Constantine, Algeria
"Ready for a halo jump, kid?" Ricardo asked Blake.
"A what?"
"Halo Jump." Ricardo explained, we jump from this altitude then when we reach 800 feet, we deploy our parachutes."
"The hell?!" Blake exclaimed.
"That's just insane." Brandon remarked
"Getting cold feet?" Jacquez taunted, "I would if I was a newbie."
"I just don't want to break my feet, that's all." Blake retorted, "Like any normal person."
"Hey, Its not that bad," Ricardo smiled, "Its just a quick drop."
"With daemon." Jacquez added,
"With daemon."
"Wooooohooo!" Zhao Fan squealed as she jumped out of the plane.
"Shit." Blake cried, "She actually jumped."
"Indeed." Jacquez smiled, "At least some of us aren't cowards." Jacquez looked at Jake and Shino and nodded, before falling off the dropship.
"See you guys later."
"Stay safe." Jake said, "You still owe me 16 dollars."
"Buzz off!!!" Ricardo said as he jumped out.
Blake gulped. "I guess this is it."
"Hey, Blake," Rachel said, "Don't die out there."
"Yeah, or I'll desecrate your dead body." Brandon said.
Blake smiled. "You too guys." Blake took a deep breath and jumped.
Free falling was something Blake had never imagined himself doing. Especially on his way to a big fight. The sky and the clouds were just a wonder. Maybe he'd do this again. For fun.
He shook his head, turning his attention to the battle ahead. Apparently this used to be a factory, until it was recently abandoned. They'd be here to clear out all the daemon that had appeared here. Shield agents weren't able to evacuate everyone, apparently.
The floor deployed the parachutes, getting closer to the ground. From up here Jacquez could see the daemon and they were a lot of them. Several in fact. Almost 20 of them. The four landed a few meters away, far enough for them not to be seen by the daemon.
"So what's the plan?" Blake asked.
"Kill them, obviously." Zhao Fan said.
"No, as in how do we kill them."
"Ohh!"
"Jacquez, did you work on your rain strategy?" Ricardo asked
"Done and perfected." Jacquez said.
"Good. As usual, Jacquez, take support. Blake and I will be the vanguard. Zhao Fan, you know what to do."
"Of course," Zhao Fan said with a smile, licking the kyoketsu-shoge of her weapon. Ricardo put on his metal gloves and Blake drew out his dagger
"Ready,...GO!"
Blake and Ricardo charged ahead, one from the left, the other from the right. Using the bushes, they swiftly crept to the daemon crowd, bursting out and attacking. As soon as the daemons were alerted, Rays of light rained down from the sky, hitting a lot of the daemon. Ricardo and Blake weaved their way through the licht rain, Cutting down the daemon. Blake activated his hollow and produced two black claws on both arms, clawing his way through the crowd. Ricardo punched one infront of him, sending him flying. Before that daemon could hit the ground, it was sliced in half by Zhao Fan. They continued their onslaught until nothing was left, just smoke.
"This it?" Blake asked.
"No." Jacquez said over the comms, "there are a ton of daemon ahead."
"How many?
"Can tell."
"Blake."
Blake nodded, ejecting his soul out of his body. He flew towards the thick forest. Six, nine, eighteen, there was an unusually large amount of daemon. So all this time they had this amount of daemon? And this was just in this place.
Blake returned to his body.
"At least 30."
"That's a lot." Jacquez said, assembling a sniper rifle, "We can't continue a rain strategy."
"True," Ricardo said.
"How about earthquake?" Zhao Fan asked.
"Earthquake? We have tried that in long time,"
"Yeah. We could do it now, right?"
"We need to be in the air."
"I can get you there." Blake said. "It will be a bit agonizing. But I can get you there."
"You sure."
"75 percent."
"Guys, whatever you're planning, do it now, they are approaching."
Ricardo looked at Blake and into the trees. He groaned. "Fine, but be quick, or your heads on the line. Zhao Fan, you're bait. Jacquez..."
"On it."
Zhao Fan walked up to the trees, spinning her blade rapidly in her arm. "C'mon boys, come and get it!"
The daemons began to charge, with a niumber of them still waiting. Seizing this chance, Blake used his astral form.
"Soul string, Marionette." Blake said, producing strings from his finger print, "Get ready, Ricardo." Attaching the strings to Ricardo, Blake lifted him into the air and flung him into the forest. Ricardo, with a charged fist, landed dead center of the daemon , creating a large impact. The alarmed daemon were instantly sniped by Jacquez.
"We...are not...doing that...again." Ricardo said.