It had been a long twenty years. Logan's training had gone very well and he had been given a great deal of resource from Commander to help him accomplish his goals. The first thing Logan did was call Demon using the talisman. With a huge ball of blue flame Demon appeared out of nowhere. “Your training is complete Logan?”, Demon asked. Logan quickly explained how all of the training went. He also told Commander about all of the items, vehicles, cybernetics, and the organization. Demon thought for a bit and congratulated Logan on all of the progress he had made.

Logan asked Demon, “What did you find out about my family? What is the next step in our hunt?” Demon responded, “I have much to tell you. First off the organization is indeed the mafia. I am unsure where any of there hideouts are located. I did however find out there is a rogue group in the heart of Atlanta somewhere called the 'shindogs'. They are a moderately equipped local gang that perform small jobs for the mafia. I know the core mafia organization based out of California, but there is no way to find out which one. I did some statistical data tracking and it has revealed that California has a total of eight large gangs and seven mafia organizations.”

Demon continued, “The mafia could be any one of the seven, and I am pretty sure quite a few of those gangs are tied into the same core organization. I suggest you start by taking a few contracts around Atlanta. Perhaps get a few contacts, build some resources, and get some weaponry. Once you finish a few contracts and get some clients in the area you can solicit them for information. I am here to serve. What orders do you want from me?”

Logan told Demon to do some more information gathering and try to get access to a few connections inside the local gang. Logan wanted to try and get inside and see if he could find out more about the core group they were working for. Demon agreed, and disappeared in a blue ball of flame.

Logan called down the jet mentally, and him and Lisa loaded themselves into the jet. He took a few minutes to get acquainted with all of the features of the jet and various other vehicles. Lisa had a lot of work to do from the start. She hooked herself into the jet, the mainframe, and Logan's other vehicles. They all needed some tweaks and modifications to get synched correctly. After she was done, she started hooking herself up to external systems. Logan got done looking around the jet.

When Logan got to the front of the jet he saw Lisa with her arm integrated laptop out, and seemed to be hooked into the jet and about seven other systems. She had sweat pouring down her head and seemed to be very busy. Logan left her alone for a bit, and he went to the back of the jet to look through the weapon ports and find out how everything worked. After he spent a good half hour learning the jet, he went back to the front.

Lisa's workload seemed to have toned down some now. She was working with some stuff on her arm integrated pad, and wasn't hooked to anything but the mainframe. She looked at Logan and said, “I did what I could babe. I was able to work my way into the black market interface. I was able to get access to their entire information network. It's the same network that our jet get's it's signatures from. The information network has been downloaded to the mainframe. I was also able to hook the mainframe up to the internet. I was able to download all the research data that was available online. The mainframe has been setup to do regular data dumps from the internet every week to keep up to date information. That loaded our mainframe down with a great deal of information. What do you want me to do next?”

Before Logan had a chance to answer, his cellphone rang. He answered, “You must be Logan. I just received access to a press release. It stated about your organization, Apex. It also mentioned you were it's leader, and you were an Immortal. I have a few things I need to speak with you about regarding business. I am located in the 'Dark Dimension', can you come and meet with me.” Logan thought a minute and responded, “It won't hurt anything. Give me a few hours to get access to some weaponry, and I will make my way over there.”

Logan told Lisa to setup a course for the local gun shop. It wasn't a lot but Logan had a little money and the first thing he wanted was to get access to some weaponry no matter how light it was. Lisa setup a course for a gun shop that she located in downtown Atlanta. The jet soared through the clouds, and within just a few minutes they were hovering over the gun shop.

At this point there were a few ways for Logan to get off the jet. He could take the tractor beam down to the ground. He could rappel out of the jet. The other alternative, was to take one of his vehicles to the ground. His hybrid vehicle allowed him to sit down on it, while the tractor beam would send him straight to the surface. He wanted to take the hybrid with him, since it was one of his favorite vehicles.

Before he left the jet, he setup a communications channel. He took a few minutes to encrypt the data transfer and he was off to the ground. He told Lisa to hover around 30,000 feet above whatever his current location was and remain idle. He told her to monitor his situation, and try to perform data scans every few minutes to make sure nothing strange happened. Once on the ground, he drove his hybrid vehicle in the motorcycle form. While on the road, he decided to name it. He finally decided on Golden Guardian.

He made his way to the gun shop which was around 3 miles away. He remained in communication with Lisa on the way, and scanned the shop area before he went inside. When he was finally in the gun shop he took some time to look around. The store owner came up to him to see if there was anything specific he was looking for. Logan told him he wanted something deadly, but easy to carry. He told the shop keeper that he was potentially thinking about a few different weapons. He also showed the shop keeper his suitcase technology.

Logan and the shop keeper worked together, and Logan was able to find the weaponry he wanted for the time being. He bought a sword. The sword had been used in hundreds of generations worth of war, and Logan could feel a strange energy coming off of it. The sword had the ability to channel fire and lightning into an enemy upon contact. The sword came with a sheath. He attached the sheath into the back of his armor.
The next weapon he purchased was a 9mm handgun. He bought a total of eleven clips. Each clip contained thirteen bullets. He also bought a holster for the pistol, and a clip rack. The pistol holster, and clip rack both hooked into his belt. The next weapon he wanted was something a little larger and a little more powerful. First he purchased some light weaponry. He bought a set of eight throwing daggers and a dagger holster. He also bought a pack of ten throwing stars and a throwing star holster and hooked both of those two his belt.

The next weapons that got his attention were a few daggers. There was a collection set of 8 throwing daggers. He wanted that set, and bought a dagger holster as well. These daggers lined together one at a time. He lined the daggers into the dagger holster and hooked it to his belt. He also grabbed a pack of ten throwing stars as well and put them into another holster which was built for throwing stars, and put it beside the daggers. He also bought a standard dagger. It was a medium sized dagger and was used for close quarters combat. The official name was 'The Dagger of Choice'.

The final weapon Logan bought was a rifle. It was a pretty powerful rifle with a zoom scope with a laser mount to allow for better accuracy. The rifle has single fire, burst fire, semi-automatic fire, and automatic fire modes. It came with two clips that were hooked into the gun together. The first clip was normal ammo and the second clip contained armor piercing bullets. On top of that he bought five additional clips of each type, and a clip holster for those as well. He bought another holster to strap to his back that could hold both the sword and the rifle. He hooked that to his back and put both of those weapons in it. He also strapped the clip holster to his belt with the other items he already had there.

When Logan located everything he wanted he paid for all of the items and was left with a total of 124,000 dollars left. The weaponry was pretty expensive, but what he bought was going to last him a little while. He would not have to buy additional weaponry for a few months at least, and most likely he could just purchase clips for the weapons he had already purchased.

After Logan spoke to the shopkeeper for awhile, he surprisingly realized the shopkeeper did in fact have some grenades. Logan went to the back of the store and started perusing some of the equipment. Logan purchased ten flash grenades, fifteen smoke grenades, eight fragmentation grenades, and 15 bundles of C4. He had a total of 75,000 dollars once he bought those items.

Logan also bought a modified cape which formed into a jacket. He saw at the gun store. This cape would go around the back of his armor. Effectively it would cover all of the weaponry and his back and around his belt. This would allow him to go from location to location without always revealing his weaponry.

