Eve's First Day of School
Part 2: Aya's Turn
by
Justin Asselstine
"See anything?" Aya Brea whispered into the microphone by her mouth as she slowly stepped around a corner.
"Nothing yet," the voice of Kyle Madigan replied. "Are you sure Pierce was right when he said the scanners sensed an NMC nest in this warehouse?"
"I'm never wrong," another voice interrupted.
"Sorry Pierce," Kyle apologized. "It's just that there doesn't seem to be anything here."
"Your only one floor into a five floor high building. Who said they had to be on the first floor?" Pierce Carradine shot back.
Aya cautiously made her way down the hallway towards the room at the end, as the voices of Pierce and Kyle argued in her ear.
"Will you two shut up," Aya whispered into the microphone angrily. "I can't concentrate with you two shouting at each other like that."
"Sorry," the two voices replied.
Aya snuck up to the door and readied her pistol. She placed her hand on the doorknob. Suddenly the door burst outward, shattering into millions of splinters. A large beast charged out. It looked like a large rat with its skin removed. It's tail was split into 3 sharp whip-like strands.
Aya dodged to the side as the tail whipped forth slamming into the wall beside her. Aya aimed her gun and pressed the trigger. A bullet launched from the gun and slammed into the creatures side.
The NMC growled in pain as blood spurted from the wound. It sucked in a deep breath and then breathed out a large cloud of flame.
Aya dived to the ground, the fire passing over her. Kyle and Pierce were shouting now into their microphones, but Aya ignored the voices as she fired twice more. The bullets flew upward, bursting through the creature's chin and up into it's brain. The rat-thing fell to the ground and twitched before finally laying still.
Aya got to her feet as Kyle ran around the corner and into the hall.
"Are you ok," he asked as he looked at his girlfriend with concern.
"Come on Kyle, you should know better than that," Aya replied with a smile. "I was killing these back during the New York Incident. Although it was a lot stronger than they usually are."
"You getting this Pierce?" Kyle spoke into his microphone.
"Yeah, I'll send one of the teams in to get that specimen," Pierce responded from his spot in the van outside.
Pierce was a "spotter". He stayed in a high tech van filled with computer equipment outside, while "hunters" such as Aya and Kyle entered infested areas and eliminated the NMCs. Pierce could use the scanners in the truck to pinpoint the exact location of Aya and Kyle as well as NMCs.
"You guys better keep checking. This floor looks clean, but I'm still registering a lot of NMCs on the upper floors."
With that Aya and Kyle stepped forward into the dark stairwell leading to the second floor.
"The scanners are reading something in the room at the end of the hall your in Kyle," Pierce said.
"Gotcha," Kyle replied, checking the bullets in his magnum.
Kyle, like Aya, carried a larger gun strapped to his back, a machinegun with a flamethrower attachment for Kyle and a shotgun with a taser attachment for Aya, but he preferred the feel of a small gun like a magnum in his hand.
Kyle leaned his head against the door and listened. A scratching noise could be heard coming from inside the room. Kyle took a deep breath and kicked the door in. He quickly stepped through the door and glanced around. He could see nothing.
"What the..?" Kyle began as something slammed into him from behind.
The thing smashed Kyle against the wall and Kyle could feel one of his ribs snap. Kyle groaned in pain as he pulled himself to his feet. A large tiger-like creature was standing in front of him licking its dirty, decaying fur. It pulled back its paw for the killing blow. Kyle closed his eyes and prepared for the end.
Suddenly there was a roar of pain. Kyle opened his eyes and immediately closed them. Blaring light filtered through his eyelids as lightning shot through the NMC. Kyle opened his eyes again and watched as the creatures fur burned off and it's skin began to bubble and crisp under the onslaught of energy. Suddenly the creature exploded, covering Kyle in blood and gore.
"Geez Aya did you have to explode it all over me," Kyle said as he wiped his face on his sleeve.
"Oh I'm so sorry. Next time I'll let you handle it," Aya replied sarcastically.
"Good I'm happy we got that settled," Kyle said, sticking his tongue out at Aya.
Kyle groaned as the adrenaline of battle left his body and the pain of his broken rib set in.
"Hey are you ok?" Aya asked in concern.
"Yeah," Kyle replied grimacing, "but I think one of my ribs is broken. Let's get going."
"Your not going anywhere, except out to the van so you can get some medical attention."
