On the Trail of a Madman

Chapter 5: Escape to L.A.

After placing the last of the C4, John headed to the prison complex.

"Pass card?" a sentry asked. John handed over the dead guards ID card

"Enter Lt. No. 7." the sentry said. Inside, John found the cell, along with not only the mission objectives, but also another 2 prisoners.

"Sam, Alex, Clover, Brittany, Mandy, and two male agents." he thought

Looking around, John saw no guards, and slipped some supplies to the captives.

"Shhh, I'm with W.O.O.H.P, I was sent to get you all out." John said, "Theirs a Chinook here, we'll use it to escape."

"Vat are you doink?" a voice asked.

"I was ordered to do this sir. These prisoners are valuable." John replied, turning to face the speaker. He looked right into the eyes of Dr. Grosse, and his eyes narrowed, "You on the other hand are expandable Nazi!"

"I've been vatching you for some time." Grosse replied, "Agent Hawk. All of ze Series 2 X-soldiers have bionic left eyes, linking to my control console."

"So, you see what they see? Clever." John said

"Drop your veapons." Grosse ordered

"Alright." John replied, dropping a stun grenade

"All of zem...mien got!" Grosse said, realising the grenade was primed. It detonated, blinding him. John then grabbed his neck, ready to kill

"Any last words?" he asked

"Goodbye John." Grosse said, laughing as he jabbed a hypodermic syringe into John's arm. Fortunately, the WOOHP-suit halted it.

"You son of a..." John snarled, and stunned Grosse with a swift blow. Opening the cells he freed the others.

"Let's move out!" he said, "I've rigged the clone facility to blow when I hit the detonator, each lump with detonate in 30 second intervals."

"You vill not!" Grosse said, hitting the detonator in John's hand.

"Detonation sequence in T-minus 30 seconds." a voice said

"RUN!" everyone screamed together. Running towards the exit, John blasted several troopers with the mag-launcher, until they came to the helipad. Behind them, they heard the first explosion take out the sentry guns. Clover activated the helicopter, and took off, as the 2nd explosion damaged the islands hydrogen reactor. The helicopter was roughly 2 miles away from the island, when the final detonation tore through the buildings as the reactor detonated.

"I remember you." Alex said, as John removed his bulky helmet, "You were on the Alaskan Clone mission."

John frowned, "Please, don't talk about that mission."

"Sorry." Alex said. As the helicopter flew into the sunset, John had one thought about it all.

"I gotta get myself a desk job, I'm getting too old for this shit!"

End of story