The Dark Streets

Chapter Thirteen

She looked at me and smiled,
"Well I think we should get some sleep." I nodded and smiled at her, I closed my eyes and fell asleep,
"Jack I have something important to tell you." I opened my eyes and saw Stake standing in front of me,
"What is it Stake?"
"There is something I haven't told you about the Ether Dimension."
"God Damnit, enough of the secrets Stake, just fucking spit it out!" He smiled,
"Okay, you could've asked nicely, the Ether Dimension is a parallel universe, it is a clone of this universe except for one difference, humans in my world have powers thanks to a force known as The Principle, it exists in your world but it seems to be locked, you haven't yet unlocked it in your world."
"Okay, so I'm guessing that has something to do with why Drogoth wants to take over my universe?" Stake nodded,
"Yes, he wants to merge this universe and obtain this worlds Principle." My eyes grew wide,
"There are other universes?" He nodded,
"Yes, each has it's own version of The Principle."
"So what is it that you want to do?"
"Well I want to use my Principle powers to unlock, The Principle of your universe."
"Okay, so we defeat Drogoth and unlock our powers." He nodded,
"Yes." I smiled,
"Okay, sounds good." I got up and looked at Maria and saw her sleeping, I shock her and she turned around and slowly opened her eyes and smiled,
"Morning already?" I smiled and nodded,
"Yes, it is." She got up and walked over to me and wrapped her arms around me and I did the same,
"I'm sorry for what happened Jack." I let go of her and looked at her,
"Thanks Maria." Suddenly there was a knock on the door, I walked to the door and opened it slightly and saw Mark,
"Hey Jack, can I come in... I need to speak with you." I looked at Maria and she nodded,
"Yeah, come in." I opened the door and Mark walked in,
"Hey Mark."
"Hey Maria." He sat down on a chair and I sat down on a chair in front of him,
"So what is it you want to talk about... Brother." He smiled,
"Well, that's kind of what I want to talk about, I think I owe you a better explanation of how we are related." I chuckled,
"You're damn right." He smiled,
"Well as you are probably aware, we are four years apart and well you probably grew up with just your mother." I nodded,
"Yeah, I didn't really know my dad when I was a kid it wasn't until I was in high school, he told me, him and my mom hated each other and they kind of mutually separated and he left to New York and only came back to Chicago when I was in high school."
"Well, when he moved to New York, he met my mom and well I was born and yeah when he left New York to go back to Chicago he took me with him because my mom died a year prior due to cancer, on the way there he told me that I had a half brother and I was shocked but happy but, shortly after we arrived, he told me he visited you and that you didn't really want anything to do with him." I nodded,
"Yeah, well I grew up with my mom telling me how much a piece of shit my father is, so when I became a teenager I told myself if I ever saw him again, I'd do what he did to me and my mom and just walk away, but when I was in college I got a hold of him and we kind of became best friends, but he never told me about you or showed me pictures of you." Mark looked down and stared to cry,
"That's because I disappointed him, I started getting in trouble, I got kicked out of high school in my in my second year, he gave me a choice smarten up or leave and follow my friends and you can probably tell, what I chose." I put my hand on his shoulder,
"Well you're not like that anymore." He wiped the tears from his eyes and looked at me,
"I may not do drugs any more but I'm still involved with the wrong people, I'm involved with even more worse people now." I took my hand off his shoulder,
"What do you mean Mark?" He looked at me,
"Marcus, the detective that fired you, is one of the main people of The Blue Brothers, there's like fifteen cops that are with him." My eyes grew wide,
"Holy shit! Are you killing kidding?" He shook his head,
"No I'm not."
"How did you find out about that?"
"Well when me and Mike were at the hideout we are invading today, I saw Mike talking to him."
"I can't believe that, it explains a lot though." Mark nodded,
"He never like our dad and I never knew why but now I know why, my dad arrested his cult and I bet he ordered a hit on dad."
"Why would he do that?"
"Well before, dad died, he told me that he found information that could get him murdered, but before I could ask more, he told he had to go, and that was the last time I spoke to him." Mark's eyes grew wide,
"Oh my God! I wonder what information he found?"
