Title:Dead On.Part 4 Author:Tapestry Email:Shaddow_Cat@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/5879 Rating:PG Standard Disclaimer Apply *denotes thought I'm BACK with another chapter of Dead On.My thanks to those who emailed me. :) Now read on before the terrorists come!!! Serena sat in the dark discussion room,her eyes glued to the computer. Reading files and information they had about the Dominion so far. The lights suddenly were switched on.Standing at the door way,was Raven. "Doing some research??"asked Raye. "Y-Yes.Is there anything you want??"asked Serena. "No,I was just looking for,-nevermind."sighed Raye turning. "Looking for-???"prompted Serena turning her full attention to Raye. Serena stared intently at Raven waiting for her to answer. "Have you seen Jed,Alan,Nikolas and Malakov??They're missing."explained Raye as she returned Serena's stare. "They are missing???No,I am sorry.I have not seen my brother or any of them,the last time I saw them was...this afternoon."said Serena thinking. "Oh,okay..thanks anyway."sighed Raye. "Nevermind,"replied Serena turning her attention back to the screen. "Oh,Serena???"began Raye hesitantly. "Yes,Raven??"inquired Serena. "Do you mind,consoling Shields??He-he's very upset about the news of,-of Agent Luna."muttered Raye. "Why don't you do it??"asked Serena confused. "It's...not so easy or approriate for me to console him."hinted Raye. "Oh,you are implying because I look like Thompkins,it will be easier for me to get close to him without him throwing me out??"teased Serena. Raye blushed and merely nodded. "Alright...I'll try."relented Serena getting up from her chair. "Thank you...Luna was my friend,Shields...is a good friend.It's awkward for me to talk to him about her."said Raye sadly. "Don't be sad,Raven.Shields is my friend too."smiled Serena kindly. "I'll do anything to help him." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Serena went up to Shields' room.From outside,she could hear him screaming and throwing things against the wall. *Raven was right...he's angry beyond imagination.I wish I could meet the woman who had this much effect on him.*thought Serena to herself. Hesitantly,Serena knocked on his door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien heard the knock.His face was a mask of anger and hatred. "GO AWAY!!!LEAVE ME ALONE!!"shouted Darien angrily. "Shields...it's me."came a soft voice. "LEAVE ME ALONE,DANCEK...I DON'T WANT TO SEE OR TALK TO ANYBODY!!!"growled Darien to the person outside his door. "Well..you cannot stay in there forever,besides,you need to talk about this.It's,..not good for you to just shut people out."reasoned Serena. "Why don't you just leave me alone...why must you want to see me like this???"asked Darien as he settled down into a corner in the room. Serena pushed open the door.She saw Shields sitting in a corner while the rest of his room had been trashed by his anger. Books and papers were all over the floor,broken bits of a vase by the bed,a lamp and the furniture were all overturned. Walking carefully towards the man sitting in the corner,Serena knelt down beside him. Darien was in a trance and had only realized Serena had entered the room when she hugged him. He stared down at the mass of blonde curls on her head.He was confused. Why did she comfort him so?? Serena looked up and saw Darien's bewildered face looking at her.Her blue eyes locked with his. "It's alright to cry,Shields.You don't need to be so strong everytime." whispered Serena as she smiled slightly. Darien stared at her...then..for the first time since Serena Thompkins' death...Darien Lachlan cried. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Later~ Serena had helped Darien clean up the room.Serena picked up all the books and papers that were on the ground. "Mind the vase bits."warned Darien. "I'll be careful."acknowledged Serena as she put the books back onto the shelf. Darien smiled.He was thankful she'd been so stubborn.Otherwise,he'd probably never have calmed down.The burden he'd been carrying for 5 years was finally lifted.All the times he'd wanted to cry and just scream at the world for being cruel.He'd finally left it to rest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Early morning~ Serena paced up and down the hallway.Malakov,Nikolas,Alan and Jed still weren't back yet. *I'm going to kill them...I'm going to kill them,*thought Serena to herself pacing back and forth. *I'm going to strangle them for making me stay awake the whole night waiting and worrying about them* "Serena,what are you doing here??"came a voice. Serena turned to see Malakov walking into the building. "Where in Russia have you been,brother!!??"questioned Serena. "No where,little sister...I merely went for a walk-"began Malakov when Nikolas and Alan returned. "The both of you too,"sighed Serena. "What did we do??"asked Nikolas