And So My Journey Begins:

Rapture, Upper Atrium: ?

Good Jacob.

*Giggle*

"Huh?" Jacob wondered as he opened his eyes and found a pair of glowing eyes looking at him. It was a little sister, big surprise.

Standing up Jacob looked at her, she was pretty old, about twelve or thirteen, her blond hair was loose with a black bow on top and her dress consisted of a white shirt with poofy sleeves and the dress was a blue jumper.

Ironically she reminded Jacob of his sister,

"Yay! Your awake, now we can play." she cheered.

" Play?" Jacob asked, rather puzzled.

"Yeah, can we play now. Can we? Can we? Can we?" she asked over and over.

Jacob just met her and she was already driving him crazy.

"I suggest you do what she says, she will take you to Adam." Red spoke up for the first time since he had awoken.

'Now you show up, sheesh where were you when I was practically dying?' Jacob thought angrily.

… And the Sister was still asking, she wasn't going to shut up so he may as well answer. "Fine, I'll play." he surrendered.

"Yay!" she cheered, then she raised her arms and just stood there. Did he miss something?

"Put her on the cage on your back." Red elaborated.

"Oh, okay." Picking up the Little Sister he noticed she wasn't very heavy at all before he placed her in the cage.

"Okay lets look for angels." she said.

Jacob shuttered, he knew exactly what she meant to say by angels, just thinking about it was plain disgusting. With that he began to walk around, seemingly lost, because the Little Sister on his back was pretty much silent.

"So... what's your name?" Jacob finally asked.

"Andy." she said.

"Andy? But that's a boy's name." He pointed out.

"Nah, its just my nickname, my real is Adrianna, but it's too long." She explained.

"I see."

"The angel is close, I can hear it flapping." She said happily. Jacob bit his lips, trying hard not to tell the little girl the hard truth, but his guess was she'd find out eventually.

"There it is!" She almost yelled. She pointed down, next to the door. Just as she said, there was a corpse where she was pointing. His guess was the Splicer tried to hack one of the defense systems but didn't succeed. His body was covered in gun shot wounds.

"Put her down, let her harvest the corpse." Red instructed.

"You seem to know a lot about Little Sisters." Jacob said as he reached for Andy and placed her down, letting her harvest the angel.

"I make it my business to know things. This is Rapture kid, knowledge here is also part of every day survival." Red said.

"What happened here? Why is Rapture still standing and has Little Sisters? I thought when Dad and the others left there was nobody else to take charge of Rapture" Jacob asked.

"True, but Ryan wasn't the only Big Brother around."

"Wait what? I thought he was the only successful one made?"

"He was the only Big Brother allowed to roam the streets harvesting Adam, but that didn't make him the only one." Red explained, "Your father was one of many, but as you said he was the only successful one. The others were too violent for public, they attacked anyone that had Adam on them, even if they weren't splicers. They tried to make them protectors of the little sisters, but it failed since they attacked anyone, in the end they ended up locking them away someplace else. Someone, or something, knew about them and the project. But they were all dead, all but one."

"Who is he?" Jacob asked in rapt attention. This was all new to him, the thought of other Big Brother existing back when his dad was in rapture was something he had never even thought about before.

"Nobody knows, so be on your guard. I heard he's just as dangerous as your father. He sure has the same kind of reputation." Red finished.

Jacob nodded, he looked at Andy, who had just finished harvesting the Adam. She stood up and she brushed the dirt away from her skirt before merrily skipping back to where he was.

"Big brother, Big brother! Look at all the Adam I have for us!" She said happily.

"That's great. Good job Andy." Even without his father's instructions to always be nice to Little Sister's, which had turned into a long lesson about always being nice to women in general, he still thought it was best to keep her happy.

Andy yawned, rubbed her eyes, and told him, "I'm sleepy, take me home." She raised her arms. This time Jacob didn't need Red to tell him what to do, he grabbed Andy and placed her in his cage. But he did need her to tell him where was her hidey hole was. Which ended up being a rather long walk back to the Upper Atrium, on the first floor.

"Okay Jacob, time for you to harvest her." Red told him.

"Yeah sure one sec-wait what? ...Harvest her? Why?" Jacob yelled, he was both shocked and mad that Red would request something like that.

"Didn't your Father tell you what it is? Stab her with your needle and suck the Adam out... or the slug, which ever term you prefer. I know your father will be terribly disappointed in you but remember, its survival of the fittest down here in Rapture." Red explained calmly.

