Chapter 12

The group was surrounded by the hospital gown clad zombies, for lack of a better term, and they did not seem prepared for this. One of the zombies spoke. "I figured you would come through here when you saw the troops I have out front. This was something Dr. Ryan had cooked up when we were first experimenting with mind transfer." He said. Jericho recognized the way he spoke.

"Whats the matter Saverio? Afraid to fight us yourself?" Jericho snarled. The man smiled. "I am facing you. I am directly controlling them all." Saverio said through the man. Jericho snarled and fired into the man and dropped him. Another zombie spoke up. "I think you remember the bible verse." Saverio said. "My name is Legion, for we are many!" Saverio said through all the prisoners.

"Let's see how you deal with this." El said as she used her powers to shockwave them back. Hopper and Will began firing shotgun blasts into the crowd. Jericho and Mike fired automatic fire into them as well. One grabbed at Dustin, but Suzie fired her pistol into the zombie's face. She covered him while he reloaded his submachine gun.

The group kept up fire as El used her powers to force back the horde. A voice cut through her concentration. "I would stop now if I were you." A voice said. El looked at a far corridor and a familiar face entered. Dark skin, brown eyes, head shaved. El could not mistake the person she saw. "Kali?" El asked.

The group stopped firing as they noticed the newcomer walking towards them. She was clad in only a hospital gown. Mike thought something was off about her. "El, is this that sister you told me about?" He asked. El merely nodded. The woman walked slowly to them, the remaining horde falling back. "Its been seven years Jane." Kali said. "Seven years that you stole from me." She said, her eyes blazing.

El was shocked, when Brenner took control she barely remembered what he did. Occasionally Saverio would brag about what she did but this was a new one. "You don't remember? All the evil you did. Let me remind you. Let me show your friends." Kali said as blood came out of her nose.

Seven years ago Arizona

The Group found themselves in a suburb of Phoenix. "The hell is going on?" Jericho asked. Dustin piped in. "El said she had a sister who could manipulate illusions." He said. Jericho was still not used to the supernatural.

A woman, Kali but with long black hair. Her face was tired but happy. She was dressed in her work clothes. She worked as a secretary for a large bank. Kali mused that she could easily rob the place blind, but that wasn't her way anymore.

A few years ago, while her gang was in hiding, she met someone. A nice man who saw her out in the cold. He asked her if he could get her a coffee. Desperation made her agree. He talked toher for what seemed like hours. His dark skin was mesmerizing to her. He was an accountant from Georgia. He was staying in New York to help with an account.

Kali's life changed that day. Her gang made fun of her for swooning over a man, his name was Jacob, but she didn't care. She didn't want revenge anymore, she just wanted him. She got a job as a waitress, one where they pay her under the table. She kept seeing Jacob. Her gang saw she was now no longer thirsting for revenge, rather just thirsting for her accountant friend. They pitched in and all of them got a nice apartment. One day Jacob came to her and said he was being transferred to Arizona, and he wanted her to come with him. Kali accepted. Her gang went their separate ways, promising to keep in touch.

Kali never told her husband about her life, merely lied to him with certain grains of truth. Kali entered their two story house, exhausted from the day she had. She was about to collapse on her couch when the phone rang. Kali groaned as she headed to the kitchen to answer the phone.

"Futch residence" Kali said as a greeting. "Kali, its Axel." Came a frantic voice on the phone. Kali's senses perked up. "Whats going on Axel?" She asked. "They found me, men in black vans are searching for me. You need to get away before the….." The line went dead. Kali began panicking. Her panic was halted temporarily by a knock on the door.

Kali walked to the door and opened it, thinking it was a neighbor. She was greeted by something else. Black trench coat, a helmet, about Kali's height. "Kali Prassad?" It asked. Kali shuddered slightly in fear. Nobody knew her original last name. "No, my name is Kali Futch." She said. A laugh came from the synthesized voice. "I have waited a long time for this day." It said, then it delivered a strong kick to Kali's stomach.

Kali flew back, shocked by the strength this thing had. Kali quickly recovered as the thing entered her home. She delivered a swift punch that it easily dodged. Kali was out of fighting shape. And this thing seemed on top of its game. It grabbed her by her blouse and slammed her to the ground. Kali recovered and moved into the kitchen and grabbed a knife. She lunged at the creature, who grabbed her wrist, punched her hand, and dropped her knife. It then pulled Kali onto its shoulders, walked into the living room, and slammed her through the coffee table.

"Kali was bleeding, and in lots of pain. She used her powers to try and trick it into thinking she vanished. That just made it laugh. "Did you think that would work?" It asked. Kali cursed under her breath. "I have waited a long time for you Subject Eight." The voice synthesizer ended and Kali recognized the voice. "Brenner?" She asked. She heard he was in high levels of government, but she would be small fish to him.

