Prior to Kirsten’s arrival on the lodge, someone that looked almost exactly as Alicia was being retained right outside the extraction point’s perimeter. The mercenaries stared at her, looking at the photo and searching for differences besides the obvious one: She had no scars on her face and neck, unlike the real Alicia.
“No matter how we look at it, you are not her.” -They raised up their rifles. –“Who the hell are you and how did you find this place?”
“Come on guys…” – She laughed. – “What do I have to do to prove to you I’m the real one? yeah, I HAD scars, that photo is outdated!”
“Wh…they took this photo only a few days ago!” -Said one of them.
“Yeah, there’s no skincare product in this world that can fade scars away so quickly.”
“Please…you want to see my badge?” – She gave her badge to one of the mercs.
“Alpha team, this is Bravo 2, the suspect gave us a badge, can you verify if it’s authentic?”
“Roger that, Bravo 2, turn on your bodycam, show us the badge.”
The mercenary turned it on and the surveillance team analyzed the badge, Lionel’s man on the field looked at it personally.
“It’s completely authentic.” -He said. – “But that doesn’t prove anything. She may wear her clothes and carry her guns, but that’s not Butcher.”
“Are you certain, sir?” -Asked the leader of the alpha team.
“I saw her with my very own eyes, I antagonized her personally, I stood at 2 meters away from her.” -Without realizing, her right hand trembled and he rushed to stop it with his other hand. – “She’s not good at lying, that much is pretty obvious, but this is simply weird, something’s up.”
“How do you want us to proceed, sir?” -Asked the leader.
He looked at the impostor through the screen, his stomach twisted and turned at the sight of her childish smile and confident demeanor. She was certainly underestimating them, taking them for absolute fools. But no matter what, the reality was that she was the only fool in that place, or at least that’s what everyone else wanted to think.
“Let her through…” -He said. –“The Butcher is not coming. If the strike team failed, of course she wouldn’t come. We don’t know where she might be, but this impostor certainly does. Play along for now and let her board the plane.”
“Roger that, sir.” -Said Bravo 2 agreeing to the new orders. He made up a plausible excuse in his mind and looked back at her. – “You are lucky, girl. Keep going, the plane has landed, we’ve been expecting you for a while.”
“Oh, thank you love, I was starting to think I would lose this flight. Really, you guys should learn to never judge a book by its cover.”
“Yeah, yeah. Move along, we can’t wait here any much longer.”
“Aye aye.”
The impostor walked through, heading to the landing zone and finding the plane at last.
“Ahh it’s good to finally leave this godforsaken country. I really need to feel the cold of the mountains again!” -She said. –“And I need a very urgent shower, this place is so dirty.”
The plane was bigger than she thought it would be. She figured it would be the same kind of jet that took Alicia to Alaska back then, but it was obvious they intended this flight to transport multiple agents at a time, and their intentions were obvious enough.
She frowned at the idea that the people around her underestimated her and thought of her as a simpleton, or just naïve. If there was something she despised, and she despised only a few things, was to be underestimated.
Regardless of her feelings, she allowed herself to be guided to her seat by the stewardess and took a deep breath, she would enjoy the sight of the plane taking off when everything was ready.
“The target is secured.”- Said the alpha leader. – “Let’s go.”
The engines powered on, everyone was on their respective spots. The plane took off to the skies shortly afterwards. Given the results she achieved during the mission, and regardless of all the damages she caused and the trail of corpses she left behind, much to Isaac’s displeasure, the MTW could consider Butcher’s assignment a resounding success.
The pilot had been given instructions to make a landing in a base within Canadian territory, they asked him and his co-pilot to consider this an “off the books” flight, and to not interfere or comment on anything that could happen within the plane for the duration of it.
She drank a cup of coffee while looking at the morning sky and the landscape that extended under it, she was wholly glad to be saying goodbye to that wasteland.
At least by being far away from it, Alicia’s mood could lighten up a bit again.
“(Appearing out of nowhere in front of them was imprudent, Ten.)” -Said Alicia, taking a break within the confines of her own mind.
Just like she promised to Ten, she was allowing her to take care of the business while she was taking a deserved break.
“(But it worked, didn’t it? they had no choice but to open the gates to me since, literally, you didn’t come.)”
“(They could’ve killed you.)”
“(You really think they could stand a chance? I have no patience for arrogant amateurs like those two.)”
