BXBX NOVEL Chapter 197 - The First Objective
[ First Objective: Car One ]
Ajax nodded his head back to Gabriel. It was time for the first part of the plan to be set in motion. It was odd that he was given so much responsibility, but then who else would be able to do it? He was the only shapeshifter.
"Do not get too arrogant, Ajax. If we are really talking about who could take down those guards at the towers, then the vampires could have done it. We do have the speed.." Gabriel\'s voice floated through his head, making him feel weird. Unlike the mind-link he shared with Finn and Aila, this just felt creepy. Gabriel could reply to his thoughts alone; at least they could not hear what he was thinking with the mind-link.
"If you are all so powerful, why didn\'t you three just take charge and do this for us?" Ajax replied aloud, startling the other three in the quiet SUV. Kane was the one driving with Ajax in the front passenger seat, ready for him to jump out the window when the time was right. Leaving two vampires and Chase to chill in the backseat. Ajax had to stop himself from chuckling at the retired hunter\'s situation. The only ally in the car right now was Ajax, and he was about to leave.
Gabriel and Luther, on the other hand, sat stiffly next to him, still dressed to impress in their suits. Ajax liked a fine suit, but he wouldn\'t always wear it; they weren\'t comfy and would cost him a fortune every time he shifted out of them.
"Hmm?" Gabriel was staring at his fingertips, his attention already away from what they were talking about. "These aren\'t my plans, and we are merely extra muscle for your mission. I must say, though, I believe your Luna is out for their blood. Anyway, stop wasting time."
Ajax did not reply, pressing the car door button down for the window to roll down. Kane stopped the car now at a fair distance; he had been driving with his headlights off to not draw attention from the hunters. Ajax focused for a second, and his body shifted on the spot; his vision slowly changed, his form shaping and growing smaller until he jumped out of his clothes and flew out of the window.
"Hmm, in all my years.. It still doesn\'t grow old seeing a shapeshifter turn.." Ajax heard Luther murmur from the car.
He knew if he didn\'t have a beak right now, he would be smirking. But now, he was flying high into the darkened, stormy sky; he did not need to flap his wings for long until he was circling above the compound. Before he was to attack the towers, he wanted to see what numbers they were dealing with guard wise.
As the wind rushed through his outspread feathers, he flew to the side, his spectacular vision taking in the sights of the compound. As expected, nobody was training, and they must have had their dinner. It was now 9pm, though it was still early, nobody would be going to sleep, but if it all went as planned, the hunters in the barracks would not notice the guards\' deaths. Their mission was to assassinate Silas, find the doctor, get rid of the blood samples and any documentation regarding Aila, and find documentation on any of the higher-ups.
Their group was too small to take out everyone at the compound. The last time Ajax was there, he estimated at least 200 hunters. He just hoped they\'d find what they were looking for. After scaling everything again, he mind-linked Finn and Aila and presumed Gabriel was listening too.
"There are about ten guards scattered around the fence. The fence also seems to be electric, so try and avoid that."
Ajax swooped down to the first tower on the left, colliding into a hunter and clawing at his eyes; he shifted quick enough to his human form and knocked him out before turning around to the gun pointed at his head. He instantly shifted again, this time to a fly, something he hated doing, but the hunter couldn\'t shoot him.
"What the…" The hunter pulled at his radio, he went to press the button to alert the other guards, but a black panther appeared and clamped its jaw down his neck. The man couldn\'t even scream before his body went limp.
"First tower down," Ajax mind-linked again.
He shifted into a small house cat, his black tail curved onto the raised handlebar that led down the cemented steps. He wanted to see if there was anything that could turn the fence off. But after racing down, he found a kitchenette and a bed along with CCTV. He jumped up onto the ragged, smelly desk chair and looked at the screens. They only showed footage of the compound and, luckily, not the towers or surrounding areas.
Happy with what he saw, Ajax climbed back up the stairs, jumping as he made it to the top and shifted into his bird form. He felt a little weakened from shifting to different animals in such a short amount of time, but he knew his strength would recharge once he rested for more than five minutes.
He flew to the next three towers and took out the guards without any issues, leaving each of them dead or unconscious with their eyes scratched out. He didn\'t feel bad. They chose that life. On the last tower, he rechecked the downstairs, this time coming across another switch for the fence. With a smile on his cat lips, he shifted into the man he was and turned the electric fence off.
"All done. The fence is turned off!"
Objective one complete.
After his mind-link, Ajax decided to rest on the bed in all his glorious nakedness. If someone did walk in on him, at least they would have a devilishly handsome sight to look upon until before their death.
Back in car one, Gabriel looked at Luther, "Ajax is done. Let\'s go." The two vampires jumped out of the car in a flash, racing across to the gatehouse before the fence. In seconds their necks were snapped, and the pair looked at the CCTV. Gabriel nodded at Luther, and he smashed the controls, ultimately turning off the CCTV. "I meant to turn it off, not break it. Are you a brute?" Gabriel moaned.
"My apologies, sire. Years of beating the living shit out of things kind of comes naturally to me now.." Luther smirked, causing Gabriel to shake his head and sigh.
They peered out of the gatehouse after hearing the other cars approaching. All at once, everyone jumped out of their vehicles. Gabriel\'s eyes lit up in amusement; his gaze wandered to Aila, who looked fine even with another wig on. His eyes locked with hers, and he watched her face darken, the fire behind those eyes matching her fierce visage.
"It\'s showtime."