Tyra figured that the facility creators in their arrogance wouldn’t make things bullet proof since they have all the high tech weapons. She squeezed the trigger aiming for the guard that had shoved Alexandria into her cell. The bullet bored through his helmet and head spraying blood and brain matter all over the walls. She shifted position reloading her rifle bringing the guard on the other side of the hall into her line of sight. This one was sitting in their checkpoint area. Tyra squeezed the trigger and this bullet caught the guard in the throat. The inside of the checkpoint area was covered in blood.

Inside the cell Alexandria heard the two shots faintly. The guard’s body who was walking down the hall slammed against an empty cell door. The banging sound reverberated all around them causing them to cover their ears for a moment. There was a stillness that followed as Alexandria moved forward touching the bars. Thankfully nothing happened which meant no one in their area was alive to shock the bars. She turned to Veronica. “Are you ready to get out of here? We can hold up down here until my crew arrives. Also you can break open these bars can’t you?”

Veronica raised an eyebrow to Alexandria's statement. "if the bars are no longer electrified then yes I can bust them right off the hinges. I'm one of the reasons this facility is in a basement because if I try and break down the walls I'm just going into the side of the cliff and I'll probably fall off the side and into the water. I got a little sidetracked there. All right, step back I'll get us out and if we can find the armory we could stay down here until your crew arrives."

Alexandria noted stepping back in order to give Veronica as much room as she needed. This was going to be exciting to see Veronica's ability in action. Hopefully after all this was over Veronica would join the crew permanently and not just be a helper in this endeavor.

She stepped in front of the cell door. Veronica cried her knuckles and started to hop up and down like she had been doing earlier on. If you practice punches flew through the air and she took in a deep breath closing her eyes she pulled her right arm back and with the exhale punched the cell door. The door along with the rest of the bars was propelled backwards and into the cell across the way thankfully there was no one inside. Veronica turned around and flexed her arm giving Alexandria a confident smile. "I don't think there's anything in this world that I can't destroy with my hands. My entire body for that matter."

Alexandria rolled her eyes letting out a small chuckle. She was used to this type of attitude and it didn't phase her in fact it was fun. Veronica would get along very well with the rest of the crew. Hopefully they will be able to meet up with them soon. "So where are the other ability users? We need to make sure everyone is safe and give the ones that can fight weapons."

Veronica took a second to think about that. They usually only put new ability users in with her until their powers were known then they were moved elsewhere. "It would be better to find a map of this place rather than rely on my memory. Not saying it's bad but a map would be better."

Alexandria agreed even with the best memory it would be hard to recall things down here if the experiments were anything like what was done to her at her facility. "All right then let's get moving. The checkpoint booth should have a map since it's quiet over there and we heard a pop so that guard should be dead. Do you want to lead or should I?"

Veronica took a bow gesturing with her hand. "I will follow your lead on this one. If anything gets in our way I will knock it down."

Alexandria nodded as they both left the cell heading for the checkpoint booth at the end of the hall. As Alexandria predicted the inside was covered in blood. She walked over to the door and opened it. The guard's lifeless body and a bit of blood spilled out onto the floor.

They both jumped back a bit to avoid the blood as Alexandria stepped around climbing into the booth. She saw the entry point of Tyra's bullet and smiled glad to have her watching their backs. Alexandria looked around for the map. Most of the equipment was covered in blood. She did manage to find a cabinet which contained a map of just this area. It would have to do for now.

She climbed out of the booth with the small map in hand. "If there was a larger copy hanging up in there it would be ruined from the blood splatter. This small one does show us where the exit and nearest checkpoint booth is though."

Veronica jumped up and down punching her fists in the air. "Alright that means to get a better map we can't rely on your friend outside to kill that guard. I would like to handle this one if you don't mind?" She threw a few more punches followed up by two kicks.

The force from her strikes kicked up a wind that blew Alexandria's hair around a bit. "Sure, just try not to make too much noise. Even though Tyra has us covered she can only react so fast. Let's get moving."

They both nodded, turning around and following the map Alexandria had towards the next checkpoint booth. The camera’s above were not following them which meant the control guard was either dead or not at their station. Alexandria stopped at the corner poking her head around just so she could get a look at the booth. The guard inside had their back to her but the door to the booth was on the left hand side. She moved back into their hallway. “Alright the guard has their back to us but the door is on the left side. If you want, going through the back of the booth is an option. We just don’t want to destroy another map. What do you think?”

She walked up next to Alexandria peeking around the corner. It wouldn’t be hard for her to take the back off the booth and knock the guard out. Of course if there were any other guards around they would likely hear the noise. “If I make too much noise would your friend outside be able to take out any guards that come our way?”

