Chapter 1: A S S U M P T I O N S

The city was bustling with activity. People came in and out of the stores at the commercial district, buying presents for their beloved families. The merriment of the season could be seen in their eyes and the jolliness of holyday in their cheery attitude. Snowflakes gently fell upon them from the sky, getting caught in their jackets' texture and lying a thick blanket of snow on every unmoving objects. Within those people, a young man wearing a thick brown coat and cowboy hat stood in front of one of the many display windows with special orders; he was staring at a huge light brown teddy bear with a cute yellow scarf around its neck. He grinned warmly. Invisible to the naked eye, he wore an earpiece and a mouthpiece. He grinned.

"This is teddy bear; there's no movement whatsoever in the commercial district, but there a 50% off sale here." He whispered into his mouthpiece with a light chuckle. His words did not go unheard.

"Wolf here; keep focused, man, and it's Bear not Teddy bear."An irritated man replied after hearing the cowboy's mention of a sale. The cowboy's grin grew bigger.

"Aww come on, Wolf, I'm cute, cuddly and huggable just like a teddy bear." He whispered with a laugh. "And I thought you'd find it funny." He added looking at his own reflection on the glass and fixing his hat. A female's giggling was heard through the earpiece, before the male voice was heard again.

"Oh shut up!!" The male exclaimed a little more irritated than intended. The cowboy laughed; he enjoyed getting on his teammates nerves, but he was surprised when the third male said nothing. He started hearing the people around him murmuring and, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw everyone turning to look at the hotel behind him at the other side of the street. His smile faded as he looked at the glass again and saw the reflection of a four vehicle convoy. Next to the store he was in front of there was a café; he walked towards with a serious expression on his face. Once inside the café, the cowboy sat near the window and stared at the convoy.

From one of the cars, a man in his mid-forties with black-grayish hair stepped out of a car. The man was wearing a military outfit; one of a high rank officer. The cowboy recognized the man and smirked. The man walked into the hotel followed by a couple of other soldiers.

"The sparrow is in the nest; I repeat: the sparrow is in the nest. Begin the operation." The cowboy whispered while grabbing a newspaper that was lying on top of the table. He looked at the hotel and waited for some sort of response.

"Roger." His leader's deep and serious voice was heard. "Please report of any change in the sparrow's position; we are really depending on it." He added, to which the cowboy smiled to himself and turned to his newspaper. Things were going according to plan.

Somewhere else, a gray van rode through the desert-like landscape escorted by a man on a motorcycle. The darkness of the night provided cover for them. The cold hit them mercilessly, making some of them regret not taking their jacket. Adrenaline pumped through their veins as their destination made its appearance in the distance, the D-District Prison of Galbadia. They were going to break in to get someone out.

The place was made to hold possible threats to the galbadian government and political prisoners. According to the new galbadian president, a young man inside said facility was a dangerous threat to their government and to all of the galbadian society. The young man was imprisoned for treason, murder, a lot of criminal assaults against members of the government and harassing soldiers. As a request from the president himself, the young man had been sentenced to a public execution a week from that day. To the date, the young man only had forty-two hours left.

Once they reached the prison facility, a female wearing a soldier's blue uniform and its helmet got off of the van. The male of the motorcycle walked towards her and removed his motorcycle helmet, revealing blonde hair. She took some handcuffs and placed them around his wrist before starting to pull him inside.

"Kitty here; we're going in." The female said pulling the blonde into the facility. "Is everyone else in position?" She added stopping right in front of the entrance.

"Sunshine is in position and ready for takeoff." A young woman with a tiny voice chirped.

"Teddy bear is watching sparrow and waiting to take action." The cowboy replied with a chuckle. The blonde rolled his eyes.

"FALCON, READY." A female said in a monotone.

"Bull is also ready, y'know?" A male with a deep hoarse voice said.

"Lion is in position." Their leader said. "Angel, be sure to accelerate as soon as they board the van." He added.

"Angel here; don't worry I know what to do." A female said with a cheerful tone.

"That's what I'm worried about." The leader said. "Anyways, Kitty, Wolf is up to you now to retrieve the Tasmanian devil out of there. Good luck." He finished. The blonde and the female soldier stepped into the facility as their leader said those last words.

The female soldier pushed the blonde, who was pretending to be absolutely pissed. The soldiers inside the lobby stared at the young man with the tattoo on the left side of his face. His aqua green eyes showed nothing but anger and disbelief. He scanned the faces around him as he yelled.

"This isn't fair. I was just ridin' my motorcycle, I didn't do anythin'; so get ya' fuckin' hands off me." He yelled pulling and pushing the female soldier, trying to break free. The female laughed out loud and pushed him hard enough for him to hit the ground hard. He glared up at her from where he lied.

"You exceeded the speed limit and threatened a soldier for giving you a speeding ticket, so you're not that smart." She said making the other soldiers laugh. She looked at them with a smirk. "Is there a vacant cell for this colorful young man?" The young man started cursing loudly as the one of the soldiers in the room started to look for a free cell on the system, which took him a couple minutes.

"There is one on the fourth floor." He said walking over to the door that led to the cells. "Come with me." He added as he gave them his back. The female pulled the blonde male up and walked behind him. They had to do something about the soldier in order to continue with their mission.