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Fate watched the numbers trickle up. When the door's open the guards standing there..a total of nearly 32 guys...orange shards of matter shooting out and seemingly everything went slow mo. The spikes killed all 32 in a single explosion. Fate walked out shooting his AK as the doors closed again. The gunshots soon flowed through the room as the dust cleared. Fate got down and he growled as the sparks went everywhere some catching his eyes. 3 guards took this chance running to get to the momentarily blinded Fate. Using the AK he tripped the first one and lifted the gun shooting blind..a whole clip emptying into one hunter's chest..and the one behind him jumped over..but Fate reacted on instinct kicking his feet from under him wrapping him in a reversed naked choke. The guy died in the same hold in neary 8 seconds from suffocation. While the last one got up he grabbed the one he choked's handgun..which was in his holster. The guard turned to recieve two shots..one to the leg..one straight to the chest..Fate pushed the guard off of him and picked up one of there AK47s. He leaned against the wall groaning. He looked at his right shoulder to see a single bullet wound. In all the crazyness he hadn't realized he had been shot.

"Now that just makes me mad."Fate growled. He heard the guards pouring from the other elevator. Groaning he picked up an M16 from one of the dead guards placing it next to him. He got up...a spray of nearly 500 bullets in one minute..Fate's matter forming like small mirriors..each one taking a bullet protecting Fate yet not keeping his shots from eatting. As the AK47s fell to the floor Fate bent down barley avoiding a single shot crossbow bolt that woulda hit him in the head. Grabbing one of the corpses near him he looked at there vest..two nades...two corpses..he smirked. He put both his thumber and ring ringer in the hanger of the nade he stood up..he could feel the bullets hitting the corpse. He charged and yelled ******** YOU ALL YOU SUMBITCHES!"He growled and the pop that followed before pushing the corpse into the crowd of hunters..he surrounded himself in another shield of matter. The explosion shook the hall and he groaned seeing that more were stacking up from the elevator. Looking at the other corpse he shook his head. He picked the body up and lifted the M16.. wrapped one finger in one nade clip. He charged shooting the M16 the whole way down the hall. As each hunter dropped he used the corpse as a shield still running..he threw the M16 nearly impaling two hunters standing in his way. As the elevator door opened Fate undid both clips in quick fashion kicking the corpse into the crowded elevator. Fate then gave the crowd a double birdy.

"You shoulda just said no to the government."he growled. The explsion went from within the elevator to were it psread threw the elevator hall..up and down completly..the left side elevator was crashed.

Cross and Grace easyily got into the room after Cross put the remaining guard to sleep. He scanned the living unconcious guard..letting them inside before quickly breaking his neck. Grace sighed as she tapped into the computer.

"We are lucky to have you Cross." Grace said softly. She looked at the screen. When Abyss came up..she shook her head..his picture now had a big X across it. She turned it to Zero next..his picture was blue.

"Zero..young escapee..met a group of 29 kids..all street kids..sort of a orphan getaway group. They found him in bad condition when he came down with what at the time the people of the state called the "Black Death". The government killed 16 of the kids infront of Zero..torturing Zero himself infront of the children aswell..and have since then killed 10 of the remaining 13..to keep Zero in check. 1 a year. They however stopped as Zero attempted sucide in the year 2082. He injected himself with 10 valves of acid..before collapsing and falling nearly 35 feet from the highest tower in the U.S. at the time. Only Abyss..a long time partner of Zero could save him from what he did. Zero was in Abyss's care for nearly 3 years..before being sent out in "Operation Lights Out." which consisted in the murder of there brother Vincent and his whole family. This soon followed by Zero's highest accolade..the killing of nearly 100 of the remaining hunted. This operation has been known as "Injection" as he killed 80 of the 100 with acid injection. This is a quick death..which is more then what most hunters would give." Said the auto-tuned vocie from the speakers.

Grace growled and then Cross's picture came up.

"35 year old Cross. The man we have not located in nearly 18 years now. Cross went rogue after the order was sent out. "Execution of Rats.". This was the order of Russian Leader Cael which commanded the killing of women..children and any family member of a experiment made by the legend Prophecy. Prophecy had grown soft and we were afraid he would turn rogue. This lead to the "Lights Out" and "Rock Bottom" operations which targeted Vincent and his older brother Abyss. Unfortunatly..Cross has been known for only one thing since he went black. It has now been determined..that in the operation "Cut the Lights." we killed all of Cross's connections..family..wife..and former friends in the hunting business. Cross however..is one of very few that we know have had offspring...but unlike any of the others..his offspring..was not killed." The auto-tuned vocie echoed. Grace's eyes faltered for a moment turning her head to Cross.

"You.."she hissed. Cross's brain went blank..his eyes misty..

"Don't tell Fate."he said softly. Grace looked amazed by this response.

"Don't you want him to know?"she asked.

Cross shook his head.

"No..I'm not the parent he needs Grace..you are."Cross said gently. He turned away sighing.

"Turn it to the list..please."he said softly.

Moments went by as Grace checked the hunted list..nearly 2 years ago..this whole shinagain started..300 hunted escaped..now only 18 remained. Cross covered himself with his wings..that's when they heard it..the door opened from the stairs and Fate backed into the room. He sighed reloading his M16. He got in a prone position growling.

"Way to many to hold a room by myself."he admitted.

Cross and Fate looked at each other and Fate shook his head listening.

"Its to damn quiet."he grunted. Cross sighed and looked at he roof..he noticed something a crack right down the middle..slowly water dripped from this crack..then Cross remembered.

"MOVE!"He growled.

