Invader Dib 01
November the 5th
Nerva Apepeligo
Blade HQ
The blades sat around the conference room chatting quietly amongst themselves. None of them could figure out why Dib had summoned them. Apparently Dib had something big planned, but hadn't revealed it to anyone.
As this discussion was going on, Isabel, the newest of the Blades, looked around the room and noticed one of them was missing. “Where’s Mimi?” she asked. Conversation ceased as the other Blades looked around. Mimi had been absent form a lot of meetings of late, claiming that she was close to completing her mission in paragon.
Before they could start discussing Mimi's whereabouts, Dib entered the room. Flanking him were two golem guards, as well as the Golem commander, known only as "No.9". Dib marched to the front of the room while the golem guards took up position by the door.
“My dear Blades, for a long time I have had you running reconnaissances, honing your skills, and training until I believe you are ready.” He paused, watching their reactions. “Today, we shall complete the mission that Hopkins gave us. Today, we go after a Saber of Paragon.”
The blades looked at him, their expressions ranging from glee to pride, Dib knew some of them we’re getting a bit impatient to test themselves against the Sabers. Isabel raised her hand. “Um…Dib, sir?” She asked. “I thought we were going to go after Gir.”
Dib allowed himself a small smile. “True, originally we had two targets: one for Crey and one for myself. But not anymore. It appears that our two targets are actually the same person.” He looked over the Caz, the copy of his sister and saw her giving him the same “I told you so” look that Gaz used to.
Isabel put her hand up again. “But what about Mimi sir? Isn’t she part of this?”
Dib’s face darkened. “I believe Mimi has decided to turn away from our group.” Her raised his hand to stop the blades questions. “It is obvious from the information I have now, that Mimi has been working against us. She has falsified reports, taken unexplained leaves of absence, and recently she nearly brought the wrath of Arachnos down upon us all.”
Dib took a breath and continued. “She has betrayed Crey, the Blades and me. As such, she is now considered a rogue unit.”
Dib watched as the information slowly sunk into his creations' heads.Several of the blades just stared in sheer disbelief. After all, Mimi was Dib’s prized blade, how she could go rouge? Caz had a look of triumph on her face while Isabel looked like the world had fallen down around her. Dib knew that she had latched onto Mimi as a sister figure. However, he didn’t have time to worry about that right now.
“Because of Mimi’s actions, we are now moving up "Operation Invader". No. 9 will give you the details.” He stepped back and let the lumbering hulk of No. 9 take the floor.
“Hee hee hee! My dear blades, it is our mission to kidnap a saber. Now, this won’t be easy. Observations show that even with out her armor, this "Gir" is one tough little cookie, hee hee hee.” No. 9 laid out the briefing, every now and again, giving into a brief burst of that demented laughter.
“So seeing as the target is extreamly powerful, we’ll have to grab her while she’s asleep. We’re not sure if she’s weaker then, but it’s probably less risky.” He taped a control and a 3D holographic map sprung up. “Now, this is white manor in Founders Falls, we believe that according to recent intel, Gir is staying here with her girlfriend Patri-ette. Hee hee hee, now, the homes defences look strong enough to withstand a full out assault. So we’ll be taking a stealth team consisting of Caz, Teyla and myself. Each will have a unit of black ops Golems under their command. Any questions?”
Teyla stepped forward. “What exactly are we looking at in terms of defences? What sort or resistance can we expect?” she asked.
No. 9 taped another button and 5 images popped up. “As we know, both the target and her girlfriend are there, along with Patriot, so that’s three super strength targets with high levels of invulnerability, we also have some data on a butler, former special forces or something, nothing to worry there.” He tapped the last image. “There’s is also good chance that our little rouge will be there. orders concerning her are simple, if she doesn’t want to play, kill her. Hee hee hee.”
Caz lent forward. “So, we raid the base, loot the goods, then run. and if we see the traitor, we kill her, correct?”
“Got it in one.”
“Good, really wanted a rematch against that bitch.”
Dib spoke up. “Your mission is to capture her, not kill her. Now, you have your orders, we attack tonight.”
