With Machine Head, as the Stand was flying down the hallway, it looked at the ceiling and saw six more SH soldiers, who were on the first floor with the help of its heat signature sight. Machine Head then went outside through a window on its left and entered the first floor through a broken window which was broken by the swat sniper.
Once it had spotted the six SH soldiers and gunned them both with its machine guns, riddling their chests and the steel wall behind them with bullet holes. Turning around, it saw three more SH soldiers heading it's direction, but then three sniper bullets came from the windows and shot through them straight in the head, killing them in an instant. No doubt it was from the swat sniper.
Looking around the first floor for more SH soldiers, it used its heat signature sight, only to see there was no one else.
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In the forest, Washichi stood there watching through the perspective of his Stand, as he noticed there were no enemies around, he reported to Nicolas through the earpiece radio.
"Nicolas-san. First floor is cleared."
[Thanks for the info.]
"What are you doing right now?"
[Oh you know, walking down the hallways and seeing the damage my Stand caused. Do you watch Star Wars? There is a scene in the first movie of Darth Vader and his soldier-... what the?]
"Is something wrong?"
[Washichi, how many enemies were in this facility in total?]
"232."
[That is a lot. How many are currently left?]
Looking at the tablet to see an army, numbering fifty red dots clustered together in one area.
"Fifty. And they seem to be in one area."
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With Nicolas, he and the fourteen Swat soldiers were standing in front of a large steel door that seemed to be quite thick.
"Washichi, call your Stand here. I need to know how they have positioned themselves in the room."
[On it.]
Spotted Machine head coming from down the hallway, it hovered in front of the door.
Washichi looked at the tablet and saw through Machine Head's eyes and through its heat signature sight that all fifty SH soldiers had their guns pointed at the door. No doubt they were waiting.
[Uhhh they have their weapons pointed at the door. If you open it they will fire without hesitation.]
"Oh, but since they can't hurt my Stands, I will strike them first then."
Looking at his soldiers, Nicholas extended his hand and ordered.
"Open fire."
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Flickers of light began to lighten the halls as hundreds of rounds all shot at the metal door, but for the past ten seconds, Nicholas halted his men and noticed the steel door was still intact, but with multiple dents can be seen.
"Impressive, just a mere 9mm from my Stands' guns was strong enough to penetrate ten layers of Tungsten and shred a wall of diamond in seconds. Washichi, what is this metal made of?"
[My Stand had already scanned the metal door and to my surprise, the metal of the door seemed to be incredibly durable, and has similar properties to a fictional metal, Vibranium.]
"I see, very interesting. I wonder if they have more of those."
[What are you going to do now?]
"You don't need to worry, my friend. I already have a plan." Nicholas smiled, he ordered his soldiers to walk forward without stopping.
Once they reach the door, they all of a sudden faze through like ghosts.
Since Stands can phase through physical objects and walls, Nicolas used that knowledge to his advantage to order his soldiers to faze right through the wall and door, entering the room without any problems.
Looking at the SH Soldiers continue to wait, unaware of their incoming doom, Nicholas let out a cold and sinister smile.
"Engage!"
Raising their weapons, all of the Swat soldiers fired their guns at once, shredding all fifty enemy soldiers into bloody pulps without them knowing how they died.
(Music Stops)
"Anything Washichi?"
[Nothing, we're in the clear. Let me try to hack the lock. Wait for me.]
At that moment, their Stands, Machine Head and Mad Season disappeared, finishing their main objectives.
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A minute has passed, Washichi was now standing in front of the door trying to hack it open. Nicolas was just patiently waiting till finally, the door opened and they entered the room that appeared to be a large laboratory with Serpent's Hands Soldiers, dead beyond recognition.
'Holy shit. Just how strong and terrifying is Nicholas' Stand?' Washichi thought and looked at the latter, just like his Stand, his eyes were filled with hatred and vengeance but added with a main purpose in life other than the negativity feeling.
