Chapter 25: On the hunt
<Aoi POV>
Aoi was standing just outside the door waiting for the signal to go in. While waiting Aoi had pulled out a huntsman knife and was flipping it in her hand.
'Damn it I want to go in already.' Aoi was envious of her friends that had already gone in wanting some action for herself.
'I would just walk in, but these soldiers seem stingy and would report me to the commander as soon as they see me enter.' Aoi scanned over her group and just by looking at their faces could tell they were uptight.
"Alright, group 3 you may enter now and collect as much information you can and bring back any pieces that resemble enemy activity.
"Finally." Aoi rolled her eyes and went straight in.
Echo, who was not particularly keen on the mission went inside but sat right next to the entrance so if need be, he could leave right away.
Aoi holstered her huntsman knife on her thigh and pulled out her dual USP pistols that had silencers on them. Turning the flashlight on the bottom of them on, Aoi looked for places to explore to find enemies.
Spotting a walkway above that had a few entrances, Aoi went up the stairs and entered one of the hallways.
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In an office-like room, a few soldiers were sitting down eating some food and chatting away.
"Aha, did you see the lieutenant the other day, it looked like he had a rough beating from the higher-ups."
"You saw that too? I almost feel bad for the bastard, but he deserves it for treating us like shit."
"Ah shit I need to go to the toilet, I will be back boys." A half pig that sat on a fallen over cabinet got up and went to leave the room.
"Don't get taken away by the demons." A half-horse had a smile as most of the place was extremely dark and there had been a running joke that demons were hiding in the darkness.
"Yeah, yeah whatever." The half pig laughed it up and went into the hallway.
A pair of silver eyes appeared behind the half pig just as he turned to the right and before he knew it a hand went around his neck pulling him back.
"Ah-." Before the big could let out a full scream his voice was cut off freaking out the other soldiers.
"Hey man, that isn't funny." A half mantis felt rather uneasy, thinking that it was just a prank and Because the soldiers did not pay attention, they did not see the hand that grabbed the pig.
"Come on, let's just check to make sure." The half-horse was getting paranoid and wanted to make sure that it was just a prank.
Getting up from the circle of fallen cabinets and chairs, A half-snake followed by the mantis went up to the hallway with the half horse.
Just as they approached the door the body of the half pig landed in front of them and a splash of blood went across the floor.
The soldiers jumped out of fear and quickly moved backwards. The soldiers reached for their weapons, but before they could get them a half tanuki ran into the room.
Aoi with her silenced pistols killed the half horse and snake straight away but missed the mantis. Their bodies fell to the floor and blood began to ooze out of their heads where the bullet hit.
The mantis jumped behind the off desk and the last soldier, a half spider, went to take cover behind it as well.
However, before the half spider could run around the desk Aoi pulled out her knife which was covered in the pig's man blood, and threw it at the spider. Going straight through the head of the spider made his body fall right next to the mantis. The mantis was terrified for his life and not having a weapon made him completely useless.
"Please I surrender, Please just don't kill me, I will tell you anything." The mantis begged for his life to the half tanuki that was walking up to the desk.
"Ehh? Are you not just cannon fodder meant to be used to practice my killing skills?" Aoi had a smile while staring at the mantis that was covering his head with his hands.
"What do you want to know?" The mantis was trembling hoping he would not be shot.
*sigh* "Have all the soldiers gotten this soft? I swear at the first sight of danger you run away scared." Aoi was a little disappointed that they were unable to put up a fight.
"We were conscripted, we did not have a choice." The mantis started to cry, wishing that he never was a part of the military.
"Oh what a shame, but a mission is a mission so I'm sorry, but unless you can tell where more of your buddies are, I might reward you." Aoi's silver eyes glowed while looking down at the mantis that refused to look Aoi back in the eyes.
"They are throughout the base cleaning it while we wait for more people to arrive to revive the bunker other than that I don't know the exact locations of where our superior is."
"Hmm, I see, well thank you for the information." Aoi pointed her pistol up to the mantis' head and fired, killing him instantly.
"Now that I know there are plenty more victims and some info for the mission, let's go hunting." Aoi holstered her pistols on the side of her legs, then she pulled out the knife from the spider's head and used his clothes to clean it.
