"A fragrance of a rose is beautiful at dawn, but sleeps through the
whispering songs of dusk." A sleepless yawn came over the young teenage
girl as she stood up and stretch her aching muscles.
"I think this is enough for today." The red banged girl saved her document in her laptop and went into the hallway at her friend's loft. Then suddenly, without a noticed, she was tackled down on the dark carpet floor.
"Gotcha!" A chuckle came upon a dark red haired teen.
"Didn't see me huh, Kigen." He stood up and extended his hand towards her.
"You idiot! You could've killed us if you tackled me towards the wall." She snarled as her right hand grabbed the other teen's hand.
He looked down to his wristwatch and said, "It's one O'clock in the morning and your still working on your poems?"
Kigen shoved the teen as she went to the bathroom and switched on the lights.
"You shouldn't be awake, Maverick and Cypher's asleep and you're making a lot of noise at one O'clock in the morning... And shouldn't you be asleep as they are?" Kigen picked up her brush and rinsed it with the some water.
"Yea... Your point is? I couldn't sleep so I went into the living room and watched some music vids and when I heard you come out of your room, I just wanted to say hi..." He went on and on about why he was up as Kigen put some toothpaste on her brush and placed it into her mouth.
"Akuma, go to bed." She started to brush her teeth as the dark red haired boy started to stretch.
"Why should I Kigen? You're not my mother." He started to smirk as he sat on the top of the bathroom counter.
"I know that I am not your mother. But since I am the only girl... In this loft, I demand you to go to bed." A crooked smile came upon her as she spat the paste out from her mouth and rinsed the stuff that was still in her mouth with some water.
"Demand me? You GOT to be kidding me, Kige?!" A chuckle came out of his mouth.
"HEY KEEP IT DOWN! WE'RE TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!" A tried voice was heard from the hallway as Akuma placed his hand on his mouth to shut himself up.
"Your such a loud mouth, Akuma. No wonder people are scared of you..." Kigen cleaned her brush and placed it aside as she walked towards her bedroom.
"I AM NOT A LOUD MOUTH!" Again, her placed his hands ontop of his mouth to shut himself up once more. Another teenage boy with not so short, messed up spikes for his hair came out of his room with an irritant that he needs to kill.
"Akuma..." The boy closed his eyes shut as he started to snarl.
"How many times do I have to tell you to... SHUT YOUR STICKEN MOUTH BEFORE I STAPLE IT SHUT!!" Another door opened up as another boy came out of his room from all the noise.
"What 's goin' on here?" The boy yawned as he scratched his brown bed head hair.
"Oh Cypher, please go to sleep, Akuma and Maverick has a little problem to take care of." Kigen smiled as Cypher went back into his room.
"And for you two, GO - TO - BED!" Kigen gave both of them an evil death glare as the two went into their rooms.
She gave a sigh of relief and said, "It's a good thing that I'm a girl who knows how to kick some teenage boys asses." She smiled as she turned off the hallway light and closed her bedroom door as she went off to bed.
As the morning rose above the earth, the loft was again bursting with energy. "AKUMA! WAIT UNTIL I GET MY SHOTGUN!" The irritated Maverick chased the dark haired boy from out of the loft and onto the backyard.
"GEEZE! I'M SORRY FOR PUTTING TRANTULAS IN YOUR BREAKFAST!" With quick reflexes, Akuma jumped onto a tree limb, twelve feet off the ground.
"You weakling! You can't even face me!" Maverick stopped himself and looked up to see Akuma sticking his tongue at him. With sure anger, he gave the thick old tree a roundhouse kick. The tree shook as Akuma held onto the limb he was sitting on. As maverick stepped back a bit, a loud noise was heard as Akuma noticed that the tree was breaking from Maverick's kick. Akuma yelped as he jumped off the tree limb and right in front of the spiky haired boy. The grinning teen was about to force his knuckles into Akuma's face but was suddenly stopped by Cypher's interference.
"Don't want to ruin your fun, Maverick. But Kigen's a bit..." Cypher started to point at the door as the three saw Kigen with a shotgun. With a sequence of gulps, the three went back into the house and finished their breakfast. Kigen made Cypher sit between the two squabbling boys as Kigen sat across them.
"Awwww. Why do I have to sit between them?" Cypher whimpered, knowing that sooner or later, the two would be at it once more.
"Do you want me to sit there?" Kigen stood up and the two switched seats. Meanwhile, Maverick and Akuma gave each other glares and what not as they shoved their breakfast into their mouths. As they all finished their breakfast, Cypher's laptop rang.
"YES! We have a mission to go to!" Cypher placed his dishes into the sink as he ran into his room to get his laptop.
"Cool! Now I could have some real fun." Akuma smirked as he started to devise a plan to make some people feel his wrath. Kigen walked towards the sink and started to rinse the leftover breakfast off the dishes. As maverick ate the last piece of egg that was on his plate, he looked at Kigen with compassion as he went behind her and smiled.
"Ya need any help?" He placed his plate into the sink and picked up a scrubber.
"You may, but when we're at the mission, don't you and Akuma start anything." She gave Maverick a plate as the two started to clean up. Cypher ran back with sheets of papers and with a big smile on his face.
"We got a infiltration mission!" Cypher placed the sheets of papers on the dinning table and pointed the first page.
"It's a military army base, a few miles away from the edge of this state. We have to sneak in, without a bunch of military personnel's, meaning fifty dozen of them, catching us in the act. Then when we get to the main computer room, we have to find a file that's called Ryu Newa..." Cypher passed out the coordinates and map of the base.
"Hey. Doesn't Ryu Newa mean... Dragon Garden?" Akuma pondered.
"Hai, that's the Japanese term." Kigen studied the map and coordinates.
