Love Struck Delusion

Chapter 99 – Why can't I fight for something more?

Raptor's POV.

Zeta did one more mass turn before stopping the truck. Almost as fast as I readjusted my aim she opened her door to throw down her device.

"You ready!?" She asked as I nodded and replied.

"Do it!"

With a single hit of a button the bag went off. I almost thought I went blind by the sheer power of the smoke that came. It covered everything. You could barely see a fucking thing. Taking a second to look for the bike, I got it up onto it's wheels as fast as I could. Zeta on the other hand climbed right into the back with me as we both suddenly heard.

"Open fire! Their in there somewhere!"

Not soon after those words bullets rained into the smoke. I got onto the bike first and with a small struggle I got the keys in and the engine revved. Looking back to grab Zeta by the arm, I shouted.

"Come on!"

Tossing her rifle onto her back, she sped onto my back.

"Go! Go! Go!" She ordered as I hit the gas sending the bike off the back of the truck.

It was almost an instant. From smoke to open air. As we broke the line of sight I looked back with Zeta to watch as the pure gray smoke turned into a fireball. With the trucks and bikes all in the blast that covered it. Bodies could be seen getting shredded out from the smoke. Zeta let out a strong laugh as I smiled and refocused on the desert.

"Where to?!" I asked as she had her hands wrapped around my waist.

"Keeping going north! It's only a few miles now!"

Putting as much power into the engine as I could, I drove as humanly fast as possible to the airfield. Zeta on the other hand was happy. With a wide smile she shouted.

"That was fucking awesome! Those scumbags won't be an issue anymore!"

"You think that got them all?!" I wondered as she nodded.

"If it didn't, it won't soon matter! Not like we will be here much longer!"

Taking her words lightly, I looked back to see a small trail of blood leaving her lips.

"You okay!?" I asked in concern as she wiped her mouth quickly to reply.

"I'm okay! Just keep going! We can deal with the flesh wounds later! Besides! Not like this is the first time I've been shot!"

This girl was crazy. I told myself as the desert was just a flat plain now. No hills or anything were around. Which made seeing the airfield that much easier to spot. Nothing more then a long runway and a single hanger.

"There! The plane is inside!"

Nodding I kept us going till we soon drove on the runway itself. The hanger door was already opened and pulling the bike through, I looked around to spot a single small plane inside. Looked like an old school testing plane. The one with only two seats. God damn if this was my way out of here.

Pulling the bike to a stop next to the plane we both got off. Zeta then ran her way over to the plane to shout.

"Keep an eye out for anything! I have to fuel this thing then we can go!"

"How long will that take?" I then asked as I had my focus outside the hanger.

"A minute or two why!?"

Grabbing onto my rifle I replied while running for the edge of the hanger door.

"Cause we got company! Keep your head down! I'll handle them!"

Zeta immediately took notice to another two trucks pulling onto the airfield behind us. I knew there had to be more. Taking aim I began to open fire.

Zeta's POV.

This is why you always need a backup plan. I told myself as I hooked up the gas line for the plane. With the fuel slowly going I looked back to the front of the hanger to see Voltz taking shots at the two trucks coming our way. They had no intention of stopping in the middle of the airfield and in speed the trucks pulled up to the outside of the hanger. Men immediately got out to aim at Voltz who had already taken down two of the nearest targets.

Pulling up my rifle I decided to try my best to cover him from here. Placing the barrel of my gun on the wing of the plane, I took aim at the nearest soldier who was already trying to run up on Voltz.

"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

"Aghhh!" The soldier fell right forward as I managed to hit him in the neck once with a round. Voltz looked back at me as he reloaded his rifle.

"BANG! BANG!"

Taking more shots at who I could, the men outside quickly ducked behind their trucks. One of them even shouted.

"You have no where to go Zeta! Just give up!"

"Fuck you!" I replied as I aimed at a pair of legs that I could see from under one of the cars.

"BANG!"

Hitting the guy in the ankle, he fell down to start screaming in pain.

