2 Weeks Later
"So, Sin, you have a tournament tomorrow? I shall assure you I shall watch, but you most likely won't find me." The ninja dressed fox stated. "It may be funny to watch you try though." Judy shook her head when she heard that.
"Isamu, this isn't the time for this. I told you, I want a rematch with the wooden swords. And before you ask, no , you are clearly much better than me so I wouldn't bother risking using actual blades." The beige fox laughed.
"I only do this to honour Sensei Spectre." He grabs two wooden swords with blunt edges. The swords were designed to mimic usage and efficacy of actual swords but incapable to actually cut.
"You know what? I see other types of swords and I understand that you want to teach me this blade but can I try a different one?" Jiro nodded . He stepped back and let the rabbit sort through the different types of swords. In the end she saw a rabbit-sized claymore and she taken it. She was curious to use it. When she picked it up , she realised the sword was giant and was really clunky to use. "No way, I regret using this." She quickly tried to put it back and barely managed to do so. "Okay, that was extremely heavy." Jiro chuckled from behind the rabbit. "You watch yourself." Isamu just shook his head slightly and opened his eyes wide. "Just because you are on the same side as me doesn't mean I won't be willing to just beat the shit out of you." Jiro just smiled.
"I thought you weren't swearing" some mammal spoke from behind the two training mammals. "Serenade, if you want a weapon, pick something small and light. Maybe a dagger or a pair of sai." He walked a bit closer, "Or you can be a little crazy and take some tomahawks. Or surprise me and use all of them." Judy turned around and noticed the smug fox waltzing towards them. "Or you can stay with the claymore and struggle with that. Although I do think you would be capable of using it." He stood in front of the two.
"Spectre, you decided to come after all, we thought you would miss the party completely."
"Not for my life." Spectre then turned to the other fox in the room."How's your swords?" Isamu pulls out his two swords. "Fair enough. I assume they are still in a stable condition. It would be funny if you managed to damage 'legendary blades' already." Spectre grabbed something from under his blazer but it was unseen to the other mammals in the room. "Sin, step back." He smiled as he put the other paw in front of him and gestured for the beige fox to attack him. "I want to show what I would use today."
"Today?"
"Well, it depends what I feel like on a given day." Isamu pulled his swords and was about to attack , when suddenly a chain wrapped around the blade of his right paw sword. The sword was pulled and was dragged through the air. It landed in the ground between them. The golden hilt stood between the two foxes as the rabbit looked on with intrigue. Isamu stood there confused, he wasn't expecting such an attack to be performed. Spectre threw the chain again with a small but heavy end. It hit the fox in the stomach. The ninja dropped to the floor as he was in a lot of pain from the sudden strike."Knowing what weapon to use and how to use it will greatly help you win a fight." He pulled the chain back slowly and wrapped it around what looked like a one hand sickle. "This is the kasuri-gama I was talking about before. Very difficult to learn but can be quite fun to use, especially the non-lethal side as you both just saw." Isamu stood up from the hit that he just taken. He was still clutching his stomach as he stood. He was clearly impressed from what has just occurred. "So what weapon are you thinking of using?" Judy walked towards the set of weapons that was set up and looked at them all again. She saw two small knife looking weapons that were clearly designed to be together. They had a long middle piece and two side pieces each. The handle was black and the weapon itself was silver. She grabbed them and looked back at the fox with a quizzical look. "Those are called sai. Small ,light and fast but aren't designed for slashing. Actually, there is no blade on it so it is fully designed for stabbing and piercing. Of course you can hit with slashes just don't expect the most reliable results from it." He then grabbed a wooden longsword from the rack. "Show me what you got." He charged at the rabbit. The wooden sword was then swung with both hands downwards. Judy quickly put the sai up above her head and created an x with them. The sword hit the intersection of the two small weapons and was stopped dead in its tracks. "Bit of practise and you'll be good." He put the sword back to its resting place, on the wall. "Now the real reason I'm here is because today there is something planned and we are to go to the place we were about a month ago. Both of you suit up." He put his sunglasses on and smiled.
