Special Assignment

[Queen-of-Horror]

She had just gotten off the phone with her informant who worked with Wonderland, they relayed a message sent to the servers which immediately made her light a cigarette and begin chain smoking off it. Sazon rolled a stress ball in her hand then threw it across the room and swiped at the lamp on her desk throwing it against the wall where it shattered. It felt good to vent that rage.

After a few cigarettes and a few more fragile objects she finally made the call, "Adam, come to my office immediately."

Her tone was harsh and angry, there was definitely red in her vision and she was telling herself to stop grinding her teeth. There was about to be hell to pay she picked up her phone again and sent out an angry text to a number then tossed her phone on the desk and opened her desk pulling out another pack of cigarettes and opened them taking out and tossed the pack onto the desk. It was going to be a long day.

[«Wraith»]

He was laying in bed having just gotten back from the locker room showers and now laying down when his phone was going off on the counter. He, wearing basic BDU's and a tank along with his old dog tags which he had picked back up a while ago, was just laying there sprawled out. The truth was he was waiting on someone, plus he was recovering from his training session with Eres... to be honest it was less training and more just fighting her to push the extents of his limits. Lately he'd managed to get the limiter restrictions decreased to 50% and so far was able to acclimate to that level of power.

But those fights still took a hell of a lot out of him by the end and he always sat there healing and recovering though lately it was taking far less time than previously in his life. He must've been adapting, or something. He sat finally swiping his phone off of the counter. It was Sazon, probably going to yell at him for something. "Yeah what's up?" He sighed when she gave her order and hung up the phone. He hung his head for a moment before texting Harmony.

Sazon just called me into office, doesn't sound happy, might end up needing to cancel plans.

He reached over slipping on his boots and standing up, grabbing a clean hoodie. He slipped it on as he was leaving his room and made his way to her office. He knocked on the door before entering, one could tell it was him because of his knocking style. The moment he opened the door the smoke from her chain smoking hung in the air and as he looked around he could see a smashed lamp.

He closed the door behind him, "If this is about the empty hangar, I figured it would be alright to use, I wasn't expecting it to get that out of hand." He said finally, "We'll start going out to the woods or something for training."

[Queen-of-Horror]

"What are you on about," Sazon said as he came basically barreling through the door full of excuses about some non-sense. She pointed at the chair and simply said, "sit."

Then balled the cigarette between her fingers and flicked it across her desk and snapped her fingers, a holographic display appeared on her desk and she swiped through the latest report, something labeled Zanzibar Land massacre.

"Less than a week ago Zanzibar was attacked," she began and pulled up a small video taken from multiple security cameras, "that man is known as the White Angel of Death, former Spetsnaz, KGB, and Umbrella USBC, and last general of Umbrella in Europe after Benedikt joined the New York branch with ExCell. His name is Dragunov. He is the sole reason we are looking at a resurrection of Umbrella."

[«Wraith»]

He did as told and leaned back in the chair listening to what she was saying, at first he seemed a little less than concerned. Until she mentioned the return of Umbrella to which he instinctively and near uncontrollably scoffed, "Over my dead body." He glanced off for a minute before things started piecing together in his mind and he quickly sat forward in his chair, if he recalled correctly, Zanzibar was where Big Boss and them were, and wherever Big Boss and them were they took Hija... If Zanzibar was attacked by a former Umbrella general then...

He tried to compose himself and despite the anger that was washing over him at the prospect of all the hard work put in to take Hija down he was probably free and plotting, his voice came out so dead cold. "What about Hija." That was the only thing he cared about right now.

[Queen-of-Horror]

"Your target," she said swiping past the footage of the air crafts that took out the strut in the middle of the ocean and cut straight to the video footage of the strut. It was on fire, destroyed with several air craft circling it. There were hundreds of Diamond Dog soldiers shooting up toward the helicopters as a single purple aura cut through the fire. A naked man was standing there looking through the destruction at the full ensemble of soldiers pushing toward him to secure him.



He moved forward fast his fist hitting the first one so hard his eyes flew out of his skull as his nose and skull collapsed into his face. His momentum wasn't wasted as he stepped forward crouched and rotated driving an elbow into the ribs and then through the man nearly splitting him in half as he continued to move through the crowd, a palm strike to the next that took off the head of the diamond dog soldier, followed by a kick that broke the leg away from the next and an upper cut as he fell that took off half his face. The video continued to play until eventually the footage began to get fuzzy and the camera was burned by the fire.

"Hija Himura," she said, "must be killed before he can begin the second phase of Scorched Earth. A thermal nuclear warhead has nearly wiped Outer Haven out and the war that followed it has most of them fleeing. It's a reason we never got wind of this until it was far too late."

She pulled up another file, it was a very short clip, "this was leaked to me minutes ago. Hija Himura is in Raccoon City."

[«Wraith»]

He leaned forward as the video played his elbows resting on his knees his fingers interlocked in a fist and resting just over his mouth. He was trembling, he didn't know if it was out of anger, fear, excitement or some twisted mix of all three but he was honed in on a target like never before. He was hearing everything she was saying but he seemed so zoned in it was like it was too busy concentrating on the video clips she was showing.

He was already planning exactly where and how and who to bring with him. "I need my limiter removed, I need to know where he's at, I need to be able to bring in an outside operative, and I need to know how to counter his mutations." These were the things he needed for a successful mission his tone, cold and calculating was the only give away that he was already planning a strategy of some sort.

