So there is a time jump which I have mentioned in both bold and italic. Please don't ignore my bold and italic stuff because you will get confused.
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6 months later (Present time)

Raising my blades slightly, I walked through the empty cold corridor.

All the lights in the corridor kept flickering and the white marble floors were now red with blood from all the dead bodies scattered around.

I passed the whole corridor without facing a single soul and reached the elevators. The camera above it turned and focused on me so I gave it a nod. Then the elevator doors, that were in a lockdown, opened up with a ding. I entered and pressed the seventh floor button.

You must be wondering what the hell is going on? Well let me tell you all about it.

Like I said, that I will destroy ICE and free the children they are keeping captive, so here I am now.

After escaping this shitty place six months ago, my friends and I went back to Jax's old house. He used to live there with his family, but when we went back we only found one person. His younger brother, who was not so young anymore.

Max, who was only seventeen when Jax was taken away, was now twenty-two. He still lived at there old place, hoping that one day Jax might show up again. And then he finally did. So imagine Max's reaction at seeing him back after five years.

While the brothers bonded with each other, we took Carly inside and I was left with the responsibility of taking care of her leg. Although I had never done this before but everyone just assumed that since I got the brain, I am fit for this and any other job. However, I did manage to save her somehow without any medical experience.

After that, as the time passed on, we all utilised our days and nights to rebuild ourselves and focus on our abilities.

I took this time to plan how to stop ICE. I locked myself in a room, away from everyone, zoned in on what I wanted to do and after months of plotting, planning and practicing I finally got ready to fight. And I made sure others were too.

Just this morning, Carly managed to hack into ICE base. Again. Them and their shitty management never learn. They numbered all of their facilities in ascending order according to from best to least.

No wonder our facility got the fifth and the last number.

Anyway, moving on...

We disguised ourselves as the van drivers and went along driving their vans inside the premises.

Although fingerprints are required as a proof that you are an authorised member before you go in, but it was not really much of a problem for us since I had Carly put our fake information and fingerprints in their system just this morning.

Once we got inside the main entrance, we spread out according to the plan.

I went towards the first camera I found by the gates of the building and motioned for Carly to do her part at the right time.

She was supposed to lock this place down so that no extra guards or any other type of security can enter the building and no staff can leave. The windows and doors and elevators etc, will only open at her command so that's how we will be getting out.

I gave Zen the task of doing what he's good at, planting bombs in record time without getting caught.

On the other hand, Britt and Rosa were supposed to go down in the basement, where all the children were having their weekly hangout, and get them out before everything falls apart.

As for Jax and I. We needed to get to the seventh floor and by now we were on the second one. We took out anyone who came in our way. It wasn't an easy task but I managed to make myself a bulletproof cloak when I was planning this stuff out. I ditched the ICE Workers uniform for my cloak once we entered the building.

Now as I stood in the elevator, I was all alone. Jax, who doesn't have any bulletproof material, decided to go through air vents so that he can shoot without getting shot.

My plan was to get to seventh floor through the elevator, kill anyone who tries to stop me and do what I came here to do. However, my plan was cut short when the elevator stopped at fifth floor instead.

The elevator doors opened up with their usual ding and everyone in the hallway turned over to see who arrived.

For a moment it was dead silent. No one moved, spoke or even blinked their eyes.

And then all hell broke loose.

"Fucking shit! She's here!" A guard shouted in her radio.

"Why won't this window open!?"

"Oh God, please help us. Please save us from this devil."

"Abort mission! Mayday! Mayday!" Yes some idiot actually shouted that.

Rolling my eyes at these imbeciles I walked forward. The five to six guards who were supposed to protect this floor started firing at me. I used my cloak to block them.

Oh yeah! A month spent on this baby was worth it.

I suddenly sprinted forward, stabbing my blades in the two nearest guards.

Slowly taking them out, I let them fall on the ground before I started walking again.

Two guards ran at me in full speed, with their fists up high, but as soon as they tried to hit me, I ditched my blades and caught both of their fists in my hands. Twisting their arms I shoved them back a few steps.

Now they seem scared. Good.

Picking up my blades, I jumped forward, flipping in the year while slitting both of their throats.

I landed in one knee down kneeling position.

Yes, I liked showing off sometimes.

The only two guards left now were firing frantically at me. They looked scared as I just strolled through the bullets slowly.

Once I got close enough, I thrust my blades forward. One of them went straight through a body but the other one, however, was dodged.

The lady guard moved to the side and swung her fist at me.

And she actually managed to hit me in the face because she took me by surprise.

The whole corridor went silent as everyone watched in fear and anticipation of what might happen next.

They could not see half of my face as it was covered by my cloak's hood. My lips could be seen though, they were in plain sight.

The lady guard watched silently as I raised my middle finger and traced it lightly on my bottom lip. And then she actually gulped when I pulled my finger back and found blood on it.

I turned my head back at her and whispered in a low, deadly voice, "Bitch, you just pissed me off."

And with that I swiped my blade right through her neck.

