Chapter Four: Return to Face your Past
Okay I know I said that this was intended to be a three part story, then I said last chapter that chapter 4 would be the conclusion, but then I wrote this chapter to be a tad bit too long. I think when I checked this chapter was over 11,000 words and I usually try to keep it at 9,000. So for sure the next chapter will be the last and also I've changed the rating from T to M because I was written in a PM that the rating should've been changed and so I did. A big chaotic war in this chapter so I hope my readers like this chapter, thank you and I'll finish it hopefully either by the end of this month or the beginning of the next.
* 7:30 a.m. : Military Office *
"Yes ma'am the bodies have been cremated and that Big Daddy has been properly disposed of as well."
Eleanor was on the phone with someone from HQ about disposing the bodies that were taken there. She nodded pleased with the disposal of the Splicers and the Bouncer Big Daddy, she spoke into the phone, "What of the items I have requested?"
"It should be there now ma'am. I made sure that no one in the high chairs know what's going on, you and your crew are clear to set sail."
She thanked the woman on the other line and hung up the phone. She looked at a piece of paper that had info about the boat they were using. A fairly large ship, Jack said that he would sail the ship first and then everyone would take turns in shifts. They would all need their strength when they finally reached the lighthouse.
Her phone rang answered it, "Eleanor Lamb here, who am I speaking with?"
"Eleanor we're waiting for you at the hospital and our gifts are here as well. Hurry Jack is impatient."
She recognized the voice as Tenenbaum, "I'm on my way." She hung up the phone and grabbed a few things and left the office turning the lights off as she did so.
* 8:00 a.m. : Hospital *
A large black van was parked behind the hospital. Jack had changed his clothes from his suit to a white shirt, leather jacket, jean pants, and some boots. He was at the back of the van looking over all the weapons that they salvaged, his Grenade Launcher was destroyed and was useless, the Thompson's barrel was crushed and the chamber was badly damaged as well, the chemical thrower seemed to be the only thing that was working as well as his shotgun. Two weapons were not good and modern weapons wouldn't work on the Power to the People machines.
Tenenbaum walked over to Jack carrying a suitcase, "Jack what is salvageable?"
"Just my damn chemical thrower and my shotgun. Everything else was destroyed when the house was demolished." Jack said annoyed.
She put the suitcase down in front of him and said, "Not everything." She opened the suitcase and Jack saw that inside was his pistol and his wrench that he'd given her when she back to Rapture the first time. She pulled the pistol out first saying, "This has saved my life countless times in Rapture as well as your wrench. It's time you have them back."
Jack took hold of the pistol and examined it, despite the decades the gun looked like it could still do damage, "You've been maintaining it?"
"Yes, as I have said it saved my life countless times."
They were interrupted when they heard a voice behind them, "Hey guys." Looking back they saw Eleanor walk over wearing a white dress and carrying a duffle bag around her shoulder, "I packed a number of foods and some medic supplies. Things could be scarce down there." She placed the bag in the van and saw a large container that had a porthole in it. She climbed in the back and looked in the small hole and saw her father's body still inside the Alpha suit, she smiled remembering the number of times he had saved her.
Jack pointed to a small crate telling her, "Hey your suit is in there." Eleanor looked to where he pointed and opened the crate seeing a worn out Big Sister suit. Reaching in she took out the giant needle that is the main weapon of a Big Sister and saw that some ADAM was still in the vile. The driver walked from the front of the van saluting Eleanor, "Ma'am you should leave in ten minutes."
Eleanor nodded and asked Jack, "Where is he?" Jack looked up at the hospital telling her, "He's still comforting Rose. I've told him that if he's not down here soon, then we leave without-"
"Don't worry I'm here."
Jack, Eleanor, and Tenenbaum looked back and saw his daughters and their husbands. Jack saw that his daughter's eyes were red from crying, she slowly walked up to Jack and hugged him first, "Dad please bring back my daughter and James back to me safely." Jack hugged her back, "I'll bring them back to you safely."
Nicole, Arya, Emily, and Amy gathered around their father and hugged telling him to be careful. Tenenbaum walked up to James asking, "Are you ready?"
"Yes." that was the only answer he was going to give. Jack broke away from his daughters and told everyone, "Go to a hotel and wait until you here word from us. Highly unlikely, but should you not hear anything from any of us within eight days… No you'll definitely hear from someone." Jack was going to be sure that everything would work out. He walked around to the front of the van and hopped into the driver's seat, Tenenbaum got into the back of the van and so did Eleanor. James turned to his wife and kissed her on the lips holding her hips close to him.
After their kiss he said, "I'll bring her back. I promise." She smiled at her husband and gave him a quick peck on his lips responding, "I know you will. Please be careful and make sure my father doesn't exert himself." James nodded and slowly broke away from his wife and got into the passenger seat of the van. Emily and Arya comforted Rose as they watched them drive away to go get Jennifer back.
Jack looked in one of his mirrors as he drove the van away from his family seeing them shrink as they pulled away. James asked Jack, "What now?"
"Now we go get a boat."
James looked at him funny asking, "What about getting to Rapture? Wouldn't we need a sub."
"No."
"No? It's an underwater city right?"
"It is, but Andrew Ryan is waiting for me. He knows that I'm coming for Jennifer and he'll have a sub waiting for us when we arrive to the lighthouse."
"That's idiotic Jack. He'll be keeping tabs on us." James said in an annoyed tone. He was questioning whether Jack really planned this out.
Jack kept his eyes on the road, "We're trying to remain low key from the government. Commandeering a United States sub isn't exactly remaining low key, we'll be blown up the moment we dive. Besides we'll be docking in an area that Tenenbaum's people occupy." Jack pulled onto the freeway telling James, "Just sit back and enjoy these last moments of sanity because I guar-an-damn-tee that you won't sleep right for years. I'll keep you safe."
James ran his hand through his hair saying, "Jack about how I've been acting-"
Jack cut him off saying, "Don't worry about it. I understand greatly why you've been acting this way so stuff your apologies in a sack and forget about it. Get some sleep too, we have a long drive and sail ahead of us." James agreed and positioned himself so he could sleep comfortably." Jack sighed thinking of the outcomes of this and what Ryan could be thinking.
* One Day Later: Unknown Port *
Jack and James and were loading some of the things they brought with them onto the fairly large boat while Tenenbaum talked to the man who's boat they were renting and Eleanor was on the boat's radio contacting the few agents left behind with Jack's family to let them know that they were about to set sail and should be at their destination soon.
Jack loaded Delta onto the boat and James put the supplies below deck. Tenenbaum got on board the boat and handed the keys over to Jack, "You remember where to go yes?"
