Ryo's story Ch. 2
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:07 pm
Hey guys, I'm sorry I couldn't get this chapter as soon as possible. This chapter was going to be placed as "the Lost Chapter" because it took a long time to finish. Anyway, comment on this fic on any request or questions. Thanks
Ch 2
Soon after I got out of the classroom, I look out of the window. The five men
in black suits are still there. I look more closely at their black uniform. The
leader, who seems to be doing most of the talking, has a patch on his right sleeve.
The patch was very familiar because this patch can only be worn by certain members of the
US Army 82nd Airborne troops. I look at the leader's clothes more closely while walking.
This black clothing seems to be a SWAT tactical gear without the helmet, knee and elbow guards.
I easily spot the man's batton and I start to walk casual, quietly singing a song I once played
for my band class in high school.
*****
"Sir, where is this Souske Sagara?"
The man with the army patch suddenly snap like a flag. "Just shut your trap Vernnel, remember our
orders from Mr. Silver. We must keep quiet or else we will be dead for sure."
My name is Rondo Vespachi, retired General of the 82nd Airborne troops. After retiring the armed
forces, I recieve a call from Mr. Silver. He told me his enemy is a man name Souske Sagara.
I swear that I will sever this man's head from his shoulders, so Mr. Silver will be at peace.
The other four and myself all belong to Amalgam's execution unit, the notorious Breakers. We are the
last of Amalgam Special Elite Forces because everyone else has either been off doing a special mission
or just playing hooky because Amalgam is being crippled by Mithril.
I hold the position as chief of command, current status is 09, three star general.
"Yeah Vernnel, why don't you shut your hole"
This time, second of command of Amalgam's execution unit is Master Chief Brian Marson. He joined
Amalgam because his family was killed by Mithril. Brian was also in the armed forces, but he honorably
discharge when he entered Amalgam. I do not know more intelligence about him except he loves to eat
sweet and sour chicken every other day.
"F*ckin A Brian" chanted the other two men.
"Alright, alright. I'll shut up now, happy?"
These boys are both good friends of mine. Their names are Ryan Goleman and Chaz Corpuz. Ryan is my friend
from the high school and did not go anywhere without the other person. He has no family because he is a
orphan.
Feeling sorry for him, I made sure he is always by my side no matter what. After high school, he
went to college to become a executive chef. Getting that degree, he became a chef and worked at fancy
restaurants since then. Ryan likes to make california rolls, kalbi and his own bbq meal that is too hard
to figure out what he puts in there.
Chaz is another good friend. He was a captain in the Navy, in charge of radio communications aboard USS Nimitz
and USS Carl Vinson. Known to be gruff and kind hearted, he was offered a deal in Amalgam by tripling his salary of
30 grand to 90 grand every month. I remember that he loves eating Spam and Eggs Musubi and cold poptarts when no one's
looking for him in the communications.
"Sir, target insight, Urzu 7 under deep conversation with Angel" said Chaz
"Roger, do not fire until I say the word. We want a clean job and get away from here ASAP"
"Yes sir" chant the men.
These men are the best of the best I have ever been with. We are family and will always have their backs in operations
like this. There is no "I" in team.
"Status check of firing equipment"
Checking the weapons we got, I inspected them before we use them. The M16 rifle's, Glock 17's, 9 mm's and RPG are all
virgin weapons that didn't shot a bullet yet. I bought them awhile back when I was in the Army. Luckily for these weapons,
these guns don't have any id on them to trace them back to suppliers.
Piece by piece, I check Ryan's Glock. His Glock is modified to shoot through a brick wall or through 6 people lined up
together. The Glock had some minor problems like forgetting to clean the gun and cocking the bullet. Each men has one
rifle, glock, 9 mill and RPG. We also carry three flash bang grenades and five fragmentation grenade.
"Attach silencers if you need to. Mission will commence in ten minutes. Go take a dump or pee right now so we won't
have to wait like we did on that Cambodian mission the last time." Brian hold us up before the mission because he ate too
much sweet and sour chicken before a mission night.
"Aw shucks Rondo, don't look at me like that" said Vernnel.
"Just make sure it don't happen again boy" I grunted
Snapping my fingers, everyone went silent and peered at the building where the big cheese is talking to the wonderful lady
everyone calls "Angel."
Adjusting the scope range, I first saw her long blue ocean hair. She seem very sweet because her eyes were brown that made me think of brown chocolates. Her face is very pretty, fine tone and athletic. Just looking at her uniform made me wonder if that big cheese got to ask her out yet.
"Lucky bastard" I breathed.
Urzu 7 seems to be disturb of something, talking urgently to Kaname. Angel suddenly snapped and kicked him across the room. Classmates went out of Kaname's way and she fought Souske without a scratch. Seeing this sight made me glad I'm not Souske to be beaten by a sweet but angry girl.
"Sir, the big cheese seems to look paranoid of something" said Ryan.
"Same here"
"Ditto"
"Yeep"
"I agree with all of you. Continue with surveillance, I have to check myself out before I radio Mr. Silver."
