Buying time

As per Michael's instructions and Monika's actions, the message was spread far and wide, reaching every member of the Order.

Thanks to that, more than half of the world's population were in the streets celebrating, playing music, singing and dancing as they all waited eagerly to see their Goddess in the flesh.

While this was a cause for celebration, many of the Government's tried to intervene, citing that they were causing civil unrest and that they needed to be stopped before things got out of hand.

However all over the world, actions that would have caused in a violent clash between police and people were put down by various politicians, senators, governors, Ministers both chief and prime and other high ranking members in politics.

Because such a worldwide event like this had never been seen before, every news channel or media coverage site got on it like it was the last loaf of bread in the store and brought constant updates about the status of the crowds all over.

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Barry heard the sound of fanfare and music from all over, understanding that it was time. With a nod to the teams inside, they opened the back of the van and headed out. As much as Barry wanted to be part of the operation, he was best suited to this behind the scenes work while Titus and Carol did what they did best.

Titus and the Furies marched out with Carol and her team on their right side. The team captains nodded to one another then split up. Titus and a few Furies were crouched outside a window while a pair stood by the door. On his signal, one of them quietly opened the door and tossed a flashbang inside. The grenade detonated, allowing Titus and the others to stand up and fire at the occupants inside while the two Furies at the door went in and fired as well. This combined barrage made quick work of the enemy.

"Two more coming around back," Barry said through the communicator. Titus and his team turned around to see a pair of guards, walking towards them, seemingly deep in conversation. They paid for it as the team riddled them with bullets before they could react.

"The main building just triggered the alert guys," Barry said, to them all "Things are about to go crazy."

At this moment, Titus and the Furies saw a pair of vans coming out of the garage. Two guards leaned outside the window, trying to shoot at them but all of a sudden both the vans exploded.

"You can thank me for that later," Carol said, before her team came out one of the doors and met up with Titus and the others. As they met, a group of guards came out of the door on the left. The teams opened fire on them all and finished them off with no trouble at all.

The two leaders gestured to the others to take cover behind the burning vans while more and more guards started coming out of the doors and the garages. In a matter of minutes, every occupant of the warehouse was now shooting at the two teams.

The task then fell on Barry's head to monitor all of this at once, telling the teams when to shoot and when to cover. Thanks to Monika's help, he had access to enough satellites and street cameras to provide him a full view of the battle.

"Titus, up high two o' clock, Fury 6 and 8 aim at one thirty for covering fire," ordered he, then watched his orders being carried out with lethal accuracy. Though he could see them all, there was no denying that the numbers were clearly stacked against them, meaning he would need to do something to change the flow of the fight. He looked at the design of the warehouse, his attention was drawn to how there was only one road that led to the street and saw his opportunity.

"Good thing we live in the digital age," muttered he, to himself then started furiously typing on his computer.

"Guys, cover your ears," Barry said, and the team did so just as he caused all the enemy's phones to emit a high pitched signal, causing everyone to stop shooting. This in turn allowed the two teams to leave the cover of the flaming vehicles and head to the street where they stood behind another pair of cars and maintained line of sight on the one exit, effectively bottle necking their enemy.

When some of the guards tried to approach the vans, the bombs that Carol planted on them immediately went off, wounding all those nearby. Another group lobbed a grenade into the street but Carol quickly darted forward and kicked it back like a football.

"To all of you inside there," Barry called, leaving the van and standing in the centre of the street "you guys are working for a company that's about to be disbanded by the end of the day."

"There's no point throwing your lives away like this so do us all a favor and put your guns down."

"If we do, will you put us in jail?"

Barry turned to Carol who shook her head and he understood.

"No, you'll all get to go back to your normal lives so let's settle this peacefully."

In response he started seeing agents slowly make their way to the street with their hands raised up. Though both the teams had their sights trained on everyone leaving, none of them showed any hostility at all. In the end Barry breathed a sigh of relief at how he was able to resolve the situation without too much death.

"Now all that's left is their part."

AN: not as long as I wanted it to be but thinking honestly about all of it, Alex isn't the type to tell the lower ranked members about his plans so I thought it'd be better to settle things without much violence.