the final installment. so short a story, huh? well, i hope the questions were answered...to a certain degree. don't be surprised to see a sequel coming up in the future. r&r!
Chapter Nine
"Hurry up, Mugen!" Logan hissed.
Mugen was now back at the fence. Climbing it was out of the question since they had unconscious passengers with them and Logan was too tired to actually push over the fence. She was holding the daggers in her hand, her taser mounted on her waistline as she sliced through the chain-link fence.
"Damn, damn, damn," he muttered. He thought about how his life went from the dull day-to-day episode to the colourful and lively episodes where his life was constantly in danger. How he wished to be at his apartment right now, doing normal stuff such as being the all-knowing Eyes Only…
He looked down at Max. Maybe life wasn't so bad.
Footsteps.
"We've got company!" she told him.
She was right; soldiers dressed in black were starting to become visible. He took out his gun, rolled in some empty cartridge boxes that were lying around for protection was Mugen continued to cut through the chain-link. He aimed; he fired. "Hurry up!"
"Stop! Freeze!" one of the soldiers shouted.
Amoung them, there he stood.
"Dammit, Lydecker's amoung them!" Logan groaned.
That made Mugen extremely tense. "He's here? In the crowd? Just what we need…" She sliced in quickly to make a rectangle big enough for them to crawl across. "Logan, go through. I'll deal with shooting. Drag each of them one by one across."
"Right." He got down onto his fours and squirmed his way across. The sharp ends of the chain-link where she cut was painful to his back, but he go through, enduring a couple of cuts. He turned to see Mugen firing their weapons down. He reached out, took Brin and pulled her across. Since she seemed younger than the other X5s, she was easier to pull in first. Then he pulled Max across, which didn't take much.
Zack took a while.
"Mugen, come on!" Logan said. No need to be quiet now.
"Load them into the van, Logan! No questions asked!"
He sighed and followed through with her, no questions asked. He carried Brin and Max first to the van, which was hidden in the closure of woods, opened the hatch at the back and placed both Brin and Max in. He then returned ad dragged the body of Zack and placed him beside his siblings.
"Okay! Now come along!"
Mugen looked at the enemy again, her gun ready. Ten loads left. She used up half the ammunition necessary to complete the mission. A minor miscalculation, but nonetheless…oh, crap, Lydecker saw her. Glared straight into his eyes.
Flashback. A young man was holding her while he talked to his parents. Oh, how they were happy back then…Lydecker…why was it that the name always made her shiver yet recognize him all the same? What was the dealio there anyways? It was as though he knew the guy, yet she never met him before…she started to squat and turn to a different position, towards the opening.
"The kid's getting away!" a soldier yelled.
Lydecker scowled. "Can you get an image?"
Mugen swung on her hood and, still clutching her gun, she sprawled across the little entrance she had made and out upon the dirt. She heard the soldier start running, gunshots slamming into the cartridge that Logan placed as a temporary shield. Without warning, she turned shot five rounds before sprinting into the forest. A few moments later, an engine was gunned operational and the sound of a van fleeing was heard.
"We lost them, sir," the soldier said.
Lydecker cursed before motioning all the soldiers back into the compound. He shrugged and looked where the trees were, where the car once was. Damn, right when I had them at my fingertips, he mused, they get away again. And they have accomplices this time…I will find them. And next time…they won't get away that easily…
"Yee-haw!"
The car plummeted down the dirt road of the forest area towards Seattle once again. Logan was driving like a madman who'd just been cured, yelping for joy and achievement, and Mugen beside him, bumping along.
She looked back at the X5 siblings, who were sleeping now, and for a brief moment, was reminded of Lydecker, the head guy flanked amoung the X10s. "You know, that Lydecker guy," she said uneasily, sighing heavily. "Why is it that…every time I hear that name, it makes me so…uneasy?"
He sighed. "Lydecker is Max's personal Anti-Christ," he explained. "He's the head of the program, who administers them. He's done a lot of bad things and you can say he isn't exactly the most pleasant man to be stuck with in a silent world…why?"