"I don't know but I have a feeling it has something to do with what we are dealing with." Mark nodded,
"Yeah I agree, well that's all I wanted to talk to you about, by the way we're going to be heading out soon, so be prepared." I nodded and Mark got up and walked out of the room,
"So do you believe what Mark said or do you think that he was just saying stuff to get you talking?" I smirked,
"If that was the case I wouldn't have told him what I did." Maria smiled,
"Yeah true, you aren't stupid." I chuckled,
"Well I wouldn't say that, I can be pretty stupid." She chuckled,
"I don't doubt it." There was a knock on the door,
"Come in!" Lucas opened the door and walked in and closed the door behind him,
"Hey we're getting ready to head out." I nodded,
"Okay hold on Lucas." I got up and got dressed and Maria did the same, we walked out of the room and I closed the door behind us, we walked into the main lobby and the 47's and Mike's Blue Brothers were all standing in the lobby, Mike walked up to me,
"So today is the beginning for the rest of our lives, we will fulfill our destinies." I nodded and looked around,
"So we are all going?" He nodded,
"Yes of course, we're going to need every person we have to succeed."
"Yeah I get the but isn't going to raise suspicion?" He smiled,
"We're going in two groups, the first group will be me, you and Mark, we'll be taking my men, the second group will be Lucas, Tony and Maria and they'll be taking the 47's." I nodded,
"Okay, sounds like a plan."
"Jack, come with me to my room, there's something I must discuss with you." I nodded,
"Okay, let's go." We started walking up the stairs towards his room and we walked into his room, he closed the door behind us,
"So what is it, you wanted to discuss with me?" He stared at me without blinking his eyes,
"You know about it don't you?"
"Know about what?" He gave me an angry look,
"Don't play dumb with me Jack, you know what I'm talking about!"
"Is it about the Ether Dimension?" He relaxed his face and grinned,
"Yes and it also has something to do with our dimension as well."
"Are you talking about The Principle?" He smiled,
"Ding ding ding, we have a winner!"
"What do you know about it?" He smiled,
"Only what The Blue Brothers' file said about it."
"And what's that?"
"Well after they found out about the Ether Dimension, they found out about The Principle, they also found out that The Principle does in fact exist in our world and that every person as the ability to use it, it is just laying dormant."
"I see, so how do we go about unlocking it?"
"I don't know but, I have a feeling it has something to do with Drogoth, I was hoping that your buddy Stake would know more." Stake then appeared beside us,
"Yes in fact I do know something about unlocking this world's Principle." I looked at him and he looked at me, "more than what I told you Jack."
"What is it Stake?"
"Well the goal in unlocking The Principle of this world is killing the physical body that Drogoth is inhabiting, it will release his powers and control over this world and unlock The Principle." I looked at him,
"So how do we know what body he's in?" He smiled,
"I'll know what body he'll be in, I can sense his energy." I nodded,
"Okay sounds good." He smiled and chuckled,
"Yes it is good, it's one of my many talents." I nodded and chuckled,
"That is very true." Mike looked at me and Stake,
"What are these talents?" Stake looked at Mike,
"I am able to project myself here in your world, for I am in the Ether Dimension and I can sense Principle energy, in any world and... Me and Drogoth are brothers and we share powers as well, we both have the power to for see things in the future in any world we choose."My eyes grew wide,
"Really!? What can you see?" He lowered his head,
"I'm afraid I cannot tell you, it will ruin with the flow of time."
"Of course, there's always a catch." Mike looked at Stake,
"Will Drogoth lose control of our world?" Stake looked at him,
"All I can say is, he doesn't die."
"What the fuck is the point of this battle is after all we do, he just walks away not dead!" Stake lowered his head,
"I'm afraid so." He lifted up his head and looked at me, "but this is just one of my many visions that I see of the future." I looked at him,
"So there is a way to kill him?" He nodded,
"Yes but the success rate of this possibility is .5% so I wouldn't recommend this course of action." I looked at Mike and he nodded his head,
"Let's fucking go for it Jack." I looked at Stake,
"We're gonna go for that possibility." Stake looked at me,
"You could die Jack." I nodded,
"Yes I know, I still want to do it."
"We all could die... Jack." I stared at him,
"Yes... I still want to do it." He nodded,
"Okay, well listen to every word I say, if you do you'll survive, but if you don't I can guarantee you'll die." Me and Mike nodded,
"Okay let's go." Stake disappeared, me and Mike left his room and back in the main lobby, Mike looked around all the people,
"Okay listen up everyone! We will be splitting up into two groups in the mission to invade the Blue Brothers' base of operations, the first group will be me, Jack, Mark and all of my men and the second group will be Lucas, Tony, Maria and the 47's, we will also be going down two paths, my group will be attacking the main entrance at the north side and Lucas' group will flank from the rear entrance at the south side." Lucas looked at Mike,
"Can we discuss the battle plan with you, in your room?" Mike nodded,
"Yes of course, let's go now." They walked away into Mike's room, Tony and Maria walked over to me,
"Looks like we'll be splitting up, it was a pleasure to work with you guys." I looked at Tony, and extended my hand to him, he grabbed it and shook it,
"I'll be praying for your safe return, so we can work together again." I smiled,
"I'll see you then." We let our hands go and I looked at Maria and we hugged each other, and we let go of each other, she looked at me,
"Good luck... Jack." I smiled at her,
"Good luck, Maria." The door of Mike's room opened and Lucas and Mike walked out of the room, Tony and Maria started walking with Lucas,
"Let's go 47's!" The 47's started walking with Lucas, Tony and Maria and left the warehouse, then me and Mark started walking with Mike,
"Let's go Brothers!" We left the warehouse and saw Lucas and the 47's leave in their cars, me, Mark and Mike walked into the van, Mike got in the drivers' seat and I got in the passenger's seat and Mark and half of Mike's Brothers got in the back of the van and the other half got in the other van, Mike took a radio out, "This is Golden Eagle, copy."
