Alright, so here is the next chapter, sorry about the delay, our computer was broken for a few days (before I posted chapter two) and I was a little behind on writing, but here it is. So this chapter will have the squad meeting with Calico in his office where they are assigned a new mission, and the rest of the chapter will focus on David's life, his friendship with the squad, his own personal thoughts, and the team getting ready to go off on their next assignment. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and I hope I do a good job on it. Please review when you're done and I will continue after this.

Chapter 3

Time: 0100 hrs
Location: Calico incorporated building, New York
Main floor of Calico's office

David and the rest of the squad walked down the long hallway, the lights were dimly lit, but the sunlight coming from the window made things a lot brighter. They had just arrived at the main Calico Incorporated building in New York City after they received word from Calico about a new assignment that they had just received. They all were wondering what this new assignment was going to be as they walked towards Their boss' office.

"What do you think our new assignment is going to be?" Klaus asked.

"I bet it's an assassination mission" Blaze said.

"Blaze, you always like the assassination missions" Lori said to him. Everyone agreed since Blaze liked all of the assassination assignments that they were given because it always gave him an opportunity to try out a new weapon that he was given.

"All I know is that he said that it was very important, he seems very concerned about it, and whatever the mission is, we'll get it done together as a team, like we always do" David said to all of the squad members.

"Totally" Klaus said.

"I hear that" Blaze replied.

"Of course, we're always a team" Lori said "That's how it's always been". Ever since they first stated training, David was easy friends with the squad and got along with them just fine. Even though he never knew about his family or where he came from, he always considered his squad as his family throughout their years of service. After walking down the hallway, they arrived at their boss's office. David placed his finger on a red button next to the door and a buzzing sound was heard.

"Yes?" a voice said on the speaker.

"It's us" David said into the speaker "We're here about the assignment"

"Go on in, he's been expecting you" the voice said before David took his finger off the button. He placed his hand on the door knob and opened the door. Inside, the door revealed a dark colored, dimly lit room where the only source of light was from the large window at the end of the room. David slowly opened the door all the way and looked inside the room. At the end of the room, was a large desk with the chair faced towards the window.

"Come in" a voice said from behind the chair. David and his squad walked into the room while Klaus closed the door behind him. As they walked through the room, a black cat crawled off the couch and walked on the floor, onto the desk and towards the chair where two hands grabbed the cat and placed it on his lap. David and the squad stopped just as they reached the front of the desk.

"You called for us sir?" David asked the man. The chair turned to reveal a man well in his early sixties, with white and black hair, a sharp face, a small beard, and a green colored, mutated right eye. The man that faced the squad was none other than their boss and leader, Dr. Calico.

"Ah yes, David" Calico said "I have gathered all of you here for an important matter that I would like to discuss" he then pushed a button, and black shades went down on the large window's, making the room darker while an image on a video screen in front of them is turned on.

"A few hours ago, a fugitive, a female specifically, found out information about a file that contains highly classified information, located in an office building in Shanghai China" Calico started off.

"What exactly does this file contain?" David asked his boss.

"That's classified" Calico said to David "But I can tell you that she's after the professor who is working on our latest project, and her protector is that super dog of her's" David stopped for a moment and knew what he was walking about.

"You mean Bolt" David replied "I've heard some of the men call him that, must have heard it's his owner say his name" the rest of the squad agreed with him and knew that they have heard of this super dog as well.

"From what I've heard, that dog and its master have been causing this organization problems for quite a while now" Klaus said.

"Yeah, it'd be an honor if we went after them" Blaze said to Calico.

"I just want to say something" Harry said to Calico "Why exactly is this woman after the professor?"

"That's classified information" Calico said to Harry "Now, David, you and your squad's mission is to get to follow the fugitive to the building, prevent her from getting her hands on the file, and if possible, capture the fugitive and bring her to me, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir" David said "You know that you can count on us for anything"

"Excellent" Calico said "Now, all of you get your gear ready and my plane will be waiting to fly all of you to Shanghai"

"Yes sir" They all said at the same time before they all walked down towards the weapons room.

When they arrived down to their quarters to grab their gear, David walked over to his area and grabbed his usual gear, his bag, his Walther P99 pistol, and his supply belt if he needed it. While he was doing so, he looked out the window and looked at the large city, where millions of people were just going about their daily lives. Every now and then, David would always think about what it would always be like to live a normal life, since he has spent most of his life being an assassin, but he still liked his job respectively and was proud of the work he has done. Lori walked over to David, who was still looking out the window while getting his stuff together.

"Hey David, are you alright?" Lori asked him.

"Yeah I'm fine" he replied "It's just… Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live a normal life?"

"I've seen what it's like" Lori said "We get breaks every now and then and we see what other people do remember?"

"Yeah I know, but wouldn't you think that someday, we would no longer have a job like this, what would we do then?"

"I'm not sure" Lori said wondering to herself before coming back to reality "But things don't always go out as planned, who knows, maybe someday, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, we'll be off the hook and be able to do whatever we want to do" David thought for a minute and decided that she may be right, since she always gave good advice.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" David said. The two had been the closest of friends for a long time and both of them were always the best in the squad. Even though Calico always saw David as his favorite, he always treated Lori like she was his daughter.

"Hey, are you two ready or what" Blaze said to both of them.

"Yeah, we're ready" Lori said, they got up, grabbed their things and walked out of their room and were off to garage downstairs where they drove off to the airport where one of Calico's private jets was waiting for them.

When they arrived at the landing area, the squad got out of the car and walked over to the private jet with Calico waiting for them.

"I see you all have made it" Calico said to them over the noise of the engines "This private jet will take you to Shanghai where my contact will be waiting for you to give you information on where the building is. There will be additional gear inside for you that you will need for your mission"

"Thank you sir" David said to his boss "Alright guys, let's go" they all walked to the stairs and entered the Jet.

"Oh and David, Lori" Calico said to the two as they were about to enter the Jet "Whatever you do, don't let the target get to that file"

"Yes sir" Lori said "We'll make sure that it's safe and sound"

"Excellent" Calico said "Good luck" Then, David and Lori walked into the entrance of the jet and one of the pilots shut the door. Then, they both joined the rest of the squad in the back of the plane as it took off to their destination. Calico watched as the jet took off "Good luck" he said again to himself before walking towards his limo.

Alright, so it looks like things are kicking into high gear. The next few chapters are gonna be set entirely in Shanghai, China as the squad follows Penny and Bolt to the building. Oh and just so you know, I have decided to change the title of the story to "Shadow of Vengence" because I think it sounds alot better to me. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Please leave some reviews for me. I will update soon.