"Oh, nothing," she responded immediately, covering up the fatal question. "Well, I'm glad that's over!" She smiled and uncoiled the tension that was in the base of her spine. "Say, Mr. Cale, now that this is all over…how about a nice trip to the gym?"
Logan's face visibly recoiled the whole trip back.
To Seattle.
"Will they be alright?" Logan asked.
Bling came threw away the plastic gloves and looked at his friend in the eye. "Yah, they should be," he replied. "They had quite a startle on the way out. But…they should be alright. They should be able to flush the drugs out of their system in no time…but, in the meantime, tell 'em not to do anything, er, physical, okay?"
"That shouldn't be hard," Logan replied earnestly. "Except for Zack over there…it would be like asking a mule to go kick the other mule."
Bling laughed. "Nice…um, simile."
"Thanks, Bling. I'm glad you liked it."
The door swung open and in came Mugen, carrying a large grocery bag on her arms. She was in her school uniform, the kilt a little short for a girl her age, her knapsack swinging from one of her shoulders. Her hair was up in a large clip. It's funny, how a girl like her could be such a supernatural fighting machine. Then again, the same thing applied to Max. "Hey Mr. Cale, Bling."
"Hey, kiddo," Bling greeted.
"Hello, Mugen. More groceries?" Logan asked.
Mugen tried to hide a shy smile. "Hey, since you got an extra, what? Four mouths, I guessed you needed a little more food than usual." Before Logan could ask another question, she stated, "Don't worry, it's all charged on my account, aight?"
"I suppose," Logan said in confusion.
She walked up to them. "How are they?" she asked.
It was a simple question, and Logan understood. He nodded. "Bling here says they should be up and about in no time."
She smiled. "That's nice to here," she replied softly.
Silence. "I'm sorry we didn't get to those files, Mugen," Logan said softly, remembering the original mission she was sent for. He felt a bit guilty for her going after his friends before her own mission.
"It's okay. There's always tomorrow." She reached out and patted his shoulder, making Logan crane his head down in a baffled confusion of the gesture. "Don't worry, Mr. Cale, they're safe now."
Chapter Nine
"Hurry up, Mugen!" Logan hissed.
Mugen was now back at the fence. Climbing it was out of the question since they had unconscious passengers with them and Logan was too tired to actually push over the fence. She was holding the daggers in her hand, her taser mounted on her waistline as she sliced through the chain-link fence.
"Damn, damn, damn," he muttered. He thought about how his life went from the dull day-to-day episode to the colourful and lively episodes where his life was constantly in danger. How he wished to be at his apartment right now, doing normal stuff such as being the all-knowing Eyes Only…
He looked down at Max. Maybe life wasn't so bad.
Footsteps.
"We've got company!" she told him.
She was right; soldiers dressed in black were starting to become visible. He took out his gun, rolled in some empty cartridge boxes that were lying around for protection was Mugen continued to cut through the chain-link. He aimed; he fired. "Hurry up!"
"Stop! Freeze!" one of the soldiers shouted.
Amoung them, there he stood.
"Dammit, Lydecker's amoung them!" Logan groaned.
That made Mugen extremely tense. "He's here? In the crowd? Just what we need…" She sliced in quickly to make a rectangle big enough for them to crawl across. "Logan, go through. I'll deal with shooting. Drag each of them one by one across."
"Right." He got down onto his fours and squirmed his way across. The sharp ends of the chain-link where she cut was painful to his back, but he go through, enduring a couple of cuts. He turned to see Mugen firing their weapons down. He reached out, took Brin and pulled her across. Since she seemed younger than the other X5s, she was easier to pull in first. Then he pulled Max across, which didn't take much.
Zack took a while.
"Mugen, come on!" Logan said. No need to be quiet now.
"Load them into the van, Logan! No questions asked!"
He sighed and followed through with her, no questions asked. He carried Brin and Max first to the van, which was hidden in the closure of woods, opened the hatch at the back and placed both Brin and Max in. He then returned ad dragged the body of Zack and placed him beside his siblings.