"I searched for you for so many years, my dear Kali. But now, I have a means of tracking you and your little friends." Brenner said. He touched a button on the side of the helmet and Kali saw brown eyes, fearful. "Jane." Kali said. Brenner flipped the visor and reached out with his hand. Kali felt herself being pulled up from the ground. Kali tried to struggle, but the power was way to strong.

"Mommy, is that you?" A tiny voice squeaked. Brenner turned his head and saw a tiny dark child, she was wearing shorts and a tshirt. Jacob also entered behind his child. "What is the meaning of this?" He demanded. A high cold laugh came from Brenner. Kali kept struggling. "Leave them alone you bastard!" She screamed. Jacob grabbed the child before she could run to her mother. "You put my mommy down!" She yelled. Brenner laughed. "Two more for transport." He said into a communicator.

Jericho noticed Saverio come up behind Jacob and shocked him with a cattle prod. He dropped the kid and as she ran, Saverio caught her and he handed her to one of his soldiers. He then stepped on Jacob's back and walked over him. "Every thing is secure sir." Saverio said. Brenner nodded and turned his attention to Kali. "The fun has just begun." He said as he squeezed Kali unconscience.

Present

The illusion ended, and the room was back to the gore filled room where the horde ambushed them. Mike could hear clacking noises, almost like guns being loaded. "El, it's a trap!" Mike shouted. Soon enough, the paitents returned with automatic rifles. El reacted quickly and formed a bubble that deflected the gun fire. Kali smiled at her as she walked off.

Max saw a room, one that looked like a dorm setting and pointed. "We can get cover in their!" She shouted. Suzie nodded and fired at the window. El moved everyone close to the window and everyone piled through. Max noticed the room was empty. Nancy fired several rounds at the horde as she was the last through. "I need to go after her." El declared.

"What are you fucking nuts, we need you here!" Jericho said. El used her powers and slammed the horde back. "I'll be right back." She said as she ran through the door Kali left through.

"God damnit" Nancy said as she began laying suppressing fire. "How many troops came after El?" Nancy asked. "About a battalion?" Lucas shrugged as he set up his sniper rifle. "Fuck nuggets!" Suzie exclaimed.

Jericho pulled out his radio. "Lopez, go hot. I need back up here now!" Jericho shouted into the receiver.

Outside

Lopez pulled the radio up to his ear. He heard Jericho shout, as well as the gun fire. "Loud and clear. Heading to you now." Lopez said. He nodded to Ford and Smiley. "Any one ever driven a tank?" Smiley asked. Lopez merely nodded. "It should give us protection from their small arms. Hope none of them have anti tank rounds." Lopez said as he got the tank in gear.

Jonathan watched as the tank began moving. He picked up his rifle and was about to join when the sniper, Weatherford, stopped him. "I need you to call special targets for me. And keep the doc here safe." He said pointing to Dr. Strauss. Strauss was hiding in a ditch that the other Bravo members dug up. He merely have them a thumbs up.

Jonathan looked through the binoculars and saw one man inside the fourth floor, setting up a missile. "Fourth floor, third window." Jonathan called. Jonathan saw the man's brains fly out of his head. Jonathan kept scanning, seeing men setting up RPG's. "Three on third floor." He called. Weatherford fired at one, who fired his own rocket down, hitting the waiting men below.

The men guarding the entrance began opening fire on the tank. Lopez smiled as they got frantic. He peered through the scope and indicated Ford to put a shell in the cannon. Lopez looked on and found several hiding behind a barricade. He fired and three men went flying, while those behind the barricade exploded in pink smoke.

Jericho heard the tank firing from where he was. "They are using the tank. Might have backup come soon." Jericho said as he changed magazines. He noticed he only brought three. "Lopez, tell them to bring more ammo." He said into the radio. "They heard you asshole. Now shut up and let me blow shit up." Lopez said. Hopper looked at Jericho. "You let them talk to you like that?" He asked. Jericho shrugged. "They do their job well." He said. Max snarled at them. "LESS YAPPY, MORE SHOOTY!" She shouted as she fired a few more shotgun rounds.

El followed Kali into a dark corridor. Very few lights were on, and it was clear which way she was going. She walked into a room where she could clearly see Kali, standing with her back against a wall. "Kali, please. Brenner was controlling me. I had no idea." She said. Kali merely smiled. "Oh I know, I just wanted to get you away from that twink." Kali said. Before El could react, several men hit her with stun rods, knocking her to the ground. One guard threw Kali a shock collar. "I can't believe you fell for this. You would think you would know better you stupid bitch." Kali said as she attached the collar to her. "You think I was bad before, wait till you see what I have planned." She said sweetly to El.

