Ryo: Happy New Year everyone! Here's the next chapter of the story!
Chapter 31: Assassination Part 1
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean…
A Royal British Army freighter flew above the ocean. Inside the freighter were Lenalee and another soldier named Minato Namikaze.
"Colonel, we have just finished our relief effort at Tonga." Lenalee said to her communicator.
"Yup, and we are now heading back to London." Minato added.
"Very well then. You two did a great job. Head back home." Roy said.
"Thanks Colonel. Also-" However Lenalee was cut off when the freighter's radar rang. "Hang on, sir. We are picking up unidentified objects approaching our location."
"What? What are they doing?" Roy asked.
"I don't know. But I'm sure they are not-" Lenalee got cut off again when their cockpit door exploded behind them. Lenalee and Minato turned around and see eight men coming into the cockpit. The men are all dressed in black and dark green robes with green and yellow circle emblems on it and black hats. They are Dai Li agents, the most skilful assassin unit of the Faction.
"What the-" Minato was cut off when the Dai Li quickly shot their handcuffs at him and Lenalee and cuffed both officers.
"Lenalee! Minato! What's going on down there?" Roy asked in worry. However, one of the Dai Li agents shot their Earth gloves at the communicator and destroys it.
Lenalee and Minato struggle to break free from their cuffs while two men entered the cockpit.
The first man has black hair, tied to a braid, thin moustache, short beard and wears black and yellow robes. His name was Long Feng, leader of the Dai Li.
The second man was Cedric, now dressed in black gloves, black uniform with the Faction insignia on it, black belt, black pants and black boots.
Long Feng smirked evilly as he holds up his communicator and said, "Brute, we have captured two British officers."
"Good job. Everything's going according to plan." The Brute said. "Take them away."
"Roger that." Long Feng then hangs up his communicator.
"You dare capture us and take us as hostages?! Just you wait, our comrades will find you and take you all-" Suddenly, Minato yelps when Cedric quickly threw a dagger at his neck.
"Minato!" Lenalee cried. She watched in horror as her partner fell to the ground dead.
"That will teach you." Cedric said coldly.
"What are you doing?! The Brute said that we need these officers alive!" Long Feng snapped at Cedric.
"It's okay. He didn't say how many. We just only need one." Cedric said.
Long Feng groaned, then ordered his Dai Li agents, "Take the girl away."
Lenalee silently sobbed helplessly as the Dai Li agents walked over to her, grab her arms and escort her out of the freighter.
Meanwhile, at the train…
Will yawned loudly as she, Ricky, Saber, Ben, Rukia, Allen, Toph and Wall-E entered their room. It's a huge room with eight beds (Four on each side).
"Oh man, I could really do a thousand winks right now." Will said, stretching her arms.
"Me too!" Toph smiled.
"Good night, guys." Ricky said to his allies.
"Good night!" The others said as they all got into their beds while Wall-E rolls under Ricky's bed and transforms himself into a cube.
As the others get to sleep, Ricky noticed Allen smiling while laying on his bed. Ricky asked, "Allen? Are you alright?"
"Oh yeah, sure." Allen said as he turned to Ricky.
"Why are you smiling?"
"Nah, it's just that…I have confessed to Lenalee that I love her."
Ricky widens his eyes in amusement. "Really?" He chuckled.
"Yeah. I liked her a lot. And I can't believe it took me 5 years to finally confess my love for her. And when all this is over," Allen sighed dreamily. "I want to be with her forever."
"It's good to hear that." Ricky smiled, happy for his friend.
"Thanks. Let's get some sleep now, shall we?"
"Yeah. Sure."
Meanwhile, the train is now rolling on a long bridge which connects between China and the Aomori Prefecture of Japan.
However, unknown to the people in the train, a small Faction submarine was sailing next to the bridge.
Inside the submarine, the eight Dai Li agents, Long Feng, Cedric and Lenalee lined up at the bridge. Lenalee, with her head hung down and a defeated look on her face, was hand cuffed.
Lenalee then gasp when a figure walked up to her and the others. She then looked up and recognizes the figure.
