CHAPTER 6
Zach POV
9:00AM
MISSION: assassination
TARGET: rebellion leader, Rahan
AREA: Rio de Janeiro favelas
I walked through the crowd. Trying to remain hidden. My earlier attempt had been ruined after one of Rahan's guards got in the way of my sniper bullet. Now they are trying to find me. I had get away, but the whole city was on lockdown. At least they didn't know what I looked like, and I had acquired local clothing for a small price. I saw a few guards patrolling the street I was on. I realized that it would be impossible to avoid detection here. I couldn't stay on the streets anymore so I walked into the closest open door. There were some stairs leading to the roof inside. No other options now. I was close to the city's wall but guards were posted, looking for me. If I attempted to shoot they would sound the alarm. The sun was already starting to set behind them. Too late for me to escape today. I guess I'll wait till morning I thought as time passed. I allowed myself about two hours of sleep as my plan would take place early morning. As it turned to 5:00 the sun was just beginning to awake. Now! I ran along the rooftops in an attempt to get to the walls before my chance passed. The sun blinded the guards as I scaled the four story structure. As I reached the top I kicked one guard off and threw my knife at the other. I waited for about three minutes before I decided that I must have not been spotted. Good. Now I must choose between escape or finishing my mission. I decide to quickly scale the guard tower nearby. As I reached the top the guard attempted to cut me with a machete. I ducked and punched his stomach. Due to my robotic body he was sent flying down to the ground below. "10 minutes" I told myself. 10 minutes before the patrols found his body. I quickly stabbed my flashdrive into the stone edge looking towards the capital. I pressed the top, and my rifle folded out. Now please understand that the rifle was mainly made of energy. I attached another drive to the top and a scope attached itself to the rifle. I used the DNA tracker in the scope to find where Rahan was hiding. I saw that he was just out front making another one of his public executions. I pulled the trigger. As he was about to shoot the government official my bullet split in half and hit his gun and his brain. Quickly scanning for his heartbeat the scan came back negative. Satisfied I jumped off the tower and parachuted to the ground. As I hit the ground my parachute folded into it's container on my back. I took off towards the Mountain close to the city. As I made my way toward the base of the mountain I saw many of the rebellion patrols looking for me. I simply waited for them to pass and would take off once they were out of sight. Once I reached the base of the mountain it was night. I turned on my night vision and launched my grappling hooks up the side of the mountain. Once the reached their limit they dug in and I started to climb. I reached the hooks and took one out and launched it higher. After making sure it was secure I did the same for the other. By the time I reached the top my energy was almost drained. I looked out to the ocean and sighed. " it's almost over " I told myself. I stabbed another VPD( variable portable device) into the ground and pressed the top. It emitted a blue light and the ground beneath it began to have a circuit board pattern. I took out my scope and saw a speedboat in the distance. Suddenly I heard a voice say in broken English "don't move or you die". I continued to watch as the speedboat started to close the distance to the shore. I turned to face my attacker, and saw many gun barrels pointed at me. I put the scope down and raised my hands. Crap, how do I get out of this. I slowly put my hands behind my back and, quicker than the eye could follow, grabbed two VPDs. The one in front turned to order his allies to do something. Probably kill me. I quickly jumped to the side and stabbed the first VPD in my arm. Time seemed to slow down, and the bullets fired at me moved about as fast as a running man. I jumped and landed up on the arm of the statue of Christ the Redeemer. I quickly stabbed the other VPD into my other arm and a wing suit began to form around me. Once it was about 3/4 of the way formed the speed effect wore off and the soldiers saw me on the statue. I jumped off before they got off a shot. As I was falling the suit finished forming and was ready to fly. I stretched my arms out and felt the wind catch in the wings. Even though I escaped the patrol I wasn't finished yet. I angled myself so I flew towards the ocean. After a few I crossed over the land I slowed down. I saw the speed boat stop a few hundred yards below me. I folded the wings back into the suit just as the suit fell apart. As I fell I knew I couldn't survive from my current height, so my plan better work or... Splat!. I activated my parachute as I crossed the 400 yard mark. It deployed but a sudden wind blew me off course and tangled my chute. As I fell I cut off the current chute and watched as I fell. 200 yards. One last chance now. I hit the backup and the chute came out. It caught in the wind and slowed my decent. I hit the ocean hard as the chute didn't have enough time to fully take effect. I couldn't breath. The chute was weighing me down and I didn't have enough strength to swim with it. I unclipped the harness and floated to the surface. Thankfully the boat was within remote range. Once I was on I collapsed, my adrenaline unable to support me anymore.
I woke up and unhooked myself from the virtual training program. My training was not done yet so I decided to test out my weapons. I walked over to the cabinet and pulled out a few VPDs and walked to the small live fire area. The first two were wrist mounted blades, the third and fourth was an VTEW aka a variable thrown energy weapon. The last two were specifically designed mini heavy weapons. I picked up the first two, one in each hand, and activated them. The blades formed a guard on my forearms and the retractable blades unsheathed themselves. So far so good. I retracted the blade on my right and picked up my knife. Switching it to plasma mode, I swung as hard as I could at the left guard. Good, the blade slightly cut into the guard but did not get to my arm. I took the blades off and watched them fold back into their flashdrive like form. I picked up the VTEWs and threw the first one. It looked like a frisbee with and edge made of energy. Once it hit the far wall it stuck in it. I quickly shut it off before it melted the wall. The other was a small bolt of energy. I threw it towards the target in the middle of the room. It exploded and shredded the target. Finally the heavy weapons. I held the items in my hands and pressed the buttons. The weapons looked like miniguns but instead of regular bullets they fired dark matter bullets. It completely tore the whole room to shreds. As I put the weapons away I thought " what will become of me if I chose this path. To become a mercenary doing peoples dirty work. What will happen if they are bad and I am on the wrong side." I contemplated these thoughts until I fell asleep. It would be a very busy night and I would be glad for the sleep later.