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HAH. FINALLY. this pic took quite some nerves T.T I. WILL NEVER. DRAW. RILEY'S LAB. EVER. AGAIN. GNAHHHH
if you wonder who that strange guy with the white hair and camouflage trousers in the background is xD
his name is Damon and he has been mentioned quite often before, there also exists a pic or two of him
he wasn't rly active, probably for the main reason that I didn't like his design xD now I redesigned him and worked a little more on his story and part in the whole thing and now I'm quite enjoying him! though might change his jacket to some military coat thing because SOLDIER INSIDE lmao xDD

little infos on Damon:
He kind of cared for Jack as a kid, was like a protective big brother to him. So he grew really really close to him, as Jack grew up they became very close friends, sometimes even with a light touch of lovers (while neither of them is actually gay) and he never lost his protective sense over him, sometimes just stood by him like a watchdog xD (until he finally saw Jack's real face because of a happening and now that even Jack's closest companion had kinda turned against him, Riley had the chance to plan an escape and blablabla whoolle other story xD)
Before he was an elite soldier for the russian army (that's also how the whole Jack-thing began, but that's a whole other story again, I want to tell that one in pictures too xD).
His little sister is Jamie.

<-- previously // next -->

for lazy readers aaggaiin:
plz don't read first if you plan on reading the full story!

It looked like it was around 5 years old, but had pretty long black hair and a greyish darker skin. A young boy. But oh, why did his face look so familiar to Ash? Those eyes, those lips… oh, oh no. “Diaval, have a seat.” Jack lifted the child onto his lap and ran a hand through it's hair. The smirk on his lips never left. “Murray, I have some wonderful news for you, you were already a father! The daddy of a monster. The daddy of my pet.” He continued to play with Diaval’s hair and suddenly a way too familiar smirk also appeared on the kid’s lips.

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Riley’s eyes widened and he pushed himself away from Ash. He staggered to one of the tables preparing stuff was laying on and took some injection, stabbing the needle roughly into the inside of his underarm. Even Ash winced while Riley didn’t seem to express pain.

“Krisztián, what…?”, Evelyn dared to ask cautiously, beginning to doubt his mental state. She was fiddling with the blanket the baby was wrapped in. Her eyes wandered to her big brother who was just as clueless and worried as she was.

“That shall stop this annoying dizziness for now”, Riley just mumbled and threw the syringe back on the table. He’d never do that, he’d immediately put it in the cleaner. Usually. (he has kind of OCD <.<)

“Freya, see if you can find Damon. And get that thing out of here.” Evelyn opened her mouth to comment on how he was speaking about his newborn son, but realised it was best not to discuss that now and left.

Riley sat down in front of some screens, starting to type like mad, Ash walked up from behind: “And you’re sure you’re okay?” “Of course I’m not. My mental state just like my physical is quite unstable and since this is the first vital sign of Jack ever since we escaped..." He paused, "I’m assuming he was watching us all the time, waiting just for this moment to show up and make things worse.” He huffed and a smirk appeared on his lips, his eyes empty: “How could we have believed we could ever escape him. He was just playing with us”, the smirk grew into a chuckle, “All along, it’s just been part of another plan.” He started laughing and even Ash began to doubt Riley was 'sane'. “Krisztián…?”

"Not even-" Riley burst out into laughter, "Not even Damon knew! Can you imagine! We’re just the naive little brats we’ve been ever since the very beginning.” Before Ash could free himself from the shock stare, the door opened and Damon entered. He didn’t make a sound, didn’t ask a single question and just walked up behind them, leaving a bit of distance between him and the pair, nodding to Riley he was ready. And Riley opened the VidMessage.

