AN: I am about to have a busy couple of weeks. So I figured I would get this out.
Chapter 9
Hopper saw the trucks coming over the distance. He checked over his equipment and he pulled up his radio. "All right boys and girls, we got company." Hopper growled into the receiver. Several affirmatives went through and Hopper left the roof to get in his position. While Mike planned for separating The Department of Energy's soldiers, Hopper had a plan for actually dealing with them, and the Lab was a big place.
The Hawkins Lab went into disrepair over the years and when it came up for sale, Hopper bought it. He intended to burn it down but Joyce convinced him to keep it. She had a feeling Eleven would return. Thinking about her was painful. And this insanity that Brenner was using her as some kind of puppet, it was too much for him. He loaded his shotgun as he made his way to the elevator, the only working thing in the damn building, and found his way to the lobby where Will and his boyfriend were setting trip wires. He nodded to them as he found his way down to the lobby of the building.
Joyce went to the cabin, she had lots of first aid stuff there and was going to set up for a medical wing. Hopper loved over and saw Robin setting up a crossbow trap. She caught his eye and moved to him.
"Hey Jim, I know it's a bad time to talk about this but the park near Otsel street is in disrepair and I kinda need you to authorize funds for that." She said. Hopper rolled his eyes, what a fucking time to talk city management. Robin was the deputy director of the parks department and usually kept to herself, unless she wanted to annoy him, which was frequent.
"Look Robin, I think we have other concerns right now." Hopper said. Robin gave him a quizzical look. "Why, we aren't doing anything important." She said. Hopper rolled his eyes as she moved back to setting up her crossbow trap. Hopper shook his head as he watched the soldiers prepare themselves to get kitted out.
"So why couldn't Erica come?" Steve asked as he came next to Hopper. He had his own rifle, as well as that baseball bat. "I think Lucas told us she was out of country. Otherwise I think she would take care of all this with that sass of hers." Hopper said. Steve thought about that then nodded. "Is this a bad time to remind you that I need to hire a couple of detectives?" Steve asked. Hopper turned and glared at him. Steve smile at him then scampered away. "I wonder if I can kill both of them and blame it on the soldiers out there?" Hopper asked himself as he viewed one soldier falling over putting his pack on.
Hopper rolled his eyes and then moved away to go help Dustin with a few bear traps. He found him struggling with one. "Here, let me help." Hopper said as he helped open the rusted item. "Where's Suzie?" Hopper asked. "She found a place to lay come caltrops. And I think she is putting some claymore mines in a few walls." Dustin said. Hopper looked outside, the soldiers there probably would fall for it. "Ok, lets move upstairs. The traps here should thin them out." Hopper said. Dustin nodded and left to gather the others.
Heading to the stairs, Hopper sets up one more trap. "These guys won't know what hit them." Hopper said.
Jericho residence
Emily was finishing the dishes when Sam entered the kitchen. "Sorry bud, the pie is still baking." She said. Sam merely nodded. "Men are coming." He said. Emily looked at him and saw the picture in his hand. Their were black vans parked on the county road. Emily smiled to herself. "Sam, get in the tunnels. I'll set up the welcome committee." She said. Sam nodded and pushed the kitchen table out of the way and found the latch to a hidden door. Emily shut all the lights off in the house, and put the pie she was baking on low heat so it won't burn.
She picked up a scope and looked out. Out in the dark, several men were approaching the property. The house was out in the country, and the nearest neighbor was eight miles away. Switching her scope to night vision, she saw they were coming down the hill to her yard in a spread pattern. She loaded the scope onto her rifle and grabbed a detonator.
Emily headed for the roof and watched as the group of soldiers spread further out. Emily looked and saw one stopping on one of the traps. She then took aim at another soldier. Pushing the button on the detonator, an explosion took out a soldier in a clout of red mist. As the blast shook, Emily fired her rifle and took out another. The soldiers looked around in confusion. One ran into a mine that was planted in the ground and exploded. Another got his foot stuck in a trap, then Emily shot him in the head.
