Omega Kid

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Chapter 56: The End Begins

Running back to League HQ was one of the hardest things I ever did, all my will power stopping me from turning the other way to hunt down Douglas and Hunter. After all that's happened, I wanted nothing better then to beat him within an inch of his life. But I wasn't going too do much against him on my own, not when he has the backing of Hunter, Attila and Hun. I also needed to know how Diandra was, I needed to know if she was even still…I try not to even think of that possibility.

Turning through different directions to make sure if I was followed that they'd lose track of me, and won't get a clear idea of where I'm heading. Hopefully all the others are back here now. It doesn't appear that anyone is tailing me, so I'm good to take off my costume in an alleyway and continue on without any other unneeded attention directed towards me.

Finally arriving back to the main hanger gate of HQ, I quickly hit the password key to open the doors and made my way inside, making sure to take one last look around. The cover play paperclip factory was like a ghost town, empty but at the same time like a thousand eyes are just staring at you…I'm just hoping that's my superstition talking. Using the lift down to the bottom level, I hit the intercom. ''Guys it's me!''

Instantly Alex was the one that answered. ''Thomas, are you okay?''

He couldn't see me and yet my answer was a nod, I'm just glad to be okay, but Diandra was the one I needed to know about. ''I'm fine, what about D? Is she still alive?''

Alex hesitated to answer for just a split second, although it felt like minutes to me. ''Just barely! Stella and Donovan's men are checking up on her trying to get the bullet out before it infects.''

''What?'' I gasped at this. ''Why hasn't she been taking to a hospital?''

''We've tried that, but Donavan won't have any of it…''

SMASH! I didn't hear the rest of it, didn't need to. He better have all his Men of Shadow protecting him now, otherwise what I just did to the intercom will be the milder version of what I'm about to do to him. My hand was bleeding now, not sure whether it was from the fight earlier or me just destroying the intercom, I don't give a damn anymore. All my anger towards Douglas was now being directed towards Donavan…and I'm about to unleash it on him.

As if he knew what I was planning, the moment the lift reaches the bottom floor and I step out, two of his Shadow Men grab my arms from both sides and hold me back. Standing in front of me was the man himself, protected by at least another four of them. For the first time, he had fear placed all over his face…and with good reason. ''Omega Kid, you have to listen to me…''

''I'm done listening to you!'' I spat at him before using all my strength to throw the two Shadow Men into each other and forcing them to let go. The four others come at me straight away and I charge back at them. One swings a baton at me, I sidestep and throw him backwards. BAM! I spin and punch another in the ribs sending him flying. The last two engage me in a fistfight; I block and dodge all their attacks before kneeing one in the stomach and giving the other a hard kick to the side of their face. Leaving Donavan alone.

He tries to hit me with his cane, and I duck under his attack. BAM! A good uppercut to his face and he crashes into the wall behind him. I grab him by the collar of his suit and hold him up. Coughing a bit he tries to beg. ''J…just let me…explain…''

''I've given you time and time again to explain, but with you it's always just been one mission after the other. Look what's happened! Diandra will die unless we take her to the hospital now and get that wound treated!''

Without even realising, Bobby must have snuck up behind me and grabbed hold of me tightly pulling me back and keeping me from finishing my 'talk' with Donavan. Trying to get out of Bobby's vice-lie grip is like swimming across the pacific with no arms or legs, it's impossible, his strength is unrivalled in my opinion and I can't break free. Blind with rage I struggle anyway, but it's no use. Meanwhile, Donavan got back onto his feet and stared at me intently. ''I am sorry for what's happened. But taking her to a hospital with a gun wound would have aroused suspicion, and possible attention from our enemies.''

I was about to shout out his enemies…however after seeing Douglas for the first time since he betrayed my trust as a superhero, I can't. ''But if we don't move her to…''

''If we do move her now,'' Harry called out from down the corridor. Out of his costume, but with bow and arrow still by his side. ''The wound will worsen and she'll probably die before we get to the closest one. All we can do now is believe in Stella's medical skills and wait.''

Waiting is the worst thing. I hate it. Every time I wait, I panic and can't stop being afraid, which is something I can't be right now. After what's just happened, to have both leaders of the team either down or scared wouldn't help the others. Wow, I think that's the first time I've really thought about how much my leadership responsibility means other than suggesting plans. ''I…I'll keep you back…all night if I…I have to!'' Bobby told me.

No need to remind me of that, I could be ten times stronger and this guy would probably still beat me in an arm wrestling match. Trying to calm down and relax was difficult with what's going on, but I do so anyway. Harry must have noticed this because he looked up towards Bobby. ''That won't be necessary. Let him go.''