"Today? Damn, time went by fast." Judy was shocked by the news. Jiro simply bowed and walked away. Judy pulled out her sidearm, which she called the symphony. "Need to know if it is ready." She checked the gun and all of its components. "Perfectly fine, as it should be."
"Shouldn't you be getting changed?"
"Nah, decided that I can't depend on technology when out there. Could cause some issues." Spectre smiled, knowing that that was an extremely good idea.
"So you are going in sweats?" Nick tilted his head towards the rabbit.
"You have a fair point, but what should I wear then?"
"What you think is appropriate. I thought that was quite obvious."
"Hey, Mr. cheap suit, not everyone has a simple wardrobe choice." Spectre conceded and backed off. "This doesn't even help me with what I should wear."
"Do you have any black clothes? Maybe you could wear a black outfit and we solve the clothes issue afterwards."
"I'll see what I can do." Judy retreated to her bedroom and looked for a change in clothing. As she left, Isamu returned.
He walked in having his regular ninja garb on and having on top of that an asymmetrical bow and a black quiver filled with arrows and a red ribbon tied around the top of the quiver. The quiver's straps were locked in place in between the scales of the shoulder armour. Because of this the quiver barely moved and was in an easy to grab location. Just underneath the quiver was his sword sheath and on his belt was a couple knives and a couple shurikens. "Glad to see you have prepared as well, I guess I can bring you along."
"I would have no greater honour than to battle by your side."
"Good to know, you'll probably be doing that a lot."
"Then I shall have great pride every time."
"Eh, pride and honour aren't things I would describe these actions as but , whatever floats ya boat. I guess." Spectre looked at the ninja slightly humoured by the amount of respect he was given. "Just be ready for what is going to come." Spectre and Isamu bowed to each other. "Now we need to wait for my replacement." He smiled gleefully as he said that, almost as if he was happy about that.
After a few minutes, Judy stepped out of her room, dressed in a black hoodie and black jeans. She wore black false leather gloves and her paw straps for her feet were also black. She didn't wear sunglasses due to being a diurnal mammal and so not having enhanced light sensitivity."I'm ready, Mr. Cheap suit."
"I didn't know we were going out to drink with friends, Ms. Casual. Besides, you know that I can't get drunk." The showman returned , ready for what he was going to see. "Well, no time like the present, lets get this show on the road." He pulls out his car keys and points to the door.
The garage door opened and Nick unlocked his Chevrolet . From this time and last time, Spectre took the time to actually replace the registration number and repaint the car to not look like how it did before. It was now a red orange and grey design. The tyre frames were orange with black tyres on them. The car had a flame design on the sides which were entirely red , the background was grey. The front was also grey but had a red stripe going through the middle and stopping at the windscreen. The line continued at the back of the car. Judy looked at it for a few seconds. "Looks different from before."
"Exactly, I took inspiration from a few things and events and thought it was a good design." He smirked. He pressed a button on his car keys and the orange lights emitted from the car. "Lets go, we are expected soon."
The car was then started and the three drove off to their destination. Spectre opened his window and held his arm on the door frame. The other two tried to act casual, but it was quite difficult for a ninja to try and blend in. His bow wasn't exactly small. "So, you use that bow a lot before?" Isamu shook his head. "You good with it?" The tan fox then nodded his head. "Good, would be a shame to fail this because one of us miss." Spectre then turned to the rabbit that was sitting beside him, while periodically checking the road in front of him.
"What? You don't think I'm gonna miss , do you?"
"Not accidentally no, but you may hesitate and fire a 'warning' shot. Now that would be terrible." Judy just huffed , crossed her arms and turned away. "You have shot someone but you haven't killed anyone, so it is a fair assumption to make." He lost his smirk. "Serenade, look at me. I'm not saying this because, I think you're terrible. I'm saying this because I know how it feels at first. First kill to have will be a horrible scar to possess. I just hope you can bear it." Judy just stared through the window still feigning her annoyance but inside feeling slightly touched.
