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Previously on Match Point: Hikigaya and his Russian asset arrive at the final checkpoint, where they are met with a political prisoner. In the present, 8man and Rorona finish their preparations to rescue Komachi.
Sunday – Old School – 20:01
The sky is dark and the wind is blowing softly, with the full moon brightly reflecting the suns rays on to the streets below. Two men dressed in grey v-neck shirts and black cargo pants stand in front of the school gate. Their shift just started a few minutes ago, and they are casually chatting amongst themselves as they watch the street ahead.
"No! You're missing the point man…"
"How?"
"I'm just saying at the end of the day it doesn't matter if you put the milk or the cereal in the bowl first, because the result is the same."
The guard sighs.
"Nah… It just doesn't feel right."
His partner chuckles.
"It doesn't feel right? What does that even mean?"
"There's a process to things. We put the milk in last for a re-"
PSEW
PSEW
The man's sentence is abruptly cut off when Hikigaya fires a silenced 9mm shot into his head, instantly killing him. The other guard takes a moment to register what happened, before he meets the same fate. The assassin steps over their bodies and enters the premises, with Rorona following suit. The two of them are dressed in their normal clothes except with body armour covering their torsos. On their backs they each have an assault rifle with limited ammunitions.
By the side of the school building, two guards pass each other doing their patrols.
YEET
They both hear a whistle and turn around to face the direction it originated from. As they are distracted, Hachiman comes up behind one of the guards and puts his hand over the man's mouth, before firing two shots into his back. The body makes a soft thud as it hits the ground and the assassin quickly shoots the other man as he turns around. Once they're both on the floor, he fires a shot into each of their heads before walking away.
Rorona sees this and raises an eyebrow. A few moments later he hears a guard coming and surmises the man will turn the corner and see the bodies. He backs up against the wall as the guard walks past. Once behind him, Rorona pistol whips the back of the guy's head and knocks him out. The guard quickly falls to the ground prompting him to kneel down and search the body.
Hikigaya peeks behind a corner before turning back around and noticing Rorona has stopped following him.
"What are you doing? We need to clear out these patrols quickly." The assassin says as he walks up to him, noticing the unconscious man.
"If this guy has a walkie-talkie then we can keep track of where the guards are."
He watches as the older man searches the body, before pulling out the desired item as well as a wallet and a small gold-star.
"Okay, I got it let's-"
PSEW
Blood splatters all over Rorona's body and face as Hachiman shoots the unconscious guard in the head without warning.
"Jesus Christ, what the hell?!" Rorona asks in shocks as he wipes his face.
"No survivors." Hachiman answers nonchalantly after taking a deep breath. "What's the problem?"
Rorona shakes his head and stands up.
"Listen shooting someone who's attacking you is one thing, but you just executed this guy."
As they make eye-contact, the older of the two feels a chill run down his spine, recognizing the look in the assassin's eyes as the same one he had when they first met at the warehouse.
"This isn't a reconnaissance mission, Rorona. We're not here to follow some teacher around. If we get overwhelmed, we die. Leave if you don't like it."
"The hell do you mean 'leave'?" Rorona asks, now angry and annoyed. "You wanted me to help you with this!"
"Then help."
"I'm trying, but I'm not used to you acting like a pyscho. You're usually more… I don't know…"
Hikigaya looks at the body and feels slightly uncomfortable. A moment later he turns around and begins walking back to where the next patrol will be. The older of the two follows behind him, unsatisfied.
1 Year Earlier
"W-Who are you?" The American man asks with a look of intense fear in his eyes, as he sits in the back of the car next to Hikigaya.
"Does it matter?" Hachiman replies while Yuri gets into the driver's seat.
"P-Please… You have got to help me! I was just here on vacation and I… Made a few Reddit posts then-"
"I don't care Johnathon." The assassin says, cutting him off.
"W-What? You're a spy right? You were sent to rescue me from these Russian monsters?"
Hachiman sighs and pulls out his karambit.
"Why does everybody think I'm a spy?"
The question is rhetorical but the American takes it very seriously when he sees the knife and backs up against the door, trying to open it. Yuri sees this in the rear-view mirror and chuckles.
"Childproof locks. They're a bitch."
Hearing the man's thick Russian accent, Johnathon begins to tear up.
"P-Please you have to let me go…"
He raises his hands to surrender. Not a moment later, Hachiman takes the karambit and slices open the zip-ties. This causes the man to cry a little less.
"I'm not going to hurt you Johnathon, so calm down."
The man nods frantically as Hikigaya reaches into one of his pockets and hands the American an envelope.
"This is a fake identity. It's not perfect but it'll get you back to the United States. There's enough money for taxis, five star hotels and whatever else you may need to get home."
