Budder Rising: The Delacroix Arc

Chapter Thirty Nine: Hello Montana

It's been two years since we arrived in Montana, and we still haven't found the location of Abby or where Delacroix is.

"Hey Dash" shouted Jessica.

I looked down from where I was sitting and saw Jessica looking up at me, smiling.

"Yeah what's up..." I asked

"Mercedees and I are gonna get food for the squad, wanna come with us?" asked Jessica

"Sure" I said

I jumped off the roof and landed next to Jessica, and we began walking over to the vehicle, waiting for Mercedees to show up

"Hey guys! you wait long" Mercedees asked

"No, not at all!" cheered Jessica

"Ah I see that you convinced Dash to come along" Mercedees said

"Oh come on! it's not like she had to force me!" I said

"Ha ha I know, I'm just messing with you" laughed Mercedees

Jessica, Mercedees, and I got into the car and we drove off, Jessica was in the passenger seat while I was in the back.

"Even though it's been 2 years since we arrived in Montana, it's still as beautiful as ever" said Mercedees

"Yeah, it looks so much better than Iowa!" Jessica cheered

"And we still haven't found the whereabouts on Delacroix or Abby..." I said

"I have my best people working on it Dash, we will find her in no time, I promise." Mercedees said

"You said that two years ago..." I said, coldly

"Dash...I know your upset, but we are trying our best" Mercedees said

The car was filled with silence, I've noticed that I've been on edge lately, the back of the car was glowing in a faint yellow shine, my eye was glowing

"Dash, your eye is going off again..." Jessica said

I needed to calm down, so I took a deep breath and let it out, my eye went back to normal. Mercedees did some tests on me shortly after we arrived in Montana, I found out that my power is linked to my emotions and what I'm feeling, like if I'm feeling mad, My eye starts to glow and I become much faster and stronger, Mercedees said that my power is slowly increasing too, but I need to try and control this new found power, because I can't just throw a fit if I want to get stronger.

"We're here" Mercedees said

"Oh boy, I have heard many good things about this place" Jessica cheered

"Let's get what we came here for..." I replied

We all got out of the car and made our way into the restaurant, the place looked expensive, so I'd assume the food's good. Mercedees walked up to the counter and began to talk to the person running the cash register, I was feeling uneasy, like a feeling of being watched. I walked out outside and saw someone dart around the corner

"Hey!" I shouted.

I ran around the corner and slammed the guy against the wall

"So...mind explaining why you're watching me?" I asked

"We have been watching you for a long time Dash" Said the man

"What do you mean? You work for Delacroix?" I said, coldly

"Wow I'm impressed"The guy said

"Oh no, it was just that obvious" I said

"I think you should get going...I have a feeling your girlfriend might be coming to your base" The man said

"Dash!" shouted Mercedees

I looked behind me and saw Mercedees slide up next to me in the car with Jessica in the back.

"We just got word that we are being attacked!" shouted Merceedees

I turned around to hit the guy, but he already ran off. This was the first time I heard news about Abby in 2 years, I couldn't miss this chance. I jumped into the car and Mercedees stepped on the gas, speeding for the base.

¨Mercedees, I don't think I'm ready for a fight! I haven't been doing anything active in 2 years" I said

"Well, you better think of something! We don't have much time!" Mercedees said

What was I saying! 2 years got nothing on me, I'll wipe the floor with these guys, just like I did 2 years prior. We arrived at the HQ a while later, and it didn't look good

"What the hell?!" said Mercedees, shocked

We ran inside and saw what our intruders did to the place, Mercedees pulled out her bow and Jessica pulled out a pistol, I didn't have anything on me so I started to look around, a guy was laying on the ground, unresponsive, so I grabbed his rifle off the ground.

"Not my kind of gun, but it will do" I mumbled

I didn't know if the rifle had anything left in it, but before I got the chance to check, we heard gunshots, we both looked at each other and ran towards the shots and took cover. I threw myself up against a wall, one of our group members were there, shooting at the enemy

"What is going on!" I shouted

"We were all taken by surprise, We already lost 300 people!" shouted the guy

"Where's Jason!" I asked

"He's pinned down in the living quarters, that's the last time I saw him!" shouted the guy

Jason could be in trouble, I turned to Mercedees and Jessica.

"I'm gonna need covering fire! I'm gonna make my way to the living quarters to help Jason!" I shouted

"Alright! We got you covered!" Mercedees said

Mercedees got up and started shooting arrows at the enemies and each hit them in critical points, Her power was instrumental in battle. I turned around, running towards the hallway. As I was running down the hall, I saw two guys coming out from the corner, and they weren't our guys, I held my rifle up and fired at them, having them drop to the ground. The next corridor I ran down had the living quarters at the end. Before I had time to lift my rifle a soldier out of nowhere attacked me and kicked it out of my hands. He threw a punch, I had no time to react, and he hit me across the jaw, which knocked me down. I pulled myself up and I was met with a shiny, sharp blade. He began to swipe and slash with it, giving me no breathing room. I had no time to react so I held up my arms, the blade cut my skin open blood started running down my arm. The soldier tackled me to the ground as I tried holding the knife back, I rolled over and took the knife from the guy and punch him, after I made sure he was out, I felt a pain in my side, it was a cramp.

"I...must be...more out of shape...then I thought" I said, painting