Sorry this was delayed, the site was having issues and I lost a chunk of the chapter because of that.
If anyone needs any further clarification, yes, I am writing another story now. It's not related to Sonic so you don't have to read it once it's up.
SunSera: I see, and this chapter isn't necessarily supposed to show how he became apart of the group. Infinite is 29 years old here, and if you're curious Gadget is 21. A ring costs about $1,000.
"That was the first thing he did. Get my leader killed and blamed her death on me. Yes, she did end up passing away due to infection that was left untreated from her wounds shortly after her arrest unfortunately since the the cops never bothered to patch her up. I miss her. She was the best leader a person could have, but we need to move on from that. A few months pass, and Klondyke took up the leader role in the squad. We were given a mission of an assassination against someone coming from overseas at Station Square's airport, and that's when things fell apart.
June 20th, 2010, Station Square International Airport
"Let's go over our roles just so nobody's confused; I will directly take the task as posing as an agent that the target is supposed to be meeting, and I'll have Raze and Harko posing as my personal bodyguards during the ordeal. Infinite and Leo, you two are on overlook duty and making sure that we get out alive with that rifle you've been given. Forgen will be monitoring comms in the area to see if we have any unwelcome visitors if anything goes wrong. Lina and Lisa will be inside the terminal to fight off any outsiders that may arrive, and finally the last two are on bomb duty. You two are going to sneak up on the plane after it lands and plant that bomb on it. After it detonates it should kill most of the security and I'll make sure myself to see if he target's dead. We all clear?"
I heard everyone shout and raise their weapons in the air. I still couldn't look at our new leader the same way since Matilda died back in April, but I had to take her word that I shouldn't stay in the past.
"Everyone, go to your positions. They'll be landing in five minutes. Go!" He shouted at us. We all darted away to our spots. It was by surprising chance I was paired with Leo in this mission, who was my best friend.
We made it to the roof of the building while making sure we weren't seen by anyone. Once we were up there, we chose a corner of the building to set up and look off of.
Leo had a hard time setting up the gun since it wasn't mean to be used by anthros such as outselves, but we had to make do. It was a simple sniper, one that we would take on hunting trips if we ever went on any. It was somewhat effective, which is what really mattered.
"You okay there?" I asked.
"Fine, I've got this pretty much set up. Let's load it." He said, but we both perked up to a distinct plane engine coming closer. We looked towards the runway, where there was a private passenger jet touching down. We both watched.
"Everyone be ready, they've arrived." I heard Klondyke on the earpiece.
The plane came to a stop on the runway, and taxied over to where this meeting was to take place just in front of us. We tried to keep as hidden as possible on the roof, but our large ears don't exactly help with that.
I saw the bomb squad make a run for the plane quickly, and they attached the bomb to the back of the plane. They quickly made a run back.
The door of the plane opened up, and several people wearing business suits came out. "Who are these people supposed to be exactly?"
"Not sure, but I think they're some sort of Shamarian representatives or something like that. That's what I overheard at least." Leo replied to my question.
I saw Klondyke come out of the building with the other two. He approached the representatives. I had an eerie feeling, so I looked at Leo.
"It's been really quiet. I don't like this, Leo. Nobody's been speaking on the piece." I explained my concern.
"I know... maybe it's just technical difficulties." We stopped talking and watched.
"We are glad to have you in our presence, Klondyke. I take it you've dealt with our adversaries planning on assassinating us here?" I couldn't believe what I just heard.
"We need to-" We heard the door to the roof open forcibly. I saw Forgen, our hacker stumble out towards us. He was hurt, so we both rushed to him.
"You guys gotta go, it's a-" He was cut off when someone, a red hedgehog came out from the roof entry and super-kicked him off the ledge of the roof.
"Forg!" I shouted and withdrew my blade. The hedgehog knew he had made a mistake and I slashed him before he could dodge the attack. Bleeding, he stumbled back Leo jumped up stabbed him in the head.
We rushed over the edge of the roof to see our hacker. He was at the bottom on the ground with blood around him. It was without doubt he was dead. I didn't want to believe it, but my friend grabbed my shoulder and told me to leave him. I reluctantly did so, but I wanted to go down there and make sure he was alright.
We ran down the stairs and busted out to the main hall. We had to find the others before it was too late.
"Guys, it's a trap. Get out of here while you can!" I shouted, but no response.
"Don't bother, kid. You won't be seeing them anymore." I heard my "leader" tell us.
"You bastard, you're not getting away with this!"
"I already have." I heard a dark tone of words come from the earpiece, freezing me cold, but my best friend tugged on my arm to get moving. I began running down the hall where the sounds of fighting and gunshots were heard. There were also distant screams from innocent people within the building.
We ran up on Lina trying to fight off a bunch of attackers with her own sword, but we were too late. One of the unknown henchmen shot her in the leg while she was distracted.
"Leave her be!" I snarled and threw my sword at one of them. My sword impaled the only human and killed him instantly. Leo got out his dual daggers and charged at them, but once again we were too late. One of the henchmen had stabbed her in the throat with a knife.
"You bastard!" Leo shouted and lunged to attack the two anthros, but he was fought off by whoever these people are. I quickly rolled forward and uppercut the wolf in the face, and roundhouse kicked the other to the ground. Their firearms were knocked out of their hands.
Using this opportunity, I pulled my sword out of the man's body and aimed it at the wolf, who quickly kicked me in the gut. I grunted in pain as I was knocked back. I saw their accomplice also recover and began fighting Leo. I looked back to the wolf, who smirked.
