A/N:I added some things on the last chapter, just for more fleshing out the plot hahah; lol bad move I knoowww but the last chap is rushed I admit…ye.
Enjoy~
Grenades were thrown straight to hitman shot a bullet at it mid-air only to explode into a fiery ball of gas.
The men stood up from their spot and looked at each other. The explosion from the background rolled out a dark smoke, surely even the top mafiosi wouldn't survive the blast.
Frantically they ran towards the exit, their jobs were done. They couldn't care less if their cargo gets seized. The money had already been deposited days before.
The bunker was the only one that stood untouched among the buildings in the place. It also has the most weapons stored in it.
Their client just have to order another batch if it actually has value to them.
The familiar sound of motor echoed in the bunker. It was like those of a wolfs growl; paired with poor visibility and the men had imagine the worst situation possible.
The sound stopped and all of the men had their backs at each other. Eager to survive the debacle.
A menacing low voice whispered to their ears; shiver ran through their body as their palms sweat in dread.
They knew what they entered, they heard what happened to those who got in their way. They thought they prepared themselves for this moment.
They thought they could at least escape it. They studied every nook and cranny of the base. It turned out that their preparation wasn't enough.
They got cornered and now their greatest nightmare was happening.
"Chaos"
A gunshot echoed through the barracks and minutes later, Reborn exited sitting on a pile of crates filled with firearms.
That is ,after Skull painstakingly dragged the pile outside with his bike.
A manic laugh was heard throughout the vicinity gunshots was being fired left and right. None of the workers knew who the psycho is.
They never heard of a lab coat wearing hit woman before.
No one will.
Not for a while.
A widespread fire lit up on a distant field. They just finished infiltrating another exchange. This time it only took them half a day to complete it.
It was expected. Six of the greatest were on the job after all.
"We should do this 's a great exercise for everyone." Reborn stood at the top of a pile of debris,quite satisfied with their work.
Rifles were strapped over his shoulders as he overlooks the destruction that they just caused. He turns his head and saw Lal packing, "There's a lot of great armoury in their storage. Let's bring back all of it." She said as piles of bullets disappeared to her watch.
"You call that an exercise?! We literally just bombed a grenade factory!" Skull complained as soon he arrived at the vicinity.
"Besides! you ma-" Fon could only stop the stuntman from charging at Reborn by striking one of Skull's pressure points.
The stuntman literally just got his new bike the day before of the mission. Not that the bikes' motor was important but it did heighten the fear in the workers there.
Reborn had let it slide this time.
"Sure. Let's overthrow governments next they have a couple of banks begging to be robbed." Mammon sat on a boulder, counting the cash from the cases they retrieved-looted.
Reborn suspected there's a few looted credit cards underneath their hood.
"It's quite apprehensive for you to assume we will seek each other after this contract." Verde added as he type away from his watch. From the looks of it, the scientist was tracking any members that witnessed the destruction.
"You know, you're all going to be stuck together either way. The last mission would put you all in an unbreakable curse."
The mood turned serious and all focused their gazes to Veronica. Waiting for her to elaborate her claim.
"You'll become infants, but you know- with the same set of minds." She unwrapped a lollipop and crushed the candy between her teeth. "You won't age for decades. Although that doesn't mean your skills won't."
The rest of us took a moment to evaluate her 'warning'. She knows something you don't.- Shut up.
Clearly it was scientifically impossible to do such thing. You can't rewind your age. Even idiots know that.
So, what the fuck is she sprouting about?
None of them talked of the mission and everything that happened after it when they went back.
They went back to their usual Reborn had contacted his supplier for a restock on his bullets.
He thought of what was said to them.
If there's an entity that could do such thing. Why haven't any rumor, or even legends about it?
Let us assume that there is one. Perhaps it is a local saying somewhere. Although that is quite improbable, he's been literally all over the world, with one of the best-if not the best- information networks.
He asked them about it either way. Nothing came up. Even a subtle hint didn't show.
Left with another question unanswered. Reborn was getting agitated and all of it was because of Veronica.
Paranoia mixed with curiosity didn't help his nerves at all. You keep on sticking by her every time she appears though.- No, he does not.
Days rolled by and no one was in trouble.- So far.
Skull was finally behaving and is avoiding unnecessary injuries to himself.
Fon barely went out of his meditative state, only getting up for the restroom and water.
Lal haven't played with her rifles for days. Mammon was nowhere to be seen and Verde haven't caught flames as far as his recent 'hibernation' started.
It was unusual but he didn't complain.
Reborn might give himself some pampering but Leon was showing distress since the un-chaotic days started.
He appreciates his familiar dearly. The chameleon had been with him for almost a decade. How did the reptile survive his hectic life? He himself has no exact answer for that.
Complaint for surviving is the last thing he would tell to his companion.
The others have yet been introduced formally to Leon and they won't been meeting anytime soon.
The next mission just arrived from the mail.
"Luce do you need to rest? We have been walking for the past hour." The hitman inquired. They needed to trek a mountain to retrieve the key. The mission proper didn't elaborate what the key suppose to be, it literally just specified the location and told to get the key on the summit.
