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Chapter Two: Outlaws
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“I’ve been waiting for this.” Jack dropped his jacket, staring at the soldiers drawing their weapons. With a laugh, he ran forward, leaping into the crowd of soldiers. In an instant there was smoke, random gunshots and a massive scuffle.
Shots were fired as soldiers dropped to the ground, accidentally shooting each other in their confusion to hit the fighting Jack, knocking men into walls and struggling on the ground. After several minutes, a pile of bodies and blood seeped through the floors as the thirty men were no more. There was then silence, and the smoke cleared, revealing Midzog holding him by the throat.
“Impressive, I must say. But you could say I’ve upgraded my skeleton from the last time you tried to kill me.” Midzog through Jack into the glass, shattering the strong bullet-proof window on Jack’s face.
“K-Kika!” He shouted.
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Kika looks at Jack, drawing her sniper rifle. She takes a deep breath, looking through the scope and seeing Mizdog’s strength overpower Jack…
She remembered what Oz said about Mizdog being a bit of a loose cannon… but was this a sign? She climbs down from the hole in the wall, looking at Mizdog and smiling, then looking at Jack, “I’m sorry Jack…but you shouldn’t have chosen me to trust…”
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“Wh-what? Kika?” Jack pleaded, his face against the wall.
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Kika sighs and looks at him, then looking at Mizdog, “I’ll be nearby if you require aid, but you seem to have him under control. His weakness might be decapitation…” Kika takes a few steps back, her sniper rifle trained on Jack’s head…
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“You…you’re with him?” Jack stared at Kika’s reflection on the glass, unable to crane his neck to see her because of Midzog’s restraint of him.
“I thought you were different! There-there are children, Kika…no Kika, don’t do this…” Jack’s eyes watered, watching the children and the scientists.
“Don’t, no no no! No!” Jack struggled in vain as Midzog held onto him, unable to escape his grip.
“Shoot him.” <i>Midzog said.</i>
“No! Kika! NO!” Jack begged.
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Kika looks at Jack through the scope, “I’ll be honest Jack…I never did like you. You were a horrible leader, and that’s why your team left you. You were a criminal and a vigilante… But in these recent times…I discover that you do have a heart Jack… but it is misguided… We’ve given you immortality and you have only complained about loss! You do not deserve your gifts…”
She raises the gun, “Don’t worry though. I will take good care of Betty…but she does look like an Annabelle.” A single tear runs down her cheek, “Goodbye Jack…” Kika keeps her aim steady, and pulls the trigger…
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The shot rings around the square, hitting Jack, pressed against the wall. He crumples, the bullet embedded into his head. He groans loudly, trying to stand and whimpering.
“Still won’t give up, then?” Midzog laughed, and punched a hole through Jack’s sternum, his voice cut short by the sudden brutal injury. He slid to the floor, Midzog ripping out his hand. Blood slowly pooled.
“Good work. You’ll get your payment on leave. Keep me updated on the Keepers.” Midzog turned away without another word, dragging Jack to the hangar area, leaving a trail of blood.
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[Flashback]
“Geralt, listen I need you to take this before we go.” Jack handed him a small earbud, moments before departing with Kika.
“In case we fail, you’ll hear everything from a livefeed from me. I’ll be recording every moment so you know where Midzog’s location is and what happened if we don’t come back. I’m trusting you!” Jack ran off, getting into the ship with Kika. -
Kika walks out the front way, packing up all of her things: Camera, voice recorder, datapad, pistol, sniper rifle with a silencer, automatic assault rifle, and the repair kit. She morphs into Faye, walking along the corridors with pride in her heart.
She had done it. Jack was the hard one…or, that was her first thought. But now… now she had demons to deal with…
“One step at a time…” She smiles, going over to where the ship was parked, sure to put on the suit that was given to her by Jack. Now, she had to find the others and deal with them. That wouldn’t be hard to do.
She gets into Annabelle and smiles, typing many things on the datapad as she plugged it in, “I did it, Annabelle!! We’re home free!!~<3” She kisses the control panel for about a full minute, then typing in a few coordinates and flying on her way.
“An adventure awaits us, Annie…an adventure awaits…”
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“Do I have plans for you.” Midzog chuckled to the braindead Jack, limp as Midzog dragged him by his hair, slicked wet with blood.
“The bullet’s caught in your brain. Which means you won’t be escaping for a while until I pull that fucker out. So, the way I see it, you’re dead as a doornail until I take it out of you.” Midzog laughed.
“You make this shit too easy, you know that? Always have.”
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While Odysseus was thinking everything over about what was about to be done, Geralt heard his pack beeping. He pulls out a beeping earbud signaling that a live transmission has been lost and that a new recording ready to be listened to. Hold up a second Ody. Geralt pulls out a speaker and hooks it up to the earbud and plays the recording. The audio rings out loud and clear to both him and Odysseus. That’s Jack ad Kika’s voice. As Geralt and Odysseus listen to the recording, they come to discover that Kika has been a spy this entire time. So…. Kika has been a spy this entire time. I’m sorry Ody, but I can honestly say that I won’t miss Jack. I’m surprised, though, that Kika was actually a spy. I wish this weren’t the truth…. Geralt looks up to Odysseus, waiting for a response.
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<i>Odysseus shakes Geralt’s hand. </i>”I’ll tell you everything, but first, we have some business to attend to. I’ll catch up with you soon. For now, we need to get to Mars.” Odysseus and Geralt dissapear ina blue shimmer, as they are teleporter to Odysseus’ ship.
[Flash Forward]
Odysseus’ hands are shaking as they orbit Mars. “Ok, here’s the plan. My illness is acting up right now, which means I am on the brink of an episode, meaning that we are splitting up and it will probably be a bad day for a lot of OGA officers. I really hoped that Jack and Kila wouldn’t do something stupid, but they went to the heart of one of Midzog’s experimental bases. Which means that we have to save them. I’m teleporting you to the south quarter, and I’m coming in from the north. Good luck.” The two are teleported down to the planet.
[Flash Forward]
Ozymandias steps into the room where Jack is about to be killed, looking at them from the balcony. He shouts, “Stop, Midzog. I must say, I am dissapointed. Do you have any idea how many hours I will have to take to explain this to the Council? If it weren’t for the fact that it would draw too much attention to me and that Jack was inside, I would have had this base bombed with all of you in it! It is not his TIME!” Sparks fly across Ozymandias’ armor in his rage.
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((Ody, please don’t erase what just happened.))
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((What do you need changed?))
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(Ok. Revised.) <i>Odysseus stands in the room with Geralt, having heard everything. His hands begin to shake. </i>”We have to save Jack…”
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