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Chapter 11

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Heller's P.O.V

Heller 'woke' up the next morning. He had found that since he had been infected, he didn't sleep like most people did. He could simply sit in a place with his eyes closed and when he opened his eyes again he would feel refreshed like somebody would after a nap.

He sat up in his bed, which was just a small cot, and looked around. He was still in the small room that he had chosen. It was bear with nothing but a small closet, window, and weight lifting set. He had been here a few times in the past and had put the set in the room during his last visit. Not that it was any real use any more. The virus had strengthened him to make the heaviest the set could go feel like lifting a feather. He got out of bed wearing nothing but the camo pants he had worn the day before. He shifted into the same clothes he had worn the day before. Then he sat back down on the bed and cast his thoughts back to yesterday. He had meet Ichigo's friends and he interested in what they were able to do. He had heard and seen their different powers, and was interested in 3 above the other's. Renji seemed like the hot headed type to act first and think later, but was strong none the less. Chad had showed him his armor powers and he had found it interesting how strong it made him. He had, with permission first, delivered chad a punch as strong as he could, and yet his shield didn't have a scratch on it. Chad hadn't even budge. He found himself thinking about how it could be used in fighting the infected and black watch. And Orihime had seemed like a sweet girl, yet her powers seemed variant and powerful. Her shield was as strong as chad. And he had heard how she could heal by turning back time and rejecting the event so that an object or person could be healed like nothing had happened to them. He was thinking of having her try on him after he had killed Blackwatch and Mercer.

He had also noticed how she reacted around Ichigo and how she seemed to be happier when he was around. Her eye's reminded her of his wife when they were young. Full of love and admiration. And how Ichigo had seemed happier with her around. They liked each other, of that he was sure, but it looked like Ichigo hadn't realized that yet. But maybe he could help her out in helping Ichigo realize how much he meant to her.

And Ichigo seemed to be on a whole other level of power than the others. He had shown his speed during their race, and told him about his sword and its power's. He had also explained his other powers and how he was currently at his weakest state and how he could run on air. If Blackwatch ever got a hold of any of them, the damage they could do would be brought to a whole new level. And he wouldn't let that happen. These people were the first to accept him since he had been infected. And they meant the world to him as of right now.

He stood up and left the room to already see everyone up. Rukia, Ichigo and Renji were in their Gigai. Orihime was helping Ichigo cook breakfast while chad simply watched the sky through the window and Uryū was reading some book he had brought with him. They all turned as they heard him walk in.

Orihime set the table for breakfast while saying "morning Heller. Hope you're hungry, Ichigo made a big breakfast of pancakes and bacon."

Everyone came to the table and took a seat as Ichigo came over and loaded everyone with their food. As they all dug in, Heller began laying out their plan for the day.

"we need to find out more about what Blackwatch and Genteck are up to, so we're going to be heading into some of the civilians zones to see what we can dig up., and we can't stay here for long. With me on Blackwatch's wanted list, it's only a matter of time before they find us. So we'll have to see if we can find some other place to stay when we leave."

They all nodded. It was simple and to the pint, even Ichigo didn't object. He knew that dealing with Blackwatch wouldn't be easy and was prepared for hardships.

As they left they wander into one of the civilian zones. It looked horrible, with small homes made out of iron walls like in warehouses and trash roofs, while the people wore doctor's masks over their mouths and noses while their clothes we dirty and ragged and huddled around trashcan fires for warmth. Blackwatch soldiers also walked through with machine guns and grenades. As Ichigo and the group walked through, they saw some people spray painting a small home as black watch solders and a commander walked up.

The commander said "oh great. Ah come in Redcrown, I got a couple of 'artists' in grid 4-d. permission to arrest?

A computerized woman's voice replied. "Copy that. You are cleared."

"Affirmative. Okay assfucks, knees on the line, papers are mine."

As the two soldiers forced the civilians to their knees one of them said "commander this place reeks. Permission to disinfect."

The commander shrugged. "Might come to that."