"As I was saying. Ryu Newa is encrypted with a code, so whose got the guts to take that part of the mission?" Cypher looked at the rest of his team.
"I guess I could go..." Maverick looked down and started to stretch his arms.
"Ok, now who will be his backup, to let him know if anyone is coming?" Cypher asked.
"I will!" Akuma grinned as he looked at Maverick with an evil thought in mind.
"Nope. I don't trust you Akuma. With that evil glare of yours, you stay put with Kigen, at the military arms hangar. While I go with Maverick." Cypher crossed his arms as he became more serious with the debriefing.
"All right. I guess I will have my day with you later, Mav." He took the sheets of paper that he had been given to and vanishes into the hallway with nothing else to say.
"Does he have some PMSin' goin' on?" Cypher sighed as he went on.
"Well do you have anything to say before we commence with the mission?" Kigen raised her hand. "Um... When do we get out things ready?"
"Well. Since the higher order wants us to be there before sixteen hundred hours... I guess we get ready by fourteen hundred hours. Do you guys agree?" Maverick and Kigen nodded as they went off to do whatever they wanted to, within the three hours that they have.
"So. What do you plan to do when we reached the base, Maverick?" Kigen looked at him.
"Well. Let's see... Get through the base without the guards finding out... Get the file... Plant a virus and bomb into the main computer to go off in 5 minutes after I placed the commence module... And probably we all go to the bar and have a couple of drinks while were at it." Maverick smiled as he gave a thumb up, after putting his shades on.
"Geese! Why can't they let me have some fun with Maverick? I wont harm him... That much." Akuma sighed as he laid down on his bed.
"It's just some simple minded harm... Nothing bad will happen to him." He turned around to face his laptop. He waited for it to download some songs and anime that he liked.
"I guess I should listen to some of my burnt CD's till these things are done downloading into my laptop." Akuma grabbed his CD player off the counter and placed the headphones on his ears.
"Hmm..." Cypher closed his eyes as he concentrated on his martial arts. He crouched slowly as he steadied his breathing. He cleared his mind as he raised his right hand up and lowered the other hand towards the ground. He then moved both hands to a huge circular motion as he took a deep breathe. With a fast and powerful force, he opened his eyes then ran towards a cut trunk and used his left elbow to hit the base of the trunk. After staying in the position he had hit the trunk, he stood up and walked towards a bench to grab his towel to wipe the sweat off his face. As he grabbed the towel, the trunk broke into two pieces. "..." He looked down at his belly as it grumbled out loud.
"Heh heh... I guess working a lot really does it to me." He then went out of the personal gym room and into the kitchen to get a light snack (which would be two family sized sushi platter).
As they got ready for their mission, they packed on holsters for their guns and some electrical appliances for the nigh. Kigen put on her gloves and trench coat to hide her favorite rifle, Maverick as well as the other two, had also placed their trench coats on to hide their ammunitions.
"Does everyone have their communicators on?" Kigen asked as she placed her headset on. The rest nodded as they got into the black Jeep. Akuma turned the engine on as he pressed the accelerator and made the thing roar like thunder. They then sped off to the location of the base. "Does everyone remember what they have to do?" Cypher got out his gun as they reached a plain of grass that was near to the base. "Hai." The three assured their fellow teammate. They got out of the car and slowly made their way to the secluded base. As they crept closer, they made sure that they didn't make any noise that would alarm the guards that walked around the surroundings. Cypher cued Kigen to go on ahead and to disarm the guards that were standing in their way.
Kigen walked to the guards in a shy timid manner. "Ahem... Excuse me. I'm lost, can you three help me find a way back to the nearest town?" Kigen smiled as she walked closer to one of the guards.
"Mam? How did you get in?" One of the other guards jabbed his elbow into the other rib.
"Don't mind him Miss. Of course we'll help you." He smiled.
"Oh you will?!" Kigen clamped both of her hands together and she acted as if she cared.
"But first... Can one of you kiss my cut on my right leg? It's really bothering me." She moves her coat to show them a cut that she had made before she got there. She tried not to show her ammunition as the three guards looked down and then looked at each other. The three played a short game until one of them won.
"The guard who won had a big smile and bent over. Kigen grinned as she moved in fast to grab his head and slammed it into her knee. The guard fell down as the two looked at her.
"What the hell?!" One of them tried to grab his gun but Kigen ran up to him and twisted his neck, killing him in an instant.. The last guard tried to run away but Kigen took out her sniper gun and shot him in the head.
"This was too easy." She put her gun away and motioned the rest to come.
"Had fun?" Akuma looked at the guy she had shot in the head.
"Yep" She grinned as she kicked the guy she kneed.
"Ok. Let's get goin' to the hangar." Kigen and Akuma got into their guard suits. Kigen then hid the corpses in a near by shed as she caught up to the team. As the team got to the hangar, the guards that were watching the hangar left so Maverick and Cypher went ahead first while Akuma and Kigen went after. Maverick opened the security box and disarmed it. It them opened the door to the hangar. The two went in while Akuma closed the door as he and Kigen watched their fellow comrades for any danger coming their way. Maverick and Cypher then put on their infer-red glasses and ran towards the main computer room while pulling out their guns.
As they reached the room, it was a piece of cake from here on. Cypher stayed at the door while Maverick ran up to the computer and placed a mini disk into its drive. Her then typed his way into the file but found out that he had to find its password. Maverick grinned as he took out his trusty small laptop and connected it to the main computer. He then pressed some buttons and his laptop then overloaded the accessing part. It then opened the file; Maverick then downloaded it into the disk. As he took out the disk, he then pressed another button on his laptop to open a virus that will decimate the while drive of the main computer as well as transporting another virus that will make the computer as well as anything that is connected to the computer to explode, creating a chain reaction to all of the computer in that base. He then disconnected his laptop and the put it away. "We got five minutes to get out of this base before it blows!" Maverick runs out of the room as Cypher ran behind him.
