Noble Team of Terra
Chapter 12: Encounters (Alpha Team)
~Lungmen, Jun~
3 Days.
Three whole days since Rhodes Island docked with the mobile city of Lungmen and have been requested to assist with the local law enforcement regarding potential Reunion threats.
Suffice to say that the LGD's hunch was correct, for Reunion was hiding amongst the refugees making it difficult to not only single them out but to avoid causing accidental civilian casualties, that certainly would make another Chernobog incident all over again. It doesn't help that most infected were placed into the slums where they are living a life of poverty after dealing with the hidden enemy.
"Reminds me of New Alexandria" he stated as he and the others were originally supposed to stay in a nearby hotel, unfortunately due to their armor and no weapon laws they were forced to find somewhere else, even muddled in with the infected but thankfully that comment was ignored.
So now he, Kat and Emile were staying over in an abandoned warehouse just at the edge of the city.
"Yeah, it does sort of look like that place, except it's not on fire nor is any of the buildings collapse while a super carrier is glassing the rest of the city" Emile responded with sarcasm as he was sharpening his kukri knife, but he seemed less pleased than normal. Jun doesn't blame him, despite aiding the LGD they were basically pushed out of the city and so they were forced to communicate with Rhodes on a separate channel.
"Easy does it Noble Four, they are just looking out for their own, we would do the same if our roles were reversed" Kat said as she was looking out the window on her side of the open space, making sure nothing would give them a surprise.
The skull motif Spartan scoffed, not appreciating that she was defending their actions after everything they did, but he supposes it was indeed fair as they were looking out for their own and she was right about if their roles were reversed. Still, that did not mean he had to like it, he wanted to go out there and fight Reunion already but instead they're here waiting for some kind of sign.
"Bet Carter, Six and Jorge are having better luck than we are" he muttered as his hands began to resume their repeated action, sharpening his knife until it was VERY sharp and smooth.
Jun turned to Kat as he had wondered about that "have Bravo made any progress on getting information from the locals?" he remembers that Bravo team, led by Carter, was helping a Shantytown at the city's outskirts but after that nothing else.
She shook her head "nada, the locals are either keeping quiet or those reports were really just that, rumors" she gave her answer as she looked back at Jun, knowing that he is the one who wants to be kept updated on any developing situations, but unfortunately no new progress has been made.
"I see, if nothing happens soon Doctor Howard will probably want to be informed and he will give the order to pull them back." he said as he returned to his original position, staring out his window and looking out for anything suspicious.
Without any warning they heard what the door leading to the open space be knocked on, quickly all three took their positions with Emile be the one next to the door and ready to take down the first enemy to come through. Jun was placed crouched behind a fallen pillar as he placed his rifle on top of it to steady his aim at the door. Kat was next to a corner, her pistol ready to eliminate as well and hopefully be quick about it.
"Iron" Emile stated, as he and the others know what it means.
"Blood"
Hearing that the other Spartans slightly lowered their weapons but were still on edge, Noble Four reached for the door handle and opened the door to take a peek on the off chance it was an enemy. After seeing who it was, he opened the door completely wide open, he placed his shotgun back onto his back and walked back to the others.
The person, or rather people, that walked in was none other than the rest of Alpha team.
Plume, Shining, Perfumer, Grani, Dur-nar, Meteor, Franka, Liskarm and Earthspirit.
They poured into the room and looked around, seeing that nothing much was placed to indicate that the Spartans were here, but then again, they had little to nothing in regards of personal items, so it made sense.
However, Noble Three had noticed the lack of Amiya and Doctor and it made him curious, perhaps something was happening that required their attention "where are Doctor Howard and Commander Amiya?" he asked as he looked at Shining, who he guesses that was placed as Alpha team's leader.
Shining did answer his question "they are with Dr. Kal'tsit talking to Chief Wei Yenwu to convince him about the threat that Reunion poses, so they placed me in command until then." she had her hands in front of her and her staff that seems to give the look of a sword sheath was in said hands.