Three more soldiers started to back off. Emily hit one in the head. The other two got back to back, trying to walk back to their truck. Emily smiled as she set off another explosive that took both idiots out. "Did they really think this would work?" She said to herself. She heard another van drive down another path to the house. She saw there they were coming from and laughed. That road was not driven on, because her brother mined it. And sure enough, the van exploded as it came over one of the mines. "I wonder if Sam saw this stuff?" Emily asked herself as she headed off the roof.
"Sam, you can come out." Emily said. When he didn't come out, she grabbed a shotgun and headed down to the tunnel. She didn't head far as she saw him sitting down drawing, in a trance. She walked to him and saw what he was drawing. "I need to get a hold of Charles." She said.
Steel Mill Command Trailer
Jericho and his men got suited up in their tactical gear. Saverio told them not to bring guns, because they might kill Wheeler, and that was not the plan. Jericho rolled his eyes but complied. "Not coming boss?" Smiley asked. Jericho shook his head. "You guys go first. I'll monitor from here." He said. Smiley nodded and assembled with the others. It was a seven man job. The rest of the crew were in a hotel in Hawkins, mostly support staff. Nicholai though, was on a separate mission.
Jericho went to the main screen where he could monitor his men's communications. Dr. Straus sat next to him while Saverio was issuing orders at the lab. "Go in carefully." Saverio said. Jericho looked over at him and rolled his eyes. "Ya know, you could have just directed them there." Jericho said. Saverio grunted. "Boss man wants me here. When your men get Wheeler, we can end the day." He said. Jericho snorted and put his headphones on. "Okay guys, nice and easy. Don't take any chances." Jericho said.
Inside
"Roger that boss. Over and out." Lopez said. He directed the six men to spread out. To his left was Smiley, and to Lopez right, was Ford. Lopez wished he had Nicholai there, but Jericho always had a plan. The other men were just as capable guys, all trained in various armies all over the world. Lopez himself was a former Ranger out of Fort Bragg. He knew Smiley was an MIT engineer and Ford was Marine Recon. They were ready for this.
A loud pop alerted them to a man down. Lopez and the others convened on the noise and found one of their men, Archer, down. He was still breathing. Smiley looked him over and found something on his head. He pulled it off and it gave him a slight shock. "It shocked him. He tripped that flash bang, and someone hit him with this." He said. Lopez looked around and directed everyone to stay low with hand signals.
Lucas looked down from his perch. Dustin and he had developed them as a joke, but the first time Max got them with it, he knew he had a new toy that would be useful. He called them sticky shockers. He saw Nancy was shaking her head, she never liked using gadgets. Mike though, had some fun ideas. He was in a lower level, preparing a trap door.
Ford began walking up some stairs, heading up a cat walk. He heard a noise behind him. He turned and saw a small toy making a noise. "Weird." Ford said to himself. Suddenly, he found himself with a cord wrapped around his leg and he was pulled off the cat walk and was hanging upside down.
Nancy laughed at the snare she used. She kept a lookout for more ways to take the remainder of them out.
Smiley saw Ford get caught in a snare. He wasn't going to get attacked so easily. He could see a few snares all over the place. He passed by a place where they molten steel would have been loaded. He looked over at it, he then found his feet pulled from under him. He was dragged under the floor and found himself with Wheeler staring at him. Smiley raised his hands in surrender, before Wheeler kicked him hard in the face.
Lopez and the other two men formed a slight semi circle and looked around. For the first time, he wished he didn't listen to Jericho and just brought a gun. Soon, they were over a grate, and it opened up, dropping the three to the ground. Lopez and the others got up as Wheeler stepped into the light.
"You ain't beating me again." Lopez snarled. Wheeler smiled and dropped two smoke grenades. The smoke blinded them and chocked them. Lopez tried to reach Wheeler, but he found himself knocked out by a sharp electrical surge through his head. The other two were quickly knocked out by Mike and Nancy.
"So, what do we do with them?" Nancy asked. Mike smiled. "I have an idea."