"I'll be fine. I've had much worse done to me. Like having my arm lit on fire," Kyle added with a grin.
Aya laughed as she remembered when she had set Kyle's arm on fire using her powers.
"I don't care, you're still getting out of here. Plus you're just gonna get more hurt if you try to fight in that condition."
"Fine," Kyle replied sadly, "but as soon as I get my ribs bandaged I'm coming back in.
With that he turned around and hurried back towards the stairs.
"That was too easy," Aya muttered, frowning.
Aya walked out of the room.
"Hey Pierce. Where's the next NMC?" Aya asked into her microphone.
"There are four NMCs located on the next floor. Be careful, Aya."
"I will," Aya replied as she stepped into the stairwell and started up to the next floor.
Twenty minutes later another floor had been cleared of NMCs. The battles had been won easily by Aya.
"Are there any NMCs located on the next floor?" Aya asked.
"Yes I'm reading two NMCs and ...," the voice of Pierce broke off.
"What is it?" "I'm reading a human female on the next floor," Pierce replied.
"Are you sure you're not just reading me?"
"I'm positive. It's on the fourth floor and your on the third," Pierce answered.
"Alright I'll go check it out."
Aya stepped out onto the fourth floor. Down the hall pawing at a door were two large mutated dogs. Their skin had been ripped off in places and the muscle showed through.
Aya slid her shotgun off her back and took aim. The dogs suddenly caught the smell of their new prey and turned, charging at Aya. Aya fired and buckshot sprayed forth from the gun, tearing through flesh and muscle with ease, but the dogs kept coming. One of the dogs slammed into Aya from the side sending her into a wall. Aya's shotgun flew from her hands and landed down the hall. Aya grabbed her handgun from its holster and opened fire on the nearest dog as she got to her feet. The bullets slammed home into the dog's side, but the dog didn't fall.
"Dammit, why won't you die!" Aya yelled as she emptied the clip into the dog.
The dog merely growled louder. Suddenly Aya shot forward as the other dog rammed her from behind. Aya fell to her knees and the handgun fell from her hand. One of the dogs swung its paw at Aya and she rolled to the side. Aya looked over and saw her shotgun a few feet down the hall.
Aya jumped to her feet and sprinted down the hall. When she reached the gun she dived forward, grabbing the gun with one hand and rolling around to face the dogs. She pumped the shotgun and fired another burst at the dog coming at her. The buckshot tore through its head, leaving nothing but a disfigured lump as the creature fell to the ground.
"Now for you," Aya said as she aimed at the remaining dog and fired.
The dog turned, taking the burst in its side and then took a swipe at Aya with its claws. Aya brought the shotgun up to deflect the blow. The claws connected with the shotgun and Aya yelped in surprise as the claws tore through the gun and slashed into her arm.
Voices began to pound in her head as the blood flowed from her wound.
"Inferno!" the voices screamed.
Flame surrounded Aya's body and the dog growled in pain as the flames engulfed it. Inhuman noises could be heard from the ball of flame as the dog slowly burned. Finally the flames died leaving nothing remaining. Aya got to her feet and checked her arm. She tore a strip from her sleeve and wrapped it around the wound. With that done Aya checked her shotgun. It had been cleaved into two pieces.
"Well I guess I won't be using that again," Aya muttered.
Aya grabbed her handgun from where it had fell and inserted a new clip.
"Aya, are you ok?" Kyle's voice said, startling Aya.
"Yeah," Aya replied. "You in the van?"
"Yeah, Jodie's bandaging my ribs for me," Kyle answered.
Jodie was Pierce's wife. She stayed in the van with Pierce and served as a field doctor for the two hunters while they were on missions. She also looked after the weaponry for Aya and Kyle.
"She better not be enjoying seeing you without your shirt on too much," Aya said with a laugh.
"Not to interrupt you two," Pierce interrupted, "but the human on the scanners is in the room across from you, where the NMCs were when you came in. You might wanna check on that sometime, if it's not too much trouble."
"Yes sir," Aya replied jokingly as she walked over to the door.
Grabbing her handgun Aya slowly turned the doorknob and shoved the door inward.
"Is anyone in here?" Aya called.
"Don't kill me!" a voice shouted hysterically.
"It's ok, I'm human. I'm here to help you," Aya called back.
"Oh thank god!" the voice replied.