"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

Sending three more rounds under the car, I smiled as I hit him in the chest and head. In almost as soon as I killed him the others from behind the cars popped out to return fire.

Ducking behind the wing of my plane, I looked over to Voltz who did his best to return fire. Even killing another one of the soldiers.

As things were clearly getting out of hand, my eyes widened as I looked back outside the hanger door to see three more trucks coming out from east end of the airfield.

Fuck me! I shouted as I looked back to check the plane's fuel gauge which was halfway done.

"I thought you said there were just going to be a few of them!" Shouted Voltz back at me as I was clearly wrong.

"Don't worry! I got a plan!" I stated as he rolled his eyes while reloading again.

"Better be a good one!" He replied as I reached into the plane to grab onto a clacker I had preset.

Flipping the safety off, I looked back onto the airfield to watch as the trucks were getting closer. Once near the entrance with the other did I shout.

"Hope you guys brought an umbrella!"

Voltz looked back to me as I squeezed in the clacker. After a two second delay both Raptor and I watched as the outside of the airfield lit up like a Christmas tree. Every truck and man outside soon got a taste of nothing but C4 I had rigged in and around the hanger. The blast was huge. Voltz was sent to the ground from the tremor alone. Even I shook as flames took the trucks. Once smoke cleared we could see the bodies. Everyone was dead. That had to be it. I told myself as Raptor got back on his feet to look outside.

Proud of my work, I refocused on the plane to see the gas was ready. Pulling out the hose I shouted to Raptor.

"Come on! We're good to go!"

He looked at me like I was insane. I liked that.

"Is that what you meant by a sight to behold!?" He asked as he approached the front of the plane.

Putting my rifle down I replied. With a smile.

"Ehhhh maybe. I was expecting a bigger mess. But I guess...?"

"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

Raptor's POV.

Zeta's eyes went wide as rounds were sent off behind her. In a panic I raised my gun back up to see another soldier behind her. Zeta on the other hand fell to the ground to scream.

"Raptor!"

Not wasting a second I opened fired.

"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!"

Each round nailed the man in the chest. Quickly falling onto his back, I lowered my gun and ran for the plane to see her still on the ground.

"Fuck!" She shouted as I saw she was bleeding from her lower back side.

"How did he...?!" She tried to ask as I got down to reply.

"Must have flanked while we were distracted! Calm down! You're okay!"

Her vest took the bullets as best as it could, but I knew the pain she was in, and judging by the blood one of them got through.

Nodding she grabbed onto my shoulder and forced herself back up.

Wiping her blood off her mouth she replied.

"I just need a minute! There should be a black box in the pilot seat! Get it!"

Helping her grab onto the wing of the plane, I made haste to the cockpit to see the case she mentioned. It was small. Almost looked like candy box of some kind. Taking it into my hand, I turned around to see her urging me with her hand to hand it over. Obeying I did just that and watched with curious eyes as she opened up the case to take a small red tablet out and place it in her mouth. In seconds she began to shake and I grew concerned as she was tensing up.

"What was that?" I asked in confusion as she looked at me with a now warmer face. Her eyes went red slightly and at that moment I knew what she took.

"Viper venom?" I questioned as she then asked.

"You know it? Fucking crazy stuff. Hold on!" She urged as I knew she was waiting for her wounds to ease over and close.

Placing the box in her vest, I then asked.

"Where did you get it? I thought G.U.N only had access to that stuff?"

Keeping silent for a minute, she soon shook her head and replied.

"It's not like it's rocket science to make. You think they are the only ones to have access to such a simple concoction? Hell a ten year old can make it. That's what makes it so dangerous and so secretive that only the military has access to the recipe. Raptor it's a drug. But Viper venom is an amazing drug. It can be administered orally, injected, hell even smoked if made the right way. G.U.N uses it to make sure their top tier soldiers don't die so easily. So does the Russians, Chinese, Koreans you name it."

"So you're a User."