The message already started with a smirk of Jack’s. Immediately Riley noticed someone was standing in the dark shadows behind him. “Oh, don’t give me those looks, I know you've missed my face, huh?” A dark chuckle escaped his twisted smirk. “Damoonnn," He cooed. "How nice of you to come see my face too! You’ve disappointed me! The planning behind my back, trapping me, …” His voice trailed off. “What a laugh!”, Damon suddenly said and a smirk appeared on his lips. “What a laugh indeed. You’ve always been an awful liar, had you not realised that yet? You’re like an open book to me”, the Jack on the screen answered. The smirk fell. This was a recorded video message, right? Right? Ash stared at the screen in confusion, glancing to Riley, who didn’t seem surprised at all. Another dark chuckle filled the room. “Oh, Murray, have you not learnt already... I know you guys all too well to be able to predict your behaviour? I’m really quite disappointed.” “That f*cking bastard!”, Murray huffed. “Oh, Murray, no need to say such filthy words! I haven’t started yet!” Now Ash gaped at the screen again. How was this possible?!

“What do you want”, Riley said in a low voice, avoiding to look directly at the screen. He felt almost humiliated, talking to a record. “Oh, is it really about what I want? You’ve grown weak, Krisztián. Talking to a recording… I feel almost honored.” The Jack on the screen tilted his head, nodding directly into the direction of the sleeping Lia. “The ones with something to protect have already lost. But don’t worry, I’m not playing that joker already at this point. She’ll wake up soon, don’t underestimate the strength of her will that quickly, Kristián.” Riley eyes widened, a little gleam of joy filled his eyes. But wait, why should he trust Jack? The relieved expression fell. He opened his mouth and had aaallmost answered out loud again. “You doubt me, Riley?" Jack shrugged, “I don’t care, you’ll see soon. But, don’t think this was for nothing.” His smirk grew wider. “I'm going to make sure you hate your son. That ‘thing’, that ‘monster’, that’s what you called him before, right?” Now Riley started to feel bad... “You regret it now, huh? You've feared this kid since the very beginning, hm? Afraid of the unkown, of its role in my plan, afraid of… me.” This dark chuckle started to become annoying. “It’s not over yet. You can be sure, one day you’ll fear this child, more than you fear me. You’re closing your eyes, Krisztián. You know it already, but you look away, don’t you?”

His look wandered to Damon, looking deep into his eyes. This was so creepy, how for heaven’s sake could he know what this room looked like? It had so many defence systems for spying, so many alarm systems, and then even knowing where Damon would be standing? “Y'know, I'm beginning to miss you, Damon.” He playfully fiddled around with his fingers. “It’s empty, without you.” One finger slipped up to his lips and he gave him a teasing look. “Aren’t you missing out on my skills? Or are you still waiting for Anastasia to show up? I'm afraid you can't find her without me! Or maybe you can..." The look Riley could read on Damon’s face told him he was surprised. “Oh, ooops! I must have always been so quiet about it... That Anastasia had survived? Seems I made a mistake”, Jack’s look remained teasing. Damon, who had crossed his arms, now pressed his nails into them, one could see him slightly shivering in anger. But why would Jack do that? Turn his closest, oldest friend against himself? But Damon’s voice stayed calm: “You’ve changed, Jack. You're no longer the man I once loved. Not the little genius boy I felt the responsibility to protect. You changed long ago already, I’ve been just too blind to notice.”

“Oh no, you weren’t blind. There’s a difference between the things you see and the things you want to see. You’ve changed, too. It’s a pity.” For a little moment, the smirk on Jack’s lips disappeared. Seemed like he hadn’t planned to show that much emotion. His last sentence was serious.

“But the past can’t be changed. Mistakes can’t be undone. Isn’t that so, Murray? Saw Zakhar got you well”, he chuckled, “his neat little whore, how wonderful. He’d always had his eye on you.” Ash clenched his teeth. “But anyway! Let’s talk about your sweet little Natalie, I’m quite sure you remember her. Perhaps, deleting her memory wasn’t the best idea, just a thought," Jack continued talking, looking at Ash. He gestured with his hand and the figure who had been patiently waiting in the dark stepped next to him. Wait, this person was a child? It looked like it was around 5 years old, but had pretty long black hair and a greyish darker skin. A young boy. But oh, why did his face look so familiar to Ash? Those eyes, those lips… oh, oh no. “Diaval, have a seat.” Jack lifted the child onto his lap and ran a hand through it's hair. The smirk on his lips never left. “Murray, I have some wonderful news for you, you were already a father! The daddy of a monster. The daddy of my pet.” He continued to play with Diaval’s hair and suddenly a way too familiar smirk also appeared on the kid’s lips. “He’s doing great so far, my most obedient little man. He’s got a knack for fire.” There was a gleam in Diaval’s eyes at the mention of ‘fire’.

