Adam nodded, he  didn't seem to upset  at what he was about to say.CO-DS. his   body guards, servants, pet hamster..whatever... Six? get us  to the back yard, there will be more protection at the main door then the  Kitchen door.Six  dropped  us back the   back where there  were some trees  and a pond.

she  dropped down, the Dor opened   and  Six  had her carbine ready with there  side window  down.. Shadow  made sure the silencer  was   secure on his  grease gun.walk like you belong here.. we're  going right up to the door.

"Right with you boss man" Madison screwed the silencer tight onto the 45 she got from Bosson. If anyone ran ballistics, they can blame him.

 They walked  across the  grass. Shadow looked  for largs,  dogs or worts. As they reached    50 feet from the Kitchen door, two men  came  out     one was Giving  a  Cig to  the other  and they were laughing,  at  30 feet they Noticed the pair  walking   towards them.

Shadow said  softly,You take the one one the Right, I have the One  on the Left.

 The one ne the right said..who the fuck are You!

Shadow  said ,bad habit you have there, It will kill you... they made a Move  for their weapons, Shadows  grease gun from  20 feet away   tore into  his target ripping  through the  body   armor  and splattering the  wall  with gore..The   talking  man was shocked...

As the men exchanged cigarettes, Madison was already readying her gun. They got to about twenty feet before Kray's grease gun sputtered out a burst of thuds. There was splatter but Madison was too focused on her target to appreciate the pretty red bloom. She fired, hitting the guard square in the chest. He was dead, but maybe he didn't realize it yet. As he drew his own gun, she had to send another shot to his head to prevent any return fire.

"I hope they're not all that tough" She sighed.

  ell.. some might be Juiced. The stuff they use to make  Foam and Plast?  has a pure version, of  Blue extract. If  it is  shot  directly into you.. it  hurts  like  all the Nine hells.. you  body reacts  . bones muscles  all that..when its  down, you good  as new, or almost, depending on how close you were to dying.... if yu have a  bad reaction..you die  a very bad death...because the healing itself..is very bad!

 They jacked me up a few  times. do get me back on my feet and  into the cockpit... But..there are some folks out there, that developed a Tab  to tab. it doesn't hurt  but you're  faster  and stronger  until you crash..these  guys might have been Juiced... we'll find out when we go through the house and start pulling weeds.


 he pulled out  a   3wad of  papers   creds.. there were some plastic chips too, he stuck one in the Guy he killed, mouth.There were some    mafia  types  back in new york that used to  do that,It was supposed to be a message that  the guy they  killed  did something
 Wrong. When  BluSec  finds them, that will give the cause to ask questions and....maybe.. turn there  eyes  to the Mercs...
He  took the    slide  arm  from the guy he  killed  and the  two spar mags on his  belt, he left the man's combat Dagger in its sheath.

 Now? Its time to redecorate..

 he opened the dor  and stepped though  his greasegun up...

"Great." Madison groaned. "Juiced up bad guys. Ah well. At least it'll be interesting."

She watched as Kray mocked up the scene to implicate the mercenaries. At the least it would muddy the water. Once that was done, she followed him into the house, ready to shoot whatever they met

  Shadow stepped  in,  he peered around the   corner.. three  men had the vid s  on and  where playing cards...
 he Pointed  to her   zipper   and motioned  it down a bit.. then he  gor  his  lamp balck out  and   covered his  face  with streaks, he just    put a   bit on her  face, and   fuzzed up her Hair..

 now...  wait for my signal... Bang the door open   and call for help...

 he    moved  and  knelt   down my the fridge  with  his  grease gun  at waist level.

Madison nodded. Pulling down her zipper half way, she shook out her hair until it was as frizzy a mess as she could make it. Then she set her gun behind her back under her belt. Standing by the door, she awaited Kray's signal.

Shadow was on one knee  and brought his weapon up... he nodded....

"HELP!" Madison slammed into the door, pushing it wide open as she fell to her knees, reaching out with and empty hand. Her voice had a crack in it and was on the verge of tears. "Intruders. Out back. Their under fire.... Please hurry."

The three men looked over. They were alarmed, but seemed confused.

"Hurry!" she urged ass she dragged herself out of the way by one arm. The men jumped up and charged into the kitchen. When the last of them passed her, she shot him in the back of the head, then fired at the next one.

  Shadows Grease gun  tore into the  first to.. He  dropped the first guy, she got the second guy and they both  finished  Middle Guy.

 Shadow  heard   some noise upstairs , but he looked over the dead guys to get  creds  and   ammo. he  slide  the one man's SMG to Maddy.. and two sore mags.

 he   opened the fridge  and studied it, he  got out a jar and opened it took out  some Bura  berries  and slid the jar  to Maddy,,we have to wait a bit... hopefully they think the noie is from thier card game...

Madison's rounds hit about the same time as Shadow's on the middle guy. The result was a shower of gore that she somehow managed to avoid. With them all down, she got up and joined Kray in the kitchen, carefully stepping around the blood.

