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THE HUNT
Chapter Ten
Intruders
Max, Syl and Krit crept onto Manticore grounds, each instantly feeling their own mixed emotions. Most filled with hate, rage, anger and a little bit of fear wrapped all together. Max had a heavy feeling on déjà vu as her and her two siblings stood on the hill that overlooked Manticore and felt a tinge of sadness in her as she realized again they were one short since the last time they attempted to enter Manticore. She could tell from Syl and Krit's crestfallen expressions that they were thinking the same thing.
Manticore.
It was Hell. It was a prison. It was a place that all of them never wanted to see again, but always crept into their nightmares of the past. The training they went through. The losses they endured. The missions they were forced to complete. It was all part of their childhood, the years they spent together growing up for nine years. And there they were, again.
The breakout in '09 was filled with worry and concerns for the lost siblings they had, and the ones they had lost touch with as soon as the leapt the gate. Lydecker hunted them down up until previously, but loosing him on their heels only placed a new dictator that proved even worse in their struggle for freedom.
It hurt every one of them knowing that they couldn't allow any one to get close to them, to know their secret of the past, to know what they had to go through in fear of what might happen if Manticore got in the wind. Keeping emotions bottled up for years to keep themselves safe and the ones around them constantly played and weaken on their own reserves and mind. It was this one place that drilled years of battle skills and techniques when most kids their age were playing with toys and going to a normal school.
It was time to take this bitch down for good and to kill the evil queen that lived inside. All three of them standing on the hill knew what the consequences would be if they were caught and were scared to death of them. Those fears constantly zoomed around in their minds, but were forced out each time they threatened to over power their thoughts. It was time. They couldn't run forever, and certainly didn't want to.
Syl, Max and Krit each exchanged glances before Krit gave the silent signal to move in. As her siblings started off, Max hung back a bit and grinned, Zack and him were so much a like, she had never really noticed it until now. She shook her head and brought herself back into the game. It was time to get Logan out of there and stop Madame X for good.
All three jumped the gate with ease and entered the compound by the same side door they had used the last time. After Max silently shut the door, they crouched together and prepared their invasion.
"All right," Krit whispered. "You both ready?" He asked and Syl and Max nodded in reply. "Syl, you go straight for security. We'll give you three minutes to disable the cameras before we move in, we can't wait any longer." Syl nodded and wasted no more time. She quietly snuck down the hall with her back pressed to the wall and her senses alert.
Once Syl vanished down the corridor, Krit started his stopwatch and then turned to Max who was still watching the hall. "Okay Maxie, are you sure you want to tackle Renfro?" He asked in more of a big brother tone than her commanding officer. Max nodded briskly, determination and anger mixed together on her complexion. Krit sighed gently. "Fine, then I'll head to Sector B to get Logan and Bling. Where are you going to find Renfro?"
"Sector D." Max said simply. Kit looked at her with confusion. "Krit, I was stuck here for two months, I think I know where her office is." She said exasperatedly. Before Krit could ask anymore questions, his alarm beeped on his watch, pulling them both to reality.
"You know what to do, move out." He whispered. Max nodded and her and Krit set off in different directions. Both hoping that Syl was able to shut down the security. Both hoping that they wouldn't run into the X7s. Both hoping they would all live to see each other again.
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"What are my orders in regard to Mr. Cale, Ma'am?" Brin asked as she entered Renfro's office. Renfro was sipping her steaming coffee and reading the newspaper. It was early in the morning, perhaps four thirty, but she didn't mind. Like her X5s, she didn't sleep as much as normal people would. She put her drink and paper down as Brin entered and smiled. If there was hope that she was successfully changed back into the warrior she was designed to be, there was going to be no problem with the others.
"Leave him be for the time, within a few days I will resume psychoactives." Renfro said briskly. Brin nodded and continued.
"I was given the information that psychoactives were going to be used again this morning, Ma'am." She said trying to clear her confusion about the sudden change.
