Chapter 10: A Surprising Ally!
The night was still, the magnificent moon shining in the sky illuminating the surrounding areas. The still environment was only broken by the marching of various guards as they protected one of APEX's secret bases.
Nestled within a dense forest, it was heavily fortified. Squads composed of over a dozen guards marched around in scheduled intervals, with the intent of leaving not a stone unturned and not a place un-supervised.
High tech Anti-MetaHuman weapons were in the hands of every guard. The base was also fortified by automated Anti-MetaHuman weapons and a technological beacon, sending out signals that connected with each soldier, giving them light protection to mind control and other telepathic abilities.
On the outskirts of the base, secretly looking towards it was Kayn and his team, fully prepared to raid this base and take it down.
Kayn looked towards Kayle and the team he sent to protect her. Kayle was just a pure Human, no MetaHuman, Magic or Alien abilities, but that didn't diminish her potential. Her intelligence was extremely high, and she was naturally talented with technology, leading Kayn to make her the head of his technological team.
Kayle was 13 years old, but with Kayn's training and resources, she looked around 16, with long blonde hair, blue eyes and a slender yet toned build. She wore a pair of glasses and was working on a Laptop Kayn had specifically designed for her on-field activities.
Surrounding Kayle were 3 people, 2 males and a female, Hakeem, Damon and Laura who Kayn had designated to protect her, as they were the 3 strongest aside from Kayn's core group.
Hakeem was 14, but looked like a 17 year old, with dark green, short and curly hair and amber eyes. He was around 5'11, with a lean and athletic build, wearing an outfit resembling an all-black tracksuit enchanted with Kayn's magic.
Hakeem was an Alien, with SuperHuman Physical Capabilities that made him suitable for close quarters, physical combat.
Damon was also 14, but looked a bit older than Hakeem, around 19 due to all of Kayn's training. He had medium length wavy electric blue hair, with icy blue eyes. He was around 6'1, with a muscular build exuding confidence.
Meanwhile, Laura was the youngest of them, at only 11 years old, and looked around 14, with fiery red, long and straight hair styled into a ponytail and emerald green eyes, with a lean build. Both her and Damon also wore enchanted black tracksuits.
Kayn and his core team were in front, their eyes scanning the surroundings for any signs of movement. His enhanced vision picked up the faint glimmers of the technological defenses the APEX base had.
Kayn turned to Mika, who nodded, her hands glowing with a soft, spiritual light as she lead the way alongside Kayn, Violet and Hugo following closely behind.
Together, they moved forward, their footsteps silent as they approached the bases entrance, Kayn and Mika scouting the area as Violet and Hugo flanked them, ready to intercept any guards.
As they reached near the entrance, Kayn decided to take a pause with the team. If they moved any closer, they would alert the alarms, and Kayn wanted to be close before he had Kayle take them off, in order to instantly capitalize on them.
With a few deft movements, Kayn signaled to Kayle, who was stationed a safe distance away with her squad. Within moments, the cameras went dark, and the sensors were disabled.
"Clear," Kayn whispered into his comm.
"Good job, Kayle," Soren's voice crackled back. "Keep an eye out for any sudden reboots. APEX's tech might have some fail-safes."
"Copy that," Kayle replied. "I'm monitoring everything."
Kayn took a deep breath, smiling as he prepared to raid the base alongside his team, "Remember, no killing."
With that, they attacked. Kayn flew towards the base, telekinetically pulling the various guards towards him, slamming them onto the floor in order to knock them out, and maybe break a couple bones.
"UNDER ATTACK, STABILIZE!" One of the guards roared at the others in the surrounding area, immediately aiming his Anti-MetaHuman Weapons towards the group.
"Kayle?" Kayn telepathically spoke.
"On it!." She responded, and then suddenly, an electromagnetic pulse spread through the entire base, instantaneously destabilizing all of the Anti-MetaHuman technology.
Meanwhile, as soon as the EMP activated, a pink spiritual aura immediately spread from around Mika, and wrapped around over a dozen of the soldiers.
Suddenly, those soldiers immediately attacked their former allies, causing even more chaos, all the while Kayn, Violet and Hugo attacked all of the guards, taking them down and moving forward swiftly.
With that, they breached the entrance. The initial hallway was empty, but they knew it wouldn't stay that way for long. They moved swiftly, disabling alarms and subduing any guards with non-lethal force.
With no lethal force allowed, Violet's magic mostly consisted of Ice Blasts and Sleep Blasts, either freezing enemies in place to be defrosted at a later date or immediately making them sleep.
Hugo used his light telekinetic ability to shield the group from any potential attacks and take down any stragglers.
~BOOM~
One of the nearby walls exploded, leaving a wave of dust to kick up in the room. Slowly, three persons walked out of the rubble, however, it was hard to call them people, more like monstrous entities.
Their forms twisted and grotesque. Each creature exuded a menacing aura, their skin glistening with a toxic sheen. Their eyes glowed with malevolent intent
"Be careful, they must be some experimental subjects." Kayn immediately warned, not wanting any of his teammates to get caught off guard.