Ash needed to take ahold on Riley’s shoulder and the desk to keep from fainting or something. There were no words for how he felt. How was that even possible? No way, he must be lying! But it scared him even more that Riley looked also more than just a little shocked. Wait, did he believe him?

Jack laughed: “How’s that possible, he must be lying! How cute. Ok, so, you convinced me, I’ll make the research easier for you, Kristián. Natalie was pregnant when you gave her the serum, Murray. But, it was a little different compared to Lia's. The serum I had given to you was not as strong. She only forgot to the point when you told her you have to break up. And then, she discovered she was pregnant, ooohh how evil. She couldn’t reach you. She thought you lied to her, about you being castrated. She couldn’t stand the pain so perhaps she tried to hmm....End it. But ah, ah, can't have that can we? So her father convinced her to get rid of it, of course it shouldn’t be anyone well-kown to take this job, right? Would be baaad for the good name, right? And now, do not doubt I wouldn't able to transfer the fetus into another host? Sadly, I’m a very impatient guy, so why wouldn’t I use some machinery and super fancy biological stuff to boost his growth?” Playfully he raised a brow. “Why wouldn’t I?”

Ash had tightened the grip on Riley’s shoulder hard enough to make some joints and bones start cracking. Riley wasn’t even wincing at the pain, gladly it was the artificial half of his torso.

“He isn’t lying”, Riley said, no emotion in his voice. “He isn’t lying…”, Ash repeated. He tried to get his eyes off the screen, but couldn’t. Staring at his ‘son’.

“Oh and, one last thing”, Jack’s voice was to hear again. “Be thankful, Krisztián. I don’t intend to break you just yet. Maybe I’ve been kind enough to leave you another little goodie?” Jack’s smirk was wide again. “You’re all still my puppets. You can never escape, keep that in mind.” Black. End of the video message.

All three of them remained staring at the screen. Thousands of questions floating around in their heads. “What did he mean, what… ‘goodie’?”, Ash mumbled, more or less to himself. “I don’t know, I really don’t…”

“But…Damon”, Riley turned around to look at him, “Why did he break his standards?” “What do you mean by that?”, Ash asked before Damon could answer. Riley tilted his head to him: “Haven’t you noticed? That kid is sick-minded. It clearly has some mental illness, maybe even more than one. Jack’s always only picking half-broken but – most important – mental basically healthy people. He never intends to fully break his agents, avoids to make them fanatic. Why does he keep a sick one? He must have seen it before it was born. Just…why… would he want a pet?”

“Krisztián! This is still my son!”, Ash spoke, still in a shock. Fear written in his eyes.

“That doesn’t change the fact that he’s mentally ill and Jack’s pet”, Damon finally answered, “This kid is dangerous. I don’t know what its role is in this plan. As Jack said. He had realised I was only pretending in the end. He only told and taught me lies.”

“So, what are we going to do?”, Ash asked, without losing his shocked expression. He was scared.

“There’s nothing we can do”, Riley said. “What?” “There is nothing we can do”, he repeated, “We’re his puppets. All we can do is wait for his next step. “B-but we can’t just sit around and wait for him to-…” “IT’S OVER, MURRAY. We lost. We never had a chance to win”, Riley almost yelled right into his face. Ash was staring into his empty eyes with fear.