A girl of about fifteen came out of the darkness of the room and threw her arms around Aya.
"Oh thank you. I thought those creatures were going to kill me," the girl said as she let go of Aya.
"It's ok. My name's Aya Brea. What's yours?"
"My name is Ryoko."
"Well Ryoko, the floors below us are safe. Head down and out of the building. The people in the van out front will look after you."
"Ok. I can never thank you enough Aya. I hope I'll see you later."
With that the girl was gone, sprinting down the hall towards the stairs leading down. Aya walked over to the stairwell leading to the top floor.
"Hey Pierce, what's on the top floor?" "Um I'm not sure. Something seems to be blocking the scanners. You better be careful."
"I will be," Aya replied as she climbed up the stairs.
Aya stepped out of the stairwell and into a large, circular room. The walls of the room were completely glass. The city of Los Angeles was glowing with lights. Aya readied her gun.
"Is anyone here?" Aya shouted.
Silence answered her. Aya stepped forward into the centre of the room and looked around. No one was in sight.
"Hmmm, I guess the building's clear then," Aya stated happily. "Hey Pierce, can you hear me," Aya spoke into her microphone.
"Yeah," Pierce's voice replied from her earphones.
"The floor looks clear. The scanners working yet?" "No, something is keeping them from working. "
"Well I don't see anything here, so I'm gonna head back to the ....," Aya began.
Aya was interrupted as something dropped from the ceiling onto her. Aya felt a hand grasp her throat from behind and pull her to her feet. The hand kept lifting her until her feet dangled inches from the ground.
"Time to die, woman," a low voice rasped.
Aya knew that voice. She had heard it before. Memories of the shelter base came back to her. She remembered hearing this voice there. It was the voice of a Golem. Aya struggled but couldn't free herself from the iron grip of the Golem.
"Let me go dammit," Aya managed to croak out.
"I don't think so little girl. Say goodnight."
The grip on Aya's throat tightened. Aya could no longer breath. Aya tried to call on her mitochondrial powers, but the voices in her head were silent. The hand squeezed harder and Aya could feel herself getting light-headed.
Suddenly there were loud bangs and the grip on Aya's neck loosened. Aya kicked backwards and the Golem stumbled, dropping Aya. Aya gasped, drawing air into her lungs. The bangs continued as Aya staggered to her feet. Turning to see what was happening Aya saw the Golem as he stomped towards the source of the bangs. Aya watched as the Golem grabbed the person who had saved her. Finally the voices began to pound in her head.
"Lifedrain!" they screamed.
Balls of energy began to form at Aya's fingertips. They shot forward and slammed through the Golem's body. The Golem fell to it's knees, dropping it's victim, as the balls of energy flew back and were absorbed into Aya's body. Aya could feel energy flowing through her as the stolen Golem's strength surged through her. Aya watched as the other person got to his feet. The figure aimed his machinegun at the Golem's forehead.
"Eat this!" the figure said as he fired. The shots blew through the Golem's head and the Golem slid to the ground, the blood gushing from what was left of it's head.
"Are you ok, Aya?" the figure asked in a voice familiar to Aya.
"Kyle?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's me," the figure replied.
Aya ran to Kyle and through her arms around him, completely forgetting about his broken rib.
"Ow, ow, ow, let go that hurts," Kyle said as Aya quickly released him.
"Oops, sorry," Aya replied sheepishly.
"It was worth it for the chance to save your ass for once instead of the other way around. You're never gonna here the end of this Brea," Kyle finished with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah, we'll deal with that later. There's more important things to deal with right now, like what the hell a Golem was doing here. Weren't they destroyed by the military, when the shelter base was destroyed."
"I thought so," Kyle answered. "Hey Pierce can you hear us?" "Yeah I've been listening the whole time. I've sent a team in to retrieve the Golem body. They'll take it back to the lab so Maeda can run some tests on it."
"Ok thanks Pierce," Aya replied. "We're gonna head back to the base and give our report to Rupert. We'll see you and Jodie after you pick up Eve and Purim."
"See ya then," Pierce replied and with that Aya's earphones went silent.
"Well let's get going. You know how Rupert gets when we're not quick with our reports," Kyle stated
"Yeah, yeah. Let's go."
Together the two hunters walked out of the building. Although they had freed another building from the NMCs, all they had gained was questions.
