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After they had left Bast and Desmond alone Varos pulled Cassarria in close to him his mouth finding hers as the elevator went to their floor, he’d been gone for weeks and this was well overdue, Their kiss was heated with need and desire, and just as the elevator door opened to their floor he pulled back to see with satisfaction that he had his mate sufficiently turned on with need, as they had gone into their room their would be passion was interrupted when a message came in that they were needed, a contract had been agreed on and was wanting to meet to get the full details which only made him frustrated at the fact he wasn’t going to be able to satisfy his mate with the much needed attention and affection she so deeply needed. After they went into the conferance room and saw the two elves he knew immediately his mates plan, especially when she had assured him they would have their time alone after this, and that she had a plan in motion to help the rest of his pack.



Toross and Philana sat patiently, both nodding an acknowledgement when Cassaria spoke up about two additional attendees coming to this meeting. When they arrived, they kept a professional demeanor, but deep inside, they were in turmoil, seeing that the man who was with Kitten had caused a world of hard feelings. It was only after putting two and two together that they understood what was meant by current information, seeing him now—a Dog of War.



When Bast and Desmond sat down across from them, they could see the mark on his neck and relaxed slightly. Philana was the first to speak, even after they watched everything happen around them, their eyes taking note of everything, “What is a dog of war doing here? Last we’d heard you were on a very small leash” Varos and Desmond both tensed up a bit, but Desmond spoke up “well that’s simple we’re cutting lose and freeing ourselves from those who would use us for their own gain. Though i do have to ask, have we?” Toross nodded “two years back, you were a part of a security detail that locked horns with our team, you got close to taking my head a few times as did i during our long-range duel. The team that we were a part of wasn’t so lucky.” Desmond had recognition of the event in question, and Bast would catch glimpses of the memories that cropped up when that event was brought up. It was before he had fully realized that RRT’s true nature wasn’t for peacekeeping. An event where he and a platoon of RRT security went head-to-head with a large group of insurgents attacking a facility they were protecting, a facility that at the time looked harmless, providing necessary supplies to civilians who needed them. That proved to be false, while there was on the surface a civilian production and distribution that provided essentials for civilians in the area, the real purpose of the facility was an underground R&D facility that was actively prototyping new tech for RRT.



“Apologies for the loss of your comrades, I did what I was told, and at the time i wasn’t even aware of the facility that was underneath the production facility you appeared to be attacking.” Toross nodded and just replied, “So what’s the deal with RRT?” Desmond replied, “Well, the dogs of war are leaving before we are killed by our own handlers. Unfortunately, they sent most of us to the island for a mission that proved to be a smoke screen for a bigger purpose.” Philana spoke up, “That being?” “To kill everyone there and eliminate every dog of war, apparently, the church put a contract up for the destruction and death of everyone on the island and the removal of every dog of war alive. There are some of my kin who are still onsite at RRT headquarters and the logistics warehouse in the industrial district, they need to be evacuated before they are terminated and RRT needs to lose full operational control to ensure they don’t attempt something like this again.” Toross and Philana were surprised by the openness and just looked at each other before they continued “the warehouse, what is the security there” Varos spoke up “provided they’ve continued to keep it looking like an abandoned warehouse, minimal. The two members of the dogs of war handle logistics for all RRT operations” Desmond raised a hand “partly true, there are some security forces there but there shouldn’t be anymore than a squad of enforcers there, along with the dogs of war.” “and the headquarters?” Toross asked “heavily guarded and difficult to enter into, the headquarters isn’t just what you see outside, the complex is underground with vehicle access points at discreet locations, but effectively you are looking at a ten sub level Complex that houses an entire army, easily ten to fifteen thousand personnel at any given time. There are two kin inside, last i knew before i went to the island was they were on standby at sublevel four, section eight, which is where the dogs of war are kept when we aren’t on task.” Toross and Philana looked at each other concern clear to see “we can handle the warehouse easily enough but the headquarters will need a special touch to crack it open and free your kin, do you have a plan on getting inside?” Toross asked his hand instinctively resting on top of Philana’s as they took in the information.