"Oh my god thank you!"
"Don't thank me yet. Those drones you posted about online: You're going to forget all about them. In fact, you're never going online again."
John begins to look around as he wipes his eyes.
"But the people need to know that Russia is-"
"No. They do not. If you ever make so much as blip on any government's radar, then it won't be the Russians you have to worry about. It'll be me."
There is a long pause as the American looks through the contents of the envelope.
"Why are you helping me?"
"Because I think you're useful, like an ace in the hole. The car you're sitting in now, was about to take you to a black site, where you would've been interrogated until you gave the FSS what they want to know or until you died."
"Heavy shit."
"Yeah, for you it would be, but that black site is precisely where I need to go."
"Why?"
"That's classified information, John."
Yuri presses a button and the back doors unlock.
"So, I'm free to go? As long as I stay off the grid?"
"Correct."
Johnathon pulls on the handle and opens the car door, feeling the cold air on him.
"One more thing." Hikigaya says as he grabs the man's arm. "I'm going to need your index finger."
Present Day – Old School – 20:12
Rorona and Hikigaya spend the next ten minutes dealing with the rest of the guards patrolling the building. As expected the assassin kills indiscriminately whilst Rorona opts for incapacitation when possible.
After they've dealt with everyone the two of them walk up to the front doors of the large structure. Hachiman slowly reaches out and pulls down the handle, then gently pushes the door forward. He looks at his partner and gives him a nod, indicating the door is unlocked. The two of them raise their guns as they enter, paying close attention to their surroundings.
The door leads to a lobby that has several hallways intersecting with it, as well as a large office right at the end. The office has a large glass pane with a square opening, no doubt for people who came into the school to speak to the secretary.
Of course, due to the nature of the building there is no secretary, instead there is a guy sitting by a lamp eating a donut. He sees Rorona and Hachiman, before quickly fumbling for his gun, while dropping the powder on his treat all of over his shirt.
PSEW
PSEW
Hikigaya gives him no time and shoots him in the chest and head. The man's body slowly slides off the chair and awkwardly curls over on the floor. Two other men in a close by hallway here the faint sound of bullets and quickly run in, firing their handguns at the intruders. Hikigaya and Rorona dive for cover behind a wall as bullets start flying at them.
BZZZ
The walkie-talkie makes a buzzing sound as a man speaks through the device.
"He's here. Get everyone down to the lobby!"
Rorona peeks behind the corner before quickly pulling back as a bullet hits the piece of the wall his head was just at. The sound of several footsteps can be heard as men from the different hallways converge on their position. The assassin looks around and notices a fire extinguisher hanging next to him.
"How good's your memory?" He asks the older man as a plan begins to form.
"What?" Rorona replies, as he fires two shots from behind their cover to keep the approaching guards at bay.
"On a scale of one to ten, how good is your memory?"
"I-I don't know… Maybe an eight?"
Hikigaya nods as he pulls the fire extinguisher off the wall and cradles it in his arms.
"Peek behind the corner and see how many men are there. Then describe their positions from left to right in a clockwise fashion."
Rorona reluctantly turns his head around the corner, and sees the guards with their guns raised.
"Okay, there are seven men at various places all over the lobby… Now what?"
The assassin smirks and stands up.
"Follow my lead."
He takes a deep breath and throws the tank around the corner before raising his handgun and shooting it. The guards watch as the extinguisher explodes, and the now uncompressed air blows white foam all over the place. The entire lobby soon becomes engulfed, obscuring the men's vision and disorientating them. While they are distracted, Hikigaya turns the corner and looks down the site of his gun.
Like the men, he too can't see anything due to the foam, but of course this is all part of the plan.
"Rorona! Positions now!"
"Uhh… Seven o'clock." He says, stumbling a bit on his words.
Hikigaya turns his body to the left and fires his gun blindly into the foam.
PSEW
"AHH."
As the shot goes off so does the sound of guard grunting and dropping to the floor. Rorona raises an eyebrow before smiling and nodding.
"Nine o'clock!" He yells out, as he too stands up and leaves their cover.
Once again, there is a shot, followed by a grunt. The two of them continue firing into the foam, hitting each of the guards one by one as Rorona lists their positions from memory. As they finish off the last man Hachiman quickly walks through the foam and up to a door with the label "Stairway". He then shoots several bullets into the hinges before giving the door a kick, opening it.
Rorona catches up behind him and they head through the doorway and up the wide stairs.
"You said they're keeping your sister in the middle of the building, right? That'd be the second floor."
"Correct. The guards were discussing it on the walkie-talkies and a quick look at the blueprints on Google gave me the impression she'd most likely be held in the science lab, since it's the largest class in that part of the building."