However, it would be the shortest of the group, Grani, who approached Jun and looked apologetic "I hope you guys are doing okay! We're sorry we couldn't do anything back there" she formally apologized for the incident regarding what had happened the last time. She wanted to speak up, but she knew that even she has to follow the laws; she was just glad that the Spartans understood.
Jun nodded to her "it's okay, we're used to the feeling." he said as it was true, despite Noble Team being allocated to the Army branch of the UNSC they were still seen as outcasts amongst the soldiers, often being ridiculed for being too popular or were seemingly keeping to their own 'kind'.
"Thanks for the sentiment" Kat interjected as she looked at the window she was leaning against gently as to not accidentally break it and expose their position. However, before she can continue with her scan, she felt someone looking at her, more specifically at her arm, she followed the stare from behind her helmet and found out it was Perfumer.
"It's the arm, isn't it? Don't worry, it won't be a liability" she was quite familiar with that feeling, many soldiers looked at her and wondered if she got that arm in battle or if she was in actuality a robot. Those that thought the latter often made her chuckle, they were far from robots but seeing and hearing them make these theories up kind of made her laugh a bit.
The vulpo lady looked apologetic as well "ah I'm sorry! I didn't mean to stare" it wasn't often one would see a Super soldier of an intergalactic government have a prosthetic arm; it wasn't rare in Terra's standards but barely any Operator she knows has a prosthetic.
Noble Two seeing the woman flustered merely nodded "it's fine, I'm used to it. Just shows that I'm not as helpless as many would think I am, there are certain benefits of having a prosthetic" she said as she returned to staring out the glass window feeling like the conversation was over as it was a bit pointless to continue on with the topic.
It was as simple as that.
"What'cha doing Emile? ~" came a teasing tone from Franka, the fox female leaned over Emile's spot and stared at his scary skull carving, she knows that teasing is a bit lost on the Spartans, but it didn't mean she wouldn't not do it.
"Waiting, sharpening" was the response the armored man gave as he continued with sharpening his kukri, although now he was being a bothered by the mercenary woman for fire. He had read about BSW, Blacksteel Worldwide, a mercenary company that handles contracts throughout Terra. No price too high.
Sounds like his kind of people, if he weren't disappointed with the woman who was now bothering him, he thought she would be professional but here she was being anything but. He had no idea why she was bothering him in the first place, since they first met, she has been trying to get under his skin and even tried to tease him.
Why tease him with something he doesn't know much about?
Thankfully her partner seemed to be the serious one, she came to his aid as she seemed to be annoyed like him when it comes to Franka.
"Don't bother anyone whilst on mission" Liskarm had warned her parter, even trying to pull her away from his presence. Unfortunately, though, the vulpo woman merely teased her partner, she gently and softly rubbed her horns which caused some of the people to blush and turn away or a couple of them to become shocked.
"F-FRANKA!"
"Hehe~"
Seeing the turning of heads and faces becoming red, the trio of Spartans were curious but ultimately decided to not invest into learning what had happened, right now they were still waiting for some kind of confirmation from either Amiya or Bravo. Anything to get out of this pause on their operation.
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*Knock knock* the sounds of the door knocking was heard and quickly the Spartans immediately got into position, they even pulled others along with them. Grani and Plume were with Emile at the door and were waiting with bated breath. The Healers and Meteor had followed Jun to the distance and hid behind the fallen pillar. Kat took the rest around a corner and readied her pistol, ready to fight.
"Isn't this a little bit overkill?" asked Plume in a hushed tone, she knew the Spartans were careful of who was a potential threat but didn't realize it was to this extent.
"Shh" Kat shushed the Liberi woman as she motioned for Emile to go ahead and use the password, with a simple motion of her head she conveyed this.
Noble Four nodded and inched closer to the door, pumping his shotgun as he raised his voice "Iron" it wasn't too loud to hurt anyone ears if they were sensitive, but certainly loud enough to catch whoever was outside off guard or at least that was the hope. If there would be no response then they can assume the worse, after all Reunion's in the city so who knows if it could be them.
"Blood" came the familiar tone of their young Commander.
