The Night Warriors
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Freedmen, Kruger, Karl, Ashley, O'Connell, and the Guardian Force were in a discussion room trying to figure out how to save Herman and Rachel. Pressure was building between everyone.
"What about attacking the place?" suggested Van.
Danni snorted. "Van, unlike you some of us have friends and family in that base and want to see them alive again."
"You've been turning down all of our ideas," Irvine nearly screamed. "You come up with something."
Sammy ran her fingers through her sandy hair. Ashley got up from the chair, knocking it down. "Listen carefully, Lame Brains one and two! I have been on this mission for three years and Rachel has been on it even longer. If you mess up just because you want to rush into this, I will personally remove your spleens, preserve them, and hang them on my wall."
Van and Irvine cringed with fear; they knew Ashley would follow through with her threat. Ashley sat back down in her chair, silently massaging her temples. "What about Free Will Town and Raven?" asked Fiona.
"There is no Free Will Town," Ashley said simply.
A wave of questions came from the Republican soldiers, but Sammy and Danni seemed to know what was going on. Ashley looked at Freedmen, silently asking him a question. He nodded his answer.
"When the war was still going on, Rachel got into an accident as a spy and had to go into hiding. When she came back, the Imperial army were adamant that she was no longer going to be a spy," Ashley started.
Irvine smirked. "She gave up?"
"No. While she was hiding, she found that Cravane was taking soldiers from the Imperial, Republican, and Travillian armies. I also pretended to leave the army. With people thinking we were no longer spies, we were free to move around the Republic and Empire without suspicions," Ashley continued.
"So you wanted people to believe that you were no longer spies so you could spy?" O'Connell summarized. Ashley nodded.
Moonbay played with a strand of her hair. "What about Free Will Town."
"Like I said before, Free Will Town never existed. When an unknown stranger told us to watch out for Travil, we took that as our clue that we needed to watch out for Cravane," Ashley continued. "Pretending that Rachel and Herman were going to investigate an attack was only a means to get Rachel out of base without being suspected. Rachel and I knew that if she left, she might be captured. The loss of communication means that Cravane's two best spies -- Scar and Thorn - have interfered."
"What do you mean when you say 'we'? Who planned this entire thing?" Fiona asked.
Danni smiled. "Rachel, Ashley, Freedmen, Sammy, and I had planned this about four years ago."
"Wait!" Ashley shouted. She had a look in her eye that scared everyone. "Van, what was your last plan?"
"Attacking," Van said.
Sammy held up a hand to keep Ashley quiet. "You're not saying that we charge up to a base where Scar and Thorn are holding Night Cat and Colonel Herman hostage and attack with our best warriors, risking killing hundreds of people. Have you lost your mind Night Tiger?"
"No," Ashley said. "We do it the way a spy would."
"I get it, we sneak into the building," Danni said.
Ashley smiled. "Bingo."
While Ashley, Sammy, and Danni planned how to rescue her, Rachel was facing more trouble than she ever had. Scar cut the ropes from around Rachel and placed handcuffs on her wrists. "Come on," Scar said while pulling Rachel up from the chair.
"We're not leaving you here while we take care of your friends," Thorn said. "You'll be going to your precious Colonel Herman who's in a more secured area."
Rachel was roughly pushed down a hallway to the prison cells. Herman was already in one of the cells waiting for her. The door of his cell was open and Rachel was thrown in. Scar and Thorn left quickly. "Rachel?" Herman asked.
Rachel nodded. "Yeah, I was wearing a wig to hopefully throw them off my trail, but it didn't work."
"Don't worry, we'll get out of here," Herman said gently.
"I'm sorry, Rob," Rachel said. "I shouldn't have gotten you involved in the first place."
"I would've found a way to come with you," Herman said.
Rachel rubbed her forehead. She could hear footsteps getting closer. "I've messed this mission up completely. There are hundreds of Imperial, Republican, and Travillian soldiers being held as slaves here. It was my job to find a way to get them out."
Suddenly a man's voice began to speak from outside the cell. "Did you mean what you said?" it asked Rachel. "You were sent here to free us?"
"Yeah," Rachel said simply.
"So you are going to need a little help," another man said. "It's not like this is the first time I've had to get you out of a sticky situation."
"Alex!" Rachel cried.
Alex smiled. "Good to see you too, Rache."
Alex produced a slim piece of metal from his pocket and used it to unlock the cell door. When Rachel and Herman were out of the cell, a young woman quickly wrapped the wound on Rachel's left arm that was still bleeding freely, as well as the wound on Herman's leg.
"Now, care to tell me what's going on?" Alex asked.
"I'll tell you what I know if you tell me what you know," Rachel said.
