Kit ran down the middle of the sewer, the cold water was barley ankle deep, but it still managed to splash up past her knees. Shouts and cries of pursuit echoed behind her, and blasts of sleeper pulse bounced off the walls around her. Breathing hard, Kit pushed down her sense of panic, sweat evaporating in the cold wind as her bare feet slammed against the concrete underneath the murky water.
She turned a hard left and then another right, losing herself in the tunnels.
Gradually, the sounds of pursuit faded, not gone, but farther away.
Kit kept running, unconvinced of the freedom.
Lexi walked down an alley, a new short cut back to the tower, but it wasn't going the way she wanted it to. The alley had taken an unseen turn and now she was getting farther away.
Lexi sighed, she had gone out shopping for the team, Christmas was coming up soon and she wanted to avoid the rush as much as possible. She had a bag in one hand, with a special present for Ace, and her purse in the other.
Also, she had left her jet-pack at the tower, that might attract unwanted attention, and Lexi never really liked standing out.
Lexi stopped and sighed again as she saw that the alley ahead turned away from the tower, the dark buildings rose up on all sides, and sewer hole covers were scattered here and there. She had hoped she wouldn't have to use the GPS on her communicator, that thing drove her up the wall (which might not be a bad thing under the circumstances, but, still).
Suddenly, Lexi's ears perked up as she heard a loud commotion below her and she looked down through a grate at her feet to see a figure run through the sewers, after a minute a large group of men with guns chased after the figure.
Lexi thought they were the police and the person they were chasing was a criminal.
Lexi ran forward, dropping her bags, she could come back for them later, and pulled out her communicator, flipping it open.
"Ace, we have a problem."
Kit was so lost in the long tunnels now that she could barely tell left from right anymore. The men were still after her and getting closer the more tired she grew. She had to lose them, and fast.
Lexi cut across the tunnels from above and dropped down to the sewer floor, running to cut off the assailant in the next tunnel. She had explained what she saw to Ace and he and the others were on their way.
Kit skidded around a corner and stopped dead. She and Lexi stared at each other.
Lexi gasped, "Kit?" she said in amazement.
"L-Lexi? Kit whispered, panting.
Suddenly a loud shout echoed behind Kit and she ran forward, toward Lexi.
"Run!" she cried; fear in her eyes, "run now! Before they get you too!" Kit pushed Lexi back and turned to face her attackers, hoping to give Lexi a few extra minutes.
At least ten men in black armor, turned the corner, guns trained on the two girls.
"Run!" Kit repeated, "you can't fight them!"
Lexi took a step back and put a hand to her temple, "I'm not going to lose you again." she said in determined voice.
"You don't understand!" Kit explained, as the soldiers took a few steps forward, "Their guns are filled with a powerful sleep drug, one hit and you'll be down for twelve hours, I've built up a little resistance to it over time, but you haven't!"
The men readied their weapons.
"Lexi!" Ace called, he was about fifty feet away, the rest of the team some way behind him, but they wouldn't do much good.
The leader fired two shots. One round hit Kit in the shoulder and the other hit Lexi in the chest. Lexi crumpled, and Kit caught her, vision fading, but the leader fired again and both girls fell to the ground.
"Lexi!" Ace cried, running forward as the men gathered around the girl's bodies.
Ace jumped forward, but one of the men fired first, hitting Ace in the shoulder, and he fell to the ground.
The men carried the girls away and the team ran up to Ace.
Duck reached him first and crouched down next to him.
"Ace!" he cried, "You can't die, at least not before admitting I'm the best." He added, trying to hide his concern.
Tech quickly took his pulse and sighed in relief, "he's alive, just unconscious."
As if on cue, Ace moaned and sat up, a hand to his head, "eh, what happened?" he mumbled.
The others helped him up and he looked around, "where's Lexi?" he asked, fear churning in his stomach.
The others avoided his gaze sadly.
"They took her," Tech said, "there was nothing we could do, it was like they just vanished into thin air."
They all looked back down the tunnel, where the men had disappeared and with them Lexi.
This is basically just a tester chapter to see anyone will actually read it (and maybe like it?). But please let me know what you think, because this is my first time writing Loonatics Fanfiction and I'm not sure if I'm any good yet. Thanks. :)
Just to clarify, if you're hit dead on with pulse guns you do go to sleep for 12 hours, but if you're just grazed by it then the affects vary, normal people would stay down longer but the Loonatics powers heal them slightly. Therefore, for a Loonatic to stay down they have to be hit head on. I hope that made some sense, thanks. :)
And I promise the next chapter will be longer!