A/N: Thanks guys for still reading! I hope you like where it's going and how it's turning out. I have to admit, I'm slightly proud of the AU I'm coming up with. Thanks again go to kyoteshaman76 for his input on this chapter. He makes my fight scenes that much more realistic.

Disclaimers: I don't own FMP. It belongs to it's writers and animators all I get is the joy of reading it.

The small squad slid through the halls of the underground base steadily. Having gotten the directions to Kaname's location from the officer they interrogated earlier. They lead with silenced pistols, attempting to prevent anyone inside noticing their presence. Everyone in the base seemed to be scrambling to defend the base and man stations. There were no problems till they reached the elevator leading to the lower, tighter security levels. Two men stood guard, alert and fingers on the triggers on their submachine guns. Sousuke flashes hand signals to his allies. They nod, wait 5 seconds, and explode into action.

Kurtz slides low, firing upward. Mao slides across the hall firing. Sousuke sticks close to the wall and shoots two rounds at each guard. They fall to the ground, breaking the silence as their dying fingers twitch on the trigger. The concrete absorbs the round's force so none of the team are injured. Kurtz pulls of the access panel on the elevator and re-wired the elevator to override the security. '

"Who da man who can hot-wire an elevator? Me, Kurz Weber!" he laughingly gloated as the box began to descend quickly.

Neither Mao nor Sagara responded, they were busy checking their weapons. Weber also checked his; all were counting rounds fired.

The elevator slowed and the three moved for cover as the doors opened silently; there was no sound on the other side. Even the sounds of the battle raging above ground were gone. Weber quickly and carefully poked his head around the open door, holding up two fingers and pointing both left and right then showing the back of his hand to his team mates. They nodded in understanding and both quickly moved forward with knives drawn.

Keeping silent and low Mao and Sagara took out the security that had been facing the wrong way. They moved the bodies out of sight and quickly searched pockets. They each found a silenced Glock ten millimeter pistol with two spare magazines. Weber took point this time and headed towards the back where the guards had been facing.

Urzu team moved through the halls stealthily; killing those who they crossed paths with, removing weapons as they found them. They would leave no enemy behind them more ammunition to use against them. After twenty minutes that had seemed an eternity the three found the room that contained the ominous red door. Inside were five men and three women. Two of the men were in suits while the rest were in lab coats. They could hear an argument, although the words were muffled.

Mao took point from Weber, the American woman being better at picking locks than the German man. Sagara kept watch from the corner behind them, where he could see what was going on inside the room but wouldn't be seen himself.

"I don't care!" Weber and Mao heard one of the men saying.

"We don't know what it will do to the information in her head!" One of the women said, they saw her move to block the man from the red door. "If you hurt her it could-aah!" The man had back-handed the woman, knocking her down and away from the door.

"I am tired of waiting for my reward! I am an American Senator, damn your hide! I want the girl and I'm a going to take the girl!" His fake tanned face was florid and he was sweating profusely. He was gasping for air as if he were a much bigger man; although he didn't weigh much more than the scientist he had just knocked down. The other man laughed roughly as he adjusted himself in his trousers.

"Now, now Philip, no need to rough up the scientist; she's just looking out for her test subject," This man's Bostonian accent clashed against the other's Southern tones.

"You going to tell me I can't have her first, now?" Philip turned to the other man and sneered.

"Well, I prefer my pussy be a little older, a little more experienced, but to each his own," was the salacious response. Weber noticed the scientists seemed to deflate when it became clear they weren't going to be able to stop the man.

Phillip left out of a door on the opposite side of the room. Mao signaled for the rest of the team to enter with Sagara on point. On a finger count of three, they burst into the room. All of the men reached for weapons under their coats. Sagara calmly starts shooting as the team fans out into the room. Mao backs him up picking off anyone he doesn't focus on or seems to still be moving. Weber brings the women to the ground, binding their hands behind their backs with zip ties. In seconds the room is quiet except for one sobbing woman.

"Look, I'll answer any question you want, just don't let that monster hurt the girl!" she began saying before they could even speak. "My key card is in the back right hand pocket!"

"All he's talked about since he got here is fucking the poor thing; he doesn't even know where she's at!" With this the woman began sobbing harder. Mao gagged both women before the three of them opened up the red door.

