A/N: Heyo! Just a little author note here. Special thanks to Dr. Archangel and Cmech54 for the assistance with the chapter. Anyway, here we go!

Chapter 14: Abduction

A savage warrior charged Angel with his curved blade ready, but she quickly drew her blade and cut the savage down. A savage hunter was about to throw his spear, but Z-12 shot forward and sliced the hunter in half. One savage drew an SMG and attempted to cut Z-12 down, but Angel was quicker and drew her revolver. The shot rang out as the savage's head exploded in a shower of blood, brains and pieces of skull. A Badass Savage stepped up to the siblings in a rage that they had cut down his brothers.

The Badass charged, Angel and Z-12 charging to meet their adversary. The Badass brought his blade down, but the two dodged and began slicing at the savage's exposed side. The savage took several blows from the two's blades, but the Badass wasn't going down so easily. The savage threw its curved blade, aiming for Angel but she ducked under the swing with ease. Z-12 took the opportunity and drove both of his blades into the Badass' side, hoping it would kill him.

The savage howled in pain and swung the curved blade, striking Z-12 and sending him flying. Z-12 slide across the ground and saw the savage coming at him. The savage was about to bring the blade down when Angel's blade protruded through his chest, slicing up and cutting the savage's head in half. The corpse fell to the ground, revealing Angel covered in blood and a seriously pissed off look on her face. She pointed her blade at him and growled "Talk."

Z-12 got up off the ground and removed his blades from the Badass savage's corpse. "I can't." Z-12 stated.

"Don't you dare start this bullshit."

"It's too dangerous for you to be here."

Angel held out her arms to the pile of corpses on the ground. "Really? You're pulling the danger card?" Angel questioned. She sheathed her blade as Z-12 exclaimed "Angel, you have to understand…"

"Look bro. Whatever this is, it involves me since they are using me against you. So I'm here with you and we're going to deal with this, together."

Z-12 ran his fingers through his hair and sighed "You're right." Angel put a hand on her hip and stated "I'm aware." Z-12 rolled his eyes and reached into his pocket, handing Angel the note he received. She looked over the note and groaned "Maliwan and now these guys? Is there anyone not trying to kill us?" Z-12 exclaimed in a more serious tone "We need to leave. Tell Dad about this and see what he knows."

"Great idea."

Angel and Z-12 headed for the fast-travel station and tried to activate it, but nothing was happening. "What the?" Angel questioned as she tried to activate the station. "Something isn't right." Z-12 stated as he looked around. Z-12 took a few steps before something hit him in the neck, causing him to stumble. He pulled a small dart out of his neck when he heard Angel snap "Damn bugs! Always… shit." Z-12 started to feel the effects of whatever was on the dart, causing him to pass out.

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Z-12 started to come to, his vision horribly blurry until it finally focused. He was in a cage, like he was some kind of animal. He sat up and Angel greeted "Morning Sleeping Beauty." He looked over to see her shackled to the ground with a collar around her neck. "Angel! Are you okay?" Z-12 exclaimed as he sat up.

"I'm fine, kinda getting tired of the collars but the shackles are new."

"How long have I been out?"

"A while. My Siren-ness made the poison wear off faster for me."

Z-12 tried to run his fingers through his hair, but he was shackled to the ground as well, but not in the same style of shackles Angel had on. He looked around to see he was in some kind of facility used for scientific research… and there were clones. All of the personnel were clones of Zer0 armed with bows and arrows, Maliwan weapons and Bandit weapons. "They use Maliwan and Bandit weapons to stay off the grid." Angel exclaimed. "This way they stay off the radar from Marcus Munitions. Must be how they've gone unnoticed for so long." Z-12 questioned "What else do you know?"

"There's one guy in white, he seems to be in charge."

Z-12 put his hand over his mouth and sighed. "Could my… our, brothers really be behind this? Behind mine and Angel's abduction? Was this the entire reason behind my escape? To join some kind of army?" One of the clones walked to the door and pointed at him, exclaiming "Let's go. You have some questions to answer." He opened the door and unlocked the shackles, grabbing Z-12 and taking him out of the cage. "I'll be back Sis." Z-12 called. The clone dragged him through the halls, Z-12 questioning "So why are you doing this?"

The clone remained quiet, so Z-12 exclaimed "Come on, we're brothers. This isn't how family treats on another." The clone brought him to a door and practically tossed him into the room. Z-12 caught himself on the floor and looked around to see that he was in an interrogation room. "I'm tired of seeing these rooms." He thought as he stood up. There was one individual in the room, a man in white clothes. They were ninja robes and the man wore a hood and mask that covered his face except for a small slit for his eyes.