[Queen-of-Horror]

"I need you to handle anything he throws at you and clear a path," she said, her voice was trembling with anger, "I've already texted Grace. After the reports I've gotten from you and the report of her duel with Hellsings Red Devil I know for damn certain she can kill my father."

"The truth is that Hija is unlike any BOW in existence. Even Kasami is completely different despite having the same experiments done to her. He has no known counters to his enhancements, Hija Himura is literally the perfect life form... And he needs to cease existence. The Himura dynasty cannot be brought back, by his hand or another."

[«Wraith»]

He nodded but didn't say anything, eventually though he spoke up as he tapped the copper piece on his temple, "I need your approval for this thing to be removed. With it on I'm going to be no real help." Even if he was simply clearing a path he'd need full use of his faculties, abilities, and strength otherwise he was going to be more hindrance than use. There of course was a safe way to remove it but he needed her permission, no one was going to touch it without her approval. He could just rip it off but that could cause problems all its own.

[Queen-of-Horror]

"If you are sure you can control yourself and not give in or die, then by all means," Sazon said, "I expect Eres has been pushing you beyond your limits given her endless stamina pool, you'll need everything you can get, especially if you run into the White Angel of Death there. With your limiter you will stand no chance of killing him... I honestly don't have faith in your augments being enough to push you either but we will hope."

"I am granting you whatever you can get your hands on to end this nightmare once and for all," she finally said, Sazon was definitely exhausted, better than that, she was tired of carrying the name Himura as if it was a curse. With Arix out of the way Hija was the only one standing in her way to begin fresh.

[«Wraith»]

He sat there for a few seconds after she finished talking still in the same position before standing up abruptly. "Understood." He said, he knew his mission and what he had to do. It was time to put an end to this and Umbrella once and for all. He didn't say anything else he simply turned and walked out of the room headed towards the labs in order to get his limiter removed. He sent out two texts, he was sure that he was going to get a target location soon enough.

Plans have changed, Sorry but last minute mission.

He made his way to the labs and walked in, banking that Sazon had already informed them of why he was here as he sat down in one of the chairs. "I don't have a whole lot of time, get this damn thing off of me already."

[Queen-of-Horror]

While one of the lab workers began taking the limiter off he would feel a surge of pain and relief at the same time. The old man in the corner of the room was sitting there watching before he pushed himself forward and reached into his pocket and pulled out a vial.

"When the Devil Himura appears, he will not be easy to kill," Doctor Isaacs said, "when he is dead, silence him for good with this. This is the 'curse of the forked tongue' a parasite that has listened to hundreds of thousands of hours of his speech patterns and voice. Infect him with this and even if you perish, he will die with you."

[«Wraith»]

He winced and groaned clinching his fists around the arms of the chair he was in, as the limiter was removed there was a shrill sound of metal crumbling under the pressure of his grasp as he lurched forward the relief finally settling in as he breathed slow and heavy gasps and finally let go of the chair arms before Isaacs came up to him handing him a vial.

He reached out and took it, looking it over as he listened. He nodded his head in understanding slipping the vial into his pocket as he slowly stood up. "Thanks old man." He replied before walking out of the lab, the holes from where the limiter was installed already healing closed and the scars faded into nothing just as he got outside the room.

He started walking towards the armory his phone in his hand, texting as he walked;


Kurgan: Where to meet?
Grace: Old RPD, fully repaired and under control of Tyrant.
Kurgan: Need weapons?
Grace: lol, no.
Kurgan: kk


He gathered what he needed into a large dufflebag mostly tyrant killer pistols and ammo, he systematically checked over each and every pistol before he settled on three and loaded them. From there he got his improved heat blade as well as a newer knife which vibrated the blade at high frequencies to inflict lethal damage with even the slightest nicks. He tossed it all into the dufflebag and was about to grab his combat armor when he remembered the built in back up limiters just in case his previous one malfunctioned. So the thing would be way more of a hindrance than a help.

He closed up the dufflebag and let out a long breath as he leaned forwards on the work table, his hands and arms locked to hold him up.

[Queen-of-Horror]

"Adam," came Sazon's voice, she had entered the armory holding a file in her hands, "this is a detailed regional map of the area above Hive 3. The location is an abandoned ship yard on the river. The Hive was never completed during my time at Umbrella but I'm assuming it was after. Either way, Hive 3 was to house the 400 series upon their creation and continue creating the 300 monster types. Do not be surprised if he's using monsters as his security given his lack of organization to back him."

She was holding a sheathed sword in her left hand, she held it out to him, "give this to Grace. I owe her my blade."

[«Wraith»]

He took the file and memorized it and the intel he was given by her. He took the sword from her and then slung the dufflebag over his shoulder. He took a deep breath and began to walk out of the room before he stopped, "In case I don't make it... Thanks for the second chance." He didn't exactly give her time to respond as he was already heading for the lift out of the Lodge.

He stepped into it and just leaned against the wall staring off, his mind playing back memories of all the hell he and his family went through, remembering the beating that was dished out. It was like he was there again but at the same time wasn't as in his head he was watching Alice tackle him out of that window and they couldn't exactly do anything but watch it happen. He wasn't getting out of this again.

[Queen-of-Horror]

"No problem," she said to the silence of the room and turned away looking at the door behind her. To some degree she wanted to send more help with him but she knew additional help would be a hindrance. She didn't need unnecessary deaths and for many reasons her bond with Grace over the years gave her full support in her abilities.

"Good luck 310. Good luck 312."