Space Odyssey: Spectre-Chapter 454: Bulldozed Foes

Chapter 454: Bulldozed Foes
"The head of these hooligans is empty, I made sure of that." Ulin announced over the communication channel. "Infiltration team, move in. Jace is in sight and coming hot and angry." Ulin quickly told them as well.
While Jace rounded a corner and the line of lookyloos who were watching the police as they tried to keep the place closed. But he watched as the line was suddenly broken by one of his unit’s armored vehicles that honked to get the civilians out of the way and just drove through the police barricades.
Several of his soldiers, who were holding onto the sides or roof, jumped off as the vehicle slammed into the front of the club and then backed up. Jace pulled right up next to the vehicle and jumped off his hover bike and ran toward the building while drawing his weapon.
He joined the unit smoothly as he assessed the room. The masked people that pulled up their guns were shot three times. Twice in the chest and once in the head. Quickly cutting down on their numbers. But some quickly realized their only chance to survive was to surrender and dropped their weapons.
Jace noticed they were quickly surrendering and made several hand signals. Having most of his people spread out and take everyone into custody. "Get the injured out of here. Get Captain Vana back to our medical facilities." Jace walked over and crouched next to her looking at the club owner and the nurse.
His heads up display was quickly pulling up information on both of them. "Take this one into custody." He nodded his head at the club owner and then looked at Liz the nurse. "Get her communication information. We will come ask you about what happened later. But I think it would be best to help the emergency personnel with your patients." Jace then looked down at Vana and frowned under his helmet. "Which door?"
Vana shakily raised a hand and pointed at a pair of double doors that his people were about to break down to start clearing the area. Jace stood up and walked over. "Follow me in." He announced as kicked the double doors.
There was a groan followed by a snap of metal as the doors flew open with a dent in the spot where he kicked them. A moment later he walked through the doors while firing at the few masked people who held up their weapons.
He walked into a stairwell that led him down. As he moved the shielding around his armor began shining yellow as several bullets and lasers hit him. But he continued to fire his Pyre as he moved down the stairs. Already picking up a radioactive signal on his heads up interface.
As he neared the bottom of the stairs the bodies they found started to pile up. Most of them were of people they did not shoot. They were mostly stacked in a pile on one side. But on the other side were a few with sheets or towels covering their heads.
Jace stopped at the bottom of the stairs and made some quick hand motions. Telling his people to leave a few to check the bodies. Then he walked toward a more heavily armored door. It was a lot of extra security for just a more exclusive part of the club.
He stopped and planted his feet and signaled to either side of the door. His people moved to stand on both sides of the entrance while he stood in front. Then Jace kicked the thick metal door.
Ding!
His people were tense but relaxed and then looked at Jace in confusion. There was a clear dent where he kicked the door and the frame around the edge of the door had cracked. But the door had still held firm.
"Do you need some help, boss?" One of them asked, causing the others to chuckle.
Jace scoffed and then looked between his foot and the door. "This door is more sturdy than I expected. Be careful of a collapsing roof or the entrance collapsing after we enter." He declared as he actually got ready before putting his weight behind the kick.
Bang! Creak! Crack!
Just as he thought. When he kicked the door this time the door frame went with it. It flew a few feet before falling on some people and throwing up a cloud of dust and dirt. Jace waited a moment as his soldiers quickly moved into the room.
After a few seconds and a rather large amount of gunfire. He followed them into the room. He actually stopped for a moment in surprise. He was not expecting xeno-kink club to be down here. No wonder it was locked behind triple-VIP. This part of the club catered to a specific type of person. There were plenty of stripper poles and curtained areas where private shows could occur.
But the give away were the various races in varying states of undress. He was grateful that people on the colony station were so welcoming. But it was starting to look like the Victorium races and other races were getting along a bit too well. Now that he was thinking about it there were a few other races among the civilians and employees upstairs.
"Sir... about the room..." One of his people walked up to him as he was assessing the room.
"Aargghhh..." They heard a groan and saw it was coming from a masked person on the ground. With only a glance Jace pointed his Pyre and fired twice. Sending the injured man’s brains across the floor.
"I know. But it is not illegal. At least not a criminal law violation. But whether they disclosed it on their civil end is not our concern." Jace told them with a chuckle and then walked toward the spot that his visor was telling him the radiation signature was coming from. It was behind a thick metal door that was hidden in the back of the room.
It was hidden behind a curtain and the door was designed to be smooth against the wall so the handle went into the door. He grabbed the handle and then the edge of the door frame. There was a groan and creak of metal that caught the attention of all his soldiers who were finishing making sure the last of the masked people were killed or taken into custody.
Then there was a snap and dinging noise as he pulled the door out of the doorframe and several bits of metal and screws fell to the ground. He tossed the door a few feet behind him and looked into the room. Stopping in surprise at what he found.
The radioactive rod was there but it was clearly sealed in a container. But it was the other contents of the room that he was surprised at. Because apparently today was the day for him to be surprised.
There were boxes of clearly labeled rations. Farm equipment and heavy machinery equipment. There were a few weapons but they were all clearly used for hunting. Then there were a number of genetically customized seeds, they would typically be adapted to a specific world or system. Finally there were water purifiers. All of the items in this room were either heavily taxed or straight up illegal. But all could have a purpose in doing the same thing. Helping a colony grow.
Jace stepped forward and grabbed the container with the radioactive rod. He opened it up to check that it was inside and then closed the container. He then closed it after checking the rod’s condition and gave the room one last look before turning around and walking out. He nodded at one of the team leaders who were waiting for him. "Make a list of the contents of the room and send it to me. Then send a notification to the Director of MILD about what we found in that room."
"Not the High Priestess?" The man was a mar’talic so his hesitance was understandable.
"No, we want her to have plausible deniability in case I decide to do something." Jace answered with a shrug. "Not to mention I feel like something is coming down the line that will put us under a microscope."
"You do not think the Director will be put under the same microscope?" The soldier asked.
Jace scoffed and chuckled. "Even if she was, she would not crack under any form of pressure. That woman knows how to stand her ground no matter what. She is like that tree in a storm that will just plant its roots deeper because the storm wants to knock it over."
The mar’talic tilted their head in confusion before shrugging and turning to give out Jace’s orders.
Jace took a breath for a moment. Then he walked to the stairs and walked out of the underground xeno strip club. Going up to the main floor where they were already sorting those who were working for the club and the civilians. The dead were being taken care of by the police.
He walked past them and out the door freezing for a moment as several flashes of light began blinding him. He slowed down as he was bombarded with questions.
"Sir! Who are you? Why did the military step in?"
"What is that in your hand?"
"How does the military have one of those ultra expensive hoverbikes?"
"What type of infantry armor is that?"
Jace locked the case with the radioactive rod to the back of the hoverbike and climbed on. As he started it up the ers and paparazzi buzzed with excitement and took pictures. One of the ers who held a microphone and had a hover cam behind her held her microphone forward. "Can you provide us with a statement of any kind?"
Jace stopped and looked at the woman. Finishing a that he sent to the High Priestess and then turned on his external speaker. There was no way to hide their existence on the colony station now. So he might as well do something cool. "Cerberus is on the hunt. Stay out of the way." He then revved up the hoverbike and flew away from the scene veering around emergency and parked vehicles.