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Midnight Dance
The sound of the siren this late at night was definitely cause for concern. It was no problem for James to get up as he had only just finished his bath and changed into some clothes for the night. He quickly put on his uniform then headed outside where he spotted Kota.
"Dude what's going on?" he asked
"Not sure, I only just came out".
"Attention, this is a level 5 emergency", said Hibari's voice through the speakers "All god eaters are to report in the briefing room immediately."
"Sounds bad", said James then turned to Kota "Get the defence team; I'll get the recon and the retaliation team".
The boy nodded and the two went in their separate ways.
It came as no surprise to James that waking up the rest of the teams was difficult seeing as they were all sound asleep at 2am. He wondered why Kota was up so early then decided not to as him being there made James' job a little easier. After spending more than fifteen minutes waking up Shun, Karel and Gina he went to the remaining members. He found it lucky that Soma of all people was actually still awake at this time at night. He informed his teammate of what's going on then headed to Sakuya's room.
Once the two veterans were awake, James went to Alisa's room and was surprised to see Kota coming towards him with Alisa right behind.
"I was able to get the others up quickly so I came here to help you out", he said "Sorry I took so long though, Alisa was…"
He didn't want to finish the sentence. All James did was peer behind him and see the girl still rubbing the sleep from her eyes to understand that Kota must have had a hard time waking her up.
"By the way dude", he said "Why is she wearing your jacket?"
James quickly remembered the incident that caused him to leave his jacket with her and did not want to discuss it right now "Gh… we can talk about that later", he said looking away "Come on, we have pressing issues to deal with".
Nodding in agreement the trio headed to the briefing room. When they got there, they found everyone seated and waiting with Tsubaki and Sakaki at the front. The trio took their places at the last seat and the commander started her briefing.
"At exactly 1.55am this morning we've had reports from our North, north east and south sections of the wall that large groups of aragami have broken through. Luckily the boots on the ground reacted quickly and are in the process of evacuating the people in the immediate areas however the speed at which they're evacuating citizens is not enough to keep up or exceed the tide of aragami's coming in."
"Our job will be to act as decoys allowing the people to be moved to much safer locations. Once that objective is achieved all teams will switch from defence to attack and drive the aragami out."
"James, you have proven time again to be an asset on the field and have advanced significantly in the time you've been here. As such I am giving you complete control over troop deployment and team assignments", she added.
While it made sense tactically, many were surprised that their newest and freshest of recruits had been given such a huge responsibility. All god eaters present looked around for a moment eventually finding James who said nothing for the moment. He simply got out of his chair then stood along with Tsubaki and Sakaki.
"I want the defence team to take care of the north. Kanon your job is to take out the aragami in the rear while Brendan and Tatsumi will harass their front lines. The north east section will be handled by the recon unit. Shun and Karel will work in tandem and take out the less hazardous aragami while protecting Gina who will snipe out the more dangerous types. The retaliation team will handle the south. Alisa and I will work together to weaken their front lines and Kota will pick off any stragglers while also keeping our backs safe."
"Soma and Sakuya will remain on the reserve unit", he added which came as a big surprise to nearly everyone present "Out of everyone here the two of you are our senior most god eaters and have the most experience taking out aragami's. To that end I want you to stay here and observe the flow of battle then provide assistance in the areas where you deem are necessary."
The two simply nodded in agreement seeing as this was the best plan they had at the moment.
"Alright everyone, nothing gets past you. I don't need to remind everyone what happens if we let even a single ogretail get past our defences", he declared "You have your missions, go out there and remember, heads on a swivel, stay frosty and let's all make it back here alive".
All present nodded then left the room with only Sakaki, Tsubaki and James remaining.
"Is there something else James?" asked the acting director.
"There is something else I need to speak to you about".
After five minutes inside, James left the briefing room to meet with Kota and Alisa who were already armed and ready for the mission.
"What happened?" asked Alisa "Did they have something more to tell you?"
"Just hashing out a couple of things", said James then went and retrieved his spear.
"You ready?" asked Sakuya when she saw James and he simply nodded. The teams left one after the other in the jeeps waiting for them.
"Alright gang sound off", declared James into his communicator
"Defence team here, we're thirty from the mission zone", said Tatsumi
"Recon team here, we'll reach the zone in fifteen minutes", said Karel
"Retaliation team, our eta's twenty minutes", said James
He turned around and noticed that despite the determined looks on his teammates face, they seemed visibly worried and they had every reason to be. This was the first time the aragami have launched a co-ordinated attack and the mission area itself had low visibility.
"What's your favourite drink?" he asked suddenly surprising the two.
"Huh?" asked Kota
"What's your favourite drink? Or what's the one drink you've always wanted to try?"
"Um… well I guess I want to try whiskey", said Kota scratching his cheek hesitantly.
"Vodka", said Alisa
"Huh?" asked James
"I know, lived in Russia but never had a glass in my whole life", said Alisa pursing her lips and smiling a little "It's just one of those things".
"Well when we get through this mission, I'll make sure to take you out for drinks", said James "I found a stash that belonged to a certain someone so don't worry".
"James, do you think we're going to win this?" asked Alisa which was the question on everyone's minds.
"We are", he said without a moment of thought
"How are you so sure?"
"Because I said so", he replied as the car slowly came to a halt.
"All teams are in position", said Hibari "The mission will now commence".
"Time for operation 'Dancing in the Pale Moonlight'"
AN: a night attack? What's going on here? Well I wanted to have some more action taking place but it just felt wrong to end it just as things are picking up. Next chapters going to be intense for all sides so read, enjoy and hopefully review it.