Full Metal Panic: Overwatch
By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of the Full Metal Panic! series are under the copyright of Shouji Gatou/Koichi Chigira/Yasuhiro Takemoto, GONZO Studios, Kyoto Animation Studios and Kadokowa Shoten. All other characters are under the copyright of their respective owners. Ronald Chua (and other subsequent characters) is only under me though. If I had control of the series, there would've been a better way for Kalinin to rescue Tessa, Kaname and himself without risking himself some more since he got injured with glass shards that impaled on his back. Ouch! Not a pleasant thing to have in your life.
Summary:
A mysterious group known as A21 had laid siege on a covert Japanese Defense Agency research center, with assistance from mercenaries and a PMC company known as the ARGUS Corporation. With Tessa's life in danger, can she escape the facility alive while staying out of sight? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.
Chapter 10: Setting Off
Corridor, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
"Commander Kalinin! Please get up!"
Tessa went over to the injured Kalinin, who had glass shards embedded on his body, with some chunks of medium-sized debris from the roof that landed on his back after being knocked out by a sudden explosion that made him collapse on the ground, chest first.
"I'm afraid I can't get out of here with you, Madam captain." Kalinin said, grunting as he had been injured. "I'll just be troublesome."
"It's all right, Commander." Tessa insisted, shaking him a bit on his left arm. "Please, you have to..."
"Move out! Those intruders were able to penetrate the building's roof and the main lobby! Secure the floors and get the scientists out of here, hurry!"
A masked JGSDF soldier with the rank of Major had his Colt M4A1 carbine slinged on his right shoulder, barking out orders to his other masked JGSDF Special Operations Group subordinates. A series of loud explosions and automatic gunfire had forced most of the JGSDF soldiers on duty to fight back against the unknown intruders.
"Hey you!" The Lieutenant had stopped one of the masked soldiers, who had the rank of Master Sergeant. "What's the status of the squads that went to the rooftop?"
"Last time I heard, sir." The Master Sergeant replied. "They've been killed after an explosive entry was done by the intruding forces. Most of them were killed."
The Lieutenant gritted his teeth under his mask. This is not good. The SOG officer eyed most of the masked men dashing through the corridor leading to the stairs that would take them to the last few floors prior to the rooftop. He ran to catch up with them. However...
BOOM!
An explosive planted on the door leading to the research center's many fire escapes have been breached. In the explosion, a few SOG troopers were caught in the blast that killed them with others having been gravely injured after the explosive had been detonated. The Major had been one of the JGSDF soldiers killed in the explosives breach.
"Damn it! It's an ambush!" Moments later, a blinding light followed by sound was heard when a device was hurled in the corridor.
A flashbang! The Sergeant Major tried to raise his Heckler and Koch USP 9 pistol from his holster as he had dropped his Colt M4A1 carbine when he was blinded by the flash. "Why you..." Before he could fire his sidearm, a squad of ARGUS mercenaries with Colt M4A1 carbines and Heckler and Koch UMP 45 submachine guns entered the corridor and fired their weapons at any SOG soldier not killed from the explosive entry.
"Sir!" A squad of SOG soldiers had appeared in the corridor from behind the Lieutenant. From a side corridor, loud gunfire with the sound of a shotgun being fired decimated the newly arrived squad as they passed the area. Being attacked from the side, the SOG squad didn't have an opportunity to fight back..
"Damn!" The Sergeant Major fired some shots from his USP 9, but was gunned down by hails of 5.56 NATO and .45 ACP bullets alongside the other SOG soldiers not killed in the rear ambush. The Lieutenant too had aimed his Colt M4A1, but an ARGUS mercenary armed with a Franchi SPAS 12 shotgun had fired a single 12 gauge buckshot shell at him.
"Ungh!" The Lieutenant fell down, receiving a wound on his pelvic area.
"It's all right, Madam captain. I can stay here to divert the enemy's attention to - URGH!" Kalinin gritted his teeth, feeling the glass shard on his back after Allen had removed the debris on his back.
"All right!" Secure this area once the fighting stops, understand?"
"Sir yes, sir!"
Tessa was now scared; the heavily armed personnel who had attacked the research center were now about to come around towards the section of the corridor where she had been staying put ever since the two Arm Slaves riddled the main building with 35 mm bullets. Unless she could think of something, she could be caught with her bodyguards alongside the injured Kalinin.
