It had taken over seventy years but at long last the army was complete! The prophecy would be fulfilled; Nicholas would at long last be allowed to take his rightful place in heaven and the Earth shall finally be restored unto God! Andrea thought to herself as she stood at the pulpit with her twin brother Andrew looking at their children dressed and ready for their first hunt within their private chapel. âFor the past twelve years, youâve trained for this moment, now at long last that moment has arrived; the moment when we can proudly say your training is complete! All that stands between you and your rightful place as the future leaders of our glorious cause is for you to successfully complete your first hunt! As I look upon you my heart swells with pride!â She proclaimed as tears welled up in her eyes something, she swore would not happen but refused to let them fall.
âHere are the targets weâve selected for you regrettably; they arenât the targets you yearn for but worry not weâll be dealing with them soon enough.â Andrew stated while Andrea stepped down from the pulpit and handed out slips of paper. One need only look at the childrenâs faces and how they sank as they looked at the slips to know that they were not exactly thrilled about these choices.
âHave no fear mother we shall make our first hunt a success!â Jonas said while he and the nine other children unfolded their slips to see who would be their target for the night.
âOh, thatâs precisely what we wanted to hear now go fulfill your destiny!â Andrew said as he and his sister came down, hugged each of the children and watched them disappear from chapel.
âOh, I wish that Father and Grandfather were here to see this!â Andrea said while wiping away the tears that were slowly running down her cheeks. As she turned to face her brother, she immediately knew what he was thinking. âAndrew youâve got to stop punishing yourselfâ¦we did what we had to! She betrayed you, your children; our entire family; they both got exactly what was coming to them!
âEverything youâve said is true Andrea but she was my wife and the mother of my children⦠I canât banish those feelings and erase the years that we shared together the way that you have.â Andrew sighed and turned his back to his twin while staring at the pulpit. Suddenly, his eyes became the size of dinner plates and Andrea was by his side in a flash! Both dropped into a combat stance ready for anything that this mysterious visitor who dared to simply drop into the inner sanctum of their strong-hold in a tornado of onyx-viridian energy had in store!!
âAwww whatâs the matter cousinsâ¦trouble in paradise? Well, not to worry Iâm sure youâll create some new mates in no time ha-ha-hah!â The man scoffed as the tornado dissipated. âOh now, now, now is that any way to greet a long-lost cousin?â He said as he walked the length of the pulpit.
âHow did you not only find us but get past our security?!!! Get outta here!!!â Andrea screeched twin balls of raven and crimson energy appearing in her hands.
âStay your hand sister at least give him the chance to answer before you kill him.â Andrew said as calmly and firmly as he could while placing his left hand on her right shoulder. Could you at least try to act just a little sane? I know you donât want to hear this and itâs killing me to say but he is family after all.
After everything theyâve done to Grandfather, Father, and usâ¦why the hell would we want to hear anything heâs got to say?!!!!!!! Andrea mentally responded hatred, rage and a desire for blood burning in her eyes like fire as the energy balls slowly dissipated from her hands.
âHow very smart of you to listen to him Andrea; weâve always known where you were we are family after all; it wasnât that difficult to find a few guards in need of a few extra dollars and wala here I am to make you a proposal that should prove to be extremely beneficial for us all.â The well-dressed man proclaimed stepping down from the pulpit and stopped a few feet from his cousins. âNow the reason Iâm here⦠G.E.N.I.S.I.S. is unfortunately no more. The two main sites have regrettably been destroyed, not to mention all of the research as well as the genetic material for the special OPS program is gone! Tragically you now no longer have the necessary financial resources to rebuildâ¦that is where the rest of the Stanley family comes in! âAaron stated as he began to pace in front of the twins. âOh, before you ask, we know about your financial situation alright?â
âI donât give a flying ratsâ ass what you think know and what you donât!! What I want to know is what on Godâs green Earth would possibly make you think that we would either want or accept help from you or the rest of your family Aaron?!!!! After everything that has been done to us, our father, our grandfather?!!! Why would we want to have ANYTHING to do with you!!!!â Andrea screeched jerking away as her twin tried to calm her down by placing his left hand on her right shoulder.
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âSheâs got a point, Aaron; all of you turned your backs on us!!!! Grandfather was forced to use his personal fortune to keep this operation running after the government & then his family revoked the funding they promised!!! As his inheritance began to dwindle our father had to seek out other financers for our operationâ¦sick, sadistic, psychotic people whose goal is to create armies of super soldiers to destroy the world and sadly weâre still forced to continue dealing with these same people!!!â Andrewâs anger, hatred, blood-lust and rage that he had been doing his best to keep under control while attempting to wrangle his sistersâ temper as well finally was set free as he shouted at his cousin!!
