Death Squad received their next assignment which was going to bring down a beast nest on P221. They needed to get geared up for it and to study the possible beasts that they will encounter. They spent most of the time learning about the beasts and studying any videos taken of these beasts from the scout team that found the beast nest.
The squad had spent two days at the academy and all were missing Goliath. They were talking about it in private as much as they could and were excited to graduate from the academy to make it their home base. Mini had been working on a multitude of things and one of which was a big surprise for Andrei.
The morning of the third day "Mini's Alarm Clock" was in motion and Andrei was really liking this daily ritual and buff he got from it. He was slowly opening his eyes and enjoying the sensation when he realized it was a different sensation. He lifted the sheets and to his surprise was Airwrecka with Mini and both were enjoying themselves. They stopped for a moment and gave him their best puppy dog eyes before continuing. Andrei could only give a warm smile and rest his head back and enjoy.
Andrei was lost in the sensation when he had a weird thought, "Wonder what a succubus would feel like?" and suddenly the sensation intensified. It continued to get better and more intense, it felt like his life force was leaving him through what the girls were doing. He lifted the sheets up and Mini was actually the one gasping out loud.
Airwrecka was fully engaged with Andrei but no longer looked like the Airwrecka they all knew and loved. She now had two black horns and her skin was a blood red, she had a tail sticking out with a spade shaped end to it that had pierced the sheets without them knowing it.
["Tame Succubus" complete. 1/1 Succubus slot]
[Your tamed Succubus will do anything you ask of it. It will distract any enemy you want it to at any time. Feed Succubus your essence and Succubus's influence over others will increase. Killing a distracted opponent will boost the user's Strength and Agility by 10% for 1 minute. Can stack per kill each stack restarts time in use.]
[New Buff learned: "Airwrecka's Treat"]
["Airwrecka's Treat" gives the user 50% regeneration to Spirit and Stamina. Lasts 20 hours]
Mini was the first to speak as well "You ok Airwrecka? What is happening right now?" There was a plea to her voice to her friend who just changed into something she had never seen before. Airwrecka was unaware of her changes as they all felt pleasurable and she was lost in what she was doing. She opened her eyes to see her forearm on Andrei's stomach being the blood red which bolted her upright.
"Wait, what just happened to me?" Airwrecka asked out loud to the two of them. Her tail then popped in front of her in the air and she realized she could control it and she fainted back onto the bed.
Andrei was about to tell her what happened but her fainting put that speech on hold. Looking at Mini he had a concerned look on his face and she didn't know how to respond or what to ask. She looked back at her friend and started to wonder if that was going to happen to her or if that is some reaction to something else.
"So yeah my mistake. I was thinking about a new ability I just received and that ability was applied to Airwrecka. She is now a Succubus which also means she might be immortal now, which I hope she is cool with her new look because I had no idea that she was going to be that nor did I mean to turn her just now." He hadn't noticed that he had his hand on her head while thinking about the "Tame Succubus" and it did so.
Mini left to get Sophia and Lily to soften the blow for all of them as quickly as possible. She did not realize she walked right out of the room completely naked. Knocking on Lily's door Sophia answered the door "Sorry I really only enjoy penis, so far only human as well." Mini, not thinking about what it meant, walked past her to Lily and grabbed her hand and pulled her to the exit of the room. Mini then grabbed Sophia's hand and led both of them back to Andrei's room.
"This is our situation, Airwrecka is going to be ported to Goliath so you two should say your goodbyes, she can't leave this room she needs to go straight to Goliath." Mini spoke just outside of Andrei's room then opened the door and proceeded inside.
Both girls gasped as they saw a blood red body on the floor with horns and a tail. They then realized it had Airwrecka's face and they both knelt down beside their friend. Airwrecka opened her eyes and saw her two best friends close to her with tears in their eyes.
"Hey, don't cry, I really don't think this is that bad." Airwrecka chimed to her friends who looked down at her hearing her voice. Both together started laughing as they both thought it was bad.
"I promise you that I truly did not mean to make you a succubus but I will do everything I can to protect you. You will also experience changes the more you do what you did earlier which will make you more powerful. I don't know anything about succubus other than I could make one and you are it." Andrei was looking a bit embarrassed sitting upright on his bed with his left elbow on his left knee elevated in the air.
"I'm a succubus?" Airwrecka blurted out. "So wait, this tail is mine and I'm not hallucinating?"
