New Age of Heroes 1: The League of Protectors - Dawn of a New Age (30 page)

“What do we
do?” Bianca whispered.

“Nothing,
hopefully they’ll pass by without noticing us.”

The loud men
continued walking in Garrett and Bianca’s direction. The theme
of their conversation was on the appealing assets of certain women
they worked with.

“Do all men
talk like that?” Bianca asked. She was very insulted by the way
in which these particular men objectified women. She had a burning
desire to reveal herself to these men and give them a piece of her
mind.

“No, not all
men talk like that. I most certainly do not.”

“Good, I’d
kick you where the sun don’t shine if you ever did!”

Garrett refrained
from laughing at Bianca’s semi serious threat.

“What about
that Jessica chick we got tied up back there? Man I’d love to…”

“They are not
to be touched! Any of them!” one of the men said cutting the
other one off.

“I know I’m
just saying…”

“Well get the
thought out of your head. The boss would kill us if anything happens
to them; he’s got big plans for them all.” The four men
continued walking. Their conversation was now about celebrities they
wanted to hook up with.

“That was
close!” Garrett said. He checked to make sure the coast was
clear and then proceeded out from behind the crates. “They
should be in the next room on the left.” Garrett checked the
device to make sure the red dots were still in the same spot. The two
of them approached the room each looking at the other to make the
first move.

“So how do we
get them out? Bianca asked. “There's still seven bad guys in
there.”

Garrett tried to
think of a brilliant tactical plan but nothing came to mind. Field
tactics was more Jason and Noah's thing, so instead he came up with
the best plan he could think of. He prayed his ridiculous plan
wouldn't backfire on them.

“Are you sure
about this?” Bianca asked hesitantly after Garrett explained
the plan to her.

“Not at all,
but I don't have a better idea!”

“Okay.”
Bianca took a deep breath and then phased inside the room revealing
herself to the seven hostiles. Garrett hid behind the other side of
the wall waiting for Bianca to draw the men out. “Hey is this
the place where all the guys looking to overthrow the human race hang
out?” she asked sarcastically. The seven men looked around at
each other confused by her presence.

“Who are
you?” one of the men finally asked.

“Who are
you?” Bianca replied back.

The men did not
find Bianca’s smart aleck comments and replies amusing in the
least. The men were so engaged in their conversation with Bianca that
they didn’t notice the green light on the inhibitor chains
placed around the necks of the League members had turned off. Garrett
smiled with great satisfaction as he slid the hand device back into
his pocket. His connection with electronics aided him in shutting
down the inhibitor chains remotely.

“Good to go,
get out of there,” Garrett said to Bianca.

“Well
gentlemen I’ve got to go, been nice chatting with you.”
Bianca phased back outside the room while three of the men followed
after her.

Noah was the first
member of the group to recover from the effects of the inhibitor
collar around his neck. It took more strength than usual, but Noah
used his telekinesis to rip the hinges off the gate that was keeping
him captive.

“What the…?”
one of the men said after noticing Noah breaking himself out of the
gate.

“He’s
loose, shoot him!” another one shouted. The guards aimed their
weapons at Noah and readied themselves with the task of shooting
Noah.

“Don’t
shoot! The boss doesn’t want them harmed unless absolutely
necessary,” a third man said.

The men and Noah
were at a standstill. “Get back in that cage freak,” one
of the men ordered. Noah looked at the man and chuckled. The man's
words didn’t mean much to Noah.

“I said get
back in your cage!” the man said again, this time with a
slightly harder tone. Again though, Noah disregarded the guard.

Noah slowly made
his way towards Jessica’s cell to free her. The men looked
around at each other unsure exactly how to proceed. The man that was
doing most of the talking cocked his gun and gave Noah his last
warning. Growing tired of hearing the same thing, Noah used his
telekinesis and whipped the gun out of the man's hand.

