Working at Night
Me and Exia soon went to my apartment to start talking about something. Seems like she has work for me tonight. I make sure the room is lock tight and wiretap devices are not detected from a 3 mile radius.
"So what do you have for me tonight? Just get to the point." I crossed my arms as Exia placed the mission folder on the table and slid it across.
"Alright, since you want to finish it already. Tonight's mission is for you to take out another surveillance team that is keeping an eye out on the target and they're unmarked people so you have to clean it out for us.
Don't worry we've already gone through their files, nothing too important with the members of that surveillance team so go do your best. The authorities are already gonna make a diversion if things go wrong, make sure none of them survive." Exia explains the document.
"Where is this place exactly?" I asked.
"It's within the closed down industrial area near downtown." Exia replied.
"Not that far huh." I responded.
"Should be an easy task for you. We've already done a scan on them beforehand so they're mostly unarmed or with less than ideal weapons at hand we're also figuring out who they are working with.
We've already blocked their communications and just rerouted their reports towards our own so we know what they're doing. I'll let you do your own way and have fun out there Bea." Exia concludes her debriefing.
I quickly changed to my combat uniform. And started the operation as I headed there on foot. Utilizing my Body magic I enhanced my jumping and running ability and it felt natural.
I think those lessons on magic should make me more effective in battle. So the thing about my type of magic is to just think of the part of the body I want to enhance in battle. I guess I want to punch people harder then.
My hands started glowing as I thought of the idea of enhanced hand strength and I used some of the magic I know from training as well to enhance it even more than what I can already do.
Soon after I arrived at the rendezvous point. And my earpiece started to ring and picked up the call.
"Area should be safe to go loud now, Bea. Now go clean them out!" Ordered Exia.
While listening I entered the compound and found which warehouse they're hiding at.
"Copy that. Going loud at 3… 2… 1…" As I kicked down the warehouse door and all eyes immediately were all over me.
"Hey who goes there!"
"Hey kid this isn't a place for-" I punched one of the guards, sending him across the warehouse block.
"Never thought I could punch like that." I was shocked to be honest.
And chaos started to ensue, there were some inaccuracies in the report of weapons they have. Some have basic weapons but are made entirely out of plastics. Other than that they're all unarmed but capable of fighting hand to hand.
Though capable but not great at it. I took out half of them in a matter of seconds upon engagement. The magic I enhanced was probably a reason why this feels easier than any of my previous missions.
Taking them down one by one with no survivors to live. I have taken out most of them. With the surveillance team left and tied up for interrogation so I could at least secure some info from them.
I tied them to a chair enhanced with magic so they can't break it or move away from it. Then I started grabbing some of their electrical equipment to make a make-shift torture device to convince them.
"Who are you working for?" I asked one of the three team members.
"Why would we be answering questions from a kid?" Mocked the first member
"I was just about to make this simple but I guess you guys are much tougher than I expected so let's crank up the amps shall we?" As I sample them some sparks from the make-shift alligator clips.
"Do your worst. We won't talk." Taunted one of the members.
"Okay then let's play." I shoved the clips towards his body and started getting fried by electrocution.
"Ha! You won't get anything from him anymore now he's dead." Laughed the third member.
"Did I say I wasn't finished with him?" I removed the clips and pulled out an injection from my pocket and injected him from the neck.
"3.. 2… 1…" I counted down as he started going back into life.
"W-what the hell!?" Shouted the second member.
"How's the afterlife?" I asked calmly.
"What did you do to me?" Panting after being brought back to life.
"Simple really I killed you then brought you back from hell. Easy right? Now talk or else I'll let you feel how dying and getting back into life feels like." I tried to interrogate him once again.
But that didn't bid well so I did what's reasonable for me that is. Letting him experience life and death multiple times. Until I can break him in front of his team.
Surprisingly after the 3rd loop he finally broke and spoke some important details. Seems like their client is from overseas. Nothing too much after that and that they had a middle man give them the details of what they have to do.
He goes by the name Gatekeep. No details given about him apart from being the coordinator between these guys and the overseas client. They also said that they already had relations with Gatekeep before.
But as an informant and not as a coordinator. And the main team they're working at has been subjected to a lot of organized crime around Nero City. Plus doing cleanup work for others. Seems like they're just paid mercs by the end of the day.
Doing the dirty work for someone else remotely. After I was done with them I finished off their operations and killed everyone there. Concluding my mission for today.
I make sure the equipment is thoroughly destroyed and no evidence is left nor recoverable data for it to get scrapped by their associates. I called Exia to report my mission as complete.
"Another great day at work huh. Bea great job out there report to your apartment as soon as possible." Exia radioed me some orders as I went home after finishing the mission.
I arrived on my apartment's balcony and entered from there. And seeing Exia already cooked dinner for me sitting at the dinner table waiting for me.
"Oh, you're here already. Come and eat, you're probably tired by now." Said Exia as she helped me remove my combat uniform.
I sat down to eat dinner with her. While eating she talked about my day at school.
"So how's student life? Have you been making friends apart from the main target?" Exia asked.
"It was nice, everyone was fun to be with. School is better than I anticipated originally." I replied.
"That's nice your mother is happy about it then." Exia smiled as she watched me eat dinner.
We chatted casually about school since it was still my first day of school and she seemed excited to hear everything I've done in school. But soon thereafter everything goes serious again as we finish up dinner.
While she was cleaning the dishes and cleaning the kitchen, I slid Exia a copy of my report and a recording of the interrogation. Exia takes the document and pockets the recording. She also began reading the documents while we're at it.
"Seems like we have a guy that pulled some strings." I speculated.
"Wow, you always do your interrogations very thoroughly. Which makes me forget that you're still a highschooler and have this much experience. I feel like a weird parent after learning my child can do this." Exia teared up a bit sarcastically.
"I mean you are responsible for my growth as an agent right?" I replied.
Exia was shocked a bit and she recoiled after hearing that fact. I can't be more truthful than that. She is my parent after all.
"I hate it that you're right about it." Exia crosses her arms and pouts.
"Anyways I should let you guys figure out who this Gatekeep guy is or something so I can extract info from him. Just let me know if you guys have a clue or lead about this guy. I'll be going to sleep now, just lock the door when you leave." I went to my bedroom soon after and went to sleep.
Exia soon thereafter fixes her outfit and begins to leave as I head to my room. She seemed happy about today's results. Maybe because we actually had a normal conversation about school for once.
It could be her first time hearing such words from her own daughter. I can't blame her. Anyone would be happy about it hearing how their day went.
"See you soon sweetie~." Exia soon after locked the front door and left via the balcony.
With that I finished the day with a good night's sleep…