"SIR, we got a enemy running fast" Ryan said.
Ryan checked his radio, certain of a quick pace that was the sound of black Converse shoes. Seeing the immediate expression on Ryan's face, I begin to scan our surroundings for an enemy.
"Oh damn, where is he?" cries Brian.
"Everyone, look for a person with black Converse shoes. Possibly very athletic and an informant of Mithril. His distance
90 feet...60 feet...30 feet..."
"Brian, Chaz, run across the building and try to find the man. Call sign is Lima-09"
"Yes sir"
"Damn, I can't hear his footsteps" said Ryan.
Checking the two buildings from Angel's position, no sign of an intruder. Everything look ordinary, just quiet.
Very quiet.
"Ka chink..."
The mistaken sound of a C4 detonation told me all I needed to know of the man with black shoes plan is.
******
While walking to the five men black armor, I thought about calling Wraith in to check them out herself. Taking out my
cellphone, I call Wraith.
"Wraith, its Ryo"
A few seconds later she responds with a sudden purring voice.
"Yes Ryo?"
Just the sound of her voice send chills to my spine.
"Sweety, do me a favor and check the men in black that are outside from Angel and Urzu 7's position."
When Wraith and I met yesterday morning, we became close friends. Her life is very different because of her skills being
a disguised person. Wraith has my sympathy, so I told her that I won't call her name unless its a special reason. I choose
the name Sweety when I listen closely to how her friends in high school gave her the name because of her sweet smile and sexy
body.
Waiting for Wraith's reply, I thought of a plan so SOuske, David or Tessa won't see what I'm doing. Since SOuske did not
break or detonate any school buildings, I took out my led pencil. To a person its just a led pencil. To CIA officers like me
, its a automatic detonation device. The baseball field is the only place that never exploded so I came to the school the night
before,digging and planting a ton of C4 clay bombs around the field.
The C4 needs an electric fuse for ignition but with the push of the pencil's eraser, the field will be a sandstorm for 30 minutes
maximum. Talk about intense planning in my field of protection for Ms. Chidori and Tessa.
"Ryo, I checked the men out. No ID on the four of them except the man with the army patch."
Wraith is three houses away from Urzu 7's position, sniper rifle perch on the porch of a apartment building.
"From my sources, his name is Rondo Vezpachi. He belonged to US Army's 82nd Airborne Troops and been in the service until he
retired after Desert Shield (Before Desert Storm, there was an operation called Desert Shield). Rondo now has a family, works
as a contractor."
Taking a look at Rondo, he is a medium-built man in his late 50's or early 60's. His weapons are a 9mm and a Glock 17 that's
strap to his right leg. But I saw another weapon tucked away behind his back. Seeing two sticks on the back of his pants tells
me he has a nanchuks or two scythes.
"The other four men must be his subordinates. Contact HQ, tell them SOL96 will be needing medevac when interrogation is complete.
I'll be detonating the baseball field. After the explosion, exchange fire to the field. This should distract Urzu 7 and his charges.
Leave your nest if things get ugly."
My voice was calm but my body starts to go through battle mode.
"Roger that SOL96."
Having the pecil in my hand, I start the countdown.
Glock at the ready, I sprinted to the five men in black.
"Detonation in 5...4...3...2...1...start firing!"
Starting to run near the enemies position, I push the eraser and there was a big wave of dirt going up to the sky. One by one,
the force of C4 push the dirt up, making me take out my blue sunglasses to shield my eyes. The muffled shots of the sniper rifle
pierce the buildings near Souske's position.
Taking aim on the side of the building, I saw that they were on disarray. I could hear panicks and muffled gunfire trying to find
the target, who turns out to be me.
"Ryan, where is the target?"
"SIR, Lima-09 has vanish on our radar. Its hard to track him down because of that dirtstorm he pulled off"
General Vezpachi took his radio out and called someone. Taking the liberty of getting my first kill in Japan, I smirk.
"Say your prayers Ryan" I murmur.
I fire on the man, the bullet piercing the man's heart. He gasp on my position, but I silence another round to his heart.
"One man down, four more to go"
Rondo took notice of his dead comrade, radioing the other men. Hearing the muffle conversation, I pick up some of what he was saying.
"Chaz, Brian. Ryan's dead. I repeat, Lima-09 wasted Ryan. Be careful and spread out. He must be having cover from a sniper.
Rendezvous at point Charlie in twenty minutes. I will cover you men, do you understand?"
"Yes SIR"
"Vernnel, come with me, we need to find this bastard who nailed Ryan"
The man whose name is Vernnel caught my eyes. I know this man very well.
Looking back to my CIA working years, this man was top priority because of his deep analysis of Arm Slaves and military warfare.
He has committed murder by killing three of his closes colleagues because they nearly expose the truth of Black Technology that are
hidden on young people's mind. A shame that he could have joined Mithril instead of Amalgam. Maybe there's a chance I can recruit
him to Mithril.
I called Wraith again for a another plan.
"Wraith, listen to me closely. Do you see two men thirty feet away from me?"