Just then the conversation was cut short as they saw a police car drive past with a fire engine close behind. No sirens so it could pull them over. "Isamu, hide, it will be very awkward to explain. I'll tell you if they come to sit up again." He nods and lays down on the back seats. He was now invisible to all outside the car.
"Spectre, do you think that will work?"
"You are dressed casually and so am I, what's the issue? Also if they were to ask about him just say that he is quite an in depth cosplayer. And as his friends , we told him, he looks stupid but who are we to judge." Nick commented, showing that he gave this much more thought than just a couple milliseconds. "I don't think he would mind us saying something like that anyways."
"Of course I wouldn't sensei, it is clearly the most sensible course of action."
"I like him already."
"I thought you liked him for a while now."
"Well, the details aren't important." Another police car passed. "Maybe Finn pulled some strings. I hope he did, I'd hate to have to deal with police officers as well." As he said that, two more cruisers passed this time both having their sirens on. "Ok, something has happened." Both mammals in the front seats started to stare with curiosity at the passing cars. "Hey, sin, can you check the news, maybe there's something there?" Judy nodded. She pulled out her phone and turned on the ZNN app. She looked through many different headlines.
"Lionardo DiCatrio divorced again, maybe he is the issue."
"Tusko was selling illegal meat."
"Arson on 5th street , mammals are rioting."
"Well, Spectre, they started a fire, and got a mob to start by what I can see." Spectre shook his head. "Lets hope it wasn't something too important." She clicked on the link.
"Unknown cause of fire and no known suspects. Security cameras were completely destroyed so no possible way of identifying the culprit. A fire department was burned down but no casualties have occurred so that's good." Judy paraphrased after skimming through the article.
"I bet I know who did it." Nick responded, feeling as confident as ever.
"Oh really? And would you care to enlighten us? Or is that information to sensitive for us untrained naïve mammals?"
"Nah, he's just a little insane. He's known as 'Scorcher'. A middle aged wolf. His name is Victor Fenrir, and before you ask his surname is where the legend comes from. Well, ancestors." Judy rolled her eyes. "He is a well dressed mammal but he is huge , like massive." Judy rolled her eyes even harder. "No really, larger than some elephants and rhinos. Never caught due to his alibis and the fact that he looks like an aristocrat. ALL. THE. GOD. DAMN. TIME." Spectre chuckled as he said that. "I don't know, he is an interesting mammal. Loves fire a lot. Like he is a pyromaniac to a tee." Then the car was silent for a couple seconds until the showman turned the radio on, where the last song played continued.
"NO!" Judy shouted as she heard the notes starting to play from the speakers. Nick quickly turned the music off. "Sorry, just remembered the last time that song played."
"Really? It was that bad. You don't like a little gas?" As he said that, Nick stepped on the gas a bit harder to speed the car up.
Judy punched the arm of the fox in retaliation. Nick just chuckled when he felt the fist hit his upper arm."You piece of... of..."
"Of what? Don't tell me you still refuse to curse." Nick leaned towards the rabbit, turned his head slightly and raised his eyebrow while still looking at the road.
"Ugh, fine. Yes, I refuse to swear because it feels lessening."
"But when pumped full of fear and adrenaline it's fine to swear?"
"You know what you're doing. It won't work." Serenade answered while crossing her arms and turning away from the fox. Isamu just stayed silent and just observed the two mammals in front of him.
"Hey, ninja, what do you think?" Jiro quickly froze, he didn't want to be involved in this argument. "You think it's okay to curse or swear? Or is it and I quote 'lessening' ?"
Jiro quickly thought of an answer that was to try and bridge the two ideas together and not lean to one side. "Err, I think that using such language may seem to be the only thing to use but can also be very dishonourable if used poorly."
"Okay buddy, nice try. If you had to lean towards one side , which one would it be? No wrong answers." Nick paused for a few seconds. Then he continued. "Except hers." Judy turned around and punched the fox again, this time in the rib. Spectre didn't even flinch as he felt that strike connect. "You're punch is getting better ,you know? Keep working on it and maybe I'll react." As he said that, he felt a punch in his jaw, causing him to turn his head. The car swerved for a second as the driving fox reacted."Okay, that was good. I gotta admit. Punch like that and we will be good." Nick looked in the mirror to look at the tan fox behind him. "So? Yay or nay on swearing."