With a swift motion, Kayn summoned his magic, weaving intricate patterns in the air. A protective barrier shimmered into existence around his teammates, "You guys deal with the soldiers, I'll handle these three."
~BOOM~
A sonic boom occurred as the first creature lunged forward. Kayn dodged to the side, sending a telekinetic blast that sent the monster crashing into a nearby wall.
The second entity attacked from the side, its claws dripping with an unknown venomous liquid.
Kayn met it head-on, his superhuman strength allowing him to grapple with the beast. He felt the sting of the poison as it grazed his skin, but he immediately casted a purification spell, and casted a telekinetic barrier around his body to block any poisonous attacks.
The first entity sprung back into action, lunging at Kayn as he sent a blast of magical energy towards it, all the while he crushed the arm of the monster, yet he could already see it slowly growing back.
The third monster, meanwhile, circled warily, observing Kayn's moves. It struck with lightning speed, but Kayn was ready. He levitated off the ground, evading the attack and retaliating with a telekinetic force that crushed the beast's limbs. It howled in agony, its venomous blood pooling beneath it.
"UUHHErrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRR" Suddenly, the roar of an elephant echoed through the room.
In a flash, the first monster was sent crashing into a wall, a hole in it's chest as a crystal like object was shattered to pieces, leaving it completely lifeless on the ground.
As Kayn looked towards who attacked, he spotted a tall, athletic woman with dark skin and piercing but determined eyes, wearing a distinctive costume with a large totem necklace around her neck.
"Destroy the core in their chest, it'll take them down. They can't be saved." The woman spoke hurriedly, moving towards another monster as she aggressively took it down, defeating it just like the previous one.
While Kayn had his suspicions of who this was, he focused back on his fight. He swiftly flashed to the side, punching with his entire strength, smashing through the grotesque monster's chest, crushing the crystal and leaving it lifelessly falling to the ground.
As the fight completed, Kayn and his team naturally looked towards the uninvited guest, who confidently stared back towards them.
"Who are you?" Kayn inquired, although he certainly knew who it was in his mind.
"My name is Vixen," she replied, her voice steady. "I'm here to save my people. APEX has kidnapped several of my fellow Zambesians. I tracked them here."
Kayn had heard of Vixen, a superhero with the ability to channel the powers of any animal. Her presence was unexpected, but potentially advantageous. Still, he wondered if Batman was the one who tipped her off of these kidnappings, it would be an intelligent way to keep an eye on them.
"Lets finish things here, we'll discuss extra stuff later." Kayn ordered, and Vixen nodded, following along with him.
Soon, they reached the main control room, defeating 3 more of those grotesque monsters along the way.
The control room was the heart of APEX's operations in this particular base, and also provided a map as to where the Zambesi children would be located.
Kayn arrived at the control terminal, plugging in a USB and speaking, "Kayle."
"Got it," Kayle said, trying to extract as much information as possible. "I'm in. Sending the location to your HUDs now."
As the coordinates flashed on their screens, Kayle had gathered all of the information and could send it to Batman at any time.
Now all they needed to do was rescue the Zambesi children and other children, and gather all of the knocked out soldiers so they could have Wonder Woman collect them to send to Batman for interrogation.
"The imprisoned people are on the forth floor. You all gather the soldiers and contact Wonder Woman, me and Vixen will go break all of the captured out." Kayn spoke, and everyone nodded.
Kayn and Vixen moved down the stairs, taking on more and more of the grotesque monsters, defeating them all.
Kayn was also analyzing Vixen's powers. He had seen her tap into the power of an Elephant, Lion, Gorilla, Hawk and Electric Eel, so he knew she was very experienced in her craft.
Finally, they arrived at a large chamber where many of the imprisoned were being held. Kayn could identify many Zambesians, but also many European children from varying ages.
Vixen's eyes blazed with fury, and she channeled the force of a Elephant, using her immense strength to break the cells open, and walk into the slightly dirty room.
She stepped forward and saw a group of timid and frightened children being imprisoned below through the fences, some in pajamas and some in rags, malnourished.
This left Kayn to have memories of him and his team back then and feeling more rage towards APEX, and by extension, CADMUS.
"Sister Vixen." One of the little children immediately spotted Vixen and ran towards her, hugging her legs.
Vixen smiled lightly as she looked at the child, 'Don't worry little one, I'm here to save you all."
Vixen immediately used her power to destroy all of the collars holding the Zambesi children, while Kayn did the same for the European children.
"Thank you," one of the captives said, their voice trembling with relief.
"We're not done yet," Vixen replied, her tone fierce. "Stay close to us. We'll get you out."
Kayn and Vixen lead the children out, a couple more grotesque monsters appeared in their path, yet Vixen used the power of a Rhino to charge through them all and clear a path while Kayn finished them off.
They finally arrived outside, spotting Mika, Violet, Hugo, Soren, Kayle, Damon, Hakeem and Laura standing around, all of the various soldiers already chained up and knocked out.
"Mission completed Kayn." Violet spoke, always the serious one in the group, which made Kayn chuckle.
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