El tried to fight back but the shock collar knocked her down. "If I could, I would have you go out there and kill your dumb friends." Kali said, sending another shock to El. One of the guards stepped on her hand as she tried to crawl away. Another reached over and pulled out her gun. "I think not." Kali said.

Mike fired into the horde, hitting those not fully hiding behind the makeshift cover several brought in. "I really fucking hate this guy." Mike said. Mike's own thoughts kept whispering to him, a warning. He knew El was in trouble but he couldn't get to the door without abandoning his friends.

Outside, Smiley got on top of the tank and used the Machine gun on top to fire at the soldiers. Many of them were turned into bags of blood by the gun fire. Lopez fired at those huddling behind cover.

Several soldiers ran for the entrance, Lopez saw and fired, blasting the entrance and killing the rest of the soldiers. "Guys, move up. Leave the tank." Lopez said as he led Ford and Smiley out.

Weatherford and Jonathan helped Strauss out of the ditch. "You think you can get us to Mike and the others?" Jonathan asked. Strauss nodded. "Project Legion. I didn't think the mad fool would use it." He said. A few more Bravo members arrived, carrying bags of ammo and one carrying a large gun. "Think we need that in there?" Weatherford asked. The man shrugged. "Boss usually gets in weird situations." He said. Weatherford nodded and grabbed a few bags of ammo and the group ran down to the lab entrance.

Inside, Mike still couldn't get over the feeling of El in trouble. "Guys, El is in trouble. I need covering fire." He said. Hopper nodded and pulled out a grenade. "I'll give you some cover." He said and pulled the pin. He tossed it underhand, the horde did not stop firing, and several were killed by the explosion. Mike vaulted over the window and ran for the door. He rolled out of the way when the horde began firing again. He reached the door and pulled it open.

Rushing through, the voice in his head was telling him to calm down. Mike slowed his breathing and walked slowly. Mike had no idea how he was hearing this, but it reassured him that he would reach El. Mike lowered himself as he reached the room that the voice was leading him. He looked through and saw El on the ground. She was handcuffed and had a shock collar around her neck. The voice came to him and told him to shoot Kali. Mike was conflicted, not wanting to kill someone who was being controlled by Brenner. But the voice assured him, it was all right. Mike nodded, pulled out the revolver and fired into Kali's chest. She fell over. Mike rushed in, and fired the revolver four times, taking out three guys. The last one pulled El up and had a gun to her head. "Put the gun down or I'll mess this bitch up." He said. He looked down and he began screaming. He dropped El and began wiping imaginary bugs off of him. El took that moment and snapped his neck with her mind.

Mike rushed over to help her, looking for keys to the cuffs. "It's okay Mike. I got it." She said as she undid the cuffs with her mind. "J..j….jane." Kali called. El and Mike looked over and saw her bleeding out. El tried to use her powers to stop the bleeding but Kali stopped her. "It's okay. I'll get to see my family." She said, grabbing El's hand.

El had tears in her eyes as her sister lay dying. "They used my husband as training fodder for you. You didn't know, and I don't blame you. My daughter….Saverio made me watch as Brenner tested that machine on her. To see Brenner talking to me through her was the worst ever. Her body fell apart after a month. I had to watch. They brought another baby here. Please, stop them." She said, coughing up blood.

"We are here to stop this. Kali, were is the experiment taking place." El demanded. She pointed to a door. "Two hallways down." She said. El and Mike nodded and headed back to help their friends. "You, boy." Kali called to Mike. He turned to face the dying girl. "Take care of my sister for me. If you don't I'll haunt you….." Kali said as she died. Mike grabbed her lifeless hands. "With everything I have." Mike said.

El still had tears in her eyes. "Let's go, we need to help the others." She said as she put her gun back in it's holster. Mike nodded and the pair ran off to the sound of gun fire. They reached the door and stood on either side. "You ready?" Mike asked. El wiped her tears and nodded. They burst through the door, Mike firing his rifle, while El kept bullets from hitting them. The Horde kept coming through the doorways. El concentrated and dropped the ceiling on them, bottle necking them.

El heard a sound and looked over to see Bravo company arriving. Lopez, Ford, Smiley, Jonathan and Weatherford formed a firing line and began taking the rest of the horde apart. Jericho vaulted over the window, aimed his rifle, and fired the grenade launcher. He finished off the last of the horde that was in the room.

"Aww, no more." Lopez said. Jericho growled at him. "Bring us some ammo?" Jericho asked. Lopez nodded and tossed him a magazine for his rifle. "All right, lock and load. I need this place secured." Jericho said.

"We know where Harrison is, we need to hurry." Mike said. Max nodded to them and followed Mike and El as they lead the way. Jericho indicated Strauss and Hopper should follow. "We will catch up." Jericho said.

