An Edge of Tomorrow Fiction
Live, Die, Repeat
"William Cage, the Major that was inspired by love in the end to keep going. The one who will make Rita Rose Vrataski feel loved, wanted, and cherished for the rest of her life."
Living the Beginning Of The End
Chapter 4: My Secret, Not YoursRita kept Cage hidden in a local apartment, she had him close the blinds and keep the door locked. She brought supplies in every week, giving him clean clothes and food. Cage's condition didn't get worse, but it didn't get any better. He didn't talk very much and when he did, it was only simple questions.
Vrataski didn't know how much longer she could keep Cage away from society, she knew soon or later he was going to unlock that door and reveal himself. He had already gotten extremely bored within the first week, so she had bought him a Playstation, but still he wandered about. She then got him Direct TV so he could watch football games.
But after several months, he grew very tired of doing the same thing every day. He did have a stereo and his own mini gym, but it wasn't enough. William longed to go outside and enjoy the warm sunlight. He wanted to feel the soft breeze against his face, to feel the lush grass on the ground. But unfortunately he was still on the Government's wanted list.
Cage was messing around in his gym when a loud knocking sound came from the door. He got up from the bench and walked over to the door. He glanced sideways at the mimic that lounged on the couch, it just shrugged at him. Rita wasn't supposed to come here for another two hours, odd.
The Major unlocked the door and opened it and the person he least expected was there, actually it would be people. The entire Z-Squad stood there staring at him.
"Oh I knew he was here!" Said the short one Destiny, giving the tall one Juliet a punch into the shoulder.
"Oh shut up!" Snapped Juliet. The blond one then stepped forward.
"Hello Mr. Cage, we were wondering if you would like to have a little . . . fun?" Gaby squeaked, her voice a few octaves higher than normal girls'.
"I uhh-I . . ." Cage didn't know what to say. How did they find him? Where was Rita?
"I'll take that as a yes." Vicky muttered, pushing past all the girls and brushing by Cage into the apartment.
"Uhh, you guys aren't supposed to be here . . ." Cage said, but they all pushed past him and into the apartment.
Rita pulled up to the apartment and walked upstairs. That's when she saw the Z-Squad walking back to their car. Vrataski froze. What were they doing here? Destiny then glanced back and saw her. She said something to the rest of the girls then they all jumped into their car and sped off.
Vrataski rushed up the stairs until she got to the right door. When she turned the handle, the door opened. Not even locked. She stepped into the apartment. The place reeked of beer.
"Cage?" She called through the house, all she heard was a loud moan coming from his bedroom. Rita hesitated before she entered the room. But when she did, she regretted it.
"Cage!" She snapped, looking away from him.
"Huh?" He muttered, still half dazed from what happened.
"Your pants?" She pointed out, rolling her eyes.
"Oh-right!" He said and she heard the sound of his zipper being pulled up and the sound of his belt being tightened.
Rita slowly glanced over, when she saw he had his pants secured around his waist, she relaxed.
"Why did you let those sluts in?" She snapped, crossing her arms.
"I didn't know! They-they just barged in!" He protested, but it was useless, it was like talking to a brick wall . . . A.K.A. his mother. Rita just glared at him, her stare like icy daggers into his skull.
"So you just couldn't stop them taking off your pants?" Vrataski said angrily and Cage knew he was in big trouble. Cage looked down at the floor, shifting his feet uncomfortably. He looked like a child knowing that his mother was going to ground him.
"Look Rita, I'm sorry." He said pitifully, scratching the back of his sweaty head.
"Just hurry and get yourself washed up." She replied and left the room. Cage frowned and went into the shower room.
While he showered, Rita straightened up the place, cleaning the dishes, wiping down cabinets, counters, shelves desks. She then vacuumed the floor and mopped the tile. Rita made his bed and fluffed up his pillows. Vrataski then brought in the groceries and clean clothes.
When everything was done, she came up to the bathroom door. He was still in there. Kinda odd.
"Cage are you alright?" She said through the door, but she only heard the sound of the bathroom fan running.
"Cage?" She said, knocking on the door, but still no answer. Rita then tried the handle. The door was unlocked so she slid inside.
Vrataski found Cage sitting on a stool, a towel wrapped around his waist and his face in his hands.
"Are you still mad at me?" He said slowly, not lifting his head up.
