Bang! I lower my gun as another soldier falls to my feet. I smile, here, among the chaos, I am in my element. I turn my head to look for Juliette, she would hate me if I told her, but I always keep an eye on her during battles. She isn't weak, no, she could kill everyone on this battlefield with her own two hands, but I still fear for her safety.

Shouting forces me to avert my attention back to the onslaught of soldiers coming towards me. I shoot all but one down and find that my gun needs to be reloaded. He charges me and when he's close enough, I crack him over the head with my pistol. He topples immediately. I lower myself on top of him, holding his arms down with my legs. I take my time carefully reloading my gun before I aim it back at this forehead.

"P-please," he blubbers, as he begins to struggle beneath me.

"Mercy is not a gift that I grant," I hiss, before the man can react I've pulled the trigger and I'm up looking for Juliette. My heart immediately begins to race; she's nowhere in sight. I spy Kenji grappling with a couple of soldiers to my left.

"Kishimoto!" I shout, "Have you seen Juliette?"

"Nope," he grunts as he slams his knee into one of the soldier's faces. I begin darting around the buildings hoping to find her behind one, but I spy no one. That is until I come to the final house in the row. A woman looks up at the sound of my footsteps, upon recognizing me she bursts into tears.

"I-I'm sorry," she whimpers, "I'm so so sorry." I'm instantly on high alert.

I walk right up to her and grab her by the shoulders, "What happened?" I demand, "What did you see?"

"I have another child on the way," she blubbers, "my husband recently left me, and the money I'm making on my own isn't enough so I made a deal with them okay!"

"Made a deal with whom?" I boom, I can feel the anxiety settling in my stomach.

"The Sector 46 soldiers!" she cries. "They offered me money to lure her here, and when I did they grabbed her. One man used his abilities to shut here's off and another was quick to inject her with something. The ambush happened so quickly, and without her powers she didn't stand a chance." My heart has frozen in my chest; my breath has stalled in my lungs. I stare at the women in horror.

"Who?" I breath, already fearing the answer.

"Juliette," she chokes out. I release my hold on her and she crumbles to the ground as if she's too upset to stand on her own two feet. As if she has a reason to be in this much anguish. It disgusts me.

"I'm sorry!" she shouts, "Minimum wage isn't enough to support four kids!" But I'm done listening to her, I'm scrambling, looking for tank tracks or anything to give me an idea of where they've gone.

"Where did they go?" I shout, my composure has left me now that the reality of the situation has sunk in, "Which direction did they drive off in?"

She weakly points straight ahead I quickly grab the walkie talkie I carry on me at all times, "Kent, Kishimoto commandeer a tank and meet me behind the last house on the right immediately," I bark into the device. A minute later the two appear and the doors fly open.

"What happened?" Kenji demands I say nothing as I make my way towards the open door and climb in. I slam the door closed and press the accelerator as far down as it will go. The two share a glance, but this time it's Kent who speaks.

"Warner what's going on?" he questions. I stay silent and stare at the stretch of open land ahead of me.

"Where's Juliette?" Kenji asks.

"I don't know," I respond, desperately trying to keep the tremble out of my voice.

"Tell us everything," Kent demands.

I take a moment to compose myself and retell the story the woman behind the house gave me. With a lot of effort I manage to retell the happenings with minimum choke ups. I can't afford to let them see me when I'm down.

"It's not your fault," Kenji whispers.

I nod my head, but I know the truth. The only thought that's been running through my head has been "You failed her," and I can't help but agree with it. When neither Kent nor Kishimoto are looking I reach up and quickly wipe the single tear off my cheek.

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We were out scouring the fields for hours. I eventually called in all personal to assist in our search, but no one found anything. We scoured the land for tire tracks, footprints or anything else to give us an idea of where they've gone, but the perpetrators covered their tracks well. I sent a team to search in Sector 46, but nothing was found there. They described the entire area as being abandoned. I now find myself submerged in my tub trying to rack my brain for ideas. Every direction we've gone in has led to a dead end, and the more time that passes the more anxious everyone gets. Me especially. I've begun my habit of building walls again in an effort to stay calm and level headed, but it's not helping. My fear has turned to rage and two things are for sure, we will find Juliette and the perpetrators and when we do there will be hell to pay.

There's your Warner chapter ladies and gents. Next up we see the much requested bad ass Juliette, and let me tell ya it'll be worth the wait ;). When she gets those powers back there will indeed be hell to pay. As always thanks for the continued support and I'll see you next time.