Chapter 20: Prep Work

- Ashe's Mansion , 10 AM -

Abel loaded up the last of the equipment they were gonna use onto the back of a truck, then asked BOB "Is that all?" The large omnic nodded, and followed Abel inside, where the guys were all devouring their breakfast. Abel joined in and quickly started eating a plate of bacon and eggs, along with a biscuit and orange juice, all the while Ashe looked through the job list and potential heists.

Eventually she got bored, headed to the living room and turned on the television, and watched the news. As the guys finished, handed BOB the plates for the Omnic to wash, Abel stayed sitting and laid his head on the table, still sleepy from last night. He was about to drift into blissful sleep when he heard the name "Hana Song." emitting from the living room.

His bloodshot eyes opened instantly and he listened as the news talked about Hana attending some event, then quickly closed his eyes as Ashe entered the dining room. Ashe looked at the sleeping wreck, and told him "Get up, we've got work to do..." Abel groaned and obeyed, following close behind Ashe.

He followed her outside, watched her get on her hoverbike then order him "Hop on, we got a long trip." Reluctantly, Abel did so, watching as the guys all got in the truck then followed Ashe and him down the lonely road leading in and out of Ashe's Mansion.

All the while BOB sat in the back of the truck, downloading the blueprints if the Madeline Bay hotel, and reserving a room on the second floor. Afterwards the Omnic circled the server room on the blueprints, then marking down various routes they could take to enter their servers without causing ruckus.

- Emily's apartment, Kingsrow London -

Lena and Emily sat on the couch and stared at Drake as he asked "So, long time no see." Emily was honestly lost, but Lena replied "Yeah... What do you want?" Drake leaned against the wall, then asked in a rather bored tone "For you guys to listen?"

Emily however cut in and asked "Ehhh who are you exactly?" Drake now looked at Emily, and deadpanned "I could ask the same about you. Who the hell are you?" Emily frowned, but before and argument could start, Lena told Drake "This is Emily, my girlfriend."

"..." Drake stared at them for a second, then a minute, eventually he stated in a devious tone "... Now that's something I wouldn't mind seeing." Emily blushed intensely, while Lena zipped up to smack him in the back of the head.

Drake chuckled as Lena hit him, then he answered Emily "I'm AB-28, Drake for short." Emily was quiet now, looking at him with an apprehensive look, until Lena smacked him again and reassured Emily "Don't worry love, he's toothless." This made Drake frown and mutter "Kill joy... So can you two listen to me now?"

Lena took her seat beside Emily, then motioned her hand to Drake, allowing him to explain "Now... I don't wanna scare you girls or anything. But Talon is currently looking for your base over at Spain... Eventually they will find it, then they will ambush you and hunt the remaining members..."

However, Lena furrowed her brows, then asked "Why are you telling us this? Why should we trust your word?" Drake had a serious look now, then he muttered "29- My sister told me to fight honorably... In the sky and on the ground... That, and I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing something happened to that ass of yours, Lena."

Lena was tomato red and yelled "WOULD YOU BLOODY STOP TALKING ABOUT ME BUM!" To which Drake replied with a grin "Not my fault you wear tight legwear. I mean look at your jeans! Your are practically begging someone to stare at that!"

Emily frowned and muttered "I bought her those jeans..." making Drake now target her with a smirk and ask Emily "So you like seeing her ass?"

Emily went quiet.

Drake fell onto the floor laughing, while Lena just muttered "I'll get Winston on the line..."

- Madeline Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, 1 PM -

Hana sat besides the pool wearing a shirt pink wig, a long with a white two piece bikini and a pair os hear shaped sunglasses. Rhe people were oblivious to her as she took a sip from her lemonade, and asked Yuna, who had a blonde wig and a black singke piece swimsuit "Yuna, what happened to us?"

Yuna looked at Hana, and asked in a bored tone "What do you mean?" Hana lifted her glasses then looked at Yuna, whispering "You are always so rude to me... You seem to always have something against me recently..." Yuna glanced at Hana, then looked up to the sky and muttered "I wonder why, Hana Song. I wonder why I, your oldest friend, would be mad at a girl who's face is plastered on every piece of merch back home..."

Hana furrowed her brows and asked in a defensive tone "What's that supposed to mean?" Yuna took her sunglasses off and stated "Don't give me that crap. You know what I mean." Hana was about to demand what Yuna was talking about, but a wave of people came walking through, so she just sunk into her chair and remaining silent.

While they waited for the people to leave, over at the airport a black jet finally landed, revealing 21 and 22 both exiting it. 22 purred at the sight of Las Vegas, and asked her older sister "So, you thankful I kept contact with Kira and Hollister?" 22 Grolwed at her slut of a sister, then stated "Honestly i see it more as a lucky move on your part, but i do commend it."

22 Grinned then escorted her sis to their car, where they both contact Hollister and Kira.

- AB-04'S Base, 2 PM -

Kira and Hollister both stood before the massive screen as 22 asked them "Can you two confirm that he's still in Las Vegas?" Hollister replied by stating "The kid thinks he scared us off. He won't be in the town, but I can bet that he will go there if we cause a ruckus." 21 nodded then asked Kira in a cold and stern tone "Will your so-called super weapon be ready for his capture?"

Kira gave 21 a small nod, then watched as the screen powered down, and followed Hollister to the hangar. While Hollister and Kira both were usually on opposite ends when it came to general opinions, something they both could agree with was that 21 scared them, and that was saying something coming from Hollister.

