"Andy.. they took him.." Daiki staggered into the infirmary, his shirt sodden with blood. He reached out to her with a shaking hand. "They're going to kill him.."
Andy's eyes widened as she rushed to his side. "Don't worry, we'll get him back." She assured before getting him into a bed.
He struggled to speak, blood trickling from his lips. "I.. couldn't stop.." His eyes went dim, his hand slipping out of hers.
She started muttering spells to work on healing him as she cleaned up the blood.
After a few minutes she called Tet to the infirmary.
His eyes widened as he saw Daiki. "What the hell happened to him?"
She shook her head, "Tsukasa got taken."'
His eyes flashed gold as he snarled. "Who?"
"I don't know, all he said was they're going to kill him."
"Over my dead body." He grabbed the radio. "Code Black. I repeat Code Black. Ryusei, research anyone with a grudge. As soon as we get verification, we get him back or die trying."
Andy continued working on Daiki as they waited.
Twenty minutes later, Ryusei raced in and handed Tet a printout. "This came in through Boss' email."
Tet snarled again, clutching the paper tightly. "Get everyone ready."
The porter nodded quickly and disappeared.
Tet began to shake as he growled under his breath.
Daiki's eyes fluttered open. "Andersson took him.."
"Who's Andersson?" Andy wondered.
"A terrorist Boss chased when he was younger. Thought he'd been killed by Boss ten years ago.." Tet shredded the printout, his breathing rapid. "He killed Boss and Kiba's parents in an attack. It became a personal vendetta."
Andy took a deep breath, "We'll get him back."
Kiba stalked in, his control barely there. "It's him, isn't it?" His eyes flickered dangerously.
Andy sighed, "Just try to stay calm. We're going to get him back."
"That bastard has my brother!" He tried to slow his breathing, clenching his fists so tight blood began dripping from cuts as his nails turned into claws.
"I know," Andy sighed again, "but you shouldn't let your anger control you. It won't help the situation."
"I can't lose him.." He looked at her in desperation.
Andy approached him and wrapped her arms around him, "I know, we're going to do everything we can to get him back."
He leaned into her embrace, shoulders shaking as he cried.
The radio buzzed. "Got a location." Ryusei's voice was calm. "Team standing by."
Tet headed for the door, his body vibrating with rage.
Andy kissed Kiba's forehead, "Are you okay to go with?"
He took a deep breath, then nodded. "I'll be okay." He turned and followed Tet silently.
Andy looked at Daiki, "We'll get him back. Just try to rest, okay?" She headed out the room to join the group.
Tet and Kiba were talking to Yoshi and Yamae.
"You two go in and get him. Kiba and I will cover you and hopefully put this fucker six feet under at the same time."
"What can I do?" Andy asked quietly.
"Are you sure you want to come?"
She nodded.
"Alright. Stay with Yoshi, Boss probably will need you." Tet had regained his composure and tried to give her a reassuring smile.
She nodded again, "Alright."
"Let's go." Kiba's voice was icy.
'Andy checked to make sure she had her pistol and mentally prepared herself for the mission.
Yamae touched her arm and they disappeared.
The five of them reappeared in a dilapidated warehouse. Tet tapped her as he spied a bound Tsukasa on a far wall. There was no one else in sight.
Andy moved to Tsukasa's side and worked on untying him.
One eye fluttered open, focusing slowly. "Andy?"
"Yeah, it's me."
He tensed, panicking. "Get out of here! It's a trap. He planted charges.."
"Alright, let's get out of here, then." She looked over at the others, "He said there's charges. Get back to base."
"I'm not leaving until he's dead." Kiba's jaw twitched angrily. "Get my brother out of here." He motioned Yoshi and Yamae to her side.
Andy growled but looked at Yamae, "Get him to the infirmary. I'll stick with stubborn here."
He saluted and they disappeared.
Tet and Kiba rolled their eyes and began looking for the charges.
Andy helped them, starting to look around.
Tet found them, quickly turning and pushing Kiba toward Andy.
There was a rumble, then he fell through the floor as it gave way.
Andy rushed to look down to try to check on him.
He lay motionless, sprawled on what was formerly the floor.
Andy looked at Kiba, "Wait here a moment." She moved down to Tet and teleported him out to the infirmary before reappearing in front of Kiba. "Alright, let's go find him."
He nodded stonily, carefully moving further into the warehouse. He moved ahead of her into another room.
Five gunshots echoed, then everything went silent.
Andy moved slowly ahead, analyzing the situation.
Kiba lay crumpled in the doorway, blood slowly spreading beneath him.
A blond man laughed uproariously, the smoking gun dangling from one hand. "Not much of a soldier, are you?"
Andy growled, starting to mutter a killing spell.
He looked up, a frown on his face. He dropped the gun, clutching his chest. "W-Who?"
Andy finished the spell as she stared at him.
His eyes went blank and he collapsed to the floor and lay still.
Andy knelt beside Kiba before teleporting him into the infirmary. She reappeared, checking the building for any more bad guys. She wasn't sure if the person she killed was the Andersson guy so she wanted to make sure.
The warehouse was empty.
A rush of air sounded behind her, Yamae reappearing. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Need some help?"
"I was just making sure we got everyone."
He nodded, then cocked his head as if listening to something. A minute later, she was shoved out of the way as the roof fell in.
As the dust settled, she tried to look for Yamae, finally finding him before looking around for the cause of the fall.
A detonator was lying in the rubble near the porter.
She glanced at it in confusion, wondering who set it off. She quickly got Yamae to the infirmary before going back to investigate.
There was a computer on the desk nearby. A message flashed on screen. "See you again Kadoya", then a timer began counting down rapidly.
She didn't know what was going to go off, so she quickly teleported to safety. In the infirmary, she began to help Akasa heal everyone up.
