Taylor

Jared burst into my chamber and I turned and stared at him.

"Taylor I just discovered something. The vault, the vault in the old capitol," Jared was out of breath. "It was a fake, the real vault is somewhere in this city."

I jumped to my feet, "Do you know where?"

Jared nodded as he pulled out a map and flung it down onto the table, "Right here."

"I'm going," I told him. "Katrina and I will be there and back before morning."

"Good idea to take her with you," Jared agreed. "Some of the others have been talking about killing her now that you are gone."

I snorted, "Back to your studies Jared. I need to open the other door."

Only one of the three doors in this room could be open at a time. A safety measure to ensure this room wasn't used for quick access by the enemy to other parts of the base. Jared left and closed the door to the lab. I moved over and made sure my room was empty except for Katrina and it was. I turned on the chameleon cloak and opened the door.

She spun around as the wind came rushing out. Seeing nothing she cautiously entered the room, there was talking from the other side of the curtain. I pushed her further into the room and closed the door. It snapped shut just in time to look like she had simply disappeared. She backed away from me but couldn't quite locate where I was.

I turned off the device and waited for her reaction. She gulped, almost thinking it was a deception but after a moments consideration jumped forward and embraced me. It was good to be held by someone who might honestly care, I didn't see how she could, it didn't make sense it was...Genetic memory.

The thought flashed through my mind and I nearly fell over, her grip is all that stopped me.

"You were a genetic experiment weren't you?" I asked.

She nodded hesitantly, "How did you know that?"

I motioned all around me, "I've been studying everything I can about it from The Enlightened One's studies and theories."

"Why do you call him that but you call us the betrayers?" She wondered.

"Because he was enlightened but the army is and always has been full of murderers and butchers," I answered. "But enough of that we have to go. There is something of unbelievable importance we must discover."

"Very well," She said. "But how do we get out?"

I smirked as I tossed her a chameleon belt, "The one you had on you when we were fighting."

"I thought I lost it when the firefight started," She scratched her head. "You really are good at acquiring things."

"Come on lets get moving," I told her as we turned on our belts and opened the doors to the lab.

Jared glanced over but didn't react. We walked out of the secret chamber and closed the door. The invisibility started to flicker.

"They are trying to pinpoint a signal jammer on this location," I said. "Jared let them know to expect company I think they finally found us."

"You are still going?" He asked. "When we need you most?"

"I can fight a few agents at a time but I can't fight an army." We walked out and hurried outside the range of the jammer before the signal was blocked completely. "Alright Katrina, lets get there. It's several miles into the harshest territory of control but you know the patrols and routes so lets go."

We ran off into the setting sun to find the vault and hopefully an answer to our dire situation. We were outnumbered, outgunned, less trained and less organized, we needed a miracle if we were to survive and we needed to survive if earth was to ever be free.