Location: Somewhere outside the building JC is being held in...
In swirling darkness, Darren, Sheera, Junior, and Jason were ported to an enclosed space not too far from the structure that held JC. As soon as they arrived, Darren stepped away from the others and began looking the building over, listening closely. Jason asked what the plan was... Darren didn't know yet. He was still trying to figure out exactly what they were up against. It wasn't long before Lux showed up with the others... plus Kayleb. Why had Lux brought him? He could be an extra pair of hands, yes, but.. Drift's head shook to clear his thoughts. It wasn't that Drift had anything against Kayleb. Quite the opposite really. Kayleb did as the archer told him, but.. like he was obligated.. not because he wanted to. Kayleb had been letting his personal feelings about Darren interfere with the fact that they were suppose to be a family. Drift could see it on the boy's face. The look of: 'Why didn't you want me to come along?'. Darren was just focused on getting a rescue team together and Kayleb.. well.. Sheera hadn't exactly been letting him do what he was born to do. In the heat of battle, he could very well second guess whether or not he should reach out to someone because, Sheera had quite literally 'trained' him that way. Kayleb, himself, seemed to understand that they all hurt to help others. Look at Junior. Sheera was proud of him for putting his life on the line for Jaeger. Kayleb was basically trying to do the same for Sheera, but she swatted him off like you would a child trying to complete a heart transplant. There was something deeper to Sheera's actions, but.. Maybe she should be a bit more open about those reasons instead of snapping at the young man. Yeah... young man. Kayleb had grown up quite a bit, minus the fits he had been throwing when it came to Darren and Aria.
Kayleb aside... There was a woman approaching.. speaking of JC and... wait.. This was a Challenger rescue mission. For all Darren knew, this woman was putting the whole process in danger. Someone could have seen her. Darren sure as hell did. "Miss... Athena? Listen.. I don't mean to sound rude, but this is a rescue operation. As much as you may be capable... We can handle this. If we can't, you can tell our corpses 'I told you so.' ... Okay? We appreciate the input.. and the info, but this is personal, and I personally do not know you. We are a team. We've trained together. We know each other's strengths and weaknesses. We can flow. Again.. not to be rude.. but, you'll only get in our way. Please.. I'm only going to ask nicely once.. Stay out of this." Drift turned to his comrades, gripping his head. "That.. there... one, two.. high, low... center stage." he began mumbling to himself. Suddenly his eyes opened wide, "They.. know we're here..?" he questioned, his face twisting in confusion. There were no cameras. No technology inside that could have located them. How in the hell... And that voice. That same damn voice. Whoever it was.. was leading this whole operation. "Ok... Here's the plan: They already know we're coming.. so.. I'm going to blast the door down and we are all going to just charge the ******** in..." he paused as everyone glared at him like it was the dumbest thing they'd ever heard, "Hear me out. They are heavily prepared in there. We need to catch them by surprise. As soon as the door is blown and we begin charging in, Jason I want you to make several portals right as we hit the entryway... right in front of us. I want each portal to lead to a different vantage point in the building. We will go into those portals as teams. Jason, you're with Junior. Falcon, with Lux. Twins, of course you know where I'm going with that. That leaves me and Nox. Once we are in, I want full on attacks at anyone who isn't JC. "
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