They both hurried to the garage, where they found Hollister's guards getting into an older version of Talon's black armor. Unlike the current models, the older one had large spherical pauldrons with rounded out bumps along it's surface. The chest plate was also larger, jutting out like a spike, and the helmet was small, rounded and only had a slit for vision.

They all got on the back of transport buses then loaded up their equipment, all of which had "Property of the United States Army" tagged on it. Kira on the other hand was using a pad and marking Las Vegas on it, then pressing the "Deploy" button. Afterwards she smiled and climbed into the transport and they started their trip back to Vegas.

While all this was happening, 21 and 22 were both with their squads as they waited for the others to arrive. They were setting sniper positions on the roofs, rigging the sewers under the main streets with explosives and most importantly, searching for Hana Song.

- Madeline Bay Hotel, 5 PM -

Winston sighed as he set beside Jack, and asked the gorilla "Should we send half our current team to prepare to abandon Watchpoint?" Winston shook his head, and explained "If we lose Watchpoint, then where will we go? Gibraltar is our home... We must protect it."

Jack shook his head in disagreement, replying in a low tone "It's just a base Winston... Don't get sentimental I've something that can be rebuilt..." Winston stubbornly insisted, until Zenyatta took a seat in front of both of them, and stated "Jack is right Winston..."

While the three of them talked, Genji arrived and told them "The police has spotted various suspicious looking vans moving around the city…" Winston raised a brow, then pulled his laptop over to him, then looked through the city's cameras, and spotted the vans in nearly every cam.

On one van in specific, they could see a pinkette on the phone, wearing nothing but a thin muscle shirt. She grinned at the camera as Winston asked "Where are they heading?" to which Jack replied "Where aren't they going? Vans are all over town."

Winston didn't like this, and asked both Jack and Genji "Can you two look into this?" Jack nodded, grabbed his rifle and hid I inside a guitar case, while Genji simply followed and exited through the emergency stairwell. Jack left the hotel casually, following one of the vans on foot through Vegas while Genji followed him from the rooftops.

The vans zigzagged through the city, almost looking like a normal car that got lost, but Jack knew it wasn't. For starters, it never turned to go back the way it came, it always headed to the same general direction, and secondly, the van was always driving perfectly.

In the city of sin that was very uncommon, so they kept following it, eventually it entered an empty warehouse, and both Genji and Jack examined it from a distance. Genji could count about twenty men guarding the building, while Jack scoped out the place on foot, only to be told to leave as soon as he approached.

By 8 PM they were both ready to infiltrate the warehouse, jumping onto the roof from an adjacent building and entering through the top floors. But they found the vans all parked inside, but nobody there.

They slowly examined the building room to room, but where halted when a woman's voice yelled "HEY!" causing them to run and freeze. 22 Grinned as she approached them and stated "What? Did you really think we where stupid enough to just show ourselves going around town? Ha!"

Jack tried pulling the trigger, but 22 hummed and ordered them "C'mon drop those weapons, you can do it." They did so, resisting the urge to open their hands to no avail as 21 approached them from the shadows and told 22 "Not bad... Your eyes are more useful than I give you credit for..."

22 Gave a cheeky grin, then told both men "Now... I have a job for both of you... And you will do it... Got it?"

- Madeline Bay Hotel, 11 PM -

Abel sat alone in the back of the truck as he waited for the gang to finish patching themselves into the hotel's private banking network and internet network. While this was happening, he simply stared at the hotel, and was getting hungry. He groaned and looked around, finding that nobody was around, so he decided to go in and get himself a bite to eat.

He made himself a black suit vest, black leather gloves and fixed his red tie, then he teleported around the hotel and entered through one of the back doors as the garbage boy exited with a large black garbage bag. He hummed as he took a piece of bread, a plate with a steak, and a bottle of Jack Daniel's, all the while humming Rusty Cage by Johnny Cash.

He walked and ate, getting strange looks from the guests then noticed security approaching him and subtly entered an elevator. The doors closed before the his could apprehend him, making Abel take a bite of the stake, then the doors opened, and he found himself staring at a familiar face.

"Abel?" Uttered Hana, as Abel swallowed and just stared back at her wide eyes with his own.

Chapter 20: Over...

... I know, I'm late. Sorry i took so long, but my old laptop, and the original copy of this chapter, died and had to be replaced. To give you guys perspective, my new pc had to have been here two weeks ago on Wednesday... it arrived last Friday. Besides having to wait, i also had to reinstall all the programs and files i use for work and studying, and it took longer than i expected. But now onto the reviews...

Fictionist1: She does derail both civilian and transport trains, so she sorta already strikes low.

Panthera Glit: Nice... Yes, that's the word.

He23t: Wait for the next chapter, oh boy, the next chapter.

Guest: I'll take that as an Ok from your part too. :3

BlueNova: Absolute Bruh moment. And i am planning on getting discord, just waiting on some components to modify my new machine so i an comfortably use anything i want and not have to worry about... well, anything.

And Last (But certainly not least)...

InsanityRadical: And we get to you, possibly the newest reviewer for F:RA. I suggest you give the old Failure a read, if nothing more than to pass the time while i upgrade my computer (God damn hate having to wait.) Also, i'm not the best writer out there (Giving you that point Guest) but i appreciate the praise, and please don't call me master, kinda uncomfortable to be called a title i don't even have or deserve.

That's about all the reviews, now i gotta start on the next chapter and continue some projects i have due for the end of the month. Soooooooooo...

I'm still in the Trenches, and I hope You Enjoyed.