TO THE READER- #1
DEAR, jasonb210
THAN YOU FOR THE CRITISISM. AND ABOUT THE AK-74, IT IS A SOVIET MACHINE GUN WHERE AS THE AK-47 IS ISRAELI ISSUE. LOOK IT UP. ANY WAY THAN KYOU FOR POINTING THINGS OUT, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. I'LL TRY AND ADD AS MUH DEATIL AS POSSIBLE
CHAPTER ELEVEN: INFILTRATION
The sun sank slowly over the westerns sky. It was as though it had died. Alex had felt that feeling too many times. He still held the AK in his hands. The strap wrapped around his cut up, shirtless chest. The strap covered the scar. The same one that had brought him closer to his parents than ever before. He looked over at David Titan.
David Titan was in his mid-thirties and his lush brown hair waved with the wind. He was strong and he had loose confident eyes. Eyes that needed no protection, his smile was warming and innocent. The truck stumbled on with Sabina in the back. She was getting nervous, Alex had left to get the driver and yet they were still driving. Was Alex driving? These questions would be answered in only minutes when they stopped outside an oil complex; it was old and covered with black mold that Alex could only assume was oil remnants. Alex and Titan stepped out of the truck and went to the back. Titan looked inside, the door had been open for a few miles. The ground was parched beneath them and left footprints when they moved.
It was dark inside with a shadow in the back.
"Sabina, come on out." Alex spoke softly, his jaw still aching from the punches.
Sabina walked out, shaken and a little scared. She smiled at Alex and he smiled back. She took a good look at Titan. "Who is this?" She asked.
Titan smiled a charming smile. "I am David Titan of the…"
"An American," spoke Sabina. Sabina must've known that she was too young for him, but I guess she still had a crush. Alex watched, he coughed. The attention was broken. Titan was at least 35 he was just putting on his charming act. Everyone regained consciousness and went on.
The gated were rusty and dug deep in the dirt and with a sharp kick they fell over. Alex was suspicious of it, if this was his base of operations why in the world would his security be so light. A bird flew overhead; it sunk down to land on the hallway of fence. It landed in the hall and exploded, feathers flying in all directions. Maybe they had protection, Alex thought. Everyone stared at the feathers floating down, smoking and on fire. Alex looked at the small metal box, the origin of the laser that was invisible to the naked eye, but Alex guessed that it went behind it.
"What are we going to?" Asked Titan, still looking at the feathers.
Alex looked at Sabina and she looked at him. He stared into her eyes, he showed no emotion. Her blue eyes widened. "Alex don't you do it." She said hastily going to him, placing her hands on his bare shoulder.
He didn't look at her; he pushed her off and began walking. He walked toward the hallway, now smeared in bird remains. The red of the blood.
Alex went to the first box and breathed in and out. Everyone but Alex seemed frozen in place, Alex stepped up onto the box, no bigger than the heel of his shoe; he held out his arms like a tightrope walker and breathed again. Alex was never before afraid of something he couldn't see. He took the first step landing on the other box; his shoelace dipped low intruding on one of the lasers. It split it in half singing the material. Alex didn't feel it and if he had he would have lost his balance and have been cut into small strips by the lasers. He stepped again and again until he reached the other side of the hallway. He stepped down finally breathing out, it had only taken three minutes to get across but it felt like days. Like he was crossing a desert. He had begun to sweat and his brown hair was pressed down.
Titan and Sabina let out a sigh of relief, not enough time to smile. The bullets tore through the truck and bounced off the ground. Sabina and Titan were first to react; they jumped behind the truck and blocked their heads. Six or seven guards appeared, their guns smoking.
Titan looked at Alex who stood there looking. Shell shock. Everything appeared n slow motion, no sound just movement, bullets flying in slow motion, missing their targets. Sabina covering herself, and Titan firing back. Blinking after every shot. And Alex just standing there watching, dull glazed over eyes, a look of nothing. His hair waving in the wind and his mouth closed.
Alex finally broke the shock and finally heard the sounds of the battle. The sound of ricocheting bullets the sound of firing of a weapon and finally the sound of Titan screaming.
"Go, Alex! I'll find a way out. Go stop Kascef."
Alex ran toward the oil complex, over looking the battle raging behind him. He opened the door and ran in. How different the inside looked. The floors were silver and futuristic and the walls were white. Bland and nostalgic. How many times before Alex had seen places like this. He kept waking listening and hearing the battle outside. Who was winning? Were they still alive? Could Alex do it alone? Alex thought as he continued walking to the end of the hall. He found an elevator and pressed the button leaning to the side to make sure there was no guard. There wasn't and he stepped into the small square space. There must be a camera, Alex thought, but he didn't care. Kascef must've known by now he was coming.
Alex looked at the buttons. First Floor, Second, third, basement 1, basement 2. Alex decided to pick one of the basements, if he picked the wrong one he may very well be surrounded by guards or if not he would be very lucky. He pressed the button and watched it light up. The doors closed silently and he began to head down. Alex swallowed and hoped that he wouldn't find guards. He thought about Sabina and Titan, he hoped they would be alive. The doors opened and the light flooded in, Alex stepped out. He was happy, there were no guards, there was something different. Something worse.