Still somewhat tense Emile opened the door slightly to see if it was indeed the girl, after seeing them he opened the door and moved so the Doctor and Amiya can enter. He placed his shotgun on his back and folded his arms "can't be too careful" he stated as soon everyone eased up and came out of hiding.
"Impressive, wasn't expecting such a response" Howard stated as he rubbed his mask's chin, indeed impressed with the quick response that Noble team have shown. He looked at Jun who was back at his original position at the window and seemingly looking out the window with a pair of binoculars, using the sniper to scope and look for the enemy was too risky as it was large to hide.
"Anything happened?" It would be Plume who asked as if they both were here then the meeting with Chief was over, and that could mean it either went bad or well.
"Everyone we have a new mission. Chief Wei Yenwu has requested that we find and bring a little girl, and not like that Franka" Howard had read on Frank's file and that she likes to tease and make jokes, so when he heard what he said he had to quickly put down her attempt before she latched.
"Why?" Dur-nar asked as she was wondering why they were looking for a little girl, what kind of importance does she have?
"Dur-Nar-san, we do not know why they refused to tell us anything besides to find her and bring her back to the LGD..." Amiya paused as if she was hesitating to reveal the identity of their objective. The only ones that seemed to realize quickly was the two BSW representatives as they looked at each other before turning back to Amiya.
"Is it...?" Liskarm words had trailed off, but her tone of voice made an indication that these three knew who their target is.
"Yes... It's Misha..."
The Spartans and a couple of the Operators besides the trio of women were confused about who Misha is.
"She's an Ursus girl, infected with Oripathy and is far along. We met her the day after we arrived, some uninfected tried to hit her but we put a stop that. Now I'm worried about her, I do not like that she is in the middle of something she has no control over" Frank had a serious tone that had surprised everyone present, but she does have a valid point.
But before anyone can say anything else they all heard Jun speak.
"If we're going to get her it better be now, Reunion are heading to the slums and aren't exactly being sneaky about it" he announced to everyone as he motioned for them to the window, he handed the binoculars to Howard who look through it.
"He's right, they're already on the move and that means they have a head start, we better find her before they do!" the Doctor declared as he handed the binoculars to Amiya, he turned and looked at the operators that formed Alpha team. "Our enemy is already ahead of us, we better get going now." he said as he walked over to the door and reached for the handle.
Perfumer stopped him, curious as to what he was going to do "the mission will be dangerous, are you sure you want to continue?" she, and like the others, were worried about the Doctor as he wasn't exactly well protected. But they must also focus on the objective of their mission, getting that girl Misha to safety and get her to the LGD and out of Reunion's hands.
He turned to her and nodded "yes but we will need some help, I am going to make a call. Amiya, I need your help, you know them better than I do" he called for his assistant as he knows that she has more experience regarding a certain group.
Soon everyone would leave the building and head towards the slums.
However, unknown to the large group there was a figure on a nearby rooftop, looking at them from afar before turning and walking away.
~Lungmen, Texas~
Another day, another job that ended up poorly.
How were they still in business after everything that happened?
This was the thought of Texas as she was sitting on top of a box, another job had gone south when the Siracusa Mafia had tried to stop them for a fourth time this week. At first it was silly now it's just getting ridiculous; there's only so much one group can be determined before it started to get repetitive.
The boss was still out of Lungmen and wouldn't be back until next week.
They still managed to get some cash for basic foods, though now they have cut back Exusiai's apple pie purchases now. Texas had sighed as she ate another pocky stick, now she too has to savor her own supply of pocky, it truly was a slow day as if everyone was avoiding something.
She could feel that something big is gonna happen, she notices that everyone seems to be on edge as well. Whatever was gonna happen it was gonna be soon, but the more feeling she gets from this it reminds her of that place.
Chernobog.
What happened that day is still with her to this day, how she nearly lost her life, how they all almost lost their lives to Reunion and even Rhodes Island was on their last legs.
Then they came.
The Spartans, Noble Team, appearing out of nowhere and assisted the two group, achieving more than anyone thought possible and even showing they are more than just simple soldiers in advanced armor and equipment. Though she kind of wished they would have accepted her proposal back on the Landship, that way she can finally repay Six for saving her.
