Apocalypse Wow! 2! Part 1, Chapter 11

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The following is a work of fiction. Any real names, real events, non-original content, or likeness of celebrities are used in a fictitious and parodic manner. All other character names and events are fictional and any resemblance of real names or events are purely coincidental.

CHAPTER ELEVEN: WAR MACHINE. OR, IN WHICH KEVIN AND SARAH FIND MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR IN CALGARY, AND SOME REALLY, REALLY BAD SHIT GOES DOWN, YO!

Dean Williams and Amy Benz returned to the command center of the Watchers and Cleaners. While it may have seen they were gone for a day, such concepts of time were not completely observed and it seemed they were only gone for a few moments. As the two of them reappeared, they saw Donnie and Ariel, both walking with a purpose. They were quickly followed by Karen, who got stopped by Dean as he asked her “What’s with the hurry?”
Karen looked at Dean and gave a brief summary “Well, apparently Kevin and Sarah took the nerds with them to Calgary to look for something I really know nothing about. Donnie and Ariel just found out about it and are on their way there now. Ariel is probably gonna kick Kevin’s ass and then have rough make-up sex with him afterwards – and Donnie is probably gonna just kick Kevin’s ass.”
“Huh,” said Dean after that brief expository summary. “And you’re going with them because…”
“Figured Kevin is going to need some first aide, one way or another.” Karen said with a smile.
“Well I guess I better come along too.” Dean said while taking Karen’s hand to hold with affection.
“Well, who is gonna look after the kids then?” Ariel asked as she stopped and turned around after hearing Dean’s declaration.
“Amy could.” Karen suggested as Amy just shook her head in disagreement. Then Megan and Molly showed up in the middle of this debate.
“Actually, we need to talk more about what you’re about to do.” Megan said with some urgency.
“Jericho would have our heads if he knew what we were going to tell you.” Molly chimed in.
“Well, are you two going to tell us, or are you going to keep this stalling tactic up?” Ariel impatiently asked.
“Well, we think its in the best interest if your children are put into the protective custody of the Watchers’ Committee.” Megan suggested.
The four of them let out a collective “What?” at Megan’s suggestion. “Give up our kids to you? We barely trust you as it is!” Ariel stated.
“Well we did save your lives earlier.” Molly said with a quiet yet defensive tone.
“But to be honest, you all haven’t fully explained why you did so.” Donnie added. Meanwhile Dean and Karen carried on a quiet and private conversation as Megan added “All we can tell you is some very bad things could happen to you if you go back to this ‘Calgary’. If something bad happens to you, some things have indicated that your children may play an important role in things yet to come.”
“Sacrifices may be needed to be made.” Molly said. With that sentence uttered by the blonde blue coated woman, Dean had a sense of hearing that from somewhere.
“They’re right, you know that?” Dean said to Karen as the two of them held back tears.
“Doesn’t make it any harder.” Karen said. “But I guess that means we all better make it back in one piece.”
“All right. We agree.” Dean said to Megan and Molly. The two bluecoats looked over at Donnie and Ariel. “Well, I’d rather Hailey go to her grandparents in Medicine Hat, but for now it seems that it out of the question.” Donnie said. Ariel just rolled her eyes and nodded reluctantly.
“Can we at least say goodbye to them?” Karen asked as tears began to trickle down her cheeks as Dean held her, trying to comfort her in making this very tough decision.

So it went down like this: three women in grey trench coats stood waiting as Dean and Karen Williams kissed their daughter Faith goodbye and tried to assure her that things were going to be okay. Donnie was seen in the corner talking to Hailey.
“Listen, I don’t know what exactly is going on or how long this will be going on for,” Donnie said to his daughter. “But right now I need you to be brave and be the big sister for Faith and Willow, okay sweetie?”
Hailey quietly told Donnie. “I will for Faith, but Willow scares me.” Ariel walked by and heard the comment from the six year old girl. All Ariel did was shake her head and said “Way to teach tolerance there, Donald!”.
Donnie just slapped his forehead in frustration as he and Hailey made their way to the trio of greycoats. While this was all going down, Megan and Molly watched from a distance.
“Such a display of raw emotions.” Megan said.
“Was this why we evolved to our current state of keeping ours in check?” Molly asked.
“From my understanding, yes. Hard to make decisions when one is a slave to their emotions.” Megan replied back.
“If only we could tell them everything.”
“To be perfectly honest, I don’t even think the rest of the Watchers know what is going to happen there.”
Jericho somehow sidled his way between Megan and Molly and added to Megan’s last sentence: “Correct. If we fully knew what was going to happen, we would have persuaded them not to go ahead with this at all.”
“So why are we doing this then?” Molly asked.
“We need to be sure what exactly we’re dealing with in this timeline.” Jericho said. “Speaking of which, I want you two to follow them and make sure nothing goes wrong. Any sign of trouble, get them all back here. Understood?”
“Yes, sir!” Both Megan and Molly said as the three of them now watched what could be the last time any of the four in the room would see their children again.

