One Year Later
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Chapter 33: Escape! Part 2
Crisis and Mirage were stealthily navigating the hallways to the secret research section on the base. Miriam had knocked out a guard and Leon took his uniform, as to blend in with the other troops on the base. The red-eyed commando kept his head down as to not draw attention to his eyes, and Miriam was leading the way around the base.
In the security room, the guard watching the security cameras still thought he was watching the room Crisis was in. That was, until he narrowed his eyes at something. He panned in closer and, for a brief second, thought he saw a shadow in the room. The soldier called in,
"Unit 5, could you check up on the prisoner?"
A confirmation came across the intercom and, after a few seconds, a report came in,
"Prisoner has escaped!"
Meanwhile…
General Lane was on a conference call with General Frank Rock and several other generals within the military. Frank Rock used to be a sergeant in a team called Easy Company back in World War II, and he was renowned for his team to battle through the most impossible of odds, only to come out victorious. Though he never sought promotion, Sergeant Rock was promoted nonetheless, and has risen through the ranks to general because of his hard-hitting, no-nonsense attitude.
General Rock said,
"General Lane, what is going on? Did you take a prisoner into your custody?"
Lane responded,
"Yes, I did, General Rock. This man Crisis has severely compromised Project OMAC."
Another general said,
"As I understand it, the Metal Men were already attacking the people at the facility when Crisis arrived at that base. How do you explain that?"
Lane shook his head,
"I am not the one that should be grilled for this! That terrorist we have in custody knows something and he knows about the Metal Men."
Rock said,
"What about Kasnia? Have you asked him about that?"
Another general on the line shook his head,
"It is doubtful that Crisis knew what was happening in Kasnia at the same time he was here. From what we can gather, this man does not technically exist. He's been very careful."
There was another response,
"He obviously can insulate himself from the rest of his team. However, I need not remind everyone that this is a very dangerous and legal line we are walking. If Crisis does not provide any useful information in the next twenty four hours, we are letting him go."
General Lane was upset,
"You can't let a suspected terrorist go like that! He compromised national security!"
General Rock said,
"The Metal Men were already compromised before Crisis arrived. There is no direct link between him and the cause of the Metal Men to malfunction and the disappearance of Doctor Magnus. This meeting is over, gentlemen."
With that, the generals all hung up. General Lane could not believe it. He sat there, clenching his fists. He slammed the table down, shouting,
"What else do I need to go wrong today?"
Just then, the security alarm began to sound. One of the soldiers burst into the room and saluted,
"Sir, the prisoner has escaped!"
Lane groaned,
"Me and my big mouth."
Back to Crisis and Mirage…
Crisis looked up,
"I think we just woke up the neighborhood."
Mirage shook her head,
"We're almost there anyway. Just around this corner…"
As soon as she turned the corner, she ran back behind it as bullets were starting to fly. Leon, armed with a pistol, shook his head,
"This is not good."
He knew he should not have been firing, or even trying to kill the soldiers, as they were only doing their job. But, Crisis had to get the device off of his head and his lightsaber back. Remembering his training at SHIELD, he said,
"Mirage, watch my back."
He then rolled on the floor, firing at the shoulder of one of the two soldiers. He was reeled back and Crisis aimed for the second soldier, hitting him in the leg. When both were down, the red-eyed commando stepped on their hands, breaking some of their fingers. The soldiers screamed out and, as Crisis grabbed a key card, Mirage came near him with a gun pointed at one of the soldiers. Leon said,
"We don't need fatalities for this. They're only doing their job."
The door opened and shut behind them quickly. Mirage then pulled Leon near a wall and pointed the gun under his throat, her Brazilian accent becoming all too clear to hear,
"I'm only going through with this to get my daughter back. Nothing more. If a few people have to die, then so be it."
Leon shook his head. He was not invulnerable yet, but he said sternly,
"No killing. We get in, and get out, and that's it."
Miriam let go and said,
"If you try and stop me, I will kill you."
She looked around and said,
"We don't have much time. General Lane will be here any minute."
Leon took his gun and fired it at the card reader, sealing access from that doorway. He said,
"Let's go."
Behind the door, General Lane, armed with a platoon of troops, demanded,
"What's going on?"
One of the soldiers groaned out,
"General, Lieutenant Delgado is with him."
General Lane ordered,
"Open this door!"
One of the soldiers attempted to open it, but the card was not scanning. He said,
"Sir, it's sealed from the other side."
Lane turned around,
"Call in! They are not to leave this section under any circumstances!"
A few minutes had gone by as Crisis and Mirage had battled their way through his area of the base. Guards were wounded, but not killed. Almost all of them had their fingers broken.
The two had found the area where the light saber was being housed in for study. Crisis snuck up on one of the scientists and slammed his head into the table, knocking him out. He then picked up his weapon and said,
"Now, how do I get this thing off of my head?"
Miriam looked around,
"It's hard to say, but you may need to pry it off with something. It's in your skin, but it may also be in your skull as well."
Leon shook his head,
"Well, we're about to find out now, aren't we?"
Mirage picked up a scalpel and said,
"All right, try and sit still. We only have three inches of bullet proof glass between them and us."
Crisis sat down and, as Mirage was about to begin, Leon said,
"Actually, it's bullet resistant acrylic."
Miriam blinked,
"What?"
Leon looked up,
"What?"
The psychic illusionist shook her head,
"Never mind. This will hurt."
Meanwhile…
Lane and his platoon had found another way in and were closing in on the room. Suddenly, the whole base shook as the sound of something collapsing could be heard. They all followed the source and saw several walls had been decimated from a massive force.
Crisis and Mirage had escaped…
Next Chapter:
We switch gears now to a more happy occasion; Tigra and Blue Beetle's wedding! Stay tuned, fellow readers!