Destiny Rewritten

Chapter 122

As Winn came to, he didn't even need to open his eyes to know who'd kidnapped him.

"You know, most fathers, when they break out of prison, they try and avoid their sons, since they're the first ones the feds talk to." Winn said as he opened his eyes to see his father standing there.

"Really son, that's what you say to me. No, hi dad, how've you been. No sorry I never came to see you while you were in prison." Winslow Schott said to his son.

"You should've taken the hint. I wanted nothing to do with you." Winn said.

"You're my son Winn. And I'm sorry I missed out on so much of your life." his father said.

"Then maybe you shouldn't have been sent to prison." Winn said.

"It's all Chester Dunholtz fault. He stole my designs and left me with nothing. He's the reason I went to prison and now he will finally pay." his father said.

"You killed all those people." Winn protested.

"He drove me to it. He stole my designs and left me with nothing. And now is finally time for him to pay." his father said.

"For what? Stealing your toy designs?" Winn asked.

"No, not the toy design. He robbed me of the chance to be your father. But now, he's going to to suffer for it." Winslow said.

"What are you talking about?" Winn asked.

"You're going to kill him." Winslow said.

"No, I'm not going to kill him." Winn protested

"You're going to kill him for me." Winslow said as if his son hadn't spoken.

"Why would I do that?" Winn asked, shocked that his father thought he would ever do such a thing.

"Because you don't want innocent people to die. Today is opening day of the Star City Toy Convention and Dunholtz will be there accepting an award. If you don't kill him, I will set off the ten bombs I've hidden in ten different toys at the convention." Winslow said.

"Millions of people will die. Innocent people. Children." Winn said.

"No they won't, because you won't let that happen." Winslow said as he held out a nerf gun.

"What's that gonna do?" Winn asked.

"I made this so you could carry it right through the metal detectors and through security. You'll go up on that stage as Dunholtz accepts his award and you'll kill him." Winslow said.

"You may be crazy, but I won't deny you're brilliant." Winn grudgingly admitted as he looked at the weapon.

"And you share that brilliance. You waste your potential." Winslow said.

"What? I'm helping people." Winn said.

"You could change the world with your brilliance Winn, but you waste that brilliance by sitting behind a computer. You could do so much more." Winslow said and Winn decided that the best way for his team to find him was to play along, though he had to admit, some of what his dad had just said was something he'd thought himself.

"Considering the fact that mark you'll be leaving behind on this world is a terrorist, I'd say you're the one who's brilliance is being wasted." Winn said.

"If my brilliance is being wasted, then how exactly was I able to hack into that tracking implant of yours? No rescue will be able to find you." Winslow said.

The moment his father let him go, Winn began trying to figure out a way to tip off his team to the bombs, since he knew that they'd be looking for him and they'd no doubt find him using surveillance cameras.

He had no intention of killing Dunholtz, but at the same time, he couldn't let the bombs go off. Then he remembered the comms his father had given him and realized he could use them to send a message to his team.