An explosion went off into Colby's ear. At that, he grabbed his coat and ran out the door. From his porch he could see the fireball shooting into the sky. All he knew was to run towards it at full force. Once he got within a block of the fire he started to shout.
"Brock! Zoe! Hey guys!"
Once he was in viewing distance, he saw that there was no chance that either of them was alive. Both buildings were now just burning rubble. He just dropped into the snow and began to cry.
It seemed like hours before anyone approached. Suddenly he heard footsteps approaching. It was his siblings, running at full force down the street. They spotted him there, and walked over to him.
"Zoe..." mumbled Hawk.
"We were just coming to surprise her..." cried Mel.
They couldn't bring themselves to leave. Their souls hurt too much, it was torture to try and move. But then the sounds of tires coming down the road were heard. It sounded like there was more than one vehicle, but it didn't matter. They just stood there staring at each other and crying. When the trucks finally came over the hill, it seemed like they could only move in slow motion.
Eight black hummers came rolling down the street with armed men hanging out the windows. Mercilessly, they began to shoot anything that existed. The sounds of ricocheting bullets were everywhere. When the group finally started to run away, the men spotted them and shot them down. When the vehicles stopped, the pristine white snow had been stained bloody red and eight bodies lay in the street.
Taze was walking back from the market, ham sandwiches in hand. She had headphones on and was perfectly happy listening to her music. She was looking forward to a night spent with her siblings and doing what they did best. She knew that Zoe would take control and it would be kind of like old times.
Just and she was reminiscing, Taze was blown off of her feet by an explosion. She landed face down in the snow and the contents of the grocery bags were strewn all over the ground. When she got up it took her a minute to realize the source of the explosion. It was north, about a block. Zoe! Her mind was filled with all of the worst things. She began to run, balancing her backpack the best she could. Could it be Manticore?
Her questions were soon answered. When she finally reached the alleyway two buildings down from Zoe's, she saw Colby sitting in the street crying. But then she took a few steps forward and saw the rest of her siblings sitting with him. She began to run to them when she saw the hummers coming up the road. She could have yelled, but her throat went dry. Men popped out of the windows in the trucks and they pulled out their guns. Suddenly shots rang out. Taze ran behind the nearest shelter: a green dumpster. She sat there her hands over her ears trying to block out the screaming and moaning coming from the street. Suddenly all of the gunshots stopped. Then she knew for a fact that she was the last X6. After all of the voices stopped and the trucks left again she knew that she had to run. Once Manticore found out that a body was missing they would be on the hunt for her. At that she got up and bolted away.
"Yes, sir. All of the remaining X-6's have been terminated....No, sir the hack did not go down, and there were no survivors." A man was dressed in black, and talking into a radio. "Yes, sir, well return to the base with the bodies ASAP."
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Renfro put down the radio, grinning to herself. She leaned back in her chair. Finally the errors of Hatfield, the director at the Michigan base, had been corrected. Jade had been killed in the escape; Ryen had been tracked to Wisconsin. The rest had "conveniently" died in an explosion while hanging out at Zoe's apartment. Her grin turned into a smile as she recalled their names. Hatfield had gone against the committee's orders when he didn't destroy the X6's; he rather sacrificed them for experimentation and practice drills. They were so terrified that they managed to escape. Since then, Renfro had their names locked into her head. Jade, Roz, Ryen, Zoe, Tenna, Mel, Luna Ressa, Hawk, Kirk, Colby, Taze, Brock. They even had priority over the '09 rouge X5's. Finally they had been found. Finally their focus could go back on the X5's.
"Brock! Zoe! Hey guys!"
Once he was in viewing distance, he saw that there was no chance that either of them was alive. Both buildings were now just burning rubble. He just dropped into the snow and began to cry.
It seemed like hours before anyone approached. Suddenly he heard footsteps approaching. It was his siblings, running at full force down the street. They spotted him there, and walked over to him.
"Zoe..." mumbled Hawk.
"We were just coming to surprise her..." cried Mel.
They couldn't bring themselves to leave. Their souls hurt too much, it was torture to try and move. But then the sounds of tires coming down the road were heard. It sounded like there was more than one vehicle, but it didn't matter. They just stood there staring at each other and crying. When the trucks finally came over the hill, it seemed like they could only move in slow motion.
Eight black hummers came rolling down the street with armed men hanging out the windows. Mercilessly, they began to shoot anything that existed. The sounds of ricocheting bullets were everywhere. When the group finally started to run away, the men spotted them and shot them down. When the vehicles stopped, the pristine white snow had been stained bloody red and eight bodies lay in the street.
Taze was walking back from the market, ham sandwiches in hand. She had headphones on and was perfectly happy listening to her music. She was looking forward to a night spent with her siblings and doing what they did best. She knew that Zoe would take control and it would be kind of like old times.
Just and she was reminiscing, Taze was blown off of her feet by an explosion. She landed face down in the snow and the contents of the grocery bags were strewn all over the ground. When she got up it took her a minute to realize the source of the explosion. It was north, about a block. Zoe! Her mind was filled with all of the worst things. She began to run, balancing her backpack the best she could. Could it be Manticore?
Her questions were soon answered. When she finally reached the alleyway two buildings down from Zoe's, she saw Colby sitting in the street crying. But then she took a few steps forward and saw the rest of her siblings sitting with him. She began to run to them when she saw the hummers coming up the road. She could have yelled, but her throat went dry. Men popped out of the windows in the trucks and they pulled out their guns. Suddenly shots rang out. Taze ran behind the nearest shelter: a green dumpster. She sat there her hands over her ears trying to block out the screaming and moaning coming from the street. Suddenly all of the gunshots stopped. Then she knew for a fact that she was the last X6. After all of the voices stopped and the trucks left again she knew that she had to run. Once Manticore found out that a body was missing they would be on the hunt for her. At that she got up and bolted away.
"Yes, sir. All of the remaining X-6's have been terminated....No, sir the hack did not go down, and there were no survivors." A man was dressed in black, and talking into a radio. "Yes, sir, well return to the base with the bodies ASAP."
********
Renfro put down the radio, grinning to herself. She leaned back in her chair. Finally the errors of Hatfield, the director at the Michigan base, had been corrected. Jade had been killed in the escape; Ryen had been tracked to Wisconsin. The rest had "conveniently" died in an explosion while hanging out at Zoe's apartment. Her grin turned into a smile as she recalled their names. Hatfield had gone against the committee's orders when he didn't destroy the X6's; he rather sacrificed them for experimentation and practice drills. They were so terrified that they managed to escape. Since then, Renfro had their names locked into her head. Jade, Roz, Ryen, Zoe, Tenna, Mel, Luna Ressa, Hawk, Kirk, Colby, Taze, Brock. They even had priority over the '09 rouge X5's. Finally they had been found. Finally their focus could go back on the X5's.