Jiro thought about it for a second then responded honestly. "No, it is quite dishonourable to use such language."
Then simultaneously the two mammals reacted.
Judy: "Hah, I told you, swearing is lessening."
Nick: "You're both fucking boring."
Nick had a mock frown on his face and continued driving. "Aww, is someone upset that they lost an argument."
"Remember this moment next time I start driving properly." Judy then retreated into her seat and stopped talking.
"I don't understand, what is the issue with sensei driving? It seems to be fine right now." Judy shook her head as she heard the fox behind her ask the question. As the question finished , she facepawed.
"Yeah, serenade, what is the problem?" He had a mischievous smirk on his face, demonstrating that the fox had a horrible idea.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Wanna see me drive?" Nick asked Isamu, who then gulped , sat up right and held onto the seat.
Nick looked at the road and saw that it was mostly empty. "Time to make up for lost time." Now it was Judy's turn to hold onto the seat she was sitting on. Nick turned the radio on and that blasted song started playing. Nick waited for the beat to drop and the main chorus to start before he shifted to a higher gear and slammed the gas pedal. "Trust me , I'm unlicensed." Both the passengers then turned to look at him.
"Y-you're kidding , right?"
"What? No, I'm not. If I'm breaking some laws, I might as well break all of them." He was kidding, but thought it would be funnier this way. The car accelerated more and more . As the song had a break for a few seconds, Spectre let go of the gas pedal, which calmed everyone down, then he shifted to an even higher gear.
"I'm going to die."
"Miss Bunny, are you saying my driving is so bad that , we will die in a fatal crash?"
Both mammals in the car then responded ,shouting, "YES!"
"I'm hurt." he stated while changing gear again. The car started to move at ludicrous speeds and the fox moved the car around other drivers on the road, having the car dance left to right like a gazelle fleeing from its hunter. Every motion was precise and calculated.
Judy saw a truck heading in their direction, "SHIIIIT."
"I hope you feel lesser now, cause you just swore." He avoided the truck just barely and smiled, still confident in his driving. "As you can see, still got it." The other two were quaking in fear , trying to calm down. "Oh, come on, it wasn't that scary, I knew what I was doing."
As he started to enter the town in Sahara Square, Nick started to slow down to not collide with the side of a building. "Remind me to never sit in a car with you." Jiro just sat frozen in the back seats, unmoving.
"Duly noted but ignored." He felt a punch in his ribs. This time he flinched. "That was a good one as well." He chuckled as he flinched.
"Do you want another one?"
"Go ahead, I don't mind." Judy just huffed as she heard that. "But remind me who's driving." Judy froze and shook her head. "I'm kidding." Then a few officers walked down the road. They tried to flag the car down. Nick groaned and pulled the car over. Jiro just woke up from his trance
"Hello sir, we had reports of a car that looked like yours speeding down the road not too far away."
"Sir, I assure you, I wouldn't speed since I would like to ensure the safety of my passengers, since as the driver, I would be responsible for their safety and comfort of their drive." 'Also I don't want to leave a paper trail. Would be easy to track, should've thought about that before. STUPID, worth it.' He pointed towards the two mammals in his car.
"Okay sir, I will need to see your licence."
"Of course." He pulled out his wallet and taken out a card, giving it to the officer. The officer walked away.
"Safety of your passengers, yeah? Also , I'm unlicensed ,yeah?" Judy looked at the fox driver, pissed at his actions.
"What, I thought it would be funny to say at the moment. Also, if I didn't care for your safety, the car would be covered in sand so yes, I cared for your safety." The two mammals looked in disbelief at the fox. "What? It's true."
"Thank you sir." The officer returned, handing the licence back. "You are free to go."
Nick drove off slowly, trying to avoid further contact with officers. "How did you..?"
"Get away with it? Easy, he was tired and I saw that very quickly. Use some words and he will believe you." Nick grinned. "At least I didn't have to threaten him." Judy rolled her eyes at that statement. "You know I would've if I had to. It really wouldn't be pretty."