confused. "What were you thinking making me wait up a whole night for you three?" exploded Serena. A sleepy Jed ambled through the doors yawning. "Ye Gods,another one."groaned Serena covering her forehead. "It's not as if we did anything wrong."sighed Alan. "Alan is right.You're making me feel like I'm 5 years old."teased Malakov as he laughed. "Next she'll insist we go off to bed by 8 pm,no eating candy before bed." laughed Nikolas. "She might even stoop to making us eat with bibs and mind our table- manners!!Gadzooks,where will it end??"laughed Jed. "Alright!!Enough already!!!"growled Serena. The men fell silent. "If you're quite finished,behaving like little boys,I have to inform you while you four were missing,we recieved word the Dominion is going to launch an attack on the White Hall Hotel."informed Serena crossly. "The hotel holding the Ambassadors conference on terrorism????"asked Nikolas. "Right,so if you're all done fooling around,I suggest we move out,NOW. Shields,Collins,Raven and the others have already left."said Serena seriously. "Alright,lets go.Sere,you drive."ordered Malakov tossing his car keys to his sister. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reaching the hotel,Serena and the rest got out of the car and headed towards the building. "Serena,you found them."said Mina. "Yeah,I found them alright."replied Serena with a smirk."So,what's the situation?"questioned Serena. "The Dominion hit before we got here.But we got the building surrounded." replied Mina as she filled Serena in on the situation while handing her a Browning Automatic. "The Dominion haven't killed anybody yet.But they won't hesitate to do it."gritted Mina. Serena smirked at the irony.A terrorist hesitating.Now that was a joke. Terrorists had never needed any excuses to kill.Be it child or adult. "So,does anybody have a plan??"asked Serena. "None yet.The police want to send in a negotiater.What a laugh.As if terrorists would ever come to terms with anybody.Especially coppers." smirked Mina. "Who are they holding??"asked Serena. "A couple of Ambassadors and one agent."replied Andrew walking towards them. "What's up??" "Shields has got a plan.But we have to be quick or the Dominion might kill somebody and commit suicide before we even got a sniff of them." stated Andrew. "Alright,lets hear it."said Mina. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I can't believe I agreed to this."muttered Serena under her breath. "It was the only way,Serena.Besides,the fumes aren't THAT bad."said Darien. "Speak for yourself,Shields.A person could pass out from these fumes." choked Serena. "So why haven't you??"asked Darien joking. "I bet your personal home has a stench like this sewer,Shields."replied Serena scathingly. "You flatter me,Dancek."replied Darien stifling a laugh. "Don't get cute with me,Shields.I'm not in the mood....Where are we now?" "I'd say we're directly underneath the building."answered Darien. "No!!I mean where are we under the building acurately!!"exclaimed Serena in an exasperated tone. "Don't know.Only one way to find out."replied Darien as he pulled some tools out of his backpack."This is going to take awhile." "They never covered this in training..."mumbled Serena as sat down by the side. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We're in."informed Darien. "Finally.So where are we??"asked Serena as she helped Darien push the lid open slightly. "From what I see...I'd say,the men's toilet."replied Darien in a whisper. "Hmmph...there's something you don't see everyday.."whispered Serena as she watched men with guns,wash and laugh at jokes. "Where are Alan and Nikolas now??"asked Darien as he replaced the lid quietly. Serena pulled out a walkie-talkie.Speaking in hushed tones for awhile,she finally shut it off... "They're in the west toilet.They said Mina and Andrew are already waiting near the hall and Mal,Jed,Raven and the others are standing by outside with people."replied Serena. "So...I guess we better get the ball rolling."sighed Darien. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A smoke bomb tinkered on the floor of the toilet.The terrorists stared in confusion when suddenly,the toilet was filled with thick grey smoke. In the confusion,Serena and Darien jumped from the sewer hole. A terrorist squinted in the smoke.He only saw strands of blonde hair and a voice taunting him. "Careful with that zipper buster,"came the voice and then,a hard fist. Darien delivered a hard chop to the back of one terrorist,putting him down for the count. As the smoke cleared,Serena was carefully tying up the terrorists while Darien was checking their mouths for poison in case of suicide before taping their mouths with sticky tape. "Alright,this take cares of them.You DID get their poison pellet before taping their mouths right???"asked Serena as she held a pistol in her hand. "Right.Now stop worrying.We've got a job to finish."reminded Darien. Quickly,both made their way towards the hall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nice to see you guys."smiled Mina.With her was Andrew,Nikolas and Alan. Serena stared carefully at Alan.His face was a mask.No expressions played across his face.It almost seemed as if his face was made of clay. *No signs of anxiousness...maybe he's prepared for this??