Chapter Seven
"Is it just me or is it getting hot in here?" Lana said as they moved through the water which had reached up to their waist before they finally heard it stop pouring out from above them.
"Possibly, but this water is hot too." said Brooklyn said.
"Shhhh...we don't want him to hear us coming." Jane said. They only nodded as they continued on and came to two tunnels.
"Which way?" Jane asked.
"I don't know your plans didn't include this when I read over it." John said.
"Jasmine you check that tunnel out with Martha to the right, and Brooklyn you come with me to the left everybody else wait." Jane said. They nodded Lana and Kate formed a human brace with their arms and lifted Jasmine and Martha into the right tunnel. Next they helped Jane and Brooklyn.
"Jane give me your radio before you go." John said.
"Why?" Jane asked.
"You'll see when you get back." John said. Jane sighed and tossed it to him and continued on with Brooklyn aware of everything around her.
"Nothing." Brooklyn said as they met with a brick wall.
"Drill a hole." Jane said. Brooklyn nodded and drilled a hole.
"Your not going to like this?" Brooklyn said.
"Why?" Jane asked.
"There's water behind here and its scalding hot. It'll just make the water down there hotter." Brooklyn said.
"You know what to do." Jane said. Brooklyn nodded and plugged the hole up. They ran back to the others.
"Well?" Eddie asked.
"Its blocked by a brick wall, there's even hotter water than this behind it." said Jane taking her radio back from John.
"We thought so, look up." John said.They looked up and there was a third tunnel obviously leading in a different direction.
"Well who checked it out?" Jane asked.
"Eddie is up there he says Father has definately been through here." John said.
"Hurry up before we loose them!" They heard the voice echoing off the pipes.
"Looks like we've been found out." John said.
"Jasmine, Martha hurry up." Lana said just loud enough for it travel towards them.
"Well how do you suppose we get up there?" Jane asked.
"Harness." said Jack showing her. Jane started hooking the harness up.
"Here let me hook this up for you sweetheart." John said. Jane scrowled at him she hated when he did that .
"We don't have time for this, John." Jane said. She used the other end of the rope to pulled herself up. The position she was in allowed her easier access into the smaller tunnel. Just as she turned on her flashlight to catch up with Eddie and dropped the harness she heard Jasmine and Martha telling everyone to run.
"What the hell is going on?" Jane asked.
"Drilled to big a hole now the hot water mixed with gasoline is pouring out and the so called brick is crumbling, its meerly clay any small in fraction will start a bigger break in time." Jasmine said as she hooked herself and Brooklyn up. Jane and Brooklyn looked at each other in alarm.
"Hurry up, then." Jane said. She helped them pull themselves up they went ahead of her.
"Hey hurry up." Danny said as they saw light from the others flash lights and the distant calling for stragglers to hurry.
"Any time now hunny." John said.
"John shut up and handle it." Jane said pulling Kate and Lana who crossed over her. John sighed and started up a trip wire attached to a bomb.
"Danny, Jack let's go." Jane said. They started up, and soon were crossing over her.
"John!" Jane said getting his attention.
"Hold on sweetheart." John said. Jane looked back and here them getting closer. She could also see that the water was coming out heavier now and it was rising.
"Baby, come on you don't have much time." Jane said wiping the sweat off her forehead. She hadn't noticed until now that the heat had really turned up. She could see little bubbles starting to form in the water and from John's body language it burned.
"Damn it John." Jane said jumping down into the water. She bit back a scream, she was sure the water was near boiling point.
"What are you doing get the hell out of this water its starting to boil if they catch both of us here and shoot its going up in flames from the gasoline."
"I know, but your slow." Jane said. She finished what he had started. They started back up together.
"There they are!" One woman shouted.
"Oh shit hurry." John said. They pulled faster as she started running towards them. Jasmine came back and started helping to pull them up. John shot at the few coming behind the woman as Jane climbed through and they pulled him up just as the woman broke the line.
"Crawl, crawl!" John shouted. They crawled quickly and kick the gate through. They hooked themselves onto a convient hook and lowered themselves just in time to avoid part of the blast that had made itself into the tunnel.
"Cut the ropes!" Jane shouted. They cut their ropes avoiding getting set on fire.
"Ahhh true muck." Jasmine said as they stood up.
"No kidding." Jane said.
BANG BANG!!
"Take cover!" Eddie shouted. They all jumped behind a rock.
"What the hell is that?" Jack asked. Jane was surpised to hear his voice through her ear piece. She looked at John who just nodded and grinned at her.
"Heat and cold sensors attached to what are very accurate guns, but easy enough to get pass." said Martha. All thirteen of them breathed in deeply as they made note of everyone.
"They're everywhere." John said.
"Yea, it makes them a bit more effective so there's one trained on each of us, but if Jack and I switch places we may be able to get them to shoot each other." Martha replied. They worked for several minutes.
