(Quintiles 22, 59 / 10:50PM)

  (Miles Group)

  In the pitch bck of the room, the only thing that lit was the reign of bullets.

  The gunpowder smoke started to surround the room, with everyone’s noses being assaulted by the smell of burning superspeed metal.

  The sound penetrated the entire lobby, booming through the walls and pilrs near the stairs and lobby table. Their ear is bleeding as the noises that shoot out from their guns cause excruciating pain, as the four dark angels take shelter from the rain.

  (Miles) Damn it Jack!

  (Jack) At least I have night goggles!

  (Miles) Why do you always bring us shitty luck?!

  (Benn) Stop arguing!

  As the three men and one woman had the safety of the strong wooden desk that didn’t allow the bullets to penetrate the other side, Miles gred at Jack in the dark, his night goggles making him stand out more than he should. Since the bullets poured into their position, they didn’t dare to lift their heads, causing some Blood Eagle members to take a gamble.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #3) We’re rushing! We’re rushing!

  In the dark lobby, Jack heard a few footsteps approaching the lobby desk, his heart increasing as the footsteps could be heard coming closer and closer. Holding their breaths, Jack saw three to four pairs of legs from the corner of his eyes.

  But it was too te.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #3) Found you!

  As Jack saw with his goggles three Blood Eagle members pointing their guns at him and the others, he quickly froze up as his body didn’t want him to move, his arms and legs shaking as they all focused on Jack in particur. Having his bottom on the ground, putting his hands up high, he quickly started to turn pale.

  (Jack’s thoughts) What should I do?! What should I do?! What should I do?! What should I—

  A bluish light surrounded the four dark angels.

  It wasn’t a light, but a rather defensive shield. It wasn’t a normal shield, but rather a little ball that enclosed the four of them. Jack, who realized who initiated the defensive ball, looked his head towards Miles, his hands emitting blue particles as it was pointed upwards.

  (Miles) Jack, get back!

  Jack crawled backward, his arms and legs moving as his breathing became less rapid and his face returned to its natural color. Retreating to the group, Miles then used both of his hands to point them toward the direction of the three Blood Eagles members.

  Standing up, Miles then used his strength to push forward his two hands, droplets of sweat starting to form along the crevices of his eyelids. As his breathing somewhat intensified, the blue particles that emitted from both his hands stopped.

  (Miles) Eat this!

  The blue shield dome that protected the four of them started to rapidly change shape. The dome was cut in half from the back, leaving only the curved front side.

  In an instant, the shield that was altered came charging onto the three blood eagle members, their bodies being pushed against the wall with an incredible amount of force. It didn’t just take them back a couple of steps, the force was so huge that it caused the men to be sent flying towards a nearby wall, leaving huge dents on the stone wood.

  Fortunately for them, the force upon the shield was enough to cause the three men to go unconscious, leaving their guns and most importantly of all…

  (Jack) Take their goggles!

  As the blue shield was drawn back into the body of Miles, he, along with Benn and Hope, ran towards where the blood eagle's members' unconscious bodies were.

  Stripping them from their goggles, they quickly put them on, tightening their straps to better hold down the goggles. With the ability to see now ever more present…

  (Miles) Alright, lock and load … cause we don’t have to hide anymore.

  In the dark lobby, the four dark angels stood up to see a ptoon of Blood Eagle members, all pointing their guns at the four of them.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #5) Open Fire!

  As the rain of bullets commenced towards the four dark angels, Miles extended his arm forward to showcase his hand to the enemies. As blue particles emitted from his hand, a bluish see-through wall formed out of his hand, the wall big enough to defend all four of them. With the bullets bouncing off the shield, it gave the other dark angels to think of another way to fight back.

  Benn, who wielded a heavy submachine gun on his back, looked towards the blood eagles who tried to penetrate the hard blue shield that resembled a wall. Reaching towards his back with his right hand, he grabbed a hold of the grip of his gun, pcing his left hand onto the middle of the gun so that the weight would be equal for both arms.

  (Benn) hehe.

  With a slight chuckle, Benn pced his finger on the trigger, putting the gun gently to his hip to have better control of the gun. Lock and loaded, Benn pushed the trigger with a rare smile on his face.

