Chapter 8

Eviction

Natalie was going to keep the innocent little Olga safe no matter what the cost. She had both of her hands around Olga calming her down. Everyone in the room had been on full alert the whole time "You should go to the catacombs Natalie." Jake tried to convince her but she wouldn't leave him here. "I'm not leaving you again after what happened last time..." That was one of the worst experiences in his whole life. Jake reached over and wrapped his arm around Natalie "Look... no matter where I am even if I'm all the way on the other side of the world I'll still be with you." He told her with the same familiar smile she'd known for many years "And I'll always be with you." Natalie spoke with truth and honesty. They leaned forward to kiss but... "What about me! will I be with you guys too!" The little girl begged. Jake laughed "Of course you will Olga" patting her on her little head. She hugged and held onto his leg "I love you"

They both make a perfect match "I do too" Jake got down and hugged her after it had ended she ran over to Francis to hug him. Jake got back up and reached down into his pocket. "I've had this for a while now... can't believe I still even have it but it always makes me feel a lot better when I look at it." He pulled his hand back out with a picture of all three of them (Her, Jake, and Ron) in high school. "Oh my god I can't believe you still have this." She held the old snapped picture to take a closer look. "Its still in great condition too." The photo had not one dent or scratch on it. "Of course I wouldn't ever let a good picture like that go to waste that's why I'm giving it to you."

"Why would you say that?" She asked nervously. Jake's smile slowly turn into a frown as he spoke "I got to fight a powerful enemy... and hes close... its strange but I feel like I've felt his presence before." I wish I could feel what hes feeling but not even a normal SH could feel what he was feeling. He described it to her one time that it was like that feeling you get when something ain't right when you have a chill up your spine or your stomachs acting up but to him it was mentally in his mind. He said he could even feel the presence of a normal human being or an animal which normal SH couldn't do not even Francis. "Who is it?" She didn't even want to here the answer but she had to ask "An apprentice but a powerful one, probably high in rank." Who could it possibly be.

"Are you sure you don't know who it is?" She asked but he looked just as clueless as her. "I don,t know but who ever it is it has a high energy level and its getting closer by the minute." As Jake finished his sentence he jolted forward pushing her out of the way as the secret door blew open sending debris every. But he laid on top of her the whole time shielding her from all of it. "Ahhhh bloody hell..." Jake pulled a sharp piece of wood out of his leg.

French troops poured in through the newly made gaping hole in the toward the resistance but they wouldn't go down without a fight. "Open fire!" Francis ordered furiously while running out from the surveillance with his assault rifle blasting away at the intruders. Natalie took out her revolver out from the holster hidden under her skirt and fired at them. The Soldiers fell over like bowling pins one by one but before one had been shot he managed to get out a grenade tumbling toward her while she was reloading. But before the explosion would engulf her Marla tackled her off to the side out of harms way. "try to be more careful next time." She smiled then turned back to the French feeding them lead with her M4.

One thing that Natalie during Close combat that every thing almost seemed to move at the speed of light and you had to be prepared for the challenges. The whole room was filled with the smell of gun powder and the loud deafening gun shots but there was one that caught her ear. "Natalie get over here and take this sniper out." Jason called her over to a window. Already she could she the holes from its close attempts on Jason's head. When she got over they switched off weapons giving Jason her revolver for the rifle. As soon as she held onto the rifle the enemy sniper tried one on her but the bullet whizzed past her ear barely missing. The target was easy to spot sitting up on top of the neighboring building getting ready to take another shot but before he could Natalie took aim and shot at him. Sadly the shot was missed but it flung up near by tiles into his line of fire throwing him off guard. She took the opportunity to take aim again and take another shot this time entering through his chest and exiting out from his back torso leaving the quick shooter lifeless and tumbling off the edge of the roof. "Great shot now take..."

