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hayner parachuted off the cargo plane using the wind to his advantage to land on the roof of setzer s headquarters he abseiled four story s down the side of the building he cut through the glass and climbed inside his squad followed him inside soon after infiltration successful he muttered into his radio hayner turned on his headset pence can you read me i read you hayner we re all in let s hope this time we can put a bullet in setzer s skull good pence i m overlooking the eighteenth floor i can t get down though i need you to take out the guards on the far side so i can zipline down on this cord and take out the rest of the security on it pence responded he scurried up the steps up to the eighteenth floor he attached the silencer to his pistol and fired two bullets both hitting the guards perfectly in the chest hayner saw the corpses and ziplined down he quickly threw a flash grenade behind him stunning the armed security hayner ran down the corridor he turned and ran through an open door shutting it behind him he heard the thudding of the guard s footsteps outside the door status report he said into his headset no sign of setzer what about you pence responded nothing but i ve been spotted now the pressures on be as stealthy as you can if you re seen shoot until you see blood hayner pulled out his revolver and

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slowly walked back into the corridor the guards turned to return to their posts hayner shot them dead he continued down the maze of corridors staircases and the many rooms he easily got lost he kicked down the first door he saw luckily there was a window he looked out it he was on the thirteenth floor setzer should be on the tenth he reattached his equipment and abseiled down three floors he broke through the window and unclipped his gear he ran through the corridors he turned the corner to find a huge fancy door hayner lifted his revolver up in front of him target located he said into his headset okay we re coming down pence responded hayner kicked open the door and charged in he loaded his revolver and held it in front of him show yourself setzer he shouted out there was no response hayner walked up to the table everything inside the room was old and valuable with paintings on the wall and a diamond chandelier he picked up a folder on the table and read it was filled with detailed sketches of helicopter designs and blueprints for advanced weaponry on the back page was a picture of a three barrelled flintlock pistol interesting isn t it a voice said from behind him hayner turned he was facing a man with long platinum hair a white cloak with gold lining and he was holding a flintlock pistol with three barrels like in the picture setzer ready to pay for your crimes hayner lifted up his revolver setzer

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laughed to himself he swiped at hayner with his gun hayner ducked and rolled out of the way he shot at setzer who dodged the several bullets fired at him pence ran in setzer elbowed him in the face pence fell down unconscious setzer walked up to hayner he pointed his pistol at him just as he was about to shoot hayner another rain operative charged in he jumped up kicking setzer in the chest setzer reeled back the sound of a chopper echoed around the building as fun as this was my ride is here goodbye suckers setzer shouted he jumped out the open window pence staggered to his feet setzer somersaulted through the air firing his gun as he did he landed in the helicopter and slammed the door the bullets slammed into pence shattering his kneecap setzer was gone hayner walked up to the other operative thanks soldier you saved my life he said you re welcome lieutenant hayner by the way the name s jake hayner nodded he removed his headgear he had shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes jake get pence the explosives have been planted let s get the heck out of here he said hayner finished the course before the others had reached halfway the captain approached him he had short brown hair and stubble good work on the

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infiltration hayner although setzer got away now he knows we mean business he should we blew up his headquarters i don t think explosives were the best idea though hayner there was advanced weaponry in there if he dealt them out to the wrong people we re all as good as dead or worse have you ever wondered why there is a capital r and n in our organizations name the captain asked i guess so hayner replied rn that stands for restoring nations if we just did nothing the criminal empire would rise and take the planet as theirs he explained hayner thought for a bit he nodded then turned and left the next day as he walked through the hallway he overheard the captain speaking to the director of the rain organization director i m worried the captain said hayner has learnt too much but he s gonna be a hard one to convert yes hayner is a smart one and he is a good lieutenant but we have taken care of more useful soldiers the director responded sir are you saying that yes the director cut him off he is a pest and pests need to be exterminated you know what to do captain rodriguez the director said with no emotion hayner ducked around the corner he heard the door click open and crouched in silence as the captain walked

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past he looked out the director had also left hayner crawled into his office and rummaged through the files on the desk he picked one labelled operation drug bust hayner opened the folder it contained a bunch of coordinates and pictures of fields which looked like they contained nothing but cannabis and various other illegal drugs hayner turned the page he was terrified as he saw that it contained the blueprints for an icbm he turned to the next page more blueprints this time for a missile silo and a satellite hayner heard approaching footsteps he hid behind a leafy plant the director walked in he put something small on the desk and left locking the door behind him hayner slowly walked over to the desk he picked up the usb stick and shoved it in his pocket he went to leave but he stopped remembering the director locked the door hayner went to the window there was a seven story drop he looked around for a few minutes he heard footsteps approaching again hayner froze the footsteps stopped he heard a click as the key was forced into the lock the handle started turning more footsteps approached the handle stopped turning as the footsteps slowed he heard two men talking outside he could tell that the two were the director and jake hayner frantically looked around he noticed the ceiling panelling was loose he stepped onto the desk then removed a panel hayner forced himself through the opening carefully replacing the panel the

