Jhondie
There is a very big plus to being female. Men do not see you as a threat. Some might, but if there's a man with you, they are going to take care of him first. It's not that I really need that advantage of surprise, but it still is nice to use, and use ruthlessly. Maybe that's why Manticore bred up girls along with the guys. Who would possibly suspect a young woman of being able to jump a fifteen-foot wall, take out three or four linebackers and then assassinate the target, all without breaking a nail? True, I wasn't heading for an assassination, but the point was still the same.
Justin and I went out the back and separated, each of us heading in the opposite direction. I was positive that there was only the two of them out there watching the house. They were sitting in a car, half a block down. Probably had binoculars and a laptop in the front seat and hamburger wrappers in the back. And we can't forget the dark shades because we all know how cool guys like that really are. The sad part was that they had no idea they had been made. But they weren't used to dealing with girls like me that could casually use telescopic vision. Easy marks. This was almost embarrassing.
Justin went further down than I did and then jumped over into the street. From where I was perched, I could see inside the mark's car easily. Both of them straightened up, one pointing him out. Both of them then slid down slightly so that he wouldn't notice them. Who the hell taught these guys proper surveillance? Pitiful really. If you're going to be ruthless and evil, go all out. Don't screw around with it. You break into the neighbors across the street and either kill or subdue them and use their house as the base of operations. The surveillance equipment could have been set up so that even I couldn't see it then.
Both of them were very intent on watching Justin. I might have waited another minute, but I saw one of them reach under the seat. I didn't know if it was for a fry that escaped or a gun, but I wasn't going to take the chance. I jumped over the fence, attracting both of their attention just for a second. I turned around, and blew a kiss up towards the second story. Just another girl with a clandestine meeting with her lover. I turned back around, smiling blissfully and practically floating down the sidewalk. They both relaxed a little and focused back on Justin. Girls are never dangerous. Everyone knows that.
I walked past the car, catching everything I needed to see in my peripheral vision. They had the laptop, and the driver was getting out a gun and screwing on the silencer. He slipped it under a newspaper as I walked by, but he wasn't quick enough. Maybe he was expecting the darkness inside the car to cover for him. I wondered for a moment how it would be to do things like this without my enhanced abilities. Oh well. Not like I was ever going to know.
What I did know was the second that the driver cracked the door open. Time for action. I whipped around with every bit of speed that I could muster. Driver managed to get his left arm and foot out of the door before I crossed the distance between us, grabbing his arm and the car door. If I had the time, I would have laughed myself sick from the look of shock on his face. I slammed the door hard, hearing the bones cracking in his arm and leg. I yanked the door back open, half-dragging him out with it and then punching him in the face hard. He slumped back into his seat, out cold.
Partner had been frozen with shock for a moment. He had the weirdest look…like maybe he had seen this before. This kind of movement and speed and strength. Maybe he had been to Manticore before and seen the X-6 in action. That thought actually saved both of their lives. If BioTech thought Manticore didn't want Justin dead, then they were going to back off very, very quickly, and these two witnesses needed to go back and tell the tale in order to make that happen. It didn't mean he was going to get away without any bruises though.
I let go of the driver, and vaulted over the car in an eye blink. The passenger was actually smart and tried to jump out through the driver's side door rather than attempt to take me on, but he wasn't able to move faster than me. That was just not a possibility, especially considering how keyed-up I was. Instead of running, he grabbed the gun from his unconscious partner, and whipped it around, firing twice. A little faster, and I might have been in trouble. I saw the glint of steel as the gun came up and jumped, landing on the roof of the car.
He was so intent on me, he didn't notice my partner who had sprinted up to us when he saw me go after the first guy. Justin dove into the front seat and I couldn't get off of the roof before it was over. Passenger was out for the count as well.
I hopped off the roof. "You okay?" he asked.
I nodded. "You?"
He grinned. "He was so busy looking up, he didn't notice me come in from the side." I grinned back, and we ran back over to Steiner's. I hoped they didn't see that little bout. I was already tired of explaining things to people and I knew that Dr. Post was going to be asking a hell of a lot of questions once we saw him.