When he got back to the jet, he put the grenades and C4 in stockpile on the jet. After a lot of thinking he decided he was always going to travel light. He decided if he ever hired mercenaries he would require them to buy there own weaponry instead of stockpiling extra weaponry at his headquarters. This would allow him to track his weapons better. He would carry the weapons he wanted on him, and the rest he would leave on the jet. Him, his girlfriend, and Demon were the only people who would ever have access to the jet itself in the first place. As long as his extra weaponry was on the jet, he could always get access to it when he needed it.

Logan spoke to Lisa, “OK, we are going into that other dimension. Here is what I need you to do. First have the jet generate two auto-gun turrets with a full clip of ammo. Load one auto-gun into a front port, and the other auto-gun into a back port. Have the jet generate a MOAB bomb and load it into the mutliple level bomb bay at the bottom of the jet. After those have been generated lock in the co-ordinates that I am transmitting into your mind. Those coordinates will create the dimensional portal and let us go into his dimension. Once we land on his dimension, I need you to immediately scan the area for any available landing zones. I am taking the hybrid vehicle with me. I will need you to port us down to the surface using the tractor beam. Once there I need to receive support from you the entire time I am on the surface. Hover just above my current location at around 10,000 feet and maintain position.”

Lisa followed his orders. Within a few minutes the requested weaponry had been generated, and the jet developed the portal. After a minute the jet was totally through the portal, and they entered a dark and silent dimension. The dimension was pitch black. Luckily Logan's Evil Eye System allowed him to see in the dark just fine in a variety of ways. He got on board the hybrid vehicle, and changed it to motorcycle form. He then had Lisa teleport him down to the surface.

Logan scanned the area visually. He gained information about the properties of the dimension, and some of the elements in the air. Nothing seemed dangerous to him, for the time being at least. Logan drove throughout the shadowy streets, headed for what appeared to be a castle. When he got near the castle, he heard a voice booming across the shadowy city, “Logan, welcome to the city of shadows. I am located at the top level of my castle. All of my guards have been notified of your arrival, you will not be bothered during your trip to the top.”

Logan sped through the streets. He parked his hybrid outside the gates of the castle and activated the shield in it. He headed towards the top of the castle. As he walked through the corridors of the castle he saw shadow guards dancing around the outskirts of the shadows. They always seemed hidden in darkness, and when he got a mild look at one of them they appeared almost as if they were humans in shadow form.

Logan began to scan them very deeply with the Evil Eye. They were indeed full shadow. There was no human presence located there. There was no skin, bone, muscle, blood or any other type of human component. There were simply shadows. They were returning the same signatures as standard shadows. There was a difference. His Evil Eye could locate an unidentifiable source of energy inside of them. Perhaps that's what they used as weaponry. His Evil Eye also noticed a detail he did not originally noticed. Some of the shadow guards were actually only part shadow. It was as if parts of there bodies were disappearing. They were only half shadow. Some of them were missing body parts, and others had a total absence of that strange force he detected in the others.

He noted that detail, and continued to make his way through the castle. Within a little while he finally reached the top and entered the throne room. Sitting on top of the throne was a large figure, that was made of pure shadow. The shadow creature in front of him leaned forward and began speaking, “Welcome Logan. I am the kind of shadows. I am glad you could make it to my dimension. We have much to discuss. Are you interested in doing something for me, in exchange for a new ability.”

Logan nodded, and the King of Shadows continued speak, “Good. Now let me start from the beginning. You must have noticed my shadow guards. A lot of them are half missing. There is a reason for that. Our dimension is connected to your dimension. Your home dimension, the one that contains earth and the entire universe is considered the 'core dimension'. Every other dimension in existence is connected to the core dimension in some way. Our dimension is tied to it as well, but in a negative fashion. My dimension lives or dies by your dimension. We have a special type of energy here. That energy has to manifest itself in your dimension for us to receive power. The only way we are able to do that through your dimension is with a special feature called 'Dark Contracts'.”

King of Shadows continued, “I can't give this to just anybody. When someone in your dimension binds two people to a dark contract, the contract is sealed with dark energy. That dark energy has to have a conduit. If dark energy flows through a normal human in your dimension they die. An Immortal on the other hand could easily handle the influx of dark energy used to bind the contracts. The act of our energy releasing into your dimension and returning with a contract will aid my people greatly. Within three contracts alone my guards and my people will be fully restored. Any additional contracts you bind people too will allow me to store up dark energy to a very high degree. In this situation if we ever get in this hole again I will have an energy reserve from which to draw.”

Logan thought a minute and spoke, “Listen. You need to give me a few minutes to consider this. I want to make sure what you are offering will not harm those that are bound to your contracts. I also want to make sure you aren't simply syphoning valuable energy from my dimension during this process.”

King of Shadows responded, “I guarantee it will not harm those that are bound to the contract, or your dimension in any way. The dark energy will only cause harm to contract breakers. When a dark contract is forged then it coincides with your dimension via magickal energy. Basically if the contract detects one of the signers have breached the contract, the magickal stipulations will take affect. When the contracts are forged, they list out what punishments are enacted for broken contracts. Magickal energy automatically makes sure those punishments are enacted thoroughly. Do your research, and take some time. Let me know in a few minutes when you have found out what you needed.”

Logan contacted Lisa, “Lisa, I need to get some information. I know you have been listening in on all of that. Take a few minutes to dig through the mainframe for any relevant data on the 'dark dimension', 'The King of Shadows', and 'Dark Contracts'. I want any and all information you can gather presented to me within a few minutes. I also want your professional opinion.”

Lisa acknowledged and set about trying to find the data that Logan needed. A few minutes went by and she said, “Apparently there have been a few past Immortals who struck a similar deal with the King of Shadows. In each situation the deal appeared harmless. The Immortals formed a series of contracts throughout there lives until they eventually died. Some signature data was recorded during the contract binding practice, and it didn't appear that any vital energy was being leaked from our dimension to their dimension during the process. Also one of the Immortals use to sell contract binding sessions via the black market, that's why there is so much data available about it. It was a valuable commodity at one time and a lot of people may still be familiar with it. So far it seems pretty straight forward and safe. All of the research I did, did not contrast with what he stated. In regards to the dimension there is no information on it's origin. All I found were a few ancient texts that claimed a powerful mage in the first era forged a similar dimension to store his artifacts. Perhaps one of his artifacts contained the King of Shadows who developed this dimension. I found no data that recorded the King of Shadows as an evil being either.”

Lisa continued, “There is more. You have two more contacts that have left voice mails in the mainframe system via the cellphone. The first seems to be with some kind of inter-dimensional police agency. He claims he has some business to discuss with you. The other one, believe it or not, is from a potential Atlanta based client. He needs a little work done. Apparently he contacted you due to Demon spreading the word around a bit in Atlanta about you and the mercenary organization.” Logan responded, “I will deal with both of those once I have finished here. Thank you for telling me.”

Logan turned his attention back towards the King of Shadows. Logan began to speak, “Listen. For the time being I accept your proposal, though I do not fully trust you. If I find out in the future that you have deceived me in any way that will spell the end of you and your entire dimension. If you do not feel that I have the power to accomplish that, then find out the hard way. If I accept your terms, you must be telling me the truth about all aspects of our agreement.”

The King of Shadows began speaking, “You have yourself a deal Logan. I have lied about nothing that I have spoken about with you here. I am basically going to give you dominion over or dimension. You will have the ability to summon dark energy for the purpose of binding these contracts. That is the only purpose you can utilize dark energy for without getting approval from me. When dark energy is taken, it is returned three fold when the dark contract is bound. Even now we are unsure how that happens. The energy seems to produce itself out of nowhere when the contracts or bound. It's as if that was the original purpose and creation of our dimension in the first place.”

