A New Leader

Part Twenty One : This Life

Hades was an exact replica of Helios, it was magnificent, humongous, glorious... I felt my body gravitate towards the large windows that looked down on my greenish brown planet. People began arriving by the droves and piling in the large station, I smiled and welcomed them through the mesh that covered my face.

"Welcome to Hades!" I yelled trough the giant foyer, "Hyperion will rise again!"

The crowd of people cheered once again for me, I smiled under the mesh and walked towards the direction of my office. It was towards the top, resting there with four large paneled windows just as before.

Everything was different now, new furniture, clearer windows, better lighting, and even a shinier desk. I took in the whiff of the linoleum floors and made my way up to my "throne". Who would've thought a bandit would be the president of Hyperion? I wasn't even thinking I would reach this far, but here I was.

I plopped my butt down in the chair and spun around happily, this was all mine. The successes, the business, and soon my lover.

"Hey ECHO?" I yelled through the office, a blue light beginning to blink.

"Yes President?" He answered back in his robotic voice.

"Tell me, have my guards found the man named Rhys yet?" I asked kicking my feet up on my desk.

"Unknown status, would you like to send a reminder?"

"That would be lovely, thank you ECHO." I smiled.

Not even a few seconds later I was buzzed out of my thoughts from getting call, I picked it up and switched on the voice changing device.

"Hyperion, president speaking." I spoke in a cheery voice, trying my best to mask my feminine sound.

"We have him in our sights, how would you like to approach this?" The man asked, a smile crept across my face.

"Go to him and tell him that I want him to travel up to Hades to meet me personally."

"Will do," He spoke, "will that be all?"

"Yes, thank you."

I hung up my phone and sat back in my chair, I couldn't help but let the smile on my face totally take over my body. My stomach seemed to flutter as butterflies filled it instantly, I brought my hands behind my head and rested back. The queen of Hyperion had finally settled.

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"And that is where the story ends," I spoke, "at least for now."

"You looked for me for two years?" Rhys asked.

"Yes, I asked my men everyday if they had any leads on your location."

"I didn't think I was that well hidden, what would've happened if you didn't find out I had the cybernetics and Jacks AI?"

"Well, I simply would've killed you for bringing down my business and abandoning me on Pandora for two very long years." I watched as he backed up, very hesitant to speak, "but thank goodness I got to know you better, you're a very good listener, would you like a new job here?" I asked jokingly.

"I'm good, thank you." He laughed nervously.

"Don't worry your pretty little head," I laughed along with him, "now, you know my story, how about the DNA?"

"I... uh..." he was very hesitant, I rolled my eyes slightly.

"Listen, Rhys, I'll keep him here on Hades and teach him right from wrong."

"I tried doing that, it's not as easy as you're thinking it is."

"I'm the president of Hyperion now, he'll have to listen to me."

"I was the president of Hyperion for ten minutes and he tried to kill me."

"He wouldn't kill his former lover."

"You'd be surprised as to who he's willing to sacrifice to be on top." He stated, my patience wearing thin.

"Rhys... just listen to me here, I have told you my whole damn life story and why I'm the president and what my life goal is... can't you just let me have Jack?" My hands gripping tightly together, my arms beginning to glow.

"Your temper is much shorter than his," he replied, trying to get me to laugh, "ok, I will give you my DNA, but you have to promise that he never steps foot on Pandora without you." He caved.

"Swear on my heart," I marked an X across my chest, "just know that I hardly make deals with people, you're a special exception."

"I'll remember that." He stuck his hand out in my direction, I grabbed it as we shook in sync, "so how does this DNA thing work?"

"Well, we either take a strand of your hair or draw some blood, nothing too serious." I smiled.

"Oh, good, I thought you'd take a chunk out of my brain or something."

"Hyperion has a reputation of going over the edge, but I'm trying to break that stigma." I sat back in my seat.

"Yes, killing people who stand in your way really shows that."

"Watch it there, smarty."

"Sorry." He stuck his hands up defensively.

"Now we have to travel back to Pandora and look for the brain modular, seeing as how it was never found during the reconstruction I'm going to guess it flew off somewhere." I stood up from my desk and began to walk towards the doors.

"Are we leaving now?" He asked quickly as he followed behind me.

"No, I need to make an announcement." I replied, keeping my hood down as I walked through the corridors.