"I have a story, gather around, let me tell you about it..."

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In memory lane... 

Cross' P. O. V

F. A. O Founder: I see you have done well. 

That stern voice, he might be strict with rules, but if you succeed, rewards are often given. Maybe "too much" rewards are given.

Cross: *nods* ...

F. A. O Founder: You have a mission tonight. You better do this successfully. 

Cross: Sir, yes sir. 

F. A. O Founder: Here are the details...

Outside of the conference room...

Cross: *thinking about something* ...

This mission is gonna be done at midnight. He said that it would rain at that time. It's a rescue mission. So I just gonna go to the F. A. O Armory. Get my weapons, and get out of here.

F. A. O Agent: Hello! Good evening Slasher.

Cross: Hello... *in a monotone voice* 

F. A. O Agent: Is there a mission for you tonight?

Cross: Yes. A rescue mission.

F. A. O Agent: Hope you don't die. *sarcastically*

Cross: *detects the sarcasm but ignores it* Okay.

F. A. O Agent: *walks away from Cross* *murmurs* Hope you die... Damned human.

I got used to this. So much hate. I really wonder why. Because I get treated better than everyone else? I wish this would stop. Starting a drama with a F. A. O Agent will get me "tossed out" of the organization... Anyways, let's keep going...

At F. A. O's Armory... 

Cross: Yo.

Weapon's Headmaster: Good evening. What makes you come here almost at midnight?

Cross: A mission. *in his usual gloomy tone*

Weapon's Headmaster: Alright. I see. What's your desired loadout for tonight?

Hm. It's gonna be rainy tonight. So, and it's gonna be a nighttime setting. Let's go with a charger. And some "custom" subs. And just probably a Echolocator for the special.

Cross: Um. A charger. The sub is gonna be the "I. B", and Echolocator for the special.

A-kun: The "I. B" Is A Sub That Makes The User Invisible For 5 Seconds. Takes 25% Of The Ink Tank. As Soon The User Attacks While Invisible, The Cloak Will Disappear.

Weapon's Headmaster: Seems like a stealth mission. Am I correct?

Cross: Yeah, it's obvious from the weapon I'm using.

Weapon's Headmaster: And you're dressed for the occasion.

Cross: *looks at his attire* ...

Yeah, I was wearing all black. It's just best suited for the mission.

A-kun: Edgy...

Weapon's Headmaster: *gives the weapon to Cross* Here you go, hope you succeed in your mission. I mean, you always have been successful in any mission.

Cross: *wears his mask and grabs the charger from the table* Thanks. And i'll come back here successful.

Weapon's Headmaster: Go get'em. 

Cross: *starts to walk away from the armory* I will.

I was walking towards the helipad of the F. A. O Landing Zone. Where a helicopter is gonna take me to the said location where the mission is gonna take place. 

Cross: *checks his charger* ... (Hm. Seems the weapon is in peachy condition. You can't really go wrong with the weapons in this organization.)

< Why are you even here "Human"? >

Cross: *hears the voice inside his head* ... *holds his head*

C'mon now, it's not the time to start a argument with yourself. Keep your head at the task at hand.

At the F. A. O Landing Zone...

Cross: *tries to find the helicopter he's gonna escort him* ...

Alright. He said Helicopter's codename is "Granger". The codename is on the tail of a helicopter. But there's so much "birds" here it's gonna get me late.

After a while...

Ah! Finally. Here it is.

Pilot: What took you so long "Slasher"?

Cross: *gets in the helicopter* The landing area is massive. I can't expect to find you guys in a two minute mark.

Pilot: *starts the chopper* You have a point. But are you ready?

Cross: I have always been. 

Pilot: Well, here we go. *flies off the landing zone*

After 30 minutes later...

< You're destined to fail. You were just always lucky.. >

Cross: *looks at his watch* ... (Seems it's 11:29PM.) 

Pilot: We're closing to the location. Get your charger ready.

