White Heat Beast
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I ducked into an old kitchen and ripped some pipes from under the sink, I was gonna take that Apache out! I hid my backpack, and low crawled through the building as fast as I could, the Apache was just firing rounds in the building like crazy!
I saw a guy drop down out of the Apache, about 30 feet to the ground without a rope, he was huge and physically enhanced with bionic body parts, and coming after me full speed. He ran in the building and I met him at the door with a pipe in each hand, I smacked him in the face with one, then the other, but I noticed the skin peeled back from his cheekbones, revealed metallic plates.
He was some type of cyborg. He did a roundhouse kick and knocked me off my feet. I ran into the next room, and he burst through the wall screaming! I dropped the pipes and we started going head to head and blow for blow. He reached for a double leg takedown as I jumped in the air and hit him in the nose with a solid powerful blow from my knee, pushing the flesh back and revealing a metallic nose bone. Then his nose began to bleed, so I taunted him saying, “So you bleed?”
He pulled out an electric dagger and tried to stab me in the head with it. I caught the blade with my right hand, before it touched my face. I was growling and holding it with my bare hand. I started feeling strength surge through my body at an increased rate. I felt my eyes burning, like they were on fire! He was using both hands, trying to push the blade into my face! We struggled at a stalemate for a moment; then I snapped the blade, elbowed him in the face and turned my back to him, running into a hallway.
As he came after me, I spun around with the blade clutched in my fist and slit his throat. It almost took his whole head off! He fell to the ground on all fours and quickly bled out.
I noticed he had a gun on his side, which he didn’t use, so I took it and ran outside toward the Apache Helicopter; as it was trying to turn and retreat.
I jumped as high as I could, and barely grabbed hold of it. As I climbed inside, the pilot was franticly speaking Russian on a cell phone.
I said, “What the fuck are you doing with this thing in American airspace!” He dropped the phone and reached for a gun so I blew his brains out. Then I grabbed the phone, and jumped out the Apache before it crashed into the side of the abandoned apartment building. I ran back in the building and got my backpack before it burned up.
As I sprinted out the building, the helicopter was simultaneously crashing into the Apartment structure and causing a series of explosions. There was not a soul outside; no police cars, no sirens, nothing. Then an explosion rocked the ground, as the Helicopter caused a huge blazing inferno. It looked like the whole block was filled with vacant lots, smoke, abandoned buildings and empty houses. I imagined the police would be showing up soon, because that last explosion was quite impressive.
So I picked up my pace to a light jog and started fumbling with the cell phone. Half way down the next block, I smiled, because it was unlocked and full of numbers. I was determined to find out who was behind all this madness, and on my terms, not theirs. Then I opened up the phone number contacts. I stopped for a second, shocked at a few of the names on the list, and said, “Let’s start with these assholes here.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steven Jennings is just an average guy who loves science fiction. He wanted to create a book that made the character real, showing his background history, his weaknesses and his challenges. This book is the first of what Steven hopes will be a series of books about Shawndre Allen Brown, the indestructible man.