They all chuckled at the way she delivered it because it sounded like she was excited. The excitement couldn't be contained and she leapt up into the air and started checking herself out. Looking around for the mirror she jumped over to it with an agility they all were impressed with.
She stood naked in front of the mirror checking herself out and admiring her tail. She went back to her pants and grabbed them and put them on. Her tail was just above the waist line so her pants actually could be worn and her tail wouldn't fight it. She grabbed her top and after figuring out how to aim her horns she had her uniform on and she looked normal.
"Mini said that we needed to keep you on the Goliath until we figure out what to do with you" Lily had broken the silence of everyone watching Airwrecka get changed. Andrei was the one to react to that, "How are we going to do that?"
"Simple you can port groups of people, which is just you and her. There are supplies to last for more than our lifetime on Goliath plus Jayson and your sisters wouldn't mind more company." Mini had already planned it all out.
Prince, who had only been observing the interaction, decided to inform Andrei what he knew. "Succubus are powerful allies that just having them around you will increase your influence over others. Her realm of influence is yours. She also will try to sleep with your sisters and Jayson as she will be quite intoxicated to her libido especially being just turned."
"Also if she is used in battle you can quickly turn the tide just by killing those she distracts, that boost will build up and make you an unstoppable force." Prince concluded to Andrei who was left deep in thought on what to do next.
Finally Andrei agreed with Mini and he grabbed Airwrecka's hand after she said her farewells and they both appeared on the 5th deck of Goliath. Andrei then proceeded to the forgers on the fourth deck to see what their progress was like and if they needed anything.
Jayson and Henry were each taking turns with their hammers on the item that was in the forge. Henry was the first to notice Andrei and Airwrecka standing there and then also realized Airwrecka was different. He held his hand up to Jayson to stop.
"What brings you two here and also can I ask what happened?" Henry inquired of his onlookers.
Andrei explained the succubus mistake without explaining what she was doing while also just stating they received an assignment that requires the gear the two of them were working on. Andrei wanted to find out how much longer they would need to get them all geared up.
"Glad you asked that question, the answer is technically we have not begun. The full answer is that we discovered a technique together that makes the gear even more advanced than it's supposed to be." Jayson said with a big grin on his face.
"Those shoulder armor I made for you would be 2 to 3 times better if the technique we just discovered was a part of those shoulders. We made you a complete set that has an active set skill to it. I would suggest using it all together even though I know you have some incredible gear as it is like that helmet." Jayson casually pointed to the head region even though Andrei was not in his gear.
"We also figured out the elemental beast cores and the blood cores you supplied us together make weapons that take shape once the person grabs weapons "handle". For instance this handle here when I grab it there is a morning star mace that appears, but when Henry grabs it there is a short sword that appears. As if the weapon reacts to the user's physicality or what they would excel with." Jayson was telling Andrei while glancing at the many "handles" they had made.
"Then if you grab each it's not like all will form the same weapon. No each has a mind of its own and then the beast properties that were infused to create the weapon to be more unique." Jayson was proudly stating these claims to Andrei.
"I believe we created a new form of weapon" Henry finally spoke up." He casually tossed one to Andrei and when he caught it a double headed axe similar to his ice axe appeared out of the handle. Andrei swung it a few times and wind strikes came out of the axe as there were loud bangs after each swing.
Andrei put that one down and grabbed another, this one turned into a bow, he didn't have any arrows but decided to just pull back the string and fire at a distant point on the wall. Suddenly a Blood Arrow shot out and hit the spot Andrei was aiming for.
He thought this might actually be the perfect weapon for Surany if it turns into a bow for her. He mentioned that to them and they said yeah take all of them with him back to the group for them to try out. He put that handle in first hoping it would stay in order so he could have Surany try it, when he looked at his inventory it was labeled "Surany's Handle". He added another and it was just labeled blood handle, with another added it then showed two blood handles.
"Now that we know you have to go on a mission and we have this technique down we will double our efforts and make sure everyone's gear is ready in 10 days time." Henry confided in Andrei knowing that is what Andrei needed to know.
Andrei then ported back to his room and used Lauren despite her being back at University to tell Death Squad that was at the Academy to go to his room whenever they can to get a new weapon that was developed by Jayson and Henry. Death Squad members were startled a bit to receive a communication from Andrei in their minds but Lauren was becoming more talented from her studies at University.