"The plan has shifted since that arrangement was made when new reports and documentations were found regarding X5-452. Since the psychoactives could possibly terminate Mr. Cale, we have to withdraw on them for the time being. We need him alive a healthy to lure X5-452 back to the compounds." Renfro said with a smile.
"I am to understand that Mr. Cale is being used as military bait, Ma'am?"
"That's correct. Any other questions?"
"No, Ma'am. Thank you for your time." Brin saluted Renfro and marched out of the room with military precision. Renfro leaned back in her chair and sipped her drink again with a smile.
Renfro flipped her computer screen on and started to boot up her computer. As the screen came into focus, she went into the mainframe of the security files to check on Logan. When the multiple pictures popped up, she focused on the one with Logan, sitting idly in his cell.
When she backed her face away from the screen, her peripheral vision caught something moving with cat like grace down the hall that led to her office. When she turned her attention to that frame, the image was gone and was suddenly replace by the empty halls. Renfro shook her head, and decided she was obviously seeing things. "Maybe I should get some more sleep." She said to herself and took another gulp of her drink.
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Syl grabbed the gun out of the pouch that was attached to the unconscious guard that rested on the ground at her feet. She smiled smugly and immediately began to hack into the computer mainframe. Having almost little difficulty, she shot a frame for each of them before feeding it into the computers memory to constantly repeat the images.
She sighed as she got it just in time as Max came onto the camera. At the sound of footsteps, Syl jumped over the desk and hid behind the door, just as two guards came in, armed and ready to find out what had been happening.
When they entered, Syl jumped out of her hiding place and kicked one of the guards harshly in the stomach, sending him backwards and crashing into the conjoining wall. He slumped down and was still. The second guard proved to be more difficult as she made him fall to the floor, but he grabbed Syl's ankle from the ground and twisted it, sending her sprawling down. When she found her leverage, she hit the guard on the back of the head with her free foot, rendering him unconscious along with his friends.
Syl got up, feeling a slight pain in her foot but ignored it. She grabbed their guns and put a silencer on of the millimeters. She shot three bullets into the computers phone line and sector police emergency signal. She took on last look around at the crumpled guards on the ground before leaving the security room and locking the automatic door behind her. Syl headed down the hall with a slight limp towards Sector B to help Krit and hoped that everything would go according to plan.
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Max crept down the hall with excellent precision. Her training skills always seemed to come in handy at times when she needed them most. As she cornered the last bend before Renfro's office, her cat senses went off and warned her of an enemy behind her.
When Max whirled around, she came face to face with Brin who immediately took Max's arm and twisted it behind her back. Max crouched down as far as she could and leapt over Brin's head. In the sudden motion, Brin's grip came undone and she turned around to battle Max.
Max anticipated this move and so she quickly sunk down to the floor and sideswiped Brin's feet. She lost her balance and fell to the ground with a dull thud. Max got up and put Brin in a helpless headlock, so she couldn't move or create any type of defense against the hold. She waved her arms around wildly and tried to get a useful grip on Max, but the position she was in made her completely weak.
The blood wasn't reaching her head as her oxygen was being cut off from Max's hold on her neck. She could feel her temples throb with the beat of her heart and felt the heat rush to her face as it turned red. She tried to cough and breathe, but nothing happened. It suddenly became black and her vision was gone. She slumped in Max's arms and fell into unconsciousness.
Max sighed, that was one less problem she had to worry about. "I'm sorry that is came to this," She whisper to the sleeping Brin. "I gave you a chance." Max looked at her sleeping sibling one last time before going back down the hall towards Renfro's office. From the light that was shining from under the door, she could tell that she was still inside and was not suspecting Max's oncoming attack.
As Max came within a few feet of Renfro's door, she stopped and looked at her hand that held the gun. It was shaking violently and making the gun wobble in her grasp. She tried to stop it, but before long, her entire body was wracking in trembles.
"No, no! Not now." She whispered dismally to herself. She clutched her side and fell against the wall, slowly sliding down it to the floor. Her body didn't stop convulsing and she closed her eyes in horrible realization. Max was having a seizure.
