Love Struck Delusion
Chapter 146 – Call this payback.
Raptor's POV.
Hanging up the phone I looked to the wolf in question. Her eyes on me as I urged.
"No smiling. Make it look good for the camera."
Zeta gave me a playful glare back as I got my camera ready. Once up I ordered with a snap of my fingers.
"Look this way now. Don't make me work for it. The sooner this is over the sooner we can go get your sister."
Losing her smile; Zeta replied while getting in a better position.
"This is still fucking crazy. You're using me as bait after all."
Snapping a photo, I replied while going to my recent calls.
"You'll be fine. Just play smart and we'll get you back in one piece."
"You owe me another drink after this bullshit." Smiling to her response as I sent the picture, I immediately pulled up Watts's number. Starting the call, I replied to the wolf who laid back on the cot.
"This works and I'll buy you a distillery."
I got a chuckle out of the girl as Watts soon picked up to ask.
"What's up?"
"Got off the line with Ying. Turns out they know where Zeta is. But they can't get her cause she's in the city. Like you said."
Immediately Watts replied.
"Figures. So what's the plan? They willing to work with you?"
"Yeah. I'm going tonight to pick her up. Then I'm going to meet with them outside the city. I promised them safe passage with the girl so long as I get the reward money."
"And?" He wondered as I replied while turning to look at the wall I punched in.
"And I need a private account they can wire it to. Not something we need the rebellion knowing about Watts. Can you make it happen?"
"Yeah I can. It'll only take me a few minutes. I'll send you the information when it's done. But Raptor?"
"Yeah?" I replied as he then said with a straight tone.
"You watch you're back with anyone you let in on this little meeting you got going on. Don't know who you can trust."
"Understood." I replied as I hung up to look back at Zeta who had her eyes shut.
"Come on."
"What's next?" She asked as she sat back up. Putting my hand on the lever to leave this cell I replied.
"I need to go talk to Pierce. See if him and his men are up to doing this. For now just keep quiet and let me make the moves. Don't even tell Raze. Not till it's done."
"What about the rebellion? Won't they find out?" She wondered as I looked back at her to reply.
"Not if I do this right. Like I said Zeta just trust me and don't say a word to anyone. Understood?" I asked her as she again gave me a playful glare to reply.
"My mouth will only open for you."
I sensed her tone and just shot her a smirk back as I opened the cell door to step out into the hallway. Passing Gorgon's cell, I waited till we got back to the main door to hand the officer back his keys and say.
"Thank you."
"No problem commander." He replied as I held the door for Zeta who casually walked by me and out into the blazing sun. Following behind, I urged once more.
"Not a word." Zeta just kept smiling and moving as I soon left her side to head back to the main building. Once in I began my search for Pierce. If there was one person I could trust right now I would like to think it was him and his men.
Pepper's POV, Syria, Two hours later.
Sun was setting and I had a plan. All it required was some luck. I've spent the last few hours looking for a safe way back to my car. Between dodging patrols of Maxwell contractors and that chopper they had in the sky, I was starting to think the cops and any military this city had was on the payroll. Not a fucking person cared to help me and to be honest there wasn't even a cop around now that I think about it.
With my car only a block away, I hunkered down in a nearby garage and waited for a good moment to move.
"Bing. Bing. Bing."
Looking to my wrist, I watched as my motion sensor was giving me everything I needed to make this work out in my favor. There was two teams at least near my escape. One at the car and another patrolling through the alleys around me and the site. With my dagger in my right hand and my eyes on my wrist; I watched as the hologram displayed above my watch started to flicker red. My eyes soon found out why. I had someone coming my way. Closing down my wrist watch and putting full focus on the one and only entrance into this place, I softly made my way behind the door to wait. To no surprise the door slowly opened and a flashlight beamed in. My eyes watched as a rifle barrel slowly appeared next. Lifting up my knife, I listened as a voice came through over what had to be a radio.
"All clear. Sector three and four?"
Keeping quiet I held my ground as soon the man fully entered the building. Stopping only a few feet away with his back towards me, I listened and reached out to the door with my offhand as he replied.
"Sector three clear."
At that moment the soldier lowered his gun and pushing the door shut I charged right behind him. Shoving my blade deep in his lower back and using my left arm to cover and drag him down by the neck under me.
"Mhhhhpmmp!" The guy grunted the second he felt my knife go in, but I didn't pay him no mind and using some force I latched onto his back and held him there for as long as it would take. In maybe ten or so seconds I felt him go limp. Letting his neck go; I pulled out my knife and turned him over to see he was dead.
"Fucking guys." I mumbled as I raised my left arm up to clean my knife off of his blood using my gray plaid shirt. Once it was clean I put it back in my vest and began to search the body. It took no braincells for me to know to grab his gun. Picking up the rifle, I tossed on the sling and said to myself.
