Chapter 4: Let the Games Begin
The door for the computer room slowly creaked open allowing the silent intruder access into the room with all the motherboards for all the computers in the building. The intruder looked back into the corridor to see if they were being followed they walked into the room. The door was gentle closed as the intruder looked back into the room that was their main target.
Nightshade looked at all the gathered data banks that were keeping the buisness running with the latest technology. Technology that was nothing in comparison to the living technology that came with her from her world. In fact the humans viewed her as smart technology that was on the same line as Artificial Intelligence much like the Transformers. Because of that view she had been seen as a weapon that the military under General Ross had tried many years to get under their control. Ross had been stopped at ever turn thanks Kate Stewart who was keeping a sharp eye on the insane General. The General that Nightshade and Edward had nearly killed five times in the last few years.
The Dragonoid approached the data bank that she was looking for. Her booted feet making no noise as she approached the data bank. The black box had lights that flickered and wires that snaked up to the ceiling as it kept all the computers linked. Her eyes glowed bright red as she came to a stop in front of the data bank. Opening a panel on the computer bank she brought something out of her pocket. It was a small flat disk device that was the same size as a SIM card that is placed in a mobile phone. The Dragonoid looked at the small device that she had placed on her finger.
"Dalek Sec you sure have out done yourself this time!" she muttered to herself. The small SIM card device had a virus on it. A virus that the Moonray had been developing in the last few hours. The virus had been designed by their AI to shut down all the companies systems from the phones, lights, heating and computers. It will allow the Moonray and Nightshade full control of the systems to lock everyone inside the building as the Elemental Guardians dealt with the overgrown children who were throwing a major tantrum because their dad had made them grow up.
Nightshade placed the SIM card sized device into the exposed data bank. The alien technology was quick to take action within the system. The lights once again flickered and the lifts that took people to the upper levels slowly ground to a halt. The security of the building was also switched off. Other systems were beginning to switch off as alien systems began to take control. The cameras in the office buildings became scanners that were designed to detect the Grace of Angels and then lock down every door in the building allowing a sweep of the building to clean up the mess.
Satisfied that the chip was in place Nightshade closed the hatch that she had opened hiding the small alien tech that she had added. Once the work was done the chip would self destruct before the humans could find it and use the technology to create new technology that they were not ready for.
Activating her com. unit to the other Guardians she began to walk out of the computer room. "Edward! Black Horn, you two better get into the building in the next two minutes!" Nightshade order the Ghoul and Wendigo who were still parked outside of the office building in the SUV where they watching everything and waiting for someone to make a move that would go against the plan.
"Understood, Deathwalker!" Edward's voice came through on the com. system that was attached to Nightshade's processor.
Nightshade's attention then moved to Julian. The Werewolf had remained hidden in the shadows as he watched the Winchester brothers stumbling around without knowing that they were there. Julian had been good to keep Dean focused in thinking that the building was haunted. On nearly all of his breaks, the older brother had been following the Poltergeist all around the office building as Julian had to attack a few innocent people to keep up the appearance that there was a vengeful ghost in the building. Julian had kept Dean's focus off Hazel as she kept working on getting them a step closer to ending the Host Wars.
Nightshade smirked as she thought of her disguise. The Moonray had given her the perfect back story to give to the Winchester brothers not to think that there was something wrong about her backstory. To top it off her human alternative mode had been updated for the mission to look more human. The Moonray had even added a few holograms to her hair and her left eye socket which was badly damaged long before she had came to Earth to look like human hair and an eye that was healthy. Hazel had been a last minute thought in case she and the others needed to go right undercover and appear more human. The backstory that the Moonray had made had been developed many years ago, but it became apparent that her human form was just as notable as her true form.
"Julian, keep Dean focused on the ghost hunt that he has gotten himself in until the last minute and await my signal! I will deal with Sam!" she ordered the Werewolf who no doubt was watching both the brothers while she was away from them.
Nightshade stopped at the door to wait for Julian's reply. Her hand hovered above the doors handle for a second before Julian replied. "Got it, 'Shader! I take it I will know the signal when I see it?!" he spoke into the communication system that was keeping all of the Elemental Guardians up to date with what the others were doing.
