Post by cross on Nov 11, 2014 9:41:40 GMT -5
Ultimate Catman #3
End of the Hunt
"This was a planned attack." Mario Falcone stood with his chest puffed out showing that he wasn't worried about the cyber attack and the invasion. "I want this piece of shit found and brought to me alive. He doesn't get to die until I'm through with him."
Ten guards stood in a line in front of their employer and listened to his orders, watching as he paced by them.
"I want six of the best men we have here. Once we finish this clown off we are going after his family and friends too. Time to send a message boys!" Falcone clapped his hands together and walked back to his desk to await his desired results.
***
The security guard held the shotgun steady and nudged Catman's body. "Anyone there? I have eliminated the intruder!" He repeatedly clicked the radio's button to check for any words of congratulations.
"Not.....today......pal." Catman slowly got up off of the cold flooring and brushed off his damaged suit. The guard took a step back, suddenly unsure. Catman spotted his chance and dropped to one knee sweeping wide with his other leg. Like a windmill, the guards body toppled as he landed on his shoulders bending his head and neck to the right. Catman sprung up back to fighting stance and booted him in the stomach knocking the guard down the flight of stairs to the next landing below. He shook his head trying to get rid of the thought that the guards neck may have broke in the fall. He kept climbing the stairs to the floors above. After three steps he dropped to a knee and clutched his ribs. At least one had to have been broken from the gunshot. After thinking about possibly calling in backup, Catman pulled out his radio and called for Cayce.
"Catman to Cayce, are you still there?"
KKKRREEESSSHHHHH!!
"Too far away. Well, that sucks." He put the radio back into his pack and climbed the stairs up to the next floor. Upon looking in the small window in the door he spotted what seemed to be a kitchen. His batons ignite with electricity as he pulled them from their holsters. Quietly opening the staircase door, he crouches behind a prepping station. After a minuets worth of scanning the area Catman got up and walked to two swinging doors in the front of the area.
"Jesus Christ!"
Catman saw a young girl no older than fourteen with a dog collar around her neck latched to a bar on the wall. The burgundy wall color and silk sheet covered bed gave Thomas a turning stomach. He didn't want to think about what this girl was here for but he knew the answer without asking. Springing through the doors the girl jolted a half foot and grabed the bar attached to the wall.
"Whoa. It's okay. My name is Thomas Blake. I'm not going to hurt you." The young girl tilted her head and looked at the masked man confused. "Shit! Sorry." Thomas takes his cowl off, showing the girl his face to try and calm her.
"It's okay. What's your name?" Thomas held out his hand waiting for the girl to trust him.
"K-Kitrina Falcone." The girls voce was so quiet that Thomas strained to hear her clearly.
"Are you Mario Falcone's Daughter?" Thomas asked in a flat tone. He had never heard of Mario having a child. The knowledge could give him a leg up on the crime boss. Kitrina stared into his eyes but stayed quiet.
"Kitrina, I need to know if you are Mario Falcone's daughter." He was trying to keep his calm but being in the room was giving Thomas an uneasy feeling.
"Yes." That was all that he needed. He grabbed the collar attached to the girls neck and cut it with a quick slash from his claw. "We are leaving okay?"
"EEK!"
The sudden squeal from the girl startled Thomas so much that he backed up a few steps slamming into the guard sneaking in behind him. Suddenly Thomas's arms were pinned to his side with such a powerful force that it actually hurt. "Where you think you going freak?"
Once again instinct took over Catman's body. Straining his neck, he reared back and slammed the back of his head into the nose of the large guard. Instant relief washed over his body. The guard had let him go. With his now free hand, Catman spun in place and swung hard. He aimed for the guard's face. Unfortunately, His fist doesn't make contact.
THWAP!
CRINKLE!
With his massive bear claw sized hand the guard caught Catman's punch and began to crush his closed fist with his godly hand strength. "Ga-GAAAAAHHH!" Catman dropped to his knees from the extreme pain being inflicted upon his fist.
CRAAAACCK!
Catman took the punch straight across the jaw and toppled over. The guard let go of his fist. Catman realized that he was free again. As hard as he could, he slammed his boot into the side of the guards knee, causing himself to lose balance and fall.
"That actually hurt a bit." The guard smiled and reached down to grab the hero. Was he actually enjoying the pain from that knee shot? Catman pushed the thought aside and went back into survival mode. In one fluid motion he swung his other leg high and made contact with the side of the man's head. He toppled over falling away from Thomas. This was his free shot.
"You'll be pissing blood for a while!" Catman was on the him with a flash.
THAMP!
THAMP!
THAMP!
Three of the hardest punches straight into this man's kidneys and he was still standing like it didn't bother him. An elbow butts right into the side of Catman's head sending him into a daze. He stumbled but didn't have any chance of staying on his feet. He collapsed to the floor bumping his cowl on the way down.
"You put up one hell of a fight Kittyman. I will give you that." The bruiser cracked his neck and rubbed the spot on his back from the kidney shots. He bent over and grabbed Thomas by the throat lifting him off of the ground.
THONKK!
THONKK!
Catman smashed his steel cowl into the face of the guard twice. His grip on Catman's throat loosens and gives after the second shot. Thomas fell backwards onto the floor catching his breath. Suddenly a leather strap went over the guards head and wrapped around his throat. The man's eyes went wide as he started to panic. Kitrina hung on as he flailed around the room trying to get the girls chokehold off of him.
THUMP!
He fell face first to the ground with Kitrina on his back straddeling him. She gritted her teeth and wrenched back on the strap not letting go of the chokehold. Thomas put on his cowl and started to get up to stop her but caught himself and waited. A tear drops from the girls eyes as she rips back on the guards neck one last time before he passed on. He couldn't take this away from her. She wanted this more than anything right now. As the man gasped and stoped breathing, Kitrina let go of the strap and fell over looking at Catman.