Desmond replied after careful consideration, “well that is the problem, i can’t use my access codes to gain entry, I'm not due back to return so that would immediately raise alarms to anyone paying attention to whose coming in, plus we’d have to deal with our handler at that point and that’s not something i want to deal with if i can help it, we’d need a means to enter” toross was about to speak when Philana did and surprised him “that shouldn’t be a problem, while I am not a technician i am trained for recon and intelligence gathering, which includes hacking, if i have a access point it shouldn’t be too hard to gain access to their systems and provide a means of entry and exit” Varos spoke up “that’ll be difficult, access points are closely monitored and are closed to the outside world. They have a Relay station just outside of town but it is heavily guarded.” Varos paused when the staff came in with meals and just watched as they dispersed the food.



As things were talked on Varos could feel the longing for him their bond and his need for Cassarria could be equally felt, he understood the reason for this meeting but he was already ready for this to be over so that he could attend to his mates needs with the thoroughness he gave to his mate every time he was with her.

Toross and Philana grinned slightly under the table their hands meeting, giving each other a brief glance at each other before they fully gave Desmond and Bast their full attention “what is the deadline for this op or do we have time in our favor?” Desmond had been looking at Bast as they watch Cassarria and Varos leave when the question came up and just replied “we have time, but depending on what’s still in the works for the island would likely determine the full extent of how much time we have before the opportunity passes us by” Toross nodded as he looked at Philana “what do you think, we’ll need full loadouts plus a few extra for infil and exfil” Philana brought a finger up to her chin to think before she nodded “for two seperate ops we’ll need extra munitions each to allow for the possibility of extended engagements, plus I'll need my equipment for cracking into their system” Philana looked at Bast and Desmond and continued “we’re good at what we do but even we have our limits when it comes to engaging in urban environments much less if we end up going indoors” we can handle the exterior and provide fire support, if we end up going inside Toross Heavy Cannon won’t be much use, our repeaters and blade are good, along with my Light Cannon” Desmond nodded and replied “understood apart from the various blades and knives, my bow is my tried and true weapon both at range and up close, and my mate is keen with her own set of blades, so if push comes to shove we’ll all just have to play by ear if we end up going inside the complex.” Philana and Toross nodded “we’ll notify the Marsonian Confederacy that we’ll be on task for a while, if possible, should the earthquake work I'm sure our superiors would be grateful if we could bag a couple of high value assets for having a conversation with later” Desmond shrugged “shouldn’t be a problem there are protocols that are in place should a mass evac be required, mainly routes and rallly points where RRT command staff would take and rendezvous at. The protocols haven’t shifted in a few months so they rally points should still be active. Toross nodded satisfied by the information given and simply stood up with Philana “until then we’ll return home and collect our gear as well as contact our superiors before we return here.” At that, they simply left the conference room and made their way home.

Desmond pulled Bast into his arms and held her “anything is possible we’ll have to see once things here are resolved with the rest of the pack.” he looked at Laura and smiled lightly “if you could look into setting up a meeting at a later date we’d be appreciative” Laura nodded “of course, I'll talk to Garos about scheduling a meeting with everyone” Desmond nodded his thanks and watched as Laura took off leaving the two of them alone in the conference room,



Once alone Desmond didn’t say anything as he leaned in closer and lip locked Bast giving her a kiss she not only deserved, but also needed to distract her rampant emotions, he would help her through this moment. Once they came up to breath, he pulled her even closer to him letting her rest her head on his chest as he held Bast in his arms and just held her in companionable silence. Finally, he spoke “Once we get the rest of the pack freed, we’re going to see if this is indeed your brother and if it is we’ll work on tracking down everyone else that might have survived” he could feel the quiver in her body as she processed that her brother may have survived along with others.