Page 14 of Beast: Part Two

Fuck, who the hell is shooting at us. Flipping around onto my knees I keep my body blocked by the side of the desk as I hold my gun up ready to aim if I need to. Slowly, I peek over the top of the desk.

“Is that a drone?” Maksim asks at the same time I get sight of the shooter.

Sure enough, a black drone hovers over the front yard. It’s unlike any drone you would find in a store. The size of a large remote-control car, it’s shaped like a rectangle with three sets ofspinning blades. The damn thing looks like one of those military choppers.

“Fucking, Tech,” Seth grumbles.

“Who is Tech?”

“A member of the Church,” I explain to Maksim. “He’s most likely here to collect on the excommunication order.”

“Wait, I thought you guys were popular at the Church?”

At this, Zel, Twins, and I all laugh.

“You guys were poorly misinformed,” Zel says shaking his head. He’s standing on the other side of the window, his back to the wall.

“We were hard to digest for most,” I try to explain. “Some hated us for our unconventional bond and others hated us because they simply couldn’t compare.”

“Well, Tech hates us because Lucien hacked into one of his drones when we were kids and found a video of him jacking off to My Little Pony porn. He broadcasted the video in the cafeteria the next day. We all called Tech, Twilight Sparkle Cock for the next few years,” Seth shakes his head. “Don’t know why he would still be mad though.”

I roll my eyes at Seth. Turning my attention back to the window and the drone, I keep my focus on the machine.

A crackling sound like the pushback from a microphone comes out of the drone before a computerized voice speaks.

“Twins, Priest, and Zel, come out with your hands up. Don’t make this difficult.”

I scoff. One of the things I expected with this excommunication order was that a lot of agents would bank on gaining clout from capturing us. Agents that usually wouldn’t get any respect would attempt to make a name for themselves by taking us down. It’s why so many keep approaching Beast even though they know they shouldn’t. They think the benefits outweigh the risks. They will learn their lesson the hard way.

“Twin, how the hell do we get rid of that thing?” I ask over my shoulder as I keep my eyes on the drone. For now, it continues to hover outside the window.

"According to Lucien, the entire body is made from indestructible metal. Trying to get a bullet to penetrate the body is useless. However, he says there is a small hole on the top of the drone. It will be where the red light is.”

Peeking over the top of the desk, I get a quick glance at the red light before the bullets start to fire once again. I duck back down.

“Can anybody get a clear shot of that damn light?”

“Not me,” Zel says from his spot from the side of the window.

“Anytime one of us peeks out that damn thing shoots,” Maksim growls.

It takes me a second to come up with a plan.

“Seth, feel like being a target?”

Seth grumbles. “Fine, but you got only one chance at this.”

“It’s all I need,” I gloat.

Repositioning myself behind the desk, I prepare to get up.

“Now,” I shout to Seth.

I can only hear the movement of Seth behind me as he draws the attention of the drone. The drone starts to shoot at Seth. I jump up from my spot and fire my weapon. Immediately, the drone stops shooting and then starts to spin in circles before dropping to the ground.

“Are you good Seth?”

“Yeah. It missed,” he replies.

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