Four hours ter, we were aboard a bck jet flying toward Tokyo. By we, I mean, Emma, Storm, Blink, Natasha and Me. And I took this ce to absorb Blink's power with a simple handshake. Now, I should be able to use her portal power.

  Natasha didn't waste time, jumping right into the pn as soon as we were all on board.

  She had a tablet in her hands, dispying schematics of a rge, heavily fortified building. "Alright, listen up," she began, her voice steady and calm. "There has been a slight ge of pns. After resg your friend, we're taking them down food. My ta the inside has beeabilizing Bakuto's anization for months now, and with our help, we eliminate his hold pletely."

  Emma leaned forward, her eyes fixed on the s. "And your tact… we trust them?"

  Natasha nodded. "pletely. He's been w undercathering intel, sabotaging their operations from within. But he's reached his limit. Bakuto found out about a snitd he's iigating, a thh up, you say."

  "He's pnning on killing them all?" Blink asked, eyes wide.

  "That's not good," Storm mumbled.

  "Yes," Natasha said. "So we have a limited window of opportunity. If they find out he's been helping us, he won't live long enough to see the day. So, he had to go radio silent. There's no way to tact him at all. We are on our own, but before he went silent, he sent me all the important information, maps, including the current location of their sub-bases, the location of mutation dampeners, and their leader's personal schedule."

  She tapped the s, zooming in on a specific part of the building.

  "Bakuto's keeping your friend and many other brainwashed mutants and humans here. She's heavily guarded, which means there'll be a lot of traps and guards. That's where Blink and Storm es in," She g the two women.

  "You want them to attack the sub-bases to create a diversion. That way, he won't have a choice to pull the guards from the main base for support. And with Blink's portal, they should be able to attack multiple bases with ease. Bakuto's forces would be spread thin and fused. Their entire focus should be on the chaos outside," I said as I looked toward Natasha. "That should give your tad you enough time to disable the techs. Then I'll go in a her out within the blink of an eye. After that, I'll leave Bakuto to Emma. I'm pretty sure, she would like to have a great chat with him."

  "You bet," Emma said with a cold gre. I could see it in her eyes. She 't wait to tear him apart limb by limb.

  "Have we met before?" Natasha asked as she narrowed her eyes at me. "Your voice... it sounds familiar."

  I gave her a small smile. "It's a big world." I'm pretty sure she knows that I saved her ass back then and not probably pretending to not know me.

  "Well, it's exactly as you said. So, Blink and Storm, you better get started on your part," Natasha said, looking at the two.

  Blink opened a portal, "Be careful," She said as she and Storm went through it. The portal closed behind them.

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  [3rd person POV]

  Blink and Storm emerged from the portal into Tokyo's dim, rain-drenched night. It was an old abandoned warehouse and as usual, the bad guys always chose a hiddeo do their evil shit.

  Storm lifted her arms, her eyes fshing a blinding white as she summoned a violent downpour. Thunder cracked like artillery fire, and rain hammered down, redug visibility to nearly zero, plus the added fog.

  "Let's give them a real taste of chaos," She whispered, unleashing a hail of lightning bolts that bsted through the mist like pierg spears. Each bolt hit with pinpoint accuracy, smming into peors, rooftops, and anythiely bustible. A transformer exploded, sending a shockwave that rattled the entire block, the crag lights plunging into darkness before emergency lights flickered to life.

  Guards were now scrambling in all dires, slipping in the slick, rain-slicked ground, shouting orders drowned out by the storm's fury. Blink took this advantage and used her portals to fuse the guards even more. She teleported a few of them to another base and some to the Shield's base. The rest were running around screaming and fused.

  "Let's go to the one," Storm smirked.

  Blink opehe portal, and Storm followed her through. They stepped out onto the rooftop of another sub-base. Storm wasted no time; she called on the winds, stirring them into a fierce tempest around the building. The storm howled, shattering windows and tossing debris into the air like deadly shrapnel. Guards ducked and scrambled, shielding their faces from the stinging rain and flying shards.

  Blink did what she did best aed the process of fusing and scattering the fused thugs.

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  [Aron's First Person POV]

  Ihe jet, we watched the chaos through a live feed. "Looks like they're doing their part," Natasha said, turning to me. "They're hitting the sub-bases hard, and it'll only be a matter of time before Bakuto gets desperate."

  Emma leaned ba her seat, her fiapping rhythmically against her armrest. "Perfect."

  And after they attacked a few more sub-bases, Bakuto finally lost his patiend he didn't have any other choice. He sent around 60% of his remaining forces to deal with the problem, leaving only 40% to guard the main building.

  Natasha put the jet on autopilot, allowing the AI to take over. We have arrived at our destination. She was about to wear her parachute...

  "Why wear that when I just teleport you outside the building?" I said, extending my right hand toward her.

  She gnced down at my hand before she let out a sigh. "I heard about you. So, you also teleport? That's very handy," She smiled as she held my hand.

  "What about me?" Emma said. She clearly wants to kie asses.

  "Have some faith in us and just stay inside. I promised, didn't I? I'll bring Chat safely to you and you gotta be prepared to heal her mind. So, sit tight," I said and we vanished from the jet, reappearing in a few blocks away from the main base.

  Natasha activated her skin-tight nano suit. The nanites spread over her body. Dang! She looks hot!

  "It was you back then, right?" She asked as she deployed the micro drones.

  "Why ask if you already know that?" I smirked.

  "Actually, I didn't know that until I heard your voice today," She replied, cheg the small s on her arm. It looked like a ser of some sort. "Haven't got the ce to iigate due to my busy schedule."

  "You haven't taken a break sihen?" I asked.

  "Nope. Caught Hammerhead and a few of his crew and came here right after," She replied, looking up at the tall building in front of us. "Looks like we got some advanced ons and armuards... Turrets aripwires are also installed on every floor... Oh, there are also motion sensors and hidden cameras..."

  "Wow! You really need a break," I said as I looked at the tiny s. It was all dots and numbers.

  "Says the guy who took down Stryker and Shaw within a month," She said with a chuckle.

  "And here you said, you didn't iigate me," I said, giving her a side gnce.

  "Well, I didn't but my friends did," She smirked. "Anyway, sit tight. I'll give you the signal when the dampeners are down. You rescue the girl." She activated the invisible mode and disappeared before my eyes.

  "Be careful," I muttered.

  I tried to use my telepathy and check things out my way and this will give me a rough idea about how powerful these power dampeners are. So, I teleported high in the sky and used my ice power to stand ohin ice sheets. It's like standing in the air. Since I'm a few blocks away from the building, the tech didn't affect me. But as I extended my telepathy, it was like trying to extend an invisible arm into a wall of solid metal.

  The power dampeners were strong. My power stopped approx. 100 meters away from the building.

  It's up to Natasha and her tact to disable those nasty techs.

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