Chapter 3 A Look into a Grim Goal
Three months have passed since we departed one another, I have discovered many of their secrets, but I still have no clue what they are doing with the children that they are abducting. I must stay cool though, I don't want to ruin the mission over a dumb decision. I have gained Dave's complete trust, he comes to me for everything, even advice in his personal life, I have access to all of the rooms in any and every base, and last of all, every member in the organization knows who I am. Honestly it's quite handy, because of my reputation, I can just walk up to one of the millions of members, and it's like a light will flash in their heads and they know who I am.
"Hi, my name is Command Sergeant Major Jason, authorization code z," I say, walking up to a man. "Sir, sorry for the delay, you can pass," he instantly replies. Although I might have access to all of their rooms, I don't know the location of every single room. "No problem, I am not in a rush," I said. I know the location of the information room, but the problem lies within the fact that I am just not in the mood to deal with a computer. I walk down the half-lit hallway until I reach a room with an advanced steel door, man he wants no outsider knowing what he is up to. I enter the 10 digit passkey to the door and wait until I hear a click. Dave knows that I am on his side, so I am free to do as I please around here.
I give the door a heavy push, causing it to screech while opening. "Man, this door needs some wd-40," I mumbled to myself. When I walk into the room, the light sensor turns on the blinding overhead lights. There are many computers here but, I need only one of them to gain access to the information that I need. "I wonder when the last time someone was in this room," I pondered to myself. I power on a large computer in the corner of the room, waiting around 5 minutes for it to finally boot up. When logged onto the network, I could not believe my eyes. "No, this is not true. How could he do this?" I asked myself in shock from looking at the security cameras.
Meanwhile in Tennessee
"What are you planning on doing? What are your goals in abducting children?" I ask a member after bloodying him up. "The boss told me that they were needed for his research. I swear that is all that I know," he pleaded. "That's all I need to know," I say, knocking him out with a punch. I have already been all across the US, I am honestly surprised at the number of bases that a single organization needs. Despite this, I wonder why he would need children for his research, it just doesn't make any sense. As my mind starts to wonder, I receive a phone call, it's Jason, maybe he has found some useful information. I answered the call to hear, "Sir, we need to put a stop to them now!" "What is it Jason?" I ask him. "They are using them for mutations," he panicked. "Calm down, what do you mean by mutations?" I ask. "I mean what I said, they are mutating them. Some of them are half cat, half wolf, half bunny, half mouse,etc" he said. "Half cat, half bunny…" my thoughts began to drift. "Forgive me sir, but this is not some anime tv show, they are chained and receiving shots by force. These shots have animal genes in them. The children are in serious pain sir, we need to make a move," he stated. "Sorry about that, you're right, we must make a move," I said, being interrupted by another phone call. "Perfect timing! Jason, I am adding this caller to the phone call," I said. "It's been a long time Jason," the person said. "No way, how the hell are you still alive? Master Odin erased your existence 13,000 years ago, it is not possible for you to still be living," he questioned. "Yes, it is true that he attempted to erase my existence, but as you are very well aware of, I am composed of anti-matter. Anti-matter cannot be destroyed, it might be deformed, but it will re-combine to its original form after a short period of time. He did not destroy me, instead he scattered me," the person explained. "You mean, Master lied?" Jason questioned.
"No, he did not lie, technically it could be argued that he destroyed me," the person responded. "What he is saying is, anti-matter cannot be destroyed. It itself is a destroyer to all things that have matter, which is literally everything," I said. "I think I understand now. What you are saying is that he was just wounded for a little bit of time but not destroyed," Jason questioned. "Yes, that is exactly it, you my friend are a quick learner," the person said, complimenting him. "Now that, that is out of the way, we must discuss the matter at hand. Children are being abducted all over the US, for the sole purpose of scientific research, we will have to be even more careful with this mission then all of the others that we have ever done," I explained. "What do you suppose that we do?" Jason asked. "We definitely need to keep a low profile throughout this operation, one wrong move could make things go south," the person stated. "I agree with you about that, also we have to make sure that we know what they are trying to achieve from mutating these children," I added.
"I don't know why, but I sure know one thing, I don't like or support what they are doing at all," Jason raged. "Like I said Jason, calm down, proceed with the mission as we planned. We will all meet up in 4 days, make sure that I know the location and have a uniform, id, etc, so that I will blend in," I stated. "Jason, make sure that you stay on high alert, and don't give Dave any suspicions towards you," the person said. "Command Sergeant Major Jason, I see that you have taken an interest in my research," Dave interrupted. "Can you give me two minutes to get done with this phone call, my mom is on the verge of death so the doctors let her call and talk to me one last time before she passes," Jason cleverly states. "Oh, sorry for interrupting your call, I'll wait outside for you," he said. "Good thinking Jason. Just remember to be careful, and send me all of the necessary items," I finished. "Love you too mom, bye," he acted, hanging up the phone.
