"Hmph, further distractions," Father McMahon said as he drew a pair of short swords from under his coat, "As for disregarding commandments...I operate in the name of God, He has chosen me for this mission, to not exact punishment would be my most grievous sin. After all, there have been many within the bible who have slain sinners in His name."
McMahon faced B.L.Z. Bub and held his swords in such a way that they formed a cross and blocked his mouth with his right forearm.
"For your attempted assault on a man of God, despite his difference in affiliation, there can be only death and the Judgement of the Almighty," McMahon said, his face unwavering.
"Copy that moving to capture subjects."
The van drove over to where Penny and Milly where.
And 4 armed gunmen jumped out.
"Get in the van or we blow your [censored] head off and sell it to the [censored] Vahzilok, capiche?"
Vasquez's teleport was a success. Jack landed safely inside the building.
The man that was frozen fell and crashed on the ground allright. Meanwhile the others flew away at top speed on their jetpacks.
One of them muttered under his breath, "Freaking security. Next time we shuold just blow the whole place up...."
He turned to his commander. "Ever watch 24 mate? I got an idea about Tharomar...."
Ernesto dove between the gunmen and the ladies without thinking, spreading his arms out wide as if it could shield Penny and Milly from harm.
"¡No! Pistoleros, ustedes no dañará estas mujeres!" he said forcefully. It occured to him they probably had no idea what he just said.
"Leave them be. I will go," he said, stepping forward and putting his hands behind his head. Ernesto hoped that these men were in enough of a hurry that they would take only him because he put up no struggle. At least Penny would be safe... and she would be more than capable to take care of Milly.
"I'll be alright." Tharomar stated as the mercenary found him, sounding as sure as ever - in fact, he had never once seemed to waver from that tone.
A man of his stature had to expect these things - and like Clarence Thomas, he was quite well-prepared.
"Now then, we are evacuating? Very well, let us go..."
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Milly wasn't sure before that day what hyperventilating really was, but after huddeling under Penny in the stairwell, she had an infinatly better idea. She felt a great deal of reliefe when it looked like they were finally leaving, only to have it shatter on her when the men and their guns pulled in front of them.
"No!" She cried, curling next to Penny. She cried again when Ernesto positioned himself between the guns and them. Reaching out a hand she felt the odd tingle again.
Ernesto, in the meantime felt odd as well, heavier, more sturdy then before.
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The Mercenary that had brought them down the stairs, though seemingly unmoving, was quietly tapping out an emergency code on his radio...
And suddenly, with light thumps, three of Vasquez' Special Operatives were on top of the van, sniper rifles aimed at the heads of the gunmen.
"Don't move." One ordered as the Merc drew his SMG and eyed them nervously.
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"This way, sir." The Mercenary offered Tharomar, showing him to the emergency stairs.
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Vasquez was a bit puzzled - He distinctly remembered taking a bullet far too close to the neck of his body armor.
Why hadn't it hit him?
For a brief second, he thought he could see a thin blue haze, but he dismissed it as nothing.
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"Hmph, further distractions," Father McMahon said as he drew a pair of short swords from under his coat, "As for disregarding commandments...I operate in the name of God, He has chosen me for this mission, to not exact punishment would be my most grievous sin. After all, there have been many within the bible who have slain sinners in His name."
McMahon faced B.L.Z. Bub and held his swords in such a way that they formed a cross and blocked his mouth with his right forearm.
"For your attempted assault on a man of God, despite his difference in affiliation, there can be only death and the Judgement of the Almighty," McMahon said, his face unwavering.
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Heh. B.L.Z. Bub chuckled under his breath as he observed his adversaries. ts aways mazed me jus how STUPID yaall ligious types can be. He narrowed his eyes at Father McMahon. Spoutin yer rdiculous ideas bout God an what-not
namally, Id alow n idjit like ya t go free, but
B.L.Z. Bubs smile faded. Seems lik yaall am one a dose ligious priests o monks o wtever t hell yaall call yerselves. B.L.Z. Bub raised the gun in his hand. Evry trace. See, dats one a ta mos portant goals a ta Science Colition. Evry trace a ligion must be radicated from ta face a dis Earth. Sos I can just go round lettin someone lik yaall go fillin peoples heads wit yer ligious trash. B.L.Z. Bub smiled wickedly once more. Teres only one cure fer ligious stupidity lik what yaall blieve
now stan still lik good lil ligious idjits an DIE! B.L.Z. Bub fired his weapon.