Meanwhile...
"How the hell did they know that we where here?!!" Kigen's back was up against Akuma's as guards that were firing back at them surrounded them.
"I don't know but the two should hurry up before we all go up in smoke!" Akuma grunted as he got shot in the thigh.
"Akuma is everything alright there? We heard some gunfire in the hangar?" Cypher used his communicator to notify that they're done with their part of the mission. "Yea I think so... IF YOU WERE SHOT IN THE LEG!" Akuma threw his empty gun down and reached for another as his tight started to bleed a bit more from the pressure he was putting on it.
"How'd they find out that WE WERE HERE?" Cypher pondered to himself as both himself and Maverick hurried up to help aid their friends.
"Get your Asses here now! We need your help with this situation!!" Kigen commanded as she ran up to a guard and stabbed him in the heart.
"WE ARE!" Maverick and Cypher picked up their pace as they got to the exit, with their guns in their hands.
"Two more minutes till it explodes!" Maverick kicked the door open and hid behind the wall as gunfire was shooting into their only exit. Cypher then poked his head out and started to shoot at the rest of the guards.
"Kigen, Akuma start to get out of the base! NOW!" Maverick informed them as he seen the two run away. He looked at his watch and saw that they only had seconds till the whole thing blows, with very little time to think of a plan, he threw a grenade at the ground and grabbed Cypher's hand as the two ran; a huge explosion from the grenade followed as it made the two jump out of their own footsteps. The whole ground rumbled from the blast as the two quickly went on their foot and started to run again. "Five... Four... Three... Two..." Maverick looked at his watch as they all reached the car, then suddenly a huge explosion was seen behind the shrouds and trees followed by a huge mushroom cloud that had the tint of red from the fire burning in the base.
"Mission completed!" Akuma grinned as he looked at the fiery massacre that they made. The care then sped off so that they wouldn't get caught in the act.
"That was the best mission ever, despite me getting shot in the leg..." Akuma ripped his pants to see the extent of the injury from the bullet that was impaled into his muscle.
"It's collateral." Cypher looked at it as he crossed his arms.
"Oh really?" Maverick grinned as he put some pressure to the wound. Akuma yelped and growled at Maverick who just simply gave him a smiled and went off to his room.
"You two are simply hopeless at times." Cypher sighed as he left Kigen with the first aid kit.
"At least the bullet didn't damage any nerves or better yet the thigh bone." Kigen opened the kit as she took out some surgical sutchers and a bottle of antiseptic.
"Hold still while I try to pin-point where the bullet is in your leg." Kigen then placed her fingers around the wound and without that much force to make her friend yelp, she felt her way to the bullet Akuma squinted his eyes as he tried not to budge or make any noise.
"Ah, it's not to far from the exit wound. Akuma can you lye face down on the couch while I get the bullet out of your leg?" Akuma gave out a big gulp as he did what he was told.
"Can I at least have something for the pain?" He started to sweat a bit.
"Morphine?" Kigen took out the bottle of morphine and a needle.
"Heh heh." He looked at the needle and smiled an unsure smile. Kigen then took out the cover of the needle and placed it into the bottles top.
"5CC of this would make you at ease for a while." Kigen then took out the air from the syringe. Akuma closed his eyes as she placed the needle into his arms vein and pushed the liquid into his bloodstream.
"This stuff is going to take affect any minute now." She waited for a while as she took out some gauze to wipe off any blood that would come out of him while she was doing the surgery.
"I see pink bunnies on the ceiling, Kigen." Akuma chuckled as the morphine started to kick in.
"That's nice to hear, Akuma. Now stay put ok?" Akuma nodded as she placed the tweezers into the exit wound and started to search for the bullet. Akuma simply giggles, as the pain didn't affect him. Maverick stretched his arms then noticed the commotion on the couch.
"OH GOD! Not the couch!" Maverick ran towards the two, but noticed that it was too late. Akuma's blood was already on the couch's pillows, while Kigen just looked at the red-banged boy. Maverick then sat down beside her, with disappointment on his eyes.
"Why didn't you do it at the Kitchen table?" He shook his head. "Well it was a bit late to bring him there since he was losing a lot of blood. Oh can you pass me the IV fluids in the cabinet as well as the tubes and butterfly needle for it. Oh and the stand for it as well." Kigen continued to work on Akuma leg as Maverick got up and grabbed the things that she needed. "Do you remember what to do for putting a butterfly needle into the arm?" She asked.
"Yes. Don't you remember that we took those classes together before we graduated the agency's school. Though we didn't have the same classes." He then placed it all together and placed the needle into Akuma's vein. The IV fluids then went into the tube while Maverick took out the air by a button on the tube. Kigen then finally found the bullet and took it out of Akuma's leg.
"That-felt-good-mama..." Akuma yawned as he went back to seep while drooling on the couches pillow. Maverick and Kigen looked at each other for a moment the laughed.
"So is Cypher asleep?" Kigen asked Maverick.
"I think. His room light is off so I'm guessing he is." Maverick started to yawn as well. "He's likes a big brother to us all huh?" Kigen wiped off the blood with the gauze and doused a cotton ball with some antiseptic and cleaned both wounds on Akuma's leg. Maverick then handed her the items needed to stitch the wounds together.
"So... When did they recruit you into the agency, Kigen?" He looked towards her.
"Um I'm guessing... Since I was born... How about you?" She then finished tying up one of the wounds on her friend's leg.
"Well come to think of it... When I was only five. And I met Cypher there too. He was the same age as me when he got recruited." He crossed his arms.
"I've known Akuma when I was three. That was the day I say one of the ladies who took care of me, bring him into the building. Her name was Ms. Lyeger, Selena Lyger. She was like a mother to me since I never met my real birth mother." She then went on to tying the last stitch together.
