Terms of Life, Terms of Death
An Oni Fic by: Shamgi
Chapter 3: Attack
*Words here*- Thoughts
+Words Here+ - electronics (Radio, T.V., etc.)
# # # - Flashback
In the headquarters of the TCTF, chaos was the ruling the building. Out of nowhere, dozens of hotspots with Syndicate troops had broke out all over the city, seemly at random. The many intelligence officers that worked at the HQ were trying to find a pattern behind the attacks, but so far had been unsuccessful. Through the chaos, one man sat at his desk, silently using his computer. No one paid him any attention, he was known to be able to keep his cool in the worst situations, and he was doing just what he was supposed to. That was, of course, exactly what he wanted people to believe. His job was to check to see if the targets had any relevance to each other. He was already aware that they didn't. He in fact believed the Syndicate troops had used darts to pick targets. That was just the distraction. He knew something was going to happen, he just didn't know what. An idea hit him, and he switched his screen to another display. It showed a 3-D map of the 5 blocks surrounding the building, and his suspicion was valid, in the last hour, over a dozen vans had appeared in various locations, none of which belonged. A scan of one of the vans gave some surprising news, the van contained both Muro and Konoko, the 2 most wanted criminals in the country. *Someone should report this.* He deleted the info from not just his computer, but every computer in the building. *To bad it won't happen. You will pay for your crimes Griffin.* He went back to his regular work, waiting for the assault he knew was imminent.
* * * * *
Muro drove the van to the back of the building, making sure to avoid any contact with people. Syndicate ninjas had made sure to clean the road of any bystanders, so they had no opposition during their ride. Muro parked, and they both sat down to waited for their chance to enter. It came in short order, as they both heard the sound of tires screeching, then gunfire and sounds of combat. They both got out of the van, then knocked on the back to signal to the group that it was time to go. Ninjas and Furies emerged from the back of the van, the latter wearing equipment for climbing. Both Muro and she were handed similar equipment, but the ninjas wore none. Konoko figured out why shortly, as the ninja climbed up the flat wall as if were nothing. They climbed like spiders, and were out of sight in seconds. A few minutes later, several ropes were dropped down to them, and they made the climb themselves, albeit slower. Once they were on the roof, they had the manner of security to deal with. After the assault the Syndicate had launched on the TCTF HQ., the roof had been left completely undefended by the prior means, so with Konoko's info, they knew that it would be guarded by 4 TCTF Tactical on the outside, two armed with Mercury bows, two unarmed. On the inside would be 6 guards, 2 teams of a TCTF Tactical and Black Ops Tactical, each in the rooms to the right and left of Griffins office, and 2 TCTF SWAT, who were up here to increase security. They would work from the outside in, trying to keep quiet. The ninja's and Muro would handle the outside guards, then Konoko and the furies would take the inside group. The three ninja quickly disappeared to the areas their targets were, Konoko was in a vantage point to watch Muro get his target. She watched as he quietly slipped into the shadows nears his intended victims route, and disappeared from view. Konoko couldn't see him even though she knew where he was, so she knew the Trooper didn't see him, even though he looked right at him. When the trooper turned around, Muro acted. Like lighting, Muro slid into the guard's right. Before the guard even registered that there was someone behind him, his feet were swept out from under him by Muro left leg. As he fell backwards, his back met with Muro's swiftly rising knee. Even from how far she was away, Konoko heard several cracks that made it obvious that the man's back was broken. Muro brought his hand down on the guard's neck. One final crack was heard, then it was silent. Muro let the man's body slide off his knee, where it fell to a crumpled heap. Muro left the body, not worrying about the other guards finding it. He returned, and they waited for the ninja's to finish their jobs. The ninja's were back in short order, and two were carrying Mercury Bows. They handed the bows over to Konoko and Muro, and each checked the ammo. Neither had been fired, and Konoko knew why, she had faced ninja's before. It was her turn now, and she watched and readied for her chance.
Mullen was bored out of his mind. A TCTF SWAT member, Mullen was huge, over seven feet tall. He weighed over 300 pounds, and it was all muscle. Mullen was the strongest TCTF officer alive. Well, almost. He had been beaten in strength tests last year by some girl named Konoko. She was a Black Ops agent, the best, actually, and Mullen held a grudge against her. The kind of grudge where he wouldn't mind if she showed up facedown in an alley, dead. *Why should I be beaten by a girl? And why should I be stuck up here when I could be fighting down there?* He had gotten news that there was a fight on the lower levels, and had instantly asked for the chance to go down. He had been denied. He was now sulking, wishing for a fight. In a minute, he would get a fight. The sound of glass breaking came from outside the room he was in, and he looked out where the sound had come from, then quickly jumped back inside. His partner, who had also been in a room talking with a scientist, was not so quick to hide. He took a mercury round to the chest, and was dead before he hit the ground, or wall, in this case. Mullen stood up, and peeked out the door to see where the shot had come from. Four women stood there, scanning the room. There he didn't know, but the fourth... Mullen's eyes turned to slits as he recognized that face. *Konoko. That's Konoko! She seems to be working for the Syndicate. Guess that means I'll have to administer some justice.* Mullen smiled as he thought of his definition of justice.