"Ah, Zer0.12. So glad to finally meet you. Please, take a seat. We need to have a chat." The man proclaimed. Z-12 pulled the seat back and stated "Z-12, it's shorter and simpler."

"Did Zer0 give you that name?"

"No, my sister did."

The man in white shuffled through the papers on the table and stated "Ah yes, the offspring of Zer0 and Maya the Siren. How is Zer0 by the way?" Z-12 exclaimed "How about your name first? Since you know mine, I might as well know yours." The man nodded and stated "Correct. You may simply call me… N1ne."

"Alright then, N1ne."

"So, how is Zer0 doing? I heard he retired from being an assassin."

Z-12 remained quiet so he wouldn't give out any kind of vital information. "If he isn't an assassin anymore, then what has he been doing?" N1ne questioned. "I'm sure that age is starting to catch up to him. How is he dealing with that?" Z-12 still remained quiet, clearly irritating N1ne with his lack of information. N1ne took a deep breath and sighed as he pulled out an ECHO, exclaiming "If you don't wish to talk, then I will have to resort to more drastic measures." The two waited for a second and the door opened with Angel falling to the floor with two clones behind her.

The two clones picked her up off the ground and brought her to the edge of the table. "Talk, or we start the torture." N1ne stated. Z-12 looked over at Angel, who had a look in her eyes that screamed 'say nothing'. Z-12 looked back to N1ne, who seemed like he was expecting an answer, but remained silent. N1ne sighed again and exclaimed "Looks like it's the hard way." N1ne reached over and slammed Angel's head against the table, dropping her to the floor.

N1ne stood up and grabbed Angel by her hair, picking her up from the floor. He threw her, slamming her into the wall, but Angel didn't make a sound and Z-12 didn't flinch. "Don't you dare crack." Z-12 barked in his head. "Angel's strong, she can take it. Besides, she'd kill you if you broke." N1ne continued to beat Angel until he groaned "Okay, that isn't working. Time to tie up loose ends." N1ne turned with a pistol drawn and placed it against Angel's head.

"Don't even think about it Z-12." Angel groaned. "The gun probably isn't loaded." N1n1 lowered the pistol and put a round into the floor, stating "Wrong. Now, where were we?" N1ne placed the barrel back onto Angel's head and counted down "3… 2… 1…" Z-12 snapped "I'll talk!" N1ne holstered the pistol and exclaimed "Now did that have to be so hard?"

N1ne motioned and the two clones picked Angel up off the floor, leaving the two alone. "So, let's start again. What has Zer0 been doing if he isn't an assassin?" N1ne questioned. "He's an instructor for the Crimson Raiders. He teaches the soldiers about sniper tactics."

"Good. Has age taken its toll on him?"

"It has. His reflexes are slowed and he isn't' as agile."

N1ne scratched at his covered chin and muttered "Interesting. Does he know about you? As in being a clone of him?" Z-12 responded "Yes. He knows about it."

"And his reaction? What about Maya and Angel's reaction?"

"Angel was very accepting of having a sibling. Maya was pretty surprised, but she accepted me. Zer0 was very… upset… that I showed up at first, but he warmed up to me."

N1ne leaned forward and questioned "So they accepted you into your family? As if you were one of their own?" Z-12 nodded and replied "Yes."

"Alright then. That's all the questions I have for now."

A clone returned to him and took him from the room, returning him to the cage with Angel. Z-12 was dropped in and he immediately went over to Angel. He picked her head up and started assessing her injuries until she swatted him away and groaned "Personal space please." Z-12 sat back and exclaimed "Sorry. I'm sorry Angel."

"Don't be."

Her eyes darted down to her hands and Z-12 looked to see what she was motioning to; a small piece of metal. "Where… when?" Z-12 gasped. "When the guy in white was beating the hell out of me, I broke a piece of the table off. Not enough for them to notice, but enough to pick a lock."

"You can pick locks?"

"Duh, an assassin needs to make quiet entrances."

She started to pick the lock on her shackles, but made sure they still looked like they were locked. She did the same to Z-12 and questioned "So how are we going to get out of here?" Z-12 was about to respond when Angel tackled him to the ground. "You bastard!" Angel barked as she pulled back to punch him. "Go with it." She whispered as she winked. She swung, but Z-12 moved his head like she had punched him in the face.

