Chapter 19

Alan nodded then felt a familiar tug, (we need to go, I think that the other you from before might join with you, that ought to make you far stronger.)

(Yes sir! We will all remember, please if you can, please try to find out what happened to our brother!) the younger Varick said.

(I will do all I can, let’s go, ) Alan told him as they both ascended. y both ascended.

Alan’s eyes snapped open he was on the floor next to Varick. A moment later Varick’s eyes flew wide as he sat up. Looking over at Alan he asked, “Are you sure about that? You really think there is a chance that he survived?”

Alan smiled, “You saw for yourself he was alive when they carried him out.”

Angelika was staring at both the men on the floor with a confused look on her face. “For the sake of those that weren’t just in your head, what in the hell are you two talking about?”

Varick stood and grabbed his sister hugging her tight. “I saw him go down but Alan showed me he was still alive when they carried him out of the bunker!”

Angelika, Truda, and now even Harman were staring at Varick as if he’d lost his mind. “Ok I’ll bite,” Harman spoke up, “just who in the hell are we all talking about?”

Varick picked his sister up and twirled her about the room singing he’s alive. Putting her hand on his chest causing him to stop, Angelika asked again, “Who Varick.”

Varick looked deep into Angelika’s eyes and said with all sincerity, “our brother!”

Angelika could only stare at him like he was a mad man, “Our brother? Varick we don’t have a brother, something like that I don’t even think the doctor could block out. I...” suddenly Angelika’s eyes went wide. “Emory?” She whispered then huge tears started to fall from her eyes. “Please Varick, Alan don’t joke about this. We all saw him go down when the guards shot him.”

Both Harman and Truda also had tears in their eyes as they both nodded and the memories flooded back into their minds.

“I found it hard to believe myself but I tell you Angelika, I saw him. I saw he was still alive when they took him out of the bunker. Alan was there in my mind he showed me what I refused to see back then.” An even broader smiling Varick said.

Shaking uncontrollably Angelika slowly sunk to the floor. “Emory,” she was whispering as even more tears started to flow from her eyes. “Dear brother how could I have forgotten your face? My god how you must have hated us for not trying to escape with you. I was so terrified when I saw you go down I could barely think let alone move.” A haunted look appeared on her face then she hid her face as sobs began to rack her body.

Truda had her hands over her mouth as she ran to Angelika. Hugging her friend she started to cry along with her.

Varick could only grimace as he watched his sister and her friend hold each other. It had never been his intention to upset her this badly, neither one of them. Sighing deeply Varick motioned to both Alan and Harman as they stepped around the corner. “I didn’t think it would upset them this much.” Varick said moments later.

Harman turned to Alan explaining, “Emory was a good friend to both me and Truda. A year younger than Truda, he was also the biggest daredevil of us all. None of us thought that we had a chance to escape except Emory. I remember Varick telling him it was suicide but he just smiled and said to follow his lead.”

“I ... I watched them as they gunned him down. At least 5 of the guards opened fire on him. I swear they all emptied their magazines on him. I can still see the sadistic looks of glee on their faces when they were done.” Varick was almost whispering. Suddenly he looked up at Alan. “You son of a bitch! You god damned son of a bitch! You were there! Don’t you lie to me you sorry piece of shit! You WERE THERE!”

Harman was looking back and forth between both men what in the hell was going on? Completely confused ‘til Alan opened his mouth. His head down he nodded, “I was there in a way.”

“WHAT!!??” Harman shouted as he swung at and connected with the side of Alan’s face and nose, sending him crashing into the far wall. “We should kill you bastard!! You could have stopped all of this! You could have prevented...”

“No I couldn’t! You don’t understand! I couldn’t stop it; I couldn’t kill the doctor though I almost did.” Alan said from the floor his nose bleeding.

“Why? It had better be a good reason or I swear I’ll do everything I can to kill your ass,” Harman growled.

“I had actually grabbed the doctor’s heart and was going to crush it; suddenly I was seeing a hundred then a thousand possible outcomes. All of them involved the bunker destroyed and all of you being killed. That plus the fact that I would have never existed was a deterrent to stay my hand.” Alan said already starting the healing process on his nose.

Growling Harman started to advance upon Alan again when he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. (I suggest if you wish to stay awake for the next few hours you stop right now! I warned you brother the first was justified but no more or it will be me you have to face!) Harman’s face had a look of abject horror on it as he slowly backed away from Alan. (Better, thank you brother.) Harman heard his sister’s thoughts.

All three men walked to the other room where Truda was staring at Alan with a strange look. “So when did you start to develop my abilities?” She asked a little smirk on her face. “It appears that you were doing more than just ‘fixing’ my mind weren’t you?”