A Mercenaries Fate

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How's it looking?" "its looking fine everything is in place ready to go. and you?" the soldier asked as they walked around the corner "target in sight be ready for the cue" the other soldier said as he was looking at a man in a suit with a bald head "got it what's the cue" "when everyone is running in one direction that's when your up" "got it see you on the other side Locus" the soldier said acknowledging her partner "you to Celia" Locus replied as he returned the courtesy to his partner Jana Celia as he walked up to the office were his target was currently as he knocked on the door activating his voice changer "yes, come in "a voice said as the door shifted to the left opening as Locus in his new 'stolen' armor walked in and saluted as the chairmen waved his hand slowly "at ease soldier what is it you've come for?" Hargrove asked as he took a sip from his mug presumably coffee "sir I've filled out the mission report and I've come to hand it in their are a few things I wish to ask wile you check this" "yes indeed you must have question and I have time to answer" Hargrove said as he took the file and looked it over quickly "very good sir my question is regarding the two soldiers that we brought back KIA" he asked as it peeked the chairmen's interest slightly "ah yes the mercenaries quite unique don't you think unfortunately they were no longer of use to me after that one soldier ended up messing up majorly I had to make a quick choice for a replacement for Locus "the girl I presume?" "yes though I see I've made a error in the choice as you can see but if anything they were just loose ends to me good riddance indeed don't you agree?" Hargrove said smugly as he took another drink from his cup before he hears a static notice followed by a bullet being chambered into a gun "yeah good riddance indeed... for me.." Locus said as he deactivated his voice synthesizer and pulled the trigger what happens next being a loud gunshot being hear followed by a thud of a body falling soon all the alarms ringing "Celia I'm done here meet at the ship and get ready to detonate" Locus said as he left the room with a dead Hargrove on the floor with blood splattered on the walls and a bullet hole in his head "Hear you loud and clear hold on give me a second I got this. HEY MOVE YOUR ASSES WE HAVE A THREAT ON BOARD MOVE IT MOVE IT. See now everyone's on the move we can sneak out with the other ships" Jana said as she felt proud of her work as she had a detonator on her thigh magnet holster "perfect active the teleportation grenades Locus said as he ran though the halls passing other soldiers unaware of his involvement "will do and bye, bye boxes hello new stuff" Jana Said as she detonated the cubes and the supplies and creates she tagged instantly disappeared "and stage 1 is done ill meet you on the ship" She said as she got inside the transport pelican as she started up the thrusters as locus hoped inside the ship" were good get us out of here" Locus commanded as he got into the co-pilot seat as Jana held up a detonator "care to do the honors?" she said as she got them both out of the hanger back into space as locus took it from her and pressed the trigger handle soon loud explosions was heard from behind them "well that was fun, and stress releasing now where do we go?" Jana asked as she started to enter Chorus's atmosphere "the temple of travel" Locus said as he import the coordinates for Jana so she could fly

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after the expedition both of the soldiers landed at their destination "were here get everything you'll need" locus said as he grabbed his weapons and a pack and headed to the cave "wait one more thing before we go I think we could use a new look don't cha think" Jana said as she took off her stolen helmet and tossed it on the floor as she grabbed a teleportation grenade "what do you mean" Locus asked but before he could hear a response she activated the grenade and laid before them two marked creates one with a green spray painted X and the other a purple Delta symbol as Jana opened them both revealed armor their armor "tada! I'd figure you would want this back thankfully they always make back-ups incase of FUBAR equipment" she said happily as she started to take her current armor and fit on her original armor as locus followed suit until he got to his helmet "you ok?" Jana asked as she strapped on her helmet and grabbed the large bag and put it on her back "yes just reliving some memories" Locus said as he turned around his helmet and slid it on his head as his HUD activated showing his suits health meter mini motion tracker map and active weapons along with a com link to Jana "Ready?" "ready" Locus said as they made their way into the cave that leads to the temple.