Chapter One: The Past Is Never At Rest

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Hello Bioshock readers! I've been on a streak by playing both my Bioshock games and thought why don't I make my own Bioshock fanfic. I'm basing this story off of the Good ending on Bioshock where Jack saves the Little Sisters and leading into the kidnapping events toward Bioshock 2. Jack is pretty much my version and if you notice that a timeline, Jack's or any other character's age, or event is incorrect that is because I changed it to fit with my story. I'll for sure have this as a three part story and I hope I do a good job. This is spontanious something I'm doing on a whim so if it's not good I apologize. By the way I have not so great grammar and spelling so if you see a problem please forgive me I'll attempt to fix it at a later date. Please enjoy my Bioshock Story

I DO NOT OWN BIOSHOCK IN ANYWAY! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THOSE WHO PUT EFFORT INTO MAKING THE GAME AND PUTTING IT OUT THERE! ONLY THING I OWN IS BIOSHOCK 1 & 2 THAT I BOUGHT WITH MY OWN MONEY!

* 1965 *

I still have those horrible dreams... Those dreams of blood and death... The smell, the smell of Rapture could never easily leave my nose like it has my daughters... Daughters... My five daughters I've adopted and taken in after our escape from that hell. My daughters had the appearance of six year old girls, but now with the ADAM extracted from their bodies they've begun to age like normal children now they are eleven years old and live normal lives...

Normal? What is that word? I've done everything I can to give them 'normal' lives, but it's thanks to Brigid Tenenbaum that we were able to erase those horrible years from their minds... I tried everything I could to find their real parents, but then again they were children of Rapture and Tenenbaum found very little information on each girl before we left... The residents who've turned to Splicers or killed violently... I'm their family now... I'm their father... I'm all they have left...

No matter how many years may pass my memories would never go away... the blood on my hands will never wash away... and the nightmares that Rapture would return will never wash away...

* 1967 *

A man in his mid thirties awoke from his slumber and stretched his body to a new day. He arose from his bed and walked to the bed to look at himself in his bathroom mirror. He was a caucasian man with a very strong jawline and muscular build, brown slicked back hair and brown eyes. He made sure to take a shower and comb his hair. He glanced at his wrists for a moment and saw the three linked chain tattooed on both his inside wrists a constant reminder of his life or rather his enslavement to Rapture.

He made a gruff and walked out of his bathroom wearing a towel to his bedroom to get dressed for work. He put on a suit and grabbed his wallet making sure everything was inside, looking at his I.D. that read his name 'Jack Ryan'. He quickly closed his wallet and put it in his back pocket and walked out of his room to his daughters' rooms.

Jack lived in a large house that he was able to get when he brought up some treasures from Rapture that was worth 'a lot' of money. He went to the first room where his daughter Nicole was sleeping, she was afro-american and from the information Tenenbaum found was that her parents were Blues musicians and came to Rapture, but they lost their lives to Sander Cohen when she was taken and turned into a Little Sister.

She was still sleeping and he walked over and nudged her shoulder saying, "Nicole it's time to get up. You have to get ready for school."

The eleven year old rolled over in her bed and looked at her 'father', "Dad? What time is it?" Nicole had a carmel colored skin tone, and short dark brown hair.

"It's six in the morning. I'm going to wake up your sisters and I want all of you to take a shower and get ready. I'll have breakfast ready by the time you all come down for breakfast." Jack said to her. Nicole sat up and nodded to him and walked off to her bathroom to get ready.

Jack did the process of waking his other five daughters up.

Amy was a caucasian girl with black hair and a mole under her left eye. Her family were were middle classed Americans that came to Rapture for a better life, but were sent to the slums of Rapture. She was kidnapped and turned into a Little Sister and her parents became addicted to ADAM and turned to Splicers and beyond that their fate was unknown.

Rose was a girl of Spaniard descent, brown skin and long brown colored hair. Both her parents were artists from what Tenenbaum found out. She wasn't sure how Rose came into adoption at the orphanage and her parents seemed to have disappeared from public eye.