Hawkins Lab
Dustin heard many explosions out from the floor below. Hopper had told them they estimated at least twenty soldiers. Dustin gripped his nail bat, one that he made exactly three hours after El was taken. He had some frustrations to get out of his system.
Four men came up, and saw a raging man rush them with a nail bat. Before they could get their weapons up, One of them was hit in the head with the bat and it stuck in his skull. Dustin tried to pry the bat out but it wasn't budging. The other three got their bearings and almost fired, but all three were taken down by a small hail of bullets. Dustin looked over and saw Steve walk up, holding his rifle in one hand and his bat over his shoulder. "Ya gotta be more careful little bro, sometimes the nails stick." Steve said. Dustin nodded as he pulled the bat free.
Hopper headed downstairs and found several of them huddled together. He smiled as he listened to them. "Nobody fucking said anything about booby traps!" One exclaimed as he was helping a friend out of a bear trap. Hopper grabbed a grenade from his vest, pulled the pin, and tossed it. The others saw it and scattered, leaving the guy stuck in the bear trap to get caught in the blast.
The soldiers scattered, to consumed by fear to make rational thought, one ran down a hallway and tripped a claymore mine in the wall. The explosion took him out and collapsed the ceiling. The others scrambled away and found themselves on the other end of two people with guns, both women. One was wearing glasses and wielding a shotgun, the other was a redhead with an AK assault rifle. The soldiers fell before they could clear their weapons.
"That was kinda anticlimactic." Robin said as they made their way together. "Well, it looks like a lot of them grouped together." Max said, seeing two soldiers dead from one arrow. "We need to get to the steel mill. Mike and the others might need us." Will said. The group nodded and headed for their vehicles.
Steel Mill
Jericho was not picking up anymore chatter, but he heard his men get taken out. He started to fume. He warned them to be careful. Jericho got up from the desk and headed out of the trailer. He looked around and heard a sound. Looking at a chute, he saw his men fall out of it, all of them either knocked out or tied up. Jericho ran up to them and helped Ford out of his ropes. "What the hell happened?" Jericho asked. "Fucking bastard had a few more tricks we weren't ready for." Ford said. Jericho nodded. "Get the men to the trailer. I'll handle this." Jericho said.
Jericho entered the mill, slamming the doors close and sealing it with a chain. He wanted no interruptions. He found a barrel by a staircase and took off his shirt. He then placed it on the barrel. He pulled out a bandana from his back pocket and tied it around his forehead.
"WHEELER!" Jericho shouted. "COME OUT AND FACE ME!"
Mike looked down from the catwalk. Nancy next to him. "We can take him out now." She said motioning for Lucas to fire a sticky shocker. Mike motioned foe him to stop. "No, he's mine." He said. Nancy wanted to strangle him. "Why? You don't need to do any macho shit right now." She demanded. Mike smiled at her. "It would be rude. Besides, it's a respect thing." Mike said, descending from the catwalk. He made his way down further to a lower catwalk that led to the stairs down to the entrance. Jericho was waiting for him.
He walked down and faced him down. Jericho was shirtless, showing off his muscles and tattoos. He had a few army tattoos that he didn't recognize, on top of a couple of flaming swords crossed on his stomach. The two walked up and faced each other. Jericho smiled. "You and I have a score to settle." He said. Mike nodded. "Yea, lets end this." He said.
Jericho stuck first, punching Mike in the face and knocked him back. He then grabbed his shirt and pulled him forward and delivered a massive head butt. Mike fell back in a slight daze as Jericho began delivering body blows into Mike's stomach. Jericho prepared an overhand punch, but Mike blocked it with his forearm. He looked up and glared at Jericho and upper cut his jaw. The blow sent him back, giving Mike an advantage. He tackled him back and punched him a few times in his kidney.
Mike pressed his advantage and went for another uppercut, but Jericho dropped his elbow onto Mike's fist.
