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The X-iles
Mission
"Suit up, we have a mission."
Rachel frowned as Jerry approached. So much for her training idea. Getting off the chair, she flipped off the TV. "Right, just a minute," she replied, smiling apologetically to David. "Oh well, what can 'ya do?" She walked off quickly down the hall, shoving the sandwich in her mouth.
She ate quickly as she squeezed into her suit. The whole thing was a fireproof material that Jason had developed especially for her, but was a pain to get on. It was a fairly tight body-suit with nothing attached that would catch on fire. The dark red material had an orange band down the middle of her chest and back, merging with another band at her waist line. The trademark X adorned two black shoulder pads. Her gloves had holes at her wrists and palms, where her fire originated, and had a fire symbol on the back. She tied her hair back tightly with a special fireproof hair tie-she hated it getting in her way during a battle-and returned to the living room. "I'm ready," she announced.
"Good let's get going." Jerry ran down into the secret room that held the vehicles, Rachel not far behind.
David felt a bit bad at being ignored... But he was used to it... He looked down at his uniform, how he hated it. It was an all black, skin-tight suit with shoulder, elbow, and knee-pads, each adorned with a red X. He was allowed a black trench coat, but it was crossed with a blue X. He really wasn't fond of the suit. It was energy and heat-resistant. Mostly due to his powers, but the suit was like this also because he often threw himself out into close-range combat and explosions would result. David also wore dark shades to "try and hide the change in his eyes." Sighing, he followed the others to the hangar.
They had a jet but it had been damaged and was being repaired. It was safer to use smaller vehicles anyway. Jerry of course could fly but not all of the others could. "Take one of the hover bikes," he suggested, "it is fast enough that you can escape if needed plus we should be able to stay clear of Sentinels if needed. I will fly by the side of you."
The mutant hovered in the air as Jason told them
the coordinates. After about half an hour of travel and twenty minutes of
hiding they got to the base. "We have to find a safe way in, I would
suggest one of the windows or the roof."
He looked around then turned to Rachel. "What do you think?"
"The roof..." suggested David, "windows more often than not have alarms..."
Jerry looked up at the roof. "Alright we will take the roof." After he said that he flew forward toward the roof. He noticed some guards though and landed quickly, running back to the others. "This place has a lot of guards; David you take the ones to the right of the building. Rachel you take the ones on the left. If you need help just call out. I will take the snipers on the roof and in the bushes."
Rachel nodded. "Right. When I'm done I'll join you on the roof."
"Fine, fine... A sneak attack..." muttered David, slowly making his way to the right.
He flew off quickly and snuck behind the ones in the bushes. He blasted them into a tree and knocked them out. He grabbed one of the rifles and used the scope to see which way the two on the roof were facing. Waiting until they were looking away, he sped upwards to them and knocked them out with some punches. He grabbed another rifle and began watching the other two.
Rachel slipped quietly around the building and knocked out a couple guards, dragging them into a dumpster. Rounding another corner, she saw a gate in the high fence leading to a parking lot. Beside the gate was a small security booth. "This must be the front," she said. "Better leave the guards alive, I'll bet that booth has cameras in it." Carefully avoiding the lights, she crept to the non-windowed side of the booth. Placing her hands on the wall, she slowly pumped energy into the booth, but she carefully checked herself to make sure it didn't actually catch on fire. After ten minutes of tediously raising the temperature inside the booth, she put her ear to the wall. She heard snoring coming from inside. "People fall asleep easier when it's warm," she smiled and moved on.
There were four guards in David's path. 'Using Energy Control would be too flashy to take them out,' he thought, 'It would be best just to knock them out cold...' He chopped the first guard in back of the neck, dropping him. The second guard charged at David. This guard was elbowed in the chest, then punched in the stomach, causing him to pass out. The third guard tried to hit the alarm, but David was too fast for him. He flew up to the third guard and bent him over his palm. He decided one small blast couldn't hurt if the flash was covered by the guard's body. David blasted him point blank in the chest and he was out cold. He then went to meet up with the others...
As he watched them through the scope Jerry was impressed how far their abilities had come. He waited for the two mutants to get to the roof. "Good job you two, now let's get into the factory and scope out what they are doing with the sentinels nowadays."