"You're…The Brute." Lenalee uttered. She has heard about the Brute. She has heard about his involvement in the Battle of DC, how he aid Hendrik and Oswald to kill her leader Yoruichi and take over the world and put an end to the Templars.
"Yes I am. I'm flattered that you know me." The Brute said.
"What do you want with me?!" Lenalee yelled as she furrows her eyes and took a step closer to The Brute. Two Dai Li agents quickly pull her away and held her arms tightly.
"Oh nothing. We just want to use you to capture the Templar and his allies and hand them over to our glorious High Commander. If of course, they refuse to surrender, we will just have to kill you." The Brute said darkly. "Besides, according to Cedric, one of the Templar's allies is an officer from the Royal British Army. Just like you."
Lenalee gasps , then cried, "No! Please! Don't hurt my friend!"
"I see. You cared about that officer who is teaming up with the Templar right now, right?" The Brute asked as he folds his arms.
"More than anything!" Lenalee yelled with tears forming in her eyes. "Please! Don't-" Lenalee got muffled when one of the Dai Li agents wraps his hand around her mouth.
"Sorry sir, but this girl is wasting our time with her yelling. We need to start our mission now." Long Feng said.
The Brute nodded and said, "Thanks to one of our Faction scouts, they told us that the Templar and his allies are currently resting in that train. I want you all to get into the train with our hostage and annihilate them quietly."
"Can we kill them?" Cedric asked.
"Unless they attack you back, yes."
"Good. Because I'm still itching with temptation to kill that Vandom girl." Cedric said, furrowing his eyes. "She will pay for leaving me and leaving with the Templar."
"Yes. That Templar not only has recently defeated Azula, but also killed my servant Rukia." The Brute said, turning around. After The Brute sent Rukia to assassinate Ricky, Rukia has presumably perished from him.
It has been a few weeks since Rukia was given her mission to kill Ricky but she never came back, giving The Brute the belief that his servant has failed her mission and met her fate by the Templar.
"Rukia has been my greatest servant, and I never had anyone as good as her. That Templar will pay for killing her." The Brute furrows his eyes as he curled his hands into fists.
He then turned back and said, "Alright. It is time. I'll join you all later once our mission is complete."
"Yes sir." Cedric, Long Feng and the Dai Li agents said in unison.
"Allen is going to be in danger. And it's all because of me." Lenalee whispered sadly to herself as a tear rolled down her cheek.
Later, the Dai Li agents, Cedric, Long Feng and Lenalee are on a small boat and they drive next to the train. "We split up into two groups. Four of you and the girl will be with Cedric and four of you will be with me." Long Feng said to his agents.
"Yes, sir." The Dai Li agents said.
One of the Dai Li agents held Lenalee and they, Cedric and Long Feng then jumped onto the train rooftop.
Long Feng and four Dai Li agents with Lenalee then climbed down the side of the train compartment they landed on while Cedric turned to the other four agents walked over to the back of the compartment and climb down from there.
Meanwhile, Ricky and his group slept soundly in their room. Suddenly, Toph opens her eyes wide and said, "Someone is coming!"
"Whaaaattt???" Will groaned as she groggily wakes up. The others wake up as well.
"What's wrong, Toph?" Ricky asked.
"I said someone is coming." Toph said.
"How do you know?" Saber asked.
"I can feel them with my earthbending."
"If it's true, we better get ready." Rukia said. The others nod in agreement.
"Oh great. Why of all times do our enemies have to attack us at this time?" Will groaned.
Meanwhile, a train officer named Xigbar was walking down the passenger car. It's empty since most of the train's passengers have gone to the sleeping car and get their rest. He walks down the car with his torch.
Unknown to him, a Dai Li agent was on the car's ceiling. He then jumped down behind Xigbar. Xigbar gasp and turns around and before he could move a muscle in reaction, the Dai Li agent grabs his head and twists it and Xigbar slumps onto the ground dead.
Meanwhile, Long Feng and his agents arrived at the heroes' room. Long Feng holds up his hand, telling them to be cautious and the Dai Li agents nod their heads.