To be continued...
Part 2: Aya's Turn
by
Justin Asselstine
"See anything?" Aya Brea whispered into the microphone by her mouth as she slowly stepped around a corner.
"Nothing yet," the voice of Kyle Madigan replied. "Are you sure Pierce was right when he said the scanners sensed an NMC nest in this warehouse?"
"I'm never wrong," another voice interrupted.
"Sorry Pierce," Kyle apologized. "It's just that there doesn't seem to be anything here."
"Your only one floor into a five floor high building. Who said they had to be on the first floor?" Pierce Carradine shot back.
Aya cautiously made her way down the hallway towards the room at the end, as the voices of Pierce and Kyle argued in her ear.
"Will you two shut up," Aya whispered into the microphone angrily. "I can't concentrate with you two shouting at each other like that."
"Sorry," the two voices replied.
Aya snuck up to the door and readied her pistol. She placed her hand on the doorknob. Suddenly the door burst outward, shattering into millions of splinters. A large beast charged out. It looked like a large rat with its skin removed. It's tail was split into 3 sharp whip-like strands.
Aya dodged to the side as the tail whipped forth slamming into the wall beside her. Aya aimed her gun and pressed the trigger. A bullet launched from the gun and slammed into the creatures side.
The NMC growled in pain as blood spurted from the wound. It sucked in a deep breath and then breathed out a large cloud of flame.
Aya dived to the ground, the fire passing over her. Kyle and Pierce were shouting now into their microphones, but Aya ignored the voices as she fired twice more. The bullets flew upward, bursting through the creature's chin and up into it's brain. The rat-thing fell to the ground and twitched before finally laying still.
Aya got to her feet as Kyle ran around the corner and into the hall.
"Are you ok," he asked as he looked at his girlfriend with concern.
"Come on Kyle, you should know better than that," Aya replied with a smile. "I was killing these back during the New York Incident. Although it was a lot stronger than they usually are."
"You getting this Pierce?" Kyle spoke into his microphone.
"Yeah, I'll send one of the teams in to get that specimen," Pierce responded from his spot in the van outside.
Pierce was a "spotter". He stayed in a high tech van filled with computer equipment outside, while "hunters" such as Aya and Kyle entered infested areas and eliminated the NMCs. Pierce could use the scanners in the truck to pinpoint the exact location of Aya and Kyle as well as NMCs.
"You guys better keep checking. This floor looks clean, but I'm still registering a lot of NMCs on the upper floors."
With that Aya and Kyle stepped forward into the dark stairwell leading to the second floor.
"The scanners are reading something in the room at the end of the hall your in Kyle," Pierce said.
"Gotcha," Kyle replied, checking the bullets in his magnum.
Kyle, like Aya, carried a larger gun strapped to his back, a machinegun with a flamethrower attachment for Kyle and a shotgun with a taser attachment for Aya, but he preferred the feel of a small gun like a magnum in his hand.
Kyle leaned his head against the door and listened. A scratching noise could be heard coming from inside the room. Kyle took a deep breath and kicked the door in. He quickly stepped through the door and glanced around. He could see nothing.
"What the..?" Kyle began as something slammed into him from behind.
The thing smashed Kyle against the wall and Kyle could feel one of his ribs snap. Kyle groaned in pain as he pulled himself to his feet. A large tiger-like creature was standing in front of him licking its dirty, decaying fur. It pulled back its paw for the killing blow. Kyle closed his eyes and prepared for the end.
Suddenly there was a roar of pain. Kyle opened his eyes and immediately closed them. Blaring light filtered through his eyelids as lightning shot through the NMC. Kyle opened his eyes again and watched as the creatures fur burned off and it's skin began to bubble and crisp under the onslaught of energy. Suddenly the creature exploded, covering Kyle in blood and gore.
"Geez Aya did you have to explode it all over me," Kyle said as he wiped his face on his sleeve.
"Oh I'm so sorry. Next time I'll let you handle it," Aya replied sarcastically.
"Good I'm happy we got that settled," Kyle said, sticking his tongue out at Aya.
Kyle groaned as the adrenaline of battle left his body and the pain of his broken rib set in.
"Hey are you ok?" Aya asked in concern.
"Yeah," Kyle replied grimacing, "but I think one of my ribs is broken. Let's get going."
"Your not going anywhere, except out to the van so you can get some medical attention."
