• Wind flowed over the quiet rooftop, sending a chill down his spine making his finger twitch on the trigger of the white and gray urban camouflage Barret fifty caliber rifle. The mild hum of rich diplomats ten floors below and static whispered through Alex’s ear as he heard a cool woman’s voice play over the communications link. Urging him “We don’t have all night Xero, take the shot” .He only clicked on the send button twice signaling ’not ready‘. Alex adjusted the scope as the cross hairs focused onto the Generals rib cage. Alex couldn’t help but smile at his handy work “sometimes they make it too easy..” .He closed his eyes “As the blood spills, The angel of justice passes judgment onto the wicked” . He opened his eye and lowered it onto the eye piece, he took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger and heard the crack of the

    precision rifle and the he screams of women below. He smiled standing up. Grabbing the sniper rifle, breaking it apart and folding the barrel he lowered it into the guitar case and looked to the scene below. Military grunts swarmed the area looking hectically looking for the assailant. He walked down the fire escape and skipped the last few rungs and eyed the dark alley , his eyes landing on the 2032 neon blue Vex sports car. He walked coolly over to it running his gloves over the neon paint. A woman’s voice came from the blind shadow “Welcome back..” He laughed and dropped the guitar case into the back of the car, jumping into the passenger seat of the convertible “punch it” he coyly spoke. As the words left his mouth the woman screamed out of the alley way the car accelerating into the open road. Alex looked over to the driver “Sorry I took so long it took forever for the old coot to walk out of the house and into the court yard.”. The woman replied “No problem as long as he doesn’t get up”. Alex nodded, “ Trust me he wont get back up Lena”. The woman nodded as she pulled a hard left onto the docks and into an old dry yard. Lena stopped the car pulling the break into the parking position. She bent down and pulling up a floor board revealing a consol she tapped a few buttons on. Walking over while leaning on the car’s rear end the floor shook and lowered them into a stark white docking chamber. She got back into the car and eased on the accelerator. The neon blue car rolled off of the platform onto the ground lurching into what looked like a garage with many different cars in it. Different people with overalls and bandanas were milling around the garage and working on the cars. Alex got out of the car and walked to Lena. She smiled and walked towards the sliding door into a laboratory with six or seven people, masks and lab coats on studying a experiment behind a bullet proof glass window. Alex raised an eye brow but Lena pulled him along into a conference room. The room had a long table with room for forty or more people on each side. He sat down looking down the table towards six different screens that had bold red numbers on it counting from one to six. The screens flickered on, and a deep voice echoed into the room.
    “This is Alpha reporting in from galactic square”, Alex folded his hands and looked towards the screens. “What’s taking so long for the others.” The screen that had the emblazed number three let out a sigh “Their agents still haven’t completed their mission”. Alex grunted in displeasure “Hopefully they will”. Moments after Alex muttered his words the screen numbered four flickered on ,“Beta reporting Sorry I took so long Xero and Alpha”. Alex waved his hand as though as Beta was in the room “Beta, was the mission completed?” the voice behind four let out a sigh “Yes but we lost six men”. Alex grunted and cursed under his breath “Were they captured?” Four replied in a short “ No they were not”. Alex let a breath of relief out. Four rose his voice “You make it sound like our lives are expendable “. Alex laughed “Well if their fool enough to die then their lives were meaningless”. The remaining screens flickered on “this is Gama, Fox and Island reporting in”. Gamma was the first to speak, “Mission completed the propaganda station was destroyed”. Fox chimed in “That’s good to hear, Mission completed East Docks cleared”. Island sighed and replied “Unfortunately Mission Failed, though we were not tracked back to our base”. The other agents droned on for another hour discussing tactics for the attack on the rally. Finally Alex clapped his hands “Enough the plan is we attack at 0900”. The others chimed in “Agreed signing out” their screens flashed off and the room lights hummed back on. Alex began to walk towards the door as Lena stopped him. “Are you suicidal?” Alex smirked “A little danger always pushes for excellence.”
    Lena just shook her head as alex began to walk. Back to his dorm he closed the door to his room quickly falling asleep he thrashed around in the sheets until he finally closed his eyes and let his mind take him to a memory long ago. A boy lay in his childhood bed trying to ignore the yelling outside of his bedroom his mother and father trading back and forth the father

    becoming drafted into the army becoming a general. The mother fighting to keep him home bound finally the emotions spilled out of the invisible container called civility. The mother grabbed a kitchen knife to run towards , the father the father acted quickly and cold-bloodedly he grabbed the woman’s hand to steal the knife and quickly plunged it into her chest without remorse unknowingly the boy stood there in the door way wide eyed some people say how a child’s innocence can be the most important thing in the world. Too bad too many a child loses it without a choice. The memory flashed into Alex’s mind’s eye he woke up sweating and his heart pumping out of his chest he could taste blood the iron taste swirling around his tongue “Mother…I will avenge your death…”