"Please go, Captain." Kalinin cringed at the searing pain on his back and right shoulder.
"But Commander..." Tessa trailed off, not wanting to leave him behind.
"It's all right." Kalinin assured his superior officer. "I'll be fine. After all, they won't be able to get rid of me that easily."
Seeing the Soviet MITHRIL officer's determination, Tessa then faced her South Korean SRT bodyguard next to her. "Corporal Yang." Tessa addressed her SRT subordinate. "Head back to the interrogation room and pick up the unconscious boy inside."
"What for, Captain?" Yang asked, not believing the order that he is hearing.
"Those armed men are after him." Tessa briefly explained. "We need to get him out of here. Understand?"
"Right." Yang nodded, heading towards the interrogation room behind him. "Understood."
Balcony, Unknown Safehouse, somewhere in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
"Guess I won't have anything to report in back to TDD-1 when they radio the safehouse." Ronald grinned while using a single pair of ATN 8x36 RF Omega binoculars to scout the apartment buildings adjacent to his and the streets nearby. "And it's also a good thing that there's a safehouse in front of Sousuke's apartment, though I'm two floors above Kaname's..."
Standing on the balcony of the apartment safehouse, Ronald sighed in relief after he had insisted on Wraith to leave after he threatened her that he would personally get to call General Amit of Intelligence for ruining his capability to support Sousuke in his Tokyo operations, as ordered by Kalinin.
"Sousuke's not here eh? Typical." Ronald chuckled, using his ATN binoculars to scan the block where Kaname's apartment is. "From what I've heard, he's been getting into a lot of trouble just for protecting Angel."
Corridor, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
Must...grab...pistol...
The wounded SOG Lieutenant, on the ground and unable to stand from his pelvic wound caused by the buckshot, tried to reach for his USP 9 lying on his right side.
Damn this wound. The masked officer tried to get a hold of his sidearm while hearing faint sounds of gunshots in the corridor while covering his wound with his gloved left hand. Must do something about it.
Just as his gloved right index finger was about to touch his USP 9's trigger grip, the Lieutenant saw that someone was aiming a pistol right at him.
An ARGUS mercenary, his M4A1 carbine slinged on his right shoulder, had his Beretta 92FS pistol aimed right at him. Sneering at the helmeted mercenary, the wounded SOG officer tried in haste to make a grab for his sidearm.
Seeing the officer touching the pistol grip of the USP 9, the armed ARGUS mercenary fired two 9mm bullets from his 92FS. One shot went for his neck and another to his chest, killing him for good.
Oh god...
Tessa flinched upon hearing the gunshot fired by the ARGUS mercenary, who had executed the wounded JGSDF officer. She was accompanied by Yang and Allen, the former holding an unconscious teenager with grey hair by holding his waist on his right arm and the teen's left arm around Yang's neck with his left hand supporting it. Allen had earlier drawn out his SIG SP 2009 pistol, covering the escape of Tessa and Yang from their rear.
"Captain?" Yang asked, seeing his commanding officer flinch.
"I'm fine, Corporal." Tessa shook her head a bit. "I just can't believe that whoever assaulted the facility probably killed anyone still alive."
"In that case, madam Captain." The South Korean SRT operator replied to his superior, "We'll have to get to the parking lot as soon as we can since we're already in the area." A few minutes ago, the three MITHRIL personnel were able to evade armed ARGUS and A21 forces by using side corridors that were not being used by the facility most of the time as the armed men would guard the main corridors. These would give them a good chance to spot anyone trying to escape. Tessa, before leaving the TDD-1, had studied the facility and its blueprints beforehand that she acted as the navigator to her subordinates.
"Area's clear, madam Captain. No tangos in sight." Allen jogged a bit to Tessa, being careful not to make too much noise with his brown dress shoes. "We should get to the fire escape that would take us to the parking lot."
"I'll take care of him, Corporal Yang." Yang, not wanting to argue with his superior as they were still at danger with the risk of being caught, handed the unconscious teenager to Tessa. "Sergeant Ishiba." Tessa whispered next to Allen, gripping the teen on his waist and placing his left arm around her neck. "Please take the lead and secure the fire escape before Corporal Yang and I head downstairs."
