One of the assailant stride further than the others. He points his gun forward as he reached the burning vehicle. "Don't make this harder on yourself…" before he could complete his words, Miss Havishma jumped out from behind the burning vehicle and kicked the rifle out of his hand.
The assailant thrust his palm forward, aiming it at Miss Havishma's face but she swiftly shifts her head to the side and the attack flies past her shoulder. She drove the part of her hand between the thumb and the index finger into the assailant's neck. He coughed and staggered backward with his hands around his neck. Miss Havishma used the opportunity and stomp her fist into the side of his head, knocking him unconscious.
She raised her head to face the other three assailants that were now pointing their guns at her
Miss Havishma used the energy shield from her watch to defend herself from the shots the assailants fired at her. She charged forward and slapped one of the men with the shield, causing him to crash into the van behind them.
She grabbed the third man and turned him around, putting his back in the way of the fourth man's shot. As Miss Havishma was distracted, another assailant dropped out of the van. He thrust his right hand forward at Miss Havishma but Electro 28 held the assailant's hand in midair.
The assailant pulled out a dagger from his belt and lunged it at Electro 28's neck. The Electro trooper quickly stepped back to avoid the attack. The assailant lunges the dagger again but it got knocked out of his hand by a shot from Jesselyn's gun.
Rain 01 and Electro 44 charged at two other assailants that walked out of the car, forcing them into defense as they threw heavy jabs at them.
"Retreat, let's get out of here man!" One of the men yelled before jumping into the truck. He took out a flame thrower and blast it at the D.H. personnel, giving his partners the chance to drag themselves into the truck.
The airport security car finally came into sight and chased after the truck as they drove away from the scene.
"Who the hell were those?" Chief queried as he walked out of hiding with the other agents following behind him with their guns in hand.
Miss Havishma pointed at the unconscious assailant that she knocked out earlier. "Let's find out."
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Storm 01 blinked as his eyes opened. He tried to stand on his feet but his body was strangely heavy for him to carry. He used the wall to support himself and walked to the sitting room where he saw Agent Klay sitting on the couch with a different light-skinned lady that he hasn't seen before, Agent Gurley.
Agent Gurley heard the rattling of the wooden floor and turned her head in the direction of the noise. Her lips perked up as she saw Storm 01 standing by the wall. "Well hello," she waved.
Storm 01 could barely see her face as his vision was a little blurry. His chest danced up and down continuously.
"You are up. How're you feeling?" The dark-haired girl queried.
Storm 01 took another step forward and let out a groan. "My body feels heavy. I think my healing ability isn't working," he stated.
"I'll go get your nurse," Agent Klay said as she stands to head for the door.
"Who's this?" Storm 01 probed.
The light-skinned woman laughed softly. "Finally noticed me."
Emerald glanced back at the two before walking through the door with a faint smile on her face.
"I'm Madeline Gurley, head of ARCHER," she revealed. Madeline tapped the spot on the couch next to her. "Sit, you don't look well."
Storm 01 sat on the couch Emerald was sitting on. "I want to head back to the D.H. I want to know if my- friends are okay."
"Don't worry, your friends are all right, even better than you are right now I'd say."
"When can I leave then?" He questioned.
"Not anytime soon," Madeline stated.
"So you are bringing down Department H?" The dark-haired boy probed.
Madeline held her eyes on Storm 01 for a moment before speaking. "I can't take down Department H if I tried, it's impossible."
"So it's just Miss Havishma?... Feels like it's personal. You and the other agent, you all seem like you have something against Miss Havishma," Storm 01 chipped in.
The light-skinned lady let out a soft chuckle. "We are just doing our job. But I'd say I did know Miss Havishma, hell we were best friends both training to join the best agency at that time; Department H," she started. "Miss Havishma came outta nowhere and took the top spot, dragging me with her. We went through everything together, always looking out for each other. But when the day came for us to become agents of the D.H. Chief claimed there's only room for one more person in the Electro Squad, so they put all fifty of us against each other on Star 4," Madeline stopped for a moment before speaking again. "Miss Havishma didn't care about whatever, she beat the crap out of me and the others, me especially."
"So you're here to get revenge for what she did to you?"
