"Coming to class together already" Mr. Semenov teased "You sure work fast Katagiri," Darren got all flustered and tried to explain, Dmitri just laughed and told them to take their seats, "Well we're all here, still a couple minutes early but we'll be headed to the training field." The class followed Mr. Semenov down to the training field which had been built to replicate an office building. "I'm going to be setting up teams for this assignment, the goal is to take over the server room on the tenth floor before the time limit is up." "If you choose you can take out all the other teams and win that way but a job like this is about silence, in the field the more enemies you take down the harder it will become." "Alright the teams will be Jon and Aleksi, Darren and Jeanne, Anya and Ito, the equipment you can choose from is on those tables over there" Dmitri motioned to some metal tables at the base of the building.
Darren looked over the equipment none of it was lethal, most of the devices were clearly deactivated, he decided on a taser, a blunted knife some rope and climbing gloves, Jeanne was still looking over the equipment when Darren was done. "If you're not confident in close combat I'd recommend the air pistol" he said, "Its not that, we should treat this as a real job yes?" she responded. "I'm thinking I should take hacking tools and this tablet no?" Darren thought about it and handed her an air pistol as well, "Guaranteed Jon is going to treat this as an elimination game so take this as well."
Sure enough Jon was watching Darren the whole time, he had taken a couple of pistols a blunted knife and a smoke grenade, Aleksi couldn't help agreeing with what Jeanne had said so planned on taking alternate tools but Jon wouldn't hear it.
Darren was marveling at the attention to detail the school put into this, if he didn't know better he would swear he was in the office building of a lesser corporation, the teams were assigned to different floors, they got assigned to the first floor. "We should make for the elevator" he suggested "The other teams will know we are coming when the elevator reaches their floor no?" Jeanne asked, "Not if we climb the cable, you said you did gymnastics in the past right? climbing a guide cable shouldn't be to tough for you."
At that moment Jon was waiting to ambush Darren's team at the staircase above them when gunfire rained down at him from above, he was confused but returned fire. "Who's that?" Anya asked, "Jon's team Ito responded, I guessed he'd probably try to ambush Darren was hoping I could get him with one shot" Ito responded in her small quiet voice. Anya was impressed she didn't think Ito had much potential for this kind of work but the girl was really observant. Ito opened fire as an object flew up the stairs, the plastic rounds from her pistol deflecting harmlessly off the object, "Grenade!" Anya yelled tackling Ito to the floor. Smoke filled the landing they were taking cover on followed by rapidly approaching footsteps, Anya and Ito opened fire down the stairs through the smoke but heard their shells harmlessly bounce off something. They got up and moved towards the door when a large riot shield slammed into them pushing them through the open doorway to the third floor.
Darren and Jeanne found the elevator it was sitting on the fourth floor, Darren opened the panel and Jeanne managed to get the door to open using the hacking tool she brought, Darren tied the rope he brought around both his and Jeanne's waist and they began their ascent. When they reached the third floor they heard the crack of gunfire, "Sounds like Anya and Jon found each other" Darren observed, "We'll ambush them yes?" Jeanne asked, Darren smirked "I think you should continue up to the target and I'll follow whoever wins the skirmish quietly." Jeanne got the third floor door open nice and quiet by disabling the sound before opening it, Darren untied the cord lashing them together gave a salute and disappeared into the shadows. Jeanne smiled "What a naughty boy" she said to herself.
Anya and Ito quickly got back to their feet to find Aleksi in front of them holding a police issue riot shield, they saw Jon quickly coming up the stairs behind him so they quickly dove around a corner before a hail of gunfire sounded out. "Riot shield!" Anya said indignantly, "What kind of an idiot brings a riot shield to a hacking job" "Jon" Ito responded and they both quickly moved to find a hiding place.
Jon and Aleksi entered the room as quietly as they could Jon using Aleksi for cover, "Where'd they go he asked" Aleksi nodded in the direction they dove, "Was it Darren?" he asked, "The girls" Aleksi responded. "Damnit! that means Darren could be coming up behind us at any minute, lets take them out quick" Jon fumed, Aleksi only nodded and they moved into the dark hallway Anya and Ito had disappeared into.
"This room should be good" Ito whispered, "It provides a good view from both sides and will be hard to see into," "You're like a ninja" Anya whispered happily hugging Ito from behind, Ito looked a little uncomfortable but happy nonetheless. The floor creaked behind them and they both quickly whipped around but nothing was there Ito nodded at Anya and she went to check it out while Ito kept an eye on the hall. Anya approached the sound and thought she saw a shadow dash to the left but when she followed it with her eyes nothing was there, she thoroughly searched the room, under the table and behind the couch but couldn't find anyone. "It must have just been the building" she whispered, there's no one here."
Darren had initially been a little concerned about his decision to choose the environmental suit over the body armor but now he was relieved up in the corner of the ceiling with Anya directly below him looking behind the couch. He hadn't expected the floors would creak, the school must have intentionally built in flaws like that to be more realistic.
Jeanne arrived on the tenth floor pretty fast, after all everyone was below her so once she got passed the elevator she just climbed down through the hatch and took it the rest of the way to the top. "I hope Darren is doing alright" she thought to herself as she made her way to the center of the floor.
"They must be in there" Jon said to Aleksi, "We would have seen them go around that corner if they didn't duck into that room," Aleksi nodded and they approached the room cautiously, "Get ready to charge, this time I'm close enough to take them out once you knock them to the ground" Jon whispered. As they got close to the entrance a hail of fire burst out of the door clinking off Aleksi's shield, he charged them intending to knock them prone again, they were wise to the plan though and moved back past a chair they had set up. Aleksi stopped before hitting the chair and Jon came in behind him firing both his pistols into the dark, Aleksi shielded him from the counterfire from the two girls.
Darren was astounded seeing a riot shield burst into the room, Jon he murmured under his breath, when he saw Jon come into the room behind the shield using it for cover he formulated a plan to turn this battle to his advantage. Darren pulled out the taser and clicked it on, he dove from the wall headfirst planted a hand on Aleksi's shoulder and drove the taser into his neck, a loud crack sounded off and the light from the electricity gave away everyone's positions for a moment. Darren swung his body around and kicked off Aleksi's back as he was falling launching himself off the big man passed Jon and out into the hall.
Anya was to shocked by the sudden development to react however both Ito and Jon shot at each other Jon backing out of the room as he shot, Ito diving behind the chair, both Anya and Aleksi were hit by the chaotic gunfire.
Jon was furious, he fell to the ground as he got behind the wall and unloaded the rest of his clips into the fleeing Darren, he dropped his empty pistols and chased after him as he disappeared around the corner. Jon drew the knife as he barreled around the corner, a quick deflection knocked the incoming taser out of Darren's hand, Darren drew his knife quick enough to repel the backhanded stab that was coming towards him but the following kick flung him five feet back and through the open elevator doors.