Preperation

Leo sat around the fire and starting dozing off.

He didn't know for how long he was waiting at that point but it felt like hours.

However, Leo doubted it actually were hours since the sun hadn't started rising yet.

Leo got up for a second as he started looking through Hawk's tactical backpack for anything to eat as he was starving.

He never realised how hard it was to survive in the wilderness without any tools or experience.

Luckily for Leo, he could use his shapeshifting ability to substitute for some tools as long as they weren't all too complicated.

A gleeful smile appeared on Leo's face as he pulled out a MRE from Hawk's bag.

He never ate one before but he was already excited at the idea of a proper meal, all he had eaten recently were a couple of raw fish.

Leo opened the MRE and started preparing his meal when he heard the rustling of leaves nearby.

Leo first got startled but quickly realised there only were a couple of people who knew he was there.

After a bit more rustling Leo saw six people with their guns lowered approaching him.

"Couldn't you inform me you were approaching? I might've shot you." said Leo.

"Yeah yeah, I know." responded a man with eleven stripes on his helmet.

Leo assumed that he was the Eleven he communicated with because of the stripes and that his voice sounded quite familiar to the one he heard on the radio.

In the next second, a woman approached Eleven.

"Eleven, can we take a break before the team meeting about what Hawk discovered? We are tired and wanna eat our MRE's." said the lady.

Eleven hesitated for a second before responding.

"Fine Doc, but I will only give you 50 minutes, we are executing our mission tomorrow and hopefully returning to site Psi tomorrow as well. I honestly don't like this place."

Five of the six team members sat around the campfire with Leo, but one kept looking at him.

"Four, take a seat." said Doc.

"No, I prefer standing." said Four.

They all sat around the campfire for 40 minutes, and in this time Leo managed to learn the names of his squadmates by overhearing their conversations.

"Alright, everyone had their meals so let's start this damn meeting!" Yelled Eleven.

Leo got up and got ready to speak.

"So, tell us Hawk, what have you discovered for us?" said Doc.

"If you would be quiet I could tell you." responded Leo in a slightly annoyed tone.

Doc immediately shut up and started listening.

"As I mentioned before I cannot guarantee that our target is in the village, but I have a heavy suspicion that he is. The activity doesn't match up with that of a normal rural village, I suspect that they are hiding him somewhere and we should probably sweep the village to look for him. Once we secure our target we should call in the foundation for amnestics and to escort us and the target out."

"How sure are you about him being in the village?" asked Eleven.

"A solid 80%, I haven't seen him but still this isn't normal." responded Leo.

There was silence for a while before Eleven spoke again.

"Alright, we will be moving in at the break of dawn in the morning. Round up all the villagers and move them to the center of the village for questioning. Hawk, you will be responsible for overseeing the village with your bolt action rifle. If you spot the target and he is armed incapacitate him before giving his location through to us."

"Copy," responded Leo

"That is all for now, set up your tents and rest for the night, prepare your weapons and make sure you carry enough ammunition with you."

Leo nodded and picked up his bag again as he started rummaging through it.

After looking for a while he pulled out a tent set and started setting it up along with the others.

After a bit of initial struggle he managed to set his tent up and laid down in it, looking at the ceiling.

"Looks like it is about show time for me."