"My host mother was Ms. Natalie Grace, my real mother agreed to let me go into this agency and well... That was the last time seeing my mom and big brother... Hm... I wonder how they are doing this very day." He looked at the sleeping Akuma.
"We were so young when they brought us into this whole thing and yet, we don't mind the missions though it's dangerous and all." Kigen then placed a blanket on top of Akuma and cleaned up the mess that she had made.
"Here... Let me help you with that." Her then picked up the bloody gauzes and placed tem into the trashcan. When Kigen then placed her hands on the tweezers, Maverick unexpectedly placed his hand on hers. The two blushed as they retracted their hands to themselves.
"Heh heh I guess I'll be goin' to sleep now." Maverick laughed a bit as he vanished into the hallway.
"Goodnight." Kigen whispered as she directed her eyes towards the hallway. She then looked at the crimson red haired boy. "You are such a menace... But that's how you were when I met you ne?"
[FLASHBACK]
"Hey... HEY! Kigen! Look at this!" A little boy fitted with a pair of oversized clothing, came upon a five-year-old version of Kigen. With deep breaths from running all over a huge complex, looking for his best friend. He stops dead on his tracks, right in front of her and opens both hands.
"It appears to be a monarch butterfly, Akuma-saa." She moved her head closer. But before she could touch it, the little insect flew away. As it was in flight, a tiny laser pieces it through its right wing and sliced it in half. The two youngsters looked in horror as the butterfly spiraled down towards the ground.
"You two shouldn't show that kind of emotions in our agency... Should I transport you two into another section?" A tall man in a navy blue suit looked down at the two. The young ones shook their head as they looked at him with mixed emotions that weren't easily detected.
"Good... Now run along to the gym. Your next course is to use a sniper weapon to eliminate targets that you will be asked to destroy." He fixed his tie and walked away. He looked simply disgusted at the insert and stepped on it with no remorse as a soft chuckle came out of him. The two sighed as they walked towards the gym which was three levels up from the fifty-sixth level compound.
"Why is he so monotone and mean to us? We didn't do anything to him..." She looked at Akuma.
"He thinks of us as a pain in his butt, Kigen. He's the devil in disguise while we're him little shinigami's that terrorize this whole world." He crossed his arms behind his back and continued their journey to the gym.
Meanwhile during the time....
"Are we about ready to do Operation, Omega Delta Squadron?" A male voice spoke amongst the dark corridors of a darken room.
"Not yet... Our team is a bit... How should I say...? To inexperience at this time, sir." Another whispered amongst the gathering groups of people.
"When shall we do this?" A woman crossed her arms.
"In about ten years... Besides... We have enough time to do this... We're just waiting for the right time.
While at the Gym
"You two are late once again!" Mr. Zain snorted as the two youngsters ran towards their group that was already in their huddled formation.
"After class, I better see you two run three miles in the holographic chamber and three miles in the holographic chamber and three hours of weight lifting." He looked towards Akuma and Kigen. He started to clear up his throat and stood straight.
"How all of you know that we are training to use the sniper rifle today." He placed himself amongst the young group.
"I bet all of you are so anxious to touch one of these babies." He took out a rifle from the closet that held a bunch of them.
"You all know how to take care of this from your other classes so I am hoping to see your agility sharpen up when shooting a target that is far beyond any ordinary reach." He started to pass out the rifles.
"Ammunitions are there for you in the training facility... You better get your asses up there by five minutes or you owe me some time." He walked away, knowing that it's a 250 acre terrain..." Akuma got his gear ready and grabbed his rifle.
"I'm guessing it's goin' the be an animal or human being that is a sadistic killer." She walked down to the training room.
"Alright... Your target will be a holographic image of a human terrorist." The voice in the intercom exclaimed.
"They are all wearing formal wear. They seem holographic but they do fight back." The group of children went off to the facility. They went to their places as the count down commenced.
"Three-Two-One... You are ready to begin." From left to right, the little kids from all ages went behind the tree and on to the rooftops.
"Troop one, go to the top of the world plaza building on the left side of me." A six year old motioned the group that Kigen was in. Each day the two had to undergo these kinds of training module that their teachers had planned for them. And most of the kids would fail some missions or go to another level to start their training all over again.
~~Present Time: ~~
"Ahh... Those were the days... I wonder why we were the last two, but then again, we met Cypher and Maverick who are so close that they're stuck to the hips." She chuckled as she stood up and went into the hallway. She turned on the light switch for the living room and walked off. Detouring towards the bathrooms, she turned on the light switch and took out her toothbrush from its case. She doused its bristles under the cold sink water and applied some wintergreen Colgate onto it. She placed the bristled part of the toothbrush into her mouth and started to brush her teeth. Personal hygiene was key to not going to the dentist since their secret agents and that no one knows that their alive but their boss and some other people that took care of them when they were young. As she finished cleaning her brush and rinsing the entire gunk in her mouth, she then turned off the bathroom light and walked to her room. She started to stretch her arms while yawning as she entered her room. Kigen then undressed herself and put on her tank top and pajamas. The tired girl then hopped into her comfy bed and closed her eyes.
"Another day has turned into night and another unexpected tragedy has yet to come tomorrow." The red banged girl simply yawned once more as she dosed off into the dream world.
~~~END~~~
As night covered the planet earth, what lies next for the teens that ponder our imaginations? In the next chapter, "Silence of Dawn" The team has to do things a different way.
Kigen: What do you mean a "Different Way?!" *shocked*
Akuma: I think she means.... ARE WE GOING TO DIE?!?!?!?! *whines*
Maverick: *Looks at the two and scratches his head*
Cypher: this is too much...