Alexandria let out a playful giggle, something that was rare for her. She was glad Lyric wasn’t around to hear it. “Tyra is watching us right now and you already saw her first shot. I will leave it up to you how you take out the guard. Just do it without damaging the larger map inside.”

Veronica nodded making her way to the back of the booth. She leaned against the wall crouching down a bit just in case the guard turned around. Veronica rubbed her hands together and cracked it knuckles as quietly as she could. Winding up her right arm she drove it into the booth. Her hand grasped the guard’s shirt pulling the guard back as hard as she could, knocking their head against the booth.

The guard’s body went limp in Veronica’s hand. She let go, turning around, gesturing for Alexandria to join her. She started to jump around again punching and kicking the air. This was going to be fun taking over the facility and city.

Alexandria joined up with her walking pass and opened up the door to the booth. The guard was out cold but not dead. Once she found the map Alexandria would decide if the guard lived or died. It took her a little bit to find the map and thankfully it was undamaged. However when she took a look at it an exasperated sigh escaped her lips. “This place is huge and quite a maze. According to the map the armory isn’t far from where I was processed. It looks like all the cells with ability users are marked by gold dots. Let’s head for the armory so that we can hopefully get Eve’s attention. Her help here would be awesome.”

She walked out of the booth looking over the map and thinking whether or not the guard was going to die. Of course the choice wasn’t really hers since she had no idea how the guard’s treated everyone here. Alexandria looked up from the map to see Veronica still punching and kicking the air. “So do you want to restrain the guard or kill them?” Alexandria wasn’t going to mix words. This needed to be straight forward since there was no time to think for long periods of time.

Veronica stopped shifting her eyes around thinking about what to do. The guards were always doing things to her since nothing hurt her. It wasn’t the best time in her life and none of the guards were nice to her. She cracked her knuckles twice giving Alexandria an intense look. “If it is my choice then every single guard in this facility will die.” She walked into the booth with rage burning in her eyes.

Alexandria didn't follow her in but the single sound that came out of the booth told her exactly what Veronica just did. That intensity or something that she looked for in her crew members. He was definitely going to ask her to join after this was over there was no question but she was the final number.

Veronica dropped the body on the ground walking out of the booth. She still had the fire in her eyes but the look wasn’t as intense. Veronica clenched her fists a few times, cooling down a bit. Every last guard was going to die either by her hand or one of the other’s who was still alive here. “Let’s hurry to the armory. Not everyone here has abilities for fighting so they will need weapons.” She started to move in the direction of the armory since she remembered where the processing entrance was located.

A devious smile crossed Alexandria's face as she followed Veronica. The map was still going to be useful since the remaining ability users were all in different areas. She was curious to find out more about them. Hopefully at least one or two could come to the surface even though her main crew was filled there was always room for more.

They moved quickly and with purpose through the different hallways and corridors. Alexandria didn’t remember the walk with the guard took this long. Of course she was in a different frame of mind walking to her cell then walking to the armory. Hopefully Eve was still close by since her skills would be extremely useful right now.

Eve was still sitting in the waiting area for someone to give her the reward. She stood up and started to pace. There was no way in hell it should take this long to give her the damn reward. Eve grabbed one of her knives from inside her jacket walking up to the guard’s area. She was flipping the knife in her hand with a sly grin on her face. “Excuse me, what the hell is taking so long? I should’ve had my reward already. There are more bounties to go after and I don’t have time to waste sitting here.”

The guard looked up from her work giving Eve a slight glare. “You don’t dictate when you get your money. If you want things quickly, perhaps a change of profession is in order.” She went back to her work ignoring Eve.

Eve’s nostrils flared and she gripped the handle of her knife tightly. No one talked to her like that and got away with it. Eve looked around the room for cameras which surprisingly there were none. She reached her hand under the window pane grabbing the guard’s hand. In one quick motion she broke the pinky and ring fingers of the guard’s left hand. The woman let out a quick scream but it was drowned out by the sound of doors opening.

Veronica and Alexandria walked into the area to see Eve with her hand inside the guard’s area. Alexandria shook her head giving Eve a small smirk. “Hey don’t play with the guard. At least knock her out so we don’t have to hear her scream again.”

Eve nodded, pulling the woman forward quickly and hard smacking her head against the window pane. The guard’s eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out. “So what is going on? I thought you were waiting for everyone to get here?” Eve looked at Veronica, raising an eyebrow.

Alexandria took in a deep breath. “The plans have changed. This is Veronica, she will be helping us take control of the facility. We are headed to the armory to secure weapons for the non-combatant ability users. I need you to get to Tyra and fill her in on what is going on. After that, take the ship and bring anyone able to fight here as soon as possible.”

The next phase of the plan was about to begin. Veronica’s rage was building and now there was another guard to kill. This walled city didn’t have much time left before it was burned to the ground.