Welcome to Gaia! ::

Sylvia pulled off her helmet to wipe the sweat from her forehead. “The last round showed a 13% improvement in synchronization.” The male voice said. It was Sigma her new partner, except unlike other partners this one was an AI and lived inside her head. They had spent the last two weeks since the implantation learning to work and live together. Admittedly it hadn’t been easy, still wasn’t easy, but nothing worthwhile was ever easy. Plagued by migraines and sleeplessness caused by having a second voice in her head as well as the uncomfortable feeling of never being alone presented challenges she had never faced before, but Sigma understood her in a way no one else had before. He understood her drive to be the best and worked just has hard as she did for the goal. Sylvia had been resistant to the idea of being implanted with an AI; she didn’t need anyone’s help. After seeing what he could do with her equipment though, going from lucky if it worked to it working all the time, the pair were learning to use it in ways she had never thought possible.

“Again?” Sylvia asked out loud. She didn’t need to, Sigma could hear her thoughts, but it was a hard habit to break when answering someone else.

The small hologram of Sigma appeared in front of her. “Actually the Director has requested our presence. It seems he has a mission for us.”

“Finally.” She was excited to see what she and Sigma could do out in the field and she could feel that Sigma felt the same way.

The Director stood at the head of the holographic table, his arms folded behind his back, with a stiff posture due to his many years of working on the military side of Genesis, not that Project Freelancer was part of Genesis of course. “Agent Washington.” He greeted as Cody walked into the room. “Agent Nevada” He nodded when Sylvia joined them shortly after. Without waiting for a response from either of them he gestured to the hologram in front of them. “Your first assignment with your new AI partners should be simple enough. Our aid has been requested in recovering a research facility. The building is in lock down, with their experiments running free inside. Washington you will have to manually open several locks inside, as removing the lock down will allow the experiments to escape. Your orders are simple. Eliminate everyone you find inside and make sure none of the research is damaged while doing so. Any questions?” He asked looking at the two Agents. They had both shown vast improvements since receiving the AI's and it was time to see if that would continue into the field.

“The experiments are human, but there are not anyone you can help and I doubt any of them are innocent anymore. A complication arose that didn't show up until the human trial phase. Driven mad by ultra sensitive senses, the test subjects have killed those who were working there.” He explained to Cody. While he was asking important questions in regards to how they might need to execute the mission he should be less concerned with the morality of it. “Those responsible are dead and the only way you can help the living is to put them out of their misery. Recovering the data is vital so the mistake can be corrected.” The Director concluded.

“Both.” The Director corrected. “Since explosives would risk damaging any equipment inside, you will need to travel with her to open any doors. The building is divided into several sections. And since hand to hand combat is not your strong suit, I would recommend keeping Nevada near by. As Delta pointed out, the hall ways will make the use of range weapons difficult. Only you two are going. Kill everyone, bring back the research intact.” He repeated the goals of the mission.


“Common Wash.” Sylvia said some what impatiently. It had been a long time since she had gotten to go for a mission and she was itching to leave. “This one sounds easy. They are just civilians right? Not even trained in combat. Stop stressing over the details. I'll bring my big knife and we'll be done in five minutes!” It wasn't like her to be so reckless regarding a mission but with Sigma on her side she felt unstoppable. Who could possibly keep up with her now? “Besides we have the whole flight there to figure out the details.” She added.

Sylvia entered the armoury a few minutes after Cody, having stopped to talk to the Director briefly. “I am always ready to go.” She answered flashing a grin as she picked out her weapons. Since the Director had emphasized the importance of data collection she decided to go with a couple of combat knives and a pistol as to not accidentally hit a server or something. Tucking her helmet under and arm she indicated he should follow her and started down the hall towards the hanger, where their ride to the location of this research lab would be. “What's with all the questions Wash? Don't tell me you aren't excited to get back out into the field?” She paused for a second giving him a glance out of the corner of her eye. “You should know the Director doesn't like it when someone questions an assignment. Besides we're the good guys. If there was a way to help these people it would have been done, right?”

“You will be fine Wash.” Sylvia said rolling her eyes. “Besides Sigma and I will take care of the crazies. All you have to do is open some doors and not ******** up the data collection, right Sig?” She grinned at him as the fiery hologram appeared before them both. “Perhaps Agent Washington would benefit from more time on the training floor if he is concerned about his performance in the field.” Sigma answered. “Not the nicest way to put it, but Sig does have a point. We wouldn’t be nearly as good if we didn’t practice.” Of course her Suldari heritage and natural talent played a role as well, but Sylvia attributed most of her success to hard work. When they reached the hanger Sylvia greeted their pilot before hopping aboard and taking a seat. “Seriously though, what was with all the questions about civilians and finding innocent people?"