ShadowFall: Cyberpunk.

Chapter 3 : Unexpected turns of events.

Aquino inhales, staring at the man. The man lifts his head up, lifting up his face. "Maddox." Aquino says, frowning slightly. "Aquino." Maddox says in an intimidating tone. "Squad Alpha, take him to a room.", Maddox signals a couple of guards. "We'll bring your stuff right back to you Aquino." The guards grab Aquino by his hands, and lead him into the facility. "Make yourself at home."

Aquino frowns, as he's being lead by the guards. They go upstairs and lead him into a corridor filled with high - tech rooms. They stop at one, and open the door. "Make y'self at home." The guards shove him in, Aquino looks around the cramped space. "Bed, toilet, shelf, sink. Great."   The door shuts behind him. Suddenly a hole in the wall appears. The waterproof locker comes down it, and onto his hands. He opens it, everything he had was in it. "Thank goodness they didn't remove the pistol, I better hide it somewhere." Aquino takes the pistol, and puts it under the bed.

Suddenly the door opens. A girl is seen standing. "Hi," The adjusts her hair, looking down a bit. "Hello?" Aquino arches his eyebrow. "M-Maddox .. wants to .. talk to you." Aquino nods, and proceeds to leave the room. Once he reaches the dining area the guards were ready to escort him. The guards reach for his hands, "I can walk!" He says, impolitely. One of the guards sigh, "Stairs to the left, down the corridor." Aquino nods, and proceeds to walk.

Aquino enters the fancy office, there were screens, laptops, computers even camera controls. "I see you got my message." "Indeed I did." Aquino nods. "What happened between us Aquino? Long ago, tell me. What happened?"

Aquino nods. "It all started in school, back at Yssie, (Is - see) our primary school. You did something I will never forget." "What did I do?" "I'm getting to that!" Aquino raises his hand to Maddox's face. "There was .. a terrorist attack on the school, we were best friends. The teacher said to not make a sound until the they passed by the school room. She said they would assume it was empty. Until they shot the teacher through the window. Poor Miss Adams .." "Go on?" Maddox Implies. "The terrorist enter the classroom, and yelled at us 'DON'T MOVE OR WE KILL YOU ALL!' And that moment you stepped up, and they .. congratulated you."

(Flashback)

Young Aquino: Maddox?!

Young Maddox: Seems that my plan worked, boys. Throw him in a storage locker, and don't let him out until the whole building has collapsed.

Terrorist one: Yes sir.

Young Aquino: *starting to cry* M-MADDOX! STOP!

The Terrorist grabs Young Aquino.

Young Maddox laughs at his tears.

(End of flash back)

"And .. you left me in there. I heard crumbling, there was dust .. I was so scared. But you didn't care, did you?" Maddox gets up from his chair, and walks to Aquino. He places his hand on his shoulder. Aquino slaps it away. "Aquino, all that I wanna say is .. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what happened back at Yssie." "Sure you are, you're still the same fricking Maddox I know." "No, I'm not. Aquino please, I'm sorry for what happened." "If you were sorry, you would be someone else now."

Aquino and Maddox stare at eachother deep in the eyes. There was silence, until ... (PLAY THE MUSIC YOU WONT REGRET IT :333)

Maddox throws a punch at Aquino face, Aquino smoothly ducks, and punches his groin. Maddox bends over, holding his groin. "AGH .." Aquino knees his face, and grabs him by the collar, lifting him up. "So," Maddox wipes blood from his nose. "This is how it'll be then?" Aquino throws him onto his desk. Landing, Maddox grabs a revolver from his desk drawer, and proceeds to aim at Aquino. But Aquino was gone ... "DAMN IT!" He throws the revolver down.

67 MINUTES LATER / AQUINO'S ROOM /

Aquino took off his trench coat, revealing his T - Shirt.

Suddenly, his room door opens.

The girl from before was standing there.

"Hey."

She smiles at Aquino. But he doesn't do anything. She proceeds to sit next to him.

"What happened?"