The daring intelligence officer saw my position and also saw two men in black.
"What about them?"
Checking my surroundings, I knew I'm under big trouble if I don't those guys killed.
"Kill them with your rifle. I'll take care of the leader and his sidekick. I found that the sidekick is a wanted man for CIA.
I can recruit him and have him work in Mithril."
"Ryo, he might be a traitor to us"
"No he won't, I'll make sure of that myself Sweety." Looking at her location, I smile "Sweety, in case I die in this mission, I just
want to tell you that you are a good friend."
I knew I hit the jackpot because I saw her blush a dark pink and nod her head.
"Good luck Ryo."
"Thanks Wraith, you too."
Firing my weapon at Rondo and Vernnel, I also hear the sound of a rifle killing Chaz and Brian. Hurrying to the objective, I sprinted
to Vernnel and did a leg sweep on him without the man noticing me. Quickly silencing him by karate chopping his neck, I lay him on the
ground facing the road.
Dirt was covering Rondo's vision and I use this weakness to my advantage. Somehow, Rondo saw me and draw his secret weapon behind his
back. The weapon he took out turns out to be two 6 inch scythes. The Glock went to my holster, taking my automatic cocking 9 inch scythe
out. Like a saber, I open it by cocking it out with a twirl to the ground. Remembering my teacher's words in CIA training, I became a
walking weapon of mass destruction.
My instructor once told us that "A fight must not take more than 0.2 seconds. The maximum limit is 30 seconds. Going beyond that
means to get tired and be captured. Our philosophy is one punch, one kick. Do what all it takes to get your enemy down." I cannot
let that happen to me.
Running to him, I had my scythe fully cocked and ready for battle.
This man did not know what was going to happen, calmly having his two scythes to the ground. Pushing himself off the ground, he came after
me flying with the wind.
"He can fly like a bird" I said
Looking up, I had my scythe over my head because he must be trying to target my shoulder blade. Dodging by going 45 degrees, I jump up
and kick him down to the ground.
"How's that?"
Rondo went to the ground, coughing and trying to recover.
"Not bad kid, but this battle has just begun"
Doing a back spinning kick to my rib cage, there was a follow up of the two scythes hitting me simualtaneously.
"Ughhh"
The pain was unbearable, I have never been hit like this since my training in martial arts when I was a kid. I lost control of my scythe,
knowing it was ten feet away from our battle grounds.
"Ahahahaha, little boy, who are you?"
Grasping my neck, I was taken to the wall, being slammed against it three times. Blood trickling down from my nose, my breathing starts to become
very raspy. The old general's face is so near to my face that I thought he would bite my ear off.
"I'll ask you again little boy. Who are you and how did you kill my subordinates like wheat in a haystack?"
Looking down to my black shoes, I took a brief moment of the negotiations manual I remember reading two weeks prior to this mission.
Thinking that he had the upper hand, I did a back flip and my leg struck his jaw.
"What the-"
"Rule number one of negotiations with a terrorist, one must never make eye contact with the enemy."
Doing a jab to his temple, I did a follow up with a down cut to his stomach area, in hope of creating a herneea so his muscles will spill out painfully.
The fight has only been five minutes and I'm still full of adrenaline. The man will have a slow painful death if he does not get into an hospital quick
enough.
"Making contact with the enemy will only put yourself in grave danger, causing you and your subordinates to a quick death. The negotiator must never ask questions with a "No" answer to it. Doing so will trigger anger and anxiety to the terrorist or enemy. Rule number two, never say "little boy, little girl, be cool, or some other $#!t to degrade the enemy. Have you ever thought that this is the main reason why 78% of negotiations with American hostages held by terrorists like you die because of insulting names?"
Pinning him to the ground, I have my foot over his throat, making it hard for him to breath. Seeing terror in his eyes, I am sure this must be his time to be beaten by someone younger than he. Being beaten by a "little boy" because of his thorough knowledge of military, espionage and negotiation skills is very embarassing to face.
Taking his two scythes from his hands, I took possession of it and threw it in a place none of us can get in case he got out of my strangle.
"Now, I will be the man asking you the questions. Listen carefully so I will not have to repeat again. Do you understand?" With my eyes looking like a devil's advocate, he answers by nodding with his head.
"Good, tell me who sent you here and what was your objective"
General Vezpachi close his eyes for a bit and began his confessions.
"I recieved a call from Mr. Silver, the Commander-In-Chief of Amalgam. He told me to gather my men of the Execution Unit, 44th Special Operations Team Breaker ONE FIVE and assasinate a man by the name of Souske Sagara. Mr. Silver did not explain why he wants Sagara to be killed, but my suspicions must be the girl with long blue hair and her big brown eyes."
"When you are talking about Mr. Silver, is his real name Leonard Tesstarossa?"
Gazing up in the sky, Rondo simply nodded.
"Leonard... He and I know each other since he was a little tyke. When I was rising up to the ranks in the Army, I was assign to protect him and his little sister, Teletha.
