Chapter 15

Back on the east coast the leader was quickly recovering, though his balls would take many months to grow back he was in far better shape than he had then night before. He doctor was already busy gathering more people for the army. Had it not been for Tahir before he felt sure that they would have won. “Doctor!” the leader called.

“Yes sir, leader” the doctor said walking up about the time that he had called.

“We need another plan, we have seriously underestimated Tahir” the leader said his mind already trying to find something to defeat Tahir.

“Leader,” the doctor started,” I have been working on a way to destroy abilities. The thing is that it isn’t near finished.”

“Do you think it would work on him? At this point I am willing to try almost anything,” the leader replied starting to like the sound of this.

“I am afraid that it isn’t tested and the potential to wipe out all the abilities of everyone nearby is a possibility” the doctor was almost as afraid of this as he was of the leader.

“How soon before we can have a test?” the leader inquired.

“I think I can in a week but every precaution has to be taken, we don’t want half the troops wiped out before they can figh.t”

The leader didn’t really care, as long as they took out that Tahir bastard. He owed Tahir for taking the tastiest snack he had ever had in front of him plus the fact that he cut his balls off. No there was no way that the leader was ever going to let that American pig live after this.

“Alright doctor you set it up but I’m only giving you a week, after that safe or not, if it works like you say I want it in the field.” The leader said a sick demented smile creeping across his face, “After all we owe that son of a bitch so much.”

Leaving the leader the doctor knew he might be on to something, the thing was that all the research was back in his old office and as far as he knew, it was watched day and night. Thinking on it for over an hour, he finally called Natasha.

“Natasha, do you remember the research we were doing, in the possible removing of abilities?” the doctor started.

“Yes and as I recall, not only were you nearly killed, you came very close to losing your own abilities” Natasha sighed she could almost see where this was going.

“We need the research, the leader’s orders, I am to develop a weapon to use against Tahir.”

Natasha could only smile as long as it dealt with Tahir she was in. “Ok doctor, what would you have me to do?”

“I need you to break back in the underground tunnels, recover the research” the doctor started.

“Seems simple enough, what’s the catch?” she asked an odd look on the doctor’s face had a feeling of dread creeping up her spine.

“I don’t know if you remember but it’s in the same room I used to store the awakening radiation rods” he said matter of factly.

“So you are saying,” she started, “that I could get a second more fatal dose of the radiation?” the doctor just nodded.

“Ok I’m in, bedsides in 3 of 10 cases the subject showed increased abilities not death after a second dose.” Smiling sweetly at him she departed for the tunnels thinking again of Tahir.

Making her way through the old sewer drains, she neared her destination. As far as she knew, this was the only entrance, exit that they hadn’t found yet. Creeping along and reaching to see who was there she could tell that there was hardly anyone here, that was odd ‘til she almost turned a corner right in full view of 3 security cameras. Humph! Well that changes things just a bit. Looking as deep as she could at the operator she found his sleep potential area and set to work on him.

Within just a few minutes he was asleep and she had him shut off all the motion and heat sensors before she proceeded. Nearing the room she pulled a small needle from her pocket and injected it in her arm. Walking through the old radiation room brought many memories as she quickly made her way to the secret file room. Retrieving what she came for she was about half way back when the residual radiation left there hit her.