*thought Serena to herself. "SO,now we're inside...what do we do??"asked Andrew. "See those terrorists you knocked out??WE can disguise as some of them." said Darien pointing to the bodies of unconscious Dominion men. "Hmmph...what's your excuse for entering the ballroom,Shields??"asked Alan in an irritated tone. "Mina and Serena can be our excuses."said Darien plainly. "Excuse me??!!"exclaimed Mina and Serena in unison. "No offense.We can pretend we've caught two agents,meaning you and Serena to enter the ballroom."pointed out Darien. "I suppose it could work....but how do you know they won't blow us away with their guns and start killing the Ambassadors??"asked Serena. "No idea.But that's a risk we have to take."sighed Darien. "At the expense of the Ambassadors' lives??"countered Alan. Darien and Alan glared at each other. "Enough.Lets just do this and get it over with."said Mina. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darien,Nikolas and Andrew disguised themselves as the Dominion while Alan was instructed to keep an eye on the captives. Serena and Mina placed handcuffs over their hands but didn't lock it. "Okay,lets go."said Darien. As Serena entered the ballroom,she saw the Ambassadors all sitting on the floor and were white with fear.She saw a terrorist sitting at the head table.He was obviously the leader of the mission. "MOVE,"said Darien roughly as he pushed Serena. That caught the Dominion's attention.... "What are you doing here???You were to keep watch outside,and who are they??!"questioned the man angrily. "They are agents,sir!"replied Nikolas keeping his face down. "Oh?Bring them here....they can die with the Ambassadors when we leave this doomed building.."laughed the man. Serena winced. "Doomed building??"echoed Mina. "Why yes,we were instructed to set a bomb!We expected the interference of the police and of course the goverments.But you are quite an unexpected addition to the deaths of this building.."said the man evilly. Serena and Mina were seated on the floor in front of the leader's footing. Mina and Serena smiled to themselves. Darien,Nikolas and Alan looked around the ballroom.There weren't many men guarding the hostages...in fact there were only two of them besides the leader.The rest of the Dominion had obviously been the ones guarding the halls and the ones using the toilet. Nikolas and Alan saw Darien's look at the Dominion men and nodded. Darien noticed Serena and Mina saying mindless chatter to the leader to distract him while they opened their cuffs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nikolas and Alan had each used their gun and hit the terrorist guarding the hostages. That caught the attention of the leader.. "What??!!" Serena and Mina each kicked one of the terrorist's legs,causing him to fall. Darien was already rushing towards them. Serena and Mina tried to pin him down but the terrorist wriggled and squirmed,struggling against them,it was difficult to hold him. "Shields!!Hurry!!"shouted Mina. Darien reached them and caught hold of the man's face,pulling off the mask,Darien reached for his jaw,trying to force it open.The man however resisted. Finally there was a choking sound.The man's face turned pale and his lips turned blue.There was a distinctive smell of almonds from him...He'd poisoned himself... "Damn..too late...he swallowed the cynide pellet."cursed Darien. Alan and Nikolas were walking towards them holding something. "Their cynide capsules...is he...?"pointed Nikolas at the dead leader on the floor. "He's dead."sighed Darien as he pulled out a walkie-talkie. "Alright...lets call in the agents to round up all these Dominion and get a bomb squad in here!!Search every inch of this place for a bomb." ordered Darien into the walkie-talkie. "Gotcha,Shields.Raven out."came a reply. