On the rooftops of Chinatown town, the hooded figure leaped across the buildings in search of the warehouse. After a few minutes, he finally found it. The mysterious vigilante knelt down and surveyed the area. On the ground were four Triad thugs with rifles stationed in front of the warehouse door. Above them is a railing platform with two more thugs with sniper rifles.
"Those men above will be a problem. I must take them out first." Thought the hooded stranger.
Just then, a truck arrived. The driver was also a triad member as well as the passenger. The truck came to a stop on the right side of the warehouse in front of the riflemen and the driver turned off the engine. He and his friend then got out and and one of the riflemen came forward.
"Do you have what the boss ordered?" Asked the rifleman.
"Yeah, the guns, the drugs, all the usual stuff you kno--". Said the driver.
"What about the artifact? The boss prizes it above all." Asked the rifleman.
"Oh hell yeah! We got it. But let me tell you it was not easy to get it." The driver replied.
"It does not matter if it wasn't easy. What matter is that the boss wants it. Bring the cargo inside, we want to inspect it before we bring them to the boss." Said the rifleman.
"No problem. Chang, help me bring the stuff in!" The driver said to his friend.
The stranger watching narrowed his eyes. If the artifact is what he thinks it is, he must get it from the Triads. As the men began unloading the truck the riflemen opened the door to the warehouse to let them through. It wasn't long before the gangsters got everything inside and closed the door.
"Have to take care of the guards and get inside." Thought the hooded being before moving from his position.
The two snipers were having a smoke and chatting.
"Can't believe I have to be the sniper, it's the most boring job." Said one sniper.
"I agree, the only thing keeping me sane are my cigars." Said the second.
"You have a spare for me?" Asked the first.
The second sniper handed him a cigarette and lit it for his friend. The second sniper finished his own cigar and wandered off to the left end of the railing platform to light himself another. Just as he reached the end of the platform however, a hand pulled him over the railing. The first sniper looked over confused, and slowly walked over.
"Chan?" He called out.
Receiving no answer the sniper pulled out a radio and turned back around to alert the rest of the guards, only to be met face to face with the stranger. The hooded being put one hand to the sniper's mouth and the other to the top of his head before twisting his head swiftly and silently, breaking his neck and killing him. The stranger looked down at the remaining four guards.
"I'm gonna look around in the truck, see if the delivery men missed something." Said one guard.
"Fine by me. Go right ahead." Said a second guard.
The first guard walked over to the back of the truck and looked inside. A shadow loomed over him but before the guard could turn around, the shadowy figure kicked him into the truck, knocking him out and dropping his rifle which alerted the other guards.
"Zan. You ok there buddy?" Asked the second guard as he slowly walked forward with his rifle raised.
Unbeknownst to the guards, the vigilante was moving swiftly and quietly behind large wooden crates from the truck to the right side of the warehouse. A guard stationed at the right corner was suddenly grabbed and dragged from behind. The stranger then quickly snuck up from behind the guard stationed at the warehouse door and put him in a headlock until he's rendered unconscious. Meanwhile, the guard investigating the first guard's status had just found the unconscious body of the guard inside the truck. He began to panic.
"Guys, we got an intrud-" said the guard before he found the unmoving body of the guard stationed at the door on the ground.
He pulled out his radio and tried calling the other guard, but no one answered. The guard pointed his gun in all directions, terror in his eyes. He was alone.
"Where are you!?" Shouted the guard.
"Here." Said the hooded figure from behind the guard.
The stranger did not give the last guard a chance to react or fully turn around when he reverse punched him hard in the face, knocking him out. The hooded stranger then looked towards the warehouse and narrowed his blue eyes.
"Now it's just the goons in the warehouse. With any luck, only a few will carry guns. Time to take back what's mine." Said the stranger before he leapt to the top of the warehouse and raid the place.
Whoo! Pretty good stealth combat huh? I took inspiration from Batman's Arkham games. And the way the stranger took out the last guard is a homage to that one scene in Batman Begins where Batman took out that one guy after the thug shouted "where are you!?" And Batman responded "here" before taking him out from behind.
I hope you'll all be ready for the warehouse brawl next chapter! And who or what is this stranger? Find out next chapter!
MergingEmperor7, signing off