"Of course, we're going 63˚ 2' North, 29˚ 55' West. I remember." Jack said sarcastically. James said, "Is that where this lighthouse is?"
Eleanor answered, "It is. When we get there things might get a little hectic." She reached into her pouch and handed James a Colt pistol, "You'll need this. When we do get down there any Splicer you kill be sure to take their weapons and ammo. Got it?"
James nodded nervously. Jack started the engine to the boat and pulled out of the port and out to go to the lighthouse. Eleanor agreed that everyone should sleep in shifts so as to be ready, Jack would take first watch, then Eleanor, then James, and finally Tenenbaum. As they sailed Jack was looking at the compass and map next to him to make sure that they were on course. He heard some heavy footsteps behind him and turned his head knowing that it was James, his son-in-law stood next to Jack looking out at the endless amount of water. Jack said to him, "Get some sleep. You're going to need it."
"All I have been doing is sleeping. I just want to get Jennifer back only then will I be able to sleep soundly." James told him. Jack looked over at James and saw that he was holding the pistol in his hand and was shaking, "Never shot a gun before?" Jack asked him.
James shook his head, "No I've went hunting with my old man a few times. It's the first time I'll be killing a human." Jack said without any emotion, "They are not human anymore. They lost their humanity when they started splicing and killing each other for ADAM. We'd be saving these poor bastards."
It was quiet between the two for a moment before Eleanor walked up to Jack saying, "I'll take over now Jack."
He looked at the younger woman and nodded. He walked away without saying anything else to either of the two and headed below deck to get some sleep. Eleanor took the wheel and checked over the course as well to see where they were at. James asked Eleanor, "I think you know more about my father-in-law than my wife and her sisters. What is it that you're not telling all of us?"
Eleanor looked at James and didn't respond to him. When he got no response James asked, "Okay let's start with what is the real connection between Jack and Andrew Ryan? I don't believe in coincidences and the way Jack and that woman Brigid Tenenbaum explained the story… it looked to me like they were withholding some information."
She let go of the wheel and faced James and said to his face, "You think that you deserve to know the truth? What makes you so special that you think that you can demand such a thing?" there was a threatening tone in her voice.
"Because it's affecting my life with my wife and children."
She scoffed at him and turned back to her job, "If Jack heard such a demand from you I wouldn't put it past him that whether you're his daughter's husband or not he would make your life a living hell." She looked at the map and began to turn the boat to their destination. James put the gun in the holster he'd gotten earlier and said, "Look I didn't mean for it sound demanding… it's just that-"
"I don't need an explanation. Jack has been through more than you can even think, no in fact more than anyone could comprehend. Jack is a real man and father who demands respect." She paused and sighed, "Just trust Jack as you've always done. He's trusted you and those other four to be with his daughters." She looked at him and told him, "Now go below deck and just relax."
James nodded and left her alone to get to the lighthouse.
* Nightfall: The Lighthouse *
After many shifts they were getting closer to their destination. Jack, James, and Eleanor were asleep below deck when they heard Tenenbaum's voice, "Everyone get up. We are here." The three slowly woke up, Jack walked out first rubbing his eyes and walked out on deck, he saw Tenenbaum standing by the railing looking in a certain direction. Eleanor and James came out to the deck and saw the two looking at a large light house. James was in awe and the others were on guard.
Jack said, "Okay everyone let's get down to it." Everyone agreed and Eleanor went back down below deck along with Tenenbaum. James asked Jack, "What now?"
"First Eleanor is dropping off here. When we get inside the lighthouse you, me, and Tenenbaum will take the Bathysphere down to Rapture. From there Tenenbaum will split up from us and do her own thing while the two of us search for Jennifer." Jack told him. James asked confused, "What do you mean that Eleanor will be let off here?"
"It means as it sounds."
The two men looked behind them and saw that Eleanor was in her Big Sister suit, but left her helmet off, "Jack after I finish with what I'm doing I'll meet up with you guys in Fort Frolic. That's the only safe haven for Tenenbaum and her followers." Jack remembered the area where he fought the sadistic Sander Cohen who was responsible for Nicole's real parents' death.
Eleanor put on her helmet and said to Jack, "Do it." Jack looked at the giant encasement that Delta's body was in and levitated it with his Telekinesis and gently set it in the water watching as it slowly sank. Eleanor stood on the railing and said, "Good luck everyone." and jumped into the water holding onto her father's container and guided it down deeper into the deep ocean. James asked, "What is she doing?"
Jack said calmly, "Giving him his final resting place. Come on." he walked to the wheel of the ship and guided it to the lighthouse. A small dock is where they landed and jumped off, Jack helped Tenenbaum off the boat and took the duffle bag from here, she told Jack, "We'll be docking in the older parts of Rapture. Since you've all been gone the city has expanded greatly, I don't think Ryan has complete control of the older district just yet."
As they walked up the steps leading into the lighthouse, when they reached the doors Jack saw that the two doors were wide open and a reef stand was out with a picture of Andrew Ryan and a small banner beneath it that read 'Welcome Home Boy'. Jack knocked the welcome over and walked inside his gun at the ready, Tenenbaum had Jack's shotgun, and James had his pistol out too. When they walked inside the doors slammed shut behind them and they were in a pitch black room. James shouted, "What the fuck happened?"
"Relax."
The lights started to kick on the music started to play and they looked around seeing that they were alone. Jack motioned for them to follow, "It's this way. Stick close." Tenenbaum and James followed Jack down some more steps and they saw a bathysphere floating in a small hole int the ground the door wide open. Jack told James, "Stay close."
They all got into the sub and Tenenbaum turned the switch allowing the door to close and the descent into the ocean. James looked out the window and saw a sign that read, '10 Fathoms', then '18 Fathoms'. They were going deeper and deeper into ocean, "How far down are we going?"
Both Jack and Tenenbaum said together, "Very far down."
Suddenly a screen covered the window of the sub and a projector came on showing a silhouette of the lighthouse with the sun rising behind it and music began to play, an ad for Incinerate came on and suddenly the picture changed to a man sitting in a holding a pipe in his left hand with the words, 'From the Desk of Andrew Ryan' right next to him.
Andrew Ryan's Pre-Recorded Voice, 'I am Andrew Ryan, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man entitled to the sweat of his brow? No says the man in Washington it belongs to poor, no says the man in the Vatican it belongs to God, no says the man in Moscow it belongs to everyone. I rejected those-'
Ryan's voice suddenly stopped and the picture changed to a full face photo of Andrew Ryan, 'The prodigal son has returned with help.'
This didn't exactly catch Tenenbaum nor Jack by surprise, James was looking at Ryan's photo feeling rage build up, 'He's the one who took Jennifer!' he thought to himself.
