After the complex and painstaking surgery came to an end, the challenging journey of recovery commenced. Troy's recovery was exceptionally rapid, and he appeared undaunted by the ordeal of the surgery.

Following closely in his footsteps were the twins, Asuka and Kairi, who wasted no time in diligently striving to rebuild their physical strength and agility. Anakin was the most recent to achieve full recovery, while Ellie remained awake and required additional time for her surgery to heal completely.

As everyone recovered from the recent surgeries, Crow saw an opportunity to make the most of Rainfall's attention being elsewhere. He decided to focus on building up his new team and called them "The Flock." Crow dedicated himself to training the new members in the art of blade combat and also emphasized the importance of resilience in their line of work.

"Attention, soldiers!" Crow's voice rang out across the training grounds, commanding the full attention of his unit.

"I want each and every one of you to understand that the trials you face here are just the beginning. When you go up against the likes of Rainfall and The Jackels, you will be tested like never before. It will be intense, it will be grueling, but it's those challenges that will push you to reach heights of strength and skill that you never thought possible. So, let's prepare ourselves for what lies ahead and emerge victorious! For the revolution!"

Crow’s soldiers started praising Crow by clapping and cheering him. Their first order of business was to mess with Stallone and Jackel's, and he knew the perfect location. Crow led a team to an old Jackel hideout in District 8.

Before Crow opened the door to the hideout, he turned to his flock and said, “Remember no emotion.”

They burst open the door and started laying waste to the Jackel soldiers inside. They ran up to any Jackel soldiers they could see and started going crazy with a knife. Most of the Jackel soldiers were unaware of what was going on, and once they realized what was going on, they were dead. The few JackelsJackels soldiers who did realize what was going on were shot in the head by Crow.

One Jackel soldier franticly reached for their radio, but before they radioed for backup, they found themselves with a knife lodged in between their eyes.

Crow noticed the radio picked it up and delivered a harrowing message to whoever was on the other side: “Hello to whoever is listening to this. Everything is fine here; our friend here has found himself with a knife in between his eyes, but don't be alarmed; they did have a quick death. Consider this your only warning. Death is coming for you, and the only way to avoid your death is by joining me. Oh, and if Stallone is listening to this, do know that it was your side bitch Harrison who started all of this.”

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Once finished, he slammed the radio on the floor and rapidly stomped on it until it was little pieces. All while this was going on, The Flock were still fighting the remaining Jackel soldiers in the hideout; they were ruthless against the remaining Jackel soldiers. They ditched using their knives and instead picked up one of the many rifles that were lying around the hideout and shot the remaining Jackel soldiers in the head, killing them instantly.

The hideout’s wall was now covered in the blood of the now-dead Jackel soldiers. Crow praised his men and told them that they could take whatever they wanted from the hideout. The hideout most had guns or ammo, but strangely, one crate in the hideout had drugs inside.

Feeling as though it’s something they shouldn't touch, one of the flocks called Crow over and asked them what they should do about the crate.

Crow looked inside the crate and said, “Now what are they doing with this? Thank you for letting me know; I'll take advantage of this.” Behind the mask, Crow had a devilish smile; he knew exactly what this drug was.

It was “Kill Em All,” a rage enhancer drug that, once taken, would make the person more angry than a normal human should be. However, it’s very dangerous and can easily kill someone if their body can handle the rage.

Now finished at the Jackel hideout Crow and his flock left the hideout shortly after they had taken what they wanted.

Hours passed until Stallone arrived at the hideout. He quickly looked around, noticing how much stuff was taken. All of the guns and ammunition were gone, but it would be the crate of Kill Em All that would hurt the most.

“No no no no... Fuck! They took it! God fucking damm it!”

“We can get more; it’s not the end of the world,” Harrison said in his best attempt to calm Stallone down, but this only annoyed him even more.

“Do you want that fucking psycho juiced up? God, I can't believe this... What the hell happened between you two that’s caused him to do this?”

Harrison had two options. He could either play dumb and act as though he was just as confused as Stallone or tell Stallone what actually happened between the two of them.

“I..I...I don't know... But I did try to warn you that he will end up betraying us at some point. If I may be honest. I'm glad it's now rather than later.”

“Right, here’s what we’re going to do. I want you to find this masked fuck, and I want his head brought to me, you understand! I don’t care how you find him; just find that cocksucker!” Stallone yelled to his Jackel soldiers.

Harrison asked about Rainfall, to which Stallone replied with authority, “Not our main priority! But if you see any of them and I don’t care if it’s a basic soldier or one of the special units you kill them! Understand!”