"Yes you will! So keep Dean Winchester off of my afterburners!" Nightshade said as she looked at the door where she would return to her disguise as Hazel and keep the brothers off of their plan as they moved their last pieces together. Her human alt mode shimmered as Hazel took Nightshade place.
Hazel checked that her hair was still in a bun before she opened the door and walked out of the computer room.
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Edward watched in silence behind the steering wheel of the SUV he and Black Horn was using to stake out the office building. So far they had noticed a few of the employees walking about the door of the building on their breaks or if they worked part time. They had also noticed a few Angels amongst the numbers of people walking in and out of the building. On many occasions since they had started this mission that Black Horn had to hold Edward back to prevent him from causing the mission to fail. An alien Ghoul was easy to recognise and would cause the Angels and no doubt Seth to panic that they were in the area. There was something else that they had noted all throughout the day and that was there had been no sightings of Seth on the outside of the building. Both Julian and Nightshade during the day had not even reported seeing him inside the building.
Edward looked over at Black Horn to see that the Wendigo had placed a armour breastplate over his furry chest. His stomach and a few of his other vital organs were covered by the metal that had a few scratches on its surface. "You ready to go or do you need me to give you a few more minutes so you look like one of the Knights of Iacon?" Edward asked still looking at Black Horn.
The Wendigo hissed right back at Edward. He had only put on one piece of armour, but then again he didn't carry a weapon nor did he need one. He had his long claws and antlers for close combat along with his teeth. He had all the skills that every Wendigo had, but he didn't have the savage mind like they did.
"If you must know, Edward! I am being prepared! If Seth is as bad as both you and Nightshade say he is it is better to go in prepared!" Black Horn snapped back at Edward. "I see that you are not thinking ahead like you always do!" he said when he saw that Edward was just wearing his usual clothes.
Edward laughed as he started up the SUV. The SUV that they were driving didn't sound like a SUV instead it sounded more like it should be found in a race track not in the busy streets of New York City. "I don't need any fancy armour, Black Horn! I had fought in the Pits since I was five and know how to handle myself in a fight! All I need is my wit and my trusted Ion Axe!" he said as he put the SUV into drive and drove into the open hanger that lead to the underground car park.
The doors that shut every night and at the beginning of all the shifts closed as soon as the SUV got into underground parking lot. No one but the Moonray under Nightshade's orders would be able to get the doors opened. That wont be until they have finished playing with their games.
"I am not even going to argue with you Edward! I don't know how Nightshade deals with you most of the time!" Black Horn snorted back at Edward as he looked around the underground car park for any signs of any one who might see them getting into position. Happy that there was no one in the area he watched as Edward picked up a metal stick. He knew from the many training situations that Nightshade had placed them in, Black Horn knew that the stick was Edward's Ion Axe. The Axe that could cleave through anything on earth from butter to flesh and then to tank armour.
"Good choice!" Edward said as he pulled into a parking spot beside the Impala. Killing the engine the Ghoul didn't say anything else as he got out of the SUV followed by Black Horn. They both didn't say anything else as they got into their positions. They had a job to do and they needed to get everything done in time in the plan was going to work.
Black Horn took the maintenance staircase while Edward took a staircase that would allow him to come straight into contact with the people who worked in the office building.
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Hazel took a sip out of the still hot coffee that she had gotten in the offices canteen. She and Sam had both agreed that it would be better if they had their lunch in the canteen as that allowed Dean to catch up with them after he finished with his boring paperwork. Hazel had eaten most of her lunch while Sam had eaten all of his. The two were just chatting about any thing that came to their mind.
Sam was smiling. It was the first time in a while where he can talk to someone who was not a Hunter or a creature that wanted to rip off his face.
"You said you had a brother Hazel?" Sam asked Hazel as she placed her cardboard mug back on the table. He watched her carefully. Hazel had been smiling all day since she had started her first day on the shift. During the day, Sam had always gone up to Hazel's office during his breaks to give her company when she was working on something. All day he had seen her working on her computer doing many things for the company that not one person should be doing. He enjoyed his time with Hazel, but he knew that the life of a Hunter was not easy for them and for the people that they loved. Dean had an on off relationship with Lisa and done all he could to support Ben, even though he was not his own son.
