Dimension 3842

by T02E

IDTF activity in alternate dimension: 384.2 as recalled by SOK Operative T02E. Summary: The masters of the Jade Palace are awoken one night by the IDTF, a team of warriors tasked with killing demons. This may be a large leap for the masters, but there are darker forces at hand, that even the IDTF know nothing about... And, yeah, there's meant to be a point in the title :p

1. Prologue

Dimension - 384.2

Local time: Unknown - 02:59

It was raining.
The rooftops were soaked in the downpour, but still, the silhouette showed no signs of slipping. Each footstep made little noise, inaudible against the pattering of raindrops that fell like all the souls the figure had seen pass. As they reached the ground, each droplet shattered, an inevitable end.
T01E pulled the handgun from his side. He was alone, for now. The HCHR "Concussor" rested firmly in his grasp, an armoured finger resting lightly on the trigger. He wouldn't have to use it now. Besides, gunfire was out of the question at the moment, unless absolutely necessary; hundreds resided in the buildings below him, and waking them would be unwise, to say the least.
Three targets roughly 2 meters below. A throwing knife for the first, and his SHAFT blades for the others. He jumped down on them, and all three were dropped in less than a second. The Sun still had yet to rise, and the large building on the horizon - his destination - was still shrouded in darkness and cloud. The SOK operative picked up his knife from the ground, there was no trace left of the demonic forms that he had just vanquished, disintegration was useful in that sense.
T01E dropped down to the streets, rolling as he hit the ground. He stayed crouched beneath window level as he made his way through the winding path, eventually finding himself out of the solid mass of building. He decided to scale the mountainside instead of taking the stairs. Even at this time of early morning, stealth was still a lot to worry about.
Although a CHL would have made the journey faster, the mountain proved no difficulty. It took less than a minute to reach the top, a seemingly unrealistic time.
As he walked slowly to the wall, he could hear low vibrations from behind it. Someone was asleep then. Noisily asleep. Fine. This was a slightly unexpected occurrence, but nothing that should really impede him.
Ahead of him, three figures gathered at one of the walls, plates of armour glinting ever so slightly in a passing phase of moonlight.
It was time.