"Speaking"
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"[Intercomms]"
*Noices*
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City Block A
7PM EST
The night illuminates the nign0ht sky as Raiden and Alpha was still atop the building... Alpha was still livid at their time together
Raiden:"Don't you have a mission?"
Alpha shaked her head no... And gently laid her hand on Raiden's hand
Raiden:"Alpha?"
Alpha:"...I just..."
Raiden:"...I understand..."
Alpha:"Babylonia is monitoring us aren't they?"
Raiden checked and saw that comms was jammed...meaning Babylonia doesn't have any comms with him nor can they access his location
Raiden:"Nope... Its dark"
Alpha nodded at that... Satisfied with the answer she was given
Raiden:"Its late... My team is worried for me... I better go"
Alpha:"I see..."
Raiden smiled a bit before standing up... Alpha stood up and then bridal carried Raiden... Raiden was taken aback by the action that Alpha did
Raiden:"Eh?"
Raiden asked
Alpha:"Its much faster"
Raiden had a tear run down his head when he heard that from Alpha
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Alpha landed on the ground gracefully while carrying Raiden with her hands
Raiden:"... Never do that again..."
Alpha just did a small smile and nodded
Alpha:"[Oh well... It works just like i planned]"
Raiden:"[Wait... You built this yourself!?]"
Alpha:"[Correct... Now i can keep tabs on you from anywhere without... Babylonia interfering]"
Raiden:"[What if i receive a comms with Babylonia and you decide to barge in?]"
Alpha:"[Don't worry... I got a headsup about it]"
Raiden then nodded as Alpha puts him down and Raiden finally stood up
Alpha:"This is where we part ways huh?"
Raiden:"Maybe?"
Alpha:"Farewell... Till next time"
Raiden smiled and patted Alpha's head... The latter didn't object and just let it happen
Raiden:"If you need me... You'll know where to find me"
Alpha nodded... She then jumped and used the building earlier to jump forwards... She then disappeared into the night
Raiden then looked at his hands... He looked at Skoll and Hati... Hati is working just fine... Skoll had a massive damage on its heat monitor an it's armor
Raiden:"...Back to Babylonia... I need you upgrade this again"
Raiden then tried to establish communication with Lucia and the others
Lucia:"[Commandant? Commandant? Please respond]"
Raiden coughed a bit
Raiden:"[Your Commandant is now dead]"
Raiden heard the gasps of Lucia, Lee and Liv
Liv:"[Commandant!? Is that true!?]"
Raiden:"[*fake screaming noices intensifies*]"
Lee:"[....Really?]"
Raiden then chuckled a bit and heard the sighs of relief from his team
Lucia:"[Don't scare us Commandant! Stay put and don't move!]"
Raiden:"[I will]"
Raiden then ended the convo and sat at one of the destroyed cars seat
Fot a good 10 minutes
Raiden:".... Well this is boring"
Raiden waited faster
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After a about a few moments of waiting...
Liv:"Commandant!"
Raiden opened his eyes and sawhis team... Liv was running to him and dove in for a hug... Raiden catched her
Raiden:"Oof... Hi Liv"
Lee and Lucia finally was near him again
Lee:"I hope nothing bad happened to you"
Raiden:"I managed to escape her don't worry"
Lee nodded... Lucia on the other hand was still shaken
Raiden:"How's your arm?"
Lucia:"Its fine now Commandant"
Raiden nodded as he patted Liv's head
Raiden:"Anyways... Now that everything is over... Let's head back to HQ and report out mission now heh?"
The Gray Ravens nodded and on que
*Helicopter engines*
There evac point has arrived... It then landed to the wide area in the neighborhood... Away from the buildings
The Gray Ravens immediately headed out towards the landing point
Liv:"I'm grateful that your Virus leveles are still normal Commandant"
Raiden:"Good"
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They all arrived at the spot and saw the doors open
Once they got on they saw a wounded Vera
Vera:"Sup"
Lee did a headshake while sighing at her
Vera:"Don't give me that shit right now... Can't ya see I'm hurt?"
Lee:"...Your team's style of fighting cost you your teammate... Please reflect"
Vera scoffed... Liv and Lucia sat beside each other... Lee sat near the cockpit incase of an emergency and Raiden... Sat near Vera
Vera:"Your the famous Yamashita Raiden eh?"