Slowly releasing his grip in case I would try anything, once Bobby's arms were no longer entrapping me, I make a dash down the corridor past Harry hoping to find Diandra. He doesn't try to stop me as I sprint towards the medical bay. I've been there enough times since this League was formed I could find it blindfolded. Standing outside the door were the others, all waiting with anxious looks on each of their faces. Stella was probably inside now working furiously to find the bullet and extract it.

''You know,'' Omega Girl said tensely as she sat on the floor next to me. ''If this is what you lot get up to all the time. We'll need to work out a schedule so I don't become a target every day of the week…''

''Please don't!'' I cut in. ''I'm really not in the mood now!''

For the first time, she looked worried herself. I remember when she got a broken arm the first time I saw her fighting Judge and Volos, that didn't faze her, now she was shaking. I guess this was her first time seeing someone shot in front of her. ''Just trying to ease everyone. We're worrying over nothing. She's tough, I can tell. She'll pull through.'' At times during that sentence, she didn't even sound convinced.

''Thomas!'' Alex called out as he approached me. ''So what happened with Hunter?''

''She got away…'' I said with a crackling voice, the next part was even harder to say, but when I did it had nothing but venom in the tone. ''With No-One's help!''

The brothers instantly did a double take hearing that name again. ''He was there?'' Alex asked.

I nodded. ''And he's a lot stronger than before!''

Patricia snapped her fingers at us. ''Who's No-One?''

''Douglas Carbone,'' Stephen said wanting to answer Patricia. ''Former fake leader of Toxin, pretending to be a superhero, and the one Donavan said was working with Victor. Him!''

There wasn't another word needed to know the seriousness of our situation. We all just went back to waiting, hoping that Stella would come out of that room with the first bit of good news we've had all night. Harry and Bobby returned to the corridor, along with Donavan right behind, still protected by his Shadow Men. I think I just proved a few minutes ago how pathetic they were now. More fearful of Bobby then them, I kept my distance as I called him out. ''Start talking! Everything about Victor Crowsworth, Attila and Hun! How do you know them? And no more hiding!''

Donavan did nothing but look at each of us, as if waiting for someone to defend him or change the subject. Even if someone did though, I wouldn't let them, it was time for answers, and after a moment to think he looked ready to finally give them. ''As you know I was once Lieutenant Colonel of the United States army until I was relieved of duty…I was done so because of a terrible mistake I made while I was fighting in Iraq.''

''You fought in the war?'' Patricia asked.

''I did. I was to lead a group of young dedicated soldiers, none of the front line battles, more investigating towns or tracing landmines. I grew close with my comrades, they were brave and some of the finest young men and women I've ever known. One stood out above the rest…his name was Victor Crowsworth.''

That heart falling into stomach feeling came back to me hearing that, and I'm sure everyone else had that exact same feeling too. ''You and Victor were in the same unit?'' I questioned.

His lips were dry and his face bowed down lower in shame with every word he spoke, before nodding at my answer. ''A town was raided and I told Victor to move forward to see if the way was clear. He disappeared from our sight at the exact moment we received a call to pull back. But Victor didn't return. I decided to defy orders and find him. When we entered the town however…Attila and Hun attacked us. They picked us apart and destroyed us. I was down but still alive, I watched as my comrades were killed before my very eyes and I couldn't do anything to stop it. From the back…I could then see Victor, watching on. That's when I knew where his true loyalties lied. I played dead, so that I would live to fight another day, but I wasn't giving that opportunity. I was stripped of my command and honour for sending my unit into a suicide squad.''

Hearing that story I finally could flesh him out now, understand why he ordered us like that. Then I remembered something from his stories before. ''You were the survivor you mentioned before, the only one to see Attila and Hun.''

''I would rather have been killed with my men.'' He whimpered. Gone was the hard case army commander that I was hateful towards, now he was just a broken down and battered old man who has lost everything.

Alex then spoke out. ''So that's why you treat us like soldiers, to remember your old friends. Why you don't tell us more about our enemy, in case we become to emotionally attached. And why you don't even call us by our real names.''

Donavan was stuttering to get words out now. ''I made a terrible mistake. I tried not to make the same one…''

''Just stop!'' I interrupted. ''You made a mistake. I've made them too, my first one was following an order and not going with a friend, he ended up stabbed to death that very night. But also on that night I stopped someone from possibly killing more people. For every mistake you make there is a silver lining. You lost your friends, but you found out about Victor. And now we know our enemy, we can bring him to justice. Your soldiers will finally rest in peace.''

He looked back at me with confusion in his expression, and what might have been a tear in his eye. ''You still want to fight?''

I slowly nodded. ''You're someone who's afraid to make mistakes, and does his best not to make them. But everyone makes mistakes, if you try to avoid making them all the time, you'll just make more.''

