A year after the Mariemeia Incident peace had been obtained, however the hearts and minds of humans rarely change. A organization that had been lost in the fringes of space has slowly begun to reemerge, their forces already too strong for the Preventors to do anything about them, as the greed and hatred of the organization feed off of the war eating the scraps and aftermath building their small flame to a silently raging inferno. As former suppliers for the war quickly flock to the uprising power hoping to reimburse their wealth the Preventors are stretched thin as they desperately try to stem the growth of the fire without causing a panic amongst the people. Luck, however, is on their side. Another force very similar to the Preventors has come out of the shadows of space as well, their intentions aren't really clear, but their dislike of the war mongering organization is evident. Performing missions from the shadows keeping the fire contained to the shadows as best they can the identity of this organization is still hidden; however, with the growing concern and desperation of the Preventors staying hidden is becoming more and more difficult for them.
"Wind reporting in, Mom, waiting for the go ahead," a figure stated quietly pressed up against the wall next to the backdoor of a giant complex, lights dancing out front and music gently drifting softly on the air as the party started to go into full swing. The loose black silk fabric of their shirt billowed slightly with the breeze and their black pants helped them blend in smoothly with the blackness of the night, the com piece in their ear buzzed quietly as they got a reply.
"We're still waiting for the others, you're always way ahead of everybody else, wait for the signal, I'll give it to you when they are ready," Wind sighed but complied, kicking the unconscious guard once more just to make sure he stayed out until they were ready to move, then checked their bag to make sure that they had the stuff that they'd need, pulling out a chloroform cloth and placing it over the guards mouth. 'He'll forget anything happened to him, I hope the signal comes soon, he'll wake up at the first noise his ears pick up,'
"Earth here mother, pulling up into the drive as we speak. Going dark?" A young girl of fifteen said softly into their ear piece, white satin gloved hands folded pristinely in her lap, her black gown cascading around her with purple blue flower designs flowing across the see through black sash around her slim waist.
"Good to hear Earth, Wind's getting impatient. Need me to tell the others anything for you before we switch your side to silent," replied the other line causing the young girl to smile and shake her head slightly pale white blonde hair curled for the occasion bouncing slightly as loose ends fell from her bun. "Non ma mere, unless you'd like to tell them not to yell across the com system this time," silvery blue eyes dancing with laughter as the girl held back a slight giggle when her car door opened
"Alright Earth, I'll tell them that, is that it," the girl gave a slight hum of acknowledgement and pretended to curl a piece of hair behind her hair as she tapped her hidden ear piece, causing all background noise from her earpiece to be blocked out, but she could still hear everybody else when their systems were turned on.
"Are you Mademoiselle De Martyre," an escort asked
Smiling brightly and falling into her guise the girl smiled gently and held out a gloved hand, "Oui monsieur," with that the man held out his arm for her and they walked to the entrance of the building.
"Fire here. Shadow my arm hurts," whined a shadowed figure as they waited on the rim of a windowsill eyes trained on the darkened hallway watching out for anyone that might turn down it.
Their earpiece caught the sigh Shadow gave off before they spoke, "Must you always complain to me about something,"
"Ah, shut up mom, it's no fun if I follow protocol all the time, gives you something more than a yes or a no, don't ya think." They said pulling a small vile out of their pocket belt pulling the cap off of the needle and sticking it in their shoulder and emptying it's contents into the area the pain subsiding slowly
"Sometimes I wish you were more like Water or Earth. Will you be able to make it through the mission," Shadow voiced over the com system
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just tell me when to go, my legs are beginning to cramp sitting here," Fire smirked before reaching into a different pocket and pulling out a mask, slipping it on when their earpiece buzzed again
"One more thing, Earth asked for you not to yell into the com set anymore, not only did it almost deafen everybody but you almost blew her cover to the foreign affairs minister and his bodyguards." Shadow said before quickly turning the set off as Fire let out a string of rants on how it wasn't necessarily her fault. Turning it back on after a short while she added, "Just saying, now hush up,"
"Yes, mother,"
"Water you in position,"
Water sighed as the voice buzzed in her ear, "Getting there mom, I've had more distractions than was planned, the guards got doubled on my side because of a broken window on the second floor. Better place to get in though from our original point, it only puts me a few halls away from where I need to be instead of a few floors" they scanned the building over slightly finding their way up.
"I won't like it, but if it makes this go any faster go ahead and take it but be extra careful, you understand? You've got a minute left before deadline, the others are getting to be inpatient," Shadow said, "I'm going to switch on the other links, get up there as fast you can, it's okay if you're a little bit behind schedule, just make up the time,"
"Got it mom," Water said before making a dash towards the building, leaping up onto a first floor windowsill and jumping up to a vent pole above it, gloves protecting their hands from the heat coming off of it. Swinging upwards they shot off in a series of refined flips, twisting slightly on the start of their decent they caught the sill of the second window and flipped inside the building
From her safe spot on the roof Shadow looked over the blue prints of the house on her video feed in front of her slightly colored dots telling her exactly where her friends were and switched on the com sets for all but one, whose voice tone she turned off. Sighing softly and then cracking her knuckles she put her hand to her ear piece and said the one word that caused her to worry every time they had a mission like this one, her friends may not be her real daughters but being the oldest she certainly took to the role of mother really well.
"Go"
I want to say thank you to those who reviewed and sorry for not getting this out earlier, I had a few issues with it. So here it is and I hope you enjoy it - thanks