Cross: Alright. The boss said I'll rescue a person.

Pilot: Yeah, and it's raining now. Can you really do this?

Cross: That makes it better. They can't go after me while I'm in the rain.

Pilot: Good luck. I scanned the area, and there's 20 or more Octolings there.

Cross: I see. Thanks for the info. *gets the rope and throws it to the ground*

Pilot: *thinking about something* (I don't really see why he's hated in the agency. He's a pretty "laid back" person.) ...

Cross: I'm going now. The pick-up time is 12:30AM. 

Pilot: I know that.

Cross: *goes down the rope* ...

Mission Starts...

Slasher: *looks at his surroundings* ...

I landed in a thin forest. There's a lot of places to set up camp. The key to this mission is patience. I can't go Rambo mode on them. That's a amateur move. Or a dumb-ass move. One of the two.

Slasher: *sees an Octoling coming towards a table* ...

The main location is a warehouse. I think it's big because the Pilot said there was 20+ Octos in there. So it must be a big place. This mission is more harder than i thought. But the rainstorm will protect me from enemy sight. 

Slasher: *moves around silently to avoid attention* ...

I'm trying to go to side of the said warehouse. To see how wide and big this is. 

Slasher: *tips toes on the leaves trying to not make a sound* ...

< This will get you nowhere. Give up already. >

Slasher: *finally get to the side of the warehouse* ...

It's... Wide. But not "extremely" wide. So that's a big relief. And i also spy a side entrance. But this wide place. How am i gonna find the person that needs to be rescued?

Slasher: *thinking* ...

I will never find out until i go in the warehouse. Let's go in at the side entrance. I mean, they're taking their break. Too much thinking will make me indecisive. 

Slasher: *tip toes again towards the side entrance* ...

Take your time Cross. Don't be a amateur...

At the side entrance door...

Slasher: *holds the doorknob* ... *really nervous*

Hope no one's gonna meet me at the other side...

Slasher: *opens the door* ... 

Huh. No one. That's good. 

< Your death is waiting for you... >

Slasher: *looks around the warehouse* ...

This place has a lot of crates. But how will I find the person that I need to rescue in the midst of this crates?

Slasher: *pulls out his I. B* ... (Here we go. Gotta be quick.) *throws the I. B on himself* 

Oh, god. Let's find a another blind spot to hide. This doesn't last long at all. 

Slasher: *goes behind a big crate* ... 

As I running to that said crate. Most of the Octos are sleeping. That's a great situation to be in. I just need to find that place where they hid that Agent. 

Slasher: *looks around* ... *the invisibility runs out* 

Hmm... I wonder. But then.

Slasher: *hears buzzing sounds on his earpiece* ... (Huh?)

Pilot: Do you hear me Slasher over? 

Slasher: Yes, I do. Can you a x-ray on the area to see where they hid the person I'm rescuing?

Pilot: I'll try. But I can't do it once more after that.

Slasher: Okay. Just get to it.

Pilot's P. O. V

I flew over the warehouse where Agent Cross was in and I did not use the thermal signatures scan. I just instead use a normal x-ray scan of the warehouse. To seek out some hidden rooms that could be hiding on plain sight.

Pilot: Um. I think I got one.  *takes a screenshot of the scan*

Slasher: Okay. Where is it? I don't have much time.

Pilot: On your right. Behind the crate you're hiding in. And there's a lot of Octoling activity in that area. Be cautious with any move you do.

Slasher: Thanks for the help. I'll get to it now.

Cross's P. O. V

So that room is probably where they hid the Agent. Damn this Octos and their brainwashing Inklings to fight for their side. 

Slasher: *hears footsteps from behind the crate* ...

Get ready for a stealth kill. Or I can just let him pass. Nah, let's splat this scum.

Slasher: *pulls out his charger and puts a silencer on it* ... (He's close. Get ready.)