Steiner opened the door as soon as we came up. He glanced down at the car and then back at us, not sure what to say or do. "They're out for now," Justin said quickly. "But we better get moving fast. I have a feeling that we better have this resolved by morning if we all want to come out of this alive."
"Dr. Post agreed to meet us at MedGen," Steiner said. "I told him your suspicions and he's quite worried now about himself."
"He should be," I muttered. If BioTech was involved with Manticore, then what if they were the ones pushing for the MedGen take over for some odd reason? I was not feeling well at the thought of taking on an X-6 and seeing what would happen. It wouldn't make sense for Manticore to be pushing for something that could become publicly explosive, but who knew what those people were planning.
Steiner was looking at me oddly again. "They had guns," I said gesturing towards the car. "If the whole poison thing isn't going to work, then they're going to start shooting real soon. And it's not just going to be Justin then."
"I'm bringing my wife with us," Steiner said curtly, and then went back inside. We followed and stayed in the kitchen for a minute while they threw on some clothes and got ready to leave.
"Be careful what you say," Justin whispered to me. I was about to give him a scathing retort, but he was concerned, not lecturing. "Steiner is already thinking that you're a little odd. If Manticore comes out, then it's not going to take much to put things together."
"I know how to be careful," I replied in a low voice. I had a lot of years of practicing with blending in under my belt.
"I know you do," he replied calmly. "But you're acting like a soldier."
"You need a soldier with you."
"I need you to be able to come back home with me more."
I wanted to say something, anything in response, but Steiner and his wife came trotting back down the steps. I wasn't happy with her tagging along too, but under the circumstances, I could see why he wasn't about to leave his wife behind. The goons on the street weren't going to be out forever, and I wouldn't want her to be left to their mercy if I was him.
"Dr. Post is going to be meeting us there," Steiner said.
Justin looked at me and then back to him. "Then let's move."
There is a very big plus to being female. Men do not see you as a threat. Some might, but if there's a man with you, they are going to take care of him first. It's not that I really need that advantage of surprise, but it still is nice to use, and use ruthlessly. Maybe that's why Manticore bred up girls along with the guys. Who would possibly suspect a young woman of being able to jump a fifteen-foot wall, take out three or four linebackers and then assassinate the target, all without breaking a nail? True, I wasn't heading for an assassination, but the point was still the same.
Justin and I went out the back and separated, each of us heading in the opposite direction. I was positive that there was only the two of them out there watching the house. They were sitting in a car, half a block down. Probably had binoculars and a laptop in the front seat and hamburger wrappers in the back. And we can't forget the dark shades because we all know how cool guys like that really are. The sad part was that they had no idea they had been made. But they weren't used to dealing with girls like me that could casually use telescopic vision. Easy marks. This was almost embarrassing.
Justin went further down than I did and then jumped over into the street. From where I was perched, I could see inside the mark's car easily. Both of them straightened up, one pointing him out. Both of them then slid down slightly so that he wouldn't notice them. Who the hell taught these guys proper surveillance? Pitiful really. If you're going to be ruthless and evil, go all out. Don't screw around with it. You break into the neighbors across the street and either kill or subdue them and use their house as the base of operations. The surveillance equipment could have been set up so that even I couldn't see it then.
Both of them were very intent on watching Justin. I might have waited another minute, but I saw one of them reach under the seat. I didn't know if it was for a fry that escaped or a gun, but I wasn't going to take the chance. I jumped over the fence, attracting both of their attention just for a second. I turned around, and blew a kiss up towards the second story. Just another girl with a clandestine meeting with her lover. I turned back around, smiling blissfully and practically floating down the sidewalk. They both relaxed a little and focused back on Justin. Girls are never dangerous. Everyone knows that.
