"What are we going to do?" Ciara asked, fear shadowed her features.

"This is all your fault Ciara!" Selina glared at her, her eyes blazed with fury. "All you had to do was to make sure he wouldn't escape!".

Her shoulders heaved in anger, prepared to pounce on her but Aaron came in between them with spread out arms.

"Let's not do this right now!" He said, calmly "fighting won't solve anything!".

She tore away from his gaze, squeezing her eyes shut. She slowly opened them whilst taking a deep breath, the anger swirled within as she tried to control it.

Jason got out of the van and approached them. From his demeanor, they could perceive that he had no good news to tell.

"Guys, the Director is on his way!" He looked agitated.

"What are we going to tell him?" Ciara asked, staring at them nervously. They screwed up! It was her fault! ‘Why did I let my emotions get the best of me?’ she thought, nervously.

Four black vans drove into the site__ startling them. CIA agents trooped out of the vans, holding weapons and surrounded them, prepared for an attack. A van door was pushed opened and Luke stepped out, a proud smile plastered on his face. He shoved his hands into his pockets as he motioned towards them.

"So where is the mutant?" He asked, his eyes glistened. The gladness he felt was written all over him.

Aaron moved closer to him with a forced smile, "We have something to tell you, Sir!" He stated underneath his breath.

The smile on Luke's face slowly faded, his expression darkened sending shivers down their frightened spines.

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"You guys had one job!" He yelled, raising his finger "One job!".

He paced around, anger poured out from him, staring at them with a piercing gaze that could rip out their souls.

Aaron held his hand up " Actually Sir, it was more than one!"He pointed out.

He glared at him, he snapped his mouth shut, realizing that he spiked the anger of his Boss. He wished to be in someplace farther from the site.

"How did you lose sight of him for a minute? " his veins popped out in his head as he lashed out on them.

"Sir, it is all my fault!" Ciara stated, her head hung avoiding his glare.

"Yes Sir, it is!" Selina scowled at her.

"Selina, this isn't the time to point fingers at her," He said— not ready to settle an argument between them.

He exhaled "I am sorry to say this but you guys are off the mission!".

"What!" They shouted, shocked by the words he said.

"You can't pull us out of the mission, sir!" Selina protested.

"I can and I will, Selina!" He said defiantly. Turning on his heel, he approached the nearest van.

"Sir! I have tracked down the mutant's location" Jason said, quickly.

Luke halted and titled his head at him, shock flickered in his eyes.

"He is a bit far from here but we can capture him if you give us another chance," he stated.

Luke turned to face them, his gaze shifted from one Agent to another, their eyes pleaded for a second chance.

He ran his hand down his face in exasperation as he thought. Letting out a breath, he made his decision.

"Fine! But this is your last chance!" he warned.

"Thank you so much, Sir!" Ciara said, glad for the second chance. For a second there, she thought he would pull them from the mission.

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"But you are not going to catch him quickly, in that" He pointed at their van, their eyes followed his finger to the van.

"A chopper is on its way!" He stated with a smile. "Don't screw this up! Or you're fired" He added. A fellow agent held the van door for him and he climbed in.

Selina laughed forcefully.

"Nice joke, Sir!" She yelled.

"I am not joking!" He replied.

"Oh!"

The Agent closed the van door as the headlights were turned on, the van roared to life, it peeled off from the site whilst the Agents trooped into their vans and followed its trail.

The rotor noise of a helicopter resonated in the silence of the night, hovered above them__drawing their attention.

The noise increased as it landed on the site.

"Come on, let's go!" Aaron said, walking towards it.

Jason took out a picture from his pocket and handed it to Ciara as they made their way towards the helicopter.

She took it and gave it a once-over. A little girl giggled in the picture as it was taken__ judging from her young features, she mirrored a seven year old. Her brows furrowed at it.

"Who is she?" She yelled through the rotor noise, the wind rustled in her ear.

