The Supes

Chapter 12: Does It Still Suck?

POV: Emma
I remained stiff, keeping my arms and legs at my side the whole entire time in the air vent while the rest of the incompetent human beings I was forced to interact with kept saying nonsense things such as "Wahoo" or "Yipee", most likely giving away our position to the enemy.
Thankfully, their hoots and hollers became less frequent when the vent began to flatten, causing us to slow down and finally come to a stop. That statement; however, is not fully true. All three of us did eventually stop, but only the one called Jack stopped nicely because he was able to create enough friction by gripping the sides of the vent. Aqua and I however, attempted that, but failed, causing us to slam into Jack's body. After we recovered from being compressed together, I pulled out the map. According to the map we had to turn left at the next impasse, then go right and then straight. We would then come across another vent cover where we could safely drop into Warehouse 6.
I led the group as we crawled on our knees through the stuffy, tight air ducts. We successfully made it to the vent cover. Surprisingly, there were only two guards there. Using my telekinesis, I thrust the guards into the security cameras and we dropped down into the warehouse. The warehouse was the same as the others. Stone walls, with many doors on both sides of it only lit by dim loose hanging fluorescent lights. I glanced at the map.
"The cell on the left should be the next one holding a captive." I announced to the group.
Aqua took the shape of one of the fallen guards and put her hand up to the hand scanner. We held our breath hoping it would work. Thankfully, the door slid open. What we saw was, five scientist surrounding two unconscious individuals strapped onto stretchers. One was a small female and the other was also female, but possibly a few years older than I was. The small female had a bruise on her forehead and curly, snarled blonde hair, while the other one had straight blonde hair and similar injuries. Suddenly, three scientists began slowly approaching us while the other two watched over the unconscious girls in the cell.
"Go back to your cells without any resistance and we won't shoot you!" ordered one scientist pointing a gun at us; however, there was a slight nervousness in the man's voice.
"Go ahead." said Jack grinning and taking another step closer, revealing that Jack too sensed that the man had never used a gun before in his life.
"I mean it! Put your hands on your heads now!" he wavered as his hands holding the gun began to shake.
Suddenly, a burst of fire hit the man's hand. He shrieked as he dropped his gun and cradled his hand in agony. I turned around to see Jack's hand steaming.
"How did you..." I began.
"You're not the only one here with superpowers.
"Put your hands UP!" shrieked a female scientists nervously pointing a taser at us as she drew our attention back to the mission.
"Did you not see what happened to that guy?" asked Aqua, pointing at the man kneeling on the ground clutching his now burned hand.
She and the rest of the scientists lowered their guns as Jack created a ball of fire in his hand to make his point.
"Now get in the cell over there." Jack barked.
The scientists compiled and quickly went to the cell across from us. One of them unlocked it and Jack pushed them all in.
"There's one left." Aqua said gesturing to a woman who was crouched against a corner, bawling in the first cell.
I approached the remaining scientist, while Jack and Aqua made sure none of our other prisoners escaped. As I was getting ready to lift her up, I heard a voice coming from her earpiece:
"All right I've seen enough. Take them down."
The woman's face of sheer terror melted into an evil grin.
"My pleasure." she said in a thick russian accent.
Then, she grabbed me by the collar of my shirt and thrust me into the wall behind her, which ricocheted me to the ground hard on my head. As I was groaning and trying to get up, she slapped a collar around my neck. I began to see spots in the corner of my eyes as I struggled to stay conscious. Meanwhile, Jack had left Aqua and was now approaching the woman at full speed. The Russian threw off her lab coat revealing two tasers that she had been concealing underneath it before. Just before he could reach her, she leaped to one of the side walls and used it to propel herself into the air where she then did a flip over the stunned Jack. Before he could turn around, she had tripped him, showing us that Jack did not have much experience with one to one combat.
"You are sad excuse for opponent." she said snidely.
"Shut. Up!" Jack shouted as he hurtled a round of fireballs at her, but the woman dodged every single one effortlessly.
Aqua stepped forward to help, but before she could, she was grabbed viciously and slammed into a wall by the remaining scientists. She frantically tried to stand her ground but was soon overpowered by a man behind her who swiftly put a collar on her neck as well. A strained look appeared on her face. I assumed she was trying to turn invisible, but of course, it didn't work and she was soon tazed in the stomach by another scientist. Jack; however, was surviving He managed to singe one of her eyebrows off.
"You'll pay for that!" she shrieked angrily
From her leg she grabbed a knife that was secretly strapped to it, and she threw it at him with great accuracy.
The knife grazed his right shoulder. He looked at it with complete shock, his face shown with pain and affliction. This gave the woman just enough time to throw another knife from her other leg, grazing Jack's other shoulder causing even more pain and affliction to him. He fell over in anguish. Then, the woman calmly strolled over to Jack and slapped a collar around his neck. Jack tried to whip another flame at her, but all he could create was a mere spark. She then thrust her taser into him, causing his body to experience a muscle spasm and then still.
She then pushed a button on her hidden earpiece, "Targets have been taken care of. Requesting back up and three more stretchers." she said.
"Copy that. Back up is one the way." replied a voice.
Suddenly, the woman felt my gaze. She turned towards me and noticed my barely open eyes. Slowly, she sauntered over to me.
"Sleep tight." she sneered and then with one final kick from her foot to my head, she sent me into an unconscious slumber.

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Hey! Thanks for reading.
Will this Russian woman ever learn to use articles such as an in her English?
Is this stereotypical to think that just because someone speaks another language that when they speak English they don't use these articles?
Yes. Yes, it is.
What will become of this group of characters?
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