"No Cage, I'm not mad at you." She replied, crouching down beside him.
"It-it just happened so fast." He muttered and Vrataski slung an arm around him in comfort.
That night Vrataski left, hearing the door lock behind her and she continued down the metal stairs. She got into her car and drove back to camp. Rita after she parked the car went straight towards her trailer and that's when she saw the Z-Squad waiting for her.
"What are you girls doing here?" She snapped, her eyes narrowing suspiciously at them.
"Dang girl, don't be a hater." Vicky said, ruffling her brown hair.
"Yeah." Gabriella agreed, putting her sandy-blond hair up in a ponytail.
"Well, what do you lovely girls want?" Rita asked through clenched teeth.
"We don't want much . . ." Began Juliet elbowing Destiny in the side.
"You got him a sassy apartment there." Stated Destiny, giving her a devilish smile.
"What's it to you?" Vrataski said carefully, knowing that they were here to blackmail her and nothing else.
"We just wanna make you a deal." Juliet said sweetly and Vicky snorted at her.
"Look we just want 2 million bucks by tomorrow morning." Vicky blurted out, receiving glares from all the girls.
"And if I don't bring it in?" She questioned, resting her hand on her pistol.
"Let's just say, it'll be quite unpleasant." Juliet responded and Destiny signaled them all to leave with her. Gaby trailed behind and Vicky flipped Rita off. Vrataski just frowned and entered her trailer.
Late that night, Cage was staring at the blank TV screen. It was past 3 in the morning, but sleep didn't come to him. He drummed his fingers softly against the couch armrest. Cage pasted the time by working out. When morning strolled around, the door knocked loudly.
Cage got up from his situps and went towards the kitchen. He snatched up a kitchen knife and went to the door. He unlocked it and opened it slowly. When he saw Rita's familiar face, he relaxed and let her inside.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, seeing her worried face.
"Z-Squad, they're blackmailing me." She replied, obviously quite confused of what to do next.
"Z-Squad? We got to get out of here." Cage said, snatching up his coat and boots.
"Cage, where could we go? We'll get noticed." Rita said sadly, losing hope.
"Rita come on." Cage said and dragged her out the door.
"What do they want?" He asked as they went down the stairs.
"2 million dollars." Rita replied and led him over to her car.
"When do you have to get the cash?" William questioned, hopping inside of her car. Rita got into the driver's seat and went for the exit.
"Right now." Vrataski muttered back. When she reached the exit, the Z-Squad pulled up in a black Suburban.
"Crap." Gasped Rita and drove up the sidewalk to avoid them.
She then took off down the lane followed by the Suburban. Rita weaved in and out of other cars. She drove into the back allies and the larger car couldn't fit. But unfortunately the ally led to a dead end. The Z-Squad was now jumping out of their car and running down the dark ally, guns in their hands.
"Hurry, Cage get out!" Rita shouted and they both hopped out and jumped over the barrier to the three story parking lot. They raced up to the second story with the Z-Squad fifty yards out.
"Do you have your gun?" Cage called over to her, the mimics hissing at him as he did so. They were quite distracting. For a few moments all Cage could concentrate on was making the mimics leave, but Rita's hand suddenly snatched his forearm bringing him back.
"Come on!" She snapped and raced behind a pillar. Cage followed and heard Z-Squad's footsteps slamming against the black pavement. The two of them stood there, trying not to pant, Cage reached his hand out for her gun and she placed it gently into his palm.
Cage peered out slowly, but a bullet nearly hit his head, hitting the edge of the pillar and spraying chunks of cement across the floor.
"Come on out Cage! Didn't you have fun last time we payed you a visit?" Came Destiny's obnoxious voice a few yards out.
"Rather not talk about it." Cage muttered back and fired a few warning shots in their direction.
"Woah Cage, you might hit one of us." Juliet chirped, trying to play dumb.
"We don't want to hurt you, just come out and we can make you a deal." Vicky called over, obviously quite bored.
Cage thought about it carefully, but when he glanced over his shoulder at Rita, she just shook her head.
"Hey look, how about you put down your guns first and we'll come out then." William called over to them, but there was no reply, not even the taking in of oxygen could be heard. Cage's heart started to beat faster. Where are they?
