Chapter XII
Laura looked to her navigation screen to check the ETA and find a point of insertion. Wail was also looking to the nav system but only to see how much time he had to check his ammo and re-fit his body armor. Only a year ago Mindfreak had invested in a company making body armor with a mixture of vibranium and adamantium, but they were never approved for military use because of the weight. The military just didn't have the patients to train themselves to carry the extra weight. Wail however did have the patients, and he had trained daily with the armor. Now it felt as natural as breathing. Wail turned his seat around and checked the weapons in his bag. Anole and Ghost sat in the back playing cards. The Cuckoos sat in the center of the aisle psychically fortifying each other's mind.
"We are about ten minutes from October Revolution. Its one of Russia's islands, and it will most likely have air patrol, we will need the Cuckoos to keep a constant watch for any pilots and then cloud their minds." Laura said. She looked back at the nav. screen and continued. "We will land at the base of Mount Kapinsky, the base is about 20 clicks up. Ghost you can teleport us up there and then we begin. You should put on your seat belts. There will be some turbulence." Ghost turned his seat around and locked it in place and buckled his seat belt as did Wail and Anole. The Cuckoos stayed in the floor and found the first of the pilots flying around the island. Celeste clouded his mind while Mindie and Phoebe looked for others.
"We got one." the Cuckoos said in unison. Laura had just started the decent when the sirens started to sound form the console. She looked at the radar and saw a flashing blimp coming closer to the jet.
"They have anti-air guns, Ghost use your telekinesis. Have the missile veer off to the right." Wail said. Ghost covered the jet in a shield and made it angle so that the missile glanced off and to the right. "Good now angle the shield in the back. That missile will angle back and land into the sea. We are not looking to counter-attack, no need to start another world war." Wail said. Everyone braced themselves as the second missile made impact on the shield, the force of the this one actually made the jet bounce up in the sky. Laura leveled the jet, and watched the radar as she brought them closer to the ground. The jet was too close for the guns to fire on them, but that didn't stop the soldiers from coming out and opening fire on them with rifles. "Laura you did answer their calls right, please tell me we aren't going in as hostiles?" Wail said.
"I had the volume turned down so that the Cuckoos could concentrate." Laura said. She looked outside and watched as the men stopped shooting and walked back into their base. "We're ready. Lets go."
"Damn... We should take you girls with us more often. You would come in handy ninety five percent of the time" Ghost said. He teleported outside and made sure the area was clear. "We're good to go" Ghost thought to everyone on board the jet. He waited outside as the rest of the team gathered the weapons and supplies. Once they stood beside him, Ghost grabbed Wail's left arm and Wire's right, and they held on to the others. Ghost used his telepathy to find a safe spot for them to teleport to, near the hideout. A dense cold fog covered the team and they disappeared into thin air.
Mindfreak watched as what looked like the liquid inside of a lava lamp floated past his head. "When I get out of this mess I think I will have everyone of those damned things destroyed." He thought to himself.
"Yeah well do you think you could do something about the pink My Little Pony. I hate those things. They are so evil." Scarecrow said two feet from where Mindfreak was laying.
"I guess you found your way out once the LSD was administered. Did you really think that they wouldn't keep me sedated you dumb &*%$? I mean really, are you that stupid?" Mindfreak said, taunting Scarecrow.
"Listen heeeere you ignorant little fairwy. I... what was I saying. Oh dammit the ponies have started to mate. God help me!" Scarecrow.
Mindfreak knew that if he could keep Scarecrow concentrated on the ponies and trying to make up colorful new insults, then Mindfreak could continue to sap energy from Scarecrow and build up the restraints again. Only this time they would be made of Scarecrow's very own energy. "Only problem, I think i am building a resistance to the drugs" Mindfreak thought as the globs started to turn to shades of grey.
Tuesday felt this and she knew she needed to try and push one of the lab techs to give Gradden another dose of LSD. She kept herself cloaked in shadow as she moved around lab. She found one man in a white lab coat sitting in a corner. His back was to the wall so that no one would be able to see the screen of his computer. Tuesday appeared behind him and leaned down to whisper into his ear only to get an eye-full of something disgusting. The man, who she guessed was supposed to be doing work, was watching a video on a website called Busty Asian Beauties. "Well this should be easy, you are definably slow enough for me to push with what energy I am allotted." Tuesday whispered to herself.
"You need to check his stats. It looks like his heart rate may be coming up." Tuesday pushed. The man got up, zipped up his pants, and walked over to the monitors and checked the subject's stats. "You just think you see his eyelids flutter a small bit." Tuesday took Mindfreak's index finger and flexed it so that the tech would see. The man jumped when he saw the finger flex and ran to get another tech.
The man was back in three minutes with his supervisor, who brought a large dose of LSD to give to the subject. "You should have been paying attention, you couldn't even imagine what this boy can do with that one finger" the supervisor said. Tuesday smiled to herself thinking of what Mindfreak would say about the abilities of his index finger. The man pushed the needle into the skin and was about to push the drugs in when Mindfreak grabbed his throat.