"Is it my imagination or does Angel blood smell different?" She popped a few Bura Berries into her mouth.

"Yeah, I don't know. Hopefully, but card games don't sound like suppressed gun fire. Maybe the house is big enough that nothing was heard." She checked the SMG Shadow handed her.

     Shadow  shrugs and  got two forks out  after he found the   right  drawer,we have  more iron in our  blood, they have....um..um.. I dunno?  Angel Juice?

  he points  to the side hallway...Lets  see  if there  is a way up , back that way?..and Zip up the suit, I can't  concentrate

"Angel juice?" Madison looked down at the red spray. "That almost makes me want to taste it."

When he asked her to zip up, Madison giggled, pulling open her top to flash Kray before tucking herself back in.

"Okay. I'm following you."

  Shadw    gave her  a whack on the backside,Great, now i'll be seeing  double the rest of the night...

 the move down the  hall, there  was a   closed   door on the Inside, Shadow slowly opened it. It was a stairway up, it was  relatively  dark  with only  a faint  light coming further  down the hall. Shadow  pulled out his trench knife, in his   right hand, his left  and  held the  grease gun  supported  by the sling.. there  were Low  Vocies  and   more  sounds   of Vids  on.

Walking backwards up the stairs, Madison kept her back against Kray's backside to cover the way they came. She heard voices and vids, which hopefully meant that no one was on alert.

   when the reached the top of the stairway. Shadow looked  around the corner  a human woman wearing  a  thin dress  went into the room where the light  and sound  was coming from the   Knife spun around in Shadow's  hand , going into his  sheath.

  Moving  down the  hall, there  were  Voices.. Shadow   whispered.....at least 5...

   stepping around the Door  way.  his  SMG   ready.. The woman screamed  and dropped her  Drink.. CO-NS  was  in a chair watching a Vid.. 6 guards  were  there. One Jumped  up..the   SMG  Coughed  and the angel's head vanished .

 Is there anyone in this  room, that thinks  we can't  Kill you all before you can clear your weapons?

The woman still screamed..Shadow's smg  coughed  again and she dropped.That's better...

CO-DS snapped what kind of   animal are you!

 well.. I don't  sell out  my people  to the Empire?  so..I have that going for me.

 why are you here....

 Power company contacted   me Lights  are too bright here..

 Shadow   didn';t  see  another man  come  in threough the   far  door.. By  Maddy could see his head  and   pulse  rifle  ..

when they reached the top of the stairs, they found that CO-DS was in a room with six guards and a human woman who screamed way too much. Everything was much quieter after Krays gun cleared its throat a couple times. Too bad for the chick. Wrong place, wrong time. War is hell and all that. CO-DS had the amusing audacity to call Kray a monster. Maybe it was his ego, or maybe it was a distraction, but the seventh guard with the pulse rifle peeking around the corner hadn't gone unnoticed. She fired once and his body hit the ground with only a jaw remaining attached to his neck.

"I'd really hate to be the one who gets the cleaning bill tomorrow." As far as Madison was concerned, there were too many people in the room. She turned the SMG sideways, firing across at head level, letting the muzzle rise carry the shots through the remaining guards. Hopefully Kray didn't want any of them alive, but that was a moment worthy of cinema. At least CO-DS was seated  so he only got showered by blood and not bullets.

  CO-DS's  eyes widen as the  extra  Guard   lost his head. Maddy  decided  to help Narrow the Focus...

 You are  Both  mad!

 Naw?  She's  my wingman..I guess i'm just a bad   influence

 You won't  get away with this.

 Shadow  said,Bet me...  he  pulled a Toaster out of his suit. he   tapped it  and   flung it like a frisbee  under the coach that C)-DS  was One.. CO-DS    jumped back  to the Vid screen.. The   Magnesium  fire  Bomb went off  , the Couch  couch   Fire  In  seconds ,,CO-DS  was   caught...

 Shadow watched,, impassively  as CO-DS began to scream...NO!.. Shjoot Me!!..  I don't want to  Burn...

How many thousands  of your own people died because of you? And they didn't want to die... If you don't  Mind , I'm gonna   watch until your  skin blankets  and  hair  burns.....then we'll leave you to  your end...

 The   who side of the  room was on fire.. smoke  was   think and  CO-DS  did  begin to  scream  he cried out..he begged..

  Shadow  turned as the fire  eager   crept towards them.Time to  Go , Maddy.. This was  way easier then it should have been..

CO-DS    screamed  and  scream   as  the pair  went  down the  stairs two  guards    came into the   Building and ran up the main  stairs, while Maddy and Shadow  went    back out the  kitchen . Then , the  saw them,,   two  Vans   settling down in the   yard , they didn';t see their Van  By the   trees and   pond.. 6  angels  got out of  each  Van..