"Ok on the count of three let's go." Jane said. Everyone prepared to run, but as they were about to dart out into the open several enemy assasins lowered themselves into the room.
"Hunny I'm home." said Rick the most hated assasin in John's company his skill also equaled that of John's with Jane's way of planning.
"Oh no Rick." John whispered.
"Whose Rick?" Jane asked.
"Put it this way, if you think back to the time you thought I was the biggest asshole in the world, if you knew him you'd think he was bigger." John said.
"Than he must die, if he comes forward shoot at him if he even tries to jump into your space of cover that'll keep him out in the open. They watched as Rick came only so far.
"Come on don't hide I'm the only one left after that little parlor trick you pulled using Father's defenses against us." Rick said talking to them as if they were ameteurs."Well Mother taught me better than that."
"And Father taught us not to underestimate the enemy," Jane said making the girls snicker,"Gas masks."
"Whoa wait gas masks you didn't tell me to pack a gas mask." John said.
"I packed it for you." Jane said.
"Thank god I listen to Brooklyn." Jack said putting on his own. Danny, Eddie, and Brandon put their mask on as well. John quickly put on his as the girls through gas granades at Rick. He didn't shoot them like they had anticipated, but no matter they'd go off eventually.
"Hahaha." Rick laughed," Ameteurs, did you really think I'd shoot that." The others laughed too.
"You better stop laughing, because I have the feeling you'll be choking on it real soon." The gas granades blew up and true to her words Rick and the others began to choke on their laughter. The smoke filled the room and confused the sensors on the guns.
"Let's go while we have the chance." John said. They ran as the sensors were confused by the gas, but luck had it they pointed towards the others.
"This way I see a hatch!" Kate shouted. She tried to turn it, but it wouldn't budge. Everyone put their backs into turning and pulling the handle. Finally the door opened and they climbed through. Almost immediately Father who hadn't anticipated them getting pass any of his traps, tried to shoot them. He ran out of bullets, but not before he got John in his thigh, clipped Jane on her side, and Jasmine got a stomach wound. She was out of the fight.
"Time to die." Jane said preparing to shoot him. She pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't work.
"Water." Martha said trying her own gun.
"That's just fine I'll enjoy doing this with my hands." Jane said.
"Kick his ass Jane." Jasmine yelled as Kate helped her stop the bleeding.
"Go Jane!" Kate shouted. Father put up a fight, but Jane subdued him after everyone had their chance at him except Jasmine.
"Don't kill him." Jane ordered.
"Why, its his time this is a coup after all." Martha said taking her hands from around his neck.
"Yes, I know, but we still don't have control yet we still have several assasins that need to be subdued if this coup is to be successful, now none of us accounted for the water and it seems our efforts to save our guns were useless. So all we've got left are some granades and I have some knives about five."
"Jane, I've got two knives on me I used all my granades for upstairs, it won't be safe to go up we have to find another way out." Jasmine said.
"Jasmine save your breath and keep your knives you may need them," Jane said,"Anybody else?"
"Sweetheart all the guns are shot." John said.
"I know, that John." Jane said.
"Anyway I've got that hatchet, I don't carry knives and I've got one bomb with a trip wire." John said.
"I've got nothing." Kate said.
"Than begin looking for the exit we've got to get Jasmine to our personal hospital we can't be suspected."
"Jane I've got six granades and a knife." Lana said.
"Well I've got nothing we're men of the gun." Jack said indicating himself, Danny, Brandon, and Eddie.
"There's a way out and there's a car." Kate said coming out of a tunnel.
"You'll never escape." said Father as they heard banging on the door.
"They're attempting to blow it," Jane said," John set up that bomb you have. They didn't see father press a buttom on his watch the car blew up and threw Kate into the wall. She was wounded.
"Bastard." Martha said hitting father.
"Hold a knife to his throat, Jack, Brandon take Jasmine and Kate down the tunnel once the fire is cleared, Danny I want you to grab that extinguisher over there and go before them don't waste your time on the small ones you can easily by pass." John ordered as he set up his bomb.
"Martha give father to Lana, Lana follow them, but be careful of father." Lana nodded and took out her knife. She led Father towards the tunnel after Jack and Brandon with their precious cargo.
"John are you done?" Jane asked opening Father's computer.
"Yea, just about." John said. Jane hacked into the security system and locked down the door.
"That should buy us some time Martha commented. Jane nodded and set all sensor guns to fire towards the door where they were all huddled now that they had run out of granades to knock the door down.
"So should this." Jane said pushing a buttom. They could hear the shooting, but the camera was shot out.
"Let's go, the gas hasn't quite reached the door yet, but eventually it will and it will seep through especially if they get that door open." Eddie said looking over her shoulder.
"Shit they're getting through the first door." John said as he stood up.
"Let's go than." Eddie said. They headed for the exit.