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door creaked open he heard the director walk up to the desk what the he shouted hayner heard the rustling of paper that s my signal to leave he thought hayner crawled the network of wood wire and installation until he reached another office hayner removed a panel and climbed down into the empty office he replaced the panel and ran out into the corridor he repeatedly slammed his palm on to the button to call up the elevator the director swung open the door he had blonde hair that was swept back he wore glasses a suit and white gloves you he shouted pointing at hayner the elevator doors opened hayner ran in the pushed the ground floor button eight times the doors slid shut and the elevator began its descent hayner paced the elevator as it slowly approached ground floor the doors slid open hayner ran out jake stood in front of him hayner we gotta get you out of here director lazard has raised the alarms they say you re a traitor i know they re lying but i don t know what you did to set them off explain yourself in the plane come on he shouted dragging him outside they ran past a bunch of mechanics working on a satellite before they reached a troop carrier plane they ran up the ramp went inside jake pulled a lever on the wall the door slowly closed pence start the plane jake yelled out on it pence replied the motors started up the noise was deafening the plane ascended into the air,

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the only other sound he could hear was the tapping of bullets against the window hayner looked out the window and watched as the advanced military base that had been his home since he was fifteen get smaller and smaller as they flew away rain has been seven years of my life and now we re fighting against them hayner said grimly no hayner you are fighting against them pence replied as he rolled his wheelchair out into the holding deck what do you mean hayner yelled out then he remembered the conversation in the corridor between jake and lazard it didn t sound like they were arguing it sounded like they were planning something this whole time you guys are on their side this is a trap isn t it hayner yelled out there was no response answer me he pulled out his revolver we are still working for rain you are on your own get him pence ordered the infantry men pulled out their assault rifles hayner shot one of them down he rolled to the left to avoid the gunfire some of the bullets hit the other men jake yanked the fire extinguisher off the wall and swung it at hayner hayner fell back slowly losing consciousness hayner slowly woke he was drenched in sweat his heart was thumping he was still on the plane hayner heard pence talking to jake in the distance okay

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we re straight above setzer s island should we drop him jake whispered to pence grab his feet you over there open the hatch pence commanded he heard the door open slowly hayner got to his feet he did the only thing he was capable of and grabbed a parachute and jumped out the hatch lieutenant he got away an infantryman called out setzer will take him out pence stated we got a message pence the pilot yelled out it says we got ten seconds to evacuate his perimeter or we are all dead i m not scared of that son of a pence began as two guided missiles slammed into the cargo plane killing them all hayner fell through the air the wind whipping his face he pulled the ripcord the parachute shot out he slowly descended into the dense jungle the branches scratched at the chute tearing it apart he landed on the damp grass with a thud hayner groaned as he got back upon his feet he unclipped the parachute and threw it into the foliage he was still weak after the struggle on the plane he had scratches and welts from his landing and was extremely tired he slumped against a large tree and fell into a deep sleep he awoke in the back of a moving truck there were two armed guards at his side where are we going he mumbled drowsily before a guard stabbed him in the arm with a needle and injected a transparent liquid into his system hayner passed out as the tranquilizer

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finished its work hayner sat up quickly his face sweating he took a few deep breaths and looked around he was in a small grubby holding room that looked like a dozen people had died in there he walked over to the door and banged his fist against the steel frame several times the door opened a man and a woman walked in the woman had long black hair and brown eyes the man was setzer oh look lucy it s been raining this morning gosh i m funny he said i didn t come to kill you setzer hayner said through his teeth i was betrayed by my organization and left here to die how do i know you re telling the truth kid setzer questioned i stole this from lazard hayner said he took the usb stick from his pocket and lazily tossed it to setzer setzer briefly examined it before shoving it in his pocket good lad he exclaimed so do you really believe he s on our side lucy whispered to in setzer s ear first let s see what s on this flashdrive he replied then we ll determine who is where okay but i want to see what s on that too rain is up to something and i m the one who s going to stop it hayner stated fine but no don t try anything funny setzer said he turned and left gesturing for hayner to follow him.

