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18 - hydra

"We can all simply calm down…" tensions were rising, with both of them not willing to let up.

"Fine by me... you're free to get out." Dante pointed towards the exit.

"As soon as I find out what is behind this door." It looked as though they were ready to fight, but before they could...

"We'll come by again, with a warrant to search the storage if that is alright with you?" It didn't bother Dante much, they could get whatever they wanted and order him to let them in.

"I won't stop you if you do." It was not like they could enter by force anyway.

After a bit of confining both agents left, giving Dante the opportunity to dig deeper into the two organizations.

From the get go it was obvious what both were, one was a organization working with governments to protect the world from outside or worldwide threats…

Hydra on the other hand served their own interest, hidden in the shadows, organizing their rise to power.

Them being in the shadows gave them advantages as well as disadvantaged, mostly similar to criminal organization, they couldn't publicly retaliate against things they didn't own on the book. They could try, but that would cause them to be outed.

For example, Dante saw some interesting bases, conducting research in the Banat region.

That held information that Dante saw as interesting.

If he were to capture or destroy the base, then retaliation could come in many forms, but held the possibility of ousting them, likely meaning that they wouldn't do much, cutting their losses before being exposed.

They would still probably want revenge, but their forces in hiding were needed on their stations, while the forces in public were limited in their approaches.

Dante could also try and oust them, revealing them to the wider world and reporting about their operatives, causing a massive if not final blow to a organization that had stood the test of time… sadly where was the profit for him… their research would be destroyed and hidden away, not to be continued for ethical concerns.

Where would that leave Dante… He didn't want to give himself to much attention, get the ire of the organization, or become connected to it in any real way..

Thus for now, he would gain advantages, do not work with them, but use them… and that started by going to a active battlefield, that would help him mask his presence, that being Symkaria.

Symkaria had been having issues with former German operatives ever since the end of the Second World War, their presence there came from one of the major Hydra outpost stationed in that country.

Of course they along with other former Nazis were being beating, with some public news outlets even reporting about them not existing anymore, but the remnants he was after were being attacked by one of the major forces in the country, a military force formerly called the wild pack, now reorganize as Sable international, a mercenary team based out of Symkaria.

They were currently fighting to take over a base containing the information Dante had a interest in. Getting everything set, Dante geared up to teleport to the surrounding forest area near the conflict.

Other hydra stations could come later, as while more had interesting things, not all were under attack.

Walking through the portal he had created, Dante felt his feet sink into the snow, as tree's covered most of the surrounding area…

Looking to the castle in the distance, Dante was surprised by the scale of the conflict… he had believed some reports discrediting the size of the war, calling it just a small conflict, but Dante saw it differently, thinking that even if Symkaria was a small nation it would have been at least in some news channels if it was of this scale, but it seemed to be suppressed by some forces originating from a department inside of shield.

The conflict and cause of the war that plunged the country into strive, was the will to be freed from the corrupted rulers, that sat on top of the nation, letting their subjects suffer while they enjoyed the fruits of their corruption.

The leaders worked with these small groups of Hydra outpost, allowing them to stay in exchange for paying a fee of some kind, however some of the citizens were done with these groups, joining the mercenaries to fight against the corruption..

As Dante saw it, civil war would be on the way, likely breaking out in the near future after Sable internationals becomes involved…

It was just a guess, as with the military force they had now, Sable internationals could overthrow the main government, but would likely not be able to completely reform the country, plunging it into more strive.

Approaching the castle, Dante saw some of the defenders turn their guns towards him, shooting the target out in the open before he could get into a covered position.

Feeling the bullets bend against his skin, caused Dante to smile. Speeding up as he heard German shouts coming from the group… a bigger gun was pointed towards his as he continued to sprint, eventually passing the line of attackers the were aiming at the fort.

Some bullets torn his clothes, but his speed didn't diminish as he jumped up launching himself against the wall, creating a hole in it where he charged a jump, flinging himself up above the people who shot at him, landing on them to break his fall.

"Fuck." Dante looked down, noticing his clothes covered in holes before seeing the bodies covering his shoes in blood, some bits of brain remaining in them as he smeared them against their clothes.

The feeling of bullets impacting his back caused him to refocus of the task, vowing to get some other clothes later, either buying or making some new once more resistant to bullets.

Picking up one of the guns that had fallen to the ground Dante aimed at the soldier, who seemed to have run out of bullets, shaking in fear as Dante gave a kind smile, terrifying the man, who turned away only to be shot in the back.