Madeline sighed. "I protect Winter Weir and take out anything that threatens the peace of this planet, that's my job, I have no problem with Miss Havishma, it's what she's doing I have a problem with.
"And what would you do to me? The one that causes the explosion?" Storm 01 asked.
The door to the sitting room opened and Asuncion entered with her kit in hand. She sat down next to Storm 01.
"Do you think his power's wearing off? Maybe he used it all for the explosion on Moonfour?" Emerald asked Asuncion.
Asuncion turned to the agent. "No. The Z-syrup is still there," she replied.
Madeline exhaled as she got up on her feet. "If that is what's happening then it's a good thing," she mumbled. "I gotta head to the Prime hall now, the meeting's about to start."
As if on cue, the door to the bungalow opened, and a man in a tight black T-shirt and jeans trousers entered. "Is Madeline here?"
"What is it?"
The man strode closer to Madeline and whispered loud enough for everyone to hear what he was saying. "Miss Havishma and her people were attacked at the airport. Someone's trying to kill them," he stated.
"Let's go." Madeline started towards the door. "Keep him inside the house until the hearing is over," she added before walking out of the house.
Storm 01 turned to Asuncion who was now injecting a colorless liquid into his hand. "This should keep your body calm." She stuffed the equipment back into the bag.
"W-we should talk," Storm 01 finally said to Asuncion. The latter raised her head to Storm 01. "What is there to talk about?"
"I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was happening until it happened. It was so fast. It just happened... And once it happened, I realized what I had done, and I hate myself for it…"
"Save your breath agent," Asuncion chipped before standing to leave.
"I know there's nothing I say or do that'll bring him back to life. I'm sorry Asuncion, I-I really am," he apologized.
Asuncion stopped and turned back to him. "What happened already happened, now we just prepare ourselves for what happens next and how we are going to face it." She strapped her bag on her shoulder. "I'm going back to HQ to get more supplies."
"Should I drive you to the airport?" Emerald asked.
The Blue agent shook her head no. "I already called someone over," Asuncion revealed before walking away.
Agent Klay folded her arms around her chest and turned to the Storm agent and raised her brows. "Really big heart she's got."
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*Back at the airport*
Miss Havishma stand with Chief behind a glass window, watching as Electro 28 and Ace McClain questioned the assailant to get information from him. They handcuffed his hand to a chair inside a prison cell at the security station in the airport.
"Why are you after us? Who sent you?" Ace questioned, but the man refused to speak. Ace angrily stomp his fist on the table and rose to his feet. "I won't ask you again!"
"You shouldn't, because I won't answer anything." The man laughed.
Chief shook his head disappointedly. "It's useless, he won't talk here. We should take him back to HQ."
"I think it's someone from the inside that sent them," Miss Havishma stated.
"How so?"
Miss Havishma leaned closer to the window. "Apart from the ARCHER, the People, Damiano, and the agents in Department H, no one else knew we were coming out here. Plus, who would want to kill the Chief and put his name on the red list?"
"That may be true, let's take him back. I'll talk to the People to postpone the meeting until we find these people." Chief tapped Miss Havishma's shoulder before walking to the door.
Miss Havishma clicked a button. "Get him, we are headed back to HQ."
*SOMEWHERE*
The truck used by the assailants pulled up in front of a building. As they turned off the headlight, the car blended in with the night sky. The tracksuit men stepped out of the truck to meet a man. Once they approached the man, he launched at one of them and slapped the back of his head. He kept slapping him until the assailant went down to his knees.
The man yelled furiously and turned his back to the assailant, gasping as he tried to catch his breath. "I made it clear! Stay in the dark and wait for my orders, was what I said. But what did you do? You went after the Chief!" He yelled at them.
The man kicked a trashcan to let out his anger but his leg ripped into it. He forcefully pulled his leg but it didn't budge. One of the assailants held the trashcan for the man to take out his leg.
"I'm sorry we went against your orders. We thought we saw a chance, but we were wrong," the assailant on the ground stated.
The man finally take out his leg and cleared his throat. "Anyone left behind? Did anyone die?"
"Yes sir. Yez died, and I saw them knock out Ubale. He's not dead, I'm sure of it. They could get info on us from him."
"That's not a problem. You guys get some rest for the big day. I'll report back to Xin, she'll take care of it," the man stated before strolling away.
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