Chapter 8: death is just the beginning
Back at miss Lou's apartment, Kelly sat on the one seater couch. It had been a couple of minutes since she'd been here and honestly, she wouldn't think to do such in her right senses but. Jack's was missing and somehow, this old had knew of his disappearance.
"Are you sure he's coming?" Kelly impatiently asked, clutching her scarlet dress. She was surprised she managed to keep come this long, but now she was just frustrated.
"Of course darling.. you don't have to worry about anything, he'll be here soon." She smiled, tapping her fingers on the chair's armrest.
'Where the hell is this idiot? I can't keep stalling her for long.' Lou frowned panicking a bit, staring at the door.
"Who are you waiting for?" Kelly suddenly asked, snapping miss Lou from her trance.
"Huh?"
"Well you keep staring at the door from time to time, so I assumed you were waiting for someone else." Kelly queried, her senses on high alert. The hairs on her arms standing straight, in testament to the danger she felt from this old woman.
It was already a shocker she'd been in miss Lou's house this long, but now she was beginning to question her ever coming here.
"You know what, I should probably leave and look for jack elsewhere." Kelly stood up, having waited enough. The clock was ticking fast against her, and she couldn't sir down idly any longer.
"What! But I told you he's coming didn't I? So you never truly loved him, hmph! Teenagers." Miss Lou pouted folding her arms, turning Kelly's words against her.
"Whatever.. thank you again for your hospitality, but I must be on my way now." Kelly said walking away.
"I-if you walk out that door now you'll never see jack again, cause I know where he is!" Miss Lou screamed playing psychological effects, trying to manipulate Kelly with her love for jack. And it worked, as the latter had now stopped in her tracks turning round.
"You know.. I didn't know why I didn't think of this at first, but he's probably at the office." During her time sitting down, her mind wandered on the possible places jack could be, and that's when it hit her.
'The office, of course! How could I have forgotten.' She wanted to smack her head, at how foolish she'd been. The office was the most obvious choice jack would be considering his background, and the little stunt they pulled off today.
'But what could he be doing there?' She wondered, as the gates were always locked after checkout.
'Unless.. oh no!' She inwardly screamed, her heart sinking. 'How could I have been so naive and stupid.' She blamed herself for being so dumb and slow, as jack must've definitely been caught and brought to the office for questioning.
'Shit! how does she know he's at the office?' Miss Lou cursed. She recognized those guards as j and j officials, because of their tags. So she knew jack would certainly be taken to his workplace.
"You're not going anywhere bitch!" Miss lou screamed snapping, and pouncing on Kelly. Taken aback, Kelly was pushed down to the sofa as she struggled with this deranged old woman.
'How the hell is she this strong?' Kelly wondered struggling a bit. For someone of 60+ years, miss Lou was surprisingly still strong.
"We're going to have so much fun." Miss Lou grinned evily, protruding her head down to Kelly's blossoms. Her mouth wide open, eagerly waiting to suck it.
"Get off you hag!" Kelly screamed inserting energy into her legs, kicking miss Lou away. Sending her crashing down to the wooden table.
Getting up, Kelly sprang towards the door in hopes to escape but unfortunately, luck wasn't on her side today.
"Why in a hurry honey?" A muscular guy with red spiky hair snarled, seductively licking his lips as his eyes trailed Kelly's body. Before the latter could utter a word, she was forcefully hit in the head with an item.
"Fucking bitch.. made me lose my turn on."
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Back at j and j enterprise, jack laid on the floor conscious but in a dire state. He was bleeding all over from head to toe, with his body battered. His face was all bruised and swollen with red marks, making him hard to recognize.
"Well that was fun." Elder, one of the guards stationed at j and j smiled cracking his knuckles. They were all red and stained with blood, some his but mostly from Jack.
Chuckling they had a smug grin on their faces, proud of what they just did.
'Ring! ring...'
"Yes boss?" Elder calmly spoke in a respectful tone.
"The boy?" Ronald asked, making elder grin more.
"The debt has been repaid just like you asked."
"Good.. I need you guys at the meet up now. Oh! and get him an ambulance, we don't want him dying on us. It'll be bad for business."
"Understood." Elder nodded ending the call.
"Boss says he needs us all at the meet up spot now." Elder said to which they nodded, walking out one by one. Stopping elder turned, staring at jack with malicious intent.
"You guys go on ahead, I'll meet up. I have some unfinished business to attend to." Elder waved to which they shrugged heading out. Having dismissed his colleagues, elder grinned widely walking towards jack.
"I won't lie, you put up quite a fight Anderson. I never thought you had the balls." Jack chuckled in a mocking tone.
