A couple of days before.
Deakin was running. Everything went so wrong so fast. The Zombies are running amok, and he lost control of his base. Now his experiment, his dream of spearheading humanity's evolution, everything turned into dust. All because of those damn Lumeye.
"I shouldn't have trusted those bastards," Deakin sneered.
'No matter. This mess was just a setback, nothing a little money couldn't solve. And this time, those Lumeye bastards won't interfere. Not this time.'
"Elliot."
Startled, Deakin turned around to see his brother stumbling toward him. "Randy, how did you…. Never mind, come on, we're almost to the jeep." When Randell came closer Deakin could see how clawed up he looked. Randell collapsed in Deakin's arms. Right away wanted to drop him off. But Randall knew better to make a mess everywhere.
Deakin looked down at his brother in distaste. 'He's dead weight.'
He attempted to push Randell away. "Elliot, listen." But Randell desperately clutched on Elliot's clothes. "it's about Rachel."
"Who?"
"Rachel Lui. My fiancé. She was dosed by Vine." Randell reminded.
"So what."
"She survived."
"What, that's…. that's…." If what his brother was saying was true. Then his experiment worked. It finally worked! Now all he had to do was….No, he needed Rachel, his life's work. He couldn't throw that away."I have to go back." He whispered.
Then Deakin felt a sharp pain. He looked down to see a knife sticking out of his chest and his now gleeful brother. "What are you…." Deakin fell to his knees.
Randell disappeared, but the wound remained.
"How sad." Vance appeared, appeared old of nowhere.
"Why…" Deakin coughed up blood.
'I can't let him win!' His hand instantly went to the button and pressed down.
But nothing happened.
Vance just smiled, watching Deakin slump in defeat. "Now, with that out of the way. You shouldn't be surprised, right? That My Lord wanted you dead. Not being able to secure that little girl was the last straw. How will we get Dr. Spencer to do what we want now?"
Deakin's eyes widened." You…" 'set me up.'
"And losing Dr. Ramerez…." Vance tsched. "A heavy loss indeed." He leaned forward and whispered. "So why don't you die for him."
That was when Deakin fell heavily, lying dead at Vance's feet.
"We're nearly finished," Talon stated, appearing out of thin air.
Vance straightened. "Tell Sonia to Set the charges as soon as everyone has cleared the area. We are long overdue to leave."
"Roger," Talan stated. "Vance?"
"Yes?"
"Why aren't we going after those kids? It wouldn't take much," Talon asked, then she licked her lips. "I really want to go pay that Fire girl a visit."
"As I said, we overstayed our welcome," Vance stated, and a screeching sound echoed. "Ever since the Protector arrived, we only had a limited time until the Wasteland comes knocking." He sighed and shook his head. "It was so tiring cleaning up Deakin's mess."
"Yes, Sir."
"Besides, they're certainly not going anywhere. And if those kids do something a little… unexpected." Vance turned and eyed Talon. "Isn't that why we recruited that boy of yours?"
Talon laughed, and a second later, she was gone. Leaving Vance alone with the body.
He scoffed. "Such a waste." And walked away.