Riley looked away: “I’ll wait until Lia’s woken up again, make sure she’s alright, then I’ll work on the plan to free you from Zakhar, but I need more information. See if you can get a little more around in this building, we’re almost blind.” “What about your son?” Riley stayed silent for a moment. “I-… I’ll try, I guess.” He stood up and walked to the sleeping Lia, taking her hand and brushing with the other through her hair. “For her.”
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©
Artwork and chars by me
no references used
mentioned Natalie belongs to Arly-Barly-Wartek , Diaval to us both
and THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH FOR CORRECTING AGAAAINN, ARLYYYYY

Description
HAH. FINALLY. this pic took quite some nerves T.T I. WILL NEVER. DRAW. RILEY'S LAB. EVER. AGAIN. GNAHHHH
if you wonder who that strange guy with the white hair and camouflage trousers in the background is xD
his name is Damon and he has been mentioned quite often before, there also exists a pic or two of him
he wasn't rly active, probably for the main reason that I didn't like his design xD now I redesigned him and worked a little more on his story and part in the whole thing and now I'm quite enjoying him! though might change his jacket to some military coat thing because SOLDIER INSIDE lmao xDD

little infos on Damon:
He kind of cared for Jack as a kid, was like a protective big brother to him. So he grew really really close to him, as Jack grew up they became very close friends, sometimes even with a light touch of lovers (while neither of them is actually gay) and he never lost his protective sense over him, sometimes just stood by him like a watchdog xD (until he finally saw Jack's real face because of a happening and now that even Jack's closest companion had kinda turned against him, Riley had the chance to plan an escape and blablabla whoolle other story xD)
Before he was an elite soldier for the russian army (that's also how the whole Jack-thing began, but that's a whole other story again, I want to tell that one in pictures too xD).
His little sister is Jamie.

<-- previously // next -->

for lazy readers aaggaiin:
plz don't read first if you plan on reading the full story!

It looked like it was around 5 years old, but had pretty long black hair and a greyish darker skin. A young boy. But oh, why did his face look so familiar to Ash? Those eyes, those lips… oh, oh no. “Diaval, have a seat.” Jack lifted the child onto his lap and ran a hand through it's hair. The smirk on his lips never left. “Murray, I have some wonderful news for you, you were already a father! The daddy of a monster. The daddy of my pet.” He continued to play with Diaval’s hair and suddenly a way too familiar smirk also appeared on the kid’s lips.

----------------------------

Full Story:

Riley’s eyes widened and he pushed himself away from Ash. He staggered to one of the tables preparing stuff was laying on and took some injection, stabbing the needle roughly into the inside of his underarm. Even Ash winced while Riley didn’t seem to express pain.

“Krisztián, what…?”, Evelyn dared to ask cautiously, beginning to doubt his mental state. She was fiddling with the blanket the baby was wrapped in. Her eyes wandered to her big brother who was just as clueless and worried as she was.

“That shall stop this annoying dizziness for now”, Riley just mumbled and threw the syringe back on the table. He’d never do that, he’d immediately put it in the cleaner. Usually. (he has kind of OCD <.<)

“Freya, see if you can find Damon. And get that thing out of here.” Evelyn opened her mouth to comment on how he was speaking about his newborn son, but realised it was best not to discuss that now and left.

Riley sat down in front of some screens, starting to type like mad, Ash walked up from behind: “And you’re sure you’re okay?” “Of course I’m not. My mental state just like my physical is quite unstable and since this is the first vital sign of Jack ever since we escaped..." He paused, "I’m assuming he was watching us all the time, waiting just for this moment to show up and make things worse.” He huffed and a smirk appeared on his lips, his eyes empty: “How could we have believed we could ever escape him. He was just playing with us”, the smirk grew into a chuckle, “All along, it’s just been part of another plan.” He started laughing and even Ash began to doubt Riley was 'sane'. “Krisztián…?”

"Not even-" Riley burst out into laughter, "Not even Damon knew! Can you imagine! We’re just the naive little brats we’ve been ever since the very beginning.” Before Ash could free himself from the shock stare, the door opened and Damon entered. He didn’t make a sound, didn’t ask a single question and just walked up behind them, leaving a bit of distance between him and the pair, nodding to Riley he was ready. And Riley opened the VidMessage.

