Confrontations: A Wolf Pretending To Be A Sheep, Part 3 - Gun To Gun, Part 2

Aaron focused his attention on detecting threats and just as he expected there were more than a few waiting for him on this floor alone. Being able to see through the walls was certainly an advantage and it sure made what Aaron was about to do next a breeze... Aaron saw two Men, one in each apartment on either side of the hall from where he was standing. Aaron raised his guns and placed them against the wall, closed his eyes and took a deep breath before firing.

The Hypershock Fractal Point Rounds were the round of choice for most shooters as they eliminated the need for a suppressor, could penetrate most substances with ease, and with more durable materials like metal and concrete the entrance and exit was clean with very little damage other than the hole through and through of course but when it came to flesh, the bullet fragmented and atomized upon entry, causing massive internal damage and causing an explosive exit wound without any actual fragments or shrapnel. Most Modern Firearms are designed with features in mind using this type of ammunition, allowing the shooter to control the level of damage these rounds inflict or the way the bullet interacts with certain materials either by clicking a selector switch on the side of the weapon or by twisting the barrel to alter its rifling characteristics and in some cases like The Leo Arcavald Tec-9, both of these features may be present in the same weapon.

The result as I'm sure you can imagine was a simple one... Massive physical trauma with very little property damage. Both Men were dead a fraction of a second after Aaron pulled the trigger, Their backs exploding in a shower of blood that covered the room in a ghastly mosaic of bloody carnage.

Aaron saw both Men die a quick and brutal **** in a split screen view that inspired not an once of sympathy as their torn and lifeless bodies landed on their backs on the floor inside their respective apartments.

Aside from a small ping as the bullets passed through some metal pipes and the clatter of the bodies as they hit the floor, These two lives passed from existence with nary a sound.

Aaron rotated his wrists slightly, slowly moving his arms forward, and adjusting as needed while firing. By the time Aaron stopped he had ended seven more potential threats and his guns were touching slide to slide in front of him at chest level.

Aaron hadn't lowered his weapons, having sensed an enemy coming his way from the floor above thanks to his all-seeing eyes in the sky. Not a second later, A Man holding a gun to a Woman's head stepped out of the stairwell., "Shut Up Bitch!," Aaron heard the gunman grunt, dragging the Woman along in front of him as a Human Shield.

Analyzing the situation Aaron couldn't help but notice that as far as hostages go the gunman had picked a good one considering that in her heels she was a bit taller than him so he seemed less cowardly hiding behind her if that's possible. Something else he noticed was that the Man, at least according to what he had seen of his facial features appeared to be Egyptian which caused Aaron to wonder., "Is He From The Congress?" The Man's accent also seemed to lend credence to Aaron's suspicion that he was Egyptian but such things could be faked so Aaron didn't take it as conclusive proof, Just another piece to the puzzle.

"Drop your Guns or I will blow this American Whore's brains all over these walls!"

The Woman struggled., "Please! Please Help Me!," Pleaded the attractive brunette hostage., "DON'T LET HIM KILL ME!"

Unfazed by her sobbing., "Let Her Go and I Will Allow You To Leave Unharmed.," Aaron addressed the gunman icily.

The Man's only response was to spit.

Keeping his eyes trained on the Man in front of him, Aaron took a slow deep breath, relaxed his body and slowly dropped his right arm down to his side and then behind his leg while keeping the other gun trained on the Woman in front of him in case an opening presented itself.

"Don't Do It BOY I Will Kill This BITCH!," The Gunman snarled angrily.

"I Believe You."

"I WILL KILL HER!," The Gunman screamed, cocking the hammer back on the gun he held to her temple.

"So be it., " Aaron sighed., "... K̷̼̰͙̻̝̦͔̮͛͋̉̔͑̓̂̅͌͜͝e̷̛̥̝͇̞̠̭̮̮̐̂̌k̶̡͒̅̾̾̍ ̷̢̥͎̯͇̩̑̕K̷̡͍̺̣͔̹̱͔̤̫̃̎͋̇͝o̷̖̠̣͔̠͆̄̈͌̌͊ş̴̛̩̫͇͓̮̲̥̈́͒̃̓͑̓͝͝s̸̛̛̘̫̪̳͇̦̤̩̔̆̐̊̈́ọ̷̢̟͚̥̦̞̳͊́̉͂̾̀̈͊̚t̷̞̉ ̵̟̤͔̭̠͖̟̽͆̈̊̏̾͊͑̿ͅK̸̢̲̮̽͌̀ạ̷̱̝̠̠̤̦͔̒͜l̶̨̖̼̗͑̆̋̍ͅa̸̧͚̼̤̪̰̱͐̐̓̈́̆̏̈́c̴̩̮͖̱͋̏̇͠h̶̛̲̮̑̅̈́̅̽́͠.," The words flowed from Aaron's lips, seemingly without his knowledge and the moment the gunman heard them his eyes widened and his skin turned ashen. He was unable to say much but he did manage to mumble a single word., "... P-Pale Sha..."