'When I recorded that message of myself on the Audio Diary I was sure that I had both your granddaughters, but one seemed enough to get you to come down here. She will not be harmed as long as you show yourself to me, but I know you boy you might think that I don't. You'll save the other Little Sisters down here before you confront me. Noble of you boy, so I'll make this into a game for the true Rapture citizens.'
There was a brief pause before a new picture himself, Tenenbaum, and Sofia Lamb came up with names on it, 'In one hand we have Tenenbaum and her followers, the other are the remaining remnants of Sofia Lamb, and finally there are my followers. Lamb's Splicers are impatient and are dying slowly from the lack of ADAM in their sector and Tenenbaum's followers still reside in the old district of Rapture, while my followers control a majority of the city. Frank's men have long since been exterminated so no worries there.'
The screen went up and they saw it, Rapture which was smaller in comparison to what it was before. The city was twice the size it used to be shocking Jack and James, Ryan's voice could still be heard from the speakers, 'See that dome over there boy?' Jack turned his head and saw that there was a giant dome with some underwater skyscrapers sticking out of the top, 'That is where the games will be held like the ancient Romans would have their gladiators fight ferocious beasts. When you dock you'll here my new broadcast to all of Rapture. Good luck boy.' A buzzing sound could be heard and it cut off. Tenenbaum moved to the controls and programmed it to take them elsewhere.
Jack asked, "Are we heading to Fort Frolic?"
"Yes right now." she answered, "That is where my followers have been hiding. We've set up many traps so that not even Ryan's Houdini Splicers could avoid. If he even tried to come into our territory he'd have to work for it." There was a rough tug from the sub jerking the three for a moment, but that was only from the change in direction. After docking the sub's door opened and Tenenbaum walked out without a care with Jack and James behind her. A door leading out of the docking area opened and they saw a female Spider Splicer standing before them.
James pulled out his gun about to shoot, but Tenenbaum knocked his hand away making the bullet miss, "Stop! She's on our side!" Jack had his hand on his pistol still not so sure just yet, but unlike the other Splicers this one looked more normal her flesh wasn't so deformed nor did her body look to lanky like the other Spider Splicers which meant that this could be the few of the Splicers who want to return to normal. Tenenbaum asked her follower, "How is everything Hilda?"
Hilda motioned with her hand for everyone to follower her and she began to walk like a monkey on the ground slow enough for them to follow, "It's gettin bad Madam Tenenbaum. We found out that Ryan came back immediately afta you left and a lot of us can't gather the ADAM layin around."
Jack asked, "How so?" She stopped and looked at them still in a crouched position, "Ryan has been sending the Little Sisters that are left out and about with not one, but two Daddies now."
This shocked Tenenbaum and Jack, two Big Daddies protecting a single Little Sister? What exactly is Ryan planning? Jack asked her, "Do you know why he's doing this?"
She shook her head, "Fraid not, things have gotten weird ever since Madam Tenenbaum left." Tenenbaum asked her, "What do you mean?"
"Ryan hasn't attacked any of us yet neither has he attacked members of the Rapture Family neither. Things is at a stand still." She stared walking again leading them by many buildings that Jack remembered fighting Splicers in, but stopped when he saw the Eve's Garden and the voices he heard. James stopped when he saw Jack starring at the strip club and shook him, "Jack you okay?"
The elderly man nodded, "Yeah, let's just go. We have to get things moving before Eleanor gets back." Tenenbaum told Hilda, "Listen Eleanor Lamb will be coming here, she's with us so make sure that you alert us when she arrives."
Hilda nodded and took them to a security room, "We've been watching the monitors in the old sector and so far we've exhausted almost all the ADAM save for the amount in the new districts." Hilda pressed a few buttons and a camera panned to a hallway where they saw a little girl walking the hallways with a Bouncer Big Daddy to her left and an unknown Big Daddy to Jack. Tenenbaum pointed to the new one telling Jack, "This is a new Big Daddy off the assembly lines called the Lancer. Top of the line and they use a weapon called the Ion Laser."
"Nothing else special about them?" asked Jack. Tenenbaum said, "Save for them blinding you."
James was shocked when he saw the little girl kneel down and stab a giant needle into a dead body extracting what looked to be blood and started drinking from a baby's nipple attached to the needle, "My God."
Jack said to James, "This is how it is down here." After the little girl drank she turned around and left with her two giant protectors. Tenenbaum asked the Splicer, "Where is this location?"
"Inside the dome. A few Splicers that haven't chosen a side have been killed in the crossfires in that dome and a lot of them want the ADAM so badly, but end up being killed by the Big Daddy or other Splicers." said Hilda, "We have a few cameras that we hacked under our control, but Ryan shuts us down soon after. For some reason this camera of the dome is the only one still in our control."
The door leading to the room opened and they saw another Splicer walk in, like Hilda he wasn't as deformed like the other Splicers, "Madam Tenenbaum a Big Sister entered Fort Frolic and is asking that it see you and the Savior."
James repeated, "The Savior?"
Jack told the Splicer, "Send her in." The Splicer turned around and left to do as it was told. Tenenbaum said to Hilda, "Go get some rest and I'll distribute the medicine. Make sure all our followers get some."
"Right away Ma'am." Hilda walked out the door and James saw her jump into the air and start climbing on the ceiling. This was something he just wasn't used and hoped that he never will get used to this. Jack sat down in a chair and James sat on a knocked over filing cabinet, since he arrived he's seen that everywhere he looked things were boarded up, destroyed, rusted, papers littered everywhere and lights were barely staying on. Tenenbaum looked at a few cameras making sure things were working. James asked them, "When do we start looking for Jennifer?"
"First we have to find out where she is. She might be at the Little Sister Orphanage, but I highly doubt it'll be that easy with Ryan back in the picture." said Jack, "We'll let the Splicers and Tenenbaum find Jennifer for us."
Tenenbaum told James, "Information can be obtained easily if you know where to look. We'll find here don't you worry about that." Their attention was again brought to the door and they saw Eleanor walk in with her helmet under her arm. Jack asked her, "How did it go?"
She sat down on the floor answering Jack, "I let his body fall into the trench that Persephone fell into. No one would find his body there." She wiped a tear from her eyes and asked, "What's happened?"
Jack told her about what Ryan said when they were in the Bathysphere. Trying to figure out what the dome has to do with them returning to Rapture. Right now they needed to figure out what plan the father of Rapture has, suddenly a siren started to wail and the monitors started to buzz until the face of Andrew Ryan appeared and the sirens died down. The group watched as the man smiled and as he sat comfortably in his chair, "My people of Rapture. I know that times have been hard what with ADAM running scarce due to the decline of Little Sisters, but I am willing to make it up to you all. That is unless you survive."