"Understood." whispered Allen, replying to her command. Gently opening the fire escape door, Allen peaked inside to see that it was lighted with no armed men in sight. Nodding to himself, Allen began to search the fire escape while aiming at the lower floors of the area with his SP 2009 pistol. Tessa and Yang followed behind, the latter drawing out his Heckler and Koch P7M13 pistol after closing the fire escape door gently door again to prevent anyone from seeing the opened door.
Passenger Cabin, Kawasaki C-1A, en route to covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center
"You guys ready?"
The Kawasaki C-1A loadmaster went to the cabin to see Ding Chavez conversing a bit with Andrew, Choi, Renee and Timothy with Einar Petersen, Kure Galanos and Antonio Maldini. All of the RAINBOW operators, except Einar and Kure, were armed with Colt M4A1 carbines with various sidearms. The other two had Heckler and Koch PSG-1 sniper rifles at the ready. All had American Woodland BDUs and boonie hats worn with tactical vests.
"Arigato." Ding answered the loadmaster. "Are we near the dropzone?"
"Hai." replied the loadmaster, nodding. "We're 50 kilometers away from the dropzone." He then moved his head over his left shoulder before he spoke again, "Just get your parachutes ready."
"So what do we do?" Einar asked Ding, the commanding officer for the mission.
"After we drop down," Ding said, giving out the instructions. "you and Kure will maintain the sniping position on one of the rooftops of the barracks in the research center. Once after that's done, I'll lead the teams to secure the research center. We'll need to find out who attacked the place and why. Afterwards, we get out for extraction."
"Is the JASDF going to do it?" asked Choi.
"I think so, Choi." Ding answered. "Or if another alternate's to come," The American RAINBOW operator swallowed his saliva before he continued on, "we'll get some help for extraction from USFJ."
Passenger Cabin, Lockheed Martin C-130H, en route to covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center
"All right." Liquid, wearing parachuting gear including a suit and parachute pack, addressed his FOXHOUND comrades. "Do all of you understand the orders? Once we touch down, we secure our landing first before we head into this facility here." Liquid showed Mantis, Ocelot, Viper and Sophie the picture of the same Defense Agency research center, before it had been attacked by a joint force of A21 and the ARGUS Corporation. The British FOXHOUND CO had selected Raven to come along for the mission for precautionary measures. Octopus and Bison stayed behind in Yokota Air Base, just in case they would need to rendezvous with someone from USFJ.
"Do we know the perpetrators?" Raven asked. "So far, we've been in the dark as to who assaulted the research center."
Liquid replied to Raven's curiosity. "I'm not even too sure myself, Raven. However, I've gotten word that a transmission given passed on to us by the JGSDF's Military Intelligence Command did say A21 in one of those transmissions."
"A21?" Mantis whispered, enough for his comrades. "I was right all along."
"What do you mean by that?" Viper asked, being impatient while inside the C-130H after it took off from Yokota Air Base. He tapped his right leg, which was hugged by his sneaking suit. "You mean the A21 on the news a few years ago?"
Mantis nodded. "The same. They're an ex-juvenile rehabilitation group. Last time I heard on the news, an accident involving media personnel who were killed during a visit on one of A21's island bases used for rehabilitation."
"Question I've got is why a juvenile rehabilitation group would be in an island of some sorts?" Ocelot voiced his concern. "Another thing is what were those media bozos doing in the middle of nowhere that got them into trouble?"
"That, my friend, was unfortunately was not heard in the media after that accident." Liquid smirked, keeping the photo back in a brown folder before placing it on the inner pocket of his parachuting suit. "After that accident took place, both Japanese and international media began to write the story off as an accident engineered and perpetrated by the A21 themselves."
"How unfortunate." Raven exhaled a bit of his breath. "It seemed that the media frenzy forced A21 into the underground, turning its members into a terrorist cadre."
"That's not all." Liquid snapped his fingers, getting the folder out again from his suit. "Let me get something." Getting another photo from the folder, he showed a woman in her '20s with brown hair.
"According to CIA and Pakistani ISI sources, this woman's now the leading figure in A21." Liquid told them of the photo.
"Does she have a name?" Sophie asked her superior.
"Only name we got is Seina." Liquid shook his head. "That's all."
