“Do we have to go so fast?” He asked the guards in the front.
They took no notice of him and continued racing through the streets, the constant beep of other cars horns at them now a continual event. They quickly turned a corner and were suddenly surprised by a drone appearing behind them, slowly and faintly at first, but eventually swooping in towards them.
“Well, we’ve got company” Said the guard who was driving.
“Great” Danny muttered under his breath, looking behind him to see the flying menace descending. As he looked, he saw that the front of it was beginning to light up, “I think it's going to shoot”.
The second guard looked and swore with a word Danny had never heard before. He then quickly pulled out his automatic rifle and took aim at the drone. An intense burst of bullets launched themselves towards their pursuer, sparking upon impact. They weren't enough to do any damage, but it knocked it off course enough for them to be able to take a swift left turn without it catching them. As they screeched around the corner, they saw a huge explosion in a building overhead. What was happening? They drove slightly closer to it to find that the building belonged to a large banking corporation; one that they knew was directly involved with the Elite. They pulled over briefly to try and take stock of what was going on. They all knew it must be something to do with the resistance, although probably just a rogue faction that wasn't connected to their network of teams. Any resistance helped though, anything that could dent the Elite's shield potentially weakened them a little.
Danny looked round to see the drone had turned the corner and he made an audible gulp as his words got stuck inside of him. Neither of the guards in front had noticed the drone and Danny was finally able to cry out, causing the guards to look back towards it in panic. Neither had time to aim their weapons before the metallic scourge was directly above them. They all braced themselves waiting for the impact and were shocked to find that it flew straight over them and towards the burning building. It was a lucky escape; the explosion down the street had become the drone's priority. The guard quickly spun the car around. He figured the original route would be safe for the time being, if the drone had new instructions. They turned and headed back, watching how unreal things seemed. Just a block away a building was burning, panicked people running to escape, but here it was all normal as if nothing was happening. Everyone was going about their chores, mindlessly walking as if in a trance; and to a certain extent they were.
As they watched the surreal spectacle, there was another explosion in a building they had just passed. They looked back to find numerous casualties sprawled around the exterior, desperate cries bouncing out of the flames. These attacks were co-ordinated, these resistance fighters were hitting back the only way they knew how. They continued on their journey without saying a word, so Danny decided to break the silence himself.
“So those explosions, I'm guessing they're nothing to do with us?”
The guard in the passenger seat shook his head.
“No chance, we'd be informed of any activity that would likely hinder our mission” He replied, “It will be another resistance cell. There's more than the Elite think, not all of them communicate properly with each other, so you don't quite know when one of them could pop up”.
Just then his phone rang and he tapped a few buttons to get a private secure line and answered.
“Christian” said Sheryl on the other end, “What's your status?”
“Joaquin and I have Danny, but we lost Ben. They were being followed, but we have it under control now. We're roughly forty minutes from the rendezvous point” Christian said.
“Shit" She said, dropping her head and hitting the desk with her fist. After a few seconds of losing her concentration she pulled her head back up, "Where exactly are you, I can't seem to track you. Did you get Ben’s research?”.
“Yes, Danny has Ben’s work. We're on Central Boulevard heading east” Joaquin chimed in, “We're about three klicks from Highway 9”.
“Okay, can you guys take a diversion and head north to the Little Hill Metro Station, we have a situation and we need to get four people out” Sheryl asked, even though Christian knew it was actually an order.
Joaquin and Christian both agreed and she sent a file through to Christian's phone giving full details.
“You'll have back up if necessary by the time you're there, so keep me updated.” Sheryl asked before ringing off.
Danny wondered who they were talking about and glanced over Christian's shoulder to see a picture of Mariam.
“Are they okay?” he asked Christian concerned.
“They're okay at the moment, we'll try and keep them that way” He replied as Joaquin immediately turned the van left.
LITTLE HILL METRO STATION
The inhumans were gradually closing in, Mateo still striking key after desperate key on his laptop when suddenly the lights began flickering.
“Okay” shouted Mateo, “Everyone cover your ears”.
They all did as he said as the speaker system sprang into life with a wailing high-pitched warbling tone. Even with their ears covered it was still almost unbearable, the sonic vibrations pounding their ear drums relentlessly. The inhumans around them began screaming and dropping to the floor as they clawed at their ears, blood beginning to ooze from them. It was the only thing Mateo could think of doing, he didn't know how to get into people's minds, not yet anyway, and the speaker system was an easy hack. Blast the attackers with supersonic sounds, he knew they must have some adverse effect on the human body, but the bleeding ears were unexpected. So was the bleeding from other orifices as thirty people