Raiden:"Raiden Yes... Famous No"
Vera chuckled
Vera:"Ehe... I was wondering why a part of WGAA has decided to go towards the Commandant training"
Raiden closed his eyes and chuckled at that question
Raiden:"I know that feeling"
Raiden said as Vera was amused at this exchange between her and Raiden for the first time
Vera:"Hehe... I expect more to come from you... Yamashita"
Lee:"They got along...wow"
The rest of the flight towards Babylonia went on smoothly from then on
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Babylonia
Command center
Hassen:"Gray Raven managed to Defeat Tifa with minimal damage as possible?"
Celica:"Yes... Construct Lucia suffered an arm malfunction but nothing to lethal... The others suffered minor damages..."
Hassen:"How about to signal that Yamashita that suddenly went off"
Celica:"I've talked with Raiden... It seems that he got disconnected for a while because of something that he can't quite explain... He said something about... White hair"
Hassen nodded
Hassen:"If Allen finds out about this... I'll surely get screamed at"
Celica nodded
Hassen:"He is still apart of the World Government Archeological Association..."
Celica:"Well...now you know"
Hassen chuckled
Hassen:"Dismissed"
Celica nodded before walking out of the room
Hassen:"Yamashita... Babylonia truly need people like you"
Hassen said looking out to Space... As he thought of somethings in his mind
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Landing Zone
Babylonia
The Gray Ravens exited the Chopper... Raiden carried Vera onto the medical bed from one of the personnel
Vera:"Thanks..."
She said as she laid down... Raiden saluted with two fingers
Raiden:"Get well soon Squad Leader Vera"
Vera chuckled
Vera:"Take care Squad Leader Raiden"
She said doing a two finger salute aswell... Before getting moved out towards the Medical facility
Raiden then went back to his squad...
Liv:"Commandant? Aren't you moving to the dorm room?"
Liv asked... Raiden nodded
Raiden:"Yeah i guess so... Lucia would you tell the movers to do that?"
Lucia nodded and walked off in order to report that... Raiden then turned to Lee
Raiden:"Hey Lee... Once your done... Can you grab these material for me on the Store section?"
Raiden handed Lee a small hologram containing the list of the materials he would need
Lee then got all of them memorized and nodded before leaving...
Raiden:"Liv could you help Lee?"
Liv:"Yes ofcourse!"
Liv nodded before running after Lee
Raiden then turned towards The Exit and walked out the Hangar and towards the... City of Babylonia
Raiden then opened his holographic phone...he had a message... He opened it to see a message from
Raiden:"Ayla?what does she need now?"
Raiden pressed the message it this popped out and he began to read
"Hello Raiden! It's been a while! Don't worry im fine and so is Selena! She just wondered when we'll the three of us meet again...you know?... Anyways! President Allen sent me to a Dig Site! I'll be moving out in a few hours! That's all! Also forgot to mention President Allen wanted to talk to you a bit! Tata!"
Raiden sighed... This was the usual Ayla he always knew... After that day when he first joined the WGAA after being a Citizen Of Babylonia before the Commandant program... Ayla would always bug him whenever she had the chance not that he disliked it... Ayla was always the talkative type with Selena somewhere in the middle
Raiden:"Typical Ayla"
He said before heading towards the City of Babylonia towards The WGAA building there
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Babylonia
WGAA Building
8:20 PM EST
Raiden entered the building and looked around a hand on his pocket... He went past the door being greeted by his previous partners in the WGAA they wished him goodluck
Raiden then Entered President Allen's office he then bowed slightly
Raiden:"President Allen... Its been a while"
Raiden said... Allen turned to him and smiled before nodding and motioned him to sit
Allen:"Its been a while Raiden... Well i can't say I'm proud, you've exceeded the Commander Program as a representative of the WGAA"
Allen said as Raiden nodded
Raiden:"So why did you call for me? President?"
Allen then went towards his cabinet and grabbed a file... He then put it on the table... Allen then smiled
Allen:"Like i promised... This file contains some previously unmentioned unexplored maps found in one of the dig sites"
Raiden opened it and looked he then begab reading the contents
Allen:"Don't worry you can keep that"
Raiden smiled truthfully at Allen
Raiden:"Thanks President"
Allen:"It's fine Raiden"
Radien stayed silent as he reads the content of the file
Raiden:"How's Selena and Ayla by the way President?"