Heller turned to see anger on all his friends' faces. Ichigo and Rukia looked like they might pull out their swords until Heller gave them a look and said "don't react. We don't need them on our tails so soon."

Thought they clearly didn't like that, they nodded and began to walk away when the commander called after them "Hey. You six, knees on the line."

They kept walking until the commander walked in front of them and said "You heard of hearin'? I said knees on the line bro."

He took a look at Orihime and Rukia and said with a chuckle "they look like they would have fun on their knees."

That did it. Heller punched him in the face, stunning him, and then grabbed him, threw him down and stomped on his head, consuming him, all in the span of a few seconds.

Before the soldiers could react Ichigo turned and unleashed his favorite spell.

"HADO #90 Kurohitsugi!"

A purple outline of a box appeared around the two soldiers'. It was quickly filled with black as several spears of black energy shot out a few feet, then pierced the box. As it dissolved, the two guards fell to the ground dead from being pierced several times, including through the head.

Heller yelled "RUN!" as several more soldiers came running out, some wielding rocket launchers. As the group went running down the street, the soldiers followed, but the group, being more fit and carrying less, outran them, but couldn't lose them. As they reached an alley Heller said "quick, hid in here."

As they hid, Heller assumed the form of the commander he had just consumed and stood there as the group that had been chasing them ran up. One of them yelled "SIR! WHERE DID THEY GO!?"

"THEY WENT THAT WAY! QUICK, ASS SHITS, GET THEM BEFORE THEY GET AWAY."

As they ran down the street away from our heroes, Heller shifted back, and said "They're gone."

The group came out looking glum. Now they were on the watch list as well. Ichigo looked around as he thought. He turned to Heller and asked "is there anywhere we can go and lay low?"

Heller thought for a minute before an idea hit him.

"There is one we can try. But we have to be careful. It's a little far from here but the man there should be willing to help."

"Lead the way."

20 minutes later.

They got to where Heller was going after dodging and moving around Blackwatch patrols. The place they had arrived at was a church. It looked grand and had several towers at all four corners of it with tinted windows showing scenes from the bible. But in one window was a wood board that had 'closed' spray painted on it in block letters.

Heller stood before the entrance of the church feeling nostalgic before raising his hand to push open the door. The door opened easily to show a dark inside with the pews empty. Standing before the alter was an old man wearing priest clothes and having silver combed back hair. As they walked up, the man turned to see them walking up. He had old features with a gray mustache and shrewd black eye's he also had several lines crossing his face and as he saw Heller at the front of the outline of Heller at the front of the group, he fell to his knees bowed his head and crossed himself, as if waiting for a blow.

Heller moved to the old man and bent down to help him up while saying "Father, I'm not here to hurt you."

The man looked up with wide eyes and pale skin as if he had seen a ghost.

He said with shock in his voice "J-James? Is that you?"

Heller smiled gently as he helped the older man to his feet. "Yes. It's good to see you father. And I'm glad your memory is as sharp as ever."

The priest looked at Ichigo and his friends before turning back to Heller. He looked happy to see him but also confused.

"It's good to see you to James. But what happened to you? And who are your friends? I haven't seen or heard from you since you applied for patrols in the red zone."

Heller quickly moved to close the main doors while saying "you better sit down. The story is going to take a while to tell."

And as the priest, whose name was Father Luis Guerra, and Ichigo's group got settled down in the pews Heller told his story again. The father reacted with surprise, fear, and anger as James told him how he had gotten infected and forced to fight the infected by the hands of Blackwatch and how mercer had told him what to do. He was then told how Ichigo's group had come to the NYZ. He had been dubious on how Rukia, Ichigo, and Renji could be Shinigami, but they had gone into their forms, which he could see because of his believe in the afterlife, to prove Heller spoke the truth.

After their tales were finished father Guerra took a deep breath, and said "That's quite the story. But I don't see why you would have come to me."

Heller took a seat next to him as he said "we came for a few reasons. One was because Ichigo and his friends need a place to stay while they're here. But we came because you know things father. You hear things."