Caz, Teyla and No. 9 left, leaving Dib with the four remaining blades. “Now Isabel, I have a special mission for you, as for the rest of you, there is a good chance that there will be some fallout from this, therefore you are to start project eternal, understood?”
The three nodded and left the room. Turning to Isabel, Dib smiled. “Now, about your mission.”
***
Founders Falls
White manor.
Mimi looked around the guest room, feeling slightly out of place. Jack had invited her over, apparently he wanted to talk about something important. But something had come up, so he told her to wait till tomorrow.
She walked around the room, thinking, after many days of grappling with what seemed a gargantuan choice, she finally had made her decision, for the last month or so, she been feeling a greater sense of unease with every trip back to the Rouge Isles, as if she wouldn’t be able to return to Paragon… to Jack.
But she had finally made her decision, she would leave the isles behind and stay in Paragon. She laid down on the bed, and started trying to figure out what Jack wanted to talk about. He was rather tight lip about it, which made her wonder. She doubted he would be dumping her, if that was the case, why invite her over? Sighing, she started undressing. I guess I have to wait till tomorrow to find out what going on.
She striped to her panties, pulled on a light t-shirt and climbed into the guest bed and let out a slight sight at how nice it felt. It should have been easy to fall asleep, but her mind kept coming back to what Jack wanted to talk about. She let out a huff of frustration and grabbed a sketch pad from her bag, she stared blankly for a bit before she started to draw, her mind unwinding as she started to draw.
She sat there scribbling, swapping from pencil, to charcoal and back again, the image started as Jack, in full patriot uniform, standing on a building ledge, watching over the city. She keeps scribbling, adding more detail. She looked over the finished picture, and noticed that with out meaning to, she had added herself to the picture, dressed in something that looked like a hero costume.
She sighed at the picture. Like that would ever happen. If she wanted to be a hero, Jack would want to know where her skills came from… and then he might find out who she really was.
She was about to tear the page out and stoped, mainly because her stomach started to growl. Hmm, Jack showed me where the kitchen is, maybe I should get a snack. She gave her watch a quick look and blinked in surprise, it was a little pass twelve. Man… really must of zoned out on that.
Climbing out of bed, she didn’t bother to put a dressing gown on, it was a bit warm and she doubted that anyone else was awake. She padded out the door and started down the hall, if she remembered correctly, the kitchen was on the ground floor somewhere.
She made it to the kitchen and was contemplating what to eat, looking thought the fridge, when a loud explosion rocked the manor. “What the bloody hell?” Mimi swore and bolted in the direction of the blast. On her way she practically slammed into jack.
Her eye’s goggled at the sight of Jack in nothing but a pair of sweatpants, she shook her head, now was not the time to think about that. Jack turned as another explosion went off. “Sounds like it came from the rec room, you better hide.” He said, as he flew down the hall.
Mimi waited till he was out of sight and faded into the darkness, she couldn’t shake the feeling that her coming here was linked to this. She followed Jack, sticking to the shadows and reaching the rec room as another blast went off. She made it to the door and carefully looked around it.
The rec room was ablaze, one of the walls had been demolished while most of the furniture had been pilled in the centre, perched on top was the hunched ape like figure of No. 9, his eye glittering a hellish orange over his gas mask.
“Hee hee hee, wondered how many I had to set off before someone cam looking” he chuckled as he lazily tossed and caught what looked like a bomb with one hand.
“Pity your not the one I’m looking for.”
Jack glared up at him. “What do you want?” he growled.
“Hee hee hee simply put, I’m here to take back something that belongs to us, her.” No. 9 pointed directly at Mimi. Jack spun around. “Milissa? I thought I told you to hide?”
“She’s not gonna hide, she’s a fighter that one. Hardwired in, watch.” With the sped of a striking cobra, he lobbed the bomb at Mimi, Jack watched as Mimi’s leg snapped up and hit it, sending it flying through the hole in the wall were it detonated harmlessly.