Allen then began thinking and trying to remember
Allen:"Hmmm... Well Selena and her squad went on a Mission towards the one of the possible Archeological dig sites in Africa... As for Ayla i think she already told you"
Raiden chuckled
Raiden:"Typical Ayla she always gets hyperactive when a new arts and new things pop up"
Allen chuckled aswell
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Raiden walked out of the WGAA bidding his farewells to its workers and them wishing him good luck on his next missions
Raiden then stretched his arms as he walked the buildings of Babylonia back towards where he should be... In his office
Raiden then saw adults playing with their children in the playground and some speaking and others selling stuff such as food and whatnot
Raiden:"Just like what it once was in the surface..."
He chuckled before continuing his walk back
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After a few minutes of walking
Raiden walked and saw his team on the door towards the dorm room... He then hastily walked
Raiden:"Hey guys!"
Liv:"Commandant"
Lee then opened the Door and all of them went inside... The dorm consists of what a squad needs aswell as some plant decor and a vending machine
Liv:"Mister Hassen added some additional decoration as congratulations for us Commandant"
Lucia:"Its also safe to assume things happened so i advise we tune and upgrade our weapons first"
Raiden:"... Your making me pay expenses huh Lucia?"
Lucia nodded honestly... Liv and Lee just did a small smile
Raiden:"Fine..."
Raiden then did a call... After a few minutes the team was gone and went out to fix and upgrade their weapons
Raiden sighed... He then walked to the worktable and turned Skoll and Hati off the camouflage state... He then put his necklace on the table aswell...
Raiden:"Heat Monitors and new armor pieces... Not too many cause of weight"
He thought... He was about to stand and walk towards the storage rack when he noticed a faint blue light emitting from his butterfly necklace
Raiden blinked and took it he then positioned it towards the Rack and it grew brighter... He took it away and it dimmed...
Raiden:"I see"
He walked towards the rack and began pointing at each of the upgrade items... To see which one of it can make it glow the brightest
Raiden:"So this is the one"
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*Mechanic tuning*
*Mechanic tuning*
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Raiden then humped his back forward and stretched his whole body
Raiden:"Done!"
Skoll and Hati now looked a bit different... There armor now shaped itself into a pointy rounded triangle... Then fingers were now composed of pure tinfoil and titanium
The Hide also protected a crucial piece of equipment... A jet thruster and a heat module... He also added some extra layer of protection of it... Rounded metal covered by the pointy hide... He also colored the hide blue with a mixture of white and the fingers a pure gray
Raiden:"Whu~"
Also he looked around and saw his team wasn't there... He had spent a whole hour on this upgrading... Lee did manage to get the stuff he wanted... Some equipment they would need incase of an emergency when they returned... To fix and other materials there team would need
After being done with the things he was doing moment's ago... He hit the shower and began cleaning himself
Mesmerising himself in relief after a long day of work
Raiden:"...."
He sat at the tub and looked at the jewel with his hand... He didn't know what it was but something about it tells a story... Long forgotten
Raiden:"Hmmmm"
He then looked at the ceiling deep in thought
Raiden:"Who was my mother and father...Mother only left me a book"
He then began thinking deeply getting flashbacks of the parents with their children in the city park of Babylonia earlier
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After some time he went outside and sat towards his office... Putting the file that Allen had him and opening it again...
Raiden:"Kolosten...The city hidden among the world... No one knows where it is or what is holds... Someway it was nothing or it doesn't exist but few people know it did existed and its out there... Waiting"
Raiden then humped his head back completely sighing with disappointment... The File contained some relevant small things but it only provided small... And it didn't provide anything about where... He then looked at one of the boards he had... The world map... He had some dots here and their but nothing too much special
Raiden then put the file back and into the cabinet before closing it and sighing again... He took the three books he have always had...
Two from Gabriel and One from his Mother... He grabbed one of Gabriel's book
He scrolled towards its pages that detailed Gabriel's research about Kolosten and where it was possibly located... However he didn't get far after the attack happened... However he did left a single place he didn't see with his own eyes
Raiden:"Mt.Tai-"
Mt.Tai...no follow up it seems he cut it mid way which meant that he was writing this when it happened
Raiden then looked at his Mother's book... The Tale of the Phoenix
Raiden:"... Wait..."