âWell, my, my, my there certainly is quite an enormous amount of hostility not to mention negative energy coming from the both of you! Donât worry you wonât have to deal with those kinds of clients anymore. We want to reunite the family as it should have always been.â Aaron said smiling as he resumed his pacing. âNow I suggest we download everything that is here to other smaller repositories that we have in secured locations around the globe; this place is much, much, much to large of a target and its location could potentially be compromised so weâre going to have to activate the self-destruct sequence.â Meanwhile the ten potential gypsy hunters have teleported onto a roof in Hartford preparing to embark down the road to destiny!
âAaaahhh finally, weâre old enough to embark on our first hunt! Aaahh savor this moment for this, THIS is us ready to step up and claim OUR birthright!!â Pearl proclaimed as she stared up into the crystal-clear night sky that was filled with stars and a big bright full moon. And back in the depths of the underwater base near the island of Crete there are signs of a long-standing feud beginning to be put to restâ¦almost.
âWhat are you talking about how could this location have been compromised!!â Andrea screamed as she resumed her pacing around the room. YOU might be willing to let bygones be bygones Andrew; but I donât trust this piece of shit as far as I could throw him!! I donât know about you but I fully intend to keep a very, very, VERY close eye on him!!
âWell, your exes where privy to this sitesâ location were they not? And they were the ones who were instrumental in orchestrating not only the escape but the destruction of sites A & B correct? Well, it stands to reason does it not that when they made their futile attempt to alert the CIA and every other pertinent government agency about project G.E.N.I.S.I.S still existing they would have also attempted to tell them about the repository here off of the island of Crete! So please trust me this really is for the best!â Aaron smiled as he stepped down from the pulpit and walked up to the twins. He only stopped when he was a mere two inches from Andrewsâ nose.
âYouâre free to do as you wish brother but I cannot, do not, will not and shall never trust anyone from that family!! Neither I nor my children share anything with anyone from that family!!â Andrea stated as she dematerialized from the chapel in much the same fashion that the children had moments ago.
âSheâs still a little spitfire, isnât she? Always so quick to fly off the handle and still clinging to our âlegacyâ how quaint and just a little pathetic donât you think?â Aaron scoffed putting his hand on Andrewâs shoulder.
âJust because I kept her from killing you doesnât mean I trust you! So, let me give you some adviceâ¦go home now and forget that you ever saw us!! Weâre no longer related to any of you! The day your family reneged on your promise to my grandfather is the day all of you died!!!!â Andrew responded jerking his shoulder away from Aaronâs hand. He proceeded to teleport out in a spiral of onyx-Egyptian blue energy.
Mother was rightâ¦some things will never change!! Theyâre still holding on to our so-called legacy which is in fact a lie!! Aaron thought to himself with utter disgust as he shook his head. We are in fact gypsiesâ¦our ancestor was a gypsy named Leslie whose magickal ability either never developed or manifested so, he turned to other forms of magick in order to take his revenge! He thought to himself stepping down from the pulpit just as a plethora of guards rushed in and encircled him.
âAlright scumbag if you so much as blink right now and weâre gonna pump you so full of holes that youâll be thought of as an abstract painting!â One of the guards shouted stepping towards Aaron and shoving him so hard that he almost fell.
âWell, that was certainly rude and very unnecessary; but at least I can say that I tried! Itâs very sweet of you guys wanting to show me the way out and allâ¦but I can find my own way thank you!â Aaron sarcastically said while he disappeared the same way that he entered within a tornado of onyx-viridian energy. He reappeared outside and began pacing. Stubborn, just as mother said!!! He thought to himself as he began sauntering away into the woods. He came to a small camp, sat down on a log; pointed his left index finger out and a stream of viridian-onyx fire shot forth and ignited the logs. As the fire crackled, he sat down placing his hands in front of him warming them up. Meanwhile, back in the underwater base Andrew & Andrea are in their quarters still pacing.
âI still wanna know how the fuck he managed to find us? And who else has he told?!! Andrew we are so, so close to finally achieving what Jonah started; weâre so close to being able to set him free from Limbo so he can finally enter the gates of heaven!!! The power so rightly ours will be restored to us and weâll finally be able to purify and restore the earth unto god!!â Andrea ranted while her twin was sprawled out on the king-sized bed