12Here's to the people who said that my chapters should be longer, so here it is, chapter five, enjoy!
When Gabriel was conscious again, he noticed he was on a plane. Except he was handcuffed to his seat. Great, he thought, can't move, no turning back now I guess. And then he saw something that made his heart skip a beat. Agent Griffin. He looked pretty beat up. Griffin was awake, looking back at Gabriel. Griffin broke the silence.
"Hey?"
"What are you doing here?"
"That's what I was going to ask you. I thought I was getting abducted, but then I saw you all passed out and then I realized that this isn't abduction for ransom." Griffin chuckled
"No one would pay for the ransom money for you" Gabriel laughed back.
Gabriel looked around, he realized they were being watched over the security camera.
"Why are we here? You look pretty beat up" questioned Griffin.
"I don't know…..I just woke up here."
Griffin looked at the floor.
"They came to my house, and I fought back, but I wasn't strong enough."
Gabriel was going to tease him but then Adam Weatherly walked in.
"Well, do I see a bond forming here?"
"What the hell do you want" Griffin yelled
Weatherly took no time punching him in the face.
"Chap, you want to live? You don't have any rights talking to me like that. Are we clear?" Adam mocked looking at Gabriel and Griffin.
Gabriel nodded. He didn't want to cause any trouble, now is too early.
Griffin spat the blood out on to the floor.
"Where are we going, doesn't seem like we are on route to China." Gabriel asked raising an eyebrow. He had hacked into the plane's GPS.
"Where the hell did you get China from? I thought you just woke up or something, how can you possibly know where we are?" Griffin puffed. Gabriel couldn't answer him, there's no way he could.
"Agent Griffin, let me tell you a funny story, Gabriel has a chip in his brain, a computer, so he's basically a machine. You want to know what's next?" Weatherly turned to Gabriel.
"I'm going to give you two the Athens list, but nope, you guys are not returning to Virginia, but you people, are going to find all of the kids on this list for me. And maybe, I'll give you guys your freedom, or maybe I'll change my mind, or maybe you'll change my mind." Weatherly took out a gun and pretended to shoot Griffin's head.
"What the fuck is the Athens list?" Griffin asked looking at Gabriel?
Weatherly left the room yelling "you better ask Gabriel!"
Griffin looked at him, but he couldn't look at Gabriel the same way he has been. He was looking at a machine, a robot.
"Care to explain?"
Gabriel looked at the camera for one last time before looping the tape. He took a breath.
"I … I have a chip in my brain, it connects me directly into the globalized information grid. I can get into any of its data centers and access key Intel files, but I do it protect the United States from its enemies. So I'm not really a bad person. In order for a chip implanted, you need a special genetic mutation Athens-4u7r."
"So the Athens list is….."
"A group of kids who have that special mutation."
"Oh my god. Wait, so they want more of you? So they're doing something good?"
"No, why the hell are you so stupid? They want more people like me to fight against US, the president has many allies and enemies, and he has a ton of secrets. Some secrets are worth putting a chip in a human to access. "
"I thought Weatherly was on the same side as the president?"
"He is working for Jin Cong."
"And who's that?"
"Former Chinese spy, he has been disavowed by his government, he wants to make his own army of people with chips I guess, so that he can have access to basically anything he wants." Gabriel chuckled.
"I don't find that funny. Why do you have a chip in your brain anyways? Did they force you to put it in you?"
"No, I ….. I volunteered. I thought it would help me find my wife…..Amelia, she has been missing for 6 years. I thought that chip would help me find her."
"Did you?"
"no…..she died. I couldn't save her."
"Man I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"It's okay." Gabriel looked away. Griffin continued,
"I'm not going to let them find that kids."
"Neither of us does, but weatherly knows our weakness. He has been threatening to kill Riley if I don't this."
"Riley's your weakness?"
"No, but I do care about her, I don't want her to die because of me."
"How is she?"
"No in the best situation, she has been uhhh shot."
"What! How?"
"It's a long story.."
"Well, you see, I have all the time in the world."
"I shot her, Jin Cong, no, Jin Cong hired Weatherly to release an EMP on cybercom, and it wiped out all the data on my chip. I forgot everything and I shot her. I was scared. No, I wasn't scared, I just didn't know who the good guys were and the bad guys were. Jin Cong convinced me he was the good guy because he altered all of their personal files, including Riley's. She was framed for killing my wife. I helped him get the Athens list. It's all my fault."
"Jin Cong, that jerk, I'm going to kill him, even if I'm going to die, I am going to die trying to kill him."
"You're really not blaming me for Riley's accident?"
"She's alive, that's all what I care about, and plus, you didn't mean to shot her, you were under control right.?
"Yes, but I'll always blame myself for this…"
"You seem like you care a lot about her, that's something I couldn't do, she was so distant from everyone, she didn't let anyone get too close to her, not even me."
"You used her. She might've not looked like she cared about you but she did, and you betrayed her."
"I guess we are both even now."
Gabriel wanted to say no, but he knew that he owns Riley just as much as Griffin did.
"We need an escape plan." Griffin said
"No, we need the Athens list first. When we get it, then we'll think of an escape plan."
A drunk Weatherly came back into the room. He has obviously been celebrating. He was so drunk he freed Gabriel and Griffin from their handcuffs. Griffin grabbed a kitchen knife and was ready to stab Weatherly on the back but Gabriel stopped him and whispered in his ears it's too early to kill him, we need him alive…for now.
Gabriel gently grabbed Weatherly and settled him on a couch and handcuffed him. Griffin found some duct tape and taped his mouth shut. Gabriel and Griffin took a moment to admire their work.
"Griffin, we need to see who else is on this plane."
"permission to kill them?"
Gabriel smiled and nodded, somehow he had a feeling they would make a great team.
i just saw the promo for episode 13, and it looks amazing, what did you guys think of yesterday's episode?