The King of Shadows continued speaking, “Overall it is a very simple process. When you have one or more willing participants to a contract you can call a contract. The contract will form in front of you via dark energy. You can either have both parties verbally list off the contract information, or you can do so verbally. You can also have the contract auto-analyze the situation and build the contract from the information it gains magickally about the specific situation, and the agreement. Afterwards the contract takes down any known stipulations. A stipulation is simply saying what happens to the person or person(s) if the contract is breached. Once that's done dark energy forms the final contract.”

The King of Shadows continued, “After the final contract is ready it's your job as the contract binder to review the contract carefully. It's also possible to run a magickal loophole check to make sure there are no issues. Once your done, the contract is presented. Then the parties must all sign the contract, and it vanishes. The contract binds itself to the signers soul. From that point forward if they break the contract then magickal effects enact the stipulations. That is it. Once the contracts are bound they are irreversible. Only create contracts under situations you know will not be reversed. It is possible to put certain clauses in the contract to allow one of the signers to void the contract with a specific mental command. There is also a way to make it terminate under certain conditions. Either way this is all done magickally and cannot be altered once bound.”

The King of Shadows continued, “There is a way to bind additional contracts to an already existing contract. If a signer wanted to adjust the contract by adding a supplemental contract then the dark power can recall the old contract, and allow you to append another contract to it as an amendment. This isn't normally needed. However that is possible. Generally the contract should be developed to handle all of those ahead of time so new contracts for the same purpose aren't needed. As you can see it is a very involved process. Our dimension was seemingly developed for this purpose. That is it. That is all that is needed to be known to forge our dark contracts.”

Logan responded, “I accept this ability. I will aid your people. I am doing this for you as a favor. I enjoy new abilities but this isn't something I need naturally. I can use it to better the human race and it will help me to perform good deeds, but I am primarily doing this as a favor for you. There may be a day when I need the favor returned in the form of dark energy. If that ever happens will you do everything in your power to aid me.” The King of Shadows responded, “I will do everything in my power to aid you.”

With the deal sealed, Logan headed back to his jet with his new ability to forge dark contracts. He went aboard the jet, and decided it was time to check his messages and see what these two contacts wanted that Lisa had told him about via communications. The first message he noticed was from Drake Knight. He seemed to be a pretty high profile member of some inter-dimensional government organization. Perhaps it was a inter-dimensional cop. Logan had heard a little about him in the past, but beyond the fact that they operated inter-dimensionally he knew practically nothing about them.

Logan called Drake on the cellphone, and found out he wasn't an inter-dimensional cop, he was actually an inter-dimensional sheriff. Sheriff's that worked inter-dimensional had a lot of strings they could pull in a variety of situations. Logan spoke with him and found out that Drake had something business at there inter-dimensional headquarters. Logan had Lisa enter the co-ordinates and luckily the nanites had recharged enough to get them to another dimension.

Within a few minutes Logan, Lisa and the jet safely made it to the co-ordinates that Lisa inputted into the system. It seemed like this was some form of inter-dimensional headquarters. There were police vehicles all over the place and armed guards at around every 300 feet. Lisa pulled the jet right above the headquarters and cloaked the jet at it's maximum setting. Logan got on his hybrid and teleported himself down to the surface, right in front of the headquarters.

Logan went inside and hunted down Drake. Surprisingly he was one of the most powerful sheriffs at the facility, and he had been there nearly fifteen years. Logan met with Drake and after speaking with him a minute was getting ready to hear what Drake wanted with him in the first place.

Drake began to speak, “Logan. You are an immortal, based off the press release. You also identified positive for the Immortal gene when you entered the door. You are an Immortal. I need Immortal cops. Will you join the inter-dimensional police force?”

Logan thought a minute and responded, “I don't know how well that'll work out. Whether I was a cop or not, you know I would have my own agenda. I am trying to find my family, so that may require me to raise a little hell to do so. I also run a mercenary business that I recently received from an unnamed source. I can guarantee that I will be performing a variety of high profile contracts. Some of them may not be legal. They won't be illegal in the general sense of the word, but some of them may be very unsavory. I don't think you want a rogue operative working for you in the field?”

Drake smiled and continued, “Logan..that's exactly what we need. There are a few reasons why I want you to join, and there are a few benefits you will gain from joining. The reason we need you, is so we can have someone who has the ability to effortlessly go from dimension to dimension. A lot of my officers are bound to this dimension and have to pay a large fee to be teleported to different dimensions to perform there duties. This costs a lot of overhead. We spend an average of half a million dollars per yer on teleportation fees a lone. You being a member of our force would allow us to send you on the jobs that will require multiple dimension jumps. That is the first thing we need you for. The second thing is there are sometimes things we need to accomplish that are way outside out jurisdiction. We can spend literally a few million dollars just to bring in one criminal. Generally we walk away with a few less officers each time as well.”

Drake continued, “With you on our team, we can have you take on those really difficult criminals or situations. Also having an Immortal as potential backup for those tough missions may give us a lot more credibility in those kinds of situations. Now for the benefits. You have access to our inter-dimensional database. This means I give you the access information and you can hook your corporate mainframe directly into our database and do a data dump. Also you must realize our organization is connected to, and actually has dominion over every police organization in every dimension. We even have dominion over the cops in your dimension and any other police force up to a very high level.”

Drake continued, “If you were to join us you would be made a premier sheriff. That gives you full dominion in any legal situation. You could, for instance, go to Atlanta (your hometown) and simply get involved in legal situations will full authority. That is the first and primary benefit. Secondly you are given full immunity in any situation, as long as you don't abuse it. You are given an immunity license. Third you are given a inter-dimensional license to kill. Meaning if you have to kill to meet your goals, you can do that. Just don't go killing civilians. The help you will bring to our force will more than makeup for any damage you could cause.”

Drake continued, “You also have inter-dimensional dominion. This is very hard to explain in an easy fashion. This will change based on the dimension. Some dimensions you have a lot of dominion over, and others you may have very little or none legally. Legal dominion affects a lot of things. A good example is your home dimension. You have all the powers of a standard judge. Meaning you can issue warrants, marry people, annul marriages, arrest people, try them, and sentence them all at once. All of the acts of a judge, police officer, and certain government official spots are yours for the using. All you have to do is declare your orders and file the proper paperwork with your signatures to make things happen. A good way to do that is go ahead and have your signature on file digitally and have your support operations technician handle all of the paperwork filing as the need arises. Certain other dimensions might give you other dominion. Once you download our database into your mainframe all of that information will be provided for you. That will also tell you what you can and cannot do in different dimensions. The easiest way to explain it is you would have total dominion in all legal related matters in any dimension that has law, with some exceptions. This gives you a lot more authority than you would have on your on. Again the only catch is when we need you, you have to perform your duties to us as well.”

Logan thought a minute and responded, “I have no way of turning this down. This is going to be very beneficial to me. I accept your proposal.” Drake responded, “Welcome to the force. Here is your Inter-dimensional license of dominion, inter-dimensional license to kill, and inter-dimensional immunity license. You are dismissed. Your presence on my force is of help in and of itself. If you are needed for anything more advanced we'll call you via your cellphone. I have relayed our database access to Lisa and she's patching your mainframe in now to do a data dump.”