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Later~ "We have all the terrorists except for the leader that commited suicide." "And the Ambassadors?"asked Darien. "Accounted for." "What of the captured agent??" "We found him dead behind the stage where the bomb was."answered an agent. "That's sad..."sighed Amy. It was 3 hours after the raid and all the Dominion terrorists had been rounded up and the Ambassadors escorted home.The only people who weren't there were dead.The Dominion strike leader and the murdered agent. The rest of the Dominion had been sent to the nearest safehouse for questioning. "It's very rare to get Dominion agents and in so many too."said Amy. "True,Marine.But you know Shields....he's the best when it comes to bringing in terrorists."smiled Zach slightly. "Right now,the only thing difficult is to get them to talk."grounded Darien,his eyes a hard blue as he watched interrogation experts talk to a terrorist. "What's your name,friend??"asked one of the interrogators. The man sat there,his grey eyes hard.His lips were tightly pressed together. "This is stupid.He might as well be dumb."spat Darien angrily. Serena watched as the interrogators played a familiar game of Good and Bad cop.One was friendly and patient while the other scary and rough. "We're wasting time."Darien grounded."They know this game." "Be patient,Shields."advised Serena. They watched on... "Look mate,this would be easier on you if you just cooperate."said the friendly cop. "Spare it,we're not coddling these murdering-"began the other man when the terrorist began to laugh. His laughter stopped and his gaze fixed on Darien. "You are merely wasting your time.The Dominion never tell secrets." Turning his attention to Darien,"It's so interesting though...you've been on the Dominion's tail 5 years ago.I bet it was painful and a shame about that agent."taunted the man. Darien's face was dark with murderous rage. "You know...?" "Of course,the whole movement knows.In fact...Lazarus was the one who ordered the bombing.I helped make it you know..."smirked the man. "You murdering piece of-"growled Darien as he grabbed the man. "Shields!!"exclaimed Amy. The terrorist merely laughed. "If Dominion don't tell secrets,why did you say that for??"questioned Darien as he held the man's neck hard. "You want to know???Lazarus told us to say that...he's taunting you, he wants you to know..."choked the man as he tried to laugh. "Shields!!Release him this instant!!"shouted Raye as she tried to pry his fingers off the man's neck. "Brother...if you want to help Rena,you've got to let him go.He's the only one out of that lot we caught who probably has information!!"reasoned Amy. With that...Darien released the man as he fell to the floor. "We still haven't got anything out of him!!"spat Darien. "Jono is here,Raven."informed an agent. "Bring him in." "Jono??"whispered Serena questioningly. "You'll see."answered Marine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A thin trembling man entered his hands shaking and his green eyes eyeing his surroundings. "Is it safe??"came a squeaky voice. "Yes,Jono,come in." The tiny man opened his bag he was carrying and extracted a hypodermic needle and filled it. The terrorist saw the needle and got up with terror as he rushed towards the door. But the interrogators had been waiting and soon had him in a hammerlock. Serena watched as the terrorist screamed and struggled. "What are you giving him??"asked Serena. "A truth serum."answered the tiny man as the terrorist was released and a calm and dreamy look overcame him. "Alright...what's your name??"asked Jono. "Donner..."mumbled the man. "Alright,Donner...we want to know the location of the safe house and the code words to get in..."spoke Jono calmly. Suddenly,the man's eyes rolled heaven wards and he began to sob. "Forget it...forget it."sighed Jono. "If I force him,he'll just go into a fit and die." "They have regular conditioning sessions.Looks like I'll have to work from his last mission."said Jono. "Tell me about the hotel mission." "Distraction for the goverment.Getting too close...Rush job."mumbled Donner. "Who gave the orders??" "I don't know..."whimpered the terrorist. "How did you recieve the orders??" "Vladimir recieved it by phone.He said I was suppose to tell...the dark-haired agent the death of that woman 5 years ago if we got caught.. Thr rest have gone....help with mission..." "What mission??" "Very important mission..." "Who gave the orders Donner,who???" "No...no..!!"screamed Donner. "We're almost there."said Jono."Who??" It almost looked as if the terrorist was experiencing another fit and was going to tear the prisoner apart. "Domina...."whispered Donner in defeat. "Is Lazarus in the country??"asked Jono. "Don't know..don't know..."wailed Donner in dispair. "I'm afraid he won't be up for questioning for quite awhile.That's all we'll get."sighted Jono. "Doesn't matter.We already know Lazarus is calling the shots but what mission is he talking about??"asked Zach. "The only way would be to catch,Domina....Lazarus' right-hand envoy." sighed Raye. Serena was disturbed.Could Alan be Lazarus??Was Nikolas who was always hostile,be in on it???Her head hurt...she didn't want to think of the posibility.It just couldn't be...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To be continued... Who is Lazarus??Who is Domina??Is it Alan??Is Serena right,or will her mistake cost her the life of an agent??? Email me!!!Serious!!Why haven't any of you mailed me????????