Before anything else could be said, the doors to the medical room finally opened and Stella walked out. Blood covering her hands, and in the palm of it was the bullet. We all approached her, needing to know. Only Donavan stayed back as he was still trying to come to terms with everything, on the floor staring off into space.

''She's stable!'' Stella answers. ''The bullet's out and the bleeding has stopped, as long as the stitches stay in place.''

''That's good!'' Alex said. ''Why do you look like you've just seen a ghost?'' He gestured towards her worried expression, I was afraid that something else might be wrong with D…when I remembered her secret.

''It's…I don't know when…'' She was baffled with what to even say.

''Hey.'' Diandra's weak voice broke over our terrified anticipation. Everyone turned to her and it was what I feared. She still had her green cape covering her breasts, a bandage over her bullet wound…and nothing where her left arm would have been. Alex, Steph and Harry were all dumbfounded with that they were looking at. D was looking closer to tears than Donavan was a moment ago.

''How? What? When? Huh?'' Alex and Steph were unsure with what question to ask first.

That wasn't a problem for Harry though as he turned to Patricia and Bobby. ''Did you two know about this?''

Bobby backed off; even without his shyness and stutter this wasn't going to be something he would answer soon. Patricia looked at each of us sincerely. ''We found out after a mugger tried to attack her. We promised not to tell…''

''I also knew!'' I said. If the others were going to suffer for keeping a secret, I had to as well, especially after all the guilt I put on Donavan for not telling us anything. ''I promised to keep it a secret for her too.''

''Hold on!'' Alex held up his hands to stop our explanations. ''After you started off the whole us teammates getting to know each other thing, you then kept this big secret from us? All those fights that Diandra was in and we didn't know she had one arm…''

''Please just stop!'' Diandra shouted out getting our attentions. ''Don't blame them. I should have told all of you. But I knew you would think I'm weak and wouldn't let me help you.''

I was afraid of what the others would do now, that is until Harry started talking to her. ''So all this time…all those villains you beat with us…you did all that with just one arm?''

Perplexed by Harry's question because it sounded more like a tone of admiration then annoyance, she hesitantly nodded. With that confirmation, Alex and Steph spoke out their view on this. ''Cool!'' Now D was actually blushing from hearing this. I was about to say something else before Alex slapped me on the back of the head. ''I'm still mad at you for not saying anything. I'm thinking about forgetting the rest of that payment for the limo you and Crystal took.''

''You're still paying for that?'' I asked.

''Question!'' Omega Girl called out, I almost forgot she was still here. ''So I'm not the only one in the cool underground HQ that didn't know about green girl here having only one arm?'' We all awkwardly nodded and then she turned to look at Diandra. ''I don't say this just for anyone. But as well as being a cute-ass, you're also a badass!''

D bashfully smiled back. ''Thanks…I think.''

An hour passed, giving Diandra the chance to rest up and let the stitches do their bit at helping the wound heal over a little. Stella would occasionally check in on her. The rest of us were all just trying to regain our full strength after our hectic night, while Omega Girl seemed impressed with our HQ, looking around at everything and refusing to leave. Then I noticed that Donavan seemed to be missing, although after the story he told us, he probably needs some alone time anyway.

All this time I thought he was just a stuck up and arrogant army man, but really he's just as human as any of us here, a man who is afraid of mistakes because he made a costly one. What I can't work out is Victor's motivation though. From Donavan's story, it sounds like our enemy didn't have anything significant happen to him in the army to force him to go bad. He might have been like that in the first place, no wonder he and Douglas are working together then, they're great in the art of deception.

Just thinking of Douglas again made my blood go cold. For around a year now, he's been using others to get his own way. Thinking cunning and using his own gangs or villains for hire to wipe each other out, and any heroes that get involved.

''You look ready to kill,'' Stella called out as she walked next to me. ''It's not a good look for you.''

''I know…but just seeing Douglas again it just makes me…'' I couldn't even describe how much I wanted to destroy Douglas now, actually I probably could, but it's not even humanly possible to do.

Stella poked me on the shoulder. ''Hey, last time I saw Douglas, he stabbed me…twice.''

''I'm sorry; it's just that…he thinks he's a hero but he's not! He's manipulative and twisted…and I trusted him. It was my fault he stabbed you.''

She shook her head. ''It was my fault. I joined Toxin, and I knew the risk.''

That's the first time I think I've seen her not coil up or freeze when the word Toxin is mentioned. Then again, after what she's been through tonight, that was probably the bravest thing I've ever seen. ''You were amazing by the way. And to stand up against Marcus like that.''

''Anyone threatens my girl, they'll get hell.'' She winked playfully. Although I know she's serious about it, I remember the drunken girl that got a world of hurt when she flirted with Megan. Then something else came up from her. ''Do you think there are any Toxins left?''

