A/N: Hello to all, I am back with chapter thirty-eight of this story. Here is the Venice Mission.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gunslinger Girl
A tense feeling had come over Venice as the Social Welfare Agency gathered with the military in the city. Jean and the military leaders were talking about the situation. The handlers and cyborgs were called in to discuss the situation where they found the Special Ops members there.
"The FRF terrorists have seized the basilica and placed a warhead in the bell tower." began Jean.
Jean pointed to the basilica on a map.
"Our forces will be split into two sides and attack from multiple angles." continued Jean.
The Special Operatives leaders spoke up.
"Our forces will charge the front with cyborgs." said the leader.
"Right sir." replied the men.
"Silvia and Chiara will be with them." added Jean.
"Understood." replied their handlers.
"Triela, Henrietta and Elsa will scale the wall enter from the side." continued Jean.
"Understood." replied the handlers.
James looked down at Elsa bite his lip.
"What about us?" asked Sandro.
"You and Petra will patrol the Gulf of Venice." answered Jean.
"Understood." replied Sandro.
Jean looked down toward his cyborg.
"Rico, you're with me." said Jean.
"Yes sir." replied Rico.
Jean turned his attention to the others.
"Everyone take your positions and wait for the mark." ordered the Special Ops leader.
"Remember, Dante is our prime target." said Jean, with fiery eyes.
"Of course." said James.
Dante thought of his parents, Enrica and Sophia.
"Dismissed." said Jean firmly.
Everyone dispersed and got ready. The adults gathered and talked about their upcoming mission. Sandro and Petra got a boat and took off in the Gulf of Venice. Chiara and Silvia gathered with their handlers with the Special Ops soldiers while Triela and Henrietta got into position. Else begrudgingly followed and stood as far as possible.
"Elsa, why are you standing so far away?" asked Henrietta.
"Because I want to." answered Elsa.
Henrietta walked over to her.
"Elsa-" began Henrietta.
"Leave me be." said Elsa.
"I don't know what has happened to you." said Henrietta.
"Nothing has happened to me." said Elsa.
"You were so nice a little while ago." noted Henrietta.
"Don't remind me." said Elsa.
"I wish you were still like that." said Henrietta.
"I don't." spat Elsa.
"Why?" asked Henrietta.
"I was pathetic." answered Elsa.
"How could you say that?" asked Henrietta.
"Because I was." answered Elsa.
Henrietta winced at this.
"Look at Angelica." said Elsa.
Triela flnched slightly at hearing that name.
"She was weak." continued Elsa.
Triela bite her lower lip.
"She was always in the hospital." said Elsa.
"She was sick." noted Henrietta.
"She would not stop reminding us." replied Elsa.
Triela shook her head.
"She was just a waste." spat Elsa.
Triela had enough and stormed over.
"What's your problem princess?" asked Elsa.
Triela raised her hand and slapped Elsa across the face.
"Don't you dare talk about Angelica like that!" snapped Triela.
Elsa placed her hand on her cheek.
"Angelica suffered every day of her life and you have no right to talk about her like that!" declared Triela.
"Elsa." said Henrietta amazed.
"I never want to hear you talk about Angelica like that." said Triela.
"Whatever." said Elsa.
Triela walked off with Henrietta behind her.
"Princess." spat Elsa.
James walked over to where Elsa was.
"Elsa, what happened?" asked James.
"Everything is fine sir." answered Elsa.
James was about to reply when a message came across the radio.
"Everyone get ready. On my count." said Jean.
"Ten..."
"Nine..."
"Eight..."
"Seven..."
"Six..."
"Five..."
"Four..."
"Three..."
"Two..."
"One..."
The word was given and the attack began. Silvia, Chiara and the Special Ops agents assaulted the basilica. Bullets rained down at them as they attacked. During the assault, Silvia was hit by bullets. They managed to reach the door meaning it was the others time.
"Let's go." said Triela.
Triela, Henrietta and Elsa threw their hooks up and secured them an open window.
"Ready?" asked Triela.
"Yes." answered Henrietta.
"Yeah." answered Elsa.
The three cyborgs began to scale the wall. Of course, the terrorists noticed them.
"Kill those monsters!" cried one of the terrorists.
The terrorists began to fire on the three.
"What do we do?" asked Henrietta.
"Keep going." answered Triela.
"Forget that." spat Elsa.
Elsa pulled out her SIG P229 pistol and fired.
Tiela thought quickly on her feet and turned to Elsa.
