The Cross of Mithras Vol. 1: EOD Operation Welcome to Hell (98 page)

  “Copy that. Martinez, on the roof.” Sanchez responded.

  Jaguar 42R then turned off his helmet-com and turned to a Dragon Clone and said, “Get down to the tunnel and destroy the entrance. I do not want those damn things to come out and bite us in the ass.”

  “Yes sir.” The Dragon Clone responded. He then left and carry out his orders.

  When the Dragon Clone returned all of them left and headed to the other building. Jaguar 42R then ordered him to perform the same thing on the part of the tunnel heading to the lab complex. Jaguar 42R and Viper 33X stayed with both Red and Blue Team as the rest of the Dragon Clones did a search and clear of the building. The Dragon Clones killed any Demon Cy-X who was still alive.

  “Ma’am, this building is now secured. We counted sixty-six Demon Cy-Xs killed in both buildings.” Jaguar 42R informed Vaistll.

  “Understood. How many Dragon Clones were lost?” Vaistll asked him.

  “We lost thirty-five and twelve are wounded.” Jaguar 42R responded.

  “I want the Dragon Clones to take up a holding position at that building. Martinez needs to continue his sniper duties. Have both Red and Blue Team to return back to the monorail station. I want you, Sanchez and Liebowitz to come to the main office at the monorail.” Vaistll ordered them.

  “Understood ma’am.” Jaguar 42R responded.

  When Jaguar 42R got to the main office at the monorail station both Sanchez and Liebowitz were there. Both of them were standing in front of Vaistll, Taylor and Ramirez, and the three of them were sitting behind a table. Jaguar 42R knew that it was more than a debriefing, it was an inquiry on the actions of Hayes. Liebowitz was finishing explaining what occurred.

  “Okay, thank you Liebowitz.” Taylor said to him after he was finished.

  “What were you doing when Liebowitz called for help?” Taylor asked Jaguar 42R.

  “Dealing with a Demon Cy-X that was using a hit-and-run tactic on us.” Jaguar 42R responded.

  “What was Hayes doing at that time?” Ramirez asked Sanchez.

  “I don’t know sir. I was on the third level and he was on the bottom level.” Sanchez responded.

  “Can you explain the threat potential that White Team would have faced if they went into the tunnel.” Vaistll asked Sanchez.

  “It was pitch black ma’am. We couldn’t see a thing, only Martinez could. There was two Demon Cy-Xs in a closet size area in the tunnel and one that was well hidden inside a ceiling compartment near the exit. I strongly believe that if White Team went into the tunnel far more than one personnel would have been killed.” Sanchez responded.

  “The three of you are dismissed.” Vaistll said to them.

  “Permission to speak freely ma’am?” Sanchez asked Vaistll.

  “Granted.” Vaistll responded.

  “Go easy on Hayes. He’s been through a lot since he lost our weapons and ammo. I strongly believe that is at the core of his problems. He’s not a coward. But I strongly believe that he is on the verge of a breakdown.” Sanchez mentioned.

  “Noted.” Vaistll responded. Sanchez then left.

  “She’s right about Hayes.” Ramirez said to Vaistll after Sanchez left.

  “Then what do you purpose we do about him?” Vaistll asked Ramirez.

  “Give White Team defensive missions until all of this blows over. What I meant is: this mission upon this world.” Ramirez responded.

  “Agreed. And I knew what you meant.” Vaistll responded.

  “I’ll go and talk to him then.” Ramirez mentioned.

  “Alright. Let’s hurry up and get this day over with.” Vaistll responded.

  The three of them got up to leave. Ramirez left to talk to White Team and he told them that nobody is blaming them for the lost of Blumenthal, Bernstein and Nguyen. He also mentioned that if they did went into the tunnel they probably would have been killed. Ramirez than added that their actions could be interpreted as cowardliness and the next time that it happens they are bound to face a court martial. Ramirez words had a immediate effect upon them, especially Bryce. Bryce does not want to die of a dishonorable death. But Ramirez words had no effect upon Hayes.