She doesn't like owing anyone anything and the better she can pay that back the better, she didn't need to have her team teasing her about being 'smitten' with the armored green and white colored teammate of Noble Team. They weren't even friends, colleagues at best and he also agreed with how little they talked.
Still, it made her friend the gun nut Sankta to tease her about Six, how she constantly is hoping he calls them so the two can go on a 'date'. She tries to not let it get to her, but she even swears that her boss is also considering allowing Six to become a full-time member if Rhodes doesn't work out.
Just because one super soldier accidentally copped a feel doesn't mean there's anything romantic, that was why she yelped when he grabbed her as he had unknowingly grabbed her butt. The way he did it was also rough, then again, he never has been in a relationship and doesn't have the desire to with everything that happened in the Human-Covenant war.
Though she supposes she would put the teasing to Croissant, the forte woman was the one who spent most of the time with Six since he saved her too. But the orange haired woman would no doubt use him for some get-rich-quick schemes, probably do something that he is uncomfortable with doing.
The black haired Lupo sighed as she continued to chew on her pocky, everyone else was lazing around until a job comes up, hopefully soon otherwise they will have to put their business on hold.
*Ring Ring*
Now her phone was ringing, who could that be? Another client?
Seeing how everyone heard her phone ringing she grabbed it and answered it "hello?"
[Texas-san!]
"Amiya?" now that was a surprise, wonder why she decided to call them all of a sudden.
Hearing the name, the rest of Penguin Logistics now converged on the poor Lupo surrounding her.
[H-Hai! Texas-san, Penguin Logistics, we have a job for you, and it will pay well. We're looking for a young girl, her name is Misha, and she is no older than 10. She's an Ursus girl that's infected and the LGD wants her, they refuse to reveal why but it will go faster with your help. We will even double the usual fee, if we can get to her before Reunion we will go as far as triple it.]
With no hesitation the Forte girl, Croissant, immediately answered for them "WE'LL DO IT!" she honestly couldn't wait to do this job, the payment being double was a lot but even go so far as TRIPLE it?! Now THAT was something they can't decline, with the recent jobs paying poorly this is something they need.
"Croissant-san!" Sora had scolded her friend as she tried to pull the woman away from the phone, but her efforts were in vain as the horned gal was intent on not letting this opportunity by.
[Great! Oh before I forget! If you can send two of your members to help another group of ours in the Outskirts that would be wonderful!] Amiya's voice came out of the phone once again but this time the group of females can hear another pair of voices, these sounding quite familiar.
[JUST HOW BIG ARE THESE DAMN SLUMS!?]
[Stow it Noble Four]
"E-Emile-san, Kat-san!?" Sora was surprised to hear their voices, the last time she saw them was when they returned from Chernobog that fateful day, and that they were being held back from participating, or at least that's what she heard from Texas. Does that mean things have changed?
"Yo lady baws! Which one is Six in?" Croissant had asked before Texas can cut the call, she was very curious where the Sixth member of Noble was at, because as far as she knew if there was one member on the field then you can find the others not so far.
[Outskirts, looking for a Reunion Hideout.]
"Got it! Sora an' I are heading dat way right now!"
"W-We are!?"
"Ye! We'll see ya later girls!" the orange haired woman had pushed Sora out of the door repeatedly, seemingly like she was eager to visit Noble Six. Since she had asked about the Spartan specifically, which was strange in of itself as she wasn't usually this excited for seeing someone unless it was important.
"Huh... That was weird" Exusiai stated as she saw both Croissant and Sora walk out of their HQ building.
~Lungmen, Ch'en~
Officer Ch'en of the LGD was currently having a meeting with her uncle and the chief of Lungmen, Wei Yenwu and his wife.
She was a woman in her prime, having a white sleeveless buttoned shirt with a yellow tie around her neck. A black jacket hanged around her body providing the necessary cover it offers, her hands were wrapped in a pair of fingerless gloves. She is wearing a pair of shorts that reaches to her knees, exposing her slender legs and her feet were covered by two red dark red boots. Her eyes were a dark red color that held no-nonsense aura, her hair was a dark blue coloring that has two small ponytails. However, her most noticeable feature were two horns protruding out the sides of her head, similar to that of an Easter dragon.
