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"Well, off they go." Maria remarked as she saw the Osprey leave.
"Hmmm." Svaha simply hummed and suddenly the Sound of a Motorcycle was heard.
"Alright, Off I go! See you around sister!" Elizabeth said as she got out of the area in her Motorcycle.
"Should we follow them?" Maria asked Svaha.
"No." Svaha told her.
"Oh?" Asked Maria.
"So far they have no idea of our plans, as such there is nothing to worry about as far as I am concerned." Svaha told Maria.
"As you say." Maria said.
"Alright people, gather our wounded and bury our dead, we will continue as planned." Svaha said as she walked away from the garrison building, and the remaining Reunion soldiers did as she told them and gathered their dead.
With Ace and Artorias
"Well they got away." A badly bleeding Ace said as he chuckled.
"Not bad Rhodes Island, not bad at all." Said Artorias as he walked away and leaving Ace to blead to death.
Chernobog
Saturday
Two Days after the U.S.S.G Rescue.
Svaha was leaning on the balcony's railing overlooking the camp sight that had been established, and so far supplies were rolling in thanks, and the Sarkaz Mercs that Theresis had sent as a show good faith have begun training the new recruits.
"So far so good." Svaha said to herself as she walked away and into the empty hall, and pulled a cellphone, went to the contacts tabs and pressed Talulah.
For a moment Svaha hesitated to contact her sister directly, so instead she sent an E-Mail, but before she could send anything she heard someone knocking on the chamber's door.
"Who is it?" Svaha asked.
"It's me, Patriot." Came Buldrokkas'tee voice behind the door, so Svaha walked towards the door and opened it, to reveal non other than Patriot surprisingly out of his armor for once.
"Buldrokkas'tee." Svaha greeted with a nod as she called him by name.
"Svaha." Patriot returned the gesture.
"Please come in." Svaha said as she made way for Patriot to enter which he did..
"So, how was the raid on the military depot, found anything useful?" Svaha asked him.
"Mostly medical supplies, weapons, and the likes." Patriot answered.
"Good." The Draco replied as she walked back at the balcony.
"Do you think this is wise?" Patriot asked Svaha.
"I beg your pardon?" Svaha asked Patriot, not knowing where the Wendigo was going with his question.
"I am referring to the Raids in the military depots of Ursus, along with arming Infected groups all around Terra." Patriot told her.
"Perhaps it is, perhaps is unwise. But you of all people should know that change must come one way or the other, we tried peaceful means in the beginning, but they didn't listen and now our hands are forced and all we have to do is soldier on." Svaha told Patriot, who let out a sigh.
"When I arrived this morning, I had been told that Rhodes Island had attacked the city, any reason why?" Patriot asked Svaha.
"Nothing of major importance they just arrived to get some survivors of the Uprising out of the city, nothing major." Svaha told Patriot.
"You know that the rest will see this as a weakness, and will start to question your decisions, and lets not forget if those Survivors were to reach a military outpost they would inform the Ursus military." Patriot told Svaha, who simply shrugged.
"All they need to know is that they weren't worth the time, and will not try anything as suicidal as that, besides after seeing the recordings of the Garrison's cameras it turned out that they were kids, would the Ursus Military High Command trust the words of a Traumatized child?" Svaha asked the Wendigo in a sarcastic manner, and Patriot stoodsilent as he walked pass her and observed the Reunion camp over the balcony.
"Tell me, Svaha have you ever felt like you have come to regret something?" Patriot asked her.
"Maybe, if I were that little girl from Lungmen I would have regretted all that I have done in the past. But now? Now I am to tired to even care." Svaha replied with honesty in her tone.
"So, you are dead set with your plan for revenge?" Patriot asked her, as he knew, from their conversations, that Svaha had a long grudge with Wei to settle.
"Right now? That revenge is more petty and more of a side note, if anything." Svaha told him.
"Wasn't there any-other plan that you could have come up with that didn't include innocent casualties?" Patriot asked as he wondered if there could have been anymore tries for a peaceful resolution, and not a full on global conflict.
"We tried it all Buldrokkas'tee, from protests, to rallies, and simple peaceful marches. But what do the the Aristocrats and the Military do? They send armed personnel with orders to kill, and that time has long passed, if we want to enact change we want, we start a revolution." Svaha told him while pointing at the Soldiers below who were sharing the supplies and giving the medical supplies to the medical personnel.
"Even at the cost of innocents?" Patriot asked Svaha.
Which got a reaction from the Draco who looked at him with a cold piercing gaze.