"Okay! Now come along!"
Mugen looked at the enemy again, her gun ready. Ten loads left. She used up half the ammunition necessary to complete the mission. A minor miscalculation, but nonetheless…oh, crap, Lydecker saw her. Glared straight into his eyes.
Flashback. A young man was holding her while he talked to his parents. Oh, how they were happy back then…Lydecker…why was it that the name always made her shiver yet recognize him all the same? What was the dealio there anyways? It was as though he knew the guy, yet she never met him before…she started to squat and turn to a different position, towards the opening.
"The kid's getting away!" a soldier yelled.
Lydecker scowled. "Can you get an image?"
Mugen swung on her hood and, still clutching her gun, she sprawled across the little entrance she had made and out upon the dirt. She heard the soldier start running, gunshots slamming into the cartridge that Logan placed as a temporary shield. Without warning, she turned shot five rounds before sprinting into the forest. A few moments later, an engine was gunned operational and the sound of a van fleeing was heard.
"We lost them, sir," the soldier said.
Lydecker cursed before motioning all the soldiers back into the compound. He shrugged and looked where the trees were, where the car once was. Damn, right when I had them at my fingertips, he mused, they get away again. And they have accomplices this time…I will find them. And next time…they won't get away that easily…
"Yee-haw!"
The car plummeted down the dirt road of the forest area towards Seattle once again. Logan was driving like a madman who'd just been cured, yelping for joy and achievement, and Mugen beside him, bumping along.
She looked back at the X5 siblings, who were sleeping now, and for a brief moment, was reminded of Lydecker, the head guy flanked amoung the X10s. "You know, that Lydecker guy," she said uneasily, sighing heavily. "Why is it that…every time I hear that name, it makes me so…uneasy?"
He sighed. "Lydecker is Max's personal Anti-Christ," he explained. "He's the head of the program, who administers them. He's done a lot of bad things and you can say he isn't exactly the most pleasant man to be stuck with in a silent world…why?"
"Oh, nothing," she responded immediately, covering up the fatal question. "Well, I'm glad that's over!" She smiled and uncoiled the tension that was in the base of her spine. "Say, Mr. Cale, now that this is all over…how about a nice trip to the gym?"
Logan's face visibly recoiled the whole trip back.
To Seattle.
"Will they be alright?" Logan asked.
Bling came threw away the plastic gloves and looked at his friend in the eye. "Yah, they should be," he replied. "They had quite a startle on the way out. But…they should be alright. They should be able to flush the drugs out of their system in no time…but, in the meantime, tell 'em not to do anything, er, physical, okay?"
"That shouldn't be hard," Logan replied earnestly. "Except for Zack over there…it would be like asking a mule to go kick the other mule."
Bling laughed. "Nice…um, simile."
"Thanks, Bling. I'm glad you liked it."
The door swung open and in came Mugen, carrying a large grocery bag on her arms. She was in her school uniform, the kilt a little short for a girl her age, her knapsack swinging from one of her shoulders. Her hair was up in a large clip. It's funny, how a girl like her could be such a supernatural fighting machine. Then again, the same thing applied to Max. "Hey Mr. Cale, Bling."
"Hey, kiddo," Bling greeted.
"Hello, Mugen. More groceries?" Logan asked.
Mugen tried to hide a shy smile. "Hey, since you got an extra, what? Four mouths, I guessed you needed a little more food than usual." Before Logan could ask another question, she stated, "Don't worry, it's all charged on my account, aight?"
"I suppose," Logan said in confusion.
She walked up to them. "How are they?" she asked.
It was a simple question, and Logan understood. He nodded. "Bling here says they should be up and about in no time."
She smiled. "That's nice to here," she replied softly.
Silence. "I'm sorry we didn't get to those files, Mugen," Logan said softly, remembering the original mission she was sent for. He felt a bit guilty for her going after his friends before her own mission.
"It's okay. There's always tomorrow." She reached out and patted his shoulder, making Logan crane his head down in a baffled confusion of the gesture. "Don't worry, Mr. Cale, they're safe now."