Max's heart rate was racing. She hadn't felt this way since Harrison superglued his hand to his face. She still wanted to deck that doctor who laughed at her. "How did you know El was in trouble." She asked. Mike shrugged his shoulders. "I think Kali was reaching out to me. Maybe They were controlling her as well." Mike said. El nodded. "When I get my hands on this Dr. Ryan, I'll ask him nicely." El said

Hopper and Strauss caught up to them. They headed past the room with Kali's body, her face now peaceful. They continued on, heading for a surgical room. Mike looked in and saw several doctors and nurses, many being watched over by soldiers. "Great, more people to shoot." Mike said. El shook her head. "Leave this to me." She said.

El walked in, the soldiers got on alert, but they soon all had their necks snapped. "Dr. Ryan I presume?" She said to the doctor in deep blue scrubs and gown. The man reacted faster than El expected and put a needle into the unconscious toddler. "This is the stuff we used to knock you out. A large dose like this will kill the kid. Now back off." Ryan said. El's eyes narrowed at the man. One of the nurses though, walked around Ryan and with a swift blow, hit him upside the head with a bed pan. Another doctor rushed over and pulled the needle away from the child. Max and Mike rushed in and headed toward their child. He was unconscious from the drugs, his head was shaved and he had electrodes attached to his head. Mike began pulling them off of the boy while Max unstrapped him from the table. Ryan looked around and saw everyone was focused on the kid. He grabbed a scalpel and slowly stood up.

He stood behind the nurse who hit him. He then grabbed her and put the blade to her throat. "Back off and put the brat back, or I kill her!" Ryan said. Ryan was surprised when the nurse hit his face with the back of her head. Ryan fell back and was grabbed by Hopper and a burly doctor. "Strap him to the table." Max said, holding onto her son. Mike wanted to join the reunion, but he knew there were a few other problems.

"Where is Brenner?" Mike demanded. Ryan spit in his face. Mike wiped his face and punched Ryan in the stomach. "I have to put up with Saverio on a daily basis. You think your fucking breaking me?" Ryan snarled. El moved everyone out of the way. "I wonder how this makes you feel." El said. She concentrated and Ryan felt immense pain. "That's me crushing your testes. I can do much worse, like the inside of your epididymis." She said. Ryan screamed loudly as El began using her powers. "Fuck, not worth this." Ryan said. "He is in another room, machine room. Its where he uses the mind hacking machine." Ryan said. El nodded and used her powers to knock him out. "We have to finish this." El said. Mike nodded. Jericho and the others arrived, with Nancy rushing to Max to hug her nephew.

"Is there a server room?" Suzie asked. "I think we might need to get all the data here." She said. Jericho nodded. "Curly, you go with your wife. Smiley go with them. You nerds have fun." Jericho said. Strauss pointed them into the right direction.

El and Mike both walked through the surgery door and were quickly followed by Will and Lucas. Jericho assigned his men to lead the doctors and nurses out. "You idiots, be careful." Jericho called. Mike turned and flipped him off with a smile.

The group entered into a large chamber. It was a dark purple. In the center, surrounded by machines, was Dr. Brenner. He was in a hospital bed. He was wearing an oxygen mask. Mike thought he looked pathetic.

"Eleven. Welcome home." He said. El had to stop herself from shooting him. He was to good for that. "You took my life from me." She snarled. Brenner laughed and it became a coughing fit. "My dear Eleven. Your life was mine to start with. Your abilities, your talents. Where would those be without me?" He asked.

"I would have lived a long and happy life with my friends." She snarled. "Your friends? The ones who didn't come for you in fifteen years? Don't make me laugh." Brenner said. "I always looked for her. I spent years looking. Your wrong Brenner." Mike spat.

"You think I will believe you love this thing?" Brenner said. "I don't love this thing. I love this woman. And we have lots of catching up to do." Mike said, holding El's hand. "He's finished El. Just a sad old man. Let him rot here." Mike said. El nodded and with one last look, the group walked away. El listened as Brenner began sobbing. El smirked as her foe was broken.

Brenner's cries became harder till he began laughing. The group turned around to find a cap on his head with electrodes on it. "I am not finished yet." Brenner declared. Before they could react, a massive pyramid came down, attached to the other electrodes. Brenner went limp as a loud growl was heard. Stepping out of the shadows, was a large metallic body. It was clearly 12 feet tall, with a triangle metal face. It opened up to reveal a screen with Dr. Brenner's digitized face. A cruel smile formed. One arm was a massive claw while the other arm had a battering ram and a minigun. Its legs were skinny, but held the weight fine. "None of you are leaving here alive." Brenner declared.

AN: I know, another cliffhanger. Ok, so decided to be weird the past few weeks and I just didn't post on here. I see it is working. Tell me how you enjoy this chapter