This was getting more puzzling by the minute, "You see I have all of the Little Sisters gathered in Achille's Dome and to all the citizens this be my followers, the ordinary citizens, Lamb's followers, and Tenenbaum's followers of course. All are welcome to try and take these Little Sisters, but you must survive the Protectors. Good day all." The screen buzzed and the image blurred until it returned to normal.
It had begun, now it became clear what this man wanted to do. Tenenbaum got on a mic that was hooked up to the areas that her followers would be at, "Attention all do not I repeat do not head to Achille's Dome it's a trap!"
James was confused, "What's wrong? what's happening?"
Jack was still stunned, "He plans on gathering all the ADAM in one location for the Little Sisters to gather the ADAM the Splicers think that they'll have the advantage outnumbering Big Daddies, but they'll be fighting each other as well." Eleanor whispered, "Good God it's gonna be a blood bath."
Tenenbaum rubbed her temples, "Jack, Eleanor you two have to get down there to stop the Splicers should the succeed in getting a single Little Sister-"
"I know Brigid I'll handle it. Eleanor let's go." Jack got up to leave and Eleanor followed after him. James stood up immediately, "Hey what about me!"
Jack said, "Look stay here this is worse than you can imagine, this is gonna be a large scaled battle and I can't guarantee that you won't survive." James held his gun out saying, "I'm going. Try and stop-" He was instantly silenced when Jack punched him in the face knocking him out. Jack said to Tenenbaum, "Make sure he stays put." Tenenbaum nodded and watched them leave, looking back at her monitors she saw that a few of her followers were leaving the areas they were staying and heading toward the dome. This could only turn out bad.
Jack got into the Bathysphere and started it up programing it to take him to the Achille's Dome, he was sure that he'd get there first since most of the other Splicers would use the main walkways and tunnels. After the Bathysphere went down Eleanor jumped into the hole right after it and grabbing onto the side. Eleanor spoke through the radio in her helmet to Jack, "What's the plan?"
"Leave the Splicers to attack the Big Daddies, if you have to Eleanor kidnap the Little Sister from right under their nose and get them somewhere safe. I'll attack and cause as much damage as I can." Jack told her the plan. This plan isn't well thought out, but they were not expecting this at all. Jack held his pistol in his right hand and letting the fire ignite in his left.
* Ryan's Office *
Ryan sat in his chair by his desk looking at a massive monitor that was split up into many other screens so he could see the battle unfold from all angles, but he was concentrating on one monitor that was on Jack. He had placed a small camera inside that bathysphere with him being none the wiser. Jack turned around in his chair and pressed a button on his intercom, "Would you kindly send waiting unit to go and take care of Tenenbaum and her followers at the Fort Frolic." When he let go of the intercom a voice came from the receiving end, "Yes sir Mr. Ryan." When the sound died down he returned to the screen and saw that the fights were just beginning.
* 10 Minutes Later: Achille's Dome *
The Bathysphere docked and Eleanor swam into the entrance before it docked so she could wait for Jack inside, when he got out they walked down a tunneled walkway and saw a huge metal door. Jack and Eleanor looked at each other and pushed the doors opened and were greeted to the sounds of screams, explosions, gunfire, and many other sounds. Inside the dome was like a small city block, a few intertwining streets, some buildings towering way above you, and of course the inhabitants. Jack and Eleanor ducked behind a dead Brute Splicer and looking out they saw Splicers attack each other, Security Bots flying high above shooting at the Splicers and they saw a Little Sister holding onto the back of a Bouncer Big Daddy as it fought alongside the Lancer Big Daddy. Splicers of all kinds were literally everywhere in swarms.
Jack looked up and saw explosions coming out from the buildings which meant that there were more Splicers gathered here than expected. Jack elbowed Eleanor lightly saying, "Change of plans take out as many Splicers as you can, but if you see an opportunity I want you to grab that Little Sister and teleport back to Tenenbaum's location. Can you save them?"
Eleanor nodded, "I can, father showed me how when I saw him save the other girls in his vision. I'll do my best." Both took a deep breath and ran out from behind the Brute Splicer and began the fight. Jack shot his pistol and hit a few Splicers in the head, but looking around more kept pouring out of the buildings. Jack put his pistol away and let lightning erupt from his right hand and he began firing everywhere hitting Splicers left and right. Eleanor was killing Splicers at an alarming rate which meant that she's getting back into the grove of being a Big Sister. Jack kept his distance from the Daddies, because one hit against them and he's gonna have a real fight on his hands.
A Security Bot flew right over his head shooting at a few Splicers that showed up, Jack shot an electric bolt at the machine and shut it down temporarily. He quickly ran over to the downed bot and began messing with the wiring and after giving it a quick jolt it turned on and the lights turned green and started flying again.
A Houdini Splicer appeared before Jack saying in a sadistic tone, "I'll fucking kill you!" He started throwing fireballs at Jack. Reacting quickly Jack activated the new Plasmid Tenenbaum gave to him, veins began to appear all over his hands, wrists, and forearms and a hole appeared in the palms of both his hands, holding his arms out the fireballs flew into the small penny sized holes in his hands and he absorbed the fire attacks and he felt rejuvenated. The Houdini tried to flee when he saw that his attacks failed, but was suddenly lifted into the air and dragged toward Eleanor who then impaled the Splicer on her needle and drained the ADAM from his body. Eleanor watched as the two Big Daddies fought to protect the girl as she dropped down and collected ADAM from the dead bodies.
'Why would they collect now?' Eleanor thought watching the girl gather. Jack switched his left hand to Telekinesis and picked up knocked over newsstand and tossed it at some Splicers that were attacking each other. Jack had a small radio on his waist and heard Tenenbaum's voice, "Jack my followers are coming to fight as well."
Jack continued fighting and said out loud, "That's bad I won't know which ones are your friends."
"Just attack the ones without Masquerade Masks and look less deformed than the others."
That wasn't much in a situation like this. Looking to one of the buildings where he could hear a battle taking place seven stories above him Jack adjusted the frequency on his radio and spoke, "Eleanor stick to the plan I'm gonna save one of the girls in this building."
"Roger."
Jack ran inside one of the buildings and started going up the stairs. Still hearing the battles taking place upstairs.
"Mr. B!"
He froze momentarily and thought, 'A Daddy went down.' He climbed the stairs faster and when he finally got to the level he needed to he saw immediately Splicers jumping the Bouncer that was doing it's best to fight. Jack looked to his left and saw a downed Rosie Daddy, he immediately took it's completely upgraded Rivet Gun and started opening fire on the Splicers. A few turned around and saw Jack one shouting, "It's him! Let's high tail it outta here!" the few that saw Jack ran and the Bouncer Big Daddy fell to his one knee exhausted. Jack slowly approached the wounded Big Daddy and he saw the little girl hugging it's helmet crying, "No, no, no Mr. Bubbles." Jack sighed and aimed at the Big Daddy and shot it's head until his clip ran out and it fell dead. The girl let out a scream and more tears fell for her fallen guardian.
