15 minutes later…
"Damn, this new body is nice."
"Glad you like it, you ready to go?"
"Yeah, lets go take out those guys. I'll go get my weapons."
"You don't have time to go back upstairs, there's a Seburo M-5, a Zastaba Nosle CZN-M22, and clips for
both in that locker to your right."
"Okay, ready to go, let's get them."
"This is Natsumi, I'm going to take these bastards out. I need their cyberbrains hacked remotely before I
take them down."
"This is Ishikawa, I'm hacking them now."
"Saito here, I have six people on my scope and they aren't friendlies, shit, lost them, it looks like they have
opto-cam."
"This is Kusunagi, I've hacked into one of them, it looks like they have no defense barriers whatsoever.
Pazu, Borma, protect the chief. Batou, guard the room where Ishikawa is. Togusa, guard the Fuchikomas
from these guys."
"This is Natsumi, they're switching off their camo. It looks like it's an older version either 2702 or 2802."
"It's 2802 opto-cam, hey Natsumi do you recognize these guys?"
"These guys are career mercenaries, they're known as the Hawks, my guess is they were sent by the CIA to
retrieve me."
"Natsumi, you can remotely control your old body can't you?"
"Yeah, what do you have in mind?"
"Since it has a GPS tracker in it have it get shot and then they'll think you're dead. It's dressed and has
body armor right?
"Okay I got it, sending it out now."
A hail of shots converged on the body penetrating the head and chest.
"Son of a bitch, they must have been using HV hollow point bullets there's now other way they could have
gotten that kind of penetration."
"This is Hawk Two reporting in, Talon Objective is down, retrieving the body."
"Hawk Two, you better not have damaged the braincase, because our primary objective was to retrieve it
intact."
"Well I'm not sure sir, she was shot a few times the head."
"Dammit, fine, Hawk Three go help Hawk Two haul that body back to the LZ."
"This is Hawk Five, I've found something weird I'm going to check it out."
"Roger that, take Six with you as backup."
"Yes sir, it looks clear no sign of anything, wait a second, Six you see that?"
"No Five you must be imagining things, see there's nothing HGGHKK!
"Six this is One respond, repeat respond! Five where is Six?!"
"I don't know, sir, he was right behind me and then he just disappeared."
"Two, Three, check the cyberbrain make sure we've actually got the right one."
"Sir, I've checked this is definitely Talon's brain."
"Then who the hell is attacking us?"
"Sir, I've found Six, he's dead, throat cut. I'm going to haul his body back to the LZ. OH SHIT, booby
trap, it's a grenade!"
WHOOMPF"Oh god, my leg, my leg.
"Sir this is Seven I see Five he 500 feet from your current position, he's pretty messed up he looks like his
leg is blown off below the knee."
"This is Eight, I'm behind Seven were coming around the corner we see body and Seven is HGGHK!"
"Eight respond, Eight do you read me, shit, we've lost him!"
"This is a member of Section Nine I want you assholes to take the body and get the hell out of the building,
RIGHT THE HELL NOW!! If not I'm gonna snap this son of a bitch's fuckin neck."
"Alright, we're going, we're going goddammit give us a few minutes."
"To all non-wounded Hawks, find her now."
"Listen, dumbass, I've already tapped your transmissions don't screw with me or I'll kill your man right
the fuck now."
"Found her, let him go, NOW!"
"Go ahead sir, take the shot my life doesn't matter."
"Fine, if that's the way you want it, shithead."
KA-CHAK"Oh god, NOOOOOOOO!"
The gun goes off with a bang, and the mercenary's head explodes in a mass of red blood and pink brain matter, which slides down the wall and puddles on the floor."That bitch! She just blew Eight's head off!"
"Alright you damn assholes, you listen up right now, I want you to get the fuck out of here or I'll set off the
claymores I have all over this floor."
"Jesus, Natsumi haven't you done enough and I sure hope to hell you're bluffing about the claymores."
"Fine, but if I speak they'll probably get pissed off again, so I guess you better talk."
"Alright boys, I'm Major Kusunagi, and if you want to get out of here still alive I suggest you leave now
before any more of you die."
"Fine, fine, Christ, we've got the objective, it's not worth having anymore of our guys getting killed over.
Two, grab the objective. Three and Four, grab Six's body. Five and Seven grab Eight's. Okay, men, let's
get the hell out of here."
The Hawk squad headed out the front door slamming shut behind them with a bang.
"Alright Natsumi, let's go back to my safehouse."
"Sure, Major."