Hazel tapped her finger against the table. She started biting her bottom lip as she thought on what had happened the last time that they had seen each other. "Yeah I have a brother! He's a couple years older than me, but many times I feel like I am the oldest one out of us! He was placed in the Navy and worked at the dock at one of the navy bases there. Our dad, lets just say he was not happy that Orion was just working on the docks. He wanted him to be on the ships as a captain or something along those lines, but Orion was to humble for that. He didn't want family to get in his way as he slowly worked up the ranks! He always said that working hard was the best thing anyone can do! Then there was problems and Orion left! He is now a part of the united military of the united nations. He is well good with his words!" Hazel replied when she looked back up at Sam.
Sam took a long drink of his coffee before he looked right at Hazel. "Do you still speak to him or have you got him out of your life altogether?" he asked her.
Hazel slouched in her seat. If Sam asked the right questions he could put things together and know that she had been lying all this time. Nightshade looked at the table as she tapped it with her finger as she thought over the last time that she had seen her brother. Julian had warned her that Sam was the smartest out of the two brothers. "I still talk with him over phones, but he is always travelling all over the place so it is hard for us to keep in touch! The last time that I had seen him we got into an argument over something small and petty! I had stormed out of the room just angry that he had done what he had done!" she replied. Nightshade had to be glad that she was good at lying on the spot, but Hunters were good lairs themselves and Sam might be able to smell that something is off with her story.
"The military are always doing stupid things, Hazel! My dad had fought in the Vietnam war and he had told me all the tactics and plans that they kept coming up with!" Sam replied. He watched as Hazel flinched at the mention of war. he found that it was something that might have to do with her brother working in the military along with her parents wanting her to be in the military in one form or another.
"Nightshade!" the Moonray's voice came into her communication system inside Nightshade's processor. The Moonray waited a second before it continued, "Edward and Black Horn are in their positions and are awaiting for the signal! Shall I notify Julian to move to the next stage of the plan?" the AI spoke the final part of their update to Nightshade.
"I'm sorry Sam, but I have to go back to work! I have a lot of paperwork that the last assistant had forgotten to do before they left!" Hazel said as she got up and out of her seat at the canteen. She picked up the cardboard mug that contained a small drop of coffee at the bottom of it.
Sam got up to follow her but Hazel was already moving out of the canteen. He watched her as she started to run out of the canteen despite the high heels that she wore. He sat back down just as his phone began to ring. Sighing he picked up the phone, "Dean what's up?" he asked his brother who had said that there was a ghost in the building.
"So how'd it go with Hazel? Did you ask her out? Does she have a sister?" his brother kept asking all the questions under the sun as he tried to get to know how his lunch went.
Sighing Sam pinched the bridge of his nose. "It went well! She just had to go back to her office to finish the paperwork for the day! And no Dean I didn't ask her out! I was just making her feel comfortable on her first day here at the job!" he replied as he watched the door close behind a young man. A young man Castiel had pointed out was an Angel and was Zachariah's right hand man in trying to get Dean to say yes to Michael. That was not going to happen.
"Just admit it, Sammy!" Dean said with a slight smirk in his voice.
"Admit what?" Sam asked as he started to follow after Hazel and the Angel who was following her. "Dean I think Hazel is in danger! I just saw one of the Angels following her out of the canteen! I am going to make sure that she is fine and he doesn't do anything to her!" Sam said as he walked towards the door of the canteen. He saw the leg of the Angel he was following going around the corner of the corridor. The corridor that led to the boiler room.
"Sam we have another problem! This place is haunted! Me and Cas are tracking a ghost but I am beginning to think that its a poltergeist!" Dean replied before the line between the two brothers were cut.
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Nightshade dissolved her hologram that was over her human alternative mode. Her two Katanas were slung on her back and were ready to be used. Her high hells dissolved into her usual fighting boots. Nightshade stopped when she heard someone move in behind her.
"I didn't know that there was a dress up party going on here!" a man smirked as he looked Nightshade from her feet to her face. He froze when he saw the scar that had destroyed the left side of her face. The left eye was just a red optic that was glaring right back at him with so much hatred that he knew thought that a human would be able to do.