"Andy, I need you!" Akasa was desperately trying to keep Kiba from bleeding out.
She quickly started muttering spells, wounds closing rapidly. She worked on cleaning him up and set up a transfusion before giving Akasa a small smile.
"Are you okay?" Yamae blinked owlishly at her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for getting me out of the way."
"You're welcome. How's Boss?"
"He'll be alright."
"Did we get him?" Tet's voice was pained.
Andy looked down, "No, I don't think he was there."
"He left after bragging that I'd watch my rescuers die." Tsukasa's voice was angry.
"I'm sure we'll find him," Andy sighed before checking over Tet again, saying more healing spells.
"He's playing with me, like a cat with a mouse.." The dragon tried to push himself out of bed.
Andy gently pushed him back, "Rest a bit more, we'll worry about him for now, okay?"
"Don't let him kill Kiba.." His strength gave out, his eyes closing as he passed out.
Andy looked over at Kiba for a moment, knowing he'd be out for at least a few more hours.
She looked at Tet, "Can't we just port to his location and take him out?"
"If we knew where he was.. Ryusei is trying to track him now." Akasa said quietly.
Tet's eyes were stormy as he watched the brothers sleep. "I'm not going to let that bastard hurt them.."
"Just rest for now, okay?" Andy said softly before going over to Akasa, "If I knew what the guy looked like I could probably port to him."
Tet spoke again. "There's a file on Boss' laptop. Password is 21524. Everything is there.."
Andy nodded and headed out to Tsukasa's office. After logging in, she searched for the file until she found it and started reading quickly. She memorized the picture attached before closing it and heading out to the group. She grabbed Rei and Ryon before updating them and telling them her plan. She hoped if they could surprise him by porting in, they could quickly take him down.
Rei frowned. "You really think this will work?"
"Well it's this or wait until he comes for them. I'd rather be on the offensive."
"That's true." Ryon pursed his lips as he surveyed the infirmary. "And unless he is a witch or one of us, he's probably not going to be prepared."
"That's what I was thinking," Andy nodded. "I understand if you guys think it's too risky to go, but I'm going anyway."
Both men glared at her, Rei growling. "They hurt Boss and wolfboy. You really think we would beg off?"
Andy gave a small smile, "No."
Ryon chuckled. "Let's kick this asshole's teeth in."
Rei nodded, looking at Andy. "Ready when you are."
"Let's go," she grabbed their arms and focused on the image of Andersson before teleporting them there. She quickly pulled her pistol out and looked around.
A large desk was in a corner of the room, the chair turned toward the window. She could see dark hair over the top of it, but nothing else.
"I wasn't expecting you so soon, Kadoya." A deep voice intoned. "You've actually surprised me."
"Kadoya's not here," Andy growled before pointing her pistol at him. She started muttering a kill spell while she waited for him to turn so she could get a better shot.
"Did I actually kill him? I'm disappointed." He swung the chair to face her, a smile growing as he saw her. "My my, wherever did he find you?"
Ryon rolled his eyes. "Shut up asshole."
The green eyes settled on the porter, a sneer appearing on the terrorist's face. "Let me guess, you're one of those freaks Kadoya manages?" He leaned forward, one hand touching a silver button.
There was a whirring sound, the barest glimpse of metal, then Ryon flew back. He slammed into the back wall and crumpled.
Rei snarled, then he was flying back as well.
Andy finished the kill spell before she fired her gun at the man.
His eyes were dimming as the bullet hit between his eyes. He slammed into the chair and went limp, blood oozing onto the chair.
Andy moved over to Ryon to check on him before doing the same to Rei.
Both men had daggers embedded. Rei grimaced as he tried to pull it from his shoulder. Ryon hadn't been so lucky, the handle protruding from his chest.
Andy said a spell for pain before removing the blade from Rei. She quickly said a spell to close up the wound before moving back to Ryon. She removed the blade, reciting a few different healing spells to work on his wound. After a few minutes, she teleported them into the infirmary and got them into beds.
"Did you get him?" Ryon's eyes were pain filled as he spoke.
"Yeah, he's dead," she said a spell to help with his pain.
"Good. I should have kept my mouth shut, huh?"
"That might have helped a bit, yeah," Andy gave a small chuckle.
Ryon gave her a wry grin before he passed out.
Andy checked everyone in the infirmary over again before sitting down between Tet and Kiba.
Tsukasa blinked his eyes open in confusion. Then everything rushed back to him. He shot up, his eyes rapidly scanning for Kiba.
Andy noticed him and stood, going to his side, "How are you feeling?"
"Sore and pissed. How are they? Has Andersson been found?"
"Everyone will be okay. Andersson has been taken care of."
He whipped his head towards her. "What are you saying?"
"Rei, Ryon, and I ported to his location. I did a killing spell and shot him."
"It's over?" His eyes dropped to the bed. "He's finally safe.."
Andy gave him a small smile, "Just get some more rest. Everything's okay."
Tsukasa brushed his hand over his eyes and nodded. Then he wrapped his arms around her tightly. "I can never repay you for this.."
"Don't worry about it," she said softly.
He released her with a chuckle, then laid down wearily and closed his eyes.
Andy smiled before going back to her seat.
Twenty minutes later, Tet let out a groan. "Whatever I did, make sure I never do it again."
Andy let out a small laugh, "I'll try."
He opened his eyes, mock glaring at her. "Just try? This coming from a woman who has single handedly kicked my ass more than once?"
She smiled at him before kissing his cheek.
He looked around, frowning when he saw Rei and Ryon. "Something happen while I was out?"
"Just went and took care of business. They'll be alright."
"I'm not going to ask. As long as everyone is breathing and you're unhurt." He clasped her hand and kissed it.
"I'm fine and everyone is breathing," she said quietly.