  Ramirez is not going to give Hayes a pep talk because he knows that Hayes needs counseling more than anything else. He also knows that they are going to have to use Green Team more often and that could mean that each member in Green Team could die. Hayes is needed because he is an officer, but it is starting to appear that he is no longer there. It’s like he was killed in battle. Putting White Team on defensive position may save their lives, but it could be at the expense of Green Team.

(3)

  Dark Serpent 109T received a message from Levitt letting him know that she is about to leave. He then told all nine of the Demon Cy-Xs that came with him and Dawson from the stealth base to meet him in her workstation. When they got there Dark Serpent 109T ordered them to stand in the doorway of the other scientist’s workstations and do not let them come near or to leave.

  Levitt knew that Dark Serpent 109T was up to something because he had a handgun and a bag filled with human blood. She knew what he was going to do with her, but she neither knew why nor cared to know why he is putting on a charade. She just wanted to hurry up and leave that place.

  “The information that you gave me on my existence is incomplete.” Dark Serpent 109T said to Levitt.

  Levitt looked at her computer monitor and then she looked at him and said, “You want to know how to create your own kind. Don’t you?”

  “Yes. Does it bother you?” Dark Serpent 109T asked her.

  “No, not really. Look, I know that you’re going to kill them…” Levitt was saying.

  “Why do you say that?”

  “Isn’t it obvious. I guess I should care, but I don’t. I just want to leave and be with my family. I’ll give you what you want on one condition.”

  “What is it?”

  “What’s the deal with your introns? Who, or what are you? Besides the obvious.” Levitt asked out of curiosity and a strong desire to know. It caused Dark Serpent 109T to laugh.

  “Who and what I am is what people like you created me for – a vengeance weapon. For my introns are nothing more than a trigger mechanism that activates when certain conditions apply.”

  “Like what?”

  “I have been cloned by you humans several times, over the span of at least three centuries. I was what you humans call a primate when I was cloned each time. When I was a primate, and I was cloned, one set of my introns was activated. All of my memories, skills, knowledge, etc. came back.” Dark Serpent 109T responded. Levitt was stunned.

  “Humans didn’t have that type of technology back then. We still don’t.”

  “Whoever said that I was cloned by humans, let alone a primate that comes from the Earth?”

  “Do you remember the planet that you come from?” Levitt asked out of curiosity.

  “When it comes to the birth planet of our mother where we were created, no. The only memories that I have before I was cloned on the Earth is of a world with two moons. A world that our mother left us at to seek vengeance upon one day.”

  “Why?” Levitt asked him.

  “Because our mother is Nemesis and we are her dark hand that strikes down the wicked, the profane, the arrogant, those who are power addicts. To fight evil with evil.” Dark Serpent 109T responded with a profound sense of pride.

  “So what happen upon that world? And how did you end up upon the Earth?”

  “There was an ice age upon that world and…” Dark Serpent 109T was saying.

  “An ice age? You mean they were like primitive savages? Like a Cro-Magnon or something?” Levitt asked him.

  “Yes.” Dark Serpent 109T responded.

  “Why destroy them? There were only primitive brutes.”

  “You’re thinking in the life span of a human.”

  “So, how long can your kind live? Like thousands of years?”

  “No. Ten of thousands.”

  “So, how old were you when you died on that world?” Levitt asked.

  “18,427 years old.” Dark Serpent 109T responded with a smile.

  “So how old are you right now?” Levitt asked out of curiosity.

  “Let’s just say that the first time humans cloned me was on the Mayan end date of 21
st
of December, 2012. It makes me wonder if my mother planned that. That I’m here for humans.”

  “So what happened next on that world?” Levitt asked.

  “It’s getting late. It’s time to send you home.”

  “But…?” Levitt was saying.

  “No! You have heard enough. Time is precious.” Dark Serpent 109T interrupted her.