Doctor Sarah Bellum and Kevin Brody walked with a quick pace through the hallways of the Calgary branch of the Alberta Research Council. Kevin pulled out a walkie-talkie and spoke into it: “Okay, we passed the first checkpoint. May need your magic fingers again here, Bones.”
“I’ll do my best. They’ve really boosted security what with a national security crisis going on and all.” Rachel’s voice was heard replying back.
“Doctor Funkenstein, how’s your research going?” Kevin asked again into the walkie-talkie
“So far, all my usual sources have been quiet on all things regarding the Daring Foundation. Though apparently both Poppa and Sonny Boy died the same day and your ex fling is now the new CEO.” Benny’s voice replied back.
“Well, keep searching.” Kevin said back. “Captain Underpants? What do you got for me?”
“Well, first I object to the code names given for this operation” Lucas’s voice came across the walkie talkie.
“Well, next time don’t post your Halloween pics on your MySpace page!” Kevin said back.
“Well, if it helps, apparently the large amount of canola that has been planted on Daring-owned farms have been purchased by a shell company that by no shear coincidence is also owned by the Darings.” Lucas said back through the walkie-talkie.
“Not sure if that has anything to do with Yellow Light or Looking Glass, but it’s better than nothing.” Kevin said into the walkie-talkie. “Bones? Keep doing the techno-voodoo you do so well. Doc Funk? Let me know if your sources know more. Captain Underpants? Stay away from hentai sites and keep up the good work. Red Leader out!”

In the van that was parked about half a mile away from the main entrance, Lucas put down their walkie-talkie after Kevin’s last transmission. He bemoaned. “Sheesh, innocently download one file from 4Chan and I have to hear about it forever.”
Benny shook his head at Lucas. “Ahh, so you’re the reason that they put the Parental Lock on our stations back home. Thanks a lot, now I’ll never be able to keep up with the latest internet memes!”
“Well, I’m pretty sure like all memes, anything new will be ran into the ground and be declared old and unfunny within hours.” Rachel added in.
Benny did a double take and looked at Rachel. Then he said, “Huh. I saw what you did there.”

Sarah Bellum frantically searched through a filing cabinet in her office, looking for anything relevant to what they were looking for. Kevin Brody, meanwhile, sat at the desk, frantically typing away on a computer keyboard. Kevin switched from the walkie-talkie and was communicating with the Squint Squad via his Bluetooth earpiece. Rachel did her best to hack through the tightly secured network and gave Kevin the necessary passwords to access the network from the computer where now sat. “Hmmm,” Kevin said disappointingly “Looks like we may have been too late. Anything connected to the Daring Foundation has either been deleted or never on official records.”
“Well, I found a couple of memos from some guy named Tim from accounting.” Sarah said as she let out a sigh of frustration. “You know when I agreed to take over as the head of the ARC, I promised no more secrets and no more mad science-type projects. Looks like that didn’t last too long.”
“Patience, madame,” Kevin said. “Think I may have found something else that we all missed.”
“What is it?”
“Possibly the location of our Looking Glass”, Kevin said as she showed the computer monitor to Sarah. On there, a shaded in area of what appeared to be around the Drum Heller area. “Bones? I’m sending you a copy of a map. Save it and get ready to depart in five.” Kevin said.