I shrugged my shoulders. ''I don't know. Even if any did, they'd be so disbanded I really think it's all over for them. Douglas has gone all out to finish them off…'' I stopped in mid-sentence as realisation hit me like one of Marcus's punches.

''What's up?'' Stella asked me.

''Why was Douglas there?'' I half asked her and myself. ''Ever since we fought him he's been using villains, Fortune Cookie, Toxins still loyal to him and Victor to fight his war. He's always been in the backline, but tonight he decides to attack! It was coincident enough for Attila and Hun to attack the Toxin base we were at, but then Hunter and him…he knew we were going to be there!''

Stella looked as if she was piecing it together herself and knew that I was right, it was just too surreal, even with our luck that Douglas would be there when we were. She looked back at me. ''The question is how did he know?''

Pacing around trying to think of an answer, I thought of every theory there was. It couldn't have been any of us; we all know and trust each other. Donavan certainly wouldn't. It was impossible for a spy to be lurking around and scouting us with our base…unless the spy was already here. ''We need to find Donavan!'' I told Stella and we both made a run for Donavan's main office.

Sprinting through the corridors and through the main room where the others were, we climbed up the stairs as quick as possible and burst through the door. ''Donavan, there's a spy…''

''He already knows!'' Said the Shadow Man that held Donavan, facing us, with a knife to the army man's neck. There are rare times for a superhero, where it sucks to be right. The Shadow Man kept the knife close to Donavan's neck, as he brought out a small phone with his other. ''Time and time again you kids impress me.''

''Why?'' I asked.

Using his hand with the phone in it, he pulled down his black facemask to reveal just some average Bill. ''I was smart. Donavan here might pay more, but Douglas and Victor are going to win the war.''

''What makes you think that?'' Stella questioned.

He shook the phone for emphasis. ''Cause like earlier, all I have to do is dial one number here, and soon your enemies will storm this place faster than you can retreat. And when they get here, you'll all be…''

In the blink of an eye, a green arrow flies above us and hits the traitor right in between the eyes, sending him crashing to the ground behind. Donavan scurried away from the Shadow Men, but there was no motion, it was a quick clean death. We all turned back to see Harry standing there with bow at his side. ''I'm sorry, it was the only clear shot I had!''

''A headshot!'' Omega Girl said.

Stella ran over to the traitor's side and double-checked the phone; all of us were on the edge thinking that the guy might have called. She breathed a heavy sigh of relief. ''He didn't press it. We're safe.''

We all followed her in the relief sigh trend. ''That's only for now though,'' Donavan stressed. ''For all we know there could be more traitors. Even money can't bring you loyalty.''

''Maybe not,'' I said to him. ''But thanks to Harry, we may have a few more minutes. That could help us out…''

''Everyone!'' Diandra's voice called out from below in the main room. Turning and looking down at her, she appeared to be holding a small paper bag that had a light inside, blinking on and off. ''It started doing this a few minutes ago.'' She tipped the bag upside down, and out of it, falling and bouncing on the ground, was Hunter's bullet. It continued to light up and switch off over and over…almost like a…

''Leave now?'' Steph asked us.

''LEAVE NOW!'' I shouted and instantly we all ran down the stairs and headed for the quickest exit…that's when we heard it.

The whole HQ shook lightly, and above we heard a sound that could be mistaken for construction work. All of us were still, as if expecting something to happen or not to happen. After a few seconds, another faint boom sound could be heard above and the base shook once more. Dust and dirt began to crack and fall through the ceiling, covering us slightly.

As the sounds grew louder and the shaking became more erratic, Diandra slipped down onto her knees and pressing her hand over her bandaged wound. We all moved over to check on her, Stella slowly moved her hand away and we saw small trinkets of blood dripping down from the bandage. ''You shouldn't have moved, the wound is opening up again.''

''Well we're going to need to move,'' Alex said. ''Sounds like they're getting closer.''

''We can't!'' Stella shrieked. ''She could lose too much blood.''

''Where do we even go?'' Patricia asked all of us. ''They're practically bombing their way down towards us. We can't get out that way.''

I turned to Donavan. ''There must be another way out! A backdoor? Anything?''

He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me towards the wall where some of the gun-like weaponry was hanging from. Twisting one of the firearms, the wall then cracked and opened up, showing me another dark corridor. ''This tunnel will lead you out of here. But I'm afraid your friend is right, moving someone with a wound like that is too risky.''

''She'll be worse off if we don't move now!'' I replied. Looking back at Diandra's wound, it did look really bad, worse then any wound I've had, even worse then my shot arm from Toxin before.

''Maybe,'' Donavan broke the silence. ''You can move her. At a snail's pace!''

''No, we do that they'll catch up with us before we make it out.''

''Not if I'm slowing them down!'' He whispered. I shouldn't be surprised that he would suggest such a thing, but at the moment I am. ''I'll gather whatever Men of Shadow I have left, and hold them back while you escape.''

