Jason was standing by the edge of the bridge, looking down at the water. If he jumped in he would simply just drown. He was still there contemplating whether death by drowning would be the most appropriate way to go out. Skepticism laced his features as he tethered by the edge. He closed his eyes and just as he was about to jump a pair of arms reached out and dragged him backwards onto the road. “What the hell are you thinking?”He turned around to realize that it was none other than his friend Luke. He and Luke went to the same high school and eventually the same college so they had been friends for a while. However look had some business ventures he had to take care of so all this while he was in France. He just returned to come back and see his friend Jason, and coincidentally as he was driving he saw somebody that resembled Jason standing by the edge of the bridge. Jason was unable to contain his emotions and just hugged Luke, tears streaming down from his eyes.Luke returned
The tables shook, and all the breakables on them fell to the floor, crashing and shattering. The force of impact knocked almost everybody to the ground and the chandelier in the hall swung dramatically from side to side.There was a huge crack on almost all the windows and the place was filled with smoke. Whispers broke out in the room as everybody began to get up and run haywire.Ethan immediately jumped on his feet and continued on his way to meet Valerie. “What was that?” She asked in a scared tone as soon as she and Ethan reunited. “That was a missile,” Ethan said. “A missile? If that was the missile we would all be dead by now,” Clifford pointed out. “This is a high security building, it's blast resistant,” Ethan explained. The officers began to guide people safely out of the building. “Are you hurt?” Ethan asked Valerie, raking his eyes over her body to see if there were any visible injuries. “No no I'm fine, I just fell.” Ethan grabbed his phone to call Brackson. The line
Valerie watched as the building crumbled into the ground. She screamed loudly, tears filling her eyes. There was no sign of Ethan anywhere, which meant that he probably was inside the building. Nobody would be able to survive if they were trapped in that building when it collapsed. “Ethan!” She cried as the security men tried to push her away from the rising cloud of debris that was dispelled from the collapse.Her heart shattered into a million pieces, and the ache in her chest was almost palpable.The woman whose son was in there was crying as well. “My son! My son!” She repeated, stretching out her hands.From the dust clouds the silhouette of a man emerging from all the chaos met their eyes. They all held their breaths, until he came out fully. It was Ethan, holding the boy against his chest. His clothes were all torn up and his face was bruised and covered in dust. All the onlookers broke out in applause and whistles. “The legion commander saved the day!” An energetic masculi
Renée opened her eyes and looked around. She was in a room and beside her was Jason. It registered in her senses that the both of them were naked under the duvet. She shot up into a straightened position and then dragged the duvet around her chest, covering her nudity. All her extra movement seemed to wake Jason up.His eyes fluttered open as his face twisted into a small frown. “What's going on?” He asked in a gravelly voice, rubbing his eyes. “What's going on? I should be the one asking you! What the hell is going on?!” Her voice was sharp and accusatory.It wasn't until he also realized that the both of them were naked that all the sleep cleared from his eyes. “What happened?” The Voice, you couldn't remember much except for the fact that he was with his friend Luke. He pressed his hands against his temples, “ugh my head. Where's Luke?” At this point she was clearly irritated. “Who the fuck is Luke? And why are we on the bed together, naked?” “I have no idea, I'm equally as c
Renée was still berating herself for what happened. Even though she had no way of outrightly proving that anything happened, she could feel it. Two adults didn't just wake up on the bed undressed if nothing didn't happen right? She was still lost in her thoughts when her door opened and Therese walked inside the room. Renée raised her head and then got on her feet. “Mom!” She hugged her mother tightly. “I'm so glad you're alright, you and dad. I heard about the explosion but then it turned out the beacon was missile proof.”“Indeed, if it wasn't for that hundreds of us would have been dead. Including your father and I.”“Where is dad anyway?” Renée asked. “In his usual place.” Therese’s smile faded when she noticed how troubled her daughter looked. “Is anything the matter honey?” Renée gave it a deep thought and then shook her head. “I'm fine.”Clifford on the other hand was in his office fuming with anger. Today he felt like Ethan had treated him with such disregard, placing his
Skyler was on her own folding her clothes when the door opened and Elizabeth walked in. “My dear do you need help with that?” She asked softly.“No I'm good,” she responded gloomly without raising her head. Her mother stood by the threshold of the door, watching her daughter with teary eyes. Never did she think she would see the day when Skyler would be going to school. Back then when they were still under the evil clutch of the Vanguards, Desmond had said something to her which she kept a secret from everybody. That night he was in his home office, working. Although Skyler was not done with high school at the time, Elizabeth thought it wise to bring it to his notice that Skyler would soon be going to university and of course would be needing financial support. She knocked on the door. “Yes, come in.” She hesitantly moved forward, unsure of how to respond. “Good evening sir,” Elizabeth said with a shaky voice. He paused, clenching his jaws as he stared at her with murderous inte
Desmond was finally discharged from the hospital. Martha was trying to help him stand as he had been feeling weak due to all this while lying down doing nothing. Larry entered the room with the doctor. “I see you're doing better Mr. Vanguard,” the doctor remarked. “I feel brand new,” he quipped, making everybody in the room burst out in laughter. “You need to take things easy from now on, try to avoid stressful situations be it emotionally or physically. Get lots of rest and watch your diet. You're highly prone to another heart attack so you have to take things easy okay?” Desmond nodded with a hint of disappointment in his eyes. He knew the implication of everything the doctor was saying, the time for him to resign and step down as CEO was closer than ever. “With that being said, you're free to leave. Enjoy your stay with your family at home.” The doctor patted his shoulders lightly. A few seconds after the doctor left, his wife's voice penetrated his haze of thoughts. “What
“How could you do this to me Keith?” Ethan asked. The lieutenant who already looked bruised up, swallowed and then turned his head away. Brackson was in the room with them by the corner. Silent. Earlier the major had ordered for a lockdown of the whole facility and carried out a mandatory research. Though he didn't need to search all the soldiers because his main target where the high ranking officers are still the ones that had access to the missile launchers. They found Keith around the perimeter fencing trying to escape from the base and then he was captured. When his room was searched and his things were around sacked they found out he had been communicating with an outsider using a different device. Tears rolled down his face. “I'm sorry, I'm sorry,” his voice choked with emotions. For Ethan, his lieutenants were one of the few people he could trust with his life so a betrayal like this really stabbed deep into his heart. “They held my family hostage in Ivar, I had no