Upon arriving at the compound Mia immediately searched for Monica. Mia found her prepping a jet. "Hey Monica are you ready to go?" Mia asked her. "All the women are safely on the base now, so we can hit the next site."
"You never rest a moment do you Mia?" Monica asked.
"I got some sleep on the ride here." Mia answered. "I also got some sleep while waiting. So, I am good on the rest."
"That's good then." Monica said. "I will be ready in just a few moments; this is the jet we will be taking. The next site is heavily guarded and this jet will be able to slip in undetected."
"How is that?" Mia asked.
"Glad you asked!" Monica smiled. She then pulled out a device with a button on it. She pressed the button and the jet disappeared from view. "This is what we call stealth technology. It has tiny screens and cameras throughout the frame. They are able to capture the image and then show it on an opposite screen making the jet appear to disappear. Other than that it has hover capabilities and can travel at speeds up to Mach five. This little beauty is a beast."
"Wow." Mia said in response. "That is an impressive craft. Does all of your armies have this kind of stuff?"
"Well they have jets, but not like this one." Monica replied. "We are even working on giving it capabilities of space travel, it could revolutionize the world." Monica thought to herself for a moment. "I guess we have a lot here that would change the world. I suppose that's what happens when you give a genius inventor an out of control military budget."
"I don't really understand all that, but I will take your word on it." Mia said. Suddenly Mia's stomach growled.
"Oh, did you not eat?" Monica said. "It will take me a little while longer to get the jet ready for departure, so why don't you go to the mess hall and eat while you wait."
"I will do that." Mia said as she left for the mess hall. Inside of the mess hall most of the women that Mia had rescued were sitting and eating. They were all dressed in military fatigues. Sally noticed Mia enter the room and decided to go talk to her.
"Hey there Mr. Hero!" Sally said with a wave. "Get yourself some grub and then sit with me, I want to talk to you."
Mia did as she was instructed and got some food and sat down at the same table as Sally. "Okay I am here now, so what did you want to discuss?" Mia said.
"Always straight to the point I see." Sally said. "Listen they told us girls on the way back that if we wanted to join this military unit we could. Something about hell having no fury compared to a woman's scorn."
"That's good, they seem like good people." Mia replied.
"That's the thing though." Sally explained. "I don't think they are what they seem. All of the soldiers seem like they are hiding something. I mean something doesn't feel right, don't you think?"
"What do you mean?" Mia asked.
"I don't know, just a feeling I have in my gut." Sally said. "Promise me you will be careful."
"I am always careful." Mia replied. "But I will do whatever it takes to find Lucy. Look I have finished my food, so I need to leave on my next mission. Try to give these people a chance, they don't seem bad to me."
"If you trust them Mr. Hero, then I suppose I will give them some trust as well." Sally answered. She then walked over and gave Mia a kiss on the cheek. "You go find your friend now, and tell him how much you love him."
"Will do." Mia said as she got up and left the mess hall. As Mia got back to the jet, she saw Monica standing in front of it waiting. "Good to go?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, hop in and we will get going." Monica said. With that Mia and Monica got inside the jet and left for the third base on their list. The jet was fast and they got to the base in no time at all. "Okay I can see the base below us. I have hover mode on and stealth mode on as well. I am going to open the cargo bay and you can jump out from there."
"On it." Mia said as she went into where the cargo bay was. She put on her parachute and watched as the bay doors slowly opened. She could see the base below her and could not see a good place to land. This base had guards crawling all over it. There was not a single inch that was not in view of the guards. Towers lined the base with high caliber machine guns. "I don't see a good spot to land." Mia yelled out to Monica. "Any suggestions?" With that question Monica closed the bay door.
"Come back up here, I'll explain the plan." Monica shouted. Mia entered the cockpit to hear out Monica's plan. "Okay back in the cargo bay you will find an experimental jet pack with boosters for you feet and arms. I know you have not had any training using it, heck I don't even know if it works. I think it may be your only chance though. If it works as intended, the headband that is with it should establish a neurolink and allow for autonomous movement of the jets, basically allowing effortless flying. We haven't found anyone brave enough to test it though, so we don't know if it actually works. The neuro headband could fry your brain, or the pack itself could explode. Or it could work perfectly giving you the advantage you need to infiltrate that base."
"I'll do it." Mia said. "I already said I would do anything to save Lucy. So, I just put on that device and I should be able to fly?"
"in a nutshell." Monica answered. "Listen, we can just head back to base and come up with a different plan, the jet pack is too dangerous."
"I already said I would do it." Mia left the cockpit and proceeded to strap on the jet pack. "Open the door." Mia shouted. With that the door opened and Mia leaped from the plane. The jet pack immediately went to work and allowed Mia the ability to control her flight. She was amazed how easy it was to use. She smiled. "I can fly again!" She yelled. She then set her sights on the base and pulled out both of her guns from her tux. Mia then flew straight at the base with breakneck speed. She fired multiple shots and took out several guards before they even knew they were under attack. A few guards fired back and Mia evaded most of the fire with ease. The shots she could not evade did not make it through her armor. As the tower guards lined up their fire, Mia shot them. "Not today." She said as she continued to fire on the guards. She eventually ran out of ammo and had to pull out her blade. She flew through the air dodging the oncoming fire, she would fly up to a guard and slice them as she passed.
Finally, the jet pack ran out of fuel and forced Mia to land on the ground. She had already decimated the guard force on the exterior. A large group of guards came running from the interior of the compound guns aimed at Mia. Just then her blade had a cyclone form around it. "Tolvash, thanks!" Mia took her wind infused blade and slashed with all of her might. The air pressure from the swing was able to knock the entire group of guards over. Mia then ran over to the group and engaged them while they were trying to recover. One by one she slashed them, until all of them had perished. The door the guards came through was still wide open. "I hope you're in there Lucy. I am coming." Mia said as she entered the base.