Emily was a caucasian girl with short blonde haired born of Rapture. Her father a mechanic and there wasn't anything on her mother, she was taken by Andrew Ryan's men to be turned into a Little Sister. Her father met his demise when fixing a machine it had broken his neck killing him instantly.

Arya like Emily was born in Rapture to a Indian family, she had brown skin, and long black hair. Her mother was a botanical scientist working in Arcadia and her father was an engineer that passed away from an illness. Her mother took her Arya to a daycare thinking she'd be safe, but that wasn't true. Her mother's fate was unknown, but Jack had a good idea what could've happened to her in Arcadia.

Jack was downstairs cooking breakfast for his five daughters. Jack never married and only dated a few times since his daughters never approved of him seeing other women who could potentially be a 'mommy'. Being former Little Sisters he could only assume where they stood on the subject of bringing a mother figure into this home.

After cooking up breakfast he could hear numerous footsteps coming down the stairs and saw each of his daughters taking a seat at the table each greeting Jack good morning. Jack grabbed six plates and put pancakes, eggs, and bacon on each plate first serving his daughters. He later sat down with his plate to eat as well.

The six talked amongst each other for a good thirty minutes before it was time to leave. Jack shouted, "Okay let's get going, grab your backpacks and let's go." The five girls ran out to the garage where they all jumped in the car. Jack's red 1964 Rolls Royce. Nicole, Arya, and Rose got in the backseat while Emily and Amy got in the front seat. Jack grabbed his briefcase and jumped in the driver's seat and drove off.

When they drove off he looked at their house which was an old colonial mansion with the back of the mansion facing a cliff drop to the ocean in Maine. During the drive Nicole asked her father from the back seat, "Hey dad how come you never let us go straight home after school?"

Emily replied, "Yeah dad how come?"

Jack frowned and said, "It's not safe there without me. You all can wait a few extra hours until I get off of work."

Rose said, "But dad the house is secure nothing could get in without the alarm going off."

"Plus we have the shelter under the house to hide in if something does happen." Arya added. Amy said too, "We're big girls dad we could handle it."

Jack kept one hand on the wheel and rubbed his left temple with the other hand, "I said no okay just leave it alone! You five go to school, then your after school program, then you wait for me to pick you all up! We will not talk about this anymore!" Jack realized that he raised his tone higher than he meant to and he glanced at each of the girls and saw the sad expressions on their faces. Jack shook his head and pulled off to the side of the road leaving the car ignition on, "Look girls I'm sorry for raising my voice. I'm just trying to make sure you five are safe. No matter how safe a place might be there is always something else that will try to get in... Nothing is entirely safe... Nothing..."

When he was sure they understood he whispered sorry to them and continued driving to drop them off at school. The radio was on and a certain broadcast caught his attention:

"Kidnappings are on the rise on the East Coast of the United States. Little girl's between ages five and seven have been reported missing, kidnapped from their rooms. The perpetrator or perpetrators have not been identified and there have been no calls for any ransoms. Parents are desperately asking anyone with information to please notify the police."

Jack reached over and turned the radio down after that broadcast. Emily said, "That's scary."

"We shouldn't worry though it only said girls five to seven are disappearing." Amy said.

"Yeah and we're all eleven so-" said Arya.

Jack interrupted, "That doesn't mean you all are entirely safe... Be careful today at school don't talk to anyone you don't know."

Nicole told him, "We know dad we won't talk to anyone we don't know. You can trust us."

He smiled wide and said, "I do trust you girls it's the world that I don't trust."

He pulled up to their school called Adrian Crews Middle School parking the car in front of the school his daughters all moved over to give him a kiss on the cheek and wish him a good day at work. Jack returned each kiss and watched them get out of the car and skip to their friends walking into the building. Jack then headed off to work himself where he worked as a realtor.

Jack went from a medical experiment, to a farm boy, then to a savior of rapture, and lastly to a single father working for a realty company. He drove through the small city to the building he currently works at called Clinton and Brothers. He has been working there a few years now. He didn't want to be one of those rich slobs who sit around at country clubs and hang around other slobs who have a silver spoon stuck up their ass. Though right now he has that 'normal' life... His American dream.

