I let Max go ahead taking out two smoke grenades, throwing them on the ground as smoke fill the sky making our get away. But knowing Dan he'll keep coming with everything he got until his Intel is secure. I followed Max a yard away covering her back. Escape and Evade comes into play right now. It's much harder to do it when your being pursued by a small army of x- 5's, sharp with experience battle tactics that keeps you constantly running for your life.

A shaking noise of bushes catches my ears. Strange how I can hear all that with bullets flying everywhere, but soldiers are suppose to be alert through anything. My pace slows down and soon crouches down near a big tree, isolating the noise in the atmosphere to the shaking of the bushes I hear. It sometimes scare me how I can do this and the others can't. Maybe John, Vince, and Dan but the others I expect not. The noise stops, as my senses are full alert.

Dan aims his gun, perfectly camouflage in the bushes, lying on the ground as his clothes inmate the snow color. His face's calm, emotionless, knowing Max and I are the only ones left on the team. Zack played right in his trap. A stupid miss calculation move that's about to get all his team members killed. His fingers touch the trigger, cautious about any movement to be heard by me. From the start he knew I was a worthy opponent for him. Zack was for awhile but he surpass his capabilities but didn't want to embarrass him in front of the squad. He waits for his moment.and fires.

In an instant, I move, blurring from his vision, to fast even for him to pick up as he loses site of me. He desperately tries to find me but a shot goes off. His beeper goes off as he looks surprise, seeing me behind him and plays dead.

I run back to the rendezvous point. Lydecker and three other operatives stand behind him. I saw Sataya in there custody and Max at an attention, holding her gun on her right shoulder. My heavy breathing show through the air as if a small fire coming out of my mouth. My legs practically ran all the way back, four miles at the most, going at top speed. Now were not supposed to do that because our bodies can overheat making us collapse on the spot. But my body felt as if it can still run another five more miles before that happens. Lydecker never showed emotion but was perplexed that I got out of there alive. Even his older x-5's still haven't mastered that and I did.

I walk up, assured of my great accomplishment. "Sir!" As I salute him.

"At ease soldier." He eyes us both of how the two youngest of x-5's made it out of all that heavy firepower. He had a feeling most of it was because of me but Max was the best at escape and evade as while. "X-5 452 and X-5 995. Good job on completing your mission. But to prefect the mission you must have your whole team, alive and together back at the rendezvous point. Is that clear soldiers."

"Sir, yes sir!" We both reply.

*** Back at the barracks Max and I felt proud as we hold our heads up a little taller over a big win today, even though it wasn't perfect but it was accomplished. I knew we could of prevented it but Zack stubbornness would of loss the mission. Making Lydecker angry with us, by showing it with his dagger cold eyes, pushing us harder the next day until we triumphs over our mistakes. Zack all day keep giving me the cold shoulder. Didn't know why. Mission was successful. Maybe because Lydecker was proud of me instead of him. Who fault is that. I was trained to become the best soldier and that's what I'm going to do, no matter what anybody says.