The ship came down and landed on the green opening. The hatch opened up and out came Tai and Sora. The two walked side by side, Tai in his usual all black fully armed get up, Sora on the other hand had a much more casual look. Out from the hatch came the rest of the crew, who stood at the door. Tai turned back to them, "okay me and Sora will talk to this mayor guy and try to negotiate the terms of the contract. Matt, grab one of the bikes and scout out the surrounding area." Tai told them. Matt nodded and headed back into the ship. "T.K. and Davis, you two go into town and check the place out. Joe and Izzy, get the control camp ready for transport, we want to get this job done as quickly as possible,"

They all turned to the direction in which to go to start their jobs. When Matt zoomed straight into the air right out of the hatch next to them on the dirt bike. It landed flat onto the ground and drove straight out of sight. Tai and Sora then turned back and continued to walk down the road they were next to. It took just a couple of minutes until they arrived at the door of a very large brick mansion.

When the two came to the front door there two militiamen standing on either side of the door. The militiamen wore green army jackets, had an SMG hanging on a strap on one arm, and wore a yellow beret. The two militiamen immediately opened the two doors. Inside were two parallel walls of militiamen who created a sort of path leading into the house. Tai and Sora sort of looked at each other before entering the mansion. They followed the path of militiamen until it ended at the entrance to a back room.

This room had a chair facing a couch with a coffee table in between. It had cathedral ceiling that was about three stories high. Sitting on the chair was a large old bold man. "Come, sit down," he said looking at the couch. Tai and Sora walked over and sat down on the couch. "Welcome to my home."

"Very nice place," Tai said looking around the room. "I got to ask though; does the small army come with the place?" He said jokingly.

The man started to chuckle, he had the sort of coughing chuckle as if he'd been smoking cigars since his first pay check. "No unfortunately the militia comes separately. It was a steal regardless though." He said still chuckling. "Well my name is Alexander Smith but the locals just call me mayor. Let me get more acquainted with you, do you have your credentials?"

Sora reached into the bag she had with her. "Yes we do," She then took out some files and dropped them down onto the coffee table.

The Mayor put a hand on them and brought them closer to him. Each file had a name on it with a picture paperclip to it. The Mayor took one look at the files before pushing them back in the direction of Sora. "You're hired,"

Tai and Sora sort of looked at each other. Then looked back at The Mayor "Just like that?" Sora asked him.

"Just like that," he told her. "You see its one thing to get five mercenaries. But to have one be Tai Dino, then even to have Matt Wolf too. What is there more to discuss when you're in the company of two of the best mercenaries out there right now? Both from the Remonalt Rebels, and being so young at the time too, tragic. If you're a man like me who regularly uses mercenaries you do a background check way before you even agree for a meeting."

The guy just going and saying his past like it was common knowledge made Tai a little uncomfortable. "Now let's talk about my little predicament shall we?" The Mayor asked, to which Sora just nodded. "Good, well a couple of months a group of rogue ex-Rusique black-ops," this made Tai even more uncomfortable, there was nothing that said they were Rusique black-ops. "They started to squat in an abandoned facility not to far from here. They have mostly kept to themselves but have done multiple attacks on my militia for supplies and my citizens have been getting worried. So I decided it they needed to be dealt with. Now I trust my militia but I am not a man for taking chances so hiring someone with experience, especially someone like you Tai who has had lots of experience dealing Rusique black-ops back when you were a Remonalt rebel. It seemed like the best way to lead my men."

Rusique: Fictional Nation.

Tai was getting less and less comfortable being in this guys company. "Now I want you to lead some of my best militia men into the facility and take them out. According to the information that we have gathered there is only 10. But Tai I am sure you know that 10 is a lot when referring to black-ops. Now when would you like to do this?"

"Tomorrow!" Tai said standing up. He then turned and exited the room, followed the path of militia men and exited the building.

Sora watched Tai exit, she then turned and looked at The Mayor and gave a grin. "So shall we discuss the payment?" She asked him. He nodded.

As Tai exited the building the end of the path of people was cut off by two militiamen who blocked the exit. One of them said "My name is Alvin, I am the leader of this militia, and this is Jeremiah, he is my second in command. We look forward to working with you on this mission," He then extended his arm. Tai sort of stood there for a second before shaking the man's hand, and then he shook Jeremiah's. The men nodded and cleared the way for Tai, who continued back to the ship.

It did not take long until it became night. The entire crew was out of the ship on the landing field around a fire. On the fire was some of the canned food stuck to a stick and roasting. Tai looked around at everyone, "Alright so the plan is tomorrow we take out this facility and be gone before nightfall. Matt and I will lead a team of the local militia into the facility purely at request. Izzy and Joe will set up a control center around the area and will also be accompanied by the local militia. Sora will stay with the Mayor incase there is any problems and as collateral for The Mayor that we will not suddenly switch sides. T.K. and Davis you're in the ship and am on constant alert incase we need backup or a pickup if they intend to flee." Tai explained. "Now Matt what did you find on your scouting?"