  Like no other assault rifle or light rifle, the heavy submachine gun caused disorientation amongst the blood eagles that already formed a perimeter, but when the bullets fired, many of them remained in tight cover, seeking to the back of the lobby to escape the rain of deadly bullets. Not wanting to take chances, some of the blood eagles saw the destroyed opening in the main entrance, leading them to make a run for the outside.

  (Random Blood Eagle member #6) Come on, let’s go!

  Escaping through the blown-up door, the blood eagles were right on the sidewalk, trying to control their breathing under the bck fabric mask. As they were about to hitch a ride, they all noticed a nearby helicopter pointing a searchlight at the group.

  Then came the rain of tranquilizer darts.

  (Stan) Hold the gun steady Fred! Don’t let any blood eagle escape!

  (Fred) On it!

  As the helicopter overhead managed to overrun the group, the blood eagles that were ransacked by darts started to act wobbly and discombobuted, their faces bobbing up and down as their legs gave in. With all of them eventually passing out on the street, the helicopter moved in closer.

  (Diego) Can you see the bodies, Gary?

  (Gary) I can see it now! Fred! You and Luke made a pretty good weapon!

  Seeing that the bodies weren’t getting up, Fred looked towards Stan, his face lighting up with a smile as Stan gave him a thumbs up.

  (Stan) You did well Fred. I just hope Miles and the others are doing okay…

  Meanwhile, Miles continued to hold the barrier for the barrage of bullets heading toward them, his strength slowly diminishing as his stamina started to dwindle.

  (Miles) How’s it going, Benn?! Are you at least hitting them?!

  (Benn) I got several of them!

  (Jack) Half of them have already been gunned down. With the four we took out, the six that stormed out the building and the five that Benn took out, there’s now probably 15 of them.

  With 15 remaining blood eagles, Jack took out his long-range heavy sniper. Holstering the sniper near his head, he looked for any opening to take, his finger shaking as he caressed it with the trigger.

  (Hope) I got two down!

  Finding a couple of blood eagles trying to rush her, Hope didn’t hesitate to fire her combat pistol, aiming at their stomach region so that they both wouldn’t die from the gunshots. Steadily aiming her pistol again, she noticed that one of the blood eagle members carried something rge…

  (Hope’s thoughts) Is that…

  The blood eagle member on the way back carried a heavy gun, or rather it wasn’t a gun, but a weapon that a particur dark angel member loves firing…

  (Hope’s thoughts) Is that an RPG?!

  Jack, who was too focused on trying to find any opening, had his shoulder tugged hard by Hope. With his focus ruined, he looked towards Hope, his eyes sharpening as he started to inhale deeply.

  (Jack) Hey!? What are you doing!? Don’t you see I’m trying to concentrate—

  Hope reached out towards Jack’s face and turned his head towards where the blood eagle with the RPG was. Seeing the blood eagle readying to fire his shot, Jack’s face turned pale as he saw with his eagle eyes the blood eagle putting his finger on the trigger.

  (Jack) Oh shit!

  Holstering the sniper with the help of his body, he entirely used all his focus to set up his gun for shooting. In a battle between the prepared and the unprepared, Jack barely had his finger on the trigger as he aimed at the blood eagle. Once the enemy fired his incoming rocket, Jack used his pointer finger to push the trigger, with his gun unsteady.

  But the blood eagle was quicker by half a second.

  But in that half a second, the bullet that Jack shot was not heading towards the blood eagle member, but …

  At the shell that was coming out of the RPG.

  Since the sniper round was faster, the rge bullet managed to hit the shell, causing it to explode in front of the blood eagles.

  The shockwave sent the rest of the blood eagles into disarray, as the shell was not only a normal RPG shell but a special one. It did not only just make half the blood eagles go unconscious…

  It caused the entire group to be downed in major injuries.

  The force of the explosion was so great, that it also caused the dark angels to take a step back, covering their ears with their hands as their ears pierced with the pain. Closing their eyes shut, they clenched their teeth as tinnitus pierced their ears.

  Slowly opening up their eyes, they took in the sight of the rundown lobby. Seeing that the lobby was even more of a mess when they entered, they also took note of the special rocket uncher that they had, their eyes trying to scan for it.

