Gunslinger Girl Shadows of war Ch. 31: Off the X and into the fire
A/N: I do not own gunslinger girl only my OCs and any reviews will be nice. Shout out to my editor and beta-readers
As the team all saw the Ferrari pulling into the villa Breanna called out
"Squad attention!" and they all snapped to attention saluting the commander and Chris said, returning the salute
"I am less of the commander and more of a friend because even though the government assigns us ranks that shit doesn't fly here because we all need to pitch in to keep this place running okay?" and the group all smiled before Breanna asked calmly
"So Chris what are going to be doing since you are our commander and you have the decisions" and he smiled tossing over a rifle saying
"Prove to me you all have what it takes to be one of us because training never stops okay?" and they all nodded before pairing off into twos with Chris and Petra showing different joint locks and ways to silence a sentry quietly and violently. Quickly guiding Petra down Chris started to apply pressure to her neck with her quickly tapping out, he smiled saying
"When you have to kill a sentry do it in a way that doesn't make any noise, now it is your turn to show me your hand to hand skills and what you can do in firearms and other weapons" and as he helped Petra up, stealing a feel of her ass, the group all started to train with Chris being impressed at the groups skills causing him to zone out until a swirling cloud of dust caught his eye and he nodded to keep them training before wandering over with the shotgun slung over his shoulder and his boots covered in a thin brown dust. As the group all started to spar in hand to hand combat Chris saw a car pull up and saw Mimi get out before running over to him. As the two held each other close Maria broke down crying and she dropped her phone showing that her father, Mario Bossi was dead. Quickly planting a kiss on her cheek Chris yelled to the unit, as Petra escorted an inconsolable Maria inside and to the chilled bottle of wine that Chris and Petra had set aside
"The Mafia and/or someone else has declared war on us so from now on keep a weapon on hand and a round in the chamber understood?!" and everyone nodded before the still, serene morning air was split by machine gun fire, sending everyone diving for the deck as the wooden wall splintered. As the group all moved and went reaching for the rifles and side arms, Chris jumped up and proceeded to fire upon the attackers, the final round hitting an exposed fuel tank from his AK rifle getting an incendiary ball of fire roasting the two men hiding near it. Quickly swinging around, he coolly turned the car into Swiss cheese spilling the last drops of blood from that fight into the dirt, causing everyone to fear the silence that had just enveloped them.
"Well that was really out of character for the boss" Colt said before their boss walked over and said
"yeah it is out of character but I am out for revenge so as of now I will go out and find the son of a bitch who just attacked us, then I will show them just how big of a mistake they made" before cracking a grim smile as Richard showed up remarking to the unit who drew burial detail
"boys and girls if you don't want to make them have a proper grave that is up to you but just do it quickly and aby prayers for our own are totally up to you" and with that Chris spun in his heel and walked back into the villa finding Mimi sitting against the wall with a bottle of wine that, from the looks of it was half empty and Chris wrapped her in a hug holding two glasses and a bottle of bourbon saying quietly
"Something stronger to take the edge off" and the two started to drink, and as the two were chatting, a voice said, trying to avoid the detection of his commander and failing as the bottle had clattered but by that point Chris didn't give a damn
"Hello my lord I figured you would have ran to our mentor, so eager to put your tongue to his boot" and all Chris would snap out was, pulling a knife of his own
"Say another word and I will put my blade to your throat" and he smiled before he quickly slammed Richard to the ground twisting his arm into a painful angle and shoved his onyx black combat knife to Richards exposed jugular, smiling as Richard gulped hoping that his boss wouldn't finish him off. Bringing Richard back onto his feet and smiled saying
"Next time don't fuck with me and I won't have to almost carve you a new asshole so Buenos dias cockbite" and with that the brothers split off, Richard to teach the others in the arts of being an assassin and Chris was tending to a broken heart, the days' events he had figured would have not happened for a long time.
"Maria mi amore I need to know what happened and when you give me names, I will give you blood" and Maria looked at him and said, her voice hardened,
"I want you to teach me what it means to be an assassin" and he smiled before passing over a forty-five and a dagger saying
"I will make you into one of us and ensure that they will never see you coming and all I have to say is the training will be anything but easy and I hope you are willing to go to hell to get revenge" and gleefully grabbing it, her eyes shining mischievously Maria said, determined to kill and the training starting the next day and thusly she went off but locked eyes with the man she considered a love for all times
"I am well and truly ready to learn mentor and I promise they will all go to hell before this war is over. I am going from vigilante to legend"