Damnit," Zack mumbled under his breath.
"Radio headquarters," one of the soldiers said, "tell them that we have apprehended the rogue X-5s that Colonel Lydecker had been looking for."
Max heard a soldier relay the message on a walkie-talkie. "ETA 4 hours, sir."
"Good. Take them below and someone disarm him."
A young soldier stepped foreword and grabbed Zack's gun. Zack was too quick for him. Zack grabbed the young man by the neck and Max heard a cracking of bone as Zack wrenched the man's arm around behind him and broke his shoulder.
Max wasted no time as she jumped over the astounded soldiers. She slammed two of their heads together. As she did so she heard a gunshot and Zack let out a yell of pain. Max quickly took out the remaining soldiers.
She saw Zack leaning up against the wall holding his arm, blood flowed in-between his fingers and down his wounded arm.
"Zack are you okay?" Max asked ripping the sleeve off one of the knocked out guards and helped him tie it around his arm.
"I've been better," Zack said grimacing as Max tied, "but then I've been worse."
Max smiled as she helped Zack to the mainframe computer. Max reached the heavy steel door and tried to open it. "Damn," she whispered, "it's locked,"
Zack pulled a screwdriver out of his backpack and handed it to her. Max quickly and quietly took off the hinges and with Zack's help she picked up the heavy door and propped it against the opposite wall.
Max and Zack hurried into the large computer room. Max pulled the small laptop out of the black bag on her shoulder. Zack sat down at the computer and started powering up the systems as Max plugged the laptop into the motherboard of the main computer. Max sat down at one of the computers next to Zack. "Okay we have one hour," Zack said checking his watch.
Max nodded and helped Zack upload files onto the computer. In one hour they had uploaded hundreds of files and had filled 20 disks. They had uploaded videos, lists, research, schedules, and information on the X-5s.
"Lets go now," Zack said picking up the laptop.
Zack and Max both hurried out of the building, hopped over the fence, and ran into the woods. Max stopped and turned around and stared at Mantacore just as 4 black jeeps drove up to the compound. "Damn Max, lets get the Hell out of her," Zack whispered grabbing her by the arm and trying to pull her back into the woods.
Max shrugged him off and pulled a grenade from the pouch at her hip. Lydecker stepped out from one of the jeeps and went into the building.
10 minutes later he stormed out and started walking towards the perimeter fence. "You can't hide from me. Max, Zack I know you are out there. As long as I am alive I will hunt you," Lydecker yelled into the woods
Max pulled the pin on the grenade and threw it right at Lydecker's feet. "Then it's time to die," Max yelled.
The weapon went off with a deafening boom. Pieces of jeep, Mantacore and human flew about. A tire even landed a few feet from where Max and Zack stood.
"Damn girl, I knew you could kick ass," Zack said putting a brotherly hand on her shoulder.
"Well that was one ass that deserved to be kicked."
Max and Zack turned away from the burning jeeps and walked leisurely back to Seattle.
