Double Crossed

Ripping off a Band-Aid is Not Painless

The Hecate agents start filing out of the building at fast, chaotic speeds. My finger is ready, positioned on the trigger, but just as I'm about to pull it, Ryan puts his hand on my shoulder. Confused, I look over at him only to see he is silently shaking his head. He doesn't want me to fire yet and I can't risk asking him why, talking to each other at this point could expose our cover. I nod my head and continue to watch the Hecate agents through the eye piece of the sniper.

Our plan so far is working. All the agents are running outside and franticly looking for the attackers. Five more agonizing minutes pass and in that time only three agents came close enough to our cover for me to consider shooting them, but they all wandered away, falsely concluding this area safe. Two more minutes pass and I'm starting to get antsy. Team four hasn't checked in yet and there's been no word on anything.

After another three minutes my ear piece lights up with static and Zack's voice fills my ears. I'm so relieved I almost jump for joy. "Everything's taken care off," he says out of breath.

I look over at Ryan, waiting for orders. He just holds up one hand, signaling me to wait. "Okay," he says into his ear piece, "everyone attack and rendezvous ASAP."

No one else responds, instead we get right down to business. Then, Ryan signals the others to line up behind trees, whispering to us to be ready to fire. Then, without warning, he gives the signal and gun fire begins in all directions.

All of a sudden, the Hecate agents start scrambling like ants, running in every direction. The gun fire is quickly picking off agents and they haven't yet figured out where it's coming from. The sniper is doing me well as I take out an agent that came too close to the bushes we're hiding in. This goes on for thirty-four seconds and the five of us manage to pick off half of the agents on our side of the building.

Then one of them figures it out.

They all start charging for us and we abandon our cover. I spring up from the ground, sling the sniper around my shoulder and charge out of the bushes along with my friends. Guns at the ready I start taking down the enemy.

A man approaches my right at the same time a woman approaches me from behind. Rage burns through me and I act on instinct as they both raise their guns. The hand gun from the back of my pants is held tightly in my right hand and I charge forward, hitting the man at my right across the face with the butt of my gun at the same time I knee him in the groin.

Immediately I swivel around and shoot the woman in the thigh before she gets the chance to do the same. She falls to her knees but keeps aim at me. I run forward a bit before jumping onto my hands into a sort of hand stand. Using the momentum, I push off the ground and I'm launched forward. Just when I get close enough I jut my leg out and it smashes down onto the woman's shoulder blade, shattering it. She screams out in pain only for a second before I knock her out.

To my left Jacky is fighting back to back with Zane fending off many agents that were planning to defeat them with numbers. Which obviously isn't working. Derek is with Ryan and they seem to be in a rhythm, fighting in sync with each other and causing major damage. They clearly have fought together before.