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Penny's mind raced as Ernesto and then the mercenaries descended on the van.
She knew that this could degenerate into violence very quickly, and she held Milly protectively. Penny had taken some women's self defense, and she knew that if you ran from a gunman in an erratic fashion they only had a 4% chance of hitting you. But these guys were paramilitary.
Not to mention, now they were cornered. With Vasquez' mercenaries from behind and Ernesto in the front, they just might do something crazy.
Penny glanced at Milly to make sure she was all right, and had to do a double take. The younger girl had a strange, golden glow in her eyes for a split second...but then it was gone.
"....[censored], this day's gotta be getting to me or something." she muttered, her eyes on the conflict warily.
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Father McMahon took the bullet to his chest. It was impossible to tell if he was just extraordinarily tough, or if he was wearing a bulletproof vest, or if he had a thick ol' bible conveniently placed in his coat exactly where the bullet had hit.
Not that it mattered, really, because in the next moment Father McMahon's left sword sliced the top off of B.L.Z.'s gun, and his right was aimed for the heretic's wrist...
Ernesto glanced up at the security force, but it wasn't an even remotely encouraging sight. Now there were two sets of people with guns, and that made shooting almost inevitable: as of that moment he, Penny, and Milly were all snugly cradled in every single one of those guns firing arcs.
For some reason Ernesto remembered the time one of his ammonia bottles had sprung a leak while underneath a rag. When he lifted the rag the smell of ammonia was so strong it had made him fall over backwards, leaving him light-headed for several minutes thereafter. If only he had something like that at this very moment! Ernesto could simply put everyone to sleep, and then nobody would have to be hurt!
But he didn't have ammonia. All he had was his faith.
Ernesto recited the Lords Prayer quietly, and very very slowly stepped back towards the ladies.
"I think I'll stop by the lab for a moment." Tharomar said to his escort as they proceeded down the long, loooong flights of stairs. His eyes were on his PDA, which showed security footage from several points inside and outside the building, "Seems I need to teach a few people about the reprocussions of bad business..."
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In an instant, B.L.Z. Bub moved his own sword to block Father McMahons, stopping the priests attack only several inches away from his wrist.
Sry, but yaall don get t be 3rd ranked member a ta Science Colitions Shock Team by bein a slouch- B.L.Z. Bub jumped back quickly, barely dodging Reverend Ghosts incoming bullets. Activating a device on his belt, B.L.Z. Bub was surrounded by a force field in the next instant, Ghosts bullets bouncing off the shield harmlessly.
Suprised ya again, didin I? B.L.Z. Bub smiled. See, I was sponsible fer verse engineerin enemy technagy durin ta War. B.L.Z. Bub reached into his trenchcoat. An Im proud t admit Im STILL one a ta best n ta world t dis day. B.L.Z. Bub pulled out a small, spherical device from his trenchcoat and held it in the palm of his hand. Course, now I usly verse engneer from idjit Heroes who strech their necks out too far. B.L.Z. Bub smiled wickedly. Lemme show yaall a lil toy I lik t call ta Rain Ball.
B.L.Z. Bub lowered his shield and threw the ball at his two adversaries simultaneously. Ghost was about to use the opportunity to fire at B.L.Z. Bub, but in the next instant the Rain Ball exploded in mid-air, sending shards of sharp metal and iron flying across the entire room.
[Censored]! Ghost yelled as he did his best to dodge the incoming attack. Several shards managed to hit him in the arm and the leg, but otherwise Ghost successfully dodged the barrage. Looking back towards his adversary, Ghosts eyes widened in surprise.
Now try dis on fer size. A room full of about 20-25 B.L.Z. Bubs announced. I call dis lil number, B.L.Z. Bubs Phantom Blitz!
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Father McMahon silently sheathed his swords, and in the same gesture launched 26 cross-shaped daggers right at the heads of each and every clone.
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"I mean its not my fault I'm in shape. Its not my fault I can finish puzzles faster than him. Or that I know how to speak up and not be talked down to. I mean... whatever," arms folded, he gave up on trying to figure any of it out.