"Pretty normal area, one of the few untouched by the war. I could not find that facility on my own though. It must be really deep in that forest which is kind of unusual it would have had to have been some real serious research facility to be so far out in the middle of nowhere." Matt said.

Tai then turned and looked at T.K. "The town's clean," T.K. told him. "It doesn't appear that those black-ops guys are working for anyone, nor is there any real serious underground activity. It just seems like your average little town in the middle of the country."

"Okay, everyone get some rest, we got a big day tomorrow," Tai said. Soon everyone was gone back into the ship except for him and Matt. Tai turned to Matt. "If there is a group of ex-black-ops in this region, there has got to be a reason. You don't become some of the words best and most professional killers then go into hiding in a dinky little town in the middle of nowhere."

Matt took a long breath with a cigarette in his mouth. "I agree, there has got to be something else too it. I can't quite put my finger on it though. But we shouldn't go rushing in guns blazing in that place before we know why they're there," Tai nodded. The two continued to stand around the fire.

Rushing through the forest Tai ran right up against a tree and looked behind him. Matt ran right up against the same tree. Behind them half a dozen militiamen followed as closely as possible stopping behind trees right behind theirs. Matt and Tai both turned and looked passed the tree on opposite sides. There about fifty feet away was the facility. It was about four stories high and looked like an office building was just dropped in the middle of the forest. All of the windows were boarded up though.

One of the militiamen behind them was Alvin. He talked for a second on his walkie-talkie. "Jeremiah's recon squad is back at camp. They say that there were two black-ops that appeared to not be present."

Tai reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone, he then pressed 1. "Izzy, are you picking up anything on your end? They say there are eight people present in that building,"

In the closest cleaning from the facility Izzy and Joe had set up camp with all their electronics out. There were also four militiamen that were present with them. "Yeah it appears that there are eight people in that building. They are blocking our heat sensors though, Joe is working on that. But they all appear to be on the top level."

"Okay, keep me posted," Tai then closed his phone and looked at the squad he was leading. "Alright listen up, eight is enough we can worry about the other two later. You all follow my lead. I don't want any trigger happy, shoot first actions okay? I want to get to the bottom of this."

Tai then sprinted for the facility, after a second Matt followed suit, then soon everyone ran up against the building. Slowly they moved against it. Once reaching the back entrance Matt burst through the door. It led straight into a staircase. Tai motioned for everyone to move up the staircase. It was now Matt who had taken the lead. His shotgun pointed straight out in front of him. On the fourth floor there was a big door that led out of the staircase. Matt stationed himself at one side of the door as the militiamen pilled in behind him. Tai then stationed himself right next to Matt at the other side of the door. The two looked at each other. They then jumped up and kicked the door right down.

The room was too quiet for Sora's liking. Since there was nothing in it besides the couch, chair, and coffee table she had very little to do besides just sit there opposite to The Mayor. There were about four militiamen in the room as well but nobody was saying a word. She could barely control her boredom. "You don't seem very worried?" The Mayor observed breaking the silence.

"Yes well, this will not be the first time for either Tai or Matt to have fought against black-ops and I am sure it will not be the last. So no I am not worried." Sora told him.

"You should be."

Sora was taken back; what he just said just freaked her out and gave her a bad feeling. She reached into her back pocket and pulled out her cell phone. Still holding it behind her and out of sight she pressed 2.

The militiamen pilled into the room followed by Matt and Tai. They were in a long room which stretched quite a ways. At the far side was a man decked out in black facing the back wall. Matt and Tai both put him in their sights and started to run in his direction. "Who are you? Why are you here? Who do you work for?" Tai screamed as he ran straight for the guy.

When Matt and Tai were just a few meters away the guy turned around. Both Matt and Tai stopped in their tracks. "Jeremiah?" Tai asked looking at the guy. All of a sudden the feeling of cold steel could be felt at the back of Tai's head. He turned around to see Alvin holding a gun up against his head. Another militiaman had a gun up against the back of Matt's head too.

"Oh did I forget to mention? There are no black-ops," Alvin said. Now militiamen started to come out of the adjacent rooms with the majority of the militiamen that entered with Matt and Tai staying back at the doorway.

"Why should I worry?" Sora asked trying to sound polite.

The Mayor grew a large grin on his face. He then stood up, "Because my dear, soon your friends will be dead." The four militiamen then came two on each side of The Mayor. "And you will be too." The militiamen grabbed their SMGs and lifted them up pointing at Sora. Sora quickly reached under her shirt and pulled out her 9mm revolver and pointed it right at the head of The Mayor. "Ah so you too have a bit of fight in you."

Alvin cocked the hammer on his revolver. "Any last words?" he asked Tai. Tai just stood there quite.