The man nodded as he seemed to look off into the distance. "Yes. The virus… it just came out of nowhere. I tried what I could for the people who came here for help, but nothing I could do would work. Then… then there was Blackwatch." He rocked slightly while he grabbed the cross necklace around his neck in anger.

Uryu spoke up looking like he might regret it but the question had to be asked.

"What did they do?"

"Rounded up the healthy. Put them in camps and gave them the disease. Me and some friends tried to get them out… but we were caught…and…and… you do not fuck with Blackwatch." He finished the sentence looking at the statue of Jesus crucified with a look of anger and fear in his eyes while clutching his necklace tightly with both hands.

Heller felt sorrow as he looked at the man before him. He had done much for James ever since he had met him, and he had never seen the Father so full of anger and fear. But it helped harden his resolve to get this mess cleaned up. He put a reassuring hand on the father shoulder.

"I'm welcome to warnings, but they need to pay father. And I'm welcome to suggestions if it will help put Blackwatch and Genteck in the ground."

The man sighed as he turned to James. He could see that nothing would convince James otherwise. The best he could do would be to guide him and help him get revenge.

"All right. I don't know any names, but I know there are two Blackwatch commanders at the nearby hospital. They turned it into a command post."

Heller nodded as he began walking to the doors.

"Wait." That father dug in his pockets before he pulled out a cell phone. He hand it to James and saw that it had the Blackwatch logo on it.

"I got that off a dead Blackwatch guard a few days ago before me and my friends took off. This way you can get into the Blackwatch data base Blacknet and we can talk while you're out there."

Ichigo stood up while swallowing his soul candy. His soul stepped out of his body while the artificial soul took over.

"I'm coming with you. And don't bother arguing, I'm more stubborn then you think."

Heller nodded as they walked out the door. As the door closed behind them, everyone turned to father Guerra. Orihime walked up to him and gave a bow while saying, "thank you for helping us. And I'm curious, how do you know Mr. Heller?"

Father Guerra smiled as he thought of more pleasant times. "I married him and his wife. I also baptized their daughter Maya. And I helped his family as best I could during the first infection while he was overseas." His face fell as he said, "And I listened to his pain after they were killed. I was worried that his desire for revenge would corrupt him. I still am."

With James and Ichigo 10 minutes later

Ichigo and Heller stood on a building as they watched a helicopter pad. They could see several Blackwatch personal there but neither of them could pick out which ones were their targets.

Ichigo leaned forward with one leg on the edge of the building while sizing up the enemy. "I don't' see how we can find the commanders. Those Blackwatch idiots are all too similar to tell who's in charge. You got any ideas?"

Heller was about to shake his head when something weird happened. His vision turned orange for a minute as a pulse of some sort raced outward. As some as the pulse hit one of the men, it rebounded with the man highlighted in orange and in the middle of the return pulse. Heller shook his head as his vision returned to normal. Then he pointed to the guy who had been at the center of the pulse.

"Him. That guys the guy in charge."

Ichigo turned to look at Heller then back at the guy he was pointing at as he said "How can you tell?"

"Something weird happened. Some sort of pulse was sent out from me and when it came back, that guy was highlighted and in the middle of the return pulse. It seems the virus gave me some sort of sonar to find targets I'm looking for."

Ichigo grinned while he readied himself. "Neat. That makes things easier. Are you ready?"

Heller nodded and prepared to jump as he said "I'll take the commander. You take the other guys. Kill them all."

"With pleasure."

And with that Ichigo used flash step while Heller landed on the helipad. All of those present, about 10-12, turned to Heller as he landed with a thud. Before anyone could yell, Heller grabbed the commander and slammed him against the ground, and stomped on his spine, breaking him in half before consuming him. As the others started to fire, Ichigo acted, slicing the soldiers while swinging his huge sword like it was a feather. He used simple slices and flash step to finish of all but one of them. The last guy, upon seeing his friends die from seemingly nothing, turned and threw himself off the roof to his death 4 stories below.