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"Sounds like he's depressed," Walter said, stating the obvious. "Either that or he's just burning out on the job. I've seen it happen before. Just gets too monotonous for them." He fiddled with his glasses again as he thought.
"How old is he now anyway? Some kids get to a certain age and it's like an early mid-life crisis. Not where he thought he'd be at that age or something." Walter wasn't one to offer advice since he didn't think he had that good a handle on his own problems, let alone other peoples'. But if asked he'd try his best. Even if only to be polite.
Wha ta-?! The real B.L.Z. Bub managed to dodge the dagger coming toward his head, scratching his cheek as it whizzed by him. His Phantoms werent so lucky, as the dagger hit each one dead-center in the forehead, the illusion over as the single, real B.L.Z. Bub eyed Father McMahon with rage.
Why ya
Take this! Several whirling blades flew out of B.L.Z. Bubs trenchcoat, spinning in various directions as they headed straight for the priest. My deadly Whirlin Shurken Blades!
Before the blades reached the priest, however, Reverend Ghost fired his gun with perfect precision, destroying each and every blade in mid-air. Quickly turning to B.L.Z. Bub, Ghost fired several more shots, most of which B.L.Z. Bub avoided. One of the shots, however, nicked B.L.Z. Bubs belt, causing an explosion that sent B.L.Z. Bub flying back against the wall. Looking down at his belt, B.L.Z. Bub saw that his force field generator had been damaged beyond repair.
I see
B.L.Z. Bub growled, rising to his feet. I guess I havnt ben takin yaall seriosly
B.L.Z. rose his head towards his adversaries, a look of hatred on his face. NOW YAALL GONE AN MADE ME MAD!!! Reaching into his trenchcoat, B.L.Z. Bub pulled out a large, oversized cannon. Dis heres one a my favrite weapons, ta B.L.Z. Buster! Structed out a HUNDREDS of them fancy Sault Rifles ta Heroes carry round, it's got nuff punch to dstory half a city block! B.L.Z. Bub smiled as he attached a small device to the underside of the cannon and pulled the trigger. Instantly, the barrel of the cannon lit up and a whirring sound could be heard as the cannon prepared to fire.
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As the battle between holy men and followers of science raged inside the hospital, the staff had long since called the police - but when the first cops had arrived, they hadn't dared tangle with the combatants.
Now the SWAT teams finally arrived on scene, their armored trucks screeching to a halt at the hospital doors as the squadrons disembarked.
Tharomar Enterprises practically owned the polie, but that wasn't always a bad thing - incidentally, it was one of the root causes to why the cops in Rockwell had acess to some of the finest equipment available, such as MP5s with AP ammo that could take on a light tank.
The SWAT officers and their partners-in-crime, Ghosts and Equalizers, stormed through the main doors in combat formation...
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"Now what ta' fu-" B.L.Z. Bub turned towards the SWAT members bursting through the door. Unfortunately, at that moment, his cannon finished charging up and unleashed it's full force on the charging police officers. The enormous blast completely engulfed the entire squad, blasting the front doors of the hospital open and rushing throughout the front parking lot, where the armored SWAT Trucks also met the full force of B.L.Z. Bub's B.L.Z. Buster, immediately exploding. The few SWAT officers who were fortunate enough to be out of the cannon's path immediately called for backup.
"Oops..." B.L.Z. Bub looked back toward his two opponents in surprise. "Well, ta' nex' one 'll get ya'all, just wait abou' 15 t' 30 sec'nds fer ta' Buster t' recharge..."
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Father McMahon wasted no time.
"Their righteous sacrifice was not in vain," Father McMahon whispered into B.L.Z.'s ear, "Amen."
Father McMahon moved to plunge his short sword into B.L.Z.'s back.
The mercenaries smiled.
"We have a bombs on us, and sniper friends all around you. We will kill ourselves if we have to."
Suddenly there was a click behind the security guards. Several cloaked figures decloked behind them. "Drop your weapons comrade, you and the girls die."
The Mexican stand off was very quickly turning in the bad guys favor....
On the floor he had landed in from the teleport Jack was not far from the stairs. He quickly raced down and sprinted out to the parking lot.
Then he saw the bad guys.
"Great. Just [censored] great."
He suddenly realized that they were all in a parking lot....