* 12:15 p.m. *

Jack was sitting in the office eating some lunch he picked up at a fast food restaurant eating peacefully to himself. He rarely speaks to the other employees in the office and only talks to his boss when he absolutely needs to. While sitting at his desk he overheard two employees talking.

"Hey did you hear about those kidnappings?"

Jack stopped eating and eavesdropped on the conversation.

"Yeah I heard. Didn't that happen to a family you know?"

"No it happened to a family my sister knows in a small town down south. Yeah the guy goes into his daughter's room to take her to school and the room is empty. Only thing they found was some puddles of water in her room."

"Damn that's fucking scary. I'm gonna have to replace the locks at my place."

"Hey from what I hear it's suppose to be a woman. Some of the people who've seen the kidnapper all say it's a slender figure that moves fast and it looks like a woman wearing a weird helmet with a glowing red light coming from it. That's what I've heard anyway."

"That's strange."

Jack was stunned, strange helmet, fast moving, red glowing light. 'A Big Daddy? No... Big Daddies aren't slim or slender at all. What is it?' Jack immediately shook his head and thought, 'No, it has nothing to do with me.' He then went back to eating his lunch, but that lingering feeling stayed with him that something bad is going to happen. Something big.

* 4:00 p.m. *

Jack drove up to his daughter's school seeing a few of the kids running about the campus for their after school program. Jack got out of the car and shouted, "Nicole, Arya, Amy, Rose, Emily! Come on let's go!"

The four girls saw their father and ran off shouting goodbye to their friends. They all hugged their father and got in the car to head back home.

When they got home the girls immediately started on homework and Jack retreated to his office where the girls were absolutely not allowed to go into. He'd stay in that room for an hour or so and come out to watch T.V. in the main living room. Though when he turned on the T.V. to the news the first thing they talked about was the kidnappings making him turn the channel immediately.

Everything was going as it naturally did. Amy was walking around the house when she heard the doorbell ring and walked to the front door to answer it. She shouted out, "Who is it?" Amy heard a woman's voice all out from the other side of the door an older woman's voice.

"A friend of your father's. Tell him my name is Tenenbaum."

Amy could tell the woman had a very thick German accent and wondered who she was. The black haired girl ran to the living room and saw him in his recliner reading the newspaper, "Dad someone is at the front door for you."

Jack put the paper down and asked, "Who is it?"

"She said her name is Tentabaum or was Tennedbaum or something like that." Amy told him trying her best to remember the name.

Jack froze and said, "Tenenbaum?" Amy nodded when she finally said the name. Jack hopped out of his seat and walked quickly to the door. The door had a window with a design so you couldn't see in or out of it, but Jack could see the outlined figure. The girls looked around the corner wondering who it could be.

He turned the doorknob and opened the door seeing a woman he hasn't seen in seven years. A woman in her early forties, gray hair and a frail appearance, her clothes old, dirty and tattered. Jack muttered, "Tenenbaum. What are you doing here?"

Tenenbaum smiled and reached out touching Jack's shoulder saying, "Jack it is good to see you again. How are you?"

Jack shook off his shocked expression and moved out of the way saying, "Come in please."

The frail woman walked inside looking at her surroundings, "You've done well for yourself Jack." She looked ahead and saw five teenage girls looking at her all with mixed expressions, "Oh you five have grown so much since I've last seen you." She moved closer and saw one girl hide behind the other.

Jack said, "Girls this is Tenenbaum she is one of dad's friends. There's nothing to be scared of."

"It's okay Jack... I remember these five when they were very little."

The girls looked less afraid of her, but kept their distance. Tenenbaum faced Jack and asked, "Can we speak in private?" Jack nods and starts walking away with Tenenbaum following after him to his office, before he closes the door he tells the girls, "Stay in the living room and watch some T.V. I'll be out soon." and then closes the doors. The girls obeyed their father and walk to the living room to watch some T.V.