Outside, Lopez came into the command trailer, seeing Saverio using their equipment to communicate with his men. Or at least trying to. "Fuck!" He yelled throwing the headphones down. "Tech support?" Lopez joked. Saverio glared at him. "I can't raise my men at the Lab." He said. Lopez snorted. "Wow, those are some untrained doofuses." He said. Saverio growled at him. "I spent months training them. The VR was perfect." Jericho said. Lopez shook his head. "Take it from me, never underestimate people who know the terrain. Or have shit nobody heard of" He said. Saverio shook his head, he had a platoon of men coming to his location. They were Brenner's men, ones he borrowed from delta force.
Inside, Mike was put back on the defense as he tried to block Jericho's blows. They were walking up the stairs while also trading punches. Mike grabbed the hand rails and jumped a kick into Jericho's face, knocking him back slightly. Jericho recovered and punched Mike in the chin, knocking him down on the catwalk. He punched down to Mike's face but he dodged and hit the catwalk instead. If it hurt Jericho, he didn't show it. Mike got up, grabbed Jericho's neck and tossed him forward. He then rushed at him and tackled him to the ground. Mike began punching him several times in the face. Jericho kicked him off him and grabbed him by the shirt. He held him on the guard rail and started squeezing Mike's throat.
Mike felt air leaving him, he needed to think fast. He looked and saw several chains. He grabbed one and wrapped it around Jericho's neck. He wrapped it a couple of times and pulled on it, cutting off his air flow. Jericho pulled on the chain and released it from the top of the roof. The weight though pulled him forward and had him on the guard rail. Mike took advantage and punched him in the stomach, having him gasp for air. Mike then grabbed Jericho's feet and tossed him over the railing.
Outside, sitting in a tree, Weatherford was perched up when he saw several trucks coming. He looked them over with his rifle, they were army trucks. "Lopez, we got company." He said into his radio.
Lopez came out and saw the trucks arriving. Their were a lot of troops. He ran back in to confront Saverio. "What the shit is going on?" He demanded. "I'm handling this my way. I need to secure the scene. Doc Straus assures me its now ready." He said. Lopez was furious. "No, fuck you asshole. This ain't your op." He said going for the radio. Saverio grabbed his shirt and pulled him back, then slammed him onto a table. "I don't think so." He said putting a gun to Lopez head.
The rest of Bravo company was then secured by the soldiers, these men were in all black tactical gear, all their insignias were gone. For recognized them as Delta Force. "Well, this sucks." Ford said.
A figure in black also rode with them. Ford recognized it as that cyborg with the girl's face, but the madman's voice. Saverio came out and greeted it. "Wheeler is inside. It looks like Jericho is fighting him. And there might be two more people." Saverio said. The figure nodded. "Get the men ready. Leave Wheeler alone. The others are expendable." Brenner's voice said. "And the others?" Saverio asked. "Dispose of them." He said.
Jericho got up, catching his breath. Wheeler was a good dirty fighter when he needed to be. He grabbed the chain and wrapped it around his fist. He felt pain in the back of his knee as he fell over, Wheeler attacking him with a pipe. He then hit Jericho's back. He fell over, rolled out of the way of Wheeler hitting him with the way of another swipe. He unrolled the chain on his fist and swung at him. He swung left, then right, Wheeler dodging both.
Mike pushed forward and did an upper swing, Jericho caught it with his chain, wrapped the pipe, wrestled the pipe out of Wheeler's hands then threw both the chain and the pipe away. Jericho shoulder charged him and pushed Mike back, hitting him back to the front area. Mike kicked Jericho in the face, knocking him down.
Mike was about to prepare to finish his foe, when the doors blew open and several soldiers in tactical gear stormed in.
Lopez sat inside, handcuffed to a chair as Saverio entered. "You get to go last." He said. Lopez glared at him. "I told them you will dig your men's graves here. Then you join them." Lopez didn't dignify that with an answer.
Outside, Bravo Company was being rounded up. Only Weatherford was missing, hiding in a tree line. He didn't know how he was going to save his friends. If he fired, they would find him and kill him. He could only watch.
