The Ghosts walked along the corridor towards the training hall the female members were a lot chipper whereas Talfryn was still dragging his feet his head hung low.
Entering the training hall they wandered over to a bench and sat down, Goodwitch stood in front of them, they were the last team to arrive.
As they sat Goodwitch began to hand out mission briefings to the teams that were present, most were standard patrols of the surrounding forests and a few teams were given reconnaissance operations. The remaining teams were given leave for training, "And finally Team GHST." Goodwitch announced waking Talfryn who had managed to fall asleep with a start. There were giggles from around the hall which were stifled under Goodwitch's glare.
"The Ghosts will report to Professor Ozpin's office immediately." Looking back to the rest of the teams she added, "The rest of you are dismissed."
The Ghosts got up quickly and followed Goodwitch to Ozpin's office, entering they stood in front of the Headmasters desk.
Turning to face them Ozpin nodded to them, he looked very haggard and worn down.
"We have a serious problem…" he began.
"Don't we always?" Talfryn muttered under his breath.
"We have received information from the recon teams that are currently in the field, the White Fang are preparing to test a new form of Dust powered warhead at a military base located in Atlas. We need you to investigate the facility and if possible stop the test. You will be provided with all your mission data en-route."
Ozpin paused looking at each of them individually, "I must insist that you infiltrate undetected, do you understand?"
"We understand sir." Griffin responded.
"Good," Ozpin nodded, "Glynda please take Talfryn, Harmonia and Sabina to the hangar I need to run through some final mission data with Griffin."
Talfryn and the twins were ushered out of the room looking back at Griffin Talfryn gave her a thumbs up which she returned with a smile before the door was shut between them.
Goodwitch led them to the hangar where they were equipped with stealth suits which reduced their thermal signature and silenced weaponry.
"Apart from Talfryn's rifle your standard equipment is unsuitable for this mission." She informed them, "You two," she turned to the twins, "Will be equipped with silenced assault rifles, you will be allowed to carry your hammers but they should be used only as a last resort."
As she said this the twins were handed their weaponry by one of the armourers, he then turned to Talfryn and handed him a silenced .45 pistol. "Obviously your weapon is of no use at close range so carry this as a back-up." Goodwitch told him, Talfryn tested the siding mechanism and sights of the gun.
They loaded up into their shuttle and waited, Griffin arrived ten minutes. She said nothing as she was equipped with her own weapons and took the seat opposite to Talfryn.
She looked as bad as Ozpin had earlier; her shoulders were hunched like she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.
Goodwitch addressed them as the ship fired up its engines, "You are operating outside your standard area of effect, Vale operatives are not allowed to be in Atlas so you must remain undetected. If you are found you are on your own." She stepped out of the shuttle as it took off leaving the four operatives in the dark hold of the shuttle.
Screens flashed up in front of them displaying the base, a rather dull voice began to explain the layout of the structure and detailed the guard patrols that were known.
As soon as the display finished a small hologram of Goodwitch appeared, "Team GHST your objective is to assess the capabilities of this weapon and if possible stop the test." She recounted.
"Anything else we need to know?" Sabina asked .
"Don't get caught and stay alive… Good luck." And with that she was gone.
Talfryn rested his head against the metal hull, "Never one to sugar coat something is she…"
The pilots voice crackled over the radio, "I suggest you get some sleep it with be several hours before we arrive, you won't be getting much sleep after we drop you off."
The Ghosts were awoken by an alarm informing them they had five minutes to the target; unstrapping themselves from their seats they began their final preparations.
Griffin who hadn't said a word for the whole trip finally spoke up, "Let's go over the plan once more." The other members of the team gathered around her, pulling out a map of the base and the surrounding area from her pocket she pointed out several features. "Talfryn set up on the ridge here, it should give you the best view of the base as possible. Your codename for this mission is 'Over-watch'."
"Got it." he replied.
"Harmonia and Sabina you will be entering from the west side, your job is to be ready to destroy the weapon if necessary. You will be known as Thunder and Lightning."
The twins nodded their understanding.
"I will entering from the north to infiltrate the main communications hub, for the duration of the mission my codename will be Vixen."
Griffin looked up at her team who nodded their understanding, another alarm sounded as the shuttle's cargo bay doors slowly opened. The rushing wind becoming deafening, the team lined up along the ramp.
Over the comm units they all possessed the pilot began to count down from ten, when he hit zero they jumped…
Author's Note: Sup guys I know this story has been going kind of slow but it's going to get better I promise...