And far away, in the USA, Richard, wearing the gift watch given by Carl, was looking at the person sitting in a chair behind the glass wall. He was in a military base near New York, conducting experiments, and a scientists in a lab coat looked at him, and asked.
" Sir, are we ready?" And Richard nodded.
The scientists looked ahead, and said in a mic.
" Soldier, show it." And the person inside the chamber, the soldier a little excited, raised his hand, and several objects around him started to float. The man looked like he was putting in a lot of effort, and succeeded in lifting several small things in the air, but soon got tired and the things fell back on the ground and the man looked a little tired.
" It works." Said Richard lightly, and then looked at the scientists there.
" Did you crack the serum?" Be asked.
" Almost, we identify most of the elements, but there is a biological element missing in it, we could not recreate it. If we got-"
" That's enough." Said Richard stopped him midway.
" How's the work on antiserum going?"
" The serum, the samples we got, and notes of Dr Mehra helped us very much. We were able to test the improved version of the serum, on a subject, and the subject soon died down, even though it showed very high resilience before. It's very effective, and can be applied through air." And Richard nodded.
" Make the added requirement, and be ready to receive a very important piece of material. And give me one of that serum." And he gets out of the military base, and entered his car, and several more, including military and some cargo trucks followed him.
And soon the cartel of car stopped near the building of Carlton and Co, which was having a little rebranding. He looked up, and saw that, the companies name was changing.
He entered the building, and soon reached Carl's floor.
" I hope everything is ready." he said entering the building, his personal bodyguard Harris following him.
" Ahh, Richard, you are here. The lab is ready for the shipment." And they went down in the lift scanning them for bugs or something, and the cargo trucks entered the garage area, where they also started to descend.
Soon people loaded Dr Arya's half burned body into it, and several serum boxes as well. And when it was done, Carl looked at Richard and offered him his hand.
" Deal is done, Remains of Arya, my research and a thousand completely, or I said semi complete Meta-gene serums." And Richard looked at him. And seeing him this way, Carl asked.
" Is there anything else?" And Richard looked at Cecelia behind him.
" What about her?"
" She? Didn't I tell you, she is fine."
And Richard said otherwise .
" But the committee didn't think so. She is a spy, and a potential threat. People above want her chained or dead, you can decide. I've talked to them, they told me either euthanise her, or brainwash her, she is a safety threat." And after hearing this, Carl didn't have much reaction, but his eyes were not too calm.
" Well I've said earlier, I can't kill her you see, she is indestructible, even medicine didn't have any effect on him." And after hearing this, Richard didn't hinge, and waved at his bodyguard, who took a box from a soldier, and opened it, and saw a red liquid in it.
" It's a gene destroyer, made by our scientists, made with yours and Dr Mehra's formula, it's very effective against the meta gene subjects." And the bodyguard loaded the serum on a mask -like thing. And seeing this Carl said lightly.
" You know she can resist."
" Yes, then we have a legit reason you put her down?"
" Who gave you the confidence that you can put her down?" And Richard looked at the mask.
" The mask and my bodyguard Harish, he also took the gene potion, and became very strong." And after hearing this, Carl raised his eyebrows.
" Maybe you have a different view of strength. And I like Adivice not to do - " And before he could finish, things got out of hand, and Cecelia grabbed the hand of Bodyguard Harish, and Harish was not able to lift it back.
" Well, let's see what happens then." And Carl took a step back. Cecelia punched him down, and heard a sound of bone cracking, Carl whistled, and looked at Richard.
" Is he you -" But before he could finish his words the bodyguard stood up, with a non creaking sound, and he stood up.
" Using my serum against me!" And next what happened, he didn't expect, several military figure who were busy around take out smoke bombs, with green paint on it.
" Well, you seem to have made preparations." And they were all ready to throw the chemically modified smoke grenade, but before they could do that, Cecelia moved, and in high-speed managed to throw two people down. Others were surprised but did there job none the less, but Cecelia was no push over, they act fast but she acted faster, she traveled faster, and punched down people, one soldiers removed the pin and threw the smoke grenade, but Cecelia grabbed it midair and tossed it in the ventilation, and she did it with several more grenades, but they have more than one, and she wasn't fast enough one smoke bomb even exploded in his face, making a red smoke cloud, and Cecelia immediately ran out, but she was still affected by the smoke, she coughed, and several figures started to fire after she came out that red smoke, already ready before the smoke grenade came. They hit her, and didn't do anything, but it made her speed slow.
She covered her face with hands, which gave them a chance, they covered her with gunfire, and several red smoke grenades were launched, and Cecelia seeing this smoke grenade, her eyes condensed, and several smoke grenades went off.
Carl and Richard, who were on the other side of the room, saw this all.
" Looks like you have more than what you said." And he could hear several more gun shots coming from there.
" She is dangerous, isn't she?" and Carl after hearing this, said lightly.
" When she used to work in my house, she was the one who took care of me the most, that I can remember." And he looked at the smoke in front of him. And Richard looked at him.
" She helped me once, I asked her to kill me, to throw me down the stairs. But she didn't, she told me this sentence." And he looked at his hand.
" World is cruel, you have to be crueler." and soon the gun shots stopped, and his bodyguard Harish, wearing a mask, took out a fallen Cecelia, dragging her trough arm, her face covered with the serum mask.
" She wasn't cruel enough then." And he looked at Richard, his eyes indifferent.
