Chapter 18

Believe Me

Jake knew exactly where Jason had set off to his room's balcony and when he left the room he knew exactly why. It was about their father, Jason had still continued to believe that he wasn't their father but still kept itching at his mind.

Jake himself wasn't sure about it either but he knew it was him he just knew it. The man who used to go by the name of John Mcarcher was trapped inside of his own body while the dark venom that took over his entire being controlled him. They also say after the apprentice has taken over that the person who originally owned the body was gone, he didn't believe that at all.

Jake's philosophy on the whole situation was that the being was still there... they just no longer had the will to survive.

Ron told him several time's while arguing over it that they pretty much tortured the people to weaken their immune system and mind before injecting them with the serum. Now that Jake thought about it while walking to his brothers door which was a good few more rooms down, maybe that's how they came to be their selves.

He was never tortured before his injection. Sure he had his doubts at first and had been shaken up by the war going on around him but he was never beaten excessively... It only made him wonder more but he eventually snapped out of it as he neared his brother's room.

Alright here we go... he knocked on the door waited a few moments then the opened. It was Marla who answered it. "Come in he's on the balcony" she immediately knew why he had came. He walked through the doorway into their room.

The bathroom was directly to the left when you walked in but if you kept going forward you would go into the bedroom which had a TV at the very front of the room and their bed (with the covers now made...) at the back.

But if you kept walking forward you would meet the glass sliding doors which lead right onto the balcony.

He could see his brother through the glass sitting in one of the chairs on looking the view of the town while examining their fathers old knife that had been handed down to him before he was shipped to the front lines at the beginning of this long war.

Jake slid the door open and walked out sliding it back shut behind them and chose a seat next to Jason who was still quietly staring at his reflections through the blade.

Jake was about to speak but was interrupted by the loud scratching sounds when he began to sharpen the blade... he was of course doing it on purpose.

"Jason" He tried to get his attention but was ignored "Jason" he repeated himself still with no reply back. Jake sighed then rose his voice "Jason!"

Jason then pretended like he had snapped back into realistic and replied with a sarcastic "Yes was it that you want Jake?" Now looking straight at him.

"We need to talk bro" "That's what we're doing right now isn't it?" Ugh Jason wasn't making this easy... "About dad..." as soon as he said that Jason picked right back up on sharpening the blade. That drew the line "JASON!"

When he hollered at him he stopped sharpening the blade but kept on looking at his reflection then as seconds passed by with awkward silence he tilted the blade toward his direction now looking at him through the reflection.

"Okay brother we'll talk..." he groaned like a child while turning to make contact with his eyes. He could only look at him for awhile the he gave in and looked over at the horizon. "So you really think that was dad?"

Their was a brief hesitation before Jake answered then solemnly replied "Yes I really do think it is him" Now looking out at the horizon with his brother.

"Well if you did meet him... if... well" Jason was carefully choosing his words then just said altogether "I believe that you did meet him that day and that our father is still in that demons body..."

That was a huge relief to Jake "What you meant to say was that the demon's in dad's body" "Exactly" Jason corrected him self looking back down at the shining blade "Exactly..."

It was that bloody monster A2 that took their "father's body" some how some way he must had been captured during this war and turned over to one of them... it wasn't the most pleasant thought to be thinking about but he couldn't avoid it from crossing his mind.

Saving his dad would be one of his objectives right next to ending this horrible war and living for ever after with Natalie, family, and friends in a peaceful world. He still didn't know how he would accomplish that goal but he'd find a way and train for it...

He kept looking out at the view with the city close by and the greenery further out beyond the edge of the dirty. The clouds were gray almost looked like it was going to pour down soon. But beyond those clouds... beyond the atmosphere he knew that the Orbital Laser mounted Satellite was still up there... aiming down at them, and that's all it took was that little girl Olga to activate it.

Olga was safe and well hidden back at a well protected resistance hideout in Paris France, not even the resistance there knew exactly who she really was.

But even if she was the key to ultimate destruction he would protect her like a friend or family member because that's just the way he was. He wouldn't let the dirty French fool around with that poor little defense less cute girl.

Just thinking about her made him miss her even more, he didn't know why but it did. Being around her always cheered him up and made his day. He liked children and before being dragged into the real world he actually wanted to be a teacher.

It was a strange fact the not many people knew about him but it didn't matter anyway. Instead of standing in front of a board giving lectures to children he was out killing his countries enemy on their own territory. The thought made him laugh himself. The enemy was truly lost with them around in their neighborhood and when his plan would finally carry out... well they would be beyond that.