"So, why didn't you tell me before that you were undercover for their organization?" I asked. "I was in the process of finding information when I stumbled upon a set of surveillance camera videos on a computer monitor. When I studied it more, I found that it showed the entrance to the lab that they are doing the mutations at," he explained. "Okay, memorize where to find that lab and meet me at Owens Crossroads, Al in 4 days," I replied. "Understood sir," he said, also hanging up the phone.
4 days later, Owens Crossroads, Al
"That will be all that you need to enter the base. Just leave access to the rooms to me," I said, handing Sir Lucifer his uniform. "You are much appreciated Jason," Lucifer replied. We wait outside for the only one who hasn't shown up yet. As I am almost about to leave him behind, he comes. "Took you long enough Hashimoto," I said with sarcasm. "I'm here, so you can rest easy now Jason," he replied. "Oh enough of that, let's go already," Lucifer groaned. I led them through the base and to the door that Hashimoto told me was the door to the lab. After the phone call, Dave told me that his research was his lifelong passion. He also said that when I do discover where the entrance to the lab is, I would be more than welcome to look around. "Prepare yourselves, we're going in," I said after entering the code. The top of the door slid in towards the left, while the center slid up, and the bottom slid in towards the right. Darn, Dave really is creative with his engineering. We entered a medium size room with control panels, buttons, and levers. "I guess this is where they monitor the children's status," Lucifer said, pointing to an image of a young boy that goes by the name Jerry. We proceeded on to the next room, "I guess that this is the preparation room." After leading us down another long hallway, we finally reached the large room.
My mind just couldn't seem to process what I was seeing, and caused me to almost pass out. "Are you alright Jason," asked Hashimoto. "Yes, I'm just fine," I replied, regaining my balance. "Who in their right mind would ever think about doing this to children of their age?" Lucifer asked. "A crazy person. One who is already long since past saving," Hashimoto answered. When I finally regained my strength I found myself staring through the clear glass of a holding area. There inside of the room was the little boy that was shown on the computer monitor screen back there. "Please, help me," the boy cried. I stood in shock, unable to move. "Please, help me, please," the boy pleaded again. I couldn't make my body move instead, I found myself watching as the scientist jerked him by his shoulder and slammed him against the wall. After doing that, he continued to give the boy a shot, causing the boy's body to have muscle spasms.
"Come on, we need to find a way to free them," Lucifer said, giving me a light shove. I started walking and found myself watching as a scientist injected a girl chained by her wrists with genes of a bunny. I continued to walk until I stopped at a sight that made me angry. In the area was a girl, her face was covered with some sort of mask. Her ankles and wrists were chained to one another. As the scientist drew closer to inject the genes of an animal, the little girl used the chains on her wrists to hit the man in the head, this caused him to start bleeding. "You little brat, I told you to stay still," he yelled, slapping her across the face, leaving a red hand mark. The girl began to cry. I gripped my fist in anger. As I was about to kick down the glass, Lucifer stopped me, and said, "I know that it angers you to see a child mistreated like this, but you have to control yourself. Let's keep a watch on him for now." He was right, I will end up screwing this whole thing up if I act irrationally. "You're going to solitary confinement," he said, throwing the girl over his shoulders. "Come on guys, we're going to lose him," I said, tailing him.
After walking for about 2 minutes, he opened one of the many cell doors. He threw the girl on the bed, causing her to hit her back on the walls made from cinder blocks. "Alright girl, you have two options, you can get the mild form of punishment for acting up or the brutal form of punishment, it's your choice," he said. The girl was unconscious from hitting the wall so hard, this pleased him. "Alright, you will receive the mild form of punishment," he said, smirking. He ripped her clothes off of her skinny body, revealing her skin. After this, he used the chains to spread her arms and legs out. He pierced her skin with the needle, and injected the genes. He waited for her body to react to the contents. She awoke as the transformation began to happen. She screamed as her ears began to transform into cat ears and she grew a tail.
"Perfect, be a good kitty would you," he said, as he moved a lit torch up down close to her chest. Her body twitched and she let out a groan, causing her tail to rise. He then began to reach for her chest, only to be bit by her sharp teeth. He jerked back and screamed. "You stupid brat, I will not put up with you acting up no more," he yelled angrily, slapping her across the face. This caused her to spit up some blood. "I'll be back girl," he uttered, rushing in the opposite direction of where we were standing. "We have to go save that girl," I shrieked, walking towards the door. "Wait, you have to wait, we cannot make any rash decisions." Lucifer said, pulling me back around the corner. "No, she is in pain, we must help her," I stated. "Wait until he gets done, then you can save her, and uncover any other secrets that they are hiding," he whispered, as we watched the man enter the cell once more. "Fine," I muttered.