A t-bone intersection was on the other side; and they could hear computers running as well as dozens of other machinery.

"Weber, you head right, Sagara, take the center; I'll take left. We meet back here in fifteen, with Kaname," she ordered. Had she seen that Sagara's brown eyes were now black with anger she wouldn't have let him go alone.

The three split up, the two junior officers not knowing that Mao had other instructions as well.

Weber actually managed to find several small laboratories and quickly took a chance on hacking in. He found himself in luck when one of the computers had been left unlocked. He radioed the Tuatha and dropped in a flash drive to download the computer's files. He nodded when he saw that one of the teams hackers had used the connection to get into the system.

Mao lucked out when she found the team that had been researching the drug they had given to Chidori. Finding Amalgam's fingerprints all over the information make her blood boil; but she was also confused because she knew Amalgam wouldn't have botched this op in this way.

She was able to get the information she needed fairly easily, as the scientists were far too frightened to lie or try to hide anything from her. Mao left them alive, if bound and gagged. Ten minutes had elapsed so she made her way back to the rendezvous.

Sagara kept low and quiet as he made his way down the straight hallway of the T; he checked all doors he passed, although he only passed a total of three. All three rooms had been empty and he was now coming up on a final door. There was a large window to the left of the door and he could see his Kana inside with two other men. One was the man who had gone through the door first and another man in a white coat. Sousuke had already picked the lock and slid into the room when the Senator once again hit a scientist and knocked him to the floor.

"I paid for the bitch, I'll fuck the bitch when I want!" he had shouted just as he then turned and yanked Kaname out of the egg shaped machine that was processing her unconscious mind. He ripped the gown off her and actually smacked his lips.

Sousuke's vision turned into a red haze. Not since his days in Afghanistan had he felt this burning desire to kill someone. His movements were smooth and sure, but unconscious. Three quick steps put him behind the senator. He then stepped to the man's right, past the tattered gown in that hand. The doomed man's movements seemed to have slowed down as his eyebrows raised in surprise. The gun's muzzle jabs into the man's gut. Two shots. Before the florid Senator has much time to react to the damage, the muzzle is in his face. The next three rounds demolish the face twisting in pain. Sousuke's free arm snatches Kaname as she starts to fall.

The scientist began to scream in terror as the back of the man's head exploded out from the force of the nine millimeter rounds forcing their way through his skull. Sousuke pointed the gun at the man.

"Silence," the young man said softly. The older man snapped his mouth shut and the sound cut off abruptly.

"What have you done to her?" The military boy asked; there was no tone in the boys voice and he didn't speak loudly. The scientist, knew however, that he had better give the right answer or his death would be painful; and slow.

"Amalgam gave us a drug that would make her compliant; we didn't hurt her!" the man said, not even attempting to hide the fear he felt.

"Where is Amalgam?" Sagara asked.

"The Senators cut them out of the deal; that's all I know. We were just trying to get the information out of her head; that's all! I swear!"

"I believe you," Sagara said before pulling the trigger and killing the scientist. He then quickly opened up one of the pockets on his pants and pulled out one of her track uniforms. He made a mental note to get her a set of fatigues to keep on his person in case this happened again.

He also made a mental note to teach his Kana basic self defense so this was unlikely to happen again. He was also going to put trackers on her. He pushed those thoughts aside before he got angry again, he needed his control.

After dressing his whispered girl, using the opportunity to check her over to be sure there were no serious physical injuries. He wasn't sure how to find out if there were other injuries he couldn't see without causing her more trauma, and he didn't want to do that.

His timer went off in his ear; marking he had five minutes to get back to the rendezvous. He quickly lifted her over his shoulders in a fireman's carry to move more quickly. He was grateful she was light; it made it easier to keep his gun hand free as he double timed it back to the red door.

Weber was first to the rendezvous point and quickly made a check inside the room to be sure there were no enemy soldiers waiting. The scientist they had left behind was still lying where they left her, although she was no longer crying.

Mao came up just as Sagara did. Both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw he had his girl across his shoulders.

"She's not conscious?" Weber asked with concern. Sagara shook his head in the negative.

"She needs to be so we can move," Mao said, Sagara gave her a blank look for a few seconds before speaking.

