Rodriquez barely managed to dodge the beam that had incinerated their electro-net and activated his jetpack to stop his decent. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Headquarters had failed to mention that their quarry could generate energy beams. He decided he would speak to them about that, but for now he had to rethink his strategy.
Surprise had been a major factor in his plan, but that was obviously gone now. Rodriquez gave a start as his target suddenly appeared in front of him. Rodriquez recovered his wits and charged.
The adumbration easily dodged his opponent's charge, but was struck from behind by an energy beam. He turned to face his attacker, a female earthling, and unleashed an energy attack of his own and smiled as she plummeted to the ground before facing the next onslaught of humans. They had decided to attack at once, as if that made a difference. He teleported out of their combined assault and had tagged them with energy bombs before they realized what happened. He smiled at the fear on their faces and detonated the bombs.
Sara Zoloft opened her eyes slowly, she was alive. She had managed to activate the emergency force field in the suit the moment before she was hit. That and the emergency thrusters were the only reasons she wasn't a pancake right now. She had thought she could disable the target with a sneak attack, but all she did was incur its wrath. It had been a long time since any man had hurt her badly; even her male teammates were no match for her skills.
Memories of abuse that she had thought buried long ago threatened to surge to the surface. She would not go out this way, she would recover and be stronger than before and she would show no mercy to the one who had caused her such pain. She vowed to hunt him until one of them was finished. "You should have made sure I was dead. That's a mistake you won't live to make twice."
Rodriquez awoke to find himself in a hospital bed with the head of the A.D.P. standing over him.
"You failed Rodriquez. You failed miserably, but I have decided to give you another chance. Since your body was beyond repair, I ordered that your brain be transplanted into one of our latest cyborg models." Rodriquez sat up and walked over to the nearest mirror. He found his own face staring back at him.
"I don't look any different."
"It's simple cosmetics. We couldn't have one of our cyborg units walking around frightening the masses, but you will find that your abilities far surpass the average human. We have also designed an enhancement suit which will provide more armor and further enhance your abilities. Come with me." Rodriquez took one last look in the mirror and followed his superior out the door.