'Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.'
Let justice
be done, though the world perish.
Ferdinand I
But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture,
Tell them that God bids us do good for evil.
And thus I
clothe my naked villainy
With odd old ends stolen forth of holy
writ,
And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil.
William Shakespeare, King Richard III
When Orion came to he was suspended from a hook by his cuffs. His feet were free and he'd been stripped to his underwear though he could not see as his head was hooded.
"Ah, the thing has woken." At the voice he tensed and began to struggle to get free. "There's no point in carrying on like this Major. This facility is surrounded by over 100 men several of which have weapons pointed at you even now from secure locations." His hood was removed and he blinked to regain his vision.
"You know Colonel, I always thought of a sewer rat and this place confirms it." The building was an old run-down factory in the industrial section of town. The Redwood came forward and looked right into Orions eyes. He then turned away and picked up a folder off a nearby table. Opening it he turned to face Orion again.
"Let's see. Major Orion Craig Wolf." Redwood stopped and looked up at his victim, "Craig?"
"It was my granddads' name." Stated Orion. Redwood waved of the comment.
"Born February twenty first nineteen seventy-six at a military hospital in Britain to General (retired) Robert and Alexandria Wolf. You have a little sister, Lisa, who currently works for JAG. Both parents died in a car bombing two years ago. No culprit was ever caught." Redwood looked up and smiled.
"Why are you so happy?" Asked Orion.
"We'll get to that later. For now let's continue with your file shall we"
"Why?" Redwood gestured to someone behind Orion. Emma was dragged out. She looked fine except for the fact she was being held by a complete psycho.
"Emma, are you OK?" She smiled.
"Yeah I'm fine." Orion nodded.
"Oh how sweet." Remarked Redwood, "the freaks like each other." Orion shot him one of those 'I'm going to kill you' looks. Redwood shrugged it off and continued,
"Both you and your sister are new mutants. Her, 'gift', is pre/post cognition. You had a fiancé, Maria Sanchez, daughter off drug lord Carlos Sanchez." Redwood looked at Orion and smirked, "You naughty boy. Screwing the targets' daughter, what irony." Orion lost it. He kicked out at Redwood catching him in the knee. Redwood dropped to the ground as several soldiers struck Orion with tazers. Redwood stood up and punched Orion, drawing blood.
"You complete freak of nature. You dare strike me! You'll pay for that." Orion smiled,
"Bring it on." Instead off striking him again, Redwood picked up the folder and kept reading.
"Let's see, Ah yes. Miss Sanchez died in an unexplained explosion at a club eighteen months ago. The coroners' report suggests she was killed beforehand." He looked at Orion and whispered in his ear, "You want to know something, I killed them!" Before Orion could react, Redwood backed away and signalled for his men to start beating Orion. Redwood laughed out loud.
"Did you here me freak. I killed them. Your mum, your dad and your slut of a girlfriend." He rubbed his loins. "She was great by the way." As he laughed, Orion was kicking and screaming. All rational thought had gone. He broke free of his chains and began to fight the guards. For every one he killed five more entered the room. Yet he didn't stop. He kicked and punched frantically trying to get to Redwood. Eventually he was brought under control.
"I'm going to kill you Redwood!! You hear me!! I'm going to break every bone in your body and then I'll rip your heart out!!" Redwood just laughed and pulled out a small object with one little button. As he pressed the button, pain shot through Orions body and he collapsed. Redwood just continued to laugh.
"Wonderful trick this. Even if you survive the torture, I'm going to make you watch as I kill your new little bitch."
Outside a perimeter guard was lighting a smoke when he saw a tall, blond, sensual woman approach. He had to remember to close his mouth.
"Hi there soldier boy." Said the blond running her hand through her hair, "What's going on in there." She pointed to the building he was guarding.
"N n nothing." The blond ran her hand across his cheek suggestively,
"Oh I thought this was were they were keeping the new mutants." Before the guard could react, her eyes flashed yellow and she knocked him out with a backhand. Activating her comring see continued,
"All clear guys. I'll meet you inside." Just then another guard came out but he was out before he could raise the alarm, he was knocked out. Slowly she walked over to the door and entered. On the roof, two other guards were quickly dispatched via lightening bolts.
Slowly Orion stood. Redwood was holding down the little button but it seemed to not be working.
"How?" Asked Redwood, totally bewildered. Orion smiled as blood trickled from his mouth.
"High pain threshold." With that Orion knocked out two soldiers and marched towards his target. When he was no more than three feet Redwood yelled at him.
"If you take one more step she dies." Orion turned to see a gun at Emmas head. Emma nodded at him and Orion turned back to Redwood.
"You think a little threat can stop me. He reached around to the governor and pulled it out. He through the blood soaked device to the floor and stood on it. Before Redwood could react, a guard came flying backwards through a nearby door quickly followed by Shalimar.
"Hey has the party started yet?" She asked. Orion and Emma smiled at her.
"No were just about to start." Remarked Orion.
"Good." Came the reply. She spoke into her comring. "Now guys." On command a bolt of energy came down from a skylight striking the men holding Emma. At the same time Jesse came trough a wall and knocked out two nearby guards. Redwood was looking nervous. He called on his remaining men who encircled the mutants.
"Kill them." He commanded and began to leave the room. The soldiers began to advance on the group with their weapons raised. They opened fire, but their rounds bounced off an invisible force field and rebounded to their source killing the majority of them. The survivors quickly dropped their weapons and approached the mutants for close combat. By now only twenty or so were left. Shalimar quickly knocked out several soldiers and Brennan and Jesse each got in their licks. Even Emma took out a couple. Before the last soldier fell he pulled out his handgun and aimed.
"Emma!" Yelled Shalimar seeing what was happening. Jesse and was too far away to block and there wasn't time for Brennan to generate a bolt. The man fired. Before the round struck Emma, Orion stepped in front of her and took the round in the shoulder knocking him back into her and sending them both to the ground.
"You okay?" He asked her. She nodded. "Good." He stood and walked towards the door taken by Redwood as Brennan punched out the last soldier.
As Redwood climbed into the truck he saw Orion come round the corner.
"Boulder get him." The driver jumped out. It was the giant from the woods. He began to rub his hands.
"I'm going to enjoy this." Remarked Boulder. Orion just walked up to him. Boulder punched him in the jaw knocking Orions head around. He snapped it back. Both Boulder and Redwood froze. Orions eyes were as black as coal. Before either man could move. Orion punched Boulder in the chest shattering the mans ribs. As the giant fell, Orion smashed him in the face imploding him skull. Boulder collapsed to the ground non-moving. Orion grabbed Redwood by the throat, lifting the man off the ground. Orion looked his target in the eyes.
"Time for you to suffer." He entered Redwoods mind and began to flood the mans head with images of how he would die. Redwood began to shake uncontrollably and Orion dropped him, though the two never broke eye contact. The others came out to see Redwood begin to foam at the mouth then collapse over. Orion closed his eyes and turned to his friends. When he opened his eyes they were again emerald green. The group ran forward.
"Is he dead?" Asked Brennan. Orion nodded.
"Yes. Let's just say he saw his own death on repeat."
"Good riddance." Remarked Shalimar. Orion put his hand to his head.
"That's not good." He commented before collapsing. Emma knelt down to check his pulse.
"It's weak. We need to get him Adam quickly." Brennan and Jesse carried him to the Double-helix and the group returned to Sanctuary.
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