No. 9 started hopping up and down excitedly, adding to the image of some overgrown monkey. “hee hee hee, told you, hardwired in, which is part of why I’m here, I need what’s wired into you pretty little noggin. Boss isn’t happy about his top assassin droid running off on him, Hee hee hee.”
Jack watched, unable to believe what he was hearing. He looked at Mimi, hoping she would say something, but she just stood there, staring at the ground.
No. 9 let out another bout of insane cackling. “You thought you could run? That after all you have done, all those people you have killed, you could just walk away? Hee hee hee and they say I’m mad!”
“Shut up.” Mimi said, looking down at the ground
No. 9 stoped laughing and looked down at Mimi. “ahhh, so you can talk. So, what you gonna do, I doubt the capes gonna want you stinking up his fancy house with the stench of murder. You know, I might even be able to smooth things-“
“I SAID SHUT UP!” Mimi shouted and leaped at No. 9, bringing her foot around in a viscous spin kick.
No. 9 jumped clear. “Hee hee hee, knew you would make this fun. Boys, kill her.” Clicking his fingers, several other golems dropped from the roof and opened fire on Mimi.
***
When the first blast shook the house, Patti's eyes snapped open. Did I just hear? No, I couldn't have...I must've been dreaming. She was just about to close her eyes again when a second shockwave shook things. Patti gently pushed Gir off her chest, causing her to mumble, and sat up.
Patti hoped out of bed and made her way to the door, punching in the command code to overrider the security. As the door opened, she looked in surprise as two figures levelled their rifles at her and fired.
Patti screamed as she staggered back, feeling the painful sensation of a sapper rifle draining her power. She saw Gir sit up and look around, trying to figure out what was going on. Patti tried to say something through gritted teeth, but watched in horror as another figure entered the room and pointed at Gir. There was the familiar tang of a psionic back lash as Gir shook and collapsed back onto the bed.
Patti let out an almost primal scream as she stood up and started stepping forward, the Sapper blast burnt, but she could feel the power of her Nuclear ninety heart staring to course through her, negating the energy drain. The Golem troops looked on in fear as she stood up and slammed them both in to the hallway.
She quickly took in her surrounding, there were at least a dozen of them, maybe more, Patti couldn’t think straight, all she knew was that they attacked Gir. Grabbing one of the Sappers, she slammed him hard enough against the ground to cause a small crater.
She flinched slightly as several of the troops opened fire on her, Armor piecing rounds ricocheting off her and tearing up the hallway. She stood up and went to grab the second Sapper when it felt like something slammed her between the eyes.
Staggering she turned to see the figure form the bedroom float out, its face hidden by an old fashion gasmask. It stared at Patti and she felt the stabbing sensation again as he started a Psionic assault against her. White noise scream through her head, causing her to drop.
She managed to drag herself to her feet, the hall was spinning madly. She tried to take a step towards the figure. The noise Screamed again, louder then before. Everything twisted and the room rolled madly again and Patti fell, the last thing she felt was the burning sting of failure.
***
Jack was still frozen in place as he watched Mimi duck and weave, moving gracefully as she avoided that bullets, she blurred and there was a meaty crunch sound as one of the golems dropped to the ground, it’s head hung limply from it's broken neck. The rest of them opened fire and Mimi blurred again.
He stood there, unable to do anything as he felt his world fall out from under him. What that freak said was true, he just saw Mimi kill one of them with out even blinking an eye. No… this can’t be true. A voice echoed at the back of his skull.
A scream pulled him back to what was going on as Mimi slid across the ground, clutching her left arm and blood flowed freely from a deep gash. No. 9 striding forward, a machete in his hand, blood trailed from its tip. “If you want something done, you have to do it your self.” He grumbled. Raising the blade, he stepped over Mimi. “Any last words? No, okay” he sung the blade down.
He let out a slight grunt of surprises as Jack caught the blade in his hand and started to squeeze it, the metal crumpling like cardboard. “Don’t you dare lay a hand on her, you monster.” He growled. Before No. 9 could react, Jack let lose with an uppercut that sent him flying across the room.