This boy has talent and the skills of commanding anyone in his power. I did not know his sister is here at Japan right now, if I knew she was here, I would not have accepted the mission. I am sorry, but I too was part of Mithril."
"What!? You're joking."
"I am not joking, what I did in Mithril is not known to the higherups in the Army. But I can tell you that I trained AS pilots and help establish the Operations Department. I'll get punish for the crimes I have commit, but please spare my wife and daughter. They have nothing to do with this matter at hand."
Hmmmmm, not bad for a perfect deal. Nodding, I handcuffed Vezpachi to a light pole and signaled Wraith to take him to the PZ for the heli extraction. Running backto the school, I put my weapons to its rightful place, sunglasses to my left pocket. I went to the bathroom, wetting my blazer and face, trying to be alright. I was staring down to the sink when I felt another prescence in the room.
"Souske, why are you being suspicious of me?"
Turning around, Souske has his Glock to my head, his eyes look like death and his clothes dusty and wrinkled.
"Shut up, I'll ask you the questions.
He pulled me against the wall, making sure no was near. He was breathing fast, very driven of seeing me dead and cover things up as if it never happened. I cannot help but feel trapped for a second. Then I saw the window a few feet away. Bingo, I see my escape route.
"Who are you? What is your business here?"
Long silence after that. I spoke with a straight face.
"My name is Ryo Iwamura. I just transferred here from Virginia to check out the cherry blossom bloom. But why do you of all people have a Glock stuck to my head?"
My orders from Mallory cannot be compromised. The officers of TDD-1 can never find out I am here, not when I am here to help Captain Santiago, or David Santiago from what I found in my mission briefing. Souske will find out who I am, later on. Souske became furious. "Shut up, I'm the interrogator here. Answer the questions specifically or I will blow your brains out." Now this guy won't stop.
"If you are an interrogator Souske, how can the prisoner know you are one? For all I know, you must be a freakazoid who doesn't know s*it about interrogation." I was struck to my rib cage, going down to the ground. I nearly fell but I slammed my right foot to his left knee.
"All I can tell you is that I may not be here in Japan for long. And secondly, keep up the good work of guarding Miss Chidori and Tessa."
With that, I knocked out Souske when David comes in saying "Oh man, I'm glad I got to use the bathroom..."
"..."
He sees Souske on the floor and I saw his expression changed dramatically. I can't see any weapon in his uniform, having conceal it very good.
"You... Who are you?!"
Drawing his Glock, I ran to the window, breaking it and crash land three stories below. Shots ran out near my foot.
"Dammit, just a load of day's work." I took my cell phone out and dialed Wraith's number on speed dial number one. I kept on running to an unknown destination, trying not to lead them to my residence.
"Wraith, I'm being pursued by David. Can we reschedule our dinner at 11pm tonight?"
Hearing laughter and her sweet voice saying "It's alright darling. I can make dinner when you come home" more giggles and more sweat glands on my forehead. Her voice nearly made me trip, in time to get my Glock out and shoot David.
"Sweety, I'll see you then. Right now, I have to get back to work."
Suddenly I remembered about Saeki Ena meeting me after school today. Glad I can call her though.
David keeps running, but I heard him talking on his phone "GET EVERYONE IN FORMATION. MAN DOWN IN JENDAI BATHROOM, I REPEAT MAN DOWN IN JENDAI BATHROOM. RENDEZVOUS AT POINT CHARLIE ALPHA..." There is not enough time for me to get out of his hold, my only choice is to fight him and anyone he brings to kill me.
I called Saeki's number, nearly shouting at the phone when she said "Hello?"
"Saeki, I'm sorry babe but something came up." A bullet missed my head about a centimeter off. I darted into a intersection, jumping on a Nissan Skyline's roof and sliding on another car's passenger window. I did not want to look back, David will have the perfect chance of killing me then and there.
"Ryo, what's wrong?"
Her voice, Saeki's voice is full of worriness. I started to feel side pain on my stomach and couldn't breath real well. A big problem for me now.
"Hurry, he's escaping." David got reinforcements right in front of me. I stop running and my jaw dropped down.
The people I was looking at, I knew them. Saeki shouted at the phone, without me saying anything in reply. There are ten people, all wearing Mithril uniform. But the igsignia, with the Mithril sword
over a Globe now has a black stripe over the sword, saying "SOULS." I am completely surrounded, snipers on the roof and circled around SOUL personnel everywhere.
I spoke to Saeki, having my tone very normal like it once was when I first hold her in my arms.
"Tell you what, to repent for my troubles, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. It will be my treat and I'll take you to my home at 11pm. I will pick you up when school is done okay?" Some of men were chuckling and making a joke of it. I heard Saeki giggle more and knew she smiled.
"Ok, thanks Ryo."
"Talk to you soon babe." I killed the phone, sticking it to my pocket. David was near me, with a deadly grin on his face.
"I see you know about SOULS, but it's sad to say that we'll have to probe you to find out how much you know about us and Mithril."
"Over my dead body boy."
Taking my blazer off once more, I ran to David, who also did the same. Weapons drawn out and emotions running high, this will only be the beginning of a perfect engagement.