"I'll be fine. I've had much worse done to me. Like having my arm lit on fire," Kyle added with a grin.
Aya laughed as she remembered when she had set Kyle's arm on fire using her powers.
"I don't care, you're still getting out of here. Plus you're just gonna get more hurt if you try to fight in that condition."
"Fine," Kyle replied sadly, "but as soon as I get my ribs bandaged I'm coming back in.
With that he turned around and hurried back towards the stairs.
"That was too easy," Aya muttered, frowning.
Aya walked out of the room.
"Hey Pierce. Where's the next NMC?" Aya asked into her microphone.
"There are four NMCs located on the next floor. Be careful, Aya."
"I will," Aya replied as she stepped into the stairwell and started up to the next floor.
Twenty minutes later another floor had been cleared of NMCs. The battles had been won easily by Aya.
"Are there any NMCs located on the next floor?" Aya asked.
"Yes I'm reading two NMCs and ...," the voice of Pierce broke off.
"What is it?" "I'm reading a human female on the next floor," Pierce replied.
"Are you sure you're not just reading me?"
"I'm positive. It's on the fourth floor and your on the third," Pierce answered.
"Alright I'll go check it out."
Aya stepped out onto the fourth floor. Down the hall pawing at a door were two large mutated dogs. Their skin had been ripped off in places and the muscle showed through.
Aya slid her shotgun off her back and took aim. The dogs suddenly caught the smell of their new prey and turned, charging at Aya. Aya fired and buckshot sprayed forth from the gun, tearing through flesh and muscle with ease, but the dogs kept coming. One of the dogs slammed into Aya from the side sending her into a wall. Aya's shotgun flew from her hands and landed down the hall. Aya grabbed her handgun from its holster and opened fire on the nearest dog as she got to her feet. The bullets slammed home into the dog's side, but the dog didn't fall.
"Dammit, why won't you die!" Aya yelled as she emptied the clip into the dog.
The dog merely growled louder. Suddenly Aya shot forward as the other dog rammed her from behind. Aya fell to her knees and the handgun fell from her hand. One of the dogs swung its paw at Aya and she rolled to the side. Aya looked over and saw her shotgun a few feet down the hall.
Aya jumped to her feet and sprinted down the hall. When she reached the gun she dived forward, grabbing the gun with one hand and rolling around to face the dogs. She pumped the shotgun and fired another burst at the dog coming at her. The buckshot tore through its head, leaving nothing but a disfigured lump as the creature fell to the ground.
"Now for you," Aya said as she aimed at the remaining dog and fired.
The dog turned, taking the burst in its side and then took a swipe at Aya with its claws. Aya brought the shotgun up to deflect the blow. The claws connected with the shotgun and Aya yelped in surprise as the claws tore through the gun and slashed into her arm.
Voices began to pound in her head as the blood flowed from her wound.
"Inferno!" the voices screamed.
Flame surrounded Aya's body and the dog growled in pain as the flames engulfed it. Inhuman noises could be heard from the ball of flame as the dog slowly burned. Finally the flames died leaving nothing remaining. Aya got to her feet and checked her arm. She tore a strip from her sleeve and wrapped it around the wound. With that done Aya checked her shotgun. It had been cleaved into two pieces.
"Well I guess I won't be using that again," Aya muttered.
Aya grabbed her handgun from where it had fell and inserted a new clip.
"Aya, are you ok?" Kyle's voice said, startling Aya.
"Yeah," Aya replied. "You in the van?"
"Yeah, Jodie's bandaging my ribs for me," Kyle answered.
Jodie was Pierce's wife. She stayed in the van with Pierce and served as a field doctor for the two hunters while they were on missions. She also looked after the weaponry for Aya and Kyle.
"She better not be enjoying seeing you without your shirt on too much," Aya said with a laugh.
"Not to interrupt you two," Pierce interrupted, "but the human on the scanners is in the room across from you, where the NMCs were when you came in. You might wanna check on that sometime, if it's not too much trouble."
"Yes sir," Aya replied jokingly as she walked over to the door.
Grabbing her handgun Aya slowly turned the doorknob and shoved the door inward.
"Is anyone in here?" Aya called.
"Don't kill me!" a voice shouted hysterically.
"It's ok, I'm human. I'm here to help you," Aya called back.
"Oh thank god!" the voice replied.