Jack ran over to the nearest car, ducking down. He grabbed a rock and tossed it into the windows. As the car alarm went off the bad guys turned around to shoot whoever had just done that....
And the security guards had their chance. Jack quickly jumped out in front of the bad guys, running and shooting wildly. He was a deadly good aim and two of the bad guys fell silently before they could return fire.
Penny suddenly straightened, facepalming.
"That's my [censored] car, [censored]!" she yelled, forgetting herself in anger at the moment.
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Dr. McCourd couldn't see much from his vantage point behind the barricade. His biggest worry was for the Z-Chip. It was a masterpeice. As long as the safe wasn't damaged, it would be fine. He figured his office looked like a supervisor's office, so it would be ignored.
He paced back and forth next to his car. His mind racing at the different outcomes for the building. Who knew what was going on?
One of the goons tried to grab her, but Jack suddenly stood up and aimed, forgetting himself for a second. He aimed and fired.
And time slowed down.
The bullet slammed into the guy's face, instantly killing him.
As for Jack, several bullets streaked for him.
But instead of saving himself he motioned for Penny to run.
Suddenly two bullets slammed into his shoulder, knocking him down. The good thing was this saved him from the other bullets that quickly hit the car.
"Me and saving freaking damsels in distress *cough*"
It seemed like things might work out alright, but as he knew they would, all the armed men started shooting. As bullets filled the air Ernesto made the sign of the cross, then crouched low and ran back to Penny and Milly.
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Penny suddenly straightened, facepalming.
"That's my [censored] car, [censored]!" she yelled, forgetting herself in anger at the moment.
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As for Jack, several bullets streaked for him.
But instead of saving himself he motioned for Penny to run.
Suddenly two bullets slammed into his shoulder, knocking him down. The good thing was this saved him from the other bullets that quickly hit the car.
"Me and saving freaking damsels in distress *cough*"
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"Dios mio!" the night janitor called out as Jack was shot twice in rapid succession, falling to the ground. He thrust his hand through the shattered drivers-side window, hitting the switch that unlocked all the doors, throwing open the front and rear doors a moment later.
"Drive now!" he called out to Penny and Milly as he scooped up Jack and dragged the bleeding man into the back seat.
B.L.Z. Bub was able to move his body fast enough to avoid a fatal blow, but now fast enough to dodge the Father McMahons blade completely. The blade slice into B.L.Z. Bubs side as he jumped away from the priest, sending pain throughout his body. But this was not the first time he had been injured, so he was able to quickly recover... just in time to be hit in the shoulder by one of Reverend Ghosts bullets.
Damn it! B.L.Z. Bub cursed, ducking behind the long-abandoned front desk, blood pouring from his wound. He grabbed the corner of his red trenchcoat. Looks lik I got no choice... hafta use THAT technique... At that moment, the device in his trenchcoat went off by itself, and in the next instant B.L.Z. Bub was gone.
Why ta HELL ja brin me back, Natas?! B.L.Z. Bub demanded the moment he arrived at one of the Science Coalitions many Relief Stations. Doctors and nurses immediately rushed to treat B.L.Z. Bub, but his attention remained on Natas, who stood smiling just several feet from the teleporter. Id a KILLED them ligious bastards ifn yaall had waited 2 MORE MINUTES!!!
I didnt bring you back because I doubted your ability to kill them, B.L.Z. Bub. Natas smiled at his hot-headed ally. But, if you received any more injuries during your fight with them, you might have died before we would have been able to treat you properly. Besides, the police are already involved, and we cant allow you to bring any more attention towards us then you already have. Natas smiled, chuckling slightly as he continued. After all, the words of two obviously troubled holy men doesnt amount to much, now does it? Now... Natas turned away from his ally. I must be returning to our good friend and newest ally, Dr. Darrow. After all, if I stay here any longer, he might become suspicious of me, now wont he?
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"Got it!!"
Penny paused a moment to take her shoes off. She would NOT fall down the stairs twice in one day. She grabbed Milly's hand and raced down the stairs after Ernesto.
"Oh my God. Oh my God." she kept murmuring under her breath.
Finally bursting through the emergency door at the bottom that led to the parking garage, the alarm beginning to blare at the impact, she gestured for them to get out.
"Come on!" she called. "Everyone to my car, and we'll get out of here!!"
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