The time had come for Snow, Umbra, Natasha, Gen. Rose, and some more which are more likely to end up as cannon fodder were already on their way to the airport. Well, if you can call it that. It was more of a makeshift one made for Rose's personal transport. Umbra and Snow arrived first with their teacher behind them. Umbra had his new weapon equipped already and was instructed not to activate it near others, but he could care less. He was more, if not only, worried about the broad mother.

Umbra was not being hesitant about it for naught. The brood mother is a general Lycani with her own freaking army of creepy crawlers who obey her only whim. Only the actual Lycani queen holding more power than her in that regard. But who was he to complain? He was already told to kill the brood mother by his own Queen-Snow.

Well, it was time. "So, where exactly is this plane?" Snow asked looking around the empty meadow. There was a large building close to them, meaning it was there. But she really expected it to be waiting for them.

"Wherever it is I sure hope it is not some dud" Umbra commented as he looked around. "Also, ain't Rose the broad which wanted my head on a silver plate?"

"Umbra!"

"Snow, please." Sasha intervened. "He has all the right to be harboring ill will to her, same as everyone else." This surprised Snow. Her teacher was actually defending Umbra when he spoke ill towards a superior officer. Well, equal. Technically, Umbra was a General as well. But it still did not excuse his language.

"Still, Miss, what if someone heard him?"

"I heard him alright." Everyone turned around to see the woman in question staring at them. She did not seem mad or anything, more like curious and adamant. "Can't say I didn't expect him to resent me after trying to take his head."

"And so you bloom into the light..." Umbra muttered as he drew closer to her, but only to be stopped by the sound of a bullet he barely dodged. Looking behind her he saw a woman with tanned skin and black leather clothing holding a gun up in his direction. She seemed...familiar for some odd reason. Wait a minute. "Isn't that Anderson's follower?" Growled Umbra looking at her.

"So you recognized her..." Rose turned around and nodded at her to come forth."Let me introduce her fully then." Rose smirked as she knew what this was going to do. Umbra did this with his own hands after all. almost 2 decades ago...He killed her brother."Her name is Maria DeRosa..."

"DeRosa?" Sasha jumped hearing that name while Snow had no idea what it meant. But Umbra, for some reason, grinned widely.

"So you're the sister of this man, huh?" Umbra ran his hand through his hair, leaning backward as he looked at her with his sick grin. "How funny is fate at times, am I right?" Without warning, Maria shot him again, right in the mouth. "God damn it..." He let the bullet slip out as his jaw went back into place.

"Keep your foul mouth shut, you vile monster" Maria sneered at Umbra with venom in her voice, not hiding one bit the anger she harbors. Yes, she was angry alright. Umbra was her brother's killer, the one who turned that man into minced meat and devoured his remains to achieve status.

"That's enough, Maria. " Rose said as she put her arm put, making Maria put her gun down. "As much as that pleased me, we need him to pull off this mission. It is not just about getting them to Red Cross, but also eliminate a powerful enemy which in turn will result in clearing a way for the 2 cities to communicate with each other better. We wouldn't want that to be in peril now, would we?" Rose eyes Maria, giving her a cold look.

"No Ma'am." And she obeyed like the soldier she is.

"Good. Now..." Rose pressed a button on her clock, making the gate to the building open and reveal her plane. An image that dropped everyone's jaws.

The plane was a flying fortress, and that was no exaggeration. Multiple auto-turrets rested on its wings and the metal it was made out of was covered with energy veins of Vibros, making it painful to even touch by the Lycani. And it even came equipped with a few emergency escape protocols, which included some smaller planes located in the main hangar.

"Well, I'll be..." Umbra said as he watched the giant monstrosity in front of him. How could humanity built something like this under their nose was beyond him, but now he was glad they did. With such heavy armament, they will have no problem getting to Ukraine. Heck, they might be able to make it all the way to Red Cross. But that wouldn't be a good idea seeing as they might steal it. Yeah, that sounds right.

"Everyone on board!" Rose shouted as the door opened and the stairs extended down to the ground. "We have a long journey ahead of us, and I doubt any of you like long trips."

Everyone followed slowly, Umbra and Snow being the last 2 who went in. Umbra could feel the Vibros in the walls, almost like fire ants crawling on his skin, but he ignored it. This was a fight he was not eager to do, but they had a plan and a chance, so he could still brag about it later. Too bad it means he won't be decapitating anyone. Oh well, guess you cannot have everything.

After they boarded the ship they were taken to where they were gonna sleep for the duration of the journey. If one could sleep while being 5000 feet in the air surrounded by constant death. Easy, right? Afterward came a general tour where they were shown the weapon storage, cafeteria, bathroom, command center- Jesus, this place had everything.

