A Past Revealed (Ender)

[Sean Barker]

There sat "Warden" Sean Barker. Many knew him as a lacky for Asiv, but others knew the truth, some more than others. This entire time people coming closer and closer to the truth, only recently have they begun to understand the turning point was that day Zack had protected them all by holding them in the auditorium. Those weak minded Enforcers that where listening to Zack helped him fight the group Sean himself had sent after Mr. Asiv. The ending was the same it seemed.

But that was old news and he doubted anyone besides that red eyed boy knew the truth. Old flame head was eternally injurred anyways, he wouldn't be a threat unless people really believed his insane story, which just happened to be true.

Now today Sean had asked an old friend to stop by for a little chat. Directly into the office of the correctional facility. The tribal tattoo's all over his body visaible from that weak flight vest he wore, and his camo pants tucked into his black boots. His gloves on the table, those old bastards from way back in the hay day. Alittle reminessing with his old friend would be good, and hopefully Ender wouldn't do anything stupid, he would hate to have to put another of the old team six feet under.

[Ender]

As smart as Raikeru was, he had slipped. The truth was he DID know Zack Asiv, and quiet well at that, or least he had years ago. The man's death was really a shame, and Ender had been in the process of investigating it when he fell off the grid. When he found out where he was, the pieces all fell into place. The question was, just what exactly did Sean think he was doing? It had to be more than just a simple power play, because honestly, who wanted to run a high school that badly? The pay was mediocre, it could be stressful at times, etc. Sean wasn't the educator type either. But right now he had to find a way out of the correctional facility.

Months had passed since he was snatched from his home and thrown into this hell hole. It was aggravating at times, but things could have been worse. At least he had books. Normally, escaping would have been easy, but the "Warden" knew enough to outfit Ender with an interesting little contraption that blocked his flow of qi. No, he couldn't talk his way out of it. It was getting very boring.

Today, however, he was dragged into Sean's office. "Hey! I was just about to find out what happened to Major Major!" The man growled. Well...he already knew what happened, as he had read the book years ago, but was just picking it up again for fun. Needless to say, he had a lot of time on his hands these days.

Thrown into the chair in the man's office, Raikeru scratched at his unshaven face. "Finally decided to have a face to face, eh? You could've at least seen me when I first got here. Why am I here, Sean? What are you doing?" he asked the man from his past, dark red eyes boring a hole through him.

[Sean Barker]

"Now, now. You should know why your here. If you dont then I'll fill you in. Your getting too close to the truth. Now as little a threat as you are, I can't have loose ends."

Sean was trying to be friendly, but he had changed since the old days. He would fold his hands on his desk and lean on them.

"As for what I'm up to, lets think back shall we? What was it Zack used to say? Oh thats right. 'One day we will be ontop of the world.' But where not are we? No the gang fell apart and we all split up. But I'm taking Zack's heh 'Wonder Cure' and turning it into a way to make super beings. With this little army I'll take over the underground world. The mafia, Yakuza, Triade, Cripps, Bloods. Non of them will even stand a chance, they will just be a tally mark in history. All they will know is me. I'll be on top standing alone above everyone else."

[Ender]

Ender rolled his eyes at his old friend's ramblings. Take over the underworld? Really? What would that do? Money, power...both so overrated and cliche. Then again...what wasn't cliche anymore? They were all lost souls filled into the same ancient collection of molds."Little threat? Oh, I'm insulted. But what's more...you killed Zack. Honestly...was that necessary? 'S a tad harsh. And besides, what's all this gonna do for you anyways?" he inquired, tapping his foot.

[Sean Barker]

Sean's dimeaner changed. Seemed Ender wasn't falling for it. He had to change tactics. His questions would become too precise. Same old Raikeru. He would turn to the side, and his brown eyes would turn in their sockets to look at his old friend from the corners.

"You know, Alex is back. He seems to be taking a different approach than you did. He has outright attacked my men, and openly apposes me, I think he knows."