Outside the perimeter of the Calgary offices of the Alberta Research Council, twenty Initiative soldiers held a standing position. Two other soldiers stood by a medium-sized rectangular object that resembled a microwave over covered with circuits. One of the soldiers pressed a button on the object as a low electronic hum was emitted. “Dampening field activated,” one of the soldiers said. “All communications in this area should be terminated or severely hampered.”
A man who was the commanding officer of this squadron acknowledged this development and motioned for everyone else to get ready to move in. Just before that went down, Sloane materialized from out of nowhere, flanked by eight giant life forms that looked like giant human-sized bearded dragons. All eight of them were armed with giant rifles and stood there, without blinking or making any other movements. The Initiative commanding officer approached Sloane as two of the creatures went into a defensive position.
“What are you doing here and why did you have to bring those things with you?” the officer asked Sloane.
Sloane replied back sternly “Mister Saxon wanted me to handle this situation personally and told me I could bring out the Viisk if I wanted to.”
“So we’re fighting alongside the Viisk now?” asked the officer.
“No,” replied back Sloane. “You’ll remain out here and act as support in case we fail.” She motioned with her hand to the creatures simply known as the Viisk followed suit.
“You’re going in with only eight of them?” shouted the officer.
“Not really,” Sloane said with a cold smile, “Two should be enough for my true objective.”

Kevin Brody frantically tapped his earpiece as the only thing he was getting on the other end was static. Hopefully Rachel was able to get the file he sent her as the computer itself now went dead. Sarah looked up from the filing cabinet as she noticed the lights flickering off and on. “What’s going on?” she asked with fear.
“Dunno, but it’s best if we made like hockey sticks and get the puck outta here!” Kevin said as he got up from the desk, only to notice Claudia Daring standing in the doorway. She was wearing a black beret, black trench coat, khaki fatigue pants and a olive green tank top that briefly exposed her midriff.
“I’m afraid neither of you are going anywhere,” Claudia said and then looked at Sarah. “Doctor Bellum? You look pretty well for someone whose supposed to be dead.”
“Hey there, Barracuda Lips.” Kevin interjected. Claudia Daring looked over with disdain for that nickname she hadn’t heard in over ten years. “I’m sorry, who are you again?” she asked her trademark arrogance.
“Kevin Jay Brody,” Kevin reintroduced himself to his old flame. “We first met at Rico’s party back in ’98?”
“Now I remember you,” Claudia said. “You’re the one with the clumsy hands and one-minute of pleasure. And that ridiculous Boba Fett standee..”
“Hey!” Kevin interrupted her assault on his character. “Criticize my sloppy drunken love making skills all you want, but never diss the Fett-Man!”
“Charming,” Claudia said sarcastically. “Another stunted man-child who somehow muddled his way out of his parent’s basement. Anyways, you are not important to me, she is.” Claudia said looking directly at Sarah.
“Look, I can explain everything… “ Sarah said but was cut off by Claudia: “Save your explanations for Prime Minister Saxon.”
“Did we hop into some alternate universe?” Kevin asked. “How did he become prime minister?”
“It’s a long story that only Doctor Bellum will have the pleasure of hearing. You, not so much…” Claudia said with a smile on her face.
“Really? You and whose army do you intend to use?” Kevin asked. In almost perfect timing, Sloane and two of the Viisk foot soldiers materialized into the room right beside Claudia Daring. Sloane replied back “Is this good enough for you?”
Kevin rubbed his eyes in disbelief, shocked to see his old nemesis from three years ago – a woman he personally shot and killed – alive and kicking. Foolishly, Kevin asked “Didn’t I kill you three years ago?”
Sloane just smirked at the question and replied “I was hoping you’d say that…”

Ariel, Dean, Donnie, and Karen appeared just inside the grounds of the Calgary branch offices. They were promptly joined by Megan and Molly, who were given instructions to protect the four of them at all cost. Everyone ducked down to the ground once they noticed six of the Viisk, standing guard of the main building’s entrance.
“Frack! We weren’t expecting this!” Megan said with a hushed tone.
“Okay, what the fuck are those things?!” Donnie said quietly but rather loudly.
“They look like giant reptiles.” Karen said quietly as well.
“They seem like…” Dean said.
“I swear to god, make a reference to a show I never watched and I’ll punch you in the shirt!” Donnie interrupted.
“Molly to Central Command,” Molly said into her watch. “Request Emergency Extraction Team assistance immediately! Six Viisk soldiers are in area…”
Jericho’s voice was heard replying “Viisk? That’s impossible! Their usage was outlawed as per Protocol…”
“We can discuss treaty details later! We don’t stand a chance if we get into a conflict!” Molly snapped back.
“Request approved.” Jericho’s voice replied back. “Hold your position…”
Ariel simply rolled her eyes after hearing to stay still and grabbed a small revolver-looking weapon she had concealed underneath her shirt. “God, for people from wherever the fuck you’re from, you are a bunch of scared pussies!” Ariel said as she fired the weapon which emitted a light pulse towards the six Viisk. The six Viisk got their weapons and fired right back at them.
“Great! You’ve probably killed us all!” Donnie shouted.
“Well, I ain’t waiting around for backup!” Ariel yelled back as she continued firing at the Viisk. Dean and Karen huddled together in fear as Ariel charged out to take the fight on the run.
“Just like old times, huh?” Dean said as Karen nodded in agreement.