"Nice gun. Too bad it didn't do anything for you."
These guys were contractors that was for sure. No military rifles I've ever seen. This was more of an AR-15 platform he had. Standard butt stock with a mounted holographic slight. At the end was a standard suppressor. Letting the rifle stay at my side, I began to take all he had when it came to ammo. Three clips and some pistol magazines. Using one to reload my Crossguard; I soon looked up as I heard my wrist going off. Flipping back up the screen I saw there was another guy coming from the same way this guy came from. Not wasting time, I stood up and aimed the rifle at the door. In seconds it opened revealing another armed contractor. His eyes widened the second he saw me and as he went to raise his gun I opened fire.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
Placing two rounds in his chest and a third at his head. I rushed forward as his body fell back and aimed left to see another merc rounding the bend at the sign of shots.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
Dropping the guy on his back I again pushed up to see he was still alive. His eyes looking up at me immediately as I aimed.
"Wait...! Toof!"
With one round placed in his forehead I refocused and kept moving for the nearest cover. My wrist wasn't giving me anything which meant I had to be clear. So keeping up my pace and the rifle at my chest; I just kept going. My car was only going to be a few more buildings away and I had no choice now then to commit. It was only a matter of time till someone called in.
"Bing! Bing!" Instantly looking to my wrist as the tone was given to me through my earpiece. I took cover by a nearby car wreak and waited as two more men came out from south of my position. They had no clue what had happened only minutes ago. Keeping low, they soon walked by and I took my chance. Aiming at their backs as they were only feet away from me.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
The pair fell to the ground in seconds as I hit them right in their back plates. Flicking back around; I got out from behind the car and pushed up more. The alleys for the most part were clear thankfully. As I soon reached the end of the alley, I took cover and peeked out at the street beyond. Left to right looked clear and with that I ran into the open and into the opposing alley beyond. Keeping myself going, I soon made it back to the spot where I had left my car. To no surprise their was a problem waiting for me.
"Shit." I whispered as I took cover behind a nearby dumpster. Looking out carefully I saw seven or so more soldiers gathered around my car I had tucked away near the far edge of a loading dock. Each of them were watching sectors while some others were keeping the perimeter secured by walking around the area close to the alleys much like I found myself in. Keeping my back pinned behind this dumpster I began to think. I knew I was good, but outnumbered like this wasn't the best position to be in for a firefight. Maybe I can...? Stopping my train of thought, I peeked back around the cover as I heard the chopper flying back in. Soon it sailed right over my head and back towards the other side of the street I came from. From there I heard someone over by my car order.
"Alpha one is down! Bravo team get moving! She has to be nearby!"
At that moment five of the men hanging around the perimeter shifted focus to my alley and began a full sprint my way. Tucking as close to the wall as I could, I held my weapon close to my chest and held my breath as the men ran right on by. Once across the street I peeked back out to see four others still at my ride. Each now with weapons at the ready as the leader who gave the last order shouted.
"Set up position! If Alpha team is gone then she has to be coming this way!"
The guy in charge was this big hedgehog. Looked like a mean son of bitch. Had a bandana covering his face as his men started to set up shop around the alley. One getting close to me as it was clear he was going to use this dumpster as his cover. Grabbing my dagger; I waited till he was closer. Once on the other side I looked to my feet to find a small rock. Picking it up gently, I quickly flung it to the wall opposite of us. The second it hit the man flicked his eyes to the side and I made my move swinging around the dumpster as fast as I could. Caught completely off guard, I got right into his body shoving my knife into his stomach and throwing him down to the ground with my knee right on his chest. Covering his mouth with my offhand I looked up as a second soldier came into sight further down the alley. His eyes widened immediately as he saw me and reaching down to my thigh I grabbed onto my last knife and sent it with all I had in my right arm.
"She's here...!?" My eyes watched as my knife went right through his neck sending him back on his ass in the process. But not before alerting that hedgehog and the other soldier who was at the far end of the alley. With eyes looking to me, I pulled out my dagger and ran for another dumpster as the hedgehog took aim to open fire.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
The rounds clinked off the metal as I slid down to my knees behind it.
"Bravo team get your asses back here! She's in the alley!" I heard the hedgehog shout over his comm. Knowing he was off his aim giving the order; I grabbed my rifle again and stood up to aim. The guy immediately jumped behind my car as I opened up.
"Toof! Toof! Toof!"
With my eyes on the leader I panicked as two bullets clipped the edge of the dumpster close to my neck. Turning my focus away, I aimed back at the shooter who was that remaining lackey. Caught in the open as I pulled the trigger, I watched as two rounds I sent went right into his chest. The second his body fell I pushed out and aimed back at where the hedgehog was hiding. He popped up to take aim but I was faster. The second I saw his head I sent the remainder of my clip at him.
