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(3rd person omniscient)
It’s just a simple mission. That’s what Kenji kept telling himself. It wouldn’t be that hard. Juliette had gotten herself captured by Anderson. Again. Because she was being reckless and wandering by herself without her abilities on. Again. So now Kenji, Warner and Nazeera had to go and save her. Warner and Kenji were going to the base that Juliette was most likely being kept at and Nazeera was waiting in the jet so they could get out fast. She also had all their medical supplies there. The weather was still messed up and it was snowing hard. It had been hard enough to find a safe place to land.
Kenji was freezing even with the suit Alia had made for him. Somehow Aaron- Warner, wasn’t even shivering and he was just wearing a jacket over his suit. And not like the suits that Alia made. Like a suit suit. Kenji really didn’t get Warner sometimes. The two men kept making their way through the snow, Kenji with his hand on Warner’s arm to keep them invisible which felt….interesting. There were guards all around the buildings surrounding the base but only to a certain point. They didn’t come out any further than about half a mile. Warner heard it before Kenji did. Snow crunching. There were soldiers out further than they were supposed to be. That changed the plan. Warner yanked Kenji behind a weapons hut with so much force that Kenji thought his shoulder might have been dislocated.
“Shit, bro.” Kenji whispered. “Warn a guy next time.” Warner shoved a hand over Kenji’s mouth before he looked out from around the corner. (Karner hehe). Warner looked back at Kenji, speaking in a low voice.
“Two soldiers. They have a child with them.” Kenji looked out. Sure enough, there were two soldiers shoving a kid along. What were they doing with a kid? He looked around James’s age. Anywhere from 8 to 11 probably. The child had cuffs on his wrist. They had a light blue glow coming off of them. Probably ability dampening cuffs. They had never seen the reestablishment use that kind of tech yet. Wait, the kid had abilities? WAIT THE REESTABLISHMENT HAD FOUND A KID WITH ABILITIES AND WAS DRAGGING HIM OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?! Kenji suddenly wanted to throw up. They needed to look into that more later but Juliette was the priority right now but if Kenji could just take out those soldiers…. It was a risky shot but maybe he could make it. He pulled out the gun before Warner could stop him.
“Kenji don’t!-“ The soldier saw the bullet coming. And he shoved the kid in front as a human shield. Time seemed to slow down. The soldier dropped the little boy. His body hit the snow with a soft thud. A red blot spread from beneath him, staining the pure white crimson. The soldiers ran.