This was nerve-racking. No one was telling anyone anything about this mission that they're going on. "All geared-up?" Sandy said. "Yeah, is that all you're gonna wear?" Roy asked him. Sandy was simply clad in a high-tech looking gas mask, strips of light armor being worn underneath a trench coat and a gas gun strapped to his belt. "It's all I need, Harper! Nice new suit" Sandy said in admiration. "It's not like my old one but It'll do" he said.
"Sandman, Arsenal, Dodger, Nix, and Huntress. You'll be going to Markovia. There's a special item that The Wall is interested in. She wants you to retrieve it and blow up the facility containing it" Sean said. "Why? What's so special about it?" Helena asked. "The metal is extraordinarily rare and Markovia has one of the few mines containing it. It's called Nth metal and it rarity and value is also hyper-conductive and is able to invert mesons and gravitons. And it can withstand temperatures of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. We don't know how that is possible" Sonia explained.
"So, Waller is interested in weaponizing this weird metal herself, isn't she?" Sandy asked. "That is none of your concern" Sonia said harshly. "Calm down, Sonia. Frankly, Waller doesn't disclose anything with us either. All we know is that she wants it out of these guy's hands. Bad news or not-so bad news. So, gear up and get to the choppa!" Sean said, imitating the Terminator.
"Moretti, Flynn, Yazemin, and Windrow. You are being sent to Bialya also to retrieve something. It hasn't been specified exactly, just that it's in a mining/excavation site just outside of the borders" Sean said. "How are we gonna retrieve it if we don't know what it is?" Lars said. "It is not your concern at the moment. Simply get to the site and the rest of the information shall be shared with you" Sonisa said as coldly as possible. "What am I to do?" Kirk asked. "Waller needs your assistance with a project at hand. Report to her directly" Sonia said.
The copter ride to Markovia was less than exciting. Everyone just kept staring at each other with cold eyes. "So... Anyone want to tell anyone some embarrassing stories from childhood? Anybody? Anybody at all?" Dodger said, attempting to cut the tension. "Not really" Nix said. "We should be landing within the next hour or so" Sandy said. "Okay then. My full name is Winnick Norton if you don't remember. A lot of lads made fun of me cause of that. Kept calling me Winny, not just for short, but because I was a bit of a crybaby back then" Dodger said.
"And you might wanna shut your mouth before I rip it off of you." Helena said. "Damn girl. And hear I thought I was the baddest chick!" Nix said. "Ever gonna tell us whatever you did in your past?" Roy asked abruptly. "Are you thinking that this is some lame-ass support group where we sing songs by the campfire and everything's hunky-dory?" Nix remarked. "Take it easy. But we are essentially working as a team. We might as well learn how to deal with each other" Roy said. "I can dig that" Helena said, giving him a smile.
"And we're here" Sandy said, putting on his mask as they landed on their destination. "Why would anybody be doing anything here? It seems completely abandoned" Helena said. "All the more reason to conduct research in the place. Who else is gonna go there?" Nix said. "No. Huntress is right about something. There doesn't seem to be anybody around." Roy said. "We should tread lightly. Perhaps they have been expecting us" Sandy suggested.
They quickly entered the area with hesitance. There was a lot of mining and construction equipment surrounding them. But there weren't any people. "Hear that?" Dodger said. "I heard nothing" Helena said. "Listen carefully" Nix said. Dodger immediately took off a small bomb from his coat and threw it. "STOP! WHAT THE HELL'RE YA DOIN'?" Roy shouted as it went off. "What? Took care of the problem" he said haughtily. "And if it were a civilian?" Roy argued. "We're supposed to retrieve the metal and be done with it. There may be others who want it as well, lad" Dodger retorted.
"I hate Tea-and-Crumpets here, but he does have a point" Helena said. Suddenly, the heard groaning. "What was that?" Sandy said. "It sounds like it came from there, straight ahead" Nix said, pointing east of their location. They went off and found an African-Markovian man groaning and moaning clutching his stomach as he was buried underneath some rubble. "Who are you? What're you doing here?" Sandy asked. "Marshall. Kieran Marshall. Please, tell me about the others. What happened to my team?" the young man asked.
