Chapter 32: The Skulls
A cold night and the breeze of autumn, sounds good right? This was the time for people to sleep or go to bed, but not for me. Garth and I were doing a job for Anton, which was intel gathering. Maria was covering our back with an MSG-90 tranquilizer round, and Cecile acted as our command post.
Garth and I were wearing my urban camouflage outfit because most of the surroundings were colored either grey or white, we also didn't forget to wear our skull balaclava. We were rappeling down from the roof of the building to one of the student's groups room while eavesdropping them. We were hanging near the window. On our back was a suppressed HK416 with a rubber bullet.
Wilson: "CP, Whiskey has arrived to hear the crack."
Maria: "Mike to Whiskey, targets have arrived at objective Alpha,"
Cecile(CP): "This is CP, remember what Anton wants."
Garth: "Copy that CP, Whiskey and I will crack open their bottle,"
The only thing that became a problem was that the room that we eavesdrop was a girl's room. So there was a high possibility that we will get a high-chance of lucky pervert encounter.
Garth put his ear near the wall then asked me, "What should we know from her group?"
"There was a disappearance of a certain magical tool, Anton investigation pointed out to this particular group of girls," I said to him.
"Oh, I see," he said to me while putting his ear on the wall.
A guard was walking below us. Before things went south, I told Maria to do what she had to do.
Wilson: "A roach is walking below me, please squash him,"
Maria: "Roger that."
The guard went to sleep shortly after Maria fired her suppressed subsonic round from her rifle. Garth continued to eavesdrop their conversation while holding the recording device, and I looked at them from the window of the room.
"Do you know how much we can get from this magical ring?" One of the girls said.
"Bingo, now we are getting to somewhere," Garth said to me as he pushed a button on the recording device.
"About 5 platinum coins if I'm not wrong," The red-haired girls said.
"That's great," The black-haired girls said.
"How did you manage to get this thing?" The pink-haired girls asked.
"I sneaked to the laboratory in the middle of the night then took the most expensive things that I know. The teacher won't know because the lab is locked every night. I entered from the window then left from the window too," The red-haired girls said.
Garth pushed the recording device then put it into his chest rig. I figured that our mission was over because we already had enough intel, but Garth had a different idea.
"Wilson, how about we take the magic ring from them by force?" He suggested.
"Good idea, but may I know why?" I asked him.
"If we just give the intel to Anton. They will get punished, and I feel a bit sorry for them. Besides, can't we have some fun with the thing in our back?" he said as he pointed his hand to his rifle.
"I agree, but we should wait until they at least turn off their light," I said.
"Nope, I will do it right f-ing now," He said as he put the rifle in front of his shoulder and shoot it at the window.
The glass shattered in all direction, and all of the girls were looking at us. They were frightened, looking at our skull balaclava, which served as an intimidation factor.
The girls screamed, and I threw a flashbang at them. They were not aware of the situation, but one of them tried to fight by throwing a barrage of fire spell. I neutralized her with my rubber bullet.
Wilson: "CP, CP, we have secured the prize, and the intel is useless."
Cecile(CP): "This is CP, what do you mean by useless?"
Garth: "I stormed the place and wrecked the window. We will move to R.V."
Cecile(CP): "This is CP, understood. Mike can leave the A.O for now."
I grabbed the ring from the frightened girl, then I jumped out of the room and pushed a single button, and the cord was pulled back to the roof. I arrived at the roof then followed by Garth.
"Let's leave the hot zone," I said to Garth.
"Yes. I agree," He said as he fired a grapple gun to the HQ of the student's council.
I rode the rope until we reached the building then burn it with a combination of petrol and a lighter.
Before We entered the door and entered Anton's private room, We opened our balaclava. Luckily, Anton was waiting while waiting on his chair to brief us in his office. Maria and Cecile were entering the room afterward. We stood in front of him.
"How was it?" He asked me.
"Report, apparently the suspect is right. We decided to take the evidence by force. We also have the voice recording of their conversation. Anything you want to know?" I asked him.
"Just give me the ring, you're dismissed," He said as I took out the ring and put it in his desk.
We sat on the chair that was available in his office; A sofa and 2 regular chairs. I opened his cabinet, then grab a glass then put a tea bag inside it. I poured hot water into the glass.
"Wilson, Have you heard about the latest rumor?" He asked me.
"No, I haven't. Why?" I asked her while sipping the tea.
"The rumor is that there is a grey skeleton monster that attacked the student's dorm. Do you have any idea about who is he?" He asked me sarcastically.
"I don't have any idea," I answered him back in a sarcastic manner.
"Wilson, can you make a coffee for me?" Maria asked me.
"Sure thing," I said as I grind the coffee beans using the grinder located on Anton's office.
I ground some coffee beans, then put it into a cup then poured some hot water on it. It's not as good as a barista coffee, but it would do the job nicely. I served the coffee to Maria and the tea to the others.
"Thank you, Wilson," Maria said as I gave her the coffee.
"No problem," I replied as I sat on the comfy white couch that was located in front of the bookshelf.
We laid down the weapons that were on our back to the coffee table that was located in front of the couch. The HK416 assault rifles were lying nicely on top of the coffee table.
"Whose magical tool is that?" Cecile asked.
"A teacher, but I don't know who," I replied while looking at the magical ring.
"Ok, I see. That ring is worse than ours, right?" Maria asked me.
"Judge that by yourself," Anton said from his chair.
"The skulls, huh? That's our legend?" Garth stated.
"Yeah, I've never thought that someone else will use us as a reinforcement for their organization, especially since that organization is a school organization. We have fun with that, and you always keep your mouth shut," I said as I looked sharply at Anton.
"Well, I saw you use your unknown weapon. Why don't we use them?" Anton replied.
"Haha, I strongly agree," Cecile said.
"Thanks to your father, we don't have to wear that stupid collar anymore," Garth said as he pointed his finger at his neck.
"Yes, thank you, father," Maria said to herself.
"Maria becomes a school idol after that, don't you know?" Anton said to me.
"Really? Haha," I laughed.
"Fresh air to this room should be nice," Anton said as he opened the window that was located behind him.
Suddenly, after we finished our drink, Anton saw guards were doing more patrol than usual. The guards were searching every bush and every tree for an intruder.
"You better leave now, I don't want a group of guards barged to my office searching for your group," he said.
"Yeah, Goodnight Anton," I said as we left his room, leaving our drink behind.
We split in our way, Maria and Cecile were heading to the Girl's dorm, and we headed to the boy's dorm. We didn't have too many friends yet. I entered our room then I went to the bath first.
Our room had been modernized. The room had an air-conditioner, and the rest of the furniture had been futurized. In the wardrobe, there were our clothes, either the uniform or our casual ones.
After I took a bath, I turned on the espresso machine that I put on the table in front of my bed. I wore my nightshirt.
"Garth, you want some?" I asked him as I ground the coffee beans.
"Yes, please," He said.
"Tomorrow is Saturday, right? May I go somewhere? Alone," I said as I gave a cup of espresso to him.
"Sure, but why?" He asked.
"Its a secret," I answered.
"Fine," He said as he sipped the espresso.
After we finished our coffee, we had a conversation, then I went to sleep.
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