Pulling himself to his feet, No. 9 clutched at his mask, gas seeping out from where Jack had hit it. He growled and barked that the other Golems. “Don’t just stand there, get them.” The Golems step forward, raised their assault rifles and opened fire.
Jack stepped in front of them, as each bullet struck his skin started to give off a yellow glow. Jacks eye’s narrowed as he hovered off the ground. No. 9 stated to back up. “Down!” he bellowed as jack launched at the golems, but it was too late.
Many people assumed that Jack hero name “The Patriot” was meant to represent him standing for the American ideals. This wasn’t the fact, the name more referred to the fact that when angered, Jack would hit with the full force of a missile.
No. 9 watched as his unit practically exploded as Jack slammed into them. Each one of his blows sent the Golems flying away like ragdolls. No. 9 was starting to wonder how much longer he’d be able to stall them when a voice crackled over his com. “target acquired, withdraw now.”
Smiling under his mask, No. 9 gave the order he’s been waiting all night for. “Pop it boys, hee hee hee.” The remaining Golems charged at Jack, ripping out the pins on their grenadines and dog piled him. A massive roar filled the room as the Golems payload went off, smoke, fragmentation and web grenades all detonating at once. As the smoke billowed out, he leaped out the hole in the wall and vanished.
Mimi watched as the smoke cleared, jack stood there, his skin glowing like a beacon, he turned towards her. “Are you okay Milissa?” he asked holding out his hand.
She just stared at the ground, jack noticed tears rolling down her face, kneeling next to her, he reach out the hold her chin, only to have flinch away. “Milissa, what’s wrong?”
“Why…. Why after all he said, why did you save me.” Her voice came out in a barley audible whisper.
Before Jack could answer, he heard a scream echo from in the house. “that sounded like Anne.” He scoped up Mimi and flew in to the house, as he reached hall to Patti’s room, his felt his blood run cold, the hallway was a mess, Golems laid strewn out all over the place, covered in energy burns.
Patti had one of them slammed against the wall. She pulled it back and slammed it again. “WHERE IS SHE?” she screamed, Jack could see the golem was long dead, all Patti was really doing was brutalising a corpse.
“Patti, stop.” Jack said in a firm, level tone. “I don’t think it can tell you anything now.” He managed to prise the golem from patties blood stained hand and drop it to the floor with a meaty thud.
Patti Spun to Jack, a wild look in her eyes. “I have to go, I have to find her Jack!” she tried to turn away, but Jack grabbed her shoulder.
“And where are you going to go? Do you know where they went? How do you plan to stop them?” Jack asked the questions, he knew Patti had to realise that she needed to stop and think.
Shaking Jack free, she let out a slight growl. “They took her Jack, and I couldn’t stop them.” Jack realised her voice was on the edge of hysterics. “I’m gonna hunt them down and make them pay.” She slipped free of Jacks grasp and when to storm off.
“I’m sorry Anne.” Jack whispered and brought his hand down on a quick blow against the back of Patti’s neck. He winced as she fell with out making a sound. He knelt down and picked up Patti, Turning to Mimi he asked. “Can I get you to look over her while I contact Gir’s father Mimi?”
Jack watched as Mimi slowly flooded up and dropped to the ground. Running to her side he scoped her up. Milissa, you okay?” he asked, her Face had gone pale and she kept uttering the same sentence over and over again. “It’s all my fault.” She mumbled.
“Milissa, what’s your fault?” Jack asked, trying to make sense of it all.
She looked up at him, looking so lost and confused. For the first time he noticed how much she looked like Gir. “Everything, the attack, Gir… it’s all, my, fault.” She looked at Jack, tears started to roll freely down her face. “I’m sorry …. I’m so sorry. I’m responsible for it”
“What?”
“I am a member of the unit that came and kidnapped your sister’s girlfriend Jack… I’m responsible for all this.”
Jack stood there, trying to think of something to say, but his mind was blank. What was he going to do now? Milissa had admitted to being involved with Gir’s kidnapping. With a heavy breath he looked at her and spoke. “Milissa, I’m putting you under house arrest, effective immediately.”