Looking at the wall he saw the Vent, he walked up to the her and she took notice of Jack and backed away into a corner crying. Jack kneeled down before her and put his weapon down holding his hands up, "I'm not going to hurt you. I promise." he inched closer to the girl and slowly extended his hand to her, "I'm a friend of Mr. Bubbles and I want to help you." The little girl wiped her eyes not as afraid as before.
When Jack got close enough the little girl blinked her eyes as if adjusting them and then smiled saying happily, "Daddy! You came to save me from the monsters!" This took him by surprise, but then she grabbed Jack's hand saying, "Come on daddy let's play!"
Jack held onto her hand and shook his head, "We can play later. Daddy has to make the monsters go away so you and your sisters can play safely, I want you to go in your hidey hole okay." She tilted her head and then let go of his hands and started to pout, "No I don't wanna go home!" The sounds of a cackle made Jack get a little jumpy. Jack thought about what he could do and thought of something, "How about this, when daddy makes all the monsters go away I'll read you a bed time story and we'll play games all the time."
She stopped pouting and started to jump happily, "Okay daddy." Jack held his hand up and his hand started to glow, "Okay daddy promises that we'll play, but I want you to wait with Momma okay?" He placed his hand on her forehead and her body erupted into a blinding light. When the light died down her skin was a normal color and her eyes were back to normal as well. She dropped her needle and she was still smiling at Jack, "Daddy I will go wait with mommy." Jack picked up the little girl and helped her into the vent and she climbed in singing, "Going to see mommy where all the pretty pictures are at." After she climbed in Jack heard running and looked to his right and saw two Spider Splicers running his way.
Eleanor was still killing Splicers left and right and the Bouncer Big Daddy was brought down when it was ambushed by two Brute Splicers. The Lancer was blinding a few giving Eleanor some time to kill a few Splicers off, she saw her opportunity and dashed passed the Daddy and grabbed the little girl and ran as quickly as I could. The little girl screamed, "Help Mr. Bubbles!" Eleanor then heard a very high-pitched whistle. Turning her head slightly she saw that the Lancer's porthole was now glowing red and it opened fire on her with it's Ion Laser and watched as it cut through almost everything. She avoided the stream of light and teleported away before the beam could hit her.
Jack tossed the two Spider Splicers out of the window letting them fall to their deaths. He looked out and saw the Lancer was going on a bigger rampage destroying both property and Splicers. He got on his radio to Tenenbaum, "Hey there is a little girl heading your way, she's in the vents."
"Okay I'll send a message to her so she knows it's safe. Eleanor just brought over a little one and is curing her."
"Good, alright so that makes 2 out of 7, we have to find out where the other five are hiding." Jack cut the communication with Tenenbaum and returned to the battle at hand.
* One Hour Later: Ryan's Office *
Ryan watched pleased from the battle that everything was going according to plan. A Splicer walked into his office with five Big Sisters standing behind it, "Sir I've brought the remaining Big Sisters." He turned around in his chair and looked at the Splicer for a long time, but then got up inspecting the five Big Sisters, these five had on black jumpsuits with a red stripe going down the outside length of their arm's and down their sides and legs and each arm had long needles on their arms and instead of a cage they had an empty glass container the size of their oxygen tanks. Ryan asked, "What of the Alpha series that went up to fight against Jack and Eleanor?"
"It docked back fifteen minutes ago. Luckily when it was knocked into the ocean it got into it's bathysphere and returned."
Ryan nodded and looked at the five sisters again, he looked at the second one saying, "You've healed up nicely after your battle with Eleanor Lamb and Jack." The Big Sister made a small shriek and Ryan walked to the front of his desk grinning he said to the five, "When the battle dies down and the stragglers are left… Would you kindly bring me my ADAM from both the dead and the living." The Big Sisters made a head movement and Ryan continued, "Oh and don't forget your Little Sisters' toys as well. Begone." The five ran out of the room and the Splicer looked at tad bit nervous, he was then asked by Ryan, "Where is the unit now?"
"Sir they are close, but there were traps laid out further than expected and we lost some on our side already." Ryan watched as the Splicer seemed to be a bit jumpy, not entirely unnatural, but Ryan could tell.
He calmly sat back at his desk and grabbed one of his cigars, "Yes it is unfortunate, but that is why we are sending the Big Daddies in first. Leave me." The Splicer did as it was told and left, the Splicer spasmed and fell to the ground unconscious. Meanwhile elsewhere another Splicer wearing a masquerade mask woke up and groggily stood up thinking, 'Ryan plans on killin Madam Tenenbaum! I've got to warn her!' it turned to run, but was suddenly shot in it's leg making him scream in pain and fall to the ground.
He turned his head and saw a Lancer Big Daddy walk up to him and he heard Ryan's voice coming from the transceiver on the Daddy, "I see you are the spy for Tenenbaum. I'm sorry but you won't be telling her anything." The Daddy held out a yellow ball that seemed to glow and it tossed it at the Splicer.
"No!"
Ryan laughed amused and said, "Now would you kindly kill yourself." The Splicer grabbed a needle that was in his pocket and held it in his right hand he was trying to fight the command, but it wasn't working. He rose the needle up and repeatedly stabbed himself in his neck blood oozing everywhere. The Lancer stood their watching the scene until a voice caught it's attention.
"Jonathan!"
A female Splicer that had a masquerade mask on as well was running up to the two. When Jonathan stabbed himself in his neck he pulled on the syringe taking some of his blood out and quickly tossed the vile over to his partner. She caught it and turned tail trying to get as far away as possible. The Lancer aimed it's Ion Laser at her, but Jonathan jumped in the way killing himself. He fulfilled his order to Ryan and saved his partner in the process.
Ryan watched the whole scene and said, "Don't let her escape." The Lancer roared and began running at a fast pace, but when the Lancer got close she teleported away leaving her mask behind. The Lancer stomped on the mask and turned to leave. Ryan witness the whole thing on the Big Daddy helmet and sighed, 'Doesn't matter. Tenenbaum will meet her demise soon." Ryan then returned to looking at the monitors watching the all out war.
* Fort Frolic *
Tenenbaum and Hilda were at the monitors hacking as many Security Cameras as possible, but were blocked out after two minutes each time. James sat outside the room with five little girls, Jack and Eleanor were in the process of saving the sixth. He had a bandage on his nose from where Jack sucker punched him and the girls were making fun of how he looked, but he would laugh at it to just to keep the girls entertained.