"Elsa, can you hold them back?" asked Triela.
"Of course." answered Elsa.
Triela nodded then turned to Henrietta.
"Let's go." said Triela.
Henrietta turned and gave Elsa a quick glance.
"Right." said Henrietta.
"I'll do better without that dead weight." thought Elsa.
Elsa picked off the terrorists Triela and Henrietta to reach the top.
"Look out!" cried Henrietta.
Triela saw a terrorist grab a knife and head toward her. Triela stabbed him in the heart with her bayonet.
"Not bad princess." scoffed Elsa.
The trio continued, but quickly encountered heavy resistance. They met up with Beatrice who told them Silvia had been severely wounded by terrorists. They fought their way to the top of the bell tower with Beatrice using her incredible sense of smell to lead them. Henrietta split off to hold back terrorists leaving the others alone.
"Here. " said Beatrice.
The three found the warhead guarded by a few terrorists.
"On my lead." said Triela.
"Who put you in charge?" asked Elsa.
"Not now." answered Triela.
"Hey!" cried one of the terrorists.
The terrorists opened fire while the cyborgs hid. The men fired until emptying their cartridges.
"Are they dead?" asked another terrorists.
"Not sure." answered the first terrorist.
The cyborgs returned fire quickly killing the terrorists.
"Elsa, what is wrong with you?" asked Triela.
"I only follow my handler." answered Elsa.
"You'e become a total Ice Queen lately." noted Triela.
"I don't care what you think." said Elsa.
"Shouldn't we take care of the warhead?" asked Beatrice.
"Yeah. You're right." answered Triela.
Elsa huffed and turned away.
"There doesn't seem to be a way we can disarm this." mused Triela.
"The what should we do?" asked Elsa.
"We'll have to dump it." answered Triela.
Beatrice picked the warhead up.
"Toss it over into the gulf." said Triela.
Beatrice turned and noticed a glare coming from across the way.
"Get down!" cried Beatrice.
Triela and Elsa got down as a terrorist fired an anti-material rifle. It ripped through Beatrice leaving a hole in her chest.
"Beatrice!" cried Triela.
Beatrice staggered over to the side off the tower and tossed the warhead down. It crashed and exploded.
"Beatrice." repeated a stunned Triela.
Triela ran over as Beatrice collapsed to the ground.
"Beatrice, please stay with me." said Triela.
Beatrice blinked weakly as she quickly bleed out.
"She won't survive" stated Elsa.
Triela turned toward Elsa angered.
"How can say that?" asked Triela.
"I'm being honest." answered Elsa.
"You'll being horrible." replied Triela.
Elsa merely scoffed at this.
"You're still upset about Angelica dying." huffed Elsa.
"Of course I am." confirmed Triela.
"Or maybe, you're afraid of what will happen to you." proposed Elsa.
Triela flinched at hearing this.
"I was right." stated Elsa.
Beatrice coughed up blood bringing attention back to her.
"Beatrice, just hang on. Dr. Bianchi and his team and fix right up." said Triela.
"I always wondered what dying was like." mused Beatrice.
"You won't die. Don't say that." said Triela.
Beatrice closed her eyes and died right there.
"Beatrice!" cried out Triela.
"There was nothing we could do." said Elsa.
"Just shut up." said Triela.
"We need to go." replied Elsa.
The two girls left and gathered outside with the others. They discovered Dante escaped from them while Sandro and Petra avoided being shot by jumping into the water. They noticed body bags containing the corpses of the Special Ops agents as well as the corpse of Silvia. Triela walked off to find her handler while James walked up to Elsa.
"I'm glad to see you're okay." aid James.
"Right sir." replied Elsa.
Elsa's gaze lingered on the body bags for a little bit before turning to face her handler.
"Sir, Beatrice is dead. Her body is in the tower." stated Elsa.
James winced at this revelation.
"I see." said James.
James turned to the crew taking care of the bodies.
"There is another dead cyborg in the tower." said James.
"Understood. We'll get it." replied one of the men.
"What happened?" asked James.
"She was shot through the chest with an anti-material rifle." answered Beatrice.
"I noticed you and Triela seemed angry with each other." noted James.
"It is nothing sir. It will not effect me." said Elsa.
"Okay." said James softly.
A/N: There is chapter thirty-eight finished. There was not much to got with from the manga (as far is it related to what I wanted to do) and hopefully this doesn't feel rushed. Next time, the after math of this and Beatrice dying. Please review.