“Do it when I say so,” Rez replied.
“On it,” Marx responded.
“Floor seventy-six,” the elevator voice said.
“Hit it,” Rez commanded.
“Here we go!” Marx replied.
The power for the whole building went out again as the elevator doors opened. Rez was rushed by TEAR officers Romi, Mox, and Kena. His back was slammed against the elevator wall.
Romi held a gun to his head as she reported in. “Lieutenant, suspect still alive. What are your orders?”
“Tough son of a bitch isn’t he? I would say to kill him and all, but the boss wants him alive for questioning,” Daav said.
Rez began laughing.
“What’s so funny? Finally realized this is the end of the road for you?” Mox asked.
“No. Quite the opposite,” Rez said.
He freed his left hand and summoned the Electro-Kinetic Shield System. The force of its summoning combined with its powerful deflective properties blew the officers away with excessive force! Rez rushed out of the elevator and into the dark lobby to locate the executive elevator bay. He suddenly felt an energy coil wrap tightly around his left ankle, upending him and causing him to hit is head on the marble flooring. Officer Mox was on his stomach while holding the coil of his own E-Grap. He pressed the recoil button to reign Rez in. The force of the recoil was powerful, dragging Rez across the floor. Rez set his gunblade to blade mode and sliced through the E-Grap line. As he got to his feet, Officer Romi sent a powerful kick to the back of Rez’s head.
The kick caused Rez to drop his weapon, but he did not fall. Romi's strike allowed Rez to use the forward momentum from the kick as he bent down, extended his hands, planted them in the floor and pushed off. He extended his leg in a kicking motion of his own hitting her directly in the stomach! As he connected he could feel the air leaving her chest as she let out an excruciating gasp. Rez attempted to return to his fighting stance and assess the next threat, but he wasn't given the time.
Officer Kena quickly intervened, delivering an incredibly coordinated volley of combinations forcing Rez solely on the defensive. Despite blocking and evading the majority of Kena’s strikes, Rez could feel the power of each shot all the same. These people were incredibly skilled. He could tell that these guys were different from the regular Psi-Corp soldiers. Three against one with this level of skill would only prove disadvantageous to Rez if he let it drag on. I gotta make a move, he thought.
Mox recovered, coming in from below with a sliding sweep in an attempt to take Rez off balance. Rez caught on quickly, stepping back and allowing some distance between them, frustrating the TEAR unit soldiers. Romi dashed to Rez from the side in an attempt to tackle him. She was fast, and relentless. Rez hit her with an upward elbow strike that connected with her jaw, leaving a nasty gash. She fell backward upon impact. Rez's power was surging. Each strike became more accurate and powerful than the last.
Mox came next with a knee strike. Using his fast reflexes, Rez pushed Mox’s knee down, causing him to topple head first. He caught Mox while he was falling and grabbed a hold of him with a pulverizing grip. Rez sprinted forward with Mox in his clutches, leapt into the air and used Mox to break his fall. Rez could feel Mox’s ribs crack from the vicious tackle. He quickly got up to deal with Kena, rushing him and hitting him with a furious flurry of strikes. Double left power jab to the face, low right leg kick to the back of the knee, straight right cross, double left uppercut; all followed by a thrusting left roundhouse to Kena’s midsection executed in lightning succession.
The attack sent Officer Kena crashing to the ground. A dazed Officer Romi, still dizzy, had a hard time following Rez’s fast attack. It seemed like with every strike, Rez fists lit up a bright turquoise color. Rez was moving so fast she could have sworn she saw his after image as he attacked. Mox was down, and Kena was also down. Romi received the least damage, but was still severely injured. She was sitting down with her back up against the corridor wall to keep her upright. She was breathing heavily while her right arm was cupping her mid torso. All she could see through her blurred vision was the frightening silhouette of a dangerous man with glowing turquoise eyes standing before her.
Rez glowered at Officer Romi. Her heart rate was off the charts. He watched her squirm into a defensive position, as if she was expecting the worst to come. She had a cracked rib and her jaw was swollen. He stared back at her. Through his eyes an overlapping image flashed before him. It was an injured Yvora from that fateful night! There she was, sitting upright against a support beam. He shook his head as if to shake off the illusion. Officer Romi was too exhausted and too injured to speak. Rez gave her one last glare with his intimidating gaze before he quietly walked off into the darkness toward the executive elevator bay. For whatever reason, he spared Romi. She was confounded by his sudden magnanimity.
As she watched Rez walk away, she witnessed Rez’s gunblade fly to him from the ground where it lay after being dislodged from his hand during combat. It moved as if it were connected to him by a magnetic force. She then saw a bright turquoise light shine, before the gunblade disappeared into Rez’s arm. Who is that guy? she asked herself, before she passed out.
Rez finally found the elevator bay. He also checked the time; three minutes past eleven at night. Man, Psi-Corp responds quickly when they’re getting attacked, he thought to himself. He looked through the ceiling with his