With that Logan bowed and they split ways. Logan headed back to his jet to await the final hour and a half of the cool-down for the dimensional jump. Logan was doing great. He had gained all of these things from Commander and now the ability to do Dark Contracts as well as access to the inter-dimensional police force. Things were going a lot better, and he was almost ready to go after his family.

Once the cool-down was complete Logan went back to there original dimension. He also called back the contact that claimed he wanted Logan to perform a contact somewhere in the middle of Atlanta. The man wanted to meet at a local club in downtown Atlanta. It was called the Ragnarok. Logan pulled the jet above the middle of Atlanta and activated it's cloaking systems. He told Lisa to stay on board and support him as needed. Prepare the database incase any paperwork needs to be filed while he is in the field. He got on his hybrid and teleported to the ground, around fifteen miles from the Ragnarok club.

He headed towards the club. Around 3 miles away from the club, he saw some strange activity in a back alley. He pulled the motorcycle over across the street and shut on the shields. He headed towards the alley. When he neared the edge a giant gruff looking guy stepped out and asked Logan what he wanted. Logan said he had heard a strange sound and some activity from the Alley and wanted to investigate. The man told Logan to get lost.

Logan kicked the man in the nuts and grabbed him by the throat. Logan pulled him into the air by the throat and slammed him against the concrete. Logan smiled and began speaking, “Listen, I am not playing with you scum. I said I am here to see what is going on in this alley. If you stand in my way you will regret ever seeing me.”

With that Logan threw the man onto the ground and kicked him in the face. Blood splattered from the thugs mouth and onto the wall. Logan suddenly perceived a new magick. He had the ability to summon handcuffs. It was an infinite supply. He realized that was an ability that came with being an inter-dimensional cop. He generated a pair of handcuffs and handcuffed the guy and laid him on the ground. Logan whispered to him, “If you run, I will hunt you down and kill you. Stay here until I am done investigating this alley.”

Logan worked his way into the alley. Inside the alley he saw five thugs sitting around a black car. There was a young female inside the back of the car, seemingly against her will. He also noticed that each man was armed with a pistol. He saw a shotgun in the front seat of the car. A giant suitcase full of money was laying on the hood, opened. It seemed they were selling the girl into slavery in this back alley.

Logan had not been noticed so far. He crept up behind the dumpster, and watched the situation. With his enhanced hearing he could hear them talking about selling her. She was being sold to a prostitution ring. Logan drew his pistol and began mapping out his moves. Lisa told him via the communication channel that three of them men had been ex-military. She was picking that up from there data signatures. Lisa mentally sent him the best strategic points to attack. Logan did a quick scan with his Evil Eye. All of them men were in good shape except one. He had recently broken his left ankle, and it had just recently healed enough for him to walk.

Logan took careful aim and rang out a shot right into the foot of the injured man. He hit the ground like a ton of bricks. Before the other men could respond, Logan shot the pistol holster of one of the men and the pistol fell to the ground. Logan rushed one of the other men and speared them into a wall. He turned around and kicked the pistol out of the hand of one of the last two armed men. Then he quickly turned his pistol to the forehead of the man who was going to reach his gun. He did this all in a span of five seconds.

Logan grabbed the man by the throat with his remaining hand and slammed him onto the car. He backed away to get a good view of the five men. “If any of you so much as move an inch, you will die instantly.”, Logan said. One of the men reached down for a gun and Logan shot him in the shoulder, the man arched up and tried to go down with his other arm, and Logan shot him in that shoulder. The guy stumbled backwards and set on top of the hood of the car screaming from the gun shot wounds.

Within just a few minutes Logan had the five men rounded up and handcuffed, along with the guy outside. He also retrieved documents from the car proving the sale of the young girl. He helped her out of the car and took off her handcuffs. She had no identification, and had to identify herself. She claimed she was taken while she slept, and her mother was in California.

Logan called the police to the scene. He had all six of them arrested on a variety of charges: resisting arrest, slave trading, human smuggling, drug possession, and carrying concealed weapons. He showed his license of legal dominion and was given entire control over the situation. Logan had them official arrested and booked. He also said he wanted them all to share a trial. He wanted each one to get charged for the same things and get charged together. Logan Told the police he would file the required paperwork with the government. The police took the men to jail, and gathered all the evidence. Logan told the police he wanted the girl returned to her family. He ordered them to take one statement and then leave her be. They complied. He ordered them to take the two injured men to the hospital first. He told them they would be responsible for there own injuries. So they would receive a bill for any treatment they receive. Logan also told them to separate the men once they get to prison. The police Complied.

Logan contacted Lisa. She had heard the whole situation and was already in the process of filing the required paperwork to get those things Logan had ordered accomplished. Logan decided he wasted enough time, and headed back towards his motorcycle. From there he continued towards the Ragnarok which was about three more miles away. Within a few minutes he pulled into the parking lot of Ragnarok and parked. He headed inside.

Within a couple of minutes Logan identified his client. His evil eye system was able to find him by analyzing his vocal cords and giving a positive match to the message that was left on the cellphone. Logan went to the man and casually set down. Logan began to speak, “What did you need me to do, how much are you paying, and when do you need it done.” The man responded, “Hello Logan. I need you to infiltrate a company that I use to own. I use to run 'motohut USA'. It use to be a major vehicle repair center. I sold my business after a few years, because I got involved in the business I am currently with. The strange thing is...the person I sold the business too actually resold it to one of my most famous competitors. I didn't want to directly own the business..but I didn't want it going to an old rival either. I simply need you to enter and 'convince' the current owner to sale the business back to me for what he paid for it. Very simple. I need you to oversee the deal until it is secured. I will give you 25% of what the business is bought for. That will give me roughly 25,000 dollars to spend on the contract. Are you interested?”

Logan thought a minute. “I am interested. Send the details to my mainframe. My support operator will patch through the input information to you shortly. Send me all of the details. The location of the facility, maps, or anything else you can provide.” With that Logan headed for the door and got onto the motorcycle.

Lisa received the information within a few moments. It was a massive complex located in the heart of Atlanta. Lisa had everything he needed. The targets information, what to say to him, maps of the facility, entry and exit points, and most importantly the targets work schedule. It also included the security codes and access information for the doors. Logan pulled up to the facility at around mid-day. He decided to wait until night fall. Based off the target's schedule he would be here late tonight. He was scheduled to work until around midnight.

When nightfall came, Logan began sneaking his way into the facility. He worked his way into the security room and shut down the camera's. On his way out of the security room, he utilized some fire magick to burn the door shut. He welded door to the metal part of the door frame. This would buy him some time and keep people from getting into the security room and shutting on the alarms or reactivating the camera's.

Logan made his way into the elevator, and headed up towards the top floor where the targets office was located. When Logan got to the top floor he noticed there were quite a few patrols on this level. He hid in the shadows for around half an hour until he had totally mapped out the patrol path they were taking. He ambushed one of the patrols and rendered them all unconscious. He put them into the utility closet, and took there master key.

Logan made his way to the target's office and opened the door and entered. The target did not even notice Logan enter the room. Logan quickly hid out of site, and monitored the target for a few minutes. He noticed a few old scars. It seems this man must have been in the military awhile back, Logan had to take great care in dealing with someone who was in the military. When the man turned his back on Logan to file a few papers away, Logan sprung into action. He quickly caught the man underneath the kneck at one of the pressure points. The one he utilized would render the target unable to talk or scream at all for a period of at least ten minutes.

