Part Thirteen

Eden: Paradise Lost

Part Thirteen

Elsewhere, Prime 1, Presidents Suite

An agent comes inside as President Geer works on his laptop from his desk. 

President: Yes?

Agent: An aircraft was just reported in our aerospace, we checked for confirmation codes...and it's General Weaver.

President: Son of a bitch! What's he doing coming here…

Agent: He didn't say, sir. He'll be here in a few hours and wants a meeting with you tonight, as well as a joint meeting tomorrow afternoon with you and councilman Finch. 

President: Shit...shit! Shit!

Agent: I am sorry sir. What should we do?

President: Prepare his room, what else!?

The president watches as the agent turns and hurries off as he checks his desk and pulls out a .38, checking to see it fully loaded before he puts it back and closes the drawer. 

President: Please God...don't let this all be the beginning of the end..

The president puts his hands to his face and begins to sob. 

Apocalyptica

Adam sits in his office at apocalyptica when his phone rings just as he was finishing counting a stack of loose bills, Adam answering the phone after a few more rings. 

Adam: Hello…oh, hey brother. yeah well...really?

Adam puts the money down and looks around to be sure he was alone.

Adam: So I'm good to go? Excellent, won't be a problem, I'll have it done and be ready, same place as planned? I'll be there...alright, yeah, good, bye. 

Adam hangs up as he leans in his seat and begins to laugh as he lights up a cigar and goes back to recounting the stack he was previously counting. 

Elsewhere, Misfit's Hangout

Lance sits in the study, reading as the clock ticks to 11:04pm. He quickly aims his Red9 at the door as it opens without a knock and Makayla stops dead and throws her arms up.

Makayla: Easy there, comrade…

Lance: We knock when we come into one another's space. Can never be too careful. 

Lance lowers the pistol as Makayla shuts the door and looks about, admiring the books as she touches a few and reads their titles aloud. 

Makayla: You read all of these?

Lance: Most of them, yes. 

Makayla nods as she paced about. 

Makayla: Cool, cool. 

Lance: What is it that you want?

Makayla: Well, since we're on the same team and all now…

Makayla turns to him and strips her shirt off as Lance raises an eyebrow, watching her strip down to just her bra and panties as she straddles his lap, Lance looking her up and down.

Makayla: Was thinking we could celebrate a new member joining your crew. 

Lance: You're a very aggressive woman, are you not?

Makayla: Whatever gave that away.

Lance: I would then like you to know something. 

Makayla: What's that, lover?

Lance: My gun isn't loaded. 

Makayla watched as Lance smiled and holds up the clip to his Red9 as she was holding it in her hand and was attempting to be sneaky and get the drop of him 

Makayla: Shit…

Lance: nice attempt though. 

Makayla: Yeah...maybe we could still ya know…

Lance: I don't think so. 

Makayla: Damn. 

Makayla drops the Red9 onto the floor and walks out of the study room still scantily clad as she walks past Dustin who stops cold as she stops and sizes him up before she shrugs. 

Makayla: Wanna have sex?

Dustin: fuck, yeah. 

Dustin scoops her up into his arms and takes her into an adjoining room as Mandy and Terry shook their heads as Terry was cooking a dish while Mandy drinks her tea as she turns and faces Terry. 

Mandy: I'm almost afraid to ask exactly what it is you're cooking. 

Terry: Little Texas midnight dish. 

Mandy: Unhealthy too I bet. 

Terry: of course. 

The two share a smile 

Terry; It's pretty good though, trust me. 

Mandy: Why do y'all trust us?

Terry: Hmm?

Mandy looks at Terry with a serious look.

Mandy: Why are you trusting us not to do anything? How can y'all just let us roam around after what we did…

Terry shrugs. 

Terry: We've all got bad shit on our resume here. All done something we're not proud of, bordering or straight up crossed the Inhumane. It's human nature in the face of everything that's happened to mankind and civilization. 

Mandy: That can't be the only reason. 

Terry: That...and also because now if you do try anything, we won't hesitate to kill you. 

Mandy nods as she understands now, Terry giving her a stern look before he smiles. 

Terry: Foods almost done.

Terry pulls out two plates and sets one before Mandy as she forces a smile and Terry makes her a plate. 

Elsewhere, 23rd fallback spot

Kayla raises her head as she hears the door to her room/cell open, Kayla shuddering as she just hears the person  breathing heavily. The door closes and locks as the figure casts their shadow over her. 

Kayla: Who's there..?

A glimmer of a knife being raised can be seen. 

In the main lobby, Millie and Krista were asleep on different parts of a long sofa as Nick and Rebecca cuddled together on a separate couch as Mary and Kris were sitting at a table as they were sharing a bottle of vodka. 

Kris: Lance would be giving me shit if he knew I was drinking this. 

Kris takes another shot. 

Mary: You miss him, don't you sir. Your brother?

Kris:. everyday. We were only half brothers but I worshipped him. My big brother James. After the outbreak...some of our family had been infected...others just snapped from the collapse of society, he took it the hardest. Stopped caring about a lot of things, including me. 

Mary: I don't think that can be true…

Kris: we'll never know. 

Kris pours another shot as Mary takes a shot and touches his hand.

Kris: We all got stories. So what's yours, Mary? What was life like for you before this. 

Mary: Nothing special. I was a waitress, nothing glamorous, it paid the bills. I was married, happily too. 

Kris: civil union?

Mary: No...husband. His name was Darren. We had a boy, Steven. 

Kris perks up as Mary plays with her shot glass. 

Mary: Darren got bit when it started. I came home and...he has eaten Steven from his head to almost his toes. I don't even remember how I survived. I was so numb and cold, hate filled. I loathed men from that moment, couldn't separate what I know now from what I didn't know it could understand then. Took solace in the arms of women I could find through constant moving from place to place. But nothing ever lasted or stayed safe. Eventually ended up running into a military convoy and joined the service from there. Which led me here. 

