Ch. 25 Carter?...

As Nick ran into the darkness following the families German shepherd, an investigation team had been assembled and was sent to new mexico.

The team was made up of eight swat members from a local county and two unknown Agents who specialized in combating anomalies.

Special Agents like Nick were tasked with finding out if cases had abnormalities before retreating, and these unknown N.I.A. agents were tasked with resolving them.

Inside the armored car, the N.I.A. Agent that was spear heading this operation looked at the sweaty and nervous swat members disappointedly.

This location they were heading was the middle of nowhere, the surrounding county was a small town with a small police force and their swat team was very lackluster. The worse thing these swat members had seen were accidentally deaths, just one of them had actually fired their gun in the line of duty.

"Today's objective is rescuing a family and N.I.A. Agent from a group of unknowns. The Carter family consists of three males, three woman and an infant. The N.I.A agent is 6'1 black hair with green eye, assume anyone that isn't apart of the Carter family and the Agent a potential enemy to be wary of."

The Agent said to the nervous swat member which elicited a nervous nod from them. The two Calm N.I.A Agent stood in stark contrast to the swat, they sat confidently with their towering frames and thick body armour that barely contained their well honed muscles.

Their large guns were a model that none of the other swat members had seen before and they both carried a large duffel bag that housed unknown objects. If these swat members had geared up alongside the Agents, they would've seen thag their bodies had been littered in bullet wounds and scars from previous conflicts.

"We'll head to the coordinates last posted t-" "Captain, there is a situation ahead!" The driver yelled out.

Peaking his head out of the armoured vehicles inspection hole, the N.I.A. Agent saw a person lying motionless on the road in front of him under the illumination of the car lights.

The captain stood silent for a moment before saying in a deep voice "Get off the car, stay the formation and stay alert!"

The soldiers complied as they got out of the vehicle on both sides and entered a sloppy and broken formation that only spoke to how inexperienced they were.

With the two N.I.A. surveying the surroundings cautiously with their guns at the ready, they walked over to the motionless person and realized it was a middle aged Caucasian woman.

She was slightly covered in grim and dirt, her clothes looked old and ragged but she was the picturesque image of mature beauty.

The swat members had to force themselves to look away from her and survey the surroundings meanwhile the two Agent looked at the woman analytical and disregarded her beauty.

As they knelt down next to the woman, she suddenly opened her eyes and firmly grasped the captain's clothes, screamung desperately "Help, please, help me..."

Instead of the immediately help she expected, the captain quickly slammed her arm off of him and trained his head directly at her head.

Seeing this situation unfold, the swat members felt their blood boiling at the two Agents disregarding the damsels plea for help and instead point their guns at her!

"You bastards, you need to treat her with respect! We are here to rescue her and her family from human traffickers, not threaten to kill her!" One of the younger swat members said as he pulled a towel out of the truck and wrapped it around her.

The two Agents gave each other a looked before nodding, stepping away from the woman as the swat members stepped forward to the woman.

"What's your name the matter with those weirdos, how did you escape?"

Tears began pouring out of her dirty face "My name's Carter. After they fell asleep, I bit the rope with my teeth and ran out secretly. Sir, please, I remember the way, I can take you there. They should still be asleep at this time."

As the swat members made a perimeter around the woman calling herself Carter, The two Agents walked a fair distance away from them to discuss.

"That woman looks to be in her early 40's, none of the Carter family has someone fitting her age." The Agent spearheading this operation said.

"Lynn Carter is 31 and could look like that woman, but I also doubt that they are the same person. Seeing as how she has only called herself Carter, it's a very low possibility she another unrelated victim."

"It's more likely that she is an abnormality that is trying to trick us... The question is if we should take the bait."

The woman's attractive figure that disarmed the swat members only made the two Agents even more wary, quickly deducing something was wrong with her.

"It's best if we scope it out before the secondary team arrives, the real Carter family has children that need our help." The leading Agent said, getting a nod from his partner before they walked over to the group.

"Well Ms. Carter, we need to know where the location of this hideout is in order to save your family. Please come with us and show us the way."

The captain said, his voiced sounding sincere and kind.

"I-if it's to save my family..... I'll leader the way!" The swat members looked at the woman in admiration.

To go through such a traumatic event and immediately go back in order to save your family was the incredibly brave.

Helping the woman get up off of the cold Sandy floor, the swat members and the woman got into the armoured vehicle as the two Agents looked at each other.

With a nod, they both silently switched the safety off of their large weird guns before getting in the back with them