We will soon find out the true- *coughs* boredom of nothing to do when they have no missions to go to...
All of them: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I'M JOKING! I think x.x'
"I think this is enough for today." The red banged girl saved her document in her laptop and went into the hallway at her friend's loft. Then suddenly, without a noticed, she was tackled down on the dark carpet floor.
"Gotcha!" A chuckle came upon a dark red haired teen.
"Didn't see me huh, Kigen." He stood up and extended his hand towards her.
"You idiot! You could've killed us if you tackled me towards the wall." She snarled as her right hand grabbed the other teen's hand.
He looked down to his wristwatch and said, "It's one O'clock in the morning and your still working on your poems?"
Kigen shoved the teen as she went to the bathroom and switched on the lights.
"You shouldn't be awake, Maverick and Cypher's asleep and you're making a lot of noise at one O'clock in the morning... And shouldn't you be asleep as they are?" Kigen picked up her brush and rinsed it with the some water.
"Yea... Your point is? I couldn't sleep so I went into the living room and watched some music vids and when I heard you come out of your room, I just wanted to say hi..." He went on and on about why he was up as Kigen put some toothpaste on her brush and placed it into her mouth.
"Akuma, go to bed." She started to brush her teeth as the dark red haired boy started to stretch.
"Why should I Kigen? You're not my mother." He started to smirk as he sat on the top of the bathroom counter.
"I know that I am not your mother. But since I am the only girl... In this loft, I demand you to go to bed." A crooked smile came upon her as she spat the paste out from her mouth and rinsed the stuff that was still in her mouth with some water.
"Demand me? You GOT to be kidding me, Kige?!" A chuckle came out of his mouth.
"HEY KEEP IT DOWN! WE'RE TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!" A tried voice was heard from the hallway as Akuma placed his hand on his mouth to shut himself up.
"Your such a loud mouth, Akuma. No wonder people are scared of you..." Kigen cleaned her brush and placed it aside as she walked towards her bedroom.
"I AM NOT A LOUD MOUTH!" Again, her placed his hands ontop of his mouth to shut himself up once more. Another teenage boy with not so short, messed up spikes for his hair came out of his room with an irritant that he needs to kill.
"Akuma..." The boy closed his eyes shut as he started to snarl.
"How many times do I have to tell you to... SHUT YOUR STICKEN MOUTH BEFORE I STAPLE IT SHUT!!" Another door opened up as another boy came out of his room from all the noise.
"What 's goin' on here?" The boy yawned as he scratched his brown bed head hair.
"Oh Cypher, please go to sleep, Akuma and Maverick has a little problem to take care of." Kigen smiled as Cypher went back into his room.
"And for you two, GO - TO - BED!" Kigen gave both of them an evil death glare as the two went into their rooms.
She gave a sigh of relief and said, "It's a good thing that I'm a girl who knows how to kick some teenage boys asses." She smiled as she turned off the hallway light and closed her bedroom door as she went off to bed.
As the morning rose above the earth, the loft was again bursting with energy. "AKUMA! WAIT UNTIL I GET MY SHOTGUN!" The irritated Maverick chased the dark haired boy from out of the loft and onto the backyard.
"GEEZE! I'M SORRY FOR PUTTING TRANTULAS IN YOUR BREAKFAST!" With quick reflexes, Akuma jumped onto a tree limb, twelve feet off the ground.
"You weakling! You can't even face me!" Maverick stopped himself and looked up to see Akuma sticking his tongue at him. With sure anger, he gave the thick old tree a roundhouse kick. The tree shook as Akuma held onto the limb he was sitting on. As maverick stepped back a bit, a loud noise was heard as Akuma noticed that the tree was breaking from Maverick's kick. Akuma yelped as he jumped off the tree limb and right in front of the spiky haired boy. The grinning teen was about to force his knuckles into Akuma's face but was suddenly stopped by Cypher's interference.
"Don't want to ruin your fun, Maverick. But Kigen's a bit..." Cypher started to point at the door as the three saw Kigen with a shotgun. With a sequence of gulps, the three went back into the house and finished their breakfast. Kigen made Cypher sit between the two squabbling boys as Kigen sat across them.
"Awwww. Why do I have to sit between them?" Cypher whimpered, knowing that sooner or later, the two would be at it once more.
"Do you want me to sit there?" Kigen stood up and the two switched seats. Meanwhile, Maverick and Akuma gave each other glares and what not as they shoved their breakfast into their mouths. As they all finished their breakfast, Cypher's laptop rang.
"YES! We have a mission to go to!" Cypher placed his dishes into the sink as he ran into his room to get his laptop.
"Cool! Now I could have some real fun." Akuma smirked as he started to devise a plan to make some people feel his wrath. Kigen walked towards the sink and started to rinse the leftover breakfast off the dishes. As maverick ate the last piece of egg that was on his plate, he looked at Kigen with compassion as he went behind her and smiled.
"Ya need any help?" He placed his plate into the sink and picked up a scrubber.
"You may, but when we're at the mission, don't you and Akuma start anything." She gave Maverick a plate as the two started to clean up. Cypher ran back with sheets of papers and with a big smile on his face.
"We got a infiltration mission!" Cypher placed the sheets of papers on the dinning table and pointed the first page.
"It's a military army base, a few miles away from the edge of this state. We have to sneak in, without a bunch of military personnel's, meaning fifty dozen of them, catching us in the act. Then when we get to the main computer room, we have to find a file that's called Ryu Newa..." Cypher passed out the coordinates and map of the base.
"Hey. Doesn't Ryu Newa mean... Dragon Garden?" Akuma pondered.
"Hai, that's the Japanese term." Kigen studied the map and coordinates.
"As I was saying. Ryu Newa is encrypted with a code, so whose got the guts to take that part of the mission?" Cypher looked at the rest of his team.
