Ugh.

The Chosen vs Viper

Kenzie 2 motioned for me to move up with her. She was going those hand motions that you see then do in the movies, which would have been funny if I wasn’t freaking the fuck out. I inched along, wincing at every step.

We were hidden along the left of the fence around the house, while the other four girls were on the other side. Kenzie had split into her two selves. Her costume reacted accordingly, somehow duplicating with her. No clue how it works. She also briefly explained that Kenzie 2 is ‘expendable’. Kenzie 2 punched Kenzie 1 in the arm at this, and said that it’s true but that ‘dying hurts’, so she’d rather avoid it if at all possible.

Kenzie stopped and gave me the thumbs up. This was my cue… fuck.

I’d devised a plan, but I didn’t like it. It started with me hopping over the fence and seeing if a window was unlocked.

I tried the first window after seeing that it was in an empty room. Locked.

I peeked my head to the next room. I didn’t try and open it, because I saw a large man sleeping. He had an AK on his stomach as he snored on a couch. I felt lightheaded when I looked at him.

The next window was to the bathroom, which was unlocked and empty. I slid it open slowly and crawled my way inside, Kenzie 2 following behind.

My plan kept the other girls outside for backup in case things go wrong. I could be shot, and Kenzie 2 could die. The girls argued that they can handle danger and had been doing this longer than me… which… yeah, makes sense…. But, I couldn’t make a plan that involved putting them in danger! That would be so fucked up! Kenzie convinced the others to let it happen.

My heart skipped a beat as I heard footsteps coming to the door. I leaped forward and locked the door. The figure on the other side turned the knob, jiggling it a few times.

“Uh… occupied!” I called out, using a deeper voice.

“Hurry up, I gotta piss!” The figure called back.

Shit. I needed to get him to leave. “It’s… I’m shitting! It’s, like, gonna be a while!”

The voice groaned. Kenzie 2 covered her mouth to cover a giggle.

“Fucking… come get me when you’re done, asswipe!” The steps walked off.

I let out a shaky sigh of relief. That voice wasn’t Viper’s… so that meant at least two people who weren’t the target were here, right? Unless he was the AK guy….

After I was sure he had to have been far enough away, I slowly creeped the door open, peeking my head out. I tried to flex my head the best I could, just in case.

The hallway was clear. There were a surprising/ annoying amount of doors in the hallway. I steeled myself and stepped out. I guess it was time to try and find the-

A door opened and Viper stepped out. He was yawning as he scrolled on his phone, not even looking up. He wore his mask inside? Why?

Kenzie 2 and I looked at each other.

I pulled my fist back and punched him in the face as hard as I could.

My pulled my fist back and yelped; holy shit, punching someone hurts!

Viper groaned, falling to the floor and grabbing his face. “What the fu-?!”

Kenzie 2 swiftly kicked him in the throat, causing him to cough violently. She followed the move with another kick to the head, knocking him out instantly.

“I’ll grab him, you deal with the guards.” Kenzie 2 winked, throwing the **** **** dealer over her shoulder like he was nothing,

“What?” I asked. There weren’t any-

Three guards exited out of other doors in the hallway. One was the AK guy, and the other two didn’t have weapons.

I looked at where Kenzie was, but she was throwing Viper out of the bathroom window we’d come from.

“Who the hell are you?!” The AK guy yelled.

“I’m… Target.”

“Huh?!” He pointed his gun at me.

A sudden sense of focus came over me. I was still terrified, but I felt… aware. “Put the gun down. I don’t want to hurt you.” I feigned confidence.

“Fuck off!” He shouted, pulling the trigger.

I could tell where he was aiming. I was already flexing my chest before he’d even yelled. I’d seen three steps ahead. Chess, not checkers, eh? The bullet seemed to go through midair in slow-motion. I could watch as it spun towards me.

The bullet tore through my leg. He had apparently adjusted his aim.

Fuck.

“OW, HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! MY FUCKING…. AGH!!!!!” I screamed, grabbing my leg as I crumpled to the floor.

“Tell me where the fuck you’re from!” The AK guy yelled.

The front door burst open, a fireball blowing it off its hinges. The trio of goons turned to see what the commotion was.

Sara, Kate, and a Kenzie entered. Costumed and heroic-looking. “Put the gun down. We don’t want to hurt you.”

“This fucker just said that, and look at him!” One of the guys pointed at my pathetic, whimpering body.

The AK guy took aim. There was nothing I could do to stop-

Sara teleported directly next to the AK, grabbing it. She yanked the gun out of his hands and held in like a baseball bat, whacking him in the back of his head. He fell instantly.

While the other two were panicking over the teleporting girl, Kate and whichever-Kenzie-this-one-is jumped to action. Kate engulfed one man in flames, and Kenzie kicked the other in the crotch. The flaming man screamed, and the nuts-guy fell, holding his jewels as he pissed himself. Maybe he was the guy that needed to use the potty? Not important, I guess.

Kate punched the flaming guy in the face, spraying water through her punch. It doused the guy, killing the water. The third-degree burns and the punch combined into a decent combo, causing him to collapse as well.

I screamed. Not from those events I just transcribed, but from the blood gushing from my leg.

“Hygieia, come in here! Target is hit!” Sara called.

Ava rushed in, running towards me without a second thought. She just winced as she healed me, her white light making my wound glow as I was fixed.

“I thought your entire thing was not being able to be shot?” Ava grumbled.