The former storm agent grabbed one of the men from the Red Dot and smashed his face with his fist, knocking him out completely. He tossed him to the ground along with other Red Dot supporters he had knocked out.
He turned to Hailey who was standing behind him. "Are you okay?" He queried.
Hailey nodded while she managed to calm her heavy breathing. "How have they already gotten this far?"
"Yeah, it seemed as though they already knew their way around the island."
"Let's get to the others, hopefully, they've already figured out what to do."
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"How much longer until we get to the Library?" Ada asked as they raced behind the AI leading them.
"A few more minutes," she answered. "It's taking this long because I'm taking routes to avoid the enemy."
They took a sharp turn and the AI continued leading them forward. Just as they took another turn, the AI leading the duo suddenly crashed on the ground, spilling its green liquid all around.
Ada and the brown-haired lady both stopped as they stared at its body in shock. Eder Six dropped from the top of a building. He held a gun in his left hand and his sword in his right, with a sharp smile lingering on his lips. "Long time no see."
"Eder, how did you get here so fast?" Ada queried.
"Turbo shoes," he said while raising his legs a little. "But is that really the question you should be asking right now?"
"What the fuck are you doing here? Where's Nura?" Jesselyn queried.
Eder slipped his gun behind his back and switched the position of his sword, such that he was holding it with his left hand and the pointed part faced backward. "Well, Nura is lying dead, or unconscious I'd say at the library," he replied. "And as for your other question, you are only a few minutes from finding out."
"What are you doing Eder? We have to stop the attack before it's too late."
Eder shook his head. "No, you have to stop the attack before it's too late. My mission is different," he paused. "I need this attack to happen."
"You know this was going to happen?"
"Blah blah blah? I'm a terrible guy, helping the bad guys, blah blah… can we just skip this whole chit-chat scene and get to the part where we are striking each other?"
Ada furrowed, looking utterly confused as to why the maroon-haired man was speaking the words that came out of his mouth.
"Do you have any idea what's going on, Ada?" Jesselyn whispered to the lady standing next to her.
Ada shook her head no. "I am just as confused as you are right now."
Jesselyn stepped forward. "Go get Hailey, I got this."
Eder burst into a hysterical laugh. "You've got this? Really? Ada! You are gonna leave that to face me? Without a weapon?"
"Go Ada, I'm sure I can hold him off. At least till you get Rohan here."
Ada hesitated for a couple of moments before racing off in the direction they came from.
"I must applaud you," Eder said while keeping his eyes on the brown-haired woman.
She took off the jacket she was wearing, leaving only a black sleeveless crop top underneath and the sweatpants she had on.
"Did Yvonne put you up to this?" She asked while roughly folding the jacket up with both her hands.
"Does it matter?"
"What do you hope to achieve with whatever the fuck you Earthlings are planning?"
Eder sighed. "Have you ever heard of Luqman the galactic conqueror?"
Jesselyn raised her brows.
"I didn't expect you to…" The maroon-haired man attempted to charge forward but Jesselyn hurled the folded jacket at him with so much speed that it forced him to stop and dodge the projectile.
Jesselyn seized the opportunity and launched herself forward. She meets the maroon-haired man with a clean hook that sends him staggering back. She didn't give him any time to recover as she moved forward again and planted a tremendous uppercut. She grabbed his hands which he held his sword with and fling him over her shoulder, smashing him onto the ground.
Eder got up quickly but was sent staggering back with a stunning left jab. The brown-haired lady kept following Eder with a series of punches, not giving him time to think. She knocked his sword out of his hand and punched him into a wall.
Six blocked another punch and raised his hand to call his weapon but Jesselyn swiftly, and skillfully pulled back before grabbing the sword midair. She hurled it at the maroon-haired man who managed to dodge just in time for the sword to brush past his cheek and into the wall behind him. He reached for the gun he had kept but it wasn't there. He raised his head to see Jesselyn aiming the gun at him with a mischievous grin on her face.
"Fuck." Eder dodged a shot from the gun and threw himself in through a nearby window and into a building.
Without hesitation, Jesselyn kicked open the door and entered the house with the gun raised in front of her.
"I must admit I underestimated you," Eder said while still hiding. "But now that I've seen how you truly are, things are gonna be a little different."
Eder jumped out from his hiding spot and launched himself at the brown-haired woman. He moved fast and in a zigzag motion, making it difficult for the former Rain Agent to get a clean shot, and the turbo shoes he had on made him even faster. He knocked the gun out of her hand before hitting her with the back of his fist.
Jesselyn reached one of the many broken glass pieces on the ground and thrust it at the maroon-haired man. He grabbed her hand midair and flung her over his shoulder and onto the ground, he then raised his hand and his sword broke through the wall and into his hand.
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Marcus pulled a chair and gestured for Yvonne to sit. "Oh, this feels nice, it reminds me of my youth days," she said with a smile on her face before sitting on the chair.
The Head of Earth laughed before walking to his seat. The dark-haired woman looked around the place still holding a smile on her face. "Where's everyone else?" She asked.
Marcus leaned forward and filled up his glass of wine on the table. They were in a restaurant, one of the most expensive ones on Earth even, but the duo were the only customers present. "I rented the whole place for the day," he revealed.
"Oh… what's the occasion?" She inquired while moving her glass forward for Marcus to fill it up. "The only other time I've seen you this elated was when you became the Head of Earth."
Marcus laughed and took a sip of his drink. "You've done a really good job since you became the head of UNEAD, and not once have I ever called you out for it. So I decided to treat you to a nice lunch today, hope it's not overwhelming."
"Nah, not all. I am glad…" Before she could complete her words, a loud blaring sound filled the air. It was the alarm set for when there was an external threat.
Yvonne and Marcus got up from their seats and rushed towards the window, looking up to the sky. "What is happening?"
The dark-haired woman took out her mobile device to call the satellite control room.
"What the hell is going on? Why is the panic alarm blowing up?" She yelled immediately the call reached the other side.
"An unknown flying object has breached our last defensive shield and it is approaching our atmosphere really fast!" One of the men said.
Yvonne glanced at Marcus before walking back to the table they were sitting on. "How didn't you notice the unknown flying object until it was this close?" She cussed as she used her hands to push her hair back.
"Five more UFOs just entered our atmosphere! And they are all moving at a high speed." Another one of the control guards in the background shouted.
"I just confirmed, the objects flying into our atmosphere are War ships from… Winter Weir!"
The dark-haired woman's eyes widened in shock. "Why? Why are they here?" She mumbled to herself.
"Yvonne…"
"Yvonne!"
She snapped out of her thoughts and veered around to the Head of Earth. "Announce a State of Emergency," she started. "I want every country to mobilize every soldier they've got: land, water, air… including the ops squad and secret organization..."
"War is on our horizon."
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