Bloodshed

Chapter 3

Pandora had been training all day with her father and brother and now as the sun was going down she was preparing to teleport to a government building Shaw called Division X. The plan was for Riptide to destroy the thing amplifying the telepath’s power while Azazel and Acheron would take care of the guards, while they where doing that she would go with Shaw to talk with the other mutants. It just gave her a bad feeling, as she stood there she could feel bloodlust rolling off Acheron in waves just like their father. Pandora wished she’d gone on Emma’s mission earlier but she wasn’t allowed since her powers wouldn’t be needed; though she didn’t know how controlling someone’s emotions would help in a fight.  

            “It’s time to go!” Shaw announced.

            “Hold on then.” Azazel replied before teleporting all of them to Division X.

            Pandora shook her head to clear it before looking around, moonlight was reflecting off dark windows and guards patrolling around the perimeter. Riptide slipped off towards the large shadow on the other side of the building and Azazel took out his daggers before taking care of the closest guards, after that Acheron decided to join in and soon father and son were teleporting inside and outside of the building as the killed people.

            “Come on lets go find the mutants.” Shaw commanded as he let the way inside. 

            Pandora followed him inside, after all that had to be a better option than watching a bunch of people being killed… turned out it wasn’t. Guards immediately aimed their weapons at them and Pandora felt her panic rising, this wasn’t going to turn out well, she could feel it already; well that and Shaw trying to hide his humor.

            “Can we go…? Maybe come back later?” She asked.

            “No. Now come on.” Shaw growled and walked forward until they were completely surrounded. “One of you tell me where the mutants are and you won’t be harmed.”

            “Who are you?” A guard asked.

            “Where are the mutants?” Shaw hissed and stepped forward threateningly.

            “We aren’t authorized to tell you.”

            Pandora let out a quiet yelp of fear as Shaw snapped their neck, immediately the others started shooting at them all at once. Shaw started absorbing the bullets and waited until they were out of ammunition before smirking.

            “My turn then.”

            Fear spread around the room as Shaw send an energy wave up at their attackers, they were killed instantly, Pandora could tell because the amount of fear in the room instantly dropped down until it was just her and other guards making their way towards them. Shaw grabbed her wrist roughly and dragged her down the nearest hallway, right towards the largest group of enemies. He killed a few of them, which made the others drop their weapons in surrender immediately.

            “Now I’ll ask again. Perhaps you’ll be a bit more cooperative.” Shaw cocked his head to the side. “Where are the mutants?”

            “Down t-the hall… Please don’t kill me!”

            The other surviving guard joined their friend and pulled him back. “We’re of no threat to you just let us normal people go.”

            Shaw just gave them a cold smile and Pandora managed to look away before they were killed, despite that though she could still hear their screams of pain being cut off abruptly. Shaw took her wrist and led her to the door, from behind it she could sense the fear and confusion coming from the other mutants.