"Yeah." She replied as she began to relax. Slowly her eyes faded back to her normal shade and once there she said.

"Listen this isn't the place or time to give you a history listen on how I turned into a drug fiend Russian super soldier okay? We can talk in the air."

"You sure you're okay?" I asked to be certain.

Smiling back she replied.

"Yeah. I'm okay. God if you keep asking I'm going to start to think you actually care about me or something Voltz."

Giving her a playful glare, she chuckled and urged.

"Get in the back. We need to get going now before anyone finds the trail of destruction we left behind."

Agreeing with her I made haste for the backseat to the plane. Once inside we both got on a headset and she began to get the plane going. I now just watched with curious eyes as she soon got the engine fired up.

Keeping the mood I stated.

"At least I got a reason to know why you haven't been killed yet. Not to mention your aim."

Instantly she shouted through the microphone in my headset.

"I shoot perfectly fine! Thank you very much!"

Letting out a laugh I took a moment to relax myself. After which she then stated.

"I mean in all honesty you surprised the hell out of me. I would have thought a guy your age would have ran out of breath on the way here. Figured your heart might have popped or something. But I guess you took your medicine this morning."

"I'm not that old! Thank YOU! Very much!"

Letting out another laugh, the wolf got us out of the hanger and onto the runway. Looking back at the wreak we caused, I let out a sigh and looked forward just in time to see us pick up speed. The sky was pitch black. Which made it even more relaxing as we soon lifted up off the ground and into the air.

"Here we go!" She shouted as we were now airborne.

Taking my time I had to adjust to the new feeling of being off the ground. Can't say I was excited considering the last time I was flying I almost died.

Zeta on the other hand was only concerned with getting us out of here. To which she then said in a much calmer voice.

"G.U.N has Pakistan on lock down. Plus this isn't really my plane. But I know a few people there who could help us. So just sit back and rest up. We got a few hours ahead of us."

Taking a minute to do just that, I let out a sigh and then asked.

"So you were in the army right? Gotta be in some kind of special unit if they gave you Viper venom. Can't imagine it was handed out to everyone who signed up."

Zeta kept her focus on the flight as my question seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. But after some silence she came to reply.

"I was part of a spetsnaz team. Mainly we were sent to track down targets of interest for the Russian military. I did that for the few years I was in. The Viper venom was just part of our training. Most who applied were able to cope with it. Thankfully because the ones like I took are just smaller versions of the injection G.U.N use."

"So it's easier to adapt to it." I stated back as she calmly replied.

"Basically. I'm pretty confident in my abilities to control it. I've never had to take more then two before. Even that is still about half of the amount in an injection. Regardless of how I look at it Voltz, I can't really take it back now. I'm a User. Thankfully the cravings for it our under control. Some people who take it can't help themselves from taking more. It almost makes you feel invincible. That's why it is so tightly controlled by the military."

"So after the army you just wanted to get out and start working for yourself?"

Chuckling she replied.

"You catch on quick. I wasn't doing much back home. Lost most of my old life when I enlisted. Plus I like being able to shoot people and get a proper paycheck for it. That and there are no rules holding me back."

"You got to have some standards though right?" I wondered as she carefully thought about it.

"I'll do just about anything. But I won't kill kids or innocents if I can help it."

"That something you've had to do before?" I questioned as her tone went low.

"Once. It was an accident. I was being chased by one of my contacts a few months back. Had to fight my way out of my safe house back when I was stationed in Russia. During the chase I got pinned down in a home in the suburbs. During the shootout one of my rounds managed to ricochet and hit a small girl who was just hiding under her bed. I...I got her in the neck. There was no time to save her. I just had to try and run at that point. I don't know if it was my fault or just dumb luck that I hit her. I still blame myself though. I wana say it comes with the job but...? Well it's still not an excuse. You know?" She replied as I too took a moment to remember my own daughter Abbey.

With silence among us and the clouds, I looked back up as she then urged.

"Let's just forget about it. It's over and done with. I've moved on."