November the 5th
Nerva Apepeligo
Blade HQ
The blades sat around the conference room chatting quietly amongst themselves. None of them could figure out why Dib had summoned them. Apparently Dib had something big planned, but hadn't revealed it to anyone.
As this discussion was going on, Isabel, the newest of the Blades, looked around the room and noticed one of them was missing. “Where’s Mimi?” she asked. Conversation ceased as the other Blades looked around. Mimi had been absent form a lot of meetings of late, claiming that she was close to completing her mission in paragon.
Before they could start discussing Mimi's whereabouts, Dib entered the room. Flanking him were two golem guards, as well as the Golem commander, known only as "No.9". Dib marched to the front of the room while the golem guards took up position by the door.
“My dear Blades, for a long time I have had you running reconnaissances, honing your skills, and training until I believe you are ready.” He paused, watching their reactions. “Today, we shall complete the mission that Hopkins gave us. Today, we go after a Saber of Paragon.”
The blades looked at him, their expressions ranging from glee to pride, Dib knew some of them we’re getting a bit impatient to test themselves against the Sabers. Isabel raised her hand. “Um…Dib, sir?” She asked. “I thought we were going to go after Gir.”
Dib allowed himself a small smile. “True, originally we had two targets: one for Crey and one for myself. But not anymore. It appears that our two targets are actually the same person.” He looked over the Caz, the copy of his sister and saw her giving him the same “I told you so” look that Gaz used to.
Isabel put her hand up again. “But what about Mimi sir? Isn’t she part of this?”
Dib’s face darkened. “I believe Mimi has decided to turn away from our group.” Her raised his hand to stop the blades questions. “It is obvious from the information I have now, that Mimi has been working against us. She has falsified reports, taken unexplained leaves of absence, and recently she nearly brought the wrath of Arachnos down upon us all.”
Dib took a breath and continued. “She has betrayed Crey, the Blades and me. As such, she is now considered a rogue unit.”
Dib watched as the information slowly sunk into his creations' heads.Several of the blades just stared in sheer disbelief. After all, Mimi was Dib’s prized blade, how she could go rouge? Caz had a look of triumph on her face while Isabel looked like the world had fallen down around her. Dib knew that she had latched onto Mimi as a sister figure. However, he didn’t have time to worry about that right now.
“Because of Mimi’s actions, we are now moving up "Operation Invader". No. 9 will give you the details.” He stepped back and let the lumbering hulk of No. 9 take the floor.
“Hee hee hee! My dear blades, it is our mission to kidnap a saber. Now, this won’t be easy. Observations show that even with out her armor, this "Gir" is one tough little cookie, hee hee hee.” No. 9 laid out the briefing, every now and again, giving into a brief burst of that demented laughter.
“So seeing as the target is extreamly powerful, we’ll have to grab her while she’s asleep. We’re not sure if she’s weaker then, but it’s probably less risky.” He taped a control and a 3D holographic map sprung up. “Now, this is white manor in Founders Falls, we believe that according to recent intel, Gir is staying here with her girlfriend Patri-ette. Hee hee hee, now, the homes defences look strong enough to withstand a full out assault. So we’ll be taking a stealth team consisting of Caz, Teyla and myself. Each will have a unit of black ops Golems under their command. Any questions?”
Teyla stepped forward. “What exactly are we looking at in terms of defences? What sort or resistance can we expect?” she asked.
No. 9 taped another button and 5 images popped up. “As we know, both the target and her girlfriend are there, along with Patriot, so that’s three super strength targets with high levels of invulnerability, we also have some data on a butler, former special forces or something, nothing to worry there.” He tapped the last image. “There’s is also good chance that our little rouge will be there. orders concerning her are simple, if she doesn’t want to play, kill her. Hee hee hee.”
Caz lent forward. “So, we raid the base, loot the goods, then run. and if we see the traitor, we kill her, correct?”
“Got it in one.”
“Good, really wanted a rematch against that bitch.”
Dib spoke up. “Your mission is to capture her, not kill her. Now, you have your orders, we attack tonight.”