TO BE CONTINUED IN SOULS_LEADER FICS.
Ch 2
Soon after I got out of the classroom, I look out of the window. The five men
in black suits are still there. I look more closely at their black uniform. The
leader, who seems to be doing most of the talking, has a patch on his right sleeve.
The patch was very familiar because this patch can only be worn by certain members of the
US Army 82nd Airborne troops. I look at the leader's clothes more closely while walking.
This black clothing seems to be a SWAT tactical gear without the helmet, knee and elbow guards.
I easily spot the man's batton and I start to walk casual, quietly singing a song I once played
for my band class in high school.
*****
"Sir, where is this Souske Sagara?"
The man with the army patch suddenly snap like a flag. "Just shut your trap Vernnel, remember our
orders from Mr. Silver. We must keep quiet or else we will be dead for sure."
My name is Rondo Vespachi, retired General of the 82nd Airborne troops. After retiring the armed
forces, I recieve a call from Mr. Silver. He told me his enemy is a man name Souske Sagara.
I swear that I will sever this man's head from his shoulders, so Mr. Silver will be at peace.
The other four and myself all belong to Amalgam's execution unit, the notorious Breakers. We are the
last of Amalgam Special Elite Forces because everyone else has either been off doing a special mission
or just playing hooky because Amalgam is being crippled by Mithril.
I hold the position as chief of command, current status is 09, three star general.
"Yeah Vernnel, why don't you shut your hole"
This time, second of command of Amalgam's execution unit is Master Chief Brian Marson. He joined
Amalgam because his family was killed by Mithril. Brian was also in the armed forces, but he honorably
discharge when he entered Amalgam. I do not know more intelligence about him except he loves to eat
sweet and sour chicken every other day.
"F*ckin A Brian" chanted the other two men.
"Alright, alright. I'll shut up now, happy?"
These boys are both good friends of mine. Their names are Ryan Goleman and Chaz Corpuz. Ryan is my friend
from the high school and did not go anywhere without the other person. He has no family because he is a
orphan.
Feeling sorry for him, I made sure he is always by my side no matter what. After high school, he
went to college to become a executive chef. Getting that degree, he became a chef and worked at fancy
restaurants since then. Ryan likes to make california rolls, kalbi and his own bbq meal that is too hard
to figure out what he puts in there.
Chaz is another good friend. He was a captain in the Navy, in charge of radio communications aboard USS Nimitz
and USS Carl Vinson. Known to be gruff and kind hearted, he was offered a deal in Amalgam by tripling his salary of
30 grand to 90 grand every month. I remember that he loves eating Spam and Eggs Musubi and cold poptarts when no one's
looking for him in the communications.
"Sir, target insight, Urzu 7 under deep conversation with Angel" said Chaz
"Roger, do not fire until I say the word. We want a clean job and get away from here ASAP"
"Yes sir" chant the men.
These men are the best of the best I have ever been with. We are family and will always have their backs in operations
like this. There is no "I" in team.
"Status check of firing equipment"
Checking the weapons we got, I inspected them before we use them. The M16 rifle's, Glock 17's, 9 mm's and RPG are all
virgin weapons that didn't shot a bullet yet. I bought them awhile back when I was in the Army. Luckily for these weapons,
these guns don't have any id on them to trace them back to suppliers.
Piece by piece, I check Ryan's Glock. His Glock is modified to shoot through a brick wall or through 6 people lined up
together. The Glock had some minor problems like forgetting to clean the gun and cocking the bullet. Each men has one
rifle, glock, 9 mill and RPG. We also carry three flash bang grenades and five fragmentation grenade.
"Attach silencers if you need to. Mission will commence in ten minutes. Go take a dump or pee right now so we won't
have to wait like we did on that Cambodian mission the last time." Brian hold us up before the mission because he ate too
much sweet and sour chicken before a mission night.
"Aw shucks Rondo, don't look at me like that" said Vernnel.
"Just make sure it don't happen again boy" I grunted
Snapping my fingers, everyone went silent and peered at the building where the big cheese is talking to the wonderful lady
everyone calls "Angel."
Adjusting the scope range, I first saw her long blue ocean hair. She seem very sweet because her eyes were brown that made me think of brown chocolates. Her face is very pretty, fine tone and athletic. Just looking at her uniform made me wonder if that big cheese got to ask her out yet.
"Lucky bastard" I breathed.
Urzu 7 seems to be disturb of something, talking urgently to Kaname. Angel suddenly snapped and kicked him across the room. Classmates went out of Kaname's way and she fought Souske without a scratch. Seeing this sight made me glad I'm not Souske to be beaten by a sweet but angry girl.
"Sir, the big cheese seems to look paranoid of something" said Ryan.
"Same here"
"Ditto"
"Yeep"
"I agree with all of you. Continue with surveillance, I have to check myself out before I radio Mr. Silver."
"SIR, we got a enemy running fast" Ryan said.
