a few moments the cubicle went dark, and the splicer went quiet.
Carefully Trevor opened the door and he could see the splicer floating face up in the water... he had never killed anyone before... he slowly reached out and touched the man's cheek. The body was still warm... and his eyes were still open. Staring vacantly at the ceiling.
Trevor stepped out of the bathroom feeling... different... he felt like he didn't have to hide anymore. He was strong! He felt invincible.
He went back to the broken vender and shot it with a few blasts of Electro Bolt. And out flew more food! He ran up to it and gathered as much as he could and started for home.
He decided to eat one of the cakes. He figured he deserved it.
As he reached the bottom of a flight of stairs he suddenly felt strange... light headed...
And then he saw his mother.
"Mom? Is that...?"
She didn't look at him, she looked like a ghost... she was see through and glowing...
"Johnathan? Is that you..? Where are you John? John?"
Trevor ran for her, but as he reached her she disappeared...
For a moment he wasn't sure what it was he had seen, but then he remembered something he heard his parents talking about. It was a side effect of plasmids. A person's memory is imprinted in the ADAM and Plasmids and you can see their memories.
But what happened to his mother?
He ran down the hall he thought he saw her go. He was seeing his mother's memories... did that mean his mother was... dead? And what about his dad?
He entered a large hall; he could see decorations hanging from the ceiling. Tattered and worn. He could make out 'Happy Birthday' something, something...
He ate another creme filled cake and started looking around. He was feeling kind of low... and drained after shocking the vending machine... he probably needed EVE to recharge himself. So he looked around for a spare EVE syringe.
He wasn't completely comfortable with the needles yet... but he had decided it was definitely worth it.
He finally found one under a table. Trevor slid under the table, and after taking a deep breath injected himself with EVE. After a moment of euphoria he heard... laughing?
He poked his head out from under the table cloth and for a moment was stunned. He saw a large group of people they were laughing, and dancing, wearing expensive suits and dresses.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to thank you all for joining me this evening for my forty-sixth birthday. I'm not very good at speeches so, a toast. To the future."
The people cheered and faded away.
Yeah some great future...
He was starting to feel a little nauseous and continued through the halls.
"Mom?"
Nothing.
He found a door that was jammed, there was a manual switch sparking next to it, he shocked it and the door opened. He was sure his mom went in here... but he knew he shouldn't. He should head home to Lucy. He shook his head dismissing the dread and went inside. The door shut behind him, locking behind him.
He jumped and ran back to the door, but it wouldn't open.
"No! No! Come on!"
He turned around wide eyed. The room was pitch black, but he was not alone. He could hear laughing, and a strange clanking sound echoing through the darkness.
Trevor stayed against the wall, and headed down the stairs, at the bottom steps his foot slipped and he landed in water. He heard laughing again. He pushed himself up and went back up the first few stairs.
Then he got an idea and shot an Electro Bolt into the water and the room lit up with a dim light...
He wished he hadn't done that.
The walls and ceiling was swarming with spider splicers. And they charged.
Trevor shot a few Electro Bolt at the splicers; he pulled out his gun and shot a few bullets. But there were too many. He saw out of the corner of his eye an opening in the wall as the light faded away. He ran for it threw the freezing cold water, he could hear the clanking of the spider splicers scraping against the wall. Trevor felt a sharp metal hook rip into his back. He screamed and collapsed into the water. He stood up again choking and stumbling, threw the black.
He finally reached the hole in the wall and struggled and pushed himself as far as he could go.
"Come back!"
"Come out little fishy!"
"Get out of there!"
He heard the splicers hooks clanging and scraping against the metal pipes that he was using as a shield.
He started to shoot bolts at the splicers and into the water.
There were so many... he could never kill them all... he was trapped.
He felt the rush of air as the hooks flew by his head; the sliced threw his flesh so easily.
He started to shiver... they would break through the pipes soon and rip him to pieces...
Trevor checked his gun. He only had one bullet left.
Sobbing he took a deep breath and lifted the gun up to his head. He couldn't tell when he pulled the trigger, and he didn't feel the pain. The Armored Shell he had bought gave him a few more seconds to live.
Soon the splicers all faded away and he saw people, dressed in fancy clothes.
"Do you Johnathan Terry take this woman to be..."
"D-ad?"
"I do."
"And do you Charlotte take this man to be your..."
"Mom?"
"I do."
Trevor was fading in and out of the vision. He saw his parents kiss, and then it all went black.
Lucy held on to the stranger carrying her, she was still crying.
"Hello there my dear."
A tall woman entered the room. Lucy was placed on the ground. The woman kneeled to her. "What's your name?"
"Lucy..."
The woman nodded. "Hello Lucy, my name is Sophia Lamb, and I need your help."
"You do?"
She nodded. "Yes."
"I-I have to find my brother..."
"We'll find him don't worry. But right now I want you to go with Dr. Alexander. He'll take good care of you."
Lucy looked at him, he smiled and lead her to a table and sat her down. "Now we're going to have to give you a shot, it'll only hurt for a second, alright?"
"I don't like shots!"
The woman touched her shoulder. "It's alright Lucy, after you take your shot we'll go find your brother."
Lucy nodded, and the man took her arm. "My mommy and daddy are gone too..."
"Don't worry about that, we'll find them."
She felt the prick from the needle and let out a little squeak.
"And there we go... lean back."
Then man laid her down on the table and she quickly fell asleep.
"I can't believe we found the girl alive. She's the perfect age for the new gatherer/protector program."
"Yes, I will leave her to you Doctor Alexander."
Sophia Lamb left the room and returned to her work.
And there was so much left to be done.