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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
Last Updated : 2022-08-20THE 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
Last Updated : 2022-08-22THE FORTRESS Chapter 26
"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
Last Updated : 2022-08-24THE 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
Last Updated : 2022-08-25THE 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
Last Updated : 2022-09-11THE FORTRESS Chapter 29
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
Last Updated : 2022-09-11THE FORTRESS Chapter 30
"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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"AFTER BRINGING THE scrawnies under our control then what next?" Henry asked, intruding his father's privacy even though he had said he wanted to be alone.Virion chuckled as he laid on the bed before speaking."I must say that I am really impressed with you. You've grown to be a very smart, charming young man," he teased."Answer the question," Henry blurted. He was not having it easy with his father. The only reason he had not opposed Virion's plans was because he was his father and furthermore, he wouldn't want to do it in the presence of the rest of his crew. This time around, Virion must let him in and expose all his cards to him if he wanted his support. Henry had his plans also and the only way his father could buy him over is if he let's him know his plans.Why would he decide to hurt thousands of innocent citizens?How was he able to bring Zoe and Evan to the ship with just a spell?!"Then we enter a diplomatic relation with the government. That way, we can—""What's that,"
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"ARE YOU SURE you'd make it to work with all of these stuff storming the city," a red haired woman was asking her husband who remained adamant and chose to head to work that morning irrespective of the scrawnies storming the city and it made her worried."Yes daddy, you shouldn't go. They look scary, like monsters," a boy of about ten years old voiced out, suddenly turning from the television he had been watching to chip into the conversation between his dad and mom.Ian adjusted his already knotted tie that seemed to be of discomfort to him at the moment."Come on, it is only happening at one side of the city. I have to get to work," Ian replied both his wife and child before picking up his briefcase.His wife knew there was nothing she could do to change his mind. The only thing she could do was to hope that he came back alive.Ian knew he made the wrong choice by opting to go to work. But, he needed to clear his head and understand somethings. He woke up this morning with his wi
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"WHAT! WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Jared said as he jolted awake to his king sized bed in his room. His mother was the first person he beheld as he jumped from his sleep.She was staring in surprise, wondering what kind of dream would have made her son react the way he did from his sleep."What's wrong? Are you okay?" Joanne asked, sitting beside her son on the bed."No, yes..I mean..no," Jared stuttered in confusion trying to understand what happened and how he arrived home."How did I get here?" Jared asked after realizing he had no memory of returning home from the fortress."What do you mean? This is where you have always been, your home," his mother chuckled, hiding her confusion. Deep down inside, she wished she understood what her son was saying."No, no way," Jared said, holding his head with his hands in disappointment. He jumped from his bed to his feet and paced before replying his mother's confused gaze fixed on him."I mean yes, this is my home," Jared quickly said after noticin
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SARAH UNCONSCIOUSLY SQUEEZED the masculine hand that was placed on her hand before she woke from her long sleep of recovery. Her involuntary action of gripping Michael's hand was as a result of the nightmare she had. She had no full memory of the dream but she knew she was falling from somewhere very high and was letting out an horrific scream. But, before her body reached the ground to be shattered to pieces, her eyes opened in slits and a blurry figure was standing before her. She shut her eyes and opened them slowly feeling a new surge of energy. The figure before her was no one else than her lover Michael. A faint smile escaped her lips at the sight of him.Michael smiled back and gripped her hand. She had not even realized they were holding hands until Michael squeezed and her eyes moved to the side of the bed where their hands were interlocked."I'm glad you are back," Michael said as their eyes met and with immediate effect they dove into a sensual kiss."I thought I had lost
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ALFRED SLAMMED A leathered-back book on the huge table in the laboratory that was surrounded by the guardians except for Jared and Ruby. It was late at night and Jared was nowhere to be found since he decided to try talking Ruby out of leaving the Fortress."Did you guys even take a walk around the ship to see how it looks like? How large it was?" Alfred asked, raising his face from the book on the table to Jamie's face."We couldn't even see the ship but I suppose it was very large. It would have so many rooms and the interior was cool," Jamie replied."Ruby will help us with that. She knows the ship pretty well, it's the same that was brought here to carry out their operation," Jared's voice was heard through out the laboratory and a flurry of wind swept through the room. Everyone in the lab threw their face to the exit door of the laboratory to see who owned the voice.Jared was seen walking into the laboratory briskly while Ruby ordinarily lingered behind him."Jared!" Jamie sho
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"WHAT MAKES YOU think those kids are not coming or making a plan," Michael asked. He had been engaging in a conversation with Henry since forever and it was reasonable so far."They won't," Henry replied, shutting his eyes and tilting his head to the back slightly to lean on the cushion sofa in his room."They would use today and tomorrow to come up with a executable plan, we move tomorrow morning. Just because I was disconnected for few minutes doesn't mean I'm no longer in control. Or don't you trust me?""I do," Michael replied. After thinking for few minutes and observing the silence, he started."How do you plan on getting Zoe and Evan out. Probably, capture Ruby again?" He asked.Henry smirked before replying."After bringing Virion back to life, things are going to change Michael," Henry was looking directly into Michael's eyes.Michael found his voice, few seconds after pondering on the statement."What do you mean things are going to change," he asked, confusion was evident
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"ARE WE SURE we are in the right forest?" Jamie asked as they had been ruminating the forest for more than an hour now."Yes, we are. I can feel it but it's like the ship is not visible. Like it's abstract," Jared replied."We'd find it, don't bother," Jamie encouraged."Wait, something is wrong. I can feel it." Jared suddenly paused."In what way was the fortress protected? The ship is here, we just can't see it. Let's see if we can feel it." Jared shut his eyes for few seconds then opened them again before moving, taking calculated steps.After few seconds of walking, he stretched out his hands and he felt something. He traced it further with his palms and realized it could be the ship they were looking for."I found it already," Jared said softly."Are you sure," Jamie asked unsure of what he felt but he kept a smiling face anyways as he approached Jared."You don't necessarily have to come to where I am. You can stand at the other side and feel it," Jared said and his friend und
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THE RAYS OF blue light that emanated from the large metal halo scared Sarah who was laying on a stretcher in front of it. She flinched on the soft foam she was on."Are you done?" She asked turning her head upwards, uncomfortably so she could know what was going on behind her back.She stared at the blue lights that radiated the halo and the wires connected to it. The connection wasn't something deep. The wires were directly placed on the halo as it radiated with energy light rays in it's large round center. And the wires were connected to her head directly as a passage to her brain. It just stood there on several parts of her head. The light blue spread laid on the stretcher was complementing her light blue round-neck shirt.Without looking up, Henry replied. He was squatting in front of the halo and was placing the wires on it.The energy rays that radiated the halo in blue looked magnificent and the most beautiful sight to behold.The next thing on his mind was to get the spell bo
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RUBY'S HEART WAS pounding with every step she took but she was determined to make it out of the ship. All the time she had spent there, she had felt nothing but worry and regret. She wondered if she had been charmed by Henry. The only thing she cared about at the moment was getting back to the guardians, especially Jared.It was in the early hours of the morning and the sun was not up yet. As she sneaked out of the ship, the rush of cold wind that hit her gave her goosebumps immediately. She shivered a little before picking to her heels.The early morning sun was unforgiving as the intensity of the heat increased. Ruby wiped the beads of sweat off her face as she ran. The temperature of the sun was not in her favor at all. Nevertheless, she held her pace. There was no way she could have guessed that the ship was located in the open forest, one she was familiar with. The same forest outside of the city she had met Alex.Everyone else was given the freewill to leave the ship except fo