After he hit the pressure point he grabbed the man and slammed him face first into the table and held him in position. Logan began to speak, “I have very little to say to you so listen closely. I will only say this once. One of your competitors is coming here tomorrow. He was the original owner of this facility, before you bought it out of spite. He wants the facility back. He is going to offer to pay you the exact amount of money that you paid for the facility in the first place. You are going to follow through on my advice and accept the contract and sell this establishment. As an added bonus your going to never come near the facility again. You run your own business and mind your own business. If you do not comply, you will wish you never met me, do you understand?” The man nodded his head in approval. Logan lifted the man up again and slammed his head into the table as a reminder of what would happen if he didn't comply.

Logan slammed the mans head so hard it knocked him unconscious. This gave Logan enough time to get out. Logan waited until the next day, and then he worked his way back into the mans office and hid out of sight. He waited and saw his client come in. He heard them discussing the deal. The target didn't say anything about Logan's visit. He simply complied with the deal and signed the paperwork. The deed to the facility was handed over, and the target was escorted out of the building. Once the room was cleared Logan met with the client, and received the 25,000 dollars. He told the client thank you for his business, and asked him if he knew anything about the local gangs.

Logan's client told him that he had a few underground connections but none of them were local. He did however have one local business associate that was linked to the black market on a very deep level. Logan got some details involving were the contact was located. Apparently the name of the contact was not revealed, he was only known as Darzen. That was all Logan knew of him. His client agreed to setup a meeting with Darzen at the local pub if Logan really wanted to meet with him.

Logan agreed. The time and place was set for that night at the Farseed. The Farseed was a nightclub were a lot of powerful people went. Logan knew he would have to be careful at that kind of location if he wanted to try and prevent any negative attention towards him and his organization.

Logan decided on two courses of action. He was going to speak with the contact to see if any information could be uncovered. He was planning on lying about his reasons, so he did not arouse suspicion. Logan decided that if he did not get the information he needed he was going to follow the contact back to his house and make him talk. One way or another he wasn't going to miss this chance to find out what happened to his family.

Logan drove around for a bit until nightfall hit. When it was dark he headed for the Farseed to see if he could get in touch with this contact. When he got there he was greeted at the door by four guards. They were very muscular and had quite a bit of firepower. Logan was able to work his way into the club and went to the back and finally got a chance to meet with Darzen.

Logan set down beside him and said, “You must be Darzen. My client said that you would potentially have some information for me?” Darzen responded, “You must be Logan. I know your trying to hide it but I already know what you are here for. They told me you would be coming after them in force. Don't worry however... I have been looking for a reason to pay them back for quite a few things. Apparently they took something from you..Something very important. However I was unable to find out what, fill me in?”

Logan thought for a minute and responded, “They took my family. My entire family of seven people..and sold them all into slavery.” Darzen smiled and began to speak, “I will tell you what. I know what you are wanting to know. I do not have a lot of information. I have heard very little about this specific subject on the underground circuit. Your also in luck. The organization that took your family..they are also an organization I have had a lot of bad business with in the past. I will tell you what..for 750,000 dollars I will tell you all that I know. I know the name of the local gang that is tied to them, and their main base of operations. With that data you could infiltrate there base and beat the information out of some of their goons. I need the money because business is very bad lately.”

Logan set back in his chair. He thought for a minute...relishing the thought of beating the information out of them. He finally spoke, “I currently have 100,000. Give me two or three days and I will get the rest. I will need to do some work or contracts around the area to get those funds together. I am definitely interested. When you turn the information over to me it will just be between me and you. I will tear there entire operation apart from the ground up.”

Darzen thought for a minute and began speaking, “I agree. Take a couple of days and get the money together. Meet me back here when your ready. I am here every night just about at around the same time. I come here to reflect and clear my mind. This is my favorite club in Atlanta and it's also were I meet a lot of my underground contacts. If you do not find me here on a specific night you can check back another night. The bartender will also generally know when I am available, I keep in contact with him regularly.

Logan nodded and departed from the club. He could have beaten the information out of him but he did not want to make any more enemies than he had to in order to accomplish his goal. Logan went towards the middle of Atlanta. He told Lisa that he needed contracts and to start looking around the area. It took her a total of around thirty minutes to find Logan a contract.

Lisa told Logan, “There is a strange contract coming up. There is a local thug he wants a mass assassination. He has actually been looking for someone for roughly two or three months. Apparently the group he wants assassinated is an elite street force of cops.” Logan responded, “I won't get involved in that type of contract. Try to find another one.”

Lisa agreed, and continued looking for another contract. Their were not anymore open contracts on the black market database or any local systems that Lisa was able to get into. Logan utilized his talisman and summoned Demon, who appeared in a giant blue ball of flame. Logan quickly updated Demon on the situation.

Demon thought for a second and responded, “OK. We need to do this differently. Can I see the amulet please?” Logan passed the amulet to Demon. Demon screamed in a strange tongue. It seemed as if he was speaking in a thousand languages at once. His eyes turned bloody red and blood began shooting down his eyes. Smoke started seeping out of his nose, and the ground beneath him began to shake. His entire hand turned a blue bright flame as he grabbed a hold of the amulet and charged it with fiery blue energy.

Demon then began to speak, “I have charged new energy into the amulet. From now on when you call me I can use the amulet to gain information on the entire information. It will gain information from your mind and then pass it through the amulet into me pertaining to all of the situations that have arisen since we last met. Now that will allow me to stay updated without you having to waste time explaining things to me.”

Demon continued, “Now for the task at hand. I have a bead on the leader of the mafia that took your family. I know he's actively in California. I know he found out you were an Immortal from an unknown source, and he is intending on seeking after you again for research...which I doubt he would be able to succeed now due to all you have learned. However there is a downfall.”

Demon continued, “He is very powerful. He is actually one of the most powerful forces in existence. He has access to the core mafia that took your family, but that's not all. He also owns all of the other mafia's and gangs inside the California. Based off reports I found about him on the black market he is also connected to virtually ever city, in every state in America. He has atleast one, and sometimes more small gangs that he controls in each major area of the country. The difficult part to fathom is he is starting to expand his operations. He has small gang, guerilla, and offshoot forces in literally every major country. He is starting to even develop special operations teams.”

Demon continued, “There is nothing we can do to touch him now. He is very well connected, and becomes more powerful every week. He makes a lot of business deals and connections on a regular basis. Taking this guy down is going to take a great deal of work, and patience. First thing is first you, we needed to get you a contract so you could get the rest of the money you needed for your information. I happen to have one. I know of a business owner in Atlanta. He works at a retail distribution company. The client wanted to meet with a mercenary, and I knew you were looking so I dropped your name. He's already expecting you. I am not sure what the pricing or anything will be but you and him can work that out. I am headed off now to gather more information and dig even further.”

Logan got on his motorcycle, he was still in the parking lot of the club he was recently out. He headed for the building which he just marked the co-ordinates for. He reached the location in around twenty minutes and parked outside. He was getting very tired. He had been driving around and working for awhile, and after he accepted this contract he was going to spend some time sleeping and relaxing on the jet. He had to keep his strength up if he was going to continue working like this.

Logan finally reached the location of the building that Demon told him about. When Logan got inside he walked to the front desk and asked the attendant about the person who owns the building. Logan didn't have a name, he very rarely got the name from a client. Since most clients want to keep the deals completely private and don't even reveal there first name generally. So far he had referred to them all as 'client' only.