"To be honest I thought you didn't have any balls, which makes an idea pop into my mind." Reaching in his pocket he brought out a small pocket knife, placing it on the floor besides jack.
"Here.. I'll give you another opportunity. Pick it up and show me what you got." Elder gestured smirking. Reaching out jack grabbed the knife, gritting through the pain and broken bones struggling to get up.
All his life he didn't know what he wanted, but right now he could never be so sure. He wanted revenge to kill elder, and everyone one of the officials in j and j enterprise.
"Yes come on, that's it." Elder smiled cheering jack on. The latter toiling to get up could feel his legs wobbly, but he still fought on.
'Have to kill.' Jack chanted in his head halfway up. Adding whatever little strength he had left his body rejected it, causing him to fall to the floor face first.
"Haha! what a waste." Elder scoffed with a bit of disgust. "You don't deserve to live boy, death would be mercy for you." Leaning in, he then whispered some words in Jack's ear.
"I promise to take care of Kelly when you're gone." He said, earning low growls from Jack. Ignoring jack empty threats, elder then pulled down his pants and underwear urinating on jack.
"Oh this feels so good, Wouldn't you agree Anderson?" He asked but received no reply.
"Don't you fucking ignore me you-" he couldn't finish his sentence, as jack cleanly sliced off his little brother.
"Argh!!" Elder screamed in pain, clutching his severed member with blood gushing out from the spot.
"A-anderson?" He stuttered in shock, fear overwhelming him staring at jack. He could feel an omnious aura excluding from Jack, as this wasn't the same office worker anymore.
"Must kill." Jack chanted, slowly making his way to elder.
"N-no~ get the fuck away from me!" Elder screamed crawling away, but jack wouldn't let him. Raising the knife he stabbed it to elder's neck. It penetrated, but it wasn't that deep to instantly kill elder. But that was exactly what jack wanted.
"Must kill." Jack said void of life, raising the knife up and stabbing down again to elder's neck. Repeating this process couple of times, the latter stopped moving.
Taking a deep breath jack then searched elder, grabbing his identities and passes. Some bones in his legs were broken but he didn't care, he was going to get revenge at all cost.
Reaching down, luckily he could still see the group of about 6 j and j officials in front. Tailing them they lead him past the company's gold mining spot, going further down a deserted road which then led to a wide deserted land.
Hiding behind some containers, jack could see Ronald and Kelly standing in the center of a small crater. Soon a vehicle pulled up, and out came a man jack clearly recognized.
"Bryan fisher." he was the head of enders power source(EPS). The energy conservation bunker was far away from here, which made jack wonder what Bryan was doing here.
"Mr Bryan nice-"
"Where's my money?" Bryan impatiently asked cutting Ronald short.
"Haha! of course" Ronald gestured, as a j and j guard brought forth a black case giving it to Bryan. Opening it, the latter was stunned a bit by the bright light
"G-golden bars?" Jack stuttered in shock, staring at the gold bars stacked together. During his years at j and j he'd seen gold bars only once, but never were they this big.
"How do you like the prototype?" Bryan smiled closing the case, placing it in his vehicle.
"It's perfect." Ronald chuckled, tapping Kelly's head which made Jack's blood boil more.
"Have you tested it yet?"
"Yes, and let's just say it was too good not to believe."
"It's powered by an energy orb which lasts for about a week, before needed to be replaced by another core." Bryan explained, to which Ronald nodded already aware of the details.
'Prototype.. energy orb? Wait.. Isn't this the secret program the government broadcasted two years ago?' Jack could see the similarities, as the government had broadcasted a secret program which made use of agathe's energy orb.
According to them it would make life more easier, more efficient, and cut loses for all.
'Bastards. so this is their way of cutting loses.' Jack frowned, clearly knowing what they meant. They were making androids to replace humans, which meant there wouldn't be need for humans in this world.
"Am glad that's not Kelly." Jack was relieved his suspicions were right, and that wasn't Kelly.
"But still they have to pay." The j and j guards were stationed at Ronald's back, for some reason. The android was besides Ronald which seemed to be asleep or off, as it hadn't moved since.
'Now's my chance.' Jack thought, not wanting to miss this opportunity. Running as fast as he could, he exerted what little energy he had left speeding to his target.
Taken aback seeing jack, the officials sprang forth but jack had already passed them.
"Die!" He screamed plunging the knife forth. before his attack reached it was intercepted, by none other than the android.
Not holding back it shoved it's arm into Jack's chest, pulling out his heart.
Choking on his own blood, his eyes grew blurry with strength rapidly leaving him. The only image flashing in his eyes was that of Kelly.
He was loosing his sense of hearing, but kept on hearing just one voice replaying over and over in his head.
'Death is just the beginning.' The dark omnious voice said, as his vision faded into darkness.