Heller's phone rang and he picked it up to hear father Guerra's voice. "James did you take care of those commanders?"

"Got one, other guy got away."

"Hhmm. I don't know where he'd be."

"Let me try something."

He hung up and sent out a hunter pulse. It went over buildings before rebounding, but he couldn't see more than the general direction it came.

He turned to Ichigo and said "let's get higher; I can't see where the pulse is coming back from here."

With that he turned and ran up the building until he reached the top. Ichigo was already there as Heller turned and tried another pulse. This time he saw the pulse comeback from the middle of the broken bridge. He pointed and said, "There. He's on the middle section."

With that, Ichigo ran while Heller ran, climbed, and glided to where they needed to go. Before they got there, Heller shifted his form to the commander he had just consumed. He landed on the end of the middle section unnoticed. He walked to the small outpost and sent out another pulse, showing his target was a few feet from him and to the right. He consumed him while Ichigo made short work of the others. When Heller consumed the commander, he clutched his head as he was pulled into the web of intrigue

"Riley was talking as he said "Koenig is in for a rude awaking if he thinks colonel rooks is just another bureaucrat.

"Hell LT I know better than that myself. My old squad got drunk one night, picked a fight with the colonel. He's still in the hospital, eating through a straw."

"Maybe he was running his mouth like you are. Show some fucking respect"

Heller shook his head as he pulled out of the web of intrigue. Ichigo stood there looking at him, with a few spots of blood here and there, all of it from the guards he killed.

"Learn anything of value?"

Heller shook his head as he said "not much. All I learned was that the guy Colonel Rooks seems to be high up the ladder."

"Can you find him?"

Heller sent out a pulse, but it faded to nothing as his vision turned back to normal.

"No good. Still got no clue about how this thing works."

They both turned to the sound of helicopter blades as two of them approached. Seemed like reinforcements.

"We need to go."

Ichigo smiled as he stepped forward.

"I got this. Besides now I can show you some of my powers in action."

He pointed to one of the helicopters and said "Bakudō #1. Sai."

Inside the helicopter, the pilot and every other solider in their found their arms pulled behind their backs. And as the helicopter lost balance, it fell into the water and sank, causing everyone to drown.

Ichigo then turned to the other one as he concentrated all his power into his sword. It began to glow with a bluish white light as he braced his feet. He swung the sword back and as he swung it forward toward the helicopter he yelled "GETSUGA TENSHO!"

Heller watched in awe as a white blue crescent shaped blast of energy bigger than the helicopter flew towards it at blinding speed. It sliced through it cleanly and everyone else in it before it exploded, blasting the remains to flaming shreds. Ichigo nodded and turned back to Heller who looked shocked.

He looked at Ichigo in awe as he said "remind me to never get on your bad side."

Ichigo grinned. "Thanks. And that was me when I wasn't even serious."

Heller wasn't surprised. That had just been Ichigo showing off. And he told him that in his Bankai state, his power could grow to 5-10 times bigger. And there was one other state he used rarely. Heller was glad they were on the same side.

Heller pulled out his phone and called up father Guerra on speaker.

"Father. We took care of the commanders. What do you know about a Colonel Rook?"

The father sounded agitated when James said that.

"AH James, Colonel Rooks is the head commander in NYZ. This is much bigger than us. Listen to this Blackwatch transmission I just intercepted.

The message began to play.

"Cottonmouth Four One, this is Cottonmouth. You'll be heading to Test Site Washington. Prepare for controlled release over"

"Roger that."

The message stopped as father Guerra spoke up again. "Did you hear that? The weapons, they are the monsters, and the test sites are city parks! This is what Blackwatch does in the Yellow Zone!"

Orihime spoke up sounding frantic. "Ichigo, Heller, you need to stop those tests before innocent people are killed!"

"Got it. Father Guerra, can you send us the coordinates?"

"Already sending them to you. What are you going to do?"

Ichigo looked at Heller as he replied with fire in his eyes, "Give Blackwatch a lesson they won't forget any time soon"