"I guess I could go..." Maverick looked down and started to stretch his arms.
"Ok, now who will be his backup, to let him know if anyone is coming?" Cypher asked.
"I will!" Akuma grinned as he looked at Maverick with an evil thought in mind.
"Nope. I don't trust you Akuma. With that evil glare of yours, you stay put with Kigen, at the military arms hangar. While I go with Maverick." Cypher crossed his arms as he became more serious with the debriefing.
"All right. I guess I will have my day with you later, Mav." He took the sheets of paper that he had been given to and vanishes into the hallway with nothing else to say.
"Does he have some PMSin' goin' on?" Cypher sighed as he went on.
"Well do you have anything to say before we commence with the mission?" Kigen raised her hand. "Um... When do we get out things ready?"
"Well. Since the higher order wants us to be there before sixteen hundred hours... I guess we get ready by fourteen hundred hours. Do you guys agree?" Maverick and Kigen nodded as they went off to do whatever they wanted to, within the three hours that they have.
"So. What do you plan to do when we reached the base, Maverick?" Kigen looked at him.
"Well. Let's see... Get through the base without the guards finding out... Get the file... Plant a virus and bomb into the main computer to go off in 5 minutes after I placed the commence module... And probably we all go to the bar and have a couple of drinks while were at it." Maverick smiled as he gave a thumb up, after putting his shades on.
"Geese! Why can't they let me have some fun with Maverick? I wont harm him... That much." Akuma sighed as he laid down on his bed.
"It's just some simple minded harm... Nothing bad will happen to him." He turned around to face his laptop. He waited for it to download some songs and anime that he liked.
"I guess I should listen to some of my burnt CD's till these things are done downloading into my laptop." Akuma grabbed his CD player off the counter and placed the headphones on his ears.
"Hmm..." Cypher closed his eyes as he concentrated on his martial arts. He crouched slowly as he steadied his breathing. He cleared his mind as he raised his right hand up and lowered the other hand towards the ground. He then moved both hands to a huge circular motion as he took a deep breathe. With a fast and powerful force, he opened his eyes then ran towards a cut trunk and used his left elbow to hit the base of the trunk. After staying in the position he had hit the trunk, he stood up and walked towards a bench to grab his towel to wipe the sweat off his face. As he grabbed the towel, the trunk broke into two pieces. "..." He looked down at his belly as it grumbled out loud.
"Heh heh... I guess working a lot really does it to me." He then went out of the personal gym room and into the kitchen to get a light snack (which would be two family sized sushi platter).
As they got ready for their mission, they packed on holsters for their guns and some electrical appliances for the nigh. Kigen put on her gloves and trench coat to hide her favorite rifle, Maverick as well as the other two, had also placed their trench coats on to hide their ammunitions.
"Does everyone have their communicators on?" Kigen asked as she placed her headset on. The rest nodded as they got into the black Jeep. Akuma turned the engine on as he pressed the accelerator and made the thing roar like thunder. They then sped off to the location of the base. "Does everyone remember what they have to do?" Cypher got out his gun as they reached a plain of grass that was near to the base. "Hai." The three assured their fellow teammate. They got out of the car and slowly made their way to the secluded base. As they crept closer, they made sure that they didn't make any noise that would alarm the guards that walked around the surroundings. Cypher cued Kigen to go on ahead and to disarm the guards that were standing in their way.
Kigen walked to the guards in a shy timid manner. "Ahem... Excuse me. I'm lost, can you three help me find a way back to the nearest town?" Kigen smiled as she walked closer to one of the guards.
"Mam? How did you get in?" One of the other guards jabbed his elbow into the other rib.
"Don't mind him Miss. Of course we'll help you." He smiled.
"Oh you will?!" Kigen clamped both of her hands together and she acted as if she cared.
"But first... Can one of you kiss my cut on my right leg? It's really bothering me." She moves her coat to show them a cut that she had made before she got there. She tried not to show her ammunition as the three guards looked down and then looked at each other. The three played a short game until one of them won.
"The guard who won had a big smile and bent over. Kigen grinned as she moved in fast to grab his head and slammed it into her knee. The guard fell down as the two looked at her.
"What the hell?!" One of them tried to grab his gun but Kigen ran up to him and twisted his neck, killing him in an instant.. The last guard tried to run away but Kigen took out her sniper gun and shot him in the head.
"This was too easy." She put her gun away and motioned the rest to come.
"Had fun?" Akuma looked at the guy she had shot in the head.
"Yep" She grinned as she kicked the guy she kneed.
"Ok. Let's get goin' to the hangar." Kigen and Akuma got into their guard suits. Kigen then hid the corpses in a near by shed as she caught up to the team. As the team got to the hangar, the guards that were watching the hangar left so Maverick and Cypher went ahead first while Akuma and Kigen went after. Maverick opened the security box and disarmed it. It them opened the door to the hangar. The two went in while Akuma closed the door as he and Kigen watched their fellow comrades for any danger coming their way. Maverick and Cypher then put on their infer-red glasses and ran towards the main computer room while pulling out their guns.
As they reached the room, it was a piece of cake from here on. Cypher stayed at the door while Maverick ran up to the computer and placed a mini disk into its drive. Her then typed his way into the file but found out that he had to find its password. Maverick grinned as he took out his trusty small laptop and connected it to the main computer. He then pressed some buttons and his laptop then overloaded the accessing part. It then opened the file; Maverick then downloaded it into the disk. As he took out the disk, he then pressed another button on his laptop to open a virus that will decimate the while drive of the main computer as well as transporting another virus that will make the computer as well as anything that is connected to the computer to explode, creating a chain reaction to all of the computer in that base. He then disconnected his laptop and the put it away. "We got five minutes to get out of this base before it blows!" Maverick runs out of the room as Cypher ran behind him.