They watched as the
gun fell to the ground. Fearing they too would suffer a similar fate,
they opened fire. Noah projected a protective force field around the
area of The League members to ensure their safety. Quickly, Noah made
his way towards the men knocking the guns out of their hand. They
were no match for Noah and submitted defeat relatively quickly.

By now the effects
of the inhibitor wore off Jason, and he used his amazing strength to
break free from his cell. One by one he ripped open the cells of his
other teammates as well.

“Let’s
get a move on; we need to take care of the rest of the men before
they get Bianca,” Garrett said. He had rushed in the room after
he was certain the threat was taken care of. Jason and company looked
genuinely surprised to see Garrett involving himself in a dangerous
mission.

“Of all the
rescue opts that could've been executed, never did I imagine you'd be
the one leading it,” Noah said. He slapped Garrett slightly
hard across the back as he passed Garrett by.

“You're
welcome,” Garrett mumbled as he winced a bit from the heavy
handed slap on the back. Garrett pulled out the device in his pocket
and frowned.

“What is it?”
Jason asked.

“Trouble!”
Garrett replied.

The group didn’t
need Garrett to clarify his words. Heavy footsteps of several men
frantically approaching could be heard a mile away.

“Garrett, how
many heat signatures are you detecting besides that of our own?”
Jason asked. Garrett stared at the device and counted the red dots.
He gave the device another look and counted again to be sure.

“I’m
counting twenty two red dots Jason.”

“Twenty two?
That's a lot of dots!” Jackson said stating the obvious.

The group looked
around at each other with a bit of concern. None of them were up to
100 percent strength yet and the last thing they wanted to do was
battle overwhelming numbers, even if their opponents weren’t
Post Humans.

“I’ll
take the lead on this one,” Jason said. He took a step forward
and then turned back to face Noah. “Stay back and use your
force field to provide protection for the group.” Noah nodded.
Jason then looked towards the rest of the group. “You guys
might have amazing abilities, but a bullet to the head will certainly
put an end to that, so all of you make sure you stay behind the force
field.”

The group agreed.
Jason stood tall in front of the group waiting patiently for the
guards to arrive. His broad shoulders looked mighty intimidating as
the guards approached. Jason was seconds away from unleashing an
offensive attack when he noticed Bianca shackled by one of the
guards. They had placed an inhibitor around her neck preventing her
from phasing away to safety.

“Stop right
there or the girl gets it!” a guard ordered. Jason begrudgingly
canceled his attack. “It seems we have a bit of a situation,”
the guard said calmly.

“How do you
suggest we solve it?” Jason asked equally calm.

The guard looked
around at the rest of the guards and contemplated what his reply
would be. After seeing the inhibitor collar around Bianca’s
neck, Jason figured the guards had more on them. Going back into the
cage was not an option for Jason and the rest of the team.

“I need you
and your men to understand that we are leaving out of here, all of
us. I would prefer to do so peacefully. You are no match for me and I
do not wish to harm you,” Jason said calmly.

The guards had no
intentions on surrendering. “How about you surrender and we’ll
refrain from putting a bullet in your head!”

Jason looked at his
team and they were all in agreement that negotiations on the matter
was done, it was time for action.

“Garrett,
you’re up,” Jason said.

“Huh?”

“The collar
Garrett, disable the collar!” Jason mumbled rather annoyed.
Garrett's eyes grew big and he quickly tapped the hand device and
began keying a series of numbers.

“What’s
that? What’s he doing?” one of the men asked.

The man in charge
of the holding facility wasn’t sure exactly what Garrett was
doing, but he knew it wasn’t anything good. The guard whipped
his weapon towards Garrett, but before he could fire, Jason hit him
with a precisely tamed energy blast. The energy blast knocked the
guard back. Jason made sure the blast wasn’t lethal.

“Got it!”
Garrett shouted. Jason looked towards Bianca, who nodded in
confirmation.

“Shayne go
get her, Noah and I will provide cover,” Jason instructed.
Shayne zipped pass Jason and headed Bianca’s way. Jason and
Noah used tamed energy blasts and telekinesis to push the guards
back. The well organized attack prevented the guards from focusing
their attention on Shayne. The diversion gave Shayne the opening he
needed to recover Bianca without being harmed.

