The woods outside Manticore are the same as I remember them. The trees are ominous;
the dark of night makes them far more terrifying then they are in light. I know we
aren't going to fail now. These woods, these trees, the building that is now in sight
don't scare me. I'm not afraid anymore. They've chased us our entire lives; now we
have succeeded. This was our destiny--to be created by, then destroy, Manticore.
Some of our destinies have varied paths, like Max. Part of her destiny was Logan and
planting the idea of destroying Manticore in our heads. Zack. He was destined to be
a guardian--a keeper, I guess--of the X5's. My destiny's a whole different matter.
Maybe I'll die today. Even if I do, as long as we succeed I'll be happy.
No one knows but me, but I have enough plastique in my bag to blow the whole
place sky-high. Once everyone else is out, I'll start placing the charges. They're
on a kill switch mechanism I rigged up. If I don't get to press the button, the
place will still blow. Well, it's time now. I jump over the fence and head to the
door; it pops open like magic, thanks to Logan's hacking. I stop and place
charges as I go. Logan's yelling in my earpiece. He got the eagle-eye view, apparently.
I meet up with the others in the medical bay. We take out the few guards and are
shocked to find Max. "Max?" I ask. Logan said she died in his arms.
"Yeah, get me out of here," she says, and we undo her restraints.
"Where's Zack?"
"Dead," she answers, getting up.
"You guys get her back to the van. I'm gonna blow this place."
"Jondy, what the hell?" Zane says.
"These bastards are going down, Zane," I say and push him towards the exit, the way
the others are going. That was almost too easy. I start laying charges again. I've
got this half of the building laid so heavy with plastique it should blow a hole in
the earth. I sneak out the way I came in and carefully lay charges on the outside of
the building. The security details, regular humans, notice nothing. I make my way
through the woods and back to the van.
the dark of night makes them far more terrifying then they are in light. I know we
aren't going to fail now. These woods, these trees, the building that is now in sight
don't scare me. I'm not afraid anymore. They've chased us our entire lives; now we
have succeeded. This was our destiny--to be created by, then destroy, Manticore.
Some of our destinies have varied paths, like Max. Part of her destiny was Logan and
planting the idea of destroying Manticore in our heads. Zack. He was destined to be
a guardian--a keeper, I guess--of the X5's. My destiny's a whole different matter.
Maybe I'll die today. Even if I do, as long as we succeed I'll be happy.
No one knows but me, but I have enough plastique in my bag to blow the whole
place sky-high. Once everyone else is out, I'll start placing the charges. They're
on a kill switch mechanism I rigged up. If I don't get to press the button, the
place will still blow. Well, it's time now. I jump over the fence and head to the
door; it pops open like magic, thanks to Logan's hacking. I stop and place
charges as I go. Logan's yelling in my earpiece. He got the eagle-eye view, apparently.
I meet up with the others in the medical bay. We take out the few guards and are
shocked to find Max. "Max?" I ask. Logan said she died in his arms.
"Yeah, get me out of here," she says, and we undo her restraints.
"Where's Zack?"
"Dead," she answers, getting up.
"You guys get her back to the van. I'm gonna blow this place."
"Jondy, what the hell?" Zane says.
"These bastards are going down, Zane," I say and push him towards the exit, the way
the others are going. That was almost too easy. I start laying charges again. I've
got this half of the building laid so heavy with plastique it should blow a hole in
the earth. I sneak out the way I came in and carefully lay charges on the outside of
the building. The security details, regular humans, notice nothing. I make my way
through the woods and back to the van.