She has a hand on her hip, looking at the man and his wife in front of her.
"I don't trust those armored people. 'Misriah Armory', sounds like a weapons manufacturer" she said with seriousness as those armored people rubbed her the wrong way, the way they moved and acted like they weren't human. Even she thought they were machines and assumed as such, but then the one in bright green spoke about their company being in an exclusive partnership with Rhodes Island.
Rhodes Island suddenly gaining a weapon supplier didn't sit well, nor does it give a good image.
"Agreed. They give off anything but human" the man then puffed from his pipe before looking out towards the city, feeling that things are going to become more complicated than they should be.
Lady Fumizaki looked at her husband with a sign of worry before turning to a corner of the room and spoke "Shirayuki" she will do anything to assist her husband, even if it means doing some dirty work. After all the world isn't sunshine and rainbows, the world is cruel and wicked and as such they have to adapt.
"Hai Fumizaki-sama" the form of the stealthy Anaty had come out of the shadows.
She wore a completely black sleeveless hoodie that was zipped up, her pants were baggy but were also black to blend in with dark environments making her missions easier. She wore a black mask that covered her mouth allowing no one to see her feature's completely, her hair was a pure white almost snow like. The most noticeable things however were her ears, on top was a pair of animal ears signifying her ancient race.
The wife of Wei turned to her bodyguard "I have two tasks for you. One is you will be placed in Rhodes Island and will act as the Doctor's bodyguard" she had stated with certainty and a hint of seriousness in her voice, before her subordinate can retort she made the second task known. "For the Second task, gather as much information on this 'Misriah Armory'."
And like that the female ninja nodded "understood" she gave her mistress a bow before suddenly disappearing into the shadows, going on to complete her task given by the woman.
"While now the investigation of the company may prove insight, I am concerned about what happened two days prior..." the man took another puff of his smoking pipe, he then used his free hand to bring up folded newspaper before placing it on the desk for everyone to see. His eyes were dead serious as he looked at his niece.
On the paper was the news about a recent event.
[SHOCKING DISCOVERY! 2 STATE PRISONS HIJACKED; PRISONERS FREEDOM ARRIVES!]
Yes, two State prisons have been hijacked, what's worse? They're Lungmen State Prisons. All the prisoners that the LGD have apprehended, wanted Criminals and others that wish harm on innocents, were released and are now somewhere out there. Majority of them were infected, and have no doubt heard about Reunion.
Which means going by that logic, Reunion has just gotten a huge number of new recruits. Something that may in fact be troublesome in the long run.
And that the pharmaceutical company's claim about Lungmen becoming a second Chernobog may have some merit with what happened, but Reunion is nothing more than a group of militias so nothing the LGD couldn't handle. Even if they were to somehow find a way to actually be a real threat.
But that left a bitter taste in Ch'en's mouth, with the prisoners escaping means that the LGDs hard work all these years just went down the drain. And a few of the prisoners were dangerous and wanted criminals too.
"We can discuss this another time, if we are permitted, for now I want you to return to the mission and get that girl." Wei had stated with a tone of seriousness, not wanting to delay anything any longer. He looked at his niece with a glint in his eyes, seemingly determined to have that girl within his hands.
"Understood, I am on my way" she turned and walked away, desiring to regroup with her partner and the units assigned to this mission to get that girl.
"And Ch'en, do not let your emotions cloud your judgement" was all Wei Yenwu had said before sitting down and puffing a smoke from his pipe. Not bothering to see or hear the reaction of the LGD officer.
She paused at those words, and she knew what he meant, she gripped her hands tightly before walking off and joining her colleagues in the search for the young girl.
~Slums, Misha~
Young Misha was currently being escorted.
Apparently, these people were members of Reunion, some group of Resistance and were also infected. The group she was with part of the Reunion freedom fighters, but they were strange. They weren't infected yet they fought for them, they were completely different than the other people she has met.
One such individual was the woman leading them.