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THE HUNT
Chapter Ten
Intruders
Max, Syl and Krit crept onto Manticore grounds, each instantly feeling their own mixed emotions. Most filled with hate, rage, anger and a little bit of fear wrapped all together. Max had a heavy feeling on déjà vu as her and her two siblings stood on the hill that overlooked Manticore and felt a tinge of sadness in her as she realized again they were one short since the last time they attempted to enter Manticore. She could tell from Syl and Krit's crestfallen expressions that they were thinking the same thing.
Manticore.
It was Hell. It was a prison. It was a place that all of them never wanted to see again, but always crept into their nightmares of the past. The training they went through. The losses they endured. The missions they were forced to complete. It was all part of their childhood, the years they spent together growing up for nine years. And there they were, again.
The breakout in '09 was filled with worry and concerns for the lost siblings they had, and the ones they had lost touch with as soon as the leapt the gate. Lydecker hunted them down up until previously, but loosing him on their heels only placed a new dictator that proved even worse in their struggle for freedom.
It hurt every one of them knowing that they couldn't allow any one to get close to them, to know their secret of the past, to know what they had to go through in fear of what might happen if Manticore got in the wind. Keeping emotions bottled up for years to keep themselves safe and the ones around them constantly played and weaken on their own reserves and mind. It was this one place that drilled years of battle skills and techniques when most kids their age were playing with toys and going to a normal school.
It was time to take this bitch down for good and to kill the evil queen that lived inside. All three of them standing on the hill knew what the consequences would be if they were caught and were scared to death of them. Those fears constantly zoomed around in their minds, but were forced out each time they threatened to over power their thoughts. It was time. They couldn't run forever, and certainly didn't want to.
Syl, Max and Krit each exchanged glances before Krit gave the silent signal to move in. As her siblings started off, Max hung back a bit and grinned, Zack and him were so much a like, she had never really noticed it until now. She shook her head and brought herself back into the game. It was time to get Logan out of there and stop Madame X for good.
All three jumped the gate with ease and entered the compound by the same side door they had used the last time. After Max silently shut the door, they crouched together and prepared their invasion.
"All right," Krit whispered. "You both ready?" He asked and Syl and Max nodded in reply. "Syl, you go straight for security. We'll give you three minutes to disable the cameras before we move in, we can't wait any longer." Syl nodded and wasted no more time. She quietly snuck down the hall with her back pressed to the wall and her senses alert.
Once Syl vanished down the corridor, Krit started his stopwatch and then turned to Max who was still watching the hall. "Okay Maxie, are you sure you want to tackle Renfro?" He asked in more of a big brother tone than her commanding officer. Max nodded briskly, determination and anger mixed together on her complexion. Krit sighed gently. "Fine, then I'll head to Sector B to get Logan and Bling. Where are you going to find Renfro?"
"Sector D." Max said simply. Kit looked at her with confusion. "Krit, I was stuck here for two months, I think I know where her office is." She said exasperatedly. Before Krit could ask anymore questions, his alarm beeped on his watch, pulling them both to reality.
"You know what to do, move out." He whispered. Max nodded and her and Krit set off in different directions. Both hoping that Syl was able to shut down the security. Both hoping that they wouldn't run into the X7s. Both hoping they would all live to see each other again.
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"What are my orders in regard to Mr. Cale, Ma'am?" Brin asked as she entered Renfro's office. Renfro was sipping her steaming coffee and reading the newspaper. It was early in the morning, perhaps four thirty, but she didn't mind. Like her X5s, she didn't sleep as much as normal people would. She put her drink and paper down as Brin entered and smiled. If there was hope that she was successfully changed back into the warrior she was designed to be, there was going to be no problem with the others.
"Leave him be for the time, within a few days I will resume psychoactives." Renfro said briskly. Brin nodded and continued.
"I was given the information that psychoactives were going to be used again this morning, Ma'am." She said trying to clear her confusion about the sudden change.