Konoko scanned the room. She had shot one of the SWAT members, who was now lying dead against the wall. She couldn't see the other, and suspected that he was hiding. Seemly from nowhere, he emerged from his hiding place, and ran right for the group. One of the women charged him, hoping to catch him off guard, but he simply grabbed her out of the run. Holding her by the head, Mullen used his incredible strength to hurl the girl across the room, right into a glass pane. The pane shattered, and the woman was thrown out the window and off the building, sending her falling to her death. HE stood there, smiling, he had enjoyed killing her. Konoko threw her gun to the one of the Furies, and have them there instructions. "Clear the rest of the floor, I'll handle him." Both Furies nodded dumbly, still shocked by the sudden death of their friend. They left, leaving Konoko and the SWAT member standing there, facing off. Konoko abruptly charged, making sure to watch for the grab he seemed to prefer. It came, and Konoko ducked, his hand went right over her head. Konoko shifted a little left, then stood back up, his arm draped over her shoulder. She grabbed it, and preformed a shoulder throw, sending the man flying forwards. He smacked into the ground, then stood up, unaffected. He took the initiative this time, charging her headlong. She jumped forward and kicked him in the face, sending him to the floor again. He again stood up, still unaffected. She repeated this for several more minutes, knocking him down and watching him stand back up with no sign of damage. *He's trying to wear me out, and he can do it if I just keep smacking him around like this. I need some help!* As if by answer, the earlier discarded Mercury Bow slid to her feet. She picked it up, then took a shot at the guard. It hit right between the eyes, knocking the guard back to the wall, to drop next to his partner. Konoko stood there, daring the man to stand, then relaxed when he didn't. She turned to leave, then heard a grunt. She spun around, to look straight at the fist of the guard. She flew backwards, and crashed into the wall. Pain arched through her back, and stars exploded in her vision. She managed to stand, and get back into a fighting position. A blow came, and Konoko was knocked back into the wall, but was held up. She was plummeted again and again, and finally, Konoko lost consciousness.
End Chapter 3
Authors Note- This took a long time to write for me, normally I could have this out in a weekend. I hope to work faster on this, since I know exactly where it's going.
An Oni Fic by: Shamgi
Chapter 3: Attack
*Words here*- Thoughts
+Words Here+ - electronics (Radio, T.V., etc.)
# # # - Flashback
In the headquarters of the TCTF, chaos was the ruling the building. Out of nowhere, dozens of hotspots with Syndicate troops had broke out all over the city, seemly at random. The many intelligence officers that worked at the HQ were trying to find a pattern behind the attacks, but so far had been unsuccessful. Through the chaos, one man sat at his desk, silently using his computer. No one paid him any attention, he was known to be able to keep his cool in the worst situations, and he was doing just what he was supposed to. That was, of course, exactly what he wanted people to believe. His job was to check to see if the targets had any relevance to each other. He was already aware that they didn't. He in fact believed the Syndicate troops had used darts to pick targets. That was just the distraction. He knew something was going to happen, he just didn't know what. An idea hit him, and he switched his screen to another display. It showed a 3-D map of the 5 blocks surrounding the building, and his suspicion was valid, in the last hour, over a dozen vans had appeared in various locations, none of which belonged. A scan of one of the vans gave some surprising news, the van contained both Muro and Konoko, the 2 most wanted criminals in the country. *Someone should report this.* He deleted the info from not just his computer, but every computer in the building. *To bad it won't happen. You will pay for your crimes Griffin.* He went back to his regular work, waiting for the assault he knew was imminent.
