Chapter 10

Romotine paced the room his anger apparent from the many destroyed things around him. He had tried the doctor for over an hour then had gone to his place. They hadn’t found anything to suggest a struggle, robbery nothing. Damnit! Without the doctor, there was no way he could recruit those they had captured. Sitting with a thud he stared at the wall trying to think of something. He had been there an hour when he remembered that Natasha was also a doctor, why the hell hadn’t he thought of this before!

Grabbing his cell phone, he dialed Natasha’s number. After a minute she answered sleepily, Romotine explained that he needed her as a doctor. It seemed that the doctor had disappeared, lying he also told her that the doctor had taken her mother and sister also. Smiling, because she knew he wasdesperate, she listened to him prattle on about what he needed, that she was the only one that could help him continue on with the glorious plan. Natasha looked over to Tahir sending him all that Romotine said. Saying she was far outside the city and it’d be a day for her to get back the leader thanked her and disconnected.

After getting dressed, they made their way to the Captain’s office to once again revise their plans. To say that Roberts wasn’t pleased was an understatement. “If we lose either of you we might as well give ourselves up to Romotine without a fight.” Exasperated to no end, he shook his head at the new cockamamie plan that Tahir and the women had devised this time.

“Ok, the way I see it,” started Tahir, “he isn’t nearly as strong as May and I, we can paralyze him then transport. Kim you’ll have be our eyes and ears, Natasha with your heightened abilities no one is really a match for you, unless you start to tire, you can team up with kim and keep us all safe.Tatyanna, you’ll have to be the bait, I will do everything I can to find and return your son.”

Tahir hoped he wasn’t making a promise he couldn’t keep.”When I enter his mind you will have to keep him down till I can seal him or get him with the doctor’s apparatus. The way I look at it, either way will be dangerous, he has more command in his brain than any other I have ever seen.”

The Captain was about to speak when Natasha’s phone went off again. Quieting the others Natasha listened and only said yes for a few minutes. Hanging up Natasha’s face was grim.

“The little bastard wants me to find him some more women, I can’t do it knowing what he will do to them.” Natasha shook more from anger than fear, “I’m afraid I’d try to kill him if I saw him”

“I know Natasha but we have to play this out,” Tahir said, “This is the only chance we will have to finally get this bastard.”

“We only have 12 hours to plan and get in place,” Roberts stated, “I am against this plan but I was against the last and it was a complete success.” Tahir sat going over the plan as he had last time they couldn’t fail.

The next day as they were preparing to leave Roberts stopped Tahir for a moment. “I was informed a few hours ago, that the military is standing by to render aid if you have need of it. They are on this frequency, the code to call for help is raiders are a go, good luck I hope you can nail that bastard.”

“Thanks Captain, this may take a few days you’ll be the first to know when we have him here.” Tahir went over the instructions again with Tatyanna, she was the one he was the most worried about. With no abilities and none that he could awaken he was afraid for her the most. “May remember we have to shield her as much as possible.”

May was afraid also, though Tahir had taught her how to shield another, she had practiced for hours till Tahir was sure she could do it. Even with all this she was afraid she would falter and they’d lose Tatyanna, if that happened she just knew that Tahir would hate her and she couldn’t live with that.

Hell for only the second time in her life she felt she was falling for a man, she had almost walked in on Tahir and Natasha the other night. She could only stare at them as they made love, god how she had wanted to join them! The funny thing was she had spoken to Kim, who was in love with him also, she hadn’t been jealous.

Walking up to Tahir she decided to take a chance,” Tahir?” she asked.

“Yes May, what is it?” he replied surpried by the hungry look in her eyes.

“Before we go I have to tell you something,” grabbing his face she deeply kissed him, feeling her entire soul going into the kiss, “I think I am falling in love with you also, I have never met a man like you before, nor do I think I ever will again.”

May stood back her head hung low waiting for his rejection the rejection she always seemed to get from almost all men. Natasha and Kim smiled, in unison they said

“It’s about time!” Tahir could only stand there in shock all three of them loved him!

“Before I answer May, I have to say this” May’s head hung lower she just knew he’d reject her. “I have known you all for quite a while, I have more than enjoyed working with you. I was more than happy to save each and every one of you. Now I have to say, May I fell in love with you that day I finally started to heal you,”

May’s face lit up. “Yo ... yo ... you love me? No man has ever said that to me!” her eyes were alight with a new found love.

“I was afraid at first to take all of you with me even with your abilities, lately though, I have found that strong emotions like hate and love, intensifies the abilities.” Smiling Tahir touched each of their faces and softly said to all three, “especially love.”

After they were there Tahir reached out and found a place, near Romotine’s place that was safe for them all to hide in. Later that day May tied up, Tatyanna and Natasha walked to Romotine’s place. Walking up the long flight of steps the slowly approached his apartment.

“I don’t care, you look again, I can feel more people out there hiding,” he was screaming at the guard another in a long line that had survived so far. Knocking Natasha entered with the two other women.

“Leader, I found mama wondering the streets,” she lied hoping he bought the story that was about to unfold.

“My precious Tatyanna,” he shouted as she looked at him with vacant eyes, “what is wrong with her?”

“I don’t know leader when I found her she only said over and over he took her, he was in my head.”

Romotine stared at his sister, his brilliant sister now it seemed reduced to nothing more than an empty shell.