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<Lou, Kim and Jayde POV>
Lou, Kim and Jayde had also gone ahead exploring one of the many labyrinth-like hallways in search of enemy soldiers and information.
"Tch, Why did they even bother to put us in groups with different jobs?" Lou did not like how certain groups were designated roles and would rather have groups explore different parts of the bunker.
"It was the commander's choice, but it's not like it is stopping us from going on ahead like we are now." Kim was able to understand that it was a way to kill off some new recruits who would get ahead of themselves, but that wasn't an issue for them which made this mission rather annoying.
"I just want to go back already." Jayde was bored out of her mind, wanting to return back to base.
"Well the quicker we get this done the faster we go home." Kim did not want to hear constant complaints from Jayde so she tried to motivate her to get the mission done quicker.
"Mmm you are not wrong, but what are we looking for?" Jayde was still unsure about what the goal of this mission was and didn't know the purpose of it.
"We are looking for any information that indicates enemy activity and eliminate any soldiers we may encounter." Kim explained the details, making it a bit clearer for Jayde.
"Speaking of which girls, we got some activity ahead." Lou, who was in front spotted a light creeping under a door.
Jayde turned off the light on her P90 and Kim pulled out an SVD ready for battle. Lou with her dual berettas walked up to the door and peeked through the small gap in the middle.
In the room was a hall that was filled with at least a dozen soldiers doing some exercise routine with one giving orders.
"We got a lot in this room, Kim I'm going to need you to use your essence to take out most of them to make it easier for me and Jayde to kill." Lou turned and whispered to the girls behind them. Kim nodded and charged up her SVD getting ready to fire.
"I will open the door slightly so you can lay down and get a shot on them and as soon as you fire, Jayde and I will run in and take out as many as we can." Lou explained the plan and so Jayde got to the other side of the door ready for the signal.
Kim laid down in front of the door sticking the barrel slightly in the door and looked down the scope. Kim's SVD being a marksman rifle was able to withstand her essence with the help of Echo's modifications and was able to cause a lot of damage to herself if she wasn't careful. Aiming for the middle of the group, Kim's gun lit up even more with a bright orange before a shot was fired.
Hitting the person in the middle, a small explosion like a grenade occurred in the middle killing about half of the soldiers that were training.
Jayde and Lou both rushed into the room while the soldiers were still trying to understand what was going on. Because the soldiers were also training they did not have their weapons making them defenceless.
Jayde being a half-cat was a lot more agile and was able to get close to the soldiers a lot quicker.
As Jayde ran past the soldiers, she would shoot a burst of bullets into their chests killing them and moving on to the next one.
Lou did the same, but instead was aiming for the head while also making her way to the one that was in charge.
The soldier that was leading the exercise was a normal human and did have a weapon on him. Pulling out a pistol, he aimed straight at Lou
Lou continued to charge straight ahead giving a clear shot for the human. Firing his pistol, the essence bullet went straight for Lou's head, but before it hit Lou, she moved to the side barely dodging the bullet.
"Ha so predictable, how about aiming somewhere else." Lou smiled and before the soldier could fire another shot, Lou jumped up in the air and using her feet pushed on the soldier's chest forcing him to the ground.
Staying on his chest Lou pointed the gun at the soldier's head while grinding her heel on his chest. The soldier grunted in pain feeling his chest slowly being crushed.
"Now fast or the slow way." Lou asked a simple question to the soldier and gave him a few seconds to respond.
"Huh?" The soldier did not understand what Lou was asking and was in too much pain from Lou's heel to properly respond.
"Oop, too slow, the painful way it is." Lou holstered one of her berettas and pulled out a knife.
Lou stomped on the soldier's chest one last time before getting off him and kicking away his pistol.
Lou squatted down next to the soldier's body and used the knife to stab into his chest. Missing the vital organs on purpose, Lou started to drag the Knife down the body creating a deep cut in his body.
"Arrggg!!!" The soldier screamed in pain and Lou licked her hips hearing his screams.
Leaving the soldier to bleed out Lou stood in front of him and stomped down in between the man's legs. The soldier's eyes rolled back and felt immense pain wash through his body.
