"Is this the place where the mission briefing is going to be?"
"Yes"
Elaine asked with slight surprise to which Rue responded
"The squadron will meet in this place then Chris and Veronica, along with their guests will also arrive here"
"Are they already here?"
"Yes, they just recently arrive at the front gate and about to enter now"
"Oh! Perfect timing then! The Heaven's Truck, the F-1 jet, and the two H2-90's arrived a few minutes ago. The rest of the squadron members should be on their way here"
"Alright then, I'll be moving alone and leave you here"
"Alright!"
Rue left the meeting room and closed the door behind her. Elaine looked around the room before sitting down on her respective seat because of squadron positions. Her position should be the last of the five
The room is circular in shape with a circular table in the middle. At the center of the table is a high definition display of the entire map of Los Angeles
Extremely comfortable chairs are surrounding the table. The number of chairs are ten; five for the squadron members, two for Chris and Veronica, and three for the research team. The room is dimly lit with ambient lighting and directional lights
Elaine sat on the chair that is two seat over to the right of the more comfortable looking chair. She closed her eyes and rested for a little bit. She could already sense that the other squadron members is about to enter the room
A few seconds later, the door slammed opened and four people entered the room with wide steps
Mark entered with full strictness and coldness in his eyes. He walked like a true leader as his single white bang in front of his face waves from the wind while exuding a firm demeanor
Celine followed suit while having a cold and pent up aggression, almost like she was itching for physical training or battle to quench her usual daily quota. She walked with firm steps as her maroon messy ponytail ruffled
Celine was followed by Tenshi behind her. She walked gracefully and elegantly as she seemed to glow from the dimly lit room. She's carrying her shotgun, the Harp, that is strapped to her side. She entered with a smile on her face and excited eyes
Sheena followed behind Tenshi. She walked valiantly and proudly as she looked forward. She looked like a girl who shows sympathy towards everyone and is extremely kind
All four of them walked without talking untul they reached their chairs. Starting from Elaine's left side, Sheena sat down, then Tenshi, Celine, and Mark respectively
Mark kept his eyes closed, Celine slouched back, Tenshi looked around at her sqaudron members while being excited to talk to them, Sheena placed her hand over the table, and Elaine looked at them
As Sheena placed her hand on the table, the table and the display was upgraded. The map of Los Angeles was enhanced and every detail of every area is displayed, including the nooks and crannies of houses and buildings. The display is also elevated, showing 3D display without the use of holograms
Elaine then started a conversation
"How are you guys?"
Mark opened his right eye and looked at Elaine with proud and expectant eyes
"We're good thanks to your comms and radar earlier"
"Yeah! You saved my truck from the ambushers"
Tenshi also replied with a beaming smile. Celine only looked forward with expressionless face while listening to the conversation, refusing to join in
"By the way, what is the identity of those ambushers anyway? And what were thise bizarre looking vehicles? They are like machines created for an apocalypse or fallout"
Sheena asked Elaine to which everyone could hear. Mark opened both of his eyes as he thought of any answers, Celine listened closely, and Temshi erased her smile and also wondered
"I actually don't know myself. But their goal is clear and they're targetting your truck. Didn't they even brought a Rhino Tank to disable the truck? They want something in the truck or they want to kidnap Tenshi. Unfortunately, we couldn't afford to take any one of those men alive for questioning. We're just going to deal with this situation as time goes
Elaine thought of many valid reasons in a split second. Tenshi frowned from the thought of her being kidnapped and Mark furrowed his eyebrowsin fury
Mark then placed his right hand wearing a white glove above his face and talked
"Whatever group is this, whether it's from the Secret Organizations or the Religious State due to Tenshi's power to harness the heavens, our task is to protect our squadron and the world. That's my conviction! I will risk my life even if I will go against the top leaders"
Mark then closed his eyes and ended adding any more input in the subject. The rest of the squadron smiled, except for Celine, from Mark's harsh yet kind words
"I appreciate it, Mark"
Tenshi showed her appreciated to Mark who has his arms crossed
"Anyways, where's sensei? Isn't he running a little late?"