Caz, Teyla and No. 9 left, leaving Dib with the four remaining blades. “Now Isabel, I have a special mission for you, as for the rest of you, there is a good chance that there will be some fallout from this, therefore you are to start project eternal, understood?”
The three nodded and left the room. Turning to Isabel, Dib smiled. “Now, about your mission.”
***
Founders Falls
White manor.
Mimi looked around the guest room, feeling slightly out of place. Jack had invited her over, apparently he wanted to talk about something important. But something had come up, so he told her to wait till tomorrow.
She walked around the room, thinking, after many days of grappling with what seemed a gargantuan choice, she finally had made her decision, for the last month or so, she been feeling a greater sense of unease with every trip back to the Rouge Isles, as if she wouldn’t be able to return to Paragon… to Jack.
But she had finally made her decision, she would leave the isles behind and stay in Paragon. She laid down on the bed, and started trying to figure out what Jack wanted to talk about. He was rather tight lip about it, which made her wonder. She doubted he would be dumping her, if that was the case, why invite her over? Sighing, she started undressing. I guess I have to wait till tomorrow to find out what going on.
She striped to her panties, pulled on a light t-shirt and climbed into the guest bed and let out a slight sight at how nice it felt. It should have been easy to fall asleep, but her mind kept coming back to what Jack wanted to talk about. She let out a huff of frustration and grabbed a sketch pad from her bag, she stared blankly for a bit before she started to draw, her mind unwinding as she started to draw.
She sat there scribbling, swapping from pencil, to charcoal and back again, the image started as Jack, in full patriot uniform, standing on a building ledge, watching over the city. She keeps scribbling, adding more detail. She looked over the finished picture, and noticed that with out meaning to, she had added herself to the picture, dressed in something that looked like a hero costume.
She sighed at the picture. Like that would ever happen. If she wanted to be a hero, Jack would want to know where her skills came from… and then he might find out who she really was.
She was about to tear the page out and stoped, mainly because her stomach started to growl. Hmm, Jack showed me where the kitchen is, maybe I should get a snack. She gave her watch a quick look and blinked in surprise, it was a little pass twelve. Man… really must of zoned out on that.
Climbing out of bed, she didn’t bother to put a dressing gown on, it was a bit warm and she doubted that anyone else was awake. She padded out the door and started down the hall, if she remembered correctly, the kitchen was on the ground floor somewhere.
She made it to the kitchen and was contemplating what to eat, looking thought the fridge, when a loud explosion rocked the manor. “What the bloody hell?” Mimi swore and bolted in the direction of the blast. On her way she practically slammed into jack.
Her eye’s goggled at the sight of Jack in nothing but a pair of sweatpants, she shook her head, now was not the time to think about that. Jack turned as another explosion went off. “Sounds like it came from the rec room, you better hide.” He said, as he flew down the hall.
Mimi waited till he was out of sight and faded into the darkness, she couldn’t shake the feeling that her coming here was linked to this. She followed Jack, sticking to the shadows and reaching the rec room as another blast went off. She made it to the door and carefully looked around it.
The rec room was ablaze, one of the walls had been demolished while most of the furniture had been pilled in the centre, perched on top was the hunched ape like figure of No. 9, his eye glittering a hellish orange over his gas mask.
“Hee hee hee, wondered how many I had to set off before someone cam looking” he chuckled as he lazily tossed and caught what looked like a bomb with one hand.
“Pity your not the one I’m looking for.”
Jack glared up at him. “What do you want?” he growled.
“Hee hee hee simply put, I’m here to take back something that belongs to us, her.” No. 9 pointed directly at Mimi. Jack spun around. “Milissa? I thought I told you to hide?”
“She’s not gonna hide, she’s a fighter that one. Hardwired in, watch.” With the sped of a striking cobra, he lobbed the bomb at Mimi, Jack watched as Mimi’s leg snapped up and hit it, sending it flying through the hole in the wall were it detonated harmlessly.