    Alex buried his face in his hands as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes looking out the window as the sun rose from its place hiding in the horizon. Alex grabbed his bullet proof Kevlar vest, He strapped the Velcro to tighten it he opened the closet his eyes skimmed over various types of weapons, and body armor he grabbed two shin guards strapping them on he stood back up sighing “Today is the day.” He slung a automatic rifle over his shoulder and cracked his knuckles closing his eyes taking a deep breath. His mother’s scream echoing in his mind he walked towards the door. It slid open he took a breath of the recycled air it tasted stale and crisp at the same time he continued to walk down the hall letting his mind wander his mind brought him back to the night of his mother’s last breath. He pressed his ear to the door

    listening to the hushed voices his mother was the first to speak “He was born that way“ the man shot back “Those people are freaks!, I’m sorry he has to die he’s not normal..” his mother shot back “It was your side of the family!“ The father shot back in louder tone and more urgency “It has to be done while he’s asleep maybe he wont feel the pain “ his mother stepped back “My…god they are right when you enter the army they do something…” the mothers expression turned to sheer panic and disbelieve “I think you’re the one who needs to die, I wont let you take him from me!” The mother turned and grabbed a kitchen knife running at her husband. Alex’s mind woke him as lena shook him on the shoulder “what are you doing!, your going to run into someone like you did just me!” Alex shook his head his mind snapping back to reality

    his mothers scream playing again in his head once more before snapping back into the world of reality “Oh, sorry lena I didn’t see you there..” Lena smacked him in the side of the head “ Of course you didn’t!” The quick sharp pain jolted him from the fog that was his train of thought he nodded “the other sectors ready?” lena nodded as she handed him a clip board she quickly explained “The blue marks are the objectives our sector is suppose to capture The west plaza, And the east plaza” Alex held up a hand and continued walking “That means we have to split our forces in two?” Lena nodded solemnly “unfortunately yes but we are known for our skill so the others decided that we will capture west and east while Fox and Island will capture center point” alex nodded as lena explained what Gamma was doing “Gamma will be attacking The
    Troop Gathering spot trying to sabotage the convoy “Alex nodded as the plan clicked in his mind “ Being that their the least numbered,” lena smiled “You catch on fast, alex” Alex nodded as they passed through the thresh hold to the garage use to hold various cars now replaced

    with heavily armored vans and trucks lena walked over to a van and patted the cold steel “six layers of steel nothing getting through” Alex smirked “except a tank shell.” Lena walked over to alex “your smart.” he punched him in the arm “but don’t bring me down like that.” Alex nodded as he looked around with the other sixty members of Sector 00. Alex climbed in the back of a van and patted him self on the chest “alright lets roll!” the other members quickly piled into the back of the two vans parked and waiting to attack the government rally Lena jumped in to the front of the van that alex was riding in and drove it into the elevator the other van mimicked the motion except driving into the other elevator alex lowered the eye piece just over his eye and lowered the mouth piece over his mouth puffing air into it hearing the static in his ear “ Alright this is Xero, Trigger and Vector you two are my wing men watch my back” Alex said looking over to vector a buff man with a bazooka and pistol with green eyes and hay colored hair he nodded Trigger a bit smaller then alex but with white hair and his weapon of choice was his dual pistols. Alex closed his eyes remembering back to the days after the slaying of his mother being a child his father was able to play it off as mother was insane and

    killed her self. Alex remembered the overcast day of his mothers burial the day was chilled like death its self was wrapping around Alex’s mind for the first time. Sense then he knows the feeling of death my memory and heart the, cold dirt of his mothers grave was almost as cold as his mothers body. Seemingly challenging death to become colder and choke the warmth out of a Childs heart. Alex’s ear piece cackled on it was trigger “ten minutes will hot spot” alex nodded folding his hands pressing it to his forehead in a praying position his mind flashed to the academy he sat in the back of the class. His glassy black eyes danced around the room his instructors voice bounced off of alex. He spaced off during class he smirked at the age of twelve he learned what those ’genetic implants’ were they were growth blockers He was born with a strange power from what he known it was his fathers side of the family alex being the only one in the city with this ‘defect’ he saw it more as a gift the gift to control peoples thoughts his father’s side of the family were scientists and various army officers so the scientists must of developed the defect but never passed it to the off spring until alex. Vector shook alex “Five minutes lock and load and get ready to roll” alex let a deep breath out Lena’s voice echoing on

    the communication link “Five and four have already inserted so the spot will be hot” alex slide his automatic rifle around and primed the chamber checking over the gun and adjusting the cross hairs. He unfolded his hands and looked to the ceiling of the van “As the blood boils the temper rages may my aim be true and pass judgment on the wicked and fool” Alex opened his eyes just as the back door of the Van burst open and white light as Alex’s eyes adjusted to the blinding sun outside of the van Alex jumped out looking around running to the nearest corner Trigger and Vector right behind him the other members formed into their squad and one squad ran towards the door setting C4 explosives the leader of the squad running behind a pillar and counting off in the intercom “five..four..three two one! “ he clicked the button on the explosives and the door came flying open the forces flew into the door running down the corridors Alex Trigger Vector and a squad of three other men ran towards the ‘restricted’ area towards the ambassadors office Vector was at the top of the line while alex was second followed by Trigger and the other two men they slid to a stop as vector turned around “Alex we need to take out the security post.” Alex nodded as he looked on his data pad there was a highlighted room alex

