Free Chronicles of the Supers (Book 1): Born From Darkness (The Story of Max) by Jeremy Williams

cell locations of all prisoners the day it was posted.
That day happened to be exactly 3 days after the prisoner she was
after had been shut in his cell. Max now definitely had the location
of the man she was after, and she was going to finish him off, one
way or another.

Chapter 9:
    Trouble

Max waited outside the prison in silence as she watched the
perimeter. There was a rather tall perimeter fence topped with razor
wire. She figured she could get over the razor wire but she couldn't
see any cameras. She knew they were around but without being able to
see them she couldn't get any idea of their field of view. That was
troubling because Max needed to be able to make her way to the prison
wall without being noticed.
    She
sat for a good half an hour thinking and finally came up with a plan.
The lights were the obvious weak point and if she could take a few
out her full black outfit would help her move stealthily across the
compound. She dug around a bit, looking for a suitable rock to try
and use to destroy the bulb. After a moment she found one and looked
up to line up her shot. She threw the rock but it missed to the left
just enough to not hit anything.
    Max
scowled and reached for another rock, this time finding one
considerably faster than last time. She threw it but this time missed
too far to the right. She kept trying until she had thrown over a
dozen rocks. She was getting tired of that method and needed
something more reliable. After a moment she suddenly had a very
bright idea. She needed to chip away at the rocks to form a small
arrow head shape from them. That would let them fly straighter and
increase her chances of hitting the damned lights.
    She
found 2 rocks and set about using one to shape the other. It took a
further half an hour but she finally had the shape she needed. She
lined up the shot and threw it with as much force as she could
muster. The arrow head rock struck its target, taking out the light
instantly. It made a decent amount of noise but after 5 minutes no
one had come to investigate, so she reasoned that no one had heard
it.
    In
that way Max took out 3 more lights before the area she needed to
access was sufficiently darkened. Then she quickly and quietly scaled
the fence and ran across the open ground to the side of the prison.
Once she arrived she found a small depression right beside the wall.
Ducking down inside of it, Max pressed her body to the ground while
watching and listening to see if anyone had spotted her. When it
became clear that no one had, she let out a small, silent sigh of
relief.
    Then
she stalked around a bit to find the place she needed to be. The cell
she was looking for had an outside view with a really small window
that would be about big enough for Max to squeeze through. It took 10
minutes of searching and fair amount of retracing her earlier steps,
but she finally found the window she was looking for. Looking around,
she noted the area was sufficiently dark enough for her to hide
herself while she broke in.
    After
confirming that she would be unseen she jumped up and grabbed the
ledge of the window. Slowly she pulled herself over the ledge and
looked around carefully. There was a male in the corner, sitting on
the ground with his head buried in his knees. There was no one else
around but Max was sure there was a camera hidden somewhere watching
the cell. Even so, she couldn't spot it.
    She
decided she would just have to make it quick and ripped a few of the
cell windows bars out of the concrete with a considerable amount of
effort. By the time she had finished the guy in the cell had noticed
and was watching in anticipation. She slid through, leaving one bar
in place since she was on a timetable.
    The
man stayed sitting on the ground but looked up at her with a
combination of fear and acceptance in his eyes.
    "So,
what do you want?" he asked, clearly stifling back some tears as
he spoke.
    "Your
death." Max growled out, distorting her voice so much that it
scared the