"Hey, boss man!" The C-130H's loadmaster poked his head out of the cockpit. "We're almost near the dropzone! Better get ready!"
Basement 2, Underground Parking Lot, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
"Is this the vehicle?" Tessa whispered, after Allen had placed the key inside the keyhole to open the Nissan Bluebird U14 Sedan. The PRT Sergeant didn't use the autolock system on the keychain, for fear of getting unwanted attention since only a few ARGUS mercenary personnel were guarding the parking lot. So far, the three with the unconscious boy in tow were able to sneak around without being detected.
"Yes, captain." whispered Allen. "I got the key from a dead scientist, caught in the crossfire. Didn't make it, he lost a lot of blood."
"I see." Tessa nodded.
"Another patrol. Hide." Yang advised. Since the area around the Bluebird U14 was dark and parked in, Tessa and the others were able to hide around a roving three-man ARGUS patrol. Yang saw that they were armed with M4A1 carbines with one of them armed with a SPAS-12 shotgun.
Corridor, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
"Seina." An A21 terrorist with a Norinco Type 81 assault rifle and having black hair in his late '30s, spoke to Seina after entering the ruined research center by using the Savage's left arm placed on the hallway floor of the third floor as a bridge with a hole already breached after she fired her Savage's BK-540 rifle. "We didn't find Takuma. Tracker's gone blank on it." She had her gray and black Arm Slave pilot helmet worn on her head.
"We better find him." Seina glared at the man, gripping the pistol grip of her Heckler and Koch MP5K-PDW submachine gun. "And fast. He's the only one who can operate the devil..."
Basement 2, Underground Parking Lot, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
"Everyone inside?" Allen said, closing the door to the driver's seat gently. With Yang on the front passenger side and Tessa at the rear with Takuma, Allen started the Bluebird U14's engine, which brought some shouting.
"Hey!" A shout came from the the area. "Who the hell's starting the car?"
"I don't know." Another shout was also heard, replying to the first one who had shouted earlier. "But we better check it out."
"Sergeant!" Tessa yelled out to Allen. Darn it! The patrol must be back!
Allen grinned as he placed his seat belt on. "Don't worry about a thing, captain. I've got her covered."
Corridor, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
"What the hell's that?" One of the Ultra Box assassins named Tim blurted out. "I can hear gunfire from the parking lot."
Some of the A21 terrorists saw that the same Bluebird driven by Allen had left the facility's parking lot at fast speed, heading towards the direction of another road in the rear of the facility.
"What are you waiting for?" Seina shouted. "Shoot it!"
Obeying Seina's commands, the A21 terrorists aimed their weapons from the windows of the hallway that had a good view of the car before firing at it. On the ground, Predator had ordered the other A21 terrorists and the Twin Shot snipers to fire at the escaping car. Some of the ARGUS mercenaries also joined in as well.
"Ms. Seina." An ARGUS mercenary with a UMP 45 slinged on his left shoulder, pointed to Seina a body on the floor near him. "We've got a live body, but he's alive."
"What about him?" Seina raised an eyebrow.
"He's not with the base security or civilian personnel, aside from the ones that we've strung up ourselves and locked them up in one of the offices in the facility." The ARGUS mercenary escorted Seina to see the limp body, guarded by two ARGUS mercenary, aiming their UMP 45s at him. "If you look at him, he had a Caucasian complexion, speaks Japanese with a Russian accent and has a business suit."
"And you think he's only a visitor?" Seina eyed the ARGUS mercenary standing next to her. After he nodded, Seina knelt down next to man and lifted his face up with the barrel of her MP5K-PDW.
And so it come to this.
Kalinin saw that a woman had used her MP5K-PDW to lift his face up to see her.
Can't fight back. Am too weak... Kalinin had deduced that the woman probably had help from the PASGT helmet/masked men in storming the facility, despite it was heavily guarded by SOG soldiers of the JGSDF.
"Tell me." The woman spoke in English with a Japanese accent in her tone. "Who are you?"
"I..." Kalinin grunted, replying back to the woman in English. "I'm your... your..." The woman raised an eyebrow, waiting for a reply.
"your enemy..."
