Chapter 15- Infiltrating the Island
Heba and the others were getting their teams ready.
"You guys know what to do." Heba said as they put in their earpiece communicators.
"We know. We stay in contact at all times." Joey said.
"On your order, I'll disable the security system." Ryou added in.
"Will that not alert Pegasus?" Malik asked.
"Maybe, but we'll have already gotten close to the island. His jet is computerized, so Ryou's going to be able to make sure the jet can't fly before he deactivates the security system." Heba replied.
"Well, I guess we're ready." Joey said.
"Okay. Move out, and be ready." Heba said.
The group headed to one of the four carrier planes that would be used to transport everyone. There would be fifteen in each team including the leader of the team, which meant that there were sixteen people in each team.
After everyone was on board the planes, Heba gave the order for the planes to leave.
The doors to the planes shut, and the hanger door opened.
The planes flew out.
Atemu, Yami, Bakura, Akefia, Marik, Mariku, Seto, and Seth all watched as the planes took off.
"Well, how are we going to do this?" Bakura asked.
"Very carefully. Come on." Seth said.
The group headed through the halls and found themselves in the weapons room.
All of them took the suits that the others had been wearing and out them on. They then took several guns, clips of ammunition, grenades, and daggers and put them on their person.
"Okay. Now what?" Mariku asked.
"We steal a plane." Seto said simply.
"And how do we do that?" Atemu asked.
"Simple. There's one on a launch pad above. It's hardly used. It's not guarded, and I know how to fly a plane." Seto explained.
"Well, I think we have most of this figured out." Yami said.
"Once we're too a point, we'll land on the water and go there in a boat like them. We don't need to destroy what they're doing." Seth said.
Stealthily, the group headed for the launch pad and found that it was empty.
"Well, so far, so good." Mariku said.
"I don't think that anyone is going to notice that the plane is gone." Yami said.
The group headed to the plane, and all of them boarded the plane.
Seto got in the cockpit with Seth as co-pilot.
"Everyone, sit down and strap in. We have a lot to do." Seth said.
Seto started the plane, and they flew off, unknown to anyone at the base.
Heba watched as they flew toward the islands.
"We'll be reaching the landing point in half an hour, Leader." a man said.
"Good. We can't take any chances on being spotted." Heba said.
"We won't." the man assured him.
Heba hit a button on the earpiece and said, "Fox, do you ready me?""Loud and clear, Leader." Ryou replied.
"We'll be reaching our destination in half an hour. Go ahead and disable Pegasus's jet. It won't be noticeable. Once we land on the water, you'll disable the security system." Heba said.
"Understood." Ryou replied.
Heba then cut the communication. 'We're coming for you Pegasus.' Heba thought.
Pegasus was sitting in his lounge chair, sipping his wine. 'No one is going to find me here. I have nothing to fear.' Pegasus thought.
Croquet then entered the room and set a tray of food down. "Here's your lunch, Mr. Pegasus." Croquet said.
"Thanks you, Croquet." Pegasus said.
Croquet then left the room.
'There is no reason for me to be afraid. Whoever these assassins are, there is no way that they will be able to find me here. No one even knows that I own this island.' Pegasus thought as he ate, certain that he had nothing to be afraid of.
Ryou was busy on the plane's computer. He was working on disabling the jet.
The words Access to Industrial Illusions Jet Allowed.
Ryou smirked. Hacking into computer systems was a specialty of his, and he enjoyed it immensely. He then typed in several codes.
The words Industrial Illusions Jet Deactivated appeared on the screen.
Ryou then changed the codes on the plane so that no one could activate the computerized plane.
Ryou hit the button on the earpiece and said, "Leader."
"Fox, what do you have to report?" Heba asked.
"I hacked into the computer of the jet used by Pegasus. I have disabled the jet, and I also changed the codes so that no one can access the computer system except me." Ryou explained.
"Good work, Fox. He won't be able to leave the island now." Heba said.
"No, sir. He won't." Ryou said. As he was talking to Heba, Ryou was already hacking into the security system on the island.
Soon, the words Access to Industrial Illusions Security System Granted, Island Fortress System.
"Also, I have already hacked into the security system at the island. It'll take me ten seconds to disable the security system once we arrive at the drop point." Ryou said.
"That's excellent. I'll give you the word for when you can deactivate the security system." Heba said.
"Understood." Ryou said, cutting the communication.
"How long before we arrive?" Bakura asked.
"It'll be about forty minutes. I'm staying a little behind the others. I don't want any of them spotting us before we want them to." Seto said.
"Well, I have them on radar. They'll have a twenty minute head start on us, meaning that they'll be on the island when we arrive." Seth said.
"Meaning they can't stop us." Atemu translated.
