A Sacrafice of the Heart (HunterxCrosshair) Book 1 - COMPLETE!

Chapter 52

Elsewhere…

Three eyes watched from the pocket of shadows in the room, two individuals pondered around the room looking down at a pair of pods. Hazel, chocolate and blue eyes watched the two lingering individuals.

“You can come out now, you forget I watched you for years CT-9902 and CT-9904. You can’t hide from the one who made you who you are today” Nala Se’s voice broke through the silence. Crosshair took a threatening step forward while Tech made an appearance just behind him. “I’m gathering you are here for these little creatures” she said looking down into the pods seeing two babies gurgling and rolling in their incubators. 

“Yes” Crosshair gritted out through his closed teeth. “Do you have something to say 04?” Nala Se asked, looking at the clone who would prove the Empire wrong. “You promised, you wouldn’t do anything more. What changed? What happened to do things for Omega?” Crosshair snarled, the other individual in the room smiled at him. Crosshair gestured for her to remain quiet. 

“An order is an order, CT-9904, you should know that better than anyone. The Emperor wanted super soldiers but unique ones so I had to use the DNA of Clone Force 99. I must apologise for the loss you two have gone through but if you would like another family member made I can…” Nala Se didn’t manage to finish as something hard connected with her chest and slammed her into a nearby wall. Looking down she saw the fury in the eyes of CT-9904.

“Unhand me now or face the consequences” Nala Se threatened, Crosshair ignored her, throwing his helmet aside which landed by Tech’s feet. “Tell me now why I should let you go, give me one good reason” Crosshair exclaimed as his eyes glowed red slightly. Nala Se gasped inwardly as a thought came to mind. 

“I don’t need to, I will just show you!” Nala Se shouted shoving Crosshair violently only for him to land on something sharp, he gasped in pain but that's not what made him worry. The room began to fill up with water. Tech groaned, Crux pushed him forward as he and Deadshot worked on getting the little ones free. Nala Se snarled trying to grab one only to have Crosshair prevent her from doing anything. She smirked releasing something out of the wall, growling made Crosshair look up in fright as an experimental creature crawled out. It was a mix between amphibian, reptile and mammal. 

“CT-9904, meet the next generation. Just to remind you, this creature can breathe underwater” Crosshair gulped as the water rose to his chest level, he pushed Deadshot behind him as he readied himself for the fight of his life. 

Tech groaned climbing up the ladder with one of the pods, he banged on the hatch which opened quickly, hands came down to help him up. Soon enough Echo had him in his arms while Deadshot was helped with the other pod up to the surface. “What’s going on down there?” Blackout asked from where he was typing on a terminal. “Nala Se, flooded the lab. Ghost and Bolt are busy handling it” Deadshot replied with worry in her eyes. 

“Has he killed her?” Blackout asked, “Not yet, but I think he won’t miss this time” Deadshot said with a glimmer of hope in her body. 

Wrecker, Fives, Echo and Tech were looking down into the waterproof pods to see two small babies staring back up at them with glee. Crux suddenly appeared at the top of the ladder holding his arm to his side, “We need to go Splatter has informed me of the Admirals awaken and Motti is not happy. The base will be on full lockdown in the next hour, we need to go!” Crux urged the group while allowing Deadshot to snap his arm back in place with a nod, Blackout reached down to grab Crosshairs hand. The marksman was covered in blood head to toe, his black armour now a bright red. He ignored the looks since his helmet was missing. Tech passed it over. Crosshair nodded in thanks as he held something in a cloth, it was turning red by the minute. The group didn’t even want to know what was in it.