Of Terrorists and Territory (& Crumpets)

[Seth Karlo]

The sword left the scabbard with a deadly hiss, the sound of steel upon air cutting across the room like the blade that created it. The sword was deadly, 3 feet of perfection, metal hammered upon metal to create an alloy capable of bringing death and carving destruction.

It was a tool, an extension of the body, and Harry could wield it like almost no others could. It was amazing what the human brain could accomplish when under enough strain, under enough pressure that it has no choice to do the undoable.

His feet, clad in stylish leather boots, hit the floor silently, his legs crouching underneath him to take the strain of his lithe body falling from the ceiling. The 3 guards in the room had no chance, the blade swishing horizontally, then stabbing, then slicing. One decapitation, one startled scream, one interrupted yell.

Harry wiped the blade of his beloved weapon on the uniforms of his victims and turned to the computer systems. He would not take long.

Newly created Captain J23 tried to re-assess the situation. He had been in the top 3% of his classes and was transferred into a weekly class with the Lord himself, learning the intricacies of combat warfare, of advanced tactics, to learn from your enemy.

He sent two more commandos to their deaths to see once more how the officers behind the barricade reacted, then he made his move. Pulling 2 stun grenades from his belt, he flicked the timers on them to infinite and threw them into the air, around the corner towards the barricade.

He listened for a second for the startled yells, then silence. He was not fooled, and pulled his blaster smoothly from the holster, rolled into the open and shot the two grenades on the ground cleanly as he covered his own eyes.

The two explosives roared, and as soon as he had counted to 5, J23 looked up to find nobody there. The BPA officers had fled when the grenades had first been thrown.

"Cowards" he muttered, and beckoned to his troop. They quickly moved to the opposite side of the barricade, now they controlled the corridor.

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