"With what you said before, I believe you."
"What? If you're breaking one law, you might as well break 'em all?"
"Yeah, it's a terrible sentiment but sure, live with it."
"It worked so far." The fox turned right into a seemingly abandoned road.
The road was barren and broken, it was barely safe to drive on. There were cracks spread across the entire thing indiscriminately. Around the road was simply sand. The beige sand that stretched seemingly endlessly in any direction. There was literally nothing to be seen for miles. "Think I can for a second?"
"What do you me-" Judy turned to look at the fox as he reached for the music player. "NO! No you cannot for a second."
"Aww, you'll make me hopping mad."
"Say that one more time and his sword will cut your tongue."
"You wouldn't. You know I need it to do my acts. It's about reaching the people through aural and visual methods, and with some" Spectre paused and smiled a bit, not happily but quite psychotically , "personal touch." As he said that, he extracted a his claws on one paw and held it out to signify what he meant. With how close it was to the rabbit, she flinched and leaned away. Nick noticed this and quickly apologised. He placed the paw back on the steering wheel and felt oddly a bit sheepish about the whole ordeal that just occurred.'I really didn't want to do that.' He knew that once the 'Spectre' persona came out, he had little control but never did he consciously feel weird for what he has done in that state. The car was then quiet for about 20 more minutes.
After that time Judy spoke up, breaking the deafening silence that cursed the ride. "So , are we just gonna stay quiet for the rest of the ride?" She turned around to the back seats to see the ninja meditating or more likely sleeping. Then she turned to the fox that was driving, who was kind of just trying to shrink his size. It was quite a size to see. The fox that tried to make his presence known in a fight, tried to make any fight a silly game or a show for the mammals around to watch, hell , the mammal that kept singing karaoke while fighting armed gunmammals, now tried to hide from the one mammal that saw him right now. She saw the side no-one else saw, she saw shame emerging. She was surprised, in a good way ,but surprised nonetheless . 'Dumb fox'.
Nick drove a bit more , where they all saw the warehouse that the two broke into last month. "Deja vu?"
"Not really, we walked last time, and you had some high tech gear. Now, you're about as advanced as me." Spectre chuckled. He looked over and saw a couple rhinos walking alongside a wolf that towered over them. "That's him there."
She glared through the wind shield expecting a slightly tall wolf."I thought that you were exaggerating." Nick shook his head. "He is giant."
"He is very classy , I'll give him that."
"Yeah, isn't he sweating in that?"
"He's used to being near fire so, I doubt that he cares about the heat to much." He turned around now. The meditating fox was now seen by the driver. "Hey, wakey wakey, time to go." Isamu opened his eyes slowly and glared at the fox that woke him up. "We're here." The car was quickly parked and the three left their car. The two foxes walked on either side of the rabbit. Spectre walked up to Scorcher while the other two stayed back. "Scorcher, my mammal, how are ya?"
The wolf was dressed in a full four-piece suit, fully buttoned up, in the middle of the desert. The suit was grey with small white stripes at regular distance creating an interesting pattern. The buttons were all black and the blazer was only two buttons but the waist coat was double breasted and had six buttons with a gold chain going from the bottom pocket to the top button. The trousers and, as one of the only mammals who wear them, shoes were both black with little design . This gave the wolf an extremely professional and formal aesthetic. In his right paw, he held a cane that was perfectly designed for his size. The handle was elegantly designed with a smooth exterior and a nice silver polish. The main part was a neat wooden piece that extended to the very bottom which was a different darker wood that was more durable. However, what only Spectre knew right now, was that the cane was actually a sleek blade covered in a flammable oil that could rapidly ignite at the simplest spark. "Good morning, my dear friend, how are you this fine day?"
"Scorcher, good to see ya again, I'm great how are you?"
"I am truly fine, thank you for inquiring."
"Doesn't it pester you to use such an eloquent tongue."
"Of course not, it is a part of who I am and as such I have become adjusted to such speech. However, I can understand your more simple method of speaking."
