Phelan's Grunts

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not own the Marvel Universe or any characters that originated there, I just own the Grunts

Notes: Same as in chapter 1

The Mission - chapter-13

Adam used his sword and kick to enter the computer room. He moves quickly to a terminal in the back of the room. It was the one Dr. Toryn had told him about. He reaches under his duster and pulls out a disk. He places it in the disk drive and then turns off the computer. He waits a minute and turns it back on and watches as the boot disk that Dr. Toryn had made for him gives him total access to the entire computer network.

Ryszard and the two troopers with him leave the elevator in a dead run the comlink in his ear giving him instructions, "One is in the main computer room, and the other is in the freezer room. The one in the freezer room has all ready eliminated the guard that was there."

"How?"

"He had him and suddenly they just disappeared. He is back now and crap!"

"What?"

"He's removing the bodies."

"That's not a he it's a she, Ryszard to troopers headed for level twelve, the subject will be in the last room at the end of the hall, it will be the half alien female. Do not allow her to touch you, shoot on sight."

"Yes sir."

Adam taps in the code to run the virus just as he is about to activate it the computer room door burst open. The three men enter firing, 9mm bullets destroying computers all around the room. Adam rolls away from the computer to draw their fire away from his computer. He draws guns as he moves. Across the room from the computer he had been using he comes up firing, he makes sure the mystic energy bolts that hit Ryszard are not as strong as the ones that hit the troopers. In seconds all three are down, the troopers are out, but Ryszard is still awake. Moving quickly Adam reaches Ryszard and kicks his weapons away from him. He reaches down and grabs Ryszard by the collar and lifts him up.

"Well you got me freak. What're you going to do now?"

Without speaking to him he drags Ryszard over to the computer where he had been working, he pulls Ryszard up where he can see the computer screen.

"What is this? What are you doing?"

Adam reaches out and hits the enter button. Suddenly the screen fills with data and just as suddenly the data begins to erase, Ryszard begins to struggle, but he is no match for Adam's strength.

"Stop it! For the love of God stop it! Don't you understand you are destroying fifty years worth of research you're putting this country at risk."

Adam jerks Ryszard around, he pulls off his mask, looks him in the eye and speaks the first words ever to him, "I'm saving this country from you." He then tosses Ryszard aside and walks from the room. When he reaches the hall he runs for the elevator, once inside he presses the button for level twelve.

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BLINK

"This is the last one. I need the bomb now."

Turner grabs a large round package, on the top is a keypad and a keyed lock. He sets the package in front of Eve. "How long?"

"Ten minutes should be enough."

He quickly punches numbers on the keypad, he then looks at Eve, "When you're ready to set the bomb. Press this red arm button, turn the key to the set position and then remove the key. You will have ten minutes to get away from the bomb. This is an incendiary bomb."

"A what?"

"A fire bomb, it will cause a huge fire. Without that key this bomb cannot be stopped, so when you set it and remove the key, be ready to leave."

"Very well." She grabs the carrying strap.

BLINK

She moved quickly to the three round freezer units. She opens the first lid and stored inside are DNA samples from the alien bodies she opens the other two lids. She then props the bomb against the open lid of the middle unit. She presses the arm button turns the key to set and pulls it out.

"Freeze!"

Eve turns around to see three troopers standing in the door. Before she can even think about porting they open fire.

Adam is running down the hall when he hears the gunfire. He reaches the door and crashes into the troopers standing in the door. He sees Eve lying on the floor near the round freezer units. "Eve!" Without mercy he beats the three troopers into unconsciousness. He rushes to Eve he can't believe that she is still alive. He drops to the floor beside her, "Eve." He pulls her mask off.

She smiles up at him as he pulls his mask off, "Hi."

"Hi yourself."

"Those bullets hurt, my cloak didn't close."

"Well, we'll fix that Thank goodness your clothes are bulletproof."

"Yes" She sits up slowly, she then grabs his arm, "Adam! The bomb!"

He looks at the bomb less than five minutes left, "Can you teleport?"

"Not right now I hurt too much."

Adam picks her up and races down the hall to the elevator he and Eve get in and he punches the button for the second level. Halfway there the bomb detonates. The elevator stops with a jerk.

"Well love its up to you now."

"I'll try. Where?"

"The chopper."

"It's a long way from here."

"I'll be alright." He grips her hand.

"Okay."

Blink

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*Skymaster.*

"Eagle go."

*Mission accomplished*

"Roger that, Dark Force, Voltrix, Speed Demon, Titan. Time to bug out we are good to go. You girls get going, Dark Force and I will cover you."

In an instant Speed Demon is behind the steering wheel of the van. She starts it up and turns it around. As Titan and Voltrix run for the van, Voltrix continues to throw electrical bolts at the following troopers. They leap through the open side door as Speed Demon floors the gas petal and heads down the road. Skymaster swoops in throwing a force shield up behind the van at the same time rapidly firing force beams at the troopers. Dark force is back on one of his companions and flying while he has the other four continue to crash into any trooper still standing. As soon as the van is gone Skymaster and Dark Force fly off to meet the chopper that is now winging its way off into the night.