Hello, again and as promised! The second part of this chapter. Please know that a certain character is very much alive just not with the gang.
That's enough out of me, on with the story!
Chapter 16 EXploits
Meanwhile at the MU HQ...
Lorna, Marcos, and Esme go find John. He was actually headed upstairs to figure out some sort of plan to get everyone out.
"John, we gotta talk." Marcos says.
"What is it?" John asks.
"It's the Struckers." Lorna says with an eyeroll. They walked over towards one of the desks. "They didn't say anything." Lorna says.
"They just left?" John asks.
"Yeah, we checked the whole building. They took one of the cars. They're gone." Marcos says.
Esme rolls her eyes. "They had some idea about convincing Agent Turner to get everyone out of the lab, as if a lifetime spent behind bars is somehow better. They just don't get it. They're humans. Even if they succeed, and he moves them to a mutant detention center tonight, they're gone."
"Wait. If we really think that there's a chance, even a small one, that Agent Turner will move the prisoners tonight.." John says.
"We might be able to rescue them." Lorna finishes.
"That's still a big risk. I mean, the last time we hit them, they came back at us hard." Marcos says still not sure.
"All the more reason to hit back." Lorna simply says.
"Do you really think the Struckers can pull this off?" John asks.
Esme shrugs. "It's possible. Reed was a lawyer. I mean, he was one of them."
"We need a plan, though." Lorna says.
"Shatter's still scouting at Trask. He needs to know what might be coming." Marcos says. John nods.
Meanwhile back at Trask...
Clarice and Sonia come out of their cells and join the guards. Clarice has two holding her arms a good distance away from each other. While Sonia has one that has a firm grip on her arm. The guards walk them down a glass windowed hallway and then down another. They finally reach their destination and go through some white doors with some more Trask employees. They wait there.
"I think you will. You just need additional motivation." They hear Dr. Cambell say. They are motioned in. Once inside they stand behind the doctor and see a screen which shows Lauren and Andy in some weird one-piece get-up.
"What are you doing? They're not part of this!" Lauren says. As Andy stands up.
"Oh, you made them part of this." Dr. Cambell says.
"Leave 'em alone." Andy says.
"Whatever happens to them is entirely in your hands. Can I have your sidearm, please?" Cambell ask as he grabs the gun from the agent.
"No." Lauren says.
-Gun Cocks-
Clarice and Sonia exchange glances as they for now keep their eyes on the gun.
"It doesn't have to be difficult. Just show me what you can do." Cambells says
"Don't do anything for him." Sonia says looking at the siblings.
Campbell sighs. "Children, clasp hands."
Sonia shakes her head. "Don't do what he-" -Gun shot-
Cambell shoots Sonia in the chest just a few inches from her heart. He drops instantly her head hitting the ground hard a puff of pink smoke flows from her lips. Her eyes close blood slowly starts to flow from her chest and her head. The siblings are screaming
"Sonia! Sonia! No, no!" Clarice screams as she struggles against the guards holding her. She looks at the sibling to see Lauren frozen in shock.
"Is there a need for more bloodshed?" Cambell asks like nothing was wrong. "Is there?" The Strucker sibling don't speak. "HEY!" -Gun Cocks- "I'm losing patience!" He then points the gun at Clarice's head. She closes her eyes for a second and then opens them. "Lauren, Andrew face the sensors."
"Lauren. Lauren, hey." Andy says turning to his sister who is still in shock. "Lauren. Lauren, what do we do?" Andy asks shaking his sister's shoulders. She does not respond. "Come on." Andy says. Not that they can see, but Clarice shakes her head. Don't do it. She thinks.
Lauren and Andy face the sensors and clasps hands. Their hands start to glow as they face each other and then the sensors holding their opposite hands up. Their power flows from their clasps hands to the ones facing forwards. Dr. Cambell lowers the gun and walks over to the scientist.
"Sir, we're approaching the limits of our sensors."