Surany was actually the first to arrive as she was headed over to talk to Andrei about wanting to get out to fly in her new form. She had kept her pet "Sunfire" in a special containment field created for pet owners that needed to travel. It was a special pouch that looked to many as a "fanny pack" and it would also take on the pet's features so hers had a hard red swirling flame that actually made her look really cool.
Andrei opened the door and was surprised to see her and even told her "I was wishing you would be the first, I think I found a cool weapon for you." He then pulled out the handle before handing it to Surany; he made a duplicate in his other hand. She grabbed the handle and it quickly expanded out into the shape of a bow, it was much smaller than Andrei's and he produced his to see the difference. Andrei told her that it should shoot on its own, and he pulled back the bow and aimed at the opposite wall, letting a Blood Arrow shoot out and hit the wall.
Surany's eyes grew large as her mind was churning about what she just saw. She pulled her string back and aimed for the far wall and let go, it too shot out a Blood Arrow that hit Andrei's Blood Arrow and caused it to explode. There was then a hole left in the wall from the combination. They both looked a bit stunned and then looked at each other thinking the same thing. They both then shot out their own Blood Arrow then a second one into their own at the same time and both exploded.
Surany gave him a big hug and then without thinking gave him a big kiss on the lips. He reciprocated and then she backed off, quickly apologizing for doing that. She was so excited that she just did what she thought was the right thing to do given the circumstance. "Can I get permission to leave the city so I can fly?"
Remembering how Surany became a phoenix in her final form and that everyone seemed to have different times of using their final form he granted her permission and stated she should get out each day for however long she can maintain the flight. She thanked him again and quickly headed to get access to leave the base.
Master Chief Hood showed next to Andrei's room and when Andrei had presented the handles to him and that he should pick up each the Master Chief was flabbergasted. Each one of them took on a different form of spear that he was proficient in. The last one he grabbed though lit up upon grabbing it and seemed to hum with power in Hood's hand. The Master Chief gave Andrei a bow and left the room.
Sophia who hadn't gone far since seeing her friend leave the base had seen Hood go into Andrei's room and decided to give them time as Surany was seen running out of his room with the biggest smile ever. Hood exiting the room also had a massive smile, Sophia was slightly confused but really intrigued now. Entering the room she saw the handles laying on the table and not really sure what was going on she cleared her throat to get Andrei's attention.
"Sophia, just the person to come in, I have never seen you use a weapon so I wasn't sure if these would be helpful or not." Andrei then explained the weapons in front of her and she grabbed the first one which stung her hand. Andrei's warm smile turned to concern as everyone else so far had not had a negative reaction to touching a handle.
Sophia was determined to get rid of that look off of Andrei's face so she grabbed another and it too stung her hand. It was as if her hand was not supposed to be touching the handles. Andrei tested the two handles himself and they turned into weapons and didn't hurt his hand. Prince then took a guess "This one is a healer correct? Her ability and all healing abilities get canceled from humans being turned into vampires, so maybe blood weapons affect her in a negative way."
Andrei then relayed that message to her and she tried one more on the other end and got the same painful sting. She had the most defeated look on her face and tears started to well up in her eyes. Andrei seeing this grabbed her and hugged her tight, she was shocked at how strong he was and how quickly he enveloped her. "This is nice" was all she got out as she melted into Andrei's arms.
After a few moments and the tears stopped flowing Andrei let go of Sophia and looked down at her. She looked up and smiled and just simply spoke her mind as always "So if you wake up tomorrow and it's me instead of Airwrecka I wont become a Succubus will I? Mini had it planned out for all of us to wake you up."
Andrei stood there stunned, he was not expecting anything like that to be spoken to him. "No she is the only one I can make as of now that I am aware of. It does say 1/1." which then made Sophia look at Andrei weird. Andrei had never explained to Sophia his interface or the whole Sam situation so she had no idea what he just meant by 1/1.
Sophia feeling defeated but spirits lifted by Andrei left the room to let in Jiks who was just about to knock. Jiks entered and looked around not sure what to expect. Andrei was standing by his table with a warm smile. He presented the weapon handles and Jiks grabbed the closest one. It turned into a whip with fire radiating off of it.
Jiks tried out multiple others; the first one was her favorite. She pulled the whip out again and flung it about in a methodical precise manner like it was a natural part of her. The tip of the whip turned into a similar look to her vines and Andrei pointed that out to her. She smiled and thanked him profusely for the new weapon. She departed and left him alone for a time as no one was outside waiting.
