Sheath, Part 6

Sheath Awoke

  Again she scaled up the side of the building, and again she went unseen.  Again she donned her suit, and again she leapt from roof to roof.  None bothered to look above their heads.  Thoughtless and noiseless she continued her journey until she reached her destination.  The thug had been right, you couldn't miss it.  The building was pointed directly pointed at the stars, as it spotlights lit up the sky.  It was painted gold, and had beams running up the side of the building.  Clearly it was a place meant to inflate one's ego... that is, if one could afford it.

  But something was wrong when Sheath looked through the glass doors.  There was a strange shape on the ground.  Slowly... it dawned on her... it was the body of the doorman... and he had been shot.  Sheath scowled, bullets and guns were the weapons of cowards.

  Not one to pause for long, Sheath flung open the door, and raced up the stairs!  She climbed floor after floor.  Stair after stair, She didn't bother with stealth, Sheath knew who the killer was and what he was after. 

  When she came to the door, Sheath looked through the peephole and saw what she had feared.  It was Caliber, he was a muscular man with a blond buzz- cut.  He had a ex-commando look, which made sense because he was one.  He also had guns, lots of them.  Almost every inch of his body was covered in rifles, pistols, and even a rpg. He had so many guns Sheath could not see hat he was wearing.  Caliber was destroying the room, that meant Calvin Brown wasn't there, but Sheath viewed this as the perfect time to take out the competition.

  She looked around, there was a air vent on the ground next to her.  Another look through the peephole showed that there was one in the penthouse.  A plan formulated itself.  She knelt down and pulled the vent right off the wall!  Then she started to crawl.  Slowly and silently she crawled until she got to the vent.  She looked out, Caliber was still there. Then, Sheath took out two smoke pellets.  It was very Hollywood, but it worked.  Then she placed the pellets between the grates.  Then she pulled back her leg, and kicked!!!  The grate flew off the wall and hit the ground!  Making the pellets break and filling the room with smoke!

"What the?!" he yelled, but Sheath had already moved into the room.

"Smoke pellets? Really? That is so Hollywood!"  Sheath said nothing. "Look! I'm guessing that you're the other merc, but you have to realize something! Brown would still be here if you hadn't left a warehouse full of bodies!"  Sheath still didn't talk.  Suddenly he whipped around and fried the two rifles! RATTA RATTA RATTA!!!  Sheath dodged left, and hid behind the couch, but now he was firing blindly.  RATTA RATTA RATTA!!!

"You don't talk much for a merc!" RATTA RATTA RATTTA!!!  He kept swinging his guns around and firing!  Sheath was safe, but for how long?  The smoke was starting to clear.  Then Sheath formed a plan. She drew two throwing stars, and waited. Then the smoke cleared!

"Finally I can see!"  Sheath leapt over the couch and threw the stars!  THUNK THUNK!!! ARGGHH!!!  The two shuriken had struck his hands!  Then he dropped his guns!  While he recovered Sheath rushed him!  She drew her sword and sliced! Though he was ready and stepped back! 

"You want some of this?!"  Sheath lunged forward, but he sidestepped!  Then she brought the sword down overhead! Though somehow... he caught it midair!  Sheath didn't waste a moment, she kicked him onto and ground, spun her sword around, and stabbed!  He stopped moving, stopped breathing, he was dead.

Mercilessly she stepped over his body to the computer.  Then she went into Brown's email.  The fool was still logged in.  She found a email that looked right. It was, it was a email telling all of his men where his safehouse was.  It was perfect, she sent the email to herself, and walked down out down the stairs.  Tomorrow... she would find Brown.