Ducking the rounds, I heard my rifle run dry and dropped to grab onto my Crossguard. As it came up to aim; the hedgehog also aimed back.
"Toof! Toof! BANG! BANG!"
I held my breath as he clipped me right in my chest with both his bullets. But at the same time my two caught him right in the head and neck. His rifle left his hands and his whole body tumbled backwards onto the ground.
Releasing my breath as he fell, I gagged on some blood in my mouth and quickly spat it out to my left.
"God damn it!" I muttered as I put my pistol back in my belt to reach for my chest. Digging my fingers in deep I pulled out the two bullets and looked to see my kevlar was barely intact.
"There she is!"
Looking back the way I came, I widened my eyes as those five other guys were entering the alley to take aim.
"Oh fuck!" I shouted as I stood up to run for my car. The rounds came in so fast. Jumping as I neared the hood, I landed right on the ground behind the safety of the car to refocus on the rifle at my side. Pulling it back up; I unloaded the clip and reached into my vest to grab onto a fresh mag. As I loaded it incoming rounds were dismantling my ride. From the windows shattering, to the tires popping. I kept my head down and carefully peeked out the side to see two of the soldiers getting close to my position. They saw me looking at them and instantly opened fire. The headlight close to my head imploded and gripping my gun I said to myself.
"Okay...you wana play rough? Okay. Let's play then."
The second there was a break in the fire; I slammed my whole body back out and onto the ground taking aim as the two guys nearest my position were caught reloading their guns.
"Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof! Toof!"
The pair quickly found themselves filled with holes as I emptied the clip.
"Kill her!" Someone shouted as I heard the click and rolled back behind the hood to unload the clip.
"Flash out!" Widening my eyes as I grabbed onto my last mag, I watched in silence as the flashbang bounced off the roof to the car and over onto my lap. Panicking as it hit my thigh, I tried to get up and run for it. The second I did the flash went off. I shut my eyes but all my hearing turned off and I reopened my eyes as I felt three rounds hit me in the back and another in my right leg.
"Aghh!" I shouted as I stumbled over a trashcan. With everything going to shit now, I looked back to see the three remaining men retaking their aim at me. Looking to my left; I found a door crossing into a building. I put everything I had on it being opened. And using everything in the tank; I charged shoulder first into it's frame. Thank god as I did it swung open letting me tumble into the hall beyond.
Everything was ringing in my ears as I looked back outside to see them not there yet. Getting up on my feet once more, I limped into the nearest room. With my rifle at my side and my right hand over my right ear, I widened my eyes as I soon found myself in a room with a small family. I couldn't hear a fucking thing but they were all screaming something as they saw me break into their home. A human father quickly jumped in front of his two girls as the mother hid behind them closest to a couch. The girls couldn't have been older then ten, but as I tried to recover my hearing; I widened my eyes as one of the contractors came sprinting in rifle up.
Not even questioning my next move. I reached to my side to grab onto the dad who had his hands out at me. Pulling him in front of me as I continued to back up; I watched as the contractor opened fire with more then half a mag of rounds being placed in my meatshield's chest.
Nearly falling over my own two feet as the man's body clipped my back leg falling down. I ran into the next room which was the kitchen. I saw another door at the end and a set of keys on a hook by it. Stumbling over a chair, I kept moving and as I reached the front door I looked back and aimed my rifle up as the contractor came around the corner.
Unable to hear my own shots, I just emptied a quarter of the clip. Blood shot out onto the wall behind him and his body fell back into the room with the kids and wife I left in shambles. Refocusing, I turned and ran out the front door to be greeted by the chopper flying above. With it's spotlight hitting me, I ran right and back into the alley. As I ran I got some of my hearing back. Just enough to hear more bullets. This time however they were loud. The chopper must have had a gunner; cause as I ran the rounds hit nearly everything around me. From chunks of the walls falling off, to trash splitting open as I neared the same door I once ran through. Taking cover back inside the hallway as the chopper kept firing, I released my right ear and looked to see blood on my hand.
"Fuck!" I screamed as I barely even heard that.
Quickly looking back out into the alley, I widened my eyes as I saw the other two soldiers running my way. Sending caution to the wind; I exposed my body and opened fire dropping them both as the chopper resumed it's sustained fire. I barely got back inside as one of the rounds landed right where I was standing. With my rifle empty, I reached back for my Crossgaurd and kept it at my side waiting for the next break in the fire to try and run.
"Toof! Toof!"
