It was bright and sunny day over the fair city women's prison. Inside Victoria Best was walked down a long hall as a priest walked next to her praying. It was a bleak picture as they made their way to the electric chair but Victoria was all smiles.
The priest stopped praying to ask, "What is wrong with you, You are aware you're about to be executed aren't you?" Victoria laughed, "Of course I'm aware, that's why I'm the best." She broke away from the guards, grabbed ahold of the priest and pinned him to the wall. "You've seen plenty of people die but I'm going to do it better than all of them." The guards pulled her off the holy man. "Alright Best behave yourself."
She was marched to the end of the block, where a small room waited ready for her. "Here it is get ready for the best death you've ever seen." Victoria was ready for the end but when they opened the door there was a man already siting in the chair.
"Hey, that's my seat, get up." The man rose up out of the seat and flashed a badge to the guards. "Give me a minute with the condemned." The guards complied leaving the two alone.
"Victoria Best: Olympic level athlete, can use mind control, and has sever psychosis." He rattled off things from a file he was holding. "Not the best file on me but that's cause I didn't write it; who are you any way?" Victoria asked curious who he was to interrupt her last moment.
"My name is agent Howe and this is your pardon if you want it." Victoria thought for a moment before reaching for the paper in his hand. He pulled away before she could take it from him. "That's if you're willing to serve your country that is."
She crossed pass him and took her seat in the chair, "Why should I serve anyone?" She asked. "Well we need the best but if you're not the best then I'll just take my pardon and leave." He turned to leave the room when Victoria called out, "Wait, I am the best, I'll do it whatever it is." A smile crept across Howe's face, "Great we start now."
A few days later…
Becky stood inside an armory at center, the headquarters of O.S.I, wearing a different costume from he usual one.
"Is it really necessary for me to change my costume and name?" The guys at center had made her a new uniform consisting of a black body suit with purple body armor over it. Her face was covered by a hi-tech face mask, that was made resemble a human face and wrapped around the back of her head with the top open for her hair to flow out.
"Yes it is, you're going to be leading a team of your own villains on highly dangerous covert missions, it's best if they don't know it's you under there." Becky was still having a hard time wrapping her head around this whole thing. Having to work with her enemies was nothing new but she had never done anything like this.
"So what name did you chose?" Becky thought of the list of aliases she was presented with, "Sentry, I like the sound of Sentry." "Sure you don't want any weapons, this armory is pack with the latest in warfare."
Becky held up her hands and replied, "I promise you that these have more destructive power than anything in here." Howe held up his own hands in mock surrender. "Fine you call the shots field commander." He laughed.
Becky was so amazed at this she just had to lift her mask. "Howe that's got to be the first time I've ever heard you laugh." Howe quickly wiped the look from his face putting back on his stern look. "Never mind that it's time to meet your team."
In a small class room used for training sat: Victoria Best, Tobey McCalister, Ms. Question. And tiny big. Each one of them was facing either death or a life sentence when they were recruited. Tobey was just enjoying the freedom, he was finally in something other than his orange jump suit.
He took a puff of his cigarette and blew the smoke in Victorias direction who responded by throwing her pen to knock the cigarette out of his mouth. "What's the matter Best, mad that I'm three times the criminal mind you'll ever be?"
Tobey shot up out of his seat, causing Victoria to do the same. "You wish McCalister, your crimes pail in comparison to mine you hack." The two squared off with one another.
Victoria had grand master status in ten different marshal arts; she wasn't afraid of a street fighter like Tobey. What no one noticed were his glasses scanning her, relaying information about her stance and the style she would most likely use to a chip implanted in his brain.
In a instant he saw a million different moves and every possible out come of their fight. "Come on I haven't had a good fight in a while, I need to stretch my legs." Just as they where about to come to blows the door flew open.
"Best, McCalister knock it off and take your seats." Howe commanded as he came through the door. "This is Sentry, she's your field commander and you will follow her." They all erupted into a fit of laughter.
"Why should we follow her?" Tiny big piped up. Howe turned to Becky and called, "Sentry take command."
Becky activated the voice changer in her mask before walking up to Tiny big. She pulled the steel chair out from under him. She twisted and contorted it out of it's original shape.
"This is why you little prick," She said in an almost mechanical sounding voice. "and if you ever question my leadership I'll do the same to you understand?" Becky's mask scanned him showing he was on the verge of wetting himself. "Yeah I get it."
Howe cleared his throat to get the attention of the room. Everyone took their seats and Becky floated over next to Howe. "Alright low life's If you're all done we'll get to your first mission," The wall behind him opened to reveal a large screen.
"Days ago we sent an operative into Bolgotha, a country in the Balkans, to collect Intel on their ruler." A picture of a man in uniform appeared on the screen. " This is captain Weisman, yesterday we lost all contact with him, our reports suggest he's still alive."
The screen changed showing a picture of a black haired man also in a military uniform but adorned with gold and silver. "This is Wagner von Brum, The dictator who rules Bolgotha, He is often called the worlds deadliest man."
The screen changed again, this time showing the lay out for a small mansion. "This is the court of the crimson king, the name given to Wagner's home, and underneath is the catacombs."
The next picture was of long tunnel ways lined with bones. "The catacombs are used as a dungeon and somewhere down there is Weisman." The screen turned off. "In case you haven't figured it out by now your objective is to rescue the Capt."
Tobey spoke up, "So what we just walk in, grab this guy, and stroll right back out?" "You forgot the part where if you get captured you're on your own, so stealth is the key word here, and to that you'll operate under the code name strike force beta."
Ms. Questions' hand went up in the air. "What happened to strike force alpha?" She asked earning a scary look from Howe. "That's above your pay grade," Howe answered gravely.
"anyone have a question that won't get them shot?" "Yeah what's to keep us from running away?" Tiny big asked. "I'm glad you asked, remember that dental exam you were given when you came it?" Everyone said some form of yes.
"You were injected with nanites that collectively have enough explosives to blow your teeth into you brain; if you run, disobey an order, turn on sentry, get yourself captured, or you just piss me off I flick the kill switch."
Everyone was to afraid to say anything. Even Victoria and Tobey were at a loss for words. "Now get moving, you have a narrow window of opportunity." Everyone filed out the hanger but Becky hung back to speak to Howe.
"You didn't say anything about explosives." "How else are w suppose to keep them in line?" Becky began to protest but Howe stopped her. "You don't have the time to fight me on this." She shook her head, "We're not done with this." She promised as she went to join her team.
In a matter of minutes the team was on a jumpjet and headed for Bolgotha. Soon they would be in the court of the crimson king.
I know I waited a long time to update but I was trying to figure what I wanted to do with it. So I hope you enjoyed a chapter that took three years to write. After rewrites a plenty and almost scraping the whole thing I think I finally got it. be sure to give me some feedback so hopefully the next chapter won't take so long.
