Joseph arrives to his home and finds his father on the ground. He bends to his father and places his fingers at his neck. He finds that his father is breathing with not much harm done to him.
He then runs down the hall into his mother’s bedroom, opening the door quickly. He sees that she is alright. She rises out of her covers knowing that something is wrong by the way that he opened the door.
“What’s wrong Joseph Arlington, and don’t lie to me.” Beverly said wide awake in an instant. Joseph looks at his mother in the dark with a quiet look. She squints at him as he slides out of the room.
She gets out of the bed and follows him down the hall further. He sees Natalia’s door is open. He looks in the room to see that her bed was empty. Joseph’s face frowns in pure anger. Beverly looks in the room then looks to him.
“Where is your sister? I thought you dropped her off here.” Beverly said. She turns around hearing footsteps. Dan was rubbing his neck. “She was taken by some woman…trained…” Dan said. Joseph pushes his way through his parents at hearing his father say that.
“Where are you going son?” Dan asked. “I’m going to get my sister.” Joseph said. “You don’t know where she is. Let’ me call the police Joseph.” Beverly said.
Joseph was already out of the door though. Dan throws his hands up in defeat. Beverly calls the police as he sits in the chair.
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Joseph walks to the cliffs. He looks over the cliff edge to see a vessel out in the distance. He climbs down the ladder. When he gets to the bottom he walks to the dock. He gets into the boat.
He sees a body lying under covers. He pulls the covers off and sees Annabelle sleeping soundly on the boat. He sighed. He puts the covers on her then walks to the boast. He hoists the sails up setting sail towards the boat out in sea.
He reaches O’Connor’s large boat. He docks. He senses someone behind him and he spins around. Annabelle was looking at him with questioning eyes.
“What are you doing?” Annabelle asked him. “They have Natalia. I’m going to get her back.” Joseph said.
She looks in his eyes. She shakes her head. “No you’re not. You have the look of a man in defeat. You’re going to give yourself up aren’t you?” She asked him with fire in her voice. Joseph takes her arms in his hands.
“I know what I’m doing. I wouldn’t get close of enough to her to save princess. They’d slay her before I could make it. I have to do this Annie.” “Don’t call me Annie…and don’t do this. You can’t help them.” Annie said to him.
“Annabelle…I have to do this. I’m not going to leave my sister in their hands. As soon as she is on this boat, get away from here. They’ll keep their word, as far as I know. So, please, leave me behind and forget me.” Joseph tells her.
Annabelle looks away from. She looks down into the boards of the boat. She turns back and he was almost at the top of the sail.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QLErIl59w
“My mother told me, that a man on a mission is a man who expects not to come back. You aren’t a man on mission are you?” she asks of him. “No…I’m a man who wants to save my sister. You’ll see me around.” He informs her leaping off the top of the sail onto the other boat.
He walks down the metal, cold, clanging, and disturbing to the normal mind. He looks at the top of the command center, seeing Paul O’Connor looking down with pride in his eyes.
Joseph wanted to wipe that smugness right out of his face. It made him sick that Paul would resort to kidnapping a child. She had nothing to do with what was going on. She was just a bargaining chip though.
Marcia, Paul’s right-hand man came out with Natalia in her arms. She was fighting to get away from the woman. She looks at Joseph. She gives him a look, telling him to get away while he could. Joseph refused to pay attention to her face though. He kept his attention on the imposing figure of Paul O’Connor.
“Nice of you to come son.” Paul said. “Don’t call me that. I’m not your son. I came because you have someone I care about and I don’t want that to change. You let her go and the person who accompanied me and I am all yours.” Joseph said.
“Oh, I know. I’m very familiar with this type of deal son. Don’t worry, your sister will be find and so will dear Annabelle Lightman. As long as you do what I wish, nothing will happen to them. I can keep my bargain, what about you?” Paul said.