Grace also seemed to realize what was going on but she was to late..her elastic arm flew out pushing Fate behind Cross..then the roof fell..water flooded the room. One man stood ther with a huge sword in his hand..he came crashing down..his sword going down on the now trapped in shock Grace. Just as the huge sword got her down her bloody scream echoed through the air..her body split in half..and the man sighed as her body collapsed into the water..blood quickly filling it. Cross pushed Fate up grunting.

"Grace!!!!"Fate growled and looked up to see the culprit..


"YOU b*****d!"He screamed out.

"GO!"Cross growled. Cross turned his head his eyes narrowing at the man.

"Cael.."he growled. The man turned his head toward him grinning.

"So you remember me do you?" he asked and turned still staying on the surface of the water. He was literally walking on water?

"Yeah I remember you son of a b***h." Cross growled. Cael tilted his head sighing.

"Raidation along with regular experiments."Cael sighed. Cross shook his head.

"Yet..you punish people like you who don't agree with you."he growled.

Cael:

Cael sighed and put his blade in the water or atleast it's tip. He grinned devilishly.

"Your playing with the big boys now Cross."He said and lifted his free hand..a dark green light radiating from it..and the blast came lfying at Cross like lightening..Cross jumped cursing..he saw it hit the water..and the water began to glow an erie green aswell..he saw Grace's body below..her skin itself bubbling..and then Cael came at Cross in a flash.. Cross grabbed the blade but got swung like a toy into the wall..he growled and jumped off ducking Cael's sword but not his knee..Cross went crashing into the wall again but caught himself on theedge right before he could hit the water..he turned and the sword came crashing to cut him in half..matter flew everywhere..a huge white shield had formed around Cross..Cael chuckled and he swung Cross like a toy again into the other side..Cross landed however..kicking off the wall..his fist catching Cael right in the jaw sending him crashing through the wall. Cross used his wings keeping him from hitting the water. Cael balanced his word on his shoulder and his smile got wider.

"I'm just warming up old chap." Cael said and he landed softly on the water. Cross could tell Cael was not even trying..he wasn't thinking straight either..Cross sighed and he took a deep breath. Then Cael came spinning upward..his huge sword missing Cross this time. Cross speared him into the wall..Cael scoffed and elbowed Cross in the back. Cross speared him into the wall again but this time recieved a knee to his ribs. Cael threw him off and Cross cursed landing on his feet barley missing the water. Cael came flying down his sword hitting the area Cross was at...but Cael smirked..as Cross went to his right..and water splashed upward..Cross got hit straight across the face..he growled out..as it burned a x across his nose and just below his eyes. Cael spun his sword nearly cutting Cross in half..Cross jumped onto the blade kicking Cael right in the nose and he flipped into the air..Cael growled grabbing his now broken nose..he looked up..and he saw Cross's hands joined togeather as a beam came from them..going into the sky..like lightening the sound from it was horrific...it was like constant electricity crussing threw wires and overcharging..a sigh came from Cael and he seemed to grip his sword handle..

"Tell Prophecy he can kiss my a**." Cross growled and he brought down the huge beam..the building shook from the force and Cael was caught in the middle..Cross's matter was like a combination of air and lightening.it could tear apart a simple person in a matter of seconds..but such a huge wave?


"Let's see if darkness holds when thrown into light." Cross growled loudly as the huge attack blinded even him..he however heard a loud screech..as if the attack had intercountered something and it had caused a bit of interference he covered his eyes and he landed softly..his feet just inches from the water..he looked down..and he didn't see Cael at all. He looked down and saw it..Grace's body was bubbly and fat..now.Cross's eyes narrowed and he looked around..where had that b*****d gone? Then he looked back down and he finally realized what was happening..he growled and went flying upward..

"CAEL YOU b*****d!"Cross growled and just after getting into the air the corpse exploded..the headquarters sending out the now radioactive water threw the streets around it..like a bomb had gone off.

Fate saw Cross..his figure flying up and he took flight aswell..his wings white as snow. He came from behind Cross..Cross turned and he nodded.

"Let's go meet back with my friends."He said softly..Fate's eyes closed but he nodded.

"His still alive isn't he? Cael?" Fate asked. Cross turned his head and sighed..

"I don't know how..but he used something to lessen the blow..and used a crack in the bottom of the room to get away..and used Grace like a bomb..if I hadn't gotten out..who knows I might not be alive. Either way..nither of us showed off real abilities just now..but he deffinantly isn't someone I want to run into again.."Cross said and he watched Fate who nodded and the two continued flying forward.

Cross knocked on the house door 3 times. He let Fate sit in the snow and lean against the wall as he waited. He could smeell the food from inside.

"I got Grace killed didn't I?" Fate asked softly closing his eyes. Cross turned his head and shook it.

"No you didn't..she pushed you out of the way just incase..but she wouldn't have got away anyway she went." He said.

"It's my fault..I didn't protect her." Fate growled back and he punched a hole into the wall of the house.

"She protected me for my whole life and I couldn't even help her for one damn time."he sighed. Cross shook his head starring at the snow.

"Kid..your gonna be a leader one day..it's just there in you..don't let one mistake pull you down."Cross said and his eyes faded a little. Fate starred over at him his teeth gritting.

"What do you know? Your just some idiot we asked for help that couldn't even protect her! YOU DON'T KNOW s**t CROSS."Fate said his hand hitting the wall a couple of times.

"I do. I've been around longer then you..and I am so sorry that I couldn't help her..but sometimes people are beyond help Fate and you know that."Cross said crossing his arms.

"Now snap out of it and get over yourself. We got more bullshit to deal with."Cross said coldly and Fate's mouth closed then he nodded and close his eyes..taking in a deep breath.

"Your right..sorry..my anger got the better of me."he said gently. Cross waited his back pressed against the door..

"It's fine.."he said softly.