"Hello Golden Eagle, this is Wacky Beaver, radio is up and working, over and out."
"Copy that, Wacky Beaver." Mike put the radio away and turned on the van and started driving away and the other van started following us, I looked back at Mark,
"How are you back there Mark?" He looked at me,
"I am just fantastic!" He gave me a thumbs up and I gave him a thumbs up back,
"Okay, sounds good." We exited the city docks and made it to the city streets, I looked at Mike,
"So where is their base of operations?" He looked at me,
"It's at the north side of the city, we should be there shortly before Lucas and his team." I nodded,
"Sounds good, they'll be distracted by us, they won't know what hit them!" Mike smiled and started to laugh,
"Exactly Jack, that's exactly what I was thinking!"
"This is Fire Squad, we have reached our destination, we'll wait for the signal to attack." Mike picked up the radio,
"Copy that, Fire Squad leader." He put the radio away,
"I guess I was wrong, but we'll be there shortly." I nodded and took out my Desert Eagle and took the clip out and checked to see if it was loaded and it was and I put the clip back in and cocked my gun, Mark took out his snub nose .45 revolver and loaded the gun, Mike stopped the van and turned it off, Mike picked the radio up,
"Golden Eagle has reached the nest, what's your ETA, Wacky Beaver?"
"We should be there in about five minutes."
"Copy that." He put the radio away and took out his .44 Smith & Wesson revolver and checked to see if it was loaded and it was,
"Okay, let's go!" He opened his door and got out of the van and closed his door and I got out of the van and I closed the door and the half of the Brothers got out of the van and Mike locked the van. We started moving towards a building, Mike motioned for us to stop, he pulls a radio out of his back pocket, "Fire Squad, you may attack."
"Roger that, Golden Eagle." Mike put the radio back, shortly after there was an explosion at the rear, the men that were located in the front were now moving towards the explosion, just then one of Mike's snipers shot a guy in the head,
"Attack!" We all started running and shooting at the men, I saw a guy on the second floor aiming out of a window and I aimed at him, and shot him in the head and fell out a window and landed on the sidewalk. A guy kicked the front door open starts shooting at me and Mike jumped in front of me and shoots at the guy and Mike gets shot him in the chest and lands on the ground, and the guy he was shooting at was laying on the ground dead, I ran to Mike,
"Mike! Are you okay!?" You got fucking shot!" Mike looks at me and coughs up blood,
"I don't know I'm pretty fucked up." People started shooting at me, I point and aimed and started shooting at them, I hit a guy in the elbow and I hit another guy in the throat,
"Take that you fuckers!" I drag Mike to a place where he won't get shot, "Mark! Cover fire!" Mark ran over to where me and Mike were and started shooting at Blue Brothers and he hit one in the head and another one in the knee, Mark ran up to Mike,
"You better not die on me!" Mike looked at Mark and smiled,
"I don't think I can do that." He started to cough, He looked at me, "I didn't kill her Jack." He then collapsed to the ground and closed his eyes, I looked at him and all the memories flashed through my head, it stopped at an image that always runs through my head and it was an image of the love of my life, Willow getting shot by my best friend, Mike... But now I can Smash this horrible image out of my head, as I now know thanks to Mike last words, "I didn't kill her Jack." I snap back to reality and Mark was looking at me,
"Jack! You okay!" I looked over at him,
"Yeah, these motherfuckers are going to pay for Mike's death!" Mark nodded and smiled and shot one of the Blue Brothers in the head and I aimed at one of the guys and shot and the bullet hit him in the throat and he fell to the ground and a guy shot me in the shoulder,
"Ow fuck!" Mark shot at the guy that shot me and hit him in the eye and he fell down dead,
"You okay Jack?" I nodded,
"Yeah I'm okay, it looks like we are in the main lobby." I pulled the radio out of my back pocket, "Fire Squad, Mike has been shot and killed, I repeat Mike has been shot and killed, over and out."