  (Jack) Just one rocket uncher … did all of this …

  Small contained fires were spread all across the lobby, lighting the lobby with a dim light suiting for this occasion. Hearing that the upstairs fighting was still ongoing, Miles looked towards the stairs that led to the second floor.

  (Miles) There’s no time to waste here. We need to link up with the others!

  With all three of them giving Miles a serious nod, the four of them headed towards the stairs, hoping to link up with the rest of the group.

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  (Luke and Gwen’s group)

  In the darkness, there was a red light.

  For every second, the red light would turn on and off, the culprit being a 14-year-old girl.

  Many people under these circumstances wouldn’t fight toe to toe with a disturbance of sight, since sight is one of the most crucial senses in terms of fighting. If someone were to take away the ability to see for half a second, many would lose their focus.

  Except for Luna.

  (Random Blood Eagle Member #6) We need backup! We need a backup—

  A blood eagle was sshed by Luna, her eyes narrowing at the many squads of blood eagles that continued to fire their bullets at her. With each bullet grazingly missing her, yet lighting their locations in the half-second darkness, Luna narrowly dodged every single one of them, her legs creating a bald full of adrenaline and anger.

  Swishing her way to each squad near her, all they could do was try to defend themselves in the half-second darkness, but even then, her way with the two swords created a yo-yo motion as she sliced each chest she could find.

  Upon her bald, Luke was taking cover from behind with Loraine.

  (Luke’s thoughts) I know she’s done this many times but how?! Hope isn’t here so how is she this confident?!

  Her legs were in perfect sync with her body, her arms in complete control over the swords she carried in both arms. Her speed was unpaired with many of the blood eagles' aim and precision, leading them to miss every shot, despite her vulnerability when she slices their comrade's chests.

  Dealing with one to two squads worth of blood eagle members, Luna continued to sideways jump many times, as if she was wall bouncing to reach her enemy. As she was on the verge of reaching another squad, they made sure that their guns were pointed at any possible sideways jump that Luna would do.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #7) Steady!

  Two blood eagle groups were in the middle of the hallway, holding up a little firing squad. Seeing this, Luna stopped the wall bouncing and decided to extend her arms so that the tips of the bdes scratched the old wooden walls.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #7) And now!

  The two blood eagle groups consisting of five in each group pulled their triggers in unison, hoping that Luna wouldn’t escape the incoming deathtrap that was soon to come.

  But instead of panicking, Luna devilishly smirked at them, her eyes hanging low as she wielded her dual-wielding twin double-edged bdes in her hands. As the bullets were about to hit the mad woman, Luna—

  Vanished.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #7) What? Where is she?

  (Luna) Turn around.

  Rapidly turning around, the blood eagle member looked to see Luna in the back of him. Not as fast as her, he was about to point his gun toward Luna until he was sshed too.

  With one down and nine to go, the rest of the blood eagles took a few steps towards the direction of the second floor, walking backward with their guns shaking violently in their hands. Seeing that fear was taking a toll upon them, Luna continued with her bald of death, her arms continuing the yo-yo motion as she sliced each chest she could find.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #8) Just open fire—

  A nylon rope snuggled up to two blood eagle members in the back row. As the two Blood Eagle members fell, they nded on their right shoulders on the wooden floor.

  (Loraine) Gotcha ya!

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #9) Just cut the rope!

  Pulling out a knife, one of the members tried to free himself, using it to cut off the nylon rope. With little to no avail, the rope didn’t budge, as the knife was being dented rather than the rope. Seeing that the rope won the knife, the blood eagle member looked up at Loraine, his facial expression under the mask known as he started to breathe heavily.

  (Random Blood Eagles Member #8) Did you use a blessing?!

  (Loraine) Yessir! There’s no point in escaping! It’s meant for people to be trapped, no matter the person!

  The other blood eagle tried to break free by tucking in his gut. Trying to wiggle his way out, he couldn’t find a way out of the rope as it somehow tightened once the waist grew smaller.

  Because he tucked in his gut, the air wasn’t going in as much as he wanted, so the blood eagle member started to breathe in more slowly and raspy.

