Chapter 12

Tahir awoke in his bed with a start. How did he get there? The last thing he remembered was appearing next to Kim, and then he awoke here. Kim was lying next to him; she had been awake for a few hours watching over him. Reaching over he pulled her close to snuggle feeling her finally relax. Getting up after she was asleep, he had to report to the Captain. Roberts was looking over reports from the last visit Tahir had made back east. There were snippets of information coming in about the raids that Tahir had made on at least 15 places throughout the city. Sighing, he wished that Tahir had given him some information before he passed out. Looking up as Tahir entered his office, a wide smile spread across his face.

“You are feeling better?” Roberts asked, “You’ve been out of it for a whole day, we were afraid that you might not wake up.”

Tahir was a little surprised that he’d been out that long. “I came to report as soon as I could,” he said as the Captain waited, “The raids I did, I’m not sure that they did much good.”

“Don’t be too sure,” the Captain started, “from the reports I have gotten, they seem to have delayed their actions for the time being.”

“It’s all a deception, the 75 I took out were nothing, foot-soldiers to something bigger,” Tahir sighed, running the information through his head sorting out the useless crap.

“I feel almost everything I did, was part of a trap to get me there physically. They had another that was far stronger than any I have faced before. The amount of energy we expended was huge. I am afraid the next time we face off, it may be more than just a building that is destroyed.”

The Captain’s eyes flew wide, he knew that a battle had taken place but he didn’t think that the other side had anyone nearly as strong as Tahir.

“I hope that you can defeat her, you are too valuable to us to lose in a senseless battle.” Tahir just nodded his head.

“The fight I had with her, drained me and her extremely low. I was surprised to find that I recharged as fast as I did. I have found that the more I use them, the stronger they get. They grew somewhat when I was not using them, for the first two months I was here. This last fight with her has caused an enormous surge in them.” Tahir sighed, his abilities might be stronger but being able to use all the power that entailed, was a different story.

Later that day, downtown, near the old east headquarters, the leader waited with his newest weapon. Looking over at Natasha, he wondered if the info was correct. “You’re sure I can control her?” the leader asked the doctor.

Handing a piece of paper to Natasha, she nodded. “The doctor says that she was programed, to follow your orders and any that you tell her to listen to. He says that she was exposed to a dose more than twice the amount that Tahir was. When he measured her abilities, he found them equal if not greater than his.”

The leader smiled, “Finally we have that little punk where we want him!” Breathing a sigh of relief, the doctor felt safer now with the leader happy again.

“I think that it’s time that we took this city. Gather everyone here and have them wait. I will issue an ultimatum, once we release her, Tahir should show up. Finally, I will get to see that son of a bitch, fucking die!” Laughing the leader began to issue orders that everyone was told to follow or they’d have to be punished by the leader.

Upon hearing this they all shivered and backed away waiting for the signal to attack. Tahir was starting to grow restless when he felt a surge of energy from the east. Rushing out the Captain showed the message to Tahir. It was an ultimatum from the other group.

“Tahir before you rush off we need to think this over,” the Captain started.

“I have thought it over, I knew that this was coming, I am the only one that stands in his way, I am the reason he has put his plans on hold so far.” Tahir wasn’t anxious to die but if he didn’t go, he knew that many more would die.

“I have 2 hours I need to prepare,” with that he walked out, the Captain was on the phone immediately, calling Washington. Walking up to Kim, Tahir felt, no, knew he needed to strengthen her at least one more time.

“I need to increase your defenses again, I am getting bad feelings and the longer I wait to do this, the worse they get.” Kim nodded and sat before him, reaching in he again saw the work he had done to her the previous 2 times.