Aaron saw the gunman's reaction but he thought it was simply that the Man knew he couldn't react in time to save himself and had resigned himself to the inevitable, meanwhile, moving with blinding speed Aaron took several steps forward at the same time he brought his arm out from behind him and up at a sharp angle, squeezing the trigger of the Tec-9, and firing dead center of the Woman's forehead.

Logically speaking what happened next would seem obvious... The Woman directly in the path of the bullet was going to die but the manner in which the bullet moved was a peculiar one as it traveled in a wide spiral as it made its way toward her, brushing a few loose strands of hair out of her eyes as it followed the circumference of her skull mere millimeters away from her skin but never touching. The Man behind her was thrown twenty feet, landing on his stomach, an enormous fist-sized hole in the back of his head. The bullet had apparently entered his skull through left eye... He was dead before he was propelled into the air by the **** of the impact.

The Woman was obviously in shock having been taken hostage and then nearly killed by the Man she thought was her savior. Her entire body trembled and she hesitantly turned to look at the person that had nearly gotten her killed. Probably not a smart idea in hindsight Ladies because the ghastly sight awaiting her was of a Man laying face down in a pool of blood with a hole clear through his skull so large she could easily see the bloody floor through it.

Screaming, the Woman turned and rushed toward Aaron. She threw her arms around him and began sobbing into his chest., "I... T-Thought... I Was... Going To... DIEeeeee!"

Aaron softly caressed her hair., "It's okay. You're safe now."

The frightened Woman looked up at Aaron, Her makeup an absolute mess from all the crying.

"The entrance is blocked and I can't take you with me... It'd be too dangerous for the both of us but the lobby is clear and there are plenty of places to hide.," Aaron said as he guided her to the stairs. Aaron pointed out where the booby traps were and told her to be careful before turning to continue his ascent up the building.

The former hostage watched Aaron depart, giving the stairs a look as she smiled and held up one of the matte black Chinese G31s Aaron had stuffed in the waistband of his pants. Pulling the slide back to check the weapon she turned to go after Aaron only to find him standing there with one of his guns pointed at her head.

His voice was cold with a cruel edge as he spoke., "Did you really think I was that stupid? You shouldn't have been so careful to avoid the trap in the hall... But then again how could you know?"

Aaron smiled as she raised the gun and shot, Aaron turned his body to the side just as she squeezed the trigger, narrowly avoiding taking one to the chest while discharging his Tec-9 into her skull. To avoid setting off any of the booby traps on the stairs he grabbed her hand and pulled her toward him, removing the gun from her hand and putting it back in his waistband. Aaron let her lifeless body fall to the floor in a heap before taking the holstered Blake-Kenner from his leg holster and starting back down the hall.

Aaron avoided the pressure plate in the floor and headed up the stairs to the third floor. Aaron scanned the door and found that it had been fitted with a small explosive device. If he opened the door it would go off, He could open the door just enough to cut the wires connecting it to the door frame but that seemed too easy so he ran a deep scan and moments later his suspicions were confirmed. The device had been rigged to explode if any of the wires were cut. Aaron stepped back from the door and affixed a couple of breaching charges near the hinges and locking mechanism before going back down the stairs so as not to get caught in the blast. Once he was sure he wouldn't catch any shrapnel he pulled the remote from his pocket and armed the charges then with a click of a switch the door was blown from its hinges which also detonated the device already attached to it.

Ten seconds later, Aaron came through the door guns blazing to mop up what remained of his opposition on that floor, putting the wounded out of their misery as he carefully made his way through the floor. Eventually Aaron stopped, guns at the ready as he looked back and forth between the wall on either side of him., "First They're Intent On Killing Me and Now... They Want To Capture Me... What An Interesting Group This Is."

Aaron was somewhat surprised by the trap he saw waiting for him but he figured that since they hadn't had much luck trying to kill him they decided to switch tactics and try to capture him, hoping for better luck. They had apparently opened the wall from the apartment side and inserted several stacks of Military-Grade Jack-In-The-Boxes.

It was a cute name for a very dangerous piece of military hardware., "Transparent Interconnected Laser Web Coupled With Motion Detectors... Is Someone Overcompensating?"