Back inside, Sloane looked at Kevin, then glanced at Sarah. Sloane them looked at the two Viiisks that flanked her on either side of her. Looking first at the one on her left she commanded it “Go with her and take Doctor Bellum to meet Mister Saxon.”, motioning the Viisk to go with Claudia Daring. The one on her right got this simple command as Sloane looked at Kevin “Tear him apart for all I care.” The first Viisk approached Sarah and grabbed her by her arms and then walked over to Claudia Daring. “Best not to scream,” Claudia whispered into Sarah’s ear. “Violence and fear apparently gets these things excited.” Claudia Daring then pulled out a remote device, mockingly waved goodbye, and pressed a button on the device as she, Sarah, and the Viisk disappeared in a flash of light. That light distracted Kevin long enough to get sucker punched by the remaining Viisk. Kevin tried to land blows on the massive monster, but the Viisk blocked most of the shots and any that did land on it seemed not to faze it at all. The Viisk grabbed Kevin by his throat and tossed him halfway across the room, knocking himself silly along with a bookcase that landed on top of him. The Viisk walked over and tossed the bookshelf off Kevin and promptly picked him up. The Viisk placed Kevin in a choke hold as the two of them faced Sloane, who walked over and spoke to Kevin.
“So, you bested myself in this timeline, hmm?” Sloane said. “Now I could have my friend here snap your neck and you’d be dead within mere seconds. Or I could have him toss you around some more like a cat playing with its prey.” Sloane then removed a hunting knife from the side of her hip. “Or maybe you should be made to suffer like I have so far since being in this timeline,” she said as she motioned the knife up and down Kevin’s chest. “Let him go!” Sloane commanded the Viisk, who let Kevin out of the hold, gasping for air. But it was a setup as Sloane quickly and viciously slashed away at Kevin’s throat. Bleeding profusely, Kevin collapsed to the floor. Sloane kneeled beside him, watching him gasp for air in vain, and whispered in Kevin’s ear. “Either way, I wanted to personally end you myself.” Sloane then noticed the Chronometer on Kevin’s wrist and promptly removed it from his person. Sloane then stood up and phased out of the room with the Viisk, leaving Kevin to possibly bleed to death.

Ariel fared no better against the Viisk on the outside. She was able to wound one of them, but one came from behind and violently tossed Ariel into a parked car. Ariel rolled off the car, wincing in pain, as the five of the Viisk approached her like a pack of wolves moving in for the kill.
“I can’t stand to watch this.” Karen said as she grabbed a similar weapon Ariel had from Megan and rushed out to help Ariel.
“Oh for the love… Karen, wait!” Dean shouted as he too ran out. Donnie also followed as well.
“See? Slaves to their emotions.” Megan said with disdain. Around this time, about ten men and women in blue trenchcoats appeared in front of the main entrance. All of them revealed giant rifles and aimed them towards the six Viisk. A giant firefight between the Bluecoats and the Viisk broke out, which provided an convenient cover for Karen, Dean, and Donnie to get a badly wounded Ariel out of there. However, one of the blasts from the Bluecoats went awry and got redirected towards the rescue party. A powerful explosion occurred as Karen was knocked into the air and smacked her head very hard on an oak tree. Dean screamed in anguish and rushed over to see Karen, knocked unconscious and bleeding. Dean scooped her up and ran as the firefight continued. Donnie was left to act as a human crutch for Ariel. With the four of them now back with Megan and Molly, Megan spoke into her watch “We’re heading back now! Inform medical units we have wounded coming in.”
“But what about my wife?!” Donnie pleaded.
“Inform Extraction Team to search for Doctor Bellum and Mister Brody once Viisk are terminated” Megan said into the watch as the six of them vanished into the air. The Extraction Team finally was able to put down the Viisk and then ran into the building. While this went down, the Initiative troops watched as the commanding officer grumbled. “Hmph! So much for their supposed battle-ready endurance,” he said as he motioned for the Dampening Field Generator to be shut off. “Pack ‘em boys!” he then ordered the rest of the squadron.