No. 9 started hopping up and down excitedly, adding to the image of some overgrown monkey. “hee hee hee, told you, hardwired in, which is part of why I’m here, I need what’s wired into you pretty little noggin. Boss isn’t happy about his top assassin droid running off on him, Hee hee hee.”
Jack watched, unable to believe what he was hearing. He looked at Mimi, hoping she would say something, but she just stood there, staring at the ground.
No. 9 let out another bout of insane cackling. “You thought you could run? That after all you have done, all those people you have killed, you could just walk away? Hee hee hee and they say I’m mad!”
“Shut up.” Mimi said, looking down at the ground
No. 9 stoped laughing and looked down at Mimi. “ahhh, so you can talk. So, what you gonna do, I doubt the capes gonna want you stinking up his fancy house with the stench of murder. You know, I might even be able to smooth things-“
“I SAID SHUT UP!” Mimi shouted and leaped at No. 9, bringing her foot around in a viscous spin kick.
No. 9 jumped clear. “Hee hee hee, knew you would make this fun. Boys, kill her.” Clicking his fingers, several other golems dropped from the roof and opened fire on Mimi.
***
When the first blast shook the house, Patti's eyes snapped open. Did I just hear? No, I couldn't have...I must've been dreaming. She was just about to close her eyes again when a second shockwave shook things. Patti gently pushed Gir off her chest, causing her to mumble, and sat up.
Patti hoped out of bed and made her way to the door, punching in the command code to overrider the security. As the door opened, she looked in surprise as two figures levelled their rifles at her and fired.
Patti screamed as she staggered back, feeling the painful sensation of a sapper rifle draining her power. She saw Gir sit up and look around, trying to figure out what was going on. Patti tried to say something through gritted teeth, but watched in horror as another figure entered the room and pointed at Gir. There was the familiar tang of a psionic back lash as Gir shook and collapsed back onto the bed.
Patti let out an almost primal scream as she stood up and started stepping forward, the Sapper blast burnt, but she could feel the power of her Nuclear ninety heart staring to course through her, negating the energy drain. The Golem troops looked on in fear as she stood up and slammed them both in to the hallway.
She quickly took in her surrounding, there were at least a dozen of them, maybe more, Patti couldn’t think straight, all she knew was that they attacked Gir. Grabbing one of the Sappers, she slammed him hard enough against the ground to cause a small crater.
She flinched slightly as several of the troops opened fire on her, Armor piecing rounds ricocheting off her and tearing up the hallway. She stood up and went to grab the second Sapper when it felt like something slammed her between the eyes.
Staggering she turned to see the figure form the bedroom float out, its face hidden by an old fashion gasmask. It stared at Patti and she felt the stabbing sensation again as he started a Psionic assault against her. White noise scream through her head, causing her to drop.
She managed to drag herself to her feet, the hall was spinning madly. She tried to take a step towards the figure. The noise Screamed again, louder then before. Everything twisted and the room rolled madly again and Patti fell, the last thing she felt was the burning sting of failure.
***
Jack was still frozen in place as he watched Mimi duck and weave, moving gracefully as she avoided that bullets, she blurred and there was a meaty crunch sound as one of the golems dropped to the ground, it’s head hung limply from it's broken neck. The rest of them opened fire and Mimi blurred again.
He stood there, unable to do anything as he felt his world fall out from under him. What that freak said was true, he just saw Mimi kill one of them with out even blinking an eye. No… this can’t be true. A voice echoed at the back of his skull.
A scream pulled him back to what was going on as Mimi slid across the ground, clutching her left arm and blood flowed freely from a deep gash. No. 9 striding forward, a machete in his hand, blood trailed from its tip. “If you want something done, you have to do it your self.” He grumbled. Raising the blade, he stepped over Mimi. “Any last words? No, okay” he sung the blade down.
He let out a slight grunt of surprises as Jack caught the blade in his hand and started to squeeze it, the metal crumpling like cardboard. “Don’t you dare lay a hand on her, you monster.” He growled. Before No. 9 could react, Jack let lose with an uppercut that sent him flying across the room.
