Chapter 16
Angel draped herself over the step on the side of the helicopter, out of the passengers' view, which included 10 commandos and Cat Man. He was sitting in the back of the helicopter. They'd been flying for an hour and a half, when the helicopter gradually slowed down and descended. Angel looked down and saw what looked like a heavily guarded government building. It was surrounded by two cement walls, with a guard tower at each wall.
Then the radio crackled to life. "Helicopter Alpha-Zulu-1-4-5-Hotel, you are clear to deliver cargo." Angel looked down and saw three guards and four workers run out of a door onto the helipad.
"Roger," replied the pilot. Angel slipped off of the stair, wincing as her injured leg moved. As she flew backwards, she saw three sniper rifles, each fitted with a silencer, extend out of the helicopter. There were seven silenced shots, and the seven people on the helipad fell.
"Clear to fast rope." Angel flew above the helicopter as a rope was thrown out the side. Then eleven people slid down it, landing on the roof and laying small objects on the roof, forming a circle with them. Then they all moved back. Cat Man gave a signal, and Angel saw one of the commandos type a command into a PDA. Three seconds later, a circle of fire formed on the roof. The part of the roof that was inside of the circle fell into the building. Then the people jumped into the hole, disappearing from view. Gunshots and screams followed. Then Angel remembered that Cat Man had said that he was going after Jeb.
"CRAP!" she yelled. "I have to save him! Now, how did Max tell us to relocate our knees?" She quickly remembered, and then popped it back into place. "Ahhhhh!" she yelled. Then she flew through the hole in the ceiling and into the building. The hall was empty, except for three dead guards.
She heard gunshots come from around a corner, and then the sound of a door being opened with a breaching charge. She ran around the corner and saw an open door. She pressed her body against the wall next to it and looked in. She saw the commandos formed into a circle, with Cat Man inside of it. She could also hear Jeb pleading for his life.
Angel crept into the room. She suddenly grabbed one of the commando's guns and swung it with all of her strength into one of them, knocking him into another commando. She launched a roundhouse kick into a second one. Then Cat Man sprung toward her, claws outstretched. Angel felt her finger squeeze the trigger, and Cat Man stopped in mid-air and fell to the floor, a small pool of blood already forming. Angel threw the gun, jumped toward Jeb, grabbed him, spread her wings, and started flying, all in one motion. She made a u-turn and flew through the open door, and then through the hole in the ceiling. She flew straight up, out of the helicopter Gatling gun's range.
"You okay?" she asked.
"Yes," panted Jeb. "And may I ask how are you?"
"Fine." Angel was about to tell him what had happened when she was sprayed by a warm liquid. She looked down and saw that Jeb was bleeding badly. "JEB!"
"You have to lay low for a while," he gasped. "Then you have to look for the rest of the flock. Don't let my brother succeed."
"You mean we'll lay low for a while."
"No, Angel. You have to let me go."
"NO!"
"DO IT!"
"Okay. Goodbye Jeb."
"Goodbye Angel." Then Angel opened her hand. She watched Jeb plummet to the ground and heard a thump as he made contact.
"He's right," she thought. "I have to lay low. I'll find Max and Total and the others later." She changed her path so that she was flying toward the Appalachian Mountains.