"From These Readings, It Appears That They Aren't Using Lethal ****... Too Bad... It Wouldn't Have Worked Anyway.," Thought Aaron as he reached down and ran the tip of his left index finger in a clockwise circle on the device attached to the back of his right hand causing the device to light up and the hum it had been emitting since Aaron put it on and activated it to increase. Aaron stepped directly into the trap's activation area and barbed cables crackling with electricity immediately exploded from both walls but instead of impaling Aaron and incapacitating him, the cables glanced off a radiant field of light that shimmered to life all around him.

Aaron lifted his guns and quickly dispatched the Men inside the apartments on either side of him and calmly walked down the hall., "This Light Shield Is Great... Definitely Need To Get Me One of These."

After adding the acquisition of a Light Shield to his mental checklist, Aaron proceeded on his way.

"Four... No Six Men.," Aaron thought examining the scans of an apartment coming up on his right. Aaron made sure that there were no innocents in the apartment or who might get caught in the crossfire nearby. Luckily,The building was practically deserted except for a few people scattered across the different floors. Aaron thought that was weird but Gog sent him some real estate and development records that quickly cleared everything up. The building was apparently being sold to a large overseas conglomerate looking to invest in foreign real estate and as a result the current occupants were being **** to move which is why there were so few people still living in the building. Under the current circumstances, Aaron wasn't concerned... In fact their misfortune had worked in his favor sad as that may be. Better staying with relatives or looking for a place to stay than laying on a slab in the morgue downtown.

Aaron had been moving as quietly as he could, **** herself would have congratulated him personally had she not been busy reaping the lives of The Men he had so recently killed. Aaron moved as soundlessly as a shadow, seemingly gliding along the floor until he came to the door of the apartment where the Men were waiting for any signs of the enemy. Aaron had instructed Gog to jam their scanners so they wouldn't pick him up.

Aaron scanned the door and he saw no booby traps... In fact, They hadn't even bothered to lock it and why should they really?

"Hmm. Should I Knock or Just Open The Door and Walk In?," Aaron pondered and after a couple of seconds he smiled., "Guess I'll Just Knock and See What Happens."

Aaron raised his right leg until his knee was practically touching his chest, took a deep breath before twisting the lower portion of his leg to the side and striking the door dead center as he exhaled, causing the heavy wooden door to explode in a shower of wood splinters and twisted metal before diving into the room.

Understandably, The six Men waiting to ambush him were surprised that their target had decided to attack them instead. Several of the Men fired wildly out of surprise while the others sought cover to keep from being shot before they would determine the whereabouts of the maniac that had burst into the room like a Prize Bull in a China Shop.

Aaron reached behind him and grabbed a series of small cube-like objects from a pouch on his belt and tossed them in the direction of the door where they buried into the door jamb like some kind of metal ticks. There was an intense flash of red light and then... Nothing.

Aaron had taken cover behind a sturdy sofa which did a decent job absorbing the simple, relatively slow moving lead slugs his enemies were using which is why he chose it before entering the room in the first place., "Thank The Gods For Modern Furniture Design."

Aaron used his satellites to pinpoint each Man's position in the room as well as any features of the room itself which he could use to his advantage while formulating his strategy. It didn't take Aaron long to discover a hidden ace in the room in the form of a partially uncovered steel girder running across the ceiling from one side of the room to the other and it was positioned perfectly. Aaron didn't even have to risk breaking cover however quickly and he could take out half of the enemy if all went well.

Aaron quickly ran the calculations in his head and double checked them with his computer via Gog to make absolutely certain he was correct before taking aim. Aaron aimed at the ceiling beam and fired, adjusting almost instantly and firing again then again.

The gunmen took cover but it was too late, The first bullet ricocheted off the beam and angled downwards striking one of the gunmen before he even knew what was happening, entering through the top of his skull just behind his hairline and tearing through the center of his brain, simultaneously obliterating and cauterizing everything it touched before exiting through the base of his skull, destroying his brain stem and at least two of his cervical vertebra... Not that he was aware of anything at this point.

The other two gunman realized that **** was raining down on them, One tried to run while another looked up out of reflex. The one looking up took the bullet dead center of the bridge of his nose shattering his nasal cavity and causing the back of his head to explode like a ripe watermelon filled with dynamite while the other gunman turned and tried to dive out of the way. The bullet entered between the L2 and L3 Vertebrae before completely disemboweling him. It was cold, it was brutal, and it was efficient. Aaron neither asked for any mercy nor offered it.

Body Count:

For Those of You Who Are Interested In The Number of Bodies Dropped By Aaron But Don't Want To Go Too All The Trouble of Pulling Out A Tally Sheet and Keeping Track Yourself:

• 14 Confirmed Kills (Including One Lying Bitch)
  
• 8 Unconfirmed Kills