Everything was quiet up until they felt a tremor and the girls let out a shriek of terror. James said to the girls, "Stay here okay I'll be right back." he walked into the security room asking, "Tenenbaum what the hell was that?"
She was looking at the screen and said, "Splicers are breaking through the tunnels!" She got on her mic and shouted, "Attention everyone Ryan's people are attacking! Evacuate now! I repeat Ryan's people are attacking!" James could suddenly hear screams of panic and terror from the Splicers. Tenenbaum said to Hilda, "Go and get the ones who didn't go off to fight. We have to make sure that we at least hold them off until Eleanor returns."
Hilda did as she was told and ran.
Tenenbaum said to James, "Follow me." When they walked out Tenenbaum said to the girls, "Okay girls this way quickly." Tenenbaum took two girls by their hands and James tried his best to carry the other three. They ran to the other side of Fort Frolic and saw Splicers running up the walls or going down tunnels to escape with what looked like small Splicer children. Tenenbaum took them down another path and they found another bathysphere, she told them to get in saying, "This was my own private bathysphere, Ryan doesn't know about this one. Now look I have to stay."
James shook his head, "No Jack won't like that-"
"There is no choice. If I am not at those controls then Jack and Eleanor are fighting blind. Take the girls to a friend of mine her name is Grace Holloway, tell the Splicers there that you are friends with the Savior and Eleanor Lamb and they'll take you to her. I'll try to catch up." James nodded and Tenenbaum put the location in the bathysphere so it'll take them there. He sat down and all the little girls sat down as well and watched the door close.
She watched as the bathysphere sunk into the water, remembering what she had to do she ran back to the control room passing a few Splicers who were going off to fight the intruders, "How long will the traps hold out?"
"Bout ten minutes I suppose. A lot of us already got out."
"Okay be careful." after she told him that she ran back to the control room and began finishing the hacks.
*Achille's Dome *
Jack picked up a Ion Laser and was cutting as many Splicers down as humanly possible, Eleanor was busy taking ADAM from the Splicers and injecting it into Jack to heal him. Both were tired and exhausted, but there was another little girl in their sights in the midst of chaos. It seemed that right now every Splicer in Rapture where here. Jack hacked a Turret that was dragged to the battle and two Security Bots and yet still things seemed more difficult than before. Jack fell back to a safe distance to catch his breath and one of Tenenbaum's Splicers ran up, "We found the last Little Sister, she's on the other side of the dome."
That was good news.
"Jack! Jack it's me Tenenbaum!"
He answered his radio, "Kinda busy here! What is it?"
"Ryan's Splicers have found us and are breaking through the traps! We've ten minutes at the most before we are overrun, he must've sent the brute of his soldiers because there are too many even for you and Eleanor!"
Back to bad news, when Tenenbaum's Splicer heard that it ran off to find the others to return to Fort Frolic.
"Jack I sent the little ones and James to go and meet up with a friend named Grace Holloway in Pauper's Drop. Don't come back to this spot, tell Eleanor as well."
Jack agreed and dodged some hooks thrown at him by some Spider Splicers. He shot at them with his electricity and then followed up with head shots from his revolver. Eleanor appeared next to Jack and he saw that in a makeshift cage that she created from bending metal poles together and Jack welding to her back using his incinerate she had a Little Sister on her back.
"We should run now."
Following her advice they both took of running avoiding a Bouncer that drilled it's way through their hiding spot. "I'll take her to Tenenbaum now."
"No Fort Frolic is no longer safe! Go to Pauper's Drop, take her to Grace Holloway!"
"Aunt Gracie?"
Jack fired his electricity at it stopping it momentarily. He was about to question the 'Aunt Gracie' part but instead said, "Yes now go!" Eleanor teleported taking the girl away leaving Jack to fight alone. When the Big Daddy saw that the girl was gone it let out it's moan and was it from behind by a few shots making it's attention fall on it's attackers.
He returned to his duty of getting the last Little Sister, following the Splicer's instructions he ran to the other side of the dome. As he was running though he heard a very familiar sound a high pitched scream that echoed all inside the dome, it made him stop dead in his tracks. He looked up at the buildings and there he saw five Big Sisters looking down at everyone, Jack said in disbelief, "Oh hell no!"
The Big Sisters jumped down to the street below and started attacking all the Splicers no matter who it was. Jack didn't have time to fight them now so he turned and ran to go get the last one. He got on his radio and said, "Eleanor there are what look to be five Elite Big Sisters based off of their clothing that have just shown up!"
"What are they doing?"
"Attacking anything that gets in their way. Try to get back to Tenenbaum and help out, I'm gonna get the last Little Sister and leave through the Bathysphere." Jack was mowing down any Splicer that got in his way using his Strong John plasmid and his Telekinesis to pick up objects and toss them at the Splicers as well. More explosions could be heard coming from where the Big Sisters were at it was more than likely that the left over Big Daddies were fighting them as well.
He took the Ion Laser that was strapped around his shoulder and prepared to finish this last round. Turning the corner he saw that this Little Sister had an Elite Bouncer and an Elite Rumbler, these two weren't going down so easily.
* Fort Frolic *
Ryan's men were getting through faster than expected, the Big Daddies were charging in recklessly letting the traps hit them first allowing some Spider and Houdini Splicers to get through gaps and disable the noticeable traps. Tenenbaum left the security room and was shooting down one of the tunnels at a few Splicers. "Dammit there are too many of them." said Tenenbaum. She told her Splicers to keep up the defense. She ran over to the security room again, but before she got there she saw a Splicer run up to holding a red syringe.
"Madam Tenenbaum you have to see this!"
The German woman stopped not recognizing this female Splicer, "Who are you?"
"I'm with Grace Holloway and the Rapture Family she had me spy on the on-goings in the new districts and told me to give this to you. Inside of this is the ADAM from my dead partner, his memories are in this as well." She handed the syringe to Tenenbaum, "I have to go, our people need as much defense as well." She then disappeared teleporting elsewhere.
Tenenbaum smiled, "This could turn the tide in this. I have to get this to Ele-" Right on time Eleanor appeared before Tenenbaum without her helmet on.
"Tenenbaum what's happening?"
Brigid handed her the syringe ordering her, "Listen to me closely I want you to look into the memories in this syringe and tell Jack what it is." Eleanor took the syringe and agreed, but told her, "I will, but you have to come with me to Aunt Gracie her area is a lot safer than here."
"I cannot."
Eleanor grabbed Tenenbaum by the arm saying, "Yes you are! You'll die if you stay here!"