When he peeked around the corner they were gone. Suddenly a gagging sound could be heard. He swung around and saw Gaby holding Rita in a choke hold, placing a gun to her head.
"Don't move." Gaby smirked, clonking Rita's head with the gun.
"Cage!" Rita said worriedly, tears filling her eyes. Cage aimed the pistol at Gaby's head, but Destiny, Juliet and Vicky pointed their guns at him.
"Drop the gun." Destiny said gently, taking a step forward. Cage swung around and pointed the gun in her direction.
"I can kill you. I can kill any one of you I want." He said, pointing the gun at each one of them. Juliet flinched when the muzzle of the gun was pointed at her, but Vicky just snorted like 'go ahead and shoot'.
"I'll shoot you first." Destiny snapped, but Cage just started to chuckle and shook his head.
"No-no-no, you can't kill me, I'm your money." He pointed out and suddenly he pointed the gun at himself.
"If I die, you lose." He chuckled and Destiny gave her partners glances.
"You wouldn't shoot yourself, you ain't got the guts." Vicky snapped, rolling her eyes at him.
"Yeah I guess you're right. But do you?" He asked and quickly put a bullet in Gaby's head and dived behind the pillar, but he got shot by Juliet and Destiny. Vicky on the other hand got tackled by Rita who snatched her gun and used her as a human shield.
Cage peeked out and saw Rita holding Vicky with Juliet pointing the gun at her. Destiny tried to shoot him but he ducked back under cover.
"Rita!?" Cage called over to her.
"Yes Cage, we're pretty screwed." Replied Rita, slowly backing up from Juliet.
"Geez, I'm glad you noticed because I thought I was the only one." Cage responded, gripping the gun tightly.
"Shut up! Just shut up! Cage you are dead! I'm going to kill you myself!" Destiny screamed and rounded the corner and fired her rounds. Cage fired at the same time and managed to hit her in the heart. Destiny collapsed, blood oozing from her three bullet wounds. At the same time this happened several rounds were fired from Juliet and Rita.
Cage got to his feet. One bullet in his leg and his right side, while his left side had two bullets lodged around the rib cage. William walked over, coughing up blood as he did so. Juliet and Vicky lay lifeless on the ground with Rita standing over them. Rita turned to face him, sirens wailing in the back ground.
Vrataski walked over to him, but when she reached to hug him he collapsed into her arms.
"Cage?" She gasped, sitting down with him in her arms.
"You're hurt." He muttered, touching the bullet wound at her heart. Rita cried softly, blooding slowly oozing from her mouth and down her chin. Her breaths were shaky and she slowly laid down next to him.
The two of them held hands, blood spilling out and creating a large pool of crimson blood. They looked into each other's eyes, feeling the other's pain. Screeching tires could be heard and the sirens wailing. But it was too late . . . it was too late for all of them.
Voices were shouting but the last thing he saw were Rita's lips moving, mouthing the words 'I love you', Cage just smiled and shut his weary eyes. His heart beat slowed and eventually his chest stopped rising.
The story could've ended there, but it didn't, there was a key detail missing from the story. Something that makes the story take a different turn. A game changer, an unexpected twist, a cheat, a dirty trick that no one saw coming. It was one of those . . .
When Cage had closed his eyes, he thought he had breathed his last, but when his eyes cracked open, seeing the daylight stream through the helicopter's window, he thought otherwise.
"Son of a b-" Cage got caught off by a voice.
"Major Cage, we're just about to land."
Cage didn't reply his mind was too occupied with the fact he had reset. How? There was no Omega, he couldn't reset! Unless . . . unless there was another Omega. But how could he be linked to that Omega? It doesn't make since. But maybe, assuming there is another Omega, that Alpha he had killed wasn't being controlled by the Omega he had destroyed. No, that's impossible . . . but it could explain why he was seeing mimics, maybe he was somehow internally linked.
The helicopter landed and the Pvt. opened the door for him. Cage nodded his thanks and put his cap on. He had to get to the Boot Camp and fast. If he was right, there was another Omega on earth. An Omega that has remained hidden for all these months, who knows what it's planning, if it is real of course.
William had a strong feeling that he just might, might be correct. Even though he longed to be wrong, longed to be incorrect, he knew deep down that it was the truth. He had to get Rita Vrataski and fast, because his life depended on it, the world depended on it.