"Did you miss me?" he asked the girl. She tried to say something but failed because of the tape over her mouth. "Time to have some fun little girl," he laughed, fondling her body, and then her ears. He kept going after hearing her moan. She kept moving, trying to get him to stop. "Be still," he urged, striking a whip across her back. She leaned forward and spit up more blood, and he continued. "I said be still," he yelled, whipping her area. She yelled loudly followed by tears.
After seeing this I rushed into the cell. "Stop doing that," I said. "No," he replied. "I order you to stop now," I said, angrily. "Oh yeah, why am I supposed to listen to you? You can't order me around." he stubbornly stated. "You want to play that way, huh? I, Command Sergeant Major Jason, order you to either stop, or get sentenced to death for sexually abusing this girl," I raged. "Wait a minute, you're Jason, the one who's second in command?" he asked, confused. "Yes I am, what of it?" I asked. "I am so sorry sir, I will stop," he stated, backing up. "Oh, and one more thing. If I catch you doing this to anyone else, you will be killed," I yelled. "Y-ye-yes sir," he ran, shaking.
"I'm sorry little girl for what you have had to go through," I calmly said, while unchaining her. After unchaining her, I had Lucifer make her some clothes. I gently removed the tape from over her mouth and untied the blindfold. "Are you okay?" I asked. "Yes, I'm alright thanks to you," she responded, breathing heavily. I began to examine her to see if she had any fatal injuries, thankfully she didn't. When I got done healing her wounds, I dressed her. Wait, I have a feeling that I have seen her before, but where? Can it be, was she the one that I saved back then? I must ask her. "May I ask what your name is?" I asked. "My name is Carissa," she replied. Carissa, what a lovely name, but no time for that. "Carissa, where you saved from a man saying you ran away before?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, how did you know?" she responded. "Don't you remember me? If you don't it's okay. I saved you from the man, and insisted that you stayed with me, unfortunately, you were taken from me," I explained. "I remember that," she cheered. "Jason, we don't have time for a reunion right now, we have to go," Lucifer urged. "Okay," I responded, holding her hand as we walked. "Long time no see Hashimoto Fuji," Dave said from behind. "Dave. What benefit will you get from this research?" asked Hashimoto. "Wrong question, I will not benefit in any way, I simply have had a lifelong passion for half human and half animal children," he responded.
"I mean, I get your feeling but, forcing the children to undergo this painful operation is cruel," I said. "Well, what else am I supposed to do? I don't have any other way to make my passion come true," he replied. "That is a lie. You could simply ask your female members to bear all of the babies so that the process would slowly kick in over a course of time," Lucifer argued. "I thought about that, it is a better solution. However, there isn't a guarantee that I would live until they are old enough to show those traits," he replied. "Let me get this straight, you would rather have the children endure the pain instead of you taking the risk," I exclaimed. "Correct, I have no choice," he claimed.
"That's absurd, you have many options, you could have just asked me to help. Hell, you know for a fact that I could have asked Odin to help you," Lucifer yelled. "I don't even know who you are," Dave claimed. "Bullshit, that is a whole lot of bullshit, you were introduced to me by Hashimoto," Lucifer yelled. "I'm scared," Carissa said, tugging on the back of my shirt. "Don't worry, no one is going to hurt you," I assured her. "I have no time to worry about you right now, I have to see to it that I have no interruptions or I should say, set backs," Dave stated, pulling down a lever. First, the ground began to shake below us. After a few seconds, an explosion went off. "My brothers, my brothers are over there," Carissa cried out, pointing in the direction of the explosion.
"You heard the girl, her brothers are over there," Lucifer repeated. "I heard her the first time she said it. Carissa hop on my back, it is the fastest way to get us there," I explained. "Alright," she said, climbing on. Dave ran off somewhere after he set off the explosion. He might end up causing more trouble to us than I thought. "Hashimoto, go after Dave, don't kill him, only capture him. And Lucifer, you come with me, I might need your help to clear debri out of the way," I ordered. "Sounds like a plan," they both said.