Meanwhile...
"How the hell did they know that we where here?!!" Kigen's back was up against Akuma's as guards that were firing back at them surrounded them.
"I don't know but the two should hurry up before we all go up in smoke!" Akuma grunted as he got shot in the thigh.
"Akuma is everything alright there? We heard some gunfire in the hangar?" Cypher used his communicator to notify that they're done with their part of the mission. "Yea I think so... IF YOU WERE SHOT IN THE LEG!" Akuma threw his empty gun down and reached for another as his tight started to bleed a bit more from the pressure he was putting on it.
"How'd they find out that WE WERE HERE?" Cypher pondered to himself as both himself and Maverick hurried up to help aid their friends.
"Get your Asses here now! We need your help with this situation!!" Kigen commanded as she ran up to a guard and stabbed him in the heart.
"WE ARE!" Maverick and Cypher picked up their pace as they got to the exit, with their guns in their hands.
"Two more minutes till it explodes!" Maverick kicked the door open and hid behind the wall as gunfire was shooting into their only exit. Cypher then poked his head out and started to shoot at the rest of the guards.
"Kigen, Akuma start to get out of the base! NOW!" Maverick informed them as he seen the two run away. He looked at his watch and saw that they only had seconds till the whole thing blows, with very little time to think of a plan, he threw a grenade at the ground and grabbed Cypher's hand as the two ran; a huge explosion from the grenade followed as it made the two jump out of their own footsteps. The whole ground rumbled from the blast as the two quickly went on their foot and started to run again. "Five... Four... Three... Two..." Maverick looked at his watch as they all reached the car, then suddenly a huge explosion was seen behind the shrouds and trees followed by a huge mushroom cloud that had the tint of red from the fire burning in the base.
"Mission completed!" Akuma grinned as he looked at the fiery massacre that they made. The care then sped off so that they wouldn't get caught in the act.
"That was the best mission ever, despite me getting shot in the leg..." Akuma ripped his pants to see the extent of the injury from the bullet that was impaled into his muscle.
"It's collateral." Cypher looked at it as he crossed his arms.
"Oh really?" Maverick grinned as he put some pressure to the wound. Akuma yelped and growled at Maverick who just simply gave him a smiled and went off to his room.
"You two are simply hopeless at times." Cypher sighed as he left Kigen with the first aid kit.
"At least the bullet didn't damage any nerves or better yet the thigh bone." Kigen opened the kit as she took out some surgical sutchers and a bottle of antiseptic.
"Hold still while I try to pin-point where the bullet is in your leg." Kigen then placed her fingers around the wound and without that much force to make her friend yelp, she felt her way to the bullet Akuma squinted his eyes as he tried not to budge or make any noise.
"Ah, it's not to far from the exit wound. Akuma can you lye face down on the couch while I get the bullet out of your leg?" Akuma gave out a big gulp as he did what he was told.
"Can I at least have something for the pain?" He started to sweat a bit.
"Morphine?" Kigen took out the bottle of morphine and a needle.
"Heh heh." He looked at the needle and smiled an unsure smile. Kigen then took out the cover of the needle and placed it into the bottles top.
"5CC of this would make you at ease for a while." Kigen then took out the air from the syringe. Akuma closed his eyes as she placed the needle into his arms vein and pushed the liquid into his bloodstream.
"This stuff is going to take affect any minute now." She waited for a while as she took out some gauze to wipe off any blood that would come out of him while she was doing the surgery.
"I see pink bunnies on the ceiling, Kigen." Akuma chuckled as the morphine started to kick in.
"That's nice to hear, Akuma. Now stay put ok?" Akuma nodded as she placed the tweezers into the exit wound and started to search for the bullet. Akuma simply giggles, as the pain didn't affect him. Maverick stretched his arms then noticed the commotion on the couch.
"OH GOD! Not the couch!" Maverick ran towards the two, but noticed that it was too late. Akuma's blood was already on the couch's pillows, while Kigen just looked at the red-banged boy. Maverick then sat down beside her, with disappointment on his eyes.
"Why didn't you do it at the Kitchen table?" He shook his head. "Well it was a bit late to bring him there since he was losing a lot of blood. Oh can you pass me the IV fluids in the cabinet as well as the tubes and butterfly needle for it. Oh and the stand for it as well." Kigen continued to work on Akuma leg as Maverick got up and grabbed the things that she needed. "Do you remember what to do for putting a butterfly needle into the arm?" She asked.
"Yes. Don't you remember that we took those classes together before we graduated the agency's school. Though we didn't have the same classes." He then placed it all together and placed the needle into Akuma's vein. The IV fluids then went into the tube while Maverick took out the air by a button on the tube. Kigen then finally found the bullet and took it out of Akuma's leg.
"That-felt-good-mama..." Akuma yawned as he went back to seep while drooling on the couches pillow. Maverick and Kigen looked at each other for a moment the laughed.
"So is Cypher asleep?" Kigen asked Maverick.
"I think. His room light is off so I'm guessing he is." Maverick started to yawn as well. "He's likes a big brother to us all huh?" Kigen wiped off the blood with the gauze and doused a cotton ball with some antiseptic and cleaned both wounds on Akuma's leg. Maverick then handed her the items needed to stitch the wounds together.
"So... When did they recruit you into the agency, Kigen?" He looked towards her.
"Um I'm guessing... Since I was born... How about you?" She then finished tying up one of the wounds on her friend's leg.
"Well come to think of it... When I was only five. And I met Cypher there too. He was the same age as me when he got recruited." He crossed his arms.
"I've known Akuma when I was three. That was the day I say one of the ladies who took care of me, bring him into the building. Her name was Ms. Lyeger, Selena Lyger. She was like a mother to me since I never met my real birth mother." She then went on to tying the last stitch together.