"I do," Matt said. Alvin looked over in Matt's direction, who was in the same predicament as Tai. "Rule 101 of being a mercenary, is be prepared for everything." Matt then clamped his fingers on the side of his hand. Then a beep could be heard. Multiple militiamen turned to the door, where they saw the detonator. A huge explosion ripped through the doorway and that entire back section, engulfing some militiamen, sending others flying.

The rest including Matt and Tai were sent flying forward from the shockwave. After coming to a stop Tai turned and extended his two pistols and blew two militiamen's brains out. Matt got up right next to another militiaman, Matt slugged the guy with the back of his shotgun. Then quickly turned 180 degrees and shot sending another militiaman back into the flames of where the explosion was.

"Did you hear that?" Izzy asked. "That sounded like a large explosion." Izzy looked at the equipment in front of him. "I don't seem to be able to get any sort of clear readings of what is going on in there."

With the press of a button Joe turned the heat sensor on. "I broke through the jam, we're getting something on this now." Izzy walked over and looked at it with Joe. "There definitely looks like there is some fighting going on. I think I see Matt and Tai but I can't tell the difference between the black-ops and the militiamen."

"That's because there is non." A militiaman from behind them said. Izzy and Joe looked at each other before slowly turning around to see the four militiamen pointing their guns at them. "Now prepare to die!"

Izzy quickly banged on a piece of equipment behind him. Joe and Izzy then both crouched back. The militiamen a little confused put them in their sights. All of a sudden there was a huge white flash. The four militiamen were blinded and now struggled to remain standing. Coming up to them was Izzy and Joe now gripping their rifles. "Ohh, I'm so scared!" Izzy called out in a jokily sarcastic tone. The two then opened fire on their incapacitated foes.

Matt pumped his shotgun as he rolled on the floor. Once coming to a stop right next to Tai he fired killing a militiaman instantly. Tai was in the process of pistol whipping one then shooting him in the gut with his other pistol. They both looked at each other than at their surroundings. Quickly they reloaded as they saw Alvin and Jeremiah at the far end of the room up against one of the boarded up windows. Those two were quite shaken from the explosion and not holding a weapon. Tai and Matt both nodded at each other before sprinting straight towards the other two.

On their way they fired on anything that moved around them. Anybody showing the slightest bit of life got an extra bit of lead. Be it they were on the side of Matt and Tai or behind them. Finally the two raised their guns up in front of them and fired on Alvin and Jeremiah. Both got a few shots on them sending them back against the boards. Still sprinting towards them with about two meters to go they jumped up into the air. Then both sent a large jump kick Tai on Alvin and Matt on Jeremiah. It was strong enough that it sent Alvin and Jeremiah straight through the boards out the window and down the four stories.

"Well that was fun," Matt said as the two guys headed for the engulfed in flames staircase. On the way they stopped at bodies to pick off anything useful off the corpses. When they were about half way to the exit Matt stopped. He heard what sounded like a clicking sound. "Does that sound like a bomb to you?"

Tai stopped for a second and listened. "Yes, yes it does," Tai agreed. They both looked at each other before turning and running as fast as they could for the exit.

Packing up all the stuff from their little camp. Joe and Izzy suddenly heard a second explosion. This one being much large than the one before. Joe turned and looked at Izzy, "Now this may just be me, but that explosion sounded big enough to have blown up the entire facility." All Izzy could do was nod.

"Wh..why are you doing this?" Sora asked as she back up against the wall behind her. She still had all four guys pointing guns at her with The Mayor still had that big grin on his face and was standing right in front of her.

He gave off the same chuckle that he did the day before. "Does it really matter, soon all five of you will be dead." He informed.

She looked very nervous, her hands starting to tremble she called out "You're wrong!" then she stopped trembling and gave off her own grin at him. He was almost taken back by the sudden change in expression in her face. She obviously seemed pleased by this. "You're wrong, there's seven of us." She said as she turned and looked at the back wall which had large windows.

The Mayor then turned and looked in the same direction. There was Calypso flying straight at the mansion. The Mayor had little more time than to duck as Calypso smashed right into the house through the back wall into the room. "Yeehaa!" Davis yelled holding on the controls. Everyone on the ground was sent to the floor covering themselves from falling debris. A hatch opened up from the ship and out came T.K. with a sniper rifle. He looked into the scope and fired sending one militiaman who was getting up straight to the ground. T.K. opened then closed the breech cocking the sniper and fired again. He repeated this process three times getting direct hits on all militiamen.

The Mayor was on the ground lying on his back. Looking forward he saw Sora approach him. "It doesn't matter!" he called out to her. "Your friends are already dead!"

Then from either side of Sora walked up Matt and Tai. They both extended one arm holding their weapon and pointed it straight in the face of The Mayor. "Not even close," Tai informed him. The two guys pulled their triggers.