David half wondered if he said it only to keep their morale up. David knew Rachel wasn't one hundred percent sure on her abilities, and David knew he wasn't all that skilled with his. "Can we go now?" he asked. He was hoping to finish up, then go back to base, maybe take Rachel up on her earlier offer or something...
Jerry walked to the door on the roof and tried to open it, but it was locked. He would have blasted it open but that might have made to much noise. He pulled out a small tool and placed it into the lock. A few clicks were heard then the door unlocked and he opened it. "Let's go, be careful of cameras and alarms."
Rachel was feeling a little pumped, ready for some action after all that tedious stuff. "Come on, David, we haven't even started yet!" She gave him a big pat on the back and followed Jerry quietly into the factory.
After moving slowly down the stairs and dodging alarms, they made it to the bottom. The door at the bottom was unlocked and he opened it then looked around. They were in a large room with boxes and crates all around. He saw some guards then quickly rolled behind some boxes, signaling for the others to follow when safe.
Jason talked into their minds. 'You three are in the storage area, that is where they keep all the parts for the Sentinels. You need to move further in to where they design and create the S. Sentinels.'
Jerry didn't speak after he got the instructions, but ran quickly into the nearest hallway. After a few minutes of searching, they found the main computer room. Jerry turned to the others and whispered, "We are going to have to find a way to use their computers; we are going to need all the information we can get. Are either of you hackers?"
"I've done a little here and there..." said David. He walked up to the computer and started to hack into the system. Millions of lines of code appeared on the screen. David could easily understand it. Soon, however, he hit a firewall, one that would not been easily cracked.
"We've got a problem..." said David to the others, "This password is protected by a firewall, and I'm having trouble cracking it..." He kept typing away, but was still having a problem...
"Keep trying," Jerry said encouragingly. "Rachel, you watch his back and make sure nobody sees you, if they do stop them before they sound an alarm. Here is a data disk, copy as much info as you can get into it." The mutant looked around and made sure it was clear. "I am going deeper, I need to see what else I can dig up, I might be able to attain a pass code and some ID from somebody."
"Got it, Jerry," Rachel took the disc from him and laid it next to the keyboard as Jerry sneaked out.
The mutant hid behind some more boxes and went further in, making his way into the manufacturing part of the plant. He flew upwards and hid in a dark spot on the ceiling, holding tight to the rafters.
Jerry saw what he needed to, or what The Watcher needed to see anyway. As he began sneaking away a guard saw him and began firing. Jerry dodged the blasts then got to the guard and knocked him out. "That was close." The mutant thought to himself. Before he could get out of there he was smashed hard by something metallic and heavy. He was launched into the boxes and busted straight through them and hit into a wall. He groaned as he stood up, then looked straight up at his attacker. "Oh great," He said aloud as he kicked off the wall and gave the attacker a wind powered punch. It had little effect on it as it quickly grabbed him then tossed him through the wall…
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Rachel watched in awe as millions of lines of code flashed by the screen, driven on by David's flying fingers. A small whistle escaped her as she exclaimed, "It's enough to give you a seizure!" After a minute of silent observation she added, "Try the most simple thing. I find when I'm butting my head against a wall, it's usually 'cause I don't see the door right in front of my face." She chuckled. "It's true, I really think too hard some-" She cut off as she heard someone walking down the hall. Walking to the window, she pressed herself against the glass to see who was coming through the drawn shade. From the buff figure and heavy steps, she figured it was a security guard. "Damn!" She whispered. 'Well, I guess my best chance is to surprise him.' "David, someone's coming! Be ready to bolt if anything happens!"
She listened as the guard lingered in front of the door, then opened it and pulled him in as fast as she could. She successfully knocked away his walkie-talkie, but was so occupied doing that she didn't have time to knock him out. A small struggle ensued. It looked like the guard's bigger build would win, but at the last moment her agility saved her and she was able to subdue him, holding him face-down with a knee to the tailbone. "Hey Dave," she said suddenly, "you think he knows anything useful?"
"Well Rach, I think he could know something of use, but would my gift of all this computer's data be a better present for you?" said David sarcastically. He was kinda happy at her using "Dave" instead of "David," kinda like a pet name or something, or was he reading too much into it? Anyway, he began to download a copy of the computer's data onto the disc.