The woman leading the group escorting her was wearing what seems to be a black bodysuit that fit her frame but covering the rest of the body were advanced looking armor pieces. They were brown in color and gave off either an orange or white glow from small lights covering the pieces. But what was even more noticeable was her helmet, it was blocky and angular, two dots similar to eyes were a yellow color, a flap on the top protruding outward and parts of the bottom jaw were colored white instead of brown.
When the Ursus girl asked who they were the brown armored woman answered by introducing herself as Connecticut or as she said CT. Her friends were with her, and they too fought for Reunion, but their presence was quite intimidating. They were all carrying guns, designs she has never seen before.
The stranger on her right was another armored person, also wearing armor but they looked less metal than the woman.
This person was male given how his muscles were shown, he wore what seems to be body armor that covered the chest and parts of the legs. His sleeves were gone showing the aforementioned muscles, his hands were covered by a pair of black hard gloves. His clothing under the armor was a camo pattern black and some hints of grey, his helmet was also unique as instead of two eyes like the woman it was a single silver glass like visor. His armor was jet black with hints of red going down the middle of the helmet and chest plate, on the left side of said chest plate was a symbol. A red colored fist inside of a circle, and on the other side a red 'X' shaped helix.
"Where are we going?" Misha asked them as they continued moving through the slums' alleyways. Not knowing where they were heading was putting the young girl on edge, they barely had talked either and it only increased the edge further.
"Don't worry little one, we're on our way to-hold on" spoke the leading woman as she was about to answer before motioning for everyone to stop, she put a hand to the side of her helmet as if she was listening to a conversation. Since she was the only one who was seemingly understanding she simply nodded, then after about 5 minutes she was finished.
"Listen Misha. We have some friends that are going to intercept some people that are looking for you, we're gonna have to hurry if we want to get you out of here before they do. These people claim to be helping the Infected but they're hypocrites... Killing Infected without giving them a chance to surrender." she kneeled in front of her and started to explain the situation.
"If you ever get lost and away from us, do NOT trust these people. They don't want to help people if they are capable of killing, the opposite of their supposed goal."
Hearing this the young bear girl would question about it "who are these people?"
"They call themselves... Rhodes Island..."
After hearing that the young female remembered meeting three people who belonged to Rhodes Island, they also stopped a person who hated Infected from attacking her and they were kind. Possibly the kindest she has ever met, especially that brown-haired, blue-eyed bunny girl, the one she mistook for a donkey if not for the clarification.
But that couldn't be right.
They would have surely forced her to join them, but they let her go because they were needed elsewhere...
Did they lie? Did they lie to her and were in fact bad guys? Or were Reunion the bad guys?
She didn't know...
But she was brought out of her thinking and could see that the two people that were escorting her were leaving, wanting to know where they were going, she was about to ask when suddenly CT answered for her, like she was able to read her thoughts.
"The two of them are gonna slow down Rhodes Island, but we need to move now Misha" she looked down at the young girl before grabbing her hand and pulling her softly, not wanting to let the other group get their hands on Misha. The LGD were anything but good, this world is cruel, but it was Humanity that created this cruelty in the first place.
After all...
In Lungmen it's just business...
~Slums, Alpha Team~
The large group were currently in a fight with Reunion.
A stray Caster bolt had zoomed past Earthspirit. She was next to the Defender Dur-Nar as she fired some bolts back at the enemy, striking a couple as they slowed by a small amount when they moved allowing for Meteor to eliminate the threats but due to the enemies own heavy units blocking the attacks it as proving to be difficult.
Kat fired off her pistol and managed to strike two Casters in the head before the enemy ranged units focused onto her position, she took cover, but a crossbow bolt had grazed her arm making her shields flare up and giving a soft and steady beeping sound. She reloaded her pistol before speaking to the others.
"We must be close if Reunion is attacking us out of the blue, no doubt that they have already reached to Misha" she peeked around the corner and fired off her sidearm and striking at an enemy, killing the Caster the fell back with a pained but quick scream as the bullet had pierced the mask into the forehead destroying the brain.
"Nice shot!" Doctor Howard exclaimed before moving behind Liskarm, they were slowly moving forward making little progress, but the enemy were proving to be a challenge. They were more coordinated, and they seemed to not falter when one of their members die, in fact it only increased their ferocity.
