Page 33 of Justified
I need to be smarter about this vigilante shit, starting now.My next target was the mayor.I couldn’t afford to mess up any more.It was a little before noon by the time I got back to Walter’s mansion.When I called Jordan, he had informed me that the man was still in his house, and that was good.Before I climbed out of my car, I took my EMP device, tranq gun, two clips filled with tranq darts and two syringes filled with the same tranquilizer.Too bad my tranq gun wasn’t silent.That’s why I needed the syringes.
“How do the grounds look?Can I sneak on?”I asked as I walked over towards the mansion.
“This neighborhood is so beautiful.These houses are amazing.”
“Jordan, stay focused.”
“Sorry.Where are you coming from?”
“From the east.”
“Okay, yeah… that’s close to his guest house.There are lot of trees and bushes over that way, too.”
“Perfect.”
“I see you on the sky view.”
“Do I look sexy?”
“Always.”
I laughed, then leaped over the high gate, landing softly near some bushes, which I promptly ducked behind.I peeked to check out the camera situation.I had my EMP device with me again, but I wasn’t going to use it until I was inside the mansion, so I had to be mindful of those bastards until I could do my thing.
“Heads up, guard coming your way,” Jordan said.
I could hear the sound of grass crunching under the man’s foot getting louder as he drew closer to where I was hiding.I made sure to stay real low because I didn’t want to give away my position until I was ready.A few seconds later, he walked past my hiding spot, and I caught the whiff of his cologne, which told me just how close he was to me.That was when I popped out, taking him from behind.I covered his mouth as I put him in a sleeper hold.He struggled as best as he could before the lack of oxygen rendered him unconscious.I drug his body back behind the bushes with their excellent cover.
The guy was just an inch shorter than me, so this transformation wasn’t going to hurt too much.I started the process once I had stripped the man of his clothes.It hurt like hell to shrink my bones and reform my body to look like his.Even my vocal cords underwent the transformation so I’d sound exactly like him.I moaned low as my organs shifted to accommodate my new form.It was an agonizing experience.
In all honesty, transformation was actually a very interesting ability I had.I should probably use it more often.Maybe I would if it didn’t hurt like hell.The whole time, I had to be as quiet as I could so I wouldn’t draw any unwanted attention.It took me a minute to get my bearings, but after I had, I took off my clothes and put on his security outfit and strapped myself with his weapons and ID.I did replace one of his guns with my tranquilizer gun.Of course, I removed the bullets out of the other gun I didn’t need, not that he would be awake by the time I was done doing what I needed to do, but so he couldn’t use it on me just in case.
Searching the pocket of my sweats, I pulled out a syringe with the tranquilizer in it, then stuck it in the guard’s arm.I wanted to make sure he’d stay asleep for a while.Now, I was one of them.Next, I needed to get to Walter.I stepped out from the bushes and walked around to the front of the house, where I ran into another guard.
“How’s everything looking?”he asked me.
“I think I found something and need you to check it out,” I said.
“Show me,” the guard said in a no nonsense tone.
I gestured for him to follow me.“It may not be anything, but I just want you to look to make sure.”I led him away from the camera’s point of view and, once we were clear, I turned on him, punching him hard enough to knock him out with one blow.I pulled out my tranq gun, shooting him with a dart, then dragged his body over to the other guard behind the bushes.From what I could tell, there were other guards roaming the grounds, but they were further out.I’d deal with them if I had to.
I did another perimeter walk around the mansion to make sure there were no more guards.I also took this opportunity to locate the fucking generator.I had every intention of using my EMP again, but this time, I didn’t need that motherfucker getting in my way.I found it on the grounds and there was a camera nearby.I waited until the camera panned away from me, then I ran over there, leaped up, and snatched the camera off its mount.I crushed it in my hands with ease, then went over to the generator, breaking the lock on the door.I knew I had to hurry because a call went out over the radio for someone to check out the camera that just went down.
Okay, this was where my superhuman strength really came in handy.I reached behind the huge generator and disconnected the wiring.I also busted the LCD display once the generator powered off.I reached into one of the many pockets on my uniform, I kind of missed wearing these.Anyway, I pulled out my EMP device and activated it.This time, there would be no panic room he could run into or any alarm he could sound for help.I closed the door and stepped out in time to meet two guards.
“Jones, what the fuck is going on?”one of them said, aiming his gun at me.
Jones was the name of the man whose face I was wearing.Since I’d shut down the electricity, there were no cameras to see me take them out.No need to play nice.
“Taking out your fucking scum bag boss,” I said, then I drew my tranq gun quickly, shooting one of the guards, but not before the other shot me in the chest.The bullet proof vest helped shield me from the impact, which was a small blessing.I shot him in his neck with a dart, knocking him out completely.This was the kind of playing grounds I wanted.They couldn’t radio to each other and no one knew what was coming.
I ran around to the front as another guard was coming out of the house.“Did you see anything?”he asked me.
“No, but I can’t find Thomas or Watts,” I said, having read the names on the uniforms of the guards I’d just taken down.
“Shit, right before all of the electricity went out, one of the cameras went black.They were sent to investigate,” the guard explained.
“Yeah, I know, I heard it on the radio,” I replied.“I can’t find Blackburn, either.”He was the second guard I’d knocked out.Loved that these guards had their names on their uniforms, really helped me infiltrate.
