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THE FORTRESS Chapter 23
AFTER HENRY'S ENCOUNTER with Jared, he headed straight to where he could find Lily Bradley, the owner of the fortress and also his mother whom he had helped kill his father. He would never forget the expression of shock and betrayal on his father's face before he died. Zoe had told him not to kill anyone anymore but the more he approached his mother's den—when she was with his father, she was referred to as the lioness because of her vast skill in martial arts even though she had no extraordinary abilities. The more he felt his blood raging with anger at his mother for tricking him into killing his father. He opened the door and she was sitting right behind a large table. He could remember the table clearly. He was taught school work on that table. Her legs were crossed like she was waiting for him and a smile was on her face. The truth was that, Lily had been waiting for him and her wait had not just started today, but ever since he left. She knew he'd come back one day raging
THE FORTRESS Chapter 24
JARED RUSHED TO the laboratory as soon as darkness overshadowed the earth. He had remembered Hay; the A.I Alex had created for him. Hay probably had answers to most of his questions, if not all. He had a strong feeling that Alex created Hay to be a computerized version of himself. The Laboratory lights were off and it was extremely dark. "Hay, lights on". Jared said and hoped for a reply. After few seconds, the lights came on and Jared felt lissed. "Welcome Jared", the computerized voice said and Jared realized he was not totally wrong. If not anything else, Hay's voice was a replica of Alex's voice. The laboratory felt empty without Alex in it. Jared had never been to the laboratory and it was void of Alex's presence. He knew he was going to miss him badly. As he thought of Alex, flashes of his dead father appeared in his head and he heaved a sigh. The room was clean now. The puddle of blood and the splatters were all washed away. Alex's body had been put away and the lar
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"Are you for real?", Wong asked. Everything was going too far and seemed to be intertwined. "This is unbelievable", Dawn added. She was in total shock just like every guardian except for Jamie."How do you know this?", Santiago asked, his eyebrows raised. "I have a picture of him with Mrs Bradley in my room in between a magic book", Jared replied. "He is right. I've seen it too". Jamie supported the notion of his friend. It wasn't even just a notion it was reality. "What?", He frowned as he noticed all eyes were fixed on him. "How did you know?",Jared asked. "I never remembered showing you anything like that". "Jar, that picture, that book had been there before you arrived and I've heard the name Henry a couple of times long before you arrived but i had no idea he was Mrs Lily's son. Jamie spoke about him to me few times but he never mentioned that he was Mrs Lily's son?". Jamie replied Jared's question and every eye fixed on him seemed to be satisfied with the answer he had give
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"Really Jared, this is your decision?", Jamie asked, totally disappointed that his friend thought leaving was the best idea. Jared heaved a sigh as he tucked the last set of folded clothes neatly into his duffel bag. "Yes, Jamie", he replied without looking at his friend and pretending to be concentrating on the clothes he was stuffing into his bag. He could tell Jamie was disappointed but to him, leaving is the best thing to do with Alex gone and Mrs Lily emotionally downcasted, it wasn't the only reason though. "You are just going to leave? You are going to let Alex's murderer get away? That's so not fair", Jamie said again, hoping he'd convince him. Jared zipped his bag before raising his head to look at Jamie. "No offence Jamie but Alex murdered someone and that's not fair either". Jared said and raised the cloth-stuffed bag to his back before walking to the door. "Jared", Jamie called out to him as he reached for the door knob. "I don't know what else to say to you
THE FORTRESS Chapter 27
BEFORE RUBY OPENED her eyes, she knew she was in somewhere strange. From the texture of the bed she was laying on, to the smell of the room communicated to her that her current whereabout is completely different from her regular place of abode. She opened her eyes in slits and she was not wrong. A bright bulb fixated at the ceiling shone so bright that she had to shut her eyes as quick as she opened them. After opening her eyes more slowly, the ray of light emanating from the bulb didn't seem so bright anymore. As she passed her gaze around the room trying to figure out where she was, her eyes met the eyes of another man who was sitting at the corner of the room on a single cushion chair. She jolted as she had not noticed the man's presence all these while, probably because he had been in the room before she woke. "Henry," she said as the face peering into hers was one she could recognize. She felt a slight headache and placed her palm on her forehead. "We've been waiting fo
THE FORTRESS Chapter 28
JARED KEPT TOSSING in his bed as he tried to find a comfortable position that would put him to sleep but every position he took made him more uncomfortable. He sat up on his bed and heaved a sigh. He began hearing sobs and he knew no one in the house was sobbing. He closed his eyes and listened carefully but he couldn't decipher who was in so much tears to the extent of gasping for breath. He moved to the living room and saw his mother snuggled in the couch and her head on Bennie's lap as he sat with his right hand wrapped around her waist. They were both watching the television. As he turned to retrace his steps back upstairs, Bennie called out to him with his head turned to face him in an awkwardly uncomfortable manner. "Jared." Joanne sat up and turned at the mention of her son's name. "Can't sleep?" She asked in a whisper loud enough to be heard by Jared who was a couple of feet away from them. He replied with a nod. "Come sit here," she beckoned to him as she adjuste
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THE CONSTANT TICK-TOCK sound that emanated from the wall clock adjacent to Jared rung loudly in his ears as his focus was totally on the giant time piece.Every ticking of each second looked like an hour to Jared. Sleep refused to visit him as usual and this time, he was highly disturbed as a result of the irrational decision he had made.Bennie was totally right, leaving his friends at this point in time was very unwise. He could see Jamie's teary face in the wall clock.He shut his eyes and waved his head severally to erase the picture from his mind.He couldn't wait for a new Dawn to make up for his mistakes. How would he even do that? A plan. A plan to find Henry. If he could come up with a good plan that would render their opposition useless they'd probably forgive him.Pictures of Ruby flashed in his head and he felt his heart sunk.Just at that moment, a warm hand was placed on his shoulder. The degree of warmness of the hand was so high that he could feel the temperature throu
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"I DON'T KNOW Michael. But, I feel he is pushing too hard. I need time for myself. I just discovered my abilities recently and it has not been easy for me," Sarah said as she snuggled obscenely comfortable into the king sized bed in Michael's room."He pushes everyone to do better, that's what a coach does," Michael replied as he rubbed his hands over his slightly damped hair that hung down his back. His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing his whitish pale skin and a scar on the left side of his chest from an injury that had almost cost him his life as a child."What's that?" Sarah asked with worry on her face as she pointed to the red scar on his chest that was partly covered by his unbuttoned shirt."What's what?" Michael snapped in alertness as he flitted his glare to her. He had no idea what she saw but as far as he was concerned, it's best to always be on the lookout."On your chest, like a scar."Michael quickly swung the left part of his shirt open and bowed his head slightly to
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