The Octo walked out of the corner of the crate and i grabbed him and shot him in the face with a charger. And that of course, he got "dunked on". And i did it, kinda not the way i hoped. But good thing there was a silencer to shut the noise from the charger. 

Slasher: *crouches and moves around the crate to the right* ...

I see the door. 

Pilot: *speaks again through the earpiece* There's 2 Octolings there. One is sleeping, and one is awake guarding the Agent.

Slasher: Alright. *hold the I. B again* 

< Failure is awaiting you... >

I already know my plan of action. But this is only part 1. I need to get the Agent out of the warehouse safely.

Slasher: *throws the I. B to himself* ... *opens the door*

I grabbed the Octo who's standing up. Got a hold of his mouth and hit my charger's handle to his face and knocked him out cold.

F. A. O Agent: *hears the commotion* ... *has a sack on the head* (What's going on?)

Slasher: *sees the other Octoling* ... (Seems he's not woken up yet.) *charges up the Charger*

Goodbye. I really hope the Octolings will see through the brainwashing of that DJ.

Slasher: *shoots the Octoling with a full-charged Charger* ... (Again, thank god i have that silencer.)

Now. Seems the Agent has a sack on his head. Let me remove that.

Slasher: *removes the sack off the Agent's head* ...

And... The Agent is a girl? Woah, did not expect that. She has really bright blue hair and has sapphire eyes. A... "Unique" combination in the least.

F. A. O Agent: Oh, thank god. I thought I was toast.

Slasher: *shushes the Agent and looks behind him* Shhh.

I looked behind me to see if any Octos are there and observing. And, there's none. Good. Time to untie her.

Slasher: *unties the Agent* ...

F. A. O Agent: You're really silent. C'mon. Talk. *stands up from the chair*

Slasher: This is a stealth mission. 

F. A. O Agent: May I ask your name?

Slasher: Cross. That's all you're getting out of me.

Pilot: *speaks again through the earpiece* Hey. You got her now?

Slasher: Yes. Where's the LZ? (A-kun: Means "Landing Zone".)

Pilot: Just where I dropped you. I can't make a another pan around over the warehouse. That's way too risky now.

Slasher: Okay. *gets kinda annoyed* (Why can't he make the mission just a bit easier?)

Now i need to plan out this situation. But most of the Octolings are sleeping so this is will be a easy moving around. But i know there's still some awake.

Slasher: Come on. Follow me. 

F. A. O Agent: Uh, Okay. 

Slasher: *goes outside of the room* ... *signals to the F. A. O Agent to follow him* *hides on the same box he hid earlier*

Okay. Time to check out around the corner again. 

Slasher: *looks around the corner* ...

No one. Again. But I spy that...

Slasher: *looks at the roof at the warehouse* ...

Is that. A CCTV? Wait, so I was already exposed to that? Oh god, I really wish they were sleeping when they were observing that. And in a warehouse of all places? 

Slasher: Okay. we're clear. *moves around the corner*

Now, I can't go back to the same spot. I'll be spotted again. Let's take a alternate route.

Slasher: *walks to a another crate* ...

Okay, the CCTV doesn't seem to move around. So this crate is a good start to find a alternate exit.

Slasher: *moves near a another crate* ...

Okay. Just be cautious with the Octo that are patrolling the area.

Slasher: *nervous to check around the corner* ... (Ah, screw it. I'm using my special.)

I used my Echolocator which was I think was more longer than usual because I wore boots that has Special Power Up gear ability. Well, I think. I'm not sure. But I got 14 Octos detected through my Echolocator. And there's one coming towards me.

F. A. O Agent: Can I help?

Slasher: No. *then grabs a Octoling and pulls him behind the crate to knock him out*

I got him. But then. The alarms gone off. 

Slasher: Run! *runs towards the exit* 

F. A. O Agent: *already sees Octolings chasing them*  ...

Slasher: *charges the Charger to splat a Octoling outside the warehouse* ...

