• tab Mr. Powers searched his pocket upon feeling, and hearing, that familar rumbling sound.
    tab Please let it not be my wife, was all he could think as he picked up his cell phone. To his relief, when he looked at the caller ID, he couldn't recognize it. That relief, though, was short-lived.
    tab "Hello?"
    tab "Good afternoon, Mr. Powers," came the snooty reply. The voice...It felt so familiar to Mr. Powers, but somehow, forgotten.
    tab "Who is this?"
    tab "You've really forgotten?" the man said coldly. "You've really forgotten, after those two years?
    tab "It's Justin. Justin Woods. You know, the one you kidnapped and trapped under your little microscope?" Mr. Powers fell into a state of panic, as he asked hurriedly,
    tab "What do you want from me? Why are you calling me?!"
    tab "For someone who created the first humanoid robot, you really are quite dull."
    tab "What are you...what are you talking about?"
    tab "Why don't you turn on your TV?" Mr. Powers blinked.
    tab "I don't--I don't have a--"
    tab "Yeah, should've figured," Justin cut in. "You're at the rundown, broken mansion. Here, I'll explain it to you myself.
    tab "You know, not signing that contract yesterday was a huge mistake." This puzzled Mr. Powers. How did he know that?
    tab "Anyway...Your interviewer apparantly spilled the beans on you. You got your name on TV." It was enough to almost give Mr. Powers a heart-attack.
    tab "My name? On TV?!" He began pacing around the room. What if his family figured out? How would he be able to live with that?
    tab "Local, but yeah, it's there.
    tab "I wouldn't worry too much about your family learning about your...'secret identity'," he continued, as if he had read Mr. Powers' mind. "They're not showing any pictures, and thankfully for you, 'Powers' is a fairly common last name.
    tab "What I would be worried about, is me." Mr. Powers hands were trembling. He knew what was coming.
    tab "As I'm sure you're aware, Jenna's missing. Now, where could she be?"
    tab "That's not funny, Justin," Mr. Powers bellowed darkly. "Now give her back."
    tab "You talk about her like she's an object. Not unexpected from you, though, considering what you did to her, you selfish b*****d." Mr. Powers' fingers curled up tightly in a ball, as his grip on the phone grew firmer.
    tab "What do you want?"
    tab "Tyler Woods." Mr. Powers was sweating bullets by now. He knew he couldn't make that offer.
    tab "And what if...what if I say no?"
    tab "Then I'll reveal all your dirty little secrets to the press. With pictures, this time, so your family knows that, beyond a shadow of a doubt, it was you. I have Jenna here as my witness."
    tab "I'm sorry...I can't." There was a long pause at the other end, as if Justin was surprised at that response. Then,
    tab "What are you saying?" There was no answer.
    tab "What did you do to my brother?!" Tears began trickling down Mr. Powers' cheeks as he chanted over and over,
    tab "I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."
    tab "Sorry about what? Answer me, dammit!" Mr. Powers swallowed, and softly, as if he didn't want him to hear, whispered,
    tab "Justin...He's dead. I killed him."

    tab He's going to hang up, was Mr. Powers initial thought. He's going to hang up, and then tell the whole press. It's what I deserve, really. But he didn't hang up. Instead, he growled bitterly,
    tab "And why didn't Jenna tell me about this?" Mr. Powers didn't answer this, for he didn't know the answer, as he instead said,
    tab "Please, Justin. If there's anything I can do...Anything...I'll do it. Please." The answer was surprisingly quick and confident.
    tab "All right. Why don't you give me that robot you based off of me?" When people get despertate, they don't think about the consequences. Mr. Powers didn't, for one second, try to understand why he wanted it. But in fear, he quickly agreed.
    tab "Yes, yes! Anything, I'll do it."
    tab Mr. Powers had just made the mistake that would ultimately cost him his life.