Inside Nissan Bluebird U14 Sedan, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
"Is everyone alright?" Allen asked, driving the Bluebird U14 Sedan at fast speed. The car had previously been fired at by A21 and ARGUS mercenaries, filling the car with bullet holes on the car's frame and rear window. The windows on the car doors had some bullet holes, but are not noticeable since they were only small ones.
"I'm all right." Yang replied, inhaling and exhaling to catch his breath. He then turned to the rear passenger seat to check up on Tessa. "Captain?"
"I'm fine." Tessa fixed herself, who had covered Takuma's body with her own on the rear passenger seats to shield themselves from glass shards. Any glass shard wound on Takuma would make things worse; Tessa felt that she needed the teen alive until they can interrogate him while Seina, the rest of A21 and her ARGUS companions need the boy alive for some unknown purpose. "The boy's alive too. We don't have any injuries."
"So what now, Captain?" Yang ejected the 13-round magazine of his P7M13 pistol before he slapped it back on his sidearm. "The facility's taken over by some unknown force and we need a safe place to get us and the boy to for now and wait for the heat to cool down."
"I agree with him too." Allen spoke up, agreeing with Yang's thoughts. "I remember that our fleet has some safehouses in Tokyo. Do you happen to know where they are Captain? I mean, I've been with the fleet for a year now..."
"Yes." Tessa replied, closing her eyes for a bit before she eyed her subordinates. "In fact, I know where we can go to."
"All right." Allen exhaled, hearing some good news from his commanding officer. "So where do we go to?"
Corridor, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
"Take him." Seina ordered the ARGUS mercenaries to take the wounded Kalinin away.
"Seina." An A21 terrorist in his late '20s had a Česká Zbrojovka Uherský Brod Škorpion vz. 61 submachine gun slinged on his neck with a tracker held on his left hand. "We're out of luck. The bug we placed on Takuma failed to work. Looks like he's out of range."
Seina sighed. This is bad. Without Takuma, we can't get anyone else to do the devil. Even I can't pilot it, with all the Arm Slave training that I got when I slipped into Pakistan a few years ago... "Looks like we don't have much of a choice, Ishiro."
"Seina?" Ishiro asked, scratching his brown hair.
"Make sure that there's no opposition in the facility once we've got the entire area cleared up." Seina gave out her instructions. "We've got to withdraw before more JGSDF reinforcements show up."
"Seina!" Seina saw Takaya ran up to her, reloading his Pusan M-16A1 assault rifle with a fresh 30-round magazine. "We've got company!"
Peering through the broken windows, Seina saw several Reunert RG-12 vehicles in black color approaching the facility's main entrance. They were guided towards the main building by A21 terrorists, assisted by Predator, with hand signals.
"Figures." Seina grinned. "Looks like reinforcements have arrived."
"Ms. Seina." Turning around, Seina saw that an unknown individual with a black balaclava and a grey Arm Slave pilot suit had been standing behind her. He had a Daewoo K1A1 carbine slinged on his back with a Picatinny railing placed on its receiver. Seina deduced that the masked Arm Slave pilot appeared to be in his middle to late teens.
"It appears that the operation was a success." The pilot walked towards her, setting the eyes of the A21 terrorists towards him very nervously with their weapons at the ready. "I must congratulate you."
"So you're the pilot of the Mistral II out there?" Seina asked. "Well in that case, I'll have to congratulate you first."
"Please." snickered the masked pilot. "I'm just doing what I have to do for today..."
Forests, near covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
Two unknown individuals in light and dark gray sneaking suits, under stealth camouflage, watched as the RG-12s unloaded several armed soldiers, with IMI Galil SAR assault rifles at the ready. The two individuals noted that their faces were obscured by their PASGT helmets and some unknown goggles and respirators with white armor adorning their white suits and black boots.
"Either that's me..." whispered Sheila, who had her stealth camo unit deactivated as the vegetation were covering their presence. "Or that happens to be..."
"Yeah." Billy had his stealth unit deactivated as well, seeing that some of the masked men guarded the RG-12s while another group went inside the research center's main building. "Or those men belong to ENIGMA." The two agents activated their stealth camo units once they moved a bit in the forest to get a closer look on the ENIGMA RG-12 vehicles, still hiding with the tree trunks being used to cover their presence.
"What are they doing here?" Sheila unholstered her Walther P99 pistol and screwed a silencer on its barrel. "Are they the ones responsible for attacking the place?"