"Unbelievable." Cambell says.
"We have to stop them." The tech says.
"The room is indestructible. Keep monitoring. It'll be fine." Campell says.
The scanners contiue to monitor, the beeping gets louder. Lauren sceams.
Then the wall starts to break the guards use Clarice as a shield as the pull her away from the area. Clarice's jade eyes widen as she looks at the sibling.
Lauren and Andy stop and take deep breaths. Clarice looks at the wall the back at the Strucker sibling. Then she looks down at Sonia who is still slowly bleeding still on the white floor.
"Turn the collars back on. Take the Struckers back to their cells. Oh, and give them something nice to eat. They've made a great contribution to science today." Cambell says.
Clarice and the Struckers are taken back to their cells. Once Clarice is in her cell she starts to cry. She ponds the glass then sinks to her feet. Shaking her head. What am I going to tell, John? And Lorna?
She doesn't have much time to think, because soon Sentinel Service agents come in and she along with the others get taken to a transport van.
Clarice finds the Struckers sitting near the back of the bus. She sits next to them in silence.
"Clarice-" Lauren starts.
"Now's not the time. We'll talk about it later." Clarice says.
Andy and Lauren nod. Clarice then notices two blonds that look exactly like Esme. And by exactly she means like to a T.
Before she can ask them, some questions the SS Agents two of them get on the van one in the driver's seat the other in front facing them. The engine starts.
Meanwhile back at MU HQ...
John shuts his phone and races up the second floor. "Hey! I just got word from Shatter. Sentinel Services is at Trask with a large transport vehicle." He says when he reaches Esme, Marcos and Lorna.
"The Struckers did it." Esme says.
"I'll be damned." Lorna says with a smile.
"All right. We don't have a lot of time. When they're moving, we're gonna be ready here and here." Marcos says as he points the spots on the map.
"Yeah, we surround them on the road, free the prisoners, and hightail it south to the interstate." Lorna says.
"And we're gonna have one or two minutes, tops. The guards coming from that lab are gonna be coming at us fast. They might have hounds." Marcos says.
"Send me in. If someone can get me close enough, I can scout security, read one of the guards. See what I can find out." Esme says.
"Okay. Let's do it." John says. They head towards the doors taking two cars with them. They wait in position. Shatter soon comes out of the tree line.
"Hey, what do you see?" Marcos asks.
"Two Sentinel Services SUVs, two sedans, and a transport vehicle. And they all rolled in pretty hot." Shatter says.
John squats on the ground he tracks the van. "They just left the building. They're gonna be at the gate soon."
"Are they all there?" Lorna asks.
"It's hard to be sure, it's a group." John says.
"All right, we go in now, find out what we can from the guard at the booth." Marcos says to Esme. "Come on. Stay close." He says as they disappear in the tree line.
In the transport van...
-Gun shots-
"No!" Lauren screams.
"Man, what are you doing?!" Andy asks.
"Wait. Wait!" Lauren says
-Gun shot-
-More gun shots outside the van-
-More gun shots-
-Explosion- Everyone sees as the car blows up in front of them.
"We need to get these collars off. Someone help me find the key. Come on!" Clarice says as she moves from her seat to one of the dead agents looking for the keys. Once she finds them one of the Esme look a-likes takes the keys removes her collar then gives them to the other look a-like. Then they toss the keys to Clarice with a smile that made Clarice's skin crawl. They leave.
-Multiple gun shots outside-
"They're killing them! They're killing them. They're killing everyone." Marcos says as he comes out of the tree line holding his stomach.
"Who is "they"?" Lorna asks.
Once everyone is off the bus Clarice then sees all the dead agents and then the Esme sisters.
"Time to go, boys and girls. The fun's just starting." The sisters say in unison. An explosion goes off behind them. Esme smirks.
As always let me know what you think of this chapter. I don't think I'm gonna make it in time for the premiere, but it's okay. I will finish this story. Until next time...