Sheena asked Elaine because she knows that Elaine knows most of the information around. She's too reliant on Elaine for information that she doesn't have
"They actually just arrived from the front gate! They'll come in any minute now"
The rest of the sqaudron nodded and engaged in idle chitchat. They caught up to each other since they haven't met for a few months. Mark and Celine occasionally join in on the conversation and talk about their adventures
Celine couldn't share too much though since she has been an undercover student in Seoul National University in South Korea to observe a particular student that has the ability to quantify and formulate objects in his vision
She temporarily abandoned the mission to attend to this secret mission
Mark has been roaming around the world while taking down large underworld groups, clans, and families that are abusing their power to incite suffering and destruction to innocent people. He went on a brutal and efficient disposal, much like how these groups do their job to make them taste their own medicine
He also went undercover when he travels one place to another and when interacting with other people while wearing the strict demeanor and firm stature. The people that met him loved him from being a person who's kind in the inside while being unapproachable on the outside
Tenshi has been travelling around America in her personal Heaven's Truck. She has been joining gaming competitions, tournaments, conferences, cosplaying, and becoming an idol with an ulterior motive from her mission. She was tasked to search for suspicious cults and brainwashing through gaming and eliminate the people behind it
Recently, she has taken down two organizations so far by herself. She was going back to Los Angeles for a tournament when she was contacted for the secret mission
Meanwhile, Sheena's mission is to train herself to become stronger in the middle of nowhere to control her ability properly. It wasn't too much but it's one of the most important mission across the squadron because her ability is crucial to everyone on the squadron, to the military, and probably to the development of the world
She mostly mastered her ability but she still usually tends to lose control when she's very distracted or her mind becomes unstable
Elaine had the mission to monitor the entire Los Angeles for security and protection. Crime rates has went down to 1% because of her Radar ability. She relays her searches and findings to the military and LAPD. That includes civilian help, support, and emergencies
No criminal organizations know her identity nor any civilian or government units. The only people that knows her existence are the top leaders of Secret Organizations, Religious State, Mystical Academy, the military, and other squadrom division
They talked to each other until Chris and the others arrived
~~~
Meanwhile, at the front gate of the military facility, Philip came out of the vehicle and met Justine. They walked towards Chris and Veronica's direction
"This is the military facility! Los Angeles Fort Division"
Chris welcomed Philip and Justine to his own military facility because he owns it since he's the appointed general to this facility
"Let's go immediately, the squadron should be in the meeting room. Follow me"
Chris told Philip without pause. He doesn't plan to hold a tour across the facility because the secret mission is very urgent
Though Philip and Justine followed, they couldn't help but do sightseeing around the facility
There were marching soldiers, military jeeps, tanks, fighter jets, and a lot of cargo. But there are three machines that caught Philip's interest; A large 10-wheeler truck, two advance helicopters with two propellers, and a cutting edge jet that he has never seen before
He immediately used Definite Sight, Extreme Self-awareness, Clairvoyance, and Dimensionality Formulation to inspect the vehicles
He found out that the truck is too high tech for this day and age. There are hundreds of components installed in the walls of the trailer of the truck that makes it almost all purpose. Philip also saw the guns unoque modified guns inside the trailer that are displayed in cases and pedestals. He also saw a cool looking motorbike at the back compartment of the trailer
At this point, Philip was stunned and surprised as he furrowed his eyebrows. He scratched his eyes and looked at the trailer again
His vision changed from seeing the guns and motorbike inside to only seeing the dimensions of the trailer and the components parts
"Huh?"
Philip muttered to himself from shock and confusion. Shock because he didn't know how he could have that ability at this moment and confusion because he didn't know why this ability just resurfaced without him consciously doing it
"Is there something wrong?"
Justine noticed Philip's confusion and asked him
"There's nothing, those vehicles look cool though"
"Yeah, that truck is owned by one of the squadron members. She's a good girl"
"You met them before?"
"Very briefly whenever I took a fast stop here. I haven't talked to them too much"
"..."
Philip didn't reply and just observed the helicopter and the jet
He was impressed that the military already have the technology to create these high-tech vehicles
According to Philip's Definite Sight, the materials that made the vehicles are peculiar and it was just confirmed by his Dimensionality Formulation
The materials vary from their density, hardness, composition, magnetism, melting points, and number of atoms. The values were all over the place and it made Philip think that the materials are properly meshed, combined, and alloyed together
Philip could tell the difference because he memorized the periodic table of elements and all of the values when he was in high school
This even made him more impressed at whoever discovered this method of alloying and the one who engineered to be able to do this
Nonetheless, the vehicles slowly disappeared from his vision as they enter the door towards the inside of the facility
A few minutes later, they arrived at the room labelled as [Conference Meeting Room]. Chris opened the door and entered the room, followed by Veronica, then Philip and Justine
~~~
As Philip entered the room, his breath was slightly taken from the ambience and lighting of the room. He liked the low lightning and cool feel of the surroundings and his emotion is currently elevated to comfort
Although, as soon as he looked at the five individuals sitting around the large circular table with a high definition 3D holographic display of Los Angeles, his eyes flash golden and his consciousness was pulled to the Fate Timeline
He returned to the white world with streaks of black light flying across the sky. The golden line stretches as far into the the horizon where a wall of fog is standing
Just inches after the golden branch from liberation of the remaining people in Saykrandae, a new branch sprouted and extended outwards. Unlike the previous branch where it was white, the branch is already gold
Five white spheres appeared and floated around the branching line
Philip understood what this means because it's almost the same as the previous branch. It was then that the spheres drastically changed turning the color into black
Philip narrowed his eyes and became worried and concerned. Another feature of the Fate Timeline has appeared and he needed to figure out what it means
After seeing the change in Fate Timeline, his consciousness was about to be puleld back into reality when Philip thought that he should name the features first before leaving
The force abruptly stopped and he was slightly pulled backwards. It was as if the force behind the Fate Timeline agreed to let Philip name the features to keep consistency in the future
Philip pondered for a while until he thought of names for every feature
Since the space is called Fate Timeline, Philip will call the gold line as the [Golden Timeline] because this line seemed to be the main course of everything happening around him
He'll call the branches as [Branching Timeline] as straightforward as it is and the spheres will be called [Fate Sphere] as he initially called it previously
The Fate Spheres will have three kinds; the white spheres will be called [Locked Fate], the gold spheres will be called [Bounded Fate] because Philip is the cause for the Locked Fate Spheres to become gold and make their Fates intertwine or bound to him
Meanwhile, the black spheres will be temporarily called as [Perilous Fate] because the black color is giving him that feeling, especially when Future Vision tells him that the world will drastically change either today or in two days
He then simply called the wall of fog at the horizon as [Fog Horizon]. Thinking about that name made him remember a certain decent isekai anime which he liked the first season, but never had the chance to watch the second season
He then pondered if he would also name the sky, the ground, and the black streaks flying through the sky. Eventually, he disregarded it since these won't affect anything, unless it becomes relevant in the future
Satisfied with the names, his consciousness returned back to reality as he saw the five individuals stand up and salute to Chris
"HK-5 Squadron!"