Targets [17]
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The main office of Katoaka Enterprises looked just like every other office building in Japan, tall and modern. Weiss waited across the street. All but Ken, who decided to take his motorcycle, were perched up against Yohji's car.
"We have two targets, and they should be in one place. Yohji and Ken can take care of that." Ran neglected to give instructions beforehand so now he had to make quick use of his time. "You've all seen the maps. If you get lost, contact Omi on your headsets and he'll tell you where to go."
"Got it, Captain." Yohji winked and pulled his sunglasses out of his car. "Almost forgot," he laughed and put them on.
"Aya-kun and I will find the records room and download their database," Omi concluded, looking around at everyone.
"Let's go then," Ken said and hopped off his bike.
~
"Gluing what?"
"I didn't ask."
~
Weiss split up almost immediately upon entering the building. Ken and Yohji quickly made their way to the staircase, undetected by alarms and the sparse guards there were. Omi stood in the main lobby, thinking about how it smelled very much like the main lobby of a big corporate building should smell, looking around the premises and then down at a small map in his hands. He was not quite sure where they kept the records room as it was under strict security, and Ran was beginning to feel very disorganized. He looked directly up to note the structure of the building for future reference. The lobby was the very center of the building as when Ran looked up, he could see all the way to the skylight on the roof. The offices were on floors built around the lobby, and each hallway looked like a balcony, open towards the center with the doors to individual offices along the outside. The hallways weaved around in a circle along each floor on the inside of the building.
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"Looks like a giant donut," Ken observed.
"Yup," Yohji agreed.
They got to the right floor with no trouble at all. Everything was going smoothly. Yohji was the first to spot the office they were aiming for. He grabbed Ken's sleeve and pointed to the door at the very end of the hallway. Ken nodded, and they slowly approached it. The door was slightly ajar when they got there, and Yohji could see that the inside was completely dark. He would have guessed there was no one in there if, for just a split moment, he hadn't noticed a moving shadow from the corner of his eye.
Yohji's wire quickly snapped out of its case and wound around the man's neck. Ken flipped on the light switch. The man entrapped by Yohji's wire looked stunned and frightened half to death.
"Sakoda," Ken said, recognizing his target.
"Where's Katoaka?" Yohji looked around the room in disdain. He was hoping to kill two birds with one stone, but Katoaka was nowhere to be found.
"Damn." Ken frowned. "I'll go look for him. Back me up when you're done here." He ran out of the room and down the hall.
"Alright," Yohji sighed, tiredly, "I'll be needing some names."
~
"Alright!" Omi called, excitingly and stuffed the map back into his jacket. "I know where we're going."
After a short moment, Ran replied, "Go." Surprised by this unexpected command, Omi turned back to look at him and was startled to find the cause of it. Ran stood stiff, staring intently at the entrance of the building where Brad grinned in all his casual arrogance.
"Aya-kun," Omi said quietly, unwilling to leave Ran on his own.
"You have a mission. Go." Ran's voice was slightly harsher this time, and Omi left without further hesitation.
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Ken walked into the private bathroom behind Katoaka's office. Why not? He looked around at the elaborate marble finish of the place, the ornate window looking out into the lit city below them, and his target handcuffed to the sink. He looked scared shitless.
"What the f-"
"Siberian," a voice from near the window spoke up. Ken recognized it right away. All too often did he hear it inside his head.
"What the hell do you want?" He asked, hoping Schuldig wouldn't make any sudden attacks because he wouldn't be able to decide rather to fight back or not.
"Oh dear God," Katoaka sighed in trepidation.
"Tied him up as bait," Schuldig said matter-of-factly and stepped out of the shadows.
Ken raised an eyebrow. "I think you caught the wrong person then. Yohji's still with Sakoda."
"Oh no, no," Schuldig corrected him, "I meant to get you. If Yohji had come in here, we'd be expected to kill each other because of, well, the obvious reasons. You, on the other hand. No one will be particularly suspicious if the two of us aren't trying to put the other in his grave."
"Yea, ok," Ken said. "You want to talk?"
"Exactly, but I don't conduct private matters in front of strangers." After a couple silent seconds passed, Schuldig cleared his throat and motioned his head towards Katoaka.
Katoaka knew what was coming and whimpered. His high forehead sweated beads.
"I can't just," Ken paused, "kill him all locked up like that." He observed the situation before him. "Where'd you get those handcuffs anyway?"
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Omi successfully snapped open the lock to the records room. It was actually more of a hallway, leading to other smaller hallways. He explored for a moment and soon spotted the main computer at the far corner of one of the smaller hallways and sat down in front of it, hooking up all the necessary things so that the download goes smoothly. He did this all, of course, in complete darkness as to minimize the chance of getting caught.