* * * * *
Muro drove the van to the back of the building, making sure to avoid any contact with people. Syndicate ninjas had made sure to clean the road of any bystanders, so they had no opposition during their ride. Muro parked, and they both sat down to waited for their chance to enter. It came in short order, as they both heard the sound of tires screeching, then gunfire and sounds of combat. They both got out of the van, then knocked on the back to signal to the group that it was time to go. Ninjas and Furies emerged from the back of the van, the latter wearing equipment for climbing. Both Muro and she were handed similar equipment, but the ninjas wore none. Konoko figured out why shortly, as the ninja climbed up the flat wall as if were nothing. They climbed like spiders, and were out of sight in seconds. A few minutes later, several ropes were dropped down to them, and they made the climb themselves, albeit slower. Once they were on the roof, they had the manner of security to deal with. After the assault the Syndicate had launched on the TCTF HQ., the roof had been left completely undefended by the prior means, so with Konoko's info, they knew that it would be guarded by 4 TCTF Tactical on the outside, two armed with Mercury bows, two unarmed. On the inside would be 6 guards, 2 teams of a TCTF Tactical and Black Ops Tactical, each in the rooms to the right and left of Griffins office, and 2 TCTF SWAT, who were up here to increase security. They would work from the outside in, trying to keep quiet. The ninja's and Muro would handle the outside guards, then Konoko and the furies would take the inside group. The three ninja quickly disappeared to the areas their targets were, Konoko was in a vantage point to watch Muro get his target. She watched as he quietly slipped into the shadows nears his intended victims route, and disappeared from view. Konoko couldn't see him even though she knew where he was, so she knew the Trooper didn't see him, even though he looked right at him. When the trooper turned around, Muro acted. Like lighting, Muro slid into the guard's right. Before the guard even registered that there was someone behind him, his feet were swept out from under him by Muro left leg. As he fell backwards, his back met with Muro's swiftly rising knee. Even from how far she was away, Konoko heard several cracks that made it obvious that the man's back was broken. Muro brought his hand down on the guard's neck. One final crack was heard, then it was silent. Muro let the man's body slide off his knee, where it fell to a crumpled heap. Muro left the body, not worrying about the other guards finding it. He returned, and they waited for the ninja's to finish their jobs. The ninja's were back in short order, and two were carrying Mercury Bows. They handed the bows over to Konoko and Muro, and each checked the ammo. Neither had been fired, and Konoko knew why, she had faced ninja's before. It was her turn now, and she watched and readied for her chance.
Mullen was bored out of his mind. A TCTF SWAT member, Mullen was huge, over seven feet tall. He weighed over 300 pounds, and it was all muscle. Mullen was the strongest TCTF officer alive. Well, almost. He had been beaten in strength tests last year by some girl named Konoko. She was a Black Ops agent, the best, actually, and Mullen held a grudge against her. The kind of grudge where he wouldn't mind if she showed up facedown in an alley, dead. *Why should I be beaten by a girl? And why should I be stuck up here when I could be fighting down there?* He had gotten news that there was a fight on the lower levels, and had instantly asked for the chance to go down. He had been denied. He was now sulking, wishing for a fight. In a minute, he would get a fight. The sound of glass breaking came from outside the room he was in, and he looked out where the sound had come from, then quickly jumped back inside. His partner, who had also been in a room talking with a scientist, was not so quick to hide. He took a mercury round to the chest, and was dead before he hit the ground, or wall, in this case. Mullen stood up, and peeked out the door to see where the shot had come from. Four women stood there, scanning the room. There he didn't know, but the fourth... Mullen's eyes turned to slits as he recognized that face. *Konoko. That's Konoko! She seems to be working for the Syndicate. Guess that means I'll have to administer some justice.* Mullen smiled as he thought of his definition of justice.
Konoko scanned the room. She had shot one of the SWAT members, who was now lying dead against the wall. She couldn't see the other, and suspected that he was hiding. Seemly from nowhere, he emerged from his hiding place, and ran right for the group. One of the women charged him, hoping to catch him off guard, but he simply grabbed her out of the run. Holding her by the head, Mullen used his incredible strength to hurl the girl across the room, right into a glass pane. The pane shattered, and the woman was thrown out the window and off the building, sending her falling to her death. HE stood there, smiling, he had enjoyed killing her. Konoko threw her gun to the one of the Furies, and have them there instructions. "Clear the rest of the floor, I'll handle him." Both Furies nodded dumbly, still shocked by the sudden death of their friend. They left, leaving Konoko and the SWAT member standing there, facing off. Konoko abruptly charged, making sure to watch for the grab he seemed to prefer. It came, and Konoko ducked, his hand went right over her head. Konoko shifted a little left, then stood back up, his arm draped over her shoulder. She grabbed it, and preformed a shoulder throw, sending the man flying forwards. He smacked into the ground, then stood up, unaffected. He took the initiative this time, charging her headlong. She jumped forward and kicked him in the face, sending him to the floor again. He again stood up, still unaffected. She repeated this for several more minutes, knocking him down and watching him stand back up with no sign of damage. *He's trying to wear me out, and he can do it if I just keep smacking him around like this. I need some help!* As if by answer, the earlier discarded Mercury Bow slid to her feet. She picked it up, then took a shot at the guard. It hit right between the eyes, knocking the guard back to the wall, to drop next to his partner. Konoko stood there, daring the man to stand, then relaxed when he didn't. She turned to leave, then heard a grunt. She spun around, to look straight at the fist of the guard. She flew backwards, and crashed into the wall. Pain arched through her back, and stars exploded in her vision. She managed to stand, and get back into a fighting position. A blow came, and Konoko was knocked back into the wall, but was held up. She was plummeted again and again, and finally, Konoko lost consciousness.
End Chapter 3
Authors Note- This took a long time to write for me, normally I could have this out in a weekend. I hope to work faster on this, since I know exactly where it's going.