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-Ecorley

Unknown POV

I was trying my hardest to not look up at the video screen mounted in the right hand corner of my computer station. I wiped beads of sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand before continuing to type the string of commands into my keyboard. Whether the sweat was caused by being confined in the small space of the van or because my boss was glaring down at me from the monitor, I'll never know.

"What's taking so long Franklin?"

His tone was harsh, his voice dripping with impatience. Thousands of miles away and the man still scared the shit out of me.

"Sorry sir, nearly done" I replied, not even bothering to look at the screen again, knowing that I would only see the disdain on his face...the face of the most ruthless man I had ever had the misfortune to work for.

Work for? Ha! You are nothing more than a prisoner.

I took a moment to look over my shoulder to see the bulky man sitting in the driver's seat of the van I occupied sharpening the knife he always kept strapped to his leg...my prison guard. The sound of the metal sliding down the whetstone was like nails on a chalkboard. I kept waiting for the moment when he would plunge that knife into my heart, but so far, the moment hadn't come. I was still of use to them. As soon as that use was gone, I knew I would be disposable.

I turned away, focusing on the screen in front of me, continuing to do the job I was ordered to do. This test, as my boss put it, was pivotal to his plan and it was made very clear to me that I better make sure everything went smoothly.

I typed in the last of the code and hit enter. The 10 seconds it took for the program to initiate nearly caused me to have a heart attack. The blinking words on the screen meant that I would live another day.

I pulled my headset on, adjusted the microphone and looked at another video monitor to the left of my computer. It was split into four separate video feeds and I could see the point of view from each team member.

I cleared my throat, "Sir, the program is ready to commence. Delta team is in place and ready to proceed to the target's location"

"Good. Activate the program and order Delta team to engage" he commanded.

I could see him glaring down at his own video monitor as he waited to watch the mission begin. I let out a long sigh, before reaching down and pressing a button to activate the communication signal between myself and the team.

"Delta team, you are to proceed to the following coordinates and await instructions", I said, struggling to keep my voice from shaking.

I didn't know who the target but I already felt sorry for the guy. Delta team was the toughest sons of bitches I had ever seen. I knew they had been chosen because of their ruthlessness.

I watched as the team moved forward, through the wooded area and approached the building. When they seemed to be almost in position, I muted the audio and turned back to the monitor in the right corner.

"Sir, the team is nearly in place. Shall I proceed?" I asked.

I heard him laugh to himself and then glare down at me, a wicked smile on his face, "Activate the program"

My fingers visible shook as I hit the Enter button. I knew whoever the target was, whoever Kaine had chosen to use as his personal guinea pig, was not going to survive this test. Delta team had been given explicit instructions to eliminate their target by any means necessary. The guy didn't have a chance.

My eyes swept to the video screen and I watched as the last team member took position. The wooded area behind the building was dark but I could make out an outline of a door. One of the men quickly set up another camera, directed at the door, so that another angle could be captured. An additional monitor suddenly brightened as the video feed was linked...I was now able to see the entire side of the building, including the area in front of the door.

What the hell are we doing here in this little town? And at a reception hall nonetheless?

Several minutes past and through the microphone I could hear the Delta team leader taking slow, controlled breaths as he waited for his target to appear. They knew who it was, as they had been briefed thoroughly by none other than Kaine himself before leaving for the mission.

I looked down at my computer screen, seeing that the program was working. The target was following the instructions I had typed out. Any second now, that door would open and a massacre would take place. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat, knowing that this would be something I would have to live with for the rest of my life. I tried to push the guilt down; knowing that it was either me or him, one of us would have to die. Maybe I wanted to be noble...to be a hero...but I also wanted to live. If I didn't do what Kaine wanted, it was going to be me that was the target.

The door of the building suddenly opened and my heart started to pound in my chest when I saw who walked out of the door.

Shit! What the hell is this girl doing?

The girl was a knockout and by the looks of it, she was a member of the wedding party that currently occupied the reception hall. Her blue dress was flowing in the cold wind and I was surprised to see her with no shoes or a coat of any kind. It was freezing outside but she seemed completely oblivious to it.