The attendant told him that there was no-one who owned the building. It was controlled by a council that governed the businesses actions. Logan turned around and headed for the door. He was going to stake the location out for a few days and see if he could find out who he client was. Before he exited the door the attendant called him back. He went back to the desk and she said he was expected in the back room to the left. Logan headed to the back, and met with his client.

The client spoke, “Your Logan. Let's make this quick. I want three people dead. I have proof that they are all up to illegal and downright evil practices. Them being assassinated not only will help my business grow greatly (by eliminating one of my biggest rivals) but it will do society a favor and get rid of a couple of slave smugglers. I will download all of the information and proof of there evil actions into your mainframe. I will pay you 30,000 dollars per assassination. Do you agree?”

Logan responded, “100,000 dollars per assassination, as well as send the proof and you have a deal” The conversation went very smoothly. Straight forward and to the point. The client sent the data to his mainframe and agreed to the deal. Logan headed out to the location of the first target. The first target was actively located a little bit outside of Atlanta.

When Logan got about halfway there he took a break. He went to his jet and got some food. He spent some time with Lisa and relaxed for awhile. It was nearing time to sleep. He had been awake nonstop for three days now. He had performed a variety of contracts and gotten a lot closer towards finding his family. He slept well. He got a good fourteen hours worth of sleep in, and finally went back down to the surface and continued to head for the first target.

He reached the old hut that the first target apparently lived at. It was right outside of Atlanta in a very secluded spot. Apparently this guy stayed here because he was the one that performed the direct smuggling operations and he wanted to be away from areas that cops tried to visit regularly. Logan stayed back for a few hours. He watched the location. He saw the target come and go from the facility. He was monitoring to make sure no-one else was located around the area.

After awhile went by he saw the man leave in a car. He was gone about twenty minutes and he brought a girl back to his location. She was in the back of the car and was handcuffed. She had bruises all over her face and arms as if she had been abused. Logan lost his temper. He shot the two back tires out of the car with the rifle using standard ammunition and started running towards the front of the car were the target was located.

He totally lost it. He punched the glass and knocked the window out. Glass shattered all over the man and went into his eye. Logan grabbed him by the collar of the shirt and yanked the man out of the car. Logan pulled him so hard the seatbelt ripped out of the car and the man came slamming through the window. The shards of broken glass sliced him to pieces on his way through. Logan completed lost his mind. He started stomping the man when he was on the ground. Over, and over, and over again. Almost a full two minutes went by and he finally heard the woman in the back seat screaming and begging for Logan to stop.

Not only had he succeeded in killing his target as the contract stated, but he also scared the girl in the back seat half to death. He opened the door and helped her out and removed her handcuffs. He apologized. He told her when he saw someone in that condition he could not control himself. Logan called the police. He had the man's body removed and had the girl helped to safety and returned to her family. Logan also ordered the cops to speak with the woman and track her back to where she came from. Logan wanted all of the ones responsible for this operation to be arrested.

He also notified the cops he still had two more that he wanted dead. He presented his license to kill, which acquitted him of the current murder he had just committed. He then got on his motorcycle and began heading for the location of the second target. Apparently this target was a simple middle man. This was the guy that received the slaves from the first target. He was the one that generally would sell them out to other countries and arrange for the meetings to drop them off.

The target was located in a back alley apartment in Atlanta. Logan was already very angry from the last incident and wasn't even wasting time staking out the apartment or knocking on the door. He walked into the hotel and demanded the person at the front desk to give him the master key for room 104, which was the room that target was located in. The man declined, stating it was against privacy rules. Logan was in no mood to hear this, he grabbed the man by the collar and picked him up in the air and threw him fifteen feet across the room against the wall.

Logan slowly walked towards the man. He gave him one finally chance to give him the key and forget his face or he would be regretting it. The man had a weak constitution so without arguing he quickly gave Logan the key and said he would forget what he looked at and would tell no-one that he came. Logan wasted no time, he went to room 104, and opened the door.

When he got inside there were a few men sitting around a table playing poker. Logan quickly went over and kicked the table over. Before the three men could even stand up Logan had broken on of their arms, dislocated one of there legs, and thrown another one against a wall. He pulled out the pistol and put it to on of their heads. He forced them to identify themselves. When he found out which one was the second target he put a bullet clean through the targets eyes. He demanded to know who the other men were. They revealed themselves as friends of the man but nothing else. They were not involved in anything they were doing.

Logan left and got on his motorcycle and started heading for the third and final target. The final target was the person that ran the entire human smuggling operation. He was located in the heart of Atlanta. He was going to be found inside a factory. The only bad part is this is where a lot of the slaves would be contained during the time they were waiting for a contract. Logan's first goal was to kill the leader. His second goal was to release whatever slaves had been kidnapped during this slaving operation. This was a large reason why a lot of people had been disappearing from the Atlanta and surrounding areas lately.

Logan not only wanted the money for the contract, but he wanted to put an end to the operations these gang members were doing. Logan was having to be a lot more careful here. This was a respectable business in the eyes of the law. It was also a headquarters for a lot of gang members. He spent a few hours watching the place. He was going to strike at night. He was going to utilize stealth. He would need silencers for that.

Logan went back to the original gun shop where he got his other weaponry and bought a silencer for both the pistol and the rifle, and had them installed permanently into both weapons. He also bought a face mask. He intended to wear this from now on so people did not see his face when he was performing operations of this caliber. He did not want to associate him or his business with these operations until after they were performed. That cost a total of 15,000 dollars. Once he had them installed and completely operational he made his way back to the business he was about to invade and waited just out of view until nightfall.

When nightfall hit, he sprung into action. Lisa filled Logan in on the situation before he went in, “OK, this is what we have. We have a moderately guarded facility. There are a total of three guards patrolling outside, two guards on the roof, and around two dozen total inside. The three on the outside patrol around the building at evenly spaced markers so they can always observe each other. The two guards on the roof appeared to be armed with sniper rifles and nothing else. This will give you the edge, as they have no short range defense that I can see.”

Lisa continued, “The guards inside all appear to be heavily armed. The only view I could obtain from inside the building was one satellite image that was taken earlier today via a passing satellite. I know that there are at least two dozen guards, and I know they all have high powered weaponry and what appeared to be some sort of modified pistol. They can be considered heavily armed at all combat ranges. I have no fixed position on the target, so there is no way I can help you identify him as of yet. Once you get inside I can have you lay down a few beacons. Once that happens I can move a satellite into position to get a better signal. I can also obtain a lot of data about the entire facility using sonar activated through the beacon. I can do that once you get inside. In order for me to do that you have to gain access to the facility first.”

Lisa continued, “I have also found a way to deal with the three guards out front. As I mentioned they are on a path that allows them to always monitor atleast one other guard. I was thinking of setting up a potential diversion. The problem is that this is a high security facility. They would raise an alarm and evacuate the leader (which is the third target) at the drop of a hat. I had a lucky break. I was also able to hack into a local gang member who had a few too many cybernetic enhancements. He was around 95% robot and 5% human. He was hooked into the black market database and I was able to hijack his robotic system while he was hooked in.”

Lisa continued, “This is going to allow me to use him as a diversion as needed. I can't control him for long though. He's already doing what he can to break the hack. He doesn't currently have the willpower to do so, but after an hour or so he'll be able to break loose. If I don't release him before he does it himself it could end up hitting me with a lot of bad feedback. So, I am initiating the cyborgs interference. I am going to have him do anything as a distraction. Since he's a gang member I think I am going to make him take all of his close off and start running naked circles around the facility. Try to get there line of sight off long enough for you to take a few of them out.”