"My host mother was Ms. Natalie Grace, my real mother agreed to let me go into this agency and well... That was the last time seeing my mom and big brother... Hm... I wonder how they are doing this very day." He looked at the sleeping Akuma.
"We were so young when they brought us into this whole thing and yet, we don't mind the missions though it's dangerous and all." Kigen then placed a blanket on top of Akuma and cleaned up the mess that she had made.
"Here... Let me help you with that." Her then picked up the bloody gauzes and placed tem into the trashcan. When Kigen then placed her hands on the tweezers, Maverick unexpectedly placed his hand on hers. The two blushed as they retracted their hands to themselves.
"Heh heh I guess I'll be goin' to sleep now." Maverick laughed a bit as he vanished into the hallway.
"Goodnight." Kigen whispered as she directed her eyes towards the hallway. She then looked at the crimson red haired boy. "You are such a menace... But that's how you were when I met you ne?"
[FLASHBACK]
"Hey... HEY! Kigen! Look at this!" A little boy fitted with a pair of oversized clothing, came upon a five-year-old version of Kigen. With deep breaths from running all over a huge complex, looking for his best friend. He stops dead on his tracks, right in front of her and opens both hands.
"It appears to be a monarch butterfly, Akuma-saa." She moved her head closer. But before she could touch it, the little insect flew away. As it was in flight, a tiny laser pieces it through its right wing and sliced it in half. The two youngsters looked in horror as the butterfly spiraled down towards the ground.
"You two shouldn't show that kind of emotions in our agency... Should I transport you two into another section?" A tall man in a navy blue suit looked down at the two. The young ones shook their head as they looked at him with mixed emotions that weren't easily detected.
"Good... Now run along to the gym. Your next course is to use a sniper weapon to eliminate targets that you will be asked to destroy." He fixed his tie and walked away. He looked simply disgusted at the insert and stepped on it with no remorse as a soft chuckle came out of him. The two sighed as they walked towards the gym which was three levels up from the fifty-sixth level compound.
"Why is he so monotone and mean to us? We didn't do anything to him..." She looked at Akuma.
"He thinks of us as a pain in his butt, Kigen. He's the devil in disguise while we're him little shinigami's that terrorize this whole world." He crossed his arms behind his back and continued their journey to the gym.
Meanwhile during the time....
"Are we about ready to do Operation, Omega Delta Squadron?" A male voice spoke amongst the dark corridors of a darken room.
"Not yet... Our team is a bit... How should I say...? To inexperience at this time, sir." Another whispered amongst the gathering groups of people.
"When shall we do this?" A woman crossed her arms.
"In about ten years... Besides... We have enough time to do this... We're just waiting for the right time.
While at the Gym
"You two are late once again!" Mr. Zain snorted as the two youngsters ran towards their group that was already in their huddled formation.
"After class, I better see you two run three miles in the holographic chamber and three miles in the holographic chamber and three hours of weight lifting." He looked towards Akuma and Kigen. He started to clear up his throat and stood straight.
"How all of you know that we are training to use the sniper rifle today." He placed himself amongst the young group.
"I bet all of you are so anxious to touch one of these babies." He took out a rifle from the closet that held a bunch of them.
"You all know how to take care of this from your other classes so I am hoping to see your agility sharpen up when shooting a target that is far beyond any ordinary reach." He started to pass out the rifles.
"Ammunitions are there for you in the training facility... You better get your asses up there by five minutes or you owe me some time." He walked away, knowing that it's a 250 acre terrain..." Akuma got his gear ready and grabbed his rifle.
"I'm guessing it's goin' the be an animal or human being that is a sadistic killer." She walked down to the training room.
"Alright... Your target will be a holographic image of a human terrorist." The voice in the intercom exclaimed.
"They are all wearing formal wear. They seem holographic but they do fight back." The group of children went off to the facility. They went to their places as the count down commenced.
"Three-Two-One... You are ready to begin." From left to right, the little kids from all ages went behind the tree and on to the rooftops.
"Troop one, go to the top of the world plaza building on the left side of me." A six year old motioned the group that Kigen was in. Each day the two had to undergo these kinds of training module that their teachers had planned for them. And most of the kids would fail some missions or go to another level to start their training all over again.
~~Present Time: ~~
"Ahh... Those were the days... I wonder why we were the last two, but then again, we met Cypher and Maverick who are so close that they're stuck to the hips." She chuckled as she stood up and went into the hallway. She turned on the light switch for the living room and walked off. Detouring towards the bathrooms, she turned on the light switch and took out her toothbrush from its case. She doused its bristles under the cold sink water and applied some wintergreen Colgate onto it. She placed the bristled part of the toothbrush into her mouth and started to brush her teeth. Personal hygiene was key to not going to the dentist since their secret agents and that no one knows that their alive but their boss and some other people that took care of them when they were young. As she finished cleaning her brush and rinsing the entire gunk in her mouth, she then turned off the bathroom light and walked to her room. She started to stretch her arms while yawning as she entered her room. Kigen then undressed herself and put on her tank top and pajamas. The tired girl then hopped into her comfy bed and closed her eyes.
"Another day has turned into night and another unexpected tragedy has yet to come tomorrow." The red banged girl simply yawned once more as she dosed off into the dream world.
~~~END~~~
As night covered the planet earth, what lies next for the teens that ponder our imaginations? In the next chapter, "Silence of Dawn" The team has to do things a different way.
Kigen: What do you mean a "Different Way?!" *shocked*
Akuma: I think she means.... ARE WE GOING TO DIE?!?!?!?! *whines*
Maverick: *Looks at the two and scratches his head*
Cypher: this is too much...
We will soon find out the true- *coughs* boredom of nothing to do when they have no missions to go to...
All of them: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I'M JOKING! I think x.x'