“I can keep it. Let her go.” Paul then nods to Marcia. She releases Natalia. Natalia jumps down. She runs to her big brother and hugs him tightly. He hugs her back. He whispers something into her ear. She looks down shuffling her feet. She walks away from him, not turning back to him.
Men surround him. Joseph looks at Paul. Paul smiles turning away, disappearing into the darkness. Joseph is hit in the back of the head, and then dragged off.
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Joseph wakes up in the IOSTA headquarters. He looks around as scientist move around him. He was connected to a machine. Paul stood in front of him.
“Would you be surprised that what it is meant by you are needed to activate the product, is actually meant to activate it for all people in the IOSTA? Isn’t that interesting? My men have found out that it is possible to adapt it by using someone that is already invulnerable to it. You son, are our patient 0. We need you to activate all the batches for all the agents.
You are doing us a great service. You shouldn’t feel like you’ve failed the world. Bigger men have fallen to me and by that I mean Chang Fo.” Paul said to him.
“You’re a sick man Paul. All you care about is control and power. These people will never follow you if someone else was to lead them.” Joseph said tugging at the chains holding him.
“And who would lead them? You? Please.” “Maybe not now but maybe one day when you truly fail them Paul. Fear will keep you in power for only so long.” “Perhaps so…but they will all be blinded by my commands. They won’t have a chance to turn. How does that sound Joseph?”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54845GNpKY
“Terrible. You’re using them as puppets to storm the world with dangerous animals. They won’t have the control that I’ve had to learn.” “Precisely. They won’t…but, that is still useful. A ravenous pack of wolves is better than none at all.” “You were the one that sent the wolves.” “After you and that girl? Yes, only to test you. You performed well I might add too. Anyhow, shall we get started Joseph? I do tire of talking business. I like to see results.”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhxkWJVYts
Paul backs away from Joseph. The scientists stick a needle into him. Joseph looks at the IV in his arm watching red liquid leak into him. He felt himself changing into the animal. He growled and his eyes turned yellow. He started to convulse and the IV on his other man started to output yellow liquid into a batch processer.
“It’s working sir.” One scientist reported. “You made a mistake Paul….YOU’VE TRIFLED WITH ME! I’m the greatest of Chang Fo’s students…control is all I know!” Joseph roared.
Joseph tugs at the chains and they shatter under his enhanced strength. Men come in shooting at him. They find themselves in the wall from Joseph’s impressive speed and power. Paul widens his eyes. “Oh it’s time to go.” He said disappearing into the shadows.
Joseph tears through the lab in an animalistic manner. He smashes the vat of formula. The formula flows out. He grabs a lighter and lights it. Men start coming in. He takes them down by jumping on them.
He starts to think of Annabelle. He calms down to his brown eyes once again. He takes a blade from a man that he had taken down. He runs out of the lab towards the exit.
An army came to face him. Joseph slides to a stop. Neither Paul nor Marcia was anywhere to be found. The pawns were there to slow him down. Joseph knew he would not slow down. He was in control of this game.
He guessed that all of the formula was in that vat. It could take them years to make another vat. So this was only here to put him on the chopping block. Joseph smirks on the side of his face slightly. He spins the blade a few times.
He runs into the army of men snarling and his eyes turn a light yellow…
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Annabelle held Natalia in her arms. It had been two days. They were still on the Arlington porch together. It was dusk dark.
Joseph walks onto the porch. They were both napping together out of worry. He smiles at them both. Joseph kisses Natalia then walks into the house.
In the living room was Beverly. She looks at him. She had tears in her eyes. She gets up and hugs her son. He was covered in the dried blood of those who dared block his path to freedom.
“You’re back my son…your back. You saved you sister. How?” she asked him. Joseph looks at his mother. “I’d rather not say. I wouldn’t be your son anymore.” Joseph said. He pulls away from his mother, and then walks towards the back.
“I love you son.” Beverly told her miracle child. He looks back with a faint smile. He continues towards the bathroom to clean up. Beverly sits in relief that her son was home.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhgLeYIgB3
