“My
name is Brey.”
Drack and the captured Stray took a right turn, towards
the cruiser.
“Alright,
Brey. This may be the last time we see each other before I take you to the
nearest City. Thanks for your cooperation. My name is Drack, and my partner,
who should be here shortly, is named Cain.”
“Oh,
I wouldn’t count on that happening!” A voice called from behind Drack.
“Huh!?”
Drack grunted, startled by the voice and by the words he just heard. Fear
slipped its way into his mind. He froze, afraid of what he would see.
“Now,
if you don’t mind, we’d like our Stray back. Un-harmed and un-cuffed!” the
voice commanded.
Drack
began to turn around.
“No!
Stay facing that way! Release the Stray then drop your weapon.” The voice said.
“If you cooperate, I won’t have to use
force.” The voice said, mocking Drack’s earlier statement to Brey.
Drack
tried to turn around again. NO ONE will
tell me what to do! He thought to himself.
ZAAPPP!
Drack’s
eyes slowly closed as he fell to the ground, unconscious. Thud!
Cain’s
motionless body was thrown down beside Drack’s.
“Hmm
hmm!” the voice laughed. “That takes care of those two for now.”
“This
is wonderful!” Another voice said.
“Now,
un-cuff our Stray. We need him around still.” The first voice commanded. “But,
now it’s time for part two. Those other pests will be here soon to back up
these sorry Searchers. Go around back and wait till I give the word.”
Minutes
later…
“Wha…
What? What happened?” A Searcher named Raan said.
All
the Villains who heard Drack’s call surrounded the bodies of Drack and Cain.
A
City Guard member stepped up to the bodies. “That’s the two who called us
alright. I’ll check to see if they’re okay.” He then crouched down to observe
the bodies.
“What
could have gone on here?” another Searcher named Makahr said.
“I
just want to know how a single Stray could have taken out two of our own so
quickly!” Raan said.
“They
both appear to be alive,” The City Guard said. “Cain seems to be in pretty bad
shape, though. But, Drack only has a minor injury.”
Something
small hit the City Guard, and down he went, right on top of Drack and Cain.
--
The simulation that happened days ago at
the Villain’s Research Laboratory, continued…
Nex
tried to get as far away from the house as possible. As he was about to step
foot outside the house, a giant boulder landed right in front of the door way.
He bashed his head on it, toppling over backwards. He scrambled to get up,
running for the back door of the house he hoped would be there. He had to get
out soon, or that tall building that looked loose earlier, that is now falling
directly on the house Nex is in, would smash him to smithereens!
There
was a window at the back, but no door he could see. He stopped briefly, heard
chunks of the tower crush the ceiling of the front of the house. He decided he
would run and break through the back window.
He
ran, jumped and, Crash!
He
was through the window. He did a roll, got back on his feet and continued to
run, barely holding onto his gun. He wanted to lighten up the load by dropping
it, but decided to keep it, just in case he ran into some trouble.
Project
Weapon, aka Decim8r, was not far behind, staying clear of the havoc he had
created. Its goal was to intercept soon. But, it was enjoyable toying with the
target!
A
huge cloud of dust burst from the impact of the tower on top of the house,
sending debris everywhere, nearly missing Nex in some instances.
Nex
continued to run, but the dust was gaining on him fast. It would soon be
difficult to see. Nex struggled to go faster, away from the chaos. Little did
he know, chaos itself was near him at
though it all.
--
Currently…
“Huhh!”
The rest of the Villains shouted, surprised. They all to turned around as fast
as they could, many to fall the same way the City Guard member did.
One
by one, Searchers fell to the ground, the other City Guard member with them was
the first to fall.
Was
this some sort of strategy? Take the Guards out first?
As
Raan turned around, he realized they had all walked into a trap. He also saw
the face of the mastermind behind this. Ahaz. The menace who killed some of his
comrades. The cause of all this mess.
“Hello
Sergeant Raan.”
Raan
scowled as he recognized the Villain he was staring at. “Ahaz.” He muttered,
disgusted.
“Go
ahead. Try and attack me.”
Raan
growled and continued to stare at Ahaz.
“Well?
Don’t you want to attack the one who just took out your whole team?” he
snickered.
Raan’s
eyes enlarged as he looked behind him to see one of the other Searchers fall
face flat onto the ground. Now, his whole team was taken out, Raan the only
Searcher remaining.
“I’m
still here.” Ahaz said, smiling, his arms out in a come and get me pose.