  (Loraine) You should’ve never done that … otherwise you’ll slowly start to lose oxygen until you die!

  (Luke) I got this Loraine.

  Walking past Loraine, Luke pointed his right hand towards the two blood eagles in the bind. Having the Uzi in his right hand, he then shot out not bullets, but darts, white darts that had a needle to them.

  Slowly, the two blood eagle members went deep into sleep, which caused Loraine to unbind them.

  As the nylon rope on her hand was being rapidly pulled back, it was absorbed into Loraine’s palm, the entire 10ft rope being condensed inside of Loraine like human storage.

  (Loraine) Mmm … Rope is yummy!

  (Luke) This is why you're a benchwarmer…

  Luke looked up to see that Luna had dealt with the crowd of blood eagles all on her own, his eyes widened by how many unconscious bodies were lying around Luna. Seeing her face, Luna had some blood on her cheeks and nose, following a steady stream of sweat pouring down her right and left temples.

  Her swords were covered in blood, but not so much since it was only half of the sword. Once Luna made eye contact with Luke, she tilted her head with a hint of annoyance as she folded her arms.

  (Luna) What?

  (Luke) Oh nothing, you just look tired that’s all.

  (Luna) I’m not tired! You’re tired!

  (Luke) But you dealt with almost all of them by yourself.

  (Luna) W-Whatever! Let’s just back up Gwen…

  As the three dark angels made their way to the opposite side of the hallway, they noticed a lot more bodies that were unconscious. As Luke looked down, he saw that they were already dealt with.

  (Luke) Can’t believe Gwen took half of them down all by herself too…

  (Luke’s thoughts) And in half the time.

  As the three walked, they saw that despite the number of bodies, there was one person that they didn’t find.

  (Luke) Hey, where’s Gwen?

  Seeing that Gwen was nowhere to be found in the third hallway, Luna put her hand to her chin, looking down as she walked with them.

  (Luna) Probably looking for that piece of shit Maverick.

  (Luke) I don’t know why Gwen hesitates on getting him…

  (Luna) I swear, the next punch will be his nuts!

  (Luke) I just wish that we’d be the ones to take care of him, you know. He’s escaped Gwen numerous times, he’s not just going to pop open—

  The door a few feet in front of them swung open.

  As the man barely clutched the right side of his stomach tightly with his left hand, he barely had the strength to keep his legs steady. His right hand clutched the handle of the door firmly, he put both his feet and body in the hallway as he slowly walked towards the door in front of him.

  (Maverick’s thoughts) I think the fight … has settled down. I need to run … so I can rebuild again.

  Looking to his right, he saw the numerous henchmen who were unconscious by a certain someone.

  (Maverick’s thoughts) It’s nice to get some pytime…

  But then he looked to his right, his face looking down at Luke, Loraine, and most of all, Luna. As he clutched the right side of his stomach, Maverick licked his lips and toned down his breathing, a sight unusual for a person who is agonizing in pain.

  (Maverick) I would’ve liked to kiss you beautiful, but I must get some rest~

  Barely had the door handle onto his right hand, Luna didn’t hesitate on lunging forward to tackle him. Extending her arms so that she could pin him, Maverick fell as the door to the room he wanted to enter opened. Leaving the door wide open, Luna successfully had enough room to put her body weight on Maverick, her hands on his neck as her fingertips drove themselves to his airways.

  But then.

  (Blood Eagles Member #3) Get off of our boss.

  (Blood Eagles Member #4) Or else.

  Two Blood Eagle members, a man and a woman, pointed their guns towards Luna. Seeing that the two masked blood eagles had their fingers on their triggers, Luna pulled her hands off of Maverick’s throat, yet still had her weight on him.

  Maverick didn’t want this position to end, so he smiled creepily and started to ugh in tired breaths.

  (Luna) What’s that smell?

  (Maverick) sniff sniff … oh … So you guys chose lust over loyalty… I should’ve known … Well you guys are the town pump bike after all.

  As the stench of love and god knows what filled the room, Luna and Maverick couldn’t concentrate as the stench was just … pungent …

  (Maverick) sighs … the least you guys can do is help me take care of Luna. I don’t think you guys can fight her 2 vs 1 so at the very least, I don’t know … shoot her legs?