I shook my head at him. ''If you're doing this as a way to say sorry to us, then forget about it…''

''It's not that! This is the only chance we have to live and fight another day.''

''No, not for you. You must know that you facing off against them alone will only get you killed!''

He didn't answer back; instead he only walked past me and pressed a button on the wall, immediately an alarm was sounded, calling all of the Men of Shadow that remained. The shaking and explosions above were getting closer and stronger; they'll be here in seconds. Soon enough, about seven Men of Shadow had arrived. Donavan looked back at me. ''You said there's a silver lining for every mistake. The mistake I made years ago was terrible, but there was another silver lining in me surviving…I discovered and brought together a great team. Don't waste that by ending your lives here. I've fulfilled my duty.''

''There is no duty! I'm just a kid that wanted to…''

''You don't see it do you?'' He interrupted. I waited for what he meant by that statement, but instead he addressed the others. ''Take her and leave, slowly, keep pressure on that wound.''

Stella and Bobby went to helping Diandra up as carefully as they could. ''What are you going to do?'' She asked.

Before Donavan could answer back, I got there first. ''He and I are going to hold them off for as long as possible, while you get out of here with D!''

Everyone looked at me as if I was mad, I probably was. I know though that even with Donavan as his bodyguards holding them back, it might not buy enough time to get Diandra and themselves out of here without making her injury worse. At least with me helping out, I can help out, and if Douglas is coming here, then I get the chance to finish him off.

Alex and Steph ran in front of me. ''Don't even think about it!''

''Already have. No arguing, get Diandra out of here now!'' I ordered them. Just when they were going to argue some more, there's a stronger explosion and the whole place is rocked around like it's in the middle of an earthquake. They must only be about two floors above us now, maybe the floor right above. ''Go now! I'll be right behind you!''

There's no time for them to try and convince me to follow them, Diandra was already being slowly lead out through the secret tunnel by Stella, Bobby and Harry. Patricia and Omega Girl were right after them, leaving just the brothers behind. Steph took one last look at me, before patting me on the shoulder and heading down the corridor. Alex was longer to respond, eventually he did. ''If you're not out of here in five minutes…''

''There might not even be a here in five minutes. We're just going to slow them down, now go!'' I said. Despite some final hesitation, he ran off after the others down the corridor. Once they were out of sight, I turned to Donavan. ''Is there a way to close this door?''

From the look on his face, it was as if he knew I was going to ask that question. He walked over to the same gun as before, twisting it the other way, and the door slowly closed behind us. The Men of Shadow each drew whatever firearms were closest to them. Donavan found a cool looking AK-47 to fight with, he was about to throw me over a handgun when I raised my hand to stop him. ''In a war, this is your best friend!'' He told me.

''Not my style!'' I replied back. He waited to see if I was sure, once he knew that I was; he kept the gun by his side. After my experience with guns, including tonight, I'd be better off without one distracting me. It was quiet for a moment, and then there was a rattling noise going on down the corridor that lead to the lift. They'd be here any second now. I'm not planning on dying today; I haven't got to say anything to Rachael or Jenna. All I want to do is hold them back long enough, and then make a run for it; the only problem was I don't think Donavan and me were on the same page. ''What did you mean earlier? What don't I see that you do?''

I think for the first time ever, I saw Donavan give me a genuine smile. ''You remind me so much of myself when I was younger.''

''I don't find that hard to believe.'' That was the truth that I just spoke. I can defiantly see similarities between him and myself now. After all, we're both leaders, we both want to do what's right, and we were both betrayed by people we thought we could trust.

''You see yourself as just a kid as you say,'' He continued. ''But what I see is a true hero. Why do you think I picked you?''

''I'm just lucky!'' I returned simply.

''Is that so? Luck doesn't bring a real-life superhero this far. All your battles, and you've always come on top. Despite your enemies being constantly stronger or having some sort of advantage over you, you always pull through. You have something else that no other hero has. I don't know what it is, but you have something.''

I have honestly always believed it was just luck, determination and my friends that have helped me through my battles. He is right, nearly all my previous foes, Jason, Marcus, Ripper, the Hate Eight, they were all stronger than me. When I started as Omega Kid, I thought I could be the best superhero eve, but after Hex I thought that would be impossible. But I am constantly getting stronger all the time in some way.

There is always something that I want to fight for, whether it was for William, to save my friends, for Rachael, or just to protect anyone that I know. Maybe it's because I have something to defend that I'm getting stronger. If I keep going, then who knows how strong I can get. My enemies are always getting stronger, and so am I. Not to mention what Harry said before about Supernovas and Supreme Heroes, there will always be stronger enemies, and I have to keep getting stronger.

