Chapter Eight
Escape
"Ooh, good work, Driss," praised a new voice.
"Thank you, Supreme Commander. Yet it wouldn't have happened if she'd cooperated."
Ember, in the chair beyond the glass, was bruised. She had a few cuts as well. Kay was angry. This alien scumbag had hurt the person he loved, and he still had to figure out why.
"Are you going to watch, Kay?" one of his captors said, pushing his face against the glass.
Driss had gone back to interrogate Ember again.
"You know where the Key is, don't you?" Driss asked.
"No!" Tears streamed down her cheeks. "Untie me! Let me go!"
Driss held up a hand to strike her, but someone burst in. It was Jawson.
"Ember? Driss, why are you..." Jawson began, but he trailed off.
"Ember was working with an agent. They are hiding the Key," replied the Supreme Commander. "They had to be dealt with."
"Ember is my sister. I wanted to save her, not see her beaten."
"Hmm.." A flurry of ideas were flying into the Supreme Commander's mind. "We will let her go, for a price."
"A price?"
"Yes. Tell us Ember's secret. She is hiding information that the Alliance needs. Tell us and your sister will be free."
"She has a lot of secrets."
"Any secrets that could pertain to the fate of the Earth?"
"Yes."
"And that is?"
While the aliens were distracted, Kay crawled away from the glass wall. He used his hands to pull out a knife from his back pocket and flipped it open. He propped it up against a corner of the room. Then, Kay wiggled the cloth, which was binding his hands, against the blade. His hands were free. After tearing the gag from his mouth, he brought out a gun from his suit and stood up.
"You alien pieces of shit," Kay muttered, pointing the gun at them.
"Agent K. I knew you'd be able to get out sooner or later. Go on, shoot us. We have an army to avenge us. And one of us will still be able to kill the girl," the Supreme Commander said. He waved the agent off.
"Now you're going to kill her? I thought the Alliance was supposed to help me!" Jawson argued.
"Helping you would bring us all down, you fool. Let us focus on Kay. Now, agent. You could kill us, which would result in Ember's death, or you could surrender yourself, and let her live."
Kay wasn't sure what to do. He wanted to kill them all, but what if one of them got to Ember? And if he surrendered, then would what they do? These weren't exactly people that could be trusted. He made his decision. Agent K aimed his gun and fired.
Driss's gooey entrails exploded onto everyone. There was a mad scramble- two people running to the door, two running for the interrogation room. The two going for Ember were his two captors, Yura and Peryn. Kay shot and killed Yura, but Peryn had reached the seer. The alien held a knife against her throat.
"Put the gun down, or the girl dies!" Peryn shouted.
"You kill her and I will blow your damn brains out," Kay said defiantly.
"My life doesn't matter, Kay. The Alliance will still thrive. And hopefully, someone will finally destroy the great and powerful Agent K."