“Bianca? Can
you hear me?” Shayne asked as he laid his woozy teammate down
to the ground. Bianca nodded to Shayne.

“How’s
she doing?” Jason asked.

“She’s
fine, just a bit woozy,” Shayne replied.

Jason was glad to
hear that she was okay. He turned his attention to Noah and
instructed him to concentrate only on the protective force field.
Noah reestablished the force field and fell back allowing Jason to
take over. Half of the guards concentrated on bringing Jason down
while the other half attempted to bring the force field down.

“Hey, will my
cyrokinesis or Shayne's pyrokinesis go through this force field?”

“I was
wondering why you two weren't firing on them. Yeah, blast those
fools!” Noah said.

Jackson looked at
Shayne and smiled, “It's blasting time!” He shouted
slightly changing one of his favorite comic book character's catch
phrases.

Shayne looked at
him with disapproval,“That's by far the lamest thing you've
ever said!”

“Whatever
dude, that was awesome!”

“It most
certainly was not.” Shayne said.

“You two stop
talking and focus on the mission!” Noah shouted.

Jackson and Shayne
turned their attention back to the situation at hand. Jackson
concentrated carefully and began freezing the weapons the guards were
using. He wanted to make sure he didn’t freeze any body parts
of the guards; doing so would be fatal to them. They weren't Post
Humans so they didn't have the type of durability that most Post
Humans had.

“All done
here,” Jackson said. “Think we should help Jason?”

The group watched
as Jason easily defeated the guards one by one. His dense body
structure made it extremely difficult for the guards to do any damage
to him. Without the assistance of a Post Human or weapons strong of
enough to penetrate his thick skin, the guards were pretty much
powerless against him. As the guards succumbed to defeat, Noah
released the protective force field. The League walked forwards
towards Jason and looked around at his handy work.

“Nice job
guys, this is the best we’ve worked together as a team,”
Jason said. Even though none of their opponents had Post Human
abilities, the guards were still a threat.

“So, what do
we do with these guys?” Bianca asked.

“I was
wondering if anyone would come to your aide,” a voice
resonating from one of the higher levels of the warehouse said.
“These guards you defeated here today were nothing. There is
nothing special about any of them. This escape of yours you should
enjoy it while you can, because what's coming next you won't be able
to escape from. I suggest you go back to your little facility and
train some more, because we are many and we're better in every
conceivable way. I wish you the best of luck, you are most certainly
going to need it.”

Jason used his
tremendous sight to identify the identity of the man talking. It was
Seth Maddox.

“We will see
you again soon,” Seth said. With a bright blinding flash, Seth
and the guards vanished.

“I’m
getting really sick of that!” Jackson shouted.

“Bianca this
is Connors do you copy?”

“Yes sir, the
mission was a success, we're on our way back to the jet now.”

Mr. Connors was
glad to hear that. “Change of plans, I’ve uploaded a set
of coordinates on the Star Foxx computer system. We have a serious
situation on our hands. Meet me there immediately!”

30

Blueranium

The room was
silent. Jason Shaw and the rest of the League of Protectors sat
quietly in the dark room inside one of the many G.U.A.R.D facilities
located around the world. Everyone in the group was curious as to why
they were being summoned. There was some concern that they were in
trouble, that for some reason they were the ones being rounded up and
thrown into the prison on the island.

No one from the
League knew why they were summoned to this particular location. Mr.
Connors was very brief with his transmission and the agents on site
offered up nothing but an occasional defensive glance. The agents in
the room with were dressed in field attire and had their hands on
their weapons. Jason and Noah gave each other a look. A non verbal
agreement of sorts to be ready for anything.

Garrett paced
around the room anxiously while the others did their best to remain
calm. Jason and Noah had their best poker face showing. With Jason’s
military background and Noah’s assassin training, the two men
knew how to remain calm in what they both feared was a bad situation.