Don't think I'll be sparing you.

Slasher: *shoots the Charger at the Octoling sitting outside* ...

Got him. Now we're screwed. There's so much Octos following us.

Pilot: Slasher! *through the earpiece*

Slasher: Get here right now!

Outside the warehouse...

F. A. O Agent: It's raining! How can i escape?

Slasher: *removes his jacket and gives it to the Agent* Here!

F. A. O Agent: Why? Your costing your own life!

Slasher: Don't worry about it. Run!

F. A. O Agent: *wears the jacket and runs off to the helicopter*

Slasher: *gets shot multiple times by Octoshots* Argh!!

< Hell is waiting for you. >

SHUT UP! 

Slasher: *on the ground holding his stomach* ... *feels something happening to his vision* *closes his eyes*

Aghhh!!!! My eyes hurt! What's happening?!

Third Person P. O. V

Though Cross did not know what happend to his eyes, his eyes turned from a normal gray color, to the same color, but has a X-mark on the pupil. Though what it does is unknown, but he'll figure it out... In time...

Cross P. O. V

Slasher: *opens his eyes* ... *sees the Octolings are not moving* 

Wait... What's going on? Why the Octos are just standing there?

Slasher: *stands up while holding his wound* ...

What's happening?

Slasher: *gets his charger and pulls out his I. B* ... *throws the I. B at himself* 

Ug... I can't handle this wound. I'm retreating...

Slasher: *runs to the jungle* ... *the X-mark on his eyes goes away*

Pilot: *talks to Cross again* Are you alright?! I saw the commotion down there. I'm picking up right now. *tries to land the chopper*

< Oh how cute. You ran away like a puny coward. Running is your only weapon. >

The chopper landed somehow safely and i got on it in a hurry. The chopper flew again going back to the headquarters...

Mission Completed...

F. A. O Agent: Are you okay? *really worried*

Cross: Yeah... I'm good. *still holding his wound*

F. A. O Agent: How did you survive the rain?

Cross: Uhm. Simple answer. I'm human. I can resist water unlike Inklings. 

F. A. O Agent: But thank you for saving me from those Octos. I really don't know what they gonna do to me.

Cross: Brainwashing. Well, it's my best guess. 

F. A. O Agent: I really don't know why you're getting so much hate from the fellow Agents at the headquarters...

Cross: Don't mind them. I never really thought much of them. I'm always out doing my own thing.

30 minutes later...

Pilot: We're at the landing zone... *starts to land the helicopter*

Cross: *sighs* ...

F. A. O Agent: And Cross.

Cross: *looks at the Agent* What is it?

F. A. O Agent: My name is Luna. Luna Skyler.

Cross: Um, why the sudden name drop? I didn't asked you to do that. 

Luna: *smirks* You sound like you never had a friend. Well, I'm your friend now.

Cross: Thanks. But i doubt I'll see you again. 

Luna: Well, let's change that. My dorm code is 459AB. 

Cross: Okay... I see. 

Pilot: Okay. We're done! *leaves the cockpit* 

And after that, I was in the medical room for 2 days... That was a long 2 days. Laying there... Luna always came to check me if I'm okay. I don't know what's up with her. I just saved her and she's acting very worried about me. Well, at least I made a friend. And probably the only friend in the Agency...

End of the memory lane...

On Cross's car... On a unknown location...

Cross: *outside of the car* ... *leaning at the car door* *closes a notebook* *looks up at the sky*

I wonder...

A-kun: Wow. That's definitely quite a chapter. I made it as polished as I can. I do believe this is the best one yet.

This chapter talks about Cross's one particular mission with F. A. O before being partnered with Brooks. And this talks about the internal struggle of Cross. But anyway. I finally finished this crap and thanks for reading! 

Word Count: 2800 Words. (Not Bad.)

Ara, ara... From Memes Now To Anime? 

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