"Yeah." I said back in a quiet way as she then asked.

"So this guy you want me to find. You said he's with G.U.N. Does he know your alive?"

"Not that I am aware of." I replied as she then stated.

"Well that's good at least. If we can find him with a low profile it'll come as quite a shock when he sees your face."

"That's fine. I want him to see me when I come to kill him."

"We Voltz. We will be coming to kill him. You stuck to your end and got us here right now. So I'll keep to mine and help you do this the whole way through. Plus...I get that armor when it's all over and done with." Stated Zeta as I then wondered.

"Do you even know how to find him?"

"Won't be hard. He's military. Those guys won't leave the country till ether the war is over or they get sent home in a box. Chances are he's in the Pakistan capital building with Drake Linnen and the rest of the main force. All I really gotta do is confirm it. Then we can go over the problems."

"Such as?" I asked as she quickly counted them off.

"Well like I just said, he's under lock and key if he's in the capital. We would be killed in seconds if we tried to assault it just for him. So issue number uno is getting him out of the capital and detached from ether his team or support or both if we are so lucky." Stated Zeta as I just listened.

"Problem number two is this guy is special. Probably a User too, him and his team. Which makes them really hard to fight and kill straight up. Plus if he's a special kind of unit we won't attract his attention with anything conventional. We would need something really crazy to get his attention. Something crazy enough to convince Drake it would be necessary to send that team out. Then comes the biggest issue." She said with a pretty confident tone as I looked down to my lap.

"We would need to do all this without drawing attention. This is the heart of G.U.N here Voltz. If we get made we will have half the army coming down on us. We won't be able to outrun all of them. And even if we could get to this plane we would get shot down instantly by the air control Linnen has around the city limits." She stated as I then replied.

"Guess we got some work cut out for us, huh?"

Chuckling she replied.

"Yeah you could say that. I rate this whole contract to probably end in both our deaths to be honest. But you can be damn sure I'll do my best to see it through. Which reminds me...you ever going answer my question?"

"Which one?" I then asked in response as she calmly said back.

"Why were you talking with Hecan Moore? Figured the leader of the rebellion wouldn't tell his enemy he's actually still kicking. There has to be a story right?"

I gave a slight laugh. Zeta actually looked back at me to question.

"What? What's so funny? Tell me!" She ordered as I looked right into her eyes to reply.

"Yeah there is a story. One I'm not really sure I'm ready to tell you. Not just yet."

Immediately Zeta replied with a loud voice.

"Excuse me?!"

"Hahaha! Tell you what!" I replied back trying to cool her down.

"Better be the story!" She replied as I continued to laugh.

After some more chuckles she ordered.

"Tell me Voltz!"

"First of all stop calling me by my last name! Your not my old drill instructor. Secondly I'll make you another deal."

Zeta's ears perked up to as I smiled and replied.

"How about when we land and make it into the city we go get a drink or two? You tell me how you got that scar and maybe a good story or two about some good contracts you took and I'll come clean about the truth between me and Hecan. Sound good?"

"You serious?" She questioned with a new sound in her voice. One that sounded excited and really playful.

"You know who you are asking to drink with right? I'm Russian by the way in cause you haven't noticed from the accent."

"Yeah I can tell." I replied with a chuckle as she then asked.

"You also know I'm twenty six."

"Just means you have less experience holding your liquor." I replied as she instantly let out a loud laugh.

"Oh your on Voltz! And I'm gonna keep calling you that till you give me a reason not too! I just hope you don't pass out before you tell me the whole story!"

"We'll see." I replied back as she then just continued to laugh to herself. I knew what I was getting into. But this was at least a good way for me to get a gauge on her. Part of me knows she's insane. But hell so am I. Maybe at the least when this is all over I can go home with a crazy Russian who can put Archer in his place. That's if she even plans on staying around after Gorgon is dead. Another part of me really hopes she does. She's the first person to at least not treat me as a Commander. Just another person. Which I miss being. Just a person.

mT Shadow.