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Ch. 7: Dangers Await

Kyle stood against the wall of the hallway, unsure of what to do. There were currently 3 guards only 50 feet down the hall from where they stood. And from searching out heartbeats, there were 4 other guards within a 400 foot radius from where he was standing, another group of three and a lone guard. Kyle had determined that the lone guard was the one put in charge to handle Amanda. So, he knew that they were getting closer, but they would have to get past 6 guards before getting to the last.

Declan and Foss was quietly talking to one another about how to take out the guards. They were still unsure if they were armed or not, none of them had gotten a good look at the guards to see if any of them had any sort of weapon. Foss walked over to the intersection of the two hallways and looked at the 3 guards standing a few yards away. He hoped that they would not spot him as he looked on intently, hoping to get a fix on any kind of weapon. What he ended up seeing, scared him, and for Foss, it was a new emotion.

Foss was not the one to be afraid of something, and Kyle and Declan knew that. That changed when Foss saw that all three guards were packing weapons. Kyle could tell Foss's fear from the sudden acceleration of his heart rate causing Kyle's to go up as well. Kyle was not sure why Foss was afraid, but when he took a look down the hall he saw why.

The first guard was carrying two .45 caliber handguns, the second was carrying a standard shotgun, and the third was carrying the deadliest of them all, a fully automatic AK-47. Foss staggered back a few steps as he saw the AK-47, even he had never used one of them before. Though he was very aware of its abilities to kill anyone caught in its line of fire. Declan was unsure of what was going on until he walked up to Kyle, who had also taken a few steps down the hall, near Foss.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Declan asked, still not aware of the danger that was only 20 yards away.

"Guard has AK-47," was all Kyle could get out as he sank down against the wall until his head was at his knees. Declan stood in shock as well, also unsure what to do now that he knew the situation. None of them could have expected that they would have this big of a beefed up security squad. Though not being able to research the corporation and get to know the floor plans to the facility made this mission ever so harder. From Kyle's analysis, they knew that Amanda's holding room was within at least 400 feet away from here, but the problem was the 7 guards that stood in the way.

The three of them seemed to sit there forever, unable to think of a plan to disarm all three within reasonable time, and without alarming the other guards. Foss and Declan were discussing different things to do, but could not come to an agreement. While Kyle on the other hand was still up against the wall, with his head between his knees, thinking of what might, what could happen.

How are we going to get her back now. There's no way that any of our weapons can stand up to the speed and force of their weapons. If only we had more time, but we don't. All I want is to see Amanda again. To let her know that I am sorry about what Latnok has put her through, and to let her know all my secrets. I just wish I would have told her before this, then she would understand why she was taken.

Kyle's mind was running through every sort of situation in his mind, all the ways that they could attempt to take the three guards out. But all of the simulations gave one answer: Failure. That meant that they would end up dead if they attempted to incapacitated the guards. This made him even more anxious. His mind raced as it searched for any memories that could help him. None did. He searched for anything that would help, and again the same thing, nothing. He glanced up to see Foss and Declan still engaged in a deep conversation about what to do.

Kyle got to his feet and walked over to where the other two were standing. He calmly glanced from Foss to Declan. He could tell that both of them still feared what was around the corner, and he knew how they felt.

"There's nothing we can do, can we?" Kyle asked simply.

"Kyle," Foss said, in a somewhat calm and gentle voice, "I don't think there is anything we can do, I'm sure you already know this."

"Yeah," Kyle said in a defeated tone. "But there's got to be something we can do. We have to save her." Kyle stated as a single tear rolled down his cheek.

"Alright, we can try something, but let us talk it over for a little bit." Foss stated. "And if you come up with anything, let us know."

"I will."

Kyle returned to his original position and sat down on the ground. Again he searched his memory, hoping to find something that may help him in this situation. Suddenly, it came to him, the last time he was in the diner. When Jessi had been reunited with her mother, Sarah. He pulled it into his holographic memory and began to play it in his mind.

Kyle had found Jessi sitting in the diner after Sarah was supposed to meet with her, but she did not show up. She was sitting in the booth with the carving that Adam and Sarah had left behind many years ago.

"How did you find me?" Jessi questioned as Kyle walked up next to her.

"I've gotten good at knowing where'd you go," Kyle answered as he sat across from Jessi.

"Did she ever show up?"

"No."

"So, my mother lied, my father lied. It's true, I'm a mistake."

