Midas, Jones and Marigold land safely back outside their old house and before long, the mastermind gets his sceptre and teleports the three of them to the Sanctuary. However they're met with a distressing sight.
I.O guards were charging their way through the entrance with the Seven and their guards fighting back as best they could.
"Damnit. We can't be away for two minutes without I.O trying to kill us." Midas groans.
The trio head over to the scuffle and try to get involved, shoving their way through guards. Midas encounters the Foundation and begins talking to him.
"Foundation! What's going on?"
"I don't think I.O are happy about you and your friends stealing their cyborg henchman away from them." He explains.
They all continue to fight, Midas and the others trying to push I.O back. Another face joins the brawl and, to Jones' surprise and horror, it's Janice.
"Keep pushing through. Find that cyborg at all costs." She mutters, firing a pistol specifically at Jones who dodges while yelping in fear. She then pulls out some sort of device with a button. "If I can get close enough I can reactivate him with this."
He ducks behind a rock, biting the nail on his thumb as Janice looks for him.
"Come on out Jones. I'll make it quick and painless. Or maybe I can take you back to I.O and have Slone deal with you instead." She says, reloading her pistol. "Either way, it's your funeral."
Jones shivers a little, unnerved by her words. The Janice he once knew would never say those kinds of things to him. Despite knowing it'll be in vain, he swallows his fear and gets up to confront her.
"C'mon Jan. Surely you'd remember a face like mine, right?" He chuckles nervously.
"I do. We worked together for years, until you betrayed us all to work with the Seven and that golden freak." She spits.
"I didn't betray you. If anything THEY betrayed ME! Don't you remember?! You helped me gain the files related to the Seven! Slone shot you through the fucking brain for god's sake!!" He yells. "The mark's there on your forehead to prove it!"
She shrugs.
"I've always had that mark. You were just too oblivious to see it."
Sweat slides down Jones' face as he takes a step back. She really didn't remember anything. Not even Slone shooting her brains out. It's assumed she was just told it was some twisted birthmark.
"Now, let me go through to where you're hiding that cyborg. And maybe I'll let you stay alive." She orders.
Jones stands his ground, knowing Ares is still in the science bay unconscious.
"I'm sorry Jan. But I can't let you through." He firmly tells her.
She glares at him before trying to dash past him and rush into the building behind him. Jones manages to catch her by the wrist however, pulling her back.
"Let go Jones! I must complete my mission!!"
"No! I can't let you!!" He cries out.
They struggle together, fighting for the device in Janice's left hand. So much guilt was flooding through Jones as he hears her yells. A part of him wanted to stop and let her go, but he had to keep it together.
"Ugh! If I can't get to him then I'll make him come to me instead!!"
She presses the button. Jones bites his lip and looks over at the science bay doors.
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*DISCONTINUED* Resistance - A Fortnite Story No.6
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