Chapter 12

I was afraid that dad would wake up, so I walked outside, reveling in the feeling of freedom. Well, as much as I had, no matter how fleeting.

I almost giggled again as I felt the frustration of the fifth amping up even more. I could barely feel his emotions as he was starting to think I had died.

I shook my head no, as soon as dad and I had a plan, I was going to take the fifth. This one had been with the others for a long time. He was the first that had replaced the five that had died.

It appeared that the five before him had been a part of the original ten. It was kind of shocking that they were still at it after so long.

I shook my head as I thought that the ones after the fifth, were going to be powerful as hell. Another thing I was thinking about, they had been at it a long time. That would make them far smarter than the first four slugs that they had sent after me.

Dad woke up as it was starting to get dark, amazed when he saw that I had taken care of the fire. “I thought you were blind,” he said.

I sighed, “Mostly, I am dad, though I can see colors and feel everything that is around me. I know you have a green shirt on and grey slacks.” I smiled as he dropped with a thump.

“But, I thought that you were completely blind. I didn’t know you couldn’t see a bit still,” Dad said, still in shock.

“Uh no Dad, I am completely blind. These two things,” here I pointed towards my eyes. “They don’t work at all. I am blind as in nothing,” I said.

“You just described what I have on how in the hell?” he said hesitantly.

“I can sense it. I can’t actually see anything. So, I am blind basically,” I told him.

Dad just shook his head. I guess he hadn’t really been listening when I first told him. It was a surprise when he suddenly wrapped me in his arms and held me close.

“I’m so sorry baby girl, I was so stressed about your mom and the accident. I ... I should have been there more for you,” he said as he hung his head.

“I know dad, I just can’t believe that mom did that to you. I also know that it was the care that I needed that was why she left,” I said.

“No baby girl, it wasn’t you as much as it was me. She thought that I should have stayed home more to care for you. She said that she couldn’t do it all. I think she wanted an excuse to leave. God knows she had hinted at it for the last few years,” Dad said with a shake of his head.

I could see that this was weighing heavily on him. “For now, dad, we just need to figure a way out of this. You’d think that after all this? That they would finally give up.”

Dad sighed and shook his head, “To them, you are a weapon that they can use ‘til you die. I will be damned if I will let that happen. I have a lot more knowledge on this than most people,” Dad said with a look of determination on his face.

It was at that moment that I knew that all that had happened before, was a warm-up. I knew dad had been in a lot of black ops, but I feel I was about to know more.

“You need to find out everything that you can about each one of them so we can plan. This next one is the first replacement that they had, so he’s not as good as the rest. When you defeat him, you need to get everything that you can from him before he dies,” Dad said with a grim look on his face.

We sat there for several hours planning what to do, in different situations. I also worked on delving deeper into the human mind, not as easily as I thought.

I knew that most of the Ultimates were truly dark evil asses. Dad kept trying to impress on me that they wouldn’t hesitate to kill me, among other things.

I realized that, yes, I had killed before, but I knew beforehand that they deserved it. I wasn’t as sure about these new killers that were after me.

I could still feel the fifth one that was searching for me. I could also feel the frustration that he had at not feeling me at all.

Dad was happy that he couldn’t, but was afraid that they might find us soon. So, for the second time, Dad said we needed to go back into the mountains.

I could barely remember the cabin Dad had taken me to not too long ago. “Can you move the both of us there?” he asked.

When I nodded he smiled as he started to touch spots on the walls and doorways. My mouth dropped open as hidden compartments dropped open with many high-powered weapons. Though the bazookas and rocket launchers were the biggest surprises.

It took several trips for us to get all of the weapons transferred. “Geez dad, been to weapons are us lately?” I said.

“Oh, sorry hun, this is only part of them. The rest are in the garage, not sure, we have enough time to grab all of them,” he said calmly.

My mouth dropped open as I looked at the huge pile of weapons on the floor of the cabin living room. Dad walked up and closed my mouth with a little chuckle. “I don’t understand,” I said.

My mouth fell open again as he touched a part of the wall, and it slid down, revealing a panel. A panel that had indicators for several weapon systems.