"It's not a dress party that is happening today! No its the end of the Enochian's party!" Nightshade hissed back at the Angel who had taken a step back with his hands raised in front of him in a show of surrender. "What's the matter afraid of little me?" she asked as she took a step closer to the Angel who was hiding in a human body.
The Angel took another step back as Nightshade slowly advanced towards him. Both of her optics glowed bright red as she prepared to destroy the Angel. "There was only one race in all of creation who called us that! But that's not possible since they all got destroyed!" the Angel shrieked just as Sam came around the corner. The younger brother stopped dead at what he was seeing and hid back around the corner in the corridor. He pecked around the corner to see that the strange woman had nearly backed on of the bosses to the wall with a door that was slowly creaking open.
Nightshade smirked as she walked towards the Angel. She could see Sam in the corner of her optics but at the moment she was focusing on the angle who was the main part for her to start her plan. The Angle was walking until his back was facing a door that was slowly squeaking open. "Yeah a race that always placed your kind in the engines of our ships until your bosses said that they would protect man kind! Now we have returned to find that you are trying to start an Apocalypse! The very thing that you had told us that we would not have to come back and spank your arses for not doing what you had promised to do! So it looks like the grown ups need to take your hands again!" she hissed as she stepped in closer to the angel.
She managed a smirk when she saw that the vessel that the Angel was working in was starting to sweet. Activating her more delicate scanners she noted that its heartbeat had increased in fear and dread. "So are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way?" Nightshade asked as a green hand appeared on the doorframe of the half opened door.
The angel didn't have a chance to reply before the green hand that was opening door grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and yanked him back. The Angel made a squeaking noise as he was dragged into the dark doorway with his unknown attacker.
Nightshade smirked as she walked towards to the wide open door. She could hear the Angel's bones being snapped in half like twigs by Edward. He would no doubt soon be forced to transform back into his true form and then it will be onto her. The sound of shuffling feet caused her to stop in her tracks. She knew that the younger brother had followed them down to the lower level. Everything was coming along just nicely.
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"Cas watched out!" Dean shouted as he watched in horror as a chair was lifted by itself. Cas looked towards him but he was not looking at the chair that had been flung towards him. Dean watched in silence horror as the office chair smashed against Cas, forcing the Angel to the ground with the impact force.
"Alright you son of a bitch! Show yourself!" Dean shouted as he prepped his shotgun that was loaded with rock-salt. He knew it would not do much against a Poltergeist but he felt at least better with something to protect him from the ghost that had been pranking nearly everyone in the building for the last couple of days.
Dean was looking everywhere he knew that the ghost would appear from. The air around him suddenly got colder. The sign that a ghost was making an appearance. He felt someone tapping his shoulder and with quick reactions he spun around with his shotgun aimed only to drop it a few inches. "Julian!"
Julian stood in front of Dean with a smirk on face. "Glad to see me again, Winchester?" he asked. The Werewolf was wearing a military uniform rather than the black t-shirt and jeans that he had been wearing when they had first meet in Blithe Hallow.
Dean took a step back but he kept his shotgun ready in case he needed to use it against Julian. He hoped that rock-salt would be enough to keep Julian at bay as he and Cas figured out what was happening. "What are you doing?" Dean asked. He could hear Castiel getting to his feet behind him.
"He's here with the Dragonoid, Dean! His rifle its glowing with the Grace of Angels!" Castiel spoke with fear in his voice.
"Yeah, feather brain! I am here with the Dragonoid as we have gotten fed up of you all acting like a bunch of children!" Julian growled at Castiel. His rifle that had been slung over his shoulder was suddenly in his hands and was aimed at Dean and Castiel. "Now no funny business, Nightshade wants to meet both of you!"
Dean and Castiel had no choice but to follow the orders that Julian was given them. Dean knew that if they followed Julian's orders then they will be closer to having some of the questions that he had in his mind answered. He wanted to know why Castiel and the other Angels were afraid of the Dragonoid. He also wanted to know more about what Julian was not telling them about what happened in Blithe Hallow.