Out of the Future

Chapter 13: Déjà vu

The six of them ran down the hall back towards the staircase that Jesse and Logan had come out of. Logan was the only one uninjured out of the six. Asha's shoulder had received a nasty scrape when she fell, Max had gotten her knuckles banged up in the same fall. Only minor injuries to say the least had Alec received from his brief scuffle with Ray White. Jesse's bullet grazed shoulder from a previous fight had been re-wrapped by a nurse sometime when they got to the hospital. Rachel was by far in the worst shape. She had numerous cuts and bruises. The worst were the 3 cuts on her stomach and her hand, which had been dressed in a make-shift bandage made out of a small portion of Jesse's shirt.

"What happened to him?" asked Alec as they went by a still unconscious Ames White who had been tied and gagged with hospital sheets.

"He cornered me and Asha while standing right by this door, which then slammed open quite violently," said Max going down the stairs.

"Wait!" said Rachel, "Jesse and I will take the elevator."

"It's stuck on this floor how are you going to get to the basement?"

"Jesse's a freakin' genius, he'll get it running," she said, "besides we don't know how many guards are down there."

"Take them by surprise," said Max, "Got it."

"Hit 'em fast and hit 'em hard,"" said Alec as the four went down the stairs to the Parkade.

"You really think I can get it started?" asked Jesse when he and Rachel were hustling back to the elevator.

"I hope so," said Rachel wincing.

"Are you okay?"

""I have to be.""

"Now that's the Rachel Guevara I know and love."

"Love?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Just keep walking Rache, keep walking," he said quickening his pace.

And for the second time since waking up in the hospital, she smiled. The first time was after running into Jesse's arms, knowing he was there.

^^^

"Is this really going to work?" asked Alec following Max down the stairs, Logan and Asha slightly behind him.

"You have a better idea?" snapped Max.

"I''m just saying……"

"Shhhhh!"" she shushed him, "listen."

"……..so the other day I was saying to Steve…….."

Max and Alec could make out two uniformed officers chatting loudly about a floor down, they were blocking a door that lead to the Parkade.

"We jump them steal their uniforms, take their posts, wait for the kids and beat up the rest," Alec whispered to Max so quietly that she barely even caught it.

"Sure they're alone?" she whispered back.

"Positive."

"They can't scream."

"So let's do it quick."

Without telling Logan or Asha what they were planning to do. Max and Alec jumped over the rail and quickly knocked out the two very surprised officers. A quick glance through the door's window told them they had about 15-20 more guards in the parkade.

"Exactly what are you doing?" asked Logan when Max and Alec drug the officers limp bodies back up the stairs.

"Exactly what we did at Jam Pony last year so put this on," said Max indicating to the guards clothes, "you too Alec."

"Gotcha," he said.

Within minutes they were changed and ready. The four of them went down to the last floor Alec and Logan taking the places of the guards right in front of the window and Max and Asha on either sides of the door.

"Now what?" asked Alec.

"We wait for a distraction and then you guys shoot them and I'll kick their asses," said Max.

^^^

"Got it?"

"No."

"Got it yet?"

""I told you no!""

Silence.

"Now?"

"Rachel, this would go a lot faster if you quit asking me that," said Jesse.

"Are you telling me that you can hack through sixteen tiers of Government file security in less than five minutes but you can't get the power back on?"

"Got it," said Jesse

The elevator lights came on and started emitting a light hum.

"Going down?" asked Rachel pushing the basement button.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Jess I'm fine," she said, "Gimme a boost will ya?"

^^^

"Sir, the elevator lights are back on"" said an officer indicating the lights above the elevator door.

"Men," said Michelenko, "Get ready."

The cops got into position by the elevator doors ready to shoot.

"Guess this is our cue," said Alec watching them all line up.

"Alright go," said Max.

"What about you two?" asked Logan.

"We''ll be fine," said Max.

Alec and Logan went out the door getting into position behind the officers.

Max and Asha had then ran out and taken cover behind one of their vans.

"When you go out to help them, I'll get this thing started," said Asha indicating to the van they were kneeled behind.

"Alright."

The elevator doors opened to reveal…….nothing.

"Nothing?" asked Michelenko, "Then what? Well? Go check it out."

He sent his officers into the elevator to look around about five or six of them fit.

"Now?" asked Alec.

"Seems like a good time," said Logan.

They aimed their weapons at the remaining soldiers and started shooting. It happened so unexpectedly that almost all of them were taken out. The one's in the elevator got jumped on and knocked out when Rachel and Jesse jumped in through the emergency exit up above them.

"Thanks for leaving me some,""said Max who had just joined them.

"Transgenics," muttered Michelenko inspecting a bullet hole in his leg.

"Familiars," said Rachel kicking him out cold, "Let's go."

They loaded up the van with Logan and Alec in the front and the rest in the back and headed out of the parkade.

"We got them," Logan said to the point guard, "we'll go on ahead and let you guys clean up."

"Where to?" asked Alec taking off that damn cop helmet once they were past security.

"There's a factory about a few hours North East of Seattle head out there, we can stop at a little motel on the way and maybe rest a bit," said Rachel leaning on Jesse's good shoulder.

"No problem," said Logan, "but first I think we need a new van."

"Yeah they'll be looking for this one after they get in there," said Alec.

"Head over to the S1W," said Asha, "They can get us something."

"Good idea."

^^^

"What the hell happened here?" asked the police officer in charge when he found the unconscious guards in the Parkade.

"What do you think happened?"

The officer turned around to see White heading his way.

"What happened to you?" asked the officer, the right side of White's face was bruised and bloody.

"Nevermind what happened to me," snapped White remembering a door slam open on his face.

'I will get you 452 whatever it takes, I'm going to kill you myself'

Meanwhile…….

High above the streets of Seattle, standing on the edge of the hospital roof. Koiohla stood there standing calm in the wind. She knew where they were headed, she could smell it.

Her eyes narrowed as her lips curved into a sadistic smile.



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