Carmen and Logan walked the rest of the way in silence. An awkward yet an understanding silence. Both trying to prepare themselves for what was going to happen. Nothing could prepare them no. Carmen knew that deep down. She hadn't been there in 30 years. So much would've changed. So much did change. She just didn't know it.
"We're getting close," Carmen said. She was shaking on the inside but she smoothed her clothes through her hair into a pony tail and put her heels back on.
Logan nodded as he followed her into the woods. An armed man stood facing away from them. Carmen motioned Logan to wait and put her finger over her mouth signaling silence. Logan was amazed at how quiet Carmen was. He watched her and before his eyes Carmen changed into a more believable 20-year-old and whispered into the guard's ear. Logan tensed and waited to see what the guard would do. He looked around shouldered his gun over his back and smiled at Carmen. She wrapped his hand through hers and Logan felt a pang of jealousy even though he knew it was an act. Carmen then looked at him as he hid behind the tree and made the number three on her hand that wasn't holding his and slashed up.
Logan got the signal. Quick as a cat he sprinted and extended his claws. Before the guard could even react Logan's claws were already through his chest and the man slid off them and layer crumpled on the soggy ground. Carmen nodded grimly and Logan took it as a sign to stay quiet and follow her. Logan sensed three other guards guarding the perimeter and signaled it to Carmen who nodded and grabbed the gun off the dead guard's back.
Carmen slipped her heels off and through them to Logan who caught them and gave her a confused look and a few choice of mouthed words. Carmen climbed the nearest tree and signaled Logan to follow her below. Carmen crept through the branches and turned into a six year-old so she could fit and still be quiet. Finally she reached the guard and stood over him on a branch. She shot him with a single silent shot and he dropped. There was no nearby trees so Carmen dropped back to the ground, changing into he normal form on the way down.
"That was really disturbing," Logan said.
"Shh," Carmen hissed but she was trying not to smile.
The next two Logan took down while Carmen distracted them. They hid behind a massive oak tree and in front of them were two guards guarding a pair of steel doors. Logan now had a gun too and they both had ammo covering their body. "Can you shoot?" Carmen whispered.
Logan snorted. "You aren't the only one who's been in a few wars." He shot down the two guards like targets and Carmen shot the cameras down.
"Those are the only cameras that would be able to see us," Carmen says.
"Wouldn't the guard watching the cameras know that they're being intruded if these are the only cameras off?" Logan asks.
Carmen's eyes widened. As if on cue the doors burst open and guard after guard come charging out. Logan's claws extend out and he runs through slashing the guns in half. Carmen follows with her gun shooting the men until she steals a knife from one of them. Her comfort zone. There are only men fighting which Carmen finds strange. She looks up to find a window where a girl with blonde hair is being pushed out the room.
Carmen sees only red. Not knowing for sure if she is being held captive like Carmen was, Carmen darts through the lines of men that are marching out and easily overtaken by Logan who keeps healing and killing everything. Bullet holes in his white t-shirt show and so do blood stains but there is no wounds.
Carmen kills everything in her path and nods at Logan who gets a break to watch her run inside. He remains as he kills the men. As Carmen steps inside the smell immediately hits her and its all she can do not to run away in fear. Suddenly Carmen sprints remembering the place as she had memorized each of the hallways when she was escaping. Carmen goes straight for the prison sail where a crowd of guards stand around a door. They see her and start shoot but Carmen is suddenly like a cat as she dodges and with her knife she throws, stabs and slashes each of the guards until they are all on the ground. They were never a match for her.
The door is locked but Carmen picks it and finds that whoever is inside has put something against it. With all her might Carmen charges the door and it pushes just enough to let Carmen slip through. Carmen walks in with her knife held near her face for protection and scans the room. All the sudden a flash of blonde hair has pinned Carmen down and all Carmen can see through a canopy of blonde wavy hair is green eyes like a snake. So bright they're almost neon.
"Who are you?" the girl growls still pinning Carmen down with her hands on her wrists and her knee on her stomach.
"Carmen," Carmen gasps still struggling under the weight of the girl. If possible her eyes narrowed even more so Carmen continued. "Me and the man outside killing the men, were coming here to destroy the base. I was once a prisoner here." Carmen looks around the room. "This was my room."
The girl sucks in a breath, jumps off of her and runs to the bed flipping it over so the wood base is bowing with tally marks. "Are these yours?"
Carmen rubs her wrists. "Yes," she says sadly.
The girl sticks her hand out showing her unbelievable muscle in her arms like a cheerleader times 10 but not an extreme body builder. "Kelsey," The girl says.
Carmen takes it and scans over Kelsey. Her blonde hair is wavy like she's been at the beach all day and her skin is tan matching the beach vibe. She's wearing a sports bra and spandex shorts showing off her muscular legs and abs. However covering her body is scars. Carmen swallows and puts her hand over her mouth in an old-fashioned way.
All the sudden running footsteps are heard and Carmen lunges for her knife and Kelsey stand up straighter watching the door. Logan comes running in. Kelsey is about to lunge when Carmen steps in front of Logan. "This is the man i was talking about, Kelsey," Carmen says.
Kelsey relaxes but remains tense around the strangers. Logan nodded at her not wanting to intrude. "The place is clear, the others that weren't killed ran," Logan sighs. He looked exhausted.
"You killed everyone here?" Kelsey asks abruptly.
"Well when you put it that way you make me sound like a criminal," Logan jokes but no smile appears on Kelsey's face. "I'm sorry." he quickly adds.
Kelsey walks toward the door and her tennis shoes squeak on the floor. Each foot is placed in front of the other with caution. Carmen and Logan watch her like a skittish tiger. Not a cat.
Kelsey is shaking now as she walks out the room. Carmen and Logan exchange worried looks but follow her as she mumbles and walks around the place in disbelief. She finally presses a door open with caution. A trigger is pulled from inside the room and goes straight through Kelsey's stomach.