WOLF SOLDIER

Phase 1: "The Journey"

Chapter 20

.o.o.o.

Artorus and the other marines were now surrounded by troupers in gasmasks and body armor, pointing guns at them.

Their captor was now revealed to them. Abel smiled at them as he looked them over.

"Abel, what it the meaning of this?" Artorus asked calmly.

"That answer to that question is a rather long and complex one that would rather not go into." He began. "However, I will tell you that you have unfortunately become liabilities to the company."

"What the hell does that mean!" Einrich demanded.

Abel frowned. "You know too much." Abel simply replied. "We need the data from this facility, but we can't allow the public to know that the company would be willing to accept something that came at the cost of so many human lives."

Artorus smiled darkly. "Yes, that would be bad for the company's public image."

"Exactly." Abel replied. "I have assumed control of this operation under the consensus that things had grown so far out of control that your forces could no longer handle the matter." He explained. "But you successfully made it out of the red zone and have returned with the data we needed." He paused. "This act alone shows that I failed to properly assess the situation, and would result me being cast in a negative light. I certainly am not going to be found culpable of corporate incompetence."

"Then you're just covering you own ass, making sure that no one knows how you fucked up- declaring martial law when you had no authority to do so." Artorus remarked.

Jackson looked at Abel gravely. "Yeah, and he knows best of all that the only situation that allows for him to bypass all the red tape and company protocol is when there is no other viable choice- he assumed we'd never survive, so he made himself the boss, but now he's fucked!"

Abel shook his head. "You're mistake, none of you will live long enough to implicate me in anything, as far as the company will ever know- you all died in this tragedy." He informed them with a smile. "I will now collect the data for the enhanced Xenomorphs."

Jackson smiled brightly. "Sorry pall, but I destroyed it, and delete all hard copies from the mainframe." He told him. "No one will benefit from this immoral research."

"No, not quite." Salazar remarked as he stepped forward and removed something from his jacket.

Everyone watched as the marine handed a portable drive to Abel.

"Are you crazy!" Jackson yelled.

Salazar turned and looked at the other marines. "I'm not betraying you guys, I always was working with The Company." He began. "My job was to make sure that nothing got in the way of this information getting here."

Salazar continued. "You must have thought that Abel was the company man, but I've got a surprise for you all, I'm the company man." He said with a smile.

"Than who are you?" Jackson asked Abel.

"That's a secret." Abel said with a smile to the man.

"You asshole!" Einrich yelled, hearing the words of their fellow marine, and tried to attack him, only to have one of the troopers hit her in the back of the head with the but of his rifle.

"Shit!" Jackson yelled as a barrel was stuck in his face.

"Take them away, we'll deal with them later." Abel instructed.

Rita shrieked as someone grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back.

Artorus lunged forward, but a trooper stepped in front of him and point his gun at him.

Artorus effortlessly kicked the gun out of his hands and kicked him in the face, breaking the lenses in his mask.

The trooper holding Rita stepped back aimed his gun at the hybrid marine.

A shot hit Artorus on his side, but it didn't seem to faze him.

Abel backhanded the trooper. "Moron, bring out the tranquilizer guns!"

Two troopers came at Artorus from behind and latched onto his arms, but the wolf drove his elbow into one head and flipped the other over his shoulder and onto the ground.

Jackson watched in horror, kneeling down beside the unconscious Einrich, as a trooper appeared with a large, CO2 powered tranquilizer rifle and aimed at Artorus.

The dart hit Artorus in his shoulder, but he pulled it out. He then pulled his knife out from its sheath and threw it in one fluid motion.

Rita screamed as it sailed towards her, but gasped as it landed in the forehead of the trooper holding her.

Two more darts hit Artorus, but he was too caught up in his blood rage to notice. "Rita!" He yelled. He gasped unevenly as more struck him. He then screamed and seemed to get his strength back somewhat.

"I won't let you hurt her!" He yelled as Rita's eyes began to water.

Abel watched with a look of total glee as the Bowman's wolf fought with a terrifying inhuman power. "Keep up with the darts, he won't last much longer."

Then, a strange figure in black appeared out of nowhere, blocking the bath between Artorus and Rita. He jabbed Artorus with a baton that emitted a powerful electric charge.

"Back off animal!" The stranger yelled as he shocked him again. "Stay down!" He yelled as he administered a third shock.

A trooper with a tranquilizer rifle appeared near Artorus and aimed at him, but the hybrid grabbed the barrel of the rifle and leered at the trooper.

The trooper froze in fear at the look of furry and desperation in Artorus eyes. He just stood there as the wolf-human hybrid looked straight into his eyes.

Artorus felt weak now; his vision was failing and things were getting dark.

The man in black walked up and shocked him again.

Rita ran over to Artorus and began to cry uncontrollably. She hated herself for showing weakness, but it didn't matter at this point.

Jackson turned to one of the troopers. "I surrender, please, just help with her." He said, pointing at Einrich.

Troopers advanced and restrained him, while others picked up the woman.

Abel watched as Jackson and Einrich, along with Clement were escorted away. Rita was also forcibly carried away as well.

Abel pocketed the drive and then turned to the troopers. "Have McNealand taken away and tended to, then impression him with the others."

He then turned away. "Yes, this will prove quite useful in future tests of the hybrids."

-End of Chapter 20-

(Continued in Phase 2: "The Destruction")

.o.o.o.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. It's a big turning point in the story. I also would like to ask the readers opinion on something. I am debating whether I should start a new file for the rest of the story, or keep going with this one?

I may just keep going with this one, but I'd still like to have some input on what you guys- as the fans- think.

Thank you.

-Bojack727