Charles, Ryan and Tristan arrived on scene, the Central Mall was surrounded by Cyber Suits, and was barricaded by the HCPD.
Justin and Ralph was already their and was confirming the situation inside the building.
"What's the situation?" Charles asked.
"No good, they got hostages inside." Justin reported.
"Um..." Tristan raised his voice "who exactly are we dealing with?"
"Sauvage Throne" The Superintendent of HCPD came in with a cigarette on his mouth, Elizer Cross "a Therianthrope supremacist group, they firmly believe that the Therianthrope race are the supreme race and all other race exist to serve them"
Mio landed near Tristan, she came back from her recon and quickly reported the situation inside.
"They have around twenty to thirty units, all armed. They have around 50 hostages gathered at the food court, one of them was shot"
"Uhm! Ms. Mio, do you happen to see a girl with a Silver Hair?"
"Eh... I... I think I saw one"
The moment he heard of that, Tristan gritted his teeth.
"Mr. Cross" Charles turned to Elizer "what is their objective?"
"Ransom money for the hostages, and probably the goods and cash inside the mall. Long story short, this is their periodic fundraising"
Sensing the impatience in Tristan, Charles commanded the team "There's no time to waste, we'll begin the infiltration mission!"
As the mission started, the pairs were made up, Charles and Justin will strike the main boss, Tristan and Ralph with deal with the soldiers, Ryan and Mio will secure and evacuate the hostages, Clarissa will be on support while providing cover fire for Ralph and Tristan.
Before they got started, Tristan loaded his submachine guns with live rounds, Ralph noticed the murderous look on Tristan's eyes, it wasn't the normal him, he was filled to the brim with rage.
"That's rare..." Ralph said
"Huh?"
"For you to be this angry... It's rare, I thought you have a no kill policy, if you get blinded that rage, you'll end up dead"
"I know that" Tristan cocked both his guns and put them back on their holsters. "I'm not blinded, and I won't kill them, I'm just going to violently beat them up"
Tristan put on his goggles, and raised his hood to cover his face.
"now, you're just trying to look cool"
"It's not that, sure part of it is, but some of my classmates are in there, they might recognise me if I don't do this"
"Is that why you're angry right now?"
"Yes... One of my friends is in there"
"Then let's go"
Around five minutes since Keith had been shot, the Soldier that shot him finally calmed down, Keith was hailed back to the ring along with the mother and the boy.
But Keith passed out from the pain, and even now he was losing blood, if they don't immediately treat him, he'll end up dying from blood loss.
"Hey, we found another one!" the soldier reported
A young man in his twenties with cat like eyes, arms raised he slowly walked towards the ring with the Muzzle of the gun pointed at him, he could not do a thing.
Upon seeing the condition of Keith, the young man spoke up.
"Excuse me, but can I ask for a first aid kit?"
"Hah?! What are you talking about? Are you even in the position to be making some request?"
"I'm well aware, but if we don't treat that child's wound, he'll die from blood loss"
"Tch, just let him die"
"Please..." The Man pleaded "you can do what you want with me, but at least treat the kid's wound"
The soldier once more clicked his tongue and tossed him a first aid box.
"Here, now shut up and be quiet"
"Thank you"
After receiving the kit, the young man quickly kneeled down to Keith and started treating him.
Luna, Kaoru and Mae breathed a sigh of relief seeing that their friend is at least being treated now.
While the young man was treating Keith, he saw Luna's silver hair, and smiled.
"Excuse me for asking, but are you Luna?" he asked in a hushed voice to prevent the soldiers from hearing them.
"Ah, yes, I am..."
"I see... Don't worry, help is coming, just stay still for now"
"Eh?" Luna couldn't help but wonder why? But the young man was confident about what he just stated, and how does he even know her name in the first place.
After treating Keith's wound, the young man sat down and closed his eyes, like he was in a trance.
On the roof, Tristan and Ralph watched from above the glass roof, directly below them was the ring of hostages, just one crack on this glass would bring them directly to the hostages.
[Alpha's in position] Mio's voice came from the communicator in their ears.
"Bravo Team, in position" Ralph reported.
[Charlie, in position] Charles reported
[Delta, locked and loaded] Clarissa reported.
After confirming their designated locations, they just need to wait for the signal, until they, they're on standby.
Tristan held both his APC9, he kept on opening and closing his hands, he was clearly getting impatient.
"Don't worry" Ralph reassured him "Despite how he looks, Kitty is the top student of the Kazehami, he'll get your friends safe"
Around five minutes passed, Ryan sat on the center of the ring, he let his blood slither on the floor slowly closing the ring with his blood.
Upon completion, he opened his eyes, he whispered as if saying a prayer.
"Corvus Blood Manipulation Arts, Kazehami, Wind Weaving Barrier!"
From the blood he drawn the circle and dense amount of wind gathered on the blood and covered the ring into a dome made from the dense wind.
The soldier's freaked out and started shooting the barrier but to no avail the barrier simply deflected the bullets like a BB
[Now!] Charles said.
From up above, without hesitation, Tristan shoot the glass and let them fall down to the food court, upon going down, Tristan quickly used his blood arts to turn his guns into a Railgun.
"Corvus Blood Manipulation Arts! Homura! Blade Four, Crimson Sword!"
Ralph's blood formed and hardened into a fine single edged sword similar to a Japanese katana, he then threw the sword to the ground.
Upon landing, a strand of string made from blood connected from Ralph's hand.
"Hellstorm!" With a snap of his finger, the thread ignited into fire and blasted away the soldiers near the wind done.
Knowing that the coast is clear, Ryan clapped his hand and spreading out quickly.
"Kazehami, Wind Cushion!"
The wind barrier dispersed and acted as a cushion slowing down Tristan and Ralph's fall.
"Now, everyone while we have the chance, head for the entrance" Ryan ordered.
Tristan quickly got to work, rushing to the first soldier that tried to get up, he quickly shot the leg, with his Railgun, the force was enough to pierce through the flesh.
The soldier writhed in pain, but not letting up, Tristan shot his other leg then moved to the hands, after that he kicked his face so strong it knocked his teeth out.
He did the same to the others, shooting their limbs. Tristan moved fast like a ninja, the soldier that shot Keith got up and shot him, the bullet grazed Tristan's neck, another squeeze but the gun was out of bullets, Tristan didn't spare him a second to reload, he elbowed him in the solar plexus, after that he slammed the butt of his gun on the soldier's face, he shot his arms, and after sweeping him off his feet, for some unknown reason, he suddenly gained a maniacal strength, Tristan caught his feet and slammed him to the wall.
Luna watched as Tristan massacred the Therianthrope soldiers while not even killing them.
It was a sight of a boy that was brimming with anger, avenging his friend that got hurt.
"Tristan..." Mae muttered, she was too shaken earlier to know what was happening, but now that she gained a bit of composure.
Something inside Mae, she didn't know why, but the hooded man massacring the Soldiers was Tristan.
"You three" Ryan called out "hurry, go, it's dangerous here!"
Ryan persuaded them, Kaoru having been the only one with a composure to make a decision, she pulled away Mae and Luna from the fight.
Mio held the unconscious Keith like a sack of rice. "I'm delivering this one to the ambulance"
"Understood, I'll protect the hostages until they got out of the building"