    looked away and grabbed his automatic rifle and began to run towards the room “ its only a hallway away follow me. “ he bounded down the hall way and skidded to a stop as he pressed him self up on the wall. He took a breath and kicked open the door six men jumped up and grabbed their guns alex took aim and fired shooting and killing three while he returned behind the wall to hide from the flurry of shells aimed to kill him he waited for the hard click of the chamber of the rifles behind the door clicked to reload he jumped out and quickly dispatched the remaining three guards the other men filed into the room smashing computers and taking the ammo from the corpses of the just seconds dead security guards alex took one last look around the room and turned around and walked back into the hallway he checked his data pad for the next objective “alright we have to make it to the west rally point and then we converge on center point.” the others nodded as they continued down the hall. Alex and the group grinded to a halt at a gate that was being held shut by a data consol trigger smiled “this is were I come in” he knelt down at the consol embedded in the stone wall next to the gate he opened the panel and gasped “ I haven’t seen any thing like this.” Alex nodded “ How long” trigger looked back towards alex “about five minutes.” alex sighed as he grabbed his temple “make it four.” Trigger sighed and took out a data pad of his own and plugged it into the consol and began to work

    everything was quiet until a crack of a magnum sounded and alex felt a heat wave run though his shoulder and he let out a scream of pain and fell to his knees grapping at his shoulder vector wheeled around and saw the man with the pistol and drew his magnum and shot three rounds into the mans chest the man dropping dead vector knelt down to alex “You okay?.” Alex closed his eyes he felt his thoughts swimming in his head and his heat pumping excitedly letting his body give alex the adrenaline rush to his shoulder and run throughout his body letting him gather his voice and reply to vector “yeah I’m okay its not that bad thanks for getting him though,” Trigger stood back up and watched the gate slide open alex nodded and shook his head and began to run towards the building of the ambassador “I’m coming to get you Father!” Vector and trigger and the others began to run along side him vector was the first to speak “the ambassador is your dad!” Alex only sighed and replied “ yes the ambassador is my father and I plan to speak with him personally” Trigger just laughed “this isn’t some family grudge your holding is it?” Alex had to shake his head but focused his eyes towards the main gate he lowered his head as he aimed his gun killing the two watch men out side of the door

    Alex stopped running and turned “alright vector and trigger take the others and rally at the courtyard ill take care of the ambassador” they nodded and ran off alex walked in and ran upwards towards the stairs and once he reached the top of the sixth floor he kicked open the door and a blonde haired man with bright green eyes jumped up from his chair “Stop! Come any closer and I will kill you!” Alex only smirked he waited to long for this he was going to milk every second out of this he pulled his magnum from his holster he kicked over one of the chairs and pressed the man into the corner “Father. Long time no see.?” he said with a coy tone in his voice “I thought you were dead?..” the man shot back alex heard the words and cackled “I thought I was too but apparently the poison only knocked me out.” His mind flashed back to when he was thirteen he woke up in pitch black he punched at the blackness he came to find

    out he was buried alive luckily he wasn’t buried very deep he punched his way out of the coffin digging his way out of the dirt cold and alone he found his way to a deserted ally luckily he was buried to the closest graveyard was inside of the city he found his way to the Talon Rebellion rally and from there he joined and that was his life from there on out he joined for one reason only to kill his father and now the moment has come his mind snapped back to reality and he looked at his position he had already pushed the barrel up into his fathers forehead and just teasing the trigger with every light squeezes he looked down to the pathetic wither of a man “why did you have to try and kill me..” he man answered with a shaky voice “a man cannot join the army with a son of a defected blood” alex yelled at the man his body aching to squeeze the trigger and end the man’s life he use to call father “Stop this damn occupation of the City and make the army go back to its job protecting the citizens not taking over the city.” The man


    squirmed under the guns pressure alex added to his last sentence “And I will forgive you for making my life insufferable” the man nodded and alex let him go his father grabbed the phone and began recalling the troops and canceling the rally for the sweep through the city to kill any one who doesn’t pledge full allegiance to the government. He hung up the phone “ there alex its done” alex wheeled around and laughed and pushed his father towards the window of the six floor building “I still haven’t forgotten about mother. See you in the afterlife” . With that he squeezed the trigger as the bullet pierced his head he fell through the window out of the sixth floor alex watched the body fall as it thumped to a stop onto the ground blood began to leak from it “His head must of cracked onto the concrete..” he walked over to his fathers desk and picked up the picture frame of him his mother and his father in a family picture framed in golden frames Alex clicked on his communication link and began to walk back towards the court yard he walked back to the landing of the building and saw that the van was already parked there lena was in the driver seat and out of the thirty original in the van only twenty remained he sighed “ let their souls meet their goals.” he said under his breath and jumped into the back and they drove off a week later the occupation ended and the army returned to its base and the government stopped the laws of the draft and peace returned