He scrolled the Book's contents and pointed Mt.Tai...he searched a word that resembles it from his Mother's book
Raiden:"Mt.Taixuan.."
He then went back to the world map.. He grabbed some blue darts and pinned the places in the world where mountain ranges are undiscovered and possibly corrupted free... There was alot of them but he needed to figure out which one of them... Was the real Taixuan mountain located
Raiden:"More Mystery after another"
He grabbed the two books and closed them putting them below his desk again
Raiden then took a deep breath to calm himself... He then began thinking about it but not hardly
Raiden:"Huh"
*Knock*
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*Knock*
Someone knocked on the door... Prompting Raiden to snap out of his daze
Raiden:"Come in!"
The door opened and it was revealed to be Liv carrying a bunch of files
She then walked in and puts the Files on the desk
Liv:"Commandant this is the finished Paperwork i just need you to sign in here"
Liv pointed at the bottom of the printed texts
Raiden nodded and grabbed a Pen then signed the paper... Liv then nodded before heading out
He then stood up and prepared to go to the mission HQ... Thinking of something until he heard a familiar voice
???:"[How you doing?]"
Raiden:"[Alpha? What compelled you to contact me now?]"
Alpha:"[Nothing much...]"
Raiden:"[I hear engines...]"
Alpha:"[Good ear]"
Raiden:"[Hunting?]"
Alpha:"[Curious?]"
Raiden:"[Not really]"
He heard a small laugh coming from the comms... Before getting disconnected
Raiden:"Lookslike she was just here for pointless chatter"
Raiden continued to go and walk towards HQ again...
When he arrived... He saw Celica waiting on the door of a room... Before entering and closing it
Raiden:"Must be a meeting"
He then heard a scream in the room of the meeting place
???:"Its in the storage room!!"
He then looked at the HQ and nothing much was happening so... Since was interesting in there... He headed out again
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Babylonia Storage Center
Guard:"Everything Checks out! Your free to go in Yamashita"
Raiden walked in and began walking toward the normal ones storage holders... He then turned around and saw the guard checking another person
Raiden quietly sneaked into the Forbidden section...
Raiden:"Hmm"
His Necklace began glowing... He then got ahold of it and pointed it at which direction it was brighter
Raiden:"This way"
He then followed it and came upon a storage unit... Unfortunately there was a lock
Raiden:"Damn it"
He then was about to give up and accidently lowered the necklace to the locking system... It then opene which surprised him and he then looked back at the Necklace which grew more brighter
Raiden then walked in and saw a bike... He was confused
Raiden:"Why would it lead me here?"
He saw that the bike has somesort of mechanic that was unknown to the mind... It had weird skeletal frame... It was missing a head part and a backside part
Raiden:"Hmmm... How to sneak this big of a bike out here..."
He then began thinking... The Necklace glowed brightly two times... Raiden took note of this.. He then positioned the lighting Jewel into some of the parts...
Raiden:"Strange"
He thought... Then out of nowhere he heard his weapons Skoll and Hati exit their camouflaged state...
Raiden:"Huh..."
He looked at Skoll and Hati... Then back at the bike... He looked again on the both of them
He then snapped his fingers
Raiden:"...Ofcourse... Skoll and Hati's camo can grab an object with a downloaded camo module on it... So if this bike has a wire i can overwrite that wiring into Camouflage from one of the modules i have"
He then positioned Skoll down and took out its camo module... He then looked at the bike and saw a wire... Loosely hanging on the head part
Raiden then connected the module to the wire... The Bike emitted a small noice before lighting up
Raiden:"Woah"
He then disconnected the wire again and used Hati to grab the bike... The Bike Dissappeared into a camouflaged state... He then put the orginal camo state back to Skoll... He then took a deep breath and sighed a relief
He then used Skoll and Hati to carry it behind him like a bag in a camo state... So his not very sus when walking out
After that he closed the storage unit before quietly opening the door and the guard didn't notice him... So he casually walks out
Guard:"Have a good day mister Yamashita!"