"Do you have something that will counteract the drug?" he asked her softly. She sighed and shook her head. "It will take too long for the drug to wear off enough for her to be able to keep up; this will be more efficient," he said. Neither Mao nor Weber argued with him, he was tensed as if ready to fight anyone who would take her from him.

They checked the entrance room once again, still only the female scientists. Weber hauled her up the one who had volunteered information by her elbow, whispering in her ear.

"You'll live if you do what we say, but only if," he told her. She nodded after he removed her gag and bindings. Mao nodded and flashed five fingers twice before pointing out the door. The Sergeant and Lieutenant nodded curtly. Mao moved through the door into the main hallway, sweeping for targets as she made her way back to the elevator.

The two men counted to five and then Sagara was out the door, as low and as fast as he could with his burden. He stopped on the other side of Mao and rested Kaname's weight against the wall. She wasn't that heavy but all weight eventually multiplied when carried indefinitely. He checked her breathing and her pulse, both were still steady. He breathed deeply as Weber and the woman came up behind Mao.

They all moved at once to the elevator car, Sagara, Kaname and the scientist in between Mao and Weber. Once more Weber triggered the elevator to move, this time up. All three soldiers put the non-combatants behind them as they waited for the door to open. Mao fleetingly wondered why Weber wasn't making jokes, but then brushed it aside; she was grateful he was focused on the mission.

Weber knelt in front of Kaname; that Sagara had placed her behind his friend spoke volumes about how much the younger man trusted him so he wasn't going to let him down. No one would touch their Kaname this time; not while he drew breath.

The elevator doors opened and the fighting could be heard once more; although it did sound more sporadic than it had. There were five men wearing Mithril patches facing the elevator, weapons drawn. That winged sword ahd never looked so good to the three coming off that elevator.

"Check your fire!" They heard another Sergeant Major call when he recognized Urzu squad. Once more Sagara lifted Kaname over his shoulders; making it clear he was keeping her with him.

"This civilian has promised info, Sergeant Major," Mao told the man as they handed over the blond scientist. "Get her to safety and debrief her." The other officer nodded and the team split. Five of the ground squad surrounded Urzu squad and the others; that had been hidden, went with their leader.

"We'll get you to your AS's," one of the Lieutenants told them. "We can take Ms Chidori to a safer place from there," Mao was shaking her head already.

"No, Ms Chidori stays with us; we have our orders, LT," he frowned but nodded as Mao outranked him. She wouldn't put their Kaname in danger unless it was crucial.

The fighting right outside the base entrance was where the toughest fight was now. Mithril had managed to get the superior position of the gate, but the defunct mercenary troops were fighting to take it back. They knew if they didn't win here they were all facing more than just kidnapping charges. None of them had been nice men. Well most mercenaries weren't; but these soldiers had been particularly nasty.

Mao watched for the best time to move, keeping herself between the fighting and Sagara. They managed to make it halfway to their AS's when ten men rushed them from the forest behind the machines.

"Down!" Weber shouted at Sagara as he and Mao moved to intercept. The ground team; it transpired, had caught another group attempting to rush them from behind and were engaged with that smaller group.

Weber and Mao moved together like the well trained soldiers they were; a true team they trusted each other with their lives.

Sagara saw that another group were behind the first. That group was smaller but it would unbalance the fight. He quickly hid Kaname from sight and moved into the fray.

Mao and Weber adjusted their tactics to fit the third member of their team into their flow flawlessly. Mao would duck under a strike and land a hard elbow to ribs; sending the attacker into Sagara's knife or Weber's pistol whip.

Sagara would land three solid punches into an attacker's chest before kicking another into Mao's line of sight; where she would then perform a roundhouse kick that would snap their necks. He would also toss attackers over his shoulder to land where Weber could smash or stab them while they were down.

The ground team had come up to assist in under three minutes; and in that time the Urzu Squad had taken out fifteen enemy soldiers. All five men swore to themselves they were going to become that good.

Sagara moved back and picked up a now groggy and waking up Kaname. She whispered his name; and something inside the toy soldier unknotted.

"I've got you Kana," he whispered back to her. "I'm taking you home," he said into her hair. This time he carried her in his arms.

"Double time, she's waking up," he said harshly. His teammates nodded and the three of them took off for their machines.