Shaking his head, Washichi decided to forget that thought and look at where Nicholas was looking, only to see a square shaped red wooden box on a table. They approached th3 box, as Nicolas opened it, they saw the thing that they were looking for.
The Stand Arrow.
"Yep, this is it." Washichi said with a smirk.
"Then let's go before the Serpent's Hand network finds out that this base is not responding."
Nicolas nods and once he grabs the box where the arrow is, the two hurriedly leave the building and the area itself.
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On a dirt road, the two were in a range rover car with Nicolas in the driver's seat while Washichi was in the front seat with him as they were driving down a dirt road.
"Well that went well."
"Yeah.... too well." Washichi said, looking down.
"Look we both didn't want to do it, but we have to get our hands dirty for a better future. Sometimes a little bad is required to do some good. Well that's what the boss said at least."
Looking at him, Washichi said with a bit of hesitation, "You know, Nicolas-san. What we did right now.... was just-"
"I know, Washichi. And I understand. Just bear with it for now."
Washichi looks at the Stand arrow that he was holding then looks outside the window.
"Best if we call the boss and let him know that we have the arrow." Nicholas said.
"I'll call. You drive."
Nicolas nodded in response and continued to drive.
As Washichi was about to make a call with his phone...
Boom!
A heat seeker rocket hits the back of the car, sending it flying forward and starts to barrel roll down the road, the car then stops rolling after several more attempts and is now upside down.
Inside the vehicle, Washichi and Nicolas' ears were ringing as they suffered some cuts and bruises. When the car went into a barrel roll, the window next to Washichi shattered and the arrow was sent flying out of the window.
The Stand arrow was now lying on the road until ten figures approached the car, but when they saw the arrow lying on the ground, one of the figures picked it up and inspected it.
These were the Chaos Insurgency's Transhuman Task Force.
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"This is it, people. The thing that we are looking for." One of them said he looked at the car and saw some gas leaking out of it. The soldier pulled out a desert eagle and shot it. This ignites the gas on fire and the car explodes.
"Shouldn't we have captured them?" Another one asked.
"Orders were to get the Arrow. Nothing else. Let's move out." He ordered.
Following his orders, the cybernetic soldiers started to walk away from the burning car wreck. Unbeknownst to them, the people they thought they had killed were still alive.
Luckily, Washichi and Nicolas were able to escape the car in time and were standing next to a tree. Once he had recovered, Nicolas quickly looked left and right to find these soldiers, but he couldn't spot them. They were already gone.
"SON OF A BITCH!"
"Who do you think they were?" The young Japanese male asked.
Nicolas grunts at his wound, "I will take a very big guess that they are from the Chaos Insurgency."
"They have started making their move."
"....Yes they have."
"We can still track them and get the Arrow back."
"The Chaos Insurgency is not a walk in the park like the Serpent's Hand if I remind you, Washichi. Finding and destroying their weaker bases were easy for us but judging by these soldiers we've encountered, they seemed to come from a higher base or their HQ, raiding any of them is a no go, even using our Stands is still a risky thing."
Once he explains, Nicholas sighed tiredly, "Let's call the boss then we will plan accordingly and get it back."
Washichi nods, Nicolas makes a call with his phone, which the boss picks up and again his voice is distorted.
[Hello, Nicolas. Did you two get the arrow?]
"We lost it."
[.....What do you mean you two lost it?]
"We got attacked by the Chaos Insurgency I think, and they took the arrow before we could do anything. But me and Washichi can still get it back."
[Forget it, Nicolas. You two head back to base. I'll think of something on how to get it back because this is the Chaos Insurgency we're talking about. Easy or not, we still need to take them seriously, and if you have anything to report, call me.]
Then the call ends.
"What did he say?" Washichi asked.
"He's telling us to head back to base. Says he'll think of something. And we have a long walk ahead of us since our car went up in flames."
"Yeah..."
"Come on, let's move." Nicholas waved his hand forward, urging him to follow him as they both started walking down the dirt road.
"Yare yare daze, kore wa tsukarerudarou." Washichi sighed and continued to move forward alongside Nicholas.