Ryan checked his radio, certain of a quick pace that was the sound of black Converse shoes. Seeing the immediate expression on Ryan's face, I begin to scan our surroundings for an enemy.
"Oh damn, where is he?" cries Brian.
"Everyone, look for a person with black Converse shoes. Possibly very athletic and an informant of Mithril. His distance
90 feet...60 feet...30 feet..."
"Brian, Chaz, run across the building and try to find the man. Call sign is Lima-09"
"Yes sir"
"Damn, I can't hear his footsteps" said Ryan.
Checking the two buildings from Angel's position, no sign of an intruder. Everything look ordinary, just quiet.
Very quiet.
"Ka chink..."
The mistaken sound of a C4 detonation told me all I needed to know of the man with black shoes plan is.
******
While walking to the five men black armor, I thought about calling Wraith in to check them out herself. Taking out my
cellphone, I call Wraith.
"Wraith, its Ryo"
A few seconds later she responds with a sudden purring voice.
"Yes Ryo?"
Just the sound of her voice send chills to my spine.
"Sweety, do me a favor and check the men in black that are outside from Angel and Urzu 7's position."
When Wraith and I met yesterday morning, we became close friends. Her life is very different because of her skills being
a disguised person. Wraith has my sympathy, so I told her that I won't call her name unless its a special reason. I choose
the name Sweety when I listen closely to how her friends in high school gave her the name because of her sweet smile and sexy
body.
Waiting for Wraith's reply, I thought of a plan so SOuske, David or Tessa won't see what I'm doing. Since SOuske did not
break or detonate any school buildings, I took out my led pencil. To a person its just a led pencil. To CIA officers like me
, its a automatic detonation device. The baseball field is the only place that never exploded so I came to the school the night
before,digging and planting a ton of C4 clay bombs around the field.
The C4 needs an electric fuse for ignition but with the push of the pencil's eraser, the field will be a sandstorm for 30 minutes
maximum. Talk about intense planning in my field of protection for Ms. Chidori and Tessa.
"Ryo, I checked the men out. No ID on the four of them except the man with the army patch."
Wraith is three houses away from Urzu 7's position, sniper rifle perch on the porch of a apartment building.
"From my sources, his name is Rondo Vezpachi. He belonged to US Army's 82nd Airborne Troops and been in the service until he
retired after Desert Shield (Before Desert Storm, there was an operation called Desert Shield). Rondo now has a family, works
as a contractor."
Taking a look at Rondo, he is a medium-built man in his late 50's or early 60's. His weapons are a 9mm and a Glock 17 that's
strap to his right leg. But I saw another weapon tucked away behind his back. Seeing two sticks on the back of his pants tells
me he has a nanchuks or two scythes.
"The other four men must be his subordinates. Contact HQ, tell them SOL96 will be needing medevac when interrogation is complete.
I'll be detonating the baseball field. After the explosion, exchange fire to the field. This should distract Urzu 7 and his charges.
Leave your nest if things get ugly."
My voice was calm but my body starts to go through battle mode.
"Roger that SOL96."
Having the pecil in my hand, I start the countdown.
Glock at the ready, I sprinted to the five men in black.
"Detonation in 5...4...3...2...1...start firing!"
Starting to run near the enemies position, I push the eraser and there was a big wave of dirt going up to the sky. One by one,
the force of C4 push the dirt up, making me take out my blue sunglasses to shield my eyes. The muffled shots of the sniper rifle
pierce the buildings near Souske's position.
Taking aim on the side of the building, I saw that they were on disarray. I could hear panicks and muffled gunfire trying to find
the target, who turns out to be me.
"Ryan, where is the target?"
"SIR, Lima-09 has vanish on our radar. Its hard to track him down because of that dirtstorm he pulled off"
General Vezpachi took his radio out and called someone. Taking the liberty of getting my first kill in Japan, I smirk.
"Say your prayers Ryan" I murmur.
I fire on the man, the bullet piercing the man's heart. He gasp on my position, but I silence another round to his heart.
"One man down, four more to go"
Rondo took notice of his dead comrade, radioing the other men. Hearing the muffle conversation, I pick up some of what he was saying.
"Chaz, Brian. Ryan's dead. I repeat, Lima-09 wasted Ryan. Be careful and spread out. He must be having cover from a sniper.
Rendezvous at point Charlie in twenty minutes. I will cover you men, do you understand?"
"Yes SIR"
"Vernnel, come with me, we need to find this bastard who nailed Ryan"
The man whose name is Vernnel caught my eyes. I know this man very well.
Looking back to my CIA working years, this man was top priority because of his deep analysis of Arm Slaves and military warfare.
He has committed murder by killing three of his closes colleagues because they nearly expose the truth of Black Technology that are
hidden on young people's mind. A shame that he could have joined Mithril instead of Amalgam. Maybe there's a chance I can recruit
him to Mithril.
I called Wraith again for a another plan.
"Wraith, listen to me closely. Do you see two men thirty feet away from me?"
The daring intelligence officer saw my position and also saw two men in black.
"What about them?"
Checking my surroundings, I knew I'm under big trouble if I don't those guys killed.
