Chapter 26: Chapter 26
CHAPTER 26
Hudson and Alvara’s lips parted slowly as they stepped into the room.
A very long white Bench top was seen at the middle of the room with 4 compound microscope lined up on top of it. Below the Bench was 4 stools lined up too.
At the right side of the room was a drawer and inside it were neatly arranged test tubes on the first row, Beaker’s and tunnels were on the second row, Bunsen burner’s on the third row, Crucibles on the fourth row and Burette’s on the last row.
Right after the drawer, a chemical cabinet can be seen filled with well packaged chemicals with poster on it indicating either ‘corrosive’ or ' volatile’.
Turning to the left side of the room was a shelf with books arranged neatly in it and beside the shelf was a Cart. Not do far from the door, an Apparel Dispenser, a lab gown, gloves and booth’s used for cleaning can be seen. And beside the Apparel Dispenser were Coat Hooks with a lab coat hung on it.
“ Wow!” Alvara and Hudson exclaimed in awe.
“ You never told me your dad was a scientist” Hudson crowed.
“ And I never knew he was…fuck” Alvara mouthed, still wowed. The two headed to the bench only to see s Magnifying glass, Dropper, Thermometer, Brush and Tongs littered on top.
“ Whoa-oh-oh, I am so loving this place” Hudson chuckled, peering his eye into the eyepiece of one of the microscope and placed his finger on the stage chips. He quickly startled back on seeing some weird things on his finger.
Alvara on the other hand was surveying everything in the room, making sure to touch and feel them. Hudson quickly grabbed a Beaker and a Test tube, placing them gently it the bench before heading to the chemical cabinet to grab some chemicals.
“ Whoa whoa, hold it. What are you doing?” Alvara questioned getting in his way.
“ I’m about to conduct some experiments of course…duh” Hudson replied.
“ Is that why we’re here?” Alvara asked with almost a hiss.
“ Just give that back” She snapped, snatching the chemical from Hudson.
“ Hey, your momma didn’t teach you not to snatch things from people…that’s rude” Hudson frowned at her but Alvara ignored placing the chemicals back.
Hudson snorted and headed over to the bench, sitting on one if its stools. While surveying the Bench, he saw a piece of plain white sheet paper right under the microscope. Slipping it out, he frowned his brows when he saw some tiny writings on it.
“ Hey Alvara, I found something” He said to Alvara who was going through the book shelf.
“ What?” She asked, her eyes still fixed on the book she going through.
“ And how to expect to see it…if you didn’t come over here?” Hudson sassed with an eye roll. Alvara walked over to the Bench.
“ What?’” She snapped and Hudson waved the piece of paper before her.
“ And what am I to do with a blank sheet of paper?” Alvara asked.
“ It’s not blank…something is written in it but…it’s way to tiny for anyone to read” Hudson replied. Alvara rolled her eyes snatching the sheet of paper from Hudson and placing on the Bench.
“ And what is the purpose of this?” She asked, waving a Magnifying glass before Hudson.
“ Must you necessarily snatch things from someone?” Hudson glared. Alvara ignored his question, bringing down the glass to the sheet and peering her eyes on the glass. Everything written on the paper became clear.
“ I can see everything now. I think it’s a message” She muttered to Hudson.
“ Well, read it out then” Hudson replied in anticipation.
“ Erm…it says
“ To my unborn baby girl, Alvara. I know by the time you’ll be reading this, I might be gone far away but not far away from you and your Mom. I know you will have so many questions running through your mind on seeing this letter but deep into the woods, east side from home…there you will find the answer to all your questions”
Alvara read aloud the message with mixed emotions of happiness, sadness and hope present in her voice.
“ I think your Dad is trying to tell you something in this message” Hudson implied and Alvara nodded I’m agreement.
“ But my question is…what does he mean by ‘deep into the woods, east from home, there I’ll find the answer to all my questions?” She couldn’t help but ask.
“ Maybe he’s trying to say, that’s where he is now” Hudson suggested.
“ I don’t think so” Alvara hummed.
“ If he is actually in the woods now like you implied, he would have been found a long ago” She added and Hudson hummed in agreement. Alvara’s face lightened up when something hit her brain.
“ Maybe, what my dad is trying to say is that…deep into the woods, east from this house, there is someone who could have the answer to all my questions” She hinted immediately.
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TRASK INDUSTRY, HEADQUARTERS
CONFERENCE ROOM
A series of rectangular tables placed end to end to form a ‘U’ shape can be seen with chairs ranging up to 20 placed on the outer side of the table. There were two groups of men each on a culprit occupying the chairs; 9 one the right hand side and 9 on the left hand side of the table with one sit in the middle.
Lucan can be seen standing at the middle space of the table. His head was wrapped in a bandage and an Arm Sling was used to support his broken right arm.
A document was passed to everyone seated. A murmur aroused among them as they all flip through the pages of the document.
“ Silence please” Lucan’s voice halted the murmur going on.
“ If anyone has any question then it can asked. I’ll do the job of answering all of ‘em” Lucan added as the murmur died down.
“ Lucan, how sure are you that these documents will be enough to convince Mr President to sign his approval on this?” A man from among asked.
“ It’s as simple as this Mr. Tunner; These documents contains pictures of all the havoc created by those maniacs coupled with this new footage I know you all will love to see” Lucan explained, grabbing a remote before him and turning to the huge plasma Television situated before him. He clicked the play button, turning everyone’s attention to the Television.
By the time the video was through, another murmur aroused as everyone present nodded in agreement and satisfaction.
“ I believe that with this video and these documents before you all, I and Mr Elijah over there” Lucan remarked, pointing at the one man in the middle of the two groups.
“ Will be able to convince Mr President and the Queen of England on our side” He concluded. The sound of applause can be heard as everyone applauded Lucan who was already smirking in satisfaction.
“ So when will the deed be done?” Another of then men asked.
“ In two days time” Elijah replied almost immediately
“ In two days time, the deed will be signed” He added with a smirk.
“ Let’s see how they will be able to escape this time around. Let me see how they’ll be able to fight against the world which will turn against them soon…let me see…how they’ll be able to escape this disaster about to befall them….. .
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“ John are you ok?” Pulse asked as John approached his bed. His face was all gloomy and tiring. Sitting beside a chair beside the bed, John relaxed fully on it letting out a deep sigh, his eyes closed.
He stayed like that for some minutes before titling his head forward.
“ I’m ok dude. You sent for me, do you need anything?” He asked on opening his eyes.
“ I don’t need anything bro. There’s something really really important I need to tell you” Pulse breathed out making John adjust a bit on the chair.
“ Ok…go on” He said.
“ It’s about the Sentinels…no actually, it’s about Lucan” Pulse began and with the mention of Lucan, John knew for once it was anything far from good news.
“ What about him?”
“ Lucan joined hands with the Purifiers and the Trask Industry and together, they all set up a decree called the ‘Hounds Program'. In that decree, it was stated clearly that all mutants on Earth should be annihilated within one week…
“ And in two days time, Lucan and the head of the Purifier’s, Elijah are going to meet Mr President and the Queen of England to the sign the decree so that the operation will be carried out” By the time Pulse was done, shock ran through John.
“ What?!” He exclaimed in anger.
“ Yes, John…the LIVES OF ALL MUTANT ARE AT STAKE….