Huddled outside a dark pier side ware house Sakura, Yuuki and their team of officers waited for Eden to give them the go ahead to continue with their mission. It had become a part of procedure to gather all members of a team before the mission started to go over a plan of action. Sakura still remembered the days before when they were all teens and would simply run in to any situation without a plan. She also remembered some of the bad situations simply running in had gotten them into and how great the loss of life had been. Code breakers were already putting themselves in danger by simply using their abilities since constant usage brought code end closer and she felt that there was no need to make that danger any worse by going in without a plan.
Suddenly on Sakura's head set she heard a static pop and then a voice simply state "Code 0, mission is a go! Good luck!" This was the go ahead they had all been waiting for and she already knew that everyone else in their huddle would have gotten a similar message. After a few seconds she felt out with her ability to sense the power users inside the dark warehouse. She felt four different people, with two at the front and two at the back. This was going to be more difficult than she thought if the power users inside had particularly strong abilities.
"OK team." Sakura started."We have four power users in the building; they are positioned two in the front and two at the back. However we don't know if there are other non power users waiting. We are to assume that there are more people inside and that everyone else will be heavily armed. I am going to split us up into two teams of two, Yuuki and you four to the back. Your job is going to be to cover Yuuki and give backup while he subdues the rear power users. You four there will cover me and give me backup while I subdue the power users in the front. We do not and will not shoot to kill, you are armed with cuffs and we have special ways to deal with the ability users. The goal is to coax the power users inside into their lost states and then capture them as well as subdue any others that may be inside." Usually Sakura would not be comfortable giving direction, but in cases where they were up against those with powers she always took the lead since she knew best how to deal with the situation. "Once my team is finished with those in the front of the building we are to move to the rear to assist Yuuki's team with their ability users. Also if Yuuki's team manages to finish before my own they are to move to the front to assist." She felt that she had been thorough enough that everyone understood the mission directive and what she expected of them. A part of Eden's non kill objective was swift punishment for those that committed offenses unless there had been absolutely no other way. She hoped that this mission would be a success. "OK team, let's move!"
Sakura and her team of four silently crept up to the front of the building and Yuuki's team started for the rear entrance. The plan was to have both teams enter the building at the same time so that both sets of power users would be tied up. Sakura was strong enough to take on two power users at the same time and Yuuki had gotten strong, but she couldn't take on four at a time and she felt that even Yuuki would have problems if all four power users ran to the back. As they reached the door she had the team crouch by the door and wait for Yuuki's signal.
"We have reached the rear door." Came through on Sakura's ear piece.
"OK, ready go!" She replied back. At that moment both teams burst though their respective doors to confront the criminal power users inside. Immediately she felt for the nearest power user which had been hiding behind some crates. After she confirmed his location she reached out to him with her rare kind power and grabbed a hold of his power with hers. As she did the other power user leapt out from behind a crate and used his ability to send a large wooden box flying for Sakura. She jumped out of the way maintaining her hold on the first power user and as she landed sent her power flying toward her attacker and slammed her rare kind ability into him. "I've got them both, cover me!" She called to her team. She would need to maintain contact with the power users for one more minute and then they would both be in their lost state and ready for capture. As they waited for the two front entrance power users Sakura heard gun fire near the rear of the warehouse. Her team had been lucky that they had only had two by the front, she guessed that those inside would have never anticipated that anyone would attack them directly from the front. She had also been lucky that the power users she had were weak and once she had them with her power they had become unable to move.
"OK team, both ability users are in their lost states."She called to her team as she watched in shock as the power user closest to her turned into a statue, she had never seen that lost state before. "I have lessened my hold on the other power user, but be careful and don't let him get away. We don't know what his lost state is." She called as she let go of the statue with her power.
After both power users were subdued and tucked safely by the front entrance Sakura and her team made their way toward the back. It had gotten quiet all of a sudden and she hoped that everything was OK. As they reached the back they came upon Yuuki and his team locking up the other power users. They had both been wounded, but were not lost yet so Sakura grabbed a hold of both of them and drained them into their lost states.
"Thanks." Yuuki said as he turned toward her."There were only four people so far. I suggest we do a sweep of the rest of the warehouse and confirm that there are no other guards." He suggested as he turned back towards the now lost power users and covered them with blankets woven with the president's serum. "That will hold them until the capture unit comes for them. I've contacted them already and they are moving in."
"OK, good. I agree, we'll do one sweep to make sure that we didn't miss anything before we call this a success." Sakura replied
After they confirmed they the warehouse was empty they all made their way back to the van where they found Heike waiting for them. "Congratulations on a successful mission. Although I find it strange that they only used four people as guards." Heike said as he got out of the van.
"I do as well." Sakura replied."I'm thinking that they weren't expecting to come across other power users and they just assumed that four people with abilities would be enough to scare away any one that got too close."
"We'll find out for sure once interrogation gets started and we'll keep you posted. Good job code 0." Heike said with a wink.
