~ Zürich, Switzerland; 11:02 AM GMT+2
Halo Headquarters
"I hope he gives us a vacation," Jin Li Woo, a member of the Blood Hounds team in Halo said with a big yawn as he stretched his arms. "I'm beat."
Jin Li Woo Profile:
Codename: Miner
Country of Origin: South Korea
Age: 18
Ability: Earth Control
Weapon of Preference: Sectioned Staff.
"I doubt that slave driver would be willing to do that," Akira noted with a straight face, as they turned to a hall leading to their base of operations.
Akira Ketsuki Profile:
Codename: Berserker
Country of Origin: Japan
Age: 17
Ability: Blue Flames
Weapons of Preference: Chained Dagger, Hand Guns.
"Oh!" Oliver exclaimed, grabbing the attention of the two others he was walking with. "I just remembered, I received an alert of a new team assignment."
Oliver Locke Profile:
Codename: Red Barrel
Country of Origin: England
Age: 24
Ability: Ice
Weapon of Preference: Electric/Charged Bow.
"Team assignment?!" Jin gasped, feeling another level of disappointment. "Just great! As if the individual assignments weren't biting enough."
The three men had just arrived at Zürich that morning, using the underground subway train system their organization secretly ran. Their previous assignment, eliminating the Marques Gulliver, had taken quite some time- seven days to be precise. They were tired.
"Oh! Welcome back," A face they hadn't seen in a while greeted, as soon as the doors slid open and the three entered their base. It was a very wide room with a stair case leading to a second floor. Before them was their familiar order of lined desks and the system table in the center, then the boss's desk in front. Oliver's desk was the closest to that.
"Hello Luck," Oliver greeted back in a soft tone, as he moved to the front of the room where his workspace was.
Luck Argent Profile:
Codename: Velcro
Country of Origin: Australia
Age: 17
Ability: Speed
Weapon of Preference: None
"Where's boss?" Akira asked as he turned to the other member in the room who was sitting with his legs up his desk, and reading a manga.
"He vanished into thin air," He responded, not bothering to look up from the page he was reading. He wasn't very fond of Akira, and they shared an open rival relationship, and received a usual glare.
Lesley Von Marxi Profile:
Codename: Trickshot
Country of Origin: Germany
Age: 17
Ability: Trajectory manipulation, Superhuman sight
Weapon of Preference: Sniper Rifles.
"He's in a leader's meeting," Luck answered. "It just ended so he'll be here soon."
"What about the others?" Oliver asked, as he fixed himself into a comfortable position on his cushy swivel chair.
"Damien and Natasha are in Serbia on a mass termination assignment," Luck replied, taking a seat behind his desk and swung around. He liked swivel chairs. "And I think Katri's in Dubai on an assassination assignment."
"I thought we had a team assignment?" Jin asked as he stood in front of his locker changing out of his work attire. A customized performance skin suit issued to all team members of Halo.
"Yeah, they'll be back by tomorrow evening if their assignments go well," Luck answered, still spinning around in his swivel chair.
Beep
The door slide open and a tall, handsome man in a black business suit walked in, with his hands in his pockets and a tattoo slightly peeking out from his collar.
"Boss!" Jin exclaimed, silently happy to see his leader.
"Oh, you guys are back," The man said as he hastily removed the suffocating tie that he wore, now aware of their presence in the room. "Mission report?"
Lucien De Marciel Profile:
Codename: Morningstar
Country of Origin: Italy
Age: 24
Ability: Electricity, Gravity control
Weapon of Preference: Twin Guns
Currently the youngest group leader in Halo.
"The mission was successful," Oliver answered with a soft grin. "I sent the report to your desk."
"Thank you Oliver," He sighed, removing his cufflinks and moving to his desk. "Welcome back Akira."
It was unspoken, but it was known that Lucien had a soft spot for Akira. Understandable, as he was the one who found him. And to Akira, Lucien is someone to be worshipped and is the only person capable of provoking a smile from him. They currently have a brotherly relationship.
"Onii-chan," Akira started, following a few steps behind Lucien. "What was the meeting about?"
"The usual boring leaders meeting," Lucien stated loosely, almost as if he was dodging the question, as he tapped the black screen on his desk, prompting the holographic window to open, and began looking over their mission report. "When the rest get back tomorrow, we can go over our new mission."
His team was the only team with more than half of its members still teenagers, as well as the only team being lead by a 'young' adult. But that just proved his worth and immense power- one the organization could not afford to lose. But because his team was known commonly as the team of 'brats', although their official name was Blood Hounds, they were secretly called 'the destroyers', mostly because of their abilities which ranged between S-rank and A-rank which caused them to destroy everything that was sent in their path, as they were young and did not have full control over their abilities. They are not much liked by the other teams in Halo.