(POV of Code Name: Reaper)
(Night of the attack)
(Location; Code Name: Killing Field)
Lightning flashed overhead that lit up the near pitch black streets of Vale as a silhouette ran past a darkened ally, causing a rain soaked cat to hiss and take shelter nearby.
`Reaper, this is Hammer of Dusk, I'm in position.` a feminine voice crackled to life from Reaper's ear piece.
`Kniteshade's in position.` a male voice said shortly after, followed by a monotonous one as it grumbled `Could've
picked better names for this, you know...`
The figure then jumped between two buildings rapidly, landing in a kneeling position with its head lowered. Raising it, the figure reached under its cloak, grabbing a face mask and using it to cover its jawline and nose before sprinting across the rooftops.
`Quit your bitching, Nightshade!` a third, more pissed off sounding, female voice sparked to life within the closed communications link established between the teams as the figure leapt between a fairly large gap between buildings before disappearing in a cloud of rose pestles and landing on the adjacent structure. 'At least it's better than Freezerburn! By the way Reap, we're in position.`
The figure jumped from two more buildings before sliding to a halt, pulling out a mid sized, red box from its lower back and taking up a kneeling position. `Grim at recon point,` a young feminine voice came from the coms. `Orders Reaper?`
"Hold tight 'til I give the orders to advance." I said as I lit up a smoke three blocks south from Grim's location.
`Copy.` they all said at once, causing a slight EMP-like effect, killing my phone for about ten seconds. After it came back to life, I tapped a small button on my earpiece to the next channel, casually stating into it "Do a bit of recon on the place then report back to me Grim."
As if on cue, the box opened up to revile a three-and-a-half foot sniper which the figure shouldered and took aim down the sight. No sooner had this happened had there been three flashes coming from its muzzle, and three bodies falling where they stood.
`Three .50's down. Teams Freezerburn and Knightshade able to move up 100 meters, Sir.` Grim's voice said abnormally coldly. Almost as cold as Weiss (pun intended.)
"Three?" I questioned, purposely filling my voice with curiosity, "You mean to say 'Seven .50's down and the path is cleared until the doorway', no?"
Readjusting her angle, four more suppressed shots ripped through an equal amount of targets. `Seven targets down. Assault teams can Waltz up to the door should they choose, Frenchmen.` she retorted, collapsing her rifle and storing it on her person before vaulting over the building's side to join the others.
"Don't push it kid," I said before changing the channel again to the rest of the team. "Knightshade, Freezerburn, move up to the main door. Grim, Rendezvous with Hammer. Move!" the last word I accidentally yelled, forcing my cigarette out of my mouth as lightning flashed behind me. Flipping the channel again, I proceeded to update my own boss on the details.
`Did you calibrate the systems, Frenchman?` his muffled voice asked monotonously.
"As to specifications, Doctor." I stated sarcastically, doing my best German impression aiming to really piss him off. I hate it when people think I'm their personal lap dog. I'm a fucking merc for gods sake!
`Good.` his voice gains a hint of maleficence to it as he speaks this time around. `Detonate the charges after they enter... make sure they don't make it back out the way they came. Once this is done, your cheque will be awaiting you in your safety deposit box in Vale; I'll have no further need of your PMC after this. Good hunting, General.`
"Fucking better, you Irish prick." I mumbled as I jumped from the building I was on so I could get in range to detonate the Santex I had placed to close off the primary entrance. 'Closing off these kids and sending them into your Hell is worth triple what I agreed to.' Hiding behind an overturned car from a riot that had previously happened here, I took the detonator from my left breast pocket and disengaged the safety on it in my right hand. Flipping the channel again, I gave my final order to those unsuspecting kids. "Are all teams in position?"
`Affirmative Reaper` Grim's voice was heard through my com piece, still as cold as before. `How much longer do we have to wait till we bust down the door and say "Hello!"?`
Cringing a little bit at the thought of what I was going to do, I steeled my nerves and said clearly "What? You haven't yet? The hell are you waiting for? Go and introduce yourselves teams."
Seconds later, the sounds of metal tearing and gunfire rung through the air, disheartening me further.
After about a minute, a chorus of the word 'Clear!' was heard through my earpiece followed by Grim questioning `Where the fuck is he!?`
Taking a deep breath, I clenched the detonator in my hand saying "Grim... You're in charge now and that's an order, but I want you to remember two things."
`And those are?` she questioned angrily.
"One: I'm just following orders, and two: Nothing in there will be what it seems... Remember the later of the two, all of you, and you might survive his game -"
`Wait - WHAT!?`
"I'm sorry." with that, I squeezed the detonator and triggering the charges to go off as planned. Pulling out my earpiece, I casted it aside and walked away from the sight, allowing the rain and the darkness to envelop me into it as well.
(POV of Grim AKA Ruby.)
(Moments earlier.)
`Are all teams in position?` Reaper's voice came through my earpiece as I stacked up behind Nora outside the door to our tormentor for so long, wanting to kill the sonofabitch as soon as possible.
"Affirmative Reaper. How much longer do we have to wait till we bust down the door and say 'Hello!'?" I nearly yelled, wanting to get this over with.
Moments passed before he sighed, `What? You haven't yet? The hell are you waiting for? Go and introduce yourselves teams.`
Lightly patting Nora on the shoulder, she moved in front of the door and placed a block of explosives on it before returning to her post. Grabbing a detonator from her waistline pocket with her left hand, with her right hand she raised three fingers so everyone there could see them. Lowering each one as the seconds past only furthering my adrenaline levels.
As the last one fell into her fist, there was a faint click before the charges exploded and splitting the thick, steel doors wide open. As one of the doors fell off of its hinges, we stormed the buildings seemingly only room to it.
The room was a dimmly lit ballroom with a light brown floral wallpaper and laminant hardwood floring.
"HUD's up everyone!" I ordered as I pressed a button on the glasses i was given beforehand and primed both of my sidearms: a Five-Seven with a red dot sight, mussel break and laser under barrel attachment, as well as a plasma sword that had a light purple glow to it. "Knightshade, Hammer! Sweep left. Freezer burn, on me with the right! Search this place clean for any hidden passages!" stabbing through some wallpaper, I took off in a sprint running parallel to the wall. Reaching the end of the wall, I spun in a clockwise circle while deactivating and holstering the blade. "Hellfire, Ice Queen, help me with this wall. This place is getting torn apart and cleared! The faster we kill him, the faster we go home..!"
In mere moments, we had the entire room completely destroyed with only the supporting beams left standing. The once wall coverings were shredded and laying on the floor in piles, some even on fire. Taking a quick inspection to make sure nothing was left undiscovered, my rage had met an all time high and boiled over.
"WHERE THE FUCK IS HE!?" I yelled out in frustration. Just then, my ear piece surged to life with Reapers voice on the line.
`Grim... You're in charge now and that's an order, but I want you to remember two things...`
"And those are..?" I questioned, adding mentally 'his voice is shaking... Whatever is going to happen isn't going to be pretty.'
`One: I'm just following orders, and two: Nothing in there will be what it seems... Remember the later of the two, all of you, and you might survive his game -`
Even more confused than before, the only thing I was able to get out was "Wait - WHAT!?"
`I'm sorry` was the last thing I heard before an explosion from the doorway sent me flying towards one of the support beams and almost knocking me out. The last thing I saw before i lost concusses was a dark dove Faunus like figure walking towards me and whisper in my ear "welcome... To The Gamble..."