Raiden nodded before heading out back towards his office
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Raiden arrived towards his Office... Now he has a problem... How to keep a bike you stole a secret even from others
Raiden:"Hmmmm... This Bike looked unknown and its probably not gonna matter to them"
He then looked back at the bike... He locked the door to his office and grabbed a small box he sat on it and inspected the Bike Carefully
Raiden then took some tools in the storage rack he had in his office... The dorm is just a few meters away from his office
Raiden:"Huh... This wiring is weird"
Raiden then wondered what can he do with this bike... He thought of something he can do to it... There was a wire he used earlier
He grabbed a laptop and puts it on the small medium sized desk... He then connected the Motors wire and the Laptop registered an unknown signals it then began providing some unknown info about it...
But before that The Laptop rebooted
Raiden:"Don't know about that"
He said to himself
The Laptop began showing some codes and numbers that Raiden has no recollection of
Raiden:"Oh wow..."
He then looked at the numbers with close inspection and realized something
Raiden:"These aren't codes... These are mechanics"
He then de camo'd Skoll and Hati... He then layed them down above the Bike and then got ahold of both its wires... He then connected them both into the Laptop
The Numbers then began changing...and numbers such as 1 and 6 to 9 began dissappearing
The laptop then displayed a message
Raiden:"...16-C... A code name"
He then saw a pop up on the laptop which reads... Enable synchronisation?
Raiden hits the yes button out of curiosity... The laptop then turned Blue... He then looked at Skoll and Hati on the bike
Raiden:"Weird"
He then looked back at the Laptop... It now displayed a design of the Bike synchronised with Skoll and Hati
It was streamlined with blue coated hides pointy shield along its sides... The Front part had a low blue glass and the front part was shaped like a torpedo... The Backpart consist of a pointy tail end and four motorcycle parts
The Laptop then popped up a message
Raiden:"Begin Synchronisation process?"
He moved his mouse towards the yes button and clicked
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A Bright blue light appeared for a brief second making Raiden cover his eyes... He then opened them again once it died down
He looked to the bike and saw Skoll and Hati disintegrating and turning into the parts that the design on the laptop mentioned
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Synchronisation complete
He saw the Bike was as good as new... Making him widen his eyes in total shock and amazement
He then looked at the Laptop again and saw the message
Project 16-C codename Bunny
Succesful Synchronisation
Requires Personal Information
Please put hand on the handles
Raiden abided and got on the Bike... He then puts his hand onto the handles and it glowed a bit... He then looked back at the Laptop
Authorisation Complete
Name:Raiden Yamashita
Eye scanning complete
Fingerprint scanning complete
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Authorisation methods completed
Initiating Transformation module upgrades
Raiden then felt the bike move forward and then upwards before dissappearing... Which amazed him as it was clear it hit the ceiling but no damage was clear
Raiden looked around and saw the bike was nowhere
Raiden:"I see.."
He then motioned his hand forward... Hati's hand came forth but also... A Mech type of robot appeared which shocked him even more
Raiden:"Oh wow..."
He was amazed he then retracted his arm back and the Mech entered its camouflaged state
Raiden:"Wow..."
He was lost for words
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A Few Days Later
The Gray Ravens chilled around the HQ as they waited there next mission from Babylonia
They are currently at the park of the City in Babylonia... They were sitting at one of the park rounded seats and table eating some food
Liv was having some dessert
Lucia had some beverage
Lee had an Ice Cream
And Raiden was drinking lemonade
Liv:"Commandant this taste so good!"
Liv said delighted at the taste of the dessert or lets call it sweets as she began eating and tasting it
Lee:"I'm glad we have this amount of free time Commandant"
Lucia:"Its a good break from war"
Lucia and Lee stated
Raiden nodded at this
Raiden then received a message from Celica
Celica:"[Enjoying your free time i see...]"
Raiden:"[Yep...so what's the mission Celica?]"
Celica:"[Eager now are we]"
Raiden:"[Yup]"
Celica chuckled and began telling him the details of the mission
Raiden payed every single attention to it and once Celica was finished she disconnected
Raiden:"Gray Ravens... We have a mission"
Lucia, Lee, Liv:"Roger!"
They stood up and headed out towards the hangar
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So thats a wrap for this... Next is about Centaurs and Spears and Diana...
See ya