"Kill them with your rifle. I'll take care of the leader and his sidekick. I found that the sidekick is a wanted man for CIA.
I can recruit him and have him work in Mithril."
"Ryo, he might be a traitor to us"
"No he won't, I'll make sure of that myself Sweety." Looking at her location, I smile "Sweety, in case I die in this mission, I just
want to tell you that you are a good friend."
I knew I hit the jackpot because I saw her blush a dark pink and nod her head.
"Good luck Ryo."
"Thanks Wraith, you too."
Firing my weapon at Rondo and Vernnel, I also hear the sound of a rifle killing Chaz and Brian. Hurrying to the objective, I sprinted
to Vernnel and did a leg sweep on him without the man noticing me. Quickly silencing him by karate chopping his neck, I lay him on the
ground facing the road.
Dirt was covering Rondo's vision and I use this weakness to my advantage. Somehow, Rondo saw me and draw his secret weapon behind his
back. The weapon he took out turns out to be two 6 inch scythes. The Glock went to my holster, taking my automatic cocking 9 inch scythe
out. Like a saber, I open it by cocking it out with a twirl to the ground. Remembering my teacher's words in CIA training, I became a
walking weapon of mass destruction.
My instructor once told us that "A fight must not take more than 0.2 seconds. The maximum limit is 30 seconds. Going beyond that
means to get tired and be captured. Our philosophy is one punch, one kick. Do what all it takes to get your enemy down." I cannot
let that happen to me.
Running to him, I had my scythe fully cocked and ready for battle.
This man did not know what was going to happen, calmly having his two scythes to the ground. Pushing himself off the ground, he came after
me flying with the wind.
"He can fly like a bird" I said
Looking up, I had my scythe over my head because he must be trying to target my shoulder blade. Dodging by going 45 degrees, I jump up
and kick him down to the ground.
"How's that?"
Rondo went to the ground, coughing and trying to recover.
"Not bad kid, but this battle has just begun"
Doing a back spinning kick to my rib cage, there was a follow up of the two scythes hitting me simualtaneously.
"Ughhh"
The pain was unbearable, I have never been hit like this since my training in martial arts when I was a kid. I lost control of my scythe,
knowing it was ten feet away from our battle grounds.
"Ahahahaha, little boy, who are you?"
Grasping my neck, I was taken to the wall, being slammed against it three times. Blood trickling down from my nose, my breathing starts to become
very raspy. The old general's face is so near to my face that I thought he would bite my ear off.
"I'll ask you again little boy. Who are you and how did you kill my subordinates like wheat in a haystack?"
Looking down to my black shoes, I took a brief moment of the negotiations manual I remember reading two weeks prior to this mission.
Thinking that he had the upper hand, I did a back flip and my leg struck his jaw.
"What the-"
"Rule number one of negotiations with a terrorist, one must never make eye contact with the enemy."
Doing a jab to his temple, I did a follow up with a down cut to his stomach area, in hope of creating a herneea so his muscles will spill out painfully.
The fight has only been five minutes and I'm still full of adrenaline. The man will have a slow painful death if he does not get into an hospital quick
enough.
"Making contact with the enemy will only put yourself in grave danger, causing you and your subordinates to a quick death. The negotiator must never ask questions with a "No" answer to it. Doing so will trigger anger and anxiety to the terrorist or enemy. Rule number two, never say "little boy, little girl, be cool, or some other $#!t to degrade the enemy. Have you ever thought that this is the main reason why 78% of negotiations with American hostages held by terrorists like you die because of insulting names?"
Pinning him to the ground, I have my foot over his throat, making it hard for him to breath. Seeing terror in his eyes, I am sure this must be his time to be beaten by someone younger than he. Being beaten by a "little boy" because of his thorough knowledge of military, espionage and negotiation skills is very embarassing to face.
Taking his two scythes from his hands, I took possession of it and threw it in a place none of us can get in case he got out of my strangle.
"Now, I will be the man asking you the questions. Listen carefully so I will not have to repeat again. Do you understand?" With my eyes looking like a devil's advocate, he answers by nodding with his head.
"Good, tell me who sent you here and what was your objective"
General Vezpachi close his eyes for a bit and began his confessions.
"I recieved a call from Mr. Silver, the Commander-In-Chief of Amalgam. He told me to gather my men of the Execution Unit, 44th Special Operations Team Breaker ONE FIVE and assasinate a man by the name of Souske Sagara. Mr. Silver did not explain why he wants Sagara to be killed, but my suspicions must be the girl with long blue hair and her big brown eyes."
"When you are talking about Mr. Silver, is his real name Leonard Tesstarossa?"
Gazing up in the sky, Rondo simply nodded.
"Leonard... He and I know each other since he was a little tyke. When I was rising up to the ranks in the Army, I was assign to protect him and his little sister, Teletha.
This boy has talent and the skills of commanding anyone in his power. I did not know his sister is here at Japan right now, if I knew she was here, I would not have accepted the mission. I am sorry, but I too was part of Mithril."