I walked past the car, catching everything I needed to see in my peripheral vision. They had the laptop, and the driver was getting out a gun and screwing on the silencer. He slipped it under a newspaper as I walked by, but he wasn't quick enough. Maybe he was expecting the darkness inside the car to cover for him. I wondered for a moment how it would be to do things like this without my enhanced abilities. Oh well. Not like I was ever going to know.
What I did know was the second that the driver cracked the door open. Time for action. I whipped around with every bit of speed that I could muster. Driver managed to get his left arm and foot out of the door before I crossed the distance between us, grabbing his arm and the car door. If I had the time, I would have laughed myself sick from the look of shock on his face. I slammed the door hard, hearing the bones cracking in his arm and leg. I yanked the door back open, half-dragging him out with it and then punching him in the face hard. He slumped back into his seat, out cold.
Partner had been frozen with shock for a moment. He had the weirdest look…like maybe he had seen this before. This kind of movement and speed and strength. Maybe he had been to Manticore before and seen the X-6 in action. That thought actually saved both of their lives. If BioTech thought Manticore didn't want Justin dead, then they were going to back off very, very quickly, and these two witnesses needed to go back and tell the tale in order to make that happen. It didn't mean he was going to get away without any bruises though.
I let go of the driver, and vaulted over the car in an eye blink. The passenger was actually smart and tried to jump out through the driver's side door rather than attempt to take me on, but he wasn't able to move faster than me. That was just not a possibility, especially considering how keyed-up I was. Instead of running, he grabbed the gun from his unconscious partner, and whipped it around, firing twice. A little faster, and I might have been in trouble. I saw the glint of steel as the gun came up and jumped, landing on the roof of the car.
He was so intent on me, he didn't notice my partner who had sprinted up to us when he saw me go after the first guy. Justin dove into the front seat and I couldn't get off of the roof before it was over. Passenger was out for the count as well.
I hopped off the roof. "You okay?" he asked.
I nodded. "You?"
He grinned. "He was so busy looking up, he didn't notice me come in from the side." I grinned back, and we ran back over to Steiner's. I hoped they didn't see that little bout. I was already tired of explaining things to people and I knew that Dr. Post was going to be asking a hell of a lot of questions once we saw him.
Steiner opened the door as soon as we came up. He glanced down at the car and then back at us, not sure what to say or do. "They're out for now," Justin said quickly. "But we better get moving fast. I have a feeling that we better have this resolved by morning if we all want to come out of this alive."
"Dr. Post agreed to meet us at MedGen," Steiner said. "I told him your suspicions and he's quite worried now about himself."
"He should be," I muttered. If BioTech was involved with Manticore, then what if they were the ones pushing for the MedGen take over for some odd reason? I was not feeling well at the thought of taking on an X-6 and seeing what would happen. It wouldn't make sense for Manticore to be pushing for something that could become publicly explosive, but who knew what those people were planning.
Steiner was looking at me oddly again. "They had guns," I said gesturing towards the car. "If the whole poison thing isn't going to work, then they're going to start shooting real soon. And it's not just going to be Justin then."
"I'm bringing my wife with us," Steiner said curtly, and then went back inside. We followed and stayed in the kitchen for a minute while they threw on some clothes and got ready to leave.
"Be careful what you say," Justin whispered to me. I was about to give him a scathing retort, but he was concerned, not lecturing. "Steiner is already thinking that you're a little odd. If Manticore comes out, then it's not going to take much to put things together."
"I know how to be careful," I replied in a low voice. I had a lot of years of practicing with blending in under my belt.
"I know you do," he replied calmly. "But you're acting like a soldier."
"You need a soldier with you."
"I need you to be able to come back home with me more."
I wanted to say something, anything in response, but Steiner and his wife came trotting back down the steps. I wasn't happy with her tagging along too, but under the circumstances, I could see why he wasn't about to leave his wife behind. The goons on the street weren't going to be out forever, and I wouldn't want her to be left to their mercy if I was him.
"Dr. Post is going to be meeting us there," Steiner said.
Justin looked at me and then back to him. "Then let's move."