“There was no sign of your sister? No clues?” he asked his voice having risen higher almost to a nasal whine.

“No leader that was why I was gone so long, I was resting after searching a whole day,” hanging her head to help the lie more she whispered. “I have lost her again, both of them,” to punctuate the lie more, she started crying. Putting his arms around her he actually tried to comfort her, Natasha thought she was going to be sick, the mere fact that he had touched her caused he to almost vomit.

Sniffling to hide her revulsion, she reached to May who they had altered her face so that the leader couldn’t recognise her.

“This was a woman I found on the way in, she is mostly sedated, as per you instructions.”

“Yes, yes” the leader waved them away, “not now I am depressed about my beautiful and brilliant sister. Send the guards in as you leave” with that he walked them to the door, “you rest I need you to start converting the men in the morning, then we can march on washington. Once I have it, this pitful excuse of a country will crumble.”

Natasha relayed everything back to Tahir, so far everything was going according to plan. After they had stripped and tied her up spread eagled on the bed the leader didn’t even look at her. As the day progressed Romotine only paced before laying down for the night. Tahir and the others had been preparing for this all day.

Soon as he was asleep, May induced a deeper sleep in him. Appearing next to her Tahir released her and helped her up. Both of them reaching out to Romotine, Tahir began the journey to find the brother, at first he had a hard time finding anything. The man’s mind was a vast wasteland of hate.

Soon, though, he began to get images, the brother was, it seemed, moved constantly. Sighing Tahir saw at least he wasn’t in stasis like the women had been. Reaching out Tahir tried to pull the brother to him ah! damnit! he was moving again it appeared that when he stopped Tahir was going to have to go there.

With the first part of the mission out of the way, Tahir delveled deeper knowing he had to work fast, May was there also watching. Snapping the first five he came to, Tahir was sealing them when he heard the screaming and yelling heading his way. He had just finished with the second set of five and was reaching for another when Romotine attacked. Snapping the third set caused Romotine to scream louder, May was holding him off wonderfully. All the minor abilities gone Tahir snapped the first set of five major abilities this took alot longer as they were the thickest he had ever seen them in anyone.

Knowing that May wasn’t going to last much longer he reached for the thickest one of all, snapping it was the hardest thing he had ever done. Finally sealing it, he told May to go. Taking over the battle of wills Tahir laughed at him.

“You’ve already lost you pathetic little worm,” Tahir was sneering at him. “I’ve already severed many ofyour abilities your more like a toothless dog.” Telling May to keep him asleep Tahir withdrew. Kim shouted a warning that there were several guards heading their way.

<Natasha you will have to help May, I am going after your brother, Romotine has been stripped of many of his abilities but he’s still dangerous, just make sure that he stays asleep I can feel him fighting it now.>

Feeling the brother finally stop Tahir slipped to where he was. Surprised when he saw to coffin like chamber the young man was in Tahir could see that he was just out from the gas they gave him every few hours. Also surprising was the amount of abilitied men Romotine had guarding him.

Tahir counted at least fifty maybe more, obviously Romotine had been expecting something like this as these were some of the stronger of the men he had, at the apartment May was having to struggle to keep Romtine under. Kim tried to help but was still too new at this type of thing. Natasha was taking out the guards as quietly as she could.

Tahir found that these men weren’t going to go as easily as the men had at the bunker. It seemed that at least five were healers and could wake the others as fast as he could put them under. Finally Tahir switched tactics.

“All of you know who I am, you all know what I can do. Must I treat you to what I did many at the battle on the park. I can feel that each of you is strong but not a one of you can block me. I am giving you a chance to walk away.”

Most of them just laughed and sneered at him a few five in all backed away, Tahir nodded and snapped stronger shields up while he released a huge wall of searing heat.

Those without shields were gone in less than three seconds, those with them that weren’t strong at all, were severly burned and laying in the grass their flesh smoking, the rest were all unconscious having used all their energy to block it. Walking to the small chamber Tahir opened it to give the man a chance to get real untainted air. Back at the apartment everything was starting to get out of hand.

More and more men were rushing up, Natasha grabbed all of the women and Romotine and slipped them all to the next building. The problem was it drained her so bad, that now without her and Kim’s help May was starting to lose the fight to keep Romotine asleep.

Lifting the young man out, Tahir set him down on the floor. Making sure no one was coming after them Tahir sat next to him waiting for him to awaken. A few minutes later he heard Natasha and Kim cry out for his help. Looking in on them he saw that they were in another building Natasha was seriously drained, Kim was watching and calling to him, May was almost unconscious having protected them all with the shield when Romtine awoke and tried to attack them all.

God Damnit! he was afraid that this might have happened. Knowing that Romotine would be back in no time at all with his army, Tahir grabbed them all and brought them all to him.

May lay there on the floor crying saying she was sorry, “I held him so long I didn’t realize that it would be so taxing. I tried to tap other energy and did but it went down so fast, I am sorry if I disappointed you.” Burying her face in his chest she began to sob.

Kissing her lightly he held her face up and looked into her eyes, “I told you before I love you, I love all of you. The fact that you held out as long as you did proves that you were trying. I felt you too Kim believe it or not what you did actually helped May to last as long as she did. I stripped him of all his Minor abilities, some of his major abilities but the one that I made sure to get was his ability to feed on other human brains.”