He swore this is one of the worse missions he had done.
They could have at least specified what the key was supposed to do.
Luce turned to the following curve and he decide to confront the extra pair of footsteps following them.
It couldn't been the kid, the footsteps were too heavy to be hers. Also, she never wore combat boots before.
"Come out, I know you're there." A blond came to our sight smiling and Lal ran towards the guy and hit his head. They must have met in COMBUSIN; the blonds jacket had COMBUSIN printed at the sleeves.
She began scolding the blond whereas the guy was just laughed sheepishly. Reborn looked at the blonds jacket and saw 'Collonelo' imprinted by its pocket.
"You two seem to know each other well enough. Let's just bring your boyfriend with us." He turned around and continued the path.
The two COMBUSIN members blabbered to him, probably about the boyfriend thing. Even if they are not together, with the familiarity they portray Reborn is sure that the two of them would be a couple in the future.
He ignored them and assisted Luce to the summit. When they arrived, they saw Veronica laying on the ground unconscious and battered everywhere.She was actually injured-
He kneeled beside the child and pulled out his flames. You haven't mastered you flames y- He let his flame spread across her injuries and the others encircled around her.
Just as her bruises heal the pin on her shirt began to glow. Rapidly, it exploded. Pushing them back by the edge of the summit. It didn't cause any damage to them nor did it done any good to the kid.
"What the fuck just happened!?Kora!" Collonelo asked, he looked just stood on the side her face was scrunched in confusion.
The hitman tried to approach Veronica when the pin began to shine brightly. Too bright. He stopped his tracks and the light covered their vision.She's vanishing- It would have been dangerous to move by then. She's gone-
The warmth he had been feeling all of these months was gone. If not of the small lightning sparking from the tips of his flames, he would have thought that he was just imagining the voice.
There's still a lot of things left unanswered goddammit.
Minutes passed when the light finally retracted. It took a while to adjust from the light. Everything seemed larger, the edge was farther, he has tiny limbs- infant limbs.
It took a second to sink in what had become of the greatest hitman -and it seems that he's not the only one.
Everyone else had just noticed their disposition- more like dilemma. Verde was silent , he was staring at his hands for the whole time. There was no emotion in his face. Complete opposite of lackey.
Skull was frantic and kept on turning his head, desperate of finding something. As if he couldn't believe what was happening to them.
Mammon was visibly shaking, he couldn't read what was going on on the illusionist head.They were turned into infants- He couldn't observe the others when Lal screamed "What is this?!" She was holding out a pacifier from her torso.
"A mix of mist and rain flames were concentrated within the pacifier. It seems that all of us here has one too." Fon answered.
Now that it was mentioned, Reborn did notice the extra baggage hanging from his neck. His flames was being concentrated inside of the pacifier. As if his soul was caged-
"-The last mission would put you all in an unbreakable curse."
Impossible.
How -
"Mou- Luce, you're pretty calm about this. Care to share your thoughts?"
Seven of them agreed to stay in the manor for when Veronica returns. This didn't last long with their work so they had at least one - usually Verde- to stay.
Luce returned to her famiglia by the time they got back. Reborn was the only one who kept tabs on her. The others were not as willing interacting with her after the shamans' confession.
Months pass by and they began to speculate that the young sky was killed.
Alive or not, it's still a fact that the last time Veronica showed up was on the summit, unconscious.
Perhaps The man in Iron hat and Luce were connected on their curse some way; none of it matters to them right now.
They still have to find a method to break the curse.
A familiar tone rang from the his wrist. Verde had been wearing the watch every day since it was given. He might have been dependent on it too much but he simply couldn't ignore the convenience it brought to his work.
Though it still irritates him as there were seven people beside him who has their contacts in it.
More so when they call him during the unholy hours of the day.
"Verde? Is that you?" A different voice called from the other end. The guy seemed to be in a heavily forested from the rustles and twigs snapping.
"What do you want? I already-" The scientist rasped, he just woke up from a long sleep. He barely got himself answer the call.
"It's Fon."
"Yeah so-" Verde sat up from his bed, thinking the martial artist needed more studies about flames.
"Skull became drunk again." He stood still in the hallway. Suspicious. "Where did you find him?" What were the details?
"Three blocks from his circus' caravan,near an alley, in Shanghai. He's back in his older form-"
What- "Give me an hour. I'm going there." With that, the scientist gathered all of his equipment and cancelled his flight for the year's convention. Which was supposed to be the day after.
After everything was packed the green-haired scientist stood on a platform and vanished.
Sometimes, he finds himself relying on the watch too much but he couldn't find any complaint in him.
A/N: FINALLY WE'RE HERE. I'm telling ya'll we're going to approach the canon timeline with more fleshed out background stories(since the pre-daily arc timeline was a bit murky). I honestly can't tell how many chapters its going to take before Daily arc please bear with me.I swear it's not going to divert from canon completely. I just added things to have it fit in together.
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