Newbreed

Chapter 1: The Rebels

Status Brief:

Since their increase in activity there has been no word from our agent who infiltrated the Guild. It is most likely that she has been captured. The situation should be reported to her team leader, Nataku. Before our agent disappeared she managed to make contact with the Guilds top-secret project. Apparently she had been assigned to take care of the test subjects of what she called Project: Soldier. She was able to send some of the data she had obtained but before it was all sent someone found the transmission and cut it off. Since not all of the data was sent it is recommended that her retrieval be a priority. Nataku and one of my own team members are sure to volunteer for a recovery mission. With the Maganac's plan to attack a Guild training facility it could be a good opportunity for such a mission. Also the data that made it through the transmission should be reviewed immediately.

End Status Brief:

Sandrock.

Quatra looked at his computer screen thoughtfully for a moment and when he was sure he had included everything of importance he hit the send button and sent his report. It had been a long day and not having heard from Cathryne when she was supposed to report in had him worried. He was sure the others would take it badly if anything happened to her. She was like an older sister to all of them; she had been since she joined them.

She had found them during a fight with one of the Guild's cells. At first they tried to keep her out of the line of fire but it became apparent that she could take care of herself. Duo had gotten hit with a ball of electricity when she brought up a shield to brought a shield up to protect them. Quatra and Wu-Fei had found a way to escape and they took and they ended up taking her with them since she helped them. When Merian saw what she could do she convinced Cathryne to join her team. She had taken good care of them since.

He wasn't sure how he was going to tell the others, especially Merian. She hadn't wanted Cathryne to go in the first place, Quatra had talked her into it by telling her that it would be all right and that nothing would happen on a simple reconnaissance mission. That with the fact that her powers were defensive he really hadn't thought that there would be a problem. He wasn't sure he could face her right then. He was sure she would blame him. Deciding he could nothing about it by staring at a computer screen he decided to get up and find the others to give them news.

He found Wu-Fei in the living room reading a book in his favorite chair by the fireplace while Duo was playing a video game next to him. Sally had taken Merian and Hilde shopping to take their minds off of Cathryne. It was going to be hard to tell them but he knew that it was better sooner then later. He told the two boys who got there that as soon as the girls were back from the mall there would be a briefing. When everyone was in the briefing room he started the meeting off by saying they had news of Cathryne. Everyone started talking at once; Duo was telling Merian 'told ya so' and Wu-Fei was trying say reassuring things to her while Sally started asking questions about what kind of news they had, which in turn started Merian asking the same questions. Hilde helped Quatra to calm everyone down since she was the calmest person there. After everyone had calmed down Quatra told them that while Cathryne had been able to send some of the data she found she hadn't been to make contact since then. Everyone sat a little stunned. No one had really thought that something would happen, there had been a lot of recon missions and nothing serious had ever happened especially to Cathryne. With her powers it had never really been a possibility for her to get hurt. Now she could be getting tortured or something. They all started talking again saying they would go and get her and that they needed to start making plans. Surprisingly it was Merian who calmed them down this time.

"Everyone shut up! We can't go and get her and you all know that. She is in the Guild, they will be expecting that now."

It made everyone quiet down and they all started thinking more clearly. Hilde asked Quatra what the scientists said, Wu-Fei asked about the information that was sent from Cathy and Sally asked if they had given up on the mission. Quatra told them what he knew.

"Okay slow down and I'll tell you what I know. First, I have just sent off a report on the situation. Second, we still need to know what's going on in the Guild so we will probably be sending in a retrieval team. And before you say anything I have already recommended Nataku's team so don't worry. And lastly, I have a summary of the information that Cathryne managed to send."

Quatra passed out a sheet of paper to everyone there. The sheet had all of the information that Cathryne had gathered. It said that she had made contact with the scientists in charge of the project and that the project was really just the training of two Newbreed boys. The only information that was sent about the boys was that they were Newbreeds and their code names were Zero and Merc. There was no information on their powers or any personal data on them. There was a little information on the scientists. They went by the names J and S. There wasn't much else except that it was rumored that J was slightly insane. That was all the information that was available at the time.

Beep…Beep…Beep

Everyone turned to look at Quatra's computer. The beeping meant that there was a message. Quatra got up and opened his computer and read the message. Duo got impatient and yelled for him to tell everyone what it said. Quatra had a confused expression on his face as he turned to look at the others.

"Well it says not to do anything and that they are on their way. They say that they will be here in an hour. That's strange they have never came before for something like this before. It must be something in Cathryne's information. Oh, they also say that the retrieval mission is approved though the team should wait for them wait for them."

Since there was nothing else to do Merian took Hilde and Wu-Fei to get ready for the rescue mission. Duo went to finish his game (he said he had it almost beat after nearly a year of constantly playing it) and Quatra went to get some sleep leaving instructions to wake him when the scientists got there.

TBC…

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