Alicia groaned. – “(…Just make sure my body at least can still move for when we land.)” -She said. – “(I’ve got the feeling these guys are planning something.)”
“(Aye, sis. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure your body comes out unscathed from this ordeal, if they have the guts of making this journey one.)”
Some seats around her were occupied by men and women wearing black suits, some even bothered to bring dark sunglasses. Ten didn’t need to be too perceptive to know they were carrying as well.
“Be ready people.” -Said Lionel’s lieutenant. – “Butcher is quite perceptive and knows when she’s being threatened, but we don’t know anything about this lookalike. For all we know she may have no fighting skills. For the time being, Echo team, be prepared to breach in if there’s trouble.”
“Roger that.” -Said the leader of the Echo team, who were hidden in a compartment right above Ten. If things got complicated, they would open the hatch and rain lead on her. Her chances to survive if nothing went wrong were highly unlikely.
“As for the others.” -He continued. – “It’s highly likely the real Butcher is still hiding in Mexico, the chances to find her are slim, so we have to get everything we can out of this envoy of hers. Interrogate her, and once and if she says anything useful, dispose of her quickly and discreetly, don’t give her a chance to counterattack.”
“(Ah…I can feel the danger, they are preparing something, I’m so excited.)”-Ten squealed internally. It had been so long since she had full control, and to Alicia’s displeasure, she intended to make the most out of this opportunity.
“(I’m going to get killed and I’m going to go to hell, and once I’m in hell, I’ll wait down there to kick your ass!)” -Alicia’s body (or the concept of it within her mind) vibrated with anxiety knowing she was leaving her safety in the hands of the craziest killer she knew of.
“(Come on, don’t say that.)” – in the exterior, every agent with their eyes on her stared unnerved and anxious. Ten was smiling with her eyes closed, a mischievous smile that made everyone nearby feel uneasy. – “(You won’t ever go to hell. You are pure, Alicia, you are the purest person I know, you know what’s right and what’s wrong, and your feelings may be intense, but…)” -Ten crossed her legs over one another. – “(It’s because of them you rejected the sweet enchantment of corruption!)”
Alicia sighed. – “(…There’s nothing…pure about being an assassin, Ten. Even less when I have killed so many people at a time. I don’t deserve to be called pure.)”
“(One day you’ll understand why I say it.)” – Ten interlaced her fingers, feeling the power she could muster through them. – “(Aside from that. Don’t worry about your body. Just like in Siberia, remember I’m just as strong as you.)”
“(…Right…I guess I forget sometimes.)”
That seemed to have settled the discussion.
Suddenly, another man approached her from the corridor.
“Excuse me madam, do you mind if I sit here?” – He asked
“Sure, I don’t mind, have a seat.” – She responded. – “(At this distance I’ve got so many funny techniques to practice on him.)”
“(And then you dare call me bloodthirsty?)”
Ten chuckled under her breath, making the agent feel a little insecure.
He was a smiling and cheery man, or at least that’s what he wanted her to think, a bit overweight too, but that hardly mattered in that situation.
The agent took the seat next to her, looked at his watch and then to everyone else around him, probably looking for reassurance. – “Thank you, I got relocated at the last moment.” -He said. – “And they allowed me to take this seat. Actually, I think it’s better than the one I was supposed to have.”
“It’s no biggie. I don’t really like to fly with an empty seat next to me.”
The agent gasped and stared at her face intently. – “Wait…the Butcher, you are Alicia the Butcher, the new assassin Eyler recruited.”
“Ah…I feel so famous.”
“(Fame is problematic.)”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, I’m Daniel, Daniel Johnson.” -He reached out to her hand and shook it. – “Just a mere field agent, but it’s an honor to be working with you.”
“It’s my pleasure, love. I’m always open to making new friends in the organization.” -Ten fluttered her eyelashes, throwing a smiley glare at him. – “Friends are one of the most important things to have in this world.”
“(Shut the hell up.)”
“Let me tell you...” -He said. – “…You are a legend in flesh and bone!”
“Oh, come on, you are embarrassing me…” – Ten looked to the window, pretending to be embarrassed, her attitude was slowly but surely upsetting the other people around her.
“Come on, I’m serious!” -Said Daniel. – “The MTW is a big organization. The assassins are the executing hand of our group, and the truth is, most agents may end up working through their entire careers in the organization without ever seeing an assassin at least once. I kind of envy those operators since they are the ones that interact the most with you guys.”