"What!? You're joking."
"I am not joking, what I did in Mithril is not known to the higherups in the Army. But I can tell you that I trained AS pilots and help establish the Operations Department. I'll get punish for the crimes I have commit, but please spare my wife and daughter. They have nothing to do with this matter at hand."
Hmmmmm, not bad for a perfect deal. Nodding, I handcuffed Vezpachi to a light pole and signaled Wraith to take him to the PZ for the heli extraction. Running backto the school, I put my weapons to its rightful place, sunglasses to my left pocket. I went to the bathroom, wetting my blazer and face, trying to be alright. I was staring down to the sink when I felt another prescence in the room.
"Souske, why are you being suspicious of me?"
Turning around, Souske has his Glock to my head, his eyes look like death and his clothes dusty and wrinkled.
"Shut up, I'll ask you the questions.
He pulled me against the wall, making sure no was near. He was breathing fast, very driven of seeing me dead and cover things up as if it never happened. I cannot help but feel trapped for a second. Then I saw the window a few feet away. Bingo, I see my escape route.
"Who are you? What is your business here?"
Long silence after that. I spoke with a straight face.
"My name is Ryo Iwamura. I just transferred here from Virginia to check out the cherry blossom bloom. But why do you of all people have a Glock stuck to my head?"
My orders from Mallory cannot be compromised. The officers of TDD-1 can never find out I am here, not when I am here to help Captain Santiago, or David Santiago from what I found in my mission briefing. Souske will find out who I am, later on. Souske became furious. "Shut up, I'm the interrogator here. Answer the questions specifically or I will blow your brains out." Now this guy won't stop.
"If you are an interrogator Souske, how can the prisoner know you are one? For all I know, you must be a freakazoid who doesn't know s*it about interrogation." I was struck to my rib cage, going down to the ground. I nearly fell but I slammed my right foot to his left knee.
"All I can tell you is that I may not be here in Japan for long. And secondly, keep up the good work of guarding Miss Chidori and Tessa."
With that, I knocked out Souske when David comes in saying "Oh man, I'm glad I got to use the bathroom..."
"..."
He sees Souske on the floor and I saw his expression changed dramatically. I can't see any weapon in his uniform, having conceal it very good.
"You... Who are you?!"
Drawing his Glock, I ran to the window, breaking it and crash land three stories below. Shots ran out near my foot.
"Dammit, just a load of day's work." I took my cell phone out and dialed Wraith's number on speed dial number one. I kept on running to an unknown destination, trying not to lead them to my residence.
"Wraith, I'm being pursued by David. Can we reschedule our dinner at 11pm tonight?"
Hearing laughter and her sweet voice saying "It's alright darling. I can make dinner when you come home" more giggles and more sweat glands on my forehead. Her voice nearly made me trip, in time to get my Glock out and shoot David.
"Sweety, I'll see you then. Right now, I have to get back to work."
Suddenly I remembered about Saeki Ena meeting me after school today. Glad I can call her though.
David keeps running, but I heard him talking on his phone "GET EVERYONE IN FORMATION. MAN DOWN IN JENDAI BATHROOM, I REPEAT MAN DOWN IN JENDAI BATHROOM. RENDEZVOUS AT POINT CHARLIE ALPHA..." There is not enough time for me to get out of his hold, my only choice is to fight him and anyone he brings to kill me.
I called Saeki's number, nearly shouting at the phone when she said "Hello?"
"Saeki, I'm sorry babe but something came up." A bullet missed my head about a centimeter off. I darted into a intersection, jumping on a Nissan Skyline's roof and sliding on another car's passenger window. I did not want to look back, David will have the perfect chance of killing me then and there.
"Ryo, what's wrong?"
Her voice, Saeki's voice is full of worriness. I started to feel side pain on my stomach and couldn't breath real well. A big problem for me now.
"Hurry, he's escaping." David got reinforcements right in front of me. I stop running and my jaw dropped down.
The people I was looking at, I knew them. Saeki shouted at the phone, without me saying anything in reply. There are ten people, all wearing Mithril uniform. But the igsignia, with the Mithril sword
over a Globe now has a black stripe over the sword, saying "SOULS." I am completely surrounded, snipers on the roof and circled around SOUL personnel everywhere.
I spoke to Saeki, having my tone very normal like it once was when I first hold her in my arms.
"Tell you what, to repent for my troubles, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. It will be my treat and I'll take you to my home at 11pm. I will pick you up when school is done okay?" Some of men were chuckling and making a joke of it. I heard Saeki giggle more and knew she smiled.
"Ok, thanks Ryo."
"Talk to you soon babe." I killed the phone, sticking it to my pocket. David was near me, with a deadly grin on his face.
"I see you know about SOULS, but it's sad to say that we'll have to probe you to find out how much you know about us and Mithril."
"Over my dead body boy."
Taking my blazer off once more, I ran to David, who also did the same. Weapons drawn out and emotions running high, this will only be the beginning of a perfect engagement.
TO BE CONTINUED IN SOULS_LEADER FICS.
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