"The plan has shifted since that arrangement was made when new reports and documentations were found regarding X5-452. Since the psychoactives could possibly terminate Mr. Cale, we have to withdraw on them for the time being. We need him alive a healthy to lure X5-452 back to the compounds." Renfro said with a smile.
"I am to understand that Mr. Cale is being used as military bait, Ma'am?"
"That's correct. Any other questions?"
"No, Ma'am. Thank you for your time." Brin saluted Renfro and marched out of the room with military precision. Renfro leaned back in her chair and sipped her drink again with a smile.
Renfro flipped her computer screen on and started to boot up her computer. As the screen came into focus, she went into the mainframe of the security files to check on Logan. When the multiple pictures popped up, she focused on the one with Logan, sitting idly in his cell.
When she backed her face away from the screen, her peripheral vision caught something moving with cat like grace down the hall that led to her office. When she turned her attention to that frame, the image was gone and was suddenly replace by the empty halls. Renfro shook her head, and decided she was obviously seeing things. "Maybe I should get some more sleep." She said to herself and took another gulp of her drink.
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Syl grabbed the gun out of the pouch that was attached to the unconscious guard that rested on the ground at her feet. She smiled smugly and immediately began to hack into the computer mainframe. Having almost little difficulty, she shot a frame for each of them before feeding it into the computers memory to constantly repeat the images.
She sighed as she got it just in time as Max came onto the camera. At the sound of footsteps, Syl jumped over the desk and hid behind the door, just as two guards came in, armed and ready to find out what had been happening.
When they entered, Syl jumped out of her hiding place and kicked one of the guards harshly in the stomach, sending him backwards and crashing into the conjoining wall. He slumped down and was still. The second guard proved to be more difficult as she made him fall to the floor, but he grabbed Syl's ankle from the ground and twisted it, sending her sprawling down. When she found her leverage, she hit the guard on the back of the head with her free foot, rendering him unconscious along with his friends.
Syl got up, feeling a slight pain in her foot but ignored it. She grabbed their guns and put a silencer on of the millimeters. She shot three bullets into the computers phone line and sector police emergency signal. She took on last look around at the crumpled guards on the ground before leaving the security room and locking the automatic door behind her. Syl headed down the hall with a slight limp towards Sector B to help Krit and hoped that everything would go according to plan.
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Max crept down the hall with excellent precision. Her training skills always seemed to come in handy at times when she needed them most. As she cornered the last bend before Renfro's office, her cat senses went off and warned her of an enemy behind her.
When Max whirled around, she came face to face with Brin who immediately took Max's arm and twisted it behind her back. Max crouched down as far as she could and leapt over Brin's head. In the sudden motion, Brin's grip came undone and she turned around to battle Max.
Max anticipated this move and so she quickly sunk down to the floor and sideswiped Brin's feet. She lost her balance and fell to the ground with a dull thud. Max got up and put Brin in a helpless headlock, so she couldn't move or create any type of defense against the hold. She waved her arms around wildly and tried to get a useful grip on Max, but the position she was in made her completely weak.
The blood wasn't reaching her head as her oxygen was being cut off from Max's hold on her neck. She could feel her temples throb with the beat of her heart and felt the heat rush to her face as it turned red. She tried to cough and breathe, but nothing happened. It suddenly became black and her vision was gone. She slumped in Max's arms and fell into unconsciousness.
Max sighed, that was one less problem she had to worry about. "I'm sorry that is came to this," She whisper to the sleeping Brin. "I gave you a chance." Max looked at her sleeping sibling one last time before going back down the hall towards Renfro's office. From the light that was shining from under the door, she could tell that she was still inside and was not suspecting Max's oncoming attack.
As Max came within a few feet of Renfro's door, she stopped and looked at her hand that held the gun. It was shaking violently and making the gun wobble in her grasp. She tried to stop it, but before long, her entire body was wracking in trembles.
"No, no! Not now." She whispered dismally to herself. She clutched her side and fell against the wall, slowly sliding down it to the floor. Her body didn't stop convulsing and she closed her eyes in horrible realization. Max was having a seizure.