"I KNOW WHAT HARVESTING IS!" Jacob shouted angrily.

"So what are you waiting for? harvest her!" Red demanded.

"NO!" A loud voice cracked into the radio. It nearly burst Jacob's ear drums because it was so loud.

Resisting the urge to tear the radio out of his helmet he looked up he saw a figure running around at the top of the Upper Atrium, he could make out the shape of a Big sister. She wore the old fashioned suit the Big Sister's wore, but she had no cage on her back and the helmet was round. The visor being more like a window as it was much larger then the average Big Brother/Sister helmet.

"Don't kill her. Save her and her sister, they're both bound to one another. If you free the sister you can free her partner as well" She said.

"Oh great, you again. Don't listen to her Jacob, she's completely insane." Jacob could practically taste the disdain in Red's voice.

"Please... have a heart." The Sister begged.

"Please... have common sense." Red mocked.

Jacob looked at the Big Sister and then back at the Little Sister. He had heard that the Little Sister had a lot of Adam. But if he harvested the little girl the girl would die. And his father wouldn't like that at all. He knew his Dad couldn't make decisions for him now, this is his decision, not his father's.

Reaching back and grabbing the sleepy Andy, Jacob made a choice.

Like somebody was moving for him Jacob mechanically placed his hand on her head and felt a warm sensation travel through his arm and into hand. There was a burst of light. Jacob blinked rapidly to clear his vision before seeing what became of And... She wasn't a Little Sister anymore, she looked like a normal girl from the surface now. Looking into her eyes he saw they were brown, not glowing green or blue. Just a normal chocolate brown.

Placing her on the ground she looked up at him, her eyes filled with tears of gratitude, "Thank you." she said before she walked over and climbed up to her hidey hole and disappeared into it.

It felt good, what he did. Looking upwards he saw the Big Sister was standing there still. He couldn't see her clearly, but his guess was she was happy with his choice.

"Thank you sir. My employer will repay you, somehow." She told him before she left in a hurry.

Red was silent for a time before he spoke. "Fine... I guess you can let this one go. But sooner or later you'll see things my way. I still need to get you to The Lounge, better hurry up, there's a Splicer group coming this way." he warned.

"How come I haven't seen one yet? Dad always said they were everywhere." Jacob asked curiously.

"Oh you'll see." Jacob couldn't shake the feeling that Red was resisting the urge to laugh at his ignorance...

Evil Jacob.

Jacob looked at the Big Sister, and then back down at the Little Sister in his arms. He had heard the Little Sisters had alot of Adam. But if he harvested the little girl the girl would die, and his father would be disappointed. He knew his Dad couldn't make decisions for him now, this is his decision... not his father's.

Looking at Andy Jacob was suddenly realized something. He got it now, he was free. All the rules and restrictions on the surface didn't apply any more. If he wanted something and it was within his power then he could take it. He finally got what Andrew Ryan was talking about.

By the sweat of his brow... he would leave his mark on this world.

Making his choice he dropped the Little Sister on the ground. she got up and rubbed her bottom before looking up at Jacob, as if to why he dropped her like that. The light coming from his helmet turned from a friendly green to a menacing red instantly. As the light fell on Andy, she got scared. "Big Brother... you would never hurt me... right?" She whispered in fright as she backed away from Jacob, scared as to why he was looking at her like that.

Her legs got tangled and she tripped. She got up and tried to run away but a hand latched onto her shoulder, crying out in pain she barely had time to look back at her new friend as his right arm flew forward before everything turned black.

"Good show old boy. I thought you were going to ignore me for a second there." Red laughed.

Looking up from the lifeless body of Andy Jacob looked at the Big Sister, she was shaking her head at him. It was obvious she was suffering from what she had seen. "I thought you were different... that you had a heart. But no, your just a monster. just like the rest of them." She talked in barely a whisper but he still heard her through the radio.

Feeling a sharp pain in his chest Jacob collapsed to his knees. His breath cam in ragged gasps as his actions caught up to him. "It... it hurts. It feels like a part of me is dying." he muttered.

"That's your innocents kid. You won't need it. Welcome to Rapture." Red told him dismissively.

Jacob didn't know what he was feeling as he stood back up. It was a very powerful one, one of a dictator who wants to reign supreme. Causing nothing but pain to get what he wants, what he found both terrifying and exhilarating was... he liked it.

To be continued...

BETA'd by: Slicerness