“Test. Test. Ska, can you hear me? It’s Li” sounds a radio in a dimly lit room.

“Motherboard responding. I hear you loud and clear, Li. Everyone else?” says Samuel in front of the monitor inside the room.

“Motherboard, Mary responding. I’m in position” says Mary atop a building.

“Ok, listen. We are going to wait for the rest of us. When they arrive at their destination, I’ll sound off the start. Motherboard offline” says Samuel.

At the San Francisco airport of Zone 3, Thomas led team is in an armed standoff.

“How did this happen?” asks Oleg.

Three hours ago, the Sympathetic Luishiro gave information to the other horsemen.

“Mates, we need to cancel the speeches for today. Simply, we are cooked, especially you Ilio. So, here is how the Corp will move. They split into 4 groups of 4. Excluding me, most of you guys will suffer heavy casualty. I suggest ambush tactics, how about that? Alex, you have the easiest ambush, just camp the San Francisco airport. They can’t cross the Bering Strait so they’ll try to fly. Ilio, you are cooked. But if you make use of your Mirror tactics, you might escape unharmed. They have the one who you lost the tail so don’t make the same mistake again. Overwhelm and you’ll be alright, I think. Tasi, mate, you just have to camp the Kabul train station. If you lose them, pressure them without mercy. They just have the two best marksmen with them”

At the train station, Cons: “No idea. But we are outnumbered. They’re just keeping distance so they wouldn’t gain unnecessary casualty. You know what? Let’s blast this place. Let’s show them why we haven’t been smoked out of our foxhole.”

In the train cargo there is a 30kg worth of E51F – the strongest explosive there is.

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Thomas, “If this doesn’t work, we’re going to stick with my orders. ДАВО!”

*boom*

“That was one good Gambir. So, let’s sound off our war cry” *static* “Cons to Motherboard! We are in position. Overlooking the explosion, we are safe and sound.”

“Motherboard responding. Good to hear. Now wait for Cecile and Beatrice. You can do that, no?” says Sam, playing with a cat.

At Kabul, the station is filled with armed personnel of Tasi. “Train incoming” sounds one of the radios.

“Well, that would’ve been ugly. Good thing we boarded off back then, eh?” says Beatrice as they walk around the train station into the city.

“Motherboard, Eve responding. We’re outside the Kabul train station” sounds Eve.

“Motherboard responding. Good to hear. All we need is Cecile’s team to ground. You can hold out till then, no?” says Samuel, drinking Yesuntuki – sparkling spring water.

At the St. Petersburg train station, Cecile and the elites are in a chokehold. They were shot on the spot but no-one was mortally wounded. The ones there all wore the same mask as that one that blew up the gas canister then, 22 years ago.

“Hello mate! Long time no see, eh? I really want to kill you right here and now but I have a better idea of what to do with you. And also, Luis asked me to capture you alive” says the masked men; the speaker periodically switching between wearers.

“But he didn’t say you all have to live” says the one behind Alex. A shot rings out as the body of Alexander the Unforgiving falls to the ground.

“Aha... so you do die, eh? After 22 years later, you guys’ number drop once again. And you see them fall, it’s like some sort of prophesy, no? I kill and you witness” says the one that’s the closest to Cecile.

*crack* “Don’t act so smug, punk. The more you talk, the less likely you’ll kill us” says Cecile while kicking off the head of one of the wearers.

“Well then, I see you’re pissed at me. So I’ll just make you even angrier. I like seeing you struggle. What will you do about this?” as the wearers open fire on Pete and Gabi.

*ping* “Idiots, your aim is trash. You only hit our armor” says Gabi.

“Huh, that’s odd. Well, lucky you. I’ll just have to integrate you into my idea. Oh, what’s this, a radio?” *static* “Hello, hello, come in. This is Ilio Guillemin, the one who captured your 3 people… Hello?”

“Connection terminated. Distress call sent. Welcome to hell, сука” sounds the radio before exploding.

“Motherboard responding. To all units, Ilio has captured Cecile and the others as well as he killed someone. From this moment on, the faster we kill off those who we have to kill, the sooner we’re able to help Cecile and the others. So please, proceed with the operations. And good luck, mates” sounds Samuel, while he picks a headset up.