  The two blood eagles nodded with each other, pcing their fingers on the trigger as their cold stances didn’t cause Luna to falter.

  (Luna) Do you think you could shoot me here?

  They shot their handguns straight at Luna, but Luna vanished instantly, making her end up somewhere…

  Now free, Maverick readily got up, taking a couple of steps back towards his two soldiers as he pulled out his personalized handgun. Maverick soon began to ugh abnormally, his inhales raspy and low as he struggled to ugh with enough oxygen.

  (Maverick) pants … oh I love this two-year game of tag! What’s your next move?! You’re going to appear out of the hallway?! Come out from the roof?! Come through the floor?!

  Maverick then looked towards the window, his cheeks rexed as he spread his arms wide. As his eyes focused more sharply, he saw a little light coming from out of the window. With his two blood eagle soldiers standing back towards the closet, they pointed their guns towards the window.

  Maverick noticed the tension with his soldiers, so he gestured for them to put their guns down.

  (Maverick) Oh … Daring are we?

  In that single instant, the light came crashing onto the little window, causing many sharp gss pieces to spread across the floor and room. The glowing ball of light came into the form of a tall woman with freckles, and her body began to form on the ground as she bent down on one knee.

  Slowly standing up, Gwen’s light started to fade out, her stature resorting to a human figure rather than to that of a person made out of light. As the two blood eagles pointed their handguns toward Gwen, Maverick signaled with his right hand to stand down.

  (Gwen) Maverick…

  (Maverick) Been a while huh Gwen?

  The two tall figures with freckles and dark brown hair looked at each other, their eyes sharpened as Maverick lifted his head.

  Gwen then walked slowly towards Maverick, using her right hand to rub the back of her head. She smiled unusually shyly, her face carefree as she put her left hand onto her hip.

  (Gwen) Maverick, Maverick, Maverick, why do you always have to take things to another level? Can’t you just turn yourself in?

  (Maverick) You know I can’t do that Gwen, I’m a cursed man.

  (Gwen) You’re not cursed.

  (Maverick) No … we’re both cursed.

  Gwen stopped right in front of Maverick, his towering height looking down at her as he continued to clench his fists tightly. Not only were his fists crushing his knuckles, but his face started to warp into a devilish smile as he put his left hand onto his mouth.

  (Maverick) You see Gwen … cackles … I’m not like you in terms of will … cackles … oh man, sometimes I just want to—

  Maverick then saw a fake pnt that was near him, and at the drop of a hat, Maverick used his right hand to grab it intensely and …

  Gwen grabbed a hold of Maverick's arm, her ability to stop Maverick from shing out caused the two Blood Eagle members to take a couple of steps back.

  (Gwen) Please Maverick … pytime is over …

  Gwen looked downward onto the floor.

  Maverick saw her face with a pushed-down frown, her eyes not bothering to look at him. Taking a couple of steps back, his back was facing the doorway as water started to gently form in his eyes.

  (Maverick) Just let me py a bit longer…

  The light to the third-floor hallway was brought back, eliminating the need for the half-second red arm.

  Maverick sprinted outside the hallway, his stomach already recovering as he managed to run more efficiently as he didn’t have to crawl or limp. With Maverick escaping, Gwen tried to run towards Maverick, but—

  A gunshot was heard.

  Falling onto the wooden floorboard, Gwen pced her right hand on the right side of her stomach. Feeling something warm and sticky, she brought her hand up towards her face, and as she examined it.

  (Gwen’s thoughts) Oh no…

  The wooden floorboard was beginning to soak under the light blood that was gently streaming out of Gwen. Looking back to see who shot her, she saw two Blood Eagle members pointing their guns at Gwen, with the short and feminine Blood Eagle member having smoke coming out from her gun.

  Gwen’s eyes started to clench tightly, as she gripped her right side much more violently. As her body clenched every muscle to its breaking point, Gwen started breathing rapidly, her eyes opening and closing rapidly.

  (Blood Eagle Member #3) Finish her.

  Aiming at the back of Gwen’s head, the blood eagle was about to pull the trigger, until—

  The feminine blood eagle member dropped her gun.

