Dark as night

Chapter 3

"Jonah whats wrong?" was the last thing Jonah heard before the door closed behind him. Jonah walked to the room where the guard he knocked out would be sleeping, and layed on the bed. There was a knock on the door, "Jonah, are you in there?" It was Mark, Jonah sat up as Mark opened the door, went in, then closed the door behind him. "Jonah, what's wrong? Was it something I did?" Mark asked, sitting down next to him. Jonah turned his head and looked at his brother as if contemplating what to do next. In a quiet whisper he said "I'm sorry, it's just that with an entire continent looking for me I didn't think I could trust you." Mark looked at him and smiled. "You can always trust me I'm your brother, you know that right?" Mark said, before he got up and left. Jonah watched as the door closed with a click then layed back down. He tried to remember what it was like before he was thrown in prison. The happiness, the laughter, the fun, he held onto those feelings and never let them go. He swam in the joy of his thoughts slowly, his eyes closed and he fell asleep. Sometime during the night they got the ship going again. Jonah woke up to the sound of waves crashing against the hull of the ship. He got up, and slowly made his way to the mess hall where they would be served breakfast. As he made his way to the mess hall he noticed his brother's door was open, Jonah slipped in and looked around, the room was empty. "Mark?" he called, whispering as if he was afraid he would be yelled at for waking people up. What he saw next made him very nervous, there was blood on the wall, "Mark?" he said, turning the corner to the closet. Jonah gasped, Mark was laying on the floor of the closet with a bullet hole in his gut. Jonah rushed over and held his head up. Mark turned his head weakly. "Jonah, I'm sorry" He said in a quiet choked voice. "No, no, no, Mark what happened?" Jonah asked, Mark looked at him weakly, "It happened too fast, I'm sorry, goodbye." Mark choked and went limp. "Mark no, no, please don't" Jonah begged, but it was no use, his brother died in arms, never to speak again. Jonah cried as he laid his brother back down on the floor, he got up and left slowly in tears. Jonah grew angry, he would find out who did this and he would get revenge if it was the last thing he would do. Mark made his way to the mess hall, as he entered the mess hall a man he never saw before walked over to him, Jonah kept going, he found an empty table and sat down.

Saturday, January 17, 3025

Jonah sat down at the table, his mother walked over and put his breakfast on the table. "Thank you mom." Jonah said, looking up, his mother smiled and went back to work. Jonah started to eat, his mother was an architect and she worked a lot so she rarely had time to do anything with Jonah or his brothers. Jonah finished his breakfast and went upstairs to brush his teeth. When he was done he came downstairs and put on his coat and opened the door "I'm going outside mom" he called and then went outside, he made his way to the park, to go meet his brothers. When he got there Mark threw the football to him, Jonah caught it and threw it back. They played catch for over an hour before they headed home.

June 30, 3030 7:30 am, Jonah started eating his breakfast when a man sat down, it was the same person who walked over to him when he entered the mess hall. "Officer, Johnson, I am Adam," The man said holding out his hand, Jonah shook it. "Trevor" he said, The man looked at him "I'm hoping to talk about when my son is getting out, you see he was thrown in jail after transporting chemicals on a plane numerous times, his name is Jonah." Jonah looked at him and motioned for him to follow. Adam followed him to his room. Jonah bit his lip "Is your last name Smith?" Jonah asked. Adam shook his head "yes, why?" Adam asked. Jonah whispered to him "your son is already out, he is standing in front of you." His father looked at him, "Jonah?" Jonah looked at him "yes?" he said smiling. His father hugged him. Jonah looked grim, "dad there is something you need to see." He said taking him to Mark's room, His father looked at the lifeless Mark in horror. "What happened to him?" he asked, Jonah looked at him, "I don't know, I walked in and he was lying on the ground with a bullet hole in him" Jonah said, he and his father walked out, Jonah closed the door behind them and they walked out to the deck.