The End Of Life

Denton looked at the man a few feet away from him. Both of them were bleeding profusely, but Denton still had a lead because of the bomb the opponent faced before he came. His power was lacking to the opponent, and it didn't take him long to receive a few hits, which made him bleed. 

"Kekekeke, you are strong, kid. I didn't rhino I can be in this position after receiving the powers. But you still wet under your ears if you think you can face in head-on and win. I'll rip you and your base to shreds after this." the opponent laughed maniacally as he looked like a beast. 

Denton responded with a confident smile, "Don't mention anything after this. Because you're not going to live after this. Old man, your bones are getting weaker even if you have power. Let's get this done." and ran towards him. 

The opponent also ran towards him with his two arms stretched out, ready to smash Denton before he came closer to him. He swung the left hand as Denton was in his reach, but all the military drills he went through the past month helped him safely dodge the punch. 

Escaping the punch, he continued, and it didn't take long for the right arm to come swing towards his waist. Looking at the huge arm coming at him and no chance to dodge, he just grits his teeth and jumped towards the man with all his strength. If he gets hit by that it would be fatal and the only way to counter it was by moving closer to the man and taking him by surprise. 

That was exactly what happened, as the opponent did not expect Denton to jump closer, and before he knew it a hand was coming straight for his gut. He couldn't stop the right one or pull back the left one in time. Gritting his teeth, he took it and got blasted off before smashing into a building and falling off. 

Denton looked around to find something sharp or inflict more damage as the opponent could heal. He noticed a gun and picked it. Walking towards the man, he pointed the gun right at his face and shot a whole magazine, just to be sure. 

Throwing the gun away, he continued to stare at the person as he remained unmoved, and the bullet holes were not getting cured. He simply kicked the body away and made his way towards one of the vans they parked in an alleyway. He wanted to rest for a few seconds before he got going. 

He patched himself up, covering the main injuries. After resting for a few seconds and getting some energy back, he grabbed a street light pole and walked towards the outpost. 

As he went inside, he saw the complete mess both sides created. He noticed most of their members were situated in the left building while the right was the enemies. He threw the pole into the enemies on the road, killing them. 

The enemies noticed Denton's presence immediately and were shocked. If Denton was there, it only meant that their man lost and died. Most of the people got scared while the braver bunch shifted targets to Denton and shot. 

Taking Denton as the perfect distraction, the people inside the opposite building shot most of the enemies down and were able to successfully corner them in a few minutes. 

After a few minutes, there was only a handful of enemies left fighting back on the road as they killed the rest. As the soldiers felt happy about the outpost going down, they heard jeep engines from the other side of the road and saw the enemy's backup arrived. 

As most of the soldier's shoulders caved in and the morale was going down, they heard Barns shout, "Alright guys, stage one complete. Don't go down, we need to defend this place until the main mission is over. Trust our people and this city will be ours. Let's go and clean up the rats the city has been having so long." Raising the gun in his hands. His speech worked as all the soldiers responded and shot down the enemies on the street before aiming the jeeps. 

As round one was done, David and Suzie looked at the teenager, who was still unconscious and wasn't going to wake up anytime soon. David couldn't take the bullet out for now without proper equipment and they can only wait till the mission was over and are back at the camp to continue. 

"This was a complete mistake. Now if Mark sees this, ugh." David murmured, sitting down. He didn't have the energy to continue anymore. Suzie just shook her head and sighed. 

"Don't blame yourself, David. You just got too emotional and made a stupid mistake. I know for one that Mark wouldn't make much fuss about it and would have probably figured out that something like this might happen. It's not completely their mistake too. This both were simply too dumb." And looked at Gwen, who was also asleep after fainting in the alleyway from crying.

Suzie didn't know all this till they met up and David showed her the two teenagers sleeping. They were inside one of the two buildings they fought with other injured soldiers around them in a make-shift recovery room. She was obviously shocked at the blood all over Dereck and got to know about everything from him. 

She was also exhausted after the mission she did with Steve and taking over an entire building. She had to credit most of the work to John, who was quick and accurate. She understood why she was in a special team despite not having a particular specialty. Looks could be deceiving, was the conclusion she accepted. 

She turned her head and saw Denton sitting and going through various snacks. He played a major role in facing the mutant from the opposite side and was also a major distraction for the enemies. He had to go out there again, and it looked like he would get hungry after fighting for a while. A drawback she didn't have.