Then in a quick flash a tall figure with red glowing eyes showed up right in front of Jake... an apprentice. Jake furiously threw punches at the being but all the apprentice did was dodge he attacks without hesitation. "What the fuck..." Then when he tried to throw a punch toward his enemies face he held his fist stopping his attempt pulled him forward and brutally punched him in the face instantly knocking Jake unconscious. "Jake!" Natalie ran toward the him but before she could get close or near them the apprentice grabbed hold of Jake and fast traveled out of the room. "Get back here!" The Mcarcher brother hollered while blasting his gun at the fleeing apprentice but failed to hit it.

"Jake!" She cried out in tears for Jake. "Nat we got to get the hell out of here." Catherine tried to warn Natalie but refused. "Come on Natalie we got to go!" Marla didn't give her a choice instead of asking she took her arm and tugged her across the room into the trap door that lead to the Catacombs (which Francis had already fled into with Olga) "Come on hurry up guys lets go I got the charges set to blow this ceiling down and block the entrance." Catherine motioned them all. The remaining resistance fled into the tunnel while Catherine had her thumb on the detonator. "Come on you bastards come and get some." She waited for the French to come through the entrance then just as two came in she held down the button and gave the poor soldiers death from above. The entrance had been blocked but wouldn't be for long so she made her way back to flee with their group.

While they were running down the dark tunnels Natalie tried her best to pull herself together and head on with their mission but the thought of him distracted her to much. "Nicely planned there Catherine those charges took care of them, Natalie can you give me those rounds for that revolver." Jason asked while they were heading down the tunnel. "All yours don't waste them wise guy..." She took the remains bullets out from her bra and gave it to him almost like she was slapping his hand. He gave her a look but didn't even bother saying anything. The tears she had been turned into anger, she knew the way she gave that ammo to Jason was unreasonable but... but... the French will pay...

"Hey where the hell did Marcus go?" Jason gave a good question. "Oh my god did we leave him back there!" Catherine cried out. "Bloody hell you didn't dumb nuts I'm right here." Everyone laughed while Catherine gave a sigh of relief. "If I would of blocked you from the escape route I would've never forgiven myself." Marcus laughed out loud like it were a joke, really bad sense if humor. "If I would have been trapped behind there that would mean one less person to rag around." Natalie wanted to slap him but she knew he didn't mean Jake, Ron, or Tom... she really just wasn't happy at all right now.

After running through the Catacombs for a while they finally but barely had view on Francis and Olga waiting for them up in the darkness ahead. Francis with his SH eyes glowing and carrying Olga on his back were soon to be right in front of them. "Alright up ahead there are several different pathways leading to different parts of the Catacombs just stay behind me... Catherine please hold Olga for me who knows what will be up ahead." But before he could hand the little girl to her Marla had something to say. "I'll do it, we need all the SH we can get in a small group like this." Francis and Catherine nodded to each other handing the girl to Marla while Catherine activated her SH with a wave of her. "Hi!" The cute squealed excitedly. "Hi Olga just make yourself comfortable ok." She smiled. "Do you think we'll get out of this scary place." Until now Natalie could she the poor little girl had a tear running down her cheek. Marla almost looked like she didn't know what to say including everyone else in the group but then she replied. "Yes I do think we will get out of here, I promise." The little girl giggled and hugged her tightly while they began to pick back up on running.

"Do you think the others will be alright?" The question must had been on everyone's mind, Natalie had been thinking about that for awhile. Sadly no one answered the question for a long period of time before they reach the multiple pathways. "I think they will be!" Olga answered full of hope. "Yea they will be." Marla tried to give a cheerful smile but it was weak. "Ok so which way now ." Marcus was ready to move on. "This way." Francis ran forward into one all the way on the right with everyone following him from behind. "Are you absolutely sure we're heading the right way..."

"Well duh what do you think.. that he chose some random path." Francis laughed "Lets hope its the right one." What did he just say! Everyone in the group didn't like that answer that much "Just pulling your leg guys lets go."