"I hope we get to go on our first mission soon" Hans yawned lazily as they went through their typical morning routine for training. By now Slade no longer supervised their daily training with the exception of teaching them new battle techniques.
"That would be nice. We'd finally get a chance to prove ourselves and maybe just maybe I can find out more about Deadshot" Skipper agreed. He and Hans were just warming up for the training session.
"You want to make him suffer don't you?" Hans narrowed his eyes, which glittered darkly.
"A little, I want to make him pay for what he did to my family" Skipper shrugged, "so what"
"What you want Skipper, is revenge. I for one think it's a great idea for you to pursue, though I doubt Slade feels the same way. Plus it would be a mission that would be filled with danger and mystery, but you'd have to sneak away to fulfil your wish" Hans seemed for once in a good mood, a very good mood. He rarely helped Skipper with anything.
"Slade told me not to do that though, he said anger is power but it can also get you killed, so I try to ignore it Hans, and I don't want to tick Slade off" Skipper leaned down to touch his toes, as did Hans.
"Well, if I were you, I'd go for revenge, it'll help get rid of some of that anger" Hans said smoothly. Hans seemed awfully determined to get Skipper to go after Deadshot, it did sound like a good idea but he wasn't sure.
"Creak" Skipper and Hans instantly became alert and wary. They both knew that sound too well, it was the floor of the basement. It would creak if someone stepped on it. Slade was upstairs napping, it couldn't be him. Skipper met Hans's gaze and motioned that they should split up and ambush the intruder. Hans's eyes glittered with anger for a moment but the puffin nodded in agreement. Skipper silently moved away from the small ring for combat training and headed towards where the noise had been. After they were both behind the intruder, a fox, they rejoined and slowly approached the now wary intruder.
"Ready" Hans's eyes said.
"Yes" Skipper nodded. They both waited a moment before attacking.
"Hey!" the fox yelled as Hans leapt onto the larger animal's back, sending him off balance. Skipper kicked the fox's legs out from under him so that he crashed down against the floor. Now they had a better look at him. The fox was dark red with large ears and light blue eyes.
"Who are you?" Skipper demanded, he and Hans pinned the fox to the floor with their combined weight.
"What are you doing here?" Hans added.
"Slap, slap" both stopped questioning the fox when they heard slow clapping.
"Very good boys; might just be able to make commandoes out of you two yet" Slade was leaning against the wall closet to the exit, when they looked up at him he stood up and walked over to them.
"You-you knew he was here" Hans stammered jerking his head at the fox which they now let up. Skipper merely stared in disbelief at his mentor.
"Yes. I asked him to try and ambush you to see how well you would react. I think you got the upper hand this time though" Slade was clearly pleased with their reaction.
"You mean it was a test" Skipper finally managed to speak.
"Yes, and both of you passed with flying colors" Slade said almost smugly.
"I'm sorry for startling you boys, my name is Reggie and I'm an old friend of Harley's, she asked me to help Slade with this little experiment" the fox explained.
"So what was the test for" Skipper asked.
"To see if you were ready" Slade replied.
"Ready for what?" Hans asked, though they both hoped that it was for one thing.
"Ready to go on your first mission" Slade's words let their hearts soar with excitement.
"Really, no joke" Hans said happily, his eyes lost their darkness for a moment.
"Yes, an old friend of mine sent word that there was a possible bomb sighting in his country, it's our job to ensure that if there is a bomb to stop it from being used. Think you boys can handle that" Slade explained.
"Yes" Skipper and Hans shouted.
"Good, we leave tomorrow morning." Slade said. He turned to Reggie, "you can leave now if you want".
"Ok, glad I could help" Reggie said, heading towards the exit. Slade was about to head back up-stairs when Skipper stopped him, by putting a flipper on his shoulder.
"What is it boy?" Slade asked.
"Where is the mission to take place?" he asked. Before he went anywhere he wanted to know if Deadshot could possibly be there, so that he might get what Hans had called revenge.
"Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark" Slade replied.