It's ironic and in a twisted funny kind way, despite the bleakness of my situation and little chance of success or even escape, for the first time since my encounter with Hex…I believe that maybe I can still be the best hero ever.

BOOM! The lift was blown apart and the whole base shook around as Donavan, his Shadow Men and me all prepared for what ever was coming through. Thankfully the explosion was far enough to not affect my hearing in anyway, but I was close enough to hear the next sound following that explosion, a giggle…Hunter's sadistic little giggle. Oh crap, Hunter!

''Everyone move!'' I called out as I ducked for cover, with Donavan quickly following my warning…some of the Shadow Men didn't hear me though, and it cost them dearly. BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Gunshots quickly fired, all of them coming from the smoke of the destroyed elevator, and in an instant four of the Shadow Men crashed to the floor dead.

Not long after that, two missiles were shot out of the smoke and aimed right for whoever was left. I jumped back as far as I could as the two incoming projectiles crashed into the ground next to two of the Shadow Men. Their bodies were sent flying across the main room, crashing hard to the ground and not moving at all. It was bad enough that those explosions were now starting to cause my ears to ring, but the smoke made it difficult to see if anyone was left.

As the smoke and dust settled some more, I could see Donavan, who was bleeding heavily down his head, being helped along by the last Shadow Man. They didn't get far though as two knives were shot out and cut deep within the leg of the Shadow Man, using the strings, the knives were pulled back and dragged him along and he was gone. Risking that happen to me, I dashed out towards Donavan, who now had to use his cane to walk along.

Just as I predicted, I saw from the corner of my eye a knife coming right for my face. Reacting quickly, I ducked down, and as the knife passed and slowed down in mid-air, I grabbed hold of the rope and held it in place. Waiting to see if anyone else would make a move, I watched as Douglas walked out of the smoke, in full No-One costume. Hunter following in closer behind, two hand guns at her side and a big smile on her face.

On either side of them were Attila and Hun, missile launchers over their shoulders although they didn't look armed. The amount of damage they can do from afar though, I'm afraid of what they're like in close hand-to-hand combat. Nobody dared make the first move in case it would cost them, then there was clapping. Literally, the sound of someone clapping. ''Bravo, bravo!'' I heard someone congratulate as they walked out of the smoke. ''I know you said he was good, but he really is just impressing me more and more.'' He said to No-One.

''Victor.'' Donavan gasped out as he tried to pick himself back up.

Victor studied Donavan for a brief moment before his eyes lit up and his eyebrows arched upwards. ''Donavan? You old dog! No matter what I throw at you, you always seem to crawl back out of your grave!'' Although he was trying to be sarcastic, there was no hiding that he was quite annoyed seeing Donavan alive. He then turned to Attila and Hun. ''Well my friends, it seems your perfect record isn't quite accurate.''

''No worries!'' One of them said. ''We'll just kill him right now, end result will still the same.''

''Wait!'' I shouted at Victor. ''Why did you betray him? Betray the people you served your country with?''

He just raised his arms at me. ''I never wanted to be apart of it. It was a meaningless war that was leading to nothing. I wanted to be powerful, and really make changes. And with my buddy No-One here doing what he does, purging London of its gangs, he seemed like the perfect business partner!''

I smirked back at him. ''Then you really don't know him like I do. He'll stab you in the back before you know it.''

Victor merely chuckled as Attila and Hun looked ready to finish off Donavan, while Hunter was taking on me. There's nothing I can do to save myself and Donavan now, if I was too live I would have to make a run for it now, and even after that I'll have to be extremely lucky to get away. I can't even tell if the others have escaped from the secret corridor yet, I need to distract them for just a little longer.

''Hold on,'' No-One said before anyone made his or her move. ''Omega Kid here did say before we had an unfinished score to settle. I think I should give him the chance.'' It was as if he was reading my mind, this is what I need to keep them at bay longer. Then again, I'm at their mercy; they can have fun with me if they wanted. At least now I get the chance to finish No-One here and now.

''Can't I join?'' Hunter asked. ''We can make it a threesome!'' She laughed her head off, but that was cut short when No-One looked at her seriously.

He yanked his arm back, and the rope I was still holding onto was sent back to him and the knife nestled in his hand. He pointed over towards Donavan. ''Watch him! This won't take long.''

''Oh, oh, let's make it a game!'' Hunter started pouncing around like an excited little girl as she skipped over closer to Donavan and aimed a gun right at him. ''Whoever wins, gets to keep him!''

''Deal!'' I got out quickly. Can't believing I'm going along with Hunter's game, she might not even keep her promise, but right now it might be my only chance to get Donavan and myself out of here alive.

Victor coughed and got Hunter's attention. ''No, that's not needed, let's kill them and find the other heroes in this…''

''Come now Victor,'' No-One cut in. ''We have their leaders at our mercy. And with someone to defend, I know Omega Kid will give me a better fight. I accept.''

