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Diamond Foxes Texas Base...

Echo-5 landed back at the current Diamond Foxes base, and Adam could see Meryl, Carla, Sunny, John and Hal waiting for him. He smiled and shook his head before opening the sliding door. He then hopped out as Meryl walked up to him with a wide smile on her face. She clapped him on the back and hugged him tight. "Great job, Adam, I knew you could do it." She said proudly. Adam smiled and hugged Meryl back. "Thanks, Meryl, the thing is though, it wasn't easy. And as much as I want to celebrate my first successful mission, it will have to wait because I have something to report." He replied seriously.

Meryl looked at him for a moment then nodded. "Alright. That's good, because John has something to report too. Come on, let's find somewhere private to discuss your reports." She said before she looked at the others and motioned them to follow her and Adam. She, Adam and the others then walked into the base and made they're way to a room that was far from the staff that were currently working.

Once they walked in, Meryl shut the door and motioned for the others to take a seat. "Alright, this room is sound-proof. Nothing gets in, nothing gets out. Whatever is said in here, stays between all of us. Understand?" She asked before they all nodded. She then nodded herself before continuing. "Alright. Now, John, you will go first. Adam, you will go next." She said before sitting down as John leaned forward in his chair to speak. "Right. Um... as you all know, a soldier two days ago came up to Meryl with a report regarding my father, Raiden. He was sighted in Tokyo, Japan, along with a dead body. A male. Late 80's early 90's. The body was a man that had saved my father twice. Dr. Madnar."

This made Meryl lean forward in her seat. "Dr. Madnar is dead?" She asked. John nodded. "When?" She asked again. John shook his head before he answered. "Unfortunately, the Tokyo police don't know all of the details, there was so little evidence there that they don't even have much to go on. But, their forensics team estimated that the doctors time of death was within 24 hours. 48 hours if you count today." He informed them, making them all think, but Meryl had already figured it out. "24 hours? That's around the time that-" She began, but Carla finished her thought.

"It's around the time that the base camp was attacked, while Adam and the other candidates were also there." She finished. Everyone turned their heads and looked at Adam. Making him look at them all before leaning forward in his seat to breath.

After a few deep breaths, he lifted his head up and looked at John. "Dr. Madnar was murdered while the base camp was being attacked?" He asked. John nodded again, making Adam shake his. "Why do I have the most disturbing feeling that the timing seems too perfect?" He asked. "Because it is too perfect. There's something much more going on other than Vulture waging war against Diamond Foxes. And until we find out what that is, we need to be extra careful from here on." John added, before leaning back in his chair.

"I would continue with my report if there was anything else to say, unfortunately, there isn't. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for anything else that may happen." He said with disappointment on his face. Meryl nodded before reassuring him. "Don't worry about it, John, we'll all keep our eyes open. You won't be doing this alone. We'll help you, understand?" She said to him with a smile. John smiled back and nodded. "Right. Thank you, Commander." He answered, before Meryl dropped her smiled and looked at Adam. "Alright, Adam. What is your report?" She asked.

Adam sat up straight and began his report. "My first mission was going smoothly at first. I went up to the command room on the Command Platform to find out if there was anything I needed to know before I came back to base to make my report. But, as I made my way to the room, I realized that the electricity was still working on the platform. And not just the Command Platform, it's still working on the entire base." He began, before Hal popped in. "What? How? The Seychelles Motherbase has been abandoned for over 50 years. How's that possible?" He asked him. "I'll get to that, Hal. May I continue, please?" Adam said to him.

Hal leaned back in his seat and nodded. "Yeah, go ahead, Adam. Sorry." He apologized, before Adam continued. "Right. Now, again, the electricity for the base is still working, and the base itself is in good condition. But I highly recommend we clean the entire place up before we move any of the heavy stuff there. We don't want the place to still be rusty as hell, have it collapse under us and we end up losing a bunch of Diamond Foxes personnel in the process. Now, as for what's been keeping the base going for all these years is an AI pod that has, supposedly, been there since the previous group was there. Diamond Dogs." Adam paused then looked at Meryl.

"Diamond Dogs? The name doesn't sound familiar, but I guess the founder of Diamond Foxes must've gotten inspiration from that group before forming it. I'll have to talk to him and find out." She said before motioning for Adam to continue, but Hal sat in his seat with a look of confusion on his face. "Diamond Dogs? Why does that sound so familiar to me?" He wondered before he continued to listen to Adam's report.