" Now, you have done it, she'll die in a few hours at most. Attacking her only weakness, her nose. I really never thought the serum could be used like this, I should have tested her more." And after he put her down on the floor, he Impossingly stood behind Richard.
" Now what?" Asked Carl.
" Now I'm what you call, harmless?" And Richard looked at him, his eyes emotionless. And soon, few military people arrived, holding guns. And after they came, Richard said lightly.
" Soldiers, please take Mr Carlton back to the military base, he has to face a trial in front of the committee." And after hearing this, Carl raised his eyebrows.
" Are you sure about that? You want to burn that bridge as well? You touched my maid, I haven't settled an account with you yet, and you are digging yourself even deeper." And his expression starts to become unkind. And when he saw a soldier walking towards him, he became furious.
" Stay there you, hero, this isn't a place to become a hero." And he looked at Richard again, his eyes unkind.
" Don't you think it's not wise to offend me, we both are partners, I get it, you have strength, and you have shown it well. But you seem to be forgetting who I am exactly." and after hearing this, he said immediately.
" You are traitor Carl, traitors to America and all the world, you are the one who planned the Basra bomb blast, you are the one who framed Krish, you are the creator of savior, creator of the duplication guy, you are behind everything. And I have proof of that." And he showed him the recording of their talk in the car back from the ceremony. and Carl after seeing this wasn't fazed.
" This proves nothing."
" Sure not, but this did." And he showed her the footage of his lab journey, where he explains the four subjects of his. And Carl still wasn't fazed much.
" That only proves that you are in it too. And you really think you can catch up with my research faster than me, or better than me?" And he looked at him in his eyes.
" or does your consciousness wake up? Or You want to be a hero?" and Richard took a step forward and said lightly.
" You remember, you asked me, why am I doing this, why I'm trying so hard to stop him, even though I'm just a wage earner." And he looked into his eyes.
" That's because I don't like him, he does things on his own, no one has control over him. And you know, what do I think of you?" And Carl didn't say anything, just looked at his, eyes chilled.
" You are the same. But you are more dangerous, I see the ambition in your eyes. I've looked through your entire history, your past, the ones on the light, and once that is not."
" And seeing them, I came to the conclusion, you can not be controlled. I don't know why you did all this, or what your reasoning was, but when I put together whatever you have done, I still couldn't find anything, I couldn't figure it out at all." And he looked at him.
" First I thought you needed Krish's blood so that you can perfect the serum, but you already have a semi finished work, which is very compatible. Then I thought you wanted monopolies on the serum, but you gave it away in bulk. Then I thought, you might be doing this, spite your father, you killed his beloved son, destroyed his oil business. I thought you wanted him to show him how capable you are but then you went and killed him, proving me wrong. Then I thought it could be her." And he looked at Cecelia who seemed to be dying.
" But I was wrong again, and I couldn't understand why you did this? I couldn't find anything common in you and Krish, you never crossed paths, you have no grudge against him. I don't understand what did you gained by dethroning Krish?" And after saying that, he stopped, and looked at Carl. And Carl in response laughed a little.
" I myself didn't know I was doing all this myself, my brother was just a coincidence, even if he lived I won't care, and killing my father? That was all Cecilia's stuff, she wanted to kill him. Do you really think I care that much about my father that I will do all this, to just spite him? You think too highly of himself." And his joking mood was gone, and he said lightly.
" You remember you also asked me about why I'm doing this? And I didn't reply properly that time, let me make myself clear now." And he strengthened up.
" I did all this, because I don't like him." And that was his answer, the same as Richard. And Richard himself was a little confused by this, he didn't show it, his eyes did.
" But not the reason you have. I don't like him because he is a hero. I don't like heroes." And after saying that, be said down on a bench nearby, and seem to recall something.
" Ever since I was born, I have heard about heroes, my father was a hero, my grandfather was a hero , even my brother was a hero. So I asked myself what makes people heros. I asked everyone I know, even my father, who replied, a hero is a person who spends his entire life serving his people and country, like him and like his father before. I asked my brother, he said a hero is a person who saves people. I asked my nurse, and she replied a hero is a guy who helps others in need. I asked the cleaner, he replied that the hero is a person with responsibility. I asked my teacher, he replied –"A hero is a person who does justice, and follows the law." and he looked him in the eyes.
" None of them satisfied me, so asked my mother, and she said the most correct description of the word hero that I agree on." And he stood up.
" She said – Everyone is the hero in their own story." and he pointed at him.
" Do you think you did anything wrong even though you know you were supporting the wrong? The answer is no! You did all this just to achieve your goal, and I am doing the same." And he pointed at himself.
" I'm doing it for myself, I'm doing it because I want to, I'm doing it to become the hero of my story. I'm not waiting for any hero to come and save me, not anymore, I'm taking things under my control, and everything is under my control. I did all that just to make Krish fall, not for anything else. I wanted him to quit, I wanted him to leave the stage, or die all together. I don't care. Basra was just the first step. I wanted him to doubt himself, I wanted him to question himself. The second step was to make him lose hope in humanity, to make him quit, so there comes the plot of the blood. And the third step was the climax." And he looked at him, and saw Richard's face was not so calm. And he asked.
" What's the climax, krish is retired." And Carl chuckled.
" You remember, I said I have four finished products." And Richard nodded after a moment of his hesitation, his face becoming gloomy and angrier.
" I lied, there was another one." And several guns were now aimed at him.
" It was me."