I looked up at the monitor, "Sir, we have a civilian in the line of fire. Do we abort or hold?"

Kaine wasn't listening to what I was saying. Instead I could hear him talking to someone in the room with him.

"I guess we will see if our informant was correct. Let's see what our new, little pet can do" he said to the man who was currently looking over his shoulder.

He looked back in the monitor at me, "Order Delta team to engage"

My heart dropped, "Excuse me sir, please repeat that"

Kaine's eyes narrowed, "Tell Delta team to engage the target"

When I didn't acknowledge his request he moved closer to the monitor and continued, "That's an order Franklin"

"...but sir, it's just a girl...a woman...she's..." I stuttered out.

I could see Kaine look past me, over my shoulder and I suddenly felt the headphone set ripped from my head. The bulky man had left the driver's seat and now stood behind me.

"Get up" he demanded roughly.

I stood there in shock, looking back and forth between him and the monitors. The girl was still standing there, not moving, and it suddenly sunk in that she was the target. She was Kaine's guinea pig.

What the hell have you done man? She's just a woman. How the fuck did she get involved in this?

"Move" he said before grabbing me by my arm and physically yanking me out of my seat. I was tossed down onto the floor and he took my spot, slipping the headphones on and adjusting the microphone.

He hit the unmute button, "Delta team, engage target. I repeat, engage target"

I glanced at the monitor to see the team move out from the cover of the trees and approach the young, blonde woman. I closed my eyes, not wanting to see the poor girl lose her life...not wanting to witness something so evil, so unfair.

I only opened my eyes when I started to hear the shouts from the men, the grunts of pain...sounds not from a female but from men. My mouth dropped open as I watched the mission play out on the small screen. Delta team never had a chance.

That's not possible.

The next few moments that passed will forever be engrained in my mind. Her speed...her strength...her skill, there was no way any of it was real. I had never seen anything like it, like her. But there it was, on the screen...the entire Delta team was down. The four men lay dead at her feet and she stood over them, her dress still flowing in the wind. She was not out of breath and she didn't move...she simply stood there, waiting on her next command. I will never forget the blank look on her beautiful face or the way the curly tendrils of hair were swept up by the wind. The light from the security lamp overhead cast a glowing shadow behind her back. There was something almost angelic about her as she stood there and I felt a great sense of relief. She had survived.

I heard Kaine laughing on the monitor above me and I looked up at the man. He was nodding his head and looked quite pleased with himself despite just losing his entire team...apparently I wasn't the only who was expendable. I looked back at the monitor where the girl stood and the truth suddenly hit me.

She was going to be his new weapon.

"Deactivate the weapon and return to base" Kaine instructed, reaching down to press a button on his monitor. His face disappeared as the screen went blank and I once again looked over at the monitor where the girl still stood, patiently waiting for me to type in the commands that would return her back to normal.

"You heard the boss" the burly man instructed. He pulled the headphones off and threw them down on the counter before stepping over me and taking the driver's seat again.

I pulled myself off the floor to sit in my chair and reached for the keyboard. My fingers slowly typed out the commands that would deactivate the program housed in the microchip imbedded in that poor girl's neck.

I knew my commands would lead her back to where she was before she had been activated. She wouldn't remember a thing. It would be as nothing had every happened. The poor girl had no clue exactly how much danger she was in or how much destruction she could cause.

You have to find a way to help her.

I finally hit Enter and watched as the girl slowly turned and reached for the handle of the door. The blank look on her face was still there and I knew it wouldn't disappear until she reached her destination...until she was right back where she was supposed to be before I tapped into her mind.

She paused and looked over her shoulder again, her eyes sweeping over the four dead men lying on the cold ground. She finally looked up and stared directly into the camera still set up in the woods not far from her. It was as if she was looking directly at me, as if she knew I was there watching her. The blank stare remained but in my heart I knew, she was pleading for my help.

Maybe I could try and be a hero after all...