Wye heard the screaming. They all heard the screaming. Both his wife and daughter looked at him with worried expressions. Wye's face didn't show a hint of any kind of emotion. He just got up from his spot on the couch and went to the window. He opened it and peered out. The XS was unconscious in the yard. Wye cursed under his breath then shut the window. He grabbed his coat and left without a word.

Wye somewhat angrily put his coat on and walked toward the form of the XS. He had time to huff and puff as he walked over to him. Wye heard a motorcycle rip through the woods, but he didn't care right now. Wye stood over him with a look of disgust on his face.

"Get up." Wye commanded. Theo opened his eyes slowly.

"Sir, I -"

"Quiet soldier." Wye said. Theo fell silent. "You failed me."

"No, sir. No." Theo begged.

"You failed me." Wye said and pulled a gun from his jacket.

"Sir! Sir!" Theo screamed. They didn't know it, but inside the house, the wife and daughter huddled close together.

"You failed me." Wye repeated, then pulled the trigger.

Wye lowered the gun and just looked at Theo.

"You failed me." He said quietly, then walked back into the house.

"What happened?" The wife asked.

"You know what happened." Wye said. He looked away from them, then turned to his daughter. "Go up to bed."

She only nodded and went upstairs.

"What's going on?" The wife asked.

"Manticore is going to be erased as soon as possible." Wye answered.

"You're not going, now are you?"

"Yes."

"It's late."

"That doesn't matter." Wye said, then pulled a cellphone from his jacket pocket. He pushed three numbers, then spoke when someone answered. "Code 724." Wye ended the call and turned the phone's power off.

"724? Isn't that-?"

"Yes. The X2s will be gone by midnight."

"But you said the committee-"

"The committee will be informed that rogues were responsible." Wye said.

"But, it wasn't rogues. It was...it was you."

"I know." Wye said tonelessly. "But Manticore will be erased."

Wye thought for a minute, then turned his cellphone back on. He thought for another minute, then dialed three more numbers. When someone picked up, he spoke.

"I need twenty men." Wye said then paused. "Yes, Code 724 has been initiated. I am now calling Code 599 in affect." Wye paused again. "Midvalley Road, yes, they should be about two miles down by now. Send five after them and have the rest meet me. Excellent."

Wye ended the call and turned the phone's power off again. He shoved the phone back into his jacket and looked at his wife.

"They'll be here at any time. Hopefully they'll have captured the rogues as well." Wye told her.

"Rogues? How can you be sure it was rogues?"

"Only rogues," Wye said. "Could do that to him."

"So, you're going to leave and hope that your men have caught the rogues?"

"I am leaving." Wye said. "I can only hope that the rogues have been captured, as they are my prime goal."

"When will you be back?"

"Late tomorrow night I suppose." Wye said as the noise of multiple vehicles pulled up in front of the house.

"Don't go." The wife pleaded.

Wye just looked at her with an expressionless face and opened the door. His eyes lingered on her face for a moment, then he left, closing the door behind him.