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hey setzer hayner said as they walked have you actually committed any crimes he asked let me think for a bit apart from gambling counting cards in vegas being bloody rich declining rains order for a few icbms that time i accidently ran over that hobo counterfeit fraud constructing too many weapons and other illegal products theft jay walking hiring an assassin i bunked high school once hmmm faking my own death slapping a cop and i shot down a pigeon nothing else springs to mind setzer replied hayner s jaw dropped what was that thing you said near the start he asked okay i m not proud of killing the hobo alright it was an accident why would i intentionally run over a hobo who has any strong opinions against the homeless setzer was getting stressed out we re here he said opening a large set of double doors they walked into a large empty room with a desk in the middle there was a laptop on top of the desk setzer booted it up and typed in the password he stuck the usb stick into the side and opened the folder a window came onto the screen configuring updates 1 a computerized voice said this may take a while setzer told him 2 so i still don t really know your name setzer said oh it s hayner he replied 3

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seriously setzer was getting annoyed he kicked the desk 27 the voice said well that worked i guess hayner said 56 57 59 78 90 man that voice is getting annoying hayner stated 98 the voice droned 99 about time updates complete there was a long irritating beep checking disk 1 damn this stupid laptop setzer snapped 10 the voice said 50 99 disk check complete preparing desktop please do not power down computer or log of 1 screw this setzer picked up the laptop and threw it against the ground the screen cracked he pulled out his gun and shot the desktop until it was just rubble on the ground lucy be helpful and fetch your boss another laptop he asked politely whatever she said as she walked off she came back a few minutes later with another laptop setzer opened it up and turned it on the computer buzzed and the screen lit up setzer plugged in the usb stick and a window came up on the screen he clicked the option `open folder and view files then stood back and watched as another window appeared this one was filled with different folders hayner clicked on the one labelled `operation drug bust like the file in lazard s

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office oh my gosh he muttered as he read from the document what does it say lucy asked our old friend lazard is going to construct several icbms and launch them across the globe destroying all the major drug farms setzer explained and with it a large chunk of the earth s population hayner said we have to stop this but how i was almost killed by a mere grunt like you so i don t stand a chance against the leader setzer moaned i m no grunt and i certainly know where to strike rain where it hurts i know all their tricks and i can get around the place with my eyes shut without being noticed hayner said setzer muttered something into lucy s ear she whispered something back and then they both nodded you can t come he said to hayner what you will die without me no i ll die without oxygen i can live happily without you fine if you re gonna be that way i ll tell the cops everything you just confessed to me your thugs forgot to check me so i still have my cell and a gun come on man don t bring the popo into this setzer begged wait a second you have no proof my phones got a voice recorder i m still recording as we speak hayner pulled is phone out of his pocket to show he wasn t bluffing what s it gonna be setzer,

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get the cops involved or bring me with you on the assault i see what you re doing you are blackmailing me i guess i am fine you win but it s just the three of us going noone else setzer stated we leave at midnight they landed the helicopter on the coast and continued the journey on foot the night was silent hayner could hear his heart pumping and the sound of his shoes against the damp grass after two hours the three reached a hill over-looking the compound how are we going to get in setzer whispered there are still guards out although it s two-thirty in the morning we did bring guns you know hayner replied he grabbed a rifle and slid down the hill he loaded the gun and shot the guard by the door the gun made no sound in the night hayner signalled the others to follow him they ran through the gate and hid behind a building as another guard walked past hayner snuck up behind him and snapped his neck okay our main objective is to assassinate lazard but we should destroy the satellite i saw them building as i escaped do we have any c4 he asked i knew i was forgetting something setzer muttered we re just gonna have to improvise then hayner pulled out a pistol and screwed on a silencer he took

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out a key card from the guards pocket and swiped it against the panel next to the door he punched in the five digit password 98357 and the doors slid open they went inside a security camera swivelled so it was facing them and triggered the alarm the doors locked themselves and a secret passage opened in the wall a wave of rain operatives entered the room each one armed with an assault rifle setzer hayner said these are the grunts they don t know a frag grenade from a riot shield they stand no chance against a former rain elite like myself i was head of my own black op team and these guys are used as decoys he gloated setzer pulled out his gun and fired at the grunts killing a few of them the rest started firing at them they vaulted over the desk and ducked for cover hayner leant around the corner and shot several bullets he unattached the silencer and fired some more bullets one man lobbed a grenade over the desk lucy gasped in shock gosh that scared me she sighed then she picked up the grenade pulled out the pin and threw it back there was an explosion hayner peered around the corner and saw the massacre good throw he said to lucy they heard footsteps and ducked down hayner s back he recognized the voice as lazard s he must of ran off but he can t be too far because the explosion just went off captain rodriguez said what now director

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