Subject 305-b

Chapter 19

The mustang-bug, as Athena called it, was extremely loud and it sounded like they were driving on road of cats. It was also very cramped inside, Athena, Nic, and Reyna had to sit in the back while Albero drove. Raphael had decided to come with them so he was sitting in the passenger seat. Athena was playing with her dagger,(almost stabbing Nic in the eye with it). He had enough of being stabbed for one day, he snatched the dagger out of her hands and held it away from her. She reached up to try to grab it from him and she kicked Reyna.

"Hey! Watch it!" Reyna shouted and punched Athena in the shoulder.

"Well if Nic would give me my knife back!" Athena complained.

"Well you shouldn't play with a knife in cramped spaces! You almost stabbed me in the eye!" Nic shouted back.

Albero slammed on the brakes making Nic head-butt the seat. He turned around with a very angry expression.

"Would you two stop it! What are you, a couple of three year-olds!?" Albero asked angrily.

Neither of them said anything, Nic slowly handed Athena her knife and she put it in her bag. Reyna was trying not to die of laughter at the two of them. She wasn't doing a very good job, her slight snorting gave it away. Albero shook his head, turned around and began to drive, looking back every now and then to make sure they hadn't turned back into three year-olds. They did act very child-like, Athena didn't even look mad. She laid her head on Nic's shoulder and closed her eyes. They had a special connection, no matter how mad that they got at each other they where never mad for long. Nic looked at everyone in the car, he didn't know much about all of them, some more than others. He did know this, they where all a team, they worked together and had each other's backs. He took Athena's hand in his and laid his head on hers. He listened to her rhythmic breathing and slowly fell asleep.

He was awaken by Reyna who was shaking him. They had arrived at the old airfield. The airfield looked well, old and unused. Nic stepped out of the car to get a better look. Athena was sitting on the hood of the car sharpening her sword, which didn't surprise him at all. Nic looked at all the old spacecrafts, some looked like they had been crashed and others looked new. There was one that stood out, it was huge, painted black, and had a huge bloodied knife painted on the wing.

"That's Jakes ship." Nic said pointing at the ship.

"Thanks Captain Obvious." Reyna replied in a mocking voice.

"Reyna." Athena scolded.

"So what's our plan. Go in, kill everybody, get out? Nic asked.

"Something like that." Albero laughed.

"Shh! Look." Athena whispered.

Jake stepped out of the ship with a bunch of his soldiers behind him. He looked like a normal person would, ripped jeans, sport jacket, and sunglasses. The scar on his face was pink, like someone had tried to reopen it with a dull butter-knife. He held his sword at his side. Nic led them behind the wing of an aircraft and ducked down. Nic reached over his shoulder and grabbed his shotgun that was generously donated to him. He had to do this, is was his only chance. He took a deep breath and looked through the scope. Nic aimed right at Jakes heart, he placed his finger on the trigger.

"Non provarci nemmeno!" A voice shouted behind him. {Do not even try!}

"Merda!" Nic mumbled.

"Vieni con me Jake è in attesa." The voice said cocking a gun. {Come with me, Jake is waiting.}

Nic carefully slid his shotgun back onto his back, he stood and turned around. The guy looked like a normal human, black hair and a scruffy beard. There was another man with him, he was holding rope in one hand and a gun in the other. One kept the guns pointed at them while the other tied all of their hands together. A few more guys stepped out from behind debris and made a line behind them. They would push them if they started to walk to slow. Jake smiled at the sight of Nic, like he was happy to see him. One of the guys pushed Nic forward to Jake. Nic fell on his knees and looked up at Jake with anger and hate in his eyes.

"It's nice to see you Nic." Jake smiled "It's sad that I'm going to have to kill such a good friend of mine."

"You know you can't do that." Nic stood up. "You need me."

Jake came face-to-face with Nic and frowned. "And what makes you think that?"

"This." Nic head-butted Jake and broke free of the rope ties. He grabbed Jake by the arm and twisted it behind him and then threw him down. No one and moved or said anything. Jake lifted himself up on his knees and wiped blood from his lip. Before he could stand up Nic kicked Jake in the side. He fell back down clutching his side and gasping for breath. Nic grabbed Jake by the collar of his shirt and lifted him up. He flicked out his wrist blade and held the tip to Jakes neck. He put enough pressure to make a little blood drip down his neck. Nic stared into Jakes eyes, a smile was still spread across his face. He put more pressure on the blade making more blood trickle out.

"Go on." Jake rasped. "Do it. You know you want to!"

Nic let out a frustrated groan, sheathed his blade, dropped Jake and sat down on the ground. He placed his hands on his head and sat there. Athena looked completely baffled, her eyes where wide and her mouth hung open. Jake slid over to Nic and grabbed his hand. Nic looked up but had no reaction and sighed.

"Are you two done now?" A female voice said behind him.

Nic turned around to look at the woman who spoke. Her blue eyes burned into him, her brown hair framed her face. All the color left his face when realization hit him. The woman standing before him wasn't the same woman he remembered.

"Cassandra?"

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