  Or rather the blood eagle member dropped her gun that also had her hand.

  (Blood Eagle Member #4) W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-

  Turning her entire attention to her left hand, she noticed that her hand was entirely cut off clean. Seeing the horror of her used-to-be hand spewing out a river of blood, with her bone sticking out like a sore thumb, the blood eagle member leaned against a wall as she shrieked with agonizing pain.

  And who was the one who cut it off? A certain woman was waiting for her chance in the shadows, her sword shaking intensely.

  (Blood Eagle Member #3) MEREDITH!!

  Pointing his handgun and putting his finger on the trigger immediately, he began rapid firing at Luna, his gun shaking violently as he unloaded his cartridge at the swordswoman.

  Vanishing again, she managed to get near Gwen who was clutching her stomach with her right hand. Bringing her hand closer to Gwen’s back, Luna then started to drag her by her nape, being a little rough as she made her escape.

  (Blood Eagle Member #3) You’re dead!

  Reloading his other cartridge, the Blood Eagle member rapidly fired another round of bullets, trying to hit Luna as she escaped. Just as those bullets were about to target her, a young man managed to push her out of the way.

  Tackling her down along with Gwen, Luke narrowly dodged the incoming bullets that could’ve hit Luna.

  (Luke) Luna! Run to the others.

  Standing up, Luke had his eyes on the enraged masked blood eagle. Aiming his Uzi ready, Luke prepared to fire—

  The blood eagle member was faster.

  Seeing the rain of bullets barreling towards him, Luke closed his eyes, his breath slow and steady as he left his arms motionless and his legs still. In the void of darkness, he alone was in it, using another sense other than his pre-packaged five senses.

  Upon instinct, Luke dodged the incoming bullets by jumping to his right, using his left leg to thrust himself from harm’s way. As he slowly opened his eyes, he continued to charge headfirst into the enraged blood eagle member.

  (Blood Eagles Member #3) You can’t dodge this!

  The member continued to shoot at Luke, but with his little power, Luke continued to dodge the point-bnk bullets with ease. Seeing that Luke was untouchable, the member threw away his gun and decided to charge him back. Reaching up to him, Luke then pointed his Uzi at him to get a clear shot.

  Shooting the dart, Luke hit the blood eagle straight in the heart, causing the man to stumble down hard, as he id onto the wooden floorboards motionless. Seeing the member y there, fast asleep Luke slumped to the wall, his legs giving in on him.

  Swiping his side bang away from his right eye, he looked at the others who barely managed to get to the third floor.

  (Miles) Is the fight over?

  (Luke) Yeah…

  (Miles) Oh shit! Hope, treat Gwen’s bullet wound!

  (Hope) On it!

  As Hope sprinted towards Gwen, she noticed the amount of sshed and unconscious bodies that y all around the hallway. Seeing that the sshes came from none other than Luna, Hope’s fists began to shake gently, her face looking downward as she finally came towards Gwen.

  Pcing both her hands on Gwen’s stomach region, Hope closed her eyes, her elegant seating causing Luke and the other boys to gaze in awe.

  A beautiful yellow light emerged from Hope’s hands, the light encapsuting the beauty of life and healing as Gwen’s eyes returned to their normal carefree state. Hope, her eyes rexed and compassionate, let Gwen rest on the wooden floorboard, as she put a hand onto her back.

  (Hope) Try to rex a bit for now. You can’t move much when you’re barely healed—

  Instantly, getting up, Gwen checked her stomach that the injury was gone. Dumbfounded, Hope stood up rapidly as she looked up towards Gwen, creating a pout as her fists shook gently.

  (Gwen) Thank you, Hope, but I’m taking it from here.

  Putting herself in the middle of the hallway, Gwen then did the dark angel's salute, by thumping the left side of her chest with a curled-up fist and sliding it to the right side of her chest.

  Seeing that Gwen was doing this, the dark angels paid attention as Gwen wanted to make an announcement. Perking their ears up, they all looked towards her, seeing Gwen have a bright smile on her face as water started to form in her eyes.

  (Gwen) The Blood Eagles raid is now over. Even though Maverick escaped yet again, we’ll get him next time…