"Would you prefer that they be able to stop us?" Seto asked.
"Well, at least we'll be able to help them in some way." Atemu said.
"I just hope that nothing bad happens before we get there." Marik said.
"We can't think like that. We need to take it one step at a time." Yami said.
Soon, the four planes arrived at the landing point.
The pilots of the plane started to descend.
Heba hit the communicator. "Fox." Heba said.
"Yes, Leader." Ryou replied.
"Deactivate the security system." Heba ordered.
"I will." Ryou replied.
Heba then broke the communication. 'We're about to begin.' Heba thought.
Ryou had gotten to work on disabling the security system to the island, and he was soon able to disable it.
"Leader." Ryou said.
"What is it, Fox?"Heba asked.
"I've disabled the security system. We're good to go." Ryou said.
"Good." Heba said.
"Everyone, be ready. We're soon going to be heading to the island. Don't forget that there is a weapon's system on the island, so everyone will need to be on full alert at all times. We don't know how many people we will encounter, but remember that if they are not a part of our organization, shoot to kill." Heba said over the communicators to everyone.
"Yes, Leader." everyone replied.
"Team leader, be ready. Once on the island, have as little contact over the communicators as possible. If you reach Pegasus's castle, check in and wait for further instructions." Heba said.
"Yes, Leader." Ryou, Joey, and Malik replied.
The planes landed, and all of the assassins climbed into boats that were loaded with a cloaking device so that no one would know that they were approaching the island.
"They've all landed." Seth said.
"Is that good or bad?" Akefia asked.
"It depends on how things go. Let's just hope that we can help." Seto said.
"In that case, I think that we're in a lot of trouble." Marik said.
"You don't know that. We need to think positively." Yami said.
"Well, they have a head start on us. Let's just hope that we can get there in time to help." Seto said.
Stealthily, the boats made their way toward the island that Pegasus was on.
Heba's team arrived at the edge of the island. They had ended up at a rocky part of the island.
"What now, Leader?" a woman asked.
"We climb up." Heba answered.
After turning the boats off, the group grabbed hold of the rock and started to climb up slowly.
Heba was the first one to reach the top. Peering over the edge, Heba looked to make sure that the coast was clear before he signaled for the rest of the team to climb on up.
Once all members of the team were on the ground, Heba turned to them and said, "Have your weapons ready. We don't know when we're going to face any of Falcon's men."
The team nodded, and Heba led them stealthily into the forest that surrounded the castle.
Ryou's team got close to the docks.
There were two men standing on the docks, watching.
Ryou took out a gun that had a silencer on it. He motioned for the man next to him to do the same.
The two took aim and fired, hitting both men in the chest and killing them instantly.
Ryou's team got to the docks and climbed up, looking around.
"Have your weapons ready at all times. We don't know who's out there. Be on guard at all times." Ryou said.
With that, Ryou led his team forward.
Malik's team got close to the island and found themselves in a position that they couldn't get their boats any closer.
"We're going to have to swim to the shore." Malik said.
Every member of the team dove into the water and swam to the edge of the island.
Malik grabbed the side of the land and pulled himself up to look around. He then signaled that everyone was to get on shore.
The entire team got up so that they were on the ground.
Malik pulled out a gun, cocking it. "Be ready at all times. We don't know who's here." Malik said.
Malik led the team into the forest.
Joey's team came up to the edge of the island.
Joey hoisted himself up to see what was around him and found that the coast was clear. Joey then signaled for the team to come up as well.
Everyone got up and looked around.
"Have your weapons ready at all times. We don't know when we'll need to use them." Joey said.
The team then headed into the forest.
"We're here." Seto said.
"Are you sure?" Atemu asked.
"The planes below us are a pretty good clue, Atemu." Seto replied.
"It looks like they're already on the island." Marik said.
"Then we need to get on that island, too." Akefia said.
Seto then landed the plane on the war, coming into a smooth land.
"Did anyone consider how we're going to get to the island?" Mariku asked.
"There's a boat on the plane. We can use it to get to the island." Seth answered.
The entire group got out of their seats and headed back to the hanger on the plane. The hanger door was opened, and they put the boat in the water.
Once the eight were in the boat, they headed for the shore.
At the shore, the eight got themselves onto the island and looked around.
"I don't see anything." Bakura said.
"We might not for a while." Atemu said. He took out a gun and got it ready. "I think that we had better be ready for anything." Atemu said.
The other seven followed Atemu's example and got their own weapons ready.
"Let's get moving." Seth said.
The group started to walk into the forest.
Croquet was in the computer room, checking over the island. "Is everything still secure?" Croquet asked.
"There have been no infiltrations." a man said.
"Sir, we have a problem!" another man said.