They each made an appearance and each selected a handle, there were more handles than there were Death Squad at the moment so Andrei stored the rest in his inventory. They all had free time till their equipment was ready so each took this time to work on their final forms.
Andrei still had yet to activate his Final Form Vampire but he also felt it was not necessary to test currently given it seemed like it would help him most against vampires.
Andrei invited Edwin and Flen to join him in the VR to work on their skills. The three of them entered their own chairs and soon were together in a virtual lobby. Andrei selected beast mode and 3 man settings. Then set the difficulty to Beast Nest and they entered the simulation.
The three of them worked on their abilities and complimented each other with all of the elements at hand. Flen was the first to notice the different figures always displaying in Andrei's elemental attacks. Andrei didn't have an answer for him but he agreed he didn't see it from others including the two of them with their four elements.
They exited their pods to find Surany standing outside of Andrei's pod tapping her foot. "Thought you would never be done. We need to discuss something I just saw."
The four of them decided to head back to Andrei's room. When they arrived Mini, Sophia, and Lily were already in the room gossiping amongst themselves. Surany took the lead as it was her discovery.
"I was flying outside of the city and I noticed a structure that was off in the distance, I only caught it because of a reflection. I flew closer and before I could get within a mile of it I was shot at multiple times by people in the trees. I was never hit but I did see that they were not in military gear."
"I flew back after I saw beasts coming out of the structure being led via fencing to just the open forest. They are creating beasts that are then being let loose. We have to put a stop to this!" She was pleading at the end of it.
Andrei reached out to Lauren to get all of Death Squad together as he wanted to investigate this situation as a group. Andrei then realized they needed a better meeting spot than his room. When Master Chief Hood arrived that is exactly what Andrei asked of him.
"SPRU has a meeting room at the HQ that we can always meet at, if not already Death Squad should have a meeting room assigned to them." The Master Chief casually remarked to the question.
They headed to the HQ as a squad, arriving at the building Master Chief led them to the meeting room area and sure enough Death Squad was digitally entered above one of the rooms. Entering the room Andrei looked around and now felt really stupid for not asking earlier.
The room had everything one could need for a strategic meeting. In the center was a holographic display that could show all the relevant information. There were comfortable chairs for each of them including one for the large Sandarian Outalomnunom.
Hood walked up to the holograph and brought up the surrounding area outside of the city. Surany pointed in the direction recognizing the layout. He moved the 3D map and Surany yelled "Stop". There was on the map nothing to see other than the terrain. The facility, if there was one, was not registered to the Federation.
They brought up real time satellite imagery of the area and now there was a building present. The building had a pathway leading out of the building with fencing on the side. They then discussed how they would proceed.
Surany couldn't keep her eyes off the realtime feed and then asked Hood if he could zoom in on one of the soldiers. They all could see the patch that she had him zoom in on, it was three pyramids with a sun. Surany didn't have a clue and looked around at everyone else looking for an answer.
"That is the patch of the terrorist group Ra." Hook spoke up as it appeared no one knew of them. "They are considered a human terrorist group that has been responsible for a number of attacks on non-human entities."
The squad were all looking at Hook a little bit shocked he knew but also glad he was there to enlighten them. Andrei didn't know what to do with this information other than he knew he would be authorized to use force. Terrorist organizations were always given the green light to use force against, this situation was no different.
They continued to look and count the personnel that were outside of the structure. They noticed the sentries through the trees and saw that they wouldn't be able to sneak up on the facility. They discussed their findings as a squad and decided the best plan of action.
Goombi, Mini, and Surany were going to be the aerial assault. They were tasked with each of the sentries that were in the trees. They were put on hold till the rest were in position as Andrei wanted to make sure they covered all the area and that no one would escape to get the word back to whoever about the facility being under attack.
Master Chief Hood told Andrei that he would inform SPRU command of their findings and Andrei told him to hold off. The symbol on the patch just occurred to him where he had seen it before. The multiplying man had it, in fact he asked Edwin to pull out his shield and take a look. The symbol was in fact between the handles on the back of the shield right where Edwin's arm would go and he hadn't noticed it till now.
"I think they know more than we think they know because they have to have someone on the inside to get to us. If we go to command with these findings, who knows if the mole is standing there in command listening in. We know two things about that symbol, one it's a terrorist organization so we have legality behind us, secondly we know that they tried to kill us before even finishing cadet training." Andrei addressed the squad so they all understood the severity of what they were getting into.