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and the driver remained. She nodded to the driver as she stepped over the guard’s body and the other two men followed her.
    The driver would bring the truck inside the gate and secure it again, in case someone unexpectly showed up. Kimiko touched the left side of her ear and the device there activated her infrared contact lens, causing the deep shadows to jump into focus almost immediately. She had dropped the now useless satellite feed in the back of the truck as she had exited.
    Only instincts and her eyes would guide her now. Taking one RES in each hand, she hit the release buttons with slight pressure of her thumbs. The razor sharp blades shined, even though the misting rain as they extended their long reach. Everything stayed quiet as nothing moved around them. She led the two men to the wide doors of the main warehouse as the property was separated into two smaller warehouses.
    “Trailblazer to all units, confirm your positions,” she spoke, eyeing the doors for any signs of movement. None could be allowed to escape.
    The words were barely out her mouth when a blurring shadow passed close to her right and vanished quickly. She had just been able to catch it on the edge of her vision. Signaling the two men behind her, she continued to search for what she had saw. The men raised their weapons, guarding every exposed area. Their jet black helmets gave off tiny dots of light that reflected off the raindrops on their helmets.
    “Do any of your visors pick up any movement?” she asked, watching the night.
    She was having a feeling in her gut that something was wrong. A thought came to her suddenly. Her scouting units did not report.
    “No, team leader, our sensors are quiet. It may have been a bird of some sort,” replied the man on her left.
    Before she had a chance to voice her concerns, the night behind her lit up in silenced gunfire. The faint popping sounds echoed unnaturally into the night. Kimiko turned in time to see one of her men fly through the air. Half of his face was torn to shreds. The remaining man was firing his weapon in a continuing burst, only the lightweight silencer attachment hid the sound.
    A figure was coming out the pitch black night slowly, like a phantom. The explosions as the bullets hit it didn’t seem to stop it as it howled and shook them off. A second one appeared behind the man and gripped him by the back of the neck and lifted him up into the air. Kimiko brought her RES down in an arc, cutting the massive arm off at the elbow.
    The gun was quiet now but the scream of rage was more than effective in replacing the sound. The man himself fell to the wet ground, the half severed arm still attached to the back of his neck. Kimiko’s next swing took the beast’s head from its shoulders. She turned and prepared herself for the second one. It came like a blur, roaring its fury.
    She stepped back and cut it across the chest, opening up a deep wound. Bending down, she cut the legs out from under the beast. The man put his foot on its neck and emptied the rest of the clip into its head. He sat down on the ground and realized that the arm was still on his neck. He slung it away with a curse. Puzzled, Kimiko bend down and pressed her hand to the Pallida Mors chest. It would start to turn human soon. Its body temperature was ice cold.
    It was the reason their infrared had not detected any body heat. It also sent a chill down her spine. They knew that they were here and hid their movements by somehow switching their body temperatures.
    “All units report!”
    Curses and screams started to fade in and out in her ear link as the night seemed to come alive.
    “Switch your sensors to purely motion detection, weapon on needle dart mode,” she advised anyone that could hear her and braced herself for what she knew was coming.
    It didn’t take long. Two more shapes emerged from the side of the warehouse running sideways on the wall, as if it was normal. The man beside her must’ve recovered because