But alas, came the most waited part. "Better strap in everyone, for we are taking off." Before they had the chance though, the entire plane moved and Snow almost collapsed, but Umbra caught her in time. Slowly, the wolf set her on a chair before taking a seat himself and wait for the pressure to stop. He could swear that his body was breaking into pieces as they were gaining height. Oh, wait, technically it was.

But finally, after an agonizing period, it was over, and Umbra could stand up. He growled at Rose, which only gave him a cocky smirk to show she was enjoying seeing him like that. Maria was neutral all the way through, showing no emotion when she looked at him being in pain. Umbra knew she was up to something, bt couldn't figure out what. Oh well, that will have to wait as well. The journey had begun, and he had to be ready.

Snow went to him and guided him towards the cafeteria, the wolf planning to empty the entire thing. but when they arrived they found a nightmare.

"What in the heck is this?" Umbra asked as he looked over the food. Tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, apples, but no meat. Not even a bit of meat for him was there, and that only made him twitch with anger.

"It seems to be a vegetarian menu." Snow said as she picked up an apple and bit it, smiling at the sweet taste of the fruit. "So good!"

"I see you've found the cafeteria," Rose said as she walked behind them, Umbra wasting no time to give her a murderous look. "Sorry if we do not have any meat on board, but I have to maintain my hourglass shape." She giggled at them.

"Why you-" Umbra was stopped from going at her by Snow who tugged his sleeve. She shook her head, ordering him not to do anything. He scoffed and begun digging through the fruits and vegetables, searching for something remotely close to his needs.

Rose simply giggled behind their backs and walked away, leaving the wolf to scavenger for scraps. She had all meat-based food removed from the plane just to spite him, of course, otherwise, there would be plenty here. But no, she had to go and remove it just to get revenge on the wolf for surviving her clutches. That woman was going to learn soon not to poke the wolf.

But after hours of searching, and a lot of grumbling, they still found nothing. And it was night outside. Turns out this place, due to the size, was kinda slow. But if it was not providing solid protection, then he did not know what did. Several sergeant Lycani tried to attack them, only to be shot out of the sky by the defenses. Or worse, touch it then shrieked in the fall. Umbra enjoyed hearing their painful shrieks from within.

Oh yeah, the sound of blood curled screams as they fell one by one was music to his ears. But Snow was not so accustomed to it while everyone else was comfortable enough with it to actually catch some sleep.

The poor girl couldn't even close an eye because of the sound. So she decided to get some warm milk to help her sleep.

Heading to the cafeteria was not a big thing, and luckily, they had milk, which she proceeded to warm.

"Having trouble sleeping?" Snow turned around to see Maria in the doorway, looking at her.

"Oh, Maria. Yeah, I cannot sleep with all that noise around." Snow said as she kept looking at Maria. The girls couldn't be that far in age, so maybe they could come to understand each other. "Why are you here, by the way?"

"I saw you getting up and leaving, so I decided to follow you to make sure you weren't planning anything like killing us in our sleep"

"what?" Snow couldn't believe the words that left her mouth. Kill them in their sleep? Why would she do something like that? "I would never do anything like that!"

"That's what they all say, really. " Maria said and walked to Snow. "They all act innocent until they hold a knife..." she walked closer. "and slit one's throat."

Snow stepped back as she walked to her, gripping the kitchen counter and leaning back as Maria leaned over her and put her finger over Snow's chest. "Do not act innocent, got it? You have his core, that monster's heart, a clean chance to kill him, yet you are unable to give your own life to do so."

"I..."

"He needs to die, got it?" Maria continued. "I do not care if you did not have a word in what he did to you, you are on my blacklist, and I always clean it. " She backed away and reached to her pocket. "Here."

Maria threw Snow some earbuds to muffle the sound. "What...?"

"Use those to sleep. If you can." And so she left. All that talk, more like a threat than anything, left Snow pretty shaken. Safe to say she drank the milk and went back, with the earbuds helping. But she couldn't sleep. Maria had a grudge, a deep one, on Umbra for what he did to her brother. But was she really about to kill Snow for it? Rose wouldn't allow that, would she? Of course, she would.

Rose would push her to do it as well. Sasha might be able to take her own, she has more battle experience. But the general might butt in. She could order Umbra to fight them, but then they would be unable to return home. They are pinned, no matter how she twists this, they were in a trap.

As the plane flew through the sky, underground, deep under the ruins of Chernobyl, Black Widow, the spider general, was weaving her threat of death when she received the image of the plane from a scout. She snickered and licked her finger. Her upper body was similar to that of a woman in shape but from the waist down she was a spider all over. Her face held 3 pairs of eyes and her lower jaw split in 2 in delight, a human laugh feeling the spider-infested cavern. The brood mother was ready for this...

"Come here wolfie, wolfie. Come to me and let me weave you a coffin..."