He 'd been tricked.

Something felt off since the moment the people involved in Project Apple had contacted him, but he was desperate to stop the project and find Anya, so he went along with it, regardless of that ominous feeling.

Damian had gone with him without a question, and he felt that familiar twinge of remorse in his chest. That boy was so hungry for his attention and love that he would have done anything for him.

The eight-year-old boy didn 't know what they planned to do with him. He didn 't know he was taking him to very dangerous people who would use him like a lab rat.

Classic scumbag behavior. He really hadn 't learned anything.

But he had no choice.

He had to take Damian to them if he wanted to prove his loyalty and get Anya back. He had to risk an innocent life, yet again, to fulfill his mission.

'Where are we going, father? ' the little boy asked.

It was just the two of them driving towards Potsdam.