4:02pm
Market District, Tokaido
Immediatley after the drop.
A Camera in the city starts showing static as electricity flows past, the air starts showing small bolts of harmless electricity. Hunter's pod comes into view, it crashes into a building, ricocheting off of it and crashing into another one. It lands on a platform of a building.
"Squad, what's your status?" said Cassidy on the Radio. "You still with me, Hunter?" Hunter bangs on his pod. "Yeah, give me a sec." he said. "I hit pretty hard, my hatch won't open, how 'bout yours?" Hunter's hatch suddenly opens.
He gets up. "Ah, works great." he said sarcastically. "Right, when you get done fooling around, I could use some help." Cassidy said. "Hoo, excuse me. Did I do something wrong? Because the only thing I regret about you and me, not knowing you were Ronin when we first met. I woulda been a lot less charming." Hunter reaches for his Shock Rifle, which had no Core in it.
"That's what I miss most about you Hunter, when your mouth was a little faster than your brain. Look, don't start about my job, we both agreed to end it." replied Cassidy again. "That was years ago, Cassie!" Hunter tries pulling out his Shock Rifle. I'm...a little...fuzzy...on the..." Hunter's Shock Rifle finally comes out.
"...details. Must've been a lot of other saps since then, why pick me for this safari?" Hunter finished. Cassidy started recieving static. "First, you're the best member I know. Second, if you don't remember. That night, what you asked me in the morning?" A Cicada flies overhead.
"I remember not getting an awnser." he said as he looked up at the Cicada. "Say again Hunter, you're breaking up." said Cassidy as more static flickered. "I said stay put, I'm on my way!" Hunter said as he crawls up behind the sandbags infront of him.
"We missed our LZ, this grid is packed with Axon. Be careful." said Cassidy. Hunter grabs a nearby Shock Core. "I appreciate the concern." said Hunter, he loads the Shock Core into the Rifle. "Can't be much of a rescue if you're dead." he slams the weapon on the sandbags, ready to fight.
Axon troops get out of the Cicada, they have been modified to have a rear carrier part, and two parts with operable laser turrets on the side. Hunter kills them as he continues. Up ahead, he sees a destroyed Hellbender up ahead. "Ronin, over here." someone called out. Two Izanagi members come out from behind the Hellbender.
Hunter walks up to one. "Saw ya pod hit, you're one lucky SoB." asked one of them. "Negative, didn't quite see anything after that flash. Uhh...listen, some of these buildings are open, should be able to get inside, flank the Axon on the streets." he said again.
"Roger that, thanks." Hunter said as he went into the open buildings. He found dead Axon. "What the hell happened here?" he said. He exited the building, killing the Axon troops below in the courtyard. One of the Izanagi troops lie dead, but the other didn't.
Up ahead, they reach a street with an Energy Turret on a ledge. It kills the remaining Izanagi member. Hunter destroys the barrel next to the Turret, destroying it and it's operator. He walks into the Plaza. Up ahead, he encounters Iron Gaurd, Elite Axon troops.
"Got a little Iron Gaurd Problem." he warned Cassidy. "Watch yourself around these guys, they know the battlefield more than we do." warned Cassidy. Hunter sucks most of them up into a vortex from his Shock Rifle. He defeats the toughest type of Axon yet.
He opens a door. He sees a Female Izanagi member taking cover behind a wall, and two other Male Izanagi members near another destroyed Hellbender armed with Bio Rifles, under fire from more Iron Gaurd. They are easily killed. "Ronin we're pinned down, cut through these buildings, hit'em from behind." she said. Hunter grabbed his fallen comrades' Bio Rifles.
He kills the Iron Gaurd in this area, then opens the door into the Central part of the Plaza. He sees Cassidy's pod, underfire from normal Axon armed with Bio Rifles. He kills them, and approaches the pod. He tries to pry it open, he does, and Cassidy is not inside of it.
A strange light-white figure approaches him. "Aww nuts!" he said as he backed up, it held the charred remains of her helmet. Electricity sparkled from it. "Woah!" he said as it knocked him down. It makes a bigger electric spark, but is shot by a sniper round. In the distance, it's Barktooth who shot it. Suddenly, it lets out a whine and explodes as Hunter jumps out the way.
He jumps down and comes over to him. "What was that thing, you ever seen one before?" Hunter said to Barktooth, he doesn't respond. "Hey, Barktooh, you got your ears on?" he still doesn't respond. Hunter takes off his helmet. "Oh I get it, permission to speak. Smartass!" Barktooth took his helmet off aswell.
"No, but it was gonna grease your ass good, just like it did the Captain." Barktooth finally responded. "You heard from Kensai, Ushido?" Hunter said. "No." Barktooth responded back. "The Rookie?" Hunter asked as Barktooth nodded. "We need to get above this crap, link up with the others, one of our drones musta seen where they hit." Hunter said.
Barktooth: So we're poppin' smoke on the lady's mission, she ever tell you what she wanted. Besides, I know a place that we can hold out at, there's a Liandri Bot Manufacturing facility not far from here, the Bots are friendly....I hope. It'll take some hours to get to, but we can wait for the others there.
Hunter: Good plan, but all I care about is getting my people out of this city, even you.
The two begin their journey towards the Liandri facility.