A/N: More time is needed for the next actual chapter of Mercenaries of Fortune, so this one is going to be a flashback. The flashback in question will feature not only Fuuka, Akihiko, Minato, and Mitsuru, but it will also involve Enforcer, Tunazu, and Dmitri interfering when Ikutsuki betrays SEES.
Iwatodai City, November 4th, 2009, Dark Hour local time.
"Well, so far nothing has changed." Dmitri said to Enforcer.
"HQ will try to contact us for a new objective. I suspect that Shuji Ikutsuki is up to something." Enforcer replied.
HQ transmitted to Enforcer's radio, "Enforcer, Dmitri, we have determined that Shuji Ikutsuki is trying to bring about the Fall judging by the data that you have sent us. Your orders are to kill him."
"Understood, HQ." Enforcer transmitted before cutting the channel and saying, "Well, we have our work cut out for us. You still have that .50 caliber on you, Dmitri?"
"Yeah. I also still have the RPG-7 on me." Dmitri replied.
"Good. We may have to destroy Aegis. Tunazu, you still around?"
"Yeah. I've got my eyes on the section of Gekkoukan High's observatory that became part of Tartarus. Enforcer, you should head to my position so that we can get a clear shot." Tunazu transmitted on a local channel.
"Alright. I'm heading to you."
Dmitri then gave Enforcer the .50 caliber rifle and the two mercenaries split off.
At Tunazu's position, the mercenary nervously looked around, certain that he might be attacked. It took about ten minutes before Enforcer finally arrived and an additional four minutes were spent preparing for the shot.
"The Coriolis effect won't affect the bullet's path since there's no wind right now. Keep an eye on the entryway so that an ambush will fail." Enforcer commanded.
"Understood." Tunazu replied.
Enforcer waited and watched as Ikutsuki emerged onto the platform and made his way to several makeshift crosses with Aegis accompanying him. Aegis also dragged along the unconscious members of the Special Extracurricular Execution Squad and was just about to start tying Minato onto one of the crosses when Dmitri emerged and gave Enforcer a signal. It meant, 'Now's the time to strike.'
Enforcer then took the opportunity and fired a single bullet. It was heard by Aegis, but she reacted and moved too late to knock Ikutsuki out of the shot's path and watched as the bullet sped towards Ikutsuki. . .
And his head exploded in a bloody mess of gore as the bullet hit him and continued on into the night.
"Ikutsuki is dead. Now get moving and subdue Aegis, Dmitri!" Enforcer transmitted.
Aegis tried to move, but Dmitri fired the Rocket-Propelled Grenade at the Anti-Shadow Weapon and the explosive hit her in the chest, knocking her onto the ground and in a few split seconds the Russian was on her and pinning her, preventing her from moving while Enforcer and Tunazu immediately abandoned their perch and made an escape.
Takeharu Kirijo finally emerged onto the platform and asked Dmitri, "What happened here, and Who are you?"
"First off, I'm not in a good position to answer questions right now. Second, don't you have more important things to worry about? Lastly, it's already obvious."
A Black Hawk suddenly flew by and started hovering towards the platform. Once it was close enough, it opened the doors of its passenger compartment as Enforcer transmitted from the cockpit, "Dmitri, we need to get out of here. Get on-board the helicopter." Swiftly, the mercenary let go of Aegis and went for the copter, reaching it and getting on as it began to fly away from Tartarus. Once the Black Hawk was about thirty feet away, it closed its passenger compartment doors and it lowered its altitude as it flew away from the city.
Takeharu stood still, shocked at what had happened just a few minutes ago. He then looked around him and let out a sigh of relief that no one had been crucified. He then asked Aegis, "What did Ikutsuki try to have you do?"
The machine replied, "I was ordered to sacrifice the members of S.E.E.S. in order to bring forth the Fall."
"Disregard that order. Ikutsuki is dead now. As for you, Aegis, you are confined to the laboratory until diagnostics can be performed on you."
"Understood." Aegis said in a disappointed manner as she got up and left. Kirijo then noticed Koromaru wake up Minato and Mitsuru before howling at the dead body of Shuji Ikutsuki.
A/N: Takeharu Kirijo will be playing an important role in this story later on. I'll explain him not being leader of the Kirijo Group despite being alive by him having retired after the formation of the Nyx Annihilation Team and leaving for an unspecified location. I will also say that Enforcer and Dmitri actually knew the truth about what happened despite not being at Port Island when the Death Experiment was interrupted. This is because they cracked past Kirijo Group security and managed to get Eiichiro Takeba's original message instead of Ikutsuki's doctored version.