Cyber Wars Ch. 18- The Gang's all Here
 

OOC: Sorry to cut that off in the middle but I didn't want to break the post limit.

BIC: "Ok...what the hell was that? Did she shrug off bullets? People don't do that! Agents don't even do that! Did I miss something?" Jade was sitting on the floor of the Phantom cross legged. She was finally free, but now she had this thing to deal with. She looked around at the CF: new member, more soldiers, better tech... "Seems like we've doing some upgrades while I was away."

Wolf had finally calmed down enough now that they were free, clear, and also cloaked. He turned to Jade.

"Yeah...quite a lot has happened in the last 3 months...but not nearly as much as what has happened in the last few days. Let me try to bring you up to speed as best I can."

With that Wolf began telling Jade of what had happened. Starting with Skybase-2. He then went into his account of Mastermind's attack on the base, and the first time General Kriesh had been shot and killed. Then he detailed the retreat, and Knight's timely intervention, as well as provinding a safe haven for the Cyber Force. Then he talked about Angel's tragic quest to find Andrea, starting with the fight against Adam, and the climactic end to it in Beijing. Finally, he outlined what had happened in Russia, and how they had finally managed to get Monk to come back to help pull off the insane prison break.

"So things are pretty much as they always are...hectic and confusing. Unless you have a better idea of where we could hide out for a while, I suggest we head back to Chicago to think up our next move."

He paused for a second. "Oh, yeah. That thing at the prison? I think she's another of the First Order's biological experiments."

"First Order? You'd better fill me in on this one, boss. I'd like to know if there are going to be any bullet-immune surprises in our future, so I can get an attack chopper or run the hell away."

"I've been in prison for the last three months, going to Dennys even sounds logical to me. Besides, I don't have any rank anymore, so you're in charge boss man." Jade looked at the catatonic Monk, "is he going to be alright?"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot! Breathing and pulse are clear... Hey, Monk? Are you okay?"

No response. Devin shook him, repeating himself in a louder voice.

"Hello? Monk? Are you OK?"

Still nothing. This time, Devin tried pinching Monk's trapezius... but to no avail. He looked at Wolf and sighed.

"Physiologically, he's fine, barring his unresponsiveness to pain stimuli. Don't know what the hell's happened to him mentally, though. It's like some introverted case of shell shock..."

(( Okay, no. I did NOT give anyone permission to control her. She's different from Wraith in that I won't allow anyone else to control her in such fashion (pretty protective of this one). She's as much an individual character as Wraith (actually more so since I'm the only one who knows what she's really like) and I really didn't mean for her to break off and attack so suddenly. ))

(( There's far more to her than what I've shown ya'll so far, and FYI, she's not entirely a biological experiment. ^_- ))

Wraith sits a short distance away, by himself, watching and listening to the others talk. He's still shell shocked from the experience, and having nightmares (daymares?) about the time in the mansion, when Angel had used his Berserker mode... as a matter of fact, thinking back to it, in ways this woman had been worse... much worse...

Then suddenly he hears a soft thumping sound somewhere behind him.

(( DUN DUN DUNNNNN! ))

He glances back at it, then looks back to see if they heard. Apparently they don't, since they just keep talking. He shrugs and stands, walking over to the source of the noise, wondering if they'd taken some fire that they hadn't known about and gotten a bit more damage than they'd counted on. He heads towards the back of the plane and puts one hand to a wall, leaning on it to listen.

Again, the thump. Only it sounds softer, more organic than mechanical...

"There it is again..."

He takes another step forward and gets ready to open one of the service hatches to check it out, when a section of ceiling plating abruptly breaks off and falls to the floor with a great clatter. Wraith nearly jumps out of his skin and instinctively grabs his gun, aiming it at the intruder; then begins shivering as he realizes who it is. The woman from the yard lands on her feet softly, then slowly rises to her feet again, where she stands looking around at everyone drawing beads on her.

(( Black Mage: "According to this, the Crazy Bitch only has 132 (million) Hit Points."

Fighter: "Gee, is that all? We're gonna die!" ))

Completely calm and collected, not even looking worried in the slightest, she glances at everyone's startled and, in some cases, frightened expressions, then says simply and softly, "You don't work for Mastermind. You're not even from the prison..."

She walks towards them, everything about her relaxed.

(( Didn't know she could jump on the back of a moving plane, didja? ^_^ ))

Angel looked around at everyone.

"Okay. I for one? I have the shit scared out of me. I need a new pair of pants."

He dropped his empty G36, and momentarily considered taking out his launcher. Granted, his using it would result in their almost certain death.

Instead, he yanked out a single pistol and got into firing position. Going against his better instincts however, he didn't fire. The bullet would've hit the phantom and possibly sucked them all through like toothpaste.

"Who are you, what's your deal with Mastermind, AND HOW THE FUCK DID YOU JUST JUMP 2000 FEET IN THE AIR?!"

She looks over at Angel, and smiles. Just, smiles, and calmly answers, "I was part of the First Order."

Slowly her smile fades away, and her expression goes flat. "But I'm not anymore. That's all the explanation you need."

Wraith takes a step towards her, leveling his gun. "Y'know we just tried to kill you, right? What the hell are you doing here, then?"

She looks over at him and adds flatly enough, "If I'd wanted to kill you, you'd be dead already."

Somehow, he believes her, and lowers his gun slowly. "He's got a point, though, what's it with you and Mastermind, and why are you here anyway?"

She looks at him sideways for a long moment, silent; then finally answers, "I don't know."

"...The hell kinda answer is that?"

"It's the truth," she replies, smiling again. Facing back towards Wolf and the others, she adds, "Mastermind took away my will, and made me his slave."

Her eyebrows furl slightly and her voice gets more aggressive. "I'm nobody's slave. Not anymore, anyway."

OOC: And this is what happens when I have to cetch up on sleep for several days! Damn it!! (sighs) Whatever... but Wolf was right, I am gonna fight this thing...

Monk could feel himself being shook and moved, he just chose to ignore it, he was still planning on the General's autopsy, ripping out muscle after muscle, tissue after tissue... then taking it al apart, cell by cell until he was no more, and couldn't be for sometime. Apparently he had been dreaming for a long time for he found himself now on the ship, heading for somewhere... with... someone?

He stood up silently while no one was paying attention and looked at the girl oddly. There was something about her? Was it the way she looked? Was it the fighting style she had just used? Was it the fact that she was covered in blood, and everyone was in the attack position? So it wasn't a dream, this girl had taken on an army and a half of troops and lived to tell the tale, using only her fists, and rarely something on thr ground that was a projectile, something Monk would never do. Taking note of the blood saoked body, it seemed that she saw more blood today that Myth had in his entire career.

I'm just going to have to fix that...

Monk shook his head, then took another note of his teammates, all with a gun or other weapon at the girl. She wasn't supposed to be here. He took a few steps foward. "I don't know who you are, but you should not be with us." He took a few steps foward, leading the charge of the team, because for some reason, whether it be the training he's had, the shock of what's happened today, or Myth coming back for a good challange, Monk was not afraid.

"Why are you here?"

"I need to get to the city."

She looks aside, glancing over at Angel. "I want... a new life."