  He then had her hold up the bag of human blood at the level of her head, told her to scream, then put his left hand over her mouth at the same time he shot the bag of blood. Dark Serpent 109T then told her that she can leave and be with her family. He then took the bag of blood down to the incinerator, held it in his right hand in order to get blood on his hand, and then threw it in the incinerator. While he was heading back he told the Demon Cy-Xs to take the scientists to the cafeteria. When he got there he was wiping the blood on his hand off on a towel, he then threw it on one of the tables where a couple of the scientists where sitting at.

  “I was ordered by Dawson to kill her over a minor infraction.” Dark Serpent 109T was speaking to the scientists. He continued on. “Dawson, in case you haven’t noticed, is so drunk that he can barely walk. What makes matters worse for all of us is the fact that he is also insane. When he ordered me to kill her he also told High Command that she committed treason. I strongly recommend that each of you carry out his orders. Do all you understand?”

  “Yes!” Most of the scientists said together.

  “Good. What he wants you to do is to download all of your work into my neural interface and then to delete the data. After that, report back here and then you will be with your family. Is that understood?” Dark Serpent 109T asked all of them.

  “Yes!” All of them responded.

  “Dismissed.” Dark Serpent 109T ordered them.

  While the scientists was leaving to delete the data, Dark Serpent 109T went up to have a word with Dawson. He had something very important to tell him and it couldn’t wait. He told him that the LMPG zapped The Hammer of Doom. Dawson then got up to leave without saying a word. When he got to the monorail he didn’t notice that the other train was missing.

  “Before all of you can join your family…” Dark Serpent 109T was saying to the scientists. “…I’m going to tell you a secret about my introns. When you merge my original DNA with that of a hominid, especially one that is as intelligent like that of a human, two of my introns activate. One that give us eternal life… and the other that awakens our purpose. It comes from the sacred command of our real mother – Nemesis. Nur Todgeweihten taugt mein Anblick – only the doomed see me.”

  “So, what does that have to do with us?” One of the scientists asked out of fear for his life.

  “When that intron is awaken, the species that awakens it is doomed. None may survive! Kill ‘em all!” Dark Serpent 109T said in a boisterous voice.

  “But you said that we will be with our families!?” One of the scientists said over the cries of the other scientists.

  “I know! They will join all you soon enough!” Dark Serpent 109T said to them. He then turned to one of the Demon Cy-X and said, “Kill ‘em.”

  After the Demon Cy-Xs killed all the scientists, Dark Serpent 109T turned to one of the Demon Cy-X and said, “I want all of you to prepare the Experimental Research building for the approaching enemy. Turn it into a maze of death. I then want each of you to hold it at all cost. Your prime objective is to kill all humans who dare enter that building. Use the Demon Xs as shields if you need to attack their position. Take all but thirty of our newly awaken brothers and sisters with you. Neutralize the Dragon Clones, for they are near extinction. After you have killed the humans, kill all of the Dragon Clones. It’s time to implement the dark hand of vengeance upon these mortals. Nemesis has awaken.” He then left and headed to the security room.

  In the engineering room on The Hammer of Doom a engineer heard an alert going off that indicated that a ship was approaching. The engineer then told a security personnel who, then contacted Captain Maxwell. Maxwell then told the security personnel to destroy it who did as she was told. Dark Serpent 109T watched the destruction of the ship on the monitor in the security room. He then smiled and said, “It may take time for your family to join you Mrs. Levitt.”

(4)

  The wounded Dragon Clones from the Experimental Research building just arrived at the parking garage. Some of the members of White Team asked them how was Red Team, to which one of the Dragon Clones responded, “If it concerns you that much then why didn’t you go and help them when they needed it?” White Team was hurt by that statement and knew that they should have went. When Trivelli, Moriarty and Hoffneisten got back to the parking garage White Team started to hold a grudge against Hayes. Over the course of time their resentfulness grew until they couldn’t stand it anymore. And then they decided to do something about it.