Project Faction - Mirella Juniper ~ version 0.2
#1 of WIPs
"Your part is done, Juniper." He said to his partner, despite the pain.
"But you can't do it alone. You need me, now more than ever." Juniper Replied, understanding his intentions.
"My leg is shredded, June. I'm bleeding out as we speak. The charges are set, and I've got the detonator. Go." He said, pointing to the vent. "Take the vents back to the bottom floor and leave. Use my cloaking device." He finished, handing the small machine to her. Tears welled up in Juniper's eyes. The thought of losing him was too much.
"...North...I can't just..." She started, her voice cracking. She felt North's hands take hold of hers.
"Think of SpectraSYS. If you take me back, I'll be useless. If you die with me, they'll have lost a damn good agent. I love you Mirella, and I want you to make it out of this alive and bring SpectraSYS to the top. The guards will be here soon, take the vent before they realize there's two of us." He said, letting go of her hands. She wiped the tears form her eyes with a sniff and went for the vent on the far side of the room.
As he lay there, the pain in his body became more apparent. He rolled over onto his stomach and began crawling to the large window on the north side of the room. He looked out over the city from Keyura Company's sixth floor. Beautiful city lights shown brightly as far as he could see; tall skyscrapers in the distance with smaller buildings crowding them on all sides. The lights of the city dimmed, growing fainter as the pain dulled. He was dying.
As Mirella crawled through the ducts, memories returned to her from years past; the time her and North met. She had been living on the streets, stealing from people's houses and pick-pocketing people. She had bumped into him one night, distracting him from her sticky fingers. North was fast though, catching her wrist before she could reach his wallet. After discovering she was homeless, he let her stay at his large house until she was back on her feet. Seeing her slight of hand, he set her up with SpectraSYS, a new company dedicated to supplying other companies with the ever-growing demand for spying equipment. They had their own agents, as was the norm in this day and age. Soon enough, love flourished between them, North's home becoming hers as well. Returning from her memory, Mirella smiled, tears welling up in her eyes. She reached a grating in the bottom of the vent, leading into the shipping area of the first floor. Readying her keypad decoder, she opened the vent.
Movement caught North's eye. As he focused on it, he saw Mirella dashing into the nearby alley, wiping her eyes again. He hoped she would have the strength to continue on. She had always been shy and hesitant. After only a few moments, the Keyura security found him.
"There he is!" One shouted at the end of the hall.
"Looks like the fera-bots got 'im." Another said., seeing the large amount of red on the brown carpet.
"What are you waiting for? Go get the damn body bag!" A third said. The others obeyed immediately, leaving to get a body bag. The guard approached him and leaned closer, getting a good view of his face. North's eyes snapped open and a smile appeared on his face.
"This is the end of Keyura..." He said, holding up the detonator. The guard started, taking a step back before aiming his InTopia rifle at the bleeding wolf. North pulled the trigger, detonating the mines, toppling the building in a bright flash of fire and shrapnel.
Keyura specializes in explosives, and I'm blowing them up...with their own mines... North's last thought echoed through his mind before being engulfed in flames.