"What is it?" Croquet asked, hoping that it was something that could be handled before Pegasus found out.
"The security system is down." the man said.
"What?! What do you mean the security system is down?!" Croquet exclaimed.
"I don't know, sir. It just went out. We don't have surveillance or anything." the man said.
"What about the weapons system?" Croquet asked.
"That is still operational, but we can't see what's going on anywhere around the island." the man said.
"Get into the system! Get is back online!" Croquet ordered.
The man started working furiously with the system. "Sir, the codes have all been changed." the man said.
"Damn it! Someone must have hacked into the system!" Croquet shouted.
"Whoever is after the boss must have done this." the first man said.
Croquet didn't like the way this was going. "Do what you have to, to get this system back online! I want the security system operational now!" Croquet roared.
The two men started to work on it.
"Alert all security staff. Alert them that there is a chance that we have trespassers on the island. If they see someone that shouldn't be on this island, order them to shoot to kill. I don't want any prisoners taken!" Croquet said.
"Yes, sir." a third man said and started contacting the entire staff.
Croquet then walked out of the room.
Pegasus sat in his room, going over things for his company. 'The quiet life. I believe that once I have successfully taken over Sennen Games Inc. and Kaiba Corporation, I will retire here.' Pegasus thought.
The doors to the room were thrown open.
Pegasus looked up in anger and annoyance. "Croquet, what is the meaning of this?!" Pegasus demanded. He hated it when people would just burst into his office and was close to taking the gun from the drawer and killing Croquet.
"My apologies, Mr. Pegasus, but we have a security issue!" Croquet said quickly.
"What is it?" Pegasus asked, not really concerned.
"Someone has hacked into the security system and shut it down. The codes have been changed, so we can't get into the system to change the codes back." Croquet said.
"What?! How did someone get into the system?!" Pegasus demanded.
"I don't know, sir. The team is working on getting it operational again. All members of the security staff have been told to be on high alert and to shoot to kill anyone who should not be on this island." Croquet said.
Pegasus gritted his teeth in anger. He thought that he was safe on the island, but he was wrong. "Get the jet ready! We leave within the hour!" Pegasus ordered.
"Yes, Mr. Pegasus." Croquet said before leaving.
Pegasus stood up and headed out of the room. 'I don't know who this assassin is, but he is good. To find me out here is an achievement as only a few people know that I own this island. I must leave this place before this assassin manages to find me.' Pegasus thought as he walked out of the room.
Heba and the rest of his team made their way through the dense forest.
'It's hard to make anything out here. We're in trouble.' Heba thought.
In the shadows, a gun rose up and started firing.
"Everyone down!" Heba shouted.
All of the assassins dove to the ground and out of the way of the firing.
Heba took aim and fired at the gun, hitting it.
"The weapons system is in activation. Be ready." Heba ordered.
"Over here!" a voice yelled.
"Take cover." Heba hissed.
All of the assassins scrambled into the tress, trying to hide in the shadows.
About ten men came running out into the area.
"I know I heard the gun go off." one said.
"It did, and someone destroyed it." another man said.
There was a growl. "Someone is going to wish that they had never come to this island." a third man said.
Heba took aim and started to fire.
The other assassins in his team took action and did the same.
Pegasus's men started firing back as they fell one by one.
By the time the shootout ended, all ten of Pegasus's men were dead, and three of Heba's assassins were dead.
Three of the assassins checked their fallen comrades and shook their heads, signaling to Heba that they were dead.
"They knew the danger. We have to keep moving." Heba said.
The group moved on, making their way toward Pegasus's castle.
Ryou and the others walked through the forest and were shocked when they came up upon a group of men.
"Kill them!" the leader of the men shouted.
The men started firing.
Ryou and his team hit the dirt as they started firing back.
Ryou took aim and hit one right in the chest. He didn't like to have to do any actual killing, but he would when necessary.
Before long, all of Pegasus's men were dead.
Ryou looked around and noted that two of his men were on the ground.
Two other assassins checked on them, but shook their heads.
"It is a risk that we all are taking. We knew there was a chance that we could die as a result of this fight. We have to keep moving." Ryou said.
The team headed on deeper into the forest.
Malik and his team came to a ledge, and they looked down to see that there was a group of men below them.
"All right. We have to take them all out." Malik said.
All of the assassins took aim and started to fire at the men that were below them.
The men below them were only able to fire off a few shots since they had been taken off guard and were soon dead.
"Good work." Malik said.
The team made their way down to where the men were.
Shots were suddenly fired at them.
"Duck!" Malik shouted as he and the rest of the team dove the ground.
Spotting the weapons that were being fired at them, Malik and several other assassins fired at the area, and the firing soon stopped.