Suddenly, he thought he heard a footstep from the main entrance of the records room, and he tensed up, immediately reaching for an arrow. He had nowhere to run so fighting would be the only option. Very slowly, almost shyly, a figure appeared and walked towards him. It took him a few moments more to realize that it was Nagi.
"What are you doing in here?" Omi gasped, afraid for both their safety. "If someone were to-"
He stopped himself from talking on as Nagi stepped up to him and gently wrapped his arms around his neck. "This is going to be bad. I can feel it," he whispered.
Omi's eyes saddened as he let his arms fall around Nagi's waist. "No it won't. Don't think like that."
Nagi finally pulled away and said, "You are going to be very upset with me."
~
"Can't we just have a normal conversation once in a while, Abyssinian? We never seem to be able to just talk civilized people." Brad stood in front of Ran, gun hanging unthreateningly at his side.
Ran, on the other hand, stood with the katana quite poised and threatening. "Not the first time I've heard you say that."
"That may be so, but this is the first time that we are both in such an eerily similar predicament."
"I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."
Brad cleared his throat. "I'm sure you're aware of our teammates'... indiscretions."
"I was assured that whatever 'indiscretions' occurred between Mastermind and Balinese are now well over."
Brad chuckled, enjoying the slight power that came with realizing that he knew something Ran didn't. "I mean, Abyssinian, my little telekinetic and your Bombay."
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"How is he?" Schuldig asked, resolved to the fact that Ken just isn't going to kill Katoaka in front of him.
"Why don't you just ask him yourself?" Ken stood with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Because I'm not supposed to want to know."
Ken stood for just a moment, trying to control the slight twitch below his eye. "I think I want to kill myself."
"Alright, fine," Schuldig, annoyed with Ken's incorporation. He sighed irritably and walked past him and out of the bathroom.
"Hey!" Ken didn't like being left clueless like that. He was about to run out after Schuldig and give him a piece of his mind when he realized that Katoaka was still tied up and waiting to be executed. Running on a time limit, Ken efficiently sliced through his throat and followed Schuldig back down the hallway.
[Notes to Reviewers][Hele- I know how the analyzing can be. You're actually pretty close, but please don't analyze yourself to death][ryuu_hime13- closer yet. ^_^][suninun- I'll take that into consideration. o_O][Celeste1- Forgive me for the pain I'm causing. ::gives you a cookie:: there there][Seph Lorraine- Glad you enjoyed yourself. ^_^]
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The main office of Katoaka Enterprises looked just like every other office building in Japan, tall and modern. Weiss waited across the street. All but Ken, who decided to take his motorcycle, were perched up against Yohji's car.
"We have two targets, and they should be in one place. Yohji and Ken can take care of that." Ran neglected to give instructions beforehand so now he had to make quick use of his time. "You've all seen the maps. If you get lost, contact Omi on your headsets and he'll tell you where to go."
"Got it, Captain." Yohji winked and pulled his sunglasses out of his car. "Almost forgot," he laughed and put them on.
"Aya-kun and I will find the records room and download their database," Omi concluded, looking around at everyone.
"Let's go then," Ken said and hopped off his bike.
~
"Gluing what?"
"I didn't ask."
~
Weiss split up almost immediately upon entering the building. Ken and Yohji quickly made their way to the staircase, undetected by alarms and the sparse guards there were. Omi stood in the main lobby, thinking about how it smelled very much like the main lobby of a big corporate building should smell, looking around the premises and then down at a small map in his hands. He was not quite sure where they kept the records room as it was under strict security, and Ran was beginning to feel very disorganized. He looked directly up to note the structure of the building for future reference. The lobby was the very center of the building as when Ran looked up, he could see all the way to the skylight on the roof. The offices were on floors built around the lobby, and each hallway looked like a balcony, open towards the center with the doors to individual offices along the outside. The hallways weaved around in a circle along each floor on the inside of the building.
~
"Looks like a giant donut," Ken observed.
"Yup," Yohji agreed.
They got to the right floor with no trouble at all. Everything was going smoothly. Yohji was the first to spot the office they were aiming for. He grabbed Ken's sleeve and pointed to the door at the very end of the hallway. Ken nodded, and they slowly approached it. The door was slightly ajar when they got there, and Yohji could see that the inside was completely dark. He would have guessed there was no one in there if, for just a split moment, he hadn't noticed a moving shadow from the corner of his eye.
Yohji's wire quickly snapped out of its case and wound around the man's neck. Ken flipped on the light switch. The man entrapped by Yohji's wire looked stunned and frightened half to death.
"Sakoda," Ken said, recognizing his target.
"Where's Katoaka?" Yohji looked around the room in disdain. He was hoping to kill two birds with one stone, but Katoaka was nowhere to be found.
"Damn." Ken frowned. "I'll go look for him. Back me up when you're done here." He ran out of the room and down the hall.