Grani pointed this out "they're more tactical and seemed to have improved since Chernobog, they must have gained some form of training" she heard from the people who got the Doctor that Reunion were more or less a ragtag group of militias that were hellbent on causing as much chaos as possible. Yet those claims are being disproven in the current situation.
Hearing that Liskarm spoke "they are not wavering either, their numbers are dropping but they don't seem to care, just goes to show how fanatical they are." she winced as she felt a bolt hit her shield and dissipate, but she felt it through it and it was a bit painful. Thankfully Perfumer was able to heal any wounds as she was behind the group with Shining.
The enemies' numbers are dwindling, just enough for their melee fighters to finish them off. And seeing this Doctor Howard gave the order to their Guards.
"Emile, Franka, Grani and Plume! Attack them and end this now!"
Hearing that the four nodded and the smallest of them, Grani, rushed forward to Reunion's position, her blade gave off a glow as she jumped up over the barrier that they put up and landed on top of a Caster, she turned to the right and spotted one of the Snipers before she spun and kicked him away.
Plume followed her as she blocked a blade coming towards Grani and pushed back the attacker, seeing the weapon belonged to an enemy Guard who slashed again in the attempt of ending her life. However, Plume retaliated quickly by parrying the blade once again and used the other end of her spear to knock the enemy back.
Franka seeing an enemy Defender wearing heavy armor approaching the two she quickly brought out her sword that used Thermite to cleave through the defenses, cutting it deeply and breaking some of the armor pieces off. She then used quick slashes and jabs at the exposed parts, cutting the enemy more and seemingly enraging him.
Emile seeing an enemy retreat would use the Defender to jump off of and allowing Franka to finish him, when he landed, he rolled onto the ground and pulled out his Kukri knife before using his strength throw it at the retreating enemy, killing him as he let out a scream before falling silent.
Smirking under his helmet the Spartan-III walked over to the corpse before pulling it out, he scratched it against his armor as if wiping the blood away, after doing that he sheathed it back into its position and turned. "Clear!" he announced as the enemy were completely dead.
The large group of Operators regrouped with each other and examined the bodies, they were the basic and standard Reunion troops, except they seemed to be slightly more trained as evident by the scars that seemed to have faded recently. Almost as if they were put through the wringer and came out better than normal.
"Anything?" Kat questioned as she looked around, the others knew what she meant but they all shook their heads. "Damn it, it looks like Reunion's getting better at covering their tracks..."
Everyone else nodded, agreeing with what she said. It seems Reunion have decided to not risk having their phones be hacked anymore and now probably the Leadership and officers are the only ones who have access to that. Unfortunately, the group they fought were just grunts, nothing more than the standard fighter.
"Now let's get a move on before we-" Amiya started as she wanted to get to Misha as quick as possible, but suddenly she was stopped when an explosion occurred.
*BOOM*
Emile and Kat were the only two that seemed to have been less affected as their shields beeped rapidly, but their protective barrier was still damaged and even broken, so now they had to find out what had happened and make sure everyone was okay.
"Damn... You missed!"
"Hmm"
The two Spartans froze in their spots, feeling a wave of coldness suddenly washing over them. Those voices were familiar, but it shouldn't be possible, these voices were enough to cause the super soldiers to become more alert and serious. "It can't be..." Kat muttered low enough as she and Emile looked through the smoke cloud.
When it dissipated, they could see two very familiar figures, the forms of individuals that Noble Team have fought time and time again when Thom was Noble Six.
"Surprised bitch?" the female of the two figures was wearing an ODST BDU, but they were colored black and had a red stripe down the middle of the helmet and chest, on the side of the chest armor was the symbol of a kiss mark.
The other one was a male wearing also similar armor and helmet, that of an ODST. Except his sleeves were missing and it exposed his muscles that seemed to be large.
"Remember us?"
Of course, they remember, how can they not?
The Insurrectionists.
This has been Cross posted from Archive of Our Own, AO3. Check the name FantasyRanger1234, that is where it'll be posted first.