Like I say, there's no guarantee they'll even keep their promise. But it gives the others more time to escape, and my chance to beat No-One, so I've got little case to argue anyway. Victor, Attila and Hun stay back to watch on. A weakened Donavan is nearby with Hunter not to far with him, and a gun looking right at him just in case he tries anything, though I think he's too weak even if he did want to try something.

No-One and I both circled each other, he kept his knives close-by, ready to throw them. All I had with me were my knuckle-duster as always, and that's all I need to beat him. It's a good thing I was late when we retreated from the Toxin base, I'm the only one that remained in costume afterwards, luck is still always on my side…hope that it stays like that.

Wanting to end this now, I charge at full speed towards him. He throws both his knives right at me, I duck and roll under the objects and once I'm back up I throw a punch at him. BAM! However, I end up getting a kick to the chest and I'm knocked back. He brings his knives back into his hands, and stabs them down towards me as I lay on the ground. I roll out of the way BAM! And kick in the back of his leg, causing him to go down.

He swings his arm at me; I block it and move around BAM! Landing a clean punch to the back of his head, before wrapping my arms around his neck and holding on for dear life. BAM! BAM! BAM! Giving me a few good elbows at me, I'm forced to let go. He spins around and swings one of his knives for me. I backflip out of the way of his attack, and once I'm back on my feet I throw a punch at him. Like he did before, he beefs up his chest and it feels as if I'm punching a brick wall. Before I can bring my injured hand back, he grabs hold of my arm BAM! And gives me a clean punch to the face.

He thrusts both knives at me, I twist my body to dodge both weapons and hold out my fist. BAM! Connecting right in his face, he's dazed for a brief second…that's life or death right now. BAM! I give him a hard punch in the stomach. BAM! An Omega-Swing to his face. BAM! Finally, I knee him hard in the stomach to knock him away.

Before he can have the chance to get his bearings back, I run forward and engage with him in another punching brawl. I keep forcing him further and further back as he blocks all of my punches and kicks. With my leg slightly forward, he ducks down to wrap a string around it. Running out of the way, he pulls on the string and throws me across the room and into the wall. He pulls back and throws me across the room yet again; I crash hard into a nearby table.

Ready to pull back again, I could feel it on my leg, so I use my other leg to stamp on the string and cause No-One to stumble forward. With this delay, I grab the knife at the end of the string and use it to cut the string around my leg. Using his other knife, he throws that towards me, I jump to the side as it traps itself into the ground where I was a moment ago. Sprinting forward, I try to cut at his legs with the knife I was now using.

As he steps back, he spins around and attempts a roundhouse kick, I try to counter with a punch. BAM! Thanks to him being the taller, his leg hits me first and causes me to miss my punch. I roll and tumble along the ground behind me, dropping the knife. He runs forward and tries to grab the knife on the ground. Because his head was at a low angle, I take a chance and run forward, lifting my foot up before bringing it back down hard. BAM! I stamp right on his head, crushing it under my foot on the ground. He was trapped underneath me; it was all or nothing now as I raise my fist to end it now…

BANG! All it took was the sound of a gunshot to stop me in my tracks; all my adrenaline was just gone in that instant. I had no feeling around my body but fear, so that means the intended shot wasn't meant for me. Looking back in horror, I watched as the blood shot out of Donavan's chest and he collapsed to the ground, coughing up more blood. My instincts made me turn to Hunter right away; however, she wasn't the one who pulled the trigger. In fact she looked back in shock at Victor…who held a handgun with smoke coming out of the barrel.

SLASH! SLASH! Because of this distraction, I forgot about No-One, who took the opportunity to cut across my leg with both knives. Crying out in pain, the first thing I did was jump back before collapsing to the ground. It was just a reflex telling me to get away while I could. I put both my hands on the cuts, trying to stop my leg from bleeding out. They were deep, painful cuts as well. Trying to ignore them, I did my best to crawl over to Donavan. Behind me, No-One must have just realised what happened with Donavan, and turned back to his partner in disappointment. ''You just couldn't wait could you?''

''You were taking too long!'' Victor hissed back. When he noticed that Donavan was only just alive, he turned to Hunter. ''Finish him now.''

I was expecting it, for Hunter to take her shots and kill us both with no effort at all. But as I kept crawling along to Donavan, she wouldn't budge an inch. Actually, she turned around to stare down at Victor. ''That wasn't fair! You're not playing the game right.''

''This isn't a game! This is war! I don't want any more survivor you hear me?'' He yelled at her.