The message already started with a smirk of Jack’s. Immediately Riley noticed someone was standing in the dark shadows behind him. “Oh, don’t give me those looks, I know you've missed my face, huh?” A dark chuckle escaped his twisted smirk. “Damoonnn," He cooed. "How nice of you to come see my face too! You’ve disappointed me! The planning behind my back, trapping me, …” His voice trailed off. “What a laugh!”, Damon suddenly said and a smirk appeared on his lips. “What a laugh indeed. You’ve always been an awful liar, had you not realised that yet? You’re like an open book to me”, the Jack on the screen answered. The smirk fell. This was a recorded video message, right? Right? Ash stared at the screen in confusion, glancing to Riley, who didn’t seem surprised at all. Another dark chuckle filled the room. “Oh, Murray, have you not learnt already... I know you guys all too well to be able to predict your behaviour? I’m really quite disappointed.” “That f*cking bastard!”, Murray huffed. “Oh, Murray, no need to say such filthy words! I haven’t started yet!” Now Ash gaped at the screen again. How was this possible?!

“What do you want”, Riley said in a low voice, avoiding to look directly at the screen. He felt almost humiliated, talking to a record. “Oh, is it really about what I want? You’ve grown weak, Krisztián. Talking to a recording… I feel almost honored.” The Jack on the screen tilted his head, nodding directly into the direction of the sleeping Lia. “The ones with something to protect have already lost. But don’t worry, I’m not playing that joker already at this point. She’ll wake up soon, don’t underestimate the strength of her will that quickly, Kristián.” Riley eyes widened, a little gleam of joy filled his eyes. But wait, why should he trust Jack? The relieved expression fell. He opened his mouth and had aaallmost answered out loud again. “You doubt me, Riley?" Jack shrugged, “I don’t care, you’ll see soon. But, don’t think this was for nothing.” His smirk grew wider. “I'm going to make sure you hate your son. That ‘thing’, that ‘monster’, that’s what you called him before, right?” Now Riley started to feel bad... “You regret it now, huh? You've feared this kid since the very beginning, hm? Afraid of the unkown, of its role in my plan, afraid of… me.” This dark chuckle started to become annoying. “It’s not over yet. You can be sure, one day you’ll fear this child, more than you fear me. You’re closing your eyes, Krisztián. You know it already, but you look away, don’t you?”

His look wandered to Damon, looking deep into his eyes. This was so creepy, how for heaven’s sake could he know what this room looked like? It had so many defence systems for spying, so many alarm systems, and then even knowing where Damon would be standing? “Y'know, I'm beginning to miss you, Damon.” He playfully fiddled around with his fingers. “It’s empty, without you.” One finger slipped up to his lips and he gave him a teasing look. “Aren’t you missing out on my skills? Or are you still waiting for Anastasia to show up? I'm afraid you can't find her without me! Or maybe you can..." The look Riley could read on Damon’s face told him he was surprised. “Oh, ooops! I must have always been so quiet about it... That Anastasia had survived? Seems I made a mistake”, Jack’s look remained teasing. Damon, who had crossed his arms, now pressed his nails into them, one could see him slightly shivering in anger. But why would Jack do that? Turn his closest, oldest friend against himself? But Damon’s voice stayed calm: “You’ve changed, Jack. You're no longer the man I once loved. Not the little genius boy I felt the responsibility to protect. You changed long ago already, I’ve been just too blind to notice.”

“Oh no, you weren’t blind. There’s a difference between the things you see and the things you want to see. You’ve changed, too. It’s a pity.” For a little moment, the smirk on Jack’s lips disappeared. Seemed like he hadn’t planned to show that much emotion. His last sentence was serious.

“But the past can’t be changed. Mistakes can’t be undone. Isn’t that so, Murray? Saw Zakhar got you well”, he chuckled, “his neat little whore, how wonderful. He’d always had his eye on you.” Ash clenched his teeth. “But anyway! Let’s talk about your sweet little Natalie, I’m quite sure you remember her. Perhaps, deleting her memory wasn’t the best idea, just a thought," Jack continued talking, looking at Ash. He gestured with his hand and the figure who had been patiently waiting in the dark stepped next to him. Wait, this person was a child? It looked like it was around 5 years old, but had pretty long black hair and a greyish darker skin. A young boy. But oh, why did his face look so familiar to Ash? Those eyes, those lips… oh, oh no. “Diaval, have a seat.” Jack lifted the child onto his lap and ran a hand through it's hair. The smirk on his lips never left. “Murray, I have some wonderful news for you, you were already a father! The daddy of a monster. The daddy of my pet.” He continued to play with Diaval’s hair and suddenly a way too familiar smirk also appeared on the kid’s lips. “He’s doing great so far, my most obedient little man. He’s got a knack for fire.” There was a gleam in Diaval’s eyes at the mention of ‘fire’.