“Is that so…ha!” -She said. – “Most of you agents don’t seem to be that comfortable with folk like me when they stumble upon us.”
“Ah, they are just scaredy cats, they don’t want to recognize your contributions to the future of this organization. We have a lot of enemies, strong and wealthy, I’m glad you are supporting us, a real thoroughbred killer.”
Ten’s smile widened. – “Oh, it’s been such a long time since someone called me that. One of my masters liked to encourage me using those words. I hope she’s doing ok.”
“(It’s because of whoever that whore is that we have to deal with you!)” -Thought Daniel, he did a good job to make sure his facial expressions didn’t give him out. –“But really now, in my country, when people think of professional assassins or hitmen, they think of these stealthy, ninja-like individuals that lurk and attacked under the veil of night, sniping their targets from afar, living in expensive and secluded lodges far away from cities and towns. They think about this trope and discard it altogether, as if it wasn’t possible. But you exist, you are the real deal. Sure, you may not be as stealthy as others I’ve heard about that work for our group too, but you have your own style, essence and are capable of things that no one could ever think possible.”
“I don’t think you are flattering me just because…what are you trying to say, man?”
“Well, I guess I just admire you, it’s all. You, and the others in the assassins’ division. I don’t mean this as an offense, but you guys are a great mystery to all of us, it’s like working with a unicorn, you are undecipherable, a true enigma; you people have no file, no identity and no history. I’m kinda charmed by you, you know what I’m saying?”
The other agents were impressed with Daniel, he was doing a great job playing his role as a bootlicker. Of course, he’s had a lot of practice in the past.
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“Awwww…that’s cute.” – Ten placed her hands behind her neck. – “What do you find so charming about me?”
“(I’m getting uncomfortable)” -Said Alicia.
“It’s your strength. You are very strong, and your track record is proof of that.” -He said while pointing at her. – “Everyone that has challenged you has perished, no matter what you keep going. No matter what others might say, you are just built different.” -He pointed at her. – “Like, we’ve heard rumors that you didn’t stop after leaving Iraq, you kept going at it in Afghanistan. You kept jumping from one war to the other, and no stood a chance. You are unique!”
“I’m sure you say that to every girl you meet.” –Ten laughed.
Suddenly, Daniel’s expression turned serious, he looked at his watch for a moment then turned to Alicia once again.
“If you don’t mind me asking, I’d like to know how a person becomes an assassin, the mindset and skills specifically. What does a person have to do to reach that level of skill and finesse to do this job?”
Ten tilted her head and narrowed her glare. – “You wanna know how I became a beast of a woman?”
“Yeah, if that’s ok with you.” -He said and laughed. – “That’s a way of putting it.”
She placed both her arms on the armrests and looked forward, relaxing her muscles for what was about to happen. Daniel kept looking at his watch and moving his knee nervously, waiting for something from his own side.
“It’s no rocket science, really.” -She said. – “Wait, it actually might be rocket science, my upbringing wasn’t exactly normal, so to speak. Eh, forget about that, I think a good place to start is by understanding and knowing yourself.”
“Knowing myself?”
Ten’s vision was suddenly overtaken by Alicia’s, and Ten could feel and see the blood that stained Alicia’s hands, that blood that she didn’t seem to be capable of washing off her mind. She couldn’t help but feel pity for Alicia, knowing that they hadn’t found a way to deal with the grueling guilt that kept harassing her.
“You have to know yourself, what you actually believe in.” -She said. – “You have to know what you are willing to do to see your ideals fulfilled. Once you’ve done that, you must stop limiting yourself, and dare hurt another person.” -Ten looked at Daniel dead in the eye, and he almost got lost in that blue sea her eyes were. –“Humans have been conditioned to not hurt each other you know? Some more than others, so if you are one of those that cannot even fathom the idea of hurting someone else, you have to work hard to get rid of that limiter.”
“I see…” -Daniel’s stress was skyrocketing, he didn’t know how much he could stand.
“Afterwards…you must force yourself to your absolute limits!” -Ten clenched her fist, feeling pleasure by basking on her own strength. – “You must throw yourself to danger, face your enemies, you must learn the meaning of holding another one’s life in your bare hands.”
Alicia stepped forward. They weren’t really synchronizing; it was as if they were sharing a microphone.
“You must understand what is hell on earth.” -Said Alicia. – “…the meaning of combat…the meaning of survival…embracing chaos…the weight of killing…and the meaning of pain.”