Maybe this would distract him. It was a bold move, but he'd have to smile widely when he said this so to play the part right.

[Ender]

"I'm sorry, was that meant to anger me? Bad move, considering I didn't know about your hand in all this until just before you snatched me up. You won't succeed in playing off my emotions, Sean. You should know better than that. Now, tell me what this is really about." The Japanese man responded, a stern, indifferent look of concentration on his face. Raikeru was in full analysis mode now and it would prove difficult to mentally trip him up. The one bit of truth in Barker's first story was the role of Brimstone. It was, without question, a very important variable.

[Sean Barker]

"You guys where always like that... esspecially Zack. Always treating me like a little kid. Always trying to tell me what to do, and here you are doing it again. I didn't want my men to kill Zack, but it seems accidents do happen."

Sean had walked to a picture he had hung on the wall of the four of them in their youth. It was of them when they first became the four baddest mother fuckers at their high school. Always getting into trouble... Those where good times, Sean's face would turn so half of it would be visible to Raikeru. An insane grin on his face as he stared with one wide eye through the corner.

"I wanted to do it myself, the old fashioned way. Like we used to settle disputes, with our fists. He was the one being all noble and shit, trying to protect those kids. All they are, are test subjects. Little lab rats, scurrying around making it easier for me to collect more and more data."

Sean went back and sat down, thinking. Keeping Ender around would be nice, maybe he would be smart and see eye to eye with him. He decided it would be a good idea.

"Why dont you come with me and see for yourself, I'm sure your questions will be answered."

Sean wouldn't let Raikeru move too freely as 4 enforcers would surround them at all times, and his hands would be bound, and that nice device that kept Ender in line would stay where it was. They where heading to Subject number 001. He would stop at the door labeled "First".

"This young mans name is Mitsoumi. He wasd diagnosed with a desiese that deteriorated his cells, and eventually he would die. But using the wonderful drugs that I have been testing on those 259 students I have cured him of this disease, minor side effects, but they can be over looked in the long run."

The kid laying on the bed inside, would be sleeping, but he would have medium length silver hair, which was rigid and spiked. He would have dark lines around his eyes, and pale skin. About 5'9", 140 pounds, and well built. Also side effects of the drugs was being in extremely good shape without the need to exercise.

[Ender]

Sean had taken his comment the wrong way and Ender bit his tongue, as he wasn't in a position to seem overly confident. He would remain silent and expressionless. Maybe in time he would find an angle he could exploit to escape. Again his old friend went on about the test subject crap, maybe it was actually true. "Why not?" Ender replied to the man's request and would follow him out of the room.

They stopped at a holding cell labeled "First" that Raikeru could only assume held a kid Sean had been experimenting on. He was surprised at the boy's physical condition, especially if what Sean had said was true. Though he had to wonder, how was his mind? Regardless, there was real good to be done with this drug, it seemed, but at the moment it was being squandered in the hands of a selfish, power hungry control freak.

"Well, I gotta give it to you, he looks good...on the outside. How is his mind though, Sean? Is he content, locked away here as your guinea pig? And what's more, lets talk end-game. Say you get your army of super-kids and you're running everything or whatever. What's the point? I'm not seeing the real purpose, 'cause if you just want money you could sell this to some research institute, or create one of your own and just put out some type of medication."

[Sean Barker]

"Your thinking minors, just like Zack did. All he wanted to do was make a cure for that disease Lin had. He really should of let her death go, he would of been a better partner."

Sean tapped the door's bars a few times and Mitsoumi's eyes shot open he'd sit up and stand, looking around, hiw eyes where close to just pure white, and they where fidgety, looking around as if lost. He simply stood there half slumped and kinda staggered in his path.

"The boy has no mind, only whats downloaded into it. He is a clean slate that can be 'programmed' so to speak to do whatever his job needs."

Sean had answered his question about the boys mind, but now it was time for the important part.

"From the way you act I can tell your not going to join me."