Tenenbaum looked around the room and saw some glass cases with labels where his modified Webley Mk IV pistol, his modified 1882 Spencer shotgun, a modified Thompson machine gun, a modified crossbow, an old research camera, a modified larger than normal grenade launcher, an old wrench, and finally a weapon labeled as a chemical thrower.

Other cases had masquerade masks, a few paintings, and some other objects, one main thing that caught her attention was a much larger glass case that held the helmet of a Bouncer Big Daddy and it's drill. She stopped looking around when she came to Jack's desk and watched him sit in his chair. He pulled out some brandy and two glasses and poured a glass for him and her. Tenenbaum sat on the other side of the desk grabbing her glass.

Jack leaned back in his chair taking a drink of his brandy asking, "What brings you here Tenenbaum?"

She took a drink of the brandy he gave her and she then placed a large folder on his desk pulling out it's contents. The first thing she pulled out was a photo and slid it over to him she aid, "This was taken on March 15th this year south-west of Felixstowe Harbor."

Jack took the picture and examined it. The photo looked like it was taken very late at night, you could see a boat, and... a red light beneath the surface of the water. Tenenbaum explained, "The eyewitnesses say it was moving 34 mph's underwater."

"Could be a submarine?" Jack said.

Tenenbaum shook her head, "That close to the ocean's surface without being seen? Impossible."

She reached in her pack again and pulled out two more photos. Jack took those pictures as well looking at the sandy back ground, the first was of two strange foot prints deep in the sand about seven and a half inches next to a male's shoe about ten inches. In the corner Jack saw a pink ribbon in the sand.

Looking at the second picture he literarily froze. It was a photo of a doll that looked like it was had made with everyday items. It looked like a Big Daddy doll.

Tenenbaum said, "I think you know what's going on Jack or have the same thoughts as I do."

"I do... Big Daddies right?"

The German woman shook her head, "Not Daddies, something else something faster than a Big Daddy and from what I can tell a lot more quieter than any Splicer. I don't have much on it, but I only have two more pictures to show you." She took out two pictures and showed them to him. Both dated October 1, 1967 in New Brunswick, Canada... only a few days ago.

The first showed a picture of a much larger ship and in the water the same bright red light just below the surface the same as the other, but when he went to the next photo fear instantly coursed through his body... The photo was of a shadowy out of focus figure with a strange cage contraption on it's back, a large needle like object in it's left hand, what looked to be a tank on it's back, and you could barely make out hat looked like a circular helmet with a single visible eyehole.

"That body isn't that of a Big Daddy, but it has the same characteristics. Think about it Jack, the two of us have taken nearly all the cured Little Sisters from Rapture. There were possibly a few uncured left in Sofia Lamb's control, so what if this thing is kidnapping these girls to make more?"

"Sofia Lamb?" asked Jack, "Wait I read about her from all those documents, files, and books you've given me on Rapture, she has Little Sisters?"

"Yes unfortunately. Some of which I haven't been able to save since they are in her protection. While Andrew Ryan was fighting Frank for control of Rapture I think she escaped her imprisonment and was in hiding." explained Tenenbaum, "That or she had someone else running things in her absence."

Jack covered his face with both hands groaning, "This nightmare will never end will it?" The room was met with silence as Tenenbaum told him, "There is a man who is researching these disappearances greatly so expect him to pay you a visit if he's smart enough to tie everything together. His name is Mark Meltzer and from my resources he's very good at putting pieces together."

Jack looked up realizing that Tenenbaum was about to leave, "Don't tell me that you're-"

Tenenbaum looked at Jack telling him, "Yes... I am going back to Rapture to save those little ones." She stopped when she noticed an old radio asking Jack, "Does this work?"

He shook his head, "Afraid not. I haven't fully fixed it yet, so right now I'll only get empty static." Jack walked over to one of his glass cases and took out his wrench and modified pistol handing them both over to her, "Take these."