"Hmm, I don't think you will need this anymore." Lou was about to use her knife to get rid of the soldier's manhood but a soldier who managed to stay alive went to tackle Lou.
However, just as he was about to grab her, Lou, using her beretta shot behind her right in the soldier's head.
"Now where was I?"
<Few minutes later>
"AHHHHH!!!" The man screamed in pain as Lou tortured the soldier until he finally his screams died out indicating he was finally dead.
Jayde who finished up killing the soldiers could not help but swallow her saliva, a bit terrified of Lou, wondering how Kim is dating such a person.
Kim, who had been observing from a distance let out a sigh as Lou got carried away again.
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<Reia POV>
"Aha look at this bitch who thought they could sneak around alone." A half-wolf looked down at a half fox girl that had a bunch of bruises on her and was handcuffed.
"To think you would fall for our stupid trap and get yourself knocked out. You're lucky we are nice and will be bringing you back to base." The half-wolf had a smug face looking at Reia as if he had gotten a new big catch.
Not saying a word, Reia continued to glare at the half-wolf soldier, not letting out a single sound to indicate she was in pain.
"Tch." Getting annoyed with Reia's lack of response, the half-wolf kicked her in the face hoping to get a reaction.
Instead, Reia just looked back and spat a bit of blood on the floor.
"If pain won't make you talk then I'm sure other methods would." The half-wolf had lust in his eyes causing a slight reaction from Reia.
"Heh." The wolf boy was about to begin until suddenly the tips of Reia's hair started to glow purple.
Lightning surrounded her body and soon almost all her hair had turned into a glowing purple.
Lightning struck the handcuffs breaking them and she slowly got up from the ground.
The half-wolf fell back terrified of what he was witnessing. Pulling out his pistol, he quickly shot Reia however the bullets would be stopped by an essence wall and got absorbed by it.
Reia let out a breath and glared at the half-wolf who started to frantically fire while crawling back. More soldiers started to come into the room and were equally terrified of what they saw.
Reia's hands and feet were covered in her essence creating animal claws and feet. Reia also gained another tail which was purely made out of essence with lightning surrounding her newly obtained animal parts.
"Run!" The half-wolf gave the order to run however when they turned Reia already moved behind them blocking their only exit. Her eyes were full of bloodlust and were more beast-like than human.
"Shit." Unable to do anything the soldiers started to fire at Reia in hope of killing her, but it was futile as the essence bullets would be blocked no matter where they shot.
Leaping at one of the soldiers, Reia scratched across the human woman's chest electrifying her. Not stopping there Reia used her feet to kick the woman and launched her into the wall.
Moving onto the next soldier Reia grabbed the neck of a half bear and lifted him up into the air. Using her claws Reia was able to decapitate the bear while strangling him. Using the head of the bear she threw it at a half-fly soldier knocking him out.
Using her claws Reia went up to the next soldier, a female bunny girl and stabbed straight through her chest pulling out her heart. Her body fell to the floor and all was left was the half-wolf,
Crushing the head of the knocked out half fly while she walked, Reia quickly made her over to the half-wolf as Reia's essence was starting to run out.
"Please, ple-." The half-wolf was about to beg, but Reia did not have enough time and so just as he did, kicked the half-wolf in the head, but this time his head went flying off his body.
Reia's essence was completely depleted and her body instantly became heavy. Falling to her knees Reia was on the verge of passing out.
'I can't feel anything.' Reia looked up at the roof thinking she would feel satisfied, but instead, she felt hollow. Her eyes became devoid of any emotions showing the damage she has done to herself. Because she used essence on her own body, her ability to feel emotions disappeared. Although there was a small hint of emotion indicating she might be able to recover, it would take years before she returned to normal.
Not being able to fight the exhaustion anymore, Reia fell to the floor in the blood of the enemies she just killed.
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<Back to present>
"To think my first mission was so violent." Reia laid on the bed remembering her first real mission and was the beginning of her emotionless state.
*knock* *knock*
"Reia, we need to go plan our next trip outside, we can go to sleep later." Akira knocked on the door letting Reia know he was ready to go plan their next move.
*sigh* "Let's hope I don't have to use that form again, I don't want to lose the ability to feel emotions again." Reia got off the bed and exited her room.
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