"Jessi don't say that, you're important," Kyle said, trying to reassure her.

"No, I never mattered." Jessi's nose began to bleed from both nostrils as the diner's lights began to flicker and the ground began to shake, as if an earthquake was happening.

"You matter to me, and the Trager's, we want you to come stay with us."

"No, don't pity me." Jessi said, getting to her feet. Kyle in tow behind her.

"We don't, we care about you," Kyle tried to assure her as the room shook even more. "Jessi, please, you can be part of our family."

"No!" Jessi screamed as she reached out her hand and somehow stopped Kyle's forward motion, making him step back a couple inches. "It's your family, it won't ever be mine, you understand, I'm alone."

"Jessi!" It was Sarah, she had entered the diner during the commotion. "You're not alone."

"It's too late," Jessi said to her mother.

"It never is."

Suddenly, Jessi collapsed to the ground. Kyle watched as she fell and also watched himself kneel down next to her.

"Jessi," Kyle said worried. "Her heart's stopped."

He grabbed her hand and put his hand where her heart was, and with all his might, Kyle restarted Jessi's heart, and collapsed to the ground from the use of energy he had exerted to restart her heart.

Kyle reset the memory to play when Jessi stuck her hand out to stop his movement towards him. As he watched for the second time, he saw her using all her energy to keep him back. Maybe I could do that to stop bullets as well. Kyle figured that there was only one way to find out.

Kyle walked over to the other two and told them of the memory, they had both heard what had happened, but had not heard about the new ability that Jessi had discovered that night. The three of them agreed that it was the only way to get past the guards, although Foss and Declan were obviously afraid of what may happen if it did not work as Kyle was hoping it did.

Kyle himself doubted what he was about to do would work, but he had to save Amanda. As well as stop the scientists behind this so-called society. He would do anything to make sure that she was safe, even if it meant that he had to die. When he was ready to give it a try he signaled to Foss and Declan that he was ready and began to walk over to the intersection of the two hallways.

He calmly stepped into the hallway with his tranquilizer gun drawn and shot three times. Unfortunately, all three darts hit the vests that they were wearing. All three of them turned at the same time and aimed their weapons towards Kyle and fired. Within seconds, about 30 rounds of multiple bullets came zipping down the hall towards Kyle. Focusing as quickly as he could, he drew his hand out and put it in the same position that Jessi had. Suddenly, the bullets seemed to slow down, and eventually come to a stop. He lowered his hand, and the bullets fell to the floor. The guards tried yet again, this time sending nearly 100 rounds zipping down the hall. The same result, Kyle raised his hand and stopped all the rounds within a few feet of him, and they fell to the floor. All the guards were now out of ammo, and Kyle knew that it would be easier to fight them, hand-to-hand, then it would have been any other way. He waved for Foss and Declan to come out and join him. They did, both with a smile on their face with the success of Kyle's plan.

The three of them walked down the hall as the guards tossed their weapons aside and also began to walk down the hall, meeting Kyle, Foss and Declan in the middle. They squared off, one guard per person. Kyle personally took on the guard who had been carrying the AK-47, while Foss faced off with the shotgun guard and Declan took the one with the handguns. The guards made the first lung, but all three were blocked by different counters from all three. Foss and Kyle took out their guards with an excellent display of martial arts abilities. While Declan settled with some good old fashioned fists to take care of his guard.

After all three were incapacitated, Kyle sat down against the wall, somewhat drained from using his newly found ability. Foss and Declan sat against the opposite wall, and looked at him intently. They were shocked that he wasn't dead from the amount of energy that he had used, but were happy that he wasn't.

"Well, that was interesting," Declan said after a quiet minute.

"Yeah, I wasn't sure if it would work," Kyle admitted.

"What?" Foss said, shocked. "You mean you put your life on the line to save her, and us. You must really love her."

"More than you could ever know Foss," Declan answered for Kyle who smiled at him for understanding why he did what he did.

"Were the other group of guards alerted?" Declan asked.

"Yes, they were, they are currently heading to this location," Kyle said, attempting to get up.

"Well then, we better get ready," Foss said, putting his hand out to Kyle, to help him to get to a standing position.

They began to make a plan for the group of guards that was soon coming to their location. They knew that once they had taken care of this upcoming group of guards, there would only be one guard blocking their way to getting to Amanda. Suddenly, all three of them were startled by the sound of gunshots echoing throughout the hallway.