"Heh, you only speak in the art of fire , be honest."
"Now that, is a language I do enjoy so very much."
"Pyro, don't cook yourself just yet. There's much to be done."
"I will see you another time as well , goodbye."
Then the fox that spoke backed away ,saluting with only two fingers and bumped into the bunny that stood there. "Shit, didn't see you there."
"Care to explain that or not."
"Serenade, I will explain, but first how much do you like fire?"
"Don't mind as long as I'm not thrown into it."
"Good enough. He is quite the opposite. He loves fire. A LOT. All his weapons are based around some form of flame."
"What about the cane?"
"You mean his fire sword? Yeah, that's just a disguise for what it actually is. Something to do with it being a traditional weapon able to burn away the sin for mammals to be cleansed. Bit insane, wonder what it would be like if he wasn't crazy." The fox stared curiously around at the wolf now talking to the fennec.
"I feel like you are hinting towards something."
"No idea what you are talking about, I'm just a normal mammal saying normal things." Judy just rolled her eyes. "Anyway, we need to get things done here real quick, such as meeting our team and learning what we are attacking. It would be stupid, even for me, to attack blind."
"What about when we entered this place?"
"That was just us two and we weren't storming the place. That's the virtue of stealth, they don't know you are there." Then Silver walked out with Waller by his side.
"Hello , you two, it is great to see both of you decided to come." Spectre then turned and whistled at the ninja that was by the side. Isamu reacted and walked over. "I see you have a friend."
"A student of a different kind."
"Two students? Wow, you are really spreading your wings."
"I guess, but that is just because he is already a good fighter." Isamu just arrived and bowed to show respect. "Buddy, if I don't deserve respect, they definitely don't deserve respect."
"That is your opinion, sensei."
"Wow, I see how you treat us."
"Well, are you respectable?"
"No, oh right." Silver sighed while Waller stared at the rabbit with fear in his eyes. Silver noticed this and then rhetorically asks, "Wanna rematch? Heard you got a lot of training in the month." Waller rapidly shook his head, hoping that there won't be a fight with that deathly rabbit. Then Spectre realises what is going on and chuckles.
"Oh come on, I thought this was a cute wittle wabbit that couldn't do anything to you?" Then he mock gasps. "Or did you lie?" As he said the word cute, Judy started to look angrily at the fox. She threw a punch but Spectre caught it. "Not this time sin." She just groaned in annoyance. "Back to business, why did you want to see us?"
"Mmm, you three are to follow me to the planning room. We need to discuss a plan. Everyone who will be involved will be in that room plus the boss." They all started to walk inside and headed down the elevator.
"Aww, Shorty isn't gonna be there? Shame, think Finny could've been useful."
"He thinks, he isn't needed. Neither do I. We have you three and that insane pyromaniac." The elevator stopped and the all stepped out and continued their path.
"Scorcher could be a loose cannon, we would need the most level headed stubborn person to control him." Silver thought about who could be that mammal, but Waller, Isamu and Spectre all turned to the rabbit that walked alongside them.
Judy looked up to think as well then noticed that everyone was staring at her. She quickly pieced together what was going on. "No, I won't be going with him."
"Well, he can't say no to a lady. You'll be perfect."
"Sinful Serenade, please, no-one else would be able to handle his burning spirit and err, burning weaponry. He is a gentlemammal otherwise, so he would listen to you, especially with your nature." Silver added.
Waller, would've said something but decided against it, he didn't want round two. "Fine, I will go with him but I hope to not see him doing some unspeakable acts."
"Can't be worse than what I would do. You'll be fine."
"I didn't see you do much."
"It'll help you harden your stomach then." Everyone stopped as Spectre stated that sentence. They all stared wide eyed at him. "What?" He asked, realising that he was the only one walking now. "Oh come on, he burns mammals, but I use what I was given at birth, of course mine's gonna be worse. I actually use my claws and teeth." They all started to walk back a bit. Also , a crowd started to build around the five mammals as they heard what the fox said. "Okay, that sounded wrong, I don't eat them but my body is that of a fox so I have weapons designed to cut and claw and maim so why shouldn't I use them? Come on, you'll get over it."