Mike saw the men surround them, he wasn't expecting this. "I guess you guys are with the public works department?" Mike joked. Jericho groaned. "Bad jokes are my thing Wheeler." He said getting up. Mike shrugged as he held his hands up.
Hopper left the cars and his group made their way through the woods to the mill. He knew their were tough guys there. They stopped a miles up the road. He sent Suzie and Will to scout ahead. They did not come back alone. Standing with them in a ghillie suit and a sniper rifle, was a Bravo Company man.
"The hell are you?" Steve asked. "Name's Weatherford. Look, Delta guys are there. They are going to execute my team. I know you don't trust me, but I need your help." He said. Hopper glared at him. "He telling the truth?" Hopper asked Suzie. "Yea, whole platoon of guys, and the Bravo guys are about to be executed. I know their kind of dicks, but Mike respects them." Suzie said. Hopper pinched the bridge of his nose. "Fine. What do we do?" Hopper asked.
Dr. Straus looked on from the command trailer. He didn't have much of a plan, just hoped Wheeler didn't mess up stopping Brenner. He looked to the handcuffed man. "You must think me a monster." He said. Lopez looked at him and shrugged. "Pretty monstrous what you did to that kid." Lopez said. "Brenner took my family. He said he would send me to them when his plans finish." Straus said. "I already know he killed them. Saverio has a sadistic streak. He got drunk and showed me where they stored my families bodies." Straus said.
"That's fucked up." Lopez said. Straus nodded. "If I gave you a chance, could you hold them off?" Straus asked. Lopez nodded. "Wait for the right moment." Straus said, putting a handcuff key in his hand.
Hopper looked on from the tree line. He had an idea but he needed a distraction.
Mike looked up and saw Nancy with her rifle. She fired a shot into one of the men. He fell quickly. Mike and Jericho then surprised them and jumped two of them. Two fired at Jericho, who used one of the soldiers as a shield. He took his rifle and gunned down the pair, and threw the dead soldier down. Mike grabbed the rifle from one guy and threw him to a few of his friends. Mike tossed a grenade pin at them as the man exploded and took his friends with him.
"Not bad Wheeler." Jericho said firing at the retreating soldiers. Mike grinned as they took magazines off the soldiers.
The commotion inside brought the rest of the soldiers attention away from Bravo Company. As they rushed past, The main trailer opened and Lopez stepped out, wielding an AA-12 assault shotgun. He began firing at the soldiers, catching them off guard. Several returned fire and Lopez went back inside, thankful the trailer was armor plated.
Hopper took the sign and charged an attack. Himself and Steve came out of the trees and fired at the soldiers, while Robin and Max moved the Bravo Company guys out of the line of fire. Weatherford provided sniper support.
Brenner growled with rage. "Fix this Saverio, I will finish off Mr. Wheeler." He said as he headed inside the mill. Saverio nodded and headed to the command trailer where Lopez was still firing at the soldiers. He entered through the drivers side door and got the jump on him. "Get your men to stop and I'll make it quick." Saverio said. Lopez smiled. "You got your own problems." He said. Saverio smugly laughed. "Yea, like what?" He asked. He was answered by Straus hitting his side with a cattle prod and knocking him out. "I never liked him." Straus said.
Brenner entered the mill, searching for Wheeler. "When I crush his skull my dear Eleven, you will be mine." He muttered to himself.
Mike saw it, and realized he needed to get his plan in motion. "Nancy, Lucas, Jericho, you guys head outside and help the others." Mike said. Jericho looked at him. "I don't think you remember very well but that think kicked your ass last time." Jericho said. Mike nodded. "I have a plan." Mike said. "Yea, that's kind of all we got out of him." Lucas said. "Hey, I explained some of my plan." Mike said. Nancy looked at him. "No, you told us to get stuff, not what you were actually going to do." She said. "Yea, you kind of need to explain shit." Jericho said. Mike shook his head. "No time, I need to get it to the back of the mill." Mike said. Jericho nodded and motioned for the others to follow him out.
