Serum Soldiers

Chapter 14 - Let them feast

Henry had called of the people on the mission to the briefing, of sorts. He had a positively grim smile plastered all over his face, unable to hide it. To everyone else it seemed unlike Henry to call them for a meeting. He usually called/ shouted out orders at random, which everyone would follow so they wouldn't lose their job, or in some cases their lives...

"Well! Six years has gone by fast! It almost feels like yesterday that I was telling you all to put the soldiers onto higher training simulators. Of course, not everyone is here. You have lost some on the way, for particular reasons. Ahem, well today I would like to congratulate everyone on the hard work and I have the perfect way to let the soldiers celebrate!" Everyone looked round. 'The soldiers celebrate? But it was all the staff that had put in all the effort to create such weapons.' It was as though their brains were connected, due to the fact that this was the thought that crossed all their minds. Yet no one even breathed a word of it.

"Is no one going to bother to ask then?" Henry sighed at how dull these people were. They obviously didn't understand that he could have given the order and this whole room would be filled with corpses, and scarlet liquid over the walls. "Wow, you guys really have no sense of excitement, geez." A shaking hand rose from the sea of blank faces. "DON'T bother asking now. The moment has passed." Henry sighed and rolled his eyes. As much as he was infuriated at these people's attitudes, he needed them to work for him.

"We'll let them hunt." Various different gasps and noises of surprise erupted, when the idea had launched from Henry's mouth. Did he mean let them loose? was the simultaneous thought on the workers' minds. "Why don't we let them have some real fun for a change?" A stabbing silence lingered in the air. It seemed that only Henry was unaffected, by his uncontrollable fidgeting and permanent smile. No one ever knew what was going on in that darkened abyss of a mind Henry possessed.

"They've been on these artificial programs for ages, so why not test them? See how far they have come?" Henry suggested with great excitement in his eyes. There was yet again no reply. Henry was dissatisfied by these frequent silences. He rolled his eyes dramatically and walked out of the room, calling two of the best people to join him.

He strode down the corridors, to where the soldiers were held. Simple, uncomfortable plain cells. He smiled devilishly. "We're going to have a bit of fun." He announced to them, in which them replied with emotionless faces.

About 2 hours later, Henry had made sure the soldiers were prepped with their gear, tracking devices and ear pieces. They also had received injections, if anything was to become too out of control. To take even further precaution, and also Henry's personal choice, they were armed with only knives. Guns were too loud and Henry didn't want his subjects caught on their first official test. When they were all the checked, they were loaded into a van with one of the less useful workers. Who had directions into the place where the soldiers were to reek havoc.

Upon giving the driver the directions and arriving at the 'scene', Henry switched which ear pieces he would speak into. This time it was Delta's. Henry had to lower the volume of his voice, insuring that no one else could possibly hear. His voice became even more sinister. He inhaled, which was audible to Delta. "Kill him." He didn't specify how though. That was up to Delta.

The soldier nodded, even though she knew that Henry wouldn't hear it. She crept towards the window section in the back of the van. Luckily it was already open, so that she didn't give herself away by slamming it down. She peered through the window, which was big enough to fit through, with her once energetic eyes. The knife unsheathed quietly from her ankle and her hand edged towards the driver's neck. Her breath almost became nonexistent, as all the training that had been drummed into her replayed in her mind. With one singular fell swoop, the knife had entered the front of the man's neck, ripping the flesh and preventing the man from calling out for help in the second he had left to live. Blood spurted from the fatal wound, when the knife was removed, causing it to paint the driving wheel, his shirt and trousers a crimson red. She wiped the leftover blood on the knife on the seat.

"Done." She replied, with an icy voice.

"Good, now go have some fun and execute a few unwanted beings. Make sure not to be obvious and get yourself caught." Henry's voice travelled through all of the soldiers' ears, before they burst open the van doors and escaped into the early evening.

To Henry's disappointment, he didn't hear anything for about 3 hours. However that was fairly acceptable, because it's better to wait until the prey is weak or vulnerable.

It was around 8 o'clock that Henry heard the sign of struggle. It was Alpha's turn. She had waited until the person was drunk and stumbling around, trying to regain their balance. He had no idea that she was lurking in the shadows of the alley way, he had so cleverly decided to 'walk' down. The sudden and fatal attack was made when he was halfway through the alleyway. Alpha had positioned herself up against the wall in the shadows, in her full black soldier get up, so she couldn't be spotted.

She waited until he was to her left, then she crept up behind him and thrust the knife into his back. She quickly clutched her hand over his mouth so that his scream was muffled. She pulled the knife from the wound which spurted with blood and her hand from over his mouth, making him fall to the ground. She towered over him, her features hidden in the light behind her. Her face was emotionless. She walked up next to where the man's back was and stamped on the wound. Blood seeped out from under her shoe and his front. A bloodcurdling scream launched from his mouth, which then abruptly stopped when he passed out. Alpha returned to the shadows in wait of another victim who had heard the scream.

Bravo on the other hand didn't wait. She struck people who were alone with a single slash to the neck. Once or twice she had almost been spotted, due to the ear piercing screams from her victims who had less fatal wounds. However, Bravo had taken on heavier victims and even people twice her size easily.

The body count between the three was horrifying. It was a wonder that not many people realised the decrease in people. Alpha and Bravo had roughly the same amount, but Delta's was more than both of their's together. Henry had recovered some interesting data. Maybe he could use this to his advantage..