"Well, it, or she, has been keeping the base going all these years. And it made contact with me in the command room on the main platform. But before she did, I looked at the security feed to see if there may have been any enemy forces that made it to the base before we did, and it looked like someone did from what I could see. However, due to the bases outdated tech, it was difficult to see what was patrolling the R and D Platform. With the AI's help, after a brief conversation, she cleared up the security feed and I could see clearly what they were. They're called the Fenrir Combat Unit. There were two of them. One patrolling the inside of the platform, while the other was patrolling the outside." The mention of the Fenrir's made Meryl and the other's sit up straight in their seats.

"Do you know who may have sent them? And how did you even survive? Some of the best Diamond Foxes soldiers have had a run in with them before, and we've had to bury what was left of them." Sunny said with worry and sorrow. Adam shook his head. "I don't know who sent them, Sunny. That's what scares me. It may have been Vulture, but I don't know. As for how I survived, the AI gave me some help. I did all the grunt work, while it provided me with backup and info." He answered. Hal looked at him with a worried look. "That's a lot of trust that you put into an AI, Adam. What if it was trying to set you up and get you killed?" He asked him.

Adam looked at Hal before he answered. "Because it was the AI that tasked me to get rid of them. It even told me of a way to make it into the platform unseen before I had to confront them. It also told me where their weaknesses were. So, yeah, I understand that it's a lot of trust to put into an AI, Hal, but it helped me get rid of them. So, I owe it to the AI to put some trust in it, if only a little." He said seriously, before continuing. "After I took them both down, I made my way up to the top of the platform, and I met it face to face for the first time. And like I just told you, the AI has been there since the bases Diamond Dogs era, so, it knows everything that there is to know about the base. And after my conversation with the AI ended, it informed me that it would like to welcome Diamond Foxes with open arms. That, and I think that it just lonely. I mean, 50 years? I'm surprised that it hasn't gone insane and hostile like the Patriots." He said with a laugh.

The others laughed as well, before Meryl stood up. "Right. Well, then, if that's the end of both reports, then I would like to send a clean up crew to start sprucing up the base to make it more safe and stable. I'll also have to inform the Boss that we will be moving into our new base once it's all cleaned up. Adam, John, if you will both come with me, I would like to tell you both of your next missions. The rest of you are dismissed." She said motioning for Adam and John to follow her. But Adam had something else to say. "Actually, Meryl, I have something else to add, but this is just for Hal. Can you all leave me alone with him for a moment?" He asked.

Everyone looked at Adam, then Hal and then to Meryl, who nodded after a moment. "Alright, the rest of us will leave you both in here, but don't take too long, Adam. Your next mission is just as important as your first mission. Understand?" She said to Adam with a serious tone. Adam nodded and saluted before they all left the room, leaving Hal alone with him. Hal looked at him before walking up to him. "Alright, Adam, what's up?" He asked, but Adam hesitated for a moment. He didn't even how to tell Hal that the AI knows him somehow. "Adam?" Hal asked with worry. Adam swallowed whatever it was that was keeping him from talking, before he eventually started to speak. "Hal, I don't know how else to tell you this, but, the AI asked for me to bring you to it when we move to the base."

This confused Hal. He looked at Adam with a weird look before speaking. "The... AI asked for me? Why? Why would it do that?" He asked, making Adam shake his head. "I wish I knew, and I if I did, I would tell you. But, here's the weird and scary part... it asked for you by name. It knows your name, Hal." He admitted. This made Hal step back in shock. "It knows my name? How? Did you mention me?" He asked, worried that Adam may have unintentionally set him up for something, but Adam quickly shook his head and his hands. "No, no! I used your codename! It mentioned you first. It even knows your last name, "Emmerich". Did you... happen to know it in the past, and you may have forgotten?" He asked him.

But Hal stepped further away from Adam so he could think and try to remember. After a few minutes, he just shook his head. "No. I don't remember ever knowing an AI. Let alone an intelligent one. But... I guess it knows me from somewhere, I just don't know how." He admitted before looking back at Adam. "Are you sure it said my name, Adam, and not someone else's?" He asked him, making the man shake his head and shrug. "Hal, look, I don't know many people that go by the name of "Hal Emmerich", alright? And I'm 100% sure that it said your name, clear as day." Adam said seriously.

Hal looked away and began to think again, before Adam speaking again broke his concentration. "Hal, look, it asked me to bring you to it, but if I can't go with you back to the base, due to my next mission, you'll have to go to it yourself once the base has been cleaned up. If you're as curious as I am about how it knows you, then the only way for you to find out is by asking it yourself. Besides, it told me that it has something to tell you and you alone. And it would be up to you to tell the rest of us of what it told you when you're ready." He said to Hal. This made Hal pause, he looked at Adam curiously. "It has something to tell me? But... what is it?" He asked, but Adam shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know, Hal. It didn't tell me. It wants to tell you itself when it meets you. So, once the base has been cleaned up, pay it a visit. I'm sure it will tell you everything you want to know then." He said before walking over to the door to walk out and leave Hal to his thoughts.