The German woman took both of the weapons smiling, she put both weapons in her pack and said, "Jack... If you don't receive any news from me, then-"

"I know. That won't happen though, you're one tough gal. I feel sorry for those Splicers." Jack tried to joke and was only able to get a very small and low chuckle of amusement from her. Tenenbaum walked over to Jack and hugged him saying, "Take care Jack... Take care of the little ones..."

Jack hugged her back saying, "I will. Take care of yourself." Tenenbaum broke away and walked out of his office with Jack following behind her. The girls were sitting on the couches watching T.V. when they were distracted by the scene of the woman and their father walking to the front door.

Tenenbaum opened the door and stepped out of the house. Jack called out to her making her stop, he took a good breath and said, "Good luck."

She smiled and said, "I shall. Goodbye Jack."

"Hopefully this isn't a final goodbye." he said smirking.

Tenenbaum nodded to him and walked off to leave the property and Jack stood their and watched her leave. His daughters surrounded him standing close by watching the woman leave. Rose asked, "Dad, who was she really?"

Jack never told the girls that they were adopted by him or their past. He only told them that they all have different mothers and that they couldn't remember anything because of an accident, they believed it so he told them something that they'd possibly believe, "Tenenbaum... She helped raise you girls when I couldn't, so in a way... She's your mama."

The girls looked from their father to Tenenbaum and saw her enter a cab leaving from view. Jack said, "Let's go inside." They did as he said and walked inside to resume their lives.

* 1968 *

The girls went on a camping trip with their friends for the week leaving Jack in the mansion alone. He was sipping some coffee in the kitchen, the mansion was much quieter without his daughters there. He had a lot of time to himself just some peace and quiet… Until Jack heard the doorbell ring. Groaning he placed his coffee cup down and walked to the front door hearing the doorbell ring a few more times causing Jack to shout, "I'm coming God dammit!" He could see the shadowy figure through the window and opened the door asking in an annoyed tone, "What can I help you with?"

The man standing there was wearing a blue suit, black tie attire. He was well groomed as this man possibly in his late forties dressed. He had a large book bag strapped around his shoulder. The man held his hand out saying, "Hello… Jack Ryan?"

Jack looked at the man's hand saying, "Depends on who's asking."

The man retracted his hand and said, "My apologies. I'm Mark Meltzer and I was wondering if I could speak to you?" Jack reluctantly moved out of the way as to let the man inside. Mark closed the door and followed Jack to the kitchen, Jack directed him to sit at the table, "Coffee Mr. Meltzer?"

"Um no thank you."

Jack returned and sat across from Mark and asked, "What brings you to my humble abode?"

Mark placed his book bag on the table saying, "Mr. Ryan I don't want to waste any of your time so I'll cut to the chase…" Mark took a deep breath and asked, "Have you heard of Rapture?"

Jack remained emotionless to the name and responded, "You mean the process in which the faithful to Christ are let into Heaven upon his second coming?"

"Mr. Ryan I'm not talking in a biblical sense and this isn't me here to talk about God's work… I'm talking about this." Mark reached into his bag and pulled out an old newspaper article titled, 'Behold Utropolis!' The article talked about an underwater city. Mark cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Ryan I'm not an idiot… I know that eight years ago you boarded a plane that was said to have gone down somewhere over the North Atlantic. You were missing for a little over a week and suddenly when you re-emerged you were found with your five daughters."

Jack remained silent listening to the man talk wondering how far to home he'll hit, "You claimed Mr. Ryan that you had an affair with five other women and your main business of flying was to pick up your daughters and take them into your custody. Strangely enough the government allowed this and here you are a rich man with five daughters and no one seems to bother about finding out the truth. Your parent's at your farm disappear without a trace and you have no other blood relatives. The officials might play stupid when money is flashed, but not me."

The room was quiet and Jack nodded and pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and offered one to Mark who kindly turned it down. Jack lit the cigarette and said, "Yes… I have heard of Rapture."

"It's an underwater city isn't it?"

Jack nodded his head as he took a drag from his cigarette.

"What is Rapture?"

Not answering immediately Jack sighed and eventually said, "Hell… Plain and simple."

