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Chapter 7 - Takedown

After the nice relaxing bath Clay and Tausha shared, they dried off and went back to the training room. Clay showed Tausha how to use all the Yautja weapons. He showed her how to make a fist and tense her arm muscle to make her new wrist blades retract, and how to adjust the different views in her mask, also how to use the stealthy cloaking device. She loved the shoulder blaster, it was so easy to adjust and aim, it was way better than any hand held gun. Not that there weren't any hand held guns, Clay had many of them, he just didn't feel the need to teach Tausha how to use them, it was pretty obvious, just point and pull the trigger. He showed her how the spears and flying discs worked, and how to shoot the net that was in her wrist gadget. He told her that the net crushed whatever struggled or tried to escape from it. Clay was going to show Tausha the swords but immediately noticed that she was already checking them out.

"Wow, their so beautiful, I wanna use one of these." Tausha was rubbing one of the swords like it was some kind of precious animal.

"You can, but then you have to put back your spear." He took the spear from her.

"Alright, I'd take a sword over a spear any day. But why?" She looked up into his eyes.

"If you have so many weapons, it gives you an unfair advantage over the prey." He started to explain.

"All the weapons you have are already giving you an unfair advantage over any prey."

"If the prey is really worthy, it will find a way to fight back. No matter what you use it will still be a challenge." Clay hung up the spear and saw that Tausha was already practicing with her new sword.

"It's a lot lighter than my old one, way easier to use." Clay could see how happy Tausha was, he could tell that she really liked the sword.

"Oh my gosh, I just thought or something." She stopped swinging her sword and looked at Clay, "You said there was a blast. My friends are going to be looking for me. We have to go back there and tell them that I'm alright, otherwise their definitely going to be seeking revenge. Could you please take me back to the place that you set off the bomb?" Tausha was looking square into his eyes, and he could see that she was very serious.

Clay walked up to Tausha and gently placed his hands on her arms, "Do you want to leave me?"

"No, I want to stay with you, I just want to let my friends know that everything's alright. Then we can leave……..together. Alright?" She had placed her hand on the side of his face to reassure him. Her hand was so nice and warm that Clay closed his eyes and enjoyed her touch.

"Alright, but how do you know your friends will be there?" Clay opened his eyes and looked into hers.

"Trust me, they'll be there."

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The van escorting Dericks team had finally arrived at its destination, or as close as it could get to it anyways. Everyone got out of the van one by one, checking their weapons and making sure everything was in the right place as they did. Derick addressed his team, "I want you guys to use the tranquilizers."

"What?" Kelley was outraged, "Travus wants them dead! Why just put them to sleep?"

"If we knock them out we can take them to the warehouse and kill them there. That way we won't have any unseen witnesses for sure." Derick made sure that everyone understood. He could tell that Kelley hated the idea, even though she agreed to it.

Derick assigned Chris to stay near the van with him while the other three went and retrieved the alien hunters. They needed to keep the van running and ready for a hasty retreat. Chris was a little mad, he didn't want to be the one stuck with Derick in the van, he wanted to get in on the action. But like any good soldier he followed orders.

Kelley, Jason and Steven slid down into the massive crater, they started looking for the alien hunters immediately.

"They could be anywhere, there are so many good places to hide." Jason stated the obvious.

"Hey Kelley." Steven whispered. "What da ya say after this we go back to my place and get wasted?"

Kelley just glared at Steven then put up her hand and gave him the middle finger, obvious sign language.

"Oh, yes! Please! I'd love to fu…" Jason covered Stevens mouth before he could finish.

"Shut up you idiot. I hear foot steps." Jason knelt down and watched ahead, aiming his tranquilizer gun, ready to shoot. Steven and Kelley did the same.

They could hear multiple foot steps, two people were going to walk right past their position.

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"I couldn't find anything." Mandy told Brandy.

"I know, all the bodies and any evidence seems to have disintegrated. We better head home, it's getting dark, we won't be able to find anything without light anyways." Brandy started walking in the direction of their parked car. Mandy soon followed, only looking back once, she felt like she was betraying Tausha, she really wanted to get the person that had done this, no doubt in her mind that Brandy felt the same way.

Mandy caught up to Brandy and they walked side by side. They were in such a bad mood that they didn't even care to notice the people talking near by. Mandy was going to say something to Brandy but was unable to when she felt a sharp pain in her neck. "Ow!" She pulled the dart out of her neck and looked at it in her hand, her vision started getting blurry. "What the….." She started loosing her balance. She felt another dart penetrate her arm. She tried to pull it out but couldn't control her hand to reach it, she was too dizzy. Her ankles gave out and she collapsed, she was unconscious before she hit the ground.

Brandy had noticed Mandy stumbling around a little, then saw the dart Mandy had in her hand. She quickly jumped behind a fallen building, pulling out her guns from her leg holsters as she did. "Who the fuck is out there?" She screamed. She went to peek around the corner to see if Mandy was alright but was met with the butt of Stevens tranquilizer gun. "Uhh!" She screamed as blood squirted from her nose and she fell backwards, dropping her guns on the way down. Oh that was smart, she thought to herself.

Steven jumped on top of her and pulled her arms above her head, pinning Brandy down.

"Hey baby, you weren't thinking about shooting me now were you?" Steven was right in Brandy's face. She struggled but couldn't get loose.

"Oh, you must like it ruff." Steven got in Brandy's face again, he was going to lick her lips, but she took the opportunity of his closeness and head butted him as hard as she could, she felt his nose break and heard it crunch.

He got off of her immediately clutching his nose, his eyes were tearing like crazy, "You Bitch!" He was standing above her so she took the opportunity again and kicked up nailing him hard in the groin. "Ahh!" Steven yelled as he fell to the ground holding himself.

Brandy reached for one of her guns, but Kelley met her hand, stepping on it and twisting her boot, crushing Brandy's fingers. "Ahh!" Brandy yelled in agony. Kelley just smiled down on Brandy then shot her in the neck with the tranquilizer. Brandy's vision went blurry, she could hear Kelley's evil laugh, then she was out.

Kelley was going to kick Brandy while she was unconscious, but Jason stopped her. "Don't start beating on her now, we don't need to attract any unwanted attention." Jason pulled Kelley back a little. "Now go help Steven with the other one, he's having some trouble with his balance from the kick he took to his nuts."

Kelley started laughing, "Yeah that was a pretty good shot." She headed over towards Steven and helped him carry Mandy's body towards the van. Jason had no problem carrying Brandy's body on his own.

End of Chapter 7

By Tausha Monroe - dahdtoudi