Everything was set, they got ready and readied their blades, guns and any other weapon they could find, soon they leaved for the ship.
A problem stills stood in their way, the Hive Mind has a base blocking their way, avoiding it is impossible and sneaking through is a death wish.
John was right, The Hive Mind would never leave such a bounty off the hook, it didn't look like it but the Untimely Mist nearly killed John.
But John had been through too many encounters with death, so he didn't give it a second thought, death is always closer then you think but that thought never crossed his mind.
John and the others led the charge, the base was filled with dummies to delay any attackers.
The plan was to wait the enemies out, but they all had pulled back, something was wrong and John knew it, but it wasn't a trap and that much he knew.
They reached the Hive Mind's base, John and the others launched at the base, whilst the rest stayed.
The lights of their blade could be seen for miles, John hated killing each one of them, Assassinations are a job that must be done by someone.
John's armor turned blue for a second, but it was just a glimpse.
John met one of the higher class assassins, John was impressed by all of them and The Untimely Mist nearly made John use disengage his Neural Suppressor to the limit that would make him forget the battle.
John attacked and his attacked were blocked, John noticed that the daggers had the mark of Nockturia, they had implemented the tech of teleportation into the blades, the greatest of the UFP 's minds worked on it.
The Assassin threw his dagger at John, and John dodged it, but then an attack from behind , as expected the assassin teleported behind him, so this is how they disappear.
This went on and made John unable to land a hit, the assassin seemed impressed that a Non-Knight was able to keep up, but as the battle continued so did the assassins suspicion.
And after some time he knew John was a Knight, his attacks reminded him of one of the only filled Assassinations, an assassination which was carried out by The Untimely Mist, and The Four Originals, Gods among the Hive mind, ultimately they only managed to wound the Final Death, not even bring his close to his demise.
John made the assassin fearful of him, and John attacked, The Assassin dodged all the attacked he could, he called in for backup and a couple more arrived, they started to support the assassin, attacking when John was about to hit the the high ranking assassin, shooting arrows and being more of an annoyance overall.
John had enough of this, as he started to power up using .01 Percent of his True power, his power exploded and within seconds they all were dead, John powered down in an instant as Rifts in time and space occured when he powered up.
He continued on through the base till he reached the end, a bunch of assassins and high ranking ones at that, were protecting a....newbie.
John walked out of there when he saw that, he could kill them, but he grew beyond that, his heart and James's heart had combined and John couldn't do it, those people had pureness and John just couldn't kill them and turn a blind eye.
Soon the base surrendered, they were allowed to do as they please just let the UFP forces free passage, that was the deal, and they knew not to break it.
John and the others signaled them to come and they arrived and passed through, there was a long way ahead and they had to walk all the way, the terrain was too rough for any vehicle , many of them had difficulty navigating it.
Funny how the closest base was still further then the thought, everyone were hopeful that they had survived and not become one with the masses, not dead.
Tom was back to normal, he was still sad about Urdok's death but not depressed, he is a wonder and being an assassin that is needed.
To everyone emotion is a weakness , but to a select few it is a blessing, and John knew that.
The way to the ship was treacherous, the scorching hear and the constant attacks by small gangs left them tired, they wanted to take a break but even sleeping wasn't possible, the heat was unbearable but they had to keep on moving, it was a nightmare.
When night dawned the creatures came out, the natural wildlife attacked but they all got turned to food, they waited for a bit and cooked some food to eat, but after that it was the same, and some tried to set up camp but the rocky area made it impossible.
The knights still walked as if nothing was happening, their big and heavy suits were just an extension to them, but to the others who didn't know that, it was motivation to them and they soon saw the base, but it was still far off.
They also had a lot of troubles with the volcanos, the area around them was too dangerous and only resulted in the walk being longer.
By the time they had arrived everyone fell to the ground, but there were a few things needed to be done, the reinstalling of everything that was taken out to creat the base, and some more food and water, the ship would take a week before it could start making its own food, so they had pack up for that.
But unknown to all of them, a force watched , and it had the perfect plan to attack.
As Night set, John felt that something was....off