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Chapter 3 - Sacrifice
A government van was driving down the back-streets, two successful captures of evolved humans, they were driving back to Area 19 very pleased with themselves. The four agents in the back did not take their eyes of the drugged up prisoners, while the front passenger radioed back to base.
‘General Baktar, sir we have two, found them hiding in some shelter’.
‘Good’ replied the deep voice of General Baktar from the transmitter, ‘you know where to go, Fisher’.
‘Yes sir, over and out’ the agent replied, turning off the radio. Fisher sat back in his seat, but as the van turned a corner, he saw something which made his mouth drop. Two of the top fugitives in the area and escapees from Area 19, were standing just yards in front of them.
The driver beside him also knowing the pair, put his foot down in an attempt to run them over however, the van immediately came to a halt just yards in front of the two fugitives. One smiled as the driver realised the van had lost all power. The agents began to scamper out of the van as the younger of the two then stepped forward and screamed. The van flew back as the sonic wave of energy hit, the agents were knocked unconscious except Fisher, who had dived out of harms way, with the cover of the upturned van, he reached for the radio.
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Will smiled, ‘Well that wasn’t too hard now was it?’ he said facing Mike. He shrugged and began to walk to release the prisoners inside the van.
‘I still say we shouldn’t had been so … brutal’, he looked back at Will almost accusingly. ‘Hey it was Hydro’s plan’ he began,
‘And it worked’ came Hydro’s voice from the shadows. He walked towards them followed by Libby and Amy.
Before either Will or Mike could respond, another two van’s sped towards them from either and of the alley, Mike swore.
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Agents piled out of the vans, guns and tasers at the ready, the agents from the previous van were regaining consciousness and Fisher smiled and raised his gun to the five anxious fugitives.
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Instinctively Libby turned invisible and Mike dived for cover. Hydro however began the conflict, firing bolts of water at the agents and van blocking their exit he charged forward, meanwhile Will screamed, immediately killing the agents closest to him, he turned to face another set of guns in his direction, when Fisher tasered him from behind. The other agents opened fire, immediately Hydro was hit, in the leg and then in the chest, Amy brought her hand to her mouth.
Libby was invisible and fighting the bewildered agents, who had no idea what was happening, using telekinesis to force back agents bullets she turned to Mike’s position he was behind some dustbins next to Amy. Fisher threw a grenade but just in time Libby sent it flying in another direction, Mike smiled at her when a stray bullet hit Libby in the heart and she collapsed dead to the floor.
‘Nooo’, Mike was horror-strook and did not believe what had happened, he ran over to her. Furious he controlled the agent’s van to drive forward over them. Taken by surprise the agents reacted quickly shooting the tyres of the vehicle, however a shot had damaged the base of the van and petrol emptied out behind the agents who turned to the remaining fugitives.
Amy looked around from her position behind some dustbins, her tear filled eyes saw Hydro, Libby and Will. To her look an agents weapon was in her reach, she was no use with firearms but fired madly towards the agents.
To her luck, one of Amy shots had hit the van behind the agents leaking petrol, the explosion was tumultuous. Amy and Mike and an unconscious Will were thrown backward and the agents were consumed in the flames, frantically the agents ran to escape the fire which thrived on the petrol in the alley.
Suddenly another van exploded immediately killing agents near there including Fisher, the other lost the will to continue fighting these freaks and began to run to safety.
Amy and Mike both dragged Will safely away from the flames, Amy whose hands which still shaking from the incident, caught sight of Hydro lying still. She raced towards him, avoiding the flames and pulling her friend and leader to safety. She examined him and unbelievably realised he was not yet dead.
Instinctively she placed her hands on his chest, focusing her ability whilst hoping it was not too late. After a few minutes, in which Hydro’s wounds had seemingly knitted back together, he sat bolt upright coughing up bullets.
As the agents and four fugitives alike escaped the devastating flames, a barely conscious Hydro swore revenge on and vowed to close this operation or die trying. ‘Then’ he thought ‘I can return to what I do best’ and looking at his ‘comrades’ smiled.
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Grouped around an old table in an abandoned house, safely away from the fire and agents, Hydro, Will, Mike and Amy sat quietly. Amy was staring into a flickering flame in the fireplace when she spoke her voice determined, ‘this has to stop, we’ve got to get to Area 19’.
‘Well unless we want to fight agents and bust open every cell door releasing prisoners that won’t work’. The doors and everything is controlled some place else or I would’ve just walked out.
‘Where’ Will began, but Mike shrugged. ‘But if they have an control centre could operate and liberate Area 19 from there’. Hydro turned around and smiled, then ‘tune in to the agents radio and we’ll follow the signal’.
Inside the kitchen of the house in which dust was beginning to settle a radio was plugged in. Without touching it Mike turned the radio on, but when the news came out ‘A fire today in North London was finally put down by fire-fighters after…’ he placed his hand upon it and concentrated.
After several minutes he had done it, he turned up the volume and the four Evolved Humans listened intently. ‘General Baktar, the fugitives that ambushed the van got away, apart from one which we took down.’ ‘Can you get the location of Baktar’ Hydro interrupted quietly to Mike who nodded and Hydro smiled menacingly, his time for revenge had come.