"Hello Golden Eagle team, this is Fire Squad, the enemy has us pinned and we have suffered major... Ah retreat, retreat! Ah!..." The radio cut out, I looked at Mark and the remaining Brothers with me,
"Hello men! With the death of Mike, I am now in charge of this team and our fellow friends, the 47's are in danger and need our help, so we're going to flank the enemy and catch them off guard!" Mark and the Brothers cheered, Mark looked at me,
"Do you think they are alive?" I looked at Mark,
"I don't want to even think about it." We reached the door to the rear of the building and on the other side I could hear people shooting and yelling, Mark went to the left side of the door and I went in front of it and he opened the door and he tossed me a grenade and I threw it in the open doorway and he closed the door and locked it, we could hear yelling and screaming, then the grenade exploded, Mark unlocked the door and opened it and he motioned for three Brothers to clear the area, I walked in behind them, and I see a guy pop out of a slightly opened doorway and shoot and kill the three Brothers and I shoot at the guy in the head, "the coast is clear!" I hear Mark and the Brothers come in I motioned for them to stop, "Lucas! Tony! Maria! I hear people talking in a room nearby, "hello! Come out I can fucking hear you!" A door opens and a guy comes out and starts to shoot at me and hits me twice in the chest and I shoot at him and I hit him in the head and I fall down, I hear Maria scream my name,
"Jack!" I black out, it feels like I'm dead but I know that I am not, I see a dark figure with red eyes,
"Hello Jack."
"Drogoth!? Why are you in my mind? Or even better, how are you in my mind?" Drogoth laughed,
"Good questions, part of me is you, that is how I'm in your mind and why, well that's simple to kill the one thing stopping me from taking full control of your whole pathetic world!" Then Stake appeared in front of me and in his left hand was a giant sword and he slashed the sword down at Drogoth and he smashed into a bunch of pieces,
"Don't you even think of killing Jack Darring! He will bring about your Demise Drogoth!" Drogoth smirked at Stake,
"Don't worry Jack I'll be back." Drogoth disappeared and Stake's sword disappeared and he looked back at me and smiled,
"Don't worry old friend, I have your back, even when you're half dead." I awake to someone hitting me with the backk of a pistol, I looked up and see, Detective Marcus Jonson,
"Hello Jack, I said I was going to get you, well here I am that's right Jack, I really run the Blue Brothers, your father found that out and almost blabbed to his son and I had to do the right thing and well get rid of him, but I didn't want anyone to know I did it, so I hired someone to do it." I looked at him,
"Who you motherfucker!" Mark walked beside Marcus,
"Sorry brother, but dad picked you over me, he didn't love me at  all and besides he wasn't a great person." I tried to punch him but I was tied to a chair,
"So you're the Axeman?" He smiled,
"I love that title, it suits me doesn't?"
"Why did you kill all those other people?" He grabbed his axe and smiled,
"Once you kill one person, you need to kill more." I tried to punch him again, "you really think I'm stupid enough to leave you untied?" Mark punched me in the face and Marcus walked in front of me and grabbed my face and forced me to look at him,
"We're going to have fun torturing you." I saw Tony and Maria, with the 47's behind Mark and Marcus, Tony stands up and aims his gun at Marcus,
"Put your fucking guns down now!" The rest of the 47's and Maria stands and aim at them, Mark throws his gun on the ground and puts his hands up in the air and Marcus' eyes glow red and he smirks and disappears and leaves a black cloud where he used to be, Tony unties my hands and hands me my jacket and I put it on and he hands me my gun, I aim at Mark's head,
"Where the fuck did he go!? If you don't tell me or tell me a lie, I'll blow your fucking brains on the fucking wall, do you hear me!?" He shakes his head, I smell the scent of urine, I locke down and saw he pissed his pants, I started to laugh, "you fucking pussy! So where did Marcus go?"
"He went to where Drogoth is."
"Are you saying he went to the Ether Dimension?" Mark nodded,
"Yes." I let him go and put my gun away and Stake appeared beside me,
"You want me to bring you to the Ether Dimension, don't you?" I looked at him and nodded my head,
"Yes I do, is it possible?"
"Yes and this is where the .5% success rate comes in, the .5% chance I success fully teleport you to the Ether Dimension is the only chance to kill my brother." I laugh and look at Stake,
"Well don't fuck up old friend." He smiled,
"I don't plan on fucking up because if I do you'll be dead." I looked at him,
"I trust you Stake, I trust you more than anyone, the only person to really care about me." He smiled at me,
"I care about you too Jack... You ready?" I nodded,
"Yes, let's do it!"