"Does it even matter at this point point, Patriot? So what if some Civvies get killed? What of the thousands innocents that were infected with Oripathy left to die, enslaved, or outright murdered right in the open? Now you tell me Patriot, when was the last time that peaceful means have ever worked?!" Svaha shouted the last sentence with frustration in her tone, at the former General of Ursus with an enraged and frustrated tone and Buldrokkas'tee simply remained silent and turned around and began to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Svaha asked Patriot.
"I will see that the Chernobog's survivors are well cared for." Patriot said as he left the room with no argument left to make.
"See to it that you do." Svaha calmly told Buldrokkas'tee as she saw the former General of Ursus leave the chamber and let out a tired breath.
"I am so tired?" Svaha said to herself as she shook her head and went to grab a chair which dragged it over the balcony where she saw the morning sun rise, with regret written on her face.
"Mom, dad, what would you have done?" Svaha asked no one in particular, as she admired the sun rise, when she closed her tired eyes and leaned on the chair.
"Come on Kashchey, what is? What scathing retort do you have to say now?" Svaha asked out loud, and only the silence could be heard.
"Typical." Svaha snorted at the silent treatment her dead adoptive "father" was giving her.
"What would Ch'en and Talulah think of me now? Probably call her a crazed murderer or something the likes." Svaha thought to herself with a bit of self-loathing, but why would she care what they thought of her, the living had no business with dead.
Over at Lungmen
8:35 AM
Talulah was not a happy camper. Why? Well... she had to stay late up 'n till 5 A.M to get the paperwork regarding the refugees, and now inside a diner looking like she's barely slept she was having a simple breakfast, which was a simple omelet and a cup of coffee next to her.
"Hey Tal, how're you doing?" Came Hoshiguma's voice causing the Draco to look behind her.
"Hey Hoshi, you... seem lively as always." Talulah said as she paused for a moment, before she let out a yawn.
"Still sleepy?" Hoshiguma asked her.
"Yeah, I had to stay up to 4 am to finish the paperwork that had been handed to us." Talulah answered as she rubbed her eyes and grabbed her cup of coffee.
"It must have been really tiring." Hoshiguma commented.
"You've got no Idea." Talulah told the Oni.
"So, what do you plan on doing now?" Hoshiguma asked Talulah.
"Right now, I want to enjoy this weekend and do absolutely nothing." Talulah told Hoshiguma, when all of a sudden Talulah's phone began to ring.
"You might want to reiterate that." Hoshiguma told Talulah with a humorous tone.
Talulah let out a tired Sigh, picked up the phone and saw who was calling her, which turned out to be Ch'en, which got a curious eyebrow raised.
"Who is it?" Asked Hoshiguma.
"It's Ch'en." Talulah answered.
"Is there something wrong?" Hoshiguma asked.
"I don't know but we will find out now." Talulah answered as she opened her phone.
"Yes, Ch'en what is it?" Talulah asked her sister.
"Tal, is Hoshi with you?" Ch'en asked Talulah, who simply raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Yeah she's right in front of me, is there something wrong?" Talulah responded, wondering what got Ch'en to call her this early in the morning.
"No, it's that the Chief Executive informed that Rhodes Island would be coming here to help us, in dealing with the possibility of an Uprising like the one in Chernobog." Ch'en informed Talulah.
"So that's his response to the sudden Mafia sales of Weapons? And what does Rhodes Island have to do with all this?" Talulah asked Ch'en.
"I don't know, just come by the HQ and maybe we will find out." Ch'en told her sister, to which the latter let out a yawn.
"Alright Ch'en, I'll come by, just after I finished with breakfast, okay?" Talulah told her sister.
"Alright." Ch'en said s she closed the phone.
"What was that all about?" Hoshiguma asked Talulah wondering why Ch'en called her this early in the morning.
"It probably have been about that investigation regarding the Mafia selling guns to infected groups in the Slums, you know, the raid in the warehouse two days ago." Talulah explained to Hoshiguma, to which the Oni nodded.
"Ok, no need to explain any further." Hoshiguma said recalling that mildly successful raid.
"And that Rhodes Island would be coming to Lungmen." Talulah told Hoshiguma who simply raised an eyebrow.
"Rhodes Island? The Pharmaceutical company full of mercenaries?" Hoshiguma asked Talulah.
"That Rhodes Island, but why would they come all the way to Lungmen?" The Oni asked.
"I don't know but we will find out soon enough when we meet the delegates." Talulah responded as she began to eat up her omelet.
"Aren't you going to meet up with Ch'en?" Hoshiguma asked Talulah.
"Ch'en gave me permission to meet later after I finished breakfast." Talulah responded as she pointed her fork at Hoshiguma.
"What ever you say." Hoshiguma responded.