An assassin had fallen, and another announced that he was dead.
"We have to keep moving then." Malik said.
The group moved on and found that a part of Pegasus's weapons system was what had fired at them. They headed on toward their destination.
Joey and his team were walking through the forest, making sure to keep an open to their surroundings.
There was the sound of talking that came through the forest.
With a few hand motions, Joey signaled for the team to hide in the trees.
The team hid and saw that there were some men that came out.
"I can't believe that we have to do this. Who would be stupid enough to come to this island?" a man asked.
"Well, the boss is a bit of an eccentric. I think that he's afraid that someone is after him." another said.
Joey aimed his gun, ready to fire.
One of the men saw something shiny and started to fire at it.
Joey moved back behind the trees, just barely missing being hit.
"What are you doing?" one of them demanded.
"I saw something." another man said.
The rest of the assassins started firing at them.
Pegasus's men started to fire back.
The shootout soon ended.
Joey walked out.
"Two are dead, Mutt." a man said.
"They knew the risk when we started this mission. We have to move on." Joey said.
The group headed on toward Pegasus's castle.
Pegasus made his way toward the hanger that his jet was kept in.
Croquet met him and said, "Mr. Pegasus, we have another problem."
"What is it now?" Pegasus demanded.
"We can't use the jet. Whoever hacked into the security system also hacked into the computer system on the jet. We can't activate the computer for the jet to fly. The codes were changed, and there is nothing that we can do." Croquet said.
"Damn it! I don't know who this assassin is, but they are good at their job." Pegasus said.
"What should we do, sir?" Croquet asked.
"From what I know, we are going to have a confrontation. We need to ready ourselves for it. I don't see these assassins going down without a fight." Pegasus said.
"Sir, can we handle a fight like that?" Croquet asked.
"We have no choice. By the time they get here, their numbers will have dwindled." Pegasus said.
The two then headed back to the computer room.
Atemu, Yami, Bakura, Akefia, Seto, Seth, Marik, and Mariku had been fortunate not to come across anyone yet.
"I thought that this island was supposed to be protected." Bakura scoffed.
"Don't let your guard down yet, Bakura. We don't know what Pegasus has up his sleeve." Seto said.
"He's right. We need to be ready at all times." Yami agreed.
There was a rustling in the trees.
All of them ducked behind the trees and watched as several men came out.
"I know that I heard something around here." a man said.
"Well, we know that someone has infiltrated the island, and the boss wants to make sure that they don't reach the castle." another man said.
Atemu gripped his gun tightly. 'Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.' Atemu thought.
"I know I heard something." the same man said.
"I think that you're out of your mind. There is nothing here." another man said.
"We had better check around just to make sure." a different man said.
The group knew that they didn't have a choice. They started firing.
"What the hell?!" one of the men exclaimed as they started to fire back.
Akefia was hit in the arm and fell down to the ground.
Bakura, angry that his lover had been hit, fired and hit one of the men in the chest.
When one man was left, he turned and started to run.
Mariku fired and hit the man in the back, taking him down.
"Mariku! You shouldn't shoot some one in the back." Seth said.
"Seth, he would have brought back reinforcements. We are dealing with killers here. We can't take prisoners." Mariku said.
"He's right. We can't be too careful. These people would kill us without a second thought." Atemu agreed.
Seth went over and kneeled beside Akefia. "Here. Let me see how bad it is." Seth said.
Akefia moved his hand and let Seth take a look at the wound.
"You'll be okay. It could have been worse." Seth said. He tore off a part of the suit that he was wearing and wrapped it around the wound. "That'll do until we get out of here." Seth said.
"We had better keep moving. Anyone who heard that gunfire is liable to be heading this way now." Marik said.
The group headed on into the forest.
"We have lost contact with five groups of our men." one of the men reported to Pegasus.
"The assassins must have split themselves up. They must have thought that they could get here faster that way." Croquet said.
"And it's working. We don't know how many of out men are dead." Pegasus said.
"What should we do, Falcon?" another man asked.
"Alert all the men to draw back and get close to the castle. Their mission is to make sure that these assassins don't get in the palace." Pegasus said.
"Right." the man said.
The three men started to contact the remaining men to retreat back to the castle.
"Do you think that we can hold them off?" Croquet asked.
"We have no choice. If we do not, we will all die." Pegasus said.
'I have never questioned Mr. Pegasus before, but these assassins mean business. If they get here, we will all die.' Croquet said.
'I won't lose now. I have come too close to ending this to lose it all now.' Pegasus thought.
"Sir, all of the men have been contacted. Everyone is moving back so that they can guard the castle." a man said.
"Good. I don't want any mistakes." Pegasus said. He wouldn't admit it, but he was scared that he would die.
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