Skip's POV
"Dad..." I said, disbelieving that he is my father in front of me. "You were dead... you seem to be healthy and alive." I struggle to believe it. "Aren't you a Revenant? My father would not act like this!" I shouted at him.
"My son... I am real. I remember everything. The one has brought me home, and I came to bring you all back home." he said with a smile. "Son, don't make me lay you aside among the others that refused to merge with the harmony-"
"THIS IS BULLSHIT! My father would be a lot angrier than this. He doesn't give up and throws in the towel. Enough, lies... You are not my father!" I snapped at him as I don't believe he would act like this.
My father or should I say... the illusion disappears, and the creature appears in front of us, this time, it is appearance is green.
"Son... Do not deny your family of the warmness... of the whole. Please, you are my boy but you have a ... new family now.." it said to me. "This is no trick of the mind, you ... faced me... like a man."
"Still insisting, old man? That isn't you!" I insisted I don't believe in him.
"Jenny... The One wants you out of the way. I should have ... reconsider... making you my number 2... you defied them ... long enough..."
"Oh, yeah?" as she charged up energy, but I stepped in front of her.
"Guys, I got this! Go! "I urged them. "I know what to do."
"Not by yourself, Skip. We- "she protested.
"No, you guys need to complete the mission, I'll be all right besides he is more focused on me. NOW GO!"
With my team left to fulfill their objectives and leave me and my father to deal with each other.
A Bitter reunion
"My son... You & me, huh?" it said to me. "That.. takes a lot of courage."
I said nothing as I scan around the room to find the brain. It should be nearby somewhere. If I can find that, I can finish the creature. I found it... *teleport out of sight*
When I found the brain, I knew I need to be quick. The creature will detect that it is in danger. Unfortunately, it teleported near the brain... That Bastard is quick.
"You think I would stand there... and let you blow my brains out, boy?!" it said. "I ... AM... YOUR... Fu... Fuc... Fuck.... Your father." did he...? "Time for... you to be eliminated, discord!" as it fired psionic blasts... that is my father's psychokinesis. I quickly erected a Technical barrier to block his attacks but kept my eyes on what he has planned to do next.
"I am... I AM REAL! Why...? Why are you ... Being... stubborn...?" it said, I noticed the thing would have kept fighting with me but it is holding back.
"Are you my father?! I ask you one more time..." I shouted, I wanted to see if the thing is my father. "ARE YOU ... REALLY MY FATHER?!"
"Yeah... I am... Please, my son... Come home with me." he said, now certain he is my father.
He is too powerful to face directly since I would not last long the minute I do, and my father is a veteran who has a lot of combat experience. Diving into his mind is out of the question since the One will repel the attempt should I attempt it and there is no guarantee I may pull myself out of his mind.
That leaves me with one option, I have to appeal to my dad, something tells me that his mind is not fully gone yet but if I can pull it off, it would work and get him back.
If I Get it wrong, I may lose my father and my life...
"Father, I see now... it's you," I said, beginning my speech.
"That is good, son... Come home... Come home to the whole of our harmony." he said.
"Only you return home with me!" I said to him, "My father; The real dad that I know, not some little bitch-ass servant of some Hivemind."
"Son..." he thought about he'll say.
"Do you remember the motto: We stare death in the face! Together as brothers & sisters in arms!" I said to him.
"Yes... I ... remember that motto.." he struggled with his mind. "We're ... are... the ..."
"We're the inface company! Never forget that!" I said, "Don't forget mom, fight for her, too, and Elizabeth!"
"El... Eliza... Elizabeth... Alice...?" he pulling through. "Son... Son!!"
With one motion, he grafts his spinal cord and brain again to take a shape unfamiliar to me, but I know he is in control of himself, again.
"Uh... Son, I'm all right... Dammit! I was supposed to be back in my Goddamn body!" he shouted. "But it will do for now, I can still hear their voices."
"We need to help the others, you think you may be up for it?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I feel that I've gotten stronger. But's let go!" he said.