Five kilometers from the base, in an abandoned restaurant, the guards idle away their shift.
Aspera rubs Ospreys head pushing it between her legs as she grunts in slight discomfort, she slowly stops and signals him to get up from under the table.
She scoffs, "You're so bad at this."
Osprey rolls his eyes his feelings hurt. "Whatever, I'm no good at anything outside of fighting anyway."
Aspera now feels guilty "Aww baby that's not true..."
Crash*
Osprey jumps on top of Aspera, protecting her. Concrete slab and broken cement slam into his body he guards her with his life.
As the entire front half of the building is blown to pieces. The abandoned building was never in good shape, but its not like the other buildings were either. This entire state was almost like a wasteland. However for an entire half of a building to be destroyed like this… this firepower must be something serious.
A man walks through the rubble. A mysteriously pitched voice mumbles .
"He's right, he's not good at anything outside of fighting."
Coughing up dust and cement, his body coated in concrete dust, bruises, and blood, Osprey grits his teeth as he lifts the column off his back, still protecting Aspera he mumbles That voice… it has to be "Mori...."
As the mysterious man Mori leans against the rubble he waves signaling "Hel-lo, stranger
its
been
awhile
hasn't it?"
"You still space out your words like a child?" Osprey in pain holds back his laughter trying to take the serious situation… well serious.
Mori smiles jesterly, fully spinning his weapon as it releases steam cooling off.
Aspera in shock has never seen such destructive force in her entire life, she draws for her weapon however Osprey stops her. Taking a deep breath as he signals that he has to talk this one out this isn't a fight he can win at least not yet.
Mori squints his eyes at Aspera lowering his weapon, smiling as he mocks "Judging by his fighting style you would assume he'd be good at protecting people, but he's never been any good at that either."
Mori took a slow step forward, the sound of his boots crunching the debris beneath him punctuating the silence.
Mori knelt beside Aspera slowly raising the weapon, pressing it gently almost thoughtfully against the center of her head. Her body froze.
"Has he ever told you about his sister?" Mori whispered, his voice low and sarcastic.
"What a tragedy."
Mori glances at Osprey to see if he got offended by what he said but he keeps his composure.
Mori looks closer at Aspera.
Mori's amusement just moments ago turns to disgust as he comes to a disturbing realization 'Talking about his sister? Why does she look just like his sister?'
Mori puts two and two together, getting up and walking toward Osprey; he pokes him in the overly muscular chest, looking straight up in the tall man's face.
"You are a sick, sick man."
Aspera, confused asks "Who is this guy and why does he know who you are? He's so passive aggressive? Is he going to fight us? Or is he trying to talk im los-"
Osprey exhales "He's Mr. N's biggest failure-"
Well one of them atleast…
Aspera- "What HOW, I'm an elite guard for this organization? He's not listed in the history books as a former general of any sort-"
As Mori takes note "Elite guard? What elite guard has to announce that they're an elite guard?" 'This bitch is a joke?'
Osprey: "We don't talk about him none of us do"
Aspera: "Are you being serious? If I knew who he was- I-If we knew his abilities we could have prepared."
As they both ignore Aspera the two men stare each other dead in the eye.
Osprey: "So you've finally come to kill me. I know it was only a matter of time. Life these days has been terrible. Maybe dying to you wouldn't be so bad afterall."
Mori smiles for a split second apart of him wishes he could speak, just be himself for a moment but he can't. He must execute his duties.
Mori: "You're not the type to just roll over and die so please don't give me that false hope."
"Zinn" Mori's team-mate looks onwards at the destruction as he walks in the building flexing his 3 Section Bo-Spear
Mori annoyed mumbles "Didn't I tell you lot to stay back until I'm done?"
Zinn ignores Mori looking confused; he states "Two Elite Guards randomly spotted in a restaurant? Off duty are we?"
Wait a second, Mr. N stoops that low to have women rule his army now? What a liberator he is, truly progressive to the highest degree the non gendered must love him.
Zinn's phone vibrates in his pocket, Calesxis. Zinn pulls it out, glaring at the name on the screen before answering with a sharp flick of his thumb.
Zinn looks at Mori as he shows him the phone "Of course this creep calls now. Sits half a mile away with his fancy gadgets soaking up every word then pretends he needs an update straight from me directly. Unreal."
He paces a step, voice dripping with annoyance.
Zinn:
"You know, if you're gonna spy on me like a rat, at least have the guts to stay quiet while you do it."
He pauses, listening to the silence on the other end, a crooked grin twisting his lips.
Zinn:
"Go on. Say whatever you're so desperate to hear me say to your face instead of your hidden mics."
Calexsis: "The base is rather pathetic for someone with that much money. It makes sense as to why it slipped past us before on our previous search through this city.
However I was spying on them earlier, alongside the "Gift" There was a misgendered male, I suppose it's the Serial Killer Siegfreed."
Osprey's eyes open wide. "With Liam? Impossible I know I was paying attention but there's no possible way he could have slipped me."
Aspera's mouth opens like a surprised pikachu. "Oh.."
Mori sighs "Your work is getting sloppy these days Os. You sacrificed so much for Mr. N and yet it seems like you don't even want to be there anymore. What's the point?