“I-I see…” -Daniel placed his hand to the side of his seat, the stewardess passed by just then and handed something to him, hoping that Ten wouldn’t notice. Unfortunately, he’d have to do better than that to fool her, and it was already too late.
“Train until you can’t even recognize yourself in the mirror. Then you must acquire skills of your choosing meant for wetwork.” - Concluded Alicia.
“That makes sense.”
“And then…you debut!” -Ten shrugged. – “Find someone to employ you, they’ll give you a name, they normally don’t care how you pull it off, you just have to do it. Pay the target a visit, and don’t dare think about what you are about to do if you can’t stomach it. Get the work done, no matter how messy, escape, throw up in some alleyway if you need to, then report back to your client.”
“Keep going…” -Daniel clutched at the thing he was hiding in his hand.
“Assuming you don’t get caught, all that’s left to do is to reap your rewards. Rinse…and repeat.” - Alicia closed her eyes envisioning her first time. Even though Ten was reminiscing on her experience, her first time there was no one to pay her for it.
“So that’s how you’ve become so strong. I see. It must’ve been tough for someone your age.”
Ten shrugged. –“Nah…I didn’t really think much about it. Thinking back on it, maybe I was always destined to become who I am today.” – Ten stretched her neck and cracked her fingers, preparing for what was to come, she was already getting impatient. – “There’s one last thing though…”
“What is it?”
“Sometimes subtlety is very important, quite important even…and you are quite subtle, yeah, but not enough to get it past me.”
A cold sweat drifted through Daniel’s forehead. The agents around them looking at each other, doubting and confused on how to proceed or if they even were capable of proceeding at all.
Daniel didn’t have anything else to say, his tongue had retreated to the back of his throat. Both Alicia and Ten knew what this deafening and awkward silence meant.
“…I guess we are done chatting.” -She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, letting herself open.
There was no more need for masks anymore, Daniel asked her directly.
“Listen up…we know you are not the real Butcher. We were expecting her, but you came instead. Where is she? tell us now and nothing will happen to you, I’ll personally guarantee your safety.”
Ten smiled. – “Not happening, pal. She told me what I had to do and fucked off without saying anything else, she could be on a boat right now, heading to… I don’t know, China? She could be going anywhere as we speak…she doesn’t care about the organization or whatever they are doing anymore, so she left, she’s going to take advantage of her freedom to find someone else to make use of her services.”
“And what did he tell you to do?” -He asked, his tone becoming slightly threatened.
Ten opened her eyes slightly, and glared at him. –“If you let me get back to the base you’ll find out.” – She closed her eyes again. – “That’s everything I have to say about the matter…you won’t find Alicia unless she wants you to, so I’m afraid interrogating me has gotten you nowhere.”
The lieutenant had heard it all, and agreed with this conclusion. –“Fuck it! we won’t get anything else out of her. Daniel, take her down.” -He commanded him through the intercom.
Daniel agreed silently, and waited for his chance to assassinate her, keeping in mind all the advice she had given him prior to this moment.
He looked at her, she had her eyes closed, her arms over the armrests, giving off an air of absolute serenity, she was as open as she could ever be.
“(It has to be now.)” -He thought, and bracing himself with courage he lifted his arm upwards and aimed at Alicia’s neck, trying to stab her with his weapon.
He was very close, but unfortunately, he never had a chance.
She stopped his arm mid-way grabbing it by the wrist. She quickly assessed the fact that he had tried to stab her with a scalpel.
Before he could react, she snapped his wrist out of the joint, forcing him to drop the scalpel, and once she took it, she returned the favor and stabbed him in the neck, then pulled it inwards to widen the damage.
“How unfortunate, I was expecting you to be more of a player.”
“Daniel failed. Alpha team, engage!” – Commanded the captain. The triggermen hidden in the ventilation above Ten lifted open the panel, ready to open fire.
Right before the lead storm rained upon her, Ten grabbed Daniel’s corpse and lifted it above her, using him as a human shield. The mercs opened fire, but their bullets were stopped by his mass.
“Too late!”
Ten took out one of her pistols and retaliated shooting from a side, landing a headshot on one of the mercs and hitting the others in the vests.
“Take cover!” – the mercs pulled back. The agents jumped out of their seats ready to shoot all at once to kill her.
“HA!” -Ten took out a handful of smoke grenades and threw as hard as she could, making some of them bounce around the plane’s walls before releasing their clouds. There was a thick smoke cloud standing between the agents and Ten, but that didn’t stop them from opening fire while blind.
