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I have been working so hard to get to him…..
And it finally paid off. I waited for the “target”. The bell rings. College students begin to walk out. It wasn’t hard to detect the target. He was pretty tall.. and I have to admit, handsome. He had dark hair and eyes, slender, but well built. He stood out in the crowd. “Show time.” I threw my cigarette bud on the ground and followed. ….The target is pretty fast. He walked through the city and escaped the residential area. How far is he going?…. Then, he suddenly stops. Shit, he knows. He slowly turned around, suspicious gaze piercing me. I smiled. “Kon-nichi-wa. You speak English?” He takes a step back. I take a step forward. “You’re….. you’re after my father.” I widened my eyes, surprised….. But not really. “So you do know English. I’m glad.” I advance to him. He begins backing away, frightened. “But, I guess when you’re son of the ‘Keeper’, you have to know everything. Eh?” I smiled, knowingly. The kid looked surprised. Yep. I know your father’s little secret. He makes a run for it. Why do they always want the hard way? Whoa…. This kid is fast… Not what I expected from a nerdy college student. But not fast enough. I grabbed his arm and pulled him backward. He stumbled and fell. “Look kid. You wanna play rough?” I reached in my pocket. He got on his hands and knees to crawl away. “No, no, no~” I laughed and twisted my arm around his neck. Before he could struggle, I covered his nose with the cloth. “Mmmph!!…. nn…” He brings his hand up to try to pull my arm away, but his whole body drops in my arm. “Nighty night.” I pick up the unconscious boy and hoist him on my shoulder. “Phase one, accomplished. Now to phase two.” I kicked the door open on the abandoned building. “Jesus… the food here are small….” I complained and took a bite from the hamburger. Not bad though. “Hey kid, you awake?” I entered the little office space. He was still sitting up against the corner just how I left him. “Guess not… The alcohol should’ve worn out by now…” I shrugged and placed the food down. I reach in my pocket for the cell phone. He should realize by now. “Moshi-moshi? Dr. Sakamoto?” “…..Bastard! Where is my son?!” He snaps back. Good. I don’t have to explain. “Wow-wow, slow down Doc. I-” “What did you do to him?!!” “Nothing,…. Yet… You know what I want, Doc.” “………….” “7 o’clock. Storage number 27 near Yokohama Bay. Got it?” I clicked the phone off. Everything is going as I planned. It had to. I worked so long for this… “Nn…” I turned to the weak voice. Ahhh, the kid is coming to. “Doko da… koko….. Ore ha ittai….” He’s mumbling something in Japanese. It’s probably jibberish anyway. “Hey, you’re up finally.” He looked up at me, confused. But his expression slowly turned into fear. “Don’t worry, I’m not gonna bite ya.” I kinda felt sorry for the kid. He didn’t do anything wrong… It just so happens that he is the son of Dr. Sakamoto, the top scientist in the world… or so I was told. But I wasn’t after his inventions or money. I was after something much better… “Speaking of bite, you hungry?”. I swing the fast food bag. He looked down and shook his head. “Take it anyway. It’s my first visit to Japan and I am not eating that stuff here.” I threw the bag on his lap. I had enough fast food back at home... The kid didn’t move for a while…. But he looked up at me. “Are you after ‘EVE’?” “Yep. Sure am.” I pulled up a chair and sat across from him. We have some time. I guess talking to the son of the ‘Keeper’ could be interesting. “Any other questions? Because I have some for you.” He thought for a while. “….Why?” Huh? What did he say? … Why? “………..You mean…. Why do I want ‘EVE’?” He nodded. ………. Kid…. what kind of a question is that?……. “Are you aware how powerful ‘EVE’ is?! I’m surprised your father isn’t ruling the world right now.” With ‘EVE’, you can do anything you want. The program allows you to be….. practically god. Not only can it control the whole technology known to man, but man himself. Every once in a while, it chooses the ‘Keeper’— connection to the outside world. The ‘Keeper’ then will have full access to the program. That’s all I know about ‘EVE’, but that’s enough to start a fucking war for Christ’s sake… “So…. You want to rule the world?” I shook my thoughts away and smiled. “Huh…. weird…. When you say it like that, it sounds like a dumb idea.” I rolled my eyes. Seriously, this kid needs to get his head checked. “Everyone….. I mean everyone who knows about ‘EVE’ wants it. Why wouldn’t they? You can do anything you want, kid. Anything!!” I raised my arms up to show how exciting this all is. Obviously it wasn’t getting through this kid…. He’s staring at ME like I’m the idiot… “How did you find out about my father?” The kid changed his question. How can he stay so calm? Does he not know his father is god??? “….Err… Well… it wasn’t easy, let me tell ya… It took me almost a year to find out the ‘Keeper’ was in Japan…. And another two years to actually find the one…..” Yeah…. All my hard working days….. I worked my ass off to be here. “…………You hacked in computers for nearly three years……. Just to find m… my father?….” The kid made a face. “Okay, that’s it. I’m through with your questions. You make it sound like all this is worth nothing…. Jeeeez…” I sighed and held my head. My damn aching head… “Okay,” I tried to get my posture back, “I have a question for you… How did your father become a ‘Keeper’?” I leaned forward. Because really, this was the million dollar question. The kid blinked his eyes…..……. and blinked again…. Did he not get the question?…. “……What?” I asked eagerly. He looked at me and opened his mouth. “..I’ve never thought of that….” I almost fell out of the chair. Is this kid for real? I slumped down, got up from the chair and cut the rope that was restraining his hands. “???…. What are you doing?…” The kid asked, stroking his bruised wrists. “………..Somehow.. kid…… I don’t think you’ll escape……” |