Long Feng then quickly opens the door and immediately, he and the Dai agents shot their earth gloves at the beds.
They kept shooting the beds until the blankets and pillows are ripped and torn.
"Stop!" Long Feng ordered and his agents stop firing. Long Feng then examined the beds. "These beds are empty!"
"Well well well, guess you are right after all, Toph." Ricky said. Long Feng and the Dai Li agents turned around and see Ricky and his group standing behind them.
"This is for ruining our sleep!" Will snapped as she swings her rapiers and shot pink waves of energy at Long Feng and his agents. The waves hit them and knock them to the wall.
Toph then stomps her feet and bends a ring of earth around Long Feng and his agents, trapping them.
"There are probably more of them! Let's split up!" Saber said to the others.
"Right. Rukia, Will and Toph, you're with Saber. Ben, Allen, Wall-E, you're with me!" Ricky said as he carries Wall-E in his arms.
"Right!" Everybody said in unison and they all split into two groups and each went different directions.
"Fools! Get them!" Long feng scolded his agents as they break free from the earth.
Allen, Ben and Ricky ran through another train car.
"Come on, we need to find a place to hide!" Ben said.
The three boys then went over to a door and opens it. To their shock, they entered a women's bathroom. A woman named Kitana was about to remove her clothes until she turned around and widens her eyes in shock. She screamed bloody murder and Ricky quickly closes the door.
The three boys blushed crimson as Allen said, "Okay. We shouldn't have done that." Ricky, Ben and Wall-E slowly nod their heads and the three quickly ran off.
After they ran off, Long Feng and two Dai Li agents ran over to the door and Long Feng said to his agents, "They could be hiding in here!" He then opens the door and Kitana screamed in horror again.
"That does it!" Kitana screamed. She threw her fans at Long Feng and the Dai Li agents and he and the agents screamed as they ran off.
Meanwhile, Cedric, his agents and Lenalee walked through the train's cargo car until Cedric stops at his tracks.
"What is it, sir?" one of the agents asked.
"She's coming…" Cedric said darkly. "I'll wait here. Two of you go after them and the other two of you will take the girl to the caboose."
"Yes sir." The agents said. Two of the agents then ran off while the other two take Lenalee away and walk their way to the caboose. Cedric draws out his swords and calmly sat down Indian-style and closes his eyes.
Meanwhile, at the next train car, Will swings her rapiers and shot a wave of pink energy at one of the Dai Li agents while Toph stomps her foot and a boulder pops up from the ground. She then thrusts her fist and shot the boulder at the second Dai Li agent.
The first Dai Li agent gets up and jumps and crawls onto the ceiling. Saber holds up her ExCalibur sword and shot bolts of thunder at the agent but the agent quickly dodges them. He then climbs down behind Saber and wraps his arms around Saber tightly.
"Surrender now, girl!" The agent said as Saber tries to break free.
"Don't call me a girl!" Saber then punched the Dai Li agent's stomach with her elbow, making him groan. Then, she quickly grabs his arm and tosses him to the ground.
The second Dai Li agent gets up as the first agent fell to the ground. He shot three earth gloves at the girls.
"Tsugi No Mai Hakuren!" Rukia said and she shot ice from her zanpakuto and freezes the earth gloves. The earth gloves then fell to the ground and smash into tiny ice particles.
Rukia and Saber turn to each other, smiled and nod their heads. "Tsugi No Mai Hakuren!" Rukia yelled again as she shot ice at the second Dai Li agent.
"Thunderbolt!" Saber said as she shot a bolt of thunder at the second Dai Li agent.
The ice then pushes the Dai Li agent back to the wall and freezes him and the thunder hits him and the agent yells as he gets electrocute. He then fell unconscious and slump his head down.
Will and Toph cheered and jump with joy while Rukia and Saber high-fived each other. "Good work, Shinigami." Saber grins.
END OF CHAPTER
Ryo: And I'll end the chapter here. Can the heroes defend themselves from Long Feng and the Dai Li agents and save Lenalee? Part 2 is next. Stay tune and read and review!