The Red Retrieval Chapter 5: The Disguise

In the sky, the same portal appeared, and vomited out the six warriors. Plummeting from the sky, Byrd closed and screamed for his life. No one heard him. Saike dived down to a nearby river in a valley, while X, Liam, Setuh, and Amber glided in the air to stop their descent. All was well, except for Byrd who fell on top of ten tree branches and crashed.

"You okay down there?", asked Setuh.
"No... this was your fault, sis.", frowned Byrd.
"My bad."
"... Oh my god... is that a bone sticking out of my elbo-".

It turned out to be a bone-chilling prank, which Byrd got scolded for then. After then, the team trekked through the woods and found their targeted destination, the Headquarters of the Blood Masks Agency. The headquarters was nothing more or less than a wide base that stood many inches under the London eye. Its full colour scheme was a mix of yellow and blue: it was probably built to "blend" in with the other houses that didn't exist next to it. The team laid and sat behind bushes.

"Okay. So here's the plan.", announced Setuh, "Liam. Like we discussed earlier, you'll have to stay back on this one, and look out for us just in case we come out. We'll probably call for you with the walkie talkie. If we do that, then you'll have to crash into the base. The rest of us will go find a soldier, beat them up, take their disguises and go inside. Next, we'll look for the map that shows us where to go. Then, once we find the room that Dynamo is in, we get him out of there."
"And... how do we do that?", questioned Amber.
"... ah."

Amber facepalmed herself.

"Look! It's either raid quietly or loudly. Raiding the base loudly would get all of us killed. Infiltrating it quietly will give us a 75% of surviving our asses out of there. So, what are you gonna pick?", argued the yellow lady.

Everyone went silent. No one said a word.

"I guess we all will go with the second way.", spoke Byrd.
"Good. Let's split.", said Setuh.

The six fighters looked outside before moving in. Outside of the headquarters were a lot of jet fighters, manually-controlled robots, and military tanks. They all seemed to be placed in different types of garages. A hundred soldiers were out there too, guarding the base. Immediately, the plan was in motion.

Somewhere at the back of the base, two soldiers were having a nice, normal conversation. One was a Martian; another was a human sorcerer. They then showed each other random photos of their houses. The sorcerers house was mainly a hut which was shockingly large on the inside, whereas the Martians house was just a UFO. The two soldiers chuckled loudly. A moment afterwards, a cyborg soldier strolled up to the two with a tray of food in his hands.

“Yeah. I know. The lunch hall was full, so I had to eat here.”, he said.
“S’all good, my man.”, said the Martian.
“What are you two up to?”.
“Nothing much. Just showing each other random pictures of our houses.”
“Oh that’s nice. Wanna see mine?”.
“Sure. Lemme have that tray.”

As the cyborg was about to lend the dish, it was suddenly taken from him by Setuh, who just jumped near the three. She looked and smirked at them.

“Hey boys.”, she said.

Before they were about to battle, they were hit in their heads by Amber and X, who were behind them.

Unconscious, the agency soldiers fell on the floor.

Soon, Setuh, Amber, and X separated, put on the uniform without taking off their usual outfits, hid the bodies, and searched for the others, who also have done the same thing. Once they met up, they had a little talk.

"Now, before we go in, I wanna ask a few questions.", spoke X.
"Sure, shoot away.", allowed Setuh.
“Do you want me and Liam to completely burn the building down once we’re out?”.
“Sure.”
"And shouldn't you two do something about those heads of yours?", he said as he awkwardly stared at Byrd and Setuh.
"Oh. These? Yeah, just give us a second.", Byrd said while pointing at his own head, "Also, look away and close your ears. This is gonna get a bit painful."

The three looked away while the siblings shaped their heads. Bones were cracked and crushed. Muscles were ripped apart. The skin gave out a few farting sounds. The two screamed and writhed in agony as they changed their heads.

“Okay… w-we’re done… you can look now.”, suggested Byrd.

The three looked back at the two, and were shocked - and a little horrified - by the results. The flesh of the siblings had formed to look a lot less "Observian" to blend in with the crowd. Although they have the same colour, hair was produced from their flesh to hang around from their heads. Setuhs "hair" was straight, whereas Byrds had the style of a curly afro.

"Whoa... you look...", Saike was about to finish.
"Yeah?", waited Byrd.
"Stupid".
"HEY!", exclaimed Setuh.
"No, not you Setuh. You look adorable. Byrd, however...".
"Oh, f**k off! Afros are cool and you can't change that!".
"I like afros too. You just look shitty with that style."
"... Shut your trap, bastard."
"Okay. Okay. That's enough. Let's not fight about his looks, okay?", comforted Amber, "Let's go in!".

The group entered the base, crawled through the reception, and marched to the main hall, where it had a cafeteria on its left side. On its right side was a stage, where the higher-ups made announcements for assemblies. The area was absolutely crowded. Soldiers of many kinds walked by. Some of them had tame dragons on leashes. Searching for a map, the five gazed around, but had their visions partially blocked by moving bodies of the crowd. There were so many soldiers and workers that the team accidentally split from each other. Saike was stuck with Setuh and X; Amber stayed with Byrd.

The large room soon became scarce with people, although the other three were nowhere to be seen. Amber and Byrd were puzzled, standing in the centre.

"No no no no no! We're separated. What are we gonna do?", worried Amber.
"It's gonna be fine, Amber. We'll find the others eventually. But, we still need to find a map.", reassured Byrd, "Let's keep looking."

Somewhere in the corridors, Setuh, X, and Saike went inside an elevator, along with a few soldiers. One soldier pressed a "2" button on the elevator pad. The elevator ascended.

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...

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A bit awkward, ain't it? Lots of people in an elevator not having a single conversation with each other. It was concerning for the three infiltrators, as they thought that the soldiers acknowledged their plans of saving Dynamo. But in reality, they did not.

The doors opened. Everyone sprang out, and went to their posts except for Setuh, X, and Saike, who stayed out. They wandered down the hallway.

"Why did you bring us out here?", asked Saike.
"Because this is the way to the office of the "High Leader".", told Setuh, "The High Leader can give us the map to the whole place. And before you can ask how I know this, I asked a random soldier about where I can get a map. He said we can get one from there."
"Right. That was... straightforward...".

He looked at X, who then shrugged his shoulders. The team arrived at the office door. On its front was the logo of the Agency. It was a drawn head of a dark man with blood dribbling down half of his face. Unsurprised by the logo, the three didn't move. Setuh stepped forward and knocked. A voice expectedly came from behind the door.

"Come in!", it called out.

END of Chapter 5

This is nice!

Saike: what were you expecting?

You always look stupid

Byrd: Shut up, toxic bastard.

Saike: no

*He flips him off.*

Saike: chihah f**k you too

Byrd: You’re crazy. You know that?

Saike: crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a room..

Byrd: A rubber room. A RUBBER ROOM FILLED WITH RATS! And rats make me crazy.

Saike: yup

Byrd: Uh huh