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Freedmen, Kruger, Karl, Ashley, O'Connell, and the Guardian Force were in a discussion room trying to figure out how to save Herman and Rachel. Pressure was building between everyone.
"What about attacking the place?" suggested Van.
Danni snorted. "Van, unlike you some of us have friends and family in that base and want to see them alive again."
"You've been turning down all of our ideas," Irvine nearly screamed. "You come up with something."
Sammy ran her fingers through her sandy hair. Ashley got up from the chair, knocking it down. "Listen carefully, Lame Brains one and two! I have been on this mission for three years and Rachel has been on it even longer. If you mess up just because you want to rush into this, I will personally remove your spleens, preserve them, and hang them on my wall."
Van and Irvine cringed with fear; they knew Ashley would follow through with her threat. Ashley sat back down in her chair, silently massaging her temples. "What about Free Will Town and Raven?" asked Fiona.
"There is no Free Will Town," Ashley said simply.
A wave of questions came from the Republican soldiers, but Sammy and Danni seemed to know what was going on. Ashley looked at Freedmen, silently asking him a question. He nodded his answer.
"When the war was still going on, Rachel got into an accident as a spy and had to go into hiding. When she came back, the Imperial army were adamant that she was no longer going to be a spy," Ashley started.
Irvine smirked. "She gave up?"
"No. While she was hiding, she found that Cravane was taking soldiers from the Imperial, Republican, and Travillian armies. I also pretended to leave the army. With people thinking we were no longer spies, we were free to move around the Republic and Empire without suspicions," Ashley continued.
"So you wanted people to believe that you were no longer spies so you could spy?" O'Connell summarized. Ashley nodded.
Moonbay played with a strand of her hair. "What about Free Will Town."
"Like I said before, Free Will Town never existed. When an unknown stranger told us to watch out for Travil, we took that as our clue that we needed to watch out for Cravane," Ashley continued. "Pretending that Rachel and Herman were going to investigate an attack was only a means to get Rachel out of base without being suspected. Rachel and I knew that if she left, she might be captured. The loss of communication means that Cravane's two best spies -- Scar and Thorn - have interfered."
"What do you mean when you say 'we'? Who planned this entire thing?" Fiona asked.
Danni smiled. "Rachel, Ashley, Freedmen, Sammy, and I had planned this about four years ago."
"Wait!" Ashley shouted. She had a look in her eye that scared everyone. "Van, what was your last plan?"
"Attacking," Van said.
Sammy held up a hand to keep Ashley quiet. "You're not saying that we charge up to a base where Scar and Thorn are holding Night Cat and Colonel Herman hostage and attack with our best warriors, risking killing hundreds of people. Have you lost your mind Night Tiger?"
"No," Ashley said. "We do it the way a spy would."
"I get it, we sneak into the building," Danni said.
Ashley smiled. "Bingo."
While Ashley, Sammy, and Danni planned how to rescue her, Rachel was facing more trouble than she ever had. Scar cut the ropes from around Rachel and placed handcuffs on her wrists. "Come on," Scar said while pulling Rachel up from the chair.
"We're not leaving you here while we take care of your friends," Thorn said. "You'll be going to your precious Colonel Herman who's in a more secured area."
Rachel was roughly pushed down a hallway to the prison cells. Herman was already in one of the cells waiting for her. The door of his cell was open and Rachel was thrown in. Scar and Thorn left quickly. "Rachel?" Herman asked.
Rachel nodded. "Yeah, I was wearing a wig to hopefully throw them off my trail, but it didn't work."
"Don't worry, we'll get out of here," Herman said gently.
"I'm sorry, Rob," Rachel said. "I shouldn't have gotten you involved in the first place."
"I would've found a way to come with you," Herman said.
Rachel rubbed her forehead. She could hear footsteps getting closer. "I've messed this mission up completely. There are hundreds of Imperial, Republican, and Travillian soldiers being held as slaves here. It was my job to find a way to get them out."
Suddenly a man's voice began to speak from outside the cell. "Did you mean what you said?" it asked Rachel. "You were sent here to free us?"
"Yeah," Rachel said simply.
"So you are going to need a little help," another man said. "It's not like this is the first time I've had to get you out of a sticky situation."
"Alex!" Rachel cried.
Alex smiled. "Good to see you too, Rache."
Alex produced a slim piece of metal from his pocket and used it to unlock the cell door. When Rachel and Herman were out of the cell, a young woman quickly wrapped the wound on Rachel's left arm that was still bleeding freely, as well as the wound on Herman's leg.
"Now, care to tell me what's going on?" Alex asked.
"I'll tell you what I know if you tell me what you know," Rachel said.