Lucifer and I headed in the direction of the explosion while Hashimoto went after Dave. "You know, what you're doing is just plain out cruel to these children," said Hashimoto, cornering Dave. "I'm afraid I don't have time for lectures right now," he replied, pushing a button that allowed him to get to the other side of the wall. "That won't work Dave," Hashimoto stated, after blowing up the wall by touching it. "Crap, you broke through my wall," he replied, closing a military grade steel door. "Nothing you have will work against me, I am the ruler of anti-matter, anything my body comes into contact with, will explode," Hashimoto responded. "Oh, that's right, I do seem to remember now that you can destroy anything that has mass," he hesitated. "Determination is the best look in the entire world, I find it quite amusing that you have gotten this far," Hashimoto praised. "If it were a different situation, I would thank you for the compliment however, given the circumstances I will have to kindly say, screw you," Dave declared, descending down a flight of stairs.
"Do you think that my brothers are okay?" Carissa asked. "I'm sure that they'll be just fine," I reply with a smile. "Stop right there, this is a restricted area to outsiders," stated a guard. We continued walking towards the direction of the explosion, when the guy pulled out a gun. "I said this is off limits," he insisted. Uh, the nerve of this guy, I honestly wanted to punch him so much that he passed out, but what good would that do, I decided to keep my cool. "I assure you that they are not outsiders, they are with me," I replied. "I was talking to all of you," he smirked. "Is that the way that you talk to your superiors? I am second in command, Command Sergeant Major Jason. Now, stand down before I kill you," I barked. "Sorry my bad, go right ahead sir," he corrected himself. We continued on past him until we started to see debri. "That is one big rock. I don't have any idea how it could've gotten in here but, I can shatter it with ease," Lucifer stated. "Alright then, go ahead and do it," I said, watching as it scattered around us. "Brother," Carissa shrieked, jumping off of my back and running past the rubble.
"There you are sweetie," a middle aged woman said, hugging Carissa. "Mommy, I have missed you so much," she replied. "Where is your other brother at?" the woman asked. "I don't know where he is," she responded. "Ma'm, my name is Jason, and this is Lucifer, we are on an undercover task. We wouldn't mind looking for your other son," I said. "How do I know that I can trust you, I mean this church was supposed to be a long-term daycare, that is not what I see here," the woman replied cautiously. "Don't worry mommy, they're the good guys. That man right there saved me twice," she said, pointing to me. "Is that so? I guess that I could use some assistance," the woman let out a sigh of relief, as she agreed.
I looked around the room to see if I could find a doorway or something similar to get to the lower floor, and sure enough I spotted an elevator door. I walked over to the door and pried it open, only to discover that the elevator cord had been cut. "Lucifer, we are going to have to slide down this elevator cord in order to get to the lower floor. I need you to carry the little boy on your back and I'll carry Carissa," I explained. "If that is the best way to get there then I have no objections," Lucifer replied, grabbing the boy. We slid down the elevator shaft one by one until we saw the opening to the floor. I led us out and onto the floor, and continued to walk through the room with flickering lights. "There are so many children in here," I thought to myself. "Someone, please help me," a voice cried out. "It can't be! Honey, honey!!What have they done to you dear?" the woman questioned, running over to one of the stoves in the corner of the kitchen area.
"What is this area for?" Hashimoto asked, looking at all of the surveillance cameras, levers, buttons, doors, and intercoms. "Just look and watch," he said, pointing to an 85 inch tv screen on the wall. Hashimoto turned to look at the screen. There on the screen he could see a room full of children but something caught his attention. In what seemed to be a kitchen, there was a woman kneeling in front of a stove. "What did you do, no better yet what do you plan on doing?" Hashimoto asked. "Nothing much. The children that you are looking at are the ones that failed to transform. It isn't really their fault that they couldn't transform, their bodies genes fought against the animal genes that were given to them,"he paused, laughing. The woman was now desperately pulling on the handle of the stove door. It's no use trying, it was somehow locked from the inside, it was also turned on. The woman began crying as he started to cry out in agony. "Men, bring in the parents, and kill them all, parents and children," he announced over the intercom. "Stop, don't do this to them, they haven't done anything wrong," Hashimoto pleaded. "I am aware that they have not done anything wrong, however I cannot risk them spreading information about this to anyone," he said, staring at the screen. There were men shooting people like they were flies. In the middle of this a little girl ran up to the woman and tried to comfort her. A man walked up to them and aimed a gun at them. "I will kill you Dave," Hashimoto said in disgust. As the man was ready to shoot, Lucifer sliced his head off and said something to the girl. "Carissa, I need you to take your mom and brothers, and run," Lucifer said.
The girl managed to get the woman along with her brothers to follow her. "How unfortunate that 3 of my most valuable subjects are escaping," Dave said, reaching in his pocket. "Looks like your plan is failing you. Sadly, you won't be getting the chance to see it happen," Hashimoto stated. "Exactly what I planned would happen. However, I'm afraid this will be your last battle," he replied, pulling out a knife.