Brenner walked carefully through the mill, the injections into the body he was occupying could wear off. It put its mind in a kind of trance. It saw everything Brenner was doing. He was counting on that, to break the will of Subject Eleven. I always fought him, always trying to assert it was a person. When this was over, it will bend to him.
He saw Wheeler down a hallway. Brenner felt Eleven stirring. He rushed forward as Wheeler ran off. "You won't hide from me Mr. Wheeler." Brenner said.
Jericho and the others got out on the roof and saw the battle. Hopper was fighting side by side with Lopez, holding off more soldiers as they arrived. Steve, Dustin and Smiley were exchanging weapons while firing. Steve would swing his bat at a soldier, toss it to Smiley who would also hit another soldier, then to Dustin. Suzie was providing fire support for Weatherford. Everyone else was fighting together against the Delta platoon. "Let's join in." Lucas said as he slid off the roof. Jericho shrugged his shoulders and joined Nancy in coming down.
As the pair slid down, they fired their weapons at the Delta soldiers, frustrating them more as they are attacked on all sides.
Brenner kept walking, he could feel Wheeler around. Looking around, he noticed the mill decorated with lights. It was a curious thing. He soon found a hallway decorated with blankets. He remembered years ago, Wheeler had a blanket fort for Eleven. What was the boy playing at? Brenner walked inside and found it was haphazardly decorated like Wheeler's basement. "What is going on Wheeler?" Brenner demanded.
Mike stepped into the room from another door. "I'm here El." Mike said. Brenner looked over at him and laughed. "I have control over its body Wheeler. You cannot stop me." Brenner said and launched an attack on Mike. He could barely defend himself as Brenner slammed him to the ground. Mike rolled away to avoid the boot slam on his face.
"C'mon El, you need to stop him. I know your in there!" Mike yelled. Brenner growled and used the power to fling Mike back. "Stop trying. It is mine, body and soul." Brenner said walking. He found himself struggling to move. Eleven was taking control. He needed to finish this. "You will die." Brenner said and used the power to raise Mike up and fling him to a wall.
"I have such amazing plans Mr. Wheeler. You should not have turned It against me." Brenner said. He opened the visor and Mike saw Eleven's eyes for the first time in fifteen years. They were terrified, as Brenner was forcing her to watch. Mike struggled to reach the remote in his back pocket.
Brenner noticed and used the power to pull it out. "What is this? A weapon?" Brenner asked. "Push the button and find out asshole." Mike said. Brenner laughed and pushed the button. A strange chord began playing, and it was all over the room.
Outside, the Delta force was mopped up, and the music began playing. "Is that the Police?" Jericho asked.
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Brenner felt Eleven waking up, taking back control. "Saverio, activate the kill switch." Brenner commanded into the earpiece. Mike was let go by the power and fell to the ground.
"You remember this song El? Its from the Snowball. We danced to this." Mike said. Brenner began thrashing, trying to wrest control from Eleven. "I never gave up on you. I always loved you El, I never want to lose you again, so if you feel the same, fight that son of a bitch and come back to me." Mike yelled.
"NO ITS MINE!" Brenner was yelling, but then a new voice joined. "NO, YOU WILL STOP!" A soft but fierce voice yelled. Brenner closed the visor, hoping the outside stimulus would stop the internal battle, but he was too late. "NO, NO, I WILL NOT BE STOPPED!" Brenner yelled.
"Please, El, you got this. Kick his ass." Mike said. With a massive scream the body levitated and soon, the helmet broke in two off of her head. She floated down and looked at Mike.
He looked worse for wear, having bruises and cuts all over his body. And he was wearing the same damn clothes he was wearing when she attacked him at his apartment.
Mike looked at El and smiled. She was indeed older, her hair was shaven off, but Mike still had one thing to say to her. "Pretty." Mike said. El blushed as she heard the words. "Your not mad?" El asked. Mike shook his head, "I am surprised you're not mad I couldn't come for you." Mike said. "I can neve be mad at you." She said and the pair ran to each other in an embrace. Both fell to the ground and cried into each other, happy to be reunited.
