"Agghh. How are you so good at this!? This shouldn't be happening! I'm supposed to be the one winning." Ella was sweating bullets after losing yet another round of Blackjack. She was beginning to lose track of the amount of money spilling out of her savings. "Hmph, Serves you right." Lee muttered as he watched her crumble beneath the pressure. "T-This is just not fair. Come on boss, Why don't you throw us a bone. If we keep going like this, we won't even have a paycheck to take back home with us." The two older men pleaded with him as they watched Luke scoop up the entire pot once again. Luke couldn't help but smirk at them as they continued their desperate pleading with him. "You shouldn't have underestimated your boss. I told you that I wouldn't give you a single penny didn't I? I'm sure your wives will be thrilled when you return home." Luke chuckled as he tucked the money away. "Anything but that, boss. You know she'll kill me if she finds out that I lost so much money gambli

"Don't pretend to be something you're not. You've never been my sister." Luke spoke with a stern frown as he looked at her with a challenging glare in his eyes. "No? You sure about that then boy?" She asked with a sly grin as she placed her hand over her heart. "You're going to hurt my feelings if you say something so awful." Ella added with an exaggerated pouty face, which caused Luke to scoff in disgust as he crossed. Noticing the concerned glances from Ella and Lee, Luke stands up from his chair. "If you have something to say to me, say it quickly. If you haven't noticed, I'm currently on vacation." Luke started with an intimidating glare. "No need to be so hostile, How about we talk privately. Just the two of us?" She asked with a calming tone in her voice, her eyes staring at him with an innocent curiosity. "I wouldn't want to make things awkward for your two companions." "Ugh. Fine, but only because I have a few questions of my own." Luke retorted with an annoyed sigh. "Go

"ugh, damn my back hurts! When did Ella turn into such a ferocious beast?" Luke complained as sat up on the side of his bed. "Looks like she's doing just fine though.” He added while watching Ella sleeping peacefully beside him. "Rubbing his fingers through her hair, Luke takes a look at the time to see that it was only 6 in the morning. Early enough for him to get his pre-speech jitters out of the way before the big announcement. Looking over towards where Ella laid, he found her eyes open and staring directly at him. "Morning." She greeted with a small yawn. I can't believe you're up so early. I was hoping that I would still be able to catch some sleep before I had to get ready for today's festivities." "Well you should be excited. You finally get to see the impact of all your efforts." Ella rolled her eyes while speaking with a sarcastic expression. "It's just going to be a collection of brown-nosing old guys anyways. I couldn't care less about those people. I'm only interested

Arriving outside a massive open space filled with tables and chairs. All of the guests were already seated and waiting in anticipation for the presentation to begin. Standing in front of the audience is a single large white podium with two empty seats located on either side of it. Luke walks around the outside of the room, remaining out of sight until he arrives at the backside of a curtain neighboring the podium. With a quick peek through the curtains, Luke can feel his heartbeat speed up as he realizes just how big the crowd waiting on him is. Hundreds of faces with their focus solely on him, as well as the countless amount of cameras that would be recording the event. While Luke tries to remain calm while looking at the crowd, Ella had already taken center stage as she walked towards the podium with ease. After climbing up onto the stand, Ella gave Luke a quick wink before addressing the audience with a warm smile. "Good morning everyone. Thank you for being here today to see the

With the room now emptied aside from the three people left behind, Ella and Luke stared at each other for a moment in a cold silence. "What the hell does she mean, 'we have to kill her'!? What kind of game is that?" Ella shouted while looking to Luke for an answer. "And why is everyone just following her orders like some mindless sheep?" She questioned while shaking her head in disbelief at what she had witnessed. Luke stared silently while still trying to piece together what had happened. He knew something terrible was taking place and the only thing he could think about was the 'New Genesis' Program that his father had supposedly built. That was the only thing he could think of that would explain how any of this was possible. Just like how he was controlled by his father, Jonathan and Marilyn must have taken control of everyone on board. The question now was how long ago did they plan this. They would have had to inject everyone with the same virus that he had. and even with all