"Take all the time you need okay? I'm going to go find Mario. When I'm done, I'm going to come back for you. Be ready." He pulled out one of his batons and tossed it to her. "The button on the side electrifies the end like a Taser."
***
The final climb up to the top floor of the building was murder. He felt every hit his body had taken and the gunshot didn't help either. After the final flight he grabbed the door handle entering Mario's main office. No windows in this door. No warning though either. Thomas shook his head and centered. The handle didn't make a sound as he turned it. He pushed the door open to two rows of guards lining the way to Mario Falcone. Catman walked into the room calmly and spotted five guards on each side. Mario at the end sat behind a table, though at present he couldn't be seen. That was the what if factor. Falcone was a variable that Thomas didn't like.
"Welcome Mr. Blake." Thomas stopped dead in his tracks. How did he know? "You think you can walk in to my home, hurt my men and invade my privacy without me knowing something about you? No sir. that's not how I operate, I know all about you. That tank of a car you have outside is pretty nice too. Oh yeah, by the way, your friends will be dead here in a few minuets. Looks like you got up here just in time."
Thomas considered everything and put his hands up. "Let my friends go Mario. You already have me here."
Falcone swipped his fingers through his pencil thin mustache and grinned at Catman.
"Do you not watch the movies? That's not how the mob works." He raised his hand and flicked two fingers at Catman casually as he looked out of his window into the heart of the Hub. A guard moved out of place and approached Thomas carefully with his gun drawn. His heel spun and stomped on the back of the guards knee. Thomas grabbed the stunned man and spun his body in front of his own and took control of the guards gun.
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
Thomas held onto the man's body tightly as his coworkers riddled it with holes. Catman hopped over a couch and dropped to the floor for some kind of cover.
"HOLY HELL! You are the real deal aren't you?" Mario grabbed his pistol from a drawer in his desk. "Fuck man. You just killed four of my guys AND used one as a human shield! That's not something you see in the Hub. You looking for work? I pay really well. I'd have you ask my men but you just killed half of them so....I still can't believe that!"
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
He had the fourth guard in his sight but couldn't take the shot without getting shot himself. Thomas dropped down behind the couch again and felt blood from his leg. It must have been a lucky shot. The bullet looked like it had hit a crease in the Kevlar and had gone through. Thomas could tell this had to end quickly if he wanted to end it on his terms.
"If you are done fucking around we can end this already and I'll drop you out of this fucking window. I gotta make sure I send a message to all the other capes thinking about making a trip to the Hub."
BLAM!
BLAM!
Mario's last two guards dropped where they were standing. He had a look of shock and awe on his face as Catman stepped out from behind the couch holding his pistol aimed at his head.
"It's over, put down your gun and come with me and this will all end nicely for you." Catman walked up to Falcone's desk and leaned against it trying to get some support for his leg.
"What the holy fuck are you talking about? I'm not the one who broke into a man's house and straight up murdered people. You silly fuck! You must be new at this cape business. You are supposed to catch me in the act not catch me at home doing nothing wrong."
Thomas could feel his temperature rise in his face out of embarrassment as Falcone laughed directly in his face. He was right. The police wouldn't do a damn thing except for....Kitrina! "So what now dumbass?"
"What about Kitrina? I think that the police can overlook my breaking and murdering when it's found that you have an underage sex save in your room." Catman cracked a slim smile. He had something.
Mario raised his gun to the head of Catman and smiled. "I'm not going to kill you. That would attract the police and then I would actually be in trouble. I think I will just sit back and relax here until they do come. Now when they get here, Oh that will be much different. You will be here standing ready to kill me with bodies littered all around you. Then they will find Kitrina with a cut throat matching your weapon." In a taunting manner, Mario dropped down into his office chair and kicks his feet up. "So what's the big plan now Kitty cat?"
Thomas dropped the gun onto his desk and slowly walked around to meet Mario in his chair. "Hey there big guy!" Mario smiled up at Thomas.
THUD!
Catman stomped on the end of his chair sending it into the wall behind his desk. He grabbed the left hand of Mario and yanked it above his head. "Heh ha ha ha. You handcuffing me? That means NOTHING! GET IT TRHROUGH YOUR FUCKING SKULL! YOU LOSE,I WIN!"
SHLOKK!
Mario's eyes go wide at the view. His hand pinned to the wall with the claw of Catman going right through it. The pain finally hits. "GAAAAHHHHH!!!"
SHLOKK!
Another claw through the right hand this time. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?" Mario started to go into shock from the attack.
"I'm sending a message Mario. I may not be able to bring you down but I can make you leave the Hub and never return, I can give a better life to Kitrina and any of the other kids you have scarred, and I can have you tell everyone that Catman isn't fucking around." The ferocity in his voice caused some saliva to spat into the face of Falcone. He reared back and punched him in the face easily breaking his jaw in the process. Mario passed out and dropped his head onto his chest.
***
"Guys, I'm coming out." Thomas and Kitrina walked out of the Falcone tower onto the darkened street hand in hand. The engine roared to life and headlights flashed on from the Siberian in front of he two. The passenger side door opened and Schwab stepped out into view.
"Hey, don't worry. We are okay and still alive. Just had three guys try to kill us but we took care of it so don't even ask how we are!" The drivers side door opened and Cayce stepped out.
"Shut up Ambush." He nodded at Kitrina. "We taking a tag along?" Cayce smiled warmly at the girl. "Yeah. She's with us." Catman lead Kitrina to the Siberian and folded the seat down as she hopped into the vehicle. "Lets go home."