Renegade:

Chapter 5

It is cold, but I am trained to resist such feelings. It is dark, but being afraid of the dark if for children. Today, I am no child. I am a messenger of peace through strength, a weapon of war that holds great power within me. Today, I am a Specter. A fighter, a warrior, trained in both the art of the shadows and the art of war, I am the strongest of the organization's professions. Unlike the Phantoms that don't exist, and the Ghosts that strike only from the shadows, I am brave; I am strong. I prep myself for the coming mission. It will be my first, and it will be the deciding moment in my life. I am in a field, on a hill, which over looks a bunker, my enemy. I take out my videophone out my jacket pocket and contact my superior.

"Are you ready?" asked the all too familiar voice of Vincent, my teacher.

"Yes sir, give me my briefing."

"The bunker inside is your target. It is a military facility, and our Phantoms report that they are preparing to attack the organization. Your job is to assassinate any potential hostiles. Your methods are endless. You just can't let anyone know what happened."

"Yes sir."

I know exactly what to do. I creep slowly over to the brush near the bunker and observe the entrance. I see two guards dressed in military uniforms. They are using outdated rifles. Funny, I would expect an enemy of the organization to be better armed. Whatever it just makes the job easier. At the top of the bunker are two security cameras; I'm going to have to take the guards out quickly. I use my telekinesis me move my legs and feet super-fast. I take both guards by their collars and pull them into the bush on the other side. They were too shocked to notice what happened. I quickly kick them one in the head and punch one of them in the neck near his Adam's apple. They both fall to the ground in die. No alarms. Perfect. I search both of the guards for anything I would need. One of them carried a key to the west entrance, the one he was patrolling. The other had a keycard to the security system. I'll need both.

Easy enough, so far, they must have more waiting for me inside, yeah. Now, I'm going to have to be quick. Run, run, run, I'm there. Okay quickly put the keycard in. CRAP! I put it in backwards. Quickly, quickly, put it right side up. Please say the security guard isn't at his post. I'm in. Weird, nobody's here, gotta' be an ambush waiting. Now, stay on my toes. There's someone in the next hall. Perfect, okay, I run up to him. Give him a punch to the face, stomach, and kick to the legs. He's out.

The alarm triggered! Finally, at least now I can fight them in a tight hallway. Here they come. I can hear their feet patting the ground. Now this is weird, this isn't nearly loud enough to be an entire bunker load. Anyway, I jump out of the corner just as they're about to cross around. I give them a good Psi-Wave takes them all down.

Wait. 1...2.3.4. There are only 10 of them! What the heck is going on! These guys are WAY too under equipped, under trained, and under staffed. Why did they send my here? What threat could they pose? I should really stop questioning HQ and start looking for others.

DANGIT! That alarm is getting annoying! Okay first things first, I should check the guards for a map to the security room.

First one. Nothing.

Second. No-go.

Third. Nadda.

Fourth. Bingo!

Now where is that room? I look at the map to discover that it is at room 12B. Great, it's on the other side of the bunker. Now I have to listen to that racket until I get there.

The trip there wasn't hard. That's what worries me. I'm beginning to think this whole mission is a blatant lie. But why would they do something like that?

Finally, I'm there. Now, let's get that freaking alarm off. Good. Now let's see what guards we have on post. There are the two guards at the entrance on patrol around. What the- they were the ONLY ones patrolling outside! Calm down. Let's get a check on all of the guards on post right now. That's the one that one took out inside. The ten I took out after the alarm went off and. NO! That's it. Why did HQ send me here? They sent Phantoms. They should have known this place was worthless.

Then the realization hit me. They sent me to butcher them. This was just something they wanted. I can't be the only one. I can't. What about the Renegades? I bet this is why they left. I've gotta' leave. I can't stay, but where would I go? I don't know, but it can't be here.

This was the chronicle of Ark's first and only mission. He was a Specter, the warriors of the organization. Vincent was a Phantom, spies, invisible stalkers that don't exist. And then there were the Ghosts, assassins, sent to kill one person or a group of people.

What is it like? To realize one day that you're a fourteen-year-old butcher, it was unimaginable for Ark. It was so soul torturing to him that he lived a life of seclusion for two years. The organization didn't like this. Since he was raised there he definitely knew too much. They had to kill him. He escaped time, after time until two years passed. This made him the longest surviving Renegade…ever. But is his time winding down? Nobody can really tell. That night, Ark once again relived his greatest sin, and every time he has that dream he wakes up wondering what's next.