Kris: Mary…

Mary pours another shot, downing it quickly. 

Mary: I've made peace with what's happened. I know one day, I'll see my boy again in whatever life is after this. Until then, I hold onto my hate to get through another day. 

Kris nods as Mary wipes the single test she lets leave her eyes as he pours himself and her a shot. 

Brianna looks up as the door to the room opens, Brianna smirking as the figure comes walking in. 

Brianna: kinda figured you'd show…

Her face changes when she sees the bloody hand appearing in her sight. 

Brianna: What the hell…

Kris takes a shot and touches his side, feeling around as he looks down and lays himself frantically 

Mary: What?

Kris: The keys to the women's rooms...they're not in me…

Kris and Mary look at each other and quickly stand and run down the hall as the commotion stirs Nick and Rebecca as they quickly get up and follow. 

Brianna is punched viscously twice as the hand pills her bloody face up towards a old drilling knife as bewildered looking Ajax looks at her

Ajax: Too bad I don't get to guy the other two, but I'll settle with what I can get…

Brianna kicks her knee up and catches Ajax in the inner thigh, hitting one of his balls as he screams and let's off as Brianna tries to free her hands as Ajax quickly shakes it off. Brianna is finally able to slip one hand free as Ajax stabs at her chest, Brianna able to get her hand up and grab at his wrist as she fights to keep his good arm from bringing the knife any closer to her chest.

Nick and Kris burst in and grab Ajax as they take him down as Mary and Rebecca come to Brianna and free her from her bindings as Nick and Kris try and keep Ajax contained but he pushes Kris off and turns only to have Nick punch him in the face and then in the kidney as Ajax buckles from the shots as they force him onto the chair Brianna was tied too as they try and hold him down as Brianna grabs Mary

Brianna: Where's Kayla?!

Mary: Down the hall...we haven't checked on her yet..

Brianna moves Mary aside and runs out as Kris turns to Mary.

Mary: Follow her, dammit!

Mary and Nick go after her as Kris points to Ajax who was just sitting in the chair emotionlessly.

Kris: Rebecca, watch him!

Rebecca looks as Kris dh s off and then turns to look at Ajax who was blank in the face. 

Brianna runs till she sees Jared stRing at the door into the open as Brianna stops and walks towards it as Jared looks at her mortified, Brianna running inside as she sees his face as he tries to stop her. 

Jared: No, don't!

Brianna freezes as she screams, tears coming immediately from her face as she runs to the middle of the room and drops to her knees as Nick, Mary and Kris arrive, Mary covering her mouth as Nick and Kris look on at the sight in horror.

An arm was in the corner, blood was sloshed all over the room as a torso missing all of its limbs laid in the middle of the room as Kayla's severed head was resting inside of her torn open chest cavity as her intestines and entrails were slung a over the film as her legs were imbedded into the arms of the chair. 

Nick shakes furiously as Brianna screams for her friend as she sobs over the corpse. 

Rebecca hears the screams as she looks at Ajax who finally smiles

Kris steps inside as Nick is backing out slowly.

Kris: Why...why on earth did he...how could he have snapped so…

Jared and Mary watch Nick storm off as Kris turns as he sees Nick take off, Brianna still crying as Kris looks torn. 

Rebecca watches as Nick storms by her as he goes straight to Ajax. 

Rebecca: What happened!?

Nick: You sick son of a bitch!

Nick strikes Ajax with a viscous uppercut that knocks him out of the chair as Ajax was still smiling. Rebecca screams for Nick to stop as Nick begins pounding his fist repeatedly into Ajax's smiling face over and over again,dozens of strikes to his friends face as Rebecca backs away frightened at what she was seeing as Kris and Mary run inside. 

Kris: Nick!

Nick was screaming into Ajax's face, Kris pulling Nick off as Rebecca comes to help restrain him as Nick keeps screaming "why" as Mary stands over Ajax and helps him back into the chair as his face is barely recognizable. Nick is still struggling to get free.

As he does he stops as everyone went quiet as Ajax began to laugh, the others all looking at the badly beaten man in horror as Ajax's laugh was sadistic and fear inducing, Kris standing between him and Nick as he looked at Ajax with hurt and tearful eyes. 

Kris: Ajax... Alexander!

Ajax just continues his loud cackle but a bullet shot rings out and opens a hole in his forehead as his brains pop out and splatter the floor as his head rocked back and then slumps forward as Kris and everyone looks to see who the shooter was. 

Jared stands at the door but the barrel was smoking in the hands of Brianna as she hands the gun back to Jared. 

Brianna: Ought to do it..

Everything in Kris snaps as he grabs Brianna by her throat and runs her into the wall as he begins choking her as the 23rd are all in shock. 

Kris: This is your fault that they're dead! You dumb cunt! you pushed him to the edge, you got your girls killed! You drove him to do what he did! You caused this! You!

Jared: Boss, stop!

Kris; You did this! you took the job, you did this to him...to her! To us!

Nick: Kris!

Mary: Kris,stop ..please, stop…

Brianna's face was flushed from color as Kris looks at her going limp, Kris suddenly letting her go as he steps back in horror at what he was doing, Brianna coming too as she gasps for air as Kris looks at everyone as they seem genuinely afraid of him as he steps back and leans against the opposite end of the wall and slides down it across from Brianna as Millie and Krista finally show up, both looking around confused horror as Kris shakes as Rebecca was holding onto Nick as Mary stood at the door near them as Jared kneels down next to Brianna to check in her as she was staring at Kris with sadness as she knew he was right. 

End of Part Thirteen.