She slapped Eleanor across her face, "If I abandon my followers then I'm worse than both Ryan and Frank. I never abandon anyone!" Eleanor was in shock rubbing the side of her face, "Eleanor, this is…. as far as I go." She walked up to her computer and typed in the codeword 'Lichtblick'. Eleanor watched the monitors turn from their security cams to a countdown for fifteen minutes.
The two women heard an explosion and some screams. Eleanor begged, "Tenenbaum please we have to go!"
"No 'we' don't, just 'you'. I must atone for my sins, I've done everything I could to reverse everything I have done and I failed. If I continue to live then I'd be spitting on the graves of those who deserved life." Tenenbaum paused and heard shouts of terror and triumphant roars, "Those who take life away have no right to their life." Tenenbaum picked up a pistol and opened the door leaving the room, "I'm taking a stand, please go and tell Jack that I am sorry… about everything."
"Brigid." Eleanor said softly. Brigid took off the gadget off her wrist and instantly her body began to age quicker, her hair graying entirely, her skin became more wrinkled, and her frame became more fragile and smaller. The elderly woman told Eleanor, "Go now. They are here."
Eleanor let a tear fall and she teleported away fulfilling Tenenbaum's final wish. She stood quietly and looked ahead of her and saw a Brute Splicer standing before her much more bigger than she.
"Ha, so you must be Tenenbaum that the boss was tellin us about." He grabbed her by her arms and held her into the air, "We've got her boys!" Tenenbaum was not afraid of these men evident by the cold look on her face.
* Achille's Dome *
Jack took out one of the Big Daddies and the sounds of the battle were dying down slowly, 'Those Big Sisters must be killing even their own. What the hell is Ryan trying to accomplish?' Jack faced the Big Daddy protecting the last Little Sister. The Big Daddy was the Elite Rumbler, the Little Sister was on it's shoulder shouting, "Get him Mr. B!"
He avoided a few rocket shots by the Rumbler catching a few in the mid-air because of his telekinesis and fired it back at the Big Daddy hitting it in it's chest. The Little Sister flew off of the Big Daddy by the explosion while the Big Daddy was rocked by the explosion. Jack ran forward and charged his fist full of Winter Blast and shot a stream of cold air at the Rumbler freezing it into a huge block of ice. Once he was frozen Jack heard a screech behind him and looked back and saw a Big Sister walking toward him wiping blood off of it's needle. Jack sighed saying, "Oh give me a fucking break!"
He saw three Splicers jump out from one of the buildings and onto the Big Sister and he saw that they were Tenenbaum's Splicers. One shouted, "Jack run now!" They tried to bring the Big Sister down, but she was ramming her body into concrete trying to knock them off. He acted quickly and ran to grab the Little Sister that was unconscious on the ground. Once he picked her up he heard a shriek of terror and saw the Big Sister finally got one of the Splicers off and drained him entirely of his ADAM. When she shook the other two of she literally ripped one Splicer in half with her bare hands and she stomped the other one in the head crushing it's head to pieces. Jack regretted staying to watch and ran faster than he ever believed possible.
The Little Sister saw Jack running and walked over to the frozen Daddy and easily stabbed through the ice hitting it and drained it's ADAM out and once it was done the portholes of the Big Daddy grew dark, she then slammed her fist into the Daddy shattering it to pieces and proceeded to chase after Jack and the Little Sister. Running quickly Jack tried setting up obstacles for the Big Sister, but she easily got around them.
"Let them go. Collect the ADAM from the bodies."
The Big Sister stopped after hearing Ryan's voice in her helmet. Jack saw that she stopped then ran into a different direction and he had no intention of figure out why. With the Bathysphere in sight he jumped in with the Little Sister and programmed it to take him to Pauper's Drop finally liking the fact that he was out of that long battle.
* Fort Frolic *
Ryan's Splicers were lining up Tenenbaum's Splicers and executing them. They had taken Tenenbaum to the Fleet Hall and crucified her above the stage where Sander Cohen's Splicer artwork stand. A Security Bot flew by with a screen monitor mounted on the front and she saw Ryan's face grinning at her, "Look at you Tenenbaum. Once so powerful and now you await your death at the hands of my people. How does it feel knowing that you've failed?"
She was barley able to speak, "Y-You're to f-full of yourself. J-Jack w-w-will end you o-once and f-f-for all." She heard another Splicer scream right before they were suddenly silenced. Ryan mused, "He won't be able to stop my plan, he's nothing more than another pawn in my chess game and-"
"Hehehe." Tenenbaum let out a tiny chuckle of amusement. Ryan eyes furrowed at her wondering what was funny, "I take it your blood loss is making you go crazy."
"I d-don't know w-w-what y-you have p-planned, but I w-won't let y-y-you kill me!" Tenenbaum shouted with the last of her breath. She could feel a tremor and she saw the Splicers were all confused, "I'll be t-taking y-your S-Splicers with m-me to hell."
Ryan could see from outside his windows that explosions were going off in the direction of Fort Frolic, "Damn you Tenenbaum!"
Tenenbaum watched as the monitor died and the bot fell to the ground, she saw the Splicers run around panicking trying to escape. The explosions were getting closer, she closed her eyes thinking to herself, 'May God forgive my mortal sins and save those I have condemned.' She opened her eyes and saw an explosion come her way killing her letting the German woman finally die in peace.
*Ryan's Office *
Ryan slammed his fist on his desk smashing it in half shouting, "Fucking bitch! She was one step ahead of me and because of her sacrifice I lost another portion of my army! I did not expect her to do such a thing!" He ran his hand through his hair making it slick back catching his breath. A scientist Splicer was standing by Ryan, "Sir we did gather more ADAM than expected. Your body will now have a nearly limitless supply of ADAM."
"We still need the boy. Bring me his granddaughter it's time I pay him a visit and get me a Bathysphere." he demanded.
The Splicer nodded asking, "Do you know where they are hiding sir?"
Ryan pressed a button on his destroyed desk and one of the monitors turned on and it had recorded Jack and Eleanor saying to each other, "No Fort Frolic is no longer safe! Go to Pauper's Drop, take her to Grace Holloway!"
"Aunt Gracie?"
Ryan put on his coat and said, "Pauper's Drop is about to feel that wrath is going to befall them. Now go get me that girl."
"Yes sir!"
* Pauper's Drop *
Jack finally docked in Pauper's Drop with a cured Little Sister holding his hand. As he walked he saw James walking over to him asking worried, "Jack! You alright!"
"I'm fine. Where's Eleanor and Tenenbaum?" he asked. James winced and said sadly, "Eleanor is here, but…. Tenenbaum didn't make it. She died in an explosion that took out all of Fort Frolic with her. I'm sorry Jack." He was distraught inside, but refused to show it on the outside fearing that it would show weakness. He'll have time to grieve once this was all over. He grabbed James's arm asking him to take him to Eleanor.