My eyes widened as I was hit from behind. One round hitting my backplate and the second going through the left side of my neck. I was unable to stand from the surprise and I found myself back first in the alley again. With my pistol in my right hand and my left going to my neck, I rolled over and took aim at whoever that was that shot me from inside the house. With my mind ready to kill; I felt everything go still when I saw it was one of the girls who's father I just got killed. Her hands on the rifle to that prick I killed in the kitchen. She aimed right at me and I wasn't able to shoot. I was shocked, but the second she pulled the trigger the gun didn't fire. Her whole face went blue as I smiled and took my chance.
"BANG! BANG!"
The small human girl got dropped with two rounds in her chest. And as she hit the wall and fell back; her mom and the other girl ran out from the room screaming. I didn't stop. I wasn't dying here like this.
"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!"
Hitting the mother in the side of the head as she screamed at the sight to her dead kid, I placed the last rounds into the other girl who tried to run back in the room. Hitting her in the leg, she tumbled and I finished her off with the rest of the rounds hitting her chest and face.
With the rail to my crossgaurd going back, I took a second to remember what was going on. Bullets came right back at my position as the chopper was holding still right above me. With body going into overdrive, I flung my whole body back into the hallway next to the bodies. The mother's face staring right at me in death as I dropped my pistol to place both hands around the wound in my neck.
"Ughhhh! Aukkk!" Coughing up blood as I got my bag down, I released my right hand to start trying to open it. Blood on my fingers didn't help as I got the zipper down.
I was feeling lightheaded now as I reached in for one of my injectors. Gripping the shot, I sent it right into my neck and fell back into the wall as the venom did it's job. With my whole body heated up, I kept still as the wound and everything inside sealed and healed back up.
"Auuuuk! Auk! Ughh! Aghhk!" I had to keep coughing. Blood was still in my throat. Once the wound was sealed, I grabbed back onto my pistol and unloaded the clip by tossing it onto one of the bodies next to me. Once I had a fresh one in, I spit up some more blood and shouted using all I had in terms of anger.
"Fucking bitch!"
Looking to the girl that shot me, I spit some blood onto her legs and asked.
"Who you think you are!? Getting involved in this shit! Fuck you! Bitch!" Aiming at her head I pulled the trigger to my crossguard.
"BANG!" The back of her head cracked wide open and blood began to pool under her skull as I coughed up again and looked back to my left at the exit.
Slowly refocusing on the situation at hand I got back on my bag and got on my feet. The chopper was still outside, but I had no choice. Running right back out the door; I booked it for my car as the gunner instantly opened fire again. I felt another round hit my backplate as I opened the back door and jumped inside and to the ground. Bullets quickly began to pierce through the roof as I reached for one of the seat cushions.
"Come on! Come on!" I shouted as I pulled it off and reached inside to grab onto a rocket launcher I had stowed. Pulling out the tube, I undid the lid and used all my effort to extend the sides. Once armed, I sat up in the seat and looked up out the door to the chopper above.
"Fuck you!" I shouted as I pulled the trigger sending the rocket right up at the cockpit. My eyes widened as it hit the pilot side and began to lose control. I followed it as it was soon seen crashing right into another building only a street away. With silence soon engulfing me, I tossed the empty tube aside and took a breath.
"Ahhh!" I groaned as I tried to relax to only feel the bullets in my back. I felt blood under my shirt as I focused and let my powers take over. In seconds I felt the wounds seal and the bullets fall back out of my kevlar and onto the seat behind me. With my head almost light as air, I reopened my eyes and looked both ways in the alley to see no one else coming. Letting out a sigh, I took off the sling to the rifle I had and tossed it at my feet. Very slowly I stood up and made my way to the trunk. The bullets shredded this baby to bits. The trunk wasn't even unlocked before this. Goes to show what a hundred rounds will do. Opening the trunk, I reached in to grab onto a large briefcase and my duffel bag. Tossing the duffel over my shoulder and keeping the case in my left hand on my side, I looked once more behind me and took the chance to go while I had it. With blood still on my tongue, I left the alley as quick as I could and went back to the front entrance of the house. As I reached it, I reached in with right hand to grab onto the set of keys. I knew I saw right. Hitting the unlock button, I looked outside to find a small van waiting only feet away. Smiling wide, I walked over and opened the back to toss in my bag and briefcase. Once out of my way, I got in the driver's seat and started the engine. At this point all I could hear was sirens. Cracking my neck as I started to drive, I said to myself as I got on the road.
"Now the cops want to come."
I had to move. Regardless of what just happened I know the cops wouldn't take kindly to me hanging around this kind of scene. I wouldn't be surprised if the army doesn't show up after that helicopter going down.
As I drove I could still feel blood leaving my ears. God damn flashbang almost made me deaf. I thought to myself as I could see the moon just out to my left.
mT Shadow.