   Shadow tossed one of his  grenades  at the Van to the   left. while his grease Gun opened  up ,  He managed to drop  one   angel.. the    grenade  Blew up, just Under the front of the van,   causign    it  t  'tip  and nose  into the  ground.

The symphony of CO-DS dying screams, Madison scanned for more guards. But when the fire spread, Kray called for the exfil. They managed to avoid the guards coming up the main stairs, but when then got outside, two vans had dropped into the yard. A dozen angels emerged between the two vehicles, and there was no time to do anything but fight.

"Oh shit."

Kray shot one down and disabled one of the vans with a grenade. But there were still eleven guns. Maybe capitalizing on the surprise, Madison dropped to a knee and used the same technique as she did with the guards on the inside. The problem was that these troops were armored for patrol. That meant their heads were covered. But. Their ankles weren't.

Pulling the trigger, Her SMG arced in her hand from left to right, cutting out the legs from the six on the right. From the screaming, she could tell that they were all still alive. A toss of her grenade, made them quiet again.

Two and half to one was still a problem, but it was much better than six to one.

   There  was  a  Flash of  Muzzle  fire from the Pond after Maddy's  grenade   went off.
  the  Troops on  the right  Fell, and  Shadow  wasted  no time  in understanding what had  happened.. He charged   as the front   troopers   turned to look at where the  fire  was coming from, , Them might have seen  the Muzzle flash from the Hidden  Van.. but  that would have been the last things they saw. His  Grease gun, sprayed and prayed  until it  clicked  empty.  the Mag ejected  and  a fresh one   slapped in...

 Maddy!..  make sure  they are all dead on your side.. Grab a couple of those  Amgel steel   rifles, SEC  can always use  more.

   The were   quick Bursts  to the heads of the tropers on the  ground  By him, Shadow grabbed three  Angels steel rifles , while he covered Maddy, he said over his shoulder, to the hidden Van..Great Job, Six!

 I'm a Quick learned ,  Ace of Spades....  There  was an explosions    on the top  floor  of the  Building ( 2 floors)..  Fire Control  could be hear  coming.

 Lets go.... take us   south  for  10 Minutes, before swinging to out  Hotel..

Madison was ready to take some hits from the remaining SEC troops, but the next round of fire came from the darkness. It had to be Six. Everyone looked towards the pond but Shadow. He used the moment to empty his gun into them. Once they were all down, Six emerged. Per Kray's order, Madison slung up three rifles. She had picked up a fourth but it was too damaged from the grenade. She had to catch the slings on the edge of her armor so they wouldn't slide off her shoulders. Hopefully there was no one else that needed shooting.

But there was no wasting time. Loaded up, she headed for the van with sirens blaring in the background

 Six  got them  far away.. the Van that had fell into the ground was  smoking now as well, the Top floor was in flames.. there were  4   guards  running  around the front  yards  waving and pointing to the  inferno.

 well...CO-DS should be  nice  in warm now. at least he has  some friend  to go with him, on his trip to the  9 hells.

 Following  the lead of another  air  car, as it  extra High to get over the flight  paths  of the Incoming  Fire Control hover trucks, Six  grins.why didn't  you  just  set the  whole  house on Fire?

 The Mark was upstairs,  Had to make sure he was taken care of.. the  CAM on the  Roof  will be dead. and  I have to assume the  Monitor place was upstairs, since i didn't see it  downstairs.. Either way,  I send  Beth a COM  for her to Clean the Windows, she
 can do that with a  Vidboard..   reaching into  his enviro suit, he carefully folded paper Creds, Tapping Six  on the shoulder to hand her the  bundle..

 Its not much.. about  300 or so.. Drivers  never  get a  chance to  pull in some extra  creds...

 Six  Smiled,Thank you!..Does  this mean I passed?

 You both took on an  extra,  Lights Out  Mission, its  safe to say you'll both be  accepted anytime you wish to take part...for now?  we  go back  and get back to our party, or...whatever..

"I'm okay with skipping whatever's left of the party and going straight to the private afterparty."

   The  Van  came in slow  Like an everyday delivery,  and  into the underground  parking.
 Aideen Carrer  was there, with he r  Red hair  Under her  Herems   SEC  ball cap,, Simms was with her.

 Ya did a wee bit  o huntin'  LC.. did  you get what ya  went for?

Shadow  chuckled  at the  Trooper,we have some Angel steel  Pulse  rifles  in the  Van, get them to The Hermes  before  anyone comes looking for  them


 Simms  walked  past  Shadow  as Aidenn almost tripped of Maddy on her way to the Van.when you bottle that stuff  , LC, I want a bottle.

 Naw, Its  easy , Simms.. just kill a few thousand  people  and Fly a  Fighter...

 I got the first part.. You have to get me nto a fighter.

 Six  came over  and Gave  Maddy a Pat on the Back  and smiled at Shadow.Thanks for letting me  come  along... anytime you guys need a driver, let me know... and she  went off to the elevator.

to Condo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>