Adam walked out of the room and closed the door behind him, leaving Hal alone in the room. "Why would an AI want to speak with me? And how on earth does it know me?" He wondered as he sat back down in his seat to go through as many possibilities in his head, but he won't be able to figure it out on his own until he meets the AI himself. Only then will he get the answers he's looking for.

With Adam, John and Meryl...

Adam caught up with Meryl and John as they were walking down a corridor. Meryl looked to the side and saw Adam walking right next to her. "You tell Hal what you needed to tell him?" She asked. Adam nodded. "Yes, ma'am. Now, I'm ready for my next mission briefing." He said as they continued to walk down the corridor.

"Good. First. John, I want you to go back to Tokyo, Japan to track down your father, and find out what his movements are. Where he's going, where he's been, etcetera. I want you to find out as much as you can. What you know, I want to know. And if at all possible..." She said before pausing mid-sentence to stop John in his tracks. John looked at Meryl in confusion before she continued. "If at all possible, try to give him some help. I don't know what you're father is up to or what he's gotten himself into, but try to help him however you can. He is still your father." She said to him, making John hesitate for a moment before he nodded. Meryl nodded as well and place her hand on his shoulder.

"I will leave as soon as possible, Commander." He said as he saluted Meryl before looking at Adam, nod his head and walk away to begin his mission. Meryl looked at Adam and clapped him on his back. "As for you, Adam, your next mission will take you to Germany." She said as she started walking again down the corridor. Adam looked at her in confusion. "Germany? What's happening in Germany?" He asked as they walked into the Intel room. A female soldier walked up to Meryl, handed her a clipboard before saluting her and walking away.

Meryl read the report on the clipboard before handing it to Adam. "Because one of Diamond Foxes best has gone missing. The last known contact was 24 hours ago, during your first mission. She was in Germany investigating possible suspects tied with Vulture. She was infiltrating a mansion far away from the city before we lost contact. We've been getting short transmission bursts, we're assuming, from her, but we've got nothing to go on." She informed him as he read the mission report.

"So, what we need you to do is go to Germany, head to the last known location of our soldier, the mansion, and make contact with her to help her escape. That is if you can find her." She said with worry. Adam looked up from the clipboard with a question on his mind. "And what is the soldiers codename?" He asked. Meryl sat down in one of the chairs and sighed before she answered. "The soldiers codename, in German, is Leise Phonix. When translated it means "Silent Phoenix." That is her codename." She answered as she looked up at Adam.

She then stood up to walk over to him. "When you you meet up with her, IF you meet up with her, tell her that Commander Silverburgh sent you and that you are a soldier of Diamond Foxes, but if you just tell her, she's not just going to take your word for it. So, use your patch to prove where your loyalties are. Alright?" She said to him. Adam nodded his head before long. "When do I leave, Commander?" He asked her.

She put her hands on his shoulders. "You will leave as soon as you've rested up. Once you've gotten some well deserved R and R, you will head to Germany. Echo-5 will fly you close enough to the mansion so it remains unseen. We don't want any possible enemy forces there shooting you both down. After that, you will have to get to the mansion yourself on foot." She informed him. Adam just smiled and shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, well. That's the price to pay during stealth missions. Right?" He joked. Meryl smiled and nodded. "Indeed. Now, go rest up soldier. You're going to need it." She commanded as he saluted her. "Yes, ma'am." He said before turning around to walk out of the room.

Meryl turned around to try and listen to the last transmission that Silent Phoenix sent to the base. "Silent, where are you?" She whispered with a worried tone.

Elsewhere, far from the cities of Germany...

A woman was lying down, unconscious, in a cell in an underground unknown area as footsteps could be heard walking towards it.

"Ah, the Silent Phoenix. It's an honor to finally put a face to the name, but it's a shame that we can't talk while you're unconscious. Hmm... well, it won't matter anyway. You won't live long enough to be able to talk to anyone anymore, let alone see your precious comrades at Diamond Foxes again." A feminine voice spoke to the woman in the cell before the feminine voice began to laugh.

The mysterious woman turned around to walk away but stopped and turned her head to look at the female soldier one more time. "Give my regards to your "Boss" when you get home, or to whoever comes here to save you. Although... I think I'm sure who will come here to save you. Let's just hope he's good enough to endure the horrors he will face when he gets here." She chuckled before finally walking away.

In the distance of the underground unknown location, horrific screams, moans and roars can be heard as the woman walked away from the cell with a disturbing smile on her face.