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asks the other (although this is just speculation because I can’t really hear them) so I start pointing at them while laughing.
    Then they both get shot in the head… which only makes me laugh even harder. The snipers on the roof quickly drop all of the other manananggals with headshots.
    “Focus on the brunt of the force! We can take care of any minor threats like that!” Natasha thinks. Looks like Cheza and I should get to work.
    “Place your right hand on the back of my left and get frosty.” I tell Cheza while engaging my helmet; Cheza does the same and grabs my left hand as it flushes black.
    We stand up and I raise my hand (and thus Cheza’s) towards the sky over the vampires. Several rounds hit my jacket, but nothing gets through as a torrent of water explodes out from my left palm and shoots into the air over the vampires. The water starts freezing as I concentrate it into a large mass in the air. The blood in my left arm starts turning to slush due to Cheza’s power as the giant mass in the sky grows to the right size.
    “Go for it.” I tell Cheza once I stop the flow of water.
    C heza raises her left hand into the air, pointing it towards the mass of ice, and quickly closes her fist. The mass of ice explodes and rains six foot shards of ice down on the vampires. Once the shards make their impact with the ground and a few unlucky vampires, Cheza points her fist forward and flicks all of her fingers outward. The six foot shards explode into hundreds of daggers all over the battlefield. Cheza’s legs buckle as she sits down to rest behind the sandbags.
    “Are you alright?” I ask with concern as I kneel down beside her while listening to the screams and gurgles of agony from the vampires.
    “Yeah, I’ll be fine… just a bit tired after manipulating that much ice.” Cheza replies.
    “Go ahead and rest; I’ll take care of the remnants.” I tell her.
    I peek over the sandbags and see that the remaining vampires are retreating while the AUSSIE diggers continue firing at them; looks like we’re done for the day.
    “ The vampire forces are in a full retreat, for now.” Natasha reports.
    “We’re going to go get some rest before they regroup.” I tell Simmons and he nods his large head.
    I scoop Cheza up so she doesn’t have to walk, and head inside the building. I carry her into the elevator, across the sky bridge , and to the door marked 35. The card key is pulled from my pocket and swiped through the reader before the door clicks open. I carry Cheza to the bed and set her down as Natasha walks through the door, looking absolutely exhausted as a side-effect from the enhancement injection. We all strip down to our underwear and pile into the bed before passing out in mere minutes.
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    Chapter 7 : Mappa Tassie
    I awaken the next morning to a pounding at the door. I notice that the girls haven’t woken up yet so I quickly jump up and grab the door.
    “We’ve got a couple of predator drones inbound and we need help.” Simmons reports. I look over my shoulder at the girls and there stat e of peaceful sleep.
    “I can handle it. Get a vehicle and meet me at the gate .” I tell him.
    Simmons nods and runs off while I quickly put on my armored jeans and jacket, forgoing my t-shirt. I stick my pouch on and run out the door, across the sky bridge, down the elevator, and over to the front gate. After waiting for just under a minute, Simmons pulls up in the red Jeep Wrangler. I hop in the passenger seat and Simmons takes off down the road.
    “I need a place in the drones’ flight path, preferably on a hill top.” I tell Simmons.
    “Right. They’re coming in from the north-east and they’re about ten minutes out.” Simmons replies.
    “Why isn’t the air force doing anything about this? Shouldn’t they be doing something when they’ve got drones flying over the mainland?” I question.
    “The drones somehow got clearance. We’d have no idea if it weren’t for a friend of the