"Alright," Yohji sighed, tiredly, "I'll be needing some names."
~
"Alright!" Omi called, excitingly and stuffed the map back into his jacket. "I know where we're going."
After a short moment, Ran replied, "Go." Surprised by this unexpected command, Omi turned back to look at him and was startled to find the cause of it. Ran stood stiff, staring intently at the entrance of the building where Brad grinned in all his casual arrogance.
"Aya-kun," Omi said quietly, unwilling to leave Ran on his own.
"You have a mission. Go." Ran's voice was slightly harsher this time, and Omi left without further hesitation.
~
Ken walked into the private bathroom behind Katoaka's office. Why not? He looked around at the elaborate marble finish of the place, the ornate window looking out into the lit city below them, and his target handcuffed to the sink. He looked scared shitless.
"What the f-"
"Siberian," a voice from near the window spoke up. Ken recognized it right away. All too often did he hear it inside his head.
"What the hell do you want?" He asked, hoping Schuldig wouldn't make any sudden attacks because he wouldn't be able to decide rather to fight back or not.
"Oh dear God," Katoaka sighed in trepidation.
"Tied him up as bait," Schuldig said matter-of-factly and stepped out of the shadows.
Ken raised an eyebrow. "I think you caught the wrong person then. Yohji's still with Sakoda."
"Oh no, no," Schuldig corrected him, "I meant to get you. If Yohji had come in here, we'd be expected to kill each other because of, well, the obvious reasons. You, on the other hand. No one will be particularly suspicious if the two of us aren't trying to put the other in his grave."
"Yea, ok," Ken said. "You want to talk?"
"Exactly, but I don't conduct private matters in front of strangers." After a couple silent seconds passed, Schuldig cleared his throat and motioned his head towards Katoaka.
Katoaka knew what was coming and whimpered. His high forehead sweated beads.
"I can't just," Ken paused, "kill him all locked up like that." He observed the situation before him. "Where'd you get those handcuffs anyway?"
~
Omi successfully snapped open the lock to the records room. It was actually more of a hallway, leading to other smaller hallways. He explored for a moment and soon spotted the main computer at the far corner of one of the smaller hallways and sat down in front of it, hooking up all the necessary things so that the download goes smoothly. He did this all, of course, in complete darkness as to minimize the chance of getting caught.
Suddenly, he thought he heard a footstep from the main entrance of the records room, and he tensed up, immediately reaching for an arrow. He had nowhere to run so fighting would be the only option. Very slowly, almost shyly, a figure appeared and walked towards him. It took him a few moments more to realize that it was Nagi.
"What are you doing in here?" Omi gasped, afraid for both their safety. "If someone were to-"
He stopped himself from talking on as Nagi stepped up to him and gently wrapped his arms around his neck. "This is going to be bad. I can feel it," he whispered.
Omi's eyes saddened as he let his arms fall around Nagi's waist. "No it won't. Don't think like that."
Nagi finally pulled away and said, "You are going to be very upset with me."
~
"Can't we just have a normal conversation once in a while, Abyssinian? We never seem to be able to just talk civilized people." Brad stood in front of Ran, gun hanging unthreateningly at his side.
Ran, on the other hand, stood with the katana quite poised and threatening. "Not the first time I've heard you say that."
"That may be so, but this is the first time that we are both in such an eerily similar predicament."
"I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."
Brad cleared his throat. "I'm sure you're aware of our teammates'... indiscretions."
"I was assured that whatever 'indiscretions' occurred between Mastermind and Balinese are now well over."
Brad chuckled, enjoying the slight power that came with realizing that he knew something Ran didn't. "I mean, Abyssinian, my little telekinetic and your Bombay."
~
"How is he?" Schuldig asked, resolved to the fact that Ken just isn't going to kill Katoaka in front of him.
"Why don't you just ask him yourself?" Ken stood with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Because I'm not supposed to want to know."
Ken stood for just a moment, trying to control the slight twitch below his eye. "I think I want to kill myself."
"Alright, fine," Schuldig, annoyed with Ken's incorporation. He sighed irritably and walked past him and out of the bathroom.
"Hey!" Ken didn't like being left clueless like that. He was about to run out after Schuldig and give him a piece of his mind when he realized that Katoaka was still tied up and waiting to be executed. Running on a time limit, Ken efficiently sliced through his throat and followed Schuldig back down the hallway.
[Notes to Reviewers][Hele- I know how the analyzing can be. You're actually pretty close, but please don't analyze yourself to death][ryuu_hime13- closer yet. ^_^][suninun- I'll take that into consideration. o_O][Celeste1- Forgive me for the pain I'm causing. ::gives you a cookie:: there there][Seph Lorraine- Glad you enjoyed yourself. ^_^]