Sorry it took so long to post, I hit a dead end and was up late at night banging my head against the desk until this popped out. Hopefully the wall will go away and I will have no more writers block. For now though, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

-Mo

Chapter 10: Take Off

I woke with a start, looking around the room for a few seconds before noticing that someone was pounding on my door. I quickly jumped out of bed and opened the door, staring at what appeared to be a very upset Apollo. It was too early for daily activities, and too late for midnight missions, so why was he here?

"Get your gear on maggot, we've got a mission to go on and your late. You're lucky I'm even giving you a second thought." He said in a very peeved voice.

"Yes sir. Sorry to keep you waiting." Without a second thought I grabbed my gear bag and lipped on my all black missions uniform, then ran out the door, heading toward the missions bay. I hadn't been told about this mission, but orders were orders and I was required to follow them whether or not I wanted too.

I passed by the big metal door to sector five and paused for a minute, looking up at the huge lock, held by a code and card key combination lock. Behind that door was the weird girl who seemed to have all the answers to my questions, and I was eventually hoping to get answers from here, but for now I had a mission to go on.

I reached the loading bay right as the others finished loading the small jet we were supposed to take off in. All four of them looked up at me for an instant, then went back to whatever they were doing.

"So the runt finally decides to show her face." Apollo said as he handed me a heavy jacket for the freezing snow outside.

"Sorry, I hadn't been briefed on this mission, no one told me about it." I said quietly.

"Well that's not my fault. Just get in the jet and don't cause trouble. We have to get this mission done before dawn. " Apollo grumbled, he never was a big morning person to begin with.

I Quickly climbed into the passenger area and slipped on my jacket and heavy snow boots before strapping in. I guess the mission was local or somewhere where it was just as cold as here in the winter.

"Are we all clear?" the pilot asked as Apollo stumbled into the passenger area.

"Yeah, go ahead and take off." He said slipping into his seat and strapping on his belt before turning his head to try and catch a few Z's.

I looked around at the Erasers I was going to be working with and noticed one new one sitting cuddled up in a small ball. He was younger than any other Eraser I had seen, and he had shaggy blonde hair that nearly cover his eyes. He looked oddly familiar, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

"Hey 761, you ready for another mission?" Alexander asked

"I was born ready. The question really should be are you ready Alex?"

"Of course. I'm always ready." He said

"That's good. Do you have any idea where we're going?"

"It's another pick up mission. It's that time of the year again. "

I looked at him with a puzzled expression and he rolled his eyes. I couldn't help the fact that my memory was bad.

"Don't tell me you've never been on a pick up mission."

I shook my head and he folded his arms over his chest.

"A pick up mission is when we go out to pick up new recruits, usually we do this when the white coats run out of test tube babies. This happens like, once a year near mid winter.

"Okay. But why do we need a whole team of Erasers, wouldn't it be simple just to send a pick up jet and someone to make sure the recruits get on safely." I said.

Alex smiled and shook his head. He unstrapped and sat in the seat next to me

"It's not that simple, besides the others are for reassurance just to make sure nothing goes wrong."

I was still confused, but nodded in agreement. I looked over to the little kid still asleep on the seat diagonal to me and wondered why he seemed so familiar. It was too bad I couldn't remember anything and that my brain was still all muddled and confused. If only that Jensen hadn't messed with my mind, then things wouldn't be so bad and I would know who the girl in the cell was, and why a kid as small as they boy in font was with the Erasers.

"All right, our ETA is five minutes." The pilot said over the intercom. Instantly every one jumped up and began putting on their gear. I zipped up my coat and put on the lower part of my ski mask, watching as the others armed themselves with various weapons. Why they were arming themselves heavily, was beyond me, but I grabbed a small hand gun just in case.

"Common! We only have 40 min's till sunrise and we have to be out of here before that!" Apollo yelled.

The little kid jumped up and grabbed his back pack. Leaving his jacket behind, and morphing into a full Eraser. He grabbed a small hand gun and lined up with the rest near the drop area. I followed behind and watched as the tam was lowered onto the roof of the house down below. If there was one thing that was great about the class A jet we took, it was it's ability to hover low to the ground and the minimal noise it made.

"Common Runt!" Apollo called from down below. I slipped down the rope and landed with at soft thud On the roof of someone's house.

"761, you're the retrieve because your specialty is stealth. There should be a sky light over the targets room. Slip in, grab the girl and get out without a sound, we'll cover the perimeter and anyone that might try to interfere. " Apollo said gruffly. Someone needed to get him a cup of coffee fast.

"But I thought the target was supposed to just come with us."

Apollo let out a long deep laugh and looked at me with his yellow beady eyes.

"Look 761, how many people would want to painfully become a mutant on their own free will? None. The white coats need a next test subject and a perfectly healthy one is sleeping down below, so shut your mouth and get down there!"

I watched as my claws stuck out of my gloves, and felt my ears and k9's grow longer. I looked down at my orange-ish fur on my hands then back up at Apollo.

"Yes sir. You can count on me." I mumbled and he gave me one of his long twisted Eraser smiles.

"I knew I could count on you. I'll tell you what, you do this right and you'll be an officially team member, you'll even get your own name like the rest of us."

"yes sir!" I said quietly

"Now move maggot!"

I nodded and carefully made my way to the sky light. It felt wrong kidnapping someone, but I wanted to be an officially team member, to be able to have my own name instead of a number. I looked at the sky light beneath me and slowly pried it open. I wasn't going to fail this mission. At least not today

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