"Come on, fight like a man." He told me. I dropped my sword and gave him a little gesture to come at me. He did so and jumped right towards me, I dodged and followed up with a quick counter attack.
We both jumped back, only to charge at eachother again. I got ready to take him out with my fist, but at that moment I could just see a knife in his hand. I was too late to react fast enough, and I got a cut to the side. I gasped in pain and glared with hatred.
"You motherfucker!" I said angrily. I looked off to the side and saw the gun on the floor. Let's see how this guy likes it when I don't play fairly either.
I jumped and slid for the gun and quickly grabbed it. I turned and aimed at the wolf, who was preparing to stab me with the knife. I pulled the trigger and shot him in the chest. He shouted in pain and fell to his knees, dropping his knife.
"This is why you don't cheat." I said smugly.
"Heh." He chuckled at me, looking at me as I got up on my feet and looked back at Leo who was finishing up on the other guy. "My job's already done. I killed your friend while my accomplices are busy finishing up on your own." He began to laugh, but I put a bullet in his head.
"You hear him?" I heard Leo ask. I looked back at him, he was wiping sweat off his head and adjusted the green bandana on his head. I clutched my side which was beginning to hurt.
We both looked at Lina, who had a horrible injury to her throat. We rushed over to her, and I looked deep into her once yellow eyes that were now lifeless and dull. I tried to shake her awake despite knowing she wasn't going to come back. I tear rolled down my eye and I left her.
I couldn't believe any of this was happening. In just five minutes I had witnessed two great friends die in front of me.
We decided to try and find the others, but I was afraid that the rest of my squad would be dead too.
I could hear static coming in from my earpiece, which was followed by a voice that became clearer and clearer. I recognized the voice to be that of of Lisa's.
"Hello? Anyone there?" We heard her ask. We stopped.
"We're here." I replied. I could hear a sigh of relief.
"Thank God at least someone's alive. Leo with you?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm here. Know what happened?" He asked.
"Klon betrayed us and sent some sort of hitman gang after us. Speaking of which I saw these guys kill three others and I have no idea where the others went." Lisa explained.
"We know..." I sniffed. "Just a few minutes ago we lost Forg and Lina. Did you guys split up?"
"Once I knew something was wrong, we split. Anyway, can't talk. We need to leave right now before we're all dead. Meet me at the parking structure if you can." She told us.
"We'll get there." Leo reassured. He looked at me with a nod. "We better listen. Let's go." He motioned for me to come along. We trekked quickly through the halls, looking for an exit.
There were double doors ahead, and without thinking we burst through them, and froze in our tracks. We were in a waiting room of some sort, and in front of us were probably a dozen of these hitmen, all with weapons.
"Look boys, look who showed up. Get-" The one speaking was cut off by the sound of something hitting the floor near them. I heard a bang and I was blinded slightly with ringing in my ears. I could barely see but I looked and saw gunfire which I could somewhat hear.
The hitmen were shot to the ground. I was able to make out the blue and black uniforms of GUN soldiers. My instincts screamed to go the other way, and I looked to the side where there was a window to the front of the airport. I grabbed Leo and dove out the window.
We clumsily hit the ground and fell over since we were still slightly dazed by the flashbang, but my senses were clearing up now. I got up. I watched Leo shake his head and get up too.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"I'm fine... what happened?" He asked me as we ran to the parking structure probably 200 meters in front of us.
"We were hit by a flashbang and the military barged in. They're fighting whoever that is that's trying to kill us." I explained.
"Good, they'll be distracted for a bit." He said as we ran up to the parking building and entered the first floor. We both stopped to sit down and catch our breath.
"Aahh..." I groaned, clutching my injury from the knife.
"How's that doing?" Leo asked, looking at my wound. "Still bleeding, but minor. Looks like it wasn't a deep cut."
"That's good I hear. Where's Liz?" I asked, but a car rolled up and stopped. The door opening up, we saw the female survivor hop off the seat and came over to us.
"I'm right here. You two alright?" She asked.
"I'm fine. He's another story." I heard my best friend say, pointing to the cut.
"It's a flesh wound. I'm fine." I said as she helped me up.
"Come on, let's get outta here." She consoled and we climbed into the car. I took the backseat.
"What about the others?" I heard Leo ask.
"They're dead or arrested. As much as I want to go back for them, we'd be dead if we did." Lisa said, exiting the lot and taking us further from the airport.
I couldn't help but cry at that moment. Within ten minutes, my leader betrayed us, got at least five killed and the others... gone.
A few hours later, Jackal Squad camp
"Hey, get up." I felt a hand tugging on my arm. I was reluctant to move.
"I can't believe this. Infinite, get your ass up already and see this."
"What?" I grumbled.
"The camp... it's destroyed." Lisa said. I sat up and looked around. All of the buildings that were in our camp were burnt out and destroyed.
"He destroyed our home too... Damnit!" Leo cussed and I heard his fist bang against something. "Anything we can at least salvage?"
"Nope, everything valuable to us was probably stolen if they were smart." She replied. I hopped out of the car and looked around.
"Doesn't hurt to at least take a look." I said. I walked to where the leader's cabin once stood and I looked around at the black char. The safe containing our money and valuables were gone, but I saw something poking out of the debris.
I kneeled down and moved the debris around, and pulled a framed photo of the squad out of the destruction. I dusted it off with my glove and looked at it. Another tear went down my cheek when I looked at the faces of those we lost today, but I was consumed by different feelings when I looked at the face of Klondyke on the photo.
The feelings of pure hatred, vigilance and revenge. He was not going to get away with this.
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