Lisa continued, “The final detail. I was able to hijack there communication channel. I have patched that through to your communication augmentation, so you should be able to hear just about anything they say over there personal communication channel. Oh, and one final thing. I have set up a CBD in the area (Communications Break Down) which will stop any communications from the facility from getting out. In case if the alarm is triggered no communications can be sent out.”

Logan thanked her for all the hard work. Shortly thereafter he saw a naked cyborg running through the outside of the facility causing the guards to lose sight of there patrol structure. Logan chuckled to himself briefly. He could of sworn he noticed some small cybernetic limb bouncing up and down. He could not imagine how someone could cybernetically enhance certain parts. He laughed as he headed down the hill towards the first patrol.

He was quick in his kill. He snapped the neck of the guard and quickly dragged them into the shadows. Afterwards he made his way to the second patrol and drew his blade. He sliced his blade down the front of the guard and fire burst from the blade sending the guard flying back. A quickly thrown and high powered throwing star caught the third ground patrol in the forehead. He quickly dragged the two bodies into the shadows and waited. The naked cyborg was sent into the nearby woods and released from Lisa's control. Logan saw him a few minutes later stumbling out of the woods onto the main road. He heard a few faint honks, and chuckled to himself again.

So far all of the external guards on the ground had been taken care of. There were two more on the roof. Logan had a short period of time to get rid of them or they might notice that some of the guards on the ground were missing. Logan quickly utilized the fire escape to make his way to the roof. He drew his pistol half way up in case he needed it. When he got to the roof he noticed each one of the snipers were asleep. They must have had a laid back job so much that they were taking nap.

Logan knew the silencer was quite but the impact of hitting one of them may wake the other. He also knew throwing one off the roof might raise alarm. So he drew the Dagger of Choice. He walked quietly over to one of the guards and quickly covered his mouth and slit his throat. He slowly dragged him over into the shadows and made his way to the other sniper. This time he wanted some information.

Logan kicked the sniper rifle out of his hand and put the dagger to his throat. “If you so much as breath funny I will slit your throat. If you do as I say then I will allow you to leave this facility alive..the choice is yours. Tell me everything you know about this facility, the leader of the facility, and their operations?” The man started shivering, as he slowly backed away. Logan could tell he was about to try something. He had no choice but to perform a little violence. He took his dagger and stabbed the man in the leg and stood up, drawing his sword. He put the sword to the man's throat.

Logan said, “You have one final warning. If you do not do as I ask, I will cut you down here and throw you off of this building half alive. You will feel the entire fall all the way until final impact. If you answer my question now, I will take you to the woods and have the police pick you up. I will also list on the report for them to let you off after 72 hours with no charges besides carrying a high powered weapon. This is your final warning.”

The man finally got over the pain in his leg and began to talk, “I don't know much. I was only hired her three weeks ago. I have two kids and a third one on the way. I know there are seventeen men inside the complex. The leader is Jordan. He is a strong fighter. He knows at least martial arts. He is very dangerous. He has an old army wound on his right leg. I heard that from a conversation so that might be a war wound..he was in the army for a few years.”

The man took a deep breath and continued, “That's about all I know. This guy runs his own operation. He bought everything for this operation. He was the first member on the streets actually kidnapping people. The police have come close to busting him a few times. His operation does not extend beyond the streets of Atlanta, besides selling to other countries. He is recently starting to expand his operations. He is planning on buying a few buildings and personnel for South Georgia within just a few months.”

Logan nodded, “Thanks for the information. You have done as as I ask, now die!” Logan drew back his sword and prepared to cut the guards throat. The guard almost fell off the roof because he was scared. Logan put his sword away, “Just kidding. I always keep my word. I will take you to the edge of the woods and handcuff you near the road. I will call the police and issue the orders they are going to need to perform when picking you up and my support operative will handle the paperwork on getting it taken care of. You will be held for 72 hours and then released. You will only be charged with misdemeanor possession of a firearm.”

Logan helped the guard down the fire escape and into the woods. He suddenly got a monitor on the communications channel asking for a status report on the outside of the facility. Logan made the guard that he had tell the person on the other end everything was checking out OK. There had been no sightings of any enemies and everything was clear. After that was taken care of Logan lead him into the woods and called the police. He translated the data to Lisa that she would need to file the proper paperwork. Logan made his way back to the outside of the facility and prepared to make entry.

Logan noticed that all of the windows were very high off the ground. Another issue was there were only two entry points. Two doors that led both in and out of the facility. There was a cellar as well. This was apparently were the slaves were stored. Out of country contacts would meet out behind the facility and pick them up. Logan could not go that way. He did not want to accidentally harm any innocent bystanders on his mission to kill this leader. His goal was to get inside, kill the leader, take as many men as he could alive, and then free the hostages and slaves to the police.

He had to think. Him and Lisa talked it over for a few minutes. He would have to make this entire mission very stealthy or risk hurting innocents. He worked his way to the upper floor door. It was hooked to the fire escape. He used his evil eye to x-ray his way through the door. He got a good glimpse of the surrounding area and there was nothing inside. He utilized magickal fire to burn open the lock silently and entered the building. He made a mental note to himself to get some lock picks later, as this was the second time he had to use fire to open a door.

Once inside he was on a flight of stairs. One flight was headed upwards towards the roof. The other flight was heading downstairs towards the lower floor and the areas were he would find guards. He worked his way silently down the stairs until he reached the door near the bottom of the stairwell that went directly into the interior of the building. Again he used his Evil Eye x-ray to view through the door and into the other side.

On the other side of the door there was a lot of large stacks of boxes. Viewing them carefully through the door they revealed large amounts of weaponry and quite a bit of drugs. They were all very powerful and very expensive weapons and all of the drugs were very high end. Logan realized they smuggled a lot more than slaves. They were going to be a large organization eventually if Logan didn't do something. As far as he was concerned he was there just in time. It was only going to be a few months before this guy started expanding his operations and he would have been very difficult to bring down.

Based off the feedback he received from his Evil Eye there were no guards around. He used magick to silently break open the door and silently worked his way into the building. He hid behind one of the crates and waited a minute so he could get a good view of the building. So far he picked up nothing on the communication channels so no one had been alerted to his presence.

After a few minutes to verify no one was coming, he started peeking around the corner of the crate. There were quite a few guards in the building but they looked highly disorganized. They had no specific patrol route. There was a group of about seven guards in the center of the room on a table playing poker. As he scoured the rest of the room visually he noticed three or four other guards walking along their own randomly chosen paths. To the left of the crate was a set of internal stairs heading upwards to the second level of the building. He did a quick x-ray scan of the top floor and saw a significant number of guards.

He decided on a course of action. There were too many guards for him to take down alone. He was going to sneak into the top floor and locate the leader. He was going to silently assassinate and dispose of the leader without anyone noticing. After the leader was down he was going to call the police and get the rest of it cleaned up. When the police surrounded the building it would give them a good firefight. With Logan inside he could disable the guards a few at a time while there attention was diverted.

Logan made his way upstairs in silence. It was very easy because a lot of these guards weren't even paying attention to the area. When he got to the upstairs door he was lucky the door was already opened. Using magick to unlock a door wasn't the most silent approach. He quickly move his way into the room and behind some crates. The guards up here seemed a lot more aware. They were close to the leader and probably a lot better trained and better paid.