Raan
looked Ahaz in the eyes. “I hope you know what this means, right?”
Ahaz
leaned in. “Is that some sort of threat? You’re gonna have to try harder than
that. Your Leaders can’t help you right now.”
“You
really will pay for this!”
“Oh,
stop it with the empty threats!”
Raan
scowled.
“Also,
if you were trying to send out a distress signal to any other Villains in the
area, your transmissions have been jammed.” Ahaz said, grinning.
Raan
felt the fear rising again. Was he lying?
How could this be?
--
Cain
suddenly awoke, eyes wide open, taking in all the madness he saw around him.
He
felt crushed, literally. The beating he took earlier was bad enough, now, being
under the bodies of fellow Villains, he could barely get up. Then he saw the
Searcher Sergeant, Raan, face to face with . . . some Hunter. He didn’t know who it was, but
had a feeling he was the one behind all this, and likely behind the death of
some of his comrades who were left lifeless at the Capitol City gate. He looked
up to see who was on top of him. A number of Searchers and Drack. Cain slowly,
so as not to draw attention, contorted his arm backwards to try and shake Drack
awake.
He
was successful.
Drack
opened his eyes and moaned.
One
of the Hunters behind the pile of bodies heard the grunt and started to walk
around.
Cain
motioned for Drack to be quiet.
Drack
was face down as the Hunter slowly approached the front of the pile.
--
Dust engulfed the
streets Nex was running down, so, he had no choice but to slow down a bit to
avoid tripping on something, or running into a wall.
Where could he go?
What is going on?
Why am I outside the Capitol City?
What is going on?
Where are the rest of the Heroes?
WHAT is GOING ON?!
These
thoughts raged through Nex’s mind as he moved along.
Decim8r’s
special visual sensors had the capability to see right through the dust clouds.
He could see the confusion and fear in the eyes of Nex.
Soon,
it would make its move.
Very
soon.
If
it had the capacity to feel emotions, it would be exited right now.
--
Ahaz ordered Raan
to give him the com link he had.
So,
Raan did it. There wasn’t much of a choice at this point.
“Very
good. Now, you,” he pointed to one of his gang members, “Turn off the jammer. I
want to have a conversation with our other Villain buddies.” He laughed a
little.
“You
betcha!” The gangster flipped a switch on the backpack he wore.
Ahaz
pressed the talk button on the com link. “Hello fellow Villains! I have struck
yet again! Ha ha ha!” he cackled.
Cain
started to look up at Ahaz and scowled. He had an idea. It might be the end of
him, but he was going to do it anyway, for the sake of his partners.
The
Hunter who was walking around the pile of bodies noticed him.
Ahaz
listened to see if there was any response on the com link. Then, moments later,
there was one.
“Who
are you? What’s your problem, you sorry Hunter!” someone said over the link.
Ahaz
pressed talk to respond. “Why would I reveal that? It’s fun to hear the ‘powerful’
Villain Leader’s pathetic servants not knowing what they’re doing. Not having
‘everything under control--’.”
Cain
called out, not seeing the Hunter off to the right of him, out of his field of
vision. “His name is Aha—“
Boom!
Cain’s
body lie limp on the ground.
“What’s
going on there?” the Searcher talking to Ahaz over the com said.
Drack
stared at his now former partner, shocked to see the wretchedness of these
Hunters.
He
would enact revenge! One way or another. But, now was not the time. He would
surely face the same fate as Cain if he moved even a little bit.
“What
was that?!” Ahaz demanded of the gangster who just took Cain out.
“One
of them had awoken and tried to reveal who you are, so I took care of them.”
“Drat.
Well, we should get going then, very soon.”
He
then grabbed a smoke grenade pulled the pin, let go of the release, and threw
it at the knocked out Villains, just in case any others were awake so they
would see the Hunter gang’s escape.
Pfffffffffff!
Ahaz
then responded to the Villain on the com, “Why not come here and find out
yourself?”
With
that, Ahaz ordered his gang to leave the area immediately as he dropped the com
link, which the Searchers and Guard members could most likely track.
They
cleared out so quickly, it was as if they were ghosts. There were no traces
left to find out where they had gone. Just as Ahaz liked it.
As
for why all the Searchers weren’t just killed on the spot, Ahaz wanted some
survivors, for the sake of making them feel fear. Some would die, and some
would live. He wanted Searchers and Guards to feel the need to watch their
backs at all times. He wanted to disrupt the leadership. He believed this would
ultimately help in his plan, Anarchy.
To
Be Continued…
