Jack decided it was now or never, he did not want to see what the Extractor did. Not even on Caine.
Jack took a deep breath and yanked both his arms out of the agent's grip. They were too stunned to do anything for a few seconds, which gave Jack time to quietly smash their heads together. Or at least as quietly as possible when one uses super strength to bash two heads together. They immediately went unconscious. Jack prayed the two agents weren't dead. Jack hasn't killed anyone before, and he doesn't plan on doing it. Looking at the dents he made in their head made Jack sick to his core.
I hate my power, Jack thought. I wish it would just go away. I don't care if it can be useful sometimes.
But Jack knew that if he didn't have super strength, all his friends, and Caine and Diana, would be doomed.
Sam owes me some serious computer time after all this is over. And I'm talking days in a row.
The only person that noticed Jack escaping was Brianna. She looked up and beamed at Jack, and blew him an air kiss. She mouthed "Good luck," to him
Jack felt himself blushing. He turned and snuck into the shadows. They hid him completely. Jack decided that if he ever got the chance, he should thank the General for making it so easy to escape undetected.
Jack walked as quietly as he could towards Dr. Weigman and the computers. Brianna realized what he was doing and started trying to distract all of the CIA agents in the room.
"I'm surprised you aren't sitting behind a desk in an oversized armchair, so that when we came in you could dramatically swivel around, Mr. General," Brianna said with mock surprise. "'Cause isn't hiding in the shadows while you smugly talk a little cliche?"
"Do you want to be punched again, Breeze?" the General said with a sneer.
This guy is just asking for an ass kicking, Jack thought to himself.
"Well, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Brianna grumbled. She turned to the scientist hunched over the computers.
"How are you, Carter? Life going well? Have any kids?" Brianna asked Dr. Weigman so casually, it was like she was actually trying to have a conversation with him. Dr. Weigman frantically looked up, probably because he wasn't used to being called the correct name.
"Brianna, what are you doing?" Edilio whispered urgently to her. Brianna only turned and winked at him. Quinn and Lana looked like they couldn't believe what Brianna was saying.
"Um, why do you ask?" Dr. Weigman nervously looked at Brianna.
"Just trying to make some chit-chat as you stab that big-ass needle into Caine," Brianna said casually with a smile. Dr. Weigman stared open-mouthed at her. Lana, Quinn, and Edilio hid smiles.
Jack saw Astrid frown and look around. She saw the two agents who used to be holding Jack slumped against the floor and realization dawned on her face. Astrid cleared her throat.
"So what does the Extractor do?" she asked innocently. "I'm sure you can explain it to us kids, you seem very smart," Astrid said to Dr. Weigman with a smile.
"Don't tell them anything, Connor," the General said from the shadows. Dr. Weigman sniffed.
"My name is Carter," he muttered. But he stayed quiet.
By now Jack was almost to Dr. Weigman. And, knock on wood, no one except Brianna and Astrid noticed him yet. But the computers were directly in the middle of the room, along with the 'big-ass needle' that was still slowly inching towards Caine. Caine stared at it, and if looks could kill, that needle would have been melted into oblivion. In order to get to the computers, Jack would have no choice but to be noticed.
Jack looked around to see if the agents were armed. Unfortunately, Jack noticed each one had a tranquilizer. Jack locked eyes with Brianna, and hoped their silent conversation went like this:
Brianna, I'm going to throw something at David, the guy holding you. Then you run out and grab all the tranquilizers before everyone else reacts.
Brianna nodded and gave Jack a cocky grin. Jack prayed to God Brianna knew what he was trying to say. He would find out soon enough.
Jack grabbed the nearest heavy object he could find, which happened to be another Extractor, except this one looked broken and was tossed into a corner. The needle was rusting. Jack didn't want anyone to get tetanus, so he broke off all the rusted parts.
Now that Jack got a closer look at it, it looked like a giant pencil with a razor-sharp needle at the tip of it. It was all made of a shiny metal and was about twice as tall as Jack and three times as wide. It was easy enough for him to pick up. Jack walked towards David, getting ready to throw it.
He didn't have the best of aim. When he used to play dodgeball so long ago during gym at Coates Academy, Jack would always pretend to be hit and sit out. If he stayed in for longer, soon he would have been pummeled by dodgeballs going practically the speed of sound that were thrown by all the bullies, who, coincidentally, were all on the same team.
But Jack needed to have perfect aim this one time. He was about to throw the broken Extractor like a futuristic-looking spear, when he heard the General start to talk.
"Why is Kyle and Max slumped against the floor? With their heads dented? And where is the nerdy blonde kid?" the General muttered to himself. Jack closed his eyes and grimaced, waiting for the General to start yelling orders.
Instead he heard a chuckle that was right behind him. Jack felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Clever, Mr. Strong Man," the General whispered in Jack's ear. "But not clever enough."
Jack smiled at the General's mistake.
Jack turned around and hit the General across the head with the broken Extractor.