"Don't you have guns?"
"Doesn't mean I use them all the time. You'll learn in due course." They all started to walk again. "Thank you." He added sarcastically.
"Now that that is covered, lets discuss the other two teams. I will be there to fight so I will take a team. Who will go with me will be discussed later. Spectre, you will be the final leader."
"No offence to anyone but I work better on my own."
"No, you will work with us and that's final."
"I refuse. If I really want to I could just leave and no-one will stop me." He looked at Waller for a second. "Yeah, I really could just go."
"How about we meet in the middle? You don't take a team but you take Waller here."
Waller finally broke his silence with his exclamation. "ME?!"
"Yes, you. He won't bite you."
"Yeah, I won't bite you."
"You're really not helping."
"Silver it's the truth."
"This will be agonisingly painful to plan won't it?"
"We don't have all day so it better not be." Silver nodded while rolling his eyes. They reached the hall where the plan will be presented. Spectre opened the door and let everyone through. "After you." They all entered and the three mammals that weren't part of Finnick's syndicate were surprised at the amount of mammals that were present.
"80 mammals in this room. All trained to use small firearms and close quarters weapons. The higher ranked ones can use rifles." Spectre didn't care but the other two were surprised. "Waller here is one of few that can use any weapon given to him, and he is very good at fighting paw to paw. Not as good as any of you but still good enough."
"Heh, last time he was beat by a poorly trained angry bunny, wonder why she was angry?" Judy punched the fox's leg. "Right, now I remember, she just always is." Judy was about to punch again but Spectre turned around and whispered quietly enough that only Judy heard. "You need to learn when it is a good time to punch and when it isn't. You also need to learn that I enjoy being punched. Don't worry I won't punch you back." He winked as the final sentence drawn to a close. He then walked to the table where a projector sat , showing a map of the location they are about to attack. "So, who wants to storm a compound?" Everyone cheered at that. "So do I, so that's why my students and I will assist in the attack. Now, I need you all to remember that they aren't expecting this so we have the element of surprise. But what we also possess is determination. A shit tonne of it. So we will use it to achieve the goal we will desire. We will strike at the jaws of death and return victorious. This is our fight to win and they cannot stop us. Who's with me?" Everyone cheered again. He then looked at the four mammals he walked in with. "Can't say that was a great way to hype them up but morale is definitely up."
Silver then walked up to the projector and grabbed a remote. He looked around and then waited a few minutes. After those minutes, another mammal walked in. It was the giant wolf. "I would like to sincerely apologise for my late appearance but it was due to a conversation that was occurring that I partook in." Silver nodded.
"Okay, now that everyone is here and ready to fight, let us begin." He clicked on his remote changing the slide that was presented. "As you all know, we are attacking the location that the Savannah crime lord resides in. " He clicks his remote again, this time showing a boar. "This is the mammal we are planning on taking out. He is 'The Boardozer' . He is usually heavily armed and well defended. He wears heavy armour that none here possess." Spectre coughed at that. Silver just rolled his eyes. "Almost none of us possess."
"If that is the case, how will he take him out? I'm asking so everyone knows, not for personal benefit."
Silver nodded, "Good question, most likely we will let Mr, Fenrir deal with the threat, however, if he for whatever reason will not be available, then it would be recommended to use melee weapons as the armour is ballistic , so a knife will be more capable of breaking through."
"One issue, if the armour is as powerful as you say, then it would be also impervious to stabs and slashes. I propose everyone understands that the joints are the locations you want to target. If not, blunt force will be most effective as it is designed to stop things getting in but if what you try to do is smash then you don't need to break into the body. His body will start to break down without piercing the skin."