James explained, "The girls are sleeping up on the top floor, so far they seem to be normal, also the woman Grace says that this place does not have the strength needed to take on five Elite Big Sisters." Jack explained, "Those five. I don't see how they're that strong, maybe Eleanor might know." James understood and guided Jack and the Little Girl to the Sinclair Deluxe. Jack looked up and saw three upper levels barely holding together and a chandelier that was being held up by weak chains and wire.
"Jack!"
He looked up at the sound of his name and saw Eleanor on the second floor, she jumped down and landed gracefully on her feet a sad look on her face. She hugged Jack saying in a low tone, "I tried to save her but-" She stopped when she choked on a sob. Jack relaxed saying, "It's alright, she was a grown woman making her own decisions." He said to try and comfort her.
"Mr. Jack Ryan, we finally meet."
Jack looked up to the staircases and saw an elderly afro-american woman walking down the steps being helped by a Brute Splicer who was carefully helping her down the steps. Her outfit was new and she had a cigarette in her right hand and a cane in the other. Eleanor ran up to the older woman and helped her as well saying, "Aunt Gracie you need to take it easy. Jack can come up to see you." She waved her hand at Eleanor saying, "Nonsense baby Eleanor I can still move on my own. Let me have a look at you boy." She walked over to Jack and tossed her cigarette away and brought her hand up to get a better look at his face remarking, "You look every bit as that man, but you have something he doesn't."
Jack asked her, "That would be?"
She smiled and said to the Brute Splicer, "Ottis please take me back to my room." Ottis replied, "Yes ma'am as you wish." He picked her up gently and said to Jack, "Follow me Jackie boy." They followed the two without question wanting to gather themselves and rest. They reached the top floor the broken down hotel and Ottis set Grace down. She walked over to a table and sat down asking, "Ottis sweetie can you make some tea for us?"
"Yes ma'am." Ottis turned to go to one of the kitchens on the top floor to make the tea. When they all sat down Grace lit a cigarette prompting Eleanor to say, "Maybe you shouldn't, you're not in the best of health as it is."
Grace smiled and replied, "Baby Eleanor don't take the last pleasures this old gal has left." Grace put the cigarette in her mouth and said, "Maybe you should tell the Savior what we found out about Andrew Ryan." Jack turned his eyes to Eleanor wondering what exactly they had. She turned to Jack explaining, "Before Tenenbaum died there was a Splicer named Jonathan, he was a scientist that worked for my mother's side. When mother went topside however he left the old district and was suddenly approached and asked to do some experiments. From what I saw in his memories apparently none of the Splicers on Ryan's side knew he was alive and it was the Thinker controlling everything in Ryan's absence."
Jack asked, "That doesn't explain much."
"There is more, when you killed your father the Thinker activated the Vita-Chamber just before you left, but you needed to be present in the room for it to actually turn on. Like Tenenbaum said Sinclair had helped specialize that specific Vita-Chamber for Ryan, when he was brought back to life he did in fact freeze himself and remained in hiding until the time was right." She paused for a moment to catch her breath, "Jack he wanted all the key figures in Rapture to die or leave. He has no one to oppose him in terms of knowledge, the only one he needed to die was Tenenbaum but he didn't know where she was."
Jack stood up and punched the wall cursing, "He didn't know exactly where Tenenbaum was hiding… He knew if he made some kind of commotion that she would come out of hiding too." He punched the wall again cursing. Eleanor stood up and touched his shoulder, "There is more. Ryan isn't trying to just rebuild Rapture, he's trying to create his own country."
He looked at her stunned, "What? Why? He wants nothing to do with the top side?" Eleanor shook her head, "I don't know why, but this Splicer knew one other thing."
"What?"
She smiled replying, "The newer parts of the city is cut up into districts and Ryan had explosive charges set in each district. In case there was ever an uprising he could wipe it out easier and rebuild that section again easily, if we find out these codes to the Thinker to activate the charges we can destroy all of Rapture."
Jack smiled too and looked at Grace asking her, "Grace what did you or Tenenbaum know about the Thinker?"
"Only that it can be hacked for a moment. It'll give you a two minute delay before the Thinker fixes itself." she told him. Jack brought his hand to his chin saying, "If I can get close to the thinker and hack it, get the codes and set it to destroy itself first and then the city."
James said, "What about Jennifer?"
Jack replied, "Of course after we save Jennifer, I'm not gonna do that without saving my granddaughter." Jack waved Eleanor over and had them all listen to his plan.
* 10 Minutes Later *
The doors blew open and Ryan walked through them looking at the Fishbowl Diner, two Elite Big Sisters behind him and one holding Jennifer's hand leading her. Ryan looked around and saw Splicers appear out of the diner and around it all of them aiming their guns at them, he took his cigar out of his mouth and took Jennifer by her hand saying to the Big Sisters, "Would you kindly rip them to pieces." The two sisters let out a hellish screech and ran at the Splicers.
* Sinclair Deluxe *
Ottis ran over to the four shouting, "Ma'am! Andrew Ryan is here! He's at the diner!"
Jack, Eleanor and James stood up all pulling out weapons, Ottis picked up Grace and they all ran to where the diner was at. All of them ran as quickly as they could and when they finally reached the diner they were on the railing looking down shocked that Ryan was sitting on a pile of dead Splicers with two Big Sisters standing by the base and one was holding-
"Jennifer!" shouted James. Jennifer teared up and shouted, "Daddy!" When she tried to run the Big Sister jerked her back and when James tried to get down there Jack grabbed his arm and pulled him back saying, "Wait."
"What do you mean wait! My baby girl is right there!" shouted James, Jack kept his hold and took a step forward shouting to Jennifer, "Jennifer! Daddy and grandpa are gonna come save you okay? Just be brave okay?" He saw her nod her head still afraid. Jack and Ryan locked eyes, "What's this about Ryan!"
Ryan put out his cigar in the eye of one of the dead Splicers he was sitting on and stood up saying, "I've come to make a deal with you boy."
Jack asked weary of the deal, "What kind of deal?"
He took Jennifer's hand and moved closer to the diner saying, "I give you the girl and let you take all those other brats you've saved and let that man there leave peacefully without any kind of underhanded scheme."
"In exchange?" Jack asked.
Ryan smiled and pointed at Jack saying, "You come with me without a fight."
(A/N)
Okay the next chapter will for sure be the last chapter I promise that and all of Ryan's plans will be explained. The final chapter will have a pure battle between Jack and Ryan and no other in their battle. I'm going to start working on the next chapter right away so I'll stop here so I can start writing. Peace!