Their reunion was short lived. They heard Brenner through the destroyed helmet. "This isn't over Mr. Wheeler." He said. El shivered at hearing it. "He's right. He won't stop." El said. Mike shook his head. "Then we stop him." Mike said.
El smiled, she missed his enthusiasm. But soon, emotions began flooding her. Fifteen years of torture by Brenner and that thug Saverio. She started hyperventilating. "El, cmon, its okay." Mike said, backing off. El needed space and air. She decided she needed to get away, and she blasted the roof with her powers, then displayed a new one, and flew away.
"What the hell was that?" Jericho said behind Mike. "She just left." Mike said. Jericho nodded. Lopez came in behind Jericho. "Boss, Emily is calling you." He said. Jericho nodded and headed out to the command trailer with Lopez and Mike following. It was tense outside, as both grouos at one point were enemies. As he entered, he saw Saverio on the ground hogtied and gagged. Jericho stepped on him as he made his way to the phone.
"Em, whats wrong?" Jericho asked. "Thank god I got a hold of you. Soldiers came to the house." Emily said. Jericho looked down at Saverio and almost crushed his head. "Are ya'll ok?" He asked. "We're fine, the traps worked. But listen, Sam was in the tunnels drawing. It's about Nicholai." Emily said. Jericho felt his blood go cold.
Hargrove residence.
Susan heard a noise from the kitchen. It sounded like it came from Harrison's room. The older woman walked towards the stairs, needing to make sure her grandbaby hadn't gotten out of his crib. As she reached the stairs, the lights in the house went out. "What is going on?" Susan wondered out loud. A hand grabbed her mouth and she was pulled aside as a knife came to the throat. "Keep quiet bitch." The harsh voice said. "You fucking stay out of the way, and I won't give you another mouth." He said. Susan struggled, elbowing him in the stomach and moving away.
"Bad move bitch." The man in black said. He slashed at her but she moved away, hoping to get to her gun in the living room. The man was fast though. She ran into the living room and he chased her around the coffee table. "You should have cooperated." He said. "Fuck you." Susan said. As the man lunged at her, an arm grabbed the other man, and several quick stabs to his kidneys and across his throat, the man fell over, dead.
"Are you okay lady?" A russian voice asked. Susan was in near hysterics. "Hey calm down, I'm here to help." He said. Susan then began getting her bearings. "Who are you?" She asked. "My name is Nicholai. My boss asked me to look in on you and your grandson." He said. She was confused, why would anyone need to look in on her or Harrison?
"My grandson, he's upstairs!" Susan exclaimed. Nicholai nodded. "It's okay, we'll get him and take you to safe place okay?" He said. Susan nodded and followed as Nicholai pulled out a pistol with a silencer on it. They started going up the stairs when a shot came at him. It missed and Nicholai shot back as the attacker moved back.
"Stay down here, I go make clear." He said as he rushed up. The soldier was not prepared as Nicholai grabbed the man's gun arm, lifted it above and fired his own weapon into the other man, killing him. "Stay down there. I go get boy." Nicholai said. Susan agreed. Nicholai entered the room and saw a young boy in a toddler bed. He looked sound asleep, then Nicholai noticed a syringe. The boy was knocked out. As Nicholai went to grab the child, the closet door opened, and a man with a shotgun fired. Nicholai couldn't react, and he fell into a dresser, bleeding from his wound. The man with the shotgun grabbed the child and left out the window before Susan came running in.
She entered the room and found Nicholai against a dresser, and her grandson was missing. "Oh god, can I do anything to help you?" She asked. Nicholai nodded. "Find….Jericho…..he…..can….help." He said as he died. Susan cried over the nice man.
The man ran to his van while carrying the sleeping toddler, the door opened up with three more men inside. "Let's get the fuck out of here." He said handing the toddler to another soldier. They drove off, and the leader pulled out a phone. "Dr. Brenner, we have the asset." He said. "Excellent, bring it to me." He said.
Somewhere, Brenner was laughing.
AN: Aren't cliffhangers fun?
