Brittany wasn't pleased to be working with Angela. She was fine working with Addison, though. In fact, she respected Addison, well, before she learned that Jin slept with her. She was really mad at Jin, though, but she couldn't stay mad at him because he was too likable.

"I can't believe it. I've been played as a fool this entire time." Brittany, as well as everyone in the aircraft carrier they were flying in, was standing up, holding a support handle that extended from the roof of the aircraft.

She had a disgusted look on her face and was staring at Addison and Angela with a combination of anger and jealousy.

"Soooo, hey, Brittany, I hope you're not too upset at me." Angela grinned, slightly scared.

"Oh, I'm upset, alright. But we're on a mission right now, so I'm not in the position to beat both of your asses currently, so you'll have to wait until this is over."

"I don't think you can beat me," Addison commented without looking at Brittany.

"What? Do you even know what I can do? I could fry your brain before you could produce your next thoughts."

Addison raised an eyebrow, finally looking at Brittany with an expression that asked 'Are you serious?'

"You must be joking." Addison chuckled

"Oh? Do you wish to test my abilities?" Brittany was more than willing to put Addison in her place.

"Not to brag, but I was trained by Jin since high school, and I'm pretty strong myself." Angela inserted herself into the conversation.

"Pah! Please. Jin has been teaching me since before his parents died. Do you think you're special?" Brittany asked

Angela had no rebuttal to that, nor did Addison. Addison hasn't even been properly trained by Jin before, only getting advice and tips here and there.

"Will you three shut up? Jeez. We haven't even started the mission, and I already feel like we've failed because you three seem like you can't work together." A vanguard from across the carrier said, annoyed at their banter.

"Shut the fuck up, bitch!" Angela snarled. She wasn't one to take shit from irrelevant people.

"Wow. Bastard."

"Alright, everyone, settle down. I'll be going over the mission briefing once more in case any of you forgot why we're here." The leader of their mission, a Bulwark rank Vanguard, said.

"The mission is to retrieve a mineral that was recently mined from an asteroid in space and safely deliver it to the Aegis Corps to study."

"We're going on a mission to retrieve a rock. Great." Angela rolled her eyes.

"This isn't just any rock, operative Angela. This rock is a poison to any and every woman who has already developed their abilities. Over ten of our people died just trying to receive this sample."

"If this rock is that dangerous, then why are we trying to study it?" Addison asked.

"Probably to turn it into a weapon." Brittany assumed. "Or prevent other countries from learning about this so they don't use it as a weapon against us. After all, if this can truly poison us, then as long as you're infected, it doesn't matter how strong you are, you'll die."

The Bulwark nodded. "Exactly. This is a dangerous element that needs to be studied so it doesn't end up in the wrong hands."

"And who exactly is the wrong hands?" One of the operatives asked

The Bulwark didn't answer, but someone else shouted the 'Sons of Adam', and the Bulwark nodded.

"So, since this is a mission and not a simple package pickup, does this mean we are expecting some resistance?" Addison asked

"Yes. We believe that spies from other countries who are currently in our Corps might try to sabotage this package pickup. This is why an entire unit was sent here."

"So we're escorts." Angela sighed.

"Correct." The Bulwark nodded.

Brittany looked around at everyone in the aircraft carrier. There were thirty of them, and all of them were experienced operatives. The youngest and least experienced were Brittany, Angela, and Addison, but funnily enough, they were the three most powerful here, or at least had the most potential to be the strongest.

"Look alive, everyone, we're almost at the drop zone. Equip your parachutes, we'll be jumping out of the carrier in three minutes."

Everyone did as they were told, geared up, and prepared to jump. The doors on both sides opened, and the cold air and strong wind blew on their faces.

"Ohhh, fuck! I'm scared of heights!" An operative shouted.

"Ha! Pussy."

"Jumping in 5...4...3...2...1...and—"

BOOOM

From somewhere on the surface, two missiles were fired at the aircraft carrier, blowing it up completely, killing the majority of the Vanguards and Guardians instantly. The team of thirty, which included the Bulwark, went down to only 7 people, three of whom were unconscious.

"We're under attack!" The bulwark shouted, activating her powers, which allowed her to turn her skin into diamonds.

"Help the others if you can! Chute away from the center where the missiles came from, and make sure you—" A laser beam tore through her face, killing her instantly as well.

"Ohhhh fuckkk!" Hundreds of lasers were fired at the surviving team, forcing Angela, as well as Brittany and Addison, to defend themselves.

Angela made a sphere of frozen molecules around her body, forcing the lasers that came her way to come to a halt around her body. Addison did nothing, just taking the hits because she could absorb energy, and Brittany created a force field around her body that deflected the energy beams.

"The others!" Brittany shouted

"Who cares about them! Save yourself!" Angela shouted, diving down to arrive at the ground faster.

"I'll head down there and deal with whoever shot at us." Addison fully combusted, turning into pure energy, and rocketed down to the surface, landing with a large explosion.

"You're not having all the fun without me!" Angela quickly made the molecules around her body start moving again, allowing them to crash into each other, not enough to make an explosion, but enough to create a shockwave that propelled her faster to the ground.

Brittany looked around at their team, seeing that all of them were dead. A sad expression blanked her face, feeling sorry for those people and their families, then she took off toward the ground.

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