Mark pulled out a few things from his bag and laid out a number of newspaper articles, pictures, and some of his notes. Mark picked a single picture the same one Jack laid eyes on a year ago, "Tell me what this is?"

Jack's memory returned and he said, "Meltzer... Tenenbaum told me about you… She said that you were investigating the kidnappings of those little girls. In fact I read that your daughter was one of the children who was kidnapped, that you were obsessed with UFOs or something of that nature, and that you were a few rounds short of a full clip."

"You knew I was coming?"

Jack took one last drag of his cigarette and tossed the butt into his coffee and answered, "Yeah I was expecting you, but I didn't know when you'd show up. I can see that you have your head on right and that you want your daughter back." Mark didn't have to answer for Jack to know that he was right. Jack grabbed the picture and held it up to Mark saying, "I've never seen anything like this before in my life, but you have haven't you? You've seen this thing up close."

Mark immediately took out two x-rays both dated to two months ago, "That thing did this. It broke three of my ribs and my leg without even trying, but it didn't kill me. I attacked it first and yet it did this to me." Mark described the creature to Jack in full detail and it peeked Jack's interest. Mark showed him other clues he'd obtained through some help from other acquaintances and he said for saftey reasons he couldn't tell him who they were.

"Mr. Ryan… You have five daughters, you'd do anything to get them back if something happened to them right?"

Jack looked at Mark though he didn't speak, "Mr. Ryan I'm begging you, please if you know anything can you please share it with me? I just want my daughter back that's all. You've been to Rapture, I know that you haven't come out and said it, but you've given me enough clues hinting that you have."

Jack ran his hand through his hair and told him, "You have an idea as to it's location don't you?"

"Yes I do. I'm going in fact to Baltimore to catch a ship, but I needed to come speak with you."

Jack sighed again and ripped off a piece of paper from one of Mark's notes and took a pen that Mark was using and said, "63˚ 2' North, 29˚ 55' West… You'll find what your looking for there."

Mark asked Jack, "How will I know when I find it?"

"Mr. Meltzer… You've gone this far and you still have no idea? Here's a hint… Follow your daughter."

Mark questioned what that meant, but he had bothered Jack enough and packed up his research and left to the front door. Jack followed after him and said, "Mr. Meltzer."

Mark stopped and looked at Jack.

"May God have mercy on your soul and goodbye." With that Jack closed the door and he highly doubted that he'd see Mark Meltzer ever again.

* Sometime Later *

Arya opened the front door of the house and grabbed the newspaper to give it to her father. It was the weekend and the family was going on a vacation trip to California and were still in the process of packing up some clothes. Arya found Jack in his room still packing, "Dad here's the newspaper."

Jack looked at his daughter and took it from her and happily patted the top of her head, "Thank you sweetie. You done packing?"

"No, almost though. She said smiling and ran off to finish packing her clothes. Jack sat on his bed and opened it up and saw that on the front page it read 'Slaughter on the High Seas!" Jack sat and read the article about how everyone on board was brutally slaughtered, blood spilled everywhere, and bullet holes riddled the ship a possible drug deal gone bad as many contraband was found on the smuggler ship. All but one passenger was not found a one 'Mark Meltzer'. The writer though wrote that Mark might have fallen into the sea and drowned possibly, but since his body was never found they have listed Mark Meltzer as dead.

Jack tossed the paper on his bed lightly and felt guilt of sending that man to his death. The man's heart was in the right place, but maybe he should've truly warned him about the dangers of Rapture. What did it matter now… Meltzer is possibly dead or even if he did make it to the lighthouse he'd be dead long before he finds his daughter. He ignored the guilt in his mind and got up to live the life 'he' set out for himself and his family. Meltzer made his choice and so did Jack.

(AUTHOR'S NOTE)

I'm out of my element here. This my first time writing a video game fanfiction. Let me know how I did I appreciate any kind of feedback be it good reviews / constructive critisims / flames. Thank you for taking the time to read this story and I'll update as soon as I can.