Pulling himself to his feet, No. 9 clutched at his mask, gas seeping out from where Jack had hit it. He growled and barked that the other Golems. “Don’t just stand there, get them.” The Golems step forward, raised their assault rifles and opened fire.
Jack stepped in front of them, as each bullet struck his skin started to give off a yellow glow. Jacks eye’s narrowed as he hovered off the ground. No. 9 stated to back up. “Down!” he bellowed as jack launched at the golems, but it was too late.
Many people assumed that Jack hero name “The Patriot” was meant to represent him standing for the American ideals. This wasn’t the fact, the name more referred to the fact that when angered, Jack would hit with the full force of a missile.
No. 9 watched as his unit practically exploded as Jack slammed into them. Each one of his blows sent the Golems flying away like ragdolls. No. 9 was starting to wonder how much longer he’d be able to stall them when a voice crackled over his com. “target acquired, withdraw now.”
Smiling under his mask, No. 9 gave the order he’s been waiting all night for. “Pop it boys, hee hee hee.” The remaining Golems charged at Jack, ripping out the pins on their grenadines and dog piled him. A massive roar filled the room as the Golems payload went off, smoke, fragmentation and web grenades all detonating at once. As the smoke billowed out, he leaped out the hole in the wall and vanished.
Mimi watched as the smoke cleared, jack stood there, his skin glowing like a beacon, he turned towards her. “Are you okay Milissa?” he asked holding out his hand.
She just stared at the ground, jack noticed tears rolling down her face, kneeling next to her, he reach out the hold her chin, only to have flinch away. “Milissa, what’s wrong?”
“Why…. Why after all he said, why did you save me.” Her voice came out in a barley audible whisper.
Before Jack could answer, he heard a scream echo from in the house. “that sounded like Anne.” He scoped up Mimi and flew in to the house, as he reached hall to Patti’s room, his felt his blood run cold, the hallway was a mess, Golems laid strewn out all over the place, covered in energy burns.
Patti had one of them slammed against the wall. She pulled it back and slammed it again. “WHERE IS SHE?” she screamed, Jack could see the golem was long dead, all Patti was really doing was brutalising a corpse.
“Patti, stop.” Jack said in a firm, level tone. “I don’t think it can tell you anything now.” He managed to prise the golem from patties blood stained hand and drop it to the floor with a meaty thud.
Patti Spun to Jack, a wild look in her eyes. “I have to go, I have to find her Jack!” she tried to turn away, but Jack grabbed her shoulder.
“And where are you going to go? Do you know where they went? How do you plan to stop them?” Jack asked the questions, he knew Patti had to realise that she needed to stop and think.
Shaking Jack free, she let out a slight growl. “They took her Jack, and I couldn’t stop them.” Jack realised her voice was on the edge of hysterics. “I’m gonna hunt them down and make them pay.” She slipped free of Jacks grasp and when to storm off.
“I’m sorry Anne.” Jack whispered and brought his hand down on a quick blow against the back of Patti’s neck. He winced as she fell with out making a sound. He knelt down and picked up Patti, Turning to Mimi he asked. “Can I get you to look over her while I contact Gir’s father Mimi?”
Jack watched as Mimi slowly flooded up and dropped to the ground. Running to her side he scoped her up. Milissa, you okay?” he asked, her Face had gone pale and she kept uttering the same sentence over and over again. “It’s all my fault.” She mumbled.
“Milissa, what’s your fault?” Jack asked, trying to make sense of it all.
She looked up at him, looking so lost and confused. For the first time he noticed how much she looked like Gir. “Everything, the attack, Gir… it’s all, my, fault.” She looked at Jack, tears started to roll freely down her face. “I’m sorry …. I’m so sorry. I’m responsible for it”
“What?”
“I am a member of the unit that came and kidnapped your sister’s girlfriend Jack… I’m responsible for all this.”
Jack stood there, trying to think of something to say, but his mind was blank. What was he going to do now? Milissa had admitted to being involved with Gir’s kidnapping. With a heavy breath he looked at her and spoke. “Milissa, I’m putting you under house arrest, effective immediately.”