I was finally close enough to Donavan to roll him over, the gunshot was much closer to the heart then Diandra's was. He was coughing up more and more blood, and his breathing was slowing down greatly. About to put my hand on the wound for pressure, he used his hand to stop me. Holding on tightly, he looked me in the eye. ''Avenge my comrades. Become the hero I know you can be!'' He wheezed out.

Looking back at him I nodded. ''I promise.'' With my confirmation, the lights left Donavan's eyes, and his hand slipped out of mine.

''Hunter, can you please end this sentimental bullshit now!'' Victor called out. She still didn't look willing to follow Victor after his cheap move…that's all I need right now.

I kick out at both of Hunter's legs, she goes to the ground. Just as she aims her gun for me BAM! I give her a good Omega-Swing to knock her away. Attila and Hun were by Victor's side, but it doesn't matter to me, I'll just beat them as well. When I'm about halfway towards him, I can feel No-One's string wrap around my legs again and pull me along towards him. BAM! He holds out his arm to pummel me into the ground, and then stamps his foot on my stomach, keeping me below him. I try to get myself up, but with my now cut leg, it was too hard for me to overpower him. He raised one of his knives into the air, I cover myself with my arms, although that won't do much good, I know it.

BAM! Just when No-One's weapon was coming down to strike, something…actually someone large comes out of nowhere to tackle him and throw him across the room…Bobby. Attila and Hun were about to reload their missile launchers, when Omega Girl leaps above them and kicks them both away. Victor gets ready to fire his gun, when an arrow flies right into the barrel causing it to explode in his hand. Finally, Hunter gets back on her feet and is about to use her own guns against us, when Patricia kicks at her hands, knocking the guns down, before roundhouse kicking her in the stomach.

While the villains were distracted, I felt myself being pulled up by two sets of arms. ''We're leaving now!'' Alex yelled in my ear as he and Steph dragged me away. My head was ringing anyway so I don't bother to give him a piece of my mind. As the two lead me back over towards the secret corridor; Patricia connects a fist and a kick to Hunter, knocking her down, and afterwards kicks her guns away before running along with us.

Omega Girl attacked both Attila and Hun with her tonfas, whacking them and leaping about to dodge their attacks. But no matter how hard she hit them, they wouldn't go down. Once one of them punched her right in the face, they started beating away from the door and from us. Her salvation came as Bobby fly kicked one of them away, distracting the other for Omega Girl to swing her tonfa right in his face and knocking him aside.

Eventually they followed us towards the secret corridor, however they were within reach of No-One, who was back up and threw his one knife towards us, hoping to get one. Before it could pick up pace though, another arrow came flying by, cutting through the string cleanly and causing the knife to drop and skip along the ground next to Harry's foot. He was by the entrance of the corridor and waited until we all passed before he turned and followed.

''Heads up!'' Omega Girl shouts out. Looking back, Attila and Hun had got a hold of their launchers and aimed them right for us. We weren't far enough from their range.

Harry stopped while getting an arrow and placing it in his bow. ''Well, this will be the stupidest thing I've ever done!''

Soon enough, the bounty hunters fired their weapons. You couldn't even blink otherwise you'd miss what happened. Somehow, Harry fired his arrow the exact time they fired their missiles…luckily I covered my ears before the arrow went clean through one of them. BOOM! BOOM! Both the missiles exploded, around where the entrance to the corridor was. We all ducked for covered as the ceiling caved in and collapsed behind us. The corridor grew dark, but from the frantic sounds of our breath…we were alive.

I was nearly blinded a few seconds later, as Alex lit up the corridor with his phone and looked around to check to see who was still here. It seems that everyone was okay, covered in dust and bruised, but at least we were all still alive. ''You glad now I took my mum's IPhone?'' Alex joked sarcastically.

He and Steph helped me back up, my head was still ringing badly, and that little explosion didn't help. At least it should buy us the time to escape before Douglas and the others circle around. As the guys helped me walk forward, I patted them on the back. ''Thanks for coming back!''

''We know you to stay behind and fight for us, you should know us that we'd come back to save your stubborn ass.'' Alex replied.

''B…but…we couldn't s…save Donavan!'' Bobby summed up.

''At least we're alive,'' Harry said. ''So we can still win this war.'' We could only nod at his summary; Douglas and Victor haven't won yet. Donavan gave us the chance to run and fight another day, and that's all that's needed to turn the tide. I'm going to finish Douglas, and Victor as well, and bring justice to Donavan and his old soldiers. ''The others are at a car park nearby checking on Diandra, we'll meet up with them''.

''But where do we go?'' Steph asked what we were all thinking.

I'm afraid that's a question that probably won't be answered anytime soon, I don't know anywhere that we can stay and hideout from Douglas or Victor, especially the way they have Hunter, Attila and Hun tearing everything apart to find us. The awkward silence was broken by a cough from Omega Girl. ''Well…we could always go to my place.''

To Be Continued…