"That's Mr Elliot's daughter, the picture might be useful to us" he yelled back.

"Okay!".

They got into the chopper and were handed a set of headsets as they prepared to launch into the air. The blades of the chopper cut through the air and spun quickly, a cloud of dust surrounded it as it lifted up into the night sky.

"Where are we going?" The pilot inquired.

"Make a little sharp turn to your right and head straight!" Jason directed him.

The pilot nodded, he pushed the right pedal, decreasing the pitch of the tail rotor and turned the chopper to the right.

"Okay, here is the plan!" Ciara said, grabbing their attention.

"I will distract the mutant with a picture of his daughter, while you guys will zap him with this" She picked up a rubber stick close to her and pressed a button situated on the side__ a charge of electricity was emitted between the two electrodes on one end of it.

"So we are gonna zap it with a taser?" Selina asked, dryly.

"Yeah!" Ciara shrugged.

"Well, if it doesn't work at least he will kill first!" She said with a wily smile.

Ciara rolled her eyes at her "Do you have a better plan?".

Selina shook her head "Nope! I am good with that, for the fact that I ain't gonna be the one to die first" she leaned back on the seat and stared out the window. The city painted below her with its lights adorning the night.

Aaron looked down the window, he spotted the miniature mutant below them. He ran on the highway, frightening people. His presence created a massive traffic as people left their cars and ran the opposite direction, some screamed at the sight of him, others hid themselves in their cars, hoping not to be seen by him.

"Guys, I see him!" He yelled. "He is right below us!".

The pilot halted the chopper mid-air at his words.

"I will give you guys a signal for you to zap it," she said.

The pilot flew the helicopter a few feets closer to the ground as they prepared for round two. The gang apart from Jason with the aid of some ropes they found, climbed down from the chopper. Once they landed on the highway, it flew to a higher altitude, avoiding being seen by the mutant.

Ciara landed lightly on the ground, she ran quickly to where the frightened creature was.

He growled at her. Breathing heavily as he fought an internal battle within against the tranquilizers.

"Mr Elliot!" She said, calmly, approaching him one step at a time, "I am not here to hurt you!".

He snarled at her, she stepped back a little— trying not to agitate him.

"I have something for you" she slowly took out the picture of the little girl from her pocket. She kept it gradually on the ground, a few feet from him whilst creating a distance between them.

He hesitated to look at the picture, but he indeed was curious at what it entailed.

"Go on!" She said, softly "It is a picture of your daughter!"

Hearing the word 'daughter' piqued his curiosity, at a slow pace he walked closer to it. In a soft motion, he picked it up, his eyes searched the picture. . .bearing a look of longing as he stared at it.

"We are going to reunite you with your family, Mr Elliot" she said whilst relaying a signal to Aaron and Selina to do the needful.

The little girl in the picture had dark brown hair and pale blue eyes, she mirrored the little girl from his dreams. Even though, he couldn't discern her face. . .the color of her eyes were imprinted in his memory. He looked at Ciara, she had a reassuring smile on her face.

"Don't worry Sir, we will turn you back to normal" She spoke in an assuring tone, a warm smile adorned her lips.

He glanced at the picture again. . . forgetting that she was not alone, as he paid no heed to his surroundings___Aaron and Selina zapped him with the tasers. He let out a painful growl, falling flat on the ground as the electricity coursed through him, paralyzing his limbs.

Black vans drove to the scene as quickly as he was down. Agents filed out of the vans rushing to where he laid. They placed a large electronic handcuff on his hands—which could only be removed by a passcode. As an added restraint a collar was placed on his neck.

Pulling him up, he was dragged to one of the van. The mutant was subconscious, his head hung and his eyes were droopy as they pushed him into the van.

He glanced at Ciara as the doors closed slowly, a look of betrayal etched his eyes.

Ciara couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt, as the van drove away. The look he had ached her and she pondered why.