Ten hit the ground, barely evading the onslaught. Alicia remained silent, focused on Ten’s actions; she wanted to see if Ten was going to stay true to her promise and not get her body too damaged.
“I guess the gig is up!” -Ten raised up her free hand. –“It’s showtime!”
Ten snapped her fingers, and for a brief instant, every agent in that part of the plane felt slightly different. Something was wrong, but they couldn’t quite place their finger on it.
Regardless, they slowly closed the distance, approaching Ten’s last known location, walking through the smoke wall.
Finally, when they were at the other side, they found her corpse, full of holes and her eyes bloodshot. Everyone felt a rush of relief and satisfaction upon the sight of her dead carcass.
One of the agents turned on his communicator. – “Target neutralized, awaiting further instructions…”
He was expecting anything except for what he was about to hear. – “What are you talking about!? What are you people doing!? She’s…!”
Suddenly, everyone was startled by the sound of another detonation. They turned around to see Alicia, or rather Ten, executing one of them with her pistol.
Their brains suffered whiplash, they didn’t understand what just had happened, none of them could process it. They had killed her just a moment ago, her fuming body lied on the ground right next to them.
One of the agents had enough time to look back at the place where they were sure Alicia’s body was, and what he found there was a terrifying nothing; no corpse, no blood, just a bunch of bullet holes, and not much else.
He wanted to make questions, but a bullet flying through his head prevented him from doing so.
Ten waltzed around them, her aim being true, she put them down point blank, evading their aim with finesse. Once she had killed the fifth one, her pistol ran out of bullets, the second to last agent next to her tried to take this chance to shoot her, but he wasn’t fast enough. Ten dropped the gun and reached for his arms, kicked him in the legs to upset his balance and twisted his arms until he was aiming at himself, and just as quickly, pulled the trigger, killing him with his own gun.
“Everyone, move in! Kill that bitch!” -Ordered the alpha captain, Lionel’s lieutenant stared in utter impotence and terror as the action developed.
The team hiding in the vents breached through the roof, dropping a flashbang. Ten’s reaction was to cover her eyes and hide behind the seats of the last row. Once she had heard the flashbang go off, she reloaded the pistol.
The smoke had scattered across the section, giving er just enough freedom to cut the distance between herself and the mercs.
She rushed out of cover and shot the leading merc through his throat, point blank. Before he dropped, she grabbed him by the vest and took his MP5, proceeding to opening fire on the others while using his corpse as a shield, dropping two mercs as a result, the remaining four took cover and counterattacked.
When the MP5 ran empty, Ten hid behind the seats two rows apart from their position.
As she was crouching she heard another team moving down through the corridor on her left flank. It was such a simple tactic, but not even she could outmaneuver something like that from her position.
Anyone else would’ve known they had lost at that moment, but it was Ten who they were dealing with, and Ten’s first solution to a problem was to snap her fingers.
The mercs set their sights on her as she recklessly rushed out of her cover and gunned her down.
Two mercs walked up to the corpse and looked at it, basking in her lifeless expression.
“Target down.” -Said one of them.
“Man, we certainly got her, guys!” – They felt as one of the agents placed her arms on their shoulders. – “Man, what a horrible way to die, wouldn’t want to be her right now.”
“Be professional, soldier.” -Said the one to her right.
“You are right, I’m sorry.” – She suddenly grabbed them by the side of their heads and clashed their skulls with enough strength to cause a severe contusion.
Ten stole the M4 one of them was carrying and sprayed it across the room, nailing three mercs and six agents before they could retaliate, but she also managed to hit two of the windows, causing a breach.
The air filtered out, causing turbulence. Under the lieutenant’s instruction, they activated the emergency panels that quickly covered the windows, solving the problem.
While the enemies were recomposing themselves, she hit the ground, supporting the rifle with a merc’s corpse and fired upon the enemies exposed on the corridor of the next section, taking down three of them and wounding two.
She ran out of ammo, but the body she was hiding behind from had some spare mags around his vest. She reloaded and kept applying pressure on the front line.
Four men tried to flank her through the other corridor, but just as their pointman peeked on the corner his skull was pierced by a .454 bullet.
Ten fell back a couple of rows while fighting back the mercs that were advancing from both corridors, they were applying pressure shooting a lead storm over her head.
She took cover behind the seats and could hear the bullets whistle as they impacted on the seats, some piercing through dangerously close to her.
