Ageless Void episode two Edited

Mr Tristin: Many people around us back then (referring to his early years) would have thought what made the Alexander family special was our wealth. This is not the case; our wealth has always been a cover for our most valuable possession.

Leah: what is this valuable possession, father? What would be so valuable that it costs billions to cover?

Mr Tristin: (takes a deep breath) Your brother has made a few mistakes in the past two years, but his greatest mistake wasn’t his betrayal, it was falling for other enticements of wealth and power.

John: What do you mean father? We betrayed us, he ignored us, rubbed us, rubbed you.

Mr Tristin: (turns to his angry son) Remember this John, things aren’t always as they seem, like the company is just a cover for something more, the company is also more than just a Tech giant, there are many deep secrets that I can’t tell you now.

Leah: But why Father? If it can save you then I will do anything, I will give everything, even if it’s dangerous I will still do it. Whatever the secrets are I will face as long as it can better our situation.

Mr Tristin: (Looks at John and gives him a soft smile) You are an energetic young man, but I will tell you two things you must keep in mind, your brother did not betray me and the secrets are your duty to unravel, through the process of unravelling this secrets you would be strong enough to protect yourself from them, I couldn’t protect myself and my family and I lost my wife and son, I feel ashamed to be in this pitiful state when I reveal this to you.

John: (confused) What are you saying father? I do not understand any of this, can you explain further?

Mr Tristin: I can’t explain, Its too dangerous for you to know more and I don’t have much time left, you must remember the two things I told you earlier, they will be essential when you begin your journey.

John: My journey? What journey? If you want me to leave then forget it father, I will stay with you till the end.

Mr Tristin: Listen to me John, you need to make this journey, it’s the only possibility we have for saving your brother and you finding a way through your life, it’s the only way you can be free from the shackles that bind you to my fate.

John: But I don’t need that, we have been together for the past two years and I haven’t complained, I don’t mind living with you, I don’t think it’s a shackle.

Mr Tristin: Would you stop this John? (he speaks out while desperately holding John, his hands shake as his weak muscles are violently forced to move) You need to listen to me John, don’t you want to be free, don’t you want to live, If you continue here you will be killed, you believe your brother removed you from your position in the company because of you being treat but that not true, there are much more to our predicament than you realised, don’t you want to find out? Don’t you want to know why they ruined your life? If you remain here you will never be strong enough to challenge them, to challenge the true enemy you must be strong, only then can you save me, save your sister and brother and save our family, and avenge your mother.

Mr Tristin Fall back on the bed exhausted as John sits on a chair thinking, after a few minutes John Knees before his Father bed.

John: (looking down) I am sorry father, I didn’t understand you, many strange and unexpected things have happened in the past two years, if me leaving can help us, can save us then I will go, I will do everything to come back stronger.

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Mr Tristin: (smile at his children) You have both made me proud, in the most painful moment of my life you both stood by me, your sister and her husband have supported us, I will always be grateful to both of you but now we must be at haste. I told you previously that our company was just a cover for something else. Look under my bed and bring out the box.

John crawls under the bed and find the box, He removed it and present the box to his father.

Mr Tristin: Do you know the password to open the box?

John: Of course, I have opened it several times to bring your documents.

Mr Tristin: What password did you press?

John: 3944861.

Mr Tristin: Good. However, this box has two codes.

Leah: What? How is that possible, this box only has one code, my husband’s company designed it.

Mr Tristin: This is custom made. Press 404 as the new password.

John pressed the new code and the box is opened.

John: Amazing.

Mr Tristin: Bring out what’s inside the box.

John checks the box and removes a map from the box.

John: Father, only a map is inside this box.

Mr Tristin: Yes, this map is one of the most important things in the family, I want you to look through the map, tomorrow morning you must follow this map to the Family’s ancestral mountain.

Leah: What’s so important on the ancestral mountain?

Mr Tristin: The ancestral mountain is where the secret chamber of the Family is.

John: A secret chamber?

Mr Tristin: It’s the place built by the first ancestor hundreds of years ago, every heir of the family is required to go there once in their lifetime.

John: What’s in the chamber?

Mr Tristin: I can’t fully say, but in contain multiple areas, the deeper you go the more successful you would be, the ancestor also said that a treasure is hidden at the final area of the chamber, the treasure is said to grant great power and wealth to anyone who owns it, the first Ancestor created the company and used its influence to protect this treasure.

John: Why didn’t you tell me sooner, if we had this treasure, we could have solved everything, instead of suffering for two years I could have gone to get the treasure and we would live a normal life.

Mr Tristin: No, you would have died, getting to the treasure has never been accomplished by anyone in the family since the first ancestors passing, the more you proceed in the areas of the chamber the more deadly and dangerous it would be, and there were even three times when two heirs exploded after passing three areas, that’s why the ancestors locked the doors for the third area, and placed the age limit of twenty for any heir to open the second area.

Leah: That way no parent will force their children to undergo the process because the child would be matured enough to make their choice.

Mr Tristin: Exactly, but it also backfired.

John: Why?

Mr Tristin: Since the family was rich and powerful anyway the descendants didn’t see any value in opening or attempting the other areas, that’s why it has been dormant till now, even I only had to go through the first and second area before coming back out.

John: I am now twenty this year, that’s why you waited and didn’t tell me about it up till now.

Mr Tristin: Now you realise son. If I had told you earlier you would have rushed there to try and probably would be dead now, remember John, things aren’t always what they seem, you can’t always make decision based on what you think or feel, I am tired now I think I need some rest.

John and his sister leave the room. Leah return home to her family and John Ponder on his life and what step to take.

John: (thinking to himself) Our situation isn’t favourable to us, my sisters family is doing alright and her husband has been trying his best for us but we can’t continue like this, I cant get him involved in our crisis or he might become a target too, my father and I can only survive if I become more powerful, I must make every necessary sacrifice to ensure our survival first, I can’t always blame Tom for everything, maybe things are indeed bigger than I realised, maybe even Tom isn’t safe in his mansion, I cant continue this way, depending on other for survival, if there is a chance this treasure can help me then I must take that chance.

Inside Tom’s Mansion.

A shadowed figure speaks to Tom.

Shadow: The search is proceeding like you instructed master but there has been no progress.

Tom: Continue searching, find the ring with everything you have and whatever it takes, I have live for to long without it, my injures are becoming unbearable, I desperately need the ring now more than ever.

Shadow: We will continue our Ernest search master.

Tom: Good, now get going.

The shadow vanishes

Tom: (sits on his chair and watches as the rain begins to fall, the wind slamming at his windows as the sound of thunder can be heard) Who would have thought that I would require the body of the thief who injured me to survive, after centuries, your descendants have grown weak Norman.