Logan saw the leader. He was up one more flight of stairs in an office type room overlooking the rest of the facility. He could even see him poke his head up to view the surroundings every few minutes or so. Logan's plan was to work his way up to the upper level and gain entry. He was going to quickly render the leader unconscious before he's noticed and then call the police and get them up to date as well as fill them in on the plan.

Logan made his way up the stairs in the shadows. Luckily he got to the door without being spotted. The door was unlocked which kept him from having to use magick again. Logan walked through the door and hid behind a bookcase which was the closest cover he could find. He analyzed the target with his Evil Eye. He was very well trained. His entire body was covered in a variety of war scars. He also could tell that the target had quite a few cybernetics. One of which was a hearing augmentation.

Suddenly the man said, “I know your there and I know why your here. Come out so we can speak.” Logan slowly came out. He had a throwing dagger already etched out of it's holster, and was prepared to throw it quickly at his head. The man spoke, “I will offer you 600,000 dollars to not kill me. I know you killed my other men. Both of which will be very expensive to replace. I also know why your here. If you spare my life I will give you 600,000 dollars and if you reveal who sent you I will give you 1,000,000 on top of that. Do you agree.” Logan threw the dagger straight into the forehead of the target, killing him instantly. Logan whispered to himself, “I don't betray a contact.”

Logan called the police on his cellphone. He told them about the situation and told them his plan. Within a few minutes they had the building surrounded on all sides. A few of the guards threw down there weapons and went out to be arrested and detained. The rest of the guards thought they were going to fight it out to the death. Logan easily rendered them all unconscious using pressure points while they were trying to get shots off at the police. Logan handcuffed them one at a time and when they were all disposed off, Logan took them all out to the police.

Logan went to the police chief and spoke, “Chief. Here is my license of dominion, and license to kill. I killed the leader because of a contract. I also killed his other two members in other locations. I want every one of these men arrested on every possible charge you can find. That entire building is full of drugs, weapons, and slaves. The slaves are in the lower part. I do not want them part of the investigation. They have been through enough. Only bother them if they are willing. In regards to the drugs and weapons. Take the weapons and put them back into the United States military and take the drugs and burn them entirely. Set the slaves free and back to their families.”

Logan continued, “That is all. Make sure they get charged with everything possible. Actually..I want them all to pay for what they have done. The leader at the top is dead. I killed him and presented my license to kill. I want these members that are being arrested to all be charged with first degree murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. Make sure their also charged with slave trading, human smuggling, drug possession, selling and distributing drugs, and weapon handling. I want them charged with every charge possible. All of the evidence is here. I will have my support operative file out the paperwork shortly. So all of that will be dealt with by the time you get back to your headquarters and get your investigation wrapped up. That's all.” The chief nodded and went back to work.

Logan was done with his contract. He went back and spoke to the client again at the facility he stayed at. The client was very happy. He really enjoyed the added affect of getting the police involved. Logan was paid 300,000 dollars for the three assassinations and a 150,000 dollar bonus for taking apart the rest of the operation with police help. Logan was grateful. Right now he had a total of 535,000 dollars now. He needed a total of 750,000 before Darzen would give him the information he needed. Logan needed around 250,000 more and he would be ready.

Logan hit the streets and started looking for new contracts. He went to a couple of Local organizations and bars and it took him awhile but he found a lead. He went to one of the local bars and was asking around about potential mercenary work. He told people that he wanted pretty big contracts. Eventually a bartender said that there was recently a patron that was wanting something major done. Something about a multi-thousand dollar deal but he hadn't heard from him in awhile. He told Logan he normally comes in on Sunday's. Today was Thursday so it was around four days away.

Logan went back to his jet. He hadn't slept in awhile so he took some time to catch up on sleep. He spent the rest of the time until Sunday spending time with his wife and making up for the time they weren't able to see each other. They spent a really good four days together and had a lot of personal time to discuss and really digest all that had happened to them lately. Logan was very happy that he was getting closer and closer to saving his family.

Sunday finally came and he headed back to the bar. He asked the bartender if the guy was there, and he told Logan he wasn't suspected for around three more hours. Which was the time he normally comes in. Logan set around and got a few drinks. After getting slightly drunk the time came for the man to appear. The man walked in and set down at a booth and the bartender identified him.

Logan went to the man and asked him, “You need work done. How much are you willing to pay, and what do you need done?” The man thought for a minute and stared at Logan blankly. He finally spoke, “Yes. I need my father killed. I will pay one million dollars. He raped and killed my mother. I have waited a long time for revenge but haven't been able to. He was sent to jail and charged with rape and murder but I can't get to him in jail. I want someone who can get in jail, kill him, and get back out.”

Logan responded, “Double the contract fee and he'll be dead tomorrow.” The man agreed and was stunned the Logan didn't turn it down. He really didn't believe Logan had that kind of access.

The next day Logan went to the jail and gained access using his license of dominion and license to kill. He went to the cell and shot the man in the head one time with his pistol. He calmly left the facility and ordered the janitor to clean it up and mark it off as a jailhouse murder. He said his support operative would patch through the paperwork shortly.

Logan went back to the club that night and showed proof that his father had been killed. The man stumbled backwards and fell out of the chair. He was partially crying and partially laughing, “I can't believe I finally found someone who could get rid of that bastard. All the pain and misery he caused me. I will happily give you your money. Now, please go. I must prepare to party. I finally got to pay him back for what he did to my mother, you do not understand how much of a burden this lifts off of my soul. To know that pathetic bastard finally paid for what he did.

Logan took the money and left. Now Logan had a total of 2,535,000 dollars and had more than enough to get the information he needed. He headed back to Farseed which was the club Darzen was located at. He went inside and gave him the 750,000 dollars. Darzen smiled and prepared to tell Logan everything he had promised.

Darzen said, “One of the local gangs associated with them is called the 'shindogs'. They are a fairly small outfit with only one headquarters. They also own half a dozen crack houses, out houses, and gang homes in the surrounding area. They rarely if ever operate outside of Atlanta but sometimes they have been seen in other parts of Georgia. This gang is actually quite stupid. Were a lot of gangs try to hide their identity, this gang openly proclaims it. If a person is a member of the shindogs they are required to have a tattoo of a dog on their forearm. If they are wearing short sleeve shirts then it's automatically visible to whoever is looking for it. If you see that sign they are a member of the gang. Actually they won't have that if they aren't in the gang. The gang requires them to cut the tattoo out of their arm (the hard way) if they ever decide to leave.”

Darzen continued, “That is pretty much all there is to say about the shindogs themselves. I do not know the location of any of their facilities besides their headquarters. The rest of them are small time homes and places were personal members reside. In order to infiltrate their main headquarters your going to need to get access to the security door. They are only moderately equipped, mostly because they put a fortune into their headquarters. None of them will have anything more than a standard pistol. They should be easy to take apart. The difficult part is getting inside. Their door is super reinforced market steel. It's got magick that makes it immune to other magick. It's got a lockpick detector so that's also out of the picture. You need an actual key card to get in. Only one member that I know of has a keycard. He can be located at the Heights apartment complex, room 725.”

Darzen continued, “That's all I know. Good luck. We won't be speaking after this. I won't be located at this club again. The atmosphere is getting stale. I am probably leaving town completely to take up other ventures in another state. Good luck, and I hope the information I gave you will get you started on your journey.”

Logan bid farewell. It had been a long time. Logan finally got the information he needed and it was finally time to start tearing into this organization and locate where his family was.