"What... I didn't rank high enough to get the stylish leather straps, not that they would have held me down with all the energy I just acquired." Mindfreak said. While he was able to function as a human, he didn't have the energy to use his powers yet. They were currently occupied with keeping Scarecrow in check. Mindfreak turned the man around to put him into a head lock, and he broke his neck. The other man ran to the door and pushed the alarm. "Now that wasn't nice. I just wanted to play for a little bit." Mindfreak said. He followed as the man ran out of the lab and down a corridor. "Tuesday, in, Now" Mindfreak said. Tuesday felt a pull and was absorbed into Mindfreak.
Mindfreak turned down another hall to find armed guards waiting for him. He slipped into a lab full of scientists and grabbed one to use as a shield. "You my friend, might want to make peace with your lord because I have a feeling that you may be seeing him very soon." Mindfreak said to the man as he pushed the scientist through the door and towards the guards. The man screamed as a storm of tranquilizer darts flew at him. "What the hell, is it with you people, now I don't even rank enough to have actual bullets, you are seriously underestimating me, you dumb *$%#s" Mindfreak said from behind his human shield. he grabbed darts from the now dead lab geek and hurled them back at the guards, aiming for the necks and groins. He had five men down so far, which left four more. Those four remaining men started to change guns, switching to their live rounds. Mindfreak picked the man up and threw him at the guards knocking one to the ground and making the next one drop his gun. He rushed the guards, as they opened fire on and the team appeared outside of the base front door.
Ghost and the team appeared oustside of the base's front door. "Alright, everyone hold on, I am going to try and phase us through. But it may be hard. The door is made of like lead or something. Laura it may be easier for you to just cut through." Ghost said, running his hand over the door. His hand started to dissipate. Ghost pulled his hand away and watched as the extremity started to re-form. "Nope, Laura you have to cut through. This is iron and I cant touch iron, much less try to phase through." Ghost said.
"That would take to long, I'll do it." Wire found the gap between the door and the wall. She pushed a single cable through the gap and found the hinge. The cable wrapped around the hinge and Wire pulled back until she heard a crack. She did the same to the second hinge and then pulled the door out of the frame. The team walked in and saw no one around. Wail and Anole hit the ground when they heard the gunshots. Wire sent a single thought to Mindfreak, where.
Mindfreak hit the ground and slipped through the legs of one of the three guards. He grabbed the man's legs and pulled him to the ground. Mindfreak pulled the guard's sidearm and shot the two standing guards. He pointed the gun at the grounded man only to find him crawling away. "Oh come one. Grow a pair... BITCH!" Mindfreak yelled. Mindfreak felt a small ping in his mind. He got up and ran down the hall. As he got to a stairwell, he read the label on the side saying he was on the third level. Well since the stairs only lead up then guess I should go that way, Mindfreak thought.
"Well duh... you always were such an idiot." Scarecrow said, breaking through Tuesday's psychic walls. "Now why don't you let me drive for a little bit. You never know it might be fun." Scarecrow broke through the last wall and pushed Mindfreak's psyche back. "Wire... honey I hooooommmme!" Scarecrow yelled. He ran up the stairs to the second level. He pushed out a large psychic web and found Wire's team, he ran down the hall and found them fighting a small army of guards. He watched as Wire picked up two of the guards and slammed them into each other. Two more guards were blown away by Wail, he was actually using a gun. A green scaly kid, some little girl with claws, and three blondes all fighting the rest. Growing tired of waiting for his turn, Scarecrow used Mindfreak's powers and ripped all of the guards to shreds.
Wire let go of the thrashing guard when his flesh started to peel away from the muscle underneath. "Holy s***! Everybody stop!" Wire yelled. All of the guards fell to the ground sans skin. Wire looked up and saw Mindfreak walking toward them. "S***!" Wire said. Mindfreak didn't have his normal gold hair, or even brown. His hair was turning red and his eyes were glowing dark purple. "Guys we need to get the f*** out of here." Wire said.
"I don't think so missy, you and your friends won't be going anywhere." Scarecrow said. "They look to be tough enough for me to play with, especially you Big Red" he said pointing to Caleb. He felt a ping on his telekinetic shield and saw Wail reloading. "Oh so now you want to kill him, you really need to get your priorities straight dude. Either you are devoutly loyal to him or he is just your boss. Just pick one." Scarecrow looked away from Wail and noticed Wire had bolted, going back the way she had came. "I said that I wasn't done playing, and I meant it" he yelled.
Wire froze dead in her tracks, unable to move one solitary muscle. Scarecrow was using Mindfreak's powers. Everyone held there ears as Wire was pulled back to the group, her metal scraping across the metal floors. Wire finally stopped two feet from Scarecrow, which was exactly where she needed to be. She felt Ghost leave her body and her metal seep back into her pours. "NOW!" Wire shouted. The Cuckoos entered Wire's mind and found the lifeline leading into Mindfreak's. They jumped psyches and landed into a dark chamber. They looked up and couldn't see the lifeline leading back out.