“(Remember what I got those grenades for!)” -Interceded Alicia, making sure that Ten was not forgetting about them on purpose.
“Aye aye!” – Ten threw a flashbang towards the enemy line, rendering them blind, she took her chance to shoot on full auto, taking out the enemies on both corridors.
“You weren’t expecting things to go this way, right people? I’m barely breaking a sweat!”
Right after saying that, Ten saw in awe as a dozen red lasers pierced through the cloud of smoke.
“Oh no.” – Ten hit the ground as another barrage of lead flew above her. – “Goddamn! They really want you dead.”
“(Can’t say I blame them.)”
“Come on, have some self-esteem.”
Suddenly, a familiar voice echoed through the smoke.
“You won’t survive this, you goddamn animal! Surrender, and we’ll make it quick!”
She had only heard that voice on one occasion, but there was only a handful of people -that were still alive- that referred to her as an animal. Besides, that ever so annoying tone of his voice was like a trademark of his.
“Ohhhhh…I remember you! You are Kane, aren’t you!?” -She asked. – “The little bitch that almost pissed his pants in her presence?”
“Shut up, you pest!” -He responded, his hands still trembling. –“It's impossible you don't know where Butcher went, where is she!?"
“Sorry pal, but someone like you won’t ever be able to get anything out of me.” -Ten reloaded and took some mags she found on the corpses closest to her. – “You made an ass out of yourself in front of my sister, acting all imposing and righteous up until she gave you a good scare…she noticed your legs trembling, you know? If you can’t stand being in the presence of a killer, what’s a cowardly retard like you doing in this business?”
“You fucking bitch… We don’t care if you are her sister, or whatever the fuck you are! God willing, you won’t leave this plane alive!”
Ten’s smile faded away momentarily. – “Ah, it’s a shame, you’ve actually made me angry.” – Ten took off her jacket to move more freely. As expected, while she was at the front, the scars in Alicia’s arms also disappeared. – “I intended for this to be my last resource if things went south, but I think you’ve earned it with honors.”
“Watch out, she’s onto something.” -Said Kane to the mercenaries, and they readied up their guns once again, prepared to shoot at her the moment she crossed the smoke cloud.
“You think you can stop me, but a minion hardly will ever be able to stand up against a real player.” – Ten clapped once, as strong as she could. The clap echoed throughout the plane, reaching their ears, everyone’s eyes dilated and they were uncapable of thinking, their minds filled up with white noise.
Ten picked up her rifle and walked through the corridor with all the peace of mind she could ever have, no one would shoot at her if she didn’t want them to.
“You are in way over your head.” – She said. – “On realistic terms, if you have to do this much to give me a good fight, I tell you, you have no chances against my sister. She’s crazy strong you know, and just crazy as well.”
“(Don’t put me on the spot here, Ten.)”
“If it was her you were facing, she wouldn’t be playing around like me, you would be already dead. No matter how righteous you think you are, none of that means jack shit in the face of the forces of nature” -Ten walked out of the smoke cloud, and stood right in front of the mercenaries, they stared at her dumbfounded, unsure of what to do; they actually forgot what they were supposed to do or what it is that you do while holding a gun, they even forgot how to use their tongues to speak.
“Arrogance and hubris are two of the poisons that plague righteousness.” -Ten aimed her rifle towards the first merc standing near the corner to the right. – “And as long as you keep being driven by these two, Kane…you will always lose against me!”
Ten opened fire, executing the mercenaries one after the other with controlled bursts of the assault rifle. Meanwhile, Kane stood there, witnessing how she killed everyone effortlessly while he was utterly powerless to do anything.
“(Move!)” -He told himself, trying to regain control of his body. – “(Move! Fucking move!)”
His body finally reacted just in time to fall back and take cover, right before she got to him to put him down.
“Wow, you actually did it!” - She fired on full auto, gunning down the remaining mercenaries that weren’t so lucky. – “Despite what I said, you are actually quite strong willed! Let’s play a little bit more!”
Kane ran away towards the comms room right before the pilot’s cabin, there were still three more squads left without counting the alpha leader and his personal squad. Even then, Kane knew that if they hadn’t been able to stop her with this many people, three more squads wouldn’t make any difference.
“You have to stop her, at all cost!” -Ordered Kane to the remaining mercenaries.
They were all thinking about the same thing, they were all thinking about how they should’ve charged thrice the agreed amount.