To the left and right stood run down warehouses that were being reclaimed by nature and across a huge empty area without cover was a ripped up building supposedly filled with snipers.
"Nope I still don't see anyone." Said Kagura using the binoculars to see the building with whatever clarity was possible.
"Keep looking there was 4 of 'em last time I checked." Nikolai said clutching his g36 assault rifle.
"I don't think anyone's in there I've been looking for half an hour now."
"That's good then the sun'll set soon enough."
Tomo finally tired of waiting burst out of the safety of the truck they hid behind.
"HEY! IF ANYONE'S THERE COME ON OUT!"
Nothing but stillness wrapped the area.
"I guess that means its safe." Said Yomi, head still buried in her hands.
The team stood up and walked to the ruined building.
They entered the filthy building and still nobody was around to share their eerie experience.
"This doesn't look good at all." Nikolai announced "I used to check 5 mercenaries in that building and 3 of the bastards right here."
"So someone was here before us?" Yomi asked.
"Yeah and if I'm right were in deep shit."
"What?" Osaka said.
"Don't worry nobodies reported a dwarf this far from the power plant in years."
"A dwarf? Chiyo asked.
"Let's not put that thought in our heads for now."
They hopped over what looked a train stop onto the tracks.
As they walked just far enough from what could be cover a rain of gunfire rattled the stillness of the area.
Without thinking they took the weapons from their shoulders and scrambled for the nearby flat-bed car standing on the tracks.
"Watch it those are definitely mercs."
"How do you now?" Said Kagura readying her weapon.
"I'd recognize that caliber gun anywhere it's 5.56.
"So what do we do?"
"What do you always do?" Nikolai asked. "Shoot the fuckers!" He said pulling himself over the train car and opening fire.
"Gotcha." She said nodding.
The battle went on as mercenary after mercenary poured out of the unfinished concrete skeleton of a building.
A stone flew threw the air and landed by the teams feet.
It was a grenade.
"Shit! Screamed Nikolai grabbing and tossing the grenade.
An explosion echoed through the construction yard as the rock exploded in one of the mercs faces.
"Ooh that was a bad one." He said relatively unaffected by the traumatic experience.
"Wait wheres Sakaki?" Kagura said.
"And Chiyo-chan." Osaka added.
Suddenly 3 mercenaries flew backwards with incredible force.
"Look!" Yomi yelled pointing to a rusted trailer.
Sakaki layed on top of it, her new rifle in hand with Chiyo right behind her.
Chiyo pulled away from the binoculars and pointed to another mercenary and said something that was muffled by the gun fire.
Sakaki nodded and moved the rifle just so slightly and fired as another mercenary fell in a cloud of blood.
It went on for maybe 30 more seconds and all the gunfire ceased.
All was still until Nikolai broke in. "Damn Sakaki your a natural!"
She nodded quietly and stood up with Chiyo before hopping down to meet the rest of the group.
They moved along through comments of amazement before reaching a tunnel that seemed very warm considering it was early fall in Ukraine.
Tomo, the only one who didn't notice he that the veteran stalker Nikolai had stopped along with the others just kept walking.
"TOMO!" Yelled before grabbing her and shoving her away from the tunnel.
"What the hell man?" She asked.
Nikolai just gestured for her to wait as he tossed a rock into the tunnel.
Instantly it lit up with a jet of fire. "That is why I stopped you. I don't know anybody who's ever gotten through there so we need to go over the tunnel." He said pointed to a bridge above the pit.
Tomo stood blushing as the others went on.
They walked down the road to the deadly still place called Yantar.
Devoid of live plant life it wasn't and inviting idea to have to walk deeper into it to the dull steel structure that layed in the dried lake bed.
"Well this looks familiar." Kagura said.
They arrived at the structure. Only two ecologist stood inside if their PDA was to be believed.
Nikolai walked to the professor on the far side of the building. "Hello." He said in his calm voice.
He walked over and greeted the stalker. "Hello Nikolai I suppose you need another job do you?"
"Not this time, I need 7 SEVA suits and 4 of your finest NATO weapons."
He walked back and grabbed all the gear. "Thats about 400,000 rubles in gear my friend where did you get that kind of money?"
"... Nowhere... I don't have that kind of money."
"Well I'm sorry Nikolai but this gear is expensive."
"Then just give us the guns and forget the suits please."
"Sure thing."
Nikolai coughed up all the money and handed out the weapons.
Kagura and Yomi had new lm300 assault rifles as Osaka and Tomo looked over brand new FN2000's.
Nikolai walked over. "Now that we have proper weapons we need some good armor... and I think I have a plan to get it."