Ash needed to take ahold on Riley’s shoulder and the desk to keep from fainting or something. There were no words for how he felt. How was that even possible? No way, he must be lying! But it scared him even more that Riley looked also more than just a little shocked. Wait, did he believe him?

Jack laughed: “How’s that possible, he must be lying! How cute. Ok, so, you convinced me, I’ll make the research easier for you, Kristián. Natalie was pregnant when you gave her the serum, Murray. But, it was a little different compared to Lia's. The serum I had given to you was not as strong. She only forgot to the point when you told her you have to break up. And then, she discovered she was pregnant, ooohh how evil. She couldn’t reach you. She thought you lied to her, about you being castrated. She couldn’t stand the pain so perhaps she tried to hmm....End it. But ah, ah, can't have that can we? So her father convinced her to get rid of it, of course it shouldn’t be anyone well-kown to take this job, right? Would be baaad for the good name, right? And now, do not doubt I wouldn't able to transfer the fetus into another host? Sadly, I’m a very impatient guy, so why wouldn’t I use some machinery and super fancy biological stuff to boost his growth?” Playfully he raised a brow. “Why wouldn’t I?”

Ash had tightened the grip on Riley’s shoulder hard enough to make some joints and bones start cracking. Riley wasn’t even wincing at the pain, gladly it was the artificial half of his torso.

“He isn’t lying”, Riley said, no emotion in his voice. “He isn’t lying…”, Ash repeated. He tried to get his eyes off the screen, but couldn’t. Staring at his ‘son’.

“Oh and, one last thing”, Jack’s voice was to hear again. “Be thankful, Krisztián. I don’t intend to break you just yet. Maybe I’ve been kind enough to leave you another little goodie?” Jack’s smirk was wide again. “You’re all still my puppets. You can never escape, keep that in mind.” Black. End of the video message.

All three of them remained staring at the screen. Thousands of questions floating around in their heads. “What did he mean, what… ‘goodie’?”, Ash mumbled, more or less to himself. “I don’t know, I really don’t…”

“But…Damon”, Riley turned around to look at him, “Why did he break his standards?” “What do you mean by that?”, Ash asked before Damon could answer. Riley tilted his head to him: “Haven’t you noticed? That kid is sick-minded. It clearly has some mental illness, maybe even more than one. Jack’s always only picking half-broken but – most important – mental basically healthy people. He never intends to fully break his agents, avoids to make them fanatic. Why does he keep a sick one? He must have seen it before it was born. Just…why… would he want a pet?”

“Krisztián! This is still my son!”, Ash spoke, still in a shock. Fear written in his eyes.

“That doesn’t change the fact that he’s mentally ill and Jack’s pet”, Damon finally answered, “This kid is dangerous. I don’t know what its role is in this plan. As Jack said. He had realised I was only pretending in the end. He only told and taught me lies.”

“So, what are we going to do?”, Ash asked, without losing his shocked expression. He was scared.

“There’s nothing we can do”, Riley said. “What?” “There is nothing we can do”, he repeated, “We’re his puppets. All we can do is wait for his next step. “B-but we can’t just sit around and wait for him to-…” “IT’S OVER, MURRAY. We lost. We never had a chance to win”, Riley almost yelled right into his face. Ash was staring into his empty eyes with fear.

Riley looked away: “I’ll wait until Lia’s woken up again, make sure she’s alright, then I’ll work on the plan to free you from Zakhar, but I need more information. See if you can get a little more around in this building, we’re almost blind.” “What about your son?” Riley stayed silent for a moment. “I-… I’ll try, I guess.” He stood up and walked to the sleeping Lia, taking her hand and brushing with the other through her hair. “For her.”
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©
Artwork and chars by me
no references used
mentioned Natalie belongs to Arly-Barly-Wartek , Diaval to us both
and THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH FOR CORRECTING AGAAAINN, ARLYYYYY