Kyle sat in the command center waiting to hear anything. It seemed like a lifetime before he finally heard something. It was about five miles down the river. He drove over as fast as he could. He wanted to make sure it was what they were looking for. He saw a few of the searchers standing off the road. He was on one of the interstates as he stopped on the side and got out and followed the men into a wooded area that led to the river. Kyle saw the yellow flags and stepped away from them. He looked down and realized the boot prints. "Right here; someone got out of the water." The man stated as he pointed at some deep prints. They were staggered and heavy on one side, showing the pain in the injury of the gunshot wound. "It's him. He couldn't have gotten far. He's injured. Someone had to have picked him up." Kyle stated. "Worse." The man stated. "Follow me." He said as Kyle followed him heading south of where they were. They came up to a body of a man that had just been killed. Shot right between the eyes. The body was dragged to where it was. The same footprints as where he came out of the water.
"Fuck!" Kyle stated as he realized Alexei got away again. He called Javier to let him know he had gotten away. He stood next to the SUV, and he talked. With his left hand on his hip and just feeling defeated. "We have a face now Wheeler. It's a nationwide man hunt now. He is going to be flushed out with ease now." Javier stated. "I don't think it will be that easy. He can change his face like it is nothing, and he has been under our noses for months without us knowing. He knows everything. We could be fucked." Kyle stated. "I know it hurts Wheeler. I've been here before. We had a compromise with the CIA when I was still an agent back in eighty-nine, but I promise you. You will get him." Javier stated. "Why have I never heard this?" Kyle asked. "It never existed. You know your government well. Things like compromises don't exist, but we do remember." Javier stated. "What did you do?" Kyle asked. "I learned fast to get one step ahead of him. What is he going for? You already know." Javier stated. Kyle hung up the phone and thought about it as he sat against the SUV. His brain swam with thoughts. He looked down the road and knew he went south, and that's when it hit Kyle. He knew exactly where Alexei was going. He got into the SUV and drove off fast down the interstate.
Where he was going was fifty miles away and he needed to go fast. He started to get calls on the CB about the nuclear power plant being evacuated, and people being killed and wounded. He got there as people were running out of the building and a loud piercing alarm pulsating out of the building. It could probably be heard for miles, warning people of the catastrophe that was happening. Kyle got out of the SUV and ran up to the building. Several security guards stood before him. "You can't go inside sir; we are on high alert." The man stated as he stopped Kyle. Kyle pulled his badge and showed him. "Where is he?" Kyle demanded. "He was heading for the motherboard." The man stated as he gave him specific directions to where he needed to be. Kyle followed the directions through the hall as the alarm rang through his ears. The lights had been taken out and a red glow pulsated through the halls. It was hard to see as people ran past him screaming and trying to get out of the building. He heard a few gunshots and knew he was close. He got to a large open doorway and looked inside. Alexei stood inside as he pushed buttons on the mainframe. His gun held back and directed at Kyle. "I heard you a mile away." Alexei stated. "You can't do this Alexei." Kyle stated as he put his gun down. Alexei turned and dropped his gun and looked at him. "I'm going to die either here or back in Russia. It doesn't matter for me." Alexei stated. "We can work things out. We can use you." Kyle stated.
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Battle Born
Science FictionLuka Novak was a product of Deep State programs, hidden from the world most normal civilians knew of. Born into MK Ultra, modeled into the dark society to become a super soldier, battling other factions in the Deep State, battling extraterrestrial...