The Psi-Corp Unit split up and went about their duties. I need to get to the roof. The elevators will be occupied. Service stairs may be the best option, Rez contemplated, before he used the HOLO Lenses to summon the blueprints to find out where the nearest set of stairs were.
“Two doors down to your left, are a set of service stairs that are currently unoccupied by any heat signatures,” Xandra said.
Rez hurried through the double doors. He locked the doors behind him and began shuffling through his bag. He pulled out the E-Grap, strapped it around his waist, and scaled the building without using the stairs. He reached the fiftieth floor when he detected two heat signatures two flights of stairs above him. Shit! he thought. He redirected the E-grap to pull him to the side and out of sight.
“Hey! You hear that?”
“Hear what? You trippin’ out again, buddy? You gotta get off that stuff.”
“Shut the hell up,” the soldiers joked among each other.
“This is Red Captain! Red Captain reporting to all units. Irregularity found in generator enclave. Frequency transmitter has been destroyed. Search for potential intruders. I repeat, search for potential intruders! Over and out,” the captain said from the soldier’s walkie talkie.
The soldiers hurried down a flight of stairs and then exited the service stair way onto the fifty-first floor. Close call, Rez thought. His NOVO Lenses began picking up many heat signatures beyond the walls of the service stairway. They were making their way down to the lower floors of the building. Taking full advantage, Rez picked up the pace and continued upward. He landed near the door that lead to the seventy-fifth floor.
“Picking up heat signatures just beyond door,” Xandra reported.
A loud explosive went off and the door was blasted open., It crashed into Rez, knocking him over the railing! Rez shot the E-Grap and it attached the railing of the floor below. Rez swung to the side, avoiding the falling rubble and moving out of sight.
The person who shot the RPG peered over the edge to confirm the hit. It was Lieutenant Daav August. He stood at the destroyed stair ledge with a horrifying smile etched across his face. The dust and smoke from the blast made it hard for him to see if he made a direct hit, even with his augmented eyes.
“I hope he’s still alive after that one. I wanna have some fun after being called here on my night off,” he remarked.
“I’m headin’ up. You three, hang back here in case cupcake wants more tender love and care!” Daav said while laughing and walking away.
“Yes, sir!” the guards replied. They were Officers Mox, Romi, and Kena from the TEAR unit.
Rez prepared to go through the seventy-fourth floor door when his chameleo-ware suit reached its limit.
He changed into the clothes he had in his backpack. I guess it’s go time. Now or never, Rez thought to himself, before materializing his gunblade. He cautiously opened the door. To his left were two passing guards. He opened fire with shock rounds before they had a chance to respond, swiftly taking them out. Rez strolled to the main elevators, before being intercepted by another two guards who were in the elevator.
“Hey, you! Stop right there!” one soldier yelled.
“Drop your weapon! Now!” he said again.
Rez smiled defiantly. “Okay, sure,” he said, dropping a smoke bomb instead.
Thick smoke filled the corridor as Rez shot point-blank shock rounds into their chests, sending them tumbling violently backward.
“Team One! Team One! Come in! Report!” the captain shouted into one of the soldiers walkie-talkies.
“Team One just got their asses kicked,” Rez said into the walkie-talkie.
The second elevator’s doors opened and out came five more Psi-Corp soldiers. They immediately noticed the unconscious soldiers and Rez, who was standing above them. Rez rested his foot on the back of one of the soldiers in defiance.
“Back away! Now!” a soldier yelled.
“I’ll pass,” Rez said nonchalantly, before firing the E-Grap. The spearhead of the E-grap pierced the shoulder of the soldier and Rez reeled him in, using him as a shield while the other soldiers aimed at him.
“Ah, ah, ah! You shoot at me, and this guy dies. Hmm, on second thought, maybe you should shoot then,” Rez said with a sinister laugh.
“Please! Don’t shoot!” the hostage yelled out to the others. Rez backed into the open elevator. The doors closed.
“You won’t get away with this,” the soldier said.
“Shut the fuck up,” Rez said flatly.
“Floor seventy-five,” the elevator announced, before the doors opened.
Rez yanked the spearhead out of the soldier’s shoulder. He flung the soldier into the opposite wall of the corridor, causing it to crack from the impact. Rez had to look for a specific set of elevators to access the upper floors. Just as he stuck his head out of the elevator to get a view of his surroundings he heard gunfire coming from the left down the dark corridor.
The NOVO Lenses detected three soldiers. The one in the middle of the hallway was safely guarded by a bulletproof shield, and the two other soldiers were hidden around the corner. They were shooting in Rez’s direction. Rez used the elevator for cover. Swapping the shock bullets for hollow tips, he armed his gun. Rez used the NOVO OS to create a trajectory guidance system. With the trajectory system ready, he held the gun out into the hallway. He fired three shots in quick succession.
Rez could hear the guards grunt in pain as they were shot. The shots were debilitating, but non-lethal; the soldiers were incapacitated, but alive. Rez walked up to them to inspect what equipment he could swipe. Aside from a powerful reverse shock grenade, they only had regular magazine clips. He grabbed the reverse shock grenade and hurried up another floor.
“Hey! Rez! You there? My guys gave me a status update. Zonos had another backup power grid. You were right! Need us to disrupt
