Chapter 6

Tahir awoke in his bed with a start. How did he get there? The last thing he remembered was appearing next to Kim, and then he awoke here. Kim was lying next to him; she had been awake for a few hours watching over him. Reaching over he pulled her close to snuggle feeling her finally relax. Getting up after she was asleep, he had to report to the Captain.

Roberts was looking over reports from the last visit Tahir had made back east. There were snippets of information coming in about the raids that Tahir had made on at least 15 places throughout the city. Sighing, he wished that Tahir had given him some information before he passed out. Looking up as Tahir entered his office, a wide smile spread across his face.

“You are feeling better?” Roberts asked, “You’ve been out of it for a whole day, we were afraid that you might not wake up.”

Tahir was a little surprised that he’d been out that long. “I came to report as soon as I could,” he said as the Captain waited, “The raids I did, I’m not sure that they did much good.”

“Don’t be too sure,” the Captain started, “from the reports I have gotten, they seem to have delayed their actions for the time being.”

“It’s all a deception, the 75 I took out were nothing, foot-soldiers to something bigger,” Tahir sighed, running the information through his head sorting out the useless crap. “I feel almost everything I did, was part of a trap to get me there physically. They had another that was far stronger than any I have faced before. The amount of energy we expended was huge. I am afraid the next time we face off, it may be more than just a building that is destroyed.”

The Captain’s eyes flew wide, he knew that a battle had taken place but he didn’t think that the other side had anyone nearly as strong as Tahir.

“I hope that you can defeat her, you are too valuable to us to lose in a senseless battle.” Tahir just nodded his head.

“The fight I had with her, drained me and her extremely low. I was surprised to find that I recharged as fast as I did. I have found that the more I use them, the stronger they get. They grew somewhat when I was not using them, for the first two months I was here. This last fight with her has caused an enormous surge in them.” Tahir sighed, his abilities might be stronger but being able to use all the power that entailed, was a different story.

Later that day, downtown, near the old east headquarters, the leader waited with his newest weapon. Looking over at Natasha, he wondered if the info was correct. “You’re sure I can control her?” the leader asked the doctor.

Handing a piece of paper to Natasha, she nodded. “The doctor says that she was programed, to follow your orders and any that you tell her to listen to. He says that she was exposed to a dose more than twice the amount that Tahir was. When he measured her abilities, he found them equal if not greater than his”

The leader smiled, “Finally we have that little punk where we want him!” Breathing a sigh of relief, the doctor felt safer now with the leader happy again.

“I think that it’s time that we took this city. Gather everyone here and have them wait. I will issue an ultimatum, once we release her, Tahir should show up. Finally, I will get to see that son of a bitch, fucking die!” Laughing the leader began to issue orders that everyone was told to follow or they’d have to be punished by the leader.

Upon hearing this they all shivered and backed away waiting for the signal to attack. Tahir was starting to grow restless when he felt a surge of energy from the east. Rushing out the Captain showed the message to Tahir. It was an ultimatum from the other group.

“Tahir before you rush off we need to think this over,” the Captain started.

“I have thought it over, I knew that this was coming, I am the only one that stands in his way, I am the reason he has put his plans on hold so far.” Tahir wasn’t anxious to die but if he didn’t go, he knew that many more would die. “I have 2 hours I need to prepare,” with that he walked out, the Captain was on the phone immediately, calling Washington.

Walking up to Kim, Tahir felt, no, knew he needed to strengthen her at least one more time. “I need to increase your defenses again, I am getting bad feelings and the longer I wait to do this, the worse they get.” Kim nodded and sat before him, reaching in he again saw the work he had done to her the previous 2 times.

Since his fight with the other strong one, he had been sensing more, feeling more. It had almost been too much for him, then as suddenly, it backed off and he felt almost normal again.

Reaching in, he found the way to her center faster than ever before. Feeling her again behind him he smiled, again explaining each path that he pointed to. Shaking his head, he was now seeing a few more things that he hadn’t before. Reaching her defenses he saw her actual capabilities, they were far from what he wanted her to have. Drawing in energy he started to thicken them again, when he noticed that only certain ones actually absorbed the energy.

Suddenly, he realized, that was why she could now feel and track him. He had awakened an ability she had never had before! Careful not to disturb any other abilities, he touched only her defenses, now they started to grow faster, soon much thicker than before.

Withdrawing he looked over Kim. “Ok I want you to block me this time when I go into your mind,” nodding she looked at Tahir. Reaching out he felt her defenses snap into place, this time they were much stronger. Still only about half, what his were but compared to how they were just a half an hour ago, he was very happy.

“I am setting out in a few minutes, I know you can follow me now, I am afraid I opened that power for you last time,” Tahir said as her eyes grew wide.

“I wondered why I could feel you, thank you so much Tahir!” throwing her arms around him, she kissed him deeply, with a passion she never knew she had.

Tahir smiled, he was sure she would have been upset but hey, with all the loving she and he had shared the last few days? Hell he wasn’t going to knock it! Advising the Captain, Tahir slipped.

Arriving in a prearranged place, Tahir was surprised at what he saw. It almost reminded him of battle pictures he had seen from the days of knights. On one side was the U.S. army, tanks, troops, big guns. On the other was the other group lined up and ready, it appeared, to attack.

Curious Tahir walked to the commander. “Have they made a move?” he asked keeping an eye on the group.

“No, no one has moved at all, it appears that they are waiting for something or someone,” the commander looked Tahir over, he wasn’t all that much to look at but the stories he had heard, said that the man packed a hell of a punch with his mental abilities.

“I am what they are waiting on,” Tahir said looking over the long line of people, “Have they made any demands?”

The commander reached into his vest and handed a sheet of paper to Tahir. He had been told what it held and wasn’t pleased at the audacity of the leader of the group. Basically, he had demanded the surrender of the entire city to his group. At least 5 women were to be supplied to him naked and bound. They were to deliver a Tahir to them unconscious, and then they were told to leave before they all died.

Tahir laughed at all but one of the demands, like hell he was going to supply that son of a bitch with women, he could take the gray matter out of!

“You have a bull horn commander?” Tahir asked, the commander thought this was strange but complied.

“Hey! Romotine! Yes you, you stupid son of a bitch! I know who and what you are, you pathetic ass! Here’s my answer!”

Lowering the bull horn Tahir whispered to the commander, “When I do this, open fire with everything you have, it might catch them off guard and eliminate at least half of them. I was told that there were about 2000 of them there”

The commander gave the orders while Tahir stepped out alone. “You ready, Romotine? With that, Tahir released the largest wave of searing heat that he could, as expected, it caught nearly all of them off guard.

This was an ability that Tahir had never shown before, half of those all along the line died instantly. The other half back a few feet were only slightly burned, that is till they started to die faster from the bullets and shells.

Snapping shields up, almost 3/4 of them were dead or dying. Finally they started to fire energy waves back only to find that they were stopped or reflected back. Cursing the leader sent the woman out; to kill the little American prick, once he was gone, then all plans could proceed.

Recharging as fast as he could, Tahir felt her approaching. The thing was, she felt different this time. Unable to hold the shield any longer around the troops, Tahir warned the commander, who ordered the heavy stuff forward. Still recharging, he felt her start to probe toward him. His shields up, he also probed towards her. This time her wall wasn’t as bad, slipping in he saw the insanity in her, then she was there screaming at him that it was his fault!