"Oh…" Rachel was kind of disappointed, and totally didn't catch his calling her "Rach". "I thought maybe he'd know a password or something, but if you don't need one..." She knocked out the guard and dragged him to the corner. She jumped up, still full of spunk, and watched David as he worked. Sighing, she ran her hand through her hair. She was definitely fired up tonight. She'd have to watch herself so she didn't do anything rash.
He turned around and looked Rachel in the eyes. He was about to say something, but then thought better of it... He let the download continue, but he knew he should soon turn around to finalize it. As he was about to turn around, he thought of something to say, "So... Um, are you planning anything for like tomorrow or anything?" He then quickly turned around and got back to work. He wasn't sure what he was doing, so he just hoped she had blown it off...
"Hm?" Rachel stopped with her hand midway through her hair. Plans? Had David just asked her what she was doing tomorrow? Usually that line lead up to... 'No way! Shy little David?'
She blinked, realizing she was holding her arm up in the air like a total idiot, and dropped it to her side. Not knowing how to reply, her tomboyish tendencies took over. "Naw, just the usual, you know. Toasting some Sentinels, watching Jeff Foxworthy for the millionth time. What about you?"
The line was out of her mouth before she could think. 'Of course he has something planned for tomorrow! That's why he's asking you duh!' She mentally kicked herself.
David wondered if she was inviting him to ask her somewhere. So, he just went for it. Without looking over his shoulder, he asked, "Well, I hoping to grab a bite to eat someplace... I know this great little cafe..." He left it at this, hoping she would catch on. He ejected the disc.
'Holy crap. He really is.' "That's awesome, it would save me from having to use my hands as a stove for once. I mean, you'd think we could get some better appliances somewhere. And sandwiches and cold soup are only good for the first week or so..." She laughed sarcastically.
'She's going to go?'David thought to himself, amazed. He turned around, disc in hand, to look at her. He could tell she felt a lot like he did, confused by what they we're doing. 'But, why the confusion? It was only lunch right? Right, right? Yeah... Wasn't it?'
'Why is he surprised?' Rachel thought, 'I'm just one of the guys, right? Of course I'll eat lunch with him! It wasn't anything weird....was it?'
"Yeah... Toasting my bread with a energy blast isn't what I call good eats..." David said, then thinking, 'That had to be the corniest thing I could have said back... Damnit David, you can do better...'
She laughed a little at his response. "I didn't know you did that too! With your energy blasts, I'd think you'd turn bread into dust, not toast!" 'Aww crap! I just dissed him! This is bad, I have to calm down…'
Without thinking, he said, "Pick you up at 11:45?" 'Pick her up? We live in the same house!' David just looked to the side and at the ground after that...
"Wha?" She looked up to see him staring at the floor disconsolately. She smiled a little. "Sure, Dav-"
Suddenly Jerry came flying through the wall, smashing into the computer behind them.
He stumbled as he stood up. "Sorry to break up anything that is happening but we have a new problem." He pointed to the human-sized Sentinel. "That thing can pack a punch and what's really great is it's now our size but four times our strength." Jerry panted as he tried to catch his breath. "You two get going I will hold it off long enough for you to get out." He flew upwards and shot down a powerful wind blast. The Sentinel put up its hand and a blue glow surrounded its palm. Jerry's blast was reflected and smashed him upwards into the ceiling. He hit it hard and began to fall; the Sentinel wasted no time in attacking as he flew up and hit Jerry in the stomach, then grabbed his arm and tossed him down into some boxes. Blood was coming from his mouth as he stood up. He was afraid at the moment and angry at the same time. "YOU TWO GET OUT NOW!"
"What?" Rachel yelled, "We can't just leave you here!"
David became serious. "Alright, let's go," he said to Rachel. His eyes became ablaze, he knew they had to get out quick. He fired a blast directly through the near by wall. He quick grabbed Rachel by the wrist and began to run out the hole he had made. Stumbling, Rachel tried to see Jerry but could not match David's frantic pace.
Jerry bent his knees and sucked his weight into the ground. The air around him began to spin violently. It grabbed everything around it and began spinning it in a violent circle, the speed and power of the wind being fed by Jerry. He was going to give it his all; this new Sentinel was much stronger than the others and far superior in speed, agility, and offense. He had only one hope at the moment, and that was to use his powerful hurricane to destroy the entire place…
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