"On that note, we will hope that either Mr. Fenrir or Mr. Showman will be available for the takedown." Spectre smiled. Now continuing with his presentation ,Silver changes slide. "Here we have the building. As you all can see it is an old police station, one that is abandoned from before the renovation. There are three entrances and as such we will be divided into three teams. These teams have already been decided and don't worry, none of you are with Mr. Showman. The idea is simple. Team A will be the main force that will act as the frontal assault but also a distraction. Then the other two teams will enter from two back doors that are positioned here and here." He pointed at the two locations on the slide presented. " Who will be where will still be deci-"
"I'm going through the front." Spectre called out confidently.
"What?" A few mammals responded, after hearing that. Then Silver continued, "How arrogant are you? Not only do you want no team but you also want to act as the distraction? No , I cannot let you ruin this well laid out plan to show off."
"Well, if you think I'm showing off then I won't stop you but, want you want is a show, right? Who better to deliver one than me." Spectre smiled. "Besides, I know that place like the back of my hand. You're not the only ones I've worked with or broken into and out of. Also, they wouldn't suspect anything until it is too late. Hell, most would think I was called. It is only sensible to send me there."
"And the horde of mammals that will be there to stop you?"
"Those that reach me will be dealt with. No matter how good of a distraction I am, you will still have some resistance and as such you will need mammals to push through. Like this we will reduce the amount of deaths for the final push into the security room, which might as well be a panic room." He walks up to the screen. "And it is located here. Almost smack bang in the middle, so we should all meet up there."
"That actually sounds like a good idea. I'll give you that but stop interrupting." Silver sighs then flicks to a new slide. "The front is the most heavily guarded part with a mammals patrolling there the most. They have rifles capable of ripping through you easily. So you need to avoid their sight, especially if you are in one of the side teams as they could be relocated and be engaging us while we are pushing through. The sides are less guarded but if they are distracted then some more pressure will be removed from the flanking assaults. The flanking squads will wait 3 minutes before attacking. That will be enough time to let the Boardozer to redirect some troops to other points to stop the frontal team." He then sighs as he turns the slides off. "The teams will be as follow, if you are on my right ,you will be Team B. If you are on my left ,you will be Team C. Fenrir and Serenade, you will also be on Team B. Ninja and I will be on Team C. " He then groaned. He whispered quietly. "Don't make me regret this." Spectre smiled. "Spectre and Waller will be Team A." The entire room started to have murmurs occur. "Quiet , that decision was final. And, These are the two best we can give, so they won't fail, will they?"
"Now, I always close my contracts." As Spectre stated that fact, Waller shook his head.
"Very well, considering the interruptions from our dear friend, I would consider last minute preparations and you are now all dismissed."
Silver was about to say something but say the fennec approach with his bat. Nick was looking the other way but still spoke. "Shorty, you came."
"Don't fuck this up for me. This could be my only chance."
"Well, you did assemble the team for the job clearly."
Finnick growled, "For the shit you've done, I should beat you senseless."
"But you won't because you know what will happen if you do." Finnick swung the bat at the smug fox's face but was quickly stopped by Spectre grabbing the bat. "Nice try, should I show how to properly do that though?" The fennec growled but then proceeded to pull the bat back and step away. "Now that is a good kit."
"I would kill you if you weren't so good."
"And I would kill you if I was paid to, unless you had a good reason for me not to." Spectre smiled. The two split apart. "Hey, shorty, know that you will always be the best grumpy fennec I know." Finnick rolled his eyes and left the room. Spectre walked over to the mammals he brought over. "So, time to get the show on the road?" He then realised what he said. "Not intended." Sinful Serenade sighed while the ninja didn't react. "Lets just go." He pointed to the door and all three walked that way.
"Hey." Spectre turned around to see Waller following. "I just wanted to know, what should I expect?"
"Well, there will be blood. Shed." was the only response he got. "Oh and I have a surprise for them." Spectre winked then left the building. They drove off to their house to prepare a bit more.
So I have returned to trying to write and my head is feeling better now to be honest but this last day. Holy shit it felt like it was ready to pop.
There really wasn't much going on here but it was to prepare for what is to come.
What is happening? I'll want to put up a few chapters soon but I may be sidetracked by real life so no promises.
I have placed a few references here, see if you can find them.
With all that said, I'm done with writing this chapter and can't wait for the next one. See ya later guys.