Legacy: Razor Series (4)

A New Threat

I am knocked to the ground from the explosion and so is Andrew. I look up and see Peter, Dan and all the other run over to help us. I start to get up, but I'm thrown up by Dan. I am held by the back of my shirt and I have to run too keep up with him. I don't know where I am headed but, but I follow Dan, trusting his judgement. I start to regain my head and he doesn't have to hold me up any more. We run out of the ball room and into the hall way, hiding from a mysterious threat. I look at all of them and everyone is preparing for a fight except for me and Peter.

"Whats going on?" I ask Dan and he hands me a gun. I hold it in my hand and fear its deadly power. I gain my wits and cock the gun getting ready for what is in store. I look at all of us and notice we are preparing to go in, guns blazing. I have a feeling that it won't be the best idea. I look at Andrew. "We can't attack all at once like we are at war." I say and Dan shoots me a look.

"But we are at war." He says going back to preparing his gun. Andrew looks at me. 

"How else would we go in?" He asks me and I smile a bit.

"I can go in undetected." I say and he almost smile, liking my bravery.

"Okay, do what you need." He says and I do. I fall to the roof and stand up. I open the door upside down and  walk into the ball room. More like fall, since the roof is higher in here than the other room. I see ten men walk in and I slowly walk into the middle of the room, so they don't hear me. I look in my gun and see that I have six bullets. I lay down on the roof and aim down at the armed men. I make sure the gun is loaded and cocked and aim it at the men. 

I shoot the gun, hitting one man each time I shoot, taking them out. The bodies drop and the four remaining men get in a huddle, screaming wondering where the shots come from. I drop the gun and fall to the ground right next to them. As I hit the ground, I punch the one closest to me. He walks back in pain and I grab a wooden chair leg. I hit the one I punched and he falls to the ground. I hit the two of the other taking them out and take the last one to the ground. I grab his pistol and hold it to his head.

"Who do you work for!?" I yell in his face and the others walk in. They all look at me. "Tell me!" I yell and he starts to laugh. I punch him and he spits blood at me. He continues to laugh.

"I am your undoing. Metas will run this earth and no one will oppose us." He says and I punch him again, knocking him unconscious. I stand up and they all walk over to me. Peter looks at the man and then back at me.

"Damn." He says, looking back at the ten men I took out. Andrew pats me on the back, admiring my work.

"Now that was not what I was expecting." He says, looking at the men. Dan and the others start to grab the computers and anything they might need. I walk over and decide to help them. I grab two lap tops and some cables and Paul starts to take us somewhere else. Its only been two days and I stole a van, joined a mercenary group and killed six men. Talk about one start to the rest of your life. 

Paul finally got to me and he teleports us to an old warehouse. I see old tents and almost makeshift houses. I walk around and I see so many, abandoned. It gives you a feeling of loss and sadness. I follow Paul as he shows me where to go. He leads me to table and I put all of the computers and wires on the table and start to look around. I am still a bit sad from the creepiness of the warehouse. 

Andrew and the others start to unpack all the equipment like nothing had happened. I start to walk around the building. I almost make myself break down looking at the sadness of the room. I find a camp on the left top corner and I find a picture of a woman, maybe a year older than I am. She has brown hair with blond at the tips and is hugging what looks to be her father. I find another that picture that showed this girl with Andrew.

"We were engaged." I hear Andrew say from behind me. I shoot up, almost having a heart attack from him showing up all of a sudden. I look at him and he stares at the picture of them on the ground.

"What happened?" I ask in a caring tone. He doesn't look at me. He keeps his eyes on the picture and I don't blame him. 

"We were trying to find a John Kelly. We found him, but only because we heard her scream. I ran over to find her with a stab wound through her stomach." He says to me. I can see his eyes start to water. "She bled out in my arms. I am just grateful I got to kill the bastard who did it to her." He says looking away from the picture and now is looking right at me. I walk over and put my hand on his shoulder, comforting him. 

"I'm sorry for your loss." I say to him and he smiles a sad smile. I take my hand off his shoulder and we walk over to the computers. I look at all of them. "Who was that guy working for?" I ask him and his face turns into anger.

"They are a radical group of Metas who believe that humans are to be taken off the earth entirely." He says and I can't believe they were powered by how easy it was to take them out. "The only reason they are acting out is the fact that Metas are shunned from society." He says and I look at him. If they are Metas, then why would they attack other Metas? I am starting to think I'm in over my head here. But, it just feels... right.