"Got it."
They waste no time and quickly ascend the stairs, heading straight for the lab as more guards arrive at the lobby looking for them.
1 Year Earlier
In the glove compartment, Yuri finds the location of the next checkpoint. As soon as the American has left he starts the car and begins to drive to the address written down in Chinese characters. While he drives, Hikigaya sits in the back wearing the black bag over his head and holding a severed finger in his hands. He also took the opportunity to zip-tie his wrists together.
Yuri looks at the assassin through the rear-view mirror with a worried expression.
After driving for two hours, the cars and buildings around them begin to decrease in frequency. Another hour of driving takes them to the outskirts of Moscow, where they eventually come to a stop outside of a massive factory.
Hikigaya feels the vehicle slow down and starts to unholster his weapons. Firstly, he removes the two hand guns strapped to his sides, then the one inside his boot. He also takes out his karambit and leaves it on the floor of the vehicle.
The Russian man gets out of the car and walks to the backdoor, before opening it and leaning in.
"So, what's the plan now?" Yuri asks Hikigaya.
"Take me into the compound as if I'm the American. From there I'll be taken by another agent to my destination."
"And after that we're done? You'll leave my family alone?"
"No. Once you've handed me off, come back to this car and wait. I'll need an escape when I'm finished."
Yuri sighs and grabs Hachiman by the shoulder then pulls him out the vehicle and out into the cold street. They begin to walk down the pavement towards the end of the factory.
After about five minutes they come across a large fence that has several men standing with their arms folded in front of it. Yuri guides Hikigaya towards them, then exchanges a few words with the men in Russian before they step aside and let him through. The fence leads them into a large open space. On the right are a small set of stairs that lead to a massive door that has its shutters raised. The door has a striped black and yellow frame and two buttons on the side. One button is red and the other is green.
Yuri and Hachiman quickly ascend up the steps and enter the building. A few moments later they are stopped by an agent in a suit similar to Yuri's.
"Это он?" The operative asks, as he looks at the black bag.
"да."
The man nods and pulls out a tablet looking device. He hands it over to Yuri before giving him a few more instructions. Yuri's heart begins to race as the agent explains what he must do. The Russian just asked Yuri to scan Hikigaya's finger print to confirm his identity. Obviously since the real prisoner escaped earlier this would be an issue, but Hachiman came prepared.
As the assassin's hand is placed on the tablet, he subtly sticks out the cut-off index finger and presses it against the screen.
BEEP
The device beeps loudly, and several images appear of the screen. Yuri suppresses his worried look as he hands the tablet back to the agent. A few moments later the man gives Yuri a thumbs up and grabs Hikigaya by the arm, before forcefully taking him further into the factory.
Present Day – Old School – 20:23
As Rorona and Hikigaya arrive at the science lab, they see several men stationed outside the door. The two of them are quickly met with a hail of gun fire from the men. They back up behind a corner as the bullets fly past them. Hachiman cringes as he feels one of the shots graze his leg.
"You okay?" Rorona asks as he notices the blood.
"Nothing I can't handle."
These guards in particular are armed with assault rifles instead of the standard handguns. This prompts the assassin to holster his pistol and take the m16 he has strapped on his back into his arms. Rorona does the same and they get ready to fire.
"We only have one magazine each, so make your bullets count." Hachiman says as he peeks the barrel around the corner.
Rorona feels some anxiety, as he takes a deep breath. Suddenly several shots ring out through building as Hikigaya fires his automatic weapon at the guards. Rorona leans over the assassin and begins firing around the corner as well.
PRRR
PRRR
Bullets shower everything from the walls to the lockers, accompanied with loud sounds of gunfire. As Rorona's magazine empties, he suddenly feels a powerful force knock him down. The older of the two falls onto his back and hits his head against the tiled hallway floors. Hachiman sees this and quickly backs up behind the corner again, as the guards whisper amongst themselves, while slowly approaching.
"What's wrong?"
Sweat begins to drip down the older mans face as he feels a wet spot under his ribs.
"I-I think I've been hit…"
Knowing there isn't much time, the assassin looks down at the ground, trying to think of what to do.
"Okay. Stay still."
"Shit."
Hikigaya closes his eyes for a moment before turning the corner and firing his last few bullets into the guards. Four or five of them drop down while three others - not realizing he is out of ammo - run away. He promptly throws the m16 to the side and begins sprinting towards the retreating men.
As he catches up to one, Hachiman pulls out his karambit and tackles the man from behind. The guard fights back and rolls over, getting on top of the assassin. Before he can do anything, Hikigaya drives the blade into his neck and blood begins to pour out. He closes his eyes and mouth tightly, as his face gets covered in said blood. Wasting no time, he quickly drops the man next him and stands up.