"We didn't see anyone. Just what are you doing here?" Roy asked. "Please help me. Help me get the suit outta here" he groaned. "Answer the question first" Helena said. "I was ... part of a excavation team. We have ... been ... conducting research on a rare metal" Kieran said. "Nth metal" Nix said. "That's the one. But something happened. Some people came and started shooting us down. I don't know why" Kieran groaned out. "Whats under there with you?" Sandy asked. "What we ... were looking for." he said.
Sandy then placed his hand on the rubble and within seconds, the rubble began to disintegrate into small pebbles. "Thank you. Thank you" Kieran breathed out. Everyone suddenly took note of what had been buried under. It was a beautiful metallic suit that seemed to appear in the form of some kind of bug. "What is it?" Dodger asked. "Nth metal. An entire suit made out of Nth metal. I was trying to get it out before we got jumped" Kieran answered. Suddenly, Dodger smacked him from the back of his head.
"Thank you for making our job easier then. Well, my job" Dodger said, making his way to grab the suit. "What do you think you're doing?" Roy said, readying his bow. "They don't know its real value." Dodger mumbled as he was easily able to lift it off and proceeded to run. They then gone in pursuit of him. Helena then launched an arrow from her crossbow but seemed to miss. "Wait. Sonia said that the metal was hyper-conductive, right?" Sandy asked. "Right? Where ya going with this?" Nix asked.
"I think I know where he's going with it" Roy said. Roy then pulled out an arrow from his quiver with a uniquely metallic fletchette. He then notched and launched it directly at the armor. Suddenly, currents of electricity began to surround Dodger and the armor. They then sprinted towards him. He was breathing raggedly and the armor which was next to him didn't have a scratch on it. Suddenly, he jumped up and took out his stun baton weapon. "I always did prefer doing things solo" he said. Just as Roy took out the claws and prepared to use them, Dodger suddenly grabbed his head. He suddenly began to horrifically scream and blood began to gush out of his eyes and ears. He suddenly dropped to his knees and onto the ground.
"Is ... is he..." Helena tried to speak out. "Dead. Dead as a door-nail" Roy said. "What now?" Sandy said. "Do our mission. Get the armor to the copter. And we should also bring back Kieran. He may know more about it" Roy said. "Who made you our fearless leader?" Nix said. "Fearless leader here has a point. Let's get whats-his-face to the choppa!" Sandy said, in the Terminator voice.
"Has it been done? Is it complete?" Amanda asked. "They ... They haven't been responding" Sean said uncomfortably. "What the hell is going on here?" Lyla screeched out. "Good day, Harbinger" Amanda said. "Bite me, Amanda! What're you doing to those poor boys?! Is ... that what I think it is" Lyla huffed. "It is" "Lyla. I tried explaining it to her how its to dangerous but she won't listen to reason" Sean said. Suddenly, an explosion burst throughout the room. One man came out of the room so quick that it was like a blur. The other one kept on ranting something. As he came to, Sean began to hear the incoherent mumbling but it was becoming more clearer.
He then looked up and saw that the man was wearing a red-and-blue mesh-like armor with a baton-like weapon attached to his leg and wearing a strange metallic mask. But what distinguished him was the pale blond hair that was still visible on his head.
"Kirk?"
"NO ONE ESCAPES THE MANHUNTER!"
Guest Stars
Luisa D'Oliviera as Carla Moretti
Chelsea Gilligan as Onyx Adams (Nix)
Wyatt Nash as Kirk DiPaolo (Manhunter)
Najee De-Tiege as Lars Windrow
Aeriel Miranda as Yasemin Soze
Jessica de Gouw as Helena Bertinelli/Huntress
Daren Kagasoff as Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins (Sandman)
Tyler Weaver Jr. as "Joe Flynn"
Yifei Liu as Sonia Sato
Grey Damon as Sean Sonus
Keiynan Lonsdale as Kieran Marshall