"Not sure." Billy replied, who had his P99 unholstered too with a silencer being placed on its barrel by the red-haired SEA operator.
"Billy, Sheila." Eve's voice was heard on their earpieces. "What's the situation out here?"
"Not good." Sheila replied to Eve. "What's making the situation a bit uneasy is with ENIGMA soldiers in the area when we got here."
"ENIGMA, you say?"
"That's right." Billy whispered. "And we don't even know what's going on in there..."
Staircase, covert Japanese Defense Agency Research Center, somewhere in Yamanashi, Japan
Unknown to Seina, the A21 terrorists and the ARGUS mercenaries, a lightly injured SOG soldier limped a bit since his left leg had received minor wounds from shrapnel and his right arm had been grazed by bullets.
"Got to get out of here." whispered the masked SOG commando. Having lost his Remington 870 shotgun during the gunfight, he had been able to escape with his life. "Need to warn HQ."
But as the soldier had arrived at the staircase landing to the first floor, the masked soldier had been greeted with a shotgun blast on his chest. He was slammed into the wall after being shot in the chest with a 12 gauge buckshot shell, dying the moment his body limped down on the floor, the wall painted with his blood.
"Looks like he won't be going anywhere." A Caucasian in his early '50s had an olive green BDU with a red beret, aviator shades, 12 gauge shell bandoliers and two holsters strapped on his legs. One of them had a holstered Winchester Model 1877 lever-action shotgun, which had been greatly customized for a sawn-off look and had a gold finish.
"Sir!" An ENIGMA soldier stood behind the mustached man, who had holstered the other sawn-off 1877 on his right leg holster. "The lobby and first floor's secured."
"Excellent." The beret-wearing man replied. "Secure the upper floors and let me know when you meet up with friendly forces. Understood?"
"Understood, Colonel Lysander." The ENIGMA soldier stood in attention and briefly saluted him before he signaled the other ENIGMA soldiers to charge up on the stairway, leading up to the rest of the research center's upper floors. While the soldiers were moving up the stairs, the man known as Lysander stood aside and leaned his back on the staircase's railing before he took out a Cuban cigar, which had its foreend removed before he took out a Zippo lighter and lit his cigar.
"Yep." Lysander grinned after he watched the last ENIGMA soldier rush up the stairs before placing the the cigar on his mouth. A few minutes later, he took the cigar out of his mouth and exhaled the smoke from his lungs. "This job's a bit easy in mind. I wish they gave me a harder job than this one."
Chapter 10 END
PS - As always, I hope this chapter was good. I've been watching a series from CBC Television in Vancouver called The Border. Kinda similar to 24, which is cool. So far so good, I liked the plot. You can view the site at www(dot)cbc(dot)ca/theborder to see it.
The story's gone to a 1000 hits. So as usual, I'd like to thank everyone who stopped by to read it, but a bigger thanks goes to those who took some time to review the story. Thanks guys! Really means a lot to me, but I hope more people would review the story this year! Same thing goes with those who placed Overwatch on their alerts and favs, though I got one fav, one C2 and 3 alerts. Oh well...
Chapter 10 is from the 9th episode of Victory Gundam. As of writing, I've yet to watch it. But I've heard about it and it rocks, so hopefully I could watch it by this year.
Just to let you guys know, I'm having Research Methods in Political Science, with the prof giving mandatory homework for every week and I have to submit it on a Friday. That means I may not be to update this story that I used to do last year. I may update this within weeks or months in order to do so. Just so that you peeps know. I'll probably need that time just to, well, catch up with work and hopefully do well this year with a B-. But that doesn't mean I'll abandon doing this, I just might upload work on this late. Meanwhile, I'll concentrate on that and hopefully, I can pull through the rest of the semester 'till April.
Well, my birthday's coming up the day after I have posted this (or the day itself that I posted it, whichever comes first). Feel free to add your birthday greetings to me alongside your review. However, I don't think I feel comfy to tell you guys (and gals) my age since I want to protect a part of my identity for now. So in a way, it's my method of saying thanks for you readers for reading it until now...
One more thing, I bumped Lysander's so-called "General" rank from Spy Fiction to Colonel since he's an ENIGMA crony despite him having a terrorist camp in South America in the game.