Dante analysed the gun in his hand finding it to be lacking in many regards, picking up some other guns, Dante started to dismantled and reassemble the different parts of the gun, to create a better one parts. Ending up with a stronger variation of the standard assault rifle…

Seeing that the troops had already breached the main gate, causing Dante to need to hurry up if he wanted that data.

finding a nearby door Dante entered a mostly abandoned hall, only some shouts came from below as he moved along.

"It should be…" Dante turned a corner, coming face to face with a giant metal door that was locked from the inside.

Sighing, Dante hung his gun on his hip, prying his fingers into the small flaws of the door as he began to pull both sides, resulting in the doors locks to be pulled apart, the sound of them clanging to the ground reverberating in his ears as Dante stepped trough the opening he had made.

"Wie hast du!" Dante heard a German man shrieking at him as he looked around the room, noticing the man standing beside a screen with something loading to a chip.

"Not as hard as I expected." Dante kicked the mess that he had created to the side as he approached the man, checking if everything still working properly before shooting the man in the legs.

Standing over the screaming man, Dante looked at the monitor noticing that it had been processing a download and destroy order, transferring everything to a chip on the side before terminating the files on the server.

Tacking out the chip prematurely would likely cause some of the files to be lost, so Dante was stuck waiting.

The screams began to annoy him, stomping on the bug to squash its chest, immediately regretting it as blood seemed into his shoes once again.

"Hands up." Dante had only a moment to respond before he was shot in the back, this time with heavier bullets than even the heavy mounted machine gun had fired.

Turning back, Dante saw a young woman with short grey hair wearing a wire combat suit approach him.

"What did you do!" She shouted at Dante getting up in his face as he recognized her.

"Silver Sablinova…" he muttered her name as he studied her facial features, acknowledging the annoyed look on het face before smiling kindly.

Only to be met by a punch covering his vision.

Dodging with the help of cybernetics in the nick of time,

"Wooo… why the rush to fight? We just met."

"You killed the persons I was after, do you have any idea how much trouble you have brought me." Dante noticed the download completing in the background, starting to circle her in order to get the chip out without damage to it.

"Mmmp well,, nothing that we can do about that now." Dante trapped the chip storing it in his wrist socked before dodging a kick from silver.

"Hey.. I earned this.." dodging another kick, Dante took his distance.

"The only thing you have earned is a beating." She seemed to hesitate for a moment before charging in, driving him into a corner as she prevented him from approaching the opened door.

"Hey listen… why not come to a mutual agreement before things get out of hand." Dante knew he could win, playing around with her as he tried to persuade her.

He did notice that she was stronger than any normal human could get to, but suspected it to come from a minor x-gene or a differed genetic mutation.

"You only know how to run… don't talk to me about negotiating." Provoked by her words Dante stopped dodging instead stepping forward, surprisingly Silver adjusted her move using her outstretched foot to twist around his ankle, planning to place him in a chokehold on the ground…

Sadly Dante didn't leave his place, standing straight while Silver used her entire body to try and bring hints the ground, causing it to seem as if she was just tightly hugging Dante like a koala.

With a heavy sigh Silver released Dante, having gained a light blush from the encounter.

"Fine… you'll repay me.. and we forget that this ever happened." Her blush faded quickly, hiding her embarrassment

"Of course.." Dante stepped back, giving a small bow..

"You go the information?"

"I sure do.."

"Great.. then follow me." The woman began to leave, tacking big strides towards the exit…

"Ill be right behind you." Making a quick copy of all the data he collected, Dante strode swiftly to catch up to with the woman…

The battlefield was clearing up, with wounded soldiers getting medical treatment while others who were still standing secured the perimeter

They eventually neared a mobile operations centre… being a couple of truck carrying their supplies and communications equipment..

"Could I ask you something silver?" She slowed her walk… turning to look at Dante..

"You know of my name.. yet I do not know yours.. tell me."

"I go by Dante ripper.. a pleasure.." Dante raised his hand, only to be ignored…

"Then tell me what you are doing here Dante ripper."

"I seek information… I guess the same you were after?"

"So you run through a warzone." Maybe she had seen him do it, or soldiers reported on the phenomenon… either way Dante had gotten a little bit of reputation…

"How else would I get in.." In opposition to Silvers seriousness Dante was all smiles… he never liked to admit it, but he liked a little bit of chaos here and there… although getting hurt was never his forte…

"Do you think this is fun?"

"No… I simply enjoy battle." She huffed…

"Give us the information and you can go.." Pushing Dante into one of the tents, Silver followed… standing tall and strong to make sure Dante wouldn't escape…

She might have ceased fire, but she was unwilling to lose the information Dante claimed to have…

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