"Fuck you bitch!" Z-12 barked as he pushed Angel off of him. One of the clones ran to the cage and barked "Knock it off!" Z-12 and Angel continued their fight until the clone walked in to break it up. As soon as the clone opened the door, Angel and Z-12 bum rushed him and knocked him to the ground. Angel grabbed the clone's head and slammed it onto the ground, the clone's eyes rolling to the back of his head.

Angel was going to slam the clone's head again, but Z-12 stopped her and exclaimed "That's enough! He's out." Angel shot him her cold glare and snarled "These clones took us hostage. Their leader beat me to make you talk while they watched."

"They're our brothers. Yes, they are going down the wrong path and maybe we can help them. Let's just keep the casualties down."

Angel sighed and replied "Fine. We'll do it your way." Angel put her shackles and collar on the clone and the siblings left the cage. The two traversed the hall with perfect stealth, virtually undetectable to anyone that crossed their path. There were a few patrols, but the two were able to slip past them without incident or detection. There was one moment that deemed the most attention, two clones discussing their plans.

"Are all the vehicles prepped?" The first clone questioned. The second one shook his head and replied "Not yet. They're getting prepped now and will probably be ready within a few hours."

"Well, hurry it up. Remember N1ne's orders, we attack Crimson City at nightfall. We have our mission, so let's get it done."

"Understood."

The two clones moved on and Angel whispered "Did you hear that!?" Z-12 nodded and responded "Yeah, we need to get to back to Crimson City and let them know about this attack." The two continued to sneak through the base until they found the armory where their weapons were. Angel slipped into the door and ran into a clone. "Um… hi?" Angel greeted.

The clone immediately tried to take her out, but Z-12 caught the swing and he delivered a strike straight to the clone's throat. The clone grabbed his throat and Angel delivered a strike to the side of the clone's head, knocking him out cold. "Next time, just go for the knock out." Z-12 stated as he searched for his gear. Angel rolled her eyes and started searching for their gear. Z-12 finally found their gear in a bag in the back, so he called "Angel! I found our stuff!"

He came back out and Angel was holding a large satchel and a large smile on her face. "I found explosives. This should slow them down." Angel stated as she grabbed her gear. "We're not trying to kill them, just slow them down." Z-12 stated as he took some of the remote charges.

"I know, we're going to attach these to the vehicles and detonate them."

"That's… a really great idea. We'll do that."

The two gathered as many remote charges as they could and placed them into bags they found. The two started to sneak through the base again, until an alarm went off. "Shit. They found out we've escaped." Z-12 cursed. "Looks like it's time to get moving." Angel stated. The two then booked it through the halls, hoping to avoid any kind of contact with the clones.

The two were able to make it to the vehicle hanger where several armored bandit technicals along with a few buzzards made for personnel transport. "Damn, these guys are supplied." Z-12 exclaimed. "Let's get to work." Angel proclaimed as she pulled out a charge. The two got tow work and started placing charges on the vehicles as fast as they could. Angel met up with Z-12 and exclaimed "I'm going to hot wire a buzzard so we can get out of here." Z-12 nodded and replied "I'll set up some charges by the entrance so we can blow the place closed."

"You sure about this? You're burying your brothers."

"I… I know. We need to buy time for Crimson City to set up a defensive."

Angel nodded and ran over to a buzzard and started to get to work while Z-12 headed to the hanger entrance. He started setting the charges when he heard someone shout "There he is! Get him!" Z-12 looked back to see a group of clones charging him with weapons ready. The clones were about halfway across the hanger when the buzzard Angel was in started to fly. The wind currents the buzzard created buffeted the clones and knocked them to the ground.

The buzzard flew forward and Z-12 jumped into the open door as she flew by. Z-12 looked back and pulled the detonator out of his pocket. He took a deep breath as he pressed the detonator, collapsing the hanger door on his brothers. Z-12 pulled himself into the buzzard and closed the door behind him, taking a seat and buried his face in his hands. The buzzard suddenly tilted right and threw Z-12 from his Seat.

"Easy on the turns!" Z-12 barked as he got up. "You try flying a buzzard that you aren't trained on!" Angel snapped back.

"You mean you can't fly this thing!?"

"We're in the air and we haven't crashed yet, so I think I can!"

"Dear god, I think I was safer as a hostage."

A/N: Here's the new chapter everybody has been waiting on! Hope you enjoyed it. Again, special thanks to Dr. Archangel and Cmech54 since they contributed to the frame of the story. PM or review for any comments questions or concerns.