The assassin looks around and sees the other two men who ran away staring at him with terrified expressions. Their backs are up against a wall, and they had accidentally gone to a dead end. The dim school lights shine behind the assassin, causing his silhouette to appear all black. One of the men drops to his knees and begins crying. The other guard sees this and quickly does the same.
While blood drips off of him, Hachiman begins walking towards the men. He watches as they cry and feels his heart race. As the distance between them closes, he takes out his pistol and fires a shot into one of the men. The body curls over on the ground, now with a large fraction of it's head missing. Hikigaya looks at the other man for a moment, before executing him as well.
With both of them dead, Hikigaya turns around and begins walking back down the hallway, stepping over several other bodies. As passes them, he kneels down by a locker and vomits on the ground. After wiping his face, he quickly hurries back to the wounded Rorona.
Hachiman removes the older man's body armour to get a better look at the bullet hole. He analyses the wound for a few seconds before standing up and extending his hand.
"There isn't much bleeding, and it went clean through your fat tissue. You'll be fine, so long as we get it cleaned."
Rorona chuckles with relief as he takes the assassin's hands and feels himself get pulled back onto his feet.
"Ugh." He groans as he feels the sharp pain in his side.
"We need to hurry. More men will come soon." Hikigaya says, while walking over to the science lab door, followed by Rorona.
He kicks it several times before the lock gives in, and the door opens revealing the classroom inside. The two of them quickly head in. Unfortunately, they are greeted with none other than a man pressing a handgun against a young girl's head.
"Nobody move or I'll kill her! I promise!"
Hachiman slows down and raises his arms in surrender as he looks over at his sister, who has a her hands tied behind her back with rope. The man has one arm wrapped around her waist with his other hand holding the gun. He looks angry but scared, and also very serious about the threat. The classroom they are in is relatively bare, with some chairs stacked up in the corner and no tables. On the other end of the class is a bolted down teachers desk, where the man is standing. On the desk is a plate of a food and half empty bottle of water.
"Hi, Komachi." Hikigaya says nonchalantly, while Rorona leans against the chalkboard, clutching his stinging wound.
The girl has a dark-black shoulder length hair and she is wearing a navy-blue dress, with zebra stripe leggings and sneakers.
"P-Please help me Hachiman… I'm scared."
She trembles as she speaks, looking as though she is on the verge of tears. Her older brother sees this and raises an eyebrow.
"Are you armed?" The guard asks authoritatively, as he stares at the blood soaked boy in front of him.
"No." Hikigaya lies.
"Good."
The man takes his arm off the young girl's waist and reaches behind his back, pulling out a walkie-talkie. He presses a button on the side, causing the device to buzz.
"I got him. What should I do?"
Another man begins speaking through the walkie-talkie, while the guard patiently listens.
"Understood." He says, as he gets his orders.
The guard takes the handgun off of Komachi's temple and points it at Hikigaya. Her look of fear instantly disappears and is replaced with a grin. Not a moment later the young girl jumps up high into the air and raises her legs while bringing her arms up in front of her. She simultaneously throws her head back and hits the guard in the nose. Komachi then grabs his arm and knees him in the elbow. The man yells out in pain as everyone in the room hears the loud crack.
He falls to the floor, dropping the gun. As he writhes around, Komachi kneels down and picks up the firearm before looking down the sites and firing a shot into the mans head. Hikigaya looks away, right before the shot goes off.
After backing up from the pooling blood, the young girl effortlessly unties the ropes around her hands, then runs up to her brother and gives him a big hug.
"It's been too long, Hachiman." She says, nestling her face in the bloody body armour covering his chest.
"It's only been a few months…" He responds with a smile.
Komachi pouts as she holds onto him tighter. A few seconds later, she lets go and begins doing some stretches.
"Well I'm glad you finally came to get me. It was pretty boring here."
"I wasn't sure if you needed the help, but I didn't want to risk it."
She turns around and gets into a complicated yoga position before responding.
"I would have escaped sooner but I needed a vacation. I've been going on a lot of missions lately."
She quickly changes into a different position. Rorona sees this and confused look appears on his face. Suddenly Hikigaya begins hearing a lot of commotion coming for outside the classroom.
"We can speak more at the safehouse, right now we need to go."
Komachi nods as she stands up and raises her gun. Rorona gets up as well and finds an assault on on one of the bodies. He picks it up and gets ready to fight. The three of them proceed to gun their way through the school until they reach the exit of the building. As they get out, they use Rorona's car to flee the scene.
Authors Notes: Chapter 28 will be up next week!