A girl of about fifteen came out of the darkness of the room and threw her arms around Aya.
"Oh thank you. I thought those creatures were going to kill me," the girl said as she let go of Aya.
"It's ok. My name's Aya Brea. What's yours?"
"My name is Ryoko."
"Well Ryoko, the floors below us are safe. Head down and out of the building. The people in the van out front will look after you."
"Ok. I can never thank you enough Aya. I hope I'll see you later."
With that the girl was gone, sprinting down the hall towards the stairs leading down. Aya walked over to the stairwell leading to the top floor.
"Hey Pierce, what's on the top floor?" "Um I'm not sure. Something seems to be blocking the scanners. You better be careful."
"I will be," Aya replied as she climbed up the stairs.
Aya stepped out of the stairwell and into a large, circular room. The walls of the room were completely glass. The city of Los Angeles was glowing with lights. Aya readied her gun.
"Is anyone here?" Aya shouted.
Silence answered her. Aya stepped forward into the centre of the room and looked around. No one was in sight.
"Hmmm, I guess the building's clear then," Aya stated happily. "Hey Pierce, can you hear me," Aya spoke into her microphone.
"Yeah," Pierce's voice replied from her earphones.
"The floor looks clear. The scanners working yet?" "No, something is keeping them from working. "
"Well I don't see anything here, so I'm gonna head back to the ....," Aya began.
Aya was interrupted as something dropped from the ceiling onto her. Aya felt a hand grasp her throat from behind and pull her to her feet. The hand kept lifting her until her feet dangled inches from the ground.
"Time to die, woman," a low voice rasped.
Aya knew that voice. She had heard it before. Memories of the shelter base came back to her. She remembered hearing this voice there. It was the voice of a Golem. Aya struggled but couldn't free herself from the iron grip of the Golem.
"Let me go dammit," Aya managed to croak out.
"I don't think so little girl. Say goodnight."
The grip on Aya's throat tightened. Aya could no longer breath. Aya tried to call on her mitochondrial powers, but the voices in her head were silent. The hand squeezed harder and Aya could feel herself getting light-headed.
Suddenly there were loud bangs and the grip on Aya's neck loosened. Aya kicked backwards and the Golem stumbled, dropping Aya. Aya gasped, drawing air into her lungs. The bangs continued as Aya staggered to her feet. Turning to see what was happening Aya saw the Golem as he stomped towards the source of the bangs. Aya watched as the Golem grabbed the person who had saved her. Finally the voices began to pound in her head.
"Lifedrain!" they screamed.
Balls of energy began to form at Aya's fingertips. They shot forward and slammed through the Golem's body. The Golem fell to it's knees, dropping it's victim, as the balls of energy flew back and were absorbed into Aya's body. Aya could feel energy flowing through her as the stolen Golem's strength surged through her. Aya watched as the other person got to his feet. The figure aimed his machinegun at the Golem's forehead.
"Eat this!" the figure said as he fired. The shots blew through the Golem's head and the Golem slid to the ground, the blood gushing from what was left of it's head.
"Are you ok, Aya?" the figure asked in a voice familiar to Aya.
"Kyle?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's me," the figure replied.
Aya ran to Kyle and through her arms around him, completely forgetting about his broken rib.
"Ow, ow, ow, let go that hurts," Kyle said as Aya quickly released him.
"Oops, sorry," Aya replied sheepishly.
"It was worth it for the chance to save your ass for once instead of the other way around. You're never gonna here the end of this Brea," Kyle finished with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah, we'll deal with that later. There's more important things to deal with right now, like what the hell a Golem was doing here. Weren't they destroyed by the military, when the shelter base was destroyed."
"I thought so," Kyle answered. "Hey Pierce can you hear us?" "Yeah I've been listening the whole time. I've sent a team in to retrieve the Golem body. They'll take it back to the lab so Maeda can run some tests on it."
"Ok thanks Pierce," Aya replied. "We're gonna head back to the base and give our report to Rupert. We'll see you and Jodie after you pick up Eve and Purim."
"See ya then," Pierce replied and with that Aya's earphones went silent.
"Well let's get going. You know how Rupert gets when we're not quick with our reports," Kyle stated
"Yeah, yeah. Let's go."
Together the two hunters walked out of the building. Although they had freed another building from the NMCs, all they had gained was questions.
To be continued...