First the head fell off. Then the body followed. And then came the screams. Everyone started screaming and running around all over again.

I usually did not do something like this. It was stab and move on for me, but this woman just pissed me off.

Rolling my eyes at everyone I decided to make my way upstairs, since the elevator stopped working.

However, I was once again surprised to see the stairs blocked by heavily armed men on sixth floor.

Blockage was not what caused the surprise and problem though.

It was the fact that none of them was holding a gun. Instead they had knives, whips, shovels, axes and other similar objects.

Don't ask how they got it. This place is really weird and fucked up. I am pretty sure half of these objects were used as torturing devices.

Dumbasses finally figured out I was wearing bulletproof material.

I folded my hands behind my back, never letting go of the blades, and pressed down a button on my wristwatch.

"Hands where we can see them! We suggest you drop down your weapon and come with us." The one standing in front called out. I was a few steps below him.

"You have nowhere to go. The elevator will not work, we blocked it's way. It won't go up. And you obviously will not pass through these stairs." Another man, beside the first one, spoke up.

So that's why Carly dropped me off at fifth floor. She must have seen what they were doing, through security cameras.

"Come on, Darling. Let's take this the easier way because it would be a shame to damage a feisty beauty like you If you will be a doll and let us play then you might actually get out of this alive." The first man called out again. His humourless shit got a laugh out of his partners.

Seeing that I have no other choice, I dropped my blades and took a step back.

I guess this was it. Maybe we were still not ready. Maybe we were still amateurs surviving because of luck.

Or maybe not. Maybe I still have my inner fire burning inside me.

Let's be the judge of that after the next few minutes.

As soon as I dropped my blades, guard one came down and picked them up before making them get stuck somewhere in his belt so he doesn't have to carry them in his hands. He then grabbed my elbow and literally dragged me upstairs. 

We kept walking until we reached another man standing right in the middle of the hallway.

He was the only one here with a knife and a gun, both.

Fucking manager.

"Listen to me girl. If you do as I tell you to then I might be a bit lenient and send you off to one of those small claustrophobic cages for a week and then take you back in the facility. If not, then I might have to torture you to death because that's our way of eliminating the threat." The damn manager bullshitted out of his ugly mouth. And as if that was not enough he continued on for more, "Now I want you to be a good girl and stop the lockdown, call off your bitches and turn yourselves in. You have five minutes. Just five minutes. And your time starts now!" He started the timer in his phone.

For a moment I did nothing. Just stood there staring at him. He stared back. But then I saw a shift down the hall. Nothing much. Just a slight movement. It was not even in plain sight. But whatever it was, it was enough to bring a smirk on my face.

Taking slow steps forward, I stopped in front of the manager's face.

"There is a man working for this facility. He is the head of security. You may know him as Luciano Caballero. Tell him Phoenix came to this place. And she asked you to stay out of her business. Also, tell him to give a message to Hunter from me. To warn Hunter that Phoenix is coming for you."

Just as I finished saying what I said, something clattered on the ground behind me.

"Time for me to go. Cheerio!" I mock saluted the manager as smoke started to spread all around me.

Men started coughing and choking, while I pulled off my bandana from my head and tied it around my nose. Then I searched for one more person who I wanted to talk to.

When I found him bent down on his knees, coughing his guts out, I knew this was going to be easy.

Bending down a little, I snatched my blades from him. The sudden action took him by surprise because he tried to stand up real fast and ended up stumbling and falling with eyes wide open.

"Shit. Don't let her-" cough, "-don't let her get away!" Someone coughed out behind me.

Ignoring them, I bent down to guard one's ear and whispered in the same voice that I used on the lady guard, "I hope this will be a life long lesson for you to not to look at women as your play toys."

And then I dragged him up by his hair just to kick him between his legs. Real hard. Like really, really hard. So hard that a fully grown and trained guard fell down bawling his out. Hard enough to-

Fuck, I need to stop. I need to stop getting carried away with my shit.

"There! I see her!" Someone shouted down the hall. Only after that did I realise that the smoke had began clearing up and there were almost seven to eight guards stumbling my way.

"Phoenix!" I heard Jax calling me out from somewhere above me.

"Finally." I muttered looking up at the air vent right above me. "Took you long enough."

I raised my hands up for Jax to grab them and pull me up. But since I was short, Jax had to lean out a bit to actually be able to grab me.

"I was waiting for the right time, little one." He grunted while pulling me up.

"I am twenty six. You are twenty six. And you still call me little one." I rolled my eyes at him while trying to push myself inside.

I was almost in the vent when someone grabbed my leg, trying to pull me down to them. Without looking back, I kicked backwards and actually managed to get him in the face. Or at least that's what it felt like.

Smirking at my victory I moved along. Once I was fully inside, Jax placed the grill back in its place and started screwing it back. I had to sit down on the grill with a knife, to throw off anyone who tries to get in.

After we were done, Jax and I crawled along the vents, sometimes going up through some openings as well, until we finally reached our destination.

The computer room.