Kevin Brody struggled to pull himself up to the desk. Still bleeding like a stuck pig, Kevin hoped this gambit pays off as he picked up the telephone and dialed a number. Kevin then slumped back down on the floor, the strain being too much as he more and more blood leaked from his neck, draining away any of his energy and life. His only hope now was that someone picked up the signal.

“Okay, what the hell happened?” Benny said as he whacked the tower of his computer. “Everything went dead for a few moments and now it’s back on rebooting everything!”
“I don’t know!” Lucas shrieked. “All I know is they should have been back by now!”
Rachel remained surprisingly calm until she noticed the cell phone in her pocket was vibrating. She quickly pulled it out and saw she a missed call that came from inside the offices. She stood up and said “I think something went wrong, I’m going in!”
“Slow your roll there honey!” Benny said.
“For all we know it could be a trap.” Lucas interjected.
“Yes, thank you, Admiral Ackbar!” Benny said after smacking Lucas in the head.
“I thought he was Captain Underpants?” Rachel said.
“I – nevermind. We all go in at once. Like the Three Musketeers!” Benny said.
“See? That I get.” Rachel said as the three of them activated their Chronometers and conveniently ended up in the office where Kevin was left to bleed to death.
“Jesus Christ!” exclaimed Benny, after seeing Kevin, blood gushing from his throat. Lucas nearly threw up at the sight of blood as Rachel took Kevin in her arms and pressed a button on her Chronometer. Benny did the same as he took a nearly passed out Lucas by his hand and leapt out too.

Back in the command center, everyone was gathered in the infirmary area. Medics attended to Ariel, who received a couple of broken ribs and some internal bleeding. Dean did a bedside vigil for Karen, who had received a severe concussion and was in a coma. From outside the room, Amy Benz looked on from the tiny window on the door and watched her client and one night lover basically get down on his knees and cry. Given their past, Amy wasn’t sure how to fully react, especially with her stomach not feeling the greatest since their night of drunken passion.
Donnie Bellum stormed down the hall and bumped into Megan. “Where is she?!” Donnie demanded to know the whereabouts of his wife.
“The team reported no signs of her. Our Chronometer detectors haven’t been able to fully track her down. Which doesn’t completely rule out that she is dead.” Megan said with little or no emotion. “But we did rescue Kevin…”
“Where is he, then?” Donnie asked with a calm demeanor.

Megan directed Donnie to a room where Kevin laid, wearing a cervical collar and hooked up to a machine that monitored his heartbeat.
“He just came out of surgery and isn’t able to talk. Least for a long time.” Megan told Donnie.
“That’s okay.” Donnie said with an almost creepy, yet calm tone. “I need to get something off my chest.”
Donnie entered the room and stood beside Kevin. Kevin weakly opened his eyes and tried to speak, but could not do so. Donnie looked at him and calmly said “Hey, how’s it going? Heard you’ve been through hell. You know, I can forgive you now for the years of tormenting me with your words and your actions. I can forgive you for making me look like a whiny wimp in Dean’s movie. I can even forgive you for not properly giving my share of the Doomtown income. With what has gone down lately, I realize that it is all petty and I forgive you for both of our actions.” Kevin painfully nodded his head in agreement with Donnie’s heartfelt speech. Donnie then noticed another pillow sitting on a chair. “Are you comfortable?” Donnie asked. “Would another pillow help aid your recovery?” Donnie said as he picked up the pillow. Donnie then stood over Kevin’s face and shoved the pillow as if to suffocate him. With the monitor beeping uncontrollably Donnie snapped and shouted at Kevin: “You son of a bitch! You cost me my family! Sarah is gone! Hailey is gone! You fucking better hope they all come back in one piece, because if they don’t… I… will… kill you!” Donnie continued to apply pressure to the pillow until Benny and Megan, who happened to walk by, jumped in and pulled Donnie away. The two of them struggled as Donnie continued to shout “You hear me, Brody! They better come back or you’re dead! You’re a dead man, Brody! Dead!”
All Kevin could do was cough and try to breathe on his own as Donnie got in one more shout of “DEAD!” after being tossed out of his room.